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The Lady Blackhawks soccer team finished their regular season with Great Northern League losses to West Valley (2-1, Oct. 18) and East Valley (2-0, Oct. 22). Despite losing their last three matches, Cheney (6-6 GNL, 18 points, 10-6 overall) had their best finish since 2011 and has a firm grip on third place in the league standings. In the West Valley game, the Eagles took the lead on Abby McConnell's goal in the 25th minute. "We didn't come out playing with intensity like we...
The Cheney High football team wrapped up their 2016 campaign with a 15-0 loss to Great Northern League leading Pullman last Friday, Oct. 21 in what Blackhawks head coach Bobby Byrd called “one of the muddiest games I’ve been a part of.” The Greyhounds took the lead in the first quarter on Jake Cillay’s 6-yard scoring pass to Cameron Lang. Pullman boosted its lead in the same quarter on Cillay’s 49-yard pass to Grant Druffel. “That game was kind of the story of our season,” Byrd said. “We played pretty good defensively, bu...
With the 2016 Great Northern League championship already in their trophy case, the Cheney High volleyball team continued their strong season with a 3-1 road win over West Valley, Oct. 18. It was another impressive performance for Cheney — game scores were 25-16, 25-18, 23-25, 25-21 — but the Eagles refused to go down without a fight. “There’s just something about West Valley (that gives us trouble),” head coach Heather Zorrozua said. The Eagles are the only team to defeat Cheney this season. “We played well in the first two s...
A deer was spotted on a lawn across the street from Hallett Elementary School in Medical Lake, Friday Oct. 21....
Senior RJ Viloria attempts to keep his balance in a game of Twister during last Medical Lake High School's homecoming assembly, last Friday....
Medical Lake Middle School is in its third — and hopefully final — year of being designated as a “Focus” school. The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction classified the middle school as “Focus” status in 2014 because test scores in special education reading and math fell below 13.82 percent, which is the threshold subgroup performance average for three-year schools. Since 2014, principal Sylvia Campbell and her staff have used the “Focus” designation as an opportunity to help not only special ed...
It appears that anyone can call themselves a professional mixed martial arts fighter. Last week, former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy announced that he would trade in his cleats and shoulder pads and embark on an MMA career. In a statement to MMA Fighting.com, Hardy said he has been training for several months and there are already promoters who are interested in signing him. Hardy’s first professional fight is scheduled for 2017. Hardy, a second-team All American from the University of Mississippi, played for t...
The Lady Blackhawks soccer team had a rollercoaster week in Great Northern League play with a 3-0 loss to East Valley (Oct. 11), a 2-1 win over Pullman (Oct. 13) and a 2-0 defeat to Clarkston at home, Oct. 15. East Valley opened the scoring on Taryn Baxter's corner kick in the 34th minute. The Knights increased their lead with two goals in the second half. The Lady Knights outshot Cheney 12-3 with Nicole Rowley making nine saves. In what was a rainy game in Pullman, Cheney...
It was another rough night for the Cheney High football team, who lost to West Valley, 14-6, in their final home game of the season, Oct. 14. The Blackhawks (0-3 Great Northern League, 2-5 overall) have lost three of their last four contests. "Defensively, I think we are pretty darn good," head coach Bobby Byrd said. "Offensively, we just couldn't string together four solid quarters. Penalties kind of got in the way as well." The Eagles took the lead on quarterback Hunter...
The Cheney High volleyball team captured its second regular season Great Northern League championship after 3-0 sweeps over East Valley (Oct. 11), Pullman (Oct. 13) and Clarkston (Oct. 15). Unlike the 2015 season, the Blackhawks (9-1 GNL, 11-1 overall) will not have to share the title with another team. By winning the league, Cheney will host the District 7 tournament, have a bye to the championship round and will play the second-place team, Oct. 29. Head coach Heather...
I’ll be honest, I am a little sick and tired of the election and I am waiting for it to be over. Don’t get me wrong, I understand the importance of this year’s presidential race, it will decide the next person — Republican nominee Donald Trump or Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton —who sits in the Oval Office for the next 4-8 years. But the election itself is not the problem. What is aggravating to me is all of the mudslinging, insults and name calling that is going around, not just between the Trump and Clinton camps, but al...
Dr. Jacob DaBell (left), who operates DaBell Orthodontics offices in Cheney and Spokane Valley, visited Medical Lake's Hallett Elementary School to present fifth-grade teacher Cheryl Spilker (right) with a gift basket for winning the "My Teacher Rocks" award, which is presented by his office. Skylar DeVore (center), one of Spilker's students, wrote a letter to DaBell, nominating her teacher for the award. Spilker's class received a pizza party on Sept. 29 for their teacher...
Medical Lake High School is celebrating its annual Homecoming Week. This year's theme is "Get Your Game On," inspired by video games. Each grade level adopted a well-known video game title for their hallway decorations. Left: Senior Dustin Collins holds a banner that displays the insignia of Team Mystic from "Pokemon Go."...
Medical Lake High School seniors may notice a couple of changes to the culminating project for this year. High school staff changed a couple of the project’s components. The culminating project was a requirement for seniors to graduate high school until last year. Although students no longer have to complete the project in order to graduate, high school principal Chris Spring explained there are components from the project’s career planning section that can help seniors while they are completing their High School and Beyond P...
Feed Medical Lake, which recently celebrated its fifth year in operation, is increasing its monthly meals from one to two. The program currently serves a free dinner on the second Monday of every month at St. John’s Lutheran Church from 5:30–6:30 p.m. It also gives away free groceries. Starting in November, Feed Medical Lake will serve a free lunch on the fourth Monday of each month, at the same location from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Feed Medical Lake director Joanna Williams said the lunch will consist of a choice of two soup...
Native American dancers of all ages moved to the sound of hand drums and singing during the 48th annual Spirit of the Eagle Powwow, held at Eastern Washington University's Reese Court, Oct. 14-15. The event, hosted by EWU's Native American Student Association, featured the host drum Battle Axe, several dance competitions, a hand drum contest and a free dinner....
At its Oct. 17 meeting, the Airway Heights City Council passed an emergency moratorium on the city accepting applications for residential uses on properties that are under challenge from the Eastern Washington Growth Management Hearings Board. According to information provided by staff, the city passed an ordinance in 2013 to allow limited multi-family residential and mixed-use developments to locate within the city’s adopted 65 LdN (levels based on sound contours measured in day-night intervals) for Fairchild Air Force B...
At its Oct. 4 meeting, the Medical Lake City Council approved the sale of its gun range, in the amount of $10,000, to the Washington State Department of Corrections - acting through the state Department of Enterprise Services. The sale goes into effect on Dec. 31. Mayor John Higgins noted there is a caveat added to the contract where the DOC will provide extra crewmembers to the city on an "as needed basis." Councilwoman Jessica Roberts asked if other agencies, such as the...
Medical Lake High School senior Mollee Gray will represent her school at the National Future Farmers of America Convention and Expo, which takes place Oct. 19-22 in Indianapolis. Gray will be competing in extemporaneous speaking, where participants are given 30 minutes to deliver a speech on one of three assigned agricultural topics. According to FFA's website this event requires students "to think on their feet and develop an argument quickly and persuasively." Gray...
The Cheney High volleyball team finally shook the monkey off their backs that is Great Northern League rival West Valley. The Blackhawks (6-1 GNL, 8-1 overall) defeated the Eagles, 3-1, Oct. 3, avenging a Sept. 15 loss and cementing the top spot in the league. They ended the week with a fourth-place finish in the silver bracket of the 23rd annual Linda Sheridan Volleyball Classic, Oct. 8. Cheney’s win over West Valley (25-23, 24-26, 25-22 and 25-19) did not come easy. After the Blackhawks won a close first set, they d...
Five members of Medical Lake Scout Troop 307 stated the Scout oath in front of family, friends, teachers and fellow troop members in Medical Lake City Hall's auditorium. The boys had recited the pledge on numerous occasions before, but on Oct. 9, they were doing it for the first time as Eagle Scouts. Connor Gilbert, Alexander Neder, Chase Wolfe, Kaden Lee and Robert Schrock officially earned the rank of Eagle during an Eagle Court of Honor ceremony last Sunday. All five boys b...
Eastern Washington University’s JFK Library is not known to be haunted, but there will be ghosts, ghouls and other creatures lurking around the shelves on Oct. 22. EWU Libraries has adopted a “Haunted Halls” theme for this year’s Oktoberfest fundraiser and staff is encouraging guests to dress in their spookiest garb. Carol King, director of library engagement and external relations, said one of the reasons the Oktoberfest committee, who selects the fundraiser’s theme every year, went with “Haunted Halls” is because this...
At its Oct. 10 study session, the Airway Heights City Council held the first reading of ordinance C-884, which authorizes the sale, issuance and delivery of the $13 million unlimited tax general obligation bonds. The bonds, which voters approved through a measure in the August election, will help fund the construction of the recreation center. The city is working with Northwest Municipal Advisors for financial consulting services regarding the sale of the bonds. During a special presentation, principal lender Alan Dashen said...
The city of Medical Lake has welcomed its newest finance director: Karen Langford. Langford took over for former director Jennifer Hough, who left the city in the summer. Although Langford is new to the position, she has actually worked for the city for several years. "It's something that I always wanted to do, when the opportunity came, I applied for it," Langford said. "I'm excited about this. It's going to be a challenge." Langford was born and raised in Medical Lake and...
For the 2017 budget, Airway Heights staff is hoping to continue increaseing services in the next couple of years. To enhance public safety, City Manager Albert Tripp noted that one of the city’s priorities for 2017 is to hire four more police officers. The Airway Heights Police Department currently staffs 14 officers, along with Sgt. Robert Swann, Chief Lee Bennett and administrative assistant Amy Churchill. “We just brought in two more officers for entry level training and they will be on board in the first quarter of 2017,...
