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At its final meeting in August, the Cheney City Council approved an ordinance modifying the city’s salary structure in a way that will allow some employees to collect additional compensation when on state fire mobilization. The ordinance, X-47, specifies that city staff in exempt positions may work on occasion as part of the Washington State Fire Service team in fighting wildland fires. If so, the Cheney employee will now be paid one and a half times their normal pay rate for work outside of their normal work hours. City A...
One hundred years ago in 1918, war-time wheat prices reached about $2.50 a bushel in this area. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
By MELINDA MYERS Contributor It's all about timing when harvesting cucumbers for eating fresh or preserving as dill or sweet pickles. Picking these low-calorie vegetables ensures the best flavor, greatest nutritional value and suitability for pickling. Harvest cucumbers based on how you plan to use them. Pick the fruit when it is 1½ to 2½ inches long if you plan on making sweet pickles. Allow the cucumbers to grow a bit bigger, three to four inches, if dill...
Cheney coat drive underway It is that time of year again; time to collect and distribute coats for the Cheney Community Coat Drive. New or used coats for all ages can be donated beginning Sept. 6 at area schools, churches and several businesses. Big Wash and local volunteers will make sure all of the coats are clean and ready for distribution in October. Distribution is set for Thursday, Oct. 11, at Sunset Elementary school, Saturday, Oct. 13, at Salnave Elementary School and Monday, Oct. 29, at Feed Cheney. If you have quest...
Cheney Congregational Church You are invited to join us for our services at Cheney Congregational Church Sunday, Sept. 9, at 10 a.m. Communion, which was postponed from the holiday weekend, will be celebrated this week. All are welcome to participate. Pastor David Kreuger-Duncan continues to lead our journey through the Gospel of Luke. This week, the topic is “Sabbath Rest…Sabbath Resolve!” based on chapter six. A coffee hour will follow in the fellowship hall, please join us and get acquainted. Our sound system has been...
The water level at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge's Middle Pine Lake is low and is subsequently proving attractive to a pair of blue herons. The birds are perching in trees and wading into the shallow water stalking fish. Blue herons are one of over 200 species of animals that can be found at Turnbull....
People looking to purchase some quality locker meat might want to consider taking a trip to the upcoming Spokane Interstate Fair. Cheney and other West Plains 4-H clubs and Future Farmers of America students will be showing their prize steers, hogs, lamb and goats during the annual livestock auction, taking place this Sunday, Sept. 9, at 2 p.m. at the fair’s agricultural center. Frog Hollow 4-H leader Kyle Cordill said these students have spent hundreds of hours raising these animals, and often rely on their sale to help t...
1 Years Ago Sept. 18, 2008 Medical Lake Fire Department officials found that the used fire engine purchased the previous February was missing too many equipment items to effectively fight fires. The Medical Lake police investigated two sexual assault allegations that occurred in the same week in the same neighborhood. The scarcity of off-campus housing for college students prompted multiple developers to propose the construction of multi-family units in Cheney. 20 Years Ago Sept. 17, 1998 Due to poor steer sales in 1997, Med...
Cathy McMorris Rodgers is the most dedicated, energetic and effective elected official I have ever seen. As chairman of the Pend Oreille County Republicans, I’ve seen a lot of them. Cathy covers her district, one of the largest in America, with a relentless dedication that flows from her deep and passionate commitment to the people of Eastern Washington. I have seen her repeatedly connect on a personal level with ranchers, farmers, veterans, loggers, single parents and people from all walks of life struggling to make it. S...
If you would talk to some of my Air Force buddies from the Vietnam era, you would find that I dreamed of being a teacher and football coach for a long time. When I had sufficient time in military service, I decided to obtain my teaching credentials and pursue my dream. I could have chosen any state in the union. I owned a home in Nebraska left over from my assignment to the base in Omaha. My parents wanted me to return to my roots in the Midwest, but I chose to settle in Eastern Washington. I had been stationed at Fairchild...
I get very upset about the dishonest, scare-mongering tactics from Lisa Brown’s campaign. I saw them again in the mail card that arrived at my house this week. Lisa claims that Cathy McMorris Rodgers has voted to cut Social Security and Medicare. No, she has not! It’s especially dishonest to make these claims when these programs are such a lifeline for friends and family and for some very vulnerable people. Cathy understands how much they matter. That’s why she has supported the hard work to make them safe and susta...
With today’s tension and rancor, we need a dose of Yogi Berra’s wit and wisdom to put things into perspective. Let’s start with “You can observe a lot by just watching” because seeing what is happening now is very disconcerting. We need less sarcasm, and to alleviate the vilification of one another that we constantly witness in the news and on social media. To quote Yogi: “It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.” Yogi’s humorous way of...
On my classroom door there’s a sign. It reads: “In my room I want you to feel empowered, connected, respected, valued, challenged and supported. How am I doing?” Early on I direct the kids’ attention to it, discuss it, and revisit it. But as time gets on, I let it be. I no longer want to bring attention to it; I no longer talk it. I strive to walk it, to embed it, to live it. It is the culture I wish to create in my room. It is the standard that I set for myself as the leader in our classroom community. And as that leader,...
Learn how to be proactive and not reactive in your retirement planning. Community members are invited to attend the “Proactive Retirement Planning Education Day” seminar Saturday, Sept. 15, at the Quality Inn in downtown Spokane on Fourth Avenue. The educational seminar, sponsored by the Better Investing Inland Empire Chapter, runs from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. The day’s keynote speaker is Yuerg Eichmann, President of Swiss American Financial. Eichmann is a licensed certified retirement financial advisor and charter member of th...
An unidentified adult male was killed in single vehicle rollover crash early Sunday morning, Sept. 2. At approximately 2:20 a.m., Spokane County Sheriff’s Offices deputies responded to the report of a single vehicle crash in the 35700 block of South Wells Road in south Spokane County. The caller stated it appeared a van hit a power pole, rolled and the driver had been ejected. The driver did not have a pulse and CPR was provided until Spokane County fire and medical personnel arrived. Due to the extent and severity of the i...
Will you be the next contestant on The Price Is Right Live!? Find out when the hit show returns to Northern Quest Resort & Casino’s Pend Oreille Pavilion for two nights on Nov. 27 and 28. Show time is 7:30 p.m. All tickets are $39 and go on sale Saturday, Sept. 8 at 9 a.m. Purchase tickets online at www.northernquest.com or call the Northern Quest box office at (509) 481-2800 or toll-free at 877-871-6772. Box office hours are 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. seven days a week. As the most popular game show on television, The Price is Right Li...
Even on a day when there have been little changes over the summer, glitches seem to find their way into things when school doors swing open for the new year. But in Medical Lake, where significant changes were made to security measures at all schools, most everything went quite well last Wednesday, Aug. 29, for the first day of classes according to district officials. District Superintendent Tim Ames and Kim Headrick, director of teaching and learning, both made the rounds of...
Following the shooting a year ago at Freeman High School, districts across the region put many new measures in place to try to make sure that event is not repeated. Among the physical improvements done locally in the Medical Lake School District are the installation of new security doors. But at Medical Lake High School, which has detached buildings on the north side of the campus that serve as classrooms, officials decided that the installation of a 6-foot security fence was...
Now that Airway Heights’ new 46,000 square foot recreation center is taking shape, the city is focusing on taking the next steps toward the future of its non-profit, Citizens Associated for Recreation, Education and Sports (CARES.) The non-profit was formed in 2015 by the Airway Heights Parks and Recreation Department with the goal of improving the quality of life for local residents by promoting the acquisition and development of quality recreational facilities where youth and adult programs can be developed. According to t...
Every city needs a little bit of magic. What kind of magic is often up for interpretation. For Nick Garcia-Reid and his father, Brian Reid, it's Magic the Gathering, a popular trading card game with more than 20 million players worldwide. It's that kind of magic that served as the inspiration for their new Airway Heights business Ghost Quarter Games, a 3,300 square foot space on 12622 W. Sunset Highway devoted to games of all kinds. The business opened July 19. "We want this...
Former patrol officer with the Cheney Police Department Dane Gilman has taken on a new role this year, filling the position of school resource officer at Cheney High School. Retired Sgt. Kelly Hembach has been the school’s SRO for several years, but moved to help the district in a greater capacity as director of security in December 2017, managing security for multiple schools and leaving the high school without a full-time officer. For years, the Cheney Police Department and the Cheney School District have had a r...
The start of a school year means many new things lie ahead for students and staff. And for those at Endeavors, this is especially true. Endeavors you say? Just what is that? That is the new name for the former Medical Lake Alternative High School as the rebranding became official several days ago when new signage took the place of the old. "We'll always deal with the stigma of the word, 'alternative,'" school director Lyra McGirk said. That is a state-level description so...
The city of Airway Heights will be hiring its second public defender this year and its third overall due to increased population growth and increased activity in the courts, according to city officials. The City Council approved the hiring of a third public defender at their Aug. 20 meeting. Airway Heights hired a second public defender at the beginning of this year. Public defenders are attorneys provided to those in the court system that are unable to afford their own defense. “In part, there’s an increased need bec...
One of the Medical Lake School Board’s major action items on the agenda for their Aug. 28 meeting will just have to wait. But in the meantime, the board did a lot of unanimous “rubber stamping” of a variety of matters and heard numerous reports on the eve of the start of the 2018-19 school year. The big item on the agenda was board approval of a three-year collective bargaining agreement with certified staff. For Medical Lake, “On average it was 9.67 percent new money,...
One man was killed in an officer-involved shooting that took place late Monday night at Mitchell's Harvest Foods on First Street. According to a Sept. 4 Cheney Police Department news release, three Cheney officers, assisted by Eastern Washington University police, responded to a call at approximately 11:40 p.m. of a disorderly man armed with a knife at the grocery store at 116 W. First St. Upon arriving on scene, the officers made contact with the man outside the store in the...
