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Joe Noland, Cheney's light department director, is the first to admit his plans for 2015 are pretty ambitious. Noland has a list of eight projects, totaling an estimated $710,000, included in his $8.73 million budget that he'd like to see accomplished next year. Some projects, such as a $50,000 replacement of old wooden street light poles along State Route 904 from Vine to Second streets, have either been cut from previous budgets or delayed due to funding. The largest project...
The Medical Lake Library will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 12. It will re-open on Saturday, Nov. 15. The library, located at 321 E. Herb St. in Medical Lake, will be closed for the installation of a new service desk and some additional remodeling. The library remodel will take the entire week to complete, however with the observance of Veteran’s Day, only one regular business day will be affected by the closure. It will re-open on the library’s next normal day of operation, which is Saturday, Nov. 15....
Eastern Washington University has once again been named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, an award presented by the U.S. Department of Education and Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). EWU is one of just 98 colleges and universities nationally to receive a certificate for its leadership in developing community service programs on campus. This is the second consecutive year Eastern has been nationally recognized by the Department of Education for its commitment to v...
The Spokane Regional Health District recommends everyone age six months and older get a flu vaccination every year....
Hallett Elementary announced the Partners Advancing Character Education PACE award winners for October. The trait of the month was responsibility. PACE: Corbin Kuster, Brooklyn DeVore, Mary Plute, Roslyn Lundberg, Natalie Johnson, Rivers Lasher, Kali Vio, Brooklyn Gerry, Hailey Dorcheus, Taylar Brogan, Sheehan Connors, Qwynton Rodriguez , Kaden Rudy, Bryan Hawkins, Mason Satko, Kayla Ramsey, Aria Layton, Grace Stimson and Allison Payne. Can: Kyra Guzy, Mason Moss, Isaac Tyson, Elijah Richards, Caden Stoltz, Zachary Flory,...
The Medical Lake Middle School Junior Honor Society (NJHS) is having a popcorn sale, $1 a bag, during lunchtime, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday until Nov. 15. All proceeds from the fundraiser will go to the Junior League of Spokane, an organization that holds various events throughout the year to benefit local foster youth. NJHS vice president Josh Marsh said Medical Lake Middle School Principal Sylvia Campbell gave the club the idea to work with the Junior League. NJHS...
Westwood Middle School students walking the hallway between the school's front entrance and the gymnasium will receive a splash of color now and then - if the sun is out and the lighting is just right. School district officials commissioned a stained glass piece of artwork created by Seattle-based glass artist Sonja Blomdahl prior to their Oct. 22 meeting. The eight window-panel piece, titled "Synergy," utilizes different types of glass, hand-blown rondellas and prisms...
The Medical Lake School District board of directors approved several items at their Oct. 28 meeting. One of the items was the district’s five-year maintenance plan. Maintenance Supervisor Gary Hartman presented some of the projects for this year, including installation of new carpet in the hallways of both Hallett Elementary and the high school. Another project on the plan is relining the high school track. “They say you should reline the track every seven years and we’re going on 10,” Hartman said. “It’s time for an upda...
The Cheney High cross country team’s seventh annual Turkey Trot takes place Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27 at 9 a.m. at the high school track. The 2-mile walk or 3-mile run is for runners and walkers of all ages. The entry fee is $5 without T-shirt, $20 including long- or short-sleeved T-shirt if registering by Nov. 11, and $25 late T-shirt order/entry day of the trot. Participants receive a ticket for a drawing to win a turkey and other prizes. To receive a form, email cross country coach Jay Martin at jmartin@cheneysd.org. P...
The Cheney High School Blackhawk Holiday Bazaar takes place Dec. 6-7, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Sunday. There are openings for vendors to set up tables promoting their products. To pick up a vendor application and learn more about the bazaar contact Lynne Smith at 994-9209 or via email at Eventsbylynne@yahoo.com....
While Cheney Light Department goals for 2015 might be ambitious, Public Works Director Todd Ableman’s budget reflects more of a hold the line approach to the coming year. “It’s heavy on operations,” Ableman said. “There’s not a lot of capital in there.” According to its “Financial and Position Summaries,” Public Works is budgeting for $6,637,300 in revenue and $6,695,400 in expenses in 2015. The $58,100 overage will be made up via contributions from the city’s General Fund, Ableman said, and results from the department abso...
Erin Kosanke, president of the Sunset Parent Teacher Organization, dressed her car in a Candy Land theme for the third annual Trunk or Treat event on Halloween....
SPOKANE COUNTY — Tuesday, Nov. 4, the new Spokane County Regional Solid Waste System took another step forward after the Board of County Commissioners approved the new Solid Waste Flow Control Ordinance. The new ordinance will replace the current language in the Spokane County Code and goes into effect on Nov. 17, 2014 — when Spokane County will take ownership of the two transfer stations and begin managing the regional system. The city of Spokane will continue to own and operate the Waste to Energy Facility on the West Pla...
While voters around the nation were indicating they were ready for some changes in political leadership, voters in Spokane County were electing to go with the flow. At press time Tuesday night, Nov. 4, all incumbents in local, state and federal offices were winning re-election, led by 5th District Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who was leading her Democrat challenger Colville Tribe CEO and businessman Joe Pakootas by a 57.62 — 42.06 percent margin in Spokane County election returns. District-wide, McMorris Rodger’s lead was...
The city of Medical Lake began preparing for its 2015 budget at the Nov. 4 City Council meeting. The council held a public hearing for the current expense and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) revenue sources for the 2015 current expense budget and the possible increase in regular property taxes. Following the public hearing, the council voted 6-1 to approve the first reading of an ordinance that increases the property tax rate and the EMS levy rate by 1 percent for 2015. Councilman A.J. Burton was the dissenting vote. Burton...
Medical Lake residents packed the City Hall auditorium, Oct. 28, for the Citizens Deer Advisory Committee’s first meeting. The purpose of the committee is for residents to come together and look at methods on how to mitigate the increasing deer population within city limits and forward their recommendations to the City Council. During the meeting, several citizens voiced their concerns about the negative impact the deer population has had on the community. Some residents shared stories about seeing up to nearly 60 deer on t...
Cheney may soon have another auto parts store. National auto parts retailer O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. has filed an application with the city to construct a new 7,000-square-foot O’Reilly Auto Parts store on one acre of property located at 2210 First St., just south of Del’s Farm Supply store. If the application is approved, construction could begin in May 2015, with a completion date of August 2015. According to information from the State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) checklist, the new store would employ 14 full-...
The hazardous nuclear waste theme of the Steve and Kym Grimes' family's annual Halloween decoration failed to keep Trick-or-Treaters away as over 1,000 people visited the home in Golden Hills Friday night....
Not all of the agenda items at the Cheney City Council’s Oct. 28 meeting were budget related. The council approved the final readings and passage of three ordinances making changes to the city’s municipal code. Todd Ableman, Cheney’s public works director, and city attorney Stanley Schwartz told the council Ordinance W-49 brings municipal code chapter 21, Subdivisions, into compliance with the most recent state standards. Schwartz directed the council’s attention to a new section in the chapter entitled “Warranty Bond.” The s...
The Medical Lake Planning Commission ended its talks about marijuana at its Oct. 30 meeting. The commission voted 4-1, to forward an ordinance to City Council that prohibits the production, process and sale of marijuana within the city limits. Commissioner Wayne Ueda was the dissenting vote. City Administrator Doug Ross presented two ordinances to the commission at the meeting: the one Planning Commission recommended, and another that allowed recreational marijuana facilities in the light industrial area on South Graham Road...
Westwood Middle School recently commissioned stained-glass artwork created by Seattle-based artist Sonja Blomdahl, of which two of the piece's eight panels are shown above. See the story in Education, beginning on page 2....
The Medical Lake Planning Commission ended its talks about marijuana at its Oct. 30 meeting. The commission voted 4-1, to forward an ordinance to City Council that prohibits the production, process and sale of marijuana within the city limits. Commissioner Wayne Ueda was the dissenting vote. City Administrator Doug Ross presented two ordinances to the commission at the meeting: the one Planning Commission recommended, and another that allowed recreational marijuana facilities in the light industrial area on South Graham Road...
Airway Heights City Manager Albert Tripp presented the preliminary budget for 2015 to the City Council at its Nov. 3 meeting. One of the focuses for next year’s budget is maintaining and increasing city services. Tripp said the budget uses existing revenues and makes investments to several targeted areas to provide great service to the community. The budget also addresses financial planning for equipment needs for city departments by splitting $45,000 into two different reserve accounts to use for equipment replacement. ...
Arguably, the Great Recession ended in 2010. But don’t tell revenues in the state of Washington, which still limp along, forcing agencies to look everywhere to fund their programs. And higher education is once again one of the first places the state is targeting to fill in the gap. According to the state budget update prepared by the Office of Financial Management in Olympia, state revenue collections “are also rebounding, but at a much slower pace than after previous rec...
The staff at Rockwood Clinic got their "Red" on and then some last Friday, dressing up in Halloween costumes and posing with Eastern Washington University mascot Swoop at Roos Field as part of a company costume contest, and in support of the Eagles football team in their Nov. 1 Homecoming game with North Dakota....
