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Hermiston High School talent show tonight
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Melonville Comedy Festival
January 24, 2015
Hermiston Community Center
The 22nd edition of the Melonville Comedy Festival
will feature three headlining stand up comedians. The
comics have been seen on Last Comic Standing, HBO,
Comedy Central, and on the Bob and Tom Radio Show.
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Tickets $35 per person
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Doors open at 7:00, Show starts at 8:00
Tickets available at
Hermiston Chamber of Commerce
for more info: 541-561-7488
No refunds
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TO THE READERS OF
We have been informed that
Athlon Media Group – the
company that publishes
American Profile, Relish and
Spry magazines – will be
publishing American Profile twice
a month rather than weekly,
effective immediately.
The Hermiston Herald will continue
to distribute Athlon’s food magazine,
Relish, 11 times a year, with a
combined January/February issue.
We will also continue to distribute
Spry, the health and wellness
magazine, once a month.