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BULLDOGS BATTLE IT OUT WITH MOUNTAIN VIEW INSIDE SPORTS Hermiston Herald era WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017 HermistonHerald.com $1.00 INSIDE WON THE BATTLE ROCKY HEIGHTS TEAM HEADED TO STATE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS COMPETITION PAGE A3 BIG DATA PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVES AMAZON DATA CENTERS NEAR HERMISTON PAGE A4 LETTERS READERS WEIGH IN ON SCHOOL BOND, DOWNTOWN PAGE A8 PERFECTION STANFIELD BASEBALL TOSSES PERFECT GAME TO START WEEKEND SWEEP PAGE A10 STAFF PHOTOS BY DANIEL WATTENBURGER Examples of the murals on the side of the Carniceria Julissa on Hermiston Avenue. Gabriel Villasenor (bottom right) paints the fi nal of four murals Saturday. CO LO R F U L A D D I T I O N TO D O W N TO W N Hermiston market Carniceria Julissa will sell meat, other foods By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN Staff Writer arniceria Julissa is a new addition to Herm- iston, but for owners Jose and Alicia Valle, it’s another expansion of their business. “I have a couple in the Tri-Cities by the same name,” Jose said. The Valles are busy preparing to open up the butcher’s shop on 292 W. Hermiston Ave. which, in addition to meat, will sell fresh produce, deli products, hot food and beverages. Alicia’s brother, Roman Orozco, will serve as the manager. The fam- ily does not have an offi cial open- ing day yet, but hopes to be open to the public some time in the next couple of weeks. In addition to groceries, the store will sell some medicine, other gen- eral items, and provide services to send money to family members in different parts of the world. See COLOR, A16 STAFF PHOTO BY JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN Jose Valle, Alicia Valle and Ramon Orozco are busy preparing the store on West Hermiston Avenue for opening in the next few weeks. The Valles own two other stores in Tri-Cities, and Orozco will serve as the manager of the Hermiston store. I Love My City effort swells to 300 Spring cleanup event set for April 8 By JADE MCDOWELL Staff Writer Hermiston will get a spring cleaning April 8 when the “I Love My City” campaign has its biggest event yet. New Hope Communi- ty Church and Templo de Fe Esperanza y Amor are joining the effort, started by Hermiston Assembly of God last fall, to show their com- munity some love through no-strings-attached service projects. Clayton Haight, See CLEANUP, A16 PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY CLAYTON HAIGHT Christina Haight, Bekah Tolman, Breena Wadekamper help promote an I Love My City free car wash in August 2016 at Les Schwab Tires in Hermiston. BRIEFLY Harkenrider Center construction to begin in April The Hermiston City Council approved a con- tract with G2 Construction on March 20 to build Herm- iston a new senior center. The Kennewick-based company will begin con- struction on the Harkenrider Center in April. The center, built with a combination of funds from a federal Com- munity Development Block Grant and the city gener- al fund, will be located on Ridgeway Avenue north- west of the Hermiston Pub- lic Library where Armand Larive Middle School once stood. G2 Construction was the low bidder of three compa- nies, with a $2,198,000 base bid plus $80,000 for an ele- vator. Mayor David Drotz- mann said he was pleased to see a bid that came in under budget and allowed for the addition of the elevator. “Considering the con- struction landscape we’ve seen, this is exciting not having to value-engineer everything,” he said. County donating dumpster for area cleanup HERMISTON — The Hermiston Kiwanis Club will tackle a major task today: cleaning up the vacant property on Theater Lane. The club is looking for more volunteers to help with the cleanup. Volunteers will gather at noon at 8th Street and Theater Lane, and hope to work for an hour or two cleaning up debris. Trash bags and water will be provided, but volunteers are asked to bring gloves and wear appropriate clothing in case of rain. The area has become an unauthorized dump site, but Kiwanis Club members are hoping to clean it all up this week. The county donated a 29 cubic-foot dumpster, which the club hopes to completely fi ll with trash.