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Knight and Wavada receive service awards At the annual Eastern Washington University Thanksgiving Luncheon, Nov. 19, two employees were honored with the most prestigious recognition for staff, the Distinguished Service Awards. Christi Wavada, Women and Gender Studies program coordinator, received the Classified Staff Distinguished Service Award. Rose Knight, manager of budget and administration for EWU Libraries, was honored with the Administrative Exempt Distinguished Service Award. The Distinguished Service Awards are...
Sears receives EWU scholarship Medical Lake High School alumna Elicia Sears has been awarded the Academic Honors Scholarship for $4,000 to Eastern Washington University for the 2015-2016 academic year. Sears graduated from Medical Lake last June and currently attends EWU. While at Medical Lake, she was involved in National Honor Society, drama and leadership. She is the daughter of Angela and Matthew Boyle of Airway Heights. Cheney High School Drama presents “Way, Way, Off Broadway” Cheney High School drama presents “Wa...
Storm changes Medical Lake hearings The Nov. 17 windstorm forced the Medical Lake City Council to postpone its final meeting of November, and in the process move its 2016 budget approval process back two weeks. The council was originally to have held its budget public hearings at the Nov. 17 and upcoming Dec. 1 meetings. Instead, they will conduct those hearings at the Dec. 1 and Dec. 15 meetings. The purpose of the meetings is to receive public comment on the preliminary and final drafts of the coming year’s budget. C...
Medical Lake postpones school board meeting Due to high gusts of wind and potential travel hazards, the Medical Lake School District postponed its Nov. 17 board meeting and rescheduled it for Nov. 24 at 4 p.m. at the district office. Gardeners of Cheney donates to FFA The Gardeners of Cheney recently donated $500 to the Cheney High School Future Farmers of America (FFA). The check was awarded at the group’s monthly meeting on Nov. 9 in support of horticulture instruction at Cheney High School. The money will be used to m...
BNSF wraps up connection work with Palouse River tracks Burlington Northern Santa Fe crews have wrapped up a key element of the track work being done to upgrade the Palouse River Coulee City rail line from Cheney through Four Lakes to the Geiger Spur. Last week, BNSF crews finished a two-and-half-month long project upgrading one mile of track and a “Y” connection in Cheney it shares with the PRCC. Railway spokesman Gus Melonas said $2 million worth of work was performed that included new rails, ties and seven new switches. Me...
Anderson named to management post Davenport Hotels in downtown Spokane recently announced the promotion of Cheney High School alumna Briana Anderson to the position of national sales manager. Anderson will be handling all groups of 25 rooms and peak or higher times in the association, sporting events and corporate group markets that are based in the West, Midwest and Northeast region of the U.S. “Briana (Anderson) brings a highly professional and comfortable persona to our Davenport team,” Barbara Seiler, area director of...
Cheney music students receive top honors Four Cheney High School music students received top honors and were selected to perform in one of the 2016 Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) all-state performing groups. The following students will join other outstanding high school student musicians in this prestigious event: Claire Arensmeyer, oboe, symphony orchestra; Tim Bennett, tuba, wind ensemble; Amparo Contreras, alto 2, symphonic choir and James Marshall, viola, chamber orchestra. WMEA All-State high school...
Operation Christmas Child Cheney drop off opens Beginning Monday, Nov. 16, Cheney, Medical Lake, Airway Heights and other West Plains area residents who are taking part in the annual Operation Christmas Child program will have a place to drop off gift-filled shoeboxes to children worldwide. According to a news release, the Rutzer residence located at 12401 S. State Route 904 is serving as a collection site for the annual Samaritan’s Purse project. Participants in Operation Christmas Child such as families, churches and o...
The fourth-ranked Eastern Washington University football team seeks to extend its six-game winning streak when the Eagles play their 89th annual Homecoming game this Saturday in an intriguing Big Sky Conference contest versus Northern Arizona at Roos Field. Kickoff is set for 3:05 p.m. Eastern sits atop the Big Sky Conference at 5-0, has won 22 of its last 23 league games, and has been victorious in 19-straight regular season home games. The only conference loss in the last...
Airway Heights behind in property tax collections Airway Heights’ officials are waiting on a bit of money. According to the city’s latest financial report, the city is running at about 54 percent of its projected property tax collections for the period running Jan. 1 through Sept. 30. The city has collected $561,431 year to date of its budgeted $1,022,000 for 2015. Clerk/Treasurer Amy Wiedrich told City Council members at their Oct. 26 study session the city collects the majority of its property tax revenues at two poi...
Mason Jar hosts Food Gathering The community is invited to join Food Flavor Fit at the Food Gathering featuring The Mason Jar, on Wednesday, Nov. 4 from 5 – 7 p.m. The Mason Jar is located at 101 F St. in Cheney. Food Gatherings are presented by Food Flavor Fit to bring people together to get to experience small businesses that are producing nutritious and flavorful food in the Inland Northwest. Attendees will get the opportunity to taste food samples, learn nutrition facts and meet owner Douglas LaBar and his staff. The e...
Lungo earns state honors Windsor Elementary School teacher Dustin Lungo was named the Physical Education Teacher of the Year by SHAPE Washington (Society of Health and Physical Educators). Candidate’s for the award must have a minimum of five years teaching experience, serve as a professional role model and use the best practices to create a positive learning environment for all students. They must also exhibits commitment through involvement in professional organizations and advocacy. Fillman hired as military family a...
Medical Lake surpluses recycling equipment At their Oct. 20 meeting the Medical Lake City Council approved the surplusing and sale of a city-owned baler used to bale cardboard at the recycling center. Sunshine Disposal was the highest of three bidders on the baler, coming in with an offer of $2,900. The council also agreed to surplus a glass breaker used at the recycling center and set the method of disposal as sale to highest offer or donation. City Administrator Doug Ross said the city hasn’t received many “bites” from...
Zimmerman American Ninja Warrior video online It’s official – Medical Lake School District teacher Sandy Zimmerman has posted her audition video for competing in the popular TV show “American Ninja Warrior” online, and needs people to view it and like it to help her chances of making an appearance. Zimmerman, who teaches at Michael Anderson Elementary School on Fairchild Air Force Base, filmed her video at Pacific Judo Academy in Spokane. She also filled out a 20-page questionnaire and is looking at participating in a regio...
Africana Studies Program silent auction The Eastern Washington University Africana Studies Program is having its annual silent auction, Oct. 27, and is looking for donations. Donations may include art, books, crafts, gift baskets, gift cards, sporting and theater tickets. All proceeds from the event will help scholarships, the Richard Williams Graduation Celebration, Black History Month programs and other events. Donors will receive recognition as their names will be listed on the Africana Studies website and displayed...
Note: This brief ran last week, however the headline incorrectly said it was the McNair Scholarship. Cheney’s Shogo Starr and Medical Lake’s Jeremy Ryan are two of approximately 16,000 semifinalists for the 2016 National Merit Scholarship Program. According to a news release from the National Merit Scholarship Program about 1.5 million entrants from across the United States this year will compete for 7,400 scholarships totaling of $32 million. About 15,000 students will advance to the finalist round in February. There are...
Cheney Snap Fitness will soon have another location on the West Plains, this in Medical Lake. Having just undergone an expansion in Cheney, owner Jake Smith will open the new location in a former daycare located in the Denny's Supermarket building in Medical Lake. The new Snap Fitness is targeted to open in either late October or early November, Cheney manager Will Breckenridge said. The Medical Lake location will have a slightly smaller space but have mostly the same...
The Caterpillar tractor parts distribution center that sits adjacent to Interstate 90 near the Medical Lake exit will have a neighbor of sorts in the business. According to information provided by Greater Spokane Incorporated, Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc., an Exeter, Penn., corporation, has been building a large distribution warehouse just east of Caterpillar. The 250,000-square-foot facility will employ approximately 60 employees who will be responsible for inbound and outbound freight activities. The new warehouse i...
The state of Washington will take part in the sale of $900 million of what are called “green bonds” starting Monday, Sept. 28 with a retail sale and then offering the bonds to Wall Street two days later. According to the publication, Bond Buyer, proceeds of the sale will fund environmentally friendly projects. Those include money for efforts to protect Puget Sound and other waterways across the state. “I’m excited for Washington residents to have a program that allows for the direct investment in projects that enhance...
Cheney Police tie suspect to additional break-ins The Cheney Police Department has tied an alleged member of a Cheney-Spokane burglary ring to two more break-ins in Cheney’s Salnave area. Matthew J. Horpel, 28, was arrested Aug. 12 in conjunction with burglaries of residences on Dubois Street and Clover Court. Horpel was working with four other individuals, two males and two females who were subsequently arrested by Spokane police on burglary charges. Cheney Police Sgt. Rick Beghtol said Monday that fingerprints taken from i...
Eastern Washington University will have a new student voice on its board of trustees. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed EWU senior Mariana Garcia as the student representative to the board, replacing the graduating Francisco “Frank” Navarro. Garcia officially joined the board July 1, took part in the recent vote to approve the 2016 fiscal year operating budget and will continue serving through June 30, 2016. A 2011 graduate of Granger High School in the Yakima Valley, Garcia has been very active in promoting div...
After performing his magic act at Reese Court in the past three seasons, the transition from Eagle to a member of the Orlando Magic has begun for former Eastern Washington University men's basketball player Tyler Harvey. The former Eagle sharpshooter was selected by Orlando in the second round as the 51st pick overall of the National Basketball Association Draft June 25 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He elected to skip his senior season at Eastern for the chance to play in the NBA, and it...
Another basketball team with a solid pedigree stands in Eastern Washington’s way in their second trip to the NCAA tournament. The No. 13-seeded Eagles face the No. 4 Georgetown Hoyas tonight (March 19) at the Moda Center in Portland, Ore. The game between the Eagles and Hoyas will start at 6:57 p.m. and will be broadcast on truTV. It may also be heard live via radio on 700-AM ESPN with Larry Weir providing the play-by-play. But Sports Illustrated is not all that impressed with the visitors from Washington, D.C. The m...
The Eastern Washington University men’s and women’s basketball teams are trying hard to deliver the 2015 Big Sky Conference tournament to Reese Court the second week of March by winning the regular season championships. But a group from EWU and the Spokane Regional Sports Commission is hoping to make Cheney and Spokane the permanent home for future tournaments beginning in 2016. A bid to stage both the men’s and women’s tournaments beginning in 2016 at sites that include both Reese Court and the Spokane Arena is among t...
The Eastern Washington University women's basketball team will begin their chase of a Big Sky Conference title fresh from a huge victory Dec. 22 at the Gator Holiday Classic in Gainesville, Fla. after beating host Florida, 67-56. The senior duo of Lexie Nelson, who led Eastern with 28 points, and Melissa Williams, who recorded double-doubles in each of the tournament games, were selected to the All-Tournament team. The Eagles, 7-4 and with three consecutive wins, now take a...
