Volunteers steps in to complete yard for reservist headed to Iraq

By John Trumbo, Herald staff writer KENNEWICK -- A whirlwind of effort Thursday at the Kennewick home of a military reservist who's being sent to Iraq kicked off a volunteer makeover that's expected to give the family a fully landscaped yard by the end of next week. The volunteer effort was spurred after a Herald story told about how the subdivision developer had given Burke and Heidi Jensen an ultimatum to complete their landscaping, as required by the subdivision covenants. Burke Jensen has been called up for active duty, and a landscaper he'd hired apparently walked off the job, leaving the yard in bare dirt and a partially completed irrigation system. On Thursday, a crew from Montgomery Construction Sprinkler Systems Specialists in Richland began laying out concrete curbing, fabric weed barrier and spreading decorative... [read full story]