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When Lawson Van Kuren arrived in Cheney nearly a half century ago to begin his teaching and coaching career he was given his choice of what he would like to coach at Fisher Junior High School. It was 1966 and Fisher principal Jack Philleo told his new hire he could take on wrestling or track. While it's not exactly certain how things might have turned out had he chosen wrestling, money has it Van Kuren would have plowed the same energy he did into track and field, the sport...
One hundred years ago on July 3, 1915, Tyler celebrated the 4th of July with a trap shooting contest and an eight-mile automobile race, as well as an orchestra, games and speeches. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
1 Years Ago July 7, 2005 The residential growth trend continued for Medical Lake as it was announced a new addition to Silver Hills would contain 72 homes on a 27-acre development named Silver Hills West. Flickering lights in a large number of Cheney households were attributed to some of the 500 insulators installed a decade ago that were deemed defective. The problem happened following rainstorms. Val Von Lehe, who coached the Medical Lake High School girl’s basketball program from 1984-1992, but resigned to raise a new b...
Cheney Community Church Monday, July 6, our week of Vacation Bible School begins. The program starts at 9 a.m. with registration available on-site. If not pre-registered, come by at 8:45 a.m. to check in. Pre-registration is available by calling the church office at 235-4841. The program ends at noon each day. “Creation Adventure” will take the children on an exciting adventure back in time with lots of fun activities, games, crafts, Bible lessons, snacks and new friends. Children age 3 – 4 pre-kindergarten (potty train...
Annette D. Huddle age 91, passed away June 19, 2015 in Spokane, Wash. She was born Jan. 21, 1924 in Pasadena, Calif., to Jess and Daisy (Goff) Ryckman and was a graduate of Okanogan High School, class of 1941. She married Joseph A. Huddle on May 2, 1942 in Grand Coulee, Wash. They resided in Harrington, Wash., for eight years before moving to Washtucna, Wash. They farmed there for 32 years before returning to Cheney. Annette was a member of the Washtucna Community Church,...
The small community of Tyler, Wash., was busy with activity the first Saturday of June as the annual Tyler Daze again brought the community together at the Tyler Grange Hall. The Tyler volunteer fire fighters put on a pancake breakfast and lunch and fed well over 100 people. Fire trucks were on display and U.S. Forest Service representative Smokey the Bear helped with providing fire prevention education. Tyler Grange provided a record number of spaces for vendors to sell crafts, plants, usable treasures and a classic car...
Hi Celeste, I am currently dating a woman with a son. We get along great. He’s a good kid. My mom wants to meet my girlfriend but I haven’t dropped the knowledge about the son. Should I let my mom know right away or wait until she meets them? Lee W. Dear Lee, You need to let your mom know, the sooner the better. Surprising your mother with something that important is ill advised. If the relationship is serious and mom sees that you are happy, she will most likely welcome a step grandchild with open arms, if that is where the...
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. City of Cheney • July 3, Baby Play and Learn Storytime (ages 0 – 18 months), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • July 3, Issun Boshi: Little One-inch Samurai, hand puppet show, community library, 2 – 3 p.m. • July 6, Dance Class, Wren Pierson Community Center, 7:15 – 8:15 p.m. • July 7, Senior Light Fitness, Wren Pierson Community Ce... Full story
During a May 6 community forum on increasing train traffic through Cheney, Cheney resident Pamela Gray brought my attention to a large, dead, pine tree at the end of I Street in downtown Cheney. She even brought a picture of the tree to pass out at the meeting. At the close of the forum I spoke briefly with Gray and indicated I would see what could be done about removing the tree. After I finished talking to Gray, Ross Lane, regional public affairs director for Burlington Northern Santa Fe, introduced himself to me and...
Before pointing too many fingers at our beleaguered Secret Service agency and its recent foibles, we should consider its success so far in its bottom line responsibility: to keep President Obama and family alive and injury-free. Interviewed during Obama’s 2012 visit to Portland, Ore., the Secret Service reported that “Obama faces more death threats than any other president. More than 30 a day.” (Portland Oregonian, 7/28/12). This is consistent with the big spike in U.S. hate groups, spread quite evenly over all states excep...
Rolling down the corporate-political assembly line is a trade deal so treasonous to the people of the world that it should serve as revolution’s matchstick. The treaty is secret, but one fact is well known: the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement is being negotiated by transnational corporations without a single U.S. legislator present. Each time I hear this, my eyes blink in disbelief. Without a single legislator present ... without their presence at negotiations, without so much as seeing a draft of the deal, and most treac...
SCLD closed July 4 All Spokane County Library District facilities, including the ones in Airway Heights, Cheney and Medical Lake will be closed Saturday, July 4, to observe Independence Day. Regular hours resume Sunday, July 5. All Spokane County Library District online services remain available 24/7. Rodeo parade registration Registration for the annual Cheney Rodeo Days parade is now open. The parade takes place Saturday, July 11, beginning at 11:30 a.m. in downtown Cheney. Registration forms are available online at... Full story
The following June 29 editorial from the Panama City News Herald may or may not reflect the views of the Cheney Free Press editorial board. In the wake of the murders at a Charleston, S.C. church, details are sinking in — and with them, the recognition that racism lives, breathes and festers, even as we dream that it is a thing of the past. A man just 21 — looking more like a schoolboy than a hard-core white supremacist — stands accused of killing nine respected community members, all black, at the historic Emanuel Afric...
During a June 18 dedication ceremony, the Medical Lake Girl Scout Troop 3673 donated a flagpole to the Jensen Youth Memorial Ranch, 961 N. Stanley St....
The Medical Lake School board breezed through a short agenda at its June 23 meeting. The board approved two summer learning programs for students. One is a reading intensive learning assessment program for third-graders who scored below the basic level on the Smarter Balanced Assessment test. The other is an extended school year program for K-6 special education students at the middle school. Both programs will run during the first three weeks in August, Tuesday through Thursday, from 8:30-11:30 a.m. In action items, the boar...
Cheney Middle School officials have released their fourth quarter honor roll for the 2014-2015 school year. The names are listed below. EIGHTH GRADE 4.0 GPA – Abigail Blazon, Julia Gundlach, Rachel Hove, Jaymee Knutson, Sara Nanny, Jameson Powell, Evelyn Rowe, Feo Rust and Eliott Winters. 3.9 – 3.5 GPA – Justin Abell, Jared Adams, Melissa Aris, Tiffany Bennett, Angela Borodin, Irene Brockman, Joseph Champlin, William Christianson, Korbin Crandall, Tyler Dixon, Abigael Dotson, Tate Draper, Holly Flynn, Erik Foien, Cheyanne Gle...
The following Medical Lake High School graduates were awarded scholarships and honors. Fred Belga — Army ROTC scholarship, Gonzaga University stipend (three years), Gonzaga Unversity Deans List Scholarship, JROTC Certificate of Completion (four years). Jacob Brod — Friends for Children Scholarship. Rayli Bruess — The Art Institute of Seattle Scholarship Competition-Tuition Reduction, Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Scholarship, Medical Lake Dollars For Scholars Scholarship. Justin Brundage — Medical...
The Eastern Washington University board of trustees felt confident enough in the legislative process in Olympia they would have a budget to approve that they scheduled a June 26 meeting in Cheney. So much for great expectations when dealing with lawmaking bodies that had to first go through their regular session of 104 days and then into three overtimes before finally agreeing June 28 on a compromise. That did not hamper the guiding hands of the trustees, at least the five...
Airway Heights is looking at making some cosmetic changes in hopes of enhancing its economic development, one being the recent update to its website. Another is a new city logo. In collaboration with a marketing firm, the city designed a new logo earlier this year. Its design features the city's name in blue letters with an airplane flying above it. The airplane represents Airway Heights' close proximity to Spokane International Airport and Fairchild Air Force Base, as well...
The Cheney City Council approved the city’s six-year, $6.4 million transportation improvement plan at its June 23 meeting. Of that funding, $4.9 million is planned for grant-eligible projects, with $655,470 in grant-eligible matching projects and $1.93 million in funded preservation projects. The plan qualifies the city for federal and state grant funding for improving 10.75 miles of local streets, with 5.78 miles local access and 4.77 miles arterial streets. The residential street plan calls for $1.8 million in p...
The city of Medical Lake is requesting residents refrain from using fireworks on the Fourth of July. Medical Lake Fire Chief Jason Mayfield explained that the city is not forcibly banning fireworks but rather asking residents to “voluntarily ban” them. This volunteer ban is a result of the recent drought conditions, hot temperatures and potential threat of wildfires. “We’ve already had lots of fires this year,” Mayfield said. “The prudent thing would be for residents not to set off fireworks.” The City Council voiced similar...
In last week’s In Our Opinion on fire safety it was mentioned that homes in rural areas carry a fire insurance rating between 8-10. Not so in rural areas of Spokane County Fire District 3. Because of the district’s efforts, Fire Chief Bruce Holloway said homes outside Cheney carry a fire rating of 5 if they are within 1,000 feet of a fire hydrant and five miles of a fire station. Homes outside of 1,000 feet of a hydrant, and still within five miles of a station have a fire rating of six....
The good news keeps coming for the Spokane Tribe Economic Project (STEP). In a news release, the Spokane Tribe of Indians announced they had signed a letter of intent with HRHH IP, LLC (Hard Rock Hotel Holdings, LLC) to bring the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino facility to its proposed mixed-use entertainment development, located off Highway 2 and Craig Road near Spoko Fuel in Airway Heights. In addition to the casino, the site will feature a tribal cultural center and a police and fire station. Financial agreements for the deal...
Plans to open a community clinic in Cheney serving the West Plains have hit a snag as hoped for federal funding has fallen through, at least for now. Community Health Association of Spokane — CHAS — announced plans in October 2014 of its intentions to open its 11th clinic in the Inland Northwest in Cheney at the former location of Jarms ACE Hardware. CHAS’s research showed the clinic could potentially serve roughly 8,700 individuals in Cheney, Medical Lake and the surrounding areas who are low-income and either lack healt...
Residents' efforts to comply with the city's request to sharply curtail water use this past weekend helped Cheney avoid a critical situation regarding its water supply. But with more hot weather on the way, and an even hotter and drier summer than in 2014 forecasted, last week's restrictions could become more commonplace without continued conservation measures. The city's water issues actually began in April when a drier than normal spring led to an early start of the irrigati...
