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Best Impression Dental's Dr. Alicia Burton (right) with husband Jonathan (left) and West Plains Chamber of Commerce executive director, Toby Broemmeling, were on hand with employees and others on June 5 to officially open a new practice in Medical Lake....
(Editor's Note: This is part one of a two-part series on the planned treatment to remove an invasive population of goldfish in West Medical Lake.) A Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) proposal to treat West Medical Lake, plus portions of two other streams in the eastern part of the state to restore trout fisheries will proceed. The planned treatment this fall will seek to rid West Medical of pesky goldfish and portions of Smalle Creek and Highline Creek in Pend...
1 Years Ago June 12, 2008 Despite intermittent rain and cool temperatures, amplified by incessant wind, the Cheney Farmers Market kicked off its 2008 season. This marked the fifth year the event was held. Medical Lake School District’s fastest graduating class would have 128 of 140 students receive both their graduation diplomas and the Washington State Certificate of Academic Achievement award, according to statistics from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. One year into its search for a city m...
It's a year-long celebration of flavor and beauty as we honor and grow the beet, coreopsis, calibrachoa and tulip. The National Garden Bureau (NGB) has declared 2018 the year of these garden mainstays. This non-profit's goal is to inspire you to grow these and more plants in your gardens at home and work. The celebration starts with the tulip, a symbol of spring. They come in a variety of flower types and colors. Select from early bloomers like Apricot beauty and end spring...
Cheney United Methodist Church choir director Mary Jane Shevais had never heard of Distinguished Concerts, International New York City until the day last September when she returned home from judging a dog show for her local kennel club. Checking her email she found one from DCINY - a producer of musical performances in famous venues - telling her they had reviewed the choir's audition recording, were impressed and wanted to forward it on to their audition department....
CHENEY June 4 Financial fraud was reported on the 700 block of Clover Street. Someone was having someone else’s mail forwarded to another address. Suspicious circumstances were reported on the 200 block of South Cheney-Spangle Road. A third-party was making a report of a possible sexual assault. A possible harassment situation involving mental health issues was reported on the 100 block of F Street. Unlawful use of a credit card was reported on the 200 block of South Cheney-Spangle Road. Hamad M. Al Qahtani, 23, was a...
Although the U.S. mass media are awash with stories about America’s “booming economy” the benefits are distributed very unequally, when they are distributed at all. Buoyed by soaring corporate profits and stock prices, the richest Americans have reached new and dazzling heights of prosperity. As of May 2018, the growing crop of billionaires included corporate owners with unprecedented levels of wealth like Jeff Bezos ($112 billion), Bill Gates ($90 billion) and Warren Buffet ($84 billion). Some families have also grown fanta...
By FRANK WATSON Contributor Seattle is leading the effort to save our planet from ourselves. They have joined Portland and a host of California cities in the battle against plastic drinking straws. A school boy noticed discarded straws outside fast food outlets and wrote an essay spurring environmentalists into action. The fight has spread from the classroom to city councils and state legislatures across the land. The first success I noticed was in Portland’s conversion to biodegradable straws. Some mornings I need my c...
I could sit here and write about politics this week since there seems to be a lot going on, but I just really don’t enjoy diving into that. And who wants to really and truly read about it? Not me. So I am going to talk about graduation and the festivities instead, because frankly that is just more fun. This past week I attended the Cheney High School commencement because my younger brother was graduating. Of all the ceremonies I have gone to, I do have to give credit to CHS on getting everyone in and out in less than two h...
Graduates of Cheney's Three Springs High School celebrate their achievement with the traditional mortarboard toss after their June 7 commencement at City Hall. Graduates are Cassidy Anderson, Jeusha Hampson (valedictorian) Andrew Holifield, Jesse Jacob, James Kleenkin, Courtney Krauss, Ericka Muentes, William Rigsby and Destiny Ogle (salutatorian)....
Kindergarten Musselwhite: Ryley Paul. Nkechukwu Okemgbo. Danker: Andrew Freeman, Tatianna Hartwell. Williams: Kaden Eckel, Josias Martinez, Maeve Halme. Haase: Alex Medina-Sanchez, Arianna Ramson, Ben Halme. First Grade Coriell: Shelby Stevens, Lauren Kuster, Kasper Haynes. Myers: Alexia Mason, Caleb Dennis, Parker Chapman. Coins: Mason Malpass, Owen Pritchard, Zoey Boyd. Devine: Isabel Armes, David Hartman, Nick Charbonneau. Second Grade Pielop: Maddox Peacock, Avory Thomes, Jena Paulus. Griffis: Dino Sevcik, Izayah Colby....
Cheney Public Schools announced in a June 11 news release that it has named Dr. Robin Andrus as the assistant director of Student Support Services. Andrus earned her bachelor’s degree at Eastern Washington University, graduating cum laude, as well as her master of science degree in school psychology. She received her P-12 principal certification from Washington State University, and obtained her doctor of education degree in innovation in educational leadership from Wilmington University, where she received the Doctor of E...
Medical Lake Alternative High School held its commencement ceremony on Friday, June 8, at the Shriner's Event Center. Those receiving diplomas included, front row (L-R): Autumn Port, Jami Williamsen, Summer Davis, Kaylie Emerson and Sabrina Loader. The back row included featured speaker Terrance Nelson (middle) as well as grads, Antonio Schuster and Barry Martin....
As the academic year at Eastern Washington University is winding down, the most recent funds given to EWU was the College Spark Washington Grant. This grant will provide EWU with $149,573. The organization gave $1.5 million overall in community grants to help low-income students earn their college degree. The money will go towards the Eastern’s department of mathematics and it will be used to develop, pilot and scale co-requisite courses, which should help first-year students in the university. During these classes, students...
Department of Licensing takes steps to comply with Real ID Act Starting July 1, 2018, the Department of Licensing (DOL) will begin marking all standard driver licenses and ID cards with the language, “federal limits apply.” The change aims to bring Washington into compliance with the federal Real ID Act, which requires all states to mark identification documents that do not comply with the federal law. DOL expects to be in full compliance with the REAL ID Act by fall 2018. Over the next two years, all Washington res...
Graduating Cheney High School students were recognized at last week's senior assembly, including athletes (above) who received the Mayor's Award. Also receiving awards were Evarosa Perry and Hunter Pohl (Minuteman Award). Pohl was also recognized for receiving a Type 7 ROTC Air Force Scholarship, which pays for 100 percent of tuition, textbooks and a monthly living stipend....
Cheney Planning Department officials are inviting residents to come to the City Hall auditorium or the Wren Pierson Community Center later this month to answer one question. What kind of city is Cheney? The meeting, which takes place June 25 at 5 p.m., is the public’s opportunity to discuss that question while learning about ways to make whatever is decided a reality through the Washington State Main Street Program. The state program, an offshoot of the national Main Street program, currently has been used by 32 cities in t...
Spokane International Airport officials announced in a June 5 news releasse that Frontier Airlines has new nonstop service from Spokane International Airport (GEG) to Las Vegas. The twice-weekly year-round service will begin on August 13, 2018. The flight schedule is as follows: Every Monday and Friday (Year-Round) Depart Las Vegas 10:30 a.m., arrive in Spokane 12:50 p.m. Depart Spokane 1:40 p.m., arrive in Las Vegas 4 p.m. Las Vegas becomes the second destination Frontier offers from Spokane, joining service to Denver that...
Marc Hughes cuts the ribbon opening his Cheney branch of Farmers Insurance last Friday morning, June 8. Hughes office is located at 1833 First St....
Avista Utilities announced in a June 11 news release that it is performing maintenance to its substation in Sprague. Approximately 433 customers in the town will experience an outage starting at 10 p.m. on June 19 to 4 a.m. on June 20. Customers who will be impacted by the outage will be notified. No road closures are expected during the planned outage. Avista crews will be replacing conductors and performing maintenance at their Sprague substation. Avista is continually updating equipment and infrastructure to increase the...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter A long-vacant corner of Medical Lake commercial real estate is getting spiffed up by making vehicles of all kinds look, and maybe run, nice. Rick Wright has recently taken a longtime hobby and is working at making it a business in the heart of the community at the site of the former Cenex gas station. He recently opened the space, vacant for nearly 20 years, as Wright's Miracle Auto Reconditioning Service. "I turned a hobby into a profession," he...
A water and sewer rate resolution to the new development of Highland Village was discussed at the June 11 Airway Heights study session meeting. Public Works Director Kevin Anderson asked the council to consider reducing the general facility connection (GFC) costs based on anticipated lower water usage per unit. The water and sewer rate resolutions allow for this adjustment to be made on larger meters (above 1-1/2 inch), but not for the sizes that are anticipated on this future land. He said that the one way to handle this...
That hush-hush big building project planned for the West Plains near Spokane International Airport, rumored to be a massive Amazon fulfillment center, has a permit application in front of Spokane County Building and Planning personnel. But don't let that revelation make you think the possibility of the online retail giant locating here is a done deal 3rd District County Commissioner Al French said. Speaking on Monday, June 11, French said any turning of earth on nearly 80 acre...
Cheney Planning Commission gave its blessing at its June 11 meeting to the creation of a new zone in the city. The “Institutional Zone” would establish areas that provide greater development flexibility for public structures and uses such as education, safety, utility services and administration. Permitted uses in this zone also includes parks and open spaces, cultural institutions, child care and medical centers, transportation facilities, industrial offices, non-accessory parking and self-service storage. Uses such as medic...
As he wrote in the June 14 edition of Crunch Time, reported Paul Delaney was on hand 40 years ago to take in the first-ever stock car race at Spokane Raceway Park. Some of those photos from decades ago are seen here. Old time race fans might recognize 01, Don Dowdy, No. 6 Steve Mason and No. 7 Ron Eaton in the front stretch photo. Garrett Evans (64) leads the three car group. And Ron Hall (28) is the car that spun out. The 07 car...not sure?... Full story
