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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Page 3 Mm cDmmh mm irancc tarfi Thursday, October 19, 2006 snop Marc Haddock NORTH COUNTY STAFF Two Alpine School Board races have turned into no-contest no-contest affairs after some candidates can-didates failed to turn in their financial disclosure statements on time. Jennifer Webb of Eagle Mountain and Jay Haws of Highland have both been disqualified dis-qualified by the Utah County Elections Office for failing to turn in the required statements by the Sept. 15 deadline. Donna Barnes who is running run-ning for the District Al seat which covers most of Lehi and all of Saratoga Springs and Cedar Valley and Chrissy Hanneman who is running for the A2 seat which covers Alpine, Highland, Cedar Hills and a small part of northeastern northeast-ern Lehi will enter the Nov. AF hospital boasts best tools for cancer screening One of the best tools for diagnosing cancer is a PETCT scan and the only place to get one in Utah County is at American Amer-ican Fork Hospital. Both PET scanners and CT scanners have separately been providing diagnostic images to physicians for many years. PET scans, or positron emission emis-sion tomography scans, focus primarily on physiologic data while CT scans provide anatomical ana-tomical data. Combining the two scans enables physicians to make a significantly more specific and precise diagnosis. "This is the neatest thing since sliced bread as far as cancer imaging is concerned," said Daniel Rasband, MD, the radiologist who reads the PET CT images. Dr. Rasband is the only radiologist in the state to complete a fellowship with formal for-mal PETCT training, which he did at Duke University. During a PETCT scan, a patient pa-tient is injected with a radioactive radioac-tive glucose solution known as FDG (fluorodeoxyglucose). The FDG goes into metabolically active cells such as cancer cells and creates a "hot spot" on the resulting image. Because the PETCT image is so precise, physicians can tell how far a cancer has metastasized, metas-tasized, determine if a chemotherapy chemo-therapy regimen is working or identify the primary location of a cancer that previously had an unknown source. Pinpointing the exact location loca-tion of his cancer is how a PETCT scan helped Vic Hammond. Ham-mond. Doctors diagnosed the 80-year-old Pleasant Grove resident res-ident with esophageal cancer earlier this year and believed that it had also invaded his liver. However, the results of a PETCT scan showed no sign of cancer in Hammond's liver. "The reason we knew where to treat Mr. Hammond's cancer can-cer was the PETCT scan. We were able to precisely treat him with radiation and he has shown a complete response," said Jay dark, MD, one of Hammond's oncologists. A PETCT scanner is an open machine that can scan the entire body or just specified areas. A patient must not exercise ex-ercise for 12 hours prior to the test and then must remain calm and quiet for 60-90 minutes after the FDG injection. Lying still is a must to get a clear image and most scans can be completed within 25 to 30 minutes min-utes of actual imaging time. "Anything metabolically active ac-tive shows on a PETCT scan, so if a cancer patient has an infection of any kind, it will show. The patient history is a critical piece of this test," said Dr. Rasband. &ti::i runna UaCAtu Help promote literacy in our schools! Hm'shcw: I . Call flit Daily Herald at 375-5103 and tdl the customer service, representative when you will be away on vacation. 2. Request that your undelivered newspapers newspa-pers be donated to a local school 3 We will automatically slop delivery while you are away and resume delivery automatically auto-matically when you return borne. The undelivered papers go to local schools during the current or coming school year. 7 election unopposed. Webb had opposed Barnes, and Haws was running against Hanneman. Both Barnes and Hanneman are current board members running for re-election. Incumbent Incum-bent Jodee Sundberg is also running unopposed. The disqualifications mean only one seat on the school board will be contested for the Nov. 7 election the race between be-tween incumbent Keith Swain and Tim Osborn for District A3, which covers the Ameri wrcMr.Wi:is Xf Al r 69.99 A. Only at Macy's. Charter Club cashmere crewneck sweaters." Also inPetites where normally sold. Reg. $100. (Macy's card discount doesn' apply.) 25 OFF C. Echo super soft accessories: hats, mufflers, gloves. Reg. 526-S52. sale 19.50-S39. 1-e00-4$-MACYS nucys.com RKCWG POKES KRECT OffEWNG PHCES IN EFFECT DURING THt 90 DAYS BEFORE OR AFTER THIS SAU EVENT. BUT NOT NECESSARILY DURING THE FAST 30 DAYS. SAVINGS MAY NOT BE BASED ON ACTUAL SALES. 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Sandy Hoffman, Utah County Coun-ty elections officer, said Haws had told her he intended to withdraw from the race. "Jay Haws called back and verified that he had failed to meet the deadline and that he understood he would not appear ap-pear on the ballot," Hoffman said. And while Hoffman said she had not heard from Webb, Barnes said Webb told her she intended to drop out of the race. M, 0 JAwir: 25 0. Monet and Famous 1 i 27.99 j J Si: Sf , -, lm ' B. Only at Macy's. If -, iCt Ar' 7 Alfani fitted dress shirts. CFv 34 ' i ' Reg. 39.50-S45. f J v ' '" I i ii " ' ' ' 4 I A ' l v 1 r necklaces. Fashion Jewelry., Reg. $1 5-$75, Pouring shield. sale 11.25 CLEARANCE EXTRA 25 OFF apparel & accessories for the whole family, already marked down 50" (Macy's Card discount doesn't apply.) ivmacys UjOJa Is) hnrhfe Calls to Haws and Webb were not returned. Hoffman said this was the first year the Utah County Elections Office had handed out candidate information packets with information about critical deadlines. All of the candidates have a second deadline to file financial information infor-mation on Oct. 31. Barnes said the news that she was running unopposed was welcome. "I don't have to hammer signs and travel to all ends of piif $ftfi OFF SALE American Designer E. KitchenAid - 56.25. Bonus food grinder, 64.99 or juicer, 34.99 with purchase. (Macy's PLUS, LOOK FOR - j the earth to find people who are willing to put them on their lawns," she said. "That's a big job." She said Webb serves on the school district's community council. "That gives her a chance to have her concerns voiced," she said. "She just wants to have a voice." Hanneman said that the lack of an opponent will enable her to focus her attention on the school district's $230 million bond proposal. i l t3 r 299.99 BONUS' Artisan stand mixer. 325 warts. Ergonomic handle. 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