16-year-old struggles against sickle-cell anemia
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has received throughout his life has
come from his mother and father, Eddie
Wade, and his youngest brother, Tim,
who has always lifted his spirits.
Lined with posters of Michael
Jordon and the Chicago Bulls, Love
Wade’s room, which he shares with his
brother Eddie, is the spot where he
hangs out with friends, plays video
games or watches TV
The teen dreams of being a stock
broker in Atlanta someday. Although he
seemed uncertain about wanting to ever
get married, Love-Wade said he does
not want any children.
“I wouldn’t dream of putting a kid
through this because my kid would for
sure have the disease,” he said.
If at least one parent has sickle-cell
anemia, a couple’s children will also
have the disease.
It is possible for someone to have
the sickle-cell trait and not have the dis
ease. But if both parents have the trait,
as in the case of Love-Wade, their chil
dren could be affected.
Although Love-Wade tries not to
complain of the pain he has endured, he
will give justice to his feelings about the
disease that may eventually take his life.
When asked what his life has been
like while battling this disease, Love
Wade didn’t hesitate before answering:
“Hell.”
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Blood drive donations to aid teen, others
By Kelli Lacey
Staff writer
Students can see different cos
tumes and eat a lot of candy when
they donate blood today and
Wednesday at the first-ever
Halloween blood drive at UNL.
“Be a Haunted Hero” is the
theme for the Community Blood
Bank’s first-ever fall blood drive at
the University of Nebraska
Lincoln. Each spring, the
Community Blood Bank holds a
blood drive with UNL’s Red Cross
Chapter.
The blood drive will be held in
the Nebraska Union Centennial
Room. UNL’s Panhellenic and the
Afrikan People’s Union are co
sponsoring the drive.
The Halloween drive may
become an annual one, said Mary
Beth Carstens, promotions coordi
nator for the Community Blood
Bank.
Anyone who is eligible to
donate blood at the drive is encour
aged to do so. Donors must be in
good health, be at least 17 years old,
weigh at least 110 pounds and
should eat a regular meal before
donating.
The drive will last from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. today and Wednesday. All
UNL students must show their stu
dent IDs.
The organizers of the drive said
they hope to get about 100 people
each day to donate for O.C. Love
Wade and the many other people in
Lincoln who need transfusions.
“The blood we get from the
community stays in the communi
ty,” Carstens said.
“That makes us special because
you are really giving back to the
community.”
Annie Leishman, a Panhellenic
representative who helped to coor
dinate the event, said it is important
that students get out and donate
because every donation saves about
three lives.
“We’re doing this for O.C., but
this will be the only blood that the
Community Blood Bank will
receive for those two days,”
Leishman said.
Council approves fireworks sales
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instead of 1 a.m.
The amendment to the ordinance
was approved.
McRoy said people such as
restaurant servers who will work late
on New Year’s Eve also need time to
celebrate.
“I just really thought 1 is a little
restrictive,” she said. “I was like, ‘1?
Please.’ Let’s lighten up.”
Councilman Jon Camp said he
thought most of the fireworks would
be shot off at midnight anyway.
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“If it’s 10 below zero no one may
be out,” he said. “I hope people will
be pragmatic on everything.”
In a telephone interview last
Friday, Lincoln Police Chief Tom
Casady said he knew people liked to
use fireworks, but he had seen people
seriously injured by fireworks.
“I’m kind of a long-standing
opponent of fireworks,” he said.
However, Councilman Jerry
Shoecraft said he thought the police
would be busy on New Year’s Eve
even if the council had kept the origi
nal time limit of 1 a.m.
“(The police) are going to be out
there until 4 anyway,” he said.
A bill introduced by Sen. Adrian
Smith of Gering in the Legislature
allowed fireworks to be sold between
Dec. 27, 1999, and Jan. 1, 2000.
According to the bill, Nebraska
cities, such as Lincoln, can restrict
the selling dates.
In other business, the council
voted 6-0 to increase the cost of the
StarTran Ride ‘N Shop bus fare from
37.5 cents a rider to 40 cents.
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If its 10 below zero
no one may be out. I
hope people will be
pragmatic on
everything.”
Jon Camp
city councilman
The Ride ‘N Shop program
allows people to receive a free return
trip on StarTran when they make a $5
purchase at participating downtown
stores.
The StarTran Advisory Board
recommended the change because
the program’s administrative costs
increased, said Larry Worth, StarTran
transit manager.
Councilman Jeff Fortenberry was
the only council member who did not
vote because he was absent.
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