Let's move the ball on 'town and gown' disconnect

All in all, Homecoming 2016 at Eastern Washington University looks like quite a success.

If measured by last Saturday when over 10,300 people packed Roos Field to watch the Eastern Eagles score a 49-31 Big Sky Conference victory over Northern Colorado, and remain undefeated in the conference, it only adds an exclamation point to the week.

Along the way, however, there was one notable glitch that gained some ink on these pages, that being the unfortunate cancellation of an Oct. 7 event being promoted by the Cheney Merchants Association. It would have possibly helped local businesses draw some a...