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CHENEY — A Cheney family were displaced from their home after a New Year’s Eve fire made their rental home uninhabitable. Medical Lake Middle School special education teacher Ben Hill and his three children weren’t home when a passerby noticed the fire and dialed 911 between 6:30 – 7 p.m., according to Cheney Fire Department’s Lt. Tim Steiner, the incident commander on the blaze on the 400 block of North 6th Street. Firefighters from Cheney and Spokane County Fire District 3 w...
The Medical Lake School District is sponsoring “Parenting with Positive Discipline,” a series of parenting classes that teach long–term parenting skills that encourage children to develop self-discipline, responsibility, cooperation and problem-solving skills. The classes will address issue like squabbling siblings, whining, chores, bedtime, homework problems and other issues. The free, six-week classes that began earlier this month run from 6–8 p.m. Upcoming classes dates are: • Jan. 21 • Feb. 25 • March 10 • May 5 • May...
CHENEY – It took a fourth-quarter comeback for the Blackhawk boys’ basketball team to earn their first winning streak of the season, even if it is only two games so far. Cheney rallied from a nine-point deficit early in the fourth to eventually knock off visiting West Valley 64-59 last Friday night, Jan. 3. The Blackhawks were aided by a stingy defense that kept the Eagles scoreless for the last 4 minutes and 56 seconds of the game, all the while finding their offensive rhy...
CHATTAROY — The Medical Lake girl’s basketball crew took out Riverside in a decisive 49-40 Northeast A road victory on Friday, Jan. 3, ending a two-game losing skid. The good news is the two loses were non-league and over the holiday break, allowing the Cardinals to remain at the top of the NEA with a 3-0 league record. “Four quarters of play,” was the mantra from head coach Kyle Lundberg just before the game. He got three, and that was enough. Medical Lake came out strong...
CHATTAROY — The Medical Lake boy’s basketball team continued its domination and extended its winning streak going into mid-season in a confident 72-43 win against the Riverside Rams (1-1, 4-6) on Friday, Jan. 3. “It was a big-league win,” a clearly happy head coach Jordan Starr said after the game. “We saw they had a couple of big guys that couldn’t match up with our speed, athleticism and shooting so we just spaced it out and let them play.” The plan going in, Starr said be...
On Friday, an American drone fired missiles into a convoy leaving the Baghdad airport and killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, who for decades has led Iran’s Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Several officials from Iraqi militias were also killed. President Donald Trump, speaking from his Mar-a-Lago resort, said, “Suleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attacks…” He did not provide any details or evidence of such. Given the President’s propensity for lying, the credence of Trump’s rationale can certain...
We sit in our comfortable living rooms or dens, watching TV. We read the sports pages and enjoy drinking and partying at tailgate parties. We overeat and try to lose weight by buying weight-watchers subscriptions and enrolling in well-equipped gyms. We drive our gas-guzzling SUV’s from one store to another to shop. We love to call, text and search on our smart phones. Wow. What lives we have. In the meantime, Australia is burning. Our country, supported by our tax dollars has rounded up over 70,000 children separated from t...
It’s the New Year, and with that come the traditional New Year’s resolutions. I’m not a proponent of New Year’s resolutions. I’ve tried them in the past a couple times and they never last more than a few weeks. And as my wife says, if something is so important that you feel the need to change it, why wait until the beginning of the year? Just get busy and do it now. But it is the New Year and a chance for a new start here at the Cheney Free Press. To help that along, I am asking your help in setting a resolution to make a ch...
Twenty-five years ago in 1995, a new ice skating rink debuted in Sutton Park as a cold snap allowed Parks & Rec to flood the open area on the north side of the park. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
Feed ML Jan. 13 — with something special for kids Happy New Year from Feed Medical Lake! Our first supper at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 223 S. Hallett St., is Monday, Jan. 13, at 5 p.m. with grocery distribution beginning at 4:15 p.m. The menu is BBQ chicken, mashed potatoes/gravy, green beans and bread pudding. All children attending will receive something special. Soup, Etc., will be on Jan. 27. We welcome all people, all faiths, always. All meals and groceries are free. For more information call Joanna Williams at 509... Full story
Ramond Myrl Giles (Age 97) passed away on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020, at the age of 97. He was born in Sprague, Wash. on April 22, 1922, the youngest of six children born to Elvin and Flora Mae Giles. Ray spent his "wonder years" in the small town of Pine City. After graduating from Garfield High School in 1940 he enrolled at Eastern Washington College of Education in Cheney where he met his wife of 72 years, Carolyn Polenske of Edwall. Their dating began during Carolyn's...
Paul William Heggie (Age 64) passed away on Dec. 25, 2019. Paul was born on Oct. 12, 1955, in Harlowton, Montana to Lois and Richard Heggie. Paul lived in Montana all his life with his mom Lois until May 2012 when they moved to Cheney. Paul’s mom passed away on July 27, 2016, and he went to live with Deb and Rick Kinnie and family. Paul was very outgoing, happy and had lots of friends in the community. Paul enjoyed being a part of West Plains Special Olympics. He loved b...
CHENEY — Pvt. Ian Porter of Cheney recently returned home on leave after completing U.S. Army basic training on Nov. 14, 2019 at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. He began 1 1/2 months of advanced individual training as a motor transport operator on Dec. 1. Porter took his oath of enlistment on July 3, 2019 and shipped off to basic training the following September for a 3 1/3 year initial enlistment. “I love driving anything and working on anything with a motor,” Porter said of his m...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church All are welcome to worship with us this Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. Visitors are expected. Mark your calendars for Tuesday, Feb. 25, for our 11th annual Festival of Chocolate benefit for our Vacation Bible School program. This event is by donation only and all monies collected will go to our VBS fund. The festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. and wrap up at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, is Ash Wednesday. Our worship time will be announced at a later date. All are welcome to visit Emmanuel’s Little Free...
1 Years Ago Jan. 7, 2010 The Kalispel Tribe opened its 10-story, 250-room, $80 million-plus hotel in Airway Heights just hours before ringing in the New Year, added 325 new jobs to the region. The Medical Lake City Council unanimously approved a resolution that retained the city’s involvement in a 10-year Spokane County regional homeless program that included the goal of reducing homelessness in Washington by 50 percent by 2015. 20 Years Ago Jan. 6, 2000 Relief was expressed that the transition to the new decade, m...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — Thieves who assaulted a man on Monday, Dec. 30, came up short after the victim was only able to produce a $1.50. The assailants may not be living free much longer, according to police officials. “We’ve gotten quite a few tips and have some a pretty solid leads,” Officer Erin Johnson said on Friday afternoon. “Detectives will be following-up as soon as they can.” According to Johnson, the victim had just gotten off a bus on the 1200 block of South Hayford Roa...
WEST PLAINS — The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes unit is asking for the publics help identifying a robbery suspect who intentionally hit a store employee as he fled. On the afternoon of Dec. 23, deputies responded to a report of a robbery at the Petro Station at 10506 W. Aero Road, just off the Medical Lake interchange in West Spokane County, according to a press release. A female employee told deputies she observed an adult male grab approximately $3 worth of food and flee the store without paying. When she...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The lawmaker representing Eastern Washington’s 5th Congressional District is backing President Trump’s move to kill Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, called Soleimani a “terrorist who actively aided and supported groups like Hezbollah and Hamas.” “President Trump’s action sends an important message to those who wish to do us harm,” the congresswoman said. “This decisive strike was a defensive action against imminent threats and plans to attack more Americans and all...
CHENEY – Financial efforts to relocate and restore Cheney’s historic Northern Pacific Railroad depot received a significant shot in the arm on Monday, Jan. 6, with the awarding of a $50,000 grant from the Avista Foundation. The award is part of an additional $7 million the Foundation announced early in 2019 it was infusing into local communities as part of a philanthropic effort over the next several years launched to celebrate the company’s 130 years of existence. According t...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – A mastermind of the keys and an influencer of New Age music, global artist Yanni will bring his world-acclaimed compositions to Northern Quest Resort & Casino’s Pend Oreille Pavilion on Thursday, April 9, 2020. In a Jan. 6 news release, NQR officials said that with 16 studio and seven live albums, multiple world-wide tours and performances in some of the most unique venues across the globe, Yanni is a force among the greatest musicians and composers of all...
MEDICAL LAKE — After seven months without baking so much as a single biscuit, the Lefevre Street Bakery and Café will once again be opening its doors for business by the end of January. New owner Victoria Shoemaker said diehard patrons will notice few changes as she plans to keep intact the business brand, menu options and hours previously established by the former owners. Shoemaker, who said she’d been in the food industry for “many years,” announced on social media on Satur...
MEDICAL LAKE — After seven months without baking so much as a single biscuit, the Lefevre Street Bakery and Café will once again be opening its doors for business by the end of January. New owner Victoria Shoemaker said diehard patrons will notice few changes as she plans to keep intact the business brand, menu options and hours previously established by the former owners. Shoemaker, who said she’d been in the food industry for “many years,” announced on social media on Satur...
SPOKANE COUNTY — Homeowners in the West Plains neighborhoods of West Terrace Heights and Crystal Meadows received an early Christmas present when Spokane County Hearing Examiner David W. Hubert sent a proposed high-density development back to the drawing board for additional work. Hubert found the Aero Road Planned Unit Development (PUD) Preliminary Plat, a 5.14-acre plat on the southwest corner of Aero and Fruitvale roads that proposes to subdivide into 35 lots with 68 d...
Electricians fine tune the lighting in Cheney High School’s new weights and fitness room in preparation for housing the school administrative staff, which were moving into the room on Tuesday, Jan. 7. The move allows construction crews to complete work on the new entrance to the remodeled high school....
CHENEY – The question of home occupancy has dogged the city for years. On Monday, Jan. 6, City Council and Planning Commission members held a joint session to discuss options for dealing with the issue that, in the words of Mayor Chris Grover, had generated more complaints the past few years than any other issue in Cheney. The issue revolves around city codes describing what a family is — particularly a “functional family.” A functional family as defined under city codes is “a group of unrelated persons, limited to not more...
