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CHENEY – Fire Chief Tom Jenkins wasn’t fazed too much by the call of a car fire that came over his radio around 11:30 a.m. last Saturday morning. “I was thinking, no problem, my guys can handle it,” Jenkins said. That changed a few minutes later when he heard crews were still dealing with the issue, and that it wasn’t a car fire — it was a fire in the locomotive of a westbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe train. The three-engine train — two in the front pulling and one at the rear pushing — consisted of 100 cars containing...
ODESSA – Two Eastern Washington high school football teams were ranked No. 1 in their respective classes Nov. 6 in the final Associated Press poll of the season. The undefeated Odessa Tigers sit atop the Class 1B poll and the undefeated Royal Knights are tops in Class 1A. With the post-season beginning this week with cross-over games, here are AP's last rankings of the season: Class 4A 1. Lake Stevens 2. Kennedy Catholic 3. Camas 4. Graham-Kapowsin 5. Puyallup 6. Chiawana 7. Woodinville 8. Bothell 9. Skyview 10. Eastlake C...
CHENEY – The National Weather Service has issued an Air Stagnation Advisory for most of Eastern Washington and North Idaho. The advisory is in effect until noon Friday, the weather service said. Clear skies and expected low air movement means air quality may decline, the advisory said. The service is recommending residents refrain from outdoor burning and using wood-burning stoves or fireplaces....
Lunch will be early this year at the Cheney Congregational Church Bazaar, 10:30 1.m. – 1 p.m. so as not to conflict with Eastern’s game. There will be three kinds of homemade soup with homemade bread, and assorted pies. Pie and coffee will be available starting at 9a.m. Other highlights include quilt raffle, baked goods, jams and jellies in the ”Country Store,” silent auction, pre-owned treasures and hourly door prizes. The Bazaar runs from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at 423 N. 6th St. (corner of Oakland) in Cheney on Saturday,... Full story
The Medical Lake City Council will be holding public hearings on the city’s 2020 preliminary budget and the 2020 final budget at its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 5. The purpose of the hearing is to receive public comment on the budgets. Copies of the preliminary budget are available at City Hall beginning Friday, Nov. 1 during regular business hours between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m....
A donor drops off a sack of food at the Columbia Plateau Wildlife Management Association’s food drive to benefit the Cheney Food Bank, Oct. 19-20. The association raised 690 pounds of food along with $195 in cash donations for the Food Bank during the drive at Mitchell’s Harvest Foods. In an email, member Rick Lindberg said the association would like to thank not only Mitchell’s but also Flowers Bakery for help with the drive....
OLYMPIA – The state Office of Attorney General Bob Ferguson has titled a proposed ballot measure to repeal gun-control measures enacted under Initiative 1639, but intentionally left out the word “repeal.” A letter from Deputy Solicitor General Peter B. Gonick sent to Secretary of State Kim Wyman on Monday, Oct. 21, titled the measure, “Initiative Measure No. 1094 concerns firearms.” Neither the title nor description mentions that the purpose of the measure is to repeal I-...
The 12th annual Turkey Trot is taking place Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28. The 2-3 mile run/walk kicks off at 9 a.m. at Cheney High School and is open to walkers and runners of all ages, with dressing in costumes encouraged. Dogs are allowed too! The race only entry fee is $5. If registering by Nov. 11, please add $20 if you want a long-sleeved T-shirt. Entry forms are available by emailing Camille Moseley at moseleyc@live.com. Entrants receive a ticket for a drawing to win prizes, including a turkey. Portion of the proceeds are...
Private James Frederick Blom, 19, of Cheney, Wash., graduated from United States Marine Corps boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego on Oct. 25, 2019. Private Blom successfully completed 13 weeks of intensive basic training at MCRD San Diego as one of 85 recruits in Lima Company Training Platoon 3255. Following 10 days home on leave, he will report to Camp Pendleton for two months at Infantry Training Battalion and then Military Occupation Specialty School before being assigned his first permanent duty station....
Cheney Congregational Church Please join us at our Cheney Congregational Church annual bazaar this Saturday, Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. We are located at 423 N. 6th St. Lunch (soups, bread and pie) will be served from 10:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. You may want to shop at the Country Store or the Pre-Owned Treasurers, or to participate in the quilt raffle or the silent auction. Hourly door prizes will be awarded. We hope to see you there. Sunday, Nov. 3 is Communion Sunday. Pastor Matt Goodale will preside at the service which is hel...
Wayne Andrew Foland of Cheney, Wash., passed away suddenly on Oct. 18, 2019, surrounded by family. Wayne was born on Dec. 13, 1949, in Spokane, Wash. Wayne attended St. Anthony's Catholic School and then when his family moved to Tyler, Wash., he attended Cheney High School where he was involved in sports, music and drama. He also was an avid hunter and fisherman as a teenager where he was known to have skipped school with his "partners in crime" in order to "enjoy nature."...
Emmanuel Lutheran holiday bazaar Saturday, Nov. 2 Cheney’s Emmanuel Lutheran Church annual Holiday Bazaar and Luncheon is Saturday, Nov. 2, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Crafts, a White Elephant sale and a large selection of baked goods are just some of the activities taking place. You can also enter to win a holiday gift basket or a holiday quilt. Lunch is served from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., and at 2 p.m. all White Elephant items go on sale for half price. The raffle drawing for the basket and quilt is at 2:30 p.m. This is a Thriv...
By MELINDA MYERS Contributor Let amaryllis fill your home with flowers for the holidays and keep the blossoms coming all winter long. When you plant several different types of amaryllis bulbs, from both the southern and northern hemisphere, you can be sure to get a long-lasting, colorful show that will brighten your mood and surroundings throughout the winter months. Kick off the holiday season with amaryllis bulbs that are imported from growers in Peru. As we enter autumn,...
1 Years Ago Oct. 29, 2009 The Medical Lake City Council’s eminent vote to eliminate city-managed police services in exchange for outsourcing law enforcement to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office after a nearly two-year discussion was hotly contested by concerned citizens. The Blackhawks football team whitewashed Riverside in a 33-0 rout, setting the team up for a potential playoff run, while the Cheney girl’s cross country team captured the Great Northern League’s regular season title. 20 Years Ago Oct. 28, 1999 After a...
In last week’s Cheney Free Press a picture of Medical Lake School Board candidate Felicia Jensen was inadvertently omitted....
The Washington State Department of Transportation will be detouring traffic from Interstate 90 through the Medical Lake interchange ramps between the hours of 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 7 – 8 while precast bridge girders are set on newly constructed bridge abutments over the interstate, according to the projects schedule. Freeway traffic will be diverted through the westbound interchange ramps on the evening of Nov. 7, while the eastbound lanes of the freeway will remain open, according to WSDOT s...
MEDICAL LAKE — In a quick session, the Medical Lake School Board approved several policies and the district’s overall School Improvement Plan at its regular meeting after a longer session that outlined individual school improvement plans, before hearing an update regarding ongoing efforts to enroll employees in the new State Education Benefits Board program at it’s Oct. 22 regular meeting. The board unanimously approved revisions to district policies relating to academic accel...
Sometimes, what appears to be the path of least resistance turns out to be exactly the opposite. Cheney High School senior and Boy Scout Seth Wilcox found that out firsthand when searching about for his Eagle project. The state Department of Natural Resources had contacted his father, who is also a Troop 356 Scoutmaster, with a project that involved replacing two Smokey the Bear fire danger signs at a pair of Spokane County Fire District 3 fire stations — one at Tyler and one...
Hallett Elementary School announced its Partners Advancing Character Education (PACE), and other awards for the month of September. This months character trait: respect. PACE: Respect awards Kindergarten Arachis Feenstra Kaiden Charette Sophia Neal Aven Diluciano First Grade Gael Silva Kaelynn Aponte Kiya Rudy Addison Tarr Second Grade Sebastian Michel Braxtyn Vanscoik Julia Hurst Kendall Dunlop Third Grade Aiden Lutz Stetson Raulston Makai Chicoine Kellen Tyson Fourth Grade Mary Mong Guliana Duranti Karter Tilson Maddox...
The Cheney High School girls soccer team makes an annual tradition of spelling the word “seniors” with styrofoam cups in a fence near the Lady Blackhawk field in honor of their future graduates. The practice takes place at their final home game, which in this case was last week’s win over West Valley.... Full story
In an Oct. 17 story, “Medical Lake School District offers free mental health classes this school year,” the story incorrectly referred to presenter Sandy Zimmerman as a Spokane physical education teacher. In fact, Zimmerman has been a Medical Lake School District physical education teacher since September 1999....
MEDICAL LAKE — The Medical Lake School Board held a long, early meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 22, to hear the district’s five principals highlight the good things they’ve been doing, and areas of focused improvement. District schools are evaluated on results from a variety of state and local testing that measures two distinct areas of student learning: proficiency and growth. The district’s ongoing Center for Educational Effectiveness (CEE) survey also measures nine areas of “hig...
MEDICAL LAKE — It was July when little Aiden began acting out of character. He had a persistent low-grade fever, had started taking naps again, had even regressed from being potty trained to requiring diapers. He lost his appetite. His parents, Heather and Ryan Thomas, took Aiden to urgent care several times before finally taking him for a regular doctor’s checkup on Sept. 23. The doctor checked his lymph nodes, and then ordered a blood test. “I think the doctor had a feeli...
This house on Sunset Drive in Cheney is just one of many getting ready for Halloween. Not far away from this location is the Golden Hills Street of Dreams development, which annually provides creative and scary haunts for trick or treaters....
MEDICAL LAKE – While Cheney schools are bracing for massive student population growth over the next decade, the local district is focused on academic growth. During a Kiwanis Club luncheon Wednesday, Superintendent Tim Ames dispelled any notion of overcrowding anytime in the near future. “Growth is not happening in Medical Lake,” Ames said. “We’re not getting the students we expected from the new squadron and Amazon.” Ames was referring to a new refueling squadron at neighbor...
