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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
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On the road for health in Grant County Flaggers set for
Kathy Cancilla,
program offer
lessons for life
By Bill Banaszek
To the Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – Driv-
ing the highways of Grant
County is nothing new for
Kathy Cancilla, Healthy
Together Project coordi-
nator who lives near John
Day.
The project brings the
community together to start
talking about and taking
actions toward improving
health outcomes. The effort
seeks all voices.
“We offer transportation
to the monthly meetings
either by the local People
Mover service or, well,
me,” said Cancilla.
Getting Grant Coun-
ty residents talking about
local health issues and
ways to resolve them was
the purpose of the Eastern
Oregon Coordinated Care
Organization’s (EOCCO)
health transformation grant
to Community Counseling
Solutions, which contracts
to provide health services
in Grant and three other
Eastern Oregon counties.
The project reflects
community
partnerships
between Community Coun-
seling Solutions, Commu-
nity Health Improvement
Plan, Grant County Health
Kathy Cancilla
and Mental Health Depart-
ments, GC Economic De-
velopment, the local Com-
munity Advisory Council,
Strawberry
Wilderness
Community Clinic, Blue
Mountain Hospital, Or-
egon Department of Hu-
man Services, Safe Com-
munities Coalition, Grant
School District, Families
First Parent Resource Cen-
ter and Advantage Dental
Services.
Healthy Together holds
roundtable meetings that
give residents opportuni-
ties to learn more about
different health issues each
month, with speakers in a
variety of fields – such as
physicians, dentists, thera-
pists, a psychiatrist, nurse
practitioners and dental hy-
gienists.
The most recent was
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a roundtable on Aging
Gracefully with Family and
Friends, offering a chance
to talk about issues af-
fecting the behavioral and
medical health of seniors.
“There isn’t respite care
or a lot of peer support in
such rural communities,”
Cancilla noted.
Future meetings will
focus on chronic illness,
age appropriate screenings
– with personal survival
stories – and how to sustain
change in healthy behav-
iors.
The programs also in-
clude activities that re-
late to the meeting top-
ics. They’ve included
healthy cooking classes
sponsored by the OSU
Extension office, walking
groups led by community
members, tai-chi classes
led by a physical therapist
from Blue Mountain Hos-
pital, and meditation class-
es led by therapists from
Community
Counseling
Services.
There are incentives for
joining in on the program
and discussion. Cancilla
called on more than 30 lo-
cal businesses, receiving
donations for the door priz-
es given away at the meet-
ings.
“Some of the favorites
are pharmacy gift certifi-
cates, free eye exams, son-
ic toothbrushes, cookbooks
and fruit baskets,” Cancilla
said.
The average age of peo-
ple who attend is between
40 and 65 years old. Addi-
tional daytime events are
being planned specifically
for seniors, and Cancilla is
planning several education-
al, health-related outings.
The coordinated care
model seeks to help com-
munities with health trans-
formation grants that jump-
start programs like Healthy
Together.
For more information,
meeting schedule or trans-
portation, contact Kathy
Cancilla at kathy.cancilla@
yahoo.com or call 541-620-
8261.
Bill Banaszek is a public
affairs specialist with the
Oregon Health Authority.
This article is reprinted
from OHA Health Stories,
on the OHA website.
County plans HR training for managers
CANYON CITY – Grant
County officials will gath-
er next week to discuss
a schedule and topics for
personnel training to bring
managers up to speed on
hiring, firing and discipline
practices.
County Judge Scott My-
ers said last week the meet-
ing arose out of discussions
about whether to hire a hu-
man resources officer for
the county.
He said the county has
a number of newer depart-
ment heads who have not
had human resources train-
ing, and others who haven’t
had a brush-up on the laws
in some time.
Myers told the County
Court in its April 29 meeting
the trainings can’t be man-
dated for department heads
who are elected. However,
he and Court members said
they would like them to be
“highly recommended.”
They said the idea was
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thanks to a grant from the
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administered by the Grant
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project.
The Summer at the Youth
Arts Program, which sponsors
a summer arts camp for Grant
County youth, ages 8-18, will
use their $500 toward provid-
ing quality arts education to
local children.
The funds were part of a
one time-grant offered by the
Gray Family Foundation for
the Council’s general operat-
ing support purposes.
welcomed by managers at a
previous meeting.
The Court scheduled a
work session with depart-
ment heads for May 13 to
hash out the topics and tim-
ing of the training.
Myers said he wants the
training to be held in Grant
County, to avoid the cost of
sending employees out of
the area.
The training could be of-
fered at more than one time,
to allow for schedule con-
flicts.
The human resources is-
sues also arose during the
county’s budget committee
hearings, which included a
discussion with CityCounty
Insurance Services consul-
tant Sharon Harris.
Myers said Harris “saw
a vast need” for changes
and updates in the county’s
paperwork, and new forms
were needed to address that.
Stemming from that dis-
cussion, Harris prepared an
update of the employment
application, which was ac-
cepted by the Court.
Human resources issues
rose to the forefront in the
past year, as a county em-
ployee and a job applicant
filed separate discrimina-
tion lawsuits stemming from
comments made during a
hiring discussion.
The lawsuit filed by
James Gravley, former pa-
role and probation officer,
was dismissed in March
after he was awarded a
$100,000 settlement. A sep-
arate lawsuit filed by Terry
Hanson, the job applicant,
remains unresolved in U.S.
District Court in Pendleton.
be done by November.
• OR 19 – Pavement chip
seal between Fossil and OR
207, MP 59.6-95.4. Lane
closures, reduced speeds,
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cars, loose rock on the road-
way, delays up to 20 min-
LA GRANDE – Travel- utes. Work expected to start
ers can expect to see orange early June and take about
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• U.S. 26 – Pavement
tion workers throughout
Eastern Oregon as about crack seal between OR19
30 Oregon Department of junction and Mt. Vernon,
Transportation projects get MP 125.45-154.03. Lane
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underway for the summer.
A half-dozen road and minute delays. Work expect-
bridge projects have already ed to start summer/fall, with
completion in October.
begun.
• U.S. 26 – Shoulder pav-
ODOT is reminding mo-
torists to slow down, pay ex- ing between OR19 junction
tra attention and be prepared and Mt. Vernon, MP 125.45-
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tern changes when they see up to 20 minute delays.
the cones and construction Work expected to start mid-
May and take about three
signs.
Distracted or inattentive weeks.
• U.S. 26 – Pavement
driving and speed are prima-
ry causes of crashes. In ad- crack seal between junction
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all work zones, regardless of 190.5-261.6. Lane closures,
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delays. Work will be done in
workers.
The list of projects in- stages over the summer and
clude several affecting peo- fall.
• U.S. 395 – Sign up-
ple driving into and out of
Grant County. Among them: grades between John Day
• U.S. 395 – Pavement and Burns, MP 0.0-67(C).
grind/inlay from Bully Lane closures, reduced
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brook Summit, MP 66.61- lays. Work expected to start
71.11(B). Lane closures, this summer and be done by
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For updated information,
lot cars, up to 20 minute de-
lays. Work expected to start visit TripCheck.com, or call
sometime this summer and 5-1-1 or 800-977-6368.
Eastern Oregon
projects keep
ODOT busy
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