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In the newsroom where I work, there is a mouse, and he is a freeloader, a non-working bum of a mouse addicted to the entitlements of cookies, taco chips, granola bars, candy and all the other wonderful treats to be found in the desk drawers of hardworking, taxpaying reporters. He raids us at night, chewing his way through the plastic wrap that protects our convenience store brownies, feasting while the reporters are at home, asleep, dreaming fitfully of the next mortgage payment. And he leaves behind small, black mouse...
When you’re president, every day is a holiday. This April is National Financial Capability Month, as declared last week in a presidential proclamation. “I call upon all Americans to observe this month with programs and activities to improve their understanding of financial principles and practices,” quoth President Obama. If April is the cruelest month, as T.S. Eliot wrote, then April as National Financial Capability Month could be the cruelest joke. It’s as if every day is April Fools’ Day, especially tax day, the dreaded 1...
There is nothing quite like opening day for a new season of baseball. The anticipation is there, the hope to see your team do well and still trying to figure out who’s who after a long postseason. This becomes even more maddening when your team is playing another team that received one of your players in a trade. The start of 162 days of bliss are a simple and subtle reminder that summer is just around the corner. Listening to the first game of the season Monday night as the Oakland Athletics were lovingly torn apart by t...
As our society has decayed over the last 35 years or so, and with national level politicians unable and/or willing to transfer at least half of their political and social power directly to the American people, it may be time to consider a 360 degree turn in our thinking and consider putting a philosopher who possesses a high degree of wisdom into the White House. This proposal is made with a genuine and serious tone. This is not a new idea. In ancient history the kings of the Roman, Greek and various other empires almost...
Just what is it about how our government leaders approach the way they spend other people’s money? Or as in the case of the Spokane County Commissioners, how they find ways to apparently waste large amounts of our hard earned dollars? Waste as in what they have done in selling 400 acres of West Plains’ sagebrush, cheat grass and basalt at McFarlane and Craig Road purchased in 2008 for $3.2 million to Spokane international Airport for $1.75 million. That’s a 45 percent hit over the same period of time, on average, a pair...
Cheney School District carpenter Gary Albrecht receives applause from school board members and district staff upon being named the district’s Classified Employee of the Year at last Wednesday’s board meeting. Albrecht has worked for the Cheney district since December 1987, and was recognized not only for his tenure and professional work ethic but also his skill in creating such pieces as storage cabinets for the high school art room and for portables at Windsor Elementary Sch...
Cheney Middle School has released its list of Students of the Month for January and February 2013. January students are as follows: Kameryn Skillingstad, Kendra Wells, Kalum Klausner, Jasmine Harmon, Carissa Teeters, Gavin Turner, Madysen Thompson, Jasmin Ochoa, Jordan Wessels, Grace Schneider, Hannah Lemelin, Brooklyn Spencer, Melissa Aris, Jacquelynne Douctetter, Riley Williams, Dylan Toler, Avery Towey, Jaci Walker, Alexis Schmidt, Carly Youmans and Jacob Corrick. February students are as follows: Alex Jones, Eliza...
Hallett Elementary recently released the names of students receiving various awards for the month of March. Students winning the HAWK Award are: Isabelle Hasley, Elizabeth Gies, Timmy Bridges, Brookelyn Gallup, Rheese Stevens, Rebecca James, Kayla Wiggins, Jenna Castro, Kaeleb Tilson, Allie Long, Mia Talley, Bria Raisanen, Amiyah Jackson, Wyatt McCallum, Quintin Collins, Kenneth Geary, Arriel Soderberg, Jonathan Anderson, Thomas Collins and Rebekah Straka. Students winning the CAN DO Award are: Caaden Bortfeld, Shaylee...
As part of their ongoing effort to promote programs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), Eastern Washington University, with the assistance of Greater Spokane Incorporated, will once again bring the electrifying FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) to EWU’s Reese Court Pavilion April 4-6. The Spokane regional will bring more than 1,500 people to campus each day of the event. It is one of three regional robotics competitions statewide, and one of 57 in the U.S., with all participants hoping to make it to the nation...
Cheney High School has released its list of Students of the Month for February 2013. They are as follow by department, name and grade standing: Agriculture, Arseniy Tepp, freshman; Art, Tiare Kuala, senior; Business, Hayden Gerstenkorn, senior; Family & Consumer Science, Chris Knox, senior; Graphic Arts, Paxston Schimandle, senior; Health and Fitness, Alyssa Rhoads, sophomore; Instrumental Music, Tyler Haskell, senior; Language Arts, Kit Foster, junior; Mathematics, Helen...
Kids weren’t the only ones doing the scurrying Saturday at the Cheney Kiwanis’ Easter Egg Hunt. Many parents found themselves in the human rush as well, trying to keep track of their little ones....
As their parents watch, second- and third-graders hustle to grab one of thousands of eggs at Airway Heights’ Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 30. Volunteers began placing eggs at Sunset Park around 6:30 a.m. for another record turnout later in the day....
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge and Spokane Audubon Society will host a community work party on Saturday, May 11. The work party is part of an ongoing community effort to restore native riparian habitat to benefit birds and other wildlife species. Turnbull staff have hundreds of native saplings to plant, and fencing to build at the project site to protect the trees from deer, elk and moose browsing. Everyone is welcome whether as an individual or in groups. If attending as a group, please call in advance to register as it...
Eight West Plains area firefighters were among the 1,475 total from around the United States and several foreign counties who competed in the 22nd annual Scott Firefighter Stair Climb March 10 in Seattle, climbing 788 feet up the stairwell of the city’s Columbia Center Tower – the second tallest building west of the Mississippi River. Competing for Spokane County Fire District 3 were Travis Devine, Arron Hess, Matt Kronvall, Thom Long, Brian Mangis and Ben Prescott. Mangis turned in the best time overall in 26 minutes, 17...
The annual Cheney Clean Sweep, taking place April 20 isn’t just a chance to clean up around house and lawn; it’s an opportunity to clean out sensitive records and get protection from identity theft and fraud. Cheney Federal Credit Union is sponsoring free document shredding through Secure Shred from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 20 at Cheney Federal Credit Union at 520 First St. Papers must be clean and free of staples and paper clips. This service will be limited to the equivalent of three grocery bags of documents per...
It’s that time of year again for Spokane County property owners. County treasurer Rob Chase is reminding taxpayers that their first half property taxes are due by April 30, as per Washington State law. If payments are mailed to the Treasurer’s Office through the U.S. Postal Service, they must be postmarked on or before the due date as per RCW 1.12.070. Consequently, those who mail their payment on the due date should be sure that it’s early enough in the day to ensure they are postmarked before the tax deadline. State law dic...
This spring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge will be conducting prescribed burns. Depending on weather conditions, burning should occur sometime between April and May. These burns will accomplish Refuge management objectives for reducing hazardous accumulations of fuel, thinning dense stands of forest regeneration, and improving forage and cover for wildlife. Thinning of forests provides for a more natural tree density, which benefits native wildlife and helps to minimize potential...
Residents in Medical Lake could be seeing a survey coming their way in upcoming months, asking about their vision for the city in the near future. Continuing on its discussion from the February meeting, the Planning Commission further developed its ideas for a potential survey of Medical Lake residents regarding the direction of the city. The last survey, performed in 2002, called for an improved downtown core among other items. Commissioner Mark Hudson admitted that compelling private businesses to strongly consider...
A crowd of 50-plus school district patrons gathered last Wednesday night at the Cheney High School library for a preliminary look at a proposed expansion and renovation of the grade 9-12 facility just outside those library walls – a project estimated to cost around $80 million. School district officials along with architects at NAC Architecture have been working on plans to expand and modernize the current high school, something last done in 1994, with a capacity of 900. S...
Youngsters begin their hunt for eggs at Medical Lake’s Waterfront Park in the annual Easter egg hunt Saturday, March 30 sponsored by Medical Lake’s Kiwanis group. Golden eggs placed throughout the park could be redeemed for prizes once the hunt was finished....
Seven-year-old Salnave Elementary School student Tre’ Burks-Jenkins can hardly contain himself as mother Angela points out locations of colored, candy-filled eggs and other goodies prior to the start of the annual Cheney Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt Saturday at Salnave Park....
Spokane County Sheriff’s Office investigators are confident the two bodies found Saturday morning in a Cheney apartment are the result of a homicide-suicide. Cheney police officers were called to the Rosebrook Inn, 314 W. First St. to perform a welfare check. According to a Sheriff’s Office news release, the caller had information that there were two possible homicide victims inside the residence. At the scene the officer confirmed there were two deceased victims inside the residence, a male and a female. Tuesday mor...
Monday April 8, two gardeners from the Cheney-West Plains area will give short talks at the Gardeners of Cheney meeting and interested people are invited. Berniece Schindler will speak on growing and decorating gourds, and Jay and Julie Martin will discuss their method of keeping deer out of their garden by enclosing it with several strings. The club invites the public to hear these talks on Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the Sessions Village Community Room, 2219 N. Sixth St. behind the Cheney Care Center. Call 838-2966 or 235-2241...
A growing number of cases requiring public defense means some changes could be coming to Airway Heights’ Municipal Court in the very near future. At the Monday, April 1 Airway Heights City Council meeting the city’s public defender, Ronnie Rae, said a decision by the Supreme Court last year has impacted the number of cases he can take at a municipal level. With Airway Heights’ recent annexations, the number of cases he sees has increased. Rae said a voluminous number of cases are coming from Walmart and Northern Quest. The r...
The Medical Lake City Council approved the first read of an ordinance amending portions of regulations within the city at its Tuesday, April 2 meeting. The regulations, discussed by the Planning Commission last week, corrected some spelling errors, outdated material and updated building codes throughout the chapter. Major revisions were only made to the section regarding adult entertainment in city limits. Among the changes include increasing the distance an adult entertainment establishment must be from areas like schools,...
