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A five game losing streak – four in league play – to close the season shut the door on the postseason for Medical Lake’s AA American Legion baseball team. Medical Lake dropped their final four Federal League contests to finish 10-10 and in third place behind champion West Kootenay (16-2) from Trail, British Columbia and 16-4 Colville. They dropped a doubleheader at Pullman last Tuesday 13-1 and 7-6 before watching Colville win a pair 6-3 and 13-8 Friday at Holliday Field in Me...
A new trend has started. For years, NCAA Football Championship Subdivision power Montana was the annual pick as the team to beat in the Big Sky Conference, but for the second-straight year, Montana State and Eastern Washington University have been picked to finish 1-2. Three-time defending Big Sky Conference football co-champion Montana State has been selected first by the media and the coaches in the polls. Eastern has been selected second, the league announced Monday (July 15) at the Summer Kickoff in Park City, Utah....
The task may really look daunting from the outside, but inside the locker room there’s not much panic on Eastern Washington University’s football team when it comes to replacing the heart of the team’s offense. “Our players work on it, even without the coaches even doing anything with them,” Eastern head coach Beau Baldwin said. “They are continuously trying to be that next great playmaker.” In the 2013 season, the wide receiver position will be the focal point after EWU los...
Mathematically at least the Cheney AA SummerHawks didn’t have a chance to catch Shadle Park atop the Spokane American Legion baseball National League standings. So if nothing else they wanted to send a message. Their split in games played last Wednesday night at Al K. Jackson Field with a 3-0 win followed by an 8-0 loss might have done just that. Shadle, 15-2, has both its losses at the hands of the SummerHawks who go into playoffs this week winning eight of their last 10. C...
If you enjoy the marvelous Centennial Trail, thank Robbi Castleberry. Should you notice that homes do not line the Palisades and the Rimrock area – those basalt cliffs to the west of the Spokane River near Indian Canyon – and that is now an area for all to enjoy, tip your hat to Robbi Castleberry. If the area in which we live that is so very, very rich in all things outdoors, is something you really appreciate, perhaps offer a prayer of thanks to Robbi Castleberry. Cas...
Russell Grove adhered to what professional golfers aspire to in order to win. He sunk the majority of his putts from within 5 feet of the cup and it was one of the critical steps he took in rallying past Corey Prugh to win the 50th edition of the Lilac City Invitational at The Fairways this past weekend. Grove stayed steady and shot a final-round 64 and four-day 270 while Prugh faltered a bit with a 69 to finish at 273. “I sunk my putts from five feet or less,” the Hayden, Ida...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church The congregation of Emmanuel Lutheran Church invites you to worship with us this Sunday, July 21 at Sutton Park’s gazebo at 10:30 a.m. as we celebrate the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost. Bring your family, friends, neighbors and a comfy chair and worship with us in God’s creation. Sam Thomas, accordionist extraordinaire, will provide the worship music. All are welcome. Emmanuel Lutheran Church Vacation Bible School is in full swing this week for elementary aged children. We have enjoyed welcoming fam...
1 Years Ago July 24, 2003 A Sunday afternoon wildfire threatened homes just south of Cheney as 30 mph winds pushed the flames toward the southern outskirts of town. The fire, estimated to have consumed 1,000 acres, started near Watt Road and Learning Tree Lane and forced the evacuation of 20 homes. Cheney voters were to get a second chance to approve a 4.75 percent electricity and natural gas surcharge that would help reinstate funding for city parks. The Cheney City Council voted unanimously to place an amended proposal on...
Jack and Ellen Miller, whose home is like a park in a rural part of the Cheney area, are noted by their neighbors as very busy people. The day I became acquainted with them I heartily agreed. The Millers settled here when Jack, an air traffic controller, was assigned to Spokane. Ellen was working at Southwest Oregon Community College as a librarian, her lifelong interest. The Millers, who grew up in a rural area, looked for a country place to call home. Jack settled into his...
The word “help” is so uplifting, conveying our best humanitarian values. How odd, then, to see it used in this New York Times headline: “Banks’ Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bills.” I’ll bet they did! We all know how altruistic, beneficent and kindhearted Wall Street lobbyists are — when it comes to helping themselves, that is. The article explains that a small army of high-dollar influence-peddlers are not merely asking our lawmakers to free big banks from pesky rules that limit their reckless greed, but instead t...
“OK, we don’t need you to do that.” If ever there was a clear indication of a turning point, a crux, a nexus it’s those eight little words spoken the night of Feb. 26, 2012 by a Sanford Police Department dispatcher to George Zimmerman. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, was following a black teen in a dark gray hooded sweatshirt who he believed was acting suspiciously. That teen was Trayvon Martin. And as history shows, Zimmerman, who acknowledged the dispatcher with an “OK,” did not follow that advice. If he had, he...
Leave it to Texas Gov. Rick Perry to get people talking, and certain in some circles, blood boiling. The soon-to-be former three-term chief executive – Perry recently announced he would not seek a fourth term – signed into law a new directive that would require recipients of his state’s unemployment to pass drug tests. But much like in 2010 when Arizona passed more strict laws requiring carrying identification in an attempt to fight illegal immigration at the state level, federal laws will likely and eventually rule the d...
Cheney High School 2013 graduate Sophie Schwalbe received the Presidential Medallion from Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the Presidential Scholars ceremony June 16 in Washington, D.C....
Eastern Washington University released its 2013 spring quarter Dean’s List July 3. The following area students were named: Cheney Drew Ableman, Alexander Adams, Antonio Aiello, Kyra Allen, Fletcher Aukerman, Cody Bafus, Danielle Bauge, Tristan Bennett, Keagan Berstler, Benjamin Bissell, Chelsie Bleeker, Amy Boles, Keryia Borchers, Kaitlin Bosch, Heather Boswell, Alyssa Bray, Rebecca Caligan, Michael Calvert, Daniel Condon, Alysa Creel, Robyn Cross, Oliver Davidson, Dakota Felland, Travis Foland, Benjamin Ford, Michelle F...
Airway Heights’ water reclamation well is up and running, giving the city a sustainable source of water into the future. The well came online Wednesday, June 26 and has been performing just as expected for the city, and marks the beginning of the end of a string of public works upgrades in the city. “The project is nearing completion,” City Manager Albert Tripp said. “We expect it to be finished before the end of August.” As a result of the well’s completion, Airway Heights has a water consumption footprint of nearly zero...
Friends for Children tourney The 11th annual Medical Lake Friends for Children Golf Tournament is taking place this Saturday, July 20, at Fairways Golf Course. The tournament is a four-person team, scramble best ball format with a shotgun start beginning at 8 a.m. Entry fee is $75 and includes greens fees, carts, a goodie bag and dinner. Players will have chances to win hole-in-one and novelty shot prizes. There is a $15 fee for those not golfing but attending the dinner. For more information call Larry Reno at 270-0404 or... Full story
The Cheney Football Association invites the community to Sutton Park Aug. 17 for their annual fundraiser featuring an authentic Southern barbecue dinner and music by the band Milonga. Suggested donation for an afternoon of food and fun are $15/person, $12/person for families of five or more and can be made at the event. All proceeds go toward purchasing safety equipment such as helmets, pads and other items....
Cheney Police Chief John Hensley hits the water in the Jubilee dunk tank on Saturday, one of several locals who agreed to get cooled off to support a good cause....
Christian Heritage School in Edwall is currently scheduling for kindergarten pre-screening testing. If interested in having your child tested, please call the school office at 236-2224. At Christian Heritage, children have a low student to teacher ratio as well as an advanced curriculum. Success awaits your child today....
The Cheney Historic Preservation Commission gave its approval to repairs of a local home listed on the Cheney Historic Register that was architecturally ahead of its time. Pat Kennedy, owner of the home located at 106 Sixth St., asked the commission at its July 11 meeting to grant approval to repairs needed on the home’s tile roof caused by damage from several recent snowstorms. Kennedy asked the commission for permission to proceed with replacing the roof itself, rather t...
Munoz is A&S consultant In last week’s Cheney Free Press business story on A&S Custom Welding and Paint a communication error incorrectly listed Gary Munoz as a partner in the business. Munoz is a consultant. Gleason is stepmother In last week’s story on Team Gleason’s trail run fundraiser it was incorrectly stated that Medical Lake teacher Jackie Gleason is former NFL player Steve Gleason’s stepmother-in-law. She is actually his stepmother. Jubilee schedule clarification Schedule information listed in last week’s special s... Full story
An award to R&L Landscape Construction for Airway Heights’ tree planting in Aspen Grove Park was revoked at the Monday, July 15 City Council meeting. Parks, recreation and community services director J.C. Kennedy said the company failed to produce a performance and payment bond to the city within 10 calendar days from their initial award notice June 4. Since the company didn’t follow policy, the award was revoked, as was a non-refundable bid deposit of $800. Moments later, the bid award was presented to Environment West Inc...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is calling all area youths to the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge to participate in the 2013 fall waterfowl hunt. And just how any huntsman would have it, the registration will come in the form of competition. Due to a limited amount of space on the refuge, youth hunters are urged to apply to be placed into a random drawing for one of the up to eight hunting sites that will be created throughout the wetlands of the Turnbull Refuge for the fourth annual hunt. The two-day hunt, which will...
This little guy on the Cheney Pee Wee Rodeo float sums up the feelings of most residents last weekend taking part in the Cheney Rodeo festivities, including Saturday’s parade, along with the third annual Cheney Jubilee....
The discussion of banning or heavily restricting fireworks in Medical Lake took a serious step forward as a result of the recent Fourth of July celebration in the city. Councilman Howard Jorgenson was first to bring up the subject at the Tuesday, July 16 City Council meeting. “There is a difference between fireworks and these M-80s,” he said, noting that he couldn’t hear the TV in his living room even when it was set at maximum volume. He further noted that having houses all around lighting off the bigger fireworks was a lit...
