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CHENEY Dec. 28 Officers conducted a warrant arrest for Spokane police in the 500 block of Salnave Road. Adelle I. Cannon, 56, was arrested for third-degree theft. Roger W. Hiatt, 47, was arrested in the 100 block of Paradise Road for driving while license suspended (DWLS). Dec. 29 Officers responded to a possible case of child molestation in the 300 block of North Sixth Street. Patrick L. Jenkins turned himself in at the Cheney Police Department and was arrested on two Spokane County warrants for driving under the influence... Full story
CHENEY Dec. 18 Officers executed a search warrant for possession of a controlled substance in the zero hundred block of North Eighth Street. The incident is under investigation. Dec. 20 Officers assisted deputies of the Spokane County Sheriff's Office with a commercial burglary in Four Lakes. Dec. 21 Officers assisted the Columbia County Sheriff's Office on a theft in the 200 block of West Third Street. Third degree theft was reported in the 1000 block of Betz Road. Electrical meters were stolen. Dec. 23 Officers responded...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter The Airway Heights City Council saw a changing of the guard in their last meeting of the year Monday, Dec. 21, as a newly elected council was sworn in and a few longstanding members gave up their seats. The council also adopted the 2010 budget and approved a collective bargaining agreement with the Washington State Council of County and City Employees, a union that represents about 15 city workers. Steven Lawrence, Tanya Dashiell and Kevin Richey took the oath of office for Positions 2, 4 and...
The city of Cheney is looking for individuals to fill seats on two separate boards. Currently there are open seats on the Planning Commission and the Historic Preservation Commission. The Planning Commission serves in an advisory capacity to the mayor and members of City Council. Its purpose is to prepare a comprehensive plan for development within the city, and to make recommendations to the council on matters related to planning, zoning, and development issues. Planning Commission members must live inside the Cheney city...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Spokane Tribe Enterprises, which operates SPOKO Fuel just West of Airway Heights, recently received the Rising Star Award in the 2009 University of Washington Minority Business of the Year Awards. The award is given annually to a minority-owned company with at least $2 million in revenue that has experienced the highest percentage of revenue growth in Washington state between 2006 and 2008. Spokane Tribe of Indians public relations director... Full story
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Cheney's youngest businessman brought presents to Cheney Assisted Living this Christmas, with a little help from friends, family and local organizations. Beckett Schoenleber, who runs his own egg business called Beckett's Basket with the help of his parents Rochelle and Tracy, is pretty savvy about money at 6 years old. “I have three different piggy banks, and the one that has the most money in it right now is my charity one,” he said. Some of...
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife officers are reminding sportsmen to review the 2009-2010 hunting and fishing pamphlets. Sportsmen are encouraged to obtain current regulations through local license dealers or the Fish and Wildlife Web site at wdfw.wa.gov. Please contact the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) in Spokane if you have any questions about these regulations at 892-1001. Fish and Wildlife enforcement officers would like to provide information and remind sportsmen of some issues they are...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter In their first meeting of the year Monday, Jan. 4, the Airway Heights City Council opened a council seat to all interested applicants and discussed whether or not to support legislation that would remove inmates from the city's population rolls. The council considered issuing a joint letter of support for two upcoming state bills at the request of the city of Connell where the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center is located. The bills address the negative impacts of counting Department of...
Jan. 12 meeting features information on mortgage lending for first time buyers; organization's West Plains single-family community, Takoda Park Spokane's Community Frameworks is holding an informational meeting in Cheney for people looking into homeownership opportunities and affordable mortgage lending for first-time homebuyers. The meeting takes place on Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Cheney Library, 610 First St. beginning at 5:30 p.m. A second meeting is also being held at the Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main, on... Full story
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Longtime Cheney dentist Richard Roccanova has a new associate, but don't get any ideas. “People think I'm retiring,” Roccanova said. But Dr. Jacob Ridl won't be taking over for Roccanova any time soon. He described it more as a partnership, in which Ridl, a 2008 graduate of Creighton University School of Dentistry, shares all the newest techniques and Roccanova, who has maintained a family practice in Cheney for more than 30 years, passes on his...
Eastern Washington University will celebrate the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday this month with a speech and school supply drive. Angela Schwendiman, a lecturer in Africana Studies at EWU, will be the featured speaker during the university's MLK Day celebration beginning at noon, Tuesday, Jan. 19, in Showalter 109. The topic of Schwendiman's discussion will be “Ambassadors of Peace During Times of War: Comparing Strategies and Analogies of U.S. President Barack Obama and Civil Rights Activist Dr. Martin Luther King, J...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Vern and Beth Chapman thought they were done with Cheney Flooring, a business they started in 2007, when they sold it this past fall. Vern Chapman said they sold it to focus on two new businesses they were preparing to launch in Airway Heights. Ed Roa, a California resident, bought the business from the Chapmans, but his run turned out to be short and he called the Chapmans after two months. “He said he was leaving and by the time I got there h...
Qualified applicants being sought for $600,000 in federal funds aiming to prevent homelessness By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Many county residents on the brink of homelessness could be eligible for rent or utility assistance through the Spokane County Homelessness Prevention Program. The Spokane County Community Services, Housing and Community Development office will manage a $622,000 three-year grant made available by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Qualified applicants for the program must reside in t...
CHENEY Dec. 14 Christmas decorations were damaged in the 200 block of Fifth Street. Domestic violence was reported in the 1100 block of First Street. The incident involved verbal abuse only. Dec. 15 Two checks totaling $1,600 were reported forged in the 100 block of West First Street. The incident is under investigation. The school resource officer responded when a student came to school with a dog bite. The incident occurred outside the city in the 700 block of Calvert Lane and was turned over to Spokane County Regional...
CHENEY Dec. 3 A 12-year-old female and a 13-year-old female were both arrested for harassment in a previously reported incident at Cheney Middle School. Dec. 7 A suicidal individual was reported in the 200 block of North Eleventh Street. The subject was transported to the hospital. An 11-year-old male was arrested at Cheney Middle School for possessing a knife on school property. Dec. 8 Theft of a white bicycle was reported in the 400 block of Second Street. A suicidal subject in the 100 block of West First was taken into cus...
A thief broke into the construction site of the new Veteran's Cemetery in Medical Lake over the weekend and stole a pair of Patron-brand electric heaters valued at more than $700 apiece. A Bouten Construction employee told Spokane County Sheriff's deputy Marc Melville that the site had been closed Dec. 11 at about 4 p.m. When workers arrived Monday, they found a plywood cover on the north door that was held in place with nails rather than the screws originally used by construction employees. The two heaters had been stolen...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter The Cheney Police Department implemented crime mapping and had new city servers installed in November. The department's monthly accountability review (MAR) included a map of Cheney that indicated the locations of crimes that occurred in the city during November. Cmdr. Rick Campbell said the map provides a visual representation of where crimes are occurring. “This year the chief's goal for me was to find a way to incorporate crime mapping into the MAR for 2010,” he said. “Now, whether we stay...
Local RHC isn't targeted for cuts, but future reductions can't be ruled out By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter When Gov. Christine Gregoire revealed her cuts-heavy 2010 supplemental budget last week, it seemed at first to spare Lakeland Village. Even so, officials say Medical Lake's Residential Habilitation Center (RHC) could still be in line for reductions. A report commissioned by state legislators was released in November with recommendations on consolidating state institutions. It calls for Lakeland to be cut down over...
Business offers out of the ordinary family day trip By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Just off Highway 231 a few miles north of Reardan, a group of friends and acquaintances gathered last Saturday to hang out, have some laughs and hunt each other down without mercy. For the past five years, Dale Burbridge has operated NiteHawk Paintball on a 26-acre wooded plot he purchased after getting hooked on the sport in 2004. He began organizing monthly scenario games – think zombie a... Full story
Cheney Firefighters Local 1919 in conjunction with the Cheney Volunteer Firefighters Association and the Cheney Fire Department will once again do a “Candy Cane Hayride” through Cheney. The event will take place on Sunday, Dec. 20. Firefighters will be traveling through town handing out candy canes to people who brave the cold and possibly snow and come out and meet them at the street. There will be holiday music playing and Santa Claus will be spreading good cheer along wit... Full story
Nineteen Cheney DECA students competed at Spokane Community College on Dec. 7 for the right to go to state competition in Bellevue March 4-7. Cheney qualified 11 students for state out of a total of 750 students from 16 area high schools. DECA advisor Jeff Pike put the students accomplishments into perspective by noting that one Greater Spokane League high school qualified three students out of 31 participants. Cheney state participants are pictured above, front row left to...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter There's a new face in the stacks at the Cheney Community Library. Rachel Kennett is settling in as the supervisor of the Cheney branch of the Spokane County Library District. She said she was enjoying the change of pace after working at the Spokane Valley Library. “It's a little less busy,” she said. “And you can really tell the people love their library.” Kennett said she has been able to form relationships with many of the library's regular... Full story
