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CHENEY – People's furry four legged friends can now enjoy a project over five years in the making. The dog park on the corner of Highway 904 and Presley Rd. officially opened on July 15. Cheney Parks and Recreation held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the project being completed. Recreation Director Kelly McGinley Ashe was on site to help oversee the event and welcome people and their pups to the new park. The Cheney Lions Club was onsite to provide guests with free dog t...
SPOKANE VALLEY — The Council discussed options to move forward with a graffiti cleanup project started in 2022 at their regular meeting on July 18. In fall of 2022, the City received a $3,000 grant to be used towards community clean-up as part of the Greater Spokane Community Safety Initiative. Funded through the Washington State Department of Commerce, the Greater Spokane Community Safety Initiative is a program of the Greater Spokane Substance Abuse Council. The City has worked with the Sheriff’s Community Oriented Pol...
MEDICAL LAKE – Strong pitching behind the arm of Everett's Conor Veals shut down the South Hill All Stars from Puyallup at Holliday Field on July 20. This game was the first of two games played on day six of the State Little League Juniors Tournament, and it was a landslide victory with District One champions Everett winning 12-0. Conor Veals got the win, and he was shutting down South Hill bats from the start. Zach Shoch started the game pitching for South Hill, the D...
REARDAN - A local man has pleaded not guilty in the death of a toddler that may or may not be his child. During a Tuesday, July 11, hearing, Jordan Mills-Jay, 30, of Reardan and Spokane, pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree reckless manslaughter and second-degree. He is being held on $150,000 bail in the Lincoln County Jail. Visiting Whitman County Superior Court Judge Gary Libey presided over the hearing. Mills-Jay was charged after medical officials allegedly found...
PATEROS -- A Cheney man was the man to beat in the annual Apple Pie Jamboree watercross races Friday and Saturday, July 15-16. Only nobody could beat him. On a hot weekend on Columbia River, Curtis Pitman, an Eastern Washington University student who moved her from Lake Stevens, won three classes in rounds 4-5 of the Pacific Northwest watercross tour. Watercross racing is like motocross, but is more difficult with the closed course's ever-changing water conditions. In weekend...
CHENEY — The state Department of Ecology has issued a statewide drought advisory after recording the warmest May on record as well as an abnormally dry spring. In addition, an early summer heatwave has resulted in quickly declining water supplies across the state, an agency report said. “Our warm weather arrived a few weeks early this year and really kicked the runoff into overdrive,” said Jeff Marti, Ecology water resources planner. “Now, as we head into the hottest weeks of the summer, we want people to use water wisely...
CHENEY — Police Chief Rick Beghtol talked about his department‘s shortcomings and improvement plans during a public forum July 12. The forum in Wren Pierson Center, 615 Fourth St. was attended by about 30 residents, police officers, Mayor Chris Grover, City Administrator Mark Schuller, Public Works Director Todd Ableman, and other city staff members. Beghtol was transparent about department shortcomings and past leadership in the past. He emphasized the importance of restoring the department to a level of effectiveness he sai...
SEATTLE - A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from McChord Air Force Base and a KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base conducted a flyover at T-Mobile Park for the Major League Baseball Homerun Derby in Seattle, July 10. Crews from the 97th Air Refueling Squadron and 62nd Airlift Wing partnered together to demonstrate the role air refueling and airlift have sustaining rapid global mobility. "Flyovers are such a spectacular show of military capability and airpower....
Wearing a hat that's too big, Wyatt Pierson of Cheney takes in Cheney Rodeo action during the Friday night, July 7, performance. The youngster was among many who got an up-close-and-personal look at agricultural athletics....
The following incidents were reported by the Cheney Police Department between July 10-16 July 10 Bryce J. Newland, 21, was cited for DUI on Spokane Street. Domestic violence reported at 2200 Block of First Street. Fourth-degree assault reported at 1000 Block of Second Street. July 11 Red bicycle stolen, third-degree theft, at 1500 Block of Washington. Domestic violence reported at 1000 Block of Betz Road. July 12 Domestic violence reported at 800 block of West First Street. Domestic violence reported at 100 Block of College...
CHENEY — The Police Department has a newly designed uniform patch for officers which includes a new motto. The motto, “Honesty, Integrity and Compassion” reflects the department’s core values, Police Chief Rick Beghtol said. It represents the “cornerstone” of what is expected from each member of the department, he said. The center piece is indicative of what the city of Cheney is known for — education, agriculture and the railroad, as it was instrumental in the growth of the...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — An Emergency Medical Services, library, and fire department levy for the city will be on the Aug. 1 ballot. The proposition includes funding for improved fire and EMS response, according to a city press release. Two propositions will be on the Aug. 1 primary election ballot to remedy this situation. The first will ask voters to annex into the Spokane County Library District to continue funding the local library. The second ballot measure asks voters to a...
CHENEY — Fire District No. 3 is asking voters to support a levy lid lift in the Aug. 1 election. Voters are asked to support a levy of $1.50 for every $1,000 of assessed property value. The levy is currently at $1.22, the lowest amount in a decade, officials said, noting it is primary funding source for all Fire District No. 3 operations and equipment. Some of the agency’s emergency response vehicles and other equipment are more than 25 years old becoming costly to maintain, official said, justifying the request. The pre...
As many struggle to make ends meet because of inflation and our state having the most expensive gas in the nation, the last thing they want is to pay a big new tax. Yet, that is exactly what Washington workers now face. A payroll tax, which went into effect on July 1, is being taken out of most employees’ paychecks. This tax is currently equal to $58 annually for every $10,000 in pay. It supports a government-run long-term care program called WA Cares, created by majority Democrats in the Legislature in 2019. The long-term c...
For some time now, many Washington workers have been upset about an upcoming payroll tax to fund the new long-term care program called “WA Cares”, created by Democrat majorities in the Legislature in 2019. That payroll tax finally went into effect July 1. Unless you applied for and received an exemption from this tax, you’ll see less money in your paycheck. The payroll tax is currently equal to $58 annually for every $10,000 in pay. The WA Cares program offers a lifetime payout of no more than $36,500, subject to infla...
Solomon Asch performed some exceptional psychology experiments in the 1950s. His experiments showed the power of conformity when people sometimes agree with a group’s opinion, even when shown evidence the group is wrong. In the 1950s, Asch could not determine whether his subjects consciously changed their views or whether social cues unconsciously skewed their perception. In 2005, Gregory Berns answered this question by repeating Asch’s experiment with brain scans. Berns found the brain’s visual center changed what it perce...
CHENEY – A free concert held at Sutton Park on July 12 helped introduce some adoptable dogs to potential families. This was the kickoff show for the Cheney Parks and Recreation Summer concert series. Dozens of residents gathered in the park to hear Steve and Kristi Nebel from Tacoma play Americana music as the dogs rolled in the cool evening grass. According to Cheney's Recreation Director Kelly McGinley Ashe, the turnout was good. "It was good to see the crowd sitting and e...
Medical Lake Kiwanis and Cheney Garden Club Present the July Garden of the Month to Gary & Tami Templeton at 1022 N. Lindsay. They recieved a $25 gift certificate from Windermere Real Estate. Pictured are Gayle Hennings, Melanie Potter, Tami & Gary Templeton....
Master Gardener Shari and husband John Staat, longtime Cheney residents, have transformed their yard, over many years, from just trees and mounds to graceful cool color. They appreciate the gift certificate from Jarm's Ace Hardware. Gayle Hennings, Gardeners of Cheney, John Staat, Pat Isbell, Kiwanas, Shari Staat....
Four wins last week in six games in the district tournament will send the Cheney Summer Hawks AA team to the state tournament July 22-25 in Burlington, Wash. as the No. 4 seed from Area 3. Cheney takes a 20-6 record into the tournament following wins of 11-1 over the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen and 5-4 against Gonzaga Prep AA on July 13. They followed with a 5-0 win over Mt. Spokane (July 15) and a 10-5 loss to Mead, (July 16) before splitting with Prep, a 4-3 win and a 5-3 l...
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MEDICAL LAKE--The nightcap of the initial day’s action during the Washington Little League Juniors Tournament was essentially over after an inning. Mercer Island defeated Hazel Dell (Vancouver) 17-1 in four innings in opening round play Saturday, July 15. Mercer Island jumped on Hazel Dell’s pitching early, plating nine runs in the first inning. The Islanders added two runs in the second inning and six runs in the third inning while holding Hazel Dell to one inning in the top of the fourth to build an insurmountable lea...
The Medical Lake Dirt Dawgs do not have far to travel having clinched their second consecutive berth in the Single A state American Legion State Tournament. They face Northern Lakes at 7 p.m. on July 22 at Shadle Park’s AK Jackson Field. Like other American Legion state tournaments this one also runs through July 25. Medical Lake’s journey to state included games against Kettle Falls, a 20-5 win and an 18-8 victory over Lewis and Clark, both July 13. The Northern Lakes Mou...
The Spokane Cannons got a wake-up call last week in an early round of the Area 3 American Legion district tournament pool play and it allowed them to quickly resharpen focus. The Pullman Patriots scored the deciding run in the top of the seventh inning in a July 14 game and defeated the Cannons, 9-8 at Holliday Field. The Cannons had opened pool play prior to the Pullman loss with a 12-2 win over the Bandits where they put the game away with a seven-run sixth inning and solid...
EWU has 66 on BSC Spring Academic team FARMINGTON, Utah — Eastern Washington University Athletics student-athletes performed well in the classroom to close out the 2022-23 academic year, with 66 earning Big Sky All-Academic honors. The Big Sky Conference announced its full list recently, with 641 student-athletes being named All-Academic for the spring from 12 universities. Eastern’s 66 honorees ranks fourth in the Big Sky despite being one of only four full-time members that does not sponsor a varsity softball program. Web...
