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Officers of the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service (SCRAPS) raided a Medical Lake-area home on the 21000 block of West Bowie Road April 26 and discovered a suspected puppy mill containing dozens of dogs and several cats. According to a news release, authorities seized 43 dogs ranging in age from puppies to adults and including pregnant and nursing females. In addition, three cats were also brought in as well. According to Ashley Proszek, SCRAPS field operations...
On this day 125 years ago in 1893, a stock market crash set off a financial panic and recession that impacted this area with falling wheat prices and stalled economic growth. The recession lasted for three years. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
The last three performances for "Seeds of Change" by Craig Rickett and produced by StageWest Community Theatre are this weekend. Friday night's performance is at 7 p.m. and Sunday's matinee is at 3 p.m. A special dinner theatre show is Saturday, May 5, at 6 p.m., and is by reservation only. Reservations are limited and are almost full. Reservations must be made and paid for by Friday May 4. Regular performance ticket prices are adults $12, seniors $10 and students with valid...
Joyce Sumsion Hooker, 84, passed away on March 25, 2018. She was surrounded by her family and friends who returned her to her Heavenly Father with much love. Joyce was born on Aug. 22, 1933 in Chester, Utah to Alma Byrd and Evah Justesen Sumsion. Her family moved to Moscow, Idaho, where she and her two sisters, Cheral (Lindahl) and Aleene (LeBaron), grew up on a dairy farm. The family later moved to Cheney. Joyce lived in Cheney and attended high school. Joyce attended and... Full story
Cheney Community Church Today, May 3, is the National Day of Prayer. #PRAY4UNITY. Cheney Community Church is hosting a prayer gathering at 6:30 p.m. at the church, 1307 Third St. The community is welcome and encouraged to attend. The National Day of Prayer mobilizes unified public prayer for America. This year’s theme is unity taken from the Bible verse Ephesians 4:3 “Making every effort to keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace.” The prayer time will focus on the seven centers of influence in America; gover...
EWU/Cheney SCOPE (Sheriff’s Community Oriented Policing Effort) booth will be at Mayfest downtown on Saturday, May 12. Buy your raffle tickets for a child’s new Huffy bicycle. Tickets are $1 each and will be used to benefit our bike rodeo, fingerprinting program and bicycle helmets that we donate throughout the year. The bike rodeo and fingerprinting will be at Spokane County Fire District 3’s headquarters on Presley Drive in Cheney on May 12. The rodeo starts at 10 a.m....
1 Years Ago May 1, 2008 The first week of fishing season took place at West Medical Lake, drawing early morning anglers. State Department of Fish and Wildlife reported slightly lower catch rates for the opener. The city of Spokane planned to construct a 36-inch water transmission main at Craig Road and State Highway 902. This was to provide water to service areas as far as Fairchild Air Force Base's east gate, with requests from city officials of both Medical Lake and Four...
Give mom a gift that provides beauty all season long with minimal care. A basket, container or garden bed filled with these award-winning annuals is sure to generate a smile and enjoyment all summer long. If mom likes to garden, provide her with a few seeds, potting mix and a container. Include a few new varieties of traditional favorites. Marigold Super Hero Spry is a compact French marigold with two-inch dark maroon and golden yellow flowers. The striking bicolor blooms top...
I read an article in a liberal publication the other day. Although I lean to the right, I try to listen to arguments left of the middle. That is only fair. In this particular article, the author bemoaned the fact that his poor brother-in-law was being victimized by his rich neighbor. The brother-in-law didn’t go to college and had few marketable skills, so he had spent much of his life dependent on public assistance and can barely afford gas for his old Chevy. When he found work, it was usually part time, minimum wage and n...
It is important to know the bills and votes of senators and representatives in Congress. This information is valuable to understand, as much of it is not reported in the regular articles of most papers or over TV or radio. What surprised me recently was our representative for the 5th District, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, voted to oppose a bill for a floor debate that would protect Social Security and Medicare from cuts to balance the budget in a constitutional amendment. In other words, her vote was to allow Social Security...
Few can argue the point these days that the overall atmosphere of this country is volatile. Thin skin abounds and there seems to rarely be time for deep thinking and thorough study of a topic. And heaven forbid trying to find that the truth DOES usually lie in the middle, rather than gobbling up what is spoon fed to us in whatever medium we receive our news and information. I’ve coined the term “skews” which I think adequately covers it on both sides of the ideological aisle...
The late great philosopher Yogi Berra once proclaimed: “The future ain’t what it used to be.” It sure ain’t! Lots has changed over the last 60 years since Yogi was the catcher for the legendary New York Yankees. Hopefully, in the years ahead, we will experience a return of respect for one another and our way of life which has been a beacon of hope for the rest of the world. Today, there is too little civility and the public discourse consists of subtle and not-so-...
This Eastern Washington University football fan brought along a friend to the Eagles' annual Red-White game at Roos Field last Saturday. The dog seemed to sense that there was a defensive struggle going on down on the field where Team White used a pair of interceptions to preserve a 17-0 victory over Team Red....
Four state corrections employees working in Spokane County have received Annual Agency Awards from the Washington State Department of Corrections. They were honored at a ceremony Friday, April 20, in Tumwater. In an April 20 news release, the DOC said that the awards recognize employees’ commitment to the department’s mission of improving public safety. Each year, staff members are nominated for the awards by their colleagues. A total of 74 DOC employees across the state received agency awards out of a pool of 1,073 nom...
The Horton-Strength Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3386 in Airway Heights came up with an idea to help involve kids in the arts that would also decorate their building at 1307 Loffler St. The organization sent out a letter to surrounding schools that invited students to create murals to display outside their building. The murals had to be done on 4x8-foot sheets of plywood and could be constructed in either portrait or landscape orientation. The only other requirement was that...
Mazzaferro joins staff in Medical Lake The Natural Health Center & Regenerative Medicine, located in Medical Lake, has announced the addition of Dr. Adam Mazzaferro as the newest member of its team of specialists. According to an April 17 news release, Mazzaferro has already begun seeing patients. Mazzaferro is a recent graduate of the University of Western States where he obtained his doctor of chiropractic while simultaneously completing a masters of science in sports medicine. He is an ardent advocate of Veterans healthcar...
Business programs within Eastern Washington University’s College of Business and Public Administration (CBPA) have earned extended accreditation from the highly respected AACSB International (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). There are more than 16,000 colleges and schools of business around the world and only 5 percent are accredited by AACSB. “Achieving AACSB accreditation is synonymous with ‘the highest standards of excellence’ in programs that we offer our students,” Ahmad Tootoonchi, dean of the CB...
By GRACE POHL Staff Intern The Northern Quest Resort & Casino is expanding their horizons with food court options, including Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, Thomas Hammer Coffee Roasters and Qdoba Mexican Eats. About $1.5 million is going towards the expansion as part of a larger $20 million project and is scheduled to open at the end of June. “We’re excited to partner with several amazing local owners on these new dining options at Northern Quest,” Brandon Haugen, general manager of Kalispel Development Company, said in a news re...
For a truck that's a quarter-century old, Medical Lake's wildland fire fighting rig looks pretty dang good, in vehicle-years. And that might have residents wondering why Fire Chief Jason Mayfield is seeking to surplus the vehicle. Simply put it's primarily a matter of safety. The 1993 Chevrolet operates with the use of one of those ancient devices known as a clutch in order to help shift gears. Today's younger firefighters drive gas-conscious smaller cars with automatic...
Cheney Middle School seventh-graders got a chance to learn a little hands-on ecology on April 27 during an outdoor education field trip to some private property located on Curtis Road outside Cheney. The students planted trees to help restore the ecosystem around the area last fall. This time they studied pond ecology in small groups with students and instructors from Eastern Washington University as well as officials from Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge....
The Medical Lake School Board took its show on the road once again April 25, playing to a sizeable audience of parents and staff at the middle school. Attendees were given a demonstration of a new program at the school known as Safe School Ambassadors. School principal Sylvia Campbell helped coordinate the introduction of a variety of demonstration skits by members of the student-peer group who seek to “Break the code of silence,” when it comes to issues pertaining to stu...
Cheney High School freshman Johnathen Jacobsen wasn't even going to enter his award-winning ceramic piece titled "Sun" in the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction's annual Superintendent's High School Art Show. That distinction fell to another piece, until a fellow art class student accidentally tripped over the spinning wheel Jacobsen was using to work on the piece, causing it to fall and shatter. "He just went silent," high school art teacher Rebecca Demp...
The Cheney City Council unanimously agreed at their April 24 meeting to ask voters to approve an extension of the city’s emergency medical services levy with a ballot measure on Aug. 7. The current levy is in its sixth and final year, set to expire at the end of 2018. The current levy amount is 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value, and Fire Chief Tom Jenkins stressed to the council that what is being asked from residents is an extension of that rate, not an increase. Jenkins said the EMS levy is used solely for f...
Cadets in Eastern Washington University's ROTC program await the landing of an Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter at the parking lot above Roos Field last Thursday. The Chinook ferried about 60 cadets in two trips to their annual field training exercise Thursday - Saturday near Seven Mile northwest of Spokane....
The expansion and renovation work at Cheney High School has hit a snag over the height of a portion of the proposed 500-seat auditorium sometimes referred to as a "fly box." A fly box is part of a theater's backstage that is taller than the rest of the auditorium in order to accommodate the scenery and lighting rigging and scaffolding. In Cheney's case, the fly box designed by district architect ALSC is 54 feet - 18 feet higher than the code allows for the school's location...
