Archive for February, 2010
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
West Richland EMS Levy Election Coming April 27
No doubt you’ve seen the blue election signs around town: It’s almost time to vote again on a levy for funding emergency services in West Richland. The Benton County Fire Protection District has a detailed web page that explains what the vote is about and why it’s needed. It includes this chart that shows 50% [...]
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
Lawn-Cutting? In February?
Yes, if you were driving around Bird Hill this afternoon, you may have seen me out in the yard … cutting the grass! In February! The first lawn-cutting of the year usually happens near Cari’s birthday, which is in early April. Today’s lawn-cutting happened before my mom’s birthday, which is next week.
What on earth happened [...]
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Do You Use Facebook? Follow Cari there
If you’re a Facebook user and would like to be able to quickly get in touch with Cari about any real estate questions or needs you may have, you can connect with her at this facebook page:
Cari McGee Real Estate
She’s on Facebook quite a bit more often than she’s blogging here, so that’s the best [...]
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
Keene Road Closure Starts March 1st
Here’s an update to our post from a couple weeks ago about an upcoming closure on Keene Road. The city’s original plan was to do the closure in late February, but Public Works Director Roscoe Slade says it’ll start on March 1st:
Keene Road will be closed from the Bombing Range Road round-a-bout to West Lattin [...]
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
These Aren’t Supposed to Grow This Early
The tulip bed in our front yard is already growing. I haven’t even had a chance to get out there and pull the weeds and clean-up the branches and other debris in there.
This isn’t supposed to happen in early February! The tulips usually look like this at the end of February or in early [...]
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
West Richland considering LED and Induction Street Lights
Sometime later this year, the city of West Richland may decide on a new technology to power the city’s street lights. Up for discussion is a switch to either LED or induction-based street lights.
Public Works Director Roscoe Slade tells us via email that street light “technology is rapidly improving and the cost continues to decrease.” [...]