The record, 30 août 1985, Supplément 1

2—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1985 Stamp world had busy summer With the end of summer in sight, it’s time to catch up on what has been a very active summer in the stamp issuing department.It all started with a thirty-four cent parliament building stamp which was issued in conjunction with the two cent raise in domestic rate.At the same time, a fifty cent vending machine booklet was issued.The booklet is made up of one dark blue thirty four cent stamp illustrating the Center Block and Library, two five cent stamps featuring the East Block in dark brown and two three cent stamps of the West Block in dark green.These are somewhat of an improvement over the previous maple leaf series, but still leave a lot to be desired.On June 28th yet another series of forts were issued in a booklet pane format of ten stamps for Canada Day.I have nothing against forts but, couldn’t Canada Post issue something a little more patriotic?On the positive side, I think Canada Post really outdid itself on the thirty-four cent Queen Elizabeth II issue which was released on July 12th.This is a superlative stamp and, a vast improvement over the previous denominations of the same series.There are a few format changes, namely, the denomination is in the upper right corner instead of the upper left.The lettering and numerals are a light blue in contrast to the dark blue background, as compared to black in the previous denominations.The co- Stamp corner By Peter McCarthy pyright and year are horizontal and under the postage / postes, as opposed to being vertical and to the right and below the postage / postes as in the previus issues.The white frame within the background of the previous issues does not appear in the new stamp.Abitibi — Price no longer manufactures the high quality paper needed to produce stamps.Harrison paper, which is imported from England is now being used.The one dollar Glacier National Park plate 2 was released July 12th, while the Five dollar Point Pelee plate 3 is to be released on August 30th.Both are printed using Harrison paper.The one dollar and fifty cent Waterton Lakes will be withdrawn on December 24th of this year or, as stock lasts.On August 1st, a 100 stamp coil and a 25 stamp booklet of the Parliament buildings were released.On the same day, a further three medium value definitive stamps of the Heritage series were released.They are a thirty-nine cent value illustrating a settle bed for mail to the U.S.A fifty cent stamp depicting a sleigh and a sixty-eight cent stamp featuring a spinning wheel, are for international or overseas mail.If all this isn’t enough, the one cent decoy of the Heritage series is to be printed on Harrison - Clark paper.Three million have been printed on Harrison paper.Nine million are to be printed on Clark paper.By the time you read this, they may already be in the post offices.Another thirty million are to be printed on Harrison paper at a later date.All are produced by the Canadian Bank Note Company.Look at all the fun you paper variety collectors are going to have.The Irish Post Offices announce the release of two stamps.The denominations are 22p and 26p.Groups of young people are featured with the International Youth Year symbol.The Hong Kong post office announces the release of a special set of four stamps depicting the life and times of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother This set forms part of an omnibus series issued in conjunction with 19 other countries.The stamps were issued on August 7th, and are in the following denominations, 40 cents, one dollar, one dollar and thirty cents and five dollars.Whew! That’s a lot of catching up.Hope you have all had a nice summer.If you want to write, the address is P.O.Box 688, Richmond, Quebec., JOB 2H0.Centennial announces new season LENNOXVILLE (LS) — The Centennial Theatre at Bishop’s University has announced its 1985 - ’86 schedule, and the line-up includes something for everyone.The management of the theatre is urging people to subscribe to the various series in order to save up to 25 per cent on the high quality entertainment being offered.FINEST IN ENTERTAINMENT The Finest in Entertainment series starts off September 14 with the Montreal-based dance troupe La La La Human Steps.Prize-winning choreographer Edouard Lock and his company of four use strong images, live electronic music, and high-energy movement to make their work into a theatrical event.The troupe has toured extensively in Canada, the United States and Europe, participating in many prominent festivals.Tickets for this event are now c n sale at the Centennial Theatre Box Office, open Monday to Friday 10 — 5:30.Tickets are $12, $6 for students, and $10, $5 for students, and they may be ordered by calling (819)563-4966.Note that the theatre has instituted a reserved seating system, to avoid the crush at the door as people scramble for the best seats.This is followed, in the same series, by Second City on September 30.This comedy company from Toronto guarantees an evening of laughter.The Nylons, with their unique a capella style, return to the Centennial October 16, and January 20 the Broadway musical revue Ain’t Misbehavin’ comes to the stage.Subscriptions to this series will be sold until September 14, at $35 and $20 for students.Subscribers are guaranteed seating in the central section, the same seats for all performances in the series, as well as savings and convenience.THE MOST FUN In The Most Fun series for children, the Centennial has the ballet Babar, in English December 2, French December 5, and special performances for schools during the day the 3, 4, and 5.The Théâtre de la Marmaille also pre-sents.in both English and French June 8,9, and 10, its production on children of the Third World, which is premiering at the Centennial.Subscriptions for the children’s series are $10.BEST IN MUSIC The Best in Music series begins with Tafelmusik, North America’s only full-time baroque orchestra, performing November 14.This is followed on November 30 by musician-performer André Gagnon who will perform some of his own compositions as well as works by Schubert, Gershwin, Chopin and Satie.February 15 Louis Lortie, a virtuoso pianist who has performed with prestigious symphonies around the world, takes the stage.F inally the Tudor Singers Vocal Ensemble, a 20 voice chorus, presents a programme which includes selections by Leonard Bernstein.Subscriptions for this series are $35 and $20 for students.Brochures giving all the details for the year are available in various locations in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, and around the region, or you can have one sent to you by calling the box office at (819) 563-4966.Veneto region has more The wines of the Italian region of Veneto are justly famous.The river of Valpolicella, Bardolino and Soave that pours into North America has insured that even the novice wine drinker is likely familiar with this rather prolific province.What is not generally known, however, is that the Veneto produces at least ten more Denomi-nazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) wines that, if lesser known, are at least of sufficient quality to be of interest.Recently, more of these “other” DOC wines have been appearing on the shelves of our local SAQ outlets.Not too long ago, I spoke of the Merlot Del Piave, a quite decent red wine from the Piave river valley that retails at $6.10 a bottle and provides reasonable quality for the money.Now, there has appeared a white from the nearby region of Colli Berici.The Colli Berici — literally “hills of Berici” — is an area squeezed in between Verona on the west and Padua on the east.It is what noted Italian wine authority, Cyril Ray, calls a “blanket” denominazione in that it includes at least seven different wines.The one that I tasted earlier this week is the Pinot Bianco by Sartori.Made from the Pinot Bianco and Pinot Grigio grapes, it is a pale, crisp wine which has supri-singly good balance and enough acidity to make it very refreshing.It is also a much maligned Wine Bits By TIMOTHY BELFORD wine.According to both Ray, and Hugh Johnson (author of The World Atlas of Wine), the Colli Berici is lacking in bouquet, something I did not find, and seldom up to the level of other Veneto wines.For my part, I found it quite flowery in scent with an admirably fruity taste.Although it is a wine made more for “quaffing” on a summer day, or sipping as an after-work restorative, it would do nicely with most seafood and probably suit a roast chicken.The other nice thing about Colli Berici Pinot Bianco, is the price.At present — that is until everyone discovers it — a bottle runs a mere, by today’s standards, $5.80.It doesn’t seem to be available in every store, however, so you will probably have to do a little searching.Since I intend to go out and buy several more bottles myself — just to confirm my original analysis you understand — I won’t tell you where I found it.Good luck.Cheers! /LÉ C'NtUJ* « ¦' CINEMAS CARREFOUR DE L’ESTRIE 3050.boul.Portland 565-0366 /A ADULTS « YOUTHS ONLY '.Ym.Ni TfctfJ* ¦¦ • ChMran•§United Gokton Age Club.$2.50 It is everything you’ve dreamed of.It is nothing you expect.»! ANS (INDICATiri “YOU’VE NEVER SEEN'd ANYTHING QUITE LIKE IT.Exciting, explosive, daring, adventurous, dazzling, eye-popping, splendiferous, exotic!” — Rn Rp«l, NEW V0RK POST “MOMENTS THAT MAKE YOU GASP, THEY ARE THAT STUNNING." — Julif Salmon.WALL STREET J01 RNAI.YEAR OF THE DRAGON CINEMA Every Night 6:45-9:15.Sunday 1:30 - 4:00 - 6:45 - 9:15 TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1985-3 Four-part harmony gives an “inner satisfaction” By Laurel Sherrer STANBRIDGE EAST —In 1981 four men taking a course in barbershop harmony in Cowansville decided they didn’t want to give up singing together just because their ten-week course was finished.So they continued meeting together at each other’s houses to practise—just the four of them — until one of them wrote to the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA) to inquire about becoming a chartered barbershop chorus within the society.The four quickly recruited 18 others interested in singing together in order to have enough to be chartered members of the society, and in July, 1982 became the Yamaska Valley Chapter of the SPEBSQSA, otherwise known as the Townships Harmony Chorus.Monday nights outside the Senior Citizens’ Centre in Stan-bridge East, the narrow street is lined with cars, and if you draw close to the building you may hear strains of old favorites like My Wild Irish Rose, Beautiful Island of Somewhere, and My Old Kentucky Home in four-part har- mony.HAMMERED TO PERFECTION Or you may hear short, unreco-gnizeable passages of music being repeated over and over again.That’s because the song has been dissected into its four parts and each part is being hammered into perfection before being combined with the others.“We work as sections first, and then we put it together,” said bass singer and chapter president Bob Grevatt.“We can learn a song quicker in sectionals.” The job of the director, then, is to make the whole thing mesh.And when it does, it’s quite a feeling, says Lawrence Moreau, one of the original quartet, along with his brother Arnold, Bruce Kidd and Rev.Don Flumerfelt.“There’s something about singing in harmony that gives you some inner satisfaction that’s very pleasing,” he said.The effect of a perfect four-part chord is almost like hearing a fifth note, he explained.“When the chord is right, when it’s very, very precise you can hear that fifth note,” he said.“It’s like the angels up there joining in.” The knowledge of music among the members is varied, said Grevatt.“I can’t read a note of music,” he said.“All I know is that they go up and down.Whereas our exdirector had 11 years of musical training.” NOT A REQUIREMENT “The ability to read music is an asset,” he said, “but it’s not a requirement.An enjoyment of music and a willingness to learn is all that’s required.” Plus you have to be male.The ones who are most intimidated at first, said Moreau, often turn out to be the best singers.One of the early challenges of the group was getting up to sing in front of other barbershoppers in the society’s competitions.Grevatt remembers their first public appearance, in Montreal, in front of an auditorium full of barbershop singers from other chapters.“We were dreadful,” he said, “but when we finished they gave us a standing ovation.We were looking around wondering ‘Do they mean us?”’ It’s this kind of encouragement and camaraderie within the society and within each chapter that attracts many, said Grevatt.Director Steven Wheaton sings tenor while lead Lawrence Moreau, bass Bob Grevatt and baritone Peter Lukosa join in on "My Wild Irish Rose” in traditional quartet style.Each song is dissected into its four parts and worked on in sections before the director meshes the whole thing together.IB» Lead singers Bill Black and Lawrence Moreau keep their eyes on the conductor.Some in the Yamaska Valley The chorus has to make money chapter don’t even sing — they through some of their shows to just take care of things like ar- pay for new pieces of music (at ranging performances and prin- least six a year) and for the trailing their newsletter.ning sessions held in the States READY TO GO for the directors of the chapter.Many of the chorus’s perfor- The international society has mances are done for charitable over 38,000 members.It contri-organizations, and lately they ha- butes about $500,000 a year to an ven’t been able to fill the demand, institute in Kansas which helps partly because they were in children with speech problems, search of a new director.But Most chapters designate a local now, with Stephen Wheaton of St.charity of their own, and the Lambert at the helm, they’re rea- Townships Harmony Chorus is dy to go.trying to decide on one now.The next big event is a show in The chorus is always looking the Massey-Vanier Auditorium for more members, said Moreau.October 5, featuring the Green “It’s geared to get the best out of Mountain Chorus.The Townships everybody who can follow a Harmony chorus is hoping be tune,” he said.“We also want any-able to do half a dozen songs for body who wants to have some the show as well, says Grevatt.fun.” FLAMBOYANTI CARMEN!" /.«i Pi-nnioll.Id /-You *2® WEDNESDAY'S : SPECIAL : A M l n film ik- J FRANCI SCO ROSI jrj?y ^ • ISA MM If 41 OR.g II I IA MICii:NFS-JOHNSON FI.AC I DO DOMINGO! 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General Admission $5.00 CiNÉMA CAPITOL 565 0111 59 KING est Sherbrooke Mon to Fri 8:00 p.m.Sat, Sun & Tues 2:00 p.m.& 8:00 p.m.RETORD/PERRY BEATON 4-TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1985 Engel’s short stories have a ‘collective oddness The Tatooed Woman by Marian Engel (PENGUIN): $6.95,192 pp.When Governor General’s Award winning writer Marian Engel (Bear, 1976) died this year, she was in the process of putting together a collection of short fiction, according to Timothy Findley’s preface to The Tatooed Woman.Just before the 51-year-old author’s death, Findley and another friend of the short story, the CBC’s Robert Weaver, were aiding Engel in the anguish of deciding which stories of the terminally ill writer would be included in this Penguin Short Fiction Series.In The Tatooed Woman, as Findley reminds us, “The stories have a collective oddness’.But ‘oddness’ is a word you must be careful of.Marian Engel’s sense of oddness is very often one of mere apartness.Her people lived apart, making their peace with life and what passed for life, with a kind of wonderful valour”.As she admits in her own introduction to her stories, Engel is “not good at traditional narrative”, which she blames on trying MARIAN FIN (I EL • llE OTTOOED WOMAN Kaleidoscope au mr'UADn ¦ omev By RICHARD LONEY and failing to live a conventional life, so that many of the pieces here are rather fragmented, impressionistic vignettes.Some do not go much beyond a novel idea, an idea that depends on a quirky verbal gimmick for effect.“Banana Flies” is such a story, in which members of a dinner party are given the names of fruits and vegetables and the playful banter is recorded, resulting in the following drollery: “We ate two birds and a garden of vegetables, grapes and cheese and a pineapple cut to look like a pheasant.The brie abandoned itself.Cherry provided.“Cherry and Almond passed a joint.Pear refused most intoxicants.Apple was at the grape”.Stories that work best are longer, highly evocative creations such as “The Smell of Sulphur”, in which a family visit to the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario serves as an opening for the floodgates of nostalgia.Engel writes of the kinds of mental touchstones that any family that ever went to a summer place in Ontario or Quebec will feel familiar with — name August flowers, investigating the backgrounds of fellow cottagers, fighting off hordes of merciless mosquitoes, and the inevitable trip to the rural general stores for supplies which leads the title to this story.In many of the stories with conventional story trappings of plot and character development, the central figures are middle-aged women waging valiant vattles against age, abandoned by a shiftless male, or engaged in the pursuit of minor literary careers.One of the best tales is “The Country Doctor”, in which a literary lady, holidaying in an isolated maritime village, Randal’s Cove (Newfoundland?), encounters a mysterious and eccentric doctor who charms her and invites her into his strange world.The story, with its eerie ending and the careful recording of speech patterns is Engel at her strength, tracing the contours of society’s eternal battles between male and female participants in the charade called life.The Tatooed Woman is another entry in the Penguin Short Fiction catalogue which gathers together stories from Canadian writers making them far more accessible to a general reading public than they perhaps were in their original appearance in print in a variety of small magazines.Writers in print in this series currently include: Matt Cohen, Timothy Findley, Norman Levine, W.P.Kinsella, Nadine Gordimer, Robertson Davies, Mordecai Ri-chler, and Bharati Mukherjee.RECORD REVIEWS The FORESTER SISTERS (WARNER BROS) With the country commotion stirred up by the male ensembles that rely on right harmonies such as Exile, Alabama and the perennially popular Statlers, it’s only natural that the ladies get in on the action.Four country female vocalists, the Forester Sisters, Kathy, June, Kim, and Christy by name, have put together an album of warm, pleasing songs that have lots of cross-over potential.The Foresters slip out of the pure country tradition to do “I Fell In Love Again Last Night”, which makes someone like Janie Fricke sound almost Western in comparison.When they get the vocals working, and at times they appear to have only three parts of the chords covered, they can do perky numbers such as “Just In Case”, with the Dolly Parton style of bubbly effervescence.Country morals are the theme of “Reckless Night” — “She rocks her baby in the blue moonlight/ The legacy of a reckless night”; while “Dixie Man” is a rollicking honky-tonkin’ tune that might be heard in a set by the Charlie Da- niels Band.Producers J.L.Wallace and Terry Skinner call on the Muscle Shoals regulars of country funk to assure that the Foresters are backed by some tasty contemporary southern players.If you imagine how the Judds would sound doubled, then the Forester Sisters make a similar joyful noise with their well meshed voices.On a track like “The Missing Part” it’s easy to hear the potential the Foresters have for singing all kinds of music, from folky things like this beautiful song to Texas heart-thumpers such as “Crazy Heart”, or southern treachery like “Yankee Don’t Go Home”.The Forester Sisters have far too much commercial appeal to please those that rely on Mother May-belle for their female input into country, but this album should clear a spot in the male dominated field of quartets for these singing siblings called the Foresters.The Romantics RHYTHM ROMANCE (NEMPEROR-CBS) Out of Detroit, sired by Eddie Cochran, nurtured by the Sixties influences such as the Yardbirds and the Kinks, the Romantics are throwbacks to rock n’ roll that needs no additives.This tough quartet of pompadoured leather-clad rockers won’t send you scurrying to your dictionary to deal with their simply, straight up lyrics, but you won’t find the tunes on RHYTHM ROMANCE boring either.The Romantics aren’t caught up in rock as a backdrop to a fashion show a la Prince or Madonna, but they grind out songs that appeal, thanks to the gritty use they make of the basic four man rhythm unit.Title track on this fifth album from the Romantics has the sexual ambiguity of the early rock standards, with double en-trendre adding the risqué to their raunchy rock.There’s a rockabilly edge to several tracks, a reminder that the sound the Romantics perpetuate has a special niche in the history of rock .-'am'' between the advent of Elvis and the birth of the Beatles.Their treatment of the Leiber & Stoller standard “Poison Ivy” is a perfect example of the fun that these Motor City players are obviously having with their brash, raucous rock.This album would make the perfect accompaniment to that triple-header video cassette of James Dean’s three films, “Rebel Without A Cause”, “Giant” and “East of Eden” — turn down the soundtrack and jack the Romantics up really loud for a rockabilly treat.Top 10 books Here are the week’s Top 10 fiction and non-fiction books as compiled by Maclean’s magazine.Bracketed figures indicate position the previous week.FICTION 1 (1) Skeleton Crew — King 2 (2) If Tomorrow Comes — Sheldon 3 (3) The Cider House Rules — Irving 4 (4) The Fourth Deadly Sin — Sanders 5 (5) Chapterhouse : Dune — Herbert 6 (6) Inside, Outside — Wouk 7 (7) Jubal Sackett — L’Amour 8 (-) Lucky — Collins 9 (8) The Burning Shore — Smith 10 (9) Jian — Van Lustbader NON-FICTION 1 (1) lacocca — lacocca 2 (3) Yeager—Yeager and Janos ; 3 (2) A Passion for Excellence — Peters and Austin 4 (4) Mountbatten — Ziegler 5 (5) Breaking With Moscow — Shevchenko 6 (6) Dr.Abravanel’s Body Type Program — Abravanel 7 (8) Dr.Berger’s Immune Power Diet — Berger 8 (7) Heart of Oak — Foster 9 (-) A Day in the Life of Canada— Cohen 10 (10) The Canadians—Malcolm TOWNSHIPS WEEK-FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1985—5 New TV show searches for Townships eccentrics By Peter Scowen SHERBROOKE — There are two ways you can look at eccentrics: 1) they’re crazy; or 2) they’re crazy but they’re motivated by a passion that is a celebration of human spirit.Radio Quebec Estrie, the local branch of the province’s educational television network, has gone with number 2) in an innovative bicultural show called On n a pas tout vu (You ain’t seen nothing).The show, set to air locally Sundays at 7 p.m.on cable 24 (channel 8) and Wednesdays on the provincial network at 3 p.m., puts a celebrity on the road in pursuit of interesting and amazing Eastern Townshippers.Each week two or three people from the region are featured in interviews that tell their story.‘Flashes’ — short clips on Townships trivia — round out the half hour.* Radio Quebec gave The Record a sneak preview of On n ’a pas tout vu after the producers of the show discovered that a good part of the region’s eccentric population is made up of English-speaking people.Most of the interviews are in French, and those that are all in English are dubbed over by a translator, according to Marc Chiasson, programming director.He says, however, that “if you can do your grocery shopping in French,” anglophones can understand what’s going on.Among the ‘eccentrics’ interviewed by singer-songwriter Jacques Michel is a middle-aged man who collects model trains ; a man who handmade his entire house, inside and out ; a woman in Sutton who makes coloring books for adults; a Coaticook man who made a working car out of an oil drum ; and a man who can feel the heartbeat of a monster lurking in Lake Memphremagog.A good percentage of the people interviewed are English-speaking, a lesson Radio Quebec learned as it was preparing the first episodes of the show.“A funny thing happened on the way to the cutting room,” Chiasson said.“We started out looking for amazing things.We found many to be anglophone or anglophone related, and we decided to go with those.” “It would be utterly ridiculous to not have a good portion of anglophone interest on Radio Quebec Estrie,’’ he added.Although some of the characters featured on On n’a pas tout vu may be perceived as being somewhat crazy, Chiasson says the show isn’t out to make fun of people.The message is that eccentricity stems from passion and free spirits.“We trying to show how serious eccentrics are,” he said.“Behind every kind of passion there is an important message.” FAITHFUL TO HIMSELF Pointing out the example of the middle-aged man who plays with Singer-songwriter Jacques Michel has already been out on the road, in search of amazing stories of passion and free spirits.—ite trains, Chiasson says “the child in him has never died.He has been faithful to himself.” He says the show is a “chance to learn about yourself by looking at different things.” “Some kind of heartstring has to be pulled.” Interviewer Michel, who has never been a TV host before, stays out of the way in the show.The camera usually focusses on the face of the subject, or cuts to different scenes while the subject keeps talking.“We told Michel to let the guest be his or herself,” Chiasson explains.“It’s a sort of loose style.” On n ’a pas tout vu is completely different from any other show on the Radio Quebec network, Chiasson says.It may someday spread to other regions.“We’ve put a heck of a lot of money and a heck of a lot of importance in this show,” he says.“We’re going to keep it going and try to make it better.” On n’a pas tout vu begins Sept.8.Foryour information Sutton museum founder honored SUTTON — (LS) The founder of the Eberdt Museum of Communications in Sutton was honored early this week with an award given by the National Parks Centennial Citizens’ Committee for his “outstanding contribution to local heritage”.Edmund Eberdt, a former communications engineer, has lived in the Sutton area since 1958, and during that time he collected communications artifacts from around the area, including such things as telephones, phonographs and radios of by-gone eras.“Most of the artifacts come from 30 miles around Sutton,” he said.He collected them mostly by frequenting auctions and garage sales.Sutton Mayor Jean-Paul Deslières presented the award, before a group of 60 or more, mostly members of the Heritage Sutton historical society.Eberdt’s communications collection formed the basis for the Sutton Museum, established in 1965.The four-storey museum houses general antiquities from the region, an archive, a meeting hall with projection facilities, a sales counter for historical literature and souvenirs and a Tea Room Heritage Sutton was set up and incorporated as a non-profit educational institution in 1983 with the purpose of supporting the museum, researching and publishing local history and organizing special programs, exhibitions, lectures and tours.Eberdt said the fact that the municipality recommended him for the award shows its increasing interest in local heritage.“We all know the preservation of the heritage of our region and our town is of great value to students, historians and the municipality itself,” he said.“It is very encouraging indeed that the younger generation is becoming aware of the value of our heritage and are making use of it." Mayor Deslières said he would like the municipality to give the historical society more support in 2 the future.| “We have this as an attraction j to our municipality," he said.~ “The thinking of the council is that we have contributed a small p portion financially in the past two | or three years to keep this going and we’d like to do more, according to our means.” utton Mayor Jean-Paul Deslières present a Parks Canada award to mseum founder Edmund Eberdt.Ill H’&uberge Cabana Summer 85 and its Dining Room 'Le Bordeleau' offers, this Summer, these Special Menus: SPECIAL MENUS SUNDAY — BRUNCH at ‘La Brise'! $10.95 Supper: Family Oriented Menu - Roasts - Slutted Crepes -Fresh Fish - Assorted Steaks MONDAY — REGIONAL FAVORITES .Fresh Cod ‘Fines herbes* - Lamb Stew - Braised Beet in Ale TUESDAY — TYPICAL QUEBEC BUFFET: $11.50 WEDNESDAY — For lovers of Grilled Steak and Frog Legs THURSDAY — Fresh fish and Seafood Night FRIDAY — Farm Fresh Roast Duckling and Milk Fed Veal SATURDAY — Our Shellfish and famous Prime Rib Roast .Open from: 6:00 p.m.to 11:00 p.m.Prices for supper from $8.50 1460, Promenade du Lac West, MAGOG For Reservation: (819) 843-3313^ 6—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1985 Third international food festival under way soon By Laurel Sherrer EASTMAN — An association of restaurant owners in the Eastman area is planning for its third annual Rendez-vous International des Gourmets, from September 10 to 30.Those with a taste for the finer things in life can sample the cuisine of one of six different countries, each represented by one of the restaurants in the association.Or, if you feel up to two dinners out per week, you can try all six.Jacques Robert, owner of the Auberge du Fenil and president of La Confrérie des Amuse- Gueules d'Eastman Inc.says the international food festival is an attempt to extend the summer season and eliminate the between-season slump that often hits the restaurant business in the area.As in the past two years, the Auberge du Fenil will be offering a Swiss menu, and Robert hopes to have some musicians in to perform music in the Swiss tradition ON THE MENUS Features on the menu there include a cheese fondue, filet of trout with herbes and cream, leg of lamb with green peppers, and for dessert, chocolate fondue.The media were treated to an international feast at the Auberge du Fenil this week, as a sneak preview of the gourmet festival.The Auberge le falot is offering Hungarian cuisine this year, including entrees of goulash soup and Hungarian salad, followed by veal escalope, and Bacskolben chicken, and various Hungarian desserts.La Bonne Boeuf’s Spanish menu includes Tortilla Espanola, Spanish quiche.Zarzuela de Mo-riscos and chocolate mousse.Les Mélèzes is representing Austria, with Viennese escalope, Austrian saurkraut, veal with rice and several sumptuous desserts, among other things on the menu.At la Veille Maison, you can sample Italian fare including antipasto, a sea-food delicacy called Crostata de fruti de mare all calabrese, and Neapolitan cheese cake.Le Bon Gru de la Boucharde is offering Algerian cuisine, which includes lentil soup, lamb ke-bobs, sauteed shrimp and potato pancakes.Each of the restaurants will serve an appropriate wine as well.CONNOISSEURS TAKE NOTE If the samples provided for the media at a recent “sneak preview” are any indication, the Rendez vous International des Gourmets is something for connoisseurs and those who simply enjoy good food to take note of.The inns don’t necessarily have chefs who are specialists in the cuisine of the country they’ll be representing, but they have done a lot of research, said Robert, often consulting with the countries’ embassies and consulates here.Clients of the inns have also offered their suggestions, and recipes in many cases, he said.Mireille Daigneault, manager of the Auberge du fenil, says '.w \ * ** Actress Marjolaine Hébert, of the Théâtre de Marjolaine, joined Auberge du Fenil owner Jacques Robert to wish the restaurant owners the best in their third annual festival.* {‘~ * 7 « < $, *"¦ * ** ft i * * pfcl « AV.•ft* ?: * * ¦i *«¦ *** ¦ people have come from Montreal She said the restaurant owners or even farther for the festival in work together because they know the past two years, and that many it benefits them all just to make are expected to return this year, sure people visit the area.Back to the Future star remains VANCOUVER (CP) — He grins leading-man height, and calls himself a “wimp.” He But Michael J.Fox, a Burnaby, could easily pass for 16 — al- B.C., native who failed his high thoughhe’sreally24.Andat5ft.4 school drama class, has proved in., he’s a good six inches short of everyone wrong.t RESTAURANT Entrée: Main course: Ceasar salad Seafood brochette Potage or cultivateur F'l®t mignon Forestier Dessert: Mousse au chocolat Tea and coffee *13**/person “Us little guys are gonna take over the world,” Fox jokes.“Instead of thinking, ‘Michael J.Fox is too short to play this role,’ directors will say ‘we’ll have to change this part.It’s written too tall for Michael J.Fox.’ ” Three years ago, Fox was plucked from near-obscurity to play a key role in the popular television series Family Ties.As Alex P.Keaton, he’s an ultraconservative teenager who wears pin-striped shirts, idolizes former president Richard Nixon, and drives his liberated 1960s-generation parents absolutely crazy.But it was only nine months ago that Fox received his biggest break—a phone call from Steven Spielberg.Executive producer Spielberg and director Robert Zemeckis wanted him for the leading role in Back To The Future.“Michael J.Fox is charming, handsome, funny, sensitive and true to Family Ties useful,” said Zemeckis.“He is everthing this character needs wrapped in one.” Fox is the fourth of five children.His father Bill, now retired, spent 25 years in the Canadian army and 15 years as a police dispatcher.His mother Phyllis is a secretary-payroll clerk.Both are a little overwhelmed, if unsurprised, by their son’s success — it’s meant they’ve had to get an unlisted number, to avoid late-night calls from legions of young female fans.“We’re just so proud of what he’s done,” says Phyllis Fox.“I didn’t think six years ago it was going to come so quickly." WAS A DROP-OUT Fox says he never considered going to university.In fact, he dropped out of high school in his senior year because homework was getting in the way of his acting.After a year in Hollywood, the big break came.He was offered the Family Ties role.“I wanted Alex to be the star of the dinner table,” he says.Fox remembers the time spent at the dinner table.“My brother is the funniest, damn guy, and I looked up to him so much.That’s who I wanted Alex to be.“Now I tend to get into that dry humor a little bit too.But just when I think I'm on a roll I go home to visit my family, and my brother puts me under the table.’ ’ No matter what other career temptation Fox faces in the next few years, he insists his heart and his work schedule belong to Family Ties.“I was born to play Alex P.Keaton,” Fox says.“I love him so much.You’d have to forcibly remove me with guns to make me quit that show.That’s my job, and it’s home." But he says life would be perfect “if I could do what I’m doing now — in Burnaby.” RECORD/PERRY BEATON TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1985—7 Duplicity appears to be in vogue Stand by for a flurry of “spy exposés”.With the recent defection of Hans Joachim Tiedge, the head of the East German Affairs section of the West German Secret Service, journalists everywhere are searching their files under D for duplicity.Five will get you ten that Newsweek, Time and Maclean’s will all cover the story and will all include a feature on the history of spying and betrayal running back to Judas’s invention of the term “double agent”.Once again we’ll hear all about British war hero Benedict Arnold — mistakenly considered a spy by the Yanks — the Hosenbergs, Kim Philby, Gouzenko, Mata Hari and any one else who ever traded codes for cash.However, with George Hees now Minister of Veterans Affairs, don’t count on a big replay of the Gerda Munsinger case.Our Weirdo of the Week Award has to be split this time out between 22-year-old Steve Trotter and 43-year-old John David Mun-day.Our dynamic duo appeared in magistrates court earlier this week and were both fined $500 plus $3 court costs for, in the case of Trotter, going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, and in the case of Munday, attempting to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.Trotter, who made the “successful” attempt, says he hopes to be a stunt man in Hollywood.Munday, on the other hand, did it just for fun.Just to show him how much he appreciated the joke, the judge also put Monday on probation in case he tries to make a successful bid in the future.For you sports fans out there, the Bishop’s Gaiters football squad, the best entertainment buy for your dollar from September to November, is begining to resemble the Dallas Cowyboys.The only thing head honcho Bruce Coulter needs is a Tom Landry hat and the image will be complete.Rumor has it that the field will have to be enlarged to accommodate the coaching staff to say nothing of the players who are bigger, faster and meaner than last year.According to Michel Vigna of Saga Foods, the university will have to apply to the provincial education department for an increase in the school’s budget just to accommodate the Who’s who By TADEUSZ LETARTE increase m toon consumption.According to inside sources, one rookie who hails from France (that well-known hot bed of football) stands just over 6 feet 6 inches, weighs about the same as a Volkswagen and can bench press over 400 pounds.He’s not very fast though, but nobody has the nerve to tell him.Still on the sports scene, my heart bleeds for those poor fellows who play for the B.C.Lions football club.Apparently the boys are upset with their fans who booed them heartily after a loss to the lowly Calgary Stampe-ders and again when the Lions had trouble with the Hamilton Pussycats.According to the players, the fans are too critical.And despite the fact that the Lions have a history of dropping from first place faster than the autumn leaves, they, the fans, should have faith.Sure, and the Expos are the team of the 80s.#§Tf.Attending a Bruce Springstein concert! What other traces of corruption and lasciviousness lurk beneath the straight-laced exterior of Ontario’s public figures, waiting to catapult us into social disintegration?By God! Things are changing in Ontario.No sooner do the Liberals take over the heartland and the Premier of the province, David Peterson, is spotted at a Bruce Springstein concert.Roll over Guy Lombardo.Does this mean the bars will be allowed to serve after midnight?Will you soon be able to sing in a public place?Will smiling be allowed on Bay Street?Stay tuned to this column for further reports on the decline and fall of the 19th century in central Canada.The kielbasa war is on.The Milwaukee Polish Feast this year was highlighted by a 107 kilogram kielbasa — a sausage made of beef, pork and seasonings — which was billed as the world’s largest kielbasa.However, the organizers of the World Kielbasa Festival in Chicopee, Mass, say that their 107 kilogram version of the tasty treat, last year’s biggest, probably tasted better and besides, just wait ’til next year.And they say competition causes problems.Arts Centre receives grant to renovate and expand CHERRY RIVER — A grant of $349,214 through the Ministry of Cultural Affairs will start the Or-ford Arts Centre along the way to a year-round cultural centre, says administrative director Michel Bernier.Labor Minister Raynald Frechette was at the centre Friday to announce that the cheque, promised at the region’s socio-economic summit in January, had already been signed and delivered.There are two phases of renovations planned for the centre, Bernier said Friday.The first is simply repairing and improving the existing structures, including insulating and making the windows and doors suitable for winter use.The second phase, for which grant applications are out now, is to expand the centre, primarily with a large, multi-purpose building.The Centre d’Arts d’Orford is primarily a music school, running one-, two-, and three-week sessions with music students and young professionals from all over the world.This year teachers from eight or nine countries taught at the centre.In addition, the students, teachers, and often guest artists perform for the public in the centre’s Salle Gilles-Lefebvre.The centre operates on a yearly budget of $800,000, through the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and job creation projects as well as from M the tuition paid by students.LONG-TERM PROJECT Having the centre open year-round is a “long-term project” Bernier said.As a first step, “we will try to extend our season, and have it go from mid-June to mid-September.” Next year, in fact, the season should be longer, he said.This year it ran from June 25 to August 25.Later, some events will be held on weekends during the winter.The grant will cover 85 per cent of the cost of the first phase of renovations, Bernier said, estimated at $410,000.The rest will come out of the centre’s own budget.Artistic Director Pierre Rolland said the second phase of renova- tions, including a large multipurpose building, is necessary because there isn’t enough room in existing buildings to accomodate all the students for rehearsals.“We need to accomodate more people at the same time,” he said.Now students can practise in small groups, but it’s difficult to get 100 or so together for a rehearsal, which is sometimes necessary.The new building should have studios for various sized groups to work in, he said.The renovations to existing buildings should be finished before the next season, said Bernier, while an answer regarding the expansion project is expected sometime this fall.Vi li st's Saturday August 24 "Piano Cinq Etoiles" Salle Gilles-Lefebvre 8 p.m.Entrance: $10.00 Arthur Ozolins Handel, Brahms, Medins, Kalnins, Rachmaninov Sunday August 25 Latvie Music Salle Gilles-Lefebvre 2 p.m.Entrance: $5.00 Music and singing with the students from the Latvie Music School Darzins, Medins, Kristapsons, Vitols, Sturms, etc.Sunday August 26 Concert Bouffe Arthur Ozolins, piano • Rasma Lielmane An exceptional concert in the Salle Gilles-Lefebvre 5 p.m.Kenins, Brahms, Pavasars, Ysaye, Prokofiev Concert and meal $10.00 Concert only $5.00 #v Centre tf Art* dOrford JMC Le Lenire d’Artf* d’Orl’ortl .IVIL Exit 118 Eastern Townships Autoroute Mount Ortord Provincial Park Route 141 Ndrth (819)843-3981 1-800-567-6155 The Orford Arts Centre centre in Cherry River will one day be open all year long.vofi'niiH nr — v'on wwio *** on;»:*; .vv 8—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1985 WHAT’S ON Movies I went and saw E.T.last weekend.What a movie.Now I know why the little space-traveller’s name has become a household word since the movie first came out a few years ago.The story appeals to the child in us all ; it fulfills childhood fantasies.Imagine befriending an intelligent creature from another planet and keeping it a secret from any grownup.Imagine speeding along on your bike and suddenly finding yourself lifting off the ground and soaring above the trees.E.T.is enchanting.If you missed it the first time, don't miss it now.And you won't feel the least bit foolish if you don’t have any kids along with you.I don’t think I saw anyone under 16 in the theatre when I went.It’s playing at the Merrill’s Showplace in Newport along with Back to the Future and Volunteers.Michael J.Fox is superb in Back to the Future as a kid who accidently gets sent back to the time when his parents were his age, messes a few things up by accident and then has to fix them or else he will never get bom.Intriguing concept but don’t think about it too hard — just enjoy.Christopher Lloyd (Taxi’s Jim Ignatowski) is great too as the slightly rattled scientist who designs the time machine.Volunteers is the third movie at Merrill’s, and I haven’t seen that one yet.It stars Tom Hanks and John Candy, both of who helped made Splash so much fun.The Newport Cinema is featuring Summer Rental with John Candy of SCTV fame as well.John Candy has always made me giggle so far, but it seems to me he’s doing an awful lot these days.He’s in two movies playing in Newport, and isn’t he in something else that’s quite recent?I hope he’s not trying to mass produce the kind of humour that made him such a success with Second City.However, I haven’t seen this movie yet — it could be a winner.Something new at the Capitol in Sherbrooke: Carmen.with Julia Migenes-Johnson and Placido Domingo.This is the French version.The Cinémas Carrefour de l’Estrie have two English films: Cocoon, which 1 still know nothing about, and The Year of the Dragon, ditto.Cocoon is also playing at the Cinema Princess in Cowansville, along with Moving Violations.Exhibitions/Events Again this week, it’s fair time, this time in Brome instead of Ayer’s Cliff.The Big Brome Fair is back for its 129th year with its tremendous cattle, horse and machinery parade, its innumerable booths, its midway, its high-quality grandstand entertainment and its crowds — well over 15,000 people are expected on each of the three days.Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children under 12, and this allows you to go on all the rides without paying a cent more.A little farther afield, but not out of the question for the die-hard fairgoer, is the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction, Vermont, which has been on all week and continues until Monday.In North Hatley Saturday the Legion is holding a Steak Barbeque from 5:30 to 8:00 for the price of $8.This is followed by a dance with music provided by the Carrousel Country Riders from 9:30 until 1:30.Admittance to the dance is free.Also in North Hatley this weekend is the grand opening of an art school and gallery at 17 Main Street.There will be a festival for the public Saturday, Sunday and Monday from noon to 6, featuring musicians, folk singers, clowns, an accordionist, food and more.Starting Monday you can visit the Galerie d’Art de La Caisse Populaire de Sherbrooke-Est at 2 Bowen Sud in Sherbrooke and see a collection of works by Quebec artists from the Galerie l’Art Français de Montréal.This exhibition features works by Debert, Riopelle, Fortin, Richard, Suzor-Coté, Tanobe, Scott, Dallaire, Rochon, Lafontaine, Masson, Cosgrove, Bibeau, Moi-san, Souli Kias, Ben David, Jones and Gransow, and it will continue until September 27.The town of Val Racine, at the foot of Mount Megan-tic, is holding its 7th annual Art Auction on Sunday.There will be a vernissage Saturday night at 8 and a prize given for the best collection by one artist, based on By Laurel Sherrer and Peter Scowen a decision by a panel of judges.There will be 200 works of art exhibited, more than half of which will be sold at the auction.The auction starts at 2:00 Sunday.Television This week’s television column was three seconds from completion and an hour from deadline when an inexplicable power burst out of James Bay wiped the entire thing off the computer and left the author staring at a blank screen.In insurance terms, it was ‘an act of God’ — out of the control of man.Therefore, God will have his way today, and man will have to look up the television listings all by himself at the back of Townships Week.The Record regrets any inconvenience caused by this.Music There’s something really exciting happening at the F.L.Hideaway in Lennoxville this weekend, or so Steve Hoyt tells me.He and his brand new band Blueprint just made their big debut at the New Cliff House in Ayer’s Cliff Fair recently, and now the F.L.Hideaway has them starting tonight (Friday).They’ll be on Saturday and Sunday this week too, and then again the following weekend (September 6 and 7).The band has been together for about two months now, although all of the four members have been playing around the region with various groups for several years.They play “rock and roll and a bit of blues”, Steve says.Steve’s from Ayer’s Cliff and he plays the drums and sings, while Tony Galeazzi from Windsor plays lead guitar and slide guitar, Gaétan Bergevin of Lake Megantic does lead vocals and plays the guitar and harmonica, and Daniel Marcheterre of Sherbrooke plays bass.Sounds like a winning combination.Maybe you should check them out.Jim’s Place in Burroughs Falls has Idle Hands for the next three weeks, playing only Friday and Sunday this week.At The Maples in Stanstead, it’s country and western as Back Road rounds off a month there.Moonshine, on the other hand, is just starting a two-month stint at the Shady Crest in Ayer’s Cliff.They’re a country rock band.The Del Monty in Rock Island has a band from Ontario called Risk Rockin.You guessed it— they play rock and roll.But why the risk, I wonder.Anyway, they started last night, and are there again tonight and Saturday.The Café du Palais in Sherbrooke has a jazz duo there until Monday, but either the music was too loud, or the phone too near the performers, because, try as 1 might, I could not make out the names that were being given to me when I called.It’s hard to judge musical quality over the phone, so you’ll have to go listen for yourself.Hee Haw Country on Main Street in Magog has a humdinger of a weekend event coming up called Mountain Music Madness.It’s Sunday night, and its all the country you could ask for with six complete bands performing, and parts of other bands.J.R.Ewing wants to see you there! There’s some good, commercial dance music coming out of La Maltoniere in Sherbrooke, with a band called Area Code.They’ll be there every night until Monday.Sunday night at the Foster Hotel, the com will be roasting and The Sunset Boys will be playing the tunes.It’s a one-night-only event, so try not to miss it.The Auberge Glen Sutton is rounding off its summer music series this weekend with the Steven Barry Blues Band, a popular blues and light rock group from Montreal.They play Friday and Saturday.Harmonica Zeke will be paying the Auberge a visit September 21 and 22, so mark that down on your calendar.At Chez Steve, the Georgia Country Trio featuring Tom Wheeler is back for its fifth consecutive week Saturday, and then Sunday will be playing for a corn roast Whiskey Jack will be bringing ils popular bluegrass sound to the Bronte Fair Saturday night.at the Hotel Danville Country Fever with Steve Aulis is at the Hotel Normandy in Weedon, and tonight and Saturday the Bolton Brothers play at the Auberge Windsor.Tonight and tomorrow Ramblin Fever continues on at Le Bretagne in Waterville, and then Sunday and Labour day there’s supposed to be free refreshments or something starting at 4 p.m.and the band will be there again to provide the music.And of course, the Big Brome Fair is on this weekend, and that usually means someone fairly prominent will be in the area to put on a show.Saturday night Whiskey Jack is on the stage, along with Gordie Tapp.Whiskey Jack sent us an album to review to correspond with their weekend gig with the fair, but time and space and lack of a turntable at my disposal prohibited me from doing so.Maybe some other time.Ronnie Prophet and Glory-Anne Carrière share the grandstand Sunday evening at 8.The jazz trio Demesure continues at Hovey Manor in North Hatley from 9 to midnight tonight.The trio, Marc Bolduc on flute, sax and piano, Jacques Jobin on bass and guitar, and Maurice Metayer on percussion, per- Four of the five Chicago Symphony Orchestra Concerts to be presented on CBC radio’s Mostly Music next week will feature Sir Georg Solti, the orchestra’s acclaimed music director since 1969.‘ TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, AUGUST 30.1985-9 form their own compositions as well as jazz ranging from traditional to funky.The last of the Festival Lac Massawippi “Sons et Brioches” series takes place this Sunday at the St.James Church in Hatley starting at 11 a m.This concert features harpsichordists Jean-Philippe Beaulieu and Claude Bernier.WHAT’S ON Radio Coming over on the radio this weekend and the following week: Tonight on CBC Stereo at 6:30, (Arts National’s Friday Night), diplomat and diarist Charles Ritchie is featured in the Music in My Life section of the program with his choice of music including John McCormack singing The Roses of Picardy and Julie Andrews singing Burlington Bertie from Bow.Later you can catch the fourth part of Oscar Peterson’s Jazz Soloists, in which he examines some of the influences on the evolution of jazz and talks about the time he’s spent with some of the great jazz artists.It might be worthwhile to get up relatively early Saturday morning to catch Air Farce and their Comedy Classics at 9:34 on CBC Stereo.You can also hear Air Farce on Sunday on CBC radio at 1:05.Starting Sunday CBC Radio's Sunday Matinee is presenting a mini-season of BBC drama.It starts with Don Haworth’s Daybreak, a chilling war-time tale about two RAF men returning to the barracks who strike up a conversation out of which emerges a bizarre and bloody tale.The series will be aired Sundays at 4:05 until October 6.Other dramas to be presented include Bernard Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra, and Noel Coward’s “comedy of bad manners”, Hay Fever.Later, at 11:05 on CBC Radio, Radio Active with Jeanette Kelly features three of Quebec ’ s best-known chansonniers, Claude Leveillée, Pierre Letourneau and Claude Gauthier, who will reminisce about the early days of Quebec music, and play some old favorites and current songs.Monday morning Peter Gzowski is back on the current affairs show Morningside for his fourth season, from 9:05 a m.until noon.On Mostly Music, weekdays 11:32 a.m.to 1 p.m.on CBC Stereo and 10:32 to midnight on CBC Radio, Harry Elton is back from vacation, and hosting a five-day series on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.For the next two weeks, CBC Radio joins in the celebration of the 300th birthdays of George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach with its Celebration of Genius.A total of thirty hours of air-time, this series will be on Monday to Thursday nights both weeks at 9:05 p.m.Something to look forward to for the end of next week is the Taj Express.This collection of contemporary short stories from India presents a rich, multi-facetted picture of life in India today, appealing to the recent Western obsession with the enigma that is India.It will be aired three Fridays in a row at 11:30 p.m.on CBC Stereo.Flurry Knox (Bryan Murray, left) and Major Yeates (Peter Bowles) co-star in “The Irish R.M.”, a six-part Masterpiece Theatre comedy series returning to Vermont ETV on Sunday, September 1, at 9p.m.ɧ;V The Galerie d'Art de la Caise Populaire de Sherbrooke-Est will be featuring a collection of works by Quebec artists starting Monday.He needs know-how worse than rain.What he doesn’t know is killing him.It keeps him from growing* enough to feed himself.Leaves him defenseless against diseases.And condemns his children to the same precarious existence.Deep-rooted problems no amount of hand-outs can solve.Which is why CARE provides longterm answers.Health clinics to fight diseases.Reforestation and desert reclamation.Basic education to break the cycle of ignorance and poverty.And with a hundred other self-help programs-in hundreds of villages around the world.CARE is helping people stand on their own two feet.Won’t you give a hand?Every dollar donated to I CARE multiplies through the co-operation of local governments.All donations are tax deductible.Please send your donations to: CARE CANADA, 1312 Bank Street, Ottawa, K1S 5H7 CARE will send you an official receipt and a report on current programs.n Name: Address: Amount: CAR I I CA HE CARE CANADA, A MEMBER OF CARE INTERNATIONAL, IS HELPING IN MORE THAN 40 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES., IS | ? 10—TOWNSHIPS WEEK—FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1985 Travel Jobs, recreation draw students to Banff in summer By J.Branswell The key words, in this the centenary of Parks Canada are glaciers and hot pools.Thanks to the last ice age, 12 thousand years ago, which carved out the valleys near Banff, Alberta, and to a couple of part-time prospectors, Banff is now a thriving tourist resort.In 1883 prospectors William McCardell and two partners, discovered the hot pools which eventually led to the development of Canada’s Parks system.Author Sid Marty, in his book A Grand and Fabulous Notion written in connection with the park’s 100th anniversary writes “The discovery, in 1883 of the hot springs on Sulphur Mountain .put Canada on the international tourism curcuit.” To commemorate the discovery, the park has reopened the; Cave & Basin hot pools in honor of both the prospectors and the beginning of the park system.ANOTHER SWITZERLAND Sir Sanford Fleming, the engi- ' neer-in-chief of the CPR in 1885, is credited with the first proposal for a national park in Canada.Marty writes that Fleming, “saw the Rockies as another Switzerland; as a source of great profit.” The result is the Bow Valley, once populated by Stoney Indians, is now the town of Banff.The town itself is situated in the heart of the Rockies about 100 kilometres from Calgary.Its year-round population, which almost doubles in the summer, is approximately 3,500.This is as a direct result of the influx of young students and migrant workers.They come to Banff because of its long-standing reputation as Canada’s equivalent to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.during the spring break.Although the two places have little in common geographically, both are known are frolicking escapes for youth.Banff has long been a place where students find summer jobs to help finance their studies.But why do so many come?Jennifer Byrns, a 21-year old Bishop’s student from Thetford, explains the essence of a summer in Banff.“It is a summer vacation and a job in one.” One of the attractions for the young is knowing they will meet others of their age.Byrns puts it this way: “It is like Lennoxville during the school year in a lot of ways; everyone is my age.” RECREATION Another drawing card the area has is its endless recreational possibilities.Susie Shields, 21, a friend and fellow student of Byrns’ says; “here your backyard is a river, whereas at home it is a street.” Recreation in the Rockies centers around mountain climbing and water sports such as canoeing and wind surfing.For those new to the area there is plenty of sight-seeing to be done.For example the Bow Valley Parkway Highway between Banff and Jasper, rated as the 10th most beautiful highway in the world by “National Geographic” is a must, even for those working in the area, to see.When young people come to the area they are quickly made aware of Banff’s Golden Rule: | Haye a good time, but never expect to be able to put your job here on a resumé.Nevertheless, most believe it is a good experience.“You learn from your own and other peoples’ experiences.You’re also living so close to other people that you have to get alone” comments Shields, a native of Montreal.Probably the most enticing factor about Banff - and one which young people have certainly heard about before their arrival -is its nightlife.Aside from work, most people in Banff make their social contacts in bars.OBTRUSIVE ANIMALS However, Banff differs from most places because young people here consider going out on weekends a taboo; it is not that they are devoutly religious, or are trying to break from social convention, the simple truth is that large obtrusive animals, known as tourists, crowd the bars on weekends.Ma 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