Making contact

Cheney's Tom Davis (right) demonstrates his tapping technique to Dr. Peter Hansen (left) during a March 19 presentation on telegraphy at the Cheney Library. Davis received his telegraphy training at the Cheney Depot, and worked for a year, 1957, for the Northern Pacific Railroad at stations from Cheney to Paradise, Mont. The presentation was sponsored by the Cheney Depot Society as part of their Save Our Station (SOS) campaign.

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John McCallum, Retired editor

John McCallum is an award-winning journalist who retired from Cheney Free Press after more than 20 years. He received 10 Washington Newspaper Publisher Association awards for journalism and photography, including first place awards for Best Investigative, Best News and back-to-back awards in Best Breaking News categories.

 

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