Carson High School - Carneta Yearbook (Carson City, NV)

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D on. a. ting a little of ourselves Needles may not have been many people ' s style. That didn ' t stop many students from donating blood in the December and April blood drives. CHS remained the school with the best participa- tion per capita in Northern Nevada in the December drive, in which 148 units of blood were donated. Eighty of those were given to Mr. Frank, and the rest was given to others in the Carson area. The fear of donating did stop some students from joining the Red Cross ' cause. It ' s not even as bad as it seems. More people should donate because blood is hard to find and sornebody always needs it, said Senior Virda Alloway. That ' s right! There was a shor- tage of blood. Only a small percentage of people who could donate did. The donated blood was broken down into four parts, so one unit of blood benefited four people. There were several steps in- volved in giving blood. First the person signed up with the school nurse, a time was scheduled, and other iden- tifying Questions were asked. On tne day of donation, the donor went to the small gym to check in and wait to be called. The donor was then screen- ed, and a blood test was taken to check the iron level of the blood. The donor then found himself donating blood, a pro- cess which took about ten minutes. The juice and cookies must not be forgotten. These restored the volume of blood removed. For many the rest of the day continued as normal. Not many students found that t he absence of one pint of blood caused gravity to get the better of them, by Michelle Heun. Bonnie Hoffman exaggerates the pain that everyone expects. Pat Casey rolls back his eyes while he gets his temperature taken. Sundae Cloe watches intently as the volunteer takes a sample of her blood. Clay Brust overdramatizes the fact that he gave blood. 1 26

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S ADD Saving lives I would hate to see Car- son High School lose any students to a drinking and driving related accident as other schools have seen, said Mrs. Elges, adviser of the Carson City High School S.A.D.D. chapter. It took the death of local teenager, Cerita Uhart, for students and adults to realize that a serious drinking and driving proble m existed in this area. The problem needed special attention, a S.A.D.D. beginning. S.A.D.D. members, or Students Against Driving Drunk, understood that it would be difficult to teach their peers the consequences of drinking and driving, yet hoped a program promoting positive peer pressure would De successful. The Carson City High School chapter was intro- duced to the student body in March 1987, and within a month ' s time, the chapter had grown to nearly 35 active members. Hanging posters which displayed startling slogans and pictures throughout the main hallways was one of the group ' s first tasks. A contract for life was also encouraged upon students and their parents. In this contract, student and parent alike pledged to call the other for advice or transportation at any hour, from any place, if in a situa- tion where he had too much to drink or the person driving him had too much to drink. The latter in turn agreed to provide transportation home with no questions asked until a later time. Mrs. Elges said, S.A.D.D. is not a prohibition league. At the high school level, discouraging students from drinking is very difficult. S.A.D.D. just encourages students not to mix drinking with driving. One main concern of the chapter was to generate money that could be used to distribute a reminder not to drink and drive to students, especially around prom and graduation times. A related idea was to distribute suckers with notes that said, Don ' t be a sucker! Don ' t drink and drive! with all corsages and boutonnieres ordered through local florists for prom. S.A.D.D. Adviser Mrs. Elges shares her ideas about fund raising activities with members Sheila Locklear and Lynda Cullen. Senior Maria Wilson, vice-president for S.A.D.D,, hangs one of a series of posters stressing trie dangers of driv- ingdrunk. 28