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Medstar's Eurocopter EC-135 proved to be a popular attraction at the Cheney Fire Department's open house Saturday, May 14....
The search for Cheney School District's next superintendent is over. At a special May 14 meeting, the Cheney School Board announced that Rob Roettger (pronounced red-ker), current superintendent of Lind and Ritzville Cooperative Schools, would be the district's new superintendent starting in July. He will take over for the departing Dr. Deb Clemens, who has served as Cheney's superintendent since 2013. Clemens will be the new superintendent of the North Thurston School...
During the 2016 Airports Council International North America Business of Airports Conference Awards Banquet held in April in Orlando, Fla., Dave Armstrong the director of finance at Spokane International Airport, was named the 2016 Small Hub Airport Finance Professional of the Year. Armstrong was nominated for the award by his peers from throughout the airport industry, citing his knowledge of financial management, leadership, strategic thinking and his contribution to the...
Seventy-five years ago in 1941, Lloyd Holladay held a grand reopening of the Cheney Motor Company along with a Texaco super-station at the corner of First and G streets, where Chase Bank is located today. Learn more about our area's history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
1 Years Ago May 25, 2006 There was concern in Medical Lake following the recent closure of four businesses, including, Inch by Inch Women’s store, Pizza Factory, the Wooden Spoon Café and the Medical Lake Emporium. The deadline to move the historic Sterling-Moorman House, or see it face possible demolition, was fast approaching. Funding to move the home was still lagging. Cheney High School alum Steve Emtman was one of 15 former players and coaches selected for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2...
Thank you to everyone who purchased items at the Cheney Friends of the Library book sale during Mayfest. Also special thanks to members and parents of West Plains Kidz and Chickz 4-H for providing essential help setting up and taking down the sale. All funds raised by the sale are used to purchase materials and support programs at the Cheney Library. We also appreciate your donations of books and electronic media; donations can be made at the library whenever it is open. Jeri Morgan Cheney Friends of the L...
I am a voter from the 5th Congressional District of Washington (Spokane County) who has been totally disgusted with Congress. The Republican and Democratic representatives who are pulling in six-figure salaries with lots of benefits (taxpayer dollars) are doing nothing except maintaining a gridlock. Many representatives owe their allegiance to special interest groups and big money corporations rather than the hardworking people of Eastern Washington. When I heard a TV ad about Dave Wilson who is running as an Independent for...
I am from Tekoa, Washington (population 843). We are your neighbors to the south. Though we are a small farming community on the Washington-Idaho border we are connected to many bigger cities by the John Wayne Pioneer Trail. If you were to leave your house this summer and get on a bike, horse, or sturdy hiking boots, you could cross almost the entire state on a path with no cars and end up in our town. The trail is 285 miles long, a 100-foot wide ribbon of beauty extending through lush forests, dramatic scablands and the...
In the Associated Press’ May 8 story “Nursing homes turn to eviction to drop difficult patients,” readers learn that nursing homes in different parts of the country are — as the article put it — “increasingly evicting their most challenging residents.” Advocacy groups say many of the residents who are targeted for eviction are those who pay with Medicaid and are difficult to take care for, including some who are suffering from dementia in favor of short-term rehabilitation patients and those who pay privately. In the AP sto...
I came across a couple of reports that had to do with automobile accidents and marijuana use. According to data from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, “the percentage of drivers in fatal crashes who recently used marijuana more than doubled between 2013 and 2014 in Washington state” and “one in six drivers involved in fatal crashes in the state recently used marijuana in 2014.” I have nothing against marijuana. I don’t smoke it, but I have friends who use it for recreational and medicinal purposes. When it comes to...
Sophomores 4.0 — Anna V. Arensmeyer, Marlyse S. Assonken, Joshua E. Browne, Megumi O. Call, Melissa M. Daniels, Aaron B. Fillmore, Am’mi S. Hanna, Anya C. Howko-Johnson, Evarosa T. Perry, Elizabeth J. Potter, Patrick D. Purviance, Benjamin H. Rose, Avery E. Towey and Bradley W. Zarecor. 3.99-3.5 — Marwah Al Taie, Ashley Barthels, Daniel N. Borisyuk, Lucile Boston, Alexandra C. Brown, Maiya A. Cabarloc, Luis M. Campos, Taya L. Compton, Addisen C. Critchlow, Logan S. Davis, McKenzie L. Devlin, Brette M. Draper, Matthew J. Du...
Sophomore Justyce Cogswell was one of many students who donated blood at the Medical Lake High School's annual blood drive, May 11....
Hallett Elementary School announced its award winners for April. April’s PACE trait is trustworthiness. PACE (Trustworthiness) — Hannah Jenkins, Cole Carter, Grayson Wolfe, Kaison Rudy, Alison Brogan, Isabella Nolan, Dylan Schwartz, Jess Harrison, Jayden Spearman, Hailey Scott, Connor Preeo, Avery Hammac, Alyson Gardner, Brooklyn Gerry, Lily Killian, Allison McClure, Jessa Gonzalez, Kalista Watson, Gavin Chaffee, Vanessa Goodman and Parker Acord. Can —Daman Dolhay, Jaxon Avery, Kenalie Brogan, Maureena Were, Bjorn Jorge...
The four squadrons comprised of Eastern Washington University ROTC cadets arrived at the mock village. Some cadets secured the perimeter while others engaged the village's elder to gather information and gave food to the villagers. Then gunfire from the South Atropia People's Army - also known as SAPA - rained down on the village. Cadets, along with the village's police force, engaged SAPA. Both sides used real weapons but blank ammunition. This was one of two scenarios in...
The West Plains Chamber of Commerce’s golf event is getting a bit of an early 15th birthday present: a new moniker. The 2016 edition of the annual event will now be called the West Plains Masters. The golf scramble, happening Sept. 16 at the Fairways Golf Course, will feature even more changes to raising money. “This event needs to be something special …something that will stick in the minds of people,” Steve Emtman, Chamber Golf committee chair said. “We have done a good job at having a golf scramble for the past 15 years,...
The Fisher Building, formerly the Cheney School District administration building, has been sold for the fourth time in two years. At its May 11 meeting, the Cheney School Board approved a proposed sale agreement with Eastmark Capital Group LLC., a development company based in Seattle, to sell the building for $750,000, with Director Mitch Swenson abstaining. The sale includes a 75-day feasibility period with an option for a 45-day extension at a cost of $12,500, which is half of the earnest money. Previous buyers of the...
Community members, friends and family came to honor Cheney School District teachers, staff and retirees at the annual Employee Recognition Night, held on May 11 at Snowdon Elementary School. Winners of the "You Raise Me Up Award" were Cheney High School mathematics teacher Julie Esquibel, Westwood Middle School seventh-grade teacher Lori Hays and Snowdon Elementary School fourth-grade teacher Eileen Ayersman. Winners of the "Annette Grainer Team Collaboration Award" were the...
Less than a year since the silos began to rise on the horizon at Highline Grain's Four Lakes terminal, the newest activity is product actually being moved. "It's going very well," Keith Bailey, general manager and CEO of Ag Ventures, and the operations officer for Highline Grain, said. For a start-up things have gone surprisingly well with just minor tune-ups and final punch-list items currently being worked on. "Once we got started we found things that needed to be...
Airway Heights Mayor Kevin Richey (right) presented awards and gifts of appreciation to several individuals involved in the local Wounded Warriors Project. Airway Heights Yoke's Fresh Market worked with former police officer and craftsman William Bresnahan (next to Richey) to sell furniture items manufactured by Bresnahan and three other veterans and craftsman. Bresnhan donated 51 percent of the net profits, $3,200, to the Wounded Warrior Project. Recognized at the May 16...
Airway Heights holds Wellness and Safety Fair The city of Airway Heights in partnership with Spokane Regional Health District’s Community and Family services is holding a Wellness and Safety Fair this Saturday, May 21. Heather Wallace, Health District health specialist, said 25 organizations have confirmed they will have booths at the fair, which takes place at the east end of Sunset Park. Representatives from Rockwood Clinics, Airway Heights Parks and Recreation Department, Avista, Spokane County Library District, WIC and EC...
Lack of a quorum led to cancellation of the May 11 Airway Heights Planning Commission meeting, but it likely won’t lead to delays in a project commission members would have discussed. A public hearing had been scheduled for review and comment on a 75-unit multifamily housing project called Galena Apartments. However the only commissioners in attendance were Nicholas Messing and incoming commissioner Sean Fell, forcing Development Services Director Derrick Braaten to cancel the meeting at 6:20 p.m. The Galena project site, p...
An increase in the price of consultant work for an upcoming road project created questions at the Airway Heights City Council’s May 16 meeting. The city hired Century West Engineering to perform design work on its McFarlane Road Arterial Preservation project, which was also awarded at Monday’s meeting to Shamrock Paving. Airway Heights had already approved an earlier amount for Century West at its Feb. 1 meeting. A Transportation Improvement Board construction supplemental agreement form was submitted to the council at Mon...
The Cheney City Council approved a Police Department request to lease three new patrol vehicles as one of 16 agenda items at a busy council meeting May 10. The agreement with First Capital Leasing Equipment Corporation will allow the department to lease three fully equipped, 2017 all-wheel-drive Ford Police Interceptors for four years at $44,918.69 per year. Police Chief John Hensley said the agreement is similar to one enacted four years ago, with the only difference being the 2017 Interceptors will have new computers that...
Members of Eastern Washington University's basketball band "Code Red" take part in some human foosball action at Roos Field last Saturday. The game and other activities were part of Numerica Credit Union's member recognition celebration "Community + Numerica = Love." It was one of many events happening in Cheney....
Residents of the West Plains might want to adopt a sometimes used phrase to describe the philosophy of the Washington state Department of Transportation when it comes to driving around this summer — expect delays. A number of road projects are on tap for the area, beginning in Cheney, which has four scheduled. The City Council awarded a $59,358 contract to Five Star Concrete at its May 10 meeting for removal and replacement of approximately 7,400 square feet of sidewalk along First Street between Betz and Mullinix roads. C...
