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COMMUNITY
Semi-annual compost sale to be held for residents The city of Lawrence is hosting its semi-
FRIDAY,OCTOBER 21,2011
annual compost sale at the Lawrence Wooding and Compost facility, located near 11th and Haskell streets. More than 1,400
Lawrence residents plan on buying compost for their gardens in the next three days.
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truck-load, or load the compost themselves for free.
"All of the money that we generate goes back to city," said Cassandra Ford, a recycling specialist with the Lawrence Parks and Recreation department. "We use funds from the city to make the compost."
Local gardeners Dave and Jean McClain said the two compost sales are the only time they get compost during the year.
"It's been an annual ritual for probably eight years now," Dave said. "I keep coming up with reasons to use it."
Last year the McClain said they made eight trips, and while loading the compost themselves and spending nothing each time they did, gave the savings add up.
"From an economic standpoint, this is the best deal in town," Dave said.
Compost will still be available until Saturday, but after that, it won't be available again until the spring.
— Chance Penner
HEALTH
Students grateful for blood donations
ALEXA RUSH
crush@kansas.com
arush@kansan.com
Born Sept. 5, 2006 to non-traditional student Dustin Delk and his wife, Gavin was deemed a healthy baby boy. Unfortunately, a few years later on Feb. 5, 2010, at the age of three, Gavin was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).
ALL is a fast-growing cancer of the blood. It primarily attacks the bone marrow, which causes the marrow to die off. It causes problems with producing red and white blood cells. Gavin not only received blood consistently while going through chemotherapy, but also intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). This is a blood product that contains the immunoglobulin antibody, which must be extracted from the plasma of more than 1,000 blood donors to make enough product for one transfusion.
"I can't buy Gavin antibodies." Delk said. "I can't buy him red blood cells. They don't sell that in stores. It has to be given by blood donors. Without blood donors, there are a whole lot of people, including my son, who would be in a whole lot of trouble."
Jennifer Green, donor recruitment representative for the American Red Cross, said there are benefits for those who choose to donate blood.
"Blood comes from only one source and that is from another human," Green said. "There is no substitute for blood. Donating blood is a great way to help others, doesn't cost you any money and takes only a little over an hour of your time."
Delk thinks that giving blood is such a minor pain, considering what these patients endure.
"I've seen everything Gavin has gone through; needles put into his chest, the veins in his arms, and even in his spine to extract spinal fluid,"
Dek said. "He's five and has to deal with this stuff all the time. Getting one needle poke in your arm isn't anything in comparison."
Thankfully, because of many willing blood donors, Gavin is now in the "maintenance" stage, because doctors can't fully declare that he is cancer-free because he hasn't been in remission long enough.
Emily Thompson, a senior from Topeka, is also in the "maintenance" stage, but is considered to be in remission because she's been cancer-free for a long enough time.
Thompson was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia in January of 2010, when she was just 20 years old. She said she had an "off the chart" white-blood-cell count and after she was diagnosed, was air lifted to University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., to begin chemotherapy. After chemotherapy treatments and multiple blood transfusions, she now understands how crucial blood donations are for patients.
"Before getting sick, I never gave much thought to the enormous amount of blood that is needed for patients suffering from cancer," Thompson said. "If I had not received extra blood, I would not be here today."
College students are in their prime to donate blood because they tend to be healthier than older donors and are able to regenerate blood faster. Thompson hopes that students will take time to donate blood, not just at the KU Blood Drive, but whenever the opportunity is presented.
"I think it is very important for college kids to see that people our age can also be affected by them giving blood. You can make a difference in someone's life," Thompson said. "I am grateful for people like you for saving my life and so many others."
Edited by Mike Lavieri
WHAT FEETER CULLED
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Edited by Jonathan Shorman
I'll go with forward Kevin Young, the transfer from Loyola Marymount. Coach Bill Self said Young has a chance to be a starter, and he will have plenty of opportunities to prove himself this season. With forward Jamari Traylor ineligible, Young looks to be the third scholarship forward on the roster, garnering him plenty of playing time. Thomas Robinson will be consistent, somewhere around 12 points and eight rebounds a game. The rest of the production down low will have to come from Jeff Withey and Young. At Loyola in 2009, Young broke freshmen records in total rebounds (224) and rebounds per game (7.2). He's also played for the Puerto Rican under-19 team, so the experience is there.
Coach Bonnie Henrickson watches on as the one-on-one interviews progress at the 2011 Big 12 media day at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. This is Henrickson's eighth season as coach. The Jayhawks look to improve on their 21-13 record of last year.
the moves were based on football, women's basketball was also affected by the changes.
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Coaches such as Oklahoma's Sherri Coale stressed the strength of the conference that sent seven of its 12
KIM MULKEY Baylor coach
teams to the NCAA tournament last season.
"When you play in a league that has the strength that the women's basketball conference or the Big 12 Conference and women's basketball has, you don't want to see that broken up for any reason," Coale said. "And that's not good
petitive standpoint, it is even more challenging because of the strength that the southern part of the league has and how talented those teams are," Hendrickson said.
The Jayhawks feature seven players from Texas and one from Oklahoma. Henrickson said the additions of
As the conference continues to change, the rivalries that have lasted through the existence of the conference will also be affected.
southern games would be more motivating for those athletes and would be a good opportunity for recruiting.
When asked about whether she
would continue to schedule Missouri if the school left the conference, she paused and winked.
"Our rivalry belongs in the Big 12." Henrickson said.
Tensions were highest regarding the decision of Texas A&M to leave the Big 12 for the SEC. The Aggles are the defending national champions and are predicted to
"If a man wants to divorce me and says our relationship has no
finish second in the conference despite the loss of two starters.
Baylor coach Kim Mulkey compared the abandoned rivalry with Texas A&M to an ended marriage and admitted that she did not want to continue the competition beyond the conference.
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value to him, and then he asks to sleep with me, the answer is: no," Mulkey said. "We are not going to play them anymore, because they decided that, playing us was not important to them."
— Edited by Sarah McCabe
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