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Caregiver educational class series continues
Davis County Health Department’s Family Caregiver Support Program continues with the remainder of its twelve-week series of classes for individuals caring for family members who are older or frail...
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Be prepared
(Part 2 of 2) This is the second article of a two-part series on being prepared for disasters. To quickly review, last month we looked at the three main elements of personal preparedness: (1) Get...
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‘Be Fit & Fab’ Advice Corner
Step outside during your break at work and take a walk around your building. Consider joining a local hiking club. Try talking a walk 30 minutes in the morning or 30 minutes in the early evening...
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Davis County volunteers help citizens; save money
The Davis County Commissioners praised the unselfish work performed by hundreds of volunteers who routinely help fellow citizens while serving in numerous unpaid roles throughout Davis County Gove...
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Dinner, dessert, dancing,…Delightful!
Following dinner, dessert and a floor show, many diners watched as others filled the dance floor while enjoying the Big Band Music of Davis High School’s Moonlight Orchestra at last year’s sold-ou...
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Breakfast For Your Brain program to be scheduled
Just as breakfast is important for your body, mind stimulation is important for your brain health. That’s why Davis County Health Department’s Senior Services is offering a 20 session program cal...
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New Prescription Assistance Program begins in Davis County
by Joann Berzett
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A new Prescription Assistance Program is being offered by the Davis County Health Department’s Senior Services. It is available to serve all age groups. You may find yourself having to choose bet...
SHRED the FACTS
by Linda Freer, DCHD
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The Utah State Health Insurance Program (SHIP), the Senior Medicare Patrol, and Adult Protective Services (APS) are holding events in Davis County to highlight changes to the Medicare Supplement ma...
Senior meals tasting better, survey finds
by Tom Busselberg
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LAYTON — Meals served to those attending senior activity centers and receiving meals-on-wheels appear to be well liked. That’s according to an evaluation conducted recently, said Senior Services D...
Legislative cuts will have impact on Davis seniors
by Tom Busselberg
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LAYTON — Services for senior citizens could see a 2.5 percent cut now, and double that for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1. That was the “best guesstimate” from Davis County Health Depar...
Chaplain notes value of hospice care for loved ones
by Louise R. Shaw
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DAVIS COUNTY — For more than 20 years, Shirleen Richardson has been at the side of those who are going through significant change in their lives. As a hospice worker and chaplain, she has assiste...
Tax help at county’s senior centers
by John Knorr
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AARP’s Tax-Aide program is a nationwide volunteer effort providing free tax assistance for seniors and tax filers of limited means. AARP volunteers provide Federal and state income tax preparatio...
National News

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, along with Gina Owens from Seattle, Wash.,left,  whose daughter, Tiffany Owens died after losing her job and health care,  Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill. center, and others, arrive for a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing. Democratic senators, being senators, beg to differ.


Sat Mar 13 03:14:02 -0600 2010
AP - A 31-year-old mother from Colorado was one of seven Muslims arrested this week in Ireland in an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, the woman's parents said Friday.
Sat Mar 13 03:15:41 -0600 2010

Pakistan's army troops remove a dead body from the site of suicide bombing in Saidu Sharif, a town of Pakistan's Swat Valley, Saturday, March 13, 2010. A suicide attacker struck a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, killing scores of people and injuring dozens. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)AP - A suicide bomber driving a motorized rickshaw blew himself up at a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said, killing at least 13 people, injuring 52 and underscoring the nation's relentless security threat.


Sat Mar 13 04:10:01 -0600 2010