10 Years Ago
March 19, 2009
The principal of Medical Lake’s Michael Anderson Elementary, Mandi Poindexter, entered a charity marathon in honor of student and leukemia survivor Michael Lumbreras.
A local family gave the Tyler Store a new lease on life, reopening the building after nearly 30 years of standing vacant.
Female offenders at Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women presented several checks totaling more than $5,000 to local children and family charities.
20 Years Ago
March 18, 1999
The Legal Defender Unit at Eastern State Hospital had new windows installed — ones not covered by bars. The overhaul of the hospital was officially underway, and the third floor was almost completely renovated.
Local high schoolers espoused the virtues of the Spokane Skills Center, crediting it with giving them a career direction prior to college enrollment.
Max Shellabarger, a fourth-grader at Betz Elementary, showed off a balsa wood structure he and his Odyssey of the Mind team makes constructed for a structural strength contest. The Cheney team’s structure held 160 pounds.
30 Years Ago
March 23, 1989
An employee of Rainier Distributing in Cheney reported a break-in and the subsequent theft of 11 cases of beer.
Cheney’s new volksmarching club, The West Plains Trekkers, held its first-ever march, a 12-kilometer march throughout the city.
Medical Lake’s Kiwanis club planned its annual Easter egg hunt, complete with four roped-off courses (one per age bracket), prizes and a giant Easter bunny.
40 Years Ago
March 15, 1979
Cheney High School student Lisa Edwards was crowned Cheney’s Junior Miss in front of a packed auditorium. Her talent was a vocal solo of the song, “Memories.”
A hunter education class was offered at several local fire departments including the St. John Fire Station and the Valley Fire Station.
The National Wildlife Federation spotlighted the endangered animal of the year — the cougar.
50 Years Ago
March 20, 1969.
A Cheney graduate and air cadet Gary Satterfield received one of the highest honors awarded to a representative of the Civil Air Patrol. He was selected to participate in the International Air Cadet Exchange summer activities program overseas to represent the U.S. as a youth ambassador.
The Cheney community mourned its first local Vietnam casualty, 21-year-old machine gunner Barry Horton. He was survived by his parents, his wife and his infant daughter Susan, who was born the day after Horton’s family received the news of his death.
The Cheney School District purchased a two-way radio from Switzer Communications to provide safety for students on school buses and allow for immediate emergency response.
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