county Commissioner Susan Green, who
is a regular pheresis donor, is shown here
during a platelelpheresis procedure she
completed recently. After the two-hour
plateietpheresi^ procedure, the platelets
are shipped to the type-matched patient
within 24 hours
Dimension In Blood Donation
Although it is not a com
mon word yet-more and
more people are becoming
familiar with the word
"pheresis " Pheresis re
presents a different dimen
sion in- blood donations:
instead of giving whole
blood, white cells or plate
lets are given.
There are over 900 active
pheresis donors in the
Charlotte area! According
to Red Cross Pheresis Re
cruiter, Pat Mallas,
"Whole blood is drawn
from one arm of the donor,
spun in a closed centri
fuge system to separate the
uesired component,-'SWI
then the remaining com
ponents are mixed and re
turned to the donor through
his or her other arm," says
Mallas The process takes
two to three and a half
hours depending on the
type of component drawn
Although there are
already many pheresis
donors, there are still not
enough donors in the many
different HLA types of
platelets and while cells.
When a doctor orders plate
lets or white cells for a
patient, they must be
matched exactly by regu
lar blood types (A, B O.
Create A Cozy Feel At Home
If there s no place like
home" in your mind then
chances are you've already
managed to create a cozy,
comfortable feel to that
place you call home.
Designer Diane Von Fur
stenberg believes that the
home is the center of our
' lives and;—therefore-—the
colors and designs we
choose should be flattering
and enhance our person
B ill board Designs
Booklets, brochures, bill—
board designs and the
latest in advertising tech
niques will be displayed in
the Wachovia Lobby up
town next week by grad
uating Central Piedmont
Community College art
students.
The works will be shown
March 19 during bank
hours in the lobby at 400 S.
Tryon St. All are creations
of some 30 advertising and
interior design students in
courses taught by Dennis
McMullen, Evie Chang
Henderson and Ron
Walters.
The exhibit is free and
open to the public.
ality. We should blend with
our surroundings in perfect
harmony.
To achieve that har
mony, Ms Von Fursten
berg has created an ex
clusive selection of prints,
patterns and solids for the
home, which appear in
-Sonrr. 1087 Spring
catalog Eighteen inside
pages and the catalog's
back cover showcase her
collections of bath, bed
room and table coordin
“ ates:—
For the bath, her designs
include honeycomb - a
geometric texture, and
shells - a touch of the
tropics, which give a total
look to the room from the
shower curtains and car
peting to the towels and
soap dish.
Her palette of bedroom
fashions are soft, solid
colors, which spark bright
and dainty print coordin
ates. “Solids are what most
people think they can live
with when it comes to the
bedroom,” she remarks.
“The colors next to the skin
should be the lightest, and
each succeeding layer pro
gressively darker ”
etc. i as welT"as~Ey~HEJV~
type HLA stands for
Human Leukocyte Antigen
-the factor that determines
the type of the white cells
or platelets If the HLA
type of a patient does not
match the HLA type of the
donor. the patient's,
immune or defense system
may eventually reject the
donated component
A donor registry at the
Red Cross blood center in
Charlotte provides an up
to-date listing of all phere
sis donors and their HLA
types. Since there are in
numerable combinations of
HLA types, it is very im
portant for many people to
b registered and have their
specific HLA type on the
file for establishing a donor
base for the needs of the
hospital patients Then
when their type is ordered,
they can be called.
A pheresis donation must
be given to a patient with
in 24 hours after the time it
is donated Most of the
people that receive the do
nations of white cells or
platelets are cancer or
leukemia patients.
A donor can donate by
•the pheresis_procedure
every two weeks Donors
that wish to donate whole
blood would be able to do it
every eight weeks in be
tween pheresis donations.
Although the pheresis
donation takes from two to
three and a half hours,
donors can enjoy their
favorite book or watch
television in the pheresis
donor room. A registered
nurse monitors the proce
dure during the entire
donation.
If you are interested in
knowing more about
pheresis or becoming a
pheresis donor, call Pat
Mallas at 376-1661. ext. 332
for more information.
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For All Wage Earners
Special To The Host
Individual Retirement
Accounts offer tax advan
tages for just about all
wage earners - including
those w'ho have reached
normal retirement age. ac
cording to Wachovia Bank
and Trust Company,
"In the case of persons
who are retiring, special
IRAs called rollover trusts
can be used to avoid im
mediate taxation on lump
sum distributions from
many pension and profit
sharing plans," explained
Richard W Prensner, vice
president and marketing
manager of Wachovia's
Personal Trust Depart
ment
The lump sum distribu
iioru which_may be cash,
stock, retirement'bonds; or
annuities, must be placed
in the rollover trust within
60 days of receipt to re
main tax-deferred income
The deposits, plus current
and future account earn
ings, are not taxed until
withdrawals are actually
made
If a vested participant in
a qualified plan dies before
dictribution, the surviving
spouse can roll over the
funds into his or her own
IRA to shelter the funds
from income taxes
Though people can begin
withdrawing from an IRA
at age 59' 2, they may opt to
postpone a first withdrawl
until age 70'j. Thus, a
retiree who doesn't im
mediately need pension
assets can let them con
tinue to grow tax free until
he's in a lowter tax bracket
' Let's say retiree Smith,
age 62, receives a lump
sum distribution of $400,000
from his company's pen
hiinn fnnrt If hp dPpncO* tflP
$400,000 into an IRA roll
over trust earning a 10
percent annual compound
rate, he will have $857,435
in his account at age 70,”
Prensner sa*4^-The IRA
rollover has enabled Smith
to preserve his capital and
shelter earnings from
taxes for eight years.” The
eventual amount distribut
ed to Smith will be $2,
389.343, spread over his and
his wife's joint life expect
ancy of 18.3 years, since the
capital will continue-to
grow tax-deferred even
after withdrawals begin
Since individual income
taxes are "scheduled—to—
gradually decrease over
the next three yeras, even a
temporary deferment of
taxes can translate into
substantial savings,
Prensner noted
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The soon-to retire aren't
the only ones who can
benefit from depositing
lump sum distributions into
IRA rollover trusts Prens
ner said that younger in
dividuals with vested
rights in qualified plans
. Jmay xemvcJump^sumjJis^
tributions if they switch
jobs or if their employees
terminate existing pension
plans
In all these cases indi
viduals can use the port
ability w hich rollovers pro
vide to continue to build
retirment savings in tax
deferred IRAs There are
no restrictions on how
much money can be trans
ferred into an IRA rollover
trust However, according
to Prensner. only employ
ers'contributions to quali
fied plans can be rolled
over; employee contribu
tions are ineligible
In addition to providing
income during retirement
years, with proper plan
ning the ongoing capital
accumulation in an IRA
can result in a large tax
free estate that can be
distributed to beneficiaries
at the time of death, if the
r-—
IRA ow ner and spouse Doth
die before the account is
paid out This, according to
Prensner. makes wise IRA
planning vitally important
The investment and ac
count management options
are many for individuals
w ho establish IRA rollover
accounls- wTf FT'TTanK~TTO5T'
department. Prensner
said
At Wachovia, for ex
ample, customers can
direct us to invest funds in
almost any type of vehicle
they want for savings ac
counts and mutual funds to
stocks and real estate.' he
said In another type of
account, we offer IRA
owners investment recom
mendations for their ap
proval 'let another option
-is_an—IHA—rollover iL'Jg!
agreement which gives the
bank full investment re
sponsibility. These ty pes of
options allow people to
tailor IRA plans to meet
individual needs and
goals
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