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: 16- PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, October 1, 1996 6.5% 5 Year Government Guaranteed ROBERT J. GOW ~434-7156 or LRA 1-800-267-1522 RICHARDSON GREENSHIELDS Investment advisors to Canadian enterprise and enterprising Canadians 111 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa, Ont. L1G 4S4 WINDOWS & PATIO DOORS ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS REDUCE ALCAN VINYL & ALUMINUM WINDOWS Allen's Siding Aen Products Limited Sales & Installation Doors - Windows - Trough - Additions - Solariums PORT PERRY + (905) 985-3333 LINDSAY « (705) 328-1402 » (705) 878-2023 Reach Industrial Park - Reg. Rd. 8 (1/4 Mile East Of No. 12) S.A.W.D.A.C. 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Having been raised on a dairy farm near Georgetown, Dr. Cohoon grew to learn and enjoy the various roles farmers play. Even during university, and later during his years of internship and residency, he continued to work weekends and summers on the farm. Aman of many talents, whether he's holding a scal- pel, pitchfork or hammer, he's happiest when he's work- ing with his hands. J Sn When Dr. Cohoon and his wife, Whitney, and family moved to the home they built in 1975, he did most of the plumbing and wiring himself. got ; "I like building," he said and many other edifices on their farms have been built from this man's labor. A year after moving to their country home, Dr. Cohoon proceeded to construct an implement shed. Next, in 1979, he tackled a pig barn large enough to house 600 animals. And a chicken barn, home for up to 18,000 broilers was built in the mid-eighties. Also, being in the beef industry, Dr. Cohoon erected a steer barn for his cow calf operation and feedlot. g the swine business. Selling all the pigs, he says he now has "empty barn syndrome." : "I don't know what we'll fill the barn with next, but we'll find something," he smiled. > : Every year crops of corn, soybeans, wheat, and hay are grown and harvested. And they've also grown fresh produce for the farmer's market held at the fairgrounds; something Whitney's been a major part of since its incep- tion a few years ago. [ SE 4 However, this past spring the Cohoons went out of |# Dr. The couple have five children. While Ceilidh is cur- gual careers as rently in college, Tally has finished university and is now working at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. After two years at university Zac discovered it wasn't for him and is now working on the farm. Another son, Aaron, works for John McKay, local roofer. Some of his best friends are farmers he met when they came to his office. Earlier this month their recently married daughter, Logan, and her husband, Matthew, a horticulturalist, moved back to the Port Perry area. Living north of Seagrave, they plan to embark in market gardening and will be offering pick your own blueberries, raspberries and strawberries as well as pick your own flowers. Through Dr. Cohoon's medical practice, he's also made many good 'farming friends.' : "Some of my best friends are farmers," he said and he's met many of them when they've come to his office as patients. "People have to be farm oriented to get along with me," he said, with a twinkle in his eye. Dr. Cohoon's skills as a surgeon have also come in handy as he's done surgery on livestock and the family pets, as well. Since their veterinarian guided him through a cae- sarian on a sow a few summers ago, Dr. Cohoon's done several minor surgical procedures since. One of their dogs survived a mastectomy by her owner and is still romping about the farm today. 3 Whitney, Zac or myself can rectify most of the problems, he said. A holiday is usually spent working on the farm. "Whether it's building, adding on or adding to, repairing or field work, that's what we do for the holi- days," he said. A two week holiday in the spring is spent sowing crops. Then during summer vacation the wheat is taken off the field. In late October and early November, it's time to harvest the corn. And for the past few years dur- ing the Christmas season, it's been standard practice to cease surgery at the Community Memorial Hospital. Dr. Cohoon recalls fondly how the people of Port Perry welcomed him and Whitney when they arrived in 1968 to start up a medical practice in the old Lucas "+ + tions," he said. "Occasionally Whitney will call the vet, but really | gir joined him that year, S| the base or 14 physicians. " community: ed president of the Scugog ding keeps me humble." "She's a hard worker and ha now Logan and have If Dr. Cohoon was to start still combine his two careers "Definitely," he sm and past president of oy