It's time to go huntin' Idabel.....

..for some Donors. Don't forget the Oklahoma Blood Institute will be having bone marrow testing programs at Robbins Motor Sport parking lot, in Idabel from 9:00am to 2:00pm this Saturday. Those willing to be tested and registered on the NMDP will need to bring some form of personal ID (drivers license, CDIB card, something with a photo showing your you) and contact information for two family members (phone numbers of two relatives, so if you move they can find you). Caucasians have to pay a tax-deductible testing fee (read the other post). Other ethnicity's (that's everyone that is not white) will be funded by the NMDP. All you gotta do is open your mouth and let them swab your cheek with a q-tip. There are relatively few Native American donors registered with the NDMP, National Marrow Donor Program..that means all us Choctaw people need to be there....you've got nothin' to do that's more important than saving a life. I'll be there...if you see me say hi...I'll be the one diggin' thru my purse for my ID..that I left at home.. and have to go back and get..yep, that'll be me.
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PATIENTS NEED BLOOD …
ECOBI IS “HUNTING FOR DONORS”
East Central Oklahoma Blood Institute (ECOBI) has targeted August as life-saving season, asking healthy, blood donors to give the gift of life at its “Hunting for Donors” community blood drives. To join the hunt, keep a sharp-eye out for the ECOBI bloodmobile on Saturdays at these locations:
􀂃 August 2, Ada – Bailey’s Outdoor Shop, 811 N. Broadway, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
􀂃 August 9, Seminole – Ace Hardware, 1600 N. Phillips,10:00 am – 4:00 pm
􀂃 August 16, Atoka – Wyrick’s Lumber, 701 West 13th St., 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
􀂃 August 23, Idabel – Robbins Motorsports, 1298 N.E. Lincoln Rd., 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
􀂃 August 31, McAlester – Blockbuster, 421 S. George Nigh Expy.,10:00 am – 4:00 pm Donors at these “Hunting for Donors” community blood drives can enter to win one of three grand prizes to be awarded at the end of the month.
􀀹The grand prize winner will bag a $100 gas card, and a three-day, javelina and aoudad sheep, hunting trip with lodging at the Double C Ranch in Crystal City, Texas. The guided-hunt is a $750 value. Information about the hunting area is
available online at www.huntingwithjeff.com.
􀀹Second place prize is a $100 Bass Pro Shops® gift card
􀀹Third place prize is a $50 Bass Pro Shops® gift card.
􀀹Additionally, area WAL-MART® stores have donated binoculars to be given away to a lucky donor at each of the five blood drives.
􀀹While supplies last, all donors will receive a limited edition, camo-t-shirt.

Hunt for a Donor

The Oklahoma Blood Institute will be having bone marrow testing programs in McCurtain County over the next two weeks. Registration and testing will take place August 23, in the Robbins Motor Sport parking lot, in Idabel from 9:00am to 2:00pm. Those willing to be tested and registered on the NMDP will need to bring some form of personal ID and contact information for two family members. Caucasian donors are required to pay a tax-deductible testing fee. Other ethnicities will be funded by the NMDP. If your Caucasian, your chance of getting a match is 80 percent, but it drops dramatically if your a minority. To make up for the underrepresented parts of the population, the federal program pays the $52 screening fee for minorities. The actual testing for the donor only involves a simple cheek swab. Over 100,000 Americans a year become afflicted with diseases that can only be treated with a bone marrow transplant. The Oklahoma Blood Institutes is conducting "Hunt for a Donor" in hopes of finding a viable donor for 11-year-old Tallie Anderson and other patients in need of a bone marrow transplant. Tallie was diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia in 2007. In Anderson's case the donor will likely be of Native American descent. Tallie is descendant of the Choctaw Tribe. There are relatively few Native American donors registered with the NDMP, National Marrow Donor Program.

*Tallie's dad is Roger Anderson who is originally from Broken Bow.*

Matthew Wilson Found!

A Rice University computer science student whose disappearance eight months ago made national news was found Wednesday, not begging in the streets or roughing it in the wilderness, but using a laptop at the University of California, Berkeley. Matthew Wilson, 21, was in temporary custody today pending an evaluation after a campus police officer discovered him in a classroom, according to police."You don't know how good I feel about this. It is better than anything in the world," his mother, Cathy Wilson, said by phone this morning from her home in Oklahoma."We know he is alive and physically OK," she said. "I've got to gun it out there."As of this morning, he was being kept in a health-care facility, his mother said.The San Francisco Chronicle reported that UC Berkeley Assistant Police Chief Mitch Celaya said late Wednesday that the laptop Wilson was using was stolen. They have started a theft investigation, but no charges been filed.Wilson had shaved off his beard since withdrawing $500 from his bank account and mysteriously leaving Houston in December and failing to turn in all of his exams.He apparently didn't say goodbye to anyone or let them know where he was going or what he planned to do.
rest of story http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5942772.html

Matthew Wilson

Matthew Wilson Description:
a 20 year old Caucasian male
5 feet, 7 inches tall
weighs 135 pounds
red hair
green eyes
wears glasses
had a full beard


Matthew J. Wilson, a junior at Rice University in Houston has been missing since December 15, 2007. Wilson’s car was recently found on June 10, 2008 in the 1200 block of Allston Way in Berkeley, CA. His hometown is Haworth, Oklahoma. http://findmatthewwilson.blogspot.com/

If anyone has any information about Matthew Wilson’s whereabouts please call the Rice University Police Department at 713-348-6000. To respond to the Crime Stoppers offer, call 713-222-TIPS (8477).