The equity, 8 février 1995, mercredi 8 février 1995

[" Home-cooked dinner draws them in Feathers fly in Mansfield PONTIAC NATIONAL MIDGET TOURNAMENT FEB 8,9,10,11, & 12 t \"I 1 , pageS \\ f page 13 e * Z The Voice of the Pontiac since 1883 112th Year, No.6, Wednesday, February 8, j995 75(2 \\ \\) review Carnival back in Shawville 9 If t J Sylvia Bakker cent off of Bell's regular longdistance rates.Regular rates refers to Bell's Equity reporter Showvllle mw Looking for an easy way to save on your long-distance telephone rates during that time of day.calls?\tIf the call is made after 11 p.m.Télébec customers need only hop when Bell offers a 60 per cent disin their car, drive 20 minutes east count, Unitel takes off an addition-on Hwy 148, and call from a Bell al 25 per cent, customer's phone in Quyon.Depending where you call, Télé- ditional 60 bee customers may be paying twice the amount Bell customers do.To place a call from Shawville to cent.Vancouver during the day costs 98 A call to Toronto from Quyon us-cents per minute, for example, ing Unitel on a Saturday would while making the same call from cost a little more than 6 cents.Quyon costs 48 cents per minute.The rate differences on calls w Sy via Bakker Equity reporter It makes the -30 C weather a little more bearable, and the four-month, frosty season a little shorter.A regular feature in most communities, a winter carnival has been missing in Shawville for a number of years.That is, until the local Kinsmen and Kinette clubs stepped in this year.After a nearly 15-year absence, Shawville will once again celebrate winter with a carnival.It's something to do in the winter time, says Kinsmen president John Beimers, explaining why the club got involved.And we hope it will keep the community spirit Shawville 1/ 9 * CD Jf \\ w o On Saturday, Unitel offers an ad- per* cent discount, meaning the total discount off of Bell's peak rate would be 84 per 'I s V No access But without access, this means made within Quebec and Ontario little to Télébec s customers, are not as great, but generally Many customers are anxiously Bell s rates are about 25 per cent waiting for the Canadian Radio- l°wer*\ttelevision and Telecommunica- A call to Toronto, for example, tiens Commission to hold hearings costs 51 cents per minute from determining whether long-Shawville, and 39 cents per minute distance competition will be al-Irom Quyon.\tlowed in Télébec territory.To call Montreal costs 51 cents But Lise Plouffe of the CRTC says per minute from Shawville and 37 there are no planned hearings, cents from Quyon.\tTélébec and a number of other But a call to Halifax will set you phone companies in Quebec only back 94 cents per minute from came under CRTC s jurisdiction Shawville and only 45 cents a min- last year.ute from Quyon.,\tHearings will be held with each I o make Télébec's rates even individual company to review its harder to swallow, their customers own local and long-distance rates, don't even have the option of using Plouffe says, another long-distance carrier such as Unitel or Sprint as Bell customers do.( 1 à : up.Mark Feb.18 on your calendar.From 1 to 9 p.m., the two service clubs will be hosting the carnival at the fair grounds.Events include a three-pitch snowball tournament, sleigh rides, a log-sawing contest, toboggan races, a euchre tournament, children\u2019s games and a tug of war -the Kinsmen say they will challenge anyone.Beginning Feb.15, a snow sculpture contest will be judged.Carnival organizers are encouraging residents to enter either individually or together with neighbors.(Continued on page 11) 1 w,r^ \" r _,u X V ¦ & THE BEST OF THE BIGGEST: With a score of 65+17, the\t-photorachwawun team from the Royal Bank emerged Sunday night as Chairman Rick Younge, Royal Bank curlers Lori-Ann \u2014s:: ÉÊïÊÊmm mmmmë No date has been set for Télébec s Unitel, for instance, offers 25 per Quyon going ahead with well Hydro wants CPR right-of-way Richard Wills Richard Wills Equity Editor Quyon rely on river water.\twater committee, the well should Councillor Leo Gibbons, who provide 200 gallons of water The village of Quyon is on its heads up the municipal water and minute.If the flow is less, it way to solving its chronic drink- sewerage committee, confirms would be possible to add a reser- ing water problems.\tthat test drilling will begin in voir to provide sufficient quanti- As of the first of this month, the mid-March.municipality of Pontiac lifted its The preferred site is east of the Council has budgeted a maxiorder for Quyon residents to boil fairgrounds.If good water is not mum of $60,000 for the test drift-their drinking water.The most found there, the tests will move on ing and accompanying study recent order had been in effect for to one of two sites in the village by The estimated cost of the actual over a year, but poor water quality\tthe Quyon River.\twell will depend on\tthe results of has been a problem in Quyon for\tIf these sites do\tnot prove satis-\tthat study, much longer than that.\tfactory, a fourth site is on the list The town presently draws its located across highway 148.\tTelford says the option of ex- water from a pipe extending a If one of these locations provides tending the pipe further into the short distance into the Ottawa sufficient quality and quantity of river was rejected because of the River It has been suggested that water, a 100-square-foot plot will Chats Falls dam just upstream merely lengthening the pipe\tbe purchased from\tthe owner\tand\tfrom Quyon\tThe\topening\tand would give access to cleaner wa-\ta full-size weft -\tor wefts -\twill\tclosing of the\tdam\tgates, it\twas ter cl°ser to mid-stream.\tbe drilled.\tthought, would contaminate the I he municipality, however, has Ideally, says Councillor John water regardless of how far into decided to drill wells rather than Telford, who also serves on the the river the intake was located.Running between the Quyon substation and the Lucerne substation, Hydro Quebec wants to use the the proposed 120-kilovolt, double-abandoned C PR railway corridor circuit line would replace the 35 ki-that runs through the Municipality lometres of single-circuit line that of Pontiac as a right-of-way for a was installed in 1929.n F?\\?eT *ne\u2018\tThe line conducts power from the nut there are a lot of people ahead Chats Falls generating station of them\tthe cities of Aylmer and Hull.-v\t^rac^s When the Hydro Pontiac gener- 1 ontiac 1line in 1984, Pontiac ating station at Coulonge Chutes MRC bought the section from Wy- was added to the grid last year, the man west to Waltham for $1.They total power load exceeded the ther-now turning the old right-of- mal capacity of the line, way into a recreational corridor includes the Municipality of Pontiac, attended the January 18 meeting between the municipality, the CPR and the UPA.We (MRC) back the municipality's stand to return the land to the farmers,\u201d she told THE EQUITY.That is the option that makes the most sense, Grant says.\"This is agricultural country,\" she points out.Pontiac MRC, for its part, would like to see the MRC des Collines do as it did, and turn the abandoned 5L\u201esrrobi,es'bic,cles'eques' «« SSSSï F-\u2014 er to the Ottawa River, still belongs très\tV, j n\t., .i£ra M: Biestis have the land sold back to the farm- _ Equity Editor Pontiac per ty.to are PONTIAC NATIONAL MIDGET HOCKEY TOURNAMENT PONTIACNAÏIONAL PONTIAC NATIONAL MIDGET HOCKEY ¦RNAMENT GET HOCKEY 1NAMENT KEY MID NT TO h ers.Deadline today to register written presentations to PQ\u2019s separation commission But now, Pontiac Secretary-Treasurer Germain Clairoux & 0 U LA says his municipality would like to get more involved in deciding the future of the corridor.They still want to see the rail line property west of Breckenridge returned to the farmers.There are not many farms east of that point, however.The eastern section is attractive to the municipality, because of the possibility that it could be used in the future to run water and sewer lines into rapidly developing area.I Clairoux suggests that the eastern f?| portion might also be available for recreational uses, if an alternative recreational route could be found for the western half.Pontiac Municipality has been meeting with officials from CPRail, the UPA, and their own MRC, to decide the future of the line.A \\ The Outaouais Commission on the Future of Quebec will hold a public meeting in Campbell's Bay on Friday, February 10.The purpose of the meeting is to gather public opinion on the Parti Québécois government s Draft Bill on the Sovereignty of Quebec.The bill, passed last December, will make Quebec a nation on its own, I separate from Canada, if Quebec voters approve it in a referendum, which is expected in the near future.The Campbell s Bay session will be held in the RA Hall and will run from 2 till 5 pm, and from 7 till 10 pm.The commission, chaired by Antoine Grégoire of Hull, will be made up of 17 members selected from the region s political and professional community.Fort Cou longe Mayor Hector Soucie will be one of the commissioners.The commission invites organizations and individuals to present their views on the PQ s plan for Quebec separation.Organizations will be allowed 10 minutes for a presentation, with 20 minutes for questions.Individuals can make a five-minute presentation, with 10 minutes for questions.These presentations should be in writing, and should be registered in advance by phoning the commission at (819) 772-3572 by noon today.Also, spontaneous \"walk-in presentations can be made with no advance registration, simply by registering at the beginning of either the afternoon or the evening session.These are limited to two minutes, with three minutes for questions.* / \"1 ^tlUVU' \\ urn \\ a si«u\u2018\" DIVISION W1NNERS J995 J £>/VI.s/Ov.WINNERS 1995 f i mm&ssmÊÊÊÊssmsÊËÊ * 98238^43 W Page 2, THE EQUITY, Wednesday, February 8, 1995 New tourists bring cameras, not rifles Ki w Where have volunteers gone?Your v 9 5# 9 9 Sylvia Bakker Equity reporter with a V candlelight supper 9 TWVill© 9 9 Sylvia Bakker to package the Pontiac.\" The new group of tour The same story rings true throughout small communities.Nearly 2,000 pamphlets were sent to Quyon area homes announcing the upcoming Quyon Agricultural Society meeting to elect directors to plan this year's fair.An ongoing realignment of directors and committee members alike will be necessary,\" the pamphlet read make the effort and attend our annual meeting.\" Ten people showed up.There weren't V Equity reporter Montreal tour operators ists in this area are carry- who cater to high-end ing cameras, not hunting European tourists - re- rifles, and businesses cently visited destination have to adapt, spots in the Outaouais, in- At Cushing Lodge, for eluding Cushing Lodge, example, blinds that were near Ladysmith Pontiac is known for mer hunters are now used its hunting, fishing and for photographers, snowmobiling,\" says Ge- Through networking, offrey Cushing.\"We're Cushing believes this trying to promote the Pon- newfound tourism can tiac in a non-consumption benefit the entire Pontiac tourism industry.Pittsburgh market ators were the Outaouais Cushing Lodge has also Tourism Association been concentrating on the (ATO) which made its Pittsburgh market since first stop ever to Cushings the continental U S.city 500-acre wilderness re- gained direct flights to Ot- For three days in the end With the Ottawa River B\t-1W^r~*m.of January, these tour op- gradually being opened up Hf Ip ]IÊÊÊÊ\tiyiol^u/5Ë orators, the ATO, and the for boaters, Cushing sees MM\tI\u2014_3rd ^9 Ottawa Tourism and Con- Pittsburgh - a city with the\t^ gress Association took in highest number of régis- ~*\t\" various sites in Wake- tered boaters in the conti-field, Aylmer, Hull, Ot- nental u s _ as a gold tawa and Ladysmith.mine for Pontiac tourist France Foucher, of the destinations ATO, warns this visit doesn't mean there will be an influx of tourists in the Outaouais overnight.It's a long process,\" Foucher says.\"But they (the tour operators) saw the product and they liked it.\" A majority of Cushing's clients now come from within a 100-kilometre radius of Ottawa.It's not really a question of more tourists,\" Cushing says.\"But it's broadening our clientele base for the long term.\" Cushing Lodge is a recreational ecology retreat with more than 500 acres of private land, including a private lake and 30 kilo- a director.\thave put in their time, but Whether it be helping ganizing a fair has be- Hodgins declined nomi- many just feel they can't vvith the Quyon Fair News come a burden for the few nation to sit on the Shaw- handle a job that big.\tsupplement or giving a who are forced to volun- y^e hoard.\thand with the 4-H show, teer year after year be- * can t even begin to To stimulate more inter- there's a job for everyone, cause there is no one to count the number of hours est, the Quyon directors Graham says I put into that fair,' Hod- are attempting to break \"There are people out gins says.\tdown the organization of there (willing to help), but Like Quyon, the Shaw- the fair into numerous they need some encour-ville Agricultural Society small jobs, not just differ- agement to come out.\" he Ron Hodgins stepped meeting last month tailed ent divisions for direc- says.As directors to attract enough people to tors fill all the director seats .\t.\t-photo Sylvia Bakker le°£»= Ir| SbS °s GETTING READY FOR THE FAIR ÜD1 There isn't a finer mastectomy form available.1 The exquisite new Naturalwear is attractive and comfortable and available In the widest range of sizes and shapes Ask one of our trained fitters to show you the ///I Z/\\\\ '/\\ /I //It l\\\\ I //IX /H /I //|\\ \" g HOURS: Monday to Saturday - 7 a m.to 11 p.m.p# Sunday - 8 a m.to 10 p.m.453-7350 \\ Mastectomy Forms and Fashions take their place.As a result, fair presidents suffer quickly from fair burnout.\" \u2018We hope to have your support and we will £5 certainly serve you to the best of our ability\" j|B Terry Francine and Steven Richard TïtirïîïTïllTlrïtïtlTlîïîïlïlïlïlS (\\)a.mps 190 Raglan St.RENFREW (613) 432-3024 we have to go out and get those down from his post as Graham estimates that, people metres of groomed ski trails.Since it opened in '91, Cushing's Lodge has been a popular spot for tourists who want to get back to nature.review cm DÉCISION DECISION Canada (Continued from page 1) Rural territory' Décision 95-25.La Radio du Pontiac Inc., Fort-Cou-longe (OC).APPROUVÉ - Augmentation du pourcentage des émissions de langue anglaise de 30% à 40% de la semaine de radiodiffusion de CHIP-FM Fort-Cou longe; et réduction du pourcentage des émissions de langue française de 70% à 60% de la semaine de radiodiffusion.Le texte complet de cette décision est disponible en communiquant avec la salle d\u2019examen du CRTC au (819) 997-2429; et au bureau du CRTC à Montréal (514) 283-6607.Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes In the 750,000 square kilometre territory, Télé- says Decision 95-25.La Radio du Pontiac Inc., Fort Coulonge, OC.APPROVED percentage of English-language programming from 30% to 40% per broadcast week for CHIP-FM Fort-Coulonge; and reduction of the percentage of French-language programming from 70% to 60% per broadcast week.Complete text of this decision may be obtained by contacting the Public Examination Room at (819) 997-2429 or through the office in Montréal (514) 283- will continue to,' Picard annoyances.n\t, .\t,\tBecause local calling \"Eco-tourism is the fast- Our goal is to \"have meant customers can now .est mowing form of tour-square-kilometre\tequivalent rates to the rest\treceive an Ottawa-Hull\tjsm\tjn\tthe\tindustry\" r n ,\t.,.n\tphone directory free of\tCushing says.\t\"The\tworld Calls made within Que-\tcharge, at also means any\tmarket is demanding a bee and Ontario have been\tdirectory assistance re-\t^ack to nature' type of targeted for reduction be-\tquests for numbers in that\ttourism This is why it is very cause \"statistics show that book now cost 60 cents.And wjth thjs mowing expensive\tfor Télébec\tto\tthe vast majority of our\ttrend, Cushing says Pon provide\tbasic\tlocal\tser-\tcustomers make long-\tEven though the Ottawa\ttiac has incredible poten- We\thave\tthe\tbiggest\tvice,'\tPicard says.\tdistance calls mostly\tphone books are not auto-\ttial territory\tin\tQuebec\tin\tBut\tTélébec has\tbeen\twithin Quebec and Onta-\tmatically mailed to 647 terms of space,\u201d says steadily reducing its rates rio,\" Picard says Pierre Picard, spokesman since 91 for Télébec Increase of the per compared to 12 lines per of the industry charge higher longdistance rates in order to\t, ., provide local service for square-kilometre in the all of its customers in its res^ *he industry, mainly rural territory, which includes northern Quebec.6607 Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission 1*1 \"We all take this back exchange customers - yard for granted,\" he .\t, K triey must request one - a gays.\"Whereas in Eu- In four years, long-\tArothcrœsh grab 411 directory assistance rope, it's so densely popu- As well, Télébec has\tdistance revenues have While most\tresidents in\trequest for Ottawa num fewer customers than the\tdropped by $16 million be-\tthe 647 exchange seem\tbers will cost all custom- rest of the industry, espe-\tcause of reduced rates.\tpleased with\tlocal calling\ters in this exchange, cially business custom-\t\"We have made great\tto Ottawa,\tthe service\twhether you have a phone steps in reduction and we doesn't come without its book or not.ACCOUNTING & BOOKKEEPING SERVICES lated.They look at us as the great frontier.\" But the lodge owner adds, \"we have to get serious about how we re going GET PREPARED WITH PROFESSIONAL ADVICE - REASONABLE PRICE BOOKKEEPING, GST & QST REPORTS, PAYROLL (for as little as $75.00 per month) ers Obituary Lida Corriveau ***** any 'ismeerp^ MAVOt THI Slum AKl K PARC DE LA GATINEAU /\u2022* \\ INCOME TAX, EFILE, CAPITAL GAINS ELECTIONS 0 < b LM / I (authorized by Revenue Canada & Ministère du Québec for electronic filing) l o y Lida (Lance) Corriveau died at her residence in Pembroke, Ontario, on January 26, 1995, at age 71.She was the loving wife of Doria Corriveau.The funeral was held from Neville Funeral Home on January 28 at 11 a m., officiated by Father Gagnon, at St Jean Baptiste Church in Pembroke.Music was by the church organist and choir.Burial was at St Colum-ba's Cemetery in Pembroke, and pallbearers | i were nephews of Mrs Cor- t \u2022 ^ 0\\ \\ . -A SMITH & ASSOCIATES PETER B.SMITH, B.Sc., CGA Certified General Accountant CALL NOW FOR AN ESTIMATE