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VOLUME 109 ɿ NUMBER 35
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U.S. Cellular Hermiston store manager Skyler Gregory shows some of the newest phones that people can try out, thanks to a
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What: New ‘Generation 5’
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Where: 650 N. First St., Suite
A, Hermiston
Hours: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Mondays through Fridays,
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noon to 5 p.m. Sundays
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