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LOCAL A6 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAy, AuguST 28, 2019 HH file photo Pool staff teach swim lessons in 2015 at the Hermiston Family Aquatic Center. Staff photo by Jade McDowell Julie Lara owns JB Brick Company, pictured here, with her husband Bobby Lara. LEGO store opens in Hermiston By JADE MCDOWELL NEWS EDITOR When a Corvallis LEGO store announced they were going out of business, Julie and Bobby Lara saw the perfect opportunity to get into the LEGO business themselves. They purchased most of the store’s stock and opened JB Brick Company in Hermiston at the beginning of August. The store, located inside 295 E Main St. in Suite #3W, offers up new and used sets of LEGOs as well as loose pieces by the bag and a “build your own fig- ure” station where kids can comb through bins of pants, shirts, heads and hair for the perfect combination. “Star Wars LEGOs have definitely been the most popular since opening,” Julie said. “Boys, girls, adults — everybody is look- ing for them.” They also buy LEGOs from people, from full col- lectors’ sets to the “rub- bermaid container in the garage.” Julie said she and Bobby recently took home a 3,000- piece Death Star to build and make sure all the pieces were there since it did not come with a parts list. They didn’t mind — LEGOs are as much a hobby as they are a business for the Laras. Julie said her love of LEGOs started when she was a young child. “My dad got me into them,” she said. “He would buy me a set and I would immediately take it apart because I would want to build something new.” Her husband, a union crane operator, didn’t under- stand her hobby at first, but he showed his support by building display cases for her ever-growing collection at home. “Then he discovered their construction line, and he was like, ‘Wow, this really moves, just like I do on my job!’” she said, pointing to a giant blue crane on display in the shop. “So now he has his own collection.” She said they are excited to share their hobby with people and hope they come down and check out the new store, which is open Wednesday through Saturday. Citation issued in Hermiston crash HERMISTON HERALD Following an investiga- tion, police have issued one citation following a two-ve- hicle crash that happened on Highway 395 near Walmart on Aug. 19. Higinio Hernandez-San- chez, 54, of Plymouth, Washington, was cited for careless driving. Hernandez-Sanchez was turning from East Cornell Place onto Highway 395 in a red 2005 Dodge Neon outside Walmart when he hit Steven Brockett, 60, of Hermiston. Brockett was riding a 2007 Honda motorcycle, and was transported to Good Shepherd Medical Center. Hermiston Police chief Jason Edmiston said that the report has been sent to the District Attorney’s Office to review potential charges against Brockett, who has a felony suspended license due to three past DUII convictions. Hermiston Family Aquatic Center to reopen Aug. 31 HERMISTON HERALD The Hermiston Family Aquatic Center is expected to reopen to the public on Aug. 31 after flooding put it out of commission. On the morning of Aug. 20 city staff discovered that the pool’s mechanical room had flooded, submerging five pumps that were not designed to get wet. A local repair shop is working to take the pumps apart, dry them out and replace damaged parts. Parks and recreation director Larry Fetter had origi- nally stated the “optimistic” timeline would be reopening the aquatic center on Saturday, but on Thursday said the repairs will take longer than that. The pool will be available for Hermiston High School’s swim team practices starting Tuesday, but due to most of the pool’s lifeguards going back to school next week, it will only be open for public swim Aug. 31-Sept. 2. Lap swimming will be available from 6-7 p.m. Monday through Friday starting Sept. 3. Tri-Cities Cancer Center opens Hermiston satellite office By JADE MCDOWELL NEWS EDITOR Cancer patients won’t have to travel as far for all of their appointments after the Tri-Cities Cancer Center opened a satellite office in Hermiston. The new office is located in the Good Shepherd Medical Center plaza, 600 N.W. 11th St., Suite E-23. While radiation treatment will not take place there, patients will be able to visit for other types of appointments, such as consultations, follow-ups and support services. “We want to ensure that our patients are served well across the region,” Chuck DeGooyer, CEO of the Tri-Cit- ies Cancer Center, said in a statement. “With many of our patients coming from Hermiston and the surround- ing communities, we want to make it easier for them to receive their cancer care and support close to their home.” They will partner with Good Shep- herd and Kadlec Medical Center of Richland, allowing Good Shepherd doctors to refer patients just down the hall for consultations. The center will initially be open every Monday, and will be staffed by radiation oncologist Dr. Guy Jones. Ken Gamboa, director of market- ing for TRCC, said the center plans to offer some public education and screening events at the Hermiston cen- ter as well. 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