From the archives: 1964 Terry Tucek, a 26-year-old, 218-pound middle line-backer for the Savages, was expected to see lots of action at the Oct. 9, 1964 Eastern Washington State College vs. Whitworth game at Woodward Field. Tucek played prep football in South Dakota before coming to play in Cheney. Tucek was known as "the old timer" by younger members of the Savage club.
10 Years Ago
Oct. 7, 2004
Officials at Eastern Washington University and the city of Cheney were putting their heads together to draft a plan about how to manage the biggest influx of people on a single day in city history. The EWU-Montana football game was expected to draw some 11,000 people.
An intensive geo-technical study had begun in advance of the construction of the proposed new Fox Hollow Elementary School in Medical Lake.
Medical Lake got a late game interception from Randal Johnson that led to a winning touchdown by Tim Morris with 51 seconds to play in a 14-7 football victory over previously unbeaten Lakeside.
20 Years Ago
Oct. 6, 1994
Cheney's new $17-million waste treatment plant became operational with only some final landscaping to be completed.
Medical Lake School District officials broke ground on a $5.3 million new elementary school that would be built by Lydig Construction from Spokane.
The Cheney Blackhawks undefeated football season came to an end following a 35-24 non-league loss to Lewis and Clark of the Greater Spokane League. At 3-1, Cheney was to host East Valley in their Frontier League opener.
30 Years Ago
Oct. 4, 1984
Downtown Cheney may realize some new improvements over the next few years as a result of action taken by the Cheney Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Development Committee who will attempt to implement the Main Street U.S.A. idea at the local level.
Lilliard Corbit ended 25 years of employment with the city of Cheney deciding to retire to his 20 acres of property near the Cheney Gun Club.
Cheney High School improved its Frontier League volleyball record to 2-1 following a 15-4, 7-15, 15-13 win over East Valley with Cathy Van Kuren getting a late kill to key the clinching victory.
40 Years Ago
Oct. 10, 1974
The Cheney City Council voted 5-1 to place drilling a fifth water well on hold, but moved to increase electrical power rates by nearly 19 percent in some cases.
A peeping Tom who had been seen frequenting the Nugget Apartments early in the morning was arrested by Cheney police.
Medical Lake fell 18-7 in a Frontier League football game to undefeated Pullman with Greg Dunn scoring the only touchdown for the Cardinals.
50 Years Ago
Oct. 9, 1964
The final 1965 budget for the city of Cheney, a total of $925,000, was announced following an afternoon meeting of the City Council.
Eastern Washington State College's fall enrollment reached an all-time high when registrar Perrin Smith announced that 3,203 students would attend the school. This was compared to 2,824 in fall of 1963.
More than $4.5 million in construction, including a new high-rise residential hall, plus a student union building, was announced by school officials at EWSC.
Terry Tucek, the self-described "old timer" on the EWSC football team at age 26 was expected to see action as the Savages faced off against Whitworth College at Woodward Field.
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