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RAFB sets memorial services Robins Air Force Base will pay homage to 58 deceased military members and civilian employees at this year's Camellia Garden Memorial, which will be held May 27 at 10 a.m. in the garden located on Club Drive, across from the officer’s club. In case of rain, the ceremony will be held in the Chapel. The names of the 58 people will be added to a commemorative board in the garden joining 478 individuals recognized in past ceremonies. Col. (Brig. Gen.-select) Michael C. Kostelnik, vice commander of the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, will deliver the address. Lt. Col. Robert M. Wright, deputy commander of the 653rd Air Base Group, will be the host. The brass quintet of the Command Band of the Air Force Reserve will provide music. Sgt. Tracy Wright will perform special musical selections accompanied by Sgt. Jim Driscoll, pianist. Chaplain (Capt.) Jimmy Sanders will read the names of those who are being memorialized and offer a closing prayer. The program will conclude with a nine-gun salute, the playing of "Taps" and the singing of "God Bless America." Red Cross looking for new donors The American Red Cross is looking for "Super Summer Heroes" this summer to help save lives by giving blood at a time when donations typically decline. Between 900 and 1,000 heroes are needed each weekday just to meet the day-to-day demands of nearly 100 hospitals in the 85-county Southern region. To encourage people to give blood this summer, the Red Cross has launched a donor recruitment campaign called "Be A Super Summer Hero." "Collections generally start dropping around Memorial Day in May, and continue to fall throughout the summer until Labor Day," said Beth V. Greenberg, chief operating officer of American Red Cross Blood Services, Southern region. "This happens because schools are closed, people go on vacation, and have more active lifestyles. Consequently, donating blood often becomes a lower priority with many people, yet the need for blood is constant" Greenberg said that the Red Cross is encouraging people to donate blood during the summer months to help prevent a shortage such as occurred nationally in January. "When blood donations decline, we are forced to use our emergency reserves of blood to keep hospital blood banks at a safe level for routine surgeries and emergencies," Mrs. Greenberg said. "After a few days of lower than needed collections, the reserves become depleted and we have a crisis. This happened in January when we had no units of Types O and B in reserve for a few days, and hospitals had very few units of those types in stock. We don't want that to happen this summer." Mrs. Greenberg said that most people will donate blood if they know of a specific need, or if they hear that blood is in short supply. "Yet every day, every hour, serious need for blood exists," she said. "Many people who use a lot of blood are accident victims or emergency surgery patients. Those people must have blood available when they arrive at the emergency troom. It takes at least 24 hours to test and process blood before it can be sent to hospitals for transfusion. People in emergency situations can't wait 24 hours. The blood has got to be on the hospital shelves before a serious need arises." Most people who are in good health, who are at least 17 years old and who weigh at least 110 pounds can give blood. The entire process, from registration to refreshments, takes a little more than an hour. A person cannot bet AIDS or any other disease by giving blood. The process is safe, and the needles, tubes and bags are sterile and used only once before being destroyed. Donors can give blood every 56 days. For information about giving blood, or for blood drive locations, donors can call the American Red Cross chapter in their community, or call the Red Cross in Atlanta at (404) 881-0668, extension 261. a m -i W y u \ School bus drivers James Flannagan and Eddie Conklin recently represented Houston County In the district school bus ‘road-e --o’ competitions In Moultrie. The two will now represent the county at the upcoming state competitions. School bus ‘road-e-o’ to roll in Perry June 8 The Houston County Board of Education Transportation Department will be hosting the Georgia State School Bus Drivers’ Road-e-o Friday and Saturday, June 8 and 9 in Perry. The festivities will kick off June 8 with a banquet at the Holiday Inn in Perry with the Road-e-o competition beginning at 8:30 a.m., the following morning at the Georgian National Fairgrounds and Agricenter. "We are excited about this event coming to Houston County and would like the public to know what it involves," said Houston G. 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