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Cheney’s Planning Commission voted 6-0 to approve a rezone of land near North 6th Street and Simpson Parkway that would allow the construction of new duplexes by the Cheney Care Center. The rezone — if approved by the City Council — would change 4.94 acres of land from R-1 single family to R-2 two-family residential. The land and nearby parcels were annexed into the city in 1982 as single-family residential. Cheney senior planner Brett Lucas told the commission that the proje...
My television viewing is normally limited to the news, Mariner’s baseball and Gonzaga basketball. Shut in by bad weather a few weeks ago, I found myself temporarily out of library books, so I was daydreaming while a drama series played on my TV. I’m not really sure what series it was, but an embedded story caught my attention. It seems that one of the characters rescued a dog and had no place to keep it. Her landlord did not allow pets and she couldn’t take it to work. A co-worker came to her rescue with a vest procl...
What happens in China doesn’t always stay in China. In fact, when it comes to tough new garbage and recycling restrictions, they may migrate elsewhere sooner than you might think. For example, Shanghai is one of the world’s largest cities with 26.9 million people. It is suffocating under mountains of trash its residents generate daily. It lacks an effective recycling and disposal system. “Instead, it has trash pickers to sift through the waste, plucking out whatever can be re...
One hundred fifty years ago in 1869, John Williams of Pennsylvania settled land near the lake south of Cheney which bears his name. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymu www.cheneymuseum.com....
An update on the city of Cheney’s website last week asks residents to remember that it might be yard and garage sale season, but signs are not allowed on power poles. The staples or nails used to affix signs to wooden poles present a safety hazard for utility workers who may need to climb the poles to do maintenance or make repairs during power outages....
1 Years Ago July 16, 2009 The Cheney Police Department saw the lazy days of summer become a reality as the department’s reports dropped 46 percent. The city of Cheney moved closer to resolving a decades-old court case when resident Thomas Myers sought a case review from the state Supreme Court. The case stemmed from two properties Myers surrendered to the city while the city deferred jail time and $840,000 in fines stemming from code violations. If Myers lost the appeal, the properties would go to the city. The S...
Rodeo Association members and their family and friends worked until dark to complete the new covered bleachers. Verna Heiydt can be seen working in the foreground....
Those following the news recently have probably heard of the Palm Beach multi-millionaire Jeffery Epstein, thrust back in the spotlight after more than 10 years this week when he was charged with sex trafficking and a horde of lewd photographs of underage girls was discovered in his home. The current charges have sparked questions about the apparent mishandling of the investigation into Epstein’s activities years ago, and the carefully constructed pyramid of protection he built to shield himself from federal prosecution. B...
Eastern Washington University’s Interdisciplinary Science Center rises between on the Cheney campus between the Science Building (right) and the Pence Union Building to the left. Ground was broken on the $67 million project in July 2018 and is projected for completion in May 2020. The project calls for a state-of-the-art science building that will meet the modern day needs of growing STEM programs such as biology, chemistry/biochemistry, geology, and physics. The new f...
In honor of its significant growth in student reading, math and attendance, Cheney School District’s own Betz Elementary was presented with a Washington State Recognized School award last month, one of just 137 other elementary schools in the state to do so. The award, based on state Smarter Balance Assessments, evaluated the school over the course of three years, ending with the 2017-2018 school year. Elementary state assessments are given to third, fourth and fifth-graders. On Thursday, June 6, the school was officially hon...
The Cheney FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) team had a great showing at the FBLA National Leadership Conference in San Antonio, TX June 30-July 2. The team had 24 members attend and all members exhibited excellent performances at the conference, according to a press release. In the end, Cheney placed top 10 in the nation in four events with seven members earning trophies. The Cheney High School team was the second most-recognized FBLA chapter in the state. Winning...
This year’s concert line up at Cheney’s Sutton Park brings something old together with something new — and a little musical something for just about everybody. Several of the seven acts are veterans of at least performing at West Plains events, if not in the gazebo along Washington Street. Others are making their first appearances. The annual series, which takes place each Wednesday from now through Aug. 21, began July 10 with the “voodoo” Spokane rock band Mojo Box. They...
It’s time to get outside and enjoy summer BBQs, gardening, hikes and much more. Don’t let mosquitoes keep you inside; instead enlist these chemical-free strategies to manage these pests in your landscape. Start by eliminating the mosquitoes’ breeding grounds. Drain the water out of buckets, old tires and clogged gutters and downspouts that hold water needed for mosquitoes to reproduce. Check kids’ toys, tarps and pool covers that also retain water. Drain the water and store t...
Cheney Congregational Church It was with great joy that we welcomed our new pastor, Rev. Matt Goodale and his wife Meghan on July 7. Goodale will begin a new series, “A Surprising Family of Faith,” on July 14 at 10 a.m., where he will look at how all of us encounter God in unique ways. Our faith journeys may look different, but they are all embraced by God, who uses each of our stories to reveal a different texture, color or shade of God’s love for us all. He will preach this week on Jacob, who revealed through his encounter...
Free grilled cheese at AH Grocery Outlet, donations to help local food pantries The Airway Heights Grocery Outlet will be hosting the Franz Grilled Cheese Machine food truck on Friday from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. and giving away free grilled cheese sandwiches to everyone who stops by. Donations are appreciated, with proceeds going to Westwood Middle School’s food pantry and Cleone’s Closet Food Pantry. West Plains Arts holds Camp Confidence Camp Confidence will be held July 17-19 at Medical Lake Middle School. This camp will use m...
If you’ve driven down State Route 902 lately you’ve probably run into a construction project on the roadside near Lakeland Village and wondered what’s going on. That construction that has caused brief delays for motorists on SR 902 is due to the installation of an 8-inch high-pressure Avista gas main that will eventually augment an existing 4-inch line already in place between Medical Lake and Cheney, according to Avista. “Avista has embarked on a multi-year project to add...
Spokane injectable-drug manufacturing and packaging company Selkirk Pharma Inc. is the latest business to set its sights on the West Plains, filing plans last week for a $30 million, 63,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. According to a predevelopment application filed with the city of Spokane, the facility will span more than six acres at 9110 W. Granite in the Pacific Northwest Technology Park just north of the Spokane International Airport, within the West Plains Airport Area Public Development Authority. The startup...
The highly-touted fireworks show at Northern Quest Resort and Casino fizzled July 4 when the show billed as the largest “between Seattle and Billings, Montana” sparked five brush fires and was cancelled nearly as quickly as it began. The Airway Heights Fire Department received the first call just after 10 p.m. Fire Marshal Nate Whannell said they dispatched six units and were able to extinguish the fires quickly, with just one acre succumbing to the flames. While attendees reported impressive fireworks at first, the sub...
Construction crews begin work on the second floor of the 96-unit Parkside Commons apartment complex. The student-housing complex is located two blocks north of Eastern Washington University across from Hagelin Park and Cheney’s municipal pool....
If the Medical Lake City Council was considering any further action regarding a firework ban, a contingent of about 25 citizens were on-hand at the council’s July 2 meeting to remind them how they felt. At a meeting lacking any agenda action items, the full council heard committee reports and a smattering of citizen comments on various issues, including fireworks. Gerri Johnson thanked the council for the city’s support, along with a long list of other government age...
The Airway Heights City Council had several issues to tackle at its July 1 meeting, including the filling of an open Planning Commission seat and the approval of a contract for police department body camera purchases. The council unanimously appointed city resident Mark Collins to the Planning Commission. The military veteran attended the meeting and said he hoped to be able to serve his community well. Also unanimously approved was a contract with Axon Enterprise. The Airway Heights Police Department sought council approval...
Construction crews have begun demolition on the front portion of Cheney High School in preparation to expand and create a more secure entrance to the facility — in the process opening up the interior to the outside world....
When it comes to talking about suicide, Washington Department of Health’s Sigrid Reinert feels a different approach to the issue is needed rather than the currently accepted practice. Most people don’t wish to discuss circumstances surrounding a person taking their life, privately for sure but publicly too, even when that completed act takes place for everyone to see and find out about. Reinert, a suicide prevention specialist in DOH’s Prevention and Community Health Division, feels hushing up such events may be harmf...
Former Vice President Hubert Humphrey once said, in part, “The moral test of government is how that government treats … those who are in the shadows of life — the sick, the needy and the handicapped.” That ideal is being exemplified by the ongoing transfer of 20 severely developmentally handicapped residents of the Rainier School, a state Department of Social and Health Services facility in Buckley, Wash., to Lakeland Village in Medical Lake. The city’s newest citizens...
The tree-sized branch on an old cottonwood tree at the corner of Stanley and Lake streets in Medical Lake had finally had enough, breaking off from the tree’s main truck on Tuesday, July 2. It was a bit of a shock to resident Jess Burdick and Coulton Raczykowski. Burdick said she was standing in the kitchen at about 8:30 a.m. when she heard a noise like firecrackers. Going outside to investigate, Burdick found the huge branch had fallen on her carport, taking out a r...
