Want to be a ‘Rock Hound’? Ken Mauchley (left) and Dean Bennett are known as “Rock Hounds” at Autumn Glow Senior Activity Center. They earned their nickname because they enjoy the art of lapidary. With the rocks they’ve bo...
Want help keeping your New Year’s resolution? Davis County Health Department is promoting an evidenced-based Chronic Disease Self-Management Program called Living Well with Chronic Conditions.
Living Well with Chronic Conditions is a fun, i...
Caregiver educational classes begin Davis County Health Department’s Family Caregiver Support Program offers an eight week series of classes for individuals who care for family members that are older and/or frail.
The one hour cla...
Free music lectures at Golden Years Lewis Phelps and his friends are hosting a free lecture series called “America’s Vernacular Songs,” at the Golden Years Senior Activity Center in Bountiful (726 South 100 East). The first of the f...
You can prevent falls Has a past fall shaken your confidence? Is a threat of a fall a barrier to doing the things you want to do? Do you have a fear of falling? Perhaps you want to learn new exercises to help prevent...
January is “National Radon Action Month” More Americans die of lung cancer than any other cancer. Next to smoking, radon is the biggest risk factor for lung cancer. To raise radon awareness and promote action, January has been declared ...
Many Davis County seniors participate in Veterans Day observances and luncheons to honor the brave men and women who served our country. This year each senior activity center is doing something di...
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Shawna Mahan, DCHD In-Home Services Bureau Mgr.The Davis Clipper
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During this season of thanksgiving, we pause to reflect on the many blessings that have been bestowed on us as individuals and as a community. We are especially grateful for the love of our friend...
With nearly 26 million children and adults in America living with diabetes, and another 79 million at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes, the disease is taking a devastating physical, emotion...
Want to decrease your pain, decrease your doctors’ visits, and enjoy life more? Davis County Health Department’s Senior Services is promoting the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program called Liv...
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Joann Berzett DCHD Prescription Assistance CoordinatorThe Davis Clipper
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In 2009, Davis County Senior Services started the Prescription Assistance program. This program provides assistance to community members to help them find no cost or low cost medication to counter...
Marti Martin and Hedi Barraza join in last year’s Halloween event at Autumn Glow Senior Activity Center. This Oct. 31st, bring your children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren and join us at ...
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building's lack of modern safety standards, destroying the school and killing seven students....
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- The tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb this week may have created $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as many as 13,000 homes, multiple schools and a hospital, officials said Wednesday as they gave the first detailed account of the devastation....