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hi wyn v thursday jjjly 7 2005 serving the community of whftchurchstouffville j 32 pages1 including gst peewees stormbadc to take tide advance to e canadians on rode opinion 6 classified v- 29 staff photobill roberts all jammed up strawberry style mainstreet in downtown stouffville was closed to vehicles saturday but jammed with people during the 21st annual strawberry festival large crowds were greeted with perfect weather during the festival which ended sunday see pages 322 and 19 for additional photographs and jim thomas column on page 7 for a review downtown main st need new ideas chamber byhannelorevolpe staff writer its time for business owners to step up to the plate helene johnson president of the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce says the chamber has called a meeting of whitchurchstouffville businesses to seek- creative ideas- for revitalizing stouffvilles downtown and western main street the meeting is july 14 in latcham hall park drive south in stouffville memorial parkregistration is at 6 pm and the meet ing begins at 630 pm business owners can present their ideas verbally or deliver written submissions we want new voices and fresh ideas as to what can be accomplished mrs johnson said the chamber has more than 200 mem bers rangingfrom small businesses run by individuals to large corporations mrs johnson believes it is the role bf- buslness to take a lead in improving condi- tioris in stouffvilles downtown core and adjacent areas the chamber is leaving the meeting absolutely open to business mrs johnson said we have heard from the politicians and from different groups she said now its the turn of local businesses to give their input the meeting is in anticipation of a one- andahalfday charette or visioning workshop to be hosted by the town in september it will include representatives from the chamber- business improvement area council landowners the whitchurch- stouffville heritage advisory committee the economic development advisory commit tee and members of the community the workshop is to assess the downtown area as a whole taking into consideration the results of the towns parking and traffic study commercial policy strategy and memorial park master plan ideas could see downtownpage 13 2700 dvds seized jn countrymarketrraid movies by martin derbyshire staff writer the canadian motion picture distributors association says york region is quickly becoming a hot spot for counterfeit flicks in fact markharhs pacific mall where the royal canadian mounted police seized close to 800000 in counterfeit- dvds this past may is one of the top places in all of canada to find pirated- movies according to the cmpdas director of antipiracy investigations gary osmond its easily no 1 or no 2 in canadafor counterfeits he said now a number of vendors at the stouffville flea market have joined a growing list of retailers caught sell ing counterfeits york regional police following up on information called into the cmpdas national tip line arrested two people and seized another 2700 counterfeit dvds during a raid at the tenth line marketsaturday the value of the discs isestimat- ed at 4000 several vendors were found sell ing knockoff discs of movies recent ly released and still playing in the atres police said a large quantity of colourcopied dvd sleeve inserts depicting art work and studio information similar to the genuine products were also confiscated a 33yearold markham man and a 66yearold toronto woman are facing charges pirated dvds cost the industry over 310 million a year and it is not a victimless crime mr osmond said see dvd page 13 j houston ford ltd stsb main sc stouffville 9056404541 www billhoustohf ord com was brand iiew ford ranger at used car price 5 278so bloaout21495 ne lffc j ry financing jewellers r 6312 main st h stouffville 9056404646 r i