The record, 14 février 1990, mercredi 14 février 1990

Wednesday Births, deaths .10 Classified .g Comics .9 Editorial .4 Education .5 Farm & Business .7 Living .6 Sports .11 Townships.3 ^yWeather, Pa9e 2 Sherbrooke Wednesday, February 14, 1990 40 cents EMMAUE FILION ST FRANCIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ".and don't give me any of that ’it gets lonely at the top’ stuff." Denys Dionne: Judge in hot water over remark MONTREAL (CP) — Lawyers in suburban Longueuil laid a formal complaint Tuesday with the Quebec judicial council against a judge who, during a trial last year, remarked that “rules are like women, they are made to be violated.” The council oversees the conduct of all judges in the province.Jacques Chandonnet, head of the Longueuil bar association, said his officials spent Monday discussing the remarks by Judge Denys Dionne Jan.27,1989 in a courtroom in the south-shore suburb.The decision to proceed with the complaint was unanimous, Chandonnet said, after local bar officials read the transcript and heard the court recording of the offending remarks.He called the judge’s comments “a serious breach of the duty, dignity, honor and courtesy incumbent on a judge.” Dionne is in hot water with more than the Longueuil bar association because of the remarks.Quebec Justice Minister Gil Re-millard ordered an investigation into Dionne’s conduct after a widespread outcry from women’s groups, labor organizations and members of the opposition Parti Québécois.The provincial employees union is demanding that Dionne be removed from the bench.Dionne,who once headed Quebec’s commission of inquiry into organized crime, has been out of the country and unavailable for comment.Ruffo lawyer takes stab at social centre MONTREAL (CP) — The lawyer representing Quebec juvenile court Judge Andrée Ruffo went on the offensive Tuesday against the social services centre that landed the outspoken judge before the Quebec judicial council disciplinary committee.It was the second day of hearings by a four-man tribunal into accusations that Ruffo, 47, committed ten violations of the judges’ code of ethics during her two years as a juvenile court judge.The complaint was brought by the Laurentides-Lanaudière social services centre which dealt with youth problems in the region where the judge sat.In a heated exchange, Ruffo’s lawyer, Michel Robert, accused the centre, headed by Miville Lapointe, of trying to get Ruffo removed from the bench in St-Jérôme, 35 kilometres northwest of Montreal.Lapointe said a lawyer was assigned to follow Ruffo’s decisions and public comments so that the youth protection department could function efficiently.He said the lawyer was asked to examine cases where Ruffo exceeded her jurisdiction.One complaint came from remarks made in her interview with Chatelaine magazine, in which she condemned the lack of resources made available by the provincial government for troubled children, especially in her region.Ruffo pleaded for better treatment of children in the justice system.“If a judge sees child prostitutes or children who are raped or children who are beaten, she must talk about this suffering, and that is what I chose to do,” she said.After the complaints were filed, Ruffo stepped down from the bench until a decision on her case is rendered.Ministers lacked courage to present anglo petitions ?By Jim Bronskill OTTAWA (CP) — Three cabinet ministers have denied that they tried to slip petitions from an En-glish-rights group through the back door of the Commons.The rebuttals were prompted by allegations in recent newspaper reports, including one published Tuesday in Montreal daily La Presse.The article Tuesday quoted Liberal whip Jean-Robert Gauthier as saying the three ministers lacked courage in October when they tabled petitions from the Alliance for the Preservation of English in Canada without commenting in the Commons on the content of the petitions.The petitions called on the Governor General to use disallowance powers to quash Quebec's Bill 178, which says exterior commercial signs must be in French only.Health Minister Perrin Beatty, Energy Minister Jake Epp and Justice Minister Doug Lewis filed petitions from the group directly with the clerk of the House — one of two ways to present a petition to the House.The second method is for an MP to formally table the petition during the daily routine of Commons business.In either case, the MP must sign the back of the petition.The Annotated Standing Orders of the House of Commons state that on presentation of a petition, no debate on or in relation to it is allowed.But members often make a short statement on what the petitioners are asking.REJECTS NOTION Lewis said he rejects the notion a member lacks courage if he presents a petition directly to the clerk.He asked Gauthier for an apology, saying he supports minority rights but rejects the opinions of the English-rights alliance.Gauthier, Liberal critic for offi- cial languages, thanked Lewis for disavowing the alliance, which opposes bilingualism.But he said the minister should do so more often in the House.Beatty and Epp also said they do not support the aims of the alliance.adding that they had previously tabled petitions which expressed positions with which they disagreed.Beatty said members of all three major parties have tabled petitions similar to those from the alliance.Epp said he presented the petition directly to the clerk to deny the alliance publicity.He said '* '« t,iay,'which seems to satisfy them.My daughter's birthday was three weeks ago.I bought a beautiful card and signed her father's name.She was thrilled and talked of nothing else for days.The boy's birthday is coming up soon, and now I must do the same for him.My mother does not think this is a good idea.In fact, she is upset.We both value your judgment.Please express an opinion.Just - SOMEWHERE IN SUNNY CALIFORNIA.DEAR SUNNY CAL.: I agree with your mother.Duplicity is never a good idea.You have now heightened your daughter's expectations, which is going to pose a more serious problem.Don’t do the same to your son.The ragged truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.Four per cent of Canadian seniors abused Watch out for Granny Bashers.By Barbara Shecter St.Catharines Standard ST.CATHARINES, Ont.(CP) — A small one-bedroom apartment.A single mother, working all day, or maybe the night shift.She has to get her kids off to school or to the sitter.And then she gets a new res-ponsibility — her 80-year-old father.Shirley Sauve, office coordinator of Senior Citizens Consultants Inc.in St.Catharines, describes the situation.There is a shortage of money, a shortage of space, and probably a shortage of tempers.By the time Sauve’s agency is called for assistance, the woman has already stopped feeding her father, and may even have hit or shoved him because his age and senility make him more difficult to care for than her young children.A study just completed by Elizabeth Podnieks, a registered nurse and instructor at Ryerson Poly-technical Institute in Toronto, suggests four per cent of Canada’s elderly experience some form of abuse.This can include physical abuse, psychological abuse such as mimicking or name-calling, and deprivation of needs like food, hy giene and money.SEES ABUSE Doug Rapelje, director of Niagara Region’s senior citizens department, said he’s seen evidence of abuse.“I’ve seen situations where I felt there had been physical abuse," he says.He’s also witnessed psychological abuse and neglect, which he says people don’t try as hard to hide.“Some of these other types of abuse can be just as devastating to an elderly person,” said Rapelje.Elder abuse, also known as “granny-bashing,” is like any other form of abuse, said Victor Tomovich, associate professor of sociology at Brock University “It is a general abuse of power over a less powerful person,” he says, “whether it is a brother against a sister, a teacher against a student, or a child against an older person.” In fact, Tomovich said the same social conditions that cause a parent to abuse a child or a husband to beat his wife can be the cause of elder abuse.From financial problems to cramped living conditions to alcoholism, pressures on the family can put the senior at risk of abuse from family members.And as the number of older people in our society grows, that tension will only increase, said Rapelje.LASHES OUT Tomovich said many people become easily impatient with elderly people, particularly when age or illness makes them less cooperative.We train professionals to deal with the physical, and psychological needs of the elderly, but we don’t train (the family) .and that’s tragic,” said Tomovich.He said statistics on elder abuse are much lower than what actually takes place, partly because there isn’t much research done in the home.Although abuse in institutions is better documented.Sauve said it would be naive to think the same abuse isn’t going on in the community.Sauve says the break-up of the three-generation family, the move to smaller houses and longer lifespans have put more pressure on families, leading to abuse.Rapelje said an aging parent is even more reluctant to seek help than other victims of abuse.“Older people will tolerate a large amount of abuse rather than blow the whistle on their daughter or son,” he said.Rapelje added that many types of abuse are hard to put down on paper.“Sometimes a mother and daughter will come in and you can see the tension, you can feel the tension, but I doubt you’ll ever find that in a statistic,” he said.The abused elderly are embarrassed or frightened, and sometimes they choose an abusive situation over the alternative of living in an institution, said Tomovich.PIONEER FIELD’ Sauve calls elder abuse a “pioneer field.” She says people don’t yet believe it’s a serious problem.Mae Harry, executive director of Design for a New Tomorrow, an agency that deals with adults in abusive situations, agrees.She said the low profile of this kind of abuse allows it to be ignored.“I think it’s because of the low statistics that there’s not been an organization that’s taken up the issue,” she said Part of the problem is how to treat elderly who have been abused: Are they like abused children because they’re dependent upon others?Or are they independent adults, responsible for themselves?The law takes the second view, says Pam Gilmore of the Niagara senior citizens’ department.Although some of the department’s community workers may have seen eases of elder abuse, Gilmore says there is no law that forces them to tell anyone, or permits them to remove the person from the abusive situation.Sauve says her agency offers “stopgap” solutions to the stresses that cause elder abuse by recommending services like Meals on Wheels or day care for senior citi zens.But she says the problem is too alarming to leave to such temporary relief.“It’s a serious problem, and it’s not going to go away by itself,” she said.Language that allows hearts to speak to one another Ever wonder how kissing started?WINNIPEG (CP) — Pucker up and eat, baby.Because that’s what social scientist Andy Lockery says started the human habit of kissing — the passing of food from one of our primate ancestors to another.“It’s believed that it began as a sign of endearment, where the male monkey would chew up food and pass it on to the female of his choice,” said Lockery, who runs the environmental studies program at the University of Winnipeg.“We’ve just given up on the food bit.” Other experts have different opinions.Some suggest it’s rooted in an infant’s basic desire for mother’s milk, that we once licked each other’s faces to get salt, or that it all started as a way for men and women to show they didn’t plan to bite each other.However it got its start, kissing took off in a big way, although the habit hasn’t always been in fashion.“Nothing is more annoying than that display of affection which some husbands and wives show each other in society,” wrote T.L.Haines and L.W.Yaggy in their staid 1911 opus, Stepping Stones or Aids and Aims to a Successful Life.“That familiarity of touch, those half-concealed caresses, those absurd names, that prodigality of endearing epithets, that devoted attention which they flaunt in the face of the public as a kind of challenge to the world at large, to come and admire their happiness, is always noticed and laughed at.” LIKED KISSING Simone de Beauvoir held a more romantic view.She saw kissing as an act of love, freely given on both sides and rendered spiritual by an intention of kindness and affection.“It is no unworthy pleasure that we expect from kisses and embraces,” she wrote.Often there is no other language that allows hearts to speak to one another.” Kissing downshifted out of prerecorded history about 4,000 years ago in the Rig-veda, very well read among East India's literati at the time, which makes a reference to romantic nose-rubbing leading to a kiss.The Greeks were in the habit of throwing kisses at statues of the gods as a sign of respect, while ancient Rome was kiss crazy.The emperor got his hand pecked, plebians necked in public bath houses, citizens nuzzled at the arena and soldiers made both love and war.Faced with a herpes epidemic in the early 1st century A.D., the Roman emperor Tiberius took the only available solution and banned social kissing.With the Middle Ages came class distinctions.Only equals kissed on the lips, those of mixed classes used cheeks.A person of the lowest status kissed a rich person on the hem of a garment or foot and even that was too good for a prisoner, who kissed the ground next to a superior’s boot.BECAME SIN At the Council of Vienna, 1311-1312.the Roman Catholic church — which had adopted for its marriage rites some kissy stuff from the randy Romans — put the kiss on the sin list.Kissing for the purpose of luring another into sexual intercourse was a mortal sin and kissing just for cheap thrills was a venial sin.Once mouth-kissing faded in the English-speaking world by the late 1600s, a whole protocol of greeting was developed, wherein gents bowed or tipped hats.Ladies curtsied.It’s at this point, some suggest, that the handshake took off.Some historians say when Europeans were begining their explorations in the 1400s, kissing was unknown in many parts of the globe.The Chinese agreed with Haines and Yaggy and found public kissing gross, as did members of some African tribes.The attempts of bearded conquistadors to coax a fair foreign maiden to smooch didn’t always elicit the expected reaction.Some showed no emotion at all, others ran away in disgust.Of course, these tales brought back by European sailors fail to mention that the amorous seamen, whose attentions were spurned, hadn’t bathed in several months.Heavy hearts can turn here for support Psychologists offer free Valentine service MONTREAL (CP) — Some Quebecers celebrate Valentine’s Day with flowers and candy, but those with a heavy heart will be able to turn to professional counsel free of charge.The Professional Corporation of Psychologists of Quebec will offer a confidential telephone counselling service on Wednesday to anyone whose heart is not in the holiday.Sixty psychologists, each working a two-hour shift, will participate in the listening service, which received about 360 calls when it was introduced last year.Jean Paul Tremblay, a psychologist at the J.H.Charbonneau Day Hospital answered about 12 calls last year.He said most callers were women considering di- vorce after learning of a husband’s infidelity.“Valentine’s Day heightened the emotions they were going through,” he added.Dr.Normand Martin, a psychologist who will participate again this year, said that the publicity surrounding Valentine’s Day makes people confront their feelings, often leading to loneliness.“People take time to think about the love in their lives,” he said, “and some feel unsatisfied.” Both Tremblay and Martin remember calls from elderly people who just needed someone to talk to.“It’s not therapeutic, but it’s a supportive service,” Martin said.The service is also intended to bring psychologists closer to people who might want counselling, but are afraid to take the first step.Social notes Best wishes Wedding congratulations Kenley Cooke and Westley (Skip) Bowden of Ottawa, Ontario were married by Reverend Rick Spies in Ayer's Cliff on Saturday, February 10,1990.Their relatives and friends in Georgeville, Fitch Bay and Magog extend congratulations and best wishes for a long and happily married life.Unit 203, Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans Association, Magog, wish to extend sincere good wishes to President Malcolm (Buster) Knowlton who was recently hospitalized.Get well real soon! * * * Adrien Catchpaugh of Magog is a patient in the University Medical Centre.His relatives and friends extend best wishes for a fast and complete recovery.* * * Best wishes for a speedy recovery go out to Brian Gage of Stanbridge East who recently underwent heart surgery in a Montreal hospital, from all your neighbours and friends.—___ irecom HAVE THE RIGHT Advertisois who want to place their piint ads In a quality publication ask the question: "Is your circulation udited?" 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We ate a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations because we share ABCs belief that circulation audits are an essential assurance of val.ue.ABC is the premier circulation auditing organization In the world, and has been since 1914.Each year, ABC auditors lest and verify that our circulation figures are facts, not claims.An ABC audit is the sign of a sound investment for advertisers.Not all publications are audited, but they should be.Because when advertisers ask "Is your circulation audited?" there's only one answer."Yes.” Audit Bureau of Circulations The RECORD—Wednesday.February 14.1! ¦7 Farm and Business 1____Ml liccora Tax load on gas prices up 259 per cent since 1979 Governments hungrier Cardmakers enjoy Christmas twice By Rob Carrick TORONTO (CP) — When it comes to gasoline prices, the federal and provincial governments have become veritable tax guzzlers through the 1980s.The average price in Canada of a litre of leaded gas was 21.9 cents in 1979, with federal and provincial taxes accounting for a combined 6.2 cents per litre, a recent study by Energy.Mines and Resources Canada shows.By 1989, the price per litre for leaded gas was up 127 per cent to 49.8 cents, while the combined tax load rose 258 per cent to 22.2 cents per litre, the study shows.Tax increases far outstripped the other components of the pump price of gasoline.For example, the study shows the price of crude oil rose only 38 per cent over the decade, while the collective cost of gasoline companies’ refining, marketing costs and profits was up 130 per cent.“Certainly, taxes have gone up considerably during the decade, and that’s one of the main contributors to higher gas prices,” said Deirdre Hetherington, a market SHERBROOKE ( JP) A recent survey conducted by Sherbrooke resident Marc Grenier reveals that the rule against right turns on a red light costs Quebecers approximately $13,177,500 a year.Grenier conducted his survey with the basic tools: paper, pen, watch and calculator over the last three years in Sherbrooke, and on vacation elsewhere in the province.His survey indicates that an average of seven litres of gasoline is wasted annually on every car waiting to turn right only.It translates in 26,355,000 litres wasted as engines idle.OTTAWA (CP) — Working time lost to major strikes and lockouts in 1989 dropped 40 per cent from a year earlier and was the second-lowest yearly figure of the '80s.according to statistics released Tuesday by the Ministry of Labor.In 1989, 2.05 million person-days of work (seven days per 10,000 worked ) were lost due to work stoppages, compared with 3.41 million (12 days per 10,000 worked) in 1988.analyst with the energy and mines ministry in Ottawa.In addition to a provincial tax, two federal gasoline levies are applied under direction of the Finance Department — a flat-rate excise tax and a federal sales tax that is based in part on the 13 5-per-cent manufacturers sales tax.It’s the excise tax that rises with virtually all federal budgets, and will likely do so again with the upcoming Feb.20 budget.REVERSES TREND The study also shows that while Canadian gas prices were slightly cheaper than those in the United States in 1979, the situation was emphatically reversed a decade later.The litre of leaded gas that cost an average 21.9 cents in Canada in 1979 went for 26.5 cents Cdn in the United States.By '89, however, Americans were paying 31 3 cents compared to our 49.8 cents.One reason for the turnabout was the removal of federal pricing controls on gasoline in 1985, energy industry analyst Richard Zarzeczny said.Another was a reorganization of the U.S.refining industry in the “All these litres are uselessly wasted in the atmosphere, and on top of that, the car isn’t moving!” Grenier said in a telephone interview Monday.Grenier also maintains that allowing right turn on red lights will not increase the number of accidents.According to 1987 statistics from the Quebec and Ontario governments, there are 3,765,000 vehicles on Quebec roads and 200,000 accidents were reported.In Ontario, an estimated 5,500,000 vehicles were on the road, while 204,000 accidents were reported in the same year.“Accidents are not only due to Bernard Fortin, chief of data collection for the Bureau of Labor Information, said it’s difficult to pin down a reason for year-to-year changes because a couple of major strikes can dramatically change the year’s outlook.But Fortin also suggested work stoppages could increase in 1990."The economic situation is good, but when you start to have a recession you have more resistance — in the 80’s early ’80s that made it more efficient."Through sheer size, U.S.refiners are also able to buy at somewhat of a discount.” said Zarzeczny.president of Canadian Enerdata Ltd.Again, taxes are also part of the difference between prices in the two countries, he said.The study, meanwhile, shows provincial and federal taxes combined to represent 28 per cent of the price per litre of gasoline in 1979.while in 1989 taxes claimed 44 per cent of the per-litre price.Zarzeczny believes the federal government’s policy of raising exise taxes on gasoline in the federal budget has left Canadians indifferent about these increases.“Gasoline taxes are brought in at budget time, when Canadians expect tax increases, and are now thought of like cigarette and alcohol tax increases,” he said, adding that Americans wouldn’t stand for the same level of taxation on gasoline.“There’s a perceived right in the United States to hop into the car and drive away at will without having to pay a heavy tax.” pocketbook Quebecers driving habits,” said Grenier.“But because the police forces don’t do their jobs.In Sherbrooke, too many policemen are old, and never hand out tickets.” he said.Grenier said he sent copies of the report to Quebec Transport minister Sam Elkas and regional MNA’s by registered mail.Press attachés for Transportation minister Sam Elkas and Junior transportation Minister Y von Vallieres could not be reached for comments on the survey, and didn't return phone calls Monday or Tuesday.workers still want higher wages but businesses are willing to shut down.Of the six largest work stoppages in 1989 — which accounted for about half of all time lost — four were in Quebec.They included three battles with the Quebec government — by teachers, nonmedical health workers and the Quebec Government Employees’ Union — and the strike by Quebec nurses.By Marilyn Ronald OTTAWA (CP) — Cooing sweethearts aren’t the only people who break into wide smiles on Valentine's Day.So do Canadian greeting card manufacturers like Hallmark Cards Canada and Carleton Cards Ltd., who also enjoy a financial love affair with Feb.14th.Valentines rank second only to Christmas in Canada's $250-million annual greeting-card business, companies say.“Valentine's Day is the second largest card-sending season in the year after Christmas,” said Bunny Sicard, a spokesman for Hallmark Cards Canada.“It’s still very much a sentimental time of the year.People still want the traditional romance — hearts, cupids and lace.But there’s also a trend to humorous, double-entendre Valentines, the zany cards.” Christmas is the only time of the year when Canadians send more cards — an estimated 148 million this past holiday season.Valentine’s Day cards bought individually usually ring in at about half the number of unboxed Christmas cards sold, Peter Jur-czak, vice-president of marke- OTTAWA (CP) — Business and labor representatives clashed Monday over controversial proposals to weaken new Ontario legislation that would give workers the right to halt unsafe work operations.Business representatives told a legislative committee hearing there are insufficient safeguards to prevent unhappy workers from abusing the new power.“The right to stop work could be devastating to the tourist business,” said Gerry Macies, assis- PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Canadian Pacific Ltd.’s bid for bankrupt DH Railway ran into a roadblock after Conrail said it was unlikely to reach a crucial agreement with the Montreal-based company.Canadian Pacific Ltd.was awarded the DH Railway Friday by a U.S.bankruptcy judge for $35 million US, but said the deal was contingent upon receiving traffic rights on Conrail tracks from Harrisburg, Pa.to Hagerstown, Md., for access to the ting at Carlton, said And women make up the vast majority of card senders with some industry estimates putting their purchases at about 92 per cent of total annual sales.WOMEN DOMINATE “Women certainly make up over 90 per cent of everyday card sales such as birthday cards,” Jurczak said.It's difficult to estimate how many more women than men buy Valentine’s cards but they are the predominant purchasers.Hallmark designs 1,043 different Valentine’s cards, 734 in English and the rest in French.Hallmark and Carlton, the two companies that dominate the country’s greeting-card market, start specific design plans for each card season two years in advance.“The industry closely follows consumer tastes in the fashion, interior design and visual arts field,” Sicard explained.“The design trends tend to go in 10-year cycles.” Greeting card companies have tried to expand their sales beyond the traditional family holidays and birthdays by offering cards such as grandparents’ day cards.tant manager of Best Western Macies Ottawan Motor Inn.Labor representatives were unsympathetic.“We have lost eight members in eight months to work accidents,” said Canadian Paperworkers Union representative Andre Foucault.“I have very little sympathy with a marginal loss of profits when we are dealing with the loss of lives.” Mike Stokes, Ontario director of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, said executives and managers never turn up on the lists of southeastern United States.Conrail spokesman Robert Libkind said Monday “there is no likelihood of an agreement.” CP has been asking for below-market rates, officials said.“Conrail is prepared to handle the traffic, but is not prepared to subsidize DH,” Libkind said.“CP has not offered anything of value” to Conrail for the traffic rights, Libkind said.Conrail currently moves DH traffic and is willing to continue to do so but only at market prices.But grandparents’ day cards, first mtroduced in the United States, haven't sold well in Canada.Jurczak said.WEAK SALES “It hasn't been very successful We re disappointed in the sales and it’s difficult to explain why the line hasn't caught on better than it has.” The cards were more successful in the United States and may simply need a longer sales time opportunity in Canada, he said.The 1990s will see more traditional cards.Sicard said."We’ve seen the stay-at-home cocooning that started in the '80s.“There’s a nostalgia for traditional values.It’s all part of the need to slow down and get some enjoyment from life, especially for people living in big cities.” The volume of greeting-card sales has been growing at about one per cent to two per cent annually in recent years, Jurczak said.Design changes in the 1990s will track general changes in society.“You will see more cards for situations such as single parents telling a child they’re sorry they haven't had more time to spend with them.” over safety the 300 Ontario workers w ho die annually in workplace accidents.“Yet it is the very same people working in the safety of their plush offices in corporate headquarters who come forward demanding changes.” Former labor minister Greg Sor-bara proposed a year ago to give certified members of workplace committees the power to halt unsafe work operations.If ministry officials later discover the work stoppage was unjustified, the person responsible would lose certification.Workers would not be paid while the workplace was shutdown by a safety order.Labor Minister Gerry Phillips denied in an interview that he was bowing to the business lobby in asking the legislative committee to consider weakening the legislation.He said no other North A merican jurisdiction has the work stoppage legislation and no Ontario union has successfully negotiated it — except as appendices to some Northern Ontario mining contracts.The legislation would also strengthen the role of workplace safety committees and raise the maximum fine for safely violations to $500,000.Prove the need for money — CRTC Rule is another drag on Business brief Labor and business clash No deal with CP - Conrail By Helen Branswell HULL, Que.(CP) — Forcing large cable systems to justify all rate increases for capital improvements could make it harder for them to borrow from banks or tap the equity market, an official of the Toronto Dominion Bank said today.Just moving from a semi automatic increase to one that had to go before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission would have a negative impact on a cable system’s ability to raise funds, Merle Kriss told hearings into cable rate setting regulations.“The lag is very significant with a large system, very significant,” said Kriss, general manager of the bank’s corporate and investment banking group.“It would have a negative impact — 1 wouldn’t want to quantify that for you — but I think the impact would not be positive.” Kriss was speaking at CRTC hearings called to review the regulations that govern when and under what conditions cable companies can increase their rates.Among the commission’s proposals is the élimination of what is known as capex increases for cable systems with 6,000 or more subscribers.The current capex — short for capital expenditure — rule allows cable systems to automatically increase rates by 10 per cent annually for five years to recover the cost of eligible capital projects.PROPOSALS HEARD The proposal would require cable operators to prove to the CRTC that they need the money.Anotherproposal —called a sunset clause — would require that a cable company take the capex increase off its bill after five years.Throughout the hearings, which are in their seventh day, cable companies have insisted those changes would make it difficult from them to borrow the money they need to keep their systems up-to-date.Their position was supported by Toronto Dominion, the leading bank in North America for cable industry lending.Worldwide, the bank has loaned $4 billion to the industry, a quarter Hiif’h Maynard (left) is presented with (he George Atkins Professional Development grant by Ron Scheurkogel (left) of HASP Canada Inc.and Jim Rae (right) from the CBC in Toronto banquet last December.Maynard is managing editor of the Quebec Farmers' advocate.of which is loaned to Canadian cable companies.Regulatory change creates uncertainty, which in turn alarms banks and shareholders, Kriss said.Cable system shares in Canada have dropped in value over the past few months, she noted, because of personnel changes at the CRTC and the prospect of the cable rate review.CRTC chairman Keith Spicer made repeated attempts to get Kriss to be more specific about how the industry 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Call (819) 569-9525 or (514) 243-0088.1 Property for sale BEEBE — County of Stanstead : Piece of land approximately 110 acres with 35 acres workable For more information, please contact Mr.Claude Giguere at (819) 876-5978.BY OWNER — 2479 des Appalaches, near University.Cottage, Canadian style, 3 bedrooms, SVi rent possible downstairs.Call (819) 822-2588 7 For Rent BORIGHT ST.LENNOXVILLE - Quiet and spacious duplex.5% rooms, $450 / month.Convenient location.Call (819) 565-7875.LENNOXVILLE — 4'A Vaudry, Belvidere and Church.SVz on Cote Street, $350.Some rooms availabe on Church St.Available now.Call (819) 565-7063 after 5 p.m., 567-4126 or 567—4177.LENNOXVILLE — Good location.1200 sq.ft, commercial building for rent, completely renovated.Suitable for machine shop, print shop, bicycle repair, etc Call (819) 569-6952.INDEX.REAL ÉÏÏATE | #1-#19 #20-#39 AUTOmOM #40-^59 M fULRCHAONfi | #60-#79 W nrauAfifouf #80-#100 RATES 12( per word Minimum charge $3.00 per day for 25 words or less.Discounts (or prepaid consecutive insertions without copy change 3 insertions - less 1D% 6 insertions - less 15% 21 insertions - less 20% #84 Found - 3 consecutive days -no charge Use of "Record Box" for replies .is $1.50 per week.We accept Visa & MasterCard DEADLINE 10 a.m.working day previous lo publication.Classified ads must be prepaid.LENNOXVILLE — Large 5%, heated and hot water included.Call (819) 566-5410 after 5 p.m.LENNOXVILLE — 5 room apartment for senior citizen, hot water and heat included.Available immediately.135 Queen Street.Call (819) 562-1531.LENNOXVILLE — Duplex, quiet building.5'A large bright rooms (dining room, 2 bedrooms), washer and dryer hook-up.Lovely view.Indoor garage.Occupancy July 1.Call (819) 562-8704.LES APTS.DESJARDINS-BELVEDERE — 69, 73, 77 and 81 Belvidere, Lennox-ville, 564-8134, 564-4080.3'/2, 4'/Sî, S'/i.with pool, sauna, janitorial service, washer/ dryer outlet, wall to wall carpeting.Furnished or non-furnished.LES RESIDENCES OXFORD — 3V?, 4’/i, 5Vi.Available now.Quiet area.Semi-furnished.Very competitive price.Apply at 103 Oxford Crescent.(819) 822-4696 or 564-1006.2 COMMERCIAL SPACES to rent.800 and 1450 sq.ft, (recent construction), plus storage and kitchen Can be joined together, air conditioned, large window, large parking lot.Ideal for office, professional or other.1040-1038 King East, Sherbrooke.Call (819) 566-8730 or 566-0929.3V2, 41/2 and 5’/2 super large apartments, new.Les Terrasses Lennoxville Reserve now for March, April, May, June and July.Call (819) 567-9881.For apartments, buildings or houses to rent or sublet, Place an advertisement in our Record Classified section! Call (819) 569-9525 or (514) 243-0088.Wanted to rent FAMILY HOUSE required for May 1st.2-3 year lease.References available.Call (819)835-9477.LOOKING for a 2 bedroom house or duplex within 10 miles of Sherbrooke for July 1st.Call (819) 821-0138 anytime.10 Rest homes PRIVATE SPACIOUS ROOM with bath, newly renovated.Ideal for handicapped or couple.Meals plus all services.Reasonable rate.Call Monday to Friday between 9 a m.and 5 p.m.at (819) 872-3748.20 Job Opportunities CHEF-COOK FOR PRIVATE CLUB -Responsible, Estrie-Magog area, May 1 to October 30.Experience required in French and Canadian-American cuisine.Resumé with references in strict confidence, will be returned.Good salary.Gerald Volas.The Hermitage Club.200 Hermitage Road, No.31, R.R.3, Magog, Que.J1X 3W4.INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, number one in its' field, seeks Marketing and Management representatives who want more than the average person.Travel opportunities, training program, car benefits, bonuses and much more.Make 1990 the year you earn the income you've dreamed about.For information call Mr.Maclver at (819) 823-0161 mm Looking for someone lo work for you or are you seeking employment yourself?Try the Record classified section and get results! Call (819) 569-9525 or (514) 243-0088.TRUCK DRIVER required for full time work with experience in the United States Must be bilingual and transported merchandise into the United States for atleast 2 years.Call S.G.T 2000 Inc.(819) 395-2607.29 Miscellaneous Services BATHTUB REFINISHING — Chipped, lost its shine, looks dirty, changed colors.Free estimates.Bathtub King (819) 875-3716.LENNOXVILLE PLUMBING Domestic repairs and water refiners.Call Norman Walker at 563-1491.STOP! LISTEN! Your muscles are talking to you.Tense, tired, act.y, make a difference with massage therapy, the Swedish way.Wishing wellness, Christine Lagueux Nelson, R.N., (819) 566-6029.TYPING, translating, mailing, telephoning, etc., in my home.Call (819) 563-9693 after 3 p.m.29 Miscellaneous Services HONOLULU CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 201 King St.East, Sherbrooke, 562-7840.Sales, trade-in, rental, repairs, teaching of all musical instruments.Full warranty since 1937.Visa.Mastercard and lay-away plan accepted.Honolulu Orchestra for all kinds of entertainment.ORGAN — Technics - PCM Sound E44 with fullband setting computer, program chord computer, etc.In excellent condition.Asking $3,500.Call (819) 569-5277 after 6 p.m.Can, trucks, campers, motorcycles or boats for sale?Place an advertisement in The Record classified section and sell your vehicle! Call (819) 569-9525 or (514) 243-0088.41 Trucks for sale Repairs on all makes of sewing machines cleaning - oiling - check-up , *1995 only I jLm or more just bring your machine to P.Vemchuk & Tils Ll 468 Galt W., Sherbrooke 562-7642 small charge for home service Do you specialize in a service such as child care, accounting, notary, doctor or nurse?Why not let the public know where they can reach you by advertising in The Record classified section! Call (819) 569-9525 or (514) 243-0088.-;4y' 31 Travel RANDMAR ADVENTURES —Slideshow presentation at the A.N.A.F.“Hut", Lennoxville, on Sunday, February 18, 1990, 7:30 p m.Free admission.Everyone welcome.Coffee and doughnuts will be served.ATTENTION: Florida reservations still available.Information (819) 845-7739.1976 INTERNATIONAL LOADSTAR 1800, 5 speed roxel, 45,000 miles on motor, $6,000 in repairs, passed inspection 1990.24 foot open box.Call 889-3214.44 Motorcycles — Bicycles YAMAHA 1100 MAXIM, 1983, excellent condition, with a new rain suit and leather saddle bags.Must be seen.$1,400.Call Frank at (819) 565-9453 after 5:30 p.m.or before 8:30 a.m.Articles for sale BOOK LIQUIDATION SALE: 30% off.February 17 to March 4.Open every day during sale: 10 a m.to 5 p.m.Habitant House, 8 Main St.South, Sutton, Quebec JOE 2K0.(514) 538-8391.LORTS PLACE —The storethat has everything.Groceries, toys, "Big Bill" work clothes.We buy and sell used furniture.Eaton Corner (819) 875-3587.MODERN COUCH and chair, velour, beige.$250 for both.2 tri-light lamps, chrome: $30.After 5 p.m.566-6790 WASHER, DRYER and stove for sale, excellent condition, $425.Call (819) 569-5277.Do you have nrOR furniture, appliances, ^ machinery, etc.for sale?00 VV" "«j I».-».• ' Vi Then place an ad in The Record classified section! Call (819) 569-9525 or (514) 243-0088.63 Collectors MONTREAL APPRAISER-COLLECTOR wishes to purchase: American decorative art and furniture; American folk art; Indian artifacts; American, Canadian and European paintings and watercolours; antique furniture; Art Nouveau and Art Deco; clocks and wristwatches; European works of art; Ivories; Japanese art; Persian rugs and carpets; Russian objects; and all silver and silver-plate.For consultation without obligation please call or write to: Victor Isga-naitis, 1165 Greene Avenue, Westmount, P.Q., H3Z 2A2, (514) 935-9547.1________tel record Janet Daignault Classified Advertising (819) 569-9525 FAX: (819) 569-3945 FOR SALE —16 bred sows and one boar.For information call (819) 848-2010.If you have horses, livestock, poultry or pets for sale.Try selling them through the Record classified section! Call (819) 569-9525 or (514) 243-0088.80 Home Services PLUMBING SERVICE — Construction, renovations, repairs of residential, commercial and industrial.Lennoxville and area, including Cookshire, Bury and North Hatley.Call Robert Stewart, Master Plumber, residence Lennoxville, 562-0215 or 567-4340.Do you specialize in construction, plumbing, renovating, landscaping, etc.?Why not let the people know about your specialty by advertising it in The Record classified section! Call (819) 569-9525 or (514) 243-0088.How to be a Local Hero Imagine a Canada where people make giving an important part of their lives.Where they make time in their busy day to think about how much they can really give, in time and in money.Where they don’t wait to be asked to help.Imagine the rewards of being one of those people.Be a Local Hero.A new spirit of giving JOE DAN I — Decorative painting and wall-papering.Free estimates Call (819) 563-1197.MOULTON HILL PAINTERS - Registered licensed, class A painters.Member of APCHQ.Also wallpapering, commercial and residential spraying, apoxy paint, spray gun.By the hour or contract (in or out of town).Free estimates.If possible call evenings, (819) 563-8983 or 567-6585.ENCAN SAWYERVILLE CONSIGNMENT SALE SATURDAY, FEB.17,1990 at 1 P.M.Consigned byMr.StemieTaylorof Sawyerville: 30 beef cows, Hereford Charolais cross, covered by Charolais or Limousin.OTHER CONSIGNMENT: From 15 to 20 Charolais Simmental heifers and cows, covered by Simmental and Charolais.These head are all very good quality.We will also take other consignments for this sale.Gestations are checked by a veterinarian before sale.Welcome to all sellers and buyers of beef animal.Reception of animals from 7 a.m.the morning of the sale.Restaurant on the premises.Condition of sale: Cash or cheque from known buyers.For more information, contact: LES ENCANS LAFAILLE & FILS LIMITÉE 512 Main West, Coaticook, Que.Tel: 849-3606, 4702 Michel: 849-2554 Jean-Louis: 835-9385 Daniel: 849-7747 0*0*0* q *0*0*0 Thank You For Checking Please look over your ad the first day II appears making sura It reads as you requested, as The Record cannot be responsible tor more than one insertion.0*0*0* b *o *o *o CARRIERS WANTED TO DELIVER Sbcura The Record needs carriers for the following routes: Rte 440 Cowansville St.Jean, Main, River, North.Please apply If interested Call The Record by reversing the charges at 819-569-9528 a or call Knowlton office 243-0088 | TO PLACE YOUR PREPAID j CLASSIFIED AD: J TELEPHONE: (819) 569-9525 (514) 243-0088 j BY MAIL: Use this coupon I IN PERSON: Come to our offices PLEASE