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Airway Heights City Council voted unanimously at its June 6 meeting to defer a decision on awarding a contract for repainting the exterior of the city’s 43-year-old water reservoir tower at Sunset Park. The deferment vote took place after Public Works Director Kevin Anderson told the council the engineer’s estimate for the project of $149,500 had more than doubled to $325,672 due to the discovery of a lead-based primer on the exterior of the tower. Because of the hazardous material, the project became more than just sim...
Eight Cheney High School graduating seniors had a chance to display some of their work at the 31st annual Senior Art Thesis and Dessert Banquet, June 1. Students developed their portfolio pieces in the Art III – Junior/Senior Studio class. Art teacher James Scarcello said the seniors in the class were a small, but "very dedicated" group of students. "This is their time to show off their best," Scarcello said. Solace Enterline's portfolio selections included a piece where s...
Cheney and Medical Lake will have representatives on the 2016 All-State baseball team with games played this Saturday and Sunday, June 11–12 at Parker Field in Yakima. The Blackhawks' Riley Jones and Cardinals' Cory Wagner were selected to participate in the Washington State Coaches Association event. The All-State series consists of players selected from all levels of high school baseball in the state, according to CHS head coach Mike Cagle. Jones, who will play for Team S...
In a news release, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is reminding campers, hikers and others to leave young wildlife alone. According to WDFW game manager Mike Cope, the department is receiving an increasing number of calls from people asking what to do with animals they have “rescued” from the wild. “People find young animals and birds alone and assume they’ve been abandoned by their parents,” Cope said. “In fact, their parents are usually nearby and may even be watching as their fawns, kits and chicks...
CHENEY May 31 Second-degree theft was reported on the zero hundred block of A Street. There were unauthorized purchases made on a credit card. Domestic violence/verbal dispute was reported on the 2300 block of University Lane. Fourth-degree assault was reported on the 1800 block of Fourth Street. June 1 Third-degree theft was reported on the 1000 block of Salnave Road. Second-degree burglary was reported on the 1400 block of First Street. Third-degree theft was reported on the 700 block of Salnave Road. A wheelbarrow was...
Cheney Rodeo parade registration is now open This is your personal invite to participate in this year’s Cheney Rodeo Days Parade. Get your parade entry ready and register for the event that takes place Saturday, July 9, at 11:30 a.m. in downtown Cheney. Download the parade registration form at cheneyrodeo.com, by calling 235-2754 or by faxing a request to 235-2754. You can also go to answers@cheneyrodeo.com and email a request. Cheney Zips and Owl Pharmacy proudly sponsor the Cheney Rodeo parade. Notice of Founder’s Day Par...
All events are free unless posted otherwise. To get your event or meeting in the weekly What’s Happening section send an email with date, time, location and event to jmac@cheneyfree press.com. Cheney • June 10, Baby Play and Learn Storytime (ages 0 – 18 months), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • June 13, Planning Commission meeting, City Hall Council Chambers 6 p.m. • June 13, Dance Class, Wren Pierson Community Center, 7:15 – 8:15 p.m. • June 14, City Council meeting, City Hall Council Chambers, 6 p.m. • June 15, Baby... Full story
John Merrill Goodrich, 79, passed away on April 24, 2016. John was born in Vernal, Utah Sept. 27, 1936 to Merrill and Agnes Goodrich. In June, 1950, the family moved to Moses Lake, Wash. John graduated from Moses Lake High School in 1954 and joined the U.S. Marine Corps the following September. He was an expert rifleman and served with the rifle team. He received his advanced training as an electronic engineer. After completing his enlistment in September 1957, he was...
Cheney United Church of Christ The sermon at Cheney UCC Sunday, July 12 will be “All That’s Holy.” Pastor David Krueger-Duncan will deliver this message at services beginning at 10 a.m. The text for this message is Exodus 30:22-33. Prior to the services the men’s breakfast group will meet at Marketplace Bakery & Eatery at 7:45 a.m. A coffee hour will follow the service in the church fellowship hall. Today, Thursday, June 9, at noon the “Lunch Bunch” will meet at the church fellowship hall. If you wish to participate, bring a...
1 Years Ago June 15, 2006 Rising oil prices put a halt to road paving projects in Cheney after an $821,000 grant fell some $200,000 short in completing work on Elm, Washington, Salnave and Presley streets, among other arterials. The property owner of 13 acres in the area of State Route 904 and Mullinex Road was denied a zoning change that would take industrial property and turn it into residential land. T.J. Gover, who had just finished his freshman year at Medical Lake High School, tossed a 4-0 no-hitter against East...
One hundred years ago today, the plaster statue of Sacajawea was presented to the Cheney Normal School by the class of 1916. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
The Cheney Free Press of May 26, 2016 printed a guest commentary by Don C. Brunell, retired Pption of Washington Business. As expected of Mr. Brunell, his commentary presented the usual Republican rubric that the national debt must be reduced and one of the major financial problems of the debt crisis is Social Security. It is true the debt is a problem but it is false that Social Security is a problem. In 2014 Social Security’s receipts were $931.1 billion and expenses were $906.8 billion, a net gain of $24.3 billion. A...
Thank you for the excellent editorial about volunteering and volunteerism (Cheney Free Press, June 2). We are blessed in the West Plains with so many able and willing volunteers. Some resources for local volunteer opportunities are: justserve.org and another one called volunteermatch.org. Both sites match those who want to volunteer to organizations that need volunteers. And, if you are part of an organization that needs volunteers, be sure to post your opportunities on those sites. Thank you to those on the West Plains who...
Want to start a lively and passionate discussion? Dumb question these days when the 2016 presidential election contains all the elements necessary for a debate. Nope, one need only mention, as Wikipedia calls it, “the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), commonly called the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or, colloquially, Obamacare,” and the wheels get turning and sparks flying. But why are we still talking about the now six-plus year-old ACA when such a “target rich” landscape exists out there already? There’s...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor I was blessed with parents who were active, strong and engaged readers and who encouraged the development and refinement of that trait in their children. That’s where my love of history started. But it was more than just reading. My father served in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. His father, my grandfather, was a chaplain during the war in the South Pacific, beginning with being a part of the Army’s 25th Infantry Division that relieved U.S. Marines at a lovely, tropical getaway called Gua...
Cheney Middle School announced its honor roll for term 3 of the 2015-16 school year. 4.0 —Cruz I. Avila, Tilly A. Baldwin, Bailey M. Benson, Miles C. Blomgren, Aaron M. Brown, Emily R. Clausen, Kady A. Cullen, Sofia I. Day, Emma L. Dennstaedt, Dylan J. Doney, Serenity R. Dow, Lydia E. Duncan, Meaghan E. Estock, Annika R. Fiala, Abby L. Fillmore, John T. Gasper, Gabe Gerber, Jade A. Gere, Cale J. Gundlach, Moriah G. Hallin, Grace C. Hammermeister, Kendal A. Harman, Ella D. Hilliard, Reagan N. Huggins, Noah D. Jackson, J...
Anyone who walked past Eastern Washington University's Computer and Engineering Science Building on June 1 may have seen a rocket in its launch tower or an electric motorcycle parked next to the door. They may have also heard the screeching and saw the smoke coming from a rocket motor demonstration on the front lawn. The university' engineering and design department hosted its second annual student project demonstration and open house where graduating seniors displayed a...
Spokane Tribe receives Promise Zone status The U.S. Department of the Interior announced June 6 that the Spokane Tribe of Indians has been awarded one of nine “Promise Zones” in the nation under an initiative started by the administration of President Barack Obama. The Tribe’s Promise Zone includes its 160,000 square acre reservation and all lands held in trust by the federal government on its behalf, which includes 180 square acres near Chewelah and another 145 square acres in Airway Heights. The Promise Zones Initi...
Graduating Eastern Washington University business and communications major, Christian Wright, provided an enthusiastic 11-year update to over 200 guests at the 2016 Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame. The event took place on May 18 at the Historic Davenport Hotel in Spokane. A Cheney middle and high school graduate, Wright made national news in 2008 as a high school freshman on the "Today Show" as a featured entrepreneur and national Junior Achievement Hall of Fame...
Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad conductor/signal maintenance engineer Lee Patten hangs on to the crossing-gate arm to prevent it from dropping and blocking northbound traffic on State Route 904 near Betz Road Monday morning. A burned out motor prevented the arm from raising, forcing Patten to keep it in the upright position until a fellow crewmember returned with a replacement motor....
Olivia Swenson said she has a lot of respect for Cheney, and on Sunday, May 29, she turned that respect into action. The Cheney High School senior, who walked down the commencement aisle June 3, said she kept seeing the city's "Welcome to Cheney" sign on Cheney-Spokane Road each time she came and went from school and kept thinking it wasn't right what somebody had done. Cheney Police reported the sign was vandalized on May 6. Swenson said she and her father, Cheney School Boar...
Eastern Washington University's current longest teaching career - just shy of a half century - ends this week when geography department professor, Dr. Bob Quinn finishes spring quarter. Quinn was honored June 5 in a special party at the packed Cheney Rodeo Grounds Events center. Family, friends and colleagues came from far and wide to celebrate a special career that, by his own admittance, is not entirely finished. Quinn, 73, said he would regret not teaching anymore, but...
Visitors to historical sites are tending to be older and fewer in numbers. Adding to that, according to several history experts, is that teaching about the past is becoming less and less of a priority within the nation’s public education system. These were the conclusions of a recorded webinar presented by the American Association for State and Local History on the History Relevance Campaign that Cheney’s Historical Preservation Commission reviewed at its June 2 meeting. The presentation and subsequent discussion was nee...
Sunset Elementary School first-grade student Phoenix Stewart's drawing earned her the honor of being Airway Heights' 2016 Arbor Day Poster Contest winner. Airway Heights Mayor Kevin Richey awarded her with a plaque for her achievement at the City Council's June 6 meeting....
