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In a discussion sure to continue at future meetings, Cheney’s Planning Commission received an overview of public safety issues at its May 13 arising from an increasing population due to development south of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific railroad tracks. In an email presented to the commission, Police Chief John Hensley said the department responded to 1,714 calls for service in 2018 generated by the 625 residents who live in developments on that side of the tracks at The Grove and Terra Vista apartment co...
Medical Lake High School’s Jaxyn Farmen’s final Memorial Day weekend as a Cardinal proved to be a good one. The senior hopped, skipped and jumped further than she had ever previously done to capture the 1A state triple jump title last Saturday at the 1B/2B/1A meet at Eastern Washington University in Cheney. Farmen not only set a new personal record of 37 feet, 4 inches, but also set the event’s highest mark for the season in girls’ competition — going an inch and a quarter f...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school, club or facility websites to confirm.) College Track Wednesday-Saturday, June 5-8, EWU at NCAA D1 Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Austin, Texas, 8 p.m. Baseball American Legion AAA Friday, May 31, Canons vs. Coeur d’Alene, Medical Lake Field, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, June 1, Northside Clash Tournament: Canons vs. Expos 18U, Medical Lake Field, 9:30 a.m., Canons vs. Walla Walla, Medical Lake Field, 5 p.m. Sunday, June 2, Canons vs. North Side Clash Tournament Placing G...
It started from nothing, really. Just an idea hatched by a couple of motivated wrestling enthusiasts that, with a handful of local kids, they might start a kids’ folkstyle wrestling club. Flash forward 36 years later, and the Washington Little Guy Wrestling League — all 97 teams and 4,377 kids from three states — held its season-ending tournament on the expansive, 32,000 square foot floor of the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. “It’s just an amazing thing that’s happened,...
Seventy-five years ago during World War II, Larry Montague of the U.S. Navy took second place in the war bond and stamp drive “Pin-Up Man” contest at Eastern Washington College, with sales of $1,229.35. First place went to Sprague native, Marine Lt. Ray Miller with $1,301.95. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
Cheney Congregational Church Sunday morning worship service starts at 10 a.m. in the church sanctuary at 423 N. 6th St. Rev. Dr. David Krueger-Duncan will deliver the sermon. June 2 will be his last day at Cheney Congregational Church as pastor since he is retiring to Arizona. Everyone is welcome to join us in the fellowship hall following the service for coffee and refreshments and the opportunity to say farewell to the pastor. The next men’s breakfast will be Sunday, June 9 at 7:45 a.m. at the Marketplace Bakery and Eatery...
Medical Lake’s Care-N-Share raffle tickets on sale Medical Lake’s Care and Share thrift store is holding a raffle to benefit the Medical Lake Food Bank. The $1 tickets are on sale now at Denny’s Harvest Foods. Prizes include a deluxe BBQ grill with gas tank, a park bench, gift baskets and gift certificates. A drawing will be held on Founder’s Day, June 15, at 2 p.m. at Care & Share, 211 N Lefevre St. Participants do not have to be present to win. CHS and Three Springs baccalaureate June 4 Baccalaureate for Cheney High Sc... Full story
Like many retired military service members of his particular vintage, Jerry Herker served a tour in Vietnam during the war. But unlike many others, his experience didn’t result in so much emotional baggage as it did perspective. “It changes your whole attitude toward life,” Herker said during an interview in his modest split-level Medical Lake home he and his wife, Patti, have lived in for some 40 years. Herker spent most of his 27-year Air Force career working on aircr...
The phrase “The God Squad” brings to mind visions of early crusaders or the television show from the early 2000s, not a crew of teenagers in matching pastel shirts and too-big gardening gloves. But that’s exactly what it is: a youth group community service project turned autonomous organization that helps Airway Heights residents in need with landscaping, trash removal and city code violations. At the heart of the squad is local artist and former pastor Chris Bovey, who start...
It’s rare to hear business magazines admit the power of nonviolent action. As the editor of Nonviolence News, a service that collects and shares 30-50-plus stories of nonviolence in action each week, I often see business journals minimizing the effect of activism. Usually, industry tries to conceal the impact nonviolent action has on their bottom line by chalking it up to market pressures — as with the case of Shell’s Arctic drilling rig. Business magazines credited falling fossil fuel prices with the decision to withd...
I didn’t know much about volunteering growing up. As far as I was concerned, the only volunteers that existed were the ones I saw on television handing out food at homeless shelter soup kitchens or on the news passing out water at local fun runs. As I got older, the face of volunteering underwent a drastic change. I came to realize my parents had done a certain amount of it themselves at my schools or by offering their specialized skills to people for free. My grandparents were devoted givers of their time, committing t...
Hallett Elementary School announced its Partners Advancing Character Education (PACE), and other awards for the month of February. This months character trait: trustworthiness. PACE Diligence awards Kindergarten Cody Jones Alice Nolan Kayson Chappell Travis Aiken First Grade Jordan Buck Laylah Witherrite Aiden Young Sebastian Michel Second Grade Jonas Figueroa Marie Rauscher Sage Anderson Ryah Normandin Third Grade Joscelyn Haines Peyton Banks Myah Southwick Dylan Stoltz Fourth Grade Blake Day Camryn Halme Daniel Long Fifth...
By SHANNEN TALBOT Staff Reporter Several Cheney and Medical Lake students were honored on May 23 in the annual PACE Awards at Eastern Washington University's Hargreaves Hall. PACE, or Partners Advancing Character Education, is a grassroots initiative meant to promote good character through partnership with schools and other agencies. The organization works from a common list of monthly character traits like integrity, honesty and citizenship. PACE expanded to the West Plains...
2-year-old James Christensen grins back at his friends as he holds a tarantula at Sunset Elementary’s Science Night. The evening featured an indoor planetarium from Mobius Science Center, scientific arts and craft, interesting insects and arachnids to look at and tasty hot dogs for students and their families....
By SHANNEN TALBOT Staff Reporter Several Cheney and Medical Lake students were honored on May 23 in the annual PACE Awards at Eastern Washington University’s Hargreaves Hall. PACE, or Partners Advancing Character Education, is a grassroots initiative meant to promote good character through partnership with schools and other agencies. The organization works from a common list of monthly character traits like integrity, honesty and citizenship. PACE expanded to the West Plains in 2013 and educators from local school d...
West Plains and Spokane County residents took part in Memorial Day observances in numerous ways on Monday....
Local, state and federal elected officials and dignitaries ceremoniously break ground on the two-year, $14.3 million Geiger Boulevard project scheduled to begin next week. Officials touted the cooperation between organizations and agencies as crucial to the project, and to many others in the future....
Proper watering is key to gardening success, but untangling and dragging heavy hoses across the yard, smashing delicate flowers and young vegetable plants along the way is a common occurrence in many yards. If this describes your escapades when watering garden beds and planters, it may be time to look for some time-saving solutions that reduce the hassle of hand watering. Protect edging plants, especially those at the corner of the bed with hose guides. You can make your own from colorful wine bottles inverted over a section...
The first day of summer might not technically be until June 21, but the Spokane Tribe Casino in Airway Heights is welcoming it just a little earlier with a backyard event series and monthly events planned for June, July, August and September. The Backyard Event Series will feature weekly activities like outdoor movie nights and barbecue. Once a month, the casino will host “Party on the Patio,” co-sponsored by the Inlander. The series kicks off on June 1 with “Spring Fling,” a family-friendly afternoon of free activities inclu...
The Kalispel Tribe of Indians and Northern Quest Resort & Casino has announced a new partnership that will bring a Topgolf Swing Suite to the West Plains. Scheduled to open to the public in July, the Topgolf Swing Suite will be located inside the EPIC sports bar, featuring two simulator bays in the space that is currently Coach Fitz’s Clubhouse. Each simulator bay will allow guests to experience not only the Topgolf target game, but a variety of other virtual games, including Zombie Dodgeball, Hockey Shots, the Baseball P...
Jenny Graham, 6th District state representative, listens as Cheney water reclamation plant operator Dan Ferguson explains how the facilities supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system allows operators to monitor and control its functions remotely during a tour on May 15. Graham, along with fellow 6th District Rep. Mike Volz and state Sen. Jeff Holy, played a part in securing $2 million in state funding to upgrade Cheney’s plant to a full water reclamation f...
Veterans salute as the colors are presented and the National Anthem sung during Monday’s Memorial Day ceremonies at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake....
As Spokane residents immerse themselves in warmer weather, many are spending more time outdoors and in their yards, exposing them to spring and summer pests and prompting phone calls to Spokane Regional Health District(SRHD). This presents SRHD with the perfect opportunity to remind individuals about its “Bring It, Summer Pests!” prevention campaign. Aimed at reducing the activity of spring and summer pests, the campaign’s variety of colorful backyard illustrations show simple measures people can take outside their homes...
Last year, the Spokane Regional Health District piloted a “time bank” in a few select Airway Heights neighborhoods. The idea was simple and hearkened back to the 1980s — the online time bank would be an organized way for people to trade their skills based on units of time; for example, trading lawn mowing for cooking classes. Now, the district is preparing to open the doors to the entire West Plains community, said Program Specialist Heather Wallace. “There are a lot of people whose skills are not valued by the economy...
The Medical Lake City Council approved two fireworks applications and received an update on events surrounding next month’s Founders Day celebration that includes a visit by The Moving Wall, a half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. The June 15 Founders Day parade will be a big one, reported Re*Imagine Medical Lake president Gerri Johnson, with over twice as many parade entrants than normal. The weekend event will include 10 food trucks, a p...
