Red Cross wants blood donors during slow summer
After appealing to the public, the Northwest
has a stable twoday blood supply, but officials
still stress the need for more donations
By A. Sho Ikeda
Reporter
Despite low blood supplies in the Northwest
and across the nation, Lane County is continu
ing to keep a fairly stable supply. But because
blood donations tend to slow to a trickle during
the summer, the county is stepping up its search
for donors.
Earlier this month, the Red Cross headquar
ters in Washington, D C., sent out a nationwide
appeal to the public for blood donations.
Ihough national blood supplies returned to safe
levels within a week, the Northwest still had less
than a one-day supply of vital blood types such
as O-negative, the universal donor blood type.
After a regional appeal on July 14, the North
west blood reserve returned to a stable two-day
supply, said Melissa Long, spokeswoman for the
Pacific Northwest Red Cross.
However, Long said blood supplies in the
Northwest are still not at their optimum levels
— a five- to seven-day supply of blood.
"In die summer we are always teetering on the
edge," Long said. "Earlier this month, we were
close to an unfortunate number of blood units
for hospitals in the area."
Summer presents a challenge for the Red
Cross and other organizations that collect
blood, Long said. Good weather and outdoor
activities keep people from thinking about do
nating blood but also increase the chances for
accidents, which in turn increases the need for
blood. Long said blood is also constantly need
ed for people who require transfusions for their
conditions or operations.
"Cancer doesn't take a summer vacation,"
Long said.
"We're looking good compared
to the rest of the country.
We should be fine, as long as
there is no major catastrophe."
Christine Stockdale
Lane Memorial Blood Bank spokeswoman
Christine Stockdale, spokeswoman for Lane
Memorial Blood Bank, said blood supplies in
Lane County have remained stable this summer.
The blood bank is the only organization that
collects blood within Lane County.
"We're looking good compared to the rest of
the country," Stockdale said. "We should be fine,
as long as there is no major catastrophe."
Stockdale explained that the Red Cross dis
tributes blood across the region and the coun
try, spreading its blood supply. Lane Memorial,
on the other hand, keeps its blood supply with
in the county.
"Patients in Lane County come first,'
Stockdale said.
Stockdale said while blood donations slow
down during summer, Lane Memorial still sees
donations from people of every age She said that
while the majority of donors are in their 60s, a
considerable number are high school students.
According to the Pacific Northwest Red Cross,
15 percent of donations come from college stu
dents; however, that number drops considerably
during the summer.
To help bolster blood donations, Stockdale
said Lane Memorial implements a heavy tele
phone campaign to recruit donators.
Mindy Tseng, a tele-recruiter for lane Memor
ial, said efforts were "going really great."
Tseng said Lane Memorial receives 17 to 20
donors for every 100 numbers called, and many
call back after recruiters leave messages.
Lane Memorial also sends out its "Blood Mo
bile" nearly daily to collect blood in the county,
Stockdale said. The Blood Mobile is a modified
coach bus that collects 30 to 35 percent of the ap
proximately 15,000 units of blood needed annu
ally to help patients in the county's hospitals.
The Blood Mobile will be on campus to col
lea blood on Monday, Aug. 25.
Contact the reporter
at shoikeda@dailyemerald.com.
Jessica Waters Emerald
Pamela Fudger assists as biology major Brandon
Kilgore donates blood inside the Blood Mobile. The van
collects donations at the EMU about once per month.
NEWS BRIEF
First beam installed
at new art museum
Construction on the University
Museum of Art reached a significant
milestone last Thursday as museum
officials, construction workers,
donors and University President
Dave Frohnmayer celebrated the
placement of the first beam in the
structure, a 35-footer.
After donors signed the beam, the
group watched as a 175-foot crane
lifted the beam and construction
workers put it in place.
The $ 12.72 million renovation and
expansion began in October 2002
and is scheduled to be completed in
February 2004.
Lawrence Fong, the museum's as
sociate director, said the building re
quired improvements to keep up
with other art museums across the
nation. Fong said the new museum
will increase educational outreach
and bring more European and Asian
art to the University.
"We had an opportunity to im
prove the building," Fong said. "There
will be significant changes to the facil
ity and to its programs."
When construction is finished, staff
will begin the process of moving the
museum's collection of more than
12,000 objects back into the building.
The building will feature a new interi
or, including a museum shop and
cafe. Exhibits will be installed in nine
galleries, six of which will be new.
—A. Sholkeda
DPS
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Poling said the new powers will al
low quicker citation of detained sus
pects, which in turn would result in a
smaller chance of a violent incident.
Still, some councilors felt the
timing was questionable.
Ward 3 City Councilor David
Kelly offered two amendments to
the proposal, but both failed. The
first amendment would have tabled
the issue until fall when students
could give more input, and the sec
ond would have limited the new
powers to citing a minor in posses
sion of alcohol and possession of
less than an ounce of marijuana.
"My frustration is that 1 also want
to hear from constituents, who are
students, what the idea looks like to
them," said Kelly, who represents
the University area.
ASUO officials attended the
meeting and urged the council to
postpone the vote and give students
a chance to speak out.
ASUO Campus Outreach Coor
dinator Shannon Tarvin said ASUO
was "very disappointed" with the
proposal's passage, adding ASUO
didn't have a chance to completely
feel out what the expanded powers
mean for students.
"We still have a lot of questions
that have not been answered yet and
that's why we have not taken a stance
on the expanded powers," she said.
"We've had very little time to consult
or consider the repercussions of this."
Tarvin said ASUO will lobby to
bring the issue to the Public Safety
Advisory Group, whidi has six stu
dent representatives, so the issue can
be "reviewed and consulted" with a
student voice, adding that the Uni
versity can still choose to limit the
powers or not implement them at all.
Contact the managing editor
at janmontry@dailyemerald.com.
CAMPUS
Wednesday
“Natural Timber Country,” documentary film viewing,
7:30 p.m., 110 Willamette, free and open to the public.
Film is about the history of logging in the Big Woods and
features logging footage from the early 20th Century.
Thursday
"J. and the Beanstalk,” Mad Duckling Children’s The
atre performance, 11 a.m., Robinson Theatre lawn at
1109 Old Campus Lane, $4 for individuals and $3.50
for groups of 10 or more. The play is an adaptation of
the fairy tale and depicts a young girl who goes to the
Enchanted Forest in search of adventure.
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