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Sandy Zimmerman, Michael Anderson Elementary physical education teacher, is no stranger to challenges, especially when it comes to sports. Her accolades in athletics include playing basketball at Gonzaga University and being a former national judo champion. Now she seeks one more milestone - American Ninja Warrior. Zimmerman is training for the eighth season of "American Ninja Warrior" a popular sports entertainment TV show where athletes attempt to complete four stages of obs...
If you think there is something fishy about Cheney's upcoming 6 percent power rate increase, you'd be correct. The City Council recently approved the increase, the first in 14 years, in order to replenish Light Department coffers that have been steadily dwindling due not only to infrastructure requirements but increases in wholesale power costs from the city's supplier, the Bonneville Power Administration. One of the factors behind BPA's increases stems from a 2008 settlement...
The Medical Lake School District said goodbye to former superintendent Dr. Pam Veltri, who took a position as an assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction with the Mead School District. It wasn't long before the district welcomed a new face. Tim Ames, former superintendent of the Wellpinit School District, became Medical Lake's new superintendent in July. Ames was sitting at dinner when he learned he would be the new superintendent of Medical Lake School...
I’m not sure if my beagle, Ringo’s muffled woof last Sunday was the kind he uses to remind me it’s time for him to be fed. Or because it was 5:45 a.m. and not the usual 5:15 and that he was letting me sleep in a little on Father’s Day? Ringo seems to be able to tell time twice daily — around 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. when he gets his rations of Iams — fearful I’m sure that if not fed on time his 32-pound frame might instantly waste away. Ever since the kids slowly migrated away...
Tim Ames was sitting at dinner when he learned he would be the new superintendent of Medical Lake School District. He celebrated with a fist pump to while his wife cried tears of joy. “I was so thrilled,” Ames said. “I wanted to start the day after they made the announcement.” Ames will be taking over the role of superintendent from the departing Dr. Pam Veltri, starting July 1. Veltri will be taking a position as an assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction with the Mead School District. Although he will be...
“A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.” Or so wrote Laura Gilpin, an American photographer who ironically had my same birthday, April 22, but way back in 1891. Gilpin, I’ve discovered really had it right. For the better part of the past 40 years I have been wedded to the moving water of rivers. It’s also as long as I have been married. Not long after our wedding my wife took a trip to Portland, Ore. to visit her college “bestie...
The salmon colored walls and outdated booths of the former café at 24 West First St. were minor challenges for the building's new owners. Though the integrity remains for the most part unchanged, LaShay Germain and her husband Lonnie have taken on the heavy task of rejuvenating the former diner into a standout burger and seafood restaurant. "We wanted to start small," Germain said of her first venture into a sit down eatery. However she is not unfamiliar with the business of...
HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY State 1A Boys Official Team Scores 1. Medical Lake 72 2. La Center 112 3. Meridian 126 4. Lakeside 132 5. King’s 140 6. Riverside 166 7. Charles Wright Acad. 172 8. Northwest 195 9. Cashmere 202 10. Royal 231 11. Overlake 244 12. South Whidbey 320 13. Zillah 340 14. White Salmon 341 15. Elma 358 16. Toledo 369 Individuals (Top 5 and Medical Lake) Pos./Grade/Runner Time School 1. 11 Graham Peet 15:50.8 Northwest 2. 11 Andrew Ayers 15:53.0 King’s 3. 12 Ryan Coffman 16:12.2 Lakeside 4. 9 Tibebu Pro...
Environmental activists claim they want to reduce production of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. If so, they’re going about it in a very strange way. Take forest management, for example. Anti-forestry activists oppose salvaging dead and diseased trees, saying the forests should be left in their natural state. But that debris is volatile tinder for raging wildfires that pump an average of 67 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year, according to a 2013 r...
Regulars of Klink’s Resort at Williams Lake may notice something slightly different this summer season. While everything may appear the same at first glance, the wildly popular Klink’s restaurant has undergone a tenant change and is now The Bistro at Williams Lake. While the restaurant bears a new name, the look and feel of the place is much the same after longtime business owners and married couple Jerry Schrader and Robin Riemcke took over the restaurant as the new leasehold tenants. “Jerry was working there last year...
Bands of yellow, magenta and salmon pink streak the western sky last Friday evening. The warm colors belie the cold temperatures, which should finally reach the 30s this week after several frigid weeks in the teens and 20s....
If I lived in a small peasant village thousands of years ago where it was customary to dance naked in the fields on New Year’s Eve to ensure a good growing season, I would be the first to drop his fur britches and start cavorting through the stubble corn. Which is to say I like ritual. I like the statues of the saints in church. I like Christmas trees and the Rosary. I like an omelet every Sunday morning. I’d have been a good 12th-century monk. Every New Year’s Eve, my wife and I attend a party in a local saloon. There...
Mike McKeehan was a Cheneyite through and through. He moved here with his family at the age of 13. Last week he died here at the age of 67 after 14 years as a City Council member, 30 years as a teacher in Cheney schools, impacting countless lives in the process. Family and friends described McKeehan as a kind man who was quietly generous. He didn’t make a big deal about his service to the community. “He was always giving of everything, and never seemed to think twice about it,” said Patrick McKeehan, one of four children Mike...
By CHRIS THOMAS Washington News Service SEATTLE - Federal agencies, conservation groups, fishermen and sportsmen, Native American tribes and dam managers have rarely all been in the same room – unless it's a courtroom – in the long battle over how to restore native salmon and steelhead populations in the Northwest. However, one leader in the region is voicing his official agreement with what conservation and business groups have been saying for years: that a whole new approach is needed to save the endangered fish spe... Full story
You're rafting what river and where? In September? Tieton River is a tradition that lives on and on and on after years and years By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter It's not often you'll hear where dams and river rafting are a compatible pair. Streams like the White Salmon and Elwah in Washington State have had, or are in the process of seeing ancient dams removed to return the rivers to as natural a state as is possible following a century of inundation. But when virtually every other river in the Northwest has dried to a... Full story
Cheney teacher, City Council member died July 19 at age 67 By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Mike McKeehan was a Cheneyite through and through. He moved here with his family at the age of 13. Last week he died here at the age of 67 after 14 years as a City Council member, 30 years as a teacher in Cheney schools, impacting countless lives in the process. Family and friends described McKeehan as a kind man who was quietly generous. He didn't make a big deal about his service to the community. “He was always giving of everything, a... Full story
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor The Cheney girls' tennis team managed to get in two of three matches last week, coming up on the short end of competition at West Valley and Mt. Spokane, 3-4 to the Eagles Tuesday and 2-5 to the Wildcats Wednesday. Tuesday at West Valley the Blackhawks won two of four singles matches and one of three doubles. In singles Alla Chekulayeva beat Courtney Wold 6-3, 6-1 at No. 2 while Holly Passey cruised to a 6-4, 6-1 win over Becca Cornelly at No. 4. At No. 1 singles Katelynn Smedley lost in straight sets... Full story
At a time of so much economic suffering, a flawed decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is threatening to add further harm to Eastern Washington's economy, specifically our forest industries. The Court's decision that forest stormwater runoff produced during logging must be regulated by the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) rather than by state forestry laws overturn 35 years of federal environmental policy. If upheld, it will severely cripple one of Eastern Washington's most important industries and cause the needless...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Rust, weather and fatigue proved to be just as much challenges for the Cheney High girls' tennis team last week as their human opponents. The Blackhawks went 1-2 in match play, losing a pair of Great Northern League matches to West Valley and East Valley in between downing Rogers out of the Greater Spokane League in non-league play. Rust from the spring break layoff likely played a part in Cheney's loss to West Valley, 5-2, in their first match back last Tuesday. The Blackhawks' wins came at No. 3... Full story
Reade Brown, from milking cows in Cheney to varied wildlife career and back By LUELLA DOW Contributor Reade Brown has a way with words. “I'm 86, on my way to 87 this summer,” he said. His remarks are peppered with quiet chuckles and smiles. He touched base with Cheney when his dad moved the Brown family from Fairfield to a Cheney farm in 1940. Dad Brown was a cow-milking man. Reade, whose official first name was Ellsworth, did not like to milk cows. He graduated from Che... Full story
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Mexican restaurants are common in Cheney, and soon there will be a fourth option in the mix. The Cervantes family, who plan to open their restaurant El Portalito soon at 24 First St., say there's room for them in the Cheney restaurant scene. “We thought it would be a good location with the college right here,” Juana Cervantes said. Juana's parents, Jose and Juana Cervantes, decided to open a restaurant in Cheney after some of their children wen...
Church of the Nazarene Please join us at the Cheney Church of the Nazarene for worship and Bible study programs throughout the week; child care is provided. Sunday school (infants through adults) begins at 9:15 a.m. Worship services begin at 10:30 a.m. On Wednesday evenings, you are invited to attend an evening of fellowship and study for all age groups: Kids Konnection and Eternity's Echo Youth Group begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday evening adult Bible study programs begin at 6:30 pm. 338 Betz Rd. Call 235-6261. The ladies of the...
CHENEY Aug. 9 Malicious mischief was reported in the 200 block of Presley Drive. Grafitti was found on a door. Rape was reported in the 1000 block of First Street. The case was closed with no arrests. Theft of a book of checks was reported in the 1200 block of First Street. An 11-year-old male was arrested for assault in the 2200 block of First Street. A vehicle window was broken in the 600 block of Third Street. Malicious mischief was reported in the 200 block of Nolan Brown Place; tires on two vehicles were slashed. A...
‘We' would just as soon those who dislike soccer keep quiet and let us have our fun By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Glenn Beck hates soccer. What? You didn't hear? He said so the other day on his radio program, “I don't get the baseball thing, but the soccer thing, I hate it so much — probably because the rest of the world likes it so much, and they riot over it, and they continually try to jam it down our throat… It doesn't matter how you sell it to us. It doesn't matter how many celebrities you get. It doesn't matter how many ba...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter The Cheney Fire Department is working to make good on its promises to the public. While campaigning for an EMS levy in 2006, the department pledged to increase their level of service. Now they're training to deliver additional medical services that could save lives. “One of the things we told the public was we would upgrade our service level,” Chief Mike Winters said. “We added a few more people to help us out as far as response goes; this is th...
