Notice of public hearing for Badger Mountain Rock Pit 3 SW

Notice is metformin weight loss side effects hereby given that the Douglas County Hearing Examiner will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, May 24, 2012, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the Douglas County Public Services Building hearing room at 140 19th Street N.W. in East Wenatchee to consider the following: Douglas County Transportation has submitted a Conditional Use Permit application to expand Pit 3 SW from 3 acres to 13.85...
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Shockers fast pitch loses 18-2 to Nannies

By Gage metformin 500 mg for weight loss White On the cold evening of May 9, the Waterville Shockers fast pitch team battled the Pateros Nannies. The team took the field with nothing but good intentions in mind. Prevailing in cooperation and attitude, the squad still faced many challenges as the Nannies whizzed past the Shockers with speed and agility. During the first inning everything seemed bleak, but the Shockers didn’t...
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Two Waterville track athletes qualify for Districts

The Waterville High School track team has two athletes who qualified for districts. Robert Parcells and Mitchell Clements will compete at Eastmont High School at 11 a.m. Saturday. Students, friends and family are encouraged to attend. Parcells will compete in the 100 meter dash, the 800 meter run, high jump and long jump. Clements will compete in the triple jump.
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Town Council discusses reconstruction projects

By Jacquelynn McCarty The meeting started promptly at 7:30 p.m. After the call to order and the successful movement to pay the town’s bills, Mayor Royal DeVaney skipped ahead to item three on the agenda to the Humane Society. Wenatchee Valley Animal Control Officer Jodi White gave her quarterly report. Things seem to have gone rather smoothly over the last three months regarding Waterville’s...
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Mansfield students welcome spring with song

By Adrienne Douke Mansfield School’s pre-school through 12th grade students presented their annual spring concert to a crowd of music aficionados May 1 in the school’s gymnasium. The concert began with the pre-schoolers singing “There is Thunder” in their high sweet voices, and progressed chronologically from kindergarten to high school. Mansfield school has a long, rich history of spring...
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Resurfacing work begins on Highway 2

By Joel Harding Residents of Waterville have noticed work being done on the sidewalks along the stretch of Highway 2 that runs through town. These repairs are the first step in a larger project that will improve the statewide thoroughfare from Orondo to Moses Coulee (27 miles). A similar process will be occurring in the 18 miles of Highway 172 from Farmer almost to Mansfield. Both projects are...
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Waterville high school seniors present culminating projects

By Joel Harding On the evening of May 7, Waterville High School seniors presented their culminating projects to members of the community. According to a packet they received as they began work last October, the purpose of the Culminating Project is to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate their academic ability and their ability to apply management and problem-solving skills to a...
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Mansfield School performs annual play

By Adrienne Douke Mansfield School presented their annual play “Windows and Games, or, When in Chicago” April 20 and 21 to an enthusiastic audience for three showings. The first performance was a Friday afternoon matinée at 1 p.m. for the students, followed by an evening show at 7 p.m., and finally a dinner theatre Saturday at 7 p.m. This year’s play focused on the Prohibition era of the...
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Bob Brown hired as new fair manager

By Joel Harding Bob Brown has replaced Larry Nelson as fair manager of the North Central Washington District Fair. Brown is preparing not only for this year’s fair, but also for other activities common to the “off-season.” Brown sees many of these happenings as very important, since they allow the community to benefit not only from the fair itself, but from the facility that houses it. This...
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Douglas County students participate in NCW Envirothon

By Jacquelynn McCarty South Douglas Conservation District hosted this year’s Envirothon on April 2 at the Badger Mountain Ski Hill just outside Waterville. They couldn’t have asked for better weather. Carol Cowling was in charge of coordinating this year’s event. “The Envirothon is a hands-on, in-the-field competition between area high school students,” Cowling said. Judges from the...
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