A community volunteer day for rolling out the sod is planned Friday to finish landscaping the home of reservist Burke Jensen and his wife Heidi.
The developer of the Oak Hill Estates subdivision off Oak Street in south Kennewick threatened legal action because Jensen did not have his 2.5-acre property landscaped before Jensen was deployed to the Middle East.
The volunteer effort coordinated by Montgomery Construction of Richland has brought dozens of people and businesses together to put in the new yard, including 18,000 square feet of sod to be laid Friday.
Tim Montgomery said anyone who wants to volunteer can show up Friday morning after 9 a.m. A flagpole dedication at 2 p.m. Sunday will include an opportunity for volunteers to put their handprints in wet concrete as a helping hands gesture for the Jensens when they return to Kennewick next fall.
Heidi Jensen, who gave birth to the couple's first child this summer, is living with relatives in another state while her husband is overseas.
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Mary J. Jensen
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Mary Jane Jensen, 71, of Pasco, died Sept. 15 in Kennewick.
She was born in Bremerton and lived in the Tri-Cities since 2004. She was a homemaker.
Mueller's Chapel of the Falls, Kennewick, is in charge of arrangements.
Resource center seeks donations, volunteers
Resource center seeks donations, volunteers
The Family Resource Center is sponsoring a Thanksgiving dinner for families with children with developmental disabilities.
This year's goal is to feed 500 individuals. Donations and volunteers are needed.
The dinner will begin at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 18 at Go Bowl, 2799 W. Lewis in Pasco.
Mid-Columbia births for Tue, Sep 6, 2011
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JIMENEZ -- Carrie and Fred, Pasco, boy, Sept. 2.
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Family Resource Center to reopen
Family Resource Center to reopen
Yadira Galván still is dealing with the aftermath of an April 1 car accident that injured her and her three children.
But that isn't going to keep The Family Resource Center, also called El Centro Familiar de Recursos, closed any longer.
Galván, the charity's director, is reopening it Monday, and holding an open house from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at its new Kennewick location to reintroduce the service to the community.
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