10 Years Ago
Dec. 7, 2006
Nicole Harris of Cheney was awarded a $1,500 American Indian Studies Program Multicultural Achievement Scholarship at Eastern Washington University.
Cheney High School teachers Julie Esquibel and Jeff Butler had been working with the Transition Mathematics Project in hopes of preparing students for college-level math courses.
EWU’s journalism professor Bill Stimson had been the director of the project to rename Spokane’s Met Theater after the world famous Hollywood singer, Bing Crosby.
20 Years Ago
Dec. 12, 1996
A violent turn of events, which left two people dead in the Aspen Meadows area southeast of Cheney, was still under investigation by the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office.
Amy Brown, Lisa Mansell, Grace V. Nixon and Starr Wharton were four Cheney High School graduates receiving scholarships from the University of Idaho.
The Lady Hawks started off the basketball season strong with a pair of victories over the Greater Spokane League’s Shadle Park and North Central.
30 Years Ago
Dec. 11, 1986
Concerns by city officials regarding the proposed construction of a million-gallon water reservoir at EWU bubbled to the surface at the Cheney City Council meeting.
A major fundraising effort to help an eight-year-old Betz Elementary School student with cerebral palsy was underway. The goal of the project was to raise enough money to buy Nichole Locher a $6,000 electric wheelchair.
Members of both the younger and older generations had a chance to meet Santa Claus when he dropped by the Cheney Care Center for a visit.
40 Years Ago
Dec. 16, 1976
Five people were injured when two automobiles collided head-on, three miles southeast of Cheney on Depot Springs Road.
A 17-year-old Cheney youth was arrested and charged with reckless driving and failure to stop at a stop sign following a high-speed chase with the Cheney Police Department that ended just off Hallet Road.
Robert Hudson, director of the Cheney Parks and Recreation Department, was elected to serve as Fourth District representative by the Washington Recreation and Parks Association.
50 Years Ago
Dec. 15, 1966
Four glass panels in a display window at the Cheney Department Store were shattered, several mannequins were destroyed and a window display was damaged when a college student went berserk.
Bobbie Harris, star point man for the Cheney Blackhawks, hit a tie-breaking free throw to help defeat the Colfax Bulldogs 47-46 in double-overtime.
The City Library Board, as appointed by the mayor, was as followed: Merritt Johnson, Stan Pierce, Eugene Fletcher, Keith Tracy and Ron Lemmen.
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