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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 2015
139th Year, No. 216
Your Weekend
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Muddy Frogwater
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Silent auction fundraiser
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see Coming Events, 5A
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Catch a movie
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break of hip-hop’s N.W.A.
For showtime, Page 5A
For review, Weekend EO
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Hermiston Cinco de Mayo Queen Sara Lomas, left, and Princess Hillary Fernandez, second from left, react to the heat after eating their fi rst
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See BELL/10A
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