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Lucid employee Cameron Smith has many traits, one of which is a knack for assigning people nicknames. For Stacia Shirley, manager of the Cheney marijuana shop, Smith dubbed her "Boss Lady." His brother, Lucid co-owner Dennis Turner, got "Charlie." "It's old-school Chicago terminology," Turner said with a chuckle on Sept. 12. As of press time, Sept. 12, Smith has been missing since a shooting and kidnapping that took place Sunday, Sept. 10, at Lucid, disturbing the peace of a...
The planned Airway Heights Recreation Center has been going through some growing pains to say the least as the initial cost of the building was more than expected – about $3.7 million more. Back in May 2017, ALSC and Lydig were the chosen designers for the building, over the other finalist, ORB Architects and Absher Construction. The group presented basic concepts of the recreation center and conducted interviews with the committee. They then displayed preliminary concepts at an open house where they took feedback from r...
Fairways offers green fees for nonperishable food The ninth annual Food Drive at the Fairways Golf Course is taking place now through Sept. 25. Donate four items of nonperishable food (cans or boxes) and receive a coupon for 50 percent off green fees on your next round of golf. Hi-Flyers offer square dance lessons in Cheney The Cheney Hi-Flyers Dance Club restarts beginning square dance lessons on Wednesday nights, starting Sept. 20 at Cheney City Hall, 609 Second St., 7-9 p.m. The Hi-Flyers have a new teacher, Doug Davis,...
One hundred years ago in 1917, Mrs. Otto Turk took over the photography studio formerly owned by A.A. Ames. Mrs. Turk installed a large camera for portraits, as well as handling Kodak photo finishing for customers. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
Natural disasters such as Hurricane Harvey over Labor Day weekend and most recently Hurricane Irma usually create an outpouring of support from individuals throughout the country. Unfortunately, they also create an outpouring of groups and/or individuals using fake charities to take advantage of that generosity and scam people out of their money. The Internal Revenue Service and local law enforcement officials want residents to be aware of these schemes and take steps to safeguard their personal finances. Cheney Police Chief...
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 • Sept. 16, 3D Paper Ornaments, community library, 2 – 4 p.m. • Sept. 19, September Produce Swaps, community library 1 – 5 p.m. • Sept. 19, Flightless Bird Running Club, Barrelhouse Pub and Pizza, 6 p.m. • Sept. 21, Kiwanis Meeting, Sessions Village Clubhouse 2219 N. Sixth St., 7 – 8 a.m. • Sept. 21, American Legion Post Meeti...
StageWest proudly presents: "Academia Nuts" by Gregg Kreutz and directed by Harry Schafer, produced with special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Professor Peter Smedforson lives in a quiet New England college town, in the former home of poet E.R. Lennox whose writings are the subject of his scholarly life's work. Reclusive Peter finds his sedate life is suddenly turned upside down when his home is invaded by Tammi, a free spirit from Atlantic City whose luck has run out,...
Cheney Congregational Church Please join us for worship on Sundays. We welcome everyone and are accessible to people with disabilities and hearing impairment. We are the green church at 423 N. Sixth St. We are excited to be offering a series of peace events this fall beginning with a community wide invitation to came and hear Dr. Lisa Brown address the topic of peace in our community. The opening event will be at noon in our fellowship hall on International Peace Day, Thursday, Sept. 21. We hope this allows some to attend...
1 Years Ago Sept. 13, 2007 The Cheney parks board was considering updating the park rules, which were seven years old, in a resolution proposing earlier closing times and tobacco free parks in the city. Airway Heights City Council turned down a $143,856 bid for a Highway 2 landscape project with plans to re-bid sometime in the later fall or early spring. Members of Medical Lake Boy Scout Troop 307 started a food drive for the city's needy pets through a food bank. They...
International Day of Peace, Sept. 21, will be celebrated at Cheney Congregational Church, 423 N. Sixth St., starting with a sandwich lunch for all at noon in the fellowship hall. There will be a rededication of our peace pole which has stood vigil outside the sanctuary for 15 years. Dr. Lisa Brown, who taught economics at Eastern Washington University for 20 years, has served as a state senator and Washington State University Spokane campus chancellor and is now a congressional candidate, will speak to peace in the Cheney...
Though most of the people who stopped in to the westbound Sprague rest stop Sept. 5 and Sept. 6 will not see this, I still want to send out a huge “Thank You!” Your generous donations have enabled us to not only secure meals for the Feed Medical Lake patrons, but to also designate a portion of the funds to Thrivent Financial Disaster Response for the Houston victims of flood and Montana victims of fire. Some Feed Medical Lake volunteers have relatives in Houston and loved ones in Montana. We pray for God to shield and pro...
At last count firefighters were battling 82 major wildfires in 10 western states. The fires have already scorched 2,300 square miles of forests and range lands, dislocated thousands of people, and burned hundreds of homes and buildings. This has been the third worst forest fire season on record prompting western congressional members to add billions to emergency hurricane relief legislation It isn’t over yet. The cost of fighting fires already broke this year’s U.S. For...
Hurricanes and fires have been devastating to the United States Even though the smoke seems to have cleared in the Cheney area, the damage is far from over after this disastrous summer of natural disasters. The headlines these days seem to be mainly about the hurricanes now plaguing the East Coast after already having significant damage to Houston, Texas caused by Hurricane Harvey. Some people have been in an uproar because the fires in Montana and numerous other states are not more talked about nationally than the...
Say someone walks up to you, and asks you where you’re from and you say, “America, the United States.” How would you answer them if they then asked, “Describe being an American. What does that mean?” How would you answer? We hear a lot about “American values,” the “American way,” and other attributes. In times of national stress, these are often invoked as a rallying point. But what are they? After all, we are a nation unlike any other in history. We are a mixture, a blend, a “melting pot” of different cultures and ethnicit...
Workers are putting the finishing touches on Cheney Federal Credit Union's second branch on Westbow Road off of Exit 272 on Interstate 90. The grand opening and ribbon cutting will take place on Thursday, Sept. 28 at 11 a.m. Jo An Sanders, CEO of Cheney Federal noted the project, which broke ground on April 3, is being completed, "On time and on budget."...
The West Plains Chamber of Commerce’s Master’s Golf Tournament takes place Friday, Sept. 15 at the Fairways Golf Course and there are still openings for teams WPCC spokesperson, Deanna Williams wrote in an email. Cost is $110 per person or $425 for a foursome. Individuals interested in playing can do so only if there are openings on existing teams, Williams said. Another upcoming event is the annual Business to Business Expo that will take place Thursday, Oct. 19, at Northern Quest Resort & Casino. This networking event all...
Addressing the explosive nature of the region's housing market, work is underway to prepare the fourth and final stage in Cheney's Harvest Bluff development on Betz Road. "It is our final phase, we're projecting 51 home sites," Andrea Worley, regional marketing specialist for Hayden Homes said. The current project includes adding fill and leveling the area and prepping lots for eventual home construction. They are getting land ready for us to start digging foundations,"...
The Airway Heights parks and recreation department is offering a new after school program for girls which is called “Girls Excited About Recreation” (GEAR). “I heard about it at a conference and thought it was something we were capable of doing,” Andy Gardner, parks, recreation and community services supervisor said. “It just seemed like the right thing to do.” The program will start on Oct. 4 and is offered at no cost for girls between the ages of eight and 13. It will take place after school from 3 – 5 p.m. The idea behi...
Cheney School District board of directors got a look at the preliminary expansion and renovation designs for Betz Elementary School at a school board workshop last Thursday at the district's conference center on Needham Hill. The key word in this is "preliminary" as school district Superintendent Rob Roettger said changes are likely. The changes are in store because the design is 18.21 percent over the target square footage amount voters agreed to fund when they passed a $52...
Smoky conditions last week forced cancellation of many high school sports events and sent most teams to practice indoors, including the Cheney High football team which worked on defensive skills in the Blackhawks main gym....
Revenue launches new streamlined website OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Revenue has announced the launch of its new website. In a Sept. 12 news release, the department stated the newly designed website, launched Saturday, Sept. 9, offers quick and easy access to essential information, and provides features that allows for a more engaging user experience. Businesses, tax professionals, and the general public will be able to get to the information they need through clearly identified paths. Key features of the s...
Spokane County officials are advising residents that an overlay of existing asphalt project on Craig Road will likely lead to travel restrictions. The work from Four Lakes Road to State Route 902 was scheduled to begin Sept. 11 and should last approximately two weeks. Delays and lane restrictions are expected in both directions, and the road will be closed to through traffic during paving....
Cheney’s City Council elected to pull the trigger on several upcoming projects at their Sept. 12 meeting — but first had to pay for an emergency one that already took place. The council voted unanimously to approve a resolution paying Dow Excavating $13,752, plus tax, for work the company did to repair an existing leaking water main along First Street between Cheney Feed and Tack and the Baptist Church. Total price of the work with tax came to $14,692, and as part of the resolution, the council approved an appropriation of...
At its Sept. 11 study session meeting, the Airway Heights City Council was given a presentation on almost every detail about the Transportation Circulation Plan that involves improvements to Highway 2. The preparation for this plan was approved by the council on April 18, 2016. The main purpose for this plan is to develop short and long-term improvements for vehicle movement along with pedestrians and bikers in Airway Heights. If everything goes as anticipated, the planning department envisions the council adopting it this...
School House Lofts property manager Eric Pettit noted one of the unique features of the new student-housing project opening this fall across Fifth Street from Eastern Washington University’s Showalter Hall is the style of each apartment unit. “Not a single one is alike,” Pettit said. Indeed, while each studio, three- and four-bedroom units share similar floor plans, each unit incorporates into its own way aspects of what the building used to be — the Cheney School District’s original high school, known as the Fisher Bu...
