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It's a chilly Wednesday morning, Nov. 29, at the Cheney Food Bank, and volunteers John Matthews and Jerry Stewart have just finished loading 3–4 pre-bagged sacks of groceries into a cart for a young couple, who stand nearby on the other side of a short, small counter. The sacks contain many items, including dry and bakery goods, fresh fruit and vegetables. The woman finishes signing a ledger on the counter, at which point Matthews retreats to a tall row of shelves on the r...
Four-year-old Spencer Jimerson strung together a froot-loop garland to hang around the Christmas tree at the Christmas Family Night at Reid Elementary School....
It may be hard to top the 2016 version of the Re*Imagine Christmas Winter Festival in Medical Lake but they'll try. "Last year it was 'cue the snow,'" festival director Terri Cooper said. "People that came downtown (said) it was like walking into a Hallmark movie which is exactly what we're trying to create." This year's event takes place Saturday, Dec. 9, from 1 – 7 p.m. It has grown again to include a number of new additions, most notably a fireworks display that c...
There were barely any empty seats at the Nov. 30 Airway Heights Planning Commission meeting as citizens packed the room for the public hearing on rezones around the city. “This is the most people I have ever seen at one of these meetings,” Commissioner Matthew Pederson said. The meeting hovered around four hours and had 12 comments on the various rezones throughout the evening. The rezone that caused most of the trouble was ZMA 2017-04. This includes 20-acres of land located in the northwest quadrant of the city, which is...
By FRANK WATSON Contributor The “Me Too” movement appears to be gathering momentum as more and more women come forward and report long ago incidents of sexual misconduct. Currently, the most noteworthy accused is Alabama senatorial candidate and former state supreme court judge Roy Moore. Moore’s case is noteworthy because he adamantly denies all charges. His denials didn’t stand a chance. He has been tried and convicted in the national press. Republican leaders have repeatedly asked him to step down from his campaig...
It seems to me there used to be a “Bah, humbug” award for people whose comments and/or actions exemplify those from fictional miser Ebenezer Scrooge. If there isn’t such an award, there should be. Either way, I’d like to nominate someone for its receipt this year: Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley. Grassley is quoted on several points in a Dec. 2 Des Moines Register story about proposed changes to the federal estate tax enacted as part of recently passed tax reform measures. Both the House and Senate would double the exe...
Looks like the male chauvinist pigs have emerged from their hiding places in the mud. In a series of recent shocking revelations, a seemingly endless march of icons from media, film and politics have slogged their way out of the slop for all to see after being branded for their alleged horrible behavior towards women. Men who have previously held supposed places on pedestals in society are now generally hidden away in shameful embarrassment. Some of those are ones we are supposed to trust to deliver the daily news, like Matt...
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. Cheney • Dec. 9, Cookie exchange and ornament making party, Wren Pierson Building, 7 – 9 p.m., $12. • Dec. 14, Kiwanis meeting, Sessions Village Clubhouse 2219 N. Sixth St., 7 – 8 a.m. • Dec. 14, Christmas Gifts for Cheney Kids, Wren Pierson Building, 9 a.m. – noon. • Dec. 14, Christmas party for kids, American Legion Post 72, 5 – 7...
StageWest Community Theater is halfway through its production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” adapted for Readers’ Theatre by Tony Palermo and directed by Kathleen Bell. Only three performances are left, Friday Dec. 8 at 7 p.m., Sunday Dec. 10 at 3 p.m. and the dinner theatre on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 6 p.m. The dinner theatre is being catered by Mike Hartman and consists of salad, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, veggies and dessert. The dinner theatre is by reservations only; $30 per person. Reserva...
Celebrate with Santa at Cheney American Legion Everyone is welcome to Cheney’s American Legion Post No. 72 pictures with Santa Christmas party Thursday, Dec. 14, from 5–7 p.m. Free pictures with Santa, mac and cheese for the kids and Christmas cookies to decorate. Every child gets to pick an unwrapped present from Santa’s lineup. This event is free for everyone and is sponsored by the Sons of the American Legion. The American Legion Hall is located at 116 College Ave. downtown. Feed Medical Lake features Salisbury steak...
Seventy-five years ago on December 6, 1942, International Order of Job’s Daughters Bethel 17 was instituted in Cheney. Job’s Daughters is an associate organization of the Freemasons. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
Guy and Winnifred (Lindell) Holt welcomed their baby Eloise on June 16, 1929 at Spokane. Eloise passed away on Nov. 30, 2017 at her home. The family home was near Four Lakes where Eloise lived for 18 years. Eloise started school at Marshall for three years, then because of boundary changes, grades 4-8 were completed at Four Lakes. She attended Cheney Junior High and Cheney High School graduating in 1947 as valedictorian of her class. During high school, she worked on the...
Cheney Congregational Church This Sunday we are hosting David Millet, director of veterans resources at EWU to speak at our Peace Event following our 10 am Sunday Worship. Mr. Millet will be addressing the reintegration of our service members back into the community and the university. Please come and share this presentation with us following worship (about 11:30). We will be continuing our stewardship and covenant seasons. We are welcoming our people to renew their covenant to each other and our calling from God to care for...
Dave Millet, director of the Eastern Washington University Veterans Resource Center, will be the featured speaker at the fourth in a series of Peace in the Cheney Community events. Cheney Congregational Church will host the event following their 10 a.m. church service and coffee hour on Sunday, Dec. 10. The general theme of Millet’s discussion will be welcoming our veterans home. He will discuss ways to lessen the civilian-military gap and help those who have not served better understand the military culture, which can h...
1 Years Ago Dec. 6, 2007 Medical Lake’s John Aiken tried his second run at state governor’s office. His first campaign took place in 2004. The Inland Northwest Partners honored Cheney for its planned research and industrial park that would create 400 jobs and $64 million in capital investment. After three years, Rick Olsen stepped down as Medical Lake’s football coach. 20 Years Ago Dec. 11, 1997 There was a unanimous disapproval vote from members of the Eastern Washington University board of trustees to one senat...
OLYMPIA — While some areas of the country are still reeling from the devastation of hurricanes Irma and Harvey, scam artists are now trying to sell flood-damaged vehicles in Washington state. The Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance estimates as many as 1 million vehicles flood-damaged vehicles could be sold to unsuspecting buyers nationwide. Attorney General Bob Ferguson and the Washington State Auto Dealers Association urge consumers not to be fooled by the perfect exterior condition of the car and the new c...
Budget presentations by Cheney's fire and police department chiefs at the Nov. 28 City Council meeting can be summed up in one word - more. More calls, more requirements and more needs for personnel and equipment. Fire department New Fire Chief Tom Jenkins told the council that call volumes are on track to increase 7 percent from last year's total of 1,461, which was one shy of the record set in 2015. Through October, the department had responded to 1,382 calls, and Jenkins pr...
At the Dec. 4 Airway Heights City Council meeting, two members were sworn into their positions. The first one was recently elected James (Sonny) Weathers. The second one was Veronica Messing, who was sworn in for the second time due to moving her name into another position. Right after the ceremony, the Airway Heights City Council dove into conversation with Development Services Director Derrick Braaten about four different rezones being proposed. Braaten reported that there...
Cheney Clothing Exchange in need of winter gear Officials with the Cheney Clothing Exchange say they are seeing more and more homeless individuals using their services and are in need of more items. Volunteer coordinator Connie Oakes said the exchange — which is open Wednesdays from noon – 6 p.m. in space on the Third Street side of the Wren Pierson Community Center — usually is averaging around 50 adult signatures per week, a number that does not include any children. With temperatures dropping and people living on the s...
Medical Lake's City Administrator Doug Ross only has a long skinny window in his office, but he seems to have a pretty clear picture about what goes on in the town. Tasked with how to best spend the $5.9 million yearly budget for the city of 5,000, and making sure there's just enough to go around, Ross said there are naturally many challenges. It is projected that the city will end 2018 with just short of $1.8 million in reserves, seemingly a lot of money, but one never knows...
Comedian Carlos Mencia brings strong comedic intuition and non-stop laughs to Northern Quest Resort & Casino's Pend Oreille Pavilion on Thursday, March 15, 2018. Show time is 7:30 p.m. Ticket prices are $39/$49/$69 and go on sale Saturday, Dec. 9 at 9 a.m. Tickets may be purchased online at www.northernquest.com or by calling the Northern Quest box office at (509) 481-2800 or toll-free at (877) 871-6772. Box office hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. seven days a week. According to a D...
Archer Daniels Midland Agricultural Services has submitted application paperwork and State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) checklist information for a proposed project to alleviate truck traffic issues at its mill in downtown Cheney. Comments on the proposal can be made through 5 p.m. Dec. 13. The project will change how semi trucks transporting wheat to the mill to be turned into flour off load their product. Currently, trucks can be seen lining up on various residential...
Appropriately, a recent workshop for future substitute teachers in Medical Lake was termed a “boot camp.” That’s because the district continues to fight a battle to fill an ever-decreasing pool of people to fill in for regular classroom teachers who are either away ill, at classes or absent for any number of other reasons. “Was it our original, unique idea, no,” Kim Headrick, director of teaching and learning said. Officials had heard of others, West Valley in Spokane V...
The Medical Lake School Board said goodbye to longtime member Kelly Fouts and got introduced to what might lie ahead as far as funding goes at its Nov. 28 meeting. Fouts, who was defeated in the Nov. 7 general election by Leo Spilker, has been a board member since 2004. The board heard from Superintendent Tim Ames who informed them the district will present its first levy under the new format in an election set for Tuesday, Feb. 13. “The name has changed, we’ll no longer use...
Sometimes the best way to get a point across is to do exactly the opposite of what you intend to say. Such is the premise of Westwood Middle School's first drama production "Appropriate Audience Behavior." The 25–35 minute comedy by playwright Ian McWelthy follows the trials of Carol and Ashley, two women who attend a production of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" expecting to see a tale of woe but instead, experience their own tragedy by having to sit next to some of the "world's n...
