Archive | May, 2009
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Free Movies at Fairchild Cinemas in Pasco

by Matt McGee on May 30, 2009 in Pasco Life

Update: If you’re looking for the current free movie schedule at Fairchild Cinemas, please see this post:
Fairchild Cinemas: 2010 Free Summer Movie Schedule
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School is almost out, and just like they’ve done in the past, Pasco’s Fairchild Cinemas is helping save the summer with free movies! The showings start in late June and run for almost [...]

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Tall Ships in Pasco

by Matt McGee on May 22, 2009 in Pasco Events

Yes, the tall ships are in Pasco, and no, the McGee family is not out there (yet).
The Lady Washington (pictured in San Francisco recently) and the Hawaiin Chieftain are here for the rest of the month, docked at Cascade Marina on 4th Street. There are scheduled tours and a few different kinds of sailing [...]

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Too Many Pasco Restaurants Closing

by Matt McGee on May 22, 2009 in Pasco Business

Couldn’t help but notice that there’ve been a few notable restaurant closings in Pasco lately:
Lil’ Pardner’s Restaurant closed up shop back at the end of March.
In April, Quiznos and Nick-N-Willy’s pizza both shut their doors.
I don’t know if this is just coincidence or if the economy is hitting Pasco hard, but with all [...]

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CBC Hit Hard by State Budget Cuts

CBC Hit Hard by State Budget Cuts

by Matt McGee on May 11, 2009 in Pasco News, Pasco Schools

Ouch. CBC has just announced what I’d call massive cuts to both staff and educational programs based on decreased state education funding.
For 2010, the school’s operations budget has been cut by almost $3.5 million. Here’s what that means:

enrollment will be cut by “up to one thousand” FTE students
55 staff and faculty positions will be eliminated [...]

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Pasco High Hires New Football Coach

by Matt McGee on May 5, 2009 in Pasco Schools

I don’t think we post much sports-related stuff here on the blog, but anytime one of the high schools loses or hires a football coach, it’s big news.
And today Pasco High School announced that former player Dustin Lamb, who’s now 32, will be taking over the reins of the Bulldogs varsity football team. Lamb has [...]

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Pasco schools turn down money from cellular companies

by Matt McGee on May 5, 2009 in Pasco Schools

The Herald ran a story this week about improved cell phone reception coming to portions of West Pasco, which is all very good and worth reading if it affects you.
But the article talks about how the Pasco School District has now twice turned down cell companies who wanted to pay to place towers on [...]

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