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The UFC will have its historic 200th pay per view event on Saturday (July 9). One of the fights will feature former UFC heavyweight champion and WWE wrestler Brock Lesnar taking on former kickboxing world champion Mark Hunt. It will be Lesnar’s first MMA fight in five years. Although his initial UFC run was short — 2008-11— he was a dominant champion and one of the promotion’s top draws. But a recurring bout with diverticulitis and back-to-back losses against Cain Velasquez and Alistair Overeem forced him to take time away fr...
The Cheney 17U Summerhawks baseball team is coming off a successful week where they swept Northwest Premier in a June 28 doubleheader, 10-1, 7-6, and went 3-2 in the Medical Lake pod of the Wood Bat Classic tournament (July 1-3). "Our bats were still fresh from the (June 23-26) tournament in Ephrata," head coach Austin Sharp said. "Everyone was hitting well." In game 1 against Northwest Premier, Andrew Witt was 3 for 4 with a double, a triple and two RBIs, Julian Chabot was 2...
Last week, I spoke with Medical Lake City Administrator Doug Ross and Fire Chief Jason Mayfield, who hoped the city’s residents would not be careless with lighting fireworks during the Fourth of July holiday because of the current cooler temperatures. This got me to thinking about some of the other warnings we hear about in the summer, mainly the ones relating to children and pets in hot cars. Every year we have to be reminded about this issue and it seems like a simple task to not leave children and pets inside of a hot v...
Former Eastern Washington University visiting lecturer Andres Jaramillo and his family recently left Cheney on a journey that will take them to their hometown of Bogota, Columbia. In the fall, the family will move to Los Angeles in in the fall where Jaramillo will pursue his doctorate at the University of Southern California. Although the Jaramillos will leave Cheney behind, they will not forget how the community embraced and helped them, specifically with the needs of...
The West Plains Recruit Structural Academy graduated 21 recruits from its recent class, along with three crew leaders, during a June 23 ceremony at Medical Lake High School's auditorium. The academy consists of firefighter recruits from Airway Heights and Medical Lake fire departments and Spokane County Fire District 10. It requires a large time commitment by the new recruits as they spend about four and a half months and over 200 hours of hands-on training. During the...
The Cheney 17U Summerhawks went 2-4 and finished fifth out of six teams in the Desert Heat Classic tournament in Ephrata, June 23-26. The Summerhawks began the tournament with a 12-4 loss to the Columbia Basin Rock Hounds. With the score tied 4-4, the Rock Hounds scored eight runs in the fifth inning to force the eight-run mercy rule, which head coach Austin Sharp said was in effect. Jacob Lauber took the loss on the mound after he relieved starter Devin Cook in the fourth. An...
The Cheney 15U Summerhawks baseball team began their regular season with a 5-2 loss against the Spokane Expos, June 21, followed by a 17-3 thumping from Tradesmen International at Avista Stadium, June 23. Head coach Glenn Chamberlain did not have individual stats for either game at press time, but he noted that none of the Expos’ runs in the June 21 game were earned and added that Peyton McPherson (0-1) “pitched a great game.” “We played a great game,” he said. “We had hits, just not when we needed them. We had some errors...
At its June 24 meeting, the Eastern Washington University board of trustees approved the operating budget of $280.14 million for the 2017 fiscal year. The budget includes a 15 percent resident undergraduate tuition decrease, which was authorized by the legislature. In the fall, EWU’s basic annual tuition rate will be $5,994 annually, or $1,998 per quarter. This does not include the student service and activity fee. The board also approved the fiscal year 2015-17 capital budget totaling over $84.26 million. This includes m...
It was a packed house at the June 21 Medical Lake School Board meeting — at least for atbeginning. During the first 20 minutes, the school board took comments from several concerned citizens and parents regarding the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction adding concepts such as self-identity, gender expression and roles to its curriculum guidelines for the K-12 Health and Physical Education Learning Standards. Some examples of the lessons that could be taught to students include kindergartners learni...
It has been four years since Dominique Norman graduated from Medical Lake High School and she's accomplished quite a bit since her days as a Cardinal. Norman's efforts helped her earn the honor of being named the 2016 WSU undergraduate student Woman of Distinction by the President's Commission on the Status of Women. "I was very humbled to receive the honor," Norman said. "A lot of people put in a lot of hard work and energy and sometimes it goes unrecognized. This honor was...
At its June 22 meeting, the Cheney School Board went through some items to prepare for next year, which included adopting the school district's budget for the 2016-17 school year. Kassidy Probert, the district's director of finance, said the expenditure levels for the general fund will be over $52.27 million while revenues are expected to come in at over $52.33 million for a surplus of $56,508 at the end of the year. The excess will be added to the beginning fund balance,...
The city of Medical Lake is reminding residents to be safe this Fourth of July holiday. Medical Lake is one of the few cities in Spokane County that currently allows fireworks to be set off on private property within city limits. The city has already approved two fireworks stands this year. J&M LLC., has a stand already set up on the corner of North Lefevre Street, where the Ball and Dodd Funeral Home used to be, while TNT Fireworks will be located in the Denny’s Harvest Foods parking lot. Medical Lake Fire Chief Jason M...
The city of Airway Heights, in partnership with the Spokane Regional Health District, is laying the groundwork for a city-sponsored farmers market. The city has been collaborating with Heather Wallace, SRHD health specialist, who specializes in the district’s Neighborhood Matters program. Wallace had been working in Airway Heights since January, attending Community Conversations events and asking residents what they would like to see in the city. She said one of the first things community members asked about was having an act...
Mixed martial arts fans who have been watching the sport for many years may have noticed new methods some state athletic commissions have adopted for the weigh-in procedures at UFC events. At the promotion’s last two events, UFC 199 (June 5) and UFC Fight Night Ottawa (June 18), fighters weighed in the morning before their bouts, between 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., at their hotel. The UFC still had its weigh-ins show, but the weights announced for each fighter were from the morning. This is different from previous weigh-ins where fig...
The Cheney 17U Summerhawks baseball team was unsuccessful in their chance for revenge against the Asotin County Blues after a 7-5 loss, June 16, in their first home game of the season. The Blues swept Cheney in a June 5 doubleheader, 11-1, 9-1. Cheney took an early lead in the first inning after Andrew Witt hit a single to score Luke Martin. In the third, the Summerhawks boosted their lead by two runs on Matt Riggs' RBI single followed by Jacob Lauber's RBI double. Down 3-1...
The Medical Lake High School Knowledge Bowl team wrapped up its season after they competed in the National Academic Championship in Chicago, June 11-13. Medical Lake went 1-5 in the preliminary rounds. Ginny Luhn, one of the team’s coaches, said the students learned a lot and played well, considering they were competing under quiz bowl rules, which she said is different than the knowledge bowl rules they are used to. “The analogy that I use is they were like a baseball team learning to play cricket in the middle of the gam...
Students might have seen the plethora of vehicles parked outside of Betz Elementary School last Tuesday and Wednesday, even though summer break had started for Cheney School District the previous Friday. Many Cheney School District preschool and elementary school teachers attended the district's Literacy Links Summer STEM Institute, June 14-15. During the two-day workshop, teachers learned many ways they can implement STEM (science, technology, engineering and technology)...
Fourth-year cadet Evan Earnest (right) takes the commissioning oath. Earnest was one of the many cadets who took part in Eastern Washington University ROTC's June 10 commissioning ceremony....
Eighth-grader Kassie Brennan was one of many students who sat in the dunk tank during Cheney Middle School's June 10 field day....
Kera Petrin had just been told she was "in trouble," by her Medical Lake High School teacher Don Parr when she came to her visual communication design class. The next moment Parr pulled up a Powerpoint slide that read "Congratulations Kera." "I was shocked," Petrin said. Petrin was one of many people who submitted a logo design for the 40th Annual Pioneer Days festival in Elk, Wash., June 17-18. Parr's Powerpoint was his way of telling Petrin that her design was selected out o...
At its June 8 work session, the Cheney School Board got a good look at its 2016-17 budget. Kassidy Probert, the district’s director of finance, said he budgeted for 4,360 full-time equivalent students, 37 more than last year. Probert said there have been spikes in enrollment in the last couple of years — 4,173 in 2014 and 4,323 in 2015 — which was due to the district implementing full-time kindergarten. The district’s overall revenues are expected to come in at over $52.33 million with expenses at just over $52.27 million...
Westwood Middle School students Collin Novo and Carter Lefler of Aqua Troopers finished 57th out of 92 middle schools that competed at the 2016 National SeaPerch Challenge at Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge Louisiana in May. Lefler and Novo, the first two Westwood students to compete at a national SeaPerch competition, finished with a score of 170. In individual events, the Aqua Troopers scored 74 points on the challenge event, 64 on the obstacle course and 32...
The Airway Heights Fire Department will soon be getting some new equipment. During the June 13 Airway Heights study session, Fire Chief Mitch Metzger informed City Council that the Fire Department was approved for a $171,715 Assistance to Firefighters grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency grant to purchase 26 full self-contained breathing apparatus. Metzger added that the grant requires a 5 percent match ($8,585) on the city’s part, bringing the total to $180,300.75. “That number could go down,” Metzger said...
Anyone who walked past Eastern Washington University's Computer and Engineering Science Building on June 1 may have seen a rocket in its launch tower or an electric motorcycle parked next to the door. They may have also heard the screeching and saw the smoke coming from a rocket motor demonstration on the front lawn. The university' engineering and design department hosted its second annual student project demonstration and open house where graduating seniors displayed a...
