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  • Cheney Storm win Pend Oreille Cup Gold title

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Oct 12, 2015

    Cheney's Storm FC U14 girls soccer club added another trophy to their collection by winning the Pend Oreille Cup tournament's Gold Division in Sandpoint, Idaho, Sept. 11-13. Cheney head coach Brian Scott said the Storm won the tournament in somewhat dramatic fashion, edging the Spokane Soccer Club Shadow United Benjamin 1-0 in their opener, and then staged a late-game rally to knock off the Breakers in the B bracket finale. Trailing 3-0, the Storm scored five goals in the...

  • Sports Briefs

    Updated Oct 12, 2015

    EWU wins sixth straight in soccer Sophomore Chloe Williams scored what would be the game-winner with just three minutes left Sunday afternoon, Sept. 27, lifting the Eastern Washington University soccer team past Idaho State, 3-2, in Pocatello. The victory, EWU’s sixth straight, completed a perfect 2-0 start to Big Sky Conference play for just the second time in school history and the first time since the 2009 season. Eastern improves to 8-1-1 overall and 2-0 in league play while Idaho State falls to 1-9-1 overall and 0-2 i...

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  • Blackhawks race past Clarkston to stay perfect in GNL

    John McCallum, Editor|Updated Oct 1, 2015

    Cheney High's boys and girls cross country teams ran their respective Great Northern League records to 2-0 with wins over visiting Clarkston Sept. 23 over a revamped course at Salnave Park. The Blackhawk boys out paced the Bantams for a 21-45 win while the Cheney girls landed seven runners in the top eight slots for a 19-61 win over the 5,000-meter course. Hannah Spakousky was first for the Blackhawks girls, finishing with a time of 21 minutes, 54.5 seconds. Alecia Brooks was...

  • West Plains Scoreboard

    Updated Oct 1, 2015

    CROSS COUNTRY Washington State Cross Country Coaches Week 4 Poll Girls 2A 1. Liberty-Issaquah 2. Sehome 3. Bellingham 4. Ephrata 5. Anacortes 6. Cedarcrest 7. Tumwater 8. Selah 9. Pullman 10. Cheney Others: Ellensburg & Steilacoom Boys 1A 1. Lakeside 2. Northwest 3. Cascade-Leavenworth 4. Medical Lake 5. Overlake 6.Chelan 7. Royal 8. Deer Park 9. Riverside 10. South Whidbey Others: Cashmere, Meridian, Kings & Lynden Christian FOOTBALL Big Sky Conference Standings School Conf Pct Overall Hm. Aw. Stk. Port. State 1-0 1.000 3-0...

  • Cheney volleyball on top of GNL standings

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated Oct 1, 2015

    The Cheney High volleyball team has found themselves in a place they haven't been in a long time - at the top of the Great Northern League. After 3-1 wins over West Valley, Sept. 22, and Pullman, Sept. 24, the Lady Blackhawks are now in first place in the GNL standings. Cheney came in with a lot of momentum against West Valley. Game scores were 25-23, 20-25, 25-18 and 25-16. Head coach Heather Zorrozua said she saw some "great stuff" from her team in the West Valley match, as...

  • Dipoto could lead Mariners into new era

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated Oct 1, 2015

    There’s a new sheriff in town and his name is Jerry Dipoto. The Seattle Mariners announced, on Sept. 28, they hired Dipoto as the team’s new general manager. He was officially introduced at a press conference on Tuesday. Dipoto couldn’t have come to the Mariners at a better time. He replaces Jack Zduriencik, who Seattle fired in August. Zduriencik, led Seattle for seven seasons and while he enjoyed some success in 2009 and 2014, his seven-year plan to bring the team to the postseason failed. While initial reports had Seatt...

  • Cheney defeats Sunnyside in Homecoming

    AL STOVER, Staff Reporter|Updated Oct 1, 2015

    The Cheney High football team faced their toughest challenge this season after a 28-20 nonleague Homecoming win over the previously undefeated Sunnyside Grizzlies, Sept. 25. Sunnyside took an early lead after capitalizing on the Blackhawks' mistakes. Recovering a fumbled kickoff return, the Grizzlies got on the scoreboard after running back Fernando Cid-Reyes scored a 20-yard touchdown. On Cheney's first drive, a Sunnyside defender intercepted a pass from Blackhawks...

  • West Plains Briefs

    Updated Oct 1, 2015

    Community coat drive now through Oct. 11 Collection has started for this year’s community coat drive. Collection boxes for new and used children’s and adult coats are at local schools, churches and businesses. Donations are taking place now through Oct. 11. Cleaned coats will be distributed Friday, Oct. 16 at Sunset Elementary School from 3 – 5 p.m. and from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Salnave Elementary School Saturday, Oct. 17. Remaining coats will be available at Feed Cheney on Monday, Oct. 26 at the Wren Pierson Building. Please... Full story

  • Churches

    Updated Oct 1, 2015

    Emmanuel Lutheran Church Emmanuel Lutheran Church invites you to worship with us this Sunday, Oct. 3 at 10:30 a.m. You may also watch our pastor’s sermons at our website www.emmanuelcheney.org or on YouTube at Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Christian education classes for grade school through adult meets at 9 a.m. Mark your calendars for the following events: Reformation Sunday, Oct. 25; Holiday Bazaar and Luncheon, Saturday Nov. 7, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church A welcoming haven, nourishing all God’s people in bo...

  • Looking Back

    Updated Oct 1, 2015

    1 Years Ago Oct. 5, 2005 A recently released study by a consulting firm told the Cheney Light Department it has three options in order to combat rising wholesale electrical rates. Those include doing business as usual with rate increases, outsource services such as meter reading or sell the utility. The recently revived Cheney Parks and Recreation Department, which reopened in 2004, was looking for input from city residents to help chart its future. The return of football to the campus of Cheney High School for the first...

  • LOOKING BACK WITH THE CHENEY HISTORICAL MUSEUM

    Updated Oct 1, 2015

    Seventy-five years ago on October 3, 1940, the War Department announced the establishment of an Army Air Corps headquarters north of Cheney, just west of Spokane. It was named Geiger Field. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....

  • 'Anne of Green Gables' to open StageWest's 2015-2016 season

    Updated Oct 1, 2015

    StageWest Community Theatre proudly presents its 2015-2016 season opener “Anne of Green Gables” adapted by Peter DeLaurier from the novel by L.M. Montgomery and directed by Kay Byron Pacheco. This is the well-loved story of the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm on Canada’s Prince Edward Island. StageWest’s director of advertising and publicity, Nancy Kuonen,...

  • Eugene J. Haskins

    Updated Oct 1, 2015

    Eugene J. Haskins, 61, passed away peacefully on Sept. 18, 2015 in Spokane, Wash. Eugene was born Jan. 15, 1954 in Seattle to Elvin and Betty (Harris) Haskins. The family moved to Cheney in 1960 where Gene attended school and was a graduate of Cheney High School, class of 1972. Gene worked at the physical plant at Eastern Washington University for several years before taking an early retirement. He enjoyed fishing, camping and driving the back roads around Cheney. Gene is survived by the Harris family on his mother’s side w... Full story

  • I'm not a fan of these overused phrases

    JOHN SOENNICHSEN, Contributor|Updated Oct 1, 2015

    Back when I was an impressionable teenager, I used popular sayings such as “bitchen,” “far out” and “groovy.” This kept me in good graces with the cool kids. It also kept me on top of current words used by the “in crowd.” I mention this only because I’m about to discuss the absurdity of today’s clichéd phrases. I want it clear that I understand how the use of certain words and phrases can determine whether a person is on top of things or hopelessly out of synch with contemporary society. That said, I think most of today...

  • It's time for Tyler Grange's annual Harvest Dinner

    LUELLA DOW, Contributor|Updated Oct 1, 2015

    Every year the Tyler Grange folks prepare an excellent dinner for friends, neighbors, relatives and hopeful people hungrily standing nearby. This year, on Oct. 24 at 6 p.m., the exciting time begins with the dinner, followed by a baked goods auction happily waiting for you to bid on a homemade treat. Does it make you hungry thinking about it? The Tyler Grange provides the dinner basics: A perfectly cooked turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and green beans. We, as the guests, can decide on whatever we would like to bring: salads,...

  • Moving Fed Bank money to highways doesn't fix problem

    ED FEULNER, Contributor|Updated Oct 1, 2015

    Frustrated voters sometimes denounce their representatives as “good for nothing,” but are they being fair? Consider the budget gimmicks some politicians come up with. When it comes to fiscal gymnastics, who can deny their creativity? Case in point: a plan to fund the mismanaged Highway Trust Fund by tapping the dividends that the Federal Reserve pays member banks. Seriously, stick with me here, because this is a doozy. Here we have federal highway spending, operating at a deficit. Duh, it’s run by politicians. Of cours...

  • ASCO recomendations more harmful than helpful

    ROBERT GOLDBERG, Contributor|Updated Oct 1, 2015

    A group of doctors has decided to rewrite the Hippocratic Oath. The ancient pledge charges physicians with applying “all measures that are required” to help the sick. The American Society of Clinical Oncology wants to add a caveat —”unless those measures are too expensive. Then let the patient die.” The oncologists’ group has developed a “conceptual framework” that relies on cost-benefit analysis to determine the most “valuable” treatments for different patients. Sounds innocent enough. But healthcare outcomes cannot be...

  • Republicans targeting Planned Parenthood is childish

    Updated Oct 1, 2015

    Planned Parenthood, a non-profit organization that provides reproductive health as well as maternal and child health services, has become a legislative target. Since July, Senate Republicans have made it their mission to take away the organization’s federal funding after an undercover video from anti-abortion groups supposedly revealed Planned Parenthood was profiting from selling fetal parts for medical research. Senate Republicans introduced a spending bill that would strip Planned Parenthood’s funding for the year, whi...

  • Marijuana deal in ML goes wrong

    NEWS RELEASES|Updated Oct 1, 2015

    A marijuana deal turned sour led to one man being injured and the arrest of another man in Medical Lake. Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Brad Humphrey responded to a reported robbery around 9:10 p.m. Sunday on the 300 block of Herb Street. He found a man at the location bleeding from cuts under his eye and on top of his head. While receiving medical attention the man told Humphrey two men, one of whom was identified as 18-year-old Seth M. Robinson-Verney, walked up to his vehicle while he and a friend sat in the M...

  • West Plains Police News

    Updated Oct 1, 2015

    CHENEY Sept. 21 Third-degree malicious mischief was reported on the 300 block of J Street. There was damage to a car. Zackary T. Smith, 18, was arrested for reckless driving on the 400 block of North Second Street. Third-degree theft was reported on the zero hundred block of Cheney Spokane Road. A backpack and its contents were taken. Sept. 22 A medical injury was reported on the 1700 block of First Street. A person was found in the middle of the street. Third-degree theft was reported on the 800 block of Sixth Street. A...