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CHENEY Feb. 16 A women’s silver bicycle was found on the 600 block of B Street. Identity theft was reported at City Hall A cell phone was found on the 1700 block of Seventh Street. Domestic violence/verbal dispute was reported on the 200 block of H Street. Feb. 17 A 1998 Honda Civic was taken without owner’s permission on the 200 block of Betz Road and was recovered in Spokane. Second-degree theft was reported on the 300 block of Third Street. A laptop and cellphone were taken from a vehicle. Kenneth J. Morris, 39, was arr...
Fifty years ago on March 27, 1966, the Cheney Christian Church held a celebration for its 80th anniversary. Learn more about our area's history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
Larry passed away unexpectedly on Feb. 4, 2016. He brought joy and happiness to everyone he met and his life was well lived. Larry was born in Spokane on Sept. 16, 1945. He lived in Alaska and Hawaii before returning to the Spokane area.... Full story
1 Years Ago March 2, 2006 Two new housing subdivisions will move forward in Medical Lake. The City Council approved a preliminary plat for Fox Ridge South while the Planning Commission authorized final approval of Silver Hills West. The Cheney Parks and Recreation Department unveiled four different plans for the proposed 50-acre park along Betz Road. Medical Lake’s 52-46 upset victory over Lakeside, led by the 17-point, 11-rebound double-double from Richelle Daily, propelled the Cardinals into the District 7 title game v...
Carol June Foland, 61, passed away on Feb. 21 at her home on the Pend Oreille River. Carol was born May 24, 1954, in Ft Payne, Ala., the daughter of Austin and Helen Nash. Her early years were spent in the small town of LaCrosse, Wash. She and her family moved to Cheney where she graduated from Cheney High School and married her high school sweetheart. Carol worked for Washington State at Lakeland Village for over 30 years as a seamstress and retired in 2011. Carol is being remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother,... Full story
Emmanuel Lutheran Church The congregation of Emmanuel Lutheran Church invites you to worship with us at 10:30 a.m. this Sunday, Feb. 28, as we celebrate the Third Sunday of Lent. You may also watch our pastor’s sermons at our website http://www.emmanuelcheney.org or on YouTube at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Cheney. Christian education for grade school through adults begins at 9 a.m. Emmanuel invites you to attend our Lenten mid-week soup supper and worship continuing on Wednesday, March 2. Soup supper is served at 6 p.m. f...
Cheney blood drive Feb. 26 Inland Northwest Blood Center along with Cheney Community Blood Drive volunteers led by Duane Isaac will be coordinating a blood drive Friday, Feb. 26, at Marketplace Cheney and First Street just north of Zip’s Restaurant. Donation hours are from 1:15 – 5 p.m. INBC needs an average of 200 blood donors every day to meet the needs of more than 35 hospitals in the Inland Northwest. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people. Feed Cheney Feb. 29 The next Feed Cheney free dinner and gro...
The class participants begin straggling in 15 minutes before start time, arriving singly or in pairs, husband and wife, friends. Some slowly rearrange the tables set up by Sessions Village manager and activity director Brianna Aiello into an opened-ended square, with participant Ralph Laws filling in the open end with another rectangular table while others position the chairs accordingly on the outside edge. It's in sharp contrast to the arrival of the class instructor to...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men Saturday, Feb. 27, EWU at Idaho, 1:05 p.m. Thursday, March 3, EWU hosts Idaho State, 6:05 p.m. Saturday, March 5, EWU hosts Weber State, 2:05 p.m. Women Saturday, Feb. 27, EWU hosts Idaho, 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, EWU at Idaho State, 6 p.m. Friday, March 4, EWU at Weber State, 6 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Boys Friday, Feb. 26, Medical Lake at Eisenhower High (Yakima). 6 Saturday, Feb. 20, NEA Districts at West...
The Cheney High boys swim team wrapped up their season at the 2A State Championships, Feb. 20. Trevor Babcock took third in the 200-yard freestyle after he finished in 1 minute and 46.24 seconds and finished fourth (48.76) in the 100 freestyle. Scott Nadeau finished 12th in the 100 butterfly (57.05). In team events, Babcock, Nadeau, Ethan Sugimura and Zach Jongeward took 11th in the 200 medley relay (1:49.45). Sugimira, Jongeward, Matt Christianson and Arseniy Tepp finished 23rd in the 200 freestyle relay (1:44.66). As a...
The Cheney High gymnastics team wrapped up its first season in 20 years after Alexis Miller and Olivia Hovater competed at the 1A/2A/3A state championships, Feb. 20 at the Tacoma Dome Exhibition Hall. Miller finished 36th out of 97 and scored 7.550 on the uneven bars in the first round of competition. Although she did not make it to the second day, head coach Jaelyn Gardner said she performed well. “The whole process of performing at state was new to both of the girls,” Gardner said. “They were a little nervous heading into...
Medical Lake High School senior Nick Reed added his name to the school's wrestling history after he took eighth in the 113-pound weight division at the Mat Classic XXVIII, Feb. 20, at the Tacoma Dome. Reed's journey to the history books began after Highland's Manuel Cisneros-Vargas pinned him in the first-round of the bracket. In the consolation rounds, he pinned Klahowya's Mason Clark and defeated Vashon Island's Preston Petersen, 9-2, before he lost to Freeman's Hunter...
UFC prospect Sage Northcutt experienced his first professional MMA loss after Bryan Barberena submitted him with a triangle choke in the second round of their fight, Jan. 30. Typically when fighters lose, fans and critics will throw stones at them on social media. After Northcutt’s loss, many fighters and armchair quarterbacks came out of the woodwork and tore the prospect apart. UFC president Dana White signed Northcutt to a contract after he saw his second-round submission win over Rocky Long, from Spring, Texas, in A...
Like all coaches, Cheney High School girls’ basketball head coach JT Johnson would like to have had a couple games go a different way during his first season at the helm of the Lady Blackhawks. That said, Johnson feels good about how the season finished. “I think we got exactly what we wanted,” Johnson said. “We finished right where I thought we would.” The Lady Blackhawks finished fourth overall in the five-team Great Northern League, posting a 3-9 record and notching wins over West Valley and Pullman — the latter twic...
The where part is a done deal, but the who and when will be determined in the next two weeks for the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball team. The Eagles play at Idaho Saturday (Feb. 27) at 1:05 p.m. at Memorial Gym as part of an 11-game series in which the top seven teams in the Big Sky Conference standings square off against each other. Those games, which conclude March 5, will be the most important meetings in the final two weeks of the regular season to determine seeding for the Big Sky tournament, which takes...
FROM STAFF AND NEWS SOURCES With only two weeks left in the regular season, the Eastern Washington University women's basketball team welcomes Big Sky Conference opponent Idaho to Reese Court, for a match-up wrought with Big Sky Tournament implications. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. PST, on Saturday, Feb. 27. The game marks the final regular season home contest for redshirt senior Hayley Hodgins, who became the program's all-time leading scorer last Saturday, Feb. 20, against...
In the month of February Medical Lake and Lakeside faced each other four times in 16 days, three of those in playoffs. And in the two previous postseason meetings the Eagles prevailed in big fashion with double-digit wins over the Cardinals. But when it really mattered in a game that meant an end to the season for one team, the Cardinals found a way to battle back from the edge. Medical Lake rallied to win a 66-56 District 7 boys basketball game over the Eagles at West Valley...
The Cheney High wrestling team checked off another goal at Mat Classic XXVIII, Feb. 20, finishing ninth out of 65 teams with 54 points, and having three wrestlers making it to the podium. “To have three kids place and our name on the (top 10) board was amazing,” head coach Brad Rasmussen said. “At the same time we had individual goals that we didn’t quite achieve, but overall the kids accomplished what they wanted to do. “ Michael Ferguson (220-pounds) took second in his weight class. In Ferguson-fashion, he pinned Orting’s...
