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General election races for both mayor and City Council seats in Medical Lake mirrored those of the primary held this past Augst, according to the first batch of ballots released by the Spokane County Elections Department on Tuesday night. With nearly 70 percent of the ballots tallied countywide Shirley Maike is running ahead of Mike Suniga in the mayor’s race by a 55.99 to 43.56 percent margin. Maike, a current member of the council, will replace the retiring John Higgins. “Vo...
At the Nov. 6 Airway Heights City Council meeting, the council interviewed two applicants for an opening on the board left vacant by the resignation of Aspen Montelone. Veronica Messing, who had previously been appointed to the council, was chosen again. The other applicant, Arthur Bubb, had moved to Airway Heights a year and a half ago from California. He served on a school board for a school in California and a citizens committee and wanted to become more involved in Airway...
Small Business Saturday, a promotional effort coordinated locally by the Spokane County Library System, and on a national basis by credit card purveyor American Express, returns Nov. 25. In its first year with a Cheney-only launch, the event attracted 13 businesses, which took part in a scavenger hunt that encouraged customers to visit those firms, fill out a map and return it to the library for prizes. As of mid-October there were 11 businesses recruited in Cheney and 10 in M...
Stan Plester took his last Corvette ride on Oct. 28, 2017, in Spokane, Wash. as the result of cardiac arrest. Stan was born to Orvil and Goldie Plester on May 13, 1948, in The Dalles, Ore. Life and luck brought him to Kennewick, Wash., where he graduated from Kennewick High School before joining the U.S. Air Force. From an early age, he was enamored with cars, starting with working in his dad's automotive machine shop. He then progressed to working on his own hot rods. After... Full story
At the age of 90, Erma Jean Widman departed her home in Rosalia, Wash. to storm the gates of Heaven. Born July 31, 1927 and died Oct. 30, 2017, also known as Ermie, EJ and Granny Good Pies, she was a farm wife homemaker who lived to nurture and serve others. Family, friends, and community admired her amazing Christian faith, patience, counseling, dependability, common sense, "git-er-done" attitude, uncomplicated solutions, ministry of hospitality and unassuming enjoyment of... Full story
Emmanuel Lutheran Church All are welcome to worship with us this Sunday, Nov. 12 at 10:30 a.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. You may also watch our pastor’s sermons on YouTube at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Cheney. Christian education for older elementary through adults begins at 9 a.m. Emmanuel thanks the community for supporting our annual holiday bazaar and luncheon last weekend. It was a huge success. Get your tickets for the joint StageWest and Emmanuel production of “The Chicago Caper” Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre schedul...
1 Years Ago Nov. 8, 2007 The Cheney Fire Department received a $70,052 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Cheney's Boy Scout Troop and Club Scout Pack 356 collected 5,126 pounds of food for distribution to the Cheney Food Bank, more than 1,000 pounds compared to the previous year. Medical Lake's school board weighed several pros and cons at a workshop meeting to modernizing versus rebuilding its K-3 elementary sch...
StageWest Community Theatre is presenting a special production to assist Cheney’s Emmanuel Lutheran Church with its upcoming fundraiser. The “Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre” presents “The Chicago Caper” on Friday, Nov. 17, at 6 p.m. in the church’s fellowship hall, 639 Elm St. Dinner will be provided by church members with an Italian-theme. Tickets are $30 per person and must be paid in advance. Tickets are available by calling StageWest publicity coordinator Nancy Kuonen at (509) 768-4792. For more information call (509)...
You did it again, Cheney. It will be a warmer winter for many thanks to the hard work and generosity of the Cheney community. A total of 374 coats were donated to this year’s coat drive and 309 were given away at three separate distributions. The remaining coats have been donated to the Cheney clothing exchange. Special thanks to the Cheney Kiwanis without whose work this event could not happen, Big Wash for laundering many of the coats, Copy Junction for printing the publicity fliers and AAA storage where coats were s...
Since last Veteran’s Day, Ken Burns’ in-depth documentary on the Vietnam War has aired. It is a powerful reminder of an unpopular war in which many “baby boomers” fought and died. It also prompts memories of the brutal treatment of American POWs and 1,350 who were listed as missing in action after the war ended. Some remain lost today. Among the 571 American prisoners released in the winter of 1973 was U.S Army Maj. Ed Carlson, whose last assignment was senior Army advisor...
It’s a topic that’s come up in all Medical Lake City Council races as well as the mayoral contest. Should Medical Lake stay with its contract for law enforcement services with the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office or sever that and restart its own police department? Most of the candidates for office have stated they are in favor of remaining with the Sheriff’s Office for services, rather than restart the ML force, and perhaps renegotiate elements of the existing agreement. We think that’s wise, for a number of reasons. The bigg...
I think it’s time for us to admit that the society of the United States is a violent society. Let’s just look at gun violence. As of Nov. 7, there were 52,606 reported incidents of gun violence in this country this year. Staying with current news, Sunday’s shooting in Sutherland, Texas was the 307th mass shooting this year, according to the website Gun Violence Archive — mass shooting defined by at least four victims, dead or injured. Nov. 7 was the 311th day of 2017. So far, there have been 13,219 deaths associated with fi...
Outside of Medical Lake, only two other contested races were decided on Tuesday night in the West Plains. In Cheney, former city administrator Paul Schmidt had a healthy lead on Tim Gainer for City Council Position 1 with almost 58 percent of the vote. In Airway Heights, James (Sonny) Weathers was easily defeating Jared Lacambra for the Position 4 council seat with over 58 percent of the ballots. Running unopposed for council, and thus reelected, are John Taves and Teresa Overhauser. In Airway Heights, unopposed candidates...
Primary underground cable 100,000 feet* Secondary underground cable 150,000 feet Electrical poles 2,200* Transformers 1,200 Street and yard lights 800 Two substations with: 3 substation transformers 7 Breakers/Relays (1 per feeder) 15 Substation Voltage Regulators...
Drowsy Driving Awareness and Prevention Week Olympia – Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has proclaimed Nov. 5-12 as “Drowsy Driving Awareness and Prevention Week,” and the Washington State Patrol is offering drowsy driving prevention tips. Nationwide, drowsy driving causes more than 100,000 crashes a year with 40,000 injuries and 1,550 fatalities. From 2011–2015, there were 64 fatal collisions and 308 serious injury collisions investigated where a drowsy driver was involved in Washington. According to the National Sleep Foundat...
Cheney's Historical Preservation Commission held a special meeting Nov. 2 to talk about something else special - special valuation for the renovated and opened School House Lofts. The facility formerly known as the Fisher Building, beginning life as Cheney High School in 1929 and ending public service as the district's administration building in 2012, was purchased in late 2016 by Eastmark Capital Group with the intent of turning it into student apartments. As part of that,...
The Spokane County Library District is hosting viewings and discussions of the award-winning documentary “13TH” from director Ava DuVernay and Netflix. According to a district news release, the United States leads the world in incarceration. In this thought-provoking documentary, scholars, activists and politicians analyze the criminalization of African Americans and the U.S. prison boom. The film earned an Oscar nomination and won Best Documentary at both the BAFTA and NAACP Image Awards. “13TH” is rated TV MA. Spokane...
With the arrival of the sustained colder temperatures, heating systems are operating more frequently and for longer periods of time, which can increase monthly energy costs. Avista suggests checking your home’s air flow and making sure to use supplemental heating sources efficiently to help manage your winter energy bill. Making sure door sweeps are in good condition and caulking around windows and doors will help prevent cold air from seeping in under doors. As a temporary measure, roll a towel and place at the base of exter...
That years-old issue with deer roaming the streets of Medical Lake may have been the switch that turned on the light for a solution of a different sort. At least that's what resident Scott Christenson is envisioning. Christenson made his first public presentation of the wild idea of having a zoo find a home in Medical Lake when he presented it at the Oct. 17 City Council meeting. While his presentation to council was the first official overture to local officials, Christenson...
The Eastern Washington Downtown Gallery has been busy as it just hosted the, "Art of Gail Tremblay: Searching for ways to live in the circle of things that support life." The exhibit featured baskets woven from film and sweet grass, installation pieces and mixed media art. The artist, Gail Tremblay, is an Onondaga and Mi'kmaq Tribe writer, teacher mixed media artist and advocate for Native people, Indigenous issues and women artists. Even though the last showcase just ended,...
The Cheney school board of directors adopted several policies at their Oct. 25 meeting dealing with implementation of upcoming construction work at three elementary schools and the high school. The first was the second reading and final adoption of new policy 6940, “Capital Program/Project Scope and Budget,” introduced at an Oct. 18 special board meeting. With regards to the scope of projects, the policy requires board approval for documents in all phases of design and increases to a project’s building square footage or en...
The treat of more food for local needs outpaced the need for some Medical Lake High School students to collect goodies for their own sweet tooth on Halloween. In a twist of the traditional cry of "trick or treat," heard at front doors across neighborhoods nearly everywhere, members of the school's Key Club came up with the idea and took it upon themselves to gather food for the needy. Two of the student leaders were seniors Justyce Cogswell and Emilie Browning. "We had an...
Nothing is simple when it comes to electrical power. Take billing, for instance. While customers look at two measures, base rate and usage costs, Cheney Light Department Director Steve Boorman has 21 different indicators from the Bonneville Power Administration to evaluate - 14 for power and seven for transmission. It's why BPA's announced increase of 5.5 percent for power isn't as simple as it seems. "The 5.5 percent BPA increase is an average for the Pacific Northwest,"...
Eastern Washington University mascot Swoop, a.k.a. "Super Swoop" arrives at Saturday's Homecoming football game between the Eagles and Weber State. Eastern could have used the help, as they fell 28-20 to the Wildcats....
Cheney officials acknowledge there are large needs to be met when it comes to the city's fire department - and they hope to address those in the coming weeks and months. Cheney resident Cliff Ferguson virtually accused Mayor Tom Trulove, City Council members and officials at the council's Oct. 10 meeting of ignoring department needs for equipment and personnel. In response, Trulove said the department will get a lot of its equipment needs met in the 2018 budget. The council...
