Looking Back

10 years ago

November 10, 2011

Tankers begin returning to Fairchild Air Force Base on rebuilt runway

With the completion of its runway construction, Fairchild Air Force base is returning to full operation status. Aircraft were housed in Moses Lake while the construction took place. The 35KC-135 tankers will make their way back to Fairchild by Tuesday, November 22, when the last planes will fly in. A ceremony will take place to mark the return of the base’s aircraft. Nearly 14,000 feet of runway was replaced in the $43 million construction effort.

Honoring our veterans with support and jobs at home

As we honor Veteran’s Day this Friday, all Americans give thanks to the troops who serve our country. We remember those who have lose their lives defending America, we pray for the safety of those serving overseas, and we honor those veterans who returned home to serve our communities. And with thousands of troops returning home to touch economic times, we commit to providing job opportunities for veterans transitioning to civilian life.

20 years ago

November 14, 1996

Tigers, snakes no longer free to roam

Tigers, leopards, pit vipers, Gila Monsters, cobras’…sounds like a zoo. But, these are just some of the animals that the city of Cheney will regulate starting Dec. 1, 1996. In an ordinance passed Tuesday night the City Council voted unanimously to follow the country’s footsteps regulating dangerous animals, some of which made the papers and evening news after managing to get away from their owners. Among other things, the ordinance mandates licensing such animals, as well, the owner must carry $50,000 in liability insurance should the not-so-friendly animal get loose.

Veteran remembers how it was for Americans in WWII

The United States established a Naval presence in the Far East in 1845. These first vessels were river gunboats on the Yangtze River of China. The United States, along with other world powers, deemed it necessary to protect their interests in China. On September 18, 1931, Japan took Mukden, China. Thus Japan begin her military training and build up an army for World War Two. Another incident occurred on December 12, 1935 when the USS Panay, Yangtze River Gunboat, was bombed and sunk by the Japanese. Japan was training and building her Air Force. These incidents reflected Japan’s defiance of the United States and Great Britian.

50 years ago

November 11, 1971

O.K. Electronics Business Opens

Medical Lake’s newest business is O.K. Electronics, a household appliance repair shop operated by Marion King and his wife Mary Evelyn. The shop is located in what used to be the barbershop of George Meserve at East 109 Lake Street. King, a retired enlisted man with the Air Force last stationed at Fairchild AFB, opened the business Monday. He will concentrate on the repair of washers, driers, heaters, stoves and small appliances like mixers, toasters, and waffle irons. He will also check tubes in radios and televisions, but will do no major work in them. He also does not repair refrigerators.

Cheney to Have Shopping Area

Bob Wilson and Ken Morlan of Medallion Homes Inc. have started the first phase of a small shopping area on the corner of First and Mary streets in Cheney. Construction on the new building, which will house the Medallion office as well as provide space for professional offices and other small businesses, started last week. Professional offices will be located on the second floor of the two story split level structure, with entrance from Second Street, Morlan said. The small businesses and Medallion Homes Inc. home office will be on the main level with the approach from First Street. Plenty of parking is available on the 16,000 square foot lot, Morlan said.