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Medical Lake Dollars for Scholars’ “Spring Thing” scholarship fundraiser on St. Paddy’s Day was a great success thanks to so many people, organizations and companies. Many thanks to the Board and volunteers who put in many hours; our major donors Medical Lake Dental Clinic, Westwind Kennels, Stimson Construction, Pizza Factory, Wendy Duncan/Horizon Credit Union and Copy Junction. Thanks, too, to the many individuals and organizations that donated gift baskets for the silent/live auctions. Super thanks to Denny Wuestho...
I finished my taxes a few weeks ahead of the deadline. Yippee! Now I can worry about something else. When I talk to my friends, I find I am one of the few who prepares their own tax returns. Most are afraid to make a mistake or decide not to spend the time. The IRS publishes estimates of the time required to prepare each form. They are pretty accurate. By the time I read the instructions, sorted my files into the appropriate piles and completed the forms, I had invested more than three full days. I recall a big IRS push a...
I greatly appreciate the coverage that The Cheney Free Press gives each week for activities in churches here in the West Plains area. I wish more churches would participate so that we all can get to know them better. Most newspapers used to have a dedicated church or faith and values page with lots of information but this has been largely discontinued. In the past couple of decades, God has been systematically shut out of most public venues and our rising generations are becoming increasingly secular. They look to technology...
Start with trust. It’s Better Business Bureau’s tagline, and consequently, the first of eight of BBB’s Standards of Trust. Trust is a buzzword, easily tossed around and much harder to define. But, it is at the core of much of what we do on a daily basis. Consider this: It’s Tuesday, and you’re driving around, rushing between work, errands and family commitments. Suddenly, that dreaded check engine light pops up. Inevitably, you think you do not have the time, and possibly the money, to deal with this. Nonetheless, you drop...
I was glad to attend Cathy McMorris Rodger’s “Top O’ The Morning Breakfast” on Thursday, March 29, at the Grand Davenport Hotel. I was very happy that Cathy had copies of the Constitution placed at every place setting. While there, I was happy to see Sheriff (Ozzie) Knezovich had shed 40 pounds — I told him he looks good; I was happy to hear pastor Joe of the huge Life Center Church tell me fidelity is very important for married politicians and that he has been preaching about that lately. I was very happy (state) Sen. (Mic...
I have followed Mark Rypien’s denunciation of the NFL, and football in general, as the cause of his mental illness. I have no doubt that his condition is genuine, and there may be some merit to his claims; the courts think so anyway. His lawsuit against the NFL resulted in a $765 million dollar judgment and initiated a strict concussion protocol. His cause is supported by Dr. Bennet Omalu, author of the book “Concussion.” Omalu warns parents against allowing children to play any contact sport. He would have us believe that...
Jeers Jeers to the thieves seen taking my trailer and a load of stuff 1:30 a.m. on March 20. Driving a 1994 Chevy Suburban Idaho plate ILOVEU. Please email one cheer and/or one jeer to [email protected]. Space is limited, so we ask you keep it short, 20-25 words max. We want to hear from you. If you would like to take a jab at something you don’t like, or give a shout out to something or someone you do, please email one cheer and/or one jeer to [email protected]. Space is limited, so we ask you keep it short, 2...
As we deal with our population growth, we must address sufficient supplies of drinkable fresh water for residential, commercial, agriculture, fisheries and industrial needs. Not only will our numbers continue to climb, but so will competing pressures for fresh water. While demographers can project population growth fairly accurately and planners are good at assessing future needs, nature controls the supply of rainfall and mountain snowpack; and, when it occurs. Too often prec...
It has been over a month now since I found out about getting accepted into graduate school, so I think it is finally safe to talk – or write – about it. I was kind of undecided on what I wanted to do after graduating Eastern Washington University this fall, but I thought I would go out on a limb and apply to my dream graduate school, the University of Tennessee, just to see if I could get in. And when I say dream school, I really do mean it. I knew I have always wanted to attend the university ever since I first visited it...
Many issues surrounding conservation are decided at the time of farm bill renewal. Working lands conservation programs in the farm bill offer an important opportunity for farmers and ranchers to increase stewardship on their land without impacting their bottom lines. For example, the Conservation Stewardship Program and the Environmental Quality Incentive Program support farmers in implementing new conservation practices, and the Conservation Reserve Program offers valuable options for enrolling marginally productive lands....
I have watched with interest as students across the country demonstrated to bring attention to the rising number of senseless school shootings. The national media reported these demonstrations as anti-gun protests. I listened closely to student interviews and for the most part they didn’t advocate bans on guns or even reform of laws allowing gun ownership. They asked for an end to the violence. An end to violence does not equate to a ban on guns except for those who are predisposed to ban guns anyway. It could very well be t...
Most of the 2.5 million annual Alamo visitors focus on the epic 1836 battle in which a small band of brave Texans was eventually overrun by the Mexican army. Folk heroes like Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and William Travis were among the Texans killed while fighting for independence from Mexico. However, the Alamo is more than a small Spanish-style church depicted on tourism brochures which barely withstood a 13-day pummeling from Mexican cannons. It is a large complex built...
Last week I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with three Cheney High School students who are involved in the student-led movement that emerged in response to the shootings at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Fla. Feb. 14. The three young women, who I won’t name right now, organized a walkout and a 17-minute period of silence at the school in remembrance of those killed last month. And they took part in last Saturday’s Spokane-area edition of the national March for Our Lives, organized by Parkland sur...
The March 8, 2018 Cheney Free Press contained a guest opinion concerning “Argentina’s Socialism.” Unfortunately, people do not understand the difference between socialism and social programs. Socialism is an economic system where the workers in any particular industry own the means of production, capitalists and corporations are not allowed. Social programs provide for the common welfare. Such programs provide schools, fire and police departments, medical services, housing and retirement subsidies. Argentina and many of th...
I was in the Navy in 1945. Franklin Delano Roosevelt passed away and Vice President Harry S. Truman was suddenly president after only eight months in office. He felt the weight of the world on his shoulders. President Truman entered the White House with no experience. Unlike Truman, current President Donald Trump does not listen to his advisers. Truman served in World War I, the National Guard for 30 years. Trump was deferred five times from serving. Truman was married one time and was never unfaithful. Truman was also the po...
We will not invest in our annihilation. Now we can avoid it. Our world and everything we care about is threatened every moment of every day by nuclear weapons, either by intent, accident, miscalculation or cyber-attack. These weapons, though now illegal following the July 2017 U.N. “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons,” adopted by 122 nations, continue to be modernized at an expected cost of $1.7 trillion over the next 30 years. Like the Parkland students victimized by inaction of the previous generations, the non...
Thank you so much for your recent article highlighting resources available to Cheney families (“Charitable Confusion,” Cheney Free Press, March 1). Having served on the community service council for many years as a Cheney School District representative and having worked for nearly eight years with Feed Cheney I know and appreciate the services that both organizations provide. I would, however, like to clarify information on Feed Cheney. The monthly free dinner and grocery distribution is held at the Wren Pierson Building Oct...
I was concerned when the state Senate seat in rural King County went to a Democrat, giving them a one vote majority as well as control of the House and governor’s office. The liberals are now unencumbered in their self-appointed mission to see how much money they can squeeze out of the state’s taxpayers. Washington budgets on a two year cycle every odd numbered year. The 2017 budget was not only the largest in history, it had the largest increase over the past budget. We exceeded $20 billion in proposed spending for the first...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Pick a week and the jury of studies is either in or out on the benefits of any number of products or activities. On a rotating basis — whose frequency varies as widely as results of studies presented — data will tell us that beer or wine is either good or bad for us. No data comes to mind recently on any benefits of hard alcohol, but periodically comes the story of someone who turns 100 and claims their longevity is due in part to an occasional nip of whiskey. But last week, nearly 50 peo...
I am hungry for the good old days when our representatives represented us not special interests; for a time when civility was the order of the day and people in government had a purpose to serve honorably, not to line their pockets at our expense. I am an American first and I want good government, financed through clean elections not dark money. I want transparency and accountability, not backroom deals and representatives who are owned lock stock and barrel by their highest donor. I have known Lisa Brown for over 25 years...
Early this February, the Republican-controlled Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed new federal budget legislation that increased U.S. military spending by $165 billion over the next two years. Remarkably, though, a Gallup public opinion pool conducted only days before found that only 33 percent of Americans favored increasing U.S. military spending, while 65 percent opposed it, either backing reductions (34 percent) or maintenance of the status quo (31 percent). What is even more remarkable for a nation where...
To make progress in preventing guns from killing people we need to develop a plan to determine how people become dysfunctional. We spend millions on forensic science to determine when and who kills someone. We spend next to nothing on applied behavioral science. Over 60 years ago, a research team (Gluecks study) focused on children with behavioral problems from early grades through high school. As these individuals advanced through school they noted that their problems became more pronounced: bullying, noncompliance,...
During our recent trip through the wine country of Argentina, I became friends with our guide, Oscar. Oscar is an interesting guy. His first real job was as a newspaper columnist for a large daily in Mendoza. In 1983 he wrote a piece criticizing Argentina’s conduct of the Falkland War. He was promptly arrested, jailed and exiled to Europe. After 20 years, he was allowed to return home and now guides tourists in English, French, Italian or Spanish. When I told Oscar that I thought socialism was responsible for Argentina’s eco...
I spend too much money on coffee, it is a fact and I think it will always be that way. But I just can’t help but love drinking one every day whether it is from a Keurig at home or at that place called Starbucks. Before college, I wasn’t as hooked on coffee as I am now. But since I started taking those 8 a.m. classes almost every quarter, I felt like a cup of caffeine was a good way to start my day. I think I am officially an adult now though because if I don’t have a cup by a certain point in the day I will get a heada...
One of the sights making a huge impression on me during my 11 years living in Seattle wasn’t the snail’s pace of traffic, the high-price of housing — even back then in the 1990s — or Mount Rainier rising majestically in the south. What made an impact on me was the sight of the long line of people standing outside the Union Gospel Mission on Fourth Avenue waiting for it to open. Such was my view out my bus window five days a week on the way to my job at Platt Electric Supply’s Seattle branch near Sixth and Lander streets. It i...
