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CHENEY Commissioner Terri Cooper Dec. 12 Amanda Sue Mewhinney, fined $80 for speeding 8 mph over limit. Dec. 15 Hamish Reginald Bastow, fined $115 for speeding 17 mph over legal limit. Jan. 5 Derrick A. Peterson, fined $101 for failure to stop/yield at intersection. Jan. 12 Jon Andrew Pattison, fined $70 for obscured/illegible license plates and $70 for following too close. Jan. 15 Michael James Lunneborg, fined $90 for speeding 15 mph over limit. Jan. 16 Thomas George Balderree, fined $105 for a prohibited U-turn. Nathan... Full story
CHENEY Feb. 23 Police stopped a vehicle on the 1500 block of First Street for failure to signal. Upon contacting the driver, the officer noticed the smell of marijuana. Permission to search was given, and marijuana was found. Arrested was K.M. Lester, 21, for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and failure to signal. Feb. 22 A second-degree theft was reported on the 200 block of Betz Road. A snowboard, boots, jacket, various sports equipment and other miscellaneous items were taken from a vehicle....
By CARA LORELLO Staff Reporter A quiet but productive meeting transpired last Tuesday afternoon between the Medical Lake Planning Commission and Glenn Scholten of the city planning department, during which members approved three reedited chapters of the city's comprehensive plan on transportation, park/recreation and natural areas, and natural environment. Scholten, who's been heading the redraft process in consultation with city planning consultant Bill Grimes, said there wasn't much to change in the three chapters other... Full story
By MIKE HUFFMAN Staff Reporter The Spokane Tribe of Indians has had an eventful two weeks with the state Gaming Commission's recent 6-3 approval of a gaming compact, which will regulate the number of slot machines the tribe can operate at its two casinos. Gov. Christine Gregoire ratified the deal Feb. 16. But according to Jamie Sijohn, spokeswoman for the Spokane Tribe, there's still one more signature to go: The secretary of the United States Department of Interior has 45 days to review and approve the compact. “It's the l... Full story
By BRANDON HANSEN Correspondent Men's basketball plays the waiting game Eastern Washington fans found out whether or not they'll be celebrating a 10th consecutive berth in the Big Sky Tournament on Tuesday night when Montana State faced off against Idaho State. If ISU lost, the Eagles will be headed to the postseason largely thanks to an amazing performance by junior Marcus Hinton, who nailed a game-winning 3-pointer for an 82-79 Eastern victory last Thursday against Idaho State. In that game, Hinton made an incredible... Full story
By BRANDON HANSEN Correspondent It didn't take long for the Eastern Washington men's tennis team to shake off the winter rust as the Eagles knocked off three-time defending Big Sky Conference champion Montana State last Saturday, 5-2 in match play. “What a great feeling for the guys,” Eagles head coach Patrick Dreves said. “That pretty much guarantees ourselves a spot in the Big Sky Tournament.” The victory snapped a 27-match losing streak against the Bobcats that dated back to 1979, and improved Eastern's current record...
By NEIL PIERSON Staff Reporter Some games are so good that normally concise sportswriters turn into Leo Tolstoy because they can't leave anything out. Fortunately for you loyal readers, the tight deadlines and space constraints of the newspaper business prohibit even the most long-winded writer from churning out the “War and Peace” of football stories or the “Anna Karenina” of basketball stories. But there are instances when time and space conspire to truly hinder a story. A great example was last Tuesday's Great Northern Lea... Full story
Gather your family and friends to form an Ultimate Frisbee team! Airway Heights, Cheney and Medical Lake parks and recreation departments are organizing an adult Ultimate Frisbee League right now. Games will be played every Sunday afternoon between 1-5 p.m. from April 15 to June 10. The league will be for ages 18 and up. The cost is $180 per team, with the registrations ending on Friday, March 30. Registration locations are at Cheney Parks and Recreation 615 Fourth St., Medical Lake Parks and Recreation, 124 S. Lefevre St....
By CARA LORELLO Staff Reporter Scantily clad citizens braved wind, snow, ice and freezing water for a good cause last Saturday in Medical Lake during the city police department-sponsored Polar Bear Plunge benefiting the Special Olympics of Washington (SOW). The plunge raised $6,842.77 in donations through the event, which was the police department's first fundraising project for SOW this year. An estimated 49 participants, including several city employees, police and fire department officers turned out, plus a number of...
By NEIL PIERSON Staff Reporter Medical Lake played an almost flawless first quarter in last Thursday's Great Northern League boys basketball playoff game. The Cardinals, however, couldn't sustain their sizzling start and ended up on the short end of a 57-42 final against the top-seeded West Valley Eagles. Coming off an emotion-packed victory against Deer Park two nights earlier, fourth-seeded ML (10-12 overall) had all the intensity and momentum on its side in the first quarter against an Eagles team that appeared...
