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Anyone wishing for the city of Cheney to hire economic development help will have to keep on wishing. During the comment portion of the City Council’s June 28 meeting, Mayor Tom Trulove addressed a story in the June 23 issue of the Cheney Free Press noting the city’s Planning Commission had approved sending a recommendation to the City Council that it consider either hiring internally or contracting out for economic development services. The commission’s recommendation came during its review process of the city’s compreh...
With the holidays ending and summer starting, the Cheney clothing and food banks have felt the hit. The clothing bank had a slump where they had no donations and barely anything to give out for a couple weeks, but they are slowly building back up their stock. The bank is open on Wednesdays from noon – 6 p.m. and they are always looking for donations. Any clothing, bedding, shoes, toys and books are gladly taken for donations. The clothing bank will also take items for e...
One hundred twenty-five years ago on July 3, 1891, the brand new the Pomeroy Building welcomed its first tenant, G. G. Mobley & Co. George Mobley and his son, Frank, moved into the building erected by Dr. Francis Pomeroy, a pioneer doctor and surgeon. Learn more about our area's history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
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@cheneyfreepress.com. Cheney • July 8, Baby Play & Learn Storytime (ages 0 – 18 months), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • July 8 – “Building-palooza,” community library, 3 – 4 p.m. • July 8 – 9, Friends of the Cheney Library Book Sale, community library, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. • July 8 – 14, Threaded Tales: The Art of Quilting, EWU Downtown Student Galler...
CHS all-class reunion picnic gathers alumni The Cheney High School Alumni Association is hosting its annual all-class reunion picnic on Saturday, July 16, at Salnave Park. The picnic is free and begins at 10 a.m. and continues until 3 p.m. Bring a picnic lunch and a folding chair. The picnic is funded by donations, and donations also fund the Alumni Association’s annual George Fisher Scholarship, given annually to a graduating senior at Cheney High School. If you have questions please call Bob Crabb at (509) 389-9396. C...
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. We are a welcoming haven, nourishing all God’s people in body, mind and spirit. Holy Communion is at 1l a.m. The Rev. Christine Soule will preach and preside. The Episcopal, Lutheran and Methodist Campus Ministry will resume in September. We are in the midst of creating a community garden at St. Paul’s consisting of flowers and vegetables in raised planter boxes at the church. Volunteers are welcome to help us in this endeavor. Alcoholics Anonymous meets every Saturday morning at 11:30 a.m. in th...
The Eastern Washington University Downtown Student Gallery is presenting "Threaded Tales: The Art of Quilting" from July 5 – Aug. 22. The quilts are from a variety of quilters in the area. Some quilters included in the exhibition are: Debra Holmes, Linda Hunt, Marlene Oddie, Ginger Pantano, Karen Reed, Linda Roberts, Kay Sargent, Sherry Thompson and Diane Watters. The women participating are also a part of the Spokane Chapter of the Washington State Quilter Guild. The quilters...
StageWest Community Theatre presents a night of mystery and dinner. Come to the Marketplace Bakery & Eatery Friday, July 15, for an audience participation mystery theatre presentation of “No Insurance,” directed by John Brooks. The Quartermann family and friends are gathered together to find out what is going on with their family fortune. The audience will get clues and will have to figure out just who hates who and where the money will go. The performance starts at 7 p.m., and runs between two and two-and-a-half hours. Tic...
Spokane County Sheriff’s Deputy Travis Pendell, spoke to the Retired Public Employees Chapter 14 on June 22, describing his work as the resource officer for the Medical Lake School District as well as the types of scams that target retirees. As the school resource officer, he works with staff and counselors, supporting positive behavior, and preventing poor behavior from escalating into criminal behavior. Pendell said that there are many types of scams. One scammer called 200 people before finding one who fell for his s...
Last week, I spoke with Medical Lake City Administrator Doug Ross and Fire Chief Jason Mayfield, who hoped the city’s residents would not be careless with lighting fireworks during the Fourth of July holiday because of the current cooler temperatures. This got me to thinking about some of the other warnings we hear about in the summer, mainly the ones relating to children and pets in hot cars. Every year we have to be reminded about this issue and it seems like a simple task to not leave children and pets inside of a hot v...
This past spring, Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers, our 5th District Representative in Congress for 12 years and trying for another term, has been holding “Conversations with Cathy.” I attended one in Spokane Valley on Monday morning, April 4 at the HUB. The majority of questions swirled around finances, taxes and banking. It was interesting that McMorris Rodgers supports a flat tax, opposes retirement protections (regulations to protect consumers retirement funds) and supports dipping into the “entitlements” to balance...
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.” Transmitted from Congress to the individual states on Sept. 25, 1789, ratified on Dec. 15, 1791. Our nation has an issue with guns. Possession of firearms has been enshrined in our nation’s main governing document, something that can’t be taken away without changing that specific portion of the document — despite what fear-mongers say about the government coming to take your guns...
Business has many things that drive it, but among the most important might be the availability of water. And while in many parts of the West Plains, businesses and residents are serviced by the municipalities in which they reside, the city of Spokane plays a significant role in making part of its abundant supply of water available. Scott Simmons, utilities director for the city of Spokane, said many years ago the cities and the districts established their water service areas w...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter A decade ago businesses in Cheney reveled as the calendar turned to August and the Seattle Seahawks invaded the city for its NFL training camp. Following the team's relocation to Kirkland and the shores of Lake Washington, there was some hand-wringing as to what the loss of revenue from thousands of visitors might mean. But any slack for some local businesses, it appears, may have been taken up over the years with a variety of Eastern Washington...
The following 2016 Cheney High School graduates were awarded scholarships and honors. Jerika Adams — Honor Cords and President’s Educational Excellence Award and Washington State Principal’s Scholar. Claire Arensmeyer — Honor Cords and President’s Educational Excellence Award, Washington State Principal’s Scholar, Seal of Biliteracy (French), Spokane Scholar Fine Arts Candidate, WWU Presidential Scholarship, WWU Foundation Scholarship, WWU Instrumental Scholarship and WWU Honors College. Zachary Aris — Honor Cords and Pre...
Former Eastern Washington University visiting lecturer Andres Jaramillo and his family recently left Cheney on a journey that will take them to their hometown of Bogota, Columbia. In the fall, the family will move to Los Angeles in in the fall where Jaramillo will pursue his doctorate at the University of Southern California. Although the Jaramillos will leave Cheney behind, they will not forget how the community embraced and helped them, specifically with the needs of...
Greg and Somjit Thomas' home at 705 S. Silver Lake Ave., is the Medical Lake Kiwanis and Cheney Garden Club's July selection as Garden of the Month. The Thomas' have a variety of flowers growing throughout their yard including their purple clematis (top). From left to right: Greg Thomas, Somjit Thomas, Sharry Cowan and Margaret Norlin, Gardeners of Cheney and Dan Dorhorst, Medical Lake Kiwanis Club. The Thomas received a $25 gift card to Village Supply....
Cheney power outage tied to repair work preparation Portions of Cheney experienced a brief power outage June 28 resulting from work Light Department crews were performing to prepare for line upgrades by the Bonneville Power Administration. Light Department Director Steve Boorman said Cheney crews were in the process of reconfiguring one of the feeder lines at the city’s main substation on Cheney-Plaza Road in order to take the load off another feeder line so it could be de-energized for BPA’s work. The first feeder would tra...
Crews from Airway Heights, Medical Lake, Spokane, Cheney and Fairchild Air Force Base fire departments and Spokane County fire districts 3 and 10 responded to a structure fire at an apartment complex on the 1500 block of South Lawson Street. Airway Heights Fire Chief Mitch Metzger said the fire started at approximately 7:20 p.m., July 3. "The fire destroyed two lower units and the laundry room and damaged three units on the upper floor," Metzger said. The American Red Cross is...
The Medical Lake Planning Commission breezed through its June 30 meeting, which included a light agenda with no action items, but several city updates. City Administrator Doug Ross informed the commission the service line on Grace Street, across from the Lefevre Street Bakery, broke, but maintenance crews were able to dig it up and repair it. “We had about 12 residents and businesses without water for at least five hours, but the crew was able to patch it up,” Ross said. Ross told the commission that the city purchased a fif...
Empty fire extinguishers lie on the ground in front of an Airway Heights apartment complex damaged by a Sunday night fire. See the story on page 10....
A recreational sports complex in the city of Airway Heights is close to becoming a reality. In May, the Airway Heights City Council approved an ordinance to authorize placing a $13 million bond initiative on the Aug. 2 ballot. The proposed bond will provide funding to construct a 35,000 square foot building that will include a modern aquatic facility with a pool for lap swimming. If voters approve the measure, the obligation bond would be levied against all taxable property...
No doubt about it - Washington Rocks! If there is a double entendre detected in that statement, it's because former Cheney resident Dr. Eugene Kiver believes Washington is geologically a very diverse state. So much so that the Eastern Washington University emeritus professor of geology teamed with two current EWU colleagues, Chad Pritchard and Richard L. Orndorff, to produce "Washington Rocks!," a 144-page guide to 57 features around the state. According to a news release...
Parents and kids enjoy some time in Cheney's pool last week as the summer temperatures finally warmed up enough for continuous use of the facility....
This year’s Cheney Rodeo Round-up is a blend of something old and something new. The something old is that the Round-up, a combination of vendors and activities taking place downtown around Saturday’s parade, is once again under the coordination of Debbie Anderson. The something new is the co-owner of Cheney’s Holiday Inn Express and the antiques and vintage store Against the Grain is getting help from the Mayfest organization. Anderson started the Round-up in 2014 in order to provide something that would bring people to do...
