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The 2014 Medical Lake Special Olympics Bowling Team claimed five gold medals, six silvers and three bronze at district competition, Nov. 8, at Lilac Bowling Lanes in Spokane. Gold medal winners included: Maeghan and Rick Arnold, Robby Bartcher and Ben Johns, Marlee and Helen McDaniel, Jonathan and Jonah Pendleton as well as Breanna and Jean Ripley. Silver medals were won by Beth Denman and Stephani Henne, Andrew and Sean Dunn, Josh Kaplan and Dean Sprague, Alison Kepka and...
Eastern Washington found out what it's like to really play catch–up in a basketball game. Facing a formerly No. 22 ranked Southern Methodist University (2-2) team that had just finished a two-game road trip winless - including a 72-56 loss at Gonzaga Nov. 17 - the Mustangs were hot from the tipoff en route to a 77-68 nonconference win over the Eagles. "They came out and looked like a team that was upset they had lost their last two games," EWU head coach Jim Hayford said. E...
Start strong, finish fast. That's the motto by which the Eastern Washington University football team lives. And it's exactly what they did last Friday night in a 56-34 Big Sky Conference football win over Portland State at soggy Providence Park in Portland. No. 5-ranked Eastern dashed to a 14-0 lead early in the second quarter, then watched as PSU tied it with touchdowns 47 seconds apart going into halftime. They outscored the Vikings 42-20 in the second half to earn their sch...
The Medical Lake Junior Honor Society raised $500 from their popcorn fundraiser and collected over 300 gifts for the Junior League of Spokane. From left to right: Tricia Morgan, Josh Marsh, Belen Armendarez, Judy Dunbar, Chloe Haynes and David Boyd....
The fifth annual Slightly West of Spokane Artists Studio Tour happens this Saturday, Nov. 29, with something slightly new being added. This year's tour will give people in Cheney who can't make the entire tour loop a chance to see the works of three artist's they might not have seen before. Ben and Jeanie Wolen, together with Ron S. Yorke, will have their works displayed in the Cheney Library. They will be among the five artists displaying in Cheney, and a total of 16 artists...
Brad Hammond and his wife UnHui reopened Marie's Tailor Shop - now called Marie's Alternations Too - on 1309 S. Lawson St. back in August. After Hammond retired from the trucking profession, his wife UnHui asked if they could move to the Columbus, Ohio area to be closer to her sister. While they were there, the Hammonds found a dry cleaner for sale and UnHui wanted to try it. Hammond said he studied on how to run a dry cleaning business while the store's previous owner taught...
The next generation in aerial firefighting has come to Spokane County. In a Nov. 20 ceremony at a former Air National Guard hangar, officials from Washington state, Spokane County and Spokane International Airport (SIA) announced that Aero-Flite will move their operations to Spokane. In fact, the air tanker firefighting company will move its operation to the very same hanger where the announcement was made. Barry Marsden, president and CEO of Conair, parent company to Aero-Fli...
Tell this story to your children: Mother Deer, a white-tailed beauty, was a careful supervisor for her daughter, Angela, as she guided her through the farmer’s field. Mother Deer also kept a watch over those around her. Little Angela now has grown and learned well since her birth amongst the pine trees on the hill. Mother Deer was dreaming how they would wander through the bushes today when a sudden blast from a shotgun echoed over their heads. The other terrified deer began to run in all directions. Mother Deer stomped h...
Eastern Washington University junior wide receiver/kickoff returner Shaq Hill received ROOT SPORTS Special Teams Player of the Week honors from the Big Sky Conference after having a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in EWU’s 56-34 title-clinching win at Portland State on Nov. 21. The return helped turn an eight-point lead into a 49-34 advantage with just over six minutes left in the game which wrapped up a third-straight league title for the Eagles. Hill’s return for a TD was the first for EWU since he had a 99-yard ret...
Early foul trouble spelled problems in the end for the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team, which suffered its first loss of the season, 69-53 to Southern Methodist University Nov. 22 in Dallas, Texas. The game, played before the Eastern men met SMU (2-2) in a Moody Coliseum doubleheader, turned quickly — and early. First, Eastern freshman Delaney Hodgins was called for fouls on consecutive possessions to open the game. Then, senior Melissa Williams was whistled for two infractions immediately after. That left hea...
For those of us who thought the Football Championship Subdivision had everything figured out when it came to the postseason, we may want to think again. In fact, it maybe the FCS is coming down with a little FBS-playoff case of the flu, or possibly a BCS hangover. First, let me introduce you to the SRS. That’s the acronym for the Simple Ratings System, the NCAA’s FCS playoff selection formula. According to a story by The Sports Networks’ Craig Haley, the SRS is somewhat akin to the RPI system used to pick teams for the NCAA...
Regardless of which team emerges from Saturday’s opening round Football Championship Subdivision playoff in Missoula between the University of Montana and the University of San Diego Toreros, history will be made in the next round. Either USD and Eastern meet for the first time on the football field, or the Grizzlies and Eagles have a rematch in the same season. Eastern (10-2) faces the winner in the round of 16, Saturday, Dec. 6 at 1:30 p.m. at Roos Field. The Eagles e...
Cheney Outreach can use your help By now you’ve probably seen some of the many decorated collection boxes around Cheney. Christmas Gifts for Cheney Kids, a program of Cheney Outreach, works hard to see that no child in Cheney goes without Christmas gifts. There are two ways you can help. You can purchase gifts for ages birth-18, such as toys, sports gear, electronics, books, art supplies, or other things and deposit them, unwrapped, in one of the collection boxes by Dec. 17. Or you can write a check to Cheney Outreach, c...
By NANCY HILL Contributor Every day when I come home from work my dog Zoey meets me at the door. I adopted her from SCRAPS last year, when she was only 5 weeks old. Her mother was killed and she was abandoned along with her littermates. A Good Samaritan brought these helpless puppies to SCRAPS. Zoey needed someone to care about her and it was easy to do. In return, she is always happy to see me and gives me her unconditional love. As a community we have the opportunity to show that we care everyday on some level whether it...
Christmas in July. It’s a familiar phrase sometimes heard in the middle of summer when good fortune shines down upon someone. But it’s unlikely to occur here as it actually does in the Southern Hemisphere where the seasons flip flop. Our summer is winter down under in Australia, much of South America and Africa. It seems, however, like the creep of Christmas comes earlier and earlier in our calendar each year. Will Christmas promotion be starting the day after Labor Day soon? Amazingly enough, yes. At least according to a S...
The Medical Lake School District is getting ready to renew their general levy, though it appears there will be no changes. At its Nov. 18 meeting, the school board of directors approved a resolution for a Feb. 10, 2015, vote on renewing the district’s operations and maintenance levy annually for three years (2016, 2017 and 2018) on all taxable property within the district. The levy rate will be $2.20 per $1,000 assessed property valuation and will bring in approximately $1.2 million to the district per year. “This levy is...
The Cheney School District board of directors held its first reading of both the policy and procedure for revising high school graduation requirements as part of a modified agenda at its Nov. 12 meeting. The agenda was modified due to tabling of several agenda items, which will be brought back at a later board meeting. Changes to policy 2410 regarding graduation requirements include dividing the school year from three trimesters of 12 weeks each to two semesters of 18 weeks beginning with the class of 2016, along with...
The city of Airway Heights got an idea of future goals and priorities for the next year after they reviewed the results of a citizens survey. City Manager Albert Tripp presented the results to the City Council during its Oct. 27 retreat. Tripp said the primary objective of the survey was to determine the livability of Airway Heights among its residents and to measure community perceptions, not only about where they live, but also where they want to live. The survey went out in April 2014 and addresses were selected from the m...
The beautification of Highway 2 was one of the discussion topics at the Nov. 12 Airway Heights Planning Commission meeting. Planning Services Director Derrick Braaten presented a draft of the Highway 2 beautification project put together by Kirsten Harrison, who interned for the Planning Department over the summer. Braaten explained that Harrison took details from previous plans and extrapolated them into the current plan. The draft included a shared use path, increased vegetation and bike paths on both sides of the highway....
David Buri, director of government relations at Eastern Washington University, brought the school’s board of trustees up to date on his work across the mountains in Olympia during the group’s Nov. 21 meeting. Buri offered his thoughts on how the results of the Nov. 4 election would play out for the university, plus he provided a preview of the next session of the Washington state Legislature and how potential budget cuts bode in EWU’s future. “The election was not a big sur...
The city of Medical Lake finally made a decision on the business side of marijuana. At its Nov. 18 meeting, the City Council passed an ordinance that prohibits the production, processing and retail of marijuana products within city limits. The ordinance carried a recommendation from the Planning Commission. City Administrator Doug Ross said the decision was based on Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s opinion that cities can ban marijuana businesses. “What it came down to was that you can legally ban it today and...
Cheney police are investigating a rash of thefts from motor vehicles that struck two residential areas in the city this past week. Between Nov. 19 – 22, 19 incidents of third-degree theft and one second-degree theft were reported, most taking place from vehicles parked outside homes in the Ridgeview-Skyview-Gary area north of Salnave Elementary School and Salnave Park as well as the Avalon Place development and Eagle Ridge Apartment complex along Betz Road. Nine vehicles alone were struck on Nov. 22 on Lineum Court, just n...
All events are free unless posted otherwise. To get your event or meeting in the weekly What’s Happening section send an email with date, time, location and event to jmac@cheneyfreepress.com. City of Cheney • Nov. 29, Fifth Annual Slightly West of Spokane Artists Studio Tour, self-guided tour with seven stops, Cheney-Medical Lake loop, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. • Dec. 1, Dance Class, Wren Pierson Community Center, 7:15 – 8:15 p.m. • Dec. 2, Senior Light Fitness, Wren Pierson Community Center, 9 – 10 a.m. • Dec. 3, Toddler Play and Lea...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church All are welcome this Sunday, Nov. 30, to worship with us at Emmanuel Lutheran Church at 10:30 a.m. Christian education begins at 9 a.m. Fellowship follows the worship service. You may also watch our pastor’s sermons on our website www.emmanuelcheney.org or on YouTube at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Cheney. Please plan to join us for our mid-week Advent soup supper and worship services on Wednesday evenings beginning at 6 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church A welcoming haven, nourishing all God’s peopl...
1 Years Ago Dec. 2, 2004 Medical Lake was one of four law enforcement agencies in the area participating in the “Drive Hammered, Get Nailed” driving under the influence program to combat drunk driving over the holidays. Multiple sold signs along a new street in Medical Lake’s Fox Hollow West subdivision illustrated the residential growth spurt in the city. A 45-yard Erik Meyer to Eric Kimble touchdown pass with 1 minute, 45 seconds to play, rallied Eastern Washington past No. 1-ranked Southern Illinois University 35-31...
