Cheney High School's baseball team went through the county league season undefeated and lost only one game to Rogers in its entire schedule, making them the 1937 county champions. Left to right in the back row: Kenneth McCall, manager, Robert MacGregor, George Cohagen, Fred Steiner, Wayne Swegle, Sylvester Carey, Leo Pierson. Center row: Stanley Jansen, John Heath, Francis Lee, Harvey McGourin, Arthur Colyar, Arthur Sunderland, Elmer Presnell. Front row: James Cook, Morris Iverson, Frank Pence, Bill Bryan and Ray Bernard.
Members of the Medical Lake volunteer fire department displayed their skills with the fire hoses during a parade at Eastern State Hospital to celebrate their annual "Eastern Goes Western Day." The celebration started with a fun run in the morning and continued through the day with food, games and talent exhibitions.
10 Years Ago
Aug. 23, 2007
The city of Airway Heights petitioned the city to lower the speed limit along Mintle Street from 25 to 15 miles per hour.
Ron and Micki Sebold took over ownership of Cheney Furniture, which was located at 1814 Second St.
A new football press box was in the works to be built at Medical Lake High School.
Eastern Washington University introduced Bill Chaves as the new athletics director.
20 Years Ago
Aug. 28, 1997
The beginning of the school year marked the return of student off-campus smoking at Cheney High School.
The Spokane Transit Authority conducted a study to discover how they could change their routes to better serve their customers in Cheney and Medical Lake.
According to Uniform Crime Reporting stats gathered by the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, the overall crime rate in Cheney had dropped by nearly 25 percent.
30 Years Ago
Aug. 27, 1987
Efforts to expand the boundaries of Marshall Landfill hit another roadblock, as the Spokane County Board of Adjustment voted against removing dumping restrictions from an adjacent property.
The Medical Lake Planning Commission discussed changing the city's current zoning ordinance. The purpose of the amendment was to ensure that all property in the city was zoned under city standards at the time of annexation.
Ira Shea, longtime Cheney-area resident who helped lead the fight that made lives brighter for the rural residents of the Inland Empire passed away at 92 years old. He organized Granges in Tyler, Cheney and Four Lakes as well as hundreds of Granges throughout Washington.
40 Years Ago
Aug. 25, 1977
Ron Cox, the former All-American center for the Eastern Washington University basketball team, signed a contract with the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, EWU coach Jerry Krause reported.
Unseasonably dry weather and drought had worked together to make the summer of 1977 one of the worst for fires, according to the county officials.
The Center for Environmental Understanding had begun a program of home energy audits in Cheney to help homeowners determine whether current levels of insulation were saving or costing more energy dollars.
50 Years Ago
Aug. 24, 1967
More than $5.5 million in construction was underway on the Eastern Washington State College in Cheney. Among the projects to be completed in the fall was the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library.
The Cheney Police Department announced that the longstanding 10 p.m. curfew was still in effect and that due to increasing vandalism it would be rigidly enforced.
There was a teenage dance held at the Cheney City Hall. The dancing was to the tune of "The Hangmen" from Spokane.
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