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28 economist suntribune people saturday sept 28 2002 meet canadian artist bateman sun sept 29th 11 am 123 0 pm golden eagle art gallery i 18 ringwood drive unit 3 stouffville 9056422279 over 200 framed limited edition batemans on display during show announcemei 2002 ard of directors peter mcneill of york region wyn chivers chief executive officer of united way of york region is pleased to announce the election of peter mcneill as chair board of directors for 20022003- mr mcneill has previously served as vicechair of united ways board of directors and as chair of the boards fund distribution committee he is currently marketing manager for wysdom inc and has held managerial and administrative posi tions with bce emergis compaq canada and american express mr mcneill holds a ba from york university and is completing his mba at the schulich school of business the board of directors for 20022003 includes shazeen bandukwala frank delzotto mike egan ally esmail marion jones ranjit kumar susan lalingo john livey myrna mercer jim mitchell mary neal zafrin nurmohamed catherine patterson john s rogers mary wilson trider and tony c wong united way of york region funds 124 programs provided by 37 local agencies one in three or 250000 york region residents are served by united way funded agencies the 2002 campaign goal is 58 million keeping your donation working close to borne golf for 2003 we are now accepting membership in our private golf country club in 3 categories 1 weekday mon to fri except holiday 2 trial 1 year membership 3 full membership featuring swimming pool tennis fine dining sauna newly decorated club house t join now play the balance of 2002 free to arrange a trial game call corey at 9054777713 located on woodbine avenue for a personal tour with director of golf corey shanahan call 9054777713 s v colfacovntrrcwb markham stouffville rally around family from page 1 day with her after that her ankle her muscles and tendons are all ok her prosthesis will be like a sock that she can just pull on with the toes prosthesis attached at the end it sounds awful but they told us of all the amputations this kind is one of the easi est to deal with it been a tough go however it was very hard the first few days she as in critical condition and very igged she had surgery the thursday e saturday and again on the monday and they had to put her out every day to change the dressings said mrs ramer they took skin for the skin grafting from her buttock and back thigh area and that site had to heal as well it will take a year or two to fully heal explaining what had happened was not easy either i had to say you and i were in the same place by mistake the lawnmower blades are sharp and your leg was cut half your foot is gone she cried for about 10 seconds and then said what if i cant wear my favourite shoes i actually had them with me and put the one on and went for a walk she didnt want to look at her foot the first time but she did and she seems ok i told her shell be getting new toes the ramers turned down an offer from the shriners who offered substan tial support including an assessment at its montreal hospital and a prosthesis because mrs ranters benefits as a go transit enforcement officer will cover the full cost of rebeccas potential needs including artificial limbs and a walker the war amps organization will also help fill any gaps in the cost of rebeccas care we would have to travel to montreal and that would be difficult she said adding rebeccas sister twoyearold hannah has also been affected by the accident missing both her sister and her mom staff photosjoerd witteveen rebecca ramer 4 who lost half of her foot in a lawnmower accident is back home with her family mom jane dad paul and sister hannah 2 all of reesor road in north markham after a monthlong stay in the hospital for sick children but she had a few preliminary classes and wed have to start all over again with new doctors which would be hard on rebecca it took her two weeks before she would even look at her doctor rebecca was sad to have missed her first day of school junior kindergarten at summitview public school in stouffville thereserbeiii better timetgj01 unbershipj receive off all initiation ct7tli2002 sinem92 wwwworksfitnesscom h 190 bullock drive next door to 1 1 ti 05 4717871 i i t while in hospital and plans to start oct 21 a nurse will accompany her the first day to explain rebeccas condition to her classmates mrs ramer said the one bright light since the accident has been the unflagging support of peo ple in the markham stouffville commu nities both financial and emotional it has been pretty amazing said grateful dad paul ramer a neighbour came over and helped a cow calve so i could get to the hospital i had friends who helped me put in straw and hay and my neighbours helped me speed things up around here with extra equipment mrs ramers family mom irene sisters susan and lynn brother ted and sisterinlaw shauna have all pitched in to help care for hannah and offer moral support the ramers babysitter julie whiteway and her foster sister katie have been great with hannah as well added mrs ramer bringing her home bathing her and putting her down as her parents trekked back and forth from toronto dur ing harvest season and the money has been pouring in generous customers of the stouffville ap gave 1550 after staff set up dona tion cups at the check out lines a fund set up at a local td canada trust branch 3700 account number 6210743 has raised 1340 others have handed over 1500 to the ramers directly while mrs ranters coworkers at go raised 550 the money has helped pay for inci dentals like gas to and from sick kids meals and dozens of cell phone calls to family and friends the rest will help pay for rebeccas ongoing care and will also be used to start an education fund a concert of thanksgiving in the ramers honour will be held friday oct 1 1 at 8 pm at stouffville united church the ramers are moving on thankful for the support but anxious to get back to their lives for the most part rebecca has adjusted well said mr ramer shes rebecca added her mom j