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An additional alternative to the trick-or-treat rounds is coming to Airway Heights this Halloween. Airway Heights’ Parks and Recreation Department is partnering with the Sunset Elementary parent-teacher organization for the first annual “trunk-or-treat” event. Parks, recreation and community services director J.C. Kennedy said cars participating in the event should begin showing up around 5:15 p.m. The goal of the event is to provide another alternative to trick-or-treating while simultaneously engaging local businesses. Thus...
The past summer has been an incredible time for charitable giving in the Spokane region. First, Saturday, Sept. 29, Dutch Bros gave $1 from every $2 medium drink toward Cat Davis, a 25-year-old Spokane resident suffering from scleroderma. A second fundraiser was held just last week for Davis where all of the area Papa Murphy’s locations donated $3 from every family size pizza purchase. Of the initial $175,000 goal, around $86,000 was raised to help pay for the cost of a stem cell transplant in hopes of saving Davis’ life. Aft...
The Medical Lake Food Bank is facing a dry goods shortage, which has lasted for the past several weeks. While the organization is doing well with other products, such as fresh fruits and vegetables, the amount of shelf-stable items has been decreasing on a weekly basis. Items like macaroni and cheese dinners, Hamburger Helper, Top Ramen and others typically seen on the shelves are gone. It’s also been three months since the food bank ordered cereal. Food bank director Peg J...
Two action items were passed at the Airway Heights City Council study session Monday, Oct. 23. Another extension of the city’s emergency moratorium on mixed-use building applications was passed, and will last until Dec. 3. The city has worked under the moratorium during its ongoing Joint Land Use Study discussions. Surrounding jurisdictions had concerns over the placement of some locations for mixed-use buildings and their proximity to flight patterns of Fairchild Air Force Base aircraft. Without action at the study session,...
Community input is placed at a high value at a series of forums held by the Spokane County Library District. Over the next month, a forum will be held at every library branch in the county system. Airway Heights and Medical Lake saw theirs take place Thursday, Oct. 11 and Monday, Oct. 15, respectively. The goal is to gauge what items are of high importance to a community and how the library can best serve those areas. Cheney will have its turn to comment in a forum held Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. Jason Johnson, Moran Prairie...
Annexations in Airway Heights this year have altered the way the city approached its budget for 2013 and were discussed in a public hearing at the Monday, Oct. 15 meeting of the Airway Heights City Council. A large amount of land was annexed east of Hayford Road to Deer Heights Road, in coordination with the city of Spokane. As a result, the city’s revenues had a slight change compared to 2012. Airway Heights’ assessed valuation is up by a projected 32.1 percent for 2013 from this year, increasing to $454,244,884. In 200...
The Medical Lake City Council looked to next year�s budget in its 2013 budget workshop, although much remains the same from this year. The city looked at its fire and emergency medical services department, specifically at three key items: retaining the points system pay for volunteer firefighters, the Emergency Medical Services levy and potential fees for the Department of Social and Health Services. Facing renewal this year is the city�s 1 percent EMS levy. Mayor John Higgins said homeowners wouldn�t see a rate increase, as...
Grant-funded safe routes around Sunset Elementary in Airway Heights are on hold until next year. City Planner Derrick Braaten said bids for the project came back $65,000 over the engineer’s estimate, and were put on hold until next year, with the hope of a lower bid. As a result, the projected construction start date is around early April, if everything goes according to plan. While funds have been approved by the state Legislature since 2010, the city wasn’t released to spend the funds until this year. The project is expecte...
The theme of the Airway Heights Planning Commission’s Monday, Oct. 8 meeting was a 20-year outlook. The commission looked at chapter three of its comprehensive plan, which factors in community issues, visions and goals. Having been static since 2006, the chapter received some proposed updates to modernize the vision of Airway Heights for the next two decades. An extensive discussion took place regarding the issues likely facing the city during that timeframe. One of the issues facing the city’s planning involves a lack of...
Spokane Transit Authority presented its long-term plans for regional transportation, which includes creating easier access to Medical Lake, at the Oct. 2 meeting of the Medical Lake City Council. The plan includes upgrading the Medical Lake exit on I-90 with a transit center for STA’s planned high performance transit network. The network would exist as an overlay on top of the current transportation system, improving on existing services. While the network doesn’t have any existing funding sources, representatives said it...
Around 20 firearms were taken from a Medical Lake home Saturday, Sept. 29. Last week, Spokane County Sheriff’s deputies helped recover some of those, while still pursuing the remaining weapons. Officers arrested Cody Wolfley, 20, on a charge of first-degree armed burglary, 17 counts of possession of a stolen firearm, theft of a firearm and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. At press time, Wolfley was being held on $100,000 bond. According to a press release, officers were contacted by a homeowner on the 1100 b...
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Inflatable jump toys, a seemingly endless streak of orange and some old-fashioned community personality all mix together to make for an entertaining family getaway right in Airway Heights. Teen Challenge, a local non-profit residency program that helps rehabilitate those with life-controlling issues, is running its first pumpkin patch on Hazelwood Road just off Highway 2. Unmistakably lined with orange fencing, the pumpkin patch has plenty of...
The search for a new Spokane County jail site officially has 10 new locations added to the list. Moving into thefunctional analysis portion of the Essential Public Facility siting process, the new locations span from Airway Heights to the eastern portion of Spokane Valley. The number of locations will be whittled down, heading into the next step, qualitative analysis, at a meeting Thursday, Oct. 25. The top three sites from this process will be presented to County Commissioner...
This last weekend, I took advantage of one of the precious few free days for state parks in Washington, where it’s not required to own a Discover Pass to enjoy public lands. It marked my first visit to the Bowl and Pitcher at Riverside State Park, and I have to say, I’ll be returning very soon. The beauty of the park easily impressed me, residing just outside the bustling city of Spokane. Having such a jewel nearby is one of the great pieces of the Inland Northwest, that, when combined, makes this a great place to live. Out a...
The Medical Lake School District board of directors considered a list of names provided by students for its alternative school, continuing on a discussion from last month’s meeting. At the board’s Tuesday, Sept. 18 meeting, the list included names with historical meaning to Medical Lake, local families and area landmarks. The list included Andrew Lefevre, Scout Island and Galena, a field that later became Fairchild Air Force Base. Being the first meeting after the start of the school year, vice principal/athletic dir...
Airway Heights is nearing the culmination of discussions relating to Spokane County’s Joint Land Use Study, with a draft proposal being revealed in the coming weeks. Mayor Patrick Rushing said at the Monday, Oct. 1 Airway Heights City Council meeting that talks had taken a move toward resolution in their last meeting with area agencies. Included in the talks with the city are Spokane County, the city of Spokane, Spokane International Airport and others. Rushing said proposals were moving toward the 2009 version of JLUS, w...
