SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2016
Humane society’s Garden Tour set for June 26
This year’s Oregon Coast
Humane Society’s Garden
Tour will feature five beauti-
ful and creative gardens on
Sunday, June 26, from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
All proceeds from this tour
will benefit the Oregon Coast
Humane Society (formerly
known as the Florence Area
Humane Society), the local
no-kill animal shelter.
The
gardens
feature
delightful plantings, detailed
landscaping and one even has
a magnificent view of the
ocean. All five gardens will
delight visitors.
Tickets for the Garden Tour
are $15 per person and are
available at Mary Ann’s
Natural Pet at 1541 Highway
101, Raining Cats and Dogs
and On Your Feet With a
Splash on Bay Street and at
the Oregon Coast Humane
Society’s
shelter,
2840
Rhododendron Drive,
and at each garden on the
day of the tour.
In addition, a raffle
will be held for a Ginko
garden chair. Tickets for
the drawings are avail-
able at each garden. This
chair may be seen at the
Humane Society Thrift Store
on Bay Street. One ticket
costs $5, five tickets are $20,
or purchase 30 tickets for
$100.
COURTESY PHOTOS
This year’s Garden Tour features five local gardens. Raffle
tickets for a Ginko garden chair (at left) will be available
at each stop along the tour, with all proceeds benefiting
the Oregon Coast Humane Society.
The drawing will be on
Thursday, June 30, and win-
ners will be notified with
directions for pickup.
Library presents latest
endowment books Tuesday
Siuslaw Public Library will
be presenting new books pur-
chased this year with proceeds
from its endowment fund on
Tuesday, June 21, at 2 p.m. in
the Bromley Room.
Siuslaw Library Endowment
Fund, administered by the
Western Lane Community
Foundation, was founded in
1994 for the purchase of books.
It was started by an initial
donation from the Friends of
the Library, which has been
added to with yearly donations
from the Friends and the com-
munity.
Bookplates are placed in the
books acknowledging individ-
ual and group donors.
Each year, the library
receives a certain amount of the
interest accrued for the pur-
chase of books. As the fund
increases, the amount spent on
children’s, young adult and
adult books has increased.
Some of the books pur-
chased are special, more expen-
sive books, that wouldn’t fit
within the library’s regular
book-purchasing budget.
They range from large cof-
fee-table art and photography
books, reference books, science
and health, cook books, classic
and contemporary fiction and
much more.
Each year, these books are
presented at a public program
and made available for check-
out on that day. In addition,
many of the books are promi-
nently displayed in the library
for some weeks after the pres-
entation.
This program is free and
open to the general public.
For more information, con-
tact the library at 541-997-3132.
Florence, Oregon
Us TOO Florence
Prostate Cancer Education/Support
on the Oregon Coast
www.ustoofl orence.org
BOB HORNEY,
CHAPTER LEADER/FACILITATOR
Us TOO Florence has two monthly meetings for your convenience:
• Tuesday Evening Group (2nd Tuesday)
5-7 p.m. - Presbyterian Church of the Siuslaw
Urologist Dr. Bryan Mehlhaff attends.
rd
• Tuesday Lunch Group (3 Tuesday)
12 noon – 1:00 p.m. – Ichiban
Urologist Dr. Roger McKimmy attends.
Contact Bob for more information:
(H) 541-997-6626 (C) 541-999-4239
maribob@oregonfast.net
• Check out our Personal Prostate Cancer Journeys,
slideshows and other information on our website.
• A prostate cancer diagnosis is not needed to attend.
• Spouses/family members are encouraged to attend.
• Bring questions/records - get answers
• Someone to talk to - who understands.
www.ustoofl orence.org
MEN...
GET IT CHECKED!
(Refer to the checklist on this side.)
The Men’s Health Network provides this mainte-
nance schedule for men as a reminder of your
need to take responsibility for safeguarding your
health. Regular checkups and age-appropriate
screenings CAN improve your health and reduce
premature death and disability. You should consult
your health care provider about the benefits of ear-
lier screenings, especially if you are a member of a
high risk group or have a family history of disease.
PHYSICAL EXAM: Review overall Every 3 years
health status, perform a thorough Every 2 years
physical exam and discuss health Every year
related topics.
BLOOD PRESSURE: High blood
pressure (Hypertension) has no
symptoms, but can cause perma-
nent damage to body organs.
Every year
TB SKIN TEST: Should be done
on occasion of exposure or sug-
gestive symptoms at direction of
Every 5 years
physician. Some occupations may
require more frequent testing for
public health indications.
BLOOD TESTS & URINALYSIS:
Screens for various illnesses and
diseases (such as cholesterol,
diabetes, kidney or thyroid dys-
function) before symptoms occur.
EKG: Electrocardiogram screens
for heart abnormalities.
Every 3 years
RECTAL EXAM: Screens for
hemorrhoids, lower rectal prob-
lems, colon and prostate cancer.
✓
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Every year
Baseline
Every 4 years
Every 10 years
Every year
PSA BLOOD TEST: Prostate
Specific Antigen is produced by
the prostate. Levels rise when
there is an abnormality such as Every year
an infection, enlargement or can-
cer. Testing should be done in col-
laboration with your physician.
50 +
40-49
✓
Every 2 years
Every 3 years
TETANUS BOOSTER: Prevents
lockjaw.
20-39
WHEN?
AGES
CHECKUPS AND SCREENINGS
Age 30
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HEMOCCULT: Screens the stool for
microscopic amounts of blood that Every year
can be the first indication of
polyps or colon cancer.
✓ ✓
COLORECTAL HEALTH: A flexible
scope examines the rectum, sig-
moid and descending colon for
cancer at its earliest and treatable Every 3-4 years
stages. It also detects polyps, which
are benign growths that can pro-
gress to cancer if not found early.
✓
CHEST X-RAY: Should be consid-
ered in smokers over the age of
Discuss with
45. The usefulness of this test on a a physician
yearly basis is debatable due to
poor cure rates of lung cancer.
SELF-EXAMS: Testicle: To find lumps
in their earliest stages. Skin: To look
for signs of changing moles, freck-
Monthly
les, or early skin cancer. Oral: To by self
look for signs of cancerous lesions
in the mouth. Breast: To find abnor-
mal lumps in their earliest stages.
✓ ✓
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BONE HEALTH: Bone mineral den-
Discuss with
sity test. Testing is best done under a physician
the supervision of your physician.
Age 60
TESTOSTERONE SCREENING:
Low testosterone symptoms
include low sex drive, erectile dys- Discuss with
a physician
function, fatigue and depression.
Initial screening for symptoms with
a questionnaire followed by a
simple blood test.
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
(STDs): Sexually active adults who Under
consider themselves at risk for STDs physician
supervision
should be screened for syphilis,
chlamydia and other STDs.
*African-American men and men with a family history of prostate cancer may wish to begin prostate screening at age 40, or earlier.
50 +
WHEN?
40-49
CHECKUPS AND SCREENINGS
MEN’S HEALTH CHECKLIST
AGES
20-39
HEALTH FACTS
FROM THE CDC:
Men die at signifi cantly
higher rates than women
from the top 10 causes of
death, plus, men are the
victims in over 92% of
all workplace deaths.
In 1920, women lived, on
average, one year longer
than men. Now, men, on
average, die almost six
years earlier than women.
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Discuss