Ontario Community Newspapers

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), April 15, 2004, p. 17

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stouffviue suntribune thursday april 152004 17 teams needed for stouffviue spinal cord injury event from page 1 itteveen stoufrvilles wayne feasby was paralysed in a 1979 waterskiiing accident mr feasby is married to nancy and they have a daughter lara 17 for luke anderson life changed forever oct 27 2002 as he notes in his website wwwlukeandersonca after a mountain biking accident in british columbia the former stouffville resi dent was left a quadriplegic spending months in hospital and at lyndhurst before moving to an apartment in toronto at the time of the accident he had just earned a civil engineering degree from the university of waterloo now he has begun to work on custom home design projects again particularly post and beam construction i have basically been reborn mr anderson 25 said every day is an adventure having to pick his way through me labyrinths of public transit vans with no ramps and inaccessible apartments slows him down but certainly doesnt stop him hes taking courses at the university of toronto and volun teering with the queens quay sailing club recruiting able- bodied sailors to help the dis- gtss- llfllsilgpif v workopolis canadas biggest job site com yoffr unfair avvantagl abled in the sailing program and pursuing more sponsors he also plans to return to photography and is working with others on having a special cam era mount designed for his wheelchair the affable young man with the blazing red hair believes wheels in motion will raise awareness of those with spinal cord injuries and anyone who is disabled he will be visiting whitchiirchstouffville schools this spring to talk about his injuries and wheels in motion mr anderson describes his meetings with rick hansen as very inspirational inspired by hansen who would have thought that a man in a wheelchair could tour himself around the world mr anderson said referring to mr hansens wheelchair tour in the mid1980s brenda lobraico a physio therapist who has worked with spinal cord injury patients is the event leader for stouffvilles wheels in motion she is looking for captains to form teams of 10 be they resi dents businesses or corpora tions to collect pledges and chal lenge others to participate in wheels in motion the event is still looking for sponsors call 9056422739 tor information or log on to wwwrickhansencom ii i 9th annual vour ok b 9056421908 i ii i 18882117288 ol227 icham museum hwy4816thavc come home to amish furniture values jbcv cu i v no ctie heats ur imiios oil solid oak kiuiicti sets vliv spend all weekend shopping for that certain piece of furniture come home lo the antislv furniture outlet clibosc youi style colour and size and enjoy ihe resi of your weekend seniors 55k save an additional 5 umil aprvhl no interestno 1ayitkmiis tptoo nlonilb solid oak cherry maple and i lickorv furniture for your entire home l ii gahvajj iftnii i a

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