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CHENEY March 30 A wallet was reported found in the 700 block of West First Street. Theft of beer was reported in the 100 block of West First Street. A runaway juvenile was reported in the 200 block of West Second Street. The subject returned home. An abandoned auto was reported in the 200 block of West Fifth Street. Police towed a blue Ford Escort. March 31 Harassment was reported in the 1600 block of Second Street. Domestic violence was reported in the 300 block of West First Street—verbal only. April 1 Matthew F. Miller, 1...
CHS will be represented well at LifeSmarts competition Greetings from Rhode Island. I was just notified that Washington state (Cheney High School) and Rhode Island (Barrington High School) will be sister-schools at the upcoming national LifeSmarts competition in Miami Beach on April 24-27, 2010. I could not be more pleased since I grew up in Spokane and call the Fairways Golf Course “home” when I visit my parents. For further context, I should also mention that I am the state coordinator for LifeSmarts in Rhode Island. Alt...
By LORI RUFF West Plains Relay for Life Development Chair I would like to see a world with more birthdays celebrated every year. My name is Lori Ruff and I am the team development chair for the West Plains Relay for Life. I am also a member of the “Nite Owl” team hoping to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. I participate in the Relay to honor family members and friends who have cancer. My dad was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2008. He is now cancer-free and participated last year in the Relay's “Survivor Lap....
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter I would venture to guess I'm not in the minority when admitting a terrible fact: I have in the past used my cell phone in a hands-on fashion while driving. Yes, it's true, but for the record these were infrequent incidents, most of which happened in the dawn of my cellular youth. Fortunately I didn't cause any accidents and I didn't get caught before wizening up into the much better person I am today. Nowadays cell phones, once thought to be so novel, are ubiquitous. Drivers (and walkers, and... Full story
Some call it an opportunity to foster real, practical reform in our public schools. Others say it's more federal meddling that will lead to problems down the road. Whichever side you fall on, it's a lot of money; $3.4 billion now that the Phase 1 winners—Delaware and Tennessee—have been awarded their big checks. Race to the Top is the federal government's newest initiative to improve our nation's schools, focusing on four main components: adopting assessments that prepare students for life after high school, building dat... Full story
More than 500 students enrolled at Eastern Oregon University for the 2009 fall term have been named to the dean's list, including Kyle Miller, a student from Cheney. To qualify for the dean's list, students must maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale while completing a minimum of 12 hours of graded coursework for the duration of the term.... Full story
Funding and labor setbacks delay planned installation of lighting for nightime league baseball in ML By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Plans to install lighting around the Medical Lake High School baseball diamond for night play are stalled because of construction and funding issues that threaten to derail the project altogether. Alexis Alexander, a 2001 MLHS graduate, has for several months been trying to get the project off the ground with the assistance of Medical Lake School District athletics director Chris Spring and...
Board also hears updates on enrollment management and student academic success at March 19 meeting By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Eastern Washington University's board of trustees approved three amendments to President Dr. Rodolfo Arévalo's contract at their March 19 meeting. None of the amendments involved additional increases in salary, cost of living or deferred compensation. Board members approved an additional one-year extension of the president's contract to June 15, 2015. The contract was also modified to provide sick leave... Full story
Blue Devils hit the field at A.K. Jackson at 1 p.m. Teams from Spokane's Senior American Legion baseball league will conduct tryouts for the upcoming season on Sunday, April 18. The Spokane Blue Devils, which attract players from Cheney, Medical Lake, North Central, Shadle Park, Lakeside, Lind-Ritzville, and all high schools in Lincoln County, will hold workouts at 1 p.m. at A.K. Jackson Field at Shadle Park. The Spokane Bandits feature players from Gonzaga Prep, Ferris, Lewis and Clark and West Valley and will hold tryouts a... Full story
Twenty-eight Special Olympics Washington athletes, including Cheney's Scott Tobin, who will compete as a member of the athletics team, will represent Washington State at the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games taking place in Lincoln, Neb. July 18-23. Tobin is one of just four athletes from Eastern Washington on the state team. The games will host 13 Olympic-style sports ranging from soccer and bowling to aquatics and track and field to power-lifting; and for the first time flag football will be introduced. Special...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Medical Lake's girls' golf team will rely on one state qualifier, a pair that made it to district play, plus their senior captain and four-year letter winner as they compete in Great Northern League play, and strive for more post-season exposure. Ten players, one senior, four juniors, three sophomores and a pair of freshmen make up the team that coach Ivan Gustafson will work with this spring. Junior Lindsey Campbell was the only member of the team to make the trip to state last year. An...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Even as the season moves into official Great Northern League competition, there is still a lot up in the air for the look of the Medical Lake girls' tennis team. Of course, it hasn't helped that mild spring weather that had worked in their favor has turned a bit nasty and has kept coach Dawn Eliassen's team off the court, thus preventing her from finalizing positions. So the Cardinals will go with a line-up where the singles are set – for now – and continue to tinker with some fine tuning. Eli...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor The Cheney boys golf team returned to the links after a week off for spring break with a trip north to take part in Deer Park High School's Stag Invitational. The Blackhawks finished last out of 16 teams with 510 points, four back of Shadle Park High School's white team with 506. Freshman Tyler Maurer led Cheney with a round of 92, followed by Cutter Kuwanda with a 95, Richi Perez a 102, Jay Anderson a 110 and Sean Thaut a 111. Deer Park's Mitch Rummer and Colville's Drew Cowbaugh both shot a 75 to...
March Madness finale makes Monday's television viewing far from mundane By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter For a change, television on Monday night was far from mundane. That's due of course to Duke's riveting 61-59 win over Butler in the championship game of the 2010 men's basketball championship at Lucas Oil Field in Indianapolis. Of course it was a victory for the Blue Devils that was never fully sealed until Butler's Gordon Hayward had his half-court heave of a potential game-winning basket bank off the glass and skip off... Full story
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter If there's someone who has a real good idea of either how good – or bad – the Spokane Shock might be following their 74-62 loss to Milwaukee in the newly reorganized Arena Football League, it's former Eastern Washington University wide receiver Raul Vijil. That's because when it comes to being the leader in almost everything offensive for the past four seasons he's the team's No. 1 guy. A 4-year starter, Vijil holds the franchise record for receiving yards (3,869 yards), receptions (98), and... Full story
Other NCAA Division I schools include Idaho, Seattle University FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS The Eastern Washington University track and field teams will host the 39th Annual Pelluer Invitational Friday, April 9 and compete at the Washington-Oregon Dual Saturday, April 10 in Spokane. Field events at the Pelluer Invitational begin at noon and running events start at 4 p.m. The Pelluer features NCAA Division I schools Eastern Washington, Idaho, and Seattle University. Other schools represented will include Lewis-Clark State and...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Medical Lake baseball is sure getting a lot out of a little. With just 10 players in uniform, the Cardinals have crafted a 3-0 record as they await the start of the Great Northern League season. When that will get underway, however, is difficult to say as the Cards' doubleheader this past Saturday against Deer Park was not only rained out then, but also this past Tuesday. It will likely be made up on Tuesday, April 27, head coach TJ Smith said. Medical Lake is scheduled to meet West Valley this...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor A 23-year-old Cheney woman was killed in a head-on collision Monday morning on U.S. Highway 2 eight miles west of Davenport. According to the Washington State Patrol's accident report, Heather L. Hockett was eastbound in a 2006 Chevy Aveo when her vehicle drifted into the westbound lane around 7:19 a.m. and collided with a 2005 GMC Yukon driven by Kimberly D. Cole, 41, of Davenport. The collision sent both vehicles off the roadway. Both women were using restraint devices. Hockett was pronounced dead...
Spokane County taxpayers have until April 30 to pay the first half of their annual property taxes. Washington state law requires that if payments are mailed to the county treasurer's office via the US Postal Service that they must be postmarked on or before the due date, April 30. Payment options include Internet checks or credit cards. To pay by Internet check or credit card go to www.spokanecounty.org/treasurer and follow the instructions. Or, you can call 1-800-2paytax, using jurisdiction code 5606 when making a credit... Full story
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Students at Medical Lake Elementary saw an extra day of spring break Monday while crews cleaned up smoke damage in the south wing of the school caused by the electrical fire. According to incident reports, MLE custodians called 911 after hearing smoke alarms sound at approximately 12:30 p.m. on April 1. Crews from MLFD, Fire District 3 and the Airway Heights Fire Department responded and used portable extinguishers to put out the fire, which was confined to one classroom. Medical Lake fire...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Sometimes teenagers just don't think things through. That seems to be the case in any early morning March 28 fire in the 800 block of Moyer Street, when two teenage boys were pouring gasoline from various containers into a garbage bag. “Apparently they were trying to transfer the gas from the garbage sack into a vehicle, because one of the teens' vehicles was out of gas,” Cheney Fire Lt. Ken Johnson said. The boys were attempting this process in the basement of the home of one of the teens whi...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter A Cheney man has been charged with first-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment. Charles V. Huckabee, 47, pleaded not guilty to the charges in Spokane County Superior Court March 30, and was released on a $100,000 bond April 5. Cheney police arrested Huckabee March 16 after the alleged victim reported the crime to a Spokane County Sheriff's Office deputy March 8 after a sexual assault examination at a Spokane hospital. According to court documents, the female victim told... Full story
