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Show n SECTION SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2009 EDITOR Elyssa Andrus I (801) eandfusOheraldexua.com 344-255- 0 7 j USHER CHRIS Look Good Feel Better survivor Nancy Lumb. Cancer For cancer PHELAN beauty isn't skin deep Dalmatians Musical," waits for instructions during a rehearsal at a training facility in St. Cloud, Fla., on Aug. 24. f Samantha Critchell THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dogs go from shelter to show biz in 'Dalmatians' musical tour mi ii ii I Pi YORK Lipstick, moisturizer and a wig can't cure cancer. But beauty and beauty products can help heal wounded which often takes a big hit as patients undergo cancer treatment. Experts say hair loss, skin discoloration and skin dryness can undermine an already physically difficult and emotionally draining NEW h self-estee- Samantha Critchell IL THE ASSOCIATED er change WhO yOU die, JU5I. What VOU . ... . lOOK like. Marybeth Maida author, cancer survivor caused by treatment can be one of the lowest points of the process. VonGerichten saysthemin-- , ute she took charge and regained her beauty routine, her spirits im-proved. while she hopes never to put on her wig again, she says she'll also never go back to the very long hair that she had before chemotherapy began last March. Her hair is now "a really short version of the Jamie Lee Curtis cut." VonGerichten is one of 650,000 female cancer patients in this country to participate in the Look Good, Feel Better campaign, sponsored by the Personal Care Products Council Foundation. Free to any cancer patient, the program offers tips from 14,000 makeup and hair professionals from across the country on all things cosmetic: Topics include how to style a wig, tie a head scarf, fake eyebrows and even out discolored skin. The beauty industry has long been aligned with breast-canccharities, but this isn't about research to find a cure; it's about quality of life, explains executive director Louanne Roark. It's also a program, but industry leaders like Estee Lauder and Avon eagerly participate and have donated $10 million worth of product over the years. d Most women participate through workshops at 2,500 hospitals, cancer centers, American Cancer Society offices or other community facilities per year. There are self-hel- p videos, workbooks and a Web site for those who don't feel comfortable in a group setting or can't get to one of the classes. "The goal is we send everyone See CANCER, E6 PRESS NEW YORK There are no divas among the cast of "The 101 Dalmatians Musical," but plenty of stars. Take Rascal, the puppy with a broken leg who was rescued from the side of a road. A late addition to the cast of more than a dozen dogs most ff process. "Some days I didn't want anyone to see me or even have my husband look at me," says Michele VonGerichten, a breast-cancsurvivor. "When you are waiting for your hair to grow, you spend a lot of time looking into the mirror, just waiting for a sign that you're going back to normal." In interviews, survivors and counselors both say the moment a person doesn't recognize herself in the mirror because of physi-o doesn't Press Sleeping like a dog: Rascal, one of the many dogs set to star in the national tour of "The 101 patients, Lnemo M. EBENHACKAssociated from shelters Rascal has become "the charmer of the bunch," said animal trainer Joel Slaven. "I thought, 'Just what I need a puppy with a broken leg.' But he was my guy," Slaven said. "He goes out with the big dogs and he watches them. He's learning from them and he's like, 'I can do this. This is what I was meant to be."' The shelter-dostars of "The 101 Dalmatians Musical" got a second chance with a new home on a Florida ranch, a rock star-styd tour bus, roles in a stage show, and, in all likelihood, a place in the audience's heart. It's hard not to fall in love with these dogs any dogs, actually on stage, said lead producer Lee Marshall, whose track record includes shows with David Copperfield, Janet Jackson and Britney Spears, and Broadway's "Jekyll & Hyde." But dogs are almost universally accompanied by humans and taking cues from them, which he said can take away a little magic. For this show, which embarks on a national tour this month starting in Minneapolis, the e finale is all dogs performing what is essentially a act to a tune by composer Dennis DeYoung of ," Styx fame. "It's just jawdropping," Marshall said. "This is a choreographed number they do all by themselves." (It should be noted that in the bulk of the show, though, the Dalmatians are actually portrayed by actors, a la "Cats.") Slaven started looking for Dalmatians back in January using a network of shelters and rescue groups, who were, he said, hesitant at first to be his partners. n After the Disney "101 Dalmatians" came out in 1996 and its sequel in 2000, there was a rush on the spotted dogs as family pets a role this breed is not necessarily suited for, Slaven explains. That meant a flooding of shelters a few years later, and canine rescuers weren't eager for that to happen again, he said. "The toughest thing I've ever done is finding the dogs," he said. "When the movies came out, they were overbred and that made the breed, which already has g 'Shattered Silence' author tells tale of life as daughter ofa serial killer le top-bille- ' i.tf , Cody Clark DAILY W Jl HERALD Melissa ntil recently, Moore of Spokane, Wash., had lived her entire adult life with only a handful of people knowing about her relationship to Keith Jesperson, a convicted killer serving three consecutive life sentences at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Ore. Moore is Jesper-son'-s daughter, the eldest of his three children. As a child, Moore had unsettling glimpses of her father's deeply disturbed psyche, but didn't begin to find out the truth about his life until she was in high school. After her father, many years divorced from Moore's mother, was ar rested in connection with the grisly death of his fiancee, an aunt took Moore to visit him in jail. "He said to change my name," she said, "and that he would not be seeing us for a long time." With the September publication of her new memoir, "Shattered Silence," Moore's disquieting secret is literally an open book. She's talked about her childhood with Oprah and Dr. Phil, and toured bookstores in Utah last weekend. ' Editor Heidi Doxey said that Moore's attention-grabbinconfessional is one of the most widely publicized releases ever to go to publisher Cedar print from Springville-baseFort. And "Shattered Silence" has another tie for many local readers: One thing that's helped Moore to stop feeling guilt over her father's crimes is her religious beliefs. In 2002, Moore became a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints and g d y was particularly affected by the fundament tal LDS belief in agency, the idea that people choose their own actions. Her father, she three-minut- y JAMES ROHDaily Herald Melissa Moore poses for a portrait outside If you read I What: 'Shattered Silence: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer's Daughter' I Authors: Melissa Moore and M, Bridget Cook I I I I I Length: 250 pages Cost: $16.99 On the Web: www.shatteredsilencebook. corn, mellssagmoore.blogspot.com SHATTERED, E5 , live-actio- ' black-and-whi- Publisher: Cedar Fort (Springville)' Publication date: Sept. 8, 2009 : See of Barnes and Nobel where she was signing books in Orem on Oct. 3. Moore has written a book about her childhood as the unwitting daughter of a serial killer. . See DALMATIANS, :'" E5 |