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whitchurcstouffville pubtibtt thursday dec 1 2005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 36 pages1 including gst n santa heads back to stouffville for kinsmen parade saturday opinion 6 calendar 30 sports 31 classified 33 staff photosjoerd witteveen night lights isa nilssonbyberg 12 from left erin shanahan 12 patrick shanahan 11 and miranda clayton 12 model their lanterns they made in the art bunker at the silver jubilee club on main street in preparation for the candlelight parade at the festival of lights tomorrow parade par ticipants should meet in front or the latcham gallery on main street at 630 pm the parade heads to the clock tower just before 7 pm where the christmas tree will be lit for more information call 9056400749 retired farmer hit as childrens author by hannelore volpe staff writer four pairs of wideopen eyes stare at robert lewis as he starts to tell his latest story featuring the animals of misty meadows he calls the stories adventures in misty meadows stories with a difference the selfpublished author made the sto ries a bedtime ritual for the foster children who lived with him and his wife margaret for a number of years every evening the little ones would have a treat a story and prayers in that order mr lewis said the stories sometimes featured leo the dog miss kate and her three kittens skit scat and skitter and a little girl based on mr lewis granddaughter former stouffville resident rachel lewis a lively senior with a quick wit mr lewis retired from farming several years ago he has written almost 2000 stories over the past 25 years by his childrens estimation he has selfpublished 21 books in the misty meadow series completing the last one this month the stories were 10 years in the making he was only able to publish the books with the help of family and friends his son jerry helps with the printing after david clubine has prepared the books dorothy mott handles clerical details ruth herbert edits the stories while adelaide kerr pro duces the charming illustrations its a hobby he said it is a little bit of ministry and morals the main animal characters were based on mr lewis dog and the neighbours cat who often traipsed over for a visit he included a lot of the animals you find in rural ontario including minks and muskrats the first stories featured simple conversations among the animal characters and the little girl the children would listen spellbound to see childrens page 8 poor quality illegality sgare some movie fans illegal dvds still in stores by martin derbyshire staff writer three days after the biggest pirated dvd bust in canadian history it was hard toiind copies of firstrun movies and new release dvds at the usual knockoff retailers around york region but not impossible at the image and sound in first markham place where police seized almost 200000 counterfeit dvds saturday clerks were handing out cards with directions to the store at times square in richmond hill a barrie resident who bought more than 100 counterfeit dvds at pacific mall last week was frustrated to find only asian titles in stores tuesday but left smiling when he was directed to times square and was able to get 40 more you cant beat the price he said at times square movies like get rich or die trying two for the money and others still in the theatres were selling five for 20 just as they had at the two markham malls before the busts cash only no tax no receipt and a strict noreturns policy was still in effect but wasnt a deterrent to the dozens of customers who filled the store midday in contrast only two or three cus tomers milled about the dvdshelves at best buy in markville shopping centre even though it was tuesday the day legitimate distributors release new titles for sale when told they could buy the same see buyers page 26 mcm n vour hometown 1 come and test drive the jmeiu 04l v store houston ford ltd 57bb main st stouffville 9056404541 www dillhousconfopclcom create a reactson satua arrives saturday v