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By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter It was a mixed bag of competition that included playing mixed-doubles in Idaho, but the Medical Lake boys' tennis team came out of last week with two wins and a loss with a little barbecue thrown in on the side. The Cardinals scored a 6-1 non-league victory at Post Falls last Tuesday, were beaten 5-2 at Lewis and Clark of the Greater Spokane League and then topped Deer Park 6-1 in a Great Northern League match on the road. The week was capped with a trip back to Idaho and a match at Lake City...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The timing may be just right for Medical Lake's soccer team as they meet both Pullman and Cheney in the same week. Because admit it or not, this is the time when the Cards would love to deliver a little payback. Winners of three straight and six of their last eight games – their only losses coming by similar 2-1 scores to both the Blackhawks and Greyhounds – Cardinals' head coach Zane Higgins appears quietly confident. The Cheney game was decided in a shootout. “Right now we're playing our b...
By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Things on the world stage aren't looking exactly rosy lately. Heck, things aren't looking great on stages smaller than that. It's easy to get caught up in the budget crises, natural disasters and political unrest that seem to be circling all around us. Ultimately though, sometimes it's necessary to disconnect from all that and take notice of the world around us. Despite its slow start, man, am I excited about spring. I think now is a good time for everyone to take a moment and get outside to wit...
We've fought many wars over the course of history in America. There have been those where we battled abroad and were seen as necessary for our survival - and those deemed dubious. On the home-front there have also been numerous domestic battlefronts. The war on poverty and war on drugs come to mind. And like other foreign wars there will be those who can attest to the successes and those who counter their worth. There's a new war being fought in the country to combat childhood obesity and one of the first skirmishes comes in...
Five national qualifiers have two months to raise money for trip to Calif. By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter This year, five students from the Cheney High School FCCLA club qualified for their national competition. Also this year, the state wasn't able to come through with money to help the students fund their trip to Anaheim, Calif. After spending hours working on their projects for S.T.A.R. events—S.T.A.R. stands for Students Taking Action with Recognition—Linnea Kessler, Jenny Kim, Brooklyn Marsh, Kayla Westhoff and Kar...
Nation not entitled to wealth of individuals, corporations I read with interest Ryan Lancaster's “budget discussion” (“Budget discussion falls silent on tax rates of the rich,” April 14). Our nation is broke “out of money.” It is spending way more than it collects in revenue. His solution is tax the corporations and the wealthy. He seems to think he is entitled to what they earned. Individual wealth and corporate wealth does not belong to the nation. It belongs to those who earn it. The “nation” only takes it by force the sa...
CHENEY April 11 Theft was reported on the 100 block of Washington Street. Identity theft was reported on the 800 block of West First Street. Theft was reported on the 700 block of West First Street. Violation of a court-issued protection order occurred on the 2600 block of First Street. The report was sent to the attorney for review. Harassment was reported on the 2200 block of First Street. Rape was reported in the 300 block of Erie Street. The incident was being investigated. A two-car non-injury collision occurred on the 1...
Annual tour shows eighth grade students a glimpse into America's history By RYAN LANCASTER Staff Reporter A group of 27 eighth grade students from Medical Lake Middle School travelled to the nation's capital and visited several historic sites and museums over spring break, April 2-7. The trip was planned by seventh grade language arts teacher Dave Dormaier, who said this was the 11th time he's organized the annual tour originally thought up by former Medical Lake teacher Rich Tschirgi. “People ask me how I can do this e...
Residents can comment on proposed changes at three public forums on April 25, May 5 and May 12 By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter Some Cheney students will be attending a new middle or elementary school in the coming years, depending on where they live within a new set of boundary lines in the Cheney School District. As construction on two new middle schools kicks off in the district, a group of parents and administrators will unveil plans for boundary changes in the district at a series of three public forums. The boundary...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Despite going 2-2 in last week's games the Cheney baseball team still finds itself in the hunt for a top spot in the coming Great Northern League playoffs. They may have to settle for missing a third straight league championship, but for Blackhawks manager Randy Elam, achieving that goal isn't the only reason they play the games. “If we don't finish at the top, big deal,” he said. “It's not that important. We'll get into the playoffs, these are just practice games, but the cool thing is, we contr...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor The Cheney Lady Hawks softball team notched several firsts in their home doubleheader with Great Northern League leader West Valley last Saturday. When Samee Silvieus scored the game's first run in the first inning, helped by an Eagles' error, Cheney became the first team to score on West Valley since Pullman on March 26 and the first team to lead the Eagles since Colville's 1-0 margin in a non-league game March 18. One inning later when Katie Bethel doubled to score Amy Anderson the Lady Hawks...
Celebrate Dia! (Children's Day/Book Day) at Eastern Washington University with an afternoon of songs, activities and stories! The wonderful celebration of children and books will take place 1-4 p.m., Thursday, April 28, in the Curriculum Center at the JFK Library, on the Cheney campus. Dia (El día de los niños/El día de los libros) is a celebration of children, families and reading, and emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. The Dia celebration includes crafts, so...
The Eastern Washington University Film Program is taking its act to television. The program is excited to announce the premiere of its new show, “The 11th Hour,” featuring new student work every Friday and Saturday at 11 p.m. on CMTV Ch.14. The debut show airs April 22, and is the first in a series of three episodes about the challenges, failures and victories of 10 EWU sculptors who compete against each other for a prized claw hammer and pair of welding goggles. Shot “reality show” style, these short documentaries are mod...
4 – Trevor Babcock, Taylor Baughman, Alecia Brooks, Alexis Brooks, Megan Carroll, Hannah Copeland, Sarrenity Dickson, Jeffrey Fix, Cody Goforth, Taylor Gould, Jennifer Harbick, Kira Hodge, Brooke Hosmer, Callan Hosmer, Andrew Jenkins, Alannah Lewis, Caleb McCombie, Kristie McGourin, Trace Morton, Anna Payne, Rylie Pease, Cyric Peltz, David Peterson, Michael Ruotsalainen, Kelci Scharff, Jackson Shaw, Kameryn Skillingstad, Brooklyn Spencer, Carissa Teeters, David Vandiver, Haley Walker, Brock Winegar, Sydney Zapf, Anna Z...
COLLEGE FOOTBALL Saturday, April 23, EWU scrimmage approx. Roos Field, 10 a.m. Saturday, April 30, EWU Red-White Scrimmage, Roose Field, 2 p.m. HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Thursday, April 21, Medical Lake hosts Clarkston, 2 p.m. Friday, April 22 Cheney at Deer Park, 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 26, Cheney hosts East Valley, 4 p.m. Medical Lake at West Valley, 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, Medical Lake hosts Freeman, 6 p.m. Friday, April 29, Medical Lake hosts Pullman, noon. HIGH SCHOOL GOLF Boys: Monday, April 25, Cheney at Dual 9-hole at...
By JANINE HAMILTON Contributor Fifteen swimmers from Cheney attended the 2011 Waves Triple Pentathlon Swim Meet at Whitworth University April 15-17. As members of the Spokane Cheney Waves, this was a home meet. “Ninety-nine Waves swimmers competed, stopping the clock with an amazing 365 best times and 80 first time swims,” Waves head coach Kevin Wang said. The Triple Pentathlon has a different format than traditional swim meets. To be eligible for a pentathlon award, swimmers have to complete all five events each day. Med...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor The Cheney boys' and girls' golf teams spent a busy first week back from spring break, competing in several invitational meets along with their second Great Northern League match competition. April 11 the girls traveled to Pullman for the Palouse Ridge Invitational, finishing fifth out of 11 teams on the 5,552-yard course at Palouse Ridge Golf Course. The Blackhawks had 457 strokes, seven back of fourth-place Pullman and 109 off the pace of invitational champion Lewiston. Marye Fuqua led Cheney with a...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor The bad news for the Cheney boys' tennis team is their return from spring break saw their five-match winning streak snapped as they experienced their first loss in Great Northern League play. The good news is the Blackhawks didn't have to wait long to get back into the win column, and they won't have long to wait to get a shot at avenging Tuesday's loss at West Valley. The Eagles and Blackhawks engaged in a good old-fashioned slugfest, racket-style, with several matches going three sets and coming...
By JOHN McCALLUM Editor For 30 minutes last Saturday in Pullman Cheney boys' soccer head coach Mark Kiver said his team played some of the most consistent and dominating soccer they've played all season. But after that the wheels came off the Blackhawks wagon. Up 2-0, Cheney gave up three straight goals, including the game-winner in the 62nd minute, to fall 3-2 to the Greyhounds, and in the process dropped into fourth place in the Great Northern League standings. “Pullman played a good game,” Kiver said Monday night. “We made...
Come learn what Eastern Washington University is doing to become more sustainable, at the start something Green Earth Day Fair. This special event will promote the school's recycling efforts, and will include exhibits, music and a tree planting ceremony. Sponsored by the EWU Recycling Department, the fair will take place 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, April 22 (Earth Day), on the campus mall. Organizers will emphasize the various recycling efforts on campus, display what Eastern does to promote eco-friendly practices and share...
FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS It was like two kids on a teeter-totter. The Eastern Washington University offense and defense responded to each other's big plays with scores and stops throughout the day during EWU's 68-play football scrimmage last Saturday at Roos Field. The Eagles will scrimmage two more times in the remaining seven practice sessions of spring. The Saturday, April 23 scrimmage will take place in the 10 a.m. hour. The Eagles end spring drills with the annual Red-White game at 2 p.m. on April 30 that will be televi...
Champion Eastern's spring football has different feel to it this year By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter It's not just the weather that insists on doing its best imitation of late fall – OK sometimes more early winter – that makes this year's Eastern Washington University spring football practices seem different. Maybe it's winning the Football Championship Subdivision national championship less than three months ago, or the fact that scrimmages are now held on the Red turf at Roos Field that distance things from last year's lon...
The Medical Lake Booster Club will sponsor its Seventh Annual Cardinal Golf Scramble on Saturday, May 21 at The Fairways Golf Course. Cost to enter is $65 for an individual or $325 for a five-player team. The price includes greens fees, golf cart, breakfast and lunch. The tournament begins with an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start and is preceded by check in at the clubhouse starting at 7:30 and a captain's meeting at 8:15. A post tournament luncheon and awards presentation will take place at 1:30 p.m. where raffle winners and prizes...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter The Medical Lake's girls came out of last week with a pair of wins and a loss to Mother Nature. The Cardinals picked up a 4-3 non-league victory over Post Falls last Tuesday and then took an easy 7-0 Great Northern League match at home against Deer Park. They were rained out in last Wednesday's non-league match with Colville. Medical Lake was at Cheney this past Tuesday, traveled to meet Shadle Park Wednesday and is at East Valley Thursday at 3:30 p.m. After dropping all of their singles sets...
Hawks off to good start with wins over GNL's Valley schools By JOHN McCALLUM Editor Cheney's boys' track team opened their run for a third straight Great Northern League title in successful fashion last Thursday, downing East Valley and West Valley in the first league meet of the season. The Blackhawks had little trouble knocking off either school, beating East Valley 80.33 to 64.66 while handing the host Eagles an 89-56 setback. “The guys competed hard and stepped up,” Cheney head coach Todd Hering said. “They showed why t...
