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Fire investigators have tabbed burning material from a vehicle as the likely cause of last week's Silver Lake fire that burned 345 acres of grass and timber land between Interstate 90 and Granite Lake Road three miles northwest of Cheney. State Department of Natural Resources Northeast Region senior wildland fire investigator John McDonald said on Monday, Aug. 13, this definition ranges from carbon particles discharged in diesel exhaust to a dragging chain to parts coming off...
CHENEY Aug. 6 Third-degree theft was reported on the 700 block of Third Street. A GPS and tools were taken from a vehicle. Aug. 7 Third-degree theft was reported on the 600 block of Elm Street. A bicycle was taken. A purse was found at the U.S. Post Office on the 200 block of Second Street and turned in to the police department. Fourth-degree assault/domestic violence was reported on the 700 block of West First Street. A cellphone was found on the 200 block of Presley Drive. Cheney police assisted Adult Protective Services...
Mary Ellen Wendtlandt Camp, age 88, passed away peacefully on July 31, 2018. Mary Ellen was born Sept. 1, 1929 in Spokane, Wash. to Herbert A. and Mary Ellen (Halverson) Wendtlandt. She graduated from Reardan High School in 1947. In 1948, she married Richard (Dick) Gordon Camp of Spangle, Wash. and lived on their farm for almost 70 years. She was involved with the Cheney United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school for 40 years. Mary Ellen was also a member of the...
One hundred twenty-five years ago in 1893, Ed Chambers had a small cheese making operation on his ranch south of Cheney. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
1 Years Ago Aug. 21, 2008 Eastern Washington University began attending city of Cheney meetings to strengthen their relationship. Volunteers from the community came together to renovate Medical Lake’s aging baseball field. The city of Cheney’s State Route 904 enhancement project was delayed by the state. 20 Years Ago Aug. 27, 1998 The first Medical Lake Food Bank Serve and Volleython was a huge success, raising $3,028,50. The Medical Lake Police Department released a handout seeking applicants for a patrol officer pos...
Cheney blood drive Aug. 24 The Inland Northwest Blood Center together with Cheney community volunteers led by coordinator Duane Isaac will hold a blood drive on Friday, Aug. 24, from 1:30 – 5 p.m. at the Marketplace Bakery & Eatery on First Street in Cheney. INBC needs an average of 200 blood donors every day to meet the needs of more than 35 hospitals in the Inland Northwest. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people. Free bingo for kids The Knights of Columbus and St. Rose Catholic parish are sponsoring a...
Cheney Congregational Church Luke 4:43 — But he said to them, “I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose.” Visit with us Sunday mornings for more about Jesus and the book of Luke. Cheney Congregational Church holds church services every Sunday starting at 10 a.m. A social hour is held after the meeting. Some finger food and small talk. Come join us. United Methodist Church Saturday morning the “Birthday Bunch” from the United Methodist Church will gather at...
"And...go!" Sixteen airmen in gray shirts and blue shorts bolt through a parking lot on Fairchild Air Force Base. Ignoring the blazing sun, some dive into full-body hazmat suits, while others begin building a large structure and connecting it to water hoses. Wheeling equipment into the lot, airmen are shouting instructions and encouragement to each other, all clearly focused on one goal. The average person watching might be baffled as to what that is, but these people know...
Cathy McMorris Rodgers has been a strong advocate for people with disabilities. She is one of the leaders in Congress, and the whole federal government, on bringing awareness to Down Syndrome. She brought to Congress’ attention the fact that less than one-hundredth of 1 percent is devoted to Down Syndrome research, and the fact that nearly every person with Down Syndrome develops Alzheimer’s or dementia. Cathy called on Congress to put more into researching Down Syndrome, so that people with that extra 21st chromosome can...
Recently I sent a letter to Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Part of the letter says: “I just needed to tell you how encouraged I was when I met some young people from your campaign at the anti-racism rally at the County Courthouse on Aug. 2 and while we were talking they told me that racism has no place in American politics and is in fact un-American.” On Aug. 4 I bumped into Cathy at the Hillyard parade and she told me that our land should be the land of opportunity for everyone. I was encouraged again by that and...
A few weeks ago, I was in a serious discussion with a young friend who claimed that the Washington state tax system is unfair to the poor. I asked how he came to that conclusion, and he said the rich in Washington pay a lower percent of their income in taxes than the poor. I pondered that for a second and asked where he came to that conclusion. You guessed it. He said, “Well, everybody knows that.” I told him that I didn’t know that and would need to think on it. He got mad and stomped out. I knew that his claim had to have...
Greetings and salutations. John McCallum here — your friendly, neighborhood enemy of the American people. I know there are some out there who would agree with the president’s reference to those of us in the news media. There are many who would say he wasn’t referring to everybody in the media, just specific news organizations. So for the record, here is a copy of his Feb. 17, 2017 Tweet: Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump — “The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of...
The plight of a grieving orca who continues to carry her dead calf for weeks is reported by the Seattle Times. In Spokane, the Spokane Spokesman-Review lets people know for the first time the Legislature is forming a task force to exempt lawmakers from portions of the Public Records Act. The Columbia Basin Herald in Moses Lake warns that air quality for the county fair may be unhealthy because of wildfire smoke pollution. The Omak County Chronicle reports that Wally Richards is this year’s Omak Stampede grand marshal. The N...
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office is releasing the following information pursuant to RCW 4.24.550, which authorizes law enforcement agencies to inform the public of a sex offender release when, in the discretion of the agency, the release of information will enhance public safety and protection. Elijah P. Stanford, 56, was convicted of first-degree child molestation on Oct. 19, 1998. He is described as a white male, with red hair and blue eyes.Stanford has listed his place of residence as the 7600 block of West White R...
Greater Spokane Emergency Management officials want the public to know what evacuation levels mean - and what to take with them when told to leave. The county agency has released a set of evacuation guidelines and an "emergency evacuation grab and go list" it hopes all residents will find helpful should conditions arise where they need to be prepared to leave their homes. The information is particularly applicable to residents in what GSEM program specialist Gerry Bozarth...
A pioneer old Medical Lake building is blazing a new trail with the sale in June to new owner, Jessica Glenn. Gone will be the iconic Wagon Wheel Bar that has been part of the community on the corner of Lake and Lefevre streets off and on for over a century. In its place is a fully renovated and much-needed apartment space, a potential new community gathering place, as well as office space in the building whose sign proclaims it was established in 1900. "I have renamed it the...
Recently launched Kalispel Tribe Utilities has selected an Itron Inc. solution for electricity delivery with the goal of building a world-class utility, the tribe announced Aug. 7. The tribe signed a contract with Itron to deploy their OpenWay® Riva solution to build what’s called an “active network” that will better prepare the tribe to utilize technology in the future. “We needed a metering solution that would be able to handle residential and commercial,” Deane Osterman, executive director of natural resources for the Ka...
Cheney developer Steve Emtman is proposing a zoning change that would essential "swap" land designated multifamily on 12.1 acres of land along Alki Street to better accommodate construction of a 224-unit apartment complex. The changes would redistribute land around a wetland on the site by changing the designation of Emtman's property along a strip of Alki from R-3/multifamily residential to R-3H/high density multifamily residential. An equal amount of land along the northern...
In accordance with state law, the Cheney school district will be destroying past students’ special education records unless they hear from the child’s parent or guardian by Sept. 30. Under state and federal law, special education records must be maintained for six years after students’ services have ended. “We have over time kept records way beyond the regular retention schedule, but what happens then is they start to pile up in the file cabinets and we get more and more file cabinets. Our file room is full, essenti...
While many staff members have been enjoying their summer break, Medical Lake central administrators like Superintendent Tim Ames and Chad Moss, director of finance, have been involved in getting things in line for 2018-19. For Ames, that has meant working with staff at various levels and have them agree to a new three-year contract. If he reads things right, that will have already been done by now as negotiations were supposed to have wrapped up on Aug. 15 with the contract...
Registration for kindergarteners and new elementary students in the Cheney School District began Monday, Aug. 13, at all local elementary schools. Registering students before school starts is convenient for parents and for the school district, said Sharon Throop, assistant to the superintendent. “It’s much better to be done in advance,” Throop said. “It also helps us know how many students to expect at each grade level, for planning purposes for classrooms. For example, if we get many more students than we were expecting for...
For the second time in five months, residents of Medical Lake will go through the process of filling a vacant seat on their City Council. Following the July resignation of Position 1 Councilman John Paikuli, which became effective Aug. 1, the process begins to find a city resident to fill the vacancy until the November 2019 general election. If interested, and qualified, that person could run for another full four-year term. Application packets may be picked up at City Hall...
Old Growth Quartet bassist Joe Wilmhoff looks on as lead guitarist and singer Dale Adkins jams during their performance Sunday afternoon at the Blue Waters, Bluegrass festival in Medical Lake....
Amazon is voluntarily paying a $178,640 traffic mitigation fee to Airway Heights to be used for improvements to the intersection of Hayford Road and U.S. Route 2, primarily for a second southbound left turn lane, according to city officials. The fee is part of Amazon’s compliance with the State Environmental Policy Act, which requires developers know if their project will contribute to transportation problems in the area. The act also requires developers to find out what direct and indirect impacts their proposal will have o...
For the second time in two weeks, Cheney residents were faced with the imposition of irrigation restrictions to deal with low water levels in the city’s five reservoirs. Unlike past mandatory restrictions, the prohibiting of irrigation from July 25-28 and Aug. 8-10 was brought about by extremely hot weather only, rather than hot weather combined with mechanical malfunctions at city wells. A third irrigation restriction was imposed early in July when levels dropped to 12.8 feet on July 10 as temperatures hit the high 80s f...
