Page : B01 October 3, 2012 3:03 pm / Powered by TECNAVIA ain’t allowed in school. — “Smokin’ in The Boys’ Room” T he lyrics to that 1973 hit song, originally recorded by Brownsville Station and ered later by Mötley Crüe, e as much about challenging hority as taking a drag on a lboro. eenagers have a keen nose hypocrisy, and they no bt detect more than the f of cigarettes when teach- are allowed to smoke in gnated areas. Nothing turns en off more than, “Do as I not as I do.” hat’s only one reason why Henrico County school rict is doing the right thing oing tobacco free. The ban moking on school property udes everyone, all the time. t will be several months ore the new policy becomes ctive as we plan to put to- er support and transition vities for employees who ently use tobacco,” said uty Superintendent Patrick aw. t first glance, this policy mises to be as tough on lty smokers as it is difficult nforce. But Christine Bailor, rico schools’ coordinator of ty and security, says, “This really about enforcement much as it is about creating a thy environment and thy lifestyle.” nd for every pack of nicotine m they buy, or every smoking ation program they com- e, faculty and staff will pur- se credibility in the eyes of students. If we’re going to “Drug Free School” signs at entrance of a campus, we uldn’t be carving out excep- s for nicotine. n the meantime, everyone be getting a crash course on new normal. hat new normal is a depar- from our society’s longtime uiescence to smokers, who ed away with impunity. ve come a long way since 5, when Minnesota became first state to restrict smoking most public spaces, setting in ion a series of municipal statewide restrictions over sequent decades. s of July, 27 states have en- d statewide bans on smok- n all enclosed public places, uding bars and restaurants. 009, Virginia began restrict- smoking in bars and restau- s to separately ventilated, osed rooms or unenclosed door patios. enrico joins at least 32 other inia school districts, in- ing Hanover County and WILLIAMS, Page B8 ry, which had been slated to close under every previous rec- for a public hearing. He asked if anyone else want- the Monday of Thanksgiving week. Elementary. SCHOOLS , Page “S hop for color.” Registered dieti- tian Vineeta Shah was specific in her advice to the adults who accompanied her around the grocery store. But she was also trying to make it easy to remember. “Your goal is to get some- thing green and orange dai- ly,” Shah explained to the adults, who are enrolled in a diabetes education and management program at The Daily Planet, a health center near downtown Rich- mond. They were on a field trip to a grocery store. The pro- duce area, with bunches of broccoli, kale, carrots and sweet potatoes, was just inside the store’s entrance, and it was a good place to start. After several months in the diabetes management program, Bonny Hord had good news to report. “My sugar is coming down. My A1C is coming down,” Hord said of her A1C and blood sugar levels, which are measures of dia- betes control. A team approach to med- ical care, field trips and group education classes served with a healthy lunch are the ingredients of Project Impact: Diabetes, an initia- tive implemented in 25 com- munities across the United States. Funded by the Amer- ican Pharmacists’ Associa- tion through a grant from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, the goal is bet- ter diabetes management partly by integrating phar- macists into the care team. In Richmond, grant recipi- ents are The Daily Planet, a federally supported health- care center, and CrossOver Health Care Ministry, which operates several free clinics in the area. Grants were for $25,000. The prevalence of diabetes is rising in the United States, and is expected to climb higher, partly because of rising rates of overweight and obesity and an aging population. The people served by the community health centers and free clinics bring other challenges with them that can make diabetes control more difficult, said Dr. Lisa Price Stevens, medical direc- tor of The Daily Planet. “Co-occurring diseases, lack of funds,” Stevens said, naming issues patients often Learning to manage diabetes BOB BROWN/TIMES-DISPATCH Vineeta Shah, right, staff nutritionist for The Daily Planet, talks during a healthy lunch pro- vided by a special program to a group about better habits for managing diabetes. Program stresses patient education in controlling disease BY TAMMIE SMITH Richmond Times-Dispatch Diet and diabetes See photo highlights from the program. TimesDispatch.com, search: gallery DIABETES, Page B8 Shopping class with a serious purpose In a year of symphony lo outs and musician strikes several major cities, the Ri mond Symphony Orchestra perform this season under contract rejected by musici who decided to keep play anyway. Former board president a lead negotiator Joe Murillo pressed admiration and app ciation for the musicians said the symphony had no ot viable option than to impose rejected contract. “The symphony, like ma other arts groups, has fa some financial difficulties sin the advent of the recessio Murillo said. “We have done best to find more donors a more audiences and m sources of revenue to replace effect of the downturn, wh has impacted everything fr corporate giving to individ giving to government fundi which is very important, and some extent audiences.” The best and final offer fr the symphony called for a percent annual wage reduct — from $32,785 to $28,886 and a two-week shorter seas for full-time musicians. Mu cians with per-service contra have a 7-percent decrease rates and guarantees. When musicians voted una mously to reject that offer, symphony had the choice imposing the contract or lock out the musicians. 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Smokin’ in the boys’ roomSmokin’ in the boys’ roomNow, teacher, don’t you fill
me up with your rulesEverybody knows that smo-
kin’ ain’t allowed in school.— “Smokin’ in The Boys’ Room”
The lyrics to that 1973 hitsong, originally recordedby Brownsville Station and
covered later by Mötley Crüe,were as much about challengingauthority as taking a drag on aMarlboro.
Teenagers have a keen nosefor hypocrisy, and they nodoubt detect more than thewhiff of cigarettes when teach-ers are allowed to smoke indesignated areas. Nothing turnsa teen off more than, “Do as Isay, not as I do.”
That’s only one reason whythe Henrico County schooldistrict is doing the right thingby going tobacco free. The banon smoking on school propertyincludes everyone, all the time.
“It will be several monthsbefore the new policy becomeseffective as we plan to put to-gether support and transitionactivities for employees whocurrently use tobacco,” saidDeputy Superintendent PatrickKinlaw.
At first glance, this policypromises to be as tough onfaculty smokers as it is difficultto enforce. But Christine Bailor,Henrico schools’ coordinator ofsafety and security, says, “Thisisn’t really about enforcementas much as it is about creating ahealthy environment andhealthy lifestyle.”
And for every pack of nicotinegum they buy, or every smokingcessation program they com-plete, faculty and staff will pur-chase credibility in the eyes ofthe students. If we’re going topost “Drug Free School” signs atthe entrance of a campus, weshouldn’t be carving out excep-tions for nicotine.
In the meantime, everyonewill be getting a crash course onthe new normal.
That new normal is a depar-ture from our society’s longtimeacquiescence to smokers, whopuffed away with impunity.We’ve come a long way since1975, when Minnesota becamethe first state to restrict smokingin most public spaces, setting inmotion a series of municipaland statewide restrictions oversubsequent decades.
As of July, 27 states have en-acted statewide bans on smok-ing in all enclosed public places,including bars and restaurants.In 2009, Virginia began restrict-ing smoking in bars and restau-rants to separately ventilated,enclosed rooms or unenclosedoutdoor patios.
Henrico joins at least 32 otherVirginia school districts, in-cluding Hanover County and
The holiday season got off toan early and apparently goodstart for supporters of severalNorth Richmond elementaryschools that had been recom-mended for closure.
The Richmond School Boardput its tentative support behinda rezoning plan that would keepall elementary schools open, in-cluding John B. Cary Elementa-ry, which had been slated toclose under every previous rec-
ommendation from a consul-tant-led residents’ committeethat studied the city’s schoolboundaries during the 2011-12school year.
During its afternoon worksession Monday, the board setdates for a public hearing and avote on the rezoning plan. Ithandled rezoning for schools inSouth Richmond during thesummer.
“I’m ready to go with Map 2,”Board Vice Chairman MauriceHenderson, of the 5th District,said as the other board mem-bers were trying to schedule awork session to parse the threeoptions down to the one neededfor a public hearing.
He asked if anyone else want-
ed to dispense with the worksession and make a choice, andthe rest of the board agreed.
Their support of moving for-ward does not mean their ulti-mate support of the plan, but itdoes mean the two recommen-dations that included closingCary are off the board.
The board will hold its publichearing on Map 2 on Nov. 19,the Monday of Thanksgivingweek.
The board will then vote onthe recommendation Dec. 3, itslast meeting of the calendaryear and the last meeting for thecurrent board. The next board,which will be decided in theNov. 6 general election, willinclude at least five and as manyas eight new people among thenine on the board.
The Map 2 plan keeps Caryopen and spares Bellevue Ele-mentary, which had been slatedfor closure or consolidationwith George Mason Elementary.Instead, it would remain openand pick up students from Ful-ton Bottom, which will easetight enrollment at ChimborazoElementary.
Proposal would save schools
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N. Richmond rezoningplan would keep openmarked Cary, Bellevue
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The SchoolBoard’s MauriceHenderson wasamong thosetentativelybacking the“Map 2” option.
“Shop for color.”Registered dieti-
tian Vineeta Shahwas specific in her advice tothe adults who accompaniedher around the grocery store.But she was also trying tomake it easy to remember.
“Your goal is to get some-thing green and orange dai-ly,” Shah explained to theadults, who are enrolled in adiabetes education andmanagement program atThe Daily Planet, a healthcenter near downtown Rich-mond.
They were on a field tripto a grocery store. The pro-duce area, with bunches ofbroccoli, kale, carrots andsweet potatoes, was justinside the store’s entrance,
and it was a good place tostart.
After several months inthe diabetes managementprogram, Bonny Hord hadgood news to report.
“My sugar is comingdown. My A1C is comingdown,” Hord said of her A1Cand blood sugar levels,which are measures of dia-betes control.
A team approach to med-ical care, field trips andgroup education classesserved with a healthy lunchare the ingredients of ProjectImpact: Diabetes, an initia-tive implemented in 25 com-munities across the UnitedStates. Funded by the Amer-ican Pharmacists’ Associa-tion through a grant fromthe Bristol-Myers SquibbFoundation, the goal is bet-ter diabetes managementpartly by integrating phar-macists into the care team.
In Richmond, grant recipi-ents are The Daily Planet, afederally supported health-
care center, and CrossOverHealth Care Ministry, whichoperates several free clinicsin the area. Grants were for$25,000.
The prevalence of diabetesis rising in the United States,and is expected to climbhigher, partly because ofrising rates of overweightand obesity and an agingpopulation.
The people served by thecommunity health centersand free clinics bring otherchallenges with them thatcan make diabetes controlmore difficult, said Dr. LisaPrice Stevens, medical direc-tor of The Daily Planet.
“Co-occurring diseases,lack of funds,” Stevens said,naming issues patients often
Learning to manage diabetes
BOB BROWN/TIMES-DISPATCH
Vineeta Shah, right, staff nutritionist for The Daily Planet, talks during a healthy lunch pro-vided by a special program to a group about better habits for managing diabetes.
Program stressespatient education incontrolling disease
BY TAMMIE SMITHRichmond Times-Dispatch
Diet and diabetesSee photo highlightsfrom the program.TimesDispatch.com,search: gallery
DIABETES, Page B8
Shopping class witha serious purpose
In a year of symphony lock-outs and musician strikes inseveral major cities, the Rich-mond Symphony Orchestra willperform this season under acontract rejected by musicianswho decided to keep playinganyway.
Former board president andlead negotiator Joe Murillo ex-pressed admiration and appre-ciation for the musicians butsaid the symphony had no otherviable option than to impose therejected contract.
“The symphony, like manyother arts groups, has facedsome financial difficulties sincethe advent of the recession,”Murillo said. “We have done ourbest to find more donors andmore audiences and moresources of revenue to replace theeffect of the downturn, whichhas impacted everything fromcorporate giving to individualgiving to government funding,which is very important, and tosome extent audiences.”
The best and final offer fromthe symphony called for a 7percent annual wage reduction— from $32,785 to $28,886 —and a two-week shorter seasonfor full-time musicians. Musi-cians with per-service contractshave a 7-percent decrease inrates and guarantees.
When musicians voted unani-mously to reject that offer, thesymphony had the choice ofimposing the contract or lockingout the musicians. When the
Symphonymusiciansdecide toplay onDespite contract
rejection, there’s nostrike and no lockout
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have. The Daily Planetfocuses its outreach onpeople who are homeless,but patients come from allwalks of life.
“You have a person whocomes in with a diabeticfoot ulcer. And they don’thave shoes. You’ve got tofind shoes for them first,”Stevens said.
Even on the trip to thegrocery store, Stevens wasmindful of limitations.
“Let’s keep it real,” shesaid. The group was at themeat counter talkingabout different cuts ofmeat. Some cuts might bebetter for you, but someare going to be better foryour pocketbook, Stevenssaid.
“What would you reallybuy?” she asked.
In the classes, topicsrun the gamut, from haz-ards of obesity around themidsection to insulinmanagement.
The group setting, Shahexplained, encouragedsharing and feedback.
Hord, 57, said the pro-gram has been helpful.When her husband of 27years died two years ago,she found herself down onher luck.
“The money just ranout, and I can’t get hisbenefits until I am 60,”she said. Her blood sugarhas been as high as 500 —far above the recom-mended level.
“I’ve gotten to learnhow to eat healthy again.It’s a lot to take in, a lot tocomprehend,” Hord said.
CrossOver had a diabe-tes education and man-agement program at itsclinics prior to getting thegrant, said Dr. MichaelMurchie, associate med-
ical director. The granthelped CrossOver improvethe collaboration betweenphysicians and pharma-cists.
The program “has beenincredibly successful as faras actual numbers, thedecrease in the A1Cs,”Murchie said.
Stevens said the grantfunding for the program isnot renewable.
Still, she said, “we arecommitted to continuingthe program. It may look alittle different. We maynot be able to keep upwith the lunches, but weare going to keep up withsome form of the pro-gram.”
Source: Centers for Disease Controland Prevention: National DiabetesSurveillance System.
contract was imposed,musicians had a choice ofplaying under those termsor striking.
Both sides in Richmondchose a course that al-lowed the music to contin-ue, as opposed to Minne-sota, Indianapolis and At-lanta, where musicianswere locked out, or Chica-go, where musicians wenton strike.
“It shows that we’re stillwilling to work together totry to resolve the issues wehave,” said Molly Sharp,principal viola player andspokeswoman for the mu-sicians.
“Neither side sees thepurpose in that kind oflabor dispute right now.We hope to keep talkingand using this time to ap-peal to the public. Whatkind of symphony doesRichmond want? … Wehope Richmond wouldvalue having a great or-chestra here.
“Obviously we have a
revenue problem. Wecan’t cut any more. Mu-sicians can’t afford to livelong term under thisagreement.”
One big question, shesaid, is why the boardwould concentrate on rais-ing $5 million for the en-dowment when moremoney is needed for oper-ations. “I guess we’re ask-ing some tough questionsof our board and also ofthe community. We hopeto be in a better place.
“At this point, we’ve justplayed two great weekendsof concerts. We will beplaying again. We areworking with the youth or-chestra. We are keepinggoing.”
Judith Kurnick, vicepresident for strategiccommunications for theLeague of American Or-chestras in New York, saideach orchestra and eachcommunity is unique.Some are thriving.
“There are a lot of or-chestras managing quietly.We don’t see what they’redoing because it’s not apublic issue,” she said.
“It’s fair to say that everyorchestra is figuring outhow best to adapt to enor-mous changes in the envi-ronment. There are chang-es in the competition foraudiences, for the share ofthe philanthropic pie, andyou add on top of that theissues from the economythat are still affecting or-chestras, and they affectthem differently in everycity.”
Murillo said the sym-phony board had been im-plementing a plan to ad-just to the weakened econ-omy over the past yearwhile negotiations withmusicians continued.
“The reality is we haveto cut costs as much aspossible, not just the artis-tic costs but every cost,” hesaid.
“Richmond has a greatsymphony. It is our missi-on as a board to ensurethat it will continue tohave a great symphonynow and for many years tocome.”
the city of Petersburg, thathave adopted smoke-freepolicies.
How are teachers faringunder these bans?
John O’Neil, spokesmanfor the Virginia EducationAssociation, said, “Wehave not surveyed ourmembers on this, but Ithink most of our mem-bers are more interestedin other issues like classsize and evaluations.”
Meanwhile, some col-leges and universities —including the VCU Med-ical Center campus – havegone smoke-free. It serveshigh school students toacclimate to a world inwhich smokers are in-creasingly ostracized.
In a survey, two-thirdsof Henrico County’sschool staff endorsed theban.
“We do not allow stu-dents, even those of age,to smoke on school prop-erty. Why are we allowingadults?” wrote one re-spondent.
“Modeling positivebehaviors is an importantpart of education,” wroteanother.
Dissenters, includingHenrico School Boardmember Lisa Marshall,said the matter comesdown to civil liberties.
“I felt that the employ-ees should have the rightto engage in the lawful actof smoking in a designat-ed area away from thephysical presence of andout of sight from studentsduring their workday,”Marshall, the TuckahoeDistrict representative,said in a statement.
Or as one survey re-spondent said, “Too muchBig Brother if you ask me!”
Are smokers imbuedwith inalienable rights? Or
does a smoker’s right endthe moment it crossespaths with the health,welfare and medical costsof others?
“I think that what peo-ple choose to do with theirown bodies is their busi-ness,” said Rebecca Glen-berg, legal director of theAmerican Civil LibertiesUnion of Virginia. “Andwhen the governmentwishes to restrict thatactivity, they bear a cer-tain burden of justifica-tion.”
Henrico’s reasons forenacting the ban “may besufficient …but thatwould be for a court todecide.”
The court of publicopinion has shifted onsmoking. It’s time forschool districts statewideto follow suit and embracethis smoke-free rule.
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