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The tournament-bound Eastern Washington women’s basketball team placed Lexie Nelson and Hayley Hodgins on the All-Big Sky Conference Team for the 2013-14 season, the league office announced March 10. Nelson was a first team pick for the second consecutive season while Hodgins was tabbed as an honorable mention selection. On the men’s side sophomores Tyler Harvey earned a first team berth while Venky Jois was an honorable mention choice....
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school websites to confirm.) BASEBALL Saturday, March 15, Cheney at Prosser (2), 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday, March 20, Medical Lake hosts Davenport, 5 p.m. Saturday, March 22, Cheney hosts Clarkston (2), noon and 2 p.m. Medical Lake hosts Newport (2), 11 a.m. SOCCER Friday, March 14, Cheney vs. Ferris at Joe Albi, 6 p.m. Monday, March 17, Cheney at Gonzaga Prep, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, Cheney hosts Deer Park, 4 p.m. Medical Lake hosts Rogers, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20,...
As the last bits of snow melt away and spring begins, parks throughout the West Plains area will be filled with the sound of laughter and cheers. 4Rec Youth Sports, a coalition between Fairchild Air Force Base, Cheney, Medical Lake and Airway Heights will begin their annual youth spring soccer program in April. Airway Heights Parks, Recreation and Community Services supervisor Andy Gardner said once kids are registered, they are placed into teams. According to Gardner, 650-700 kids registered last year. There are four leagues...
The Cheney girl’s golf team began their season at the Clarkston Invite, March 10. The team placed sixth in team scoring with 441 points. Coeur D’ Alene came in first with 366. Two golfers came in under 110 strokes. Senior Shyann Morton, who qualified for state last year, shot a 101 and sophomore Cheyenne Marchand finished the tournament with 103. Girl’s golf head coach Gerald Morton said Morton hopes to have another successful season. She has received an offer to play golf at Spokane Community College. “She hasn’t made a fina...
Every now and then everybody needs some kudos. Actually, we should be doing more now to positively acknowledge the work of individuals and organizations than waiting until then. Last Friday night I had the pleasure of attending the first and hopefully annual, Blackhawk Dessert Auction at Cheney High School. For a first time event, it was fairly well attended, with around 100 or so milling about the high school entry way, examining auction tables and placing bids on a variety of items ranging from toys to athletic gear and...
After seeing a halftime tie evaporate Thursday night in Pocatello in an 86-62 loss to Idaho State, the Eastern Washington women's basketball team got it right all night Saturday in Ogden, Utah to earn a 68-60 Big Sky win against Weber State. The Eastern win at Weber earned the Eagles not only a No. 4 seed in the conference tournament that takes place in Grand Forks, N.D., but also a quick rematch against Idaho State (11-9 Big Sky, 13-16 overall). Eastern beat the Bengals...
Ron Cox marveled when he recently returned to the Eastern Washington University campus. Patterson Hall had just undergone a head-to-toe remodeling. "That was brand new when I came," Cox said when he first enrolled at the school in 1973. Some things sure do change over time. But others, like a bevy of school records on the basketball court set by Cox – career marks with 1,741 points and 1,273 rebounds – still remain intact after nearly 40 years. And that's why Cox joins fel...
In a game that started and ended for Eastern Washington with notable runs, time just ran out on the Eagles – and ultimately their season – last Saturday. But even as the precious final seconds ticked away they squeezed every bit out of the clock to try to improve on a 10-2 run over the game's final 2 minutes, 25 seconds. Drew Brandon's potential game-tying shot with seven seconds left missed, but he picked up the rebound and still fed Parker Kelly whose 3-point try from the...
CHENEY March 3 A cell phone was found on the 700 block of Fifth Street. A civil problem was reported on the 2200 block of Lilac Street. Identification theft was reported on the 1000 block of Betz Road. Vehicle prowling was reported on the 100 block of Sixth Street. Vehicle prowling was reported on the zero hundred block of West First Street. Two vehicles were involved. March 4 Third-degree theft was reported on the 200 block of Simpson Parkway. A bicycle was stolen. Third-degree theft was reported on the 300 block of J...
Our nation spent nearly $7 billion responding to extreme weather in 2013. Events that endanger livelihoods nationally, and especially in rural and small town America. These destructive storms, devastating droughts, dangerous flooding and paralyzing winter weather highlight the need for action. We must confront threats that climate shifts pose to rural communities, and the nation. The new year provides an opportunity to take commonsense steps to address carbon pollution, a major contributing factor to these threats....
In the last few days, I have witnessed a new kind of strength that not many of my favorite superheroes could perform. I was originally scheduled to spend part of my Saturday with my younger sister Crystal — or Boo as we call her. She earned the nickname when she was 2, after she received a pair of boots that she refused to take off. The original plan was to see her in the morning, practice some driving and then have a quick lunch before I made the trip back to Cheney. I did get to see my sister this weekend, but not in the w...
Cheney is a tight-knit, friendly town, home to many families and college students. Our secluded town, however, lacks one large component of a thriving community: A recycling system for residents and students living in Cheney apartment complexes. Each day the community throws away tons of garbage that ends up in landfills. A good majority of that trash is recyclable material. Currently, most apartment complexes are equipped with dumpsters, but not with recycling bins. It is up to the property owners of these complexes to help...
For the first time in nearly 14 years there will be a new pilot flying the plane in the Medical Lake School District, when school starts in the fall. Current superintendent Pam Veltri informed staff in a March 5 email that she would resign in order to take a new job, July 1, as an assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction with the Mead School District. She will submit her official letter of resignation at the March 25 school board meeting. Veltri will leave Medical Lake after 18 years on the job, first as an...
Legislative District Democratic Central Committee meeting The 7th Legislative District Democratic Central Committee will meet Saturday, March 15, at 1 p.m. at the meeting room of the Deer Park Library, 208 South Forest Ave. The agenda will include election of chairperson and vice chair and planning for sub-caucuses at each county convention to elect delegates for the Democratic State Convention. Democratic precinct committee officers are urged to attend. All Democrats are welcome to attend. The 7th Legislative District... Full story
Michael Anderson Elementary released the names of their January and February award winners. Editor’s Note: Some of the last names of students have been shorted or left out at the request of their parents. SOTM: Michael Williams, Kaylee Denler, Shelby Zelinski, Joshua Hasty, Isaiah Docken, William Erdelac, Damien Berry, Cathryn Stump, Hunter Carter, Kristen Dickey, Isaac Smock, Jerica Sutton, Martin Clapper, Andrea Castellanos, Makenzie O’Harrow, Caleeyah Casper, Caitlyn Green, Ava Murphy, London Carter, Alexis Mooney, Ele...
A number of local students have earned undergraduate degrees for the fall 2013 semester from Washington State University. Airway Heights: Erin Christine Hunley Nodorft, Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences. Cheney: Brandon Donald Barr, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, magna cum laude; Alexander Jade Dizon, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, magna cum laude; Virginia Marie Hawthorne, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, magna cum laude; Austin Terroy Miller, Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering; Ceri Lynn Palk, Bachelor of Arts in...
The Medical Lake National Junior Honor Society presented a check for$500 to the American Childhood Cancer Center of the Inland Northwest for a fundraiser that was done by selling cookies and bracelets.Pictured from left to right: Denise Caldwell, Hannah Petek, Claire Morrison, Emily Browning, Justyce Cogswell and Kade Turner....
PEO Chapter AJ at its regular meeting Wednesday, March 5 presented EWU senior Martee Shafer with a “Program for Continuing Education Grant” in the amount of $1,800.00. Shafer is a geography major studying water pollution in the Spokane River and will graduate in June. Shafer is from the Spokane area and a single mother of two children. The P.E.O. Sisterhood, founded Jan. 21, 1869, is a philanthropic and educational organization interested in increasing opportunities for women in higher education....
Eastern Washington University will once again host a major FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), March 14-15, at the Reese Court Pavilion on the Cheney campus. With the new district competition model implemented by FIRST Washington, there are 10 different district events around the Pacific Northwest, with only one in Eastern Washington at EWU. More than 30 teams all from around Washington and Oregon will be competing at the event. Each team will compete in at least two of the district events and accumulate points which determine...
Cheney High School alumna Nora Ifft made the University of Montana’s Dean’s List for fall 2013. To qualify, students must beundergraduates, earn a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher and receive A or Bgrades in at least nine credits....
