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Spacek, an education professor at EWU, was the timer at about 600 men's and women's basketball games, dating back to the 1979-80 season.

His wife, Jan, operated the scoreboard by his side since 1989.

Both also served two decades as timers at EWU track meets.

Steve was a charter member of the Eagle Athletic Association and was on the selection committee for the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame.

He spent more than 40 years as a professor in the Eastern education department after coming to Cheney in 1958, including nearly 10 years as director of student-teachers.

Spacek was born in 1928 and raised in Tekoa.

He graduated from Eastern in 1950, served in the Korean War and received his masters degree from Northern Colorado (1963) and his doctorate from the University of Idaho (1976).

His first teaching job was in Ephrata, and then he spent three years at Coulee City.

He retired in 1997, but continued to help EWU supervise student-teachers until March 2005.

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I stopped (radiation treatment for breast cancer) for approximately two weeks (because of chickenpox).

You know, I was itching and scratching and all those unattractive things...

but it stopped at my neck.

I was very grateful to Mme.

Curie (for the radiation).

Was Nora Desmond — in "Sunset Boulevard" — your favorite role?

They all present you with something that's challenging and wonderful.

With Nora Desmond, the challenge was losing my mind eight times a week.

I've done three musicals, (including) "House of Flowers" (and) "No Strings." That was an enormous pressure and an enormous responsibility.

Nora Desmond was extremely difficult...

739 steps eight times a week in high-heeled shoes, and the costumes were usually around 50 pounds.

(Carroll broke her fibula during the run of the show.) I love what I do.

I try not to do a project that I don't want to do.

Does your house in Hollywood have 739 steps?

It has no steps.

They're not allowed.

When are you going to write your tell-all autobiography?

It won't be that interesting in terms of tell-all because I think everyone knows about everything, (but) I think it's going to be an interesting book.

Regrets?

I would have loved to have been a wonderful wife to someone, and I wasn't able to make that work.

I was too ambitious.

But my life is wonderful because I meet and work with some brilliant people, and they share wi...

Spacek, an education professor at EWU, was the timer at about 600 men's and women's basketball games, dating back to the 1979-80 season.

His wife, Jan, operated the scoreboard by his side since 1989.

Both also served two decades as timers at EWU track meets.

Steve was a charter member of the Eagle Athletic Association and was on the selection committee for the Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame.

He spent more than 40 years as a professor in the Eastern education department after coming to Cheney in 1958, including nearly 10 years as director of student-teachers.

Spacek was born in 1928 and raised in Tekoa.

He graduated from Eastern in 1950, served in the Korean War and received his masters degree from Northern Colorado (1963) and his doctorate from the University of Idaho (1976).

His first teaching job was in Ephrata, and then he spent three years at Coulee City.

He retired in 1997, but continued to help EWU supervise student-teachers until March 2005.

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