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Jordan Arakawa of the Eastern Washington University men’s track and field team was selected as the Big Sky Conference men’s field athlete of the week for the week of April 16 after his performance in the hammer throw at the UNLV Randall Cunningham Invitational on April 12 in Las Vegas, Nev. After breaking the 200-foot plateau for the first time in his career two weeks earlier at the Al Manuel Invitational, the Olympia, Wash., native eclipsed the 210-foot mark in the hammer with a winning toss of 211-1 in Las Vegas. He was...
The first Northeast A League track meet produced some pleasant surprises for Medical Lake. The meet, which featured Medical Lake and Newport visiting Freeman last Wednesday saw the Cardinals turn in some better than expected team scores and see the emergence of what may be a secret weapon. The Cardinal boys earned a 94-44 win over Newport but fell to Freeman 74-56. The girls got a 76-55 decision over Newport but lost 90-58 to Freeman on a windy, windy day. “We didn’t do as...
A big win can produce a big fall. So after Medical Lake earned a crucial Northeast A League baseball sweep over Chewelah April 6 it was not out of anyone’s imagination they might serve up a clunker. That happened with a 4-0 loss last Thursday at Riverside, a game that ended the Cards six-game win streak and handed them their lone NEA loss in a make-up game following a postponement due to weather. But the swoon was temporary and Medical Lake turned around to hammer Lakeside 1...
It was a busy first week back from spring break for the Cheney High track and field teams. Both boys and girls squads notched their first Great Northern League dual meet win of the season Thursday over Pullman, and split up to compete Saturday at home in the Code Red Classic and on the road at the Pasco Invitational. Thursday the girls won 12 of 18 events and placed in at least one of the top three scoring spots in 16 events to knock of visiting Pullman 82-68. The boys had sim...
The last time Cheney beat Great Northern League rival West Valley in softball it was to earn a trip to the 2A state tournament. That was May 2010. Since then the Lady Hawks have dropped 11 straight to the Eagles. That includes five losses last year, one each in the District 7 and regional tournaments, and twice this season. But, Cheney softball fans can now move that streak into the “over with” column. The Lady Hawks played one of their best games of the 2013 season in a 6-2 win over the visiting second-place Eagles (6-...
Today there are lots of options in the grocery store when it comes to apples, from the traditional varieties like Jonathan and McIntosh to newer varieties like Honeycrisp and Jazz. Where do all these new varieties come from? The answer is that there are horticulturalists always at work doing the labor necessary to breed better apples that span a wide gamut of qualities. These days that means scientific breeding done at agricultural research and extension centers. Recently I met with Prof. Kate Evans of Washington State Univer...
West Plains Clubs and Organizations If your club or organization’s meeting time has changed, or you currently are not listed in this column, call 235-6184. A complete listings for each organization, including times and place, is available online at www.cheneyfreepress.com. CHENEY Al-Anon 235-8954, cell 768-4792 Alcoholics Anonymous 235-9385 American Legion Post #72 235-6181 or www.legion.org Boy Scout Troop 356 (509) 481-8172. Cheney/EWU SCOPE Phone and fax 559-5679 or 280-0622 or 624-4110 Cheney Good Sam’ers 299-9002. Che...
1 Years Ago April 24, 2003 Following the dissolving of the Cheney Parks and Recreation Department because of budget cuts, Spokane County Commissioners Phil Harris and Kate McCaslin were said to be considering assisting the city to open the municipal swimming pool. The city of Medical Lake has terminated the services of longtime police officer Marty Lawrence. City attorney Cindy McMullen announced in a press release that Lawrence, a 16-year employee, was fired “for cause.” Lawrence filed a grievance over the matter. A $21...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Join us for worship this Sunday, April 21 at 10:30 a.m. to celebrate the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Christian education classes for grade school children through adults begin at 9 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. Opening night is April 26 at 7 p.m. Play dates are April 27, 28, May 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7 p.m. Sunday matin...
Anita Robinson, a friend through Republican circles and who does a lot of research, has provided through her investigation, a glimpse into the horrible massacres and suicides sweeping our country. We ask, “Why, why? How could this be?” There is an answer. Jerome Corsi, Ph.D from Harvard and senior staff reporter for WND (World Net Daily) has said, “We are a society conducting a vast social experiment without knowing its end.” And what is this experiment? David Healey, London based professor of psychiatry has spoken out abo...
I’m from Boston. Over the years, I lived in two apartments within a stone’s throw of Monday’s bombings. Over the years, I stood and cheered marathon runners countless times. I know every square inch of the area in all the pictures, which is hardly unusual. It’s the center of Boston. My nephew was around the corner when the explosions went off. This week’s terror hit home for me. And what to do? That is always the question. Do you stop going to sporting events? Cultural events? Outdoor rallies? I was raped around the corner fr...
So here we are once again my friends, drenched in blood from a terrorist act in our own backyard, bomb-induced fireballs on our city streets. We’ve seen the headlines: three dead, 176 injured in two bomb blasts near the end of the prestigious, 117-year-old Boston Marathon. Broken, sliced bodies lying in streets awash in blood, building debris mixed with backpacks, frantic rescue workers and law enforcement running to and fro trying at one time to make calm a chaotic situation while getting people the hell outta’ there. By...
Liars! Before Bi-Mart came to Cheney they promised everyone a “Garden of Eden” for Minnie Creek. They promised native plants, trees, and bushes to make this a wonderful place better than it ever was. This has not come true. There is a large dam of trash holding back the creek water. Bi-Mart put their large trashcan dumpster right on the riverbank. They have created three large cesspools with shopping carts, dog poop, and wooden pallets tossed in. They are polluting the creek and the area around the store and the pol...
Psst! Psst! Are you 4-20 friendly? What? You know, 4-20 friendly; do you smoke pot? If you didn’t already know some of the new vernacular related to last November’s passage of Initiative 502, Washington’s “marijuana reform” measure, now you do. And if the term is new to you, the Urban Dictionary traces 4-20 Friendly back more than 40 years. It originated at California’s San Rafael High School in 1971. Saturday, April 20 is celebrated by pot supporters as an official weed smoking day across the nation. As result of the I-50...
Eastern Washington University student Paul Brockmann, a senior pursing his BS in mechanical engineering, has been named the next New Face of Engineering: College Edition for 2013 by a national building technology society. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) selected Brockmann for this national award and $1,000 scholarship. The award is part of a national recognition program led by the National Engineers Week Foundation which recognizes the best and brightest junior and...
The Cheney School District now has an idea of a bottom line asking price should it decided to sell its 84-year-old administration and services building and former high school. At a workshop as part of its regular meeting last Wednesday, the school board received an appraisal from the firm of Auble, Jolicoeur & Gentry placing an estimated value of $1,000,055 on the 57,128 square foot Fisher Building. The Fisher building sits on 1.22 acres of land between Fourth and Fifth...
The Ice Age Floods Institute, Cheney-Spokane Chapter is sponsoring a free public lecture, Friday, May 3, “Anatomy of Cheney-Palouse Scabland Tract,” at 7 p.m. in the JFK Library auditorium, Eastern Washington University, Cheney campus. Dr. Gene Kiver will discuss the size, extent and importance of the Cheney-Palouse Scabland Tract. The annual Ice Age Floods spring field trip follows the next day, May 4, from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The field trip is an all-day deluxe bus tour that will explore the Rock Creek section that dra...
OLYMPIA – Transportation workers, along with all roadway and utility workers, ask drivers to remember one rule when they see those bright orange signs and cones: just slow down. It’s that simple. As weather heats up, more orange cones and signs appear and drivers will see additional highway construction and maintenance work. Washington State Department of Transportation asks members of the public to participate in “Go Orange for Work Zone Safety” and show support for the men and women who work in those construction zones,...
While it might not exactly be a technical term, the word “blah” is how Cheney Police Department Cmdr. Rick Campbell describes crime in the city over the first three months of 2013. “Which is a good thing,” Campbell adds. According to information in the Monthly Accountability Review reports for January – March, overall activity in the 10 areas covered in the Uniform Crime Reports is down in 2013 over the same period in 2012. Total incidents reported through March were 148, compared to 169 last year, a decrease of 12.42 per...
A proposed addition to Cheney’s zoning codes might make it easier for individuals to keep and raise farm animals and bees within city limits. Cheney’s Planning Commission got a preliminary look at a new chapter, 28.820 – Animal Keeping, in the city code during a workshop at the commission’s April 8 meeting. The chapter sets up regulations regarding the keeping of large or small domestic animals, household pets and beekeeping. Under the proposal large animals, livestock, would be those weighing more than 500 pounds at maturit...
After years of planning, construction has finally begun on Aspen Grove Park in the city of Airway Heights. Located just east of Craig Road north of Highway 2, the park is in the adjacent area of Aspen Grove Third Edition. The park will eventually have access via Ketchum Drive, off of Sixth Avenue. Until that road is constructed, however, the main access comes from Craig Road. Approximately 8.5 acres in size, phase one largely includes a large amount of earthwork in order to...
Eastern Washington University juniors Robyn Wallin (green jacket) and Natalya Kulinich (white top) talk to fellow students entering JFK Library about taking the happiness survey and other upbeat matters as part of Eastern’s Pursuit of Happiness Week, which goes through April 20....
Relay for Life is looking to renew itself in Medical Lake this year. The event hopes it’s finally found a consistent home at Medical Lake High School after moving around the past couple of years, going from EWU’s Roos Field to Cheney High School in 2012. Relay for Life at Medical Lake High School will take place Friday, May 17 at 6 p.m. and last until 9 a.m. the next day. Holding the event at its former longtime location of EWU proved to be financially unfeasible, forcing it...
Washington State Patrol investigators are looking into allegations the former manager of the Cheney Crime Laboratory mishandled and misrepresented work on case files stretching back possibly five years or more. A statement from the WSP on Tuesday indicated investigators knew of at least five cases that had been mishandled. Kevin Fortney, the crime lab manager, resigned during the Patrol’s investigation, which began back in January and is ongoing. WSP spokesman Robert Calkins said he didn’t know if any cases from the Che...
An emergency moratorium banning medical cannabis patient providers, collectives or co-operatives was issued by the Airway Heights City Council at its Monday, April 15 meeting. City planner Derrick Braaten said the moratorium was proposed due to a lack of clarity regarding medical marijuana dispensaries. The moratorium will allow the city to follow state regulations once those have been set in stone. He said even the city of Spokane has had difficulty with its medical marijuana ordinance. “We’re not even sure where the sta...
