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Cheney Outreach Center launches school supply drive While the start of school is still over a month away, parents and children are already in search of new school supplies. Cheney’s Outreach Center is asking for donations of new and unused school supplies to help Cheney children be better prepared to learn once school begins. Whether you donate a backpack filled with needed items or give just on thing, everything helps. Items needed can be found on specific school lists on the Cheney School District website at w...
Cheney Congregational Church Cheney Congregational Church is made up of a diverse group of people representing different ages, interests and beliefs. We all believe in Jesus and worship God. We all agree that it is OK to be different. We celebrate the variety of people that God has created. Some of our activities include: “Lunch Bunch” at noon at CCC on July 12, lunch at noon at Crosswalk on July 26, Feed Cheney at 5:30 p.m. at Veteran’s Park in Cheney on July 30. Every Sunday at 10 a.m. we meet at the church on 423 N. Sixth...
Yakima's SunSation Flag Team will be bringing seven riders to carry sponsor banners and perform at this year's Cheney Rodeo. They are from left to right Jenna Flumerfelt, Heather Borne, Morgan Birkby, Jennifer England, Evita Skerse, Mariah Rennard and Alyssa Miller. The team choreographs their own drills and like to switch up routines from year to year, and will be performing a brand new drill this weekend. Also, two of their horses are new and in their first year of doing...
Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich has received the MAGNUS Princeps Award, presented by the National Command and Staff College and the Criminal Justice Commission for Credible Leadership Development. In a July 10 news release, Sheriff’s Office officials stated that Knezovich received the award in recognition of his work implementing bold initiatives which have created synergy and trust between the citizens of Spokane County and the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office....
Busy schedules, over indulging and strenuous summer activities can lead to sore muscles, indigestion and headaches. When searching for pain relief, look no further than your own garden or your local farmer's market. These five foods fresh from the garden - or pot - are packed with super pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory power. Mint Infuse mint into your tea or ice water to refresh and rejuvenate, so you're ready for more summer fun. Mint also helps relieve headaches and gen...
1 Years Ago July 10, 2008 The Cheney Planning Commission held a public hearing for a proposed 38-acre development subdivision on Betz Road, west of Murphy Road to be called Harvest Bluff. Leslie Johnson opened a new antique mall in Cheney, called Cabin Fever Antiques at 208 First St. The former location was Rose of Sharon. Medical Lake High School got a passing grade from the National Study of School Evaluation. The district finished a 14-month accreditation process all-regional schools have to complete every six years. 20...
I am complementing John McCallum on his superlative Write to the Point column, “Reflections on our American Values,” appearing in the Cheney Free Press of June 28, 2018. In particular, his quoting of the Preamble to the Constitution is the most important point of the piece. The preamble is philosophy for how our country should perform. The Articles of the Constitution are the method of implementing the Founding Fathers philosophy. Promoting the “General Welfare” is where we as a nation have failed miserably. The great d...
So the National Rifle Association and its Republican puppets, such as our own Cathy McMorris Rodgers, think the best way of counteracting terrorism, including school shootings, is improving mental health conditions rather than limiting gun availability. Then I can’t think of any better way of breeding terrorists who want to strike back at the U.S. than inflicting huge trauma on children by forcible separation from their parents. With Lisa Brown we’ll get action for BOTH improved mental health conditions AND limited ava...
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in cooperation with partnering agencies, is implementing the following changes in burn restrictions on DNR-protected lands. Check with local jurisdictions for additional restrictions. Effective July 6, rule burning (small debris disposal fires normally allowed when following specific rules) are not allowed in Stevens, Ferry and Pend Oreille counties. Written burn permit burning also will no longer be allowed in Stevens, Ferry and Pend Oreille counties. R...
The city of Cheney is presenting its annual Consumer Confidence Report, which keeps residents informed of their water quality. In a June 26 news release, city officials note that “over the years, we have dedicated ourselves to producing drinking water that meets all state and federal standards. As new challenges to drinking water safety emerge, we remain vigilant in meeting the goals of source water protection, water conservation, and community education while continuing to serve the needs of all our water users.” The ful...
Peering across seemingly endless miles of forestland from the rim of Oregon’s Crater Lake can certainly take one’s breath away. But so can stories and statistics about when that green turns to grey after the invasion of wildfire. That thought occurred last week while returning to civilization following the better part of four days spent incommunicado on a rafting adventure on the Rogue River in southwestern Oregon. As soon as the cell service kicked in and the wave of pus...
I read a recent syndicated column blaming President Donald Trump for the recent shooting in the newsroom in Annapolis. Whoa! That is a stretch. The president has certainly been critical of the national press, but his opinion surely didn’t incite the gunman. Everything I know about the tragedy indicates that the deranged shooter had a personal beef with the paper. There isn’t any evidence that the gunman was even aware of presidential tweets. To criticize Donald Trump for this catastrophe is unreasonable and is not based on...
On May 22, 2014, Donald Trump announced to the world via his Twitter account that Hillary Clinton accused him of wanting to bring guns into classrooms. Almost four years later, Trump tried to convince us that arming teachers while on school grounds is the answer to school shootings and massacres. With the lack of laws and training regarding carrying and purchasing guns, more students are likely to die in schools if Trump’s ideas are applied. He argues that it will allow teachers to respond quickly to possible shootings and b...
The food pantry, Cleone's Closet, in Airway Heights is quickly approaching their one year anniversary since relocating to 13114 West Sunset Highway and things are still running smoothly. "Things are going great at the food pantry," founder Mable Dunbar said. "It has been very busy, but very rewarding. A lot of people are coming into the community with nothing and they are very grateful (for Cleone's)." The organization collects data in two months increments, and the last ones...
July kicked off parks and recreation month and the department in Airway Heights has a whole month of activities to help celebrate. One activity lasting until July 30 is a National Parks and Recreation photo contest. The organization is holding weekly themed photo contests, and the Airway Heights parks and recreation department wants to see pictures of people discovering something about the town. People can post their pictures and use the hashtag #NRPAdiscoverychallenge to be entered. The weekly contests are as follows: • J...
Olympia – The state Department of Licensing (DOL) has begun marking all standard driver licenses and ID cards with the language, “federal limits apply,” to help bring Washington into compliance with the federal REAL ID Act. DOL expects Washington to be in full compliance by fall 2018. By Oct. 1, 2020, standard driver licenses and ID cards will no longer be an acceptable form of identification for boarding domestic flights and entering some secure federal facilities, like military bases and nuclear power plants. There are a va...
On June 18, 2018, Robert “Robbie” Cook, a 2013 graduate of Cheney High School and 2016 graduate of Washington State University, was awarded a master of business administration degree from the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California in Irvine. While completing his final MBA courses, Cook was interviewed and hired as a financial analyst at Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, a major Orange County firm that manufactures artificial heart valves. Cook is the son of Kathy Brainard of Cheney and Chris Cook of...
Cheney Middle School eighth-grader Tilly Baldwin received an honorable mention in the middle-school art category of the Seattle Holocaust Center for Humanity's 2018 Writing, Art and Film Contest. According to a July 9 news release, Baldwin's piece, "entitled 'Alone,' is a powerful work that represents the way that bystanders hurt others by not speaking up." She will be honored in a community reception on July 15, taking place at the Henry and Sandra Friedman Holocaust Center...
At the July 2 Airway Heights City Council meeting there was only one resolution to pass on the agenda and it was approved without any discussion. The resolution authorized a 50 percent reduction in further general facility connection (GFC) amounts for the portion of Highland Village that is being developed by Community Frameworks. The other part of the development is being done by Habitat for Humanity. In 2016, the city had passed a similar resolution that allowed for a reduction to 85 percent of the full GFC amounts, but...
Police reports from Medical Lake back up Fire Chief Jason Mayfield’s quick overview of how the week of the Fourth of July went for crews.. “Following a couple slow Fourth’s we returned to our typical day,” Mayfield wrote in an email. “We ran seven calls, three were small grass fires, two of those were from folks that do not live in Medical Lake and came out to let off fireworks.” Between July 2 and July 8, reports from the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, which contracts wit...
The Cheney School Board officially adopted the district’s largest budget in its history at its June 27 regular meeting —a document that comes up just shy of $64.1 million in general fund revenues while slightly exceeding $64 million in general fund expenditures. The 2018-2019 budget also includes $2.71 million in capital projects revenues against $42.94 million in expenditures. Much of the latter is being paid for through 2017’s $52 million voter-approved bond to expand and renovate the high school and three elementary schoo...
Most of the work on Eastern Washington University's Pence Union Building has moved inside as the $42 million student union building project nears a fall completion date....
Cheney's City Council approved the city's six-year, $4.309 million transportation improvement program at its June 26 meeting - an annual event for a plan that fully funded would repair and preserve almost nine miles of streets and arterials through 2024. "Same program, different year," Public Works Director Todd Ableman told the council. A little over 3.85 miles is proposed for work over the next two years, beginning with repaving of Washington Street from Oakland to West...
New Special Mobility Services mobility manager Allie Lance has a unique position - she works for SMS, but not exclusively. Lance is operating under a federal 5310 grant that seeks out unmet transportation needs of the disabled and elderly and connects them with organizations that can provide those services. While SMS provides transportation services to Medicaid clients who are attending Medicaid-paid medical appointments, Lance is looking to go further to help all Spokane Coun...
The gates may be closed now, but by Friday the Bi-Mart Arena will be open and the 51st Cheney Rodeo will be underway, bringing cowboys and cowgirls from throughout the Columbia River Circuit to three days of competition on the West Plains....
