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We sit in our comfortable living rooms or dens, watching TV. We read the sports pages and enjoy drinking and partying at tailgate parties. We overeat and try to lose weight by buying weight-watchers subscriptions and enrolling in well-equipped gyms. We drive our gas-guzzling SUV’s from one store to another to shop. We love to call, text and search on our smart phones. Wow. What lives we have. In the meantime, Australia is burning. Our country, supported by our tax dollars has rounded up over 70,000 children separated from t...
Twenty-five years ago in 1995, a new ice skating rink debuted in Sutton Park as a cold snap allowed Parks & Rec to flood the open area on the north side of the park. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
Feed ML Jan. 13 — with something special for kids Happy New Year from Feed Medical Lake! Our first supper at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 223 S. Hallett St., is Monday, Jan. 13, at 5 p.m. with grocery distribution beginning at 4:15 p.m. The menu is BBQ chicken, mashed potatoes/gravy, green beans and bread pudding. All children attending will receive something special. Soup, Etc., will be on Jan. 27. We welcome all people, all faiths, always. All meals and groceries are free. For more information call Joanna Williams at 509... Full story
CHENEY — Pvt. Ian Porter of Cheney recently returned home on leave after completing U.S. Army basic training on Nov. 14, 2019 at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. He began 1 1/2 months of advanced individual training as a motor transport operator on Dec. 1. Porter took his oath of enlistment on July 3, 2019 and shipped off to basic training the following September for a 3 1/3 year initial enlistment. “I love driving anything and working on anything with a motor,” Porter said of his m...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church All are welcome to worship with us this Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. Visitors are expected. Mark your calendars for Tuesday, Feb. 25, for our 11th annual Festival of Chocolate benefit for our Vacation Bible School program. This event is by donation only and all monies collected will go to our VBS fund. The festivities begin at 6:30 p.m. and wrap up at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, is Ash Wednesday. Our worship time will be announced at a later date. All are welcome to visit Emmanuel’s Little Free...
1 Years Ago Jan. 7, 2010 The Kalispel Tribe opened its 10-story, 250-room, $80 million-plus hotel in Airway Heights just hours before ringing in the New Year, added 325 new jobs to the region. The Medical Lake City Council unanimously approved a resolution that retained the city’s involvement in a 10-year Spokane County regional homeless program that included the goal of reducing homelessness in Washington by 50 percent by 2015. 20 Years Ago Jan. 6, 2000 Relief was expressed that the transition to the new decade, m...
Square dance lessons Jan. 8 The Hi-Flyers Dance Club restarts beginning square dance lessons on Wednesday nights, starting Jan. 8 at Cheney City Hall, 609 2nd St., from 7-9 pm. Our teacher is the young and hip Adam Christman. Please come casual, relax, laugh at our mistakes and have some healthy fun. Home schoolers may count it as PE credit. Lessons are $5 per person, but each person’s first lesson is free. And discounts are available for prepayment. For more information, please phone Grant and Lelia Smith, 235-6066, or L...
Cheney Congregational Church Please join us in worship Sunday, Jan. 5, at 10 a.m. This is Communion Sunday, and our communion table is open to everyone. This is the first worship service of the New Year. Pastor Matt Goodale will be officiating. Children’s Church is available during services for those who would like to attend. There is also a children’s area in the sanctuary. After the service, join us for fellowship, discussion, coffee and cookies. There will be no choir practice this Sunday. Youth in grades 6-12 are joi...
1 Years Ago Dec. 31, 2009 Cheney business groups considered forming a partnership in order to combine resources to help revitalize the historic downtown business core. Cheney charities were able to keep up with high demand during the holiday season thanks to community members who made donations of gifts, money and time. 20 Years Ago Dec. 30, 1999 A proposal by Gov. Gary Locke would provide money to Medical Lake and Cheney from the state’s budget reserves to make up for lost sales tax equalization revenues resulting from I...
MEDICAL LAKE — In one of its final acts, the Medical Lake Volunteer Firefighters Association withdrew the remaining funds from the associations bank account and donated it to the community it served for 115 years. “One of the last things the association voted on was to disperse those funds into the community,” former Medical Lake Fire Chief Jason Mayfield said. Mayfield, the department’s last fire chief, had the responsibility of overseeing the transition of the departm...
Cheney wrestlers Christmas tree fundraiser Cheney’s Little Guy Wrestling Club is holding a Christmas tree recycling fundraiser on Jan. 4-5 and Jan. 11-12 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. each day. You may drop off your Christmas tree at Yoke’s Fresh Market parking lot or arrange for curbside pickup by texting 509-420-0951 or send a message on the Cheney Hawks Wrestling’s Facebook page. Donations of $5 for dropping off at Yoke’s or $10-$20 for curbside pickup are suggested. The club is not able to recycle artificial or flocked trees or...
1 Years Ago Dec. 24, 2009 The Medical Lake School Board voted to place a 20-year. $15.6 million bond measure before voters in February that would replace the elementary school and fund additions to the middle school. It was the third ballot measure in five years. Cheney High School was recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of America’s best. It was the second time in three years the school was ranked by the magazine. 20 Years Ago Dec. 23, 1999 Cheney city officials established Y2K Central at the fire station as par...
Cheney Congregational Church Welcome to Cheney Congregational Church. You are invited to join us in worship Sunday, Dec. 29, at 10 a.m. Our speaker will be Grant Smith, giving a sermon titled “Love and Duty.” Children’s Church is available during services for those who would like to attend. There is also a children’s area in the Sanctuary. After the services are over, please join us for fellowship, discussion, coffee and cookies. Choir rehearsal is Sunday at 9 a.m. Youth group for those in grades 6 to 12 will be held Sunday...
Scenes from last weekend’s Winter Festival in Medical Lake...
MEDICAL LAKE — Over 250 people braved freezing temperatures and solid gray skies to pay tribute to veterans interned at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery by laying over 2,000 wreaths during a Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 14. While a few dignitaries were seated inside the cemetery’s committal shelter, including Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the bulk of attendees endured the cold outside to listen to speakers and observe a ceremonial wreath pla...
Cheney Congregational Church holds candlelight service Dec. 24 Cheney Congregational Church will have a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24, at 423 N. 6th Street. Children will have the opportunity to dress up in costume while the Christmas story is being read and carols are being sung. Pastor Matt Goodale’s sermon will be titled “Do Not Be Afraid,” about how God is much different than we thought and much better than we feared. All are invited to this service....
1 Years Ago Dec. 17, 2009 After surviving various budget cuts, the Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women was again under Gov. Christine Gregoire’s budget ax. The closure, along with several other facilities, was estimated to save taxpayers $65 million in four years. Cheney’s new garbage disposal enterprise was estimated to cost $30,000 less than originally projected as the city prepared to take over the service from Sunshine Disposal. 20 Years Ago Dec. 16, 1999 After three years of assessments, the city of Cheney dev...
One hundred twenty-five years ago in 1894, Anna Deakin Marshall wrote in her journal that she stuffed a turkey, made 7 pies, made doughnuts, and completed the ironing today. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
Cheney Community Church Cheney Community Church is celebrating the Advent Season, and will light the candle of JOY this coming Sunday. We welcome you to join us for worship at 10 a.m. Bible classes for adults, young adults and youth are held at 8:45 a.m. Coffee is available in the narthex prior to the service. A nursery is provided for infants and toddlers, and Junior Church for the older children. A Christmas Eve service is planned for Tuesday, Dec. 24, at 5:30 p.m. Please join us as we celebrate the birth of our Savior,...
CHENEY – A lot has changed in the field of medicine. That includes nursing, and how that has changed is reflected in a book that took 10 former nurses to write — including two who live in the Cheney School District. Donna Knott Pierce of Marshall and Ruth Martin Van Kuren of Cheney are two of the authors of “Memories Beneath our Cap,” a look at the life and times of the Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing graduating class of 1964. The book provides a glimpse into nursing...
Christmas Gala benefit Dec. 14 The West Plains Angels organization is holding its annual “Christmas Gala” on Saturday, Dec. 14, at the Cheney Community Church, 1307 3rd St. Doors open at 4 p.m., with dinner catered by Bene’s from 5 – 6 p.m. and live auction and music, featuring the men’s group “His Song” taking place from 6 – 7:30p.m. A silent auction will also be taking place throughout the evening. Proceeds will equally benefit Feed Cheney, Eastern Washington University Food Pantry and Feed Medical Lake. Tickets are $20... Full story
1 Years Ago Dec. 10, 2009 Cheney opted to begin collecting its own garbage starting January 2010 after rejecting a contract extension with Sunshine Disposal and Recycling. Spokane County Commissioners approved a 10-square-mile annexation near the Spokane International Airport during a special joint session that included the Airway Heights City Council. Inland Power and Light received a $4.2 million federal grant to expand the nation’s smart grid on the West Plains. 20 Years Ago Dec. 9, 1999 A joint Medical Lake City Council...
Cheney Congregational Church Please join us in worship this joyous Advent season. Joy is the word pastor Matt Goodale will examine this Sunday in his continuing series, “The Language of Advent,” its current daily use and its meanings in the Scriptures. Children’s Church is available during services for those who would like to attend. There is also a children’s area in the sanctuary. There will be a short congregational meeting after services. The ecumenical youth group will not be meeting this Sunday, Dec, 15. This month i...
MEDICAL LAKE — Re*Imagine Medical Lake’s Winter Festival event is weekend, complete with bevy of contests and activities. The festivities kick off tonight, Thursday, Dec. 12, with a 6 p.m. free special showing of the movie “Breakthrough” at the Medical Lake High School auditorium. The movie dramatizes a Missouri boy, John Smith, who falls through pond ice in 2015 and drowned — and returned to life after his mother’s fervent bedside prayers in an incident some call a miracle....
CHENEY – The local Kiwanis Club and the Gardeners of Cheney are sponsoring the second-annual Christmas lights contest to recognize the city’s best residential holiday lighting display. Nominations are being sought for the home with the best holiday decorations in Cheney, with the winner receiving a $25 gift certificate from Jarms Ace Hardware. As with both organizations spring through fall “Yard of the Month” contest, the home awarded best decorated isn’t subject to any specific rules other than each individual’s sense of wh...
