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1 Years Ago Aug. 3, 2006 Fox Ridge developers proposed a 5-acre parcel west of Graham Road in Medical Lake to be re-designated from its current light industrial zoning to a single family residential that would add 30 new lots to the plat, making the area more compatible with the adjoining residential parcels surrounding it. Washington state Department of Corrections promoted Walker Morton to the position of superintendent at Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women, replacing...
The next time customers purchase a pound of bananas for the advertised 39 cents per pound from retailers like Rosauers, Super 1, Yoke's Fresh Market or Trading Company, consider the tender loving care - and expense - it took to make that fruit have its snappy yellow color on the table or kitchen counter. Among other things, it took a $1 million investment in carefully climate-controlled coolers near the end of a six-week journey that took the fruit from tree to table. Upon arr...
Corey Jenkins - one half of the music group "Jenks" - tosses around juggling clubs in front of a group of children during a July 29 concert at the Cheney Public Library....
Crime continues to be steady in the city of Airway Heights According to statistics from the Airway Heights Police Department, there were 2,870 reported incidents from January to June of this year. This is down 2 percent from 2,931 incidents from January to June of last year. The northeast portion of the city still counts for most of the criminal activity (59 percent) with 1,707 incidents, a 9 percent increase from last year’s number of 1,558. Airway Heights Sgt. Robert Swan said the area, which includes Walmart, Cedar Summit...
It has been two years since the Cheney Summerhawks 15U and 17U baseball teams withdrew from the American Legion system. For the second season, the 17U team played an independent schedule, playing against various club and American Legion teams from Washington and Idaho, and competing in three tournaments. Cheney finished with a 13-15 record and ended the season on a high note after they finished second in the Smash N’ Splash tournament in Moses Lake. The 15U squad competed in the Spokane Indians Youth Baseball program for t...
CHENEY July 25 A stolen vehicle was recovered on the zero hundred block of Columbia Street. The vehicle was stolen out of Spokane. Trespassing was reported on the 2800 block of First Street. Third-degree malicious mischief was reported on the 100 block of Washington Street. There was damage to a car. July 26 Residential burglary was reported on the 100 block of West Sixth Street. Currency was taken. Unlawful issuance of bank checks was reported on the 2300 block of First Street. Residential burglary was reported on the 200 bl...
Note: This column was printed on Aug. 2 when Ichiro Suzuki’s hit total was 2,998. Former Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki is one or two games away from joining an exclusive club — the 3,000 hit club. The Japanese star is currently at 2,998 hits as of press time, but once he achieves his 3,000th hit he will join 29 other players on the list, including former Mariner Alex Rodriguez as well as legends like Derek Jeter, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. Suzuki, who is 42 years old, has been a well-known and popular player among Ame...
The sour taste is still present but it's time to move on for the Medical Lake American Legion baseball team. Bounced from the district playoffs in July in a strange series of events while head coach Kerry Kelly was away on family business, it's time for the team to walk away from the game for the year and explore options. To refresh everyone on what happened July 18, Medical Lake entered the semifinal round a perfect 3-0 and the No. 1 seed from its pool play. When the team...
The Eastern Washington University football team will begin practices for the 2016 season on Tuesday, Aug. 9 on the Sports and Recreation Center practice fields. Players will report on Aug. 7 and 8, then the team will practice together on Aug. 9 at 9:15 a.m. Eastern will practice in pads for the first time on Friday, Aug. 12 at 9:15 a.m., followed by its first of five days of two-a-day practices on Aug. 13. The Eagles are expected to exclusively use the practice fields through...
Final depot painting bids by Aug. 5 Friday, Aug. 5 is the last chance to win original artwork donated by well-known local artist Judy McKeehan to help save Cheney’s former Northern Pacific Railroad Depot. Be at the Mason Jar on First Street before they close at 5 p.m. to submit a final bid. The silent auction is being held by the Cheney Depot Society to raise the funding needed to save the historic, over 80-year-old “Southwest mission-style” depot. Mobile food bank visits ML, Aug. 4 Second Harvest mobile food bank will be at... Full story
Cheney UCC You are cordially invited to attend services at Cheney UCC at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 7. Pastor David Krueger-Duncan will deliver the sermon and preside at the communion table. Everyone is welcome to partake in our communion if they wish to do so. Music director Kate Francis will have something special arranged for us. A coffee hour follows in the fellowship hall. Please come to get acquainted. Summer church office hours are Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Call the church office at 235-4193 for i...
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 • Aug. 5, Baby Play & Learn Storytime (ages 0 – 18 months), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • Aug. 5, Eco Green Compost Sale, Utility Building 112 Anderson Rd., $14 per cubic yard, Noon – 3 p.m. • Aug. 5, Open Swim, Cheney Pool, 1 – 5 p.m. • Aug. 5, Sound Coach: A Reading Relay Readathon, community library, 3 – 4 p.... Full story
Luella Dow was an amazingly large lady in a tiny body. As reported last week, she told the stories of many who would have otherwise gone unnoticed through her Cheney Free Press column “Of Cabbages and Kings.” Her warm, friendly writing style brought personalities to life on the written page. But her presence in the community did not end there. She was a long-time member of Tyler Grange 610 and continued to support that organization even as membership and participation dwindled. While Luella made it clear she did not att...
People are sick and tired of Donald Trump and his nasty attitude. He is a mean, rude and nasty person — he has so much hate in his heart for so many people. The things he has said about our wonderful black and Latino brothers and sisters is incomprehensible, and also many of the media and whites as well. He is without question a racist. Do we honestly want him in the White House? Trump is unqualified, he does not want to lead this great country — he wants to rule. Personally I cannot justify voting for this man who I feel in...
It’s certainly an interesting time to be observing what makes the news. While sipping coffee on the morning of July 27, I had the opportunity to channel surf. And how can one not stop when the image of Donald Trump appears on the screen? Because after all, you always wonder what will next come out of his mouth? Turns out Trump was conducting a press conference at Doral, Fla. and taking questions from the assembled press corps whose job it is to report on what the R...
The nations of the world funnel many of their finest athletes into Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad for an event that seems to be making more news even before the competition starts. The Rio Olympics begin their 18-day run Friday, Aug. 5 with the opening ceremonies in the nearly 70-year-old venue known as the Maracana, the stadium that hosts both the torch lighting ceremony and the closing ceremonies, Aug. 21. Perhaps in another year — or location — the games themselves might be the topic of con...
Eastern Washington University is in the ninth year of its community food drive. The food drive is accepting monetary and food donations until Aug. 10. The money will be donated to the Cheney Food Bank, Cheney Outreach — for backpacks and school supplies — and the Community in Schools Food Pantries and Clothing Closets. This year the food drive has already helped collect 64 banana boxes full of food. EWU is also accepting donations of backpacks and school supplies. Donations can be dropped off at the Rozell Plant rec...
The future of Cheney’s economic development and business growth looks to rest with the people already working to make a living in the city. A cooperative effort orchestrated by the Cheney Merchants Association (CMA) plans to draw the ideas of business leaders and others in the community to map a route to grow new business and help those already here. “The Mayor (Tom Trulove) and I talked about this six months ago,” Doug Nixon, CMA president and Cheney City Council membe...
The following Cheney High School students were awarded Community Colleges of Spokane Foundation Scholarships. Jonathon Blanc — Cheney Environmental Association Scholarship. Breeann Wilson – F.W. McMulkin Scholarship. Callie Hanson – Footsteps to Follow Scholarship and Virtual Possibilities Network Scholarship. Lisa Mundall – Gardeners of Cheney Scholarship....
At its July 26 meeting, the Medical Lake School Board approved its operating budget for the 2016-17 school year. During the meeting, Chad Moss, director of finance, said the general fund revenue for 2016-17 is projected at $21.5 million, a 5 percent increase from last year. From the revenue side, the state accounts for $963,893 while $20,000 is federal money and $50,365 is from local dollars. Expenditures for this year are projected at $21.9 million, a 5 percent increase from last year ($20.81 million). Moss said the projecte...
All meetings are scheduled for 6 p.m. unless specified. Sept. 20 — District office Oct. 25 — District Office Nov. 22 — District Office (at 4 p.m.) Dec. 13 — District office Jan. 24 — District office Feb. 28 — District office March 28 — Medical Lake High School library April 25 — Hallett Elementary School library May 23 — Medical Lake Middle School library June 27 — District office July 25 — District office Aug. 22 — District office...
At a special July 26 meeting, the Cheney School Board approved an addendum to the Fisher Building sale agreement with Eastmark Capital Group, with Director Mitch Swenson abstaining. According to Kassidy Probert, the district's director of finance, Sean Barnes, manager for Eastmark Capital Group, requested a 45 day extension to the feasibility study because his Historic Preservation Tax Incentive application is still pending approval from the National Parks Service. The...
With 21.95 percent of ballots returned Tuesday night, the city of Airway Heights Proposition 1, which would help fund a proposed $13 million recreation center, was passing comfortably with 62.10 percent yes votes, 349 – 213. If successful, the center would be built on the city’s 70-acre park land located to the north along Deno Road. In local legislative races, Democratic Lynnette Vehrs was leading all five candidates in the race for the 6th District’s state House of Representatives Position 1 race, with Republican Mike...
If it seemed as though the past month was just a bit cooler than a year ago, the statistics will back up that notion. On average this past July was 6 degrees cooler than in 2015 and in terms of days over 100 and those in the 90s, the slam-dunk winner on the cool side was 2016 where not once did the mercury hit 100. Only seven days were in the 90s this past July where in 2015, there were 12. What was the difference between the two years? Retired Eastern Washington University me...
After two consecutive record-setting seasons in Washington state, a kinder, more gentle July is over and, knock on an unburned tree near you, the number of wildfires and acreage burned is way down. The Smokey Bear sign on State Route 904 between Four Lakes and Cheney said it all in mid-July, proclaiming a blue "moderate" fire danger. "Moderate (fire danger) in the middle of July in Spokane County is a rarity," Guy Gifford, public information officer for the Department of...
