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Firefighters from Spokane County Fire District 3 apply water to a old wooden home used for a practice burn last Saturday, Dec. 19, in Tyler....
Fireworks were one of the highlights of the city of Airway Heights winter festival last Saturday, Dec. 19....
Dress up your holiday meals with a centerpiece crafted from greens, colorful stems and seed heads collected from your garden. Or purchase fresh materials you need from your favorite garden center or florist. Most gardeners spend some time gathering a few blossoms and creating a bouquet or arrangement for their summer gatherings. Don't let winter stop you from crafting a festive centerpiece from materials collected from your gardens this time of year. Start by gathering some...
SPOKANE COUNTY – The Library District is offering programs in January that help express one’s creative side, explore entertaining games and online adventures and stay informed or learn new skills. Kids and families will see some of their favorite librarians in two programs in January, “Evening Storytime Online,” on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. and “Building with Books: A LEGO Storytime,” Tuesdays at 4 p.m. In “Online Gaming: Among Us,” on Saturday, Jan. 9, at 2 p.m., kids in grades 6–12 try to thwart the impostor. The dis...
Cheney Congregational Church We will be hosting a drive-in Christmas Eve service on Dec. 24 at 5:30 p.m. in our church parking lot. The service will be broadcasted to your car radio, so you can participate from the warmth and safety of your own car. We will sing carols, hear a Christmas story, and light candles. A live stream of this service will also be provided, which you can request a link to on our website. With the social isolation of this season, we are organizing groups of no more than five people outside your...
Mr. and Mrs. Santa Clause – aka Ken and Terri Cooper – greet visitors to Re*Imagine Medical Lake’s Winterfest celebration last Saturday....
CHENEY—Dec. 14 marked the start of Audubon National Society’s 121st Annual Christmas Bird Count, when veteran and beginner bird-counters alike gather on a specified date to gather in their area and spend the day counting birds. The counting season runs to Jan. 5, as it does every year. The closest bird counts marked on Audubon’s website this year are in Cheney and Spokane. Cheney’s listed compiler is Sandy Schreven. She said the Cheney count is taking place Dec. 19. “It is a bit more challenging with COVID restricti...
CHENEY - The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed or completely shut down many businesses. Not so at Swenson's Trees, located off Sherman Road about 15 minutes east of town toward Spokane and Marshall, where owner Mitch Swenson says their Christmas tree business has actually increased this holiday season. "We typically sell between 150 and 200 trees (each Christmas)," Swenson said. "It looks like we'll be above that this year." Long wait times at other tree farms may be increasing...
Cheney Congregational Church We will be hosting a drive-in Christmas Eve service on Dec. 24 at 5:30 p.m. in our church parking lot. The service will be broadcasted to your car radio, so you can participate from the warmth and safety of your own car. We will sing carols, hear a Christmas story, and light candles. A live stream of this service will also be provided, which you can request a link to on our website. With the social isolation of this season, we are organizing groups of no more than five people outside your...
CHENEY – In a Cheney Care Center building is a small room where several "old guys" like to gather and talk. Oh yes, and build small, wooden toy trucks. They call themselves "Cheney Chipsters," and they've not only been meeting and building since around 2010, but furnishing these little wooden marvels to area children who are facing life challenges and in some cases might not receive any gifts for Christmas. According to a list from Chipster Cliff Ferguson, there are 10 o...
FORT GORDON, Ga. – U.S. Army Private First Class Jackson Schreiber has graduated from AIT and become a cyber operations specialist (MOS 17C). Schreiber received a Distinguished Honor Graduate award for having the highest GPA in his training class, and an Army Award of Excellence. The training also qualifies him for approximately 30 college credits in computer science. Schreiber has also achieved the following IT certifications: CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+ and C...
The West Plains Angels annual Christmas Tree Magic fundraiser is taking place now through Dec. 21 when a drawing will be held to determine the winners of Christmas trees loaded with prizes. Prizes range from tools to services, jewelry, kids toys, dinners, stays at local hotels and a car - including taxes and license fees paid in full - donated by C&S Auto Sales in Cheney. Tickets are $1 and can be purchased at C&S Auto Sales, Cheney's Copy Junction or West Plains Angels...
Cheney Congregational Church We continue to host live Sunday morning services on Zoom at 10am. You can request a Zoom link through our website, www.cheneycongregational.org. We will be hosting a drive-in Christmas Eve service on Dec. 24 at 5:30 p.m. in our church parking lot. The service will be broadcasted to your car radio, so you can participate from the warmth and safety of your own car. We will sing carols, hear a Christmas story, and light candles. A live stream of this service will also be provided, which you can...
Editor’s note: This story is an update to an article titled “Airway Heights plans holiday events,” which was published in the Nov. 26 issue of the Cheney Free Press. AIRWAY HEIGHTS—The city confirmed previously reported plans for celebrating the holidays as a community while still following COVID-19 health protocols on the parks and recreation website this week, with some minor changes and updates to various details. The event, titled “Airway Heights Month-Long Winterfest,” features five activities throughout December fo...
PULLMAN - Had he touched the ball yet all game? WSU 7'1" center Volodymyr Markovetskyy, who went in during the second half - hand-raised, arm out - got no reply until Noah Williams fed him in the final minute for an emphatic dunk, giving the Cougars a game-breaking lead over Eastern Washington on a night WSU trailed for most of it, winning 71-68. Markovetskyy's score came just before EWU's Jacob Davison hit a 3-pointer to cut the lead to one and Eastern got the ball back to wo...
MEDICAL LAKE — The traditional festival hosted by Re*Imagine Medical Lake involving hundreds of children getting their face painted in-person, doing crafts at booths and residents gathering for a tree-lighting ceremony won’t be a go this year due to COVID-19-caused restrictions. However, the organization is still able to put on a modified event Saturday, Dec. 12. The event, titled Re*Imagine Christmas, begins with a Stocking Stuffer 5K at Coney Island Park from 1 p.m. to 3 p... Full story
CHENEY – This year’s annual festivities to kick off the holidays will be more about town than just downtown. Holiday Hoopla is happening this year, albeit taking place in a more spread out format due to COVID-19 restrictions. The celebration takes place Friday, Dec. 4, beginning at 5 p.m. in the parking lot of Jarms Ace Hardware where everyone will form up and follow a Cheney Fire Department engine carrying Santa down 1st Street to the Cheney Library where the virtual tre...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS—The city is partnering with several community organizations to put on several pandemic-friendly virtual, drive-in or distanced events in December. Parks and Recreation and Community Services Director J.C. Kennedy shared four events that the city is planning. The events were in various stages of planning as of press time, so he had more details to share for some events than others. The city is partnering with the Airway Heights Kiwanis Club, The Heights Church, Dairy Queen, volunteer firefighters and Tammy M...
Cheney Congregational Church We have made the decision to suspend in-person Sunday morning worship for the time being, as Covid cases continue to rise in the county. This is a difficult decision, and we make it with the whole Cheney community in mind. We will continue to host live Sunday morning services on Zoom at 10am. You can request a Zoom link through our website, www.cheneycongregational.org. These are difficult times for many of us. Our prayers go out to you all. May you know God’s love and God’s peace during this sea...
SPOKANE COUNTY – Many businesses have turned to an online format to keep their customers shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Spokane County Library District is following suit to keep an annual national tradition alive locally. The district is hosting the fifth-annual Small Business Saturday on Nov. 28 – 24 hours after Black Friday – to promote businesses that are the centerpiece of most communities. With coronavirus restrictions limiting the number of people who can safely enter a business, the district is promo...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – When Mable Dunbar received a call from manager Jimmy Suckow that the purple 1994 Chevy pickup truck Cleone’s Closet Food Pantry uses to transport food was stolen on Oct. 20, she wasn’t happy. After all, the truck was the food pantry’s primary means of getting goods from Second Harvest Food Bank and grocery stores that donate food, such as Yoke’s and Walmart. The truck was also, on occasion, used to deliver food to needy people in the community. Suckow no...
Cheney Congregational Church We have made the decision to suspend in-person Sunday morning worship for the time being, as Covid cases continue to rise in the county. This is a difficult decision, and we make it with the whole Cheney community in mind. We will continue to host live Sunday morning services on Zoom at 10am. You can request a Zoom link through our website, www.cheneycongregational.org. These are difficult times for many of us. Our prayers go out to you all. May you know God’s love and God’s peace during this sea...
Cheney Congregational Church Greetings from Cheney Congregational Church. Join us on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. for worship. We are currently worshiping inside our sanctuary at a limited capacity and with many precautions. Bring a jacket, as we will be leaving some doors and windows open to ventilate. A live stream of the service will be available as well. If you would like to learn more about our COVID-safety plan, you can visit our website, www.cheneycongregational.org. Emmanuel Lutheran Church Greeting from Emmanuel...
CHENEY – School district students and staff are planning a time-honored tradition of recognizing veterans on Nov. 11 — it’s just that they are planning on doing it a different way. With Covid-19 protocols keeping most schools shuttered to all but the youngest learners, students at Cheney and Westwood middle schools along with Cheney High School have been busy putting together virtual presentations for Veterans Day. The presentations will take the place of in-person assemblies — currently prohibited — but will have all of th...
Cheney Congregational Church Greetings from Cheney Congregational Church! Join us on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. for worship. We are currently worshiping inside our sanctuary at a limited capacity and with many precautions. Bring a jacket, as we will be leaving some doors and windows open to ventilate. A live stream of the service will be available as well. If you would like to learn more about our COVID-safety plan, you can visit our website, www.cheneycongregational.org. Emmanuel Lutheran Church Greeting from Emmanuel...
