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For the past year, the food bank has enjoyed its spacious new location at 207 S. Washington St. It’s reaped the benefits of having a very accessible location in Medical Lake, next to the library and post office. “The new facility is half again what we had before. We streamlined the operation so we’re able to move people through here more quicker,” Food Bank director Peg James said. Before moving into the new building, the food bank’s system for serving clients was far less efficient than it is today. In addition, the past...
After many delays and much deliberation, the Airway Heights Planning Commission gave its recommendation to the City Council regarding amendments to the city’s general commercial and mixed-use overlay policies. Development Services Director Derrick Braaten said the process, which started back in the late months of 2011, has seen numerous delays along the way due to various factors. Among them included Spokane County’s implementation of its Joint Land Use Study and receiving comments from various jurisdictions involved in the...
Eastern you have a budget – finally. Eastern Washington University board of trustees made it official by unanimously adopting its 2013-2015 budget at a special meeting Tuesday afternoon in Hargreaves Hall. With several members attending via phone the board approved a $497.74 million two-year budget that contained no tuition increase for resident undergraduates in 2014 and a 6 percent across the board hike in 2015. Tuition for resident graduates and all non-resident students will increase 7 percent in 2014 and 6 percent in 2...
Spokane Blue Devils’ coach Tony Byrne thought some rest might benefit his team because during the month of June they played on 19 of 30 days, and practiced on a number of others. So in the lead-up to both the July 4 Woodbat Classic, and the stretch run for the Spokane American Legion AAA season, the schedule was lighter date-wise, but as it turned out, had a heavyweight’s punch to it. The Blue Devils played an exhibition games last Tuesday versus visiting Excelsior, Minn. whe...
Medical Lake AA American Legion baseball coach Kerry Kelly might think he has the cure for the grind of a summer baseball season that involves nightly practice and games on top of that – more baseball. At least that seemed to be the approach he took during the recently completed Woodbat Classic in which his team didn’t achieve fame, but Kelly insists, they had fun. Medical Lake finished 0-3-1 in pool play they hosted at Holliday Field, falling to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 13-...
Like fireworks sometimes do, there can be the spectacular bangs, flashes and light shows. Or they can occasionally be a dud. That might best sum up the Cheney SummerHawks’ run through the Woodbat Classic in which they won convincingly in their opener 11-0 over Spanaway, Wash. but fell 6-3 to Regina, Saskatchewan on day one. Then Friday, Cheney was crushed by the Spokane Dodgers Blue select team 16-3 and fell 8-0 to Mead. Saturday’s non-qualifier game was a 16-8 loss to Fer...
What started as a possible driving under the influence call ended with a Lamont, Wash. man in custody for three felony charges Fourth of July morning. About 11 a.m. Cheney Police Officer Matt Pumphrey responded to Mitchell’s Harvest Foods on a call about a man who appeared intoxicated pulling up to the store on the 100 block of West First Street. Pumphrey contacted Phillip A Hayes, 53, as Hayes was returning to his vehicle, Cheney Police Sgt. Rick Beghtol said. Hayes exhibited signs of intoxication and was advised by P...
CHENEY July 2 A vicious animal was reported on the 1100 block of Heron. Owners of a pit bull were contacted as were Spokane County Regional Animal Protective Services (SCRAPS). July 4 A report of a possible driver operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol on the 100 block of West First was received. After a chase, police arrested Phillip A. Hayes, 53, for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), first-degree assault and attempting to elude police. Third-degree malicious mischief was reported on the 400...
Josh Schrock, Michael Adams and Gary Munoz share several traits. One is a desire for a little occupational independence. The other is a love for making things. Both of these led the trio to open A&S Custom Welding and Paint in the former home of West Plains Small Engine Repair at 114 First St. in Cheney. The three men opened the shop June 1, and after a slow start are beginning to see things pick up, making for an interesting schedule as all three have jobs elsewhere. “Josh h...
Regulars of Klink’s Resort at Williams Lake may notice something slightly different this summer season. While everything may appear the same at first glance, the wildly popular Klink’s restaurant has undergone a tenant change and is now The Bistro at Williams Lake. While the restaurant bears a new name, the look and feel of the place is much the same after longtime business owners and married couple Jerry Schrader and Robin Riemcke took over the restaurant as the new leasehold tenants. “Jerry was working there last year...
By DREW PETERSON Staff Intern Oldies But Goodies Auto Sales is under new ownership and is now Auto Services Plus. Former owner Harlan Shellabarger, who took over Oldies But Goodies in 2008, made the decision to sell the auto shop to Cheney Sears owners Keith and Roberta Brannon primarily so he could spend more time with his wife now that his two sons have graduated college and moved away from the area. “He had mentioned in the past that he was kind of getting burned out and I...
CHENEY Al-Anon Meets every Monday from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 639 Elm St. For more information, call 235-8954 or cellphone 768-4792. Alcoholics Anonymous Meets Mondays and Fridays from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, on the corner of Fourth and G streets in Cheney. All meetings are open. For more information, call 235-9385. The Allen and Trudy Mattausch Veterans of Foreign Wars No. 11326 Meets the second Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. at the American Legion Hall, 116 College...
Grace B. Betz (age 93) passed away June 20, peacefully in her sleep. Grace was born Sept. 22, 1919 to James and Kathryn Shindler in Malden, Wash. She moved with her parents and sister Edna Weigand to Hayden, Idaho and then to Cheney, Wash. where Grace’s parents owned a dairy farm. Grace attended college at Eastern Washington College of Education where she received her bachelor’s degree in teaching. Grace taught in Colfax and Cheney. She married William Edward Betz, lived in... Full story
Dennis Alnutt Dennis West Alnutt (1947-2013) passed away peacefully on June 27 with his daughter Cinnamon and his granddaughter Crystal at his side. He resided in Spokane for many years, married his fourth-grade sweetheart Samantha Gai in 1968 (divorced 20 years later), then built a home in Cheney where he resided until his death. He was preceded in death by his father Toby and his mother Gloria "Pinki," who was said to be the first female bartender in Spokane. He is survived... Full story
OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced July 2 the following changes in fire danger rating and burn restrictions on DNR-protected lands. Effective midnight, July 2, the fire danger rating in Spokane and Lincoln counties and Stevens County fire districts 1 and 2 was increased from moderate to high. In Okanogan and Pend Oreille counties, the fire danger was increase from low to moderate. Effective midnight, July 5, the fire danger in Ferry County and Stevens County outside fire districts 1 a...
1 Years Ago July 17, 2003 Cheney Police Chief Greg Lopes decided not to retire after all, postponing his decision to step down from the job by a full year at the request of Mayor Amy Jo Sooy. The job to change how parking in downtown Cheney is permitted in the future may not have a solution anytime soon as a hearing by the city’s Planning Commission ended up creating more questions than answers. The city of Medical Lake was complaining that it was “virtually impossible” to access work crews from area prisons with a few d...
Each year at this time thousands of tourists embark on cruises along Alaskas stunning coastal waters. If they are lucky, the tourists experience dry weather, relatively calm seas, and breathtaking vistas. In some places the ships can get up close and personal to dramatic scenes of glaciers “calving” ice that breaks off and falls into the ocean. Although I’ve hiked up to glaciers in the Rockies and walked across them, I’ve never seen them entering the sea. I’d like to do that and have the notion recorded on my “bucket l...
Have you seen the Patty’s Tacos truck parked beside First Street in Cheney? The owner, Patty Pineda is from Mexico and is in charge of Patty’s Tacos truck No. 1 and truck No. 3. This is a family owned business. Truck 1 is in Spokane on Division Street. Truck 3 is in Cheney. Truck 1 has been in the Spokane area for five years. Two cousins in the family, Daimy Leon and Gladys Ramirez were in charge the day I visited. The hours for customers at both trucks are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. M...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Join us for worship this Sunday, July 14 at 10:30 a.m. to celebrate the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. Adult Bible study begins at 9 a.m. Emmanuel invites everyone to attend the Vacation Bible School welcoming potluck for our Lutherhaven staff this Sunday evening beginning at 6 p.m. Please bring a dish to pass. There will be lots of food, fun, and games. This is a great time for you to meet the VBS staff. This is the last week to register for our two-site Vacation Bible School. VBS begins this...
In January, the Lake City Assembly of God church in Medical Lake was vandalized, with damage strewn throughout the building. The church banded together to make repairs and get back into the sanctuary as quickly as possible. Now about half a year after the incident, the church is back to having services in its sanctuary and there are only a few loose ends to tie up before calling the renovation complete. Pastor Nick Hawkins said there was about $130,000 in damage when...
The U.S. government has long been a hypocritical champion of democratic governance, claiming to honor free elections but historically attempting to subvert their outcomes when the result is not to our liking. But the rank betrayals of our commitment to the principles of representative democracy, from Guatemala to Iran to South Vietnam, among the scores of nations where we undermined duly elected leaders, reached a nadir with the coup by a U.S.-financed military in Egypt against that country’s first democratically elected g...
I’m not a rodeo guy. Roping cattle, wearing chaps and staring down the eyes of a raging bull just aren’t really my cup of tea and the closest I get to cattle tends to be around dinnertime. My grandpa enjoyed rodeos, however, and I was lucky to see one with him some years ago. It’s a memory I still cherish today. While I’m not a rodeo guru, I do appreciate the labor and amount of hard work that go into the rodeo lifestyle, traveling across the country, hoping to make the next competition on time. It’s similar to the lifestyle...
A pair of 2013 Cheney High School seniors have earned a first for the school that might be difficult to repeat – a national championship. Graduates Austin Mitchell and Jessica Kumar teamed to win the first-ever Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) LifeSmarts competition in Anaheim, Calif. Established in 1994, LifeSmarts has been a program of the National Consumer League since 2000. According to its website, LifeSmarts is “an educational opportunity that develops the con...
This weekend is arguably the biggest event for Cheney in any year – and it’s getting bigger. Outside of maybe an Eastern Washington University-University of Montana football game, more people come here for the Cheney Rodeo than at any other time. And for the last two years, the Cheney Jubilee has helped swell those numbers Saturday and Sunday. Volunteers for both organizations work hard to make each year better than the last, adding more attractions, prize money for competitions along with space and amenities and with it mor...
Cheney residents and visitors know it’s Rodeo time when city work crews annually hang the banner across First Street downtown, which they successfully accomplished Monday....
