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CHENEY – Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission has now filed charges seeking to revoke or deny officer Chad Eastep’s peace officer certification. Synopses of investigations conducted by both the city administrator and the police department from June 2021 to August of 2022, were forwarded to the CJTC. The purpose of this commission is “to establish standards and provide training to criminal justice professionals, including peace officers...and to certify, and when...
CHENEY – Brad Hemenway and Jeremy McSpaden open American Metal Forming at 10 W 1st St. Business partners for nearly 23 years, the two Cheney residents began renting the space which they currently occupy in January of 2022, and by August they had purchased the lot and the building. "We've worked together for a long time, but we owned separate roofing companies." When asked why they made the change from roofing to metal forming, the pair said that "A lot of people try to o...
Former Chief of police John Hensley admires a present from his wife at his retirement party, held on Nov 12....
CHENEY – Council was presented with a water rate study by FCS which addressed projections on revenue requirements and water rate plans for the current infrastructure and water supply. The rate re-design is being considered due to predicted increases such as inflation. Several options for rate designs were presented by FCS. Option one involves keeping the current water rate for multi-family consumer groups fixed for five years, dispersing the increase across other groups. O...
The following incidents were reported by the Cheney police dept. between Nov. 7-13 Nov. 7 Second degree malicious mischief. 1900 Block 4th St. Damaged: vinyl fence Financial fraud (bank/check fraud). 500 Block 1st St. Nov. 8 Verbal domestic violence. 1000 Block Betz Rd. Runaway juvenile. 200 Block Simpson Parkway Missing: 12 year old male, located by parent later on Nov. 9 Abandoned auto. 500 Block Irene Pl. Impounded: silver 2003 GMC Yukon Missing person. 800 Block W. 1st St. Missing: 49 year old female Criminal...
Forest health, climate change, and a plan that got almost no input before being announced is at the heart of the “carbon project” announced by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources last week. The project, developed by Finite Carbon, proposes to set aside 10,000 acres of forest in Western Washington, once set aside for marbled murrelet habitat and then cleared for logging, for carbon offsets that can be purchased by large companies in trade for their greenhouse gas emissions. The act of setting aside 10,000 acr...
“Never has our future been more unpredictable, never have we depended so much on political forces that cannot be trusted to follow the rules of common sense and self-interest – forces that look like sheer insanity, if judged by the standards of other centuries.” The above quote is taken from a book first published in 1951, by Hannah Arendt, regarded by some today as an influential political theorist. The excerpt appears in the opening of The Origins of Totalitarianism, written in the wake of World War II. After having lived...
Give President Joe Biden some credit for mid-term election Democratic successes when most everyone, including the media, predicted otherwise. Instead of focusing on himself, he quietly avoided states where he’s unpopular and helped Democrats win Pennsylvania where he grew up and is still popular. He presented us with our country’s greatest challenge: to save our democracy from autocratic ambitions of the MAGA faction that dominates the Republican party. He inherited a mess and time spent cleaning it up detracted from tim...
Anne Marie Habegger of Cheney, Wash., born Apr. 20, 1931, passed away on Oct. 27, 2022 after a brief hospitalization. Anne Marie was born and raised in Illinois and graduated from Wheaton College with an Elementary Education teaching degree. Married in 1955, she and her husband moved to WA State and Anne enjoyed a successful 35 year teaching career with Seattle Public Schools. Anne Marie had a delightful outgoing gentle spirit, loved teaching and learning, and participating... Full story
There will be a memorial service for Jeffery McClure, Nov. 19, at 11:00 AM at Cheney Funeral Home. Cheney School District and other friends are welcome. Reception following....
CHENEY – The Slightly West of Spokane artists tour will begin in Medical Lake, venture through Four Lakes, and end in Cheney. The tour itself is a showcase of eight local artists whose art is displayed in six studios across the west plains. The tour is self guided, and will take place Saturday Nov. 26 from 10a.m. to 5p.m. Many different styles and mediums will be on display at the various studios and all are encouraged to engage. Gwyn Pevonka, one of the three newest artist t...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church November 17, 2022 Emmanuel Lutheran Church invites you to worship with us this Sunday November 20, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. Coffee hour follows the worship service. All are welcome to use the Free Community Pantry located at 639 Elm Street. Donations of non-perishable food, and personal care items for all ages are always accepted. All items are “take what you need, leave what you can.” The pantry is open to the community 24/7. Emmanuel thanks you for your continued support of this outreach ministry to our...
Operation Christmas Child is a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse. We pack shoe boxes with hygiene and school items, clothes, toys and a WOW gift (something that makes the child say, “WOW” when they see it) for underprivileged children throughout the world. Since 1993, over 198,000,000 children in over 170 countries have learned about the Gospel and the love of Jesus through the shoe boxes. Cheney Community Church has participated since 2000. For 16 years, church members have filled their shoe boxes and brought them to the churc...
Youth Basketball Registration, Closes Dec. 9. This season runs Jan. 9 to Feb. 25. • Holiday Baking Class Dec. 10, Zoom. Pick up the necessary supplies on Dec. 9th at Wren Pierson. “You can go through the entire class, learn how to do it, and then keep the recipe at the end!” • Youth, Teen and Adult Karate Classes, January 3rd, City Hall, In-person “Probably one of the most successful public engagement programs that we’ve ever had.” • 50 and Better Theater Club. Dec. 15, at 6:30p.m. Trip to the Spokane Civic Theater for a v...
Spokane County Library District is the Neighborhood Champion for four communities this year for Small Business Saturday. Four SCLD libraries are partnering with participating small businesses to help community members discover fantastic local stores in Cheney, Deer Park, Medical Lake, and Millwood, Washington. This year, the library has extended the Small Business Saturday program to a weeklong event, taking place Saturday, November 26 to Saturday, December 3. This event gives customers more time and opportunity to explore...
On Nov. 15 in 1921, the Cheney Hotel reopened as the Gilkey Hotel after several months of renovation. The Cheney Free Press made the announcement on Friday, Nov. 18. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Gilkey “formerly of Medical Lake,” are at this time the new owners. According to the journalist, the hotel is much improved from its last iteration. Mr. C. A. Gilkey reported that he was encouraged by the number of patrons he was receiving, although it isn’t clear if the hotel had a “soft open” for select guests before official reopening...
The numbers certainly speak for themselves in confirming the improvement Cheney High School volleyball had between 2021 and 2022. The jump helped affirm head coach Heather Zorrozua's claim of "What a season my girls had." In their first true season as a Greater Spokane League 3A school in 2021, the Blackhawks finished ninth in the league at 1-8 and 3-13 overall - tied for the basement with University. The 2022 squad improved to sixth at 4-5 in league, 11-8 overall and had thre...
In his 13 years as head cross country coach at Medical Lake there have been few things Gene Blankenship’s teams have not been able accomplish. But Reid Headrick checked off one of those boxes Nov. 5 at Sun Willows Golf Course in in windy Pasco at the WIAA 1A state championships when raced across the finish line first to win the Cardinals’ first-ever individual championship. Headrick led all the way, clocking a 16 minute, .01 second time to turn back a late challenge from And...
Officially the high school cross country season ended Nov. 5 in Pasco at the state championship meet. But the sport requires a dedicated training regimen that expends to off-season training and competition. A big group of Cheney High School athletes traveled to Boise Nov. 12 to the Nike Cross Regionals and had some notable performances — particularly for the Blackhawks boys. Running as the 509ers, Cheney not only finished third as a team but placed two runners in the t...
Eight members of Medical Lake’s 2022 cross country teams that finished second in Northeast A League competition and had continued success at regional and state were named to all-league teams the school announced. The selections were evenly split between boys and girls and include senior state champion Reid Headrick as well as sophomores Nakai Ornelas, Hector Gomez and Garrett Montney. The Medical Lake boys team finished ninth at state on Nov. 5. Fifth-place state finisher Kayla Ramsey, and part of the Cardinals’ thi...
Parks and recreation to apply for grant Cheney Free Press Lucas Walsh CHENEY – Parks and recreations department is applying for two grants from the Spokane parks foundation. These applications are for funds that will go toward installing automatic locks on city parks public bathroom doors, and dog waste stations. Kelly McGinley-Ashe, recreation director, said “At least once a week our public bathrooms all over the city are being vandalized.” In past meetings, the department members discussed options to mitigate vanda...
YAKIMA – The Liberty (Spangle) girls volleyball team survived to Day 2 of the state 2B tournament, but couldn't get past league rival Lind-Ritzville/Sprague. The Lancers were eliminated by the Broncos, 3-0, on Friday morning, Nov. 11. Set scores were 25-15, 25-17, 25-23. In winning, the Broncos avenged a loss to Liberty in the district tournament. Liberty, seeded No. 7, reached Day 2 in the Yakima Valley SunDome by opening Thursday with a 3-1 win over the No. 10-seeded B...
BASKETBALL: Eastern women improve to 3-0 With two victories last week, the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team has now started 3-0 for the first time since the 2006-07 season. The Eagles concluded a 2-0 week with a rare win at Boise State, 83-74 on Nov. 11. The win ended an eight-game losing streak against the Broncos. They then got a clutch buzzer-beater layup from Jamie Loera in a 62-60 win over Southern Utah, Nov. 14 at Reese Court. In Boise, Jaydia Martin led the team with 17 points, tying for the game high. A...
Eastern Washington’s game in Missoula at Washington-Grizzly Stadium was basically decided in the first four possessions by each team. Montana 21 points; Eastern four punts and four three-and-outs on its first five drives. By the end of the first quarter Montana led 28-0 and was on the way to a record-tying point production in a 63-7 Big Sky Conference win. This result was the same for 16th-ranked Montana as on Nov. 11, 1995, when they won at Woodward Field. Once again, the opponent got a big offensive performance from one p...
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