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Mary Jane Noss was like many women. She cared for an ailing spouse, sorted through medical bills, handled the paperwork that faces a widow, but after the loss of her husband, she found herself with time on her hands.

“My kids encouraged me to find something new to do just for myself,” she said.

She noticed the Blues Zones Project and went to an informational lunch. The idea of a Walking Moai intrigued her. Moai is an Okinawa term indicating “people meeting for a common purpose.” A Blue Zones Project Moai centers around a healthful group activity – cooking, dining or strolling are the most common in our community.

“In January 2018, my group and I signed up and committed to walking together for 10 weeks,” Noss said. Since they began in the winter, her group -- Gena Byrd, Sherry Lankford, Jeri McEntire, Noss and Jim Smith -- walked together once a week at the Shawnee Mall.

Since Smith was the only male, they call the group ‘Jim’s Girls’.

“Most of us had never met before,” said Noss, “we enjoyed the walks and the talks. After 10 weeks, it was so much fun we decided to give it another 10 weeks.

When that time was up, we just kept going.”

Gena Byrd, Sherry Lankford, Mary Jane Noss, Jeri McEntire and Jim Smith are ready for their Moai walk south of Shawnee Middle School.

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Healthy Events

Community Calendar Get outside and active in Pottawatomie County at any of these healthy, community-focused events. All events listed are free and open to the public.

Starting from 113 N Bell Ave:

Fat Bottom Girls Bike Ride Show up weekly on Sunday @8am to bike Moai walking is as much about friendship as it is about exercise.

Weekly walks moved outdoors when the weather permitted and switched days to accommodate members’ schedules. Noss’ group, which includes retirees and workers, enjoy using all of our communities facilities for their weekly walks - the airport track, Avedis trail south of Shawnee Middle School, Boy Scout Park, Bryan Street, and Main Street are a few of their favorites. Using their smart phones to track their journeys, they usually cover about two miles.

“I start in the back and let them leave me behind,” Jim Smith said. Other members praise him for keeping in the group at age 89 and after several adverse health events.

But it’s not all about healthy walks for these friends. Now the group also gets together for activities at Shawnee Senior Citizens Center, Tipsy Artist painting projects, concerts, cooking demonstrations, lunch outings or other things they just feel like doing together. Newcomers are welcome, they said. “It’s good for our health, and it’s good for our minds,” Noss said. “We’ve unlocked the true Moai experience.”

“We’d like to take a cruise together, but we’d have to find a sponsor,” Gena Byrd added with a laugh.

To organize your own Moai group, or to join an established group, contact bethany.west@ sharecare.com.

Spokelahoma: Wild and Dirty Wednesday Nights Show up weekly on Wednesday @6:45pm to bike

Pott County Downtown Run Show up Weekly on Tuesday @6pm to run

The Downshifters Bike Ride Show up weekly on Wednesday @ 7:30pm to bike

Boo on Bell Friday, October 19th @ 6pm See the SEFF Facebook page @SEFFShawnee for more info

Potawatomi Community Garden Work Party Tuesday, October 9, 16, 23, 30 @ 2:30pm Show up at 18404 Rangeline Rd. Shawnee, OK, 74801

CPN Fall Festival 2018 Saturday, October 27th @ 9am See the CPN Facebook page @CitizenPotawatomiNation for more info

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Two Churches: One Healthy Mission

Big-Batch Church Potluck

Vegetable Soup

In the Blue Zones area of Loma Linda, California, Seventh-Day Adventists gather for community meals after church or host family dinners on the Sabbath.

By surrounding themselves with like-minded friends and family, they support each other’s healthy behaviors and create strong relationships. This potato and vegetable soup recipe can feed a crowd, so gather your friends and share a cozy evening together.

INGREDIENTS 4 carrots, diced 4-6 stalks celery, diced 1 big handful diced shallots ½ cup of sliced peppers (red, yellow) 2 tablespoons olive oil 4 potatoes, large dice 4 sprigs thyme 4 sprigs oregano 1 teaspoon of Better than Bouillon vegetable base ½ cup of carrot juice 12 cups vegetable broth Large handful of lentils and/or brown rice 1 tangerine or small orange (1/2 zest, and all juice) Handful chopped flat leaf parsley (optional)

DIRECTIONS 1. Saute carrots, celery, shallots, and peppers in 2 tablespoons of olive oil for about 3 minutes.

2. Add broth and all other ingredients except for citrus and parsley.

3. Turn up heat to boil and turn down to low-med to simmer.

4. Simmer for 45-50 minutes.

5. Finish by squeezing in citrus juice and zest and parsley (if using).

Note: Customize this soup as you like! You can replace the lentils and/or brown rice with tofu or cooked grains or pasta towards the end of cooking time. Peas or edamame are also good additions.

Pastor Jim Landelius and his congregation at the Shawnee Seventh-day Adventist Church are no strangers to the research around Blue Zones and the principles of longevity. However, they recognize that there’s always more work to be done, and that there is always another destination on this journey to greater well-being. Therefore, they have chosen to join the ranks to become a Blue Zones Project Approved Faith-based Organization. What does that mean?

That means, they are committing to making the healthy choice, the easy choice. They are committing to living longer, better. They are committing to being a part of this community initiative and supporting all in well-being. As Jim Landelius, Shawnee Seventh-day Adventist Pastor stated, “One of our major goals with the Blue Zones Project is to become acquainted with the community God has called us to serve”.

One of the initial steps they’ve taken in this journey to Approval is exploring how they can best support healthy food choices at their potlucks. This includes encouraging members to bring plant-based options while creating a labeling system for “Plant Based”, or “Vegetarian”. As a result, 12 of their 14 entrees and sides, and 6 of the 7 desserts were plant based. A great start to a meaningful journey!

On September 7th, 2017, Pastor Clint Dawkins from Sharon Baptist Church served as a keynote speaker for the Blue Zones Project Faith-Based Summit speaking on his well-being journey that resulted in a weight loss of approximately 130lbs. After the Summit, his congregation, Sharon Baptist Church made the decision to move through the process to make the healthy choice, the easy choice for their members by beginning their journey to Blue Zones Project Approval. While they are on the homestretch is this process, they have had some great successes throughout this journey including hosted Purpose Workshops, Plant-ba-

sed Potlucks, a Blue Zones Project parking spot, and herbs decorating windowsills throughout their facility.

This amazing work has been led by the Sharon Baptist Wellness Committee: Susan Watson, Terri Bond, Suzi Blair, Samantha Campbell, Lisa Watson, Sarah Lawerance.

For anybody that has explored Dan Buettner’s research on the Blue Zones, it’s no surprise that one of the longest living populations discovered was a community in Loma Linda, California with a large concentration of Seventh-day Adventists. In fact, Adventists have such incredible longevity that they have been the subject of the largest epidemiology study by the National Institute of Health encompassing 101,000 people over 30 years.

Knowing this fact, the lingering question becomes “Why?”. How is it that they are living an average of 9-11 years longer than other American adults while living in similar surroundings as the rest of the United States? Dan found that their focus on a vegetarian diet, observing the Sabbath, and emphasizing relationships with friends and family that support their lifestyle was impactful in improving their longevity. Another factor that Dan found was a profound sense of purpose, a driving force in everyday life to helps us live longer.

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Walking Students are Healthy Students

Why participate in National Walk to School Day on October 10?

Within just one generation, the percentage of children walking or biking to school has dropped from 50% to just 13%. It’s not a coincidence that childhood obesity has exploded in that timeframe, and that for the first time in history a child’s life expectancy is projected to be shorter than that of their parents. Children walking to school greatly increases daily physical activity for students, something they desperately need. Studies have shown that children who walk to school are more alert and ready to learn when they arrive, and that’s just the beginning of the benefits.

Last year, a handful of schools in our community participated in one walk to school day a year.

Now, there are 5 schools that regularly have Walking School Busses. Three even do it every week!

How did this change? Walking School Buses came to town! This school year, parents and students have walked a cumulative 291 miles on the Walking School Bus! The what? The Walking School Bus. It is a group of children walking to school accompanied by trusted adult chaperones. Walking School Buses operate much like a traditional school bus with “stops” along the way, where children are “picked up” and walk together to school.

If multiple stops aren’t possible, students can also meet at a set time at a safe location such as a church or store parking lot and walk together to school.

Shawnee Mayor, Richard Finley, stepped up to advocate for our community to get involved.

When he found out kids were walking once a month or not at all he was roused to take action bringing it to local leaders attention and even mentioning it during a recent city commission meeting.

By reaching out he has helped create a community wide collaboration. We have seen leaders everywhere from Gordon Cooper Technology Center, local churches, city government, and retired community members, step up and prioritize our kids natural movement by walking with them regularly.

At a recent Walking School Bus a school board member shared her story of trying to walk with her kids in the past. She recounted they were complaining before they even got to Bryan St. and wanting to sit down, but this time they were running to the front and excited to walk with their friends as the leaders of the group.

It is easy to hop in the car and drive our kids to school, but when we do that we miss out on the • Visit WalkBiketoSchool.org for a community and environment we are all working 7 day planning guide hard to foster. In the next month, We challenge you to try reaching out to your school, getting to • Reach out to your school administrator know your neighbors, your streets, and have a few • Talk with Taylor Shekarabi at more minutes to visit with your kids before school taylor.shekarabi@sharecare.com starts. You might just find your kids are ready to be the leaders of the group.

International Walk to School Day is a global event that involves communities from more than 40 countries walking and biking to school on the same day.

It began in 1997 as a one-day event. Over time, this event has become part of a movement for year-round safe routes to school each October. Today, thousands of schools across America participate every October.

Want to know why this day is so important?

You can start a Walking School Bus

1. Students arrive at school ready to learn. Children who walk to school have been found to have higher academic performance in terms of attention/alertness, verbal, numeric, and reasoning abilities; higher degree of pleasantness and lower levels of stress during the school day; and higher levels of happiness, excitement and relaxation on the journey to school.

2. Walking strengthens connections between families, the school and community. When you and your student interact with your social and physical environment you become empowered to make the most of that environment every day. By walking the streets with friends and meeting other families you are become more likely to use the sidewalks at other times and build relationships with other families.

3. Children get some of the physical activity needed every day while fostering personal skills. Active travel is one source of physical activity and with more physical activity comes increased metabolism, improved cardiorespiratory fitness, and lower weight and BMI. Walking to school can also foster personal growth by developing a sense of independent decision making, emotional bonds with peers and the natural environment, and road and traffic safety skills.

4. Walking is a great opportunity to enjoy new sidewalks. When we all get on the sidewalk to head somewhere we are reminded of the great improvements in our community and the areas that still need growth.

We are getting more sidewalks and the more we use them the more it makes sense for our community to continue their investment in our active transportation infrastructure.

Celebrate Walk to School Day October 10 - Shawnee Public Schools (Horace Mann Elementary, Will Rogers Elementary, Sequoyah Elementary, Shawnee Middle School)

October 10 - Grove Public School October 24th - Pleasant Grove School

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All Work : No Way!

Since work takes up so much of our day, living a healthy lifestyle can be impeded or accommodated by workplace environment. Employees at Finley & Cook accounting firm have spent the last year and a half making healthful accommodations.

Michelle Price serves as company health and wellness coordinator and was intrigued by the information offered by the early Blue Zones community meetings. She took the information back to work and the company decided to become Blue Zones Project Approved. Led by a 10-member wellness committee, Finley and Cook has earned that approval through creative ways of building better health into the workday.

“We have 184 employees overall and everyone has been very receptive to the ideas,” Price said.

“Ranging from available snack options, to physical competitions, to aiding employees in making individual changes.”

Food Choices at Work:

“I was so excited about it at first that I took out all the junk food in the vending machines,” Price said with a laugh. “People were not altogether happy about that. So we decided it was better to give choices; to make sure there were healthy items at the same cost, so it’s easy to choose. That made a difference.” A special, healthy and fresh snack is offered at low cost each month.

“Even in fund-raising lunches, like for United Way, we add healthier choices,” Price said. “We’ve moved a lot in the food habit area.”

Daily Natural Movement:

Natural motion during the day is encouraged in several innovative ways. Some employees have chosen “sit or stand” work stations to lessen hours merely sitting at the desk. Automated cues from each computer remind workers to stand and stretch if they’ve been sitting working for long periods.

“You have the choice to break and stretch or walk around, or you can ignore that if you’re busy,” Price said.

There is a walking map of the building to let workers estimate the steps they’re taking each day. Workers may take individual walking breaks, indoors or outdoors.

Some meetings are converted to walking meetings – “If you don’t need laptops or projectors for a particular meeting, you can just grab a pen and pad and meet while walking,” said Price. “You can get some fresh air and it keeps you alert without having to go at a fast pace.”

Even traditional meetings include stretch and walk breaks to relieve boredom and keep people moving. For more intentional movement, employees are encouraged to exercise at least one minute at the end of the workday.

They offer differing challenges – a plank challenge to hold a position for one minute, lunges, “wall-sitting” chairless position for one minute, hold food cans and rotate arms and shoulders for one minute. “These are non-cardio exercises so people aren’t working up a sweat,” Price said. “We know not every exercise is for everybody. If it’s going to stress your knees, we let you know.

Personal Health:

“We have some competitive folks, so we have some prizes for the ones who ‘win’ the challenge of the week. “We also had one woman who was doing no exercise and she starting walking, then running and now she’s doing 5Ks on her own.” Other personal health challenges involve tracking water intake for a week, or adding fruits to the diet.

Finley & Cook has created a room for nursing mothers and a quiet room for everyone who needs a minute to get away from the activity and stress. “Sometimes you just need a minute to downshift or pray,” Price said.

The company waged a strong campaign addressing tobacco use, Price said. It included information and help for quitting. Three employees were able to quit smoking. A recent assessment by the insurance provider showed no employee with tobacco in his or her system. “We scored very well and we were so proud,” Price said. “Lowering health care costs longterm will be huge and will benefit everyone.”

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Well-Being District Leads the Way to a Healthier Future In late 2017, leaders of SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital-Shawnee met with the team at the Blue Zones Project to develop a plan to engage local community, and organization leaders in well-being efforts that would be a visible demonstration of supporting wellbeing.

Healthcare Systems and Hospitals like ours are going to have to play an active role in improving the health and wellbeing of our communities, especially in Oklahoma. Otherwise, we are going to continue to see our health status decline and the cost of healthcare will continue to rise.”-Chuck Skillings-CEO. This led to the recruitment and development of the Well-Being Coalition, a group of leaders assembled from Oklahoma Baptist University, City of Shawnee, Gordon Cooper Technology Center, Shawnee Public Schools, Shawnee Family YMCA, Shawnee Housing Authority, and Community Renewal. This Coalition’s collective desire to demonstrate our community’s support of well-being led to the development of the Well-Being District Model.

The Well-Being District Model is a strategic, geographically concentrated effort to impact well-being in our community that is visible through programming, education and signage, and collaborative efforts. This model focuses on four main categories: Tobacco Environment, Built Environment, Food Environment, and Well-Being Programming/Promotion. Within each of these categories, there are 5-7 strategies designed to make the healthy choice, easy, while encouraging a shift towards a healthier lifestyle with events, programs, or promotions. This model is designed to not only address policies and practices that support well-being, but to also encourage the implementation of programs, events, and promotions that prepare, support and encourage our community to make healthy choices.

To launch these efforts, the Coalition of Leaders will be piloting the Well-Being District Model in a defined central portion of Shawnee that directly impacts the organizations they lead, and a portion of residents in our community with limited access to healthy foods.

This initial Well-Being District (see maps) includes Shawnee Regional Airport, Oklahoma Baptist University, SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital Campus, Gordon Cooper Technology Center-Aviation Campus, Shawnee Early Childhood Center, Shawnee High School Campus, Jim Thorpe Academy, Shawnee Family YMCA, Homeland, Shawnee Housing Authority, Community Renewal of Pottawatomie County & Craig Family Friendship House. Serving on the Coalition of Leaders and leading the work for the initial Well-Being District are: Chuck Skillings-CEO, SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital; Angi Mohr-COO, SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital; Linda Brown-VP of Support Services, SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital; Dr. David Whitlock-President, Oklahoma Baptist University; Dr. Will Smallwood-Sr. VP, Oklahoma Baptist University; Marty BOUNDARY MARKERS Lewis-Superintendent, Gordon • 39th St. & Kickapoo Ave. Cooper Technology Center; Dr. April Grace-Superintendent, • Kickapoo Ave. & W. Farrell Shawnee Public Schools; April • W. Farrell & N. Kennedy Ave. Stobbe-School Board President, • N. Kennedy Ave. & W. Shawnee Public Schools; BranIndependence St. don Bell-CEO, Shawnee Family YMCA; Lynn Pharaoh-Special • W. Independence & Darrien Programs Manager, Shawnee Gordon Dr. > N. Leo St. Housing Authority; Brandon Dy• 3900 Block of N. Leo St. er-Executive Director, Community Renewal.

On August 20th, 2018, the Shawnee City Commissioners signed a Resolution of Support for the Well-Being District. This means after a neighborhood or section of the City demonstrates a commitment to well-being through the implementation of best practices approved by the Well-Being Coalition, the City will celebrate and adorn that area with signage.

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1. I have priorities. A priority is supposed to be more important than other overcrowded your Thursday, Oct. 25 Thursday, Oct. 25 overcrowded schedule. Finding your schedule. Finding things and should be done or dealt with first. I wrote down my priorities purpose may actually help you do less in purpose may actually help First you do less in Bank & TrustFirst National Bank & Trust National once. It was two pages long…single spaced. I had to reevaluate. I put MY 130 E MacArthur St. life by focusing on what matters most.

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Shopping with friends for “weird” groceries, chopping green vegetables, and sampling healthy recipes unites me with my girls, clears my mind, and nourishes my body.

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Six ways to eat healthier at fast food restaurants It’s pushing 8:00PM on a Thursday night.

Your husband and three kids are just leaving flag football practice at the YMCA, and you’re just finishing up a PTO meeting at the kids’ schools. You hate to run by the nea­rest fast food joint to grab a burger or fried chicken because you’ve made a promise to yourself to stay in control of the things that you eat at every meal.

But those those roasted veggie and lentil tacos are still crowns of broccoli and cauliflower and hard beans on your counter at the house.

Decision fatigue has set in and that fried fish sand­wich and greasy fries are the only thing between a complete meltdown and life itself.

Good news! You can stay in the driver‘s seat of your wellbeing at a restaurant. An occasional stop for fast food doesn’t mean all plans and promises have to fall in to the deep fryer. If you‘re intentional about what you order the struggle bus can drive right by and success can be yours.

Here are some tips from the Mayo Clinic (https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/ fast-food/art-20047179)

1. Keep portion sizes small

4. Opt for grilled

If the fast-food restaurant offers several sandwich sizes, pick the smallest. Bypass hamburgers with two or three beef patties, which can be close to 800 calories. Choose instead a regular- or children‘s-sized hamburger, which has about 250 calories. And skip the large serving of french fries and ask for a small serving instead. This switch alone can save 200 calories.

Fried and breaded foods, such as crispy chicken sandwiches and breaded fish fillets, are high in fat and calories.

Select grilled or roasted lean meats — such as turkey or chicken breast, lean ham, or lean roast beef.

2. Choose different sides Take advantage of the healthy side dishes offered at many fast-food restaurants. For example, instead of french fries choose a side salad with low-fat dressing or a baked potato. Or add a fruit bowl or a fruit and yogurt option to your meal.

Other healthy choices include apple or orange slices, corn on the cob, steamed rice, or baked potato chips.

3. Go green Choose an entree salad with grilled chicken, shrimp or vegetables with fat-free or low-fat dressing on the side, rather than regular salad dressing.

Watch out for high-calorie salads, such as those with deep-fried shells or those topped with breaded chicken or other fried toppings. Also skip extras, such as cheese and croutons, which quickly increase your calorie count.

5. Watch what you drink Many beverages are high in calories.

For example, a large regular soda (30 ounces, or 887 milliliters) has nearly 300 calories. Instead, order diet soda, water, unsweetened iced tea, sparkling water or mineral water.

Also, skip the shakes and other ice cream drinks. Large shakes can contain more than 800 calories.

6. Have it your way Remember, you don‘t have to settle for what comes with your sandwich or meal — not even at fast-food restaurants. Ask for healthier options and substitutions. And keep your eye on portion sizes.

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This semester, Gordon Cooper Technology and life lengthening.

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long enough period to get used to the idea, it will make it a lot easier.” walks all over town the past few years, but in or For the next two weeks volunteers will be plader to ensure those walkways are used as intencing postcards on windshields in two areas with ded for residents, Blue Zones Project volunteers the highest number of repeated complaints — are helping the Shawnee Police Department edualong Broadway (between MacArthur and Highlcate the community about codes related to them. and) and East Wallace (between Kickapoo and

The sidewalk code has been there since Pennsylvania). Cars still in violation after the initial 2002, but with increasing focus on healthier two weeks will then receive written warnings; but Copyright © 2018 Blue Zones, All rights reserved. movement through town some of those codes the fifth weekLLC — and theSharecare, week ofInc. Halloween — police are about to receive new zeal for enforcement. officers will begin to issue citations.

In an effort to work together as neighbors, vo The fine for parking across a city sidewalk lunteers have begun to spread the word that is $130. enforcement is coming. Postcards are the first

“At some point our city found that this step in alerting residents to the city code, later was so important to protect the right-of-way will come warnings, then fines. for pedestrians that there is a significant fine,”

Shawnee Police Department Major Rod Melot said. “Now we’re in a place where our Taylor said the hope is for a slow indoctrinacommunity cares about it enough that we tion and educational period before citations want it enforced.” are issued. “We hope to make it as painless as

For more information, call the SPD at (405) possible,” he said. “I think if you give people a 273-2121.

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