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The West Plains Little League 9-10-year-old All-star team blitzed it's way through District 13 competition to win the district title and advance to the state tournament July 18-26 in Montesano. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Cheney, but due to the water shortage issues the past several weeks was moved to Western Washington. West Plains Little League parents of the 9-10 All-Stars are trying to raise over $7,000 to cover expenses for attending the tournament and can use help. Part of that is a Bowling...
The on-again-off-again discussions between Cheney and Eastern Washington University over renewal of a contract for the city’s Police Department dispatch services appears to be on again. Maybe. Contract negotiations, first brokered in 2006-2007, began in October 2014, with Cheney seeking an increase in what the university pays for services more in line with the amount Eastern uses the system, particularly dispatch call volumes. According to an Oct. 27 memo to Police Chief John Hensley from Cathy Munoz, Cheney Police Department...
WA Veterans Cemetery The ladies and gentlemen of the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake are looking for new members who can attend honor services for military members and/or spouses and provide representation from the Washington Governor’s Office, Department of Veterans Affairs and the military family to the next of kin. For more information contact Rod Christian at (509) 926-8278 or email rodchristian@comcast.net. Car Wash fundraiser The veteran’s organization A Time of Remembrance is holding a car wash Sat... Full story
Several West Plains and Spangle residents made the Eastern Washington University dean’s list for the 2015 spring quarter. Cheney — Christina Walden, Kyle Barsness, Alexis McHan, Rachel Secor, Kaitlyn Oliver, Michaela Ebert, Kaitlin Harshman, Abigail Smith, Lucille Scott, Trae Martin, Mariya Teterin, Amanda Helms, Lauren Puyear, Katelyn Domitrovich, Jordan Scholten, Brooklyn Marsh, James Marshall, Kaitlyn Thiede, DeLynn Peterson, Anthony Imperial, Tessora Heiydt, Kristine Sexton, Charlene Shepard, Kayleen Campbell, Lauren McK...
Medical Lake High School announced their honor roll for the second semester of the 2014-15 school year. SENIORS Principal’s Honor Roll Anna Becher, Nikolaj W. Beuchert, Justin K. Brundage, Stephanie T. Burris, Breena M. Cannon, Annette J. Carlson, Gabriel N. Chernishoff, Morgan C. Chitwood, Keenaen I. Dejong, Suzannah D. Delgado, Ira Earl, Zachary M. Elder, Alyssa A. Fitzgerald, Annika A. Gahan, Tamar E. Goldberg, Logan S. Grittner, Cassidy J. Hagel, Chelsea M. Hamby, Emily A. Henry, Mason W. Hester, Alyssa M. Higgins, K...
Several students from the Cheney area have been named to the University of Washington’s 2015 Winter Quarter’s Dean’s List. Cheney: Kayla Marie Fox, senior; Miranda Deanne Knight-Miles, senior; Danielle Marie VonLehe, senior and Cassidy Kaylane Weatherbee, freshman. Spangle: Peter John Mills, junior. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must have completed at least 12 graded credits and have a great point of average 3.5....
Hallett Elementary announced the Partners Advancing Character Education (PACE) award winners for June. June’s PACE trait is integrity. PACE —Joshua Pullom, Tiana Schneider, Mary Plute, Charice Ballard, Brooklyn Bridges, Leda Garcia, Madi Spring, Silas Dutton, Chloe Perez-Leyba, Cassidy Fitzpatrick, Kaitlyn Wiley, Shayley Taylor, Bryan Hawkins, Mason Satko, London James, Sarah Firestone, Phillip Shcherbina and Grayson Cogswell. Bug —Asa Smith, Anna Shcherbina, Liliana Shcherbina, Michael Keister, Keandra Bell, Dakota Willi...
Cheney High School alumna Nora Ifft was one of 2,459 University of Montana student degree candidates receiving diplomas in spring 2015. Ifft graduated with high honors, 3.7 grade point average or higher, in receiving a bachelor of science degree in athletic training. Ifft has enrolled at Eastern Washington University and will begin work on a master of science degree in sports and recreation administration this fall. She is also the graduate assistant trainer for the Eagles’ women’s soccer team and the men’s tennis team....
Cheney High School played host to the annual Washington Association of Maintenance and Operation Administrators mini-conference for regional school districts. The June 25 conference was attended by maintenance and operations trades people and district custodians, with workshops given by industry and maintenance professionals. In an email, Jeff McClure, Cheney School District director of maintenance and operations, said attendees could take part in up to four workshops in subjects such as LED lighting, playground safety,...
Cheney High School alumna Jamie (Billings) Nolting has been selected for the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Group Project Aboard Program, a highly competitive, merit-based grant program founded by U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright in 1946. The selection makes Nolting eligible to receive scholarships to study, conduct research or exercise her talents abroad. Nolting’s father, Mike Billings, said the 2005 CHS graduation and class valedictorian plans to spend six weeks in Peru in the heart of Inca country this summer as part of her a...
Although school is out for the summer, students can be seen in the Medical Lake Middle School cafeteria. The school district is currently offering its Summer Food Service Program, where it offers free breakfast and lunch for children ages 1-18, Monday through Friday. Breakfast is served from 9:30-9:45 a.m. while lunch runs from noon – 12:30 p.m. Meals are on a first come, first served basis. According to its website, the program ensures that low-income children continue to rec...
The Cheney High School FBLA Club (Future Business Leaders of America) took part in the FBLA National Business Leadership conference June 29 – July 2 in Chicago. The conference was attended by a record 11,500 students and advisors. In competition, Cheney had 18 students compete at the conference. At the FBLA Awards of Excellence Ceremony, nine different CHS students placed in the top 10 nationally in seven events. Colton Dotson was the highest placer, finishing third place i...
The Eastern Washington University board of trustees met recently with their first goal the approval of a preliminary operating and capital budget for the 2015-17 biennium. But another mission was accomplished June 26 with a vote that will more closely align the school’s investment portfolio with its mission of sustainability. Behind the lead of trustee Jim Murphy, who served on a committee that addressed this revision of the investment policy of the school, board members h...
Scott Holbrook and his wife Tammy Roberson's beautifully landscaped is the winners of the July Medical Lake Kiwanis Club Yard. Holbrook and Roberson's home at 424 W. Brooks Road features a terraced berry patch containing a wide variety of blueberries, raspberries, gooseberries and native berry producers. The property is shielded nicely under a canopy of wetland-nurtured pines and deciduous trees, Pictured above, top row from left to right: Steven Meltzer, Medical Lake...
The city of Airway Heights is following suit and joining Medical Lake and Cheney in conserving water this summer. At Monday’s City Council meeting, interim Public Works Director Ross Dunfee and Lance Peterson, public works water lead, informed the council they have enacted level 1 and 2 water restrictions in the city. The restrictions are a result of the hot weather’s effect on the city’s wells, as well as water across Washington state. “The system’s water supply to the system is down and we are currently monitorin...
The city of Airway Heights is seven months into its new agreement with Spokane County and the city of Spokane for solid waste disposal services and things seem to be going well. Back in November they entered into an agreement with Spokane County and Spokane for with gate fees of $70.50 per ton. The City Council passed a resolution that legally binds the agreement at its Monday meeting. According to the resolution, Spokane County must prepare a Solid Waste Management Plan for Airway Heights, as well as the other cities and...
After several months, the Medical Lake Planning Commission met June 25 with one less member in the ranks. City Administrator Doug Ross informed the Planning Commission that Lois Feken resigned from her position as commission chair. “Lois (Feken) thought it was time to use pursue other things,” Ross said. Ross also introduced Tammy Roberson, Feken’s replacement. The commission will appoint a chair at a future meeting. The committee discussed the development on North Stanley Street. Ross explained that it consists of four...
One of the units used on the Fish Lake fire June 17 was a unit some people may not know existed, others may have forgotten existed and most might not ever see - a fire train. Burlington Northern Santa Fe spokesman Gus Melonas said when the fire broke out the railroad dispatched its fire train based in Spokane to the blaze. The 4-5-car train features three flat cars loaded with a total of 11 tanks carrying 3,100 gallons of water. Melonas said each train is mounted with hose...
Cheney-based lawn and tree care business Arborpro has received a 2014 Star Award for customer satisfaction from the research firm Pulse of the City News. Arborpro received five out of five stars in Pulse of the City News’ customer satisfaction ratings system. “We are very pleased to be recognized for our customer service just as we state in our slogan, ‘we live here too,’” Arborpro president/operations and marketing’s Kelly A. Nicholson said in an email. “We truly love our community and are blessed to have the best customer...
The Airway Heights Parks and Recreation wants to help residents, as singer Olivia Newton John once put it, “Get physical” for their annual Parks and Recreation Month celebration and this time they’re doing it by taking a trip to the 1980s. Parks and Recreation, in collaboration with the Spokane County Library District, is having a “Let’s Move” event, July 11 in the Yoke’s Fresh Market parking lot with a theme focused on the 1980s. According to Andy Gardner, parks, recreation and community services supervisor, National Recr...
New Boundary Brewing owner and brew-master Shane Noblin has an easy answer when asked which of the beers he brews are his favorites. "I wouldn't make them if I didn't like them," Noblin said. Owners of a print shop and attached home-brewing business in Soldotna, Alaska, Noblin and his wife Melanie decided to sell the businesses last year and pursue Shane's passion of the last 20 years for brewing beer. Not wanting to compete with the other breweries in Soldotna, the couple...
The city of Airway Heights is coming off a somewhat rocky Fourth of July weekend. During Monday’s City Council meeting, Fire Chief Mitch Metzger informed council and staff that the Fire Department responded to nine fires on July 4. Metzger said seven volunteers came in, off duty, to help with the fires, as well as respond to the emergency service calls that evening. Airway Heights received help from Spokane County fire districts 3 and 10 and the Fairchild Air Force Base Fire Department. “Most of the fires started around 9 p.m...
You never know what you might encounter when you’re out walking your dog. West Plains resident Michelle Grimmett experienced this first hand late July 4 when she discovered what looked like some type of explosive device while out walking her dog near her home on South Thomas Mallen Road not far from the Petro truck stop. Grimmett said as she was passing the Inland Power and Light substation she noticed something suspicious lying in the facility’s dirt entryway. Instead of investigating, Grimmett went home and called Crime Che...
Behind a berm of earth visible from along Interstate 90 a beehive of activity, large parts of it very much obscured, has been taking place for the past eight months. But in the course of a few days during the third weekend in June, one could not help but notice - maybe even be shocked - at what seemed to suddenly emerge from the earth at the site of Highline Grain's shuttle facility at Four Lakes. The structures are now approaching their maximum height of 140 feet, but have...
Cindy Wheeler displays her homemade jewelry during the Cheney Farmers Market, July 7. Wheeler also sells artwork made by her mother, with all proceeds from her mother's work going to Mothers Against Drunk Driving....
