HERMISTON — Marcos Preciado said he was feeling a little nervous on Friday, Jan. 28, as he was drawing blood from one of his teachers, Janci Sivey.
This was not the first time he had done this, though. He and other students are taking a class from Sivey, and they draw her blood at least once a week, Sivey said, for practice.
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