WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
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Health & Fitness Day promotes wellness
By JADE McDOWELL
Staff Writer
Dozens of health care
clinics, itness compa-
nies, nonproits and other
Umatilla County agencies
teamed up Saturday to pro-
mote health and wellness in
Hermiston.
The Family Health &
Fitness Day was back after
a two-year hiatus, and drew
a steady crowd to Hermiston
High School throughout the
day.
One draw might have
been the free loaf of multi-
grain Dave’s Killer Bread
from Portland that everyone
was given as a healthier al-
ternative to processed white
bread.
Other free samples came
from booths that lined the
walls, offering free mer-
chandise,
information,
healthy snacks, lu shots and
health screenings.
Helena Wolfe of the Area
Agency on Aging was ad-
vertising health-promoting
programs such as Tai Chi for
Better Balance. The class is
free at the Hermiston Senior
Center and helps avoid pain-
ful falls by improving core
strength and balance.
“It’s gentle, it’s fun and
anyone can do it as long as
they can walk in under their
own power,” she said.
Wolfe said she was
pleased to see such a large
turnout for the event and
hopes that people walked
away with information that
could help them and their
families lead healthier lives.
“It’s getting people aware
that there are programs in
place — and these programs
are all free — that can help
them improve their health,”
she said.
In another gym Good
Shepherd Health Care Sys-
tem employees hosted the
“teddy bear clinic” to walk
children through the proce-
dure of going to the emer-
gency room.
Children picked out a
teddy bear and named it,
giggling as nurses pro-
claimed “Batman needs an
x-ray” or “Brownie broke
his femur.” Once the bears
were “x-rayed” on an over-
head projector their human
companions were handed
a photo of a real x-ray to
give to a staff member so
that they could diagnose
By PHIL WRIGHT
Staff Writer
STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL
Brownie the teddy bear goes into surgery for a broken femur at the teddy bear clinic at the
Family Health and Fitness Day at Hermiston High School.
STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL
Umatilla Morrow County Head Start staff work a booth at the
Family Health & Fitness Day at Hermiston High School on
Saturday.
the broken bone, treat it,
and send the patient out the
door with an individualized
care plan.
In the culinary classroom,
high school volunteers were
teaching a healthy cooking
class supervised by HHS
family and consumer sci-
ences teacher Susie Cobb.
Children made pizzas using
English mufin halves, to-
mato sauce, low fat cheese
and an array of colorful veg-
etable toppings to choose
from.
“We want them to know
that there are healthy snacks
available, that they have op-
tions,” Cobb said. “One of
the things that kids can real-
ly do to improve their diets
is just eating more vegeta-
bles.”
HHS freshman Anahy
Lomas said she thought the
event was a good one.
“It’s pretty cool getting to
see the little kids have fun,”
she said.
In another part of the
building, Amy Coven of
the Oregon Health Insur-
ance Marketplace was help-
ing educate people on their
health insurance options.
“The biggest thing is that
open enrollment starts Nov.
1, so we want people to
know they need to start log-
ging in and looking at health
plans, because they’ve
changed a lot in the area,”
she said.
STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL
Bob Green, executive
director of the Good
Shepherd Community Health
Foundation, hands out teddy
bears for the teddy bear
clinic at the Family Health
& Fitness Day at Hermiston
High School on Saturday.
Coven said the Family
Health & Fitness Day was
a perfect opportunity for
health-related organizations
to reach community mem-
bers.
“There is a lot of free as-
sistance available to people
locally,” she said.
Umatilla woman killed, man
injured in crash near Stanield
By PHIL WRIGHT
Staff Writer
Running a stop sign
turned fatal near Stanield
on Tuesday, Sept. 20,
when a two-vehicle crash
killed a Umatilla woman
and injured her male
passenger.
Umatilla County Sheriff
Terry Rowan said Bori
Sandoval, 55, and Raul
Frias Enriquez, 58, both of
Umatilla, were in a 2005
blue Chevrolet Impala
heading south on South
Edwards Road about 7:45
p.m. Tuesday. Sandoval
was the driver, Rowan said,
and did not stop for the
stop sign at the intersection
of East Feedville Road.
That was when Dustin
Scott, 45, of Stanield,
was going west on
Feedville in a 2009 Ford
pickup, Rowan said, and
It’s not like him.
I found Dad’s remote
in the fridge again.
…I’m beginning to
get worried.
“essentially T-boned” the
Impala.
Rowan said the irst
9-1-1 call came in soon
after and Umatilla County
Fire District 1 responded.
Enriquez was able to get
out of the car, Rowan said,
and an ambulance took him
to Good Shepherd Medical
Center in Hermiston. From
there, an air ambulance
lew him to Legacy
Emanuel Medical Center in
Portland.
Sandoval died at the
scene, Rowan said.
Scott had a broken
knee and cuts and bruises,
according to the sheriff’s
department.
The crash shut down
both roads for about 15-20
minutes, Rowan said, then
responders opened one lane
on each road. Emergency
workers remained at the
scene until 12:30 a.m.
Wednesday.
The intersection has
stop signs on South
Edwards Road but not
Feedville and has been the
site of other bad wrecks
and deadly crashes. Rowan
said the sheriff’s ofice will
review the intersection to
consider adding more signs
or other features to make
the intersection safer.
Umatilla County com-
missioners stressed the
2017 fair will be at the East-
ern Oregon Trade and Event
Center — no matter what.
The three-member board
during its meeting Wednes-
day, Sept. 21, in Pendleton
discussed the plan to move
the fair from the site near
Hermiston High School to
the event center at 1705 E.
Airport Road, Hermiston.
Commissioner Larry Giv-
ens, who sits on the EO-
TEC board, said the fair
will place equipment into
storage containers at the
event center and Hermis-
ton School District will
take possession of the fair-
grounds site on Jan. 1.
The county board ap-
proved spending up to
$30,000 to buy ive ship-
ping containers, build a
security fence and install
lighting and related items
at a new, permanent storage
area. Givens also said the
county would cut employ-
ees whose jobs are no lon-
ger necessary due to mov-
ing the fair to new location.
Board Chairman George
Murdock said he and Giv-
ens met the previous week
with the fair board to talk
about an “aggressive tran-
sition” to EOTEC and
expressed deep concerns
about the event center’s
readiness,
particularly
barns that the fair needs to
operate.
“There’s no question
the barns have to be there,”
Murdock said.
The EOTEC board
plans to seek bids on the
metal buildings in Octo-
ber, which will be installed
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