SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015
Dave Braley to speak at
Garden Club today
The Florence Garden Club
will host Dave Braley as the
guest speaker June 10. Braley
is known for his beautiful gar-
den of roses, irises, rhododen-
drons and other plants.
Braley will present a slide
show of his garden flowers
and hold a discussion.
The business portion of the
meeting will include the instal-
The organizers of the annu-
al Community Health Fair,
held each April at the Florence
Events Center, are hosting
another in a series of free
cooking classes for the com-
munity.
“Summer is almost here, so
we're inviting everyone for a
fun evening of cooking and
sampling some of our favorite
picnic dishes,” says organizer
Linda Lydick. “We will feature
tasty meatless burgers, sum-
mer salads and delicious
Us TOO Florence
B EHIND
THE HEADLINES
lation of officers for the com-
ing year.
Meetings are held at the
Presbyterian Church of the
Siuslaw, 3996 Highway 101,
beginning with social hour at
12:30 p.m., followed by the
speaker at 1 p.m., and the
meeting at 2 p.m.
The public is welcome and
new members can join.
Free cooking class to
feature picnic foods
desserts.
“Our recipes will be heart-
healthy, diabetic-friendly and
cholesterol-free.”
The event is Sunday, June
14, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the
Florence
Seventh-day
Adventist Church, 4445
Highway 101.
Seating will be limited.
For more information, or to
pre-register with a friend or
small group, call Lydick at
541-999-2052 or email her at
lindasveggies@gmail.com.
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B Y B OB H ORNEY
CANCER SURVIVOR
W
ith Father’s Day just
around the corner, I
want to use that occa-
sion to encourage men to make
sure they are taking advantage of
screening for the second most fre-
quent cause of cancer death among
men — namely, prostate cancer.
As so many of us know, the lat-
est “word” on prostate cancer
screening came from the U.S.
Preventive Services Task Force
(USPSTF) in 2012, and that word
is: “The USPSTF now recom-
mends against PSA-based screen-
ing for prostate cancer in all age
groups.”
That was music to the ears of
vast numbers of men (“See, I don’t
need that test”) as evidenced by the
fact that referrals to urologists are
already down 25-35 percent.
This doesn’t mean fewer men
are getting prostate cancer, it
means fewer men are being
screened by their primary care
physicians. As a result of fewer
men being screened or being
screened less often, preliminary
data for 2012 and 2013 suggests
that more men are now being diag-
nosed with higher-risk prostate
cancer (PSA of 10 or more).
This increase reverses a trend
leading up to 2011, when there had
been a steady decline in the per-
centage of men diagnosed with a
PSA of 10 or more.
By scaring men that they will
lose their ability to have sex and
will dribble urine (forever) if they
should undergo treatment, the
USPSTF has convinced many men
to follow its recommendation and
forgo the PSA test entirely.
Unfortunately, for that 1 man in
6 who will ultimately be diagnosed
with prostate cancer (due mainly to
symptoms if not being screened),
the diagnosis will reflect a more
advanced cancer with a much
lower cure rate.
One thing most of us come to
grips with at diagnosis is that this
is not “my” cancer, but “our” can-
cer. At the least, that includes a
spouse/significant other, but we
know it also involves the immedi-
ate and extended family.
Everyone, in one way or anoth-
er, shares the burden of this disease
and hopes the burden will be as
small as possible…just be a
“bump” on the road of life, not the
end of the road with no turn-
around.
In 2003, Alan Burns, then
Florence Mayor, proclaimed
September as Prostate Cancer
Awareness Month in Florence and
included two important statements:
“Whereas, at any age prostate
cancer devastates families, through
loss of income, partnership and
support, and whereas, prostate can-
cer leaves too many parents,
women, children and other family
members without a man they
love.”
Those two statements have
remained in the Proclamation with
mayors Phil Brubaker and Nola
Xavier for good reason; they are
the heartbreaking consequences of
an advanced or metastatic prostate
cancer diagnosis.
Unlike most cancers, we men
have the screening tools to usually
avoid that diagnosis of advanced
disease. But, first we have to use
them, as in getting ourselves to a
doctor (I’d even suggest a urolo-
gist) for a baseline PSA test and
digital rectal exam (DRE).
The oft-spoken, “I feel fine,”
doesn’t cut it with prostate cancer.
Early, curable prostate cancer
rarely has symptoms and by the
time it becomes symptomatic, it is
nearly always too late for curative
treatment. Those are just the plain
facts of this disease.
For this Father’s Day, I propose
dads “turn the tables” and do
something special for their kids —
like making sure they have a base-
line PSA and DRE in their records.
And, in particular, any dad who
is at least age 40 (or 35 if prostate
cancer is in your family), should
get that baseline PSA/DRE for
their kids. Don’t let a “screen-
able” disease like prostate cancer
spoil future Father’s Day celebra-
tions.
Not a dad? The same advice
applies — do it for someone else,
even for yourself…just do it.
If you need those screening
tests, see your primary care physi-
cian or arrange to have them here
in Florence with a urologist by
calling Oregon Urology Institute at
541-334-3350.
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Several years ago when we
began the effort to build the
Oregon
Coast
Military
Museum, the board elected at
that time to designate our orig-
inal, early donors as a special
group by calling them the
Kilroy Corps.
That was because like the
legendary “Kilroy Was Here”
of WWII, those donors were
there before all others, just as
that legend purports.
I thought it might be appro-
priate as we approach the grand
opening of the museum next
month on July Fourth to re-
visit that legend as a reminder.
For those of you who aren’t
familiar with Kilroy, the legend
appears to have started back
during WWII.
There are numerous expla-
nations about the actual origins
of Kilroy and some of them are
pretty amazing. Among them
are stories dealing with famed
author Isaac Asimov, as well as
one that ties it to the book and
movie “Catch 22.”
Another one derives from an
Irish legend, and yet another
comes from a story about a
war-time factory worker, per-
haps Rosie the Riveter?
But the most prevalent of all
the legends seems to have its
roots in a shipyard inspector
back east named James Kilroy.
Even it has variations, but they
all point to him leaving proof
on his inspection points that in
fact it was inspected, hence
“Kilroy Was Here.”
Some of those inspection
points (such as ship bulkheads)
were never painted over, so by
the time the ship or equipment
made it to the battle front, it
still bore the evidence that
“Kilroy Was Here.”
It caught on with the GIs as
the image spread through the
various theaters of battle, and
some GIs even helped propa-
gate the legend by adding their
own version on pill boxes and
train cars. Eventually it took
off with a life of its own and
today we have the famous
character Kilroy that you see; it
became a real morale booster
for the troops!
While the museum’s Kilroy
Corps program started desig-
nating someone as such for a
meager donation of $20, those
original donors numbered in
the hundreds and soon we had
the financial capability to start
construction.
After that initial effort, any-
one who donated $100 or more
became members of the
Century Corps, and that effort
generated more funding to
keep things progressing, as
well as major donors over the
entire timeline that contributed
the substantial funding to fully
accomplish the mission — in
addition to all of the volunteer
hours as well!
Soon, once the museum is
open and operational, a con-
ventional membership program
will be started, again mimick-
ing military jargon with the
designation of The Kilroy
Company.
But until then, there is no
doubt that this endeavor would
not have been accomplished
without those brave early
Kilroy Corps members — and
soon they can see their name on
the wall recognizing their con-
tributions.
When the Oregon Coast
Military Museum holds its
Grand Opening on July 4, be
sure to watch for that iconic
symbol of the little face peep-
ing over the wall, and take time
to read through the hundreds of
names of Kilroy Corps mem-
bers who made it possible.
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Lisa’s Avant Gardener Tips of the Week
• Celebrate Father’s Day by planting a tree for dad, or planting herbs
such as rosemary and thyme for summer barbecues
• Be sure to water new landscape plants and raised beds to keep the
roots happy and growing
• Lime and add additional slow release phosphorous such as greensand
or bone meal to lilacs and daphne for better blooms next spring
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