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Section 2
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2014
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returns,
ELY TIMBERWOLVES' goaltender Lori Huseby facing one of the 50 shots on goal against Chaska. Photo by
Eric Sherman.
hosts ei
State Senator Tom Bakk
(DFL-Cook) hosted the
eighth annual "Stock the
Shelves" fundraiser for
Arrowhead Region food
shelves last night. Governor
Mark Dayton also attended
the event at the Liffey Irish
Pub, which raised more than
$100,000 for Hunger Solu-
tions Minnesota. More than
$600,000 has been raised
over the history of this event.
"I'm proud to help raise
money for the Arrowhead
Region food shelves. Even
with a recovering economy,
job losses and rising food
costs n ean-more families
"Hunger Solutions Min-
nesota is answering the call
to end hunger with our Food
HelpLine and new initiatives
like the mobile food shelf
network," said Colleen Mo-
riarty, executive director of
Hunger Solutions Minnesota.
"The unwavering generosity
of our event sponsors will
have a ripple effect through-
out the Arrowhead Region
and on the kitchen tables of
needy Minnesota families."
Food shelves benefiting
from this event include:
• Aurora-Hoyt Lakes-Bi-
wabik Area Food Shelf
* BabbirFood Shelf ....
are stretched,to,the limit,". ~lfChish°lm Area Food
said Sehatoi~l~'hl~# ~:~e i ~:, ~;,, i ~~ i
doing our part to help, and • Cook Community Food
! hope all Minnesotans will Shelf
take time to help others this ° Deer River Area Food
holiday season." Shelf
One in five Minnesota • Elijah's Pantry-Two
families struggles to put Harbors
~althy meals on the table. ° Ely Area Food Shelf
Every day in Minnesota, ° Falls Hunger Coalition
food shelves provide grocery ° Grand Marais Food
assistance to 8,500 people, Shelf
3,500 of whom are children. • Grand Rapids Food
The need for emergency food Shelf
relief continues to be a prob- • Hermantown Food Shelf
lem in Minnesota even as the • Hibbing Food Shelf
economy has improved. • Northern Itasca Emer-
gency Food Shelf dustries, and AT&T.
• Proctor Food Shelf Silver sponsors include
• Quad City Food Shelf-Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Gilbert of Minnesota, Dorsey and
• Salvation Army Hibbing Whitney, Molpus Timber-
- Salvation Army lnterna- lands Management, Min-
tional Falls nesota Nurses Association,
• Salvation Army Virginia Thrivent Financial, and Fae-
• Silver Bay Area Food gre Baker Daniels LLP.
Shelf Bakk (DFL-Cook) is the
• Tower Area Food ShelfMinnesota State Senate Ma-
• Two Harbors Area Foodjority Leader and resides on
Shelf Lake Vermilion near Cook,
"We know how impor- Minnesota with his wife
tant this event is in helping Laura. He has served in the
food shelves provide meals Minnesota Legislature since
to people in need during the 1994.
busy holiday season, and we Hunger Solutions Min-
are pleased to be a part of the nesoww~rks to end hunger
effort again this year," by taking action, advancing
said Brian Pietsch, head public policy and guiding
of community relations at grassroots advocacy on be-
Ameriprise Financial, a pre- half of hungry Minnesotans
senting sponsor of the event, and the diverse groups that
Presenting sponsors of serve them. They connect
the event include Ameriprise Minnesota's food shelves and
Financial, Thomson Reuters, hunger-relief organizations
Cliffs Natural Resources, and with the necessary funding,
the Minnesota Trucking As- technical assistance, and
sociation, logistical support to reach
Gold sponsors include thousands of Minnesotaindi-
GoffPublic, Minnesota Pow- viduals, families and children
er, Twin Metals, Enbridge, inneed.
Payday America, Minnesota
Grocers Association, State
Farm Insurance, Polaris In-
earn inspires
Thanks to a pilot program
at the Essentia Health-Ely
Clinic, the Minnesota De-
partment of Health is fund-
ing $4.4 million in grants to
help improve the health of
,i2 Minnesota Communities.
The 2011 pilot project,
which also included Henne-
pin County Medical Center
and the Mayo Clinic, tested
a new care team model de-
signed to address not only the
medical needs of patients but
also the social and economic
factors that can directly im-
pact a patient's health.
In fact, research shows
that 80 percent of a popu-
lation's health is based on
social, economic and com-
munity factors. For example,
some patients may have to
choose between refilling a
prescription or putting gas
in their car due to financial
limitations, and ~at decision
can have a negative impact
on their health.
Ely Clinic Administrator
Laurie Hall says the:pilot
project utilized a care team
comprised of both medical
professionals and community
resource experts representing
education, social services,
mental health and more.
"The success of this pro-
gram stems from the partner-
ships between agencies and
identifying those individu-
als beyond the walls of the
healthcare setting that need
resources to improve their
overall health or wellbeing,"
Hall says. "The inability to
pay for heating or food or
having an untreated mental
illness may not be obvious
in a medical appointment, but
will have the greatest impact
on a person's health."
The program had mea-
surable results. Emergency
room visits were cut in half
for those needing the most
intensive care coordination.
Because of this success, 12
communities across the state
each received $370,000 from
the Minnesota Department of
Health. Ely's funding for the
Community Care Team was
renewed through the end of
2016.
"With this money, now
we'll be able to create 1.5
new Ely-area positions to
coOrdinate care and resourc-
es for individuals and help
Community Care Team agen-
cies expand their services in
the area," says Care Team
Leader Heidi Favet.
There are 16 active care
team agencies, including
Boundary Waters Care Cen- Free Clinic, Range Mental
ter, Carefree Living Ely, Ely Health Center, St. Louis
Area Food Shelf, Ely Bloo- County Public Health and
menson Community Hos- Human Services, St. Louis
pital, Ely Community Re- County Schools and Vermil-
source, Ely Public Schools, ion Community College.
Essentia Health-Ely Clinic, The agencies serve Bab-
Greater Minnesota Family bitt, Ely, Embarrass, Soudan,
Services, Head Start, North- Tower, Winton and surround-
ern Lights Clubhouse, North- ing townships.
woods Partners, Project Care
powers
past
by Tom Coombe
The return of a key play-
er boosted the Vermilion
Ironmen's fortunes during
a weekend road swing and
allowed them to avenge an
earlier defeat.
Sophomore Devonta
Brooks had double-doubles
on back-to-back days, includ-
ing a 24-point, 17-rebound
effort as the community col-
lege basketball team held off
host Anoka-Ramsey during
Saturday's tourament finale.
Brooks, a 6-5 forward
from Cleveland and the Iron-
men's top scorer and re-
bounder; was absent the prior
weekend when the Ironmen
fell to the Rams during a
homestand.
But Brooks clogged the
middle, helped the Ironmen
control the boards and pro-
vided a valuable presence
inside on both sides of the
floor.
"He's the heart and soul
of our team fight now," said
Vermilion Head Coach Paul
McDonald said of Brooks,
who averages about 20 points
and 16 rebounds per game.
Brooks helped the Iron-
men overcome an early defi-
cit against the defending state
champion Rams, and Vermil-
ion stepped up its defense
after yielding many layups in
the teams' first meeting.
"We defended much bet-
ter than we did before," said
McDonald.
Freshman Tommy Butler
also contributed inside and
had a 13-point, 10-rebound
game, while sophomore point
guard Dre Lucas shot five-
for-seven from the floor and
finished with 12 points.
Guards Pierre Roddy and
Eddaire Hilbbler had seven
points apiece for the winners,
while Anoka-Ramsey,got
seven three-point baskets and
As if colds, influenza and
other respiratory infections
weren't enough to make
Minnesotans ill in winter,
this is also the time of year
when digestive tract illness
caused by a family of germs
known as noroviruses tend to
increase. This year, norovirus
seems to be hitting the state
especially hard.
Approximately 40 out-
breaks of norovirus illness
have been reported to the
Minnesota Department of
Health (MDH) since the
beginning of November. The
outbreaks have occurred in a
variety of settings, including
restaurants, schools, nursing
homes, and private gather-
ings.
Noroviruses are the most
common cause of food-relat-
ed illness in Minnesota, and
reported cases peak during
the winter months. Symp-
toms of a norovims infection
can include nausea, vomiting,
diarrhea, abdominal pain,
headache, body aches, a gen-
eral run-down feeling, and a
mild fever. People typically
become ill 24 to 48 hours
after exposure to the virus,
and symptoms usually last
anywhere from one to three
days.
Although people com-
monly refer to norovirus
illness as "stomach flu," the
illness is not the same as
influenza. Influenza is pri-
marily a respiratory illness,
characterized by symptoms
like high fever, body aches,
sneezing, a runny nose or a
sore throat.
When people think of
"stomach flu," they often
don't appreciate that they
could have gotten their ill-
ness from food or that they
could pass the virus to oth-
ers through food. Prevention
of norovirus infections is
amsey
25 total points from guard
Kashif Hayes.
At Coon Rapids, the Iron-
men stepped up their defense
and limited the looks of Ano-
ka-Ramsey's hot shooting
guard Kashif Hayes for a
6-point victory Saturday.
Two Vermilion players got
doubles-doubles. Forward
Devonta Brooks scored 25
points and grabbed 17 re-
bounds, and Tommy Butler
put up 13 points and had 10
boards.
The Ironmen (7-4) play
at the Central Lakes Tourna-
ment Jan. 2-3.
Vermilion battled back
from an 18-2 deficit to pull
almost even with Dakota
County, a Twin Cities-based
scholarship program.
"We had two posses-
sions late in the game when
we were down four and we
couldn't cash in," said Mc-
Donald.
Brooks, who missed the
previous weekend's contests
while playing in a national
junior college all-star foot-
ball game, scored 26 points
and snared 22 rebounds in
his return.
Hibbler contributed 22
points and Bulter poured in
10, but it wasn't enough to
bring the Ironmen all the
way back.
Vermilion also misfired at
the line, making just 12-of-25
free throw attempts.
• After a weekend off, the
Ironmen return to action Jan.
2-3 with two pre-division
tune-ups at Brainerd. Ver-
milion takes on Riverland
and Minnesota West of Min-
nesota's Southern Division,
in a two-day classic hosted
by Central Lakes.
Northern Division play
starts Jan. 7 with a road game
at Mesabi .............. 4,
• L
simple in principle, officials
say. Just practice good per-
sonal hygiene and observe
appropriate food-handling
procedures.
"People need to remem-
ber to wash their hands,
thoroughly" said Dr. Kirk
Smith, who heads the Food-
borne Diseases Unit at MDH.
"Wash your hands after using
the toilet, before consuming
food, and before preparing
food for yourself or others.
If everybody did that, we
could prevent a majority of
the illness caused by these
viruses."
Noroviruses are present
in the stool and vomit of
infected people, Dr. Smith
said. They are spread primar-
ily through person-to-person
contact, or contamination of
food prepared by a person
with the illness.
Precautions that can help
prevent the spread of norovi-
ruses include:
• Washing your hands
after using the toilet.
• Washing your hands
before handling food or ice.
• Washing your hands
before eating.
• Excusing yourself from
food preparation duties if
you have possible norovirus
symptoms, and for at least a
few days after you recover.
• Discarding foods that
were handled or prepared by
someone with possible noro-
virus symptoms- unless they
will be thoroughly cooked
before serving.
• Promptly cleaning and
disinfecting any surfaces that
become soiled with vomit or
diarrhea.
• An additional measure
for those who have more than
one bathroom in their home
is to have all ill individuals
use the same bathroom; those
who are well use the others.