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Show i t WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 16, 1978 Garth Davis Involved In Navy Exercise - r 3, - Navy Boiler Technician Fireman Garth E. Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Davis of 2512 W. 1700 S., Syracuse, is participating in exercise "Readiex off the southern California coast. 2-- HE IS serving as a crewmember aboard the missile USS frigate Schofield, homeported in San Diego. He is one of more than 20,000 Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel taking part in the exercise which includes 31 ships and approximately 150 aircraft. 10-d- READIEX is part of a 8 continuing fleet training program designed to test and improve combat units in all aspects of modern Naval tactics, including air, surface and antisubmarine warfare. The exercise is under overall command of Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely Jr., USN, commander of the U.S. Third Fleet. The a commander is Rear Admiral Paul H. Speer, USN, commander of at-se- Carrier Air Group One, operating from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, homeported in Alameda, Calif. UriDER Dr. Richard Johns, administrator of the Davis County Health department, examines Regan Christensen during the Tuesday afternoon Well Child clinic conducted through the department. FIVE tered through the Davis appointments each week. Dr. Johns said the infant receives periodic examinations up to 18 months or two years until provides an avenue where children under five can leceive immunizations and completed and then is seen at the clinic once a year until he reaches five. A limited By ROSELYN KIRK A well-chil- clinic adminis- d County Department of Health preventive health care. DR. Richard Johns, administrator of the Davis ounty Department of Health, sees children who are not receiving followup care on a regular basis from private physicians. He said that visits are scheduled not only for children we qualify for indigent medical care, but also for middle class families whose children under five are not receiving physical examinations on a permanent basis. The clinics, scheduled from 1 to 4 30 p m. on Tuesdays are set for the examination rooms located in the health department In the basement of the Davis County Courthouse in I armmgton C eight to ten children are scheduled for ABOUT the immunizations number of are pre-scho- examinations are conducted, but this is not the normal focus of the clinic. Although some treatment is given if an ill child is brought in for a checkup, sick children are usually referred to a private physician. Complete medical records are kept on every child who is examined at the clinic. SOME of the screening of the children is performed by public health nurses who take blood counts to identify iron deficiency anemia, and test language and social development at yearly intervals. Lois Nielsen, who heads the Women, Infants and Child (W1C) program in the county, conducts a portion of the clinical examinations in order to increase the capacity of the to handle more children. In some cases the clinic assumes the responsibility for health care as the first agency to see the child after the six weeks check up, usually a follow-uby the pediatrician after the initial hospital visit. clinic, p DR. Johns said he has no specialization in pediatric medicine prior to taking over the well child clinic in April 1974. Prior to that, a retired physician had handled the clinic on an irregular basis. Dr. Johns graduated from Temple University Medical School in Philadelphia, Penn, and completed his internship at LDS hospital in Salt Lake City. Six months of his residency were completed in Seattle at the University of and the Washington remainder at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, with a specialization In preventive medicine. While his completing residency. Dr. Johns worked in public health treatment in Davis County. he must also relate to parents, many of whom are apprehensive about having their children examined. In some cases, public SINCE testing of the inner ear as a regular part of the well child examination. iiiwj u II UjitO TI:n Gcf3 In Buds Coe,: There must be a lot cars of Davis County in parked THE reason, according to County Assessor Thavne W. Curbndgr, is that there are more cars and pickup truck reg'stered to county residents are persons to than there homes In the Dam County has about 135,000 all kinds were and registered last year there are only about IIO.OjO AND THAT figure r dudes persons underage, t! e asses- sor noted He said about 14. duo 1 vehicles were classified as car and pickup while the remainder wne primarilv rs fralional hu u'v, im lud v rg campers, i bo.jls, snow mi trjvd n aid b-- s grb where children may be in need of medical attention we can't But in most ca-- TOuaumrj a rut t, tixts a. g out and w l.rit work," Dr of J hns said The work not srrm to the dime d 773-71- 04 23 Years Experiences .I ! - provide for audiometric tesD mg and hopes to continue the residents to drive them In few ghetto or blight areas, po he bealih nurses carefully wa' h the pckr:s of prsrrty .. grant from the Utah State Department of Health to community or learn about families through public programs and recommend that they be examined at the clinic But it'a the parent's responsibility to follow through and ee lhat the ch.ld gels to the clinic, Dr Johns aid k health needs. Dr. Johns said that the clinic has received a drive them He said vehicles of w hoot I5-- tempt to examine dental health nurses identify ihildren requiring treatment that they visit UU moved into the clinic about as fast as others are moved out, Dr. Johns said. The clinic makes a rough check on the childs vision and hearing, but does not at- garages or driveways HE SAID, while working with the children in the clinic, i DAVIS joined the navy in August 1976. n- - - No Curii, rease murh from year to r since new pmp are Gutter Gy Golf Course s Davis County i. rrfve j n unrer aiinw devr pert to Cieena t cjfb -J f ,"et a' srg p-- rail .i le of Sal'ey (niftr f.rtic p f'ain rg m r t er T' ( YJ I I (VV Glen ( 4 o Vil V (Across from Albertson's) February 9, 10, 1! Ka-- Shwsj We an t .4 $-- 1 u 00 iSdoo U accept our competitors Coupons DRIVE UP WINDOW SERVICE r -- ! rr-- p f ". -i er A n t iwrvt t f g -.f -- f, an pj isp ! 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