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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015
HPD to meet
with DA
after vehicle
investigation
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gating a vehicle implicated
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perwork and making sure
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to sit down with the DA’s
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years.
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to purchase data storage and new wear the cameras on their epaulets
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shifts, he said, they plug the camera
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mandated to take a camera out daily
as part of their uniform,” Edmiston
said. “I want to write a (recording)
policy that includes the common
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TEACHER SHORTAGE
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TODAY’S WEATHER
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McKenzie Warden, a Hermiston School District substitute teacher, teaches a science lesson to students at Armand Larive Middle School Tuesday afternoon.
Warden substitutes regularly in the Hermiston School District, mainly at the middle schools and high school.
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proving, teachers who had third of the teachers in the
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This year’s event
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In the more than 10 years that
Vincent Trevino has organized the
Stations of the Cross presentation for
Our Lady of Angels Catholic Parish,
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begin at noon Friday in the parking lot
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wind its way up to the top of the Butte.
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noon Friday in the parking lot across
from the church, 565 Hermiston
Ave. in Hermiston, and winds its
way up to the top of the Butte. Along
the way, stops are made to tell the
story of Jesus’ ordeal.
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Local church sponsoring
community service website
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open to everyone, not just LDS
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gregations got involved with the
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munity service suiting their interests.
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