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In an effort to promote new development in Cheney’s vacant Commerce and Industrial Park, the City Council unanimously approved a resolution changing the structure of utility connection charges for businesses who might be interested in locating to the park inside the city’s southwest limits. The resolution allows potential new businesses in the park with connection charges in excess of $10,000 to sign an agreement with the city paying 20 percent of the total charges up front, and the rest over a structured 12-month period wit...
In recognition of Fire Prevention Week, the Medical Lake Fire Department visited Hallett Elementary, Thursday, Oct. 9. Students got a chance to view a fire engine up close, as well as learn fire safety tips from firefighters....
The Cheney High School Future Business Leaders of America chapter will be hosting a social media night for businesses in the Cheney/West Plains area on Wednesday, Oct. 22 from 5 – 7 p.m. They will offer breakout sessions to teach businesses to use social media, document cloud sharing and how to effectively create a website to help organize and advertise their business more efficiently and successfully. Please RSVP with Adam Smith at [email protected] or (509) 863-3052 or with Claire Arensmeyer at claire....
Medical Lake Pack 307 is having a second open house for boys in first – fifth grades who want to be in Cub Scouts. The open house will be Tuesday, Oct. 21 at Hallett Elementary School from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. This is a great time to get your boys started on the Scouting Trail of activities, camping, adventure, skills and leadership and a perfect opportunity for boys and parents to share in the fun. For more information contact Scott Montney, Cubmaster at (509) 299-3294....
Medical Lake Middle School will soon be offering after-school math and reading support classes for specific students. The middle school is looking for volunteers to help teachers from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m., Monday – Thursday. Residents who are interested can sign up for which days they can consistently volunteer. They can register by emailing [email protected], calling 565-3300, or signing up at the middle school office....
What are the new common core standards? How do the standards affect student learning? What can families, youth development programs and communities do to help students be successful in meeting these standards? Where can people find resources to help them support students? These and other questions will be tackled at an upcoming community workshop in Cheney aimed at supporting students in the West Plains area. The workshop is sponsored by School’s Out Washington (SOWA), a statewide nonprofit group that provides services and g...
The Eastern Washington University Alumni Association is partnering with Washington Trust Bank and KREM 2 at the Saturday, Oct. 18, Military Appreciation Game to gather “Treats 2 Troops.” The association is collecting items to put together more than 400 care packages to send to the men and women serving overseas this holiday season. Care package items may be brought to the Red Zone Tailgate before Saturday’s game. Top requested items include beef jerky, Via Packs (Starbucks Instant Coffee), micro-waveable meals, eye drops...
Sixth, seventh and eighth-graders run along East Campbell Street during the Medical Lake Middle School's annual fund run....
Hallett Elementary announced the Partners Advancing Character Education PACE award winners for September. The trait of the month was respect. Pace Award Kaitlyn Edgerly, Zachery Boyd, Logan Chadwick, Layla Burris, Lonnie Lindley, Connor Gibby, Madi Spring, Ally Burtenshaw, Kali Rowe, Cassidy Fitzpatrick, Dillian Horn,Emma Burtenshaw, Ethan Satko, Jonas Bovey, James Ammons, Armani Morales and Carson Tappero. I-Can Award Garrett Huston, Jacie Basinger, Ilona Grimes, Sylas Russell, Dayton Rife, Eli Whitehead, Courtney Scheer,...
Medical Lake High School presents William Shakespeare’s classic romantic comedy “As You Like It.” When Princess Celia and her cousin Rosalind are banished from the Dukedom, they flee to the forest, Rosalind cleverly disguised as a man so as to ward off any thieves. Everything is going well until the girls run into Rosalind’s love interest from the Dukedom, Orlando, and all kinds of shenanigans ensue. Performances are Friday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. and Saturday Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. All performances are in the Medical Lake Hi...
First readings of proposed school board policy updates were the main topics in an otherwise light agenda for the Cheney School Board at its Oct. 8 meeting. An update of policy 3415 regarding “Accommodating Students with Diabetes” consisted mostly of language changes. The only exception was addition of a paragraph requiring the school to provide a description of the student’s school schedule to their parents or health care providers to “facilitate the timing of monitoring, treatment and food consumption.” “We’ve been doing th...
Buoyed by one of the largest first-year classes in school history, Eastern Washington University’s fall enrollment has set a record for the sixth consecutive year. The overall headcount for the fall 2014 quarter, which includes all students who take classes at every level at Eastern, jumped by 662 students to 13,453. The number of first-time freshmen is 1,598, falling just short of the 2005 record of 1,610. “The freshman numbers reflect the culture of collaboration at EWU,” EWU President Mary Cullinan said. “It literal...
Cheney High track coach Tom Stralser gives encouragement to cross country runners Lexi Brooks (left) and Kelsey Schwendiman during the Blackhawks meet last Wednesday with West Valley. For results, see Sports, section 2....
The city of Airway Heights received a $363,600 loan and a $175,000 grant to go toward the construction of a new 60,000 square foot facility, a half-mile of rail siding and a roadway to support the expansion of Seaport Steel and Brown-Strauss Steel. In August, the city of Airway Heights passed a resolution to submit an application for the grant. The city will pay $187,000 to match the grant and loan. At its Aug. 27 public hearing, the Airway Heights Planning Commission forwarded a resolution to City Council to accept the Seapo...
Crews help lower part of the new CXT restrooms installed at Sunset Park in Airway Heights, Oct. 8. The new restroom will open this spring....
Carla Davis received the 2014 Volunteer of the Year award for the Medical Lake Sheriff Community Oriented Policy Effort (SCOPE) station. Davis has been a SCOPE volunteer since 2010. Prior to joining SCOPE, she volunteered in various areas throughout Spokane County, including the Care and Share in Medical Lake, Habitat for Humanity on Trent in Spokane and as a volunteer firefighter at Nine Mile. She decided to join SCOPE after a friend told her about it. Davis does traffic...
The Spokane County Treasurer’s Office is reminding county taxpayers that second half property taxes are due by Oct. 31 per Washington State law. If payments are mailed to the Treasurer’s Office through the US Postal Service, they must be postmarked on or before the due date (RCW 1.12.070). State law dictates county treasurers recognize only the cancellation date applied by the Postal Service to determine timeliness of payments. Payment options include ACH, debit and credit cards via the Internet, in office, or through the...
The employees of Eastern State Hospital, Lakeland Village and Consolidated Support Services (CSS) came together to raise 9,240 pounds of food for the Medical Lake food bank. The food drive was a part of the Washington state Department of Social and Health Services' (DSHS) "Everyone Eats" food campaign. The campaign focused on donating food to help feed the hungry. According to Joey Frost, Eastern State Hospital organizational development/management analyst, the idea for a...
When it comes to applying for federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, the city of Cheney is going to stick with what has proven to work — submitting infrastructure projects that qualify based upon meeting area benefit criteria. Grantees receiving CDBG funding must ensure that at least 70 percent of its expenditures over a particular period are used to benefit low- and moderate-income persons. There are four ways to do this, according to information from Spokane County’s CDBG program. One of which is an “ar...
Due to a proofing error in the Oct. 2 story on Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a quote from Cheney resident Nancy Street appeared incorrectly. The correct quote should read, “I’d like to see you, as a visible lawmaker...stand up and show men how to treat women....
Employees at Andrew Martinssen's Cheney Dental Care and Copy Junction had their red on last Friday to help Eastern Washington to a road win over Southern Utah. The Eagles face a tough Northern Colorado team at Roos Field Saturday. Who will have their "Red On" in support and appear in next week's Cheney Free Press?...
At its Oct. 7 meeting, the Medical Lake City Council approved a joint-interlocal agreement with Spokane County and the city of Spokane for solid waste services. Medical Lake became the latest city in Spokane County that is under an agreement with Spokane to haul garbage to the Waste to Energy Plant, on Geiger Boulevard. The agreement is set to expire in November with Spokane giving control of two of their transfer stations and regional collection system to the county. The partnership with the city of Spokane is for use of...
Unseasonably warm fall weather likely hasn’t led Cheney residents to think too much about wearing coats, let alone donating them. Volunteers at Cheney’s annual Coats 4 Cheney Kids coat drive hope that changes — at least the donation part. Kiwanis member Margie Lindner said collection efforts got a slow start this year, with boxes getting out to local businesses and other locations about a week late. They have put out more boxes and flyers advertising the drive, and as of last week had about six good-sized bags full of coats...
The city of Medical Lake has received a possible glimpse into its Fire Department’s future. At the Oct. 7 City Council meeting, Emergency Services Consulting International (ESCI) senior associates Lane Wintermule and Don Bivins gave a presentation on the findings from evaluations they conducted on the Airway Heights, Medical Lake and Spokane Fire District 10 fire departments. Earlier this year, the three departments hired an outside consultant to not only evaluate all three agencies, but also recommend the different ways t...
