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Bill Jackline sat at a table and said with a friendly smile, "In May of this year I will have spent 35 years working as a school psychologist in some way, shape or form. During those 35 years I've worked with all age groups from toddlers to adults and saw as many people as there are in some small towns that would equal together the whole population of the state of Washington." In the early days Jackline had not expected to pursue a career in psychology. He said, "Psychology...
Cheney Auto Care Center is a very familiar place for Travis Gallagher. His dad, Chris Gallagher, owns the business. When Travis was very young, like a lot of boys, he didn’t mind getting a little grease on his hands or fetching a tool to help his dad. When he was in the sixth-grade he began to help in the shop. At age 16, Travis was driving a motorcycle. He said, “My senior year in high school I thought about joining the military, then changed my mind.” Now at age 19 he has been thinking lately about going to Spokane Falls Co...
We all have human friends. How about the four-legged kind? A recent portrayal on television proved that animals do have emotions and do express them. Some people will say, "Aw, don't be silly." Others will tell you how their pet dog woke them in the middle of the night to tell them, in a doggie way, that their garage was on fire. Remember the old story of Lassie Come Home? This amazing dog walked many miles (on television) over the roughest, most fearful terrain, to get home t...
In July 2012, Chelsie Sunde, with other teens and leaders, spent three weeks in Guatemala working and playing with the children. When she arrived home she said, "I would like to go again." This year, as July came around, Sunde, eight other students, some from Christian Heritage School and some from other schools, traveled once more to Guatemala. Marty Klein, principal at Christian Heritage School and Scott Clemenson, a local firefighter, led the group. Their goal was the town...
Did you say you don't know the person sitting next to you? That doesn't happen at the Tyler Grange Hall. As somebody said to me recently, "We're all family." Walk into the Grange Hall and observe. It's the night of the Nov. 2 Harvest Dinner. Some folks are working side by side in the kitchen, stirring the gravy, mashing the potatoes, peeking into the oven to see how the turkey's doing. Others are arranging tables, setting chairs, receiving the baked goods scheduled for auction...
Cheney Community Church invites you to the celebration of their Jubilee year. The Bible states every 50th year was to be a special celebration. There have been 40 Jubilees since Jesus walked this earth, but this one is unique to the city of Cheney. Since the church’s beginning in 1963, 50 years have passed. This year the church created the motto: “Branching From Our Roots, Into The Future.” A special theme has been highlighted each month; this coming weekend is a culmi...
Polish your skates and make sure your bicycle is ready. We’re going to try to catch up with Christine Buob’s twins, Josh and John. These 11-year-old boys enjoy life at a fast pace. Their quick minds have their attention on the next subject while you are still pondering the last one. I made the mistake of asking them what they’d like to be when they grew up. “Batman,” Josh said. “Spiderman,” John said. Well, maybe, fellas, I’m not so sure. I think they were testing me. Act...
Pat Conrath was born in St. Maries, Idaho. The family moved to Emida, Idaho. “My father, William Clute, owned a store,” she said. “We lived there until I was 10. I was number three of six children. We came to Cheney in 1936 so that my older sister could attend Cheney Normal School. Our father got a job at Cheney Weeder and worked there for 25 years.” The family settled in but Pat was not very impressed with the town. What she didn’t know was an exciting surprise was waiting f...
“I was sitting on the deck of my house when I noticed the branches of one of my fruit trees was shaking,” Reede Brown said. ”Pretty soon I saw four long black legs beneath it. Then the moose came around the tree showing his huge antlers. He ambled over to my plum tree and ate some of them. He tried another tree then drank from the bucket of water I have for my dog.” Brown said the moose moseyed on and disappeared over the horizon. Now, wait a minute, you mean he didn’t...
Beauty is not always in a pretty girl or a gorgeous sunset. How about a 1935 Ford ? “I went to college to be a pharmacist and ended up doing cars,” Bob Sbarbaro said. “The particular car I admired was commissioned by a man in Palm Springs, Calif.,” Sbarbaro said. It had an old rusty body. He built the frame and often builds or modifies other parts of cars he can’t buy. This car now has a 1950 motor in it. With a vision of an old car in my mind I asked Sbarbaro how fast it w...
The Dorfners consider their three-and-a-half-year sojourn working with nine boys on the Hutton Settlement a ministry. Kelly Dorfner gives a brief account of how the settlement came to be. “In the late 1900s Levi Hutton, who was an orphan himself, made it big in the silver mines in Idaho,” she said. “He came to Spokane and built a beautiful estate for orphans. Hutton Settlement is still today what Levi built: a beautiful working children’s home.” The estate has four brick mansions that can house nine children at a time. The...
All of a sudden, I must find something important to say. I have set aside a few silly remarks that occasionally squeeze into other stories and give you only what I believe is worth telling. From www.theblaze.com, 5/1/12: In April of 2012 the Oklahoma Supreme Court decided unanimously “that a state effort to grant personhood to unborn children is clearly unconstitutional.” How convenient those who made this decision have already been born and have lived their lives. There must be millions of people in our country whose bir...
Sometimes another person’s story reminds you of your own, sometimes not at all. Larry Jackson grew up in a family of eight children in Hoopeston, Ill., four miles from the University of Illinois at Champaign. His wife, Sally, grew up in the small towns of Spangle and Rockford and other remote places in Washington state. Her family moved a lot. Before they met, both Larry and Sally had endured the heartbreak of having several loved ones die at a young age. Life was not finished...
When Fred and Gail Pollard moved to Cheney eight years ago they brought with them ideas and plans and a vision for a different way of living. With their two daughters, Annmarie and Marianne, who are now 16 and 13, they found Cheney a welcoming place to call home. “We were looking for a safe place for our children to grow up, where we could be assured they would be alright,”Gail Pollard said. Fred Pollard, with 25 years experience, is an accomplished equipment and fac...
Hal Meili is a well-known man in the Cheney area for his multiple talents. He was born in Bismark, N.D. and came with his family to Spokane when he was six years old. Now, right here it’s up to you to keep Meili’s secret. You see, he wanted a job with the Forest Service and boldly told them he was 18.“They never checked my age,”he said. Now you know and you must promise to never tell. Meili worked hard for the Forest Service and put himself through college fighting fires....
Jeff Keller, marketing coordinator at Cheney Federal Credit Union, has his own quiet office. He is sort of the lone ranger among the 11 women at the Credit Union he calls his big sisters. Aside from being the marketing coordinator, Keller is responsible for managing the website, creating and distributing print materials, social media and several other assignments. “It’s a lot of fun,”he said. When Keller still occupied a corner upstairs amid the coming and going of customers,...
Although this bit of advice for gentlemen riding on a stagecoach was given in the late 1800s, we might find it valuable in 2013. Since we who live in this era can’t even spell etiquette let alone adhere to it, just sit back and absorb it as you begin your summer vacations across country. “The best seat inside a stagecoach is the one next to the driver. You will have to ride with your back to the horses, which with some people produces an illness like sea sickness, but in a l...
Jack and Ellen Miller, whose home is like a park in a rural part of the Cheney area, are noted by their neighbors as very busy people. The day I became acquainted with them I heartily agreed. The Millers settled here when Jack, an air traffic controller, was assigned to Spokane. Ellen was working at Southwest Oregon Community College as a librarian, her lifelong interest. The Millers, who grew up in a rural area, looked for a country place to call home. Jack settled into his...
Have you seen the Patty’s Tacos truck parked beside First Street in Cheney? The owner, Patty Pineda is from Mexico and is in charge of Patty’s Tacos truck No. 1 and truck No. 3. This is a family owned business. Truck 1 is in Spokane on Division Street. Truck 3 is in Cheney. Truck 1 has been in the Spokane area for five years. Two cousins in the family, Daimy Leon and Gladys Ramirez were in charge the day I visited. The hours for customers at both trucks are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. M...
Everybody has a story to tell. Shelly Wheeler’s story ranges from periods of happiness to deepest hurts. Through it all she said, “I have looked on the bright side of things. I was born in Denver Colo. I had a rough childhood. We moved a lot. I would just get to make friends and we would move again.” Shelly discovered a talent that has entertained many people. She said, “I love accents. I can do most of them. When we lived in Texas I picked up the Texas accent. I can do most o...
Day 1: See those birds. Wonder where they came from. Must be 20 or 30 of them. Look how they swoop, kinda like ballerinas. Wish I could do that. Why do you suppose they’re hanging around my house? Day 2: What’s going on? Stop that! Oh, my windows, my windows. All around the house. Get the broom. I can’t stand out here all day. What a mess. They’re coming right at me. They’re building nests! This is not a bird hotel. What’ll we do? Careful, that bird’s dive-bombing your face. Duck, duck! Oh, that was close. Let’s call Ja...
Jeff Levine is a junior at EWU specializing in criminal justice. He said, “I would like a career in law enforcement that ‘takes care’ of the bad guys.” I don’t want an office job. I like work that changes every day.” This was the ‘driving factor’, he said, that inspired Jeff to reach for his goal. He knows he has the ability to respond to emergencies and be at the scene immediately. Levine played baseball at Centralia’s Community college before he transferred to EW...
John Hammel was employed by the government. He retired and bought 35 head of White Park cattle, a breed from Britain. They are lean animals; grass fed and calm in demeanor. John added another attribute. “Our cows don’t do drugs. Say no to GMOs.” The Hammels do not believe in genetically modifying their animals. These cows live an organic life. John’s wife Teresa, works full time at Deaconess Hospital, then part time in the baby’s intensive care for Providence Sacred Heart Med...
Jennifer Lindberg, a mother of two elementary-age children, has been researching Common Core Standards and she is very concerned. Billed as the future of education, the standards have other consequences not advertised by its proponents. If you are interested in the future of the U.S. education system, the possible outcomes of Common Core may shock you. According to Lindberg, “Parents, teachers and residents of our school district need to know there is troubling information on the Common Core Standards that our state is now i...
By LUELLA DOW Contributor This is a true story by Carlene Hardt of the amazing Trumpeter swan, Solo, who spent many years at TurnbullNational Wildlife Refuge living his legacy for us to enjoy. Carlene begins, “In 2005 my mother gave me a Canon film camera and I took a class in photography. It was the beginning of a whole new way of seeing“. At first Hardt concentrated on things close at hand in the Cheney area, then ventured to Turnbull occasionally to see what she could fin...
