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The Cheney High softball team found itself in a somewhat unusual position last week -needing to rally to keep its perfect record intact. In the end, the Lady Blackhawks did that in two of three games, seeing their nine-game winning streak come to an end in the week's finale at Sandpoint. Cheney notched wins over Pullman, 13-7, Medical Lake, 9-8, before falling 5-3 to the Vikings of Idaho's 4A classification. Read the full story here....
Cheney's girls' track and field team kept their Great Northern League mark perfect at 3-0 with a 90-60 win over visiting West Valley last Wednesday. The boys' team just missed an upset last Wednesday of West Valley at home, with the outcome of the Great Northern League dual meet coming down to the final event - the 4x400 meter relay. In the end, the Eagles edged Cheney by 2/100ths of a second for a 77-68 win. Read more about the meet here: Boys' Track and Field Girls' Track...
Amy Louise McGreevy was born on May 14, 1982 in Pomeroy, Wash. She passed from this earth too early at the age of 34 on April 10, 2017 in Spokane. Amy grew up in Lynden, Wash., graduating from Lynden High School in 2000. Amy graduated from Gonzaga University in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in psychology, and Colorado State University-Boulder with her master's degree in educational psychology. She ultimately returned to Washington to work in education with Eastern Washington...
Officer Joseph McCollum had about 10 minutes to talk before he was out the door on another call. McCollum is one of two new officers recently hired at the Airway Heights Police Department and is currently doing his full-time training. The department hired has two officers and plans to bring on two additional personnel this year. In a January interview, Police Chief Lee Bennett said one of the reasons for hiring more officers is because of increased commercial and residential...
Ezra Evans, wearing his Pikachu hat, shows off his prize basket filled with toys and candy. Evans was one of many youngsters who claimed a prize basket at the Airway Heights Easter Egg hunt, April 15. The baskets were donated by local businesses and organizations....
The Kalispel Tribe of Indians filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Interior on April 12 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. According to court documents, the nature of the lawsuit is a review or appeal of an agency's decision - specifically Interior's decision to permit gaming on off-reservation Indian lands from the Spokane Tribe Economic Project and approving the project's environmental impact statement. In an April 18 releas...
Cheney blood drive April 28 The Inland Northwest Blood Center, together with Cheney community volunteers led by coordinator Duane Isaac, will hold a blood drive on Friday, April 28, from 1:30 – 4:45 p.m. at the Marketplace Bakery & Eatery on First Street in Cheney. INBC needs an average of 200 blood donors every day to meet the needs of more than 35 hospitals in the Inland Northwest. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people. Book club meets April 25 The April meeting of the Cheney Community Library Book C...
Congregational Church (formerly United Church of Christ at 423 Sixth St.) This Sunday, a group of people will present “A Gravestone Made of Wheat” by Bill Weaver. This is an interesting story from America’s not-too-distant past, teaching some Christian principles that are much needed in our 21st century world and lives. We are a church in transition, having very recently left the United Church of Christ denomination. We are a progressive, Congregational Protestant church. Our new church name will be determined on April 30, f...
1 Years Ago April 19, 2007 Senior Hall at Eastern Washington University hosted reopening ceremonies. The foyer had been remodeled with the original C Street brick wall as part of the interior. Jenna Clabaugh of Medical Lake was a finalist for KHQ’s “Gimme the Mike!” after singing the country song “Suds in a Bucket.” The Cheney School District’s boards of directors unanimously voted to have Superintendent Mike Dunn proceed with contractual talks with EWU about Reid Elementary School. The board agreed with Dunn’s reco...
Cindy Bourgoin, personal trainer since 1998 and a citizen of Cheney since 1979, is now leaving a permanent footprint in the community. She started teaching yoga for the community in the fall of 2016. She has two sessions open to residents, one taking place at the Mason Jar at 8 a.m. on Saturdays and another session at Redefine Fitness on Wednesdays from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. “I want to do more and more,” Bourgoin said. “I would love to help more in the community and stay local.” The cost is minimal to attend any session,...
“Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I’ll tell you what you value,” former vice president Joe Biden, quoting his father, knew that a budget reflected the values and priorities of our nation. Each April our country funds its priorities. Ultimately, as the Rev. Jim Wallis has said, “Budgets are moral documents.” Each year Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles calculates how much money the United States spends on nuclear weapons programs for the current tax year. The Nuclear Weapons Community C...
Earth Day, birthday. Kinda’ rhymes doesn’t it? Come to find out I was born on Earth Day, or since I first appeared in the world April 22, 1953 and Earth Day was hatched in 1970, it must be the other way around. I’ll blame my confusion over the celebration of the environment on two things: 1960s “new math” and nuns with rulers. I realized well after the first Earth Day — initially organized in 1968 by the U.S. Public Health Service as a conference for students to hear from s...
Among other things, April is recognized as “National Child Abuse Prevention Month” across the United States. The annual observance, which began in 1983, focuses on preventing child abuse and neglect in all of its forms and ensuring kids grow up in a safe and loving environment. The Revised Code of Washington defines abuse and neglect “as injury, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child by any person under circumstances which indicate that the child’s health, welfare and safety is harm...
Several groundwater wells on Fairchild Air Force Base are undergoing testing for chemicals. In an April 3 news release, Fairchild Public Affairs announced that in February, engineers contracted by the U.S. Air Force, found five non-drinking groundwater wells on the base that tested above Environmental Protection Agency lifetime health advisory levels for Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and/or Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) contamination. The release also stated that Fairchild’s public drinking water system was sampled a...
Airway Heights residents and visitors to the area may notice a couple of traffic improvements on U.S. Highway 2 around the same time of the Spokane Tribe Economic Project’s opening. During the Airway Heights City Council’s April 10 study session, Public Works Director Kevin Anderson presented an update on the proposed transportation improvements related to STEP. Anderson explained that after negotiations with the city and the Washington state Department of Transportation, the Spokane Tribe of Indians will be obligated to con...
Cheney and Medical Lake scholars honored Students from Cheney and Medical Lake high schools were among the many graduating seniors honored at the 25th annual Spokane Scholars Banquet, April 17, at the Spokane Convention Center. Students are listed as follows by name and subject. Cheney Andrew Jenkins, science; Sydney Zaph, social studies; Rylie Pease, math; Callan Hosmer, fine arts; Caitlyn Strong, English and Amanda Hosmer, world languages. Medical Lake Connor Hart, English; Nick Isherwood, fine arts; Gabriel Mangione,...
Medical Lake Middle School honored six students for the Partners Advancing Character Education (PACE) award for March. March's trait is diligence. Students received certificates and T-shirts and were treated to a lunch sponsored by the Associated Student Body. From left to right: Jayden Anthony, Bryan Hawkins, Kayla Ramsey, Maris Tuck, Jacob Edison and Jasmine Lundberg....
Eastern Washington University is holding its 20th annual Research and Creative Works Symposium Week, May 15-17. The three day event is an opportunity for staff, students and community members to view various research projects from undergraduate and graduate students using a variety of mediums such as art, posters and oral presentations. The theme for this year’s symposium is diversity and inclusiveness. “This year’s theme is about making the symposium a lot broader,” Michael Watts, assistant coordinator for the event,...
Cheney School District's Catheleen Schlotter said some of her colleagues have teased her that she should put her recent award on a lanyard and wear it around so all can see it. That would need to be a large and rugged lanyard for such a solid object - something befitting of the National School Social Worker of the Year for 2017. Schlotter won the School Social Worker Association of America award earlier this year, and was presented with it at the association's national...
The Cheney/Spokane Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute has scheduled a pair of events for April 28 and April 29. On April 28, Eastern Washington University geology professor Dr. Linda McCollum will give the lecture: “Megaflood Pathway Down Glacial Lake Columbia from Cheney to Fort Spokane.” The public lecture is free and takes place at the university’s JFK Library auditorium from 7–9 p.m. On Saturday, April 29, McCollum and her husband Michael, a former EWU geology professor, will lead a field trip to see how the megaflo...
Cheney Planning Commissioner Rick Mount is no stranger to the accountability of public office, having served on the Cheney School Board for 18 years. After a recent vote on a controversial issue, he found himself back on the hot seat. In comments at the end of the commission’s April 10 meeting, Mount said he received a lot of citizen feedback since the last meeting on March 23, which was the conclusion of a public hearing on a rezone request for the Parkside Commons apartment complex. The rezone would allow Parkside d...
Kids, with their parents in tow, charge onto Medical Lake's Waterfront fields to find as many eggs and candy as they can at last Saturday's Kiwanis Easter egg hunt....
The Airway Heights City Council went through a plethora of items at its April 17 meeting. Council approved an amendment to the intergovernmental agreement with the city and Spokane County Fire District 10 for deputy fire chief services. Councilman Doyle Inman abstained from voting, and Mayor Kevin Richey and Councilwoman Aspen Monteleone were absent from the meeting. The agreement is for one year in which Airway Heights Fire Chief Mitch Metzger will perform deputy fire chief services for Fire District 10 in conjunction with h...
Parks and Recreation took center stage during the resolution portion of the April 11 Cheney City Council meeting. The department, which typically doesn’t present at council meetings, has received one grant and is in the process of applying for four others. The council voted unanimously to receive a $4,000 grant from the Spokane Parks Foundation. Kim Best, recreation manager, said the Cheney Youth Commission had originally asked for $5,000, and plans to use the money to upgrade amenities at the city’s Hagelin Park, inc...
Dane and Kristin Paulson watch as their 21-month-old daughter Savanna lays her hands on the mother of all eggs - the Golden Egg - at the Cheney Kiwanis Easter egg hunt last Saturday at Salnave Park. The find earned Savanna a large basket of extra special goodies. Cheney High School's Key Club, along with Eastern Washington University organizations Kappa Delta Kai and Omega Delta Phi helped Cheney Kiwanis hide 7,000 eggs that were snapped up in around 30 seconds in some...
