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  • Fathers Day: A tip of the hat or bend of the bill

    Bob Kirkpatrick, Cheney Free Press|Updated Jul 8, 2022

    For me, Father’s Day is met with mixed emotions. As is the case for millions of other children, I did not have a positive father figure in my life, the impact of which significantly altered how I viewed the world. My birth father was killed in a car accident when I was 5 years old. My mother remarried a man who was abusive to her, my four sisters and me. The marriage failed. My second stepdad was equally abusive. That marriage ran its course and ended in divorce when my sisters and I were in our teens. My third stepdad was a...

  • Gov. Inslee sets mask mandate to end March 11

    Bob Kirkpatrick, Franklin Connection|Updated Mar 3, 2022

    CHENEY – Washington's indoor mask mandate is ending ahead of schedule. Gov. Jay Islee made the announcement during a press conference Monday, Feb. 28. The original date for removing the mandate was set for March 20, but has been accelerated to March 11. "We have good news today. We are turning a page in our fight against the COVID virus," Inslee said. "This page will be based more on empowering individuals and families and protecting themselves rather than based on government restrictions. We can do this because we are s...