PAGE A4, KEIZERTIMES, FEBRUARY 22, 2019
Help shape public policy
on alcohol consumption
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
A nearly year-long effort
by the Marion County Health
and Human Service Depart-
ment (HHS) is reaching its
next phase with two opportu-
nities for public input.
For the past year, the de-
partment has been assembling
stakeholders to determine
what is the most pressing
public health issue in Marion
County.
“After looking at over 30
data sources, and examin-
ing more than 90 indicators,
the data assessment group has
prioritized alcohol use as the
area of focus as we wrap up
the assessment and move in to
program planning,” said Susan
McLauchlin, substance abuse
and problem gambling preven-
tion program coordinator.
Now, HHS offi cials are
looking at how problematic al-
cohol consumption is affecting
local communities and inviting
anyone to participate in how
the effort proceeds from here.
A town hall meeting is
scheduled for Tuesday, Feb.
26, from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. at
Broadway Recovery Services,
3325 Harold Drive N.E. in
Salem. Participants are invited
to share experiences , thoughts
and ideas about alcohol use
and its impacts.
On Friday, March 1, HHS
is seeking input specifi cally
on the impacts of alcohol on
young adults. That meeting is
slated for 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Wil-
lamette University’s Putnam
University Center, 900 State
Street in Salem.
Information
gathered
during both sessions will be
used to craft public health pro-
grams and provide resources
for meeting local needs.
Some of the factors stake-
holders considered during
their examination of public
health needs included: the
large number of events in
Marion County that are built
around alcohol consumption,
allowing the sales of alcohol in
three of Salem’s largest parks
and a general increase in the
number of areas where alcohol
is available at the point of retail
and in social gatherings.
Some of the preliminary
solutions to the problem in-
clude: normalizing designated
driver choices, increasing shut-
tle systems and reducing con-
sumption during large-scale,
alcohol-driven events
Such steps fall under the
umbrella of harm reduction.
Chemeketa narrows president search
Chemeketa Community College is hosting
a series of community forums with the fi ve fi -
nalists in its pursuit of a new college president.
Community forums with each prospectswill
take place on the Chemeketa campus Building
2, Room 170 Feb. 25 through March 1 from 4
to 5 p.m.
Candidates and there forum dates are:
Monday, Feb. 25, Robert Wynegar,
Ed.D., currently president of the College of
The Albemarle in Elizabeth City, N.C.
Tuesday, Feb. 26, Kimberlee Messina,
Ed.D., currently interim vice president of in-
struction at Clovis Community College in
Clovis, Calif.
Wednesday, Feb. 27, Tod Treat, Ph.D., cur-
rently interim vice president for instruction at
Wenatchee Valley College in Wenatchee, Wash.
Thursday, Feb. 28, Julie White, Ph.D., cur-
rently senior vice president of student engage-
ment and learning support at Onondaga Com-
munity College in Syracuse, N.Y.
Friday, March 1 - Jessica Howard, Ph.D., cur-
rently campus president, Southeast Campus,
Portland Community College in Portland.
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Marion County Health and Human Services is looking to redefi ne local norms when it comes to
alcohol consumption. Two public input sessions are set for next week.
Rather than seeking to pro-
hibit or put in place outright
bans, public policy is enacted
to reduce harm to some of the
most vulnerable segments of
the population. Hood River
recently set out to combat the
public perception of the city as
a party town – an image bol-
stered by data revealing it had
the highest per capita sales and
consumption of alcohol in the
state.
Rather than looking to
close down bars, breweries, ci-
deries and other outlets, public
offi cials engaged owners who
increased training for bartend-
ers, servers, security and event
coordinators, asked for com-
mitments from local law en-
forcement agencies to enforce
liquor laws and reworked event
licenses based on the behavior
of the licensee and community
norms. As a result, public per-
ception is changing.
The end goal of all this in-
vestigation and planning is to
arrive at policy solutions with
the potential to change an en-
tire population – by raising the
standards of the community –
rather than risk and prevention
needs of individuals.
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