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Two former Cheney and Medical Lake athletes received league and team awards as members of the Wenatchee Valley College fastpitch softball team after the recently concluded season. Former Lady Blackhawk Rachel Barsness was named to the Northwest Athletic Conference Eastern Region’s All-Star first-team as a catcher. Head coach Laurel Wyatt said the Knights freshman was also voted most valuable player by her teammates. Barsness led WVC in hitting with a .432 overall average, .462...
Cheney’s City Council received an overview of what a revised water rate structure might look like should such a measure be implemented in the near future. During an information-only presentation at the council’s June 25 meeting, representatives from FCS Group consulting firm gave four alternatives for making changes to the city’s water policies — two of which could be implemented almost immediately following council approval. FCS project manager Andy Baker outlined details of the two alternatives – referred to as “Full Best P...
(Note: All schedules subject to change. Consult school or facility websites to confirm.) Baseball American Legion AAA Friday – Sunday, July 5 – 7, Cannons hosts Wood Bat Tournament, Medical Lake, times vary. Thursday – Sunday, July 11 – 14, Cannons at Whitefish Tournament, Whitefish, Mont., times vary. American Legion AA Tuesday, July 9, Medical Lake Post 196 at Colville, 4:30 p.m. (DH) Tuesday, July 9, Summerhawks at Rogers, Rogers High School, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, Summerhawks vs. Rogers, Cheney High School,...
It was a long day at the Shadle Park diamond as the Spokane American Legion Cannons took on visiting Pullman in a doubleheader on Thursday, June 27, dropping both to the leagues number one team. “Offensively we were clicking,” head coach Austin Sharp said of game one. “We did really well.” Lead hitter, Medical Lake’s Mason Hammond, had a great game, hitting two doubles, an RBI, a stolen base and brought in two runs. Keegan Cottrell hit a single, a double and an RBI. Van Vega...
For Cheney’s AA American Legion baseball team, last Tuesday’s rematch with Ferris boiled down to different results, same outcome as their June 24 game. The Summerhawks managed to get on the board against the home-field Saxons, but couldn’t quite get into the win column, losing 4-3 in Ferris’ final at bat. Tied 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh, the Saxons managed a leadoff double, stole third and scored the winning run on a slow dribbler-single into the hole at shortstop. “It was a battle,” Cheney head coach Mike Constantine...
I’m probably one of a handful of people in this region who doesn’t give a crap about Hoopfest. It’s hard for me to see the excitement over what is essentially a commercialized, expanded version of pickup basketball — the kind you use to play as a kid with other bored youth in the neighborhood. Growing up in a small town, the only outdoor hoops were at the grade school/middle school/high school — metal backboards with chain link nets on sticky, hot asphalt. It was a way to kill time and have fun on a hot summer day or evenin...
American Legion AA league Medical Lake Post 196 dropped two more games in doubleheader action at home against Northern Lakes on Thursday, June 27. “We were only able to scatter a few hits,” head coach Jefferson French said. Davenport’s Denton Deal opened the game, going 4 1\3 innings before being pulled on his pitch count, leaving the game tied at 1-1. Medical Lake’s Eugene Haas took the mound in relief. Northern Lakes spent much of the remaining innings hitting long and hard...
1 Years Ago July 2, 2009 The Eastern Washington University board of trustees approved the university’s first ever-biennial budget that included a total of $26 million in reductions over two years along with a 14 percent resident and 5 percent out-of-state tuition increase. Dry conditions were projected to be above normal with significant fire danger in areas of Eastern Washington. There were 785 fireworks-related injuries and fires reported to the Washington State Fire Marshal’s Office in 2008 by fire departments and hospita...
After an intensive search process beginning in February, the Pastoral Search Committee at Cheney’s Congregational Church is unanimously recommending the calling of Rev. Matthew Keith Goodale as the church’s new pastor. Rev. Goodale grew up in Colorado Springs where his father was a Presbyterian pastor. He graduated summa cum laude from Whitworth University with a bachelor of arts in theology in 2016 and has recently completed his masters of divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary. In a June 26 news release, church off...
County holiday closures Spokane County Public Works and Environmental Services Departments will be closed on Thursday, July 4, to observe the annual Independence Day holiday. The closure will also affect the Regional Solid Waste System — including the Transfer Stations. All locations will reopen for business on Friday, July 5. The Cheney Free Press to close July 4 and 5 The Cheney Free Press will be closed Thursday and Friday, July 4 and 5, in observance of the Independence Day holiday and to give its employees a much n...
Cheney Community Church All are welcome to join us at Cheney Community Church at 10 a.m. Sunday for our Sunday morning worship service. Bible classes are available for adults, young adults and youth at 8:45 a.m. Various activities are scheduled during the week. The youth group (Holy Flame) meets Monday 6 p.m. for dinner and Bible study. The women meet for prayer time at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays. Other small groups meet at various times and places during the week. The women will hold their monthly brunch at 9 a.m., Saturday, July....
Seventy-five years ago in July 1944, Roy Hansen purchased the laundry business of E.L. McDonald, who had operated the cleaning and tailoring business since September 1919. Learn more about our area’s history at www.cheneymu www.cheneymuseum.com....
A bit of grooming and care will keep your flower gardens looking their best throughout the hot summer months and into fall. Remove the flower stems of salvias, veronicas and similar flowers as the blooms begin to fade. Use a pruner or sharp garden scissors and cut just above the first set of leaves or above the side shoots where new flower buds are forming. Cut back flopping perennials like Walker’s Low catmint, veronica and Salvia that have finished their second flush of f...
The Airway Heights Recreation Center will be hosting a county-wide meeting seeking public feedback on the six-year strategic plan for the county parks system. At the meeting, officials from Spokane County’s Parks, Recreation and Golf Department are seeking community input on the types of parks and recreational facilities, amenities and location the county should pursue over the next six years to align local needs with state planning guidelines. The event is being billed as an “Open House” with a casual drop-in format. The p...
Deployments to Vietnam from Fairchild normally included an overnight stop in Pearl Harbor. Some of our crew had been there before and suggested we go out to the USS Arizona. We went to the pier and rode to the site in a small open boat operated by two U.S. Navy sailors. There was nothing to see except the tops of the gun turrets, but it was our chance as American fighting men to pay homage to those who had gone before us. I made the pilgrimage each time I deployed to or from Southeast Asia. The now familiar iconic monument...
Picture yourself traveling through space. Ahead hovers your home, a glowing bright blue orb reflecting the sun’s light off its vast oceans in the otherwise inky-cold blackness of space. As you know from your travels among the unimaginable vastness of the cosmos, planet Earth is a unique and infinitesimal bubble of life within the uninhabitable and unforgiving vacuum of space. From the Bible, in the Book of Romans, chapter 1, verse 20, we are told, “For since the creation of th...
The final comment period regarding the ongoing Medical Lake comprehensive plan update was incorrectly reported in the June 27 edition of the Cheney Free Press. Comments will continue to be accepted by the City of Medical Lake into the foreseeable future as stakeholders review the draft plan. Although the final hearing date will be determined by the Medical Lake City Council, according to planning consultant Bill Grimes of SCJ Consulting, the council will be reviewing the plan, “no less than 45 days” from June 28, acc...
Medical Lake is one of three Spokane County municipalities that still allow private discharge of fireworks on Independence Day, and Medical Lake Fire Department personnel have been busy distributing fliers by hand and on social media as a reminder to residents of city ordinances and state fireworks law in advance of the holiday. Here’s a summary of city and state regulations relating to fireworks. By city ordinance, the discharge of fireworks is legal only on July 4 between 9...
Spokane County Fire District 3 achieved a major milestone in its 74-year history on Monday with the first raising of the American flag over its newly renovated Station 33 in Four Lakes. “We’ll be staffing it 24/7, 365 days a year,” District 3 Battalion Chief Tom Brunke said. “And we will aid them with volunteers on-shift.” One of 10 fire stations in the sprawling district’s 565 square mile area of responsibility, it’s the first-ever fulltime fire house, called a combination s...
Students from EWU's School of Social Work commemorated a beloved instructor who passed away during the school year by wearing special stoles for the June 15 graduation ceremony. LuAnn "Lu" Brown, who died last October, served the social work profession, the community, and Eastern's Social Work program for more than two decades as a senior lecturer and associate director of the field education program. As so many have written since her death, however, a list of Brown's...
Medical Lake High School students who earned a 3.25 – 3.49 grade point average during the first semester of the 2018 – 2019 school year were placed on the honor roll. Students achieving a GPA of 3.5 or higher earned a place on the Principal’s honor roll. The lists below were provided by the Medical Lake High School. Senior Principal’s Honor Roll Faraz Abounorinejad, Amy J. Alderman, Sierra R. Brock, Ethan J. Brown, Liliana I. Brown, Brandon D. Chambers, Courtney B. Daylo, Jaxyn L. Farmen, Garren P. Garza, Sulamita V. Gavrily...
It was one of the faster meetings in memory as the Medical Lake School Board made quick work of an essentially pro forma agenda on Tuesday, June 25. With Superintendent Tim Ames absent, it fell on Assistant Superintendent Kim Headrick to answer questions. The big news was the surprise retirement of Hallett Elementary School Principal Cindy McSmith. Headrick noted that McSmith had been in education for 40 years, 18 of those with Medical Lake. A replacement principal, Kristin...
A federal judge will soon decide whether future plans for the Spokane Tribe Casino will be put on hold as a lawsuit brought by the Kalispel Tribe continues. The Spokane Tribe took its first steps toward a long-term goal of a large casino resort estimated at $400 million in 2016 when it broke ground on a $40 million casino project. The site is located two miles west of the Northern Quest Resort and Casino, owned and operated by the Kalispel Tribe since 2000. The Spokane Tribe has long considered the 145 acres of land to be...
The Medical Lake Planning Commission on Thursday, June 27, approved a resolution that will eventually be presented to the City Council that formalizes its recent work to update the city’s comprehensive plan. Among other things, the resolution states that during the commission’s deliberations it “has been made aware of planning issues beyond compliance with the (Growth Management) Act requiring additional study and consideration.” Translation: there are outstanding issues...
A fire on Friday, June 28, in Airway Heights required a response from nearly every agency in the West Plains when a mobile home and yard debris were consumed in a blaze that could be seen for several blocks. The call came into the Airway Heights Fire Department at 9:40 p.m., Fire Chief Mitch Metzger said. The incident was initially reported as a brush fire, leading crews to respond with a wildfire truck before heading to a nearby station to swap out their equipment for...
