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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014- June • Jefferson County Public Health Agenda • & Minutes June 19, 2014 • JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH June 19, 2014 • Jefferson County Public Health 615 Sheridan St. Port Townsend,WA 2:30—4:30 PM DRAFT AGENDA I. Approval of Agenda II. Approval of Minutes of May 15, 2014 Board of Health Meeting III. Public Comment IV. Old Business and Informational Items 1. The New Yorker Article re: Vaccines and False Belief 2. Healthy/HAPPENINGS—Jefferson County Public Health WIC 3. Correspondence Re: Fukashima Radiation Concerns 4. To Your Health Article: Building a Stronger Community Together (Page 6) 5. BoCC award to Roberta Frissell • 6. Boards and commissions required to have trainings V. New Business 1. Chimacum Walking Audit and Bike Commute Challenge 2. Cascade Pacific Action Alliance: A Regional Accountable Community of Health Proposal 3. Jefferson County Board of Health Bylaws Revisions 4. Summary of REGIONAL NURSE FAMILY Partnership meeting with JCPH, Kitsap, and Port Gamble VI. Activity Update VII. Public Comment VIII. Agenda Planning Calendar IX. Next Scheduled Meeting: July 17, 2014 2:30—4:30 PM Jefferson County Public Health 615 Sheridan St. • Port Townsend, WA JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH June 19, 2014 • Jefferson County Public Health 615 Sheridan St. Port Townsend,WA 2:30—4:30 PM DRAFT AGENDA I. Approval of Agenda II. Approval of Minutes of May 15, 2014 Board of Health Meeting III. Public Comment IV. Old Business and Informational Items 1. The New Yorker Article re: Vaccines and False Belief 2. Healthy/HAPPENINGS—Jefferson County Public Health WIC 3. Correspondence Re: Fukashima Radiation Concerns 4. To Your Health Article: Building a Stronger Community Together (Page 6) 5. BoCC award to Roberta Frissell • 6. Boards and commissions required to have trainings V. New Business 1. Chimacum Walking Audit and Bike Commute Challenge 2. Cascade Pacific Action Alliance: A Regional Accountable Community of Health Proposal 3. Jefferson County Board of Health Bylaws Revisions 4. Summary of REGIONAL NURSE FAMILY Partnership meeting with JCPH, Kitsap, and Port Gamble VI. Activity Update VII. Public Comment VIII. Agenda Planning Calendar IX. Next Scheduled Meeting: July 17, 2014 2:30—4:30 PM Jefferson County Public Health 615 Sheridan St. • Port Townsend, WA JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH • MINUTES Thursday, May 15, 2014 Jefferson County Public Health, 615 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend WA 98368 DRAFT Board Members Staff Members Phil Johnson, County Commissioner District#1 Thomas Locke,MD,MPH Health Officer David Sullivan, Chair, County Commissioner,District#2 Jean Baldwin,Public Health Services Dir John Austin, County Commissioner,District#3 Julia Danskin,Nursing Services Dir Sally Aerts, citizen at large(6o Jared Keefer,Env. Health Services Dir Kris Nelson,Port Townsend City Council Veronica Shaw,Public Health Deputy Dir Sheila Westerman, Vice Chair, Citizen at large(City) Jill Buhler,Hospital Commissioner,District#2 Chair Sullivan called the Arit 1/, 2014 meeting of the Jefferson County Board of Health to order at 2:30 PM. A quorum was present. Members Present: Jill Buhler, David Sullivan, John Austin, Kris Nelson, Sheila Westerman, Phil Johnson Members Excused: Sally Aerts Staff Present: Thomas Locke, Jean Baldwin, Julia Danskin, Veronica Shaw, Jared Keefer APPROVAL OF AGENDA Chair Sullivan called for review and approval of agenda for 5/15/2014 meeting. Member Austin moved to approve the agenda; the motion was seconded by Member Buhler. Member Westerman suggested moving to present the Food Awards after Public Comment. The motion passed unanimously. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Chair Sullivan called for review and approval of the minutes of the 4/17/2014 meeting of the Board of Health. Member Nelson clarified that in the activity update the data presented to the Leader and PDN was not the same data the committee was presented, rather than the data was inaccurate, as stated in the minutes. Chair Sullivan corrected the spelling of the last name of Peter Laurenson in the Public Comment • section. Member Austin moved to approve the minutes; the motion was seconded by Chair Buhler. • No further discussion. The motion passed unanimously. PUBLIC COMMENT No public comment. OLD BUSINESS AND INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 1. Washington Fatal Heroin Overdoses on the Increase Dr. Thomas Locke, Health Officer, Jefferson County Public Health is working with local pharmacies to make Naloxone, a drug used to counter the effects of opioid overdose, available at local pharmacies. 2. Letter from Gov. Inslee re: JCPH role in the ACA Enrollment Process Jean Baldwin informed the Board that each staff member received a letter from Governor Inslee applauding their work in assisting people with ACA enrollment. 3. Letter to WA State Secretary of Health,John Wiesman Ms. Baldwin informed the Board that the letter approved at the previous meeting was sent to John Wiesman. III 4. Smilemobile in Port Townsend, June 23-27, 2014 Julia Danskin, Public Health Nursing Director, Jefferson County Public Health, reported that the Smilemobile will be in the parking lot of Public Health from June 23 —27, 2014. 5. Healthy Kids Healthy Families Event Ms. Danskin reported that the Chimacum Prevention Coalition will present their strategic plan and host a free training on recognizing marijuana use in youth on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at the Chimacum High School Library. Ms. Danskin will report back to the board if brochures or flyers are available to give to primary care doctors so they can hand them out to their patients. 6. Letters from Jefferson County Residents Dr. Locke shared a letter that was emailed to him and the Board, expressing concern about the use of glyphosate ("Roundup") and its adverse effects on humans and animals. NEW BUSINESS 1. Presentation of 2013 Outstanding Achievement Awards for Food Establishments in Jefferson County • Jared Keefer, Director of Environmental Health and Water Quality, Jefferson County • Public Health, presented awards to the following 26 local businesses: Belmont Catering, Blue Heron Middle School, Bon Appetit/Local Goods, Brinnon School District, Cedarbrook School, Chimacum Elementary School, Chimacum High School, Chimacum Middle School, Discovery View Retirement, Ferino's Pizzeria, Food Co-op Deli, Food Co-op Grocery, Inn at Port Ludlow Catering, Lanza's, Olympic Trading Post, Port Townsend Senior Nutrition, Cuisine Med Catering, QFC#106 Deli— Port Townsend, QFC#106 Grocery—Pt Townsend, QFC#870 Deli—Port Hadlock, Quilcene School Cafeteria, Safeway#538 Grocery, The Boiler Room, Timberhouse Restaurant, Tri-Area Community Center, Velocity. 2. Jefferson County Clean Water District Briefing Mr. Keefer informed the Board that the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners approved an amendment to the Clean Water District Ordinance, which includes an additional role for the Board of Health. 3. Ordinance #04-0505-01 Amending the Duties and Responsibilities of the Jefferson County Board of Health Member Austin presented an ordinance which amends the duties and responsibilities of the Board, and appointment of its members. • 4. Jefferson County Board of Health Bylaws Ms. Baldwin presented the Board with the Bylaws and asked that the Board review them and give her suggestions for any updates or changes. 5. Community of Health Planning Grants—Letter of Intent Dr. Locke informed the Board of a Letter of Intent he wrote to the Washington State Health Care Authority regarding a Community of Healthy Planning Grant. 6. Jefferson County Board of Health Action Item List for 2013-2014 Member Sullivan requested this information be provided to the Board each January. ACTIVITY UPDATE No Activity Update. PUBLIC COMMENT Kevin Scott from the Port Townsend Paper Corporation made himself available if anyone had . any questions. i S AGENDA PLANNING CALENDAR No agenda planning. NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING Next Board of Health meeting will be held on Thursday, June 19, 2014 from 2:30—4:30 p.m. at Jefferson County Public Health, 615 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend WA. ADJOURNMENT Chair Sullivan adjourned the May 15,2014 Jefferson County Board of Health meeting at 3:42 PM. JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH Phil Johnson, Member Jill Buhler, Member Sally Aerts, Member David Sullivan, Chair Kris Nelson, Member John Austin, Member Sheila Westerman, Vice Chair Respectfully Submitted: Natalie Crump • JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH • MINUTES Thursday, May 15, 2014 Jefferson County Public Health, 615 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend WA 98368 Final Board Members Staff Members Phil Johnson, County Commissioner District#1 Thomas Locke,MD,MPH Health Officer David Sullivan, Chair, County Commissioner,District#2 Jean Baldwin,Public Health Services Dir John Austin, County Commissioner,District#3 Julia Danskin,Nursing Services Dir Sally Aerts, citizen at large(County) Jared Keefer,Env. Health Services Dir Kris Nelson,Port Townsend City Council Veronica Shaw,Public Health Deputy Dir Sheila Westerman, Vice Chair, Citizen at large(Eity)-- Jill Buhler,Hospital Commissioner,District#2 y/ /6 Chair Sullivan called the?pri17, 2014 meeting of the Jefferson County Board of Health to order at 2:30 PM. A quorum was present. Members Present: Jill Buhler, David Sullivan, John Austin, Kris Nelson, Sheila Westerman, Phil Johnson Members Excused: Sally Aerts • Staff Present: Thomas Locke, Jean Baldwin, Julia Danskin, Veronica Shaw, Jared Keefer APPROVAL OF AGENDA Chair Sullivan called for review and approval of agenda for 5/15/2014 meeting. Member Austin moved to approve the agenda; the motion was seconded by Member Buhler. Member Westerman suggested moving to present the Food Awards after Public Comment. The motion passed unanimously. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Chair Sullivan called for review and approval of the minutes of the 4/17/2014 meeting of the Board of Health. Member Nelson clarified that in the activity update the data presented to the Leader and PDN was not the same data the committee was presented, rather than the data was inaccurate, as stated in the minutes. Chair Sullivan corrected the spelling of the last name of Peter Laurenson in the Public Comment section. • Member Austin moved to approve the minutes; the motion was seconded by Chair Buhler. • No further discussion. The motion passed unanimously. PUBLIC COMMENT No public comment. OLD BUSINESS AND INFORMATIONAL ITEMS 1. Washington Fatal Heroin Overdoses on the Increase Dr. Thomas Locke, Health Officer, Jefferson County Public Health is working with local pharmacies to make Naloxone, a drug used to counter the effects of opioid overdose, available at local pharmacies. 2. Letter from Gov. Inslee re: JCPH role in the ACA Enrollment Process Jean Baldwin informed the Board that each staff member received a letter from Governor Inslee applauding their work in assisting people with ACA enrollment. 3. Letter to WA State Secretary of Health, John Wiesman Ms. Baldwin informed the Board that the letter approved at the previous meeting was sent to John Wiesman. • 4. Smilemobile in Port Townsend, June 23-27, 2014 Julia Danskin, Public Health Nursing Director, Jefferson County Public Health, reported that the Smilemobile will be in the parking lot of Public Health from June 23 —27, 2014. 5. Healthy Kids Healthy Families Event Ms. Danskin reported that the Chimacum Prevention Coalition will present their strategic plan and host a free training on recognizing marijuana use in youth on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 at the Chimacum High School Library. Ms. Danskin will report back to the board if brochures or flyers are available to give to primary care doctors so they can hand them out to their patients. 6. Letters from Jefferson County Residents Dr. Locke shared a letter that was emailed to him and the Board, expressing concern about the use of glyphosate ("Roundup") and its adverse effects on humans and animals. NEW BUSINESS 1. Presentation of 2013 Outstanding Achievement Awards for Food Establishments in Jefferson County • • Jared Keefer, Director of Environmental Health and Water Quality, Jefferson County Public Health, presented awards to the following 26 local businesses: Belmont Catering, Blue Heron Middle School, Bon Appetit/Local Goods, Brinnon School District, Cedarbrook School, Chimacum Elementary School, Chimacum High School, Chimacum Middle School, Discovery View Retirement, Ferino's Pizzeria, Food Co-op Deli, Food Co-op Grocery, Inn at Port Ludlow Catering, Lanza's, Olympic Trading Post, Port Townsend Senior Nutrition, Cuisine Med Catering, QFC#106 Deli— Port Townsend, QFC#106 Grocery—Pt Townsend, QFC#870 Deli—Port Hadlock, Quilcene School Cafeteria, Safeway#538 Grocery, The Boiler Room, Timberhouse Restaurant, Tri-Area Community Center, Velocity. 2. Jefferson County Clean Water District Briefing Mr. Keefer informed the Board that the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners approved an amendment to the Clean Water District Ordinance, which includes an additional role for the Board of Health. 3. Ordinance#04-0505-01 Amending the Duties and Responsibilities of the Jefferson County Board of Health Member Austin presented an ordinance which amends the duties and responsibilities of the Board, and appointment of its members. • 4. Jefferson County Board of Health Bylaws Ms. Baldwin presented the Board with the Bylaws and asked that the Board review them and give her suggestions for any updates or changes. 5. Community of Health Planning Grants—Letter of Intent Dr. Locke informed the Board of a Letter of Intent he wrote to the Washington State Health Care Authority regarding a Community of Healthy Planning Grant. 6. Jefferson County Board of Health Action Item List for 2013-2014 Member Sullivan requested this information be provided to the Board each January. ACTIVITY UPDATE No Activity Update. PUBLIC COMMENT Kevin Scott from the Port Townsend Paper Corporation made himself available if anyone had • any questions. • AGENDA PLANNING CALENDAR No agenda planning. NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING Next Board of Health meeting will be held on Thursday, June 19, 2014 from 2:30—4:30 p.m. at Jefferson County Public Health, 615 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend WA. ADJOURNMENT Chair Sullivan adjourned the May 15, 2014 Jefferson County Board of Health meeting at 3:42 PM. JEFFE ' 'ON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH dit6t—d.L Phi Jo so ember Ji 1 Buhler, Memb Sally Aerie, Member David Sullivan, Chair Kris Nelson, Member John Austin, Member 61 AV Sheila Westerman, Vice Chair Respectfully Submitted: Natalie Crump • 0 Board of Health IV Old Business & Informational Items Item 1 The New Yorker Re: Vaccines and False Beliefs 0 0 June 19, 2014 WYay'Do People Persist in Believing Things That Just Aren't True? : The New Yorker Page 1 of 6 • THE N4EWftk.E May 19, 2014 I Don't Want to Be Right Posted by Alai-ia Konnikova • Print • More Share Close • Reddit Linked In • Email • StumbleUpon • fr dig ::*.'41111V1* "a 'r k dare , �` ',,dsb ,s'�p�l«i�ailA"Gry�p s.Y.. as a. , by ico 1.14 A.164•Mit4:/'41100 :tea ;r http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/mariakonnikova/2014/05/why-do-people-persist-i... 5/28/2014 Why'Do People Persist in Believing Things That Just Aren't True? : The New Yorker Page 2 of 6 c • Last month, Brendan Nyhan, a professor of political science at Dartmouth, published the results of a study that he and a team of pediatricians and political scientists had been working on for three years. They had followed a group of almost two thousand parents, all of whom had at least one child under the age of seventeen,to test a simple relationship: Could various pro-vaccination campaigns change parental attitudes toward vaccines?Each household received one of four messages: a leaflet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stating that there had been no evidence linking the measles,mumps,and rubella(M.M.R.)vaccine and autism; a leaflet from the Vaccine Information Statement on the dangers of the diseases that the M.M.R.vaccine prevents;photographs of children who had suffered from the diseases; and a dramatic story from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about an infant who almost died of measles. A control group did not receive any information at all. The goal was to test whether facts, science, emotions, or stories could make people change their minds. The result was dramatic: a whole lot of nothing.None of the interventions worked. The first leaflet—focussed on a lack of evidence connecting vaccines and autism—seemed to reduce misperceptions about the link, but it did nothing to affect intentions to vaccinate. It even decreased intent among parents who held the most negative attitudes toward vaccines,a phenomenon known as the backfire effect. The other two interventions fared even worse:the images of sick children increased the belief that vaccines cause autism, while the dramatic narrative somehow managed to increase beliefs about the dangers of vaccines. "It's depressing,"Nyhan said."We were definitely depressed,"he repeated, after a pause. • Nyhan's interest in false beliefs dates back to early 2000,when he was a senior at Swarthmore. It was the middle of a messy Presidential campaign,and he was studying the intricacies of political science. "The 2000 campaign was something of a fact-free zone,"he said. Along with two classmates,Nyhan decided to try to create a forum dedicated to debunking political lies. The result was Spinsanity, a fact-checking site that presaged venues like PolitiFact and the Annenberg Policy Center's factcheck.org. For four years,the trio plugged along. Their work was popular—it was syndicated by Salon and the Philadelphia Inquirer, and it led to a best-selling book—but the errors persisted. And so Nyhan, who had already enrolled in a doctorate program in political science at Duke, left Spinsanity behind to focus on what he now sees as the more pressing issue: If factual correction is ineffective, how can you make people change their misperceptions?The 2014 vaccine study was part of a series of experiments designed to answer the question. Until recently, attempts to correct false beliefs haven't had much success. Stephan Lewandowsky,a psychologist at the University of Bristol whose research into misinformation began around the same time as Nyhan's,conducted a review of misperception literature through 2012. He found much speculation, but, apart from his own work and the studies that Nyhan was conducting,there was little empirical research. In the past few years,Nyhan has tried to address this gap by using real-life scenarios and news in his studies:the controversy surrounding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq,the questioning of Obama's birth certificate, and anti-G.M.O. activism. Traditional work in this area has focussed on fictional stories told in laboratory settings,but Nyhan believes that looking at real debates is the best way to learn how persistently incorrect views of the world can be corrected. One thing he learned early on is that not all errors are created equal.Not all false information goes on to become a false belief—that is, a more lasting state of incorrect knowledge—and not all false beliefs are difficult to correct. Take astronomy. If someone asked you to explain the relationship between the Earth and the sun,you might say • something wrong: perhaps that the sun rotates around the Earth, rising in the east and setting in the west. A friend who understands astronomy may correct you. It's no big deal;you simply change your belief. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/mari konnikova/2014/05/why-do-people-persist-i... 5/28/2014 Why Do People Persist in Believing Things That Just Aren't True? : The New Yorker Page 3 of 6 But imagine living in the time of Galileo, when understandings of the Earth-sun relationship were completely different,and when that view was tied closely to ideas of the nature of the world,the self, and religion. What would • happen if Galileo tried to correct your belief?The process isn't nearly as simple. The crucial difference between then and now, of course, is the importance of the misperception. When there's no immediate threat to our understanding of the world,we change our beliefs. It's when that change contradicts something we've long held as important that problems occur. In those scenarios, attempts at correction can indeed be tricky. In a study from 2013,Kelly Garrett and Brian Weeks looked to see if political misinformation—specifically, details about who is and is not allowed to access your electronic health records—that was corrected immediately would be any less resilient than information that was allowed to go uncontested for a while. At first, it appeared as though the correction did cause some people to change their false beliefs. But, when the researchers took a closer look,they found that the only people who had changed their views were those who were ideologically predisposed to disbelieve the fact in question. If someone held a contrary attitude,the correction not only didn't work—it made the subject more distrustful of the source. A climate- change study from 2012 found a similar effect. Strong partisanship affected how a story about climate change was processed, even if the story was apolitical in nature, such as an article about possible health ramifications from a disease like the West Nile Virus, a potential side effect of change. If information doesn't square with someone's prior beliefs, he discards the beliefs if they're weak and discards the information if the beliefs are strong. Even when we think we've properly corrected a false belief,the original exposure often continues to influence our memory and thoughts. In a series of studies,Lewandowsky and his colleagues at the University of Western Australia asked university students to read the report of a liquor robbery that had ostensibly taken place in Australia's Northern Territory. Everyone read the same report,but in some cases racial information about the perpetrators was included and in others it wasn't. In one scenario,the students were led to believe that the suspects were Caucasian, and in another that they were Aboriginal. At the end of the report,the racial information either was or wasn't • retracted. Participants were then asked to take part in an unrelated computer task for half an hour. After that, they were asked a number of factual questions("What sort of car was found abandoned?")and inference questions ("Who do you think the attackers were?"). After the students answered all of the questions,they were given a scale to assess their racial attitudes toward Aboriginals. Everyone's memory worked correctly: the students could all recall the details of the crime and could report precisely what information was or wasn't retracted. But the students who scored highest on racial prejudice continued to rely on the racial misinformation that identified the perpetrators as Aboriginals, even though they knew it had been corrected. They answered the factual questions accurately, stating that the information about race was false,and yet they still relied on race in their inference responses, saying that the attackers were likely Aboriginal or that the store owner likely had trouble understanding them because they were Aboriginal. This was, in other words, a laboratory case of the very dynamic that Nyhan identified: strongly held beliefs continued to influence judgment,despite correction attempts—even with a supposedly conscious awareness of what was happening. In a follow-up, Lewandowsky presented a scenario that was similar to the original experiment, except now,the Aboriginal was a hero who disarmed the would-be robber. This time, it was students who had scored lowest in racial prejudice who persisted in their reliance on false information, in spite of any attempt at correction. In their subsequent recollections,they mentioned race more frequently, and incorrectly, even though they knew that piece of information had been retracted. False beliefs, it turns out, have little to do with one's stated political affiliations and far more to do with self-identity: What kind of person am I,and what kind of person do I want to be?All ideologies are similarly affected. It's the realization that persistently false beliefs stem from issues closely tied to our conception of self that prompted • Nyhan and his colleagues to look at less traditional methods of rectifying misinformation. Rather than correcting or augmenting facts,they decided to target people's beliefs about themselves. In a series of studies that they've just submitted for publication,the Dartmouth team approached false-belief correction from a self-affirmation angle,an http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/mariakonnikova/2014/05/why-do-people-persist-i... 5/28/2014 Why Do People Persist in Believing Things That Just Aren't True? : The New Yorker Page 4 of 6 approach that had previously been used for fighting prejudice and low self-esteem. The theory, pioneered by Claude Steele, suggests that,when people feel their sense of self threatened by the outside world,they are strongly II) motivated to correct the misperception, be it by reasoning away the inconsistency or by modifying their behavior. For example, when women are asked to state their gender before taking a math or science test,they end up performing worse than if no such statement appears,conforming their behavior to societal beliefs about female math -and-science ability. To address this so-called stereotype threat, Steele proposes an exercise in self-affirmation: either write down or say aloud positive moments from your past that reaffirm your sense of self and are related to the threat in question. Steele's research suggests that affirmation makes people far more resilient and high performing, be it on an S.A.T., an I.Q.test,or at a book-club meeting. Normally, self-affirmation is reserved for instances in which identity is threatened in direct ways: race, gender, age, weight,and the like. Here,Nyhan decided to apply it in an unrelated context: Could recalling a time when you felt good about yourself make you more broad-minded about highly politicized issues, like the Iraq surge or global warming?As it turns out, it would. On all issues, attitudes became more accurate with self-affirmation, and remained just as inaccurate without.That effect held even when no additional information was presented—that is, when people were simply asked the same questions twice, before and after the self-affirmation. Still,as Nyhan is the first to admit, it's hardly a solution that can be applied easily outside the lab. "People don't just go around writing essays about a time they felt good about themselves,"he said. And who knows how long the effect lasts—it's not as though we often think good thoughts and then go on to debate climate change. But, despite its unwieldiness,the theory may still be useful. Facts and evidence, for one, may not be the answer everyone thinks they are: they simply aren't that effective,given how selectively they are processed and interpreted. Instead, why not focus on presenting issues in a way keeps broader notions out of it—messages that are not political, not ideological, not in any way a reflection of who you are? • Take the example of the burgeoning raw-milk movement. So far, it's a relatively fringe phenomenon, but if it spreads it threatens to undo the health benefits of more than a century of pasteurization.The C.D.C. calls raw milk "one of the world's most dangerous food products,"noting that improperly handled raw milk is responsible for almost three times as many hospitalizations as any other food-borne illness. And yet raw-milk activists are becoming increasingly vocal—and the supposed health benefits of raw milk are gaining increased support. To prevent the idea from spreading even further,Nyhan advises,advocates of pasteurization shouldn't dwell on the misperceptions, lest they"inadvertently draw more attention to the counterclaim."Instead,they should create messaging that self- consciously avoids any broader issues of identity, pointing out, for example,that pasteurized milk has kept children healthy for a hundred years. I asked Nyhan if a similar approach would work with vaccines. He wasn't sure—for the present moment, at least. "We may be past that point with vaccines,"he told me. "For now, while the issue is already so personalized in such a public way, it's hard to find anything that will work."The message that could be useful for raw milk,he pointed out, cuts another way in the current vaccine narrative:the diseases are bad, but people now believe that the vaccines, unlike pasteurized milk, are dangerous. The longer the narrative remains co-opted by prominent figures with little to no actual medical expertise—the Jenny McCarthys of the world—the more difficult it becomes to find a unified, non -ideological theme. The message can't change unless the perceived consensus among figures we see as opinion and thought leaders changes first. And that, ultimately, is the final, big piece of the puzzle:the cross-party, cross-platform unification of the country's elites,those we perceive as opinion leaders,can make it possible for messages to spread broadly. The campaign against smoking is one of the most successful public-interest fact-checking operations in history. But, if smoking • were just for Republicans or Democrats,change would have been far more unlikely. It's only after ideology is put to the side that a message itself can change, so that it becomes decoupled from notions of self-perception. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/mariakonnikova/2014/05/why-do-people-persist-i... 5/28/2014 Why Do People Persist in Believing Things That Just Aren't True? : The New Yorker Page 5 of 6 Vaccines, fortunately,aren't political. "They're not inherently linked to ideology,"Nyhan said. "And that's good. That means we can get to a consensus."Ignoring vaccination,after all, can make people of every political party,and • every religion,just as sick. Illustration by Boyoun Kim. Keywords • elements; • techpages Get the best of The New Yorker delivered to your inbox This Week: Links to articles and Web-only features in your inbox every Monday. • Cartoons: A weekly note from the New Yorker's cartoon editor. Daily: What's new today on newyorker.com. Receive all the latest fake news from The Borowitz Report. I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its User Agreement, and • Privacy Policy. • Print • More Share Close • Reddit • Linked In • Email • StumbleUpon ./1414 10,40 k Maria Konnikova • • Bio • All posts http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/mariakonnikova/2014/05/why-do-people-persist-i... 5/28/2014 0 Board of Health IV Old Business and Informational Items Item 2 • Healthy/Happenings — Jefferson County Public Health WIC i June 19, 2014 0 Board of Health IV Old Business and Informational Items Item 3 0 Correspondence Re: Fukashima Radiation Concerns 0 June 19, 2014 e From: Linda Sutton • Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 7:40:24 AM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada) To: John Austin; David Sullivan; Phil Johnson Subject: RADIATION FROM FUKASHIMA Dear Jefferson County Commissioners: I am attaching a today's article concerning Fukushima radiation from one of the foremost journalists covering the story. Several months ago, in the public session, I brought up the issue of whether Washington State was doing anything to monitor what is inevitably reaching our shores. My outreach to you followed a Peninsula Daily News article written by Leah Leach that quoted our Public Health official alleging that there was nothing to worry about. His assessment, however, was based on almost NO REAL RESEARCH. I confirmed this with Ms. Leach following my testimony. And it was clearly written in the article if you read it closely. Since you are responsible for the health policies for our population here, I urge you to contact the governor and the State Department of Ecology and initiate government-sponsored monitoring of radiation from Fukashima and its effect on our fish and shellfish populations. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please cc me on any communications regarding this issue./// • Linda Sutton 360-643-3363 http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/newsflash fukushima is still a disaster 20140603# (POSTED IN MY FACEBOOK WITH ARTICLE LINK) And there is little, IF ANY, monitoring being done on the US coast lines of what RADIATION is reaching us. All that's covered is the mounting trash along Washington's coast from the tsunami. What comes, is coming, has come, or WILL come AFTER the tsunami trash is the radiation leak that followed it. No one here will even KNOW about it as long as the WA state government(and others) do not monitor the incoming radiation and how it's affecting the fish and shellfish THAT WE EAT. • '. Truthdig -News Flash: Fukushima Is Still a Disaster Page 1 of 2 ruthdigT, • News Flash: Fukushima Is Still a Disaster h Itp:/Iwwwknilhdig.com/report/item/oewsIlas_Tu l:ushnnn_is stilly disaster 201 J116031 Posted on Jun 3,2014 By Harvey Wasserman t i ,,,,,,,:...117 ''''''''': '3''t'56;';',2.. v' 2, ,i'-,''..'.-;;F",,'l';''-r:;.7.*-‘-'.,:4; :11,:';',,I'lir: 111r 0 ,,,--%,1111(.4 ver 4111 ' „,','0 SP1 , . �.,. U.S.Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy wearing a yellow helmet and a mask inspects the central control room for the Unit i and Unit 2 reactors of the tsunami crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant last month.Ar/Toru Yamanaka The corporate media silence on Fukushima has been deafening even though the melted down nuclear power plant's seaborne radiation is now washing up on American beaches. Ever more radioactive water continues to pour into the Pacific. At least three extremely volatile fuel assemblies are stuck high in the air at Unit 4.Three years after the March 11,2011,disaster,nobody knows exactly where the melted cores from Units 1,2 and 3 might be. Amid a dicey cleanup infiltrated by organized crime(http://�vcaw.reuters.can/article02oi3/i2/3o/ns-fnl.nshima-workers-idUSBRE9BToo2ot3i23o), still more massive radiation releases are real possibility at any time. Radioactive groundwater washing through the complex is enough of a problem that Fukushima Daiichi owner Tepco has just won approval for a highly controversial ice wall(http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27669393)to be constructed around the crippled reactor site.No wall of this scale and type has ever been built,and this one might not be ready for two years.Widespread skepticism has erupted surrounding its potential impact on the stability of the site and on the huge amounts of energy necessary to sustain it.Critics (http://America.aljazeera.com/blogsjscrutineer/2oi4f;>/2�fat-fukushima-icsijustanotherbrickinthewallofdeuiallrtml)also doubt it would effectively guard the site from flooding and worry it could cause even more damage should power fail. Meanwhile,children nearby are dying.The rate of thyroid cancers among some 250,000 area young people is more than 4o times normal. According to health expert Joe Mangano(http:J/�ti tw.radiation.org),more than 46 percent have precancerous nodules and cysts on their thyroids.This is"just the beginning”of a tragic epidemic,he warns. There is,however,some good news—exactly the kind the nuclear power industry does not want broadcast. When the earthquake and consequent tsunami struck Fukushima,there were 54 commercial reactors licensed to operate in Japan,more than 12 percent of the global total. As of today,not one has reopened.The six at Fukushima Daiichi will never operate again.Some 30 older reactors around Japan can't meet current safety standards(a reality that could apply to 6o or more reactors that continue to operate here in the U.S.). • As part of his desperate push to reopen these reactors,Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has shuffled (http://wrv�a.commondreams.a g/head ine j2ot4Jo5/2H-3)the country's regulatory agencies,and removed at least one major industry critic, replacing him with a key industry supporter. http://www.truthdig.com/report/print/newsflash fukushima is_still_a disaster 20140603 6/11/2014 4.,. Truthdig -News Flash: Fukushima Is Still a Disaster Page 2 of 2 But last month a Japanese court denied a corporate demand to restart two newer reactors at the Ooi power plant in Fukui prefecture.The judges decided that uncertainty about when,where and how hard the inevitable next earthquake will hit makes it impossible to guarantee the safety of any reactor in Japan. In other words,no reactor can reopen in Japan without endangering the nation,which the court could not condone. • Such legal defeats are extremely rare for Japan's nuclear industry,and this one is likely to be overturned.But it dealt a stunning blow to Abe's pro-nuke agenda. In Fukushima's wake,the Japanese public has become far more anti-nuclear.Deep-seated anger has spread over shoddy treatment and small compensation packages given downwind victims.In particular,concern has spread about small children being forced (http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/989273'2/Residents-finally-moving-back-to-Fukushima)to move back into heavily contaminated areas around the plant. Under Japanese law,local governments must approve any restart.Anti-nuclear candidates have been dividing the vote in recent elections,but the movement may be unifying(http://ajw.asahi.corn/article/views/vox/A.Jaoi4o5o9oo24)and could eventually overwhelm the Abe administration. A new comic book satirizing the Fukushima cleanup has become a nationwide best-seller.The country has also been rocked by revelations that some 700 workers fled(http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27487323)the Fukushima Daiichi site at the peak of the accident.Just a handful of personnel were left to deal with the crisis,including the plant manager,who soon thereafter died of cancer. In the meantime,Abe's infamous,intensely repressive state secrets act(http://www.reuters.com/article/2o13/1o/25/us-japan-secrecy- idLSBRE99N1ECaoI31025)has seriously constrained the flow of technical information.At least one nuclear opponent is being prosecuted for sending a critical tweet(http://tukushinlaupdate.com/how-a-single-tweet-could-land-a-Japanese-nuclear-activist-in-jail/)to an industry supporter.A professor jailed for criticizing the government's handling of nuclear waste has come to the U.S.to speak. The American corporate media have been dead silent or,alternatively,dismissive(http://naturalsociety.com/cbs-kpix-5-says-fukushima-radiation- us-west-coast/)about the radiation now washing up on our shores,and about the extremely dangerous job of bringing intensely radioactive fuel rods down from their damaged pools. Fukushima's General Electric reactors feature spent fuel pools perched roughly 100 feet in the air.When the tsunami hit,thousands of rods were suspended over Units 1,2,3 and 4. According to nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen,the bring-down of the assemblies in Unit 4 may have hit a serious snag.Gundersen says that beginning in November 2013,Tokyo Electric Power removed about half of the suspended rods there.But at least three assemblies may be stuck.The more difficult half of the pile remains.And the pools at three other units remain problematic.An accident at any one of them could result in significant radiation releases,which have already far exceeded those from Chernobyl and from the bombings of Hiroshima and • Nagasaki. At least 30o tons of heavily contaminated Fukushima water still pour daily into the Pacific.Hundreds more tons are backed up on site,with Tepco apologists advocating they be dumped directly(http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/23789-56o-tons-of-radioactive-water- pumped-into-pacific-ocean-at-fukushima)into the ocean without decontamination. Despite billions of dollars in public aid,Tepco is still the principal owner of Fukushima.The"cleanup"has become a major profit center. Tepco boasted a strong return in 2013.Its fellow utilities are desperate to reopen other reactors that netted them huge annual cash flow. Little of this has made its way into the American corporate media. New studies from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have underscored significant seismic threats(http://www,warren.senate.gov/? p=press_release&id=468)to American commercial nuclear sites.Among those of particular concern are two reactors at Indian Point just north of New York City,which sit near the highly volatile Ramapo Fault,and two at Diablo Canyon,between Los Angeles and San Francisco,directly upwind of California's Central Valley. The U.S.industry has also suffered a huge blow at New Mexico's Waste Isolation Pilot Project.Primarily a military dump,this showcase radioactive waste facility was meant to prove that the industry could handle its trash.No expense was spared in setting it up in the salt caverns of the desert southwest,officially deemed the perfect spot to dump the 70,000 tons of high-level fuel rods now backed up at American reactor sites. But an explosion(http://www.theverge.com/2a14/5/23/5742800/did-kitty-litter-just-kill-the-most-successhtl-nuclear-waste-facility)and highly significant radiation release at the pilot project last month has contaminated local residents and cast a deep cloud over any future plans to dispose of American reactor waste.The constant industry complaint that the barriers are"political"is absurd. While the American reactor industry continues to suck billions of dollars from the public treasury,its allies in the corporate media seem increasingly hesitant to cover the news of post-Fukushima Japan. In reality,those gutted reactors are still extremely dangerous.An angry public,whose children are suffering,has thus far managed to keep all other nukes shut in Japan.If they keep them down permanently,it will be a huge blow to the global nuke industry—one you almost certainly won't see reported in the American corporate media. AP/Toru Yamanaka A Progressive Journal of News and Opinion Publisher,Zuade Kaufman Editor,Robert Scheer • ©2014 Truthdig,LLC.All rights reserved. http://www.truthdig.com/report/print/newsflash_fukushima is_still_a_disaster_20140603 6/11/2014 ID Board of Health IV Old Business and Informational Items Item 4 To Your Health Article: 0 Building a Stronger Community Together Page 6 • June 19, 2014 "*. / ,,, ., „,, ', ,-,-' t , ,- 0 ,41.:AW' -,,, '' ' Building a Stronger 2r Community Together The first step to creating a healthy community is identifying the needs of the people who call it home. That's why The Health of Jefferson County 2014 Community Health Assessment is the beginning of something big. Funding the Future Working together,Jefferson Healthcare and Jefferson County Public Health have compiled a massive database of public health information,including facts about Due to funding constraints,there was population growth,education,aging,and access to medical care.This collection is a no community health assessment snapshot of where the community stands today,but the potential impact of the data conducted in 2013.The Health of stretches far into the future. Jefferson County 2014 Community "Having an accurate,up-to-date community health assessment allows us to make • Health Assessment was made possible informed decisions about the best ways to serve the public,"says Mike Glenn,CEO at by a$20,000 Regional Health Systems Jefferson Healthcare."It's the foundation we use to plan future expansions and decide of Care Improvement to Address which services to expand or add,choices that will help Jefferson County residents live Identified Needs grant that was longer,healthier lives for years to come." awarded to Jefferson Healthcare by In the community,the assessment will help shape policy,infrastructure the Washington State Department development,and the work of public agencies. of Health. "Recent changes in health care place a spotlight on the importance of a healthy lifestyle,"says Jean Baldwin,MSN,Director of Jefferson County Public Health."Now, The grant allowed Jefferson County it's our job as advocates to develop the programs and support systems that make Public Health to collect in-depth healthy living possible,such as trails with appropriately spaced benches for walkers of data.It will also support continued all abilities and healthcare services tailored to our active,aging population." collaboration as Jefferson Healthcare and Jefferson County Public Health PARTNERS IN CARE work together to create actionable The community health assessment is just the latest in a long line of collaborations plans based on the current and future between Jefferson Healthcare and Jefferson County Public Health.The two needs of Jefferson County residents. organizations meet regularly to discuss public health,identify areas of need,and create action plans.They jointly host school-based healthcare clinics every year,and in the wake of healthcare reform,teamed up to enroll newly eligible patients in the expanded Medicaid program,meeting and exceeding the local goal for enrollment. .�;_. "There is a unique,open relationship between Jefferson Healthcare and ,- 5 a Jefferson County Public Health,"Glenn says."It's the result of many years of active .4... ' collaboration.Working together with public health advocates such as Dr.Tom Locke, / z one of the minds behind the community health assessment,helps us improve the lives 4 4.4}..;;" of Jefferson County residents." For more information about the public health services available at Jefferson • Mike Glenn,CEO Jean Baldwin,MSN Healthcare,visit www.jeffersonhealthcare.org. Jefferson Healthcare Director,Jefferson County Public Health 6 (L11,0,1/4„.? 12d/'5/ • Board of Health IV Old Business and Informational Items Item 5 0 BOCC Award to Roberta Frissell • June 19, 2014 • 130ardikariacthi3tRisecrteles, Highlights from Monday's Commissioner Meeting May 20, 2014 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD:The following is a summary of COMMISSIONERS BRIEFING SESSION:The Commissioners comments made by citizens in attendance at the meeting and provided updates on the following items: reflect their personal opinions: All 3 Commissioners: • 4 citizens voiced concern over the County's marijuana - Attended Rhody Festival events last week. permitting process; Chairman Austin • A citizen commented on the Republican Party's process - Attended an Environmental Health Conference last week. re:Treasurer candidate; and - Attended a meeting in Brinnon last week re:sewer system. • A citizen stated: 1)The Board of County Commissioners - Will be attending a Walking Audit at the Chimacum High (BOCC)should be posting audio and video of their School next week. meetings online; 2)There is a process in place to change Commissioner Johnson the law if individuals do not like the way the law works; - Will be attending a Hood Canal Coordinating Council meeting and 3)He favors the previous BOCC forum preamble. this week.The Integrated Watershed Plan(IWP)will be discussed. CONSENT AGENDA:The Board unanimously approved the Commissioner Sullivan items on the consent agenda as presented: - Attended a Heart of Service award presentation last week. Reject Bid Award re:Supply of Hybrid Sedans;Jefferson County - Legislative Update: In the U.S.Senate, Bipartisan Bill"Moving Central Services Ahead for Progress in the 2152 Century(MAP-21)"is moving CALL FOR BIDS re:Supply of Hybrid Sedans;Bids Accepted Until forward and will provide much needed funding for 9:30 a.m.and Opened and Read Publicly at 10:00 a.m.,or transportation needs. shortly thereafter on Monday,June 9,2014 in the - Will be attending a presentation by the U.S.Geological Survey Commissioners'Chambers,Jefferson County Courthouse regarding Chimacum groundwater this week. S 4 AGREEMENTS: 1) Maintenance and Repair of the Superior Courtroom windows;Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP);2)Jefferson4.,, :3 County Marine Resources Coordinator Services, Fort Townsend • Nearshore Restoration Design Project; Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation;3)AGREEMENT,Appendix A • &Bre:2014 Memorandum of Agreement to Support WSU , Faculty,Appendix A-Extension Director, Extension Faculty 4-H - Youth&Families and After School Program;Jefferson County ! t -- >,. ^Y I I x WSU Extension;Washington State University;and j �; 4)Amendment re: Renew and Extend Original Agreement for � ;' 41auIMP' Implementing Watershed Characterization in Hood Canal; Grant No.G1200453; Hood Canal Coordinating Council(HCCC) t Request to Convene for the Purpose of Hearing Property Tax Appeals for the Year 2014;Jefferson County Board of . Equalization TS_ Advisory Board Reappointment re:Jefferson County Solid Waste Advisory Committee(SWAC); Matthew Hall,Skookum Port /�f /�»pQ�/,/ �l (Recycling)Contract Services Representative;Two(2)Year /,.I - `or Townson ( 5 Term to Expire February 2,2016 / Advisory Board Appointment re:Jefferson County Parks and r PRESENTATION:The Commissioners presented Roberta Frissell Recreation Advisory Board(JCPRAB);Clayton White; with a Certificate of Appreciation for her many years of service i Representing District No.3;Two(2)Year Term to Expire May \ on the Jefferson County Board of Health. ___---' 19,2016 BRIEFING:The Commissioners met with Jeffc m irector Karl Payment of Jefferson County Vouchers/Warrants Dated May Hatton and Adcomm staff regarding an E-911 Regionalization 12,2014 Totaling$852,105.59 Study. O Payment of Jefferson County A/P Warrants Done by Payroll DISCUSSION: After discussion,the Board approved sending a Dated May 7,2014 Totaling$123,478.80 letter to the Washington State Association of Counties(WSAC) regarding the Geographic Configuration of Regional Service Areas for the delivery of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Services. If' I �4 y . G2 Office of the Prosecuting Attorney • 2,� Scott W. Rosekrans 9S�J N s- r; .. David W.Alvarez,Chief Deputy Jefferson County Courthouse _. 3 : Christopher R.Ashcraft,Deputy 1820 Jefferson Street �- 1 ., Thomas A.Brotherton,Deputy Post Office Box 1220 4'1 ,;•: ; t�; .I. James M.Kennedy,Deputy Port Townsend,WA 98368 i ti'4 -�;�', Walt Perry,Deputy Phone:(360)385-9180 S a ----------- Adam H.Sturdivant,Deputy Fax:(360)385-0073 Lianne Perron-Kossow,Victim Services MEMORANDUM Not confidential DATE: June 16,2014 TO: Elected Officials and All Employees FROM: David Alvarez,Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney RE: NEW LAW:2014 Open Government Trainings Act Effective July 1,2014 a new state law goes into effect titled the"Open Government Trainings Act." This new law requires the training of local elected public officials,members of public agency governing bodies,advisory boards and records officers regarding the following subjects: 1)Open Public Meetings Act;2)Public Records Act; and 3)Records management and retention. III This training must be received no later than 90 days after they are sworn in or assume their duties of office with refresher trainings at intervals of no longer than four years(training may occur more frequently). Attached is a Q&A document from the Attorney General of Washington which provides detailed information on the 2014 Open Government Trainings Act. The Washington State Attorney General's Office has compiled information and created online trainings through its office and the office of the Washington State Archives to aid public agencies in their compliance with the law. You will be able to stay at your desk to complete these trainings and each one is not lengthy.The following online training meets the requirements of this law and can be found on the County's website under"Quick Links", "Open Government Training": - Open Public Meetings Act Training Video provided by the State Attorney General's - Public Records Act Training Video provided by the State Attorney General's - Records Management and Retention Training Tutorials provided by the Washington State Archives • "Public Officials and Public Records" (for Elected Officials, Records Officers and Department Directors) ■ "Basics of Records Management"(for other employees) ID • Other Employees Department Directors: • 1) Open Public Meetings Act(if providing support to members of governing bodies,public agency boards,councils and commissions which are subject to the Open Public Meetings Act;and • 2)Public Records Act; and • 3)Records management and retention(Tutorial titled"Public Officials and Public Records"). - Employees in each department who are responsible for responding to public records requests: • 1)Public Records Act;and • 2)Records management and retention(Tutorial titled"Basics of Records Management"). - Employees in each department who are responsible for responding to public records requests,AND who provide support to members of governing bodies,public agency boards,councils and commissions which are subject to the Open Public Meetings Act: • 1)Open Public Meetings Act; and • 2)Public Records Act; and • 3)Records management and retention(Tutorial titled"Basics of Records Management"). • - Employees who use or have access to County computers, computer networks, internet, electronic mail, and communication equipment: • 1)Public Records Act;and • 2)Records management and retention(Tutorial titled"Basics of Records Management"). Upon completion of the required training,you must fill out and sign a"Certificate of Training" and return it to the County Administrator's Office,Attn: Human Resources,to be included in your personnel file. Completing the "Certificate of Training"AND returning it to Human Resources is not only mandatory, it protects both you and the County in the event there is a lawsuit regarding these state laws.Think of this training as being no different than the Diversity training you must also complete on a regular basis. The"Certificate of Training"is available on the County's website under"Quick Links", "Open Government Training". Thank you for your cooperation to insure compliance with the Open Government Trainings Act. If you have any questions,please contact me. Sincerely, Oft4, gr1411r- David Alvarez Chief Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney 11111 -., --.7.:Tht,..,7-;..givA", -;,•?-'. 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Thank you all for being a part of the conversation! Many Ah Ha! Moments: • "We want our students to have SAFE routes to get to school" by car, by foot or on bike. • "The wider the road lanes the faster cars travel" • "The parking lot is not friendly for vehicles or pedestrians to travel through" • "I realize that faster car traffic makes me feel less comfortable as a pedestrian" • "Now notice how bike lanes disappear in spots and aren't connected to where I want to go" • "Wow some ways to improve traffic calming can be economical, like using paint to help guide vehicles" • "Road plans also need to consider the needs of emergency vehicles" • Local pride, appreciate the conversation • "Never really paid attention to the way the road layout affects bike and pedestrian safety, now I realize the importance" • "People mixed in traffic=trouble! We need to find a way to create separation" • "Wide turn lanes=faster turns= increase danger because pedestrians and bikes disappear" • "Maintenance can be as important as construction, Adopt-a-road program could be helpful" • • "How do we put a positive spin on kids using the trails-they are not all causing trouble" • "The comment made sense to me about how kids feel more connected to their community when they walk or bike in it VS. when they only drive through it" Jefferson County Public Health: www.jeffersoncountypublichealth.org For more information on Safe Routes to School go to: www.saferoutesinfo.org To connect with The ReCyclery's Step on It! Efforts go to: www.ptrecyclery.org Thanks to Samantha Thomas for her presentation! For more information about Walkable Livable Communities Institute go to: www.walklive.ore Remember your homework: Tell at least 10 people about something that your learned regarding how the built environment (road design, traffic speeds, turn lanes, etc) impacts the walkability of your community! The groups seemed to be eager to apply what we learned to our community of Chimacum,WA. I will keep you posted about next steps. Thanks for your participation! Karen Obermeyer Health Educator Board Members l David Sullivan(Chair),County Commissioner District#2;Sheila Westerman,Citizen/Ci#v(Vice-Chair); • Phil Johnson,County Commissioner District#1;John Austin,County Commissioner District#3; Kris Nelson,Port Townsend City Council;Sadly Aerts,CitizenJC'etrnty;Jill Balder,Hospital Commissioner 615 Sheridan• Castle Hill Center• Port Townsend• WA • 98368 (360)385-9400 At. ENIN S ULAPM1 E„..- • v ctOUN3 11 L !' G INC '': x''-i2'ort Townsendl.i.dfferspn E ”`,a ' �, ' � •.. ce Census Salutingt�l£ C "ll shows N\lk ,,, , , }„ , subtle tt.stNtii,\ 4 � Area population It t t I , increases slightly ti, _ ..” BY ROB C+id.rBAINEN W.- :. PENINSULA DAILY NEWS • + The population of the North Olympic Penin- SMI MmAAmrhoR PIVD "'"D"°'"Nes sula grew a modest 0.64 percent in 2013 with Ed Hauser,Chimacum resident and Leading Knight of Elks Lodge 317 in Port Townsend,tosses a 102,388 people living in Clallam and Jefferson wreath into Port Townsend Bay to conclude the Memorial Day observance at the Marvin G.Shields cues,according to new Census Bureau esti- American Legion Post 26 in Port Townsend on Monday while Selena Espinoza,left,waits her turn. Clallam County's population grew by 425 .. ........, ,, residents last year from 71,887 to 72,312,a 0.59-percent increase. Jefferson County's population climbed by 230 Audit aimed at clearing way fraug846 to 0.77-percent increase, Cities grow slightly for kids to walk to school Eadieffour incorporated cities onthe Pen- insula experienced slight population growth in 2013. Port Angeles added 87 residents for a new j" estimate of 19,190. Consultant: 1 rend 1 Port Townsend grew by 80 people for a 2013 population of 9,210. of driving to class ,' t Seo gained 42 residents fora population of 6,669. ' - $ Forks added one person fora new population is tied to obesity , „yt,, t �! of 3,688. Unincorporated Clallam County gained 295 ' people for a 2013 population of 42,765. By CHARLIE BERMAN' ) ' , ' '-':.? 'f''''''. --, ' h' ,. Unincorporated Jefferson County added 150 PENINSULA DAILY News «c.. ,. '� ° f for a total of 20,866. CHMACUM—Young people who t{ walk and bicycle rather than ride in cars .k # � _ Seattle growth are healthier,said those who want to C,uw.=Branum/PENINSULA DAILY Nes Seattle grew at a faster rate than any other make it easier for students to move Samantha Thomas,right,discusses the walking options around the major American city in 2013, the Census under their own power. Chimaaum Sthool with,from left,Trade Chandler,Kees Koiff and Bureau estimated in the information released "Walking or bicyrling to school can Chimacum Superintendent Rich Stewart. last Thursday. decrease obesity and diabetes and result That city added nearly 18,000 residents in in healthier students,"said Samantha last week. them to not drive or be driven to school 2013,or a 2.8 percent increase,for a new esti- Thomas,a consultant who moderated a "We want to create a better environ- an important step,"Thomas said. mated total of 652,405. maceng audit"of the area around Chi- mecum School that drew about 30 people meat for kids,and making it easier for TURN To WALK/A8 TURN TO GROWTH/A8 • 4 ' • "" P0111111StilaIN C AS TUESDAY,MAY 27,2014—(J) • , • WaDe How drivtng • e range' i s a ects re Also,the physical layout "When drivers see CONTINUED FROM Al of them walk- around the Chimacum ers or cyclists,many Thomas characterized School campus is oriented speed up. are ngry the trend toward driving ee doesn'to t automobiles and accommodate walk- They sdon't want like eto slow school as "the loss o want range children," adding ers or bikers,she added. down and ve ndon'g that keepso that the number of children Creating a bett�rde � them from where they are who walk or bike fell 75 ments for biking percent between 1960 and ing comes from two beth go Jentzch said the instal- ing." 2009, with a corresponding tions: accommodatingand 276ercent increase in nology for new road con- laonn ofrohts walk make that per P during struction and retrofitting flashinglig g cha period.d obesity existing routes to help it safer for bikers and The event was a coopers- share the road. pedestrians but that tive effort between the coup- For the former, buildingwouldn't solve the hostility • ty's public health and public roundabouts, raisedareas problem. works departments along to discourage speeders and Obermeyer said that with the ReCyclery's "Step wider streets can be accom- some short-term steps on It!Campaign"to promote plished during major road toward the walkability goal walking and biking. projects,Thomas said. include building sidewalks, The goal was to gather With retrofits, center bicycle paths and pedes- community stakeholders lines can be removed on trian-friendly infrastruc- together to help form a slow traffic routes so cars ture, reducing speeds in vision of how to overcome don't crowd bikes off the school zones and neighbor- some of the barriers to road and right turn lanes hoods and discouraging dis- walking and biking to can be eliminated in favor tracted driving through school, according to Karen of bike paths,she added. educational programs. Obermeyer, an educator for "Most roads have been In the long term, Ober- the Jefferson County designed for cars and traf- meyer said that compre- Department of Public fic,"Thomas said. hensive plans for the city of Health. "We need to start design- Port Townsend and Jeffer- Representatives of the ing them for people." son County are in the revi- school system, county gov- sion process. ernment and police and fire Hostile drivers Citizen input during departments attneded. Driver hostility toward that process could result in Several parents and a cyclists is also a problem, healthier, more walkable few kids also joined in. said Melissa Jentzsch, a neighborhoods. Thomas said that obsta- parent at the meeting. For more information des to success are both per- p Jentzch said that her write KObermeyer@eo. t J ceptual and physical. a erson.wa.us. There is the notion that 14-year-old son Ethan can children who are walking or beceause he can't safely cross Jefferson County Editor Chariie • is bike to school bicycling to school are vul- nerable to abductions, but state Highway 19. Bermant can be reached at 360- these incidents are rare,she "There is a real issue," 385-2335 or cbermant@peninsula said. she said. dailynews.com. Board of Health V New Business Items Item 2 Cascade Pacific Action Alliance: A Regional Accountable Community Of Health Proposal June 19, 2014 CHOICE Regional Health Network I The Cascade Pacific Action Alliance is Officially L • Search... • Home(http://crhn.org/pages/) I j About—(http.//crhn.org/pages/about/) Regional Health Network #u_ CHOICE Projects —(http://crhn.org/pages/choice_projects/) (http:!/crhn.org/pages) News -(http://crhn.org/pages/news/) 1 Contact —(http://crhn.org/pages/contact/ i 4 Home(http://crhn.org/pages)»Frontpage(http://crhn.org/pages/category/frontpage/)a The Cascade Pacific Action Alliance is Officially Launched The Cascade Pacific Action Alliance is Officially Launched @crhn_org May 22,2014(http:/lcrhn.org/pages/the-cascade-pacific-action-alliance-is-officially-launched/) Tweets by @crhn_org Frontpage(http://crhn.org/pages/category/frontpage/) (https://twitter.com/crhi Stakeholders and community partners from 10 *` '4. counties gathered Wednesday,May 21 in Tumwater to form the new Cascade Pacific Action 4,5,0W05 reti, f Alliance—a coalition of private and public rorganizations that is working to improve ra community health by engaging in broad cross- itqfeumw.'1 sectoral collaboration1.14454470t 4n14.61,• . * The meeting gathered representatives from a N. r /Jr' ` `'ttf' broad spectrum of industries and organizations (http://crhn.org/pages/wp- that are involved in healthcare and community content/uploads/2014/05/DSC_0051.jpg) health throughout Western Washington. People Dorothy Teeter,Director of the Health Care Authority, provided an overview of the State's Health Care Innovation from state agencies,school districts, hospitals Plan. and clinics throughout the region joined numerous elected officials and representatives of public health departments and other government agencies to formalize an alliance that would help direct funding and resources from the Washington State Health Care Authority and other state programs that are part of the implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act. The state is encouraging public and private organizations in Washington to form regional collaboratives like the Cascade Pacific Action Alliance to help identify ways to improve how we pay for health services,ensure health care focuses on the whole person,and build healthier communities through collaboration in order to be more competitive when the state begins awarding Health Care Innovation Plan grants. In a letter sent to state representatives to declare the alliance's intent to apply for a Health Care Planning grant,CHOICE Regional Health Network Executive Director Winfried Danke wrote: • "We believe that the state's Health Care Innovation Plan and the development of Accountable Communities of Health like the Cascade Pacific Action Alliance represent a huge opportunity for our region to substantively improve our communities'health by engaging a broad range of diverse stakeholders in charting a course that better integrates our health system and leads to improved health outcomes for our residents." • Board of Health V New Business Items Item 3 Jefferson County Board of Health Bylaws • Revision • June 19, 2014 • BYLAWS OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH ARTICLE 1. NAME The name of this organization shall be the Jefferson County Board of Health. ARTICLE II. PURPOSE The purpose of the Jefferson County Board of Health is to supervise all matters pertaining to the preservation of the life and health of the people of Jefferson County and to comply fully with the requirements of all applicable chapters of Title 70, Revised Code of Washington. The Board of Health shall: • Collect, analyze and disseminate to the community, through Jefferson County Public Health, information about community health conditions, risks and resources, and the availability of resources to address identified • problems. • Enact such rules, regulations and policies as are necessary to preserve, promote and improve the health status of Jefferson County residents, and guide the allocation of appropriate and necessary public health resources. • Assure that necessary, high quality, effective public health services are available for the protection of the people of Jefferson County, including the control and prevention of any dangerous, contagious or infectious disease within the county. • Provide for the prevention, control and abatement of nuisances detrimental to public health. • Enforce, through the Health Officer, the public health statutes of the state and county. • Establish fee schedules for issuing and renewing licenses and permits or for such other services as are authorized by the law and rules of the State Board of Health. • Jefferson County Board of Health Bylaws Page 1 I • ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATION Membership: The Board of Health shall consist of 7 members, selected as follows: • Each member of the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners shall serve as a member of the Board of Health for the duration of their elected term of office. • Four members of the Board of Health shall be appointed by the County Commissioners. Appointed members shall include one Port Townsend City Council Member and one Jefferson Healthcare District#2 Commissioner nominated by their respective organizations, ene and two at-large community representatives who are Jefferson County residents.from the city and one at large representative from the county/ Terms: Appointed members shall serve for three year terms. Board of Health members may serve more than one term, including consecutive terms. Vacancies: In the event that a vacancy occurs for an appointed representative, the Board of County Commissioners shall appoint another representative within thirty (30) days, or as soon as practical, from the date of vacancy. In the event that a vacancy occurs from the Port Townsend City Council or Jefferson Healthcare District #2 member, the City or District shall nominate another representative from their membership within thirty (30) days. • Absences: Board members shall notify the Chairperson in advance if unable to attend any regular meeting of the Board of Health. Appointed Board members may be removed from Board membership by action of the County Commissioners for lack of attendance. Three or more unexcused absences from regular Board of Health meetings in one calendar year will be considered cause for removal. Non-Voting Members: The Board, by majority vote, may appoint non-voting members to the Board for a defined term of office three year term. r/ t2 r ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS Chairperson: The presiding officer of the Board of Health shall be the Chairperson, who shall serve for a term of one (1) year. The Chairperson shall be selected by a majority vote of the Board members present at the first regular meeting of each year. Vice-Chairperson: At the same meeting, a Vice-Chairperson shall also be selected for a term of one (1) year, who shall preside over all proceedings of the Board in the absence of the Chairperson. Vacancies: In the event of a vacancy in the office of Chairperson, the Vice- Chairperson shall immediately assume the duties of the Chairperson for the remainder of the year. Another representative shall be selected to serve as Vice-Chairperson at • the next regular or special meeting of the Board. Jefferson County Board of Health Bylaws Page 2 a ' Consecutive Terms: Board members shall not serve consecutive terms as • Chairperson or Vice Chairperson. ARTICLE V. RULES OF BUSINESS Business shall be conducted in accordance with the most current edition of Robert's Rules of Order, so long as they are consistent with these Bylaws or amendments thereto. ARTICLE VI. COMMITTEES The Chairperson shall appoint subcommittees from the Board of Health or members of the community from time to time as the Chairperson shall deem necessary. The Chairperson shall be an ex-officio member of all committees. ARTICLE VII. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER The Board of Health may appoint an Administrative Officer who shall fulfill the responsibilities specified by RCW 70.05.045, including administering the operations of the Health Department. The Administrative Officer shall serve at the will and approval of the Board. • ARTICLE VIII. HEALTH OFFICER The Board of Health shall appoint a County Health Officer, who shall be a qualified physician trained and experienced in public health, who shall exercise the powers, and perform the duties prescribed in RCW 70.05.070. The Health Officer shall serve at the will and approval of the Board. ARTICLE IX. OPERATING RULES Section 1. Meetings Regular Meeting: Regular meetings of the Board of Health shall be held on the third Thursday of each month. If the third Thursday is a legal holiday, an alternate day may be selected by the Chair. Any regular meeting of the Board of Health may be cancelled with the concurrence of a majority of the Board. The location of the meetings shall be within Jefferson County. Special Meeting: The Chair or two-thirds of the voting members of the Board may call a special meeting of the Board consistent with RCW 42.30.080. Executive Session: The Board may hold executive sessions from which the public may be excluded for the purposes set forth in RCW 42.30.110. Quorum: A majority of all voting Board members, including at least two • Jefferson County Commissioners, shall constitute a quorum for Board meetings. Jefferson County Board of Health Bylaws Page 3 ` 1 Tape Audio Recordings: The proceedings of all Board meetings shall be recorded • electronically. Any person may request a copy of electronic recording media of any meeting of the Board by payment of reasonable cost per policy. Minutes: Written minutes of each Board meeting shall be prepared and approved by the Board at the subsequent regular meeting. Minutes shall be signed by the attending Members at the time of their approval by the Board. Meetings Open to Public: All regular and special meetings of the Board and Board committees shall be open to the public, in accordance with RCW 42.30. Materials to Board Members: Except in cases of emergency, the agenda and materials related to action items shall be sent to Board members in advance of the meeting at which the items will be considered. Section 2. Voting Actions Requiring a Vote: Each regular member of the Board shall be entitled to one vote on all actions of the Board that require a vote. An affirmative vote of a majority of voting Board members shall be required to pass an action of the Board, provided that a quorum of the Board is present. Tie Vote: In the event of a tie vote, the action does not pass. Voting By Proxy: There will be no voting by proxy on any question before the Board. Section 3. Ethics • f Conflict of Interest: Members of the Board of Health having personal or professional interest on an action item that may be deemed conflicting or infringe upon the appearance of fairness shall declare the conflict. If the member or the Board, by majority vote, determines the conflict of interest to be significant, the member shall refrain from discussing or voting on the matter. Section 4. Public Testimony General Public Comments: At each meeting, according to the usual order of business, the Chair shall call for general comments. Persons wishing to comment shall give their name and address. The Chair may establish time limits for individuals who wish to speak. Comments on Action Items: Prior to voting on any item requiring action by the Board,the Chair may call for comments by persons interested in or affected by the matter under consideration before the Board. Persons wishing to comment on action items shall give their name and address. The Chair may establish time limits for individuals who wish to speak. Section 5. Public Hearing The Board shall conduct public hearings prior to adoption of fees, ordinances, rules, or other exercises of its quasi-legislative powers. All members of the public in attendance at a public hearing will be allowed to speak if they so desire. Persons • wishing to provide testimony shall give their name. Time limits may be placed on individual comments at the discretion of the Board Chair and the public should be Jefferson County Board of Health Bylaws Page 4 v advised that comments must relate to the matter at hand. Order and decorum should 411/ be maintained at all times. Rules for the conduct of the hearing should be stated by the Board Chair at the beginning of the hearing. Following public testimony, the Board Chair shall close the public hearing and the Board may deliberate and take action on the matter at hand. Call for Public Hearing: A public hearing may be called for by an affirmative vote by a majority of the Board. Public notice will be given at least 10 days prior to a public hearing of the Jefferson County Board of Health. Section 6. Appeals Hearing Board of Health appeal hearings shall be open to the public and presided over by the chair of the Board of Health. Such hearings shall be recorded. Board of Health hearings shall be opened with a recording of the time, date, and place of the hearing; and a statement of the cause for the hearing. The hearing shall be limited to argument of the parties submitted in writing prior to the meeting and no additional evidence shall be taken unless, in the judgment of the chair, such evidence could not have reasonably been obtained and submitted prior to the hearing. Additional appeal hearing procedures may be required by the specific public health code (e.g. On-site Sewage, Solid Waste, or Food Safety) that governs the matter under appeal. ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS S Reimbursement of Expenses: Board of Health members may receive reimbursement for approved expenses related to completion of their responsibilities. ARTICLE X. AMENDMENTS TO BYLAWS These Bylaws can be amended at any regular meeting of the Board by two-thirds (2/3) vote of total members, provided the amendment has been submitted in writing to the Board of Health at least ten(10) days prior to said meeting. /ciV ADOPTED the day of , 20119— Chairperson, Jefferson County Board of Health • Jefferson County Board of Health Bylaws Page 5 • Board of Health V New Business Items Item 4 Summary: REGIONAL NURSE FAMILY • Partnership meeting with JCPH, Kitsap, and Port Gamble June 19, 2014 • Board of Health Media Report • 0 June 19, 2014 • Board of Health Media Report S June 19, 2014 Board of Health Media Report 0 June 19, 2014 • Jefferson County Public Health May/June 2014 NEWS ARTICLES 1. "Anderson Lake closed because of high levels of toxin created by blue-green algae," Peninsula Daily News, May 9th, 2014. 2. "Lake at 990 times above safe level," Peninsula Daily News, May 11th, 2014. 3. "Anderson Lake closed due to Anatoxin-a," Port Townsend Leader, May 14th, 2014. 4. "FREE Septic System Classes Offered," Port Townsend Leader, May 14th, 2014. 5. "Chimacum Creek cleanup among priorities for Jefferson County Clean Water District fee hike," Peninsula Daily News, May 15th, 2014. 6. "Step On It," Campaign, May 2014. 7. "'Healthy kids, healthy families' workshops set," Port Townsend Leader, May 21st, 2014. 8. "Jefferson Board of Health awards 26 eateries for hygiene," Peninsula Daily News, May 25th, 2014. 9. "Marijuana and its effects on teens topic of Tuesday gathering in Chimacum," Peninsula Daily News, May 26th, 2014. 10. "Public health officer: Olympic Peninsula `dodges a bullet' on measles outbreak in state," Peninsula Daily News, May 26th, 2014. 11. "Chimacum audit aimed at clearing the way for students to walk to school," Peninsula Daily News, May 27th, 2014. • 12. "Protect Your Child's Smile: Schedule a Dental Exam," City of Port Townsend Newsletter, June 2014. 13. "WIC Openings and Farmer's Market," City of Port Townsend Newsletter, June 2014. 14. "Free Septic System Classes Offered," Port Townsend Leader, June 4th, 2014 15. "SmileMobile rolls in with children's dental care June 23-27," Port Townsend Leader, June 4th, 2014. 16. "Step On It!," Port Townsend Leader, June 4th, 2013 17. "26 local eateries earn food safety awards," Port Townsend Leader, June 11th, 2014. • Anderson Lake closed because of high levels of toxin created by blue-green algae Peninsula Daily News, May 9th, 2014 IOCHIMACUM —Anderson Lake was closed Thursday to fishing and all other water recreation because of high levels of toxin created by blue-green algae. "The signs are out. The lake is closed until further notice," said Mike Zimmerman, the ranger who supervises Anderson Lake State Park. The park remains open to recreation; only the lake is closed. The most recent tests of water samples found an unsafe level of anatoxin-a, a nerve poison that can kill within four minutes of ingestion. The popular trout-fishing lake had been open for only two weeks, since April 26, the beginning of the state lowland lakes fishing season. It historically has had very high levels of anatoxin-a. Last year, the lake between Port Townsend and Chimacum opened in late April, then was closed May 17 because of the toxin level. "I was surprised it went this quickly, especially given the weather," Zimmerman said. "I did hear of a lot of excellent-sized fish" being caught in the lake, he added. Researchers don't know what causes certain species of blue-green algae, which occurs naturally and usually is benign, to suddenly begin producing toxins. They do know toxin levels can rise in the summer because the warmth fuels algae growth when sufficient nutrients such as phosphates are present. The next test will be next week. 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To check the status of • Jefferson " County lakes Anderson Lake closed and learn more about toxic cyanobacteria monitor- due to Anatoxin-aing, consult the .Jefferson Washington State Parks County Public Health has closed Lake Anderson jeffersoncountypublichealth. for recreation, including org,or call 385-9444. fishing, boating and swim- ming.Visitors are also urged to keep pets out of the water. The rest of Anderson Lake State Park remains open.for hiking, biking and horseback riding. Anderson' Lake was opened April 26 for fishing season, and closed May 8. High levels of the potent nerve toxin Anatoxin-a were detected in water samples taken from the lake on Monday; May 5. The toxin level climbed to 990 micro- grams per liter, almost 1,000 times higher than the Washington State recre- ational criteria. Anatoxin-a can result in illness and death in people and animals. In late May 2006, two dogs quickly died after drinking from Anderson Lake — the first sign of toxic algae.The prob- lem has also occurred in other lowland lakes here,but usually in later May or June • ... • FREE Septic System Classes Offered . By Jefferson County Public Health To Obtain Authorization to Inspect your Septic System PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED-SPACE IS LIMITED Septics 101: Basics of septic system operation and maintenance.Learn how your septic system works and howyou can protect your investment in this. • important part of your home. Septics 201: Step by Step inspection of the septic ' system and reporting the results.How to identify warning signs in your system,and when to call in the professionals. The class is a combo of Septics 101 and 201. If your system is eligible and you have completed both the 101 and 201 classes,you can apply for authorization to inspect your septic system. June 18th,Wednesday,9:30am—1:30pm Tri-Area Community Center,10 W.Valley Rd.,Chimacum June 19th,Thursday,5pm-9pm Tri-Area Community Center,10 W.Valley Rd.,Chimacum June,24th,Tuesday,9:30am—1:30pm Brinnon Sr.Center,306144 HWY 101,Brinnon °N o Call 385-9401 to sign up. $ www.jeffersoncountypublichealth.org Bskrndsfor more info. P ✓ .ec - Chimacum Creek cleanup among priorities for Jefferson County Clean Water District fee hike By Charlie Bermant , Peninsula Daily News, May 15th, 2014 "'PORT TOWNSEND—A fee assessed by the Jefferson County Department of Public Health to support water quality programs will result in a $15 increase per parcel in property tax statements beginning in 2015. The department is prioritizing projects the new funding stream will support after the increase from the present$5 per parcel to $20 per parcel was approved by the Jefferson County commissioners April 28. The fee is administered under the county's Clean Water District operated by the county Department of Public Health. The increase of four times the present fee will fund several projects, said Jared Keefer, the county's director of environmental health and water quality. "There are a number of projects that we want to complete, but we haven't had the funding," Keefer said. "We are going to get to work on these projects that we have been unable to address." One of the first projects will be the cleanup of Chimacum Creek, where 24 out of 28 sites failed water quality standards for fecal coliform bacteria concentration in a 2012 test. Fecal coliform bacteria is found in feces of warm-blooded animals. While not necessarily an agent of disease, high fecal coliform levels in creeks and streams may indicate the presence of disease-causing organisms that often live alongside the bacteria, according to the state Department of Ecology. elrondale Beach is another area with high coliform levels, Keefer said. The fee, which will be reflected in the next property tax statement, will be assessed for all parcels that are not connected to a wastewater treatment plant. Excluded from the district are those connected to the Port Townsend and Port Ludlow master planned resort system. All others in East Jefferson County are within the clean water district. Keefer said about 20,100 sites are subject to the fee and 13,000 are exempt. The fee will be adjusted annually with regard to the consumer price index. New funds will be used to test areas where waste is pumped into marine waters by individual septic systems, Keefer said. If high levels of waste are discovered, repairs will be the responsibility of the property owners, he said. By the time the funds are available in the middle of 2015, the department will have a project strategy. It will not start any new programs until the funds are distributed, Keefer said. "This is good for the county because it gives clean water efforts a sustainable funding source," County Administrator Philip Morley said. •Jefferson County Editor Charlie Bermant can be reached at 360-385-2335 or cbermantApeninsuladailynews corn. 1 0 ON IT,,, a campaign to promote biking and walking Can you imagine a community where it is easier to walk or bike to school?Where students arriving to class are invigorated and excited to learn? What if parents didn't have to worry about their kids getting safely to school ontheir own,because they know how to bike safely, the streets have cross walks, safe routes to ride,and there are fewer cars on the road? The ReCyclery has teamed up with the following partners to work toward that goal in Jefferson County: Jefferson County Public Works, and Parks and Rec, City of Pt. Townsend, Jeff. Co. Public Health, Jefferson Healthcare, Chirruu.um & Pt. Townsend School Districts, Olympic Peninsula YMCA, Pt. Townsend and Sunrise Rotary Clubs, The. Broken Spoke, PT Cyclery, The Leader, The PDN, The Printery, Henery Hardware, and Carl's Building Supply Theciry -ark--;- -N, oeJOtes.. ty. Interested in joining us? Learn more at ptrecyclery.org 4111 * ,4 . * "Dikingik 74.Ct ' 14C`yclety STEP ON IT! �� my mormrp, ` m"�tiicnte �' 114 r ' ' �• 7 1 meditation. The ReCyclery's campaign lit tf ,it to promote biking and walking. ' s 1, Arrivit�g he bikekbikemahey nuc > :‘ wito cnergilcd for an! _„r . taskthroughoutCounty '+ - the day. 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Mike Graddon, M.Ed., from Drug Education Services in Buckley, Washington. CPC members are set to give an overview of their strategic plan for healthy families in 2014- 2015, including free "Strengthening Families" parenting classes in the fall of 2014. To register, or for more information, contact Kelly Matlock, prevention coordinator at Jefferson County Public Health, at 379-4476 or kmatlock@co.jefferson.wa.us. The Chimacum Prevention Coalition was established in 2013 with a vision statement of"Healthy kids, healthy families." 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" te The Jefferson County Board of Health recently recognized 26 restaurants for their safe food handling during the past year. Representative from a few businesses are,from left, Bob Gresler (Safeway), Michael Thomas (The Boiler Room), David Sullivan (Board of Health chair),Dacia Morrinsonbeck (Cuisine Med Catering), Khy Griffin (Food Co-op), Jared Keefer (Jefferson County Public Health), Amy Priest (Bon Appetit/Local Goods), Kenna Eaton (Food-Co-op), Debi Goetz (Olympic Trading Post) and Rochelle Prather (Bon Appetit/Local Goods). • Jefferson Board of Health awards 26 eateries for hygiene - PENINSULA DAILY NEWS ■ Chimacum Elementary School ■ Chimacum High School PORT TOWNSEND—Outstanding • Chimacum Middle School Achievement Awards were presented ■ Cuisine Med Catering by the Jefferson County Board of I Discovery View Retirement Health to 26 restaurants,full-service ■`Ferino's Pizzeria food establishments and their propri- I.Food Co-op Deli eters that demonstrated"the highest ■ Food Co-op Grocery standards for safe food handling during • Inn at Port Ludlow Catering ■ Lanza's the past year." • Olympic Trading Post The awards are based on food safety I Port Townsend;Senior Nutrition" inspections'in the areas of,personal ■ QFC No.106 Deli-Port Townsend hygiene,food temperature safety and ■ QFC No.106 Grocery—Port Townsend prevention of contamination.Recipi- ■ QFC No.870 Deli-Port Hadlock ents were: ■ Quilcene School Cafeteria ■"Belmont Catering I Safeway No.538 Grocery ■ Blue Heron Middle School ■ The Boiler Room •'Bon Appetit/Local.Goods ■Timberhouse Restaurant I Brinnon School District ■ Tri-Area Community Center ■ Cedarbrook School • Velocity • , /af//)/ Marijuana and its effects on teens topic of Tuesday gathering in Chimacum By Charlie Bermant, Peninsula Daily News, May 26, 2014 CHIMACUM — Marijuana may be legal now for Washington state adults, but that doesn't mean it's good for teens, according to a group planning a presentation on the effects of the drug on youngsters. "We want to get as much information out as possible so people know more about the new laws," said Chimacum High School principal Whitney Meissner, chairwoman of the Chimacum Prevention Coalition. The coalition is sponsoring the event from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m Tuesday at Chimacum High School's library at 91 West Valley Road. Coalition members will discuss their plans for the upcoming year, and Sgt. Mike Graddon of the Des Moines Police Department will speak about marijuana and teens. "There are a lot of effects that kids don't know about," said Graddon, who travels the state giving presentations about the impact of marijuana use. "In the long term, they can end up with cognitive defects because a teenager's brain isn't fully developed," he said. Voters approved Initiative 502 in 2012, which legalized recreational marijuana use by adults. 40 While marijuana use by anyone under 21 is still illegal, the initiative's passage sends a signal that use of the drug is acceptable and that could lead young people to think it is OK for them, forum organizers say. "The effects of marijuana on the developing brain are a lot more complicated than a lot of people realize," said Kelly Matlock, community organizer and health educator at Jefferson County Public Health. "Our mission is to delay or prevent people from using marijuana or drugs." Data collected by Washington state during a 2012 Healthy Youth Survey indicated that the Chimacum School District had higher than average levels in marijuana use, binge drinking and bullying. The district received a grant from the Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative, which helps to fund a full-time drugs/alcohol counselor at Chimacum High School, Meissner said. The Healthy Youth Survey was a collaborative effort of the state departments of the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Health, the Social and Health Service's Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, Commerce and the state Liquor Control Board. According to the survey, 29.8 percent of those surveyed in Chimacum believed there was no harm from marijuana use, 11 percent more than the state average. • The idea that marijuana can cause no harm is incorrect, according to Graddon. • Graddon acknowledges that telling teens not to smoke or drink can be a hard sell. "We want to use some risk-reduction techniques to help them make better decisions," he said. One area of high risk has to do with marijuana edibles, loaded sweets that are more potent than young people might expect, Graddon said. "Kids don't realize the content and duration of edibles," he said. "They are used to smoking, where they take one puff and have an instant effect that peaks after 20 or 30 minutes and then goes away." Since it can take several hours for edibles to take effect, young people might eat more than they should because they don't think the drug is working, he said. Edible overdoses can cause conditions that require emergency treatment. That leads to another issue, Graddon said. Young people, he said, are reluctant to call in authorities if they think they'll get in trouble. Good Samaritan laws dictate that anyone who calls for medical help for someone in distress can't be prosecuted for possession of a substance, he said. El) In the long run, Meissner said the coalition isn't completely focused on drug knowledge or treatment. "We want to give people information so they can raise healthy and happy families," she said. "We hope to involve parents, teachers, counselors, police officers, health care professionals and anyone else who has a vested interest in kids." Jefferson County Editor Charlie Bermant can be reached at 360-385-2335 or cbermanta,peninsuladailynews.cam. • • Public health officer: Olympic Peninsula 'dodges a bullet' on measles outbreak in state By Rob 011ikainen, Peninsula Daily News, May 26, 2014 PORT ANGELES —Aggressive control efforts and a little bit of luck helped the state "dodge a bullet" with a recent measles outbreak, the North Olympic Peninsula's public health officer said. No measles cases were detected in Clallam or Jefferson counties after a large outbreak in southern British Columbia spilled into Western Washington, said Dr. Tom Locke, public health officer for Clallam and Jefferson counties. One Clallam County child had a measles-like rash, but tests confirmed it was not measles. "I think we can attribute the fact that we didn't see a larger state outbreak partially to the control efforts," Locke told the Clallam County Board of Health last Tuesday. "And also, there's just an element of luck that transmission did not occur in these big venues, these big public venues." Measles is an extremely contagious viral illness that can cause significant complications in some cases, including pneumonia and swelling of the brain. • It is associated with a cough, sore throat, conjunctivitis and fever, progressing to a generalized rash. A dozen measles cases were detected early this spring in San Juan, Whatcom and Kitsap counties. While most transmissions occurred between family members, a Kitsap County man caught measles by spending 45 minutes in a Friday Harbor bar, Locke said. "The good news with measles is we sort of dodged a bullet in the state," Locke said. "We had a number of risk factors for a statewide outbreak going on." The state's population is increasingly susceptible to measles because of low vaccination rates and the fact that more and more people were never exposed to it. Adults born before 1957, when the measles vaccine became available, are presumed to be immune because of past exposure. "It's the most contagious infectious disease that's known," Locke said. • "That's why, prior to the advent of the vaccine, virtually everybody got measles." Measles is so contagious that transmission can occur two hours after an infected person leaves • a room. After three small clusters of measles appeared in Western Washington, health care providers were urged to provide documentation of immunity. "Their response was very good," Locke said. A doctor or nurse who is exposed to measles and can't provide documentation of immunity is sent home for 21 days whether he or she has had a measles shot or not. "We really didn't want that happening to surgeons or key personnel in the system," Locke said. Health care workers at Olympic Medical Center are 98.3 percent immunized against measles, said Dr. Scott Kennedy, chief medical officer, in a briefing last Wednesday to the hospital board. "We want to be sure that if there ever were an outbreak that we are immune and that our workforce is intact, and I can report that we will be," Kennedy said. "We want to be ready to detect it early, isolate it early so that we can have every chance of avoiding any spread of measles within our institution. Similar to our efforts to prevent flu, we want to be both prepared and ready." 110 Locke described a "serious effort" to contain the outbreak in Western Washington. "A lot of people were vaccinated," he said. "Anyone who was exposed who was determined to be susceptible was immediately immunized. And that is effective prevention for measles." Parents are urged to get their children vaccinated if they haven't already had a measles shot. The vaccine is available at health care clinics, the Clallam and Jefferson County health departments, and certain pharmacies. "This is not going to go away," Locke said. "We're going to keep getting imported cases until we can successfully get vaccination rates up." Information about measles is available on the state Department of Health website at www.doh.wa.gov. Reporter Rob 011ikainen can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5072, or at rollikainen(c�peninsuladailynews.com. • • Chimacum audit aimed at clearing the way for students to walk to school By Charlie Bermant, Peninsula Daily News, May 27, 2014 CHIMACUM — Young people who walk and bicycle rather than ride in cars are healthier, said those who want to make it easier for students to move under their own power. "Walking or bicycling to school can decrease obesity and diabetes and result in healthier students," said Samantha Thomas, a consultant who moderated a "walking audit" of the area around Chimacum School that drew about 30 people last week. "We want to create a better environment for kids, and making it easier for them to not drive or be driven to school is an important step," Thomas said. Thomas characterized the trend toward driving to school as "the loss of free range children," adding that the number of children who walk or bike fell 75 percent between 1960 and 2009, with a corresponding 276 percent increase in childhood obesity during that period. The event was a cooperative effort between the county's public health and public works departments along with the ReCyclery's "Step on It! Campaign" to promote walking and biking. The goal was to gather community stakeholders together to help form a vision of how to overcome some of the barriers to walking and biking to school, according to Karen Obermeyer, an educator for the Jefferson County Department of Public Health. Representatives of the school system, county government and police and fire departments attended. Several parents and a few kids also joined in. Thomas said that obstacles to success are both perceptual and physical. There is the notion that children who are walking or bicycling to school are vulnerable to abductions, but these incidents are rare, she said. Also, the physical layout around the Chimacum School campus is oriented toward automobiles and doesn't accommodate walkers or bikers, she added. Creating a better environments for biking and walking comes from two directions: accommodating technology for new road construction and retrofitting existing routes to help share the road. For the former, building roundabouts, raised areas to discourage speeders and wider streets can be accomplished during major road projects, Thomas said. • With retrofits, center lines can be removed on slow traffic routes so cars don't crowd bikes off • the road and right turn lanes can be eliminated in favor of bike paths, she added. "Most roads have been designed for cars and traffic," Thomas said. "We need to start designing them for people." Driver hostility toward cyclists is also a problem, said Melissa Jentzsch, a parent at the meeting. Jentzsch said that her 14-year-old son Ethan can't ride his bike to school because he can't safely cross state Highway 19. "There is a real issue," she said. "When drivers see walkers or cyclists, many of them speed up. "It's like they are angry. They don't want to slow down and don't want to have anything that keeps them from where they are going." Jentzch said the installation of crosswalks and flashing lights could make it safer for bikers and pedestrians but that wouldn't solve the hostility problem. • Obermeyer said that some short-term steps toward the walkability goal include building sidewalks, bicycle paths and pedestrian-friendly infrastructure, reducing speeds in school zones and neighborhoods and discouraging distracted driving through educational programs. In the long term, Obermeyer said that comprehensive plans for the city of Port Townsend and Jefferson County are in the revision process. Citizen input during that process could result in healthier, more walkable neighborhoods. For more information write KObermeyer@co.iefferson.wa.us. Jefferson County Editor Charlie Bermant can be reached at 360-385-2335 or cbermantpeninsuladailynews.com. • PROTECT YOUR CHILD'S SMILE: Schedule A Dental Exam The Washington Dental Service Foundation (WDSF) Smile Mobile is a fully • equipped mobile dental clinic and it's coming to: Jefferson County Public Health 615 Sheridan Street tm June 23 - 27, 2014 For appointments or info. call 1.888.286.9105. Appointments should be scheduled by June 13. The Smile Mobile provides dental care to children (0-18yrs) with limited family income. WIC Openings and Farmer's Market I WIC has openings and is looking for those who qualify. WIC serves those 5 and under, breastfeeding, postpar- -�w tum and pregnant woman. ,mow WIC is a supplemental nutrition pro- gram that provides monthly checks for fresh fruits and vegetables, milk, cheese, eggs, cere- al, whole grains, and peanut butter. In June, checks that can be used at Farmer's Market will be available. Up to $40 will be issued for each person who is eligible! Call 385-9400. • SmileMobile rolls in F EE with children's dental care June 23-27 • Septic System Classes The Washington Dental The Foundation (WDSF) SmileMobile, Offered a fully equipped mobile dental clinic, is to be at By Jefferson County Public Health Jefferson County Public To Obtain Authorization to Health, 615 Sheridan St., June 23-27. Inspect your Septic System The SmileMobile PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED-SPACE IS LIMITED provides dental care to children (newborn Septics 101: Basics of septic system operation and maintenance.Learn how yoursepticY system works ffamilies are onhrough teens) whose a limit- and how you can protect your investment in this ed income. 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Pictured are(from left)Bob Giesler(Safeway), Michael Thomas(The Boiler Room), David Sullivan (BOH chair), Dacia Morrisonbeck (Cuisine Med Catering), Khy Griffin (Food Co-op),Jared Keefer(JCPH),Amy Priest(Bon Appetit/Loctal Goods), Kenna Eaton (Food Co-op), Debi Goetz(Olympic Trading Post)and Rochelle Prather(Bon Appetit/Local Goods). Submitted photo The 2013 Outstanding Achievement Awards were presented at the May 15 meeting of the Jefferson County Public Health's Board of Health to recognize 26 restaurants, full-service food establishments and their proprietors who demonstrated the highest standards for safe food handling during the past year. The 26 restaurants and proprietors maintained excellent food safety standards. Most of them are full- service restaurants and food establishments that work with complex menus, so they have added food safety challenges. Criteria for the award were developed by the JCPH Food Safety roundtable and Jefferson County Food Safety staff, based upon food safety inspections conducted in the areas of personal hygiene, food temperature safety and prevention of contamination. All food workers must hold a current Washington state food worker card. • • The following received the Outstanding Achievement Award for 2013: Belmont Catering, Blue Heron Middle School, Bon Appetit/Local Goods, Brinnon School District, Cedarbrook School, Chimacum Elementary School, Chimacum High School, Chimacum Middle School, Cuisine Med Catering, Discovery View Retirement, Ferino's Pizzeria, the Food Co-op deli, the Food Co-op grocery, Inn at Port Ludlow Catering, Lanza's Ristorante, Olympic Trading Post, Port Townsend Senior Nutrition, QFC No. 106 deli (Port Townsend), QFC No. 106 grocery (Port Townsend), QFC No. 870 deli (Port Hadlock), Quilcene School cafeteria, Safeway No. 538 grocery, the Boiler Room, Timberhouse Restaurant, Tri- Area Community Center and Velocity coffeehouse. To view the scores for other restaurants, visit jeffersoncountypublichealth.orq/foodsafety/index.php. • S