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COMMUNITY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Community HEALTH BEAT
WHAT’S
HAPPENING
Quality Healthcare Close to Home
Contributed photo
A total of 41 participants enjoyed the 2018 Rally for the Cure
golf scramble, the ladies golfing in support of the cause and
releasing balloons in memory of loved ones.
170 Ford Road, John Day • 541-575-1311 • www.bluemountainhospital.org
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Best Prevention: Early Detection and Healthy Habits
The deadline for What’s Happening items is 5 p.m. Friday.
Call the Eagle, 541-575-0710, or email editor@bmeagle.
com. For meetings this week, see our list in the classifieds.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Awareness and prevention are the keys to
making a positive impact in decreasing the prevalence of breast cancer. Chances are you know
someone who has or has had breast cancer. According to the World Health Organization, breast
cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide, causing the death of hundreds of
thousands of women each year. One out of every eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer
in her lifetime. The National Cancer Institute estimates that breast cancer will claim over 41,000
lives during this year.
With early detection and the best evidence-based treatment, breast cancer has a high cure rate.
By the way, evidence-based practice does not recognize specialized diets as a cure for cancer.
Eating healthy foods may decrease your risk of cancer, but once you have cancer, diet has not been
demonstrated to change your outcome. There is no clinical evidence of an effective “natural” cancer
treatment.
While you cannot change some factors that increase your risk for breast cancer like gender, age and
genetics, there are some factors that you can control as preventive measures to lower your risk of
cancer. Healthy eating, exercise and healthy weight can decrease breast cancer risk. Avoidance of
smoking and alcohol can also decrease the risk of getting breast cancer. If you would like to learn
more, download a free booklet on risk factors from: https://www.breastcancer.org/risk/factors.
In order to improve outcomes and increase survival, early detection of breast cancer remains the
cornerstone for breast cancer prevention. Early detection includes breast awareness with monthly
self-breast exams, well woman exams with a provider and screening with mammography starting
from age 40 to 50, depending on your risk factors. Talk with your primary care provider about your
personal risk factors and screening recommendations. The National Breast Cancer Organization
has a free downloadable pamphlet outlining breast cancer signs and symptoms at: https://www.
nationalbreastcancer.org/breast-cancer-symptoms-and-signs.
Bottom line: awareness, early detection and screening are crucial actions that an individual can take
to decrease their risk and increase their odds of surviving breast cancer.
Even if you do everything that is recommended to decrease your risk (ideal weight, nutritious
eating, smoking avoidance and alcohol avoidance), it is still possible to get breast cancer, or any
cancer for that matter.
You may ask, “Then why bother decreasing risks if I can still get cancer?” Although there is nothing
you can do to absolutely prevent cancer, you can provide yourself the longest and best possible
quality of life one can live. This is an invaluable and meaningful gift, which only you can give to
yourself.
Saturday, October 19 at 5:30pm
Grant County Fairgrounds
Wednesday, Oct. 9
NEPA workshop
• 4-8 p.m., Harney County Community Center, Burns
This workshop is free and open to anyone interested in
learning more about the National Environmental Policy Act,
specifically writing substantive comments and the Bureau
of Land Management comment responses process. For more
information, contact Aaron Haselby at ahaselby@blm.gov
or 503-313-7570.
$30 each or 2 for $50. Steak Dinner, Door Prizes, Silent
Auction, Live Auction, Games, Costume Contest
To RSVP by phone or for more information: Jena Knowles
541-575-1311 Ext. 2213 • jknowles@bluemountainhospital.org
Resident of the Month
Gordon Sindt
Saturday, Oct. 5
Rally for the Cure golf scramble and auction
• 9 a.m., John Day Golf Course
Continental breakfast and registration begins at 9 a.m.,
followed by the tee off at 10 a.m. Dinner is at 4 p.m. and
will be a hamburger feed and auction. For golf and dinner,
the cost is $40, and dinner only is $5. Proceeds benefit the
Blue Mountain Healthcare Foundation. For more informa-
tion, call the club house at 541-575-0170 or Kimberly Ward
at 503-583-0362.
‘Think Like an Animal’ tracking course
• 10-11:30 a.m., Madden Brothers Performing Arts Cen-
ter, John Day
Joe Kreuzman, senior instructor at Coyote Trails Nature
Center, will teach a course on tracking, including a guided
hike to introduce the proper way to read signs of wild-
life, their travels and behavior and the implications of the
local, interconnected landscape. The course costs $20, but
ages 15-17 are free. For more information, contact Gene-
vieve Perdue at genevieve@bmlt.org or 541-620-5754.
To purchase tickets, visit universe.com/embed2/events/
think-like-an-animal-tickets-john-day-PJ6YQH.
Mad Hatters luncheon
• 11:30 a.m., Silver Spur, Mt. Vernon
All are welcome. For more information, call Gwynne at
916-212-2978.
CAMPFIRES & COCKTAILS
Blue Mountain
Care Center
Friday, Oct. 4
First Friday
• 6-9 p.m., downtown John Day
This month’s theme is “Pumpkin Hunt.” Count the num-
ber of pumpkins at each participating business, get the cor-
rect total and win the grand prize. Food and beverages will
be available for purchase at participating businesses. This
will be the last First Friday of the season. For more infor-
mation, visit the Downtown John Day First Fridays Face-
book page.
Tuesday, Oct. 8
Nora Healey, FNP
Strawberry Wilderness Community Clinic
October
Visiting
Specialists
Wednesday, Oct. 2
Chamber installation dinner
• 5 p.m., John Day Elks Lodge
The no-host social hour is from 5-6 p.m. with dinner at
6 p.m. On the menu is tri-tip or salmon dinner. New officers
will be installed shortly after dinner. Several guest speakers
will be presenting information about “The Future of Grant
County.” Everyone is welcome to attend. RSVP for dinner
choices and number of guests was required by Sept. 25. For
more information, call 541-575-0547 or email gcadmin@
gcoregonlive.com.
Bend Cardiology: Dr. McLellan - 10/2, 23
Baker Podiatrist: Dr. Rushton - 10/7, 28
Bend Ortho PA: Dr. Farris - 10/16
Bend Neurologist: Dr. Tien - 10/17
Bend Orthopedic: Dr. Lilley - 10/24
Bend Dermatologist: Dr. Wisco - 10/29
Wednesday-Friday, Oct. 9-11
Beginner photography class
• 4:30-6:30 p.m., Canyon City Community Hall
Students must bring their own camera, lenses and user
manuals. All skill levels and ages are welcome, and the cost
is $95 for all three sessions. For more information, visit
paintedskycenter.com or email paintedskycenter@gmail.
com.
Gordon Sindt was born on May 20, 1938 in Whitefish, Montana, to Lucille Motichka and Jack
Sindt. He has one brother and four sisters and they were raised in the Portland, Oregon area.
Gordon has never been married but has a lot a nieces and nephews. He worked for a graphic arts
place called ABDICKS and owned a bar called Dingheiser Tavern; after he sold that, he bought
another bar and then had to foreclose on Dingheiser so he went between the two bars until he
eventually sold them both.
He has traveled to Cairo, Egypt; England; Australia; and Scotland. He specifically went to
Castletown, Scotland to visit his grandmothers’ birthplace. He has been all over Turkey, Istanbul,
Ankara, Amasya and Sinop.
Gordon enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in Portland, Oregon and was sent to Sheppards Air Force
Base in Texas, then to Travis Air Force Base in San Francisco, California. He was then sent to
Diyarbakir, Turkey and from there to McCord Air Force Base in Washington; at which point he
was honorably discharged.
Gordon loves to take walks; he would walk from southeast Portland, Oregon across the river into
Washington Park. When he was younger, he had two bicycles – one was a Columbia with skin-
ny tires and the other was a Schwinn with wide tires. He rode all over Portland with his friends,
Mike and Rick. One time, they rode to Camas, Washington just to see what the smell was and
it was a paper mill. Another time, they all were riding their bikes down Mount Tabor and he
didn’t slow down for a hairpin corner like his friends did and crashed into the men and women’s
outhouses. He broke his bike and got hurt. Joe Kuhal gave him a ride home on his bike.
Gordon came to the Blue Mountain Care Center on January 5, 2018.
Thursday, Oct. 10
Free business class
• 3:30-5 p.m., Grant County ESD meeting room
A free class, “Cash Flow Management and Five C’s of
Credit,” will be offered by Eastern Oregon University Small
Business Development Center with director Greg Smith
instructing. Preregistration is required as space is limited.
There must be a minimum of five attendees for the class to
be held. For more information and to register, call 541-962-
1532 or email eousbdc@gmail.com.
Author presentation
• 5:30-7:30 p.m., Painted Sky Center for the Arts
Karen Spears Zacharias will lead a presentation on her
Appalachian series. This event is free, and all are welcome
to attend. For more information, visit paintedskycenter.com
or email paintedskycenter@gmail.com.
Friday-Saturday, Oct. 11-12
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Seneca fire station fundraiser
• 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Seneca City Hall
The city of Seneca is holding a community-donated yard
sale to raise funds for the new fire station in coordination
with National Fire Prevention Week.
