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Stormy Weathers admits it - he's addicted to wood. Especially the mangled type. Actually, gazing over the collection of stuff covering almost every inch of space on his shop floor and in a number of piles outside, he's addicted to about everything you might find at a yard sale or left lying around. "Any time anybody is throwing something away, I grab it," Weathers said. But that's just the start. The former U.S. Army draftee, Air Force officer and retired Medical Lake School...
When it comes to dealing with delinquent utility accounts, Airway Heights staff is going to use one of the tools it already has. At an August study session, staff proposed Ordinance 878, which amends the city’s municipal codes “Water System” and “Sanitary Sewer System,” and creates a new section “Utility Services.” The ordinance will allow only property owners to set up utility accounts. Currently both property owners and tenants can create accounts. During the session, accounting-records clerk Addam Janke said staff proposed...
Fifty years ago in 1966, William P. Geschke opened Cheney Realty Company at 403 First St. The name had been used before in the teens and 20s when A.L. Ames operated a real estate firm here. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
1 Years Ago Nov. 16, 2006 Several Cheney-area individuals chose to go on a spray-painting spree that targeted just about every outdoor blank surface available. Former fire chief and building official John Montague was hired by the city of Cheney as an interim city administrator. The Cheney Blackhawks girl’s soccer team headed to the state semifinals in Lakewood. The Hawks secured the trip after 4-0 wins over Selah and West Valley. 20 Years Ago Nov. 14, 1996 Bruce Babbit, the United States Secretary of the Interior, put t...
CHS cross country annual Turkey Trot registration opens The Cheney High School cross country team’s ninth annual Turkey Trot takes place Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24 at 9 a.m. at the high school. The 2-mile or 3-mile walk/run is for runners and walkers of all ages. The entry fee is $5 without T-shirt. Registration for the race only can be done in person up to 8:30 a.m. on the day of the Trot. Participants receive a ticket for a drawing to win a turkey and other prizes. Register online at https://runsignup.com...
The Cheney Firefighters Benevolent Association is holding its second annual fundraiser and auction this Saturday, Nov. 19, from 5 – 11 p.m. at Zentropa Pizzeria & Pub, 122 College Ave. There is no cost to attend the event. There will be a silent auction throughout the night as well as a live auction portion around 6:30 p.m. A portion of purchases from Zentropa will be donated to the fund as well. There will also be T-shirts, sweatshirts, growlers and pint glasses with the benevolent association logo on them for sale, with e...
Cheney Community Church ‘Tis the season for giving, and that is the spirit of Operation Christmas Child (OCC), a project of the national organization, Samaritan’s Purse. Shoebox gifts packed with school supplies, toys, hygiene items and other small items are sent around the world in Jesus’ name to needy children in numerous countries. In addition to the gift box, children are offered the opportunity to take a Bible study entitled, “The Greatest Journey,” to learn about Jesus. This year Cheney Community Church (CCC) is serving...
For everyone who chose to put Donald Trump in the oval office I have to ask why? Do you honestly believe he can fix America’s problems? You have to love all people in this beautiful country including immigrants who are here, they came here to find peace, to find happiness that they deserve like all of us, they wanted to find an opportunity for a good education to better themselves. They are wanting freedom, they don’t want to live in countries where they have no real freedom, where they are persecuted, often times kil...
As you know, I am a longtime fan of professional wrestling. Usually when someone involved with wrestling makes the news, it’s not for a good reason, and this past weekend was no different. Joey Styles, an announcer and commentator who had worked for Extreme Championship Wrestling and the WWE, was fired from Evolve Wrestling, an independent wrestling organization. During an event, Styles made an inappropriate comment toward ring announcer Joanna Rose, saying she “looked great tonight and if our next president were here ton...
The Nov. 8 election has come and gone and Republican candidate Donald Trump is the next President of the United States. Who would have thought we would be printing those words? There are many folks out there who are scared — particularly people of color, Muslims, immigrants and the LGBTQ community — of what a Trump presidency means for the country’s future. During his campaign, Trump said and promised many things, including a mass deportation of immigrants and denying some Muslims entry into the country. People from both...
Two community entities that face challenging futures on an ever-changing landscape are teaming to potentially help one another. The Spokane County Library District - and specifically the Cheney branch - is teaming with credit card purveyor American Express to promote Small Business Saturday on Nov. 26. The first-ever Small Business Saturday took place on Nov 27, 2010. It encouraged people across the country to support small, local businesses following the traditional largest...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter On an aptly themed unusually warm November day with not a cloud in the sky, the Spokane Tribe of Indians officially broke ground on their long-awaited casino project in Airway Heights last Wednesday. With a crowd estimated in the neighborhood of 200 tribal members, local dignitaries and others on hand, the first shovels of dirt were turned in the first phase of what will ultimately be a $400 million project. Phase 1A of the project will include...
Eastern Washington University is encouraging students and residents to participate in “Giving Joy Day,” Nov. 29. According to Lisa Poplawski, director of alumni advancement, Eastern’s Giving Joy Day is inspired by “Giving Tuesday,” which is a movement to create an international day of generosity and goodwill at the beginning of the holiday season. Poplawski explained that the event serves two purposes, one being to help raise $100,000 for EWU scholarships. The scholarship part of the movement was inspired by EWU President Dr....
This is the second part in a two-part series about resources for high school seniors to pay for college. This installment focuses on scholarships. Another way for Cheney and Medical Lake high school students to pay for college is by scholarships. Students are awarded scholarships for many reasons, such as having a high grade point average or achieving notoriety in a sport or performance art. Nicole Starkey, Cheney High School career and college specialist, said there are numerous scholarships for more than just high GPAs and...
The Medical Lake High School music program honored veterans at different events last week....
Catheleen Schlotter has been in public education for 16 years, seven of them in Cheney. Her hard work is known throughout the Cheney School District but it was recognized by the state when she was named the Washington State School Social Worker of the Year. “I have nominated other people in previous years, so winning it myself is a huge honor,” Schlotter said. Currently, Schlotter is the district’s intervention and re-engagement specialist along with being Snowdon Elementary School’s assistant principal. Before this job, sh...
Eastern Washington University basketball players, a team whose roster lists members from four different countries, observed the playing of the U.S. national anthem in a show of solidarity prior to the Eagles' Veterans' Day basketball game with Linfield College. Eastern won the non-league contest at Reese Court 70-47....
Cheney Firefighters Local 1919 raised $1,640.29 in their annual "Fill the Boot" drive, Oct. 8, for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Presenting the check to MDA representative Mattie Kelton (second from left) were (left to right) battalion chief Bill Dennstaedt, firefighter Ben Walters, firefighter Jon Hanke and Eastern Washington University's Travis Naught....
At its Nov. 14 study session, the Airway Heights City Council moved several items forward to its next meeting. One was an amendment of public defender professional service contract with Maurer Law. The amendment proposes to increase the contract from $4,000 to $4,833 per month. City Manager Albert Tripp gave two reasons for the recommendation. One was because of the increase in the city’s caseload activity. In 2014, the city entered into an interlocal agreement with the Kalispel Tribe for them to send defendants to Airway H...
The 2017 budget wasn’t the only item on the Cheney City Council’s Nov. 8 agenda. The council approved a resolution accepting a public defense grant from the Washington State Office of Public Defense, money that can be used to help with services such as additional attorneys to reduce public defense caseloads, investigative and expert services for public defense cases and interpreter services for attorney-client meetings. Cheney’s municipal court is receiving $13,500 in 2017, an amount Court Administrator Terri Cooper said...
At its Nov. 9 meeting, the Airway Heights Planning Commission conducted a State Environmental Policy Act public hearing on the Basalt Ridge Apartment Complex project. The complex, which is being developed by Whitewater Creek Inc.on the northeast corner of Sixth Avenue and a stretch of road that will become an extension of Ketchum Street. According to the SEPA checklist, the complex will be 12 buildings with 240 units and a separate “community center building.” Development Services Director Derrick Braaten said the area has...
In the Nov.3 Cheney Free Press story on the change of ownership of Cheney Glass, co-owner Abigail Vaughn was misidentified with the last name Bond....
Eastern Washington residents can be forgiven if they get nervous when the winds begin to blow - especially this time of year. Thursday, Nov. 17, marks the one-year anniversary of the historic "big blow," for lack of a better phrase. On that date in 2015, the morning winds began to live up to what the National Weather Service had predicted in a Nov. 14 significant weather briefing. "The wind event was expected to be historic for the region," Avista Utilities writes in its...
Eastern Washington University injured offensive lineman Jerrod Jones didn't have the average Senior Day Nov. 12 at Roos Field. But it certainly turned out to be very memorable as Jones chose to use the occasion on the red turf to make a marriage proposal to his girlfriend, Maddie Lynch-Crumrine. How could she say anything but yes?...
The Cheney City Council’s public hearing Nov. 8 consisted mostly of presentations on the 2017 budget from six departments funded by the city’s general fund on what they hope to do in the upcoming year, and what they have been able to accomplish so far. According to Finance Department information, the Police Department is expecting expenses of just over $2.71 million, with revenues tabbed at $276,000. Notable is the absence of between $85,000 – $90,000 in dispatch service monies, which the city lost when Eastern Washi...
