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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2017
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THE BOOKS COMPETITION
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BIG DATA
PLANNING COMMISSION
APPROVES AMAZON DATA
CENTERS NEAR HERMISTON
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LETTERS
READERS WEIGH IN ON
SCHOOL BOND, DOWNTOWN
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PERFECTION
STANFIELD BASEBALL TOSSES
PERFECT GAME TO START
WEEKEND SWEEP
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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.