Latest Photos by Melissa Arseniuk
School board members debate reductions to the school district's proposed budget Monday night in Ashburn. View photo »
School Board Chairman Robert DuPree, right, and other school board members welcomed budget-related questions from the public Thursday. Just two citizens voiced concerns. View photo »
The Board of Supervisors meets Wednesday evening to discuss its fiscal year 2009 tax rate. View photo »
Elizabeth Lancaster chats with Inova Blood Donor Services nurse Zina Ali as she donates blood. View photo »
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Elizabeth Lancaster, 30, of Leesburg, smiles as she donates blood at IBDS in Sterling. "They're pretty good with the pin pricks," she said. "You don't even feel it." Photo: Melissa Arseniuk
One of the apheresis blood product donation stations at IBDS in Sterling. View photo »
Dave Hartman, 53, of Woodbridge, reads while an apheresis machine collects platelets at Inova Blood Donor Services on Nokes Boulevard in Sterling. View photo »
This apheresis machine has the ability to extract just platelets or just red blood cells from a donor. Traditional blood extraction machines take whole units of blood. View photo »
Red blood cells are organized by blood type and stored in bins inside industrial-sized coolers at Inova Blood Donor Services at Dulles Town Center. View photo »
Frozen plasma waits in an Inova Blood Donor Services' freezer after processing. Plasma can be frozen for up to a year. View photo »
Platelets like these have a variety of medical uses, including organ and bone marrow transplants, and treating burn victims. View photo »
These bags contain plasma that was processed at the Inova Blood Donor Services lab in Sterling. View photo »
Processed platelets are stored in this agitator before being sent to area hospitals. View photo »
Platelets and plasma are siphoned off, leaving the red blood cells behind during processing at Inova Blood Donor Services lab in Sterling. View photo »
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An Inova lab technician separates platelets and plasma from red blood cells during the "components" stage of processing. Photo: Melissa Arseniuk
This centrifuge machine spins at 4,000 rounds per minute to separate platelets and plasma from red blood cells during the early stages of processing. View photo »
Blood arrives at Inova Blood Donation Services in coolers after it is collected at mobile donation sites across the region. View photo »
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Inova Blood Donation Services lab technician Russell Whiteaker "burps" bags of donated blood to remove air before processing. Photo: Melissa Arseniuk
Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick III and school officials discuss the school district's budget during a work session earlier this month with the Board of Supervisors. View photo »
Three women browse the silent auction items at Chocolates Galore. View photo »
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