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  • Motorcycle rider killed while attempting to stand on seat

    Updated Aug 29, 2019

    A motorcycle rider crashed while attempting to stand on his seat Sunday evening, sustaining fatal injuries, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office press release. On Aug. 25 at approximately 6:40 p.m., Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a reported motorcycle crash. Deputies learned from witnesses the adult male driver of the Harley Davidson was traveling north on the 6900 block of North Wall in Spokane when the rider attempted to stand on the seat but instead slipped and fell. The motorcycle continued northbound and str...

  • West Plains Police News

    Updated Aug 29, 2019

    CHENEY Aug. 19 Possible residential burglary was reported on the 100 block of Blackhawk Lane. Nothing appeared to be missing. An axe was found on the 300 block of Nolan Brown Place. A debit card was found on the 200 block of College Avenue. Third-degree theft was reported on the 1700 block of 3rd Street. A Hardrock bicycle was taken. Aug. 20 Financial fraud/online scam was reported on the 200 block of G Street. Civil problems were reported on the 200 block of South Cheney-Spangle Road. Aug. 21 Domestic violence/verbal...

  • Solving the doctor shortage and medical school bottleneck

    RICHARD LIEBOWITZ, Contributor|Updated Aug 29, 2019

    Tens of thousands of Americans apply to U.S. medical schools each year. Only a fraction gain admission. The University of Arizona, for instance, posted a 1.9 percent acceptance rate in 2018. UCLA, Florida State University, and Wake Forest accepted fewer than 3 percent of applicants. Many U.S. medical schools are proud of their microscopic admission rates. But they have negative ramifications for the nation’s healthcare system. The United States will need up to 121,900 more physicians by 2032 to care for its aging p...

  • Article, celebration brought back memories

    Updated Aug 29, 2019

    Thank you, John McCallum, for the article you wrote about my parents Pete and Jewel Baccarella on Aug. 8, 2019 in the Cheney Free Press. It brought back a lot of memories. I would also like to thank my brother and sisters and the Cheney family and friends that support my parents every day. Thank you for celebrating my father’s 72nd birthday and his retirement party at Centennial Park on Aug.17 with us. It made the occasion perfect. Thanks again. Elizabeth Drumm (Pete’s daughter) Ramstein Air Force Base Ger...

  • Thank you for such a special day on Aug. 17

    Updated Aug 29, 2019

    Thank you to everyone who helped my wife Jewel and I celebrate my 72nd birthday and retirement party at Centennial Park Aug. 17 and make it a special day. I would like to personally single out those who helped make this day possible and very memorable: Bene’s Brick N Char food truck – owner Derek Baziotis, truck manager Carlos Vera, Ionic Coffee — Mobile Coffee Bar — owner Todd Cummings, Shelley Tomlinson Johnson, chief operating officer at the Tomlinson Group of Companies; Gary Shamblin – singer and entertainment, Cheney Pa...

  • Agitators are generally involved only for themselves

    FRANK WATSON, Contributor|Updated Aug 29, 2019

    To tweet or not to tweet, that is the question. I have found over my considerable years that when you have nothing to add, you should keep your mouth shut. Our President seems to have missed that lesson. When congresswomen Tlaib and Omar were planning their trip to Israel, he had nothing to add, but he did anyway. He tweeted something silly about allowing the two congresswomen to visit Israel would be a sign of weakness. A sign of weakness for whom? The liberal press immediately condemned the President for picking on two “wom...

  • Refugees needed to replace lack of workers

    Updated Aug 29, 2019

    Not only is the current Trump administration refugee policy cruelly inhumane, it also courts long-term economic disaster for our country. Japan already suffers greatly from the problem of too few young workers to support its aging population. At least two other major countries, the U.S. and China, are approaching the same problem with their similarly low birth rates. So where to get more young workers? By increasing refugees rather than burdening the world with more population problems by raising birth rates. The throngs...

  • Reasons for Amazon fires are complex - and so are solutions

    SHANNEN TALBOT, Staff Reporter|Updated Aug 29, 2019

    By now, anyone with access to a television or computer has heard of the catastrophe facing the Amazon rainforest in the form of blazing fires consuming forested land and the creatures that inhabit it. As of press time, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) had reported at least 74,000 fires in the Amazon this year — an increase of 84 percent since this time last year. Statistically, the Amazon rarely burns on its own — its foliage is typically too wet to ignite, so fires are often found to be caused by human...