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UN11tU )IHI~,~ U:~IKll:l I:UUKI FOR THE pISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Civil Action PJo. 76-0358 GEORGE DURHAM et al, Plaintiffs v EARL L. BU"fZ et al, Defendants WAKE COUNTY NORTH CAROLIfdA AFFIpAVIT I, Flora Garrett, of Orange County, North Carolina being duly sworn, depose and say: 1. I am the duly elected chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Orange County which is the governing body of Orange County. 2. That on March 9, 1976 the Orange County Board of Commissioners endorsed a switchover from SFP to WIC by Orange-Chatham Comprehensive Health Services, Inc., the operating agency in this County.. 3. That this approval was given because this Board was informed and therefore believes that the WIC program is the best available program for providing services to lactating mothers and to needy infants and children. 4. That the switchover from SFP to WIC in Orange County was effective on July 7, 1976. That the Board of Commissioners feels it is wasteful, inefficient and would result in a net loss of services to the target popu- lace to require a change back to SFP after only a brief operation of the WIC program. 5. That Orange-Chatham Comprehensive Health Services, which operates the program, is doing so in an effective manner and is adequately serving the target population. 6. That the Board has been informed of the judicial order which man- dates this change and the events which gave rise to that litigation; that the Board feels that the implementation of the order, would in this parti- cular case, work a hardship~on needy mothers and children in this county and would negatively affect the effectuation of. the purposes of the child. nutrition legislation. 7. That this Board desires the WIC program to continue operating in this County. . 8. That the Board of Commissioners meeting on September 21, 197fi reaffirmed its endorsEment of and commitment to the WIC program. /S/ Flora Garrett FLORA GARRETT, Chairman