The record, 1 avril 1987, mercredi 1 avril 1987

Wednesday Births, deaths .10 Classified .8 Comics .9 Editorial .4 Education .5 Farm & Business .7 Living .6 Sports .11 Townships .3 K t»\\ MU *Mt i> M.t Kk'HVk»M o Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Wednesday, April 1, 1987 40 cents * l i ] 4 | “Don’t tell me.I know the face.You’re.” Ste-Thérèse GM plant has no guarantees of staying open By Dennis Bueekert STE-THERESE.Que. — General Motors confirmed Tuesday it will modernize its factory here with $220 million in interest-free government loans, but the firm gave no guarantees about how long the plant will stay open.“There aren't any guarantees ever in this business,” GM Canada president George Peapples said in an interview after a ceremony featuring no fewer than 10 speakers, including four cabinet ministers.Premier Robert Bourassa and union leaders.Asked why a Canadian subsidiary that made $418 million in profit last year needs government aid to spruce up a plant.Peapples said the investment involves “a level of risk such that General Motors is not willing to act on its own.' The deal involves a total investment of $450 million at the plant north of Montreal, with Ottawa and Quebec each contributing $110 million to the 30-year loan to GM.The plant’s payroll fluctuates between 3.500 and 4.000.GM said it “expects" to keep the plant open for several years, but Peapples would not give any speci- fic guarantees.He left open the possibility that the plant could close as early as 1990, but said that in such an event.General Motors would repay part of the loan ahead of schedule "There w ould be an acceleration tin repayment of the loani of $75 million that would have to be paid equally divided between the two governments by April 1991." he said Otherwise, the company won't have to begin paying back the loan for 30 vears.not In u.s.Peapples said General Motors had not received the same type of financing for plant modernization in the United States.Out of the $450-million investment.from $200-million to $250-million will be used for a robotized paint plant, and the rest will be used to modernize assembly facilities.Asked whether existing employment levels will be maintained.Peapples said, “It still depends on what the market will be.We will have the potential to utilize our employment base.'’ He said that there could actually be some layoffs while construction of the new paint plant is under w ay “During the transition there will some employees that w ill be on temprorary layoff until we determine just exactly how many we will need.'' he said "It s our anticipation that we will be close to our current employment levels." In his speech at the ceremony.Peapples said in English the plant employs 4,000.but the French text of the speech that was given reporters gave a figure of 3,500 Asked about the discrepancy, Peapples said he did not know the exact number.Rt-rORI) PKRRY HI.ATON André Labranche of Mansonville spent Tuesday afternoon trying to save his family’s woodpile from floating down the flood-swollen Missisquoi River.M VviAVÉ 4 ti * /i Rising rivers worry police; evacuations on By Charles Bury SHERBROOKE — Water was beginning to fill some basements and cover low-lying roads early Wednesday as spring thaw conditions reached their peak and Eastern Townships rivers bulged out of their beds.In Mansonville Tuesday residents began the thankless task of moving property uphill and out of the way of the Missisquoi River, which has a reputation of going over its banks.In Weedon Quebec Police force patrolmen rescued an elderly couple stranded in their cottage in the lowlands below the dam across the St.Francis there.Police in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Ascot Township and Weedon were on full alert after the St.Francis and Massawippi rivers began to overflow.Lennoxville-Ascot police Capt.Peter Martin reported at 8 a m.that the Massawippi “is still going up fast,” while the St.Francis is rising “but more slowly.” PARK FLOODED Where the St.Francis and Massawippi meet in Lennoxville, Little Forks street was closed and the Optimist park was under a foot or more of water.Nearby in Ascot Township water covered MacDonald and Brother roads, both near the Massawippi, Martin reported.Several families on Brothers were asked to leave by police.“Some left but some stayed,” Martin said.“It’s their choice, eh?” Route 108 was closed at Capelton at about 7:30 a.m.“The little road by the covered bridge is under water and some people there are getting ready to leave,” he said.Martin said the St.Francis seems to be “stabilizing”.But he said police are keeping a closer eye on the Massawippi.The shorter Massawippi.fed by the lake of the same name and the Coaticook, Moe’s, Salmon and As- cot rivers, is more volatile.“It’s blocking at the bridges," he said.“At the Fairview Bridge in Lennoxville and the Route 108 bridge in Capleton.” ‘Is Bobby Bilingualism dead?’ — Fortier By Edison Stewart OTTAWA (CPi — The two-year-old overhaul of Ottawa’s 18-year-old Official Languages Act is beginning to take on all the twists and suspense of television’s Dallas soap opera, the federal government’s bilingualism watchdog said Tuesday.“Is Bobby Bilingualism really dead or will it all turn out to be a bad parliamentary dream?" Official Languages Commissioner D'Iberville Fortier asked rhetorically in his annual report to Parliament.Under way since 1985.the results of the review were promised for last fall, then by Christmas, then the spring, and Fortier said he now understands the amendments will be introduced by early May — around the same time, he noted, as Prime Mini er Brian Mulroney meets the premiers to discuss Quebec's grievances on the Constitution.D'Iberville Fortier.amendments by May?\ J But although he said the reasons for the delay are unclear, he appeared slightly less critical than he was last year, when he angered Mulroney by openly questioning whether the government could walk and chew gum at the same time.The bespectacled former diplomat told a news conference he has-been consulted on the forthcoming reforms and — while they are still subject to change — “what we saw was reassuring in the sense that an effort was made to meet some of the principal points that had been raised in the past.” Among other things.Fortier has been urging Ottawa to expand bilingualism through co-operation with the provinces and the private sector.He also wants the government to legislate the right of civil servants to work in their own language where possible while maintaining service to the public, and to make it easier for citizens to take the government to court if they feel the act is not being applied properly.Fortier also wants the right to initiate court proceedings himself in certain test cases.NO SPECIFICS Secretary of State David Crom-bie told reporters outside the Commons later that the reforms will be introduced “shortly" but would not be more specific or elaborate on the content.And although Fortier had noted that Crombie is reported to have told a New Brunswick newspaper the changes would be in by early May.Crombie denied it.In any case, Fortier said that while Ottawa spent much of 1986 “sniffing the winds of change, other actors on the language scene all but stole the show." He especially praised the government of Ontario “In the hands of a new administration, Ontario’s traditional gradualism turned out to be the 'sleeper' of the year, not only delivering new legislative guarantees of provincial services and educational facilities in French but doing so with all-party support and in ever closer consultation with its Fran-co-Ontarian minority.“Applause is in order." Fortier regretted the continuing debate in Quebec over the legality of signs in languages other than French, but rejoiced “that new legislation adopted in Quebec will henceforth guarantee for the first time the delivery of health and social services in English." However.Fortier was critical of most other provinces for not living up to their obligations — written into the Constitution in 1982 — to provide minority-language education where numbers warrant."Five years later that right remains largely unrealized in many JUNEAU.Alaska t AP) — A col-; lision between a jet and a fish in I the air delayed an Alaska ! Airlines flight for about an hour while the plane was inspected for ; damage.“They found a greasy spot with I some scales, but no damage." said Paul Bowers.Juneau airport manager.The fish was dropped by a bald eagle.The collision occurred as the Boeing 737 took off Monday from j Juneau, the pilot told Bowers.About 130 metres past the runway.the jet crossed the flight I________________________________ provinces and territories,” he reported.“Minority parents have knocked on all the appropriate provincial doors without much success — except.to some extent, in New Brunswick.Quebec and Ontario — and are.in several instances, expensively embroiled in legal cases to have the authorities do their plain constitutional duty." This lack of action “is becoming a major blot on Canada's concept of herself as a decent, forward-looking country that can give lessons to the world in ethnolinguistic tolerance and political self-respect." On the federal scene, Fortier said most institutions did little better than hold their own.'The number of complaints from the public about such ser vices rose from 913 in 1985 to 1.583 this year (1986).an increase of 73 per cent." path of the eagle, fish in talons."The law of the jungle prevailed," Bow'ers said."As the larger bird approached.the smaller bird dropped its prey.” The fish hit a small window at the top of the cockpit.Bowers said.A mechanic was sent to the plane's next stop i i Yakutat, 300 kilometres to the r rthwest.said Jerry Kvasnikoff, Alaska Airlines customer-service manager in Juneau.The eagle apparently escaped injury.Boeing 737 not damaged in collision with fish Widow says she may prosecute Choke hold killed Harvey—Coroner By Gary Regenstreif QUEBEC (CP) — A choke-hold used by Quebec provincial police to subdue Gaston Harvey during a scuffle at an Oct.25 demonstration was the main cause of his death later that night, a coroner’s report said Tuesday.The 115-page report by special coroner Robert San si aeon said a combi nation of alcohol and stress also contributed to the death of the unem ployed father of two in police custody.The choke-hold police used while trying to arrest Harvey triggered his death by causing either a heart attack or suffocation on his own vo mit, said the report.“The immediate cause of death could be either the neck hold bringing on cardiac arrest or breathing in of gastric contents.but the ori gin remains theheadlock," it said.Solicitor General Gerard Latu-lippe told reporters later that the Justice Department will decide whether to lay criminal charges.AWAITING REPORT He said he is awaiting an internal report from th provincial police before deciding if disciplinary action should be taken against such officers as Const.Pierre Marceau, who admitted in testimony at an inquest to drinking before scuffling with Harvey.But Latulippe said he believes provincial police can impartially conduct their own investigation under a new code of ethics which put more civilians on the force’s committee handling complaints from the public.A spokesman for Justice Minister Herbert Marx said the department is still studying the report on the death of Harvey, who quickly became a martyr for the Quebec labor movement.Harvey, 38, died after his arrest during a protest march at the Manoir Richelieu in Pointe-au-Pic, 150 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, where he was accompanying his wife, a former employee of the luxury resort.Sansfacon recommended in the report that only experienced police officers apply such the choke-hold and be warned of the dangers involved.Harvey’s arresting officer did not have such experience, the report said.Latulippe said he asked the head of the Quebec police training insti tute in Nicolet Tuesday to prepare a manual for proper use of self- defence and subduing techniques for officers.Sansfacon.a sessions judge, was ordered to conduct the inquest after the Confederation of National Trade Unions accused police of “killing" Harvey.But following strict guidelines of Quebec's new coroner’s act, Sansfacon did not lay blame for Harvey's death, establishing only the probable causes and circumstances surrounding it MAY FILE SUIT Jeannine Harvey, the victim’s widow, said in a telephone interview from La Maibaie that she will “probably” launch a civil suit against provincial police or some of its officers.She appealed for drastic changes in police handling of suspects to avoid similar incidents in the fu turc.“Things need to be changed,” she said.“I don’t want what happe ned to me to happen to others.” And CNTU president Gerald La rose said the report confirmed his earlier comments that Harvey would have still been alive had police not held him in the headlock.Three utopsies were performed on Harvey and 82 witnesses were called at the emotionally-charged month long inquest during which more than 5,000 pages of testimony were recorded.Harvey was "moderately inloxi cated” with 120 milligrams of alco hoi in his blood the night he died, the report said.He struggled with police for three or four minutes, during which two headlocks were applied for a total of a minute and a half.The march was organized to protest against hotel owner Raymond Malenfant, who hired new staff to replace 350 unionized workers af ter he bought the resort from the Quebec government a year ago.The dispute has still not been settled.PQ wants commission to examine freer trade QUEBEC (CP) — A provincial parliamentary commission should be convened to examine Quebec’s position on freer trade with the United States, Parti Québécois Leader Pierre Marc Johnson said Tuesday.Johnson said Quebecers need to know what measures the government plans to take to protect jobs in such sectors as footwear and Pierre Marc Johnson.What would be left?clothing manufacturing, currently protected by tariffs.And the Opposition leader said any freer trade deal should exclude such areas as language policy and culture, expressing fears that Quebec’s cultural identity might be swamped by its powerful U.S.neighbor.“What the devil would be left here?" he asked.He also said Quebec's right to manage its own natural resources should not be touched.Although negotiations with the United States appear to be reaching an advanced phase, it is not too late for a public examination of Quebec’s stand.Johnson said.Premier Robert Bourassa has been a staunch advocate of freer trade but has stressed he would reject any deal that threatened the province's interests.Prime Minister Brian Mulroney recently won the backing of the premiers for another three months of negotiations with the United States but the first ministers failed to agree on whether the provinces should formally ratify a deal » 2—The RECORD—Wednesday, April 1, 1987 Lung disease spread by parasites kills 36 animals at Winnipeg zoo WINNIPEG (CP) — An almost unknown parasite that attacks the .lungs has wiped out caribou and ;;-mule deer herds at the Assiniboine £ Park Zoo and forced a herd of rein-.deer into quarantine Since the parasite Besnoitia ta-: randi was first detected four years : ago.36 animals have died or been destroyed, 20of them since the fall.zoo director Clive Roots said ;• Monday.1 ‘‘This is the most serious loss at any Canadian zoo for a long, long time,” Roots said.‘ We're the first and only zoo to experience this nasty business.” Officials have quarantined a herd of infected reindeer to prevent the parasite, believed to be carried by flies, from spreading to five other species of deer.The parasite had only previously been detected in wild herds of caribou and reindeer in Alaska and the Northwest Territories, where it is spread by foxes or wolves feeding on animal carcasses, said Roots ‘‘We’ve never had a reindeer or caribou from there, but obviously there has been a carrier which has brought the infection,” he said For that reason, zoo officials weren't alarmed when three caribou born at the zoo became infected and died in 1983.The next year the infection spread to mule deer, a previously unknown host, and then flared up again last spring and fall.DIE SLOWLY The animals can die slow, painful deaths because cysts develop that cause chronic skin lesions and respiratory failure, said John Hra-no.the city’s acting parks director.“It’s a very cruel kind of infection,” Hrano said.“There is no cure, as far as we know’.” The 16 infected reindeer will be kept in fly-proof cages because officials believe biting insects spread the parasite.Any calves born this spring will also be isolated.“The risk will be reduced to minimal if we isolate the area and treat it as strictly quarantine.” said Roots.“There is some slight risk of spreading but I am prepared to take that rather than slaughter 16 animals.” Five other species of deer are susceptible to the parasite, including nine Sika deer and seven Pere ot.udviu s deer, which are both extinct in the wild.Zoo officials, who notified the city of the problem Monday, said federal and provincial agriculture departments won't become involved unless there is a danger the infection can spread to cattle.The deaths to date include the entire mule deer population of 11 animals.three reindeer and 22 of 25 caribou The cost of replacing the animals has been estimated at $35,000.Broadbent surprised at being left out of talks News-in-brief OTTAWA (CP) — NDP Leader Ed Broadbent raised his eyebrows Tuesday at his exclusion from a round of private meetings with United States President Ronald Reagan during a 24-hour summit here next week.Liberal Leader John Turner, the leader of the official Opposition in the Commons, is scheduled to meet Reagan privately for a half-hour on Monday.Reagan will meet Governor General Jeanne Sauvé after his arrival Sunday and then have several meetings with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney — including a working luncheon — before he leaves Monday following a special address to Parliament.But no meeting was arranged with Broadbent because tradition calls only for a meeting with the leader of the official Opposition, the party with the most opposition seats in the Commons, a Mulroney aide said Tuesday.“It’s customary to call on the leader of the official Opposition and that’s it." said Marc Lortie, Mulroney’s press secretary.“It comes as a surprise, frankly,” Broadbent said outside the Commons Tuesday when he was told about the meeting between Reagan and Turner.IN SECOND SPOT Turner’s Liberals hold 40 Commons seats, compared to the NDP's 30.But the New Democrats maintain a healthy second place to the Liberals in national public opinion polls.The Conservatives are third.Broadbent said that in similar circumstances in the past, he has met world leaders and “I have no idea why it wasn’t proposed at this time." Man paid $1,500 to be smuggled across border OTTAWA (CP) — A Turkish man who arrived in Canada last year paid a local man $1,500 US to smuggle him across the border into New York state, provincial court was told Tuesday.Serafettin Gunaydin, 42, a Canadian citizen who was born in Turkey, is charged with conspiracy.a criminal offence, for helping Mustafa Bayram elude U.S.officials at a border crossing.The usual penalty for conviction on a conspiracy charge is $1,000 if the accused has no previous criminal record.Bayram, testifying through an interpreter, said he began talking about going to the United States shortly after he arrived in Canada on Aug.3.He was given Gunay-din’s telephone number and made a call.“We asked him how much money he wanted and he said $1,500 a person," said Bayram.“He told us he was going to take us all the way to the border and leave us there.” Bayram said he paid the money and Gunaydin picked him up on Aug.24.He said there were two other Turkish people in the car.When they reached the border between Dundee, Que., and Fort Covington, N.Y., Gunaydin parked the car on a dirt road and told the men to cross the field into the United States after dark, Bayram testified.He said they ran across at about 10 p.m.RCMP investigators who had Gunaydin under surveillance alerted U.S.authorities that an illegal crossing was under way.Border patrol agents spotted four men and gave chase but the men fled, a U.S.official testified.Bayram was found hiding in bushes in Fort Covington, N Y.He was fined $25 for entering the country illegally and sent to jail for 10 days.He now faces a U.S.immigration hearing to determine whether he should be deported, said RCMP Cpl David Gendron.Gunaydin was arrested at his Ottawa home on Aug.29.The trial continues Thursday.Archbishop’s doing fine MONTREAL (CP) - Paul-Emile Cardinal Léger, who was admitted to hospital last weekend with pneumonia, is well on the way to recovery, his secretary said Tuesday.Colette Bellavance, who visited the former Roman Catholic archbishop of Montreal in his room at Hotel Dieu hospital, said the aged cleric was sitting in his armchair He was still getting antibiotics and inhalation therapy, she said, but his health is improving and, if his progress continues at the same rate, he could be released from hospital as early as next week, she said.MP concerned about credit idea OTTAWA (CP) — The idea of giving parents tax credits for day care when they don't have to provide receipts concerns Conservative MP Don Blenkarn, chairman of the Commons finance committee.“I usually find if you give a credit for something, you ought to have a receipt,” Blenkarn said in an interview Tuesday.The Conservative majority on the Commons day care committee recommended Monday that parents who use babysitters or other kinds of informal, unlicenced day care should be able to claim a tax credit of $200 for the first child under six years of age, $100 for the next child and $50 for each additional child.Tax blamed for high gas prices OTTAWA (CP) — Federal tax increases were largely responsible for the sharp rise in gasoline prices during the first quarter of 1987, the Canadian Automobile Association says.The tax hikes have pushed gasoline prices up two cents a litre since January and prompted industry and provincial governments to add their own increases, says the 2.5-million-member association.The federal excise tax on motor fuel increased one cent a litre on Jan.1 as announced in mid-1985.The tax went up a further one cent per litre on Feb.18 with the latest Conservative budget.Cree chief claims victory OTTAWA (CP) — A Federal Court judge refused on Tuesday to order the government to pay northern Quebec Cree $1.6 million.But Grand Chief Ted Moses claimed victory of a sort and said the decision will be appealed.The Cree, Canada’s first natives to achieve self-government, originally asked the court to order payment of just over $8 million they say they are owed under funding to cover self-government costs.They also requested another $5 million in damages and interest payments.Prisoner meant to kill shrink; shot cop instead ST-JEROME, Que.(CP) — Real Chartrand testified Tuesday that before shooting a police officer in 1971, he had really wanted to murder a psychiatrist he said made passes at him.Chartrand, 43, said Gilles Lefebvre.then assistant superintendent at the Pinel Institute for the criminally insane, took him out to dinner Oct.9.1971 and offered him a gold ring.“1 wasn’t interested,” Chartrand told a Quebec Superior Court jury.“I was seeing a woman who was pregnant and 1 wanted to marry her." Chartrand is asking the court for permission to seek parole after serving 15 years of a life sentence for shooting Const.Gabriel La-belle, a 24-year-old municipal po- lice officer, on Oct.12, 1971.He is the first prisoner to use Criminal Code provisions enacted in 1976 allowing convicts serving a life sentence to seek parole after serving 15 years instead of the usual 25 years given for first-degree murder.ALLOWED OUT Earlier testimony has indicated Lefebvre was instrumental in having Chartrand transferred to a ward where he was allowed out on day passes.Chartrand had been sent to Pinel from a penitentiary where he was serving another 15-year sentence.On Tuesday.Chartrand testified that Lefebvre made it clear at the dinner that if he rejected Le-febvre’s advances, the psychiatrist would make sure Chartrand returned to prison.1 -fag-l Hocoxn Georgs MacLaren, Publisher.569-9511 Charles Bury, Editor.569-6345 Lloyd G.Schelb, Advertising Manager.569-9525 Mark Gulllette, Press 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Circulation Ear-ring permitted on the job Man judged unfit for trial TORONTO (CP) — A flight attendant at War-dair Canada Ltd.can wear an ear-ring at work if he chooses, the Ontario Divisional Court has ruled.Wardair's claim that it would lose customers if Robert Elder sported his gold stud ear-ring during flights has no basis in fact.Associate Chief Justice Frank Callaghan ruled Monday.The company argued that a survey of its passengers indicated Wardair would suffer financially if male flight attendants wore ear-rings.Elder, 30, was represented at the hearing by labor lawyers with the airline division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which includes the airline’s 750 flight attendants.Liver transplant didn’t take LONDON, Ont.(CP) — The parents of Canada’s youngest liver transplant patient are making a countrywide appeal for another liver so their daughter Amanda will live to see her first birthday.“This appeal comes from our hearts,” said Derek Cathro, 30, of Edmonton, his voice quivering and his eyes bright with tears.His wife Janet, 27, sat at his side, gently patting his leg or arm when tears choked his voice.“Our daughter needs a new liver.Without it, she may never see her first birthday, nine days away.” Complaints about French double REGINA (CP) — Saskatchewan residents complained twice as much in 1986 as they did a year earlier about federal government departments failing to offer service in French.A report released Tuesday by D’Iberville Fortier, Canada’s commissioner of official languages, said that 63 complaints were lodged by Saskatchewan residents against federal institutions that were unable to deal with a person in French upon request.In 1985, complaints in Saskatchhewan based on language totalled about 35, said Louis Gosselin, Fortier’s representative for Saskatchewan and Manitoba.Alberta francophones betrayed?EDMONTON (CP) — The Alberta government of Premier Don Getty has betrayed Canada’s Constitution, the head of the province’s largest French-language organization said Tuesday.Georges Ares, president of L Associa tion Canadienne-Française de l’Alberta, said the Constitution signed by Alberta in 1982 guarantees French education under Section 23 of the Charter of Rights.But he told a news conference francophones are being forced to fight for those rights through costly court actions rather than have the government implement them.Company gets O-ring contract No proof of serial killer OTTAWA (CP) — Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.has won a $1.1-million contract to help design a new O-ring seal for the solid rocket booster used to put U.S.space shuttles into orbit, the Crown corporation announced Tuesday.An O-ring is a large band of synthetic rubber that prevents the escape of exhaust gases through the joints in the rocket casing.The failure of a seal has been blamed for the Jan.28.1986, loss of the shuttle Challenger and its seven crew.Teleglobe sale delayed OTTAWA (CP) — The Senate has thrown up a road block to the sale of Teleglobe Canada, a Crown corporation the federal government has agreed to sell to a Montreal firm for $608 million.Tuesday marked the end of Ottawa’s fiscal year and the delay means the government can’t put $450 million of the sale proceeds towards the outgoing year’s deficit, as Finance Minister Michael Wilson had planned in the February budget.But Richard Remillard, Wilson's communications adviser, said the government will still meet its $32-billion target for the 1986-87 deficit because revenues from non-resident taxes and other sources have been greater than expected.Insist on reciprocity OTTAWA (CP) — Canadians should insist on reciprocity as they open their financial markets to the rest of the world, the Economic Council of Canada said Tuesday.In its second report in six months on sw eeping changes in financial markets, the council warned this country is on the verge of allowing foreign interests full access to domestic capital markets while Canadian financial institutions would still be greatly restricted in the United States, unless conditions change.EDMONTON (CP) — Public fear generated by speculation that a serial killer is roaming city streets should diminish now police have indicated there’s no evidence to suggest that, acting police chief Leroy Chahley said Tuesday.“I feel that the public fear has been generated by the indications that there is a particular person out there who has been deemed to be a serial killer who is terrorizing the citizens of Edmonton,” Chahley told a news conference Tuesday.But he questioned the soundness of the speculation that has arisen following the recent murders of several women and the disappearance of another.Mulroney to toughen stance WASHINGTON (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney plans to treat President Ronald Reagan to “some plain talk” during their meeting next week because of a sense the U.S.administration has betrayed a promise of good relations with Canada, a Canadian Embassy spokesman said Tuesday.Briefing a small group of American reporters on the leaders’ meeting in Ottawa April 5-6, spokesman John Fieldhouse said Mulroney is toughening his stance on relations with the United States because of domestic criticism and a series of Canada-U.S.disputes on trade and acid rain.Surrogate mother loses rights HACKENSACK.N.J.(AP) — A judge has upheld the Baby M surrogate contract, awarding custody of the child to the father and stripping the biological mother of all parental rights.The judge said his ruling Tuesday offers a future for the child in a family able to help her cope with her unusual beginnings and he endorsed alternative means of procreation.It was the first judicial ruling in the United States on a disputed surrogate contract.Weather The forças! for today and Thursday is cloudy with scattered flurries.The high today should be —2 and the low tonight —It).The high t o m o r r o w should be », Doonesbury BOSTON (CP) — Anthony Romeo’s lawyer argued Tuesday tha the 24-year-old Locust Valley, N.Y., man is mentally unfit to be extradited to Canada to face trial in the shooting death of a New Brunswick highway patrolman near Harvey, N.B Elliot Lobel also argued that all charges should be dropped because his client’s constitutional rights were violated.He contended that he had told the investigators not to approach Romeo but they were given access to him anyway to take blood and hair samples for a New York murder charge unrelated to the Canadian case New blood product developed DEERFIELD.111.(AP) — A health-care company says it has started the first testing in humans of a manmade version of Factor VIII.the clotting substance missing from the blood of most hemophiliacs.Baxter Travenol Laboratories Inc, said the substance, produced by genetic engineering, would be completely free of blood-borne viruses, including those causing AIDS and hepatitis.Britain votes on death penalty LONDON (CP) —Backed by strong grassroots support and the personal endorsement of Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, British MPs vote today on whether to bring back capital punishment, more than two decades after unknotting the hangman's noose.The proposal, introduced in the form of an amendment to current criminal justice legislation now in its final stages of clearing the House of Commons, will leave each MP free to vote according to his conscience and not bound by party lines.Didn’t know oil was poisoned MADRID (AP) — Women screamed their hatred outside a Spanish court on Tuesday as scarred survivors listened silently to one of 38 defendants charged with selling poisoned cooking oil that killed 584 people.Ramon Ferrero, a wholesale dealer in edible oils, testified he didn’t know bulk rapeseed oil he bought from another defendant six years ago was unfit for human consumption.He was the third defendant questioned by the prosecution in the trial, which began Monday and is expected to last six months.It’s being called the largest trial in Spain’s history because it involves 38 defendants, many lawyers for victims, 2,500 witnesses and an indictment 250,000 pages long.Embargo of Israel to end TEL AVIV (AP) — The Soviet Union will end its 20-year diplomatic embargo of Israel by sending a consular delegation soon, Israel Television said Tuesday, quoting senior Israeli officials.Earlier, Israeli leaders said reports the Kremlin intends to allow more Jews to emigrate and to permit more religious freedom reflect a dramatic change in Soviet policy.Hostages may be 'punished’ BEIRUT (Reuter) — An underground Lebanese Moslem group has threatened to “punish” four foreign hostages — three Americans and an East Indian—unless Israel frees 400 Arab prisoners.The threat came in a handwritten statement delivered Tuesday night by the Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine to Beirut’s independent an-Nahar newspaper."We are investigating the spies for their crimes,” said the three-page statement accompanied by a color photograph of U.S.hostage Jesse Turner.Turner, fellow-Americans Alann Steen and Robert Polhill and the East Indian, Mithiles-hwar Singh, were seized from the Beirut University College campus in Moslem western Beirut on Jan.24.Pope praises Uraguay MONTEVIDEO (Reuter) — Pope John Paul, beginning a two-week tour of Latin American, has praised Uraguay as a symbol of peace for its role in helping to arrange a friendly settlment between Argentina and Chile over the Beagle channel.The Pope, on the eve of his visit to Chile, also said Tuesday that President Augusto Pinochet’s military government was dictatorial but that the system would come to an end sooner or later.The Pope made his remarks to reporters as he began his Latin American tour with praise for Uruguay s help nine years ago in heading off a war between Argentina and Chile, the two other countries he will visit.BY GARRY TRUDEAU APRIL /-1 PU WON REA-sQ * GAN'S MEMOM OF IRAN- & .6AJB HAS BECOME Mi HOLy GRAIL BUT PROVISIONS 5mV ;| I GROWFAm FROM HUNGER.21-7 I RFCALL SOMETHING MV SHERPA I SAIL?ABOUT THE MICRO ORGANISMS] FOUNO IN THE CRANIUM BEING HIGH IN PROTEIN.Ci Vi I “dS1 | 7~r I EAT MYmi 'l iè(\i i i The RECORD—Wednesday.April 1.1987—3 The Townships Lennoxville man leads world conservation movement Nauga hunt protest takes to the ice; will fight ‘unnecessary slaughter’ «____9^1 itecora By Cyril Drain GROASIS ISLAND— Protestors from three different countries converged on this isolated island off the Northeast coast of Newfoundland Tuesday in an attempt to halt the annual nauga hunt.Groups representing animal rights organizations from England.Denmark and Andorra vowed to stop what one protestor called "the totally unnecessary and brutal slaughter of Canadian nauga.’’ For their part, local residents claim the hunt will goon.They cite the more-than-200 year-old tradition of harvesting northern nauga.Trevor Trampelmaine.director of the Groasis Island Naugahyde Cooperative said Tuesday.“The annual sale of naugahyde by islanders here is not just a sport It's an essential part of the economy.If they didn't have the nauga to sell.'tr- ibes would all be on welfare tomorrow." JANUARY MATING In Ottawa, representatives of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans confirmed reports that ex-t ra fisheries officers have been dispatched from St.John's.They will work in conjunction with members of the RCMP in an effort to stop protestors from reaching the off island ice flows where the northern nauga are in abundance following the January mating cycle.The nauga hunt has come under increasing scrutiny during the last two years follow ing a 1985 decision by the United Nations Standing Committee on Furniture Bearing Animals to outlaw the indiscriminate slaughter of "hyde-bearing creatures ”.In London, animal rights activists decried the hunt claiming that naugahyde has no place in the living rooms of the world especial- ly with the development of modern synthetic materials which can mechanically duplicate the nauga s smooth, durable skin.CHAINS HIMSELF In a related development.Lennoxville resident Albert Wimple, president of Save the Nauga.chained himself to the guard railing in front of Canada House in London on Tuesday vowing to remain there until the barbaric slaughter of these gentle creatures ceases " According to Wimple, "our people will continue to place themselves between the nauga and the hunter until sanity prevails." The annual production of naugahyde reached 13,000 tons in 1986.according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics — a decrease of over 5,000 tons from the peak harvest of 1983.W'imple said Save the Nauga Day alw ays coincides with April 1.“That way,” he said, “we can get all the fools on our side." Flame fanatics flood the box Kmwn w RkN m mon Canadians are being offered a chance to carry the Olympic torch across the country on its way to the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary.H ith a little help from a friend, hopeful Heather C roghan (left) of Fulford busied herself Tuesday in knowlton scribbling out ballots for the competition.Different strokes for different folks, but dam those rivers anyway! "a! works b,“" *" bem',r's' mar *"* **”,m- *' mm~*dam My'd pm 'piK of ’•** ' "f "" *“•**- «'-¦ «»' «w Inside postal workers walk out in protest against lagging contract talks By Derek Conlon SHERBROOKE — About 60 postal workers picketed, stopped traffic and handed out pamphlets in Sherbrooke Tuesday on the eve of Canada Post’s new rate increase.The protest at the main post office on King and Couture streets was part of a nation-wide demonstration aimed at informing the public about lagging contract negotiations.Appoximately 60.000 Canada Post employees joined in the demonstration across the country.Representatives of the Sherbrooke locals of the Letter Carrier’s Union of Canada and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers also wanted to emphasize their view that if planned government cuts for Canada Post are implemented it will mean a loss of service to the public.LEFT WORK The letter carriers worked a full day buttheCUPW members— inside workers' — left work to start the demonstration at 3 p.m.and stayed until it broke up at 4:30p.m.“It's clear the Conservative government is provocing a strike,” said Pierre Avard, 31, president of the local CUPW.one of the unions that represents inside postal workers.Leduc said if services continue to be cut older people will have a tough time getting their mail, especially in winter, because they will have to walk to the outside commu- nity mail boxes.The unions are trying to fight a business plan for Canada Post ap proved by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s cabinet last No vember.That plan would eliminate 8700 jobs by 1991, privatize most urban and rural retail counter service over the next 10 years, close an unknown number of rural post of- Sherbrooke postal workers stood in the rain yesterday.At right is Pierre Avard, local president of CUPW’.fices, make group boxes the norm instead of home delivery, and adopt slower but more efficient mail-delivery standards.DAMAGED’ “Service is going to be damaged with that." said Yves Leduc, 34.local president of the LCUC.The pamphlet the union members handed out Tuesday incuded a proposed solution to the privatization problem.The unions suggest keeping rural post offices open and expanding their services to include selling lottery tickets and fishing licences to increase revenues.The pamphlet came with a postage-paid post card addressed To New Democratic Party leader Ed Broadbent.“They are cutting services and they're going to raise the cost of stamps." said Leduc.The price of a first-class stamp rises from 34 cents to 36 cents today.The last rate increase was in June 1985.Leduc said there are 103 letter carriers in Sherbrooke.25 of which face losing their jobs.The 20,000 member LCUC expects to lose 25 per cent of its employees if the government cuts go through, he said.Avard said he has 106 Sherbrooke workers in his union and roughly the same percentage of the CUPW’s employees face losing their jobs.CUPW has 22,000 members nation-wide.NO CONTRACT Postal workers have been without a contract since September 30, 1986, Avard said, and they are looking for a two-year deal.Negotiations with the federal government are not going well, he said.“Actually there are no real negotiations,” said Avard.The unions are most concerned with the government’s privatization plans for the post of fice and job security.Inside postal workers work through four shifts per day and earn a starting salary of about $13 per hour.Avard speculated a postal strike could take place as early as May PHONES UNPLUGGED Sherbrooke postmaster Laurent Boivin could not be reached for comment.Telephones in his office were unplugged Tuesday afternoon.The last post office strike was in 1981 and lasted 42 days.Further negotiations between the unions and the government are to lake place April 3 and 4.A national radio campaign is scheduled to begin May 6 to tell Canadians the privatization plan won't work.Accused sent for tests in welfare extortion case By Stephen McDougall SHERBROOKE — A preliminary hearing for Steve Bellam.accused of extorting welfare money from a mentally handicapped Lennoxville resident, has been postponed to May 1 after he was sent Tuesday for a 30-day psychiatric examination.Originally from the Saw'yerville area, Bellam, 30.is a resident of Lennoxville.The examination was requested by Bellam's lawyer Michel Beau-chemin Tuesday following an unsuccessful attempt to get bail for his client Friday.The delay was granted by Sessions Court Judge Gérard Desmarais and also means a delay in proceedings against Bellam's girlfriend Nancy Bennett.24, also of Lennoxville.Bennett is charged with complicity in the crimes.TYPE OF PERSON Beauchemin told The Record he.needs the examination to know what type of person his client is.“When facts seem bizarre, psychiatric research is needed to see what actually happened in this case.It will give me an idea of the type of person I am working w ith " he said Bellam faces charges of extortion.theft, kidnapping and assault after allegedly forcing the victim to hand over $260 a month from his welfare cheque for 15 consecutive months.He also allegedly forced the victim to panhandle and pick up empty bottles to get him money and would torture him with hockey pucks if not enough money was forthcoming.Beauchemin said he wants to find out if Bellam understands the crimes he is being accused of.and whether he understands that what he is accused of doing is wrong.Beauchemin said the examination, to be done by forensic psychiatrist Dr.Pierre Gagné, could tell him whether or not he should plead not guilty because of insanity.Beauchemin added that if Gagné does not find Bellam a danger to himself or society, he will again try to get him released on bail.For now Bellam will stay at the Sherbrooke Hospital psychiatric ward for up to thirty days.VICTIM READY Meanwhile, the mildly-handicapped victim has already undergone a mental exam and has been judged fit to participate and testify at the trial.The victim should see a large sum of money coming to him soon as a result of this ease.According to his lawyer.Peter Downev.an estimated $16.000 has been lost to extortion.Downey said that amount of money was extorted from his client over an eight year period.He said the police are working on a 15 month period because "the last 15 months was when the severest extortion took place, and that 15 months is easier to prove in criminal court than eight years'.TWO WAYS TO GO Downey said there are two ways to recover the money.1 he victim can ask for compensation for the crime from the provincial government Crime Victim s Indemnity Act program, or can sue Bellam directly.Downey said the latter could occur if the court decides that Bellam was responsible for the extortion and has the means to compensate for the lost amount.In a civil suit, said Downey, the victim could also be entitled to further civil and moral damages if he so desires.Furthermore, the victim also claims that a shoplifting convic- tion last January was also caused by Bellam's extortion.“When he came to me last January about the theft of a welding torch from a store." said Downey, “he said he was guilty and pleaded that way.He seemed nervous then and got a year's parole." “Since he has now told me about Bellam, I have started looking into some way to have the charges dropped and his record cleared".T-BONE OR WING STEAKS kg 7.47 lb 3.39 FRESH PORK LOIN whoieomaH kg 3.51 lb 1.59 BEEF FLANK STEAK kg 6.37 lb.2.89 CANADIAN PEAMEAL BACK BACON pc kg.6.15 lb 2.79 NICHOL'S BEEF & TOMATO SAUSAGE4.17» 1.89 FRESH BABY BEEF LIVER ».kg 2.84 lb 1.29 FRESH HADDOCK FILLETS kg 10.56 lb 4.79 FLORIDA RED TOMATOES i»„.M kg 1.74 lb .79 LARGE CALIFORNIA ASPARAGUS , lb.pkg 1.59 FRESH BRUSSEL SPROUTS kg 1.74 lb .79 ICEBERG LETTUCE Fi«,.„ .69 JAFFA NAVEL ORANGES ».« Dozen 1.89 ?WINNER OF 3 â GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS - -SCiuD'NO BEST PICTURE M ¦3DI Tuesday afternoon Wednesday night 6th week tnaS fwtfiunon.WO PASSES OP coupons ir-y ' [Il OOLBVgTEBEO Every NiqM 6 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next September.Carleton University in Ottawa will become one of the first English universities in Canada to actively prepare students to work in both languages.They will be expected to write and speak like a first year University of Laval student by the time they graduate.Graduates will recieve a mention of their ability on their diploma.Although such proficiency may be dreaming in technicolor, the fact they’re making an effort is encouraging.The courses will not just offer language instruction.but will also teach French Canadian culture.The provincial government supports the idea.They’ve promised $18 million extra in grants over the next five years to 10 colleges and universities which teach regular stream courses in French.Currently, there are six Ontario colleges and four universities which offer courses in French.One of the reasons for this, Francphone Affairs Minister Bernard Grandmaitre says, is to encourage more franco-Ontarians to continue on after high school — something they are less likely than anglos to do, partly because they can’t go to school in their own language.In Quebec, though, universities are still bastions of the two solitudes.There is not one university where courses outside the language department are taught in French.We have the ludicrous situation at Concordia University where Quebec politics is taught by an anglophone who was not even born in Canada.There is little attempt by French and English universities to offer joint programs.University students are discouraged from going to two different institutions at the same time.That means it’s almost impossible to get a bilingual education.To English-speaking students, French language universities could be on a different planet.Although most universities offer special lectures in the other language, these lectures are exceptions to the rule.It is more common to find a francophone struggling through an English speech than conversing in the language he feels more comfortable in.Concordia.McGill and Bishop’s (about half of Concordia’s students are French) allow their French-speaking students to write their assignments in French.But that still doesn’t create a bilingual university.This situation is accepted as normal only because it’s always been that way.But if universities are going to turn out graduates capable of working in this province, they had better make sure they’re bilingual.And that doesn't just mean knowing those dreaded verb tenses.It means cultural bilingualism — being able to empathize with your fellow Quebecers.If Quebec anglophones are ever going to understand francophones, then they'll have to learn about their province from the other solitude.Stopping the unnatural division of universities by language is one way to do this.There is no reason not to.The argument that immersion creates confusion is as old as the hills and has no basis in fact.Europeans manage to live with at least two and they're no smarter than we are.Encouraging universities to teach in both languages will mean the end to one more barrier of acceptance of the other culture, whichever it may be.in this province.If Quebecers are ever going to stop thinking in terms of us and them, then they'll have to change the institutions that perpetuate such notions.GRACIE MACDONALD Letters Sex doesn’t make the world go round Dear Sir, Recently there has been a flood of advertisements regarding the use of condoms to prevent AIDS.I feel very strongly that this is giving a false feeling of security.Condoms have been around for over 100 years.They were sometimes called condoms, more frequently safes or French safes.They never stopped veneral diseases and they will never stop AIDS.If the entire public is really sincere in their desire to control and reduce the spread of AIDS, then we must all start teaching our children that their bodies are unique; that there is only one of its kind in the entire world.Contrary to popular belief, they do not own their bodies ; it is only on a loan to them and it is their responsibility to take the best care they can of it.We have to teach them to have self-respect, to be proud of themselves.Let us teach them to have self-respect — to be proud of themselves.Let us teach them restraint and control.Let’s teach them that, contrary to the media, sex does not make the world go round ; it is not the answ er to all our problems.It is the RESULT of a deep and lasting love , of a commitment to faith, responsibility and respect.It is NOT pulling out a condom and having a "Quickie" standing up in your locker between classes' Combining condoms and sermons are not the answer! Teachers using condoms as balloons is not the answer! They get themselves in the media and give condom companies free advertisement.One has to wonder how many shares they own in these companies.Anyone who was a student nurse in Montreal during the war will never forget having to attend lectures on veneral diseases on their one day off a week.Of seeing penises partly rotted with syphilis or a vagina dripping with gonorrheal abscesses.There has been reports that the federal government would put Montreal out-of-bounds to the service men unless Montreal, was cleaned up.Now it is our time to CLEAN UP.To teach our children about their entire bodies, not just what is between their legs.You can’t have sex if your heart has stopped beating.You can’t have sex if your lungs are full of fluid and you can’t breathe.You can t have sex if you’re spaced out on drugs.So Get With IT.Start living the kind of life w here you'll never have to worry about AIDS or pregnancies.Where you can enjoy your day and sleep soundly at night.And when you really fall in love and are ready to make a life long commitment you w ill be very-happy that you waited.You will always have a very good feeling about yourself.GWENDOLYN DESJARDINS Bowker Lake Bonsecours Resources are not sufficient Dear Sir.Recently.The Record carried articles on some ot the difficulties encountered by English-speaking youths who require social protection services.In some respects, the people in your articles are not the most disadvantaged ones, for they are now-receiving at least some services.Too many young people living in abusive situations go unidentified by the services mandated to assist them.The scope of the problem is quite frightening.Studies indicate that 10 per cent of children under the age of five who are brought to emergency services of hospitals are victims of physical abuse.Nearly 15 per cent of children under the age of two who are hospitalized in Quebec suffer from serious deficiencies because of poor nutrition or neglect.Estimates vary, but most authorities agree that at least 25 ¦-A x g» |j® mm 'X-'M 4M Did you know that.?TRIED FOR YEARS For six years a United Nations committee in Geneva failed to find a workable definition of the word aggression.LASTED lit.The Hundred Year s War lasted 116 years.WRONG MONTH The Soviet Union celebrates the October Revolution in November MADE IN ECUADOR Panama hats are made in Ecuador.GO FOR ENGLISH Twenty-five thousand students in the United States study Russian, while 4.000,000 Soviet students are learning English MADE ROLLER Toronto's Norman Breakey invented the paint roller in 1940.WORTH A LOT A signed letter by William Shakespeare would be worth around $2 million today, says The Almanac of Investments.per cent of all children are the victims of unwanted sexual acts.There is a mounting body of evidence that indicates that abused children grow' up to be abusive parents, in many cases.These are problems present not only in the major urban areas, but also in the small communities of the Townships.The resources available to aid the people living these problems are not sufficient.Many concerned members of the English-speaking community are looking for answers.I hope we can channel this concern in a productive way through the Townshippers’ Association sponsored youth sub-committee, which will meet for the first time on Thursday.April 2 at 7:30 p.m.at theCLSC Gaston Lessard in Lennoxville.Sincerely, MARY MITCHELL On this day in history Today in History April 1, 1987 By The Canadian Press Newfoundland celebrated its first day as a Canadian province 38 years ago today — in 1949 — as Lieutenant-Governor Sir Albert Walsh was presented with the first certificate of citizenship and Joseph Smallwood was appointed provisional premier.Newfoundland had been ruled directly from Britain since financial collapse in 1933.After the Second World War, plebiscites were held to determine whether Newfoundland should rule itself, be ruled with more authority by Britain or unite with Canada.The majority of Newfoundlanders voted for union with Canada.Also on this day in: 1815 — German statesman Otto von Bismarck was born.1873 — The ship Atlantic was w-recked off the coast of Nova Scotia, drowning 547.1932 — The RCM P absorbed the provincial police forces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba and Alberta.1947 — King George of Greece died at age 57.1950 — NATO defence ministers at The Hague approved a collective plan of self-defence.I couldn’t even trust my husband in my home 1 read your series of articles on Quebec's Youth Protection in the Eastern Townships and I was prompted to share my experiences with you.For obvious reasons, I do not want to reveal my identity.I would like to share with your readers my experience of being sexually abused, my feelings as a mother of a child who has been sexually abused, my experiences so far with Youth Protection and my views of the future.When I was growing up you never heard the words sexual abuse and the word sex was considered dirty.I was sexually abused from the ages of 12 to 16 by men w'ho were over twice my age.In those days, you didn't dare tell anyone and I would not have anyways because I felt so ashamed, guilty and dirty.Many men do not seem to understand the damage they cause when they sexually abuse young girls and women.They rationalize in their minds that since they have not done any physical harm (in many cases) and they are just showing their affection (even if it is only for their physical satisfaction); they have not done any real harm.Some abusers do not even consider their victims at all.but have their minds controlled by their sexual fantasies to result in physical gratification.If abusers would only consider how much pain and damage they cause.An abused female feels like damaged merchandise and generally carries a large burden of hatred and guilt.Sexual abuse touches every part of a female's being.In her mind she sees visions of herself as a protistute and also loses respect for herself as a person.A young girl loses her faith in her parents because she does not understand how they can not realize what is happening to her.She also develops a distrust of men in general.A young girl faces hidden sexual abuse ALONE and consequently even has trouble relating to people of her own age A girl or women who has been sexually abused will have difficulty having any kind of normal sexual re- Commentary By A Lonely Wife and Mother North Hatley lationship unless she has help to deal with the deep wounds (some of which she may not even be aware of).Consequently, it was devastating for me to be told by my daughter one night that my husband had been sexually abusing her on the nights he was babysitting our children.It was far worse than being told he was having affairs with other women.To think couldn't even trust my husband in our owm home with our daughter Also, knowing what sexual abuser does to a girl, I couldn’t understand how any father could cause his daughter such heartache.The thing was, I had always trusted my husband and I had never doubted his faithfulness to me for one minute.I never cried so many tears in my life.After the shock of being betrayed, I experienced the guilt —that I should have been able to fulfill my husband’s sexually desires and then the sense of failure — as a mother.I should have seen the signs and been able to protect my daughter from this (especially because of the my own experiences).At the time.I took the children and left my husband.After some private counselling I agreed to move back so we could try to work things out.When I left my husband 1 believed that if 1 reported him he would go to jail and 1 could lose our children.Since I moved back home, I do believe that my husband has not sexually abused our daughter.About six months after 1 moved back I asked my husband if I could trust him in our home.He replied you give me what I want and there would be no problem.Maybe other women could carry that responsibility but I couldn't handle it.I looked up the Youth Protection Zenith number in the phone book and was given a number to call.I called the number and asked some questions.When I was told that I did not have to be separated from my children and my husband would not go to jail, I gave my report.An hour or so later the office called back and explained that I was outside their district and they had referred my information to the proper office and I should receive a call from them in a day or two.This office called me back four months later in the evening with my husband answering the phone.The social wmrker asked to speak with me.My husband handed me the phone and you can image my anxiety when I realized who was speaking.She began asking questions about the report 1 had made in French.She can understand English but does not speak much English.Fortunately I can understand more French than I can speak.I answered yes or no to her questions since I did not want to volunteer any information with my husband in hearing range.She wanted to fix a date to interview me one week before Christmas.I said no since we had family coming for the holidays and sure did not want to spoil Christmas for my children.We set a date for after the holidays.When I hung up the phone, I lied to my husband and told him it was someone doing a census (theonly thing I could think of).Not only was this social worker willing to spoil our holidays but put our whole family in danger by calling when my husband was home.I met with her and she called me back about one week later.She informed me she was going to see my daughter that morning and call my husband the following night to request an interview with him.This did not happen for two weeks.In the meantime.I sat through evening after evening wondering if the phone would ring and what my husband's reaction would be.In the end.my husband re- cognized the social worker’s voice.He knew I had lied to him and had been the one to report him.It is hard to keep a marriage together without trust.We are now waiting for English counselling which will probably take several months.At the time of our interview together with the social worker my husband agreed to all the suggested counselling; however, now he wants to back out of it.I am no longer resting any hopes on our social services.It is hard to put your faith in a system that has done you more harm than good.The system is supposed to be concerned with keeping the family together but so far, it has been provoking the opposite.As a mother of a young girl who has been abused not only by her father but by a teenage babysitter as well, before reaching the age of puberty, I feel helpless.At the present time, I still feel like I’m carrying the burden of making sure my husband does not abuse my daughter.This is a burden I carry alone.It has been very difficult to explain to family and friends why I separated from my husband.The fact that my husband had an incest relationship is not something you want people to know.I feel such humiliation that something like this could happen in my family.A wife and mother faces a crisis like this alone.Incest and sexual abuse are all around us.I (ear that unless society changes some of its values, things are only going to get worse before they get better.Society teaches about a physical sexual relationship and personal fullillment and virtually nothing about a loving nuturing relationship between a man and a women.I hope someone can tell me where I person like me can find hope.1 have rewritten this article several times and it has not been easy to express my feelings.It has made me relive the most difficult times in my liie but I think it has helped me to share it with you. The RKCORU—Wednesday.April 1.19S7—5 Education Hccmti Insights program gives Galt students chance to focus on talents About a year ago.a group of teachers and school administrators formed a committee to discuss the possibility of offering students enriched programs of studv in various subject areas The result of this committee's work is the Insights program.This program gives students the opportunity to examine, more closely.certain subjects in which they show particular talent or interest.Those subjects offered include: English.Math; Chemistry; Physics; Business; Computer Science; Greek and Koman History; Criminology; Psychology: Jour- Galt fNews By Randy f ' Spaulding nalism: Fine Arts, as well as others.Insights is being offered through the use of facilities and staff at Champlain Regional Col- lege.Bishop s University and L'U-niversite de Sherbrooke The ex eellent co-operation of the faculty of these institutions has played an important role in getting the pro gram started.There are presently 83 students involved with INSIGHTS In order to qualify for the program, students must show academic ability and be able to afford the necessary time missed from regular classes The program involves three sessions of approximately one hour's duration each.Student reaction to the program has been excellent Those involved are enjoying having the chance to broaden their knowledge and increase their interest in their chosen subject As a result, the INSIGHTS Committee plans to offer the program each year, once in the fall, and again in the spring PROM COMMITTEE This year's Prom Committees are busily preparing for the Spring Prom w hich is to take place on May 9 Members of the Class of '87 are out buying new dresses or renting tuxedos, as well as doing all that goes along with graduating.The theme song for this year's Prom is Stand by Me The theme for the Prome is the 1940s.There w ill be a spring dance for students this Friday.April 3.The dance will be in the Galt gymna slum There will be a variety of music as this will be a battle of the bands ' Admission is $2.50 and there will be no smoking permitted The dance will go 9:00 p m to 11 30 p.m.Following are some upcoming dates to take note of: April 3 — Spring Dance April 10 — Second interim reports sent home with students April 10 —- Planning Day April 17 & 20 Faster Holiday April 29 Galt on Review May 9 — Spring Prom.Graduation Ceremonies.Dance Grade 12 class gets chance to see biology in action during last week’s hospital visit Stanstead wraps up its winter sports and term with many exciting and important events.The senior boys' basketball team lost their first place standing to second place.J.H.Feeler, in a one-point last-minute defeat at the league championships.The swim team also made a strong showing coming home from the GMAA Championships wdth 19 individual medals.The cross-country ski team continued to dominate the trails in the ETIAC Championships with first and second place finishes from bantam girls' K.Saparoff and R.Kasowski respectively.In the bantam boys' division: fourth place went to M.Tardif, fifth place to F Dupont.In the junior girls' division, E.Darling placed fourth.Stanstead College News By Lynnea Duncan The school won the bantam boys’ and bantam girls'.The winter athletic season came to a close with presentations of awards to outstanding athletes at the Stanstead sports assembly.Bantam “S" Winners — V.Drouin; F.Paradis; R.Werner; T Peasley; P.Grieve: R.Lyon.Senior “S” Winners — J.P.Char-tol; V.Chiu; T.Deom; H.Yamamoto; A.Hickey; E Hill; R.Johnson; K.Sudo.Junior "S’' Winners — N.Dewey; C.Ciampini; R.Poston; D.Palov; H.Godin; A.Battach (Captain); C.Watier; D.Poulin: C.Jacques; I.Lanctot: A.Chiu; M.Guindon; I.Paradis; A.Banh; D.Hondo; K.Woodstock (Captain); E.Darling; N.Saparoff.Major “S” Winners — B.Blois (Captain); P.Gauvreau: D.Good-fellow; E.Ciampini (Captain); J.Berlie (Captain); P.Renaud; C.Bunge; L.DuncamCaptain); I.La-berge (Captain); C.Sezlik (Captain); G.Bruce (Captain); N.Dickins.Trophies for all-round excellence: 1.Laberge.Squash; J.Berlie.Swimming; C.Bunge.Swimming: E Ciampini, Basketball; B.Blois.Hockey; N.Dickins.Basketball.As usual, field trips played an important role in class curriculum.The Grade 10 History class enjoyed their trip to the nation’s capitol where they visited museums and parliament.The Grade 12 Biology class travelled to the North Country Hospital where they got a chance to see their studies in practice.The students were proud to f inish such a long and successful academic and athletic term.Without a doubt, spring break will be welcomed by everyone! Cowansville wrestlers win medals at tourney Massey Vanier News Massey-Vanier High School hosted the Provincial Wrestling Championships on Saturday and Sunday.March 7 and 8.Although most wrestlers for this championship came from club teams.Massey-Vanier entered as a school team after having won the city high school championships in wrestling in the Greater Montreal Athletic Association, and this for the third year in a row ! Outstanding performances were put on by Bruce Walsh.Jeff Grimond and Scott Walker as they earned Massey-Vanier se cond place in the Espoir class and were chosen for the Quebec team which will be travelling to Vancouver to compete in the Canadian finals.Other key efforts were shown by Leslie Menec, Jesse McGowan.Jeff Page, Ian Kutschke, Robb Brown, Mark Walker.Jason Picken and Scott Fletcher as they paced Massey-Vanier to second place in the Ca det division.Tim Jones suffered an injury during the tournament, finishing third in his weight class in t h e E c o 1 i e r d i v i s i o n — otherwise, he might have been in the medals.Mr Allen, assisted by former Massey V;anier students James Gauthier and Peter Cummings, has done an outstanding job with this class all year.As well, Allan L a c h a pell e h as assist e d throughout and wrestled as an independent at times.In this tournament.he placed second in the 74 kilo category of the senior division.Mr.Allen extends his appreciation to all the wrestlers, Massey-Vanier students who assisted throughout the meet, and to the many parents who gave so much time and support to this provincial meet and thus created such a well run event.Everyone should be proud of their part in this championship tournament.t ‘Institutions must become flexible enough to repond to differing needs.' Planning for universities’ future OTTAWA (CP) — A national forum on post-secondary education will be held in Saskatoon Oct.25-28, Secretary of State David Crombie announced Monday.The forum was promised by the government in the throne speech îast Oct.1.Crombie said the aim of the forum is to explore “the challenges and opportunities facing Canada’s universities and colleges in preparation for the 1990s and the 21st century.” “Learning is a life-long process and our institutions must become flexible enough to respond to the differing needs of the 45-year-old executve, the 65-year-old pensioner and the 18-year-old student fresh from high school,” Crombie told the Commons.A group of 45 eminent Canadians, chaired by Brian Sega , president of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, will plan the forum.Segal will be assisted by two vice-chairmen, Jean-Guy Paquet, rector of Laval University, and Sylvia Fedoruk.chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan.The steering committee includes Canadians from business, labor, the arts, and students.It includes former Conservative leader Robert Stanfield, now chairman of the Institute for Research on Public Policy, Adrienne Clarkson, president and publisher of McClelland and Stewart, and Noel Stoodley of the Canadian Labor Congress.Academic vs.intellectual: many schools too short on practicality EDMONTON (CP) — Today’s teaching methods undermine children’s confidence in their ability, a leading expert on early childhood education says.The North American education system has been infected with “de-contextualized.disembodied, irrelevant exercises” that teach children to fake understanding and to seek approval rather than knowledge or challenge, says Lilian Katz.Katz, a professor of early childhood education at the University of Illinois, said Thursday much of modern curriculum for young children is academic rather than intellectual.That means it is of little practical value, she said.Instead of academics.education should be “helping children make better sense of their own experience and environment.” Evaluation methods for children emphasize performance in the short term instead of a later-blooming desire to learn.Katz told a group of city educators.The result is “children are learning to pretend, to themselves as well as others, that they know what’s going on,” she said, adding that students end up losing confidence.“If we have a school system that erodes children's feeling that they have a right to be confused and say so, we leave ourselves vulnerable.“Tt should be in the bill of rights for every person to have the right to say, T don't get it.it doesn’t make sense.’” DISCOURAGES THEM Research shows early childhood programs that push young students too hard and too soon to acquire academic skills can discourage them from wanting to use those skills, Katz said “It’s not much use to have reading skills if in the process of acqui ring them your desire to read has been killed.” She pointed to flashy nursery rhymes and flashcards as examples of “absolutely silly” academic exercises that have no relation to children’s lives.Instead, she suggests taking young children to the supermarket Peter Rabbit new despite TORONTO (CP) — Flopsy, Mop-sy.Cotton-tail, and their naughty brother Peter Rabbit have entertained four generations of children since Beatrix Potter first published her animal tales in 1902.Those children probably didn’t notice — or care — that the drawings of the rabbit siblings, and their cohorts Squirrel Rutkin, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Mrs.Tig gy-Winkle have deteriorated over the years as reprint after reprint took a toll on Potter’s delicate artwork.But the small British company of Frederick Warne and Co., which has published the books since Potter’s day, did notice.The company just didn’t have enough money for the enormous task of improving the quality of the illustrations.Then the giant Penguin publis- to watch and talk about all the things they see there.Studies also show children who are evaluated and rewarded against performances of others learn “to be concerned about their ability, about how they look, about how to avoid negative judgment,” Katz said.Children who value learning as a goal in itself become interested in increasing their understanding, are more likely to seek challenges and face obstacles, and glean satisfaction from their efforts rather than a perception of their ability, she noted.to look like his 85 years hing firm bought the company in 1983.The first item on the agenda and the one that has kept Frederick Warne busy ever since — was to go back to Potter’s original wa tercolors and “rc-originate” the 23 little books, says Warne president Sally Floyer.“It’s a very historic event,” Floyer said in an interview in Toronto.A comparison of before and after editions of the first and most amous book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, shows a remarkable im provement in the dainty detail of Potter’s drawings.Mainstreaming special students: Funds needed MONTREAL (CP) —The Quebec government is not providing the money to implement its policy of putting learning-disabled students into regular classrooms, a school boards association report says.John Simms, president of the Quebec Association of Protestant School Boards, which sponsored the report, says special education in Quebec needs an injection of about $20 million to meet the needs of learning-disabled students.“The needs of these students are not being met.” he said.“It’s a crisis situation.” The report says there is a discrepancy between the stated government policy of “mainstreaming” handicapped children and the present system of funding."You can t have a philosophy to mainstream students but not have the resources to do it.” said Simms.“We need comprehensive legislation as they have in Ontario and the U S.” An aide to Education Minister Claude Ryan said tackling special-education problems will be Ryan’s priority next year The government estimates that 3.5 per cent of the total number of students are learning-disabled, and allocates funds accordingly.' However, the Quebec Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities estimates that 10 to 15 per cent of students have learning problems.It also says there are no guidelines to help identify and evaluate students with learning problems.Directed towards helping young people f CrftK) hr liPrtiru l 1 The Sherbrooke Optimists took a break from their fundraising activities to give out some money on Monday night.All the Optimists' work is directed towards helping kids and the organizations which received money are the vehicles for that work.Left to right: Mario Coyette, Junior Olympics de TH strie; Helene Marquis.Maison Jeunes Est; Mi- chel Dussureaull, Quebec (tames; Michel Tétrault, president of the Sherbrooke Optimist Club; Marcel Morrissette, Tohakukan judo club; Paul (iarand, little league; Julian Richard, fondation l.e Phare.Decline of family a myth: Study NEW YORK (AP) - Parents in the United States believe they are giving their children better lives than they had while growing up, a poll reported this month in Pa rents magazine indicates.The findings contradict what a Yale psychologist called “myths about the decline of the American family,” the magazine said.The poll asked 258 parents to compare their childhoods with their children’s.Sixty-two per cent said their children's lives were more satisfactory.Eight per cent said the chil dren’s lives were not as good as theirs had been, 26 per cent said they were about the same, and four per cent were not sure.Forty-eight per cent said the fa mily spends more time together now than when they were growing up, 17 per cent said less.33 per cent said about the same and two per cent not sure.The magazine’s national poll was conducted by telephone last October.It had a margin of error of 6.1 per cent. 6—The RECORD—Wednesday.April 1.1987 Living —____tel itecora No legal relationship between city and chamber of commerce Legally speaking Jacqueline Kouri Q.I am the owner of a small retail business in Lennox ville 1 have heard a lot of talk about starting a Chamberof Commerce here.If one is formed and 1 join, would I have a legal obligation to pay a certain amount of money each year and could I be assessed a large amount of money for improvement projects?What would be the legal relationship of the Chamber with the town council?A.The only amount you would be required to pay as a member of a chamber of commerce is a membership fee.A chamber of commerce is not the same as a downtown merchant’s association which has the legal right by provincial law to require each merchant and professional located within the downtown area to pay an amount to the association based on the square footage the merchant or professional occupies for his business.A chamber of commerce is formed by interested persons residing or doing business in a given territory who are merchants, professionals, aritisans, etc.A merchant’s association’s primary goal is to increase business for the merchants located within the downtown area but a chamber of commerce has broader goals such as the promotion of business including industry, tourism, retail business, and agriculture, the promotion of community life including pollution, traffic, and fire prevention and public affairs such as taxation and legislation.A chamber of commerce is required to have 30 founding members in order to incoporate under the federal legislation governing chambers of commerce and to receive its charter as a chamber of commerce for a desribed area.There is no legal relationship between the city and the chamber of commerce but it is, of course, in the interest of both to w ork closely together.A chamber usually holds approximately eight meetings a year to which speakers are usually invited.These mee- tings provide the opportunity for the chamber to inform the mem bers of its activities and to furnish them w ith the occasion to get to know each other and realize the goals of the chamber.There is no assessment of the members and they must simply pay a prescribed membership fee in order to join.This fee is at least $50 and varies depending upon whether the member is an individual or if it is a business, how many employees that business employs The only other costs of a member would be the price of admission to the luncheon or dinner meetings A founding meeting of the Lennox ville-Ascot Chamber of Commerce wdll be held at the Lennoxville Town Hall on Monday, April 13th at 7:30 p.m.Why not be a founding member’’ Jacqueline Kouri is a lawyer and family mediator in private practice in Lennoxville.Que All questions should be addressed to The Record.P.Ü.Box 1200.Sherbrooke.Que., J1K1A1.Only questions of general interest will be answered in future columns as no personal replies are possible.Professional midwifery can be practical alternative to hospitals The word midwife is of Old English derivation and means “with the woman”.Perhaps you have heard the French word “sage-femme,” or wise woman, for midwife.A midwife or sage-femme has been through a midwifery educational program and is registered or legally licensed to practice midwifery.She provides necessary supervision, care and advice to women during pregnancy, labour, and the post partum period.The midwife is able to conduct deliveries on her own responsibility and to care for the newborn Her task as midwife includes taking preventative measures, detecting abnormal conditions in both the mother and child, getting medical assistance when needed, and executing emergency measures in the absence of medical help.A midwife has an equally important task in health counselling and education for her patients, the family and the community Canada is one of eight countries in the 210-member World Health Organization that have no midwifery system.The fact is, there are no recognized schools of midwifery in Canada ; therefore our mid wives cannot acquire their qualifications formally.HISTORY OF MIDWIFERY Historically women have always helped other women through childbirth At one time the community midwife enjoyed a high profile as an esteemed figure in most Canadian towns.Then, during the early part of this century the tradition of midwifery was virtually wiped out.More recently, still, the social changes of the 1960 have prompted expectant parents to seek the most fulfilling way of experiencing birth ; this has led to a new demand for midwives and a rebirth in midwifery.At one time doctors took little or no interest in attending births.The advance of doctors on the midwife’s territory began as a growing percentage of doctors started family practices.The competition between doctors and midwives continued for several decades until the 1880s when medical intervention during childbirth had become a trend.By 1897 only one-sixth of recorded births in Ontario were not attended by doctors.During the 1890s the push toward hospital birth finally edged the community midwife out of her role.In 1919 the first public health department was instituted and public health nurses promoted hospital maternity care.(In other Cana- Keeping in touch By Cynthia Belisle Townshippers Association dian provices such as New Brunswick and Saskatchewan doctors reported in 1924 that 50 per cent of all births had been medically unattended.By the 1940s the distribution of midwives reflected the distribution of doctors and the patterns of urbanization and industrialization across the country.) The increased hospitalization of births during this century has been accompanied by a decrease in mortalities, which led people to infer a causal relationship between the two trends.But improved sanitation, nutrition and prenatal care are all factors which have led to the decrease in maternal mortality.It is interesting to learn that in Ontario during the 1930s hospital births resulted in a maternal mortality rate of 5.3 per thousand, while home births had only 2.3 per thousand.This evidence rarely got past the medical journals and the trend towards hospitalization during childbirth continued.If you’re using so much perfume Dear Ann Landers : In 19761 had a Caesarean section.God blessed me with a beautiful son, who is now 10 years old.I feel very lucky to have this boy but I am secretly depressed about something.Ever since I had that C-section I have felt a deep sense of inadequacy because I could not make it as a woman in the delivery room.Any female can have an operation, but to give birth to a child the natural way seems to me the real test of womanhood.I also believe that the pain of labor would have made me feel a stronger tie to my son.Would it be possible for me to go to a hospital and witness a normal delivery?I believe it would help me feel like an honest-to-goodness mother if I could see what it is really like.— Signature Withheld in Oklahoma Dear Oke: Where in the world did you get the idea that a woman who has a C-section is less of a mother than one who has a natural delivery?Some women who have had both say the post-operative discomfort is more difficult than labor.Discuss this matter with your doctor.He will probably suggest that you talk about your feelings of Ann Landers inadequacy with a counselor.He can also give you his views on your witnessing a delivery.Meanwhile, the adoptive mothers who read this are going to be furious — and justifiably so.They feel every bit as close to their children as mothers whose babies come through the birth canal.Dear Ann Landers: This is an open letter to women and men who wear perfume and strong cologne in public places: Please enjoy your favorite scent at home, or anywhere except small, enclosed rooms or places where seats are assigned.The person who is close to you at a play or a concert cannot move away if he or she doesn't care for your perfume or, worse yet, is allergic to it.There is no polite way to say, "Your scent is making me sick,” Social notes Engagement yet 1 am dreading the next play in our season’s series because the woman who sits in front of me wears perfume that literally nauseates me.I am convinced that this person (and others like her) is unware that she is offending anyone so I am writing in the hope that my neighbour (Row E, Arena Stage, Tuesday night) will see this letter and have mercy on me and others who are seated near her.— Gagging in D.C.Dear Gagging: Here’s your letter and we all hope “Row E, Arena Stage” sees it and takes the proper cue.You are right when you say many people are unaware that they are offending and need to be told.Most folks are grateful for the tip.(P.S.If you're using so much that you can smell it — it’s too much.) Dear Ann Landers: I worked several years for a well-known personality whose public image is that of a warm, generous, honorable person.After a while, his uncontrollable temper and cheap shenanigans got to me so I quit.I am having a very difficult time finding a job because no one can Alzeimers disease There will be a showing of a film dealing with Alzheimers disease at the CLSC on Queen St.Lennoxville at 8 p.m.April 7.This will be an informative evening.Miss Harrison and Carol Gaskell from the Prolonged Care Unit of the Sherbrooke Hospital will be in attendance to answer questions.Coffee and refreshments will be served.The evening is sponsored by Lennoxville Wing of the Sherbrooke Hospital Ladies Auxiliary.Everyone welcome and all are urged to attend Mr.and Mrs.Robert DesRuisseaux.Kingscroft, Que., and Mr.and Mrs.William Murphy.Stanstead, Que., wish to announce the engagement of their children Lisa Arlene and Robert William.The wedding will take place on April 18.1987 at 3 p.m in the Barnston Baptist Church, Barnston.Que.For the best in Pizza and Subs Bill & Krista's Pizza 22S Mill Street North Hatley Free delivery in North Hatley 842-2061 It is true, too.that the introduction of a blood transfusion technique and antibiotics in the 1930s provided doctors with some real ad vantages in the hospital setting.By the end of the 1930s most of the provinces had 50 per cent of all births performed in hospitals.Medically licensed midwives and a tradition of home births encouraged the Quebec province to resist this halfway mark until 1950.As recently as 1972 Laval University in Québec City had a recognized course in midwifery, but Québec midwives were only allowed to practice in the North and in the missions where doctors were unavailable.By 1984 only 100 midwives were in service to Canadian parents.MIDWIVES IN QUEBEC There are two terms regularly used to describe midwives: lay midwife and nurse midwife.The lay midwife is a woman who is receiving practical experience from doctors and other midwives while practicing her skills.Nurse midwives are foreign-trained nurses with a midwifery specialty ; they are unable to use the full range of their experience, and no longer practice their profession.Québec midwives have formed an organization called the Alliance Québécoise des Sages Femmes Praticiennes.They want to see the midwife integrated into the health care system.These mid wives see themselves as guardians of normal birth and want the autonomy to practice and attend births in hospitals, birthing centres and individual homes.Recently they presen ted a brief to the Rochon Commission outlining specific ways in which midwives could improve the present health care system while keeping costs to a minimum.It is fully recognized that there are risks to practicing midwifery outside of a regulatory framework.There are a number of appropriate models which Québec could choose from if the government decides to encourage the legal status of midwifery.The Parti Québécois was committed to midwifery.An inter-ministerial committee has continued its work with the Liberals and promises to make a public statement soon concerning the future of midwifery in Québec.In 1987 we are witnessing an increase in health care costs and a greater demand for the best care possible before, during and after the birth of a child.Midwives promise to offer a holistic approach and constant support to their clients.The education and support continues between the midwife and her clients long after the children have been born.For many years now women have been able to have their babies in the hospital with their doctors present.Perhaps in the near future the option to have a midwife will also be available to expectant Canadian mothers.If you would like more information on midwifery services offered in the Townships, please call: Jean Glezos Tel: (819) 564-0588, or Margaret Zurbrigg Tel: (514) 534-2721 For further information about midwives in Québec, please contact Alliance Québécoise des sages-femmes practiciennes, C.P.246 Suce.E.Montreal, QC; Tel.(514) 842-5654.CLSC Gaston Lessard Annual General Meeting The CLSC Gaston Lessard in Lennoxville is having an annual general meeting which is open to the public.The purpose of the meeting is to inform the public of services available at CLSC Gaston Lessard.The meeting is in English, and will be held on April 4.1987 at 1:00 p.m.at 219 Queen St., Lennoxville.The CLSC offers daycare service for children 2 to 8 years old during this meeting.you can smell it — it’s too much understand why I left that “charming.adorable man" and I refuse to explain.My friends say I’m nuts to protect him.Am I?— HGS, Chevy Chase, Md.Dear Chevy: No Keep the dirt to yourself.In time the truth will come out and you will look twice as good for having keep your mouth shut.Dear Ann Landers: The column about the gal caught naked with that football helmet on her head has got to be the knee-slapper of the year! I am a Los Angeles city fireman, married to “Cleopatra” over 40 years.When I’m on platoon duty at the fire station, she also likes to clean house in the nude.A few weeks ago, I came home off-duty unexpectedly and there she was, stark naked, waxing the floor under the grand piano! I grabbed my camera and took a picture of her.It’s a beaut.I would dearly love to send it to you as proof that the female of the species is far more unstable than the male.One day I will write a book about the crazy situations women have got themselves into and called the fire department to help them out of.Your column makes my day.Keep at it, Annie.— L.A.Fireman — 30 Years Now Dear L.A.: I plan to.Thanks for a good laugh.Dear Ann Landers: I am a girl, 16, who is having a tough time standing my 12-year-old brother.He is a pest, a nag, a tease and gets on my nerves.Whenever we have a fight, which is like 10 times a day, he runs to SHERBROOKE — The Radio-Québec television show Le Magazine will be telecasting an item on Eastern Townships Scots this Thursday at 8 p.m.Reporter Anne Dansereau was in Scotstown for the recent Robbie Burns dance, and put together a report that will feature inter views with local Scots Duncan McLeod, Bing Maclver and Per- Mom and Dad and gets me in trouble.No matter what happened I get blamed because 1 am older and “should know better.” Please tell me how to get along with him so he can depend on me if he ever has a real problem — "Sis” in Delaware Dear Sis: Your desire to get along better so you can help your brother later indicates there is a genuine love.Try to be more patient and less reactive when he taunts you.Time will take care of the rest.ry Beaton, as well as footage of Beaton dancing with the reporter, piper Andy Moore doing his stuff and Sheila Buck and Robyn Huff doing a highland dance.The item.one of four on the program, will take a look at the history of Scottish people in the Eastern Townships.The program will be shown again on Saturday at 7 p.m.E.T.Scots featured The RKCORD—Wednesday.April I.1987—7 Farm and Business Ifecorfl__ DOS types affect amount of information stored on hard disk Q.I added a 20 Meg hard disk to my XT compatible recently, and some of my friends are telling me 1 should switch to DOS 3.2.1 curren tly use DOS 2.land I don t see why I should pay to switch.My friends who promote the change make some vague references to better disk usage, but they aren 't clear about the details.Are they right, and if so.why?A.Yes your friends are correct, and in a paragraph or six I'll get around to explaining the details of how different DOS versions affect the amount of data you can record on a 20 Meg (or greater) hard disk.Before that though.I’m going to give a brief history of the evolution of the DOS versions, and the inability of IBM to understand how its customers were going to use the computer.IBM originally offered the PC as a twin diskette computer with only 64K bytes of memory available on the motherboard.It was obvious that their assumption was the COMPUTER EASE By Norman J.Longworth users of PCs w ould be home or hobby users IBM did not offer a hard disk of any kind DOS version 1 was created for this limited use.It was the users that realised what a useful tool a desktop computer could be in a business.The demands of these users and the development of the Winchester disk made IBM aw are of the need for a hard disk system and a version of DOS that would addrc - > the special problems of hard disks.IBM came out with a 10 Meg hard disk and DOS 2.A10 meg hard disk was the biggest hard disk supported by IBM.Once again IBM underestimated the demands that users were going to make upon the computer, and the ability of third party vendors and programmers to fill these demands.When IBM released the AT it finally recogni zed that many users wanted far more than a 10 Meg hard disk and got Microsoft to support hard disks up to 32 Megs with DOS 3.Once again a matter of too little, too late.Users now want support for much larger disks, and much more available memory.As I reported some weeks ago.DOS 5 is reputed to be designed to address these needs 1 have every confidence that the needs of the users will exceed these capacities within a short time.This brings us to the technical reasons that various versions of DOS change the amount of information that can be stored on a hard disk.The information area on a disk (either a hard disk or a diskette) is divided into areas called clusters.A single cluster is the smallest amount of space a file can use.It's sort of like shopping with dollar bills and never getting any change.The version of DOS you use.in effect, decides the denomination of the bills Back when IBM first introduced the PC.it was decided the maximum number clusters that would be supported was 4096.minus 18for special use.leaving 4078 as the maximum number of clusters.This works out to a 512K cluster size for a single sided diskette, a 1024k cluster size for a double sided diskette.A 10 Meg hard disk has a cluster size of 4096K, and a 20 Meg has a cluster of 8192K.This means a 20 Meg hard disk with DOS 2 uses at least 8192K for each file no matter what size it is.To test this for yourself, do a directory listing and w rite dow n the number of bytes free.Then create a small file with the follow ing instructions.COPY CON TEST TXT TEST Z (Ctrl Z or F6) to indicate end of file Do another directory listing, and you should note that the number of bytes in the file is 4.but the number of free bytes has been reduced by 8192K With DOS 3 the available number of clusters was increased to 65.518.This means that a 20 or 30 Meg hard disk has a cluster size of 2048K.It's theoretically possible to have a 20 or 30 Meg hard disk w ith a cluster size of 512k but such a small clus ter size is not advisable If you add to an existing file, it first fills up the unused portion of the cluster, and then has to find another cluster to write in.If the other cluster is not the next consecutive one, then the file is becoming fragmented which slows down the retrieval.The smaller the cluster size, the more fragmentation that will happen.A cluster size of 2048K is just fine.1 would recommend that you up grade to DOS 3.2 before you put too many files on your hard disk The PC Tutor section of PC Magazine’s March 31 issue (Volume 6 Number 6> gives a step by step description of the process.It makes the job seem a little scarier than it usually is.but it covers just about everything that could go wrong, and how to avoid or overcome each problem.If you have any computer question.write me care of this column.Q nest ions that are of general interest will be answered in the column.Norman J.Long worth has been working in Data processing since 1901.and is currently a computer systems consultant practicing in the Sherbrooke region.Its Bankers jittery, Le Matin folds Toronto-led consortium protecting its interest in Aegean Sea dispute TORONTO (CP)— Plans by Toronto-based Denison Mines Ltd.to drill for oil in the Aegean Sea off Greece, which provoked sabre-rattling between Greece and Turkey, are on hold.Denison is the lead partner in an international consortium that wants to drill 17 kilometres east of the Greek island of Thasos, but ownership of these international waters is hotly disputed by Greece and Turkey.Greece announced earlier this year that it would nationalize the Denison-led consortium.Believing that Greece was going to drill.Turkey began to set up its own drilling operations in other disputed areas of the Aegean, and these initiatives provoked Greece.At one point last week, both countries had warships steaming toward each other in the Aegean, and both were on military alert.However, with news that the consortium has frozen plans to start drilling, both Turkey and Greece have pulled back.The waters still remain in dispute, and Greece is trying to get the Inter national Court of Justice in The Hague to rule on jurisdiction.While the flareup between the two countries appears to have died down.Denison remains in a ticklish situation.INTRODUCES BILL The socialist Greek government introduced a bill three weeks ago to acquire 51 per cent of the Aegean properties, as well as certain exploration rights.Denison has a 68.7 per cent inte- rest in North Aegean Petroleum Co., the consortium that operates the Prinos oil and natural gas fields off Thasos.NAPC is the biggest foreign investor in Greece.If the government cannot reach a satisfactory settlement with NAPC members within three months, the matter will go to the courts.Denison has maintained that it will "take all necessary steps” to ensure that its interests are protected.The company has been licenced by Greece to explore for oil and does not want its interest diluted The Prinos South Kavala fields in the Aegean Sea provide about 75 per cent of Denison’s oil production, or 26,500 barrels a day.Business brief MONTREAL (CP) - Le Matin.Canada's newest daily newspaper, died Tuesday after publishing just 38 issues.Acting publisher Jean-Pierre Bordua said the French-language tabloid launched Feb.6 is not on newsstands today because it ran out of financing and could not get money quickly enough.Bordua said the decision to close the newspaper was sparked by the resignation Friday of three senior managers who had previously all worked for Le Devoir, one of the city’s three other French-language dailies.He said that when the trio - Jean-Guy Duguay, associate publisher, Christian Bellavance, in charge of special projects, and Serge Gosselin, managing editor - resigned without explanation, it made the paper’s bankers jittery.“The fact that some partners left shocked the bank and it blocked our access to lines of credit,” said Bordua “With a daily you can't stand still.You have costs every day and if you don't have access to financing to cover these costs, you have to make a quick decision.You keep on going or you don’t.” APPROACHED BACKERS Le Matin approached various backers for financing, including the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, the province’s pension fund manager, which said it does not invest in media to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest, said Bordua.He would not say who else was approached.Although 99 per cent of the paper’s woes were financial, there were also problems on the editorial side, Bordua said.He said the technology used to produce the paper was too sophisticated for a small paper.Most reporters need about six months of training to get acquainted with it, “but we did that in two months.“It explains why the content suffered." When it was launched as a Mon-day-to-Friday morning paper.Le Matin pledged to be offbeat and to appeal to upper-income francophones.But Bordua admitted it never hit the mark.“Anybody with a little sense could see it wasn’t the upscale product it was intended to be.” In the newsroom Tuesday night, some of the paper’s 70 full-time employees pondered their future over beers and wondered whether they were eligible for unemployment insurance.Some wept.One employee said the staff bought champagne “because we wanted to go out in style.” The newspaper also employed 60 freelance journalists.PRINTED BY GAZETTE Le Matin, which published 20,000 copies of its final issue Tuesday, was printed under contract and distri buted by The Gazette.Montreal’s sole English-language daily which is owned by Southam Inc.Le Matin is in debt to the paper for those services although executives at both newspapers declined to reveal the amount owed.“It’s big,” said Bob Richardson, The Gazette’s operation’s director, but “we can’t give an absolute figure .It depends on what assets are left.We’ll be the biggest creditor and we ll be able to pick up some of the assets.” Gazette publisher Clark Davey said his paper also provided Le Matin with a line of credit.“They could have gone on publishing if they had come up wnth some additional money,” Davey said in a statement, “but they just ran out of capital.” The Gazette had no equity position in the paper but did have an option, which was never exercised, to take a minority position in the paper that would not exceed 40 per cent.Davey said the Gazette fulfilled all of its commitments to Le Matin.He said he was disappointed the newspaper had to fold and believes there is still a market for an upscale French-language tabloid in the city.Montreal’s three other French-language dailies are Le Journal de Montreal, La Presse and Le Devoir.General Motors of Canada Ltd.confirmed Tuesday it wall modernize its factory in Ste-Therese, Que., with the help of $220 million in interest-free government loans, but gave no guarantees about how long the plant will stay open.The federal and Quebec governments each kicked in $110 million which won’t have to be repaid until 2017 — unless the company reneges on its commitment to keep the plant open for at least seven years.General Motors said in a press release it “expects” the plant to be open for several years.ButGM Canada president George Peapples said in an interview “there aren’t any guarantees ever in this business.” The loans, plus $230 million the automaker is spending, will be used to retool the plant so it can produce the front-wheel drive A-series cars, such as the Chevrolet Celebrity, and to provide a new paint shop at the plant.South Korea hopes to be part of ‘western’ club by the turn of the century By Charles Hanley SEOUL (AP) — Chung Se-yung, industrial tycoon, and Moon Kal-eong, factory hand, have never met.But these two farmers’ sons are partners in a success story that is transforming South Korea into an economic miracle-worker.Chung, blunt-spoken chairman of the giant Hyundai conglomerate, has his owm idea of the secret behind South Korea’s boom.“It isn’t low w'ages.” he insists.“Education .that’s the key to our success, and our people are willing to work hard." Moon.24, is one of those hard workers.He earns $1 US an hour on the assembly line at Daewoo Motor Co.— low wages by any standard.But everything is relative, Moon tells a visitor to his factory.“This is better than trying to make a living from my father's rice paddy." he says.“Right now I’m saving almost all my pay.Some day" — he smiles — "maybe I can even afford to buy one of these cars." WOUNDS AND BLEEDING FIRST AID TIP • Direct Pressure to stop blood flow • Elevation to reduce blood flow • Rest to slow the circulation.Apply direct pressure with the hand over a dressing if available If the dressing becomes blood-soaked, do not remove it; add another and continue pressure When bleeding is controlled, maintain pressure and secure dressings with bandages Maintain elevation and immobitze the injured limb.J Si.John Ambulance Shrewd traders, cheap wages, tireless workers, big savers — all have pushed South Korea to the top of everyone’s most-likely-to-succeed list, in a pattern similar to that of postwar Japan just across the sea.The statistics are sterling : — South Korea led the world last year in economic growth, according to preliminary figures.Its gross national product increased by 12.2 per cent.— South Korea’s foreign debt, about $44 billion US, is fourth-largest in the developing world.But, unlike others, this country is actually paying it off — early.— For the first time, South Korean exports outweighed imports in 1986.paced by a $7.4-billion surplus in U.S.trade.The American-trained economists who guide and analyze South Korea’s performance talk of becoming a fully developed industrialized nation — a member of the “western” club — by the year 2000.MUCH POV ERTY But progress in the nation of 41 million people is often marked by paradox.Although growth is steady and opinion polls find Koreans confident about their future, widespread poverty persists.And political disaffection grows.Besides merchants and laborers.the South Korean system rests on iron-fisted generals, whose governments have long suppressed independent labor unions, played favorites among businessmen and antagonized the general population.“This system is a marriage between a dictatorial military machine and monopoly capital,” said one Protestant churchman active in labor-organizing efforts.This activist asked not to be identified, citing a law that makes one liable to imprisonment for making anti-government statements to a foreign journalist.Whatever is behind the boom, its impact is unmistakable.NOW METROPOLIS Seoul, a small walled city just 80 years ago.devastated in (he see- saw' fighting of the 1950-53 Korean War, has become one of the world’s great metropolises, a high-energy sprawl of office towers, broad boulevards and 10 million people.Just west of Seoul, in Inchon, kilometre after kilometre of industrial parks border the Yellow Sea, and army batteries line the shore — a reminder that South Korea and communist North Korea technically remain at war.The army first took political control in South Korea in 1961, under Gen.Park Chung-hee.and launched a highly centralized development program.In a land poor in natural resources and capital, the government channelled subsidies, low-cost loans and tax breaks to a few selected heavy industries.These businesses, usually family-owned, developed into conglomerates with interests in every sector of economic life.One was the Chung family’s Hyundai.MORE EFFICIENT “Our economy was very immature.” explained Chung Se-yung.who in February took over the chairmanship of Hyundai Corp.from brother Chung Ju-yung.its founder.“The government helped big industries because they were more efficient than the small ones.” A $14-billion-a-year corporation, Hyundai has 24 affiliates with 155.000 employees — and no union, not even a company-sponsored one.as in other conglomerates.Hyundai workers are paid more than the officially suggested monthly minimum of 100.000 Korean won.equivalent to $120 US.They can live in company subsidized housing, and enjoy such other benefits as clothing allowances and free recreation facilities.Labor activists claim, however, that one-third of South Korea's production workers earn less than 100.000 won a month.And efforts at establishing independent unions are routinely blocked, sometimes in violent clashes between police and labor organizers.NO FOREIGN CARS The close links between government and business can be seen in Seoul’s streets, jammed with hundreds of thousands of automobiles, all copies of the same half-dozen Korean models.Not only has the government kept foreign cars out of the Korean market, but in 1981 it designated two companies — Hyundai and Daewoo — as the sole Korean manufacturers.In this protected atmosphere, the two auto makers blossomed.From just 57,000 passenger cars in 1980, South Korean production has exploded to a projected one million vehicles this year.Hyundai’s Excel subcompact last year became the hottest-selling new import ever in the U.S.car market.This year Daewoo, in a joint venture with General Motors, will begin shipping the Korean-made LeMans to the United States.But the government-business alliance alone does not explain what the World Bank calls “one of the outstanding success stories in international development." AID THE BOOM A traditional respect for education helps — 98 per cent of South Koreans are literate.Official U.S.aid helped — about $13 billion in the post-war period.A high savings rate — 30 per cent of GNP — also helps.And conservative fiscal poli cies have helped — President Chun Doo-hwan, a general who took po-w'er in 1980, has sold off government corporations, cut public spending and brought down inflation to near zero.The Koreans also have capitalized on what they call “the three blessings” : low oil prices and interest rates, which ease the financial drain on this oil-importing, heavily indebted nation, and the high value of the Japanese yen.which makes Japanese goods more expensive and Korean electronics, textile and other exports mor '•