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    Special cookies for the day from Cookies are My Canvas in Rio Dell.
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    Blue Lake Rancheria Police Chief Justin Gill answers screening questions on a tablet.
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    CHP-Humboldt Capt. Stacy Barr reads a story to 2-year-old Miriam Jones, whose mother was donating blood for a friend’s child.
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    EPD Capt. Brian Stevens is a regular donor who checked with staff the last time he gave blood to make sure he would be eligible for the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive.
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    Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal was among the first donors.
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    Staff and donors sing happy birthday to Laura Smither during the blood drive.
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    Humboldt County District Attorney Maggie Fleming talks with EPD Capt. Brin Stevens as a donor care specialist prepares Fleming for her donation.
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    Donor care specialist Laura Smither fills vials for screening tests from CHP officer Keith Nguyen.
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    Cameron Dominguez with the Samoa Fire Protection District snaps a few cell phone pics of HBF’s Community Risk Reduction Specialist Amy Conlin as Michele Abram inserts the needle into her arm.
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    EPD’s Ryan Swanson checks in at the front counter.
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    Arcata Police dispatcher Miranda Baird makes her very first blood donation.
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    CHP Humboldt Capt. Stacy Barr (seated) poses with fellow first responders from left to right: Arcata Police Chief Brian Ahearn, Humboldt Bay Fire Deputy Fire Chief Billy Reynolds, Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal, EPD Capt. Brian Stevens, Humboldt County District Attorney Maggie Fleming and CHP officer Keith Nguyen.