Articles from the November 5, 2015 edition

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Cheney public safety wins big

Tuesday night was a good night for public safety measures on the West Plains. As of press time, the city of Cheney’s Proposition 1 was passing easily with 58.73 percent of the vote. The measure would do a one-time lift of the c... — Updated 11/5/2015

 
 By PAUL DELANEY    Sports

Medical Lake ends soccer season with win

The Medical Lake girl’s soccer season ended on a positive note with a 2-1 nonleague shootout win for the Cardinals over St. Georges (7-5) last Thursday, Oct. 29. Earlier in the w... — Updated 11/5/2015

 
 By PAUL DELANEY    Sports

Seniors lead Medical Lake to 27-12 win over Chewelah

The 2015 football season ended on a positive note for Medical Lake as they closed with their second consecutive victory. Behind the efforts of a pair of seniors — 100 yards r... — Updated 11/5/2015

 
 By PAUL DELANEY    Sports

Cardinal boys earn state team cross country berth

As they have in the past two years in winning the state 1A cross country championship the Medical Lake boy’s have often surprised their coach, Gene Blankenship. The Cardinals did i... — Updated 11/5/2015

 

ML's McDaniel wins in Week

Zane McDaniel of Medical Lake was the winner in Week 6 of the 2015 Cheney Free Press football contest, earning a $50 merchant’s gift certificate. McDaniel missed two games. Also missing two games was Spokane’s Bob Pierce who was... — Updated 11/5/2015

 
 By John McCallum    Sports

West Valley ousts Lady Blackhawks from playoffs

The Cheney High School girls soccer team saw its 2015 season come to a somewhat inglorious end last week at the hands of the West Valley Eagles. The Eagles scored three goals in the first 13 minutes of the first half, and three... — Updated 11/5/2015

 

Sports Week

(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY Friday, Nov. 13, EWU at Western Regionals, Seattle, times TBA. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday, Nov. 7, EWU hosts Northern... — Updated 11/5/2015

 
 By AL STOVER    Sports

Norman, Schmidt capture district swim titles

The Cheney girls swim team finished third out of 13 teams with 225 points at 2A-1A Districts in Moses Lake, Oct. 31. Makenzie Norman once again took home two district championships in the 50-yard freestyle in 25.07 seconds and the... — Updated 11/5/2015

 

Eagles continue homestand against high-flying Lumberjacks

The fourth-ranked Eastern Washington University football team seeks to extend its six-game winning streak when the Eagles play their 89th annual Homecoming game this Saturday in an... — Updated 11/5/2015

 
 By AL STOVER    Sports

Cheney tops Pullman, earns playoff spot

The Cheney Blackhawks football team kept its season alive after a 30-22 win over the Pullman Greyhounds, Oct. 30. The Blackhawks finished with a 3-1 Great Northern League record, 8-1 overall, to earn the second seed in a regional... — Updated 11/5/2015

 
 By John McCallum    Sports

Black is the new (insert your color here)

“I see a red field and I want to paint it black.” That used to be the funniest thing I have ever read about Eastern Washington University’s red turf, written on a website back when it was rolled out in 2010. I say used to be becaus... — Updated 11/5/2015

 
 By John McCallum    Sports

Blackhawk boys cross country to state

After a year's absence, the Cheney High School boys cross country team is headed back to back Pasco. The Blackhawks used a 40 second time gap between their first five runners, with... — Updated 11/5/2015

 

West Plains Police News

CHENEY Oct. 26 Rape was reported on the 200 block of South Cheney-Spangle Road. An investigation is ongoing. Drugs and drug paraphernalia were confiscated on the 500 block of First Street. Oct. 27 A 16-year-old male and a 17-year-o... — Updated 11/5/2015

 

McMorris Rodgers absence troubling

Do what I say and not what I do is the mantra of Cathy McMorris Rodgers. When asked how to solve our political problems, her canned answer is we must have lots of committee meetings. She doesn’t talk about resolutions, just conveni... — Updated 11/5/2015

 

Presidential candidates creative juices

Permit some random, somewhat related thoughts on today’s political class. Hillary Clinton, while a U.S. senator, voted for the Defense Of Marriage act, and against same sex marriage. Now that she’s in favor of same sex marriage, sh... — Updated 11/5/2015

 

Once again, Cheney keeps people warm

You did it again, Cheney. It will be a warmer winter for many thanks to the hard work and generosity of the Cheney community. A total of 236 coats were donated to this year’s coat drive and 213 were given away at three separate d... — Updated 11/5/2015

 
 By WYATT FRAAS    Opinion

Farming fits veterans and veterans fit farming

The Center for Rural Affairs has worked to support and assist beginning farmers and ranchers for over 25 years. And increasingly, beginning farmer and rancher inquiries come from military veterans. They have the same needs as... — Updated 11/5/2015

 
 By PHIL KIVER    Opinion

Veterans' need for mental health services transcends modern era

(Editor’s note: Capitalization, phrasing and line breaks from Walt Whitman’s poem “An Artilleryman’s Vision” used in this column have been retained in keeping with the original meaning of the work.) When I did not receive m... — Updated 11/5/2015

 

Football field is latest school prayer battlefield

The volatile and emotional fight over engaging in prayer on the grounds of a public school recently jumped back into the headlines, and did so with a regional flavor. Bremerton, Wash. High School assistant football coach Joe... — Updated 11/5/2015

 

News briefs

Airway Heights behind in property tax collections Airway Heights’ officials are waiting on a bit of money. According to the city’s latest financial report, the city is running at about 54 percent of its projected property tax col... — Updated 11/5/2015

 
 By John McCallum    News

Airway Heights council hears budget, parks plan

It’s budget season, and not to be left out the Airway Heights City Council held a public hearing at their Nov. 2 meeting to review the city’s planned revenue and expense forecasts for 2016. City officials are projecting cur... — Updated 11/5/2015

 

Cheney's 2016 budget: Enterprise funds - Public Works

When it comes to Cheney’s Public Works Department budget, over half of it is in some liquid form. Water and wastewater account for 54 percent of the department’s $7.18 million budget in 2016, with the larger portion — 36 perce... — Updated 11/5/2015

 

Cheney's 2016 budget: Enterprise funds

Growth and a long overdue rate increase have helped Cheney’s Light Department from dipping further into its reserves. At the City Council’s Oct. 27 meeting, Light Department Director Steve Boorman told the council revenues and exp... — Updated 11/5/2015

 

What size neck?

Eastern Washington University senior Jorge Garcia, from Wenatchee, attempts to help EWU mascot Swoop with a T-shirt selection during Monday's Homecoming week kickoff rally on the... — Updated 11/5/2015

 

On training the trainers

Three quarters of the way through 2015, statistics from the Cheney Police Department paint a picture of what has become, at least for now, the new normal — relatively low criminal activity, high dispatch call volumes and overtime e... — Updated 11/5/2015

 

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