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Sports Week COLLEGE FOOTBALL Eastern Washington University Saturday, Sept. 8 at Washington State. noon. Saturday, Sept. 15, bye. HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY Saturday, Sept. 8, Cheney, Medical Lake at Silverwood Coaster Classic, Silverwood 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, Cheney at Highlander Invite Shadle 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, Cheney at Farragut Invite, 10 a.m. Medical Lake at Seaport Invitational, Clarkston High School, 10 a.m. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Friday, Sept. 7, Cheney hosts Omak, 7 p.m. Medical Lake hosts Bonner's Ferr... Full story
FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS The Eastern Washington University women's soccer team will travel to familiar Hillsboro Stadium, home of Big Sky Conference foe PSU. But this trip to Portland will not include a match against the Vikings. Instead, the opening round of the Viking Classic on Friday (Sept. 7) will find the Eagles matched up against Utah State at 6 p.m. The Eagles will close the weekend against Boise State Sunday (Sept. 9) at 11 a.m. The Aggies are 5-1-1 this season with a win against new Big Sky school Southern Utah in... Full story
Almost 400 combined acres charred near Fishtrap Lake, south of Turnbull By JOHN McCALLUM Editor A pair of wild land fires occupied southwest Spokane County emergency officials last Saturday, both igniting at about the same time but miles apart. Around 3 p.m. a fire broke out about two miles west of Fishtrap Road and the Sprague Highway, forcing the evacuation of Fishtrap Lake Resort nearby. According to a report from KREM-TV about 60 people were forced to leave the resort. Lincoln County Fire District 1 Fire Chief Scott... Full story
Police Department starts Volunteers in Policing group By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter A new group of citizens is forming to help out the Cheney Police Department. Volunteers In Policing, or VIP, is a new program aimed at reducing the workload of police officers by giving volunteers responsibility for things like evidence logging, fingerprinting, parking enforcement and clerical work. The idea, Police Chief John Hensley said, is to give officers more time doing what they're trained to do: responding to and preventing crime in... Full story
Medical Examiner rules death a drowning, victim's name withheld pending notification By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Spokane County Sheriff's deputies are investigating after a body was found in Medical Lake at Waterfront Park the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 4. A city worker discovered the body of a 36-year-old woman about 15 feet out from the Waterfront Park beach earlier in the morning and notified authorities. Officers' attempts to revive the woman at the scene were unsuccessful before medics arrived and pronounced her dead. Maj... Full story
The annual Coats 4 Kids/Cheney Community Coat Drive is underway. Coats can be donated at any of the local Cheney School District schools or at many local churches and businesses beginning Sept. 10. All of the coats are being cleaned at Scollards. Collection will continue through Oct. 19 with distribution on Saturday, Oct. 27 at Salnave Elementary School, 1015 Salnave Road, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A second distribution will be on Monday, Oct. 31 at the Feed Cheney dinner at the Wren Pierson Community Center from 5:30-6:30 p.m....
Lutheran church will host program By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Following its break over the summer months, the Senior Meals program in Medical Lake is returning but in a new location. Instead of serving meals at the St. Anne Catholic Church, the program will operate out of St. John's Lutheran Church, at 223 S. Hallett St. in Medical Lake. The Medical Lake Lions Club sponsors the program. “The Catholic church was a great home,” organizer Bill Trout said, speaking about the location change. “I can't praise the Lutheran churc... Full story
Classes offer first-hand look at changes in thinking process By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter A new 12-week course at the Airway Heights Corrections Center aims to prevent current offenders from committing crimes that may incarcerate them in the future. The program, Offender Change, began April 16 this year and is managed by Kay Heinrich, correctional program manager at the facility. The current class is called “Thinking for Change,” which attempts to find and fix behaviors that led to the offenders' criminal actions. “By takin...
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter The Airway Heights City Council held its first study session meeting Monday, Aug. 27, reviewing items that will go on agendas for upcoming meetings. Several of the city's departments brought non-action items forward for discussion and deliberation before the council to decide whether or not to advance them to the legislative session. Since the study session takes place on a monthly basis, some items will move forward to October meeting agendas. Among the items from the public works department... Full story
In 1887 the Cheney School District organized its own school after dissolution of the merger with the Benjamin P. Cheney Academy over, among other issues, the feeling that Congregationalists had too much influence over the Academy, which was supposed to be non-sectarian. The district hired the newly arrived 22-year-old William J. Sutton as principal of its school. The Cheney Public School offered instruction for grades one through eight. School was conducted in the old wooden County Courthouse building at the northeast corner...
1 Years Ago Sept. 12, 2002 Citing the need to close a $450,000 budget deficit, the Cheney City Council, by a slim 4-3 vote, approved a 7 percent increase in city taxes on water, sewer and solid waste. The increase would cost the average homeowner $100-$150 per year. Medical Lake had submitted proposals to the Washington State Department of Transportation for nearly $600,000 in improvements for area roads. About 40 community members, EWU students and employees took advantage of the opportunity to have a sneak peek at the new...
To facilitate the electrical connection of the new Eastern Washington University residence hall to the campus high voltage electrical system, a series of electrical shutdowns will occur at EWU Wednesday, Sept. 12. Affected buildings and offices will be offline and will be closed for the period of the shutdown. All of these buildings have back-up emergency power for fire alarms and emergency lighting, but normal power for other services will not be available. The following buildings will be affected on Wednesday, Sept. 12...
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By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The last time the Medical Lake Cardinals visited St. Maries they came away stunned on the wrong end of a 28-27 loss where the hometown Lumberjacks scored the winning points on a broken play with no time remaining. Last Friday night in the return visit it was the Cards time to issue some payback. Micah Tappero's 5-yard touchdown run with 1:07 to play and Adam Paulson's run for a 2-point conversion pushed Medical Lake into a 33-32 lead. But it was Kasey Kelly's sensational 70-yard interception...
Cheney has two seasons: Summer and School. As residents know, the second season will arrive in the next few weeks as Cheney schools and Eastern Washington University resume classes. Like every small town in America that plays host to a college, the community of Cheney will change dramatically by the time October rolls around. The sleepy days of small town summer will be gone, replaced by the energy and bustle of thousands of young people. It can be a startling transition, even for those who have lived here for years.... Full story
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor So, how did you spend your Labor Day? I spent my three-day weekend in a variety of ways. Saturday I covered Cheney football after helping out with a yard sale in the morning. Sunday I was at the yard sale all day after church. I finally got some relaxation time to myself on Monday, working out in the morning and then spending the afternoon with family. That night, I worked conducting interviews and writing stories for this week's issue. Many of us spent Labor Day relaxing at the lake or river, took in... Full story
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter The Medical Lake Alternative School could receive a new name in the coming months, following a discussion at the Aug. 28 meeting of the Medical Lake school board. Principal Trish Smith said students from last year went through a number of potential names for the school, coming up with Lakeview and Lakes. The school board heard the different suggestions from last year's students, while suggesting the school could bear the name of a former district employee with a strong connection to alternative...
‘Labour Day' was hardly a holiday for former Eastern Eagles Mitchell, Nichols, Sherritt all get some TV time in ‘Classic' By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Monday was no holiday for a trio of former Eastern Washington Eagle football players. Bo Levi Mitchell, Matt Nichols and J.C. Sherritt all played their parts in round-one of what is called the Canadian Football League's “Labour Day Classic” this past Monday. It took place at Calgary's McMahon Stadium where the hometown Stampeders watched as a 49-yard field goal sailed wide le... Full story
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Lisa Westlake had her regular role as assistant coach abruptly changed last week with the sudden resignation of head coach Miles Kydd. Unable to comment on any of the details surrounding, or leading up to the change, Westlake is just taking this new path as a part of what life tosses one's way and is moving forward. “I think it's safe to say I've been around for four years as an associate coach last year and I think the transition for me has gone pretty smoothly,” Westlake said. She and her Eas...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor If it weren't for one big, last minute play in last Saturday's Cheney-East Valley (Yakima) game at the Kickoff Classic, the Blackhawks and Red Devils might still be playing. The mistake-filled, defensive battle mixed with moments of offensive brilliance appeared headed for overtime when East Valley senior quarterback Jordan West found running back David Garza on a flare pass to the left sideline. The senior turned up field, evaded a couple Cheney tacklers and sprinted down East Valley's sideline past... Full story
Public engagement system gets input on transportation This summer, the Washington State Transportation Commission launched the Voice of Washington State (VOWS), an innovative web-based public engagement program, which includes seven regional discussion forums and a survey panel. Currently, the Northeast Washington region is critically underrepresented on the forum and the survey panel. All of the state's transportation commissioners, including myself, are reaching out to residents and urging them to log on to...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter For two weeks in August, a bunch of teenagers got up early in the morning to voluntarily heft heavy objects, high-step in formation across a field and make beautiful music, all in the heat of late summer. While this might sound like torture to some, for those select students at Cheney High School it's called marching band camp. More than 100 students make up the 2012 marching band at CHS, and they spent those two weeks preparing their set, which director Mike Suhling called one of the most...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor For the first 40 minutes the Cheney girls' soccer team hung with Ferris of the Greater Spokane League in non-league action last Friday. It was the last 40 minutes that proved the Lady Hawks undoing as the visitors from Spokane scored six goals to come from behind for a 6-1 win in the season opener for both schools. Cheney's loss spoiled the debut of new head coach Nels Radtke, who took over this summer for former head coach Robyn Smith, who moved to Pullman to become an assistant principal at the...
FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS Sophomore Talia Fermantez was recognized for her strong performance both offensively and defensively at the Gonzaga Invitational. The 6-foot-1-inch middle blocker was one of six elite athletes named to the All-Tournament team following the two-day event in Spokane. Fermantez, a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, averaged 3.20 kills per set and 1.20 blocks in Eastern's three matches against UC Riverside, South Dakota State and host-Gonzaga. She registered 32 total kills on the weekend, with just eight...
