The record, 11 juin 1990, lundi 11 juin 1990

MONDAY June 11, 1990 srn o> Births, deaths .7 Classified .8 Comics .9 Editorial .4 Farm & Business .5 Living .6 Sports .10-11 Townships .3 WEATHER Page 2 Builders want new contract MONTREAL (CPi — A union spokesman warned Sunday that tension will mount all summer on Quebec’s construction sites as a result of a government-imposed contract.“There’s no talk of resorting to heavy tactics this summer but the men are very unhappy and something is bound to happen by the fall.’’ said Jean-Noël Bilodeau of the Confederation of National Trade Unions, one of the three main unions representing Quebec’s 110,000 construction workers.He said the workers are vehemently opposed to the three-year contract decreed three weeks ago by the Quebec government.But he refused to say whether there would be any strikes.“A strike would be illegal,” he noted."Let's just say that Labor Minister Yves Séguin is in for a hot autumn.” The contract, imposed last May 22 after union and management were unable to negotiate a settlement, provides for wage increases of 4.5,4,5 and 5 per cent over three years, plus the right to retire at 55 instead of 58.SEEK TALKS It was immediately denounced by the construction unions, who called for the re-opening of negotiations on various items, including wages and employment security, seniority by work site, hours of work and overtime.Bilodeau said construction workers are especially troubled by a clause in the decree which enables unloading and carrying tasks to be performed by trainees, instead of laborers.They also object to new layoff provisions, whereby workers will no longer receive a standard 48-hour dismissal pay.Bilodeau said his union's 18,000 construction workers overwhelmingly rejected the decree in a survey conducted last week across Quebec.He said the union intends to spend the rest of June exerting pressure on Liberal members of the Quebec legislature.“We want them to force the government to reopen the decree before things heat up too much." he added.Legal-aid lawyers win pay increase PUINTE-AU-P1C (CP) —Quebec Justice Minister Gil Rémillard has ratified a fee agreement with the Quebec Bar Association concerning the fees paid to the province’s legal-aid lawyers.The announcement was made Sunday at the bar’s annual meeting.In April, more than 1,000 legal-aid lawyers across Quebec engaged in a three-week strike, refusing to accept new' cases in an attempt to force a settlement.Most of the province's legal-aid lawyers have not had a raise since 1981.Rémillard and André Gauthier, outgoing president of the bar association.announced that retroactive to April 1.1989.legal-aid fees paid to enmina) lawyers in adult court will rise by an average of 17 per cent.Fees for cases involving juveniles w ill rise by an average of 75 per cent.Family-law fees will rise by up to 44 per cent and fees for youth-protection cases will rise by 10 per cent.The offer expires on April 1.1992.Rémillard estimated that the increases would cost the government an additional $3,7 million a year.VMM» SVSCV BMOVMN liNNOW lue tu MtNTARV SI MOV>1 40 cents Persuasion: Getty kept talks going By Robert Russo OTTAWA (CP) — There was subtle statesmanship and psychological strong-arming.Brinks-manship and bitter exchanges.But in the end.it was a rock-ribbed rescue effort by Alberta Premier Don Getty that might have saved the Meech Lake accord.As far as Newfoundland's Clyde Wells was concerned, the conference was cooked Fridav.After six torturous days, there was no solution in sight and Wells thought it was time to go home, officials close to the negotiations said Sunday."We re just not making any progress.” said an exhausted and exasperated Wells, gathering the papers in front of him as he prepared to leave.Getty, the beefy, towering former football player slow ly rose as Wells moved out from behind the table.“Hold up.” said Getty."Let’s talk some more.” The two men were at opposite corners of the rectangular table.Wells would have to move around Getty to leave the room.There was never any physical contact between the men.but the imposing presence of the ex quarterback was powerful, his bulk speaking volumes.No one moved for a second.It was long enough for David Peter- Action in Ayer’s Cliff ?; V.v ; '&¦ * **-¦ ijg|ÉHK ' X.¦ < Venturers Danny Bailey of Dixville and Tayna Bar-dati of North Hatley took time from their official duties to pose for the Camera Saturday at a mini-fair in Ayer’s Cliff.RECORU/RACHI I HI RV Raising money for their planned trip to Finland this summer, the youngsters were taking bets on where the manure would fall in a giant grassy bingo board.Holstein Jacqueline did the honors.Quebecers: Few overjoyed by deal By Penny MacRae MONTREAL (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney promised in 1984 to bring Quebec into the constitutional family with “honor and enthusiasm.” But there wasn’t much rejoicing Sunday in the province over news that the first ministers had finally signed a tentative deal to end Quebec’s constitutional isolation.“Maybe Quebec will be in the Constitution — but it won’t be with honor and enthusiasm like Mulroney said it would be,” said 45-year-old René Granger, a foreman in the town of Crabtree, near Montreal.On a Sunday morning open line show on radio station CKAC in Montreal only two callers out of 30 supported the deal.The rest felt Premier Robert Bourassa had been forced to compromise, said CKAC reporter Jean Laverdière.Observers predict trouble for Bourassa over his move to allow a legal opinion on the precise meaning of the agreement’s recognition of Quebec as a distinct society, saying critics will seize on that as a watering down of the crucial clause.Quebec newspapers also stressed the fragility of the deal.“It all hangs on Newfoundland,” blared the front-page headline in the tabloid Le Journal de Montréal in reference to Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells’ grave doubts about the accord which must be ratified by June 23.Wells said he would either subject the agreement to public hearings and a free vote in the legislature or put it to a direct vote in a referendum.VICTORY HOLLOW Many Quebecers also said the ill-feeling generated by the debate over the agreement to get Quebec’s approval of the Constitution meant it was a hollow achievment that would leave deep — and perhaps lasting — wounds.A number of Quebecers also said that the deal signed after seven cliffhanger days in Ottawa won’t put an end to the drive for independence.Meech Lake “just woke us up,” said André Milot of Montreal.“The process unleashed by these last months in Quebec is irreversible and the signature of Meech — under the conditions that we have know — won’t change anything,” echoed the Confederation of National Trade Unions, Quebec’s second largest labor federation.Some business leaders, who had been sounding increasingly nationalistic in recent months, were happy that a settlement had been reached.It will end “the economic uncertainty which the constitutional crisis of the last few months has generated," said Jacques Ménard, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal.But Ménard, too, warned some that some “fence-mending” will be needed.‘‘The process of national reconciliation is not over yet.Meech Lake opened up some old wounds.” And Pierre Laurin, vice-president of the brokerage house Merrill Lynch, also predicted that the agreement will relieve the financial markets.But he said English Canada and French Canada still don’t understand each other and that will lead to more painful negotiations in the future.An elderly anglophone woman, Mavis Johnson, said she was relieved a deal was reached.NEED CANADA’ “We need Canada all in one,” said Johnson.But despite polls suggesting 60 per cent support for sovereignty in the province, Quebec separatist Nicole Brisebois, 20.said she believes the agreement will be sufficient to “tranquilize the province” — at least in the short term.Quebecers like their comfort too much to gamble on independ ence, she said referring to the title of the film by Denys Arcand, Le Confort et l’indifférence (Com fort and Indifference), which was about the defeat of prosovereignty forces in the 1980 Quebec referendum.PRAGUE (AP) — The two political groups that broke the grip of Communist rule on Czechoslovakia won the first free election in 44 years and on Sunday began considering possible partners in a new coalition government.Official results showed Civic Forum and Public Against Violence — the Czech and Slovak sis- ter organizations lhat led November's pro-democracy revolution — had captured the most seats in the new federal parliament.The two movements won 169 of the 300 seats in the bicameral parliament.but fell short of the three-fifths majority needed to make key constitutional and economic reforms necessary to fulfil the goals of the revolution.The Civic Forum, founded by President Vaclav Havel, had said before the election on Friday and Saturday that it would seek a coalition government.The big surprise was the strong showing by the Communists, who finished in second place with 48 seats.son to make the pitch that may have saved the conference.“What can we do to make this progress ' Peterson asked Wells, who was still on his feet.“I’m ready to move." Wells sat down.SAVED ACCORD Peterson’s offer to sacrifice six of Ontario's 24 Senate seats to Newfoundland and the four western provinces saved the Meech Lake accord, relieved and satisfied senior federal officials said They had reason to be happy.Long before the premiers arrived in Ottawa.Prime Minister Brian Mulroney had foreseen the possibility of a “nightmare scenar io" of the talks breaking down over Senate reform In response, the federal team sketched out a last ditch plan in which Ontario would offer eonces See PERSUASION page 2.Deal: Wells waits for province’s OK By John Ward OTTAWA (CP) —The tentative deal to save the Meech Lake accord now depends on Newfoundland.Premier Clyde Wells put his name to the deal — which would get Meech ratified by the June 23 deadline and win Quebec's acceptance of the 1982 Consitution — on Saturday.But it must be approved by he reluctantly signed the deal.Revolutionaries win Czech election either a referendum or a free vote in the legislature, he said Sunday.“We’ve not yet made a firm decision." Wells, who was to announce the process to the assembly today, said Sunday he does not support the tentative agreement, which was reached after seven grinding days of private bargaining among the 11 first ministers in Ottawa.He only signed an undertaking to bring the deal to the people or politicians of his province, Wells said.A referendum would mark the second time in just over four decades that Newfoundlanders have voted on Canada.Before joining Confederation in 1949.the province staged a bitterly fought referendum on the move, which the pro-Canada forces won by a slight margin.Manitoba and New Brunswick must also ratify Meech by June 23.Frank McKenna of New Brunswick has promised fast action.TO GO ON TV Gary Filmon of Manitoba, who has a minority government, plans to go on TV tonight with Liberal Leader Sharon Carstairs and NDP Leader Gary Doer to explain the deal to the province.All three have endorsed the deal.On Saturday night.Wells was clearly frustrated and angry at the secretive process that kept the 11 first ministers closeted for more than 70 hours of private talks.Yet No extension of deadline —Bourassa QUEBEC (CP) — Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells can forget about an extension to the June 23 deadline for signing the Meech Lake accord, Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa said Sunday night.“I don't think it's possible, the Constitution is very firm on that,” Bourassa told reporters before a special meeting of his 92-member Liberal caucus.“1 think Mr.W’ells will honor his word.He said he’d do nothing to thwart the ratification of Meech Lake agreement." Wells, whose province is one of three yet to sign Meech Lake, said Sunday that Ottawa and the provinces may have to repeal the June 23 deadline to ensure that the accord gets a fair hearing in Newfoundland.‘We have to take whatever time is necessary.” Wells told supporters and reporters in St.John's, Nfld “And if it takes until June 30 or July 15.we will take it.” Wells's cabinet will decide today whether to hold a referendum on the accord or put it to a free vote in the legislature.HAS FAITH Bourassa, looking tired alter a gruelling seven-day first ministers' meeting in Ottawa, said he believes Newfoundland’s signature will be on Meech Lake before June 23.“It's not in the interest of Newfoundlanders to go down a different road from that taken by Canada as a whole.“There's likely about 98 per cent of Canadians who support the ratification of Meech Lake and I m sure Newfoundlanders will rally around the rest of Canada.” In a stirring, heartfelt speech before the TV cameras in the only open session of the week, Wells said: “I am not approving of this particular accord.” He said he worried about its impact on Canadian federalism, that he had put Canada before New foundland.and he begged Quebec ers (o put Canada before Quebec.He urged Newfoundlanders — if they do vote — to deal generously with Quebec.“But don't give up your right to make the decision on the basis of conscience.” Interviewed Sunday, Wells said he still plans to "fight for change and adjustments.” But he also said he won’t campaign against acceptance of the deal by his province.He said if he were going to campaign against it.he'd have to resign.Meech addresses Quebec's live basic demands for accepting the 1982 Constitution, including recognition as a distinct society.It also gives all provinces extended powers.Quebec’s other demands were a new constitutional amending formula that would give it a veto, some provincial powers over immigration, a limit on federal spending authority and a voice in appointments of Supreme Court judges.SAY IN APPOINTMENTS The weekend deal also provides a way of giving the territories a say in nominating justices of the Supreme Court of Canada.It includes a legal opinion that says the distinct society clause does not impair the Charter of Rights nor give any legislature extended powers.That opinion, though, was simply appended to the deal and wasn’t signed by the premiers.There was also a provision for Senate reform, long a sticking point with some premiers.A parliamentary committee would look at the so-called Canada clause, a section that would recognize aboriginal people and the multicultural elements of Canada as key parts of the country.Filmon of Manitoba, long one of the holdouts, said he signed the deal because it was as much as he was going to get under the circumstances.Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the premiers celebrated their success under the glare of TV lights.Outside the conference centre, Ottawa’s old Union Station, a crowd of several hundred cheered, sang and waved flags and placards.Passing cars honked their horns and passengers leaned from the windows to cheer.Inside, the first ministers seemed less exuberant than relieved at the end of their on-again, off-again bargaining.HEAR THE WORDS “I don’t think people ever, ever, ever want to hear the words Meech Lake again." said McKenna.Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa seemed to echo that relief: “English Canada has recognized and accepted us for what we are.“It was a great battle, hut the stakes were worth it.” Mulroney.'a happy day' 2—The RECORD—Monday, June 11, 1990 «¦y *v,.&» *- : 6 jpiif lifer t a 1 _ OUR wy mFT TArPED ^ssAwifpj cows \ North Hatley: Piggery parade pleases the people II iltnmt ,//i/I sin I t • M m-.tal_ „.n • • - f .REC()RD RACHEL BURY Despite the drizzling rain more than 400 people turned up to watch the Piggery parade wind through the streets of y orth Hatley Saturday.The parade was part of anniversary celebrations for the local playhouse, which has been going strong for 25 years.Participants included North Hatley Elementary School, Earl's store, LeBaron's grocery store.Cubs and Scouts, Brownies and Guides, dairy farmers, the Pilsen, several teams of horses, various local dignitaries in antique cars, the Piggery van with a 25th anniversary cake, lots of balloon-carrying clowns, the Townships Sun, The Record crew — aboard a show wagon drawn by six champion Belgians driven by Knight George from Pine Gables Farm in Bishopton.Celebrations moved to the Piggery Playhouse grounds where fun and games for the whole family included bingo, a guess the pig's weight contest and pony rides.There was also a hamburger and hot dog barbecue with Massawippi Ale on tap for the adults and the usual kiddy drinks for the junior set.Entertainment was provided by unusual combination of the Harmonies Notre Dame de Magog brass band and Déjà Vu, a folk rock group.Everything was held together by parade marshall and master of ceremonies Douglas Grant.A good time was had by all.Experts wonder whether the tentative deal helped Canada OTTAWA (CP) — A lasting peace?Or a brief respite before further constitutional turmoil?Such are the conflicting assessments emerging on the tentative deal signed by the 11 first ministers late Saturday in a bid to salvage the Meech Lake accord.Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, his government and some premiers believe the tentative deal will usher in an era of national reconciliation.But many experts suggest it merely papers over widening cracks between the regions of the country and fails to address fundamental constitutional questions.And they don't feel it will dampen the long-term prospects for Quebec separation.“When British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned from his meeting with Hitler in 1939, he said it meant peace in his time — he got peace for six or eight months,” said Roger Gibbons, head of the University of Calgary’s political science department.For the West, he said, the issue of Senate reform has been diffused by the plan of holding public hearings.“But real Senate reform, a so-called effective Senate, isn't in the cards” because it isn’t in Quebec’s interest to approve radical change.Gibbons said.CP news analysis By Paul Mooney As a result, he said, the Reform party — which promotes greater autonomy for the West — will be strengthened.The first ministers also agreed to public hearings on a so-called Canada clause, designed to set out the fundamental characteristics that make up the country, including natives and multicultural communities.AFFECTS CLAUSE But Gibbons said there’s virtually no chance such a clause will get Quebec’s approval because it would affect the clause which rec- —_____frei uscotxi Randy Kinnear, Publisher.569-9511 Charles Bury, Editor .569-6345 Lloyd G.Scheib, Advertising Manager.569-9525 Richard Lessard, Production Manager.569-9931 Mark Guitlette, Press Superintendent .569-9931 Guy Renaud, Graphics .IZl':.569-4856 Francine Thibault, 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Canada, but which have no real chance of becoming part of the Constitution,’’ Gibbons said.“That’s a very dangerous process,” Lise Bissonnette, a Montreal writer and former editorialist with the influential daily Le Devoir, said the long-term fortunes of the separatist movement in Quebec will not be dampened.It has been revitalized by the latest constitutional debate and Quebecers now see independence as much more attractive than they did during the 1980 referendum debate, she said.“There is a great deal of cynicism in Quebec now — the reaction to this deal will be very negative in Persuasion: - Continued from page one.sions to save the talks, said the officials, When the negotiations seemed to founder over Senate reform early Tuesday, Mulroney told senior officials during a regular 6:30 a.m.telephone briefing that it was time begin implementing the previously discussed plan.That morning the prime minister took Peterson aside privately and asked what concession Ontario might make.The two agreed the province would offer to give up six Senate seats.Three days later, the plan was put into effect.Wells and Manitoba’s Gary Fil-mon went along with the proposal Friday night.Beer and deli-style many quarters,” she said.“In the short term, the support for independence will fall about ten percentage points in the polls.But it w'on’t make any difference in the long run.” •SOILED PROCESS’ Michael Bliss of the University of Toronto attacked the ‘"soiled process” of making constitutional law behind closed doors.In particular, he cited Ottawa’s use of opinion polls threatening Quebec separation to pressure premiers who opposed Meech Lake.“Are the first ministers destroying the country as they try to save it?” Bliss asked.“They put through a constitution under the threat of Quebec separation.But what’s the use of having a country if we don’t preserve the values of integrity and fair play?” Leon Dion, an influential Quebec constitutional expert, advised the Laurendeau-Dunton Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism in the 1960s as well as the Pepin-Robarts Commission on Canadian Unity in the ’70s.Quebec Premier Robert Bouras-sa has bought himself a bit of time and the country a little financial stability, Dion said Sunday.But little else will result.In fact, the Quebec premier has probably diluted what was an already weak clause recognizing Quebec as a distinct society, Dion said.He referred to a legal opinion appended to the document signed Saturday, which said the distinct-society clause does not impinge on the Charter of Rights.Bourassa returns to Quebec as neither hero nor traitor — but with "an extra chain around his leg,’’ Dion said.Eventually Quebec will have another Parti Québécois gov- ernment and the constitutional turmoil will resume, he predicted.Daniel Latouche.who teaches at Monreal’s McGill University and advised former Quebec premier Rene Levesque, said much of Quebec is already in a post-Meech phase."To use the analogy of a divorce —- Quebec and Canada have a temporary reconciliation back in the family home.But they'll soon look back in anger at what the lawyers have done.“This agreement is like talking about a new coat of paint on the house, whereas Quebecers are already talking about leaving.” Latouche forsees a spate of predictions in English-speaking Canada that separatism is dead.“But everyone will wake up in three or four years and realize that this was all for nothing.” sandwiches were ordered to the dimly lit.windowless boardroom on the fifth floor of the conference centre as the premiers, most in shirtsleeves with their ties askew, began to celebrate.The festive mood lasted just a few hours.Then Wells noticed the final text was missing a clause he had wanted calling for a review of the effects of the distinct-society provision on the Charter of Rights'.There had never been an agreement on the clause, the feds argued.Wells stomped out of the room shortly after midnight.BOURASSA DOZED On Saturday, while the other first ministers argued about whether the clause was agreed to.Premier Robert Bourassa slept in then went for a swim at his hotel.He had promised Thursday not to take part in any discussion on the distinct-society clause.Shouting could be heard by officials in an adjacent room as Peterson and Getty argued Bourassa’s case for not touching the distinct-society clause.Wells and Filmon held out for a clarification."The prime minister never lost his cool during this meeting,’’ said a federal official.“At times he would adjourn briefly."Other times he would call one of the premiers aside for a chat or suggest that two or three of them get together in another room.” During one of these sessions, leg- Weather Mostly cloudy Monday with moderate winds and a chance of morning showers.High 20.Tuesday, sunny and a high of 20.Doonesbury al experts wmrked out the wording of a document indicating the distinct-society clause would not impinge on the Charter.No premier was to sign it, but it gave the hold-outs something to take away from the meeting.There was plenty of emotion in the room when the meeting ended.Some premiers wrapped their arms around each other.Backs were slapped and hands pumped.“It was like a hockey team who’d won a victory in the last second of a game,” an official said.Afterwards, Getty played down his role in keeping the meeting together the night before.“I’m just bigger than they are,” he said.BY GARRY TRUDEAU WHO POT LOOK l!KB 7 YOU’ ASA YOUNG WOMAN1 \ YOU-NOU.can't Bern' LOOK AT YOU, YOU'RB.YOU'RB.WHA.Y WHO APB YOU- IM WHAT7 MY, WcRB UP LAie JOANiei t YOU'RB BAR5FOOT, FOR GOP'5 SAKE1 THIS IS ‘67.THE EARTH SHOES CAME LATER.\.Si 8?É The RECORD—Monday.June II.1990—3 Brome Lake: By Sharon McCully KXOYVLTON — Pressure groups in the town of Brume Lake are not going to let council extend town sewers to Fisher's Point and the Auberge du Lac condominiums without a fight.The Brome Lake Conservation Association and the Town of Brome Lake Municipal Association held a joint public meeting Sunday morning to discuss four options approved by Environment Minister Pierre Paradis for the long-awaited sewage treatment system.At a special meeting May 29.council voted unanimously — in the absence of councillors Frances MacKeen and Richard Price — to accept option one.which calls for the hook-up to the town system.At Sunday's meeting Neil McCubbin.president of the Brome Lake Municipal Association, outlined the four options contained in the report for the crowd of about 125 mostly-lakeside residents opposed to the town plan.TOWN PICK WORST?A one-page missive signed by the two groups and distributed to 2000 Brome Lake residents claims that three of the options approved by the minister "are environmentally better" than the one selected by the town.Citing page 38 of the SQAE report.McCubbin said the three local options approved in the report are about 99.5 per cent efficient in treating ettluent.while option number one — the hook-up to the tow n system voted for by council — is about 80 per cent efficient NONE BETTER But Raymond Auger, the engineer who signed the report prepared by the Société Québécoise de l'assainissement des eaux, said no option is "environmentally better " than the rest.All four options are feasible." Auger said in an interview Thursday.“To say that one option is better than the others is the personal opinion of some people." Auger said each option presented in the report carries some environmental risks requiring precautions.There are advantages and disadvantages to each of the options, but most problems with one or the other are administrative and political." Auger said.The associations claim that one of the options can be implemented at no cost to the town.LEAVE THE POINT McCubbin said option number three, which calls for building a local system at the Auberge du Lac condominium site, could be installed on site and paid for by the condominium owners.A resident of Fisher's Point him-self.McCubbin said Point homeowners — most of whose houses are within only a few metres of the lake — could stick with their septic tanks and absorb the costs of bringing their own systems up to environmental stan- Correction: * Oops, we goofed KNOWLTON — Some Unity Party supporters thought they had missed an important meeting of the newly formed Equality Party when they read an item in Friday’s Record about Unity’s Graham Neil.They didn't.That very important meeting is scheduled for June 16 at Massey Vanier High School in Cowansville.They are asking that you bring your neighbors.Other stalwart Unity supporters recognized the text of last Friday’s story of the nomination of Graham Neil as a candidate for the Unity Party in Brome Missis- quoi as the exact story which appeared last June.They were right.Each story which appears on the Record computer has a name.The clever computer rejects any other story of the same name to avoid errors such as this one.Thinking I'm more clever than the computer.I often add a number after duplicate story names to fool the computer.How then did this happen, you ask?I gave the story name without the number to the news desk.We are sorry if this has caused any inconvenience.— Sharon McCully Fisher’s Point sewer fight not over?dards.The SQAE said this option would cost about $79-1.600 — plus expropriation and litigation costs — to serve the 10-1 existing condominiums.plus an additional $397.400 if the 80 more planned condos are built.NO SUPPORT But that choice would mean giving up more than a quarter of a million dollars in provincial government help.A $297.000 grant to help the municipality foot the cost of collecting sewage would not be forthcoming According to SQAE s Auger, the government subsidy from SQAE only applies to municipal systems.It is up to the town to establish the funding formula." Auger said But our payments go directly to municipalities which control the system." François Ratte.a spokesman for the 104 condominium ow ners said Friday he would not attend Sunday s public meeting, called by the two associations."I can tell you we are not going to pay $8000 each for a sewage system." Ratte said of the associations' proposal."There are 104 condominium owners and each of us own our land.It they w ant to do a system like that, we will force them to ex propriate the land from the 104 of us individually." Ratte said.Ratte said the condo owners would go along with the town's option — to connect them to the town system — provided a suitable funding formula is worked out MORE RESEARCH?Town councillor Price, absent from the May 29 special meeting when the decision was taken to hook-up both condos and cottages, said he would have liked more research done on the availability of properties required for two of the other local options."The West Bolton option has never been investigated properly, and atone point Mrs.Dcichman agreed to allow her property to be used" Price said referring to two properties suitable for local treatment."We have a lot of good technology for local systems, and whatever happens in this instance, we should commit ourselves to using those systems in other areas where sewage treatment is an issue." Price did not attend Sunday s public meeting.LET USERS PAY Most who did attend supported the two associations' call for a loc- al system paid for exclusively by the users — the condo people Bolstered by straw votes and spontaneous applause for the party line, many speakers chastised the town for reverting to a plan already rejected by the people Several speakers decried the destruction of trees — some they claim are more than 100 years old — along Fisher's Point if a main line pipe were installed to hook up with the town system MAKE PINSO PAY Speakers also said they feared increased development as a result of a large sewage network, and the increased risk of pollution when mega systems break down.And some taxpayers said they will not rest until condo developer Maurice Pinsonnault pays for visiting this issue upon the town.The emotionally charged meeting failed to come up with any solutions or consensus on w hat council should do next.The item will grace the agenda of the regular meeting of Brome Lake council tonight but not in the form of a borrowing bylaw to finance the construction of the pipeline approved by council May 29.Mayor Decelles said council w ill .Ye/7 McCubbin.Condo owners should pay.work out a funding arrangement with SQAE which would not re quire immediate borrow ing to begin the work.Without a borrowing bylaw, opponents of the project will have no means of registering their dissent ion or putting the issue — previously rejected on four occasions to a referendum.Mayor: Pressure groups spoil KNOWLTON (SMi — Town of Brome Lake Mayor Gilles Decelles warned Sunday that it may be difficult in the future to attract municipal leaders if their efforts to serve the public continue to be impeded.Decelles reminded some 125 taxpayers at a public meeting to discuss sewage that three years ago many of those present supported the leaders of the Brome Lake municipal and conservation associations in electing a municipal slate to work for environmental protection and to curb over development."We have worked hard to fulfil our mandate." Decelles said, citing new zoning regulations and an ecological study of Brome Lake."We gave this town its first environmental protection commission with a $50,000 budget." ButrDecelles blamed the failure to resolve the Brome Lake sewage treatment problem on pressure from the leadership of the two associations.We have studied this file for three years and spent $600,000 of taxpayers money often to verify opinions." Decelles said.THREE TIMES NO The mayor traced the steps taken over the three years to find a solution to the problem w hich has plagued council beginning with the major project to re-route highway 243.“The associations said no," Decelles said." "Next thing we decided to go down Route 243 with the pipe and the associations again said no because they didn't want the road widened." “Then the associations wanted to examine local systems so we ordered new studies.Finally we asked SQAE to make recommendations.and the associations are not happy." Decelles said over objections from the audience."The associations have put unacceptable pressure on council.” he continued."And it may impact on the type of politicians you are able to attract in th ¦ future for the town.” GUINEA PIG Decelles said he opposes the op tion selected by the two associa tions mainly because it would be the first system of its kind in Quebec."Brome Lake would be a laboratory." Decelles said."This system would have to treat 160 cubic metres — approximately 10.000 gallons of waste water a day some 300 feet from the lake." “Someone else other than me will take that decision." Decelles said.Councillor Michael Caluori, looking weary from debating the issue, commented that 80 jobs were lost in the town when the San-terre lumber mill closed its doors, and he didn't receive a single call."When 1 got elected I had other items on my agenda for council that I wanted to act on." Caluori said.The crowd began filtering out before he had an opportunity to elaborate.our work (lilies Decelles.Let us do oaf work.5 « Réjean l.aliherté.Ui-inkingplant is 'crucial'.Kruger gets more By Rita Legault SHERBROOKE — Local politicians and business leaders supporting establishment of a de-inking plant in Bromptonville will meet this morning to learn if the Quebec government has decided to back the project.St-François MNA and Immigration Minister Monique Gagnon-Tremblay is to appear at the businessmen's power breakfast to report on how the Kruger de-inking plant file is moving through the upper echelons of government.The Eastern Townships caucus of Liberal MNAs, led by Sherbrooke MNA André J.Hamel, threw its support behind the coalition last week, asking the government to endorse the huge recycling project with enough cash to make sure the Kruger doesn't set up shop in the U.S.CRUCIAL Industrial commissioner Réjean Laliberté said the plant is “cfucial" to the area because it will create 50 new jobs and “consolidate" another 150 which may be in danger of extinction it the Bromptonville paper mill doesn't get the de-inking facility.New laws in many parts of the United States require newsprint to be made from mostly recycled materials.Kruger's Bromptonvil le factory exports 80 per cent of production to the U.S.making de-inked paper essential for it.Without de-inking Kruger would see a decline in demand from the U.S.Kruger is asking Quebec to become a minority shareholder in the company as well as giving it access to interest free loans through the Société de développement économique SDL North Hatley: Pelletier on language By Dan Hawaleshka SHERBROOKE (DID — North Hatley mayoral candidate Irenée Pelletier says his opponent's /renée Pelletier.'Trench and English are part of the same soul.' ‘Out of charge that he is a liar is false and is unworthy of being dignified with a response.In a news conference last week Pelletier's counterpart Brent Pauley said Pelletier had misled residents with statements about Pauley's brief record as North Hatley mayor.Pauley also took offence at Pelletier's charges that he could not be contacted by residents because he is often in Montreal attending to his business.As for being called a liar.Pelletier said, "1 have never answered things like that.I think it's degrading." "If Fm a liar, the people will decide" in next Sunday's election.Pelletier in a weekend telephone interview.Pelletier also said in both the interview and a letter to the editor (See Page 4i that there is nothing to Pauley's claim he is pitting anglophones against francophones in North Hatley.Pauley based the charge on two public information sessions Pelletier held last week.One w as he'd in English, the other in French."I've done that for 12years." Pelletier said, refering to similar meetings he held during his time as respect’ Sherbrooke’s Liberal MP.“I think it's out of respect," he said.Pelletier added that translation time at bilingual meetings limits the number of questions which can be asked.He also said people who are un-ilingual might hesitate to ask questions at a bilingual meeting "when the other half doesn't know what they're talking about." ALL MY LIFE “I have fought for linguistic rights all my life," said Pelletier, a New Brunswick born Acadian."For me.French and English are part of the same soul." As for a candidates' debate.Pel letier said he will not personally approach Pauley on the matter.He has made the offer through the media and it has been refused by Pauley."I'd like to talk about his past.It he's sure of what he says, w hy not debate?1 know the answer — he will not." "Since he's refusing.I have the feeling he knows his dossier is not that impressive." Pelletier said.Pelletier said that in the final week of the campaign he will continue to go door-to-door as he has been doing for the last three w eeks He said he stil thinks he’ll win.for de-inking plan support $101 MILLION A $50 million investment is required to get the de-inking plant started.It would cost a total of $101 million over three years.According to Laliberté more than a dozen local industries which do work for Kruger would suffer if the de-inking grant doesn't come through.The Bromptonville plant will shut down one obsolete paper machine this year.A new one — if the de inking plan becomes reality would cost $480 million Laliberté said if Kruger gets the grant it will create 50 new jobs and assure the future of the plant for the next 40 years.If not the company may move the project to the U.S.where interest rates are lower, used paper is available free ami the government is offering massive tax rebates to new companies, he said.TURN UP HEAT If the politicians and businesspeople doesn't get good news from Gagnon-Tremblay this morning they plan to turn up the heat on Quebec.The de-inking coalition includes dozens of contractors who depend on business from Kruger, the Sher- brooke chamber or commerce, municipalities, TAssemblc de concertation et de développement de l'Estrie (AUDE), La Société de développement industriel de Slier hrooke (SDIS), La Maison de Tin dustrie and the regional municipalities of Val St-François and Sherbrooke.Laliberté said Kruger must be gin construction by July so a deci sion is needed tins week.“The government betleropen the tapa little because this project is vital for Estrie," Laliberté said.“The region will not accept the loss of this project." - ft’Z.Ayer s t liff: It seemed like everyone town showed up for a weekend mini-fair sponsor by the Stanstead County Agricultural Society Kl < OKI> k M III I IK k"!?Ayer's Cliff.Some went round and round, others up and down — | but some went both ways.-——-é *4 Fraud: QPF officer charged j ARTHABASKA — A provincial police officer believed drowned a week ago has been charged with 11 counts of fraud after he was spotted in Sherbrooke by an old friend.Quebec Police ForceCst.Michel Menard.46.of Beaulac.near VVeedon.was released on a $75,000 bond Friday after appearing in the courthouse in Arthabaska.Ménard, whose police career spanned 20 years, is accused of de-fraudingg 10 people in the Victor-iaville and Arthabaska areas of $285,000 in personal loans obtained under false pretences.He w as said to be showing signs of amnesia when an old school chum.Jean Paul Brochu, recog-nized him on a Sherbrooke street^ last week.?Ménard resigned from the police?force last Thursday Divers searched Lac Aylmer for*: Ménard two weekends ago aft«*r* his empty boat was found there. 4—The RECORD—Monday.June 11, 1990 #¦____fogl ftfecura The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial Try to get it right this time I found myself on the sidelines cheering when Clyde Wells signed the Meech Lake deal.I’m such a sop for a happy ending.It’s a hold-over from a youth spent reading romantic novels — you know the kind — when the divorce is called off and the philandering husband comes back to his wife and adorable children and they all ride off into the sunset for a long-awaited camping trip.Who ever thinks about black flies and wet blankets at a time like that?Thanks to soaps and sequels, we now know that if we were to follow the blissful family around for awhile, we’d find out that before long, the husband was back to his philandering.Before the ink was dry on the Meech document, Clyde Wells was pleading with Quebec to place the national interests of Canada above the regional interests of Quebec.A TV camera captured Premier Robert Bourassa looking a little perplexed at the suggestion.For too long the premier of Quebec has been flirting with sovereignty — some believe it was an out and out affair and it was only a matter of time before he publicly declared he wanted a divorce.We know he struggled with all kinds of alternate living arrangements — superstructures and so on.Are we to believe that same premier is now happily back in the fold prepared to be faithful to the nation?Probably not.But at least as long as he’s under the same roof, Canadians will have an opportunity to make the rest of Quebec feel more wanted and accepted.The opportunity is there now for greater understanding of the words “distinct society”.Throughout the months of debate, it’s often been asked why more English Quebecers didn’t protest against the distinct society clause.Quite simply, because the majority of us believe Quebec is a distinct society and should be protected as such.Most of us agree Quebec can do no more with a distinct society clause than it can with the notwithstanding clause — which remains part of the constitution.Paradoxically perhaps, many English-Quebecers share Premier Bourassa’s annoyance at the lack of understanding exhibited by the rest of Çanada towards Quebec.Misunderstanding of Quebec was most eloquently expressed by the first ministers when they asked on day one of the seven day marathon discussions if the distinct society clause was just a bargaining point for Quebec.When the most fundamental aspirations of one part of the country are so little known and understood by the others, it’s not hard to see why things went wrong.The signing of the deal will buy some time for all of us to try to get it right this time.SHARON McCULLY Curiosity is killing giant Carmanah tree VANCOUVER (CP) — Curiosity is threatening to kill Canada’s tallest tree, the Carmanah Giant.The thick moss that once surrounded the tree, located in a pristine watershed on the west coast of Vancouver Island, has been trampled underfoot, compacting the soil and creating erosion problems.People crowding close io have their pictures taken have torn open roots with their hiking boots.And some hikers have started collecting tiny pieces of bark — tearing souvenirs from the giant, living Sitka spruce that for centuries loomed unthreatened above the landscape.“Multiply what's happened in the last year by 10 and it will not survive,” said Mac Elder, chief park warden for Pacific Rim National Park.Elder said the Giant and other big trees in the valley need platforms and retaining fences built near them, so that hikers can visit without causing damage.“When the soil gets compressed and the drainage changes, when the roots get trampled, you do serious damage to a big, old tree like that.” Elder, whose park connects to the new Carmanah Pacific Provincial Park, said he hiked to see the Giant recently and was saddened by what he saw.“The Carmanah Giant has been misused.If you see the base of that tree today, it is not a pretty picture." After more than a 1,000 years of peace and quiet, the world changed for the Carmanah Giant in 1988 when environmentalists found the tree and began to fight to save it.At the time the entire valley was slated for logging and there were no plans to protect the groves of spruce that stand along the rich floodplain beside Carmanah Creek.Last year, in a bid to stop MacMillan Bloedel Ltd from cutting down the forest, the Western Canada Wilderness Committee completed a trail to the Giant, which — at 95 metres — is higher than the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill Within days people began streaming into the valley.Nobody has exact figures on how many people have made the four-hour hike down to the great tree, but MacMillan Bloedel gatekeepers counted 15,000 last year The environmental group's strategy to generate public support by opening up the valley worked.Using the Carmanah Giant as a symbol for the ancient forests, the wilderness committee managed a campaign that soon carried the name of the valley across Canada.The campaign eventually prompted the government to set aside half the valley as a provincial park.The government has also said logging in the upper valley will not proceed until scientific studies show there will be no negative impact on the park in the lower valley.Letters Rash and thoughtless statements For twenty years I have lived in peace and harmony with fellow citizens of North-Hatley (francophone and anglophone, alike).Throughout my twelve years as Member of Parliament for Sherbrooke, I always held assemblies in French and English.Out of respect for the people of North-Hatley, I decided to hold two assemblies — one in French, one in English — during this electoral period.I have worked with people from these two linguistic groups and have always maintained a deep and abiding respect for the individual, his language, and his culture.In all of the positions of responsibility that I have held, I have always greatly re-sptected the languages and cultures of the people.I have spent my life in places where francophones and anglophones live in a state of mutual respect.Mr.Pauley, as I understand it, you do not want to air your views in a forum as public as a debate.At least have the decency to publicly excuse yourself for having maliciously and falsely accused me of ‘.turning the campaign into one which will pit English and French.by holding public meetings for the two language groups.” — Sherbrooke Record, June 8, 1990.Before your arrival in our corner of the world, Mr.Pauley, the question of linguistics had never been raised in municipal elections.Occasionally, in times of stress, people make rash and thoughtless statements.This is what you have done.Excuse yourself before the population of North-Hatley for having made this very unfortunate and unfounded accusation.Be a man of honor: excuse yourself to the francophones and anglophones of North-Hatley who have always lived in harmony and who are offended by your fabrications.IRENÉE PELLETIER North Hatley Junk mail — an environmental issue The Editor, Dear Sir or Madam, We would like to thank all those who have supported us in our campaign against junk mail.We received many letters and calls of support from people in all walks of life, even though we did not provide people with an address or a telephone number.We have raised the issue of junk mail as an environmental issue with Lucien Bouchard, the Minister of the Environment, and he has assured us that he and his Council of Ministers of the Environment will be taking action to reduce this type of pollution by 50 per cent by the year 2000.However, we feel the gravity of the situation, as it pertains to landfill sites, is not widely appreciated.A recent study of landfill sites in the U.S.pension WVfi's revealed that paper is not biodegrad-able.Newspapers and telephone books deposited in landfill sites in the 1940s and ’50s were still intact and readable.The other aspect of junk mail that concerns us most is that it makes up 35 per cent of the mail handled by Canada Post (more when weight and volume are considered), but the junk mail generates only 10 per cent of postal revenues.This means that when ordinary Canadians pay 39 cents postage on so-called first class letters, they are subsidizing the special rates enjoyed by those businesses that insist on inflicting this material on us.Also, we feel that all profits should be used to keep first class letter rates low.Canada Post should not be contributing anything to the bottomless pits of government coffers.To do so is to make postage a new form of taxation.We feel that we have made our point with the Minister of the Environment, and we are now directing our attention to the minister responsible for Canada Post.We are recycling all the envelopes, large and small, that we receive in the mail.We stuff them with junk mail and send them on a weekly basis to the following address : Hon.Harvie André, Minister Responsible for Canada Post, 356 Confederation Building, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ont.K1A 0A6.Please support our campaign.We don’t charge a membership fee and we don’t keep a membership list, and you don’t have to identify yourself unless you wish to do so.It’s time to let Canada Post know that it exists to serve Canadians and not vice versa.Sincerely, KENNETH BROWN (613) 388-2984 Interim President Canadian Alliance for Postal Reform The new, improved Meech Lake Accord: OTTAWA (CP) — Here is the text of the final communique from the first ministers' meeting Saturday on the Meech Lake accord: 1.THE MEECH LAKE ACCORD The premiers of New Brunswick, Manitoba and Newfoundland undertake to submit the Constitution Amendment, 1987 for appropriate legislative or public consideration and to use every possible effort to achieve decision prior to June 23, 1990.2.SENATE REFORM After proclamation, the federal government and the provinces will constitute a commission with equal representation for each province and an appropriate number of territorial and federal representatives to conduct hearings and to report to parliament and the legislative assemblies of the provinces and territories, prior to the First Ministers' Conference on the Senate to be held by the end of 1990 in British Columbia, on specific proposals for Senate reform that will give effect to the following objectives: • The Senate should be elected • The Senate should provide for more equitable representation of the less populous provinces and territories • The Senate should have effective power to ensure the interests of residents of the less populous provinces and territories figure more prominently in national decision-making, reflect Canadian duality and strengthen the government of Canada’s capacity to govern on behalf of all citizens, while preserving the principle of the responsibility of the government to the House of Commons.Following proclamation of the Meech Lake accord, the prime minister and all premiers agree to seek adoption of an amendment on comprehensive Senate reform consistent with these objectives by July 1, 1995.The prime pinister undertakes to report semi annually to the House of Commons on progress achieved towards comprehensive Senate reform.The prime minister and all premiers reaffirming the commitment made in the Edmonton Declaration and the provisions to be entrenched under the Constitution Amendment 1987, undertook that Senate reform will be the key constitutional priority until comprehensive reform is achieved.If, by July 1, 1995, comprehensive Senate reform has not been achieved according to the objectives set out above under section 41 of the Constitution Act, 1982, as amended by the Constitution Amendment 1987, the number of senators by which a province is entitled to be represented in the Senate will be amended so that, of the total of one hundred and four senators, the representation of Ontario will be eighteen senators, the representation of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Newfoundland will be eight senators each, and the representation of all other provinces and the territories will remain unchanged.In the case of any province whose representation declined, no new appointments would be made until that province’s representation had by attrition declined below its new maximum.In the event of such a redistribution of Senate seats, Newfoundland would be entitled to another member of parliament in the House of Commons under section 51A of the Constitution Act 1867.3.FURTHER CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: (1) Charter - Sex Equality Rights: • Add section 28 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to section 16 of the Constitution Amendment 1987.(2) Role of the Territories: • In appointments to the senate and the Supreme Court of Canada.• In discussions on items on the agenda of annual constitutional and economic conferences where, in the view of the Prime Minister, matters to be discussed directly affect them.y Nf A Inc "Vintage cars are great for reliving youth.The first ticket I ever wrote was for a car just like this one." 10—The RECORD—Monday, June II, 1!W0 Sports —__tel mem Muscular Dystrophy baseball tournament tops last year’s earnings By Bruce Macfarlane ROCK ISLAND — ‘Just for the kids’ was the motto for the weekend, and that's how it was at the Rock Isiand-Stanstead baseball diamond Sunday afternoon during the second annual Muscular Dystrophy tournament.Local organizers doubled the tourney's capacity oy allowing 22 teams to enter the A-B format which included exhibiton games with a local radio station and Canadian customs officials.With the extra teams entered in the weekend competition, muscular-dystrophy-tournament organizers hoped to double the money collected last year.“We've been playing this one since April,” said secretary Karen Eryou.“After expenses last year.muscular dystrophy received $2U00,’'she said.“This year, with 22 teams, we're trying for $5000 to send to muscular dystrophy.' Eryou said the tournament runs like your ordinary softball tournament.Teams pay a registration fee which is put into a pool.The top two teams then split the money.“All the money made by reg istration is turned back over to the (winning) teams.” said Eryou.a Rock Island resident.“All the monies turned over to muscualr dystrophy is through beer sales, canteen sales and T-shirt sales." she said.The three-day tournament was offically launched Friday night at the ballpark by honorary president Pat Burns, head coach of the Montreal Canadiens.Burns took time out of his hectic » summer holiday schedule to meet the townspeople of Rock Island and toss the opening pitch.The Montreal Canadiens head coach declined interviews concerning his hockey team but fielded questions on charity events.“Well.I don't mind doing these things." said Burns after tossing the muscular dystrophy tourney’s opening pitch.Burns, who spends a lot of his summer in and around Lake Mem-phrémagog.said he was delighted to come to the tournament to lend a hand.“I've spent three to four summers here now." he said.“It doesn t take that much time.” “For good events like this.I don't mind." Bruns said with a smile."I don't mind spending half-an-hour to an hour of my time.” The Montreal Canadiens head coach spent close to two hours at the ballpark posing for pictures and signing autographs.In his friendly manner.Burns joked with one local resident by signing her passport.Burns said that people have misconceptions about prolessioanl athletes or actors when it comes down to public appearances."A lot pi people think we’ve got to be paid lor all these things,” he said."Were enchanted todothings for muscular dystrophy or other things like this." Eryou, the tournament’s secretary, said the organization didn’t approach the local community for z support.* "It w'as a last minute thing before £ we d hit the community," she said.| “Usually we'd like to keep the g businesses until the telethon.” | In spite of knocking on the doors g of local industries, people still ?wanted to pitch in.£ "Right now.we've got Molson’s, the local ice cream parlour and many more helping out." she said.Pat Burns and muscular-dystrophy-tournament secretary Karen Eryou stop for a quick snapshot during the opening ceremonies.Burns surprised Eryou and her 13-member committee by handing over two hockey sticks autographed by Canadiens’ forward Guy Carbonneau and himself for the fund raising auction Tournament president Daniel Roy said the townspeople of three villages (Stanstead.Beebe and Rock Island) discovered the muscular dystrophy fund raiser only recently."It all started three years ago.” Roy said.“It first started with the telethon, where we tried it in collaboration with Sherbrooke,” he said.“Last year was the first time we put up a tournament,” he said.“We were all newborns at it.” Roy said he decided to get involved with muscular dystrophy for two reasons — Jerry Lewis and his nephew."I fell in love with the man ( Jerry-Lewis), it’s stupid to say, but I’ve always watched the telethon." Roy said.“He’s (Lewis) a star and he doesn't have any attachements to it and for him to give up his time is great.” he said.During the interview Roy glanced over to a crowd of people and said he had a personal attachment to muscular dystrophy."My little newphew has muscular dystrophy." he said, choked with emotion.“He’s due for a muscle transplant soon.” But Roy broke out in a smile and said the event wouldn't have seen the opening pitch without the work of his volunteers.We've got over 70 volunteers helping out." he said.“Hopefully Mother Nature will co-operate, last year it rained for two days." Unfortunately.Mother Nature didn’t co-operate and the finals were postponed.North Hatley's ‘Cutters' and Restaurant Chez Ovide from Martinville reached the A’ division final to split the prize money equally.In the B’ division the Stanstead Cards' defeated Ayer’s Cliff s Ocena Pacific.As of late Sunday evening, Eryou said the final amount raised hadn't been calculated."We don t know the final amount yet.but it is definitely more than last year's." she said.Montreal Canadiens’ head coach Pat Burns stops by Rock Island to sign a few autographs during the second annual muscular dystrophy tournament.‘I think I’ll pack it in after 1992 - Hussey Team Canada will be lucky to crack top ten Detroit Pistons take lead in NBA finals FLORENCE.Italy (CP) — Wayne Hussey, coach of the Canadian women's basketball team, says his squad will be lucky to defend its bronze medal at next month's world championships.In fact, he says, Canada will be lucky to finish in the top eight.“Knowing what’s out there, I don't think we can realistically say we have an honest chance for a medal.” says Hussey, in his sixth year as head coach.“We set a goal of being in the top eight, and even that will be dif ficult with our draw.“Some other countries have passed us so.if we re to win a medal or finish in the top eight, it’ll be because we were fortunate." The results bear out Hussey's assessment.Canada has won just one of seven exhibition contests, following an 82-69 defeat to Italy on Saturday.The problem.Hussey says, is a crying need for an overhaul of women's basketball programs in Canada.And Hussey will seriously consider resigning if something isn't done."If the program doesn’t change within a year.I think I’ll pack it in after 1992.” Hussey says.“I just don’t feel comfortable starting over every year.” Hussey complains that his team spends little time together and that players have few places to play after they use up their university eligibility.LIMITS SEASON “Our season is from May to Au gust.” says Hussey, a resident of Oakville, Ont.“When we start in May we re not a great basketball team but we have the potential, and by the end of the summer we’ve become a pretty good team.“Then what happens is those players leave the program and, when we start again next May, it’s like starting right from Step 1 and you don't see any improvement from year to year." Hussey wants funding to enable his team to centralize its training a year prior to the Olympics.He would like to see a club system developed in Canada, perhaps in connection with some universities, along the same lines as some track and swimming clubs.There is also a proposal being developed whereby a university would adopt the entire program and provide it with a home base, residences and training facilities.“Basically, the problem is Basketball Canada doesn’t control basketball in Canada.” Hussey explains.“Our top feeder program is the (Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union) and they have eligibility rules.“We have seven players with no eligibility left, so they have to go to Europe.Next year, it’ll be worse with five others joining them, so we’ll have 12 players in Europe.” The world championships are in Malaysia from July 12-22.The top three countries will receive automatic berths into the 1992 Olympics, but the Canadians will be hard-pressed merely to get into the second round.Two teams from each of four divisions advance to medal play.Canada will be grouped with the Soviet Union, Brazil and Japan.Montreal can’t catch up with Cards Close but By Terry Scott MONTREAL (CP) — Somewhat like a long-distance runner trying to recover lost ground, the Montreal Expos tailed but never did overtake the St.Louis Cardinals on Sunday, losing 5-3 as they attempted to complete a four-game sweep.Twice the Expos crept within one run as starter Joe Magrane (3-8) who allowed seven hits and five walks in 6 2-3 innings, struggled at times.But their own pitching was spotty and they succumbed before an announced crowd of 30,349, one of the largest at Olympic Stadium this season.The Expos, who had drawn within one run in the fourth, after trailing 3-0.were back within 4-3 in the sixth, when Mike Fitzgerald opened the inning by belting his third home run of the season on a 1-0 pitch by Magrane.The Cardinals had cushioned that run in the fifth when Pedro Guerrero’s bloop double landed well out of the reach of right fielder Junior Noboa.enabling Willie McGee, who had walked to score all the way from first.That was the final inning for starter Dennis (Oil Can) Boyd (3-3).Bill Sampen, who relieved him.allowed three eighth-inning singles, including one for an RBI by Denny Walling that increased the Cardinals' margin to 5-3.Bryn Smith, the St.Louis starter and former Expo who had lasted only one-third of an inning in his return Friday night, got out the only batter he faced to end a mild Expos' threat in the seventh.Lee Smith worked the final two innings and earned his sixth save.Boyd had escaped an unsettled first inning and still hadn’t yielded a hit until encountering a rocky fourth inning, which ended with a 3-0 St.Louis lead.A lead-off bloop single into left field by McGee, followed by Guerrero's double created an immediate jam.which grew larger when both Terry Pendleton and Walling followed with run-coring singles.A sacrifice fly by Jose Oquendo produced the third run and a fourth run was cut down when Walling was thrown out trying to score on a two-out double by Magrane.Baseball roundup Given this reprieve, the Expos fought back in their half of the fourth, with Tim Wallach tripling into the right-field corner behind Andres Galarraga's lead-off walk.After Fitzgerald walked.Wallach scored on an unusual fielder’s choice by Otis Nixon.McGee, the St.Louis centre fielder.overran Nixon's fly ball and had it bounce behind him.But he recovered the ball in time to retire Fitzgerald at second as Wallach scored to make it 3-2.Expos notes: Left fielder Tim Raines, who has missed the last two games because of a hyperex-tended left elbow suffered Friday, is day-to-day heading into a four-game series in Philadelphia, which starts today with a doubleheader.Shortstop Spike Owen made a glittering first-inning catch of a shallow fly ball by Pedro Guerrero.With his back to the plate after a long run.he squeezed the ball in his glove as he fell to his knees.The Expos have signed infielder Shane Andrews, their No.1 selection in last week's amateur draft.Giants 9 Braves 3 ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Williams drove in four runs with a three-run homer and a single, powering the San Francisco Giants to a 9-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.It was the eighth victory in nine games for the resurgent Giants, who gave rookie John Burkett (6-1 ) a 4-0 lead in the first inning.Burkett, who retired 10 in a row during one stretch, allowed five hits, struck out seven and walked one in eight innings.Jeff Brantley retired the side in the ninth.The Giants took a 1-0 lead in the first with consecutive one-out singles by Rick Leach.Will Clark and Kevin Mitchell off Pete Smith (5-5) before Williams hit his loth homer.San Francisco added three more runs in the fourth after loading the bases on singles by Terry Kennedy.Kobby Thompson and Jose Uribe.Mets S Pirates 3 NEW YORK (AP) - Darryl Strawberry, busting out of a sea-son-long slump, hit his fourth homer in three games and drove in four runs to carry the New York Mets past the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3 Sunday for their third straight victory.New York won three of four from first-place Pittsburgh to move within 61 games of the Pirates.The Mets hit the road this week for four games each at Chicago and Pittsburgh In their last three games, the Mets pounded Pittsburgh's pitching lor a total of 35 hits and 24 runs.With Pittsburgh leading 2-0, Walt Terrell (2-5) walked Dave Magadan with one out in the fourth inning and Gregg Jefferies followed with a bloop single to left for the Mets' first hit.Strawberry then hit his 12th homer of the season, an opposite-field drive to left.Strawberry, who hit five homers in his first 40 games, has seven in his last 13.Astros 4 Reds 2 HOUSTON (AP) - Casey Can-daele snapped a seventh-inning tie with a run-scoring triple as the Houston Astros beat Cincinnati 4-2 Sunday to send the suddenly-slumping Reds to their sixth loss in seven games.The first-place Reds won 17 of their first 21 games on the road, but have lost eight of their last 12 a way from Riverfront Stadium.Danny Darwin (2-1) allowed one hit in three innings of relief to earn the victory.Padres 2 Dodgers 1 SAN DIEGO (AP) — Roberto Alomar singled home Bip Roberts from second base with one out in the 10th inning Sunday to give the surging San Diego Padres a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.The victory moved the Padres within 5‘/2 games of the slumping Cincinnati Reds in the National League West.The Padres, who have won five of six, trailed the Reds by 10 games on June 3.After Benito Santiago flied out to centre leading off the 10th, reliever Jay Howell (2-4) hit Roberts with a pitch.Roberts moved to second on Howell’s wild pitch and scored on Alomar’s single to center.Alomar’s double in the eighth tied the score Pistons 121 Trail Blazers 106 PORTLAND, Ore.(AP) — The Detroit Pistons took away Portland’s best chance to win the NBA championship Sunday and shattered a 16-year jinx against the Trail Blazers.Joe Dumars, whose father died 90 minutes before the game, scored 33 points and Vinnie Johnson broke out of a shooting slump with 21 as the Pistons snapped a 20-game losing streak in Portland with a 121-106 victory for a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven championship series.The loss ended the Trail Blazers’ nine-game playoff winning streak at home and meant they will have to win at least once more back at Auburn Hills, Mich., to win the title.“We were in a precarious situation, but now we’ve got a chance to go back home and win,” Detroit coach Chuck Daly said.“I sensed the club was in a different mood.The defending-champion Pistons, stung by Portland’s 106-105 overtime victory Thursday and playing without starting forward Dennis Rodman because of a sprained ankle, recaptured the home advantage.Joe Dumars Jr.died Sunday in Alexandria.La., after a long illness, said Pistons spokesman Matt Dobek.The elder Dumars died of congestive heart failure, Dobek said.He was 65.Dumars left for Louisiana on the team plane after the game.He had asked that he not be notified if his father died before the game and he was told of his death over the phone by his wife afterwards.In Game 2, Rodman reinjured the ankle he previously hurt in the conference final against Chicago.Kersey scored 27 points in Game 3 with Rodman on the sidelines, and it was the first time in the play- offs that Detroit won while allowing more than 100 points.The Pistons were 0-5 when the opposition broke the century mark.“The whole lean», played better and was focused to pick up the slack for the loss of Dennis,” Pistons forward John Salley said.“We've concentrated on not getting ourselves too deep in a hole.But the Pistons’ backcourt trio of Dumars, Thomas and Johnson made up the difference, combining for 75 points.Johnson, l-for-10 in the first two games of the series and 2-for-25 in his last four games, was 9-for-13 in Game 3.“Everybody said I was in a slump, but I don’t think I was,” Johnson said.“Going 0-for-6 and l-for-4 doesn't mean anything other than I didn't get the ball much.HALFTIME LEAD “Isiah said before the second quarter that maybe we better not go to Vinnie right away," Daly said.“I told him.‘Zeke I’ve coached this team lor seven years and he’s as good right from the start as some guys after 10 minutes.' “He hit his first shot and he’s very dangerous when he does that.Johnson scored 15 points in the second quarter, lifting the Pistons to a seven-point halftime lead.Dumars scored 13 in the third period as the Pistons took a 90-82 margin into the final 12 minutes.Detroit led 86-71 with 2:30 left, but Kersey, who scored 14 points in the period, led an 11-4 run with six in the last 2:21.The Trail Blazers then missed their first five shots and turned the ball over three times in the first 3:30 of the fourth quarter, enabling the Pistons to start the period with an 8-0 run for a 98-82 lead.The closest Portland got after that was 109-98 with 3:15 left.Catcher Goff goes down MONTREAL (CP) - Catcher Jerry Goff, who has seen limited duty with the Montreal Expos, was optioned by the National club Sunday to its Class AAA affiliate in Indianapolis.The Expos made the roster move so they could recall Chris Nabholz, a left-handed pitcher, from their Class AA farm team in Jackson- ville.Nabholz.who is 7-2 with a 3.03 earned-run average, will make his big-league debut Monday night, pitching the second game of a doubleheader against the Phillies in Philadelphia.Goff, who joined the Expos last month, had three hits in 16 at-bats.a .188 average.A FOUR LETTER WORD WE SHOULD ALL USE MORE OFfEN.GIVE.! i/*”- The giving begins with y xi Sports The RECORD— Monday.June 11.I!W0—11 the* #1___ UBCOtXl Orleans outpower Lions in season opener U.S.bombs as Cup Ri- Pm™» Ma/'fcjt-lQn,* first half, both teams were forced started things off for the Lions — used their extra men during the a a a 1 re-entry try stopped By Bruce Macfarlane ORLEANS, VT.— The Knowlton Lions lost their composure and the game in the second half of their season opener, going down 3-2 to the Orleans Rainbows in Newport Summer Soccer League action Sunday afternoon.In a scoreless tie for most of the first half, both teams were forced to take a 15-minute break as a thun derstorm screached through the town.But once play resumed, the Lions rebounded from Mother Natures interruption with a quick goal.Patrice, the 'Rocket'.Denis started things off for the Lions when he scored at the 17-minute mark of the first half.Denis capitalized on a corner kick from Richard Allen when he headed-butted the ball into the open Rainbow net to take a 1-0 lead at the half.The Rainbows — who outnumbered Know Iton 22-15 in manpower * Ï.CC .à s ï Knowlton’s Patrice Denis headbutts the ball past the Orleans' defence to score the first of his two goals Sunday afternoon in Newport Summer Soccer League action.The Orleans Rainbows managed to come from behind to win the game 3-2.used their extra men during the second half to demolish the Cana dian squad 3-2.Randy Provencha scored the first of his two Rainbow goals early in the second half to tie the score 1-1.Provencha s first goal came at 38-minute mark when he took a Tom Evans pass and slipped it past Knowlton netminder Hans Joest.Less than five minutes later Provencha scored his second of the afternoon when Joest stopped his initial shot only to see it deflect off Knowlton defender A.J.Whitman into the open net.scoring the go ahead goal.With less than ten minutes to go in the game.Rainbow forward Scott Young put the game out of reach by blasting a shot through the weak Know lton defence to give the Vermont team a 3-1 lead.Knowlton midfielder Denis scored his second goal of the afternoon with a direct kick over the Orleans wall past a stunned Rain bow goalie.Knowlton player coach Teddy Charby said his team didn't have the juice to last the 90-mintue soccer game Sunday afternoon."We lost." said Charby sounding dejected.“You can't win a game without the people who can put the ball in the net." Charby said after the game.The Lions play their next game at home Sunday afternoon against Spates at Lions' Park at 1 p.m.In other Newport summer soccer league action Nickelodeon took a 2-0 lead against Spates and watched the lead end in a 2-2 tie after regulation play.Brazil’s Senna drives to his second straight title MONTREAL (CP)—Ayrton Senna of Brazil took a lock hold on the Formula One driving championship Sunday when he raced his McLaren-Honda from the pole position to win the Molson Grand Prix of Canada.Nelson Piquet gave Brazil a 1-2 finish when he brought his Benne-ton-Ford in second, 10 seconds behind.Nigel Mansell of Britain was third in a Ferrari.“I don’t ever remember being this many points ahead of everybody so early, but we have many races still ahead of us,” said Senna, 30, who won his second straight race and third in five events this year on the 16-race Formula One circuit.It was Senna’s second victory in Montreal and 23rd of his career.He won in 1988, the year he also took the driver’s championship.Senna, with victories at Phoenix in March and Monaco two weeks ago, leads the drivers' standings with 31 points — 12 more than teammate Gerhard Berger of Austria and 17 ahead of French Ferrari driver Alain Prost.The next race is June 24 in Mexico City.CONFUSED START A wet track and a one-minute penalty to Berger for a false start threw an element of confusion into the 69-lap race on the 4.39-kilometre Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, won by Senna in one hour 42 minutes 56.400 seconds.Berger, who edged his car from the front row of the starting grid beside Senna ahead of the green light, led for most of the race and crossed the finish line first.The penalty dropped him to fourth place, however.Prost dropped to fifth after spending much of the race in second and Britain’s Derek Warwick in a Lotus-Lamborghini pick- ed up his first point of the year in sixth place.Berger drove hard, setting the fastest lap at a race record 1:22.077, or 192.551 kilometres an hour, to make up the penalty time and earn points.“I'm sure I would have won.” said Berger, who has finished second twice this year but is without a victory.DRY TRACK The track was dry except for a few wet patches and puddles after two days of rain.Most drivers started with rain tires, then switched early to dry-track tires, which led to a few spectacular accidents on the wet patches.Belgium's Thierry Boutsen, who won last year in torrential rains, tried to pass Prost on the 19th lap but spun and crashed his Williams-Renault into Italian Nicola Lari-ni's Ligier-Ford.Alessandro Nannini of Italy was particularly snakebit.First he hit a groundhog on the track.Then he slid out on a wet patch two-thirds of the way around the 23rd lap and crashed backwards into a tire barrier.Four laps later.Frenchman Jean Alesi’s Tyrrell-Ford hit the same wet spot, slid backwards and crashed into Nannini’s vacated car.Prost, the all-time Formula One leader with 40 victories and defending Formula One champion, was passed by Piquet and his Ferrari teammate Mansell on the 49th lap.Montreal and Japan are the only races Prost has never won.While Senna has a huge lead in driver’s standings, McLaren Honda is running away with the constructor’s championship.McLaren-Honda has 50 points to 21 for Ferrari and and 18 for Williams-Renault.From AP-AFP B\ The Canadian Press It took the United States 40 years to get back to the World Cup.It might take another 40 to erase the memory of its first game back among the world's elite soccer teams.Betrayed by its supposed strengths — defence and goalkeeping — and displaying the inexperience that comes with so many years away from the top level of the sport.Ihe Americans were routed 5-1 by Czechoslovakia It could have been worse.“The most frustrating thing about this is that we made all the oddsmakers look like they were kings." goalie Tony Meola said.“It s really an injustice to our team.” Not even having scored a goal, something many people said the U.S.wouldn't do in this tournament.provided any solace.Paul Caligiuri got that goal, early in the second half, but it was already 3-0 when he connected.“A lot of aspects were in disarray." said Caligiuri.whose goal against Trinidad and Tobago got the U .S.into the tournament for the first time since 1950.•MENTAL BREAKDOWN’ “1 think we had some mental breakdowns.On the other hand, this is a positive team and we have to believe in ourselves because the biggest challenges lie ahead of us.Against Italy (on Thursday), it’s not going to get any easier.' In other games it was: Brazil 2.Sweden 1; and West Germany 4, Yugoslavia 1.In Florence, the Czechoslovaks, not exactly a powerhouse, were far too tough for the Americans.Tomas Skuhravy scored twice and Michal Bilek.Ivan Hasek and Milan Luhovy once each “The U.S.defence seemed more concerned with going on the attack than playing defence." Skuhravy said."They gave us a lot of room.' Just how does the United States rank right now'’ Czeehoslovaè coach Jozef Venglos gave a kind assessment.“The U S.team will be strong in 1994." he said “1 know they 've had a very serious program, but it's difficult to reach an international level in one or two years.” The U.S.team played the final 38 minutes a man short when midfielder Eric Wynalda was thrown out of the game for committing a foul.•FLASHES OF MAGIC’ In Turin, two flashes of magic from the boots of Careea gave Brazil a win over Sweden Tomas Hro-lin’s second half goal for Sweden gave the South American stars a scare but it was not enough to silence the samba drums.The dancing Brazilian fan?poured out of the stadium to cole brate.Both Group C teams kept the game tight in the early stages of the tournament.It was 10 minutes before Brazil, three time winners of the World Cup, forced a worth while attack.In Milan, West Germany’s Italian connection paid off with a crushing win over Yugoslavia in its opening Group I) match.Captain Lothar Matthacus struck twice for the Germans while Jurgen Klinsmann and Ruth Voiler were the other German scorers.Matthacus said he felt like he was playing at home.“It helps playing in front of what to me is my home crowd," Mattli-aeussaid.“West Germany play all its Group matches here and it everything goes according to plap* two more after that.I take that as a.good sign." Clarke ‘hurt’ by Flyers Nicklaus buries field to grab second Senior title DEARBORN, Mich.(AP) — Look out Medinah.Jack Nicklaus is playing like a legend again.Nicklaus, who has won two of his three Senior Tour golf starts, buried the field Sunday in the Senior TPC, winning with a record 261 — 27 under par and six strokes better than runner-up Lee Trevino.It was the best 72-hole score since the Senior Tour started in 1980, breaking the 263 by Orville Moody in 1988.The victory has Nicklaus charged up for a run at an unprecedented fifth U.S.Open championship, which begins Thursday at Medinah, 111.“I hope Medinah’s greens will be just like this,” said Nicklaus, who needed only 111 putts.“I imagine they ’ll be a tad faster, but probably not much.“I’ll take 27 under at Medinah.But I’ll probably be about 24 below that.Par’s a good score over there.Medinah’s a tough golf course.” A win in the U.S.Open would enable Nicklaus to complete a goal he set for himself when he turned 50 in January: win on both the Senior and regular PGA tours.“I putted for 11 eagles in this tournament,” Nicklaus said.“That’s a lot of eagles.“I don’t think they set the pins as tough here as on the regular tour.” Trevino, who didn't even try to qualify for the U.S.Open, said he thought Nicklaus still has the skills to win it.PUTTS WELL “He’s really putting well right now.and next week he's going to a golf course where putting is impor- tant,” Trevino said.“I have high expectations for him next week.“If Jack played 18 or 20 times a year, he could win on the regular tour, easily.” Nicklaus made four trips around the 6,665-yard Dearborn Country Club course in 65.68 and record-tying 64s the last two days.“I don’t think I’ve ever putted like this, anytime in my career," Nicklaus said.The last of Nicklaus’s 70 victories on the regular tour was the 1986 Masters, another major title.Coming to the Senior TPC, Nicklaus had played only four competitive rounds in seven weeks.He hadn’t planned on coming to Dearborn and he was the last player to enter the tournament.The victory Sunday was worth $150.000.his largest offical payche- que on either the regular or senior tours, and increased his lifetime earnings to $5,454,964.Nicklaus’s biggest previous payoff was $144,000 at the 1986 Masters.It also put him No.2 on the Seniors money list, behind Trevino.“My caddy) said the only chance we had against him today was if he signed the wrong scorecard,” Trevino said.“That’s the only shot I had at him today.“I mean, what else can you do?Throw a club, break his ankle or something?” Trevino had won five of his 10 Senior Tour starts before the Senior TPC and has earned $490,633 this season.Charles Coody and Jim Dent tied for third at 16 under.BLOOMINGTON.Minn.(API — Bob Clarke, the new general manager of the Minnesota North Stars, says the time since his firing by the Philadelphia Flyers “has been brutal.” Clarke spent 21 years with the Flyers, the last six as general manager.and led the NHL team to Stanley Cup championships in 1974 and 1975.President Jay Snider fired him in April when the team missed the playoffs for the first time in 18 years.“1 felt bitter and hurt the whole time,” Clarke said in a Philadelphia Daily News interview.“How would anyone feel to put that many years into something you love and then be let go like that?“I thought I’d always be a Philadelphia Flyer.I helped build that club.I loved it every bit as much as Jay does.It’s his team, he is allowed to do whatever he wants to do, but I don’t have to like it.” Club chairman Ed Snider, Jay’s father, "was exceptionally good to me,’’ Clarke said.“He said I could go to work in any of his companies.I thanked him but said 1 wanted to look around.Jay never offered me anything.“1 have no animosity toward Jay personally, but be talks about (he Flyers being his’ team.1 suppose it is, but that isn't the way il used to be.“When 1 was playing, we felt jt was ‘our’ team.It was like a family.Front office, players, everyone.We felt like we were part of the community.T h e r o w a s tremendous loyalty.That's not there anymore.What happened to me is proof of that.” He said the firing was hard on his wife.Sandy, and their four children.ages 11 to 19, who stopped wearing Flyers T-shirts.“They didn’t know what to think.The Snider name was like God around our house.But we talked! things over.We said we’d go somewhere else and find a new team.“So, here we are.” B.C.cyclist on top as women’s champ Gomez takes French Open title from Agassi PARIS (Reuter) — Andres Gomez of Ecuador subdued Andre Agassi of the United States 6-3,2-6, 6-4,6-4 Sunday in the French Open tennis championships to win his first Grand Slam title at the age of 30.“I have been coming here for 12 years and I’ve always dreamed of this moment,” Gomez said after defeating Agassi, 10 years his junior, in 152 minutes.Fourth seed Gomez varied his game to pressure third seed Agassi into mistakes and showed his experience when he struck back immediately after losing the second set to stamp his dominance on the match.“I would like to dedicate this to Ecuador, my country,” Gomez told the capacity crowd of 17,000.“I’m happy but I don't quite realize it yet.I need a few beers.Maybe tomorrow morning I’ll read a newspaperandsay ’Ah.it strue.Agassi, who struggled to come to grips with his opponent’s varied strokeplay, was faster around the court than Gomez but the Ecuadorean surprised him with sudden acceleration and heavily-struck forehands.“He deserved it,” said Agassi.“I’ve only been coming here four years and hopefully I'll have a few more shots at it.” SELES WINS Monica Seles, the second seed from Yugoslavia, defeated No 1 Steffi Graf from West Germany.7-6 (8-6), 6-4 to capture the women's singles title Saturday.It was the 16-year-old's first Grand Slam final appearance ever, and extended her match winning streak to 32 straight.The women’s doubles crown went to Jana Novotna and Helena Sukova.both of Czechoslovakia.Emilio Sanchez and Sergio Casai, both of Spain, won the men’s doubles title Saturday.Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain and Jorge Lozano of Mexico took the mixed doubles title.In the junior division.Sebastien Lareau of Boucherville, Que and Sebastien Leblanc of St-Bruno.Que., became the first Canadians in the modern era of tennis to win a junior event at a Grand Slam tournament The 16-year-olds defe- ated Clinton Marsh and Marcos Ondruska.both of South Africa, 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (5-7), 9-7, Saturday.FINE BALANCE The first set between Agassi and Gomez, who had never progressed further than the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam event, was finely balanced until the eighth game when Gomez broke serve before going on to win 6-3 with his fourth ace.Agassi, wearing his familiar flamingo-pink tights under black shorts with a shirt and sweat band to match, retaliated immediately, winning 6-2 in the second set to level the match.Agassi, ranked fifth in the world, stormed through five games to go 5-1.Gomez turned the style back on in the third set, breaking his opponent’s service in the first game before going on to win 6-4.With the set poised at 4-4.Agassi went 40-15 up on his serve before Gomez fought back to break serve and take the third set.Gomez, who served nine aces during the match, broke Agassi’s serve once again in the third game of the fourth set for a decisive lead.Gomez served out to take the set 6-4 and win the match.The part-time shrimp farmer danced around centre court in delight after clinching the victory.Sport shorts BECKENHAM.England (AP) — Ivan Lendl's road to Wimbledon started happily Sunday as he won the Beckenham tennis tournament over Australian Darren Cahill 6-3, 7-5.The victory was Lendl’s second on grass.He won last year's event at The Queen's Club.“I thought this match was the best I played here all week." Lendl said.“I have to be reasonably happy with things.It's my history to be beaten or struggle in my first few matches on grass.” Defending champion Ros Fair- QUEBEC (CP) — Sara Neil of Vancouver captured the overall senior women's championship of the GP Mennen cycling race in Quebec City on Sunday.Neil, who entered the competition as a favorite, took a 4:43 lead against Tour de France veterans Valerie Simonet and Dany Bon-noront.Neil.Simmonet, Bonnoront and Mary Meagher of Seattle broke from the field halfway through the 80-kilometres road race stage.“It was not my intention to break away that early but the others were not working with me so I decided to try on my own," said an elatedNeil."I think I am regaining my form after the European trip where I was sick for a while." Meager finished in fourth place bank outlasted second-seed Gigi Fernandez 7-5, 6-4 in the women's final.The match was a lackluster affair with both Fairbank and Fernandez offering sub-par performances.BALTIMORE (AP) — Cal Ripken Jr.tied Everett Scott for second place on baseball’s all-time list of consecutive games played.Ripken, the Baltimore Orioles' starting shortstop Sunday against the New York Yankees, played in his 1.307th straight game.That tied him with Scott, who set his streak from June 1916 to May 1925.Ripken, who is expected to move ahead of Scott on Tuesday, is still well behind Lou Gehrig's record overall on the weekend but still leads in the Canadian Tire Cup series after five of 12 races.Stan Blazek of Czechoslovakia, riding to defend teammate Mark McKay of England, was a surprise, winner in the senior men's, category.New Zealand's Graeme Miller, overall leader after the time trial Sunday morning, took an early lead of two minutes in the aftern-non 140-kilometre road race.Miller was caught by the chase group of thirteen, which included Blazek - Blazek eventually gained the lead with two laps to go.With his second place standing overall in Quebec City, Miller now has moved into first place overall in the senior men’s standings.streak of 2,130 straight games.Ripken, whose streak began May 1982, has been removed eai from only 12 games, including fr of the last 18.MILAN, Italy (AP) — Poli clashed with rowdy soccer fans downtown Milan before Sunda; World Cup match between Wi Germany and Yugoslavia.At lei seven people were injured and taken into custody, police said.Groups of soccer fans smash windows on shops and cars alo the street near Duomo cathedi square.Hundreds of riot poli rushed to the area after reports the confrontations between Wi German and Yugoslav fans. 12—The RKCORD—Monday, June 11.1990 Monday, June 11,1990