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Kimberly (Kim) Regina (Gainer) Hartman passed away on Feb. 17, 2018 at 50 years old. Kim was a long-time resident of Cheney since junior high school. She passed away at a young age in her home to be with our Lord. Kim was born on Feb. 25, 1967 in Yuma, Ariz. and her parents were Clark Gainer and Clara (Marcoux) Gainer (1943-2012). She had two older brothers, Allan Gainer, past Cheney Mayor and Tim Gainer, both will tell you she was daddy's little girl. She married Michael Hart... Full story
The residents of Medical Lake should know they will be asked to pass an extension to the existing Emergency Medical Services levy. And that the request will replace a current levy which was approved in 2012 and expires at the end of 2018 and would fund the EMS services through 2024. The question remains, however, following the Feb. 20 City Council meeting, when that vote will happen. An item on the agenda to have the first reading of Resolution 512, which would have...
One of the challenges facing Spokane County is one voters likely thought they put to rest about three years ago. District 3 Commissioner Al French told West Plains Chamber of Commerce audience members assembled last Wednesday, Feb. 21, at Cheney’s Holiday Inn Express for the organization’s monthly breakfast that House Bill 2887 would force the county to increase the size of its governing body from three members to five. Voters rejected that idea by 55.25 percent in 2015. “Apparently the Legislature was out of town that week...
In the end, it was North Kitsap's length and scoring ability that stood in the way of the Cheney High boys basketball team's chance at a second consecutive playoff upset. The Vikings, with five seniors and more height in the back court than the front, used a 14-4 third-quarter run to put some distance between themselves and the Blackhawks en route to a 68-50 state 2A regional playoff win last Saturday at Rogers High School in Puyallup. North Kitsap, which has advanced to the...
Racing to a fast start and hardly ever lifting their foot off the accelerator, the No. 5 rated 1A Medical Lake Cardinals upset the No. 4 Zillah Leopards 72-51 in a state regional tournament game Feb. 24 at Davis High School in Yakima. That effort earned Medical Lake a return trip to Yakima and its Sun Dome for the quarterfinals of the state 1A Hardwood Classic March 1. They face either LaCenter or fellow Northeast A League rival Freeman in a game that begins at 3:45 p.m. "Firs...
Registration for this spring’s Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Academy is now open. This academy will focus on officer-involved shooting incidents, how they are investigated and how deputies work to prevent these incidents. This is also your opportunity to participate in real use of force training scenarios and learn the truth about the laws governing the use of force. Learn “reality” from the deputies who serve you each and every day and how it differs from what a Hollywood writer portrays in some crime drama....
CHENEY Feb. 20 Mental health issue was reported on the 100 block of Betz Road. Individual was involuntarily committed due to being incapable of caring for himself. A juvenile runaway located another juvenile runaway on the 1300 block of Pineview Court. Feb. 21 Taking motor vehicle without owner’s permission was reported on the 700 block of Third Street. Vehicle was subsequently recovered in Spokane Valley. Paul S. Noyes, 32, was arrested on the 900 block of First Street for third-degree driving while license suspended (...
Turn up the heat and add a bit of spice to your meals with hot peppers. Add them to your garden, flower borders and containers for added beauty and easy picking. Your biggest challenge will be narrowing down your choices. Let All-America Selections (AAS), all-americaselections.org, winners help. This nonprofit organization tests new edible and ornamental varieties nationally for their suitability to home gardens and containers. Grow a few cayenne peppers if you like Mexican,...
Seventy-five years ago in 1943, the country was in the midst of World War II, and once again clubs and organizations in town and Eastern Washington College were competing in bandage rolling, scrap metal drives, and war bond sales in support of the war effort. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
Bill and Pat Trout were the recipients of the 2017 Medical Lake Kiwanis Club Senior Citizen Volunteer-of-the-Year. The award was presented to the 40-year residents of Medical Lake at the annual Kiwanis Valentine's Day dinner held at Saint Anne's Catholic Church on Feb. 10. The couple coordinate the purchase of items for the senior meals program, held weekly, each Thursday at St. John's Lutheran Church. Bill Trout and other volunteers prepare approximately 80 meals for...
Cheney Congregational Church Cheney Congregational Church invites everyone to join us in worship Sunday. Communion will be served and is open to all who wish to participate. Pastor David Krueger-Duncan will continue his thought-provoking sermon series addressing alternatives to violence in the schools and nation. We are a welcoming congregation that accepts diverse viewpoints. Join us for coffee, conversation and fellowship following the service. Choir practice is Thursday at 5 p.m. under the direction of Kate Francis. Those...
1 Years Ago Feb. 28, 2008 Bill Bresko, 80, of Medical Lake, snagged a prize for being the “Oldest Plunger” at the Polar Bear Plunge at Waterfront Park. Bresko was one of many who turned out for the Medical Lake Police Department’s second-annual fundraiser supporting Special Olympics of Washington. The city of Cheney was taking steps to become a Tree City U.S.A. One of the requirements was to provide funding for planting and trimming of its trees. Coming soon to Medical Lake...
About 70 years ago a group of Cheney pastors and residents realized they were doubling up on efforts to help those in need and decided to organize to do something about it. And so, the Cheney Community Service Council was born with the desire to coordinate health, safety, welfare and education programs in the city and adjacent areas. Former Cheney Food Bank director and current council treasurer John Matthews said that group started with only a checkbook and big hearts, listin...
There will be no lions, tigers — and yes, even bears — roaming on land outside of Medical Lake at a relocated Cat Tales. This past November, city resident Scott Christenson broached that idea at a City Council meeting, informing the group he was working behind the scenes to see if the zoological park located along U.S. Highway 2 north of Spokane might find a new home. Christenson recently reported that efforts to get 6th Legislative District Sen. Mike Baumgartner to sub...
Miss Cheney Rodeo coronation banquet tickets available The 51st annual Miss Cheney Rodeo coronation is taking place Saturday, March 10 at Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute in Spokane. The coronation of Miss Cheney Rodeo Kaleigh Driver, along with dinner and fundraising auction, runs from 5:30–9 p.m. at the Institute’s Tsutakawa Memorial Hall/Commons Building, 4000 West Randolph Road. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for auction viewing, with dinner at 6 p.m. followed by a silent and live auction. Tickets are available online at squ...
The Cheney Depot Society would like to let people know where things stand with their efforts to relocate the city's historic Northern Pacific Railroad Depot. To accomplish this, the Society is holding an open house on Thursday, March 15, as well as a month-long exhibit at the Cheney Library featuring displays of trains and other area depots. The open house runs from 6 – 8 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Depot Society members will be on hand to answer questions on many...
At the Feb. 20 Airway Heights City Council meeting, Sandra Reiber was given the service award as she has served on the Housing and Community Development Citizen Advisory Committee. “You have provided many years of great service to Airway Heights,” City Manager Albert Tripp said to Reiber. The council also officially approved of sponsorship at the Kalispel Tribe’s Salish Conference for a donation of $5,000. The conference is designed to celebrate culture and the language of the Kalispel. “This is a good opportunity for us,...
The Airway Heights fire department officially has the equipment to save pets in even a better way than before with oxygen masks. Project Breathe started in Airway Heights a few weeks ago, but has been making its way around the country for a while now. It was created by the Invisible Fence Brand's corporate office in 2005, launching in Knoxville, Tenn. The Invisible Fence Brand is a company that created the invisible fence for dogs to roam free without being able to run off...
Courage to Change, located at 13015 West 14th in Airway Heights, offers a unique service to the West Plains area as it helps with substance abuse treatment. The program provides intensive outpatient services along with assessments and an alcohol and drug information school. The mission at Courage to Change is to have a person-centered approach to offer help with an individual's addiction through self-empowerment. The processes can help strengthen the individual, family and...
While it made regional news, last Wednesday’s student walkout at Cheney High School caught district administrators completely by surprise. Superintendent Rob Roettger said administrators were in a discussion at Snowdon Elementary school during their regular “Leadership Council” meeting about the possibility of student walkouts protesting gun-related violence at schools. The planned March 14 and April 20 protests are part of a national campaign by students emanating from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Flori...
The Cheney School District has given the next several graduating classes a reprieve in the number of credit hours they must achieve to earn a diploma. At the Feb. 14 regular meeting, school board directors voted unanimously to ask the state for a waiver of the Core 24 requirement that seniors achieve 24 specified credits to earn their diploma, and continue operating under the current 23-credit system. The increase in credits was implemented with passage of E2SSB6552 by the state Legislature in 2016, imposing the 24-credit...
The hope for Medical Lake's Circuit Breakers robotics team is that everything works at least as well as it did on the President's Day holiday, Feb. 19. Working as they do, sometimes seven days a week, and hours they care not to really count, the Circuit Breakers were busily preparing - even on a day when the rest of the campus was vacant and quiet - for regional competition this weekend, March 2-3. They travel to Clackamas, Ore., to put their most recent creation to work...
By GRACE POHL Staff Intern On Feb. 27, a Unity Rally was formed at Eastern Washington University at the campus mall in response to white supremacist posters being hung up around campus. This rally was describe as a starting point for EWU to make it a more accepting place, but also keeping the community together and not being torn apart from hate. A handful of students and faculty spoke at the rally to help encourage students to not be brought down by this hate and to make a...
Medical Lake High School cheerleaders keep their fans energized during the girls basketball team's state regional round playoff victory over Zillah. The win sends the Cardinals to their second consecutive 1A state tournament appearance in Yakima's Sun Dome this weekend....
