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The Cheney High School wrestling season is officially over, with three of its team members placing at the Mat Classic XXV Championships in Tacoma Feb. 15-16. Returning to the top, this time in the 182-pound weight class, was senior Eli Mason, who pinned his first round opponent, Anacortes sophomore Aron Tisinger, in 1 minute. Mason proved to be dominant from there, winning his next matches 17-1 and 14-3 against Steilacoom and Washington. In his final match against Selah High...
Opening his own private practice has been a dream long in the making for Dr. Michael Reznicek, but that dream is finally a reality. Last week marked the opening of his clinic, Peak Performance psychiatry and counseling, located at 1717 S. Rustle Road, just on the outskirts of the West Plains. Reznicek has practiced psychiatry for the past 24 years and has an extensive background with military training and corporate counseling. He and his wife Linda, who works in the front office of the practice, moved to Lewiston, Idaho to...
A 33 percent decline in donations plagued the Medical Lake Community Outreach last year, severely limiting its ability to provide help for residents in the city and surrounding areas. “We help people who can’t pay their water bill or are about to get their power disconnected,” treasurer Joyce Callaway said. When a family isn’t able to meet their monthly utility bill, Outreach is able to speak directly to utility companies and lend some assistance. “We work on their behalf to try and negotiate with the power company,...
The Medical Lake City Council was described as having done nothing to enhance the city or the community at its Tuesday, Feb. 19 meeting. Medical Lake resident and food bank president Bob Kibling spoke at length regarding a lack of support for the annual Founder’s Day celebration in the city. Kibling ended his two-year run of organizing the festival last year. Since then, few people have been interested in volunteering and organizing the event, leaving it to the city’s parks and recreation coordinator, Ashlee King, to tak...
The competitive spirit is heating up for the robotics club at Medical Lake High School. Students in the club are building a robot to compete in the FIRST Robotics competition April 3 at Eastern Washington University. Their task is to build a robot that can perform one of two tasks. This year, students’ robots can either throw a Frisbee through different slots or climb a pyramid made of PVC pipes. Their creation can receive extra points if it can perform both tasks. Each year i...
One of the most well-known faces in Medical Lake, Bob Kibling is the Kiwanis Senior Citizen Volunteer of the Year for 2012. Kibling received the award at the 29th annual Senior Citizens Valentine’s Day dinner, Saturday, Feb. 9 at the St. Anne’s Parish Hall, hosted by the Medical Lake Kiwanis. For a number of years, Kibling has been involved with the Medical Lake Food Bank board of directors, continuing to steer the organization toward success. Like many other volunteers, it...
Members of the Medical Lake Kiwanis serve up a turkey lunch for city seniors in the 29th annual senior citizens Valentine’s Day dinner Saturday, Feb. 9. The annual lunch features the Senior Citizen Volunteer of the Year award, which this year went to Bob Kibling....
Reviewing vision statements took up the bulk of the Monday, Feb. 11 meeting of the Airway Heights Planning Commission. Discussions regarding chapter three of the city’s comprehensive plan continued this month, marking the fifth time the chapter was presented to the commission. The commission already approved the first part of the chapter, which included issues facing the city. The Planning Commission spent much of the meeting going through vision statements for some of the larger aspects in the city, such as land use, t...
Business remained somewhat quiet at the Tuesday, Feb. 5 Medical Lake City Council meeting, however a lease agreement update will bring in a small additional sum of money each month. The City Council revised a second amendment to its lease agreement with Cingular Wireless on a water tower cell site. The fee paid by Cingular increases by $250 per month, and changes some language in the agreement, listing the total number of antennas and their power. While the agreement was welcome financial news for the city, unexpected issues...
Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake is getting a little facelift. A series of construction contracts were recently approved for the facility, largely in the Eastlake and Westlake buildings on campus. Gayle Bonnett, a project manager and architect for the Washington state Department of Social and Health Services, said the total improvements come in around $1.7 million. Engineered Control Services, a Spokane-based firm, submitted the low bid for a $590,000 upgrade of security in the Eastlake building. Northwest...
Seven Cheney wrestlers are advancing to regionals this weekend, Feb. 8-9 in Ellensburg after besting most of their Great Northern League opponents at the district tournament Feb. 1-2 at East Valley High School. Wrestlers who fought their way to at least fifth place move on to the regional tournament, and can then make their way to state. Junior Josh Wessels (160 pounds) took second place, winning his decisions 5-2 and 7-4, respectively, moving forward with each. In the match f...
Let’s all be honest. For half of us, there’s really only one reason to watch the Super Bowl: the commercials. Every year, the who’s who of marketing pull out all the stops, paying around $4 million for just 30 seconds of air time. For the most part, the commercials are lighthearted and fun, seeking to be entertaining while drawing a good return on those millions of dollars. All ages, both adult and children, bask in the humorous, obscure and serious for a few hours in the day. The Super Bowl is more of a family event than...
The Bureau of Indian Affairs released its final Environmental Impact Study for the proposed Spokane Tribe Economic Project (STEP), offering ways to mitigate potential impacts from three development options of the project. Released Thursday, Jan. 31, the document comes as the first news of the project in almost a year. The BIA held a public hearing at Sunset Elementary in March last year to hear public input on STEP. There, for several hours, local representatives, Spokane Tribe members and interested residents offered their...
Placing an emphasis on a quality product and providing unbeatable customer service has gone well for Glenn Nutter and his business, Country Impressions Screen Printing and Sign. Last week, Nutter and other West Plains businesses celebrated the grand opening of his storefront on 13416 Highway 2 in Airway Heights. For Nutter, the task of screen printing started in the late 1970s, when he was looking for work. Since then, he’s grown to deeply enjoy the details involved in creatin...
Led by one of the many volunteers, like Dennis Schweikhardt at right, students in the robotics club at Medical Lake High School work on programming their robot. Look for the story in next week’s Cheney Free Press....
Ten years ago, the West Plains lost one of its own in a tragic incident. Lt. Col. Michael Anderson was one of the seven astronauts who perished in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster Feb. 3, 2003. An assembly last week at Michael Anderson Elementary on Fairchild Air Force Base celebrated Anderson’s contributions to the space program. Students at the school produced a special edition of Eagle News, the student news program, which included a brief biography of Anderson’s lif...
At its Monday, Feb. 4 meeting, the Airway Heights City Council took a peek at the future, with items like its reclaim water well and planned multi-use building. One of the larger items on the agenda was a change order for the city’s recovery well, totaling an additional $234,062.57 for the project. The change comes from an unexpected increase in capacity for the well, based on initial pumping test results that took place a few months ago. The change order increases the total contract’s working time by 30 days, making it a t...
At its monthly study session meeting, the Airway Heights City Council noted that discussions regarding the city’s garbage contract will need to take shape very soon. The current contract, which sends garbage to the Waste to Energy Plant, will expire in 2014. City Manager Albert Tripp said tipping fees for the city increased this year from $104 to $107 per ton, and will increase by another $3 next year. The city generates approximately three tons of garbage throughout the year. Various alternative plans have surfaced t...
High school graduation requirement changes were among the items passed by the Medical Lake School District board of directors at its Tuesday, Jan. 22 meeting. The requirements, passed down from the state, go into effect for the class of 2016 and beyond. In the changes, social studies courses require a half credit more, moving from 2.5 credits to 3. Electives are also decreased by half a credit, down to 5.5, which caused some concern at the meeting. “Our leadership class is so popular,” Superintendent Dr. Pam Veltri said. Hig...
Recent gun incidents in schools have prompted school districts across the country to review their security and safety policies. Medical Lake is joining others in the area and ensuring its practices provide the safest learning atmosphere for its students. Middle school assistant principal Scott Blasingame said safety committees have been in place at both the district level and in each building for a number of years. Those committees meet several times each year, reviewing and updating practices along the way. “We take s...
More details were released last week regarding a shooting just north of Airway Heights on the 4000 block of North Garfield Road the morning of Sunday, Jan. 13. Mark Cavazos, 53, called police around 4:23 a.m. Jan. 13 reporting a homicide and that he allegedly shot his son, James Cavazos, 31, in the head, according to court documents. Mark Cavazos was charged with second-degree murder – domestic violence - and was held on a $100,000 bond. Misty Beaumont, James’ girlfriend, said the father and son had been drinking earlier in...
Founder’s Day in Medical Lake is an annual tradition reaching back decades in time, celebrating the founding of the city and its rich history. The third Saturday in June, is arguably the biggest day each year for Medical Lake, drawing countless people into the city for any number of events. And, in order to make the event as successful as previous years, the event desperately needs volunteers. “Volunteers make it happen,” Parks and Recreation Director Ashlee King said. Volunteers typically meet with King and others once...
At its Tuesday, Jan. 22 meeting, the Airway Heights City Council unanimously voted to fully terminate the interlocal agreement between the city and Spokane County regarding services and impacts of tribal gaming on Indian lands. The interlocal agreement sent a certain percentage of gaming funds earned from the Spokane Tribe Economic Project (STEP) to Spokane County. Part of the agreement included a neutrality clause for the board of county commissioners, forcing the board as a group to remain neutral in public proceedings....
The new Spokane Caterpillar Distribution Center opened last Thursday, Jan. 10, to a well-attended group of local business leaders and elected officials. Inside, the facility has 562,000 square feet on which to operate; enough to fit at least five football fields. On the outside, an additional 250,000 square feet provide some extra storage and bays for trucks to load or unload items. The facility contains around 130,000 parts from over 2,600 different worldwide suppliers and...
Vandals caused the Sunday service at Lake City Assembly of God in Medical Lake to be put on hold, after doing extensive damage throughout the church and its property. The break-in, which took place between Saturday, Jan. 12, and Sunday morning, Jan. 13, caused around $50,000 in damage to the church. Pastor Nick Hawkins said janitors arrived early Sunday to find that a large potted plant outside the building had been thrown through the front glass door. From there, a string of...
