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PET OF THE WEEK Max is pet of the week at your Rancho Coastal Humane Society. He’s an 8-year-old, 20-pound, Dilute, medium hair, Tabby cat. “Dilute” means that Max is blue and cream colored. He’s a big, friendly cat. His was surrendered him to Rancho Coastal Humane Society when a family member developed allergies. He likes adults, older kids, and other animals. The $100 adoption fee includes medical exam, up-to-date vacci-
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nations, neuter and microchip. To adopt or sponsor a pet until its new family takes it home, call (760) 753-6413, log on to SDpets.org or visit Rancho Coastal Humane Society at 389 Requeza St., Encinitas. Kennels and cattery are open Wednesday through Monday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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CARLSBAD — Carlsbad’s Cultural Arts Office invites applications for its annual Community Arts Grants program. Funds totaling $50,000 will be awarded in matching grants for cultural projects occurring in the city of Carlsbad in the year 2016. The grant application deadline is Oct. 30. Applicants will receive notification of awarded grants by December. A Community Arts Grants application workshop will be held to assist potential applicants in creating successful proposals; firsttime applicants are strongly urged to attend. The workshop will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 21, in the Gowland Meeting Room at the Carlsbad City Library, 1775 Dove Lane. Applications and guidelines, as well as listings of previous grant recipients, are available at carlsbadca.gov/ arts, at Carlsbad City Library and at the Carlsbad Arts Office, 2955 Elmwood Ave.
Applications are available online at carlsbadca. gov/arts or by request at (760) 434-2920. The grants, which must be matched by money from other sources, are awarded to nonprofit organizations, schools and school-related organizations for visual, media, literary and performing arts projects taking place in Carlsbad. Arts organizations located elsewhere in San Diego County are also eligible to apply but funded activities must take place in Carlsbad. Projects must fit one of two categories in the Community Arts Grants Funding Program, Arts Projects and Arts in Schools. Arts Projects fund requests by arts nonprofit organizations for specific project activities such as performances, exhibitions, residencies, workshops or lectures in all artistic disciplines that provide arts opportunities to people in Carlsbad.
The Encinitas Sheriff’s Senior Volunteer Patrol performs home vacation checks, assists with traffic control, enforces disabled parking regulations, patrols neighborhoods, schools, parks and shopping centers and visits homebound seniors who live alone for the communities of Encinitas, Solana Beach, Del Mar & 4S Ranch and the County unincorporated areas. Volunteers must be age 50 or older, in good health, pass a background check, have auto insurance and a valid California driver’s license. Training includes a two-week academy plus training patrols. The minimum commitment is 24 hours per month and attendance at a monthly meeting. Interested parties should call (760) 966-3579 to arrange an information meeting.
Homer Alton LaMotte, 83 Encinitas September 3, 2015
Sam Lavenuta, 90 Carlsbad August 28, 2015
Frank James King, 85 Carlsbad September 2, 2015
Joyce Holady, 75 Oceanside August 29, 2015
John Y.K. Chang, 76 Solana Beach September 1, 2015
Joseph Ambrose, 91 Vista August 29, 2015
Suzanne Jane Leimkehler, 78 Encinitas August 28, 2015
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at a complex disease Health Watch Brought to you by the staff & physicians of Scripps Hospital Prostate cancer is a serious concern for many men today. The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2015 there will be more than 220,000 new cases of prostate cancer in the United States, along with more than 27,000 deaths from the disease. The first response to being diagnosed may be to advocate for aggressive treatment, but that is not always advisable. Prostate cancer is a complex disease that exists on a broad spectrum. “Some cases of prostate cancer are highly aggressive and pose significant risk of death,” said Ramdev Konijeti, M.D., a urologic oncologist with Scripps Health. “But other cases are nonaggressive and carry relatively low risk. The key is to identify which patients have more aggressive cancer and would therefore benefit from more aggressive treatments.” PSA SCREENING Use of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer screening became widespread in the 1990s, but the tool is both clinically valuable and flawed. There are men who have high PSA numbers and no cancer, and others who, despite normal PSA results, still have the disease. But it’s the best initial screening test available. Because the PSA test has these shortcomings, the CROP medical community has developed a more nu.93 anced .93approach to its results,4.17 individualizing care for each patient. 4.28 numbers must be PSA
put into context with ethnicity, family history and other risk factors. In addition, one test may not tell the complete story.
A series of PSAs can show if the numbers are changing over time. When caring for patients with prostate cancer, the primary goal is to understand the aggressiveness of their particular cancer and design a treatment plan accordingly. This is critically important. Over-treating a patient with less aggressive disease can lead to severe side effects and poor quality of life. Too little treatment can contribute to failure to control the cancer and possibly raise the probability of loss of life. The long-term outlook is good. Diagnostics companies are developing new tests that read a tumor’s genome and provide clues about its aggressiveness. This emerging field is showing great promise, but more research needs to be done. A PPROACHES TO CARE Patients with a slow-moving form of prostate cancer often choose a strategy called “active surveillance.” With this approach, patients can be tracked through a series of PSA tests and biopsies. As a result, they don’t have to rush into surgery, radiation or hormone therapy. Active surveillance allows patients to avoid the life-altering consequences of aggressive treatment. But if the cancer changes course, clinicians still have a full arsenal of treatments available. There are a number of highly effective treatment options for prostate cancer patients today. Minimally invasive robotic surgery is an effective option in appropriately selected individuals. Techniques to deliver radiation to the prostate, such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy and proton therapy, offer the potential to more precisely deliver treatment to the affected organ while minimizing damage to surrounding structures. These approaches can reduce side effects and improve recovery times. Health Watch is brought to you by the physicians and staff of Scripps Health. For more information or for a physician referral, call toll-free at (855) 497-0866 or visit scripps.org/CNS.