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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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,
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Providence Seaside Hos-
pital and member of the
Strategic Advisory Coun-
cil, said the town hall event
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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
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member stayed at each table
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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