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CHENEY – With the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak growing, officials at Eastern Washington University have taken additional steps to safeguard students, faculty and staff from possible contact with the virus. While no cases have been reported on campus, university officials announced changes last week to winter quarter final exams, asking faculty to forego in-person finals during the scheduled exam week of March 17-20 and instead hold those finals online. If online finals...
Death notices cost $20 and may include name, age, date and location of death. They may also include place and date of birth, and parents, as well as a sentence letting readers know which funeral home is in charge of arrangements. The base cost for obituaries is $100 for up to 450 words and one black-and-white, one-column photograph. Obituaries of 451-700 words cost $150, including one photo. For obituaries exceeding 700 words, there is a $50 charge for up to an additional 250 words. Additional one-column photographs cost $10...
CHENEY — The hardware haul was large for the Eastern Washington University men’s basketball team, but none bigger than the one senior Mason Peatling deservedly garnered. Peatling capped a dominating run through the Big Sky Conference by being selected as the Most Valuable Player by the conference’s 11 head coaches, the league announced on Tuesday, March 10. He becomes the fifth Eagle to win the award in EWU’s 33 seasons as a member of the conference. “Mason is as deserving of the MVP as any player I’ve ever been around,” Ea...
Cheney Congregational Church Pastor Matt Goodale is doing a six-week sermon series through Lent that follows Jesus’ journey to the cross. We see the ways that Jesus is more inclusive, more forgiving, and more loving than we tend to be, and Jesus beckons us to live in such a way that shares forgiveness, grace and love with all people. Service starts at 10 a.m. There is a Lenten adult education class offered at 9 a.m. before the service that encounters Jesus in the book of Luke and invites us into a time of self-reflection d...
CHENEY – Two Blackhawks boys basketball coaches placed on administrative leave in late January have resigned. According to a recent Cheney School District monthly personnel status form, boys’ basketball varsity head coach Frankie Keplinger resigned his position effective Jan. 31; with assistant varsity coach Chad Smith resigning effective Feb. 5. Keplinger had been placed on administrative leave Jan. 21 pending an investigation into his coaching style, with Smith suspended for a similar investigation on week later. While the...
CHENEY — The Big Sky Conference announced Tuesday, March 10, that third-year Eastern Washington University men’s basketball coach Shantay Legans had been named the conference’s Coach of the Year as a result of balloting by the league’s 11 head coaches. “I’m so humbled to receive the Big Sky Coach of the Year Award, especially among the group of outstanding coaches in this conference,” Legans said in a news release. “But make no mistake, this is a team award. Coaches are only as good as their players and staff, and I ha...
CHENEY — Eastern Washington University men’s basketball senior Mason Peatling has been selected as a first team Academic All-America selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), it was announced Monday, March 9. The Big Sky Conference MVP candidate was one of just 15 players in all of NCAA Division to be honored. He previously won Academic All-District VIII first team accolades to advance to the national ballot. Peatling is from Melbourne, Aus...
Boys Basketball: Medical Lake landed two players, Nick Mason and Jordan Petersen on the First-Team All Northeast A League squad. “These two players helped shift a culture for Medical Lake Basketball,” head coach Jordan Starr wrote in an email. “They competed each practice and were great leaders for their peers.” The two seniors set the bar high for Medical Lake basketball moving forward, Starr said. He offered additional thoughts on these two program leaders. Nick Mason:...
CHENEY — Eastern Washington made fellow Big Sky Conference coaches look good and the media not so much in the pool of experts. The Eagles broke away from a 59-all tie near the midpoint of the second half with a 10-0 run and outscored Weber State 19-10 down the stretch Feb. 7 to earn a 78-69 victory and win the outright Big Sky Conference title on Senior Day at Reese Court. Back in October, conference coaches predicted the Eagles had the necessary horses to battle their way to...
Washington state lawmakers have passed legislation that will align the timber and forestry sector with the state’s carbon emission goals. The Senate voted 46-3 on March 5 in favor of passing House Bill 2528, which would recognize the amount of carbon that trees absorb from the atmosphere and allow that amount to be accounted for after the potential implementation of a carbon emission tax. The House passed the measure in January in a 95-0 vote. Cindy Mitchell, senior director of public affairs for Washington Forest P...
Public school students will soon have a greater understanding of their sexuality, sexual abuse and the importance of consent under a new law passed by Washington state legislators. Senate Bill 5395 requires all public schools in Washington state to give public school children in kindergarten through 12th grade a comprehensive sexual education. The curriculum must follow certain requirements, including encouraging healthy relationships, teaching students about sexual violence, educating them on consent and being inclusive of...
MEDICAL LAKE — With the ongoing takeover of Medical Lake’s fire department by Spokane County Fire District 3, so will officially disappear the second oldest fire service in the county. But all good things tend to come to an end and in the case of emergency services in the community it all about saving lives and property. “I’m never gonna’ fault our residents for wanting things to stay the same or having loyalties,” City Administrator Doug Ross said. “But I think at the end of...
CHENEY – The City Council authorized a nearly $60,000 contract at its Feb. 25 meeting to keep the city’s trees away from powerlines, but held off on approving a resolution to increase the amount charged to developers on new connections to the water system. Asplundh Tree Experts were the lowest of three bidders on the city’s line clearance contract, coming in with a weekly rate of $5,872.40, totaling $58,724 for the 10-week project scheduled to run May 1 – July 10. The work will be done on the city’s system only and in conjun...
Nobody knows how deep the impact of the coronavirus will be, but one thing that it is destined to test is how effectively people will work from home. Washington is at the point of the spear. Of the 22 U.S. deaths attributed to COVID-19, there are 19 in our state. To avoid further exposure, employers are encouraging telecommuting, canceling meetings, events and travel, and, taking extra caution to sanitize work locations. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines is among the carriers...
Frank Watson tells us in his Thursday, March 5 commentary, that, “…patriotism really is a good thing.” Read on and discover that what Frank means is that if you agree with him, you’re patriotic and if you don’t, you’re not. But Frank is not so much commenting on patriotism as he is on socialism — a favorite axe Frank enjoys grinding. Frank is taking Bernie Sanders to task for advocating accessible and affordable health care for all Americans (Medicare4A), and vastly improved education, including tuition-free undergraduate...
While this plea may not carry much weight I’m going to present it anyway. Ringo my beagle has an eating disorder, meaning that if an entire bag of food were somehow left within reach of his snout, he just might eat until he burst. But that’s not the point. Somehow when we got him as a pup nearly 14 years ago on Father’s Day we were told that he was typical of many beagles. They eat, eat, eat and slowly become big and round. Through careful exercise, Ringo has remained a const...
CHENEY – School district officials are watching events in Olympia with an eye to how legislators make fixes to education funding as the state Legislature prepares to wrap up its 60-day short session — funding that currently has the district running a deficit with some of its programs. Of particular interest are hoped-for fixes to the School Employees Benefit Board (SEBB) program and the state funding for special education, both of which are using numbers lower than actual counts in the district. With regards to special edu...
Democratic congressional candidate Chris Armitage is visiting cities in the 5th Congressional District to hear voters’ concerns, and has scheduled visits on the West Plains as well as Spokane Valley. Armitage will be in Cheney today (March 12) at the Cheney Library, 610 1st St., from 4 – 6 p.m., and will be at the Medical Lake Library, 321 Herb St., on Monday, March 16, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. He will also be in Millwood at the Argonne Public Library, 4322 N. Argonne Road Tuesday, March 17, from 12 – 3 p.m. According to camp...
SPOKANE VALLEY – Westwood Middle School Future Business Leaders of America students received 24 trophies over seven events at the annual Northeast Regional Winter Conference held Feb. 6 at Spokane Valley Assembly of God Church. The middle school had seven attending students place in the top-six in their events, advancing to the state Business Leadership Conference in Spokane this April. Three students placed in five events or more: Nico Rojas Nunez (six events), Kyleigh Greer (five events) and Gretchen Schmitt (five events),...
SPOKANE VALLEY – Cheney Middle School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) students had a great showing at the 2020 Northeast Regional Winter Conference at the Spokane Valley Assembly of God church on Feb. 6. The chapter had all nine of its attending students place in the top six of events, advancing to the State Business Leadership Conference in Spokane in April. As a chapter, students placed 18 times in eight different events. This Winter Conference was attended by 2...
CHENEY – Eastern Washington University's Gallery of Art is exhibiting the works of contemporary artist Resa Blatman at the gallery located in the Art Building at the center of the Fine Arts Complex. "Slow Burn" runs now through April 24, Monday – Friday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., with the exception of March 23-27 when the gallery will be closed for spring break. Admission is free. According to a news release, Blatman is a contemporary artist whose works present a visual feast...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff reporter MEDICAL LAKE — One of country singer George Strait’s many memorable songs is typical of the genre of the girl leaving the guy. It cries out that “If you leave me, I won’t miss you,” and if you believe that, the song continues, “I got some oceanfront property in Arizona; From my front porch you can see the sea.” That song might have come to mind by audience members during some light-hearted debate by the Medical Lake City Council at its March 3 meeting where for nearly 10 minutes officials dis...
Tanner Groves (left) and Jack Perry celebrate Eastern Washington University winning the 2019-20 Big Sky Conference regular season men’s basketball championship. Eastern clinched the outright title with a 78-69 victory on March 7 at Reese Court over Weber State, earning the conference’s top-seed in the Big Sky tournament this week in Boise where they face the winner of the No. 8 vs. No. 9 game between Sacramento State and Weber State....
MEDICAL LAKE — One of country singer George Strait’s many memorable songs is typical of the genre of the girl leaving the guy. It cries out that “If you leave me, I won’t miss you,” and if you believe that, the song continues, “I got some oceanfront property in Arizona; From my front porch you can see the sea.” That song might have come to mind by audience members during some light-hearted debate by the Medical Lake City Council at its March 3 meeting where for nearly 10 min...
SPOKANE – Presidential hopefuls Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders dueled to a virtual tie in Washington’s Democratic primary Tuesday night. At press time, Sanders held a slim 2,084 vote led over the former vice president, garnering 32.70 percent of the statewide vote to Biden’s 32.49 percent. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg received 11.05 percent of the ballots cast, 126,093 even though he suspended his campaign last week. In Spokane County, the results were almost exactly the opposite, with Biden holding a 248 vote...
