Daycare Center among finest in state’s system
By Linda Thomas
Peninsula College’s Day Care
Center is one of the finest in the
otate of Washington in spite of a
very tight budget this year, according to Fran Prindle
supervisor ofthe program.
The center is funded completely by an hourly charge for
each child pIus $7’000 from the
ABC budget. A larger budget was
requested for this year but the
funds are not available.
Prindle said this was a “great
disappointment.” “To run the
center well, we really need to be
taking m the neighborhood of
$10,000. I don’t think we can
operate the program another
year on $7,000,” she explained.
ohe said at this time they are
unable to replace any equipment
which is becoming worn from
several years’ use, and added
that there is almost no money for
supplies right now.
Salaries for the two full-time
staff are “barely minimal,” said
Prindle. Commenting on the fine
quality of Peninsula’s program
Prindle said the lack of funds “is
not affecting the quality at this
point, because we have people
who are willing to do a good job
even if they aren’t paid
(adequately) forit.”
The staff is very devoted to
providing quality care and
education for the youngsters
said Prindle. This year’s staff
consists of Martha Ellul,
director-teacher, and Anita
Thorpe, teacher.
The curriculum for the
program is basically developed
by Ellul, with help from Thorpe.
She is also assisted by Sue Lynch
former director of the day care
program. Ellul added that
parents of the children may also
be involved in developing -the
curriculum.
Prindle, who has a rich
background in child development, pointed out that approximately 50 percent of the
development of intelligence
occurs between conception and
age four, and approximately
another 30 percent between ages
four and eight. “As much care
should be given to a curriculum
in preschool as for any other
school experience. Some of the
most sophisticated learning that
a child will encounter will be
during these preschool years ”
she said.
The day care center has a
jughly structured, educationallybased program, said Ellul. The
classroom environment is set up
around units the children are
studying at the time.
Breakfast and lunch are
provided by the USDA at no extra
cost to the student, she said. The
meals are served family-style,
and, “It’s a good time for
sharing,” Ellul added.
Prindle said she is proud of the
quality of the program, and
believes it plays a vital role in the
lives of PC students who have
youngsters
The center operates in St.
Andrew’s Episcopal Church, and
is open from 7:45 a.m. to 3:15
p.m. weekdays. It accepts
children ages two and a half to six
years on the following priority
basis:
— Children of full-time
Peninsula students ($1.10 per
hour)
—Children of part-time
Peninsula students ($1.35 per
hour)
—Children of Peninsula faculty
($1.80 per hour)
—Children from the community ($1.80 per hour)
Although children come and go
during the day, they are required
to spend a minimum of 10% hours
per week at the center. Parents
must register their children for a
full quarter.
Parents are required to participate in the program one hour
per week. Ellul said the parents’
participation is essential due to
the small budget. “The parents’
participation has been a real
asset in helping get through these
times,” she said.
When asked what she would
like to see for the day care
program in the future, Prindle
listed the following:
—Better salaries for the
teachers,
—Another part-time person for
assisting with special activities
and needs, and to serve as substitute teacher when needed, plus
the salary to pay for this additional person,
—A more adequate equipment
and supplies budget.
Prindle encouraged students to
visit the day care center, which is
located at 510 E. Park, but
cautioned that they should plan to
stay for only a short time. Anyone
interested in visiting should
make an appointment with
Martha Ellul at 452-9277, ext. 279.
Marine laboratory community effort
By Mark Bishop “
The Port Angeles Marine
Laboratory, first envisioned
eight years ago is now a reality.
In early 1974, a downtown
committee of the Port Angeles
Chamber of Commerce began
investigating the idea of a marine
visitor center-laboratory along
the downtown waterfront. Later
that year the committee approached Art Feiro (Dean of
Instruction at Peninsula College)
and asked him to help them set up
a program.
Art Feiro with assistance from
the Battelle Marine Research
group worked out a plan which
was subsequently considered for
funding by the National Science
Foundation for $80,000. At the
point of final consideration the
waterfront site was lost and the
program shelved.
Five years later plans were
announced to build a state funded
marine lab at Fort Worden in
Port Townsend. Supporters of the
Port Angeles Marine Lab plans,
upset that Port Angeles had been
bypassed informed the state of
PortAngeles’ existing plans.
The state responded by calling
Art Feiro before the Senate
Finance Committee to demonstrate the plan’s merits. The state Ways and Means Committee was convinced. The
committee attached onto an
existing bill a $110,000 grant for
the Port Angeles facility contingent on the local community
raising an additional $40,000.
The Port Angeles Public Pier
was being built at thistime and a
marine lab site had been
established on the original plan.
In November of 1979 fund raising
began when it became clear that
the needed matching funds could
not be raised from money left
from the Port Angeles Public
Pier Bond.
In one month the community
supplied the needed $40,000 and
shortly thereafter an additional
$10,000 came in.
The money was given to the
city and construction began.
An interagency agreement was
instituted between the city and
Peninsula College giving the
college administrative power
over the lab.
Art Feiro is the lab director.
There are presently four men
working as a planning committee, each in charge of a
specific interest. Mike Kesl —
marine animals; Art Feiro —
educational goals; Will Wirt —
equipment; and Dr. Dick Elmer
— docentsystem.
After the building construction
was finished, volunteer help
came from all quarters to help
with the massive task of finishing
the inside, Art Feiro said. They
sheetrocked, wired, and painted,
put in a flow through sea water
system, built tanks, worktables
and shelves. There are still a few
things to be done, like trim, doors
and doorknobs, but they expect to
have it done for an open house the
first week in November, Feiro
said.
A “docent” is a volunteer
person who conducts guided
groups through a museum or
other facility and discusses or
comments on exhibits. Docents
are expected to play a major role
in the operation of the facility. In
November if an adequate number
of docents have been trained the
lab will be open to the public on
Saturdays and Sundays.
The facilities include ten wet
tables for marine animals and
plants, numerous small
aquariums and display tanks,
microscopes, a dry lab, and a
photographic darkroom. It also
has a classroom forseminars and
a noncirculating marine library.
The laboratory is to be used for
enlightening people of the variety
and complexity of the marine
environment. It will also be used
as a teaching laboratory open to
use by a large cross section of the
population.
ASC elections final
The ASC election is over and
the results are now final.
Representatives of the
freshman class are Bret
Kallberg, Jim Galvin and Kathi
Reyes.
Sophomore reps include
Melodie Hackney, Jim Buvit and
LizLandvik.
Landvik got a position on the
student council as a result of a
last-minute shuffle in the elections. She replaced Karen
Johnson who was moved to
position of secretary-treasurer.
The former secretary-treasurer
had left PC.
The dorm representative is Lis
Casey.
These representatives will
serve on the student council along
with President Esther Gebhardt
and Vice-president Dave
Mclnnes.
Scene around campus
Three big black crows filching garbage from the back of a
Toyota pickup in the parking lot. … Students showing up at 7
a.m. for their 8 a.m. classes on the first Monday after Standard
Time was resumed… .An empty VW in the parking lot with its
right turn signal blinking …. Frost on the ground …. Female
student carefully examining a fallen leaf.
Editorial
SAGA’s check cashing policy is irritating
Saga’s check cashing policy
in the PUB can leave students
and faculty in a lurch.
Checks may be written only
for the amount of the food
purchase. If you buy a large
cup of coffee you write the
check for 45 cents only. No
exceptions to the rules are
made. This policy is unfair. It
questions not only the integrity of faculty but students
as well
Most of the students are
responsible adults yet are
treated as irresponsible
persons by Saga’s
management policy on check
cashing. Last week a Buccaneer staff member forgot
her wallet. She did, however,
have her check book, credit
cards and Clallam Transit
“fast pass” with her.
Bemoaning her plight to
another student the bus driver
offered, and she accepted, a
dollar loan. This was done so
she could have a cup of coffee.
Later thatsame day she wrote
a check in order to have lunch.
She didn’t feel badly writing a
check for $2.30 but would not
resort to writing two that
same day. One would have
had to have been in the
amount of 45 cents for her
morning cup of coffee.
How is it that a bus driver
will loan her $1 when he has
seen her only as his passenger
a few times, yet being a
customer of Saga’s for over a
year does not entitle her to
write a check exceeding any
amount over her initial purchase.
We suggest a more lenient
rule apply so thatstudents and
faculty can write checks to
cover the entire cost of a day’s
food with one check.
—Pat Dryke
SAGA checks limited
The Saga food service will not
accept checks for more than the
amount of purchase.
Saga has been in charge of the
Peninsula food program for a
couple of years now. Their
standing on check writing is
much the same as any other
restaurant or food service
establishment.
They do not take checks for
more than the price of purchase
because of NSF, not sufficient
funds, checks. Over five to ten
percent of all checks are NSF
which causes a trace down that
takestime and money.
“I and the food service here are
willing to help the students out
but I cannotstart a check cashing
procedure for more than the
price of purchase,” replied Teiry
Bowman, the food service
director of Saga. “We do offer a
coffee card that allows a person
50 cups of coffee for $10 and will
be starting a card for other foods
that a person would want. This
will, hopefully, take care of the
need for cashing over the amount
of purchase.”
Student Standout
Jim Buvit: His real job is living
JIM BUVIT
By KATHRYN STEWART
Jim Buvit came to Peninsula
College in 1980. He had been
living in Port Townsend but
commuting was a problem. He
now livesin Port Angeles.
As an electronics major, he
hopes after graduation to return
to California, Penn., a small town
near Pittsburgh, and set up his
own TV and radio repair shop.
His parents and brother still live
in California, Penn.
Although Jim considers the
earth his home, he likes to go
back to Pittsburgh occasionally
to “see if it’s staying clean —
when I was born in Mercy
Hospital, the air in Pittsburgh
was so polluted people died just
from breathing. It was a good
place to get away from.”
At age 18 Jim got away. He
joined the Air Force, was sent to
the Phillipines and assigned to
the Communications Service. He
served three and one half years in
what he described as “an
adolescent’s paradise — a beer
cost 10 cents and the women were
pretty, plentiful and fun.”
After leaving the Air Force Jim
just sort of “dropped out,”
seeking what he describes as The
Kingdom of Heaven. He went to
San Francisco and became involved in the drug culture. Not
finding all the answers in that
environment, he left San Francisco in 1969 and went to Oregon.
He lived there for three or four
years.
Jim considers his time spent in
Oregon as his most memorable
experience. He fell in love — with
the earth, with life, and more
importantly, with a very special
lady. And for Jim, falling in love
wasthe transition and the answer
he had been seeking. Itstill is.
The special lady is no longer
with him, but the love she inspired has not faded. Although he
is studying electronics, Jim’s
chief goal in life is to be a human
being.
The sincerity in his voice keeps
the phrase from souding
meaningless or trite. He feels
keenly that in addition to being a
human being, we have a
responsibility to take care of the
earth. It is our only home.
Every now and then, you may
see Jim, his hair tied back in a
small pony-tail, scuttling about
the campus on a riding lawnmower, or wielding an extremely
noisy weedeater. While his efforts undoubtedly add to the
beauty of the PV landscape, Jim
is practicing what he preaches,
helping to take care of our earth.
He doesn’t consider what he does
as a job. “Our real job isliving.”
Truly, Jim Buvit is a rare individual. He somehow manages
to care, to become involved and
still keep in step to the beat of his
own drummer.
ASC events scheduled
According to Vice President
Dave Mclnnes, the ASC will be
presenting a film series in
November consisting of four
films. They will be in the Little
Theatre at 7:00 p.m. on Sundays.
The filmsscheduled are:
Sunday, Nov. 1 — “The Mouse
That Roared” starring Peter
Sellers, Jean Sebert.
Sunday, Nov. 8 — “You Can’t
Take It With You” starring
Jimmy Stewart, Jean Arthur,
Ann Miller, Lionel Barrymore,
and Edward Arnold.
Sunday, Nov. 15 — “Harold and
Maude” starring Ruth Gordon
and Bud Cort.
Sunday, Nov. 22 — “Mr. Hulot’s
Holiday” starring Jacques Tati.
Other activities scheduled are:
VICA Halloween Dance —
TONIGHT, 10-1, costumes not
mandatory.
ASC Dance November 13,
“Airborne.”
Concert, Nov. 17 from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. in the PUB. “Boden &
Zanetto” playing 1920’s hot jazz.
ASC Comment
During the ASC meeting on
October 20, some major happenings took place in office
positions.
Heidi Romerein, who was
serving as secretary/treasurer,
decided to withdraw from school
for personal reasons. In doing so,
she had to resign from her
position.
At the meeting, sophomore
representative Karen Johnson
was elected to replace Rome&in.
Liz Landvik was then voted to
take over Miss Johnson’s position
assophomore representative.
One of Dave Mclnnes’s duties is
to arrange for ASC dances and
select the musical performers.
“For Winter and Spring
quarters, I won’t have Rock’n
Roll dances, (maybe one),” said
Mclnnes. “I want to get a variety
of music up here which would
interest the anti-Rock’n Rol
people at the college. I might get
Jazz, Soul, and Blue-grass. Also,
maybe, we’d try a Christian
music band. If people have any
complaints or suggestions on
bands, I’m all ears.”
Intramurals tries to widen interest
By DICK WIGHT
The 1980-81 intramurais
program is off and running
amidst some considerable fanfare by the college “front office,”
touting major changes since last
year, when Peninsula dropped all
varsity sports programs.
The “party line” by Athletics
Director Art Feiro and his staff is
that with the money liberated
from varsity athletics the intramurais program can be
greatly expanded to include the
participation and interest of
greater numbers of PC students.
So far, at first glance, the
changes in the intramurais
program are not really evident
. . . or are they?
Looking back a few years, in
1978 the intramurais program
garnered participation by an
average of about 160 students per
quarter in intramural sports and
other group and individual activities. So far this school year, it
looks to me like pretty close to
that number are participating in
just the intramurais volleyball
and football leagues; and we
haven’t even examined the
studentsinvolved in the IM tennis
ladder, weekend hiking and
camping trips, individual
programs such as physical fitness and open swimming.
Also, the intramurais program
has started to make some
overtures toward the “nonjocks” with a photography
contest and a nature and wildlife
slide presentation. Both these
events come off in early
November. Itseems, though, that
this section of the IM program,
which has been called a “lifetime
activities” program, still has a
ways to go before it really involves many students.
In fairness to Feiro and Tina
Smith-O’Hara, the new intramurais director, the school
year instill young. Smith-O’Hara
acknowledged recently that her
first emphasis was to get the
traditional intramurais sports
activities programs moving well,
before she expanded much into
new programs and activities.
PC’s intramurais program
sure has one thing really going
for it this year — a full-time
program director. Last year, our
IM director was definitely part
time, a few hours a week, and it
just didn’t work all that well.
Smith-O’Hara has good
qualifications and is enthusiastic,
and those two attributes alone
are strong harbingers of a successful program.
Commentary
Lots of us here at PC are more
in the “sports spectator”
category than in the playing
category, and intramurais don’t
seem to draw much of a crowd.
But after covering some of the
flag football and volleyball
games, I wonder why more of us
don’t watch some of the games.
I found flag football in particular to be great fun — lots of
fast action, long passes, some
fine runs, and some pretty
spirited and heated competition.
And as the IM volleyball league
moves along, fierce competition
will no doubt lead to some exciting games there as well. One
pleasant way for any student to
participate is to watch some of
these games, and cheer for
friends and acquaintences. It’s
fun.
I personally feel that a competitive varsity sports program
adds a lot to a college, but in
these financially trying times I
don’t think the decision to drop
the program was a bad one; and
a sound intramurais program
can sure help fill the gap.
Join in, it’s fun, and I expect
the program to broaded as the
school year moves on.
Two broken ribs
This year there has already
been one casualty from the IM
sports program.
John Reed was playing in a
game of football and ended up
finding himself with the ball and
two broken ribs.
John was taken to Olympic
Memorial Hospital for X-rays. He
is now wearing a rib brace while
the ribs are healing.
It should take approximately
five weeks for the ribs to heal
completely and then John hopes
to be able to go back out on the
field and play football.
Teams tied for IM football lead
After three weeks of league
play, two IM flag football teams
still remain unbeaten. Chargers
and Morgan’s Men both hang on
to 3 and 0 records, even though
Chargers took one game by
forfeit.
The league has regular games
each Wednesday, with one game
played at noon on the athletic
field, and two other games played
at 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
The Oct. 14 results were
Chargers 33, Bizz Buzzers 6;
Morgan’s Men 12, Sea Hawks 7;
and Alkies 2, Steelheads 0.
Oct. 21 action saw Chargers
taking a forfeit from the
Steelheads, Sea Hawks besting
the Alkies 6 to 0, and the highscoring Morgan’s Men trouncing
the Bizz Buzzers 25-13.
IM FOOTBALL
LEAGUE STANDINGS
CHARGERS 3-0
MORGAN’SMEN 3-0
SEAHAWKS 2-1
ALKIES 1-2
STEELHEADS 0-3
BIZ BUZZERS 0-3
Calendar
Intramurais recreation and
sports activities for November
have been scheduled by intramurais director Tina SmithO’Hara, asfollows:
Oct. 31st — Day Hike,
Dungeness Spit. Sign up at Intermurals office, Gym.
Nov. 9 — Western Wilderness
slide show, 12 noon, Little
Theater.
Nov. 10 — Recreation — Intramurais Photo Contest closes.
Nov. 14-15 — Overnight trip to
LaPush, with hikes on Rialto and
Third Beaches. Info, signups,
gym office.
Each Tues/Thurs — Open
swimming, no cost, 2-3 p.m. daily
at city pool.
Nov. 24 — Turkey Trot races
and timed-event relays.
Each Tues/Thurs — Open
recreation, PC gym, 8-10 p.m.
Coed Volleyball league action begins
The intramural coed volleyball
league got under way Oct. 20,
with a total of eight teams entered, according to the intramuraisstaff.
Divided into two divisions, the
league has games each Tuesday
and Thursday at noon.
After a double round robin of
play, the Tuesday division winner
will meet the top team from the
Thursday noon competitors, to
decide the intramurais championship. Division round robin
play ends November 19, with the
championship game to be
scheduled soon thereafter.
After two weeks of play, the
Tuesday division leader is the
Spikers and Thursday’s division
is led by the Smooth Operators.
Both teams had 2-0 records as of
October 2G.
IM VOLLEYBALL
LEAGUE STANDINGS
‘Tuesday Division
SPIKERS ‘ 2-0
SLAM BANGERS 1 -1
FISHERIES I 1-1
FISHERIES!! 0-2
Thursday Division
SMOOTH OPERATORS 2 – 0
JOLLY BALLERS 1-1
JET SETTERS 1-1
CRUSHERS 0-2
Slide show presented in Little Theater
A slide show, Western
Wilderness, will be presented by
Pat O’Hara in the little theater on
November 9.
O’Hara is a freelance nature
photographer who specializes in
western U.S, subjects. His work
has been featured in major
outdoor and nature-related
national magazines, tradebooks,
posters, calendars and advertisements.
O’Hara will also have a photo
display in the PUB gallery,
during the month of December.
Tidepools wants your creations
The Editing Staff for the 1982
TIDEPOOLS, Peninsula
College’s Literary Magazine, is
asking for submission of poetry,
essays, fiction, artwork, photos,
and plays. Submissions may be
made any time until February 1,
1982.
Here’s how to submit: All
manuscripts should be typed. All
material except poetry should be
double-spaced. Each manuscript
page should contain the author’s
name and address in the upper
left-hand comer. Titles should be
in capital letters right above the
first line of the actual work. Each
entry should be accompanied by
a self-addressed, stamped envelope. No entries can be
returned without such an envelope. Writers will be notified if
their work is accepted. Other
work will be returned. Photos
must be in black and white;
drawings must be pen and ink.
Submissions should be mailed or
given to: Fred Thompson or Alice
Derry, TIDEPOOLS, Peninsula
College, Port Angeles, WA 98362
Library offers equipment
The Audio Visual Department
at PC offers exensive services to
any of the student body or staff
who wish to use the audio-visual
equipment.
Cassette tapes, slide shows,
film strips and video tapes are
some of the study aids available.
The information recorded covers
the majority of the classes taught
here. Useful information and tips
can be picked up through these
media components.
Along with recorded tapes
there is a cassette tape recording
service, especially helpful for
foreign languages. Students
supply the tape and the service
will record whatever you want
that they have, except for
popular music.
For special projects students
can use the 35mm cameras, video
cameras or any other of the
media equpment on hand. For
slide shows there is a slide
projector dissolver available
and a tape recorder that will run
the projector. Generally there is
no problem getting what you
want from the AV department
unless someone doesn’t turn in
the piece of equipment on time.
The equipment can be checked
out most any time.
The use of the equipment isfree
of charge. The only thing that has
to be paid for the student are
expendable items such as film for
the 35mm camera and cassette
tapes.
There are two stipulations
involved in checking out these
items. First, the checkee must
know how to run the equipment;
if not, the people there will show
you. Second, you break, you buy.
Have any questions? Go in and
ask at the front desk of the
library and they’ll fix you up.
Amateur photo contest offered
The intramural office of PC is
sponsoring an amateur photo
contest from now until Nov. 10.
Photographs must be of a
recreational or intramural activity at PC, as the winning photo
will be used as the cover for the
Intramural Handbook.
There will be one prize
awarded for the best black and
white photo, and the winner will
have his/her choice of a Wilson
Jet basketball or cash equivalent.
Contest is open to students,
staff, and faculty of PC,
amateurs only.
Photos may be any size up to
8×10 black and white.
Photographs will be judged on
the basis of originality, clarity,
imagination, photographic skill,
and accuracy in its portrayal of a
recreational or intramural event.
Entries must be submitted to
the Intramural Office by 1 p.m.
on Nov. 10.
For more information, contact
Tina Smith-O’Hara in the gym,
extension 277.
Stadium Generale; Preventable death, Adults in transition
By Pat Dryke
Dr. Marvin Miller and Connie
Wells were recent guest lecturer
at Studium Generale in the Little
Theatre.
Dr. Miller was a consulting
specialists from San Diego, and is
the founder of the Center of Information on Suicide. He has had
many books published and has
held workshops at more than
forty campuses in the western
part of the U.S.
Suicide is the fifth leading
cause of all deaths in the U.S.
today. According to Dr. Miller
there has been a 25 percent
decrease in the elderly, but the
rate among the young has
doubled since the 1950’s. The
lowest rate year was 1957 and Dr.
Miller referred to this as The
Golden Year of Mental Health
While there is the National
Institute on Health, there is no
institute on suicide. Few grants
for researching this field is
available. Dr. Miller said he
believes that one-half to onefourth of all suicides could be
prevented by organizing a
massive media blitz publicizing
the early warning signs.
Prevention and Intervention
are goals that Dr. Miller said he
would like to see implemented.
These goals must begin at the
grass-roots level, where the
ultimate problems lie. Suicide is
a long term process!
Low frustration levels, poor
parent and peer communication,
economics pressures, life
stresses and low self-esteem
were reasons cited by Dr. Miller
causing people to commit
suicide.
Books, pamphlets and
cassettes on suicide were
available for the audience to
purchase.
A large crowd was present to
hear Dr. Miller’s fine presentation. An all day work shop was
held the same day.
Connie Wells was guest lecturer at the Oct. 22 Studium
Generale. Wells worked for 14
years as the director of the
University of Washington
Community Education Program.
Mrs. Wells said that there are
126 million people presently in
transition. This enormous
number is due to role changes
and changesin careers.
According to Wells the average
age of today’s college student is
27 to 28 years. More adults are
returning to the classroom. We
have become a pro-active group.
We now move forward and see
new horizons.
Concert set
A concert of guitar music and
singing will be in the Little
Theatre 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5.
The concert is presented by
Spiritwind Productions, a
Christian group of Sequim. The
musical group is Salmund and
Mulder of Vancouver, B.C.
Tickets are available at The
Music Mart and Angeles Music
Center in Port Angeles and
Liberty Bible Book Store in
Sequim. Tickets are $3 if purchased in advance are $4 at the
door.
Letter to the Editor
Editor’s note: The following was
received in the mail last week
and is printed just as received.
DearSir,
I am a lonely prisoner in the
Southern Ohio Correctional
Facility for men. I have no-one on
the outside to correspond with. I
would appreciate it if you would
run this ad in your newspaper for
me. Inliopes someone will write
me. I will answer any and all
letters. That I may receive from
this ad. My discription is as
follows. I am 27 years old, height
5’9”, weight 165, brown hair with
blue eyes and I like most outside
sports. I would appreciate
anything you could do for me.
Also, if you want to, please write
back.
Thank you
Mr. Adrian Hanni 1364)55
Box 45699
Lucasville, Ohio 45699
Blood drive falls short
The blood drive sponsored by
the VICA club on October 19th
was only a partial success. Total
donations amounted to 112 pints,
but that figure falls short of the
record of 192 pints.
No reason was given for the
decreased interest in the blood
drive.