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stouffvitte suntribune thursday sept 22 2005 a moon shines on in stouffvilles heart to me he was wayne to many he was moon to everyone he was a friend thats how stouffville looked on david wayne moon pennanen moon a moniker applied by local ice artisan the late ken kirby presumably because of his smile was born in markham april 14 1943 he died sept 9 2005 within those 62 years moontlluminated the lives of everyone he met attain ing a pinnacle of respect that even he could never comprehend but wife connie did sons michael and matthew did sisterinlaw susan did and his community did if there were ever any doubts these were visibly removed by the hundreds in attendance at the receiving and the service held in eastridge evangelical missionary church all walks of stouffville life were there wayne or moon what ever your preference received his formal educa tion at summitview public school and stouffville high at a young age he joined the staff of scheus red white at mill and main streets in stouffville aboard his bicy cle he pedalled groceries all over town later he worked for griffith laboratories and for 29 years with canadian national railways with the cnr he was mainly in charge of line maintenance including the installation of and repairs to crossing signals this posi tion took him all over ontario wayne suffered a para lyzing stroke in 1994 only four years short of retire ment but even this imped iment as difficult as it was couldnt restrict his inter ests he simply turned to something else including the gift of art switching hands to employ this skill his achievements were amazing but it was wayne the football player the softball player the hockey player the golfer and the euchre player who people remem ber most with one overrid ing positive he did every thing with a smile lloyd gayman brought this aspect of waynes nature to the fore during tribute time at the funeral service lloyd recalled an english assignment where each stu dent was required to stand in front of the class and deliver a brief speech wayne he said accepted the challenge with fear and trepidation when his turn came he said simply the subject of my address is world war ii would you roaming with jim thomas please bow your heads for two minutes silence with that he sat down other tribute speakers included former mayor wayne emmerson ruth patterson stewart wideman and kent wideman mr emmerson remem bered a slopitch game at ballantrae a teammate questioned waynes ability as a batter at that moment with one swing the ball landed far off in the tennis court good for a home run in this connection wayne was honoured by both the whitchurch- stouffville softball association and the ontario amateur softball association he was also a nominee for the prestigious sports personality of the year award baseball hall of famer george brett of the kansas city royals was waynes hero ruth patterson told of waynes big heart and big smile as a regular partici pant at the yorkdurham aphasia centre like a good shepherd with his flock he always made everyone feel wel come with his warm and friendly manner she said he was a role model a mentor for other people he faced adversity with courage and grace said stewart wideman son kent spoke of waynes strong faith he took what life had to offer always optimistic said kent this outlook never changed pastor lou geense said in recent years wayne had become a familiar figure in the front row of the sanctu ary at eastridge like others he told of waynes infectious smile and funloving nature if theres a ball diamond in heaven wayne will be there he concluded on sept 13 the stouffville night seemed a whole lot brighter our moon was shining down jim thomas a stouffville resident has written for area newspa pers for more than 50 years i ocics as promised well have quantities of our beautiful smoked hocks this week anyone who follows our ads will know that we promote these around holidays thats because we make an especially large number of hams for special occasions like thanksgiving and christmas for every ham theres a hock youll need one of these to make roberts pea soup although its great used for that its equally good simmered in sauerkraut or boiled and served with mustard however you use it youll love it because its very meaty low in salt and its slowly smoked so that it has the flavour that soup and hock lovers truly love roberts pea soup recipes will be available while supplies last whats t t this week local pple new crop apples are now available in quantity varieties include macs spys ginger golds sunrise courtlands paula reds and m mutsu t fo- cider is now available as well whats happenin my apologies to you for not having a bakery feature last week there were many enquires and the answer is that it was all my fault things are now fixed our feature for this week is sour cherkg piesr these are made from cherries grown in niagara hunters farm and theyre in the large overfilled pies size with at lattice top r st j95 as well as this well be making sour ckehrx taets theyll be available in 6 packs or singles and you may recall a few weeks back that we brought back the pita as it was originally intended just like last time theyll be made with puff pastry but this time theyll be- filled with a combo of sour cherries and nice local apples reg ea all these items will be priced at while supplies last off this week mushroom for the last long while weve always made our mushroom soup with brandy and we still do but for those who can do without the brandy weve made a more traditional mushroom soup with lots of mushrooms its a great soup reg 599 ea off this week for this week weve got our gourd deal happenin at 4 for 99fc if youre making a fall arrangement either indoors or out these are the thing to have in addition weve got pumpkins in three sizes the minis for display as well weve got a few bins of squash for 49t each mix or match and some half bushels of harvest decorations rapes s hot italianl ausage to make our sausages we use the freshest of fresh pork in these we use fennel a bit of rosemary garlic pepper and salt in the hot we add a good amount of hot pepper put the bite on some this week youll be back for more beware the hot are really hot reg 399 lb off this week whats for inner from our entree kitchen this week we have a variety of boneless and skinless air chilled chicken breasts which have been poached and sliced and served up in a variety of sauces one container will serve two hearty appetites or three moderate the sauces available are zesty lemon orange we bought a good supply of some late season red grapes called holiday seedless these are a larger variety and sweet throughout the season there must be a dozen varieties of grapes some early some late and some midseason these are die last of the good quality reds at a reasonable price the next will be prima and as you may expect theyll be prima priced pa m jpr from california ttttc week porcini theyre fully cooked all youll need to do is heat an serve reg 1595 container off this week this is a reminder that if you want one of our smoked turkeys for thanksgiving youll need to order it soon these are our freerange turkeys which weve cured and smoked over hardwood order deadline is october 1st specials in effect until closing sundai september 25 hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 sat 900600 sun 1000500 548 carlton road unionville 9401770