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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Scott Tobin had a message for Washington's elected officials when he visited them in the nation's capital earlier this month. It's a message about the benefits of athletics for disabled individuals, for their lives and their communities. It's a message that Tobin can still share from memory, and one that he will continue to share now that he's back home in Cheney. In 11 meetings with representatives during Special Olympics' Capitol Hill Feb. 8, Tobin s...
FROM NEWS SERVICE REPORTS Did anyone tell the Eastern Eagles about the sheer cliff on the other side of the mountain peak they scaled last Thursday in their Big Sky Conference win over Northern Colorado? Guess not as Eastern fell 78-73 to UC Irvine Saturday night in a Sears ESPN BracketBusters at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif. The Anteaters made 62 percent of their shots from the field in a game that featured 12 lead changes. The largest lead for the Eagles was five points and the biggest margin for the Anteaters...
Was legendary in Canadian football FROM STAFF AND NEWS SERVICE REPORTS Cal Murphy, who went from the sidelines at Woodward Field as a graduate assistant coach for the Eastern Washington State College Savages in the 1960s to become a Canadian Football League Hall of Fame coach, passed away last Friday in Regina, Sask. He was 79. Murphy had been in poor health for some time after breaking ribs in a fall at his home, according to the Vancouver Sun. Murphy was a graduate...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter As if Eastern Washington University women's basketball team's season-ending home-and-home series with Idaho State hadn't had enough riding on it already, the Eagles compounded its importance with a 56-49 Big Sky conference loss last Thursday in Greeley to Northern Colorado. The Bears (8-5 Big Sky, 16-10 overall) used perfection from the free throw line in the final few seconds to secure the victory – a sweep of the season series between the two teams – to earn their spot in the post season and...
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Eastern Washington University's men's hockey team will try to improve their positioning in the upcoming British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League standings – and post season – when they entertain the Okanagan College Coyotes in a pair of games Friday and Saturday at the University Recreation Center. Face off each night is 7:30 p.m. against the visitors from Kelowna, B.C. Eastern (6-11-4, 16 points) trails the University of Victoria (8-10-2, 18). Overtaking the Vikes in the standings wou...
Selection adds a West Plains voice to Spokane County Library District By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Medical Lake's Mark Johnson is the newest member on the Spokane Library County District board of trustees. Johnson, who began work with the board a couple of weeks ago, said his children were a large factor in his decision to apply for the position. “I saw the opening on their website and thought about it,” he said. Although he had only been a library user before his application, he said he's quickly becoming acquainted with the...
Downtown non-profit is looking to relocate in June By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter The Medical Lake Food Bank is starting the process of moving a few blocks away, to a parcel of land near the city's Post Office. Meanwhile, donations have lagged and some food items have run out. Food Bank Association president Bob Kibling finalized the deal for the land earlier in the month, and retracted the organization's offer to purchase the former Ball and Dodd funeral home on SR 902 and Lefevre Street. Kibling asked the Medical Lake City...
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter A nasty food fight erupted in North Carolina last week when a 4-year-old girl returned home with her uneaten lunch. It turns out that someone at her school had determined it wasn't healthy enough and sent it back with her, providing instead a school lunch of chicken nuggets and a bill for the meal. The contents of the lunch? A turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, potato chips and apple juice. Heck, if that's “unhealthy,” then I should be dead by now...
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter Hundreds of brave souls will take the dive into the frigid waters of Medical Lake Saturday, Feb. 25 as part of Special Olympics Washington's Polar Plunge, which is entering its sixth year. Special Olympics Washington development manager Jennifer Suniga said 137 participants had preregistered as of last week. That number is close to the 149 who preregistered last year. This year, event organizers set a goal of $50,000 for donations. Funds raised from...
By JAMES EIK Staff Reporter The Medical Lake City Council listened to some suggestions from high school students regarding opening a recreation center for the city's youth. Brandon and Tyler, two Medical Lake High School sophomores, said in the time they've lived in the city, there hasn't been much to do. Brandon has lived in the city since first grade, while Tyler moved there two years ago. “The way things are here, I never really hear anybody saying that they want to come back to Medical Lake,” Brandon said. “They don't hav...
Cheney School Board will invite small number of in-district candidates to apply for retiring Larry Keller's position, foregoing a full search for now By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter The Cheney School Board chose last week to look inward to hire the district's next superintendent. While the current and previous superintendents were both chosen from a pool of candidates after an open application process, this time the board will invite one or more current Cheney School District employees to apply for the position. The method is...
1 Years Ago Feb. 28, 2002 If Washington state Gov. Gary Locke's $69 million cut in nursing home funding comes to pass the Cheney Care Center could have to close, administrator Keith Fauerso said. The loss of funding would mean a cut of over $250,000 to the center. With grant funding set to run out, Cheney's Pathways to Progress organization set a goal to raise $20,000 to put toward future expenses. The drop in crime report numbers in Medical Lake was not because there had been fewer offenses but rather because a smaller...
All this fuss over a little raw milk? By LUELLA DOW Contributor Recently I read an article about a Lancaster, Penn., dairy farmer. The fact that he is a farmer at Lancaster is a clue to anyone that his business would probably be especially clean and well run. These Amish people are famous for their food and neatness. After two years of harassment by the Food and Drug Administration the man finally said, “I'll have to shut my business down.” What was his crime? Selling raw milk. The local news media shouted that the far... Full story
Betty Vigue passed away Feb. 10, 2012 at the Cheney Care Center with cancer. Her home was in Millwood, Wash. She was born Oct. 26, 1928 to William E. Clute and Laurina Larson in St. Maries, Idaho. She lived in Emida, Idaho before moving to Cheney in 1936. She graduated from Cheney High School in 1946, then earned a degree in education and went on to teach in Midvale, Idaho. She worked at the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. and retired from the Veterans Hospital after... Full story
By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter They finally got to the top of the mountain. Eastern Washington University got a game-winning 3-point basket from Parker Kelly with 14 second remaining and an insurance free throw from Collin Chiverton with three seconds on the clock as the Eagles rallied both big, and late, to earn a 79-76 Big Sky Conference men's basketball victory over Northern Colorado last Thursday night at Reese Court. Cliff Colimon once again did his share of the heavy...
NBA phenom Jeremy Lin shows the lengths we still have to go to combat stereotyping By JOHN McCALLUM Editor There are two kinds of insensitivity in this world. There's the innocent kind created from ignorance and stupidity and the not so innocent kind born out of disdain. Unfortunately they both cause problems. More on that point in a moment. Take the case of Jeremy Lin. Until recently the undrafted 2010 Harvard grad floated around the benches of the National Basketball Association, usually ending up on D-League rosters. The... Full story
Cardinals advance to play CWAC's Wapato at EWU's Reese Court Friday at 6 p.m. By PAUL DELANEY Staff Reporter Medical Lake escaped to play again. Jake Wesselman's open jump shot from the top of the key caromed off the backboard and through the hoop with 2.5 seconds to play to give the Cardinals a 50-48 District 7 2A playoff victory over the Clarkston Bantams last Saturday afternoon at Central Valley High School. Medical Lake, the Great Northern League's No. 3 seed, plays Wapato... Full story
Lady Hawks edge West Valley, lose to second-ranked Clarkston and face Ephrata in loser-out game Friday at EWU By JOHN McCALLUM Editor In basketball, height is a plus, something Coree Labish proved last Thursday. The Cheney freshman used all of her 6-foot, 1-inch frame and long reach to stretch over West Valley defenders for an offensive rebound and putback basket giving the Lady Hawks a 43-40 come-from-behind win in home playoff action. The win qualified Cheney for this... Full story
Seeking some answers regarding Cheney's pool predicament Certainly seeking state jobs funding to help solve immediate Cheney pool repair issues is a worthy community endeavor. We realized that last week's Free Press article left us even more curious about potential remedies for the city pool. For instance, does the 60-year-old pool fit into the city's Comprehensive Plan? When a city has a pool such as ours, what budgeting is allowed to cover repairs and replacement? What is the lifespan of a pool in our area? The city of...
The Cheney High School Jazz Band has had a successful season so far. The season began with the Eastern Washington University Jazz Dialogue Festival Jan. 13 and 14. CHS Jazz I earned the best trumpet section award and Jake Weisgerber won outstanding trombone soloist. At the Feb. 4 Bellevue College Jazz Festival, CHS Jazz I tied for the runner-up position with the Garfield Jazz Ensemble. Roosevelt Jazz Ensemble took first. Band director Mike Suhling said he was proud of his band for making it to the final evening performance...
Plays help special education students get creative while they learn in the classroom By BECKY THOMAS Staff Reporter What started as a way to pass the time during indoor recess has blossomed into an annual full-fledged stage production in one local classroom. It started during a winter six years ago when para-educators noticed the students in Darla Fitzpatrick's self-contained special education classroom at Betz Elementary were getting restless. For a group of students of...
Eastern Washington University will host local business and health care leaders for a day of dynamic discussion on how the insurance mandate and health care reform will impact the Inland Northwest community. The Health Care Management Conference will take place 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 24, at the Phase 1 building at EWU Spokane on the Riverpoint Campus. In just two years, health care reform will extend coverage to nearly 30 million uninsured people. The federal government, through the Institute of Medicine, is layi... Full story
