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Albert Reyes works through a three-pound burrito in the burrito-eating contest during the Mattawa Police Department’s National Night Out. The eventual champion, Greg Miller of Grant County Fire District 8, is in the background.

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August 8, 2023 1:30 a.m.

Making connections

Mattawa National Night Out a way for officers, residents to get better acquainted, chief says

MATTAWA — Joao Garcia was interested in all those mysterious things carried by Mattawa Police Department officer Edgar Villa, and Villa explained them all. Garcia was also intrigued by the police vehicles, lights flashing, sitting on the lawn in Hund Park. Villa invited him to take a look inside - Garcia could even sit in the police car if he wanted, Villa said...