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Senior football player Jeff Minnerly and senior volleyball/track and field standout Cora Kellerman have been selected as Eastern Washington University’s recipients of the Big Sky Conference Scholar-Athlete Award for the 2012-13 school year. Minnerly is a 2008 graduate of Ferris High School in Spokane, and Kellerman graduated the same year from La Conner High School. The Scholar-Athlete Award honors the "best of the best" of the conference's more than 3,000 student-athletes. O...
A quartet of student-athletes each won a pair of awards among the 16 handed out at the Fifth Annual “EeeWoos” awards show, which took place June 4 at EWU’s Showalter Auditorium. Women’s basketball player Lexie Nelson, volleyball/track and field standout Cora Kellerman and football players Brandon Kaufman and Vernon Adams were each honored twice for their accomplishments during the 2012-13 season and their careers. Kaufman and Nelson took home the biggest prizes and were honored as the school’s Male and Female Athlete o...
Cheney SummerHawks’ pitcher Kyle Kreiger delivers a pitch this past Monday in a 4-0 AA American Legion win at Central Valley....
The Eastern Washington University track and field and cross country teams added some depth to their programs by inking 11 high school athletes and two transfers for the 2013-14 school year, including two Cheney High School athletes, Janessa Day and Erin Clark. After placing third in the 400 at the last two WIAA 2A state championships, Day moved up to place second at the 2013 state meet, running a personal best of 56.98 seconds. She also placed sixth in the 200 at the state finals, running 25.93. Day has been an All-Greater No...
Eastern Washington University athletics director Bill Chaves has been honored by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) as one of 28 winners of the Under Armour AD of the Year Award announced on Monday (June 10). Chaves, 47, is concluding his sixth year at the helm of the EWU Athletic Department. Chaves will receive his award during the James J. Corbett Awards Luncheon Saturday, June 15 at NACDA's 48th Annual Convention at the World Center...
Normally a serious knee injury can mean the beginning of the end of an athlete’s sports career. Certainly not the slippery slope it appears Medical Lake’s Kasey Kelly has avoided. For a guy who had two torn ACLs in his high school sports career, Kelly’s living some kind of dream as a member of two state all-star teams. The 19-year-old, who graduated last Saturday as part of ML’s Class of 2013, raced to Yakima in time to play in the championship game of the State All-Sta...
Despite virtually an entire new look on paper, Medical Lake’s AA American Legion baseball team looks much the same on the field so far. Successful. The team that made it to the quarterfinals of the state 1A playoffs, eliminated by Cascade of Leavenworth in a bid to reach the final four, and finishing 20-4 overall, is off to a 5-0 start overall and 4-0 in Federal League standings. The mix and match Cardinals come off a Monday doubleheader sweep of Rogers with wins of 6-3 and 1...
1 Years Ago June 19, 2003 A charter fishing boat capsized off the coast of northern Oregon leaving a Cheney man missing. Barry Sundberg was one of two passengers listed as missing following the 7 a.m. accident near Garibaldi after a 15-foot wave struck the 32-foot Taki Tooo spilling 19 people into the water. As of this report, the accident had two confirmed fatalities. Neal Sealock, a brigadier general in the U.S. Army, returned to Eastern Washington University where he once attended to accept the 2003 Distinguished Alumni...
John Torno was born in Minot N.D. Aug. 7, 1927 to Bert and Alvina Torno. He grew up on a farm in Max, N.D. the oldest of three children. John served in the Army during the Korean War, attended trade school in Wapaton, N.D. and moved to Cheney Wash. in 1955. There he worked as an automotive mechanic at Ratcliffe Ford and joined the Emmanuel Lutheran Church where he met and fell in love with Geri Mason. They were married in 1959 and had three children. John went on to become a s...
April 7,1935 - June 4, 2013 Delbert was born in Wardner, Idaho on April 6 to Hazel (Randall) and Russell Gilliam. He often talked about rough times growing up especially losing his father in a farming accident when he was 12. He lived at Bayview Idaho while Farragut military base was being built. He started school in Kellogg where he attended first and second grades. At 8 years old his family moved to Four Lakes where he attended Four Lakes school when it was a two-room...
Herbert G. Sagerser (Sags) Loving husband, father and papa and grandpa, Herb passed away unexpectedly on May 14, 2013 in Spokane, WA. Herb was born on April 12, 1952 to Robert and Ruth Sagerser in Ava, Mo. He was a graduate of Fordland High School Class of 1970 where he lettered in basketball. After high school Herb joined the Air Force and following basic training he was stationed at Fairchild Air Force Base where he served 20 years. Herb spent many years playing softball...
Cheney Community Church Cheney Community Church continues to celebrate its Jubilee year (1963-2013) with a focus on youth ministry for the month of June. The youth group will host a barbecue and bunco game night on Saturday, June 15 at 4 p.m. A fun time for all. The youth group meets each Friday evening at 6 p.m. and recently participated in a challenging scavenger hunt. Vacation Bible School (VBS) is scheduled for the week of July 8-12, 9 a.m. to noon. Children 3-11 years are sure to enjoy the “Son Harvest County Fair: ...
John Hammel was employed by the government. He retired and bought 35 head of White Park cattle, a breed from Britain. They are lean animals; grass fed and calm in demeanor. John added another attribute. “Our cows don’t do drugs. Say no to GMOs.” The Hammels do not believe in genetically modifying their animals. These cows live an organic life. John’s wife Teresa, works full time at Deaconess Hospital, then part time in the baby’s intensive care for Providence Sacred Heart Med...
As a result of recently ended law enforcement emphasis patrols almost 400 drivers in four Northeast Washington counties got an expensive message to buckle up and stay off their cell phones while driving. Extra patrols from agencies in Spokane, Whitman, Pend Oreille and Ferry counties issued 297 tickets for seatbelt infractions along with 101 tickets for using cellphone, texting or other electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle. While the seat belt infractions remained steady, 295 were issued over the same period...
A bomb threat led to the evacuation of Eastern Washington University’s Fine Arts complex last Wednesday morning, sending some classes into nearby Sutton Park and other outside locations. EWU media director Dave Meany said university police received the call of the bomb threat about 10 a.m. when a student walked into a classroom in the Communications Studies building and found a note on a desk. “Said ‘A bomb will go off at 10:30 a.m.,’” Meany said last Wednesday. “Which we...
It may have been a different spring than we’ve been used to experiencing the past few years, but expect another typical summer in the Inland Northwest. That’s the conclusion from Eastern Washington University geography and meteorology professor Dr. Bob Quinn after looking at some of the factors that broke the mold residents have been used to the past few years. Coming off a series of cool and wet springs where late precipitation boosted snowpack, and subsequently river flo...
The Airway Heights Planning Commission canceled its June meeting due to a lack of quorum. Development Services director Derrick Braaten said the commission’s vice chair, Laura Brown, resigned prior to the meeting and two of the now four-person body were unable to attend the meeting. Comments from Spokane International Airport including the airport’s master plan still had not arrived prior to the start of the meeting, according to Braaten. The master plan could potentially impact Airway Heights’ C-2 general commercial and m...
Lack of a quorum forced the cancellation of the June 10 Cheney Planning Commission meeting. Planning administrative secretary Sue Beeman said in an email that several commissioners had sent notifications that they would not be able to attend the monthly meeting, forcing cancellation. The four agenda items scheduled for discussion in the city’s zoning code update process will be moved to the July 8 meeting, with comments or suggestions submitted by commissioners to be incorporated in the revised text. The cancellation leaves t...
Most comedians spend years touring the hinterlands of dimly lit, smoky, stale-beer smelling small comedy bars before hopefully – and luckily – finding success under the bright lights of Los Angeles. Kelsey Cook did it the other way around. “I kind of started out in L.A. for the first year or two,” the 2007 Cheney High School grad said in an interview Monday. Cook said she loved the experience of doing comedy there but missed the lifestyle and atmosphere of the Pacific Northwe...
Over the last few months a new, but recognizable face, has been in charge of the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake. Rudy Lopez, the former command chief at Fairchild Air Force Base, began his tenure as director of the cemetery March 26. He fills the position previously held by former director Rich Cesler, who retired around this time last year. Lopez and his family, who are from the western half of the U.S., were interested in remaining in the area, in part be...
The need for food assistance in Airway Heights is growing, and Cleone’s Closet is helping fill the need. The distribution center, which started operating in March, is struggling to keep up with demand. Volunteers are required to help with the increased need. Shirlee Hunter, director of the food distribution center, said about 40 people are helped every day, with around 200-300 people helped each week from the surrounding area. There, people are able to receive bread, milk, fresh vegetables and other basic staples to help t...
The recent additions of non-stop flights to major U.S. cities from Spokane – Delta’s straight shot to Los Angeles and being able to connect to Chicago’s Midway Airport via Southwest – continue to dispel that old idea that you can’t get there from here. For years, flying out of Spokane International Airport and reaching anywhere other than Seattle or Portland likely meant at least one, if not more, stops. But while there is plenty of fanfare and hoopla surrounding Delta’s inaug...
Medical Lake High School valedictorian Nik Hofer leads the Class of 2013 to turn their tassels....
Karen McCormick is all smiles holding tightly to her diploma at Cheney High School’s commencement Friday night....
The Cheney City Council agreed to a $10,000 annual renewal of a contract with Eastern Washington University Athletics for advertising of the city’s Light Department at university athletic contests. Light Department director Joe Noland said the money comes the Bonneville Power Administration, with the city receiving a budget of $135,000, 20 percent of which must be spent on advertising. The contract with Eastern provides signs, radio and game announcements and other forms of communication urging people to inquire about a...
