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Jake Johnson rolls out the poly gas tubing after he and David Peña connect it to an iron pipe game riser on a job site.
For a classic American business success story, look no further than Valley Plumbing, Heating & Cooling in Mesilla, New Mexico.
The late Raul Peña, who came from a family of farm laborers, founded the company back in 1963. He was equipped with little more than utilities experience...