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For the second time in just over two months, the city of Cheney is signing an agreement to supply power to a cyber currency mining business. The City Council approved an electrical power and service contract with Willow Street Mining, Inc., at its May 22 meeting. According to the resolution, Willow Street Mining is “developing a data processing center which will add a new large load” as defined by the city’s municipal code. The code also requires the City Council to set a specific rate for any new large single loads that...
Seventy-five years ago in 1943, Mr. and Mrs. Wally Davison announced that they were closing Sweets N’ Eats in early June. They had taken over operation of the eatery in 1936. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
All events are free unless posted otherwise. To get your event or meeting in the weekly What’s Happening section, send an email with date, time, location and event to jmac@cheneyfreepress.com. Cheney • June 1, Master Gardeners: Cheney Plant Clinic and Information booth, community library, 1 – 5 p.m. • June 2, Birdwatching Walk, Cheney Trailhead, 10 – 11:30 a.m. • June 3, Iron Eagle Triathlon, 500-meter swim, 10-mile bike ride and 3.1-mile run. More info at www.ewuironeagle.com. • June 5, Flightless Birds running club, Barrelh...
Cheney Congregational Church Pastor Dave Krueger-Duncan just returned from the Pacific Northwest Association of the larger, National Association of Congregational Christian Churches. Eight congregations from Alaska, Washington and Oregon met together for fellowship and to discern our way forward together. This group will be hosted by the Cheney Congregation next year. As a group they voted to invite the National Association to meet in our region in 2021. Likely sites to meet are either here in Cheney or in the Tri-Cities area...
1 Years Ago May 29, 2008 The Airway Heights City Council approved a resolution implementing water use efficiency standards for the city. The measure was designed to reduce distribution system loses and consumption over the next 2 – 6 years. Cheney Light Department crews gave the Cheney Rodeo Association a hand by providing the manpower and equipment to erect the new “Bi-Mart Arena” sign over the entrance to the rodeo grounds. The Cheney High School’s boys soccer team’s historic run to state came to an end with a 2-1 overt...
Fill your garden with colorful annuals you and the pollinators can enjoy all season long. Look for outstanding varieties chosen by All-America Selections (AAS), a non-profit plant trailing organization, to brighten your garden, attract pollinators and outperform other varieties on the market. Attract hummingbirds and second looks from passersby with the vibrant bright orange flowers of Canna South Pacific. This compact variety can be started from seed and was selected as a...
In his May 17, 2018, guest commentary, Col. Frank Watson (USAF, Ret.) takes exception to Robert Mueller’s investigation of the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russian operatives in their interference in the 2016 presidential election. Watson claims the investigation is politically motivated and a waste of taxpayer money. Watson’s arguments are so riddled with errors and irrelevancies that it’s hard to know where to start. Let’s start here: Robert Mueller, a Republican, is a special counsel, not a “Special Prosecutor....
I am writing in regards to the Priggee cartoon in the May 24 edition of the Free Press. The one I’m assuming is the two couch potatoes are complaining about President Trump’s “Mr. Five deferment-bone spurs and who’s in bed with Russian oligarchs and Chinese phone companies.” Since we’re talking about those who avoided military service, could you please enlighten me as to which branch of the armed forces former president Obama served in? Or former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hilary Clinton? And another Pre...
I immensely agree with Frank Watson, Cheney Free Press, guest commentary, May 10, 2018. There are two reasons I do not teach for a living. One, the Washington Education Association, I didn’t want to HAVE TO PAY an organization I didn’t agree with. Two, teaching to a test is boring. We wouldn’t need Friday late starts if they were not teaching to a test; they may not even realize it any more. My dad made less than a first-year teacher makes now when he retired. I knew I wasn’t going into teaching for the money. We had excelle...
What is happening to this country I love? Every day our present government is making life more difficult for many people, the latest is separating children from their families at the border: and among those, 20 percent (1,500) are missing — some babies awnd toddlers. Trump’s Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly reports that they are either in foster care or “wherever.” I am outraged and saddened. Who is thinking up these terrible policies? What’s more, standing alongside of these government officials day after day is our smiling r...
John Bolton and Mike Pence must have known what they were doing. President Trump’s national security adviser and vice president could not have been oblivious that advocating a “Libya model” for North Korea’s denuclearization would go over badly with leader Kim Jong-un, who presumably does not wish to be overthrown and killed after giving up his nukes, the fate that befell Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi. Trump’s public release of his bizarre letter to Kim canceling their June 12 summit meeting in Singapore (many commentat...
Congratulations. You have successfully completed your public education and are about to enter the real world. It isn’t that school is not the real world, but it is a special world where you are not fully responsible for your actions and most mistakes have no real long-term consequences. You are considered children still learning the difference between right and wrong. That changes when you walk across the stage and receive your diploma. From the beginning of time, all cultures have had a rite of passage children go through t...
CHENEY May 21 Third-degree theft was reported on the 200 block of South Cheney-Spangle Road. Second-degree theft was reported on the 3000 block of Pheasant Drive. A key ring was found on the 1000 block of Betz Road. A debit card was found and turned into the police station. A rape was reported on the 100 block of College Hill. May 22 Identification theft was reported on the 700 block of Villard. Trespassing was reported on the 2800 block of First Street. A passport was reported lost on the 100 block of Blackhawk Lane. Talal...
Cheney's Kelly Cordill, followed by her older brother Kale, shows one of her cattle during the sixth annual Wheatland Jackpot Show on Saturday in Ritzville. The Cordills showed four prospect steers and heifers during the May 26 contest....
Medical Lake's Founders Day was an event that in some years had people wondering if it would happen at all. As the founders and caretakers of the city's celebration honoring the community's past moved on - or passed on - the force behind it all would fade. Until three years ago when the community cheerleader organization Re*Imagine Medical Lake, the future of Founders Day might have been in flux to say the least. "I think it really did flounder for several years, pretty desper...
Airway Heights will have a third annual health and wellness event coming soon in the parking lot of Grocery Outlet on June 9, thanks to the Neighborhoods Matter program in Spokane. The activities will run from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. with opportunities for the whole family to enjoy. “We do this every year because we heard from the community that there are not a lot of health resources in Airway Heights,” Heather Wallace, a program specialist from the Spokane Regional Health District, said. ”So this is one way to help.” The program i...
With the warmer weather in the West Plains, the Airway Heights parks and recreation department announced the Motion Auto Supply summer moonlight movie series in Sunset Park. The movies are free and open to the public and start at dusk. The first film on June 15 is "Moana." This Disney movie shows the journey of a teenager that takes on a mission to save her people. During the adventure, she meets a once-mighty demigod, Maui. The two team up to sail across the ocean and go...
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is offering an “Introduction to Women’s Self-Defense” class on Saturday, June 23. There will be two sessions: 8 a.m. – noon and 1 – 5 p.m. This class is an introduction to Women’s Self-Defense Tactics including deterrents, avoidance, and detection of a personal attack. This class is led by Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Defensive Tactics Instructors. Class includes hands-on portion where you will learn basic self-defense maneuvers. The class is open to females ages 14 and over. Class fee...
Like his Cheney counterpart, Eastern Washington University Police Chief Tim Walters understands that in Washington state, individuals have the right to openly carry a firearm. Also like Cheney Police Chief John Hensley, he wished people inclined to do so would do a little thinking first. “There has to be some common sense sprinkled in that right,” Walters said in a May 24 interview. The university’s Cheney campus has been the location of two sightings of a local man who has told police he is an advocate of the state...
Eastern Wyoming College announced in a May 25 news release that Cheney High School alumnus Elizabeth Wright was one of 183 graduates taking part in the 69th annual commencement for candidates on May 4, 2018 held in the Fine Arts Auditorium....
Summer vacation will be anything but for the Medical Lake School District's maintenance department. The list of projects for the district while students are away was revealed at the May 22 school board meeting and there's plenty to do. The biggest and arguably the most important work will be security upgrades at all district schools that will include new secure entrances. Completed by outside contractors, this will include installation of doors that are locked from the...
Jostens, the leading producer of yearbooks and student created content, announced this month that Cheney High School's yearbook program has been named a 2018 Jostens' National Yearbook Program of Excellence for their 2018 publication, "Beneath the Surface." The National Yearbook Program of Excellence recognizes engaging yearbooks that reflect a broad representation of the student body while helping students develop 21st century skills such as communication, collaboration, and...
Cheney School District board of directors got a preliminary picture at their May 23 meeting of what life will look like under the state’s new funding package passed last year — which increases the state’s portion and decreases the level of local support. In a presentation, the director of finance, Jamie Weingart, told the board that state only funding will increase next year — 2018-2109 — by almost $7.1 million, up from 2017-18 amount of $41.51 million to $48.6 million. That will go up again by $841,000 in 2019-2020...
With Airway Heights continually expanding, the council talked about adopting a transportation impact fee for future developments at the May 29 study session meeting. “This is a fair and more consistent way to get money from developers,” Public Works Director Kevin Anderson said. “The developers usually like this more because it is predictable.” Anderson talked about two approaches to developing an impact fee related to future transportation needs. The first one was a transportation impact fee (TIF) and the second was a volun...
The 150th observance of Memorial Day saw a crowd estimated in excess of 2,000 pay their respects in a ceremony at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery near Medical Lake last Monday. On a picturesque spring morning, those in attendance heard messages from a variety of dignitaries. Before and after they paid their respects to many of the 5,000 people that have found their final resting place at the facility that opened eight years ago. The Lilac City Community Band played a...
