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CHENEY — An Eastern Washington University athletics department already saddled with an ongoing deficit and cuts to its budget, now has a potential $5 million lawsuit hanging over it following the filing of a lengthy tort claim brought by former women’s basketball coach Wendy Schuller. Among the charges in the June 18 complaint brought against EWU, and athletics director Lynn Hickey in particular, Schuller contends her March 31 firing was unjust. But Schuller goes on to mak...
MEDICAL LAKE — With Oscar Harris scoring 12 points and Ashton Hamilton-Becker adding 11 the Medical Lake boy’s basketball team ended its season with a 50-27 thumping of Riverside on June 19 in a consolation game of the Northeast A League 2021 spring tournament. Earlier in the week Medical Lake played and lost a high-scoring tiebreaker game to Lakeside 86-81 in overtime. The Eagles (5-6) came on in the fourth quarter outscoring the Cardinals 24-12 to force overtime. Harris led...
SPOKANE — There’s a red flag waving at the proposed sale of Spokane County Raceway to the Kalispel Tribe. And now, pursuant to Washington state laws, and according to a June 15 news release, Spokane County will hold a virtual public hearing on Tuesday, June 29 at 2 p.m. to declare as surplus and dispose of 243 acres of “Raceway Property,” to the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, a federally recognized tribe. On May 5 it was first announced the tribe had made an offer of $4.75 million...
MEDICAL LAKE — After weaving together a six-game winning streak to nail down the No. 3 seed in the 2021 Northeast A League tournament the door quickly slammed shut for Medical Lake’s girls last week. Plagued on both nights by poor field goal shooting the Cardinals lost twice, 42-33 at Deer Park (June 18) and 50-41 against Colville (June 19). “We struggled with shooting only 22%,” head coach Kyle Lundberg wrote in an email regarding the Deer Park game. If there was a definin...
This Cardinal graduate offered where she was headed to college at Eastern Washington University....
MEDICAL LAKE - There are a lot of reasons both good and bad that will make the 2021 Northeast A League basketball season memorable for the Medical Lake girls. On the positive side of the ledger might be the finish they produced last week with four consecutive victories that all but closed out the regular season. The week opened on June 7 with a 45-41 win over Lakeside as Charde Luat led all scorers with 12 points while Tyana Newman had 11 points including three made...
The "Best of Shoes" award at Saturday's Medical Lake High School graduation goes to the high heels worn by Endeavors High School senior class representative Madilyn Wiertalla....
Medical Lake Valedictorian Jordan Tactay is happy after he completed his graduation journey with receipt of his diploma....
CHENEY — In what might be considered a strong show of support for the future of athletics at Eastern Washington University, the school’s Board of Trustees voted 6-1 during a special June 11 meeting to remain a Division I program in the Big Sky Conference. However, the school’s governing body also included a caveat challenging fans of this level of competition that its time to put money where their loud voices have been. Trustee Jim Murphy, referencing a full-page newsp...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — The idea that Airway Heights remains the fastest growing city in the state of Washington is by now old news. And how city officials continue to wrestle with all that has been the topic of many city council meeting. Whether it be properly maintained streets, plentiful parks and other amenities, a government that works to serve its citizens and more, the Airway Heights City Council has touched on most every facet. At their June 14 study session the e...
SPOKANE - There's a red flag waving at the proposed sale of Spokane County Raceway to the Kalispel Tribe. And now, pursuant to Washington state laws, and according to a June 15 news release, Spokane County will hold a virtual public hearing on Tuesday, June 29 at 2 p.m. to declare as surplus and dispose of 243 acres of "Raceway Property," to the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, a federally recognized tribe. On May 5 it was first announced the tribe had made an offer of $4.75... Full story
AIRWAY HEIGHTS - Not unlike almost every business or organization on the planet over the past year-plus, Cleone's Closet and Food Pantry, has had its share of challenges. But if nothing else, Mable Dunbar's effort to help the less fortunate on the West Plains, will have a new look and awareness from passing cars in the years ahead following a June 3 day of volunteering. Thanks to the efforts of Leadership Spokane, Cleone's will sport a new exterior paint job that will...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — A fire just after midnight on June 7 caused significant damage to six units of the Cedar Summit Estates Apartments at 10620 W.12th Ave. According to Airway Heights Fire Chief Mitch Metzger, there were no injuries to civilians or firefighters. Of the six units, three were destroyed by fire and the other three have extensive water damage. The Red Cross has assisted all displaced residents find emergency residences. “There were nine people in the six dif...
WEST TERRACE — The winds that had blown heartily and in all directions most of the weekend at the Fairways Golf Course during the 57th edition of the Lilac City Invitational seemed to be at Li Wang’s back for the final third of play in the 54-hole event. After battling first and second-round leader Brad Marek throughout the early part of the day, Wang, the 26-year-old pro from the Seattle area, took the lead for good on the over-the-water Par-3 13th. Wang’s 5-under 67 held...
MEDICAL LAKE — League leading Freeman got untracked in the second quarter on the way to 43-30 Northeast A League girls basketball road victory June 2. The Cardinals salvaged a split with a 48-34 win, June 5, at home against Riverside to even their record at 3-3. A contest at Deer Park was cancelled due to concerns with COVID. “We played much better this time but couldn’t get the win,” head coach Kyle Lundberg wrote in an email, referencing his team’s 52-29 loss May 27. After...
MEDICAL LAKE — The inability to put together four quarters of basketball meant a winless week in Northeast A League play for the Medical Lake boys basketball team. Freeman used a 20-8 third quarter surge to erase a 30-26 Medical Lake lead and won 67-58 June 2. Ashton Hamilton-Becker topped Medical Lake scorers with 18 points. Then, three days later Riverside came out of a slumber where the Rams scored just 18 first half points and rallied past the Cardinals scoring 19 p...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — Let the expansion continue as planned for the Spokane Tribe. Buoyed by a major ruling June 1 from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, the Spokane Tribe of Indians appear to have a clear road ahead to operate its casino in Airway Heights which is now constructing a significant addition to its facility. The decision affirmed a Washington federal judge’s ruling that the U.S. Department of the Interior properly approved a Spokane Tribe casino unde...
CHENEY - Dave Cook, Eastern Washington University's long-time sports information director, announced through a personal email message on Tuesday, June 1 that he will retire effective July 1. Cook, who has served as the SID since July 1990, but also had an earlier stint in Cheney in 1985 in an interim role, said in his statement, he was exiting into retirement "earlier than expected," falling behind in the ever-changing technology race that drives his job. "I basically just...
MEDICAL LAKE — Wins at the beginning and end of the week gave the Medical Lake girls’ basketball team a split in a very busy stretch of Northeast A League games. The Cardinals began with a 49-39 victory at Lakeside May 24, followed that with losses May 26 and 27 at Deer Park (42-29) and at Freeman (52-29) before a home win 47-27 vs. Newport. Amblessed Okemgbo and Charde Luat each had 12 points in the Lakeside win while Emma Maxwell added 11. Against the Stags the Cardinals had...
MEDICAL LAKE — The Medical Lake boys completed their week with a 3-1 record in Northeast A League play with road wins 57-50 over Lakeside, May 24, Deer Park 53-52, May 26 and May 29 at home against Newport, 63-61. Medical Lake lost to Freeman 73-41 on May 27. Medical Lake was able to hold off Lakeside’s rally, featuring an 18-8 fourth quarter edge behind Oran Rhimer’s 14 points. Oscar Harris scored 19 points as the Cardinals had a second-half rally from a 32-22 halftime defic...
CHENEY - Defending champion Jamie Hall from Jefferson Park Golf Course in Seattle is returning to defend his Lilac City Invitational title at the Fairways Golf Course, perhaps with the idea of doubling his payday as an incentive? COVID-19 made the 2020 Lilac a moving target just to play with shifting dates and it also hindered the pursuit of sponsorships which cut the purse Hall won in half to $5,000. He topped Brad Marek by shooting a 6-under 66 and escaped with a one-shot...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS - An aging Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) that had come to the end of its useful life with Avista Utilities will find new purpose with Spokane County Fire District No. 10 in Airway Heights. A handover of the keys on May 27 at FD 10 headquarters was the final step in a process that began about eight months ago, Assist. Fire Chief Don Malone explained. In regular day-to-day conversations between the two organizations, the UTV usefulness topic came up. Avista uses...
MEDICAL LAKE - As students depart for their summer break and downtime, the maintenance department in the Medical Lake School District gears up for one of its busiest times of the year. "It'll be a fast 45-day whirlwind between the end of school and the beginning of school," Chad Moss, the district's finance director who is the project liaison, said in a report at the May 25 school board meeting. As usual the punch-list for summer is varied with both outdoor and inside...
How loved ones depart this Earthly world for wherever they are destined is a journey as varied as the person itself. Travel across the world, pick a belief. "Historically the purpose of most religious funerals was to aid the deceased in their passage to the next life, and this remains an important factor for many," wrote Jennifer Uzell of the University of Durham in the United Kingdom. There are no universally agreed death or funeral rites for Buddhists. In some Orthodox...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — The effects of COVID-19 range far and wide and creep into the most unusual of places it seems, but the City of Airway Heights is trying to help mitigate that. If all goes well starting June 1, the city’s code compliance department will focus its resources — and hopefully those of community volunteers — to conduct its yearly cleanup of two mobile home properties within Airway Heights. “One of the city goals is to help residents maintain their propertie...
