The record, 17 février 1989, vendredi 17 février 1989

Weekend In Townships Week, a couple with a high-society and world-travelled background gave it all up to renovate an 80-year-old country inn, now open for business.Read about the Auberge du Joli Vent in Foster, Brome Lake.Births, deaths.11 Classified.8-9 Comics .10 Editorial .4 Farm & Business .7 Living.6 Sports .12-13 Townships .3 Inside Is Lennoxville planning to pass heritage laws?See story on page 3.Bemie Epps traces the founding of Cowansville, story on page 5.In sports, Scott David Harri son portrays University of Sherbrooke sprinter Nathalie Robitaille as one who runs for fun.See page 13.Bourassa says Filmon’s policy’s ‘anti-Quebec’ By Peter Lowrey QUEBEC (CP) — Premier Robert Bourassa accused Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon on Thursday of damaging national unity by following an “anti-Quebec policy” on the Meech Lake constitutional accord.He repeated that he is still confident the accord, which has been ratified by the federal government and all provinces except Manitoba and New Brunswick, will be adopted.“It’s sad as a Canadian to see that the Manitoba premier is becoming more popular in his province by following an anti-Quebec policy,” Bourassa told a news conference.“I don’t think this is healthy for national unity but I hope that common sense will prevail.” Bourassa also said he can’t understand why New Brunswick wants to reopen Meech Lake to include issues such as minority rights guarantees.Once Meech Lake is adopted, certain constitutional amendments will require the approval of only seven provinces representing 50 per cent of the population instead of all 10 provinces, as is now the case.‘IT’S A MYSTERY’ “I hope New Brunswick will ratify because the amendments it is suggesting could be adopted with seven provinces,” he said."It’s a mystery to me that those who are seeking amendments needing seven provinces are seeking 10 provinces to apply those amendments now.” The Meech Lake accord would recognize Quebec as a ‘ ‘distinct society” and give more powers to the provinces in areas such as naming judges to the Supreme Court of Canada.It was negotiated after Quebec refused to sign the 1982 constitutional agreement that patriated the Constitution from Britain and added a Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Filmon withdrew his province’s legislation approving the accord in December because he said amendments to the Quebec language law which prohibits the use of languages other than French on out- door commercial signs was not in the spirit of Meech Lake.Bourassa still must present new regulations under the language legislation to spell out how the law will be applied, but he suggested on Thursday that large department stores will be restricted in their posting of bilingual inside signs.In December, the government suggested stores of all sizes would be able to post unlimited bilingual signs inside as long as French was predominant.NOT ALLOWED However, published reports have suggested the regulations will only allow bilingual directional signs inside large stores but ban such bilingual signs as those advertising sales.“For large department stores, since those companies have a lot of ways to reach their customers, we want to be more vigilant, it will be much more limited in those places.” Bourassa said the government was considering allowing bilingual signs on ski hills.However, highway signs will still have to be French only or pictographs, he said.Quebec’s language problem exploded anew in December when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the section of the provincial language charter which requires commercial signs to be in French only was contrary to the Quebec Charter of Rights.The Quebec legislature quickly passed the amendments, which overrode guarantees of freedom of expression in the federal and provincial charters of rights.Mulroney: Meech Lake is a closed deal By Gord McIntosh OTTAWA (CP) — The Meech Lake accord is a closed deal as far as Ottawa is concerned and it’s too late to change it, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said Thursday.But the two provinces that haven't yet ratificied the accord — Manitoba and New Brunswick — said they will push for changes in the accord when the 11 first ministers meet Feb.27.Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon told a news conference in Winnipeg that his government won't ratify Meech Lake until it has assurances the Charter of Rights and Freedoms won’t be overriden again.He was referring to the so-called notwithstanding clause in the 1982 Constitution.It allows provincial legislation to override the charter, and Quebec used it in December to enact a language law banning languages other than French from outdoor signs.Aldea Landry, New Brunswick's minister of intergovernmental affairs, said earlier in the day the province still plans to Ottawa on Feb.27 with a list of concerns about Meech Lake.The two provinces were reacting to a letter Mulroney sent to the 10 premiers Feb.10 in which he said reopening Meech now would risk the entire accord and further constitutional negotiations.Mulroney, speaking to reporters after a luncheon meeting with Ontario Tremier David Pe terson at 24 Sussex Drive, stepped up the federal position Thursday.The letter had seemed to hold out a thread of hope for any premier who thinks he can get the required unanimous approval of the other 10 first ministers to reopen the accord."The burden of proof must lie with those who claim they could reconstruct unanimous support for an improved accord,” it said.But, with Peterson beside him, Mulroney knocked down any such hope."As far as I am concerned the Meech Lake accord is done,” Mulroney said."It is my hope and expectation it will be endorsed by all provinces.” The Meech Lake accord was reached in principle in June 1987 and must be ratified by June 1990.It recognizes Quebec as a distinct society and grants additional powers to the provinces, but critics say it is seriously flawed.Peterson agreed with Mulroney."It is my view .that Meech Lake has to proceed.That is the precursor to any future action.We have to bring Quebec into full partnership in Confederation.” Filmon said he regarded Mulroney's letter as a bargaining ploy aimed at the two dissenting provinces, and it won’t work."He begins by stating a very emphatic position on one side,” said Filmon."I take that as sort of his opening salvo in the discus-sion." Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Friday, February 17,1989 SO centd Man claims he was paid to set Alliance fire MONTREAL (CP) — Detectives are investigating a claim by an anonymous telephone caller that he was paid $20,000 to set fire to the offices of Alliance Quebec in December, police said today.The man called reporter Claude Poirier of radio station CKVL on Monday and then sent him a letter which provided more details about his claim to have set the blaze at the province's largest English rights lobby group on Dec.30."We are following this new lead, but we’re not revealing any speci- fic information,” Const.Marcel Allard.a Montreal police spokes man.said today.“We are being very cautious in this matter." The man who called Poirier has not identified himself and has not said who paid him the money, said the reporter.The man sounds “a little unstable” but he seems to know a fair amount about the fire, said Poirier, adding that the man told him that he needed the money to pay off some debts.Tn addition tho caller said he is the unidentified individual in a videotape made by Quebec provincial police on the day of the fire.As language tensions mounted in the province during the weeks before the fire, provincial police installed a hidden camera as a sur veillance measure in the lobby of the downtown building where Alliance had its office Police have been able to track down all the individuals on the video tape except for a light-haired male shown for a few seconds as he quickly passed through the lobby.J ust one week before the fire, the Quebec government had passed a new bill which maintained a ban on English signs on the front of businesses.The law was in response to a Dec.15 decision by the Supreme Court of Canada that declared the previous provincial sign law unconstitutional.Fire investigators had closed the case Feb.8, saying they had no suspects but they are now following the new lead they received from Poirier Welcome aboard Station 41 Sherbrooke mayor Jean-Paul Pelletier officially cuts the ceremonial ribbon opening the brand new Station 4 to provide fire and emergency services for the east end of the city and Fleurimont.r* RECORD/JOHN TOI I EFSRUD Surrounding Pelletier are director of fire protection Jacques Denault, Fleurimont mayor Julien Du-charmes and Ascot County mayor Robert Pouliot.For more on this story turn the page.Levesque’s wives head to court MONTREAL (CP) — Rene Levesque’s first wife is suing his second.Louise L’Heureux-Levesque claims that the former Quebec premier, who died of a heart attack Nov.1, 1987, failed to draw up a $60,000 life-insurance policy naming her as the beneficiary.Her Quebec Superior Court suit claims the life insurance policy was part of the couple’s 1978 agreement to divorce, according to which Levesque was to pay all premiums required to keep the policy in force.But L’Heureux-Levesque’s lawyer, Gabriel Lapointe, told Mr.Justice Ivan Bisaillon Thursday that for reasons that are unclear, the former premier neglected to keep his part of the deal.Levesque’s first wife was awarded $27,800 in annual alimony, but Lapointe said there was no record of any insurance policy made out in her name.Following his second marriage — to his former secretary Corinne Cote-Levesque on April 12, 1979, — the premier took out a $50,000 policy, with his new wife as the beneficiary.Lapointe argued that Levesque failed to respect conditions on a written contract and his client deserved to be paid.Michel Jette, who represents Cote-Levesque, said the ill-fated insurance agreement formed part of the alimony pact and as such, disolved with Levesque’s death.Jette argued that Levesque’s estate — Cote-Levesque is named as executor — should not be assessed for conditions set out in a divorce.Lockerbie bomb hidden in radio-cassette deck LOCKERBIE, Scotland (AP-CP) — A radio-cassette player held the bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103, but the identity of the bomber still isn’t known, the top investigator of the bombing said Thursday.Investigators believe the explosive that shattered the Boeing 747 on Dec.21 was placed aboard the aircraft in Frankfurt, West Germany where the flight began, said detective Chief Superintendent John Orr.It apparently had been put on the aircraft as checked baggage.“New positive lines of inquiry are unfolding,” he told a news conference in this southwestern Scottish town where the jumbo jet crashed, killing all 259 people aboard, and 11 on the ground.“While there is insufficient evidence at this stage to establish the identity of the person or group responsible for this dreadful crime, the progress made and the evidence obtained has been substan- tial," Orr said.Asked whether the investigation would point to a specific country, he said: “It may.” On Feb.8, the Jerusalem Post reported the bomb that destroyed the jet was hidden in a radiocassette recorder and was traced to Frankfurt.MONTREAL (CP) — A top-level meeting on international aviation security agreed Thursday to try to stiffen security worldwide in the wake of the bombing of a Pan Am jetliner over Scotland in December.Delegates to a council meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization endorsed a resolution aimed at stopping terrorist sabotage of commercial airlines with improved detection and inspection procedures."The effort taken here today will DENY INVOLVEMENT That report quoted unidentified investigators as saying the device was similar, but not identical, to one found earlier in the possession of members of Ahmed Jibril’s radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command.The group has denied ensure air travel will be safer for all of us in the future,” said Samuel Skinner, U S.secretary of transportation.The resolution calls for various ICAO working groups to examine security and screening issues and then make recommendations to the council, which then would have to decide whether to create new standards for ICAO’s member countries.Skinner said work will begin immediately and he hopes at least some recommendations will be be- involvement.Orr said the brand name of the radio-cassette player had not been established and would not say whether it was a pocket-sized device or a larger model.Nor did he say whether investigators had located the detonator.fore the council by late spring or early summer.“There’s no point in having a meeting unless you see urgent action following it,” added Paul Channon, Britain’s secretary of state for transport.The need for increased security was dramatically underscored earlier Thursday when Britian announced to the meeting that the Pan Am Boeing 747 was blown up by a bomb hidden in a radiocassette player ICAO calls for tighter air security rules ‘Mr.Bourget is the ideal candidate to help us’ — Ste Foy Mayor Bourget asked to head ‘worst police department’ By Donald McKenzie STE-FOY (CP) — Roland Bourget.who resigned as Montreal police director after being refused a $90,000 pay increase, could soon be back in the public eye as head of the much-scorned and much smaller Ste-Foy police department.Andree Boucher, mayor of the well-to-do Quebec City suburb, says she asked Bourget this week to apply for the *85,000-a-year job."After being catalogued as the worst police department, we must now aim at being the best and Mr.Bourget is the ideal candidate to help us." Boucher said in an interview.Bourget, who could not be reached for comment, quit as head of the 4,500-member Montreal force this month after he was turned down in his quest to collect his $90,000-a-year pension in addition to his $113,000 salary.HIT BY SCANDALS Bourget would be allowed to keep his $90,000 pension if he becomes the Ste-Foy police director.But he will be expected to restore the reputation of a 150-member force which made headlines in recent years for a string of scandals, including murders and robberies committed by one of its officers.In July 1985, Const.Serge Lefebvre shot and killed two Quebec City officers while he was committing a robbery—one of about 400 he later admitted to in court.The deaths sparked a Quebec police commission inquiry which heard testimony about powerplays among senior officers, promotions being decided on the basis of religion and policemen threatening one another.Boucher, who became mayor in November 1985, was sued for libel by then police chief Andre Ste-Marie and his assistant after she delivered a blistering attack on their abilities to run the depar- tment.They reached an out-of-court settlement last spring.Boucher says the situation in the department has improved, but “we still need strong guidance.” If Bourget gets the job, David Craig, who has been acting director since Ste- Marie resigned in June 1987, could take early retirement or help Bourget during a transition period, Boucher said.MAKE DECISIONS The mayor said she approached Bourget because she has tremendous admiration for his ability to make “difficult decisions.” t he RECORD—Friday, February 17, 1989 Record The Townships ‘ We picked them because they have a young, dynamic administration, and solidjïnances^ Biggest Canadian hotel chain will manage Sherbrooke’convention centre _____tn win the citv can buy the By Karen Lajoie and Resorts, the Toronto-based SHERBROOKE - Delta Hotels ^iain’J,as submitted the winning '~‘WÊÈÊÊê mA "¦ ' ' f - W: p appnecieiv/ H \U smiles on the new deal, partners Maurice Filion, Daniel Oberlan der, Henry Segall bid to administrate Sherbrooke's new hotel and convention center, project partners announced yesterday.Maurice Filion of Entreprises Rimac Inc.made the announcement at the Social Club, accompanied by his partner Henry Segall and Delta Hotels president Daniel Oberlander.The other private venture partner, the Pomerleau Group’s Hervé Pomerleau, was in Quebec City.Rimac president Henry Segall says the King Wilson complex will have a substantial economic impact on the area.“With the opening, more than 250 jobs will be created," he said.The $40 million complex is currently under construction on the comer of Wilson and King streets downtown.The announcement in Sherbrooke is one part of a three-prong enterprise.Hotels in Montmorency (outside Quebec City) and Valleyfield will also result from the Pomerleau-Rimac-Delta agreement.The latter two hotels will be built in old Dominion Textile plants.EXPANDS ROSTER With yesterday’s announcement, Delta’s roster of Canadian hotels expands to 19, with five in this province.The King Wilson complex will have 180 hotel rooms, and a convention center for 1200 people.Maurice Filion says several factors led them to choose Delta.“They’re the biggest private hotel chain in Canada, and they consistently have the number one occupancy rate in Montreal and out West,” he said.“We picked them because they have a young, dynamic administration, and solid finances.” “Their reservation system is the best in Canada and that was most important for the complex,” he continued.was pranted a 25 year contract, with two 10 year options renewable at Pomerleau-Rimac s discretion.Filion explains the idea of a convention center in Sherbrooke isn’t new.“For the past 10 years, the Tourist Bureau of Sherbrooke has had trouble bringing conventions here because of the lack of space.” Delta president Daniel Oberlander agrees.INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS?“We feel very strongly that with this convention center we can bring in some national conventions, and hopefully, in time, some international ones,” he said.Both men emphasiEed the physical proximity of the large New England market.They are confident they can draw much of their business from south of the border.In the agreement, the City of Sherbrooke agrees to rent the complex for 20 years at $300,000 per year.In 2010, the city can buy the complex for one dollar, providing it remains a convention center.For Oberlander, this project is especially important.He lives on a farm outside Brome.“This is an area I know quite well, and the mixed use project will be super,” he said.NO BOOKINGS YET Although no bookings have yet been made, Oberlander is confident this will soon change.“A lot of buyers for conferences are leery of coming to a no—name hotel,” he said.“We’re confident that when our banner goes on it, things will change.We’ve had a strong indication of interest from six or seven provincial associations, and we expect to confirm bookings during the Spring." The King Wilson complex, which includes commercial offices and stores in addition to the hotel and convention center, will open in December 1989.1er, Henry Segall._ fourist status means downtown Knowlton stores can stay open Sundays .____________________—o in trt ri isiNTTSs man Alan Gauthier.“It’s impor- KNOWLTON (SM) — Industry '¦A nister Pierre MacDonald has gi-v n the green light to Knowlton bu-.uiesses to remain open seven days ,i week, twelve months a year, for unspecified hours.The decision came as a result of lobbying efforts by the Knowlton Merchants Association and the Brome Lake municipal council.Shops and boutiques in the village have been doing business on Sunday for the past several years, disregarding a directive to remain closed between Oct.15 and Nov.15, and March 1 to May 1.No merchant was ever prosecuted under the nine month designation.BILL 59 According to Bill 59, the law governing commercial establishment business hours, offenders are subject to fines of $250 to $5000 for first offences, and from $500 to 10,000 for subsequent breaches.Chris Severs of Severs marketing, a company operating several businesses in Knowlton, says four years ago Severs Marketing began opening its shops on Sunday and advertising the fact openly.“We were hit with a $400 fine and paid it,” Severs said.Two years later,businesses in the Knowlton core were granted a nine month permit to remain open on Sunday because of its tourist stati>« HURT BUSINESS Merchants argued the on-again off-again openings would hurt Sunday business, which they say represents 30-60 percent of their revenues.“It’s gratifying not to have to worry about the legality of remaining open on Sundays anymore,” says Merchants Association chair- man Alan Gauthier.“It’s important for the tourist business here that people know in advance when they get to Knowlton, the shops will be open.” The ruling applies to the towns center core only.Neighbouring vil lages do not, as yet, share the privi lege.We want to ensure we have input from: everyone impacted by the educational services we’re offering’ Bedford Protestant School Board prepares for education estates general By Sharon McCully BEDFORD — Survey results from a cross-section of the population are presently being compiled by the District of Bedford Protes-umt School Board in preparation for an estates general on education, April 8.Former students, parents, teachers, and students attending OBPSB schools were polled on their views of the school system.As well, some sixty community leaders were asked to share their views on the effectiveness of the educational product being offered in the ten schools under the board’s jurisdiction.The board provides educational services to 2,600 students, 68 per cent of whom attend one of nine elementary schools in the 5000km district.Massey Vanier High School in Cowansville with a student population of 845, serves as the regional high school.“We want to ensure we have input from everyone impacted by the educational services we’re offe- ring,” the board’s director general Jim Bissell commented.OUT OF WHACK Bissell said that perceptions and realities are frequently out of whack, and statistical information will assist both educators and the public in developing a school system which meets both expectations and needs.“For example,” Bissell said, “there is a perception that English-speaking graduates are leaving the province after graduation for post secondary education in order hopes to clarify what parents see as their role in the education process.“Take homework for example,” Bissell said.“Is it the role of parents to provide time and space for lessons or is it to supervise and assist?” REALITIES The survey also addresses some of the social realities of 1989 by asking such pointed questions as : “Do you live with your mother and father; mother; father; or other?” It also asks if anyone is home when the student leaves for school in the morning and returns at night.“We’re not trying to make a social statement when we ask these questions,” says Bissell.“We want to deal with realities.Board administrators will study the data and draw some tentative conclusions before coming up with a board mission statement.The public is invited to present its views on education at the estates general scheduled for April 8 at Massey Vanier High School in Cowansville.Behind the news to by-pass the CEGEP system when in fact our study shows that only 7 per cent of Massey Vanier High School graduates from 198t 88 left the province to attend urn versity.” Another perception the study far led to validate is the perceived drop out rate at the CEGEP level amongst Township students.“The results we have gathered show that the drop out rate among students in our board is below the provincial average,” Bissell said.Through the survey, the Board the Kccora Supreme Court to examine hate-propaganda vs.freedom of speech cases By Gerard McNeil OTTAWA (CP) — Two major cases in which the power of judges to limit freedom of expression is the issue get a preliminary look Monday from the Supreme Court of Canada.One involves a ruling by the Al-icrta Court of Appeal that the hate propaganda law is unconstitutional because it infringes on freedom of expression.The second involves a ruling by the Ontario Court of Appeal that hate propaganda isn’t speech and as a result doesn’t enjoy constitutional protection.Donald Andrews of Toronto, leader of the white supremacist Nationalist Party, and Robert Wayne Smith, editor of the party’s Nationalist Reporter, will go before the Supreme Court on Monday seeking leave to appeal the Ontario ruling.They were convicted of promo- ting hatred through the Nationalist Reporter, which says non-whites are inferior, blames racial minorities for increases in crime and contends that the Nazi murder of six million Jews during the Second World War never happened.The Alberta ruling quashed the conviction of James Keegstra of Eckville, who taught anti-Semitism to a high school social studies class.Like Andrews and Smith, Keegstra was convicted of promoting hatred against an identifiable group.The Alberta government, seeking leave to appeal that ruling, says the Supreme Court must sort out the matter or hate propagan dists will be able to operate freely in Alberta but not in other provinces.Alberta says in arguments filed with the Supreme Court that courts of appeal in British Columbia as 1____tel tfecora George MacLaren, Publisher.Randy Kinnear, Assistant Publisher.Charles Bury, Editor Lloyd G.Scheib, Advertising Manager Richard Lessard, Production Manager Mark Guillette, Press Superintendent Debra Waite, Superintendent.Composing Room CIRCULATION DEPT.819-569-9528 KNOWLTON OFF.514-243-0088 FAX: (819) 569-3945 Subscriptions by Carrier: weekly.^ Subscriptions by Mail: Canada: 1 year- f69 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 00 569-9511 569-9511 569-6345 569-9525 569-9931 569-9931 569-4856 Back copies of The Record are available at the following prices: Copies ordered within a month of publications: 60c per copy.Copies ordered more than a month after publication $1.10 per copy Established February 9, 1897, incorporating the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) and the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879).Published Monday to Friday by The Record Division, Groupe Québécor Inc.Offices and plant located at 2850 Delorme Street, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1K 1A1.Second class registration number 1064.Member of Canadian Press Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation well as Ontario have analysed the extent of protection offered free speech by the Constitution.The Alberta Court of Appeal was the only one to decide that limits on freedom of expression could be imposed only if governments could demonstrate under Section 1 of the Charter of Rights that the limits were reasonable and justifiable.NOT ABSOLUTE Alberta notes that the British Columbia Court of Appeal already had ruled that freedom of expression is "not absolute." And the Ontario court said in the Andrews case that “hatemongering was never intended to have constitutional protection." A similar ruling was handed down in Ontario when Ernst Zun-del of Toronto was convicted last year of "spreading false news,” another Criminal Code provision that survived constitutional at- tack.Douglas H.Christie of Victoria, Keegstra’s lawyer, will urge the court to hear the Andrews appeal but leave the Alberta ruling alone.Christie says the Ontario ruling is wrong because it allows judges to place limits on expression.American judges have had to place artificial limits on free speech because there is no brake in the U.S.Constitution.But there is in the Canadian Constitution in the form of Section 1, which allows infringing laws to exist if governments can justify them.‘‘The American position is thaï in order to put any limits on free speech at all, including shouting ‘fire’ in a crowded theatre, they have to interpret some speech a not speech at all,” Christie say; Lost jobs came as no surprise to union By Karen Lajoie SHERBROOKE — In the midst of a bitter labor dispute, Camo-plast Inc.of Kingsbury is one contract and 50 workers short.The plastics and rubber molding company was notified by the multinational Firestone this week that one of their contracts would not be renewed, costing 50 jobs.The workers’ union representative says the press has exaggerrated the most recent problem.“The company indicated when we started producing for Firestone that it was a temporary mea-sure, maybe three months, maybe six, but definitely not more than eighteen months.It was understood that these 50 jobs were temporary,” Hugues Rondeau, shop steward said in an interview yesterday.He continued, explaining Ca-moplast had hoped to secure other contracts to ensure work for the employees, but these contracts had not materialized.The layoffs were expected.The Firestone contract has simply run its course.The work will now be performed by a Firestone branch plant in Oklahoma.Camoplast has four divisions in Richmond, Roxton and Kingsbury.They employ more than 1000 people.The workers have been locked out of the plants since the first of February, as part of a contract dispute.No negotiations are planned.Weather Thursday will be sunny and cold, clouding over late in the day, with a high of -14.Clear and cold overnight, with a low of -20.Friday, a few clouds and a high of -12.«* * m.% ' • « * dit» • Doonesbury I ANOTHER.THING MOUT GEORGE HUGH, MARK, HE POESN’T JU5T TALK f ABOUT T/WLy VALVE», l HE LIVES THEM! •ST' BY GARRY TRUDEAU HE ANPHIS WIFE HAVE BEEN LOVING, CARJNG PARENTE, ANP THE RESULTS SHOW! 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BAP NEWS, HARV, AH, YES.ITS BEEN BUT NOT PONE.PEFINTTIVELY! 9 4 The RECORD—Friday.February 17, 1989—3 The Townships #i__ftqi mam 'Time to change our motto from ‘je me souviens' to T have a dream' Township anglos take firm but tolerant stand to honor both languages By Sharon McCully COWANSVILLE — Chairman Peter Turner, a Cowansville lawyer, didn’t have to use a gavel to control the subdued crowd of just over 100 who attended the first of five meetings organized by Towns-hippers Association to discuss the place of anglophones in Quebec society.The 50-plus crowd listened quietly as guest speakers — Liberal riding association president Hardy Craft and Knowlton businessman Chris Severs — offered their perceptions on how English-speaking Quebecers fit into the distinct society mosaic.Craft says Quebecers have to set aside their historic differences and focus on the similarities which link the two cultures “We are constantly looking back,” Craft said.“It’s time to change our motto from ‘je me souviens’ to T have a dream’.” Quoting from a District of Bedford school board newsletter, Craft demonstrated how several schools in the district were bridging the language gap by seeking joint solutions to common problems.“Mr.Macpherson, I do not agree," he said in reference to Gazette columnist Don Macpherson’s recent editorial stating the language war was over in Quebec and the English have lost.Craft said it is the young people in our schools today who will decide the future in Quebec and they are optimistic and prepared.Guest speaker Chris Severs injected energy into the crowd with his blazing attack on Robert Roti- rassa and a call for the formation of a new political party in Quebec.Severs was also responsible for bringing the youngest member of the audience, his nine-week-old daughter Katie."The single biggest problem we must overcome is political opportunism.” Severs said over the applause of the crowd.He said Bourassa sold Quebec anglophones down the river, exposing himself as "a weak leader and a betrayer of his English constituency.” “The time has come for a new political force to make its presence felt in Quebec,” Severs told the approving crowd.In an interview later, the 33-year-old businessman said, “What we really need is a bunch of people here in the Townships w ho will give tMNAt Pierre Paradis a run for his money." During question period, one speaker urged Townshippers to support the existence of the notwithstanding clause, but to strive to change its application so that it can only be used in the protection of minorities, wherever they exist in Canada.The speaker, Ashley Sheltus, also supported the Meech Lake Accord, and called upon politicians to recognize the English and immigrant populations of Quebec as major components of Quebec's distinctiveness.“If Quebec lost its anglos and immigrants.it would be no different than St.Pierre et Miquelon." Sheltus said.It seemed as though with the age of the audience came the attributes of wisdom and reason which accompany it.None of the passion or emotion normally associated with the language issue was evident at last night's meeting In its place, speakers called for respect, tolerance, and love.Reverend John Peacock said he would soon be taking orders for blue and white macarons with the English words, “1 love Quebec".Another citizen, Hank Rotherham, said Townshippers must help their francophone neighbors throw off the bounds of unilingualism imposed upon them by government.Their children must be able to learn the English language to take their place in international affairs, Rotherham said, adding that for 200 years the Catholic church kept francophones down and now the government was doing the same thing Eleven year old Aeron Daigle brought tears to the eyes of many when he approached the mike and announced: “I’m bilingual.I’m proud to be a Quebecer, and I’m not going to give up on Quebec.” Townshippers president Heather Keith Ryan said she was pleased with the turnout and welcomed the quality of suggestions put forth by the speakers and the audience.Executive Director Cynthia Be-lisle added levity by piggybacking on a remark by Hardy Craft sug gesting there are very few diffe rences between anglos and their French-speaking neighbors."1 married a francophone,” Belisle said, “and we have a son and I can’t tell which half of him is English and which half is French.” 4We have identified 175 buildings in Lennoxville of value1 Lennoxville may act soon to protect architectural heritage with new laws By Ann McLaughlin SHERBROOKE — The town of Lennoxville is showing all the signs of gearing up to pass sweeping legislation to protect its heritage.“Mostly all of Queen Street, Bishop’s University, the area on the other side of the little bridge and a good part of the residential sector have been identified by Lennoxville for patrimonial protection,” the secretary-treasurer of the Sherbrooke-area Municipal Regional Council (MRC) said in an interview with the Record this week.Since June municipalities in Quebec have been ordered by law to draft a master plan laying out all future projects for their towns, and heritage protection is included in the mandate.Although the municipalities have two years to finalize their plan, and Lennoxville is on the incomplete list, the MRC is monitoring its progress.WHICH TO PROTECT?“Within MRC guidelines, towns must decide what historic sites or buildings they will protect, so if they go this far in identifying areas, they cannot ignore it,” Gilles Moreau said, referring to areas Lennoxville has cordoned-off on paper, in its preliminary town plan.Moreau added that given the information in his files and the large area being studied, “I have reason to believe that Lennoxville is going to implement severe regulations,” referring to the law on cultural heritage Quebec has empowered municipalities to use since 1986.Chapter 4 in the Loi sur les biens culturels allows a municipality to zone areas for heritage protection.A host of buildings and sites are eligible, ranging from buildings, houses, bams, to places with historical significance (who lived in the house).Buildings in a particular setting, areas like cemeteries, covered bridges and industry can be protected as well.NEW REGULATIONS “Constraction regulations can be implemented by law to assure, for example, roofs are sloped a certain way, windows are higher than they are wide, new buildings don’t ex- ceed a particular height,” Normand Ouellet, an urban planner with the Ministry of Cultural Affairs said.Demolition can be prevented, the style of new construction can be controlled and renovations on existing buildings can be made to comply with historic architectural standards, the heritage expert added.Mario Lebeau of Urbanitek Inc., the Sherbrooke firm hired by Lennoxville town council to conduct the heritage report, said the study is “exhaustive”, taking all the aforementioned points of heritage into consideration.“We have identified 175 buildings in Lennoxville of value,” Lebeau said.However he would not reveal which ones or how many would be included in the report’s final recommendations to Lennoxville town council.The study will be submitted in a few weeks.BEST PROTECTION “It is also part of our work to suggest what laws will best protect what our research has uncovered," Lebeau said, adding that the expertise of the Lennoxville Historical Society was called upon for reference throughout the study.The Lennoxville heritage study was the initiative of town council, and has been partly subsidized by the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.But that is where the government help ends.“The government has given municipalities the laws to protect their heritage but haven’t given them the funds to do it with,” Robert Plante, who handles the heritage dossier for the Sherbrooke cultural affairs committee, said yesterday.The Ministry of Cultural Affairs had handled the protection of heritage sites since the early 1960’s.But as heritage protection became increasingly popular, the government realized it was costing and would cost more money than they were ready to dish out.In 1986 they passed the buck, pushing the responsibility over onto the municipalities, explained Plante.ALL IS NOT LOST But he added that not all is lost and the protection of heritage will be more efficient and quicker if managed from home base — town halls across Quebec.Ouellet from the ministry said towns do not need special funds from government to protect their-heritage.Towns have to make the preservation of history a priority within their local budgets.“It hasn’t been a tradition in Quebec to spend tax dollars on heritage but that is changing.Citizens are starting to tell their municipal governments that heritage preservation is part of their quality of life,” he said.Normand added that towns can set aside funds to subsidize the restoration of old houses and buildings, they can provide expertise on the construction aspects of restoration and they can offer tax credits to private property owners who participate.“Let’s say someone’s house is evaluated at $100,000.If they put $20,000 to renovate it back to its original style, it’s going to appreciate in value.The municipality can pay the difference in the increased tax bill to compensate the owner,’ Ouellet said.GUARANTEES For property owners who cannot make the financial outlays, at least the building will not change until another owner can, said Plante.“When someone finally does renovate, at least there are laws there to guarantee they do it a certain way." He added that municipal building inspectors are the ones who oversee the issuing of building permits and the ones who make sure the work is in tune with heritage laws.If renovators act delinquen-tly the work can be stopped or the owner can be fined, added Plante.But Ouellet warned it is not easy to slap restrictions on property owners and that townsfolk must be made aware of the benefits restored towns bring to the local economy and the quality of life in general.The Ministry is starting a campaign to bring the issue of heritage protection to light across Quebec.Lenn library has zero book budget while $5000 town figure listed $2400 By Ann McLaughlin LENNOXVILLE - The Lennoxville library will be receiving its usual $5000 grant from town council, Mayor Duncan Bruce said yesterday.But in the town’s 1989 budget report obtained by the Record, the amount of $2400 is clearly printed under library expenses.The library’s volunteer board of directors assumed its budget had been cut back to $2400.With the cost of salaries, insurance and basic operating costs, the board calculated the library could not stay open past June.Bruce failed to explain the misunderstanding — printing error or hush money?SHUT US UP “They probably gave us the money to shut us up,” said librarian Barbara Gosselin, who has been with the library for 17 years and will no longer remain silent on underfunding.“Last year we could only afford to buy about 50 adult and 100 children’s books.This year we don’t have a book budget at all.Can you imagine a library that can’t buy any books?It’s scandalous,” Gosselin said.The library has about 15,000 English and 6000 French books.The veteran librarian would like to see the number of French books catch up to the number of English books.“We have 325 francophone children from St.Antoine’s Elementary who use the library because they don’t have one,” she said, adding that patrons will quickly lose interest in the library if there are no new books to read.Even with the additional funds from town council, the board says it needs more than the $5000 grant from town council if it is to survive.Gosselin estimated they need somewhere between $24,000 and $32,000 for the 1989 budget, the exact figures were not readily available.Last year the operating budget was $17,000.BEGGING FOR HANDOUTS Apart from the council grant, the library raised money through membership fees and a fundraising campaign.But the board said they cannot keep begging for handouts, they want a stable financial foundation from year-to-year.Last year, benefactors and others signed a petition asking the town for such an arrangement — 1000 people want the library to become the responsibility of the municipality.The town had a year to think about it and they haven’t done a thing,” Gosselin said.But the board does not want to pass the library onto the municipality altogether.They want municipal status so they may obtain grants from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs.Library board president Roxane Beauchemin said the board is prepared to keep the library going if more money is available.“We don’t have the human resources anymore to do everything,” Beauchemin said, adding that the volunteers don’t have the time to organize the cultural activities needed to revitalize the library and get people interested, “We should be organizing national book week, reading sessions with the children.We would like to concentrate our efforts on the quality of books and services, not canvassing door-to-door,” she said.Station 4 without pole but location allows fast response to east-end fires By John Tollefsrud SHERBROOKE — The east end of the city finally has a fire station it can call its own after Station 4 was officially inaugurated Thursday.“It all corresponds to response time,” Sherbrooke fire chief Jacques Denault said.“A hospital you have to be there in three minutes, a bungalow you can be there in five." There are no less than three major hospitals in the area, including St-Vincent-de-Paul, Hotel Dieu, both in Sherbrooke, and the Sherbrooke University Hospital in Fleurimont.The spanking new fire station, which came in on budget at roughly $300,000, will now serve the east end and Fleurimont, something the area’s municipal representatives have been working towards for years.Sherbrooke’s district 7 council- lor Alfred Demers was given an honorary fire helmet from city mayor Jean-Paul Pelletier for his work on the relocation of Station 4.He accepted graciously and with a fair amount of pride in the city’s accomplishment.REWARDING Demers said the effort had put some strain on his family but added with a smile that the achievement was very rewarding.After cutting the ceremonial ribbon to open the fire station, Pelletier told a fully-packed audience in it kV ri r S_____ , .RECORD/JOHN TOLU-.FSRUD Jacques Denault.you have to be there in three minutes.Alfred Demers.achievement was very rewarding.the station’s two-truck garage that a void had been filled with the station transfer.The original and now former Station 4, built in 1925 to accomodate horse-drawn fire-wagons, is located at the corner of Fraser and King Streets.The new Station 4 now proudly stands at 520 Lavige-rie St., near the corner of Woodward.Fire chief Denault said the new station will boost morale among Sherbrooke firefighters as its living quarters are similar to a private house.“It raises the standard of living for the firefighters because it’s like living at home for them,” Denault said.Indeed, the building includes several modem rooms, including a TV room with sofa and chairs, a bright kitchen, a bathroom and a spartan room with five single beds for the night shift.NO POLE Station 4 has no pole to slide down.A door from the garage leads directly into the firefighters’ living quarters, located on the same level.Openly displaying his pride in the new station, Denault said the architecture of the building saved the city thousands of dollars.“We built this for about half the cost because of the design,” Denault said.He explained the design was : more residential than industrial, : blending in nicely with the sur-: rounding neighborhood.Benoit Dubois, one of the sta-; tion’s four lieutenants, said the l new building is a marked improve-* ment from the old one.No more £ will firefighters have to put up with the smell of oil and other items from the old garage, he explained.Though the comfort level has im- proved, Dubois said the pace of fire-alarm mobilization will not change.Roger Barlow, a veteran firefighter of 31 years, agreed the new station would contribute to greater morale on the force.“The living standards, equipment and facilities are way better,” Barlow said.TWO SHIFTS The pumper-truck driver explained that four firefighters under the command of a lieutenant cover two shifts on a rotating basis.One shift is from 8 a.m.to 6 p.m., the other from 6 in the evening to 8 in the morning.On the weekends, 24-hour shifts are normal practice.In operation unofficially since Tuesday, Station 4 also has the pride of the city’s fire-truck fleet, the $650,000 Bronto Skylift, officially number 703, but affectionately known as ‘The Giraffe’ for its 102-ft.platform (bucket) ladder, hydraulically operated no less.Dubois said the vehicle would probably revert to Station 1 when its relocation is complete sometime next year The relocation and construction of Station 4 is part of an overall re-organization of the city’s fire and security service.In addition to station relocation according to population need, Denault said the department is also upgrading its equipment.Currently, air respirators for firefighters have a 30-minute capacity.Larger, 60-minute air tanks are likely forthcoming, depending on the allocation of city funds.Fleurimont mayor Julien Du-charmes was also especially proud of Station 4, and he indicated insurance rates in Fleurimont would consequently go down to equal those of Sherbrooke, given the security provided by the new station.Original microfilmed varying intensities because the text is print greyish or colour background. 1 The RECORD—Friday, February 17, 19H9 —________tel liOCOXtl rhe Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial Subtle racism I Letters most disturbing Let us be grateful for our heritage Quiet, subtle racism is perhaps the most disturbing kind.A shameless liar is easier to deal with than one who presents two faces, and the same can be said of people who are xenophobic.‘Disturbing’ is an understatement for the revelations that have come out of an Ontario task force on race relations and police conduct in that province.Without generalizing, the experience of Ontario is probably not unlike Quebec’s or any other province or territory in the nation.The rest of Canada should keep a close eye on the findings of the ongoing Ontario task force.Native people, the original indigenous people of this country, have suffered from the all-too-rea! effects of severe discrimination and hate-mongering.Wednesday, the Ontario study force was told by the head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, Maxwell Yalden, that the nation’s police forces have “failed catastrophically” to communicate with native people.So badly have they failed, he said, that native people are discouraged from becoming police officers themselves.That’s a scathing indictment at a time when police forces across Canada, like the Montreal Urban Community police, are supposed to be making themselves more accessible to visible minorities, both in terms of composition and service.To use but one example, figures speak more eloquently than words.From The Globe and Mail newspaper: Of 600 Ottawa police officers (uniformed) there are exactly one black, one Chinese, one East Indian and four natives.Most Canadians who follow the news are well aware of the recent cases of police firing upon blacks or natives under questionable circumstances.Many of the incidents have resulted in deaths and justifiable public outrage and demonstration afterwards.However, Canadian police officers should not be the scapegoats for what is clearly a more broad-based phenomenon.A recent survey showed that a high percentage of Canadians are afraid of immigrants because they are perceived as threatening changes to a certain way of life already in place.There’s great room for improvement in how Canada treats members of ethnic minorities; even the way the question is framed betrays a lack of understanding of the problem.Canadians should not consider others as members of something else, something foreign.The fact is that the long and rich history of native Canadians far outweighs English and French histories in Canada.But there’s no sense in crying over spilled milk.The police are important conductors between the state and its citizens and, through their behavior, they play a disproportionate role in determining the standard of living of society’s members.For that reason, among many, the makeup of law enforcers must be closely scrutinized.If the RCMP and national banks are subject to monitored hiring practices, so too should civil police forces in Canada.At the heart of making life more equitable across the board for all Canadians is making police bodies, like political ones, accountable to citizens themselves.JOHN TOLLEFSRUD Canadians spend billions on quack medicine TORONTO (CP) — Canadians could be spending as much as $2.5 billion a year on quack medical remedies such as raw animal orgaps and bee vqnom, s£y§ the, Ontario Medical Association.But Dr.David Peachy, the association’s director of professional affairs, said Thursday there are no Canadian statistics to prove it.The association took the estimated $25 billion spent last year in the United States and divided it by ID because the U S population is 10 times larger than Canada's.In Ontario, an estimated $1 billion was spent last year on useless potions and advice.Peachy said.Health-care fraud in Ontario is accelerating.” An increasing hostility toward science and technology and a dissatisfaction with physicians has prompted people to look for other forms of health care, Peachy said.The association is urging doctors to inform themselves about medical quackery so they can warn their patients not to try unproved and potentially harmful remedies.Peachy said he had a patient who stopped taking insulin because he believed a healer would cure him with his hands.Two days later, the patient was taken to hospital in a diabetic coma and almost died.TRY ANYTHING Patients with cancer try a variety of drugs that have not been proved effective in clinical trials, Peachy said.The amount of money spent on quack remedies has risen with the increasing number of cases of AIDS, he said.People suffering from illnesses such as arthritis or heart disease also contribute to the increase.A U S.study found that 90 per cent of people suffering from severe arthritis try at least one worthless treatment, Peachy said.Some of the treatments included sitting alone in an abandoned mine, immersing themselves in cow manure.and standing naked under a 1,000-watt lightbulb during a full moon.A call to descendants of early settlers from the Hebrides Dear Fellow Scots: For some time a numberof us living in the Eastern Townships of Quebec have thought a permanent memorial should be erected in honour of our ancestors who emigrated from the Hebrides of Scotland during the mid-nineteenth century and settled in Lingwick, Winslow and Whitton townships and on into Megantic, Mar-sboro, Echo Vale, Springhill and surrounding areas.Before time runs out (and we are all Senior Citizens) we have formed a Committee and set up the "Early Scottish Settlers Memorial Fund" and are soliciting your support.The type of material we have in mind is a cenotaph with Scottish character and it will be erected in Stornoway Protestant Cemetery, Stornoway, Quebec, one of the most beautiful spots this side of heaven.The inscription will include names of all the cemeteries where many of these pioneers have been laid to rest.We want to be sure future generations will remember these pioneers who opened up this part of Canada — to remember what our forefathers did for us.Let us be grateful for our heritage.Let's care! Names and addresses are being collected and we ask that you spread the word as we want all possible decen-dants to participate in this venture.We have applied for registration as a charity organization.If you wish further information or have suggestions to make please contact either of the names below.Don’t delay.With a prompt response we are aiming for this memorial to be erected in the Autumn of 1989.We have alredy an encouraging start on the Fund and now we are ap pealing to you to send your contribo tion to the “Early Scottish Memorial Fund” in care of Catherine Young Your participation will be grateful! ^ accepted.Sincerely, MRS.CATHERINE MACLEOD YOUNG, Treasurer 46 Atto Street.R.R.1 Lennox ville.Quebec, JIM 2,*> MR.GORDON MATHESON 74 Atto Street.R.R.l Lennox ville, Quebec, JIM 2A2 Attempting to find two relatives who disappeared in 1949 Dear Editor Is it possible for you to put the following article in the newspaper I have been attempting to find two relatives who disappeared in 1949.Since I now live in Ontario, and they disappeared from Sherbrooke, Que.I am finding it very difficult to research the family.1 am attempting to find William Rogers and Margaret Brown who lived at 114 Belmont Street in the 1950’s and perhaps in 1949 as well.The address changed in 1950 to 678 King Street O.They had a baby and that was me.I was bom in October 26,1949.They left me with a good family.My mother, Margaret Brown was very young and it was all very understandable that she placed me with the Macdivitt family.I would like to find her now for medical reasons since my daughter has an inheritable disease.I would also like her to know that lam not angry with her at all Is it possible for you to write an article similiar to that mentioned above?Please consider it seriously, as I have spent hundreds of dollars attempting to research the biological family and have turned up empt\ handed.Sincerely, £00 ©0^ ^ SUZAN ROGERS (Mrs.Calloway).3Ü Woodbridge Road Hamilton.ON LHK 3C9 Scots are not classed as a cultural group “Tartan Day in Canada" The 35 registered clan associations in Nova Scotia petitioned the provincial government of Nova Scotia to do clare April 6, “Tartan Day.” in honour of the Scots who came to Canada, set tied and help develope the Canada’s The Nova Scotia Scots were surpri sed when working withothercultur.il groups to find that Scots are not cla sed as a cutlural group, but are da sed under the tourist dept.With this in mind they requested their own day, separate from the other Scots Days which celebrate old dates brought from Scotland with the settlers.This date would be a truly Canadian Scots Recognition Day.tin government of Nova Scotia felt th : the Scots should have the date the} requested, April 6, the day the Declaration of Arbroath was signed, a date which later became known as the De claration of Scottish Indépendance when Robert the Bruce was recogm zed as King of Scotland.The Nova Scotia Clans are now ap proaching the Federal governmc ^ with a request to make April 6 a calc der date, in recognition of the Sc: Canada-wide and their loyalty to nada all these years, both in pea-and in war.The Scots are a unique culture, rna ny still in Canada speak the Gaelic the Highlands of Scotland and li land.They are the main attractions, the various Highland Games and maintain the Scottish pipe bands, am traditional dress, customs.Scots are found from coast to coast in Canada doing every form of work they have made their adopted count; ' their homeland and have proven to bt good citizens It is with this ba: k ground the Nova Scotia Scots approa ched their government with succe-s and notone vote against proclaim!! this date for Scots.The Nova Scotia Scots ask Scots, Canada wide to bee n to promote this date in their area, and to contact the Federation of Scotti b Clans in Nova Scotia, F.O.Box Thorburn, Pictou Co., N.S.for ad ' tional information.Submitted by : ‘ MRS.JEAN L.WATSON Promotions Officer for Tartan Day Thorburn, N.S.Universality may go as government seeks to cut deficit By Portia Priegert OTTAWA (CP) — Rich moms drop the cash on designer booties and gourmet baby food.Poor families often look forward to the arrival of their baby bonus cheques so they can buy milk and diapers.But the monthly payments from Ottawa - $32.74 a child in most provinces — goes to all mothers whether they need it or not It’s called universality, it’s got big business howling and it’s got the government sending out signals that something may be done about it.Worried about the $28-billion federal deficit this year, the business lobby has told Ottawa to review its social spending.The government seems to be listening.Perrin Beatty, in his tone-setting maiden speech as health minister, warned recently that spending does not solve social problems.As Ottawa looks for fat to trim, family allowance payments appear to be an attractive target.The government spent almost $2.6 billion on the program last year, making payments to 3,665,537 families for more than six million children.TRULY UNIVERSAL The program, started in 1945 with $5 payments, is one of two truly universal social programs.Tampering with the other—old age pensions — would be as popular as child abuse.Prime Minister Brian Mulroney vividly remembers how angry seniors forced him not to tamper with pensions in 1985.And during the election campaign he promised to leave pensions alone.In 1986, the Conservatives removed inflation protection from family allowance payments, a move that will save about $75 million this year.Cheques that once kept pace with increases in the cost-of-living index now climb only when inflation exceeds three per cent.This year, for instance, payments increased by only 1.1 per cent, even though inflation was 4.1 per cent.That meant an extra 36 cents a month — enough to buy a package of Kraft Dinner every third month.Once inflation is considered, the real purchasing power of the monthly cheque falls by $1.WILL CUT COSTS No one knows what the government is planning in its next budget this spring.But all recent signals indicate that cost-cutting will be the order of the day.One cost-conscious option is to limit inflation protection by another percentage point, saving about $25 million a year.A leading business lobby group believes that a bolder step is to end universality by setting an income ceiling — families earning more than a certain amount would lose benefits.“Why should a bank president earning $500,000 a year get the family allowance?” asks Tom d’Aquino, the president of the Business Council on National Issues, which includes the top executives of 150 of Canada’s largest companies.But Ken Battle, director of the National Council of Welfare, a government advisory group, notes that the rich aren't getting massive amounts of money from the baby bonus.To make big savings, the government would have to end payments to some middle-income earners, he says.Giving the baby bonus only to families that earn less than $40,000 a year would eliminate $550 million in pay ments, Health Department calcula tions show.But actual savings would be less because one-quarter of such payments actually are returned to Ot tawa through the tax system.Lowering the ceiling is a politically risky endeavor that the public won’t swallow as smoothly as Pablum.It's more palatable to simply ax back the baby bonus from the big earners, says d’Aquino.LESS COMPLEX But Battle thinks Ottawa would fa vor the less complex tax-back ap proach over setting an income cei ling.And while social policy groups sup port universality — pointing out that the baby bonus is often the only inde pendent income a mother gets they’re receptive to the idea of taxing back more of the money.“You’re maintaining the pretense of universality,” Battle says.In other words, you're still paying the benefits out to the mother in the high income family and you’re getting more of the money back from the hu< band.” The RECORD—Friday.February 17, 19H»—5 History 1____ftgl Kccora ‘The deficiency of agreeable society is one of the greatest objections to an European in this part ol C aiuida Rev.Charles Caleb Cotton and the founding of Cowansville ._ .u y*>ntlpman and that made him a The imaee of this verv formal “A few miles beyond Dunham,” said the Montreal Herald and Commercial Gazette in September 1837, “We saw at Nelsonyille the lower part of a grist mill building in the very bed of a considerable brook by Carter and Cowan of Montreal.Milling is undeniably the best business in the Eastern Townships." The ‘considerable brook’ was, of course, the South Branch of the Yamaska River but there was nothing considerable about Nelsonville which had only a handful of houses at this time.“From the newness of the coun- A second son, Jacob, recognized try, mills are so scarce that compe- the potential of the mill site on the tition has not yet reduced the rate of toll below one tenth.But even with a toll of one tenth, it is doubtful whether Messrs.Carter and Cowan, after buying the water privilege and completing the buildings and machinery, will immediately derive a remunerative return from so large a mill.” But Peter Cowan, proprietor of this mill, knew what he was about and the handful of houses grew quickly into the village of Cowansville.This mill was not the first on the site — settlement in Dunham Township dated back some 40 years earlier — but the country was still new and sparsely populated before Carter and Cowan came.THOMAS DUNN Thomas Dunn was a British businessman who came to Quebec soon after the Conquest for the opportunities it offered.He was still in his early thirties but political patronage and a shrewd eye for the main chance quickly made him a very rich and powerful man in the colony.In 1788, he bought the seigneury of Saint Armand and when that was truncated by the U.S.border, asked compensation in the form of a nearby land grant.Since he was an important member of the Executive Council’s Land Committee charged with recommending land grants it is not surprising that he received the first township granted in all Lower Canada — Dunham.The grant was made in 1796 to Dunn and 34 ‘Associates’ but that was mainly a matter of form.The usual procedure was to pay ‘Associates' a guinea each for the use of their signatures on a petition on condition they made over their grants to the ‘Leader’ as soon as they were received.Dunn very soon became the sole owner of Dunham Township along with Saint Armand and a number of other seigneuries.Later he was granted one-quarter of Stukely Township as reward for his work on the Land Committee.JACOB RUITER Dunn’s surveyors divided the township’s 40,845 acres into 200-acre lots and he put them up for sale at about two dollars an acre as he had those lands in Saint Armand.His buyers, Loyalist and others, were among those grown weary of waiting for the Land Committee to approve grants of their own and his agent was Captain John Ruiter.The captain died in 1797 and his son Philip (for whom Philipsburg is named) took over the job.Yamaska and built the first primitive mills there about 1800.Six sons and three daughters settled adjoining farms until the family stretched for two miles along the river’s south bank.In 1808, Rev.Charles Caleb Cotton was appointed missionary priest to the entire township by the Anglican church.Rev.Cotton was an odd fish.He was the eldest son of an Eton schoolmaster and attended that privileged academy himself before graduating from Oriel College, Oxford, in 1797.He was ordained deacon and sailed for the United States to become a schoolmaster at Charleston College, South Carolina.But Cotton's chief interest was in money and the creature comforts that could buy and his schoolmaster’s pay was not sufficient.He left after a year and ministered to congregations in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania but discovered “the income of the Minister is frequently uncertain and ill-paid and depends entirely on the abilities and disposition of the people.It was this point chiefly that determined me at first to remove to this Country (Canada), as being a matter of the first importance to my future comfort.” JACOB MOUNTAIN The British government was attempting to establish the Anglican church as a civilizing influence on the colony and Bishop Mountain was in dire need of priests to serve his enormous domaine.The government was prepared to pay them an annual stipend and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel could often be persuaded to add a subsidy.Cotton became the first priest ordained in Mountain’s new cathedral in Quebec and was sent to minister to the heathen Loyalists in Saint Armand.The bishop recommended him to the SPG as “peculiarly suited to the situation, having great simplicity, becoming gravity of manners, good ability, and much facility in communicating his thoughts & from his residence in America, sufficient familiarity with the manners prevalent among their new settlers which are so apt to give an Englishman disgust.” Actually, Cotton’s major qualification was that he was a member of the club, an Oxford-educated gentleman, and that made him a fish out of water among the rough and ready frontiersmen.He hated travelling by water, couldn’t ride a horse and the distance from Montreal to Missisquoi Bay, he wrote, was “about 60 miles, and much of the way through a most hideous wilderness." His letters back home to Eton were liberally laced with complaints about money and telling phrases on the awkwardness of his situation: “You have no idea what difficulty there is to one like myself who cannot do manual labour.“But not having a horse and the road being in some places very bad for so indifferent a rider as myself.“The deficiency of agreeable society is one of the greatest objections to an European in this part of Canada.” The Loyalists and settlers he was attempting to civilize were described by Bishop Mountain as “addic- Bernard Epps ted to profane conversation & dissolute habits” and by Cotton as a “wicked and abandoned people.” “Here I am, Sister Jane,” he wrote on 27 July, 1807, “boarding at a German Farmer’s house on the borders of Lake Champlain, which at this place forms a large bay from whence the settlement has its name.Though properly speaking this place is a French Seigneury (owned by an English Gentleman) and called Saint Armand (as I suppose) after a town of that name in Flanders.“The people here live very much to themselves and visit but very little.They spin and weave almost all their own clothing, both linen and woollen, knitted tablecloths; they also tan their own leather, make their own sugar, which I think very inferior, and all this with the daily work of a farm leaves them little or no leisure.As they provide everyting within themselves, a very little money suffices them.“To a person who has resided in England their mode of living appears very parsimonious and uncomfortable.The tea we drink here is not at all better than a good bo-hea in England, often not so good, and they make it much weaker than at home.As I cannot endure the strong taste of maple sugar in it, and do not think it prudent under present circumstances (see what a saving brother you have got) to go to the expence of loaf sugar, I abs- The image of this very formal Anglican clergyman sitting in the rude log cabin of an independent pioneer in the ’hideous wilderness’ and complaining on the quality of the tea ibohea was the lowest grade, made from the last picking of the season) illustrates how far out of place he was — and tea wasn’t his only problem; "1 always continue to keep a little Jamaica rum, of which I now and then take a little with water, for want of something else, but the taste is still rather unpleasant."As I do not think it prudent to afford myself wine, a pipe of Virginia is my constant friend and solace, and I cannot perceive that it hurts me at all, for I guard against too free expectoration.” And he hoped to make money through land speculation ; “I ought to apprise you that my continual savings have enabled me to purchase two lots of land in this country, each of them being 200 acres.My neighbours say I have bought cheap.“Land that was to be bought twenty-three years ago at the first settlement of this place at half a dollar; though in a state of nature, is now worth 3, 4, and 5 dollars an acre by the whole farm.If I could command a thousand pounds it would make me a fortunate in ten years.” REV.STEWART Cotton’s ‘utter despondency’ among these ‘wicked and abandoned people’ prompted Bishop Mountain to replace him in Saint Armand by the far more vigorous and dedicated Rev.Charles James Stewart, and accede to his request for appointment to the township of Dunham.“His weak state of health,” he wrote to the Bishop of Lincoln, “renders him incapable of any very considerable or continued exertion; his mind appears to have no peculiar firmness; & perverseness discourages, & difficulties depress him.” And he found it necessary to remind Cotton that missionary priests “were not ordained for their own convenience and comfort.” In Dunham, Cotton boarded for a time with Andrew Ten Eyck, then built a two-room cabin on land of his own and finally a house in Sweetsburg.The War of 1812 came and went without affecting him or Stewart at Saint Armand, except that most of the Saint Armand militia were captured by the enemy and much of Dunham deserted ; “From a list of the inhabitants of Dunham, which I have lately seen,” he wrote on July 20th, 1814, “more than a hundred of the inhabitants have quitted the Township since the declaration of war, and there has been much depopulation in several other Townships.This has been owing to a disaffection to our Excellency in many, and to the dread of being drafted into the standing Militia in many others.” War, in fact, was far less pressing than his need for a wife — or a slave; “The difficulty of procuring a Woman as my Housekeeper is considerable in this country, as well as obtaining hired men, and I think I shall not meet with anyone who will suit me as a housekeeper for less than four dollars, 18/-sterling, a month.“You may judge by this, dear Father, how very expensive the price of labour is here, & not that only but the great difficulty there is of procuring good servants at all.It is pretty much the same thing all l r i> I lr frsau I f.MtUar.** a gr rj The residence of P.Cowan Esq., Sheriff of the District of Bedford, Missisquoi County.over Canada.& thro’ all the States where they have not many slaves.Here one but seldom sees a Negro, & the few there are, are free men .“It is next to impossible for a single man to be suited with proper persons to live with him.& on this account, as well as from my present time of life, I think it most eligible step for me to endeavour to provide an agreeable Companion, by which means I should be in hopes to keep house with much greater ease and satisfaction to myself.“I have no one, my dearest Fanny, to unbosom my thoughts to, since I am separated from our dear family, and what an irksome state this is to remain in so long, one can Dr.Edward Ga'H-on hardly conceive without it.Friendship, true friendship, is certainly the greatest solace in all our troubles that we can have, and marriage is, at least, ought to be a state of the most inviolable and purest friendship during life.“As to any idea of fortune (further than personal merits) in this country,it is out of the question.Neither is that finish among your sex, which is so general in England, to be expected here.But yet, some education, a pleasing behaviour, and the useful qualifications of housewifery are to be found among us.“Being under so many disadvantages in my present way of living, I should be very willing if a favourable opportunity should be within my reach, of having a partner who , ’-P/’U might share with me joys and sorrows, and if such a change should hereafter take place in my relative situation.1 shall hasten to give in- • telligence of it to our family without any delay.” DRUSILLA PETTIS But the women of the townships were not entirely hopeless and this peculiarly bloodless little man eventually acquired a permanent unpaid housekeeper just before his 39th birthday when he wrote; “In my last letter to my dear Fanny, I mentioned the great difficulties which I have experienced since commencing as a housekeeper, & that no other way of removing many of these obstacles presented itself but by a change in my condition of life from the single to the married state.“I also mentioned this circumstance, tho’ not very certain, yet as a very probable event, & have now to inform you that this alteration in my circumstances has now taken place, by a union of marriage with a young woman of the neighbou ring Township of Brome, by name Drusilla Pettis (Pettes?).I hope.that it may be the means of enabling me to lead a more comfortable life in this distant part of the world.“If you knew as well as I do, what frequent difficulties 1 have had to encounter for these five or six years past, for want of having a Housekeeper of my own, you would rather wonder that I should have continue so long in a single state of life.Since my first residence in this Township,I have expended much money to but little advantage which had I been a married man, might (much of it at least) have been avoided.” Inexplicably, this marriage produced seven children, Dr.Charles Edward Cotton among them who practiced medicine in Cowansville for almost fifty years.His son, Dr.Cedric Cotton, followed in his footsteps and there are descendants still scattered over the Townships today.NEXT: COURTHOUSE & RAILWAY # 1 -* .• ||« ü, i‘'.»-i '¦'fl S Hie k è',' ¦, *.V.'"'¦ V ,,1 -*• Caleb Gj(4c I.5 I 1 » -i 5,«V Yr v xw K- e.' ••• v- • 1 ! V- \ .Residence and mills of G.K.Nesbitt, Cowansville.•v»' 6—The RKCORD—Friday, February 17, 19H!t ‘Why do we exclude the dying and their families from discussion?’ Up-front talk about death is vital for cancer victims: expert By John Tollefsrud SHERBROOKE — Death, like birth, is a natural part of the life process and must be treated that way, a visiting expert on palliative care told a Sherbrooke support group for cancer victims Wednesday."Talking about one’s own death, one’s fears about death is a part of the quality of life,” Lise Boisvert told a small audience at Hotel Dieu de Sherbrooke.Boisvert was invited by the volunteer group Solidarité-Cancer de 1'Estrie to participate as part of their monthly lecture series on cancer-related topics.A co-ordinator at the St.Basile volunteer centre south of Montreal, Boisvert spoke about caring for the families of cancer victims in their own homes.The St.Basile (yes, that one) centre is the only volunteer program which provides such a service, Boisvert said.She emphasized the importance of including the dying person in all discussions about his or her fate, calling the patient the ‘leader of the team’, with the immediate family being the ‘front-line’ and medical staff and volunteers the ‘caring unit'.WHY EXCLUDE?“Why do we exclude the dying and their families from the discussion of the sickness?,” Boisvert asked.The nine-year veteran of volunteer work spent the second half of her hour-long talk on the subtle and less well-known techniques that can make a difference in caring for Information Département des letties et communications Faculté des letties el sciences humaines Université de Sheibtooke Sherbrooke (Quebec) J1K2R1 (819) 821-7277 Professional Writing in English A Career-oriented B.A.Program To meet a growing need lor career writers in English in a wide variety of employment-generating areas • To develop ettective writing skills tor various situations and purposes • To acquire understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects of professional writing in English • To develop the ability to work in French A Cooperative B.A.Program To obtain practical experience in chosen fields by spending alternate terms in the work place and in the classroom • to acquire, upon graduation, a full year's experience with pay in chosen fields.ft Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines UNIVIRSIll DI SHI RBROOKE Æube tge ok nbto welcomes all to opening tfebmarii 17th, 18th and IQtli Mestled in the country Beautiful dining room, relaxed atmosphere, friendly service., Krhru«r> 17, IWH-7 Farm and Business American incorporation subject to same rules Tax Last week, we discussed the tax consequences of operating in the United States through a branch.This is often the last step before incorporation.A Canadian entrepreneur wishing to carry on a portion of his business in the United States through a U.S.company will provide his business with an image of stability.An American company will also limit the liability of the Canadian company to the assets of the U.S.company.American corporate law is substantially similar to Canadian law.Thus, a company may be capitalized through the issue of common and preferred shares.The company may also be capitalized through loans combined with shares.However, strict rules require that a debt-quality ratio be maintained by the corporations at all times.In addition, capitalizing using shares only may result in restrictions when the shares are redeemed.The U.S.tax authorities deem that money distributed on redemption is attributable first to income and not to capital.A U.S.company is taxed on its world income.Income tax is levied at the federal, state and, in certain cases, city level.State and duty income tax to which the BÉLANGER HÉBERT talks company may be subject is de ductible for U.S.federal income tax purposes.State income tax is generally levied on the net income earned within its borders regardless of the state in which the company was incorporated.Dividends paid by the U.S.company to its Canadian parent will be subject to American federal withholding tax of 10% provided the Canadian shareholder is a company owning 10% or more of the voting shares.In all other cases, the withholding tax will be 15%.The state in which the company will be incorporated should be selected using a number of criteria.From a tax viewpoint, it should be noted that the tax rate may vary from one state to another.However, the selection of the area will more likely be based on the region which best meets the company’s objectives.An imsgral pan ol RAYMOND, CHABOT, MARTIN.PARÉ Chartered accountants By Marilyn Ronald OTTAWA (CP) — Canadians bought houses at a record rate in January, reacting to widespread predictions that mortgage rates can only boost home-buying costs in the months ahead, the president of the Canadian Real Estate Association said Thursday.Consumers purchased 15,521 homes last month, a record 39.7-per-cent increase over the 11,109 sales of January 1988, Merv Borge-son said in a news release.“The significant increase in January home sales indicates an informed public exercising timely judgments based on the projected path of mortgage interest rates,” he explained.Many economists and housing analysts are forecasting higher mortgage costs at least until midyear, Borgeson added.“Consumers are obviously aware of the predictions and are making buy-in or buy-up decisions at current rates in anticipation they are only going to increase.” Borgeson warned in December that if mortgage rates advanced to 13 per cent, people would begin reconsidering buying a home.Another association spokesman said Thursday that people who have gone heavily into debt to finance a home may have difficulty meeting mortgage payments if rates continue to rise.A 13-per-cent rate is what economists and mortgage managers at two major banks have said consumers may be faced with by the summer.The Royal Bank of Canada’s mortgage manager warned that if mortgages reach that point, people looking for a home now may not be able to get into the housing market.Royal spokesman Peter Morrison said rates for long-term mortgages have stabilized but there is Career ‘(Burney's) solution will cost jobs in long run' New ambassador to U.S.trips up on lumber By Allan Swift MONTREAL (CP) — Derek Burney made his first speech Thursday as Canada's new ambassador to the United States — and managed to offend the giant Canadian lumber industry.Keynote speaker at a banquet of the Canadian Lumbermen's Association, Burney touched on a sensitive issue for lumber producers — the 15-per-cent tax on their exports to the United States — but he didn’t tell them what they wanted to hear.He won the approval of several hundred delegates to the association’s annual meeting when he said the industry would be a lot better off “if the export tax were entirely eliminated." Then he lost them by adding: "I encourage you to join with the (fe- deral) government in urging the provinces which have not introdu ced replacement measures to do so at an early date." Only two provinces have retained the 15-per-cent tax, applied two years ago to softwood lumber exports bound for the United States REPLACED TAX British Columbia, which pro duces two-thirds of Canada's lumber, replaced the tax with stum-page fees (royalties on each tree) which the industry claims has cost it more than twice what the tax would have In addition, the stumpage fees are applied not only to export softwood lumber taxed, but to all wood, be it for domestic use, for plywood or even furniture “We don't agree with increased stumpage fees," Jim Hickey, president of the lumbermen's group, said in an interview after Burney had left.Hickey said Burney’s solution to replace the tax w ith stumpage fees means “it would be lost and the issue would go away." Provincial governments, happy with the extra revenue, will not be the first to call for its removal."His (Burney's) solution is expedient from a government point of view but it will cost jobs in the long run,” Hickey explained.MAY COST JOBS The lumber tax means less sales in the United States, the biggest market.This combined with fewer housing starts will lead to a loss of up to 10 per cent of the 27,000 jobs in the lumber industry within the next year, Hickey believes.?The tax was brought in by the Canadian government after the American lumber lobby called for tariffs on Canadian wood, claiming it w as unfairly subsidized by low »ur non existent stumpage fees.Lumbermen believe the Cana* dian tax was a political decision (o remove an irritant to the free trade talks between Canada and the Uni*' ted States Burney was Prime Mi mster Brian Mulroney's chief of staff at the time In his speech, Burney said that the free trade agreement, in effect since Jan 1, has already had post live fallout He said “new investment inten tions" are up almost 30 per cent in 1988 over 1987.Last month the number of Canadians with jobs rose by 89.000, the largest monthly increase in three years Canada’s miners can’t compete with S.A.platinum Canadian house buyers splurge before a hike strong upward pressure on shortterm rates.Some banks have pushed up short-term rates by a quarter of a percentage point in recent weeks to 12.25-12.50 per cent.Thursday, after the Bank of Canada rate jumped to a three-year highofll.70percentfromll.63set last week, the Royal announced further mortgage rate increases.Royal rates, which will likely be matched by other banks, pushed a six-month closed mortgage to 12.50 per cent and one-year closed mortgages to 12.75 per cent.TOO COSTLY The president of the Bank of Montreal Mortgage Corp.said recently a one-per-cent rise in mortgage rates takes about 200,000 potential buyers out of the housing market.The rates are being driven up by strong demand for mortgage money.Financial institutions did $1.1 billion in mortgage business in November and December, a 34-percent increase over the same months a year earlier.Analysts say several factors are working to intensify competition among financial institutions for mortgage sales.Canadians have greatly increased their borrowing to finance home purchases because of 1988 record levels in sales of existing homes and the fact that last year saw the second-highest level of housing starts in this decade.The cost of buying a resale house jumped last year by an average 18 per cent or $20,000.A recent report in the Financial Post quoted analysts saying all lending institutions will try to improve quality of service in an effort to get more mortgage business, but banks are currently in the lead with 40.7 per cent of all residential mortgages.Career By Susan Yellin TORONTO (CP) - South Africa will continue dominating the lucrative platinum market at a time when the precious metal is gaining wider international use, a federal government spokesman says.But Canadian mining companies, like Falconbridge Ltd., say they plan to continue producing platinum only as a secondary ore where it's found in large deposits of nickel and copper.Platinum and its group of sister metals is used in catalytic converters, electronic components, dental alloys and jewelry.In the past, much of it has been mined in South Africa using cheap labor, making it difficult for North American companies to compete, said Donald Cranstone, a mineral economist with Energy, Mines and Resources.The metal will likely be in even greater demand now because of a Business briefs move by many European countries to reduce car emissions through catalytic converters, which could drive the price of platinum higher, Cranstone said.Platinum, generally referred to on money markets in U.S.dollars an ounce ($535), was trading around $22.60 a gram Thursday.DEPOSITS FEW But while there has been more exploration for platinum in Canada in the last few years, there are less than a handful of known deposits in any great quantity.It leaves unanswered the question of who would provide the metals should countries decide to take political retaliation against South African policies.”1 suppose if there were sanctions against South African platinum metals they’d have to come from somewhere else, although where that somewhere else is 1 don’t know,” Cranstone said.From January to October of last year, Canada imported 9,810 kilograms of platinum metals, which include palladium and rhodium.Toronto based Falconbridge produced around 964 kilograms of platinum in 1987 at its mines in Sud bury, Ont , said a company spo kesman.USE BYPRODUCT The jump in price has led one Toronto area company to "mine" the metals by recycling catalytic converters, each of which contain up to one kilogram.’’You’re looking at a very rich ore body if you want to compare it to mining," said Richard Cohen, president of Platinum Lake Tech nology Inc.of Downsview, ynt.Platinum Lake has been able to find a method of removing 95 pgr cent of the metals at a cost of about $625 Cdn a tonne.The process, which will begin its first commercial test early next week, should eventually produce about 85 kilograms of the metals a month by the end of 1989.“It's as much as Falconbridge is doing here in Canada," Cohen said OTTAWA (CP) - The number of passengers on Via Rail trains between Ottawa and Toronto was 55 per cent higher last month than for January 1988, the company announced Thursday.The increase helped boost revenues from those trains by 70 per cent, Don Carmichael, Via’s marketing director for Ontario, said in a statement.Carmichael said the increase was due mainly to the addition of a fourth day train each way between the two cities, improved train reliability and better customer service.VANCOUVER (CP) - Continuing low oil prices and a strong Canadian dollar cut 1988 net income for Westcoast Energy Corp.to $62 million, down $1.4 million from the year before, the company reported Wednesday.After provision for preferred share dividends, net income per common share dropped to $1.12 compared with $1.24 in 1987.WHERE A RELAXING ATMOSPHERE & EXCELLENT FOOD IS OUR PRIORITY.ENJOY OUR PIANO BAR with our PIANIST RICHARD BOILEAU We have a Fine European Cuisine with EVERY DAY SPECIALS HAPPY HOUR EVERY DAY FROM 5:00 lo 7:00 p.m.360 Pierre Laporte Blvd., Bromont RESERVATIONS: 534-2707 ANNUITIES & RRIF’s AM retirement options explained.NO cost or obligation Also RRSP s and LIFE INSURANCE EDDY ECHENBERG 562-4711 835-5627 Frank Cameron Senior Consultant Executive & Corporate Division (819) 566-0666 REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY Industrial representative bilingual for industrial representation in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships.Qualifications: Knowledge of industrial high quality maintenance protective coating.Musi have own car.Remuneration: Base salary and '(commission with car allowance.Send C.V.to: EQUIPCO LIMITED Box 844 Sherbrooke, Que.J1H 5L1 RN’s and LPN’s Come join us at North Country Hospital Where Caring Counts! 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Many possibilities to put 19 bedrooms to work for you Call me for more information Valerie Signe 564-0152 C00KSHIRE: First time on market A good 4 bedroom house, hardwood floors, fireplace, double garage Quiet residential street SC0TST0WN: Estate settlement Older home, quiet street.Asking $17,500 LA PATRIE: Older brick house on 5'/?acres Asking $26,500 NEAR LENNOXVILLE: I1/, acre building lot, panoramic view $8,000 C00KSHIHE: Excellent 3 bedroom Victorian house on large lot, beautiful master bedroom Asking $69.000.ISLAND BROOK: 48 acres with vacation trailers, electric heat, shop, brook, small field, woods, quiet spot.Asking $40,000 C00KSHIRE: 8 room house on large landscaped lot, double garage Asking $59 000 NEAR SAWYERVILLE: 104 acres, solar home, large maple bush, fish pond, river, small field, workshop Asking $90,000 SC0TST0WN: Year-round furnished 2 bedroom chalet Asking $12,000.NEEDED FOR CLIENTS: Houses, farms, acreage.If you are considering selling, contact: ROBERT BURNS Broker COOKSHIRE 875-3203 NO SUNDAYS 1- ^4^4.1 Lennoxvllle: Irresistible charm, elegant two storey with 7 rooms, hardwood floors, large kitchen with patio doors leading to deck, mature landscaping gives | maximum privacy, double lot Excellent buy near schools.sar „ J» .Lennoxvllle: New listing - luxurious interior, brick two storey.41 b/r, superb construction with fireplace, hardwood floors, first I floorfamily room, elegant, warm f and friendly.Lennoxvllle: Super investment, 2 storey brick with 7 spacious | rooms plus 4 room apt.with private entrance, fireplace, hardwood floors, large master be-1 droom, hardwood floors, quiet | location.Rhode Leonard 822-0200 564-0204 ROYAL LePAGE I Mr.Marcel Testulat, manager of the Royal LePage Services Ltd,, is proud to announce that these two agents are now part of our professional and dynamic team.fUf ^ J* f .§r 0 / Teresa Skelton Bob Bowers 876-2267 564-4452 Royal LePage Broker 563-9834 Property for sale Property for sale Le Courtier Immobilia Estrle Inc.14]S XW» StiMt W«t SWbroofct WMmWfc.in.llR iiMict New otlice located at; lorik East /Ufwi 024511 immm ttn new Contact me for quick Do you want to buy and professional or sell a property?se(Vice ROYAL LePAGEJ Membre Du groupe ITRILON] m The first in Lennoxville Condos Belvidere Street Do you fit?Career woman?Bachelor?Newlyweds?Retired?This 3 or 5 bedroom condo will be perfect for you.Affordable too at only $69,000 & $79,000.For more information please call Mike at 842-2698 or Barbara Allah at 842-2170.Re/Max Sherbrooke 564-0204 ROYAL LePAGE = groupe TRICON, Services immobiliers résidentiels 2855.roe King ouest Sherbrooke, Quebec J1L 1C6 Tel (819) 563-9834 Lennoxville, beautiful warm home in town with country privacy.Hardwood floors, fireplace, large double lot with many mature trees.Lennoxville, 3 acres with unique style home, French windows, hardwood floors, 2 min.from Sherbrooke & Lennoxville.Lennoxville, country home on 2 acres, well landscaped lot, hardwood floors, vinyl siding, sun porches.Helen Labrecque 562-8024 APARTMENT FOR RENT - 35 Vaudry, Lennoxvllle.4'^, large kitchen, open living space and beautiful view.Contact Fiona at (819) 823-0763 or Raynald Chail-ler at 565-7063.LENNOXVILLE - Vaudry Street.3’# room apartment on 4th floor, available immediately.$350.or $363.with fridge and stove.Call (819) 569-4698or 563-9205 LES APARTEMENTS BELVEDERE, 69-73-77-81 Belvidere, Lennoxville 3Vk-4V!t-5V5 rooms, Family special.Pool, sauna, janitoral service, washer/dryer outlet, wall to wall carpeting.For rental information call 567-2362 or administration 564-4080.LES TERRACES LENNOXVILLE - 3Vi, 4Vi, 5Vi.New modern building.As comfortable as a condo.Lots of green space.105 Oxford.Call (819) 567-9881.2 ROOM APARTMENT — Heat, hot water, electricity, fridge and stove included.Quiet area.Available immediately.43 Speid Street, Lennoxville.Call (819) 823-0056 4Vi - 2 bedroom apartment near Galerie 4-Saisons and C.H.U., new building, carpeting in every room, electric heating, sub-lease to June 89, $400., immediate occupancy.Call (819) 562-5721 or 566-1501.I Property for sale Lots for sale Wanted to rent Rest homes Marcel Testulat Mr.Louis Gayer Vice-President and Regional director, Quebec East is pleased to announce that MR.MARCEL TESTULAT is now manager of ROYAL LePAGE Real Estate Sherbrooke branch located at 2855 King West.Mr.Testulat.a business man, having operated different businesses in the Sherbrooke area started as a Real Estate Agent at ROYAL LePAGE in March 1986.In 1987 he was number 1 Sales Agent MLS, President's Gold Award in 1987-88.Mr.Testulat is also well known for his work in the community.He was president of the Sherbrooke Lion's Club, as well as Regional President.He is now Lion's vice-president.Royal LePage Broker 563-9834 Job Opportunities ATTENTION HAIRDRESSERS! Hairdressers with experience required with clientele to work In an ultra-modern salon for Her and Him in Sherbrooke.Permanent work.Choice of working 3-4 days/week.Excellent working conditions.Good salary with possibility of advancement.Also need hairdresser who specializes in men's hair only.Send yourcurriculum vitae to Box H0,c/oThe Record, P O.Box 1200, Sherbrooke, Que J1H 5L6.All replys will be strictly confidential.DRIVERS WANTED.International trucking company needs drivers for tractors and trailers with 3 years experience, bilingual if possible.Must be 24 years old.Reply to P.O.Box 71, Coati-cook, Que.J1A 2S6.MATURE ENERGETIC COUPLE required in the Manotick Ontario area, a suburb of Ottawa.Responsibilities would include lawn and property maintanance, light housework, home watching.The position includes a rent free semi-furnished house with all utilities paid.Remuneration to be discussed.References required Apply to P.O.Box 953, Manotick, Ont.K0A 2N0.Child Care BABYSITTER WANTED in North Hatley, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, pre-ferrably in my home.Call (819) 842-4442.Professional Services SUTTON - URGENT.Furnished apartment, 2 bedrooms, located in the town.Call Jean-Jacques Gelinas at (819) 843-3744 home or (819) 847-1300 office.IS PRIVACY important to you?You can have your independence and feel secure.Rolling Hills provides personalized 24 hour care, warm living space, delicious meals, pleasant social life.For appointment call 567-5234 PRIVATE AND SEMI-PRIVATE rooms for elderly.Home cooked meals, quiet location.Bedridden and Alzeimers accepted.Short or long term care.Doctor on call.Call (819) 564-8171.SAWYERVILLE SENIOR RESIDENCE has a semi-private room, preferrably for 2 ladies or a married couple.Call (819) 889-2810.ATTORNEY JACQUELINE KOURI, ATTORNEY, 85 Queen street, Lennoxville.Tel.564-0184.Office hours 8:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m.Evenings by appointment.INCOME TAX C.K.'S Income Tax Service, 512 Knowl-ton Road, Knowlton, Que.JOE 1V0.Income tax preparation, accounting and pay roll.Open Monday through Saturday.Tel: (514) 243-6324.INCOME TAX Quebec, Canadian, U.S.personal income tax, bilingual preparers.9a.m.to 8 p.m.1 Belvidere Street, apt.1, Lennox-ville.Tel: (819) 567-0162.PHYSIOLOGIST Derogation for children who won't be 5 on time for kindergarden.Louise Cha-put, (819) 563-1248 for appointment.Both languages.¦ Miscellaneous Services ATTENTION ESTHETICIANS/BEAUTI-CIANS! Experienced Esthetician needed with established clientele to work in an ultra-modern esthetician salon in Sherbrooke.Good salary.Good working conditions.Send your curriculum vitae to Box 110, c/o The Record, P.O.Box 1200.Sherbrooke, Que.J1H 5L6.All re- CRUICKSHANK ELECTRIQUE ENR.For your electrical renovations, installations and change-overs call Lyndon at (819) 875-5395.FURNITURE STRIPPING and some refinishing.12 years experience.Free esti-mates.Call (819) 562-1930.LENNOXVILLE PLUMBING.Domestic repairs and water refiners.Call Norman Walker at 563-1491.20 Job Opportunities ll| ' — Hi Job Opportunities ROCK FOREST — Beautiful waterfront cottage with 2 revenues, double garage, garden house, peaceful area.Call me for more information.TransAction, Frank, (514) 640-4040 LENNOXVILLE — Clough Street.2 fully serviced lots, side by side, 70x100 each.Call (819) 566-0738 after 6 p.m.Roxton An important manufacturer of solid wood situated in Waterloo, is looking for workers to operate different machines or other types of work in the following departments: — Machining — Sanding — Assembly Requirements: — Be quality minded — Ambitious and have the desire to improve — Able to work as a team — One year of experience in a furniture plant Competitive salary based on experience and fringe benefits.Interested persons should contact: ROXTON FURNITURE LIMITED 22 Foster Square P.O.Box 550 Waterloo, Qc JOE 2N0 (514) 539-1464 Ask for Léon Therrlen t s I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I TO PLACE YOUR PREPAID CLASSIFIED AD: TELEPHONE: (819) 569-9525 (514) 243-0088 BY MAIL: Use this coupon IN PERSON: Come to our offices 2850 Delorme Street, Sherbrooke or 88 Lakeside Street, Knowlton PLEASE PRINT 11c per word.Minimum charge $2.75 per day for 25 words or less.Discounts for prepaid consecutive insertions without copy change: 3 insertions - less CLEARLY 10%, 6 insertions - less 15%, 21 insertions - less 20%.CATEGORY NAME CATEGORY NUMBER OFFICE HOURS: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m.DEADLINE: 10 a.m.working day previous to publication ALL ORDERS MUST INCLUDE STREET ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER (25 words) MAIL THIS COUPON TO: The Record P.O.Box 1200, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5L6 COST OF ADVERTISEMENT: (min.$2.75) $0.11 x__words x_days = 5 — ADVERTISER'S NAME________ 1 \ ADDRESS______________________________ PROVINCE__________POSTAL CODE________ TELEPHONE ( )______________________ PLEASE CHECK FORM OF PAYMENT: CHEQUED MONEY ORDERD CREDIT CARD ?CREDIT CARD PAYMENT: MASTERCARD ?VISAD CARD NO______________________________ EXPIRATION DATE _____________________ SIGNATURE____________________________ I I I ! I I I I I I THE RECORD RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT OR EDIT ANY ADVERTISEMENT.I I The HKl'OHl)—Friday.February 17, Classified 29 Miscellaneous Services NEED YOUR HAIR done at home or need your errands run for you?Call El-leen at (819) 875-5172.TYPING and/or translating done in my home Call 563-9693 after 3 p.m Music Cars for sale '88 CONTINENTAL Town Car '88 FIREFLY, automatic '88 TRACER, automatic '87 TRACER LS, 4-door, stand.'87 TOYOTA Corolla '86 PRELUDE, automatic '86 BRONCO 4x4, V-8, auto.'85 PRELUDE, standard '85 PONY GLS, 4-door, stand.'85 MUSTANG GT The majority of our cars have very low mileage.iCetrie 4141 King W.Sherbrooke 563-4466 NO PROBUH i Prelude, 4 cyl., 5 speed, p.b., p.s.' Cadillac Fleetwood d'Elegance ' Mustang LX, 4 cyl., 5 speed ' Escort, 4 speed, 2 door ' Tracer LS, 4 door, 5 speed I Lancer, 4 door, auto, i Skyhawk, 2 door, 1.8 e.l.i Lynx, 4 door, 5 speed i Tercel, 2 door, auto, i Pontiac 6000.2.6 e.i., air i Ford LTD, V6, equipped i Subaru GL-10, 4 door I Topaz GS, 4 door, equipped i Cavalier CL, 4 door, auto.i Pony GLS, 1.6, 5 speed i Monte Carlo, 6 cyl.(3.8), p.w.I Flrenza.4 door, 5 speed I Capri, 6 cyl., auto, l Pontiac 6000 LE, 4 door, equipped I Corolla, 2 door, auto, i Alliance, 4 door, auto.I Accord LX, 4 door, auto I Mustang, 2 door.4 cyl., auto.I Camara, 6 cyl., auto.VANS & TRUCKS I Ford F150, 6 cyl., 5 speed i Caravan, 4 cyl., auto.I Voyager, 4 cyl., auto, i Chevrolet, CIO, 8 cyl., 4 speed I Chevrolet S15, 6 cyl.auto.o.d.ANDRE HALLEE AUTO 5450 Bourque Blvd., Rock Forest 864-6677 Open on Saturday We Speak English I Trucks for sale 1979 GRAND SIERRA, 4x4, GMC, Vi ton, 6' box, power steering, power brakes, automatic.New fenders and rockerpa-hels to be installed.$2,500.Call (819) 638-5508 after 6 p m.Snowmobiles SNOWMOBILES FOR SALE: 1988 Bombardier Formula MXLT.all equipped, 7,000 km., canvas.1988 Yamaha Phazer, electric, all equipped, 3.000 km., canvas Call Danville (819) 839-3043 Alvin Fontaine.Cameras ITUrr icecara P.O.Box 1200 • Sherbrooke, Que.J1H 5L6 Articles for sale HONOLULU CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, 201 King St.East, Sherbrooke, 562-7840.Sales, trade-in, rental, repairs, teaching of all musical instruments Full warranty since 1937.Visa, Mastercard and lay-away plan accepted.Honolulu Orchestra for all kinds of entertainment CHEVROLET CITATION 1980, excellent condition.Not driven this winter.$1,650 Call (819) 569-6104.DODGE ARIES.1984, 2 door, automatic, body A-1, engine 2,2, needs work.95,000 km.$2,400.or best offer.Call (819) 847- 2694.COLLECTOR PLATES — Production problems have delayed Blanchette Mill and Fall Plowing until mid-March A few plates are still available so if you haven t ordered yours, please do so soon.Also taking orders for Melbourne Legacy -second plate in the art senes after Round Barn.The Homestead (819) 569-2671 COMPLETE SATELITE T V system, currently in use.12 foot dish, electronics, 100 plus channels, stereo processor, $1.600 Call 1-(819)-876-2528 COMPLETE SET of hockey goal-tending equipment.Call (819) 565-0079 after 6 p.m.FULL LENGTH California sheep skin coat and ladies clothing, all in excellent condition, reasonable Black lamp with ivory lily and shade.Call evenings (819) 822-3489 LENNOX OIL FURNACE (96-112M BTUH) with 1/3 h.p.blower and two 300 gallon tanks Two Victorian style cast iron bathtubs with legs Linotype press and various scrap steel (3500 lbs.).Copies of The Stanstead Jounal, dated 1900 .(819) 876-2227 LUDWING-BURG GIFT and Coffee Shop, Place Sanborn, Ayer s Cliff Open Tuesday to Saturday.Pewter, eelskin wallets, ribbon by the yard, cards, deco-rations and balloons, soaps and candles, etc.RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT for sale Call (514) 243-0043."SEE YOUR LUCKY BUYS" each day during the month of February.The Wool Shop, 159 Queen Street, Lennoxville.Call (819) 567-4344 SMALL TOOLS for jewellery manufacture: electric roller, ciruclar shear saw.etc.Also components, ear wire hooks, clips, spring rings.Valcourt (514) 532-2596 after 6 p.m 2 SETS of evaporating pans, narrow type.Also several wood burning stoves.Call Frank at (819) 843-2571.6.000 BALES OF good quality hay Please call for price delivered.Call (819) 889-2272, Art Bennett.KENMORE DISHWASHER; dryer: antique buffet, table and 4 chairs, all kinds of wine making and storage equipment; Samsonite luggage used once: filing cabinet; 2 encyclopedias; stereo; skill chain saw, $50.; typewriter; world globe: many other items.Call 872-3295.Articles wanted Machinery Collectors Horses Livestock PUREBRED HEREFORD BULL, one year old.Quiet, good breeding with Jaeger and Riser ancestors.Also Case 1816 Uni-Loader (Bobcat type) in good condi-tion.Call (819) 564-1274 4 PUREBRED HOLSTEIN heifer calves.Also cedar pickets and 6 foot cedar logs, 6” diameter and up.Call (819) 845-7926.Pets CAMERA REPAIR Baldini Cam-Teck.3 factory trained technicians.Minolta, Canon, Pentax, Nikon, Yashica, Hassel-biad, Bronica, Kodak, binoculars, microscopes.projectors.109 Frontenac Street, Sherbrooke Tel: (819) 562-0900.BOXER PUPPIES born December 14, 1988, purebred, with necessary shots $250.Call (819) 849-7329 GROOMING & CLIPPING, professional.Also boarding.Call (819) 562-1856.REGISTERED DALMATION PUPPIES, Poodle puppies and American Cocker Spaniel puppies.Call (819) 567-5314.REGISTERED DOBERMANN PUPPIES, vaccinated, guaranteed 2 colors available: Black and Rust or Mahogany and Rust.Call after 5 p.m.or leave message (819) 835-9204 ft mg PH Garage Sales m Articles for sale BABY CLOTHING for sale, very clean and in good condition.Call (819) 821-4T19.LENNOXVILLE Lennoxville Volunteer Firemen are having another garage sale.Will pick-up donations Call 06 SWQUIP NEVER BE left alone intme car.LEAVE YOUR 6RANPFATHER IN THE CAR BUT NOT THE P06! RI6HT N0U!,MY PITCHER'S M0UNP IS C0VEREP WITH SNOW BUT PRETTY SOON IT'LL BE spring anp i'll be throwing THAT FIRST PITCH.BORN LOSER® by Art Sansom ŸOUjjf i r .THEN I LL BE LOOKING F0RWARP TO WINTER AGAIN.AW, H00! OUST À little litbraey wjmop.1 „i am afraid we accidentally took.0UT'OlKlMDe)(, INSTEAD REMOVE APPPHDIX.EEK & MEEK® by Howie Schneider woMAmRiurnmoo, THE RICH KEEP GETTIUG RICHER ADO THE POOR GET POORER .WHAT WE DEED IS A MIX, OF CAPITALISM ADD SOCIALISM.LIKE 6ûME£fJMEUT-5U55ïDlZED IOTTERV TICKETS (ORTHE fOOR ÛH YEAH?LIKE WHAT?FRANK & ERNEST® by Bob Thaves Frartf { Mri-f/* Gmge i>f ApfrAlP WÉ PONT ^ HAVf Y0Uf> ripES Rotate?Y£r, sir — r-r-^k J ERNie LOST COUNT lHAvff5 2-17 -LllLM ^nmtp Minister Rev MtrÇn Sadler 567-6373 Organist Pamela Gill Eby Outterln at Montreal in Sherbrooke Sunday School 10:30 a m Worship Frontenac r » Street Minister: Rev.Blake Walker Organist: Mr.Irving Richards 10:30 a.m.Morning Worship Sunday School and Nursery provided.Sermon: “Weathering the Storm." c/t mwj cordial welcome to all.TJus u j hilhhil uymg ind monky .’I JI ‘KcWatwn ikii I'tmsl.ksus .amt inia tkt }lWdt le «» sinimt" 9:30 a.m.The Lord's Supper 11:00 a.m.Family Bible Hour Speaker: Mr.Tom Ryan Topic: "Divided Loyalties” Sunday School & Nursery Provided Wednesday 7:30 p.m.Prayer & Bible Study 267 Montreal St Sherbrooke (819) 569-3490 8 00 a m Holy Communion 10:00 a.m Holy Communion 10:00 a m Sunday School 7:00 p.m Lenten Study Group WEDNESDAY 10 00 a m.Holy Communion 10 30 a.m A C W Lenten Study Qliiitcb Cljurcl) of Æannfrn Watervllle, Hatley, North Hatley Pastoral charge We welcome you for worship 9:30 a m.Hatley 11:00 a.m.Watervllle 11:00 a.m.North Hatley Minister: Rev.Jane Aikman Cntljolic ST.PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Corner King & Gordon St.Pastor: Rev.G.Dandenault Tel.: 569-1145 MASSES Saturday • 7:00 p.m.Sunday: 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.ftlnitcï) Cljurcl) of Cauaba LENNOXVILLE UNITED CHURCH CORNER OF Queen and Church St.Minister: Rev.D.Warren Organist: Marla Theresa Laberge Mrs.Nancy Rahn, Choir Director 10:00 am.Morning Worship Sunday School for all ages.liaptifft Cljurcl) BAPTIST CHURCHES of Coatlcook 130 Baldwin St.9:30 a.m.Morning Worship Sherbrooke Portland & Queen 11:00 a.m.Morning Worship North Hatley 5 Main St.6:00 p.m.Evening Worship Pastor: Rev.Fred Rupert Anglican Cfjurri) of Canaba THE PARISH OF THE ADVENT & ST.PAUL SHERBROOKE WITH THE CHAPEL OF ST.MARY Rector, Rev.D.E.Ross Lent II 11:00 a.m.St.Mary's, St.Elle Morning Prayer Anglican Cljurcl) of £anaba ST.PETER’S CHURCH 355 Oufferin Street.Sherbrooke (564-0279) Principal Services Sunday 8:00 a.m.Holy Eucharist 10 30 a m Family Eucharist and Sunday School Week Days In Lent Wednesday 10:00 a.m.Lenten Eucharist Other Week Days 8 00 a.m.Lent Eucharist Rector: The Venerable Alan Fairbaim Organist: Anthony J.Davidson £a Lavandière 5176 de la rue Foster Waterloo, Québec 539-4627 Attend tfje ctjurct) of pour rijoice tfri* &unïmp _ • Maytag-equipped laundromat , • Ouen 8:00 a.m.ta 8:00 p.m., 7 days/week — Welcome all! J FoNdATÎON MqR Jean-MarIe Fortier Inc.Dear Diocesan, The Fondation Mgr Fortier is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.This event deserves to be noted with pride and recognition.In 1979, the diocesan Church found itself in the following position: raise the parish dues or remove some pastoral services.Thanks to the Fondation, neither of the options were used.The 1979 situation has been solved but the future is not sure.You know the problems the Church has: — Ensure true religious instruction to our children; — Reaffirm the Christian faith for their faith to guide them through their daily life: — School adults in co-responsibility while respecting each’s chosen role, within the parish life and the missionary dynamism of the diocesan church.To rise above these challenges, we must all stand together.With the Fondation, I’m reaching out to each of you.Answer without hesitation.Imitate the Gospel’s widow who gave from her necessity: God doesn’t look at the amount, but at the heart.I entrust the success of this campaign of the Virgin Mary and our patrons, Saint Michael Archangel and the blessed Marie Léonie.Yours very grateful to Christ.Jean-Marie Fortier, Archbishop of Sherbrooke Send your donation to: Fondation Mgr Fortier, C.P.430, Sherbrooke J1H 5K1 6 Women's Institute meeting AYEH SCUFF —The W 1 met in the vestry of the United Church on February 3rd The President Dyanne Saanum welcomed the members and opened the meeting in the usual manner.Twelve members answered the roll call by paying their annual dues.The minutes were read and approved, and Beverly Schoolcraft reported the Treasurer’s books had been audited by Mr.Quinn.A verbal thank-you had been received from Mrs.Rosa Keeler for Christmas cheer.Thank-you letters from Prolonged Care Unit of the Sherbrooke Hospital for cookies received at Christmas, also from Mrs Jean Morgan, Mrs.Evelyn Hilliard, Peter Morgan and Bernice Little.All convenors gave their annual reports and showed that much work had been done throughout the year Irene Ride reporting for the library said that the books had been changed again, with some members helping.Krafty Kliffers: Lap throws are being worked on by some members with wool which had been donated by Mrs.Holmes.There would be a brunch at the school on February 12 from 10-12 a.m.Carnival at the school is February 13-H).Reading day is March 6.The Hatley W.l.are having their annual dinner on February 22nd and members are urged to attend if possible.Dyanne gave the report of the County Board meeting held in Ayer’s Cliff.Dates of the Convention are May 17-18.Lois Cooper will bring back the cook books which have been ordered.Each branch is to give money towards a flag tour which is to be given to A.C.W W.and presented at Convention.Lois Cooper read the new program for 1989-1990.At this time Dyanne asked Alice Mayhew to take the chair for the election of officers.President: Dyanne Saanum, 1st Vice-Pres.: Aileen Lord, 2nd Vice-Pres.: Irene Ride, Treas.Beverly Schoolcraft, Secretary: Aileen Lord.Convenors: Agriculture: Lorraine Harrison, Citizenship: Fiorina Drew, Education: Dyanne Saanum, Cultural Affairs : Georgie Jarand, Home Ec.& Health: Irene Ride, International Affairs: Edna Walker, Canadian Industries: Alice Mayhew, Publicity: Aileen Lord, Sunshine: Jessie Cass.Tea to be served at Maple Manor on February 9 and Irene Ride and Aileen Lord agieed to go.Date of the next meeting March 10, due to World Day of Prayer on the 1st Friday.In celebration of Founder's Day, some members dressed in old clothes, even to high laced boots.Old articles were brought in for a display.A social hour followed and the hostesses Irene Ride and Grace Moyle served sandwiches, cheese and pickles.IF GIVING GIVES YOU A WARM FEELING IN YOUR TOES, WE NEED A LOT MORE WARM TOES.’ The giving begins with you.Feted on 100th birthday In the write-up of Myrtle Lilje-gren’s 100th birthday published in the Record of Tuesday, Feb.14, the second paragraph should read: After marrying George Wilkie she lived near Windsor where her geraniums in the porch in their home was a joy to see, especially in the winter time.Their many relatives and friends enjoyed her cookies, and Myrtie has always done many handicrafts, such as quilting and crocheting etc.It was after her second husband's death that she moved to the United States and married Gus Liljegren.Upon his death she returned to the Windsor area and more recently has become a resident of the Wales Home in Richmond The sender of the write-up apolo-gizes to Mrs.Liljegren for her error.Births DUBOIS — Dennis and Brenda (McCourt) proudly announce the birth of their son, Corey Clayton, 7 lbs.9oz., on February 10,1989at St Vincent de Paul Hospital Brother for Jason Grandparents are Jean Paul and Nancy Dubois and Dora McCourt.Great-grandson of Douglas and Willa Gleason and Gladys Perkins WHITE Michael and Maureen (Mason) are pleased to announce the birth of their third child, a girl, born February 15.1989, Erica Heather, weighing 8 lbs.15V4 oz A sister for Jason and Jennifer Grandparents Sid and Kay White, Florence Mason Great grandmother Amy White.Card of Thanks DREW-WEBBER — The family ot the late Wilber Drew would like to express their sincere thanks and appreciation for the flowers, cards and acts of kindness during their recent sad bereavement A special thanks to Pastor Kraus and the congregation of Bethel Pentecostal Church in South Bolton.MACLEOD — The family of the late Lester (Scotty) MacLeod wish to extend our sincere thanks to all that were so kind to us at the time of our bereavement.To those that donated Gideon Bibles, gave to the Pallative Care Hospital In Vancouver.sent flowers and gave donations to the Sher-Lenn 50 Plus Club.A special thanks to Rev.Douglas Warren and Fred Warnholtz - to the ladies that helped with the lovely refreshments served after the funeral.Thanks for the many sympathy cards, letters and phone calls, so welcome to ease our sorrow during the loss of our husband, father and brother.Your kindness will always be remembered.AILEEN (wife) ANNE MILLS & FAMILY BEVERLY BLAIR & FAMILY (daughters) HAROLD & PEGGY MUNKITTRICK Thousands of Canadians are waiting for the gift of a life-saving transplant.The Kidney Foundation of Canada urges you to sign an organ donor card.PLEASE NOTE ALL— Births, Card of Thanks, In Me-mortams.Brfeflets, and items for the Townships Crier should be sent In typewritten or printed In block letters.All of the following must be sent to The Record typewritten or neatly printed.They will not be accepted by phone Please include a telephone number where you can be reached during the day.BRIEFLETS (No dances accepted) BIRTHS CARDS OF THANKS IN MEMORIAMS 17' per word Minimum charge: 34.00 WEDDING DESCRIPTIONS, SOCIAL NOTES: No charge for publication providing news submitted within one month, $10.00 production charge (or wedding or engagement pictures Wedding write-ups received one month or more alter event, $15.00 charge with or without picture.Subject to condensation.ALL OTHER PHOTOS.$10.00 OBITUARIES: No charge if received within one month of death.Subject to condensation $15.00 if received more than one month after death.Subject to condensation All above notices must carry signature of person sending notices DEATH NOTICES: Cost: 17' per wort.DEADLINE: For death notices to apear In Monday editions: Death notices may be called in to the Record between 5 p.m.and 9 p.m.Sunday.For death notices to appear in Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday editions: Death notices may be called in to The Record between 9 a m, and 9 p.m.the day previous to the day the notice is to appear.To place a death notice in the paper, call (819) 589-4856.If any other Record number is called, The Record cannot guarantee publication the next day ss & son ltd.FuntRAL DIRfCtORS 1 BOO 567 6031 Deaths CLARK, Margaret Wife of the late Very Rev.C.Ritchie Bell Died at the Centre Hospitalier Ar genteuil, Lachute, Quebec on Wed nesday.February 15, 1989 Mother of David, FonthUl, Ontario and Ja net iMrs Ian Campbell), Hunting ton, Quebec.Sister of W G Clark and the late David Clark of Ashes tos.One nephew, David Clark of St Bruno, three grandsons, and three granddaughters, also five great grand daughters and one great grandson.HARVEY, Olive Gertrude, R.N.At the Grace Christian Home on Tuesday, February 14, 1989, Olive Gertrude Harvey, in her 90th year Beloved daughter of the late Henry Harvey and his w ife the late Nellie Franklin.Dear aunt of Jamie Mot fatt.Resting at the L.O.Cass and Son Funeral Home, t> Belvidere St .Lennoxville.w here funeral service will be held on Friday, February 17 at 2 p.m.Rev.Bill l’rovis officia ting Interment Malvern Cemete ry.In lieu of flowers, donations to the Donna Draper Fund would gra tefully be acknowledged.Visita tion Thursday evening from 7 9 Arrangements by George Bishop JOHNSTON, Margaret Geraldine (nee Brown) — Peacefully at Knowlton, Que., on Wednesday February 15,1989, in her 89th year Beloved wife of the late John Johnston and dear sister of Mach-leine Quackenbush of Florida, and Thelma Marrotte of Montreal, it was Margaret’s wish to be cremated, with no visitation, and burial of ashes in Ottawa, Out.In Memoriam DE BOER, John — In loving memory of John De Boer, a dear husband, father and grandfather, who left us 10 years ago, February 17, 1979 As time unfolds another year Memories keep you ever near, Silent thoughts of time together Hold memories that will last forever Sadly missed by HIS FAMILY MASON.David J — In loving memory of a dear husband and father who passed away February 19, 1988 Treasured memories last forever ARDELL (wife) & FAMILY ORD — In memory of Marion Ord who died February 18, 1982.Gone are the days we used to share But memories are forever there RUTH ROBINSON, Wesley A.— Inkoving me mory of a dear husband, father and grandfather who left us so suddenly on February 17, 1975, Always remembered by RUBY BILL & NORMA STEVE & SCOTT 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Four concern today will benefit your family tomorrow," 109 WIIJJAM, COWANSVILLE, QUE.J2K 1K9 TELEPHONE (514) 263-1212 COWANSVILLE SUTTON KNOWLTON MANSONVIIJLE \'l~ The RECORD—Friday, February 17, 1989 Sports —____tel HBcmti Cross-country is the ultimate way to go Open-air lovers are now in a fu Open-air lovers are now in a fa vored position.Regardless of the outdoor activity they participate in, snow conditions are excellent and the weather is fine.It has become obvious that people are taking part in winter sports more and more.Ski centres are becoming more popular, our lakes are being transformed into villages populated by tiny fish shacks, providing angler fishermen with shelter from the icy winds so they may fish in a more comfortable envi ronment.In the next couple of weeks ice fishing conditions will be improving as the days get Ion ger and the sun’s rays wanner.Undoubtedly, cross-country skiers will join in the outdoor fun over the next few weeks.It is highly unlikely they will miss the opportunity to trample about their favorite ski trails.For nature-lovers, crosscountry skiing is the ultimate way to keep in touch with nature during the winter months.Crosscountry skiing also permits the nature-lover to explore the deep woods.Well-kept trails allow the individual to take long trips into the countryside where the scenery is breathtaking.Many will bring along their cameras as well, taking the opportunity in hand to take pictures they will re member for a long time.Cross-country skiing excur sions allows people to keep in shape and breathe fresh air which is an important part of staying healthy.DEER UPDATE It doesn’t appear that the deer have been put out by winter.They are having no trouble reaching food supplies.The amount of snow on the ground is not impeding them from coming out of their winter dens, and they are not prisoners to their predators.Hopefully in the next few weeks the deer will not be ill-fated so they may be numerous for hunting season next year.In concluding this column, 1 would like to remind hunters that between Feb.22 and 26 the Outfitters Show will be held at the Pa lais des Congres in Montreal.Over 250 outfitters will be on location to meet with hunters and an glers and talk to them about their respective territory.If you intend to use the service Great outdoors It can only go up for the Lady Gaiters By Scott David Harrison LENNOXVILLE — Like experiments of the Wright brothers, the Lady Gaiters season has had it s ups and downs.Unlike the Wright brothers, the Lady Gaiters are waiting for their flight to take off.The Lady Gaiters season has been about as inconsistent as a politician's promises.With two games left in the season, bishop’s is hoping inconsistency will be a thing of days gone by.The Lady Gaiters will travel to r ' By REAL HEBERT of an outfitter for hunting or fishing in the upcoming year, there is no better place to obtain the necessary information.You will, be able to find the place of your choice because outfitters will be pleased to answer all questions about hunting, fishing, type of equipment available from them as well as lodging Once again, if you intend to use an outfitter next year don’t miss the Salon des pourvoyeurs, it will offer great help.LENN GUN CLUB The Lennoxville gun club, which has been around since the 1930’s is looking for new members.President Herbert R, Derick has said the club now has 46 shooters.A total of 65 people belong to the club Members can improve their 22-calibre pistol or rifle shooting abilities.Rifle practice takes place Monday.Wednesday and Friday while Tuesday nights and some Saturdays are reserved for pistol target practice.On Friday nights, members between the ages of 12 and 18 may practice their shooting.The Lenn gun club has produ ced some excellent shooters, some of national and international repute.Herbert Derick invites amateurs to join the ranks by calling him or Richard Goodhue at 564-6481 Montreal this Friday where they'U try to wrestle second place in the Quebec league away from the McGill Martlets.Two of the 6-4 Lady Gaiters’ losses have been at the hands of the Martlets.DOWN RIGHT SILLY While one was excusable — Bishop's was struck down by the flu - the other was not.A 15-point loss to McGill, a week after Bishop’s throttled the Martlets 81-61 and made the Montreal university look down right silly in the process.“It’s a very important game in terms of the standing,” said Lady Gaiters’ head coach Andrea Blackwell, “A win will put us in second place and winning against Concordia the following week would sew it up for us." While it is not in first place, Laval has that under wraps, second place does ensure the Lady Gaiter of home-court advantage for the league’s semi-finals.The best way to judge a team’s readiness is through their practices and Blackwell said the sparks have been flying, with the exception of Thrusday’s pratice, this week as the team gears for a berth in the Canadian university basketball championships.SET THE TEMPO “The key for the (Friday ) game is going to be the tempo,” said Blackwell.“They like to slow things down, so we’re going to have to push them just like Laval did to us." "Friday we have to take control of the basketball game, certainly we want to prove that (we can take control) to ourselves,” she said.About the Martlets’ style, Blackwell said, “they are so meticulous, it’s almost boring.At the same time they are lulling you to sleep, they are putting points on the board.” Blackwell’s not the only one that believes the final stretch is about as important as a dual income in the 80s, the players feel that way as well.The players held a no-coaches-allowed meeting this week to clear the air and reestablish the team's priorities.GO TO NATIONALS “They all came out (of the meeting) saying, ‘Hey, we want to go to the Nationals’," said Blackwell.“We thought at the beginning of the season (the Nationals) was approachable for us and now we have to stop saying that and go out and do it." Blackwell it all starts with a good game Friday and a great game the following week.In other words, the optimists on the team are saying, it’s can only go up from here.Tfie Bishop’s Lady Gaiters have two game left in the regular season and are fighting for second place with McGill.Bishop’s play last game The Gaiters are on the road this week for the last game of their season.Bishop’s, who have a 9-8 record, will be playing Laurentian University in Sudbury this Friday night at 8 p.m.The Gaiters have already made the playoffs finishing in fourth place in the Ontario University Athletic Association’s Eastern Division.The only thing that remains to be seen is who Bishop's will be playing in next week’s semi-final game — Concordia or McGill.McGill is presently leading the OUAA east with a record 13-4 and will see action this weekend.The 12-3 Concordia Stingers, who have a game in hand on McGill, will also be seeing action this weekend when they face Toronto.The Gaiters opponent may not be decided until McGill and Concordia face each other this coming Tuesday in Montreal.Women make switch from post-Chapman era Will promoters jump?EDMONTON (CF) The Cana dian Professional Boxing Federation said Thursday it will call for purse bids in an effort to end a dispute that has blocked a Canadian heavyweight title match between champion Donovan (Razor) Ruddock and the No.l contender, Tony Morrison of Toronto.Ron Hay ter of Edmonton, chairman of the federation's championships committee, said interested promoters will be asked to submit bids by March 10 The successful bidder will be announced no later than March 15.The conditions of the purse bid will stipulate the match take place on or before April 30.Bids must state the total purse money offered to the two participants.A minimum total bid of $25,000 will be required.Once a successful bid is chosen, the total purse money will be divided, with 65 per cent earmarked for the champion and 35 per cent for the challenger.“If the champion fails to sign a contract under the successful purse bid the title will be declared vacant,’’ Hayter said in a written statement.When Currie Chapman hand picked Nick Wilson as his successor for head coach of the Canadian women’s Alpine ski team, he obviously knew what he was doing.Wilson has had his tough days this winter, but overall he’s enabled the women to make an easy transition to the post-Chapman era while continuing to make progress on the World Cup circuit.“Losing Currie was a big step for the team," says Kerrin Lee of Ros stand, B.C., one of the young, emerging stars.“He was the one who used to hold the whole team together.But now we have two people, Nick and (downhill coach) Don Lyon doing the job .we’ve overcome the loss.” When Chapman stepped down last summer after a decade as head coach and veteran Laurie Graham retired from racing, there were legitimate worries about a negative effect on the team.Chapman was the man largely responsible for putting together and building the team ; not just the racers but the coaching staff and the support staff.y^- Time Out By John Korobanik The Canadian Press Through many agonizing winters he made the women keep improving and he convinced them their talent could make them chantpions.“He wanted to build a team and that’s what he did, he built a team right from scratch,” said Lee during a break in training for this weekend's two World Cup downhill races in Lake Louise, Alta.“I think he made us believe in the women’s team, made Canada believe in the women's team and I think that’s what holds us together now and makes us have the confidence we still have ' While it’ll be years before the Chapman influence fades away, the character and abilities of Wilson and Lyon have reduced the potential disruption to a mere ripple.“From the start, once we were through a couple of camps, 1 knew he was the right man for the job,” Lyon, originally named as co-head coach, said of Wilson.“It was important for him to get to know the girls, gain their confidence and he did that.” He also brought to the team the same type of organizational skills that enabled Chapman to keep the often shaky ship running on a relatively even keel.“It certainly was good planning,” said Kellie Casey of Col-lingwood, Ont.“The transition could have been a lot more difficult but, partly because Don Lyon was there, it’s been fairly easy.” TECHNICAL EXPERTISE Wilson, a former assistant with the men’steam, is still learning the ropes.His expertise is on the technical side of skiing and his influence can already be seen in the recent results by Karen Percy, Michelle McKendry and Lee in the combined and giant slalom events.“He’s young and he’s keen and sort of an inspiration that way,” said Percy.“He’s our technical coach which is an added twist.For me, having Nick as head coach.I get in 100 per cent (training) in eve- ry discipline.” Percy said Wilson’s influence has been a factor in her reaching the top-10 ranking in all four disc-plines this season, the only women on the World Cup circuit to do so.Wilson has, wisely, left Lyon and Glenn Thompson to handle the downhill coaching.He has earned the trust and confidence of the women and they, in turn, have helped make him feel welcome.“They seemed to gam my confi dence as a coach quickly and be willing to take chances and try some things I suggested, more so than the men would be perhaps.” They developed a rapport, which Wilson says was the key factor.“An important thing in coaching is a one-to-one relationship, especially in an individual sport like this where each one might need something different at different moments.It’s knowing what those individual needs are.” Thus far, Wilson, Lyon and the rest of the coaching staff have maintained a good handle on those needs and satisfied them through the season.And that, said Wilson, is what coaching is all about.Skiing Canucks way off the pace ^0°vNSe & -sP \X£ O0V ,