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Tomosynthesis machine will aid cancer detection
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other individual donors, foun-
dation board director Kimber-
ly Ward said.
Before now, people would
be required to go to Portland
for services of this caliber.
This is the fi rst and only tomo-
synthesis on the North Coast,
CEO Kendall Sawa said.
According to Sawa, tomo
has a 41 percent increase in
the detection of invasive breast
cancers, as well as a 15 percent
less chance of having to have a
repeat follow up mammogram
done, which saves money,
time and a patient’s heartache.
“To be able to provide this
quality of care to the commu-
nity is amazing,” Sawa said.
Each year the foundation
chooses projects based on
community need, Ward said.
Part of the reason why this ma-
chine was chosen was because
of the cancer’s prevalence in
the community.
“It’s very rare that some-
one you know hasn’t had their
life touched by cancer in some
way,” Ward said.
Laura Freedman, a fellow
foundation board member, said
the community that came to-
gether to fundraise is about as
amazing as the machine itself.
“It was such an eye-open-
ABOVE: Diagnostics and im-
aging department manager
Tim Hardin cuts the ribbon
at the unveiling of Provi-
dence Seaside Hospital’s
unveiling of the state of the
art mammography machine.
RIGHT: Pink bracelets, bags
and more were given out to
celebrate the tomosynthe-
sis, a mammography tool
that provides a clear view of
breast tissue at an event at
Providence Seaside Hospital.
BRENNA VISSER/SEASIDE SIGNAL
Maryann Smith and her daughter Gwendalin Smith wait with April McCullen to see the new
mammography machine. Both Smith and McCullen work for Providence Seaside Hospital.
BRENNA VISSER/SEASIDE SIGNAL
ing experience to see how such
a small community can ac-
complish such a large thing,”
Freedman said. “People are
very generous here.”
For the professionals on the
ground, that generosity will
serve to make their job that
much easier and rewarding.
Diagnostics and imaging
department manager Tim Har-
din had the honor of cutting
the pink satin ribbon, cramped
by the large crowd of excited
spectators all making it work
Council denies neighbor’s appeal
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The proposed resort at 341
South Prom, the Calefs wrote
in their appeal, “will dwarf
our house, invade our privacy
by placing hotel balconies feet
from our upstairs bedroom and
generally diminish the value of
our property.”
Neighbor Avrel Nudelman,
one of those to appeal the set-
back variance, withdrew his
formal challenge but added a
letter of support for the Calefs
in their bid to challenge the
building height.
Late Friday, Planner Cup-
ples received a memorandum
on behalf of the Calefs’ ap-
peal from Sean Malone, a Eu-
gene-based land use attorney.
The document was not pro-
vided to city councilors, city
staff and Simmons until Mon-
day.
“There is no evidence in the
record that a hotel that can sat-
isfy the height standards would
not fi t within the context of the
location,” Malone wrote. “Ex-
ceptional and extraordinary cir-
cumstances do not exist.”
According to Malone, the
city’s fi ndings do not demon-
strate the variance is consistent
with the ordinance or com-
prehensive plan and “do not
demonstrate that (the) variance
will not be injurious to the
neighborhood.”
The applicant’s proposed
hotel is “really what creates
the necessity for the variance,”
Dan Calef added in testimony
before councilors.
The late submission failed
to sway the council.
‘Need to resolve it’
“I haven’t read any of it,”
City Attorney Dan Van Thiel
said. “One thing is clear is that
this matter has been before this
city for a year and a half. … But
I can tell you the city has spent
a lot of time looking at the very
issues that are the subject of the
whole controversy.”
Van Thiel said he believed
in “fi nality” and letting “people
get on with their own lives.”
Duplex
owner
Dan Calef
Pearl owner
Antoine
Simmons
“I think we need to resolve
it, at least at this stage,” Van
Thiel said.
No matter the outcome, the
question can be appealed to the
state Land Use Board of Ap-
peals .
Councilors unanimously
rejected the Calefs’ request,
showing support for the Plan-
ning Commission’s recommen-
dation and citing the option of a
state appeal.
“I agree with the (city) attor-
ney,” Councilor Dana Phillips
said. “If they want to appeal
the decision, they can go to
LUBA.”
“I’ve been torn about this
the whole time, but if we deny
the appeal, they still have some
place to go,” Councilor Tita
Montero said.
“I see it as part of living in a
beach town,” Mayor Jay Barber
said. “This is an old residence
that has been there from way
back and it is in a resort zone.
Eventually the time is going
to come when it is going to be
impacted in a negative way for
the people who have lived there
and owned it for years. I do feel
badly about that.”
Councilors Seth Morrisey
and Randy Frank joined Bar-
ber, Montero and Phillips in
voting to deny the appeal.
“We’re excited to hit the
ground running and know we
can move forward with the
project,” Simmons said after
the meeting. “We’ve got a lot of
work in front of us still.”
Work is not expected to start
until fall and could be delayed
by legal appeals, Simmons add-
ed.
“We will be exploring the
LUBA option,” Dan Calef said
after the meeting. “That will
probably be our next step.”
powered by
in a small observing room.
For him, it comes down to
the patients.
“This machine has the po-
tential to pick up cancers so
much earlier,” Hardin said.
“We’re all here for the pa-
tients. Our goal is always to
be able to provide optimum
care.”
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