Cheney Light Department Director Joe Noland retires after 30-year career with the city
Cheney Light Department Director Joe Noland will be retiring next week after 30 years with the city. Noland has been counting down the days by removing an inch from the tape measure hanging by the nameplate outside his office.
When Joe Noland took a job as lineman for the Cheney Light Department in 1985, his plan was to work just long enough to see what it was like to collect 12 months worth of paychecks.
Now, Noland is retiring from the city of Cheney after serving 30 years in just about every Light Department position, including the last seven as the department's director.
"I tell people I stayed too long because when you stay too long, they make you the boss," Noland said.
Born in Sandpoint but spending his K-12 years in Rosalia, Noland began his career in 1979 as an apprentice lineman. He worked on a variety of...
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