Materials, fees pushing up cost of Tri-City homes
The rising price of building materials and other costs continues to drive up the price of new homes being built in the Tri-Cities, pushing sale prices up as much as 20 percent in some cases. “I’m building the same home right now that I finished on a different lot two years ago and the same…
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Local young professionals group Mid-Columbia Rotaract and Tri-Cities Sunrise Rotary raised $8,500 to benefit the Service Peace Warriors and their work with local veterans during the Red 10 Bash beer pong fundraiser held earlier this summer. They presented a check to the group July 25 to support their efforts to train dogs placed with veterans around the area. (Courtesy Mid-Columbia Rotaract)
Joker’s Nightclub and Casino in Richland recently remodeled its 20-year-old bar. The back bar was remodeled with new shelving and coolers. Bar manager Tami Caufield and contractor Ryan Clary went to the bar and nightclub show in Las Vegas and came back with the newest ideas in bar wells designed by Tobin Ellis. With the chilled glasses and condiments handy at each well, the improvements enable bartenders to speed up service. Two sets of beer taps were moved to the front of bar and the lines are glycol chilled to keep the tap beer cold. Joker’s enlarged its beer cooler two years ago and added a second cooling unit. With the cooler enlargement, the remodel cost about $110,000. (Courtesy Joker’s)
This year’s Leadership Tri-Cities Class has kicked off its year of community service and leadership development. Class 24 includes, front row, from left: Brandon Andersen, Bonsai Audio; Scott Hagihara, Lamb Weston; Renée Adams, Mid-Columbia Ballet; Richa Sigdel, city of Pasco; Diane Hamlin, Kadlec; Leo Martinez Jr., Numerica Credit Union: Sara Schwan, The Children’s Reading Foundation; Julie Schroeder, Academy of Children’s Theatre; Michele DeGooyer, Medicity. Second row, from left: Megan Cook, Walla Walla Community College; Tracy Spooner, Mission Support Alliance; Adele Dallman, Washington River Protection Solutions; Kaitlin Carter, Energy Northwest; Cindy Powell, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Kelsie Smith, Columbia Basin College; Crystal Carter, Rebuilding Mid-Columbia; Patti Jones, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Co.; Lori Lott, Tri-Cities Cancer Center Foundation; Jennifer Cunnington, STCU; Hector Cruz, Visit Tri-Cities; Rebecca Weber, Department of Agriculture. Back row, from left: Jerry Cochran, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Ryan Malm, Columbia Basin College; Ben Stewart, Energy Northwest; and Marc Newman, 1st Security Bank. (Courtesy Leadership Tri-Cities)
Kids line up for balloon animals from Big Top the Clown during Kennewick’s National Night Out event on Aug. 8 at Southridge Sports and Events Complex. Face painting, archery, free food, performances and games attracted about 1,200 people to the free annual event that aims to promote police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. (Courtesy city of Kennewick)
