The Rural Voice, 2002-05, Page 70People
Bev Fry of Ripley (left) receives the Tommy Cooper Award for contribution to
agriculture from Claudia Staines of CFOS radio.
Bev Frg wins Tommg Cooper Award
Bev Fry of Ripley was named from president of the Bruce County
eight candidates as the winner of the Holstein Association and has been
Tommy Cooper Award for active in 4-H work.
contribution to agriculture in Grey Also nominated for the award,
and Bruce Counties. sponsored by the Owen Sound Sun -
Fry has been active with the Ripley Times and CFOS radio were Barbara
Agricultural Society as secretary and Barfoot, Fred J. Brown, Kimberly
has held several positions with the Caswell, Andy Ernewein, Jim
Ontario Association of Agricultural Farrell, Dave Fawcett and Don
Societies. As well she is past Lewis.0
Clarksburg grower wins award
Douglas Ardiel, an apple grower
from Clarksburg, is the 2002
recipient of the Uniroyal Golden
Apple Award.
Ardiel and his brother Harold
manage 280 acres of high -production
quality fruit trees and a storage
capacity of 66,000 bushels in cold
storage and controlled atmosphere.
He played a key role in the success
of the Georgian Bay Growers' Co-op
as its founding director. "Believing in
vertical integration, Doug turned his
efforts to researching the grading and
packing segment of the industry,"
said Brian Gilroy, the Apple Section
chair of the Ontario Fruit and
Vegetable Growers' Association in
presenting the award. "He helped to
come up with the presort and
packaging operation that is used
today."
Ardiel also keeps up to speed on
the latest cultural practices by
attending most international dwarf
tree conference.0
In for the long haul
in battle against
Alzheimer Disease
Retired Perth County farmer and
elevator operator Jeff
Timmermans is planning a summer
to remember in order to help those
who can't.
Starting June 1, Timmermans,
73, plans to ride his bicycle from
Victoria, B.C. to St. John's,
Newfoundland to raise awareness
of dementia and Alzheimer Disease
and raise money for the Alzheimer
Society and Alzheimer research.
By biking 90 km per day and
allowing for one rest day per week,
he hopes to finish the long journey
by September.
It's a very personal quest for
Timmermans. He immigrated from
Holland in 1952 and two years later
married Toni Vanderhyden who
had arrived at the same time. They
made a life together farming first in
Halton County, then in the Beach-
ville area, and finally in Perth
County where they operated
several kinds of farms and event-
ually began an elevator business.
In 1989 their son Andrew and
his wife Jacquie (later joined by
daughter Agnes and her husband
Dan), took over the farm and
elevator and Jeff and Toni moved
to Stratford but Toni began to show'
signs of forgetfulness. A specialist
diagnosed her with a form of
dementia. Toni lost interest in
many of the activities she had
loved doing such as cycling,
became more unsure of herself and
could no longer make decisions on
her own. Jeff was left doing all the
work at home and eventually took
Toni to an adult day centre a
couple of days a week to get a
break. A year and a half ago Toni
finally had to be admitted to a
nursing home because Jeff could
no longer cope at home.
Because he had always enjoyed
cycling, Jeff joined a cycling club
last year and the idea for the
project grew. A good friend will
accompany him on his "Miles for
Memories" joumey.0
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