Carl Thompson loves what he does.As the superintendent at Columbia Point Golf Course, it’shis mission – and his staff’s job – to make sure the course is in great shapefor the region’s golfers, who played close to 46,000 rounds on the Richlandcourse last year alone.Carl ThompsonAt the same time, Thompson...
Season set to open April 27 with three weekends of racingThe snowystart to this year’s horse racing season delayed training for more than a monthat Sun Downs Race Track in Kennewick. It also postponed the start of the annual six-day meet at Sun Downs.Butdon’t despair, horse race fans, the season...
When he was young, Tim Krantz wantedto be a doctor so he could take care of people.But that dream never came true for theRichland man.Instead, Krantz has spent the last 22years working in the restaurant industry, taking care of his employees andcustomers.As the director of operations foreight Olive Garden restaurants...
If you let him, Donnie Lewis will talk your ears off abouthemp and the virtues of CBD oil.He isn’t alone in his enthusiasm. Many people are turning toCBD to help with a variety of ailments, ranging from lack of sleep, anxiety anddepression to pain relief.That’s why Lewis opened a CBD...
Family-owned business also offers photography classesJim and Karen Pridemore have opened anew business at 627 The Parkway in Richland that aims to create lastingmemories.Picture Yourself is acreate-it-yourself studio for photography and videography in which customerscan rent studio time by the hour or pay for a monthly membership.The company offers various...
C and E Trenching has been digging dirt for 25 yearsCurtis Wray can be pretty self-effacingand humble.When asked what he sees his company, Cand E Trenching LLC and himself doing in five years, he said he doesn’t knowhow to do anything else.His father, Everett Wray, bought thebusiness in 1994 —...
Homeowners, hobby farmers and do-it-yourselfers will be able to shop for lawn mowers, compact tractors and utility vehicles at a new store in Kennewick this spring.The new RDO Equipment Co. concept store will open by April 1 on the south side of Kennewick Ranch Home off Columbia Center Boulevard.RDO’s new...
Barb Fangman and Scott Williams had seen how most accounting firms do business — and they wanted something different.And it’s been working. Barb FangmanThe owners of Insight Accounting Solutions have seen their Richland company — which Fangman started in 2012 — grow.“We are experiencing 50 to 70 percent growth a...
It took Jeff Bender a few years to find his calling.But it always involved golf. Yet the daily battle as a golf pro to sell golf clothing to make a few bucks didn’t do it for him.Instead, it was teaching golf. And more importantly, teaching the game to kids. Jeff...
For Mark Howell, the key to running a successful business is more than just making gobs of money.As the owner of Sandy’s Trophies in Pasco, Howell believes caring a lot about people is just as, if not more important, than the bottom line.He and his first wife bought the established...
