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Cheney Middle School leadership class student Hunter Passey looks for a place to stack another box of food he and his classmates raised for the Cheney Food Bank during a school-wide drive April 23 – May 4. Sherry Syrie's class delivered 1,400 boxes and cans of food on May 25. See the story on page 2....
The names that were submitted to fill the Medical Lake City Council seat left vacant by the resignation of John Merrick will have a familiar, and perhaps an ironic, ring. Three people, Don Kennedy, Monica Manza and Elizabeth Rosenbeck, applied for the opening by the May 25 deadline. They were recent candidates in both the 2017 primary and general elections. Each will be under consideration and selected by current members of the council in a process that begins at the Tuesday,...
Medical Lake High School spring sports teams enjoyed a variety of success and that translated into a host of athletes being honored by selection on All-Northeast A-League teams. ML Baseball All-NEA Ben Evans was a two-year letter winner who claimed the NEA's first-team spot as a designated hitter, batting .368. "His hard work paid off for a second year in a row as he led our team in almost every offensive category," head coach Austin Sharpe wrote in an email. "Ben has been a...
CHENEY May 29 A 16-year-old female was arrested on the 300 block of Erie Street as a runaway and for Spokane County Superior Court warrants for escape from custody and failure to comply with a court placement order. Talyrra E. Andrews, 34, was arrested on the 2200 block of First Street for harassment/intimidation. A landlord/tenant dispute over not giving proper notice to enter an apartment was reported on the 600 block of C Street. Corey N. Allen, 27, was arrested on the 600 block of Second Street for fourth-degree assault/d...
Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Undersheriff Jeff Tower swore in two new lateral deputies. Both have previous law enforcement experience in California before moving to Spokane County. Deputy David “Dayton” Bruner: Bruner joined the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office in 2011 before joining the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office. He enjoys hunting/fishing and other outdoor activities. Deputy Benjamin Stolz: Deputy Stolz grew up in Germany and moved to California in 2014 where he joined the Oakland Police Department. He enjoys ou...
The Cheney High class of 1978 is hosting 40-year reunion this August The Cheney High School class of 1978 is planning its 40-year reunion for this August. There will be a “best ball” golf outing at Fairways Golf Course on Friday, Aug. 3, followed by a get together on the patio afterwards. Saturday, Aug. 4, plan to spend the evening on Lake Coeur d’Alene on a dinner cruise. Call Mitch Swenson for more information at (509) 999-5188 or email at mswenson@naiblack.com. Feed Medical Lake celebrates seventh year Feed Medical Lake...
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 12, Flightless Birds running club, Barrelhouse Pub & Pizza, 6 p.m. • June 14, Kiwanis meeting, Sessions Village Clubhouse 2229 N. Sixth St., 7 a.m. • June 14, Last day of school celebration, Cheney Pool, 1 p.m. Airway Heights • June 8, 11 and 13, SAIL (Stay Active and Independent for Life) for active adults 65-plus,... Full story
Cheney Community Church Cheney Community Church recently honored its high school graduates with a potluck gathering following the morning service. The AWANA Club wound up its successful year in mid-May with a special awards ceremony. AWANA is an acronym taken from 2 Timothy 2:15 “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth (are) not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (KJV) (Approved Workman Are Not Ashamed) Awards were given to the children and teens for attendance, scripture memory and...
One hundred years ago in 1918, the Normal School awarded its first 3-year diploma to Miss Anna Quigley. That same month the State Board of Education authorized the Cheney State Normal to change from a semester calendar to a quarterly academic calendar. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
Make your next gathering one to remember by including a few unique vegetables on the relish tray, as a side dish or for dessert. Your guests will be "wowed" not only because you grew your own ingredients, but because of the unique shape, color or flavor of the vegetables you serve. Create a memorable dining experience with attractive edible containers adorning the patio, balcony or deck. Include a few Candle Fire Okra plants in large containers to create a tropical feel. The...
1 Years Ago June 5, 2008 For the second season in a row, a Cheney High School team won a state academic title. The Blackhawks baseball team was named state academic champions among all Class 2A baseball teams in the spring. The Hawks’ boys basketball team won similar honors at the end of winter quarter. Cadets from Medical Lake High School’s JROTC program led a procession down East Barker Street during a rededication of a tree memorial created in memory of Air Force veteran Capt. Donovan Walters. He was a former Medical Lak...
The East Wenatchee home of Glenn Burkepile was the location for a recent gathering of five generations of Burkepiles. Pictured at right from left to right are great-grandmother Debbie Lanaville (Spokane); grandmother Michelle Smith (Medical Lake); mother Brooke Wirth (Spokane); the newest edition to the family Kayden Elizabeth (Spokane) and great-great grandfather Burkepile. Smith lives in Medical Lake while Wirth is a Medical Lake High School graduate and Lanaville was born...
Farmstead Finds is coming to the West Plains for the first time this year, and hopefully it won't be the last. The free admission event is on June 8 from 4 – 8 p.m. and also on June 9 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. and takes place at Willow Creek Retreat, 15109 West Thorpe Road. This market is in a field next to a creek with trees, birds and flowers and will be a country experience for the attendees. There will be a variety of vendors to shop from that includes handmade, homegrown or...
A Spokane County Fire District 3 brush truck applies water to some spot fires that broke out on Interstate 90 between the Cheney/Four Lakes and Medical Lake exits last Wednesday morning. Emergency response officials suspected a passing vehicle with defective equipment, such as brakes, may have started the fires, which were quickly contained....
Pit-bull owners say their dogs are just loving and loyal. But if your neighbor owns one you might have a different opinion. In the duplex across the alley from our home, tenants recently came with two pit-bull puppies. They seem obedient to their owners but regarding me they seem increasingly aggressive and territorial as they grow, and apparently their territory is wherever they are. I was cleaning some debris from the alley and my neighbor opened their door and their pit-bull shot across their property line growling at me...
I am writing in support of Dave Wilson, my choice for the open seat in Spokane’s 6th legislative district. Dave has the passion and commitment to serve with distinction. He has lived in the district for over 35 years, raised all six of his kids here, started and ran a successful business for over 30 years in Spokane. He knows the district and he knows Spokane. Dave has also served in leadership positions on several community and professional boards. He has a highly organized campaign that is second to none, as well as e...
Here’s a switch! Rather than closing another pulp and paper mill, a new one is under construction right here in Washington. Columbia Pulp’s plant on the Snake River will use a new technology that pulls cellulose out of the abundant straw left over from wheat and alfalfa harvests. The $184 million plant near Dayton is scheduled to open later this year. Traditionally, pulp comes from wood either grown specifically for paper making or as byproducts from sawmills. When fully ope...
I am usually fairly easy to get along with. I accept most things, even dumb things, without getting my dander up. But, when presented with unsupported claims based on widespread rumors, I have been known to lose my patience. I was venting the other day to a friend of mine who was, is, and always will be a woman’s rights activist. The subject was a political ad that claimed women only make 76 percent of what men make for identical work. I questioned the claim as either a gross misrepresentation of partial data or an example o...
There’s a saying, “You are what you eat.” In this case, our daily news diet. Currently, our intake seems to be all Trump, and almost exclusively Trump. Even if something comes up that takes our attention away from the current White House occupant, president Butternut Squash will emit a Tweet with dog-whistle frequency that calls the national press corps back to yap as his ankles. But Trump isn’t the only newsworthy subject happening right now. Nor is the continued fallout from the #MeToo movement, the Parkland shootin...
A work session of the Cheney School District board of directors originally set for Wednesday, June 13, has been changed to a regular board meeting, which will also include the budget work session. According to a news release from the school district, the change is being made to allow for adoption of a necessary D-form construction resolution. The D-form is required by the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction in order to receive about $7 million in state funding for the district’s high school expansion p...
Each year, the seventh and eighth-grade students in Cheney Middle School teacher Sherrie Syrie's leadership class undertakes a project to help out a local organization. Leadership student Camryn Bishop said this year they kicked around a number of ideas, including helping at an animal shelter, but decided in the end that local really meant "local." As in the Cheney Food Bank. "We decided on a food drive," Bishop said. "We wanted to help and they are in the local area." Morgan...
A class project at Medical Lake High School has gotten out of control. But in a very good way, it appears. Sophomore Kaylee Thompson and Calvin Ross, a freshman, have concocted a Vegan chili recipe that has likely exceeded expectations, having won both regional and state competition. Now the members of Maureen Fanion's Family Consumer Science class will take it to national competition in Atlanta, Ga. from June 26-July 3. The project was part of a first-period career choices cl...
Representatives of the international communication organization Toastmasters recently met with city of Cheney officials about the possibilities of starting a club in the area. And while there is interest, City Administrator Mark Schuller said supporting a club on its own was outside Cheney’s current capabilities. “We don’t have the capacity (fiscal or time) to organize and/or operate the club,” Schuller said in an email. That wouldn’t preclude interested private Cheney citizens from starting a club, however. To do so, Toast...
The Airway Heights City Council was introduced to the 6th District legislative candidates during the June 4 meeting. The council had previously discussed meeting with everyone running so they could have a fair decision on who they would support during the election. The candidates in attendance were Jeff Holy, Jessa Lewis and Kay Murano during the beginning of their meeting. The Council was able to hear from each one about how they would support Airway Heights and the West Plains. The election will be held in November. In...
If approved by the City Council at an upcoming meeting, the city of Cheney will add a chapter to its municipal code that deals with property maintenance. The city’s Planning Commission approved the repeal of text dealing with natural gas at its regular May meeting and the insertion into the same chapter — chapter 17 — text defining a “Property Maintenance Code.” Building official Shane Nilles explained that the old gas code stemmed from 1964, and had been rendered obsolete long ago by changes in the law. “It really does...
