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The gymnastics team posed in front of the bus before heading out to the Tri-Cities for their district tournament on Jan. 26.... Full story
The Cheney Blackhawks wrestling team closed out its regular season dual matches against Medical Lake at home on Jan. 24. Cheney lost 40-26 to the Cardinals in the non-league matchup.... Full story
The Cheney High School gymnastics team had six of their eight varsity athletes qualify for regionals after their performances at districts on Jan. 26 in the Tri-Cities. “Cheney gymnastics had a great meet,” head coach Jamie Frucci said. “Alexis Miller really shined and showed great mental toughness throughout the meet. I am proud of all of the girls and excited for regionals.” Overall, the Blackhawks placed fourth out of seven teams with 159.350 points. Kamiakin High School took first with 173.575. Senior Alexis Miller...
The Cheney High School wrestling team lost 40-26 to Medical Lake at home in a non-league match in the final regular season dual of the season on Wednesday, Jan. 24. “The seniors performed really well,” head coach Brad Rasmussen said. “We are just ready for postseason now.” Cheney started off strong with Alan Coumbs defeating Nate Stevens by a technical fall, 17-2, at 170 pounds. Boedy Taylor continued the success at 182 pounds by pinning Liam Lonam in 20 seconds. But Medical Lake seemed to take over as Cheney collect...
Over the weekend, I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the show “Motown” at the INB Performing Arts Center which is a part of the “Best of Broadway” series. Little fun fact for those students out there, if you show up two hours before the show time with your student ID, you get a major discount on tickets. I was able to score great seats for literally a third of the price. Going into the show, I didn’t really know much about it, other than I knew it would have some great music. I was right about the musical appeal, but...
People who have any interest in the film industry will have a chance to show off their skills in the upcoming Film Scholarship Contest through the Village Centre Cinemas company. This marks the first year that the competition is being held. “We were looking at ways to get involved with the community,” Kim LiVecchi, Village Centre Cinemas marketing director said. “A lot of my friends from high school are still in the film industry and we thought this was a way for people who are excited about film to show off their skill...
Jace Bylenga was recently introduced as the first male “Activist in Residence” (AIR) at Eastern Washington University. For the fifth year in a row, the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and the Women’s and Gender Education Center are the lead organizers of the AIR on EWU’s campus. According to the department’s website, the purpose of the AIR program is to: strengthen the commitment to community engagement for students, faculty and staff; enhance community partnerships and expand internship opportunities for EWU students; p...
The Cheney High School Blackhawks concluded the Great Northern League regular season on Jan. 17 with a 51-22 loss at East Valley High School. Overall, Cheney finished 1-3 in the league. “We wrestled really tough,” head coach Brad Rasmussen said. “It was nice to go through the lineup and see some good things everywhere.” The first Blackhawk to earn a win against East Valley was Teagan Simon at 120 pounds, pinning his opponent in 3 minutes, 30 seconds. Dylan Straley continued that success at 126 pounds, defeating his competi...
Cheney High School gymnastics soared at their last meet on Jan. 17, taking first place overall as a team with 158.750 points. Shadle Park High School hosted the meet with Lewis and Clark, Rogers and North Central also participating. “The girls had a great meet,” head coach Jamie Frucci said. “This meet was a great way to end the regular GSL regular season. The girls did an awesome job modifying their floor routines to accommodate tumbling on wrestling mats instead of a spring floor. Some of our top bar athletes did a wonde...
Cleone's Closet, a food bank in Airway Heights, has recently received another generous donation from the community. Washington Federal Bank donated a $1,000 check to Mable Dunbar, the organizer of Cleone's Closet on Jan. 17 after the company chose the food bank from a grant application. "I am very thankful for everyone in the community and everyone helping out," Dunbar said. "The community has been fantastic." Ann Hall, the vice president of community relations for Washington...
The Cheney High School senior all-nighter committee is hosting another fundraiser to help raise money for the event at the end of the school year. The next fundraiser is Texas Hold ‘Em Night at Northern Quest Resort and Casino on Feb. 10 at 5 – 10 p.m. For $50, participants receive $5,000 in chips and get to play in a poker tournament taking place from 6 – 10 p.m. With the buy-in fee of $50, they can also spend another $20 for re-buys and add-ons for $3,000 in chips. Along with the card playing, there will be a silent aucti...
The Eastern Washington University Downtown gallery is hosting the Second Annual "Mardi Bras" event. The organization helps the women at Volunteers of America's Hope House and Transitions' Women's Hearth in Spokane. "We are so pleased to have a larger presence in Spokane County," Mary Reinbold, the development director of Transitions said. "Poverty and homelessness are issue that disproportionately affects women and children in our community. The more we educate our community...
At the Jan. 22 study session in Airway Heights, the City Council was pitched the idea of bringing disc golf to the area. In citizen’s comments, Erin Johnson, a part of the youth disc golf association, talked to the council about the idea of having the activity in the area for the youth. He stated that there are currently 50 schools in the area that support the sport and he wants to expand it to the Cheney School District. Johnson explained that they train teachers to teach the activity and are given a stipend to coach for t...
After having the holidays off, the Airway Heights City Council had their first meeting of 2018 on Jan. 16. The meeting began with the Parks and Recreation Department recognizing Sean Otopaulik as the 2017 volunteer of the year. "Sean started coaching basketball for our youth in 2008," Andy Gardner, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Supervisor said. "He has become a fixture in our youth sports program. There is no better coach who has made it a priority in teaching the...
The Cheney High School wrestling team lost a nail biting match against West Valley on Jan. 10. The Blackhawks went on to have a successful meet at the Ray Westberg Invitational on Jan. 13 with five athletes taking home medals.... Full story
Wilmot Morgan has been in the Spokane-area for a few years and has an adult home facility on the South Hill. But now he is expanding his business into the West Plains in Airway Heights with Morgan Medical Supplies and Trans at 13218 West Sunset Highway. "My wife, Elizabeth, and I always have been wondering what to do outside our adult home facility," Morgan said. "I decided I would like to do something to help seniors in this community." Morgan's business offers affordable...
Starting on Jan. 20, the "Winter Children's Matinee Series" begins at Airway Heights Village Centre Cinemas, located at 10117 West State Route 2. This program sells a strip of tickets for $5 a person for families and children to attend nine different movies for consecutive weeks until March 18. "All of the schools surrounding Airway Heights participate," Bara Contreras, manager at Village Centre Cinemas said. "We reach a wide range of schools including Wilbur, Michael...
Members of the Eastern Washington University women's basketball team stopped by a hoops practice of the Cheney Specialized Recreation and Special Olympics program at Cheney High School's Hatch Gym on Jan. 9. Several Cheney team members will be competing July 1-6 at the U.S Special Olympic Games in Seattle....
The Cheney High School gymnastics team placed second with 152.475 points at the Jan. 10 meet in the Mead Gymnastics Center. Central Valley took first place overall with 156.275 points with Ferris, Shadle Park and North Central also competing. After the competition, the Blackhawks were sitting at 7-9 overall. “The girls had an awesome meet and did a great job making changes we had been working on at practice,” head coach Jamie Frucci said. Sophia VanWormer was crowned the bar champion for the fourth week in a row with an 8.9...
The Cheney High School wrestling team had a nail-biting Great Northern League loss against West Valley in front of a home crowd on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The loss brought Cheney's record to 1-2 in the league. The Blackhawks were leading for the majority of the match until West Valley pinned the last four wrestlers, giving the Eagles a 37-33 edge at the end. "It was obviously not what we anticipated, but there was a lot of positive things that came out of the match," head coach...
Last Friday, Jan. 12, I attended the doubleheader basketball games at Eastern Washington University with the visiting University of Idaho Vandals. The women’s team started their game at 5 p.m. with the men’s following 30 minutes after the completion of the first game. I think hosting the two games together on the same night seemed to do the trick on making a lot of people come out to enjoy some fun basketball games in Cheney. By the time the men’s game rolled around, there were no empty seats left in the student secti...
The Cheney Blackhawks placed sixth out of 15 teams competing at the Blackhawk Invite on Jan. 6. There were multiple first place finishers for the Blackhawks as Dylan Straley (126), Zack Nguyen (138) and Boedy Taylor (182) won their respective brackets.... Full story
It has been a long process for a few recent rezones in the city limits of Airway Heights. The most discussion came in the first rezone requested by the city. The properties were proposed to change from an R-1, single family residential to R-3, multi-family residential located in the northwest quadrant of the city and south of Hunter’s Crossing North Subdivision. This was to accommodate the alternative housing for residents located south of Highway 2 and within the Fairchild Air Force Base APZ (accident potential zone). The p...
The Eastern Washington University Downtown Student Gallery is now hosting the "Song of Silence: Embroidered Tapestries of Kyrgyz Nomads" exhibit. According to the gallery's website, embroideries known as the Tush Kyiz or wall-hangings were traditionally created by the nomadic women of Kyrgyzstan to commemorate weddings, celebrate national events, and show off their personal skill. Hung in the entryways of yurts, they were a functional, yet precious part of the homes in which...
Tapestries made by women in Kyrgyzstan are on display now through Feb. 9 at Eastern Washington University's Downtown Gallery at Second and F streets in Cheney. The tapestries commemorate events such as weddings while showing off personal skill. More photos are in Education, page 2....
