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OneBlood advocates the importance of donations By CECILIA SPEARS
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Representative from OneBlood Tammy Bevis visited Bonifay Kiwanis Club to provide information about the importance of donating blood during their Sept. 11 meeting. in donating will go to a mobile unit, provide personal information, and receive a short wellness check. The average donation time takes from five to seven minutes. For double units, it takes about 25 to 30 minutes and is usually requested from those who have O-negative blood types because of its universal usage. She also said a lot of the times people are turned away because they have low blood iron content. Before donating blood, it is important to drink lots of water and have a decent sized meal including foods like dark,
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“We don’t ever want our most dangerous offenders even being discussed for probation, for release.” Alan Mizrahi Assistant State Attorney At a legislative hearing held last week in Jacksonville, mental health experts and law enforcement officials testified about Florida’s confusing and broken system. Sen. Audrey Gibson, D-Jacksonville, asked if there was a cure for people who prey on children. Most of the panelists said no. Suzonne Kline, the former director of the Florida Sexually Violent Predator Program, said, “When you talk about sex offenders, you talk about management, you don’t talk about recovery. … There are people who should probably never be let out.” Assistant State Attorney Alan Mizrahi said the worst offenders should remain in custody. “We don’t ever want our most dangerous offenders even being discussed for probation, for release.” He added that all rapes, against children or otherwise, should by punishable by life. The Sun-Sentinel series profiled convicted sex offenders who agreed. “Some of us just don’t belong in society. I mean, I’m just being honest, I don’t,” said Michael Dochterman, a twice-convicted rapist currently serving a life sentence. Most Floridians would agree. This is one area where mandatory minimums are appropriate.
PUBLIC MEETING The Town of Caryville will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, September 18th, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. The sole purpose of this meeting will be to discuss the Town applying for a grant under the Florida Recreation Development Assistance Program (FRDAP) during the 2014-2015 funding cycle. The applications are due September 30, 2013. The grant application includes improvements to the "E.A. Hodges Park". The Town of Caryville will hold the meeting at the Town Hall Council Chambers. The public is invited to attend. Handicapped persons wishing to attend, who will need special accommodations, should contact Ms. Jewette Tadlock, Town Clerk, Town of Caryville, at (850) 548-5571.
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BONIFAY — Tammy Bevis, a representative from OneBlood, visited the Bonifay Kiwanis Club to provide information about donating blood during their Sept. 11 meeting. OneBlood is the united name of three independent, non-profit centers, Community Blood Services Inc., Florida’s Blood Centers Inc. and Florida Blood Services Inc., which merged on Jan. 27, 2012. OneBlood is currently in service with more than 200 hospitals and health care facilities, which includes parts of Northwest Florida, South Florida, Southeast Florida, parts of Southwest Florida and some parts of southern Georgia and Alabama. Bevis said the blood donated in this area stays in this area. A girl in Blountstown was recently in a serious four-wheeler accident and required 50 units of blood, she said, and they were able to hold a blood drive at her school and receive those 50 units. She said some ask if they can donate to a specific person, however, she recommends everyone donate to the over-all supplies because the chances that those from the same family having the same blood type would be unlikely. Bevis said most would be surprised to find out that they were a potential donor, like those with heart issues and diabetes might be eligible if their condition is treated. Someone interested
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