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CHENEY Sept. 28 A suspicious circumstance was reported on the 1400 block of Pineview Street. A potential violation of a restraining order is being investigated. Mica A. Franz, 29, was arrested for hit and run in the 100 block of West First Street. A two-car collision with minor injuries occurred in the 100 block of Second Street. Sept. 29 A 14-year-old male was arrested for harassment at Cheney Middle School. Second-degree assault was reported on the zero hundred block of B Street. Jason H. Beeman, 18, was arrested for the do...
After repairs, unused residence could serve as West Plains ambulance call center, driver housing if company agrees to lease By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter The city of Medical Lake is trying to locate American Medical Response closer for quicker response times by offering the ambulance provider a low-market lease on a city-owned building. The unused building, located at 111 W. Brooks Road, was the caretaker's residence of the Ball and Dodd funeral home, property that was...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter When Camp Lutherhaven shut down late this summer due to tainted water, Jen Hamilton's kids had to stay home. She doesn't want that to happen again. “Camp Lutherhaven was important to me as a kid and I want my kids to experience that,” she said. That's why Hamilton organized the Festival of Chocolate at Emmanuel Lutheran Church to benefit the camp's new water supply. The event is Thursday, Oct. 15 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the church, located at 639 Elm St. in Cheney. Volunteers will create the...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Medical Lake resident Eufemia T. Munn, 71, isn't ready to relax into retirement just yet, even after an education career that spans job descriptions, grade levels and continents. A former principal of Blair Elementary, now Michael Anderson Elementary, Munn took early retirement in 1993 to care for her ailing husband, Dr. Merton D. Munn, who passed away two years later. These days, instead of a leisurely life, the fate of a school located half...
Higher than average growth rate could add more than 3,000 new residents over the next 20 years By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Residents, topic group members and city officials gathered to begin the long process of drafting a new Cheney comprehensive plan at a workshop Sept. 30. The plan, titled “Choices for Cheney,” is supposed to guide the city's vision over the next 20 years and is still in the planning stages. The group of approximately 50 attendees scratched the sur...
Members of the Cheney FFA and 4-H clubs competed in various competitions at the recently competed Spokane Interstate Fair, held Sept. 11-20. Listed below are those who finished in the top of their respective classes with the exhibitor's name and club first, followed by species, class and ribbon placing. Jami Dzedzy, Cheney FFA, Swine Fitting & Showing, Grand Champion Senior Division Fitting & Showing; Swine Breeding, Purple - Finalist In Breeding Class. Chelsea Netz, Cheney 4-H, Swine Fitting & Showing, Grand Champion Interme...
CHENEY Sept. 21 Police responded to an alcohol-related offense involving minors on the 400 block of First Street. Alisha R. Kilgore, 21, was arrested for unlawful transfer of her proof of identification to a minor with the intent to buy alcohol. A driver's license was suspended on the zero hundred block of Betz Road. David C. Finnie, 23, was arrested for driving while license suspended (DWLS) in the third degree. Police conducted an agency assist on the 2200 block of First Street to apprehend a runaway subject out of...
City's wastewater treatment plant, crosswalk, parks will advance this October By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter The Airway Heights City Council set the ball rolling last week on the second-phase of the new wastewater treatment plant and a safer pedestrian crossing on US Highway 2, both to begin construction in October. City manager Albert Tripp said the council rewarded a $26.8 million contract to AMCO General Contracting for Phase 1 B of the wastewater treatment project. Public works director Brian St. Clair said Phase 1 A of...
CHENEY Sept. 14 Police were informed of a runaway juvenile. The subject returned home. Second-degree theft of a wallet was reported on the 1700 block of Seventh Street. Possession of a weapon was reported at Cheney High School. A 16-year-old male had a knife at school. A suspicious circumstance was reported on the 1000 block of Salnave Road. Salnave Elementary staff handled a student with a laser pointer. Sept. 15 An abandoned vehicle was reported on the 300 block of Buena Vista Street. The 1999 silver Ford Escort was...
The Cheney branch of Ready Money is moving down the street. The office, formerly located at 723 First St. will move to 502 ½ First St., next door to the Cheney Federal Credit Union. Manager Wendy Wright said reason is simple: their lease was up. The building is being renovated and Wright said she hopes to open there Sept. 28. Ready Money has been offering payday loans in Cheney since October 2004....
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter If all goes according to plan the city of Medical Lake will delegate law enforcement duties to the Spokane County Sheriff's Department sometime in early November, according to City Administrator Doug Ross. “We sent the contracts off to the county, now we're just waiting to receive them back with mark-ups,” Ross said. Although the city made a few changes to the deal in recent weeks, including an agreement to allow for the hiring of five officers instead of four, Ross said he doesn't for...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Choices for Cheney, the city's proposed comprehensive plan, will be the subject of the first of several public workshops on Sept. 30. The workshop, running from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday in the Viking Room of Betz Elementary, is open to everyone interested in shaping Cheney's future. “We're trying to establish some planning priorities,” community development director Brian Jennings said recently. Jennings is hoping for a big crowd at the workshop, which will focus on creating a vision for the fut...
Vote approving expansion of Miller Pond by 2,000 square feet is delayed until next monthly meeting pending resolution of legal, financial issues By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter It's time for code cleanup at the Cheney Planning Commission. City planner Elisa Rodriguez spoke to the commission during their Sept. 14 meeting to request more maintenance of the city's municipal code. “We need to look at it regularly to make sure it's up to date,” she said, adding that annual code maintenance would help in many areas of gov...
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is seeking nominations to its Boating Safety Advisory Council. The commission is looking for individuals to represent educators, anglers and hunters. The deadline for submitting nominations is Oct. 12. The council assists and advises the commission on administration of its boating safety program, which provides information and education on safe and environmentally sound boating practices to agencies, organizations and individuals statewide. The program also works closely...
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge and Spokane Audubon Society is hosting a community work party on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 9 a.m. to noon at the refuge located five miles south of Cheney on the Cheney-Plaza Road. This is part of an on-going community effort to restore native riparian habitat to benefit birds and other wildlife species. The refuge has more than 50 native saplings to plant, and fencing to build at the project site to protect the trees from deer, elk, and moose browsing. A potluck lunch will follow at noon...
Choices for Cheney will be holding the first public workshop for the city's 2030 comprehensive plan on Wednesday, Sept. 30, beginning at 6 p.m. at Betz Elementary School. Cheney Mayor Allan Gainer, City Administrator Arlene Fisher, the City Council and the Planning Commission invite all Cheney residents to this first citywide meeting. The meeting will take place in the cafeteria, and should run no longer than 8 p.m. The comprehensive plan will address the following topics: Mobility (pedestrian, bicycle, transit, auto),...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter The road to expansion is long. The Cheney Care Center is planning to build additional housing for seniors on an adjacent plot, but a proposal to rezone the land from general residential to multi-family residential is waiting for Cheney City Council approval. “It's just kind of the process,” said Cheney Care Center administrator Keith Fauerso. The process began in 2005 after the Sessions Village project was completed. “It's always been the board's desire to provide retirement housing for Chene...
Ray Erwin is awaiting sentencing hearing that could jail him for three to nine months By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Contrary to the Crimestoppers Northwest website, and reports from the Spokane County Sheriff's office, former Medical Lake High School student and athlete Ray Erwin is neither a wanted fugitive nor in jail. Following an appearance in Spokane County Superior Court this past Monday, Erwin was released on his own recognizance. “The judge felt that he didn't pose a flight risk,” Jeremy Benson, Erwin's attorney, sai...
By CRAIG HOWARD Spokane Valley News Herald Deputy Travis Pendell of the Spokane County Sheriff's Office arrived at last month's presentation on investment fraud with a simple message – be smart with your money and be smarter with those who try to invest it. Caution and research can make all the difference between holding on to your savings and being the victim of a scam, Pendell warned. “Don't be fooled,” he said. “These people will talk you through hoops with promises of big returns and no risk.” The Aug. 25 meeting s...
By MIKE HUFFMAN Spokane Valley News Herald Managing Editor Stormwater in Spokane County is flowing into some new territory. With the loss of the department's manger to retirement and the erosion of the county's urban territory to recent annexations and incorporations, Spokane County commissioners sat down with affected department heads Tuesday morning to discuss the future of the stormwater utility. Actually, that was part of the discussion. For the past four years, the county's stormwater program – which seeks to address h...
