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Donations lag behind demand as Medical Lake Food Bank struggles to feed increasing number of clients while continuing its quest to secure a new location in town By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter The numbers tell the story. Last December 434 people relied on the Medical Lake Food Bank, 46 for the first time. A month later the food bank served 501 people, 71 for the first time. Nearly 14 percent of Medical Lake residents now require food assistance, a need that food bank director Peg James said has shot up by half since she... Full story
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter City of Airway Heights officials may raise encroachment concerns if Spokane County sells surplus land near the Geiger Spur. Earlier this month Spokane County commissioners learned that two unnamed companies have expressed interest in purchasing land on 80 acres located southwest of Craig and MacFarlane roads and due east of the main Fairchild Air Force Base runway. One company would like to build an energy plant, while another is looking to site a large distribution center. The vacant land is... Full story
Medical Lake City Council awaits outcome of Spokane County Sheriff's Office investigation into racist graffiti By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter The Medical Lake City Council discussed Tuesday whether the city's skate park should remain closed while the Spokane County Sheriff's Office investigates racist graffiti and other vandalism committed there. City Administrator Doug Ross said the most recent bout of vandalism occurred sometime last Tuesday afternoon and included swastikas and racist slurs spray-painted on ramps as well...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter While teacher pink slips are not in the forecast, the financial future for the Cheney School District is at least partly cloudy. Cheney has joined the growing list of Washington state school districts that declared a financial emergency due to the uncertainty in the state budget. The school board voted unanimously to declare the emergency at its April 13 meeting, where it also approved the use of up to 2 percent of a 5 percent reserve fund and a modified education program for the 2011-12 school...
1 Years Ago April 26, 2001 Concerns about Medical Lake public safety services to keep pace with growth took center stage at the planning commission's most recent meeting. The issues arose over the new Fox Ridge subdivision on the northeastern portion of the city east of Graham Road and north of SR-902. State employees struck up picket lines at Lakeland Village to demonstrate against what the state Legislature and Gov. Gary Locke were doing in the budget process. Union officials were concerned with plans to cap health care...
Eastern Washington University sophomore Dakotta Williams, a government major from Goldendale, Wash., is one of nine students from five different states chosen for the George Nethercutt Foundation's 2011 Fellowship Program. With the honor, she will be part of the foundation's academic, experience and service program. The non-profit Foundation was created in 2008, and is chaired by former 5th District U.S. Congressman George Nethercutt, Jr. “Being awarded this fellowship is one of the highest achievements I can boast a...
Saturday, May 7, Cheney compost customers can load up their “black gold” between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the city's wastewater treatment plant, 119 Anderson Road. EcoGreen is a nutrient-rich material created using the solid residues from the treatment of wastewater, mixed and composted with yard wastes (leaves, grass clippings) and wood products. EcoGreen is a stable organic material that when added to a lawn, garden or flower bed enhances the soil by re-introducing nutrients and texture. EcoGreen is sold for $12 per cubic yar...
Hands to Hearts program offers volunteer labor to residents who need help tackling home projects By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter For the past year and a half Chris Segroves has been quietly leading groups of volunteers around Cheney, doing odd jobs for low-income homeowners who need a little help. Hands to Hearts is a ministry of the Cheney Faith Center. Volunteers from the church complete monthly projects on homes that need a little work. Segroves has worked as a contractor for several years, and said he saw a need in the loc... Full story
Green grass, young flowers, runners training for Bloomsday – signs of spring are here and P.E.A.C.H. Community Farm is ready to celebrate with their second annual country fair on Saturday, April 30. “Last year was a rollicking good time and this year will be much bigger,” P.E.A.C.H founder Brightspirit Hendrix said in a press release. The country fair will include organic gardening workshops, kids' games, cheese making, baby goat petting, chicken keeping, a wild edible plant walk, a raw foods demonstration, green smoot... Full story
The Ice Age Floods Institute, Cheney-Spokane Chapter, is sponsoring a free public lecture Thursday, April 28. “Cheney-Palouse Scabland Tract From Top to Bottom,” will take place at 7 p.m., Room 135 at the Science Building on Eastern Washington University's Cheney campus. The lecture will include an overview of the Cheney-Palouse Scabland from its beginning south of the West Plains to its termination south of Palouse Falls at the confluence of the Palouse and Snake Rivers. Important geologic concepts that help understand the... Full story
United Methodist Church Hallelujah, Christ is Risen! Please join us as we celebrate the risen Savior on Easter morning at the United Methodist Church. The celebration of Easter will begin at 7 a.m. with an early worship service on the lawn at the church. At 8:30 a.m. there will be a planned potluck Easter breakfast. Easter morning worship is at 10 a.m. Please join us for a memorable and meaningful celebration of the risen Lord! Child care will be provided. There will be no Sunday school classes this week only. Worship experie...
‘Mommy and Me' seeks to provide assistance by arranging a variety of activities for families By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Every day dozens of moms around the Spokane area meet up with kids in tow, maintaining a network of support formed five years ago by one woman and an internet connection. Thi Streeter started the group after she and her husband moved to the Spokane Valley from New York. While living there she had been part of a collective of mothers that arranged play dates and other activities via Meetup.com, a w... Full story
Give kids the gardening bug with easy projects By LaVERLE McCANDLESS Contributor “They tell us that plants are perishable, soulless creatures, that only man is immortal, but this, I think, is something that we know very nearly nothing about.” John Muir. Here is a man I admire for all he has done for all of us in his lifetime. When you have a few minutes, check out his life and doings on your computer. Wow! I have read this quote a few times and started to think about the trees that are being stressed by disease, insects and... Full story
Violet Jeanne (Chew) Dong, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, left this earth life on April 15, 2011. She was born on March 24, 1917 in Red Bluff, Calif. to Chew Siu Lim and N.G. Shee (Canton, China). She married Joseph Quong Dong in Reno, Nev. on Nov. 18, 1948 and has lived in Butte, Mont., Red Bluff, Calif., Ephrata, Wash., Cheney and finally in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in many callings. In addition to being a... Full story
It is our deepest sorrow to announce the unexpected passing of Perry Ahlf (age 67) on April 14, 2011. Perry was born Dec. 28, 1943 to Bud (Eugene) and Eleanor Ahlf and was a graduate of Medical Lake High School, class of 1962. Perry was a lifetime resident of Medical Lake, where he lived and worked the farm his family homesteaded with his brother Bill and father Bud, who preceded him in death. Perry also had a long career with the Great Northern and Burlington Northern Railroad, retiring in 2003. Perry was a truly amazing... Full story
A lifetime resident of Amber, Wash., Nelson Albert Cordill passed away unexpectedly on Monday, March 28, 2011 at the age of 87 with his loving family at his side. He was born Sept. 1, 1923 at Rodna, Wash., to Leonard C. Cordill and Ivy M. Sooy. He grew up on the family homestead with his brother, Clark, near Effie, Wash. Nelson attended school at Amber and graduated from Amber High School. He later met Mabel Heil and they were married on Nov. 18, 1944, and together they raised three children on the family homestead. Nelson wa... Full story
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The hot bats came out on a cold, cold day this past Monday for Medical Lake's baseball team, extending the Cardinals' winning streak to two. Following an 8-2 non-league victory over Northwest Christian last Tuesday under the new lights at Holliday Field, the Cards clubbed East Valley 16-11 in between whiteout snowstorms. The second game made it through three innings with Medical Lake enjoying a 3-0 lead before umpires called the contest in the midst of a second hard snow squall. It was set to be...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Rust, weather and fatigue proved to be just as much challenges for the Cheney High girls' tennis team last week as their human opponents. The Blackhawks went 1-2 in match play, losing a pair of Great Northern League matches to West Valley and East Valley in between downing Rogers out of the Greater Spokane League in non-league play. Rust from the spring break layoff likely played a part in Cheney's loss to West Valley, 5-2, in their first match back last Tuesday. The Blackhawks' wins came at No. 3... Full story
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Cheney Mayor Tom Trulove has worn several different hats through the years. At last week's Cheney City Council meeting, he donned one he doesn't usually wear: he was taken aback, bowled over, at a loss for words as city staff told him he was the recipient of the Paul J. Raver Community Service Award from the Northwest Public Power Association. The award is given to an individual or a group that has worked toward the betterment of cities, states or regions, and Trulove said he feels unworthy to...
Craig Fortier, Craig Ehlo added, Shantay Legans retained FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS Jim Hayford is hoping winning coaches develop winning players on the court. The new Eastern Washington University head men's basketball coach announced April 19 that Craig Fortier, Craig Ehlo and Shantay Legans have been hired as his assistant coaches.Fortier spent the past four seasons as Hayford's lead assistant at Whitworth University. During Fortier's four years at Whitworth, the Pirates won 98 of 116 games for a winning rate of 84.5 percen... Full story
Cards top N.W. Christian, earn Great Northern League split with East Valley By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter There may indeed be a glimmer of light at the end of the softball tunnel for Medical Lake. After weeks of watching leads disappear and agonizing defeats result, the Cardinals capped last week with a pair of victories, something they've not experienced in a few years. “It was a pretty good week for considering the first three weeks,” head coach John Higgins said of Medical Lake's 7-5 non-league win over Northwest Chr... Full story
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Like their male counterparts the Cheney girls' track and field team wasted little time getting back into the swing of competition following a 12-day layoff over spring break. Thursday April 14 the Blackhawks traveled to West Valley High School in Millwood for their season's first Great Northern League meet, taking on the Eagles and East Valley. Cheney easily downed West Valley 90-60, but was edged 77-73 by the Knights for their first league loss in over two years. “That was for the championship,” hea... Full story
