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Buying an iPhone in Richland

Matt McGee — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:44:31 +0000

I wasn’t sure what to expect this morning at the AT&T Store in Richland. Today’s the first day you could pre-order the new iPhone 4, and in some places you’d find people lining up overnight to be at the front of the line so their order would be placed as soon as possible.

I didn’t get to the store until about 9:30 am (it opened at 9 o’clock) and was pleasantly surprised that the line wasn’t too long:

Everyone was inside, but wrapped around the main counter in a semi-circle. People were chatting, generally in a good mood, and no one seemed too upset by the long wait to buy an iPhone 4. Well, I take that back: There were a couple people in line not to buy the new iPhone, but because they’re existing phone wasn’t working. Ouch! Sorry, folks, but you picked the wrong day to have phone problems.

The line wasn’t all that bad; I think I waited about 25-30 minutes before reaching the counter. Placed my order and called it a day. Now another wait begins: The new phone isn’t due to ship until late next week.

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Buying an iPhone in Richland

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George Prout Pool: 2010 Schedule/Hours

Matt McGee — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:13:16 +0000

School’s about to end and the temperature is getting warmer, and that means a lot of Richland families will be heading to George Prout Pool for swim lessons or just to take a dip in the pool and cool off. If that’s you or your family, here’s what you need to know:

George Prout Pool 2010 Schedule

The pool will open for the summer on Saturday, June 12th. Closing date is August 22nd.

There’s a “Sizzlin’ Beach Party” event planned for July 16th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. There will be games, live entertainment, food, and prizes. The cost is $3.50 per person or $12 per family.

Public Swimming Schedule

Here’s the schedule for public swimming at George Prout Pool:

Monday through Thursday: 1:15-2:45 pm; 3:00-4:30 pm; 7:00-8:30 pm
Friday: 1:15-2:45 pm; 3:00-4:30 pm
Saturday: 1:00-2:30 pm; 2:45-4:15 pm; 4:30-6:00 pm; 6:15-7:45 pm
Sunday: 1:00-2:30 pm; 2:45-4:15 pm; 4:30-6:00 pm

And here’s what it’ll cost:

Youth (17 and under): .50 cents (resident) / .75 cents (non-resident)
Adult (18 and over): $1.50 (resident) / $2.00 (non-resident)
Family (1 visit): $3.50 (resident) / $4.75 (non-resident)
Family Season Pass: $83.50 (resident) / $111.25 (non-resident)

Lap Swimming Information

If lap swimming is more your style, designated lanes will be available on this schedule:

Monday through Friday: 12:15 – 1:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: 11:45 am – 12:45 pm

The cost is $1.25 per swim. Punch cards must be purchased at the Parks and Recreation Department (in the Richland Community Center) prior to attending.

So there you go! For more information about summer swimming, including swim lessons, please see the City of Richland web site.

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George Prout Pool: 2010 Schedule/Hours

Another Day at Hanford

Matt McGee — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:59:10 +0000

This video was just posted on YouTube, but it’s actually from some work that was done at Hanford last month. Timing aside, it’s pretty interesting to watch and when you read the video description and see things like …

“The shield door is in a key area of the WTPs High-Level Waste Vitrification (HLW) Facility and was installed to extremely tight tolerances, down to five-thousandths of an inch, or less than the diameter of a human hair.”

… you just shake your head and think, Wow. A 50-ton door built and installed to that precision level. Just another day at Hanford, right?

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Another Day at Hanford

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New Richland Dog Park Work Starts This Weekend

Matt McGee — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:59:23 +0000

Work should start this weekend on the development of a permanent dog park (called “Pawsabilities Place”) inside Richland’s Badger Mountain Community Park. We’re big fans of the dog park, so this is great news in the McGee household.

Volunteers are planning to gather at around 8 am Saturday morning to start work on installing a fence. This is part of the first phase of the permanent dog park, and it’ll involve about 2.5 acres of land. If you’d like to help out with this weekend’s work, here’s what the Tri-Cities Dog Park Society is looking for:

This is what we need April 24th at 9am (or 8am for the auger crew):

*Volunteers with wheel barrels, shovels, cordless drills, hammers, levels, string, etc.

*Portable power augers and people to run them. (The augers will need to be running by 8am so the volunteers can start setting the posts and building the fence and gates.)

*Bottled water and light lunches/snacks provided for volunteers.

If you are interested in volunteering your time, equipment, or services here is what you need to do.
Contact TCDPS Vice President Jan Davis by 5pm on Wednesday April 21st.

I’d rather not post Jan’s phone number or email address on the blog, so contact Cari or me if you’d like more information and we’ll pass it along.

This will all be possible thanks to a $16,000 donation from the Dog Park Society, which the Richland City Council is expected to accept at tonight’s meeting.

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New Richland Dog Park Work Starts This Weekend

Watch Olympia on Channel 18

Matt McGee — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:22:18 +0000

If you haven’t turned to Channel 18 on your TV in the last 24 hours or so, check it out now. Gone is UWTV and in its place is TVW — the Washington public affairs network that features live legislative sessions from Olympia, as well as a variety of government and public affairs programs about what’s happening in Washington.

You can check out the TVW web site to see what programs are on tap.

TVW just started showing on Channel 18 in Richland yesterday. UWTV used to be there, but the city says that “a lack of local interest in UWTV combined with requests for TVW led to the change in channel designation.”

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Watch Olympia on Channel 18

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Get Richland’s 2009 Annual Report

Matt McGee — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:15:42 +0000

The city of Richland is distributing its annual report for 2009, and chances are you’ve got a copy of it already — or you will soon. But just in case you miss it somehow, download the PDf from us. It’s about 300k, so should be a quick download.

I always like to check out the various stats that are on the last page. Here’s Richland’s 2009 year in numbers.

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Get Richland’s 2009 Annual Report

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CREHST Museum: Fun for All

Matt McGee — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:06:21 +0000

Okay, believe it or not, after almost 15 years of living in the Tri-Cities, I’ve finally visited the CREHST Museum in Richland. Yep, first time. We took an out-of-town guest there over the Thanksgiving weekend. Cari and the kids have been there before (several times, I think), but I never joined them.

My reaction: Love it! It’s weird — the museum is smaller than I expected, but also better than I expected.

The main level has a tour of historical Richland that you can do yourself, or go along with a guide. We did the self-tour thing, stopping at the various displays and listening to the pre-recorded audio that accompanies some of them. The focus isn’t all on Hanford, but that’s a good portion of the tour (as you’d expect). My favorite display was this one of a bunch of old Hanford signs found in a pit north of the 200 area weather station:

Also on the main level is a science exhibit that had some pretty cool hands-on things. It’s from the Mobius Science Center that will open in Spokane in 2011. There’s also a bookstore on the main level.

Downstairs there are some more displays (ABC Homes, Fish of the Columbia River, etc.) and a big room where you can watch videos related to Richland, Hanford, the Columbia Basin, etc.

We were there for about an hour, I think, maybe a little longer. It’s only $4 for adults and $3 for students, so you really can’t go wrong. Highly recommend it, especially if you’ve never visited before. CREHST is located at 95 Lee Boulevard.

In addition to the photo above, I’ve uploaded a dozen more in this Flickr photoset: CREHST Museum, Richland, WA.

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CREHST Museum: Fun for All

Going Green in Richland

Cari McGee — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:40:08 +0000

There’s an interesting new development on the table in Richland. They’re considering a new community, within the city limits, wherein all the houses are run on solar energy and the businesses are built green, too. Houses, shops, schools, everything you’d find in a non-green area, would be there. The difference? Everything built in an eco-friendly way. Hmmmm…I’m not even a huge nature lover (I’m still burned about the government making us use the new light bulbs, I hate those, as good as they are for the planet), but I could really get behind this plan. Be sure to watch the accompanying video.

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Going Green in Richland

Richland Library is hopping!

Matt McGee — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:24:28 +0000

Curious to know how things are going at the Richland Library since it reopened back in mid-July? Wonder no more, because the city says the joint is jumping.

Earlier this week, the city announced that the library has had 110,417 visits since the grand reopening in July — a 10.9% increase over the same time period last year.

“The total does not include the number of people who have used just the lobby space or shopped at the Friends Book Sale Room and did not enter the library through the security gates.”

Great to see local folks taking advantage of a great local resource, isn’t it?

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Richland Library is hopping!

Richland Going Green (and more news)

Columbia Park West – Survey #3

Matt McGee — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:35:01 +0000

I think we’ve also blogged before about the ongoing surveys that Richland and Kennewick have been using to get public input on the future of Columbia Park West — and now there’s another survey available.

It’s a six-question survey about the three alternatives that are currently on the table for Columbia Park West.

Take the survey here

Note that the survey is only open through Thursday. Sorry for not posting about it sooner.

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Columbia Park West – Survey #3