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A trip to catch a school bus to a track meet turned tragic early last Saturday morning. Washington State Patrol troopers say an SUV with four Medical Lake High School student-athletes on board failed to stop at the intersection of Wood Road and U.S. Highway 2 and was struck by an eastbound pickup, killing 17-year-old passenger Journey R. Tueller. The other occupants of the 2011 KIA Sorento, 17-year-old driver Lauren H. Gross, and passengers 15-year-old Laci R. Sica and...
The Eastern Washington University track and field team had successful marks throughout the day at the 46th Annual Pelluer Invitational April 14 with Medical Lake freshman Lexi Rolan and sophomore Keshun McGee leading the way by taking first in each of their respective events. Rolan, a freshman, swept her three events finishing first in the 200 meters with a time of 25.37 seconds and in the long jump with a mark of 19 feet, 5 1/2 inches. Rolan also tied for first with...
Because of the wet, wet, wet spring weather last week, Medical Lake played just one softball game. But it is one that those involved will remember for a while as the Cardinals scored a come-from-behind 7-6 Northeast A League victory at Freeman on April 10. The Cardinals dug themselves out of a 6-0 deficit, scoring twice in the top of the fourth inning and then trimmed it to 6-3 with a run in the sixth which set up the dramatic finish. With no outs, a base hit followed by a...
It was, to say the least, a week that most would rather forget in the Medical Lake community. And that seemed most certain for the Cardinal baseball team which went winless in three Northeast A League games, losing 5-1 at home to Riverside on April 10, then being clubbed in a doubleheader loss to Freeman, 20-1 and 15-0 Saturday, April 14. In Saturday’s games, played at Whitworth University’s Merkel Field and rescheduled from the previous day at Medical Lake (1-4 NEA, 3-7 overa...
Junior Thomas Baycroft represented Cheney High School well at the Palouse Ridge Invitational on April 12 by tying for first overall as an individual, with Jack Plaster from Gonzaga Prep with 72 strokes. As a team, Cheney ended the tournament with 390 strokes and placed 19th out of 26. Gonzaga Prep took first overall with a 309. Junior Nate Koohns score an 87 while junior Jack Kallem collected a 104. Junior Nate Elliot (127) and junior Chasen Letellier (133) rounded off the competition for Cheney. “With some nicer weather w...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE FOOTBALL Friday, April 20, Practice (no pads), 3 p.m. Saturday, April 21, Scrimmage, 11 a.m. start/approx. 11:30 a.m. scrimmage, Roos Field. Tuesday, April 24, Practice, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, Practice (no contact), 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 27, Practice (no pads), 3:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28, Red-White Spring Game, Roos Field, 2 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Friday, April 20, Cheney hosts East Valley (2), 2 p.m. Medical Lake...
Cheney High’s boys track and field team stayed unbeaten in Great Northern League dual meet competition with a 77-68 win at West Valley last Wednesday. The Blackhawks won 11 of 17 events to run their record to 3-0 in the GNL. Charles Johnson and Cole Omlin delivered a 1-2 senior-freshman punch by each winning a pair of events. Johnson took first in the 100 and 200-meter dashes with times of 10.96 seconds in the former and 21.48 in the latter — a new personal record. Omlin captured the high jump with a leap of 6 feet even and w...
The Cheney High School girls track and field squad downed West Valley 85-65 last Wednesday to run their Great Northern League dual meet record to 3-0. The Blackhawks capped that with a first place team finish at their own Van Kuren Invitational. Senior Alsatta Bakana led Cheney at West Valley with three first-place individual finishes and a leg on the first-place 4x400 relay. Bakana set a new personal record to win the 100-meter dash in 12.48 seconds, won in the 400 in 1:01.01 and was first in the high jump at 5 feet even....
The NFL Draft is coming! The NFL Draft is coming! Hallelujah, if only for the fact that once it’s done, the endless speculating, promoting, advertising and hype will be done with it. From April 26-28 — three days, count ‘em, three days — 256 players, mostly college, over seven rounds will find themselves the property of various franchises. I can’t wait to sit down to watch on TV and the Internet — not! Draft day used to be interesting, and still is somewhat. Finding out where the future home of our favorite college pla...
Last year, Cheney High’s softball team saw their season-opening nine-game winning streak snapped in a 5-3 loss at Idaho 4A Sandpoint, with all of the Bulldogs runs coming in a long third inning. This year, the Lady Blackhawks came in to Saturday’s contest with the visitors from North Idaho again unbeaten at 8-0. Facing the same pitcher as last year — and despite being out hit 11-7 — Cheney notched different results in earning a measure of redemption, if not revenge, with a 7-4 win. “They obviously out hit us, but didn’t hi...
A pool of 50 applicants has been drained to leave just two finalists for the position of Eastern Washington University's athletics director. Current Utah Valley University AD Vince Otoupal and EWU's Interim Athletics Director Lynn Hickey will meet with campus constituent groups and take part in open public forums before the selection process is complete. One forum took place Tuesday, April 17, and another will take place April 19 at the EWU Center on the Spokane Campus...
A new partnership will give Eastern Washington University more resources to recruit and retain faculty members from underrepresented populations. EWU has received “affiliate” partner status as a non-doctoral (PhD) granting institution with the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), a nonprofit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. Although Eastern offers a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), SREB typically works with research universities that offer multiple doctoral programs. This partnership, initiated through EWU...
Cheney High School senior Rachel Suominen was one of 24 area students to receive awards at the 26th annual Spokane Scholars Foundation banquet Monday, April 16, at the Spokane Convention Center. According to an April 17 news release, a total of $60,000 was awarded to the 24 of 148 Spokane Scholars, with four students in each of the six content areas of English, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and World Languages receiving awards. Suominen is the recipient of a...
Cheney High School Future Business Leaders of America students spent the latter part of their spring break competing at the State Business Leadership Conference in Bellevue, April 4-7. The Blackhawks had 44 members attend the conference and competing against other FBLA chapters from around the state. In news release, CHS chapter adviser Adam Smith said "Twenty-five different students placed in the top 10 in state a total of 35 times, with 16 students placing first, second,...
Due to a reporter’s error, the name of Medical Lake soccer goalkeeper Taye Jones was incorrect in last week’s edition.... Full story
Water wasn’t the only issue Cheney City Council members tackled at the April 10 meeting. The council approved a request from the Public Works Department to apply for funding from three grant programs run through the Spokane Regional Transportation Commission (SRTC): the Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) program, the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) program and the STBG Set-Aside Program. According to a city staff report, the SRTC anticipates awarding $16 million in STBG funds, $10 million in CMAQ funds a...
Area libraries celebrate 20 years of Día Día turns 20 in 2018! El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day), commonly known as Día, is a nationally recognized initiative that emphasizes the importance of literacy for all children and appreciating culture, heritage and language as powerful tools for strengthening families and communities, with activities culminating on April 30. Among the common goals of all Día programming are to cconnect children to the world of learning through books, stories and libr...
OLYMPIA – Even with this wet, rainy spring, Washington's summer fire rules officially began Sunday, April 15, as specified by state law. "Whether fire season is delayed or not, Washington's forests always face the threat of wildfire," Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz said in an April 13 news release. "We're preparing now to be ready for fire season before the weather heats up, and I encourage all our neighbors to do the same." Last year, more than 32,800 acres of D...
The tenure of one of Medical Lake's newest City Councilmen, John Merrick, ended well short of the time intended when he tendered his resignation and the City Council accepted that move in a unanimous vote at their April 17 meeting. Merrick, who won the Nov. 7 general election race that unseated incumbent Elizabeth Rosenbeck with 57 percent of the vote, notified fellow council members via email April 14 that he planned to step down. Accepting a new job after the election...
Due to health concerns, Huey Lewis has cancelled his entire 2018 tour and will no longer be performing at Northern Quest Resort & Casino on Aug. 19. "Two and a half months ago, just before a show in Dallas, I lost most of my hearing," Lewis said in an April 13 Northern Quest news release. "Although I can still hear a little, one on one, and on the phone, I can't hear music well enough to sing. The lower frequencies distort violently making it impossible to find pitch." Lewis...
The Airway Heights Planning Commission had a straight-forward meeting on April 11 that included two public hearings. The first one was on the Garfield street project. The city performed a SEPA review for the second phase of the project that includes reconstructing Russel Road to Sprague Avenue. There were no citizen comments. The second hearing concerned the Sunset Elementary School expansion that also included a SEPA review. The added construction includes 10 classrooms, a new gymnasium, improved security entrance and...
Just on the outskirts of Airway Heights, there is a facility called Dachshund Rescue NW that has been operating since 1991. But it isn't like any other kind of place, as it is operated by volunteer Margo Mossburg at her own farm and she rescues a specific kind of breed. "I started this because too many were being put down," Mossburg said. "I grew up with the breed and I decided to rescue them." It took about 10 years to prove to other outlets that Mossburg was running a real...
It was hardly like the exploits of World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush or Olympic athlete Louis Zamperini, all of whom spent seemingly endless time lost at sea after being shot down in World War II. But the 22 days that a pair of Medical Lake German Shepard's spent trapped in a former missile installation may have seemed like the ordeals those members of "The Greatest Generation," endured. That's because Zeus and Ziva are the equivalent...
A public hearing was held at the Airway Heights April 16 City Council meeting on proposed grant applications to the state Recreation and Conservation Office for improvements to the future recreation center. The organizations included are the grants wildlife recreation and the athletic faculties programs. According to JC Kennedy, parks, recreation and community services director, the goal is to use these grants is to help improve the multi-purpose baseball and softball fields at the center. The funds would help add fencing,...
The city of Cheney is proceeding with work on the estimated $1.8 million redevelopment of its domestic water well No. 3, despite not having all of the funding needed to pay for the work. At their April 10 meeting, the City Council approved a $189,910 contract with Parametrix, Inc. for design work on the well, with actual redevelopment working taking place in two phases through 2019. The city hopes the project will restore production at the well, which averaged from 500-600 gallons per minute early in its use, but...
