Articles from the July 4, 2013 edition
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AH receives housing project funds
Airway Heights received some welcome news late last week from the Washington state Legislature regarding the state budget. City Manager Albert Tripp said the Legislature included $2.7 million for purchasing land in Accident Potenti... — Updated 7/3/2013
Medical Lake earns wild win to cap Legion baseball sweep
Medical Lake’s AA American Legion coach Kerry Kelly was concerned some rust might build up on his team after some time off. His fears proved to be unfounded as ML scored a d... — Updated 7/3/2013
Cheney gets out the bats in pair of wins over NE 49ers
Cheney’s AA American Legion baseball team got the bats going big time last Wednesday getting both a pair of baseball victories, and maybe a little payback, routing the Northeast 4... — Updated 7/3/2013
Chris Dunn hired as new Cheney High boys' basketball coach
Cheney High School announced in a news release that it has hired Chris Dunn to be the new high school boys’ basketball coach. Dunn replaces Joel Soter who left after two seasons t... — Updated 7/3/2013
Blue Devils bounce SummerHawks in exhibition
It was billed as an exhibition game, which means it could have been a ho-hum deal with a who cares outcome. But last Thursday’s baseball game between the Cheney AA American L... — Updated 7/3/2013
Looking Back
1 Years Ago July 10, 2003 One and a half years after a head-on crash killed five Cheney residents on SR 904, the grassroots effort to improve safety on that stretch of road became reality with the beginning of the Memorial Highway... — Updated 7/3/2013
Maureen Becht Thompson
Maureen Becht Thompson Maureen Becht Thompson, a mother, grandmother, registered nurse, community organizer and wife of 62 years to Dr. Norman Thompson, died Friday, June 7 at... — Updated 7/3/2013
Norman V. Vigfusson
Norman V. Vigfusson Eight-two years of life. With his loving family around him, Norman V. Vigfusson passed away peacefully at the age of 82, after a courageous battle with cancer.... — Updated 7/3/2013 Full story
Larry Montague
Larry Montague Larry passed away June 20, 2013 in Spokane, Wash. He was born June 1, 1924 in Spokane to Edward and Louvenia Montague. Larry was raised in Mondovi, Wash, moved to... — Updated 7/3/2013 Full story
Churches
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Emmanuel Lutheran Church celebrates the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost this Sunday, July 7. Join us at 9 a.m. for Bible study. All are welcome to worship at 10:30 a.m. Fellowship follows at 11:30 a.m. A... — Updated 7/3/2013
Shelly Wheeler always manages to find the bright side
Everybody has a story to tell. Shelly Wheeler’s story ranges from periods of happiness to deepest hurts. Through it all she said, “I have looked on the bright side of things. I was... — Updated 7/3/2013
West Plains Police News
CHENEY June 23 Third-degree malicious mischief was reported on the 300 block of Nolan Brown. A car was damaged. June 24 A suspicious circumstance was reported when a man turned in what he believed to be drugs to the Cheney Police... — Updated 7/3/2013
People in the US have a distrust in government
Recent opinion polls demonstrate a deepening distrust of the federal government. That’s not an altogether bad thing. Our nation’s founders recognized that most human abuses are the result of government. As Thomas Paine said, “go... — Updated 7/3/2013
Rooskies love ratski, and can find plenty in Snowden
So plucky little NSA rat Edward Snowden is safe in Russia, a country that has apparently started to give free speech lessons to America. Beautiful. We used to want to beat the Rooskies in the Olympics; now they’re hiding out our wh... — Updated 7/3/2013
Pain treatment changes for injured workers begin
The Department of Labor & Industries has changed the amount of time doctors can prescribe narcotics (opioids) for injured workers without agency authorization from 12 to six weeks. After six weeks, L&I insurance coverage for... — Updated 7/3/2013
Declaring our independence in a modern view
There are 1,338 words in the Declaration of Independence, 356 of which will likely be highlighted as our country celebrates its 237 years of existence this week. Of those 356 words, most of the attention is given to just 55, and... — Updated 7/3/2013
Board approves sports ticket price increases
The Medical Lake School District board of directors approved an increase in the sports and season ticket prices for the 2013-14 school year. Among the reason for the increase includes the district needing two officials instead of t... — Updated 7/3/2013
Second year of ML's STEM grant builds on foundation
Last year, the Medical Lake School District was busy gearing up for its first year heavily immersed in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). This summer will be... — Updated 7/3/2013
Cheney district enacts emergency financial measures
Faced with financial uncertainties due to the lack of a state budget the Cheney School Board enacted three resolutions at its June 26 meeting designed to keep the district operating until state funding for the 2013-15 biennium... — Updated 7/3/2013
Al French elected secretary of MRSC executive team
Spokane County Commissioner Al French has been elected secretary by the board of directors of the Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington (MRSC). As a result of his election, French will automatically become MRSC... — Updated 7/3/2013
New arrivals
The trumpeter swans on Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge have recently increased the size of their flock with some new additions. Above, the family on Middle Pine pond take a... — Updated 7/3/2013
Summer burn ban to take place on all DNR-protected lands
OLYMPIA – The Washington state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced June 29 that there would be a statewide burn ban on all DNR-protected lands beginning July 1 and running through Sept. 30, 2013. The burn ban will a... — Updated 7/3/2013
Deceptively bad looking
Cheney firefighters survey one of the vehicles damaged in a two-car collision last Wednesday near Safeway on SR 904. The minor-injury crash caused traffic to back up for a period... — Updated 7/3/2013
Board gets high school upgrade OK
The Cheney School District board of directors heard a recommendation to renovate the district’s high school at their only meeting in June last Wednesday night. Directors were also offered an alternate plan presented by one of the m... — Updated 7/3/2013
Online bill pay option starts soon in Medical Lake
The city of Medical Lake is receiving a big upgrade to its utility billing system which will allow customers the opportunity and convenience of paying bills online. The wheels for the software conversion started moving three or... — Updated 7/3/2013