News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Dale H. Moreland
(573) 840-9500
E100950
October 9, 2008

EMPHASIS: Troop E Announces Special Blood Drive For Wife Of Trooper


Captain George E. Ridens, commanding officer of Troop E, announces a special blood drive being conducted for Becky Stewart, wife of Trooper Shane Stewart from Charleston, Missouri.

A special blood drive is being conducted through the American Red Cross in support of Becky Stewart, wife of Trooper Shane Stewart, on Friday, October 10, and Saturday, October 11, 2008, at the American Red Cross Office, 20 South Mount Auburn, Cape Girardeau. The American Red Cross is in need of O positive or O negative blood only at the Cape Girardeau Office. If you have O positive or O negative blood, and you want to donate, you must call the St. Louis Office at 314-658-2178 for pre-certification and a scheduled time. If you get a prerecorded message, please follow the directions and a person will call you back.

If you have any other blood type and want to give in honor of Becky then you can go to the following blood drive locations and tell them this is an Honorary Donation for Becky Stewart. The following sites are where the Red Cross had previously scheduled blood drives:

Date Time Site Address
Oct. 10 3 - 7 p.m. United Methodist Church 200 East Main Street, Steele
Oct. 12 8 - 12 p.m. St. Vincent DePaul Church 741 Forest, Cape Girardeau
Oct. 13 12:30 - 5:30 p.m. Greenville High School 178 Walnut Street, Greenville
Oct. 17 1 - 5 p.m. Lowes Home Improvement 3440 Lowes Road, Cape Girardeau
Oct. 17 2 - 6 p.m. Chaffee Elementary Elliot Avenue, Chaffee
Oct. 17 1 - 6 p.m. Regional Medical Center 2620 North Westwood, Poplar Bluff
Oct. 18 9 - 1p.m. South Scott Ambulance Dist. 202 Lillian Street, Sikeston
Oct. 20 10 - 3 p.m. Bank of Missouri 2492 East Main, Jackson



On behalf of Trooper Shane Stewart and the family, thank you very much for your support.



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