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stouffville suntribune thursday april 24 2003 7 roaming around with jim thomas atage four dawson fraser has endured more pain and adversity trials arid tribulations distress and discomfort than most do in a lifetime thelad son of eilert and deb fraser of uxbridge and grand son of gary and liz fraser of stouffville suffers from a disorder called neuroblastoma a common childhood cancer that affects areas of the nervous system when dawson first became ill the malady wasnt consid ered serious however when pain persisted further tests were completed both at scarborough centenary hospital where hismother is a nurse and the hospital for sick children in toronto five rounds of chemotherapy were required to dissolve the tumour but little dawsons not out of the woods yet a bone marrow transplant will now take place with 12 sessions of radi ation stiu to come all at sick kids distressing particularly for the parents is the fact dawson must be kept in total isolation following the transplant because his immune system is greatly reduced and a sterile environ ment is required not even toys are allowed in the room both eilert and deb have taken leaves of absence from their jobs to devote more time to emergency concerns at home and in hospital realizing this the com munities of uxbridge and whitchurchstoufmlle have responded the kinder garten class at joseph gould public school in uxbridge donated proceeds from a doughnut day the uxbridge lions club organized a spaghetti dinner uxbridge fire chief tony peck collect ed funds during the santa claus parade and took dawson for a ride m a fke truck and on a tour of thestation leaskdale presbyterian church donated its christmas eve offering to the dawson fraser trust fund and stouffvilles bach to blues company did the same following their christmas con- cert the last wish of the late don dumond was that money be donated in hismerhory to the fund on friday may 2 net proceeds froiri the 33rd annual sacred music night at stouffvilleis st james presbyterian church will be earmarked for this same worthwhile cause such acts of kiridness could only happen in stouffville and uxbridge says dawsons appreciativegrandmother such acts of kindness could only happen in stouffville and uxbridge the presbyterian concert beginning at 8 pm will include the kennedy family singers from dickson hill the 40 primary student choir from stouffvilles st brigid catholic school a gospel barbershop quartet from the greater toronto megacity chorus the st james youth choir bill mdyer and friends vocal soloists jennifer thuriam and madeleine eddy and trombone soloist david roe david and beccy kennedy their six sons and five daughters attend grace baptist church in richmond hill the six singing members include david and daughters darla and lauryn with sons brent and jared on guitars its a hobby david says theyve been singtag and playing together seven years members of the st brigid school choir include children grades 1 to 3 ranging in age from six to eight codirectors are staff teachers jackie vbnkalben and trudy matthews each chud is bringing a donation for the fund the gospel barbershop quartet also has a hometown flavour stouffvilles stewart mcelroy is a member the director of the st james youth choir is jocelyn mcdowell bill meyer is employed with the whitchurchstouffville planning department david roe is st james music director vocalists jennifer thunam and madeleine eddy are both 10 jennifer attends holy trinity school in richmond hill madeleine is enrolled at goodwood public school this year ill share the pbdiurnwith ryan mason a st brigid student preservice and offertory music will be provided by jean thomas and jean deverill rev don muir will deliver the offertory prayer and the benediction the offering is freewill with a time of fellowship and refreshments to follow for me its difficultto believe this event was initiated 33 years ago over this period close to 20000 has been donated to many worthwme causes tws years project is ho exception jim thomas is a stouffville resident who has written jbr local newspapers for mom than 50 years california trawberries our overfilled quarts of strawberries will be on sale this week these are from a newer area of california so theyre great quartiv whats ihappenjn 1111 despite the unpredictable weather weve been handling a lot of pansies a plant which seems to thrive in a climate such as this for this week weve got some bowls of solid colours and beautiful mixes including the smaller and happy- looking violas next weve got larger size fibre window boxes in solid colours and flats of solid colours further weve received our first shipment of the really large rosemary plants j hanging baskets of rieger begonias in splendid bloom and yet another shipment of kalanchoe planters arid at long last the urns are here mams mmrnm we bought a whole bunch of phaiaenopsis ofcliicls those tall upright single stem orchids which have ah amazingly simple arid beautiful flower theyre irii clay pots for 30i00 and they blppm over and oyer should you follow the directions also weve bought a shipment of absolutely huge boston ferns which id seen at one of the greenhouses ive visited lately in smithville the initial shipment of these sold fast arid at 1295 each these will- too so if you need a fernithis is jtheweek boneless sirloin steaks these are either grade aaa or canada prime sirloin is not the riipst tender cut but it certainly has a- following- especially for the flavour there is not an endless supply so when theyre gone theyre ginger cookies i love these especially when theyre warm the bakery ladies who work overnight usually make these and i grab a pack for the road when i leave for the produce terminal in the early morning what a thrill a aatm serves 1 to 10 fl i talifp depending on whos j u v jl thereto share tiito i- jft 1 lillo reg 595 mx iiwbek sausages gone sour cherry whenever i think of dessert which is often these come to mind they rank right up at the top just below lemon meringue we use montmorency v cherries nicely seasoned riot top tart not too sweet the most heavenly pastry sugar crusted arid wow a reg 995 b k wn 9 size contrary to myth texans eat things other than beef these sausages are an example theyre made with pork like most things frorii texas they are bigger theyre a bit sparky and theyre barb qiie flavoured lasso yourself a few this week and have yourself an old- eg 11 fashioned cook put j jp rtllpl pr cookin vj in v view of the sj weather c mvk whenever i think of dessert v jdijg jlzljj jujd this week our ham we featuring this i soup for tins week because of its thinning qualities given the probability of overindulgericelaist week 7 arid judging by diu bakery business this did happen a serves 3 4 v i few reg549 ea this week our venerable kolbassa is on sale this week its as lean as it gets its full of flavour including lots of garlic and its portable wliich means you can take it with you wherever you go to snack oh but its good to share given the garlic prfty reg 129100 g whats for in the frozen section weve made a huge batch of our really delicious chicken curry to make this we use boneless and skinless breasts air chilled with a pleasantly mild curry serves 3 4 reg 1295 tffls week village grocer quality foods specials in effect untilglosing sunday april 27 hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 sat 900 600 sun 1000500 548 carlton road unionville 9401770 if i n it- lb h i hi m i i h iv