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Kicks for a cause: Local Movie magic teen sells with Fremont sneakers for Bonsai Symphony charity bonanza Orchestra Page 14 Page 13 Page 15 Scan for our FREE App or Search App Store for TCVnews 510-494-1999 [email protected] www.tricityvoice.com October 17, 2017 Vol. 15 No. 42 SUBMITTED BY JACK BURGESS PHOTOS BY THOMAS HSU The giant pumpkins, silly pirates, “Chance Gang” cowboys, the Witch of Ardenwood and more will be haunting the woods at Ardenwood Historic Farm in Fremont for the 25th year. The “Haunted Railroad” takes your family on a fun, roundtrip ride through the haunted forest at Ardenwood. The train ride is “spooky,” not scary (nothing will jump out or otherwise frighten young children); the ride is designed especially for families with children under 12. You will see live actors playing the characters, with colorful Halloween inflatables and giant pumpkins in between scenes. continued on page 12 SUBMITTED BY EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PHOTOS BY JUREK ZARZYCKI Celebrate our cowboy and ranching heritage and join us for some good old-fashioned foot stompin’, hand clappin’ music in the grassy meadow at Sunol Regional Wilderness. History comes alive on Saturday, October 21 with old-timey games, activities, and guided walks throughout the day. Enjoy live music from The Polka Cowboys, pony rides and mini petting zoo, demonstrations, craft making, and so much more! continued on page 21 ARTICLE AND PHOTO BY VICTOR CARVELLAS In 1848, sisters Maggie and Kate Fox of upstate New York convinced their mother and a neighbor that a dead man was communicating with them by rapping on their bedroom wall. The event was just the beginning of their long career (with their oldest sister, Leah, a purported medium) demonstrating to believing audiences their ability to communicate with spirits. The Civil War with its immense casualties drove Americans to seek comfort in speaking again to departed loved ones, and by the 1920s spiritualism was at its height as those in mourning once again sought those who perished in the Great War and the Spanish Flu epidemic. The claims of a reality outside normal channels of perception, the “paranormal,” did not go unstudied. In 1881 Edmund Dawson Rogers founded the Society for Psychical research in England and an American version was founded just four years later. Those institutions approached extraordinary experience scientifically, but their work was not publicly well known. In the popular continued on page 6 INDEX Classified. 29 It’s a date . 23 Public Notices. 38 Arts & Entertainment . 23 Community Bulletin Board . 40 Kid Scoop . 18 Real Estate. 17 Contact Us . 33 Mind Twisters . 10 Sports . 30 Bookmobile Schedule . 25 Editorial/Opinion . 33 Obituary . 34 Subscribe . 35 Business . 8 Home & Garden . 15 Protective Services . 37 Page 2 WHAT’S HAPPENING’S TRI-CITY VOICE October 17, 2017 breast cancer but do so at much is positive, the patient is referred 2,141 men were diagnosed with lower rates than women. to a surgeon who will develop breast cancer. Of those, 41,211 Between annual exams, a treatment plan in consultation women and 465 men died from women should look for changes with an oncologist (cancer breast cancer. The disease is the to their breasts, Dr. Mansouri physician). most common cause of death says. These include feeling a Treatment can include from cancer among Hispanic lump or something unusual or radiation therapy, surgery, women and the second most “different” about your breast, chemotherapy, hormone therapy common cause of death among noticing a discharge from the and targeted therapy. Treatments white, black, Asian/Pacific nipple, seeing blood or a rash depend on the type of breast Islander, and American around the nipple, or puckering cancer, how advanced it is, and Indian/Alaska Native women. (dimpling) of the skin anywhere the patient’s wishes and tolerance The good news is, according on the breast. for treatments. to the CDC, the rates of breast While October is Breast Breast cancer occurs more If cancer is suspected either The Centers for Disease cancer deaths among women Cancer Awareness Month, it is often in older, postmenopausal have been declining for the past important to be aware of breast women but younger women through a mammogram or other Control and Prevention (CDC) exam, Dr. Mansouri works with estimated that in 2014, the most several years. The decline in cancer all year long, says also can develop breast cancer, death rates is credited to Dr. Jelriza Mansouri, Washington she explains. Men also develop a radiologist to learn more about recent year that statistics are the possible cancer. If the result available, 236,968 women and increased awareness which leads Township Medical Foundation to self-exams and more regular gynecologist and obstetrician. physical exams by physicians, Breast cancer is the most resulting in earlier detection and common cancer in women, earlier treatment. except for some types of skin Mammograms are cancer. “One in eight women recommended for all women be- will be diagnosed with breast ginning at the age of 40. However, cancer in their lifetime,” Dr. Mansouri says, earlier exams Dr. Mansouri explains. may be recommended for some “One of the most important younger women such as those actions women can take to with a history of breast cancer in combat breast cancer is to have their family or for women who an annual ‘well woman’ exam have particularly dense breasts which is a gynecological exam where a physical examination may that includes a breast exam,” not easily detect change. About she says. 5 to 10 percent of breast cancer “When you go for your cases are linked to inherited gene annual pelvic/Pap test exam, mutations and a woman’s risk of make sure you also have a breast breast cancer nearly doubles if exam,” she continues. “This is her mother, sister or daughter also one of the best ways to catch has been diagnosed. cancer while it’s in the early stages where it can be treated and continued on page 5 cured.” The exams normally are covered by health insurance. Mammograms and “well woman” exams are important aspects of breast cancer awareness InHealth broadcasts on Comcast Channel 78 in Fremont, Newark and Union City and online at www.inhealth.tv The full schedule of InHealth programs listed below can also be viewed in real time on the Washington Hospital website, www.whhs.com TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY 10/17/17 10/18/17 10/19/17 10/20/17 10/21/17 10/22/17 10/23/17 Learn the Latest 12:00 PM Diabetes Matters: Diabetes Matters: Sports Medicine 12:00 AM Gastroparesis Hypoglycemia Preventive Health Treatment Options Program: Exercise Learn More About Care Screening for for GERD & Injury 12:30 PM Kidney Disease Adults Palliative Care 12:30 AM Series: How Can (Late Start) Sports Medicine Kidney Transplants This Help Me? 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