Free Press Advertising Manager retiring

CHENEY – After nearly 25 years of employment with the Cheney Free Press, Advertising Manager DeeAnn Gibb is settling into retirement.

"When I first started, Bill Ifft (owner) was a friend of mine and needed an office girl to do whatever stuff needed to be done," Gibb said. "A few months into that, the sales person that was here was military and was being transferred and I took his job. That's how I got into sales."

Gibb said if Ifft had asked her to enter sales initially, she would've declined. But sales and advertising has become something Gibb is passionate about, especially in smaller commu...