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1 Years Ago March 2, 2000 Nearly all the pieces are in place for the proposed refurbishment of SR-904 from one end of Cheney to the other. By handing over the project to the Washington State Department of Transportation the city will receive an additional $107,000 in funding. Eastern Washington University students will face paying 3.6 percent more in tuition. In-state students will pay $2,793 in tuition and fees for the 2000-01 school year. Out-of-state students, representing 10 percent of the population, will not pay more...
Reported in the news 100 years ago this week, more than 100 people died on March 1, 1910 when a Great Northern passenger train was caught in an avalanche while coming through the Cascade Mountains. You can add to our Making Memories Exhibit, learn more at www.cheneymuseum.org....
By JANINE HAMILTON Contributor Ellensburg was the location for this year's Inland Empire Swimming (IES) Short Course Championships hosted by the Ellensburg Area Swim Team, Feb. 26-28. Eastern Washington Recreation Association (EWRA) Hurricanes were fortunate to have four swimmers qualify this year: Makenzie Norman, Jenna Riley, Rachel Schafer and Joel Watts. IES Short Course Championships is the most competitive indoor meet for swimmers in our local swim club, encompassing teams from Washington, Idaho and Oregon. Swimmers... Full story
With wins of 4-1 over Texas A&M and 10-5 against San Diego State, Eastern Washington University's men's hockey team will return to the American Collegiate Hockey Association national tournament March 17-20 in Sansbury, Conn. Eastern (25-5-2) will compete in Pool B and opens play March 17 against Boston College (25-2-3). They meet defending national champion Davenport (26-12) of Grand Rapids, Mich. on March 18 and Bowling Green (12-11) March 19. Eastern last participated in the tournament in 2008. The four pool winners meet... Full story
Cheney High School's boys bowling team finished 11th out of 14 teams at the Washington State Bowling Proprietors' Association state tournament held Feb. 20-21 at Triangle Bowl in Longview. The team of Brian Oens, Drew Henry, Dakota Torkelson, Tyler Gilbrech, Brandon Dixon and Preston Dean rolled a team per game average of 170.80 to finish with 30.5 points, a half point back of the team from Woodinville High School. Kelso High School took the title with an average of 185.68, 49 points. In girls Division B action, Cheney's... Full story
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Cheney High School's DeAngelo Jones will get another opportunity to showcase his basketball wares on the hardwood. The Blackhawks senior guard has been selected to play in the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association All State Game, to be held March 20 at Mountlake Terrace High School. This game includes B, 1A/2A, and 3A/4A All-State players from all over Washington. Jones played in all 21 games for Cheney this season, leading the team in scoring with 411 points, averaging 19.57 per... Full story
Former Big Sky rivals to play Sept. 2 game in Reno FROM STAFF AND NEWS SERVICE REPORTS The 2010 schedule for the Eastern Washington University football team is nearly complete, as a season-opening road game at Nevada will fill the 11th and final game on its schedule, EWU athletic director Bill Chaves has announced. The schedule includes six home games, but whether five or six of them take place at Woodward Field in Cheney has yet to be determined. In playing at Nevada, the Eagles will take on their former Big Sky Conference...
Cheney's Olson, Brophy explode to help Lady Hawk's rally, roll to huge win By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The fall was hard and perhaps unexpected for the Medical Lake girl's basketball. Their 61-35 loss to Cheney in the first round of the Great Northern League playoffs last Wednesday in Medical Lake sent the team to the locker room one final time this year with tears streaming down the cheeks of some players. Fans grasping their maroon rally towels exited silent and stunned. “For the first time in quite a while with g...
FROM STAFF AND NEWS SERVICE SOURCES Kirk Earlywine will get a chance to see what the exciting and productive freshmen he recruited can do as sophomores. Earlywine, Eastern Washington University men's head basketball coach has received a contract extension and will return for his fourth season at the helm of the Eagles, EWU athletic director Bill Chaves has announced. Earlywine, 45, is 32-58 in his first three seasons, including a 17-31 record in the Big Sky Conference. With three freshmen – Glen Dean, Jeffrey Forbes and Kevin... Full story
Parting players score 53 of Eastern's 79 points in finale By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Last Saturday's 79-71 win over Idaho State was a fitting encore for Eastern Washington University's seniors on the men's basketball team. The five went out in a productive way, scoring 53 of their team's points as Eastern ended their season 9-21 overall and 5-11 in the Big Sky Conference play. The win ended a three game losing streak and helped wash some of the sour taste that lingered following Friday's 85-57 ugly loss to regular season... Full story
Eastern understands that to have success, you have to give a coach time By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Eastern Washington University officials announced Tuesday that Eagles men's basketball coach Kirk Earlywine has been given a contract extension for a fourth year. Earlywine's tenure continues despite finishing 9-21 overall, a three-game increase in the loss column and decrease in the win column from last year, and missing the Big Sky playoffs for the fourth straight season. No doubt there's grumbling about this amongst the EWU...
Loss to Idaho State will keep outright title in balance until Saturday's Portland State game By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The Eastern Washington University women's basketball team came up one piece short of completing their Big Sky Conference championship puzzle last weekend. Eastern split a pair of road games, beating Weber State 70-56 on Friday night to clinch at least a share of the regular season conference title. Saturday, however, they lost their game to Idaho State, 71-63, as well as an early opportunity to wrap up... Full story
After loss to second-seeded Pullman, Cheney needs win over Clarkston to advance to state By JOHN McCALLUM Editor The sixth-seeded Cheney girls' basketball team played inspired basketball for a 61-35 win over No. 3 seed Medical Lake in the loser-out opening round of the Great Northern League playoffs last Wednesday. Ironically, the Lady Hawks may have received their inspiration from an unusual source – the Medical Lake students and fans. Cardinals' fans began chanting, “Warm up the bus” with about a minute left in Chene... Full story
Committee will examine issues, devise solutions over next several months before bond construction begins to remodel Hallett and middle school By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter About 20 teachers, administrators and parents gathered at Medical Lake Middle School last Thursday, Feb. 24, for a first round discussion of how students will be moved into new grade configurations following facilities construction. Administrators say that before the start of the 2011 school year 12 additional classrooms will be built at Medical Lake...
Do you want your historic building to look at home in its setting? Are you a do-it-yourself landscape designer looking for practical ideas you can run with? Join other local history buffs and garden enthusiasts for a one-day workshop on Saturday, March 20 highlighting landscape and garden options for historic buildings. The workshop will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the recently restored Hargreaves Hall on the Eastern Washington University campus. This workshop is intended for people who own historic buildings (1950 or...
StageWest Community Theatre is finished its production of “Breaking Legs,” by Tom Dulack. The performances were hilarious and successful, due to a great cast and crew, the direction of Carmen Fernandes, and all of the members of the community who attended performances. StageWest held three raffles during performances for prizes. The winner of the Italian Dinner basket was Katie Smith, the two bottles of Chianti wine being Pam Heifer and the winner of a chocolate pearl bracelet from Jewerly Design was Chris Crick. Sta...
The second set of road shows relating to the Choices for Cheney campaign is scheduled to begin in early March. For 14 days, an informational display will be set up at various locations around town. A draft land use concept will be featured, which is a result of information gathered during the Choices for Cheney workshop on Feb. 18 as well as the previous road show in January. Citizens are encouraged to visit one of the locations and provide written feedback on the draft land use concept. The schedule is as follows: March 5-7...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter The sign has changed at the former Artists' Café, along with the interior, the menu and the management. It's now Droop's Dawgs, or it will be in the coming weeks, once management trio Mark Howells, Steve Smith and Chris Riordan are ready to open. Right now they're doing last minute preparations, like decorating the ‘50s-themed interior with black and white checkered tablecloths a vintage car posters. They're hoping to buy a jukebox. A black and white tiled counter is equipped with silver bar st...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter The field of possible outcomes for Medical Lake's Pine Lodge Corrections Center narrowed last week, when Gov. Chris Gregoire's state budget proposal was joined by a Senate plan on Saturday, Feb. 27. The Senate budget, developed by the Democratic majority and approved by a 25-19 vote, recommends the prison's population be reduced by 50 percent to 86 offenders by fiscal year 2011. This would eliminate 11 full time employee positions and would bring an estimated $1.3 million in savings. “The D...
By MIKE HUFFMAN Managing Editor Spokane Valley News-Herald When it comes to local road-improvement needs, the road ahead doesn't look much smoother. So, according to some local leaders, it might be time to share the ride together. Last fall, when local leaders met to discuss ways to raise money for transportation purposes, representatives from local cities and towns were asked to support a move that could add an extra $20 – or more -- a year for drivers when they license their vehicles. That money would go into a fund to b...
County asks Airway Heights, Medical Lake and Spokane for plan to protect air base from encroaching development By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter Spokane County Commissioners asked West Plains cities on Monday, March 1, to consider implementing a shared plan that aims to protect Fairchild Air Force Base from future encroachment. Along with the county, the cities of Spokane, Airway Heights and Medical Lake fall within the boundaries of a joint land use study, which was instigated three years ago with the help of a Department of...
By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter The Medical Lake City Council meeting on Tuesday, March 2, was a wide-ranging affair, with agenda items offset by discussions on the city police force, the Pine Lodge situation and ball field lights funding. Medical Lake resident Robert Kibling started things during the citizen comment period by telling council that he and other neighbors haven't seen police patrols in certain areas of the city and don't feel a strong police presence since the Spokane County Sheriff's Office took over law...
