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Old shipping containers help firefighters lean to save lives and property By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter To some the scene might look like the remnants of a wayward freight train that somehow veered off the tracks and deposited its containers in an orderly manner at the corner of SR 904 and Presley. But to the residents of the mammoth area that Spokane County Fire District No. 3 serves – all 500-plus square miles of it – those former trans-ocean shipping containers might someday help save lives and property. The new tra...
TACOMA – John Soennichsen, a Cheney resident and author, has been awarded the John McClelland Award for his Columbia magazine article, “A Toe in the Water: J. Harlen Bretz's First Field Exploration of Eastern Washington's Channeled Scablands,” by the Washington State Historical Society Board of Trustees. The article sets out in detail Bretz's initial field visit to the Eastern Washington scablands in 1922 that engendered his theory that a massive flood, not a slow retreat of glaciers, created the landscape. The award recog...
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Details on a house fire Sunday, Sept. 9 are being held while the case is currently under investigation. Spokane County Sheriff's Office public information officer Craig Chamberlain said fire investigators and major crimes detectives are currently reviewing the fire, which took place near Brooks Road and Martin Street in Medical Lake. “Residents of Medical Lake don't need to worry,” he said. “This isn't going to be a reoccurrence there. We're confident in that.” Investigators are being thoroug...
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Airway Heights' police department will benefit from a total of $271,105.62 in shared assets from a 2010 investigation, working with the Washington State Patrol and the FBI. Agencies investigated reports of stolen metal from Dickson Recycling, in North Spokane, and through an asset sharing agreement, received 25 percent of the $1.2 million total asset value collected from a series of raids. Officers found the company wasn't abiding by state law when issuing money for recycled materials, and was... Full story
Design provides new gateway to Airway Heights By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter The $3 million realignment of Sprague Avenue is nearly complete, with only superficial work remaining. Brandon Haugen, manager of Kalispel Development with the Kalispel Tribe, said the project was a joint effort between the city of Airway Heights and the tribe, and finished right in the expected timeframe of the summer of 2012. “The tribe and the city have worked for years to establish another gateway element into the city of Airway Heights and this r... Full story
People from around the Inland Northwest came together this summer to help open doors of hope for area children. Zak Designs annual Zak!Charity Open golf tournament, dinner and auction raised more than $440,000 July 29-30, money that will benefit two local children's charities. Proceeds will help the Rypien Foundation and its mission to provide hope to families in the Inland Northwest with children who suffer from cancer as well as the Boys & Girls Clubs of Spokane County in fulfilling their pledge to provide the hope and... Full story
The Ice Age Floods Institute, Cheney-Spokane Chapter and the Spokane Community College Department of Science are sponsoring a free public lecture by Dr. Gene Kiver, professor emeritus of geology, Eastern Washington University. Kiver will present “Missoula Floods in the Northern Reaches” on Thursday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. at Spokane Community College, Lair Auditorium in the Student Union Building No. 6. As recently as 15,000 years ago, up to 500 cubic miles of water roared across the Pacific Northwest forever changing the lan...
Cheney water crews were hard at work Wednesday, Sept. 5, looking to access a leaking water main that sent water streaming down the driveway of the Willow Wood apartment complex at 111 College Hill Road. The city was notified around 8:20 a.m. and crews were still working to access the broken pipe early Wednesday afternoon. Public Works director Todd Ableman said the pipe that leaked was around 40 years old, and the leak was likely caused by age deterioration combined with abrasion from rocks moving over the outside of the...
The annual Coats 4 Kids/Cheney Community Coat Drive is underway. Coats can be donated at any of the local Cheney School District schools or at many local churches and businesses beginning Sept. 10. All of the coats are being cleaned at Scollards. Collection will continue through Oct. 19 with distribution on Saturday, Oct. 27 at Salnave Elementary School, 1015 Salnave Road, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A second distribution will be on Monday, Oct. 31 at the Feed Cheney dinner at the Wren Pierson Community Center from 5:30-6:30 p.m....
Lutheran church will host program By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Following its break over the summer months, the Senior Meals program in Medical Lake is returning but in a new location. Instead of serving meals at the St. Anne Catholic Church, the program will operate out of St. John's Lutheran Church, at 223 S. Hallett St. in Medical Lake. The Medical Lake Lions Club sponsors the program. “The Catholic church was a great home,” organizer Bill Trout said, speaking about the location change. “I can't praise the Lutheran churc... Full story
Classes offer first-hand look at changes in thinking process By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter A new 12-week course at the Airway Heights Corrections Center aims to prevent current offenders from committing crimes that may incarcerate them in the future. The program, Offender Change, began April 16 this year and is managed by Kay Heinrich, correctional program manager at the facility. The current class is called “Thinking for Change,” which attempts to find and fix behaviors that led to the offenders' criminal actions. “By takin...
To facilitate the electrical connection of the new Eastern Washington University residence hall to the campus high voltage electrical system, a series of electrical shutdowns will occur at EWU Wednesday, Sept. 12. Affected buildings and offices will be offline and will be closed for the period of the shutdown. All of these buildings have back-up emergency power for fire alarms and emergency lighting, but normal power for other services will not be available. The following buildings will be affected on Wednesday, Sept. 12...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Last week a lightning storm sparked numerous fires in the Cheney area that destroyed three buildings, including a home. Spokane County Fire District 3 crews were able to put out the fires before they spread, but the danger of wildfire will be present on the West Plains for the weeks and months to come. Fire District 3 Chief Bruce Holloway said late summer brings heat and dry conditions, but September and October often comes with high winds as weather patterns change. Those windy conditions can... Full story
Former Whitworth instructor gives up tenure track in order to help provide special education service needs at EWU collaborative preschool By JOHN McCALLUM Editor If you're going to give up a tenure-track teaching position at a good university, it better be for something you love. That's the spot Dana Stevens found herself in early this summer. After five years on the faculty at Whitworth University teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in special education, “Teaching teachers how to teach,” the Iowa native decided to...
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Airway Heights is in the formative stages to begin replacing some of its government buildings, some of which have been in operation for over 50 years, since the city's incorporation. To start the process, the city is accepting statements of qualifications for a multi-use building somewhere within city limits. The building would serve to unite several city operations including City Hall and the fire, police, municipal courts, parks and recreation and the building/planning departments. “This is an o... Full story
Third home built in Airway Heights for deserving families By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Thanks to YouthBuild Spokane and First Story, the Bunting family has a new home in Airway Heights. The home, on the 12400 block of First Avenue, is the culmination of six months of construction work from Hayden Homes and YouthBuild, a program associated with AmeriCorps in Spokane. “It's a real honor to work with First Story,” AmeriCorps programs manager Mandy Edwards said. “They're so professional. It's a real chance for our students to see...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Timing is everything. Bruce Tyson was looking for a location to base his new coffee shop when he saw an ad from local business Dessert Pals looking for a business to share its 1831 First St. space. “It just worked out,” he said. “I met Scott and Marissa (Myers, Dessert Pals owners) and we get along great.” They went together like, say, coffee and dessert. Tyson, a Cheney native, has worked as a carpenter for the past 17 years, but he says he's always wanted to open his own coffee shop. While h...
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Feats of strength will be put to the test Saturday, Aug. 25 at Spokane International Airport, as teams attempt to pull a Boeing 727 in a fundraiser for the Special Olympics. Special Olympics developmnet manager Jennifer Suniga said around 140 people have alredy registered for the event. Each group of up to 20 people will pull the plane 12 feet. The aircraft weights 138,400 pounds. Excitement is building around the event, and will likely see more registrations trickling in by Saturday morning. “Ther...
The Washington Attorney General's Office informed Secretary of State Sam Reed July 30 that two tax measures approved by the 2012 Legislature must go to the November ballot for a public advisory vote. It's the first time for a voter-mandated plebiscite for taxes passed in Olympia. The two bills cited in a letter from Solicitor General Maureen Hart are provisions in House Bill 2590, dealing with the state pollution liability insurance trust account, and Senate Bill 6635, an omnibus bill dealing with tax preferences, including...
Unauthorized outdoor recreational fires are restricted while other uses are permitted Due to persisting hot and dry weather conditions, Spokane County officials have instituted a burn ban for the unincorporated areas of the county, effective beginning Tuesday, Aug. 14. The ban restricts unauthorized outdoor recreational fires in the unincorporated county. According to a county news release, the order does not preclude the use of manufactured portable outdoor fireplaces, barbecues, outdoor fireplaces or patio warmers that are...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter On a hot afternoon recently, Roy Coumbs was inside his Cheney home doing a crossword puzzle. The puzzles are supposed to help improve his cognition and memory. Though Coumbs, 68, looks healthy enough, less than three weeks ago he was lying face down in his backyard with no pulse, not breathing. He had suffered a severe heart attack. Coumbs, a Cheney resident since the 1960s, credits the work of Cheney Fire Department EMTs for saving his life as well as the support and prayers of friends,...
