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On Saturday, Jan. 12, Cheney broke an 11-year losing streak, taking home the coveted Golden Feather for the most school spirit. Cheney High School assistant cheer coach Olivia Hovater shoots video of the Cheney cheer squad at Eastern Washington University’s Reese Court on Saturday during the annual Spirit Game competition against Medical Lake High School; a “Wonka Bar” dances as one of the features of Medical Lake’s Willy Wonka-esque skit during halftime of the boys basketb...
Grant D. Murie, age 78, died at 1:25 p.m, on Jan. 11, 2019, following a long battle with COPD. Grant was born June 24, 1940, in Billings, Mont. to the late George David and Lydia Agnes Bowen Murie. He attended Livingston Elementary School and graduated from Park County High School in 1959. Grant was a member of the Boy Scouts, Explorer Post and the Ground Observer Corps. On March 16, 1968, he was united in marriage to his wonderful wife Sheila Maureen Mason in Livingston,... Full story
On Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, our beloved Jessica Jo Earley (McDaniel) was called too early to her heavenly home after complications following the Dec. 29 birth of her youngest daughter. Jessica was born in Spokane, Wash. on Feb. 18, 1991 to Zane and Rychelle McDaniel. As a lifelong citizen of Medical Lake, Wash., she attended Medical Lake High School and was also a respected community business owner (Studio D hair salon and The Corner Closet). A steadfast and talented young... Full story
A firefighter enters a burning building in Cheney from the second story....
Free women’s self-defense class offered on Jan. 26 Cheney High School’s Future Business Leaders of America Club will be partnering with West Plains Karate to host a free women’s self-defense class. The event will be hosted on Jan. 26 at Cheney High School from 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. All women 16 years of age or older are welcome to attend. Any questions you may have feel free to ask at [email protected]. To RSVP, please register at www.westplainskarate.com/register. Cheney church to feature Native American art talk Ch... Full story
One hundred twenty-five years ago in 1894, Cheney population was 1,000. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymuseum.org....
Cheney Congregational Church Our worship service on Sunday at 10 a.m. is open to everyone. This week’s sermon by pastor David Krueger-Duncan is a continuation of the series on “Taking Noah Seriously.” Following the service everyone is invited to enjoy coffee and conversation in the fellowship hall. Our director Kate Francis holds choir practice Sundays at 9 a.m. in the sanctuary. Consider lending your voice to our incredible choir. For more information call (509) 481-5234. As many in the community know, our pastor will be re...
Firefighters and paramedics gather at the scene of a semi-truck that flipped on a tight corner on State Route 904....
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...
1 Years Ago Jan. 29, 2009 The Cheney City Council voted to demolish the Wren Pierson Community Center when cracked support beams in the multipurpose room raised safety concerns. Crews from all over the region responded to an overturned semi-truck in Tyler that flipped on a sharp bend on State Route 904 while approaching Interstate 90. The Medical Lake School District purchased a new playground structure for its elementary school after its old wooden playground was torn down. 20 Years Ago Jan. 19, 1999 Cheney Police Chief...
Democrats are sometimes faulted for not having a positive policy message — just anti-Trumpism. But how can one discern whether that’s true when reliable mainstream news is so dominated by President Trump’s bizarre, dishonest, vindictive and narcissistic behavior. Important news hardly gets a word in edgewise because of non-stop coverage of Trump, and this only encourages additional drivel from him. Curiously, this is how James Comey, in his excellent book, “A Higher Loyalty,” describes his meetings with Trump. Comey sel...
Cheney Hawks Little Guys Wrestling Club just concluded their first-ever, two-weekend Christmas Tree recycling fundraiser, which has been deemed a great success. This would not have been possible without the generous support from our neighbors in Cheney and the surrounding area. We were so grateful for every donation of trees and in awe of those folks who said they didn’t have a tree but donated to our cause anyway. Because of you, we are well on our way to purchasing much needed new singlets for the upcoming season. What a r...
I don’t see any major crisis on our southern border with Mexico. In my strongest opinion, I see the crisis itself, as D.J. Trump. People who are a danger to themselves or to others are in need of psychiatric intervention and possibly being committed. I have no doubt (my opinion) that D. J. Trump is becoming a danger to the American people and to our country as a whole. His perpetual vocabulary of nonsensical superlatives gets worse everyday along with his flailing hand waving. In my strongest opinion, he is becoming more a...
While many eyes are on trade talks between our country and China, America’s port leaders are positioning their seaports to compete for increasing volumes of container traffic. After container shipments surged in November — primarily from pre-tariff contracts —they plunged by year end, an impact of the U.S. and China trade war. Outbound container volume at the neighboring ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach fell 11.8 percent in November from the same month in 2017. It was a...
It looks as if the current government shutdown will set a new record with no end in sight. President Trump has avowed that he will not end the standoff unless there is funding for his wall. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is just as adamant that there will be no funding for the wall. Neither side shows any sign of budging. So, who is to blame? Is it the President’s fault for sticking to his campaign promises, or is it the Democrats’ fault for standing on their ideology? Maybe a bit of both, and maybe this budget confrontation is...
We Americans like to think of ourselves as problem solvers of a sort. If something is wrong, or needs fixing, we feel we can get to the heart of the matter and figure out a solution that is best addressed to solve it. There is a problem with immigration in this country — legal and illegal. Always has been, and if we don’t figure things out, always will be. Spending $5.7 billion to build a great, big, beautiful wall — even a not-so-big and beautiful steel barrier — is not a solution. Never has been, never will be. There a...
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...
Cheney High’s girls basketball team found the holiday break from school to be a little therapeutic. The Lady Blackhawks won three of their four games, starting with a pair of wins at the Eagle Holiday Classic at West Valley High School, Dec. 27-29. Cheney had four players in double-figure scoring in their Classic opener against Northeast A League Newport (1-9, 0-4) in Millwood, opening a 37-23 halftime lead and cruising to a 67-39 win over the Grizzlies. Aijia Loffredi led the way with a game-high 17 points, with Maggie S...
Eastern Washington University has completed its 12-game football schedule in 2019 with the addition of a road game at Idaho on Sept. 21 and a non-conference home game vs. Lindenwood on Sept. 7. The schedule was announced Friday (Jan. 11) by Eastern Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics Lynn Hickey. With the return of Idaho to the Big Sky Conference in 2018 and the departure of North Dakota, Eastern will annually play the Vandals in a league game. However, 2019 was left out as a league game because of schedules...
