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Downtown Cheney will be a hub of activity this weekend with the return of the fourth annual Cheney Mayfest, Friday and Saturday. Coordinator Douglas LaBar said the event is taking place earlier this year because of scheduling conflicts in May. Last year's event took place during the State 1A/1B/2B track and field meet at Eastern Washington University, and while attendance at Mayfest was good, LaBar said they wanted to hold the festival on a weekend that it wouldn't run up...
Celebrating Velvo Miller A special celebration of life for Velvo Miller will take place May 14, 2016, at 1 p.m. at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church Fellowship Room, 639 Elm St. Cheney. For more information contact: Marcia Magnuson, (509) 448-9201 or email mkmagnuson@comcast.net. Emmanuel Lutheran Church The congregation of Emmanuel Lutheran Church invites you to worship with us at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 15, as we celebrate Pentecost Sunday. You may also watch our pastor’s sermons at our website emmanuelcheney.org or on YouTube a...
Cheney • May 13, Baby Play and Learn Storytime (ages 0 – 18 months), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • May 13, Mayfest, various venues downtown, 7 – 10 p.m. • May 14, Mayfest, various venues downtown, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. • May 14, Floods, Flowers and Feathers Festival, Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge and downtown Cheney, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. • May 14, Friends of the Cheney Library Book Sale, community library, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. • May 16, Dance Class, Wren Pierson Community Center, 7:15 – 8:15 p.m. • May 17, Senior Light Fitn... Full story
Howard Neal "Jorgie" Jorgenson passed away on May 2, 2016 at the Cheney Care Center surrounded by his family. Howard was born on July 26, 1939 in Valley City, N.D. to Lillian and Nels Jorgenson. He lived his life in North Dakota, Everett, Cheney and Medical Lake. "Jorgie" graduated from Everett High School in 1957 and went on to attend Washington State University for a year in 1959, studying civil engineering. He also served four years of active duty and two years of reserve... Full story
The “Floods, Flowers, and Feathers Festival,” taking place Saturday, May 14, has been rolled into the Cheney Mayfest this year, with activities going on in downtown Cheney and at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge. Activities happening at the refuge headquarters, located just off Cheney-Plaza Road on 26010 S. Smith Road, are aquatics ecology, bird banding, fire demonstrations, Ice Age Floods geology tour, a refuge management tour, live raptor displays, bird and plant walks a photography walk an auto tour bike ride and much mor...
Former Cheney residents Ken and Karen Mosbarger recently participated in their son Marc's U.S. Navy promotion at Fort Meade, Md. Marc and his brother Charles both graduated from Cheney High School in 1996 and 1994, respectively. Marc Mosbarger was promoted to the rank of Chief, and was pinned by his wife Conni as well as Charles Mosbarger. Charles Mosbarger is currently a Senior Chief and stationed with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, Washington D.C. It is his...
Guest Commentary from the May 5 Cheney Free Press issue: Laura Finley opened with “The ‘woman card.’ It’s so much nonsense,” “we really need to change the conversation when it comes to gender.” However, nearly 70 percent of her words refer directly or by implication to Trump v. Clinton. Prosecutor Finley raised the political issue. Cross-examination – allowed. Prosecutor’s case: fair and unbiased? Trump-related words – unflattering, “sexist” (perhaps deservedly); but Hilary’s words – “terrific” and “importan[t]...
So there I was a couple Friday mornings ago, driving along Government Way in Spokane heading to work. A dark gray Subaru wagon-type car had been dogging my rear ever since I turned onto the road off Fort George Wright Way, heading past the cemeteries. Even though I was going 40 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone, apparently I wasn’t going fast enough for the driver. When I finally got to the point where Government Way becomes two lanes, at the turnoff towards Indian Canyon, I pulled into the right hand lane to let the car go b...
StageWest Community Theatre wrapped up its 2015-2016 season this last weekend with the last three performances of “Getting Sara Married” by Sam Bobrick and directed by Chris Booth. The weekend performances had full audiences and were well received. Sunday’s Mother’s Day High Tea was a success and we would like to thank Lori Musgrave and The Marketplace Eatery & Bakery for the good food. We would also like to thank our cast, crew and volunteers who at each performance set up the stage, performed, took down the stage, did lig...
One of the highest rated television programs during Super Bowl week last February was “Undercover Boss.” According to the Nielsen ratings, it drew 6.8 million viewers. By contrast, the “Greatest Super Bowl Halftime Shows” had 5.72 million. Viewers watched CEOs leave their comfortable corporate offices, disguise themselves as workers and risk the humiliation of doing something wrong. It is all about an awakening to what really happens on the company’s front lines. Too often peo...
Books2Eat returns to JFK Library, May 16 Eastern Washington University Libraries will once again host Books2Eat at the JFK Library, Monday, May 16 at 1 p.m. Students, faculty, staff and the community are invited to create an edible treat — one not needing refrigeration — with a literary theme. Everyone is invited to view the entries, vote on their favorites and then help consume the creations. West Plains students to graduate from Whitman College Three West Plains students will receive bachelor of arts degrees from Whitman Co...
During Jarms ACE Hardware's May 7 Garden Party, Michael Pflieger (left) gives Mason Griffis (center) and Madison Griffis (right) tips on watering their plants as their father Brent Griffis watches....
Cheney and its businesses will soon be starring in a pilot program from the Cheney Merchants’ Association featuring television ads carried to Davis Communications customers. The spots will feature CMA members identifying themselves and their business and inviting viewers to buy local, buy Cheney. Doug Nixon is sponsoring the initial campaign as a prototype. He plans to spend $1,000 of personal funds to initiate the campaign. Half that money will be spent on production of a s...
There are new faces in Cheney's so-called "Barmuda Triangle" with some notable local roots. The husband and wife team of Matt and Tracy Showalter recently swung open the door of Section 13, best known in its former life as Goofy's, but most recently, and very briefly, under the name, Asylum. The bar's name pays homage to some of the earliest days in Cheney's history. According to Joan Mamanakis of the Cheney Historical Museum, Section 13 was the township and range designation...
Seniors 4.0 — Claire S. Arensmeyer, Mariah D. Arlint, Ryan M. Axtell, Monica R. Dahlstrom, Amanda N. Foster, Moriah K. Gaul, Abby L. Hammermeister, Kayla B. Kilner, Abigail C. Little, Codi T. Onda, Shayla I. Payne, Hannah R. Simonsen, Shogo H. Starr, Leah N. Swannack, Arseniy Tepp, Dylan L. Williams, Amelia E. Zusman 3.99-3.5 — Jerika P. Adams, Zachary R. Aris, Bryce P. Barlow, Melissa A. Bennett, Timothy T. Bennett, Hannah C. Blazon, Mckenzie T. Bowman, Mary E. Boyle, Hailey L. Bridges, Noah D. Brown, Brayden K. Butikofer, T...
Students from both Cheney and Medical Lake high schools participated in the Washington Musicians Educators Association's state solo/ensemble festival, April 30. Medical Lake's Nick Isherwood (pictured) finished third in classical guitar category. Cheney's Percussion I placed second in the large ensemble category....
"Are you ready to have some fun?" That is how children's author and poet Kenn Nesbitt greeted students when he visited Salnave Elementary School, May 6. Nesbitt, who resides in Spokane, gave poetry readings to classes during the day and then had a special performance for families during the evening. Nesbitt has written 16 books and his work has appeared in 14 anthologies. He was also the Poetry Foundation's Children's Poet Laureate from 2013-15. According to the Poetry...
Medical Lake High School Junior ROTC cadets senior Katie McGowan and junior Josh Strieb added some hardware to the school's trophy case after they finished fourth in the dual armed competition at the National High School Drill Championships in Daytona Beach, Fla., May 2. McGowan and Strieb have participated in various drill competitions during their high school careers. This year they took third at the Cascade League Championships in March to qualify for nationals. Strieb...
Cheney Fire Department holds open house on Saturday The Cheney Fire Department is inviting people coming downtown for Mayfest to take a short detour and visit its open house Saturday, May 14, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The station is located on Fourth Street across from Veterans Memorial Park. There will be continuous station tours, trucks and demonstrations and displays of fire and emergency medical equipment. Firefighters will be on hand to answer questions about the equipment, response techniques and capabilities along with spe...
You never know what you may get when you show up to a Cheney government meeting. For Tim Gainer, being in the audience at the monthly meeting of the Cheney Planning Commission on May 9 apparently will get his company, Davis Communications, included in the city’s comprehensive plan. The commission is in the process of a yearlong review of Cheney’s main planning document, and covered the plan’s “Technology” chapter on Monday. Technology is one of several optional elements the state’s Growth Management Act allows jurisdictio...
Spokane County Fire District 3 officials say the cause of a blaze that destroyed a home east of Marshall April 30 is still undetermined even though they believe the fire originated in the home’s basement. District Division Chief Debby Dodson said crews from five stations responded to the blaze at 12224 S. Gwendolyn Lane shortly after noon when renters of an apartment on the premise called saying smoke was coming from under a deck and from the attic. Crews had difficulty fighting the fire due to the large size of the house a...
At its May 9 study session the Airway Heights City Council got a glimpse of some possible road projects. Public Works Director Kevin Anderson gave the council a brief presentation on proposed transportation projects that stemmed from pavement management plan work that was recently conducted by Century West. Some of the proposed projects include developing and adopting the city’s annual six-year transportation improvement plan, street and sidewalk improvement projects, capacity improvements at the Craig Road and Highway 2, H...
Alleged parking issues in the Fox Ridge development again arose at the May 3 Medical Lake City Council meeting. Fox Ridge resident Theodore Olson came before the council during the citizen’s comment portion to ask for an update on his previous requests to restrict parking in the development to one side of the street. Olson also appeared at the April 19 and April 5 council meetings. Olson said his preference would be to prohibit parking on the downhill side of streets in order to make snowplowing easier. He added the r...
Organizers of the annual Medical Lake Dollars for Scholars yard sale said attendance was brisk and steady at its location in Denny's Harvest Foods parking lot as people stopped by on Friday and Saturday to search for hidden treasures while supporting local high school seniors....
If you’re a Cheney organization interested in getting an event started, or finding funding for one already in the works, you should know there’s a pile of money out there to help. You should also understand one important caveat — to get that money, you need to show your event is going to get people to come to Cheney and spend money. If that event meets the criteria, Cheney’s Lodging Tax Advisory Committee would like to hear from you because after distributing money earlier this spring, there is still over $77,600 — and climbi...
