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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015
Florence Elks donate to DAV
Rhody Express is easy
connection to festivities
The Rhody Express will
operate its regular hours on
Friday, May 15, from 10 a.m.
to 6 p.m., during Rhody
Festival weekend.
Fares are $1 one-way or $2
all day.
Want to taste the night life
during
the
2015
Rhododendron Festival this
year? The Rhody Express is a
safe and convenient way to get
you from Bay Street to any
lodging within the city limits
free of charge from 9 p.m. to 3
a.m. on Friday, May 15, and
Saturday, May 16.
So have fun and remember
to drink responsibly. Rhody
Express pickup is at the inter-
section of Bay Street and
Maple Street.
For a detailed bus schedule,
pick up a brochure at the
Chamber of Commerce, City
Hall or online at www.ltd
.org/rhody.
For more information, call
the Rhody Express at 541-902-
2067.
COURTESY PHOTO
Florence Elks Lodge #1858 continues to support veterans programs and presented a $1,000 check to the Disabled
American Veterans Van Fund. Thousands of miles are generated by volunteer drivers as they transport veterans to their
medical appointments in Portland and Roseburg each year. This donation will help with maintenance of the DAV vans.
From left: Roger McCorkle, chairman of the board, Florence Elks; David (Skip) Stitt, commander of DAV Chapter 23;
and Tom Hornback, exalted ruler, Florence Elks.
The Oregon Coast Chamber
Orchestra will present its
Spring concert of the 2014-
2015 season, under the baton
of John Monks.
Titled “A Spring Potpourri,”
the concert wil be a mix of
pieces arranged for small
orchestra. Saucy folk and eth-
nic motifs by Sullivan, Barry
and Faure will be countered
with grandiose and tongue-in-
cheek melodies by Mozart,
Moszkowski and Perkins —
all complimented by thought-
Us TOO Flor ence
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Behind the headlines
B Y B OB H ORNEY
CANCER SURVIVOR
f you have followed previous
Behind the Headlines, you
know that Us TOO Florence
is consistently on the opposite
side of the prostate screening
controversy from the U.S.
Preventive Services Task Force
(USPSTF), the American
Academy of Family Physicians
(AAFP), the American Cancer
Society (ACS) and, as of May
2013, even the American
Urological Association (AUA).
One must wonder why we
are so contrary.
Good question.
Let’s approach it from this
angle. Suppose you have a seri-
ous medical concern (breast,
heart, liver, kidney or even
prostate — you name it) being
treated by a specialist whom
you, from personal experience
and observation with other
patients, totally trust.
This doctor specializes in
your medical problem, keeping
up on its very latest news and
treatments.
He or she even attends
monthly support group meet-
ings regarding your problem
and you can ask any question
about your ongoing recovery
and life after your treatment on
a month to month basis.
Now, the media screams
headlines
and
publishes
“expert” reports and recom-
mendations from groups tout-
ing findings contrary to what
your specialist has been advis-
ing at your group meetings.
Plus, their findings are based
on a study that many, including
your specialist, consider totally
flawed and never having a
I
chance of showing valid
results. Not only that, the study
started over 20 years ago and
the group coming up with the
recommendations had no mem-
bers in your specialist’s med-
ical field.
Who are you going to
believe?
Are you going to maintain
your trust in your respected and
up-to-date specialist or aban-
don him/her for the latest head-
lines?
That pretty well sums up
why Us TOO Florence remains
firm in its recommendation that
men have a baseline PSA test at
age 40. How did we originally
come up with that recommen-
dation?
Long story short, we got it
from the AUA. It was the
AUA’s recommendation for
four years, from April 2009
until May 2013, that men get a
baseline PSA at age 40. It was
very adamant that a baseline
PSA and digital rectal exam
(DRE) at that age could predict
the future risk of prostate can-
cer 20 to 30 years hence.
It even took the USPSTF to
task for its flawed recommen-
dation in 2012 that healthy men
avoid taking the PSA test.
Then, in an unfathomable
reversal, the AUA decided to
rely solely on the results of
prospective, randomized, con-
trolled trials.
Well, when the AUA went
that route, it threw men from
age 40 to 54 “under the bus”
simply because they have never
been part of those trials. After
all, prostate cancer was an “old
man’s disease,” so why include
these young men in any clinical
trial? Most of the clinical trials
included men starting at age 60.
The AUA now only recom-
mends PSA screening for men
starting at age 55 and ending at
age 69.
Even
LUGPA
(Large
Urology
Group
Practice
Association) on which Dr.
Bryan Mehlhaff serves as a
board member, broke with the
AUA, coming out with revised
guidelines in September 2013.
LUGPA recommends a base-
Rhody Days apparel now
available at Shippin’ Shack
The Shippin’ Shack is the
official 2015 location for
Rhody Days apparel.
The 108th Rhododendron
Festival is just around the cor-
ner. Show you’re ready to
Rock and Rhody with an offi-
cial T-shirt or hoodie.
Come to The Shippin’
Shack at 625 Highway 101, or
the Florence Area Chamber of
Commerce at 390 Highway
101, and pick yours up today.
For more information, call
The Shippin’ Shack at 541-
997-5888.
ful and soothing tunes by
Beaver and Jobim.
Performances are at 2 p.m.
Saturday, May 16, at The
Church of God in Reedsport,
and for 2 p.m. on Sunday, May
31,
at
the
Florence
Community Baptist Church.
Admission is $10 at the
door, children and students
free.
Visit www.occorchestra.org
or call 541-997-3727 for more
information.
line PSA test for men while in
their 40s and recommends con-
tinuing offering testing for all
men who have a life expectan-
cy of 10 or more years. At least
LUGPA understands that many
(if not most) men at age 69
have a lot of life left in them.
Rather than follow the AUA
and abandon our young men,
several of whom were diag-
nosed in their 40s, we are stick-
ing with our above recommen-
dation.
Us TOO Florence suggests
men make it a 40th birthday
present to their family instead
of procrastinating for 10 years
(yes, we men will do that).
Whether considering a base-
line test at age 40 or during
one’s 40s, the importance of
this early PSA baseline test
cannot be over emphasized.
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I’m Buffy and I came to
the shelter after having
kittens out in the sand
dunes. I can be a little
stand-offi sh but if you
pet me I will warm up
to you. I love looking
after the other cats in my
room, especially the shy
cats. They all treat me like the mama cat. I would be happier in a
home with at least one other cat that I could have as a friend.
If you would like to meet Buffy or any of her
friends, please visit us at:
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