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Sometime overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, April 13 –14, a fire destroyed at least one vehicle and damaged several others - possibly beyond repair - in Medical Lake's maintenance shop. Scott Duncan, the city's maintenance supervisor, said when he arrived at 8 a.m. Thursday morning, something didn't seem right in the office portion of the shop on State Route 902/Lefevre Street. There was a slight burning smell to the air, and other evidence raising questions. "I n...
Whatever it was that led Karla Durangonzales to look down and to her left caused her a lot of pain and misery - and likely spared her life. The 30-year-old Cheney resident was driving north on Second Street around 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning, April 9, when her car, a 1995 Honda Civic, drifted to the right and slammed head-on into a load of iron pipes loaded on a flatbed trailer hooked to a 2005 GMC pickup parked behind Mitchell's Harvest Foods. The pipes encased the car's cab,...
Imagine a place where you can meet characters like Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz," Smokey the Bear and Eastern Washington University mascot Swoop while acquiring new books at the same time. Students and their parents experienced that at Snowdon Elementary School's "Camp Read-a-Lot" literacy night, April 14, presented by the school's Curriculum Night Committee. Once students received their stamp card and bag containing two books, they went around to several rooms that housed...
It's wasn't the best of ways to get introduced to Cheney, but Doug Nixon got through it, found prosperity and a place to call home. He arrived Jan. 4, 1999, and took up temporary residence at the Willow Springs Motel. Nixon's welcome came in the form of being locked out of his Firebird while it warmed up. Nixon was heading to his original office at 211 First St. "I had to get the Cheney Police to come and open it up," he said. Nixon was told that the CPD did not do lockouts,...
Elementary schools from Cheney and Medical Lake competed in the fourth-grade Math is Cool competition, April 15, at Whitworth University in Spokane. The competition began with a 15-minute round of mental math where each student was asked eight questions. The next round consisted of a 40-question individual test, followed by two team tests - one multiple choice and one fill in the blanks - and relays. After dinner teams competed in three rounds of College Bowl with 10...
Volunteers fanned out around Cheney and manned specific drop-off points last Saturday as part of the city's ninth annual community clean up day, Clean Sweep. Left, Quintin Woodcock, Emily Gainer and Quentin Gainer (left to right) show off some of the junk they found at the former location of Meyers mobile home park. Above, employees at Cheney Federal Credit Union helped residents dropping off personal papers to be shredded by the Northwest Vital Records truck. According to a...
StageWest Community Theatre proudly presents: “Getting Sara Married” by Sam Bobrick and directed by Chris Booth. This is the final production of StageWest’s 2015-2016 season. ”Getting Sara Married” is a comedy about an unmarried lawyer, Sara, and her meddling Aunt Martha who takes Sara’s marriage matters into her own hands. There’s also a prospective suitor, Brandon, a very special delivery man, Noogie, and a very angry girlfriend, Heather. Who cares that Brandon is engaged to Heather, that Sara is too busy for a boyfriend a...
As a former educator who has authored grant proposals seeking funding for after school programs, an important component has been the statewide comparison of county unemployment rates. Having tracked those statistics for Washington since 2004, when Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers was first elected to office, the numbers speak for themselves. Ferry, Pend Oreille and her home, Stevens, counties had the state’s three highest February 2016 county unemployment rates, following a general trend throughout the last decade. And although S...
Living in Medical Lake has been a blessing for us and all those that want a small town with a caring atmosphere. This was so true this past Friday when I had an accident outside the Medical Lake Library. Having fallen, people came running outside the library. Elisabeth Moseley was the first person to help and she took charge. Behind Elisabeth were Marilyn Baugh, Mary Seagraves and Carolyn Wolfe. All were there to help and they did. Being flat on my face, bleeding and needing help, an EMT who was getting books for herself, on...
On April 12, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers released a statement on equal pay. The following quote is the conclusion of the press release: “This can only happen through a national conversation about how we can level the playing field, so women — and everyone — have every opportunity to succeed in the workforce regardless of their background or walk of life.” I disagree. This can happen only when our representative votes for equal pay; conversations with Cathy are ineffective. At a “Conversation with Cathy” event in September 2...
“Trust is hard to come by. That’s why my circle is small and tight. I’m kind of funny about making new friends.” – Eminem. “Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks.” – Isaac Watts As a child, I was relatively outgoing and energetic, often playing in the dirt on the playground all by myself, perfectly content. I didn’t mind friendship, but I was perfectly OK on my own. I was that one little girl always running around and “whooping” like a wild animal. The other girls wanted to play princesses, and I wante...
There are many questions to be answered and factors to be considered when it comes to voting for a proposed 2/10ths of 1 percent sales tax increase to help fund Spokane Transit Authority projects and operations. For starters, if one does some simple math, STA serves just 5 percent of the county’s population. Why should the other 95 percent subsidize mass transit usage by a small number of people? One answer might be that if there was an efficient, well-funded transit system in place, more people might use it, thereby t...
CHENEY April 11 Jeffrey J. Amo, 37, was arrested for third-degree theft/shoplifting on the 100 block of West First Street. Harassment was reported to the Police Department. An individual was receiving text messages and phone calls. A missing person was reported on the 1300 block of Pine View Street. The individual returned home. Taking a motor vehicle without the owner’s permission was reported on the 500 block of Third Street. Vehicle was recovered in Airway Heights. April 12 Harassment — road rage incident — was repor...
The first location of a Speedco truck lube and tire changing facility in the state of Washington is moving closer to its opening at the State Route 902 exit along Interstate 90. Signs promoting hiring have been in place for several weeks and the company is looking to fill a variety of positions, manager Craig Barr said. "We're looking to fill all positions from the tech (crew) all the way up to store managers." "We take possession of the building June 6," Barr said, adding...
In a news release, Cheney Public Schools announced that Andrea Staton will be the district’s new assistant director of Student Support Services beginning in July. Staton will replace Debra Morris, who is retiring after serving the district for 34 years, which included her role as the assistant director of Student Support Services for the past two years. Staton earned her bachelor’s degree at Eastern Washington University, and her master’s degree at University of Washington. During her 13-year teaching career, she worke...
Students from Cheney and Medical Lake High Schools were among the many graduating seniors honored at the 24th annual Spokane Scholars Banquet, April 18, at the Spokane Convention Center. The event featured speaker, Robert Herschkowitz, a holocaust survivor from the Seattle Holocaust Center for Humanity. Medical Lake’s Jeremy Ryan and Cheney’s Shogo Starr were selected as two of the top four students in the mathematics category and received special grants. Ryan received a $4,000 grant and Starr was awarded a $1,000 grant. Stu...
Eastern Washington University is holding its Research and Creative Works Symposium Week May 16-19, with different events for staff, students and community members to attend. The symposium started 19 years ago as a two-day event where students from different disciplines presented various research projects, using a variety of mediums such as art, posters and oral presentations. Last April, EWU held the 29th annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research which brought thousands of students from 700 colleges to the Cheney...
Once again the Fisher Building has a potential buyer. At its April 13 meeting, the Cheney School Board voted to hold a public hearing at its May 11 meeting at 7:05 p.m. at Snowdon Elementary School regarding the potential sale of the Fisher Building with Director Mitch Swenson abstaining. The public hearing will take place after the district's employee recognition night. Prior to the vote, Kassidy Probert, executive director of finance, announced that Eastmark Capital Group ma...
The Cheney School Board is asking the community to help select the school district’s next superintendent by inviting the public to open community forums with each of the finalists on May 9, 10 and 12 at Cheney High School in the Little Theatre from 5-6 p.m. Community members who attend the meeting will be given 3X5 cards to submit their questions on. School Board president Henry Browne will share those questions with the candidate on stage. The district will also provide participants with input forms to fill out, which the b...
Cheney establishes irrigation schedule, effective immediately While this winter and spring have been wetter than the past two years, the Cheney Public Works Department is asking residents and businesses to follow a just released schedule for outdoor watering practices. The schedule is effective immediately in order to maximize potable water pumping efficiency and maintain safe reservoir levels. Residential customers with odd-numbered addresses should water Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday from 5 – 10 a.m. and 7 – 11 p.m. Res... Full story
Medical Lake fire and emergency crews were busy in the early morning hours of April 15. Prior to discovering fire had consumed the inside of the city's maintenance shop, the Fire Department responded to a house fire at 703 E. Barker Road. Fire Chief Jason Mayfield said the call came in at 1:45 a.m. Two trucks from Medical Lake and a crew from Airway Heights responded and managed to contain the fire to the interior of the structure. The occupant of the house escaped with one...
The Airway Heights City Council approved the second reading of ordinances regarding the proposed recreation center and an admissions tax at its April 18 meeting. The main change in the recreation center ordinance, which if passed would put a proposed property tax increase on the Aug. 2 ballot, was in the size of the general obligation bonds the tax would pay for in order to fund construction of the center on 70 acres in the city’s north end. That amount increased from $10 million to $13 million. The admissions tax ordinance a...
Chickens, and other forms of poultry, may be coming to roost in Airway Heights. A change to the city’s “Livestock, Poultry and Exotic Animals” code chapter got a review at the April 13 Planning Commission meeting, although the commission itself has little to do with the revised zoning regulations’ passage. Development Services Director Derrick Braaten told the three commissioners present the changes fell under the review of the Police Department, but was being brought to the commission’s attention due to the impacts a...
Michael Anderson Elementary physical education teacher Sandy Zimmerman was having dinner with her family and Teresa Raby when her son answered the phone. “Teresa was telling him, ‘let mom answer it,’ which I thought was kind of funny,” Zimmerman said. The phone call was from NBC, who let Zimmerman know she was chosen to compete on the eighth season of “American Ninja Warrior.” “American Ninja Warrior” is a popular sports entertainment TV show where athletes attempt to complete four stages of obstacle courses, each one increa...
Livestock instructor Mike Brown demonstrates his calf wrestling technique as part of instruction to area 4-H students on how to control and lead livestock at a showing and fitting clinic held last Saturday at the Jensen Youth Ranch facility on Ritchey Road. Brown and other instructors provided youth ages 8 – 18 insights into aspects of showing beef, swine, goats and sheep at livestock shows, such as the upcoming Junior Livestock Show May 4 – 6 at the Spokane Interstate Fai...
