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My television viewing is normally limited to the news, Mariner’s baseball and Gonzaga basketball. Shut in by bad weather a few weeks ago, I found myself temporarily out of library books, so I was daydreaming while a drama series played on my TV. I’m not really sure what series it was, but an embedded story caught my attention. It seems that one of the characters rescued a dog and had no place to keep it. Her landlord did not allow pets and she couldn’t take it to work. A co-worker came to her rescue with a vest procl...
What happens in China doesn’t always stay in China. In fact, when it comes to tough new garbage and recycling restrictions, they may migrate elsewhere sooner than you might think. For example, Shanghai is one of the world’s largest cities with 26.9 million people. It is suffocating under mountains of trash its residents generate daily. It lacks an effective recycling and disposal system. “Instead, it has trash pickers to sift through the waste, plucking out whatever can be re...
One hundred fifty years ago in 1869, John Williams of Pennsylvania settled land near the lake south of Cheney which bears his name. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymu www.cheneymuseum.com....
An update on the city of Cheney’s website last week asks residents to remember that it might be yard and garage sale season, but signs are not allowed on power poles. The staples or nails used to affix signs to wooden poles present a safety hazard for utility workers who may need to climb the poles to do maintenance or make repairs during power outages....
1 Years Ago July 16, 2009 The Cheney Police Department saw the lazy days of summer become a reality as the department’s reports dropped 46 percent. The city of Cheney moved closer to resolving a decades-old court case when resident Thomas Myers sought a case review from the state Supreme Court. The case stemmed from two properties Myers surrendered to the city while the city deferred jail time and $840,000 in fines stemming from code violations. If Myers lost the appeal, the properties would go to the city. The S...
Rodeo Association members and their family and friends worked until dark to complete the new covered bleachers. Verna Heiydt can be seen working in the foreground....
This year’s concert line up at Cheney’s Sutton Park brings something old together with something new — and a little musical something for just about everybody. Several of the seven acts are veterans of at least performing at West Plains events, if not in the gazebo along Washington Street. Others are making their first appearances. The annual series, which takes place each Wednesday from now through Aug. 21, began July 10 with the “voodoo” Spokane rock band Mojo Box. They...
It’s time to get outside and enjoy summer BBQs, gardening, hikes and much more. Don’t let mosquitoes keep you inside; instead enlist these chemical-free strategies to manage these pests in your landscape. Start by eliminating the mosquitoes’ breeding grounds. Drain the water out of buckets, old tires and clogged gutters and downspouts that hold water needed for mosquitoes to reproduce. Check kids’ toys, tarps and pool covers that also retain water. Drain the water and store t...
Cheney Congregational Church It was with great joy that we welcomed our new pastor, Rev. Matt Goodale and his wife Meghan on July 7. Goodale will begin a new series, “A Surprising Family of Faith,” on July 14 at 10 a.m., where he will look at how all of us encounter God in unique ways. Our faith journeys may look different, but they are all embraced by God, who uses each of our stories to reveal a different texture, color or shade of God’s love for us all. He will preach this week on Jacob, who revealed through his encounter...
Free grilled cheese at AH Grocery Outlet, donations to help local food pantries The Airway Heights Grocery Outlet will be hosting the Franz Grilled Cheese Machine food truck on Friday from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. and giving away free grilled cheese sandwiches to everyone who stops by. Donations are appreciated, with proceeds going to Westwood Middle School’s food pantry and Cleone’s Closet Food Pantry. West Plains Arts holds Camp Confidence Camp Confidence will be held July 17-19 at Medical Lake Middle School. This camp will use m...
1 Years Ago July 2, 2009 The Eastern Washington University board of trustees approved the university’s first ever-biennial budget that included a total of $26 million in reductions over two years along with a 14 percent resident and 5 percent out-of-state tuition increase. Dry conditions were projected to be above normal with significant fire danger in areas of Eastern Washington. There were 785 fireworks-related injuries and fires reported to the Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office in 2008 by fire departments and hospita...
After an intensive search process beginning in February, the Pastoral Search Committee at Cheney’s Congregational Church is unanimously recommending the calling of Rev. Matthew Keith Goodale as the church’s new pastor. Rev. Goodale grew up in Colorado Springs where his father was a Presbyterian pastor. He graduated summa cum laude from Whitworth University with a bachelor of arts in theology in 2016 and has recently completed his masters of divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary. In a June 26 news release, church off...
County holiday closures Spokane County Public Works and Environmental Services Departments will be closed on Thursday, July 4, to observe the annual Independence Day holiday. The closure will also affect the Regional Solid Waste System — including the Transfer Stations. All locations will reopen for business on Friday, July 5. The Cheney Free Press to close July 4 and 5 The Cheney Free Press will be closed Thursday and Friday, July 4 and 5, in observance of the Independence Day holiday and to give its employees a much n...
Cheney Community Church All are welcome to join us at Cheney Community Church at 10 a.m. Sunday for our Sunday morning worship service. Bible classes are available for adults, young adults and youth at 8:45 a.m. Various activities are scheduled during the week. The youth group (Holy Flame) meets Monday 6 p.m. for dinner and Bible study. The women meet for prayer time at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays. Other small groups meet at various times and places during the week. The women will hold their monthly brunch at 9 a.m., Saturday, July....
Seventy-five years ago in July 1944, Roy Hansen purchased the laundry business of E.L. McDonald, who had operated the cleaning and tailoring business since September 1919. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymu www.cheneymuseum.com....
A bit of grooming and care will keep your flower gardens looking their best throughout the hot summer months and into fall. Remove the flower stems of salvias, veronicas and similar flowers as the blooms begin to fade. Use a pruner or sharp garden scissors and cut just above the first set of leaves or above the side shoots where new flower buds are forming. Cut back flopping perennials like Walker’s Low catmint, veronica and Salvia that have finished their second flush of f...
The Airway Heights Recreation Center will be hosting a county-wide meeting seeking public feedback on the six-year strategic plan for the county parks system. At the meeting, officials from Spokane County’s Parks, Recreation and Golf Department are seeking community input on the types of parks and recreational facilities, amenities and location the county should pursue over the next six years to align local needs with state planning guidelines. The event is being billed as an “Open House” with a casual drop-in format. The p...
They don't call him Loco for nothin'. Major Paul Lopez has been piloting aircraft for 13 years, and has been an F-22 pilot for eight and a half. But don't think it ever becomes routine. "It's very exhilarating," Lopez said. "The blood is coursing through your veins, the adrenaline is coursing throughout your body, your heartbeat is pumping and you get butterflies every time you get to hit the throttle...and take off." Lopez, call sign LOCO, was the man behind the jet in...
Retired Tech Sgt. Victor Klingler just loves aircrafts. That's why he traveled from Clarkston to attend Skyfest 2019 at Fairchild Air Force Base on Saturday, June 22. He wasn't alone - West Plains locals and visitors alike flocked to the base in droves, hoping to catch a glimpse of high-flying air performances and tour aircraft parked firmly on the ground. "I'm just an aircraft nut," Klingler said, sitting in the bleachers with a dead-ahead view of the airfield and a content...
On Saturday, June 22, eight members of an Army parachute team relaxed in a plane hovering at an altitude of 11,500 feet, its door wide open to catch the freezing 120 mile per hour winds and offer a stomach-churning view of sprawling farmland below reduced to the size of postage stamps. While prepping for their jump, they talked about "getting out" of the plane the way others would talk about getting out of a cab. But for them, it's just another day at the office. The U.S....
One hundred twenty-five years ago tomorrow in 1894, Labor Day was established as a holiday for federal workers. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.com....
Cheney Congregational Church We hope you’ll join us for our Sunday morning worship service at 10 a.m. Our church is located at 423 N. 6th St. This Sunday, Rev. Scott Kinder-Pyle will deliver the sermon, followed by coffee and refreshments in the fellowship hall. Women’s Fellowship will serve lunch to the kids at Crosswalk in Spokane at noon, Thursday, June 27. This program is an important part of our church’s outreach to the community. We are currently accepting applications for our church coordinator position, and an eight...
1 Years Ago June 24, 2009 Former Cheney police officer Mike Taylor filed a wrongful dismissal suit after he was let go. City officials said the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission Academy informed them that Taylor’s credentials were invalid. Cheney staff prepared a $6 million bond meant to pay for a new park facility along Betz Road. Police offered a reward for help in tracking down two fugitives with felony arrest warrants. 20 Years Ago June 24, 1999 A Cheney couple created a rideable mini railroad that t...
There was no shortage of visitors to Medical Lake this weekend along the reflective black wall engraved with the names of 58,318 Americans who didn't make it home alive from the Vietnam War. "Once the panels come out, this place becomes hallowed ground," Paul Chen, The Moving Wall caretaker, told volunteers gathered to help erect the traveling monument on Thursday morning after arriving via an escort of motorcycles and law enforcement. Those volunteers spent much of Thursday...
Travelers and local camping aficionados both have reason to celebrate as the new Northern Quest RV Resort & Casino kicks off this summer. The resort officially opened June 1 and offers a “luxury resort experience,” according to a press release. Visitors will be able to choose between 38 pull-through and back-in RV sites. The community is gated and secure and even includes options for those who don’t have an RV in the form of 18 one and two-bedroom tiny cottages. Additional RV spaces are set to be completed by July 4, bring...
