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Richard Michael Colby lived his life well. Richard, better known as "Dick," was born on June 16, 1940 in Spokane, Wash. and passed away May 28, 2015. In 1961, Dick was married to his best friend, Sharon (Olson) Colby. Over time, they had four sons: Michael, Kelly, James and Lynn. Later came two grandsons, Kees and Aaron. Dick was friendly, hard working and a man of high integrity. He became an expert in the use of fiberglass, both in manufacturing and repair. But off the job,...
FRIDAY, AUG. 7 Main Stage 4 p.m. – Open Mic 6 p.m. – Heartbreak Pass 7 p.m. – Top String 8 p.m. – Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick 9 p.m. – Finnders and Youngberg SATURDAY, AUG. 8 Main Stage 1 p.m. – Youth Camp Showcase 1:30 p.m. – Acuff and Sherfey 2:30 p.m. – Kevin Pace and The Early Edition 3:30 p.m. – Finnders and Youngberg 4:30 p.m. – Growling Old Men 5:30 p.m. – Dinner break 7 p.m. – Eli West and Friends 8 p.m. – Phillips, Grier and Flinner 9 p.m. – Laurie Lewis and Kathy Kallick INBMA Workshop Tent Noon – Banjo...
The sanctions City Council imposed on Airway Heights Mayor Patrick Rushing started taking effect. During Monday’s meeting, council voted 5-0 to remove Rushing as the Airway Heights representative on the Spokane Regional Transportation Council. They also voted 5-0 to remove him as the city’s representative on the Spokane Transit Authority Board and appointed Councilman Steven Lawrence in his place. Rushing abstained from voting in both items and Deputy Mayor Kevin Richey was absent. Rushing’s replacement on the SRTC will...
Even in retirement, Jerry Krause will never be very far from the game of basketball he's coached, taught and written about so widely in the past half century. His new Fish Lake home features wall-to-wall original Kennedy Pavilion maple floor both upstairs relaxing, and downstairs working where Krause will continue to write books on sports and the psychology behind it. The 79-year-old Cheney-area resident officially stepped down as Director of Basketball Operations at Gonzaga...
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 • Aug. 7, Baby Play and Learn Storytime (ages 0 – 18 months), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • Aug. 10, Planning Commission meeting, City Hall Council Chambers, 6 p.m. • Aug. 10, Dance Class, Wren Pierson Community Center, 7:15 – 8:15 p.m. • Aug. 11, Senior Light Fitness, Wren Pierson Community Center, 9:30...
1 Years Ago Aug. 11, 2005 Five homes were destroyed and nine people left homeless after a fire caused by a windstorm raced through Silver Lake’s Picnic Pines RV and trailer park. A proposed Medical Lake farmers market closed before it ever opened after a half dozen vendors decided not to participate when they learned there was no advertising budget to promote it. After serving six years as associate athletic director and senior women’s administrator, Pam Parks was named interim EWU athletic director following the departure o...
Cheney United Church of Christ Guest pastor Jan Shannon will preside at Cheney United Church of Christ Sunday, Aug. 9, at 10 a.m. A fellowship hour will follow. The message this week will be “The Bread of Life.” Everyone is invited to join our services and activities. Emmanuel Lutheran Church Emmanuel Lutheran Church invites you to “Worship in the Park” with us this Sunday, Aug. 9 at Sutton Park gazebo beginning at 10:30 a.m. Bring your family, friends and a comfy chair and worship with us in God’s creation. You may watch...
Here's Lyle and Alice Polack. We sat down to talk one day and I found this couple have many things to tell. Lyle said, "I come from Michigan." He calls himself a transplant. He spent more than 22 years in the Air Force including time at Okinawa. On his way home he came to Fairchild and finally landed in our area. As he described it, "I came and have been here ever since." Lyle is not one to sit and let the world go by. Out of the Air Force, Lyle drove school buses, and worked...
Whoever came up with that widely popular notion that “60 in the new 40,” I hope they’re right. Because as you pull this edition of the Free Press out of the mail box or newspaper stand for some leisurely reading I’ll be somewhere along a trail by the Lostine River in Northeastern Oregon headed for Mirror Lake, with an elevation just short of 7,400 feet. The ultimate goal is the tip-top of the 9,572 foot Eagle Cap, the namesake peak of the wilderness area in the Wallowa...
The July 30 Guest Commentary by Dr. Richard Badalamente demonized corporations as “scandalous” liars — snake-oil salesmen. If you are skeptical of man-caused global warming claims the commentary also characterized YOU as gullible, ignorant, unenthusiastic, shortsighted — incapable of or unwilling to make hard choices in favor of long-term future concerns, opting instead for “self-absorbed,” “immediate gratification.” In his May 14 Guest Commentary, he also used similar ad hominem arguments to marginalize two men through the...
Supporting our military personnel is all the rage these days, especially after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and the wars and military actions that followed. And yet, unless you’ve actually served in one of the armed forces, the majority of us don’t have a really good idea of what it’s like to be in the United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard. There is a way, however, that non-military citizens can get a small glimpse into the lives of our service men and women — the Honorary Command...
Eastern Washington University’s Master of Public Administration (MPA) program has been accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) for 2015-22, reflecting EWU’s commitment to quality public service education. In place since 1974, this is the first time Eastern’s MPA program has been accredited. This makes it part of a global community of over 190 graduate programs in public service that have their quality validated by NASPAA. “Obtaining NASPAA accreditation marks a milestone for...
Several West Plains residents earned degrees from Whitworth University. Airway Heights — Heather Spall, bachelor of arts, accounting. Medical Lake — Madison Greenhall, bachelor of arts, psychology, cum laude; Ashley Hynek, bachelor of arts, political science and Tiffani Pelella, bachelor of arts, elementary education and social/emotional learning. Spangle — George Canning, bachelor of science, engineering physics. In addition to the West Plains residents receiving their degrees, three local alumni made the Whitworth Unive...
Medical Lake School District is giving a select group of students opportunities to get a jump start on the upcoming school year by offering two extended learning programs this month. One program is a learning assistance program for kindergarten through third-grade at Hallett and Michael Anderson elementary schools. It is an intensive reading program for students who scored below the basic standards on the Smarter Balanced Assessment. The other is an extended school year program for special education students who have specific...
With all but one director present, the Cheney School Board unanimously adopted its 2015-2016 school year budget at a special meeting last Wednesday, July 29. The meeting was called because precise budget figures were late in getting to the school district due to the Legislature’s failure to adopt the state’s $38.2 billion two-year general operating budget until early July. Cheney School District’s overall revenues for the coming year are anticipated at $49,861,109, with expenses calculated at $49,772,263, leaving an exces...
Despite being under a tight deadline, Medical Lake School District staff completed the 2015-16 fiscal budget in time for the board of directors to pass it at their July 28 meeting. The general fund revenue is $20.41 million, with last year’s ending fund balance at $1.4 million. Expenditures are $20.81 million, 6.7 percent more than 2014-15. Business manager Chad Moss projects an ending balance of $1 million. Part of the reason for the expenditure increase is due to the 1.2 percent salary increase and 1.8 percent cost of l...
Behind a white picket fence a few blocks from Medical Lake City Hall lay unexpected treasures. Pauline and Gary Descombaz accommodated the city's pleas for limiting water use by replacing existing lawns with bark and other non-thirsty ground covers. They concentrated on watering specimen plants, fruit trees and their vegetable garden. Pauline's sense of design and Gary's implementation of the projects resulted in the charming garden that enveloped the house and led to an...
A perfect set of circumstances last week allowed Eastern Washington University to get necessary work done on its swimming pool, help the Cheney Fire Department with some training and get some fields much sought after water in the current drought conditions. "We have a pipe failure going on underneath and we're going to have to replace that," David Early, director of recreation facilities at EWU, said. To prepare for the pipe replacement the swimming pool had to be drained. Ear...
Feed Medical Lake Aug. 10 Feed Medical Lake is serving ham salad sandwiches, dill pickle spears, potato soup and Jello fruit salad on a plate of romaine at the Aug. 10 meal from 5-6 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 223 S. Hallett St. All are welcome and free groceries are available. For more information call Joanna Williams at (509) 714-1150. Conversations with Cathy Fifth District Congressional Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers will be hosting a series of “Conversations with Cathy” town hall meetings throughout Eastern Washi...
Jarms Ace Hardware is planning a little grilling, a little washing and a little jamming this Saturday, Aug. 8, to help fund the needs of local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals in Spokane. The long-time Cheney hardware store invites area residents to take part in its “Grillin’ Our Ace Off for Children’s Miracle Network” event from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Store staff and volunteers will be providing smoked pork shoulder samples along with hot dogs prepared on Ace barbecue grills and smokers. Event organizer Lyndsey Wood said l...
At its July 21 meeting, the Medical Lake City Council unanimously adopted a resolution that approved the city’s proposed six-year transportation improvement plan for 2016-2021. Councilman Howard Jorgenson was absent from the meeting. Each year staff completes a visual inspection of streets that should be on the transportation improvement plan. If one looks at this year’s plan, most of the projects have been in the works for several years. For 2016, the city hopes to complete the chip-sealing project on portions of Broad, Spe...
Bobbie Bremer, (right) Ray Smith (left), Ralph Schneider and Brian Seagrave (not pictured), collectively known as the "Bobby Bremer Band," performed at Waterfront Park in Medical Lake, July 31. The Bremer Band is a reformation of "The Bremer Brothers" and performs several genres of music, including classic and new country plus '50s and '60s rock and roll....
If you’re passing by Cheney’s Sutton Park the evening of Aug. 12 , and happen to see a group of people laughing uproariously, don’t be alarmed. In fact, that group would like you to stop in and ask them some questions — perhaps why they are laughing so much. The group will be the Cheney Kiwanis Club and the occasion next Wednesday is the local service organization’s annual picnic. It’s also a special occasion in that the larger organization, Kiwanis International, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. “It’s (Kiwa...
Two Cheney businesses have announced plans to close down at the end of August. Communications provider CenturyLink will be closing the customer service portion of its Cheney location while Cheney Liquor, which has been in business in the Safeway store plaza location since 2003, will shut its doors for good. CenturyLink's business marketing and public relations manager for Spokane and Salt Lake City, Kerry Zimmer, said while the customer service office is closing in Cheney the...
While many tout the West Plains' potential for business expansion, the region continues to grow in terms of population. In June, the state Office of Financial Management issued a news release stating that Washington state's population estimates exceeded 7 million. According to the release, an estimated 7,061,400 people live in Washington as of April 2015, increasing by about 93,200 people between 2014 and 2015. According to Thomas Kimpel, forecast analyst, OFM sends out...
