Indian Capital Technology Center Hosts Winter Blood Drive Jan. 11
Indian Capital Technology Center is starting off the new year by saving lives through blood donation with Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI). All healthy adults, 16 and older,* are encouraged to donate blood from 8 am to 2 pm, January 11 in the Seminar Room at the facility, 240 VoTech Rd., in Tahlequah. Blood donors at the Indian Capital Technology Center blood drive will receive an OBI ice scraper and free health screenings.Additionally, if blood donors choose to forgo the donor appreciation item, funds designated for this item will be directed to our partnering organization, the American Heart Association (AHA). Oklahoma Blood Institute and the American Heart Association share a common goal, to keep people healthy. According to Debbie Hite, Senior Executive Director of the Central Oklahoma American Heart Association, “The American Heart Association wants everyone to know their numbers and act on them. That’s the first step in changing cardiovascular health statistics.” Because blood donors receive a mini health check, including blood pressure and cholesterol results, every time they come to donate, those numbers are readily available to each donor.
“With the start of a new year and characteristically inclement weather, blood donations typically decline in the winter months,” said John Armitage, Oklahoma Blood Institute president and CEO. “But the need for blood is constant, and patients in our community count on volunteer donors to fulfill that need.”
Blood donations can be made every 56 days. Oklahoma Blood Institute is the ninth largest, non-profit blood center in America, providing every drop of blood needed by patients in 140 medical facilities across Oklahoma.
For more information or to make an appointment to donate, contact Oklahoma Blood Institute at 877-340-8777 or visit the site at www.obi.org.
* 16 year olds must weigh at least 125 pounds and provide signed parental permission, 17 year olds must weigh at least 125 pounds, 18+ year olds must weigh at least 110 pounds.
Polling places set for Tribal Council special election
TAHLEQUAH, Okla.— The Cherokee Nation Election Commission has secured polling places for next month’s Tribal Council special election.
On Jan. 14, 2012, voters in Cherokee and eastern Wagoner counties will cast their ballots for one of five candidates at the following places:
Briggs: Briggs School. 17210 S. 569 Road, Tahlequah
Hulbert: Town Hall Building. 111 E. Main St.
Keys: Keys Community Building. 19083 E. 840 Road, Park Hill
Lowery: 21132 E. 640 Road, Tahlequah
Okay: First Baptist Church Family Life Community Room. 7530 N. 37th St. E.
Tahlequah: Sequoyah High School. 17091 S. Muskogee Ave.
Early walk-in voting is scheduled for Jan. 7, 2012, and Jan. 10-12, 2012, at the Cherokee Nation Election Commission in Tahlequah from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On election day, polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Only registered voters in District 1 are allowed to participate and voters must cast their ballots at their registered polling place, through a requested absentee ballot or during one of the four walk-in days.
The special election is to fill a seat vacated earlier this year by principal chief Bill John Baker. The winner will serve out the remainder of Baker’s term, which is scheduled to expire in August 2013.
