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A8 BUSINESS East Oregonian Saturday, August 17, 2019 New dermatology clinic coming to Pendleton in September Silver Falls Dermatology has 27 locations throughout the Pacific Northwest By JESSICA POLLARD East Oregonian Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Magui Verdugo serves a dish to Adulfo Sanchez at the new Magui’s Antojitos y Raspados food cart located in the food cart pod near the Hermiston Post Office. Food truck pod gets new addition Magui’s Antojitos y Raspados sells fruit cups, snow cones, traditional Mexican snacks By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian HERMISTON — The inaugural food truck pod in Hermiston has a new addition. Magui’s Antojitos y Raspados sells various types of fruit cups, snow cones and traditional Mex- ican snacks. The truck’s most popular item, accord- ing to Joselyne Verdugo, is their shaved ice, which comes in a tall cup and is flavored with real fruit and cream. Joselyne said her mother, Magui Verdugo, makes most of the items from scratch. Her mom, she said, bought the bright green truck on a whim. “It was really sponta- neous,” she said. “My mom fell in love with the color, and she’s always doing stuff like this, making cute little food things.” The Hermiston family expects they won’t likely make much money in the remaining weeks of this season, but they hope to get their name out there and be more established next year. The food truck joined Southern Twain BBQ and Tacos Garcia last week at the city’s new summer food truck pod on Orchard Ave- nue across from the post office. Known as Third Street Eats, the pod opened as a pilot program in April and the city provided tables and shade. Joselyne said that so far not many food trucks had signed on, but she knows of a few different people who are planning to open a truck there eventually. “Hopefully this becomes more of a thing, but it’s been fun so far,” she said. Magui’s Antojitos y Raspados plans to add more items to their menu as they go along, and are consider- ing expanding their hours past 8 p.m. since more peo- ple seem to be drawn to the food pod in the evening when it’s cooler out. BRIEFLY Arrowhead gets pumped up with customer event MISSION — A lawn party is planned at Arrowhead Travel Plaza. The customer appreciation event is Wednesday, Aug. 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Arrowhead, located off Interstate 84 at Exit 216. It features special fuel discounts, free food, live music and giveaways. People are invited to get pumped up by getting out of their cars and moving to the music of Nuketown or listen in on a live remote on 103.5 KWHEAT. Peo- ple are encouraged to register for Rewards on the Rez program, which offers instant fuel discounts, bonus points and random prizes. For more information, contact mary.lib- erty@wildhorseresort.com, 541-276-8080 or visit www.arrowheadtravelplaza.com. — East Oregonian staff PENDLETON — One of the largest dermatology groups in the Northwest, Sil- ver Falls Dermatology, will be opening its doors in Pend- leton next month. Der matology-trained family nurse practitioner Lorrie Weldon will be the primary care provider at the clinic. She’s new to the Sil- ver Falls team, and is coming from California. “I visited Pendleton and I liked the town, the people there seem very friendly,” she said. Weldon has nursing degrees from John Hopkins School of Nursing and the University of California, San Francisco. She said she looks forward to providing care in the area. “Most people might have to commute to Washington for dermatology care right now,” she said. “There’s a need.” Dr. John Young, who founded Sil- ver Falls Der matol- ogy and Weldon A l l e r g y, said the clinic is special in the sense that Weldon will be linked into an electronic platform that allows her to communicate with and get information from other der- matology specialists that work with Silver Falls, across the region, in real time. “Our model is kind of like teledermatology on ste- roids,” Young said. “That’s worked very well for us, allowing us to take care of lesser served areas.” The Pendleton location is the 27th Silver Falls Derma- tology clinic to open in the Pacific Northwest. Young, who is originally from New Orleans, said inspiration for starting Sil- ver Falls Dermatology came from his time as a flight sur- geon in the Air Force. “In the military, I found it was hard to get people into specialists. I wanted to be a specialist who was embracing the primary care world by providing OFFICE LOCATION Silver Falls Dermatology will open and start accept- ing new patients on Sept. 3. The clinic will be located at 1100 Southgate, Suite 6, Pendleton. Those interest- ed can call 541-210-5771 for information or to set up an appointment access,” he said. Young studied at Loui- siana State University, and went on to earn his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. The Pendleton clinic will provide diagnosis and treat- ment of hair, skin and nail conditions like acne, psoria- sis, bacterial and viral infec- tions and herpes. They also provide allergy-immunology services. The office will accept most insurance plans, including Medicaid. “For the foreseeable future, we’ll have the capac- ity to have people seen the same week they call. We try to keep our waits and our waiting lists short,” said Rachael Rossman, market- ing director for Silver Falls. Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde purchase paper mill site By MONICA SAMAYOA Oregon Public Broadcasting WILLAMETTE FALLS — The Con- federated Tribes of Grand Ronde final- ized their purchase of the former Blue Heron paper mill site at Willamette Falls on Wednesday. Once home to the Charcowah vil- lage of the Clowewalla, the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde bought the 23-acre site from Washington developer George Heidgerken. The property is located within the tribes’ ancestral homelands and holds significant historical and cultural impor- tance for the Grand Ronde. “This is a historic day for the Grand Ronde Tribe and our people,” Cheryle A. Kennedy, chairwoman for the Confed- erated Tribes of Grand Ronde, said in a statement. “Since 1855 the government has worked to disconnect our people from our homelands. Today, we’re reclaiming a piece of those lands and resurrecting our role as caretakers to Willamette Falls — a responsibility left to us by our ancestors.” The area is part of the lands ceded to the United States government under the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855. Follow- ing the treaty, tribal members were forcibly removed from Willamette Falls and relo- cated to Grand Ronde. Meet Our New Internist Bradley Tymchuk, MD Internal Medicine physician, Bradley Tymchuk, MD, values his patients’ individual needs, while building a strong relationship through empowerment, education and trust. Dr. Tymchuk is welcoming new patients, 18 and older, for primary short-term care, as well as long-term care for various simple and complex diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, gastrointestinal issues, hypertension, cholesterol problems and lung issues. Dr. Tymchuk also has extensive knowledge of musculoskeletal health having practiced as a chiropractor for over ten years. 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