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A full Cheney City Council moved like a whirlwind through a resolution and ordinance packed agenda at its next to last meeting of 2014 Tuesday night, unanimously approving 11 separate items. Five of the items were financial measures needed to wrap up 2014 and prepare the city to implement its recently passed $23 million budget in 2015. The first of these measures was resolution E-273, which is required by the Government Accounting Standards Board in order to designate revenues normally sent to the General Fund to other...
Left: Cheney Councilwoman and Mayor Pro-tem Teresa Overhauser reads the official city proclamation to begin Cheney's tree lighting ceremony at the Cheney Library last Thursday night, Dec. 5. Bottom: Despite canceling its tree lighting due to weather conditions, the city of Medical Lake had their Christmas tree at Coney Island Park, Dec. 6....
Robert was born March 31, 1929 and passed away Nov. 30, 2014. He always had a joke and a carefree chuckle to ease any worries away. Smart and quick-witted, there really wasn't much he couldn't do. He was the most hard-working, honest man you could ever hope to meet. He was a farmer, a woodworker, a handyman, a mill worker, and a part-time golfer. If you ever had a chance to play cards with him, you may have known him as "Lucky Lew," and if you ever spent time around their... Full story
1 Years Ago Dec. 16, 2004 A noise battle between North Star Equipment Company and its neighbor, Peaceful Pines Mobile Home Park, was over after a Spokane County hearing examiner ruled in favor of measures taken by North Star to solve the problem. Construction crews were putting the finishing touches on the building along State Route 902 that would soon house Denny’s Harvest Foods. Cheney got 29 points from Derek Miller, 26 in the second half, as the Blackhawks earned a 71-64 boys’ basketball victory over East Valley. 20 Yea...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church The congregation of Emmanuel Lutheran Church invites you to worship with us this Sunday. You may also watch our pastor’s sermons on our website www.emmanuelcheney.org or on YouTube at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Cheney. Please plan to join us for our mid-week advent soup supper and worship services on Wednesday evening’s beginning at 6. Our traditional candlelight Christmas Eve service will be held Dec. 24 at 10 p.m. United Church of Christ What a joyful Advent. Tunes will star in the worship service le...
My grandmother on my mother’s side of the family, Lucy Kratzer, loved to spend hours working on crossword puzzles. Her brother, called Kerr by the family, preferred to smile while he recited all the remarkable accomplishments of our 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, including details about his birthday. These two teachers by profession, grandmother Lucy and great uncle Kerr, easily remembered dates, places, relatives, someone’s new buggy, etc. Does anyone care what Abraham Lincoln had for his bir...
City of Cheney • Dec. 12, Polar Bear Pajama Party and Breakfast, Wren Pierson Community Center, all ages, $6 resident, $9 non-resident, 8 – 9 a.m. • Dec. 12, Baby Play and Learn Storytime (ages 0 – 18 months), community library, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. • Dec. 12, Middle School Late Night, Wren Pierson Community Center, 6 – 10 p.m. • Dec. 15, Dance Class, Wren Pierson Community Center, 7:15 – 8:15 p.m. • Dec. 16, Senior Light Fitness, Wren Pierson Community Center, 9 – 10 a.m. • Dec. 16, Christmas Gifts for Cheney Kids reg... Full story
StageWest CT, Inc will be performing the reader's theatre play "It's A Wonderful Life;" written by Philip Van Doren Stern, adapted as a radio program by Tony Palermo and directed by Kathleen Bell. Performances are Friday night, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 14, at 3 p.m. The special "Dinner Theatre" is Saturday night, Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. Dinner is catered by Mike Hartman and Willow Springs Restaurant and will consist of a traditional turkey dinner, complete with turkey,...
Cheney High School student McKenna Kent was recently selected as a finalist for the Lilac Festival Association. This stage in the competition is called the “Fab 14.” The organization starts out by selecting from over 25 young women who have been nominated to represent their school. Through an interview process they narrow it down to 14 girls. Kent says she is honored to represent Cheney High School as well as her family and friends in this endeavor. She has always dreamed of being one of the Lilac Princesses and spending tim...
It was a wonderful turn out again this year. We all received a warm reception from the people who visited us on our Studio Tour. All of the artists work hard all year at their craft hoping to achieve a higher quality and freshness to it. To share one’s work with people is very important because the feedback helps us to understand if what we have created can put a smile on their face or get a “Wow.” This show for me was very successful in that regard. I was set up in the (Cheney Historical) Museum. A woman who came the year...
So Republican House of Representatives leadership is outraged by President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform, claiming “this is not the way democracy is supposed to work.” But democracy is supposed to work by majority rule and the real outrage is that Republican leadership, including our Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, has never allowed a vote of the full House on the bipartisan immigration bill passed 17 months ago by the Senate, even though the bill has long had enough House votes to pass. This bill,...
Christmas is my favorite time of year. The lights, the decorations and the music make for a festive atmosphere that’s invigorating and exhilarating. Usually, it can warm even the most chilled of hearts. For many, Christmas is a time of renewed hope, a hope for rebirth of goodwill and, yes, peace. It’s also a time of sadness and despair for those who are going through times of trial physically, emotionally, spiritually and economically. The overwhelming weight of commercialism, the mantra that everybody wants this or needs tha...
During the holidays, we like to put an emphasis on caring for our fellow men and women. Several charities throughout the United States collect gifts and food for families who don’t have all of the means to buy everything they need for Christmas. West Plains organizations such as the Cheney Outreach and Medical Lake Firefighters Association are currently collecting toys for local youth. But when it comes to caring this holiday season, we shouldn’t limit our focus to just those in need. When we chant “peace on Earth and goodw...
Medical Lake Middle School students Siane Asladon and Tawni Bremer help two foster children pick out wrapping paper for their parent's gifts. Asladon, Bremer and others members of the Medical Lake Middle School National Junior honor society (NJHS), parents and faculty volunteered at the Dec. 6 Junior League of Spokane's Foster Santa Breakfast....
Sixth Grade 4.0 — Makenna M. Benson, Dusten T. Butikofer, Hannah L. Cross, Emma J. Evans, Sara C. Graham, Steven R. Johnson, Elissa R. Jones, Lauren A. O’Callaghan, Alaina J. O’Connell, Anna E. Richardson and Jaela D. Thornburg. 3.9 — 3.5 — Theresa (Aurie) S. Schulz, Cade C. Harris, Hannah R. Davis, Kley D. Davis, Stuart A. Crawford, Paige E. Dalrymple, Jason W. Inman, Kevin E. Nesterov, Cole R. Omlin, Brent C. Belsby, Ethan T. Eddy, Innessa K. Sipko, Cameron M. Villalobos, Hannah M. Young, Calista R. Netzley, Jase C. Winner...
Hallett Elementary School's annual "Hawks Helping Others" holiday fundraiser is underway. In addition to collecting food, pet food and supplies for the Medical Lake Food Bank, students are raising money for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) research and awareness through their "Pennies for ALS" project. The school's goal is to raise $100 from each grade level for a total of $600 by Dec. 17. All proceeds from the project will go to the ALS Association Evergreen Chapter, which...
CHENEY Dec. 1 A motor vehicle was taken without the owner’s permission on the 100 block of College Hill. Brian K. Suominen, 18, was arrested for violation of an anti-harassment order and fourth-degree assault on the 2300 block of First Street. Police also arrested a 17-year-old male for fourth-degree assault at the same location. Domestic violence/verbal dispute was reported on the 100 block of Walker Drive. Dec. 2 A vehicle prowl was reported on the 500 block of Bonnie Way. Third-degree theft was reported on the 600 block o...
Cheney kids Christmas party Cheney’s American Legion Post 72 is holding their annual Children’s Christmas Party on Thursday, Dec. 18 from 5 – 7 p.m. at the Post’s location at 116 College Ave. There will be plenty of fun as well as pictures with Santa and one of his elves. Everyone is welcome. MLHS alums holiday social The Medical Lake High School Alumnis’ Christmas social will start at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 19 at the VFW Post 3386, 1307 S. Loffler St. in Airway Heights. A potluck dinner begins at 6 p.m. Raffle drawings at 7 p.m.... Full story
The Cheney Fire Department will be conducting a live fire training/house burn Saturday morning, beginning at approximately 8 a.m. The structure is a vacant house located at 506 Third St. The area around the house along Third Street between C Street and College Avenue will be closed off with no parking. The training should conclude around noon....
A somewhat unexpected period of freezing rain led to a number of accidents and motorist calls for assistance throughout Cheney late last week. Over the Dec. 4-5 time period, Cheney police responded to 16 accidents and nine calls for assistance from motorists. Of those calls, two of the accidents were reportable while three of the non-reportable, “fender benders,” were single vehicle accidents, 10 were between two vehicles and one was a four-vehicle collision. Of the nine calls for motorist assistance, usually incidents of...
Inside City Hall, Medical Lake residents collect their clipboards, maps and binoculars. Their mission is to break up into groups and count all the deer they see on their route. Several members of the Medical Lake Citizens Deer Advisory Committee conducted their first deer survey, Dec. 6, before sundown. After 45 minutes to an hour, the volunteers counted 86 deer within Medical Lake's city limits. "It's the first time doing this," Candace Bennett, wildlife conflict specialist...
Prospective music teacher Stephen Foster Brown (at left played by Trenton Riggs) finds the advances of Mrs. Piper (played by Ryleigh Skiles) a bit embarrassing - especially with her husband and Foster's future employer Mr. Piper (played by Charles Harper) sitting on the other end of the couch during the opening scene of the Cheney High School Drama Club's "Sing for Your Supper." The musical about 1940s swing music concludes its run with performances at 7 p.m. this Friday and...
A Cheney girl, who went missing Thanksgiving evening, returned home last Sunday, Dec. 7, prompting questions from authorities about why she left and what she did during her 10-day disappearance. Around 8:30 Sunday morning a family member looked out the front window of their Cheney home to see 15-year-old Jacquelynne Rose Doucette standing outside holding the family cat. Police Department Sgt. Rick Beghtol said they managed to get her to come into the house and immediately...
Earlier this year, the Airway Heights and Medical Lake fire departments and Spokane County Fire District 10 hired Emergency Services Consulting International (ESCI) to conduct a cooperative services study to see how the three departments could further consolidate services. One of ESCI's recommendations was for Airway Heights and Fire District 10 to merge through either a regional fire authority or annexation. Representatives from Airway Heights' Public Safety Committee met with Fire District 10 commissioners and personnel...
After 12 years of serving Medical Lake, Councilwoman Brenda Redell resigned from the City Council. The council accepted Redell’s resignation at its Dec. 2 meeting. City Administrator Doug Ross presented an email from Redell, who was absent from the meeting, that stated she resigned because she is moving outside of the city limits. “It has been both an honor and privilege to serve this great city beside you,” Redell wrote. “After having lived in Medical Lake my whole life I find myself getting ready to end my residen...
