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saturday nov 24 2007 serving the community of vvhitchurckstouffville 28 pages1 including gst new stouffville author inspired by tv dreams community 5 opinion 6 sports 9 classified 11 kinsmen get ready arrival 43 entries and counting for next weeks parade by alyshia higgins santa claus have no fear rob pizzale is here to make sure you get to the parade mr pizzale is this years stouffville kinsmen santa claus parade chairperson the parade goes next saturday at 2 pm the stouffville resident has been a member of the club for two years and volunteered to co- ordinate santas annual visit it was about two to three hours a week but as the parade approaches itll take a lot more time he said stouffvilles parade has been around since the mid 1960s and has grown to includefloats from schools businesses and families within the community so far there are 43 entries including floats and marching bands some longstanding par ticipants include the uxbridge legion pipe band the new bea ver shriners several local car dealerships and many of the schools in the community citizen of the year audrey gibson and sports person of the year wayne nugent are expected to ride in convertibles courtesy of houston ford both awards are sponsored by the suntribune some of the participants enter other parades as well ive gotten a lot of compli ments on how nice this one parade is said mr pizzale they really like stouffvilles parade because of the intimacy see kinsmen page 8 testy ice staff photosjoerd witteveen stouffville skating club coach danny sorley leads student melissa skelton in her gold dance a viennese waltz at the clubs dance test day at the stouffville arena last week chamber dont treat business like hobby president tells mayors lunch by jim mason staff writer downtown stouffville merchants should decide if they really want to be in business shop owners were told at a meeting in their back yard wednesday the annual mayors luncheon hosted by the wwtchurchstouffville chamber of com merce featured a speech by mayor wayne emmerson about 50 people attended the event at the earl of whitchurch but it was chamber president and ceo helene johnson who came out swinging dur ing a discussion on improving the downtown core we have the potential she said but im not sure some of the businesses downtown consider what they do a hobby or whether they want to be in business she said shes heard complaints too many businesses arent open late enough being open five days a week wont cut if either she said i think they need to give their heads a shake she said if its a hobby take it home get it off main street there was no response i chamber chairperson janet davies intro duced the topic when she asked mr emmer son what was being done about the main street to help it not die out he responded the downtown has been an issue in au seven elections hes contested main street will survive it will be a meet ing place he said be patient he blamed absentee landlords who make their money off secondfloor apartments and see bia page 7 jy biff poofs hot tubs 27 heritage rd ilarkham 8030 beochcomber wwwoffim bring st home to honda 8220 kennedy rd markham doal opes your hood to stringer for pea performance this tall bring your vehicle borne to honda lor a conprotentrre mu w- poiat inspection incinding a genuine honda oil and niter caange available tor most honda models taxes not included provincial envtronmenta tees if any excluded honda 18664301512