The record, 26 février 1988, vendredi 26 février 1988

Weekend t litl him- ] In Townships Week this week: Ayer’s Cliff’s artistic talent shines, the Knowlton Pub is good for a laugh, and details of a Brome Lake magic show are available.Births, deaths .9 Classified .10 Comics .11 Editorial .4 Farm & Business .6-7 History .5 Living .8 Sports .12-13 Townships.3 Inside Are the Sherbrooke Hussars having financial difficulties?There’s trouble brewing for Monday night’s public meeting in Ayer’s Cliff.Both stories are on page 3.Bernard Epps has a followup to January’s Gibb Home feature.See page 5.SCOC decides: French earn court rights in the ruling By Gerard McNeil OTTAWA (CP) — People have the right to speak French in court in Saskatchewan and the province must either print all laws in French as well as English or invalidate, as soon as possible, the right to French-language laws, the Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday.The court said that Section 110 of the Northwest Territories Act contains language guarantees which are still valid in Saskatchewan and must be either respected or repealed by the province’s legislature.Among the rights was the right to speak French in court.Judges and court officials could use English or French as they pleased and, under the language law, an appellant who spoke French did not have a right to be understood.The right to be understood in court was a due pro-cess right flowing from the common law or from legal guarantees in the Canadian Constitution.Francophone spokesmen hailed the ruling as a victory and asked for help from Ottawa and Quebec in defending French rights in not only Saskatchewan but Alberta, MLA lauds court ruling EDMONTON (CP) - Leo Piquette, the New Democrat who prompted a language controversy when he spoke French in the Alberta legislature, says he hopes to do it again without causing a stir.“I’m hoping that the next time I do attempt to speak French in the Alberta legislature it will be a non-event,” Piquette told reporters Thursday.The member for Althabasca-Lac La Biche was commenting on Thursday ’s Supreme Court of Canada decision upholding French language rights in Saskatchewan.Piquette had said he would await the ruling before deciding on future action.After the ruling, he said he doesn’t intend to abuse his right to speak French in the house but hopes the Conservative government will formally accept French as an official language.where Section 110 also forms the basis of the province’s entry into Confederation in 1905.Premier Grant Devine of Saskat-chewan had no immediate comment on the ruling.In the Commons, Liberal MP Jean-Robert Gauthier said it will be “very divisive” if Saskatchewan removes rights.He asked Transport Minister John Crosbie whether the government will act to see that the rights are maintained.Crosbie replied that Ottawa will co-operate in every way possible.Saskatchewan has been told by the Supreme Court that the province must translate its laws into French within five years or pass a bilingual law “as soon as possible” declaring all English-only laws passed since 1905 to be valid.HAS THE POWER The court said the Saskatchewan legislature has the power to modify a law that gives the right to speak French in court and requires that all laws be enacted, printed and published in French as well as English.But until the law is modified, all acts passed by the Saskatchewan legislature would have to be enacted in both languages.The same requirements apparently apply in Alberta, where section 110 of the Northwest Territories Act also was incorporated into the law when the province was formed Sept.1,1905, the same date as Saskatchewan.Mr.Justice Gerard La Forest, in the majority ruling, said that because French language rights aren’t constitutionally entrenched in Saskatchewan, “the legislature may resort to the obvious, if ironic, expedient of enacting a bilingual statute” to declare English-only laws valid.Immigrants change ‘the profile of the country’ OTTAWA (CP) — Canada became home for 149,384 immigrants last year with more than half settling in Ontario, latest Statistics Canada figures show.And the new figures released Thursday by the agency tell a story that will eventually change the profile of the country.The federal government now is in the throes of a major demographic review.And a report is due in cabinet by March 1989 about how Canada’s changing population will alter social conditions and the economy.Demography turns numbers into a national portrait.Low fertility rates, for example, mean fewer children to fill the schools in coming years.Fewer Canadian children will also alter the labor force and change the amount of income they make to support the economy.Immigration figures add to that picture.The vast majority of immigrants again last year came from Asia: 65,691 compared to 41 ,fi(M) in 1986.Another 37.434 arrived from Europe in 1987 ; 14,569 from North and Central America; 11,024 from the Caribbean countries; 10,617 from South America and 8,276 from Africa.Demography experts are now fairly certain, for example, that the post-war immigration flows from Europe will no longer increase.Why?“Fertility rates, for one,” says E M.Murphy of the Health and Welfare Department.Murphy is also secretary for the federal demographic review committee.“Population growth rates (in Europe) are low themselves,” he told a Commons committee recently.And the immigration figures Thursday show that Ontario and Quebec continue to attract the majority of new Canadians.Nearly 84,000 immigrants last year settled in Ontario; 26,300 in Quebec; 18,476 in British Columbia; 11,735 in Alberta; 4,737 in Manitoba; 2,076 in Saskatchewan; 1,205 in Nova Scotia; 634 in New Brunswick; 457 in Newfoundland; 154 in Prince Edward Island; 78 in the Yukon, and 70 in the Northwest Territories.“The basic idea,” says Murphy, “is that there is a fair amount of information that could be brought to bear on all the decisions the government is making.” Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Friday, February 26,1988 50 cents Lincoln: Biggest single pollution source Quebec announces manure management help By Rita Legault SHERBROOKE — A massive $380 million program to clean up the waters in agricultural areas was announced by Environment Minister Clifford Lincoln and Agriculture Minister Michel Pagé Thursday.Farmers will have to kick in another $148 million of their own.The joint program will give money to farmers who store and use their manure properly and profitably to prevent it from getting into rivers and underground waterways and to control air pollution.Lincoln said farm waste is the biggest single source of pollution in the province now that municipalities are cleaning up their sewage.An Agriculture Ministry official says properly managed manure will save farmers money too.“Rather than forcing farmers to control their animal wastes through regulations we will be doing it through financial incentives," associate deputy minister of Agriculture Guy Jacob said in an interview Thursday.“But we will be more coersive to those who voluntarily pollute the environment,” he added 200 DAYS STORAGE Financial aid to farmers will in- clude 60 per cent of the cost of construction of manure storage reservoirs with a 200-day capacity — the period required in present regulations.An additional grant of 90 per cent of costs will be available for days exceeding that 200-day period, up to a maximum of 300 days.To encourage farmers to use manure instead of chemical fertilizers See MANURE.Page 2.As smooth as golden RECORD/CRAIG PEARSON Jean-Marc Rozon and girlfriend Nicole Carrier just arrived in Sherbrooke from a sojourn at the Winter Games in Calgary.Rozon won the gold medal in aerial freestyle skiing, a demonstration sport, something he is obviously proud of—yet he has pleasant memories of more than just the flip competition.Story page 13.SWAT team nailed for its ‘contempt’ MONTREAL (CP) — Six members of the Montreal police SWAT team have been ordered to pay about $250,000 damages to a widow for a 1978 raid in which they sprayed her apartment with bullets, killing her husband and wounding her.Mr.Justice Paul Martineau of Quebec Superior Court said the po-lice raid showed “supreme contempt for the privacy of the home, and in truth, for the .lives of its occupants.” Martineau said the SWAT squad methods were “like using a sledge hammer to kill a mosquito.” The officers used a battering ram to bash down the apartment door of Marc Patenaude, then 30, and then opened fire with automatic weapons.Patenaude and his wife, Donna, were eating supper and watching television with their 18-month-old girl.The SWAT squad raided the house on Nov.28,1978, on an arrest warrant for attempted murder.But Donna Patenaude’s lawyer, Raymond Proulx, told a reporter Wednesday that the alleged murder attempt involved a fight in a restaurant between an off-duty police officer, Patenaude and a friend.Patenaude’s friend later pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of assault.At the time of raid, Patenaude was heading towards the door when he was struck by a bullet.His wife, then 18, dove to the floor and covered her baby.Two bullets lodged in her buttocks.He bled to death from a severed artery in his leg, dying in an ambulance which took 90 minutes to get to their east-end home.The judge noted in his ruling that the officers refused to allow Donna Patenaude to try to treat her husband’s wound, and let the man lie there.They also refused to let her get a bottle of milk for her baby or permit her to dress in privacy.Donna Patenaude now lives in Edmonton and has not remarried.She refused to talk to a reporter on her lawyer’s advice.Farmers in need of new chemical system OTTAWA (CP) — Canada urgently needs a new system for deciding which chemicals farmers can use to protect their crops, say two environmental lawyers.That system should consider the total impact chemicals have on the environment and avoid the conflict : of interest that plagues the present process, Toby Vigod and Joe Cas-trilli told the Commons environment committee Thursday.Most of their presentation was based on research they conducted while writing a Canadian Law Reform Commission report, released last October, on the inadequacies of the country’s 20-year-old pesticide laws and policies.Their brief marked the beginning of the envi- ronment committee’s study of pesticide issues, expected to take several months.The need to establish better controls is emphasized by the dramatic increase in the amount of chemicals Canadian farmers use to make their crops grow and to protect them from bugs and disease, Castilli said.The value of agricultural chemical sales in Canada increased twelvefold over a 10-year period, he told the committee, to $698 million in 1981 from $57.3 milhon in 1971, The amount of land treated with chemicals on the Prairies alone increased to more than six million hectares in 1978 from four million in 1975.Montrealers seethe over Gosset ruling By Nelson Wyatt MONTREAL (CP) — Black community leaders, outraged at the acquittal of a Montreal police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, said Thursday their anger is shared by many white people.“There’s a lot of anger, a lot of disbelief, a lot of cynicism," said lima Lynton-Holt, director of the Negro Community Centre.“But a most interesting pheno menon has been happening.People are calling in who are white and they’re letting us know how they feel about it and they’re with us, that they’re praying for us “I can understand us being outraged but there are a lot of people angry out there and they’re not all black.” The all-white jury of seven men and five women deliberated for 16^2 hours before finding Const.Allan Gosset not guilty Wednesday of manslaughter in the death of Anthony Griffin, 19.Lynton-Holt said the verdict hit her “like a bolt of lightning even though 1 expected it.” “Everybody else was sure there would be a conviction, just based on the evidence.” OBEYED ORDER Testimony showed Griffin was shot once in the forehead after he had obeyed a shouted command by Gosset to give up an escape bid.Griffin had been brought to a west-end police station after it was learned that there was a warrant for his arrest.Gosset said the shot, fired in the police station parking lot, was discharged accidentally and he had not realized that his .38-calibre revolver had been cocked Griffin’s death prompted three inquiries — by the Quebec Human Rights Commission, the Quebec Police Commission and the Montreal police force — because of allegations of racism levelled at the 4,500-member force by leaders of the city’s minority community.None of the inquiries has concluded.But about a dozen black community leaders who met Thursday said they would not co-operate with the human rights inquiry and would no longer help police with courses on race relations.Alix Jean, a spokesman for the Black Community Council of Quebec, said a protest march will be held on Saturday in Montreal’s west end and a rally is planned for some time next week.“The verdict was a big blow to our community because it told us our lives are not worth anything,” Jean said.“It has put relations with the police back by years.” Phone-in shows on Montreal radio stations got many calls from people who said they were white and were angry at the verdict.“The officer shouldn’t have had his gun out in the first place,” one caller said.In Halifax, Jerry Taylor, executive director of the Black United Front of Nova Scotia, said he would protest the Gosset verdict to the federal government.“Just as Americans had to rely on their national government to get civil rights, it’s similar here,” Taylor said.Canada has some of its own James Bond types By Marlene Orton OTTAWA (CP) - Put a way that magnifying glass, Sherlock.The super sleuths are here.Computer graphics and electronic gizmos are making it easier to capture and convict criminals who would have got away with murder a century ago.And John Arnold helps equip modern sleuths.Think of him as Q, Ian Fleming’s fictional gadget master who sent James Bond off to his next adventure with a pocketful of new contraptions.In real life, Arnold is a federal research engineer at the National Research Council.His job is to come up with fool-proof tools for police and security agents.“I have companies coming in daily saying (they) have the greatest security idea since sliced bread,” he says.He’s just off the phone with a Vancouver company on contract to perfect a new fingerprinting technique.A computer scanning the photograph of a partial fingerprint can produce a restored and detailed graphic image.The British Home Office has its eye on that one, says Arnold.The Home Office runs Britain’s spy and security agencies.SEARCH BALLOON Other projects include a pathfinder balloon, which is being developed by students at University of Waterloo.“Sounds crazy, but I think it might work," says Arnold.“It’s a very simple idea of putting up a (hot air) balloon, adding some light and sound and using it to co-ordinate a ground search for somebody who is lost.” Arnold has plans for terrorists and kidnappers too."It might be something like de- veloping a way for an emergency response team to get into an aircraft, for example, in a way that would not be too noticeable inside.” Like laser guns to zap a hole in the side door?“Something like that,” he says.“I don’t think I’d want to bare my soul to you and tell you how we would do it.” SECURITY CENTRE Arnold is essentially a one-man show at the council’s division of electrical engineering.He clears ideas for government support and then farms out projects around the country.His most ambitious plan is for a national peace and security research institute.It would be an agency geared strictly to producing tools and procedures for police and security agents — eve rything from a better security net for visiting VIPs to protecting corporate executives against kidnapping.Arnold’s main Canadian client, the Canadian Association of Police Chiefs, likes the plan and Arnold is now taking it to Science Minister Frank Oberle.The annual $10-million price is about what government spends now on security research he says.Projects present and past have already changed the way criminals are caught, says Arnold.Among the examples: .“¦DNA fingerprinting.Both the RCMP forensic labs and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario are under contract stu dying the genetic tracer DNA stores the genetic information in the cells of every livinc thing.Your DNA code is yours alone and can be identified from a Wt of tissue, from dried blood and semen to hair. 2—The RECORD—Friday.February 26.1988 The Townships___________ Hearn! Voting slowed by confusion MctlltirC management Townships beef farmers push marketing at meeting program to clean rivers, Confusion broke out as members prepared to vote for local president.save on fertilizer costs By Rita Legault ASCOT CORNER — Havoc broke out at the annual general meeting of the Eastern Townships Beef Producers Syndicate Thursday when farmers questioned the voting rights of some members present.To cast their votes to elect the local president of the union, farmers had to re-register and have their name checked against a membership list.Voter eligibility was not checked when the farmers arrival.Incumbent president Alain Bergeron of St-François-Xavier de Brompton was re-elected president of the beef farmers’ group after the confused process, which took more than an hour.Bergeron is a dairy farmer and also president of the local UPA dairy committee.Members also voted in favor of several resolutions for the union executive to work on this year.GUARANTEE “Our first priority will be to establish a fund to guarantee beef producers against losses,” Bergeron said.To do this the union and the provincial government are setting up a guaranteed payment fund to insure cattle farmers 100 per cent of the value of cattle shipped to a slaughterhouse if it goes bankrupt.“Farmers want to guarantee their stock,” he said, “and they can’t af- ford not to have this 100 per cent guarantee." Agriculture Minister Michel Pagé has already promised almost half the money nee-jded to start up the fund.“Pagé has given us $450,000 towards the fund and today members voted to give one tenth of 1 per cent of their sales, that is $1 per $1000, until the fund reaches $1 million,” said Bergeron.The fund should need two years of deductions from members to reach the projected $1 million total.It will be administered by the syndicate and the provincial agriculture ministry.COMPUTERIZED SALES Members also voted to finance cattle marketing centres — a central computerized sales agency farmers can use to buy and sell beef.Starting on June 1 the service will cost users $1.25 per head of slaughter calves and heavy beef sold and 25 cents for milk-fed calves.The union also passed a resolution to do its best to promote wider use of the sales agency.The service has been in operation throughout for dairy cattle and market beef the province since August 1987.But only about 15 to 20 per cent of cattle put on the market were sold through the service.Members passed another motion by veal producers that the union should circulate positive information about the production of veal, particularly the use of weight-gain hormones, to counteract negative information from natural food buyers.The union also passed a resolution to take steps to force the federal experimental farm near Len-noxville to sell its cattle through the marketing agency network like other beef producers.Continued from page I the government will also pay 50 per cent towards the purchase of equipment needed to spread manure after crops have begun to grow.According to the announcement Quebec manure is worth a total of $250 million a year if used instead of chemical fertilizers.It also better helps soil conservation.“We want to encourage farmers to spead manure in the May, June and July period,” Jacob said.This makes sense because manure is more effective during warmer weather than in autumn when cold stops bacteria from acting, he said.This way manure can be accumulated for 200 days from August till spring.Winter thaws and spring rains sweep manure spread in spring and fall into rivers, said Jacob.TAX CREDITS Those farmers who already have manure reservoirs will be entitled to capital-investment tax credits corresponding to 60 per cent of the value of the structures.They can also get 90 per cent of the costs of correcting and repairing existing reservoirs.The aid will be available to all Quebec farmers over the next ten years but Quebec “will begin to force its application in three pro- blem areas, namely the basins of the Yamaska, Assomption and Chaudière rivers," Jacob said.The government will pay 100 per cent of start up costs for manure transport and treatment plants in the three areas, where there isn’t suffi cent land to spread it, Jacob said.CONCRETE SOLUTIONS Part of the money will go into research and development to find concrete solutions to problems of odors, protection of lakes, rivers and underground waterways, and research into effective ways to use manure instead of chemical fertilizers.A joint committee of Environment and Agriculture officials are working on a complete revision of laws regulating animal wastes to make them less complex and more easily enforced.Jacob said he expects the regulations will be ready by the end of the summer.The government will also be choosing 100 farms throughout the province to create a network of model farms.“In the past we encouraged farmers to grow, grow, grow, in order to get the maximum yield,” Jacob said.“But today we have to change our ways and conserve our environment.” Two-day success rate within city is 93%.Sherbrooke tops list for ‘normal’ mail delivery OTTAWA —- Sherbrooke rates high in the latest test of Canada Post’s ability to deliver the mail.Yet nearly one letter in five arrives “late”, despite slower delivery standards adopted by Canada Post to boost its performance.And that’s just for mail addressed clearly enough to get through the agency’s automated sorting equipment.It doesn’t take handwritten mail into account.The first independent audit of mail delivery since Canada Post adopted new standards was conducted in the final three months of last year by the Toronto accounting firm Clarkson Gordon.The company's findings, released Tuesday, showed: - 83 per cent of mail reached its destination within the new standard of two days decreed for mail addressed to points within the same city.- 79 per cent got there within the three-day standard set for mail addressed to points within the same province.- 85 per cent made it within the four-day standard established for mail going to addresses in another province.Clarkson Gordon based its findings on a test sample of 40,000 pieces of mail put into the system without markings.Results in two-day zones ranged from a low of 77 per cent in Metro Toronto to a high of 93 per cent in Quebec centres excluding Montreal — Sherbrooke and Quebec City.The rate within Metro Montreal was 81 per cent.Results in the three-day areas ranged from a low of 74 per cent in southwestern Ontario to a high of 92 per cent in Alberta.Results in the four-day interprovincial tests ranged from 78 per cent in the Atlantic provinces to 90 per cent in Alberta.The new standards are part of the agency’s controversial new five-year business plan imposed by the Conservative government.First-class stamp prices have jumped five cents to 37 cents since the government was elected in 1984.The tests were concentrated in urban centres where 80 per cent of all first-class mail movement occurs.Cities included were St.John’s, Nfld., Charlottetown, Halifax, Moncton, Saint John.N B., Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Montreal, Ottawa, Sudbury, Toronto, Burlington, Hamilton, St.Catharines, London, Kitchener, Windsor, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria.Therapy vs.trial debate still raging in St.Francis district Child-abuse cases start to show up in court SHERBROOKE (MHG) — More child abuse cases are coming through the courts since last December says a Sherbrooke Crown prosecutor.Crown prosecutor Celine Audet-Otis said she has handled “eight or nine” sex-abuse cases since January and at least two of those cases were referred to the Crown prosecutors’ office by the local Director of Youth Protection.The St.Francis judicial district (Sherbrooke and area) is the only region in Quebec where sexual abuse cases are not referred as a matter of course to Crown prosecutors or police by the DYP.Even though sexual abuse and incest are criminal acts, the DYP is not under any legal obligation to notify law- enforcement authorities when it hears of a case.There is still no agreement between the DYP, the Crown prosecutors and the police on sexual abuse cases.DEAL IN THE WORKS But Sherbrooke Crown prosecutors, policemen and the DYP have been working on making an agreement so some child-abuse cases are referred to the courts, Audet-Otis said.“It’s still done case by case,” she said.“The DYP is considering which cases they should refer to us,” Au-det-Otis said.Audet-Otis says eight or nine cases are still not very many based on the rate of sexual abuse cases shown in DYP statistics.“But it always goes in waves,” she said.She isn’t sure how many cases of abuse there have been since January that didn’t make it to court.Since there is no protocol in St.Francis district, DYP social workers often give abusers a chance to go through a therapy program rather than face a court appearance.Audet-Otis said Crown prosecutors, police and the DYP continue to work on forming some type of agreement so that some sexual abuse cases do reach the courtroom.“We are analyzing it.We’re seeing how it works but a formal agreement is still a long way away.” Quebec: Cinema Act changes misunderstood — not an attack against English By Maxine Ruvinsky MONTREAL (CP) — Controversial amendments to Quebec’s cinema law, which aim to ensure that Hollywood blockbusters are shown in French in the province, have been misunderstood by critics, supporters of the changes say.Luc Bertrand, an aide to Cultural Affairs Minister Lise Bacon who drafted the changes, said Thursday the amendments are seen as an attack on the rights of English-speaking moviegoers when they in fact only aim at ‘ ‘parity” for francophone audiences.The controversy flared last week when Oscar-nominated “Broadcast News” was yanked from Mon- treal theatres, supposedly because its showing contravened the cinema law.An angry Bacon responded that the film’s removal was not required by law but was rather a political manoeuvre by the distributor to pressure the government into backing down from the tough amendments.The changes.Bill 59, now are being fine-tuned and are expected to come into effect this summer, DIDN'T FORCE The original cinema law required distributors of English films to produce a French version, either subtitled or dubbed, within 60 days of the English version’s exhibition.George 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Sherbrooke, Que- x# iV\ Second class registration number 1064.Member of Canadian Press Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation But there was nothing in the law that forced theatres to actually show the French version.Jean Colbert, who runs a movie theatre in St-Hyacinthe, Que., said abuses of the old law made the amendments necessary.“Last year Paramount opened Beverly Hills Cops Two with fifteen English prints in Montreal, and no French prints,” Colbert said in an interview Thursday.“About the same time Star Trek Four opened with four or five English prints - and there never was a French version.“That kind of thing made francophones very mad.” Colbert, who is also an official of L’Institut Québécois du cinema, an industry group, said he was surprised the tougher rules have “some distributors fuming,” especially since his group was consulted by the minister over the drafting of the amendments.He said criticism is at best premature.“Everybody is screaming before knowing anything about the regulations.” SAME NUMBER Under the changes, if more than one copy of an English-language film plays in the province, a French-dubbed version will have to be shown after 60 days.An equal number of French and English versions will have to be shown in the Quebec market.Bacon aide Bertrand said the 60- day deadline will likely be extended when the regulations are finally hammered out.The amendments will also require that any English film with more than one copy distributed in the Quebec market be dubbed rather than subtitled.Dubbed versions are preferred by a majority of viewers and are also usually of higher quality, Bertrand said.Bertrand said the rules will not affect most small-audience or independent films since they rarely have more than one copy or play for longer than 60 days.He said last year almost 50 per cent of English-language movies were on the Quebec market with only one copy.As for critics who say some films are impossible to dub — such as fast-talking Robin Williams’ 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' NOWTHAT HAIGS OUT, HE'S ALL WE'VE GOT! , PROUD?YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHEN YOU FIRST ARRIVED HERE, MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES THOUGHT YOU WERE TOO VIOLENT, TOO FULL OF RAGE, TO TREATW/THANY REAL HOPE OF SUCCESS./ l BUT I HAD A FEELING ABOUT YOU.I KNEW ALL YOU NEEDED WAS A LITTLE TOUGH LOVE, SOME DIS- CIPLINE, AND MOST OF ALL.,.TRUST.» The RECORD—Friday, February 26.1988 3 The Townships One asks judge if he can take it back Brome Lake police trial: Defence lawyers call ex-constable witness a liar By John McCaghey COWANSVILLE — “You’re a liar Mr.Roy,” defence lawyer Ronald Picard said at the end of his cross-examination of Paul Roy Thursday.“That will be up to the jury to decide," Mr.Justice Jean-Louis Péloquin told the lawyer and the six-man, five-woman jury in the Brome Lake police trial.Alyre Thireau, 35, and Mario Beaumont, 33, are charged with assault causing bodily harm and unlawful confinement of David Allen Gauthier in Knowlton on March 1, 1982.Thireau was the Brome Lake town police chief and Beaumont and Roy were constables in 1982.Roy is charged with assault causing bodily harm for his part in the Gauthier incident and his trial is scheduled for the spring term.BURGLARY Roy, 34, and Beaumont picked Gauthier up for questioning about a burglary on March 1, 1982.Gauthier, 29, now living in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, alleged he was beaten and tortured by the police when he refused to give a declaration.Roy substantiated Gauthier's allegations, however their testimony varied on whom had done what to Gauthier in the Knowlton police office.Roy was not present when Gauthier alleged Thireau and Beaumont took him to an isolated area and handcuffed him to a steel pole for over an hour in freezing weather when he was wearing a t-shirt and pants with nothing on his hands or feet.Medical testimony during the trial revealed Gauthier suffered frostbite to his hands and feet.Roy admitted to defence lawyer Robert Flahiff that he had been fired by Thireau in 1983 Flahiff produced a record of telephone calls from Roy’s home to Brome Lake Constable Gilles Laporte's home in 1987 as well as calls from Roy’s home to the Brome Lake police office.Roy claimed Laporte had cal led him but he had not returned the calls.He told the defence he was awaiting trial on two other assault charges.Roy and Laporte were convicted of criminal charges of simple assault on Sutton resident Brian Hoyt in Bromont on Oct.23, 1982.Hoyt refused to undergo a breathalyser test at the Granby QPF and was put out of the squad car.The judges that presided at separate trials ruled the officers used excessive force and both frowned on the fact Hoyt was left injured on the side of the road scantily clad.MEMORY FADING Roy told Flahiff his memory might have slipped due to the lapse of time since the events in the police station.Flahiff asked him if he knew what lying under oath was SHERBROOKE - It 's becoming more expensive to jacklight deer or fish illegally in the Eastern Townships.So far this year four Townships residents have been fined a total of $3350 plus costs for poaching.Jan.22 Provincial Court Judge Luc Trudel convicted Andre and and Roy said, "Yes.” Flahiff asked the judge to ask the jury to ignore his final comment Picard tried to diminish or destroy Roy s credibility during his cross-examination, referring to his testimony at the Quebec Police Commission inquiry until Roy Bertrand Talbot of La Patrie and fined them $1000 plus costs each for hunting deer at night in Island Brook (Newport Township) Nov.5, 1980.The pair’s firearms were seized as well.Jan.28 Judge Guy Daigle fined Emile Lauzon $300 plus costs after convicting him of jigging for fish at the Massawippi River dam in said, "1 only remember important things." That brought about Picard’s suggestion he was lying.The trial resumes today when either Constable Peter Stone or Constable Gilles Laporte will testify.North Hatley on May 25, 1986.Jan 29 Judge Claude Léveillé convicted Robert Drouin of Sherbrooke and fined him $1050 plus costs for deer hunting at night near Knowlton Nov.7, 1986.The Ministry of Recreation, Hunting and Fishing released summaries of the cases Thursday after a one-month delay for appeals.Jigging and jacking ain't right Four face fines for for 1986 poaching activity ‘Storms, floods, power failures, even nuclear war’ City taking over emergency measures planning Archbishop kicks off funding drive for church Money needed to cope with decline in interest in the Catholic priesthood SHERBROOKE (SM) — The provincial government is thinking of giving more power to municipalities in case of civil emergencies and Sherbrooke is the test site for the plan.City council created the Comité de protection civile municipale last month.The civil protection committee’s mandate is to go over existing emergency procedures and revise them wherever needed.“We have to prepare for any kind of emergency,” committee president Normand Brault said Thur- By Steven Morris SHERBROOKE — “It’s the same old story from the same people,” said Ayer’s Cliff mayor George Hayward, referring to opposition to council plans to allow a new home for the elderly in Ayer’s Cliff.“We had the same problem last year when we proposed the project,” he said.Ayer’s Cliff council presented a similar project last year that called for a change in zoning to permit construction of nursing homes and condominiums in a residential neighborhood of Ayer’s Cliff.Opposition from nearby residents killed the project.Thursday Hayward dismissed Marsha Damak and Carmen Al- sday, "storms, floods, power failures, even nuclear war.” The committee is composed of city aldermen, medical experts and representatives from the provincial civil protection organization.It will arrange training programs and supervise regular practice sessions for the police, fire department, military reserves and hospitals.“The difference between our council and the provincial organization,” said Brault, “is that we only look after the region.” He said the smaller jurisdiction will speed lard’s claims — in a letter to the editor on Page 4 — that the new project would be “exploitation of our natural resources” and would “commercialize what is left of our residential land.” “That’s their interpretation,” Hayward said, “and they can tell us at the public consultation Monday night at city hall.” Hayward defended the project by saying housing for the elderly is a priority in Ayer’s Cliff.“There is nothing for seniors between North Hatley and Stanstead,” Hayward said.HAVE A RIGHT’ “People who have lived in the same village all their lives have the right to spend their remaining days amongst friends.” The developer says he will have up emergency procedures when needed.During an emergency the group would make independent decisions but stay in contact with its provincial and federal counterparts.For the time being the committee mandate is only to update existing procedures.If the experiment is successful more powers will be given to the council and to other municipalities.Brault said his group has met three times since its formation and he expects the revision to be complete in the next month.to build a mile outside town on a dirt road if he’s not allowed in the village.The elderly residents would then be unable to walk to stores and the post office.The project’s opponents claim rates at the residences will be unaffordable for most people.“The people who will look after the elderly have to be paid,” Hayward said.“That’s how things work.Have you ever seen a home that’s free to everyone?” The new project does not call for condominiums, but Damak and Allard fear the residences will be converted into commercial space if the nursing home venture is not profitable.“That’s their interpretation,” Hayward repeated.“They can tell us at the public meeting.” By Rossana Coriandoli SHERBROOKE — Hoping to counteract a bad year in 1987 and fighting a glut of fundraising activity, Archbishop Jean-Marie Fortier launched his own foundation’s 1988 financial campaign Thursday with a plea for $200,000.The foundation’s objective is to help the Roman Catholic church plan for the year 2000 and deal with the declining number of men entering the priesthood.In the last 20 years the number of priests in the Sherbrooke diocese decreased by close to one half.So the Foundation’s fundamental raison d’etre is to raise funds to help meet the costs of a future increase in laymen who may eventually be needed to work for the diocese, Fortier said.Foundation secretary Guy Pi nard said it may even be a good idea to advertise for young men interested in entering the priesthood.LOT OF MONEY “But that would cost a lot of money we don’t have,” he said.The funding campaign consists of advertisements, announcements throughout area parishes and mail solicitation of donations from the foundation’s previous subscribers.Last year’s fundraising brought in about $143,000 — only 72 per cent of its goal.Monsignor Fortier blamed last year’s failure to reach the campaign goal to a strike at Canada Post.“When we did our partial recall in the fall, to remind people to send in their donations, we were faced by a major strike.That was a handicap toour campaign," Pinard explained.He also attributed the shortfall to an overload of charity drives in the Sherbrooke area.“There are so many campaigns at this time of year,” he said.The Foundation’s goal of $200,000 will be invested in total.The capital accumulated so far from each year’s campaign has reached more than $1.6 million.The foundation spends only the interest.By the end of last year that interest reached more than $163,000, with 90 per cent of it going directly to the diocese.NO SALARIES The rest of the money is used for operating costs such as office supplies, campaign publicity, insurance and statistical analysis.No salaries are paid to administrators because the foundation is a nonprofit organization.This year it plans to give the dio cese $150,000 from the accumulated interest — $10,000 more than in 1987 — in its attempt to help fi nance and maintain essential services in the diocese.This year’s total budget is close to $360,000.In addition to the hoped-for $200,000 in public contributions, the budget receives donations from area parishes and religious communities.The foundation solicits donations from the community at large every Archbishop Jean-Marie Fortier.Facing shortage of priests.year at this time.This year’s campaign runs until March 13, but the foundation continues to receive donations throughout the year.Letter: Old folks home ‘exploitation’?Opponents to get chance to squalk next week, says Ayer’s Cliff mayor ‘The end of the year is the end of the year’ Sherbrooke Hussars are not broke—just squeezing the end of the tube By Melanie Gruer SHERBROOKE — The Sherbrooke Hussars are not running out of money, says the military commander of the district which encompasses Sherbrooke.Col.Jean-Luc Bombardier said the Hussars’ budget is simply a little “tight”, like everyone else’s near the end of the fiscal year.Bombardier was responding to an article in Thursday’s La Tribune which said the Hussars ran out of money for new recruit training Feb.20.In an interview Thursday Bombardier said the budget has not run out.“In the last days, it’s always a little tight,” he said.“Even if it’s not easy, it’s viable,” Bombardier said of the Hussars' budget.He said its the same for all businesses at the end of a financial year.Bombardier said he was shown the Hussars’ financial statement at the end of January and there was enough money to continue training.He said he would only see the February statement at the end of the month.NEW RECRUITS PAID The militia batallion’s45new recruits are being paid for their training as usual, Bombardier said.Any request for volunteer training has to be authorized by Bombardier himself and he said he hasn’t received any requests.“I am convinced if they (the new recruits) are being trained, they are being paid.I’ve had no demands for authorization." he said.Lieut.-Col.Gary Connor, commandant of the Hussars, said the new recruits were being paid.The 45 recruits have one weekend of training left, he said, and they will be paid for it.But there are another 105 recruits are currently on unpaid voluntary training.“They do their work and they’re not paid for it,” Connor said.“But their loyalty and dedication of service is very profound,” he added.SOLDIERS LOYAL “My soldiers are very loyal.No one likes to work for free,” he said.The Hussars budget is authorized by the Department of National Defence.Connor said he is looking at the budget restraints in a positive way and is working on getting more money in the April 1 budget.“I’ve had a lot of moral support from my headquarters for an augment in the new budget,” Connor said.“We’re trying very hard to improve our situation," he said Connor said the Hussars are not the only regiment dealing with a dwindling budget.He said other units across Canada are also “out of their mandate”.“I don’t know about the rest of Canada," Bombardier said.“But 1 can say at the end of a financial year, it’s always difficult." “The end of the year is the end of the year,” Bombardier said.How does a newspaper become a newspaper?Most of these smiling faces belong to Lennoxville Older kids Craig Pearson and Jack Bran swell (with Elementary students.the backwards hat) showed the students how the news The 44 students had a chance to see all the tricks of gets from a word processor to their fingertips every the journalism trade Wednesday as they came for a day.visit to the Record.KHC'OKl) GR AN I S MI.ON 4—The RECORD—Friday, February 26, 1988 —________3*1 igecom The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial CRTC jumped thej February: It’s time to start thinking about your garden gun too quickly The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has taken its licensing regulation a little too seriously.Thursday the commission decided hosts on a TV shopping network can’t make small talk with people who phone to buy merchandise.The Canadian Home Shopping Network, carried by cable TV across the country, doesn’t need a CRTC license as long as it restricts itself to numbers, still images, background music, and a few words to explain items up for sale.So people sitting at home with nothing more interesting to do on a boring evening, can peruse the merchandise on the screen, and call the network if they’re interested in buying one of the items.The commission ruled the network crossed the line into programming services when it didn’t stick to the rules.Programming services must be licensed by the CRTC.The Home Shopping Network sometimes added special effects to the still pictures by rotating the items and showing the program hosts’ hand pointing to different parts of the merchandise they wanted to highlight.The CRTC said it was unacceptable for the image to look as if it is in motion, even if it can’t actually be considered a moving picture.The CRTC also disapproved of the live phone interviews between hosts and callers.Under the commission’s regulations, these conversations are supposed to be limited to discussions about the merchandise.But sometimes, the host and caller talk about the weather or make other small talk before they move on to the more important business at hand.What the CRTC is really afraid of is that the Home Shoppers Network will turn into a game show.The commission shouldn’t have jumped the gun so quickly.If the Home Shopping Network did, at some point, turn into a Canadian version of The Price is Right, the CRTC would then have good reason to step in, slap the network’s wrist, and tell them not to do it again.In the meantime, the commission is taking its own regulations too seriously.After all, the network is really only fooling around with some pictures, and is being pleasant with people who have nothing better to do than discuss the weather with someone they don’t even knq^.ROSSANA CORIANDOLI The Arsenaults have | a home for stray kids| OROMOCTO, N.B.(CP) — Donna and Arthur Arsenault say their fight to give runaway kids a home is a family matter — and the New Brunswick Court of Queen’s Bench agrees.The court ruled the Arsenaults can continue to take in stray children over the objections of the Town of Oro-mocto, a tidy, residential community near Fredericton that serves as the bedroom for Canadian Forces Base Gagetown.The Arsenaults have lived in Oromocto for 18 years and for the past 15 have opened their small bungalow to teenagers who have nowhere else to go “We started taking them in when we realized there was a need for homes for unwanted 17,18 and 19-year-olds,” says Donna Arsenault, a trim 45-year-old who cares for the brood.“We love these kids and they’re worth the fight.” At one time, the couple sheltered seven teenagers in addition to their own two.They’ve taken in dozens of kids over the years.Some were foster children, some were dropped off by police or angry parents, and some simply turned up on the doorstep.The basement of the bungalow has been transformed into a warren of small bedrooms.The house originally had three bedrooms.It now has nine.At the moment, there are only two visitors.One is Deanna Muise, a 16-year-old high school student who has adopted the Arsenaults.“Me and my mom don’t get along,” says the shy teenager who has been with the Arsenaults for two years.“I’ll probably stay here until I’m done school.There’s a lot of love.I can talk to them and they ’re always there when 1 need them.” The presence of the teenagers has strained relations with some of the Arsenault's neighbors.There have been complaints to the town about noisy and unruly behavior.The town responded in 1985 by telling the Arsenaults they would have to apply for rezoning to operate a boarding house in the suburban neighborhood.The town then rejected their application because of complaints from neighbors, and the Arsenaults were told to evict the teenagers.The Arsenaults steadfastly ignored the eviction orders.When they finally had their day in court, Mr.Justice David Russell ruled that while the household may not be typical, it’s nevertheless “a family and the arrangements are not commercial in nature." The Arsenaults won but the episode has left a bitter taste.“On this street, we were guilty until proven innocent," says Donna Arsenault.“My kids went through hell for three years.” Community services officials in Fredericton admit there aren’t enough foster homes for unwanted adolescents.There are only 712 approved foster homes in the prvince and, of those, only 343 take teenagers."There really is nowhere else for them,” says Arsenault Paulette Fraser of nearby Rusagonis says the Arsenaults helped keep her family together.Fraser’s teenage daughter, Penny, stays with the Arsenaults when the going gets too tough at home.Penny has run away from home several times and always heads for the Arsenaults, Fraser says.Today is the last Friday in February.Many of us just let this month slip away without taking full advantage of its remarkable identity.First of all we will never see February 1988 again.Once we let it slip away it’s gone forever.“Good thing too!” I heard someone say.Not so, friends.February is unique in many ways.It’s a good month to finish pruning your grapevines and complete your dormant spraying of trees and shrubs — but only if the temperature is over 45° (F).You may well wonder how I came by this useful bit of information.Few people realize the depth of my knowledge about earthly (not earthy, Martha) things, or that I intend publishing an almanac.It will be called Lawrence’s Almanac Of Useful Information and Other Stuff and will be available in hardcover, paper-back and scribbled on toilet paper.Let me tell you a few more things.CANDLEMAS Not many people realize that the 2nd of February is not just Groundhog Day but also the Feast of Candlemas you don’t want to know more about Candlemas (trust me).The 6th was important because Whale’s Tail set at 8:36 a.m.On the 18th Zubenelgenubi rose at 11:58 p.m.— most of us missed it.Tuesday February 23rd, is known as Serenus and that morning Ras Al-gethi rose at 12:14 a.m.to greet a day that was, in reality, only 11 hours and 6 minutes long.Wednesday was Ember Day.Next Monday is Leap Year’s Day, being the Where the pavement ends , JIM LAWRENCE 29th of February, and it will be 11 hours and 20 minutes long.Most of us realize that Leap Years only occur every four years, but few of us realize it was established to celebrate the invention of the game of Leap Frog.It is perfectly permissible to play this game anywhere Canada on that day.FARM ANIMALS Did you know the best days to kill farm animals were the 17th and the 23rd?Too bad if you missed it.You won’t get another chance until the 17th of next month — which happens to be St.Patrick’s Day.You still have time however to set eggs in an incubator — the best days being from the 25th to the 29th.Eggs placed at this time will produce chickens that will be stronger and grow faster than those who will be hatched in the “old” of the moon.I should warn you however that eggs purchased at the supermarket should not be placed in an incubator, unless of course you turn up the temperature to 212" (F) and have lots of chopped onions and salad dressing near at hand.CHECK YOUR TREES February is also a good month to check out the small trees around your property.Sometimes heavy snowfall can damage the slender trunks of small trees and they may need some help.However unnecessary bracing of small and recently planted trees can weaken the trunk.If the tree is too weak to stand, tie it loosely to allow flexing and remove the bracing after one growing season or before.Never tie a young tree to the doorhandle of a passing automobile as this may damage the roots.It could also reflect on your insurance rates depending on the size of the tree and the strength of the cord.Here’s a little tip for my buddy Ber-nie.The best time for a haircut will be the 26th to the 28th of the month when you will discover that hair cut during the increase of the moon in Cancer (also during Scorpio or Pisces) will enhance its growth.And he called me.bald! I’ll match him hair-for-hair any day! One should select a time when the sign is below the waist for dental work.Have it done during the increase of the moon as it will heal better.MARCH FOR SMOKERS You have already missed the best time to quit smoking and will have to wait now until .the 16th and 17th of March as during this period you will suffer fewer withdrawal symptoms.The best time is when the moon is in Pisces and Alberta.Hitting your neighbor’s children with sticks should be confined to the period following the growth of Sputnik and the waning of the gnu.This is also a good month to start thinking about your garden.It’s also a good month to start thinking about becoming a millionaire but perhaps gardening is more down-to-earth, (little pun there! ) (thought I’d point it out in case you missed it!) VIC MAGOON It’s a good time to fill some boxes with dirt and plant some seeds.Lots of people plant tomato seeds, cucumber seeds, cabbage seeds and other things they will transplant into their gardens sometime after the last frost.Usually I like to forget about it and buy my little green plants from Vic Magoon, who does it better than I do, but who normally is sold out before I get around to it (Damn ! ) and I’m forced to shop elsewhere.February is also a good time to plant giant meat eating jungle plants such as the venus fly-trap.However you have to be careful to feed them lots of flies or you'll get them angry and their behavior becomes slightly erratic and unpredictable.We grew a large one last year that I’ve been keeping on my desk.I just noticed it’s grown a long tendril that seems to be creeping toward me and.Editor's note: Mr.Lawrence’s column seems to have come to a sudden stop and we can’t get any response to our telephone calls.His wife informs us.however, she found his belt buckle in the soil at the base of a large potted plant on his desk.Letter Essential to examine all angles of these projects Dear Editor, Most people in Ayer’s Cliff enjoy the small town atmosphere and ambiance the village has to offer.We suppose some city people might call Ayer’s Cliff “sleeping”, but we villagers tend to think of it as peaceful.How peaceful do you think Ayer’s Cliff will be, now that Mr.Hayward has practically written an engraved invitation to prospective developers?He has admitted to wanting an elderly residence in “EVERY” residential zone.Ayer’s Cliff is but a small village.If these “homes” do not show profit for the developers, do you think these building will stand vacant?We think not.Their next business venture may not serve the community’s interest as well.This in itself shows a lack of judgement and foresight on the part of the mayor and council.We seriously question whether or not council members in any community should be given so much power.The exploitation of our natural resources, such as our lakes and residential land has become quite grave in the Townships.Ayer’s Cliff remains unique with its i K WMiniin pz*" ‘Ignore your father, Leslie — he’s trying to kick tobacco.” sense of rural values and natural beauty, still intact.“Condos ”, “Rowhousing”, and “Residences” are not a sign of progress, as Hayward suggests.Except for the initial construction, few, if any, new jobs will be generated.If mayor Hayward considers buildings and homes a sign of advancement, what’s been happening on Westmount Road, Maple Street, Tyler Street, and Round Bay Road?At least a dozen new homes have sprung up around town this past year.Most of them are young couples with families putting down their roots.Do you think we should stand idly by and let the council commercialize what is left of our residential land?At this rate, what will be left for our children?Tell us something Mr.Mayor, do the younger generation of Ayer’s Cliff count for anything?It should also be pointed out that Mr.Vanasse’s project is NOT a nursing facility.It is a residence for the elderly, who are in good health.At $600 per month, per person, with no nursing care, it certainly will not be affordable to all senior citizens.We are certainly not minimizing the importance of caring for our town’s elderly citizens but we feel it is essential to examine all angles of these projects.MARSHA DAMAK, CARMEN ALLARD, Ayer’s Cliff Four years ago Trudeau took a soul-searching walk It was Leap Year.By Laura Eggertson The Canadian Press It was just like Pierre Trudeau to quit on a date that comes only once every four years.“Canadians would expect him to (resign) in an unusual manner and he did," Iona Campagnolo recalled on the eve of the “first" anniversary of Trudeau’s Feb.29, 1984 announcement he was stepping down.It was Campagnolo, then Liberal party president, who received Trudeau’s hand-delivered letter of resignation after his soul-searching midnight walk through an Ottawa blizzard.“I listened to my heart and saw if there were any signs in my destiny in the sky and there were none — there were just snowflakes.” At 9:15 a.m., wearing a blue, pinstriped suit with the trademark red rose in his lapel, Trudeau arrived at Drafted a ‘Dear Iona' letter his Parliament Hill office.His legislative assistant, Joyce Fairbairn, was waiting.He didn’t tell her his decision.At about 9:45, he called in principal secretary Tom Axworthy.Trudeau confided his plans and they drafted the three-paragraph letter to Campagnolo.He called Campagnolo and told her a "Dear Iona” letter was on its way.RELAXED AND CONTENT He also informed his former principal secretary, Jim Coutts.Since his boss seemed relaxed and content, Coutts didn’t try to change Trudeau's mind.At 11:55 a.m., Trudeau phoned Senator Keith Davey, a friend and key adviser.“I was very much opposed to him going," Davey recalls.“But he said, ‘Keith, let’s not be emotional’.” A few minutes later, Trudeau walked across Wellington Street to his ‘Let’s not be emotional' administrative office in the Langevin Block.Within 10 minutes, about 50 staffers gathered.He thanked them for their service.Some cried.Across town, Campagnolo was reading the letter.“The experience of being leader of our great party has been one of the joys of my life, but I now feel this is the appropriate time for someone else to assume this challenge,” it said.Trudeau travelled from the office to 24 Sussex Drive for his customary lunch with his sons.By the time he returned to the Hill, the news was out.As his security detail cleared a path through a crush of reporters and cameramen, Trudeau stopped briefly.“It’s a good day .It’s sunny .It’s a Leap Year,” he said in noting the date of his departure after 16 years as Liberal leader, 15 as prime minister.“Are you going to propose?” he teased a woman reporter, referring to 'One of the joys of my life.’ Sadie Hawkins Day.When she did not reply, the prime minister leaned over and kissed her The polls at the time indicated Tru deau could not win re-election.He was asked repeatedly if — when?— he planned to step aside.He told reporters the week before he would resign when they least expected it.Pundits said Trudeau announced his resignation on Feb.29 to deny his political foes the chance to celebrate his departure every year.Davey says the Leap Year announ cement was simply another example of Trudeau’s flair.“ It was just a great thing to do—the Christmas kids and then the Leap Year,” he said, referring to two of Trudeau's sons being born on Christmas Day.On May 30, 1984, Trudeau presided over his last Liberal caucus meeting — during a partial eclipse of the sun History The RECORD—Friday, February 2fi.19X8—5 —___ isecora ‘Sent with the prospect of becoming the wives of independent yeomen' Gibbs Home revisited: Kitchen maids and domestic servants The two-part story on Thomas Keeley and the Gibbs Home (Record, Jan.15 and 22, 1988) brought so many letters and telephone calls that a followup is needed to get everything recorded.Nothing w as said, for example, about the Gibbs Home for Girls which occupied the house on Bowen South and Lawdord Ave.for ten years beginning 1885.The Church of England’s Waifs and Strays Society had sent a few girls to Maria Rye’s home at Nia-gara-on-the-Lake until the Sherbrooke home was bought and Mrs.H.W.Osgood, the matron, brought the first shipment of female orphans from England in April, 1885.They were as young as eight and ten and destined to become kitchen maids and domestic servants in the homes of well-to-do Township-pers.Their experiences are unrecorded but must have been very much like those in Maria Rye’s old jail outside outside Niagara-on-the-Lake.The Marquis of Lome, Canada’s governor-general then, visited the home in 1885 and wrote about it his Canadian Pictures; “It promised to make them useful members of society, and from the accounts received of the pupils who had been already placed with families in town and country, the promise had the security of the experience of the past, to induce the belief that careful individual attention and love bestowed would not be thrown away.” SOMEBODY’S KITCHEN The engraving accompanying his text shows three small girls of the poorest classes on London’s streets obviously growing up vicious and ignorant if not whisked away to Ontario’s orchards to slave in somebody's kitchen.“The visitor cannot help regretting that there are not many more such ‘Homes’ to which the uncared for children in our great towns might be sent, with the prospect of becoming the wives of independent yeomen, instead of being allowed to grow up among the dangers of the confined alleys of the crowded districts of our smoky cities.” This home, set up in the old abandoned jail, may have been the first but it was very quickly followed by many more — including one in Knowlton and the Gibbs Home in Sherbrooke.When Maria Rye retired in 1896, the Waifs and Strays Society took over the jail and sent all female orphans there instead of to Sherbrooke.BENYON HOME Two years after the Gibbs Home for Girls opened, the Benyon Home for Boys was established nearby with Mrs.A.Breadon as matron.When the girls moved to Ontario, the boys were moved to the Gibbs Home and the other was closed.Robert T.Price of Foster writes: “I was Assistant Superintendent of the Gibbs Home from May 1st, 1931, to July 1st, 1932.1 was actively in touch with the home from about September 1930 until I left in 1932 and I continued to correspond with Tom Keeley for many years afterwards.“From what Tom Keeley told me, the home had a matron in charge until he came out from England to take charge of the home.At that time the boys were sent out on farms with only occasional visits by members of the Gibbs Home Committee who lived in and near Sherbrooke.” HORROR STORIES Maria Rye received considerable criticism for placing her girls in homes and not monitoring their treatment afterwards.A couple of horror stories — abuse and suicide, even a murder — al- Bernard Epps most wrecked her orphanage and those which followed were far more careful to supervise their charges in their new homes and make sure they were treated decently.“Tom Keeley made many radical changes,” continued Mr.Price.“He attempted to visit every boy who was cared for by the home until the boy reached the age of eighteen years.He made a firm arrangement with every employer that the boys were to have a winter holiday of three days every winter, when the boys came to Gibbs Home in groups to meet old friends and relatives.I remember supervising such gatherings of over fifty boys myself during my tenure at the home." LORD TWEEDSMU1R Many of the boys also gathered at the home for special occasions.Ed MacDonald telephoned from Peterborough to say that he remembered Lord Willingdon, the governor-general, visiting the home in 1927.The Sherbrooke Daily Record left the Gibbs Home out of its report of that day’s activities but was more scrupulous when Lord Tweedsmuir came on March 3,1936.Lord Tweedsmuir was John Buchan, author of The Thirty-Nine Steps and other adventure novels, and he was greeted by Tom Keeley and his staff which included D.R.Worth, (probably an assistant superintendent as Mr.Price had been earlier), Miss M B.Maclver (the matron) and Miss J.E.Gau-trey (today’s Jenny Bench of Len-noxville).The Record said: TWO-WAY PLEASURE “Nearly a hundred Old Boys from the Eastern Townships gathered at the Home to give His Excellency a welcome and the pleasure of meeting him was not a one-sided affair.As Lord Tweedsmuir entered the largest room in the building, there was a warm outburst of British cheering that averted any possibility of formalism.The Governor General promptly started visiting with the young men, discovering among the lads a veritable Mac, and they discoursed as Scot to Scot.“Another lad had formerly lived near His Excellency’s home in Oxfordshire and the pair exchanged reminiscences of the home town.Kli K 259 ¦rni I I rai :•**>*< •4'.' ¦V\e *r>t ^ Mrs.Rye’s home as it was.There were also interesting exchanges with Old Boys who had served in the Great War.These ve ry human contacts brought to mind the visit of Earl Willingdon to the Home in 1927 when he found several of the members hailed from his birthplace, and forgetting all else, plunged into conversation of a personal nature.” KING GEORGE VI But the proudest and biggest gathering of all was w-hen King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, patrons of the Gibbs Home, passed through Sherbrooke on June 12, 1939.We have Tom Keeley s own account of that great day and that ardent royalist, veteran of the Boer War, was just bursting with patriotic pride: “The greatest gathering that ever took place in our history is now a thing of the past and what a wonderful life memory it provided for those privileged to attend.It is fitting that it proved to be our biggest meeting as this was the first time British reigning sovereigns have visited Canada.HAPPY CROWD “Our fellows started trickling in on the 10th and 11th.Old Boys came from all directions and Provinces including the United States.Some travelled all night by car, bus or truck.Sweethearts, wives and children added colour and charm, decorating our large lawns with a happy, enthusiastic crowd.At 11 a.m.it was time to assemble the crowd of 100 men we provided to help line the route of the royal pro-cession.After putting them through their paces the contingent marched off under the command of one of our Old Boys who had served in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps.The writer took charge of the married people and children.” A beaming group photograph, widely distributed, was taken in front of the home under a banner proclaiming ‘GIBBS CLUB SHERBROOKE Patrons, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.Long May They Reign ! ’ ED WALDRON The 1939 newsletter in which this account and photograph appear included news of Old Boys and announced the marriage of — among others —Edwin Waldron.Mr.Waldron still lives near Melbourne and telephoned to say he had come over from St.Leonard’s Home in Hastings on the SS EUonia and landed on April 22, 1924.His first job was on a farm out near the old Suffield Mine (southwest of Sherbrooke) where he was treated “not too special”.Robert T.Price’s letter continues: “Further, the boys had to have time off every Sunday in which to go to church and visit friends whom they had made in the area in which they were living.There were rules established as to the privacy of each boy where he was employed such as proper sleeping quarters, etc.The wages of each boy were established at the time of employment and the wages, less pocket money and cost of clothing, etc., which had to be accounted for, were sent to the Gibbs Home where a record for each boy was kept and he could go over his account whenever he came to the Gibbs Home.ANY AGE WELCOME “At the time that I was with the Gibbs Home, Tom Keeley established the ‘Rudolf Old Boys Association’ (Edward de Montjoie Rudolf founded the Waifs and Strays Society) which had as its object to help boys who were over 18 years old to associate with each other and help to meet the problems of daily life.A boy of any age was welcome at the Gibbs Home.” After almost fifty years of importing children, the Gibbs Home brought out no more and so was turned into the Gibbs Club to counter some of the loneliness of living without relations in a foreign land.Tom Keeley remained in contact with as many as he could — particularly remembering birthdays.“It should be pointed out that the Superintendent of Gibbs Home became the legal guardian of every boy who was under the care of Gibbs Home until he reached the age of 18.No boy was ever abandoned.The very few misfits were sent back to England where they were received by officers of the Waits and Strays Society.” VISITING Mr.Price continues: “There were years when over 100 boys would come out to Canada to start life here during the season.They would be given a time to reorient themselves in Gibbs Home and then went out to employment on the farms.They were visited by members of the Gibbs Home staff on the farms, principally by Tom Keeley.I made many visits myself during my association with the Gibbs Home." Bill Ardington of Cowansville writes that his younger brother.Tom, came over on the HMS Doric about April 1, 1932.Tom was placed on a farm on Melbourne Ridge “about a mile from where I was working, He came down to see me on his first Sunday.Mr.Nelson and 1 were working in the sugar bush, so I took him over to see the operations.“1 remember overhearing Mr.Nelson talking to him.‘You know, young fellow, if you are half as good a man as your brother, you'll still be a hell of a good man.’ "It is hard to tell by the picture, but I was wearing two left rubber boots The boss's right one wore out, so did mine His left one was one size larger than mine so it fit O.K.He could afford a new pair better than I.So much for the Depression years.” FILES Sydney J.Harrison writes from St.Catharines, Ontario: “My father, George Worth Harrison, (1898-1977) was one of the boys involved having arrived in Canada on May 9, 1914 (SS Victorian) and was placed on a small farm at Mas-sawippi, Quebec.In 1915 he joined the CEF at Sherbrooke and served in WW 1 until his discharge in 1919.He then returned to Sherbrooke, where he made his home and raised his family.“From letters written to my father in the late Thirties (from the Gibbs Home) it would appear that his father (or grandfather) handed him over to the Society in 1909; he was at the St.Aldhelm’s Home for Boys which I believe was located in Bromley, Kent, England.“The abovementioned correspondence indicates that various casepapers were on file at the Gibbs Home in the Thirties, apparently all of the Home’s files were ordered destroyed in 1969, it is assumed that duplicates would be on file in England.” HANDED OVER Not all those files were destroyed After Tom Keeley’s death in 1969, Cardex files were handed over to Bert Lyon of Lennoxville.Some years later they were passed on to Derek Anderson of Wes-tmount, the last boy brought over from England and an assistant of sorts to Tom Keeley (later a drill instructor at Shawbridge).Bill Wesbroom says Mr.Anderson died of a heart attack just before Christmas, 1986, and letters to his ad-dress about those files go unanswered.The Eastern Townships Genealogical Society also has had no success in tracing these records to satisfy those — like Mr.Harrison — interested in tracing the Gibbs Boys.Perhaps some of our readers can help.VO Jl Tom Keeley, age 59, at Christmas I9.ts Girls as taken off the streets of England’s cities r.I, ., ;¦¦¦ -yy jâ&i The Gibbs Home on Rowen Street in Sherbrooke. 6—The RECORD—Friday, February 26, 1988 Farm and Business —____ftgi recant High wages responsible for high interest rates By The Canadian Press Rising wages, along with higher commodity prices and the weakness of the dollar against other currencies are what the Bank of Canada’s governor considers the biggest threat to his goal of stamping out inflation, minutes from the bank’s board meeting indicate.In fact, recent wage gains in central Canada — especially by auto workers — are partly responsible for what some critics say are unnecessarily high interest rates for all Canadians, suggest the minutes from the bank board’s Dec.4 meeting, released Wednesday.The minutes say Governor John Crow “began his remarks by stressing that the fundamental objective of monetary policy, that of achieving and maintaining price stability, had not changed.’’ And they confirm that the bank — roughly two weeks after the Oct.19 stock market crash when it had acted in concert with other central banks to quickly lower interest rates — began nudging rates back up to fight inflation.Crow has repeatedly made it clear he is aiming for zero infla tion.“While Canada’s inflation per formance was now, in some respects, better than that in the United States, there were a number of influences which combined to warrant concern regarding the near-term prospects for prices,” the minutes say Crow told the board.WAGES UP “Wage settlements in Canada were edging up, commodity prices in general had recovered to the levels that had prevailed just prior to the slide in stock market prices and the Canadian dollar had depreciated against a basket of the major overseas currencies.” The minutes show that later in the meeting Crow noted “wage settlements have recently begun to accelerate, particularly in Central Canada, and the possibi lity exists of spillover effects from recent high-profile settlements in the automobile industry.” Energy Minister Masse sets agenda for 1988 Electricity export policy tops priorities list CALGARY (CP) — A blueprint for federal energy policy and a new national accord on electricity production and exports are Marcel Masse’s top priorities.The federal energy minister outlined his agenda in a interview after meetings, official functions and some time off for skiing during the Winter Olympics in Calgary.Masse said meetings are being held with a group drafting a report intended as a philosophical but influential explanation of the Conservative government’s energy strategy and a guide for future policy decisions.The report, based on a $3-million inquiry that began last June, should be ready in April for review at hearings by the Commons ener- Partage St-François We need your support to help those in need.115 Galt West (corner Laurier) Sherbrooke, QC J1H 1X8 (819) 821-2233 Community Centre The Friend of the Poor Energy Minister Marcel Masse to set conservative government’s energy strategy.gy committee.Masse predicted “a good blueprint’’ for years to come will emerge.While he’l keep the strategy that led the Conservatives to scrap the Liberals’ 1980 national energy pro gram, he wants the free-enterprise, non-interventionist approach to be explained and extended.“What we did for oil and gas and the West we have to do for the East” in developing an electricity policy as far-reaching as the energy deregulation and resource management accords made with petroleum-producing provinces.INVOLVES BILLIONS “This is a sector involving billions of dollars and thousands of jobs.” Masse pointed to major development programs, chiefly by provincial Crown corporations in Quebec and Ontario.Manitoba and British Columbia are also keen to capitalize on their electricity potential.He promised to work with electricity producing provinces to give the National Energy Board a clearer mandate for dealing with exports to the United States.He said the new electricity policy will have greater significance for producers than the free-trade pact with the United States has for the oil and.gas provinces.Masse said petroleum producers already have free access to the United States and the trade pact only adds an assurance that export customers won’t be arbitrarily cut off if oil and gas supplies tighten up.However, electricity is still fenced in by restrictions.MEETS NEEDS Would-be exporters dedicate projects primarily to domestic needs, offer other Canadians the electricity first and sell only surpluses to the United States.Masse said he wants the new policy to take into account the power industry’s potential evolution into a highly profitable business with an international perspective.Masse set no date for reaching a power accord.He said the provinces involved have direct stakes because their Crown companies dominate the industry and priority on meeting Canadian needs is a deeply rooted political tradition.Also under review are research and development programs to keep Canada in step with its international partners in the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development.Masse said he may put research, development and co-operation on the agenda for his next meeting with provincial energy ministers.Petro-Canada shares will be sold to public Career JOB DESCRIPTION: CO-ORDINATOR, WRITING PROFICIENCY PROGRAMME BISHOPS UNIVERSITY The co-ordinator is responsible for the organization and day-to-day management of the Writing Proficiency Programme.The duties include: Vypp™10^ students of the university regulations concerning the — organizing examinations and conducting marking sessions — timetabling students for tutorials — maintaining student records In September the WPP will become a supplementary three credit course consisting of a weekly lecture and writing tutorials.The co-ordinator will develop a curriculum for the course, give the weekly lecture and co-ordinate tutorial content.The applicant should have a university degree.In addition, she/he should have experience in: — organizing a course on writing — lecturing on writing — TESL pedagogy — familiarity with database management would be an advantage This is a sessional appointment Please apply by March 4, 1988 to: Dr.Jonathan Rittenhouse Chairperson WPP Bishop's University Lennoxville, Quebec JIM 1Z7 CALGARY (CP) — Shares in Petro-Canada will be sold to Canadians when the company needs money for a major project, says Energy Minister Marcel Masse.He said in an interview that the Conservative government, which tried to sell the Crown corporation eight years ago, wants to restore free enterprise to federal energy policy and has decided to adopt a fund-raising plan to develop energy supplies and create jobs.“It’s less a question of ideology than of how do we raise money,” he said.“We have given them (Petro-Canada) a mandate to be like Esso, Shell or Texaco so, for the time being, it’s like a private company.“The difference is the shares are owned by the minister of energy.” Masse said the time for a share sale will come when Petro-Canada asks for money for one of the nu mérous major projects on its drawing boards.“Then, when they place shares on the market, it ’s not perceived as an ideological approach, but a practical decision.Then you have a good story to tell the market, to tell everybody.” He hinted a Petro-Canada share sale could come as part of a package that launches a large oil project this year, possibly before Prime Minister Brian Mulroney calls a general election.JOINS FORCES The corporation is a partner in most of the major developments now under negotiation, with Ottawa and the provincial governments affected.Masse said he’s optimistic about a breakthrough on one or more of them.Petro-Canada is involved in the $5-billion Hibernia project off Newfoundland, the proposed $4- billion expansion of Syncrude Canada Ltd., and a new oil sands mining project in northeastern Alberta.Other items in the Petro-Canada lineup, smaller but still in the $1-billion-plus range, are the Terra Nova oil find off the East Coast, expanding its Wolf Lake oil sands partnership with BP Canada Inc.and an invitation by Husky Oil Ltd.to participate in the Lloydminster heavy-crude upgrader project.While Masse said negotiations on megaprojects are tough due to shaky oil prices, he indicated the federal government’s privatization strategy could allow Petro-Canada to help bankroll one and save on incentive tax cuts for its development partners.Masse said the alternatives to a share sale by Petro-Canada are costly borrowing or a return to grants from the federal purse, which the Conservatives halted when they took office.He rejected an idea, put forward by financial and political advisers, of using a Petro-Canada share sale to cut the federal deficit by letting the federal Finance Department keep the proceeds.The Conservatives learned the hard way that most voters oppose dismantling Ottawa’s oil interests just to enact a political philosophy, Masse said.Former prime minister Joe Clark tried the approach in 1979-80 and later admitted it was a mistake.Masse said auctioning off shares in Petro-Canada without a good reason could backfire on Ottawa’s financial planners because it wouldn’t be a good story to tell the investment markets.He said that in the absence of an exciting project to keep up share prices, privatization could become a fire sale on stock exchanges already cool to energy issues due to unstable oil and gas prices.Masse said Ottawa could be forced to cut the book value of its petroleum assets and eat a deficit-inflating loss, as private energy firms had to when oil prices fell in 1986.“We could lose $1 billion on the Finance Department’s books,” he said.Masse said the mechanics of any Petro-Canada share sale, such as whether to part with some of the government’s stocks or mint new ones, will be settled when the time comes for the offering.Canadians to purchase fewer appliances By Tony Van Alphen TORONTO (CP) - After another record buying spree in 1987, Canadians will be purchasing fewer appliances during the next two years, an industry group predicts.Sales of appliances ranging from refrigerators to washers and microwave ovens will drop by about 7.2 per cent, falling to 3.7 million this year, from almost four million units in 1987, the Canadian Appliance Manufacturers Association said Thursday.The group said sales would slip another 2.9 per cent to 3.59 million units in 1989.But the manufacturers association added in its annual forecast that there will be mostly stable growth after that with a small decline in 1990 and then a gradual improvement to 3.72 million units in 1993.The forecast is based on an assessment of probable economic conditions and factors specifically affecting the industry such as replacement rates and housing construction.The association represents three major appliance manufacturers in Canada and eight importers.The domestic appliance industry, one of the largest manufacturing sectors in the country, employs about 7,500 workers, produces more than $1 billion in goods annually and holds 90 per cent of the Canadian market.Doug Jaffray, chairman of the association’s market research committee, said 188 should still be a good year for the industry and that the predicted decline for this year must be viewed in perspective.“In 1987, housing completions were 210,000 units, a record for the 1980s,’’ he said in a statement.“Appliance sales reflected this economic boom.Economic indicators for 1988 show another good year but with a lower growth rate.Housing starts and completions will be lower than 1987 but higher than other years in the 1980s.” The association said sales of the five traditional home appliances — refrigerators, ranges, washers, dryers and dishwashers — reached 2.5 million in 1987, up a hefty 12.2 per cent from 1986.Microwave ovens dropped to 1.13 million last year, from a peak of 1.2 million units in 1986.The association forecasts a further fall of 12 per cent to one million this year.ANNUITIES & RRIF’s All retirement options explained.NO cost or obligation.Also RRSP’s and LIFE INSURANCE.EDDY ECHENBERG 562-4711 835-5627 Thousands of Canadians are waiting for the gift of a life-saving transplant.The Kidney Foundation of Canada urges you to sign an organ donor card.THE KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF CANADA W*Y* Mt t* Mke titer I Farm and Business The RECORD—Friday, February 26.198»—7 the1 #1___ ifccom Beware of real estate sales by non-residents Tax talks Because of our proximity with the United States border, we often see transactions where a Canadian resident acquires real estate held by US residents or citizens.A person acquiring property from a non-resident of Canada should proceed cautiously.Because of difficulties experienced by the tax authorities in collecting income taxes payable on sales by non-residents, control measures contained in the Act may, in some circumstances, require the purchaser to pay certain amounts to the tax authorities as income tax on behalf of the non-resident person.In most cases where a taxpayer acquires a property, he is able to determine if the vendor is a resident or non-resident of Canada.However, situations arise where the purchaser may not be able to determine the vendor’s place of residence with certainty.According to the Department, the purchaser must obtain information about the vendor’s place of residence from the notary and the vendor’s agent.If, after reasonable inquiry, the purchaser has reason to believe that the vendor is a non-resident of Canada, he is subject to the fol-lowing requirements if he acquires certain taxable Canadian property or taxable Quebec property.The purchaser’s responsibility will depend on whether the vendor has obtained a certificate from the tax authorities prior to the disposition.If the nonresident vendor has not obtained a certificate from the tax authorities prior to the sale, the purchaser is required to withhold from any amountpayable to the vendor an amount equal to 25% of the purchase price of the property, 15% federally and 10% for Quebec purposes, and remit the amount to the tax authorities within 30 days after the end of the month in which he acquired the property.If he does not withhold these amounts and does not remit them to the tax authorities, the purchaser will be personally liable for their payment and will be required to recover the amounts paid from the non-resident, which may prove to be difficult.However, the vendor may not have obtained a certificate before the sale but may have obtained one after the sale by advising the tax authorities within 10 days after the date of the sale.In such case, the purchaser will cease to be liable on the date that a certificate is issued to him by the tax authorities.However, even if the vendor has obtained a certificate from the tax authorities prior to the sale, the purchaser may continue to be liable.If the certificate requested be- fore the sale contains approximate information with respect to the proceeds of disposition, the actual proceeds of disposition may well be higher than the estimated proceeds of disposition.The purchaser therefore becomes liable even if the certificate was issued prior to the sale, for the reason that an additional income tax payment will be subsequently required.In such case, the purchaser should ensure that the vendor has sent the tax authorities a second notice within 10 days after the sale on which is indicated the ultimate sale price and that he has paid the additional tax.Failing this, the purchaser will be required to withhold and remit from the sale price the appropriate amounts to the tax authorities.Otherwise, the purchaser will be personally liable for this tax and it will not always be possible for him to recover the amounts paid from the non-resident.As we can see, a person who transacts with a non-resident should act prudently and, when in doubt, remit the appropriate amounts to the tax authorities from the sale price if he wishes to avoid becoming personally liable.John Pankert, C.A.Tax Department Bélanger Hébert BÉLANGER HÉBERT An intagral pan of RAYMOND, CHABOT.MARTIN, PAR£ Chartered accountants Funeral chain offers package deal for $245.MONTREAUCP)— You’d think executives at Quebec's second-largest chain of funeral homes would be rubbing their hands with glee at the thought of the province’s rapidly aging population But Jocelyne Legare isn’t.She is vice-president of Alfred Dallaire Inc., a 23-branch, privately held chain of funeral homes known for its marketing strategy and innovative techniques.“Yes,” she agreed in a recent interview, “the aging population should have a positive effect on our business for some time.“But there is a more long-term problem.A declining population is predicted once the baby boom wave has passed.” The industry must “segment more of its services to better meet peoples’ needs,” Legare said.That entails better marketing, her father, company president Paul-Emile Legare, told the Montreal chapter of the American Marketing Association last week “The challenge of marketing is to convince reluctant consumers to buy services that you have to sell." he said ‘That definition particularly applies to the funeral business." BOUGHT FIRM In 1951, Legare, now 60, was in insurance when Alfred Dallaire, one of his clients, said he was considering selling the funeral business he started in 1932.Legare bought it.At the time, visitors paid their last respects to the deceased by visiting the family home.Promotions by funeral directors were unthinkable."For anthropological reasons,” Legare said, “death was as taboo as sex.” So in 1968 when he became the first Quebec funeral director to advertise a complete funeral for $245.it caused a stir.A year earlier, Dallaire had become the first to introduce pre paid funerals to Quebecers.Today such funerals accounts for 25 per cent of business.Joce- lyne Legare said average prearranged funeral buyers "are unconventional people over 55 who choose a short wake followed by cremation." The company was also the first Quebec chain to offer cremation.Cremation became quite popular but demand now has levelled off at 40 per cent of the company's business, slightly higher than the average for other Quebec funeral homes.SHOW’S ART Dallaire has two "integrated fu neral centres" with art gallery, ex hibition and meeting rooms, and a cemetery equipped for sound and light shows.A new service is therapy and psychological counselling for the bereaved.The Dallaire homes, all located in the Montreal area, do about 5,000 funerals a year at prices ranging from $400 to several thousand dollars.The average costs between $1,200 and $1,600.And as part of its marketing stra- tegy.the company has gone after the ethnic market which now accounts for 10 to 15 per cent of its business.When 1 took over, we were probably ranked 25th in Quebec among 15 firms," Legare said, “Now, we're the second-largest after Urge! Bourgie Ltd.” He said the company has grown at an average annual rate of 15 per cent in the last 10 years, primarily through acquisitions and aggressive marketing.In recognition of its growth, the company won a marketing award in 1985 in an annual competition sponsored by the Quebec Chamber of Commerce.Dallaire may go public one day, Legare said, but not in the for-seeable future.To maintain its current growth rate, Legare expects to open five new branches here within the next two years, “After that,” he said, “we may st art looking at the rest of the country.particularly Ontario." Corporate theft costs Canadians $1.3 billion WINNIPEG (CP) — When a florist thought a lot of flowers were disappearing mysteriously from his store every month, he called on corporate sleuths Richard Green and Bob McGregor to solve the puzzle.The shop owner couldn’t figure out what anyone would do with so many flowers, but the private eyes of the business world soon discovered he wasn’t losing flowers at all.Instead, a cashier was ringing up only part of the sales she made each day, pocketing the difference.¦ It appeared flowers were being stolen when it was money being taken.The problem is one Green and McGregor, consultants who help companies reduce thefts and losses, say is common.Even if businesses are aware they have an internal problem, they often misdiagnose the source.Companies without the expertise or experience to deal with such headaches are increasingly calling 1987 U.S.trade deficit shrinks WASHINGTON (AP) - The record United States trade deficit began to shrink in the final three months of 1987 as U.S.exports climbed six per cent to record levels, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.While narrowing just $200 million US from the summer, the decline of the trade deficit to $40.2 billion on a balance-of-payments basis marked the first quarterly improvement since the spring of 1986.The year finished with a record $159.3 billion balance-of-payments trade deficit for all of 1987, the report said.The balance-of-payments figures measure the international trade of merchandise and excludes trade in services such as investment earnings.During the fourth quarter, the United States imported $1.8 billion more from Canada than it exported north of the border.However, U.S.exports of machinery and automotive products to Canada were up sharply.In terms of volume, the U.S.trade deficit showed a five per cent improvement from 1986 to 1987.The fact that import prices rose more rapidly than export prices helped mask this improvement, Commerce Department analysts said.The Canadian currency has also risen against the U.S.dollar.The American dollar has been trading at about $1.26 to $1.27 Cdn this month compared with an average of $1.3673 in June 1985.During the fourth quarter, the trade deficit with Canada increased $100 million to $1.8 billion.The shortfall with Japan increased $1.3 billion to $15 billion and the deficit with Western Europe was up $1.5 billion to $8.2 billion.HOUSE OF COMMONS CANADA STANDING COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL HEALTH AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEARINGS The Standing Committee on National Health and Welfare will be holding public hearings commencing in March 1988, in relation to its study of the health care system in Canada and its funding.Included in this study is: • the identification of long-term pressures for growth in health services and expenditure; for example, demographic shifts in Canadian society and the resulting higher use of certain health services; • the identification of innovative approaches for efficiently meeting the health care needs of Canadians; • consideration of the ability of the current health care system and its funding arrangements to encourage more efficient methods of providing health care, while maintaining Canada’s high standard of care.Those individuals and organizations interested in submitting briefs in one or both official languages on this issue are requested to contact the Clerk of the Committee prior to March 14.Public distribution of all submissions remains at the discretion of the Committee.The Committee reserves the right to select respondents who will be invited to appear before the Committee.All briefs, correspondence or inquiries should be addressed to: Clerk Standing Committee on National Health and Welfare 180 Wellington Street House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 (613) 996-7382 Bruce Halliday, M.P.Chairperson on experts like Green and McGregor.“It soon became clear to us that all we have to do is go in there and tell them what to do,” McGregor said recently.The former loss prevention offi cers with the Shoppers Drug Mart chain started McGregor Green Corporate Investigation Consul tants Ltd.in December and already have 19 clients.They expect to double that by the end of April, and exceed their year-end gross sales target of $250,000 by their sixth or seventh month.“I knew there was a need, but I didn’t realize how big it was,” McGregor said.LOSSES GREAT Each year Canadian businesses lose an estimated $1.3 billion because of shoplifting, employee theft, mismanagement of paper flow, or ineffective accounting and inventory control procedures, McGregor said.Despite the high losses, businesses have few places to turn to for help.Police are busy with street crime and private security firms are not geared to developing a program to address all of a business's loss problems.McGregor said.As private consultants, he and Green sit down with a company and develop a program to meet its specific needs and budget.They also investigate thefts and provide follow-up monitoring and consulting once a program is in place.McGregor said businesses often make the mistake of adopting Band-Aid solutions to loss problems.For example, a firm may fire an employee caught stealing but leave itself open to the same thing happening again unless it corrects the shortcomings which allowed the worker to commit the thefts in the first place.There also is the danger of overr reacting with tough security procedures that might be unnecessary and only anger and frustrate honest employees and customers» leading to more thefts or a loss of business.“When morale is high, thefts are low," McGregor said.¦ WANT TO HELP OXFAM's CHILDREN Send your donation to OXFAM's CHILDREN 169 St.Paul St.East Montreal, Quebec H2Y 9Z9 The BEST business hours in the townships during RRSP and all year long CARREFOUR DE L ESTRIE 3050 Portland Blvd.Sherbrooke (Quebec) J1L 1KI (819) 821-4541 OPENING HOURS Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 9:30 to 17:30 Thursday, Friday 9:30 to 21:00 Saturday 9:00 to 17:00 DOWNTOWN 25 North, Wellington Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5B3 (819) 569-9371 OPENING HOURS Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 8:30 to 17:30 Thursday, Friday 8:30 to 21:00 Saturday 9:00 to 16:00 Instant tax receipt available _ ROYAL ¦Ü TRUST Where advice comes first S—The RECORD—Friday, February 26, 198# Living fleconl Gala shows town is important — Lions By Rossana Coriandoli SHERBROOKE — The Lions Club of Rock Forest-Deauville named the mayor of Rock Forest, Gaétan Lavallée, “Personality of the Year” at Tuesday evening’s Gain (le la personnalité de l'année 87 in Sherbrooke.Rock Forest’s SODEV Inc., a manufacturer of high precision scientific tools, was named “business of the year”.SODEV's president, Patrick Picker, has been with the company since 1972, and says the Lions Club award will be good for business.“Canada is very weak in the field of scientific manufacturing,,” Picker said.Competition in the field of scientific manufacturing comes mostly from Sweden, Switzerland and the U.S.But Picker says he would not consider moving away from the Townships.“I like the area, and I’ve lived here almost all my life,” he said.The Lions Club, an organization that raises money for diabetics, the deaf, the blind, and other handicapped groups, has been holding the gala event for the past five years.The club’s chief of protocol and gala organiser, Georges Carreau, says the event has many purposes.It helps raise most of the funds it donates, and also gives the business people of Rock Forest and Deauville an opportunity to meet end get to know each other.“We hope to raise about $:i,000 with this event.Last year we rai- sed somewhere around $2,500,” Carreau said.But Tuesday evening’s event has another important purpose.“With the Gala delà personnalité de l’année we show everyone that we have important people here.It helps us put our town on the map,” Carreau said.Every year the club sets up a committee to chose the candidates and select winners for the two awards, who must be residents of Rock Forest or Deauville who have lived there at least four years.The club choses among business people, politicians, athletes and members of recreational or volunteer groups.The winner is chosen by unanimous vote.What is special about this year’s event is the club has decided to create three special awards to honor three outstanding young athletes, also residents of the towns, called “young ambassadors”."We realized we have a lot of people here who’ve gone to other cities and other provinces and have stood out in their fields.They help make our town more important,” said Carreau.The first “ambassador”, Alain Gosselin, was named athlete par excellence at the Regional Games for the Handicapped, where he won four gold medals.Gosselin, has also practiced Rung Fufor 12 years, and teaches it since 1985.Jean-Pierre Poulin distinguished himself at last year’s Quebec Games in Val d’Or, where he won three gold medals and one silver medal The third award was given to Giselle Mathieu, winner of the Power Lifting competition in the 48 kilogram category.Mathieu, a mother of two, also works full time at the Sûreté du Quebec.Her husband, who has been power lifting for 20 years, is also her trainer.But Mathieu does not feel overloaded by all the work.“You really have to want to do it, and if you do, you’re half the way there,” she said.Giselle Mathieu, of Rock Forest, winner of the Power Lifting competition in the 4HK category, was one of three “young ambassadors' chosen by the Lions Club of Rock Forest-Ueauville last Tuesday.CLSC Lessard offers new medical services By Melanie Gruer LENNOXVILLE — The CLSC Gaston Lessard has a new doctor, nurse and social worker to serve the needs of residents in the Len-noxville, Waterville and Ascot Township area.Dr.Lise Daniels, nurse Maureen Home, and social worker Céline Beaudoin are the three newly-appointed, part-time staff members at the community health centre.The three will operate a medical clinic and make home visits, beginning Monday.At a general meeting Dec.2, the CLSC’s administrative council announced medical services for families with children up to 12 years of age would soon be available.At a press conference Wednesday to introduce the three new staff members, administrative council chairman Georges Allard said there were many factors involved in making the decision to set up a clinic.He said the fact that there was no pediatrician in the area, that families had to travel a fair distance to see another doctor, and that the CLSC provide bilingual services, were some of the factors.All of the existing services will still be available, Allard said.“But it’s important to point out these services are available in both languages.” The new clinic’s mandate includes helping out new mothers, Home explained.“We will follow cases and support the mother and the babies at risk.” The follow-up programs includes a pre-school program and a program for children already at the elementary school level.Beaudoin said there would also be help for families with emotional and behavioral problems.“We can help the individual and the whole family too.” Daniels worked at the CLSC in Asbestos for eight years and her services will be available by appointment only.“We’U start with one half day each week.I don’t know what the demand will be, yet, but it could change to two half days." Program coordinator Bernard Houle said the CLSC Gaston Lessard in Lennoxville was one of the only CLSCs that did not have a medical clinic before.“Now we have a team that can do it.” How to be rescued from nuclear extinction March is almost here.Spring can’t be far behind.February is a blessing, short, sweet and almost over.As we begin preparing the ground for the new season, here are more resources, seeds for thought and good fertilizer for new plans and projects.“The Great News” Booklet explains how to get rid of the peril of nuclear annihilation to yourself and your family.It is written by Ken Keyes Jrs., author of “The Hundredth Monkey”, and reprinted from the foreword of “Rescue Y ourself from N uclear Extinction” by Benjamin B.Forencz.Forencz was prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, Adjunct Professor of Law at Pace University, and author of many books on international law.This book can be ordered from Love-Line Books, Coos Bay, OR, 1988, Single copies of the booklet are available for twenty-five cents postage paid, from Ken Keyes College Bookroon.790 Commercial Ave, Coos Bay.Oregon 97420.The material is not copyrighted and you are encouraged to copy it and send it all over the world.This is an excellent piece of work, short and concise.Many thanks to Ross Smyth, world federalist and peace educator, for sending us a copy and for his continuing peace initiative of writing insightful “letters to the editor” in his local newspaper to spread (he word.We have the new edition of the Development Education Centre Wife can tell cheating husband to pack it Ann Landers DANCE Lennoxville Rifle Club Saturday, February 27 “The Old Tyme 4 Orchestra” Everyone Welcome ¦part By Rosemary Sullivan Film Catalogue, listing over 300 features and shorts from more than 50 countries.They provide alternative information about the Third World.DEC’S work is to connect the popular struggles in the Third World with Canadian social issues.Women, the unemployed, farmers, immigrants, peace activists, and Native Canadians speak out through DEC resources.Among their new titles, “Bound to Strike Back”, produced last year in South Africa, is one of the most useful films in introducing the major forces at work in the struggle against apartheid.“Seeing Windows”, a 1987 coproduction of Canada and Honduras, provides an ideal introduction to housing and the homeless in the Third world.“A Day at School in Moscow” takes you inside the front door of a Moscow school, showing the kids from six to 16 and what their education process is all about.It is an excellent resource to challenge stereotypes.For information on sales and rental contact DEC, 229 College St, Toronto, Ont.M5T 1R4.Also received, NICA, Non-Intervention in Central America, recent publications on the “El Sal-vadore Peace Mission in 1986” with Prof.Meyer Browstown winner of the ’86 Pearson Peace Award, Major-General (Ret.) Leonard V.Johnson founder of Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Céline Lamontagne, VP of the Quebec Confederation of Trade Unions, Dr.John Savage, Mayor of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and Nancy These, researcher and anthropolo gist.We also received “Mission for Peace Canadian and the Search for Peace in Central America: Proposals for Action”.It includes Muriel Duckworth, of Voice of Women.And Dan Benedict former International Representative of the United Automobile Workers, writer and teacher in the field of worker education; Timothy Draimin, from the Jesuit Centre for Social Faith and Justice; Maurice Dupras, former MP; Karl Friedmann, first Ombudsman of BC; Jack McNie, Ontario politician; and Leonard Johnson and “The Mission for Peace 1987” which included Jim Manley, MP, Katherine Pearson, Oxfam-Canada, Mardele Harland, CCIC, Honourable Lloyd Axwor-thy, Doug Wilson, Co-ordinator of Mission for Peace and Jack McNie.The reports are concise and well presented with suggestions for action available from Mission for Peace/NICA, Box 1203, Station F, Toronto, Ont.M4Y 2V8.From “The Activist”, the newsletter of Act for Disarmament, 465 Spadina Ave, Toronto, Ont.M5T 2G8, a non-aligned coili-tion of activist groups and individuals dedicated to mobilizing Canadians against their country’s increased involvement in the arms race, “Peace Education” section, news of “The Journal of European Nuclear Disarmament ( END Journal)" which has excellent coverage of the peace movement in both Eastern and Western Europe.Subscriptions from END, 11 Goodwin St., London N4 3HQ, and a new networking bulletin for activists called “On Gogol Boulevard”, named after the Moscow street which has become a favourite youth and counter-culture hangout.Four issues for $5 US a year from Aspect Foundation, 151 First Ave, #62, New York.NY 10003.There will be more news on women and peacemaking in next week’s column in honor of International Women’s Day, March 8.Be sure it’s marked on your calendar.For your peace seed needs, including necessary fertilizer, call or visit us at Pigeon Hill Bruideen/ Peacemaking Centre.1965 St.Armand Rd.Pigeon Hill, Que.,10.1 1T0 514-248-2524.Dear Ann Landers : I thought you were too easy on the Cincinnati husband who had his own first-floor bedroom and insisted on keeping the door locked “as protection against burglars.” (He also kept his window open.) One night his wife (who he thought had taken a sleeping pill) looked outside just in time to see a neighbor lady crawl through her husband’s window.Instead of saying nothing and writing to Ann Landers for advice, she should have waited about five minutes, banged on the door, yelled, “Open up, Tom, the house is on fire! " then scurried outside just in time to catch the neighbor climbing out of the window.You were caught flat-footed on that one, Annie, old girl.— Eau Claire Leader Reader Dear Leader Reader: You weren’t the only one who thought so.Here are some other scenarios: From Lafayette, Ind.: My husband and I felt that you were awfully generous to the man whose paramour entered his bedroom at night while his wife slept in another room.We both thought the wife ought to climb in the window herself, with a suitcase, and tell him to pack it.From Gaithersburg, Md.: You sure missed a good opportunity to give a low-life, cheating husband some well-deserved lumps.I would have told the wife to keep her eyes open for a subsequent visit from the tramp, then call the police and tell them to come right away, with an ax, to chop the door down and free him from “burglars” who had entered through the window and locked the bedroom door.From Van Nuys, Calif.: The letter from the man who has nocturnal visits from the neighbor lady gave me an inferiority complex.I have a couple of fairly low bedroom windows.I’m single, not bad-looking and am willing to leave the windows open, if you will tell me, Ann Landers, how can I get a woman to climb in?Dear Ann Landers: So many people repeat a phrase just as they thought they heard it, and that phrase is wrong.I am sick and tired of hearing people say, “Cut the mustard” when they mean “cut the muster.” Will you please set them straight?To “cut the muster" means to cut the assembly (troops for inspection, drill, and so on).Have you ever heard anyone call a muster roll (list of persons on board a ship) a mustard roll?Well, then, shape up.— Frances P., Washington, D.C.Dear Frances: Thanks for teaching me (and millions of others) something today.I am among those who used to say “cut the mustard” but I’ll never say it again.Residence Brunswick Residence for Mobile/Independent Senior Citizens Just a few characteristics.Fireproof building in the centre of town 2 spacious rooms completely renovated with a private bathroom — Large room with fireplace — Meals served in a warm atmosphere Reading room, visitors room, and handicraft rooms — Completely furnished — Continuous security — Very large parking lot — Administered by a Registered Nurse For reservations and/or informatiion (819) 826-3634 806 Principale St.Richmond JOB 2H0 Visiting hours: Monday to Sunday 8:30 a m.to 11:00 a.m.2:00 p.m.to 4:00 p.m.Hell could be a large dining room full of food What makes it so desireable for Canadian politicians to put down small business successes?On the one hand they think nothing of giving out millions to a multinational to produce one or two hundred jobs, but if a small business goes it alone, they only find time to be very critical.Knowlton has produced two hundred new jobs in only four years.It has transformed itself from a village of derelict buildings into one of the most beauti-ful commercial villages anywhere in Canada.Yet our Federal M.P.makes it very clear that we are "too English Next our old conservative friend Egan Chambers is quoted in The Record as saying that neighboring townships must be saved “before everything gets out of hand, as it did in Knowlton! This is nonsense, to be sure, but what motivates such nonsense?Even our local councilor, Michael Calouri, writes to say that I made a “false assertion" when I wrote in this column that “taxes in Brome Lake farm country All About Brome Lake Commentary by Brian Timmins have actually decreased due to the much heavier tax load being paid by his own constituents in Knowlton.” Tax payers in Knowlton are paying at the rate of $145,0(X).00 per hectare.s bung A-1, condition, hardwood floors, carport, mature lot, make an offer now, for occupancy after April.Lennoxville: split level, brick home, 9 rms plus 3 baths, 2 cars garage, located center of town on mature lot,don'tmiss this opportunity.Lennoxville: 7 rms home, excellent starter home, close to bus service, large lot, priced to fit your budget.BOB BOWERS 564-4452 a broker Trust Général, 565-8181 OrtuKy.Ttth DIRECT COURTIER INC.2445 King St.West Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1J 2G7 (819) 566-2223 103 SI.Francis Street, Lennoxville: Accommodation Store Plus residence.Great possibilities.Zoned commercial.4955 Albert Mines Rd., North Hatley: 4 Bedroom on 4 acres, 5 miles from Lennoxville.2 car garage.Great view.12 Peel Street, Lennoxville: 6 Bedroom Fr 15 x 20 with fireplace, 25,000 square feet of land.Plus barn.1 Prospect: Triplex 1 - 6'/?& 2 - S'/?.Apt.brick.8 Park Street, Lennoxville: Duplex 4 Bedroom Large lot.Price $60,000 00 Queen Street, Lennoxville: Antique Business with Revenue apt.Included in price.$20,000 inventory.Wellington Street South, Sherbrooke: Commercial property with three apt.Priced $97,500.A good buy.165 Dominion Street, Waterville: Great possibilities, can be sold as a machine shop with equipment or building separate with can be used as a restaurant.188 and 190 Queen Street, Lennoxville: 2 - 5Vs apt.Zoned Commercial.Centre of town.Interesting location.RODNEY LLOYD 566-7922 INDEX, IfREALEfTATEl l^llunpieffntni #20-#39 (iS||AUTOmOM| • #40*#59 #60-#79 ,|SI|muctLLAnKM| -, #80-# 100 RATES lit per word Minimum charge $2.75 per day (or 25 words or less.Ad will run a minimum of 3 days unless paid in advance.Discounts for consecutive Insertions without copy change, when paid In advance.3 Insertions • less 10% 6 insertions - lass 15% 21 insertions - less 20% #84-Found - 3 consecutive days • no charge Use of “Record Box" lor replies is $1.50 per week.We accept Visa & Master Card DEADLINE 10 a.m.working day previous Id publication Le Courtier Immobilia Eetrle Inc .1 I42S King Street Weit Sherbrooke (31-lin nMm Do you want to buy 7ju< uMe or sell a property?Contact me for quick and professional service.Ayer’s Clift: Older house partly renovated.North Hatley: Good choice, nice building, lot and land.North Hatley: Renovate century house, Centretown, View.Near North Hatley: Century farm house, 20 acres of land Near North Hatley: Small cottage, lake access.Lake Massawlppi: Lake front building lot M.Pelletier/R.Watkins Trust General Inc.(819) 843-8181 (819) 842-2806 ROYAL LtPAGE = 2855 King Street West Sherbrooke, Quebec J1L 1C6 Tel: (819) 563-9834 North Hatley, to rent, 1300 sq.ft, of commercial space.Center of town.North Hatley, warehouse 140 x 32 sq.ft., good location.North Hatley, 5 room cottage, winterized, view of lake.Lennoxville, prime residential & revenue lots, close to bus, new development.Lennoxville, 4-plex, 4Vi> rooms each, electric heat.Close to bus & dépanneur, good revenues.Near Lennoxville, prestige property, 8 bedrooms, hardwood floors, music room, lot of extras.North Hatley, charming centennial home, 3 bedrooms, renovated.Barbara Allatt 842-2170 Les Appartements Belvédère 3V2 41/2 51/2 rooms Pool • Sauna • Janitoral Service • Washer/Dryer Outlet • Wall to Wall Carpeting For Rental Information: Call: 564-8690 or __________Administration: 564-4080 EAST ANGUS — Large SVz, renovated, washer and dryer outlet, hot water, heating, stove, fridge included.Available March 1.Call (819) 832-3097 after 5 p.m.LENNOXVILLE — 3'/5, heated and hot water included, on second door.With fridge and stove, $360./month; without, $334./month.Call days at (819) 821-2650 or evenings at (819)837-2181 or 563-9205.LENNOXVILLE — Belvidere Street.Large 5V5 on third floor.Very reasonable rent includes heating and hot water.Available now.Call 566-4937.LENNOXVILLE — Sublet.3'^ rooms on first floor, furnished or unfurnished.$230./month, not heated.Available now.Call (819) 821-2256.FEBRUARY FREE! SHERBROOKE -Sanborn Street.Large 3W room apartment.Washer and dryer outlet, storage.$265./month; semi-furnished, $280./ month.Available February 1st.Call (819) 569-0644.TO SUBLET — North ward.4V2 large rooms, heated and hot water.Call (819) 562-2793.Rest homes Miscellaneous Services PRIVATE & SEMI-PRIVATE ROOMS in modern rest home for mobile senior citizens.Home cooked meals, reasonable rates, all services included.Sherman Residence, Box 159, Scotstown, Que.JOB 3B0.ROLLING HILLS RESIDENCE, cordial service for convalesence and long-term care.Call (819) 567-5234.TAYLOR S REST HOME has available private and semi-private, downstairs, home cooking, Doctor on call, very good care.Please call (819) 875-3634.THERE ARE two semi-private rooms available at the Wilson Home in Beebe.Very good care, good meals.For more information, ask for Nancy, (819) 876-5763.VENETIAN BLINDS — Cleaning, repairing and repainting.Fast service.We repair all kinds of horizontal and vertical.Call (819) 567-2892.¦ Travel RANDMAR ADVENTURES Bus Tours: Sugaring-off party, Saturday, March 19/ 88.Nashville Fan-Fair Adventure, June 7 to 15/88, reserve now.For information call (819) 845-7739 or (819) 563-5344.In collaboration with Escapade Inc.Music I Domestic Help NANNY WANTED to take care of 5 children (2 in school), 5 days a week from 7:30a.m.to 6:30 p.m.Possibility to live-in.Route 143, North Hatley.Call (819) 842-2085 after 7 p.m.CONSERVATOIRE OF MUSIC — Honolulu, 201 King St.East, Sherbrooke, 562-7840.Sales, exchange, rental, repairs, teaching.All instruments have a warranty.Visa, Mastercard accepted.Honolulu Orchestra for all receptions.DRUM WORKSHOP, group courses (max.4 persons/group).Rudiments, Rhythms, theory.Call Danny Camber, teacher, 566-6973.MAGNIFICENT —LAKE MEMPHREMA-GOG."Privacy Plus" all year long.Sail from the new dock or cross country ski in the woods which surround this unique winterized 3 bedrbom "Panabode" on approximatley 3/4 acre.Possession is flexible.Sound interesting! Call after 6 at (819) 876-2267.MOTEL SECTION for sale to be moved.Could be used as cottage or hunting camp Call 569-5551 between8a.m.and 2 p.m.NORTH — Centennial home, 23 rooms, partly renovated.Situated in commercial zone.Near center of town.Ideal for office space or boutique.Phyllis Cour-temanche 566-2430.The Permanent, broker, 563-3000.NORTH HATLEY — 3 bedroom brick bungalow, large rooms, fireplace, partly finished basement.Approx.10 acres of land wooded with small pond.Phyllis Courtemanche 566-2430 The Permanent, broker, 563-3000.NORTH HATLEY — 2 bedroom in excellent condition, large rooms, partly finished basment.Lot 100x300.Garage.Low taxes.Phyllis Courtemanche 566-2430.The Permanent, broker, 563-3000.ROCK FOREST — 3 bedroom bungalow, hardwood floors, finished basement, swimming pool.Situated near all services.Low taxes.Phyllis Courtemanche 566-2430.The Permanent, broker, 563-3000.ASCOT—2 bedroom bungalow in excellent condition, finished basement, electric and wood heating.Near all service.Phyllis Courtemanche 566-2430.The Permanent, broker.563-3000.DIXVILLE — Bungalow, 1982, 2 bedrooms, basement partly finished.Garage.tool shed.4.3 acres of land Call (819) 849-3555 FLEURIMONT — 3 bedroom bungalow, partly finished basment, electric heating and wood stove in basment.Lot 60x125 with trees.Ideal for young family.Situated near park Phyllis Courtemanche 566-2430.The Permanent, broker.563-3000.HUNTINGVILLE — River side triplex, 1 acre, 5 km.from Bishop's University Call (819) 562-6682.JOHNVILLE — Partly renovated 2 storey home, 4 bedrooms, large rooms.Garage.2 sheds, approx.1 V« acres of land Price negotiable.Phyllis Courtemanche 566-2430.The Permanent, broker, 563-3000 LENNOXVILLE — Luxurious bungalow, 3 bedrooms, office, large living room, many cabinets and built-in appliances in kitchen.Finished basement, indoor pool for many hours of pleasure all year.Double garage.Large lot.Phyllis Courtemanche 566-2430 The Permanent, broker, 563-3000 20 Job Opportunities m Cars for sale CHALLENGING PART-TIME position available on small English community monthly newspaper.Journalism skills required.A knowledge of the Townships and the needs of the Anglophone community necessary.Bilingualism an asset.This mature, non-smoker must get along well with other people and be willing to assume full management responsibilities.Apply to: P.O.Box 28, Lennoxville, Quebec JIM 1Z3, SALESPERSON REQUIRED to sell advertising for small English newspaper.Please apply to: P.O.Box 28, Lennoxville, Quebec J1M 1Z3.Courses BEGINNER S FRENCH CONVERSATION classes, private, mornings only.Call (819) 569-8510.PRIVATE SALE.Pontiac 6000 LE, 1986.Like new.4 doors, air conditioning.Reason for sale: company car provided.Call (819) 837-2400.1970 DODGE DART Swinger, all original, low mileage, no rust.$2,000.Call (819) 876-5380.1978 AMC CONCORD, 6 cylinder, automatic, 2 door, $78,000 km., $995.Call (819) 566-7148.1979 CHEVY MALIBU, 2 door.AM/FM radio cassette, 4 new mags, new brakes, low mileage.Best offer.Call (819) 842-4257.1984 BUICK SKYHAWK, 4 door, low mileage.Immaculate.$6,000.Call (819) 876-5380 27! Child Care Trucks for sale FOR FAMILY LIVING in New Milford, Connecticut.2 children ages 2 and 3.Must speak English and have a valid drivers license.Good salary, plus room and board.Use of a car.Call collect (203) 1974 FORD 1 ton, double-wheel with aluminum box, 8" wide x 10" in length, 7’ high with 2" extension over the cab.(819) 875-3933.TWO 1977 YAMAHA RD 400’s, lots of parts.Call (819) 821-0138 after 5 p.m.ATTORNEY JACQUELINE KOURI, ATTORNEY, 85 Queen street, Lennoxville.Tel.564-0184.Office hours 8:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m.Evenings by appointment.Professional Services Snowmobiles Motorcycles — Bicycles INCOME TAX C.K.'s Income Tax Service.Individual and business tax returns.512 Knowlton Road, Knowlton, Que.(514) 243-6324.Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m.to 6p.m., Friday 8:30 am.to 8:30 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.to 3:30 p.m.1976 MOTOSKI FUTURA 440, very good condition.Call (819) 876-2685.1980 JOHN DEERE Trail Fire.440 cc, $900.Call (819) 826-5202.1982 BLIZZARD MX5500 ski-doo.excellent condition.Call (819) 839-3554.29 Miscellaneous Services S3 Cameras HERBALIFE INDEPENDANT DISTRIBUTOR, call me for products.Madeleine at 562-3666.LENNOXVILLE PLUMBING.Domestic repairs and water refiners.Call Norman Walker at 563-1491, SWIM SUIT SEASON will be here before you know it and if you want to look good again in your favorite swimming suit or pair of shorts after the long winter months, then come to a Canadian Calorie Counters meeting.With sensible diet plans, sound nutritional advice, inspiration and moral support we will help you lose weight.To learn more about us, call or come to one of the following meetings: Monday night from 6:45 p.m.to 8 p.m.at the Lennoxville Town Hall (562-8683).Monday night from 6:30 p.m.to 7:30 p.m.at the Lennoxville C.L.S.C.(565-0538) or Thursday mornings from 10 a m, to 11 a m at the Lennoxville C.L.S.C.(565-9327).Hope to see you there! TYPING and/or translating done in my home Call 563-9693 after 3 p.m CAMERA REPAIR Baldini Cam-Teck.3 factory trained technicians.Minolta, Canon, Pentax, Nikon, Yashica, Hassel-blad, Bronica, Kodak, binoculars, microscopes, projectors.109 Frontenac Street, Sherbrooke Tel: (819) 562-0900 COOK BOOKS for sale, Call (819) 849-3897 EVAPORATOR PANS, narrow type.$150.Also large wood burning range, any reasonable offer.Call Frank at (819) 843-2571.HORSE, 1300 pounds, 4 years old, works double or single, $600.Ponies, all sizes, and pony equipment.Apply Clifton Bryant (819) 843-2050.METAL CABINETS with adjustable shelves, 34x28x72.Solid wood tables, $59.1 desk, 30x56, $95 Student desks, first to fifth grade.Stacking chairs, 14", $5.Call 569-9286 between 9 a.m.and 5 p.m.MUST SELL ALL regular household goods: beds, tables, sofa, dishes, clothes, collectibles, modern art.Call weekends, Sutton, (514) 538-2417.Big bargains! No antiques.ONE 300-GALLON stainless-steel boat tank cooler: 1 hand plough; hay cutter; cultivator; electric tools; lawn mower; and other articles.Call (514) 263-2136.PERFECTION & La Marquise panty hose, very good quality.Buy by the dozen and save.Call Francine: 566-6790 after 5 p.m.REAL 1950CHURCH ORGAN.Hammond Northon electric, 2 keyboards, large foot pedal, 2 electric speaker (6" high).$1,400.Perfect condition.Call Jacques at (819) 563-5539.STOVE$75.2 single beds, $20.each.Carpet $25.Can be seen at 750 Buck Street, apt.3, Sherbrooke on Saturday, February 27 from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m.only.SUGARING ARCH 2x6; front pan 2x2; flue; 200 buckets, covers, spouts; 30 livestock watering bulls; 30 livestock neck chains; 200" stable cleaner chain; Western saddle; cattle tranquilizer gun and supplies.No calls between Friday 5 p.m.and Saturday 6 p.m., (514) 539-0406.TROY-BILT tillers and equipment, all models in stock for delivery.We ll meet any factory offer.We accept trade-ins and financing Is available.Phone for further details.Collect 0-819-826-5101.Les Equipements David Taylor Inc.WEDDING DRESS — Bell shaped, size 10, with matching hat and petticoat, $300.Call (819) 567-3426 after 5:30 p.m.1 PAIR of Navy Blue pants, size 46, $15.1 light Blue suit, Size 46.$35.1 Beige suit, size 46, $50.Call 569-9286 between 9a.m.and 5 p.m.1200" of new black flexable plastic pipe, 1".,27c a foot.Entreprise Lajoie (819) 875-3933.5,000 BALES early cut hay and 400 bales of straw.Will sell delivered.Call Art Bennett at (819) 889-2272.Articles wanted INFANT CAR SEAT wanted in good condition.Call 566-4797.STAMP COLLECTION, money collection, old furniture, dishes, frames, old toys, postcards, etc.Call (819) 849-6404 after 5 p.m.WANTED TO BUY: Old cupboards, baskets, pottery, tools, decoys, toys and home-made antique items.Call Ian Tait at (819) 567-2895 after 7 p.m.JVTED Any old guns Especially Winchesters, Marlins, Black Powder Guns, Swords, Enfield Snider, Amunition, Old Catalogs, Advertising, Loading Tools, etc.Complete or in parts.Call anytime alter 6:00 p.m.619-563-2140 Long distance calls accepted.P.S.We also buy deer & moose antlers.62 Machinery ROUND BALER, new chain, floatation tires, complete hydraulics, in excellent condition.For more information call (819) 838-4859 Collectors Furniture USED FURNITURE and electrical appliances for sale.Meubles Claude Fortier Inc., 1026 Wellington South, Sherbrooke.Phone (819) 567-3581.I Articles tor sale AM/FM STEREO cassette player-record system.New condition.Still under manufacturers guarantee.Original value $200 Price $95 Call 567-4340 ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA.15th Edition, copyright 1977, "The New Encyclopedia Britannica".$500 Librairie Larousse.copyright 1971, "La Grande Encyclopédie", $500.Call (514) 243-6128.ALL BASEBALL and hockey cards.Bee Hive photos.Sherrlf hockey coins.Tobacco cards.Private collector.Top price.(819) 563-4922.PRIVATE COLLECTOR would like to buy works of art and paintings, new or old, by Canadian.American and European artists.Call 562-5416 or 566-1570 Ü Horses FARRIER PETER THEYSEN.Corrective and normal shoeing.R.R.3 Foster, Que.JOE 1R0.(514) 539-1304 IF YOU HAVE KITTENS to give away to good homes, call (514) 539-0338 (collect).70 Garage Sales FLEURIMONT Flea Market (open year-round), Fleuri-mont (La Tasserie).Come in every Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m.to 5 p.m.to see our selection of articles for sale.A few tables are still available to rent.Call René Joyal at (819) 567-3458 for more information.80 Home Services ALS PLUMBING SERVICE REG.Service of all plumbing and heating problems.Renovation in plumbing and heating.Call us for free demonstration and estimation of new super-economic oil furnace 88 8% eff.Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Magog, Ayer s Cliff and area.Call Rep.Robert Stewart at (819) 569-6676.m Miscellaneous BRICK & STONE MASONS.Frank McGowan Inc.Tel: (819) 563-4549.1 if II DIRECTORY Char 11! - Samson ! Bëlair Chartered Accountant» Jama» Crook, c*.Chantal Touzln, Cte.Mlchatl Drew, cte.2144 King St.West, Suite 240 Sherbrooke, J1J 2E8 Telephone: (819) 822-1515 La Vieille Grange ] A^icfion Bam LICENCED BILINGUAL AUCTIONEER AND COMPETENT STAFF READY TO OFFER YOU A FULL SERVICE AUCTION BARN.5852 ROUTE 112, ASCOT CORNER P.O.JOB 1R0 819-564-2368 Raymond^chabot! BELANGER MARTIN, PARÉ HEBERT Chartered accountants 455, rue King ouest.Bureau 500 Sherbrooke (Québec) J1H 6G4 (819) 822-4000 A.Jackson Noble, c.a.Réjean Desrosiers, c.a.Maurice Di Stéfano, c.a.Ross i.Mackay, c.a.John Pankert, c.a.Sia Afshari, c.a.André Thibault, c.a.(Cowansville Office) TENDER REQUEST The Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke is asking for tenders for the transportation of dirty and clean laundry from the Centre hospitalier uni-versitaire s surplus laundry-room.Those persons and/or companies having their home or main place of business within administrative region 05 and holding a permit from the Regie des Transports allowing this type of transport, are allowed to tender A payment of $10.non-refundable, either cash, cheque or money order payable to the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, is required to obtain the documents relating to this tender request.The project documents necessary for the preparation of the tender can be obtained at: Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, 3001,12th Avenue North, Sherbrooke, Quebec, At the office of the Supply Officer, room 2631.Tenders must be received by 1 p.m., March 25, 1988 at the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, room 2631 The tenders will be opened at 1:45 p.m., March 25, 1988.at the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, room 2615.The Centre hospitalier universi-hi 6 d?^erbrooke is in no way obligated to accept neither the lowest nor any of the tenders.I The RECORD—Friday.February 26.1968—11 Crosswords ACROSS 1 Mrs.Nixon 4 False god 8 Drinks to excess 13 Metals 15 Bird shelter 16 Conch or abalone 17 Actor Richard 18 Director Kazan 19 Kerchief 20 Indoor game 23','Oozing 24 Weaves hair 27 Beef or mutton 30 - Paul Kruger 31 Actor John 35 Lawyer: abbr.36 Celebes ox 37 Indoor game 41 Roman robe 42 — Aviv 43 Severe 44 Shoshonean 45 Curare source 48 One 50 Voucher 55 Indoor game 58 Copycats 60 Topnotch 61 Weather word 62 Endorser 63 Follow secretly 64 Robert — 65 Cornered 66 Rainbows 67 Food scrap DOWN 1 Ballads 2 Debate 3 Twit 4 Glacial epoch 1 2 3 fllH 13 14 17 20 23 I4 5 6 n 15 18 10 ii 12 31 32 33 34 37 41 ¦ 44 w 46 49 55 58 59 62 65 L Iso 56 57 160 163 166 51 52 67 53 54 ©1988 Tribune Media Services, Inc All Rights Reserved 21 Chill con - 22 Relax 25 Entrances 26 Big hit 28 Diamond crystal 29 Ordinal suffix 31 Misbehave 32 Weaned pig: var.33 Golden-brown stone 34 — nutshell (briefly) 36 Alias letters 38 Tin: pref.02126/88 Yesterday's Puzzle Solved: tinnciH 5 — up (dressed 39 Always in to kill) poems 02/26/ 6 Auricular 40 Bol.plain 7 Jacob’s wife 45 Balanced 8 Undergarment 46 Peaceful 9 Writer John 47 Outlaws 10 Hireling 49 Binge 53 One busily 57 Icy cover of 11 Wapiti 51 Raison d’— employed kind 12 Cunning 52 Of a country: 54 Dogma 58 Clever 14 Small cut pref.56 See you later 59 Golf term ACROSS 1 Grandmaster’s game 6 Winglike 10 Secretary’s secretary 14 Seraglio 15 Ripped 16 Sioux Indian 17 Exclamation of failing * patience 20 Deer 21 Digit 22 Naps 23 Br.school 24 Miller or Sothern 25 Celestial exclamation?32 Burstyn 33 Drag 34 Spigot 36 Wire measures 37 — blanche 39 Wide pitch 40 Grass genus 41 Go it alone 42 Patchwork musical work 43 Exclamation of disbelief 47 Buntline 48 War god 49 Purge 53 Knightly title 54 Tiny 57 Exclamation of warning 60 Unemployed 61 Emanation 62 Give a leg up 63 Celtics e.g.64 Cobblers and turnovers 65 Use a rink DOWN 1 Neighbor of Libya 2 Nimbus 3 Gardner 4 Ind.weight 5 Struck with love 6 Eur.capital 7 Fate 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 37 38 45 46 49 50 51 54 55 56 ©1988 Tribune Media Services, Inc.07/77199 All Rights Reserved ut|4//oo Yesterday's Puzzle Solved: K H nnnnnnnnnnnnn M nnrinn a E R S 0 !¦ M R E C E ! 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A P P R 0 N UtE A 1 N P A Y JL JB7 1 T i.T T R E E ÏM R C R X 02/27/88 8 Turk, river 9 Trustworthy 10 Contraction 11 Coup d’ — 12 Carbonated drink 13 Largo and West 18 Thug 19 Richards or Adoree 23 Holiday times 25 Rope fiber 26 T.S.— 27 Moslem deity 28 Pulsate 29 Cereal grass 30 Tolerate 31 1945 conference site 35 Stratagem 37 Sudden drop In temperature 38 Everything 39 Honey makers 41 Office worker 42 Heavenly beings 44 Wreath 45 — pie 46 Half a sextet 49 Voucher 50 Miner’s quest 51 A Fitzgerald 52 Small case 54 Stop! 55 Orient 56 Kitchen or major end 58 Crude mineral 59 Korean soldier SUES M01PIN6 MV MITTENS IN HER HANP.6UES5 U/MAT BI6 BROTHER., N0U), SHE 5 PROPPING THEM IN THE 5NOU) ANP WALKING AWAY.IF YOU'LL HELP ME WITH MY HOMEWORK,I'LL TELL EVERYONE IN THE WORLP WHAT A UI0NPERFUL PERSON YOU ARE ! t SORRY, GUYS,.I KNOW JUST HOW YOU FEEL.IF YOU PONT HELP ME, YOU CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT I'LL TELL THEM, HOW C0ULP YOU « IMAGINE WHAT I WAS | GOING TO TELL THEM?j i: sw « THE BORN LOSF.R® by Art Sansom 7 PE&ULAE, BUT L&56- CF-FINE "LKbHT VeAT, YEG, HDP£ICAN£?5#0 FRANK AND ERNEST® by Bob 1 haves ET^Not 8E Too rnriw^ W1NTHROP® by Dick Cavalli ' WE R&SfRET TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU WILL NOT BE RECEIVING-.C 1M* by NCA.Me 'yourcwn personal DAILY HOROSCOPE ANYMORE." WE GOT TAKEN OVER BY A FORTUNE COOKIE COMPANY." I HE GR1ZZWELLS™ by Bill Schorr [NOJjOTyET-J I WILL 5EKVE NO 5LIME PERDRE IT5 TIME EEK & MEEK® by Howie Schneider WHV COfOT THESE' 3VJDIWS deal ojrm mMACçusnûfüs THAT (DfJFROJT THIS (ÛUÜTieV ?StAH ?LIKE WHAT?LIKE WJHAT BRAfJDOF ASPIRUO TO USE 'em* ARLO AND JAN1S® by Jimmy Johnson FORCRYIN’OUT LOUD./1 „ WASN'T REALLY GOING T TO THROW HIM DOWN' KIT N’ CARLYLE® by Larry Wriahl SNAFU® by Bruce Beattie Mr.Twitnittle saves 3c a month on electricity by turning off the lights each time he blinks.” Mr.Twitnittle saves 3c a month on electricity hV tliminn ____.», .7 12— The RECORD—Friday, February 2