KAREN: I didn't ask you before what family you're from. Is Krumrey your married name?
STELLA: Yes. My married name. And so my -- my mom and -- my dad's name was Nikenti Zeder, and my mom is still alive, her name's Nina. N-I-N-A.
KAREN: Zeder?
STELLA: Uh-hum.
KAREN: I think I've heard her name in Mary's book, maybe.
STELLA: Uh-hum. Maybe. I don't remember reading her name on there. Maybe you're talking about Jenny, her sister. Her name.
KAREN: The Zeder last name sounds familiar.
STELLA: Yeah, Zeder, Jenny Zeder is Mary's sister.
KAREN: Oh. It's just the last name. No, but I apologize, I should have asked you that at the beginning, which family you're from.
STELLA: Oh, that's okay.
KAREN: I guess the other thing is, you know, the -- the key health issues here in Kodiak and what those are now versus what they used -- I don't know if they are the same. You know, what are the important health issues?
STELLA: We have more diabetes now that we never, ever -- like, well, you know, we didn't see it then, back then. And seems like we have more cancer --
KAREN: Uh-hum.
STELLA: -- than when I -- I can remember growing up.
KAREN: And is there a lot of health education that goes on?
STELLA: KANA comes around. You know, they have people that travel, and we do as -- as a clinic, to educate our patients --
KAREN: Uh-hum.
STELLA: -- with diet or, you know, bad -- bad choices like smoking and drinking --
KAREN: Uh-hum.
STELLA: -- drugs.
KAREN: So that's part of the --
STELLA: Part of the clinic, the health aide program.
KAREN: Uh-hum. Like wellness --
STELLA: Yes, wellness --
KAREN: -- kind of thing?
STELLA: -- kind of thing, yes. And we do have, like, walking, exercising. We have senior meals that are given, healthy -- healthy meals.
KAREN: Oh.
STELLA: Uh-hum. Those -- those kind of things are -- are -- you know, have come up since I've been --
KAREN: Uh-hum.
STELLA: -- health aide.
KAREN: And that's all part of the health aide program?
STELLA: No.
KAREN: No?
STELLA: It's just a part of KANA's wellness program.
KAREN: Hmm.
STELLA: Which, you know, really ties into our -- our clinic.
KAREN: Uh-hum.
STELLA: As to promoting it.
KAREN: So it's doing preventative --
STELLA: Uh-hum. Yes.
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