Our Picture of Health 1998:
Focusing on Community Health to the Year 2000

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Trend Benders Coordinating Council

• Donna Crouch
  Co-chair
• Deedee Mayer
  Co-chair
• Kayleen Christie
  Co-chair
  St. Mary's Hospital
• Michael Aduddell, D.O.
  Mesa County Health Department
• Carolyn Bruce
  Western Healthcare Alliance
• Larry Chynoweth
  Mesa County Health Department
• Michelle Foster
  Foster Communication
• Captain Bill Gardner
  Mesa County Sheriff's Office
• Becky Jessen
  Community Hospital
• Teresa Kottenstette
  Mesa County Valley School District #51
• Pat Landrum
  The Civic Forum
• Lynn Lickers
  Rocky Mountain HMO
• Mary Locke
  MPO Transportation Manager
• Mary Fran McCarthy
  St. Mary's Hospital Foundation
• John McElroy, MPH
  Veteran's Administration Hospital
• Sue Petty
  Rancher
• Dan Prinster
  St. Mary's Hospital
• Barbara Sowada, Ph.D.
  The Civic Forum
• Greg Trainor
  The City of Grand Junction
• Suzanne Tucker, Ed.D.
  Center for Enriched Communications
• Kristin Winn
  The City of Grand Junction
• Dave Varley
  The City of Grand Junction

This report is the result of more than a year of community discussion and research. Many community members participated, and the Trend Benders Coordinating Council led the effort with the Civic Forum.

Research and report writing were completed by Michelle J. Foster of Foster Communication. The report was edited by Dr. Suzanne Tucker and R. Diane Kasselhut, with input from the Coordinating Council and area experts.

The front cover is a watercolor by Chuck Morris, and is used on this Web site with permission. Photography of the painting is by Dillard Jenkins.

This Web site is designed and produced by Allied Internet; the original version was printed by Pyramid Printing.

We gratefully acknowledge the numerous individuals and agencies that responded to the call for data found within this study. Without fail every agency with relevant data responded quickly and courteously and provided expertise in interpreting the data.

This report has been provided through the generous financial support of:

• Alpine Bank
• The City of Fruita
• The City of Grand Junction
• The Civic Forum
• The Colorado Trust
• Community Hospital
• Family Health West
• The Foundation for Learning
• Hilltop Community Resources, Inc.
• Human Services Council of Mesa County
• Mesa County
• The Mesa County Health Department
• Mesa National Bank
• Norwest Bank
• Rocky Mountain HMO
• St. Mary's Hospital
• U.S. Bank
• United Way of Mesa County, Inc.

The Trend Benders Coordinating Council extends special thanks to Sister Lynn Casey, President and CEO of St. Mary's Hospital, for spearheading this project and providing personnel support. Sister Lynn's vision for community health encouraged this project to extend beyond the boundaries of healthcare to encompass the whole community.

The chairpersons of this project — Deedee Mayer, Donna Crouch and Kayleen Christie — generated support for the effort throughout the community and provided direction and encouragement to the Coordinating Council and writer. Thank you for the countless hours you freely gave to this study and the community.

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