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We Care" (CS(IHlBl(i) ''wuminmm -m, 1 Vi- hi STOCK SPECIALS SEE OUR AD ON PAGE 10 Kf USTOMERS, LOWLST ma www.floBi fuutcarpet.coni Painful battle What disease can take from life PAGE N9 xn (qi nil a wu LJ JU VJ 11 LI i Daily desktop delivery. The Community UJcelfly To subscribe call 235-7323 or visit us "A Ml I at www.ee.calgaryherald.com rp I Editor: Claire Stirling 235-7564. Delivery inquiries: 291-0657 A Calgary Herald Publication May 26 to June 1, 2005 I Five I tqread the Heraldthis! I The new-look Stampeders open training camp This weekend iiiSports AN i Tim Fraser, Calgary Herald Catherine Simmons Niven, left, and Ly inie Wonfor have created a painting of wildf lowers in a field using the impressions of 35 women's breasts including their own. The painting will put up for auction to raise funds for the Alberta Cancer Foundation. Start your movie viewing off right with our reviews of The Longest Yard and Madagascar.

In Entertainment Friday The lowdown on the latest lawnmowers. Gardening on Friday All hands on deck: A perfect "outdoor room" begins with the right platform. Saturday's Life at Home Painters battle breast cancer ELISE STOLTE For Neighbours submitting to the artist's brush. But each bared a breast and created what organizers call a testament to their trust and determination. A group ofCalgary women created a painting made with impressions of their breasts to raise money for the fight against breast cancer.

"Bosoms or Bust" is a team of 35 women from southwest Calgary who are trying to raise $2,000 each to join the Weekend Walk for Breast Cancer in August The women created the image by painting a wildflower onto a breast from each woman and then pressing it against a scenic background, designing a landscape of wildflowers in a green meadow. The experience was quite difficult for many of the woman, said local artist Lyn-nie Wonfor, 51, who painted the background on the canvas and laid the paint for most of the flowers onto the women's skin. "You're trying to deal with a part of your body that is proposed the idea as a fundraiser. She invited all the women on the fundraising team to spend an evening creating the work but said initially many came without intending to physically join in. She led the way and used the space where her breast used to be to create one of the first flowers.

From there, the energy grew until women were phoning friends and drawing others in. See HOPE, Page N2 very private," she said, "but that's similar to an experience with cancer. "This is just another taste that brings them closer to what is actually happening." The invasion of privacy experienced by breast cancer patients is often a difficult part of the treatment, said Cathy Simmons-Niven, 47, who survived a full mastectomy almost five years ago. Simmons-Niven first created paintings and impressions with her breasts right before her surgery and then ome women stood quietly in line, then left to find another fortifying glass of wine before taking a new place at the back. Others were more eager, willingly Where to get it fresh: We round up Calgary and area's farmers markets for this seasoa In Real Life Taste, Sunday Designer Showcase Inspired decor from the pros PAGE N5 A Cereal, sermon feed soul t's early in the morning on a Thursday and the hustle and bustle of the down f) CITY'S SOUL 1 MARIO JTONEGUZZI For Neighbours The prayer breakfast meeting is in its 37th year bringing together like-minded individuals who are concerned about how their faith should squarely hit their day-to-day lives.

"It was started by a Norwegian immigrant in the U.S says Ivan Juul-Hansen, a co-chair of the prayer breakfast group. "He determined that business leaders needed to know about spirituality." See SOUL, Page N2 town core is beginning to set in motion the day ahead for Calgary's business community. In the concrete jungle, with its skyscrapers reaching for the sky, people hurry to their offices some have already been there for hours. But amidst the constant buzz of downtown life, a small group of individuals gather at the Bow Valley Club for their weekly visit to their Consumer Beat Seniors Corner Needlepoint Your Health Today Car Talk Recipe Box Classified PageN4 PageN4 PageN6 Page N8-9 Page Nil Page Nil Page N12-13 sanctuary a prayer breakfast meeting of business and community leaders where they share their thoughts about business and life, share a meal and share their prayers. Colleen De Neve, Calgary Herald Ivan Juul-Hansen enjoys listening to a colleague's presentation at a weekly prayer breakfast.

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