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By CARA LORELLO Staff Reporter The streets are popping open around Medical Lake thanks to a series of deep freezes, rain, snow and periods of dryness this winter season. And frankly, there isn't much city officials can do to help the situation until things get a lot dryer, according to City Administrator Doug Ross, who addressed the topic of street conditions at last Tuesday's city council meeting. “We're very well aware of the problems we're having with our streets right now,” Ross said. “Until things dry out, we can't...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor New Fairways Golf Course owner Buster Heitman decided a couple months ago that the best way to protect his investments was to invest in something else. Heitman and his wife Laura recently formed West Terrace Golf, LLC, to purchase the 144-acre, 6,541-yard course from absentee-owner Charles Klar of Scottsdale, Ariz. Heitman has been involved in the area the past several years, purchasing 94 lots via a development company, North Division Complex, he owns with Mike Hume and Bob Tomlinson, as well as...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor The Cheney Planning Commission gave its final, official approval at its Feb. 12 meeting to the construction of a new self-storage facility on Andrus Road between First Street and Cheney-Spokane Road. Owned by Northwest Renovators of Liberty Lake, Two Boots Self Storage will be a 37,500 square foot, two-story facility consisting of two storage buildings and an office. The top floors of the buildings will be at-grade with Andrus Road on the west while the bottom, and at 20,350 square feet, the larger...
By NEIL PIERSON Staff Reporter Eastern Washington University moved another step closer to selling its Spokane Higher Education Center (SHEC), something that will impact about 3,500 students each quarter. Last Friday, the university's board of trustees authorized president Rodolfo Arévalo to proceed with efforts to sell the building in downtown Spokane, which EWU has inhabited since 1983. EWU has recently increased discussions about the mission and objectives of its Riverpoint campus in Spokane, which it shares with...
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By MIKE HUFFMAN Staff Reporter The Cheney Lady Hawks state tournament hopes are still alive, but this week's games will determine whether they will pack for Tacoma as a No. 2 seed or hang up their high-tops for the year. In order for a chance to play in the state tournament, Cheney, now 13-9 overall, must have won its game against West Valley on Wednesday (scores came too late to be included here) and, if that hurdle was cleared, against either Great Northern League foe Clarkston or Pullman on Friday. “We have to take it one...
By NEIL PIERSON Staff Reporter When a team's emotions go through a series of peaks and valleys, the final valley is always the toughest one to take. Such was the case for the Medical Lake girls basketball team, which saw its roller coaster season come to an end in a 58-51 Great Northern League playoff-opening loss at West Valley last Wednesday. The game symbolized the Lady Cardinals' season in many ways. After taking an early lead, ML found itself trailing by nine points at halftime. A third-quarter rally gave ML a brief...
Principal's lax attitude undermines parents' efforts In response to last week's front-page article “Cheney students define dance standards,” I am very concerned that Cheney High School principal Tom Gresch is unwilling to make a real stand on the issue of freak dancing. He didn't attend the meeting when parents made it very clear they didn't want freak dancing for the obvious reason that it mimics sex. Rules and consequences were set and I left with the impression that the school administration/teachers and parents were in...
I'm not sure when, exactly, I started to loathe Oscar night. I'm positive it was somewhere in the ‘90s when Billy Crystal or Whoopi Goldberg would host. They, along with Robin Williams, form an unholy trinity of “comedy” that, sometime starting in the late ‘80s during their creative nadir, made lame-o's like Andrew “Dice” Clay and Emo Phillips seem edgy and relevant. Oh, the idea of the Oscars is fine: Those in the biz vote for great achievements in acting, cinematography, direction, animation, etc. Humans are a competitive...
In Our Opinion For an east-sider, the plans currently floating around to save the Seattle SuperSonics and to bring a NASCAR track to Washington state bring on stomach cramps. Still smarting from the defection of the Seahawks from Cheney in summertime, it's tough for anyone from this area to shed many tears if the Sonics pack up and head to a new town. With the last championship nearly three decades ago, it's easy to ask the Sonics, “What have you done for me lately?” Besides, around these parts, we've grown used to watching t...
Two Cheney residents are included on the dean's list for the 2006-07 fall semester at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho. They are Ariel Schoenhuth and Sabrina Smith. To be eligible for the academic honor, a student must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average while taking at least 12 graded credit hours of classes. NNU's dean's list includes 371 students from 18 students and two foreign countries. Larsen in Laureate Society Janelle K. Larsen of Spangle has been named to the Whitworth College Laureate Society for...
Three students from the Cheney area have been named to the dean's list at the University of Washington for autumn quarter. To qualify for the dean's list, a student must have completed at least 12 credits and have a grade-point average of at least 3.5 out of 4.0. The students are Sam A. Burden (senior), Zak Charles Nelson (sophomore) and Audra Mona Marie Vincent (senior)....
By NEIL PIERSON Staff Reporter Energy is one thing elementary school kids have an abundance of, and Betz Elementary put it to good use last Thursday. This was the ninth year Betz has joined in with Jump Rope for Heart, a fundraiser started by the American Heart Association, that has grade-school participants across the country. Betz health and fitness teacher Brenda Klohe said it's a way for students to help themselves and others. “The money we raise goes towards research and education, towards the prevention of (heart d...
By CARA LORELLO Staff Reporter A new technology feature has just been introduced at Eastern Washington University's JFK Library and, ironically, it involves reading, but not books—technically speaking. It just so happens the library is “testing the waters” with a new mini-project of preloaded young adult and children's audiobooks on iPod Shuffles, now available for seven-day checkouts at the library's lower-level media service desk. The iPod Shuffle program, library media specialist Nadean Meyer said, is a fairly new conce...
Joe. W. Chatburn, 91, cherished husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend passed away peacefully at home in Cheney on Feb. 15. Joe was born in Albion, Idaho, on Sept. 12, 1915, one of seven children, to John and Zella Chatburn. He married his sister's best friend, Yvonne Ann Hepworth, June 5, 1939, and would have celebrated their 68th anniversary this June. Joe and Yvonne, joined by their four children, lived in Boise, Idaho, from 1939 until 1957. Joe built two of their homes in south Boise, a block from brother...
Pat and Ron McKinley of Cheney will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary at a March 17 open house at Spokane County Fire District 3 Station, located at 10 S. Presley St. in Cheney, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The couple married on March 17, 1957, in St. John, Wash. Their children, and hosts of the open house are Mike and Genny McKinley of Cheney, and Brenda and Larry Andrew of Kirkland, Wash. They have five grandchildren. For more information, contact Mike and Genny McKinley at 235-2455. --------------------...
Community March 27 – 7 p.m. Friends of the Cheney Community Library Book Discussion group meets at the library to review Carson McCullers' book, “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.” Jean Bruntlett will lead discussion. Call 235-4490 for more information, or e-mail at jtracy@icehouse.net. Eastern Washington University Through March 21 – Two by Two: Small Scale Ceramic Sculpture Biennial exhibit featuring the work of 20 United States artists at EWU campus Gallery of Art. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Admission is free...
by Kathy Brainard Jim Carrey gets to show off his versatility by playing two dramatic roles in his new suspense film, “The Number 23.” Carrey plays Walter Sparrow, a loving husband and father who works for an animal control agency. He also plays a noir-style detective named Fingerling who is the main character in a book entitled The Number 23. Just by happenstance (or was it?), Sparrow's wife, Agatha (played by Virginia Madsen), picks up the book at a used book store and gives it to him to read. He quickly gets sucked into th...
Scoutmaster Curt White will receive the Boy Scouts of America Silver Beaver Award in Seattle on March 13, the highest award presented by a local council. White, who is the son of Ray and Marge White of Silver Lake and a graduate of Medical Lake High School and Eastern Washington University, has served the Forks Boy Scout Troop 1467, chartered by the Elks Lodge, since 1990. He has been a scoutmaster since 1999. The Silver Beaver Award, established in 1931, is a national honor presented for distinguished service to young...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church “Who are Lutherans?” Have you ever wondered? Lutherans come from somewhere and would like to be everywhere. Lutherans originated as people who were involved with church reform in Scandinavia and Germany. However, they believe that their message of a God who forgives sinners is for everyone. Lutherans believe that the Christian good news knows no racial, ethnic, economic, national, or gender-related boundaries. We look forward to worshiping with you this Sunday as we celebrate the second Sunday in Len...
By LUELLA DOW Contributor Through the sponsorship and invitation from Artist's Cafe and lst Street International Market, Brother Rommel from the Philippines visited Cheney this past weekend. He spoke several times at St. Rose of Lima Church, held a healing service and was available for conversation at the Artist's Cafe. “It was our gift of love,” said Amore Canaday. Brother Rommel, the youngest of four, was born Feb. 6, 1960, in Manila, the Philippines. He graduated from Far Eastern University in 1980 with a degree in industr...
Two basketball shooting clinics offered by Higher Hoops will take place at Cheney Middle School, for boys and girls in grades 4-9. Higher Hoops, a non-profit basketball organization based in Spokane, will offer its first clinic on March 3-4 and the second clinic on March 10-11. Clinics each weekend are identical, with grades 4-6 attending the clinic from 1:30-3 p.m. each day, followed by grades 6-9 from 3:30-5 p.m. Sixth graders can attend either session. Costs for the two-day clinic is $55 with registration in advance, or...
The girls from Mountain View Gymnastics in Airway Heights competed in the Palouse Invitational meet at the University of Idaho on Saturday, Feb. 3. Danielle Bauge, Sara Goemmel and Heidi Pitman performed well enough for qualifying scores to their respective state and sectional gymnastics meets this spring. Having put up two previous qualifying scores, these three products of local small towns put together their finest routines and gave themselves their best all-around finishes of the year. Bauge, a student at Cheney Middle...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Editor's note: In last week's edition, Feb. 22, we inadvertently ran last year's story on Ryan Nadeau's performance at the boys' state swimming competition. Below are this year's state results. We apologize for the mix-up. Cheney swimmer Ryan Nadeau ended his high school swimming career with a solid performance at last weekend's 2A/3A state swimming meet in Federal Way. The senior set a school record in the 100-yard butterfly with a preliminary heat time of 54.96 seconds, less than a half-second from...
By CARA LORELLO Staff Reporter Declining water levels are being observed throughout the West Plains, and Spokane County has begun to take notice. Representatives from the county and various state departments and universities came together with over 100 residents and city officials from local communities at Eastern Washington University on Feb. 1 to raise awareness about the physical situation of the West Plains' fleeting water resources. The presentation included testimony from three of the four affected watershed agencies,...
