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Cheney’s City Council began its 2014 budget deliberations Tuesday night with a look at general fund revenues and expenses and the departments funded through property taxes and other fees. The city’s property tax assessed valuation is expected to reach $510,239,897 next year, reflecting a relatively flat trend the past five years after a huge jump between 2009-2010 that increased valuations from the mid-$400 million mark to just over $500 million. The general property tax levy in 2014 is a proposed $1,206,497, reflecting a r...
MEDICAL LAKE Oct. 14 The Department of Transportation completed an inspection report on East Percival Street and North Stanley Street. Officers took a Crime Check report of theft on the 100 block of South Hallett Street. Delphine O’Reilly, 40, was arrested for fourth-degree assault – domestic violence, third-degree malicious mischief, obstructing a public servant and resisting arrest on the 13000 block of West Medical Lake Four Lakes Road. Oct. 15 Hunting equipment was taken during a vehicle prowling on the 400 block of East...
Kippie Shadix is currently running for election to the Cheney School Board. She fills the need for a voice that speaks to the needs of the district, the reality that preparation for advanced education is important whether it is skill and technical education or four year college, and that decisions made by the board should be both in the best interests of the students and community. She is committed to bringing business principles and open decision making to the board. Kippie is actively involved in the community already as a...
Dr. Ludwig von Mises said, “The preservation of private property has tremendous social implications as well as legal ramifications. If history could prove and teach us anything it would be the private ownership of the means of production as a necessary requisite of civilization and material well-being. Only nations committed to the principle of private property have risen above penury and produced science, art and literature. There is no experience to show that any other social system could provide mankind with any of the a...
It’s hardly original thinking to offer the notion that the Obama Administration really welcomed the partial government shutdown. That’s despite all their rhetoric in wanting to get the latest continuing resolution signed, sealed and delivered to end the partial government shutdown and allow continued borrowing to feed their ravenous appetite for revenue. The shuttering of about 20 percent of the federal government, and the crisis it was painted to be by the media – and various...
Labeling genetically engineered foods tells us more than just what has been done to the food; it tells us what has been done to our land and our water. Farmers who grow crops from genetically engineered seeds are required to sign a contract agreeing to use farm chemicals produced by the same companies that sell the genetically engineered seeds. Weeds are becoming resistant to those chemicals, requiring heavier applications of the chemicals. These chemicals are taking a toll on our soil and contaminating our water supply. I...
One of the highlights of my two terms serving with Cheney’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) was when Fred Pollard was first elected to the City Council and immediately began attending HPC monthly meetings. As a business owner in historic downtown Cheney, Fred brought heartfelt interest to the importance of preserving Cheney’s storied past. Fred’s support of historic preservation is particularly important since the city doesn’t have designated funds for historic preservation projects. Additionally, Fred’s many abil...
In the Cheney City Council race, a lot has been made of my dad’s professional experience and his résumé, which are both excellent. As his daughter, I have a slightly different view of my dad. He is one of the most patient, hard working, honest and generous people I know. He is levelheaded and careful and is an all around awesome person, father and grandfather. Throughout my life he has always been there for my family and me. One of the things I learned from my dad that has served me well in life is his frugality. He alw...
Last Wednesday, Congress did what they appear to be experts at – and that’s very little. Sure, they did do their best at dueling demagoguery. It’s seemingly what they spend the most time at earning their $175,000 a year. Oh, they did get their regular workout kicking the very dented and nearly crushed debt can down the pothole-pocked road. A 285-144 vote in the House of Representatives, which followed 81-18 approval in the Senate, allowed about 18-percent of the federal government to reopen and the government to keep spend...
Feed Cheney returns to Wren Pierson Oct. 28 Feed Cheney will be back at the Wren Pierson Community Center, 615 4th St., Monday Oct. 28. From 5:30-6:30 p.m. a free dinner will be served restaurant style, free groceries from 2nd Harvest will be distributed, and free coats from the local coat drive will be available. No qualifying or paperwork is required. All are welcome. In addition, the Cheney Clothing Exchange (clothing bank) will be open from 5-6:30 p.m. in the lower level of the Community Center. For more information,... Full story
from news service reports Hallett Elementary recently announced the students winning its monthly Pride and Can awards for September. Students winning Pride awards: Connor Charette, Layla Burris, Hailey Scott, Rianna Layton, Ella Mizzoni, Shaellyn Deardorff, Kali Rowe, Dakota Williams, Lindsay Kuster, Kobe Turnbough, Rylie Spring, Jonas Bovey, Calub Lynch, Kamaile Paikuli, Karissa Makus, Jacob Edison, Jessica Beecher and Paige Headrick. Students winning Can awards: Tanna Pedersen, Conner Hollauer-Leach, Heather Neighbors,...
Eastern Washington University is holding its annual Harvest Tours and Carnival Thursday, Oct. 31 – Halloween – for kids in costume from toddler through fifth-grade. Tours leave the Pence Union Building lower lobby (by the Bookstore) between 3:30-4:30 p.m. with the carnival taking place from 4-6 p.m. in PUB rooms 204-206. Tour guides will lead each group to designated campus buildings where EWU employees – some dressed up – will be handing out treats. For more information call EWU Office of Community Engagement at 359-203...
Since 1989, Peggy Schweikhardt has served on the Medical Lake School District board of directors, and is running unopposed for another four-year term on the board in the Nov. 5 election. At the time, she worked in the Spokane School District, but was actively looking for a way to spend more time helping families in Medical Lake. “I wanted to give back to the community,” she said. Some of the challenges she sees in the upcoming years are what the district has been working through for quite some time now. Chief among those is...
Marcie Estrellado, a 10-year Cheney School Board member and incumbent for District Position 1 may be running unopposed, but her determination and admiration for her school board duties are at an all time high. “I really love being a part of the school system,” Estrellado said. “Being on the school board not only enables me to see a bigger picture of the entire school district, but it also enables me to see each individual child’s story and how important it is and what our staff is doing to make sure that those child’s...
Residents of the Cheney area might be asking what can Browne do for you? Taking over the Cheney School Board District 3 position in January after previous incumbent Kerry O’Connor resigned, Henry Browne is looking to pick up right where he left off. “I think that there are a lot of good things going on right now and I would like to see us continue the good work we are already doing,” Browne said. Among the things Browne would like to accomplish as a school board in the next four years is becoming more fiscally respo...
In the only contested West Plains school board race, Cheney School Board president Suzanne Dolle faces a challenge from political newcomer Kippie Shadix for the District 2 seat. Dolle was elected to the seat in 2009. She studied elementary education at the University of Kentucky, has worked as a substitute teacher, elementary school paraprofessional along with several private sector positions. She has volunteered for various positions on PTA and PTO boards along with a community board for drug and alcohol awareness and Air...
While showing a slight up tick over the last months of summer, crime in Cheney continues to be lower than this same time last year. And while the increase might be attributable to more people back in the city as vacations end and schools start, Police Chief John Hensley points to measures the department has undertaken in the last year and a half as reasons why overall levels are down – significantly. "This is common sense policing," he said. "There's not a lot of science t...
A public hearing at the Airway Heights Planning Commission’s meeting last week offered in-depth details into a proposed multifamily housing project on South Craig Road near Highway 2. After missing the last two meetings due to a lack of a quorum, the commission heard the plans from Defender Development’s Steve Emtman, who wants to provide an affordable housing option for people living in the Accident Potential Zone leading to Fairchild Air Force Base’s runway. The property is currently zoned as R-2, and could handle seven...
Medical Lake high school crowned Darby Evans and Bradley Norris as homecoming king and queen last Friday....
Trevan Estrellado and Irina Nazar were crowned Cheney homecoming king and queen last Friday....
Bees are pretty remarkable creatures that get a bad rap and the West Plains Beekeeping Association is out to try to change their reputation and perception. In a series of classes that begin Saturday, Nov. 2 and continue the following two Saturdays, the curious public is invited to be part of a beginning beekeeping course that take place at the Pizza Factory in Medical Lake from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost is $30 plus $10 for Washington State Beekeeping Association Test Booklet. To...
The Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC) is taking public opinion on the future of transportation investments in the Spokane-area. The SRTC has completed a draft of the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP), Horizon 2040, and is making it available to the public with two open houses and a 30-day public comment period. The public will get a chance to see their comments reflected at two open houses. The first is Tuesday, Oct. 29 from 4-6 p.m. at the Cheney Library, 610 First St. The second is Wednesday, Nov. 6 from...
In addition to hearing from Spokane County and its pursuit of approving Proposition 1 in the November election, at its Oct. 17 meeting the Medical Lake City Council heard from the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service (SCRAPS) on its plans for 2014. Under the interlocal agreement, Medical Lake and other cities across Spokane County would be united in their animal control laws. For some jurisdictions, like Medical Lake, it would mean being charged just once for a three-year contract instead of facing a charge each...
A Cheney firefighter watches while the city's ladder engine lowers the effigy of Eastern Washington University's Homecoming opponent - the Southern Utah Thunderbirds - at last Thursday's bonfire. The Thunderbirds "dummy" soon met its fate in the waiting bonfire....
The annual budget season started up in Airway Heights at the Monday, Oct. 21 City Council meeting with a public hearing that outlined the budget presentation schedule over the next couple of months. Airway Heights has a reported assessed valuation of $460.6 million, aided by its annexation to the east. The population increased by over 25 percent in the annexation. Final numbers are expected toward the end of the year in order to aid with the budget’s formation, which will roll out to the public in November and December. T...
