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As required annually, the Medical Lake City Council adopted the city’s six-year transportation plan — a wish list of road and street work to be performed should financing become available. Financing is the operative word as seven of the nine listed projects specified that grant funding would be needed for the project. At an estimated $950,000, the Campbell Street Reconstruction Project accounted for not quite half of the $2.04 million project total. According to information from the city, a complete reconstruction includes ne...
The boom in apartment construction in Cheney is more than noticeable with the sound of hammers pounding and nail-guns popping in a number of locations. That signals a potential shift in the habits of tenants both here and across the West Plains and Keith Walker sensed it was a great time to improve the visibility of Walker's Property Management. The company recently moved from offices in the Coldwell Banker building in Cheney to its own storefront at 1315 First St., space form...
The West Plains Recruit Structural Academy graduated 21 recruits from its recent class, along with three crew leaders, during a June 23 ceremony at Medical Lake High School's auditorium. The academy consists of firefighter recruits from Airway Heights and Medical Lake fire departments and Spokane County Fire District 10. It requires a large time commitment by the new recruits as they spend about four and a half months and over 200 hours of hands-on training. During the...
Deadline changes for the Fourth of July The Cheney Free Press will be closed Monday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Deadlines for submissions for the July 7 edition have been changed. The deadline for legal notices is Friday, July 1, by 5 p.m. The deadline for letters to the editor and public service announcements for the West Plains briefs is also Friday at noon. The Free Press will be open again for business on Tuesday, July 5 at 8 a.m. Cheney Rodeo Round-up needs vendors There is still plenty of time for...
Lorraine (King) Schloss passed from this world after a long fight with Alzheimer's disease on June 14, 2016. She was born Sept. 20, 1934. She left behind her husband of 63 years, Floyd; three children, Dana, Kari and Curtis; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; two sisters, Wynnora (King) Willis and Rosetta (King) Dymond. Lorraine met Floyd, her future husband, while attending Eastern Washington State College in Cheney. Both received their teaching degree from...
Mahlon Dale Loomer, beloved husband of Martha (Kingma), passed away peacefully on June 19, 2016, at his home in Issaquah, Wash. Dale was born May 23, 1924, in Toledo, Ohio, and grew up in Bellingham, Wash. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps during World War II, became a pilot, and was deployed to Europe where he served in England and France. He retired from the U. S. Air Force as a lieutenant colonel in 1971 and lived on Silver Lake for 41 years. Over the course of his Air... Full story
Cheney • July 1, Baby Play & Learn Storytime (ages 0-18 months) 10:30 – 11:30 a.m., community library • July 1, Eco Green Compost Sale, 12 – 3 p.m., Utility Building, 112 Anderson Road. $14 per cubic yard. • July 1, Zany Zaniac Comedy, 3 – 4 p.m., community library. • July 2, All you can eat benefit pancake breakfast, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., Cheney Marketplace Bakery & Eatery, 1011 First St. • July 2, Open Swim, 1 – 5 p.m., Cheney Pool. • July 3, Ultimate Frisbee, 3 p.m. Moos Field. • July 5, Cheney Farmers Market, 2 – 6 p.m., Che... Full story
United Church of Christ Kate (Sloan) Francis will preside at our services at 10 a.m. Sunday, July 3. Sloan handles most of the church office duties and is music director. She is a newlywed and has a new master’s degree from Eastern Washington University. We will probably hear beautiful music and we look forward to her message. You are welcome to join us. A coffee hour will follow in the church fellowship hall. Please join us and get acquainted. While you are there, be sure to visit our rose garden behind the church b...
The Mason Jar is supporting local artists and the "Save Our Station" campaign with a silent auction of a painting done by Cheney artist, Judy McKeehan. McKeehan was an art teacher in the Medical Lake School District for many years. She has a bachelor's degree in art education and attended both Indiana and Temple universities. She also received her master's degree at Eastern Washington University. Her artwork is scattered around Cheney, including windows at the downtown Cheney...
Washington state leaders need to keep an eye on South Carolina. It is a state that is becoming a strong magnet to attract business. A couple of years ago, the front-page news was the competition between Seattle and Charleston to lure Boeing’s 787 assembly production. Now, it has grown to include international trade and the associated economic development and jobs. Washington and South Carolina are among our nation’s leaders in international trade. Our state’s ports proce...
“By allowing the general public unprecedented access to the original papers, this book lets us learn firsthand what many modern historians claim: Without newspapers, there would have been no American Revolution.” That claim was made by writer Todd Andrlik during a February 2015 interview about his then latest book: “Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before it was History, it was News.” The role of newspapers, and by extension the news media, in history is sometimes overlooked. Yet newspapers, and the ability to publish...
Ask anyone their thoughts on the Fourth of July holiday and you’re likely to get as many different answers as there are individuals. Some lament the loss of the home-fireworks display, a staple of many past celebrations. Those old enough might remember cavorting in their yard twirling bright sparklers in the warm, twilight air, watching sizzling, black snakes uncoil — staining dad’s nice front sidewalk — while fountain fireworks blossomed and, now and then, Roman candles chugged their multi-colored charges into the night s...
Mark Sheldon has been a bicycle guy since his youth. So what could be better for the 58-year-old Cheney resident than to live that love for a second career in the past 17 years? "A friend of mine had the idea to start a bike shop back in 1999," Sheldon said of Eddie Pollock, who together founded Bicycle Time. The business started in Pollock's garage, but itwasn't long before Sheldon moved headquarters to 210 C St. in Cheney. "After a year or so we figured it wasn't working out...
At its June 24 meeting, the Eastern Washington University board of trustees approved the operating budget of $280.14 million for the 2017 fiscal year. The budget includes a 15 percent resident undergraduate tuition decrease, which was authorized by the legislature. In the fall, EWU’s basic annual tuition rate will be $5,994 annually, or $1,998 per quarter. This does not include the student service and activity fee. The board also approved the fiscal year 2015-17 capital budget totaling over $84.26 million. This includes m...
It was a packed house at the June 21 Medical Lake School Board meeting — at least for atbeginning. During the first 20 minutes, the school board took comments from several concerned citizens and parents regarding the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction adding concepts such as self-identity, gender expression and roles to its curriculum guidelines for the K-12 Health and Physical Education Learning Standards. Some examples of the lessons that could be taught to students include kindergartners learni...
It has been four years since Dominique Norman graduated from Medical Lake High School and she's accomplished quite a bit since her days as a Cardinal. Norman's efforts helped her earn the honor of being named the 2016 WSU undergraduate student Woman of Distinction by the President's Commission on the Status of Women. "I was very humbled to receive the honor," Norman said. "A lot of people put in a lot of hard work and energy and sometimes it goes unrecognized. This honor was...
At its June 22 meeting, the Cheney School Board went through some items to prepare for next year, which included adopting the school district's budget for the 2016-17 school year. Kassidy Probert, the district's director of finance, said the expenditure levels for the general fund will be over $52.27 million while revenues are expected to come in at over $52.33 million for a surplus of $56,508 at the end of the year. The excess will be added to the beginning fund balance,...
Woman seriously injured in Cheney three-vehicle collision A woman was sent to the hospital with serious injuries to her body and face resulting from a three-vehicle collision last Wednesday evening in Cheney. According to police reports, the woman was southbound on First Street in a white Chevy passenger car at approximately 11 p.m. when a red Audi, driven by 22-year-old Nathaniel Petty III, failed to yield to oncoming traffic and made a left turn off Second Street onto First. Petty’s vehicle struck the Chevy, pushing it i...
Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Services (SCRAPS) officials are offering tips on how to protect pets during the Fourth of July celebrations. More pets are lost on this upcoming holiday than any other day of the year, with many others injured. A dog’s hearing is 10 times more sensitive than a human’s and the loud noises can be especially difficult for them. If you are thinking of taking your dog outside to watch the fireworks with you…think again. Aside from the danger associated with a dog being in the wrong place a...
For the second time in three years, Fairchild Air Force Base has made the shortlist of military installations the U.S. Air Force is considering as sites for its next generation of midair refuelers, the KC-46A Pegasus tankers. The KC-46A is designed as a replacement for the KC-135, which has been in service since the 1950s. Members of Washington's congressional delegation confirmed last week that Air Force officials have named Fairchild one of five finalists for the second...
The city of Medical Lake is reminding residents to be safe this Fourth of July holiday. Medical Lake is one of the few cities in Spokane County that currently allows fireworks to be set off on private property within city limits. The city has already approved two fireworks stands this year. J&M LLC., has a stand already set up on the corner of North Lefevre Street, where the Ball and Dodd Funeral Home used to be, while TNT Fireworks will be located in the Denny’s Harvest Foods parking lot. Medical Lake Fire Chief Jason M...
Due to a reporting error in last week’s story on JC’s Mower Service the wife of business owner Jason Buck was incorrectly identified as Cathy, not Cassie....
It started as a report of a discharge of a weapon. It ended as an example of the meaning of a random act of kindness, and what the lasting ramifications are when someone elects to fire a gun. At about 11 p.m. June 12, Cheney dispatch received a call of two shots fired, a female screaming and dogs barking near Cheney-Spokane Road and Alki Street. Officer Rocky Hanni responded and spotlighted a 24-year-old male walking towards him on Alki. According to the police report, the man raised his hands and told Hanni he had a gun in...
Lynn Wichman gets a first-hand look at the Seattle Seahawks Taima the hawk during the team's "12 Tour" stop in Cheney on Sunday. Seahawks players, cheerleaders and mascot Blitz were on hand to sign autographs and visit with people at Eastern Washington University's Roos Field, one of nine stops the Seahawks will make between now and mid-July....
The city of Airway Heights, in partnership with the Spokane Regional Health District, is laying the groundwork for a city-sponsored farmers market. The city has been collaborating with Heather Wallace, SRHD health specialist, who specializes in the district’s Neighborhood Matters program. Wallace had been working in Airway Heights since January, attending Community Conversations events and asking residents what they would like to see in the city. She said one of the first things community members asked about was having an act...
