Achievements/Celebrations

Year 1

bulletOver 800 signatures on Petition demanding strict enforcement of tobacco laws.
bulletEntry in Coralville 4th of July Parade
bulletJohnson County Fair
bulletOne on One Meetings:
City High Vice Principal, I.C. City Attorney, Police Chief Winkelhank, Lt. Fort, Brian DeBoer, Police Chief Barry Bedford, Jack Kennedy, Naomi Novick, Joe Bolkcom, Karen Franklin, Larry Brown, Carol Thompson.
bulletIowa City Press Citizen Editorial Board
bulletObtained CDC Anti-Tobacco Ads to air on local TV stations.

Year 2

bulletEntry in 1998 Coralville 4th of July Parade
bulletJohnson County Fair
bulletOne on One Meetings:
Karen Kubby, Joe Bolkcom, Connie Champion, Iowa City Mayor Ernie Lehman, Dee Vanderhoef, Coralville Mayor Jim Fausett, Mike McDonnell, Jonathon Jordahl, Sally Stutsman, Minnette Doderer, Mary Mascher, Bob Dvorsky, Dick Myers, Christy Vilsack, Mary Sue Coleman, Ann Rhodes, Phil Jones, Maggie Vanoel.
bulletJohnson County Attorney press release on stings
bulletMeetings with Press Citizen Health Editor Ann Scott
bulletTobacco Free Heartland Conference in Oklahoma City 1998
bulletAnti-tobacco billboard by young artist

Year 3

bulletOne on One Meetings:
Karen Kubby, Joe Bolkcom, Ernie Lehman, Jim Fausett, Jonathon Jordahl, Sally Stutsman, Minnette Doderer, Christy Vilsack, Ann Rhodes, Maggie Vanoel.
bulletMultiple meetings with Press Citizen Health Editor Ann Scott
bulletQuest Editorial to Press Citizen "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"
bulletQuest Editorial to Daily Iowan by Dr. Kernstein
bulletTobacco Free Heartland Conference in Oklahoma City 1999
bulletPresentations at Coralville City Council, Iowa City City Council, and Johnson County Board of Supervisors
bulletSmokefree Dining Guide for Johnson County
bulletClearing the Air - A town hall meeting to discuss environmental tobacco smoke

Year 4

bulletDorms at UI smoke free as of Fall 2000
bulletOrganized committee to advocate for smoke free restaurant
bulletReprinted new smoke free guide to dining
bulletConducted public opinion poll on secondhand smoke
bulletBooth at Johnson County Fair
bulletEntry in Coralville 4th of July parade
bulletIntroduced ordinance for smoke free restaurant in Iowa City and Coralville
bulletCoralville Community Forum on secondhand smoke August 2000
bulletOrganized 4 county partnership to obtain an Iowa Department of Public Health Community Partnership grant for over $100,000
bulletConducted 1-day training for teen cessation counselors using American Lung Association N.O.T. program