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New Ride!

Welcome Home

Petey has taken on so many roles in his nutty life! Bringing awareness to Prostate Cancer is so important to all of us involved!

Many Thanks

They will be blank inside note cards so that you can add your personal message! Soon they will be available in Petey's Cafepress Shop

Where???

Where in the world is Petey? For such a little nut he sure does get around. He is not afraid to try anything in life!

Living life to the fullest for Prostate Cancer Awareness!

The Ohio Statehouse

This morning we had a meeting with Representative Bischoff to talk about Prostate Cancer. After the meeting we stopped at the Statehouse and Petey wanted to have his picture taken with this memorial. He supports our Military as we are a Retired Military family.

Newest adventure

Flying high on my new hot airballoon!

Fitness Petey

The Arnold Sports Festival will be coming to Columbus February 28. Petey is building his muscles.
I was hoping to have Arnold sign it for me but it isn't not going to happen. :0-(

Somu Petey

Gus Williams and Petey

Gus Williams

A high scoring and electrifying guard, was USC basketballs own version of "the Wizard". He earned All American 1st team, All Pac -8 first team and USC mvp honors in 1975. He also since broken records for assists in a career season. He still ranks in the USC all time top 5 assists and top 15 in scoring. He then continued his wizardry for the Seattle Super Sonics.The prime years of his 11 season career were spent in Seattle. He was twice selected to the NBA All Star game and was an ALL-NBA First team (1982) and all NBA second team (1980) selection. He led the Sonics to the 1979 championship while averaging team high 28.6 points per game in the finals. In 2004 Williams #1 jersey was retired by the Sonics.

Currently Gus is an entrepreneur building his relationships in different facets in the corporate world. From commodities to real estate, he is constantly matching up the perfect investment with the ideal investor. In addition Gus is involved with two of his favorite charities, the Boys and Girls Club of America and Champions for Families which provides mentoring for children and families victimized by domestic or substance abuse.

Love the Game

Noon News

WSYX 6 Columbus Noon News

This morning I posted this scene to the News Channels Facebook page! I was so excited to see this end up on the Noon News! 

WSYX 6 Facebook page

I shared this Petey scene with them and they posted it to both stations Facebook pages. Here in Ohio we had temperatures below zero! 

Way to cold for me!!!

This is the caption that was posted with the picture on Facebook:

The cold weather is inspiring great works of art in central Ohio! Thanks for the pic  Linda Dickey Hoetger

Rock climbing anyone?

Petey's January adventure!

Ohio - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION S. C. R. 33

As Reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Aging Committee 129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012 S. C. R. No. 33 Senator Burke Cosponsors: Senators Turner, Brown, Balderson, Peterson A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION To memorialize the Congress of the United States to seek the withdrawal of the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendation against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer for men in all age groups. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO (THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING): WHEREAS, The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is an independent panel of nonfederal experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that is composed of primary care physicians; and WHEREAS, The USPSTF members are appointed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services to conduct scientific evidence reviews of a broad range of clinical health care preventive services and develop recommendations for primary care clinicians and health systems; and WHEREAS, The USPSTF acknowledges that prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed nonskin cancer in men in the United States, with one in six American men being diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime; and WHEREAS, Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in the United States; and WHEREAS, The American Cancer Society estimates that approximately 241,740 men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 28,170 men will die from the disease in 2012; and WHEREAS, In Ohio alone, there are approximately 7,961 newly diagnosed cases of prostate cancer and 1,232 deaths from the disease on an annual basis; and WHEREAS, In 2008, the USPSTF recommended against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer for men ages 75 and older; and WHEREAS, In October 2011, the USPSTF issued a new recommendation against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer for men in all age groups, because it concluded that there is moderate or high certainty that the service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh the benefits; and WHEREAS, The USPSTF states that the October 2011 recommendation applies to men in the United States who do not have symptoms of prostate cancer, even though by the time a man experiences symptoms of prostate cancer, the cancer is generally too advanced to cure; and WHEREAS, The USPSTF states that its new recommendation against screening applies regardless of race, even though the USPSTF acknowledges that African-American men have a substantially higher prostate cancer incidence rate than Caucasian men and more than twice the prostate cancer mortality rate of Caucasian men; and WHEREAS, The USPSTF issued this recent recommendation without having a urologist or oncologist, two types of physicians who specialize in diagnosing and treating patients with prostate cancer, on the task force; and WHEREAS, The USPSTF's 2011 recommendation regarding prostate cancer screening follows its recommendation in November 2009 against routine mammograms for women ages 40 to 49 and against teaching women to do breast self-examinations, which Congress rejected after public outcry; and WHEREAS, The most recently updated study, the Goteborg Randomized Population-based Prostate Cancer Screening Trial, found that with screening, deaths from prostate cancer dropped 44 per cent over a 14-year period, compared with men who did not undergo screening, and that prostate cancer screening efficiency was similar to other cancers; and WHEREAS, The USPSTF recommendation against screening puts into harm's way men who are most at risk: the underinsured, those who live in areas where health care is not readily available, those who have a family history of prostate cancer, and African-American men, who have a higher incidence of and higher mortality rate from prostate cancer than Caucasian men; therefore be it RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 129th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, respectfully memorialize the Congress of the United States to seek the withdrawal of the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendation against prostate-specific antigen-based screening for prostate cancer for men in all age groups; and be it further RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to each member of the Ohio Congressional delegation.

Petey's New Gig!

The drums plays sounds.

Petey's visit to Chicago!

http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/millennium_park.html

December 7, 2012 in Chicago, IL

Us TOO’s journey with Linda and Ray Hoetger stated back in the fall of 2009. Linda called the Us TOO home office after first hearing about Ray’s diagnosis of prostate cancer. Many of you in the room know the feeling’s that Linda was experiencing. She did not know what to do or where to turn. She searched the internet and found the Us TOO Support Group in Lancaster Ohio. They attended their first meeting in August of 2009. “What really attracted me to the group was that wives and partners were invited, shares Linda. That night I felt like I was not alone. Others knew how I was feeling. Being part of Us TOO has been a blessing in our journey with prostate cancer. Being involved with the group and with others who understood what Ray and I were going through has been life- changing!”

After Ray had his surgery Linda found that using a favorite hobby she already had helped her through some of the most stressful times of Ray’s journey with prostate cancer.“I started making scrapbooks many years ago as a creative hobby and have found it is my stress relief. When we found out that Ray had prostate cancer I wanted a way to share what has been happening to us in a personal way.

Linda with her very creative imagination came up with a little character named PSA Petey the Prostate She  found out that the prostate is the size of a walnut, so she created Petey and started giving him some personality! Through Petey and his journeys, she came up with a way to promote awareness about prostate cancer and the importance of PSA levels for men. It was also a way to help deal with her own stress that came along with having a partner with prostate cancer.

Linda also started a Facebook page called “Prostate Cancer Survivors Caregivers and Friend’s United”.  The page provides a place where companions and family members  can find information that will help them through their journey with prostate cancer through the eyes of a caregiver.  They can find comfort, share stories, get educated, and most of all knowing that they are not alone. Linda keeps the page updated frequently sharing all the latest news on prostate cancer.

Bill Stevens, leader of the Us TOO Lancaster Ohio Chapter, along with all of their membership, unanimously supported the nomination of Linda for the Kaps Award.  “Linda has been extremely dedicated and active in support of prostate cancer awareness, both locally with our group, and nationally with Us TOO and Zero, shares Bill. She has attended several conferences, health fairs, and organized her first fundraising event called “Pasta for Prostates” this year. Linda is a multi-talented woman with a driving passion to fight the prostate cancer that has so affected their lives.

Linda has accomplished all these things while challenged by her own medical ailments. Her actions not only reflect a very kind and charitable heart, but also prominently emphasize that prostate cancer is a couple’s disease and the need for women to be proactive.   Sometime this evening be sure to ask Linda to share her story about her “Spill on Capitol Hill!"

Doreen Fast, one of the members of the Us TOO Lancaster support, shares that she and her husband Richard in the strongest and most loving way, support Linda for the Edward C. Kaps Hope Award. “Linda is and has been a beacon of hope for me and my family at a time of our darkest fears and time of need, shares Doreen. As with so many, the day you receive the news you have cancer is a time when we have a need for hope and friends who can hold your hand and guide your steps through many uncertain times. Linda has been a very important beacon of hope. A beacon does not use many words,  but it shines a light so bright a lost ship can find its way home. Linda has been so supportive with her acts of kindness, love and generosity. Linda expresses her hope for all of us through her love and actions. I am one of the lost ships in the night that Linda's beacon of Hope has guided home. 

hummm.

a new year is coming up for Petey and wondering what kind of adventures he will take.
Any ideas for adventures?

Petey heading to Chicago

On Friday we are off to Chicago for an award ceremony. I am getting The Edward C Kaps Award. I was nominated by many of Us TOO support group friends the letters that they wrote brought tears to my eyes.

Washington, DC

On September 10-13 we went to Washington, DC for ZERO The Summit to End Prostate Cancer. One of the nights Ray, I and Petey attended The Congressional Reception and as you can see he had to play Senator for a photo! 

The last day we had meeting with the Senators from Ohio and our first meeting was at 8:30 am with Senator Brown but at around 8:15 am I took a spill on Capitol Hill and felt a pop in my leg. I figured it was broken but it did not stop me to get to the meetings with the Senators. The Capitol Hill Officers wanted to know if I wanted to go to the ER or First Aid but I said no! I am going to these meetings some way! So they call for a wheelchair and get me to the door before the meeting. I told them that I will go after the meetings..maybe.

We attended the first meeting and then Ray took me to The Capitol Hill First Aid, the nurse wrapped up my leg and also suggested the ER. Again we still have two meetings with Senators in the afternoon and I am going to them no matter what. After the meetings I wanted to do some sightseeing in Washington since I had never been there before. But with my leg there was no walking and the pain was starting to set in more. So we started back home to Columbus, Ohio!

We drove through the night and made it back to Columbus around 2:00 am slept until around noon and then went to the ER. They laughed when I told them how it happened it is funny how I say it! After about an hour in the Er and X-rays it was confirmed my leg is broken! They called me a trooper for still continuing on to the meetings with a broken leg. But it is like I told them Prostate Cancer Awareness is very important to me as my husband has it!

Movember

New Look

Petey was also bring awareness to Movember!