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Show SEPTEMBER 16, 1999 WIC program excellent, clients respond in poll BY MELINDA WILLIAMS Clipper Today Staff Writer - FARMINGTON Overall, patrons of the Women, Infants and Children program in Davis County are satisfied with the services they receive. The Davis Board of Health heard a report on a survey conducted in both the Layton and Bountiful WIC offices, which indicate the staff is caring and helpful. Jennifer Barnett, an employee with the Bountiful office, told health Were very board members, the results. with pleased The survey compared answers of the county's WIC participants with answers of WIC participants statewide. Some 480 county participants were questioned on the value of the program, with 237 rating the services excellent and another 191 saying they were very good. Of 6,797 survey participants statewide, 45.7 percent said the services were excellent. Barnett told the board the survey was taken randomly at both locations. Participants were asked to fill out the form on site and then place the completed questionnaires in a drop box which was taken to the state offices. Questions ranged from services participants would like to see included in the W'lC program to the value of breast feeding, to the response of staff. Two hundred and forty-tw- o respondents said they often feed their babies based on what they learned at WlC, while 122 said they always feed their babies based on what theyve learned at WIC Only seven said they dont take the advice they receive at WIC A total of 310 respondents said theyve changed what they feed their children a fair amount or very much based on what theyve learned. A full 440 of the 480 respondents said the information given them by a nutritionist was interesting and 415 said they used the information at home. When it came to the care with which services are provided, 365 respondents said the phone was answered promptly when they called last and 308 said they usually kept their appointments. FRIDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 17, McKay graduates from computer program at BYU Barrie J. McKay. Fruit Heights, has graduated with high honors from the BYU computer science departments advanced high school studies program. During ceremonies held Aug. 13 at the Harris Fine Arts Center, AHSSP Chairman Kristine Hurst congratulated graduates on having met the challenge of completing an intense k course for which they received two hours of college credit. We wanted to see if you could accomplish a full semester of study in two weeks, and you exceeded our expectations, Ms. Hurst said. The encompassed program instruction in Internet programming. Forty-si- x students from several states and nations were selected to attend the Computer Science AHSSP Each received a scholarship which provided tuition, computing resources, texts, diskettes and a superb faculty-plteaching assistants and laboratory technicians to assist students in comtwo-wee- us pleting full days, evenings, and weekends of diligent work. McKay, a senior at Davis High School, enjoys the challenge of an interesting math problem and is a member of the DHS Mathematics Team, which has taken first place in statewide contests. At the 1998 State of Utah Math Competition Awards Ceremonies held at USU, McKay was named third place plaque winner in the states competition among sophomores; and last spring, was second in the contest among juniors and fifth overall scoring closely behind seniors who took the same test WEEKDAY AFTERNOONS |