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On Friday, Dec. 17, Cheney High School clubs combined to donate 252 toys to Spokane’s Tree of Sharing. The toy drive lasted two weeks and gave the clubs the goal of winning the Toy Drive trophy. The clubs that competed in this event were DECA, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Family, Career, Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), Future Farmers of America (FFA), Spanish Club and the National Honors Society, with FBLA collecting the most toys. “This was a great event for our school and our club members,” FBLA advis...
Although there were some speed bumps, the Safe Routes grant for Airway Heights continues to make progress. According to Derrick Braaten, Development Services Director for Airway Heights, the city had to do some resubmittals for the grant. The city looks to go out for bid this month or in February and hopes to start work in the spring. Braaten mentioned that the grant has already provided over $8,000 in supplies for Sunset Elementary’s Physical Education program and an additional $8,000 used toward the purchase of library a...
SPOKANE – The spring honor roll list at Spokane Falls Community College includes more than 2,000 students. To receive honor roll status, students must earn a 3.0 grade point average or higher. Local students appearing on the honor roll are as follows: Airway Heights Simon Arnzen-Jones, Earl Baldwin, Keith Berry, Crystal Carroll, Brandon Coristine, Malachi Craven, Hailey Crawford, Shannon Daignault, Trevor Denton, Randal Emerson, Steven Euper, Bradley Evans, Jonathan Forbes, James Francis, Jorge Franco, Gina Garcia, Jimmy G...
If you saw the Snow Angels article on the front page of this paper Dec. 26 or read about them in the Cheney Connections that came with your Janurary 2014 utility bill, then you will understand why I wish to thank my snow angel, John Taves. On Dec. 21, 2013. a “secret shoveler” from last winter and I cleared my 120-plus foot sidewalk along Oakland Street before 8 a.m. That evening I returned from babysitting to find a berm of compact snow and ice covering two-thirds of the walk. Hoping for a big melt from the weather, I put...
The public needs to be aware of a Public Hearing Notice that was in the Dec. 26 edition of the Cheney Free Press, in the legal section, page 7, section 2, regarding Cheney Hydroponics wanting to build a structure for the production and processing of recreational marijuana. The public is invited to attend this hearing, to call or to write to our city officials. This hearing will take place Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 2 p.m., at Cheney City Hall in the City Council Chambers at 609 Second St, Cheney, Wash. Cheney Hydroponics is interes...
The last two issues of the Free Press have had great opinion articles about the problems of our economy, if you are for unrestrained capitalism. Last week Don C. Brunell of the Association of Washington Business proclaimed his usual dislike for over regulation by government. While acknowledging that some regulation is necessary, he attacks the Affordable Care Act, the Washington Department of Ecology for “pursuing new water quality regulations” and Governor Inslee for advocating “California-like climate change regul...
Editor’s note: The following letter is in response to an OpEd piece by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers that was published in the Dec. 15, 2013 issue of the Tri-City Herald Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Tri-City Herald, Dec. 15, p. C1) writes that to get jobs we need to promote economic certainty, champion bipartisan compromise, and reduce regulations. The fossil fuel industry, and politicians who support it, say that without coal, oil, and natural gas, our economy will collapse. But we know we can’t keep polluting our...
When Medical Lake and Deer Park met in a nonleague girl's basketball game Dec. 6 the Cardinals came roaring out of the gate and rolled to a 41-32 victory. They did it on the strength of a 14-4 first quarter and led 31-15 at the half before cooling off. Last Saturday, in the return engagement in Deer Park, it was the Lady Stags' turn and they dealt the Cardinals (1-1 Northeast A, 3-6 overall) a third straight setback, while winning for the first time this season. "The Deer...
While most everyone else at Medical Lake High School had time off over the Christmas holiday break, wrestlers were anything but idle as they competed in four tournaments. Nick Reed at 113 pounds emerged with the most success with runner-up finishes at the Central Valley Tournament, Dec. 23 and the M-2 Tournament at Rogers High, Dec. 28. Reed also took home a third place at Cashmere Dec. 21 and fourth at last Saturday’s Blackhawk Invite in Cheney. Ricky Petersen also scored a...
Cheney's Vern Sandersen waits for the referee to begin the round as West Valley's Hunter Ferguson hopes to break him down. Sandersen defeated Ferguson to get to the finals of the 145-pound class at the Cheney Invitational, Jan. 4....
The Cheney boys’ basketball team dropped their fifth straight game with a 51-47 loss in their Great Northern League opener last Friday at Deer Park. The Blackhawks led the Stags by 11 after one quarter, and by one at the end of the third, only to have turnovers and missed free throws help Deer Park (5-4, 1-0) rally in the fourth for the win. Brett Wyborney led Cheney in scoring with 15 points while Keenan Williams added 12 and Ty Graham nine. Cheney (1-6, 0-1) will try to find its way back to the win column with a pair of l...
