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page6 _ _____ _ . . l t furtirntinic _ _â€" nnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmsemmmmmmmmmmmemmmmemmmmmmmen COMMUNITY mmmmmmmmmmemmmmmemmmemememmmemmmememencmm * * e l‘ The ongoing miracle of life by TOM PHILP Webb), Dale (married to s The Independent Judy _ McCracken), _ and At the time of year when _ Margaret (married to Don ; 3 i C newspapers begin to fill Campbell). o â€" m emnmiia t pages with _ stories of _ Thecouple had five [ _ PMR Pss ,;{%;5â€"*« | [ January‘s first babies, two grandsons, eight grandâ€" Fh% & C e n i area men are celebrating go _ daughters, three . greatâ€" || @@ilÂ¥ «e F > w f’;é‘éf’%* lt years of life. grandsons and three great | (§Q»r 8. _ $ > o. _ | C Ewart and Stewart Hardy _ granddaughters. ww__ T 2 .059 w trome were born January 7, 1914 _ Ewart and Stewart‘s older | / 4. . Bs ‘,;i? fas s $ 1 near Dartford. Both grew up _ brother, Rev. Leslie Hardy, | [ _ y s es 5C e * a to be farmers. Ewart has born Sept 4, 1g1 is still E zg% s o § O | |: lived his entire life in the alive, and was present for |. 4 .. * $ y ue $ former township of Percy, birthday celebrations held |}/â€" #% â€" Y ) w $ Stewart moved to Hastings _ January 3 at St. Paul‘s E cae, 3 . ; County in 1942. United Church Christian |}f . //‘ _ We $ E. 39 |: Stewart married Helen _ Education Centre. J . ies %g f Wells and they had a son Meanwhile, go years after F : N P _ aal | Eldon, who lives with his the Hardy twins arrived, ?‘1.1 s w l r; wife Phyllis (Kuiper) in _ new life is emerging in our |Â¥" __ °_ [ _me _ British Columbia; and a region. ) . â€" >3 a,, daughter, Mary (married to Tyson Carl Scoit Dowle L.M s & o *";i“ Eric Ross), who lives near adill) was the first baby _ ,," C C N o e Madoc. Stewart and Helen (OI\;I 203 4 to be born at New mother Dawn Dowle introduces New Year‘s have two granddaughters, â€" Northumberland Hills baby _73’50" to the world at Northumberland Hills three grandsons and. two _ Hospital (NHH) in Cobourg, Hospital on Jan 2. greatâ€"granddaughters. tipping the scales at 8 Ibs. 8 Kai Hulshof photo Ewart married Florence oz courage to face the world. _ at 3:47 a.m. on January 1st Cyrderman (she died in __ Tyson wasn‘t too sure if _ In 2003, there were 3t Her name is Sophie Clark 1995), and they had four he was ready for this earth, babies born at both the (her parents are Amy and children, all of whom live in _ taking over seven hours to â€" Northumberland Health Jason Clark of Prince Warkworth and area: Ruth be born, butat 5:02 am. on Care Centre on Chapel Edward County), and she (married to Gord Allanson), the morning of January 1 Street, and the new NHH _ weighed 6 Ibs, 4 oz at birth. Boyce (married to Sherron he finally mustered up the campus at 1000 DePalma _ Of the 1414 babies born at o yrâ€"oay>", e Drive. QHC campuses in 2003, LC _ oOs e _ & 01a| . NHE officials advise that 1356 were born at Belleville *c ,;xg [ss ‘,4 wA the top girl‘s name for â€" General, and 58 were born es %,{gl' P ce (~ * bn’ R2W! babies born at the local at Prince Edward County bat s . ?:’ 8e ‘;‘;&‘2% bff [800) hospital in 2003 was Memorial. s },, Py s ,*a‘g‘mjy L â€" Emma, while the most popâ€" QHC â€"communications 17 # pias®" %:@ ; ular name for boys was _ director Jennifer Shea said _ ks | Ar }& Ethan. that neither hospital tracks Cw gg A \B. 1i Closeâ€"runnersâ€"up for the most popular names §\ | hnd | e favourite boy‘s name of the _ given to their newborns. ',,}a 8 PS year included _ Nicholas, _ According to www.babyâ€" tsXd . B ~ Aiden and Austin. names.com, the most popuâ€" 0 "~"4 [A 2# Other top names among _ lar name in 2003 for boys . sw .. /2 * ie 3 C e M girl babies at NHH were was Aiden, followed by || U l e i Emily, Claire and Olivia. _ Jaden and Caden, while the [ The Hardy twins celebrated 90 years of life with The first baby born at top girl‘s name . was / birthday cake last Saturday. QHC this year arrived at â€" Madison, _ followed _ by : John Campbell photo : Belleville General Hospital _ Emma and Abigail. B * 4rome®t 5