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Students paying their way through college by working part-time is the stuff of legend — or at the least, feel-good nostalgia from our grandparents generation. You know, the ones who endured the Great Depression and fought World War II. But at 44 colleges — in 41 cities or metropolitan areas — out of 1,587 nationwide, paying for college through working can be a reality, thanks to low costs and good wages. And tops in the nation among these is Cheney and Eastern Washington University. According to a study released Aug. 7 by the...
Decades before football games between Eastern Washington and Montana were marked on the calendar well in advance, their first and arguably the most notable rivals were the Central Washington Wildcats. While today's fans might look down their nose a bit, oldtimers recognize that when the Savages met the Wildcats on any sports field or court, it was largely the equivalent of war, waged 180 miles apart, sometimes twice a season in the old NAIA and Evergreen Conference days. Forme...
There's excitement in Jeremy Bahr's voice as the Medical Lake alum gets ready for his dream job head coaching debut at his alma mater Friday night at Holliday Field. That's where his Cardinals take on St. Maries in a nonleague matchup in what he hopes is the beginning of a turnaround for a team that has not celebrated a victory in two seasons. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. when the 1-0 Lumberjacks, 47-14 winners over Kellogg visit to resume a series that the schools played for six...
CHENEY Aug. 21 An abandoned auto was towed from the 200 block of West Fifth Street. Police impounded a silver, 2001 Ford Taurus. Joanna R. Saunders, 23, was arrested on the 1000 block of Betz Road for fourth-degree assault/domestic violence. Jessica R. Edgar, 36, was arrested on the 2200 block of First Street for violation of a court order. Michael F. Deandre, 31, was arrested on the 200 block of Simpson Parkway for possession of drug paraphernalia. A white, 2008 BMW was taken without the owner’s permission from the 1000 b...
By MELINDA MYERS Contributor Enjoy your flower garden's beauty all year long. Harvest and dry a few flowers to use in flower arrangements, craft projects or as gifts for friends and family. Pick the flowers when they are at peak bloom and blossoms are dry. Cut flowers for drying mid-day when they contain less moisture in order to reduce the dry time. Use a bypass pruner or scissors to cut the stems. Remove the foliage and gather them into small bundles. Secure the stems with r...
County library facilities closed for Labor Day All Spokane County Library District facilities will be closed on Monday, Sept. 3, 2018 to observe Labor Day. Regular library hours resume Tuesday, Sept. 4. Spokane County Library District’s online services remain available 24–7 at www.scld.org....
The Spokane Tribe Casino is hosting a live music series at the Three Peaks Bar + Kitchen, the restaurant inside the casino. The music series, titled “Live at Three Peaks,” will take place on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and feature a variety of musicians and styles. The casino wants to make the series a staple in the area and highlight its new space, casino Marketing and Advertising Coordinator Megan Breckenridge said in an email. The following is the lineup for Live At Three Peaks through October: September 6, 7, 8: Rus...
Cheney Congregational Church Remember the saying: “We have never done it that way?” Want something new? Interested in the teachings of Jesus? We are interested in the Bible and its teachings. We are interested in the old ways and the new ways. Sept. 29 starting at noon, we will host a “Family Fest” at our parking lot with music, games and food. We want to meet our neighbors. Come and enjoy a family day out. Visit with us Sunday mornings for more about Jesus and the book of Luke. Cheney Congregational Church holds church...
1 Years Ago Sept. 11, 2008 The Airway Heights Wal-Mart caught backlash from the community after it was revealed that they were selling merchandise featuring local high school logos without returning any profit to the schools. The Cheney City Council approved more than $16,000 in extra costs incurred while remodeling City Hall. A Medical Lake family trained dogs — mostly border collies and other herding breeds — for a flyball tournament. 20 Years Ago Sept. 10, 1998 The idea of televised Cheney and Medical Lake City Cou...
One of Hollywood's more ambitious projects is headed for theaters soon, and it's coming with a local connection. Cheney High School graduate Andrew DeCesare has been busy working on the upcoming "Rogue Warfare Trilogy," with all three films being shot in just 45 days - 15 days per film. That amounts to about 10-15 pages of script per day, DeCesare said, something made easier to accomplish by the fact that all aspects of the films from script work to final production has been...
Jody Young spends long days dedicated to tending his land so it will produce crops to help feed the nation - and maybe the world. The Medical Lake area farmer's hard work and good fortune will allow a local club to get back on its feet and hopefully once again thrive. A recent news release reported that 10 charities each received a $5,000 donation as part of the Bayer Cereal Experts Grain for Good Sweepstakes. Young selected the Davenport 4-H Club as the recipient of the...
The Airway Heights City Council at their Aug. 20 meeting approved a project to move water telemetry equipment from the restrooms in Sunset Park to another location and demolish the restroom building. Telemetry equipment that gives the city’s public works department the ability to communicate with the city’s main water tank is located in the old restrooms in the park, which the parks and recreation department has wanted to demolish for some time, Public Works Director Kevin Anderson said. “(The telemetry equipment) takes...
While waiting outside the Spokane Valley City Council in July, I met an elderly woman who was very proud that she grew up in Idaho and now lived in the Spokane Valley. We had a brief discussion about immigration, and she just couldn’t understand why all the migrants were coming to the United States with their children. “Why don’t they just stay in their own countries and fix them, instead of coming here?” she queried. I responded by asking her, “Well, why do you think they come here?” and she said that they want our stuff....
Last April, Washington wheat, apple and cherry growers hoped U.S. and China trade negotiators would resolve differences and prevent imposition of damaging tariffs on our state’s leading crops. Unfortunately, that did not happened and the costs are adding up. Thousands of Washington farmers now find themselves on the front lines of a battle between the two largest economies in the world. Here’s what has happened so far. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump imposed a 25...
One of Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ signature campaign promises has always been that she will help get veterans the care they deserve and that she has the military’s back. Cathy has fulfilled this promise in bounds. In just the last few years, Cathy has been instrumental in getting military personnel the largest pay raise in nine years. Cathy also sponsored the “Faster Care for Veterans Act,” which will modernize the system used by the VA. Among other things, veterans will now have the option of scheduling their appoint...
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency released the details of its new plan to roll back federal pollution restrictions on coal-burning power plants in an attempt to buoy the languishing coal industry and replace stricter Obama-era regulations. The Trump administration’s new energy proposal, called the Affordable Clean Energy rule, is intended to replace Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which would have phased out most coal-fired power plants by 2030. In contrast, the Affordable Clean Energy rule would shift power plant reg...
A friend and I were engaged in a bit of fanciful wishful thinking the other day when he asked me how I would improve our country with a $100 million or so. I quickly ran down the list of national problems we are rapidly leaving for our grandchildren. A hundred million wouldn’t do much for the national debt, so I scrolled down to our utter dependence on fossil fuels. I’m not concerned that our oil and coal reserves will run out in my lifetime, but the supply is finite and will eventually be depleted. In the long term, we hav...
The University of Wyoming announced in an Aug. 2 news release that former Cheney resident Michele D. Larson had been awarded her doctorate at the completion of the 2018 spring semester. The University of Wyoming provides quality undergraduate and graduate programs to 12,397 students from all 50 states and 91 countries. Established in 1886, UW is a nationally recognized research institution with accomplished faculty and world-class facilities. For more information about the University of Wyoming, view the webpage at:...
Not even a fire alarm and a brief evacuation could keep the teachers of the Cheney School District from switching roles and becoming students for the day on Aug. 23. The district welcomed renowned educator Dr. Luis Cruz to the Eastern Washington University campus to give a lecture and personalized instruction to teachers and staff members on how to boost graduation rates and reach students across the economic and cultural spectrum. "We're not just teachers," Cruz said to an...
When Sharon Throop saw the help wanted ad from the Cheney School District in a local newspaper, she thought such a position might carry something unique from other administrative posts. "Working for a school district felt like a purpose of some kind," Throop said recently. So she applied, interviewed and was hired to be the assistant to the superintendent. That was March, 1984. Today, Throop is scheduled to enter retirement on Aug. 31 - 34 years and nine superintendents...
The Airway Heights City Council put into motion at their Aug. 20 meeting a plan to develop a public art program for U.S. Highway 2. Several roundabouts are planned to go along U.S. 2 in the coming months, and these roundabouts present a unique opportunity to display public art, City Manager Albert Tripp said at the meeting. According to council documents, with the project, the city is aiming to create an environment with memorable spaces for residents and visitors. The documents state that the city will be working collaborati...
With certification on Aug. 21, the results of Spokane County’s Aug. 7 primary become official and with it a more endorsed beginning to the races slated for November’s General Election. With elections in even-numbered years dealing only with federal and state offices along with any state-wide initiatives, voters on the West Plains may have to get these candidates to address concerns more localized to their respective communities, rather than larger regional and state issues. The only local initiatives — emergency medic...
Incoming Cheney High School freshman Rebecca Purviance prints some shirts at the Future Business Leaders of America Club's press at the high school. The shirt design Purviance was working on for the class of 2022 is at left. Students in Cheney and Medical Lake returned to school on Aug. 29....
It's not often that the "Interested Citizens" part of the Medical Lake City Council meeting takes top billing, but in a relatively swiftly conducted Aug. 21 session that's exactly what happened. Terri Cooper of Re*Imagine Medical Lake brought the council up to date on plans that have been in the works for several months to bring the "Moving Wall" to town in 2019. That happens June 13 –17 in conjunction with next year's edition of Founder's Day, another production of R...
