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Success Stories 2001 |
| Smoke-Free Restaurant Ordinance Passed | |
| Walk & Win Winner | |
| Hawthorn Suites First All Smoke-Free Hotel in U.S. |
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| Las Margaritas Goes Smoke-Free | |
| Steve DeBoer Wins Medallion Award | |
| Challenge a Friend Winner | |
| First Security takes the Challenge! | |
| Weigh & Win | |
| Success Stories for 2000 |
| CardioVision 2020 Commends Olmsted County Board on Smoke-Free Leadership |
| By a 5-2 vote of the Olmsted County Board, Olmsted County has enacted Minnesota’s first county-wide smoke-free restaurant ordinance. CardioVision 2020 Project Director Thomas E. Kottke, M.D., says the county approach makes sense. “This is a public health issue, and counties already license restaurants through their public health departments. When the county board members saw the data on health risks, they did what responsible leaders do. They led in the public interest.” |
| The Olmsted County ordinance was the result of several years of work by interested citizens, says Rebecca Hoffman, CardioVision 2020’s operations director. “Many community organizations and scores of citizens have actively participated in this educational effort. Thousands of others have contacted their elected officials to show their support, and have also voted with their pocketbooks by patronizing smoke-free establishments. We finally reached a critical mass, with more than half of area restaurants going smoke-free voluntarily and seeing that it was not only a good health decision, but also good for business.” |
| The ordinance goes into effect January 1, 2002. |
| Walk & Win Winner Announced |
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| Congratulations to Evelyn Curtin, Grand Prize winner of $500 in the Walk & Win Challenge 2001! Dr. Tom Kottke (right) presented the check while Evelyn’s husband and walking partner, Richard Curtin (left), looks on. |
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| September, 2001 Hawthorn Suites Hotel All Smoke-Free |
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| Dr. Tom Kottke (left) and Becky Hoffmann (right) present Jerry and Nancy Nelson with a Heart Hero Award for making Hawthorn Suites the very first completely smoke-free hotel in the entire United States. |
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| July, 2001 Las Margaritas Restaurant Goes Smoke-Free |
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| Dr. Kottke (left) and Becky Hoffmann (right) present Manuel Martinez with an award for making his restaurant, Las Margaritas smoke-free. |
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| Steve DeBoer wins prestigious Medallion Award from Minnesota Dietetic Association |
 The Minnesota Dietetic Association Medallion Award is the association’s highest award,
recognizing an individual in the association who has demonstrated leadership and professionalism above and
beyond job expectations thereby making outstanding contributions to the profession. The Award will be
presentated on Thursday, May 3, 2001, at MDA’s 83rd Annual Meeting to be held at the Marriott
Southwest in Minnetonka. Steve will address the association on CardioVision 2020 at that time. |
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| Challenge a Friend Winner |
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| Rachel Allen with Dr. Tom Kottke, Project Director of CardioVision 2020. Rachel won the Challenge a Friend contest by successfully challenging 19 of her friends to participate in the CardioVision 2020 lifestyle. Rachel has decided to donate the $500 prize to a charity that she and her friends will select. Congratualtions, Rachel! |
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| First Security Bank of Byron, Minnesota |
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| In January, 2001 the employees of First Security Bank took the CardioVision 2020
Challenge! For more information, contact Susan E. Durgin at 507-775-2316. |
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| Weigh & Win Winners |
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CardioVision 2020 awarded prizes for the Weigh & Win challenge on Thursday, January 11, 2001. Participants met the challenge by maintaining – or even losing – weight over the holidays thereby breaking the holiday weight-gain pattern. The $500 Grand Prize winner was David Brady; he even managed to lose a couple of pounds over the holidays! Mary Ann Cowden won a Heart Rate Monitor from Bicycle Sports. Helen Pries, Jill Anderson, Marj Reif and Gary Allar each won $10 gift certificates for Cub Foods produce. Ed Plein won a $20 gift certificate to the Good Food Store. Sharon Walters won a free one year membership to the Rochester Track Club. Marian Fulton and Julianna St.Helene-Kraft each won $10 gift certificates for Rainbow Foods produce. Lisa Stellmaker won a $10 gift certificates for Econo Foods produce. Chante Thomas, Tricia Rasmussen, Terry Hayward and Amanda Pronk each won $10 gift certificates for HyVee Foods produce. And Gary O. Larson won a complementary stay at the Marriott Hotel . Congratulations to all who participated! “Weigh” to go! |
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