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stouffville suntribune b thursday dec 6 2007d thanks to surgeries a merrv christmas idfcii milieu y iiiiauiicia ritttril071vr whats available for the m easont i ltjtu3ts ts sure to be a mer rier christmas for stouffvilles don and edith gibson and for daughter donna jones too edith is recovering from surgery that replaced an aorta heart valve don will celebrate the 10th anniversary of a lung replace ment donnas returning to nor mal health following surgery that removed a section of her bowel yes ill be celebrating christmas don says for me over the last 10 years every christmas has been special each will undoubtedly offer prayerful thanks as they enjoy a christmas fam ily gathering at the home of daughter donna and hus band doug individually or collectively 50 years ago recoveries such as these would have been modernday miracles for edith it still is during a preoperation lung cancer check physi cians detected a major heart problem it related to a faulty aorta valve with each visit the seri ousness of the situation was explained unless corrected edith was given two years to live with each visit the seriousness of the situation was explained unless corrected edith was given two years to live but what to do that was the question as if by guidance from god daughter anne gibson of mississauga obtained a february 2007 edition of the readers digest on the front cover was the outline of a large heart within its borders was an announcement entitled the latest in cardio research after reading the report anne contacted her mother and she called scarborough centenary hospital a staff physician there phoned dr eric horlick an cardiologist at the peter munk cardiac centre at toronto general hospital the wheels were turning the story written by clau dia cornwall explained how a procedure had been devel oped allowing a catheter to be inserted into a vein in the patients groin a clip to repair the aorta valve could be threaded up to the heart and steered into position by means of a 3d guidance system according to dr horlick the ability to repair a valve without major surgery is attractive for patients with roaming around with jim thomas other medical problems in st pauls hospital in vancouver a similar pro cedure was done with no adverse effects previously if a heart valve was too badly damaged to repair doctors could recom mend it be replaced through openheart surgery while edith was considered a good candidate she readily admits a hesitancy to proceed we had to do it hus band don said there was no other way edith was only the 10th patient in ontario to go this route the operation was per formed oct 1 her surgeon was dr christopher feindel because the procedure was still relatively new other physicians were in atten dance including one from vancouver according to don the old valve was pushed aside and a new one inserted ediths condition was closely monitored for nine days she was later released to st johns convalescence hospital in thornhill where she remained for two weeks dr horlicks very pleased with my progress im feeling better every day edith says convalescence is expect ed to take eight months by coincidence edith and daughter donna were in separate hospitals at the same time edith in toronto gen eral and donna in markham stouffville both are doing well don underwent a liver transplant dec 18 1997 it was a donation from someone he says i dont know who but im very thankful he returns annually for a checkup so far so good he says ive been told the rest of me will go before my liver does don and edith are the par ents of six children four sons and two daughter they have eight grandchildren don readily admits every christmas is special for him but for the entire gibson fam ily this christmas will be extra special thanks to the miracles of modern medicine jim thomas is a stouffville resident who lias written for area newspapers for more than 50 years w this is one of our more popular meat counter preparations we begin with our chicken breasts and flatten them so theyll cook quickly bread them with egg crumbs and a french herb seasoning and voila a quick and tasty meal that can be served on a bun or on a plate with your veggies and fries jp ft oef r j a h this reg 995 lb abb jf week 6 6 6 if you need a tuneup in your knife drawer come and pay us a visit this week our complete line of swibo swiss knives are on sale at 20 off our regular price prices range from 1695 to 4995 see anyone at our meat counter for the knife that best suits your use are the knives good we use them to slice our peameal bacon and everything else too they get a good workout at our store do you need a knife sharpened if you bought it from us well sharpen it for free for the lifetime of the knife any others you have we charge 300 each see mike charlie or al weve got tourtieres in two sizes our sausage rolls using our puff pastry and our sausages puff pastry while were at it using butter for you to use at home homemade mincemeat mince pies and mince tarts all done up nice spiced nuts swedish style candied cinnamon pecans and raspberry almonds lots of doreens beautiful fruit cake baked bries at the deli in two styles fancy and unique cheese cut to order the most delectable chocolate brandy balls from the bakery napkins and seasonal candles grethes cheese apples at the deli and loads of nice dry poplar firewood out front and lots of spirit inside california sicets although you may not see so many of these in the store rest assured we have made lots in all shapes and sizes even some which are not in a basket whats popular about them is that we use all the good stuff read no fillers and we price them at a flat rate upcharge much like a restaurant corkage fee what you get is a great assortment of my and hopefully your favourite products made to order should you wish we offir good veduel rw free range lurkeys its about time to start thinking about your turkeys for the festive season as you know by now free range turkeys run loose and eat what they want lots of grain a gentler defeathering process leaves more of the natural flavour and die odd feather with the turkey and you have a turkey that exceeds your expectations unless of course youve dined on one of ours before our turkeys are very moist without the artificial aids that butterballs etc receive very tender and flavourful youll also find that they cook a little quicker than most so order one of our old- fashioned turkeys they range in size from 14 to 20 lb and from 23 to 26 ready to roast they are and fyi the difference between a hen turkey and a tom is more than just size the better eating turkeys are the larger hens which are usually 17 20 lb in fact a hen this size will usually have more and better meat than a smaller tom in the 21 24 lb size just so you know weve received a nice amount of new crop california navel oranges of the washington variety theyre big size 48 and juicy and pretty easy to peel the l reward is how ivrefreshing ik they are a jsp csi w r this week farmers 261 2 0lfc our hockey with heart project continues to gather momentum and volunteers the response has been and continues to be an amazing statement aboutour league and its generosity once again this sunday and the next the grocermobile will be at crosby arena from 1000 am till 400 pm to collect food donations for the foodbank and once again ajay from timothys in unionville will be serving coffee for the volunteers and those who show up with donations and this time well be serving cookies to go with the coffee cream of asparagus this is made with fresh asparagus chicken stock which we make sweet spanish onions celery and dry white wine its yummy y agj q reg 599 ea jf fe q serves 4 jl m smoked lurkeys we make amazing smoked turkeys probably because we start with our amazing fresh turkeys these are becoming increasingly popular especially with our asian customers it seems that we always make a few less than what we need which causes a few problems if you would like one it must be ordered in advance before dec 17th because it takes a week to get them ready secondly be sure that you specify smoked turkey otherwise it goes on the list for regular turkeys irs easy really order deadline is dec 17th j well be making a whole bunch of these oldtime sausages for this weeks sausage feature theyre the larger size but on the milder side really a great dinner sausage reg 399 lb b whats aiong f hhs week creme brulee erambroise these are made with dark chocolate framboise liqueur and fresh raspberries dont forget that youll get a 50 deposit back for the ramekin even when theyre on il s pecanraspberry trufele cake the crust is made with crushed toasted pecans filled with dark chocolate ganache which has been jackedup with brandy and s5s2ss 12v22 chocolateraspberry muffins our muffins are amazing and these are just further proof of this should you need it reg all these items will be featured at while supplies last 19 25 l 6 off ti1is wiuik weve got m ajslf m i hlajiiejnndnp well be making a quantity of our traditional bone- in hams as well as our usual maple sugar hams and smoked black forest hams they are also made by hand they are not machine extended and they fp have the flavour and texture which made ham such a popular food the first place 6 village grocer quality foots ji specials in effect until closing sunday december 9 hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 sat 900600 sun 1000500 6 independent grocer 548 carlton road unionville j 9401770 f ww aevmagegrpcercom f