The record, 17 juillet 1990, mardi 17 juillet 1990

40 cents VERY HOT GUILLAUME THERRIEN ECOLE SACRE-COEUR LAC MEGANTIC Traversée: All the police boats are in Oka By Bruce Macfarlane MAGOG The Oka Mohawk affair has affected the 12th edition of the Traversée Internationale de Lae Memphremagog.Officials of the international long distance swimming organization fear the police barricades at Oka will jeopardize the safety of all 20 swimmers in Sunday’s 42-kilometre race.Ample security was promised for last Sunday's 25-kilometre Canadian Long Distance championships.but all five police boats promised were summoned to Oka instead.François Grandbois.director of security for the Traversée, said Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Quebec Police Force broke last Sunday's commitments at the last minute."We were supposed to have seven boats on the lake.' he said in an interview Monday.“On Friday.1 received a call and was told that the RCMP and QPF had to send their boats to cover the Oka affair," Grandbois said.ONLY TWO BOATS "I only had two boats on the lake, one from Memphremagog Conservation and one from the Traversée, it was out of control.” Several marathon swimmers complained about heavy boat traf fic on Lake Memphremagog du ring last Sunday's race High speed boaters, reckless dn ving and the height of waves can sed by boaters topped the list of complaints."There were people out there with no brains at all," said Paul Deshaies Jr of Sherbrooke, who finished sixth Sherbrooke University swim ming coach Paul Naisby.who coaches both Deshaies and female racer Gisèle Roy, also from Sher brooke, said people "should try to a little more considerate " Grandbois.a fourth year official with tlie Traversée, said that in past years swimmers m the 1 mg distance championships and the in ternationnl -12 kilometre marathon have had ample security "Every swimmer ha companying them." he twiat is three metres aw swimmer " With a tniat beside e Sec TRAVHRS1 1 s a boat uc said "The ay from the very swim , Page I I TUESDAY July 17.1990 Births, deaths .10 Classified .8 Comics .V I tlitoriul .4 Karin & Business .5 l.iviitH .6 Sports .II Townships .1 WEATHER Page 2 *0!.- Mohawks: QPF, Mounties playing musical barricades A—• • i*«C4 JtMt By Jack Branswell and Rob Bull OKA (CP) The Quebec Police Force said in a statement Monday they have reduced their numbers in this besieged town, but later confirmed reports that a contingent of RCMP officers is moving in.The statement said the QPF pulled some of its officers out of Oka, where a six-day old armed standoff has pitted them against Mohawk natives, in an attempt to keep negotiations on track.Later, however, QPF spokes- and our desire for a rapid and pea- man Ghislain Blanchette confirmed reports that an RCMP contingent is being moved in.Blanchette refused any further information.There were no direct negotiations between Native Affairs Minister John Ciaccia and the Mohawks but the minister was in touch w ith them by phone, said his aide Marie-Andrée Jobin.She said a decision on whether Ciaccia will return to Oka today is still pending.“The Quebec provincial police force has substantially reduced its presence in the village of Oka despite the extremely tense situation there,” said the police statement.“This attests to our good faith ceful solution to this situation.” There were some signs of redu ced police presence.At one barricade, where about 100 officers had been massed since last week, there were only about 20.The police officers in Oka observed a minute of silence Monday to rememberCpl.MarcelLemay, killed last Wednesday when police stormed barricades set up by the Mohawks to protect a 22-hectare forest slated to become part of a golf course.Even behind the Mohawk barri cades, a flag was lowered to half-mast to mark Lemay’s funeral.But Mohawk negotiator Ellen Gabriel said a settlement is still not near and the Mercier Bridge near Montreal will remain blocked “as long as our demands aren’t being met.” “Negotiations wall take time bo cause all Mohawks must be consulted,” she said Monday KEEP SECURITY Security was still tight in Oka.with police conducting searches of anyone entering and leaving the town.“I've been through the barricades three or four times in the last few days, mainly to do some shop ping outside of town.It is starting to become a little irritating," one young housewife said.At the blocked Mercier Bridge, which links Montreal with suburbs across the St.Lawrence River, about 100 provincial officers marched in formation to honor Lemay who was buried Monday in L'An-cienne Lorette.They stopped in front of the police barricades and See MOHAWKS page 2.Piggery theatre manager Joe Martek had a had weekend, as burglars made off w ith more than $10,000 in computers, booze and cash.For the full story, the page.turn Budget leak: Judge throws out ‘vexatious’ charges By Gord McIntosh OTTAWA (GP) — Journalist Doug Small and two others should never been charged over the leak of the federal budget last year, an Ontario provincial court judge ruled Monday.In a 50-page decision, Judge James Fontana stayed the charges against Small, John Appleby, the National Defence clerk who gave the journalist a pamphlet summarizing details of the 1989 budget, and Normand Belisle, a recycling plant employee who found the document in a bin of waste from a government printing plant.He said "prosecution (of the three) is offensive to the principles of fundamental justice and fair play.” The order to stay the charges effectively halts prosecution.Ontario Attorney General Ian Scott will review the decision with his officials before deciding whether to appeal, spokesman Michelle Salt said.All three men had been charged with possession of stolen property under $1000.Belisle faced an additional charge of theft under $1000.Fifteen months after Prime Minister Brian Mulroney uttered a declaration outside the Commons about “a crime having been committed,” Fontana said there were two reasons why he tossed out the charges against the accused: • The budget pamphlet that Be lisle took away from work can't be considered to have been stolen because it was found in a waste bin by a person who had no idea he was committing a crime and who even passed a police lie-detector test.• Information is not property under Canadian law A charge of stealing property could not lx* laid unless it w as applied to the value of the pamphlet something the Crown said was worth less than a cent and that was too 'tr ifling” a sum to consider.Fontana said.“If budget confidentiality continues to be a matter of quasiconstitutional concern in this electronic, technological age, then it is for Parliament to address the issue." Fontana said CITES UNFAIRNESS “The zeal of superior law enforcement officers in pushing ahead with the laying of charges.sug gests an objective unfairness and vexatiousness.” Although the original investigating officer in the case testified last December that he refused to lay charges because he believed they were intended by top RCMP officials to please their elected masters, Fontana ruled there was no evidence of political interference.However, the judge singled out Staff Sgt.Richard Jordan for praise and said he put great value on the officer's testimony.Jordan told the court Henry Jen-sen, former deputy RCMP commissioner, wanted to teach journalists a lesson and found another officer to lay the charges when the sergeant continued to re fuse to do so.Fontana said Small.Ottawa bu reau chief for Global, handled himself with the police in an exemplary manner.And he said Small likely served the public interest by broadcasting details of the budget because he may have prevented more mischief from a second but then unknown leak of budget details to the Mutual Life insurance company.Fontana was referring to a sc cond leak discovered by the RCMP within days of the April 2tî disclo sure but kept from the public until late May Mutual Life agent George Marcs was charged with possession of the pamphlet like the others but that charge was dropped by the Crown last October.Brian McCuaig.a for mer government print shop worker, pleaded guilty to the same charge and was fined $500 in No vember.Although no official was singled out for criticism.Fontana had some harsh things to say just the same.Officials of the Ontario attorney general’s department had the |m> wer to either give the RCMP direr Don or put themselves between the Mounties and the accused They chose to do nothing and were “re solute in their irresolution Small, who put his legal bills at $100,(MM), sat through most of the hearing impassively with his wife, Brenda, and his 21 year old daughter, Stephanie, who wants to follow her father into journalism But toward the end of Fontana's ruling, he was quietly muttering "hooray” and applauded when court adjourned.Outside court he said he felt vindicated Asked if he planned to sue for malicious prosecution, he said “I want to savor this victory before 1 think of any more time before the courts Small has said previously that his employer is paving his legal lulls Bill Simpson Applet)) 's lawyer, said a lawsuit would l»1 considered after he rev icwed the case Appleby, >.s who suffers from a heart condition, said he would do the same thine if budget informa Don ever fell into Ins hands again The court was told Belisle gave the pamphlet to Appleby's son out side his home w ho m turn gave it to his father The senior Appleby then phoned Global and later gave the pamphlet to Small at a gas station m west Ottawa Jordan: Good cop swept out in sideways shuffle?By Jim Brown OTTAWA (CP) — When it finally ended, Staff Sgt.Richard Jordan wasn't there to see it.The 39-year-old Jordan — the Mountie who became the star witness for the defence — was out of town on vacation when charges were stayed Monday against journalist Doug Small for leaking the 1989 federal budget.But John Nelligan, the lawyer who represented Jordan in the controversy that grew out of the cast, greeted the ruling by Judge James Fontana with satisfaction.In halting the prosecution, Fontana ruled that it was an abuse of criminal procedure to prosecute Small and two others on charges of theft and possession of a pamphlet worth less than a penny.That was precisely the opinion held by Jordan, who had argued at internal RCMP meetings against laying charges."I’m sure he’ll be happy," said Nelligan.Jordan, an 18-year RCMP veteran, was head of the fraud squad at the regional commercial crime branch in Ottawa until last fall In the midst of the Small affair, he was moved to an out-of-the-way office with no phone, and his career effectively put on hold.He transferred about two months ago to RCMP national headquarters, where he ironically joined the unit that investigates internal discipline and grievances on behalf of Commissioner Norman Inkster A colleague, speaking on condi Don of anonymity, described the move as neither a promotion nor demotion, but "strictly lateral ” He said Jordan's legal training — he holds a law degree from the University of Ottawa — was considered an asset in dealing with grie vance investigations For nearly a week last November, Jordan held forth in a packed courtroom, explaining why he had refused to sign any charges against Small.Normand Belisle and John Appleby.He was overruled by Henry Jensen, then deputy commissioner and No.2 man in the force, who found another Mountie to swear out charges Fontana concluded there was no evidence of political interference in the case by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney or his officials And he rejected contentions that Jensen had pressed charges only to please his political masters But the judge went out of his way to praise Jordan as a policeman whose “experience has been both broad and dedicated" and to des cribe him as a witness of great ere dibihty.By contrast.Fontana said the “zeal of superior law enforcement officers” in pursuing the charges led to an unfair and vexatious prosecution Jensen, who retired in December after .17 years with the RCMP, described his approach as "thorough" rather than overly zealous, and Insisted he has no regrets about the decision to lay charges "What I regret is the manner in which it has been portrayed to the public," hr said In an interview from his Ottawa home "I was not m a popular business You must make tough dec! aions." Step by Step: To teach journalists ka lesson’ OTTAWA (CP) — Provincial court Judge James Fontana stayed charges Monday against journalist Doug Small and two others in the leak of the 1989 federal budget.The following is a chrono logy of the case • April 26 It's the eve of budget day.A man —- allegedly John Appleby — gives the budget document to Small who goes In air with it.Wilson calls an emergency press conference at 10 pm to make his budget public • April 27 The Commons is in an uproar Wilson resists demands fur his immediate resignation, saying the leak was "a breach of trust, a wilful criminal act.” • April 28 The RCMP probe of leaks to Global and Mutual Life Assurance Co.is in full swing, headed bv Staff Set Richard Jordan • May 8 Jordan meets with top RCMP brass to discuss the investigation.He suggests only one jxt-son be charged — the printing plant worker involved in the Mutual leak Any case against the others would be flimsy, he says.But the brass, especially RCMP Deputy Commissioner Henry Jensen, appear eager to charge everyone, he says • May 18 Jensen rejects Jordan's suggestion that only one person be charged.Jordan later testifies in court that Jensen wanted to charge Small in particular to teach jour nalists “a lesson.” Jensen later re signs from the force.• May 23 Mutual Life president Jack Masterson confirms his company had a leaked copy of the budget Wilson refuses to comment • Mhv 'M Sr* learned about the Mutual leak mi nutea after he tabled his budget April 27, but had withheld the Infor mation from the Commons in sub sequent weeks • May 29 At RUMP headquar ters, Jordan is summoned to the office of the assistant commissioner and asked if he s prepared to lay charges against Small and four others.He refuses to lay the charges So does his immediate superior.Insp Jean Pierre Witty.Jordan is taken off the case so another officer can immediately sign the charges • Oct 17 The charges against the Mutual life agent are dropped by the Crown A theft charge against the other person prosecuted in the Mutual leak is dropped He's convicted of possession of stolen goods under 91000 — the budget vsnfwrsKsfr»# «t'rxrft* •K»»* « **>#->•*• • Nov fi The court case against Small.Appleby nml Belisle begins.Jordan testifies that the charges were earned out because of political interference • Feb 11.1990 Stanley Itartt, Mulroney s chief ol stafl.testifies in court that no one in the prime minisler's office gave directions to the RCMP in the budget leak tn-vesUgahon • Feb 14 Small s lawyer.David Scott, tells the court his client was the victim of a vendeita by the HUMP's Jensen Jensen was motivated by "the desire io please political masters.'’ he tells Fontana • April 20 The Crown argues In court that defence lawyers have failed to prove political interference in the RUMP investigation • July 16 Fontana rules in favor of the defence and the charges are ft The KM OKI) Tursdüy.July 17, IMN) Funeral! No answers in killing of Cpl.Lemay By Donald McKenzie I.ANCIKNNK I.ORKTTK (Cl') - Nothin)! would lx- accompliobed by xeekinK revengp, th«- director general of the (Vuebcc I'olicc Force has told colleagues of an officer kil led in an exchange of gunfire with Mohawks "We won't find an answer to our questions in vengeance, retaliation or rebellion," Robert Lavigne told the funeral on Monday of Cpl Mar cel I-eniay, 31.who died last week in a shootout between police and Mohawks in Oka.near Montreal "The calm, the lucidity and the rational approach which have gui ded the Surete's decisions must continue to guide our action." said l.a vigne, the officer who Public Security Minister Sam Klkas says or dered the Oka raid l.avigne spoke to nearly 1500 people including townsfolk, poli ticians, and police officers from as far off as New York City and Connecticut who crammed into the ornate L'Ancienne Lorette church in this Quebec City suburb la-may s widow, Lorraine, sat in the front row and occasionally wi (x-d her face with a tissue as Lavigne, police chaplain Lucien Ouel let and Alain Paquin, a colleague of Lcmay’s on the force's tactical squad, remembered him in glo wing terms "Knowing your sense of duty, the group will continue its work with the same professionalism, without thought of vengeance, by working constantly to improve our efficiency," said Paquin.dressed in navy blue battle fatigues TRIED H ARD 1 Marcel, you will be eternally in our thoughts and hearts, where we will reserve you a prize spot.You will be remembered as a guy who gave his maximum in everything he did " Sitting beside Lorraine, whose flowered summer dress showed off her three-month pregnancy, was Lemay’s brother Pierre, also a member of the QPF, and his mother Lemay died last Wednesday morning after police, acting on a request from Oka municipal authorities, stormed a barricade set up by Oka Mohawks, who oppose the expansion of a golf course on disputed land.Lemav's coffin, draped in a huge fleur de-lis flag, was carried into the church by eight of his colleagues on the tactical squad, including one who had tears streaming down his face Preceding the coffin was another officer holding Ix-may's cap which he ceremoniously presented to a teary eyed Pierre M-may outside the church after the 75-minute ceremony lA-rnay, who was born in Acton Vale in the Eastern Townships, al so left a three-year old daughter.Catherine.He joined the force in 19H0 and served seven years in northwestern Quebec before moving to the tactical squad in Quebec City AWAIT REPORT A ballistics report on Lemay’s death still has not been made pu- blic and outside the church a grim-fared Elkas refused to talk about the document."I prefer not to comment on that.” said Elkas "It's a day of mourning for Marcel.He gave his life for a democratic system — something he believed in.” Federal Solicitor General Pierre Cadieux was equally terse when reporters asked him why Ottawa has not intervened in the Oka dispute ‘‘My colleague, the Indian affairs minister, is following things very closely and I'm convinced that he's in contact with Mr Ciac-cia (Quebec’s native affairs mi nister)," Asked whether he agreed with the attempted raid, Cadieux re- plied “There was an incident in Oka and the police made their ow n decision.I have no comment to make on Sûreté du Québec opera lions in Quebec.” But ordinary citizens certainly had a say as they waited in glorious sunshine for the funeral procès sion.“The death could have been avoided if there had been more discussions beforehand," said one man, who refused to be identified, as he sat on his balcony watching the procession pass by.“I don't think the police should have been there.” But another resident, Alain Ha mel, took a different approach, and said Canadian Forces personnel should have been sent in with the police to “show who's boss.’ Anger; Watch for more bloodshed, chiefs warn Some Canadian native leaders, frustrated and angered by government insensitivity to the plight of their peorle, say armed standoffs like the one by Mohawks in Oka may In- the only way to win solu lions to their problems "When dialogue is ended, vio lenee is the only alternative.“ said Kevin Christmas, executive director of the union of Nova Scotia Indians, in an interview from Halifax Monday.What else can we do when iioIki dy in the government of Canada takes us seriously?” Christmas's comments echoed those of many native leaders who expressed support for the Mohawks of Kanesatake reserve, who since last week have been in an armed standoff with provincial police At issue is an extension to a golf course municipal officials want to build on land the Mohawks claim is theirs "This is a kind of metaphor for the way the Canadian government has historically treated us trying to build a golf course on an aboriginal burial place," said Georges Erasmus, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations "We re always willing to sit down and have peaceful negotiations, but when something amazingly absurd like this happens, we have to defend ourselves.’’ Last Wednesday, Quebec provincial police using gunfire and tear gas tried to storm a barricade set up by the Mohawks across a local road A gun battle ensued that left one police officer dead SUPPORT CAUSE Another Mohawk band set up a blockade of a bridge on the opposite side of Montreal in sympathy with the Indians.Erasmus said it's “extremely likely" that further armed confrontations could occur in other parts of Canada in the next few months, especially since some native people believe action yields quicker results than negotiation He said pari of that belief comes from the success of Elijah Harper, the lone native member of the Ma- nitoba government who scuttled the Meech Lake accord last month by refusing to accommodate its passage.“There’s a sense of empowerment right now,” Erasmus said.Some Indians plan to exercise that sense on Parliament Hill today during a rally to protest the government’s inaction on the Oka standoff.In recent years, native groups have challenged authorities with increasing regularity — usually to fight the exploitation of land and resources they believe are theirs.Sometimes the standoffs were successful, such as in 1988 when Alberta’s Lubicon Indians won a 200 square-kilometre reserve after setting up blockades and claiming they were an independent nation And this spring, after years of protests, Indians from the Bear Island reserve in Northern Ontario won a say in the administration of land the provincial government previously tried to open up for log ging.Oka! Patience is wearing thin in tense town U, lz.K ii.n A throng of people filed though “You," the sergeant said to the A notition i«hninncui.m,n—; n _ j By Rob hull OKA (CP) It had lieen a long day for the balding sergeant in charge of issuing entry passes into this pretty resort town, which has bèen at the centre of a tense stan doff between Mohawks and provincial police lor a week It has been like this all day «tel ling people) 'Yes, no, yes, no, maybe, yes, no,"' said the perspiring sergeant, clad m his short sleeved summer uniform “It's enough to drive you nuts A throng of people tiled though the police station Monday seeking to get into Oka, which has been an armed camp since last Wednesday when police tried to smash a barri cade set up by Mohawks to halt ex pansion of a golf course on land they claim as their own One officer, Cpl Marcel Lemay,died in the shootout.Some who arrived at the police station were residents Others wanted to visit relatives.Even the mailman had to get a pass "You," the sergeant said to the man at the head of the lineup.“What do you want?” The man replied, "I’m with Canada Post, I have to pick up the mail ” Usually the town of 3,000, which depends heavily on the summer cottage trade, is full of campers and boaters but now the only outsiders are the police Merchants have complained that retail revenues are down by as much as 90 per cent And patience is wearing thin among residents over the impasse.• ««liviif, i coivairiiia uvci lilt 1111 puss Warriors trash Oka clubhouse .t________a a_al ., » A petition is being circulated calling on the provincial government to withdraw the police so that “the residents of Oka can live in peace with Mohawks.” There are lengthy waits at the roadblocks set up at every entrance to the town.Residents are weary at having their cars searched by rifle-toting police who open trunks and search underneath the vehicles seeking entry to Oka.“It shouldn't be (Quebec Native Affairs Minister) John Ciaccia .talking to the Indians, it should be (federal Indian ffairs Minister) Tom Siddon,” said a middle-aged woman in a summer dress.“The federal government can’t shirk its responsibility forever,” said the woman, who wouldn’t give her name.After making it past two roadblocks, entering Oka is an anticlimax.Dozens of police officers in shirt sleeves and blue flak jackets sun themselves on the town dock.Others drink coffee under sun umbrellas at an outdoor cafe.Barring the way to a third roadblock is a piece of yellow tape strung chest-high between two telephone poles across the main street at the west end of town.The tape is guarded by a single police officer.Beyond the yellow tape, six po lice squad cars are pointed toward towm.Four police officers are hunched down behind their squad cars, their rifles aimed into the woods.Behind that, up to a dozen officers stand behind sandbags staring up the hill at the Mohawk barricades.OKA i CP i — The clubhouse at the Oka Golf club, once clean and tidy, has gone to rack and ruin Kanesatake Mohawks look over the club last Wednesday after provincial police moved in to try to break a barricade the Indians had put up across a local road Now smashed beer battles and rotting food line the kitchen counter and bar.Club trophies, ripped from glass showcases, lie broken on the lounge floor.Files, papers, membership lists and club flyers litter the main office.Beer cases are piled in the bathrooms.The front glass door is smashed.Unfinished meals, glasses and beer bottles cover table tops in the dining room.Downstairs, lockers have been broken into.Telephone lines have been cut.The nine-hole golf course itself appears, however, to be relatively untouched.No more ferry across the Outaouais tlirrkC/ktVT XT'.__.MOHAWKS: HUDSON (CP) — Ferry service between Hudson and Oka has closed for the time being and the owner, Claude Leger.whose family has run the business since 1909, is unhappy about it.Leger says provincial police ordered him not to carry nonresident traffic across the Outaouais River because they couldn't cope with all the cars coming into Oka since the confrontation began last week with local Mohawks.Police, trying to keep the village clear of curiosity-seekers, have waited as each ferry arrived to round up outsiders and escort them out of town in convoys.Leger says only a fraction of his usual business comes from locals On a good summer Sunday, he can usually expect more than a thousand cars.But this Sunday he shut the ferry down and sent his employees home.“A customer is a customer,’ he said.“It’s not for me to screen people for the police.” C onlmuctl tram /mgr am faced the Mohawk barricades for a minute of silence Some residents like René La /ranee say the solution to the bio-cade would tie to build another link to the island of Montreal, one which would not be near Mohawk territory “I don’t want to be back here in 15 months, hut I know it will hap pen because our politicians in < >tta wa and Quebec are sitting on their hutts.the 36 year old local contractor said "It (negotiation) is always done at the last minute " YELLED SLURS Anastasio Kappos wanted to distance himself from ugly weekend scenes at the blockade where re.si dents pushed ami shoved and yel led racists slurs at Mohawks trying to buy lood "I don’t think all of the popula lion of t ’huteauguay or that of Que bee feel the same wav as those ex tremists," said Kappos, 62 "I understand their position, we criti l ize people, but we don’t see their side." Kappos said the federal government has lacked the [mlitical will to solve the Mohawk land claims.He said the only answer is to have the courts rule on the issue Police are asking people circulating around the barricade not to wear or display anything that could provoke the other side.They suggested one woman not wear a T shirt with a maple leaf and asked one man to remove a cap that said Kahnawake across the front The Red Cross visited the Kahnaw ake reserve Monday to see whether residents have enough flMKl Because of the blockade, some angry store owners in Chateau guay, the suburb cut off from Mon treat have refused to sell food to the natives.Some Indians will not venture into Chateauguay because they have been yelled and jeered at and even pelted with stones.The Red Cross, which has visited Oka, concluded food stocks there are still adequate except for fresh fruit and vegetables."For the moment the basic needs of the Indians are met, in the sense that there is no danger to their life and health,” the Red Cross said in a statement.The agency added it will remain on alert because the situation is evolving rapidly.CPR detours Kahnawake trains MONTREAL (CP)-CP Rail has been rerouting its trains away from a railway bridge that spans the St.Lawrence River between the Kahnawake Mohawk reserve and Montreal Island.The action is a precautionary measure during the Mohawk blockade of the neighboring Mercier Bridge, which carries cars and trucks only.Michel Spenard, a CP Rail spokesman, said the railway bridge normally carries between six and eight trains daily — three or four in each direction — across the river.Railway officials decided last Wednesday, he said, to stop using it for the time being, after Kahnawake Mohawks blockaded one end of the Mercier Bridge in sympathy with the Mohawks of Kanesatake in their confrontation with the Quebec Police Force.The railway bridge will probably go back into service when the Mercier Bridge does.The railway bridge is normally used by freight trains linking Montreal with New Brunswick and other eastern and southern destinations, Spenard said.These trains are being routed to and from Montreal along CN lines over the Victoria Bridge.Spenard added that a span of the CP bridge over the St.Lawrence Seaway has been left in a raised position and there has been no interference with traffic.Protest: Siddon must ‘stop this nonsense’ #1____fo-l Jtfccard Randy Kinnear, Publisher Charles Bury, Editor Lloyd G Schelb, Advertising Manager Richard Lasaard, Production Manager Mark Gulllette, Press Superintendent Guy Renaud.Graphics Francine Thibault.Composition CIRCULATION DEPT 819-569-952a KNOWLTON OFF : 514-243 0098 FAX (819) 589 3945 Subscriptions by Carrier weekly J1 go Subscriptions by Mail: 569-9511 569-6345 569-9525 569-9931 569-9931 569-4856 569-9931 Caruda 1 year 6 montfu 3 month! 1 month USA foreign t year 6 month! 3 month! 1 month $78 00 $47 00 $33 00 $16 00 $159 00 $97 00 $65 00 $34 00 Back copies of The Record ere available at the following prices: Copies ordered within a month of publications 60c per copy Copies ordered more than a month after publication $1 10 per copy Established February 9.1897.Incorporating the Sherbrooke Gazette (eat 1837) and the Sherbrooke Examiner (eat 1879) Published Monday to Friday by The Record Division.Groupe Quebecer Inc Offices and plant located at 2850 Delorme Street.Sherbrooke.Quebec.J1K 1A1 Second class registration number 1064 Member of Canadian Press Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation By Bob Cox OTTAWA (CPi - Native groups planned to march on Parliament Hill today to protest the federal government’s hands-off attitude towards the tense standoff between Mohaw ks and police at Oka."What we re trying to do is pressure the federal govcrnmmnt to step in there and stop this nonsense that’s going on out there," said Al bert Pena sco Jr, one of the protest organizers ’ Tt seems to me they’re ignoring it They’re looking the other way." Indian Affairs Minister Tom Sid don declined again Monday to step into the current dispute A spokesman for Siddon said the minister is monitoring developments.but continues to leave it up to the province ol Quebec to negotiate with the Mohawks.They are maintaining a blockade at Oka to prevent development of land they claim as their own.But Ovide Mercredi, Manitoba regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said Monday the federal government must step in to avoid further violence.“Every hour that passes without federal involvement increases tensions and bitterness and the probability of bloodshed,” said Mercredi.“It is disgraceful that the federal government is sitting on the sidelines in a matter which is clearly under federal jurisdiction." A police officer was killed at Oka last Wednesday when police stormed the Indian barricade.And there have been violent confrontations between whites and natives in Chateauguay, where Mohawks from the Kahnawake reserve have been blockading the Mercier Bridge to Montreal in sympathy with Mohawks in Oka.Mercredi said it looks as if the federal government, by not acting, has a death wish for natives.He accused Siddon of behaving like Pontius Pilate — who tried to evade responsibility during the trial of Christ — while the “lives and health of children, the women and elderly are in danger.” Mohawks at Oka have complained of a lack of food, medicine and other supplies because police won’t allow them to take anything across the barricade The Parliament Hill march was set to begin this morning at Victoria Island, a traditional native meeting place in the Ottawa River.The Assembly of First Nations also has called an emergency strategy session of chiefs from across Canada for Wednesday and Thursday at Kahnawake.Assembly spokesman Elizabeth Thunder said the chiefs will discuss how to pressure the federal government into assuming its responsibility for native people.The chiefs have asked for a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Don Mazankowski to discuss his suggestion of having a task force examine the Oka dispute if arms are laid down and the barricade is removed Mazankowski made the suggestion last weekend.Weather Tuesday, sunny with frequent cloudy periods.Windy, High 26.Wednesday, variable cloudiness.Low 15, High 25.Doonesbury Tmwm] S TH INKIN ' 1 ABOUT.BY GARRY TRUDEAU HUNK RA UJHAT HT FfAUi TOUT MTHJAS THAW SHOUIP6FT MAPRXV I J THINK NT'S A V, r, RJ6HT {A / MY, B.p f ARE YOU 1 THINK ASKING ME TP MARRY JOHNNY )WT YOU ARE! RIGHT CARSON HERE ON MAUBU ASKEVHtS BEACH' LIKE OUT OF THIRPMFE ,-.A MAPT - HERE' \ JVR-TV ^— yMCMB', 1/ I CANT STANPIV AFTER AU THESE YEARS' OH, BP, LETS DREAM, \ LETS PLAN' OKAY.(UHERE DO LUE START* L THE PRESS RELEASET IT HAS TO BE >T TOME, TASTEFUL' SkffifT CHEEKS! é Ih< Kl ( OKI) I iirst!.o .lul\ 17, IWN> I The Townships #¦__ Mxeam Young Liberals: Jobs, life after Meech top list By Rita Legault SHERBROOKE — Young Liberals will be the first party members to officially discuss the failure of Meech Lake and they hope their decisions will set the tone for the party's new constitutional platform The provincial association of young Liberals will meet in La Po-catière next month for its annual policy convention Topping the agenda is how to fill the void left in the Liberal program by the death of the Meech Lake accord.According to young Liberal president Michel Bissonnette, the ju nior grits are no longer interested in bringing lists of conditions to Ottawa to negotiate.Bissonnette, on a provincial tour to prepare for the policy convention.said young Liberals will be discussing a new "power" relationship between Quebec and Ottawa.DISSATISFIED At a press conference Monday he said Quebec's young Liberals are unanimous that is it "unacceptable to go back and negotiate with Otta wa with a grocery list" He added that they are also dissatisfied w ith the lengthy current constitutional process.Bissonnette said a new genera tion of Quebec Liberals will not be content with federalism as it stands.And he said young Quebe cers are very interested in the topic because their generation will have to live with any constitutional solution reached.“The young are agents of change in society," he said "I hope they will be the agents of change in the Liberal party as well " Bissonnette said the Liberals must offer Quebecers a constitutional alternative and because the youth convention is the first decision-making meeting since Meech’s June 23 demise, resolutions from it may form the basis for further discussions.POWER BASE Bissonnette said young Liberals will be at least one-third of the vo Shopping centre bus back SHERBROOKE (SDN) -CMTS bus route number 12 will be back in service July 17.The city bus will follow its regular route from the Carrefour de l'Estrie to Quatre-Saisons shopping centre, Monday to Saturday until August 1H.The run will start at 8:05 a.m.from the Carrefour de l'Estrie and the busses will leave one an hour until the last departure at 6:05 p m The summer bus schedule will be over August 18 and full schedules on all bus routes will begin Sunday August 19.ting delegates at the party 's policy convention next spring, so they w ill have significant impact on consti tutional debates Other main topics for the young Liberals will be the environment and the quality of work in Quebec Delegates from around the pro vince w ill also bring their regional priorities to the annual meet Bissonnette said it is time for the Liberal party to make the environ ment a true priority.One suggestion the young liberals will make to the party is that Environment Quebec be given su per-status, similar to that of the Treasury Board.Treasury Board, which tightly cluthes the province’s purse strings, has final okay over all government plans and projects.Bissonnette said the government must make its decisions not only on economic merit but also with the environment in mind "It's time to change things if we want to make environment a priority," Bissonnette said TOOTHLESS Quebec’s environment law has no teeth, he said laical Liberal youth leader Denis Morin said the Liberal Youth Commission will also be discussing job security and asking Quebec to create higher-quality jobs.Morin said that since November 1985 when the Liberals returned to power, 85 per cent of jobs created offer no security.He said the num ber of Quebecers working part tune has doubled in 12 years Morin said the number of young heads of families earning wages below the poverty line has gone from 18 |hm cent in 1975 to 27 per cent in 1987 The young Liberals want Quebec to forbid employers from hiring part time workers to saveon fringe benefits Morin said the youth convention may ask Quebec to set up a fair employment Iniard to enforce the rules But they said that as tin- tiro vmce's largest employer, the go \ eminent itself is the wot st sinner "The government is tar from being able to say it's a model cm ployer.Morin said The young Liberals may also seek regional negotiation commit tees for workers in similar jobs to ensure a basic minimum salary and conditions He said group ne gotiatkms would give small bust ness employ ees more power « 1 Youlhjul workers don't gi7 a foir dud.say Quehiu young l ibera! president Michel Hissonnette and hi regional counterpart Denis Morin.muut — m* *' • jMfe.w KM ORIH.R Wl MMION Tis the season.This week's hot, humid weather is the lime of year sailhoarders everywhere have been waiting for.It’s too unpleasant to do anything else, so one might as well get wet while trying to stay above water — as this enthusiast did Monday on iMke Brome's Tiffany Bay.Paris: Bronze chemistry medal for Sylvie BARIS (CB) — Four Canadian chemistry students shared in the awards presented Monday at the closing of the International Chemistry Olympiad Julie Filion of Magog and David Thiel of Zurich.Ont , considered to be the top chemistry students in their provinces, received bronze medals at the awards ceremony held in the Science Museum Howard Fisher, 19, from Dol lard-des-Ormeaux, Que., and Margaret Shih.18, of Richmond, B.C., received honorable mention."It was great to compete with the best in the world," said Filion, 19, following the ceremony, “it was a fabulous experience.’’ Cigarettes: fall date set for Mohawk COWANSVILLE (JM) — Loran Thompson, 43.of Kahnawake, saw his preliminary hearing on a count of smuggling $156,000 worth of ei garettes set for October 30.Thompson was arrested by Granby RCMFon Lakeshore Road in Botton on June 25.The value quoted by federal pro secutor Louis Grignon included sales and excise taxes.“It was really hard,” said Thiel, 18."I didn't expect to win But now I have something to take hack home One hundred and twelve partici pants representing 28 countries took part in two five hour exams as part of the contest Nine gold medals were presen ted, along with 21 silver and 33 bronze The overall winner was a Chi nese girl, Jie Wu The annual Olympiad, now m its 22nd year, ts considered to 1m- one of the lop international chemistry events for high school students around (lie world A month ago Julie Tilion sat in a tutorial class for gifted students from across ( anada.competing for a spot on ('anada's Olympic team m chemistry.Tilton has now gone on to be a medal winner at the international Olympiad in Tans.! • - , ", tel Court: New players in COWANSVILLE (JMi — With the consent of their lawyers.Que bec Court Judge Yvon Roberge allowed the town of Cowansville to table amendments to a civil suit launched by the local police union against the town Members of the fraternity are seeking the maximum ol $1000 each in Small Claims Court, clai ming violation of their right to pri vacy under the Canadian Charter of Right s and Freedom The frater nity alleges the town ran un- Cowansville authorized credit checks on the of fleers and their spouses when they were in a dispute in contrai l nego Rations The amendments inrlude a Mon Ireal law firm and two credit agen cops’ case cios in the litigation as well as the tow II Serge Chumpoux suggested the issue might be resolved before ,-Vu gust 29.Judge Roberge's next day in court It the case is to continue it will be heard Octobei 22 Piggery: Weekend thieves net booze and money Joe Martek.Business as usual despite the theft.By Dan Hawaleshka STE CATHERINE DE It \TLEY Staff at the Biggery Theatre will remember 1990 (or more than just the playhouse's 25111 anniversary It will also be remembered as the year thieves made off with about $10.000 in computer equipment, wine and cash.Quebec Police Force I »et \l ichel Breault said "at least two thieves broke into the theatre s kitchen Sunday "between one and eight in the morning "They tore a screen oil the win dow It was quite easy he said From there the thieves made their way into the office where they Jim mied the door There are no suspects.Breault said Artistic director Gregory lin k said "it's not a difficult trick to gel in if anybody puts their mind to it But that will "certainly" change Tuck said BROUN VAN SPOTTED Brault said an employee spotted a brown van with an exterior w md shield visor circling the parking lot on three different occasions on Sunday, only to leave again If someone is able to identify it.it'll mean at least a starting point.Breault said Stolen were a Macintosh SE computer, a printer and hard disc drive (total value close to fTixmt Breault said He also said four cases of priva tely tMittlcd wine with the Bigge ry 's anniversary logo were taken along with some iMittles of liquor from the bar Breault said the stolen alcohol was worth almost $17(io lie is asking the puhhe to keep an eye open for the 48 specially lat>el!ed bottles of Entracte, Cu vée Spéciale" white wine Some $500 from the Ihix office and an electronic typewriter va lued at $400 were also taken Breault said Biggery genera! manager Joe Martek said the computer contai ned theatre reservations I le said back up files w ill ensure smooth operations, but "it s a gtKxl idea to double check" by calling the taix office Martek said the theatre was in sured against the loss INCREASED Si t l BU Y He also said the Biggery will ii kely hé forced to spend thou sands of dollars to Improve secu nty Martek said the theatre may ins tall new locks a safe ami an alarm system He jokingly adding that "barbed wire ' was a jHissitnlity Martek repeatedly showed his frustration and anger, at one jHtint • say ing "I'd like to catch the pricks and kick their asses " He said tonight's u|>cmng of Sa rah Bernhardt A the Beast will go ahead as planned "The show must go on.” Martek said Anyone who sjiots either the van : or the bottles of wine can call Det Breault at (819 ) 849 4813 All calls : will he treated confidentially, he said I his label marks the 4K bottles of while wine stolen earls Monday from the Piggery Theatre I I hi- Kt:< ORI> Twruiay, July 17, iwo #¦___^«1 inscorn n* Voire of the Kantem Townships since 1897 Editorial Based on the capacity of man Nothing exists for nothing in nature.Take the urbanization of the earth's ecosystems farm, forest and aquatic.Between 19M and ItiHH, half of the Earth’s choice soils, which could have been used to produce renewable resources, were converted for urban use.Industrial growth is based on the cycle of purchase and replacement.We live in a disposable age and this has led to huge pollution problems which are linked not only to the production of products but also to their disposal once used.In the case of production, for example, the so-called purity of white paper is one of the worse causes of industrial pollution in countries which call themselves civilized In Canada, there is no worse polluter than the bleaching process used by pulp and paper mills.Canadians recycle less than 1 per cent of our garbage, and we are running out of acceptable dump sites There is no doubt that the solution is recycling not only of cans, bottles and newspapers, as is now done in many large cities but also other materials such as magazines, plastics, textiles, wood products and organic materials such as vegetables.Industrialization has emptied out rural areas as people moved to cities.Industrialization has improved the quality of our lives by providing jobs and easier access to consumer goods However, as we discover the problems of pollution, average citizens have also discovered they must help to solve tin* problem.Thank God, the industrial era is coming to an end We are entering a new high-tech phase where development will lx* based on the capacity of man and his environment.HÉALHÉBERT Red lights glitter in liberated Hungary By Alex Bandy BUDAPEST (AP) The change to democracy from communism has made sex a growth industry in Hunga ry Red lights now glitter where red stars once shone brighUy Budapest kiosks feature at least a dozen sex magazines A pornography shop opened downtown six months uko In June, the city got its first peep show A ( ah company takes passengers exclusively to its massage salon The explosion in Hungary’s sex industry began alter censorship law s were repealed last year as the country moved to democracy This paved the way for hardcore |hii nography, which remains unrestricted in the absence of any new press law King of Budapest's new trade in bodily pleasures is Antal Laszlo Vocroes, a 37-year-old travel journalist turned photographer and now sex and porn entrepreneur Sitting in a sw ing chair in his garden, barking explicit instructions to a photographer over a cordless phone, Vocroes explained how he struck it rich.PRINT RUN SOARS l-ast summer, he launched Sexy Lady, a 24 page explicit magazine selling for 90 cents.The initial print run of tjo.ono has soared to one million copies a month.He hope's to break into the new Yugoslav and Romanian markets this summer, Voeroes’s starting capital of »l!t,:s0 Cdn came from profits on girlie calendars and what he calls a model school, where' fie says he trainee! about 1,400 girls by Pisa Taking that capital and the equivalent of $««0,000 rui sed from non banking sources he refuses to disclose.VoeriM's established his present company, Intermo zaik, in May 191® Besides the' lucrative magazines, the company also makes pornographic videos that are also sold in Austria and Poland, and is an agent for girls to Italian and Wes! Herman movie makers, Voe roes said Not everyone is happy with Voeroes s new found freedom Anti pom campaigners have complained that Hunga ry is fast becoming the "Thailand of Central Europe ’’ < IIUKt II NOT HAPPY Roman Catholic church leaders, who are campai gning to get religion hack mo schools and restrict atair tion, are pressing for restrictions on the growing sex industry But after 45 years of censorhip under Communist government, not even leading anti-pornography cam paigner Pal Becker, head of the Catholic Youth Move ment, wants pornography banned Be has, however, argued that it should be restricted to the narrowest circles" well outside the centre of Budapest lake a g oik! capitalist.Voeroes is constantly reinves ting and expanding his sex empire On June 15, his nudist cruise bout took its maiden Voyage on Lake Balaton He has startl'd evening sex Cruises, advertised as "live show, sex games, video and nudist disco." Business is so brisk that Voeroes plans to have a Second boat cruising the lake, Hungary's most popular foreign tourist spot Parliament, which was democratically elected earlier this year, has not legalized prostitution, stalling Voeroes ' s plans for two brothel*, SO cabs driven by girls available for more than a ride, and buses cruising round Lake Balaton with V HUBBLE control •mhescope.r&l 0 ^ H TAKt a ,'1 p/\rS Off.- >JI Ihe Christian Science Monitor l os Angeles Times Syndicate Letters Whatever choice Quebec makes, l wish you luck Dear Sir: Having read your article of June 30 in the Ixmdon Free Press, t Record.June 2S) I'd like to make a few comments.Referring to the Quebec motto —Je me Souviens — you claim that “English Canada" misses the point But in fact we don’t miss the point at all W'e see your motto on licence plates, and you make your sentiments known in various other ways, so your message gets through Certainly, the French were among the early European settlers of the Western Hemisphere — but they were by no means the first The Norsemen were here about a thousand years ago: they made settlements in Newfoundland, and northern Quebec.English, Portuguese, and Spanish fishermen established shore bases in Newfoundland during the 15th century, and Newfoundland was made the first official British colony in 1583 — twenty-five years before Champlain founded Quebec City.France may have lost interest in Canada at the end of the Seven Years’ War, but New France was not "abandoned" during or before that war.The presence of French regular troops, the assignment of men like Frontenac and Montcalm, and the vigorous nature of French military operations su- rely attest to France’s intention of supporting her colony The Canada Act of 1791 didn't give Les Canadiens “back” the right to their own language and religion.There is no record that this right had ever been denied them.And as for the claim that the British settlers “stole” their name.well, if the British hadn’t accepted the name of Canada, wouldn’t the imposition of a new and foreign name have been seen as an act of imperialistic tyranny?If Quebecers remember Papi-neau’s rebellion of 1837, Ontarians remember MacKenzie’s uprising in the same year.Both insurrections were launched against British administra- Canadians at heart Dear Mr.Bury: Hatley celebrated Canada Day in fine style with an estimated attendance of some 4,(KM), on Monday, July 2.This was due, 1 believe, in part, to let people of the area know we are Canadians at heart even though our family home is Quebec.What was more pleasing though was the outstanding number of the French population who were on hand It was great to know that they are sharing their love for us and for Canada.It was great to see the Minister of State from Quebec, Sam Elkas with us and our own deputy Robert Benoit and his charming wife.It adds greatly to our Quebec feeling with these people in our midst.The ambiance was outstanding.We compliment Channel Nine for coming to our celebration and doing a great job covering our event as was seen on the Tuesday evening newscast 1 sympathize with the CBC who felt that a trip from Montreal to Hatley was a little more costing than it was worth.May I express my thanks and that of the Association for those who took the time to come to Hatley ; to get into the parade; to bring their horses and teams especially the Humphreys; to the two girls who came from St.Elie and dressed in their costumes to pass out candy which they furnished and lastly to the Record for their fine publicity.My sincere hope is that we will always be able to celebrate Canada Day in Hatley.Sincerely, GEORGE E, JOBÉL Chairman Hatley Municipal Association It is only a matter of timing now Your editorial "Quebecers remember"!, June29, 1990ends with: So now Quebecers can remember how they got shafted again from five politicians who missed the point Your description of the historical events that resulted in the adoption of the Quebec motto “Je me souviens” raises many questions in my mind regarding accuracy, but 1 do not wish to dwell on the correctness of your wisdom, but rather on the renewed federalism that you seem to hold so dear as being uppermost in the hearts of Quebeeer.s through the acceptance of the Meech Lake Accord, now defunct.I have been reading material dating hack to 1903 relating to Quebec's other dream, separation! Those articles were not aimed at acceptance of any form of partnership in a federal system.Toronto, at the start of the century was a grow ing city greatly surpassed by Montreal The nationalists held sway but larked leverage because of Quebec's economical position which w as nurtu red and favored by a federal system.The more towards sepation started to roll with the advent of the "Quiet Revolution" when provincial policies changed radically creating an ideal opportunity for the nationalists (separatists) as they were now better prepared to press forward with some de grec of authority, creating enough dissention to allow for the creation of a political party which could openin-gly.legally, and forcefully promote separation, eventually cooling down to a proposition of sovereignty association because of possible uncertainties We all seem to know now that the Accord would have given the requires! powers, that in essence, were designed or camouflaged to keep Quebec in Canada, yet separate while enjoying the benefits of being economically tied to Canada.In conclusion, Mr.Bury, why all the rancor over the demise of the Accord'’.Quebec would have separated anyway, it is only a matter of timing now.and please take my word for it, when it does happen, keep an eye on the rapidity of France in taking over when Canada is left out in the cold I would also suggest that you read the financial section of current newspapers where you will learn that France is already heavily involved in Canada and Quebec in particular, just waiting for an open door to horn-in on the free-trade deal with the U S.and possibly Mexico, Toronto has now surpassed Montreal!.Gee! how come?G.L.MONTY Lennoxville Excellent journalistic work Dear Charles, Your paper has boon just wonderful in covering the efforts of our fledgling organization in getting a recycling program installed in the seven communities around Lake Massawip-pi We are especially appreciative of the excellent journalistic work being done by Dan Hawaleshka and Scott Verity Stevenson.They are very fine young journalists whose writing show intelligence and literacy, inadverten-Uy.the recent report on the winners of the two raffle prizes on the sale of cotton shopping bags and two trees omitted to mention that the donor of one of the $30 prizes was Holland Gardening Inc.of Ayer’s Cliff.Yours sincerely, MARLIS M.WEHR President, Recyclage Lac Massawippi et Région Getting shafted again The Minister of Transport Ixisl week the Minister of Transport announced that he was raising the price of license for cars and trucks and also the price of driver's license to pay for rebuilding the roads We were told each year as they add more tax on the gas here was to pay for the roads Now they want more money on our license to pay for the roads Well I think it's a shame that we re getting shafted again to pay for the roads We are paying more now than any other province for the privilege Drive a ear well I guess a lot of people that don't need a car will get rid of it We have to wonder where all this tax money on the gas has gone for sure not on the roads.Well I guess it would be* a very bad day for the drivers in this province if they ever separated we would be paying double then Well it's a disgusting at the least for poor people that need to have a car to get to work •Signed.Ü.ROY Rock Forest tion, both were unsuccessful, and both led to the Durham Inquiry.But I’ve never before heard or read that Lord Durham suggested anything like “wiping out” the French-Canadians.Durham was unorthodox and radical, but he was concerned with reform, not genocide.He not only granted amnesty to most of the rebel leaders, but also recommended union and self-government for the colonies — for which he was politically crucified by British conservatives bi$ admired by Queen Victoria.It’s understandable that the memory of Louis Riel should still bring resentment; Riel’s was a tragic story.But when it comes to something like the conscription issue in World War II, we can’t help wondering if Quebecers remember how close the Nazis came to winning the war.And if they had won it, would they have been any easier on Quebec than they were on Europe?We know that when the constitution was patriated, it was done without Quebec's participation — for the very good reason that Quebec didn’t want to participate.Ironically, when the Queen came to sign the documents, the attending representatives of all Francophone Québécois, a fact which should have brought a wry chuckle from René Lévesque.Coming to Meech Lake, 1 don’t think the main issue is “who’s to blame for the debacle.I believe that real cause is a fundamental difference of opinion as to Quebec’s status in Confederation.To Anglophone Canada, Quebec is one of ten provinces, period — whereas Quebec regards itself as one of two "founding nations”, one French and the other English.Though a good case can be made for each of these views, obviously they can t co-exist underthe same political Roof.Meech Lake was an attempt at compromise, and of course it didn’t work out.What Meech did was bring the problem to a head.Realistically, it now seems plain that a choice has to be made: either Quebec accempts a place in Confederation as a province "comme les autres", or it decides to assert its sovereignty.And as things look now.there’s not much doubt about which choice is likely to be made: to all intents and purposes, Quebec is already a nation within a nation.If.as you say, Quebecers “got the shaft over Meech Lake, they certainly didn't look like losers in getting it.It w as Quebec’s demands that were laid down, and it was Quebec who stood calmly but firmly by those demands all the way — while the Anglophone contingent argued, sweated, pleaded, and sent their orations to high Heaven It’s interesting to note that the one solidly consistent voice to oppose the Accord was that of Elijah Harper, one of the original North Americans.And it’s highly appropriate that his 'oice should have been decisive — for if anyone in this country has been shafted, it’s the people of the First Nation.W hatever choice Quebec makes, I wish you luck.And remember: it’s a lot easier for some folks to get along as next-door neighbors than it is if they share a house.Yours very truly, G.H.WARD Corunna.Ont. Farm and Business I hr ! l ut-scUt JuK 17.I'm #1___tkci Kccora Slump: Home sales take a dive, interest rates blamed By Marilyn Ronald OTTAWA (CP)—Higher interest rates kept many Canadians out of the housing market last month, driving June sales down 28 9 per cent compared with the same month a year ago, the Canadian Real Estate Association reported Monday.This was the steepest drop since May 1982 when residential sales were 35.fi per cent lower than in May 1981 High interest and mortgage rates are the continuing explanation for the sales decline, associa tion president Maurice Faraggi said Interest rates, which are at an eight-year high, are the real estate sector's main problem, Faraggi added "When families choose home ownership, they reflect their faith in the economic strength of the na tion."June’s sales picture illustrates the very low level of consumer confidence in Canada today." A healthy real estate market requires low and stable mortgage interest rates, he said Some 12,095 sales were recorded in June — 4.925 fewer than the 17,020 in June 1989.It was the second consecutive month of sharply lower sales Transactions declined 23.9 per cent in May compared with May 1989 National sales are down 18.fi per cent for the first six months of this year compared with the first hall of 1989 In that same period, the national average price of a home fell 18 per cent to $156.801 RATES Jl MI’EI> Mortgage rates, which began the year at about 12 to 12.75 per cent, jumped to 14.25 per cent the third week of April and have stayed there.Finance Minister Michael Wtl son held out little hope last week of immediate interest rate relief, even though the central bank cut the key bank rate to 13.67 per cent from 13.73 per cent and the prospect that declining U S.rates could ease Canadian rates.But Wilson said he remains concerned about preventing wages from rising faster than the rate ot inflation, now at an annual rate of 4 5 |ht cent "There's a direct relationship between the high interest rates and the low (home sales nctiviti Tom Alton, president of Bank of Montreal Mortgage Corp , said Monday "The Toronto market and Onto no slowed late last year We w ere seeing, up until about April, very strong markets in Alberta and Bn tish Columbia "Now they re feeling the effects of the higher rates The one thing about it is it's put a lot more em phasis on affordable housing “For those people w ho are pros pective homeowners Alton ad ded, "it's a good time to go out and start looking at the marketplace There seems to Ik* more choice both from a builder's point of view as well as from the resale house point of view IT IN EAST Only tw o of the 25 cities the asso elation surveys each month sho wed an increase m sales volume in June compared with that month in 1989 Halifax sales were up Ifi 9 per cent, while those in St John s Nfld rose by a slight 0 fi iht cent Almost all large cities showed drops, including four major wes tern centres that had enjoyed a saU’s boom in recent months Vancouver June sales were down 17 5 per cent compared with June of last year, those in Victoria by 38 ! |ht i ent In Calgary, the dip was 32 4 p«T cent while Edmonton dropped 34 5 per cent "They're starting to feel thr pinch, too, ' Faraggi said "Toron to is right in the midst of the big pinch " Hut home prices in those western cities remain higher than a year ago.w ith the average price in Van couver, for example.11 7 jht cent higher at $227.816 In Victoria, the average w as up 14 fi per cent to $162.736 Toronto sales m June fell by 19 9 per cent compared with June I9K9 sales The averagi* price declined 7 2 |ht cent to $232,012 Montreal sales were off 26 9 (h i cent and the average home price up 1 1 iht cent Native farmers: Many return to the land for their livelihoods WINNIPEG (CP) — Manitoba's aboriginal people are turning once again to the land for their livelihoods.But instead of hunting and fishing as their forefathers did.they are grow ing crops and raising cattle.With proper advice and financial assistance, more first generation farmers are emerging and flourishing, said Ralph Schmidt, chief executive officer of the Manitoba Indian Agricultural Development Corp , or MIADC.The privately owned corporation assists status Indians, both on and off the reserve, to set up their own farms.When the corporation's parent company, the Manitoba Indian Agriculture Program (MIAP), started 15 years ago there were about 23 farmers on Manitoba re serves.Today, there are more than 200.“In the end, a guy looks at the resources that are available on the reserve, and the jobs that are at hand," said Errol Wilson, the corporation’s loan manager.Often, they find the best way to make a living is by farming.Unlike government lending insti tutions, the company doesn’t ignore its clients once the loans have been approved, said Schmidt "We also do after-care, and I think (hat's a very important thing," he said, noting that many don't have the experience of their parents and grandparents to fall back on.Since 1986, $9 million has been loaned out to native farmers through MIADC.Ia'ss than 2.5 iht cent ol loans paid out from the company ha\< gone into default.and less than five percent of farmers are in arrears on their payments "We're very proud of that, said Schmidt.Other native farmers are finding that plain hard work and co operation are pay ing off At the Swan Lake reserve, 135 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg, a co-operative is making a 1.2(Xi hectare farm pay the bills and pro vide employment in both agrieul Une and construction of new homes "We re surviving," said Elmer Soldier, the band's employment of fleer As well as farming mixed grains, the hand also planted iHhatiH’s this year and is building a dam on the Indian Springs River for irriga turn In addition to the 170 head of cattle.38 buffaloes also roam within a separate enclosure on the reserve, the meat distributed among the reserve's 375 residents Profits from the farm go into equipment housing and other needs “I think it's one o( the most sm cessful in the province -.iid (arm manager Nestei Van Den Hussehe who.w ith six native workers, tends the fanning opet ation Fitteen years ago much ot the land on the reserve w as hush, said Van Den Hussehe Now it s fertile farmland Before the hand started farming in 1972, most ot the land w as rented out toother fanners in the area Soviets: 240-member delegation of EDMONTON (CP) — Valery Tsourikov wasn't off the Aeroflot flight from Moscow on Sunday more than a few minutes before he started passing out business cards to surprised travellers at Edmonton International Airport Despite the fatigue of a 20-hour flight, Valery left no doubt what he is here for.Part of a 240-member Soviet delegation in Edmonton for the U.S.S.R trade and cultural delegation at Edmonton’s Klondike Days exhibition, he has to make every minute count.“My aim is to find a brave young Bull fights By Stephen Brown MADRID (Reuter) When a matador faces half a tonne of horned, lethal beef in the bullring, more than his life is at stake.Spain’s “fiesta naeional” (national festival) is also a billion-dollar business.The protests of animal lovers have done little to abate Spaniards' enthusiasm for the bloody spectacle.Last year 51 million people — including King Juan Carlos, cabinet ministers and luminaries of the booming Spanish business world — saw 29,000 proud bulls killed in the ring or charge through the streets in Pamplona-style fiestas.They paid the equivalent of $760 million U S.for the privilege and Juan Manuel Moreno, president of the National Union of Bullfight Businessmen, says that figure should rise between six per cent and eight per cent this year.This is good news for the 170,000 people whose livelihood depends on the bullfights: farm workers and breeders who rear the bulls, the matadors who kill them and their teams of assistants and agents and the businessmen who run the bullrings and other spin-off industries.MATADORS SET FEE A top matador can charge between $20,000 and $40,000 U S.for a corrida (bullfight) while star Juan Antonio Ruiz, known as Es-partaco, can demand more than $75,000 a fight Espartaco's earnings last year were estimated to be almost $4 mil lion US "You don't earn a lot.considering what you are risking," said the 27-year-old Espartaco, who has been the king of Spanish matadors since he was carried out of Seville’s La Maestranza hullring on the crowd's shoulders in 1985.Espartaco says that each time he faces a bull he fears for his life, but he does not take the same risks with his earnings, which are invested safely in real estate at home in AndalUSia "It has cost me a lot to earn that money, lots of blood and sweat, so I am not going to play around with it,” he said Out of his earnings the matador mUSt pay his team of two mounted "picadores" and three "banderilleros" who help him in the ring and spectacularly run up to the bull's horns and stick flagged spears in its back to prepare it for the kill Only a handful of Spain's 200 or so matadors command such star rates M*n> others along with Canadian businessman who will have some dreams to work with Soviet companies, because our project is a very, very big project." said Tsourikov.His business card touts him as the director and chief scientist of the Inventive Machine Laboratory in Minsk.Tsourikov says his is a multimillion-dollar company of "advanced artificial intelligence systems for all kinds of engineering." Translated, he's talking about advanced computer systems.Tsourikov and members of fit) trade organizations from across the 500 “novilleros" (novices who fight younger bulls) and 800 matadors' assistants — must find other work outside the March to October season.ROMANCE OF RING Moreno said many of the businessmen who contract matadors to appear at their rings, which in most cases are leased from the town or city authorities, are themselves failed or frustrated bullfighters.Moreno swirled the red cape briefly in his youth before swapping the spangled, tight-fitting “suit of lights" — which can cost $2,000 — for a business suit."I wanted to be a bullfighter, like all Spaniards do," he said.“Normally the businessmen in this game are frustrated bullfighters.It is more romanticism than business.” At the Union of Fighting Bull Breeders.Jaime Sebastian de Erice said most of the 240 professional breeders were also driven by love of the fiesta rather than love of money."In the great majority of cases there are no profits,’’ he said “Most of the bullbreeders are afi cionados and the greatest benefit they get out of it is their enjoyment of the fiesta." A first-class, four year-old bull, of which six are usually killed per corrida, costs the bullring the equi valent of $7.000 US while the three-year-olds for the novilleros cost about $4,000.Erice said it can cost more than that to rear each bull.MADRID TOPS Only a handful of businessmen dominate the industry, acting as agents for the best fighters and running the rings The biggest in arenas is Manolo Chopera, who runs 15 rings in Spain, France and Latin America The world's top site is Madrid's Las Ventas, a 1920s red-brick ring in Moorish style which seats 32,000 people To bullfighters and their devotees it is known as The Cuthe dral Its current lease, which runs un til 1993, is held by Toresma SA.a company controlled by the Lozano brothers.Eduardo, Jose Luis and Pablo, a former matador The company shares the profits with Madrid authorities As well as the journalists w ho co ver the corrida for the culture pages of the newspapers, televi sum and radio, the hulls provide a the Soviet Union are hoping that showing their wares will make perestroika a big hit on the Prairies GOING ALL OUT The Soviets are going all out it’s one of the biggest trade delega turns to come to Canada ever.“There’s quite an imbalance of trade between Canada and the U.S.S.R.(in favor of Canada),” explained Colin Forbes, general ma nager of Edmonton Northlands, which takes part in the Klondike Days exhibition."What they’re really coming here for .is to take some of our business people and say to them living at the rings for countless vendors of food, drinks and posters, small plastic bulls and fancy banderillas.“A lot of people eat around this business,” said Moreno.Some people take that literally.Once the bulls have been dispatched.their carcasses are unceremoniously dragged across the sand to a ringside slaughterhouse and carved up for sale at markets specializing in their meat.Selling for about $3 US.a pound, the dark red cuts of beef are the last rung in a business worth nearly $1 billion U S.a year — unless you want to buy a stuffed bull's head to adorn your living room.|| QUEBECOR ” GROUP INC.APPOINTMENT Mr.Roger Samson Mr André Gourd, President ot Quebe cor Group Inc .is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Roger Samson as Vice President.Central Canada Mr Samson will be responsible tor the national advertising sales lor all the divisions and subsidiaries ot the company as well as for the operations of the Winnipeg Sun (Winnipeg) and Sanford Evans (Winnipeg) He will also be representing the company's interests with McIntyre S Dodd (Toronto) His office is located in Toronto Well known in the Quebec and Cana dian business community for his work in the brewing industry and in the sporting work) Mr Samson will assure a better coordination ot the activities ol Quebec or Group in Ontario and Mani toba Quebec or Group Inc is a wholly own ed subsidiary ol Quebec or Inc and is mainly active in the publishing distri button and retail sales sectors Quebecor Inc is active in the publie hmg, printing, forest products and Pulp and paper industries a billion-dollar business businessmen pushing wares out west 'you can trade with Russia, you can do joint ventures with the U.S.S R Private entrepreneurship is not frowned upon any more like it was It) years ago."' Canadian oil companies have already expressed an interest in joint ventures with the Soviets For those who are thinking on a smaller scale, there will also he a wide range ot Soviet crafts, inelu ding porcelain, wooden toys hou sewares and jewelry at the show.which opens Thursday "There'll he something (or every pocketlHHik Forties said "If you want a little piece of the U S S K .you'll have the opportunity to buy it " The Soviets are also here to en tertain, A five man troupe ot must cians called Istoki will be among the performers Forbes predicts fashion shows (nit un by «bout 20 Soviet models will be the hit ot the Soviet exhihi tion.The models will gel a chance to do some shopping at the world famous West I- limmton Mall, as will the rest of the delegates, but many didn't seeto too interested Tstiunkov and comrade V ictor i,avrusenko will do some shopping loo, but not for the jeans that most Soviets seem to gobble up when they come to North America "Victor is very land of beer, says Tsourikov laughing No feathers for chicken pluckers SUSSEX.N.B (CPi The 100 unionized workers at the Canada Packers poultry processing plant in this southern New Brunswick farm town were locked out Monday afternoon.The lockout come a few weeks after Canada Packers plants across Canada were taken over by Hillsdown Holdings, a British corporate food giant Kevin Benn, international repre sentative with the United FikrI and Commercial Workers union, said the workers were trying to resume negotiations to replace a contract that expired in February.He said the last company offer would have increased wages by less than seven iht cent, spread over two years The base wage un der the old contract was $10 09 an hour Seniority rights in areas such ns vacations and overtime is also an issue, Bonn said Take Us For ASpin And Win! SUBARU You Can Win $2, $5, $10, $50 or $100 Instantly! Here’s the payoff.Try out any 1990 Subaru and you’ll win from $2 to $100 instantly.It’s easy.And everytxxiy wins.Your Subaru dealer invites you to try the exciting Justy, the value-loaded Loyale and the 1990 Sedan of the Yeai; the Subani Legacy.So More you head to the beach this summer, discover how everyone is winning with Subaru.SUBARU II \to think about it,you 11 drive one.Estrie Auto Centre 4367 Bourque Blvd, Rock Forest, QC Tel: (819) 564-1600 6—Thr KKCOKD—Tuesday.July 17, 1‘MO Living Seniors: Stay at home grants ineffective —____ftei Kccora Visiting elderly relatives depressing but important TORONTO (Cl*) Government programs to help elderly ho mowners keep their homes like maintenance grants or meals on wheels do not work well, says a researcher at Queen's University Elderly people who move from their homes after 20 years or Ion ger are likely to move again within three years." said Hok Lin Leiing.professor of urban and regional planning at the Kingston.Ont uni versity Leung interviewed 100 elderly homeowners turned-renters in Kingston and Peterborough.Ont., last year to determine how they liked their rented accommodations.He found out most of the people interviewed had been very satis tied with the homes they had pre wwm After producinii their own newspaper, Quebec I mine students visited local newspapers, includinn the Record, to see how not to do it.Above, Record reporter Scott Verity Stevenson tries to explain the absence of editor Charles Bury, as deadline approaches.KM OKI) KMHS Ml Kl II K viously owned But as they grew older increasing financial and health worries prompted them to sell "Most said government programs had not helped them keep their homes or facilitated their move." 1-eung said."Even though they were aware of the programs offered, they chose not to use them " The study focused on shelter quality, neighborhood quality and service accessibility.Leung says the government should create better programs to make elderly homeowners feel more secure He suggests developing reverse mortgages in which city, bank or mortgage corporations would pay the owner a monthly sum to pur chase the house and would eventually acquire ownership The mortgage holder would maintain the house and the owner would receive an income.In Leung’s study the reason for moving out given most often by the seniors was difficulty in mainte nance, followed by a lack of social support and declining health Although financial problems were not the main reason for mo ving, adequate financing could have solved many difficulites for the elderly people, Leung said Kingston and Peterborough were studied because both are favored locations for the elderly, housing options in each are limited and findings could be generalized to other small Canadian cities.Strong opinions surround AIDS epidemic FREDERICTON (CPt Anews paper editorial suggesting a qua ranime for people with AIDS has touched off a deluge of polarized views on the disease and homo sexuality The Fredericton Gleaner has been flooded with letters from all over Canada faith applauding and condemning the newspaper's edi tonal calling for people with the AIDS virus "to be identified and contained" us a means of control ling the spread of the illness Whole pages in the afternoon dai ly have been devoted to handling the often eloquent and emotional opinions on the subject of AIDS and how to treat people infected with the disease.There have been touching letters from people who have lost loved ones and extreme suggestions from those who see AIDS as the beginning of the end of modern so ciety "Test all presumed sexually ac live members of the population for all venereal diseases, code num hers and names can lie brought together in a confidential manner," wrote Marjorie Chalifour of Frede ricton in a letter to the editor outli nmg measures the federal government could take in the "war against this plague " CANCELS VISIT One couple was su revolted by the opinion expressed in the editorial, they angrily changed their summer vacation plans "Your well publicized editorial, plus .ill the rotten revelations coming out of the Maritimes recently.prompted us to cancel reserva lions in New Brunswick and I'.E.l this summer," fumed Mr and Mrs 1,1’ Bondy of Toronto."We wouldn't want to waste a day among such people.” For those who have lust friends or family to AIDS or who are working with AIDS patients, the editorial w as seen as a cruel insult Among other things, the editorial said that "a strong body of opinion believes that homosexual AIDS victims got exactly what they deserved ' It also stated it’s a “curse" to have to spend public money to care for those who contracted the disease through "unnatural acts " "I challenge you and the members of the Gleaner’s editorial board to visit any large hospital in this province and meet an AIDS pa tient and face their courage, their anger, and their pain and tell them you got what you deser- ved."’ wrote R M.Vaughan of Fredericton."If you and your hoard can still so brutally hurt someone, without newsprint and ink to hide behind, then perhaps you are the dangerous people who should tie isolated from society." MP LOST SON One of the most poignant letters came from J.W (Bud) Bird, the Conservative member of Parliament for Fredericton who lost a son to AIDS.On a personal note, because my own family has been touched directly by the tragedy of AIDS.I should also say that understanding and tolerance become easier with both the living and the dying experience.” Tom Crowther, publisher of the Gleaner, said Monday the letters are about 60 to 40 in favor of the newspaper’s position.Many of the letters backing the newspaper are unsigned, like one from “a mother’’ in Halifax."The media and the politicians too often cave in to pressure under the guise of rights.Are there no rights for those who are concerned for the future of our children?" Others invoked the Bible to justify isolating AIDS sufferers."Both the Old and New Testament clearly condemn the corrupt style of life that leads to this hor rible and fatal disease,” wrote Rev.G.H.Clement of Millbrook, Ont.“God is most certainly jud ging those who chose to ignore Him and His instructions.” Among letters from politicians deploring the editorial was one from federal Health Minister Perrin Beatty, who described the opi-nion piece as cruel and ill-informed.There haven't been any letters from provincial politicians.FILES COMPLAINT AIDS New Brunswicklhvhich has filed a complaint against the Gleaner to the Atlantic Press Council, wants a public apology from the newspaper.But Crowther said the newspaper is performing a valuable public service "If we have performed any service in informing people and getting them to discuss it and think about it and make up their own minds what they think about it, then we’ve done our job,” said Crowther.Dear Ann Landers: I liked your advice to M.B.from Buffalo, the woman who can't bear to sec her mother get old and avoids visiting or calling her on the phone.I do believe, however, that you were too easy on her.My grandmother is 86 and in a nursing home.1 try to visit her at least twice a week although it is anything but pleasant In fact, it's depressing.The place smells and the residents look god-awful.Most of them are in pitiful shape.Many use walkers or arc in wheelchairs.Last evening when I visited Grandma, her hair was malted and the food she had for lunch was still stuck to her face.Would I not go to see her because it's such a downer?No way, Ann.The old people in the corridors smile at me and put out their hands to grasp mine.They tell me how beautiful I am.They want to touch my long hair.They comment on my pretty shoes or my jacket.Sometimes they ask the time or if I will please change the channel on their TV.It is obvious that these folks are starved for attention.Just exchanging a few words with someone from the outside makes ihcir day.My brothers arc self-centered jerks who think like M B.They avoid visiting Grandma with the excuse that "it makes them sick" and "the place is too depressing." They say they'd rather remember Cirandma the way she was.I hope the young people who read this will look ahead a few years and realize that one day they will be old and hungry for company.Please get this message across, Ann.They need to hear it.- A MIAMI READER DEAR MIAMI: You did a pretty good job of getting it across with no help from me.I'm glad you wrote.Young people tend to listen to their own.I'm sorry your grandmother is in a facility that smells bad and that no one bothers to brush her hair or wipe her face after lunch.This means that the place is understaffed and not properly maintained and dial your grandmother is not gelling the proper attention.Please pass my comments on to the members of the family who arc responsible for Grandma's care.And bless you for your compassion and kindness.Ann Landers Dear Ann Landers: I read in the paper a few days ago that in Copenhagen 648 gay couples have married since October, when the Danish government made such partnerships legal.These couples are granted all the rights and privileges of marriage given lo heterosexual partners under Danish law except one.They may not adopt children.You once said that you were in favor of same-sex couples being given the same financial benefits as married couples (taxes, housing and health insurance) but that you were not in favor of legalizing same-sex marriages.Since wc all know that for a long time die Scandinavian counuies have been way ahead of the United States in social changes, do you think you might change your mind?Level widi us, Annie.- INKW1ZZIT1VE IN GRAND FORKS, N.D.DEAR INK: I learned a long time ago never to say never, but I cannot imagine that 1 would ever be in favor of marriage between members of the same sex.Gem of the Day: The fishing party was hopelessly lost in the woods, with supplies running low."We were lold that you arc die best guide in Wisconsin," said a dismayed member of the group."I am,” replied the guide, "but now I think we arc in Manitoba." Social notes 87th birthday Best wishes Best wishes are extended to Mr.Lyndon Royea of Western St., Sutton.Que., who will be celebrating his 87th birthday on Sunday, July 22.Cards and phone calls would be appreciated.Pierre Gauvin of Magog is a patient in La Providence Hospital.His relatives and friends extend best wishes for a fast and complete recovery.rV17 £ C l111 iVrVV TTT rS11, X7X ~L xrrri lj|5 good reasons why it pays to shop and save the Warehouse! as § 1) Bankruptcy stock merchandise still on sale at incredibly low prices 2) Blue Dot savings still in effect 3) Big selections of Dollar Days JvVVi items ¦" 1 4) New specials placed on counters daily 5) Huge selection of curtains & draperies at very low prices Warehouse - c,< up now °" row *OCO'“>" n.d °» kuo.Au Bon Marché 111 & 121 Depot St GOOD NEWS MARCHE DION BELVEDERE INC.is now open Wednesday until 21:00 hrs.for your convenience For quality, meats & prices also an excellent service Drop in and see us OUR MOTTO IS QUALITY & SERVICE ***** MARCHE DION mETRO BELVEDERE INC.Graduation Steven Neil, son of Douglas Neil and F ranees Cornish of Granby, Que., graduated on June 12, lf«)o receiving his Bachelor Degree in Social Sciences majoring in F3cono-mics from the University of Otta wa.I ongratulations.Steven, from all the family.T Ff*# parking Safurdayv Municipal loi.r5rAi11x i •‘‘ i11 ‘ i ‘ i urxTaT l.l.-l, 1,1.s\ jj.I.I fx i111111 crrr^T 1905 BELVEDERE SOUTH SHERBROOKE • TEL: S66-5596 r I hr KKiOim I u(*N(1a>.JhIv 17.IVM—7 ANAF Ladies Auxiliary holds regular meeting From the Pens of E.T.Writers LENNOXVILLE The A.NAK Ladies Auxiliary met on June 13th President June Westman brought the meeting to order and welcomed twenty-eight members She thanked everyone who had worked during the past month and mentioned that Charlie Cordon had kindly made and donated a tray for the salt and peppers.The Benevolent report was given by Jean Paige.She had remem bered two auxiliary members w ith plants during their hospital stay Bury Nina Rowell Mr.and Mrs Ben Reddenhoppof Dalmeny.Sask , and Mr and Mrs.John Sawatzky of St Catharines, Ont., were overnight guests of Mr and Mrs.Dan Pehleman en route to the Maritime Provinces, mclud ing Newfoundland.Mr.and Mrs.Wayne Pehleman and daughter Kelley of Nepean.Ont , and Mr.and Mrs.Nick Koloshuk and children Andrew and Michael were weekend guests of their parents and grandparents.Mr.and Mrs.Dan Pehleman and attended the 25th anniversary party for Royce and Margaret (Pehleman) Rand at the Bury Town Hall.Mr.and Mrs.Dan Pehleman were supper guests of Mr and M rs.N.G.Bennett in Canterbury.Mr.and Mrs.James Mayhew, Julie and Jamie of Calgary, Alta, were dinner guests of Bob and Alice Mayhew at Grandview Manor, while in the area to attend the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Gail’s parents, Mr.and Mrs.Gordon Clarke.Mr.and Mrs.Carl Mayhew of Ayer’s Cliff were also dinner guests of Bob and Alice Mayhew at Grandview Manor.Callers at Grandview' Manor to visit Bob and Alice were Mrs.Gisèle Lapointe of Sherbrooke and Mrs.Clara Cruickshank and daughter, Mrs.Frances Wootten.Mr.and Mrs.Alton Waldron of London, England, were evening callers of Mr.and Mrs Herbert Rowell.They also called on Mrs.Lottie Dougherty at St.Paul’s Home, and took her to East Clifton to visit her brothers, Harold and Glenn Waldron, they also called on Mr.and Mrs.George Rowell.Canada Day weekend guests of Mrs.Edna Coates at the Strapps Home were her daughter.Mrs Elsie Watson and daughters Dianne and Janet Watson of Abbotsford, Que.Callers of Mrs.Coates were her granddaughter Mrs.Curtis Bennett.Mrs.Elizabeth French and Mrs.Russell Blair, all of Sawyerville, nephews Wilfrid Coates of Bury, William Gaylor of Granby and friend.Mrs.Betty Sartwell of Highgate Center, Vt.and her niece, Mrs.Eileen Lowe of Brookbury.Mrs.Clara Herring of Bishopton and her brother Cecil Ross have received word of the death of their aunt, (their mother’s sister) Olga L.Smith (Olson) of Moose Jaw, Sask., in her 100th year.Olga Olson was born July 27, 1890 in Bury, on the farm where Sidney (Ted) Ward now resides, where she grew up.She was the youngest daughter of Mr.and Mrs.Omen Olson who came from Norway.She leaves one daughter.Geraldine, also nieces and nephews.Bishopton Mrs.Cyril E.Rolfe 884-5458 The Christmas Club met with Mrs.Madelyn Betts on Tuesday evening with a fair attendance.The evening was spent playing Bottoms Up with Grayce Betts and Feme McConnell winning prizes.A lovely lunch was served by the hostess with Vera Willard winning a prize for the marked cup The next meeting will be with Grayce Betts.Mrs.Dora McConnell spent several days visiting friends and relatives in Melbourne and Richmond.Mrs.Olive Batley and Mrs.Shannon Cochrane of Lennoxville were recent dinner guests of Mrs.Dora McConnell before leaving Lennoxville to make their home in Riverview, New Brunswick.Mrs Myrna MacAulay has returned home having spent a week with Mrs.Peter White and children in Victoria.B C Mr and Mrs.Don Martin of Pointe Claire spent a few days w ith Miss Irene Harrison and attended the Brookbury school reunion and Canada Day celebrations in Bury and Hatley.Recent guests of Mr and Mrs.Roy Harrison have been Mr and Mrs Arthur Reid of Lennoxville.Mr Basil Coates of Lake of Two Mountains, Mrs.Carole Largy, Smiths Falls.Ont Mr.William Lancaster and Mr.and Mrs.Mark Lancaster of Columbus, N J .Mr and Mrs.Aleck Lancaster and Mrs.Esther Gilbert.Bishopton, Mr Wendell Groom.Elkhorn.Manitoba, Mr Larry Groom, Toronto, Ont Callers at the same home were Mrs.Ann Martel.Gatineau.Mr.and Mrs.Roy Todd, Bolton.Ont., and Mrs Velma Nicholson, Napanee.Ont and a fruit basket was also sent out Thank you s were read for these It was decided to see if we can still add to our dinnerware set.otherwise we’ll purchase additional settings that are similar The ladies will have a house-cleaning day for the Wagon Room in September Boh Channel! (Men's Sports) ex plained the Vegas" Golf Tourna ment coming up this summer Most of the ladies who are not golfers.thought they would be in terested in playing under these conditions On Friendship Day Helen Anderson.Helen Vachon.Mane Savoie and Marie Letemplier represented the Auxiliary on the ANAF Float June presented 20-year service pins to the following ladies June Westman.Emily Smerdon.Theresa Murphy.Helena Banfill.Barbara Leonard.Rose Coates and Evelyn Rawlings.Those receiving 15-year pins were Pearl Marshall.Mae Connor and Frances Chaplin Following adjournment of the 14th Annual Farm Day a success RICHMOND Despite mother nature with her drenching downpours the Richmond Quebec Farmer's Association 14th annual farm day had a near record attendance.Some activities and displays were cancelled but visitors improvised rain and managed to see the displays and confine themselves in the buildings.Everyone enjoyed hamburgers provided by the Richmond QFA.milk provided by the Smith farm, yogourt and cheese provided by Agri Pur.The Richmond QFA would like to thank all who helped to make "Farm Day" another success, especially to the Smith families, the ( loggers and those who put up displays, and to everyone for West Brome Doris Clarkson Mr.and Mrs.John Griffith of Ottawa spent a few days with the Misses Emma and Eve 1 yn Coughtry.Mrs.John Hounsell of St.Laurent spent a weekend at the home of Emma and Evelyn Coughtry.Mr.and Mrs.M.P.M.Sullivan and children Karin.Shawn and Shannon of Hudson Heights were weekend guests at the home of Mrs Doris Clarkson and son Grant.Other callers at the same home were Mr.and Mrs.Daniel Mireault and daughter Linda of Sutton.Mr.and Mrs.Frank Brault and sons Christopher and Mark of Scottsmore.Weekend guests of Mrs.Corta Jolley were Mr.and Mrs Darwin Renault and son Devon of Toronto, the Misses Sharon and Maureen Jolley of Montreal and Mrs.Carmen Harvey and family of Cowansville.GUILD MEETS The Ladies Guild met in the church hall on Thursday July .1 with 15 members answering the roll call and one visitor Mrs.Mary Jones' niece Mable Redman from England.Reports were given on the Flea Market held on J une 30 which were very gratifying.The Guild wishes to thank all those who helped make the flea market successful.Plans were made for the Summer Bazaar to be held on Saturday.July 28 from 3 to 5.There will be a Food.Handicraft, White Elephant and Surprise package table.Afternoon tea will be served.Hatley Mrs.William Cutler Stephanie and Kathy Hodges of Florida have been visiting their unde and aunt.Mr.and Mrs.Michael Bradley and cousins, Lee and Erica.Mr.and Mrs.David Hartwell, Sarah and Steven of Ottawa and Mr.and Mrs Gordon Clyne and Tara Drew of Stittsville spent the holiday weekend with their parents and grandparents.Mr.and Mrs.Wallace Hartwell and they all, along with Roland Bowen attended the 50th wedding anniversary supper and party for Mr.and Mrs, Douglas Mayhew of Stanstead at Salle Burrough’s Falls on Saturday, June 30.Mr.and Mrs Bill Cutler and Mrs Roy McIntyre attended the anniversary party in the evening Toni Morse and Carl Smith of Ottawa spent the holiday weekend with her parents, Mr and Mrs De Imar Morse Mr and Mrs.Stanley Gage spent the weekend in La Tuque where they attended the La Tuque school reunion celebration.Stan was the school principal there in the 1950s.The Gages have now left to join a camping caravan trip through several U S states and Canadian provinces.Friends of thirteen-year old Kathy Locke will be sorry to hear that she was accidentally injured at the Canada Day celebrations on July 2 Kathy suffered a bad injury to her right leg which severed 90 percent of the achilles tendon.She was rushed to the Sherbrooke Hospital by her parents.Mr and Mrs.Mike Locke and underwent emergency surgery that evening She is now at her home with a cast from her toes to her hip on the in jured leg for six weeks Kathy would be pleased to have her school friends visit her as due to the nature of her injury she will be confined to her home for the sum mer Her address is R R 3 (Hat ley), Ayer’s Cliff, Que JOB ICO.attending.The Richmond QFA directors will be selling tickets for the QYF benefit night at the Piggery Theatre.The play ‘ Wingfield’s Polly", a continuation of last years play will be playing for QYF benefit on August 1st.8:30 p in., $'5,00 per ticket The Richmond QFA farmers market will be held at the Com munity Centre on Sept 21, 22 and 23.Please call 848-2000 for tables.Courses planned for next year will include a follow up at course, computer courses, maple product courses, beef days, gardening and landscaping days.The Richmond QFA wishes everyone an enjoyable summer (see you in the fall).East Angus Mrs.Murray Labonte 832-2397 Mrs.Melissa Bouleriee, Burlington, Vt .spent a few days with her friend Marie MacLeod at the home of her grandparents, Mr.and Mrs.Murray Labonte other callers at the same home were Mr and Mrs.Tom Ingram of Asteen, Florida.Mr.Leslie MacLeod of Florida also called to see his granddaughters Marie, Lynette at the same home.Mr and Mrs Leslie Wilkin and Mrs.Isabel Kinnear spent three week at the Kinnear collage at Mir-row Lake.Mr.and Mrs.Tom Ingrain.Florida also called on Mr.and Mrs Walter Thorneloe.Mr.and Mrs.Ronald Currier, Bradinton, Florida spent a week guests of Mrs.Currier brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs Edward Tincarre.They were also supper guests of Mrs.Marjory Rowland and Miss Margaret Rowland, Mr.Byron McKeage, Sarnia, Ont was also a guest one day.Mr.Byron McKeage, Sarnia.Ont., spent a few days at his sister home Mrs.Helen Hayes who came home from St Paul's Home in Bury for a few days with him.Mrs.Eleanor Taylor, Birchton was a supper guest of her brother and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs.Murray Labonte.Mrs.Karen MacLeod and her two daughters, Marie and Lynette have arrived from Tucson Arizona and will be staying with her pa rents Mr.and Mrs.Murray Labonte.Mr and Mrs.WilliamGrahamof Lennoxville called at the home of Mrs.Marjory Rowland and Miss Margaret Rowland Mrs.Kenneth Thornecraft, Stittsville.Ont.spent a few days at her mother home, and her mother Mrs.Isabella Cruickshank of St.Paul’s Home in Bury joined her for a few days.Recent guests of Mrs.Irene Rolfe were her two sons and their wives, mr and Mrs.Bruce Rolfe from Ottawa, Ont , and Mr.and Mrs Brian Rolfe and daughter Kelly from Edmonton.Alba.One day they visited Park Safari in hemmingford.Mr.and Mrs.Gerald Ayus, Beaverton.Ont.spent a few days guests of Mr.and Mrs Rodger Heatherington.They also visited Mrs.Ayers mother at St Paul Rest home in Bury and Mr Heatherington in Sawyerville Senior Home Foster Recent guests of Mrs.Elvia Johnson were Mr and Mrs.Keith Johnson and daughter Beth of Spencerville, Ont., Erwin Johnson and Jeannine; Wesley Johnson.Rose and daughters.Linda and Jennie, all of Pierrefonds, Que Erwin and Jeannme.Wesley, Rose and daughters Linda and Jen nie visited their mother and grand mother.Elvia Johnson on Mother's Day.Mr and Mrs Hugh Boyce, Smithers, B C , visited Mrs Boyce's sister.Elvia Johnson in Foster and also spent some time with another sister, Anna Bickford in Sutton They visited other rela lives and many friends in the Townships and Vermont.US A Their last night, June 11th was spent w ith Elvia in Foster and ear ly June 12th.they left on their wa> home, planning to spend the weekend with Hugh's brother.Bar ney Boyce and family in Carleton Place.Ont They will also visit their daughter Carol and husband Iami Gress in Saskatchewan and their son Dave and family as they pass through, hoping to arrive home by July 1st.meeting, the ladies went down stairs where several members «I the men's unit were assembled June chose this time to present the Men's President t And Hus lady owes me alol But to me it's just an everyday thing Because joy and excitement is what she brim: Someday I hope I'll be more like her Ixiving.supporting and a great mother M \HYSi: BEI IV EAU Stoke.Que L Professional Directory i 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