Blood drive on the Quad

BloodSource vans are headed to the Quad for a blood drive June 24 and 25, cospponsored by BloodSource and ASUCD. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Organizers said every participant will receive a coupon for a free pint of ice cream.

Retiree Center seeks volunteers

The Retiree Center is recruiting volunteers for event planning and administrative help.

Sue Barnes, program manager, listed three events for which volunteers are being sought: Fall Oktoberfest (Sept. 26), Football Tailgate Party (Nov. 7) and Winter Wine Tasting (March 6).

Volunteers also are being sought for a day trip committee and to help in the Retiree Center office.

Interested retirees are asked to contact the Retiree Center: (530) 752-5182 or retireecenter@ucdavis.edu.

More fire training

The UC Davis Fire Department plans to burn another old house on university property west of Highway 113. The training target this time is the abandoned Baxter house, which most recently housed an avian lab research facility.

Earlier this year the department set fire to a house opposite the campus landfill along County Road 98.

The Baxter house is on Bee Biology Road near the north end of University Airport. The training exercise is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. June 30; Fire Chief Joe Perry said neighboring agencies may join in.

“I’ll be glad to see it go,” entomology professor Lynn Kimsey said of the Baxter house, which is on the grounds of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility.

Kimsey is interim chair of the entomology department, which plans to develop a half-acre Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the research facility this year.