HOT TOPICS: SOUTH WENATCHEE - ROAD TO RENEWAL
City sues over ‘junky’ yard
Homeowner says eclectic collection is ‘yard art,’ not junk
WENATCHEE — The city has filed suit against a South Wenatchee couple who have refused to clean up their property as part of a neighborhood revitalization project. The lawsuit against Gene and Melba Duell was filed Friday in Chelan County Superior Court.
Published 9/1/2011
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South Wenatchee: A place where families can get a start
Longtime and former residents remember South Wenatchee as a thriving, friendly and safe community where families could afford to make a start. From the late 1920s through the 1960s, South Wenatchee Avenue was busy with a lineup of apple warehouses, grocery stores, shops and businesses.
Published 7/23/2011
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Most south-side neighbors complying with cleanup
WENATCHEE — The good news: Code violations in the city’s south end are down since the big cleanup day six weeks ago. The bad news: Violations are still out there.
Published 5/21/2011
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City’s pushing it too far, homeowner says
WENATCHEE — As code enforcement officers drove by, shooting photos of property violations, Gene Duell walked out his front door and into a front yard filled with old cars, old machinery, old lawn chairs and overturned buckets. He gave this reporter an earful.
Published 5/21/2011
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12-year-old gets some recognition for his long cleanup day
WENATCHEE — Solho Yepez was supposed to just stand there and count how many tires people dropped off at a city cleanup event last month. But the 12-year-old quickly became bored with writing numbers on a clipboard. So when the line of people wanting to dispose of old tires started ...
Published 5/21/2011
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Cleanup day a tire-rolling success
WENATCHEE — More than 400 local residents brought in their old tires, scrap metal, beat-up furniture and miscellaneous yard clutter during Wenatchee’s free cleanup day Saturday. Free disposal of old tires — there’s usually a fee — seemed to be a major attraction for South Wenatchee residents, where city officials ...
Published 4/5/2011
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Volunteers make quick work of debris
WENATCHEE — Catherine Olsen was amazed at how fast her yard got cleaned up Saturday. It took about an hour for four to five volunteers to haul away what Olsen calls “lots of debris — old tires, piles of wood, rear axles and scrap metal.”
Southend cleanup day gets boost from community groups
Published 4/4/2011
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Spring cleaning South Wenatchee
WENATCHEE — The city says an area of South Wenatchee is run-down and the message is: Time for spring cleaning. Some residents agree and are diligently throwing away garbage, cutting weeds and moving junk vehicles. Others, however, say the mess isn’t theirs or they can’t identify what city officials consider ...
City tells run-down neighborhoods to clean up property code violations
Published 4/1/2011
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Cleanup notices don’t faze landlords
WENATCHEE — Zane Poltz says the cleanup project is a good thing. The longtime Wenatchee landlord owns 16 properties in the cleanup area. “I think it’s being done in an intelligent manner,” Poltz said. “Right now, they’re not coming down hard on anybody; they’re pointing out the problems.”
Published 4/1/2011
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