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West Plains commuters be prepared. Multiple transportation projects on and around the Medical Lake interchange on Interstate 90 will be snarling traffic this summer as three construction projects begin this spring. Originally scheduled for construction in 2020 to accommodate growing development on the West Plains, a major reconstruction of the Medical Lake interchange was accelerated a full year in response to the unexpected arrival of the mammoth, 2.6 million square foot...
It was another good week for the Medical Lake girl’s basketball squad. The Cards were riding a three-game winning streak — including a non-league, Spirit Game victory over the Cheney Blackhawks — when they came into the previous week’s Northeast A League play, winning at home against Lakeside, and on the road against Colville and Riverside in decisive victories. Head coach Kyle Lundberg said the team has been playing very well, shooting 45 percent from the 3-point line in...
3,281 days. That’s how long it’s been since a Cheney High School boys basketball team has been able to celebrate a win over a Pullman squad. That ended last Saturday when the Blackhawks, led by a career-night in scoring by Camden VerStrate, knocked of the then second-ranked visiting Greyhounds 63-60 in a hard-fought, Great Northern League battle. Cheney trailed from the beginning, but never let Pullman out of its sights. Jacob Wells’ layup gave the visitors what would be th...
It took a road trip north to Colville for the Medical Lake boys basketball crew to finally get their groove back, putting an eight-game losing streak in the rear view mirror with a decisive 64-42 victory over the Indians in Northeast 1A league action Friday night after a loss to the Lakeside earlier in the week. They then carried the taste of victory into their matchup against Riverside on Saturday for a two-game winning streak. Tuesday, Jan. 15, Lakeside The Card boys...
They may not be giant killers yet, but the Cheney High girls basketball team made a bit of history last Friday night with a surprising 58-82 win at then 2A top-ranked East Valley. In winning their second Great Northern League game of the year, sixth overall, the Lady Blackhawks became the first team not from Clarkston to beat the Knights in a regular-season league game. The last team to do it outside the Bantams was Pullman, 56-44, on Feb. 17, 2014. “We followed our p...
CHENEY Jan. 14 Threatening posts to a website were reported at Cheney Middle School. Financial fraud was reported on the 1000 block of Betz Road. Fraudulent check-cashing scheme. Harassing phone calls were reported on the 200 block of South Cheney-Spokane Road. Second-degree assault was reported on the 2600 block of Oxford Lane. Jan. 15 Third-degree malicious mischief was reported on the 2700 block of 1st Street. Damage to a car. Jan. 16 A landlord/tenant dispute was reported on the 300 block of 1st Street. Anthony M. Peterso...
Poor weather, roadway conditions, darkness, and oncoming vehicle headlights can often make it difficult for drivers to see pedestrians, especially when wearing dark-colored clothing. Wearing reflective clothing, lights or blinking strobes or carrying a flashlight will help drivers see you and help you avoid serious injury or death....
A passing vehicle near Four Lakes fatally struck a pedestrian on the evening of Friday, Jan. 7, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office news release. Brenda Renee Gabriel, 56, was likely walking east on the shoulder of West Silver Lake Road when, according to the driver of a pickup who was also traveling eastbound on a curve near West Granite Lake Road, and after a vehicle passed him coming in the opposite direction, the driver observed something in his lane. He s...
The Eastern Washington University Downtown Gallery will showcase student art through March 11. More than 50 students from Cheney and Westwood middle schools got the chance to display their work in the “Perceptions of Reality: The Art of Cheney Middle and High Schools” art exhibit. Story on page 2. Clockwise from top: A wire portrait called “Music” by Lauren McIntosh rocks out, complete with a red mohawk; “Stormy Eagle,” an acrylic painting by Emiliya Medvedev, stands out...
Cheney Congregational Church Everyone is invited to join our Sunday morning worship service. This week’s sermon by pastor David Krueger-Duncan will be a continuation of the series “Taking Noah Seriously.” We meet in the sanctuary at 10 a.m. and enjoy coffee and conversation in the fellowship hall following the service. If you enjoy singing, come and join our choir. Our director Kate Francis holds choir practice Sundays at 9 a.m. in the Sanctuary. If you have any questions, call (509) 481-5234. The pastoral search commi...
Beginning with the Feb. 7 issue, the Cheney Free Press will begin charging for obituaries submitted for publication. Obituaries of up to 450 words with a grayscale photo will be priced at $100. Obituaries larger than 450 words will be charged $100 base plus $10 extra per column inch. As an example, an obituary of 500 words, with photo, that requires two additional column inches will be charged at $120. Photos should still be sent in color for publishing on our website, which comes with the charge. If the family wishes to...
Feed Cheney on Jan. 28 Feed Cheney will hold it’s monthly free hot dinner and grocery distribution on Monday, Jan. 28, at 5:30 p.m. in the Wren Pierson Community Center. Dinner is served family style by volunteers from Eastern Washington University and Cheney, and live string quartet music will be provided by music majors in the EWU Music Department. Dinner and groceries are provided to anyone who attends, with no qualifying required. To volunteer or donate, visit www.feedcheney.com. Cheney Outreach will be open Monday f... Full story
1 Years Ago Jan. 29, 2009 The Cheney School District announced the acquisition of the U.S. Air Force’s communication station property east of Four Lakes, which had an estimated value of just over $2.3 million. The Cheney City Council debated the implementation of downtown security cameras after a staff report indicated an increase in crime. Pine Lodge Correctional Center staff appeared before the Medical Lake City Council requesting officials help them keep the all-female f...
It’s “Souper Bowl of Caring” time again, when people all over America donate money on Super Bowl Sunday to feed the hungry in their communities. One hundred percent of the money donated in Cheney stays in Cheney, to feed Cheney’s hungry, through the monthly Feed Cheney dinner and grocery distribution. The “Souper Bowl of Caring” takes place on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3, with several local churches collecting a special offering in a soup pot to contribute to Feed Cheney. People...
What is missing? Why aren’t Medical Lake’s businesses or population growing? According to Doug Ross (Cheney Free Press 1/10/19), the blame lies in the limited water hookups for residential development (legitimate reasoning) and the fact that Spokane, Airway Heights and Cheney are short drives away. With fairly close shopping and services there, that means no enterprises can flourish here. Furthermore, Ross reminded the readers that even with the mid-90s housing development of Fox Hollow and Fox Ridge, there wasn’t any resul...
After long and careful consideration, I have decided not to run for President of the United States in 2020. I realize this may come as a disappointment to my supporters, and I will leave my future options open, but the timing is just not right. This should not be construed to mean that I am not qualified. Admittedly, I don’t know how to use Twitter, but I could learn. Joe Biden stated that he is the best qualified American for the job, but the only thing he does better than the average citizen is find the White House b...
Necessity, as they say, is the mother of invention. That’s particularly true in difficult times when “business as usual” no longer works. As our national deficit approaches $22 trillion ($180,000 per taxpayer) and state and local governments deal with skyrocketing costs for health care, pensions, education and public safety, we will have to do things differently, or, in some instances, not at all. One way is to develop private-public partnerships to share costs and coord...
It’s a good time to be alive if you’re a craft beer aficionado, at least according to a recent Forbes report, which noted there were 7,082 registered craft breweries spread out across the U.S. in 2018. Vermont boasted the most craft breweries per capita at 11.9 per 1,000, 21-plus year old adults, and also produced the most beer at an average 151 pints of craft beer per adult. Considering it unlikely that every adult consumed their share, or even drank any beer at all, tha...
For starters, the “M.R.” in the name of Cheney’s newest restaurant stands for the first names of the two men behind the venture — Mitch and Roger — not the prefix “Mister,” although they’re fine if you want to use that. M.R. Piggy’s BBQ Cafe opened Jan. 7 in the location of the former Cheney dining institution Willow Springs, and business was frenetic from practically the moment the “Open” sign lit up, owner Mitchell Zand and Roger Droivold said. Things have calmed down a bi...
Public comment requested on Cheney changes The Cheney planning department is asking for public comment on a proposed property split in north Cheney near Eastern Washington University. The property is located at 423 N. 10th St. The project applicant, Wayde Burnett with Chatburn Estate, is proposing to split the existing 80,462-square-foot-lot into three smaller lots: Lot 1 at 16,337 square feet, Lot 2 at 15,430 square feet and Lot 3 at 48,704 square feet. The property is zoned R-1, single-family residential and is bordered by...
The gathering looked like one at any other high-class art gallery — shiny white walls showcased evenly-spaced art, with more interspersed on pedestals throughout the room. Attendees sipped and nibbled on refreshments and milled about discussing lighting, staging and inspiration. The only difference? Many of the spectators and all of the artists were under the age of 15. On Wednesday, Jan. 17, families and local students gathered in the pristine Eastern Washington University D...
In the Jan. 17 issue, the Cheney Free Press incorrectly identified a Spokane County apartment complex development as a Kalispel Tribe of Indians project. The Beau West apartments are being developed just outside the city limits of Airway Heights on Hayford Road. The Kalispel Tribe project is an apartment complex called “Salish Flats” about five miles north on tribal lands. In the Jan. 17 issue, the Cheney Free Press incorrectly identified 979 students as participating in homeschooling in the Cheney School District. About 85...
City of Cheney officials outlined an aggressive work schedule for the Planning Commission at its Jan. 14 meeting for one item only — addressing a moratorium placed by the City Council on development in the area of Alki Street commonly referred to as Terra Vista. The council enacted the moratorium in late November over concerns about public safety access and other transportation issues in the residential area located east of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific r...
The city of Medical Lake will be reviewing and updating its 10-year Comprehensive Plan beginning this month, albeit a year late. The City Council approved a $37,142 contract with Shea, Carr & Jewell, Inc. to manage the comp plan update at it’s Jan. 15 meeting. Bill Grimes, who had worked on the previous Comp Plan for the city, will be the lead, City Administrator Doug Ross told the council. Grimes previously worked for Studio Cascade during the last update. Studio Cascade h...
Cheney knows more about water woes than most small communities, and the beginning of 2019 is shaping up to be more of the same. State records indicated that the city’s water system is over-connected by more than 600 connections, causing the state Department of Health (DOH) to place Cheney in a “blue” category, designating the city’s system as “not adequate for growth.” In the blue Water permits from the state Department of Health’s Office of Drinking Water are color-coded based on the permitted entity’s compliance with state...
