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AIRWAY HEIGHTS — The City Council had a speedy meeting on July 19. After approval of the minutes of three meetings, Police Chief Brad Richmond notified the council of a new email tip line intended for community use. The council also approved a purchase approval register of $17,256.03 to Century West Engineers. The payment was for engineering services provided by the company such as drinking water contamination issues and property acquisitions. Changes to the Parkes Maintenance Coordinator job description were approved. The m...
CHENEY July 19 A bicycle accident was reported on the 600 block of Salnave Road. Second-degree theft was reported on the 500 block of 4th Street. Cash, a backpack and tools were reported stolen from a vehicle. July 20 Police assisted the Las Vegas, Nev. police department with a vehicle theft report on the 200 block of G Street. A silver 2004 Chevy Corvette was reported stolen. Third-degree theft/shoplifting was reported on the 2500 block of 1st Street. Liquor and bleach were reported stolen. July 21 Forgery was reported on th...
Ruth Moen Beck July 10, 1922 – July 17, 2021 Ruth Moen Beck, 99, passed away July 17, 2021. Ruth was born on July 10, 1922. She was the daughter of Anton and Sigrid Moen, immigrants from Norway who met in Spokane. She was born in Cocalalla, Idaho to a mother grieving her husband’s recent death and caring for seven other children. Ruth died 99 years later in Spokane, Wash. Spend much time with Ruth Beck toward the end of her life and she would tell you, “I have 6 wonde...
Cheney Congregational Church Greetings from Cheney Congregational. You’re invited to join us for our “Church in the Park” events on Aug. 29. Partnering with a couple of other churches, we are holding our Sunday morning services outside in Sutton Park at 9:30 a.m. We hope you’ll join us to learn about God’s creation while physically being in it. We hope to see you there! Also, we welcome you to join us on Sunday mornings for in-person worship at 10 a.m. Masks are no longer required. However, there will be masks available...
Ode to my mother, Gloria 6/29/2007 To the Wind Dear Mother To the Wind And Fly Free To the Children And Grass and Rocks and Trees To the Wind Dear Mother To the Wind I Spread my Arms And Set You Free My mother died the day before Mother’s Day, 2006. She was in the hospital for a week prior to passing. She was a woman who generally did whatever the hell she wanted. Back in her heyday, her wild and wooly youth, she was a rebel, a rowdy girl ahead of her time. She never accomplished anything earth shattering, or changed the l...
A Celebration of Life for Dr. David McKinstry will be held Aug. 1, 2021, 2 – 5 p.m. at the Cheney Congregational Church located at 423 N. 6th St, Cheney....
The family of Richard “Dick” Christenson wishes to invite his friends, former co-workers and family friends to a Celebration of Life in his memory. Dick passed away Jan. 4, 2021. Please join us for an open house between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 31 at 445 N. 3rd St. in Cheney, WA....
Russell Dave Peyton May 1, 1948 - July 24, 2021 Dave Peyton was born May 1, 1948 in Richland, Wash. and passed away on July 24, 2021 in Spokane, Wash. He was born to Ken and Virginia Peyton and had three brothers. He grew up in Richland and Benton City and graduated from Kiona-Benton High School in 1966. He earned his BA degree in business management from Eastern Washington University and he honorably served in the U.S. Air Force. He was very proud and happy to have served....
SPOKANE COUNTY — Voters are reminded that they need to have their primary election ballots counted, those ballots must either be postmarked no later than Aug. 3 or dropped in a ballot drop box by 8 p.m. this coming Tuesday. Not all jurisdictions in the county are taking place in the upcoming election. Other than specific levies or initiatives, only races with three or more candidates are appearing on the primary ballot. West Plains voters needing to return ballots are voters in the city of Cheney, Cheney School District a...
James A. Haught’s commentary titled “It’s a crime to trust God” (Cheney Free Press July 22) shows a deep misunderstanding of both the Constitution and Christian values. The misrepresentation of the First Amendment directive is rampant. Nowhere do the words “separation of church and state” appear. Instead, the specific wording is, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...” That’s it. In other words, it guarantees freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM reli...
Massive forest fires in western parts of our country are not only choking us with layers of thick smoke, but are leaving behind millions of acres of scorched hillsides, ridges and valleys. Simply, there are not enough trees to absorb CO2 and prevent erosion. According to the Arbor Day Foundation, record wildfire seasons in recent years have destroyed millions of trees. Many forests have burned so severely that natural regeneration is not possible making replanting necessary....
After a war has ended, historians, elected officials, and faith leaders, no less than the people involved, often raise doubts over whether the outcomes were worth the many horrific costs. But mourning diminishes over time and life for the survivors goes on. Such a recovery from destruction is no longer assured or even likely in the age of nuclear weapons. World leaders, however, continue to play the game of war in ways that risk the war that could end life on earth. Recent U.S. actions in Asia are bringing us closer to such...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifth District Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers has announced a series of three public town halls to be held at locations in Eastern Washington next week. Monday, Aug. 2, McMorris Rodgers will be at the Spokane Convention Center’s Centennial Ballroom from 5 – 6 p.m. The Convention Center is at 334 West Spokane Falls Blvd in downtown Spokane. Two other town halls will be held on Aug. 3, one in Republic at the Northern Inn, 852 S. Clarke Ave. from 10 – a.m. and the other in Colville at the Stevens...
MEDICAL LAKE — The City Council finalized an interlocal agreement with Four Lakes Water District 10 at their July 20 meeting. The agreement is for the provision of water between the city and the district, which up until now has been an emergency-only situation. If a Four Lakes well were to go down, for example, the city could provide emergency water until the situation was fixed. With the addition of the new Spokane intertie, the water situation in Medical Lake has been shaken up. In an agreement over a decade in the m...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) is currently working on community outreach to educate the public on the effects of new police legislature that went into effect on July 25. In a previous story, it was implied that the WASPC supported the reforms. While they do support some of the reforms, they have serious concerns about others. According to a statement from WASPC Executive Direct Steven Strachan on July 21, the reforms heavily rely on transferring services to other providers s...
SPOKANE — Spokane Falls Community College and Spokane Community College list 2,969 students on their respective honor rolls for spring quarter 2021. Students must have a grade point average of 3.0 or above to be listed on the honor roll. SFCC lists 972 students on its honor rolls, out of 7,600 students, for spring quarter that ended in March. It is renowned for its theater, music and fine arts as well as exceptional STEM programs. About 60 percent of its graduates transfer to four-year colleges and universities. Other s...
CHENEY – The Cheney High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) club celebrated the conclusion of the 2021 season with “a huge amount of success at the virtual National Leadership Conference.” Three of the seven attending students placed in the national top 10 list: Steven Johnson, Ben Schreiber, and Skyler Hanson. Due to the remarkable success, the Cheney team finished among the top three chapters in the state. “Senior Steven Johnson placed second in the nation in Database Design,” reads the FBLA press release....
CHENEY - Local businessman Carlos Fuentes is living the American dream in Cheney with two growing businesses and a couple more on the way. The 25-year-old Mexican immigrant runs C&S Automotive at 1902 1st St., Sunshine Auto at 819 1st St. and is weeks away from launching a cab company and new restaurant at the old Willow Springs Station. The Fuentes family first arrived in the United States 10 years ago when Mexico, "turned into a not so safe place to live anymore," first...
CHENEY - New Eastern Washington University Tribal Relations Director Erin Ross sees her primary focus as communicator - internally with current Native American students but just as important externally with those communities they come from. That communication includes equal parts presenting the value of an education at EWU and what that can mean to those communities, along with listening to what those communities need and want. Both involve getting out and meeting with...
MEDICAL LAKE – A structure fire damaged two properties on Campbell Street in Medical Lake. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but the call for firefighters came in at 12:44 p.m. The residents were quickly evacuated and there were no injuries. Spokane Fire District 3 was assisted by an engine from Fire District 10 in fighting the flames. They went on the defensive immediately and were able to stop the fire from spreading to any other residences. The fire was u...
MEDICAL LAKE — The City Council finalized several projects during their July 20 meeting. The council had originally planned on meeting in person, but new requirements meant they needed to offer Zoom options as well. The city is purchasing the equipment so meetings can follow a hybrid model, and the next meeting should have an in-person and Zoom option. Council approved an interlocal agreement for provision of water between the city and Four Lakes water district. Normally the city provides Four Lakes with emergency water, b...
SPOKANE VALLEY — Leading law enforcement officers from across Eastern Washington are warning residents that new laws will make it difficult to serve the public on possible criminal activities. During a press conference Thursday, July 22, nine police chiefs and eight sheriffs gathered at Center Place to voice their concerns about Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 1310 and House Bill 1054, and Senate Substitute Bill 5066. Those laws went into effect at 12:01 a.m., S...
SPOKANE — The County Library District has announced a special event with journalist and author Lisa Napoli on Thursday, Aug. 5, at 6:30 p.m., presented with media partner Spokane Public Radio. During the online program “The 24-Hour News Cycle & How It Created a World of News Junkies” with Napoli, discover the stories of some of the key figures who were instrumental in forever changing daily news for Americans. Napoli will also discuss her nonfiction titles “Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Fou...
The Goodwill Cheney donation trailer located in Jarms Ace Hardware parking lot on Cheney Spokane Road, will be closing Aug. 1 due to region wide staffing shortages. The final day of operation will be July 31, 2021. Employees at the location have been offered positions at other facilities within Spokane. “We want to thank our Cheney donors, who have shown such support for Goodwill’s programs over the years through their donations,” said Heather Alexander, Sr. Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications, in a news...
CHENEY — Implementation of a new afterhours utility service dispatch system will have to wait a couple more weeks. According to Light Department Director Steve Marx, the July 20 initiation of the new incident response management system through Daupler, Inc. didn’t take place due to a technical glitch in the program. The system was to have begun routing calls for utility service directly to utility employees through a separate phone line rather than through the current system of calling 911 dispatchers. “(It) appears to be a...
