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By DAVID TELLER Staff Reporter Socialization is a critical element of education, and for children schooled at home, not only is it even more crucial, it is a weekly break from the drudgery of schoolwork. Students in the HomeWorks program in the Cheney School District take a fieldtrip every Friday. Shannon Lawson, the HomeWorks director, said some of the field trips are educational and have a lesson to be learned. Others are just for fun or are creative. Lawson said the functions aren't paid for by the school district. The...
By CARA LORELLO Staff Reporter When a group of Medical Lake High School choir and drama students got together for a slumber party following the closing of last year's final production, they hadn't planned to come away cast as leads in the following year's next big play “Nunsense,” a musical comedy opening on Nov. 29. Perhaps it was destined to happen when MLHS teacher Ginny Luhn played a DVD of the successful off-Broadway play during the party, and the girls immediately beg...
Cheney Employee Benefits Fair is on Nov. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wren Pierson Building. This annual event is for city employees but is also open to the public as the Cheney Medical Center provides flu shots (for a fee). “Books are Fun,” an assortment of children's books and gifts and educational materials, will be present with books and gifts for sale. It's a “bonus” shopping event for citizens and they are welcome to attend. For more information call 498-9255. Also, all of the city's 457 vendors, local credit...
The Unitarian Universalist Church is sponsoring its annual Alternative Gift Fair on Sunday, Dec. 2 at the church, 4340 W. Ft. George Wright Drive, between services (10:15-11 a.m.) and from noon-2 p.m. This is an opportunity to get off the holiday consumer treadmill by giving life-enriching support to a choice of 20 local, national and international organizations including Habitat for Humanity, Heifer International, Hospice of Spokane and Catholic Relief Services. Donations to these organizations replace gifts of meaningless...
By CRAIG HOWARD Contributing Writer/Spokane Valey News Herald November may be National Diabetes Month, but for Grant Wasson, the disease is a year-round concern. Before he was diagnosed in 1995, Wasson didn't think much about diabetes, despite a family history of the condition. He was 51 when doctors told him that his blood sugar level was high enough to place him as a Type 2 diabetic. “I was heavy then,” said Wasson, now 63. “I was eating doughnuts and candy and it seemed like I was tired all the time.” About 90 percent...
By CARA LORELLO Staff Reporter A first violation gets a citizen a written warning. The second offense is a civil infraction with a fine of up to $250. The third offense counts as a misdemeanor, and could mean up to 90 days in jail, or a $1,000 fine. That's the order of penalties as determined by Medical Lake City Council members on Nov. 6 as part of a new city ordinance codifying previously voluntary water conservation measures. Council approved a first reading of Ordinance 981 that places restrictions on residential...
By DAVID TELLER Staff Reporter Police work has changed. With all of the advances in technology and communications, police officers know exactly what's going on, but only if it gets reported. Beginning the first of the year, Lt. Dave Mather of the Cheney Police Department is heading up a community policing program where the department will begin taking a proactive approach to connecting with Cheney residents and establishing a personal line of communication. “We're only as effective as the trust that the community has in t...
Cheney basketball plays for food The Cheney girls' basketball team is hosting a jamboree on Saturday, Nov. 24, and all it will cost to get in are a couple cans of food. The jamboree will include teams from North Central High School in Spokane and Deer Park High School. Action begins at 2 p.m. with games between rival freshmen squads, followed by the junior varsity action at 3 p.m. and varsity action at 4 p.m. The public is invited to bring a couple of cans of food and watch this year's Lady Hawks in action. All donations go...
