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In a short regular meeting Tuesday night, the Cheney City Council approved a one-year contract with the city’s Olympia consultant Jennifer Ziegler. According to the contract, Ziegler represents the city on legislative, regulatory and administrative issues that arise in the state’s capital. She meets with legislators and state agency officials on issues of interest to Cheney, attends important meetings and reports directly to Mayor Tom Trulove on results and what transpired, as well as advising the city on recommended act...
City of Cheney • Feb. 13, Baby Play and Learn Storytime (ages 0 – 18 months), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • Feb. 13, Free AARP Tax Aide, community library, 12 – 5 p.m. • Feb. 14, POUND Fitness Free Demonstration Class, Wren Pierson Community Center, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. • Feb. 16, Dance Class, Wren Pierson Community Center, 7:15 – 8:15 p.m. • Feb. 17, Senior Light Fitness, Wren Pierson Community Center, 9 – 10 a.m. • Feb. 18, Toddler Play and Learn Storytime (ages 1 1/2 – 3), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • Feb...
Cheney Middle School student Beckett Schoenleber (right) stands with homeowners Samantha and Logan Cook next to the Little Free Library he and his parents built and installed on the Cook's property at the corner of Washington and Third streets. Readers are invited to stop by, checkout a book and after reading it, return it or put it in another Little Free Library nearby. The public is encouraged to drop off books for others to read too. For the location of the nearest Little...
My friend Cally, sat in the chair and spread her arms, “I’ve had this idea for many months, Luella but I’ve never been able to get anybody interested in buying my lovely greeting cards. They’re just there, day after day and nothing happens.” “Just do it,” I said. Cally frowned at me, “What do you mean, ‘just do it?’” I repeated, “Just do it, Cally.” Cally sent me another frown, “I know you Luella, and you expect everything to be peachy keen.” I wanted to stir her up. My voice turned a little crisp. “I’ve never told you b...
In a news release, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office announced that on Feb. 3, 2015, just after 9:30 p.m., Deputy Julian Covella arrested Timothy M. Clement, 41, for possession of a controlled substance/methamphetamine and on a warrant for Department Corrections escape. Covella noticed Clement walking in the middle of North Stanley Street, East of Barker Street in Medical Lake. When Clement noticed Covella’s patrol car, he walked to the east side of Stanley, down an embankment and into the unfenced backyard of a res...
CHENEY Feb. 2 Alarms were reported on the 2200 block of First Street. A citation was issued. A 16-year-old juvenile was arrested at the Cheney Middle School on a warrant for failure to comply with conditions. Teresa R. Byrd, 44, was arrested on the 800 block of First Street for third-degree driving while license suspended (DWLS) and on a Spokane District Court warrant for failure to appear on DWLS charge. Shandy L. Reynolds, 35, was arrested on the 500 block of Salnave Road on a felony warrant out of Kennewick for failure to...
By AL STOVER Staff Reporter Well folks, Valentine’s Day is two days away. To some people, this holiday is a concoction conceived by the candy, floral and greeting card companies on Feb. 14 to make some extra cash. For others it’s the day to express their love for their significant other and shower them with affection, candy, chocolate, flowers — or in some cultures a chicken. I don’t have a problem with Valentine’s Day. I like the bright colors, the candy and the core message of expressing the love and joy in our hearts. I...
The train derailment in Cheney just weeks ago is an alarming realization that train derailments do happen — whether minor like this one or catastrophic like the one in Lac Magnetic, Quebec that killed 47 people. With an average of 52 Burlington Northern Santa Fe and 12 Union Pacific trains per day running through Cheney, it is a matter of time before the big one hits. Now there is concern about the possibility of other ports on the coast opening to accommodate more oil shipments. Between the two opposing oil transportation s...
‘Daddy, Daughter Dance’ The Airway Heights Parks and Recreation Department is having its “Daddy Daughter Dance: Fairy Tale Ball” Saturday Feb. 21 from 6 — 8 p.m. at the Sunset Elementary Gym. There will be dinner, crafts, games and other activities. The cost is $15 a couple and $5 for additional daughters. Tickets can be purchased online or at the community center — there are a limited number of tickets available for the event. ‘Mom and Son fun night’ Mothers and their sons will have a chance to look for buried secrets...
Somewhere Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley, David Brinkley and Peter Jennings are either turning in their graves, rolling their eyes — or both. Brian Williams, the anchor and editor of NBC Nightly News, has peacock egg on his face after having been “outed” for largely fabricating accounts of being an imbedded reporter during the early days of the Iraq War in 2003. Seems he “misremembered” a sequence of the events where he was either on board an Army Chinook helicopter that took enemy fire and was forced to land, or not. It w...
Peru State College announced Tuesday that Medical Lake graduate JayDee Jepsen, earned a place on the Dean’s List for the fall 2014 semester. To make the Dean’s List students must have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for the semester, have completed at least 12 college credit hours during the past semester and have no incomplete grades for the semester. Peru State College is located in Peru, Neb. and was founded in 1867 as Nebraska’s first college....
Cheney High School has released its honor roll list for fall quarter 2014. SENIORS 4.0 GPA Ashleigh A. Allington, Peter J. Condon, Matthew S. Dery, Keith C. Emert, Sarah E. Fillmore, Valentina C. Grisafi, Anthony M. Hartman, Sonora M. Hetrick, Jourdan R. Howard, Alicia V. Hubbard, Marissa M. Hunley, Margin Kachuo, Robyn M. Ross, Kelsey E. Schwendiman, Amber C. Soto, Jackson E. Spencer, Andrew S. Tenney and Mariya G. Teterin. 3.5 — 3.99 GPA Sierra O. Alsup, Alexis M. Altmaier, Caleb A. Athonvarangkul, Cheyanne M. Autrey, E...
Cheney High School students Adrianna Suiter, Keenan Loughery, JJ Bobzien, Morgan Thueson, Jamie Bradley, Kaitlyn Nguyen, Sam Abbott and Career and Technical Education (CTE) Sports Medicine instructor Kyle Loughery traveled to Olympia on Feb. 4 to take part in the 2015 CTE Student Leadership Civic Engagement Day at the Washington state capitol building. Cheney students were among over 325 CTE students, teachers and administrators on the Capitol Campus for this event. The...
Hallett Elementary announced the Partners Advancing Character Education (PACE) award winners for January. PACE/Pride — Abigail Hall, Savanah Evans, Gabby Estes, Jess Harrison, Evan Dennis, Elliott Bovey, Elliot Mylan, Triana Canty, Hunter Hooper, Cailee Hawkins, Julianna Laird, Taylyn Delgado, Rebecca James, Faith Ehrgott, Isaac Lindsey, Marin McKee, Isaac Barr , Karissa Makus and Chloe Burtenshaw. Bug — Samuel Skinner, Ethan Regan, Madison Griffis, Jhordyn Rodriguez, Danica Gall, Sydney Lund, Hector Gomez, Cody Huston, Isa...
One of Eastern Washington University’s most beloved past presidents was honored with a rare designation at the Jan. 30 meeting of the school’s Board of Trustees. Dr. Rodolfo Arévalo, who retired this past July after having served as president for eight years between 2006-14, was unanimously voted the title, “EWU President Emeritus.” Arévalo joins H. George Frederickson as the only Eastern leaders to be given president emeritus status, a title typically awarded upon retiremen...
The Medical Lake High School band and choir programs came off a successful solo/ensemble festival Feb. 7 with 10 students winning first place in several categories. These musicians will perform at the WIAA/Washington Music Educators Association state solo/ensemble festival in Ellensburg in April. Medical Lake band director Craig Johnson and choir director Heidi Petersen were thrilled to see so many of their students advance to state-level competition. “They were going up against students from 3A schools,” Johnson said. “Be...
Almost 150 people gathered at Cheney Middle School Jan. 29 to honor and name the school's track and field complex after a Cheney couple who are legendary in the sport. The Lawson and Ruth Van Kuren Track and Field will bear one of the many encouragements the couple bestowed on over 2,000 athletes in their nearly 40 years running the Cheney Track Club - do your best. The phrase is one of three things Cheney High School alumnus and current Freeman boys basketball coach Marty...
OLYMPIA-School districts around Washington are priming their fiscal pumps in the coming weeks, asking local constituents to support special maintenance and operations tax propositions to maintain current programs, as well as bond measures to support facilities development and transportation needs. Meanwhile, at the state Capitol, lawmakers have yet to come to grips in the early days of the 2015 legislative session with education financing plans to meet the state Supreme...
The rumors are true - Mim is back! To individuals existing outside the world of quilting and other fabric endeavors that sentence likely means nothing. To those who love to turn yards of colorful cloth into a multitude of fun and useful items, it's a cause célèbrê, one worthy of trumpeting around the region. Long-time Ben Franklin fabric guru Mim Shamblin has agreed to help Against the Grain owners Debbie Anderson and Aly Avey in their latest offering at Cheney's antique store...
It was almost a year ago when Exotic Metals Forming Company (Exotic) announced at a March 14 press conference that it was opening a facility in Airway Heights that would hire up to 150 local employees. Eleven months later and the facility, which is located on the south side of McFarland Road at Lawson Street and expected to open in the summer, is almost complete. Exotic is scheduled to receive a temporary certificate of occupancy for the facility from Airway Heights, Feb. 25. Development Services Director Derrick Braaten...
The Cheney Planning Commission held an informational workshop Feb. 9 on Ordinance W-58, an ordinance that establishes a Marijuana Overlay Zone in the city’s municipal zoning code. The workshop is part of the state’s legal process that began when the Cheney City Council passed an interim zoning ordinance in December in response to losing a challenge to a conditional use permit submitted by 3 Green Thumbs, LLC to site a medical marijuana dispensary in the Farmers and Merchants Center. The city had originally denied the per...
Watching Cheney Police Department dispatcher Valerie Richey handle her duties at the police station is like watching a concert musician perform on a cathedral organ. Richey balances the telephone handset with her left shoulder and chin while using both hands to type information into the system regarding a "fender bender" from a driver involved in the minor collision. Meanwhile, she watches a pair of TV monitors providing status reports, keeping the phone just far enough away...
Airway Heights is in a dispute with the Washington state Department of Transportation (WSDOT) concerning snow removal on the section of Highway 2 that runs between the city’s east and west boundaries. Both sides have contacted state lawmakers about the matter. After it annexed the area east of Hayford Road in 2012, Airway Heights and WSDOT began discussions about a contract for snow and ice removal from all five lanes of Highway 2. WSDOT estimated that it would cost the city anywhere from $30,000-$50,000 for services per y...
Ending weeks of speculation, Eastern Washington University's All-American and record-setting quarterback Vernon Adams has elected to forgo his final year of eligibility and transfer to Eugene, Oregon to hopefully earn the starting job quarterbacking the Pac-12's University of Oregon Ducks. See the story in Sports....
Curbside recycling might become a reality in the city of Medical lake. At the Feb. 3 City Council meeting, Mayor John Higgins and City Administrator Doug Ross informed the council they had met with Sunshine Disposal and Recycling to discuss curbside recycling services for the city. Ross explained that signing with Sunshine would have increased a resident’s garbage bill by $5.75, but due to the reduction in tipping fees from the city’s agreement with the city of Spokane and Spokane County for solid waste services, the increase...
