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A three-vehicle collision Sunday night not only claimed the life of a Cheney man, but also a large part of local history and perhaps the collective soul of a community. Eastern Washington University interim Dean of Libraries and university archivist Dr. Charles Mutschler, 63, was killed Sunday evening when the car he was driving veered into the path of oncoming traffic on State Route 904. According to a March 11 Washington State Patrol press memo, Mutschler’s 1991 Chevrolet p... Full story
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school, club or facility websites to confirm.) College Basketball Men Thursday, March 14, EWU vs Montana State or Idaho at quarter finals of Big Sky Conference Championship, Boise, Idaho, 7 p.m. Friday, March 15, EWU at semi-finals of Big Sky Conference Championship, Boise, Idaho, 7 p.m. Saturday, March 16, EWU at Big Sky Conference Championship finals, Boise, Idaho, 7 p.m. Women Friday, March 15, EWU at Big Sky Conference Championship finals, Boise, Idaho, 12 p.m. College...
By SHANNEN TALBOT Staff Reporter The summer before Liam Doloughan’s senior year of high school, he was running along a trail on a cross-country trip. About three miles out, an excruciating pain in his hip stopped him in his tracks. With just three inches of movement in one leg, Doloughan was able to make it back to the team’s camp, but what would follow would change the course of his athletic future forever. Doloughan’s hip injury led to a diagnosis of joint malfo...
A trio of Eastern Washington University women’s basketball players have earned All-Big Sky honors, as announced by the conference on Monday (March 11). Junior Uriah Howard earned the program’s first-ever Top-Reserve of the Year award while Violet Kapri Morrow was named to the All-Big Sky Second Team. Freshman Grace Kirscher earned an All-Big Sky Honorable Mention nod. Howard shares the award with Portland State’s Desirae Hansen. Morrow scored in double digits in 25 out of 27 games this season, including over 20 points in ni...
Last week, the family of U.S. women’s pursuit team cyclist and 2016 Olympic Games silver medalist Kelly Catlin announced that she had passed away at age 23. The cause of death? Suicide. Unfortunately, Catlin’s situation is not unique. British snowboarder Ellie Soutter committed suicide last year, while a 16-year-old competitive athlete at Newport Harbor High School in California killed himself in February 2018. Earlier this year, a former Washington and Lee University student athlete sued the university and one of its cou...
Training for spring sports normally has its challenges, but when winter decides to show up several weeks late, then hang on indefinitely, it can make for some adaptations by coaches and their teams. Such was the case in Medical Lake last Friday. Head coach Austin Sharp and assistant coach Fred Wagner, along with a select crew of volunteers from the Cardinal baseball team, took to the infield in an effort to, if not create some space to practice, at least hasten the eventual...
Six Medical Lake High School athletes were honored for their athleticism in the Northeast League during the winter sports season. Those athletes are: Boys basketball Alex Stith Senior Second Team — Guard Girls basketball Jessica Lohman Senior MVP — Guard- Lexi Redell Junior First Team — Guard Jaycee Oliver Junior Second Team — Guard Wrestling Victor Long Junior, Second Team — 152 pounds Weston Thomas Senior, Second Team — 120 pounds The Medical Lake girls basketball...
Lt. Col. Howard DeLos Ringley, USAF retired, passed away on March 8, 2019. Howard was born on May 28, 1919 to Roy and Virginia (Rice) Ringley in Pactola Valley in the Black Hills of South Dakota. In 1926, the family moved to Arizona where Howard grew up. Howard was educated in the Phoenix public schools at Emerson School, Phoenix Union High School and Phoenix Junior College. Later he attended classes at the University of Maryland and the Air Force School of Applied Tactics... Full story
Spokane County Fire District 10 (SCFD10) hosted a live fire demonstration on March 2 when a West Plains community member donated their property for firefighter training. The owner of the property on Flint Road needed an old house on the land removed, with parts of the home dating back 110 years, Deputy Fire Chief of Safety & Logistics Jack Krill said. The 1,572-square-foot structure was originally built in 1912 and was added onto in the 1950s. “The demo very successful — it...
It is with sad hearts that the family of Nora A. Peterson announces her passing on March 3, 2019 after a long and courageously fought illness. Nora was born in Spokane, Wash., on July 22, 1946 to Lightner and Christine Barton. Nora lived most of her life in the Spokane and Cheney area, and was residing in Cheney at the time of her passing. Nora worked for Kmart for over 35 years until her retirement last year. She enjoyed reading, traveling, camping and spending time with family. Nora and her husband Ron, (who preceded her... Full story
1 Years Ago March 12, 2009 Medical Lake students performed the play “Arsenic and Old Lace,” with proceeds to go to various local charities. The death of a Cheney High School student in a car accident inspired improved visibility and traffic fixes on U.S. Highway 195. The Cheney City Council questioned the logistics of a park impact fee as council members asked how the fees would be assessed and whether they could be paid at the time a building permit was issued. 20 Years Ago March 11, 1999 Then-president of Eastern Was...
Cheney • March 14, Roger Ralston’s exhibit “Field Research ,” EWU Gallery of Art, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. • March 14, Open Mic Night, The Mason Jar, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. • March 10-16, Waffles for Wheels, participating Cheney businesses, 12 a.m. - 7 p.m. • March 15, EWU Choral Concert, Cheney Congregational Church, $5 admission, 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. • March 15, Cheney High School’s “Cinderella,” CHS Little Theater, $10, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. • March 18, GED and high school completion classes, Cheney library, 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. • March 21, Jamiso... Full story
This is a story about how the headstone for Robert Early Mill came to be. Shorty Mill, as he came to be called, was born to John and Emma Mill on the homestead of his grandfather, Robert Mill, a Washington Territory pioneer, on May 27, 1882. The homestead is located south of Cheney on Wells Road. Shorty attended school at Wright School in the Pioneer Township, Spokane County. The school was located at the corner of Wells Road and Pine Grove Road, south of Cheney. After...
A big “thank you” to Cheney Real Estate Management for recognizing and valuing the importance of “shopping local” by purchasing gift cards from a small downtown establishment, The Mason Jar, rather than a large, national chain. By supporting our smaller local businesses we ensure vitality, increased choice and a greater revenue stream for our community. Again, thank you! Mary Robinson Cheney...
I didn’t think it was quite time for political season, but it seems to have started. I was just sitting down to dinner when my phone rang. If it had been 30 seconds later, I would have let the answering machine take it even though I was expecting a call from my agent. The caller asked for my wife, and being well trained, I asked if I could tell her who was calling. I guess talking to my wife wasn’t the caller’s highest priority because he went right into his spiel. He started by thanking me for past contributions I have...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church would like to thank the community for helping us with our 10th annual Festival of Chocolate. The turnout was wonderful and all had a great time. We saw folks that come out every year for this event as well as some new faces. Thanks go to the Cheney Free Press for the nice piece in the newspaper and to those businesses in Cheney that allowed a flyer in their windows. We want to thank the Thrivent Action Team for the “seed money” that purchased the needed food and beverages for the kitchen. Marcia Mec...
In life, rarely is anything worth having easily or immediately achieved. Sure, you may experience an immediate reward from time to time — winning the lottery is the obvious example here — but you did not do much, if anything, to earn that reward. Rather, the rewards achieved through hard work over extended periods of time are the most fulfilling. It is through diligence — defined as “steady, earnest, and energetic effort; persevering application” — that we find the most rewarding and fulfilling work. A word used in pop cult...
My wife Sheila reminded me Tuesday morning that life can change in the blink of an eye. It’s a familiar statement that is so true — in many ways. Life changed for many members of the Cheney and Eastern Washington University communities last Sunday evening on a cold stretch of pavement on State Route 904 in Four Lakes. In an incident now well-documented by the Cheney Free Press and various members of the Spokane media, long-time Cheney resident and EWU archivist and interim dean of libraries Dr. Charles Mutschler was killed in...
Lawmakers in Olympia have educators wringing their hands wondering what their school district's budget will look like once this year's legislative dust settles. Although in a good position financially, whatever happens, the fiscally conservative, property-poor Medical Lake School District may still lose money, according to Superintendent Tim Ames. The approximately $500,000 Ames said MLSD stands to lose from its $25.9 million annual budget is a bitter pill to potentially be...
The recently-formed West Plains Support Network (WPSN) met last week to set 2019 goals and discuss how those goals may be accomplished. The WPSN was created in February 2017 to address issues facing the West Plains community. Several members work within local school districts or represent businesses in Cheney, Medical Lake and Airway Heights. It’s most recent gathering included analysis of a community needs assessment survey sent out to former WPSN meeting attendees, asking them to gauge and rank the problems facing the W...
The Cheney High School Jazz Band took top honors on Saturday, Feb. 23, at the University of Idaho’s 2019 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, taking the runner-up spot in the 3A Instrumental Ensembles Division at the Young Artist’s Concert. More than 4,000 students of all ages competed, coming from as far as Minnesota, Montana and Canada to participate. “The competition featured about 150 schools and about 24 in their division,” band director Joshua Wisswell said. “The kids were pretty satisfied.” The last time Cheney attended th...
“Show me your friends, and I will show you your future.” Last week, Eastern Washington University’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion launched its first ever Self-Esteem and Higher Education (SHE) Leadership Academy designed to empower female high school students and give them tools for future growth and career success. And keynote speaker Tish Norman had some advice to impart. “You’ve got to be strategic with your friends,” Norman told the 55 high school students in...
Last month, a familiar battle raged on at the United Methodist Church General Conference in St. Louis, Mo., one concerning human sexuality and its place in the church. After several days of discussion, United Methodist leaders passed “The Traditional Plan” by a tight margin of 53 percent, re-affirming the church’s stance against homosexuality, marriage equality and LGBTQ clergy. But according to local religious officials, many churches in the Pacific Northwest and in Cheney specifically are not planning to adhere to those gui...
Rich Freier has a favorite saying. Actually, the veteran Spokane Valley Fire Department fire investigator and commissioned law enforcement officer has a lot of them — to talk with Freier is to talk with a walking quote machine. But of those, the 20-year veteran has one that should resonate with everyone. “The best fire call we go on are the ones we don’t,” Freier said Monday, March 4, while installing material and equipment for a series of test burns at Cheney’s Rosebrook...
The clock is ticking for the Medical Lake City Council to decide to ask voters to consider merging the city’s struggling all-volunteer fire department with Spokane County Fire District 3. Speaking before the council and spectators that included board members from SCFD3, Medical Lake Fire Chief Jason Mayfield suggested there are three options for the council to consider. One is do nothing — knowing that 911 calls will continue to be missed by the Medical Lake Fire Dep...
