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Cheney’s City Council found itself in the unenviable position at Tuesday night’s meeting of having to approve payment of a bill it didn’t anticipate and didn’t have much of a hand in creating. The council approved a $25,953 in Tier 2 power costs above what had been forecasted for use in 2014. The increase comes from the Northwest Intergovernmental Energy Supply Group, composed of 22 member utilities of which Cheney is one, and is based upon overly optimistic projections and lower than anticipated resale prices. Cheney...
By the time you read this there will be just four days left in the 2013 Major League Baseball season. Four days remaining for playoff contenders to make it in or solidify either a division title or one of two wildcard spots. For the rest of the teams, it’s four days until reflection time. And, once again, that includes the Seattle Mariners. It has now been 12 years since the last playoff appearance, six years since the last .500 season and the end of season three in general manager Jack Zduriencik’s rebuilding program. And...
The Medical Lake football team learned a valuable lesson enduring its first loss a couple of weeks ago on the road at Bonners Ferry, Idaho. And Cardinals head coach Wes Hobbs thinks they took what they learned and used it well in last Friday’s 35-20 Northeast A League victory over previously undefeated Newport at Holliday Field. Medical Lake (1-0 NEA, 2-1 overall) got a pair of touchdowns from Jackson Tappero and single scores from TJ Johnson, Cory Wagner and Jordan Calero. T...
James E. Leming, 59, passed away unexpectedly Sept.16 at his home in Medical Lake. He is preceded in death by his father, Ralph Leming, sisters Linda and Jody and is survived by his mother Marie Leming, brothers Jerry, Bob and Danny, sister Diana and her husband Dale Milich, nieces;Carly, Shiana and Ashley, nephews; Josh, Zach, Bryce, Joey, Marcus and Lucas, and his “Bud.” Leming loved hunting, fishing, camping and just being with nature. He lived his life his way and wil... Full story
Damon Lopez Brown passed away peacefully with family by his side Sept. 15 at Providence Sacred Heart. He was born in Detroit, served in the Air Force and was discharged from FAFB. He has lived in Cheney since 1974, attended Eastern Washington State College, and worked at the Nabisco Flour Mill for several years and then Kaiser, Mead, retiring in 1996. He is survived by his wife Sherry and his beloved dogs Gracie and Lola. He is also survived by brother-in-law Gary Miller (Sandi), sister-in-law Lynne Kent, niece Chandra... Full story
1 Years Ago Oct. 2, 2003 Cheney School District stood to lose nearly $20,000 if they chose to transport students from daycare locations to Betz Elementary. A state appeals court overturned an earlier judgment that ordered the city of Cheney to pay former bar owner Tom Showalter nearly $27,000 for forcing him to remove an awning in front of the business. The Cheney City Council ordered the city attorney to pursue legal action against downtown revitalization contractor Hidden...
TOPPENISH – It’s Childhood Obesity Prevention Awareness Month, and afterschool programs in some Washington communities have made it an all-year priority. In the Yakima Valley, with the help of local chefs they have organized "Top Chef"-style competitions for middle-school students and restaurant visits and cooking classes for younger kids. Melanie Willis, 21st Century Afterschool Program coordinator at the Northwest Community Action Center, says it's a fun way to get them interested in better nutrition. "We have lots of diffe...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church The congregation of Emmanuel Lutheran Church invites you, your family and friends to worship with us Sunday, Sept. 29, at 10:30 a.m. as we celebrate the 19th Sunday after Pentecost. Preschool through adult Christian education begins at 9 a.m. Emmanuel will host StageWest Community Theater’s production of “It was a Dark and Stormy Night” written by Tim Kelly and directed by Charles Kenfield. Play dates are: Friday, Oct. 11, 18 and 25 at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, 19, and 26 at 7 p.m. Sunday matin...
“I was sitting on the deck of my house when I noticed the branches of one of my fruit trees was shaking,” Reede Brown said. ”Pretty soon I saw four long black legs beneath it. Then the moose came around the tree showing his huge antlers. He ambled over to my plum tree and ate some of them. He tried another tree then drank from the bucket of water I have for my dog.” Brown said the moose moseyed on and disappeared over the horizon. Now, wait a minute, you mean he didn’t...
Dishonesty, lying and cheating are not treated with the right amount of opprobrium in today’s society. To gain an appreciation for the significance of honesty and trust, consider what our day-to-day lives would be like if we couldn’t trust anyone. When we purchase a bottle of 100 pills from our pharmacist, how many of us bother to count the pills? We pull in to a gasoline station and pay $35 for 10 gallons of gasoline. How do we know for sure whether we in fact received 10 gallons instead of 9 3/4? You pay $7 for a 1-p...
Barack Obama looks exhausted these days. He looks about as tired, in other words, as the nation feels. He knows this. At a speech Saturday, he said that people are always telling him to “hang in there.” “Don’t worry about me!” Obama said. “I am still fired up ... because I still see the work that needs to be done!” The audience cheered and applauded his old slogan from 2008 — “Fired up! Ready to go!” — the old fire in the belly, the old Obama. But by Sunday, he seemed drained again. Speaking at a memorial to those sla...
This editorial first appeared in The New Bern Sun Journal. The editorial does not necessarily reflect the views of the Cheney Free Press editorial board. Minutes before 2 a.m. on Sept. 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers became the biggest U.S. company ever to file for bankruptcy. The collapse of this New York investment bank five years ago touched off a panic that sent the stock market down – and the housing market down and out for years. A bubble in the real-estate market, after inflating for a decade, went pop. Values plunged for t...
by drew peterson Staff Intern Last week’s Medical Lake School District board of directors meeting, discussion focused on the initial enrollment reports from the first week of school as well as the number of students taking part in sports. Along with steady enrollment numbers, Medical Lake High School vice principal and athletics director Chris Spring gave an optimistic report regarding Medical Lake sports. One of the biggest highlights that Spring pointed out was the recent success of high school athletics since Medical L...
Cheney High School officials have announced that 16 students have earned Advanced Placement (AP) Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 22 percent of the 2.2 million students worldwide who took AP exam...
SEATTLE - It might save the government some money, but it won’t do anything to quell the controversy over logging in the national forests. That’s what the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says in its new report about Congressman Doc Hastings’ plan to more than double timber harvest on public lands. Hastings has said his bill, the Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act (HR 1526), is a way to get badly needed income to the rural timber counties. However, the CBO report says the counties would actually receive le...
As the full moon shines above through the clouds, Medical Lake football players discuss strategy during last Friday’s game with Newport. Sometimes a bad omen, this moon maybe proved to be good luck as the Cards beat the Grizzlies 35-20....
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced Sept. 24 that the fire danger rating and burning restrictions have been lowered in northeast Washington on DNR-protected lands. Fire danger is reduced by recent rainfall and moderating temperatures. Effective 12:01 a.m., Sept. 24 the fire danger rating dropped to ‘moderate,’ and permit and rule burning are allowed in Stevens County, inside Fire Districts 1 and 2, and Spokane County Permit and rule burning are allowed in Ferry, Lincoln, and Okano...
Members of the Airway Heights City Council will be going door to door in the upcoming weeks to share information about Proposition 1, which residents will vote on in the upcoming Nov. 5 election. The city is seeking to form a transportation benefit district to collect money so roads in Airway Heights can be repaired. The benefit district’s committee held a short meeting following the Airway Heights City Council’s study session Monday, Sept. 23. Mayor Patrick Rushing said he presented information about the election item to...
RITZVILLE – Residents of the 9th Legislative District who want to talk about transportation with leaders of the state Senate have two opportunities coming up: Sept. 26 in Pasco and Oct. 2 in Spokane Valley. Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, said tonight’s meeting will be from 6-9 p.m. in the Gjerde Center at Columbia Basin College, 2600 N. 20th Ave., Pasco. The following Wednesday’s Spokane-area meeting will also be from 6-9 p.m. in the theater at Central Valley High School, which is at 821 S. Sullivan Road in Spokane Valley....
Turnbull Wildlife Refuge and Spokane Audubon Society are hosting a community work part Saturday, Oct. 19 from 9 a.m. to noon at the refuge. This is part of an ongoing effort to restore native riparian habitat that benefits area wildlife species, with volunteers needed to help with planting hundreds of native saplings and building fencing to protect trees from deer, elk and moose browsing. Everyone is welcome to participate. Refuge officials ask that groups register in advance in order to assistance planning details....
Unclaimed veterans remains received a final display of honor as they were buried at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake last Thursday, Sept. 19. A total of 50 veterans’ remains were laid to rest at the cemetery’s columbarium wall, with eight being placed prior to the Thursday ceremony. Of the 70 to 80 in attendance that afternoon, many were members of the Patriot Guard Riders, Combat Veterans Association, state government representatives and members of the...
One thing is for sure. Somehow al-Jasiim got scratched up pretty well. For the Egyptian-Arabian’s owner Jennifer, who asked her last name be withheld because of family issues, what scratched her eight-year-old horse was a cougar. Jennifer said her daughter was the one to raise the alarm when she came home from school and went outside to feed al-Jasiim an apple. Instead of finding the animal inside the fence, it was standing outside about 400-500 feet from the house, afraid a...
Eastern Washington University freshmen take part in numerous activities during Welcome Back Week, including volunteering at local organizations and charities. One of those was the Cheney Care Center where (above) Ericka Tate teamed with Care Center resident Isabella on an arts and crafts project while Sabrina Gardner did some dirty work outside pulling weeds. Other places freshmen volunteered was at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery west of Medical Lake and in Spokane at...
Cheney Parks and Recreation community obesity prevention coordinator Dané Standish hopes residents discover many things about eating during the upcoming Restaurant Week, but two things are of particular importance. “Healthy and yummy – that’s the key,” Standish said about making healthy choices. Restaurant Week runs Oct. 1-5 at five Cheney restaurants and three locations on Eastern Washington University’s campus. It’s the kickoff event another initiative, Eat Well Cheney, from the local health and fitness organization...
In a marathon study session Monday night, the Airway Heights City Council heard items that will come forward during October’s upcoming legislative sessions. A number of non-action items were brought up for discussion, including the deferral of admissions tax payment from Village Centre Cinema. Representatives from the city and council met with the theater management in July to discuss the accumulated taxes owed, which total around $66,000. “They indicated a hardship to pay existing and current taxes,” City Manager Alber...
