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SPRAGUE-The annual Sprague Days celebration here was held Sept. 10-11. The weather was nice, and the parade was one of the longest in years for the event sponsored by the city and local Chamber of Commerce. The car & bike show brought many from out of town. there were many vendors who offered a great variety of products for sale. The style show included several locals and past royalty to entertain the pleased crowd. Live music kept toes tapping and the free games for kids...
She burst through the front door like a freight train on a clear track. He jumped out of his chair with a questioning look. She just smiled at him and said, “I have to get my Windex, Todd’s in the car!” “Who is Todd?” he asked with just a hint of jealously. “The yellow jacket from last night!” With that she blew back out the door. He just laughed. Last night when she returned from picking up the pizza, she asked him to remind her that there was a yellow jacket in the car that wouldn’t fly out. This morning she rushed off...
I made a list of creatures bigger than a dog, thinking the list would spark my imagination about what particular animal to choose to write about. The prompt focused on size, thus so did. I. My list stuck first to typical large creatures, often found in zoos or the wilderness, then to aquatic life, and finally too farmyard animals. When you think about it, there are a lot of really large creatures that share the Earth with us. It is a privilege to see them in their natural habitat, and a danger too—both to us and to them. M...
Pastor Arianna will be giving the message this week. Her topic will be “What is Worth and Value?”. 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 at the Wren Pierson building in Cheney, located at 615 Fourth St. Monday, September 26 at 6:30p.m. No documentation or demonstration of need required. Choir practice is held on Sunday morning from 9:0...
OLYMPIA – College students interested in being a legislative intern during the 2023 session can now apply. The Legislative Intern Program priority deadline is Oct. 19; the final deadline is Oct. 23. Students wishing to apply can do so online at 222.leg.wa.gov/internships. The program is open to college juniors and seniors of any major. Applicants must be in good academic standing, be able to receive credit for their tme as an intern and attend a four-year college in Washington state or be a Washington state resident in an o...
The air is different. Its coolness presses against my face. The sounds in the sky are different too. Most of the birds have finished rearing their young and have flown on. Platoons of chattering blackbirds high in the pine trees wait for orders to be deployed, while other species of birds line the high wires passing word to one another to prepare for flight. The frequent winged whir of the long necked Canada Geese fashion familiar Vs in the air as they beckon our craned necks to follow their southern migration. Robins’ e...
Dennis and Linda Smith have been presented the August Garden of the Month award by the Medical Lake Kiwanis and Gardeners of Cheney. The award recognizing their efforts at 609 N. Howard St. includes a $25...
I’ve heard of fried green tomatoes but fried pink petunias? I was disappointed when I came home from the lake to find my hanging baskets of petunias dry and brittle beyond recovery. I had planned an outdoor barbecue and was counting on my petunia baskets for decoration. There wasn’t time to replace the petunias and plus 90 degree temperatures were still in the forecast. Though we gardeners usually consider ground covers to work their magic on the ground, why can’t they be as phenomenal hanging at eye level? And there are so m...
Big Bwaja was content in this moment. He just felt like resting in the shade for a while. Lately, he enjoyed resting alone and thinking of scenes from his long life. He was contented being alone for many years now, ever since his last great battle with the huge young Jumbaba. He had to retreat in defeat, and knew then that his reign was over and it was time for retirement. These years had been good for him, though. He had a great knowledge of all the best spots in the region. He knew the best locations to be at as the changin...
The fair is a veritable smorgasbord, orgasbord, orgasbord, orgasbord, after the crowds have gone. So says Goose in the 1973 movie version of Charlotte’s Web by E.B White. And so it is, but not just after hours. My favorite childhood memories of the fair revolve around food and freedom the fair brings to us. Fair time, for younger me, was a time to run wild between the aisles of rides, games of chance and of course, food vans. All the bright lights, vibrant colors, larger than life imagery painted on the ride backgrounds m...
I don’t know about you but telemarketer and scam calls set me on fire. That’s why I was probably the first one to sign up for the “Do Not Call” list. Well maybe not the first, but close. I have Caller ID so my answering machine records 800 calls and if they are a legitimate call the caller will leave a message. One day my phone rang as I was passing through my kitchen and glancing at the phone I thought I recognized the 800 phone number as that of my c-pap supplier so I picked up. Expecting to hear a bright, chirpy, young t...
I don’t know about you but telemarketer and scam calls set me on fire. That’s why I was probably the first one to sign up for the “Do Not Call” list. Well maybe not the first, but close. I have Caller ID so my answering machine records 800 calls and if they are a legitimate call the caller will leave a message. One day my phone rang as I was passing through my kitchen and glancing at the phone I thought I recognized the 800 phone number as that of my c-pap supplier so I picked up. Expecting to hear a bright, chirpy, young t...
MEDICAL LAKE – Hundreds of bluegrass lovers turned out for three days of tunes Friday through Sunday, Aug. 12-14. The 20th annual Blue Waters music festival features several bands, including John Reischman and the Jaybirds, Lonesome Ace Stringband, Eli West, The Onlies, The eyer Family Band, Buck 99, King Trouble and the Cherry Pickers, Chris Luquette and The Grass Messengers, Monroe Bridge, and Jennie Anne Mannan, Karli Ingersola nd Caroline Fowler. Other entertainment i...
Saturday, Sept. 10 9 a.m. – Disk Dogs, dog competition adjacent to the Viking Restaurant 9-10 a.m. – Car and bike show registration 10 a.m. -4 p.m. – Car and bike show 11 a.m. – Parade 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. – Live music by The Old Dogs in the city park Noon – Lunch in the park Noon-3 p.m. – Railroad Depot Museum open 1-3 p.m. – Youth games and activities 3 p.m. – Sprague Days raffle drawing 3-5 p.m. – Style Show in the Community Hall 4-7 p.m. – Live music by The Old Dogs at the intersection of First Street and C Street S...
I love mornings like this. The sun was shining, a slight breeze blew and just a few people were walking in the park. Barker, my pride and joy mutt rambled along, sniffing the ground and chasing squirrels. As I ambled along, I noticed something shining out from under some leaves and dirt. I found a penny. I dug it out. It was shiny on one side, dull and dirty on the other. How interesting. I wondered what its story was. Maybe it’s good luck. I’m feeling luckier already. With a bounce to my step I continued my walk. It was jus...
ST. JOHN – Several families are combining their stage skills for three performances of "The Pirates of the Penzance" this coming Friday and Saturday. Directed by Eastern Washington University student Dominic Treis of St. John, the free performances will take place at Eccles Community Hall, 9752 state Highway 23. Show times are 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, and 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27. Sound is being managed by Ken Treis. Jackie Widhalm and Danielle Treis handled c...
SPRAGUE – A local couple will share honors as the 2022 Sprague Days grand marshals. Dick and Claudette Sharp were selected to lead the Sept. 10 town celebration, which includes a parade, Renegade Restorations' car and bike show, a beer garden and more. The fun will last all day, organizers said, noting there is also a back sale, vendors in the park, family activities planned by Future Farmers of America students, a 3 p.m. raffle and music by The Old Dogs of Ritzville from 1...
Aunt Sweetie and Uncle Salty have been married for quite some time, years in fact, but then who’s counting when life is so grand? You may remember that Aunt Sweetie is of the Werther’s Original clan; however no one refers to them as a clan but rather a noted family, originally from this notorious town of Hershey. The family emigrated from Cadbury, settling on 5th Avenue in Hershey. One day, Aunt Sweetie went for a walk in the park on Candy Corn Lane. As she strolled along by herself she met a Big Hunk of a guy who looked lik...
Once By Lucinda Saue Once I was a child in a family of 5, two younger sisters who happened to be fraternal twins, born 6 minutes apart. My Dad was a 2nd born son with 3 brothers and one sister, she was the youngest, “oops” baby born 7 years after the youngest boy. My Mom was also one of five, but in her family it was four girls and one boy, and Uncle Keith was the middle child. Once we lived in Wisconsin, rich in family, cousins all around, many on dairy farms. Once we enjoyed our cousins aunts and uncles for picnics, hol...
Looking around at all the yard signs and hearing politicians tell us on television what a lying crook their competition is, I have to admit I miss Guv Reeve. Guv had a real first name, but I sure don’t recall it now, because this was back in the 1960s and 1970s in the high desert of California. He had his first name legally changed to Guv so everyone would know what he was all about. Every four years, he ran for governor. I worked for the Victor Valley Daily Press in Victorville, which is just 30 miles from Barstow, where e...
Tina Rassier, left, receives the August Yard of the Month designation from Cheney Kiwanis Club's Pat Isbel and Gardeners of Cheney's Gayle Hennings, Rassier has been working on her yard at 320 Buena Vista , Cheney, for 10 years. She says it is a work in progress. Her unique feature is the fire hydrant smack dab in the middle of the yard. Nothing to do but dress it up, she said....
In my travels, I’ve enjoyed places that had all the comforts of home and those that did not. Yet I still found joy in what I had. Perhaps it’s because I’ve gone without, lived poor, chose paying the rent over eating. It’s funny how strife shapes one. It can either make you more grateful for the smallest of comforts or resentful for the things one doesn’t have. I have always chosen to be grateful. That can be attributed to my upbringing. My parents taught us to be humble and grateful for the things we had. I don’t think I’m a...
A Spangle area farm family is celebrating an anniversary by decorating hay bales along Bradshaw Road. The anniversary displace is located between Upper Columbia Academy and Liberty High School, east of Spangle. Roger Harnack | Cheney Free Press...
Its time to dig and transplant iris to where you want splashes of color next June. If you don’t have iris in your garden there are usually neighbors or friends who are eager to share their beauties. If not, rainbows of colorful iris are available at most garden centers. Iris are tough. Don’t worry about damage to roots or tubers when exposed to the air. Discard soft or damaged tubers when transplanting. You can even break or cut firm tubers that have healthy leaves and set them in the ground. Iris prefer well-drained soi...
Just as I can vividly remember from the past 67 years the smell, sense, and observation of the coming of Spring, when the wild, psychedelic colors and the myriad shades of green seem gloriously overwhelming, and the different wildflowers, yellow to pinks to blues to the whites, in turns wildly exuberant then gracefully bowing out, to be joyfully replaced seemingly overnight, by another type of wildflower, wave after wave, for a few weeks. I, too, am a little tired, just by being among them. This week, the last of the wildflow...
