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History repeated itself as Cheney High tennis player Bridget Calvert won her second singles title at the District 7 tournament, May 13. After a first-round bye, Calvert won her quarterfinal and semifinal matches then defeated West Valley’s Ava Raney (6-2, 6-2) to win the championship. “Bridget just went out there and played her game,” head coach Courtney Webb said. “She was mentally confident and didn’t have any mishaps that we didn’t expect. She played like we thought she would.” Calvert was not the only Cheney player...
The Cheney High boys tennis team wrapped up their season after competing in the District 7 tournament, May 13. Four days earlier, the Blackhawks finished the regular season with a 4-3 win against East Valley. At districts, the team of Aaron Fillmore and Dixon Gerber finished third in the doubles bracket. After a first-round bye, Fillmore and Gerber defeated Pullman’s Henry Ward and Jared Anderson (6-1, 6-1) then lost to the Greyhounds’ Tim Watts and Casey Crow (6-2, 6-4) in the semifinals. The duo rebounded and defeated East...
The Cheney Blackhawks baseball team will compete in the 2A state tournament for the third time in four years. However, this year they will be doing so with the moniker of District 7 champions. The Blackhawks defeated Pullman, 8-3 and West Valley, 5-1 on May 9 to capture the District 7 title. Four days later, they defeated Central Washington Athletic Conference's Othello, 2-1 in a regional crossover game to advance to the first round of the state tournament. Head coach Glenn...
There is a new Medical Lake Middle School chess champion and his name is Tristan Francis. Francis won the school's annual chess tournament after he defeated Jeffrey Bailey in the championship match. The tournament was held at the middle school on May 11. Due to time constraints, Francis and Bailey had their final match the next day after school. During their match, Francis tricked Bailey into putting his queen in the way of Francis' bishop. "From there, I took his pieces out...
During its May 12 meeting, the Eastern Washington University board of trustees went over the first readings of the university’s 2017-19 biennial operating budget. The budget revenue for the biennium is estimated at roughly $537.16 million. Expenses are estimated at roughly $529.38 million. The proposed funding level for 2017-19 from the Senate is over $115.26 while the House of Representatives’ proposal is over $119.11 million. The budget is based on a projected enrollment of 10,651 students, which has remained rel...
During its May 10 meeting, the Airway Heights Planning Commission passed a resolution approving a recommendation regarding a State Environmental Protection Act review on a future project. The SEPA review for a binding site plans for the West Plains Business Park — six parcels of approximately 36 acres — received a mitigated determination of nonsignificance. The site is located south of U.S. Highway 2, east of Russell Road, west of Garfield Road and north of 19th Avenue. The proposal is to re-plat parcels into 14 that was zon...
The city of Airway Heights Garfield Road/Sixth Avenue reconstruction project took center stage at the May 15 City Council meeting. Council awarded the bid for the project to DW Excavating, Inc. out of Davenport, Wash. Century West, the city's engineer of record and consultants for the project, reviewed the four bids that came in and they recommended the company's proposal for $1.548 million. Council also authorized a $235,800.28 contract for construction management services...
Fairchild Air Force Base, along with local municipalities and regional regulatory partners have scheduled a town hall meeting on May 23 at the Medical Lake High School auditorium. The meeting is for residents to learn more about the recent well testing happening around the base. Subject experts will be on hand to address questions and concerns and provide additional information about perfluorooctanesulfonic (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acids (PFOA) chemicals and the effects it has on groundwater. Engineers contracted by the U...
Brodie Millican got to jam on stage with the Kelly Hughes Band during the Friday Night Street Dance at last weekend's Mayfest in downtown Cheney. The event, in its fifth year, had a plethora of activities for residents and visitors of all ages to enjoy....
In a contest of undefeated teams, Froyo defeated Pizza Factory 8-6 on May 4 to take the lead in the West Plains Little League AAA baseball standings. Froyo took a 4-0 lead in the second inning that began with Carter Owens stealing home. Pizza Factory prevented the shutout with one run in the fourth while Froyo answered with three runs in the fifth. PF went on a rally with five runs in the sixth, including Nathan Shields' two-run triple. As of press time, Froyo continues to...
The Cheney High girls’ tennis team earned a split in Great Northern League competition last week. Following their 5-2 loss to West Valley on May 3, the Blackhawks defeated Clarkston 5-2, snapping a four-match losing streak in the process. No. 1 singles Bridget Calvert went 2-0 with victories against West Valley’s Jenelle Lang (6-0, 6-1) and Clarkston’s Halle Berg (7-5, 6-2), bringing her season total to eight wins. No. 2 Alannah Lewis also won her singles matches against the Eagles’ Lillian Hyde (6-1, 6-1) and the Bantams...
The Cheney High boys and girls golf teams finished their regular season at the final Great Northern League tournament, May 4. The boys finished second in team scores with 456 while the girls were fourth with 110. Team scores in the girls’ tournament were calculated via the modified Stableford Scoring system where the highest total of strokes wins instead of the lowest. Tyler Koohns and Thomas Baycroft tied for third with 81 — a season best for Baycroft. On the girls’ side, Kelsey Smith finished fifth overall with 38. Both...
The Cheney High boys' tennis team continued their bumpy road of a season with a 4-3 win against West Valley, May 3, and 6-1 and 7-0 losses to Clarkston the next day. With their wins against Cheney, the Bantams boosted their Great Northern League record to 8-0 (10-1 overall) and claim the regular season title. Against West Valley, No. 1 Eric Van Wig rebounded from his loss at Pullman to defeat Daan De Noord (6-4, 6-0) as did No. 2 Hunter Pohl, who picked up a win against Dylan...
The Cheney High baseball team continued their momentum into district play. Ten days after they swept Pullman in an April 28 doubleheader to close out the regular season, the Blackhawks shut out No. 2 seed Clarkston, 5-0 in a first-round District 7 playoff game. The game was originally scheduled for May 6, but moved to May 8 at Pullman because of weather conditions. “I told guys the regular season is done and everyone starts off at 0-0,” head coach Glenn Chamberlain said. The Blackhawks took a 2-0 lead in the second inn...
Medical Lake Middle School honored six students for the Partners Advancing Character Education (PACE) award for April. April's trait is trustworthiness. Students received certificates and T-shirts and were treated to a lunch sponsored by the Associated Student Body. From left to right: Sophie Salinas-Sanders, Jeremiah Pullom, Maddie Murphy, Rylie Spring, Isaac Sweeney and LaMar Skinner....
Bullying is down among Medical Lake Middle School sixth-graders, as is marijuana use at the high school. These were a couple of trends the Medical Lake School District learned from the results of the 2016 Healthy Youth Survey, which students participated in last October. The survey, a statewide, collaborative effort between state agencies, including the Office of Public Instruction, Department of Health and Liquor Control Board, is conducted every two years with sixth-, eighth- 10th- and 12th-graders. Many of the questions...
Spokane County Fire District 10 recently welcomed its new lieutenant of training, Jared Murphy. Although Murphy is learning the ropes like any new job - including remembering the names of the volunteers, personnel and staff involved with the agency - things are working out well for him so far. At Fire District 10, Murphy's role is to oversee fire and emergency medical services training for staff, volunteers and officers. This includes finding quality classes for his crew...
The May 2 Medical Lake City Council meeting was not all summer meeting hours and budget talk. Council approved the application for J&M LLC to operate a fireworks stand at 111 W. Brooks Road, beginning July 1 at 9 a.m., until July 4 at 8 p.m. The application’s approval was recommended by Fire Chief Jason Mayfield. J&M has operated a fireworks stand in the city during the July 4 holiday for the last several years. This is the second stand council approved in 2017, the first being from TNT Fireworks back in February. TNT’s sta...
Sixteen groundwater wells around the border of Fairchild Air Force Base have tested above Environmental Protection Agency lifetime health advisory levels for Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and/or Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) contamination. In April, engineers contracted by the U.S. Air Force found five non-drinking groundwater wells on the base that tested above advisory levels for contamination. Fairchild’s public drinking water system was sampled and all results were “non-detect” or below EPA’s health advisor...
The design-build team for Airway Heights’ recreation center project has come down to two finalists. One of the teams is ORB Architects, of Tacoma, Wash., and Absher Construction from Puyallup. The other is Spokane-based ALSC Architects and Lydig Construction from Spokane Valley. Both design teams will participate in an open house, May 18 at 5:30 p.m., at the Airway Heights Community Center where they will present preliminary designs for the project. In February, the state’s project review committee (PRC) approved the use of...
The Airway Heights Fire Department began what Fire Chief Mitch Metzger referred to as "a new chapter." Don Malone, who was previously the deputy chief of training, was promoted to assistant chief after the retirement of Doug Bonstrom, who had been in that position since 2001 and served the fire department in different roles for 23 years. Lt. Alex Turner, who has been with the department for three years, will take over Malone's position. Malone and Turner were officially sworn...
During its May 2 meeting, the Medical Lake City Council voted unanimously to adhere to its summer meeting schedule beginning next month. From June to September, council will meet only on the third Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., which is something it has done during the summer for the last several years. As council gets closer to fall, it will set aside a night in September or October to discuss the budget. Traditionally, council has held a budget workshop before one of its regularly scheduled fall meetings. The suggestion for an extra...
The "Love All" fundraiser, held April 22 at Medical Lake High School's tennis courts, collected $1,600 as well as several toys, blankets and other items for Sacred Heart Children's Hospital. The event included free tennis lessons from MLHS alumni. All of the donations go to the hospital where Child Life therapists will use the items for activities for children....
During its April 25 meeting, the Medical Lake School board approved a proposal to adopt the Wilson Language Training’s “Fundations” instructional materials as a supplement for the K-2 literacy curriculum. Kim Headrick, director of teaching and learning, explained that Wilson Languages’ material addresses foundational skills such as phonic awareness, comprehension, vocabulary, word recognition and fluency. It also correlates with other English Language Arts Common Core standards, particularly with vocabulary, compreh...
“Hate radio, hate speech, hate groups, hate crimes really don’t fit in, in the America that we know today,” — Kweisi Mfume, former President/CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. I’ve seen hate speech in different forms, but vandalism seems to be one of the more common types of spreading it. One example of this was last Friday (April 28) when graffiti was found on the back door of the Community Building in downtown Spokane. It’s not uncommon to come cross graffiti in a city like Spokane or...
