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CHENEY – Blackhawks boys basketball head coach Frankie Keplinger has been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement from school district officials, while an investigation into his coaching style is conducted. District officials also said in the statement that assistant coach Chad Smith has been placed on leave as well. Keplinger was suspended Jan. 21, with Smith’s suspension coming a week later. During the investigation, junior varsity coach James Whiteley wil...
CHENEY — Blackhawk wrestlers spent the weekend at area tournaments ahead of post-season Great Northern League action that kicks off Friday. As a team the Blackhawks took 11th at the North Idaho Rumble at Coeur d’Alene High School Friday and Saturday, where Dylan Straley, with a 32-3 record, took third in the 145-pound weight class in a 11-6 decision over Potlatch’s Gabe Prather. At 152, Cheney’s Jackson Showalter snagged a first-place finish over Ethan Miller of Post Falls w...
CHENEY – The Lady Blackhawks improved their overall record to 6-10 with a non-league win last Thursday at Greater Spokane League Rogers High School. Cheney got 21 points from senior Maggie Smith as the Lady Blackhawks opened a 33-15 halftime lead on the host Pirates and never looked back in their 58-35 win. Head coach Roxie Smith said all of her players earned valuable minutes against a Rogers team that, while undermanned, plays “whistle to whistle” and is more competitive than past squads. The Lady Blackhawks were able...
MEDICAL LAKE — The spotlight shining down on the mat reflects upward on the young man’s face that is nearly emotionless, yet somehow predatory. “That’s what you have to do,” 16-year-old Cardinal wrestler Ethan Davis said. “That puts a fire under your butt. It sets you off.” Today, the 170-pound champion wrestler doesn’t study his competition, but feels it better to simply “impose my will on my opponents,” whom he sees, at least while he’s on the mat, not so much as someone to...
MEDICAL LAKE — The Lady Cards notched an exciting win on a last second clutch 3-pointer by Emily Munson to beat Deer Park (7-3, 13-5) before a home crowd Friday night 47-44 that extended their winning streak to four games. It was a back-and-forth game that went right down to the buzzer. Medical Lake took the first quarter by two points, then allowed the Stags to take over the court in the second by an eight-point margin for a 21-15 Deer Park lead at the half. Then the Cards st...
Across rural America, demographics are changing, and community leaders are redefining what makes their small towns successful and vibrant. Traditionally, a prosperous community is defined as economically viable, with enough housing and employment. Now, prosperous also includes having a welcoming and inclusive community. To foster a spirit of welcoming, communities can start with Civity. Civity is the idea of purposefully engaging in relationships of respect and empathy with others who are different. This helps communities to...
Keeping hospitals and health workers healthy is key to fighting diseases. With new and more deadly viruses, the job is more challenging. Although the coronavirus has captured the world’s attention, it is important to note the Center for Disease Control estimates that 80,000 Americans died of flu and flu complications in the winter of 2017-2018 — the highest flu-related death toll in at least four decades. The coronavirus outbreak is very serious. According to the New York Tim...
The state Legislature has directed the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to remove the catch limits on bass, walleye and channel catfish in all waters of the state where they coexist with salmon. It seems that someone in the Legislature realized the existence of a connection between bass and whales. It is about time. Everything in nature is connected to everything else. In this case, our politicians are concerned about the declining numbers of the resident Puget Sound orca pod. Orcas and bass both eat salmon,...
Jody Elizabeth Horton, 47, died Jan. 16, 2020 in Colorado Springs, Colo. She was born July 30, 1972 to Marlin Richard and Corinne Mary (Gribbin) Cameron in Augusta, Maine. Jody was a 1990 graduate from Gray New Gloucester High School in Gray, Maine, and graduated from the University of Maine at Presque Isle and was three courses away from obtaining her master’s degree. She was an elementary school teacher for 23 years, eventually teaching all grades at locations around the w...
On Jan. 17, 2020, Don passed away surrounded by his family. He was born Oct. 31, 1937 in Somerville, Massachusetts to James and Virginia (Sousa) Sweeney. Don grew up in Chelmsford and at the age of 17, joined the Navy and became a cook and Seabee for eight years. He met Karen, his loving wife in Santa Monica, Calif. and began his career with the telephone company. He transferred to Medical Lake, Wash. in 1968 continuing his career of 36 years, and raised his family on Silver...
Harold Walter Meili, age 89, passed away peacefully, Jan. 28, 2020 in Cheney, Wash. with his wife Mary Kay by his side. Harold was born in Jamestown, North Dakota in 1930. He graduated from North Central High School and Eastern Washington College of Education. Harold served in the U.S. Coast Guard and fought wildfires as a smokejumper. He taught fifth-grade for 25 years in Spokane. Harold married Mary Kay Lauer at the Open Door Congregational Church in Deer Park, Wash in...
Barbecue still on at Feed ML Feed Medical Lake had to close in January due to weather so the barbecue chicken, mashed potatoes/gravy, green beans and bread pudding supper was moved to Monday, Feb. 10, beginning 4:15 p.m. with grocery distribution followed by supper at 5 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 223 S. Hallett St. Remember there is something special for each child in attendance. Soup, Etc. follows on Feb. 24 at 11:30 a.m. For more information call Joanna Williams at 509-714-1150....
Dianne Perrins, currently of Montrose, Colo., passed away peacefully at her home on Jan. 22, 2020, after a long and persistent battle with cancer. She was in the care of Hope West Hospice at the time of her passing. Dianne Pruitt Perrins was born 29 May 1943 in Kirkland, Wash. to Ken and Margery Pruitt and was the oldest of three girls. Her siblings are Penny Melchisadeck (Kenny), of Federal Way, Wash., and Pamela King (Chuck) of Everett, Wash. She is preceded in death by her...
1 Years Ago Feb. 6, 2010 Medical Lake city officials voiced their opposition to Spokane’s interest in using Pine Lodge as an all-male offender facility in the event it was closed by the state. Airway Heights also expressed opposition to proposed placement of a similar facility there. Lots were plated and infrastructure ready and the ribbon cut at the Cheney Industrial Park — all that were needed were tenants. 20 Years Ago Feb. 3, 2000 The city of Cheney received a clean bill of health from state auditors for the second year...
Cheney Congregational Church Adult Education Class will encounter Jesus in the book of Luke. Classes begin March 1 at 9 a.m. Pastor Matt Goodale is continuing his series on “The Kingdom o==f God: Backwards and Upside Down.” There is a children’s area in the Sanctuary. Service starts at 10 a.m. Come and join us for fellowship, conversation and refreshment following the service. Please visit our website at www.cheneycongregational.org for previous sermons and more information about our church. Choir practice will not take...
CHENEY – Reports of a possible cougar attack off of Cheney-Spokane Road last week may have actually been something a bit less sinister but no less dangerous. Social media accounts on Wednesday reported a “confirmed cougar attack” on a goat at a home in the area of Gibbs and Sherman roads, south of the Cheney-Spokane Road in the Latah Creek area that took place on Tuesday night. The goat was “eviscerated” before the cougar was scared off, the post noted. Department of Fish and Wildlife community outreach liaison for the DFW p...
CHENEY – Purchasing was on the minds and agenda of the City Council at their meeting on Jan. 28. The council approved a request from the Light Department to purchase a 2020 F550 Ford pickup modified for use as a dump truck and vehicle with which to pull the department’s new Bobcat front loader and mini-excavator/trailer package. The price of the Ford, purchased from Columbia Ford of Longview, Wash. on the state’s motor vehicle contract, comes to $73,774.79 including tax. According to the quote from Columbia Ford, the base...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS – The Spokane Tribe of Indians and the new Spokane Shock Indoor Football League (IFL) franchise have announced a collaboration that includes naming the team’s field after the Tribe’s main business venture. At a ceremony announcing the partnership Thursday, Jan. 30, at Spokane Tribe Casino, Shock majority owner and chief executive office Sam Adams said the Tribe was a title sponsor of the team and that the field at Spokane’s Veterans Memorial Arena would be call...
Workers put the final touches on the ice at Eastern Washington University’s Recreation Center for this weekend’s opening of the USA Curling National Championships, which conclude Feb. 15. Photo by Paul Delaney...
The EWU Dean’s List is released after every fall, winter and spring quarter. The fall and spring quarter lists also include students on the semester system. An undergraduate student who earns 12 quality hours (QHRS) and receives a GPA of 3.5 or better is placed on the Dean’s List. If the student has placed a directory restriction on their records the name will not be released for publication. Local students named to the Fall Dean’s List are as follows: Cheney Jerika Adams, Andrew Austin, Evelyn Barlow, Eric Barrio, Eva Bauti...
OLYMPIA — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is seeking public comments on proposed recommendations for 2020-2021 hunting seasons, according to a press release. Between Feb. 6 – Feb. 26, WDFW will accept written public comments to help finalize hunting rules and regulations proposed for the upcoming year. The proposals and comment forms will be posted on the department’s website at https://wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/regulations/season-setting. Most proposals address minor changes in special permit levels and h...
MEDICAL LAKE — The Medical Lake School District Board had a full agenda at its Tuesday, Jan. 28, meeting, considering a number of policy changes, approving grants and accepting an anonymous donation, curriculum changes and the cost of the state’s new district employee benefit program. The board passed five new board policies on first and second reading, all generally related to violence and harassment and how the district is to deal with it. Board policy 3207 prohibiting har...
Cheney High School Unified Basketball player Adrienne Garza looks for a teammate to pass to during the Blackhawks game with Lakeside at a six-team tournament last Tuesday. According to coordinator Brian Baxter, Unified Basketball blends general education students — “partners” — with special needs students in competition. Of the five players on the court, two can be partners while three must be special needs players. Cheney’s program has grown to 20 students, two teams con...
AIRWAY HEIGHTS — There’s a new police chief in town and he’s looking for help from the community he is sworn to protect. “Law enforcement can’t do it on their own,” Brad Richmond, the city’s new police chief, said. “We have to collaborate and work with our community, and all our other partners to effect quality of life in a positive way for all of our citizens.” It only took 27 years, but Richmond, 53, has come full-circle. He started his law enforcement career in Airway...
CHENEY – A public hearing has been set for March 9 on changes to a pair of ordinances, one addressing residential occupancy issues and the other designed to encourage water conservation. Both ordinances changes acome after repeated concerns from citizens. The most vocal has been the issue of residential occupancy, specifically the concept of “functional family” and how that definition impacts such things as parking and noise complaints in neighborhoods. According to the Notice of Application from the city publishing the p...
