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It was a fight for the top spot in the Northeast A league for both the Freeman Scotties (10-2, 15-5) and the Cardinals girls (11-1, 15-5) in their final regular season game in Medical Lake Thursday night. It was a battle for supremacy the entire game in the close, 40-38 Card victory and the title that went down to the, nail-biting final seconds. "We knew it would be a close hard fought game," head coach Kyle Lundberg said. "Freeman is a really good team." Medical Lake drew fir...
Only overachievers need apply. For some students, education is more than just learning the basics. These people often pursue extra curricular activities that enhance the fundamentals and take them on journeys well beyond high school. It usually takes grit and determination to do so. Mollee Gray, a 2017 graduate of Medical Lake High School was awarded the prestigious National Degree from the Future Farmers of America (FFA) at the organizations 2018 National Convention and Expo...
The Medical Lake boys’ basketball crew lost on the road 76-61 against the NEA leading Deer Park (10-1, 18-1) on Friday. The Cards fell to 4-6 in Northeast A after a two-game winning streak on the road. “We found ourselves trying to dig out of a 25-7 first quarter hole on their Senior Night,” head coach Noel Hachtel said. “To add to the drama, Deer Park was also playing for their first-ever league championship.” From the tipoff, the Deer Park defense kept the Cards from scor...
The Medical Lake girls basketball squad took it right to Deer Park (7-4, 14-5) in a slap-down 58-38 win in front of the Stag home crowd Friday night at Deer Park High School. Their Cardinal pride was on the line, according to head coach Kyle Lundberg. “After losing at home to them, which resulted in our first league loss in 32 league games, they wanted to prove that it was just a fluke that they lost the last time,” Lundberg said. And prove it was a fluke they did. The Car...
Representatives from the Washington State Department of Transportation will be speaking about the upcoming Medical Lake interchange project at two upcoming public meetings. The first meeting begins at 7 p.m., Friday, Feb. 1, at Snowden Elementary School, 6323 S. Holly Road. Seating is limited. Engineers from Spokane County, who are working on projects in the immediate area at the same time as the WSDOT project, are also scheduled to attend. The West Terrace Third Addition...
Medical Lake burger lovers prepare your palates - good things may be coming your way. Debi Long and her husband Joe, of Ruby's on Silver Lake, are working feverishly to open a new classic 50s-style, family hamburger restaurant at 711 East Lake St. they will be calling Jake's. "I'm just trying to help get this stuff going for her," Joe said in the middle of working on an exhaust hood in the kitchen during a recent phone interview The Long's have been remodeling the...
This year’s Founder’s Day in Medical Lake will include a special guest and additional ceremonies. The group Re*Imagine Medical Lake is sponsoring The Moving Wall, a mobile, scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall located in Washington D.C., to the city in mid-June. The event will overlap the annual Founder’s Day festivities, according to Gerri Johnson, president of Re*Imagine Medical Lake and Founder’s Day director. “We’re a military-rich region,” Johnson said. The Mov...
No matter how you slice it, fire and emergency service delivery in Medical Lake is likely to cost taxpayers more money. At least that’s the assessment of Medical Lake Fire Chief Jason Mayfield, who cited an increased number of calls received by the department’s all-volunteer staff that went unanswered in 2018. Those missed calls are symptomatic of a number of challenges the Medical Lake Fire Department is facing, including geographically dispersed volunteers — many live outsi...
West Plains commuters be prepared. Multiple transportation projects on and around the Medical Lake interchange on Interstate 90 will be snarling traffic this summer as three construction projects begin this spring. Originally scheduled for construction in 2020 to accommodate growing development on the West Plains, a major reconstruction of the Medical Lake interchange was accelerated a full year in response to the unexpected arrival of the mammoth, 2.6 million square foot...
It was another good week for the Medical Lake girl’s basketball squad. The Cards were riding a three-game winning streak — including a non-league, Spirit Game victory over the Cheney Blackhawks — when they came into the previous week’s Northeast A League play, winning at home against Lakeside, and on the road against Colville and Riverside in decisive victories. Head coach Kyle Lundberg said the team has been playing very well, shooting 45 percent from the 3-point line in...
It took a road trip north to Colville for the Medical Lake boys basketball crew to finally get their groove back, putting an eight-game losing streak in the rear view mirror with a decisive 64-42 victory over the Indians in Northeast 1A league action Friday night after a loss to the Lakeside earlier in the week. They then carried the taste of victory into their matchup against Riverside on Saturday for a two-game winning streak. Tuesday, Jan. 15, Lakeside The Card boys...
A passing vehicle near Four Lakes fatally struck a pedestrian on the evening of Friday, Jan. 7, according to a Spokane County Sheriff’s Office news release. Brenda Renee Gabriel, 56, was likely walking east on the shoulder of West Silver Lake Road when, according to the driver of a pickup who was also traveling eastbound on a curve near West Granite Lake Road, and after a vehicle passed him coming in the opposite direction, the driver observed something in his lane. He s...
It’s a good time to be alive if you’re a craft beer aficionado, at least according to a recent Forbes report, which noted there were 7,082 registered craft breweries spread out across the U.S. in 2018. Vermont boasted the most craft breweries per capita at 11.9 per 1,000, 21-plus year old adults, and also produced the most beer at an average 151 pints of craft beer per adult. Considering it unlikely that every adult consumed their share, or even drank any beer at all, tha...
The city of Medical Lake will be reviewing and updating its 10-year Comprehensive Plan beginning this month, albeit a year late. The City Council approved a $37,142 contract with Shea, Carr & Jewell, Inc. to manage the comp plan update at it’s Jan. 15 meeting. Bill Grimes, who had worked on the previous Comp Plan for the city, will be the lead, City Administrator Doug Ross told the council. Grimes previously worked for Studio Cascade during the last update. Studio Cascade h...
Some arrived in the basement of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Medical Lake for the camaraderie and community. Others came for the chicken and dumplings. Whether for friendship or a hot meal, the line was long. The event was another monthly hot dinner offered by Feed Medical Lake, a non-profit food pantry born from what Director Joanna William’s felt was divine direction after being spared death from cancer. “Lord, if you have work for me, I’ll live,” she said of the prayer th...
The Medical Lake boys varsity basketball crew found themselves on the receiving end of two losses in league and non-league play last week, giving up a total of 147 points against Deer Park and Cashmere. Deer Park The Card boys gave the visiting Deer Park Stags a run for their money in a hard-fought, back-and-forth game during Northwest A League play Friday, Jan 4, coming out aggressively from the initial tip-off. But in the end their efforts weren't enough to stifle the...
The Medical Lake Cardinal varsity boys basketball crew dropped two more before their loss to the Cheney Blackhawks Saturday. Jan. 8, Newport The Cardinals were mauled by the third-ranked Newport Grizzlies at home in a 62-44 loss before the home crowd. The Cards were unable to sustain a 17-4 first quarter start. The Grizzlies came back in the second quarter and never looked back. “Committing 17 fouls and giving up 14 points off free-throws really hurt us as well as seeing t...
The Medical Lake boys varsity basketball crew came away empty handed on Saturday in non-league play after losing 80-62 to the rival Cheney Blackhawks at their annual Spirit Game competition, held this year at Eastern Washington University's Reese Court. The Blackhawks outgunned the Cardinals in nearly every statistical column except two: 3-pointers - and fouls. "They played a much better game than last year," head coach Noel Hachtel said of his players. "They just outsized us...
The Medical Lake Cardinal girls brought home a 64-58 victory from the annual Spirit Game competition in non-league play against the Cheney Blackhawks in a tough game before a roaring crowd at Eastern Washington Universities Reese Court on Saturday. “Saturday’s game was definitely a fun atmosphere,” Cardinal head coach Kyle Lundberg said. “I was really proud of the way our girls played.” And play they did, in physically rough game that had plenty of fouls on both sides wit...
The city of Medical Lake and Spokane County Fire District 3 are discussing a merger due to an increasing number of no-response calls by the city's all-volunteer fire department. The Medical Lake Fire Department failed to respond to over one-quarter of the calls they received in 2018, according to a city report. SCFD3 picked up the slack under joint support agreements between the two entities. To blame for response is a lack of staff availability from the all-volunteer fire...
The Medical Lake boys varsity basketball crew found themselves on the receiving end of two losses in league and non-league play last week, giving up a total of 147 points against Deer Park and Cashmere. Deer Park The Card boys gave the visiting Deer Park Stags a run for their money in a hard-fought, back-and-forth game during Northwest A League play Friday, Jan 4, coming out aggressively from the initial tip-off. But in the end their efforts weren’t enough to stifle the h...
The Medical Lake Cardinal wrestling crew laid-out Freeman in Northeast A league grappling action on Thursday, Jan. 4, hitting the road to beat the Scotties on their home mat 40-36. The Cards had one pin, scored two decisions, and one major decision, to overcome the six pins made by Freeman wrestlers. Four forfeits by the Scotties also helped bring home the win. Cardinal Fabian Vargas won a 13-1 major in the 132 weight class. Nolan Doloughan gained a 6-5 decision in the 145...
Is a child’s participation in sports beneficial to the development of character? A 2017 article in Psychology Today titled, ”How Sports Can Make You Healthier and Build Character,” by psychologist John Rich, addressed this notion. Rich noted that while studies have shown that the foundations of a persons character are established by age six, participating in sports, especially at a younger age, acts as a sort of feedback loop in which further character development and expressi...
The worn desk and cluttered, unadorned office at the back of the Medical Lake City Hall mirror the condition of the town that City Administrator Doug Ross manages: frugal. The city itself, long stuck at a population hovering around 5,000, according to U.S. Census data, might serve as a case study in how a small, tax-constricted municipality manages to continue serving its citizens on a carefully balanced shoe string budget. It’s all a tight and often-misunderstood balancing a...
The Medical Lake City Council voted to sign an agreement associated with a $504,365 grant from the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board for various improvements to city streets at it’s Dec. 18 meeting. The agreement requires the city to contribute $26,545 in matching funds. The work is two fold, according to City Manager Doug Ross. First, the city will be repairing streets suffering from deteriorating asphalt. The work will remove and replace the asphalt and, w...
