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Pat and Bert Conrath celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary at the Cheney High School all-class reunion held last Saturday at Salnave Park. They were married July 25, 1948 at the Hitching Post in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The Conrath’s have three children, nine grandchildren and a soon-to-be eight great-grandchildren....
We live in a time in which most animals are relatively small. If you think back to your exposure to the Ice Age, perhaps in elementary school, you may remember big mammals like the mastodon and the saber tooth tiger. Less famous but equally big was a deer the size of a modern elk and a beaver the size of a black bear. In sum, our ancestors – the people alive in the Ice Age – were small compared to a number of the animals around them. Dinosaurs are also famously large. How dinosaurs grew to be as large as they did has alw...
Inge Albrecht Albrecht, Ingeborg Magariter “Inge” born March 14, 1930 in Berlin, Germany passed away July 20 in Spokane, Wash. at the age of 83. She was born to Ernst and Lena Balz. In 1954, Inge traveled by boat from Germany to the United States where she was greeted by the love of her life Hans Albrecht. Hans had traveled to the U.S. in 1952 to create a better life for him and Inge. They drove cross country from New York City to their home in Seattle where they wed on Sep... Full story
Betty Rose Dobbins On July 15, after years off suffering from CHF, Betty Rose Dobbins went home to be with her Lord. Jan. 20, 1932, Betty Rose Hink was born to John and Bertha Hink in Sprague, Wash. Betty married her childhood sweetheart Jerld Dobbins from Cheney on Jan. 29, 1950. Betty and Jerld had two children, Myles Joseph Dobbins of Harrington, Wash., and Audrey Rose Clum of Cheney. Betty spent over 36 years working in the health care field. She started working at Sacred Heart Medical Center as lab technician. When... Full story
1 Years Ago July 31, 2003 The city of Cheney was taking steps that could eventually lead to the use of treated wastewater for irrigation purposes. A once-dead skateboard park in Medical Lake was experiencing new life thanks to help from equipment manufacturer Skatewaves, which offered to sell the city used equipment. That would save the city approximately $10,500 out of the projected $50,000 cost of the facility. Eastern Washington University announced the appointment of...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church All are welcomed to join us this Sunday, July 28 for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost. Come early for the 9 a.m. Bible class. Worship begins at 10:30 a.m. followed by fellowship at 11:30. Mark your calendars for “Rally Day” Sunday Sept. 8. Elementary age Sunday school classes begin the following Sunday, Sept. 15. United Church of Christ The United Church of Christ welcomes everyone to its regular Sunday morning service led by pastor David Krueger-Duncan in the sanctuary at 423 North Sixth St., sta...
Although this bit of advice for gentlemen riding on a stagecoach was given in the late 1800s, we might find it valuable in 2013. Since we who live in this era can’t even spell etiquette let alone adhere to it, just sit back and absorb it as you begin your summer vacations across country. “The best seat inside a stagecoach is the one next to the driver. You will have to ride with your back to the horses, which with some people produces an illness like sea sickness, but in a l...
Having played baseball most all his life, Kent Weatherbee knows the game is one of bounces. Some go your way while others do not. That seemed to be the lesson the rookie head coach for Cheney’s SummerHawk A team took away from his season that ended with his team missing the playoffs. Cheney finished 6-14 overall and 4-8 in league play. After a series of tough frustrating losses, Weatherbee got a pleasing effort in the season finale July 12 in a 3-0 win over Coeur d’Alene. Cha...
The West Plains Little League Majors All-Star team found the going rather rough in competition July 13-21 at the state tournament in Vancouver, Wash. The District 13 champions lost their opener July 13 to a team from Ridgefield whose first six players in the batting order were all physically bigger than the biggest player in the West Plains squad, coach Tad Richardson said. That included their 6-foot-1-inch left-handed starting pitcher, who combined with three other pitchers to strike out all 12 West Plains players in the...
I don’t know about you but I watched a lot of the Tour de France this year. I watch a lot every year, but this year I think more so. Why? I don’t know, I just did. It was worth it as this year’s Tour was one of the most exciting in a while. The leader’s yellow jersey switched hands several times until England’s Chris Froome grabbed it about a week into the race on an amazing breakaway in the last portion of a climbing stage in the Pyrenees Mountains. He never relinquished it, despite being challenged by a couple of newcomers...
You can never have enough linebackers. The Eastern Washington University football team used a lot of them in 2012, and now, must find a way to replace the productivity of six linebackers lost to graduation. Although only two of them were starters, the need for linebackers translates to special teams as well. “On paper, we lost six linebackers,” Eastern head coach Beau Baldwin explained. “Some of those seniors were involved in special teams and didn’t play a ton at linebac...
Riders Walter Alta-Mirano (503) and Jim David clasp hands as they cross the finish line of the 112-mile portion of the Jedermann Gran Fondo. Riders completing the ride that literally translates into “Everyone’s great ride,” were treated to a barbecue and live music afterwards. Around 250 riders began and finished either a 112-, 66- or 30-mile ride at Second and F streets downtown....
