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The INDEPENDENT, March 21, 2012 Page 17 Columbia County WIC receives honors for one of their programs Columbia County WIC pro- gram was honored for its part in helping Oregon rise to one of six states in the nation with the highest rate of breastfeeding mothers. “Nationally, an average of 75 percent of moms start out breastfeeding,” said Sara Sloan, nutrition consultant with the Oregon WIC program. “Oregon has a 91 percent rate,” she told the Board of the Public Health Foundation of Columbia Action Ads INEXPENSIVE – EFFECTIVE 503-429-9410 County at a meeting Feb. 21. “Columbia County is doing a great job of supporting new moms and giving babies a healthy start on life.” Sloan presented a plaque to Jana Mann, Foundation WIC Program Manager, Sheri Duren, WIC Breastfeeding Co- ordinator and Dan Garrison, chair of the Foundation. Explaining that there has been a major paradigm shift in the last decade, Sloan said, “We used to be a ‘free formula’ agency. Now we’re not formula so much as promoting breast- feeding.” She thanked Karen Ladd, Public Health Adminis- trator, as well as the WIC staff for their contributions to raising the rate in Oregon and keeping Columbia County’s breastfeed- ing initiation rate at 88 percent. Mann said that she and Duren attended a conference on breastfeeding this month and, as a result, will be ex- panding the curriculum of the breastfeeding classes currently offered to WIC moms to help them make good choices. Columbia County Facts is- sued by the Oregon WIC pro- gram show that in 2010, Co- lumbia County WIC served a total of 2,254 clients, including infants and children under age 5, and pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women. WIC served 967 families. WIC certi- fiers travel monthly to five cities in Columbia County to see fam- ilies, and WIC issues $728,000 in food vouchers to families an- nually. The vouchers are re- deemed at eight grocery stores, two farmers’ markets and one farm stand. Vernonia Justice Court Abbreviations: A&D, Alcohol & Drug; DUII, Driving Under the In- fluence of Intoxicants; BUII, Boat- ing Under the Influence of Intoxi- cants; CCSO, Columbia County Sheriff’s Office; DWS, Driving While License is Suspended; MIP, Minor In Possession of Intoxi- cants; MV, Motor Vehicle Acci- dent; PCS, Possession of Con- trolled Substance; ODL, Oregon Driver License; FTA, Failure to Ap- pear in Court; NTSI, National Traf- fic Safety Institute; DA, District At- torney; VIP, Victim Impact Panel; FF&A, Fines, Fees and Assess- ments. March 6 - 13, 2012 Mar. 6 – Grai Ni, 21, Port- land, MIP-alcohol; ODL sus- pension, referred for treatment evaluation, VIP, fine deferred. Mar. 13 – George M. Wood, 25, Vernonia, PCS < 1 oz mar- ijuana; 6 mo. ODL suspension, $798 FF&A. Traffic.......................... 4 Game.......................... 1 Police/Court Abbreviations Service Directory W illiams M etal F ab Custom Fabrication, Welding & Repairs Including Aluminum & Stainless Steel Custom Garment Printing 711 Bridge St., Vernonia 503-429-8431 (At the cor ner of Bridge & Adams) 503-433-4ART (4278) On the web at www.kaptanskr aft.com 17819 Noakes Rd., Vernonia, Oregon Better power. More choices. Have power when your neighbors don’t. Generators for Home, Work or Play 5 03- 429 - 5 5 04 • • • • • • Excavating Septic Systems Site Prep Underground Utilities Driveways & Roads Trenching PO. Box 65 Vernonia CCB 166815 DEQ 38649 Call 503-429-9410 to be here when someone needs to find you.
