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thursday april 27 2006 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 40 pages1 including gst j blue jays mascot is game i ijr for school chairity event opinion 6 calendar 17 olox lo classified 24 publication mail agreement 40007673 if business oftfieyear byhannelorevolpe staffwriter theres magic on that there hill and the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce agrees magic hiu farm was horibiired as the business of the year at last thursdays chamber business awards dinner at meadowbook golf and cpuntryglub lpcated on ninth line north of bloornington road magic hills haunted adventure alone draws thousands of people from acrossthe gta to its spooky events in the weeks leading upto halloween the business has provided many local teenagers jwiththeirfirst jobs- as well as employing adults arid sen iors some of those who started as youngsters have been with the haunted adventure since it began they include local residents steve lummiss jen may and wade jemmett last year close to 160 eifiployees made the haunted adventure scary served hot chocolate arid goodies in the munch house and provided security and cleanup services magic hill was started- as a christmas tree farm in 1986 by grandpa who occasionally goes by the name barry shapiro more than 15 years ago grandpa and his daughter debbie berger along with husband michael began looking around for- something to augment the farm income wilh grandpas background as a magician hes been a mernbervbf thehat and rabbit club iar the past 48 years and mr bergers fasci nation with the horror genre it was only natural they gravitated see 2000 page 21 3wo ier the show gprd and margo bibby perform a number at dress rehearsal for the 46th edition of music mania at stpuflyille district secondary school tuesday the showis perform at 8 pm tickets are avaflable from downtown stoufiyille merchants and at the door for more pho- tographseeage 3 f walmart to open in september iisiness gears up for big box invasion byhannelorevolpe staffwriter gauita lesson on how to sleep with an elephant with stouffvilles first big box devel opment tinder construction the 5 wtchurchstouffville xhariiber of commerce is hosting a threehour workshop riext month for small busi riess owners worried about what will happen once walmart and other big box stores are built ma power centre on hwy 48 south of stpuffville road walmart is scheduled to operi in september no other stores have been confirmed for the complex stbuffyille businessman ynitten badhwar says retailers should prepare idont think overall it will have a negative impact bufrsome businesses willlhave to adapt and change their ways to effectively exist to this new erivifonment said mr badhwar a chamber of commerce board mem ber once large tetailers arrive south of stouffville people will shop closer to hbnie keeping vme i- dollars in their cprnmunity that arenbw going to shopping centres arid retailers to near- by cpmrriumties he said the workshop at christ church anglican tostouffville maylo from 6 to 9 prri will be led by roy prevost an entrepreneur and futurist with more than 25 years experience in mkettog wholesale retail andmariufacliiririgiri me giftware industry hes already preserited more man 100 such workshops givirig small retailers the tools and techniques to see retailers page 12 wmmmmsm ain station pr -sheldon- lazier or waseema aii pr dina ghobrial dr dan icohric ed edwards dentursst rarthau tewelters 5312 main st stouflvflle 9056404646