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Plastic surgery oHers hope to breast cancer patients Actor thrives on theater of today young women care desperately about being obliged to live with only one breast, but I found that married women care as much, and single women care as much and older women care as much." "Perhaps," Mrs. Timothy continued, "breast reconstruction is almost more Important to an older woman. A mastectomy Is particularly hard on a woman who is already having trouble accepting the fact of growing older." surgery to give them a new breast, and they have many reasons for the desire, said Mrs. Timothy, who said she has not had plastic surgery. "Imagine, each one of you, that every single morning you must attach an extra thing to your body, a thing of considerable weight which you can't forget, ever, during the day because It must constantly be checked," Mrs.

Timothy said. "In my interviews with operated women, I found that that which deals with slices of life," Eiding explained. When asked if an improvisational theater, in the style of Dudley Riggs, would ever get off the ground in Wausau, Eiding was quick to respond, "It will work well if it's treated seriously as theater and if some skill is used." Part of the reason Elding is now away from Dudley Riggs is because he found improvisation "exhausting." "Ideawise, it is exhausting. You have to take time off to think up new ideas. At Dudley Riggs we were doing nine shows a week," he said.

The workshop employs five actors. Prior to coming to Wausau, Eiding worked with Sylvester Stallone in the soon to be released movie, "FIST," which was filmed in Iowa. His is a small part, he said modestly. But he said he valued the experience of working with director Norman Jewison, who is known for such hits as "In the Heat of the Night" and "Fiddler on the Roof," among others. "He's great.

He's done so much," he said. About Stallone, he said, "I felt sorry for him. He couldn't go anywhere because he's so recognizable. I think he really wants to go off alone and write." Even after Stallone and Jewison, he smiles and says he'll miss Wausau. classical music.

"The actors are the playwrights. Improvisational theater is theater of the moment because It happens right while you're doing it," explained Eiding. He said the WCT actors are creating their own dialogues for the sketches and through rehearsals, are refining and polishing this product. Therefore, it is a trained improvisation rather than a spontaneous improvisation which would be created in front of an audience. He feels the latter would require more than three weeks training.

"The sketches are scripted in the actors' minds," he said. "Improvisation requires that you get to know people. Actors have to relate to each other and pull things out of themselves they wouldn't necessarily do otherwise. The people in the cast are finding out about themselves. I've seen changes.

At first, everyone was uptight and nervous. Now they are freer. There's more trust. They care about each other," said Eiding. "I was a little leary about coming to Wausau.

But I've found the cast is conscientious and flexible. I'll miss everyone," he said. The group will perform light humorous sketches. "I enjoy doing funny stuff, the By BARBARA LUNDQUIST Family Living Editor If you think you've seen Paul Eiding's large brown eyes and Sancho Panza features before, you're probably right. He's been a regular visitor in many intimate American home scenes via television commercials.

With versatility, he sells Snowmobiles, Granola bars and department stores, to name a few commodities. With equal versatility, he directs, sings and acts in films and on stage. Eiding has been in Wausau for the past three weeks directing the Wausau Community Theater's Improvisational Workshop. The fruits of their labors will be seen at the Festival of Arts when the group will present improvisational revues in the Fine Arts Room of North Hall, University of Wisconsin Marathon Center. Performances will be given at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday and 12:30 and 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Eiding gained much of his improvisational skills while working at the Dudley Riggs Brave New Workshop, a well known Minneapolis based satirical playhouse. He's now on a leave of absence from that group. He feels improvisational acting is to more traditional acting as jazz is to Ann Landers Paul Eiding things we can laugh at because we see ourselves.

It will be funny and, hopefully, touching. Improvisation relates to what is happening today. I think the best theater is By ALTON BLAKESLEE AP Science Editor CHICAGO (AP) Women who have had breast cancer operations should not be stigmatized for wanting plastic surgery to give them a new breast rather than a prosthesis made of cloth or plastic, says an American Cancer Society official. "It seems grossly unfair that once she has lost her breast, there is a stigma attached to wanting to get it back," Fran-cine E. Timothy told the society's second national conference on human values and cancer on Wednesday.

"Whether a woman can have breast reconstruction is entirely up to the surgeon, but she should at least be allowed to want one without being judged," said Mrs. Timothy, who is director of the society's Reach to Recovery Program and who has had a breast removed. The agency is designed to help women who have had mastectomies, or surgical removal of the breast. "For some women, the hope of an eventual (breast) reconstruction is the one thing that makes them hold on to life which may already be complicated or depressing" because of a breast amputation, she told about 1,700 persons at the conference. "Any amputation is a terrible thing, but some amputations are more symbolic than others, and this particular one causes an internal turmoil that logical reasoning doesn't quiet," said Mrs.

Timothy. Many woman have no idea to whom they could ask questions about a reconstruction, and often don't ask at all out of timidity. It is the fear of being judged vain or frivolous that keeps some women from looking into the possibilities, she said. Artificial breasts, made of cloth and plastic, are worn by thousands of women who have lost a breast to cancer. Instead of prosthesis, many women wish to have plastic Expert warns against wrong exercises and knees, straighten your legs Daily Herald Friday, Sept.

9, 1977 Page 24 Family living ing physical education majors at the unviersity fo eight years. She also is a gold pro at a local course. "Kinesiology aims to determine the most correct and efficient movement in study programs and analyzes and observes errors of movements," she explained. Her husband, Gary, a 6-f oot-5 basketball coach, has had backaches that have been alleviated by her exercises, she said. Her two young daughters, Carrie, 10, and Angie, 5, are into the gymnast thing "just enough to enjoy competition.

The important thing may be that they have learned to do exercise movements correctly," she eight year period. Next time, before you tell anyone to blow it out their barracks bag, make sure you know what you're talking about. Dear Ann Landers: Your suggestion on how to handle men at work who paw, squeeze and grab was zero. You said, "Quick footwork, rapid removal of the hands off the bod and a well worded warning, accompanied by a warm smile, of course." I can tell you most males will not take any warning seriously if it's given with a warm smile. The only way to deliver the -message is with a set jaw and a clenched fist.

Ask any man. He'll tell you I'm right. -RED Dear Red: I've already heard from plenty of men and they all say you're right. So, girls, don't smile snarl. Dear Ann: I love flowers and plants and have cultivated a breathtakingly beautiful fern.

It is very large and frilly. Why do some people feel they must run their hands through a plant? It injures and breaks the fronds. A fern (or any other specimen of flora for that matter) does not like to be handled. May I add my own 11th Commandment? "Thou shalt not fondle thy neighbor's fern, nor her cat nor her dog, nor her husband, nor anything else that belongs to her." IRKED IN ILLINOIS Dear Irked: Here's your letter. Clip it and tack it up near your fern.

And lots of luck, honey. Dear Ann Landers: In a recent column someone complained about the state troopers In Connecticut and Massachusetts not being on the job. The person who wrote said he was traveling from Boston to Hartford, at 55 miles an hour and umpteen cars passed him. I can't answer for Connecticut, but I can tell you where the Massachusetts state troopers are. Since they have not received a raise in salary since 1969, they are probably out working an extra detail to pay for a home or their kid's education.

So, blow that out your barracks bag, Annabelle. ALSO DISGRUNTLED Dear Grunt: Sorry, Buster. I checked with Boston's able mayor, Kevin White, and double checked with that great governor of Connecticut, Ella Grasso. Their responses knocked your "facts" crank -sided. Mayor White reported that in Dec, 1973, the Massachusetts state troopers' base pay was increased to $10,327 with a maximum of $12,745 after six years of service.

At this moment arbitration is going on relevant to a future contract which will include another Increase. Hopefully by the time this letter appears In print, they will have received it. Ella Grasso reported that in 1969, the Connecticut state troopers earned $7,760 and they now earn $13,166. This means they have had seven raises in an Club news WAUSAU BPW Wausau Alderman Supervisor Mary McClain spoke on "The Status of Women in Employment" at the recent dinner meeting of the Wausau Business and Professional Women's Club held at the Wausau. Mrs.

McClain is chairman of the Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women this year. President Pearle Jessie reported on the BPW national convention and explained changes in by laws, and Jean Crego reported on the summer outing. Ms. Crego and Florence McCormick will lead social activities at Colonial Manor Sept. 27.

Elaine Vijil, Virginia Hackbarth and Bess Kiepke will assist at the Indian art exhibit at the University of Wisconsin Marathon Center, Wausau, this weekend. A membership meeting Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the Wausau Club will be the club's next event. Persons interested in joining the club may contact Ms.

Vijil at 675-6836. and try to bend down to touch your toes. Even if you do not make it all the way, it is a good exercise. Some exercises cause enormous back strain. Particularly bad is one where you lie on your back and attempt to lift both legs at the same time.

"The lower back is not capable of maintaining straight alignment. If you feel your lower back rising from the floor when you do a movement, you do not want the position, whatever it is," warns Mrs. Robarge. "Whenever you are lying with your abdominal region facing up, the lower back should stay on the floor. To make sure it does, raise your head and shoulders slightly off the floor.

Mrs. Robarge has been teach- By VIVIAN BROWN Associated Press Writer Exercise isn't all good. Even tennis can cause problems, if you aren't physically prepared to take it on. That advice comes from pretty, blonde Maurita Robarge, who teaches kinesiology or biomechanics a study of the mechanical principles of the human body a three-credit course at the University of Wis-consin-LaCrosse. People are into exercise indoors and outdoors and many are doing body movements that may cause more harm than good, she points out It is necessary to learn how to use our bodies correctly and efficiently to get the most out of sports and fitness programs.

"For example," she says, "a long line sit-up calls hip muscles into action and these muscles should not be strengthened because strengthening a muscle lends to shorten it." A lot of young people may do such an exercise as a challenge. A hip muscle that becomes too strong can cause posture changes that put undue stress on an individual's back. A little difference can make an exercise harmful. One symptom Births It's a date of shortened muscles is a shortened walking gait, she said. As for tennis, many people would be better off as spectators.

One must develop strength and flexibility of feet before plunging into such an active sport, "which could prove crippling." Walking and some foot exercises that can be done even while sitting should help, she points out. The 26 bones of a foot are held together mainly by ligaments, and there isn't much you can do to strengthen them. But curling your toes, not just the end joints, will aid in strengthening the whole foot, she says, and the feet should be developed before you try to develop body fitness. WAUSAU ROGGENBUCK, Robert and Kathleen, 5602 Glad Schofield, a daughter born Thursday at Wausau Hospital South. SEIDLER, Robert and Mary Ann, 436 Owen Mosinee Route 6, a son bom Thursday at Wausau Hospital South.

If you press down on the bottom of your shoe with your ties, your arch will rise and that in itself is a strengthening exercise, she explained. Wear proper shoes with a small heel, a supportive arch and a loose toe area. To flex your leg properly at the ankle joints, extend it and raise your foot up toward your leg, then point your toes downward. Even with a shoe on, it is a beneficial exercise, she says. Do it "until your foot feels archy," and then about five times more, suggests Mrs.

Robarge, who has developed a series of foot fitness exercises as a consultant on exercise and fitness to Scholl, makers of foot care products. Strengthening the front part of your lower legs and stretching the back muscles will prevent aches and pains of legs that have been subject to great stress. To increase the flexibility of the lower legs, calf muscles HOME Garden Club, Tuesday, 1:30 p.m., Mrs. William Rohlf, 616 Ruder Wausau. MILWAUKEE RAILROAD Women's Club, Tuesday, 1 p.m., VFW Clubhouse, 388 River Dr.

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Organizers ask that parents and other interested adults bring shovels, post-hole diggers and other tools to the playground, 101 N. Center Merrill. An "alligator" and an "airplane" will be constructed from large logs. Tire swings, a tunnel built of culvert sections and sandboxes will be installed. Since much of the material is being donated, cost to the PTO is expected to be under $200, accor-ding to Mrs.

Germaine Kramlinger, a member of the group. "It's just a matter of muscle-power," she said. "I think we can pull it off. We hope to be done by 3 p.m. Mrs.

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