Letters

Exercise great care when lighting fireworks

I’ve had extensive emails with city officials here in Medical Lake about my concerns of Fourth of July fireworks being allowed in this extreme drought season that we are experiencing. There have already been serious fires all around this area. Anyway, the way it looks now is that fireworks for private use will be sold legally, and used as desired once again here in Medical Lake.

I just hope that all citizens will make sure their fire hoses are up and running, and will exercise great care in the use of fireworks. I live in a part of Medical Lake where there are three apartment complexes in a row bordering on a wilderness preserve area that is super dry. I grew up in Wisconsin and back in the 1940s a statewide ban was placed on private use of fireworks sometime in that decade. I remember it well as a child for fireworks had been very popular at the time.

Tom Durst

Medical Lake

Thank you from Friends of the Cheney Library

Thank you to everyone who donated books to the Cheney Friends of the Library and who bought books at our Mayfest sale.

We also thank the volunteers who helped set up and run the sale. A special thanks to the EWU women’s basketball team and their assistant coach for carrying boxes of books.

Sale proceeds are used at the Cheney Library and pay for program supplies and to purchase special items for the library.

Please join us on Rodeo weekend when our sale will be on Friday, July 10 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. and on Saturday, July 11 from 9 a.m – 1 p.m..

Jeri Morgan

Friends of the Cheney Library