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Cardinal CC team opts for Connell Smoky conditions forced cancellation of last Saturday's Seaport Classic cross country race in Clarkston, Wash. and Medical Lake was left without a race to run. This week, with the Wenatchee Invite in question due to similar problems with wildfires, Cardinals' head coach Gene Blankenship is making alternate plans. “I emailed Wenatchee Tuesday and haven't heard back,” Blankenship said. “I can't see how the air quality will be okay by Saturday, so we've signed up for the Connell Invite.” ...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday, Sept. 22, Eastern Washington at Weber State, 5:05 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, Eastern Washington hosts Montana, 5:05 p.m. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL Thursday, Sept. 20, Eastern Washington at Montana St., Time TBA. Saturday, Sept. 22, Eastern Washington at Montana, Time TBA. Thursday, Sept. 27, Eastern Washington hosts Southern Utah, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, Eastern Washington hosts Northern Arizona, 7 p.m. COLLEGE SOCCER Friday, Sept. 21, Eastern Washington hosts Weber St., 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, Eastern...
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You're rafting what river and where? In September? Tieton River is a tradition that lives on and on and on after years and years By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter It's not often you'll hear where dams and river rafting are a compatible pair. Streams like the White Salmon and Elwah in Washington State have had, or are in the process of seeing ancient dams removed to return the rivers to as natural a state as is possible following a century of inundation. But when virtually every other river in the Northwest has dried to a... Full story
Big victories move Cheney to 2-0 in Great Northern League By JOHN McCALLUM Editor There are still things about his team that first-year head coach Nels Radtke is finding out but one thing is for certain: The Cheney girls soccer team won't have trouble scoring. The Lady Hawks hung 14 points on their opponents last week, notching road wins over Deer Park, 7-2 and Colville, 7-0 to go 2-0 to open their 2012 Great Northern League campaign. Junior forward Chae Brown led Cheney offensively, tallying five goals, four against the... Full story
1 Years Ago Sept. 26, 2002 Angry that the Cheney City Council passed a 7-percent increase on utility rates, citizens began to circulate a petition that would require council to reconsider the matter. A total of 503 signatures would be required. Once again the voters in Cheney were dancing to the beat of a different drummer as they cast support behind Proposition 1, which would raise additional funds for operation of the Spokane Transit Authority. The measure failed overall across Spokane County as just over 52 percent cast...
Frequency of service to city could increase under new approach By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Spokane Transit Authority chief executive officer E. Susan Meyer outlined the future growth of public transit in the Spokane region at the Monday, Sept. 17 meeting of the Airway Heights City Council. Meyer noted that the large discussion topic for future transportation in the region included a light rail system that could connect cities between Liberty Lake and Spokane. Monday's presentation outlined a possible connection stretching... Full story
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Mim Shamblin feels she has been blessed in her career. She runs the fabric department at Cheney's Ben Franklin store, and has been since 1979. Owner Bill Nation says “she came with the store” when he bought it in 1981. Shamblin says she loves the “sewing ladies” who come in to purchase fabric, and return to show her the finished product. Shamblin is proud of the work she has done over the years, and she's not sure yet what she'll do after the store closes. “No regrets,” she said. “I don't ev... Full story
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Long-term planning includes express route into Spokane By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter For many in Cheney, an STA bus signifies accessibility to work and necessities. For even more students and staff at Eastern Washington University, it's an easy, cheap way to get to school from Spokane, though it may take more time than driving. The Spokane Transit Authority is working on improving its bus service to Cheney. The long-term vision shows an express route from downtown Spokane to EWU, with fewer stops than the current route. The... Full story
Dr. E. KIRSTEN PETERS Contributor My brown mutt and I went for a walk recently on an old railroad grade at the edge of a ghost-town where we sometimes stroll. Buster Brown is a Lab mix, with an emphasis on the mix. Buster likes to visit the ghost-town in part because it still has one occupied house, and friends of mine live there with their chickens, a cat and a dog. The resident dog is a small, insanely intense cattle dog mix. He dedicates his considerable energies to retrieving pine cones kicked along the road by willing... Full story
Tappero scores four TDs, defense stays stout in Medical Lake's 34-7 win over Newport By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter In Medical Lake's seemingly easy 34-7 football victory last Friday over Newport on the road in their Northeast A League opener, the Cardinals' offense was certainly in high gear. But head coach Wes Hobbs will be the first to tell you it was a critical defensive stand which really turned the contest that saw his Cards move to 3-0 (1-0 NEA) on the season for the first time in over a decade. “The biggest part of t...
St. Paul's Episcopal Church All are welcome. A welcoming haven, nourishing all God's people in body, mind and spirit. The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Eucharist at 11 a.m., Rev. Christine Soule will preach and preside. Child care is available. The college Monday night dinners will resume Monday, Oct. 1, 5-6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Narcotics Anonymous meets in the Parish Hall each Tuesday and Saturday evenings at 7 p.m. Fellowship breakfast every Wednesday morning at 7:30 a.m. in the Parish Hall. Join us for good...
Nothing wrong in education with the word ‘alternative' It is the age of budget cuts and fiscal responsibility. That being said, it makes one wonder why the Medical Lake School Board and district are considering changing the name of the Medical Lake Alternative High School to something “without a negative connotation” (Cheney Free Press Sept. 6, 2012). What is wrong with the word alternative? According to Webster it means: 1. Choice or possibility; 2. Existing outside traditional or established institutions or system. Isn't th...
It's widely argued as to what extent the presidential debates play in the eventual outcome of an election. One side of history, at least that which has been studied and measured by the Gallup organization – as famous for their polls as Idaho is potatoes – say debates are rarely “game changers,” a 2008 Wall Street Journal article suggested. With the exception of two times – 1960 and again in 2000 where a small movement in the public opinion generated by the debate cycle could have helped dictate the outcome – the face off be...
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Students and staff at the Medical Lake Alternative School are settling into their new home, a new building, this year. The move took only a few days in the third week of August, transporting desks, books, computers and other teaching items into the new building, located at 317 N. Broad St. From there, staff began to unpack and set up the interior of the building, Previously, the school was located in the portable buildings next to the district's administration building. Principal Trish Smith said...
FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS Eastern Washington University has been named by G.I. Jobs magazine as a Military Friendly School for 2013. This is the fourth consecutive year EWU has been recognized by the magazine, which surveyed more than 12,000 schools. The honor gives Eastern the distinction of being in the top 15 percent of all colleges, universities and trade schools nationwide for its outstanding support of veterans. The university's track record of recruiting veteran students and continued efforts to improve military...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Enrollment in the Cheney School District has grown by more than 100 students over the summer. The enrollment numbers, as well as reports on opening two new middle schools this month, topped the first meeting of the school year for the Cheney school board Sept. 12. At the start of school this month, the district totaled 3,987 students. That's more than 106 over June numbers, finance director Brian Aiken said, but it fits with trends over recent years. “Again it continues with that 100-plus g...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Last Tuesday, escalating protests were sparked by an American-produced anti-Muslim video in Libya and Yemen. Then, later in the week, Google-owned YouTube made the unusual choice to block the video that sparked the protests, but only in those two countries. The action of blocking videos is not unusual by itself. Google has a policy guiding the practice: remove content that it considers to be hate speech, that violates its terms of service, or that the court or government ordered be taken down. H...
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Details on a house fire Sunday, Sept. 9 are being held while the case is currently under investigation. Spokane County Sheriff's Office public information officer Craig Chamberlain said fire investigators and major crimes detectives are currently reviewing the fire, which took place near Brooks Road and Martin Street in Medical Lake. “Residents of Medical Lake don't need to worry,” he said. “This isn't going to be a reoccurrence there. We're confident in that.” Investigators are being thoroug...
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Airway Heights' police department will benefit from a total of $271,105.62 in shared assets from a 2010 investigation, working with the Washington State Patrol and the FBI. Agencies investigated reports of stolen metal from Dickson Recycling, in North Spokane, and through an asset sharing agreement, received 25 percent of the $1.2 million total asset value collected from a series of raids. Officers found the company wasn't abiding by state law when issuing money for recycled materials, and was... Full story
