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January 23, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 7A 6HDVLGHNLFNVRIIDMRXUQH\WRµ:HOOYLOOH¶ JOSHUA BESSEX PHOTO An idea board kept track of common themes the group dis- cussed when it came to what health means. Five-year, $5-million health challenge begins to work with you and with the four other Wellville com- munities.” A wide range of more Although only one Well- than 50 community mem- ville community will be bers gathered inside the awarded $5 million at the Seaside High School library end of the challenge, Dyson -DQWRRI¿FLDOO\HPEDUN LQVLVWV WKH ¿YH\HDU MRXUQH\ on “The Way to Wellville,” ZLOO EHQH¿W HDFK FRPPXQL- D¿YH\HDUFKDOOHQJHWRSUR- ty through connections with mote health across Clatsop investors and overall im- County. provements to health-related New York City-based programs. venture capitalist Esther “The truth is nothing we Dyson, the founder of the are doing is new. There is no Health Initiative Coordi- magic, but you have to do nating Council (HICCUP), it,” Dyson said. which sponsors the Way to Members of the newly Wellville, introduced her- formed Way to Wellville self to the crowd. She en- Strategic Advisory Council couraged the community to — made up of 12 local peo- focus on itself and on how ple in business, prevention, it can become the healthiest social services and educa- county in the nation. tion — hosted the kickoff Clatsop County was cho- event along with HICCUP VHQLQ$XJXVWDVRQHRI¿YH CEO Rick Brush and Dyson. communities nationwide to The group hosted anoth- compete in the nationwide er kickoff event at the War- challenge. renton High School library “We are facilitating. We from 5:30 to 7 Jan. 14. are not coming here from the The Strategic Advisory East Coast to tell you how to Council will lead the com- live,” Dyson said. “We want PXQLW\ RYHU WKH QH[W ¿YH By Kyle Spurr EO Media Group Way to Wellville Strategic Advisory Council members: • Steven Blakesley — Clatsop County Public Health District; • Justin Cutler — Sunset Empire Parks & Recre- ation; • Dan Gaffney — Clatsop Kinder Ready, pre-K- grade 3 alignment coor- dinator; • Jeff Hazen — Sunset Empire Transportation District; • Chris Holden — Baked Alaska owner; • Nancy Knopf — Colum- bia Pacific Coordinated Care Organization (CCO) coordinator; • Mark Kujala — Warren- ton mayor; • Paula Mills — NW Regional Educational Service District; • Debbie Morrow — Co- lumbia Pacific CCO board member; • Jill Quackenbush — Clatsop County Juvenile Department; • Bonnie Thompson — Providence Seaside Hospital; • Nicole Williams — Clat- sop Care Health District. For more information WWW.HICCUP.CO TWITTTER: @WayToWellville JOSHUA BESSEX PHOTO Esther Dyson, the founder of the Health Initiative Coordinating Council (HICCUP), speaks to the crowd at Seaside High School during the official beginning of “The Way to Wellville.” years by gathering the pub- lic’s input on health-related ideas and partnering with other local agencies and or- ganizations. The public can contact any member of the council with ideas. Bonnie Thompson, FKLHI RSHUDWLQJ RI¿FHU DW Providence Seaside Hos- pital and member of the Strategic Advisory Coun- cil, said the town hall event ZDV WKH ¿UVW RSSRUWXQLW\ for the community to share their thoughts on health in Clatsop County. “What does it mean to be the healthiest county in the nation?” Thompson asked. “This is your opportunity to think outside the box.” Dyson and the other or- ganizers used a social meth- od of engaging people in conversation, known as the World Cafe, at the town hall event. The community mem- bers, ranging from high school students to retirees, sat in groups around 10 ta- bles inside the library. Each table was covered in white paper, which allowed the groups to write down their answers to three different questions: • What does good health mean to me? • What does a healthy community look like? • What are the fundamen- tal strengths in my commu- nity that we can build off of? The groups were giv- en time to answer each question. After answering WKH ¿UVW TXHVWLRQ D JURXS member stayed at each table JOSHUA BESSEX PHOTO A crowd of about 50 people gathered at the Seaside High School library for the kickoff of The Way to Wellville. while everyone else moved to another table. The rotation continued and created more ideas to be shared, Brush said. “A large part of what we will be doing is help you discuss what is already in Clatsop County and help improve the overall health of the community over the next ¿YH\HDUV´%UXVKVDLG Once each group wrote its answers to the three ques- tions, the groups reported one by one. To the question about what health means, one per- son wrote, “It’s a person’s ability to live, laugh and love and have the access to do it.” About what health looks like, one person said, “A well-educated community.” Another said, “serving with- out borders or boundaries.” Overall, common health-re- lated themes came through such as education, access, safety and economics. The initial focus areas for Clatsop County in- clude chemical dependen- cy, mental health, access to primary care, employment, obesity and food access, prenatal education and care and time-banking service exchange. Way to Wellville is aimed at communities with less than 100,000 in population. The other four communities selected out of 42 appli- cants are Greater Muskegon, Mich.; Lake County, Calif.; Niagara Falls, N.Y.; and Spartanburg, S.C. The Strategic Advisory Council will take local ideas and match them with inter- ested investors. All ideas that work and fail will be shared among the partici- pants and across the nation. 7KH ¿YH :HOOYLOOH FRP- PXQLWLHV ZLOO EH MXGJHG RQ RYHUDOO KHDOWK DQG ¿QDQFLDO impacts, social concepts, sustainability and a local priority decided by the com- munity. The measures will be tracked by collecting data from sources such as gro- cery store receipts, miles walked or the number of bi- cycles owned. “You will move forward and become a beacon for other communities across the country,” Brush said. ³7KLVLVMXVWWKHEHJLQQLQJ´ Pain reduction is goal of recurring classes A class to help people understand how pain affects the body and brain will be offered several times this year by Providence Seaside Hospital. When people understand how pain really works, their pain decreases, according to the class’s organizers. Stu- dents will learn about what pain really is and how much their actions and thoughts can improve their pain and help them return to their lives. The same class is offered at different times throughout the year at Providence Seaside Hospital, Education Center A (lower level), 725 S. Wahanna Road, Seaside. Class dates are: • 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 12; • 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. March 13; • 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 9; • 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. May 8; and • 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. June 11. There is no charge for the class, but registration is re- quired. To register for classes, go to www.providence.org/ classes or call the resource line at 800-562-8964. M A Z AT L A N M E X I C A N R E S TA U R A N T Phon e 5 03 -73 8-96 78 14 4 5 S . Roosevelt D rive • S ea sid e Excellence in family dining found from a family that has been serving the North Coast for the past 52 years Land conservancy sets day for planting willows The North Coast Land Conservancy is planning a day of planting willow stakes in the Thompson Creek-Stanley Marsh Hab- itat Reserve. Planting day is set from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 28. Native willows are key to providing healthy beaver and salmon habitat. Participants will meet at the parking area next to the pump house by Thomp- son Creek. To get there, take U.S. Highway 101 at the north end of Sea- side, turn east on Lewis and Clark Road, then right onto Nygaard Street and immediately left at the pump house. The conser- vancy will provide tools and snacks. Dress for the weather, including rubber boots, and bring planting gloves, water and lunch if desired. Before arriving at the site, contact the conser- vancy’s stewardship direc- tor, Melissa Reich at 503- 738-9126 or melissar@ nclctrust.org so she can plan appropriately for the day. NATIONALLY FAMOUS CLAM CHOWDER • FRESH OREGON SEAFOOD R E ST A U R A N T S Great Great Great Homemade Breakfast, lunch and pasta, Clam ★ ★ ★ but that’s dinner steaks & Chowder, not all... menu,too! seafood! Salads! Seaside • 323 Broadway • 738-7234 (Open 7 Days) Cannon Beach • 223 S. Hemlock 436-2851 (7am-3pm Daily) Astoria • 146 W. 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