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CHENEY - In the Walker street area, Cheney residents and their kids enjoy the decorations and candy. These three youths traversed the town as a set and parents dutifully chaperoned....
Nov. 3 1916 School boys invade girls dormitory at Monroe Hall in Halloween prank The Cheney Normal School, a facility for the training of teachers, now the Normal School Heritage Center, was invaded by a group of 11 boys on this day in 1916. The young men entered the girls dormitory by “unknown means” and began singing and whistling loudly. This alerted the residents of the building who went to investigate. A girl reported to be Matron Kirk was found surrounded by the group of masked boys in a fright. The other girls rus...
Just before the ‘Big Weather Change’ several weeks ago, I brought my green tomatoes in the house. They have been ripening nicely in their cardboard boxes. I am concerned though, that my grandchildren think red tomatoes grow in boxes on the kitchen floor. I am hoping there will be a few red ones left for Thanksgiving and maybe even some green ones for ‘Green Tomato Pie’. I haven’t seen a recipe for this but with the price of apples I’m thinking, why not? Stacks of firewood and full barrels of oil grace our homes on these co...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church November 6, 2022 All are welcome to worship with us this Sunday, November 6, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. as we celebrate All Saints Sunday. Coffee hour follows the worship service. All are welcome to use the Free Community Pantry located at 639 Elm Street. Donations of non-perishable food, and personal care items for all ages are always accepted. All items are “take what you need, leave what you can.” The pantry is open to the community 24/7. Emmanuel thanks you for your continued support of this outreach min...
SEPT. 23 Revitalize Cheney, an event hosted by the Cheney Merchants Association (CMA), took place in the Historic District of Cheney on Sept. 23rd, 2022. The event showcased a few community members such as the local public library and Eastern Washington University. The event also drew attention to a few vacant rental spaces that are available. The CMA is now an Affiliate of the Washington Main Street program, a state-run project which aims at “Using local resources and initiative,” the website says. “The state program helps...
CHENEY – During the Sept. 28 School Board meeting, Superintendent Ben Ferney reported that the Student Access and Safety Program at Cheney High School is going well. The program is meant to foster student engagement with staff and build a safer and more positive environment. Its team consists of several specialists and two Airway Heights Youth Engagement Specialist police officers. The team was in attendance during the Sept. 28 meeting. The goal of the program is “building relationships and addressing the culture of the sch...
Cheney travelers mistaken for Ritzville thugs, Oct. 27 1911 On this very day in 1911, the Cheney Press reported that a murder had taken place in Ritzville the previous Monday. The article said that the three “thugs” who committed the crime afterward boarded a train headed for Cheney. This was reported by telegraph to Deputy Sheriff Webb and Marshall Addington, in Cheney, who rushed to the train depot to arrest the alleged murders. However, upon boarding the train, the two officers found three innocent “Cheneyites” who had...
Second community coat distribution slated CHENEY — A distribution will take place from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Feed Cheney event in Wren Pierson Community Center, 615 Fourth St. This season’s first Community Coat distribution ran from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, in Wren Pierson. There are new coats in all sizes ready to share with no qualifying criteria needed. In-person events now happening again at Cheney library Cheney Free Press Lucas Walsh CHENEY – A variety of in-person events are being held this Novembe...
If you’re lucky enough to have great cousins and lucky enough to spend time with them growing up, you’ll have a story or two that carries through adulthood and gives you a chuckle every time. This is one such story. My aunt and uncle loved to camp every summer. Like most of us, my family included, they started out with a tent, moved on to a pop-up and eventually to a sturdy camper complete with sleeping areas, kitchen and bathroom. Sometimes our families camped together, but most of my youth was spent in separate cam...
CHENEY - Now located at 614 3rd St. in the Wren Pierson building, the Cheney Museum can be difficult to find. Oct. 21. "We moved here during the pandemic, and it was really out of necessity." Joan Mamanakis, a volunteer at the museum, said. "The building is part of the contribution that the city makes to the museum." Approximately half of the space in the building is actually dedicated to historical panoramas and other relics. "The other half is storage for items that need to...
October 24, 2022 October rains: Our grass is green and ready for snow It won’t be long now so we won’t have to mow. Plants in our gardens so hardy and true Loved all the rain and the farmers did too. Missed is the sunshine so warm and so nice And baths for the birds have all turned to ice. There’s comfort in knowing we did what we could Now is the time to stay warm in our ‘hood....
REARDAN - Before your eyes can adjust to the dark, a bone-chilling scream buckles your knees. This is not your typical train that's parked at the Inland Northwest Rail Museum. It's haunted. In fact, it's full of zombies, ghouls and goblins, all waiting to give its passengers the heebie-jeebies. There's a frightening surprise around every corner. Zombie Wedding is the theme for this year's inaugural Halloween event, hosted by the museum. Admission to the museum includes the...
Cheney Congregational Church Next Sunday, October 30, Arianna’s sermon will be – “Look Up, Come Down, Stand Up” Our annual bazaar will take place in person on Nov 5th from 9 to 1. Soup lunch will begin at 11. Cheney Congregational Church has started a free pantry just outside the front doors of the church. Please feel free to take or leave food for yourself and others. We are also involved with Feed Cheney and a food bank which will be on Monday, October 31 at 5:30 at the Wren Pierson building in Cheney located at 615 4th...
Cheney Free Press, 1906 Week of the 26th Five thousand inhabitants for Cheney This was the front-page headline of the Cheney Free Press on Friday Oct. 26, 1906. “Cheney has bigger things in store than the building of the interurban line,” the article read. The interurban line, which was part of Washington Water Power’s interurban electric rail system, connected to the interurban depot in the heart of Cheney. The original building still stands at 505 2nd St., and is currently for sale. The depot itself moved to another locat...
Poetry People, the self-titled reading group composed of fourth graders from Betz Elementary Right to left: Canaan Stitt, Alaina Nguyen, Jaxon Ducharme, Oldrik Dostart, Nevin Nina, Haysley Haguewood...
My garden quilt blankets its bed. Seeds that were sown have become the fabric of the garden. Patches of pumpkins, rows of ripe beets, corners of carrots; their feather tops waving. Layers of leaves where zucchini can hide. Fine silk on corn stalks. Patterns of sunshine and shadows throughout. Red accents of strawberries stitched in their ditches. Embossed are designs of tendrils and vines of peas, beans and cucumbers. Borders of berries, raspberry and blue, are hemmed with savory herbs, Rosemary and thyme. Under the cover,...
Community coat distribution scheduled Carol Kriegh CHENEY — The Community Coat distribution will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, in Wren Pierson Community Center, 615 Fourth St. There are new coats in all sizes ready to share with no qualifying criteria needed. A second distribution will take place from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Feed Cheney event in Wren Pierson. Cheney Freemasons perform annual Adopt a Highway cleanup on 904 Cheney Free Press CHENEY - Temple Lodge No. 42 rallied for their annual cleanup of H...
United Methodist Church Carol Kriegh CHENEY - You will always find a warm welcome at the United Methodist Church. Please be our guest for worship this Sunday at 10 a.m. Worship will be led by Rev. Damian Carruthers. The service is also available every week on YouTube.com. Visit in person at 204 Fourth St. or online at www.cheneyumc.org. We look forward to seeing you. Youth group for middle and high school aged students is Thursday evening at 5:30 at the church. Emmanuel Lutheran Church All are welcome to worship with us t...
Loneliness, just like other emotions, is a choice. It’s a message that I tell myself when I am feeling left out, or ill, or depressed, or hounded by dreary thoughts. All my own doing. Most of us are firm believers in the numerous messages that we are bombarded with each day in the media, newspapers, in our families, friends, churches, and society in general. Some good. Some we get fixated on. Maybe we are sad because we miss places that we have lived and didn’t want to leave or we had to leave because of a job or a com...
It is hard to sew on a sunny October day, but not hard to work in the garden. Though I have cut a few pieces of fabric for my quilt, I hear my garden calling. There are bird feeders to fill for those winter residents and other winged ones passing through. And cherry trees that need a good looking after. This is the time to spray copper fungicides to control blight and canker diseases to the branches of cherry and other soft stone fruit trees including apricot, peach and nectarine. I must remind you to read ALL the...
CHENEY – Spokane Storytelling League presented for families at the Festival of Ghost Stories. Sutton Park, Oct. 7. Jennilyn Weight, Constance Holland, and Andy Shields represented the League. Invited by city Parks & Recreation, the storytellers involved with this event were eager to help make the event more enjoyable for a wide audience. "The League has been active since 1939, and it is part of the National Storytelling League." Weight said. "You get to spread fun and e...
Cheney Congregational Church Cheney Congregational Church has started a free pantry just outside the front doors of the church. Please feel free to take or leave food for yourself and others. We are also involved with Feed Cheney and a food bank which will be on Monday, October 31 at 5:30 at the Wren Pierson building in Cheney located at 615 4th. No documentation or demonstration of need required. Choir practice meets on Sunday morning from 9 to 9:30. All are welcome to participate. Pastor Matt will be giving a special...
Church to start choir Cheney Free Press CHENEY – Cheney United Methodist Church is starting choir open to all singers in the community. “If you like to sing and don’t want it to be just for the shower, CUMC choir is looking for you,” Pastor Damian Carruthers said Friday. “Our Christmas Cantata is coming up and singers of all varieties (really good, good, and not so good singers) are invited to participate. The group will practice from 7-8:30 p.m. each Wednesday at the church, 204 Fourth St. Anyone interested in joining t...
Did September slip as quietly and quickly from your calendar as mine? I was just making my to do list for August and the month was gone. Fortunately or unfortunately, most of those things can still be done in September. Check with your municipal water agencies to reinstate your watering schedules. Your trees and shrubs, especially, need ample moisture to make it through winter after our hot dry summer. Usually the last mowing and fertilizing application for lawns is done in September. This is also an ideal time to install...
The Freemasons of Cheney donated to the 2nd Harvest Food Bank this month. This is nothing new to the Masonic Lodge, as they have been making annual donations to the food bank for more than 18 years. The Lodge usually makes a donation around November, when the "Tom's Turkey Drive" campaign takes place, but recently they received a letter from the food bank asking for a more urgent need. Food Banks have been hit hard the last few years, and an opportunity arose that the Lodge...
