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Tuesday’s preliminary general election results indicated two things. One, it was a good night for incumbents, especially on the West Plains; and two, it was a bad night for ballot measures. After the first count of 81,352 ballots countywide, all but one of the seven contested elections in Cheney, Medical Lake, Airway Heights and the Cheney School District were tilting fairly heavily in favor of the incumbent. With just 17,500 ballots left to count, it was safe to say Tuesday night who the winners were, the lone exception b...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Emmanuel Lutheran Church invites you to join us this Sunday, Nov. 10 beginning 9 a.m. for all age Sunday school followed by worship at 10:30 a.m. This Sunday we celebrate the 25th Sunday after Pentecost. Emmanuel thanks everyone who participated and attended our annual Bazaar and Luncheon. Mark your calendars and plan to attend the 7 p.m. Thanksgiving worship service Tuesday, Nov. 26 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. located at 636 C St. Please bring a non-perishable food item for the Food Bank collecti...
1 Years Ago Nov. 13, 2003 The new structure of the revived Cheney Parks and Recreation Department continued to take shape with the recommendation that a department head be named. Just three votes separated Medical Lake City Council candidates Lahnie Henderson from Howard Jorgenson in the race for Position No. 5. Ground was broken on Medical Lake’s skate park with completion expected by spring. Medical Lake concluded a 10-0 season with a 27-0 football win over Pullman and would host Yakima’s East Valley in the first rou...
We all have human friends. How about the four-legged kind? A recent portrayal on television proved that animals do have emotions and do express them. Some people will say, "Aw, don't be silly." Others will tell you how their pet dog woke them in the middle of the night to tell them, in a doggie way, that their garage was on fire. Remember the old story of Lassie Come Home? This amazing dog walked many miles (on television) over the roughest, most fearful terrain, to get home t...
I wish to write you a letter in reference to a wonderful experience I encountered Monday, Oct. 28. A year ago I took my 1998 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 truck into an auto service center in Spokane, for just an oil, filter and lube service. There was nothing wrong with the vehicle. Upon retrieval they told me, that my front-left four-wheel drive seal, was just starting to leak oil. There had been no leaks until then. They quoted me $600 to repair. So I declined. In the meantime I obtained a much better price quote from Aaron, owner of...
St. John’s Lutheran Church thanks all who shopped or dined at our annual bazaar and rummage sale. Proceeds will go to various benevolences from community to worldwide. Congratulations to the winners of the quilts and table runner: Joe Conner, Helen Brooks, and Norma Fa. St. John’s Lutheran Church Medical Lake...
“It was 4:30 a.m. January 30th 1968. We began taking fire, from all directions in Lai Khe, Vietnam. I was in my underwear and made it into a bunker just behind another soldier. As another rocket came in my friend Harvey was diving into the bunker. The rocket hit a tree and the shrapnel took Harvey’s leg off at the hip and put numerous holes in his back. He was fully conscious and telling me he couldn’t breathe and kept trying to sit up. I knew there wasn’t anything we could do for him. We had no medical supplies or bandage...
It will be a warmer winter for many area families this year! The 17th annual Community Coat Drive was a wonderful success with over 500 coats collected locally and 344 coats distributed at three sites, Salnave Elementary, Westwood Middle School and Feed Cheney. Additionally, 100 coats were distributed at Sunset Elementary School from Coats 4 Kids. All of the coats not distributed were donated to the Cheney Community Clothing Exchange. First of all, thanks to the local Kiwanis who did all of the transporting of coats to and...
The members of American Legion Auxiliary Cheney Unit 72 would like to express our sincere appreciation for the men and women who served in the United States Armed Forces. Thank you for serving this great country. Thank you for protecting us. Thank you for the security we have and feel here at home. We know you sacrificed much for your country and all of us. And though you may no longer wear the uniform, we know you’re always on call to serve and protect the freedom and security of the United States of America. We invite e...
On Wednesday, Nov. 6, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in its first case regarding prayer during legislative sessions since 1983, and while I’m not privy to what will be presented by either side, it’s unlikely the above passage from the Book of Matthew will come up. The case is Town of Greece v. Galloway. Greece is a town of 96,000 people near Rochester, N.Y. In March 1999, the town supervisor changed the way the monthly town board opened its meetings from a moment of silence for a prayer to be delivered by local c...
Monday, Nov. 11 is Veterans Day, a time to honor those who serve or have served, living or dead. It’s a time of memorializing and acknowledging with gratitude the sacrifices our men and women in uniform make for this country. Most of us on the editorial board have direct connections to people who have served. Several have family members who fought in World War II as well as friends or family who served in Vietnam. Both of these past conflicts have found their way to prominent roles in our collective cultural conscience. B...
Free ML meal is Nov. 11 Feed Medical Lake offers two meals in the “Giving Thanks” month of November. Monday, Nov. 11, Feed Medical Lake thanks our veterans for defending our freedom. There will be a menu of French bread pizza, salad, fruit and yogurt. Monday, Nov. 18, we give thanks for all our blessings with a menu of meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy as well as peas and carrots. Both nights will have beverages, desserts and door prizes, and are held at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 223 S. Hallett St., from 5 - 6 p.m. All a...
Students at Cheney's Salnave Elementary School took part in a national campaign last week to "Take a Stand, Lend a Hand, Stop Bullying!" According to information from the school district, the campaign is a collaboration between organizations across the country, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, making it the largest government-organized campaign to combat bullying. In the...
Seven Cheney High School student athletic trainers in sports medicine instructor Kyle Loughery’s program got to hear from the pros about real-life experiences of those involved in sports medicine at a Sept. 23 symposium sponsored by the Seattle Mariners and Seattle Seahawks. Oh yes – they also took in a baseball game. “Athletic Trainers for Athletes Night” was a collaboration between the two Seattle teams and the Washington Career and Technical Sports Medicine Association, a student-led organization charged to “introd...
Standardized test scores at Medical Lake High School remained steady in recent years, including the latest numbers for the class of 2013, which were recently released. Director of Teaching and Learning Kim Headrick gave a brief report on SAT and ACT scores from the 2012-2013 school year at the Oct. 22 school board meeting. Approximately 45 percent of seniors at Medical Lake High School took the SAT. Reading scores were at 497, writing scores at 464 and math scores at 491 for the school year. Those taking the ACT were much few...
The family of Cheney resident Jeremy Provance is holding a fundraiser for the cancer patient Saturday, Nov. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Cheney Trading Company, 4 Cheney-Spokane Road. There will be a bake sale and, weather permitting, a car wash. Jeremy has stage-four malignant melanoma that has metastasized to his brain. Donations are also accepted online at www.gofundme.com, type 99004 in the search box and click on “Jeremy’s in for the fight of his life.... Full story
The Cheney High cross country team’s sixth annual Turkey Trot is taking place Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28 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 a T-shirt, $20 entry fee includes T-shirt if paid by Nov. 13. Participants also 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. Portions of the proceeds are donated to the Cheney Food B... Full story
The Cheney Light Department through the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has rebates available for commercial lighting retrofits. If you are planning to upgrade a commercial building from T-12 lights to high efficiency T-8 lights please contact us. The BPA rebates for the replacement of T-12 lights are set to expire in March of 2014. The sooner a business converts its old T-12 lighting system to high efficiency T-8 lighting, the more savings will be realize through reduced energy bills. Don’t let the cost of r...
Inland Northwest Blood Center along with the Medical Lake High School volunteers led by Darby Evans will be coordinating a blood drive Wednesday, Nov. 13 at the high school. Donation hours are 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. INBC needs an average of 200 blood donors every day to meet the needs of more than 35 hospitals in the Inland Northwest. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people....
When it comes to department goals in the coming year, Cheney Police Chief John Hensley is keeping it pretty simple. “Providing the same level of service as last year,” Hensley told the City Council at its Oct. 22 meeting. The department is proposing a 2014 budget of $2,462,600; $37,400 less than this year’s budget. The budget reflects just over a 2.2 percent increase in salaries and benefits, up from $1,878,300 to $1,921,200 that is offset by a 14.3 percent decrease in maintenance and operations, much of which comes from...
Last Tuesday, Oct. 29, representatives from Horizon 2040 held an open house at the Cheney Library for the public to comment on the future of transportation in the Spokane region. The event was to gauge public opinions on the regional transportation plan, which sets in motion goals to have a well-maintained, integrated, accessible and multi-modal transportation system by 2040. Among the transportation issues affecting West Plains residents is improving SR 904 from Cheney to Fou...
A second public hearing at the Monday, Nov. 4 Airway Heights City Council meeting regarding the 2014 budget covered a summary of projected expenses next year. Continuing the beginning stages of the city’s budgeting season, City Treasurer Richard Cook went through a summary of the expenses listed in the current draft form of the 2014 budget. Largely, next year’s budget retains the same levels as this years, changing very little. Among the transfers of money include $125,000 from the current expense fund to the street fun...
The Cheney City Library has come a long ways in a relatively short time. From most humble beginnings in a storefront, the library celebrates a milestone Tuesday, Nov. 12, the present location's 25th birthday. The library has an open house from 6-8 p.m. that night with a variety of activities scheduled. However, had it not been for a group of volunteers – unofficially known as the "kitchen cabinet," but officially called the Friends of the Cheney Library - the idea for the faci...
Cheney firefighter Cole Gerard passes out candy to a young trick or treater during Eastern Washington University's annual Harvest Tours and Carnival last Thursday. The event joins area youth from toddler to fifth-grade with Eastern students for a fun afternoon of trick or treating through several campus buildings, followed by fun games and treats in the Pence Union Building - with everyone in appropriate Halloween attire....
When Cheney Parks and Recreation Director Paul Simmons arrived at his new office in the old Wren Pierson Building all he had was a chair, a desk, and a phone he found in a back closet. Furniture, however, was the least of his worries. What concerned him were the weird, almost supernatural noises emanating all around him in his new digs. He quickly left the building and trekked to City Hall where he told deputy city clerk Keri MacDonald there were "creepy noises going on in tha...
