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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 16, 1978 Garth Davis involved In Navy Exercise A V - ' . & Navy Boiler Technician hi reman 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 f 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 y taking part in the exercise which includes 31 ships and approximately 150 aircraft READIEX is part of a 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 Ad miral Samuel L. Gravely Jr , USN, commander of the U S Ihird Fleet The a commander is Rear Admiral Paul H Speer, USN, commander of Carrier Air Group One, operating from the aircraft carrier UNDER FIVE Dr Richard Johns, administrator of the Davis County Health department, examines Regan Christensen during the Tuesday afternoon Well Child elm ic conducted through the department By ROSELYN KIRK well child clinic A adminis-(ere- d through the Davis County Department of Health provides an avenue where children under five can receive immunizations and preventive health care DR. Richard Johns, administrator of the Davis County 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 armington eight to ten children are scheduled for ABOUT appointments each week Dr Johns said the infant receives periodic examinations up to 18 months or two years until the are immunizations completed and then is seen at the clinic once a year until he reaches five A limited number of 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 (WIC) 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 as sumes the responsibility for health care as the first agency to see the child after the six weeks check up, usually a follow-u- p by the pediatrician after the initial hospital visit clinic, DR. Johns said he has no specialization in pediatric medicine prior to taking over the well child dime m 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 I DS hospital in Salt Lake City Six months of his residency were completed in Seattle at the University of Washington and the remainder at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City, with a specialization in preventive medicine his W'hile completing residency, Dr Johns worked in public health treatment in Davis County HE SAID, while working with the children in the clinic, he must also relate to parents, many of whom are apprehensive about having their children examined In some cases, public MRfSJiEAlYI cMreTwi).CSJ5StMi health nurses identify children requiring treatment that they visit in homes m the community or learn about families through public school programs and recommend that they be examined But its the at the clinic parent's responsibility to follow through and see that the child gets to the clinic, Dr Johns said 3 SINCE Davis County has Regular few ghetto or blight YOUR CARPETS COME USS Enterprise, homeported in Alameda, tahf CIUM B816HTE f, it LAST FASTER tONGER DRY if 773-71- 04 2D Years Experience h . areas, public health nurses carefully watch the pockets of poverty where children may be in need of medical attention But in most cases, we cant go out and solicit work, Dr Johns said The work load of the clinic does not seem to increase much from year to year since new people are DAVIS joined the navy in August 1976 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 attempt to examine dental health needs Dr Johns said that the clinic has received a grant from the Utah State Department of Health to provide for audiometric tesu ing and hopes to continue the testing of the mnt r ear as a regular part of the well child examination TrioUs Ttea Ceps In Davis County There must be a lot of cars in Davis County garages or driveways parked THE reason, according to County Assessor Thayne W Corbridge, is that there are more cars and pickup truck registered to county residents than there are persons to drive them He said about 135,000 vehicles of all kinds were and registered last year there are only about 110,000 residents to drive them AND THAT figure includes persons underage, the asses sor noted He said about 114,000 vehicles were classified as cars and pickups while the remainder were primarily recreational vehicles, includ mg campers, travel trailers boats, snowmobiles and mo torcycles grb No Curb, Gutter By Golf Course Davis County sioners refused Commisto allow developers to construct curb and gutter along the east side of the Valley View Golf Course even though Layton planning commission had required that subdividers provide these improvements COMMISSIONER Glen Flint and Charlie Cook, Valley View supervisor, said the curb and gutter would force run-of- f water down the side hill of the golf course and into the pond and might result GREAT MEXICAN FOOD! 101 N. Fort Lane (Across from Albertsons) February 9, 10, mms Hard Shell Hard Shell Bean BURR1TCJS 11 .jll00 .. 4s1 accept our competitors Coupons DRIVE UP WINDOW SERVICE We in flooding Larry Colton, representing Aposhian Consulting Engineers, said that Layton city planning commission had required the construction as a part of the specifications for a subdivision which is being constructed Commissioner Flint said that the denial by the county will force Layton planning commission to "find another way ACCORDING to Commis- sioner Flint the commission on how the has the say-s- o property should be handled since Layton leased the property to the county for 50 years when they agreed to construct a golf course at the site Mr Cook said the county has already installed drams on the property to take care of the present run-of- f water rk Crtao3D Csocil B(j)Go |
