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By DAVID TELLER Staff Reporter After two years of planning and coordination, including the relocation of Minnie Creek, Bi-Mart swung its doors open last Thursday to a waiting line that wrapped around the side of the building. Store manager, Jaylene Clark, estimated 500 people were waiting. The Eugene, Ore., based Bi-Mart has 66 stores throughout the Pacific Northwest. There are 40,000 items in the store's inventory spread out over the 31,000 square feet of floor space. Don Leb...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Eastern Washington University's former environmental health and safety manager is suing the university, claiming he was fired in retaliation for a report he submitted that was critical of the school's health and safety practices. In documents filed Nov. 8 in Spokane Superior Court, Peter Batsakis alleges university officials, including his immediate supervisor, director of Human Resources Rights and Risks JoLynn Rogers, terminated his employment “without warning or any justification” because of his...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Spokane County District Court Commissioner Brad Chinn has fined Cheney mobile home park owner Thomas Myers $369,000 for violations of the state's 1994 and 1997 fire codes. Chinn granted the city's motion to impose penalties on Myers for failing to provide adequate fire suppression means, also listed under chapter 19 of the city's municipal code. Chinn's decision came Nov. 16. Myers was ordered in May 2001 by the Cheney Fire Code Board of Appeals to provide three additional fire hydrants to meet those...
By DAVID TELLER Staff Reporter Budgeting is the buzzword floating around the Cheney City Council meeting Tuesday night. Cindy Niemeier, Cheney's finance director, presented a budget amendment. The amendment covers various items in numerous funds totaling $298,000. Councilman Curt Huff balked at some of the changes, questioning their necessity. The most noticeable resistance came over the travel fund of $1,100. Councilman Tom Trulove debated the need with Huff. “You're not going to get funding from Olympia hanging around C...
By DAVID TELLER Staff Reporter Effective the first week of January, Arlene Fisher of Liberty Lake, Wash., will assume the responsibility of City Administrator for the city of Cheney. Anxious to move forward, the Cheney didn't waste any time making a hiring decision, which came Thursday after Fisher, along with two other candidates, were screened from a pool of applicants. They were invited to meet city employees, partake in a board interview, an employee forum and a committee...
BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Wednesday, Nov. 28, Cheney at Reardan Jamboree, TBA. GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Saturday, Nov. 24, Jamboree at Cheney, Times TBA. MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Friday, Nov. 23, EWU at Carr's/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, time and team TBA. Saturday, Nov. 24, EWU at Carr's/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout, time and team TBA. Thursday, Nov. 29, EWU hosts Santa Clara, 7:05 p.m. WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Thursday, Nov. 22, EWU vs. Akron at Oahu Classic 2 p.m. (Pacific time). Saturday, Nov. 24, EWU vs....
The 2007 Medical Lake High School fall sports banquet was held Thurs., Nov. 15 at the school with various awards being presented to athletes in four sports. Most-valuable-player in football went to Sean Musser.Jordan Mueller was named team captain, while Cody Carr captured most inspirational player honors. In girls' cross-country, Marissa Propeck was named MPV with the captain's award bestowed upon Paige Mahoney and Whitney Barth tabbed as most inspirational. Freshman runner Jacob Morrison was the boys' cross-country MVP...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter What's that old saying about slow and steady winning the race? Despite rocketing ahead early after taking the opening tip-off, the Eastern Washington University women's basketball team lost a non-conference game 70-59 to Washington State University last Sunday afternoon at Reese Court. Both teams spent the afternoon trading big volleys of points, but in the end WSU had the final say and run to pull away from the Eagles. Eastern jumped out to a commanding 13-0 lead with less than 5-minutes gone...
What's that place south of here that calls itself “Quarterback U?” Well they might just want to step away from that distinction. Eastern Washington University is fast becoming a Mecca of outstanding, award-winning quarterbacks. For the fourth time in the last six years, an Eastern signal caller has been selected as the Big Sky Conference Offensive Player of the Year as sophomore Matt Nichols earned that honor when the All-Big Sky Conference team was announced this past Monday. Erik Meyer, the player Nichols replaced, was the...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter One common thread weaves its way through Jeremy Affeldt. Always have a dream, no matter how big it might be. And Affeldt knows all about dreams, whether it's having them, or living them. Affeldt recently took time to speak to high school students across the area – and specifically in Medical Lake where he did a lot of his growing up – encouraging them to always dream big. Affeldt's not just someone blowing smoke. He throws heat as a big lea...
Junior guard Adris DeLeon provided a much-needed scoring punch with 22 points, but it proved too little, too late as the Washington Huskies (3-0) used a big first half to take an 82-68 non-conference men's basketball victory over Eastern Washington (1-2) last Sunday at Bank of America Arena in Seattle. DeLeon scored 16 second-half points to pull the Eagles to within 15 in the second half. That and 10-straight EWU points by Gary Gibson helped pull the Eagles to within 14 points, but Jon Brockman hit a pair of huge baskets...
The following story appeared in the Nov. 26, 1987 issue of the Cheney Free Press. We have recreated it here word for word. What an incredible weekend of volleyball it was. Taking on all comers, exhibiting the kind of never-say-die determination that separates true champions from the would-be challengers, and somehow managing to remain razor sharp throughout a grueling five-match day, the Cheney Blackhawks find themselves at the pinnacle. State Champs. Number One. The Blackhawk...
Putting the finishing touches on a four-game winning streak and 8-3 finish to the regular season, Eastern Washington scored 24 unanswered points to roll past Weber State 38-16 last Saturday in a Big Sky Conference football game at rain-soaked Woodward Field. The win over the Wildcats sends the Eagles to the NCAA Football Championship Sub Division playoffs at McNeese State in Lake Charles, La. The game is this Saturday, Nov. 24 at 5 p.m. Pacific time at Cowboy Stadium. There...
The following schedule outlines Spokane Transit's holiday service schedule. Spokane Transit will operate Sunday/holiday service on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25, and New Year's Day, Tuesday, Jan. 1. Sunday/holiday bus service operates from 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday/holiday service is listed in STA bus schedules and can be viewed online at www.spokanetransit.com. For additional information, call 328-RIDE (328-7433. STA's customer service call center is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on holidays. The...
By CARA LORELLO Staff Reporter Growth activity in the community is creating greater demand for several city departments in Airway Heights, which has officials proposing new funding strategies to the city's 2008 budget to meet the growing need for services, including a 1 percent increase to city property taxes and increases for water and sewer rates. City Council members held public hearings on the city's preliminary budget Nov. 5 and 19, which presented estimated budget figures and funding sources for major city funds for...
By CARA LORELLO Staff Reporter Century West Engineering Corporation and Spokane GeoEngineers officials presented on Nov. 14 new design and landscape plans for a proposed water reclamation plant to be located in the city of Airway Heights by the year 2011. Proposed landscape plans provided by Sherry Pratt Van Voorhis for the site, which is located on a 75,000-acre plot south bound by McFarlane Road and 21st Avenue, will include substantial amounts of native and adapted plant material appropriately suited to the area's...
1 Years Ago Nov. 20, 1997 The combination of above-average employee salaries and an above-average number of employees in Cheney is slowly dragging the city's general fund to a pit of red ink. The 1998 preliminary budget shows the city plans to spend $2,217,400, or about 53 percent of its total general fund budget on salaries next year. The wheels of democracy have begun to turn as Cheney citizen Jo Jameson has started the referendum process intended to repeal the City Council...
Curves International Inc., the world's largest fitness franchise, and Rodale, the authoritative sources for trusted content in health and wellness worldwide, announced on Nov. 13 the launch of www.CurvesComplete.com, the online weight-loss subscription service based on Curves: Permanent Results Without Permanent Dieting, the New York Times best-selling book authored by Curves founder and chief executive officer, Gary Heavin. The interactive service, initially available in English in the United States and Canada, provides...
If your club or organization's meeting time has changed, or you currently are not listed in this column, please let us know. Call 235-6184 CHENEY Al-Anon Meets every Monday from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 639 Elm. For more information, call 235-5385. Alcoholics Anonymous Meets Mondays and Fridays from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, corner of Fourth and G streets in Cheney. All meetings are open. For more information, call 235-9015 or 235-5742. The Allen & Trudy Mattausch Veterans of Fo...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Sing to the Lord of harvest, a song of love and praise! As the national holiday of Thanksgiving approaches, pause to consider the bounty of the earth. Some of us have enjoyed fruits and vegetables from the garden. Let us give thanks to those who labor in farm and field. Let us also consider ways to be better stewards of the earth. Let us avail ourselves of the many resources about ecology and conservation. Thank God for the feast of the senses in this glorious time of year. Our schedule is as...
By LaVERLE McCANDELSS Contributor One of the best known succulents is the “ALOE VERA,” which is also known as the “medicinal plant” most often used for burns. Many of the lotions and other cosmetics list aloe vera as an ingredient. Since I “mess around the kitchen range” a lot, we have an aloe plant close by. Get a burn, rinse the burn in cold water and break off a leaf of aloe, squeeze out the sticky juice and put it on the burn. This is for MINOR BURNS, not major burns...
By LUELLA DOW Contributor A few years ago there was an article in another paper about a Santa Claus and a crying baby. The little boy was about 19 months old. He was hot and tired in his snowsuit as his mother insisted they wait in line for a picture with Santa. Santa, himself, was probably hot and tired after hefting a hundred children onto his lap to have them pull his beard, pinch his knees, kick his chins and tell him, “You're sure fat.” When the mother and her screaming child finally arrived at Santa's knee, Santa, who...
CHENEY POLICE Nov. 17 A report of domestic violence was made on the 2300 block of University Lane. Dispute was verbal only. Michael D. Romesburg, 22, was arrested on the 1400 block of Second Street for residential burglary. Second-degree malicious mischief was reported at the library on First Street. The door of a car was kicked and the mirror was broken Nov. 16 Third-degree malicious mischief was reported on the 100 block of North Ninth Street. Damage to a vehicle was discovered. A stolen vehicle was recovered on the 200...
