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The ash from Mount Saint Helens and Tom Davis's effort to bring cable television to the West Plains area arrived just about the same time. Residents in Cheney, Medical Lake, Four Lakes and places in between are probably happy the former has - for the most part - vanished and Davis was not scared off. On the 36th anniversary of the Northwest's dust up with one of its most famous mountains, Davis told the story of his arrival in Cheney to begin the job DCI (Davis...
Rodeo parade registration open This is your personal invite to participate in this year’s Cheney Rodeo Days Parade. Get your parade entry ready and register for the event that takes place Saturday, July 9, at 11:30 a.m. in downtown Cheney. Download the parade registration form at cheneyrodeo.com, by calling 235-2754 or by faxing a request to 235-2754. You can also go to answers@cheneyrodeo.com and email a request. Cheney Zips and Owl Pharmacy proudly sponsor the Cheney Rodeo parade. Memorial Day observance at state c... Full story
1 Years Ago June 1, 2006 A drug deal turned into an attempted robbery and finally into a gun battle in the vicinity of Pine and Second streets . It landed one person in jail and left police looking for a shot up vehicle that fled the scene. Former United State Secretary of State Madeleine Albright addressed a crowd of 3,000 during her appearance at Eastern Washington University’s Reese Court as part of the universitry’s Presidential Speaker’s Series. Bob Wilske in the shot put and Tyriel Poosri, competing in the hurdl...
Cheney United Church of Christ You are cordially invited to join us Sunday, May 29, at 10 a.m. for services at Cheney UCC. Pastor David Krueger-Duncan will deliver the sermon and special music will be provided by soprano, Maddie Gwinn. Plan to stay after the service if you can. It is picnic Sunday. As weather dictates, we will meet outside or in the fellowship hall for a picnic lunch. Eastern Washington University’s choir will be presenting a concert — “Love and Understanding” — in the sanctuary at 7 p.m. on Thursday,...
Cheney • May 27, Baby Play and Learn Storytime (ages 0 – 18 months), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • May 30, Memorial Day breakfast, American Legion Hall, 116 College Ave., adults $6, children $4, 8 – 10:30 a.m. • May 30, Memorial Day observance program, Fairview Cemetery on Salnave Road, 11:15 a.m. • June 1, Baby Play and Learn Storytime (ages 1 1/2 – 3), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • June 1, American Legion Ladies Auxiliary meeting, American Legion Post 72, 116 College Ave., 6 p.m. • June 1, Dance Class,... Full story
From left to right: Medical Lake High School's Brandon Scheer, Gabriel Mangione and Nick Isherwood received soloist awards May 13 for their performances at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in February. Medical Lake High School's jazz band earned an Outstanding Jazz Ensemble Award" at the festival. Also, the MLHS marching band took first place in the A Division at the May 7 Wenatchee Apple Blossom Parade....
The citizens of Medical Lake came through again. The Post Office had a food drive and our shelves are stocked. Thank you to all who contributed and to the drivers who picked up the sacks of food on their routes. The Medical Lake Food Bank Joyce Callaway Medical Lake...
There is a lot of talk, some of it emotionally charged, these days about where people are allowed to go to the bathroom. This talk is focused on transgender individuals, people who are born physically of one sex yet identify as the other. It’s a confusing subject since most of us likely don’t know anyone who is transgender. Because of that, it’s a subject where fear can have a heavy influence. None of us on the Cheney Free Press editorial board knows someone who is transgender. Some of us have been in the proximity of people...
By DON C. BRUNELL Contributor Now that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are certain to be the Democrat and Republican presidential candidates, it is time for them to deal with our national debt. Our nation is on an unsustainable borrowing trajectory. We now owe over $19 trillion to lenders of which nearly half are offshore (including China). At the rate which we are selling treasury notes, the deficit will balloon to $21.1 trillion by 2020. That means when the presidential...
Cheney High School alum Masen McCormick (Class of 2013) graduated with magna cum laude honors from the College of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho during a May 21 commencement ceremony. McCormick received a bachelor of arts degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing....
Medical Lake Middle School honored six students for the Partners Advancing Character Education (PACE) award for May. May's trait is courage. Students received certificates and T-shirts, and were treated to a lunch, May 20, sponsored by the MLMS Associated Student Body." From left to right: Sheya Williams, Krista Guthimiller, Thomas Collins, Quintin Collins, Jaden Cavin and Sophea Christensen....
When Matt and Amanda Webb dug up one of their wheat and barley fields a decade ago in St. John, Wash. they took one mighty roll of the dice with the sport of sprint boat racing. Ten years later the Webbs, and the community in which they reside, are quite happy with their gamble and the former farm field - now known as Webb's Slough - is the center of the sport. St. John, now the longest established venue in the sport, will stage two races in the 2016 American Sprint Boat...
Cheney High School graduating senior Shayla Payne was awarded the P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) STAR scholarship for the 2016-17 academic year. The scholarship is a $2,500 award based on excellence in leadership, extracurricular activities, community service, academics and potential for future success. Payne was recommended by P.E.O. Chapter AJ of Cheney. Payne has been accepted and will attend the University of Washington in the fall. She plans to study biomedical engineering....
Forty-one Westwood Middle School sixth- and seventh-graders were inducted into the school’s chapter of the National Junior Honor Society during a May 23 ceremony. Inductees were selected by the chapter’s faculty council. Sixth-graders Kailey Ballerstrazze, Brandon Blazekovic, Hailey Busby, Sabrina Dartley, Marley Fox, Caroline Greer, Seiya Heikkila, Garrett Heuett, Gracee Hill, Abby Jenkins, Haley Jones, Simon Kapustin, Lilya Kostenko, Hannah McCombie, Jesus Minor, Madison Moosman, Abby Richards, Anna Ryplewski, Gianna Ter...
Cheney High School announced the names of its students of the month for April. Students are listed as follows by student name, department and grade level. Marquette Byrd, support services, junior; Alyssa Cline, language arts, senior; Joshua Dannaldson, vocal music, senior; Brandon Foster, agriculture, senior; Ian Hill, robotics, junior; Anthony Lawrence, health and fitness, senior; Keenan Loughery, instrumental music, senior; Alexandria Pfaff, world language, freshman;...
At its May 20 meeting, the Eastern Washington University Board of Trustees approved two resolutions to help fund the upcoming Pence Union Building renovation project. The first resolution is a master document that amends and restates a previous resolution authorizing the university to issue bonds to finance the expansion, renovation and improvement of university student activity facilities and establish services revenue to pay for the bonds. The board passed a similar resolution in 2006 to help finance the University...
The Home Works! parent partnership program's leadership class wrapped up the year with a class party and some last-minute planning of the program's May 26 Spring Spotlight Performance. The leadership class is divided into five different clubs Newspaper, Announcements, Field Day, Spotlight and Birthday Brigade. According to Susan Brown, who teaches the leadership class, this was the first year Home Works! offered this type of class to students. At the beginning of spring...
Students and families flocked to Sunset Elementary School for its May 18 Art Night. Attendees had the opportunity to meet local artist Peter Thomas, watch a brief ballet performance and create various crafts. Families were also treated to a free pizza dinner provided by Domino's....
Seat belt emphasis patrols on now through June 5 When Asotin High School senior Stanzi Hay conducted an observational survey, she found that nearly nine out of every 10 students and adults arrived at school buckled up. What concerned her were those who weren’t. These were her friends and classmates, and she didn’t want their loved ones to experience a tragic loss simply due to a negligent decision to drive or ride unbuckled. So for the next few weeks, Hay is taking her message statewide and joining the Washington Traffic Safe...
The Airway Heights City Council elected to move a resolution out of its May 23 study session to consideration at a regular council meeting that could eventually lead to the successful recruiting of more industrial-type businesses to the city. Development Services Director Derrick Braaten is requesting to apply for a $50,000 Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) planning grant in order to implement a contract with consulting firm Studio Cascade to develop a plan for approximately 1,000 acres of under-utilized...
In what the Washington State Patrol said is likely a road rage incident, two cars were involved in a collision Monday afternoon on Interstate 90, causing this vehicle to leave the freeway, plow through fencing and land on Westbow Road near Spotted Road. Neither driver was seriously injured in the collision....
A bomb threat on Monday, May 23, led to the evacuation of students at Sunset Elementary School in Airway Heights. According to Airway Heights Police Department’s Sgt. Robert Swan, police were notified about the bomb threat at approximately 12:20 p.m. Swan said the person who received the threat over the phone said the caller “sounded like a robo-caller,” which is an automated telephone call that delivers a recorded message. Airway Heights police converged at the school and helped evacuate the students to safety, reloc...
Lin Summers Hoskins (with hat) assists a customer at the Gardeners of Cheney's annual plant sale last Saturday in Mitchell's Harvest Foods' parking lot. According to club members, business was brisk for most of the day....
Roughly six months after Eastern Washington University decided to part ways with the Cheney Police Department for dispatch services, things are “going very well,” according to Cheney Police Chief John Hensley. Without much of an explanation to the city as to why, the university decided last summer to end its contract with Cheney for most communications services in favor of those provided by the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office. The switch resulted in about a $90,000 decrease to the Cheney department’s budget, some of which h...
In a reversal of a previous decision, the Medical Lake City Council conducted interviews at its May 17 meeting and named a community member to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of the late-Councilman Howard Jorgenson on Jan. 19. After a 20-minute executive session to discuss the qualifications of all five candidates, the council voted unanimously to recommend Elizabeth Rosenbeck to fill the vacant Position 5 seat. The recommendation now goes to the Spokane County Board of Commissioners for their consideration and appro...
