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A recent opinion from the Washington State Attorney General’s Office provided the Cheney City Council a chance to enact what city attorney Stanley Schwartz termed a “do over” regarding its interim marijuana production facility zoning ordinance. Instead, at a special council meeting Monday night in front of a standing room only chamber audience that overflowed into the hallways the council decided to stay the course and proceed with the process that could turn Ordinance W-18 into city law. The special meeting was called becau...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The inability to deliver the knockout punch appears to be the difference last week for the Medical Lake boy’s basketball team. With losses to Riverside 54-50 Tuesday and 50-42 Saturday at home versus Freeman sandwiched around a 66-47 victory at Kettle Falls the Cardinals move into the final three games of the regular season 4-5 (6-11 overall) in Northeast A League play. “The closer games we just haven’t closed one out yet,” Cards’ head coach Arnold Brown said. “I call it just not getting it done...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The starts were encouraging, but the finishes disappointing. That was the quick coach’s diagnosis on the Medical Lake girl’s basketball week that saw the Cardinals stumble and go winless last week. Medical Lake (3-6 Northeast A, 5-11 overall) extended their losing streak to four games following losses 50-31 to Riverside, 54-40 at Kettle Falls and 50-35 at home to Freeman. “In both the Riverside and Kettle Falls games, we played good team basketball in the first halves,” head coach Carey Schwarz...
The Cheney boys’ swimming team traveled to Yakima Lions Pool once again to face West Valley-Yakima in an Eastern Washington 2A dual meet, Saturday, Jan. 25. West Valley defeated the Blackhawks, 135-47. Cheney also faced Naches Valley at the meet in non-league competition. The Blackhawks defeated Naches Valley, 89-62. Scott Nadeau, Brock Jongeward, Caleb Prophet and Trevor Babcock came in second place in the 200 medley relay in 1:54.13. Babcock placed first in the 200 free in 2:02.91 and fourth in the 100 breast in 1:20.08. J...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Medical Lake wrestlers got into the Northeast A League dual meet win column last Thursday earning a 60-24 win at Riverside. The Cardinals got seven wins via pins in the 14 weight classes. They included: Nick Reed (112 pounds), Seth Rojas (126), Mathew Peterson (138), Ricky Petersen (145), Gabe Wolfe (152), Jackson Tappero (189) and Christian Keole 195. Hudson Petek (160), Ian O’Brien (220) and Ryne Reed (285) all won by forfeit. “Most of our guys wrestled very aggressively and competed wel...
The Cheney Blackhawks continued their regular season with a league dual against the East Valley Knights, Jan. 22. The Knights defeated the Blackhawks, 62-15. East Valley became the 2A Great Northern District Wrestling champions. Although Cheney lost the dual in points, there were three Blackhawk wrestlers who put impressive performances in their matches. Vern Sanderson, at 145 pounds, scored the first points for Cheney when he faced East Valley's Trey Meyer. Seconds into the...
The road has not at all been kind to the Eastern Washington women’s basketball team so far this season. And the challenge will likely not be any less as the Eagles reach the halfway point of its schedule with a rugged trip to the eastern reaches of the Big Sky with games tonight (Jan. 30) at North Dakota and Saturday at Northern Colorado. Not only will the temperature be hovering around zero in Grand Forks, but league-leading UND is 7-2 in Big Sky play, 12-6 overall and 7-1 a...
A perfect and record performance at the free throw line last Thursday night helped keep Eastern Washington's league record unblemished at home. However, careless ball handling this past Monday kept the Eagles winless on the road this season. Sophomore guard Tyler Harvey set a Big Sky Conference record, going 20-of-20 at the free throw line and finished with a career-high 36 points as Eastern staved off the strong effort of the Southern Utah Thunderbirds 90-83 at Reese Court....
Are you tired of the Super Bowl yet? It’s not even Sunday, let alone game time, and most people are likely fed up past their mouth guards with Super Bowl hype. Especially this week one week before the game when the hype machine kicks into “hyper-“ drive. Doh! Sorry. Whether you’re Seahawks fan or Broncos (and if you are, who let you into this state?), a lot of us just want the game to begin. Kick that ball off and get those multi-million dollar commercials rolling. I hope it’s a good game, really. No blowouts please. I...
The crowd at the Pend Oreille Pavilion at Northern Quest Resort erupted as Queen Underwood made her entrance to the ring. A chant of “Queen of the ring” filled the air as Underwood steps through the ropes and stands at the red corner and waits for her opponent Mikaela Mayer. Prior to this bout, Underwood faced Mayer in the finals of the 2014 USA Boxing National Championships women’s lightweight (132 pounds) tournament, Jan. 25. Underwood is no stranger to winning championships in Spokane. Last year she defeated Tiara Brown...
The Cheney High girls' basketball team essentially assured itself of at least a spot in the approaching Great Northern League post season with a win last Tuesday over visiting Deer Park, 58-46. The Lady Hawks got a game-high 21 points from Kendyl Cone, with Katie McGourin adding 15 and Shyann Morton 12. No other stats or information was available. The Lady Hawks finished last week with a home loss to GNL-leader Clarkston Friday, 72-45. Cheney fell behind big early on, but rall...
It took a fourth-quarter rally but the Cheney boys basketball team finally found a way to post its first Great Northern League win of the season. After battling visiting Deer Park to a 47-all tie after three quarters the Blackhawks suddenly found themselves down seven with under six minutes to play, but upped their intensity and their offensive output, rallying for a 66-62 win over the Stags last Tuesday. Cheney shot well down the stretch from the field and from the foul...
Someone is a groom, someone is a girl and someone else may or may not be a hooker. Slamming a few more doors always clarifies sticky situations- like waking up in bed on your wedding day with a woman who is not your fiancé. The small cast of the StageWest production “A Perfect Wedding” did their best with the limited space they have in the Parish Hall of Emmanuel Lutheran church on Elm Street. Some of the blocking was missed due to structural obstacles and probably a lack of options allowed within the space. The most rede...
City of Cheney • Jan. 31, Baby Play and Learn Storytime (ages 0-18 months) community library, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. • Feb. 5, Toddler Play and Learn Storytime (ages 1 1/2 to 3) community library, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. • Feb. 6, Historic Preservation Commission, City Council Chambers, 5:15 p.m. to 7 p.m. • Feb. 12, School Board Meeting, Sunset Elementary, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. City of Airway Heights • Feb. 1 and 2, Friends of the Airway Heights Library book sale, Hicks Open Market Building, 12435 W Thirteenth Ave., 11...
One hundred years ago in 1914, the City of Cheney budget was $7,450 with annual wages for the city marshall $900; attorney and city clerk received $300 each; the treasurer earned $180; the health officer and the fire chief, $120; the water superintendent and the pump man each received $600 ....
Emmanuel Lutheran Church The congregation of Emmanuel Lutheran Church invites you to worship with us this Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. as we celebrate the presentation of Our Lord. Christian education for grade school through adult begins at 9 a.m. StageWest Community Theater cordially invites you to their winter production of “Perfect Wedding” written by Robin Hawdon and directed by Richard Craven. Play dates are Fridays Jan. 31 and Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. Saturdays Feb. 1 (dinner theater 6 p.m.), Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. Sundays, Fe...
1 Years Ago Feb. 5, 2004 Cheney's growing population was becoming a concern for the city's fire department in that resources might be getting extended too thin Fire Chief John Montague reported. Calls had increased 16 percent up to 968 from 835 since 1999. Thanks to some generous donations, the Medical Lake Food Bank was able to survive through some difficult times treasurer Duane Wolfe reported, adding that efforts to purchase their building on Lefevre Street were aided by a...
This is a story about Richard Thomas Hubbard and his family. " Born in 1907, my dad lived to be a few days short of 101," son Ric Hubbard said. This brilliant man had an eighth grade education, spoke some French and German and was fluent in Spanish. He was a master brick mason and retired from masonry work in 1964 to start the Hubbard Jointers Company. He laid his last brick in 1986 when he helped Ric lay a fireplace hearth in a house Ric was building at the time. Dick's...
In 2013, Airway Heights applied for and received a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to install the first phase of trees in Aspen Grove Park Site. The first phase of the project began in October 2013. Environment West commenced the first phase of the project in October 2013. The project was broken into three phases of planting 26 trees per day. The tree planting portion of the project was finished Oct. 10. The remainder of the project, which consisted of watering the trees, spreading of mulch a and cleani...
ML Seniors dinner Feb. 8 The Medical Lake Kiwanis are holding their annual Senior Citizen Valentine’s Day Dinner Feb. 8 at noon in St. Anne’s Parish Hall, corner of Lake and Prentis. A traditional turkey dinner will be served. There will also be entertainment, door prizes and the announcement and honoring of the 2013 Senior Citizen Volunteer of the Year. The dinner is free to all Medical Lake area senior citizens. For more information call 299-5478. Free taxes done in Cheney In partnership with the Internal Revenue Ser...
They may not be rock stars, but the members of the West Plains Community Orchestra have a passion for their music that is undeniable. Since it's inception last spring the group has really shown progress and ability to incorporate new members and compensate if there is a lack of diversity in instruments. At their most recent practice in the Eastern Washington University music hall, the orchestra had violins, flutes, clarinets and even a bassoon, which blended together filled...
Training and quick responses likely prevented a burglary suspect and Spokane Police Academy reserve officer graduate from killing himself and possibly taking a pair of Cheney police officers with him. Valente Abundez-Ramirez, 26, was booked into Spokane County Jail Jan. 12 after he first broke into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment and then tried to remove a pistol from Cheney Officer Chris Oakes’ holster as he and Sgt. Rick Beghtol were retrieving police property from Abundez-Ramirez’s apartment. Spokane Superior Court arres...
The Airway Heights City Council held a study session, Jan. 27 where they discussed several items that will move forward to future legislative meetings. Development Services Director Derrick Braaten discussed the professional services contract award for the information technology services project. Braaten explained there were submittals from two companies: Contineo Technologies and Aakavs Consulting. Braaten said he had received the IT services contract that morning and did not have a chance to prepare the copies of the...
Spokane's Lewis and Clark High School drill team performed at halftime of last Thursday's Eastern Washington-Southern Utah men's basketball game. The neatly choreographed routine made the team resemble falling dominoes....
Cheney’s City Council resumed the process of enacting an ordinance regulating the siting of marijuana growing, processing and retail facilities in the city by opening a public hearing on the interim measures at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday night. Ordinance W-18 was established on an interim basis in November 2013 with a six-month time frame with which to modify and pass into law or do nothing about, in which case the city would loose its ability to control where and how marijuana facilities are established through p...
