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  • Elizabeth "Geri" Damrow

    Updated Sep 8, 2022

    Elizabeth "Geri" Damrow, worked for the City of Cheney for approximately 30 years. Born in Aiken, S.C. and was put to rest in Spokane, Wash. peacefully, surrounded by family. Service on Saturday, Sept. 10 at 11:00am at Hennessey Funeral Home, 2203 N Division Spokane, WA, 99207....

  • Talkington earns first Big Sky Offensive Player Award

    Updated Sep 8, 2022

    Eastern Washington quarterback Gunner Talkington has been named the Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Week after leading the Eagles to a 36-29 non-conference football win over Tennessee State Sept. 3 at Roos Field. A sixth-year senior, Talkington, made his second career start and threw for 348 yards and led the team with 60 rushing yards. Talkington completed 29 of his 46 pass attempts, was sacked only once and did not throw an interception. With the game tied 29-2 9...

  • Wheat Growers concerned by dam breaching push

    Cheney Free Press|Updated Sep 8, 2022

    WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Association of Wheat Growers is objecting to a biased report designed to push Democratic efforts to breach dams on the lower Snake River. In comments opposing the dam-breaching effort and one-sided report, Wheat Growers CEO Chandler Goule said the organization is concerned about the push by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Shoreline, and Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Bainbridge Island. “The dams play a vital role in providing a safe, efficient and affordable way for wheat farmers to get their product to mar...

  • Colfax FFA member named national finalist

    Teresa Simpson, Gazette Reporter|Updated Sep 8, 2022

    COLFAX – Colfax FFA member Cotton Booker has been named an American Star finalist in the Agribusiness category. The National FFA American Start Award represents the best of the best among thousands of American FFA Degree recipients. The award recognizes members who developed skills in agriculture through the completion of a supervised agricultural experience project (SAE). "There's only been very few people who have gotten the honor in the state of washington," said FFA a...

  • New apartments coming to Medical Lake

    Drew Lawson, Cheney Free Press|Updated Sep 8, 2022

    MEDICAL LAKE-It has been tough to find housing on the West Plains recently, but a new option is coming soon. The Park Apartments have been under construction on the north end of the city and are expected to be ready for move-in this winter. The 78-unit, three-building complex may have its first building done by the end of 2022, said Nick Brumback, president and co-owner of Brumback Commercial Real Estate and Brumback Construction, the company that owns and is constructing the...

  • Methodist church has new pastor

    Roger Harnack, Cheney Free Press|Updated Sep 8, 2022

    CHENEY – United Methodist Church of Cheney has a new pastor. Damian Carruthers, 33, now of Cheney, arrived here from Frankfurt, Germany, on Aug. 4. He began as pastor of the church at 204 Fourth St. on Aug. 15. "I really would like to get to know this town and the people living here," he said, noting the people he's met here are very friendly." "Everybody is so friendly over here," he said. "The bank, getting a phone, whatever... Everybody is so nice and welcoming." C...

  • Fall hunting season brings promising outlook

    Drew Lawson, The Record-Times|Updated Sep 8, 2022

    CHENEY-A flip of the calendar to September means that for most seasons, it's time to hunt. Many big game, small game and bird hunts began Sept. 1, while others begin later in the month or into October. The hunting season looks more promising for deer opposed to last year, when the animal was ravaged by disease that particularly hit white-tail populations. "Last year really took a toll on white-tail especially, but we saw it in mule deer too," Fish and Wildlife Officer JoLynn...

  • Looking to expand our coverage

    Drew Lawson|Updated Sep 8, 2022

    Since the Davenport Times and Odessa Record merged to create the Lincoln County Record-Times, our two-person news staff has worked together to report on news, community and sports items in Davenport, Odessa, Reardan, Harrington and the surrounding areas in Lincoln County. Leveraging that staff to turn in a small-town weekly paper that goes up against any small paper in Eastern Washington quality-wise has been hard, but rewarding work. Now, we’re looking to expand that even further with paid and volunteer opportunities. We a...

  • Fair tax; amend the constitution

    Jason Mercier, Contributor|Updated Sep 8, 2022

    I recently had the opportunity to review all 50 state constitutions and confirmed an important fact for the current capital gains income tax litigation in Washington. Although most state constitutions mention how real, personal, tangible or intangible property should be taxed, the vast majority don’t define those terms. Of those that define property, Washington’s constitution has the broadest definition. This is why our state supreme court has repeatedly ruled that in ord...

  • Letters to the Editor

    Updated Sep 8, 2022

    ‘Revisionist’ history more complete If the only way you learn history is from the promoted myths of statues, place names or street names, then you have only yourself to blame for your misguided sense of injury. The revisionist history that offends you offers a more complete picture of the history of broken treaties, difficult native-settler relations and broader inclusion of points of view of historical events. History is far more nuanced and interesting than cardboard heroes and white manifest destiny. It is time to pay mor...

  • Martin Fredrick Meise

    Updated Sep 8, 2022

    Martin Fredrick Meise, 69 of Odessa, Wash. passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, after running into a burning bar to save the alcohol. Or maybe not. We all know how he liked to tell stories. Marty was born on Dec. 2, 1952, in Ritzville, Wash. to Earl & Ramona Meise. Marty graduated from Odessa High School in 1971. He married Wendy Sue Greenwalt on Sept. 25, 1981, and the couple celebrated 40 years of marriage in 2021. Marty & Wendy had one daughter, Jena Nichole Meise, who was...

  • John Nicholas Boyd

    Updated Sep 8, 2022

    John Nicholas Boyd entered into eternal peace on the morning of Sept. 2, 2022. He was a beloved son of Anne and Richard Boyd, and brother to Deborah Joyner, Patricia Joyner, Dianne and Bob Sanders, and James and Alyssa Boyd. After an extended illness, he passed away surrounded by his loving family in Cheney, Wash. Through the years, John lived a beautiful life full of spiritual and intellectual study, sharing his peace and wisdom with his parents, siblings, and many nieces...

  • The Fair

    Venus Bratsveen|Updated Sep 8, 2022

    The fair is a veritable smorgasbord, orgasbord, orgasbord, orgasbord, after the crowds have gone. So says Goose in the 1973 movie version of Charlotte’s Web by E.B White. And so it is, but not just after hours. My favorite childhood memories of the fair revolve around food and freedom the fair brings to us. Fair time, for younger me, was a time to run wild between the aisles of rides, games of chance and of course, food vans. All the bright lights, vibrant colors, larger than life imagery painted on the ride backgrounds m...

  • 'Remodeling job' underway for Medical Lake soccer

    Paul Delaney, Contributor|Updated Sep 8, 2022

    For a relatively out of the way league, tucked away in the largely rural parts of far Eastern Washington, the Northeast A has become mighty tough when it comes to girls’ soccer. Deer Park is the defending 1A state champions with plenty of additional horsepower coming from Freeman and Lakeside on a regular basis. It’s Dan Collins’ challenge as he approaches his third season as head coach to try to make Medical Lake competitive in the NEA after a drought where since 2018 the p...

  • Cheney vs Gonzaga

    Updated Sep 8, 2022

    Curran Moore tries to outrace a pair of defenders in the Blackhawks’ 58-0 Greater Spokane League opening week loss at Gonzaga Prep Sept. 2. Cheney entertains Ferris at Tom Oswald Field on Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. in another GSL contest. More photos on page B2. Photo by Paul Delaney...

  • High School football briefs

    Updated Sep 8, 2022

    Fast start propels G-Prep win over Cheney In a matter of a few minutes in the first quarter Sept. 2, the Cheney Blackhawks went from locking up in a dandy football duel with defending 2021 Greater Spokane League to shooting themselves in the foot. Trailing 14-0 on a pair of Lilomaicua Mikaele touchdowns, Cheney forced a G-Prep turnover. It was not long before Jakeb Vallance found Cole Palmer over the middle for what appeared to be a long touchdown play but a holding call negated the score. Then came the crusher. As time...

  • Cheney Football Opener vs Gonzaga Prep

    Paul Delaney|Updated Sep 8, 2022

  • EWU Sports Briefs

    Updated Sep 8, 2022

    Eastern splits with Denver, UNLV Eastern Washington lost 2-0 to UNLV in a non-conference soccer match Sept. 4. in Las Vegas, Nev. as Izzy Perez and Heather Mitchell scored first half goals for the Runin’ Rebels. The Eagles, however, earned a split in last week’ matches — and their regular season first victory of the season — with a 1-0 win over the Denver University Pioneers at the EWU Sports & Recreation Soccer Field, Sept. 1. Chloe Pattison scored Eastern’s winning goal in the 81st minute as Eastern improved to 1-3-2 on th...

  • Davenport tops ML in soccer opener

    Drew Lawson, The Record-Times|Updated Sep 8, 2022

    MEDICAL LAKE-The Davenport soccer team is coming off a 2021 season with mixed results, finishing first in the NE2B in the regular season but falling to rival Reardan in the league playoffs. The Gorillas' quest to take the next step and make a state playoff push got off to a good start Tuesday, handily beating a 1A opponent in the Medical Lake Cardinals 5-0. The Cardinals hosted the game against the Gorillas in both team's season opener on a sunny day at the field alongside...

  • Vernon Adams Jr. now a B.C. Lion

    Updated Sep 8, 2022

    Former Eastern Washington University standout quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. has been traded from the Montreal Alouettes to the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League the team announced Aug. 31. Adams Jr., who began his college career at EWU in 2012 and earned numerous honors, including was twice named Big Sky Offensive Player of the Year, played his final season at Oregon of the Pac-12 in 2015. Adams Jr. was originally on the Lions' negotiation list before...