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The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 6, 2007

BRANDON - When Doris Sidoti of Valrico, a board member for the Southeast Hillsborough Unit of the American Cancer Society, approached Lila Campanelli-Purifoy about being a model for the 2008 Calendar of Cancer Survivors, she said her old inhibitions about being photographed seemed petty.

"I hadn't yet gone through breast reconstruction, and I was panic-stricken because I didn't have anything to wear," said Campanelli-Purifoy, also of Valrico. "So I pulled out a sparkly tube top from my disco days and a pair of silk pants that are probably 25 years old, and, voila! Some things are timeless. I think the photos are fabulous."

Campanelli-Purifoy was one of several local cancer survivors who served as models for the cancer society's 2008 survivors calendar, which was photographed by Betty Huth and Ed Booth, of Huth & Booth - The Portrait Gallery in Brandon, and printed at Rice Graphics, also in Brandon.

Other women who appear in the calendar are Sue Gagain of Valrico, Tracy Sheehan of Tampa, Virginia Carter of Valrico, Dottie Berger-MacKinnon of Tampa, Erin Messano of Riverview, Dana Dittmar of Lithia, Becky Lloyd of Valrico, Peggie Sherry of Lutz, Kathleen Jacobs of Valrico and, on the cover, the Dragon Lady crew team sponsored by physician Kathryn Kepes and the Center for Radiation Oncology of Brandon.

The calendar is available for $15. Profits go to the American Cancer Society. Call (813) 571-2100.

D'Ann Lawrence White

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