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76* BIGGEST DANCE FLOOR IN BRAZOS VALLEY THURSDAY Open 7pm-2am College Night! Ladies 21 <& over FREE till I Opm $ l 50 u-call-its all night long Penny Pitchers till I Opm FRIDAY & SATURDAY Open 8pm-2am Ladies 21 & over FREE til I Opm $ 1 00 longnecks and any coin, any drink 8-1 Opm t It Crazy! 1600 S. College, Bryan (The Old Denim &: Diamond location) A. 779-3911 Wednesday, January 15, 2003 NATION THE BATTAL10! Suburbs are graying as young people move out By Genaro C. Armas THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The face of suburbia is changing, especially in the industrial Northeast and Midwest. Younger families are moving out, leaving large populations of older residents and local offi cials who must try to meet the demand for services for the aging. For example, providing transportation for the elderly to visit doctors or senior centers can be a major problem for a suburb, said Mary Ellen Walsh, director of the Amherst Center for Senior Services in suburban Buffalo, N.Y., where 17 percent of all residents are senior citizens. “In the city you have access to public transportation, but in suburbs and rural areas, you don't, and that’s a big issue because people are so spread out,” Walsh said Tuesday. Alice Hilliard, director of Eastern Area Adult Services in the Pittsburgh suburb of Wilkinsburg, Pa., said reaching out to older people who live in isolated areas and finding money and volunteers to help care for them are daunting tasks, particularly in economically depressed areas. “Sometimes we sit and hold our heads and think, ‘How is this all going to come togeth er?”’ Hilliard said. Many couples moved to the suburbs to raise families in the mid-2C)th century. When facto ries closed and the economies of industrial cities declined during the latter decades, younger peo ple moved away. Many headed South and West, where jobs were more plentiful. And once their parents reached retirement age, many of them sought warmer weather and a better quality of life. They also moved South and West, to places such as Sarasota, Fla., Phoenix and Las Vegas. About 35 million people 65 and older now live in America, roughly 12 percent of the popu lation. But nearly 30 percent of the people in the suburbs of Sarasota are 65 or older, the highest among the 102 most populous metropolitan areas in the nation, according to a Brookings Institution study of Census Bureau figures being released Wednesday. Two other Florida retirement centers. West Palm Beach and Volume Senior ‘centers’ Younger families are moving oq of the suburbs, leaving senior citizens to represent a larger percentage of the population Metropolitan areas whose suburbs have the highest percentage of residents age 65 and older, in 2000 Sarasota, Fla. West Palm Beach. Fla Tampa, Fla. 29.!', Scranton. Pa. Pittsburgh Tucson. Ariz. Monmouth, N.J Buffalo. N Y. 24.0% 20.5% 18.8% 17.9% 17.3% 16.9% 16.6% Youngstown. Ohio 16.3% Fort Lauderdale. Fla. 16.2% SOURCE: The Brookings Institution ff Tampa-St. Petersburg, were ne on the list, although the resiof the top 20 metro area subuir- were dominated by Northea and Midwest areas around sue cities as Pittsburgh, Buffaloar?: Youngstown, Ohio. TRAVIS SWEl AS hir be NEWS IN BRIEF Blood banks issue urgent appeal for nationwide donations WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's blood banks issued an urgent appeal for blood donations Tuesday, saying much of the country has less than a two-day supply on hand. Some hospitals are postponing elective surger ies because blood supplies are so low, with less than a single day's supply in certain areas. Banks try to keep a five- to seven-day supply on hand. In an unusual appeal, the nation's two main blood suppliers — the American Red Cross and America's Blood Centers — joined Tuesday!! urge prompt donations. The Red Cross saidthf during the past two weeks, its blood supplie have dropped by nearly half, while more than 6‘ percent of America's Blood Centers' banks repot supplies of two days or less. January is a traditionally tight month. Thf American Association of Blood Banks, announcing the joint appeal, said this Januan seems worse than usual, partly due to winte; storms that crippled collections in some areas. Qualified donors can give blood once every 56 days. 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