Contest Details

1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize will be selected by a panel of judges the evening of Wednesday, December 1st and announced to the public on the evening of the Cocoa and Carols event on December 3rd, 2010. People’s Choice Award will be voted on by the public, from December 1st through December 21st, with ballot box placed at the Grandview Chamber of Commerce office at 133 W Second Street.

Businesses that are interested in participating please contact the Chamber at (509) 882-2100 or info@visitgrandview.org and provide your business name, address and contact information or you can register your entry information with the form below.

Judging Criteria

All windows must be completed before 3:00 PM on December 1st. The windows will receive points based on:

• Creative Lighting
• Creative Signage
• Extra Points: Use of Sound and/or Animation
• Creativity in Display
• Visual/Aesthetic Appeal
• Use of the “Olde Fashioned Christmas” Theme
• Creative use of businesses’ products/services

Prizes will be awarded for 1st Place Plaque and a $100 Prize, 2nd Place Plaque and a $50.00 Prize, and 3rd Place – Plaque and $25 Prize

People’s Choice Award – Plaque and a Free Banner Advertisement for 60 days on the Chamber Websites www.visitgrandview.org

All participating businesses will be listed on the www.visitgrandview.org website.

Artists and art students interested in volunteering to assist with decorating are encouraged to submit their information on the website using the registration form for volunteer artists. Your information will be listed so that participating businesses can contact you directly.

Window painting paints are available at our local Ace Hardware store.

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Information on the shelters: Located at the First Christian Church: 8th and Decatur for the Gentlemen and at the Free Methodist Church: 11th and Lincoln for the Ladies. Sign-in is at 6:00pm-6:45pm nightly. Dinner and breakfast are served daily. Shelter is open 6:00pm-6:30am beginning between Nov. 15^th and Dec. 1^st (Dependent on weather and volunteer participation.)

Donation drop-off and assistance appointment scheduling is every Wed. from 12:00-1:00pm. Location: 321 S. Decatur in Sunnyside. Only documented service animals are permitted.

Further questions? Call: Joe 509-837-8372.

For more information, please contact Carolyn at 509-882-8600 or email cschlax@gsd200.org.

You may contact me in the Yakima office at (509) 574-0174 or Jack Fitzgerald at the Sunnyside office at (509) 836-1125 if you have any questions.

QUESTION: Shouldn’t the County Seat should be located where most of the population base is located?

ANSWER: There are already 13 other counties in Washington State where the County Seat is NOT located where the population base is; take for example King County. King County Courthouse is in Seattle, but the King County Justice Center is in Kent. Benton County Courthouse is in Prosser, but the Benton County Justice Center is in Kennewick.

QUESTION: How much would it cost to move?

ANSWER: This is the confusing part. If the they choose to move only the county commissioner’s and the road engineer’s offices, then the cost is $8,600, But moving the remaining 63 Prosser employees to Kennewick would require leasing office space, which would drive the 10-year county seat move cost to about $3.1 million. That includes $1.9 million moving costs and fixing up space at the Benton County Justice Center in Kennewick and paying $1.2 million to lease about 11,000 square feet of additional office space in Kennewick.

*Facts from Economic Impact Statement, Entrex Consulting, Bellingham, WA

QUESTION: Is this the first time voters have been asked to move the county seat?

ANSWER: No. Voters said “No” to moving the County Seat in 1912, 1922, 1976 and in 1984. Washington State’s highest court, unanimously said NO, again in 2004.

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Grandview gathered for its centennial photo last Saturday. Photo Brad Smith

Grandview turned out in style for the community photo on Saturday, April 25. The weather cooperated and community members young and old gathered at the center of downtown for the community photo. The photo was taken at the same location as a historic photo taken in 1916.

Teresa Kollmar smiles as she descends from the ladder after taking the official photo. Photo Brad Smith

The official photo was taken by Theresa Kollmar at the top of Fire Department Ladder Truck 18. Kollmar was under the close eye of Craig Taylor, Grandview Firefighter of the Year.

Community members can purchase a copy of the official photo by contacting the city. The official photo was taken from the top of the ladder. The photo at the right was taken from on top of the fire engine.

A presentation on the school safety survey results will be presented. The Healthy Youth Survey is taken by students to find out their perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors regarding a wide range of health-related issues and is a collaborative effort between OSPI, the Department of Health, the Office of Community Development, and the Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse.

Grandview United is currently surveying the community about some of these same issues. Surveys are available online at www.grandviewunited.org. The community is invited to participate in this survey. The data will be used to develop a data bank of people interested in providing mentoring or other skills with the youth of Grandview. The surveys focus on safety and activities that youth of Grandview would like to see in our community.

Grandview United will be hosting a community meeting on May 5th at 5:00 p.m. at Compass High School/Administration Building. The results of the Healthy Youth Survey as well as look at the current responses from the survey underway by Grandview United will be presented. Parents, students, and community members are invited to attend.