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The city of Airway Heights celebrated its 10th annual Winter Festival, Dec. 3. The event featured several activities, including a Pancake Breakfast with Santa Claus at the community center, Winter Storytime at the library and craft decorating at Sunset Elementary School. The celebration culminated with the Christmas tree lighting at Sunset Park...
The Cheney High wrestling team kicked off their season on a busy note, competing in a Dec. 2 jamboree at Shadle Park against the Highlanders and Northeast A League’s Medical Lake, as well as the Dec. 3 Deer Park Invitational. At Deer Park, Cheney finished 11th out of 18 teams with 64.5 points. Greater Spokane League 4A Mead took home the team title with 251 points. “We’ve got some work to do, but it was what we expected,” head coach Brad Rasmussen said regarding his team’s performance in the first week of the season. ...
Airway Heights Library supervisor Stacy Kvamme reads Clemont Clark Moore's "Night Before Christmas" for the library's winter storytime activity during the Dec. 3 Airway Heights Winter Festival....
Hallett Elementary School students are doing their part to give back to their community during this holiday season. The school's Associated Student Body is collecting food for the Medical Lake Food Bank for its annual "Helping Others" project until Dec. 16. Hallett Principal Cindy McSmith said the project is "a wonderful way to encourage students to think about the needs of others and to take action to support those needs." It also allows students to consider donating items...
Medical Lake Middle School students arriving at school on Dec. 13 may notice their lockers are adorned with Christmas trees, ornaments, snowflakes and other holiday-inspired decorations. Four students - Kylie Pepperman, Kylie Metheny, Daytona Grundstrom and Lillionna Scott - got the ball rolling on a Secret Santa project for the school. These four and other students are going to be decorating their classmates' lockers. The idea for the project started when Pepperman and Methen...
The city of Airway Heights received an early Christmas present — a present that will benefit one of its road improvement projects. During a Nov. 21 City Council meeting, City Manager Albert Tripp announced that the city received a $2.3 million Transportation Improvement Board grant to help fund phase two of the “Garfield/Russell/Sprague Loop Project.” The city’s match for the grant, $255,325, will be paid for from Transportation Benefit District (TBD) funds. The estimated cost of the project’s second phase is over $2.5 mill...
Runners of all ages turned out for the ninth annual Cheney High School Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving. The event was put on by the Cross Country booster club. A portion of the event's proceeds went to the Cheney Food Bank. The Cheney High cross country teams recently wrapped up their season. To learn more, read "Cheney boys bring home hardware from state."...
In my last Crunch Time column (Nov. 17, 2016), I wrote that mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor, who became the first athlete to simultaneously hold a championship in two weight divisions, (featherweight and lightweight) in the UFC, was seeking to own a stake in the organization. Since then, McGregor has gone from holding two championships to just having the lightweight belt — and he didn’t even lose the other one in a fight. The UFC announced that McGregor vacated the featherweight championship last Saturday, Nov. 26...
Cheney High School had 24 student athletes who were selected for 2016 fall Great Northern League teams. Athletes and some of their highlights are listed below. Football Charles Johnson (first team offense) ran for 128 yards in the Sunnyside game and 144 against North Central. Cameron Hardt (first team defense) scored a touchdown in the Eisenhower game. Cade VanWormer (first team defense) had two sacks in the Sunnyside game and scored a touchdown on an interception in the Eisen...
The Medical Lake School District maintenance staff is going to have a new place to put their equipment. At its Nov. 22 meeting, the board of directors approved a resolution to purchase property located at South Brower and East Grace streets, across the street from the Post Office, at a cost of $299,999. The district will own the property effective Dec. 1. The property includes a 7,500-square-foot building. Five thousand square feet of that space will be used to store...
At Monday night’s study session, the Airway Heights City Council got a look at a potential capital facilities bond the Cheney School District hopes to put on the February election ballot. District administration presented a $55 million proposal that would renovate and modernize Cheney High School and three elementary schools. Since its $44.48 million bond — which would have added a 700-seat auditorium, expanded classroom and physical fitness space, remodeled and modernized the high school only — failed twice in 2015, the d...
At its Nov. 21 meeting, the Airway Heights City Council approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the city and the Kalispel Tribe of Indians to resolve a pending appeal before it reached the U.S. Department of the Interior Board of Appeals. The agreement stemmed from Interior’s decision to place 69.03 acres of off-reservation property in Airway Heights’ city limits into trust for the Kalispels at their request back in May. The city filed a notice of appeal after it learned of the Interior’s decision. Accor...
Eastern Washington University’s board of trustees, along with staff, are doing what they can — within their legal limits — to make the campus a safe place for all students. After a special Nov. 22 meeting, the board issued a statement regarding a petition it received from staff and students. The petition requests the board designate the college as a “sanctuary campus” for undocumented students, staff and their family members who could face deportation. The document is in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign pr...
In a news release, Eastern State Hospital announced it earned full accreditation by The Joint Commission. The institution added that it had received certification from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for meeting the conditions of participation, which are regulations that set minimum health and safety standards for hospitals participating in Medicare. Joey Frost, ESH director of organizational development/communications, said having CMS certification is a...
Jodi Patterson, Eastern Washington University assistant professor of art education, used mop heads and lace to create "WeRise. WeFall." Patterson is one of many professors whose artwork is on display in the "Faculty Art Exhibition." The exhibition is located in the EWU Gallery of Art and runs until Dec. 9....
Who vandalized the Simpson School of the Sciences' Power Bot 200 and prevented it from entering the competition? That was the question audience members were trying to answer during the Nov. 19 Medical Lake High School Circuit Breakers Robotics team's mystery dinner theater fundraiser at the high school. The robotics club was funded through a three-year Department of Defense grant and sponsorships, which helped the team pay to enter (FIRST) For Inspiration and Recognition of...
The primary focus of Airway Heights’ 2017 budget, totaled at over $19.32 million, is on four key areas which the city seeks to improve on — public safety, economic development, building and recreation opportunities. “With the new casino coming in, we’re trying to maintain services as best we can,” Amy Gravelle, clerk-treasurer, said. “We’re trying to look toward the future and what that will bring to the city.” According to information provided by staff, current expense fund revenues are estimated at over $6.855 million...
Students, staff and community members started a petition that asks the Eastern Washington University board of trustees to make the college a sanctuary campus for undocumented students, staff and their family members who face imminent deportation. The petition is in response to the 2016 election results and president-elect Donald Trump's promise to increase deportations of illegal immigrants after he takes office in January. The petition has 10 requests, among those are...
At its Nov. 15 meeting, the Medical Lake City Council held a first reading of the 2017 budget. According to information provided by the city, the 2017 current expense fund is projected to be just over $3.14 million with $2.37 million going toward departments and services funded through property tax and revenue. This is about $40,000 less than what the city spent last year. The ending cash balance for 2017 is projected at $765,076. “It’s less than we have had in recent years,” City Administrator Doug Ross said during the p...
When it comes to dealing with delinquent utility accounts, Airway Heights staff is going to use one of the tools it already has. At an August study session, staff proposed Ordinance 878, which amends the city’s municipal codes “Water System” and “Sanitary Sewer System,” and creates a new section “Utility Services.” The ordinance will allow only property owners to set up utility accounts. Currently both property owners and tenants can create accounts. During the session, accounting-records clerk Addam Janke said staff proposed...
Eastern Washington University is encouraging students and residents to participate in “Giving Joy Day,” Nov. 29. According to Lisa Poplawski, director of alumni advancement, Eastern’s Giving Joy Day is inspired by “Giving Tuesday,” which is a movement to create an international day of generosity and goodwill at the beginning of the holiday season. Poplawski explained that the event serves two purposes, one being to help raise $100,000 for EWU scholarships. The scholarship part of the movement was inspired by EWU President Dr....
This is the second part in a two-part series about resources for high school seniors to pay for college. This installment focuses on scholarships. Another way for Cheney and Medical Lake high school students to pay for college is by scholarships. Students are awarded scholarships for many reasons, such as having a high grade point average or achieving notoriety in a sport or performance art. Nicole Starkey, Cheney High School career and college specialist, said there are numerous scholarships for more than just high GPAs and...
The Medical Lake High School music program honored veterans at different events last week....
At its Nov. 14 study session, the Airway Heights City Council moved several items forward to its next meeting. One was an amendment of public defender professional service contract with Maurer Law. The amendment proposes to increase the contract from $4,000 to $4,833 per month. City Manager Albert Tripp gave two reasons for the recommendation. One was because of the increase in the city’s caseload activity. In 2014, the city entered into an interlocal agreement with the Kalispel Tribe for them to send defendants to Airway H...
At its Nov. 9 meeting, the Airway Heights Planning Commission conducted a State Environmental Policy Act public hearing on the Basalt Ridge Apartment Complex project. The complex, which is being developed by Whitewater Creek Inc.on the northeast corner of Sixth Avenue and a stretch of road that will become an extension of Ketchum Street. According to the SEPA checklist, the complex will be 12 buildings with 240 units and a separate “community center building.” Development Services Director Derrick Braaten said the area has...
