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Medical Lake Middle School teacher David Dormaier recently became a member of an illustrious group - the KHQ/Eastern Washington University Teacher of the Month. Dormaier, who teaches English/Language Arts and is the adviser for the annual eighth-grade Washington D.C. trip, was named Teacher of the Month for April during a ceremony at the middle school. He became the 300th teacher overall to receive the honor, and the fourth educator from Medical Lake Middle School, joining...
Medical Lake's Noah Ray concluded his trip to the state 1A tennis tournament in Yakima with a 1-2 record and accolades from the Cardinal coaches who watched him play in 2017. Ray, a junior, lost his opening match to the eventual fourth-place finisher, Will Owen of Seattle Academy, 1-6, 2-6. He stayed in contention with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Tommy Vargas of LaSalle. He fell, however, in an elimination round to Tonasket's Caleb Hardesty in straight sets, 2-6, 2-6. "I felt...
Cheney's Kelci Scharff and Medical Lake's Mollee Gray have been heavily involved in their respective high school's Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapters over the last four years. Although they will be graduating high school, their involvement with FFA will continue into next year. Gray and Scharff were elected as state officers for the Washington FFA Association for 2017-18 during a ceremony at the 87th Washington FFA Convention and Expo in Pullman, May 13. Gray was...
Bridget Calvert's high school tennis career - and subsequently the Cheney High girls' tennis' team's 2017 campaign - came to an end at the 2A state tournament, May 27. Calvert went 1-2 in the singles bracket. She opened the tournament with a win against Olympic's Chione Droell (6-0, 6-1). Head coach Courtney Webb said Calvert played a solid game, was aggressive and "did not drop any shots." Calvert then lost her next two matches, to Sehome's Tessa Tapmongkol (6-2, 6-1) in the...
The Spokane County Board of Commissioners have been longtime opponents of the Spokane Tribal Economic Project (STEP), and now it appears they are taking the battle to the court room. The commissioners approved a resolution to file a lawsuit against the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Department of the Interior at its May 30 meeting. Martha Lou Wheatley-Billeter, the county’s Public Works information and outreach manager, explained the lawsuit is to appeal Interior’s June 2015 determination, issued by assistant secretary Kevin...
The weather is heating up and so are the plans to move the Cheney Train Depot to a new home on First Street. It has been a long winter, but just as with Mother Nature, preparations for spring and summer have been going on during the gray days and snowy weather. For over two years now, the Cheney Depot Society has been steadily working toward relocating the historic Cheney Depot from its current location between two sets of railroad tracks where it currently sits, to a prominent location on First Street. Researching relocation...
It’s June and for many of us it’s graduation season. I don’t need to talk about what a big accomplishment it is for a high school senior to walk across the stage to acquire their diploma and begin the next stage of their lives. Many high school students will go off to college — many are staying close to attend Eastern Washington and Washington State universities while others will travel across the country to chase their degrees. Some will attend a trade school, join the military or enter the workforce. There’s no real wron...
The Medical Lake School District will have several new additions to its bus fleet next year. During its May 23 meeting, the school board of directors approved an order to purchase five propane powered 72-passenger buses for $610,000. These buses will be primarily used for routes and short trips. Northern Energy is providing fueling tanks, dispensers and training at no cost. The state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction has been encouraging school districts to purchase and use vehicles with alternative fuel...
Cheney Middle School students finally learned last Friday what the collection of tubing and chains was hanging from the walls of the school's multipurpose room. Students participated in a question and answer session with Seattle artist Susan Zoccola, designer of a piece called "Palouse" commissioned for CMS through the Washington State Arts Commission's Art in Public Places Program. The program was created by the Legislature in 1974 to acquire artwork for K-12 schools, public...
CHENEY May 22 Nicole A. Trambitas, 25, was arrested on the 100 block of West First Street for first-degree robbery. Fourth-degree assault was reported on the 700 block of Chestnut Street. Annoying/obscene phone calls were reported on the zero hundred block of Second Street. May 24 A report was taken regarding an injury accident that occurred May 19 on the 100 block of Alki Street. Police arrested Felix K. Von Hofe, 22, on a primary charge of vehicular assault. Possible other charges pending. A mental health issue was reported...
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office Crime Prevention Unit is cautioning residents to be aware of potential vehicle prowlings. According to a news release, vehicle prowls can happen when a driver is a few minutes away from their vehicle. Deputies recommend when a person arrives at their destination and are earching for a parking spot, they should choose one close to other people and activity. At night, motorists should park nearby lighting sources to keep their vehicle well-lit. Residents should make sure their vehicle’s win...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL Friday, June 2, Medical Lake hosts Ferris, 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 5, Medical Lake at U-Hi, 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, Cheney at Lewis and Clark, Wednesday, June 7, Medical Lake at Freeman, 5 p.m. For most current information visit: Cheney School District: www.cheneysd.org. Eastern Washington University www.goeags.com. Medical Lake School District: www.mlsd.org....
The Cheney High boys’ and girls’ golf teams wrapped up the year May 24 at the 2A state tournament. Tyler Koohns, in his second state appearance, and Thomas Baycroft, competing in his first state tournament, both shot a 93 in the first round but did not make the 84-stroke cut to advance to round two. Head coach Jeff Pike said that while his players did not make it to day two,” they played well.” On the girls’ side, Kelsey Smith shot a 108 but also did not qualify for the second round. Head coach Gerald Morton said Smith played...
There’s kind of that unwritten rule in combat sports that a world champion should be ready to defend their title against all challengers. So it’s been a surprise to many fans that UFC women’s featherweight titleholder Germaine de Randamie has refused to defend her belt against prospective challenger Cris “Cyborg” Justino. In an interview with ESPN, De Randamie’s manager, Brian Butler, explained that the champion will not fight Justino because the latter’s past drug test failures. In 2011, when she fought for the Strikefor...
Medical Lake won a few battles, but not even close to the war at last week's state 1A track championships at Eastern Washington University's Roos Field. For a lot of reasons - the biggest being a pure lack of numbers - Cards' head coach Gene Blankenship was decidedly cautious not to issue predictions of glory for his boys' team. They have had a string of impressive finishes - team champions in 2014, runners-up in 2015 and a third last year - unofficially finished eighth with 2...
Almost 60 hours later, Cheney High boys track and field head coach Derek Slaughter still couldn't believe it. "It's surreal," Slaughter said Tuesday afternoon about his Blackhawk boys accomplishments at state last weekend. "It still hasn't sunk in yet." The Cheney boys tied Ridgefield with 48 points to earn a share of the 2A state championship at competition May 25 – 27 at Mount Tahoma High School in Lakewood. The Blackhawk girls weren't far back either, tying Ellensburg w...
The Cheney American Legion was one of two veterans groups to step in and sponsor Memorial Day events this year. The Legion hosted the traditional breakfast Monday morning at its location on College Avenue....
Overall tonnage for this year’s Cheney Clean Sweep was the lowest it has been since records have been available. Information presented by Cheney Public Works Director Todd Ableman to the City Council at its May 23 meeting indicated 10.15 tons of material was collected at the annual citywide event held April 22. It’s the lowest in seven years of data, and has been dropping each year since a high point of 21.92 tons in 2014. Broken down, volunteers collected 2.29 tons of garbage, dramatically lower than the previous yea...
When the dust settles later this year, West Plains voters stand to see some changes to the occupants of their elected panels. With the close of candidate filing on May 19, 32 individuals had stepped up to run for 22 positions on upcoming ballots, with all three cities having at least one contested race on their respective city councils. Nowhere is that more prevalent than Medical Lake, where three of four council positions up for election being fought over along with the mayor’s office and a school board seat. Current c...
The subject of nonconforming use took up most of the May 25 Medical Lake Planning Commission meeting. City Administrator Doug Ross brought a copy of the city’s municipal code chapter on nonconforming use and requested the commission consider amending it. The request stems from two lots on the 300 block of North Jefferson Street — one being empty while the other has a house that has been vacant for some time. According to the city’s municipal code, a nonconforming use is a use of property that was allowed under zoning regul...
Due to incorrect information, it was stated in a photo cut line in the May 25 issue of the Cheney Free Press that Cheney Federal Credit Union donated books to Sunset Elementary School students through a grant called First Book. The books, which numbered over 500, were actually a donation CFCU made to KXLY for The Magic of Storytelling campaign....
Most Cheney residents who are internet savvy will likely have noticed something new about the city’s website — and that is that it’s new. Or at least revamped, something City Administrator Mark Schuller said he and Mayor Tom Trulove have wanted to do ever since soon after Schuller became administrator in July 2014. “We both hated our website,” Schuller said in a recent interview. “We made it a goal to upgrade.” Schuller said the goals were to make the site more user friendly, easier to navigate and also capable of allowing u...
Chief Warrant Officer Marine Chaplain Grant Maassen salutes the grave of a veteran interred at the Medical Lake Cemetery as a family looks on during Memorial Day ceremonies on Monday....
After the first round of flushing its water system, six of Airway Heights' wells are still over the Environmental Protection Agenciy's perfluoro chemicals advisory levels of 70 parts per trillion. The good news is flushing the system, which used over 15 million gallons of water, seems to be working. In a May 26 news release, the city announced it had received test results from Anatek Labs that afternoon. Of the 17 samples that were taken from different sources throughout the...
