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Managing EditorCHENEY - A development deal leasing land to a local group of investors in the Industrial and Commerce Park has seemingly run slightly afoul of the city's zoning codes - leaving officials in a quandary on how to proceed with the agreement. In an information item at the City Council's March 9 meeting, Cheney Mayor Chris Grover brought up the business park in connection with a self-storage facility being proposed for about 6.3 acres of land located between Willow...
After scoring two goals and tallying an assist for five points over the weekend, Eastern Washington University soccer player Maddie Morgan has earned the Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week award, as announced March 15. Morgan receives the award for the first time in her career, but is the third Eagle to be honored this season by the conference. Her teammates McKaley Goffard and Kelsee Winston earned the offensive and defensive nods, respectively, on Feb. 29.,...
CHENEY – Eastern Washington University’s women’s soccer team notched their first and second Big Sky Conference wins this past weekend with a sweep of visiting Portland State. The Eagles knocked off the Vikings by identical 3-1 scores on Friday, March 12 and Sunday, March 14. Eastern opened 2-0 leads in both games. They found the net first on Sunday in the 23rd minute, with Riley Walkington dropping a corner kick near the penalty spot that freshman Grace Terrill headed in for the score. After a flurry of shots on goal were...
POCATELLO, Idaho — The Idaho State Bengals have to be excited that the next time they meet Eastern Washington that Eric Barriere and Andrew Boston will not be across the line of scrimmage. That combination of quarterback and wide receiver combined for two touchdowns, the most damaging of which coming with 25 seconds remaining capping the most unlikely of comebacks as Eastern escaped from Holt Arena with a 46-42 Big Sky Conference spring football victory. “We witnessed number t...
BOISE, Idaho — Combine three solid defensive efforts with offense in just the right doses and Eastern Washington emerged from the Idaho Central Arena in Boise as the 2021 Big Sky Conference men’s basketball champions, earning a berth in the NCAA Tournament. In just its third trip to the national championship tournament in school history, Eastern faces the University of Kansas, March 20 in Indianapolis where, because of COVID-19, all games will be played at various venues in th...
Clay Irgens, 7, and sister Camille Irgens, 4, of Cheney, brought the first buttercups of the season to the Cheney Free Press office on Monday, March 15. The children’s parents are Timothy and Jessica Irgens. The siblings found their buttercups while visiting uncle and aunt, Tim and Kelley Walker, along Cheney Spokane Road on Monday, March 15. The Walker’s 13-year-old son, Levi Walker, has in past years brought buttercups into the newspaper office....
MEDICAL LAKE – Linda Pearson has been named the Kiwanis Club's 2020 Senior Citizen Volunteer of the Year. Pearson was nominated by fellow resident Jean Auerbach and honored at the Kiwanis Club's annual Valentine's Dinner on Feb. 13, held in drive-up dinner style this year due to COVID-19 safety and health protocols. Pearson received her award prior to the Saturday luncheon on the back patio of the Fischin' Hole in downtown Medical Lake. Pearson is active in the Greek O...
The Cheney Water Department began its annual water main flushing on Monday, March 15, beginning with fire hydrants in Zone 1. Flushing these water mains may cause brief periods of discolored water. If experiencing discolored water, please flush the cold water tap and/or irrigation system for 10 – 15 minutes to see if it clears up. If it doesn’t clear up please contact the Public Works Department at (509) 498-9293. The flushing program is estimated to take 3 – 4 weeks to compl...
WEST PLAINS – Everyone has heard at least something of how challenged our teachers are during these times of virtual and in-person classroom teaching. However, those teachers who no longer are actively teaching can’t even imagine what it must be like to be teaching now. On Saturday Feb. 13, the Cheney/Medical Lake chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an altruistic education sorority, gathered in their respective homes for their monthly meeting now occurring on Zoom. That in itself is enough to challenge the retired! Nineteen ret...
Cheney Congregational Church Greetings, Cheney friends! Our congregation continues to worship online for the time being. We have live Sunday morning services on Zoom at 10 a.m. followed by a virtual coffee hour. You can request a Zoom link through our website, www.cheneycongregational.org and you can also find copies of the sermons on our website. During Lent our sermon series will be “Annual Spirituals.” Each year we go to the doctor for our annual physical to see how our physical health is, but how often do we get our spiri...
Wendy Elizabeth (Mayer) Perry 1954 - 2021 Wendy Perry, longtime resident of Medical Lake, Wash., passed away at her home after a five year battle with cancer with her beloved husband, Alan, holding her hand. Her parents, Walter and Beverly Mayer, welcomed her into her worldly journey on Oct. 9, 1954 in Lake Charles, La., and welcomed her again with open arms and wings into heaven on March 4, 2021. She graduated from Cheney High School in 1972 and went on to earn her...
Charles "Charlie" M Hansen 1933 – 2021 Charles "Charlie" M Hansen, 88, passed away peacefully on Feb. 28, 2021 surrounded by his family. Charlie was born on Jan. 12, 1933 to Carl and Alice Hansen in New York. While growing up during the great depression Charlie learned the value of hard work and providing for loved ones by observing Carl's example as he worked for the New York's subway system for over 25 years. These values became Charlies' defining qualities throughout his l...
In regards to the article, “Crash damages building, vehicle,” published 4 March 2021 in the Cheney Free Press, I have questions, I have comments, mostly, I have concern. If the title of the article is “Crash damages building, vehicle,” why does the front page picture depict two police cars, three uniformed officers, two potential emergency medical responders, and one handcuffed man lying on his side on the ground? I hope the answer is not for effect. I came to “effect” as my own answer since the picture tucked away on page ei...
Wow, our representative for U.S. Congress, Cathy McMorris Rodgers is so lucky. She has continued to vote with the majority of the Republicans to make life harder for most people in Eastern Washington. Yet, she loses most of the time, as the Democrats push forward bills that improve lives and lighten the financial load for most people. Our representative has a stellar record of voting more than 60 times against better healthcare for the American people. Against the Affordable Care Act. Then, she voted against Expanding Voting...
My son wanted to wrestle this season but unfortunately due to COVID-19 and Jay Inslee there has been no wrestling in Washington. From a friend we learned that Idaho was allowing their athletes to compete. Upon ascertaining this information, and pursuing proper channels, my son has the opportunity to wrestle this year. Specifically, last month we entered an Idaho gym to sign my son up for wrestling. We were astonished when we walked into the arena. Two hundred-plus parents and wrestlers sitting in the bleachers, 30 youngsters...
The Cheney School District is proposing to adopt a Policy named “Civility” in its next meeting on March 24. To read it you will need to ask them for a copy of New Policy 2195. This policy is a threat to free speech and liberty even though it says it isn’t. Proponents of these kind of policies and laws always claim it is not a threat. It is full of undefined, procedures and rules on what is “uncivil conduct.” I have two examples of what has happened with these kind of policies: 1. As a Veteran of the Viet Nam war, I worked wi...
The 2021 legislative session is more than halfway over, and there are still a host of issues vying for the attention of lawmakers and the public. From the governor’s emergency powers to legislation strengthening our DUI laws, debate has been passionate and the consequences have been high. With so much going on, it’s easy to lose track of one the biggest issues of the pre-COVID era — the lack of affordable housing — unless you are one of the families facing the housing crunch....
CHENEY – Planning Commission members are considering several changes to city municipal codes that would allow greater residential density for developers. At their March 8 meeting, commissioners received information on changes that would allow more units in R-3/multifamily zones as well as creation of a new chapter that would regulate cottage-style housing, also referred to as "tiny homes." The R-3 changes would increase the density by increasing the number of units per acre fr...
MEDICAL LAKE — High School officials have released the names of students whose grade point average has led to their inclusion on the Principal’s Honor Roll and the Honor Roll for the school year 2020-2021. Below are the names of students making the Principal’s Honor Roll. Seniors Anna M. Aaby, Ellie E. Acord, Nayelli A. Barnes, Jessica L. Beecher, Abigail E. Bolles, Violet A. Brown, Logan J. Burket, Kaycee M. Cain, Chloe M. Cook, Breanna M. Deitschman, Masie P. Dorcheus, Mayah E. Eberhardt, Jacob L. Edison, Nicholas S. Ehman...
CHENEY - School District officials have announced that Salnave Elementary School paraeducator Saralynn Kerr has been named the district's Classified Employee of the Year. The announcement came at a surprise meeting at the school on March 10. In a news release, officials said the award celebrates a classified staff member who has exhibited outstanding work performance and has contributed significantly to student or program success and to the betterment of the school district....
CHENEY — School district officials have taken steps towards adopting a policy most districts in the state apparently have, but Cheney lacks — a policy on civility. At the school board’s March 10 meeting, Assistant Superintendent Tom Arlt briefly outlined proposed Policy 5117, which lays out a definition of what constitutes “uncivil conduct.” The policy lists what is considered “uncivil conduct,” provides context for when language that might be expressing controversial...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS —Airway Heights City Council made quick work of its agenda at its March 15 with work centering primarily around first readings of ordinances. That one exception came with unanimous approval of the draft Airway Heights Strategic Plan that had been the subject of previous meetings. Otherwise, council heard from planner Zach Becker who provided one more overview of the 2020 Zoning Map Amendment. In his presentation Becker showed changes over the past several y...
CHENEY - NCAA March Madness will have a West Plains flavor this year. By virtue of its win over Montana State last Saturday, Eastern Washington University will be making its third trip to the Big Dance - earning a Saturday matchup with one of the elites of men's basketball, Kansas. The Eagles and Jayhawks tangle at 10:15 a.m., location undisclosed at press time but somewhere in Indiana in a tournament restricted this year to just one state because of the coronavirus pandemic....
OLYMPIA — Washington residents will take another step towards a return to normalcy from the coronavirus pandemic this coming Monday. At a March 18 news conference, Gov. Jay Inslee announced that effective March 22, the entire state will enter Phase 3 of its Healthy Washington: Roadmap to Recovery. He also said evaluation of COVID-19 metrics will be transitioning from a regional approach to a county-by-county process. The governor also announced a new third phase of the Roadmap, a return for in-person spectators for p...
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