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SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A3 COMMUNITY Cutting weight were weighed during each session. They also listened to and discussed presenta- tions on a range of top- ics, from healthy eating to stress management to exercise. They were also encouraged to exercise for at least 150 minutes during the week and turn BY MAEGAN MURRAY in their weekly meal plans HERMISTON HERALD documenting what they Twelve area residents planned to eat that week. are 53 percent less likely 1RZ WKDW WKRVH to develop type 2 diabetes ZHHNO\ FODVVHV KDYH ¿Q- DIWHU FRPSOHWLQJ WKH ¿UVW ished, ending in February, portion of a diabetes pre- the group will now attend vention study for the Cen- monthly classes. ters for Disease Control The goal for the study, through Good Shepherd GSMC registered dietitian Medical Center. Nancy Gummer said, is A total of 19 people for those people to lose 7 signed up for the Nation- percent of their body fat al Diabetes Prevention by the end of the year-long Program Lifestyle Inter- program, which would de- vention study at GSMC, crease their chances of which began in October. developing diabetes by 53 To participate, people had SHUFHQW ,Q MXVW ZHHNV to have a body mass index however, they have nearly of at least 24 and could reached their goal. Of the not have developed full- 12 individuals remain- blown diabetes. ing in the program after Through the program, ZHHNV WKH DYHUDJH RI participants attended ZHLJKWORVWLVSHUFHQW weekly classes for the “It’s gone really well,” ¿UVWZHHNVZKHUHWKH\ GSMC dietitian Cassan- Participants in local diabetes study drop 7 percent of body fat in 16 weeks MAEGAN MURRAY PHOTO Healthy eating and exercise have allowed 12 individuals in a diabetes study through Good Shepherd Medical Center to meet an earlier deadline of losing 7 percent of their body fat, which decreases their chance of getting type 2 diabetes by 53 percent. dra Zabel said. “Of those participating in the pro- gram, 100 percent of them lost weight.” Zabel said, even though the program required 150 minutes of exercise, orga- nizers discovered partici- pants have gone above and beyond that, recording an average of 179 minutes of physical activity per week. Gummer said she feels the program is so success- ful because it allows peo- ple to decide what kind of exercise and eating choic- es work best for them. She said the program encouraged any physical activity, rather than pre- scribing a certain kind. The same went for meal planning. Zabel said not only are the participants feeling healthier, they are being encouraged to maintain their health routine. “This helps keep them motivated,” she said. “Most of them didn’t re- alize how much of an im- pact their lifestyle made on their health.” Gummer said some of the participants made large changes that, in re- turn, had large impacts on their health. Others, she said, made small changes that made large differenc- es as well. “They were able to ex- plore and find out what worked best for them,” she said. “For many, it worked really well.” Gummer said partici- pants’ choices in exercise ranged from walking daily to lifting weights to con- ducting extra chores at home, with the goal of add- ing exercise to their day. “Some people really started enjoying exercis- ing, while others still do it because they need to,” she said. “The program allows SHRSOH WR ¿QG WKH FKDQJ- es that work for them that will last. That has made the biggest impact.” 7KURXJKRXWWKHODVW weeks, Zabel and Gum- mer have submitted their results from the study to the Centers for Disease Control, which they will continue to do for the rest of the year-long study. The CDC will then use the results to demonstrate how prevention through lifestyle changes is more important than treatment after an person has al- ready been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The overarching goal, Gum- mer said, is to get health insurance companies to place more of an empha- sis on prevention. “There was a huge study done that compared lifestyle to medication,” she said. “What they found is that a person’s lifestyle is more effective than medication in pre- vention.” Gummer said the GSMC VWXG\ ZDV WKH ¿UVW RQH LQ the state, and possibly even in the nation, to be conduct- ed in a rural area. “It has been better than what we expected,” Zabel said. “Our hope was that people would lose weight and cut their chances of getting diabetes. By week ZH¶YHDOUHDG\PHWRXU goal. It really works.” Recently, other stud- ies have started up for the effort and are running concurrently with the GSMC study that began in October, including an additional study at Good Shepherd. People inter- ested in participating in a future study should vis- it http://www.ccno.org. The website lists program start dates for areas in which the study will take place. Proposed commercial zone changes complete Ward: Strip club regulations may ‘pique the interest of the ACLU’ BY SEAN HART HERMISTON HERALD In response to resident outcry for further strip club regulations last sum- mer, the Umatilla Planning Commission has complet- ed recommendations for an overhaul of commercial zoning codes to address the LVVXH EXW RI¿FLDOV DUH XQ- sure whether the proposed changes would withstand a legal challenge. At the commission meeting Tuesday, members ¿QDOL]HG WKH UHFRPPHQ- dation to revise the zones after months of work. A public hearing on the pro- posal is scheduled at the next Planning Commis- sion meeting in April, after which the recommendation will be forwarded to the City Council for approval. The proposal would pro- hibit adult entertainment businesses, such as strip clubs, in the neighborhood commercial, downtown commercial and downtown transitional zones and al- low them in the general commercial and highway commercial zones with added stipulations that they must be 1,000 feet away from schools, public librar- LHV DQG FLW\ SDUNV DQG feet away from other simi- lar businesses. City Planner Bill Searles said previous- ly that a city attorney was more comfortable the zone restrictions would with- stand a legal challenge than the proximity restrictions. When the City Council considered imposing a tem- porary moratorium on new adult entertainment busi- nesses in August to provide time to develop regulations, American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon Legisla- tive Director Becky Straus sent a letter urging the council against it, stating it could expose the city to a legal challenge. The coun- cil ultimately approved a 120-day moratorium in September, which was ex- tended for an additional six months, while the Planning Commission tried to devel- op regulations that were le- gally defensible. In her letter, Straus cited a case where the Oregon Supreme Court concluded nude dancing was protected by the Oregon Constitution as a form of free expression but noted that other regula- tions were authorized. “Under current Oregon law, cities and counties have the authority to reg- ulate the locations of all businesses,” she said in the letter. “In fact, cities and counties can impose all sorts of regulations through zoning, such as curbing nighttime hours near a res- idential zone, for example, or other similar types of content-neutral regulations. If a local government seeks to regulate the location of a business, however, based only on the content of what it displays or sells, then that regulation is a violation of the business’ right to free expression under the Ore- gon Constitution. Article I, VHFWLRQ SURYLGHV WKDW WKH government shall pass no law ‘restraining the free ex- pression of opinion, or re- stricting the right to speak, write, or print freely on any subject whatever.’” Rather than regulating strip clubs alone, the Plan- ning Commission com- pleted a broader effort that VSHFL¿HVHDFKW\SHRIEXVL- ness permissible in each of the city’s commercial zones. Searles said previously that the current zoning lan- guage is similar for each of the zones, and the proposed changes would differenti- DWHWKHPDOORZLQJRI¿FLDOV to better plan the layout of business types throughout the city. Using the North Ameri- FDQ ,QGXVWU\ &ODVVL¿FDWLRQ System list of business categories — along with a GH¿QLWLRQ IRU DGXOW HQWHU- tainment businesses, which were not included in the list — the commissioners selected where the uses would be allowed. Many businesses, including strip clubs, were restricted to the general commercial and highway commercial zones. “I think we took the best approach that was available to us,” Searles said after Tuesday’s meeting. “We chose not to focus on one or two uses and just looked at them in relation to all the other uses in trying to shape each of the zones and the areas of the community to allow only those uses that we felt meet the purpose and intent of the zone.” Commission Chairman Boyd Sharp said, although the process began as a way to regulate strip clubs, that became secondary to re- shaping the community with better zoning regula- tions for all businesses. He said the commission did “a wonderful job” and did not believe the regulations would be challenged. “I know that people are worried that we will get challenged, but I don’t think it will,” he said. “We have a lot of other things we will only allow in general commercial and highway commercial. For instance, a veterinarian can only do large animals, horses and cows, in general commer- MENTAL HEALTH • Adult, Child and Family Therapy • Psychiatric Evaluation and Treatment • Mental Health and Crisis Services • Confidential and Professional Care LIFEWAYS PENDLETON 331 SE 2nd St., Pendleton, OR 97801 Office: 541-276-6207 • Vapor Shop • Accessories 541-667-4184 Mon-Fri 10am-6pm • Sat 10am-5pm 1055 S. Hwy 395, Ste. 333 • Hermiston, OR 97838 facebook.com/essenceemporium97838 Crisis Phone: LIFEWAYS HERMISTON 595 NW 11th St., 866-343-4473 Hermiston, OR 97838 WWW . LIFEWAYS . ORG Office: 541-567-2536 P EDIATRIC D ENTISTRY Call Today! 541-289-5433 1060 W. 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