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By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter In the first meeting after the end of the school year, the Medical Lake school board received both the good and bad side of finances. The 2012-13 school year is expected to end in a $650,000 budget deficit, which, despite cost-cutting would result in the district's fund balance dropping from $1 million to $350,000. In a public hearing preceding the Tuesday, June 26 meeting, business manager Don Johnson said the remaining money in the fund balance was concerning. “That's only about 2 percent of o...
A number of Cheney students graduated from their respective universities and college this year. Kevin Thomas, a resident of Cheney, received a master of science in operations research during the May 2012 Southern Methodist University commencement ceremony. After the university-wide commencement, SMU's schools and departments held individual receptions throughout the day to honor graduates. SMU is a nationally ranked private university in Dallas founded 100 years ago. Today, SMU enrolls nearly 11,000 students who benefit from...
Deciphering truth from fiction in today's world is becoming increasingly difficult. Technology has made it easier to create videos, share information and inform the public, but it can come at a cost. Although it's hardly breaking new ground, selective editing has made some headlines in the past few months. Unfortunately, it's a persisting problem with today's media style. The most recent event to make headlines was a MSNBC clip of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania, edited in a way to make him...
Cheney's Ryan Gray scored an 87-point win in the final go-round, winning $7,700 last Saturday night in bareback competition at the Reno Rodeo. In the process, Gray shot up the bareback riding standings from 31st to 18th just as the schedule enters the time of the year called “Cowboy Christmas.” That's a time where 31 rodeos begin and/or end during the week of July 1-7 and offer total prize money of some $3.3 million. Gray will be fully a part of the craziness as he rides in 14 rodeos in 10 days, including tonight (June 28)... Full story
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter At its June 22 meeting, the board of trustees of Eastern Washington University approved a 3 percent increase to service and activity fees, as well as supplemental changes to the final year of its 2011-2013 budget. For fiscal year 2013, $1.43 million was added to the $227 million budget. Three million dollars were added to scholarships and fellowships, $3.5 million to auxiliary enterprises and $2.7 million to tuition operating fees. The dedicated local funds line item was reduced by nearly $7... Full story
BY PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Building skills and lasting loyalty. Those are some of the outcomes Eastern Washington University associate head basketball coach Craig Fortier would like to see from both the team and individual camps they will – and currently are – running this summer at Reese Court. One team session and Eagle Shooting Academy are already in the books, but two team camps remain and will happen June 29-July 1 and July 13-15. One additional Eagle Shooting Academy takes place Aug. 2-4. While the overall effort is...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Cheney's Summer Hawks American Legion A team made the most of their only game last week, scoring nine runs in the fifth inning to rally for a 10-4 win over visiting Ferris Wednesday. After falling behind 4-0 through the first three innings the Summer Hawks got on the board in the fourth courtesy of Oren Evans' sacrifice fly. But in the fifth the floodgates opened as Cheney's 1-8 hitters all hit and scored. “You don't see that all too often,” Summer Hawks manager Aaron Rockey said. Shane Hammel was 2 f...
Larry Lee Hoover (age 72) of Cheney, Wash. passed away June 21, 2012 at Hospice House in Spokane, Wash. after a 10-year battle with emphysema. Larry was born in Evansville, Ind. Feb. 26, 1940 and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He retired after working many years as a long haul truck driver. He is survived by his children; Curt Hoover, Shelly Henderson, and Karrie Gray along with grandchildren Samantha Hoover, Courtney Hoover, and Megen Gray. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, June 29, at the West Terrace...
Joann Elizabeth Dzedzy passed away on June 18, 2012. She was born on April 11, 1937 to John and Madeline Barry in Bayard, Nebraska. She graduated from Mountain Home High School in Idaho in 1955. She moved to Cheney in 1966 with family. She is survived by her daughters Virginia Schauble, Lauralee Simpson of St. John, Wash., Jenise Gralapp of Medical Lake, and her son Edward Dzedzy of Cheney, 12 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband John Paul Dzedzy Jr. in 2002 and her daughter...
Gary “G.A.” Anderson (age 69) Passed away at his home in Cheney, Wash. on June 12, 2012. Gary was born March 13, 1943 and attended school in Cheney. He was a life long resident of Cheney, owning and operating his business, Gary Anderson Sand and Gravel. He had many large contracts, including Fairchild AFB for 30 years, and the state of Washington. Gary enjoyed being a Dad, watching his son Justin growing up playing sports, and teaching him the business and how to operate equipment, following in his footprints. Gary was a gam...
Dr. Ann O'Connor went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on Sept. 19, 1949 in Spokane, Wash. to Nelson and Mabel (Heil) Cordill. She was a graduate of Cheney High School, earning her Bachelor's degree from Washington State University in home economics, masters/specialist degree from Central Missouri State University in traffic safety education and her Ph.D. from Michigan State University in curriculum development, specializing in traffic safety. Ann was an...
Janet Ann (Seslar) Hancock, age 70, went to be with her Lord and Savior on June 18, 2012 after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. Jan was born on Pearl Harbor Day Dec. 7, 1941, in Bridgeport, Neb. She spent most of her childhood in Cheyenne, Wyo. and moved to Cheney in 1969. Jan was a loving mother, sister, grandmother and aunt. She enjoyed flowers, gardening, television game shows, sewing, quilting, anthropology, baking, bowling, swimming and solving puzzles. She enjoyed every holiday. Jan graduated from EWU in 1990... Full story
Thanks for making Founder's Day 2012 another success Thank you people of Medical Lake for making Founder's Day 2012 another fantastic celebration. Thank you to our friends and neighbors of Reardan-Edwall, Davenport and Chewelah for sharing your beautiful floats with us. Thank you to Barbara Reis, Sandy King, Joyce Calloway, Kathy Petek and family, Bill Trout and family, Alexia Gonzales and family, all the people who volunteered from the PTSO and SCOPE. The “girls” at Owl Pharmacy, what can I say. Sharon, Katrina and Bree all...
By John McCallum Editor It's amazing how life has a way of reminding us what's truly important. The past week two events occurred in my life to remind of this fact. First, I received an email from my pastor that a member of our congregation had become sick at work and was transported to the hospital where it was discovered he had a cancerous mass on his brain. He and his family are pretty active in my church, especially his wife who has filled a role on one of our shared ministry teams that plans and provides the weekly...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Rainouts and absences have led to a light week for the Summer Hawks AA American Legion baseball team. Light as in no games at all. None. Nada. Zilch. Cheney last took the field June 19, sweeping visiting Lewis and Clark, before rain forced cancellations of games in Trail, B.C. against West Kootenay June 24. A mixed doubleheader Tuesday June 26 against Medical Lake and Chewelah, one game against each, was moved along with a doubleheader last Saturday at Medical Lake. “It's kind of a blessing and a c...
FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS In life - and rodeo - it never hurts to have a few friends. Just ask Steven Dent about that. At the West of the Pecos Rodeo June 30 Dent won the bareback title with a 91-point ride using borrowed rigging, gloves and chaps. Ryan Gray tied for seventh, Dent and traveling partner Gray had their luggage – including all their riding gear – misdirected out of Denver International Airport. Gray called his former Odessa College coach Jim Watkins, who offered to pick up the cowboys at the airport and loa...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The Medical Lake AA American Legion baseball team will have plenty of practice time ahead of them this week when they host one of the pods in the Fourth of July Wood Bat Classic. And that's a welcome thing, maybe not for players, but for coaches following ML's doubleheader loss last Wednesday to West Valley, 14-2 in the opener and 8-2 on the nightcap at Holliday Field. The losses to West Valley (5-9) dropped Medical Lake (3-9) into the basement of the American Division standings and were... Full story
It's not just four days of golf but a family reunion and big party too as historical golf tournament is revived By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Watch out, the AARP mailings are just around the corner and will start plugging the mailbox at The Fairways Golf Course. So will all the assisted living brochures, reverse mortgage literature, and coupons for Ensure protein drink. What's bringing this attention to a golf course that just turned 26 is the return of one of the area's all time classic golf tournaments, the Lilac City...
1 Years Ago July 4, 2002 The city has a final design for a new Cheney aquatics facility in hand but when, and whether residents get to vote on funding it is still up in the air. The project, estimated to cost $4 million, would occupy 7 acres of the proposed 50-acre park on an unused parcel of land along Betz Road. A proposed revision to the new Fox Hollow West subdivision may add more park land to the city of Medical Lake, and provide a new soccer field for the Medical Lake School District. Negotiations between the city,... Full story
By LUELLA DOW Contributor Col. Chuck Lehman has launched a new book, “Lazarus Arise.” You open it to the first page and read, “I know that voice…Where is it coming from?...Why is it so dark?” Who is this confused man? Why is he in a dark place? You'll find yourself picking up the book again and again until you hold the last page. Lehman has the ability to draw readers from the bustle and business of ordinary life to the wonders of events that happened in Biblical times. He brings our attention to Jesus as a little boy. Laza...
United Methodist Church Please join us for worship this Sunday morning at the United Methodist Church. The Rev. Terry Hall will lead the service which will include the celebration of Holy Communion. Summer worship begins at 10 a.m. each week. Sunday school classes are in recess for the summer months. Sunday afternoon, July 1, there will be scrapbooking at the church from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Bring a project, a snack and a friend and enjoy the fellowship! For additional information about Cheney United Methodist Church please call...
One hundred fifty years ago in 1962 Captain John Mullan completed the military road from Walla Wall Washington to Fort Benton Montana. Mullan first came west as a lieutenant with Isaac I. Stevens in 1853 to survey a northern railroad route. In 1858, with government funding, Mullan began construction of the road. He also participated in the Battle of Four Lakes and Spokane Plains under General George Wright. While the road was completed in 1862, funds for its maintenance were diverted to the Civil War and the road was...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The Medical Lake AA American Legion baseball team continues to be a puzzling group. One night – like this past Monday – Medical Lake played the part of giant killers and overachievers when they pulled off a dramatic 7-5 win over University. The Spokane Valley visitors, who with a 5-1 record going into the game, were one of the top teams in the American League. Then there are the times when they leave one to scratch their heads and be baffled. Like when Medical Lake started last week with a spl...
