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INSIDE THIS ISSUECommunity health

Mercer County unveilsassessment. PAGE 6

Concertfundstrip toKenya

BY HEATHER FIOREThe Hopewell Sun

On Saturday, July 7,Hopewell Valley Central HighSchools (HVCHS) ModelWorld Health Organization(WHO) hosted a benefit con-cert, Ken-ya Rock, at theHopewell Gazebo Park onSouth Greenwood Avenue inHopewell.

The concert was organizedby the members of HVCHSModel WHO to raise addition-al funds for their Kenya trip,specifically for the initiatives

of this years team of students.The concert featured sets

from local students and bands,and was supposed to featureHopewell native and widelyknown and respected jazz vo-calist Wenonah Brooks, as wellas headliner Danielia Cotton,but were cut short because ofa thunderstorm

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One of Kerrs Kornstands employees, Kathy Jacob, watches 5-year-old Riley Kerr help pick out some fruits and vegetables at KerrsKornstand located at 317 Pennington-Rocky Hill Road in Hopewell Township. Kerrs Kornstand is located in Hopewell Township right on theoutskirts of Pennington, and offers its own freshly grown plants and vegetables, as well as locally grown fruits from local vendors. Its openMondays through Saturdays from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m., and on Sundays from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.please see TWENTY, page 7

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The Delaware & Raritan CanalWatch will hold another in a se-ries free walking tours of theD&R Canal on Sunday, Aug. 5.

The walk will explore the 5.3-mile section of the canal park be-tween East Millstone and SouthBound Brook. There will be anoption for a shorter walk endingat Zarephath, which is only 2.7miles. The walk will be conductedby Canal Watch board member

Bob Barth who will point out his-toric sites and canal structuresalong the way.

Meet at 10 a.m. at the canalsLock 11 in South Bound Brook,across from the 11 Madison St.U.S. Post Office building. Car-pools will be arranged to allow aone-way walk.

For further information andweather-related updates, call Mr.Barth at (201) 401-3121 or [email protected].

The nonprofit D & R CanalWatch helps promote, enhanceand preserve the Delaware & Rar-itan Canal State Park.

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children ages 3 to 5, and featuresactivities such as feeding farmanimals, collecting eggs, story-telling, and taking a hayride ride.The program runs one morningper week for 12 weeks, on eitherTuesdays, Wednesdays, Thurs-days, or Fridays (Sept. 11, 12, 13,

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BY HEATHER FIOREThe Hopewell Sun

On Wednesday, July 18, the Greater Mer-

cer Public Health Partnership (GMPHP)unveiled its Mercer County CommunityHealth Assessment (CHA) at EducationalTesting Services (ETS) Conant Hall onRosedale Road in Princeton.

The GMPHP a collaborative of fourcommunity hospitals, eight local health de-partments, and the United Way of GreaterMercer County (UWGMC) led a compre-hensive community health planning effortto substantially improve the health of Mer-cer County, which involved 28 focusgroups, 15 personal interviews with com-munity stakeholders and six discussion

groups examining external factors.CHAs use both qualitative and quanti-

tative data analyses of a communitys so-cial, economic and epidemiological data tocreate a comprehensive portrait of com-munity perceptions, health attitudes and

behaviors and perceived needs and assets,Project Manager of the GMPHP AntoniaLewis said.

This community health effort is funded

through the Robert Wood Johnson Founda-tions New Jersey Health Initiatives andentails two major phases a CHA to identi-fy the health-related concerns, needs, andstrengths of Mercer County, and a commu-nity health improvement plan (CHIP) toaddress these concerns and needs.

The GMPHP would not be possible ifnot for the vision of the Robert Wood John-son Foundation and their New Jersey ini-tiative, President and COO of theUWGMC Herb Klein said. Robert WoodJohnson is the nations largest philanthro-py devoted entirely to public health for the

United States.Klein further explained what the CHAs

goal was.Were at a crossroads in America as we

address the fundamental questions ofwhat, when, where, who and how health

care should be delivered in our communi-ty, he said. As youll hear today, neighbor-hoods, transportation, housing environ-ment, education and income levels all play

an important role in determining commu-nity health and measuring healthy com-munities.

Director of Research and EvaluationLisa Wolff at Health Resources in Actionand Director of Strategic Planning and Or-ganizational Effectiveness Health Re-sources in Action Rose Swensen, were keyin the development of the CHA and report-ed all of the reasons, methods and findingsfrom their research group.

This process was not just about collect-ing information, but about engaging thecommunity and organizations throughout

the process so that the data collectionmethods were salient, and this process wasdriven and owned by the community,Wolff said.

Its hard to believe, but a new school

year is almost upon us. In a few

short weeks, schools open.

But what will be different about this

school year?

Were going to find out. Right now,

our reporters are compiling lists of

questions for school leaders about thenew school year.

Are there new classes students and

parents need to know about?

How about scheduling changes?

Was any work done at the schools

over the summer?

If your school district switched its

annual election to November, well ask

if there will be any noticeable impact

on the schools.

Generally, well be asking school

leaders to tell us about things that

you parents, taxpayers and students need to know before the 2012-13 school

year begins.

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in recent years to be more responsive

to questions submitted by the public. Itmakes sense. Everyone wants to have

great schools. Everyone wants to keep

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Any questions?

We are tracking down school leaders toask them questions about the upcom-ing school year. So whats on yourmind? Send us your questions, andwell do our best to get answers.

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Aside from the musical acts,the students from Model WHOsold t-shirts and baked goods tohelp raise funds, and doled outawareness brochures about theirgoals for their Kenya trip.

The students also got on stage

to explain the reasoning behindthe trip, what they hoped to ac-complish, and what they weregoing to do while in Africa so thecrowd had a better understandingof their cause.

Most of them were looking toexperience a new culture and toexperience Africa first-hand andhow things are in terms of liv-ing, founder and co-advisor ofModel WHO, and biology teacherat HVCHS David Angwei said.

The trip that the concert bene-

fitted, which was sponsored byModel WHO in conjunction withGlobal Connections Kenya an-other organization started byAngwei to connect high schoolstudents in the United States withnatives from different villages inKenya allowed 20 students andsix adults to travel to Kenya andseveral different provinces, par-ticularly Angweis native villageof Nyanchonori, to share culturalexperiences, offer global commu-

nity service, and examine ways ofmaking a positive impact in thisworld from July 11 to July 26.

The main goal of the trip was toprovide a couple of things that we,as Americans, sometimes take forgranted to the village of Nyan-chonori, according to Angwei.

A lot of kids in Kenya cannotafford to go to school, he said.The people in the village [Nyan-chonori] have to walk miles to getclean water, so its helping withclean water and helping kids go to

school.Since one of Model WHOs ini-

tiatives is to bring a source ofclean water to Nyanchonori, themoney raised from the Ken-yaRock concert will fund The Water

Project a worldwide non-profitorganization dedicated to bring-ing clean water to the nearly 1 bil-lion people in Africa living with-out it.

Co-advisor of Model WHO andEnglish teacher at HVCHS Lind-sey Pennington added toAngweis comments about theoverall goal of the trip.

Its the whole idea of giving aman a fish and teaching a man

how to catch a fish, she said. Itsnot about robbing them of theirsense of dignity by saying wedont agree with how they dothings and taking control of howthey do it, but being partnerswith people who want to dothings themselves and helpingthem to be successful at thethings that they want to accom-plish for their village.

She also explained how theirtrips schedule is jam-packed foreach of the 15 days, including vis-

its to orphanages and variousschools, and living a day in thelife of different people in Kenya,Nairobi, Nakuru, and other re-gions of Southern Kenya.

Pennington also noted how oneof the charitable aspects of theirtrip was made possible because ofthe help of local residents.

Several parents are connectedto universities, so they were ableto get laptops donated for thetrip, she said. So, the students

will be donating a laptop to eachschool they visit.This is the third trip that

Angwei has attended with ModelWHO students.

The idea now is to have ourstudents embrace cultural under-standing and the living condi-tions of Kenya, Angwei said

The first trip Angwei madewith students was in 2007, whoseattending students are now col-lege graduates. Because of theeye-opening trip, when the stu-dents returned, several parents ofthose students began a non-profit,community-based organization,the Hopewell-Keroka Alliance(HKA), that focuses on raisingawareness in Hopewell of theneeds of the people in the town of

Keroka, Kenya. HKA also raisesfunds to support the health andeducation of the people of Kerokaand to improve the infrastructurein the Keroka area.

Since Angwei has successfullyconducted three separate trips 2007, 2010 and 2012 with HVCHSstudents, hes hoping to broadenthe trip in the future.

Now, were hoping to do itevery year, he said. Were goingto open it up to more students.

Overall, there were two imper-

ative goals of the Kenya trip thatAngwei and Model WHOs stu-dents hoped to accomplish.

Our main goal right now is tostart the global connections cen-ter in Kenya, he said. Were try-ing to launch it so our studentswill be going every year. Also, toget the clean water initiativestarted in the village so they cando things that we do as well so wecan work together.

Even though Angweis efforts

are focused on raising money todonate to certain villages inKenya that need the most help,his longer-term goal is to teachthem how to execute the plansthat the students have started.

We have been raising moneyto help them, but we also wantthem to take action, he said.

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AUG. 1Story Time: Ages 2 to 5; siblings

welcome. 11 to 11:45 a.m. atHopewell Branch of the Mercer

County Library System. Actionrhymes, songs and felt boardactivities. Age-appropriate craftfollows story time. Parentalsupervision required.

PJ Story Time: Ages 2 to 5. Siblingswelcome. 7 to 7:45 p.m. atHopewell Branch of the MercerCounty Library System. Introducechildren to best age-appropriatestories in childrens literature.Action rhymes, songs and feltboard activities are part of theprogram. Content of each story

time centers on a differenttheme. Age-appropriate craft fol-lows.

Book Buddies: First to third graders.

1 to 2 p.m. at Hopewell Branch ofthe Mercer County Library Sys-tem. Each child will be partneredwith an older student. They willselect books that match thechilds interest and take turns

reading to each other. Registra-tion required.

Page Turners: Fourth to fifthgraders. 2 to 3 p.m. at HopewellBranch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System. A different kindof book club. Every week will readaloud for the same book and thenwork on an activity related towhat was read. Each week will getfurther into the book. The book isFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs.Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L.Konigsburg.

Girl Stuff Book Club: Ages 12 andolder. 6 to 7 p.m. at HopewellBranch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System. Register online.

Hopewell Township Zoning Boardmeeting: 7:30 p.m. the firstWednesday of the month in theMunicipal Auditorium. For moreinformation visithopewelltwp.org.AUG. 2

Story Time: Ages 2 to 5; siblingswelcome. 11 a.m. to noon atHopewell Branch of the MercerCounty Library System. Actionrhymes, songs and felt boardactivities. Age-appropriate craftfollows story time. Parentalsupervision required.

Toddler Rock: Ages 18 months to 3.10 to 10:30 a.m. at HopewellBranch of the Mercer County

Library System. Singing, dancingad rhymes. Play with musicalinstruments, puppets, parachutesand more.

Super Scientists: First to thirdgrade. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. atHopewell Branch of the MercerCounty Library System. Each

week focuses on a differentexperiment to explain the world.This week is Building Bridgesand Towers. Registrationrequired.

Game Night: Third grade and older.6 to 7 p.m. at Hopewell Branch ofthe Mercer County Library Sys-tem. Play board games, listen tomusic and enjoy some snacks.Feel free to bring favorite boardgames and friends!

Jr. Game Night: Kindergarten tosecond grade. 7 to 8 p.m. atHopewell Branch of the MercerCounty Library System. Boardgames, group games and snacks.Feel free to bring a favorite boardgame or some friends!

Teen Volunteer Appreciation Par-ty: 7 to 8 p.m. at Hopewell Branchof the Mercer County Library Sys-tem. Games, music and snacks.Get feedback on how the volun-teer program went. Good oppor-tunity to get forms signed or askfor recommendation letters. Reg-istration required.

AUG. 3Pat McKinleys Toddler Tunes:Ages newborn to 5. 10:30 to 11

a.m. at Hopewell Branch of theMercer County Library System.Adult supervision required. Singand dance to classic childrenssongs played on live guitar.

Teen Take-Out Craft: Ages 12 andolder. 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bringhome a magazine-wrapped pic-ture frame craft at any time dur-ing the day. AUG. 5

Mid-Summer Meadow Hike: Allages. 1 p.m. at Thompson Pre-serve on Route 654. Friends ofHopewell Valley Open Spaceguided hike featuring a restoredwildflower meadow. One and ahalf mile hike over easy terrain.For more information call 730-1560 or visit www.fohvos.org.

Hopewell Presbyterian Church:Worship service at 10:30 a.m.Intergenerational Sunday Schoolfrom 9 to 10:15 a.m. Coffee fellow-

ship from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.80 West Broad St., Hopewell.

Hopewell United MethodistChurch: Worship service at 10a.m. Teen/adult education from 9to 9:45 a.m. Sunday school at 10a.m. Youth group at 6:30 p.m. 20Blackwell Ave., Hopewell.

St. Alphonsus Roman CatholicChurch: Mass at 7:30, 9 and 11:15a.m. 54 East Prospect St.,Hopewell.

Word Christian Fellowship Interna-

tional: Worship service at 10 a.m.Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. 44Van Dyke Road, Hopewell.

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Book Club: 7 p.m. at Hopewell PublicLibrary. Discuss The Sweetnessat the Bottom of the Pie by AlanBradley.

Yoga: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at HopewellBranch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System. Bring yoga mator large towel. Registrationrequired; call (609) 737-2610.

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Public Library. For toddlers andpre-schoolers. Stories, songs andfingerplays. Registration is notrequired.

Getting Comfortable with Comput-ers: 1 p.m. at the Hopewell PublicLibrary. Get comfortable withcomputers, the Internet, theWorld Wide Web and the digitalworld. The librarys technologistwill answer questions, providedemonstrations and guide partic-ipants.

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Videos: 10 to 11 a.m. at HopewellBranch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System. YouTube is morethan a place to upload homemovie footage for friends andfamily to see. Explore a treasuretrove of educational, information-al, and expert videos, plusYouTubes video editor program,which allows the amateurmoviemaker to combine photos,video clips and music into one

fabulous video. This program isopen to all ages and no registra-tion is necessary.

Yoga: 5 to 6 p.m. at Hopewell Branch

of the Mercer County Library Sys-tem. Bring yoga mat or large tow-el. Registration required; call(609) 737-2610.

Story Time: Ages 2 to 5; siblingswelcome. 2 to 3 p.m. at HopewellBranch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System. Action rhymes,songs and felt board activities.Age-appropriate craft follows sto-ry time. Parental supervisionrequired.

Baby Time: Ages birth to 2. 11 to11:30 a.m. Adult supervisionrequired. This program is a greatway to introduce children tolibrary story times and reading.Age appropriate books areshared with the group. Songs,nursery rhymes, puppets, and feltboard figures create a rich audio-visual and social experience.After about 20 minutes of struc-tured group time, there is timefor play and for socializing.

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Wolff explained that the CHAengaged more than 400 people,and involved a wide range of indi-viduals who represented different

audiences, including youth, par-ents, government officials,health-care providers, education-al leaders, social serviceproviders, people with disabili-

ties and people in drug recoveryprograms.

One of the biggest findings wasa larger, socio-economic issue

that Wolff and the research groupfound, which was that there is noone Mercer County.

This area is diverse on a mul-titude of factors, she said. Race

ethnicity, family make-up, educa-tional levels, income, so on and soforth. For example, Mercer Coun-ty overall ranked ninth amongNew Jerseys 21 counties for itsmedian income, which is approxi-mately $70,000. However, there arestark differences in those num-bers by community.

Essentially, there are commu-nities in Mercer County that areon completely opposite sides ofthe socio-economic scale. For ex-

ample, Wolff detailed how six ofMercer Countys municipalitieshave median incomes of $100,000,while others like Trenton, whose

median income is around $37,000,have nearly one-third to one-halfof that.

The other, most prevalent is-sues that Wolff and Swensen

found involved vulnerable popu-lation groups, a steady increasein unemployment, transportationconcerns, high housing costs,health issues and health-care ac-cess and utilization.

From their findings, Wolff ex-plained how people found theyouth and seniors of MercerCounty to be the most vulnerablepopulation groups. Younger peo-ple have been experiencing morestress, which has led to substan-

tial substance abuse one of themajor concerns among adoles-

County found to be diverse on multitude of factors

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cents. Seniors, who are limited intheir abilities, have the highestgrowing population, which wasreported to encompass 17 percentof Mercer Countys total popula-tion by 2020.

Although Mercer County wasfound to have a lower unemploy-ment rate than New Jersey over-all, it has seen a significant in-

crease from 2007 to 2009 in2007, it was 3.9 percent, and in2009, it nearly doubled to 7.7 per-cent.

In relation to employment andmedian incomes, Wolff also ex-plained how Hopewell stood outin regard to one of the aspects ofthe study high housing costsand high cost of living in the area

specifically when it came to resi-dents who currently rent proper-ty.

Wolff showed a graph that indi-

cated percentages of people ineach municipality in MercerCounty who rent their homeswho pay more than 35 percent oftheir income to housing.Hopewell ranked second for thehighest percentage of people inthe town who currently pay morethan 35 percent of their income tohousing with 56.1 percent.

An architect at Burt, Hill wholives in Pennington, Arthur SanFillipo, particularly noticed howhome ownership has decreased inMercer County, in large becauseof the rising costs and loweringincomes.

San Fillipo also detailed the un-predictability of home ownershipin the next couple of years, andwhat the better alternative is, es-pecially in Hopewell.

As it is in New Jersey, homeownership is trending down rightnow, and more multi-familyhomes are being built in New Jer-sey and in Mercer County. The

nice thing about the multi-familyhomes is a planned community;when planned communities aredone properly, theyre actuallybetter than what we have in Mer-

cer County right now. Whattheyve noticed is with the bal-ance, people are more apt to walk

to the supermarket, clubs andcommunity pools, you get out tomeet your neighbors, and thecommunity itself becomes a littlebit more healthy because youreengaging more of the people asopposed to getting in the car anddriving someplace.

When it came to transporta-tion, they found that residents ofMercer County found it easier totravel back and forth to New YorkCity and Philadelphia, rather

than within areas of MercerCounty because of limited andunreliable public transportation.As a result, people in the areahave become car-dependent,which raises concerns because ofgas prices.

In regard to overall health is-sues, people found that the mostprominent concerns were mentalhealth, substance abuse, chronicdisease and insurance coverageand affordability.

People have been experiencing

more depression and stress,mainly as a result of the econom-ic downturn, which has led morepeople (specifically youth) to sub-stance abuse. In Mercer County,60 percent of high school studentsreported that they indulge in al-cohol use, 27 percent use marijua-na, and 9 percent abuse prescrip-tion drugs. It was also found thatsubstance abuse and mentalhealth go hand-in-hand, which iswhere challenges from acquiringhelp arose.

Other health-related concernsinvolved healthy eating, obesityand chronic disease. Twenty-fivepercent of Mercer County adultsare considered obese, which isslightly higher than New Jerseysrate, but lower than the nationalrate. The reasons behind thiswere found to be the high costs offruits and vegetables, fees ofrecreational facilities, as well as alack of time to exercise and eathealthy.

When you dont take care ofyour body, that leads to chronicdisease, such as diabetes, heartdisease, cancer, and strokes,which were found to be the lead-

ing killers of people in MercerCounty. In Mercer County, 9.1 per-cent of people have diabetes, op-

posed to the overall 8.7 percent ofpeople who have it in New Jersey.

Most of the people reportedthat part of the problem is health-care access. Wolff explained howMercer County is known for itshigh quality of health-care serv-ices with seven hospitals, 16 long-term care facilities and eighthealth departments, but the wait-ing times to acquire an appoint-ment and in the waiting rooms,along with a lack of transporta-

tion hinder people from gettinghelp. Also, 15 percent of people inMercer County arent insured.

Aside from the problems, thethree main strengths in MercerCounty that were found were thevariety of organizations andservices that are already workingon these issues; the helpful re-sources related to recreation,parks, and greenery; and the edu-cational system, which is the

main source of pride for resi-dents, and is a major appealingfactor for potential residents.

Superintendent of HopewellValley Regional School DistrictThomas Smith commented on theeducational system, which seemsto be excellent in Hopewell, buthas been affected by some issues,including the economy and signif-icant demographic shifts.

Smith also explained how onemajor concern of the residents isthe expectation of accountability,which is countered by the in-crease of needs that Hopewell is

seeing among their students.People want to know wheretheir money is going, he said.Thats the pressure that werefacing also as a school district.But more importantly, werebeing asked to do more at thesame time. We have students whoare coming to our schools withmore issues, to put it bluntly,whether its children of divorcedparents, children with diabetes,

children with significant healthconcerns, or emotional health,and we are working with those

students and providing thoseservices.

After Wolff reported the find-ings, Swenson explained the nextsteps that she and Healthy Re-sources in Action will take, sinceshe will lead the planning effort.

The next step in developingthe CHIP is really to identifywhere we want to focus in theplan, she said. The CHIP will bea strategic blueprint that hopeful-ly will represent anybody who

looks at that plan and wants toconnect and align with that plan,either as an individual, institu-tion and organization, or as acommunity. Our next step is towork with the Community Advi-sory Board and other key commu-nity stakeholders in the planningprocess and gather feedback andinput from the community atlarge to really put this CHIP to-gether.


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