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On Nov. 17, Cleone's Closet Food Pantry in Airway Heights received a grant for $3,000 from the Northwest Farm Credit Services (FCS). Some representatives from the organization came to present the check to the organizer of Cleone's Closet, Mable Dunbar. According to their website, the purpose of Northwest FCS is to look for creative and collaborative approaches to addressing challenges and opportunities in rural communities. This program provides grants to non-profit...
At the Nov. 20 City Council Meeting, the council was given an annual review of the Airway Heights Library. Two representatives from the library informed the board what has been going on at the library and what will happen in the future. First, the council was told that the library has about 5,000 cardholders as of October 2017, which is an 8 percent increase from last year. It was also said that there has been 400,000 digital items checked out so far this year, an 11 percent increase compared to 2016. Along with those items,...
The holidays are on the horizon and the city of Airway Heights is prepared with something for the whole community. On Dec. 2, the community will be hosting the annual Winter Festival with events throughout the day for the family. "The Winter Festival is a fun all day community event, filled with family friendly activities," Andy Gardner, the parks, recreation and community services supervisor said. The day begins with a pancake breakfast at the Community Center located at...
After people are done eating turkey and shopping all day on Black Friday, they can go out to the Slightly West of Spokane Artists Studio Tour on Saturday, Nov. 25. The event is free and open to the public from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. The self-guided tour will feature artwork from 13 local artists in five different studios. The artists include Adam and Kathee Scoggin, Michelle Schenider, Dave Ulmen, Don Monroe, Natasha Monroe, Pam Morton, Karen Simmons, Dennis Smith, Vicki Moffat, D...
It just blows my mind that a week from today is Thanksgiving. This year has flown by. But I am also very excited as it is one of my favorite times. My family and I don’t have too many traditions but last year was the first year we did the Turkey Trot at Cheney High School and we plan to continue it this year. We also have found the Holy Grail in dinners at Cracker Barrel in Coeur D’Alene, which offers “bake at home” food and cater Thanksgiving meals. So that means we do not have to bake, clean dishes or stress about having...
In a recent press release, it was announced that the U.S. Air Force has agreed to cover the cost to purchase drinking water for the city of Airway Heights, which became effective on Nov. 1. It is an environmental services agreement, and the Air Force is agreeing to pay Airway Heights for its cost to purchase up to 439.08 million gallons of drinking water with a potential total cost of more than $687,000 in the next year. "This agreement ensures the city's ratepayers will not h...
The Eastern Washington University Downtown Gallery, located at 404 Second St., opened the EWU Student and Alumni Bazaar on Nov. 13. About 14 students and alumni are selling their artwork for reasonable prices to the community. In just the first day, the bazaar brought in $100. It will be open until Dec. 1 on Mondays through Fridays from noon – 5 p.m....
At the Nov. 13 study session, the Airway Heights City Council had a brief discussion with Public Works Director Kevin Anderson about an Inland Power and Light Easement near the new recreation center. Inland needs to convey power from Deno Road southward to Sprague Avenue and they have requested an easement on the city’s existing recreation center site. The location of the easement is on the far west edge of the property and will have no impact on future plans to use the site. Inland has secured an easement from Spokane C...
At the Nov. 6 Airway Heights City Council meeting, the council interviewed two applicants for an opening on the board left vacant by the resignation of Aspen Montelone. Veronica Messing, who had previously been appointed to the council, was chosen again. The other applicant, Arthur Bubb, had moved to Airway Heights a year and a half ago from California. He served on a school board for a school in California and a citizens committee and wanted to become more involved in Airway...
Even though football season is over for many high schools, there is one last game that is still going to be played in Cheney. The Powder Puff football game, which is a fundraiser for Cheney High School’s senior all-nighter, will be played under the lights of Tom Oswald Field on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. This is not the typical football game as the competition will be flag football with 11th grade girls versus 12th grade girls. Since boys are not the ones playing, they will be on the sideline as cheerleaders in...
The Eastern Washington University soccer team has been making history throughout their whole season. But the Eagles just topped it off with a Big Sky Championship title for the second year in a row proving that EWU is fortunate to have successful sports even outside of football. I have been covering the team from the Sports Information Department at EWU and it has been an exciting experience to be part of such a successful team and to see their hard work pay off. I think that head coach Chad Bodnar has turned around the...
The Eastern Washington Downtown Gallery has been busy as it just hosted the, "Art of Gail Tremblay: Searching for ways to live in the circle of things that support life." The exhibit featured baskets woven from film and sweet grass, installation pieces and mixed media art. The artist, Gail Tremblay, is an Onondaga and Mi'kmaq Tribe writer, teacher mixed media artist and advocate for Native people, Indigenous issues and women artists. Even though the last showcase just ended,...
As always, the home of Kym and Steve Grime featured an incredibly well-thought-out and constructed ghoulish theme, enough to scare you out of your candy....
At Sunset Elementary School in Airway Heights, the annual trunk or treat event went on. There were cars decked out for the kids including an area where they could play hockey for candy....
Participants showed up for the first "Trick or Trot" at Cheney High School on Oct. 28. Runners ran two loops around Cheney and collected candy along the way. Organized by Future Business Leaders of America students Megumi Call and Evarosa Perry, the trot was designed to raise funds and donations of business attire to help low-income invididuals with their job searches....
On Oct. 26, the Spokane Tribe Casino held a job fair at their office space located at 13918 West State Route 2 Highway in Airway Heights. There was a constant flow of applicants throughout the entire day with an unofficial head count around 400 people. The fair featured a variety of job openings including, marketing, food and beverages, gaming operations and customer service positions. "There was no headcount, but people were coming in and out all day," Jamie Sijohn, the...
Eastern Washington University mascot Swoop prepares to toss a poster of a Weber State helmet into the prep rally bonfire Sunday night. It's EWU's Homecoming, and the Eagles take on the Wildcats Saturday at 1:05 p.m....
Airway Heights currently has an Accident Potential Zone II (APZ) near Fairchild Air Force Base that has been an issue since 1995 after there was an installation study when it was brought to everyone's attention. According to the city's website, Airway Heights follows regulations for Air Installation Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ) from Fairchild Air Force Base, and Airport Overlay Zones (AOZ) from Spokane International Airport. AICUZ and AOZ are the accident potential zones...
The Cheney High School Blackhawks ended their season with a tough loss 28-7 to Pullman (4-3, 2-1) on Senior Night, Oct. 20. The loss brought Cheney’s overall record to 0-8 on the year and 0-4 in the Great Northern League. In the first quarter, neither team was able to score, but Cheney’s defense had some sparks throughout the 12 minutes. Jacob McGourin recorded two sacks and Jalen Philips made an interception on a Pullman third and goal play with three minutes left to keep the Greyhounds from scoring. Going into the second qu...
The Cheney High School Blackhawks ended their season with a tough loss 28-7 to Pullman (4-3, 2-1) on Senior Night, Oct. 20. The loss brought Cheney’s overall record to 0-8 on the year and 0-4 in the Great Northern League. In the first quarter, neither team was able to score, but Cheney’s defense had some sparks throughout the 12 minutes. Jacob McGourin recorded two sacks and Jalen Philips made an interception on a Pullman third and goal play with three minutes left to keep the Greyhounds from scoring. Going into the second qu...
By GRACE POHL Staff Intern The month of October flew by and now it is only a few days away from Halloween, the day where you can dress up and be whoever or whatever you want to be, and then go around asking for free candy. What an interesting concept. I have always thought Halloween is a fun holiday, even though I am the person handing out the candy now instead of going trick-or-treating. It was a day I always looked forward to in elementary school because you were able to dress up with your friends and eat candy instead of...
At the Oct. 23 Study Session meeting, the Airway Heights City Council discussed raising the property taxes by 1 percent in the city. “This is a minimal way to stay up with the inflation,” Mayor Kevin Richey said. “Cities that do not raise the taxes, like Spokane, are now in a budget crisis.” The city did not raise the taxes last year due to asking the citizens for the recreation center funds. The City Council will officially vote on raising the 1 percent at the next meeting, but the board voted unanimously in favor. Derrick...
The Eastern Washington University Downtown Gallery is currently presenting "The Art of Gail Tremblay: Searching for Ways to live in the Circle of Things That Support Life 1990-2017." The exhibition features baskets woven from film and sweet grass, installation pieces and mixed media art by Tremblay, an Onondaga and Mi'kmaq artist. The showcase runs to Nov. 3, Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m....
At the Oct. 18 Planning Commission meeting in Airway Heights, there was a lot of discussion on different rezones around the city, but no action taken. The most discussion came in the first rezone requested by the city. This rezone is about 20 acres of land located in the northwest quadrant of Airway Heights. The properties are proposed to go from R-1, single-family residential, to R-3, to accommodate the alternative housing site for the residents located south of Highway 2 and within Fairchild’s accident potential zone (...
Lacambra is deeply rooted in the community Council Position 4 candidate Jared Lacambra has had a long history with Airway Heights, with his family settling in the area in 1999. Although he moved almost 13 times before going to high school, of all the places he had been, Airway Heights had always been home. He attended Sunset Elementary School for fifth and part of sixth-grade before his dad, who was in the Navy, was reassigned to Mukilteo. Once his dad retired, Lacambra moved...
