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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
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Students prep Dayville for eclipse
Blue Mountain Eagle
File photo
Community Counseling Solutions selected to
participate in Certified Community Behavioral Health
Clinic program.
Contributed photos
Dayville third-graders Austin Humphreys, left, and Aaron Berry do their part during the
May 25 Solar Eclipse Clean-up Day. The event was held countywide.
the community hall, and in-
formation about Dayville’s
history at city hall and the
library.
Other activities are being
considered.
“We’re still looking for
volunteers,” she said.
For more information,
call Moore at city hall, 541-
987-2188.
Dayville students took part
in the May 25 solar eclipse
clean-up day at Dayville’s
city park, including first-
grader Aiden Walker,
left, and kindergartner
Taregan Graves. In back
are second-grader Preston
Fretwell and first-grader
Emma Berry.
Health fair brings resources together
23rd annual event
planned June 16
Blue Mountain Eagle
The 23rd annual Grant
County Health Fair is sched-
uled from 6 a.m. to noon June
16 at the Grant Union Junior/
Senior High School new gym.
The event brings medical
professionals together to pro-
vide tests and information to
the public.
At 9:30 a.m. in the cafete-
ria, Dr. Raffaella Betza will
present “Opioid use: What’s
the big deal?” At 11 a.m., Kim
Jacobs will present “Nutrition
therapy for prediabetes and
diabetes,” and Janelle Moul-
ton will present “Monitoring
and knowing your numbers.”
Blood tests for cholester-
ol and blood sugar will cost
$16. People must not eat for
12 hours before the tests, but
water and medications are
Eagle file photo
Wendy Ballou, at the Blue Mountain Care Center table,
chats with Gary and Marsha Delaney during the Grant
County Health Fair last year. This year’s event is June 16.
OK. Scholarships are avail-
able for those who cannot
afford to pay. Registration
will be available at the fair,
or people can register from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. June 12-15 at
Blue Mountain Hospital. For
more information, call 541-
575-1480.
Grant County Health De-
partment will be providing
testing for A1C for diabetes
and iron levels. WIC informa-
tion and immunizations will
also be available.
Several health care pro-
viders will be participating
this year. Larry Weber, a der-
matology physician assistant
from Bend, will check skin
issues. Blue Mountain Hos-
pital CEO Derek Daly will
be present with represen-
tatives from many depart-
ments: anesthesia/surgery,
business office, dietician,
home health/hospice, mam-
mography, physical therapy,
radiology, trauma services
and Strawberry Clinic. Ad-
vantage Dental and two mas-
sage therapists, Mary Miles
and Michael Snyder, will
attend. Darla Carpenter from
Norco, reflexologist Janel
Parker and Elaine Mezzo
from Hope for Paws will
also attend.
Grant/Harney Fire Preven-
tion Co-op, Airlink, Lifeflight,
Community Counseling Solu-
tions, Hearing Van, Heart of
Grant County, Historic Rem-
nant Church, Len’s Drug, Red
Cross disaster preparedness,
emergency management, St.
Charles Nurse Navigators for
Heart Health, oncology and
stroke team and John Day
Community Garden will also
be available.
John Day selected
for two-year
Oregon health care
demonstration project
Blue Mountain Eagle
Community Counseling
Solutions in John Day was
one of 12 sites in Oregon
selected to participate in a
two-year Certified Com-
munity Behavioral Health
Clinic program.
Oregon was one of eight
states in a two-year demon-
stration project to imple-
ment CCBHCs and evalu-
ate the impact of these new
providers on access, cost
and quality of community
behavioral health care, ac-
cording to a press release
from CCS. The programs
seek to integrate compo-
nents of physical health, or
primary care, into behavior-
al health settings to address
the whole person.
Oregon’s Health Author-
ity selected providers for
the demonstration project
across the state that rep-
resented urban, rural and
frontier communities. CCS
was uniquely positioned for
this opportunity, as a rural
health center with a prima-
ry care provider, along with
a community behavioral
health program, all under
the same roof.
“I see the CCBHC proj-
ect as a bridge linking pri-
mary care and behavioral
health, removing barriers to
quality health care,” CCS
Executive Director Kim-
berly Lindsay said in the
release. “It’s an incredible
opportunity to serve the
people of Grant County
and strengthen relationships
with our partners in the
health care field.”
By offering a compre-
hensive array of services,
with standards focused on
coordination of care, the
goal is higher quality care,
compared to a model that
focuses on quantity of care.
A core component of this
effort is testing whether
screening Medicaid bene-
ficiaries for health-related
social needs (tobacco, al-
cohol and drug use), along
with referrals to commu-
nity-based health services,
will improve quality and
affordability of health care.
At a minimum, the goal
of the CCBHC model is
to assist Medicaid benefi-
ciaries struggling with un-
met health-related social
needs become aware of the
community-based services
available to them and re-
ceive timely assistance ac-
cessing those services.
Community Counseling
Solutions is located at 528
E. Main St., John Day. For
more information, call 541-
575-1466.
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Dayville School students,
from kindergartners to up-
perclassmen, rolled up their
sleeves for the May 25 solar
eclipse work day.
The event was held
countywide with other
schools involved, includ-
ing Prairie City and Grant
Union.
Dayville city recorder
Ruthie Moore said students
from Dayville School help
spruce up their town every
couple of years.
This year, students,
teachers and teacher’s aides
worked for two hours, pull-
ing weeds, planting flowers
and picking up litter. Others
had roller brushes in hand
to paint sidewalk curbs and
trash can holders.
“The kids were great,”
Moore said. “We accom-
plished a lot of things in
a pretty short amount of
time, and they did it with
smiles on their faces. I
think they had a good time,
and they got ice cream
afterward.”
In Dayville, the eclipse
will happen the morning
of Monday, Aug. 21, with
the partial phase starting
at 9:08 a.m. and totality
starting at 10:21:43 a.m.
and lasting 2 minutes, 1
second.
Moore said Dayville
Community Hall, Dayville
City Hall and the library
will be open Friday through
Monday, Aug. 18-21, during
the total solar eclipse week-
end.
Events planned, so far,
include old-time movies at
for all your
SONY TV’s, Audio, Video & Cameras
Grant County Health Fair
Friday, June 16th from 6-12 at
Grant Union Jr/Sr High School
Massage, Dental, WIC, Airlink, Dermatology, Blood
Pressure, Hearing (small charge to vendor),
Oncology, Dietitian, Home Health & So Much More!
PRESENTATIONS IN THE LUNCH ROOM:
9:30 - Dr. Betza presenting: Opioid Use - What’s the Big Deal?
11:00 - Kim Jacobs presenting: Nutrition Therapy for
Prediabetes & Diabetes
Janelle Moulton presenting: Monitoring & Knowing
Your Numbers
Blood Draws* - $16.00
Below costs paid directly
to GCHD during Health Fair
Tetanus - $33.00
Tdap - $35.00
Pneumonia - $85,00
Prevnar 13 - $170.00
HcbA1C - $10.00
Iron Level - Free
*See pre-registration for blood draw information
Pre-registration
begins on June 9th at
Blue Mountain Hospital
from 8-5
Call 541-575-1480
with questions.
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