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CHENEY — Eastern Washington University is hosting its annual EWU Alumni Awards Gala on Friday, April 30, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The annual event will take place virtually again this year, and will honor the accomplishments of five Eagle alumni. Award winners are: Lifetime Achievement: Rick Romero, 1978 and 1993, Director of Strategic Planning (Ret.), City of Spokane. Alum of Service: Scott Glabb 1985, English Teacher and Coach (Ret.), Santa Ana Unified School District. Inspirational Young Alum: Audra Stillions, 2013 and 2...
CHENEY - The insurrection that took place Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol Building caught many people off guard not only in the United States but around the world. In foreign lands where democracy's survival has struggled to overcome the shackles of totalitarianism, people watched in disbelief as the heart of the world's leader in championing democracy was attacked by individuals bent on stifling its performance. For author, historian, author and teacher Kathleen Belew, the...
ROSALIA – Brett Baum is leaving the Liberty School District in Spangle to become the new Rosalia schools superintendent. The district board made the decision March 25. “It took them a long time in executive session discussing the candidates,” outgoing Rosalia Superintendent Rick Linehan said. “I think that they like that he’s a guy who can give his all for the community.” Baum is currently the Liberty superintendent. The district serves 520 students from Spangle, Fairfield,...
CHENEY — Cheney High School officials have released the names of the PACE (Partners in Advancing Character Education) Students of the Month for March. The PACE month character trait for February is diligence. The students are Kylie Mitchell, Toivo Tomlinson-Ryan, Julian Norton, Megan Humphrey, Caroline Greer, Stuart Crawford, Trace Ferguson, Sydney Lincoln, Samantha Finner, Makai Johnson, Eve Reese, Evelina Nasco, Jessica Vasilyev, Ashton Newman, Tiah Bigsmoke, Martha Cindric, Miranda Hotchkiss, Abigail Peek, Dillinger Heaton...
CHENEY - School officials are taking a "wait and see what they do" approach to an estimated $5.98 million in funding the district could see from the federal American Relief Plan (ARP) Act. The "they" in that approach is the state Legislature, which at press time had yet to fully define how they intend to help school districts with financial impacts sustained from the COVID-19 pandemic. In Cheney's case, according to information from the board's Feb. 24 meeting, a sizeable...
MEDICAL LAKE — Meteorological spring arrived March 1. The astrological version graced us March 20. But Medical Lake High School’s athletics director Justin Blayne is still stuck in fall, and winter, and summer — along with whatever edition of spring with which you might subscribe in this COVID-19 world in which we all live. That’s at least how he seemed to describe things at the March 23 school board meeting where he gave a report on the, perhaps, bewildering state of sports...
MEDICAL LAKE — High School officials have released the names of students whose grade point average has led to their inclusion on the Principal’s Honor Roll and the Honor Roll for the school year 2020-2021. Below are the names of students making the Honor Roll. Seniors Quintin C. Collins, Jonathan P. Gralapp, Benjamin D. Henry, Victoria L. Miller, Madison P. Murphy, Aidan P. Niblock, Rachael E. Ransier and Kaylee N. Swenson. Juniors Xander C. Black, Seth R. Doumit, Sarah E. Firestone, Deonte A. Jr. Fuller, Caleb M. Ful...
CHENEY — Local elementary schools will become a bit fuller when classes resume after spring break. At the school board’s March 16 meeting, directors heard the district’s plans for returning 4th and 5th graders to full-time, in-person instruction, beginning Monday, April 12. Students have been in a hybrid model since Jan. 25, engaged in staggered, in-person instruction a couple days a week and distance learning the rest of the time. “With about 10 weeks left in school when we come back from spring break, we’re planning...
CHENEY — Doing a little spring clothes closet cleaning? If so, the Cheney High School Band Parents organization is asking you to donate those items to their annual fundraising drive. And even if you hadn’t planned on creating more room in your closet, the parents and band members would appreciate any clothes no longer needed by dropped off at any of three locations during four upcoming dates. The band is looking for gently-used, re-sellable men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, coats, shoes, scarves, handbags, wallets,...
WEST PLAINS – Everyone has heard at least something of how challenged our teachers are during these times of virtual and in-person classroom teaching. However, those teachers who no longer are actively teaching can’t even imagine what it must be like to be teaching now. On Saturday Feb. 13, the Cheney/Medical Lake chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an altruistic education sorority, gathered in their respective homes for their monthly meeting now occurring on Zoom. That in itself is enough to challenge the retired! Nineteen ret...
MEDICAL LAKE — High School officials have released the names of students whose grade point average has led to their inclusion on the Principal’s Honor Roll and the Honor Roll for the school year 2020-2021. Below are the names of students making the Principal’s Honor Roll. Seniors Anna M. Aaby, Ellie E. Acord, Nayelli A. Barnes, Jessica L. Beecher, Abigail E. Bolles, Violet A. Brown, Logan J. Burket, Kaycee M. Cain, Chloe M. Cook, Breanna M. Deitschman, Masie P. Dorcheus, Mayah E. Eberhardt, Jacob L. Edison, Nicholas S. Ehman...
CHENEY - School District officials have announced that Salnave Elementary School paraeducator Saralynn Kerr has been named the district's Classified Employee of the Year. The announcement came at a surprise meeting at the school on March 10. In a news release, officials said the award celebrates a classified staff member who has exhibited outstanding work performance and has contributed significantly to student or program success and to the betterment of the school district....
CHENEY — School district officials have taken steps towards adopting a policy most districts in the state apparently have, but Cheney lacks — a policy on civility. At the school board’s March 10 meeting, Assistant Superintendent Tom Arlt briefly outlined proposed Policy 5117, which lays out a definition of what constitutes “uncivil conduct.” The policy lists what is considered “uncivil conduct,” provides context for when language that might be expressing controversial...
CHENEY – Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art presents In the Air and Underground, featuring the work of Mariah Boyle, March 17 through April 23, 2021. Boyle received her bachelor of arts from Eastern Oregon University in La Grande in 2009 and a master's of fine arts from Washington State University in 2012. She makes mixed-media drawings that are based on the interactions, intersections and interconnectedness of people and the natural world. Most of Boyle's works are...
Cheney High School officials have released the names of students making the Term 2 honor roll. To make the honor roll, students must have attained a grade point average ranging from 3.5 – 4.0. The first part of the honor roll listing seniors and juniors was published in the Feb. 25 issue of the Cheney Free Press. Sophomores Audey Abbey, Thayne E. Acedo, Elijah J. Aguilera, Dawson J. Athos, Elijah D. Axtell, Elizabeth S. Bae, Elliana G. Barden, Jonathan G. Barrales, Sawyer D. Bartels, Tenaya M. Belsby, Austin L. Benson, Tyler...
Cheney High School officials have released the names of students making the Term 2 honor roll. To make the honor roll, students must have attained a grade point average ranging from 3.5 – 4.0. The list of seniors and juniors follows, with the list of sophomores and freshmen to be published in the March 11 issue of the Cheney Free Press. Seniors Allison T. Adams, Anthony M. Aguilera, Ashton B. Akers, Katelyn E. Alderson, Honey E. Amor, Lacey Anderson, Koltin A. Baldwin, Brent C. Belsby Brady J. Benson, Makenna M. Benson, M...
MEDICAL LAKE — The easy part seems to have been accomplished when the Medical Lake School Board approved its 2021-22 school calendar at its Feb. 23 monthly meeting. Projected to start on Wed., Sept. 1 and finish June 15, the school year will do its best to launch amidst hopefully diminished COVID-19 restrictions, but confident because of measures taken in the 2020-21 term There were, as always, a number of options presented to the calendar committee, and one consideration w...
CHENEY — The high school Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) competed in at the 2021 virtual Northeast Regional Winter Conference in early February. According to news release, the Blackhawks had all 18 attending members place in the top six. As a team, club members placed 51 times in the competition. Students who place in the top six are eligible to compete at the virtual State Business Leadership Conference in April. Of the 51 different times that we placed, Cheney H...
CHENEY – Eastern Washington University has received a $500,000 donation from the McKinstry Charitable Foundation that will help drive faculty and student research at the new Catalyst building on the South Landing of the University District in Spokane. The donation will enable the new Catalyst Faculty and Student Research Fund to support students and faculty who conduct research or experiential learning projects using the new facility. “Eastern is very grateful for this significant gift form our partners at McKinstry,” EWU i...
CHENEY — Eastern Washington University interim President David May has announced a target date of July 1 for the return of university staff to the Cheney campus. The university has already announced it is planning for the possibility of returning to mostly in-person student instruction this fall. Like the in-person instruction plans, May says everything will depend on the status of the COVID-19 pandemic and the progression of vaccine administration as the university follows public health guidelines. Remote instruction c...
Staff at Cheney High School used an inventive version of the school’s logo to welcome students back to partial in-person instruction beginning Feb. 8....
ATLANTA, GA — Taylor Cannon of Medical Lake, Wash. made the Dean's List for the Fall 2020 semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 3.0 or higher academic average for the semester. One of the nation's leading research universities, the Georgia Institute of Technology has an enrollment of nearly 40,000 undergraduate and graduate students, and is ranked in the nation's top 10 public universities by U.S. News & World Report. For more information, v...
MEDICAL LAKE - The long-awaited effort to return more students to in-person learning in the Medical Lake School District took another step on Feb. 1. On that Monday students with last names beginning with letters A-K at both the middle and high schools stepped foot inside their respective buildings for the first time in some 10 ½ months. The following day students L-Z repeated that exercise, reconnecting with classmates for the first time since COVID-19 closed school bu...
CHENEY-Eastern Washington University's Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies Program and the Women's and Gender Education Center are the lead organizers of the Activist In Residence (AIR) program on the EWU campus. For an eighth year, AIR has brought an activist to campus to work with EWU students, staff, faculty, and community members during winter quarter of 2021. Jac Archer (they/them/theirs) is an activist in the Inland Northwest. Archer moved to the Spokane area in 2013...
CHENEY—School district officials and board members are bracing themselves for what the new year could bring in the form of legislation and funding adjustments — adjustments that could negatively impact operations. In presenting the financial update, Finance Director Jamie Weingart noted there wasn’t a huge change in the district’s fund balance at the end of 2020. The operating fund balance dipped slightly, dropping from $5,860,779 in November to $5,854,744 in December. Budget projections show it continuing to decline through...
