The record, 27 août 1987, jeudi 27 août 1987

Thursday Births, deaths .12 Classified .10 Comics .11 Editorial .4 Farm & Business .5 Living .6-7 Sports .14 Townships.3 RAIMVC 1 YNN 1* SOOTHl \ OHlkSHUU PRIMARY sOUHH & Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Thursday, August 27, I^S7 40 cents High forest-fire risk threatens the Eastern Townships “Oh, no, what’s happened to Jimmy Bakker now?” Reject attempt to open pact — Peterson SAINT JOHN, N.B.(CP) — The federal government must immediately reject an attempt by U.S.governors to open up the Canada-U.S.auto pact, Ontario Premier David Peterson said Wednesday.“You don’t think they want to open it up to give us a better deal, do you?” Peterson said in an interview while travelling to the annual premiers’ conference that begins today in Saint John.“Ottawa must give them a resolute no,” he said.“Leave the auto pact alone.There is no way we are going to benefit if the pact is reopened.“We've got to stay very firm,” he warned Canadian trade negotiators, who are meeting their U.S.counterparts in Cornwall, Ont., this week to continue the free-trade talks.A deal must be presented to the U.S.Congress by Oct.5.Peterson was reacting to a move Wednesday by the governors of seven top U.S.car-producing states calling on Washington to negotiate a new auto trade pact because the current one is “distorting” investment and trade in Canada’s favor.By Craig Pearson SHERBROOKE — The Eastern Townships is extremely susceptible to forest fires right now for the first time this summer, says a group which monitors the threat of countryside blazes in southern Quebec.“It’s caused by the lack of rain.It's not normal to have such a high risk," said Pierre Bordeleau of the Société de Conservation du Sud du Québec on Wednesday.“It's been like that for the last four or five days and should continue for at least three or four more.” The non-profit fire-fighting group, funded by the provincial government and various large wood product companies, conducts tests daily.The group measures air hu midity, wind strength, and how dry southern Quebec forests are.among other things, before using what it refers to as a complicated mathematical formula" to calculate what risk Quebec forests face.SIGNS POSTED Bordeleau says the Lévis-based group phones various organizations around the province regu larly updating conditions.One place the society calls is the park Best of the beautiful balconies ÜHl RI ( OKI) !>l RKÏ III A TON | Gérard Pelletier stands proudly before his home at the city's annual beautification contest.1417 Laflèche Street in Sherbrooke after winning Pelletier won $150 and a plaque for his effort, first prize in the ‘balconies of excellence’ category of More on Page 3.Legislation to end rail strike today?OTTAWA (CP) — Legislation to end the national rail strike could be introduced in Parliament today if there is no agreement between Canada’s two national railways and their 48,000 striking workers.As negotiations adjourned early this morning, union officials said there had been only slight progress in talks to end the strike, now in its fourth day.Job security remains the major point of contention, said the offi- cials, who asked not to be named.They said top federal mediator Bill Kelly adjourned the talks at 12:30 a.m.after a 16-hour session, telling both sides to think over their positions and return to the table later this morning.There has been “a little movement, but it’s just not enough” for a settlement, another union negotiator said earlier, adding that he expects workers will be legislated back to work.Refugee procedure must be streamlined—Weiner By Paul Mooney OTTAWA (CP) — The procedures for processing refugees must be streamlined to relieve a hopelessly overloaded system, junior immigration minister Gerry Weiner said Wednesday.The minister appeared before a Commons committee which is studying legislation on the proposed changes.The bill will reduce the number of steps in the system from eight to three and lessen the time it takes to determine whether someone is a refugee from years to a maximum of a few months “We have reached a critical phase in the history of Canada's refugee policy," Weiner told MPs."The present refugee determination system has become hopelessly bogged down It cannot respond quickly and effectively to genuine refugees who need our protection nor can it withstand large volumes of unfounded claims." Critics of the bill, including refugee-aid groups and immigration lawyers, have mounted a bitter campaign against the legislation.They say that unless major amendments are accepted by the government.it may deny genuine refugees safety in Canada.Weiner said the law will guaran tee safe haven for those who need Canada's protection But he war ned that increasing numbers of people are pouring across the border and into airports and claiming refugee status in order to skirt immigration law.The minister said the government expects 30.000 people will claim refugee status this year, compared with 1.600 in 1981.About 70 per cent of the claims are unfounded and of the remaining 30 per cent, many have aleady had an opportunity to claim protection in another safe country, he told the committee.False claims have reached as high as 90 per cent among some groups in recent months, he added.Critics of the bill are mainly concerned with three sections: - An Immigration Department employee and a member of a newly created refugee board will determine at the border whether someone gets access to the system.Critics want all applicants to receive a hearing before two members of the new board and to eliminate the department official from the process.- The government will approve a list of so-called safe third countries.People who have come to Canada from those countries will be returned automatically without an opportunity to make a claim.Critics say officials at the border should have some discretion to hear a claimant’s case.- Critics say the appeal procedures are flawed because someone whose refugee claim is rejected can only appeal to the Federal Court of Canada on points of law.not the merits of the case.Calgary Tory MP Jirn Hawkes, former chairman of the Commons immigration committee, warned critics that a search for a perfect process may lead to loopholes in the bill that will allow for continued abuse of the system.Such abuse means Canada has fewer places and less resources for helping genuine refugees in the future.he said.He told his colleagues that Canada must be prepared to rapidly deport those with unfounded claims as a deterrent to others who plan to abuse the system Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said Wednesday the government will move at the first sign the talks are failing.“We will act very quickly to re solve this matter if the parties are incapable of resolving it them selves,” Mulroney said as the Tory caucus gathered for its regular weekly meeting.Union negotiators rejected a government offer earlier Wednesday to set up a commission to study job-security issues, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported today, quoting union sources.The proposal was unanimously rejected by the union bargaining committee because it contained no guarantees that job-security provi sions would be strengthened, said the newspaper.The almost round-the clock negotiations began Tuesday.Mulroney warms to NDP senate proposal By Tim Naumetz OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney warmed on Wednesday to an NDP proposal to curb the power of the Senate.The proposed changes could occur before the Meech Lake constitutional accord is proclaimed.The accord calls for a constitutional conference on Senate reform next year.After heated debate over Senate reform in the Commons question period, Mulroney agreed in a private conversation with New Democrat Leader Ed Broadbent to look at the NDP suggestion.Mulroney and Broad-bent later told reporters.The two leaders said Deputy Prime Minister Don Mazan-kowski would meet with Liberal and New Democrat House leaders to discuss the idea.Broadbent urged Mulroney in the Commons to bring in a Senate resolution similar to one tabled, and then dropped, by former justice minister John Crosbie in June 1985.It called for sharp limitations on Senate veto powers over tax and other government money bills.Broadbent argued that the Commons could propose curbs on the Senate's powers in a way which wouldn't contravene the Meech Lakeconstitutional agreement.Changes to Senate powers now require agreement of the Commons, the Senate and seven provinces.Under the accord, all provinces would have to agree.WANTS PROPOSALS Mulroney said in the Commons he wants the opposition parties to help make proposals for an elected Senate which he plans to discuss at the premiers’ conference next year.However, the prime minister brushed off questions from Liberal Leader John Turner about his stand on the Senate and didn't respond directly in the chamber to Broadbent's proposal.On Tuesday, Mulroney refused a challenge from Turner for a Commons resolution on Senate reform.But Broadbent said Mulroney appeared more open in a conversation the two leaders held after the opposition questioning.T've had it confirmed in a private conversation with Mr.Mulroney that they are prepared to take quite seriously the proposition that a move for a limited reduction of the Senate's powers now is something that could be usefully done." said Broadbent.warden's office at Mount Orford provincial park, where a special sign is installed — one of six in the southern Quebec area covered by the group The signs have indicators, moved by hand, which point to either low.moderate, high, or extreme and refer to what risk the area is in.Park warden Jean-Yves Grenier says the society told him about the "extreme" warning on Wednesday “If it's still at extreme by Friday we’re going to forbid camp fires.” he says.But not everybody has to w ait for the Société de Conservation du Sud du Quebec to give the word about forest fires.Town of Brome Lake police and See WOODS.Pace 3 Turner dismisses questions he’ll quit By Edison Stewart OTTAWA (CP) — Liberal Leader John Turner, struggling with the mounting crisis that has enveloped his leadership, has dismissed as abstract and hypothetical questions about whether he might resign "1 have been endorsed at a free convention of the party on two occasions,” a low-key Turner told reporters on Wednesday.“It is not only my intention but But Rout hier said he personally my clear duty to fulfil that." he ad- supports Turner and Robert Federal Labor Minister Pierre Cadieux gave the required 48 hour’s notice Tuesday that a bill, called the maintenance of railway operations act.is ready for introduction.The strike by members of the Associated Railw'ay Unions has shut down freight and passenger rail service across Canada and threatens to cripple the economy.Cadieux refused Wednesday to discuss reports from the bargaining table, but told the Commons the government hasn’t abandoned hope of a settlement.Union officials hinted privately that some progress wras made on pensions, one of the key job-security issues in the strike, but there was no confirmation from management.ded, responding to a public warning from party president Michel Robert that he could face “some sort of open revolt in caucus" unless he makes major changes soon.Just two hours after Turner spoke, one of his top Quebec MPs agreed with Robert that more and more Liberals are questioning Turner's leadership and do not give him long to turn things around.“In my own travels in Quebec .those are the feelings expressed, the feeling that Mr.Robert expressed to the effect that something must happen," Montreal MP Jean Claude Malepart said in an interview outside the Commons.“The message is very clear: they’re not giving us one month to doit.” MAKES CHANGES Turner has begun to make changes, he acknowledged, “but it is up to him to speed up the pace.” Malepart, a Turner loyalist in the past and probably his best known Quebec MP, pointedly de dined to say whether Turner should stay on.He said he will convey the opinions he has heard to Turner personally.“For the moment I have no comment.” Liberal youth president Jonathan Schneiderman, who earlier this month said Turner should re consider his future, also stepped up the heat.“Every day that Mr.Turner doesn’t attack these problems the disenchantment in the party brings the party one step closer to a very open revolt and I think Mr Robert’s comments were very sound advice,” Schneiderman said in a telephone interview from Montreal.Schneiderman.also a Turner loyalist until now, said the national executive should be called to help deal with the crisis.In Quebec City.Paul Routhier, president of the federal party’s Quebec wing, said he shares some of Robert’s concerns — specifically the need to reorganize Turner’s depleted office — and said Turner has about a month to do it shouldn't have gone public be cause Turner already knows about the problem.Turner also said he shares the view that "there is action to be taken on organization, on policy de velopment" but said that is on schedule and "we will be in an ex cellent position to face the people of Canada in the next election." Robert had complained in an in terview with The Canadian Press on Tuesday that just the opposite was the case.He cited the appoint ment of the party platform committee in late June which he said should have been up and run ning in January or February.Robert also criticized Turner’s unequivocal endorsement of the Meech Lake constitutional accord and said Turnerhas abandoned the traditional Liberal position on some issues and offered confused posit ions on others.In a separate interview on Wednesday morning, just a few hours before Turner spoke to reporters, Robert told CTV’s Canada AM that “if we keep on this course we will reach a point of no return in rela tion to the NDP” and will not be able to recover in time for the next election.Several MPs rejected talk of a revolt but agreed there must be change.Asked if Turner needs to improve his image, Quebec MP Jean Lapierre still “100 per cent” be hind Turner replied: “I think it’s obvious.” “It’s quite evident that changes are the order of the day,” agreed party whip Jean Robert Gauthier, “for all of us, not only Mr.Turner.” Turner —- who will appear on national television interview pro grams today to try to counter some of the damage from Robert’s re marks — said his MPs were shocked, surprised and “a little traumatized’’ by what Robert had to say but he maintained that “a very positive consensus” of the caucus still supports him He added that while he would have preferred that Robert had not gone public, he sees no threat to his leadership.PM invites premiers for sixth free trade briefing By Clyde Graham OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Brian Mulroney has invited the premiers to Ottawa on Sept.14 as he continues efforts to keep all 10 provinces on side for a free trade deal with the United States, a spokesman in the prime minister’s office said Wednesday.The free trade briefing will be the sixth for the premiers since the negotiations to remove trade bar riers between Canada and the Uni ted States began 14 months ago.The meeting had originally been tentatively set for Sept.8.Marc Lortie, the prime minister’s press secretary, said the new date was selected to provide more time to come up with details and to avoid conflict with the Sept 10 On tario election However.Ontario officials have said it was pushed back to avoid giving Liberal Premier David Peterson a platform just two days be fore the election.Despite strong reservations by some premiers, including Peter son.all 10 remain at least open to the idea of free trade.The federal government has the power to unilaterally sign a trade treaty with the U.S.but it wants the support of the provinces for two reasons.First, federal officials say they need support from a broad political coalition, 10 premiers representing four different political parties, to sell the deal to Canadians.Second, many of the areas that could be included in the deal, such as liquor distribution or government purchasing preferences, come under provincial jurisdiction.Bob Adams.Manitoba’s assis tant deputy trade minister, said in an interview that Ottawa needs provincial support to make free trade broad and effective enough to satisfy the U.S.Congress that it could work “The implementation is absolutely everything,” said Adams, ad ding that Ottawa wouldn’t be meeting regularly with the premiers if it didn't need them for a deal.Canadian and U.S.negotiators remained cloistered Wednesday in the sprawling Transport Canada Training Centre in Cornwall.Ont., as they continued a week of intense negotiations as the Oct.5 deadline for a draft agreement draws near « 2—The RECORD—Thursday.August 27, 1987 Dedication wins E.T.vet national award It’s 2:00 in the afternoon and already veterinarian Carole Cochrane has done surgery on two cats and a dog, given a Doberman an intravenous treatment to determine what’s making him disoriented, X-rayed two more cats for bladder and bone problems and cleaned a small dog’s teeth.After a bit of a breather at home with her German shepherd, a small, excitable terrier and a cat, Cochrane will be back at the Hôpital Vétérinaire de 1’Estrie in Sherbrooke, taking care of appointments with patients and another operation or two from 6 to 10 p.m.You’ve got to be crazy to put in a schedule like this — or else you like animals a lot.Carole Cochrane loves animals.You can tell by the way she cuddles her German shepherd and talks baby talk to her patients recovering in their cages.You can tell by the way she runs to comfort a distraught feline as the anesthetic wears off after an operation.Most of all you can tell by her dedication, both on the job and off, to promoting the health and well-being of household pets.It’s that dedication that recently won Cochrane a national prize for the care of small animals; a prize awarded by the Canadian Association of Veterinarians.VOLUNTEER WORK Cochrane received $1000 and a commemorative plaque for her work over the past five years, including her involvement in seven different veterinary associations and various committees, her efforts at educating the public on small animal care and time spent voluntarily giving conferences and advice to such groups as the Society for the Protection of Animals (SPA).Cochrane may love animals for themselves, but part of what motivates her in her work is the way people depend on their pets.“A lot of my clients when they come into my hospital they say to me, it’s my child; don’t hurt my child,” she says.Long before it was popular to speak of the psychological benefits of having small animals around, Cochrane believed in the power a little, fluffy animal can have over a person.“It’s really good for all the people who are too stressed,” she says.The strong ties between people and their pets makes her work rewarding when things go well, but it also makes it hard to break bad news.It takes a bit of delicacy and a lot of compassion to tell a person when a long-time companion would best be put out of its misery, she says.But the job also has its kicks, although not necessarily what everyone would consider kicks.TREATS IGUANAS For Cochrane, working with exotic animals is an enjoyable part of the job.As one of the few vets in the city who is willing to work on exotic animals, Cochrane treats a fair share of such animals as parrots, turtles, boa Laurel Sherrer constrictors and iguanas.Yup, that’s iguanas.Believe it or not, Cochrane says she sees a lot of these treedwelling tropical lizards.That’s partly because they’re a fairly popular type of pet right now, but also because people just don’t know how to feed them right.Pet store owners often tell people they can feed their iguanas lettuce all the time and they ’ll be just fine.This is wrong, says Cochrane.Iguanas need a balanced diet just like anyone else.On a lettuce diet iguanas get ulcers in the mouth and inflamed limbs from lack of calcium and vitamin A.When they’re brought in to the hospital, Cochrane has to give the animals injections of the necessary vitamins to get them back to normal.CAN GO BLIND Turtles are often in the same situation.Their eyes get huge and they can go blind without proper vitamin A supplies.Their shells get soft from lack of calcium.While they may not be as cute as kittens, turtles’ and iguanas’ suffering is just as real, and Cochrane wants to alleviate that suffering whenever possible.“I would like to see no reptiles like this here; it’s not their place,” she said.“But once they’re here we have to treat them properly.Much of what’s needed to keep household animals in better health is preventative measures and nutrition, and that’s why Cochrane uses regular spots on local television and radio to educate people on proper pet care — as if she didn’t already have enough to keep her busy.W’hat really upsets Cochrane is the people who have animals only for competition or breeding, and have no use for them once they’re too old to compete, or disabled in some way.She wouldn’t have her two dogs or her horse that she keep in an Ascot Township stable if it weren’t for people who found they no longer had a use for the animals.Although Cochrane understands the need for some people, like farmers, to treat animals as merely an economic unit, she couldn’t spend her life tending to animals that are only going to be slaughtered.“I don’t want to treat calves or cows because they will always be killed to eat; if they're too sick the farmer will have them killed,” she says.“There's no feeling there; it’s just money.” “I love animals too much for that.” F %» Va, *1' : .~ i i .•«v.iM'jhA'.u.Sherbrooke veterinarian Carole Cochrane cleans an old dog's teeth to prevent gum disease.Meech Lake accord: #1____ftei icecora G*orga MacLaran, Publisher.Charles Bury, Editor.Uoyd G.Schelb, Advertising Manager.Mark Guillette, Press Superintendent .Richard Lassard, Production Manager.Oabra Walta, Superintendent, Composing Room.CIRCULATION DEPT.819-S69-9S28 KNOWLTON OFF.: S14-243-0088 Subicriptions by Carrier: 569-9511 569-6345 569-9525 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criticism and undaunted by the opposition of Pierre Trudeau.Premier Richard Hatfield offered a sly grin Wednesday when asked about the former prime minister's scheduled appearance tonight before a Commons-Senate committee on the Constitution.“Interesting,” the New Brunswick premier drawled with just a hint of sarcasm.“Interesting.I’m looking forward to it.” Trudeau's arguments against the accord come on the opening day of the premiers’ 28th annual meeting.Hatfield could not say if he or the other nine premiers would take time to watch Trudeau — the accord’s most high-profile critic.‘‘I doubt very much if anyone goes out of his way,” the host premier told reporters.“We all have access to videos.” Women's groups, northern politicians and others warn that the accord is worded in such a way that fundamental rights and freedoms are not protected.But the pre- miers, who began arriving here Wednesday afternoon, seem confident that most of those concerns are unfounded.WON’T ROCK BOAT “I’m not in the mood to rock any constitutional boats,” said Prince Edward Island’s Joe Ghiz.“I think we have a good deal.” In June, the premiers and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signed the accord, which brings Quebec into the Constitution.On Wednesday, Newfoundland Premier Brian Peckford defended the deal as a “super thing.” “There are those in Central Canada who would like to see the country become even more centralized," said Peckford, getting in a dig at, among others, Trudeau.“Then there are those of us who would like to see a better balance so that those of us who are smaller would still have some kind of voice in Confederation.” Ontario’s David Peterson, in the midst of a provincial election campaign, admitted there are some concerns about womens’ rights.“I don’t think there is any premier that wanted to in anyway di- mish womens’ rights,” he said.“If there is sufficient evidence that an egregious error was committed, I’m sure that people would want to look at that.” Hatfield flatly denied a Quebec newspaper report that he plans to introduce an amendment to the agreement addressing the concerns of women's groups and native people.“I do feel very comfortable about it (the accord) and I do feel the concerns that have been raised are not founded in jurisprudence and constitutional law.” FEARS NOT FOUNDED Ghiz, a Harvard-educated lawyer, arrived at the conference promising to raise the concerns of P.E.I.women.But he made it clear he doesn’t believe their fears are founded.“I think I’ve seen enough and heard enough and read enough since the concerns were raised to be satisfied the Meech Lake accord is strong and accommodates the concerns that have been expressed to me.” British Columbia Premier Bill Vander Zalm said he was confident the accord would not be altered at this conference.“I don’t think it will be opened because it u'as unanimous and there’s certainly been general support from all the premiers from that day until now,” Vander Zalm said.“I don’t expect we ll be reopening it now.” Manitoba Premier Howard Pawley, the lone New Democrat, said he isn’t about to slam the door shut on the possibility that Meech Lake might be reopened to address the concerns of women and other groups.“But at this point, I see no need for it.” While the constitutional agreement will be discussed, it’s not officially on the conference agenda.The premiers are also tackling such issues as Senate reform and free trade sandwiched between lobster dinners, receptions and sight-seeing tours of New Brunswick’s largest city.Some premiers were upset that the first ministers’ conference on free trade has been postponed until Sept.14.The meeting to discuss a trade package with the United States was originally scheduled for Sept.8.News-in-brief Jaywalking is a way of life MONTREAL (CP) — Jaywalking as a way of life in Montreal may become a thing of the past, if city police have their way.On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, 131 jaywalkers at one of the city’s busiest downtown intersections were handed warnings by police officers.Beginning in November, warnings will give way to $15 fines.“Jaywalking is a Montreal tradition,” protested political science student Robert Valdmanis, 20, as he observed police handing out the warnings.He predicted that Montreal would “become a clone of Toronto” if residents stopped jaywalking.Via wants bridge rebuilt MONTREAL (CP) — Via Rail wants the Canadian Transport Commission to force CP Rail to rebuild a washed-out bridge over he Ste-Anne River that carried part of Via’s Montreal-Quebec City traffic.Since the bridge at Ste-Anne-de-la-Perade was swept away by ice floes on the swollen river April 1, CP has rerouted freight traffic along a nearby Canadian National Railways line, and has told the CTC that it shouldn’t have to rebuild the bridge, at least not for the time being.CP noted that Via, which operated three trains a day in each direction on CP’s line along the north shore of the St.Lawrence River, is about to conduct a review of options for upgrading all its Montreal-Quebec City services.Quebec gets 15th party QUEBEC (CP) — Anti-abortion activist Reggie Chartrand will take his fight on the road in the next provincial election.Chartrand received approval Wednesday from Quebec chief electoral officer Pierre-F.Cote to form his own party, Action Quebec.Party leader Chartrand, a former boxer and separatist supporter in the 1960s and 1970s, is currently involved in several attempts to lay charges against Dr.Henry Morgentaler, the Montreal doctor who runs a private abortion clinic.Action Quebec brings to 15 the number of authorized political parties on the provincial scene.Police stop pushing death penalty QUEBEC (CPi — Canadian police will stop pushing for the death penalty in the wake of the recent parliamentary vote against it but will still fight for strict life sentences, the president of the Canadian Association of Police Chiefs said Wednesday.Bob Stewart said in an interview that police at least want to see life sentences remain at a minimum of 25 years in prison without eligibility for parole.Association members meeting here this week were disturbed at recommendations of the recent federal Archambault Commission that murderers serving life sentences be eligible for parole earlier in their sentences, said Stewart, who is chief of police in Vancouver.Accord weakens equal rights TORONTO (CP) — The Meech Lake constitutional accord could weaken women's equality rights by directing the courts to give priority to language questions, two constitutional lawyers said Wednesday.The accord’s recognition of Quebec as a distinct society would not leave the Charter of Rights and Freedoms' guarantees of equality to women and minorities “unaffected.” lawyers for the Ad Hoc Committee of Canadian Women on the Constitution told a news conference.Mary Eberts and John Laskin said this could mean the courts would give greater importance to government policies designed to promote French or English, when balancing them against equality rights protection.Weather Sunny with cloudy periods and the possibility of showers.Todays high will be IS cooling tonight to a low of H.Doonesbury mpo&mmesl- AR£ FANTASTIC, _ PUFZ’maxip, 1 FdNP TNS CONTRATS -, mm AFGHANS T' • NUKES, TERMINATE V .PANAMA'S PRESIDENT1 Investors get some money back Iran won’t accept peace EDMONTON (CP) — Investors in two collapsed Principal Group companies were told Wednesday night they will probably lose 35 to 40 per cent of their money.Liquidator John Ryan of Coopers and Ly-brand also said it will take up to three years to sell all the assets of Associated Investors of Canada and First Investors Corp.“Our preliminary estimate at this time is that in each of these companies you will suffer losses of between 35 to 40 cents on the dollar,” Ryan told 2,000 investors in an exhibition hall.His words were greeted with groans.But some investors said later that the news was better than they had expected.Burglar now a murderer VANCOUVER (CP) — A Calgary woman who telephoned her father got a stranger on the other end of the line.Soon afterward, police found her father bound and dying from a beating inflicted by an intruder.Police charged Kenneth John Pitre, 32, of no fixed address, with first-degree murder Wednesday in the death of Dr.John Piderman, 64, who was found Tuesday night tied up in his home in an affluent central Vancouver neighborhood.Earlier Wednesday, police said they flushed a man from a nearby hiding place who was wearing a ring stolen from the Piderman home.Vast improvement needed VANCOUVER (CP) - The Canadian forest industry should follow Sweden’s lead by developing new, high-priced wood and paper products rather than relying on “low-value” bulk commodities such as lumber, pulp and newsprint, says the Science Council of Canada.Warning that Canada cannot continue depending on its cheap dollar to stay competitive, the council also urged both the federal government and the private sector to double spending on research and development in the next five years, to an estimated $110 million a year.Acadians seek equal rights MONCTON, N.B.(CP) — The New Brunswick Society of Acadians wants the legislature to ensure that the province’s Official Languages Act of 1968 becomes enshrined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Society president Michel Doucet told a news conference Wednesday that Acadians intend to make their plea an issue in the next provincial election, which Premier Richard Hatfield must call within days.The measure should not create an anglophone backlash in the province, said Doucet.Deceased has charges dropped HALIFAX (CP) — Crown prosecutors have finally dropped a charge of attempted murder against John Arthur Legge — three months after the Halifax man committed suicide.A preliminary hearing into the charge against Legge had been scheduled for Tuesday and his name was called by the court clerk.But she quickly whispered to Crown prosecutor Chris Morris: “He’s deceased.” “In light of the fact that Mr.Legge is deceased, I will withdraw the information,” Morris told Judge William Atton.NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — In Iran’s most direct comment yet on a proposed ceasefire, Prime Minister Hussein Musavi said his coun try will never accept “an ignominious peace" with Iraq to end the seven-year-old war.Musavi apparently rejected an Arab League ultimatum Tuesday that Iran accept a ceasefire resolution by the United Nations Security Council by Sept.20 or risk a break in relations with Arab countries.Musavi’s remarks, reported Wednesday by Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency, made no direct reference to the Arab League demand.In another development, Egypt’s top military official was quoted as saying his country and other Arab oil states have given Iraq $181 billion US during its war with Iran to the detriment of their own economic development.Kohl makes the first step BONN (Reuters) — Chancellor Helmut Kohl has agreed to scrap 72 nuclear missiles in West Germany in a step hailed by U.S.President Ronald Reagan as clearing the way for a U.S.-Soviet arms deal.Kohl made the announcement at a news conference on Wednesday.His government has been criticized by Moscow for its stand on disarmament.West Germany, he said, will dismantle its Pershing 1A missiles if the superpowers agree to abolish all medium-and short-range nuclear weapons and if they abide by certain other conditions.Strikers arrested by police MANILA (AP) — Police in the Philippines arrested dozens of people today and surrounded the headquarters of a militant union following the largest strike of President Corazon Aquino’s administration.Manila police said the chairman of United Association of Transport Workers Nationwide was amongthosearrested.for “inciting to sedition.” Medardo Roda leads a union of passenger jeep drivers affiliated with the militant May 1st Movement, which spearheaded Wednesday’s strike demanding a reduction of fuel prices which the government raised Aug.14.Workers fired in South Africa JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s largest mining company said it plans to fire 2,900 black miners who refused to return to work today after their union rejected an offer to end the countrywide strike.The decision by Anglo American Corp.to resume mass firings came one day after members of the National Union of Mineworkers voted overwhelmingly to reject a mining company proposal that offered slight improvements in benefits but no additional pay.On Wednesday, Anglo suspended return-to-work ultimatums for thousands of strikers threatened with dismissal so they could vote on the contract offer by the Chamber of Mines, which represents the six major mining houses.Floods kill hundreds DHAKA (Reuter) — Bangladesh’s worst floods in 40 years have killed more than 600 Nuclear weapons may be scrapped |^°p^eandrnorerainisexpected, officiais said They said the death toll was calculated after heavy rains pounded already submerged areas Wednesday.They warned of additional deaths from disease following the storms that have swept much of the country since early last month.Nearly 20 people drowned and 10 died of disease Wednesday in the hardest-hit northern region where rains inundated refugee camps, leaving thousands of survivors again without shelter, the officials said.LOS ANGELES (Reuter) — President Ronald Reagan followed up a West German offer to remove the last major obstacle to a superpower arms accord by urging the Kremlin to promptly complete a treaty banning medium-range nuclear missiles.On Wednesday.Reagan welcomed Chancellor Helmut Kohl's offer to scrap 72 Pershing 1A missiles if the superpowers agree to rid their arsenals of two classes of weapons known as Intermediate Nuclear Forces.BY GARRY TRUDEAU EXCUSE ME A MINUTE, UUILL TOU, EILL?\ 1-2.7 1 HOW/ f /cs, SIR?At AM ION ANYTHING RIGHT NON)?^ LET ME CHECK YOUR BOOK, SIR.i The KKCORD—Thursday.August 27.1987—3 The Townships —____gyj Hccora Big winners in city beautification drive The city of Sherbrooke announced the winners »ed nesday in its annual ‘villes fleuries' outdoor decorating contest.The restaurant Le Perroquet, at 3059 king Street west, won first place honors in the commercial category.Pictured at the right is Georges Roger, who looks after the restaurant's garden when he's not in the kitchen.Tops in the full home garden category was the home of Tom and Cécile Me Samara, at 2195 Vermont Street (below}.\nother big winner was Tie Communications (not shown), in the industrial category .There were II lesser prizewinners as well.Some 185 contestants entered the city's ninth annual embellishment competition.Sext stop in the contest is Sherbrooke's entry in tht provincial level of the competition.Results should be released soon.M r, "s-üà'-jiz w'‘v w Crown: Society must protect victim against herself Will try again Ayer's Cliff zone vote 13-7 AYER S CLIFF — This town won't be netting a condominium development, another residential zone or a new home for the elderly because 13 lucky voters had their w ay in a mini-referendum held Tuesday and Wednesday.But town council is expected to reply next week by starting over the re-zoning process.Some 24 residents living in and adjacent to the three zones subject to change were allowed to vote in the referendum, which was called after citizens showed opposition to the project The vote was 13 against the bylaw and seven in favor.Three changes were included in the package rejected in the vote.Council wanted to rezone part of the village centre to allow an old folks home to be built at a cost of $250,000, rezone a section of the Ripplecove area where a developer w anted to build a $1.3-million condo project ; and change from industrial to residential status an area near Bacon’s Bay wrhich has already been subdivided and partly sold as housing lots.Council believes it was a mistake to combine the three changes.They are expected to be reintroduced as three separate bylaws at a special meeting next Monday.Wife-beating suspect to stay in cells despite victim’s plea to get him back SHERBROOKE — A Lennox-ville man has been ordered held behind bars until his assault trial in spite of the pleas of his thoroughly battered wife to send him home to her.Richard Loiselle, 39, who also has an address in Cookshire, was sent back to cells Wednesday by Sessions Court Judge Gabriel Las-sonde.Loiselle was arrested last Friday evening in Lennoxville as he was attempting to leave the scene of a beating in front of several witnesses.Lennoxville-Ascot police said he had beaten his wife up in front of a small crowd at the Queen Street laundromat, assaulted two bystanders who tried to intervene, threatened several others with a tire iron, and tried to drag her into his truck and flee, all while under the influence of alcohol.Loiselle was charged with the illegal detention of his wife, three counts of assault, two of breach of probation, one of disturbing the peace in a public place, and one of being in control of a motor vehicle while his blood contained more than .08 milligrams of alcohol per millilitre.ELECTROSHOCK BEATING In ’ruling that Loiselle must stay in jail, Judge Lassonde took into account that he had been there before — for similar offences.In 1985 he was given six months after he was convicted of assaul- ting his first wife, by punching and kicking her and using an electric cord to give her 120-volt shocks, forcing her to play Russian Roulette’ with a loaded gun, and firing it several times around her head.Later Loiselle was convicted of issuing death threats, which is a form of assault under the Criminal Code.Friday’s victim is Loiselle’s second wife.She told Judge Lassonde Tuesday she had nothing bad to say about her husband and had never had trouble with him before.She asked for him to be released and sent back home to her.Defence lawyer Michel Dussault, who had called the victim to the stand, also said Loiselle should be freed on bail because he has already paid for his previous crimes and hasn't yet .been judged on the new charges, and because the accusations against him stem from a single incident and do not reflect a pattern of behavior Crown prosecutor Celine Audet- Otis said Loiselle must be kept in jail because he is a danger to his wife and the public.Commenting on the 38-year old victim s plea for the release of her alleged attacker, Audet Otis also said society must sometimes protect people against themselves, and that in this case the woman must be protected from her own desires.Judge Lassonde agreed and sent Ixdselle back to Winter Street jail to await his trial.‘I think you’ve got a solid base to work with in planning out the future’ Vermont land-use expert envies MRC planning system, not Brome Lake’s By Laurel Sherrer BROME LAKE — A Vermont planning expert’s words of praise for development plans in Brome Lake were meant for the entire Brome-Missisquoi MRC and not just for the town itself.Richard Carbin of the Vermont Land Trust was guest speaker at the association’s special meeting Saturday and was quoted in Monday’s Record as saying he was impressed with what he saw of the town’s development plan.“The details of the plan are better and in greater amount than many plans I see in Vermont, so I think you’ve got a solid base to work with in planning out your fu- ture,” Carbin said.However, Municipal Association managing director Bernie Kahane called the paper this wreek to say “the only development plans he saw were the official schema d'a-menagement (master development plan) of the MRC Brome-Missisquoi,” which was submitted to the Ministry of Municipal Af- fairs in May.Carbin agreed with Kahane’s clarification, saying he was a little confused about the question from the audience that prompted the comment and consequently referred to the town, w'hen he meant the MRC.“I looked at the regional plan,” he said.“I haven’t actually seen the town plan.” REGIONAL PLANS' “They were regional plans that did refer to town planning.” The article in Monday’s Record gives the impression ihat Carbin was talking about the town’s long range plan, Kahane said, when in fact the town doesn’t yet have such a thing.The town is required to submit its own development plan within two years of the provincial government's acceptance of the MRC plan.Carbin had nothing but praise for the MRC plan, said Kahane, and said he wished Vermont had this type of system for dealing with development issues that cross municipal boundaries.Kahane said he agrees with Car-bin, and this is why he is disturbed by Mayor Homer Blackwood’s Blackwood: ‘Not one spoonful’ of concrete, so McCubbin owes me $100 By Laurel Sherrer BROME LAKE — Brome Lake Mayor Homer Blackwood says there’s no excavation going on for a seventh and eighth building of a condominium complex on the east side of the lake.Blackwood made a $100 bet Sa turday with Neil McCubbin, vice-president of the Municipal Association, saying the developer was not breaking municipal laws by beginning construction on seventh and eighth buildings when so far he only has building permits for six.Even after inspecting the site together the two couldn’t agree and no money exchanged hands.On Saturday Blackwood argued that no concrete had been poured; therefore it could not be classified as construction.Municipal Association managing director Bernie Kahane countered by quoting bylaw 97 which says “all persons wishing to excavate land, displace humus, plant or cut trees and carry out any form of work relative to land clearing or land filling, installation of pools and the construction of retaining walls, must, before doing so, obtain an authorization certificate for this purpose from the municipal inspector.” NOT ONE SPOONFUL’ On Wednesday Blackwood asked that his side of the story be told.“When I discussed with Mr McCubbin about the construction of foundations, we talked about concrete,” he said.“There’s not one spoonful of concrete.“Mr.Kahane said you're not allowed to excavate; there’s no excavation,” he added.“As far as I’m concerned, Mr.McCubbin owes me $100.” What the developer is doing is not excavation, said Blackwood.He has only made a “pad” of sand and put up forms to pour the footing for the foundation, he said.Webster’s dictionary defines the word excavate as “1.to hollow out; Postal workers in favor of striking SHERBROOKE — It was no surprise that results of a national vote, made public Thursday, showed postal workers here and across Canada are in favor of a strike or increased pressure tactics, local Woods are Continued from page 1 fire chief Jean Grenier hasn’t heard from the fire prevention group lately, but it hardly matters.JUST LIKE CORN FLAKES’ “I realize it’s very dry and dangerous at the moment,” he says.“Dry leaves are just like corn flakes in the fall.” Therefore certain precautions are being taken he says.“When people phone in to say they want to make a fire — we have a bylaw that they have to tell us — it is at this moment we tell them the procedures.” “And certainly at this moment, unless it is in a very safe place, we will not necessarily authorize fires,” Grenier said Worse, Grenier said, is that the chance of forest fires is likely climbing.union president Pierre Avard said.While a decisive 75 per cent of the national vote was in favor of con*:-nuing to pressure the government for a more secure contract, it was still less than the 88.7 per cent of The risk becomes higher when people start travelling in forests during hunting season coming up in September,” says Grenier.A forest fire “could happen at any time.Especially when there are more people in the woods '' The Société de Conservation du Sud du Québec says most of southern Quebec is experiencing similar tree-threatening conditions.Though Grenier admits his force is doing "nothing special” at the moment, he’s confident it will be able to cope with the situation should it worsen.“A couple of years ago we had several forest fires from hunters who were careless with their cigarettes.” Grenier said.“In the past we’ve been able to handle them.” Plus, he says, if a blaze rages out Sherbrooke postal workers who voted for the same.Avard, president of the Sherbrooke local of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers had predicted Monday that workers’ votes would of control, the Société de Conservation du Sud du Québec can be recruited.Not only would it furnish trained man power but Grenier it sends CF-215 water-bombers if warranted, something Brome Lake almost needed three years ago when flames threatened to consume forest too rapidly for fire fighters to handle.Lumber companies too are aware of the dry conditions.Domtar Inc., which holds one of the largest amounts of privately-owned wooded real estate in the Eastern Townships, is keeping an eye on the problem.A company public relations representative said the company knows about the problem, though it is not doing anything more than normal to prevent fire in its wood lots and in wooded property.favor a strike.He says workers are afraid they might lose their jobs if Canada Post's cost-cutting plans go into effect.They are also angry over the training of replacement workers in Bromptonville.Avard thinks the workers will be used as scab labor in the case of a strike.“Normally we wait seven days after a conciliator’s report before we decide to strike." however, says Avard.A report is scheduled for the beginning of September The post office s 23.000 inside workers have been without a contract since September 1986.‘just like corn flakes’ to make a hole or cavity in, as by scooping, digging or cutting.2.to expose or uncover by digging; to unearth; as to excavate a cannon from the ruins of a fort.3.to form by scooping or hollowing out, or by penetrating into any substance and removing the material ; as to excavate a tunnel.4.to dig out; to remove (earth, soil, etc.)” The Record visited the site Wednesday and observed that one or two feet of soil had been removed to prepare for a seventh and eighth foundation.hopes to have the municipality withdraw from the MRC.Blackwood has made it clear that he wants no part of the MRC system.In an article in the community newspaper Tempo, the mayor said he would like to encourage other municipalities to opt out so that these “totally unnecessary bodies” will be abolished.The municipality has spent more than $13,000 so far in a legal battle over compulsory fees the town refuses to pay to the MRC for services the town says it does not benefit from.{.es Cinémas du Carrefour de l’Estrie «LE PLUS GRAND FILM DE GUERRE DU SIÈCLE» — Alex Grant, VANCOUVER PROVINCE «UN FILM DEBORDANT D’IMAGINATION.UNE QUALITÉ EXCEPTIONNELLE» Stanley Kubrick's FULL METAL JACKET SS « te (SX, CARREFOUR E f ESTRIE 3050 PORTLAND Blvd 565-0366 STARTS TOMORROW ¦ THE BIGGEST WAR MOVIE OF THE CENTURY" Ale* Grant.Vancouver Province Sleep all day *5.“ Party all night.Never grow old.Never die It’s fun to he a vampire.T H E lost-BOYS STARTS TOMORROW "A FIIM OVERFLOWING WITH IMAGINATION" "EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY" - Vincent Conby, New York Times t 4—The RECORD—Thursday, August 27, 1987 #1___ttyj Kocora The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial Nothing to be lost There are undoubtedly some who would say former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau has no business commenting on the Meech Lake constitutional accord.After all.it was his decision to get out of politics, so wrhy doesn’t he leave these things in the hands of those who are now active on the political scene?On the other hand, though, what’s wrong with drawing upon the expertise of someone who followed the issue from way back and knows how and why we have the constitution we have today?The current leaders of our country, although they may have extensive background in the issue themselves, are under political pressures that are particular to today’s Canada.While these pressures are important to consider, they can often blind people to the motivations and concerns that guided us in the past, and which may have more long-term relevance than w'hat’s hot or what’s not in August, 1987.It’s easy to repeat old mistakes when you forget about history.Some of the premiers are looking forward to Trudeau’s appearance tonight before a Commons-Senate committee on the constitution with a sense of irritation.Others just like to see a good fight; they’re simply delighted to see the big guys go at each other with such gusto.New Brunswick Premier Richard Hatfield is reported to have said with a sly grin that it would be "interesting” and that he’s looking forward to Trudeau’s talk.Newfoundland Premier Brian Peckford was less abstruse, defending the deal as a “super thing” and saying unlike Trudeau he doesn’t want to see the country become more centralized because he would like to see the smaller provinces have some voice in confederation.Whether the premiers like what Trudeau has to say, there’s nothing to be lost by giving him a forum.You wouldn’t want every retire politician returning at regular intervals to tell the current government that they’re doing it all wrong, but in this case there’s some merit to the idea.Trudeau’s ideas may not be entirely appropriate for the Canada of today, but neither are they totally irrelevant.Rather than either dismissing or espousing them unconditionally, the premiers would do well to listen, learn and make decisions that will transcend party lines and regimes.LAUREL SHERRER Nuclear winter theory seems to be right on VANCOUVER — Four years of debate and mil lions of dollars of painstaking research have failed to disprove the theory that a dark, cold, crop-killing global winter is likely in the aftermath of a nuclear war, says one of the theory’s authors.Researchers at the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics conference at the University of B.C., confirmed in principle the "nuclear winter” paper, first published in the journal Science in 1983.Since the introduction of the paper, written by Richard Turco and Carl Sagan, the U.S.Office of Science and Technology Policy has poured about $5 million US into nuclear winter research.The U.S.government program now employs more than 100 researchers."1 see it as a program to disprove the theory,” said Turco.who attended the Vancouver conference.Turco said people in the billion-dollar U.S arms industry would like to see his prediction of a nuclear winter refuted."The fact that the theory has lasted four years says a lot,” he said, now a researcher for a Los Angeles-area study group."All of the basic first-order effects have turned out to be true." Paul Crutzen.director of Atmospheric Chemistry at the Max Planck Institute in Mainz, West Germany, another pioneer in nuclear winter research, agreed."One thing is certain after four years," Crutzen said.“What we proposed has not been refuted." RUINS CROPS The original paper predicted global crop failures and mass starv ation following even a comparatively small nuclear exchange.Turco said.Smoke and soot from widespread fires would block out 15 to 20 per cent of the sun’s warming rays for weeks and perhaps months after the initial conflagration, the paper said By showing that the entire globe would suffer Turco and Sagan directly undermined the notion of a winnable nuclear war.The most significant improvement to the nuclear winter theory was in the model used to predict the course of smoke and soot after the initial explosions.Originally Turco and his associates relied on a onedimensional, column like model of the atmosphere above land.But this did not take into account variations in continental climate, notably warmer temperatures on the coast, said Turco As a result, the paper's predictions for a temperature drop of 40 C in the weeks following a nuclear exchange were accurate only for the colder, inland regions, he said Since then, they've been able to include average temperature drops for the entire continent The new results, an average 15-to-25-degree drop for several weeks after a major exchange, would be no less damaging to vital food crops than the original prediction.Turco said In his own research since 1983.Turco has studied the heat-blocking ability of soot and smoke.His results show that oil fires absorb more heat than predicted in the original paper.Turco now predicts that if an attacker were to "diabolically” select certain targets, even a tiny war by current superpower standards could bring on a drastic cooling of the atmosphere “I call it my one-megaton nuclear winter.Turco said, grinning.Most of the world s oil can be found in 200 refineries, he said.If each were hit with a one- to Kl-kiloton tactical nuclear weapon, the smoke w ould shut out enough solar heat to wipe out most harvests on Earth Eisr tsr The alliances in flux part one: Canada defects?If, two years from now, Canada elects the first socialist government in its history and then proceeds to withdraw from both the North Allan tic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the North American Aerospace De fence Command (NORAD), its bilateral military alliance with the United States, what will Washington do?Invade it?Destabilize it?Or just put up with it?Canada has had troops in Europe continuously for the past 37 years, and its own territory is strategically important for the defence of the United States.If Ottawa brought its troops home and denied the U.S.armed forces permission to use Canadian territory, there would be great consternation, to say the least, in many circles in Washington.And it could happen.The New Democratic Party (NDP) is now consistently leading the other Canadian political parties in the opinion polls.For the first time since the Second World War, there is a real possibility that Canada might elect a socialist government — and the NDP has just reiterated its intentions towards NATO and NORAD.It wants quite a big defence budget, but it would spend it all on the defence of Canada’s own sovereignty.The NDP defence spokesman, Derek Blackburn, insisted that this policy was not neutralist: “We ll be masters in our own house — I think Canadians will be very proud knowing that for the first time we can defend our country,” he said.But of course the NDP is talking about neutrality, even Gwynne Dyer though it shies away from that word (just as it rarely uses the word ‘socialist’) in deference to delicate North American sensibilities.It is significant that, even with the seductive whiff of power in its nostrils, the NDP has not backed away from its established policies.Its private opinion pollers are telling it that there is wide potential support for those policies in Canada, provided it can find a tactful way of expressing them.The same calculation is clearly being made within the Liberal party, Canada's traditional party of gover nment.The Liberal leadership are mostly still NATO and NORAD loyalists, but a growing faction within the party’s ranks favours more independent and even neutralist foreign and defence policies for Canada.Even the Conservative government (dead last in the opinion polls) has responded to this sentiment in its own peculiar way.Its recent white paper on defence was larded with Cold War phraseology and promised to spend $183 billion on the Canadian forces over the next 20 years, but the small print revealed that very little of that investment would be devoted to alliance" roles.The Canadian government proposes to abandon its long-standing commitment to reinforce NATO’s northern flank in Norway in a crisis.Canadian forces will remain in West Germany, but relatively little money will go to strengthening the Canadian Navy’s traditional role of protecting the North Atlantic sea- lanes.The major naval item was the acquisition of ten to twelve nuclear submarines, primarily for the protection of Canadian sovereignty (especially in the Arctic, where conventionally powered submarines cannot operate under the ice).And the Conservative government has already taken over a much larger share of the costs of NORAD’s new Arctic radar system, the North Warning Line, than Canada paid towards its 1950s-vintage predecessor, the Distant Early Warning (DEW') Line.The recent announcement that Canada will open five new fighter bases in the high Arctic makes a similar symbolic appeal to Canadian popular concern about sovereignty (even though the Conservative government will allow U.S.aircraft to operate from those new bases too, just as the North Warning Line remains part of the joint U.S.-Canadian command structure created by NORAD).Defence Minister Perrin Beatty makes no bones about the politics of it: "The issue is whether there will be a Canadian presence here.If we don’t have this capability, it’s very disturbing.If you provide the territory and another country provides the goods, you become a protectorate.” In fact, a future NDP defence minister, faced with the task of implementing a credible neutrality policy, could hardly wish for a better predecessor than Perrin Beatty.Canadian neutrality would necessarily involve the military ability to guarantee the United States ajgainst surprise attack across Canadian territory — and Beatty is starting to create the forces and resources which that would require, even while denying (quite truthfully) that his own goal is neutrality.What he would not deny, if he were frank, is that his reorientation of Canadian defence policy is a necessary response to changing Canadian public opinion.This shift in attitude is partly due to the cyclical Canadian propensi-ty to wallow in puerile anti-Americanism, but it also proceeds from a mature reflection on the ap propriate defence policy for Canada in a world where all the old assumptions are crumbling.In politics, motives are always mixed.But if next year or in 1989, Canadians elect an NDP government that begins to turn attitude into policy by pulling out of Canada’s alliances and going neutral, what will the U.S.response be?It depends very heavily on what is happening elsewhere.r WBU, m it Feet To & srfli.NO ^ m (pm1'7 M0T ftP„.0UT Ct>I mt To 6rr w tme 6M€ mew Af> THE YfoMAN MDTdE ftACK W(HT On this day in history August 27.1987 By The Canadian Press The Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact was signed by 62 countries 59 years ago today — in 1928.The pact “outlawed” war, the countries vowing to find diplomatic means to solve future world disagreements.The agreement was initiated by the French and the U.S.secretary of state, Frank Kellogg.Kellogg received the Nobel Peace Prize a year later for his efforts but neither he, nor the pact, could prevent the outbreak of the Second World War 10 years later.Also on this day in : 1939 — The first airplane with tubo-jet engines was tested in Germany.Investors move out but N.W.T.economy looks up Some major employers in the Northwest Territories have been shutting down, bu many residents are still optimistic about the future.CP reporter Mark Lisac toured the Northwest Territories recently and wrote this report on the region's economy.By Mark Lisac YELLOWKNIFE.N.W.T.(CP) — From the forests around Fort Smith to the ice-locked beach at Sachs Harbour, the people of the western Northwest Territories talk about the future with a boisteous sense of confidence.The Cominco lead-zinc mine at Pine Point is closing.The near shut-down of oil exploration in the Beaufort Sea has cost hundreds of jobs.But instead of shedding tears, the North is full of dreams for the future.John Manton, owner of a trailer court and gravel pit at Fort Smith, next to the Alberta border, came up from Sudbury, Ont., 20 years ago.He bought the gravel pit three years ago when it had two employees.Now he pays a dozen.“Mister.” he said, leaning across his coffee cup at the Pinecrest Hotel café.“if you can’t make it in the North, you may as well shoot yourself.“There are opportunities just hanging off the trees.” The towns cluster along the great northern waterway — around Great Slave Lake, the Mackenzie River, the Mackenzie Delta and on the shores of the vast Beaufort Sea.CAPITAL BGGEST The biggest town is Yellowknife, the territorial capital Its 12,000 people live on government jobs, two nearby gold mines and a summer tourist season.Ten years ago it still looked much like any other mining town so mewhere on the Laurentian Shield — a collection of neat wood-frame houses, float planes, empty lots, the population only 8,500.Today the downtown area has filled in and Yellowknife looks like a skinny kid who has started taking on muscle.Shppers stroll the busy downtown streets on a Saturday afternoon Tou rists with cameras slung over their shoulders crowd the Kentucky Fried Chicken store or w alk down the hill to the Back By area, where fashionable new houses cling to a huge dome of granite rising out of Great Slave Lake.A middle-aged man and woman hammer together a new deck beside their mobile home, figuring to make several thousand dollars extra if they sell.Everything is a bustle of cars, of video stores, of people on the streets or in the new Panda II Mall.PRICES RISE “The economy here is better than it’s ever been.” said Dave Talbot, a motel manager who recently branched into real estate sales after completing a term as head of the Yellowknife Chamber of Commerce.He flipped through his sales book and pointed to mobile homes selling for $90.000 and a two-bedrôom, 25-year-old bungalow listed at $115,000.The city has grown steadily for years, largely because of the ever-expanding presence of the territorial and federal governments, Talbot said.The collapse of Beaufort oil exploration did not hurt because the Beaufort was serviced from Edmonton and Hay River: “Everything that went in and out of the Beaufort flew over us.” A new hospital this year will likely bring in 100 staff families, Talbot said.The Armed Forces base should grow.A Canada Post sorting plant is coming to the airport and “they're going to double the size of the airport itself.” The rental vacancy rate is zero, Talbot said.The tourist trade is growing steadily but has been held back by a lack of motel space.His own Twin Pine Motor Inn turns dow n 50 or 60 telephone callers a day in the summer “We need developers up here.” Talbot said.“We need big developers." GOVERNMENT CUTS At F ort Smith, the government supplies most jobs and it has started cut ting back.Jim Schaefer, a trapper, depends on part-time electrical work for extra income.This construction season has been slow.He knows of only three houses going up in the town of 2.300.compared w ith about 30 co-op housing units, a federal building and a native friendship centre in the last two years.“It’s been three months and the-re’ve been no tenders." But tourism has been picking up.as it has all across the North.Alex Gauthier, co-owner of Lou’s Small Engines, a hardware store and snow mobile dealer, said it looks as if he is headed for a good year.LOST TRADE At Hay River, the brash local busi- ness community regards itself as an island of free enterprise in a territory dominated by government.The town of 2.800, located on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, saw its crucial barge business shrink to about one-quarter of its former size with the oil companies’ pull-out from the Beaufort, a major barge destination.The virtual closing of nearby Pine Point could take away nearly one-third of the local retail trade.Yet Jane Groenewegen.president of the Chamber of Commerce, paused from her chores at her bed-and-breakfast establishment and talked about stretching the short summer tourist season by developing crosscountry ski trails and other attractions.“Tourism is on the increase in the Northwest Territories,” she said.“I think in the future it’ll be one of the mainstays of the economy.” EXPECTS GROWTH Down the road at Enterprise, a major highway junction, Richard Ca-dieux surveyed the gas station and cafe he intends to expand and talked about the “incredible” tourist inte rest in Wood Buffalo National Park, a three hour drive away."I look at opportunities in Hay River and it’s wide open, and it's the same in other areas like Fort Smith.” At the other end of the Mackenzie Valley, the approximately 3,000 people at Inuvik have been hardest hit by the Beaufort slow-down Retail trade dropped 30 to 40 per cent in the last year, said Dick Hill, who runs the local cable TV company and the Western Arctic Visitors' Association.Daryl Cote, a University of Lethbridge student washing down a seismic exploration vessel for another season in the Beaufort, said he was lucky to get his summer job back for a fifth season Three men were at work where there would have been 15 in past years, he said The government docks used to be crammed but this summer had only two vessels tied up NOT SO BAD A1 Pluim, a contractor, admitted the business strip on Mackenzie Road has been riddled by receiverships and pull-outs but said things are not as bad as they are sometimes painted He saved his own business by diversifying into equipment leasing, auto repairs and hiring out skilled tradesmen."You have to make things happen, and if you really work at it you can make things happen." Even at tiny Sachs Harbour — a huddle of 170 people on the wind-swept southern coast of Banks Island, across the Beaufort from Inuvik ¦— dreams are being hatched.The local trapping economy collapsed along with the price of white fox pelts early in the 1980s.Now the residents guide visiting polar bear hunters at $12,500 a crack and Mayor Les Carpenter dreams of building tourist attractions such as a musk-ox centre.SOME LEFT OUT The dreams take hard work and pa tience.And some people have been left out.Pine Point, a single-industry town 23 years old, is on shaky ground with the closing of its mine.Local businessmen expect the population to drop to about 400 this fall from 1,800.Many natives have yet to fit into the wage economy.Southern whites can still go north and find jobs in areas of native unemployment Indian and Metis land claims have stalled development in some areas.Many communities face a two-year freeze on development of land owned by the territorial government because no one knows what land could end up in Indian or Metis hands.Talbot said Yellowknife has about 50 lots left for residential development, just more than a one-year supply, and after that there will be nowhere to build.KNOW BENEFITS Manton.owner of the Fort Smith gravel pit.said competing with government is tough He started one worker at $10 an hour and the man complained he had been making more on unemployment insurance, available in the Fort Smith area after 10 weeks of work."I can’t find a truck driver,” Man-ton said."I have to get down on my hands and knees and beg." But all the free spirits roaming around the North know the benefits of the government presence The town of Inuvik has three underpinnings — oil and gas.tourism and government, said Doug Billingsley, owner of a hardware store.Oil and gas have collapsed.Tourism is a six-week business, although residents say the summer weaher could support 10 or 12 w eeks So you re really back to government holding us up now We’ve been very fortunate that we’ve had a considerable amount of government activity here, and if we hadn’t, we’d be rolling up the streets.” The RECORl>—Thursday.August 27.19S7—5 Farm and Business —___fo-i mma Third World debt: Converting loans to equity a partial solution TORONTO (CP) — The federal superintendent of financial institutions will not stand in the way of Canadian banks planning to convert Third World loans into equity.Such a step has increasingly been seen as a partial solution to the debt problems of developing countries.Michael Mackenzie said Tuesday he would be open to bank requests for flexibility under current rules.Canadian banks generally are allowed to own no more than 10 per cent of voting shares in non-financial companies in Canada or abroad, although they can buy up to 100 per cent of financial institutions such as mortgage companies and securities dealers, Mackenzie said in an interview.Canada’s Bank Act might have to be amended to facilitate increased ownership of non-financial institutions by banks, Mackenzie said.Such amendments are outside his jurisdiction.But under current rules, banks might make a case for increasing equity in non-financial companies.Mackenzie’s comments came in response to a question on whether Canadian authorities were consi dering action similar to that taken by the U.S.Federal Reserve Board Aug.12.IN 33 NATIONS The Federal Reserve announced that U.S.banks would be allowed to acquire up to 100 per cent of non-financial companies in 33 heavily indebted developing nations.Be- fore the announcement, they could own no more than 20 per cent.UnderCanada's BankAct, Canadian banks are allowed to exceed a 10 per cent stake in non-financial companies when settlement of a debt is involved.They usually are required to dispose of any shares that take the total stake beyond 10 per cent, within two years.But an extension may be granted.Canadian banks have just started making inroads into converting their Third World loans into equity In April, the Bank of Montreal said it would convert up to $100 million US of debt owed it by Brazil into equity investments in that country.However, it has still to announce the completion of any such transaction.The Bank of Nova Scota last month announced plans to buy up to a 40-per-cent stake in Consolidated Bank and Trust Corp.of the Philippines, known as Solidbank.COMPLETING DEAL A Scotiabank spokesman said the bank is in the process of completing that purchase Developing nations are carrying debts estimated at about $1 trillion, of which only a few billion dollars has been converted from debt into equity.The issue has been getting more attention since Citicorp, the largest banking company in the United States, announced in May it was setting aside $3 billion in reserves to cover risky Third World loans.Citicorp hopes to invest as much as $500 million in Argentina over the next 18 to 24 months.Drought a double blow to N.S.sheep farmers Drought is forcing farmers to let sheep range farther from the barn, out where they’re more open to coyote attack.: “ No grass, coyote attacks both pose problems CAPE JOHN, N.S.(CP) — This summer’s drought is delivering a double blow to sheep farmers in Nova Scotia.As if it weren’t bad enough that grazing grass is becoming scarce and watering holes are drying up, the drought is leaving sheep wide open to coyote attack.As grass and water disappear in protected areas near houses, farmers have no choice but to let their sheep roam farther afield, into areas where coyotes may be lurking.“It’s all so depressing,” said Bruce Blacklock, who lost six sheep in three weeks to the wily predators on his 40-hectare, 325-ewe farm in this Pictou County village.“You never know until you round up the sheep each night whether you’ve had a kill that day.” Two coyotes have been killed on his farm already this year, but he estimates there are three to five more killers out there.Sheep have been wounded rather than killed in the most recent attacks, indicating that the coyotes have a batch of pups being taught how to hunt.Blacklock says his hopes of ma- king a profit this year are nil and he is thinking about getting out of the business.The drought has stunted the rape he grows as a forage crop and has reduced his hay crop to one.It’s weaning time, and he will have to buy expensive grain to feed the lambs.The province compensates farmers with a $65 payment for each lamb killed by coyotes, but on the market a lamb would fetch about $106.Sharks attack Spanish undersea phone cable By Susan Linnee MADRID (AP) — Nobody gave a thought to sharks in October 1985 when AT and T and the Spanish telephone company Telefonica laid the world’s first non-experimental undersea optical fibre cable in the Canary Islands.But the cable attracted as much interest from hungry sharks as it did from the scientific community.For reasons still not fully understood, sharks attacked the cable with a fury, biting through its power conductor and leaving at least 50 teeth embedded in its polyethylene coating.Although it was troubling at the time, the Canary Islands experience taught American Telephone and Telegraph Co.how to guard against shark attacks on much longer fibre optical cables that will cross the Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean oceans.“It was a blessing in disguise,” said James Barrett, deputy director of international engineering for AT and T in Morristown, N.J., the executive responsible for submarine cables.Now, the vulnerable portions of all undersea fibre optical cables laid by AT and T will be wrapped in two layers of steel tape that resist even the jaws of monster sharks.Telephone conversations and video signals travel through optical fibre cables as pulses of laser light.Optical fibres dramatically increase the amount of data that can be transmitted on a cable.The technology also does away with the distortion frequent in satellite and conventional copper cable transmissions.The optical fibre cable is to include communications channels that will increase ten-fold the number of telephone conversations and other data transmissions possible at any given time through the cable.Undersea coaxial cables currently in use carry between 1,000 and 2,000 simultaneous telephone conversations.A 280-megabit optical fibre cable can carry 8,000 conversations.With a circuit multiplier, that number can be increased to 40,000.Sharks began attacking and chomping on Optican 1 shortly after AT and T laid about 120 kimo-metres of cable between Tenerife and Gran Canary, two islands in the chain that lie off the northwest coast of Africa.Never worry about your water again.Let Oes give you a new well and water system in just 2 days • Free estimate • Free consultation • Certified, competent operators • Complete water system with 5 year guarantee Oes: the water Walter Oes — 514-243-6454 U.S.-designed nuclear plant flawed — Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Two years ago, Brazil switched on its Angra I nuclear-power plant and proudly joined a select circle of nations with atomic energy.But before long, Brazilians were calling it “the lightning bug” because it kept going on and off.After repeated shutdowns of the 626-megawatt plant, Brazil now is suing the U.S.manufacturer, the Westinghouse Electric Corp., on grounds of fraud and breach of contract.Officials here claim Angra 1’s design was flawed from the start.Westinghouse has denied the charges.“We are demanding payment for repairs, expenses and an indemni-zation.” said Marcio Costa, director of nuclear production at Furnas Centrais Eletricas S.A., the government power company that runs Angra I.‘ ’ The defects are in design and manufacture.” The flaws do not compromise safety, Costa said, but are costly, embarrassing and shorten the active life of the plant, at the seaside resort of Angra dos Reis, about 150 kilometres southwest of Rio de Janeiro.Since the plant began tests in 1982, it has closed down more than 20 times for repairs of various kinds.Then this past June, a short circuit caused part of the electric generator to melt and automatically shut the plant down.SNAFUS COSTLY Costa said repairs will take at least six months.He estimated the cost in lost energy at $3 million US a month.In a statement, Westinghouse said the cause of the generator breakdown was unknown but it claimed there was no evidence of wrongdoing on its part.Career SECRÉTAIRES JURIDIQUES ET OPÉRATRICE DE TRAITEMENT DE TEXTE L’étude MONTY C0UL0MBE regroupe présentement plus de trente avocats et connaît une expansion importante L’étude travaille présentement à un projet pour l’automne qui nécessite un besoin immédiat de secrétaires juridiques.Présentement 3 postes permanents à temps complet sont ouverts.D’autres s'ouvriront à l’automne.De plus, un poste à temps partiel est ouvert pour une personne qui connaît le mode d’opération sur équipement de traitement de texte- AES.QUALIFICATIONS: — Les candidats(tes) devront posséder un D E C.ou Sec.V ou l équivalent.— Experience non requise mais souhaitable; la formation est assurée par l’étude; — Une bonne maîtrise du français est esseptielle.— Une connaissance de l’anglais écrit et/ou parlé constitue un atout intéressant CONDITIONS: Le personnel profite d un programme d assurance-groupe et d une banque de congés maladie.Les conditions de travail sont ajustées en regard de l’expérience.Communiquer pour un rendez-vous ou faites parvenir votre curriculum vitae à: Me SERGE DUBOIS MONTY COULOMBE 234, rue Dufferin, suite 210 SHERBROOKE (Québec) J1H 4M2 Tél.: 819-566-4466 Creating your own team of professionals You’ve probably found that as your income and net worth increase.your financial life becomes more complex Your investment alternatives increase: you have to plan for college for your children: you worry more about paying higher taxes; you find you need more than a one page will.To cope with their diverse financial, investment and tax matters.people who are most successful at managing their money build a team of professionals to help them Typically, the team consists of a lawyer, an accoun tant and an investment advisor (or what we at McLeod Young Weir call an Investment Executive).While each professional has a different area of expertise, some of your financial questions may blur the lines.For example, you'll want input from both your Investment Executive and your accountant when discussing tax reduction: The accountant can help you decide if you should transfer or postpone income; your Investment Executive can recommend the best investments to do it.Or, if you’re establishing a trust fund for your children, you may seek the advice of each member of your financial team.Remember that though each of your experts may get to know one aspect of your financial life in great depth, you are the only per son who has the big picture.Your team of advisors can provide you with the facts but you must make the final decisions.How can you get the most out of your financial team?Here are a few tips: • When choosing advisors, keep in mind that you’ll want to rely on them for many years as your finances evolve.So even though your cousin - the corporate la wyer - may be able to write a simple will, you’ll need someone with more relevant expertise when it comes time to set up trusts or plan your .estate • Ask business associates and friends whose judgment you respect to recommend professionals who understand personal finan cial matters.• When you meet the accountant, lawyer or Investment Executive for the first time, exlain your cur- Investment Interest By Daniel Watier rent and anticipated needs clearly • Make sure you feel comfortable with this person’s outlook and methods.If, for example, an Investment Executive specializes in aggressive investments and you prefer a lower-risk approach, ask him/her to refer you to one of his/her associates.• Ask questions about anything you want, including fees.Lawyers and accountants are usually paid by the hour; rates vary widely around the country.Certain services, such as drafting a simple will, may be done for a flat fee Investment Executives are paid by commissions on your securities transactions.• Keep each member of your team abreast of major changes in your situation.Only by knowing all pertinent facts can they advise you properly.• While it's a good idea to solicit suggestions on a specific situation from all your team mem bers.remember who the expert is in a given area You shouldn’t rely on your Investment Executive for legal advice any more than you would trust your lawyer for investment advice.If serious questions arise where your advisors have opposing opinions on the same subject, arrange for a conference telephone call or a meeting to resolve the issue.In the end, a carefully selected and properly managed financial team will help you determine and achieve your financial goals.Daniel Watier is an investment cousellor in Sherbrooke.McLEOD YOUNG WEIR Banks selling dubious loans TORONTO (CP) — Canadian banks are selling some of their du bious Third World loans, rather than trying to collect them The Toronto-Dominion Bank has sold $411 million worth of such loans, reporting a loss of $139 million.The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has not sold any yet, but “has a worldwide group working on that problem,’’ says senior vice-president Don Bowder.Third World loans are not easy to dispose of, unless the sellers are willing to accept the average going rate of 50 cents on the dollar.When banks sell loans at a discount, they have to take losses.But at least they have dealt with those problem loans once and for all Banks also trade debts.For instance, if a bank thinks Peruvian loans will be easier to collect than Brazilian loans, it might swap its Brazilian debt for Peruvian.ir icir fr ir ir it irititic * * * * * * .4 * * * * * * * * * JE JE >E jE ?E PROMENADES DES GRANDES FOURCHES ¦M ¦ .-.r- oX£oyEo''Eo',EoyE FARMERS HORTICULTURISTS MARKET-GARDENERS Now is the time to reserve your outdoor space.Les Promenades des Grandes Fourches (Summer/Fall) 12 SPACES AVAILABLE RENTAL: *30 per day $125 per week THE ONLY OUTDOOR PUBLIC MARKET IN __________SHERBROOKE_________ Les Promenades des Grandes Fourches at the heart of the regional economy.FOR RESERVATIONS: ________(819) 564-7487 it iciriciciciriricir iric 1 & VWWWWWWWWWW je 6—The RECORD—Thursday, August 27, I»87 —____ftei iKcora Meet your favorite voice asPhillipsburgplaysCJAD Well Bedford is officially open and it would be hard to find anyone who had a real complaint, apart from the tent-raisers who got soaked in the brief storm just as they got set to raise the ffUGE eating tent.Everyone else went off with hardly a hitch and the fireworks at the end of the day were superb.15 minutes of steady colour and noise and excitement, made even more spectacular by the reflection of the explosions and star-bursts in the river.When people applaud fireworks while the show is going on, you have a hit.and people applauded and “oooohed” and “ahhhed” and had a grand time.As Jacques Parizeau used to say, “Damned fine show.” There’s another damned fine show coming up on Sept.19.That’s the annual get-together of Townshippers Association on Townshippers Day! Because of the distance, there will be a bus service.The bus starts in Granby, goes to Cowansville, Knowl-ton and Waterloo, then up to Danville.The round-trip ticket costs just $9.Granbyites intending to bus-tie off to Danville can reserve a seat by calling Mr.Dougall at 372-7543.Knowltonians can reach Gordon Ladd at 243-5195 and everyone else can phone Townshippers office in Cowansville at 263- Down the Pike By Ashley Sheltus 4422 or 6317.No matter how you get there, a full day of activities has been planned There will be live entertainment, places to park the kids, lots of food, dancing, a fashion show and square dancing.This is also a fine opportunity to see the “Halloween House” as well as many of the other historic and architecturally important buildings in Danville.There will be a slide presentation, followed by a walking tour of the town.For people who want to go further afield, a bus trip (a short one) will take you to Kingsey Falls.More on Townshippers Day next week A bit closer to ome, this weekend marks the third annual golf tournament and supper for the Bedford Curling Club.The day is Aug.29.The place for the golf game is Venise en Québec, the Baie Missisquoi Golf Club.After the game, everyone is invited back to Bedford for a ham and baked potato supper at the curling club.Cost of the entire package is $25.If the only slice you are interested in comes off a piece of ham, $8 will get you into the supper and you can listen to some of the most imaginative conversation available anywhere in Canada.with the possible exception of a fisherman’s convention.In any event, for tickets and/or information, call Marcel Guértin at 248-2821.Right after the golf tournament (Sunday as I calculate it) the Phi-lipsburg Legion all star ball team will take on the gang from CJAD Montreal.The location of the route will be the old ball field up behind the Legion hall.The first pitch will be thrown out around 2 p.m., followed shortly (probably) by the pitcher for roughing up the ball with his manicure set.The Legion pitcher will probably use a bayonet and nobody will dare say a word.The $1 entry fee goes to Camp Garagona so come as often as you can.After the game, the famous BBQ will be served in both sit down and take out modes.In either event, it’s $5.50 for a half with all the trimmings.Having participated in one or two of these challenge matches when I worked in private radio, it’s a good thing the Legion is serving chicken.There will more than enough ham around as it is.Come on out to meet your favorite voice and have a plate full of fun Under the coming events heading.watch out for the annual ham dinner in Dunham next month.The date to remember is Sunday.Sept.13 Finally, the NOTA party.In order to ensure that None Of The Above candidates are elected, anyone running under the NOTA banner must be named Zukrovski (or sky) or Zavos, perhaps Young or Y von and in most ridings the party will accept a Wood, Woo or Wozniak.Selecting such candidates (always after other parties have nominated theirs) will ensure the last place ballot position essential to attract people intending to vote for none of the above.Party strategists estimate that if the election is called under the present political climate, the NOTA party will win up to 296 seats.The party platform (carefully worked out during the last thunderstorm) consists of a single promise.If elected, the NOTA party will immediately begin announcing policies at a series of press conferences.This will avoid the embarassment of changing policies after an election.To come.election financing and leadership conventions.Seeking cause of diabetes EDMONTON (CP) — Diabetes afflicts more than one million Canadians, and researcher Dr.Edmond Ryan hopes a small group of women can give him some clues about how people get the disease.Ryan is looking for a potential cause of Type II diabetes, by far the most common form of the disease.Complications often associated with Type II diabetes include blindness, stroke, heart disease and kidney damage, he said.He hopes that a kind of shortlived diabetes that strikes pregnant women — called gestational diabetes — will provide clues about how people get Type II.The gestational condition affects about three per cent of women during the latter months of pregnancy, he said.After childbirth, it goes away.However, within 15 years, up to 60 per cent of those women will develop Type II diabetes, said Ryan, a graduate of the University of Dublin who came to Edmonton after a stint at the University of Miami.A PRECURSOR “Gestational diabetes is a precursor of Type II diabetes,” he said.“It is a good model for the more common type of diabetes.” People who develop diabetes later in life are often overweight.“Pregnancy puts a strain on the system similar to being obese in later life.” Women who are obese to start with or put on more weight than normal tend to develop gestational diabetes, he said.Unlike diabetic women who become pregnant and must control their blood sugar carefully to avoid the risk of birth defects in their baby, those with “gestational diabetes do not carry increased risk of congenital abnormalities.” Women who develop gestational diabetes don’t produce enough insulin and their bodies tend to be resistant to it, said the bearded researcher.He is looking for a defect in cells which might cause this condition, and which may play a role in the development of Type II diabetes.SPARK HORMONES?Since it is likely that hormones activated during pregnancy lead to gestational diabetes, Ryan, 35, has experimented with fat cell cultures using a combination of hormones to develop a laboratory model of the condition.Once the abnormality is identified, he can compare cells of gestational diabetes patients during pregnancy and after delivery when blood-sugar levels return to normal.If, as he suspects, Ryan finds the cells of patients after delivery still contain an abnormality, it could explain why more than half of them develop diabetes later in life.NOTICE OF RELOCATION The Adult Education Services of the Eastern Townships School Board wishes to inform its clientele of the new site of Gagnon Centre.High School For Adult Program and French as a Second Language courses will now be given at 50 Grandes Fourches South in Sherbrooke.(The old Sherbrooke Market Building) FOR INFORMATION: 821-9575 Le Mètre et le Coupon iii|iii|HTyri i'|iii|Mi|m TTT TIT TTT NEW IN COWANSVILLE 10% 20% SALE ends Saturday, August 29th '87 on WOOL ALL COUPONS on CORDUROY INTERLOCK FLEECE FABRIC Ancient clans of Ireland honored in Dublin museum By Paul Majendie DUBLIN (Reuter) — Sixteen of Ireland’s most famous ancient ruling families—from the O’Neills to the O’Donoghues and even including The McGillyeuddy of the Reeks — are to be recognized in the new State Heraldic Museum in Dublin.Their banners are to be hung in the museum to commemorate, as Chief Herald of Ireland Donal Begley put it, “families who can trace their lineage as far back as the fourth century AD, and who are at least on a par with the great royal houses of Europe.” Years of meticulous research have gone into finding who can lay claim to being clan chieftains.They are entitled to call themselves quite simply The O’Neill or The O’Donovan and their wives can be addressed as Lady O’Neill or Lady O’Donovan.These clan chieftains currently range from a beagle breeder to a former commander of the sultan of Oman’s army.One is parish priest to the Irish diplomatic mission in Zimbabwe, another a Portuguese industrialist.MANY FLED Their exotic, globe-trotting backgrounds show how widely the tentacles of Ireland’s great ruling families stretch.Many of the families fled in the great 17th-century dispersion that marked a major imposition of English rule on the “Emerald Isle.” Begley, a quick-witted and enthusiastic genealogist, said, “It’s quite something for them to be able to say I am the senior member of a line that goes back to the time of St.Patrick.It’s an attested lineage which should stand up in a court of law.” The two main aristocratic exoduses followed defeats in battle at the hands of the English — The Flight of the Earls to Italy in 1607 and the so-called “Flight of the Wild Geese” to France, Spain and Portugal after the 1691 Siege of Limerick.ABLE TO ADAPT Begley, stressing how the small island of 3.5 million people has had a disproportionate worldwide influence, said of the Irish exiles, “They had an extraordinary facility to adapt.” Today, he said, there were 40 million Irish Americans, six million Englishmen of Irish descent, “and five (million) of the 15 million people in Australia come from Ireland originally.“Forty per cent of Canada’s population in its Maritime provinces is of Irish descent and I spoke more Gaelic in Halifax than I do back here.” Begley, highlighting what has become a tourism boon for Ireland, also said, “you have up to a dozen clan gatherings a year in Ireland.“Imagine if you were an O’Conor in Tasmania 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