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SPOKANE – Talented student musicians from Eastern Washington performed in front of a packed house in Spokane's Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox. Bi-county Honors Band and Choir featured the best high school and middle school musicians from Liberty, Almira-Coulee-Hartline, Reardan, Davenport, Wilbur, Creston, Odessa, Sprague, Lamont, Harrington, Lind, and Ritzville. Senior musicians had to audition for their spots while juniors were selected by their respective musical d...
In this day of technology first, it can be hard to meet actual people. Swipe left, swipe right, whatever that means and a little cyber-stalking goes a long way towards not finding someone you can truly relate to. This isn’t that kind of story. You see, both Molly and John are folks 50+ years old. Once you reach a certain age (one that differs for each of us but generally involves a renewed sense of awe and appreciation for the simpler things) you really get down to the meat o...
It was hard to tell she was there, laying still under the winter’s blanket sound asleep, taking her turn she rests so quietly. Waiting her time through the short days and long nights, if the truth be known she was renewing, healing, growing. Her name was Spring. When the time was right and she was ready to arise, she would stir and wiggle her toes. Stretching and yawning, she will sit up, ready to embrace the world again with energy, movement, color and song. Rolling back snowdrift blankets, she will give birth to all the bea...
In 1975 Simon & Garfunkel reunited to perform a song called My Little Town. It’s a sad tone about a grimy little town with no future. The streets are dirty, the people dull, even the rainbow is black, devoid of color, light and life. I could relate to that place in my youth. My own east coast town of 80,000 residents was dirty, sad and spent. Life was a series of days completed with no major mishaps or joys. Let’s just say the teen years were rough. Looking back, I realize that I saw only the negative side of city life bec...
Nine-year-old Jessup Wall found this buttercup on Wednesday, Feb. 23, off Cameron Road. He plans to plant it in his parents yard....
Well kids, I am here to tell you we must make it right with our non-human partners. You, my friends, are the capable and creative Geniuses who have inherited the planet. My generation, I am sad to say, screwed up. Yes, your parents, grandparents and I are responsible for this environmentally challenged earth. What we have bestowed upon you is unfair. But what now are you going to do about it? Since you were children we tried to teach you the philosophy of “give and take.” However, we neglected to instill in you the necessity...
You know, it didn’t really seem like the day was so auspicious. It was cold. There was snow on the ground there on the baseball diamond. But then, it’s winter in Alaska … Anchorage, actually, and it should be cold. First Saturday in March, 1973. More than 40 dog teams were there, getting lined out and harnessed by mushers and their handlers. I was one of those dog mushers. We had a couple of world champions to race against and a lot of folks like me … called “recreational” mushers by the big shots in racing. In my case, my...
We’ve all probably heard or read the cliche, “honesty is the best policy.” It’s something instilled in us at a young age. It means to tell the truth, but what does that mean? How can we apply this to our lives? An important first step in thinking about honesty is realizing and appreciating honesty in others. Your friends, parents, and fellow humans face the choice of being honest every day, and that decision of “keeping it real” should be valued. Sincerity is a powerful tool people use to build relationships. It shows they ar...
Kailey Budd (left) and Natalie Budd (right) brought in the first buttercups of the season on Feb. 16. They found and picked the little flowers along Cheney-Spokane Road on a day filled with sunshine and blue skies....
CHENEY – The Schoolhouse Lofts is one of the most unique buildings in Cheney. The structure, built in 1931, was the original Cheney junior high school until 1967. In 2017, it was retrofit into a residential apartment building that houses many of today’s Eastern Washington University students. The Lofts stands as one of the best examples of how to take an old building and retrofit it into something that has utility in modern-day society. “That was a particularly well-done prese...
Medical Lake Kiwanis hosted its annual Senior Valentines Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 12. The group served approximately 100 meals. Pictured is Janice Radmer, left, receiving the Kiwanis Volunteer Award from Kiwanis past president Melanie Potter. Courtesy photo....
Mark Losh (Executive Director-West Plains Chamber of Commerce) and Erik Puthoff from STCU hold the ribbon to be cut by city councilman Dave Malet for the grand opening of his business Two Fish Aquatics on Feb. 9 in Airway Heights. The business owner was joined in celebration by Mayor Larry Bowman, councilman Art Bubb, city manager Albert Tripp, and various guests....
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge has become a recent hot spot for photographers and outdoor enthusiasts to see moose and other wildlife. The first moose sighting on the refuge happened back in 1994, and over the years more sightings have occurred, and now visitors see these massive mammals quite often....
Green, Gold, Black What is the color of Greed? Is it the Green of Cash and Property? Or Gold of Precious Metals and Power? Or the Black Pools of Antiquity beneath our oceans and poles? It is easy to point to those who trade need for abundance. Yet I, too, am guilty of wanting more. I want more days to live. More food in my pantry. More money in my bank account. When I realize Grace is the opposite of Greed I am humbled to know I have all that I need. God colors my world with Grace. The beauty of Green and Growth in spring....
February 16, 2012 10 years ago Cheney superintendent to retire July 1 When Cheney School District Superintendent Larry Keller announced his retirement to the school board last week, everyone in the room had good things to say. School board members thanked Keller for his leadership in promoting the largest construction bond in school history in 2010 and in helping the district weather tough economic times the past four years. But afterward, longtime assistant to the...
I live in a remnant of a Ponderosa pine forest in Spokane County. Some of my grandchildren refer to my place as ‘Grandma Margy’s Mountain.’ My wanderings often take me to places within this unique spot on the globe that exude sacredness. I’ll never forget the day I learned trees cry. The morning was not unusually cold for April. There were still a few patches of snow lingering in shady places but evidence that spring was about to erupt was nearly everywhere in the forest. Even so, I donned my jacket, hat and gloves and ven...
February 9, 2012 10 years ago Cheney's Matt Duvall contributes to agriculture work in war – torn Afghanistan These days, Cheney native Matt Duvall shows up at work without a full military security detail. But just months ago, convoys, bombs, and insurgents were all part of a day's work as a United States Department of Agriculture representative in Afghanistan. Duvall spent seven months in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan, Paktika Province, working with g...
LaCROSSE – Local School Board members have been recognized by the Washington State School Directors Association. Cat Wigen, Mike Stubbs, Terry Miller, Harmon Smith and Tami Schwartz have received 2021 School Board of Distinction certificates. This state-level recognition was presented during the association's recent annual conference. There are 295 school districts in the state and this year, 34 school boards were recognized as Boards of Distinction. LaCrosse School Board was...
CHENEY – Steady effort and growth have helped Vicki Pagel get to where she is with the local post office, and she is set to soon retire after being with the Cheney office since 1997. The long-time postal worker said she was born in Spokane, and primarily lived in the surrounding area although she lived in Olympia and wasn't too fond of that area. Pagel said she started as a janitor in the small post office in Odessa in 1995 and kept putting in all the extra work she could w...
CHENEY – John Taves, 74, spent nine years on the Cheney City Council before retiring during his last meeting in December. The soft-spoken man with glasses and a flannel button up clearly left a large impact on his colleague who only had glowing things to say about him as a colleague and his service for the community of Cheney during his last meeting. Before being on the council, Taves said he was a constituent account executive for the Bonneville power company “which is a large way of saying I was a liaison between BPA and...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – Michela Dalsing from Airway Heights never thought her passion for helping people through pro-active mental health practices would ever reach a worldwide audience, but her partner Alyssa Johnson said she “has always been the big dreamer,” and knew it would get there with time. The two 30-year-old business partners started “Villain Esteem” a couple of years ago, and that is the website they created offering various platforms of mental health resources. Since then, they have developed to the point of offering...
CHENEY – The Southwest Spokane County Historical Society released a visual featurette on one of Cheney’s most historical landmarks, the Ratcliffe Dealership which originally opened in 1884. Charles Albert Ratcliffe traveled to Cheney in 1884 and opened up the first ever agricultural implement company in the city. This establishment would continue to grow over the years until it became Cheney’s first official Ford dealership as well. Ratcliffe’s dealership and implement business evolved over the years into three locatio...
The Sprague Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual banquet and fundraiser Monday night. The event included the installation of officers. From left, they are President Tim Wilken, Secretary Carol Lowe, board member Gary Lowe and Treasurer Candy Knowles. Vice President Chris Day and board members Jill Scheffels and Pat Busby were not present for the photograph. Trace DeGarmo performed the installation of officers and Scooter Dearing was the emcee. The organization also announced...
January 19, 2012 10 years ago Gains and losses for everyone in redistricting Depending on which legislator you talk to, there are good points and bad points about the coming redistricting moves shifting Cheney, Medical lake and most of the West Plains’ state legislative representation from the current 9th and 7th districts to an expanded 6th. But despite any discussion about new dynamics, impacts, and representative makeup, all who voiced their opinions agreed on one thing; to coin an often used term; “it is what it is....
by Ron Ginther Ten men’s trailers set in row, All that’s left as hamlets often go. Never really grown a town amid Scrub grassland, pines, rocky ground. “West Plains” it’s called, Tyler’s a has-been. Its last store/ truck stop? Closed, and Owners moved in. Tyler, Tyler, didn’t anyone ever love you? Whoever did, proved a charmer untrue. A grange is faithful yet, and there’s a Crossing for the railroad- But the town itself is a tale grown cold. Some things go up, some things go down, But some things, alas, never turn back aroun...
