m nwsgaagai dainty donuts deli 18 ringvood drive buy a sandwich get a small coffee or pop free ine iribune 3358m call 6424540 6132 main sjittf stouffville vol 107 no j6 a metroland community newspaper wednesday september 6 1995 50 tvl accident takes life of amputee ernie kennedy by bruce stapley correspondent ernie kennedy who lost both his arms in a gravel pit accident in december 1988 died after a fall at his home in tees water near hanover saturday he was 49 v kennedy a former stouf fville resident had his arms severed while working on a pit site conveyer for lee sand and gravel in stouf fville dec 13 1988 the arms were reat tached but had to be amputated several days 1 ate r ke nnedy was a 15year employee of the local gravel company- a trust fund started by kennedys friends and stouf fville residents frank busato paul raymer and ed macaloney had rallied sup port of the stouffville commu nity for kennedy and his fam ily in the months following the accident kennedy regarded as a good friend and father by those who knew him moved to teeswater in 1991 to be near kennedy his mother and four brothers he had been fitted with artifi cial limbs and was employed as a parts truck driver at the time of hisdeath according to murray couperthwaite kennedys long time friend and former neighbor on ninth line stouf fville kennedy had shown admirable character in fight ing back after the loss of his arms i was amazed at how well he handled it said couperth waite he accepted it better than most people would have he had a terrific attitude couperthwaite said kennedy had been fitted with a device which allowed him to drive a tractor on a teeswater area farm he drove the parts truck on runs as far as toronto its amazing how he was able to do things he was a wonder ful guy kennedy leaves his wife diane daughters heather 16 and karen 14 of stouf fville along with his mother kay and brothers don ken kevin and bob of the teeswa ter area the funeral was held in teeswater tuesday he was to be buried in that town as well v i great garden arthur gray s winning garden was the scene for this photo featuring clockwise from left bal lantrae and district lioness joan tillyer lion gerry ston lion president harold tillyer patri cia gray arthur gray and their grandson dylan lippet 3 photosjoerd witteveen ballantrae gardeners honored the search for the green thumb with the special touch in ballantrae and surrounding district is over a fourmember judging committee has cho sen arthur grays as the top winner of ithej beautiful garden contest sponsored by the ballantrae lions club second place winner is stephen cluss pick ing up a thirdplace win is wendy monteibh honorable mention goes to kathy spielsbury ruth leblanc vice president of the bal lantrae lions club said that in the quest to find the very best display the judges prowled the gardens of ballantrae and area for two weeks picking the winners was a difficult task said leblanc many gardens were wor-y- ihy of winning in the search the judges came across unusu al sights one gardener had 100 varieties of wildflowers while another has a garden of irises said leblanc the local lions club is especially pleased with its first garden contest we had great response said leblanc there is indeed enthusiasm within our community another community proud event is in the planning stage leblanc and her colleagues will return in the winter to find the areas finest christmas display the judges are lions president harold tilly er and club members leblanc gerry stone and joan tillyer stouffville players signed to towns provincial junior a team two stouffville residents have signed up with the towns new provincial junior a hock ey league team brad hackert 18 and gra ham crowder will suit up with the stouffville spirit for the teams inaugural season beginning sept 23 at the rec centre hackert a former stouffville clippers rep level goalkeeper was rookie of the year with the bradford bulls of the georgian bay junior c hockey league last season crowder a defenceman played with the richmond hill stars major midgets of the eastern aaa hockey league for the 199495 season he played rep hockey with the clippers from novice through minor midget 3 both were members of the clippers team which won the ontario minor hockey associ ation and ontario hockey federation bantam champi onships in the 199192 season the team also announced the signing of six other play ers the spirit began practices this week with an exhibition game scheduled for thursday night in lindsay their first home exhibition match is to take place sept 16 versus orillia at 7 pirn svia auto the centre hours monday friday 800 am 800 pm saturday 800 am 500 pm sunday closed service manager bruce mackenzie 6405050 canad wes veststyjt life jackii reduces clea satejgnwmotis retail cnnrdirfi tire store hours monday friday 830 am 900 pm saturday 830 am 600 pm sunday 1 1 00 am 400 pm store manager robert van bemmel 5945 main street stouffville m f u n i i if