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For the past 45 years when the unlimited hydroplane fleet made their journey west along Interstate 90 headed for races in the Tri Cities and Seattle they then turned south, usually to head to San Diego. This year, following Jimmy Shane’s victory a couple of weeks ago at Seafair on Lake Washington, the “thunderboats” are making a U-turn, retracing their tire tracks and returning to Lake Coeur d’Alene for the Labor Day weekend revival of the Diamond Cup. You’ll likely begin see...
The buzzword surrounding this year’s edition of Eastern Washington Women’s Soccer? Attack, attack, and attack some more. After their best finish since 2009 at 6-8-4, EWU will look to attack more consistently in 2013 leading to more shots, and more shots lead to more scoring chances. “Simply put, we need to get more shots,” Eastern head coach George Hageage said. Leading Eastern’s offensive attack is junior forward Cassie Black. The Battle Ground, Wash., native earned Al...
Over the 90 minutes the Eastern Washington University Eagles spent out on the red carpet at Roos Field in last Saturday’s first fall camp scrimmage, a lot of the time seemed to favor the offense. However, Eagles’ head coach Beau Baldwin saw things differently. “I thought it was the type of scrimmage where both sides did great things,” Baldwin said. “We got to hit a lot of different things that could happen during the season, like our backs are against the wall coming ou...
Ryan Gray continues to ride high. Cheney’s favorite rodeo son still sits on top of the Pro Rodeo Cowboys Association bareback standings as the season heads into the final five weeks. Gray leads the standings, which are based on money won, with earnings of $89,645. Kaycee Feild of Payson, Utah who’s collected $89,062, is second. “At this point it’s kind of win as much as you can each week,” Gray said as he keeps up his quest to return to the National Finals Rodeo Dec. 5-14...
Environmental activists claim they want to reduce production of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. If so, they’re going about it in a very strange way. Take forest management, for example. Anti-forestry activists oppose salvaging dead and diseased trees, saying the forests should be left in their natural state. But that debris is volatile tinder for raging wildfires that pump an average of 67 million tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year, according to a 2013 r...
There really is nothing like the start of a road trip. You’re excited, ready to get on the open road and the weather is usually pretty good. As I write this, I’ve just finished the first of a four-day venture throughout our great state. Like all trips, there were hiccups, but the great thing about traveling is quite simply the opportunity to see something new. I’ve never been to Grand Coulee Dam, but crossed that off my list this afternoon. Simply put, it lives up to its name. Grand. Driving along Highway 2 shows just how g...
The following editorial is reprinted from the Aug. 19 Orange County Register. You may have noticed food prices creeping higher. Officially, the U.S. Consumer Price Index shows inflation at less than 2 percent a year in recent years. But for the past 20 years, the CPI has included only “core CPI,” which excludes prices for energy and food, supposedly because they’re too volatile. But we still need food and gas. “According to the St. Louis branch of the Federal Reserve, food inflation was 22 percent between January 2006 an...
City of Cheney • Aug. 27, City Council Meeting, 6 p.m., City Council Chambers City of Medical Lake • No news City of Airway Heights • Aug. 26, City Council study session, 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers Cheney School District • No news Medical Lake School District • Aug. 27, District staff Right Response training, 8 a.m. School Board meeting 6 p.m., administration office • Aug. 28, District staff Right Response training, 8 a.m. • Aug. 28, High school fall sports parent meeting, 6 p.m. Eastern Washington University • No news...
Scientists have been hard at work in recent years combating a significant disease of wheat. Stem rust is caused by a group of nasty fungal organisms that can infect wheat plants and devastate yields. In some cases up to 100 percent of the crop can be lost. The battle between stem rust and agricultural researchers isn’t new. Sometimes the tide runs in one direction, sometimes in another. At the end of the last century the advantage went to the fungus side. In Ethiopia and Uganda in 1998 and 1999, a new type of stem rust a...
Cheney’s Hi-Flyers Square Dance Club is the fastest growing club in the Inland Northwest and there are some good reasons why. The club has a popular teacher in 22-year-old Adam Christman and they keep their goals simple when it comes to dancing – health, friendships and casual attitudes. New co-presidents Grant and Lelia Smith said in a news release that modern square dancing keeps the mind active and the body fit without strenuous workouts, combining exercising of the mind and body. They also emphasize that square dancing is...
1 Years Ago Aug. 28, 2003 Eastern Washington University President, Stephen Jordan got help from a shovel-wielding robot as the pair did a ceremonial groundbreaking for the school’s new Computer Sciences and Engineering Building on campus. Parents in Medical Lake attended a public meeting to discuss the need for a new youth baseball program in the community. The hope was to avoid taking their kids to play in Spokane. Law enforcement in Cheney and at EWU will be able to cross over and be more active within each other’s jur...
Emmanuel Lutheran Church All are welcome to worship at Emmanuel Lutheran Church this Sunday, Aug. 25 for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. Adult Bible study begins at 9 a.m. The Thrivent free food giveaway truck will be in the church parking lot from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22. This event is open to the entire community. Please bring boxes or bags to haul food. Mark your calendars for Rally Day scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 8. All age Sunday school classes begin the following Sunday, Sept. 15. United Church of...
When Fred and Gail Pollard moved to Cheney eight years ago they brought with them ideas and plans and a vision for a different way of living. With their two daughters, Annmarie and Marianne, who are now 16 and 13, they found Cheney a welcoming place to call home. “We were looking for a safe place for our children to grow up, where we could be assured they would be alright,”Gail Pollard said. Fred Pollard, with 25 years experience, is an accomplished equipment and fac...
CHENEY Aug. 12 Third-degree theft/shoplifting was reported on the 2700 block of First Street. A 16-year-old male was arrested for stealing candy. Second-degree theft was reported on the 500 block of First Street. A wallet was taken from a motorcycle. A Honda dirt bike was taken without the owner’s permission on the 700 block of Villard Street. Domestic violence/verbal dispute was reported on the 1500 block of Fourth Street. Domestic violence/verbal dispute was reported on the 800 block of West First Street. Aug. 13 A silver n...
Temperatures ranging from the high 80s to the low to mid 90s have made Cheney’s pool a popular place to hang out the past several weeks....
Several law enforcement agencies in Spokane, Whitman, Ferry and Pend Oreille counties will be conducting emphasis patrols looking for drivers under the influence of alcohol, marijuana or other drugs during the annual “Drive Sober, or Get Pulled Over” campaign. Cheney and Airway Heights along with Eastern Washington University police departments will have extra officers on duty from now through Sept. 2 as part of the Spokane County Target Zero Task Force, which organizes and supports these enforcement efforts. Target Zer...
Feed Medical Lake is serving the last of the summer “second” meal Monday, Aug. 26, from 5-6 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Monday, Sept. 9, the regular meal will be “School Daze” with hot dogs, tater tots, baby carrots, fruit, ice cream and beverages. Every school age child attending the dinner will receive some school supplies, and there will be door prizes. Contact Joanna at 714-1150 for more information....
The Medical Lake Friends of the Library are especially in need of children’s books for their October book sale. All proceeds help provide items for the library that are not provided by the County, support children’s programs and the summer reading programs. Book donations can be dropped off at the Medical Lake Library during their business hours....
OLYMPIA – Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson and officials from Washington’s Lottery are bringing the public’s attention to lottery scams. Individuals and groups are calling and emailing victims on a more regular basis with the goal of tricking people into thinking they’ve won a lottery prize. The goal of lottery scammers is to convince victims to provide personal information or pay fake “processing fees” and “taxes” through a wire transfer or money order. In most cases if the scam is successful the money can’t...
Eastern Washington University’s Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering program has been accredited by ABET (the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). This is EWU’s second engineering program that has been accredited, with electrical engineering being the first. EWU has offered engineering programs since 2005 and engineering technology degrees since 1991. In 2009, the university received legislative permission to grant mechanical engineering degrees and the university graduated its first group of mec...
The Medical Lake City Council approved two actions items at their only meeting in August last Tuesday night. The council unanimously approved continuation of an interlocal agreement with Spokane County to implement commute trip reduction plans on behalf of the city. The agreement updates the amount of money allocated to the county on behalf of Medical Lake from the Washington State Department of Transportation, which City Administrator Doug Ross said this year is $10,900. The agreement is needed because state laws require...
Business in the early days at Silver Lake Mercantile has been going well for Lyn Joyfull. Joyfull previously owned and operated the mercantile store Hidden Treasures in Airway Heights before moving to Silver Lake toward the end of last year. For her, searching for antiques became something greater than a hobby in the 2000s, and finding value in an obscure object is well worth the hunt. After making the call to open up a new store, she and the building landlord got to work on...
Cheney-area farmer Jesse Baird tries to move equipment and hay to safety as a wildfire along Depot Springs Road burns in the background Tuesday afternoon. At press time the fire was contained after consuming over 50 acres and threatening at least five homes and numerous out buildings. Crews attacked the fire from the air and ground, with at least 12 trucks involved under conditions made difficult by very dry brush....
The Airway Heights City Council made quick work of things at their Monday, Aug. 19 meeting. They breezed through a relatively routine agenda, plus heard an update from the Spokane Transit Authority, in just over 30 minutes. Carl Otterstrum, Spokane Transit Authority’s Planning Director, gave an update on his organization’s West Plains projects. His PowerPoint presentation helped illustrate some important issues related to bus service across the area as it stands today, and...
Eastern Washington University and the United Faculty of Eastern have approved a new three-year collective bargaining agreement that will bring the university’s faculty compensation package to an on-par level with national peer institutions. The contract calls for yearly faculty pay increases based upon how that faculty member’s salary compares to the average of their rank and discipline at peer institutions, according to information contained in a university news release. Faculty with salaries below 90 percent of market val...
