Articles from the January 2, 2014 edition
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Top 2013 stories from Medical Lake - Medical Lake church is vandalized
Vandals caused the Sunday service at Lake City Assembly of God in Medical Lake to be put on hold, after doing extensive damage throughout the church and its property. The break-in, which took place between Saturday, Jan. 12, and... — Updated 1/7/2014
Top 2013 stories from Education - 'Lead, Contribute, Respect, Play, Courage, Learn'
Ask Phil Snowdon Elementary School principal Shawna Fraser or any of her staff members what is the most common phrase used by people viewing the new school for the first time, and... — Updated 1/3/2014
West Plains Police News
CHENEY Dec. 2 Domestic violence – verbal dispute – was reported on the 2200 block of Lilac Court. Second-degree theft was reported on the 700 block of Chestnut Street. Cash was taken. Prescription medications were lost on the... — Updated 1/2/2014
Top 2013 stories from EWU sports - Benson reconnects with past success at EWU
Wade Benson is doing his best to dispel the notion that you can’t come home again. And so far, the current – and former – Eastern Washington University volleyball coach is... — Updated 1/2/2014
Top 2013 stories from Medical Lake sports - Cards baseball state-bound after sweep
Medical Lake has passed its biggest test of the season so far on the baseball diamond. Now the exams continue, and probably get tougher. Following a 6-0 win Saturday morning over... — Updated 1/2/2014
Hawks' wrestle at Colville, Yakima
The Cheney Blackhawks wrestling team continues to grind through the season. The team traveled to Colville to wrestle the Indians, Dec. 18. Colville would win the meet, 53- 24. Despite losing losing the meet in points, several... — Updated 1/2/2014
Top 2013 stories from Cheney sports - Cheney girls prove to be little team that did
Cheney girls track and field head coach Tom Stralser knew at the beginning of the season that the Blackhawks were going to be a good, big-meet team. Turns out he was right. With just seven athletes the Blackhawks competed their... — Updated 1/2/2014
Eastern hangs with UConn, but fades in end
Eastern Washington fell short of the tall order of toppling legendary basketball giant, the University of Connecticut, but it certainly was not for lack of trying. The Eagles hung with the No. 15 UConn Huskies off and on most of... — Updated 1/2/2014
Top 2013 stories from EWU sports - Eastern records record-setting, memorable football season
Following Eastern Washington’s failed attempt to track down Sam Houston State in a 2012 Football Championship Subdivision semifinal playoff game, and the pending graduation of a t... — Updated 1/2/2014
Top 2013 stories from Medical Lake sports - Medical Lake cruises to 2013 state cross country crown
Micah Dingfield led the Medical Lake boy's cross country team to Pasco and gave them the chance to win a state championship. And the team returned the favor, helping carry the... — Updated 1/2/2014
Eastern's youth will be called upon in big way
If Eastern Washington University men’s basketball coach Jim Hayford was going to realize his goal in year-three of getting his team to the Big Sky Conference tournament he’ll do... — Updated 1/2/2014
It was quite a year for Ryan Gray, but best lies ahead
Ryan Gray will look back pretty fondly at 2013. Eleven wins at various Pro Rodeo Cowboy’s Association events, a return to the National Finals in Las Vegas and a No. 4 ranking in... — Updated 1/2/2014
Cheney is no longer a boy's soccer bridesmaid
In the end, it took two kicks and four feet to ease the pain of four years of frustration for the Cheney High School boys' soccer team in the state 2A title game. The first came... — Updated 1/2/2014
Looking Back
10 Years Ago Jan. 8, 2004 A cold weather snap descended on Cheney recently with temperatures on Jan. 6 falling to a near-record minus-22 degrees with the next punch of 8-12 inches... — Updated 1/2/2014
Wanda M. (Gober) Heinemann
Wanda M. (Gober) Heinemann Mother was born Oct. 31, 1918 in Klamath Falls, Ore. to Marion James Gober and Maxie Myrtle (Pardue) Gober. She peacefully passed away Dec. 26, 2013 at... — Updated 1/2/2014
Bud Lloyd Nokleby
Nokleby service is Jan. 11 A memorial service for Cheney resident Bud Lloyd Nokleby, who passed away at age 81 or Nov. 29, 2013, will be held Saturday, Jan. 11 at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Cheney at 11 a.m. A reception... — Updated 1/2/2014
What's Happening on the West Plains
City of Cheney • Jan. 4, Let there be Legos, Lego build day at Cheney community library meeting room, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Jan. 8, Kids Explore and Discover Club, Cheney community library, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. • Jan. 9, Play and... — Updated 1/2/2014
Churches
United Church of Christ Projecting the scripture, the essence of the teaching and the words of hymns with the new audio-visual system, Pastor David Krueger-Duncan will lead the communion service during the 10 a.m. worship... — Updated 1/2/2014
Attack dogs span the ages when it comes to politics
Once I sat in a group of people who were just talking, each saying whatever they wanted to. A woman spoke. It was her turn. What she said almost knocked me out of my chair. She... — Updated 1/2/2014
Top 2013 stories from Cheney - Cheney to buy piece of history in Williams Lake Plunge Pool
The city of Cheney took one step closer to owning a piece of geological history. The City Council authorized Mayor Tom Trulove to sign a purchase and sale agreement for the purpose of buying 15 acres of property overlooking what... — Updated 1/2/2014
Top 2013 stories from Cheney - Eastern, union approve collective bargaining agreement
Eastern Washington University and the United Faculty of Eastern have approved a new three-year collective bargaining agreement that will bring the university’s faculty compensation package to an on-par level with national peer... — Updated 1/2/2014
Top 2013 stories from Medical Lake - Tensions elevate at ML Council meeting
The Medical Lake City Council was described as having done nothing to enhance the city or the community at its Tuesday, Feb. 19 meeting. Medical Lake resident and food bank president Bob Kibling spoke at length regarding a lack of... — Updated 1/2/2014
Top 2013 stories from the West Plains - Defeat of County Proposition 1 leaves many questions
Voters turned down Spokane County Proposition 1 on Tuesday, Nov. 5, defeating it by 51.2 percent, leaving many questions hanging in the balance. Proposition 1 would have raised $18 million in property taxes over nine years to buy... — Updated 1/2/2014
Top 2013 stories from Airway Heights - Lost in the service to their country
On Friday,May 3, three airmen from Fairchild Air Force Base perished in the crash of a KC-135 aircraft near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan. Capt. Mark T. Voss, 27, of Boerne, Texas; Capt. Vi... — Updated 1/2/2014
Top 2013 stories from Cheney - School board votes to surplus Fisher Building
The Cheney School District board of directors voted unanimously to declare the district's Fisher Building as surplus property. It's the first step in the process of selling the... — Updated 1/2/2014