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Friends of a man who lost both arms severed in a farm accident in Carp this week describe him as a “real gentlemen” and respected member of his community who, they say, had dealt with similar adversity earlier in his life.
Ken Paul, 69 — affectionately known as Kenny to locals — remained in critical condition Thursday in The Ottawa Hospital.
The past president of the Carp Fair was working at his family’s Appaulo Farms on William Mooney Road on Wednesday when a piece of clothing caught on an axle while he was trying to change some equipment on a tractor.
He was discovered by his son and grandson shortly after the accident. He had lost both arms, one at the shoulder, one below the elbow.
Friends have told the Citizen that four decades ago, Paul had lost a foot in another farming accident. He received a prosthetic and continued to work.
The sprawling farm, which has been in the family for five generations, was eerily quiet in his absence Thursday, save for a friendly black dog bounding around the property, which includes three towering silos next to a barn.
The windows and door of the quaint white farmhouse were adorned with fresh wreaths, decorated with red plaid ribbon that flapped in the wind.
Bob Foster, who works at Riviera Automobiles on Carp Road across the street from where Paul lives with is wife in a red brick bungalow, knows the tall, slim farmer from their time working at the fair. Paul’s son, Bruce, followed in his father’s path and served as fair president in 2009 and 2010.
“He’s a good guy. He’s a community guy,” Foster said of Paul, who also has a son Barry and daughter Faith.
Forty years ago, Foster said, “One of his young lads apparently ran up to him like little kids do and knocked him sideways and his leg got caught in the auger, so he lost his foot.”
Larry Deugo, a machine operator at nearby Waste Management, said he heard about the accident when Bruce Paul called him to cancel an appointment.
“He’s a well known man and a farmer and he’s a real gentleman,” Deugo said of Paul.
Paul’s father, Robert, was also a farmer and a school bus driver who used to pick up Terry Weedmark, 56, when he attended school in Carp as a young boy. He runs the family-owned Weedmark Services automotive garage on Carp Road. Weedmark was grim-faced talking about Paul’s accident, knowing the trauma he had experienced before.
“Sometimes people, when they work around equipment, they get too comfortable and then sometimes things happen. It’s a terrible, terrible accident,” said Weedmark.
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Ken Paul, 69 — affectionately known as Kenny to locals — remained in critical condition Thursday in The Ottawa Hospital.
The past president of the Carp Fair was working at his family’s Appaulo Farms on William Mooney Road on Wednesday when a piece of clothing caught on an axle while he was trying to change some equipment on a tractor.
He was discovered by his son and grandson shortly after the accident. He had lost both arms, one at the shoulder, one below the elbow.
Friends have told the Citizen that four decades ago, Paul had lost a foot in another farming accident. He received a prosthetic and continued to work.
The sprawling farm, which has been in the family for five generations, was eerily quiet in his absence Thursday, save for a friendly black dog bounding around the property, which includes three towering silos next to a barn.
The windows and door of the quaint white farmhouse were adorned with fresh wreaths, decorated with red plaid ribbon that flapped in the wind.
Bob Foster, who works at Riviera Automobiles on Carp Road across the street from where Paul lives with is wife in a red brick bungalow, knows the tall, slim farmer from their time working at the fair. Paul’s son, Bruce, followed in his father’s path and served as fair president in 2009 and 2010.
“He’s a good guy. He’s a community guy,” Foster said of Paul, who also has a son Barry and daughter Faith.
Forty years ago, Foster said, “One of his young lads apparently ran up to him like little kids do and knocked him sideways and his leg got caught in the auger, so he lost his foot.”
Larry Deugo, a machine operator at nearby Waste Management, said he heard about the accident when Bruce Paul called him to cancel an appointment.
“He’s a well known man and a farmer and he’s a real gentleman,” Deugo said of Paul.
Paul’s father, Robert, was also a farmer and a school bus driver who used to pick up Terry Weedmark, 56, when he attended school in Carp as a young boy. He runs the family-owned Weedmark Services automotive garage on Carp Road. Weedmark was grim-faced talking about Paul’s accident, knowing the trauma he had experienced before.
“Sometimes people, when they work around equipment, they get too comfortable and then sometimes things happen. It’s a terrible, terrible accident,” said Weedmark.
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