The record, 2 décembre 1988, vendredi 2 décembre 1988

Weekend Rgntkiid'1 i d uilb In Townships Week this week: Richond's favorite — and only — shoemaker.Gerard Lussier offers his customers more than just a good repair job.The shoe-maker-turned-artist exhibits his very own paintings in his shop.Births, deaths .13 Classified .10-11 Comics .12 Editorial .* History .5 Farm & Business .8-0 Living .6-7 Sports .16-17 Townships .3 Inside Townshippers Association says every Canadian citizen should have the right to English signs.Page 3.Bernard Epps writes about the year 1874, the first time the circus came to the Townships.Page 5.In sports.Scott David Harrison finds that Gaiters basketball is as simple as 1-2-3 for head coach Eddie Pomykala.Page 17.Extra security New signs legislation a threat to ministers?By Penny MacRae QUEBEC (CP) — Premier Robert Bourassa said Thursday he hopes Quebecers will react “with calm, maturity and realism” when the Supreme Court of Canada rules Dec.15 on the province's language law.“This will be a difficult decision, it is not easy to find a solution to linguistic questions,” Bourassa said in a telephone interview Thursday only a few hours after the court announced the date for the decision.“I count on the support of the silent majority,” said Bourassa after a feverish week of speculation in the provincial capital about the timing of the judgment on the constitutionality of French-only sign restrictions of the language law, known as Bill 101.The government has said it will move swiftly to fill any legal void created by the judgment.The law forbids the use of languages other than French on commercial signs, with 'cry few exceptions.‘1 just want to tell you something.We are ready,” Justice Minister Gil Remillard told reporters Thursday.A leaked chronology of the government’s game plan was splashed across the front page of Le So-leil of Quebec City on Thursday.It said the Liberal government would table legislation four day s after the ruling is handed down.The document was dated Nov.21 and code-named Operation 58, a reference to the article of the 11-year-old language law dealing with signs.It also called for extra security for ministers who would be on the front lines.Guy Rivard, minister responsible for language, said the document's recommendations that offices and residences of major government figures be placed under protective surveillance involve only “normal security” measures.“We have had no threats,” said Rivard.But he appeared uncomfortable when questioned about the security provisions, saying he did not want to answer any questions with the television cameras rolling.Ronald Poupart, spokesman for Bourassa, said aides who drafted the plan believe Remillard and Ri- Court decides on bilingual signs Dec.15 OTTAWA (CP) — The Supreme Court of Canada will deliver its judgment Dec.15 on controversial provisions of Quebec's language iaw that ban the use of English in commercial signs.The announcement by the court today came more than a year after seven judges heard arguments in the politically sensitive case.Since then three judges have retired.And there was speculation that one or two more may leave early next year — a development that would have deprived the court of a quorum and forced a rehearing of the entire case.The job of writing the judgment on the language law, known as Bill 101, had been given to Mr.Justice Gerald Le Dain, whose retirement from the court was announced Wednesday.Sources say Le Dain has been suffering from nervous stress brought on by overwork at the court and by worries over illness in his family.vard “maybe have to have more security” after the judgment is handed down.The government is expecting the court to uphold arguments that the sign regulations contravene free-dom-of-expression guarantees in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.The game plan leaked to Le Soleil is based on the hypothesis that the “Supreme Court could invalidate (Article) 58," said Rivard, a political rookie whose appointment last spring as minister in charge of the volatile language issue.was attacked by critics who felt he lacked experience.The document says a committee headed by Bourassa’s principal secretary, Mario Bertrand, will stage-manage the response to the ruling.A command centre would be set up on the third floor of Bou-rassa’s grey concrete office, nicknamed “the bunker.” DOGGED LIBERALS The signs issue has dogged Bou-rassa's administration since it came to power three years ago on a platform which included a pledge to allow bilingual signs.A wave of opposition, including attacks on stores posting bilingual or unilingual English signs, caused him to retreat on the election promise.Earlier this year, Bourassa suggested Quebecers would “prefer social peace” to bilingual signs.Bourassa, who marks the anniversary of three trouble-free years in power this weekend, expressed confidence he would have the support of the cabinet and party.There has been speculation some anglophone cabinet members might quit if the government reneges on its election promise to allow bilingual signs.Bourassa has floated several possible scenarios after the Supreme Court ruling.One would allow bilingual signs as long as French letters were larger.Another option would designate zones where bilingual signs could be used.A third, proposed by leading Quebec constitutional authority Leon Dion and considered the front-runner, would allow bilingual signs inside and French-only signs outside stores.OVERRIDE CHARTER Bourassa appears anxious to avoid using the notwithstanding clause in the Constitution which would allow him to keep the law intact by overriding the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Asked whether he fears Quebec's response might endanger ratification of the Meech Lake constitutional accord, Bourassa replied that nobody can criticize the way Quebec treats its English-speaking minority.Critics in New Brunswick and Manitoba — the two provinces yet to ratify the accord — have demanded more protection for language minorities and warned they will be watching Quebec closely after the Supreme Court ruling.Parti Québécois language critic Claude Filion, whose party opposes any changes to the language law.has said that the PQ does not wish to provoke any confrontations.However, the language issue has provided the PQ with the first substantive issue in three years they can use to chip away at Bourassa's popularity.Royal Orr, president of the 40,000-member Alliance Quebec, the province s largest English-rights lobby, said the group will hold Bourassa to his electoral promise.The debate “is going to be tough and it is not going to be comfortable,” said Orr.Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Friday, December 2,1988 50 cents ‘We just don’t have the power’ Child abuse not covered by human rights board By Rossana Coriandoli SHERBROOKE - When it comes to child abuse, the Quebec Human Rights Commission is for adults only.The government body, set up to ensure the provincial Charter of Rights and Freedoms is respected, does not consider cases involving child abuse or negligence as falling within its jurisdiction “We only get involved in cases of discrimination on the basis of sex, language, handicaps or race," said Paule Sainte Marie, communications director at the Human Rights Commission.Whether the victim is an adult or a child, the complaint must be that there has been discrimination and the Charter of Rights and Free doms has not been respected, Sainte-Marie said in a telephone interview Thursday."We only investigate for example when a school refuses to register a child because he is han dicapped or because of his race, she explained."We also get invol ved in situations of racial tension in the schools offering conciliation services." Sainte Marie refused to allow a reporter to speak to Commission president Jacques Lachapelle.She also would not comment on a report this week by provincial Youth Protection Committee pre sulent Vaughan Dowie The report asks the Quebec government to change the Youth Protection Act to include a set a maximum waiting period for children needing youth protection services.There w ere :W25 children waiting for services in Quebec last Octo See CHI11) ABUSE.Page 3 Pond may be too polluted for geese RKCOKD/GRANT SIMCON sgjpl» This Filch Bay pond is so polluted by an overflowing Stanstead Township leaching field may have caused sewage treatment plant that owner Terry Loucks the mysterious death of one of his geese, stopped swimming there in 1986.For the full story turn to page 3.Loucks even speculates that pollution from the leaky Quebec farmers?union: PM must deliver free trade promises QUEBEC (CP) — The Quebec farmers’ union — one of the fiercest opponents of free trade in the province during the federal election — announced Wednesday it has dropped its opposition to the treaty with the United States.“We will not contest the democratic choice.we are willing to work without bitterness with the federal government,” said Jacques Proulx, president of the 40,000-member Union des producteurs agricoles.The union was part of a coalition against free trade formed by Quebec labor federations.Now the ball is in the court of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa and other supporters of the agreement to “deliver the merchandise” on free trade, Proulx told the union’s annual convention.They must honor their promises to provide transition measures to “make sure people who will suffer from this treaty won't be left by the wayside,” said Proulx, an outspoken leader who once called free trade “walking to a slow death.” OPEN MARKET Quebec’s Agriculture Department has said the treaty will open up a market of 7U million people tor the province’s food products.But farmers opposed the agreement fear it will scuttle their life-support system — government subsidies and commodity marketing boards.Ottawa and Quebec must insure that free trade does not interfere with farm assistance payments and Canada should not hesitate to cancel the deal if it proves harmful, Proulx said.Proulx did not say whether he consulted the union’s three other partners in the anti-free-trade coalition — the Quebec Federation of Labor, the Confederation of National Trade Unions and the teachers federation — before announcing his organization’s about-face.The union had warned the Conservatives they would lose seats in rural Quebec over free trade but there were no Tory casualties in the Nov.21 election.Proulx also launched a stinging attack on U.S.agriculture policy, saying free trade should not lead Canada to support the Americans during next week's ministerial meeting of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in Montreal.DOMINATE TALKS Agricultural subsidies are ex- pected to be a dominating issue du ring the meeting of almost 100 of the world’s largest trading coun tries.The United States is propo sing an end to all production related agricultural subsidies by the year 2000.“Destroy our system of supply management, submit agriculture to the predatory multinationals, undermine the family farm and further impoverish developing countries — that’s the program proposed by the Americans,” Proulx said.The so-called Cairns group, a collection of 14 industrialized and developing countries including Canada, wants long-term reform of subsidy practices, backed by an immediate cut in farm support and improved market access for im ports.The U.S.and the European Eco nomic Community have been locked in a subsidy war that has devastated the price of grain on world markets.Groups from Canada, the U.S., Europe and other countries plan a demonstration next Monday in Montreal on the opening day of the GATT talks to show its opposition to any move to reduce farm subsidies.Blackouts blamed on maintenance By Peter Low rev QUEBEC (CP) An internal Hy dro Quebec study concludes that the numerous power failures plaguing Quebec are due to an aging, overloaded system that is degenerating while the utility concentrates on an ambitious sales pro gram A Hydro Quebec spokesman confirmed the existence of the stu dy whose findings were reported Wednesday by Radio Canada, the CIH' s French language network.The technical study will be included in a task force report on two recent major blackouts in the province, said Louise Dandonneau, a Hydro Quebec spokesman.The task force report will be presented to Hydro Quebec's hoard/»! directors at their regular meeting Dec.14, she said.Dandonneau refused to release any details from the technical study.But Radio Canada reported the study concludes that the utility's poor performance record which includes more than 1,500 power failures of varying durations in Montreal during the first 10 months of this year is due to a system stretched to the limit without proper maintenance.The leaked report, compiled by Hydro-Quebec engineers and technicians, blames the utility’s aggressive sales policy for the deterioration saying quality has been sacrificed in order to stretch transmission networks.The sales make it increasingly difficult to withdraw “strategic equipment” for maintenance or to modify installations, the report was quoted as saying.More than 400,000 households in Montreal and Quebec City were left without power for several hours in two major outages last month.LEFT IN DARK Last April 18, millions were left in the dark in a province-wide blackout, traced partly to a loose screw in a computer.Deputy premier Lise Bacon fended off opposition attacks on Hy dro-Quebec during question period Thursday, noting that it was the Part i Québécois, when it was in power between 1976 and 1985, which aggressively promoted the use of electricity within the province.“We didn't push electricity sales (inside Quebec) which might perhaps put the system in danger,” she said.Bacon said the billions of dollars in power contracts Quebec has signed this year with New Brunswick, the New Flngland states and New York state have nothing to do with overloading the system, since deliveries don’t start until 1995.Premier Robert Bourassa and Energy Minister John Ciaecia were inaugurating a transmission line near Trois-Rivieres and were unable to respond to Opposition questions.In September, the utility anoun-eed it would invest $600 million by 1992 to upgrade its delivery system to reduce the risks of power outages.Did Broadbent try hard enough to win in Quebec ?OTTAWA (CP) — Ed Broad-bent is largely to blame that the New Democratic Party failed to win any seats in Quebec in the Nov.21 election, a co-president of the party’s Quebec wing said Thursday.In particular.Pierre Graveline blamed the “obviously suicidal” decision not to be more aggressive in attacking the free-trade deal with the United States and the party’s “obstinate refusal” to translate the symbolic recognition of Quebec as a distinct society into a distinct electoral strategy.Writing in the Montreal newspaper Le Devoir.Graveline said the trade strategy was based on the view that the party had to soft-pedal its more radical side in an attempt to displace the Liberals as the official opposition.Despite Broadbent's public assertions as leader that the NDP was making a serious run for power, it was assumed from the beginning that the Conservatives would be returned to office, he added.“We all know what followed.the polarization that developed, the collapse of the NDP in the polls.” The second major mistake was in Quebec itself, where Graveline said the party had “no special strategy, no specific platform,” and Broadbent’s chief of staff “beha,ved like a general on conquered territory.” « -The KKCORD—Friday, Deeemher 2.I!)H« The Townships Rcconl Nuke opponents dead wrong on Quebec approval Thérrien Atomic Energy consultants will zero in on CHUS Slowpoke proposal By Rita Legault FLKURIMONT —Atomic Ener gy of Canada vice-president Michel Thérrien says that despite claims to the contrary by oppo- 1‘ierre I.égaré.AECL will not in fluence the impact study.nents of the plan, the provincial no-vernment can refuse to allow a nuclear reactor to be installed at Sherbrooke University Hospital.The Coalition CHUS, a combine of local groups opposed to the Slowpoke reactor planned for the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire do Sherbrooke (CHUS), says it has a legal opinion that the federal Energy Department has sole jurisdiction on nuclear matters.The coalition claimed this week recommendations by the Quebec environ mental-impact hearings board on the project would not be binding on Ottawa because federal Energy Minister Marcel Masse has jurisdiction over nuclear power.Masse told the group the decision lies with the hospital board.QUEBEC GO-AHEAD But Thérrien disagrees.“We absolutely need the go-ï ahead of Environment Quebec to 3 proceed with this project,” he said, = adding that a final decision by the i provincial cabinet may also take S into account political, social and ' moral opposition to the project.< Thérrien said before the hospital l signs with AECL it also needs ap-5 proval from the federal Atomic Energy Control Board.He said this will take about two years."Even lawyers themselves are making these kinds of declarations,” said Thérrien, referring to Coalition CHUS spokesman lawyer Peter Weldon.“They should look at the law.It’s written in black and white.” AECL also announced it has chosen a firm to study the Slowpoke’s environmental impact as required by Quebec before the CHUS can go ahead.The firm was hired last spring but introduced to the press yesterday.Consultants explained the procedure they will follow before Environment Quebec's impact hearings board (BAPE) examines the case in public, probably next fall.PR MAN HIRED AECL has also hired a public relations agent from the same firm to win favorable public opinion on the reactor plan, which has already met considerable opposition in both the hospital itself and the community at large.The consultants will cost the Canadian Crown corporation about $150,000, but there is no guarantee that even after all the money is spent AECL will be allowed to go ahead, with the thermal generator, Thérrien said.Pierre Légaré of the Montreal based environmantal consulting firm Cogesult said his company is preparing official notice of the project to send to Environment Quebec.Once the ministry receives the notice it will send back instructions for the impact study.When the impact study is complete it will be submitted to Environment Quebec’s Bureau des audiences publiques sur J En viron-nement to prepare for the public hearings.STUDIES ACCURATE Légaré, manager of environmental evaluations for Cogesult, said the fact that AECL is paying for the study will not influence the results.It is subject to a strict process and once public will be submitted to numerous specialists, he said.He said the study will include a description of the site, list all possible environmental impacts the reactor could cause and explain how they could be “neutralized.” He said the proposal will be examined by a variety of specialists including nuclear scientists, engineers, geologists and sociologists.He said this is the first nuclear project the engineering firm has worked on by it has a nuclear scientist on staff and can go outside if needed.AECL WILL HELP However he said AECL, which has its own department specializing in environmental assessments, will help prepare the impact study, especially parts of it dealing with analysis of accidents and security measures.He added that AECL's constributions will be revised by the firm.Légaré said the public will be informed throughout the process.“It is clear there is a need for more information," said the new public relations man, who is setting up office in Sherbrooke."Lots of ink has flowed about this project but people still want more information.” •QUESTIONS AND FEARS Georges St-Jacques, consultant and information agent for Cogesult, said Environment Quebec requires that a certain amount of information be made public.“But we must go further than that to ensure the study gives an answer to all the questions and fears of the people." Hospital management awaits scientific evaluations of what the Slowpoke can do for the CHUS.“When the scientific analysis is complete and we can determine what clinical, treatment and research uses the board of directors will be able to make a decision on whether to continue or not,” said CHUS general manager Normand Simoneau.The results of those studies are expected in about two months.—_____ggl ftcecora Michel Thérrien.'We absolutely need the go-ahead of Environment Quebec.' the Behind the news Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain: U.S.likely to act on acid rain even without signing treaty with Canada By Dennis Bueekert OTTAWA (CP) — Canada’s next minister of the environment will walk into the best opportunity ever for significant U.S.action to curb acid rain, say environmentalists.But they add that other problems, such as global climate warming and ozone depletion, will prove even bigger challenges for whoever succeeds outgoing Environment Minister Tom McMillan.“I don't think there’s any question we’ll get something (to reduce U.S.acid raininext year,”said Mi- chael Perley of the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain.'The question is what kind of program we get." Perley said the United States is likely to act because of domestic pressure to tighten clean-air legislation, not from an altruistic desire to please Canada.But Canada will benefit anyway, even without a bilateral treaty on acid rain, he added.“The treaty is sort of like the decoration in your living room, but the domestic U.S.legislation is like the foundation of your house.” Acid rain is the airborne pollution caused mostly by vehicle exhaust and coal-fired generator emissions which has killed thousands of lakes and damaged forests on both sides of the border.Terry Collins, a top adviser at the Environment Department, said chances of U.S.action on acid rain are dramatically increased by this week’s election of George Mitchell, considered an environmentalist, as Senate majority leader.He said a U.S.-Canadian treaty could be “piggybacked” on U.S.domestic clean-air legislation OTHER PROBLEMS But he added that the environment portfolio contains other daunting problems, such as depletion of the protective ozone layer that filters ultraviolet radiation, contamination of the Great Lakes and global warming, known as the greenhouse effect.“Our own studies show the greenhouse effect could cause billions of dollars of damage in Canada, as the polar ice caps melt and coastal areas are flooded,” said Collins.“The whole agricultural pattern in Canada could be severely altered if the predictions are true.” One of McMillan s priorities had been the negotiation of an international law of the atmosphere, to curb greenhouse gases such as car bon dioxide.Julia Langer of the environmental group Friends of the Earth said U.S.action on acid rain could have negative side effects if not properly planned.Expensive scrubbers installed on smokestacks to reduce acid pol- lution actually increase output of cardon dioxide, she noted, suggesting it would be better to fight acid rain by reducing energy consumption.Environmentalists are hoping for a U.S.bill that would reduce sulphur dioxide emissions by 50 per cent, with some action on nitrogen oxides as well.Many names have been mentioned in speculation on who will get the environment portfolio, with those of David MacDonald and Lucien Bouchard recurring frequently.Trivial Pursuit inventors not sorry Carleton University turned them down OTTAWA (CP) — It could be a Trivial Pursuit question in the sports and leisure category Which two of the game’s inventors were refused admission to Carleton University's journalism school in the 1970s?Answer: John Haney and Scott Abbott.Haney turned to professional hockey.Abbott got a job at The Canadian Press.On Wednesday they visited Carleton to present a cheque for a $30,000 endowment fund to the uni-versity’s school of journalism.Proceeds from the fund will help Carleton journalism students who are in financial trouble.“I guess there is some irony in it,” said Abbott.“1 just look at it as the road not taken.” Abbott applied to the one-year Bachelor of Journalism program in 1970.Carleton “strung me out all summer” before turning him away.He found a job as a sports reporter with Sherbrooke’s The Record and later worked for The Canadian Press.His life took a turn towards fame and fortune one night in December 1979 when he and Haney’s brother Chris were having a few drinks over a game of Scrabble.They dreamed up a game based on thousands of questions covering such areas as history, geography, sports and leisure, science and entertainment Later they teamed up with John Haney and lawyer Ed Werner to produce one of the biggest game crazes of the past 10 years.Trivial Pursuit has réaped billions of dollars worth of sales in 30 countries.Abbott quit The Canadian Press in 1982.He’s since written a book on hockey pools.John Haney, who was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings, is no longer playing professional hockey.Both are now very wealthy.The bursary was proposed at last year's annual Trivial Pursuit shareholders' meeting by Audrey Sho-well.Showell was one of 34 people who eight years ago invested a total of $40,000 in the game.She said it seemed like a good way to remember Trivial Pursuit’s four inventors, all of whom live in or near Toronto.Anthony Westell, director of Carleton’s school of journalism, said the world might have been deprived of Trivial Pursuit if the school had accepted Abbott and Haney.“And what’s more, the school would have been deprived of the $30,000 which we’re receiving in their honor.” Brigham fît to stand trial in January MONTREAL (CP) — Thomas Brigham was told Thursday he is fit to stand trial a second time for the murder of three French tourists who died in a bomb blast at Montreal’s central train station four years ago.Brigham, 69, was convicted of first-degree murder May 4, 1985, and sentenced to life in prison.but last June the Quebec Court of Appeal ordered a new trial on the basis of four errors by the presiding judge.In his brief court appearance before Superior Court Judge Charles Phelan Thursday, Brigham protested loudly from the prisoner’s dock that his leg chains were hurting him.“Not onlv is it a false accusa- tion and false conviction, but I have to be treated so ignomi-niously,” Brigham, a U.S.Second World War veteran, shouted in a courtroom packed with visiting high-school students.His outburst came as Crown prosecutor Claude Haccoun filed two psychiatric reports “for future use if need be” indicating that Brigham is fit to stand trial.MONTREAL (CP) — The prime minister of Greenland says the ozone layer over the world’s polar areas is breaking down and people living in the Arctic Circle must work together on a solution.“This is a threat not only to us but to the whole world.” Jonathan Motzfeldt told an Arctic policy meeting Thursday.“Our future is at stake more seriously than ever before.” Motzfeldt said the areas inhabited by Inuit have a lot in common but have usually been regarded as only a northern extension of countries such as Canada or the Soviet Union.He said the Arctic 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The HECOHD—Friday, December 2 The Townships —_____ttci ftucimi Quebec wants rubber mountains cleaned up Tire tax could help St-Élie recycler Let's take the positive road" Townshippers on signs: Dear MNA, please give us our language in public SHERBROOKE - Like their francophone counterparts, Quebec anglophone lobby groups are preparing for the Supreme Court decision on bilingual signs to be handed down Dec.15.Townshippers Association presi dent Heather Keith-Ryan has sent an open letter to all members of the National Assembly reiterating the group's collective opinion on the sign issue."We accept the primacy of the French language.We cannot accept the public prohibition of our language on commercial signs,' reads the one and a half page letter, which was distributed to Sher-brooke-area media Thursday.“A business person usually at- tracts his clientele by a sign on the street, not by one inside his commerce," added Keith-Ryan, refuting the much talked about inside-outside solution.The Townshippers say the sign issue is very important to them.As the anglophone rural population continues to decrease, and their institutions along with them, to have the English language banned commercially worsens the situation.The Townshippers cite the example of Sunnyside school in Rock Island, which was forced to alter its 35-year-old brass sign.Either the word école' had to be added or the word school' had to be removed Since the brass had oxidized with time, a new sign had to be made if école was to be added.Money was not available so principal Tom Bean himself went out and removed the word school from the sign.“Is this the way to promote the primacy of French?” asks the Townshippers Association The communiqué concluded by suggesting that Quebec improve li-braries and promote French-language books and films to diffuse culture and promote the French language, instead of forbidding other languages than French on signs, “the right that any citizen of Canada should expect to have." “Let’s take the positive road, so that all of us can live in harmony here in our home province." With CP files SHERBROOKE — The fruits of a new disposal tax the province is considering on tires may end up in the Eastern Townships.Quebec is considering imposing a tax or requiring a deposit on new tires sold in Quebec, Environment Minister Clifford Lincoln said Thursday.The money raised would go to recycling or disposing of an estimated four million used tires a year that pile up in huge tiro mountains, such as one at St-Amable, southeast of Montreal.The tire dumps are an environmental hazard because if they catch fire they can easily burn for months, causing toxic gases to escape.Lincoln said of the four million or so tires discarded in Quebec every year only about 800,000 are recapped for further use.The rest simply pile up, he said.Lincoln told reporters he is considering either a tax of a few dollars per tire or a refundable deposit similar to the deposit levied on soft drink and beer bottles.DETAILS UNFIXED "We re not sure whether the owner will be reimbursed when he turns in his old tires or whether it will be a straight fee which he'll pay for good,'’ he said, adding the policy was still being worked on before being submitted to cabinet Lincoln said it is complicated to put such a tax or deposit into place because it involves not ouls tire stores but dealers who bring new vehicles into the province with tires already installed He also announced a $1 9-million grant to the t'aoutech Animat company, of St Elie d'Or ford near Sherbrooke, which has won a government contract to re cycle the 3.5 million tires at the St-Amable site Caouteeh Animat will begin setting up a plant in February, where tires will be ground to a powder and manufactured into other rubber products.The company hopes to use the St Amable tire pile as a springboard to obtain other rubber recycling jobs.‘Areas like this should be protected' — neighbor Farmland board saves a swamp: Ascot topsoil permit refused Chuck Neville.'Areas like this should he protected.’ By Rita Legault SHERBROOKE — The farmland protection board has refused to grant a permit to an Ascot Township landscaping business to remove peat moss from a swamp they own on Dillon Road.Neighbors who opposed removal of the topsoil at a public hearing of the Quebec farmland protection board La Commission de protection du territoire agricole du Québec (CPT AQ) were pleased with the decision but the couple who lost the case, Thérèse and Noël Boucher, are planning to appeal.The Bouchers run a landscaping business.“1 think it’s a victory for ecology," said Chuck Neville, leader of the fight against the topsoil removal and closest neighbor to the swamp site.“1 think its a testimonial that the system can work as it should despite people trying to use political pressure," Neville said in an interview.“It showed the commission was open to the reasonable aspects of the case." AT A DISADVANTAGE Neville said Dillon Road resi- dents feared “money was going to win out”.He said even he agreed that their chances of winning the case were small.Neville said the neighbors were at a disadvantage because they did not have a lawyer or forest engineer to reinforce their case before the CPTAQ “1 can’t help but be very happy about the whole thing," said a relieved Neville.“1 feel sorry for the woman.She was about to make a lot of money.But the way it was going to affect the environment I couldn’t go along with it.” Reached at her home last night Boucher said she had not yet read the CPTAQ judgment and it was too early to react.She said only that if the couple lost they would appeal.The decision followed a CPTAQ hearing Nov 3.It was the second CPTAQ hearing after an earlier one in June brought a split decision by the two commissioners who heard the case.To ensure a conclu sion three commissioners sat at the November hearing.PROTECT ECOLOGY In the meantime Neville is hoping the land will be taken over by an ecological group which would protect the “special character" of the land and let it go back to being a swamp.He said he has already been in touch with Ducks Unlimi ted to tell them about the site “Before they started working on it it was a pristine swamp," he said "Before they drained it it was Ion ded with beavers, and wild ducks and there were even some moose living there." “Maybe there is some chance an ecological group will be interested in taking it over, ” he said “Areas like this should be protected Environment Quebec gets a taste (ugh!) of pending lawsuit An experiment that failed: No winner in one man Fitch Bay sewage wai By John Tollefsrud FITCH BAY — Terry Loucks called it D-Day Last Tuesday afternoon the Air Canada flight attendant walked into the Montreal offices of the Quebec Environment Ministry in in full uniform, packing a bag of sludge, grease and waste from his Fitch Bay property, and dumped the package onto a conference table in front of a bewildered government official.He turned totally white when I put the bag on his desk,” Loucks said Thursday.The “gentleman farmer,” as he calls himself, is waging all-out war against Environment Quebec and the municipality of Stanstead Township because a town leaching field is overflowing onto his Fitch Bay property.\m ^ RKORD'GRANT SIMFON B iuz * æ'Æ \ Terry Loucks checks regularly on the level of sewage around his Fitch Bay home.Frustrated after three years of complaining by phone, by letter and in person, Loucks is resorting to a lawsuit against both the municipality and the Environment Ministry.DOMESTIC SEWAGE The leaching field is the final destination for the liquid part of the domestic sewage from the 45 homes in tiny Fitch Bay, on the eastern shore of Lake Memphre-magog.The raw sewage is collected in a septic tank in the centre of town.There the solid waste is retained and the liquid is pumped 400 metres uphill to the leaching field — just uphill from Loucks*home.Under the field is a network of pipes with holes in them to allow the liquid waste to be absorbed by the earth.The pipes are sandwiched by layers of gravel and more soil.The process is intended to purify the water over time.The problem for Loucks is that the system is overloaded, with telltale signs of overflow spilling from all corners of the field The putrid, foul-smelling and bacteria-laced waste is not being absorbed by the leach field so a series of small surface streams of sewage flow freely downhill onto Loucks’ property and into his trout pond.Yesterday the streams were trickling strong and test holes on the field showed six inches of dirty water about 10 inches below the surface."My pond’s becoming a cesspool," Loucks said.WEEDS He points to thistle and other weeds which have sprung up in recent years where they never did before.He said this comes from a combination of sewage and fertilizer."I spent months cleaning up unwanted vegetation,” Loucks said.He said he stopped swimming in the pond in 1986 because he feared for his own health.He still worries for his six geese and two Canada geese that live in and around the water.One goose died recently but the cause of death was never determined.He said it’s possible that pollution killed the bird — the same way seals have been dying recently in Scandinavia and Great Britain.While Loucks is waging his war virtually singlehanded, both the Environment Ministry and the Township acknowledge that there is a problem with the giant septic field.But neither will take the blame.“We’re at the stage where this thing doesn’t work so we begin to ask, ‘what are we going to do?”’ said Environment official George Del Rio.WHEELS TURNING Del Rio, who took over the Fitch Bay file in August, has not been to the site but says technicians have been studying the problem for some time.He said “the wheels are in motion” to formulate a solution to the site but admits there are few alternatives.Stanstead Mayor Eric Evans said he’s fed up with the affair, which he says the municipality has been aware of for years.Right from the start in 1980, Evans knew something was wrong with the drainage field’s design.“We told them at the time that we had no confidence that it would work,” Evans said.He said Stanstead Township had the leaching field shoved down its throat by the Environment Ministry, which is now washing its hands of the problems.A BAD DEAL’ “They forced that type of system on the municipality,” Evans said “They’re trying to pawn off a bad deal on the municipality, they’re trying to say it’s our responsibility." Del Rio said the leaching field at Fitch Bay was an experiment when it was built.“I believe it may have been one of the first (leaching fields) of its kind." Del Rio said In September, Environment Quebec technicians tried to unclog pipes under the field by draining all the liquid out, flushing the pipes with water and then pouring in hydrogen peroxide.Loucks and Del Rio agree that the effort worked for two weeks at the most.Evans said a big part of the problem is that the soil first tested for the system was bulldozed off when the land was levelled, changing the situation entirely “We felt they took off all the natu ral terrain and left a clay base.Evans said RECORD,'GRAN I SIMEON If nothing else works, says Terry Loucks, divine intervention may be needed.% *ï , i ^ mA, A T *5 a mm - m* v.¦ AtArf! Big bucks for first and last down Yamaska Child abuse not on commission’s list Continued from page 1 ber, and 124 in the Sherbrooke area last month.About half of those chil dren have been waiting for help longer than two months, some of them even as long as a year.BOUNDARIES Sainte-Marie said there are definitive boundaries between gover nment services, and youth protection is far from being within the Commission's jurisdiction "Child abuse is not our jurisdiction," she said.Government services respond to needs according to the different laws." "We just don t have the power to investigate unless there is a complaint of discrimination," she added, referring to the case of a Townships anglophone girl who was taken from her home where she was being sexually abused.The girl, now 18 and on her own, was put in a detention centre for French-speaking juvenile delinquents for more than a year because an English-language foster home could not be found for her Sainte-Marie said although the girl had the right to be placed in a homo where her safety was ensured, that doesn’t mean she had a right to that service in her own language.NO FURTHER “All we could have said in that case is that we find the situation to be serious, but we can’t go further than that,” she said.“We can consider her a victim, we can denounce the situation as inacceptable, but we must stick to ensuring the Charter (of Rights and Freedoms) is respected." "Sure, we are often frustrated by the situation.” she added."But we have no power in some cases.We depend on the moral power of the (Human Rights) Commission and hope the organisms with the power to deal with such cases will step in.” Ducky madness strikes in Farnham By Sharon MeCully FARNHAM — Five thousand plastic ducks will be released into the Yamaska River at Farnham next June 25 in a race to clean up the river and raise funds for three service groups in town.Louis Paul Allard, president of the Quebec Environment Foundation, has been named honorary chairman of the race, billed as a tourist attraction with environmental overtones "By taking measures to protect our lakes and rivers, we are also ensuring the future economic and tourist growth in the region," Allard said at a press conference Tuesday.Each duck will be sold for $20 and stamped with a number corresponding to the ticket stub retained by the owner On June 25.amid other scheduled activities with an environmental theme, a helicopter will release the 5000 plastic ducks into the Yamaska.A number of live Brome Lake ducks will lead the way to the finish line.The lucky duck to cross the finish line first will net $10,000 for its owner Last place finisher will earn $5000 while the duck to finish in second place will win $2000, and second last, $1000 Sponsors of the event, Far- nham’s Lions Club, Optimists and Chamber of Commerce have awar ded exclusive rights to the sale of the ducks until December 31 to merchants in town “We wanted to give the met chants a chance to participate and make a few dollars too," said a spo kesman for the group.“They sup port our efforts throughout the year.” Merchants will retain $3 from the sale of each pre-New Year’s duck.The service clubs will sell the remaining ducks in the new year Funds raised from the event will be re invested in the community by the service clubs with special cm phasis on environmental projects V 1—Th«‘ RKt'OHD—Friday, Uetrmber 2, l!)HK —_____g«gi ifecora The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial Importing waste is irresponsible It is extremely short-sighted of those Township municipalities that accept to bury waste brought in from the United States.Soon enough, they are bound to run out of sites to put the waste m, even for their own garbage.Once local sites are exhausted with imported waste, these same municipalities will have to hike up the cost of burying their own residents’ garbage.Worse than that is the eventuality that the Townships will run out of land to bury garbage in, something that is not so unrealistic considering there are scientists looking into alternative waste disposal procedures.The point is t hese municipalities should think ahead and not only look at the short-term financial rewards of taking in that U.S.dry waste.Even if it isn't considered hazardous under Canadian laws — which is one of the reasons these American companies are sending it up here they should take a look at why that same garbage isn’t allowed to be buried in the country where it was produced.If the garbage doesn’t pass stiff U.S.environmental regulations but receives a passing grade by Canadian rules, then it’s high time we question our own weak waste disposal laws.Enough local groups are opposed to what they describe as 160 tractor-trailer loads of solid waste coming across the border for burial in the Townships every week.Such significant opposition should make the municipalities that insist on taking in the garbage stop and honestly think about the area’s well-being and about the implications of continuing with the practice.After all.we re not talking about taking in refugees escaping their troubled homelands but rather about importing garbage.While our lakes and rivers are being inundated with the garbage produced here at home, it would be absolutely irresponsible of them to continue accepting garbage from outside.ROSSANA CORIANDOLI I ain’t afraid of no ghosts FORT SMITH, N.W.T.(CP) —Emilia Gratrix shares her home with a collection of ghosts — and she never worries that the place is too crowded.Although she’s sure the house is haunted, Gratrix refuses to give up the coffee-colored bungalow that sits on a quiet street surrounded by leafy trees in this community just north of the Alberta border.“1 ain't leaving here for them — I own this house,” says the 71-year-okl widow, popping a large, fresh strawberry into her mouth "If they want to share it with me, that's fine.That's the bottom line.” In some ways, the house does seem jammed full — of mementoes and memories.Pictures of her six children and 19 grandchildren cram cabinets and cover table tops.f FIRE KILLED TWO It is the third house to stand on this site in Fort Smith, a government centre of 2,:i00 at the east end of Wood Buffalo Park.In 195fi a mysterious fire destroyed the original building, where John Gratrix lived with his second wife.She died in the fire, along with her infant > grandchild.Emilia, John’s third wife, says their spirits have not haunted either home built since then.But in the cosy kitchen, she shudders as she begins to relate tales of other spirits -ones she suspects may not be happy in the afterlife.She smooths her jet-black hair back over her right ear.‘‘There were things that would make your blood curl." she says, leaning forward."There were always creepy things happening." Latches on trunks would begin to rattle and sway for no reason.The scent of fresh brewing coffee, mingled with cigarette smoke, would awaken her and her husband in the middle of the night.Gratrix's son felt their dead cat walking over him — a habit the animal had while it was alive.PUBLIC FIGURE Gratrix is well known in the North — and not for her meetings with the supernatural.In 1981, she was named Elder of the Year by the Metis Association of the Northwest Territories for her work on women’s issues and for her help in setting up a shelter for battered women in Fort Smith.In 1984, she publicly criticized Inuit morals after three men were convicted of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.The territorial judge suggested it was acceptable in Inuit culture to have sex with a girl once she began menstruating.Gratrix says she realizes she has had more psychic experiences than most people, but that is just part of destiny.“I'm the granddaughter of a Cree medicine man," she explains.“Everyone believes that he left his powers with me when he died in 1931.1 was only 14 and it's easy to enter a young body.” Gratrix is not the only person to meet with phantom spectres in the house.LEGS — NO BODY In 1968, a friend who was housesitting for the couple felt someone standing behind her as she did crochet work in the living room.As she turned her head, she saw a pair of men’s shoes and legs.But raising her eyes, she found no upper body.“That's worse than finding a burglar," says Gratrix “A burglar you can reason with, you can’t reason with the supernatural.” And after John died in 1982, stranger things began to happen.Shortly after his death.Gratrix's daughter-in-law had a frosty brush with the afterlife while taking a shower “She came flying out of there terrified and screaming.She said the water suddenly got ice, ice cold and there was someone on the other side of the curtain.” But Gratrix is quick to point out that “what was in the house wasn't dangerous to me.“It was scary but it seemed to be friendly.” B.C.’s deaf callers’ will finally order pizza By I cier Kinsey VANCOUVER (CP) — It’s tough to order a pizza by telephone when you’re deaf.You don’t have to read sign language to understand the frustration 27-year-old Danny Lecours feels as he talks about the obstacles facing hearing impaired people.For more than 20 years, deaf people have been able to buy a machine that hooks up to their telephone and allows them to talk to another person with a similar device.Originally, these were large, noisy printers with keyboards.In the computer age, they are smaller, quieter and less expensive — about $350 in British Columbia, “But if we wanted to talk to anyone else, we had to get a hearing person to make the call for us,” Lecours says through a sign language interpreter.SERVICE LIMITED In Vancouver, the Western Institute for the Deaf ran a type of message-relay service for years, but that was only during business hours Monday through Friday.Evenings and wee- kends, deaf people were on their own “There were lots of complaints about that system,” Lecours says.“If I wanted to phone for a pizza, there was no way, unless I was with a hearing person.” But all that has changed, thanks to Lecours and others.Lecours became involved in the campaign for a 24-hour message-relay centre about seven years ago, after graduating from Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the only North American university for the deaf.The campaign resulted in an order from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in 1984 that B.C.Telephone Co.provide such a service on a one-year trial basis.It was the first time in North America that a telephone company became responsible for relaying messages for hearing-impaired people, deaf spokesmen said CALLS GALORE Although B.C.Tel was responsible, the centre remained at the institute’s office.“In the first hour (of the trial), 100 calls went through — people were just going crazy on the phones,” Lecours says.“In the first year, there were more than 5,(K)0 calls a month — and that was just in Vancouver."In the second year, there were more calls.People had been so frustrated” In December 1985, the CRTC ordered B.C.Tel to make the message-relay centre a permanent part of its service.Kathryn Aberle, a spokesman for B.C.Tel, says a similar relay service now exists in every other province.The system works this way: To place a call, a deaf person types on a computer like terminal to talk to the operator.The operator calls the party the deaf person wants to talk to and relays the words.The reply, which the operator types on the terminal, appears on the deaf caller’s screen.The operator acts as an interpreter — the ears and voice for the deaf person — while the conversation is conducted.“Now, I don’t have to have hearing people phone for me any more,” Le- cours signs happily.Callers in the Vancouver area use a toll-free 800 number if they are trying to reach someone living in their area.CHARGE MORE The B.C.system averages 600 calls a day Monday through Friday, somewhat fewer on weekends, says Aberle.She estimates it costs the company $1 million annually to provide the service.In May 1987, B.C.Tel moved the message-relay centre to its office in the Vancouver suburb of New Westminster.“B.C.Tel decided to charge more for deaf people using this service, so we went back to the CRTC,” Lecours says.“The commission wouldn’t let them.” There also was a problem with calling long distance, Lecours says, because of the delay involved as the message is relayed.“B.C.Tel was the first in Canada to offer reduced rates — 50 per cent off — on long-distance calls for hearing-impaired people,” Lecours says.“On July 1, this spread across Canada.” Letter Children who are sick, need our help and caring Dear Sir, It is time for my annual letter to you to inform the Townshippers of the upcoming TELETHON OF STARS, from SATURDAY, Dec.3 at 8 p.m.until SUNDAY.Dec.4 at 6 p.m.It will be televised on C.F.C.F.12 and again this year Quatre Saisons Channel 5 will carry it locally.The latter is also doing live interviews of patients, doctors and supporters of the telethon at our Bell Canada Centre on Jacques Cartier in Sherbrooke from 11:30 a.m.-4:30 m.— every hour on the Vi hour.Groups presenting cheques will also be seen as they make their presentations.This year is a very special one for our region in that 1) one of the cases “from the Townships", a young boy who had his leg severed in a farm accident, was quoted as the example of success from Telethon research in the press release.2) Both the Eastern Townships School Board and the Catholic School Commission of Sherbrooke have agreed to use educational pictures and crossword puzzles, to teach our children what our Telethon is, from grades one through six this week.3) We have had a booth at the Carrefour de 1'Estrie this past week that has been staffed almost entirely buy members of the OMEGA SIGMA CHI FRAERNITY and the KAPPA PI PHI SORORITY of Bishop’s University.They have also been instrumental in putting out posters and the collection fairs in the Sherbrooke areas of shopping.(All of this is making people no- tice and the more times they notice, the more likely they are to remark, remember and react to the telethon itself! 4) Alexander Galt High School have been so busy that I cannot keep up with all their activities, but I know they’ve had a mock election; and sold Telethon pins and pens on their Awards Night.It was also a Galt student.Shelley Clarke, who was woken up by her brother at 9 a m.Saturday, at my call for help for the booth, and who readily said “Yes, I’ll come" and stayed for the whole day.5) Then there’s Champlain College students hwo held a mock election and are having a raffle on Dec.2 and are combining with— 6) Bishop’s University students selling pies and pens on Campus.B.U.students readily agreed to pay $1.00 entrance fee to their pub, Friday, Nov.19, when they heard what the cause — RESEARCH INTO CHILDRENS’ DISEASES— was.Many have since commented to me that it should be done again! I say — who says the YOUTH of our world can’t do a lot—because I’ll look them straight in the face, after the past 4 weeks as activities coordinator for the Townships and tell them these details.The idea I had of having KIDS work for KIDS surprised and pleased the DIRECTOR GENERAL - DENIS JACOB — who imediately wondered why it had never been thought of before.It has mushroomed and if there was more time I would go further afield — but that’s for next year.When I say kids, I include anyone who feels YOUNG and likes to smile and have fun.None of us know what ‘HEALTH’ is, until we lose it or come close to death from then on, life has a very special meaning to a person.These children who are sick, NEED OUR HELP & CARING Townshippers — let’s outdo last year’s $55,000 amount received in contributions from our whole area — that was $15,000 higher than the previous year! Give and then watch T V.for the grand total, knowing that you've helped to make it grow.If you cannot phone during Telethon hours call 821-2256 up until Friday evening or send your cheque to TELETHON OF STARS do PEGGY BARBER 38A DOWN CIRCLE LENNOXVILLE, QUE.JIM 1X9 Thanking you in advance THE CHILDREN and from the parents who’ve watched them through sickness and hea'th as well as from the many Townships’ volunteers.Come and see us at Bell Canada on Sunday, December 4th.Sincerely, Margaret N.Owens, R.N.wm.âOR&Yé TROIKA Research wants to balance society’s two needs By Ian Bailey TORONTO (CP) — David Bland-ford, wearing only a pair of gym shorts and a rectal probe, sat for three hours in a room chilled to seven degrees.The 22-year old carpenter did this four times at Canada’s central military labs at Toronto's Canadian Forces Base Downsview for an experiment on how the human body copes with cold.“When you’re doing it, it seems tough, but afterwards, even five minutes after, it doesn’t seem so tough," says the Hamilton-area resident.Blandford first volunteered as a test subject several years ago, allowing researchers to remove muscle samples from his legs.This time, laid off work because of a broken thumb, he sat in the cold for 12 hours — earning $145 — to help pay some bills.When research scientists can go no further with rabbits and mice, they need test subjects like Blandford.There are no figures available on how many people offer themselves to researchers across Canada But they appear at government, university and hospital research labs for a wide variety of projects, or in programs under the estimated $50 million that manufacturers spend annually to test new drugs.MEET A NEED Some are average people who walk in off the street Others are hospital patients testing a new treatment, or university students helping classmates with a project All fill a need as old as science.“If you're going to study a disease in five-year-olds, you need five-year-olds,” says Dr Francis Rolleston of the Medical Research Council in Ottawa, which allocated $170.5 million for medical research in 1987-88.“The essential issue is the one of trying to balance two sets of society’s needs — the protection of the research subject and the need for research.” But the balance hasn’t always been maintainied for the subjects.In October, eight Canadians reached a $750,000 US out-of-court settlement for being subjects in CIA-backed “brainwashing" experiments at Montreal’s Allan Memorial Insti tute during the 1950s and '60s.The most horrifying experiments on humans were conducted by Nazi researchers during the Second World War.In the name of science, they smeared phosphorous on some concentration camp inmates, castrated or sterilized others, and immersed some in frigid water to see how long it took them to die.CODE OF ETHICS Such actions prompted the creation after the war of an international code of ethics on the treatment of human subjects.Dr.Andre Vallerand of the Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine, where Blandford’s tests were conducted, also immerses subjects in cold water— but they later get a dip in a warm jacuzzi Researchers note they follow procedures and principles that spell out ground rules before a subject has a single sensor taped on.And the Charter of Rights and Freedoms “reinforces the obligation of researchers to ensure that one has an individual’s free and adequate consent before they can be involved in research." says Bernard Dickens, a University of Toronto professor specializing in medical law.Labs must follow rules — including the federal Medical Research Council’s guidelines — and maintain committees to review experiments.RULES VARY The rulebooks vary, but each includes the principles of consent and freedom for subjects to back out.If the guy says, It’s too cold.I’m leaving,’ that’s fine,” says Vallerand.Says Dr.Barry Smith, head of the ethics committee at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children: “We’re always careful to optimize the ability of the people to say no’ to a project.” The committee meets monthly to review up to 10 experimental programs on patients — those under 17 need parental consent.The programs range from administering antibiotics to using medical chart information for surveys.Testing antibiotics on patients at the hospital is the only way to learn if new drugs are better than old ones, says Dr.Ronald Gold, chief of the hospital’s infectious diseases division, who has conducted research on cystic fibrosis.REDUCE RISKS Committees at institutions question a scientist's methods to pare down the elements of risk.“If you came before me with a proposal to study the effects of high G (the gravitational forces in play during high-speed flight) and I’d volunteered to be a subject, that would come before the committee,” says Dr.Brian Sabiston, head of the ethics committee that reviews up to 28 experiments annually at the CFB Downsview lab.“They’d say ‘Who’s that guy Sabiston?He’s almost 50 years of age.Is he a fighter pilot?No?Has he had any G-training?No?Well, I’m sorry we can’t approve that.’” Other experiments conducted at the military lab include monitoring the vital signs of firefighters at staged fires, and testing how well people work without sleep.COVER COSTS You can’t get rich being a guinea pig.Most subjects are paid only to cover costs — travel expenses or babysitting fees, for example — while participating in experiments, research spokesmen say.“We’d be unhappy with someone being given hundreds of dollars to give blood,” says Dr.Smith.“We wouldn’t allow it.” Money isn’t supposed to motivate volunteers.Researchers say many are interested in science, while others have a quirky need for attention.To Dan Small, a science student at the University of Toronto — where about 600 experiments are approved each year — the $5 to $10 he earns by volunteering for quick on-campus psychological tests comes in handy."If I do two or three a week, that's $10 to $15 that would help pay for dinner." I 1 The KK.l'ORU—Friday, Derember Hiss Bccdrd History 1874 and the triumphant tour of P.T.Barnum When the circus came to the Townships — the Golden Age In the days before television, in the days before movies, in the days before photography even, when books and magazines and newspapers were scarce in the Townships and illustrations in them scarcer still, a travelling circus would have had enormous impact.Our pioneer forefathers would have been far more familiar than we are with deer and moose, bear and wolf, horses, bedbugs and other wildlife, but few' could have had a clear idea of what a lion looked like, still less a camel or a llama, and to see a real live elephant or giraffe must have filled them with astonishment.In July of 1826, when Sherbrooke's population might have numbered 100 souls, the British Colonist advertised the visit of a travelling menagerie to Derby Line, Vermont.It was most likely a seedy little affair, dragging its wagons from one New England village to the next with a few dispirited animals (and equally moth-eaten proprietors) surviving as best they could on nickels and dimes in a cash-poor society.LION TO LLAMA But they boasted of their lion (“This is not only the largest, but from his flowing mane and superior carriage, is considered the finest of his species in America"), a jaguar (“South American Tiger”), a camel and a leopard, a young llama and a jackal, a pair of mountain lions, three wolves and half a dozen assorted monkeys.And this dusty little menagerie was elevated to the status of circus by one of the monkeys riding a pony and “Sailor, who never fails to divert the audience with his pleasing performance on the slack rope” along with “Captain Bill” in an exhibition of trick riding on his Indian pony.The admission price was 25 cents — two or three hours' pay for most — but those who could have managed it would have eagerly crossed the line to see these wonders.The sparse and scattered population of the Eastern Townships could have brought the show no nearer.THE RING Animal shows and trick riders, acrobats and jugglers, had been around since ancient times but the modern circus probably dates from 1768 when Philip Astley (a sergeant major turned trick rider) discovered that if his horse galloped in a circle, centrifugal force would help him keep his balance on its back.He added a clown, rope walker, acrobats and a three-piece band to found Astley's Circus in London where performers and audience alike appreciated his ring because it could be clearly seen the tricks were not faked.This ring was also an efficient use of space and easily portable requiring only the addition of a canvas tent to make travelling circuses a reality.In 1826, when that little menagerie came to Derby Line, Quick & Mead toured England with a 50-foot Big Top.four circus wagons, nine horses and a hurdy-gurdy to provide music.1874 But the population of the Towns- Bernard Epps hips was meagre before midcentury and then the American Civil War overpowered all other considerations.The Golden Age of circuses in the Townships had to wait until 1874 and the triumphant tour of P.T.Barnum s Great Travelling Museum, Menagerie, Circus and World's Fair.That crossed Vermont from Burlington (where Barnum had appeared in person) to Newport where it opened on Thursday, June 25, Stanstead on Friday and Coati-cookon Saturday.Rock Island and Stanstead Plain then had a combined poulation of around 1400 yet 4000 to 5000 turned out for the afternoon performance, another 1500 to 2000 in the evening.“The audiences were as orderly and quiet as we ever saw at any great gathering,” said the Stanstead Journal, “and there was very little drunkenness or rowdiness in any part of the village.” ‘20 SHOWS IN ONE’ And what a show they saw! “In Canvas Colleges, canopying Acres, Comprehending 20 Great Shows in One! And over 1.000 Men and Horses! “100,000 Cardinal Curiosities! 1.500 Magnificent Representative Animals.Beasts, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibious Marine Monsters.Steam Engine Operated Automatic and Polytechnic Institute, and STUPENDOUS INTERCONTINENTAL AMPHITHEATER, with seats for 14,000 Spectators, and Two Separate and Rival Rings, in both of which appear, at one and the same time, DAN COSTELLO'S INTERNATIONAL HIPPODROME, James Melville’s Great Australian Circus, JAMES COOK S ROYAL CIRCUS, and Herr Lippard’s Arena of Pony Performers, Canine Equestrians and Ape Actors, expressly forwarded by Mr.Barnum from Hamburg, for this season's Great Travelling World's Fair.” The Stanstead Journal attended and was caught up in the excitement; “In the Menagerie were some rare and very fine animals, including a veritable sea lion, which attracted great attention.The ani- Zip the pinhead mais all seemed to be well cared for and good specimens of their kind.“There was also the famous talking machine, and a variety of automatic curiosities worked by L ^rrfi • • • • Barnum in old age steam power, including a fountain of water "Adjoining the tent containing the menagerie and museum, was an immense pavillion with large seating capacity, with two rings, in which took plae the equestrian performances.“The audience seemed very well pleased at the refutation of the industriously circulated reports that the show is a fraud and a humbug.It is the least liable to such a charge of any exhibition that has travelled this way for a long time." SHERBROOKE Barnum had begun moving his show by rail two years earlier but it became a wagon show once more in the Townships and moved seda tely on from Stanstead to Coati cook, Coaticook to Sherbrooke where it opened, since Barnum insisted on keeping the sabbath holy (when few parishoners would dare attend a circus anyway), on Monday, June 29.“Arrival in Town is heralded each morning at 9 o’clock by the Mightiest Pageant Earth has ever seen! Exceeding in magnitude and massive splendor a dozen Roman triumphs; and as a triumphal and Allegoric Spectacular Demonstration is undeniably The Eighth Wonder of the World ! “The only Exhibition in America recognized and endorsed by the Religious Press and daily visited by eminent Clergymen and Divines.” FAMOUS FREAK Sherbrookers flocked to see Zip, the What-is-it?He was one of Bar-num’s most successful and Ion gest-lived freaks “captured by a party of adventurers who were in search of the Gorilla.While exploring the River Gambia, near the mouth, they fell in with a race of beings never before discovered.The present one is the only survivor.When first received here his natural position was ON ALL FOURS.When he first came his only food w'as raw meat, sweet apples, oranges, nuts, etc., of all of which he was very fond, but he will now eat bread, cake, and similar things.” Including cigars that people offered him while he grunted, gibbered and grinned.He was actually an American black named William Jackson who had a peculiar cone-shaped skull — and a chicken ranch near Nutley, New Jersey.‘SMALLEST MAN’ They marveled at Admiral Dot, “The Cupid of Dwarfs, and smallest man that ever lived; 16 years old; 25 inches high; weighs 15 pounds.” He was really Leopold Kahn from San Francisco who could sing and dance, play musical instruments and speak German as fluently as English.He soon gave up show business to open a saloon in White Plains, New York, marry a woman an inch taller than he and sire two children, both of normal size.There was also a horse-riding goat named Alexis and “The Famous and Ferocious Fiji Cannibals! Sole representatives of their human flesh-devouring race in Christendom, and rescued by Mr.Barnum from their captors by whom they were condemned to be eaten.” LIFE OF BARNUM Admission to all these wonders was a mere 50 cents, half-price for children under nine, and free with every purchase of the 900 page il-lustrated “Struggles and Triumphs; or, Forty Years’ Recollections of P.T.Barnum, Written by Himself." That originally cost $3.50 but was marked down to $1.50 in the Townships and endorsed by Horace Greeley as “Worth a $100 Greenback to a beginner.” Greeley, however, was an undes-criminating enthusiast and others were less impressed.Blackwood ’s Magazine said it aroused “disgust for the frauds which it narrates, amazement for its audacity, loathing for its hypocrisy, abhor-rance for the moral obliquity which it betrays, and sincere pity for the wretched man who compiled it.” PHONEY! The New York Times said it revealed Barnum s success was attained “by the systematic, adroit and persevering plan of obtaining money uder false pretences." But the public cared nothing for that, bought more than a million copies by 1888 and made it the most widely read book of the time (after the Bible, of course).A Sherbrooker wrote ; “Last year I read his book and could not but admire the shrewdness, tact, energy and iron fortitude of the man who was able to conquer success out of difficulties and disasters which would have overwhelmed others.He candidly concedes that his ‘Wooly horse’ was a myth, the Washington s The World’s Great Object Teacher’s P.T.BARNUM’S Great Travelling Museum, Menagerie, Circus,; ' AND YVORUD’S FAIR.4 In Canvas Colleges, canopying Acres, Comprehending 20 G real Shows in One ! And over 1000 Men and Horses, nurse’ an invention, and the ‘Falls of Niagara’ a burlesque.But they drew crowds and served as a capital advertisement.” WATERLOO From Sherbrooke the show made its stately way to Waterloo for Tuesday, June 30, where the usually staid Waterloo Advertiser reported ; “The visit of Barnum’s Circus and Menagerie here on Tuesday drew the largest gathering of people ever seen in Waterloo.The influx of eager spectators commenced at dawn of day, and at the time the Exhibition opened there must have been some thousands of people on the show ground.“The procession was the biggest, the number of horses and mules drawing the same the greatest of any Show that ever came to our Village, while the show of animals, automatons, and other curiosities, exceeded in variety and interest any other show.Considering the long and tedious ride of 40 miles from Sherbrooke during the previous evening, it was astonishing that things were so well arranged and went so well as they did.” Wednesday, July 1 saw the show in Granby, Thursday in St-Hyacinthe.Friday in West Far-nham and Saturday in St-Jean Then came another day of rest before beginning a four-day stand at Montreal’s Lacrosse Grounds where once more P.T, Barnum appeared in person.FOREPAUGH Ten years passed while Towns hippers recovered and then, in the summer of 1884, the Forepaugh Show came to Sherbrooke — “Not as a Stranger, not as an Adventurer.but as the welcome time-tried, well-known, thoroughly tested and universally admitted Largest Tented Exhibition in the World.” Adam Forepaugh, all red face, flying whiskers and blustery arrogance.began life as a Philadelphia butcher then started a stage line and got into the horse-trading business.When he sold horses to a fly-by-night circus, he had to take a share in the business to get his money and made his investment pay with the most famous American clown of the age, Dan Rice.Rice was so popular that he ran for president — the first clown to seek that office.TWO TENTS Forepaugh, a showman in the Barnum tradition of flim-flam and humbug, bought out a menagerie and took to the road after the Civil War with two tents one for the animals, the other for performers — so the pious could look at exotic animals without risking their immortal souls by looking at exotic people.By 1877, Forepaugh’s Show was so large that it had to give up wagons and take to the railroad which meant it visited only the larger towns Arrangements for excursion rates would then bring customers from surrounding towns and villages for a day at the circus.Forepaugh’s circus reached Sherbrooke very late in the season, September 27, and the Weekly Examiner cried; GREAT EVENT “The great event of the season will be that of the visit of the Forepaugh Show to-morrow — Saturday.This is the last stand in Canada, and as the autumn work with our farmers is all over, the date of the visit affords all a good chance for a holiday.“Sherbrooke will be packed, and our hotelkeepers will have the ca pacity of their accommodation severely tested, for we hear of exten sive arrangements for extra cars to convey country cousins in to see the big show.The order of the day wil be; get up early, get out and take in the street parade — then, why then, the whole show.” And the circus bellowed with its traditional modesty; “Superlatively Magnificent Parade in the forenoon of Exhibition Day.More than a quarter of 100 Marching Elephants, a mile of sumptuous sun-bright Golden Cha riots.Wide Open Dens of Savage Monsters, a Gay Retinue of Cavaliers and Ladies, Hundreds of Handsome Horses, a Tribe of Ma melukes and Moors, and all na lions will be represented in this Marvelous and Monster Pageant Festival.SECURE YOUR HORSES “All owners or drivers of Vehicles are requested to secure their horses along the route the procession passes.” The Montreal Times described this parade; “Shortly after 10 o’clock the sound of music gave indication of the parade of Forepaugh’s great show, and, as it progressed along, its gorgeous proportions provoked warm ecomiums of praise from the thousands of spectators that lined the route.“It comprised five bands of mu sic, including a fife and drum corps and a band of genuine Arab perfor mers; twenty-five elephants, among whom the giant Bolivar to wered aloft; a drove of dromeda ries ridden by Arabs; open den ol lions, serpents and tigers, with their keepers complacently seated in their midst, also a giraffe and hippopotamus in open cages pro senting a free view of more ani mais than ever was shown in Ca nada.” N WHITE ELEPHANT Forepaugh and Barnum conduc ted a fierce rivalry in the matter (if elephants.When Barnum acquired Jumbo from the London zoo and advertised him as the world’s laf gest.Forepaugh acquired Bolivar and billed him ast “the biggest born on earth”.When Forepaugh bought the “first and only genuine, royally sa cred Siamese White Elephant ‘Light of Asia’ Barnum spent a quarter of a million dollars acqui ring ‘Toung Taloung’ from Manda lay.He began to advertise him f;(r and wide as the “purest milk white" but when he finally saw it on its arrival in New York, it was a disappointing dirty grey with a few pink blotches and pink eyes.Nevertheless, it was a genuirie albino and Barnum went to enor mous lengths to authenticate Toung Taloung and cast doubts on Light of Asia.GREY BENEATH ^ His break came at a press confe rence in Philadelphia when a re porter with a damp sponge snea ked up on Forepaugh’s elephant wiped a little paint off its flank arid discovered Regular elephant grey beneath.Instead of printing his story, he sold the information to Barnum who advertised Fore paugh’s fakery everywhere.Forepaugh was unperturbed lb believed with Barnum that people enjoyed a little flim-flam and hum bug and so brought his fake to star in Sherbrooke as "The Pearl of (he Temple, the Gem of the Sky, Ihe Radiance of the World.the Apu 1 Dttt by NE A Inc MEY.^-STOP.rr KEEP I» away fum thet .3L * MIR HOR* JgH IT GAVE LI'L ABNER TM' ^ AMSWER T'TH' 4 “HORRUBLE PROBLEM r A O'SADIE HAWKINS -DAY— AH WANTS ] >Jf A ANSWER, TOO//'J MIRROR-AH'S A NERVOUS WRETCH// tell me .WHO w 'AH'M gonna ^ ketch rr 5^>)( Svp 1948 Capp Enterprises.Inc -PT*— y ^ tv * CARLYLE’S CHRISTMAS by Larry Wright V( MY ) fHb y+W ?e ; 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KIT N' CARLY LE® by Larry Wright i m VJH^N 1o ^u>W out Jo obLb AIR ?® I9M by NIA.Inc Œljurcli lirtctorg Th*' RECORD—Friday.December 2.1988—13 Œnittb Ctjurci) of Canaba Advent II 10:30 i.m.Worship Sunday School Nursery Care Çlpmoutt)-fEnnitp Minister: Rev.MarTyn Sadler 567-6373" Organist: Pamela Gill Eby Dufterin at Montreal in Sherbrooke Anglican ïburtfj of £anaba ST.PETER’S CHURCH 355 Dutferin Street, Sherbrooke (564-0279) Principal Services Sunday 8:00 a m Holy Eucharist 10:30 a m Morning Prayer and Sunday School Friday 10:00 a m Daily Office & Eucharist Rector The Venerable Alan Fairbairn Organist Anthony J Davidson Anglican Cfjurtfj of Canaba ^Baptist Cjjurcf) ST.GEORGE’S CHURCH LENNOXVILLE —Inst’d 1822— Prlest-in-chargo: The Rev.Heather Thomson Organist: Mr.Morris C.Austin ADVENT II 8:00 a m Holy Communion 10:00 a m.Holy Communion (B.A.S.) 10:00 a.m.Sunday School WEDNESDAY 10:00 a m.Holy Communion BAPTIST CHURCHES of Coaticook 130 Baldwin St.9:30 a.m.Morning Worship Sherbrooke Portland & Queen 11:00 a.m.Morning Worship North Hatley 5 Main St.6 p.m.Evening Worship Pastor: Rev.Fred Rupert 9nglttan Æljurcf) of Canaba assemblies of Christian JSrctljren THE PARISH OF THE ADVENT & ST.PAUL SHERBROOKE WITH THE CHAPEL OF ST.MARY Rector.Rev.D.E.Ross ADVENT II 11:00 a.m.Church of the Advent Holy Eucharist Çresbpterian THE WORD OF GRACE K900 Dial 90 8:00 a.m.with Blake Walker Grace Chapel 267 Montreal St.Sherbrooke (819) 569-3490 1 m Thy Is 1 1 Word Truth t 9:30 a.m.The Lord's Supper 11:00 a.m.Family Bible Hour Speaker: Mr.Francis Hatch Topic: “Commitment" Sunday School & Nursery Provided Wednesday 7:30 p.m.Prayer & Bible Study ST.ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN! CHURCH 280 I Frontenac.Street Minister: Rev.Blake Walker Organist: Mr.Irving Richards 10:30 a.m.Morning Worship and Sunday School Communion Sunday aery cordial welcome to all.ftlnitcb Cljuvcfj of Cnnaba Waterville, Hatley, North Hatley Pastoral charge We welcome you for worship 9:30 a.m.North Hatley 11:00 a m.Hatley 11:00 a.m.Waterville Minister: Rev.Jane Aikman fUnitcb Cljurtfj of Canaba Catyolic ST.PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Corner King & Gordon St.Pastor: Rev.G.Dandenault Tel.: 569-1145 MASSES Saturday - 7:00 p.m.Sunday: 9:00 a.m.• 11:00 a.m.LENNOXVILLE UNITED CHURCH CORNER OF Queen end Church St.Minister: Rev.0.Werren Organist: Marie Therese Laberge Mrs.Nancy Rehn, Choir Director Advent II 10:00 am Morning Worship Sunday School for all ages LENNOXVILLE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 269 Queen St., Lennoxville 564-1377/563-7134 WELCOMES YOU BIENVENUE A Friendly Church for the Whole Family Fellowship Groups for All Ages Children’s Church and Nursery Sunday Services: 9:45 a.m.Christian Education 11:00 a.m./7:00 p.m.Worship The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada &ttenb ttje eijurej) of pour choice tfjiô &unùap Huntingville Alice Price 562-5794 Recent guests at the home of Dick and Marina Evans were their daughter Angela Evans Ridley, husband Graham and children.William and Graham, all of Spruce Grove, Alberta.During their stay William and Graham were baptized at Lennoxville United Church.Following the service a luncheon was held at the Evans home featu ring a christening cake beautifully decorated by Marjorie Suitor.Other guests at the Evans home for Thanksgiving weekend and the family christening included Mrs.Evans’ mother, Mrs.Mary O’Leary.and Mrs.Alice Flinn, both of Fredericton, N.B.Mrs.Carol Scott.Dalhousie, N.B.David and Michael.Fredericton and Mrs.Sue Scott, husband Bob, sons Benjamin, Nathaniel and Shane, all of St.Andrews, N.B.Also visiting the home of Dick and Marina Evans was their daughter Jennifer of Truro, N.S.and sons Thomas of Banff.Alberta; Richard of Ottawa and Tim of Saskatoon, Sask.After spending two weeks with his parents Tom Evans has returned to Banff, Alberta where he is employed at the Banff Springs Hotel.Tim Evans returned to Saska toon where he is awaiting a call to training with the RCMP in Regina.Constable Richard Evans, RCMP and Con Jules Bernier, RCMP of Ottawa recently spent se veral days visiting Mr.and Mrs.Dick Evans.Other recent visitors at the Evans home include Ms.Debbie Ayotte and daughter Melissa, Bill Bennett, Ottawa, Mrs.Joan Church.Dorval, Mr.and Mrs.Eric Borden, Dollard des Ormeaux with children Phillip, Tony and Laura.Jill and Tom Kearney with children Hannah and Dennis of East Thetford, Vermont, visited the Evans home.Jill is a close school friend of Angela Evans Ridley who was visiting her parents.Ruth Evans and Elaine Evans of Kirkland have been regular visitors at their family home here.During one visit they were accompanied by their sister-in-law Mrs.Leah Wright of Guelph, Ontario On another occasion they were accompanied by Miss Elizabeth Wahlquist of Provo, Utah.Dick and Marina Evans were pleased to receive a visit from distant cousins Meredith and Peg O’Hara of Maples, Florida and Clarice O'Hara Warner of Glens Falls, N.Y.Meredith and Clarice’s grandmother, Lily Johnston Cote was a sister of Mr.Evans’ grandmother Jeannie Johnston Evans.During their trip to the area they were seeking out relatives and visiting ancestral homes.They also attended Sunday service at Waterville United Church where their great-uncle David Johnston was a long time member.They enjoyed seeing the stained glass window dedicated to the memory of great-grandparents Williams and Mary Johnston.Mrs.Mary O’Leary has returned to Fredericton, N.B., after spending two weeks here with her daughter Marina O'Leary Evans.She was motored to Dorval airport by Dick and Marina Evans and spent an evening with the Misses Ruth and Elaine Evans of Kirkland.PYE — In loving memory of my dear husband, Herbert Stevens, who died December 4.1976 Always remembered by wife, HELEN and FAMILY SHEA.Lon — In loving memory of our dear daughter and sister who passed away December 2, 1974 Never more than a thought away.Each day as we come and go.We II remember you forever.We love and miss you so MOM and DAD and FAMILY SMITH, Gerald F.— In sad and loving memory of our special brother who left us so suddenly December 3, 1986.ISABEL & GERTRUDE (sisters) THOMPSON.Goldie — In loving memory of our dear mother and grandmother, Goldie A Thompson, who left us on December 3.1987 In tears we saw you sinking We watched you fade away And all our hearts were broken When you fought so hard to stay But when we saw you sleeping So peacefully, free from pain We could not wish you back To suffer that again.Ever remembered and sadly missed by THE FAMILY Eulogy Eulogy written and delivered by Stephen Morson at the funeral service held in St.Paul’s Church, Knowlton, on Tuesday November 15, 1988.I have had the honour, the privilege, and the pleasure of having known Isiah for forty five years or more, and had the privilege also of having Isiah as my working companion for nearly thirty years, and during all of this time I have found Isiah to be the most dedicated person I have ever known as regards to his duty to his public.To all the hundreds of families throughout the years who have looked for Isiah every morning for their morning mail, a duty that he took so seriously, that in all weathers and at all times of the year, Isiah was ready to strike out on the country roads that were many times not fitformannor beast to travel on.He took his duties far beyond that of just being a mail man, he took care of many elderly people who were not able to be out, and his devotion to them, and his fierce determination to see that their needs were taken care of, fixing their storm windows, making minor repairs around their homes, bringing their groceries, he endeared himself in so many ways to so many people that he really became an indispensable part of many lives.In all the years that I have known him he was always a perfect gentleman, a real non-complainer, a devoted father and family man, he had no enemies, in fact he was his own worst enemy, because he would never ‘give in’ and ‘never give up’.Many is the time he drove off with his load of mail when he was not well and should have been home in bed.His customers always came before his needs.And now the Lord has taken him unto His own, where he will find peace and rest that he never found in his long working career.“Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joy-of thy Lord.” May His Soul Rest In Peace.St.Paul’s Church news KNOWLTON (KT) — At St.Paul’s Church, Sunday, November 20- Services of Holy Communion were at 8 (BCP) and 10 a.m.(BAS).Sidesfolk: Michel Royeal (8); Frank and Maureen Johnston-Main (10).Lay Communion Helpers- Gordon Ladd and Frank Main Jr.For Prayer and Intercession-Under the Anglican Cycle of Prayer- Southeastern USA and the Province of Sewanee 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CHICKEN 325 (chefs choice) dining room and counter 822-1010 11IS King West, Sherbrooke Prop Donald Roy and René Roy Conditions that relate to your status and finances could show a substantial improvement in the year ahead.Be on your toes, waiting at the door when opportunity knocks SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) A friend who disappointed you previously regarding a joint venture might come back to you with a similar proposition today Keep this person's track record in mind.Get a jump on life by understanding the influences which are governing you in the year ahead Send for your Astro-Graph predictions today by mailing $1 to Astro-Graph, c/o this newspaper.P.0 Box 91428, Cleveland, OH 44101-3428.Be sure to state your zodiac sign.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) Objectives you establish tor yourself today might not be achieved.It won’t be due to a lack of ambition or assertiveness, it's apt to be caused by the methods you'll use.AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) Characteristically, you are not an individual who usually does things out of spite, but today you may have to deal with someone who could tempt you to try.Don’t make a bad situation worse.PISCES (Feb.20-March 20) There's a chance you may be your own worst enemy in commercial dealings today by weakening your position through impractical actions.Move cautiously.ARIES (March 21-April 19) You're not apt to find easy answers to tough problems today If you get involved in a situation that has obvious rough spots, don’t gloss over them too optimistically.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Before launching a new project at this time, be sure you understand all ot its ramifications.If you move impulsively, you might have a lot to unwind later.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) There's a possibility you might take risks or buck the odds today in situations where you normally wouldn't do so.Unfortunately, these actions could prove to be detrimental.CANCER (June 21-July 22) You might want to do something today that you'll feel is for the family's good.However, to be on the safe side, wait until your mate is also in full accord LEO (July 23-Aug.22) Try to look for the virtures in others today and not their failings, especially when dealing with co-workers.Unsolicited criticism on your behalf could create a crisis.VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) A well-intentioned friend could be more of a hindrance than a help today in matters that affect your finances.Try to keep this person on the sidelines.LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.23) Even though you'll try to be a nice guy, it might prove extremely difficult today for you to please others, particularly members of your immediate family.| SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) Be a good listener today or else you might misunderstand what others say.You’ll feel foolish later if you overreact to harmless comments.Saturday, Dec.3,1988 People you know socially could be extremely helpful in the year ahead in improving your financial position.There are indications that something rather grand could develop through one or more of your contacts.SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) Activities with friends or other outside interests are apt to be accentuated today.Have fun and enjoy yourself, but try to do so as economically as possible.Know where to look for romance and you'll find it.The Astro-Graph Matchmaker instantly reveals which signs are romantically perfect for you.Mail $2 to Matchmaker c/o this newspaper, P.O.Box 91428, Cleveland.OH 44101-3428.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) Your behavior will be closely scrutinized by others today, so be mindful of your demeanor.One or two observers might be hoping you'll do something that will provide fodder for gossip.AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) It could prove unwise today to try to sell others on something you're not completely sold on yourself.If you make a pitch, you’d better believe in your product.PISCES (Feb.20-March 20) Move cautiously today it you are asked to help someone resolve a problem.This person’s complications should be handled one step at a time.ARIES (March 21-April 19) You may find today that tew of your associates can be handled similarly.Size up each individual separately.then act accordingly.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) This can be a productive day for you, provided you don't let your tasks or assignments overlap one another.For best results, you will have to be methodical and orderly GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Be on guard today, so that you won't be drawn into uncomfortable developments initiated by a companion or an associate.Once immersed, you could be made to look like the author of the events.CANCER (June 21-July 22) You won't be graded on what you start today, you'll only be graded on what you finish.Be persistent and follow through or else you could have a bad report card.LEO (July 23-Aug.22) It may be extremely difficult for you to “less up" to your mistakes In front of others today.Untortunately.it you fall to do so, it could take some ot the luster ott your image VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) Your material circumstances could swing in either direction today.If you're prudent and practical, the results could be profitable I» you're not, get out the red ink.LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct 23) It's best not to take things for granted today where your self-interests are concerned.Situations that appear to be shoo-ins could take unexpected turns for the worse.SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) Usually you're a good judge ol character, but today you might place your taith in Incompetent individuals Be extremely caretul to whom you delegate critical assignments.lions for the year ahead by mailing $ 1 to Astro-Graph, c/o this newspaper, P O Box 91428, Cleveland.OH 44101-3428 Be sure to state your zodiac sign.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) Interesting developments could be in store for you where several valuable relationships are concerned.Coming events may serve as a catalyst to bring everyone closer together AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) You are now in a very favorable achievement cycle, so try to focus your efforts on truly meaningful objectives.You should be able to accomplish things you couldn't previously PISCES (Feb.20-March 20) Concentrate on plans now that affect not only the present, but what could be important a few weeks from today.If your concepts are sound, the results should be successful.ARIES (March 21-April 19) Devote as much time as possible today to a joint venture that has possibilities for personal gain.You might be on to something that could turn out to be very worthwhile.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Lay the groundwork today for an important agreement you're presently contemplating.It it is well-structured, it will have good chances for success.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Stabilizing influences that could have a long term, favorable effect on your material wellbeing should begin to become more pronounced as of today.Good luck CANCER (June 21-July 22) Specific benefits can be gained during this cycle through contacts you now have or will be developing socially.Expose yourself to situations where you can make new friends.LEO (July 23-Aug.22) A domestic situation that has been causing friction can be resolved now in a way that won’t leave any scars on the parties involved.VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) Don t lock yourself into any type of long-range plans now that are so strictly structured that they won t be able to be altered if a sudden shift in conditions occurs.It could happen soon.LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.23) Be alert at this time for financial benefits that can be acquired through people with whom you share close, personal ties.This is an area of great promise.SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) Several obstacles that have been hampering your progress in fulfilling your personal ambitions look like they are going to be alleviated.This should leave you a clear track.© 19M, NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN ASTRO-GRAPH BERNICE BEDE OSOL Friday, Dec.2, 1988 NORTH 122-88 ?K J V AQ5 ?A 9 3 ?K 6 4 3 2 WEST EAST + 10 8 7 5 4 ?y 9 6 3 2 V 10 9 8 V J ?K J 5 ?10 6 2 ?10 9 ?Q J 87 SOUTH ?A V K 7 6 4 3 2 ?Q 8 7 4 ?A 5 Vulnerable: East-West Dealer: South West North East South 1 V Pass 2 ?Pass 2 ?Pass 3 V Pass 4 ?Pass 4 ?Pass 4 4 Pass 6 V Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: V 10 Sunday, Dec.4, 1988 II you take advantage ot all your opportunities.the year ahead could be a banner year for you financially and materially Don't give up on your dreams SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) Infor-mation regarding something you hope to accomplish in the weeks ahead should be restricted to the parties Involved Those not pertinent to this matter should be kept out of the picture.Sagittarius, treat yourselt to a birthday qllt Send tor your Astro-Graph predlc* Delicate maneuvering By James Jacoby Caution was required for playing today’s slam Declarer had to set up dummy’s side-suit without allowing West to score a cheap trump trick After North had jump-supported hearts, South cue-bid first the ace of clubs and then the spade ace.North, who had key cards in every suit, simply bid six hearts.West led a trump.Declarer won the king in his hand and cashed the ace of clubs Next came the ace of spades, followed by a trump to dummy.West was still left with a trump, but declarer could not afford to draw the last trump before trying to ruff out the club suit.If clubs did not split, he needed the extra trump entry to dummy to establish club winners.Of course there was the strong possibility of an overruff, so what could South do?He made the subtle play of cashing dummy’s spade king, on which he threw his low club He was now able to ruff a club safely with a low trump and to return to dummy with the last high trump That removed West's last trump and allowed declarer to cash the club king without danger If clubs had split 3-3,13 tricks would be made.When they split 4-2.declarer could still ruff one more club and get back to dummy with the diamond ace to enjoy the last good club The trap on this deal is to play out the A-K of clubs Declarer will then no longer be able to set up the suit while preserving an entry to dummy, without giving West a trump trick BRIDGE JAMES JACOBY 1 The RK.COKD—Friday.December 2.1»8>U-15 Yamaska District Royal Canadian Legion branches hold quarterly meeting T1 V» r\ it i I r\ ri*» 1 \ • i n 1 it ft s • .— _ The quarterly annual meeting of Yamaska District No.9 of the Royal Canadian Legion was recently held, hosted by Granby Branch No.56 and was chaired by the District Commander, Cy Gauthier, who opened the meeting, then introducing the head table.Including himself, Ben Rainville - Vice Commander, Guy Monast - Secretary-Treasurer, Ken Muir - President of Branch 56, Jennie Giguere -President of Branch 56 LA.The singing of 0 Canada was led by Jim Tryhorn.At the roll call of branches, all were represented with the exception of Famham No.38.From the branch reports, we learn the following :- Brome Br.23.Knowlton, reported by Steve Morson.During July and August repairs on their building were carried out.A Roast Beef dinner was scheduled for October, as well as a social evening of cards and darts.Plans were underway for Armistice, a Cenotaph Service and banquet on the 11th, with a church service on the 13th.The branch members, (including the Ladies Auxiliary) will be visiting the St.Ann's Hospital in December.This branch gave a donation to the Boy Scouts.Granby Br.56, by Ken Muir, who reports plans are underway for the Poppy Campaign.Darts are played at the branch Tuesdays and Fridays.Repairs have been carried out on the building.Shefford Br.77, Waterloo, reported by Jim Tryhorn.Another branch who made building repairs by installing a new roof.A building has been set up for re cycling papers, which are sold.The Friday night hamburgers, served during the summer, were a success, but now terminated for the season.This branch is involved in a Thursday dart league, as well as every Friday night at the branch.A Golf Day was held and the Ways and Stanstead Chapter IODE hears interesting address on student exchange trip STANSTEAD (IH) — Stanstead Chapter IODE met the afternoon of November 7 in Lebaron Hall, Stanstead College.Anna Gain, Regent, presided and welcomed members and guests.Elizabeth Clarke presented the colors and the prayer of the Order was recited.Fern Dewey, secretary, gave her report from the October meeting at which an appeal was made for sheets, towels etc.for the poor people at David's Inlet.At the November meeting many of the items asked for were brought and donated and will be sent to those in need.Also, a large collection of gifts for the forgotten patients at the Douglas Hospital in Verdun were brought and they have now been delivered by Richard and Theresa Wallace for Christmas.Anna thanked Ingrid Millington for having the successful coffee party at her home in October and announced the next one will be on December 9 at Leslie Thompson’s home.The P.E.C.meeting taking place in Montreal on November 9 was attended by several members from Stanstead Chapter.The secretary, Fern, submitted the correspondence and treasurer, Gertrude Ketcham, the financial report.Gertrude noted her budget committee had met and allocations made to the National and Provincial projects and here at home monies were budgeted for Sunny-side school, Stanstead College, purchase of wool to knit items for the far North, Christmas Hampers, Haskell Library, Karousel school, Quebec Special Olympics, and to programs in the Boundary Villages that alone totaled $1,650.The money donated is from the successful 1988 bazaar.Anna reported an executive committee meeting was held in October and the 1989 bazaar was discussed.The members have agreed to have the bazaar and preliminary planning will begin in the new year.Margaret Black would place the memorial wreath for the Chapter at the Cenotaph on November 12 when the Remembrance service took place.Ingrid Millington and Dora Stewart volunteered to assist at the Border Senior Citizens dinner on November 11 in Stanstead South church hall.Anna thanked the members who assisted in October.Maud Curtis, program secretary, announced that Ruth Austin of Newport will be the speaker at the December 5th meeting.Ruth has a collection of dolls and will speak about them.The meeting adjourned with the retiring of the colors.Maud then introduced Leah Thompson, a grade 10 student at Alexander Galt who was one of the 23 students on exchange with Germany.Leah first thanked the Chapter for financial assistance for her trip.She said the communities have given her excellent support for “my unforgettable experience”.Students from Germany were in these areas and Leah said there were no major problems.She and her fellow students left in June for their 7% hour flight to Germany where they toured the country, visited museums, Black Forest, palace, castle and other interesting places.July 4 they left for Berlin, a city that captivated her and one which she has promised herself to return to some future day.They saw the WALL and visited the East side.Five days later they travelled to Amsterdam, they saw the Anne Frank house which she said was depressing.From there they came home after three and Vi wonderful and exciting weeks.Lexie Rogers on behalf of the Chapter thanked Leah for her interesting address.The hostesses Esther Baldwin and Mabel Wallace served delicious refreshments from the lace-covered table centered with a basket of fruit.Doris Hartley presided to pour from the silver tea service.Means committee hosted a corn roast.The branch presented a trophy at the Sea Cadets Awards Night.Several other donations have been made.Philipsburg Br.82, by Wes Gage.Among the activities since the last report, this branch has held Chicken B.B.Q.s, a Golf Tour nament, served over 600 at the Duck Hunter's Breakfast (this being the 30th consecutive year), took part in the Flag Exchange and Hands Across the Border with the USA.Served a dinner to 6 Golden Age Clubs, sent a ball team to Bathurst, New Brunswick and entertained the R.M.R.Legion Branch of Montreal.A ball game was played with Radio Station C.J.A.D.which raised over $1,300.00 for Camp Garagona.Several other donations have been made.Cowansville Br.99, reported by-Gordon Swift.Their activities include a Corn Roast, B.B Q.s, Family Picnic, Hands Across the Boarder with Exchange of Flags, and a Supper for the Fraternal Affi liâtes.Donations were made to the Last Post Fund, Centre de Jeunesse, local Air Cadets and Minor Soccer Association.Potton Br.154, Mansonville, by Doug Wighton.This branch reports donations have been made to worthwhile organizations including March of Dimes.Plans were underway for the Poppy Campaign.Sutton Br.158, prepared by K.Edgar.This branch’s activities include weekly Bingos, Dart Teams on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Western Round-Up Breakfasts, taking part in Hands across the Border, held a Pig/Beef Roast with profits for the Townshippers Association, catered to weddings as well as operating a canteen at the Saturday Market.The Legion Hall is used for a Baby Clinic, with a dinner coming up for Senior Citizens.The branch was represented in the Firemen’s Parade.Among the donations, one was to the Provincial Command Music Fund.Iberville Br.263 by Raoul Morin who reported plans were underway for their Poppy Campaign.This branch held a picnic and participated in a Tel-A-Thon which raised $2,770.00 for Muscular Dystrophy.The branch w as able to respond to three requests for w heel chairs.The Ladies Auxiliaries reports show an active group of ladies, with 33 present at this meeting.Their activities show the following : - Brome Br.23 LA reported by-Velma Smith, who mentioned having a Rummage Sale, also helped the main branch Several caterings were coming up in December.Granby Br.56 LA by Agnes La-vigne.This group catered to a wedding and have two Flea markets planned.Shefford Br.77 LA reported by-Grace Rainville.This branch says they have catered for several occasions, also after the Golf Tournament.Philipsburg Br.82 LA.by Arlette Arpin.The main event was a donation of$UHX).00 to the main branch This group assisted with the Duck Hunter's Breakfast.Golf Tournament refreshments.Hands Across the Border and raising money for Camp Garagona The Ladies Àuxi liary assisted with serving a meal to Golden Agers and St .Ann's Vets.Cowansville Br 99 LA Gloria Poll Stott.She reports they have re-written their by-laws, participa ted in Canada Day activities and Hands Across the Border.Finan cially have helped the children of the community for their summer activities.Sutton Br.158 LA by Jose Jones.This group of ladies held a Jeans and Jacket Sale, served refreshments following a funeral, also involved with the B M P.Hospital Campaign.They helped the main branch serve a meal, raising money for the Townshippers.This branch to be congratulated in gi ving $2,000.00 to the main branch.Iberville Br 263 LA by Armanda Cava Among the Ladies Auxiliary's activities were Sunday Breakfasts.Friday Night Hamburgers, also a card party.They helped raise money for Muscular Dystrophy This branch made 206 pairs of mittens.A report of the District Golf Tournament was made by Ben Ar pin, after w hich with some discus sion.it w as suggested for next year to hold it during the week.The Secretary Treasurer was requested to send get well cards to Bill Black (Immediate Past Commander) who has recently undergone shoulder surgry.and Louie Gage, who is recuperating from a heart attack.The nest District meeting will be held December 4, 2 p in.at Shefford Br.No.77, Waterloo.The meeting w as closed in ritual form by the Vice Commander, Ben Rainville, after which delieioufrre-freshments were served.St.George's ACW holds regular meeting DRUMMONDVILLE — St.George's ACW held their regular meeting on Wednesday afternoon.November 2 at 2 p.m.in the Parish Hall.The chairperson welcomed all present and thanked everyone for coming out on such a bad day.Mrs.D.Lockwood led us in the devotional period, reading from John 18, verses 33-37.The meditation was taken from the October issue of the Living Message dealing with the Superman Syndrome.The Secretary took the roll call, recording seven members present and two visitors.We were very pleased to have the Rev.Glenn Coates with us Minutes of previous meeting held on October 5 were read and approved.The Treasurer gave her report and we proceeded to business arising from the minutes.The pot luck luncheon held after the church service on October 30 was very successful with all the pa-rishes bringing food and St.George’s ACW providing hot soup, which was much appreciated, the day being cold and rather dreary.It gave St.George's great pleasure to have members of the other churches here in Drummondville and approximately 50-55 attended.The book entitled Philip Carrington' has been purchased and is now available to anyone w|io would like to read it.It was decided to visit the Complex Serricole Drummond Inc.a Company where roses and other flowers are grown indoors.It is necessary to have a group of at least fifteen persons and the charge is$1.50each.Date and time will be arranged later.It was moved by Mrs.1) Lockwood and seconded by L.Twells that a donation be made to the Wardens of St.George’s Church.Carried.Donations were also sent to the Christian Blind Mission and P.W.R.D.F.St.Andrew’s Day Corporate communion will be celebrated on November 13.Members are asked to place their donations in an cnve lope marked St.Andrew's Day Collection'.White G ift Service will be held on December 11th and the gifts will go to the Cancer Society in Drummondville.We were sorry to hear of the death of Mollie Fowler in Cornwall, the sister of Tobert Twylor (Warden) and Alma Shepherd a member of St.George’s.Our sympathy has been extended to the family.The next meeting to be held at the home of Mrs Myrtle Rout on December 7 at 2 p.m.We hope everyone will come in good voice as we plan to make this our Christmas meeting, singing carols etc.Mrs.Lockwood led us in the clo sing devotions and Linda Smith took up the collection.The meeting was adjourned by the chairperson.Mrs.F.Rutherford was hostess today and a very tasty lunch was served, followed by a pleasant hour of fellowship TELETHON OF STARS 1988 0 Visit Lund Craft for new and exciting gift selection By Kay Taylor On the commercial scene in Cowansville, Lund Craft has for many years occupied a prominent place.Starting as a “cottage” industry, under the artistic skill and expert guidance of Ruth Lund, its products have become most popular across Canada with well developed markets abroad.A few years ago Ruth Lund spent some time in Japan where Lund Craft is now well established.This past summer the daughter of one of her customers visited Canada when she was a guest of Ruth Lund.On her return to Japan after a wonderful holiday the young visitor declared herself deeply in love with Canada.In the past year Ruth Lund was in the Caribbean on two occasions and Lund Craft is now becoming equally well known and popular in several of the Caribbean Islands.Here at home, the annual pre-Christmas display, always looked for by residents of Cowansville and area with keen anticipation, is now underway and will continue until December 16.Added to the familiar and much loved Maple Leaf designs and the flowers of the Provinces, there is much that is new and exciting, with the Wild Life series of special note.In this, at the top of the list is “Snowy Owl", which was named recently the official Bird of the Province of Quebec.It has proved a leader, with the Loon.Polar Bear and Moose all great favourites, also with especial emphasis on Killer Whale! So- a suggestion- for your own pleasure and maybe with a few gifts in mind — a visit to Lund Craft to see all these new ideas will prove worthwhile in every way.Gould Mrs.Roscoe Morrison 877-2542 Spending a few days with Mr.and Mrs.Roscoe Morrison were their daughter, Mrs.Frank Slinger and Mr.Slinger of Oshawa, Ont.Others visiting at the same home were Mrs.Kathleen Morrison, Scotstown, Mr.and Mrs.Jay Morrison, Lennoxville, and Mr.and Mrs.Ronald Rowland and Betty Rowland.Alex and Kim of East Angus.Mr.and Mrs.Gilbert Wintle, Lesley and Kevin were overnight guests of their daughter and sister, Mrs.Jim Leonard, Mr.Leonard, Sarah and David in Lennoxville.Mrs.Wintle and Lesley accompanied Mrs.Leonard, Sarah and David to the home of Mr.and Mrs.Hudson Vallieres in Windsor Mills to attend a baby shower, in honour of their niece and cousin, Mrs.Michael Corriveau of Beebe.To commemorate Armistice Day, several of the community attended services in Scotstown and Bury, and for the first time a ceremony was organized to take place in Gould, held in Chalmers United Church with a good attendance.Plans are being made to make this an annual event in the future.qloto/Kope DON’T MISS IT! 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Injury hampered Fabien Ferras (aqkle) and Corey Smythe (knee) have returned to playing form and will suit up for McKell’s high powered team.BACK TO NORMAL Last week, Ferras was on and off the ice because of his injury and spectators saw the assistant captain sporting crutches in the third period rather than skates.Smythe, who twisted his right knee two weeks ago, played the entire game last week but wasn’t performing at 100 per cent.The Chateauguay Val ley native should be back to par for Friday night after a week’s rest.“We are going to have to get a good game out of Corey (Smythe), Robert (L'Heureux), and Fabien (Ferras) and who ever I put on (Perras’s) line,” said McKell.Even though three months remain in the College schedule, McKell is starting to think about a playoff berth already “Right now it looks like Montmorency is the team to beat.Behind them is St.Laurent,” said McKell.“We really hurt ourselves by not taking those two points last week,” said McKell about the Cougars' 4-3 OT loss to St.Laurent.“John Abbott is step for step with us.We have to be careful of Rosemont and André Laurendeau creeping up from behind.” Over the past two years, the Len-noxville squad hasn't been able to secure a playoff berth at all.In 1987, the Cougars ended up in a tie for fourth place but were shaved out of the playoff picture by virtue of their win loss-tie record.The year before, the Cougars ended up missing out thanks to a fifth place finish.“The playoffs is one of major aims this year,” said the Howick native.“We blamed it on academics and injuries before, this time we are not going blame it on anything.” The Champlain Rosemont game will start at 9 p m.Friday night at the W.B.Scott Arena.The late start is because of the 18th Annual Bishop’s-Champlain High School Hockey Tournamnet taking place all weekend.COUGAR NOTES The suspension situation is as follows: Henry Leggett received five games for fighting last weekend.He won’t be able to dress until January 89.Defencemen Steve Godbout will be back to action Wednesday night after serving a three game suspension for spearing in a game versus St.Laurent Nov.18.Right winger Marc Bou langer received a five game suspension for fighting in a Dawson-Cougar match in early November.He'll return to the lineup next Friday.The Champlain Cougars are faced with one of their toughest test next week.They’ll be playing three games in six nights, two of which are on the road — Sunday and Wednesday night, the Cougars have to travel to Montreal to play Lionel-Groulx and John Abbott respectively.Friday night, the cellar-dwelling Dawson Blues return to Lennxo-ville to play the Cougars.The Champlain athletes will be taking a little break for final examinations next week.The Cougars' last game is Dec.9th.Cougars' head coach Rod McKell expects Rosemount to come out with some zip.#»*»** **i*l Winnipeg’s St.Norbert Collegiate caught in Eastern Townships wind By Scott David Harrison LENNOXVILLE — There is so-0 mething about the wind in the Eas-* tern Townships.In fact it gets so strong at times, that it effects the lives of Winnipeg hockey players.Such is the case of the St.Norbert Collegiate High School hockey team, who with the help of Ma Bell’ heard the sounds of hockey echoing from the rolling hills of the Eastern Townships A little less than a year later, the St.Norbert squad finds themselves 1,100 miles away from their school’s hallways to take part in the 18th edition of the Bishop-Champlain high school hockey tournament.“We just caught wind there was a spot on an open house exchange program with some hockey and we got to the paperwork.” said St.Nor-bert’s head coach Bruce North.GOOD HOCKEY “We really didn’t know to much about the tournament," said North “We just wanted to come out and play some good hockey .” "We want to see how we do against the teams from here," ad ded St.Norbert player Sean * Fardoe.The expected red tape of a school trip turned out to be nothing more than a mirage for North and his team, as the school of 185 students overwhelmingly endorsed the idea of the dual-purpose trip.The team got their first taste of Eastern Townships’ hockey when they faced off against Bishop's Col- lege School Wednesday night, and what a taste it was.The visitors came out flying in the exhibition game, chewing up the Crusaders 7-1 in the first period, enroute to a gluttonous K)-2 feast.Were they surprised by the lopsided win?Yes.BIGGER AND FASTER “We thought they’d be a bigger and faster team than us," said Fardoe who sports No.18 in the line up.“In their defence," quickly interjected assistant coach Brian Dixon, “they used their second-string goalie for the first period and after their number one goalie went in, it was only a 3-1 game." In their Winnipeg division, the St Norbert squad has a 5-7 record which is nothing to write home about, says North "We re a mediocre team in our league back home,” he said, “and we have been trounced a couple of times." Mediocre or not.the Winnipeg team put the boots to B.C.S.who are probably still licking their wounds.With their skates sharpened, St.Norbert will be heading into the unknown when they square off against Lakefield High School Friday at 2pm “If we play as a team," said Fardoe."1 think we can do very well." DEFENDING CHAMPIONS North admits that when it comes to playing Lakefield — the defending champions and w inners of the tourney five out of the last six years — he doesn't know that much about them.All he knows is what Alexander Galt's head coach Brian Heath has told him.“1 heard they were a very well coached and well disciplined team." said North, “and if (Lake-field) get(s) down, they have a tradition of coming back.” “We re just going to have to skate, score and play together,” said St Norbert’s No.18 Paul Ma-naigre.“We re going to have to stay out of the penalty box,” added teammate Fardoe, “And don’t get down if we re losing and give all that we’ve got — 110 per cent.” Putting the shoe on the other foot, Manaigre said that St.Norbert isn't the only team that doesn’t know their opponent.He said Lakefield doesn’t know what their in for when the puck is dropped for Friday s game.But to North, whose team mounted the buses Thursday for a tour of the Eastern Townships, the trip is much more than about hockey, it's about learning.“Winning and losing, that’s not the all there is to hockey,” said North.“We want to go out there and have a good learning experience.” And if things don't go well for the small Prairie school over the weekend, Fardoe and Manaigre can take heart in the fact they got a week off away from the classroom.“I'd stay longer if I could,’’ smiled Manaigre.A different role for Fletcher When the doors to the Sports Palace open Sunday night many eyes will be looking for one man.No, it’s not another ocassion when organist Mario Gosselin will take the H' out of hockey with his contraversial tune-tapping, nor will be it the hour when Tricolo actually does something intelligent, but rather the time when all eyes are peeled towards the Moncton Hawks No.26.Steven Fletcher, the former inspiration leader of the Sherbrooke Canadiens, will be making his first appearence at the Sports Palace since he was wisked away by the Winnipeg Jets.Fletcher, a free agent at the time, was snapped up on July 15th by the Jets, who were in desperate need of a tough-guy to protect Winnipeg’s snipers in the rough- n’-tumble Smythe Division.TWO JOEYS After all, the Edmonton Oilers have Kevin McClelland, Jeff Beukeboom, and Steve Smith to protect the likes of Jurri Kurri and Esa Tikkanen, and the Calgary Flames have Tim Hunter and Gary Roberts to protect the two Joeys — Mullins and Nieuwendyk — and Hakan Loob.Even the Vancouver Canucks, formally the smallest team in the NHL got in on the act, recruiting some muscle to protect Tony Tanti and Petri Skriko, with Garth Butcher and Todd Hawkins The new-look Los Angles Kings have Marty McSorley and Ken Baumgartner to stand, like mountains, in the shadows of Wayne Gretzky, Bernie Nicholls and Luc Robitaille.For their part, the Jets looked to Laurie Boschman, who is a better scorer than a fighter, to protect their guns.It’s simple, if you want your scorers to score you have to have the muscle to ensure he’ll be as freewheeling as possible.And after Boschman and defenceman Jim Kyte started to take more rights than they were giving, the Jets were looking like spinach-starved Popeyes.IN A QUICK WAY The Jets needed muscle in a quick way for the 1988-89 season and they figured Fletcher would become their Mike Tyson.In three NHL games with the Jets, Fletcher was used sparingly, getting a shift here and a shift there but nothing that would bring out the hockey player in him.The 27-year-old Fletcher was supposed to step into the Jets lineup and be their policeman, but things didn’t work out the way both he and Winnipeg planned.After 180 minutes, and hours of practice in the Winnipeg Arena, Fletcher was on the move again.His Winnipeg statistics read like the last four digits in a phone number — 3-0-0-5.The five-minute penalty could very well be Fletcher’s last dent in the NHL.At least he’ll know he went out with a bang.In his third and last game with the Jets he tangled with one of the league’s toughest, Boston’s Jay Miller — a sweater-pulling, helmetbashing draw By Scott David Harrison Five minute majors are the only dent Fletcher made in his four-game NHL career Last year when he was sporting the Montreal Canadiens’ colors during the playoffs he got into a scrap with Miller's partner in crime, Lyndon Byers.The older, slower and calmer Fletcher is now a Moncton Hawk.It’s the seventh year Fletcher has spent in the AHL — for six of those years he dropped his gloves for the bleu, blanc et rouge’ Back on the AHL buses for the first time since Oct.20th, the Montreal native has appeared in 18 games with the Hawks.He has been held pointless, picking up 58 minutes in penalties along the way.When he steps on to the ice surface of the Sports Palace to play against Sherbrooke he just might have to stop himself from going in the penalty box he grew so accustomed to.This time it’s different for Fletcher, he’ll be on a different bench, walking to a different dressing room and wearing a different jersey.And even tough he’ll be on the other team, you just know the Sunday night crowd would explode if ‘Fletch’ happens to pop the puck between the pipes.If he does score, the round of applause will be well deserved for a hard-luck budding professional who has given every inch of himself for the game he loves.1,000 APOLOGIES • Nothing gets past the keen eye of Bishop’s Gaiters defensive line coach Bill Anderson, and chances are nothing ever will.To be frank.1 screwed up.In last week's column I wrote that in light of the Gaiters 44-10 loss to St.Mary's in the Atlantic Bowl, nobody would remember the team’s 7-2-1 record.Silly me, I turned out to be one of those people.To set things straight, the Gaiters actually finished with a 8-2-1 record.Sorry Hii I I Steven Fletcher will make his return to the Sports Palace Sunday night when the ( anadiens host the Moncton Hawks.Bullard trade pays off for Flyers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mike Bullard had one goal and an assist in his second game with Philadelphia as the Flyers played to a 2-2 tie with Montreal in NHL action Thursday night, ending the Canadiens’ three-game winning streak The tie continued Montreal's al most four-year regular season winless streak at the Spectrum The last regular-season victory for Montreal in Philadelphia was Dec.16,1984, when they beat the Flyers Philadelphia could not capitalize on a 4:13 power-play in the overtime period.Montreal's Bob Gainey was assessed with a five-minute high-stick penalty at 19:13 in the third period after he hit Bullard, cutting him in the face Bullard left for the remainder of the third period, but returned with three minutes to play in overtime The Canadiens, 7-1-1 in their last nine games, moved out to a 1-0 lead when Gainey blasted a slap shot from the top of the left faceoff circle past Flyers goalie Ron Hex tall at 17:21 of the first period.Claude U>mieux gave the Canadiens a 2-0 lead when he scored off the opening faceoff of the second period.Lemieux took a pass from Mike MePhee and beat llextall to the stick side from the right faceoff circle seven seconds into the pe riod.Bullard also scored a goal in Tuesday night's 5-1 win against the Boston Bruins Hockey woes continue for Nords bETROIT (AP) - Steve Chias-sqn scored one goal and assisted on thfee others Thursday night as the Detroit Red Wings gained their lOlh victory in 12 National Hockey Lfague games by beating the Quebec Nordiques 7-3 Quebec, last in the Adams Divi sijtm with an 8-17-2 record, dropped it| fourth straight game and fifth in itfe last six.•JWith Detroit leading 2-0 entering the second period on goals by Jeff Sharpies and Dave Barr, Chiasson set up Shawn Burr's shorthanded goal at 2:59 to increase the lead to 3-0.Less than three minutes later, Chiasson spotted Paul MacLean alone at the Quebec blue line and fed him a pass that culminated in a breakaway goal The Nordiques cut the lead to 4-2 on goals less than four minutes apart by Michel Goulet and Marc rWANT TO HELP i OKFAM's CHILDREN Smnd your donation to OXFAM't CHILDREN IM Si Caul St.Eul Montreil.Quebec H2Y 9Z9 Fortier, but Chiasson got his third of the season, converting Steve Yzerman's cross-ice pass with 29 seconds remaining in the period liro Jarvi added a third-period power play goal for Quebec, but Y/erman answered with his 26th goal deflecting Chiasson's shot with 7:23 remaining in the game The goal extended Yzerman's goal-scoring streak to seven games.Chiasson's four points represented a personal best.Joe Murphy also scored for the Red Wings Stefan’s biggest saves came less than a minute after Fortier’s goal had cut Detroit’s lead to 4 2 The Detroit goaltcndcr stopped Mike Hough on a semi breakaway and then scrambled back into the goal crease In time to thwart Paul Gil-lis s backhander on the rebound Parity finally extends a hand to the North Stars 3-2.Philadelphia came back from a 2-1) deficit when Bullard, acquired Tuesday from St Ixiuis, scored his second goal as a Flyer with a tip-in of a Gord Murphy shot at 1:51 of the second period Bullard later found Brian Propp open on a 2-on-l breakaway, and Propp flipped the puck over Cana diens goalie Patrick Roy at ll:50of the second period to tie the game 2-2 BOSTON (AP) — Defenceman Mark Hardy scored on a 90-foot wrist shot to break a 1-1 tie in the second period, and the rejuvenated Minnesota North Stars went on to a 4-1 NHL victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night.The victory was Minnesota's fourth in a row.following an horrendous start in which the North Stars won only four of their first 24 games, Jon Casey faced 42 Boston shots in the Minnesota goal, 35 in the last two periods.Minnesota had 25 shots on Boston's Reggie Lcmelin.Dave Gagner won a faceoff at the Bruins' blue line and got the puck back to Hardy, whose soft shot eluded Lemelin's outstretched pad Brian MacLellan stole the puck from Bruins defenceman Michael Thriven and passed to Neil Broten for a breakaway goal that made it 3-1 in the third period Larry DePalma opened the scoring for the North Stars in the first period when he took a loose puck out of a scramble and fired past Lemelin from 25 feet Glen Wesley tied it for the Bruins late in the period, taking a faceoff pass from Billy O'Dwyer and scoring from the blue line Broten scored his second goal of the game into an empty net with one second remaining It was the seventh loss in the last 11 games for the slumping Bruins, who have two wins and two ties in that stretch t I The RECORD—Friday, December 2.1988—17 Sports B|y REAL HEBERT Poachers still active despite two-year war The local branch of the Fish ¦ and Game Ministry has just completed the registration of M l deer killed during the hunting _ _ A _| season which ended Nov.9 in the Q I J T fi ^ Q Eastern Townships.w A total of 1894 deer were registered including 431 in zone 4.828 in zone 5 and 635 deer in zone 6.This is a small drop from last year when 1988 deer were registered.Withour a doubt the weather was a significant factor in the drop as hunters had to hunt day after day in the rain.But although the big game season is over we’re in the thick of small game season which is attracting more and more pariticipants.The Fish and Game ministry says some 300,000 hunters are after small game, including water-fowl, this year, as it is in general, the month of December is an active month for this type of hunting.POACHING ON THE INCREASE Despite the two-year war against poaching district chief of Wildlife Conservation affairs at the regional Fish and Game office Carol Lapointe says poachers have been very active this fall.Lapointe said conservation officers have received twice as many complaints as last year.And despite numerous information campaigns and more restrictive laws, night hunting with a spotlight, which is still the favored method of poachers, continues.During the past month, conservation officers have had to seize two moose and about 20 deer.During the same period last year only two or three animal carcasses were seized.The confiscated carcasses were given to a Sherbrooke butcher who volunteered to butcher them for free.The 1500 to 1800 pounds of meat will be distributed to poor families the week before Christmas.Poachers who were caught and whose equipment was seized will appear in court over the next few weeks.They will be brought to court and if found guilty of poaching they will be given severe fines which will unbalance their family budget.This is over and above court costs, lawyers fees, the loss of confiscated equipment as well as the removal of their hunting permit for two years.In the next few weeks this column will give the results of poaching court cases in the Sherbrooke and Cowansville courthouses.HUNTING PERMITS Revenues from the sale of hunting permits this year brought $10.9 million to Quebec’s coffers last year.Small game hunting remains the most popular form of hunting since 277,000 permits were sold for revenues totalling $2.1 million.However, moose and deer hunting remain the moneymakers.Some 141,000 Quebeckers acquired hunting permits for the largest of the cervidae family, translating into $3.4-million.Deer permits reaped $2.7-million.In respects to other categories of hunting permits, bear is the most in demand with only 19,500 issued, bringing in $468,000.The trapping of snowshoe hares was practiced by 30,900 amateurs, costing them around $240,000.Fur-animal trapping permits were sold to 14,500 people for a value of $105,000.There were 4200 caribou hunters ($100,800) and 3300 deer hunters on Antocosti island ($79,200).Bear is the most sought after game by non-residents, 4400 permits were issued ($248,000).Permits for smaller game registered 3900, bringing in $130,600.Those permits cost $56.50 and $33.50 respectively.All other hunting permits to non-residents are sold for $127.50 each.There were 3500 non-resident caribou hunters in Canada.3400 moose hunters and 2000 deer hunters, 1100 of them were on Anticosti island.As we can see, hunting permits sales is big business for the Quebec government.