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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2016
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MEMORIAL
Candlelight vigil
planned for
Stanfield teen
By ALEXA LOUGEE
Staff Writer
LAST HURRAH AT FARM-CITY
Six area natives close
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back to bid
By ALEXA LOUGEE
Staff Writer
STAFF PHOTOS BY E.J. HARRIS
Above: Cole Melancon of Liberty, Texas, rides Comatose for 83.5 points in bull
riding Saturday at the Farm-City Pro Rodeo in Hermiston.
Top: Callahan Crossley of Hermiston rounds a barrel on her way to a 17.21-second
ride in barrel racing Saturday at the Farm-City Pro Rodeo in Hermiston.
Shane
Erickson of
Terrebonne
ropes his
calf in 9.3
seconds
in tie down
roping
Saturday
at the Farm
City Pro
Rodeo in
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STAFF PHOTO BY JADE MCDOWELL
Carlos Hernandez gets ready to clean up tools from a restoration project by O
So Kleen, where he was hired for a summer job after catching the eye of owner
Dave Smith during the Columbia Basin Student Homebuilding Project.