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Brome County News January 2, 1992 St-Armand: Small town does just fine with two languages General Store: If it isn’t for sale you probably don’t want it Stop smoking: Laser therapy might work if you really want it to Brome Closet: McCully rings in the New Year with a wish-list Artist Handles Nature With Care See page 5 PHOTO/CAROLINE KUTSCHKE RtE 139 WEST BROME P Q .514-263-3294 J THOSE REFINED GIFTS & DISCOVERIES.The Blue Box with the Gold Dot :W LAKESIDE KNOWI-TON, QUEBEC s it-24:{-o i:$o B2—The RECORD—Thursday, January 2, 1992 Brome Countv Community Billboard Community Calendar Friday, January 3 Brome Lake Singles meet at 7:30 at 1080 Knowl-ton Road, West Brome.Program: Orientation for new members, planing of activities.Cost $1.50 members, $2.50 non members.For more info call 266-0&83.January 9 and 16 Kay and Bill Burton, respected instructors in round dancing, will be offering classes in Basic Round Dance steps.There will be an open house at which all interested dancers are invited to attend a free introduction to this enjoyable form of recreation and exercise.Classes will be held at the United Church Hall, 203 Principale, Cowansville at 8:00pm.Casual dress and soft-soled shoes are recommended.Further information may be obtained from Pat Potvin, 263-3809 or Jean de la Mare 263-1061.Church Services St.Edouard Church, Knowlton — Saturday: 7 p.m.Eucharistic Celebration, French — Sunday: 9 a.m.English, 10:30 a.m.French St.Paul’s Anglican Church, Knowlton.— 8 a.m.Every Sunday: Holy communion book of common prayer.— 10 a.m.1st, 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month: Holy communion.3rd Sunday: Morning prayer.Parish of Brome Anglican Fourth Sunday — 9:30 a.m.Ascension, West Brome — 2:30 p.m.St.Aiden, Sutton Junction — 11 a.m.Holy Trinity, Iron Hill — 11 a.m.St.John Evangelist, Brome Grace Anglican Church, Principale Street in Sutton — Sundays: 10:30 a.m.Holy Eucharist — Christmas Eve service: 11 p.m.Calvary United Church, Pleasant and Maple St.in Sutton Olivet Baptist Church, Maple Street in Sutton — Sunday: 11:30 a.m.St-André de Sutton, Main Street North —________tel ifscara CIRCULATION DEPT.819-569-9528 FAX: (819) 569-3945 KNOWLTON OFF.: 514-243-0088 FAX: 514-243-5155 Randy Kinnear, Publisher.569-9511 Charles Bury, Editor .569-6345 Lloyd G.Scheib, Advertising Manager 569-9525 Richard Lessard, Production Manager.569*9931 Mark Guillette, Press Superintendent 569-9931 Guy Renaud, Graphics .569-4856 Francine Thibault, Composition .569-9931 Subscriptions by Carrier weekly Subscriptions by Mail: SI.80 Canada: 1 year- S78.00 6 months- S39 00 3 monlhs- S19 50 1 month- $16.00 U S.4 Foreign: 1 year- $159.00 6 months- S97 00 3 months- $65 00 1 month- $34 00 These prices do not include GST Back copies of The Record are 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 (est.1837) and the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879’ Published Monday to Friday by The Record Division, Groupe Québécor Inc.Offices and plant located at 2850 Delorme Street, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1K 1A1.Publications Mail Registration No.1064.Member of Canadian Press Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation — Saturday: 7 p.m.— Sunday: 8 a.m.and 11 a.m.All Saints Anglican Church, Abercom — Sunday: 9:15 a.m.— Chrismas Eve service: 9 p.m.St-Simon d’Abercorn — Sunday: 9:30 a.m.Notre Dame des Graces, Glen Sutton — Sunday: 8:30 a.m.Dunham United Church, Dunham — Regular service 9:30 a.m.All Saints Anglican Church, Dunham — first Sunday of the month: Choral Eucharist (BCP) — third Sunday of the month: Morning Prayer (BCP) —- second, fourth, and fifth Sundays of the month: Choral Eucharist BAS (1962 Rite) Note-Book of common prayer is used in all festivals.Trinity Church, Cowansville — 9:00 a.m.Holy Communion BAS (1962 Rite) — 10:30 a.m.Holy Communion BAS (Modern Rite) and church school.Christ Church, Cowansville, will meet at 330 Bruce Blvd, Cowansville — 10 a.m.Holy Communion according to the Book of Common Prayer (There will be only one service of worship each Sunday in the Cowansville-area United Church.All services are at 9:30.) Cowansville area pastoral charge — Sunday Worship in East Farnham at 9:30 — Emmanuel United in Cowansville, worship and Sunday school at 11 o’clock.Emmanuel United Church, Cowansville — Worship and Sunday school at 11.Bishop Stewert Memorial Church of The Holy Trinity, Frelighsburg — 9:00 a.m.Services and Church School Holy Communion-BAS (Modern Rite) except fourth Sunday each month where morning prayer is said.Granby United Church, 101 Principal Street — Worship and Sunday School 11:00 — Bible Study Tuesday 12 noon-1 p.m.St.James the Apostle, Stanbridge East.(Monthly schedule of 10:30 a.m.services) — First Sunday, Holy Communion (BCP).— Second Sunday morning prayer(BCP).— Third Sunday 1962 Eucharist (BAS).— Fourth Sunday, Modem Eucharist (BAS).— Fifth Sunday, Morning Prayer (BAS).Bethel Pentecostal Church, South Bolton.— Sunday School 10 a.m.— morning worship 11 a.m.— evening worship, 7 p.m.— Wednesday Prayer service: 7 p.m.St-Cajétan, Mansonville.— Saturday: 7 p.m.; Sunday: 9 a.m.— Tuesday: 7 p.m.; Thursday: 7 p.m.St-Thomas Apôtre, South Bolton.— Sunday: 11 a.m.— Friday: 10 a.m.Arts Calendar Saturday, January 25 Visual Arts workshops for children ages 6-13 years, at 10:00am at the Arts Sutton Gallery.There will be an introduction to simple techniques in relief on linoleum under the guidance of Marcel Bellerive.Arts Sutton Gallery, 7 Academy St., Sutton.Linocuts by: Denis Beaudin, Francine Beauvais, Bruno Joyal, Camille Leduc and Albert Wallot.Vernissage: Saturday, Jan.4 from 2pm to 5pm.Open Thursday, Friday, Sunday from 1pm to 5pm.Saturday from 10am 12, 1pm to 5pm.The gallery also presents an ongoing exhibition entitled Transparency.The exhibit will include the works of 30 artists who explore the “see-through” possibilities of glass, plexiglass, acetate, paper, acrylic, watercolor and oils.Community Notes Mothers, fathers and caregivers are invited to come with their children, newborn to five-years old, for a morning of socializing and play at the sports and cultural centre, located at 20 Church Street in Bromont, every Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:30-11:30.It’s free.Flea market at 910 Main street, Cowansville, every Saturday, from 9-4.For information, call 263-0461.Brome Community billboard is published as a free service to the community.If you have a notice you wish to have appear in the Billboard send it to: Brome County Community Billboard, c/o The Record, 88 Lakeside Road, Brome Lake, Quebec JOE 1V0; or 2850 Delorme, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 1A1.Or just drop by the Knowlton office.Material must be received by Monday noon the week of publication.Always be sure to include a phone number.“Best Wishes for a Safe and Wealthy Wezo year ‘J-rotn ‘Everyone at ‘The ‘Record. The RECOUD—Thursday, .January 2, 1992—IW St-Armand beats the odds By Sharon McCully ST-ARMAND — Call it the eighth wonder of the world.This small village of 1000, which borders the United States along Lake Champlain, seems to have bucked the tide.In spite of the perceived cultural and economic threat of living less than five kilometres from the American border this town, which is home to both farmers and internationally known French writers and artists, appears to have insulated itself from many of the economic and political woes facing small Quebec municipalities.Common sense and neighborly respect remain the cornerstones of municipal politics.You might say Brent Chamberlin, mayor of this bilingual town, is just carrying on a family tradition.“My father was on town council either as a councillor or mayor for 17 years,” the 40-year-old farmer, mechanic, horse breeder, and Canada Customs agent said in an interview this week.WHAT LANGUAGE PROBLEM?The fluently bilingual anglophone couldn’t even say for sure in which language he conducts council meetings.“Both, I guess,” he said, after thinking about it for a moment.“Everyone is so bilingual here we go from French to English without even noticing we’ve changed languages.But mostly we speak French.” Chamberlin says the picturesque village has escaped the hook of developers because of its rich and fertile farmland.“All the land is zoned for farming so you couldn’t build on it even if you wanted to,” Chamberlin said.The quiet and scenic farm community, which boasts the longest stretch of frontage along Lake Champlain, is recognized as one of Quebec’s most fertile farmlands.“It’s one of the largest grain producing communities in North America, and we also nave some of the better dairy cattle,” said Chamberlin who farms some 1000 acres of land in the town himself.SAVINGS ACCOUNT But St-Armand has other claims to fame as well.Like its 32 cent mill rate for municipal taxes — plus money in the bank.“When the tax money comes in I put it in term deposits,” Chamberlin said.The town also claims the smallest covered bridge in Quebec, three active quarries, a general store that sells soup, nuts for your outboard motor, and a unique limestone vein.And each fall, hundreds of thousands of snow geese make St-Armand their last stop to fat- ten up on corn before heading south for the winter.The town’s lumber mill, which until recently employed 20, is now the latest victim of the recession.In anticipation of some 70 kilometres of dirt road bequeathed to the municipality in the municipal reform package drafted by municipal affairs minister Claude Ryan, the town plans to purchase a new grader this year.PAY CASH “We’ll pay cash for the grader,” Chamberlin said proudly.“Well shop around and maybe get a good second hand one that well have whether the reforms go through or not.” And when the town completes planned renovations on its historic town hall this year, those bills will be paid from cash reserves as well.The former railway station, converted into the town headquarters and community center, got some help from the unlikely partner.Hydro Quebec.“Five or six years ago when Hydro wanted to construct installations in our town to sell power to the United States, they gave a percentage of the cost of the installation to the town for a worthwhile project,” explained Chamberlin.But not before one St-Armand farmer — and former UFA executive — took the utility to court to ensure the route chosen would not adversely affect farmland.COURT CASE Chamberlin says the town coffers are in good shape because of good and careful management.This, in spite of spending $35,000 in court costs last year to successfully defend the town against charges from the former municipal secretary of wrongful dismissal.“We don’t spend any money on anything we don’t have to,” Chamberlin said.The town recently signed an agreement with neighboring Philipsburg for fire protection services, and it provides its own sand and snow removal for winter road maintenance.An inter-municipal agreement takes care of garbage collection.“We don’t have sidewalks and we don’t want them,” Chamberlin added.And townsfolk have, for the most part, solved the environmental problem of sewage dispo- See ST-ARMAND, page 4.i -i ! • Ml ! ; « V; .- :.;:F j 1 ; Jit I ¦ Wm IK : a* Chamberlin: ‘We don’t spend money on anything we don’t have to.’ r~ Sport Cards & Supplies • UPPER DECK • SCORE • FLEER • DONRUSS • CLASSIC • BOWMAN • PLATNIUM • STADIUM • TOPPS WAX PACKS A SETS • PRO SET ALl AT GOOD PRICES IN BUSINESS FOR THE KIDS rs Pharmacy Main St.Enosburg Falls, Vt.802-933-8300 9 i't fir,,, ,,,,.1 lEccara DEBBIE POWELL Advertising Consultant Tél.(514) 243-0088 Fax: (514)243-5155 MAÇONNERIE BISSONNETTE INC.'thank !!»“ ,0 all ni'j customers lor then • contractors • bricklayers • masons specialty: fireplaces J.Charles Bissonnette Abercorn 538-2583 Roméo Bissonnette Sutton 538-3230 -&t À 314 Principale Cowansville Tel: 263-4077 Turner, La vin.Monk & Farr BAPRiSTERS 4 SOLICITORS Wc wist) roil dll ti Ihwr Iwlithw Benson’s fiicctniQS Til Knowlton Rd.Knowlton Tel: 242-1352 « PLOMBERIE GILBERT • Chauffage • Brûleurs à l'huile • Pompes à eau • Champs d'épuration • Heating • Oil Burner • Water Pump • Drainage Field PLOMBERIE - PLUMBING 243-6785 49 Mont Echo, Knowlton FRIDAY NIGHT SPECIAL All The Clam Strips You Can Eat *6.95 Enter Our Monthly Drawing for FREE D—ER FOR TWO Stamped Guest Check Means FREE MEAL! 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Knowlton Rd.Rm 7, Knowlton By appointment only: 514-242-1472 rrhe Restaurant 1 SANTIAGO lîetf RESTAURANT '¦ijnV, mtËÊ&zJs&S Fajucnz !Ss>lS cuisine française 212.rue Maple B & B Sutton, Québec fl—rvtton» (5141 538-2660 A New Year wish-list for some of our favorite people Some of our favorite people have major challenges ahead of them in 1992 and I thought it only right to offer them these small tokens for the new year: For Cowansville mayor Jacques Charbonneau: A jug of town water and a port-o-let.Premier Robert Bourassa: A picket fence with multiplesized posts.Knowlton Pub owner Gerry Wood: A teeny-bopper beeper.Environment Minister Pierre Paradis: A week fishing on the Pike River.Record editor Charles Bury: A diet that includes donuts.Brome Lake Mayor Homer Blackwood: Councillor Michael Caluori.PQ leader Jacques Parizeau: A supply of do-it-yourself passport and currency kits.Bernard Landry: Army-popguns that backfire.MP Gabrielle Bertrand: A pair of embossed scissors to reflect good Conservative acts / Brome closet By Sharon McCully nL_jl L at official ribbon-cuttings.Knowlton merchants: A wee-ping willow for weekend browsers to sit under in Col-dbrook Park.Constitutional Affairs Minister Joe Clark: A kiosk at Bar-num & Bailey’s travelling circusr Action Quebec: A copy of the History of Quebec prior to 1976.Prime Minister Brian Mulro-ney: A case of Krazy Glue to hold the country together (GST included), until he can stick the blame on someone else.Justice Minister Gil Remilliard: A day in Cowansville court.Municipal Affairs Minister Claude Ryan: A fair price for his collection of Keystone Cops.Eastern Townships Tourist Association: A guided tour of the Eastern Townships.Bloc Québécois leader Lucien Bouchard: A diplomatic exchange with Reed Scowen.Sutton Township Mayor Raymond Robilliard: A Vanna White look-alike to spin the wheel and help him make a decision.Equality party leader Robert Libman: Followers.To all of you: A sense of humor and a very happy New Year.ST-ARMAND 'tAh.I| I Mayor Chamberlin at town hall.From lost pinte sal at no cost to taxpayers.MOST HAVE SYSTEM Most people, except for a few in the town have their own septic systems," Chamberlin said.“Those in town with enough land will have to put in their own systems at their own cost." Chamberlin said the town has agreed to provide town land at no charge to the four or five Bruce Ruiwsby & Sons Transport Inc.Happy New Year to All EAST FARNHAM TEL 263-3415 remaining households to install septic tanks.“I hope by the fall of ’92 they’ll all be done and it won’t cost the town a penny, “he said.Chamberlin describes the town he grew up in and now administers a “quiet, safe, and nice place to bring up a family.” “I shouldn’t say it, but a lot of people leave their doors ?i i1 icked and keys in their cars,” In: said.“l don’t know how long it can stay like that, but so fiir we’ve been lucky.I can honestly say I’ve never seen a provincial police car drive down the street here in 13 years.” “We’re pretty proud of our town and our record," Chamberlin said. Artist follows natural flow to create furniture By Caroline Kutschke BOLTON CENTER — While the rest of the western world is still getting used to recycling garbage, Lome Whitehead has been recycling nature’s own refuse for the last 25 years.He calls it functional art.Darlene, his wife, calls it “his gift.” Whatever the name, White-head is probably the only woodworker in the area known to make furniture and other home objects from scratch.That is, he starts with a log and ends with a polished, handmade log chest.Or, he starts with a slice cut off a 110-year-old fallen willow tree and ends with a polished one-of-a-kind kitchen table.Or, he goes into the woods, finds just the right type of fallen or diseased tree, or tree roots, and creates more uniquely handcrafted furniture.SPECIAL PIECE “It’s almost endless what you can find,” says Whitehead, 47.“You can make so many things, and there’s always that one special piece.” Whitehead lives in a fairy tale-like home featured in two Tours des Arts, tours of Eastern Townships artists in their home workshops.His house is likened by friends to the fabled Hobbit Hut because of its interior decorating and furniture.But the main work goes on in the workshop behind his house.There, Whitehead works with equipment he built or restructured to fit logs, or with handtools which he says do the work just as effectively.The wood is dried for about three months in a space above the living room where the temperature can get as high as 80 degrees Fahrenheit.“I’ve also been known to use my wife’s oven,” to force-dry the wood, which takes seven to eight days, he adds.Entirely self-taught, White-head makes a point of using and keeping the wood’s natural cn a NATURAL FLOW “It’s a different form (of ‘ woodworking), but simple.Wood is usually cut in all straight lines, but this follows the natural flow,” Whitehead explained.Starting from scratch was born of his natural creative spirit and of necessity.“I mainly needed to have my Please see ARTIST, page 6.The RECORD—Thursday, January 2, 1992_B5 la caisse populaire de Waterloo CENTRE DE SERVICES 459 RUE KNOWLTON VILLE DE LAC BROME SIÈGE SOCIAL 4990 RUE FOSTEH/C.P 200 WATERLOO 242-1270 1514) 539 1023 ÆwmÊÊm Prc Pet m LAVI ÆmOT'v Produits Pétroliers LAVICNE Inc KNOWLTON Paul Lavigne 0 242-1122 HEATING OIL DIESEL LUBRICANTS COWANSVILLE Jean Paul Falardeau / 266-0522 Lome Whitehead calls his pieces ‘functional art.’ OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY We all agree, it's vital.cssr W.D.Duke Associates Ltd.Business Consultants and Estate Settlements Income tax, Farm transfers, Computer, Bookkeeping and Accounting Services W.D.Duke, CA W.G.Duke, M.BA V.Duke, Estate Officer Peter Giddings, CA J.R.Boule, Consultant 109 William St.Cowansville, Que.J2K 1K9 (514) 263-4123 Fax: 263-3489 316 Knowlton Rd.Knowlton, Que.JOE 1V0 (514) 243-5021 Serving the Eastern Townships community for 30 years florist flowers & flings 25 Main St.Sutton 538-8269 JAN.-25-50% SALE plants, gifts, decorations | 1992 Weddings j I Book your wedding in January and we will pay the GST and PST.Call foi I I an appointment: 538-8269.Duvet Plus 25 Main St.Sutton 538-8269 >_ qoew