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Show IB THE GREEN SHEET Thursday, Septembers, 19 Mother Revives 'Lost Art Tats Lace For Bridal Gown by Olga Milius Green Sheet Suit Writer SUNNING,. . . Magna resident Vicki Christison catchas a few of tha last rays of summer to keep up bar tan. Tha sun'a ray, though, of certain types of cancer. Melanoma Is Growing Rapidly may ba tha causa - Sun Can Be Devastating can set the stage for malignant melanoma years later. But they Green Sheet Staff Writer have also found out how to detect these cancers early from the obvious MAGNA. According to statistics, melanoma is the nations changes in the appearance of moles malignant fastest growing cancer, and health and other skin spots. Also, they have experts are calling for new efforts to discovered that almost 100 percent of the cancers can be cured simply curb this almost totally preventable epidemic whose cause is 93 million by cutting them out before they get too deep. miles away.. Before the 1970s, skin cancer and The sun is blamed for the soaring the dangers of acute and chronic increase in the black cancer because more people are exposing sunlight exposure were not conmore of their skin to its potentially sidered a problem for the white damaging rays than at any other population of the world, because skin cancer is the most common time in history. At the turn of the century, suncancer, most of which is relatively bathing for pleasure was not harmless. Basal cell carcinoma, which popular. A pale, soft skin was the mark of the idle rich and tans usually appears as a slow growing raised, translucent, pearly nodule, identified a person as being either a common laborer or a affects 300,000 to 400,000 people each peasant. In addition, beach wear year. Squamous cell carcinoma, the covered almost every inch of the second most common skin cancer, affects 80,000 to 100,000 Americans skin. annually and appears as raised red Sunbathing grew in popularity after World War IT with the advent or pink, opaque nodules or warty of jet travel and a trend toward outgrowths that ulcerate in the center .v door recreation resulted in less Both basal and squamous cancers restrictive clothing. A tan soon are easily treated and rarely cause death. became a sign of affluence, especialThe killer is malignant melanoma. ly in the winter, and thousands of Its sun became like warning signs are any mole or people worshippers blemish larger than a pencil eraser the Aztecs of old. Looking back at the womens" that has an irregular shape, uneven bathing suit styles over the last 100 border and a mixture of colors, especially shades of tan, brown, years, scientists have discovered that the amount of skin covered by a dark brown and black with occasional red, white and blue splotches. swim suit decreased every 10 years, A critical factor is the depth. A a trend that paralleled the increase melanoma less than 132 of an inch cf melanoma. deep is usually curable. A cancerous And scientists have only recently mole thicker than that becomes discovered that the destructive ef-- . because the chance of it fects of the suns ultraviolet light on deadly to the brain, lungs, liver spreading the skin accumulates with each exor other sites increases. posure and does not fade away like a summer tan. Surprisingly, medical inMore ominously, it now appears vestigators found that people who that even a bad sunburn in childhood are chronically exposed to the sun, by LaRee Pehrson v . such as outdoor workers, actually had an average or lower than average chance of getting melanoma. It is the people who go out and fry themselves on a weekend because they are desperate for a fast tan who have the highest risk. It is the indoor workers who get sunburned on the beach on weekends who are developing melanomas on the upper legs in women and on the backs in men, areas that are usually covered by clothes. Based on new findings, the American Academy of Dermatology is uring people to regularly examine their skin in the same way that women have been urged to routinely examine their breasts to detect cancer early. Self examination should be done in a well lighted room that has a full length mirror. A smaller hand-hel- d mirror will also be helpful. After undressing completely, the forearms, palms and spaces between the fingers. Turn the hands over and examine the backs. check In front of the mirror, study the arms bent at the elbows. Observe the entire body, starting with the face, neck and upper arms, working down to the lower legs. Then stand with the right side of the body toward the mirror and study the sides of the upper arms, working down to the ankles. Repeat the process on the left side. Because the scalp is difficult to exblow dryer turnamine, a hand-heled to a cool setting will help lift the hair, then with back to the full length mirror, examine the buttocks, thighs and lower legs. Sitting down on a stool or chair, examine the insides of your legs and the bottoms of your feet. The American Cancer Society Continued on page 9 d GRANGER. Ill never paint a wonderful portrait or sing a great song, but this is my own masterpiece, made with love for my oldest daughter, said Claudia Olsen, who spent more than 100 hours tatting lace for her daughter Debbies wedding gown. Tatting is pretty much a lost art, and stores in the Salt Lake area dont even carry tatting thread (size 70) with the exception of Mormon Handicraft, she remarked. I learned to tat many years ago, when I was 19 and a lady with whom I worked taught me how to do it. I enjoy all kinds of handiwork, knitting, crocheting, sewing, and I plan on all my daughters learning how, if it kills me, she added. One daughter is already proficient at the art, she said, and all four of them, Tammy, Traci, Katy and Debbie, enjoy handwork. The family also includes two sons, Randy and Mike, and husband Boyd L. Olsen. Mrs. Olsen made 30 yard of lace to use as insertion in Debbies gown. Ive worked at it on and off for about three years, but I have really concentrated since May when Debbie and Kevin set their date, she remarked. The gown is made from a torian Vic- pattern, and the lace . . . Claudia Olsen sizes up appearance of veil she made for the wedding of her daughter Debbie. HOME-CRAFTE- decorates the back of the neck, goes neckdown the front of the line and follows the Empire waistback. The loose line to a drop-waisleeves are edged with lace along insert down the with a two-inc- h insleeves, and there is a four-inc- h sert above the hem. Debbies hat fetured a double tier veil, with lace all around, and the back of the hat was decorated with two tatted flowers, each containing a full yard of lace made of even finer thread, said Mrs. Olsen. Debbie is a graduate of Granger high and Utah State University and will teach this year at the new Valley Crest elementary school. st She married Kevin Johnson, son of Anthony I. and Laura Johnson of Needles, Calif, on Aug. 20 in the Jor- dan River Temple. Her sisters, along with the grooms sisters Pam and Priscilla Johnson, were bridesmaids at the backyard reception held in the Oleens backyard,,- - An open house was held in Needles Aug. 22. Kevin is a lab technician at Tooele Ord nance Depot. Mrs. Olsen works full time at Symbion where she is an office superviser. It was hard, of course, to find time to do all that tatting, but I loved every minute, and Debbie loves her gown. I feel everyone can be creative in some way, and, as I said, this is my way. I hope the dress will become a real family heirloom, she EXACTING . . . 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