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Former Eastern Washington University football player Brandon Kaufman has company. One of the biggest groups of NFL free agent signees in school history – plus one who will receive a tryout today (May 2) – are among the five players who will have the opportunity this spring and summer to make the rosters of National Football League teams. “It’s awesome for the program, and it’s awesome for the individuals involved,” Eastern head coach Beau Baldwin said. “I am just excited that we have a lot of guys off last year’s team w...
Officially it was the Red-White Spring Football Game, but last Saturday’s final scrimmage of spring football for Eastern Washington University might as well be called Cooper Kupp’s coming out party. Kupp, a redshirt freshman and a 2012 graduate of Davis High School in Yakima, caught eight passes for 119 yards and two scores. Those came on back-to-back possessions by the White team near the conclusion of the contest at Roos Field. One of Kupp’s scores came on a 27-yard pass...
As much as I loved the Seattle SuperSonics and wish professional basketball would return to the region, part of me hopes the bid to bring the Sacramento Kings north doesn’t succeed. The NBA’s Relocation Committee on Monday shot down the proposed sale of the Kings to a Seattle group led by San Francisco hedge fund manager and Seattle native Chris Hansen. More precisely, the committee decided to not recommend the move to the league’s Board of Governors. Hansen’s group reached an agreement with current Kings’ owners the Maloo...
Resiliency. That might be the word that best describes the Medical Lake Cardinals baseball team this season. Because after each of their three losses so far this year, they’ve rebounded well, bouncing back with a win, or a winning streak. Following a non-league loss in their second game to Connell, Medical Lake reeled off six straight wins. When that streak was snapped by Riverside April 11, the Cardinals won another six games. Such was the case last Friday when the C...
Clifton B. Rock of Cheney, Wash., passed away peacefully at the Spokane Hospice House April 21, 2013. Clif was born April 30, 1922, the son of Oliver and Hannah (Brown) Rock of Beverly, Mass. He grew up in the Ryal Side neighborhood of Beverly, attended local schools and graduated from Beverly High School in 1939. Clif enlisted in the Army Air Force in March 1944 and trained as a crewman on B-29 heavy bombers. He was stationed on Tinian Island in the Southwest Pacific Theater... Full story
The StageWest Community Theatre production of the classic comedy, “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Joseph Kesselring, opened last Friday at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Cheney. The action all takes place in the home of two spinsters, the Brewster sisters, in early 1940s Brooklyn. They share the family home with a nephew who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt, and all the family humors him. The audience rather quickly learns that there is another side to the sweet, charming, hospitable sisters. In fact, one of their “charities” is down...
1 Years Ago May 8, 2003 Spokane County Commissioners decided against taking over operation of the Cheney city swimming pool, saying residents could use the facility at Eastern Washington University instead. The city of Medical Lake decided to begin testing its water system to make sure there was no cross contamination from fertilizing lawns. The battle for the Great Northern League boys’ soccer championship came down to the last shot of the season as Medical Lake lost 6-5 in a shootout to Deer Park. The Cards got into the sh...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Emmanuel Lutheran Church celebrates the Sixth Sunday of Easter this Sunday, May 5, 2013. Christian education for grade school children through adults begins at 9 a.m. All are welcome to worship at 10:30 a.m. Fellowship follows at 11:30 a.m. StageWest thanks Emmanuel Lutheran Church for graciously sharing their facility for StageWest’s spring production of “Arsenic and Old Lace” directed by Kay Pacheco. Play dates are May 3-5 and May 10-12. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7 p.m. Sunday matin...
Sometimes a small community is unnoticed as busy people pass it by on their way to somewhere else. It rises up and says, “Hey, Look at me!” For many years members of Tyler Grange No. 610 quietly went about their business, giving to those in need, making do when money didn’t stretch far enough, inventing ways to climb over rough spots and keeping on when the rest of the world ignored them. Years ago someone decided to write a history of this small town organization, tucked the pages of writing into a folder and there it remai...
By Mark Shields Columnist To listen to the language of American political campaigns, you could reasonably conclude that “big” is bad and “small” is good. Who has too much power and influence in Washington? Of course, Big Business, Big Banks and Big Money, in general. Some on the right might make a case for Big Labor. Small, by contrast, is good. We honor Small Town values, admire the Small Farmer and, almost without dissent, claim to revere the Small Business woman and man who, we hear repeatedly, are the backbone of our nat...
Flying cars, automated kitchens, plastics and hoverboards. Visions of the future sometimes turn out different from what people predicted decades ago. While they can be accurate every now and then, we can all be thankful we’re not using laserdiscs for movies nor are we driving in the folding automobile from 1939. Last week an article by John Elfreth Watkins, Jr., published in The Ladies’ Home Journal around 1900, went viral showcasing some of the predictions people had for life in the year 2001. While some are a bit far...
This warning by Robert Williams, publisher of Capitol Hill Daily, Baltimore Maryland, caught my eye. “Last week while you were immersed in the Boston bombing events, the House quietly passed CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act), moving the FBI one step closer to owning all of your private information.” Our government has a habit of using a crisis to distract we, the people, while they attend to business without our interference. The CISPA has to do with listening in on all your Internet transactions, suc...
Thank you Mr. Tompson (April 18) and Mr. Nation (April 25) for reminding us of the failed promises made by Bi-Mart to the citizens of Cheney with regard to restoration of Minnie Creek. A company whose logo is “Just Right for the Northwest” should stick with the agreements they make with the Northwest communities where they site their stores, and should be respectful and protective of the natural resources and beauty that make the Northwest such a special place to live. Kristin Mansfield Cheney...
As the Washington state Legislature was on the verge of sending things into “overtime” – officially a special session – the term title-only bill began to show up in conversations. Call it “drive-thru” law making if you will. Title-only bills are just what the name infers. A bill is given a name and a number but all the blanks are filled in later. Convenient for busy lawmakers who are trying to get as much done within the 90 days they are officially authorized to do business, but potentially dangerous when it comes to the citi...
Last week, students in the Future Farmers of America class at Medical Lake High School showcased their presentation about genetically modified organism foods to the Medical Lake School District board of directors at its monthly meeting. The presentation at the Tuesday, April 23 meeting, which earned the team the right to attend the state competition, gave both sides of the GMO argument about whether Washington state should label foods that have been modified. The group of seven acted out different roles, including...
Two Cheney High School students were winners of the 2013 state art competition from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Sophomore Payton Thorson won a State Board of Education award for her piece titled “Where was my Fault?” while junior foreign exchange student from Vietnam, My Nguyen, won a OSPI (Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction) Choice Award for “Trong Dong” which is Vietnamese for “brass drum.” The students will receive their awards at a...
Hallett Elementary recently announced students winning monthly awards at the school. Awards focus on guidelines for successful behavior. Students earning the Hawk Award are: Meeya Matthews, Andrew Griffey, Abby Aris, Xander Mcgehee, Payton Pfaff, Connor Harrington, Isabelle Rhoads, Faith Ehrgott, Emma Long, Donny Hagan, Kole Turner, Nicole Bishop, Madison Lynn, Ethan Davis, Natyzha Scriven, Rachael Ransier, Cheyne Pella, Isaac Turnbough and Taylor Williams. Students earning the Can Do Award are: Katelynn Eastwood, Chase...
The Cheney High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Club took part in the Washington State Business Leader conference this past weekend, April 25-27, in Spokane. Over 1,500 students from around the state attended. CHS club members and the club received numerous awards and recognition. As a chapter, the high school was recognized as a Gold Seal chapter and the second largest chapter in the eastern region. Receiving individual recognition was Austin Mitchell, Ash Hall, Jackson Spencer, Jessica Kumar, Hayden...
The Cheney School Board tabled a decision on two pieces of business at its April 24 meeting, including a policy change already heard and discussed at a previous meeting, a somewhat rare move. The “Students and Telecommunications Devices” policy was reviewed at the board’s April 10 meeting, receiving a first hearing. When brought up as old business for adoption last Wednesday, the policy ran into roadblocks, chief of which was language defining when it was permissible for s...
Eleven Tyler Grange No. 610 members cleaned up roadside trash along State Route 904 April 24. Every year they are a part of Adopt a Highway Volunteers. This year the group of 11 people worked together for an hour and removed 20 bags of trash. Present were Lyle and Alice Polack, Bob and Evelyn Shea, J.D. Dickensen, Maurice Descoteaux, William Clinton, Floyd Pearson, Denny Eberhard, Ed Phelps and Amalia Walling....
This weekend at the Lone Pine Range just west of Medical Lake, members of Project Appleseed will put their marksmanship skills to the test. The event, which takes place on a monthly basis three other times this summer, is a two-day rifle clinic where participants learn the foundational skills of being a rifleman. Project Appleseed is an event belonging to the Revolutionary War Veterans Association, which is dedicated to teaching every American our shared heritage and history as well as traditional rifle marksmanship skills....
Former Cheney High and current Clark College baseball player Parker Franklin (left) prepares to catch a pitch from his father Ed while Medical Lake senior baseball player Adam Paulson (right) awaits a toss from his father Mike as part of West Plains Little League opening day ceremonies Saturday. Ed Franklin and Mike Paulson were inaugural board members of the league, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this season, while their sons were some of its first players. Also...
Lunnell Haught has fond memories of Fish Lake. “I can remember when they had the best French fries in Spokane County at Myers’ Resort,” the longtime area resident said. “I go back that far.” But that’s hardly the case today as the one-time fun family gathering place is what some call a toxic dump and an eyesore, among other things. The property is now home to a burned out house, a double-wide trailer that just sits, a closed bar, a yard full of old heavy equipment and litter....
Travel on Cheney-Spokane Road will be a bit more difficult this summer during weekdays. Besides the $11 million construction of a new diamond-interchange taking place at the intersection with U.S. 195, work will also be done making safety improvements along the entire length of Cheney-Spokane Road. Spokane County Commissioners awarded a contract at their April 16 to Murphy Brothers for the Cheney-Spokane Road Safety Project. The project scope includes “numerous short and spot locations” where existing guardrail will be rep...
One of the Cheney’s solutions to closing a $700,000 loss in state revenue without the need for large layoffs or taxes in its 2013 budget was to rearrange duties. In other words, some departments are wearing more hats, and one of those is the Fire Department, which has taken on the job of code enforcement in the city. Specifically, the department is looking at things like lawns not being kept up, weeds getting out of control, yard and garden debris and trash piles, materials like appliances and furniture dumped in yards and a...
