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RIZVILLE – “We’re north of a dollar more in diesel than where we were before the invasion,” Sen. Mark Schoesler began in a recent interview. Schoesler, a farmer himself, represents the 9th Legislative District, including Adams, Whitman and Franklin counties. His comments came during an interview on the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on diesel fuel and farming. Fuel prices continue to rise leaving farmers forced to save and to hope for prices to drop, he said. “I still consid...
CHENEY – The Cheney School District (CSD) is in the middle of its search for superintendent Rob Roettger’s replacement. Roettger has formally accepted a new position as superintendent of NorthEast Washington Educational Service District (NEW-ESD 101). It’s up to the school board to select CSD’s newest leader. “The board of directors will be the ones handling the hiring process,” Jamie Weingart, finance director, said. The job vacancy is posted on traditional online job boards such as LinkedIn and Indeed. But, the best place...
FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE – Area residents can expect a weekend full of fun at Fairchild on May 14-15 during the Skyfest Airshow. The gates will open at 9 a.m., and the aerial events will happen from noon to 4:30 p.m. each day. Some of the acts include the Wings of Blue Skydivers, a local historic flight foundation that will bring a B-25 named "Grumpy," the U.S. Air Force C-17 Demo Team, and the Thunderbirds as the event headliners. "This year, we're proud to boast an i...
MEDICAL LAKE – New Deputy Administrator Katy Allen is set on building a better future for Medical Lake. With over four decades of experience, Allen boasts a skill set that has grown along with the communities she has helped develop. She has a background as a city engineer, public works director, and also served as Liberty Lake's city administrator for nearly 10 years. "I've been blessed to have had a fantastic career-I've worked for 45 years with three different cities," A...
CHENEY – The Betz Elementary School Parent Teacher Association (PTA) needs sponsorships for their initial Color Run event. Lisa Tollett is coordinating the Run. Her goal is to make it an annual event and raise $10,000 through individual donations and business sponsorships. The PTA will use the money to pay for school activities, equipment upgrades, and anything else that could enrich the student’s experience at Betz Elementary. Past fundraising money paid for upgrades on playground equipment, rewarding classes with Popsicle p...
CHENEY – Cheney’s recycle center is getting a new overhead door. Cheney city council unanimously voted on Tuesday, March 22 to approve resolution F-018 that allows Big Timbers Contractors to begin work on an overhead door installation project that is estimated to cost $27,890. The city has allotted $33,700 for the project to account for 10% of contingencies according to the project’s proposal. “We’ve been attempting to do this for two or three years now,” Todd Ableman, Cheney public works director, said. The 14-foot doo...
With COVID-19 vaccines widely dispensed and masking requirements mostly lifted, will “work from home” end? Will workers return to downtown offices at pre-pandemic levels? Probably Not! One big reason it is expensive to drive and the waste of time and fuel idling in traffic jams. Another is safety. Gas prices continue to skyrocket. Last year, the average cost at the pump was $2.62 per gallon. By the end of March, Seattle’s gasoline increased to $4.88 per gallon, according to Ga...
The Northeast Washington Wildlife Group is very concerned about the whitetail deer in District 1 of Region 1 in Northeast Washington. The harvest numbers for the area in 2019 and 2020 set record lows and the blue tongue outbreak in 2020 was worse than the very bad outbreak of 2015. The city of Colville removed over 160 carcasses from within city limits last year, in 2015 they removed 80. When asked if the state Department of Fish and Wildlife had any plans to help deer numbers rebound, the department replied: “Indeed, d...
Olympia –Washington's distracted driving rate fell in 2021, from 9.4% percent in 2020 to 6.9%, according to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission's (WTSC) Annual Distracted Driving Observation Survey. Officials said the decline was welcome news to mark the beginning of April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Law enforcement agencies across the state will be conducting emphasis patrols, with the aid of spotters on foot looking for motorists who continue to drive distracted. "Focused driving means safer roads," said E...
MEDICAL LAKE – The chilly midnight air wasn't enough to keep a couple hundred area runners from filling the streets for the 44th Annual Only Fools Run at Midnight community fun run on April 2. The event, sponsored by various local businesses and groups, started at the high school and ended at the Pizza Factory. According to race organizer Kim Headrick creative thinking helped the group keep the event going through the COVID pandemic. This was the first time since that they w...
LaCROSSE – The annual Farmers Festival returns to town June 24-26. This year, the theme of the event is “Back to our Roots.” This year’s Farmers Festival will kick off, Friday, June 24, with a cruise-in featuring classic chassis and other vehicles. The fun continues Saturday with a parade and old-fashioned contests like stick horse racing, rolling pin toss, and three-legged, sack and wheelbarrow races. There will also be a hole-in-one contest and other activities. The annual event is organized by the nonprofit LaCross...
COLFAX – Farming is the backbone of every country. And organizers of the upcoming Old-Time Farming Days want people to understand the importance of farming and ranching. Old-Time Farming Days are planned for April 16-17 across the road from the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds on state Highway 26 west of Colfax and for May 14-15 at the Tom Scharff farm, a couple miles east of Davenport at 42601 Four Corners Road East. The annual Vintage Threshing Bee is also planned for Sunday, Sept...
More than 1,500 racers signed up to compete Sunday in the Desert 100 West of Odessa. Riders raced in a team 100-mile, 50-mile or team event....
AIRWAY HEIGHTS SUNSET PARK EASTER EGG HUNT 913 South Lawson Street Sat., April 16, 9 a.m. Age separated egg hunts: 4 & under, 5 & 6, 7 & 8, 9 & 10. Special prizes in each group. CHENEY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING Zoom meeting Thurs., April 7, 5:15–6:30 p.m. Contact the Planning Department at 509-498-9240 to request a link to the meeting. NORTHWEST PERCUSSION FESTIVAL 2022 Eastern Washington University Fri., April 8, 7 p.m –Sun., April 1, 1 p.m. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Zoom meeting Mon., April 11, 6–7 p.m....
How does the song go? “I close my eyes. Only for a moment then the moment’s gone.” (Dust in the Wind, Kansas- Eric Benet) Oh, but a sweet moment. There is a place I go to de-stress, unwind, and just relax. I don’t have to change out of my pajamas or comb my hair. I don’t have to drive anywhere. It’s my thinking place and I do close my eyes. This is a dreamy collection of several places that make me happy. I come here whenever I need it. It’s spring time in New Mexico. I’m walking in a forest edged meadow. The sun is warm on...
My family was of British origin. Most dinners were prepared in a pressure cooker. Vegetables were cooked to baby food consistency and recognizable only by the color, green, purple, off-white, yellow, orange. Meat, if not pressure cooked, was fried or baked to hard crack. We were often served boiled beef tongue (identifiable by the taste buds), beef heart, kidney and calves’ liver. The only food my mother under cooked was oysters, which she coated in crushed saltines and fried for 5–10 seconds max. The gag reflex was tes...
CHENEY- The Blackhawks split matches with University and Gonzaga Prep to open league play last week. Cheney dropped a close, hard-fought 4–3 outing on the road to the Titans on March 29 and rolled past the Bullpups, 5–2 at home on March 31. "Tuesday's match with U-High gave us two matches that went to three sets and we won them both. That is something I am incredibly proud of our boys for," Coach Dan Estock said. "Aiden (Flanary) and Logan (Konrad) turned things around after l...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Wheat growers is surveying farmers to develop priorities to address in the next Farm Bill. The survey is designed to gather feedback from growers about what policies are most important to farmers and identify practical policy recommendations that would benefit the grower community, association officials said. The association uses the data to provide input in Congress. The current Farm Bill Survey asks farmers to describe their experiences on a wide variety of programs set to e...
MEDICAL LAKE – The Medical Lake baseball team had a busy week swinging bats as they overwhelmed the Newport Grizzlies 11-1 on March 29 and dismantled the Liberty Lancers 15-1 on March 31. The Cardinals hitters created early offense against Newport, scoring six runs in the first two innings. Andrew Roberts led the attack with a two-strike bases-loaded double to deep center field in the bottom of the second, bringing home Jalijah Meacham, Luke Dickey and Kaleb Cain. Andrews f...
CHENEY- Back-to-back losses to Mt. Spokane and University High have Cheney at 4-2 in the GSL and 4-4 overall. The Wildcats blew out the Blackhawks 11-1 in Spokane on March 30 and were dealt a 17-8 loss to University High at home on March 31. Despite the lopsided losses, coach Gary Blake feels the team is still in the thick of things. "We just need to settle down and play our game," Blake said. "I thought going into the season, these two teams were going to give us our biggest...
CHENEY – Eastern Washington University's (EWU) Maggie Nelson was named the Big-Sky Conference's female field Athlete of the Week for her heptathlon performance during the Buc Scoring Invitational on March 24 and 25. Nelson also set a EWU heptathlon record by scoring 5,130 points through seven events: The 100 meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200-meter dash, long jump, javelin and the 800-meter run. "To me it just means that all the hard work that I've put in that last f...
CHENEY- Cheney has hit a bump in the road in league competition, dropping three straight games to close out March and open the April schedule. The Blackhawks lost to Central Valley, 14–4 on March 29, fell to Mead 8–5 on March 31 in Cheney and then dropped a 6–1 road game at Mead on April 1. The losses drop the Blackhawks to 2–4 in the GSL standings. "We've gotten away from playing for each other and went back to playing as individuals. Being young has something to do with th...
MEDICAL LAKE – The Cardinal tennis team's split wins over the last couple of matches, with the varsity boys taking both recent showings and the girls team falling short during both events. Medical Lake boys team beat Riverside 3–2 on March 28. In the first singles match brackets, Cardinal Josh Burt fell to the Rams Dylan Nortz 6-7 (6-8), 1-6. Ryen Gibby won the other singles match over Gavan Dunagan 6-0, 6-2. Doubles Tristan Francis and Isaac Barr of Medical Lake topped And...
CHENEY – Parents and children gathered at the Crunk's Sports Complex in Cheney on Wednesday, March 30, to watch the spring season's first unified sports soccer game. The unified sports program allows students with intellectual disabilities to participate in team sports and discover how sports can enrich their daily lives. The program is an extension of the Special Olympics. "We have to give kudos to our parents, our athletes, admin, high and low, and last but not least, my c...
Cheney/Eastern Police Records March 28 Travis R. Youngs, 32-year-old male, was arrested for second degree assault/domestic violence on the 700 block of West First Street. Vehicle tires slashed on the 800 block of West First Street. A 1994 Toyota Camry was stolen on the 900 block of Elm Street and recovered by Spokane Police Department (SPD) on April 3. March 29 A 1972 Deville Products 17 foot trailer was abandoned on the 3000 block of Normal Park Road. A 2008 Subaru Outback was stolen from the 1000 block of Betz Road and loca...
