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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />November 18, 2009 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Anne Miles Cassell 1 November 18, 2009 <br />ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT: To enhance the quality of life, <br />promote the health, and preserve the environment for all people in the Orange County <br />community. <br /> <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH MET ON November 18, 2009 at the Government <br />Services Center, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS PRESENT: Chris Harlan, Chair; Jim Stefanadis; Paul Chelminsky; <br />Christopher Cooke; Steve Yuhasz; Michael Wood, Jessica Lee; Tony Whitaker <br /> <br />BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS ABSENT: Anissa Vines, Vice-Chair, out of town; DeWana <br />Anderson; Mike Carstens, due to illness <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Wayne Sherman, Personal Health Services Division Director; Tom Konsler, <br />Environmental Health Services Division Director; Angela Cooke, Dental Health Services Division <br />Director; Letitia Burns, Business Officer; Anne Miles Cassell, Administrative Assistant; Pam Diggs, <br />Youth Tobacco-Use Prevention Program Coordinator <br /> <br />GUESTS PRESENT: Student Peer Educators of Orange County TRU: Moriah Cureton, Ashley <br />Edwards, Jasmine White-Bynum, Quentin Lyght, Kaitlyn Stubblefield, Laurel McMullen, Jamaal <br />Hawkins, Jane McMullen, Innes Gamide <br /> <br />I. Welcome and Introductions <br /> <br />Chris Harlan, Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. and welcomed the guests. <br /> <br />II. Approval of October 22, 2009 Agenda <br /> <br />The motion to approve the Agenda of October 22, 2009 was made by Jessica Lee, <br />seconded by Steve Yuhasz, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />III. Public Comment for Items NOT on Printed Agenda <br /> <br />None <br /> <br />IV. Update from TRU Project Teens <br /> <br />Rosemary Summers introduced Pam Diggs, Youth Tobacco-Use Prevention Program <br />Coordinator and explained that the Orange County Youth Tobacco-Use Prevention <br />Program trains Tobacco Reality Unfiltered (TRU) Peer Educators to teach others about <br />the dangers of tobacco through interactive activities, media literacy, and advocacy. <br />The Orange County TRU Program shares a strong collaboration with both school districts <br />in the County. TRU is a student-led program funded through a grant first received in <br />2003 from the NC Health and Wellness Trust Fund (HWTF). In June 2009, Orange County <br />Health Department was awarded $274,848 in funding from HWTF to continue the <br />program from 2009-2012. <br /> <br />Ms. Diggs stated that during the past six years, the program has trained 130 TRU Peer <br />Educators and made a significant impact on health outcomes in Orange County.