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There has been growing recognition of the challenges of Alzheimer’s disease lately, but the funding to find a cure lags dramatically behind what is necessary. I lost my mother to this terrible disease in April; she was only 77 and as we reflect back we realize she was showing some signs of dementia as early as 65. My family was greatly affected and we are all now working with the Alzheimer’s Association to find a cure and increase awareness. In 2010 Congress unanimously passed legislation that set a goal of finding a tre...
Freedom fries. Remember those? Changing the name of French fries to freedom fries was just one of the ways we derided France for not joining us in our 2003 invasion of Iraq. Back then their reason for not hitching their horse to former President George W. Bush’s crusade to rid the world of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was that doing so would destabilize an already unstable region. It could also lead to an escalation of terrorist attacks around the world. Ironic, isn’t it? Perhaps the French ability to predict the future res...
Reprinted from the Detroit News, Nov. 17, 2015 The Islamic State made it quite clear in Paris on Friday (Nov. 13) that it is not contained, and that containment is not an effective strategy to combat this particularly bloodthirsty strain of terror. This latest attack on western soil should ignite a passionate commitment to destroy ISIS at its roots. An angry and distraught French President Francoise Hollande threw down the gauntlet immediately after the killings ended, vowing a “pitiless war” against the Islamic State and say...
Thank you to all the Cheney School District voters who participated in this year’s Cheney School Board Elections. I am honored to be a newly elected to the Cheney School Board and I look forward to working with my other team members to continue to move our District forward through the next four years. As we all know Cheney continues to grow, and as it is said “ The only constant in life is change.” I look forward to be participating in this evolution of our district and of our community. I wish to sincerely thank all past...
On behalf of the Cheney Police and Fire Departments we would like to thank the voters of Cheney for your support of public safety by passing Proposition 1. With the funding generated through passage of this levy lift, we are now in a position to increase police staffing, and purchased much needed equipment for both police and fire departments. In the beginning, our primary goal with bringing forth this proposal was to keep Cheney a safe and peaceful place in which to live, work and play in. Passage of Proposition1 is but one...
In last week’s paper it was reported that nearly one-quarter of voters casting ballots did not vote for either candidate in Cheney School Board’s contested races. This was presented as some kind of mystery. It is no mystery to me. Our family recently moved back to Cheney after 25 years of serving in the U.S. Army. I spent several hours searching for the pros and cons of the different issues presented on the ballot. I could find almost no information on the candidates running for the Cheney School Board. There was not a word s...
Thank you to everyone who purchased items at the Cheney Friends of the Library book sale on Nov. 7. All funds raised by the sale are used to purchase materials and support programs at the Cheney Library. We also appreciate your donations of books and electronic media; donations can be made at the library whenever it is open. And a special thank you to the Cheney High School Key Club members who carried up over 100 boxes of books and helped us set up the sale — without your help the sale would have been in jeopardy. Also s...
Recent incidents of sexual assault occurring on and near Eastern Washington University’s Cheney campus have raised awareness in the community. It’s unfortunate that sexual assault on college campuses is a topic that does not receive much discussion or media coverage. EWU is one of many entities that are continuously attempting to talk to students about sexual assault prevention. The university’s Health, Wellness and Prevention Department has several resources for preventing and responding to sexual assault incidents, inclu...
The recent Republican Presidential Debate staged Oct. 29 in Boulder, Colo. and aired on CNBC rocketed the business news channel’s ratings — for several hours at least — into places they never have been, nor likely ever will again see. The utter shock of actually having one Republican, let alone a handful, take issue with, challenge, and kick sand back in the faces of a profession that lives to make them look bad, made America take notice to the tune of some 14 million viewe...
Do what I say and not what I do is the mantra of Cathy McMorris Rodgers. When asked how to solve our political problems, her canned answer is we must have lots of committee meetings. She doesn’t talk about resolutions, just convening meeting after meeting and asking questions and more questions. How ironic for Cathy to say meetings are important, as Cathy missed 92 percent of the committee meetings she was to attend. This figure is based on 1,000 committee and subcommittee hearing minutes that were analyzed for congressional...
Permit some random, somewhat related thoughts on today’s political class. Hillary Clinton, while a U.S. senator, voted for the Defense Of Marriage act, and against same sex marriage. Now that she’s in favor of same sex marriage, she says she voted for this law because she was afraid that if it failed as a Senate bill, it would come back and pass as a constitutional amendment. After several years of negotiations, some tax benefits and a drop in gas prices, Ford decides to move a plant from Mexico to Ohio. Now Donald Trump, who...
You did it again, Cheney. It will be a warmer winter for many thanks to the hard work and generosity of the Cheney community. A total of 236 coats were donated to this year’s coat drive and 213 were given away at three separate distributions. Special thanks to the Cheney Kiwanis without whose work this event could not happen, Big Wash for laundering many of the coats and Copy Junction for printing the publicity fliers. Thanks, also, to all of the schools, businesses and churches that had collection boxes and to church m...
The Center for Rural Affairs has worked to support and assist beginning farmers and ranchers for over 25 years. And increasingly, beginning farmer and rancher inquiries come from military veterans. They have the same needs as other new farmers: access to land, financing and information. But they also bring new issues: disabilities, returning to civilian life, a drive to help fellow veterans, a powerful sense of wanting to be of service to their country. The Center’s “Veteran Farmers Project” was launched to provide infor...
(Editor’s note: Capitalization, phrasing and line breaks from Walt Whitman’s poem “An Artilleryman’s Vision” used in this column have been retained in keeping with the original meaning of the work.) When I did not receive my weekly email of his political rants, I was uneasy. When I emailed him to inquire and it got kicked back as “undeliverable” I felt worse. When I called his cell phone number and it was disconnected, I knew what had occurred. This Air Force veteran friend of mine lived on his family’s estate in Keene...
The volatile and emotional fight over engaging in prayer on the grounds of a public school recently jumped back into the headlines, and did so with a regional flavor. Bremerton, Wash. High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy was placed on paid administrative leave because he ignored orders to stop engaging in group prayer before and after football games. The practice, which began in 2008, has only recently got the attention of administrators and naturally has ignited a firestorm of opinions. Kennedy has of course...
Thank you for the great open house on Saturday Oct. 24. It was very interesting to see how a newspaper is put together. I was very impressed with the CFP staff and their commitment to a quality product. How a paper gets put together was very interesting and I was quite surprised by how the paper gets from a computer screen to the printed page. Kudos to the Cheney Free Press for helping to keep our small towns connected and relevant for our citizens. Shirley Maike Medical Lake...
The Cheney Outreach Center opened its doors Feb. 1, 1990 to begin providing basic emergency assistance for the low-income residents of Cheney and the surrounding area. Residential boundaries extend to North of the 1-90 freeway; south of Hallett Road on the North; Sherman Road on the East and the Whitman County line on the south. The population served includes families, individuals, elderly, ill, disabled and/or homeless. Assistance includes help with utility bills, limited rent assistance, vouchers for food/household/personal...
The PACE character trait for November is citizenship. Citizenship is often thought of in two ways. The first way people may think of citizenship is one’s legal status of being a citizen of a country. In looking at citizenship in this way, the mere fact that you live in a country and have sworn or affirmed your allegiance to the country makes you a member of that country’s society. In this respect citizenship is belonging to the collective community or society. However, citizenship is much more than just living in and bel...
Rarely is it a good idea when more government is seen as a positive change, but in the case of Spokane County Proposition 1, the Cheney Free Press editorial board thinks it is a good idea to expand the board of Spokane County Commissioners from its present three members to five. We probably never want to think that our public servants work too hard, but in the case of commissioners, they have many long days. They attend numerous meetings in a week and are likely to serve on just as many boards, which means there is little...
StageWest would like to give thanks to the Emmanuel Lutheran Church family for generously allowing us the use of their building for our auditions, rehearsals and performances of our latest play, “Anne of Green Gables.” We are truly grateful to you. We would also like to thank the members of StageWest who gave their time and effort as cast members, crewmembers and volunteers in making this production the success that it was. A great big thanks for the wonderful dinner catered by Mike Hartman from Eagle’s Pub, to John from...
Football is a dangerous game — fans and athletes know that. It’s been that way since its inception in 1869. Recently, the sport has been under a microscope due to the number of injuries at the high school level. Even Medical Lake High School had two players who were injured during games. Nationally, six high school players have died due to injuries related to the game. I have heard some friends talk about not letting their sons play football, at least until they are older. Some writers and critics have advocated their sch...
Our society has become far too dangerous and complex to rely upon one police officer per shift to sort through the labyrinth of issues that arise each day. Not to mention confronting those citizens that will not cooperate or those that must be taken into custody for breaking the law. In the city of Cheney police officers routinely work alone and this practice is no longer acceptable. Moreover, there are times when a Cheney police officer has multiple calls to respond to at the same time. How then can one or even two officers...
We generally don’t give public safety much thought, until we need it. Public safety is nothing that should be taken for granted. Its quality and quantity can determine whether you are safe or at risk, whether you live or you die. But it is something that must be paid for, and that is why we are encouraging Cheney voters to say yes on the city’s Proposition 1. Proposition 1, would, if passed, increase the property tax levy by 70 cents from its current $2.40 per $1,000 of assessed value to $3.10 per $1,000 of assessed val...
If you didn’t see our ad in last week’s issue of the Cheney Free Press, then consider this your personal invitation to a barbecue we’re throwing Saturday, Oct. 24. If you did see it, well, consider yourself personally invited too. From 1 – 4 p.m. we’re going to throw open our doors, toss some hot dogs on the grill and let everyone come in and see what goes on behind the scenes at your local newspaper which has been reporting the news of the West Plains since April 1, 1896. If you don’t believe me, I’ll show you my copy of the...
Unfortunately, we’d like to extend our congratulations to the candidates winning seats on our local city councils. Congratulations, you ask. But isn’t the election still almost three weeks away? And why unfortunately? Yes, congratulations and yes, the election is still three weeks away. Unfortunately, because of the 12 positions up for “grabs” among Airway Heights, Cheney and Medical Lake, only two — Airway Heights and Medical Lake — have contested races. Ten council candidates face no challengers, three of the five seats...
