Archive | December, 2009
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West Richland Crime Map now online

“We don’t have much crime” is always one of the first things I say to people who ask what I love about West Richland and why we’ve decided to settle here. And I’ve seen some reports (and blogged about them) that tell how low West Richland’s crime rate is.
Now, the West Richland Police Dept. has [...]

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Power outage in West Richland closes Enterprise Middle School

Cari was turned around this morning when she was dropping off our son, Sean, at Enterprise Middle School. A couple teachers were in front of the school alerting parents that the school had no power or water. Other homes in the area of the school were also without power, we’re told, but we don’t know [...]

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Operation Candy Cane – Coming Soon

A West Richland tradition will continue this year with Operation Candy Cane happening on Saturday, December 19. This is the event where volunteer firefighters from Benton County Fire District #4 and professional firefighters from Local 1052 will be driving around the city in/on their fire trucks, trading candy canes for donations of non-perishable food items [...]

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Winterfest 2009 at Enterprise Middle School

With our son now up in 6th grade and at Enterprise Middle School, we had our first chance to experience the school’s Winterfest program tonight. They started it just a couple years ago, I think, and it’s become the main fund raiser for the school.
We skipped the early part of the event — [...]

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