The record, 19 janvier 1989, jeudi 19 janvier 1989

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If»1*/ mm SNOVS Mil IS,SA JOHNSON kNOWUON Al SIM MS Sl’IHAH eather, page 2 Sherbrooke Thursday, January 19, 1989 40 cents ‘Categorically and unequivocally, I did not set the fire" Orr laughs off allegations he set bomb at Alliance headquarters By Robert Quintal Montreal Daily News Alliance Quebec president Royal Orr last night categorically denied any involvement in the Dec.30 fire-bombing that gutted his group's downtown headquarters.At a news conference following an Alliance community leadership meeting last night.Orr did reveal that MUC Police Arson Squad investigators asked him Tuesday if he had set the blaze.“I simply told them no,” he told reporters.Earlier in the evening, the Al- liance president poked fun at allegations suggesting he was the prime police suspect into the arson.“Let me say categorically and unequivocally, 1 did not set the fire," Orr said in a highly ironic tone.“And I had absolutely nothing to do with the criminal attack against Alliance Quebec.” Orr was responding to television reports that police considered him the main suspect in the fire because he was the last to leave his group's offices, which were closed for the holidays, on the day of the fire."I was interviewed by the police yesterday (Tuesday)," Orr confirmed."I was in the offices of Alliance Quebec from 2:30 to 3.30 on the afternoon of the fire.The police know that because I told them ” The Alliance Quebec president and the more than 300 participants at the meeting erupted in laughter when someone jokingly shouted.“Do you have a match?" Despite his light-hearted response, Orr admitted to reporters that the charges had hurt him.“Yes, it’s devastating when you have rumors such as this one circulating." he said."It's not pleasant, but l have to think that this is something to live through " Orr said he had no intention of suing those who broadcast the allé gâtions, at least "not for the time being." Alliance chairman Peter Blai-kie, who accompanied Orr, reacted angrily to the charges, and more specifically to the alleged police leaks which led to the media rumors."This is not the way to lead an investigation in any democratic society," Blaikiesaid."It's totally in tolerable and unacceptable that such leaks or rumors—that a campaign to smear a reputation — he allowed.” Blaikie urged MUC Police chief Roland Bourget to put an end to the leaks."1 would think that the police director should act, whether the leaks were official or unofficial," he said."The police director should institute an internal task force to make sure it doesn't happen again." ’Exaggerated proportions' Fat angles receive an apology QUEBEC (CP) — Provincial Industry Minister Pierre MacDonald has apologized for circulating a remark about “fat damned English ladies” working at the Eaton department store in Montreal.In a letter to Pierre Witmeur, the store’s general manager, MacDonald expressed “deep regret for my responsibility in the incident, which without a doubt has taken on exaggerated proportions.” DEEP REGRET The letter, made public Wednesday while MacDonald is on a European tour with Premier Robert Bourassa, said the matter came up in a Liberal caucus discussion about language on commercial signs.MacDonald said that in quoting an unnamed colleague’s complaint about the “fat damned English ladies,” he was trying to point out that “a major irritant for many francophones living in Montreal and outside the city continues to be the language of service.I stressed that this frustration remains profound and sometimes ugly.INSULTING “Obviously, to speak specifically of a woman and to name only Eaton in this debate is unfair.Moreover, in the short, sharp form in which the media presented these remarks, I see quite well that it is insulting for your employees and yourself.” MacDonald added that he is well aware of Eaton’s efforts “to adapt its service to customers to the linguistic realities of a Quebec that is mainly francophone.” On Tuesday, a group of women urged the Liberal caucus to apologize for “an outrageous insult to the women of Eaton and to all women of Quebec.sexist, racist and prejudicial.” Help from a friend m .r > % Jedrek Neugebauer, Andrew to his friends, gets a hand from a classmate as he learns how to skate.The grade 2 class from Sherbrooke Elementary School was taking a break from classes with a skate around the frozen pond at the Domaine Howard yesterday KLCORD/GRANT SIMMON afternoon.Jedrek, who has been in Canada for one year now is just learning this new sport.He said his favorite sport is skiing, which he practiced in his native Poland before immigrating to Sherbrooke.Molson’s and O’Keefe to team up for free trade By Rob Carrick TORONTO (CP) — Brewing giants Molson and Carling O’Keefe announced Wednesday they’re joining forces to create a new supercompany capable of tapping the vast U.S.beer market.The new firm, an equal partnership between Molson and Carling owner Elders IXL Ltd.of Australia, will be called Molson Breweries and will have combined sales of about $2.3 billion, Marshall Cohen, president and chief executive officer of the Molson Companies, told a news conference.He said the venture will control slightly more than half the Canadian market while ranking as the sixth largest brewer in North Ame- rica and the 20th largest in the world “This North American partnership ensures Canada has a position in the highly competitive world beer market,” Cohen said.“We want to penetrate the North American market and increase our exports considerably.” Analysts described that objective as elusive, given the intense jockeying for market share south of the border.In Canada, Carling and Molson employ about 7,000 people at 17 breweries.Executives of the new company will meet over the next 10 days to develop a $200-million, two-year strategy for "rationalizing’’ these operations that will mean the creation of large, modern plants comparable to those in the United States.Plant closings — possibly one per province — and layoffs will inevitably result, although about half the jobs lost will be through attrition and early retirement, said John Elliott, Elders chairman and chief executive officer.“The Canadian brewing industry is one of the most inefficient in the world,” he said.“There is not one plant in Canada that is up to the minimum efficiency requirements to compete against the United States 1 * COMPLAINED IN PAST Elliott, whose brewing conglo- Passengers liable for drunk-drivers?TRURO, N.S.(CP) — A lawsuit filed in the Nova Scotia Supreme Court contends that passengers in cars have a responsibility to prevent the driver from taking the wheel if he is impaired.The lawsuit, against the driver and three occupants of a New Brunswick vehicle involved in a three-car fatal accident near De-bert, N.S., on Oct.14, 1988, was filed in Halifax last week.Robert Murrant is a Halifax lawyer representing the Moncton, N.B., family of George Louis Fougere, 35, of Halifax, who died in another vehicle in the accident.The case is not expected to proceed for at least a year because criminal charges against the driver are still before the courts.Gordon Robert Russell, 24, of Canadian Forces Gagetown, N.B., elected trial by supreme court judge and jury in November on charges of criminal negligence causing death and impaired driving.A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 14 in Truro provincial court.Murrant said the lawsuit is unique because it not only names Russell, the driver, but also the occupants of his car as defen-dents.The suit alleges that occupants of a car can be in part responsible for any otience that takes place involving the vehicle while they are in it because “they allegedly procured alcohol and encouraged its consumption.” Murrant said the suit alleges passengers have a legal obligation to prevent any incident involving impaired driving.“Negligence laws say everyone has a duty not to harm another person and in many cases have a duty to prevent harm,” he said.Murrant said the situation is an extension of a tavern or bar owner’s responsibility to patrons who leave the premises impaired.merate paid about $390 million for Carling in 1987, has also complained in the past °f inter-provincial trade regulations that require beer sold as a domestic product in a province to be brewed in that province.Molson and Carling currently export to the U.S.about 15 million cases of beer, an amount they hope to increase to 40 million, Cohen said.That’s a tall order considering the U.S.import beer market is already dominated by several strong players, said analyst Neil Wickham of Canarim Investment in Toronto.In Canada, consumers are unlikely to notice any affects of the deal because neither of the companies plan to drop any of their current brands, Elliott said.Carling produces such brands as O’Keefe Ale, Old Vienna and Black Label.It also has the Canadian rights to brew Miller beer from the U.S., Foster’s from Australia and Belgian Stella Artois.Molson.North America’s oldest brewing operation, counts Export, Canadian and Golden among its brands.It also has Canadian rights for Lowenbrau of West Germany and Coors from the U.S.Molson also has interests in the chemical, retail and entertainment industries, and professional sports with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League Bourassa tells German moneymen: Independence not on upswing in Quebec By Donald Charette MUNICH (CP) — Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa gave an elementary lesson in Canadian politics on Wednesday to a group of German investors, who were curious if Quebec’s independence movement was on the upswing.Bourassa told about 100 businessmen, bankers and politicians of the West German province of Bavaria that investors shouldn’t fear a resurgence of the independence movement in Quebec."I don’t think it constitutes a serious risk now," Bourassa said on the fourth day of his 15-day tour across Europe to drum up investment for his province.He added the former Parti Québécois government was not seeking independence from Canada but rather a form of sovereignty-association, which would have permitted the province to maintain economic ties to Canada “We represent a part of Canada," he said.“We have a lot of flexibility in the current system We control our social develop ment, our culture, and we have a role to play in international relations.” Bourassa told reporters that his visit to West Germany had allowed him to “push back the limits of international action by Quebec.” On Tuesday, Bourassa discussed changes in the Soviet Union under leader Mikhail Gorbachev witti Chancellor Helmut Kohl and later with a group of German journalists.Meanwhile, Bourassa signed an accord with Bavaria that will see the two provinces establish a working group to propose commercial, scientific, technological and cultural exchanges.Wednesday night, the premier arrived in London where he has meetings scheduled over two days, including ones today with British Prime Minister Margaret That cher and Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe.On Friday, he is to meet with investors, bankers and industrialists before leaving for Paris.Simpson: Another Montreal institution bites the dust By Rob Bull MONTREAL (CP) — Montrealers mourned the loss of another downtown institution Wednesday, as they learned that the city's main Simpson store will close at the end of the month.With three suburban Simpson stores slated to become La Baie (The Bay) outlets and another up for sale, the financially troubled company’s name will soon not be seen outside Toronto.Simpson’s closed its last western branch in Regina in 1981 and its downtown Ottawa store a year later.The Hudson’s Bay Co.’s planned closing of the landmark Simpson store on Ste-Catherine Street, with the loss of 900 jobs — another 200 may be lost at the suburban store that is for sale — came as a real shock to employees and patrons.The last sale will be rung up at 5.30 p.m.Jan.28,84 years after Robert Simpson Ltd.of Toronto first set up shop there at the John Murphy store, a name that remained on the building until 1929.It later became Robert Simpson Montreal Ltd., then Simpson’s and the name lost its apostrophe in the late 1970s when the Quebec government outlawed languages other than French on commercial signs.WEEPS FOR LOSS Janina Kozlowski, a salesperson in the women’s wear department for 18 years, wiped a tear from her eye as she served a customer Wednesday morning, then said: “We won’t have to worry about the language law any more — the sign will just say ‘Ferme’ (Closed).” “It’s shocking news for us,” said Claire Cool, who sold hardware at the downtown store for 12 years and was transferred to the greeting-card department Tuesday, just hours before the store closing was announced."I don’t know what’s going to happen to us.It’s like losing a family.” Cool is one of 300 full-time and 600 part-time workeis at the downtown store who were told they will soon be out of work.The laid-off workers will get regular pay and benefits for four months and one company executive said about 20 per cent of them will be able to find jobs at La Baie stores.The news also came as a jolt to Simpson suppliers.As she checked the store’s St.Va-lentine’s Day display, Hallmark greeting card representative Mary Deslauriers said: “It’s a very big surprise.I have been aware that things have generally not been going very well, but we have had good sales here.Nobody told us to cut back.” Liliane O’Kane, a French speaking customer who said she came to the store with her mother as a little girl and has brought her own grandchildren to shop there, said: “It’s part of our roots, part of our lives.I’ll be sorry to see it go.” REDUCE CHOICE She has seen other Montreal department stores close and reopen as offices or specialty boutiques and said the Simpson closing will mean a reduced choice in products and marketing approaches for Montreal consumers.Architect Dinu Bumbaru, presi dent of Save Montreal, which pro motes architectural conservation, said the downtown store has some special features and he hopes it can be saved.“It’s a great art-deco building with a very streamlined facade and some nice bronze finishing touches." Reporters were urged by Simpson security guards to go down the street to the La Baie main store, formerly Morgan’s department store.The Hudson’s Bay Co.took over the 21-store Simpson chain in 1978 after a bitter battle.Ralph Huband, a Hudson’s Bay Co.vice-president, said he understands the concern and shock caused by the decision to close the downtown store.Management recommended last summer that all the Montreal Simpson stores be closed and the company’s directors agreed in principle last September.“But the final decision was made only Monday,” Huband said interview."It was a highly secret operation," he added.‘It’s so secret we didn’t even talk to any real estate developers before the announcement.” But Huband agreed the decision was inevitable.The company had lost money for more than 10 years 2—The RECORD—Thursday.January 19, 19H9 Bill 178 is only a symptom of the problem and we intend to fight the problem Alliance Quebec will tour province By Robert Quintal Montreal Daily News Alliance Quebec president Royal Orr last niuht lashed out at Premier Robert Hourassa's policy o( “avoidance" and vowed his group would intensify its pressure to defeat Bill 178 and repeal the notwithstanding clause.At a community leadership meeting — the first public Alliance Quebec gathering since the introduction of the controversial commercial signs law and the Dec.30 firebombing of his group’s downtown headquarters — Qrr announced he would go to Ottawa and Quebec to force elected officials to how their colors in the present language debate.The visits to the National Assembly and the House of Commons are to take place in March."Bill 178 is only a symptom of the problem and we intend to fight the problem, not only the symptom," Orr told a standing-room only crowd of more than 300 people.MOCKERY "Bill 178 is wrong, it’s an insul ting and frivolous law which makes a mockery of a system of justice which was built over generations.“It’s a threat to every minority across the country." Emphasizing that his group and Quebec anglophones had learned "the bitter lesson that we cannot rely on anyone but ourselves," Orr also announced that Alliance Quebec will hold regional meetings to amass reaction from dissatisfied and frustrated anglophones across the province.The regional consultation, scheduled tostartin Vald’Oron Jan.21, will also take Alliance officials to Baie Comeau and the South Shore later this month.Meetings in downtown Montreal, Laval and the West Island are to take place in early February.Alliance Quebec will also set a special committee of prominent and talk to unhappy anglophones anglophones, including former Alliance presidents Eric Maldoff and Michael Goldbloom, to advise Qrr on other courses of action to take in upcoming months.LEGITIMATE While he reaffirmed his group’s opposition to civil disobedience, Orr didn't denounce newly-created groups, such as Committee 178, which advocate what he termed “a legitimate, non-violent" approach Finally, Alliance chairman Peter Blaikie told the audience his group had accepted an invitation to meet with officials of the Montreal St-Jean Baptiste Society to alleviate the present language ten- sions."We may be preaching for different parishes, but a dialogue between our two groups is badly needed at this time,” Blaikie said."We’ll be sending a letter to the SSJB tomorrow (Thursday) to indicate our intention to meet with them."Alliance Quebec was founded on a principle of moderation and we want to reaffirm our intention to live peacefully and constructively in Quebec with the francophone majority.” Orr summed it up when he said, “This is our home and we will stay here.” Royal On.'It's an insulting and frivolous law.' wBill 178 really did it for me' Fed up with controversy Doucet says adieu Quebec By Robert Quintal Montreal Daily News “So, adieu Quebec.! deserve better.” So writes Geraldine Doucet, in a letter to the media in which she says she’s fed up with the language controversy, and will most likely leave Quebec to live elsewhere in Canada.The U.S.-born entertainer, who has made Montreal her home for more than 30 years, said yesterday Premier Robert Bourassa's recent decision to invoke the “Notwithstanding” clause and introduce Bill 178 made her lose hope that there’s still a place for her in the province."Bill 178 really did it for me.” she said yesterday.“It told me that there’s no hope for true democracy in this province.I mean we have a premier, Mr.Bourassa, who’s blatantly breaking promises he made to English Quebecers in the last election, and who's giving in to a small group of radicals.LEARNED LESSON "We’ve had to deal with vandalism again I thought we had learned our lessons, but obvisously we haven't.” The wife of the late Roger Doucet — famous for his rousing and heartfelt renditions of “O Canada" at Montreal Canadiens’ hockey games and during the 1980 referendum campaign — acknowledged her assessment of the present language crisis is harsh."It hasn't been easy for me to come to this conclusion, but one has to look at the reality for what it is,” she said.In her letter, entitled “Adieu Quebec,” which she sent to media outlets, including the Daily News, Doucet outlines her frustrations.“It really is too bad, Quebec.You deserve better than you are allowing yourself to have,” she writes in the letter.“We fought so hard for you, Quebec.to make you a model of human rights.to show the world how two cultures and more can live together.“We thought we were on the right path.But alas, no! I am almost happy my husband is not here to see this sad day in Quebec history.GOING WEST Doucet, whose "love for this country” made her give up her American citizenship, says she’s considering moving to Western Canada.“I’m not going back to the United States.I intend to stay in Canada," she said.While allowing that her decision to leave the province isn’t irrevocable, Doucet noted that “there would have to be big changes” for her to reconsider.Fewer postal strikes with Parrot at head of unions?OTTAWA (CP) — Jean-Claude public villain and private gentle- Parrot is the son of a postie.To many Canadians, the hard-nosed labor leader who won a tough fight for his job Tuesday in the merger of two postal unions is a son of something less polite.In a vote tabulated by the Canada Labor Relations Board, about 40,000 postal workers across the country chose to be represented by Parrot's Canadian Union of Postal Workers over the more moderate Letter Carriers’ Union of Canada headed by Bob McGarry.Canada Post sought the merger to reduce strikes and increase efficiency.Parrot will head the amalgamated organization, to be renamed at a future convention and will represent 75 per cent of Canada Post’s 60,000-member national work force.The new union will also absorb two smaller unions representing technicians and maintenance employees.As a result, there should be fewer postal strikes.But those that do occur will likely be crippling.During his career, Parrot, 52, the man of Canadian trade unions, has been steadfast, stubborn and probably underpaid.In 1979, he went to jail rather than send his members back to work.Only at contract signings would he shake hands with Canada Post bosses.And as union president he earned only $42,000 a year.Had he lost, Parrot would have returned to a mail sorting job until he became eligible to retire in just over two years.Over the years, his public persona has been that of a harsh figure with jutting jaw, curled lip and deep-set eyes.John Bulloch, president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, once groused that Parrot had the dangerous qualities of intransigent views and the power to ‘‘put a stranglehold on the economy.” But Parrot, who headed CUPW and its 23,000 inside workers since 1977, was a man as polite and reticent in private as he seemed abrasive and unbending in public.—____foci lœcara Gvorgt MicLaren, Publisher.569-9511 Randy Klnnaar, Assistant Publisher.569-9511 Charles Bury, Editor.569-6345 Lloyd G.Schelb, Advertising Manager .569-9525 Richard Lessard, Production Manager .569-9931 Mark Gulllette, Press Superintendent.569-9931 Debra Waite, Superintendent, Composing Room.569-4856 CIRCULATION DEPT.819-569-9528 KNOWLTON OFF.: 514-243-0088 FAX: (819) 569-3945 Subscriptions by Carrier: weekly: Subscriptions by Mail: $1 80 Canada: 1 year- $6900 6 months- $41 00 3 months- $28 50 1 month- $14 00 U.S.& Foreign: 1 year- $140.00 6 months- $85.00 3 months- $57.00 1 month- $29 00 Back copies of The Record 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mechanism on the door was no longer working.When they realized it was—and had loc ked Bélanger in—they called the fire department.Wielding jackhammers and hydraulic cutters, firefighters worked about 40 minutes to drill a hole through a back wall of the reinforced-concrete vault so Bélanger could get fresh air.An ambulance and medical staff stood by.When the 18-year-old Bélanger emerged from the vault into the glare of television cameras, he was covered in the fine grey dust generated by the jackhammers but he was still strutting.“I’m happy to be out but it wasn’t too bad in there,” Bélanger told reporters.“My main concern was to get air as quickly as possible but there was a little coming in under the door so I didn’t suffer.It went well.” “We found out that it worked,” he added.French unrealistic OTTAWA (CP) — The French government is being unrealistic and irresponsible in telling its fishermen they can catch as much cod as last year in a disputed fishing zone off southern Newfoundland, the federal government said Wednesday.The French government said last week it was setting a 1989 quota of 26,000 tonnes, the same as 1988, for the disputed area surrounding the tiny French islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon.Canada says the area is part of its 200-mile fishing zone while France says it belongs to St-Pierre.Canada has reduced the catch limit this year for Newfoundland fishermen in the same waters.The government said French fishermen are only entitled to 5,500 tonnes.The higher French quota ignores a Canada-France study which said fishing must be reduced to prevent a serious depletion of cod stock in the area.Weizfeld to ignore ban OTTAWA (CP) — Peace activist Eibie Weizfeld has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and forbidden to set foot on Parliament Hill for two years but says he will ignore the ban “I do not consent to the judgment,” said the 40-year-old Montreal native as he was taken from provincial court on Tuesday.“I’m not going to be excluded from Parliament Hill.” Weizfeld was found guilty of violating conditions of his release from custody in October when he was ordered to stay away from Parliament Hill.He was charged after being arrested twice in November for setting up a table on the Hill with pamphlets outlining his opposition to U.S.cruise missile tests in Canada.Demonstrators have been prohibited from depositing property on the grounds of Parliament since 1985, when cabinet passed the law to get rid of a peace camp, established by Weizfeld, that spent two years on the Hill.Plumbers burn toilet in protest TORONTO (CP) — Angry workers at the Sky-Dome set fire to a portable toilet today to protest working conditions they say are unsafe.About 700 workers walked off the job saying conditions were intolerable.They refused to pick up their tools and return to work until chief contractor Ellis-Don assured them conditions would improve.Workers cheered as the Johnny-on-the-Spot was set ablaze.Thick black smoke billowed up and out past the stadium’s roof for about 15 minutes.Workers have complained about unclean toilets, debris and litter all over the stadium, aisles and stairwells cluttered with roofing materials.“This is a first-class project and we re treated like third-class citizens,” said Chris Thurrott, a spokesman for Local 46 of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union.AIDS testimony gagged HALIFAX (CP) — Accompanied by his mother, Scott William Wentzell, accused of knowingly infecting a pregnant Halifax woman while carrying the AIDS virus, listened as six witnesses testified Wednesday at the beginning of his preliminary hearing.Wentzell is charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm.The woman was already pregnant when her alleged affair with Wentzell occurred last year.Judge Joseph Kennedy banned publication of all testimony during the public hearing, which continues today.Marry an old MP EDMONTON (CP)— The family of an Alberta Conservative who died before he could take his seat in the Commons is eligible for more than $29,000 in parliamentary benefits.John Dahmer won the Beaver River riding in the federal election Nov.21, but died five days later of bone-marrow cancer.He was never sworn in as a member of Parliament.But John Ferrier, comptroller for the Commons, said Tuesday that Dahmer’s estate is entitled to six months’ severance pay and to insurance benefits provided automatically under government rules.Jean-Robert Gauthier, chief whip for the Liberals, said the rules may be too generous and in need of change.Ferrier said the Dahmer case is the first of its kind.He said the basic salary for a member of Parliament in 1988 was $58,300, which means Dahmer’s family is entitled to $29,150.Search over but hope continues VANCOUVER (CP) — The official search is over but relatives of five Canadians boaters missing in the Caribbean since Dec.30 are clinging to the hope the five are still alive."There is a good possibility they are still alive, but it will be up to them if they are out in the ocean,” said Patricia Luckin, whose brother Bill O’Brien is one of the missing.“No one can reach out anymore.It’s been hard on all of us but we cope.” The official search, which covered approximately 130,000 square kilometres, was called off late Tuesday.Marcos pleads illness NEW YORK (Reuter) — Deposed Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos is dying and cannot face the rigors of a trial on conspiracy and corruption charges, his lawyer told a U.S.court Wednesday.The comment was contained in a letter sent to Judge John Keenan by Marcos's lawyer, Richard Hibey, and released during a court hearing.Prosecutors in the case made no immediate comment on the statement that the 71-year-old political exile is dying but they dropped their demand he be flown to New York to be arraigned on the charges, saying his plea can be taken in Hawaii where he lives.Hibey said : “I don't think he can be arraigned anywhere.” Another riot in Miami MIAMI (AP) — Sporadic gunfire and rockthrowing broke out in Miami’s black neighborhoods Wednesday after city commissioners appointed a panel to investigate the police shooting of a black that sparked two days of racial violence.The rioting that followed the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old, unarmed black motorcylist by a Hispanic policeman has left one person dead, eight shot, about 20 buildings burned and numerous others looted in the black neighborhoods of Overtown and Liberty City.The motorcyclist’s passenger also died.The violence interrupted the city’s preparations for a gala celebration as it plays host to Sunday's Super Bowl.It was quiet Wednesday until late afternoon, when shots were fired at police in Overtown and rock-throwing was reported in Liberty City, said Miami police spokesman David Rivero.The sister of the motorcyclist’s passenger made a televised appeal for an end to the violence.Tough for kids after shootings STOCKTON, Calif.(AP) — Children returned to class Wednesday to confront their fears with help from psychologists, just one day after a gunman killed five youngsters at the school he attended as a boy.Blood was washed from the pavement overnight and bullet holes were patched at Cleveland Elementary School, where experts said it is important pupils, mostly children of Southeast Asian refugees, deal with the trauma immediately.Police said Patrick Edward Purdy, wearing an olive-drab shirt bearing the slogan Death to the Great Satin (sic), sprayed more than 100 shots from an assault rifle Tuesday, killing five youngsters ages six to nine and wounding 30 other people.Lawyer: Reyat wasn’t in Japan LONDON (CP) — Canadian courts have no jurisdiction to try a former British Columbia resident on manslaughter charges in a 1985 bomb explosion at Narita airport in Japan, Britain’s High Court was told Wednesday.“The crime can have but one location,” barrister Harjit Singh argued.“The offence could only be committed in Japan where the result took place.” Singh has been seeking to persuade three senior judges to overturn a lower-court order that Inderjit Singh Reyat be extradited to Canada.Canada wants Reyat, a 36-year-old electrician and engineer now living in Coventry.England, to face eight charges, including two of manslaughter, in the June 23, 1985.explosion.Two Japanese baggage handlers died as the bomb exploded in luggage being unloaded from a CP Air flight from Vancouver.The Canadian government argues that Reyat, living at the time in Duncan, B.C., purchased materials in B.C.similar to debris found after the blast.Canada contends Reyat assembled the bomb, handed it to someone else and was involved with others in placing it aboard the CP Air flight.African students want action BEIJING (AP) — Africans studying in China have appealed to their governments and the world to heed their allegations of racism following clashes in four Chinese cities.The Nanking branch of the General Union of African Students in China said in a report obtained Wednesday that until the Chinese recognize their own prejudices, the situation “will remain intolerable.” “We have always been deprived of our basic rights and freedom,” said the report.“To the Chinese in the street.the African is an inferior being, poor, unclear, backward, evil.” The eastern city of Nanking was the scene of a violent brawl Dec.24 between African students trying to bring Chinese girlfriends to a school dance, and Chinese school workers and students.Chinese later stoned the Africans' dormitory and marched through Nanking's streets in the next few days shouting “Kill the black devils !” and demanding punishment for Africans involved in the fight.Botha suffers stroke CAPE TOWN (AP) — South African President P.W.Botha suffered a mild stroke Wednesday, but is “quite clear-minded” and might appoint a cabinet member as acting president, his office said.Botha, who turned 73 on Jan.12, is in stable condition at No.2 Military Hospital in the Cape Town suburb of Wynberg after suffering the stroke at his home in the morning, the office said.No further details were released.Botha’s health generally has been excellent since he took charge of South Africa’s white-minority government as prime minister in 1978.Under a new constitution, he became president in 1984.Under the constitution, the president can appoint a cabinet minister to fill in for him temporarily and Botha’s office said he is likely to do this today.If the president is incapacitated, the cabinet can elect one of its members as acting president.Weather Snow, with an accumulation of five to ten centimetres and temperatures around *3.Outlook for Friday scattered flurries with a high of -3 Doonesbury BY GARRY TRUDEAU mffr, m parting shot UH.NO.£X-PR£5IP£NT5 6£T 5AF5- PASSAGE OUT OF TOWN.) r Th»1 KKt'OKIV- Thursday, January »i>.IH85»—J The Townships Record ETSB schools honored for smoke-free move By Rossana Coriandoli LENNOXVILLE - The Quebec Heart Foundation honored schools in the Eastern Townships School Board for their efforts to become smoke-free environments.The board and its ten elementary and three secondary schools made the leap into the non-smoking world and were awarded plaques and Heart Foundation flags Wednesday.ETSB general manager Hugh Auger said it took all the schools close to one year to put the smoke-free program into effect with help from both students and the teachers' union.“The policy was risky because you have to have sanctions to ensure regulations were followed," he told a press conference Wednesday.“It’s a progressive approach to ensure the welfare of our children." Twenty years ago.smokers star- ted puffing at an average age of 16, But recent Statistics Canada figures show children are starting to smoke at about 14 and that age will be down to 12 for children now entering school The Eastern Townships School Board's efforts are trying to curb that trend among the area’s children.SANCTIONS Auger said the schools have agreed on sanctions to enforce nonsmoking regulations and one student has already been suspended for the school year for having been caught smoking on school grounds three times.Sanctions to enforce the nonsmoking rules on teaching staff and administration will be decided on when the need arises, Auger said.School board chairwoman Margaret Paulette said the antismoking regulations can be diffi- cult to enforce.But, she added, staff, administration and students of each school got together and agreed to make their schools, inside and out.smoke free “Elementary school kids entered high school with a conviction that they didn't want to smoke, But by level 3, or grade i>, they would start to smoke, under the influence of older kids," she said.YOUNGER "But now they can continue to honor the decision they made when they were younger to not smoke," Paulette added.Auger said although IS to 20 per cent of school board staff smoked at work until the new, non-smoking policy came into effect."1 think that's one heck of an achievement," he said."We should be role models for the whole sys tern, for the children we will be serving in the years to come." Also present to award the pla- ques and flags to school represen tatives was Bill Sheurson, dean at Bishop's University, standing in for Dr.Hugh Scott, the university's rector and former member of the Quebec Heart Foundation's eduea tion committee.He said he is interested in hea ring about the school board's non smoking program and pointed out that Bishop's campus is not yet smoke-free The ten elementary schools which received plaques and flags from the Quebec Heart Foundation for their efforts to turn into smoke-free environments were Ashes tos-Danville School, Ayer's Cliff.Cookshire, Lennoxville, North Ha tley, Pope Memorial, Princess Eli zabeth, Sawyerville, Sherbrooke, St.Francis and Sunny side.Three secondary schools also re ceived the awards, Alexander Galt Regional High School, Richmond Regional and Adult Education./ Kastern Townships School Hoard chairwoman Marnan t Paulette received a Quebec Heart Foundation flag and plague from Hishop ’.v I niversity dean Hill Shearson for the HTSH's efforts to turn its schools into nonsmoking environments Wednesday.Good communication crucial to the successful transition of family farms KH OKI) JOHN TOI l I I SRl'l) mm ( ontinuing the fanning tradition of his family dating to the IS20s, Dennis Keenan is seen here beside a portrait of an uncle.By John Tollefsrud RICHMOND — Dairy farmers preparing to transfer ownership of the farms to sons or daughters share a concern that the next generation keeps a close eye on their own financial books.“Never get yourself sofarindebt that your back is to the wall.” is the advice Dennis Keenan, a Richmond dairy farmer, would give to his sons.Keenan expects the farm will remain in the family, with sons Tim and Pat assuming control of the farm one day as a partnership.Dairyman Douglas MacKinnon, whose sons Peter and Angus are a few years away from becoming financially responsible for the farm, agrees.“The first few years they should not embark on any large expenditures until they get the feel for it." MacKinnon said."They should not.for instance, buy a large new tractor.” EXCELLENT SITUATION He believes his sons are in an ex- George Enright.'It's impossible to start off on a bare farm today.' mk PP* «*9» cellent situation for becoming head farmers at his Broadview Farm in Barnston West.This is because the 200-cow farm is totally equipped and well established, dating back to 1846."1 think that, as dairy farmers go, they can't do any better than starting on this farm." MacKinnon said.He and other dairy farmers argue that starting on a farm today without cattle and enough equipment is tantamount to disaster.The debt-load new head farmers must assume upon transfer of a fully operational farm is already high enough without added expenses.George Enright is a dairy farmer in Upper Melbourne whose specialty is raising red-and-white Ayrshire cows.He bought his farm, Riverpine, in 1968 and built it up from very little.But times have changed, Enright said, and he’s pleased his 21-year-old son lan will be in a position to take over the reins of a full-fledged farm.“I think he’d be better off star- Rodney Duffy.‘that’s all he ever wanted to do'.ting on a fully-equipped farm." Enright said."It's impossible to start off on a bare farm today and make a go of it.” KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY Many dairy farmers consider it important to keep the farm in the hands of the family and they are modestly proud their sons or daughters will continue dairy far ming.Rodney Duffy, a South Durham Holstein breeder, said his son James was focused on farming early on, the occupation seemingly natural for him."It's just one of those unwritten rules that he’ll take over because that’s all he ever wanted to do,” he said.Duffy explained his son had a knack for the business which meant he needed no pushing.“In the case of James, he’s been going out at night to do the chores since he was 10 or 12 — we didn't have to ask him.” Keenan is another who would be pleased if his sons decided to follow ’A - , : N ' y, :w.Douglas MacKinnon.‘they can't do any better than starting on this farm.’ in his footsteps.“I'm happy if that's their choice,” he said.In preparation for the farm transfer, Keenan and his sons have spoken only “a little bit" about it but the father has already made an offer which they arc thinking about.FAIR DEAL “I’m offering them a pretty fair deal," Keenan said Farm transfers within families generally follow such a trend, the four dairymen concur, because one generation wants to give the other a break.If personal relations are good, the financial terms of a transfer agreement are usually straightforward enough, say the farmers.What’s important is to keep taxes to a minimum.“The only thing you need plan ning for is to avoid the income tax as far as possible,” Keenan said He explained this is often done by the father selling calves to the son (or daughter! over a five-year period or more, thus taxes would be lower for they would be paid on the value of the calf, which is substantially lower than on a mature heifer.Similar to the transfer of cows is the gradual increase in management duties assumed by the sons.“I feel that they should take more responsibility all the time," MacKinnon said.He points out that some farmers' sons are treated similar to hired hands, and are thus not given the incentive of being responsible for improving the farm.The lack of trust and confidence in one’s son can lead to destructive results.He knows of one case where a farmer in his thirties “can't even spit without asking his dad." CHALLENGING So having good human relations is one of the more challenging aspects of turning over a farm to the younger members of the family.According to the farmers, personality clashes must be avoided during the farm transfer or it threatens the farm itself.Duffy worries new wives of farming sons may not get along with the older farmer, his wife or even their respective parents, this putting a strain on the family situation.Depending on whether the older farmer lives in the same or a separate house on the farmstead, the circumstances could be difficult.Duffy says, “it's better if the father removes himself from the scene.” Enright agrees the proximity can pose problems.“I think sometimes it’s best not to be too close,” he said Keenan suggests difficulties can arise when, on the same farm, the children of two farmers grow up and resentment can develop over which family is working harder.But overall, the four dairy farmers agree that talking with their sons is crucial to the successful transition of the farm from one owner to the next MacKinnon, like the others, plans on helping out at the family farm and he says he ex pects communication to continue to be two-way.DISCUSS RATIONALLY “I’ll still feel free to ask them what their plans are and we'll still be able to discuss things in a logi cal, rational manner," he said.Enright shares the idea that the more the communication the better within a farm family."It's important that everybody share in the discussion,” he said.Duffy, who has not breached the subject of the transfer with his son, does plan on doing so when James returns from a planned farm-exchange trip to New Zealand this year.Even after the transfer is complete, Duffy expects he’ll also keep up with the farm’s progress.Keenan plans on helping his sons also, but will also have more time to spend on his hobby, working with horses.Expressing a sentiment felt by all four, Keenan said “I’ll stay in the country one way or another.” Four Townships dairy farmers appear confident their sons will do what’s necessary to take over the family farm without excluding them from the farm’s continued operation.It’s a pattern which dates back for far more than two generations.Once more with feeling MacKinnon: Long hours and hard work are part of the job for dairy farmers Due to technical difficulties in yesterday’s paper we bring you once again this story on the McKinnon farm.By Johan Hedlund BARNSTON WEST— Producing some 1900 litres of milk every day requires dedication, hard work, and long hours.So what is a day in the life of a dairy farmer like?“As opposed to an office or a factory, you always have to be there, you just can't afford not to come to the barn,” Peter MacKinnon said.The 23-year-old.along with his father Douglas and older brother Angus,25, run theBroadviewdairy farm, which has been churning out milk since the 1840s.Peter gets up shortly after six every morning and follows a set routine which is repeated several times over the course of the day.Long hours are the norm and come with the job.“One of the major drawbacks of dairy farming is the hours and routine of it.” MacKinnon said.ONE OF LARGEST With 630 acres and 200 Holstein cows, the Broadview farm is one of the largest in the region.It is located in the Coaticook area, which has replaced St-Jean as the dairy basin of Quebec.A graduate of the agriculture program at Macdonald College in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue.MacKinnon begins his day by milking and feeding the cows.He says mature cows consume an average of 25 ki ios of dry food each day.The cows are milked twice daily, ideally 12 hours apart.Thus the earlier the cows get milked in the morning, the earlier they can be milked in the evening.Waiting too long before milking them can cause great discomfort to the animals and cause the cow’s udder to become “bloated as large as a basketball,” according to MacKinnon.Apart from an hour for breakfast at 8:30 and feeding the milking cows a second time, the rest of the morning is spent tying up loose ends.This can include virtually anything from maintenance work on the silos to preparing the feed.DEHORNING Recently MacKinnon has been involved with dehorning his calves, a painful but necessary procedure for the animals.Leaving their horns on can cause the cows to become aggressive “not necessarily against people but amongst themselves," he said.To remove the horns, he applies a hot iron to burn them off.He says by the time the horns become three-eighths to half an inch long they must be cut off.As for a lunch break.MacKinnon said he can take an hour and a half off if there is nothing pressing at noon.MacKinnon also registers the farm's calves.On an official registration sheet he writes the names of the heifer's parents along with the date the calf was born.No two cows are alike and they are identified by their rather distinct markings.The left, right, and front markings are all drawn and recorded to facilitate identification of each cows.Two or three times a day MacKinnon makes a deliberate tour of the barn, checking to see if any cows are in heat.Alertness and aggressive behavior are telltale signs of a cow in heat.INSEMINATE When a cow is found to be in heat, a professional inseminator is called in to inseminate the cow with a straw of semen, costing up to $70 per injection.As the cow is only fertile for a period of 16 to 18 hours, there is roughly a 70-per-eent chance of impregnation, MacKinnon said.The MacKinnons keep all the heifers born.but try to sell most of the bulls except for two or three.The cows are periodically given an overall body shave to keep them cooler and cleaner.Around 4 p.m.MacKinnon feeds the cows for the fourth time.After his supper at 5:30 p.m.he and another MacKinnon milk the cows for the second time Each cow is milked for 305 days a year then given a 60-day rest period during the final months of their pregnancy.Cows have the same nine-month gestation period as humans and the average age of a milking cow is four or five years.GOURMET MEAL The cows are fed for the final time at 7 p.m.This is a total mixed-ration as opposed to hay.MacKinnon acknowledged that this is a kind of gourmet meal for the cows ; the others are simply appetizers.At 10 p.m., MacKinnon checks on the cows one last time, particularly to see if any are in heat.Be- cause it is quiet and the cows are calmer, a cow that is agitated is easier to spot.If everything is calm, it's lights out and the end of a long day.Though MacKinnon said he enjoys dairy farming, he added it is easier “if you’re born into it, as opposed to starting new”.Ri fORIMOHN TOU-KFSRUD Peter MacKinnon and one of the 200 Holstein cows kept at his family’s Broadview dairy farm, one of the largest in the region. ?-The RECORD—Thunduy.January 19.I9K9 fl„rTrfag| uecora The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial Open mouth, insert skate There is once again proof that many of those men and women we elect to represent us in the government are morally irresponsible and have no respect in the least for citizens.Quebec Minister Pierre MacDonald is not the only one to blame for his comment — which he will never live down about the “fat damned English ladies" working at Eaton’s department stores.Certainly, MacDonald made an ignorant, stupid and altogether contemptible move in repeating the remark made by other members of the Liberal caucus who said they were sick of going to Eaton’s and having "fat damned English ladies who don't speak a word of French" waiting on them.The fact that the comment didn't originate from him is no excuse for having repeated it at all.If the minister had been a thinking man — and we really can’t make that assumption without any proof, can we?he would have just let the remark drop, ignored it altogether, and hoped no one else would be silly enough to take it out of caucus.However, he was not a thinking man.He went right ahead and told reporters, who can’t really be expected to keep mum when a public figure says something as inept as this.But in this instance, MacDonald can share in the name calling with the other caucus members, those who actually called those women working at Eaton’s, trying to earn a day’s wages by serving the needs of some nice, some not-so-nice customers, every day of the week.The originators of the remark, sheltered from the realities of everyday life by the nice salaries we pay them, should realize the implications of what they said.Theirs was not only an ignorant remark but an insult to the people they serve, most of whom just going about their daily lives hoping for little more than a happy home life, some food on their tables and a room of their own.Whether these members of caucus apologise to the population or not, is now unimportant.An apology would now be worthless considering the injury that insult caused so many of the people who will vote in the next election.If the Quebec Liberal party was skating on thin ice before, it is now on the edge of the cracked ice about to fall into the icy waters, facing the cold angry voters swimming below.And that may be much more interesting to watch than members of Parliament trying to take the proverbial skate out of their mouths.ROSSANA CORIANDOLI Protected zone planned for African Manatees By Michael Roddy ABIDJAN (Reuter) The first protected reserve in Africa for the manatee - the one-tonne, three-metre long underwater cousin of the elephant — is planned by Ivory Coast.The manatees live in lagoons, rivers and coastal areas from Senegal to Angola.Hundreds of the animals, also known as sea cows, inhabit the ocean-front lagoons of Abidjan, Ivory Coast's capital.The West African manatee, which has a wide muzzle and a long, bulbous trunk with two side flippers, looks a bit like a toothless walrus or a sea \ion.The reserve, on an inlet of the llandama River near Abidjan, may be established as soon as March, said Gbande Die.director of Ivory Coast’s Azagny National Park."This will be the first protected zone for manatees in Africa,” Die said in an interview.The reserve will allow scientists to study manatees, which are also found in Florida, the West Indies and the Amazon basin but whose behavior is little known.The experts will also determine how best to protect the animals, which are hunted for their beef-like flesh.Manatees are mammals and had a common ancestor with the elephant 75 million years ago.They have been a protected species in Ivory Coast since it gained independence from France in 1960, but that has not stopped fishermen from poaching them.“It's hard to enforce because the law is just a piece of paper,” Die said.“And it's not just manatees, it’s virtually all wild animals in Ivory Coast that suffer.” Much of the impetus for creating the reserve and protecting manatees arises from work in Ivory Coast of James Powell, a 34-year-old American naturalist from Wildlife Conservation International, an arm of the New York Zoological Society.MERMAID SOUNDS “We should be as concerned about the manatees as we are about the rhinoceros,” Powell said in an interview."Manatees are big, impressive and unique.There is nothing else like them.” Nighttime squeals of manatees are believed to have sparked the mermaid myths and they are associated in West Africa with a spirit called “Mamie Wata.” “They are extremely strong hut they don’t seem to have an aggressive bone in their bodies,” said Powell, who has trapped IS manatees to fit them with radio transmitters so he could track their movements.He was able to work with them without tranquilizing them.Powell said the animals “have an important role in the estuarine environment They are the only large herbivores so they eat off the unwanted vegetation ” He also said that if hunting were regulated they could provide an important source of protein.Powell and officials of Ivory Coast's Ministry of Water and Forests said the key to saving the manatee was learning more about them and educating fishermen.Kouadio Akoi.a ministry education officer who works with Powell, said it was hard to persuade people to give up a source of food, but it could be done.“The fishermen tell us, First you say don’t kill the tortoise, then you say don’t kill the manatee — what are we going to eat?’ “But the disappearance of an animal would be a loss to everybody We have a heritage we have to leave to our children ” Corazon Aquino fails to deliver after ousting Marcos Filipinos had high expectations of President Corazon Aquino when she ousted Ferdinand Marcos — and, in the eyes of many, she has failed to deliver.Now Aquino faces widespread political intrigue and in-fighting.MANILA (CP) — Amando Doronilla sighs when he considers the political turbulence of the Philippines.Weary resignation settles across his lean, high-cheekboned features.“Filipinos spend too much time bashing each other,” asserts the editor-in-chief of the daily Manila Chronicle.His words drip despair.Doronilla pauses to stir his coffee in the sun-drenched cafe of the elegant and historic Manila Hotel.“We really should be building our country right now.It’s time to catch up." The political intrigue and infighting in the Philippines make the leadership problems that Canadian politicians occasionally face look like child’s play It’s deadly serious — stress on deadly.And, perhaps, counter-productive.Doronilla worries about wasted time and energy that could be used to battle the severe economic and social problems facing his country of 58 million people, “I’m very sad about that,” says Doronilla, who lived in Australia fur 10 years to escape martial law in the Philippines.CORY TO POWER Imposed by former president Ferdinand Marcos in 1972, martial law was officially lifted in 1981.But the strong-handed Marcos continued to rule by presidential decree until he was ousted in early 1986 by the People Power Revolution that swept Corazon Aquino to the presidency.“I came back (in 1985) because I had a strong feeling the system could not hold any more,” says Doronilla.He’s beginning to regret the decision.Things haven't changed as much as he’d hoped.Backstabbing and carping are timeless.They spring from disappointed expectations.Filipinos who fought to overthrow Marcos had high hopes for their politically inexperienced new president.Aquino — who’s known simply as Cory throughout the Philippines — was very nearly canonized after Marcos fled the country on Feb.25, 1986.Many Filipinos thought she was the answer to all their problems.But as time passed, they had to face an unwelcome but important fact: Marcos fled, The problems didn’t.Polls in the fall indicated that Aquino’s public approval rating had dropped to about 47 per cent from an overwhelming 78 per cent at the time Marcos was overthrown.Senator Rene Saguisay says it was inevitable: “We are really being expected to do too much too soon.” Soft-voiced and sharp-witted, Saguisay is an Aquino ally who was pressed reluctantly into government service.Like a prisoner, he can tell you — and will tell you — to the day how much longer it is till he can get back to his law practice.An official portrait of Aquino dominates his harbor-area office in Manila.Sitting under it, he reflects on why Filipinos are increasingly unhappy with their president.“Expectations are high, resources are very low and this is really, basically, a heckling society." WHAT’S NEXT?The whispering is incessant in Manila.When will the next coup attempt come?Who will stage it?Will it succeed?How long can Cory last?Who will replace her?Such questions aren’t restricted to the halls of power.Talk to the driver of one of Manila’s rickety cabs.Listen to the passengers crammed like sardines on the gaudy jeepneys (elongated jeeps that serve as minibuses) as they zigzag through the crowded streets.Eavesdrop in a restaurant.“There are people always plotting,” Doronilla says matter-of-factly.“It’s really the fastest-growing cottage industry in the Philippines — politics,” Saguisay says with weak humor."That is one of our weaknesses, our overindulgence in politics.Cory and the rest of us — or most of us — in government are doing our level best under extremely difficult conditions.“The difference is, in other countries the followers are doing their share,” Saguisay adds grimly.“Here at times, you really feel as if you are alone." Anti-Aquino factions are increasingly critical of the slow tempo of government action.They demand solutions to the problems: the troubled economy, government corruption, the fight against the bloody 20-year-old Communist insurgency.The debate surrounding the continued U S.military presence in the Philippines outlines Aquino's dilemma.How can she please?Some want the government to refuse to extend the lease on Subic Bay Naval Base and Clark Air Force Base.The lease for the highly strategic military installations expires in 1991.Others insist that a strong U S.military presence must be maintained.A small faction wants the Philippines to become the 51st American state.Less than two years ago, Aquino could do no wrong.These days, a growing number of Filipinos grumble that life isn’t much better than it was under Marcos.Their grumblings have stirred the fire in the bellies of Aquino’s opponents, AFTER HER JOB "We have no direction," complains Vice-President Salvador (Doy) Laurel, who officially severed long-tenuous ties with Aquino last summer.“We’re like a boat that is neither anchored nor sailing toward any definite destination." Laurel had wanted to run for the presidency in the election that led to the ouster of Marcos.Opposition leaders wanted the vastly more popular Aquino to carry their standard.Laurel bowed to their pressure, but his alliance with Aquino was iffy from the start.Now Laurel is trying to position himself for a run at the presidency when Aquino’s term ends in 1992.The murmurs of dissatisfaction are music to his ears.“Graft and corruption is endemic,” Laurel insists.“It’s never been this bad." Laurel has linked forces with Senator Juan-Ponce Enrile.The smooth-talking, sharply dressed Enrile is a political survivor of mythical proportions.A Marcos cabinet minister, Enrile jumped ship in a move that would prove to be a key to the People Power Revolution.He was appointed Aquino’s defence secretary but was fired in November 1987 for his involvement in an unsuccessful coup attempt.He has since won a seat in the Senate.No longer an ally, Enrile calls Aquino’s leadership weak and inept.“If she was Catherine the Great, Elizabeth I or a Thatcher, maybe things would be better, ’ ’ Enrile speculates.“Unfortunately for the country, she's not." Enrile and Laurel are spent forces, Doronilla insists.But he concedes they have the savvy and the connections to hurt Aquino.Enrile dealt her a serious blow with his allegations of widespread corruption among highly placed members of her administration.His damning finger pointed specifically at members of Aquino's wealthy and influential family, the Cojuangcos.He stopped just short of suggesting Aquino herself is feeding at the public trough.Filipinos still aren’t ready to have Cory’s personal reputation sullied.“I will give her the benefit of the doubt,” says Enrile, a crafty and polished politician.“Maybe like she says, she has a contract with God and she's clean so far.But clean should extend to her house.” IN CONTEXT Saguisay shrugs off the criticisms by Laurel, Enrile and the rest of the government’s opponents."They’re paid to be unhappy," he insists.“That’s the Opposition.These are the noises of democracy.“We have to put this in context.It was a mess that we inherited.You cannot really solve problems of centuries in 1,000 days." Paul Aquino, the president’s chainsmoking brother-in-law, is nonchalant about the rumors.He says there will always be pockets of discontent — especially among the Marcos elite.“There are so many people who lost privilege overnight,” the Manila businessman says.“They’re not going to sit down and do nothing about that.There are just so many saints in the world.” But Paul Aquino doesn’t believe any move to get rid of his sister-in-law will succeed unless it has widespread popular support.He doesn’t foresee another People Power revolution.Doronilla agrees.It isn’t in the cards.People may gripe, but there’s no combustible issue.Filipinos will just have to learn to accept Aquino’s — and her government’s — limitations, he says.Stability, he warns, depends on lower expectations.gRHIER ,* ^feGRClNNATl SW.IW V MM -Q) SmcitMi Air safety board disrupted by power struggle By Alex Binkley OTTAWA (CP) — The federal agency that investigates plane accidents has been wracked by an internal power struggle that has seriously disrupted its job of making air travel safer, say aviation experts.The power struggle within the Canadian Aviation Safety Board has delayed for at least a year its reports on the cause of crashes and what government regulators should do to prevent other tragedies, say airline and government air safety experts At the centre of the struggle is the Gang of Four — not the renegade Chinese leaders but four of the nine cabinet-appointed board members who say they are often blocked from finding out what causes plane crashes.The board relies on its investigators to examine air crashes in Canada and make a report on the cause.The board tries to ensure all questions are answered and then makes the report public.The four dissidents say the reports are often inadequate and they can’t get the investigators to supply the missing information.The other five say the board is doing its job well and has improved steadily since it started operations in October 1984 with a backlog of 700 unfinished accident investigations and a staff shortage.They say the dissidents, three of whom were appointed by the Mulro-ney government, applied for jobs as investigators but were rejected.Now they are trying to run the board and if the evidence provided doesn't suit them, they reject it.Norm Bobbitt, one of the main dissidents, said he started writing memos about problems at the board within two weeks of his 1985 appointment.“The senior management (investigators) wants to treat us as if we were just an advisory board to rubber stamp their accident reports.” But Bruce Pultz, a non-dissident appointed at the same time as Bobbitt, says "at first it was hard to get any answers from the staff.The situation has improved and now they do the best they can to answer our questions.” PREOCCUPIED He said the split within the board probably means many reports are being passed without proper attention because of the preoccupation over accidents such as 1985 crash of an Arrow Air DC-8 at Gander, Nfld., which killed 256 Americans.Bill MacEachern.appointed in 1984 and another non-dissident, said board members should be assessing all the reports prepared by investigators “to make sure they are fair and accurate.” The Gang of Four hit the headlines last year with charges that the board had fumbled the investigation into the Gander crash.Their call for a judicial inquiry was rejected by the government.The final report on Gander released last month said ice on the wings was the most likely causeof the crash.The board said there was no evidence to back the dissidents' claim that a bomb or fire caused the plane to crash seconds after takeoff.There have been plenty of splits over other accident investigations and now the board is divided by a proposal to investigate air traffic control across the country.The four dissidents want an immediate public inquiry while the other members have scheduled seminars with controllers, pilots, airlines and Transport Department officials.After those sessions, the board will decide whether it can recommend improvements or if a full public inquiry is needed.A confidential assessment of the board members prepared for former transport minister John Crosbie says the four dissidents were disruptive and had.’gone to excessive lengths to force their will upon the CASE.Their activities must be stopped." The assessment said the “activities of the (dissidents) are seriously eroding the morale and the credibility of the CASE as an independent safety organization.“The group of four, however, believe they have direct acess to the minister (of transport) and with this alleged power have done considerable damage.” DIFFERENT CONCEPT Les Pilotas, another of the dissidents, says the split “was caused by a different concept of how the board should be run.We have a responsibility to check what goes into reports but we can't get investigators to cooperate.” “If you ask a question, there’s an almost invisible layer of managers and supervisors who are telling the staff how to do their report These managers create an artificial conflict between us and the actual investigators.” The board was set up in 1984 on a recommendation by Mr.Justice Charles Dubin following his investigation into air safety.After complaints from the four dissidents.Crosbie hired Toronto lawyer John Sopinka, who was chief counsel for the Dubin inquiry, to review the board's operation in light of plans to merge it into a larger organization that would investigate all air, rail, marine and pipeline accidents.Sopinka, now a Supreme Court judge, soon found the board had “become fractious to the extent that some of its members are in open conflict with the chairman and there is a rift between members and the accident investigators who view themselves as independent of the board members.” He urged that the proposed new investigative agency have fewer members with clearer authority to establish the board's powers.The legislation to establish the Transport Accident Investigation Board doesn’t go as far as Sopinka urged but it does clarify the authority of the members and the duty of the staff to answer questions. Thi' KEi'OKl)—ThursdHy, January IM, l!»89—5 Farm and Business —____ icecura O’Keefe buyout behind Nordiques sale?By The Canadian Press Molson Ltd.is poised to swallow rival brewing giant Carling O'Keefe, giving the company more than half the Canadian beer market, a published report says.Le Journal de Montreal, quoting anonymous sources, said the merger would be announced today at a joint Molson-Carling O'Keefe news conference in Toronto.A pending merger was also reported by Kadio-Canada.Le Journal said the deal was struck Tuesday and was several months in the making.It said the deal was the reason behind the sale late last year of the Quebec Nordiques hockey team.National Hockey League rules prohibit two teams being owned by the same person or company.Molson owns the Montreal Canadiens.Industry observers have suggested that Molson and rival brewery John Labatt Ltd.may divide Carling's assets, the Financial Post reported today.The sale of Carling O’Keefe to Molson would give the company another 22 per cent of the Canadian beer market, bringing its total market share to 53 per cent.Labatt’s brews 42 per cent of the beer drunk by Canadians.Trading in Molson shares was halted just before 4 p.m.Tuesday and officials of Molson and Carling were unavailable for comment.Carling, the leading beer maker in Quebec, produces Black Label and Old Vienna beers and has the Canadian rights to brew Miller, one of the leading brands in the United States.FUELS SPECULATION Speculation of a merger was fuelled by a Supreme Court of On- tario decision ordering Carling and its parent, Australian-based Elders IXL Ltd., to pay nearly $34 million to buy out its preferred sha reholders within the next two months.Carling and Elders, the conglomerate that took over the Toronto-based brewery 18 months ago, violated one of the fundamental principles of corporate law by handling Carling as though it were a private company when it still had other shareholders, three judges said this week.In that way, Carling directors failed to act for the benefit of the company as a whole, said the judges in overturning an earlier ruling.Carling was challenged by a group of shareholders who have A and B preferred shares with original purchase values of $53 and $52.50.Carling O'Keefe offered to redeem the preferred shares in 1987.But the class A holders rejected the company bid of $33.50 a share and the B holders rejected a $40 offer A group of institutional investors later went to court asking either that the Elders takeover be rev er sed, or that Carling O’Keefe be forced to redeem the preferred stock at full price.The preferred shareholders claimed they were being oppressed be cause the Elders takeover was a leveraged deal that saddled Carling O’Keefe with $400 million in debt.That, in turn, might affect Carling O'Keefes ability to pay the $2 million in annual dividends owed on the preferreds, the «nstitu lions claimed, The court ruled against the insti tutions, which later annealed Canadians buying milk in U.S.— Farmers By Murray Oxby TORONTO (CP) — Canadians who slip across the U.S.border to buy cheap gas are also buying milk at discount prices — costing the country’s dairy industry millions of dollars, farmers say.People shouldn't be allowed to import milk unless they have been in the United States at least 48 hours, the Dairy Farmers of Canada say in a policy presented Wednesday at the group's annual convention.But British Columbia producers say customs officials aren’t even enforcing existing regulations.In a study conducted two years ago, B.C.producers estimated they lose $50 million to $70 million a year in sales at the retail level.Although dairy products have import controls, individuals are allowed to bring in up to $20 worth of dairy products at a time.The products are subject to a ITVi-per-cent tariff.Milk is 20- to 30-per-cent cheaper in the United States, after the exchange is calculated.But customs officials seem to be ignoring the limit, let alone collecting the duty, John Van Dongen, director of the B.C.Federation of Dairymen's Associations, said in an interview Wednesday.“It seems to be standard policy when it comes to milk not to do anything.’’ A small dairy industry has sprung up near the border in Washington state just to serve Canadians, SELLING MILK Gas stations have installed dairy cases and at least two farmers are selling milk from their property, said Van Dongen, a dairy farmer in Matsqui, 50 kilometres east of Vancouver.Imports are also becoming a pro-blem in border areas of New Brunswick and Ontario, especially Sault Ste.Marie, dairy farmers say.No countrywide figures are available but the federal departments of agriculture and revenue are conducting a survey.B.C.dairy farmers have discovered Canadian restaurants and caterers serving American milk and corner stores selling foreign brands — indicating that quantities worth much more than $20 are being imported at a time, he said.The federal government has told the Dairy Farmers of Canada that customs officers will not collect the duty unless it totals more than a couple of dollars, said Jayne Huntley, the group’s assistant execu- tive director.Spending the money in Canada would benefit the dairy industry and the companies from which farmers, processors and retailers buy goods and services.Van Dongen said.He also noted that the United States doesn't allow any milk imports.A 48-hour restriction would reflect the intent of the $20-exception to the import controls, which is to allow people on trips to bring back treats such as cheese, Huntley said.The Dairy Farmers of Canada has proposed that the provinces offer gas stations near the border a tax rebate to allow them to compete with U.S.stations.“They (shoppers) don’t go down for the milk alone, they’re going down for gas,” Van Dongen said.Banks wary of American Express services OTTAWA (CP) — The federal banking watchdog has the power to review a licence granted to the credit-card giant American Express and hold public hearings if necessary, says an official in the agency.André Brossard, of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, said there is nothing unusual in the way the company is proposing to set up banking services.A formal licence request must still be approved by cabinet.One Canadian bank has already expressed public concern about the pending cabinet decision.The banks fear that American Express’s network of travel and credit card services, including traveller’s cheques, gives the new bank an unfair competitive advantage.Canadian banks are limited by the federal government in the services they can provide.Cedric Ritchie, chairman of the Bank of Nova Scotia, told shareholders in Halifax on Tuesday that Canadian banks are not allowed in the travel business, nor permitted to market merchandise through credit cards.“We are not against competition from American Express,” Ritchie said “But we must protest special treatment for American Express, or for any other corporation which through action, or inaction of legislators, is granted a competitive advantage.” CABINET APPROVES The federal cabinet has allowed American Express to acquire a numbered company held in trust by a Toronto law firm.The numbe- red company, 156792 Canada Ltd., is owned by American Express and was used to apply for a banking licence.Cabinet approval means American Express can convert the numbered company into a proposed bank.Cabinet has approved a formal petition to the government for a licence to establish a bank in Canada.Brossard said cabinet was guided in its decision by Bank Act criteria on what constitutes a foreign bank.American Express qualifies, for example, if it controls a corporation that is a foreign bank or is an affiliation of a corporation that is a foreign bank.Brossard said cabinet has discretionary powers to interpret the criteria, adding that one could ar- gue American Express fulfilled at least one of the criteria.The firm is known mainly as a credit-card operation, but it also operates a U.S bank in Delaware and has a separate division that operates a bank in Europe.Brossard said that if there is an objection to the licence, the government’s financial institutions superintendent will review it and decide if public hearings are war ranted.Finance Minister Michael Wilson was in Washington on Tuesday and not available to comment on the bank’s concerns.Pierre Cessais, a department spokesman, said Wilson probably wouldn't respond until any objections are formally filed with the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions.Business briefs SHERBROOKE — The Magog branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was judged the best of the bank's network of branches outside large centres in Quebec thanks to its business development, quality of service and general management in 1988.Branch manager Guy Lemire was honored during Club d’Excel-lence, a program to recognize such efforts.The program was set up by the first vice-president of the CIBC, André Petit, and is geared to honor excellence among the bank’s Quebec branches.The Magog branch placed first among the 90 Quebec branches located outside major centres.The CIBC has assets of more than $94.6 billion, has 36,000 fulltime and 10,000 part-time employees in about 1600 branches, offices, agencies and subsidiaries in Canada and in 24 other countries.MONTREAL (CP) — Imasco Ltd.has sold 85 of its U.S.drugstores and has put another 240 in the United States up for sale, in a bid to reverse the losses of its Peoples Drug Stores subsidiary.Imasco also announced Wednesday it will take a $110-million loss in the fourth quarter of 1988 in writing down the value of the 325 drug stores being sold, plus the expected loss on their operations.Peoples, based in Alexandria.Va., has an agreement to sell its 85-outlet Reed Drug Stores division of Atlanta, Ga., to Big B Inc.of Birmingham, Ala., for about $60 million Cdn.Peoples will also sell about 240 more stores located principally in Indiana and Ohio.TORONTO (CP) — The Consumers' Association of Canada fears a proposed study by a federal regu- lating body could lead to higher telephone bills.The association has asked the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commissions to hold a public hearing on its plans for a study of rules governing resale and sharing of private telephone lines.The association said the study could be the first step toward competition in long-distance services.And more competition could force companies to raise local phone rates to offset drops in longdistance revenue, a recent study suggested.The CRTC will study rules on resale and sharing of private lines.Private lines, for example, are those hooked up within a company.Under current rules, those lines can’t be used to compete with telephone companies in the provision of long-distance services."THE ASSOCIATES" Professional Services for Individuals & Businesses We SetHe Estates Estate and Income Tan Planning 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establish minimum prices for U.S.apples sold in Canada.WASHINGTON (CP) - American hog producers say a revised U.S.penalty duty on imported Canadian hogs is too low and they may appeal the decision.Doyle Talkington of the National Pork Producers Council said Wednesday the U.S.group disagrees with the method used by the Commerce Department to calculate the new duty.“We’re trying to determine whether we want to appeal,” Talkington added.The Commerce Department has cut the duty to 2.2 cents Cdn a poundlabout five cents a kilogram) from 4.4 cents a pound.The reduction followed a review that showed Canadian subsidies to hog farmers fell sharply after the duty was imposed four years ago.(MALLETTE, BENOIT, BOULANGER, RONDEAU Integral part of Le Groupe Mallette Pierre Robert, C.A., Partner and Consultant Claude Charest, C.A., Partner, Tax Group Terry Hankins, C.A., Tax Group Alain Létourneau, C.A., Audit Group Canadian representation: Ward Mallette & Associates, C.A Worldwide representation: Binder Di|ker Otte & Co.We go beyond the numbers, lo talk business.2727 King West, room 300 SHERBROOKE - JH 1C2 Le biüupe Mallelfe 564-1757 Banks don’t want staff to explain deposit insurance CALGARY (CP) — Spokesmen for banks and trust companies say they are frustrated by a ban restricting their employees from discussing deposit insurance w ith customers “It strikes us as odd that at the most logical place where questions about deposit insu ranee arise — meaning the point of sale — our members aren’t allowed to talk about it," said Randall Chan, Canadian Bankers' Association spokesman.Instead, customers are handed a Canada Deposit Insurance Corp, brochure, explaining insurance coverage.The eight-month-old prohibition against the banks and trust companies — actually a stricter interpretation of existing law — is designed to muzzle salesmen who might lead clients into mistakenly thinking their investments are insured.The ban follows revelations that salesmen for the collapsed Principal Group often operated out of offices of Principal Trust, whose deposits were insured by the corporation, but sold investment products in the names of subsidiaries that were not.The corporation established a phone service this week as part of a $3.5-million publicity campaign aimed at erasing much of the apparent confusion about its role and the extent of its insurance coverage.It will also be showing television commercials and mailing brochures to 10 million households, warning Canadians that not all their savings are insured.LIMIT IS $61),(HK) Generally, only the first $60,(KM) in each account, and only deposits at the CDIC’s 156 member institutions, are covered.Woodsmen, together at Macdonald’s Woodsmen Competition — January 28th Winter is here again and everyone is anxiously awaiting the exciting Macdonald’s Woodsmen Competition.Come and enjoy exciting lum berjack, farming and outdoor entertainment.There will be 35 teams, including 200 high calibre woodsmen and women competitors in 15 events.These teams come from as far east as Nova Scotia and as far west as Alberta.Competitors from the Northern United States and many other Canadian Provinces will also be there.Put Macdonald Woodsmen Competition in your winter plans and see pole climbing, speed chop ping, the snow shoe race and water boil.These events involve speed, axes, saws and yes.women.Some of the women’s teams are just as strong as the men’s.Last year Macdonald women beat 14 men’s teams in one contest.It will be fun to watch the pole climbing event to see competitors scale a 35-foot pole and ring a bell at the top in 2.7 seconds or less.And you will be overwhelmed by the speed and accuracy in the 2—man speed—chopping events.Here Employees at financial institutions are banned from issuing the same warning.John Evans, president of the Trust Companies Association of Canada, argues that banning all financial institutions from revealing whether they offer corporation insurance is no solution Since the ban was imposed, Evans said Canadians have been "more or less on their own" in learning whether their savings are insured “It's rather silly that when someone's asks about deposit insurance, alt we can do is smile at them and hand over a brochure," Evans said in a phone interview Tuesday from Toronto.“We’ve complained bitterly about it “ Evans said both associations have received a sympathetic car from the corporation in their call for an end to the ban and for tougher penalties for unscrupulous salesmen But that can’t happen until the law is changed.Corporation officials say they field about 1,000 phone calls a month from Canadians dialing at their own expense to ask about deposit insurance.Now there are seven employees available from 8:30 a m.lo 5:30 p.m.EST, Monday through Friday, to handle inquiries on a toll-free line: 1-800-267-1999.Callers are told that although most deposits at banks and trust companies are covered, exceptions include U.S.dollar accounts, deposits with terms longer than five years, debentures issued by chartered banks, bonds and debentures issued by governments and corporations, treasury bills and investments in mortgages, stocks and mutual funds.___ ¦ - - .- -1 women get MacDonald competitors will stand on a log of wood and try to cut a V with an axe on one side, then turn around and cut through the other side.Anticipation will heat up in the water—boil competition.Participants must split a bolt of wood into small pieces, then start a fire using no more than 3 matches to boil soapy water.Carrying these out under sub—zero conditions, in record time is a challenge.The annual Woodsmen Competition will be held at Macdonald College Campus in Ste Anne de Bellevue.The events will take place between 8a.m.and 5 p.m., Saturday, Jan.28.The public is also welcomed to participate in the awards presentation scheduled to start around 8 p.m.and a beer bash and dance immediately following.There will be a minimal charge at the door and you are required to pay for your drinks.A word of warning : The competition provides fun for all, especially children.However, for the safety of your family, pets are not allowed and children must be supervised.For further information, telephone Bill Ellyett 398—7789 Director, Department of Athletics.John Watson 457—9251 Woodsmen Athletic Coach LEASING 304S ¦¦ plus tax No.5633 89 Chevrolet Corsica /-7/ Based on a 48-month Brouillard AUTOMOBILE LIFE 2700 King St.West, Sherbrooke.QC 569-9941 Original microfilmed at varying intensities because the text printed on greyish colour background ft—The RECORD—Thursday.January 19, 1989 ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦ JÊKM BEST WISHES TO THE AUSTIN CARNIVAL ® HITACHI ROY RADIO T.V.744 Principale St.W.Magog P.Q.Tel: 819-843*2828 Where Quality & Service come first_ Pf “i.' /• “• - : • ' * mÊKÊÊOÊÊÊÊÊ LA CANTINE D'AUSTIN AUSTIN VILLAGE Light and full course meals Open 7 days per week Gabrielle & Gaby Village center 843-5432 hbmmmmmbmmmmmmh HÎMcké Amlin 9kc.Grocery — Beer — Wine Gasoline Post Office 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mother Mrs.Margaret Hover.Vera was a dinner guest at the Laroche-Fowler home on New Year’s.Donald and Lillian Laroche with Omer and Reta Drouin of Rock Forest attended the New Year’s Eve dance and lunch at the A.N.A.F in Lennoxville.Deanna Fowler entertained her friends Andrea Eastman of High Forest Road, Angela Thompson and Sharon French to supper and an exchange of gifts.Mr.and Mrs.Billy Buck and Home Improvement CLAUDE ROBERT RENOVATION All types of repairs, interior or exterior.Reasonable rates on vinyl siding and windows Call (819) 875-5117.MOULTON HILL PAINTERS — Registered licensed, class A painters.Also wallpapering, commercial and residential spraying, apoxy paint, spray gun, gyproc joints.By the hour or contract (in or out of town) Free estimates.Call (819) 563-8983 or 567-6585.The Militia Reserve your future Work part-time, earn extra and get experience from professionals: the Reserve of the Canadian Armed Forces! daughter Cheryl of Georgetown, Ont., Mr.and Mrs.RonaldTrottier and Phyllis Buck, all of LaSalle were guests over the Christmas holidays of their parents Mr.and Mrs.George Buck Vale Perkins O.Jane Jewett 292-5245 Mrs Ethel George recently visited hercousin Mrs.Esther Magoon Cleland who is now residing in the Robinson Home for retired teachers in Cowansville.Ms.Jocelyn George, Kitchener, Ont., Mr.and Mrs.Hugh George, Brockville, Ont.were visitors of their family and friends during the holiday season.Ken, Adelaine and Kelvin Magoon, London, Ont,, and Elsie Magoon, Scarborough, Ont., were Christmas visitors of Mr.and Mrs.Victor Magoon.Mr.and Mrs.Tom Frey, Agassiz, B.C.with Alexander Frey spent the holiday season with Maurice and Mary Jewett and family.Holiday visitors in the new year of Mr.and Mrs.Fred Jersey and Rolland were Joseph and Hilda Schuitboer and family of Hammond, Ont.Mr.and Mrs, John Jewett and family travelled from Blind River, Ont., to spend their holidays with Mr.and Mrs.Howard Jewett.Bruce Jones, Aylmer, Que., Mary Jones, Ottawa, Karen Jones, Granby and David from Dartmouth, N.S., spent their Christmas vacation with their parents Danny and Kay Jones.Danny is recovering from a serious farm acci- dent He has returned to the St Vincent de Paul Hospital in Sher brooke.Get-well wishes, Danny from all your friends and neighbours at the Vale.Bishopton Mrs.Cyril E.Rolfe 884-5458 Mrs.Vera Willard spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with Mr.and Mrs.Stuart Main.Mr.and Mrs.G McGillivray of Mississauga were guests of Mrs.Vera Willard for several days in the week following Christmas Day.Callers at the home of Mr.and Mrs.Roy Harrison have been Mr.and Mrs.Randy Hartwell and sons of Sawyerville, Mr.and Mrs.Winston Fraser and family, Ste.The-rese, Major Ronald Harrison and Mrs.Harrison of Greenwood, N.S.and Mr.and Mrs.Denis Martel, Eric and Sandra of Gatineau.Mr.and Mrs.Gordon Clarke were guests on Christmas day of Mrs.Glenna Maynard in Lennoxville.Miss Christine Letner of Lennoxville spent a few days as guest of Miss Irene Harrison.Mr.Jim Mayhew of Calgary, Alta., was a supper guest of Mr.and Mrs.Gordon Clarke.He also visited his father Mr.Bob Mayhew and Mrs.Mayhew in Ayer’s Cliff while here to attend the funeral of his uncle Mr.Tom Parsons, Beaver Ridge Farms, Bury.88 Bus ness Opportunities Business Opportunities It’s youi choice, your future.Foi mote information, contact The Sherbrooke Hussars 315 Williams Street Sherbrooke.Quebec J1H4E8 564-4252 ARE YOU LOOKING FOR: * An opportunity to start your own Business * A change of Vocation * A new line of Merchandise to add to your existing retail business * A Business which could be operated in your own home (in some areas) DO YOU HAVE: * Ambition and Sales ability * Funds for a Minimum investment IF SO: Tandy Leather Company, Canada's largest leathercraft supplier would like to discuss the possibility of you representing us as our retail dealer for leather and leathercraft supplies in Sherbrooke.DON’T DELAY CALL OR WRITE TODAY TO: #1-#19 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REJECT OR EDIT AMY ADVERTISEMENT.i Th«> KECOKIV—Thursday.January I», J* Thursday, Jan.19, 1999 ^Your birthday Jan.19,1989 You could be extremely fortunate in the year ahead by putting new twists on flagging enterprises.This could turn ventures you were thinking of writing off into something profitable CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) Try to jo all within your power today to assure that harmony prevails in situations directly affecting you and your mate Be cooperative, not demanding.Trying to patch up a broken romance?The Astro-Graph Matchmaker can help you to understand what to do to make the relationship work.Mail $2 to Matchmaker, P.0 Box 91428, Cleveland, OH 44101-3428 AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Fab.19) You may be tempted today to shift certain responsibilities to ineffective subordinates because they'll interfere with other plans you're considering.This could make a bigger mess.PISCES (Fab.20-March 20) If you re planning something social today, be sure that the people on your guest list are compatible with one another A disgruntled participant could spoil everyone’s fun.ARIES (March 21-April 19) Even people who are extremely fond of you won't be too tolerant today if they feel you're asking more of them than you should.Keep your requests reasonable TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Avoid the company of an acquaintance today who has a talent for putting a damper on your hot ideas Seek out friends who are boosters and who can help build on your thoughts.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) An individual who knows it’s difficult for you to refuse might try to impose upon you again today in some material manner.This may give you an opening to remind this person of past obligations.CANCER (June 21-July 22) Self-doubts could make it difficult for you today to make speedy decisions.Sometimes it's just as self-defeating to be overly cautious as it is to be too rash.LEO (July 23-Aug.22) Nothing will be gained at this time by further postponing an unappealing responsibility that needs attending to now.Do what is expected of you.VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) A person who shares a mutual resentment with you might be at an activity you'll attend today Do your best to be civil at least until it is over.LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.23) There’s a chance you might become too easily discouraged today if your first attempts at what you hope to achieve fall short.Instead of quitting, regroup and try again.SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) Do not take it as a personal affront today if everyone is not in accord with your ideas or suggestions.You may be the one who is marching to the beat of a different drummer.SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) There are Indications that you might be a bit more extravagant than usual today, especially when shopping in stores that have expensive merchandise Be careful.(?) t»l» newspaper enterprise ASSN ASTRO-GRAPH BERNICE BEDE OSOL Thursday, Jan.19, 1989 NORTH 11»»» ?A 8 VK 9 7 4 3 ?8 ?A Q 10 7 2 WEST ?10 2 VQ 10 8 ?J 5 3 ?K J 9 6 4 EAST ?J 9 3 V A 5 2 ?A Q 10 9 7 ?53 SOl'TH ?KQ 7 6 5 4 ?J 6 ?K 6 4 2 ?8 Vulnerable North-South Dealer: North West North East South 1 V 2 ?24 Pass 34 Pass 4 ?Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: ?3 Educated footwork By James Jacoby Favorable vulnerability encouraged East to bid two diamonds That crowded the bidding just enough so that North was constrained to raise partner's two-spade bid with only a doubleton.The contract was reasonable but required a little bit of educated footwork from Denmark's Stig Werdelin when he played this hand at the World Team Olympiad in Venice last October East won the ace of diamonds and shifted to a trump.The ace won in dummy and declarer turned up his nose at the club finesse.For one thing, it might not work.For another, trying the club finesse would botch his communication for ruffing a diamond.So he played ace of clubs and ruffed a club, ruffed a low diamond and ruffed another club as East discarded a heart He now played K-Q of spades, throwing hearts from dummy Then he played his last spade, throwing a club from dummy and waited for East to discard If East let go a diamond, declarer would play king and a diamond, and East would have to play away from the ace of hearts If East threw another heart, declarer would simply duck a heart all around The play was logical, since it was quite unlikely that East would overcall two diamonds on only a five-card suit without the heart ace BRIDGE JAMES JACOBY Danville Eleanor Besmargtan 839-2193 Mr.and Mrs.James Belknap and daughter Robyn of Stanstead were Christmas guests of Norman and Verian Brown.They were joined at New Year’s by Mr.and Mrs.Eric White and son Jeffrey of Os-hawa.Christmas guests at the home of Evelyn and Milton Leet were their daughter Cheryl, their son and daughter-in-law, Christopher and Faye, all from Brampton, also Jennifer and Michael Plante, and Dennis and Debbie Noble, all of Richmond.Evelyn's mother, Mrs.Violet Davidson from The Wales Home joined the family for Christmas.Holiday visitors at the home of Carl and Brenda Horan were Terry and Anne-Marie Graham of Montreal with their sons Jean Francois and Sean.Christmas guests of Marion and Allan Sutherland were their daughter Catherine, Allan’s brother Jim and Marion’s sister Margaret.Evelyn and Milton spent New Year’s weekend with Evelyn’s brother and sister-in-law Frank and Barbara Davidson in Shelburne, Ontario.Afternoon tea guests during the holidays of Norman and Verian Brown were Mr.and Mrs.Stanley Brown of Sherbrooke.Mrs.Vivian Cox of Lennoxville and Clarence Huff of Compton.Crossword POOR OlAF .Hi vPA;-FROBABL'i 50 iNMJlTET 1 T 5cUt:VE: [ AlTUALLN iNVi^Ef NV' OWN 5K0THER TO As i.cO POc lONTE5T,, GRIZZWEI I S® In Hill Schorr Yfhat did Isaac Newton discover when dn dpple fell and hithiraonlhe \Y I NTH HOP® by Dick Cavnlli /-VslD I S*AID "TCJAVYMO\A " GOOD MORN INGj, SWEEF MOTHER of M INI E i .WHEN I GOT UP THIS MORNING, I RUT ON A P>IG SMILE.AND THE NEXT THING I KNEW WE WERE AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE.BORN LOSER® bv Art Sansom HOOVB CVT I Ht WRTUC WUiWBEE,AUP I HOPt 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