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The Medical Lake soccer team has been part of a back and forth battle this year, losing seven games in a row to kick off the season but coming back hard with just as many subsequent wins. Last week the team took on Deer Park, with the Cardinals (7-8,7-5) trailing by one at the end of the first half. The second half saw the team’s offense return with a vengeance, with Carter Pivonka delivering an assist in the 43rd minute and a goal in the 76th minute that secured the team a 4-2 win. Against Lakeside on April 25, the Cards c...
The Cheney boys golf team has been holding its own on the course, moving steadily up the ranks as the season progresses. On April 19 at the second Great Northern League meet, Cheney took fourth, earning a team score of 515.5. East Valley trailed behind with 565, while Pullman, Clarkston and West Valley snagged the top three spots with 448, 466 and 497 points respectively. Blackhawk Nate Koohns earned the best finish of the day with 74 strokes. At the team’s third GNL meet on Thursday, April 23, the news was even better, w...
The Cheney boys tennis team snapped up a 4-3 win against East Valley on Tuesday, April 23, in an epic comeback that head coach Jesse Erickson said he “will always remember.” Blackhawk player Logan Ray defeated East Valley’s Julien Gunderson 6-1, 6-3 due to what Erickson called “great placement and consistency.” Cheney’s Jared Adams also served up a solid 6-1, 6-1 win against the Knights’ Ethan Graham. In doubles play, Cheney team Mitchell Johnson and Jameson Powell were defeated in a hard-fought 3-6, 2-6 loss to East Valle...
The Cheney girls tennis team is finding that persistence is the name of the game, according to head coach Jeff Ward. The girls faced off against East Valley on Tuesday, April 23 and lost 6-1, but learned a lot in the process, he said. “We’re working on a culture of leadership and improving each point,” Ward said. “We have a really young team mixed with a couple of seniors.” No. 1 singles player Grace Hammermeister defeated East Valley’s Tiffany Phout via forfeit but it wasn’t quite enough to keep the lead. East Valley double...
This week I had the privilege of eating lunch at a local middle school while working on a story. In the process, I talked to school officials and some students about what they were eating and the importance of a good meal during the school day. Over the course of my career I’ve talked to kids at sporting events, political rallies, domestic violence shelters and volunteer events. These conversations have led me to one conclusion, which I can look upon with absolute clarity. We don’t give kids enough credit. Children are con...
The Cheney High School soccer team continued their domination of the pitch on Tuesday, April 23, beating out Clarkston 5-1 and clinching the Great Northern League championship. Three of those five goals were scored in the first half and two of them came courtesy of sophomore Dawson Heuett, one in the ninth minute and one in the 21st. The third came via sophomore Colton Hodgen in the 28th minute. The Blackhawk focus during halftime was on keeping momentum, with the team shoutin...
Airway Heights’ annual Easter egg hunt was a resounding success despite the drizzle, with children of all age groups turning out in droves to collect their share of brightly colored eggs. The hunt began at exactly 9 a.m. and was done by 9:04 a.m. Above, a child shrieks with excitement after being presented with an egg by the Easter bunny....
The focus at the West Plains Chamber of Commerce’s April 17 membership breakfast was ironically not the West Plains — instead, attendees heard from Spokane Mayor David Condon, who briefed visitors on the nearby city’s current projects and recent achievements. “The city of Spokane is a driving force in our region,” Chamber of Commerce executive director Toby Brommeling said. “That partnership is so important.” Condon shared advice for West Plains elected officials and business leaders and explained upcoming city goals, includ...
Cheney High School’s new wing was officially turned over for use last Monday, and students and teachers spent the week getting comfortable in the updated space. Project manager Todd Smith said the reception to the wing’s new look has been overwhelmingly positive, despite some concern from tile installers about what the students would think of the bold diamond floor design....
With the July 1 departure of Cheney Assistant Superintendent Sean Dotson to Tumwater School District looming in the distance, local school officials have been working overtime to secure a replacement in time for the next school year. That search is over now, with Cheney Public Schools announcing Tuesday the selection of Tom Arlt as the next assistant superintendent. Arlt has a long history in education in several capacities, according to a Cheney Public Schools press release. For the last four years, he has served at...
The Cheney School Board filled the library of Salnave Elementary School thanks to an action-packed agenda that included several staff reports and nearly half a dozen school board policy revisions. To kick off the evening, Salnave students told board members about the benefits of "morning meetings," in which the students gather to greet one another by name, share information about themselves and participate in a group activity. These meetings, typically introduced in a 20-minut...
Debra Nielson looks right at home settled on a vintage armchair in front of rows of brightly-patterned bolts of cotton and surrounded by crafts of her own making, including mittens made from repurposed sweaters and jewelry crafted from old spoons. And no wonder — she is the sole owner and operator of Ree Creations on 1st Street in Cheney, a small business that features local artists and carefully fashioned handcrafts, along with a surprising selection of fabric tucked into t...
Last month the state Senate defeated a bill that, if approved, would have placed a referendum on the November general election ballot asking voters to approve a constitutional amendment allowing a simple majority vote to pass local school district construction bonds levies. The failure of the state Senate to pass Joint Resolution 8201 compounds the ongoing and convoluted business of keeping schools operational for administrators. The state law that remains on the books requires a so-called “supermajority” of school dis...
West Plains residents traveling down Highway 2 in Airway Heights may have noticed significant construction in the area, but city officials say the project will be relatively short -lived. The Washington State Department of Transportation project is a safety improvement meant to restrict left turn movements in the corridor between Hayford and Deer Heights roads, except for a westbound left turn onto the northern properties near Starbucks and an eastbound left onto Hazelwood. “There was a motorcycle fatality there a few years a...
The Cheney boys soccer team faced off against Pullman April 2, winning 2-1 in a — you guessed it — penalty shootout. Pullman (2-7, 2-2) scored an early goal in the third minute of the first half with Cheney’s Sam Fix making a goal for the Blackhawks in the second half’s 70th minute. Cheney (6-2, 5-0) took 15 shots to Pullman’s 14, with Blackhawk goalkeeper Trae Babcock making 11 saves to the Pullman goalkeeper’s four. Cheney edged out the Greyhounds, continuing its pattern of winning by penalty shootout. The team’s Apri...
Late last month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the award of grant funds to the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, specifically to expand victims’ services for survivors of human trafficking. The $679,259 grant will be used to build the capacity of the Kalispel Tribe to respond to crime victims’ needs, according to a statement from the Tribe. A Department of Justice press release said the money will go toward hiring a victim advocate, covering staff travel and training costs and funding a strategic plan to improve ove...
A multi-tenant building will soon be going up in Airway Heights, but just who those tenants will be remains to be seen. According to documents filed with the city, Legacy Interests, LLC is planning to construct a warehouse facility called Garfield Road Business Center at 1149 S. Garfield Road. The center will consist of a 36,000 square foot pre-engineered steel building with space for three tenants and a large parking area. Construction is expected to begin in May and be completed by January 2020. The building will be...
Spokane County Fire District 10 chief Nick Scharff is one of those rare firefighters who stays with one department their entire career. Now, after nearly 44 years, the end of that career is approaching with Scharff planning to retire in June. Scharff became a volunteer firefighter with Spokane County Fire District 10 (SCFD10) in 1976 when he was just 18. At that time, the department was dispatched via a phone tree. “A dispatcher who worked from their own home would call y...
A suspect wanted for stealing his mother’s car and forcibly attempting to take her purse led Spokane County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a chase through Airway Heights last Wednesday evening, injuring a police officer and eventually being captured by a local K9 unit. At 7:40 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3, deputies responded to West MacFarlane Road and North Craig Road to check for a vehicle reported stolen. The vehicle had been reported earlier in the day when the registered owner and victim stated her son, 26-year-old Alf...
The Cheney boys tennis team stumbled in a March 28 match against East Valley, losing 3-4 after several disappointing doubles match-ups. In singles play Cheney’s Logan Ray defeated the Knights’ Julian Gunderson 6-0, 6-4, while Blackhawk Jared Adams won over Ethan Graham 6-2, 6-1. Cheney’s Alex Rose lost to East Valley’s RJ McGee 6-1, 7-6 (3-7), with Trevor Stuart defeating East Valley’s Tate Gregerson 6-3, 6-4. In doubles, the Blackhawk boys struggled, with all three teams taking a loss to the visiting Knights. Cheney’s...
The Cheney boys soccer team maintained its momentum this week, earning two victories in rapid succession against East Valley and Mount Spokane. In a March 28 Great Northern League game, the Blackhawks defeated the the Knights (2-4, 0-1) 2-1 thanks to an aggressive offense. Neither team scored in the first half, but Cheney junior Bas Holland scored two second half goals — one in the 71st minute and one in the 73rd — to lead the visiting Blackhawks (4-2, 1-0) to the win. Cheney took 17 shots to East Valley’s 10 with Black...
The Great Northern League hosted its first golf tournament on March 28, with the Cheney girls team playing at the Quail Ridge Golf Course and the boys playing at Clarkston Country Club. The Cheney boys took fifth in the tournament, behind first-place Clarkston, second-place Pullman, third-place West Valley and fourth-place East Valley. Blackhawk Franky Reeves scored 129 total strokes, just a hair higher than his teammate Donovan Hart’s 128 and Nate Elliot’s 127. Cheney’s Chris Mathews earned a score of 112. The girls score...
The contamination of much of the West Plains’ water supply via firefighting foam may have been revealed two years ago, but to many local residents the problems it brought have only grown worse with time. Air Force officials have sampled 369 private drinking wells on the West Plains, and 89 have tested above a 2016 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) health advisory of 70 parts per trillion, though Fairchild Air Force Base (FAFB) leaders have not released exact locations o...
The mood in the Airway Heights City Council chamber was celebratory at the council’s April 1 meeting, and not because of April Fool’s Day. The sole agenda item for the evening was the swearing in of the fire department’s new deputy chief of training Julius “Chooch” Vanis III, replacing former training chief Alex Turner who accepted a position with Spokane County Fire District 3 earlier this year. Airway Heights Fire Chief Mitch Metzger took the lead at the swearing-...
The Cheney School Board was left with a lot to consider at its March 27 meeting, hearing first readings of half a dozen school policy revisions. Kicking off the meeting, the board recognized National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT) Rebecca Hansen, Rhonda Heal, Heather McLagan, and Rebecca Ward and NBCT certification renewals by Tammy Hauer, Sarita Hopkins and Alison Tobler. The board also met Cheney High School’s unified basketball team. The first readings were primarily to codify simple changes or additions to existing s...
