Weekly Kiwanis News 2/20

Posted by Tim Buenz

on Feb 20, 2013

There were 35 members present today with Les Reinhart visiting from the Aktion Club. President Christensen called the meeting to order and was presented with a extra large gavel by Dan B. just in case he misplaces the one stored in the podium again! Hollie R. reported on the Aktion Club meeting from last Monday. They are busy planning for Relay for Life. They also held their Valentine Party last Monday with lots of food! Bill R. reported that the Kiwanis Live Healthy team finished in 7th place this week. The top performer from our team was Bob Allen who received a Subway gift certificate. Pat M. reported on the Teen Maze volunteer sign-up and planning that is taking place.You can sign up here to work with the Teen Maze event on April 2, 2013.

Linda Spearman had the program today. She introduced our own Dr. Dave Jaskey who spoke about Ovarian Cancer Screening. Some screening tests are used because they have been shown to be helpful both in finding cancers early and in decreasing the chance of dying from these cancers. Other tests are used because they have been shown to find cancer in some people; however, it has not been proven in clinical trials that use of these tests will decrease the risk of dying from cancer. There is no standard or routine screening test for ovarian cancer.

Estimated new cases and deaths from ovarian cancer in the United States in 2013:

New cases: 22,240
Deaths: 14,030

Dr. Jaskey shared the Hereditary Cancer Quiz website as a way to determine your risk of ovarian cancer. Thanks to Linda and Dr. Dave for a very informative program.