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stouffville suntribune thursday aug 26 2004 7 roaming around with jim thomas basketball court vigil for young burn victim i first met john chaput at strawberry festival 2002 the occasion was opening ceremonies with pad and pencil in hand i was hoping a lot and praying a little that someone would say something pertinent to fil my yawn ing column space in the newspaper a holiday weekend was fast approaching and an early deadline was ominously looming making it necessary to grab what i could which to that point wasnt much then a young man 16 at the time stepped on stage his presence resulted in spontaneous cheers and resounding applause from a closeknit group of teenagers standing nearby what gives i said to myself who is this kid i was soon to learn from ruth leblanc of the stouffville business improvement area this kid was in fact the bias choice for youth of the year i pressed closer to the podium and weighed on every word johns light has shone for me ms leblanc said his efforts went above and beyond the call of duty that was then this is now john chaput lies motionless in the burn unit of mcmaster hospital hamilton the result of a tragic accident aug 17 in stouffville what happened on this near fateful night remains unclear but that doesnt matter whafs more impor tant is the intense desire by a crosssection of our com munity to have john survive his ordeal and return to nor mal health and strength to help accomplish this a candlelight prayer vigil headed by rev tim soukup of stouffville missionary church was held thursday evening at the town basketball court a place john often frequented more than 50 young peo- pie attended many of whom had never seen the inside of a sanctuary it was like nothing id ever seen before ms leblanc said something wonderful something unbelievable happened that evening god was there calls began pouring in the day following the accident ms leblanc said johns friends were appealing for something to be done that a prayer service be organized she said ms leblanc quickly agreed using cell phones word soon spread one told another then another and another it was a network of love ms leblanc said ive never seen anything like it in all my life truly amazing seeing all those kids standing in a circle their heads bowed you could have heard a pin drop she said carley mclean a student attending stouffville secondary sang the very beautiful angel a signed card plus notes of hope have already been sent to mcmaster hospital i believe in the power of prayer ms leblanc said i believe in miracles pastor tim said he was at work in his office when the call from ms leblanc came through i felt honoured to be asked he said it was a privilege to attend he said he knew only a few of the young people present this is what communitys all about he stated john- suffered second and third degree burns to various parts of his body including his face he was taken first to markham stouffville hospital by his mother where a tube was inserted in his throat he was then airlifted to hamilton ms leblanc said physicians at mcmaster were loud in their praise of emergency procedures performed at markham stouffville hes young and hes a fighter with gods help hell pull through she added ms leblanc said she came to know john when as a student in grade 9 he volunteered to assist the bia and accumulate 40 community service hours i stopped counting after 100 hours she said he went far beyond what was required even more recently he dropped in to enquire if he could help ms leblanc said we bonded she said like family he had planned ms leblanc said to return to sdss next month and obtain two additional credits we have a lot of great kids here in stouffville johns but one she said often were too quick to criticize what i saw thursday night ill never forget she con cluded jim thomas is a stouffville resident who has written for area newspapers for more than 50 years ciouroldbasffloned abbage joxxs cabbage rolls are a hot item in our store i imagine its because theyre so timeconsuming to make that few people make them at home whatever the reason they dont last long- in our freezer especially when theyre one of this weeks features so come early and jgk carfa tvf get them while they last r f l 1 m h container of 4 jfuja reg 1095 atjwek klondike rose often i am asked what do you like best about the business my answer is invariably the esthetic aspect of what we do there is beauty in nature flowers farm produce displays of peppers lettuces almost any of natures creations have beauty and some manmade ones too beautifully labeled products displays of prepared food tastefully garnished the meat counter when its overflowing i get excited to see all that when i saw these potatoes i needed to buy them all they looked so gorgeous the colour the freshlydug appearance i could see them sitting before me with butter maybe a bit of dill very delicious klondike rose are actually redskinned yukon potatoes golden inside weve got lots and theyre beautiful fromusa navel u ranges during this period of the year our oranges come from the southern hemisphere in this case south africa these are nice and juicy a good large size and fairly sweet from south africa whats happenin we have an amazing array of fall mums grasses cabbages kale mixed planters and even more mums the sidewalk is full again just how i like it chicken tortellini our soup feature this week is chicken tortellini its chicken based with plum tomatoes cheese tortellini some basil f vs r v and sauteed s l y red onions reg 549 container this week we found a good lotof these grapes for this week youll love them from california 99 lb cashews this is a large sized snack this week for a smaller than usual price if you love cashews thisj is your chance from california nailer 6 ii lb raincoast crisps weve received the second load of these now they seem to be too good tasting to be good foryou but i know that they are marinated flank steaks we ran out of these very early last week despite our best efforts if you didnt get them last week come and see us well make sure you get the same deal as last week once again sorry for the disappointment bratwurst sausages our sausage feature for this week will be bur bratwurst what i like about these sausages is that they have a standuptoanything taste especially to beer cant be surprising though because beer is one of the ingredients c 0ff reg 3991b ne of rim this jbssj week merries we ran out of our big baskets of wild blueberries as well if you missed out come and see us well have more at last weeks feature price baking this week its blueberry week in the bakery and well be making wild blueberry pees both pastry topped and crumble weld blueberry upside down cakes in two sizes blueberry scones no intro needed phi sure 1 ea wild blueberry cheesecakes a also in two sizes xjl and 2u and lastly blueberry bran muffins one of our more delicious varieties v all at iwi- off 13 this webk peaches our peaches have been really great this year in fact its the dessert of choice for my little daughter and i every evening 3l baskets 399 ea m i vltla3e grocer quality foods v specials in effect until closing sunday august it hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 sat 900600 sun 1000500 548 carlton road tjnionville 9401770