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Save three lives by donating blood on April 8
L exi W elp
Staff Reporter
Imagine the opportunity
to save a life and know that
a person has been given a
second chance because of a
simple donation. The blood
drive, which will be held on
April 8, offers every student
at WLHS the chance to do just
that; because for every pint of
blood donated by a student,
three lives are saved.
"I give blood because it's
a way to reach out into the
community and support a
cause that actually works to
aid people," Jaimie Lorenzini,
junior said. Lorenzini has
been giving blood for the
past three years and-likes the
opportunity to help people in
need.
"The Red Cross is
very impressed with our
organization and students'
generosity to donate
blood," Julie McLeod, head
coordinator, said. The Red
Cross
wants
said. Because the Red Cross
helps out in major disasters
and provides relief and aid to
its victims, they must have a
constant supply of blood in
order to continue aiding the
wounded and save the lives
can donate blood, they
need to meet health and age
requirements.
"A student must be 16
years old with parental
consent and if you are 17 or
above you can give blood of
our own
free
will,"
William
American
Red Cross
surrounding areas with
WLHS's blood drive
according to McLeod.
"The Red Cross is always
in need of blood," McLeod
of those
who
are in critical condition.
This year, as opposed to
past years, the Red Cross will
be providing more health
history stations and donor/
recovery beds to help serve
those who have volunteered
to give blood. Before a student
Gillham,
student coordinator, said. If
a student wants to pledge to
give blood there are many
ways to sign up. Students are
recruiting at lunch or during
break and student volunteers
such as Gillham can answer
any questions about pledging
Students advance to International ISEF Fair
H aley E pperly
William Maurer and Jeffery
Richardon, sophomores, and
the other by Rahul Gates and
Emily Axelrod, freshmen, were
awarded the Most Oustanding
Sustainability Award and
will be advancing to the
International Sustainability
World Project Olympiad in
Houston, Tex.
"Last year State was so fun;
the only terrible part is being
at school as the sun is rising.
Staff Reporter
Over 160 students from
West Linn and Wilsonville
high schools won a
plethora of awards on May
13 at the District Science
and Engineering Fair.
Approximately one third
of all district competition
participants advanced to this
year's Intel Northwest Science
Expo which was held at
P o rtla n d S ta te U niversity.
T h ere is a lo t o f freed o m at
S ta te to w a n d er arou n d w h en
The two projects that
received Best of Fair and
will be heading to Intel-
International Science and
Engineering Fair in Reno,
Nev. are Avilash Cramer,
junior, and a team project
by Ann Bemert and Haley
Epperly, sophomores. They
will be accompanied by two
observers, Anneli Tostar and
Graham Frank, sophomores.
"This year's awards night
went really well, it was really
exciting when our names
appeared on the big screen,
kind of like the highlight of
an overall good day," Bemert
said.
Two team projects, one by
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judging is done," Tostar said.
First place winners were:
Cramer in Engineering,
Computer Science and Math,
Frank in Medical Sciences and
Microbiology, and Bemert
and Epperly in Enviro/Earth/
Plant/Animal Sciences.
West Linn students took
second and third awards in
all categories except third
in Physics and Chemistry.
Michael Biancardi, Avilash
Cramer and Monet Meyer,
juniors, won scholarships to
Oregon State University.
The number of participants
is growing each year. "It keeps
increasing every year. I think
A
ISEF Awar
Behavioral and Social Science
Second-Sabrina Levy; Anneli Tostar
Third-Monet Meyer
Engineering, Computer Science & Math
First-Avilash Cramer
Second-James Siderius
Third-Tim Donnelly
Honorable Mention-Julia Tatiyatrairong; Daniel
Blanc-Gonnet
Medical Sciences & Microbiology
First-Graham Frank
Second-Charlie Iwata, Neelou Etesami
Third-Calley Lathrop, Avery Breyne-
Cartwright, Kaylyn Schaber
Honorable Mention-Spencer Chang
Physics & Chemistry
Second-Hannah Cotter, Haley Rivet
Honorable MentionGarolyn Cruze,
Christine Biancardi
Enviro/Earth/Plant/Animal Sciences
First-Ann Bemert, Haley Epperly
Second-William Maurer, Jeffery Richardson
Honorable Mention-Miranda James
Carolyn Craze, freshman, presents her project to one of the many
visitors at the District Science and Engineering Fair public viewing
night on March 13. Over a third of the participants advanced to the
Intel Northwest Science Expo held at Portland State University on
April 3.
Photo by Haley Epperly
the first year the CREST-Jane
Goodall Science Symposium
had around 15 projects on
display. Last year there were
89 projects; this year 106,"
Amy Schauer, CREST Program
Coordinator, said.
Most students enjoyed the
ISEF experience this year and
are thinking about continuing.
"It's a lot of work, but I'm
looking forward to furthering
my project for next year,"
Frank said.
The participants have been
working on their projects
since October, and some are
in the second year of their
projects. Even this early start
does not prevent participants
from staying up until early in
the morning the night before
the project is due. Frank
was awake and busy until 3
a.m. before judging, putting
the finishing touches on his
project.
Judging occurred March
12 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30
p.m. Each student spoke
with several judges that had
previously read through his or
her project.
"As the judges said, talking
with them is like talking with
peers," Schauer said.
or even giving blood.
Each student must also
go through a medical history
packet and make sure
they don't have any of the
conditions in the packet,
or are not taking any of the
medications that make them
ineligible to donate. After
pledging to give a donation
each student must physically
prepare.
"I would recommend
drinking eight glasses of
water a day and eating foods
rich in iron and protein,"
McLeod said. It is also
important to drink at least
two glasses of water the
morning of the drive and
stay completely hydrated
according to Gillham. The
more hydrated a student is,
the smoother donating blood
will be, and the faster they
can get in and out and back to
their classes.
"Our goal is an hour to an
hour and a half turn around
time," McLeod said. On
average, most students will
stay in the gym for about two
hours before heading back
to their classes and it takes
nearly 24 hours to completely
recover. However, it really
depends on the person,
according to McLeod.
"Losing a pint of blood is
not that much, but gaining a
pint of blood is very helpful,"
Gillham said. Each pint
-
of blood saves three lives,
according to Gillham, because
the blood can be distributed
to several different people.
"We're all part of the
community and should do
what we can to help the
people around us—be it by
donating cans, blood, or our
time. People need our help
and if we can help them then
we need to. That's what it
means to be a community,"
Lorenzini said.
For more information
about donating blood, regular
meetings are held in Room
702 or reach McLeod by
e-mail at McLeodJ@wlwv.kl2.
or.us.
"I think it is important
for kids to experience giving
of themselves to a worthy
cause," McLeod said.
Orchestra, Symphonic
Bands enjoy successes
Symphonic Sand
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"W e had ju st a good of
chance of going to State
this year as w e did last
year. Classical band m usic
is w here Mr. Egan thrives,"
D avis said.
The Sym phonic Band
had no trouble adjusting
to a new conductor
though, and neither has
the Sym phony Orchestra.
On M arch 17 they took
first at the League qualifier,
autom atically qualifying
for State. The Sym phony
Orchestra is com posed of a
full orchestra, and m em bers
of the Sym phonic Band.
For exam ple, in Sym phonic
Band there are six trum pet
players. However, in the
Sym phony Orchestra only
the two best play.
"The great perform ance
at League O rchestra was
due to the incredible
m usicians that perform
in that group," Egan sai