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your professional jewellery repair specialist across from clock tower stouffville a iyaaamt v 172 bullock drive unit 31 markham 4718660 fo aip22 a metroland community newspaper saturday may 301992 60 pages 25 cents circ 41 000 new age store has churches outraged tm not evil says owner of new main street store the magick serpent brucestapley correspondent a newlyopened stouffville store has become cause for con cern for many among the local christian community and even though the owner of the magick serpent on main street insists she is not trying to fly in the face of traditional christian taboos several local pastors suggest the merchant is playing with fire stouffville resident heather southgate who opened her store may 1 told the tribune her business is a cross between a new age bookstore and a nat uralist shop the store sells new age books which southgate said offer a spiritual alternative based on nature the merchandise also includes incense gems candles bath products jewellery and herbal tea in addition to her merchandise southgate said she is offering tarot readings numerology and astrology ser vices she acknowledged there have been concerns about her outside sign which contains a contro versial fivepointed star symbol known as a pentacle or penta gram some people associate it the symbol with satan she said adding that while the satanic symbol has two points pointing upwards hers only has one mine is a man with arms and legs outstretched surrendering himself to the wills of heaven it was originally a symbol of christianity southgate said she hasnt been directly approached by people who disapprove of what she is doing but that she has heard of the negative response through the grapevine i find it amusing that people wont come in to check me out but they judge me i have no part in the occult added southgate im not evil i dont sacrifice animals southgate insisted the positive response to her store has far out weighed the negative gene clarke the head pastor of the penecostal church said that while he has not been in the store he has seen a flyer dis tributed by the business the flyer said it was the store see page 3 xmypi i ii alii crime tires slashed at four locations tracy kibble staff reporter photoaorl emmerson heather southgates new age store on main st has attracted complaints from several local church groups more than 30 tires were flattened this week dur ing a rash of tire slashings in local parking lots the tribune has learned york regional police officials said 16 vehicles had at least one tire on each car slashed during mon day and tuesday night this week at four different locations inspector ivars vitins said six cars parked at a seniors apartment complex on elm road were damaged by some idiots toting knives culprits who neatly sliced the top of each tire with an inchlong clean cut also slashed tires from sev eral cars parked in lots on aspen crescent success square plaza and the ninth line and main street vitins said the incidents took place during the evenings of mon may 25 and tues may 26 between 1030 pm and 11 pm and have to be related he said vitins said police will bekeeping a close watch on local parking lots during the next few weeks and advises resi dents to keep their cars in welllit these tires were slashed at areas local resi- e rd apartments dents have also been advised through the local pc cops computer telephone alert service to be on the lookout for a light blue car possibly a chevrolet chevette which was seen in one area shortly after an incident he said the crime warrants a malicious damage arrest but confirmed there are no suspects to date 7 used vehicles to choose from csgwfski mention this ad to receive a free cellular phone with every vehicle purchased v r waa x