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LAST SATURDAY of summer antiques, harvest & Christmas outdoor bazaar. Sept. 20, 10- 3 at Jarms Farms, 22421 S Griffith Rd., Cheney. Featuring 20 vendors. Come have some fun while getting started early on your decorating & gift buying and helping out the community with our can food drive! Admission, $5/ person or $4 with donation of can food item. $12 maximum per family. Bring your own picnic & enjoy our Natural Playground & Snack Shack. $20 craft & vendor spots still available. Call Dinah Jarms at 464-9216 for more... Full story
CHENEY Sept 8 Robert R. Atkinson, 59, was arrested at the Cheney Municipal Court on a warrant for failure to appear on a fourth degree assault/domestic violence charge. Sept 10 Domestic violence/verbal dispute was reported on the zero hundred block of Third Street. Sept 11 There was a violation of a court order at the Municipal Court. A black bicycle was found on the 100 block of Washington Street. A white bicycle was found on the 200 block of Second Street. A gray bicycle was found on the 100 block of Washington Street....
What if we could peer into the future and see the consequences of the decisions we make today? In a way, we can. According to Washington state economists, a carbon tax high enough to achieve Gov. Jay Inslee’s stated climate change goals would increase gasoline prices almost 60 percent over time and raise natural gas prices — currently our most affordable energy — nearly 35 percent. The carbon tax is only one part of Inslee’s climate change agenda. How much will the rest of...
Wake up and smell the landfill. Let’s talk trash. As I understand it, both Cheney and Medical Lake continue to deliberate whether or not to sign with Spokane County’s new solid waste system services. Prior to 1991, Spokane County’s garbage was land filled within the county. As populations and industries flourished, more coal slag, plastics, leaded paints, pesticides, oil, as well as more food wastes, paper, packaging, and other disposable consumer items mixed together to form oozing leachate. Eventually, the leachate perco...
I refer to these types of commentaries as “lazy man’s columns.” Meaning, I ran out of time, too much stuff on my plate, and was a little late in addressing the subject so I used a bit of cut and paste to help me attain my word requirements. But it’s a topic I’ve always wished to discuss, so why not start it this way? Yesterday, Wednesday, Sept. 17, was the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Usually the day goes fairly unnoticed, with the exception of various groups dedicated to all things American, suc...
For the last 20 years, technology has changed the way we communicate with each other. While phone calls were once the most popular way to reach out and touch someone, email seems to have surpassed it as a communication channel to connect with others not only in business, but also in personal use. According to a study released by the technology marketing firm Radicati Group Inc., there were 3.9 billion personal email accounts in 2013. That number is expected to increase 6 percent, to 4.9 billion by the end of 2017. Business...
INW Hiring Heroes Several local organizations are sponsoring a career and resource fair for all area veterans, transitioning from military, National Guard, Reserve and dependents. The “Inland Northwest Hiring Heroes” fair takes place Friday, Sept. 19, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Spokane County Interstate Fair and Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St. in Spokane. Local, regional and national employers will be attending. For more information call (509) 326-3330 or online at HiringHeroes.INW@redcross.org. Cheney Book Club meeti... Full story
Airway Heights Development Services Director Derrick Braaten presented a draft of the 2014 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) at the Sept. 10 Planning Commission meeting. Braaten explained that the CIP is a document that is a part of the city’s Comprehensive Plan. It outlines projects and assets costing $25,000 or more that will be put into the plan for the next 20 years. According to Braaten, projects on the CIP are ones that are likely to be completed in the next six years and must provide funding sources. Any projects using r...
By CHRIS THOMAS Washington News Service SPOKANE - More More than a million children in Washington are back in school, and students, teachers and parents are all adjusting to the new Common Core learning standards for English and math. Many districts and communities are working to ease the transition. In the Spokane area, consultant Joanne Benham is organizing a series of Common Core meetings for parents through the group School's Out Washington program. Benham says local...
Airway Heights Development Services Director Derrick Braaten presented a draft of the 2014 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) at the Sept. 10 Planning Commission meeting. Braaten explained that the CIP is a document that is a part of the city’s Comprehensive Plan. It outlines projects and assets costing $25,000 or more that will be put into the plan for the next 20 years. According to Braaten, projects on the CIP are ones that are likely to be completed in the next six years and must provide funding sources. Any projects using r...
More than 250 incoming Eastern Washington University students will participate in Eagle UP! by joining staff and faculty in service projects across Cheney/West Plains and Spokane on Tuesday, Sept. 23. Projects vary from supporting our local Cheney and Spokane Parks to assisting seniors at Volunteer Chore Services and Cheney Care Center to providing assistance at the EWU and Vinegar Flats community gardens. These students will join the thousands of Eastern students who invest their time and talent serving our local and...
Eastern Washington University sophomore Jamaal Jones, a sophomore enrolled in the Nursing Program, is the inaugural recipient of the Randy Van Turner Scholarship. Winners of the $1,000 scholarship must possess a 3.0 GPA, and preference is given to military veterans and descendants of EWU Pi Kappa Alpha members. One scholarship is awarded annually by EWU Libraries. Jones became interested in the nursing field while serving in the military as a medical technician. He served eight years in the Army, completed three tours of...
Cheney School District voters will now be asked to approve two measures this coming February. At its Sept. 10 meeting, the district’s board of directors approved by a 4-0 vote a resolution for a Feb. 10 vote on renewing the district’s three-year educational programs and operations (a.k.a., Maintenance and Operations) levy. On the same ballot, voters will also be asked to approve a measure to raise $44.8 million in general obligation bonds to begin phase one of the high school’s renovation and expansion project. If appro...
The Medical Lake School board of directors approved several items at its Sept. 16 meeting. The board approved the first reading of Policy 3418, which addresses the response to student injury or illness. Medical Lake School District Superintendent Tim Ames explained the change in the policy suggests all staff become certified in first aid. Ames added that all essential staff are already first aid certified. The board also approved the first reading of Policy 6605, which discusses planning safe routes for students walking,...
Eric Johnson likens the tool he uses to do his job as "A little like flying an 80-knot shopping cart." Johnson works for Aero Spray out of Appleton, Minn. and helps crews battle wildfires from the single seat of his Air Tractor AT-802 Fire Boss. Air Tractor? Guess one can get the picture how these boxy-looking aircraft look like a shopping cart. Johnson has worked locally in July's Watermelon Hill fire near Fishtrap. He flew to help douse a blaze that torched the hillside...
When it comes to Cheney's parks facilities, the upside of the city's 40.96 acres of recreation land is there's many options to choose from for those who wish to have a picnic, hold youth sports contests, play some tennis, exercise and swim. The downside is many of these facilities are facing all the problems older facilities do, deterioration, maintenance, noncompliance with safety standards and improvements as well as expansion as the city grows over the next 10-15 years....
West Plains Chamber of Commerce president Denise Vickerman reads the list of sponsors that helped make last Friday's chamber golf tournament a success. Thirty-six teams from area businesses competed for prizes and fun at the Fairways Golf Course....
OLYMPIA — States such as Washington that have expanded their Medicaid programs with federal funding are making far more progress in covering lower-income parents than are states that have rejected Medicaid expansion, according to a new Urban Institute study. In some areas, said Genevieve Kenney, co-director of the Urban Institute’s Health Policy Center, the politics surrounding Medicaid expansion may have overshadowed the program’s importance to families. She said the contrast between the two groups of states is stark. “Pare...
Captain Shawn Welch of the Fairchild Air Force Base Fire Department rings the bell three times during the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the base....
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, 460 N. Sixth St., would like to invite the public to an evening with Fr. Darrin Connall, Rector of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes. Fr. Connall will be giving a presentation on the “Myths about the Catholic Church.” If you’ve ever wondered why Catholics believe what they do, or if you are interested in the Catholic faith, or would like to return to the Church, please join us Thursday, Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the parish hall. The church is located directly across North Sixth Stree...
SPOKANE — With several severe respiratory illnesses in Washington state under investigation for enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) officials confirmed in a Sept. 12 news release that they are working with local providers to investigate a severe respiratory illness in one area child. At this time, there are still no confirmed cases of EV-D68 in Spokane County or Washington state. Cases of severe EV-D68 illness have been reported from Colorado, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, M...
At their Sept. 10 meeting, Cheney's Historic Preservation Commissioned approved some proposed upgrades to the Dave and Bessie Lowe House, located at 306 F. St. The house, which has been listed on the national and Washington state historic registers since 1983 and locally since 1997, is currently the site of Eastern Washington University's Alphi Phi sorority. The proposal from Eta Psi House Corporation of Alphi Phi is to replace 10 ground floor windows with vinyl frames instead...
The Medical Lake City Council held a special meeting, Sept. 10, to award the Brooks Road Overlay project to Inland Asphalt Company for $187,400 for construction costs. City Administrator Doug Ross explained that the total cost of the project is $290,219. According to Ross, the city will only have to pay $10,460 while the rest of the project is funded through Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) grants. “The board has been great to us, specifically our regional representative Gloria Bennett,” Ross said. “She’s been great f...
Even though the Eastern Washington football team had a bye week, the staff the Cheney's Sears store still had their red on last Friday. The Eagles return to action this Saturday, facing Montana State in Bozeman. Will you have your red on?...
The Airway Heights City Council was presented with two proposals for solid waste planning and disposal services for the city at its Sept. 16 meeting. One was from Sunshine Disposal and Recycling and the other was a joint bid from Spokane County and the city of Spokane. The city decided to go with Spokane’s proposal and directed staff to draft an interlocal agreement between them and Airway Heights. “When we’re talking about the city of Spokane and Spokane County that is really one option,” Airway Heights’ City Manager,...
