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BLOOD DRIVES

July 30, 2007 - 9:00 pm

Scheduled blood drives (listing subject to change):

Today: ITT, 168 N. Gibson Road, Henderson, 3-7 p.m.; R.C. Willey, 3850 S. Town Center Drive, 3-7 p.m.; Rainbow Library, 3150 N. Buffalo Drive, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Tuesday: Clark County Department of Development, 4701 W. Russell Road, noon-4 p.m.; Clark County Government Center, 500 S. Grand Central Parkway, 1-4:30 p.m.; GC Wallace, 1555 S. Rainbow Blvd., 8 a.m.-noon.

Wednesday: Hendrson District Libraries, 280 S. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, 3-8 p.m.

Thursday: Boys & Girls Club-Lied Memorial Unit, 2850 S. Lindell Road, 1-6 p.m.; Gold Coast, 4000 W. Flamingo Road, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Friday: Bally Technologies, 6601 S. Bermuda Road, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; Best Buy, 2050 N. Rainbow Blvd., 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday: Albertsons, 5500 Boulder Highway, 8:30-11:30 a.m.; Rhodes Ranch, 333 Rhodes Ranch Parkway, 9 a.m.-noon; Sandy Valley Elementary School, 1420 E. Pearl, Sandy Valley, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Sunday: Palace Station Community Drive, Salon B, 2411 W. Sahara Ave., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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