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jssc economist sunsuntribune saturday may 24 2003 13 advertising feature of the markham economist sunstouffvilie sun tribune small size big impact in japan gardens are considered to be miniature versions of nature and are greatly influenced by shintoism and buddhism in the last few decades these two philosophies have also influenced western gardens to a great extent certain rules apply when it comes to creating a japanese style garden above all colours should be subtle and work harmoniously together thats because japanese gardens should promote selfreflection and meditation as well as provide a calm ing environment often these gardens will include bonsai trees which grow very well outdoors dawnredwoods and japanese larches as well as vari ous flowering trees such as smallfruit ed pear cherry and plum trees a typical zen garden is primarily made up of stories large patches of sand and plants with various shades of green and sometimes even red the stones represent the ocean not only are 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commerce awards night recently she is photographed at their store hi the former iga at 6327 main street in down town stouffville b3fl award winners have big plans the newest feature at stouffville fine furniture is notforsale the new addition the 2003 entrepreneur of the tear award will neverleave the store in the heart of stouffvilles downtown 7 the award presented by the wmchurchstouffville chamber of gornmerce will be a permanent fixture reminding everyone when it comes to business store owners george and ville papas are tops the couple agree the award is priceless it repre sents busmess smarts the willingness to take a chance and a great deal sop hard- work the work isnt over said mrs papas weve got more plans for our store mr and mrs papas joined business of the year award winner bill bobbi of cooks canada inc and ambassador of the yearjim mason editor of the sun- tribune and economist and sun at the awards dinner were thrilled to be named stouffvilles entre- preneurs mrs papas said since stouffville fine furniture is a family busi7 ness we hope to pass the store on to our children said mrs papas we will be in stouffville for many years to come the couples five children pitched in and helped get the store ready for its open ing last july each family member takes pride in both the business and the family meanwhile son nicolas has joined stouffville fine furniture looking after the delivery service stouffville fine furnitures move downtown started with an idea about 18 months ago mr and mrs papas stood back arid took a hard look at their 10-year- old furniture store in stouffvilles west end the need to double the size of the store prompted the pur chase of the old iga store since the grocery store had sat vacant for more than a year and was fast becoming an eyesore the dovyntown business com munity municipal officials and residents alike wel comed the large furniture store with open arriis stouffvilles fine furnitures 10000square foot showroom displays high end name brand fur- niture in addition to tend ing to customers iir and mrs papas are spending time with an architect the renovation work on this store is far from over mr papas said when were finr ished it will look great on the outside as well as the inside also major improve ments to the stores parking lot will be carried out soon the couple will expand their busmess holdings even further plans include building eight apartments above the store once the apartments are in place the storefront will get a much- needed facelift mr papas said he estimates the cost of future work on the prop- erty could run as high as i million thats business mrpapassaid after spending nine months at the downtown location mrsj papas v extending a challenge to her neighbours george and i are pouring energy and dol lars into the downtown i invite hope the other down town businesses to do their bit if we work together we can enhance our down town mrs papas said mr and mrs papas were born in greece mr papas used to own a kitchencabi net manufacturing busi ness georgeknew quality and he taught me said mrs papas were a team aside from doing busi ness here the papasfamily also lives in whitchufch- stouffville 6327 main sl stouffville 905 642 6774 t