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RITZVILLE - 45th annual Mennonite Country Auction raised more than $130,000 dollars for the Mennonite Central Committee, Oct. 1. Other than operating funds retained for next year’s auction, the total amount raised goes to the Mennonite Central Committee. The Committee is an international world relief organization for “Peace building, relief, and development.” Pastor Bryce Miller, director of the church, said. “We collected supplies for and assembled relief kits; packed with soap and first aid, and so forth, and those get dis...
CHENEY – During the Sept. 28 School Board meeting, Superintendent Ben Ferney reported that the Student Access and Safety Program at Cheney High School is going well. The program is meant to foster student engagement with staff and build a safer and more positive environment. Its team consists of several specialists and two Airway Heights Youth Engagement Specialist police officers. The team was in attendance during the Sept. 28 meeting. The goal of the program is “building relationships and addressing the culture of the sch...
CHENEY – This year’s fire-fighter training program for Fire District 3 began at the fire station on Presley Dr. Oct 6. Called “Day-training” the program affords training opportunities to the entire district, the largest by area in Spokane County at 570 square miles. The district is comprised of 120 volunteers and 24 salaried employees. The training itself involves a controlled burn structure-fire, and simulates breaching the structure, controlling the fire, rescuing persons from the structure, and exiting the buildin...
Eastern Washington University's Homecoming pep rally and bon fire took place at the corner of 2nd Street and G Street in downtown Cheney. Oct. 13. Fire Marshall Tim Steiner said "I'm happy we were able to make the bonfire happen this year. I've lit the fire for the past fifteen years." The bed races took place on 1st Street about an hour after the pep rally. In attendance were faculty and students from the university....
I recently commented on negotiations between Gov. Jay Inslee and unions on the upcoming contracts for state employees. As I said before, while I don’t fault the proposed salary increases for state workers under the reported deal during this time of high inflation – or even the $1,000 retention bonuses that some state workers will receive – I am very unhappy with one type of bonus that will be given to state workers, as well as how negotiations were done in secret. In case you missed it, each state worker who receives a COVID...
As clashes between wolves and cattle continue this fall, the discovery of six poisoned wolves in Stevens County and the hearing of arguments that could end grazing in the Colville National Forest by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals have created another complication in an already difficult situation managing growing wolf populations. Depredations continue to be confirmed, putting the state Department of Fish and Wildlife in conflict with environmental activists if they issue kill orders and with livestock owners if they...
For Washington residents, the decision on who to vote for in the race for U.S. Senate should be a no-brainer in the Nov. 8 general election. The fact that incumbent Patty Murray, a westside Democrat, doesn’t want to debate Republican political newcomer Tiffany Smiley should be enough to chose the challenger. But there’s a lot more to Smiley than her bold challege of the well-funded, career politician. Smiley has a story to tell. It’s a story of standing up for what’s right. It’s a story of defending her family and farming....
Hans Ludwig Albrecht, born Sept. 16, 1933, passed away on Oct. 2, 2022 at the age of 89. He is reunited with his beloved wife Inge, whom he shared 59 years of marriage together before her passing in 2013. Born to Irma and Alfred Albrecht in Berlin, Germany, Hans took up the trade of brick mason in his youth. This is when he fell in love with a girl from the neighboring apartment building, Inge. In 1952, Hans left Inge behind in Germany to create a better life for them in... Full story
Edwin Joseph Zemler (Ed) passed on to heaven Sun., Sept. 25, 2022, in Spokane, Wash., peacefully in his sleep. Ed was born Oct. 11, 1931, in a farmhouse in southwest Minnesota, to Herman and Agnes Zemler, the oldest of 11 brothers and sisters. He grew up in Fulda, Minn, working the family dairy farm and spending some time in the dairy industry. He loved horses. His first horse was Belle, a draft horse used to pull wagons and equipment on the farm where he was born and raised.... Full story
Loneliness, just like other emotions, is a choice. It’s a message that I tell myself when I am feeling left out, or ill, or depressed, or hounded by dreary thoughts. All my own doing. Most of us are firm believers in the numerous messages that we are bombarded with each day in the media, newspapers, in our families, friends, churches, and society in general. Some good. Some we get fixated on. Maybe we are sad because we miss places that we have lived and didn’t want to leave or we had to leave because of a job or a com...
It is hard to sew on a sunny October day, but not hard to work in the garden. Though I have cut a few pieces of fabric for my quilt, I hear my garden calling. There are bird feeders to fill for those winter residents and other winged ones passing through. And cherry trees that need a good looking after. This is the time to spray copper fungicides to control blight and canker diseases to the branches of cherry and other soft stone fruit trees including apricot, peach and nectarine. I must remind you to read ALL the...
CHENEY – Spokane Storytelling League presented for families at the Festival of Ghost Stories. Sutton Park, Oct. 7. Jennilyn Weight, Constance Holland, and Andy Shields represented the League. Invited by city Parks & Recreation, the storytellers involved with this event were eager to help make the event more enjoyable for a wide audience. "The League has been active since 1939, and it is part of the National Storytelling League." Weight said. "You get to spread fun and e...
CHENEY – David Dodge takes his guitar up and down 1st St. as long as the sun is out. Dodge is a veteran from Montana who found his way to Cheney via Philadelphia. "I thought I had a job lined up back when I moved here, but that didn't work out." Dodge says. An artist of several media types, Dodge also sketches his experience of his local area. "There's no music scene in Cheney that I have noticed. I suppose it is harder to gauge since I don't play the bar scenes." Dodge s...
CHENEY - Scott Rautio is restarting his mobile small engine repair business after 18 months. Once located at 16 W. First St., Rautio's engine repair business is now completely mobile. "I will come to your house and repair the equipment right there. You don't need to go anywhere." Rautio specializes in repairing yard-care equipment; everything from lawn mowers, riding tractors, weed eaters, chain saws, rototillers, snow blowers and more. "The pandemic was difficult for me,...
CHENEY – The Eastern Washington University community hopes Homecoming spirit will lift the Eagles football team back into its winning ways this Saturday. The Eagles (1-4) are off to their worst start in Big Sky football since 2011. They are hoping to upend the undefeated, No. 4-ranked Sacrament State Hornets (5-0) this weekend at home on Roos Field before an expected boisterous Homecoming crowd. Kickoff is at 4 p.m. Eastern returns home after losing, 45-21, to undefeated W...
CHENEY - Sometimes following a Homecoming football game fireworks are scheduled to add a finishing touch to the festivities. There was certainly no need for pyrotechnics at Ridgeline High School’s Homecoming celebration Oct. 7 and the Falcon’s football game with Cheney. They all took place in the final few minutes of the Greater Spokane League contest won by Cheney 31-21 in Liberty Lake. After a largely defense-dominated game in which Cheney led 17-3 on Joshua Bingham’s 46-ya...
MEDICAL LAKE—The Cardinals defeated the Reardan Screaming Eagles on Oct. 8 in a five-set, non-league volleyball match that took fans on an emotional roller coaster ride. The 1A Cardinals sported a front-line superior in height to the 2B Screaming Eagles, which they used to their advantage, winning the hard-fought match. The victory improved the Cardinals record to 4-9 overall and 4-6 in the Northeast 1A League. Reardan dropped to 5-4 overall and 2-4 in the Northeast 2B League. The Cardinals dominated the first set, winning 2...
CROSS COUNTRY LC tops Cheney in boys, girls XC; Blackhawks run past U-Hi SPOKANE – Calvin Hilton’s 16 minute, 51 second effort broke up a sweep of the top five places in a Greater Spokane League cross country meet Oct. 5 at Manito Park, but the host Tigers went on the defeat the Cheney boys 21-38. The Blackhawks got top-10 finishes from Brayden Martin (6th/17:57) and Adam Estock (7th/17:57) helping them win the other half of the meet 38-71 over University. Evan Bruce of LC (16:40) won the individual title. It was a similar sc...
Cheney volleyball split a pair of Greater Spokane League matches last week defeating Ferris 3-1 (29-27, 26-24, 17-25, 25-18) at home Oct. 4 before losing 3-0 (12-25, 21-25, 24-26) at Ridgeline Oct. 6. “We came out with high energy and fed off our home crowd,” head coach Heather Zorrozua wrote in an email. “We battled to pull off set one 29-27 and continued into set two with a final score of 26-24.” “Watching our team start and maintain high energy and a competitive spirit wa...
MEDICAL LAKE – The Medical Lake Cardinals lost their sixth straight game, falling 44-0, at home Oct. 7 to Deer Park (1-2 NEA, 3-3 overall) in a Northeast 1A league football game. No further details were available. The Cardinals (0-4, 0-6) travel to Nine Mile Falls to take on the Lakeside Eagles (3-0, 6-0) on Oct. 14 for a 7 p.m. kickoff. The Stags lost to the Eagles, 28-7, on Sept. 15. Deer Park next faces the Newport Grizzlies in another NE1A matchup. Lakeside comes into t...
CHENEY-The Police Department responded to the following calls for service from Oct. 3-Oct. 9 Oct. 3 Animal calls-Other at 0 Block W. 2nd St. (Agency Assist w/ SCRAPS for deceased dog) All cases not classified. 400 Block C St. Oct. 4 Suspicious circumstance/welfare check at 300 Block Front St. Oct 5. Mental cases (involuntary committal) at 800 Block 2nd St. Fourth degree assault, domestic violence at 3000 Block Harvest Bluff Dr. Suspicious circumstance (unfounded residential burglary) at 500 Block Simpson Parkway ID Theft...
CHENEY – Cheney high school cross country will host annual Turkey Trot event to help raise funds. Nov. 24. This event is a two to three mile sponsored run/walk that begins at 9a.m. at Cheney High School. All donations are tax deductible through the Blackhawks XC/TF Boosters, a charitable organization. Donors will have their names added to the list of sponsors on event flyers, signage, and on the event T-shirts. All profits from this event go to the Cheney cross country team....
Eastern Washington and Weber State went eye-to-eye and toe-to-toe for the better part of three quarters Oct. 8 at Stewart Stadium in Ogden, Utah. Tied 21-21 following Mitchell Johnson's scoop-and-score fumble return with 7 minutes, 1 second left in the third, Weber State went on to score the next 24 points and rolled over Eastern 45-21 in a Big Sky Conference football game. With the loss, Eastern falls to 1-4 overall and 0-2 in conference, while Weber State stays perfect at...
Thurs., Oct. 13 Noon - 1 p.m. President’s Zumba Class 3:45 p.m. Campus Clue Competition 6 p.m. Pep Rally & Bonfire 7 p.m. Bed Races Fri., Oct. 14 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Spirit Selfie 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Eagle Pride Friday Sale 10 a.m. Campus and Community Spirit Splash Contest Judging 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Blood Drive with Vitalant. Nysether Community Room (NCR) 1 p.m. Soccer vs. Sacramento State 4 p.m. An Evening for Red Turf Royalty 6 p.m. Volleyball vs. Idaho 7 p.m. EWU Hockey Game vs. Utah Sat, Oct. 15 Noon Alumni & Family Engagement Z...
SOCCER Eagles’ undefeated streak snapped Eastern Washington had a four-match undefeated streak — two wins and two ties — snapped Oct. 6 in Flagstaff by Northern Arizona 2-0. Maddie Shafer scored for the Lumberjacks in the 37th minute, but NAU had the fortune on an “own goal” scored by Eastern as the ball was deflected into the net in the 41st minute. Eastern (2-1-1 Big Sky, 5-6-4 overall) travels back home and will be hosting its final two home Big Sky matches. They will take on Sacramento State on Friday, Oct. 14 at 1 p.m....
