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Bills for years of balancing the budget through general fund reserves are about to come due for the city of Cheney, the result of which may lead the city to asking citizens’ approval for other means of financial support. City department heads outlined a rather grim budgetary picture at a City Council special budget workshop held Monday, June 16 at the Washington state archives building on Eastern Washington University’s campus. In a brief overview of government accounting, Mayor Tom Trulove equated city accounts to “pu...
Cheney and Medical Lake will once again be hosts for the 2014 Spokane/Coeur d’Alene American Legion Woodbat Classic July 3-6 with AA games at the Ballpark in Cheney and ML’s Holliday Field. The Spokane Blue Devils, with their Cheney connections, are also “home” as the local team in the senior AAA division and play first-round games on the artificial turf at Al K. Jackson Field at Shadle Park. Cheney’s SummerHawks will square off against Sandpoint, Idaho at 3:30 p.m. in their...
City of Cheney • June 27, Baby Play and Learn Storytime (ages 0 – 18 months), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • June 27, “The Every Day Scientist,” community library, 2 – 3 p.m. • July 1, Cheney Farmers Market, City Hall parking lot, 2 – 7 p.m. • July 2, Toddler Play and Learn Storytime (ages 1 1/2 – 3), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • July 3, Preschool Play and Learn Storytime (ages 3 – 5), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • July 4, City offices closed for Fourth of July holiday City of Airway Heigh... Full story
One hundred years ago on June 27, 1914, senator and former Normal School principal, William J. Sutton laid the cornerstone for the new Normal School building. The building was later renamed Showalter Hall. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
1 Years Ago July 1, 2004 The city of Cheney received a $72,300 grant to begin the study of installation of a fiber optics system that would, among other things, allow automated water meter reading. The Medical Lake School Board approved a budget for the 2004-05 school year totaling $16.9 million, an amount that reflected an anticipated loss of 17 full-time-equivalent students and a loss of $300,000 in state funding. The Cheney School District announced the hiring of former Shadle Park High School principal Tom Gresch as the...
Cheney United Church of Christ Visitors and guests this summer will find a warm welcome at Cheney UCC. Join us any Sunday at 10 a.m. for regular services. Nursery care for infants and toddlers is provided from 9:45 - 11:15 a.m. Sunday School classes are on vacation for the summer. The process of preparing the new church constitution continues. The third of three open meetings to discuss this document will be held this Sunday, June 29, starting at 11:40 a.m. Members and friends are urged to attend this meeting in order to...
On May 30 Violet Nicol died peacefully after a short illness. She was 94 years old. Vi was born August 5, 1919 in Chicago to immigrant parents. There she went through the Great Depression in a working class neighborhood. Although a good student, she needed to enter the workforce after high school to help support the family rather than attending college. Vi met Frank at Sunday School at the church where his father was the pastor. They were married in 1941. A few years later they moved out west to Oregon. After Frank completed... Full story
Adam Oscar Morales, age 21, of Sunnyside, Wash. passed away Tuesday, June 17 in Cheney. Adam was born in Grandview, Wash. Dec. 14, 1992, the son of Ruben and Mariselda “Marci” (Saldaña) Morales. He received his education in Grandview, graduating from Grandview High School with the class of 2011. Adam was currently attending Eastern Washington University majoring in art. Adam was a very loving and caring person. He loved spending time with family and friends; whether it was working out with cousins and friends, hanging out... Full story
Tara Ryan is the coordinator for Vacation Bible School at Cheney Community Church. The theme this year is "Christmas in July." It's not what you think. You won't need to run to the store. VBS begins at 9 a.m. and ends at noon each day from July 7-11. Children from age 3 to those who have finished fourth grade are welcome. "Listening to God's Voice" is one of the stories the children will enjoy. Another speaks of Samaritan's Purse. This is a project begun and guided by Franklin...
When the Cheney Faith Center submitted their plans for upgrades to their facility, they only intended adding 4,278 square feet, 3,278 square feet of which would be a new sanctuary. Those plans changed once church officials began looking over the building foundation. "We were pretty certain that crack there wasn't up to code," Faith Center pastor Mark Posthuma said with a laugh Monday afternoon, June 23. Cracks, parts that weren't level and other problems left the church with...
The Cheney High School Athletic Department would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that supports Cheney High School athletics. Athletic contest workers, which include ticket takers, announcers, clock operators, concession workers, at the home athletic contests to make them successful. The Cheney School District director of maintenance, Jeff McClure, and his department, who take care of the athletic facilities, which includes the watering of fields, painting, mowing of fields and maintenance of all athletic...
We have met the enemy and they are us. I’m not sure who said that, or even if it’s an actual quote. But when it comes to why there is such a huge inability to form a governing consensus among lawmakers in our nation’s Capitol, we might want to look no closer than the image in the bathroom mirror. According to a Pew Research Center for the People & the Press report released June 12, the number of Americans who express consistently conservative or consistently liberal opinions has doubled in the last 20 years from 10 perce...
When in the last 50 years has the intervention of the United States done a country good? It’s a difficult question to answer. After all, foreign policy should be about developing and maintaining relations through diplomacy, not through the barrel of a gun or a cruise missile. Since 1964, the U.S. has been involved militarily in a number of areas. We’ve had boots on the ground in Vietnam, Grenada, Lebanon, Iraq (twice) and Afghanistan. We’ve bombed targets in Laos, Cambodia, Libya and Serbia. Maybe there are a couple succe...
Medical Lake School District board president Rod Von Lehe (left) swears in Tim Ames (right) as the school district's new superintendent at the June 24 board meeting....
Jack Robeson hangs the sign last Friday letting Medical Lake residents know about the coming 24-hour tennis marathon. Robeson has been putting up the event's sign for 17 years....
Medical Lake High has released the Honor Roll List for their second semester of the 2013–14 school year. Seniors Principal’s Honor Roll: 4.0—3.5 GPA — Apiradee J. Anongchai, Emily L. Bonsant, Connor G. Cranston, Nathan J. Dingfield, Tavia M. Donahay, Joseph J. Greer, Tabatha A. Grundstrom, William S. Herner, Sydney D. Kelly, Christian C. Koele, Jordan B. Majocha, Ryan Martinez, Eric C. Munson, Kanokporn M. Navykarn, Ricky T. Petersen, Matthew A. Peterson, Molly G. Ryan, Ashleigh J. Schulz, Nadja Senn, Jonathan J. Stebbin...
Suzanne Deking goes back and forth between helping three customers with a flower arrangement for an upcoming wedding and accepting a delivery for supplies. Deking is the owner of the Silver Lake Greenhouse and Flower Shop, at 16803 Medical Lake-Four Lakes Road. She is in her second year of owning and running the greenhouse. Deking is from Seattle where her parents owned a garden store when she was five years old. Her father also sold antiques and cars. "My whole family has...
The Airway Heights Police Department has been busy these past several months as there has been an increase in criminal activity throughout the city. According to crime statistics provided by the Police Department, there were 3,145 tracked incidents from January to May 2014. This is up from the 2,802 incidents from January to May of last year. The Police Department has conducted 573 reports, investigations and arrests. This is 94 more reports, investigations and arrests than around this time last year. Warrant arrests are up...
Feed Cheney on June 30 Feed Cheney is happening in Veterans Park for the summer, across the street from the Wren Pierson Building, corner of Fourth and C streets. During summer the meals will be brown bag suppers available to all from 5:30-6:30 p.m. There will also be a grocery distribution. The June meal and groceries will be Monday, June 30. Feed Cheney is a partnership between Women and Children’s Free Restaurant, 2nd Harvest, Let’s Move Cheney, and several Cheney churches and is staffed by many community volunteers. To... Full story
Cheney High School alumna Moira Gresham doesn't view herself as a nerd. But when told she was named a top college instructor by the organization NerdScholar, she took it with a grain of salt. "It's not really a part of my identity," the Whitman College professor said. "I'll take it as a compliment." Which is exactly what the award is about. Gresham was named one of NerdScholar's "40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire." According to a news release, the inaugural award is to...
A June 19 story about Medical Lake High School teacher Val Von Lehe incorrectly listed her time at Medical Lake High School at 20 years. She actually taught there for 30 years....
The city of Airway Heights is wasting no time in searching for a replacement for Barron Williamson’s position on the City Council, which will be vacant after June 30. Williamson resigned his position from the council at the June 2 meeting. Williamson moved to Airway Heights back in 2006 and served on the city’s Planning Commission before being elected to the council. He left Airway Heights after taking a new job in Atlanta. The city is currently accepting applications for the vacant position. City Manager Albert Tripp sai...
The Airway Heights City Council adopted its reclaimed water plan at the June 16 meeting. The Department of Ecology approved the plan before it was brought to the council. Public Works director Kelly Williquette explained that the city developed the reclaimed water plan to evaluate the use of reclaimed water in the city and to outline a capital improvement plan for recommended improvements. The source for the reclaimed water is the city’s Water Reclamation Plant, between South Russell and Lawson Street. Williquette said the f...
Majestic Tschabold-Grant and her junior princess Cassidy Fitzpatrick wave to the citizens of Medical Lake during last Saturday's Founder's Day parade. Tschabold-Grant, a graduated from Medical Lake High School, was a member of the Lilac Court during the Spokane Lilac Parade....
The Cheney City Council unanimously approved the recommendation of Mayor Tom Trulove to appoint human resources director Mark Schuller to the position of City Administrator at its June 24 meeting, eschewing the public search process in favor of promoting from within. Schuller replaces former City Administrator Arlene Fisher, who left in February to take the City Manager post at Mountlake Terrace in Western Washington. In a news release, Trulove listed a number of reasons why the city decided to pick Schuller, including his...
