The record, 8 septembre 1989, vendredi 8 septembre 1989

‘We’re not going back9 period’ Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Friday, September 8, 1989 50 cents ¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦Hi Loss of seniority won’t stop striking nurses Weekend In Townships Week this week: Meet Benny the illusionist and see how mystery, intrigue, circus acts and military assignments turn up in the saga of a magician.Births, deaths .8 Classified .12-14 Comics .15 Editorial .4 Farm & Business .7 Living .6 Sports .16-17-18 Townships .3 Inside A new municipal opposition group has been formed in South Stukely.Page 3.Bernard Epps writes that there were riots in the streets of Sherbrooke when Louis Riel was hanged.Page 5.In sports, Bishop's Gaiters’ A1 Matheson is still aiming for the CFL.Page 17.And O-QIFC preview.Page 18.MONTREAL (CP) — Quebec’s nurses, who starting today lose one year’s seniority for each day they remain off the job, say they won't halt the illegal strike they began Tuesday.“People on my side of the fence are playing hardball and we’re not going back, period,” said Doreen Whitehead, a nurse at St.Mary’s Hospital in Montreal.The provincial government has announced that beginning today, striking nurses lose seniority.As of Thursday, health institutions were free to hire non-unionized replacements As some 600 union delegates met at a Montreal hotel to decide how to force Premier Robert Bourassa’s government back to the bargaining table, nurses walked the picket lines outside more than 100 Quebec hospitals.Inside the hospi- tal walls, harried nu-ses maintained 100 per cent of service in emergency and intensive care wards.Many health service agencies in Montreal said they hadn’t been contacted by hospitals looking for help and even if such a request came in.the agencies wouldn’t send in strike-breakers.“I'm on the nurses' side.” said Ken Lester, whose Alternacare Medical Services Inc.pays its 50 nurses $120 per shift.“If I send nurses in now and they're resented, they’ll continue to be resented after the strike is over.” “No hospital is going to hire nurses at this stage.It would just make things worse," said Duncan Preece, president of Canacare Health Service Personnel Inc., an agency that "rents out" nurses and pays them up to $315 per shift.Graceful living in Knowlton ¦ Janet and Jim Squires are among the first residents of a 22-unit government-subsidized housing complex which was officially opened in Knowlton Thursday.Like many Quebecers these days, the Squires and KtLXJKU/UKANl SIMEON their neighbors sometimes talk politics — until ‘we have to change the subject.’ For the full story, turn the page.Clarke keeping an eye on S.Africa $100 million to clean up Liberal campaign Desrosiers: Tory faces fraud trial MONTREAL (CP) — Former Conservative member of Parliament Edouard Desrosiers was ordered to trial Thursday on five fraud-related charges.Desrosiers, who did not run in last November’s federal election, is charged with three counts of uttering forged documents, one count of breach of trust and one charge of fraud.The charges resulted from the inquiry into the use of federal funds in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve riding, Desrosiers’ old constituency, which has since disappeared through electoral remapping.The charges allege that Desro-siers defrauded the federal treasury of $5,463.30 in office expenses during the latter part of 1984 and early 1985.A second charge states that the former MP cheated the federal government in an amount exceeding $1,000 sometime between Dec.20, 1984, and June 20, 1985.Three other counts refer to a government requisition, a contract and letter purportedly used to hire a part-time employee.Desrosiers, according to the charge sheet, made use of the documents knowing they were fraudulent.Reporters were ordered not to publish details of the charges after defence lawyer Michel Massicotte requested a publication ban at a preliminary hearing last June.SENT TO TRIAL Thursday, Quebec Court Judge Celine Pelletier ordered the 55-year-old restauranteur to reappear Nov.6 for trial.Desrosiers also faces three other charges, laid after after a separate investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.Quebec’s judges end 1-day strike MONTREAL (CP) — Quebec Court judges were back on the bench Thursday following a one-day study session staged Wednesday to highlight their demands for higher wages.Judge Francois Beaudoin, a spokesman for the Quebec Court judges, said the protest — which tied up the Montreal courthouse all day Wednesday — would not be repeated.Beaudoin said he was satisfied that the study session and boycott by the 279 Quebec Court judges of the inauguration of the fall court session sent a clear message to the provincial government.The 279 judges launched their study session to underline the fact they are paid substantially less than their counterparts in Quebec Superior Court, who are appointed by Ottawa.They want their salaries hiked from the current $90,354 to $126,000.Meanwhile, it was business as usual Thursday in Quebec Court, although some courtrooms were bogged down with heavy rolls.With the opening of the fall court session, lawyers with more cases than they can handle in a day have only one way out of their dilemma — to seek a remand.Such business is transacted in a special practice court, which is the busiest in the 17-storey building at the best of times.Thursday, Judge Yves Lagace had a staggering 250 cases to handle in remand court.“This is a problem area,” said Crown prosecutor Maurice Galar-neau.“We assigned three prosecutors to help with the load.” Canada can help speed change in South Africa by dropping economic sanctions and supporting the promise of the re-elected National party to reform apartheid, Pretoria’s ambassador to Canada said Thursday.“Canada should be aware of the fact that the National party has committed itself (to reforms),” Ambassador Johannes Hendrik de Klerk said from Ottawa.“Give them a chance to live up to their commitments.” But External Affairs Minister Joe Clark said Ottawa will “continue its program of pressure” on Pretoria until there is evidence of fundamental change.De Klerk said sanctions only helped the segregationist Conservative party in Wednesday’s election by rallying wealthy whites around the right-wing party’s call for no change to apartheid.Blacks were not allowed to vote.“I think more Canadians are aware that sanctions will not bring about change,” said de Klerk.“I have for a long time said that we are changing and the momentum to change is unstoppable.” Clark said in a statement from Ottawa that he was shocked by reports of violence and deaths in the election.“I have asked the Canadian ambassador in Pretoria to lodge a strong protest to the South African government and urge that maximum restraint be exercised.” Clark said Pretoria should act quickly to dismantle apartheid and to negotiate with black leaders for the establishment of a non-racial representative government.The National party retained 93 of its previous 123 seats in parliament.The Conservatives, who want stricter enforcement of racial segregation laws, improved from 22 to 39 seats, and the Democratic party from 20 to 33, making the biggest gains ever for an antiapartheid faction.Twenty-five people were reportedly killed during protests over the election.Of South Africa’s 37 million people, five million are white, 28 million black, about three million of mixed race and almost one million of Indian descent.Under apartheid, blacks have no vote in national affairs and maintain separate districts, schools and health services.De Klerk, the ambassador, said in a telephone interview the South African government is committed to negotiating a new constitution that will guarantee blacks the right to vote but that will also give whites and other minorities “protection” from the majority.The National party, led by acting president F.W.de Klerk, made its call for limited black participation in national politics within five years a key plank in its election platform for the first time, which proves the government is committed to changing apartheid, the ambassador said.But promises of reform are hollow, said black South African Peter Mahlangu, chief representative to Canada of the African National Congress, a guerrilla group outlawed in his homeland.MANIWAKI, Que.(CP) — Some loggers returned to work today at La Verendrye Park despite a blockade by Barrière Lake Algonquin Indians opposed to strip logging in the area.Const.Robert Bourdon, a spokesman for Quebec provincial police in Hull, said no violence was reported as about 10 loggers went back to work in the park 170 kilometres north of Ottawa.The 450-member band began MONTREAL (CP) — Dogged by environmental problems since the start of the provincial election campaign, Premier Robert Bou-rassa went on the offensive Thursday with a grab-bag of clean-up promises.Bourassa said that if the Liberals are re-elected on Sept.25, he will add $50 million to the Environment Department budget and allot another $50 million to developing clean industrial technologies.Bourassa also said companies asking for government help will have to prove they’re not damaging the environment.And he pledged more government funds will be available for environmental groups.“For the Liberal government, the safe handling of dangerous waste, the control of toxic pollutants and the rigorous application of environmental laws are absolute priorities,” said a statement given to reporters at a news conference.Since the campaign started, Bourassa has been embarrassed by the saga of the peripatetic PCBs from St-Basile-le-Grand which criss-crossed the Atlantic Ocean and ended up near Baie-Comeau.The government’s reputation was also hurt by the discovery that several children in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, south of Montreal, are suffering from lead poisoning because of contamination from a QUEBEC (CP) — Canadians should take a lesson from Japan and learn to recycle more paper products, federal Environment Minister Lucien Bouchard said Thursday.“If we recycled paper at the same rate as the Japanese do, we could save 80 million trees a year — the total annual logging production of Ontario.” Conservation makes economic sense, Bouchard told reporters after a two-day meeting of politicians, businessmen and academics, whose mandate is to advise Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on economic and environmental matters.“Recycling is a way to save a lot of energy because the manufacturing of paper uses a lot, so if part of it (the manufacturing) were to come from recycled fibre, it would be a net gain.” And recycling would also reduce the number of toxic byproducts, said Bouchard, one of the 24 members of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.The round table has several committees and sub-groups, which will study aspects of sustainable development and make progress reports when it next meets in November in Toronto.The group has no deadlines to send recommendations to Mulroney.Statements by group members on Thursday won’t necessarily reflect what recommendations it will put forward.blocking roads last week to protest logging and herbicide spraying in the area, which they consider to be part of their ancestral lands.The band plans to step up the protest but the next step is still under discussion.“We’re keeping it up,” said Michel Thusky, a band spokesman.“The community is still going to be there.” Thusky said the move by some nearby battery recycling plant.But Bourassa said, “We are not responsible for that.” “The permit was given by the 1'Q,” he said, referring to the government that his Liberals ousted in the last Quebec general election in 1985.Bourassa added, “I’m not blaming the PQ either.” The Liberal party statement said environmental protection is as important as economic development.Bourassa, who chose the picturesque Ile-des-Moulins site at Terrebonne just north of Montreal for his announcement, said environmental protection will be just as important for Quebec in the 1990s as educational reform was in the 1960s.Asked whether he planned tougher penalties against polluters, Bourassa said that since the present government was elected in 1985, fines paid have risen to $100,000 from $40,000.He said if more severe measures are needed they will be adopted.Environment Minister Lise Bacon said her department has a $426-million budget this year, of which $300 million goes to clean water.The additional budget funds — $10 million a year over five years — will go for prevention, inspection and investigation.The $50 million to develop technology will also be spread over five years.Forum president David Johnston agreed that recycling is one concrete way Canadians have of contributing to a healthier economy and environment.“There’s a tendency to say that sustainable development is all very abstract or someone else’s problem .but recycling is something each of us can do in our own homes and offices to make it more perso-nal,” said Johnston, vice-chancellor of McGill University in Montreal.He urged Canada to assume a leadership role in showing the rest of the world how to recycle effectively.“I have a great dream that we’ll see the day in this country when every single schoolchild will plant a tree, with all of the symbolism that represents.” Another member, Roy Aitken, executive vice-president of Toronto-based Inco Ltd., acknowledged that businesses are responsible for much of today’s pollution but insisted that they are changing their priorities.“The days of industry sitting on the sidelines and saying, ‘We’re not interested,’ That’s all gone.Industry is very much involved in this clean-up process.” Finance Minister Michael Wilson said merely pouring federal funds into various programs will not guarantee a cleaner environment.“It’s a broader issue than simply money.It’s an issue of changing attitudes, domestically and internationally.” of the loggers working in the area came as band representatives held preliminary discussions with Quebec officials in Ottawa.The Algonquins want a meeting with Raymond Savoie, Quebec's minister of mines and native affairs.The band says clear-cutting — levelling all trees in the area — and herbicide spraying are driving away the fwildlife they hunt for food.Logging continues in La Verendrye Bouchard pushes hard for Canadian recycling 2—The RECORD—Friday, September 8, 1989 The Townships «scam Liberal has long post-election wish list Orford’s Benoit will need a course in highway engineering By Rita Legauit ORFORD — Robert Benoit was not trained in road construction but the people in Orford riding want him to be a road builder.During his campaign launch Thursday, the provincial Liberal president and Orford candidate said he has evaluated the cost of fulfilling all the requests for road construction and repairs at between $300 million and $2 billion.m ¦ Robert Benoit.Quebecers have regained confidence in their assets.Benoit promised to improve local roads including exit 32 off Autoroute 55, with an access road to the Magog industrial park, a direct access from the 55 to Coaticook, and an interchange at the junction of routes 143 and 55 for Stanstead.Benoit also vowed to improve roads in Ayer’s Cliff, Coaticook and Lake Massawippi areas and to improve road signs for local tourist attractions.IF WE CAN AFFORD IT However Benoit later qualified his road bulding promises, telling reporters road repairs will depend on the Liberal budget.“We must be realistic, we have certain means and we will have to take them into account,” he said.These road building projects were just a few of the 50-odd campaign promises the provincial Liberals’ president has in store for his contituency if elected.Benoit did not promise anything specific, but said he would try.For example he said a promise to attract industries to the riding means he will encourage local in-g dustrial leaders to promote the re-3 gion.5 Explaining his vision of the ri-| ding’s needs, Benoit told reporters % his major priorities, are job crea-| tion — mainly for youth — the envi-g ronment, and improving health z and social services for the aging population.Election ’89 Benoit said Quebec’s economy has grown since the election of the Liberals in 1985.“Quebecers have seen conditions inprove,” he said.“They have, in fact; regained confidence in their assets." Benoit said the people should reelect the Liberals to ensure growth in the provincial economy, job creation, equal chances for youth, healthy management of public funds, improved health and social services, quality of life, and social justice.He said the Orford proposals are based on provincial and regional party programs but takes into account the specifics of the riding.Réjane Lambert drafted the 10-page local platform and said it was the result of wide consultation.Benoit said work on the program began in early June, long before he dealt a crushing defeat to Rock Forest Mayor Géatan Lavallée Aug.11 to gain the nomination and replace retiring long-time MNA Georges Vaillancourt.Benoit was the choice candidate of Liberal brass, and had backing from Vaillancourt and a several local mayors, including those from the Three Villages area.Benoit said he would try to be close to “these border populations” where many of Orford’s anglophone voters are found.One of his campaign goals is to encourage harmony between French- and English-speaking sdegments of the riding, and “activate the creation of points of service for the anglophone population” under Bill 142.Benoit said he would work hard to get adequate funding for Magog’s La Providence hospital, based not only on the size of the permanent population but also the number of summer residents.Benoit also said he will work to expand eligibility for legal-aid for singles and families, and to improve service to victims of negligence and family violence.As for the environment, Benoit said he first got involved in politics to fight the 1980 referendum but remained because of a sincere preoccupation with the quality of the environment.Benoit said polluting industries or individuals should pay their own clean up.He also promised to support local lake clean-ups, and promote an international agreement to protect Lake Memphremagog.He also promised to vigorously support recycling efforts — both domestic and industrial — and encourage public education on recycling.‘We have to change our industrial mentality’ Megantic-Compton: PQ’s Ducharme wants to help the region Election ’89 By John Tollefsrud SHERBROOKE — Megantic-Compton PQ candidate Léon Ducharme is playing his political cards close to the vest, sticking to the general party line until later in his first provincial election campaign.“We’re making fewer promises but we want to deliver on them,” Ducharme said Thursday from a final fundraising dinner at Lake Megantic which attracted about 150 supporters.“We’re being conservative right now.” The long-time Parti Québécois member and mayor of Frontenac brought in a big-name guest speaker who helped raise roughly $3000 to approach the campaign ceiling of $12,000 per candidate in the ri- ding.Bernard Landry, finance minister in the Lévesque government and now an economy professor at the University of Quebec at Montreal, spoke in broad strokes about economic globalization and regional development.“Free trade between Canada and the United States is only part of a wider trend of liberalization of trade worldwide,” Landry told the Record.“Economic boundaries are falling and our industries must prepare for this.We have to change our industrial mentality.” RECESSION FORECAST Landry added that the North American economy is gradually slowing but that Quebec can counteract an expected mini-recession by increasing exports.For Ducharme, who was acclaimed as riding candidate last May, improving the economy is a priority, both in the province and in his riding.He criticized the government of Liberal Premier Robert Bourassa for being all bark and no bite on the Canada-United States free trade agreement.“The current government has done nothing concerning free trade.” Megantic-Compton borders the states of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.Asked what economic measures he favors, Ducharme strongly backed PQ leader Jacques Pari-zeau’s campaign promise to implement a one-per-cent tax on industries for research and development.“Small industries often can’t afford to do research,” Ducharme said.SEPTIC TANKS The well-respected municipal politician, who is also a high-school science teacher, said he also continues to push for government funds to pay for the installation of septic tanks in remote areas of the riding.The idea was welcomed by former Liberal environment minister Clifford Lincoln but no money was available.“I’ve now submitted the plan to the Parti Québécois,” Ducharme said of the project, which is also being considered by the municipality of Joliette, north of Montreal.Forestry and tourism will also be concerns for Ducharme, who seeks to link employment opportunities with environmental initiatives —- a major PQ campaign appeal.POPULARITY As to what he is offering the English-speaking community of Megantic-Compton, Ducharme made no specific pledges, instead emphasizing his popularity across the board.“I’ve lived with anglophones and they’ve voted for me — while they know I am a Parti Québécois supporter,” he said.Ducharme said there are only about 40 English-speaking people and the numbers are diminishing in Frontenac, where he is mayor.But he said he is confident English-speaking constituents of the entire riding have accepted Quebec’s language laws.“Bill 101 was created and the anglophone community learned to live with it,” Ducharme said.“But then Bill 178 came along and didn’t satisfy either francophones or anglophones.So why not return to Bill 101?” In his battle to unseat incumbent Liberal Madeleine Bélanger, Ducharme is trying to live up to his name by meeting people first-hand and making a good impression on them.“I like being frank with people.When I go up the street I talk to everyone,” he said — those of all political stripes.‘I await the day Brome-Missisquoi: PQ’s Lavoie opens the door to anglos Daniel Lavoie.Invitation to anglos.By Sharon McCully EASTMAN — Parti Québécois candidate Daniel Lavoie had the home advantage Wednesday evening but he had to compete for an audience with Brome Missisquoi Liberal Pierre Paradis who met supporters in Lawrenceville, a stone’s throw from the péquiste gathering in Eastman A pacing and perspiring Lavoie laboriously delivered a four-page speech with the composure of a grade-school student in his first oratorical contest, before being salvaged by seasoned Shefford county MNA Roger Paré.Lavoie said his priorities for the county included improvements to the four main thoroughfares which carry tourists to the region : routes 139, 104, 243 and 245.«¦_____foe.1 JknBCQZu Randy Klnnear, Publisher .569-9511 Chanat Bury, Editor.569-6345 Uoyd Q.Schalb, Advertising Manager.569-9525 Richard Lessard, Production Manager.569-9931 Mark Gulllette, Press Superintendent .569-9931 Guy Renaud, Graphics.569-4856 Francine Thibault, Composition.569-9931 CIRCULATION DEPT.819-569-9528 KNOWLTON OFF.: 514-243-0088 FAX: (819) 569-3945 Subscriptions by Carrier: weekly: $1.80 Subscriptions by Mall: Canada: 1 year- $74.00 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Quebec.“Sovereignty is not only important for francophones, it’s important for anglophones and allo-phones (those who speak other first languages) to be masters of their own affairs,” Lavoie said.“I await the day when anglophones and other minorities become part of our vision, and together we approach the problems Election ’89 of acid rain, PCBs and the inaction of the Liberals,” Lavoie said to applause.At least one PQ supporter in the audience greeted the statement with skeptecism.“Lavoie is dreaming in color if he thinks anglophones will vote PQ, commented longtime péquiste Maurice (Pipo) Juteau.“It’s just not in their mentality.The Liberals have always been the party of the establishment, the wealthy, and the anglophone.” Juteau reasoned that although law 178 may have angered many anglophones, “they’re more interested in censuring the Liberals than defeating them.” Shefford county backbencher Roger Paré wasted no time in leveling criticism at the cheque-bearing Paradis, who has been making rounds in the county.“For 3Vi years all we heard from Paradis was the story of belt tightening and no money for projects in Brome Missisquoi,” Paré belted out.“Now he’s running around the county like Santa Claus.” “Well, I tell you,” warned Paré, Santa Claus comes Dec.25, not Sept.25.” HIGHWAY ROBBER One PQ supporter commented that Liberal Paradis was “no better than a highway robber” using taxpayer’s money to buy votes.PQ organizer André Desnoyers Weather Fair and warm until Saturday with a high of 24.Saturday, cloudy.Doonesbury 600P AFTERNOON.I HAVE A BRIEF ANNOUNCmm TV MAKE.TOPAY AT 11:05AM., MRS.BUSH BHCOUhffFRED A LAPSE RATUIHILB SWIMMING IN THE WHITE HOUSE POOL.encouraged party supporters to join leader Jacques Parizeau and some 10,000 Quebec nationalists for a political pep rally scheduled to take place September 10 at Maurice Richard arena in Montreal.“These rallies really get people geared up and full of spirit,” noted Desnoyers.A table displaying Quebec nationalist paraphanalia — also designed to spark the sovereignist fever — was available to supporters at Wednesday’s meeting.As well as 101 stickers and the Quebec fleur de lis, organizers distributed black and white glossies — not of party leader Jacques Parizeau — but of the late premier René Lévesque, whose soft stand on sovereignty ironically led to Parizeau’s temporary departure from the party.BY GARRY TRUDEAU THE PRESIDENT, UPON WITNESSING THE ENCOUNTER, IMMEDIATELY SUMMONED HIS CRISIS MAN A6EMENT TEAM, WHO REVIBiEP THE OPTIONS A DETERMINATION WAS MADE THAT MR.BUSH SHOULD 1 USE FORCE TO REPEL THE RAT.SHOO! SHOO! NEVER MIND.GEORGE.HE'S GONE.frWHApi ]^(VHApf HOW DO YOU THINK WE MADE OUT WITH THE RAT THING, JOHN?X JUST FINE, MR .PRESIDENT.PRESS REACTION HAS BEEN MUTED.(TIKIS SMI I H SI NNYSIDH StTHKIl I KEEP THINKING I SHOULD HAVE HANDLED IT DIFFERENTLY.y WEIL,SIR, AS YOU ALWAYS z SAY, YOU HAVE TO LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES AND JUST MOVE ON.1 AFTER CONSULTING WITH THE APPROPRIATE MEMBERS OF CONGRES -, OLD FRIENDS AIL, AT 2:00 P.M., THE PRESIDENT BEGAN TO IMPLEMENT HIS POJC V, AND WE EXPECT THE CRISIS 10 BE RESOLVED SHORTLY.eghinfiitS) DO YOU THINK I SHOULD HAVE USED A PUTTER7 LET IT GO, ("' CHIEF k The Townships Thf RECX>RD—Friday.September 8.1989—3 the' #1___«si ifccora May help clear up image problem South Stukely: New opposition group to rally against bylaw By David Tweedie SOUTH STUKELY — A ‘No” committee has just been formed to marshall opposition to the proposed zoning bylaw for the village of South Stukely.It will work to defeat the bylaw at a referendum on October 1.Establishment of the committee is also designed to show that the opposition comes from a broad cross-section of the community, and is not just a rag tag band of thugs.That negative image has been put forward by Mayor Jean Paul Guillotte, who was the victim of a death threat when debate on the zoning plan heated up late last spring.The fear has been re-enforced by a recent incident which saw the tires slashed on the car of a councillor who also supports the bylaw.The chairman of the “No” committee, Philippe Maroulis, says for the most part South Stukely residents are “honest, conscientious and hard-working and want their village to amount to something.” “We’re not concerned about the activities of one or two individuals,” Maroulis said about the vandalism and death threat.“We re concerned about the progress and the future of the village itself.” Maroulis said the new committee is formed by residents who represent a cross-section of occupations in South Stukely and who have “the future of the village at heart.” Maroulis is a Montreal notary who breeds horses on his farm in South Stukely.The committee is also composed of a former councillor and a current councillor, plus four citizens from various parts of the community.RALLY “The "No” side is holding a rally in South Stukely on Sunday to establish a “visual opposition” to the controversial bylaw Maroulis said they'll work on small billboards and banners that people can hang on their properties so it’s easy to gauge the strength of the opposition.He expects a strong involvement in the committee.So far.a “yes” committee has not been formed The debate over the bylaw comes down to either a prodevelopment or no-development view of South Stukely's future.Mayor Guillotte has said the bylaw is designed to maintain the rural character of South Stukely because the village can’t compete with Bromont, Granby or Sherbrooke for industry.However, opponents say it promises a stagnant future, and doesn’t even do a good job of that.People like Maroulis argue that the municipal plan should provide for economic growth to attract businesses and light industry.He said that would help expand the village tax base so the tax burden doesn't fall on the shoulders of property owners to pay for new services.Maroulis said he hopes the presence of the “No" committee will help raise the level of debate over the issue.If it does that, it may also help change the image of the village, so it no longer looks — and sometimes acts — like a throw-back to Dodge City before Matt Dillon tamed it.work’ is this Liberales way Sherbrooke: Hamel replies with list of accomplishments André J.the work Hamel.7 am proud of I have accomplished.’ By Rita Legault SHERBROOKE — MNA André J.Hamel released a positive summary of his first four years in politics Thursday, and made a promise for an even better future.Hamel, who has been attacked by PQ opponent Jacques Blanchette as having been invisible, said his answer is an assessment of his first term in office.“I am proud of the work I have accomplished, because I have always worked for the best interests of my riding,” Hamel said.“Over the course of my mandate Sherbrooke has prospered exceptionally.” Hamel said unemployment is down and investments are up.“In 19851 promised to work hard for my riding, and that’s exactly what I have done,” he said.INVISIBLE BUT EFFECTIVE But while the péquistes attacked, Hamel responded that a lot of things can be accomplished behind the scenes.Hamel said this happened in the closing of the Marimac textile plant, which he said he has a friend who is waiting for the plant to close so he can re-open it, hiring about 40 ex-employees.His PQ opponent blamed Hamel Election ’89 for his lack of action on the closing of Lowneys and other plants but Hamel responded that he and his federal colleague, Sherbrooke MP Jean Charest, heard about Lowney s final decision to close only one hour before it was announced.He said there was little the two could do except to try and speed up a federal-provincial accord to provide retraining for older workers.Hamel refused to get into a war of nasty words, prefering to ignore the attacks and present his own account.IMPRESSIVE He said he brought $42 million of investments into the riding.He listed the new $10 million provincial jail, cleaning up the Magog River despite a freeze on sewage spending, a $14 million Hydro Quebec office centre which Sherbroke won over neighboring Orford, and the new city centre at Plateau Marquette in which the govement invested $10 million.Hamel also pointed to reconstruction of the Aylmer bridge, for which the government is pit- ching in $1.75 million — almost half the cost, and renovation of Sherbrooke University’s main building after 10 years of requests.Hamel said he also convinced education minister Claude Ryan to unblock $100,000 to build a gym at his old alma mater, École La-roque.GOVERNMENT GRANTS There were also grants of $300,000 to the Société Micro-electronique de Sherbrooke (SMIS), $100,000 to the Musée des Beaux Arts and almost $1 million to other community and volunteer associations, he said.Hamel said Quebec has spent more than $86 million in Sherbrooke electoral district during his term — including $3.7 million for daycare, $46 million for a metro-Sherbrooke sewage treatment plant and $15 million to help local industries prevent closings and renovate to meet future technological challenges, said Hamel.As for the future, Hamel said his platform is based on the concerns of the people: the environment, economic development, better health and social services, education and culture.MICROELECTRONICS Hamel said he will continue to encourage creation of a centre for micro electronics and a high-tech industrial park encouraging indus tries to establish themselves here.Hamel also said he will promote “humanization” of the province’s social service system, particularly for the elderly, and ensure an end to the tight financial situations of area hospitals.Hamel said he has met with the Townshipper's Association to discuss problems with Bill 142, which guarantees English health and social services to anglophones throughout the province.He also reiterated a promise to create a music school in the Sherbrooke area, which he said is in the final stages.Picking up on PQ leader Jacques Parizeau’s favored theme, Hamel pointed to the link between economic development and education, suggesting improved manpower training courses “so that our youths will be equipped to meet the challenge of technology".“Our government and myself as MNA have taken our responsibilities with the means available in our society,” he said.“1 am proud and it is with confidence that 1 solicit a new mandate.” ‘We all enjoy each other’s company’ — resident Knowlton housing complex opens Good crowd at Oaspe meet Unity grabs another region By Sharon McCully KNOWLTON — The Unity party’s young tentacles extended to yet another area of mainland Quebec this week as candidates were selected in two Gaspé coast ridings.Regional School Board chairwoman Ferne Howatson will attempt to de throne Finance Minister Gérard D.Lévesque, the longest standing member of the National Assembly.Levesque was first elected to the National Assembly in 1957 and has represented Bonaventure county for 31 uninterrupted years.In a telephone interview from her home in New Richmond Thursday, Howatson said Gaspesians have been threatening to spoil their ballots since the Bourassa Liberals passed Law 178 in December.“At first we thought about running a candidate for the Equality party,” Howatson said, adding that Equality organizers advised her they would only field candidates on the Island of Montreal.“We contacted the Unity party, and Maurice King flew down Monday night,” Howatson said.Over 250 Gaspesians — mostly anglophones — crammed into the school auditorium to choose a political option.Election ’89 “You wouldn’t believe the enthusiasm,” Howatson said.“Donations are pouring in left, right and centre, and we ran out of membership cards the next day.” Howatson said two days after her nomination, the newly formed riding office is claiming 350 paid up members.“Everywhere I go people are saying they will not tolerate their-rights being taken away,” Howat- son said.Somebody had to stand up, and I guess it was me.” Howatson, 51, chairs the Regional School Board of Gaspesia, and the Bonaventure Sector board, and is a director of the Quebec association of Protestant school boards.She is the 18th candidate to be selected to run for the Unity Party in Mainland Quebec.Howard Miller, a Gaspé school teacher and president of the Gaspesia Teacher’s Association, will contest the seat held by Liberal André Beaudoin in Gaspé County.Neil stays in B-M race Pull-out rumors not true KNOWLTON (SM) — The Unity Party is denying rumors that Brome Missisquoi candidate Graham Neil is considering pulling out of the race to clear the way for popular Independent Heather Keith-Ryan.“Quite the opposite,” commented Unity Party organizer Lawrence Moreau.“Our campaign is just moving into full gear.” Moreau said Neil has never considered withdrawing from the race.“It appears Heather Keith-Ryan’s camp wants to play tough,” Moreau said in a telephone inter- view.“We’re directing our campaign at the Liberals.” “Frankly, I don’t think voters could care less who entered the race first—Keith-Ryan or the Unity party," he added.Neil, who has spent the last week in Northern Quebec, was unavailable for comment.But his wife Sharon said she can assure Unity Party shpporters her husband's name will be on the ballot Sept.25.“Our kitchen is filled with new posters, and Graham is really committed,” she said.“Sounds like wishful thinking to me,” she said of the rumor.By Sharon McCully KNOWLTON — Ten senior citizen apartments and a dozen family units were inaugurated in Knowlton Thursday, with Brome Missisquoi MP Gabrielle Bertrand, MNA Pierre Paradis and town mayor Gilles Decelles officiating at the ribbon cutting.The 22 units with a $1,209,482 price tag are jointly funded through a three-tiered costsharing program.The federal government will contribute $83,844 for the next 35 years, while Quebec will grant an annual subsidy of $41,431 for the same period.The town of Brome Lake has earmarked $13,920 annually for the project.Families are expected to begin moving into the low-cost housing units this month, while 11 seniors have been living in the Crandall street residence since last April.50th ANNIVERSARY Jim and Janet Squires, who recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, occupy the only two-bedroom apartment in the complex.The couple says card and checker games, along with regular meetings with other residents, contribute to an active social life at the residence.“We set up a little fund and we meet regularly to decide how to spend it,” said Jim Squires.“We all enjoy each other’s company,” added Rosa Mailloux, who gave up her home in Brome a year ago to live in the apartments.Providing living space for those who helped build the town is a priority with the Town of Brome Lake council,according to councillor Michael Caluori.“As our town develops we want to ensure there will always be a place in the Town of Brome Lake for all our citizens.” iSm *$ % ¦ •%; Hi ; ^ Y-mi wr Flanked by MP Gabrielle Bertrand and MNA Pierre Paradis, resident Rosa Mailloux cut the ribbon Thursday at Knowlton’s new subsidized apartment block.A marriage between our natural GUESS WHAT.And what do the residents talk about when they all get together in the parlour?“Well politics, naturally,” said one elderly woman.“In fact, sometimes we have to change the subject when it gets too heated.” The Crandall street residents — most of whom have voted in more than a dozen elections — believe this election “is going to be a doozy.” “Some English people will continue to vote Liberal because they always have,” commented one woman, who asked that her name not be mentioned.“But a lot of us don’t like being made to feel we don’t belong in this province — especially when our forefathers helped to build it.” Liberal MNA Pierre Paradis, hot on the campaign trail, denied any connection between the inauguration and the September election.“We do these things all the time, but the media only notices at election time,” he said lightly.U.S.A.Today: Parti-51 expects to win three E.T.seats By Rossana Coriandoli SHERBROOKE — Party 51 presented its eight Eastern Townships candidates Thursday, and leader André Perron said three of them will probably be elected Sept.25.Party 51 is a fledgling political party founded last July with the aim of seeing Quebec separate from Canada and become the 51st American state.“We want to annex to the U.S; because Canada and Quebec is a thing of the past because of Meech Lake,” Perron explained, the stars and stripes practically glowing in his eyes as he stood behind a podium decorated with a United States flag.“And an independent Quebec would not work because if as a part of Canada it has no money, how will it run when it’s a country?" “It won’t even have enough money to pay its president,” he added with a laugh, adding that sovereignty for the province was a Election ’89 “nice dream” which he once participated in but is just not practicable.PARTY OF MARRIAGE “Party 51 is a party of union, of marriage — a marriage between our natural resources and American money, ” he said.He added that with what he called Quebec’s quality labor force, the union could develop great success for both sides.As a political party which intends to “make people think", Party 51 will be the party of Quebecers ’ choice.Perron said.To know if they should support the party, voters have only to ask themselves the following questions: • Do you want to pay federal taxes?• Do you want to pay less for food?• Do you want to pay less to purchase a car and lower interest rates?• Do you want to save money on gas?Perron — a former Parti Québécois worker — said those people who answer yes to those questions are true supporters of Party 51, even if they don’t realize it.The party has managed to present candidates for the current election in 11 ridings, the three others in Montreal, and has about 100 members throughout the province, Perron said.ALL WORKERS “The candidates are all workers,” he added.“Well, one is retired, and one is a student, but the rest are all workers.” The Eastern Townships candidates, all francophones, will run in the ridings of Sherbrooke, Megan-tic-Compton, Johnson, Richmond, Drummond, Brome-Missisquoi, St-François and Orford.The party does not consider Quebecers on the basis of their ethnic or language background, Perron explained, and did not look for candidates who spoke a specific language.“They’re just candidates, not French, not English,” he said.“In the United States there aren’t Italian candidates, or Spanish candidates.They’re just candidates.” Perron said during the 1960s and ’70s he was one of those “péquistes" who were “ready to go very, very far because I saw myself as a French-Quebecer”.But he said he no longer thinks along those lines, and neither does his party.“I’m lucky because my children were bom in Germany and were able to go to an English school,” he said.“But I can’t see what I would have done if I couldn’t send my children to the school of my choice.” There is little campaign money in party coffers and membership cards have brought in little more, but that is not a deterrent to its mi- litants.“We have no money, but when there’s willpower, there’s no need for money,” Perron said.Party 51 candidates and supporters see “the reality of today and the future of our children,” and that should go a long way to gather enough support to send some candidates to the National Assembly, Perron said.“There’s a lot of talk about the past, about 1985 — but we want to talk about today and tomorrow,” Perron said.“On June 23, 1990 (the deadline for the Meech Lake accord to be passed) Meech Lake will put a cross on our coffin," he added, and Quebecers were damaged by the federal-provincial agreement intended to bring Quebec into the Canadian constitution.Despite his disapproval of the Liberal government and its policies, Perron said he is also against the PO platform.* V André Perron.'When there’s willpower, there’s no need for money.’ 4 4—The RECORD—Friday, September 8, 1989 The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial We are much more educated and aware Let’s get it straight: Just because a company markets its product as beneficial to the environment doesn’t mean their claim is exactly true.Big Business in particular has been known to stretch the truth (just a wee bit) to suit its purposes — and here’s a case which is a prime example.The latest jump-on-the-bandwagon attempt has come from Procter & Gamble, the makers of Tide, Mr.Clean, Downy and Ivory.Their marketing ploy centres around growing public awareness of environmental concerns.It is definitely true that public opinion is swaying towards a more environmentally sound lifestyle — and also true that people would buy one slightly more expensive product over a cheaper one if it is safer for the environment.So Procter & Gamble didn’t risk too much when it followed the advice of its marketing experts: do something to suggest your products are good for the environment and they will sell more.Even if the changeover costs a few dollars, the investment will be worth it.Now the company has come up with new packaging for its four best-selling products, which it claims will “help the environment”.The four products will now be available in “ea-sy-to use Enviro-Pak refills that will reduce the number of plastic bottles discarded each year.” The new pouches are supposed to be used to refill old plastic bottles so that these don’t have to be thrown away.Once again industry is assuming that if you use the words “easy to use” and “help the environment”, you will inevitably be succesfull at marketing your product.Well, the question is why would the new packaging help the environment if it also is made of plastic?Sure, the marketers say the new pouches are made of “strong but lightweight plastic film that uses between 70 to 85 per cent less plastic than a regular rigid plastic bottle.” But what they are forgetting to mention is that the pouches also package less product than the regular plastic bottle.What this means is that the little plastic pouches will also go in the garbage— and cause damage to the environment — even if the plastic bottles continue to be refilled and are not thrown away.Listen carefully Oh Mighty Procter & Gamble: Yours is not “a practical way for consumers to make a difference by reducing the amount of plastic they throw out” as you so cleverly tried to make us believe.By purchasing your “new-and-improved” product we will continue to do damage to the environment—to the same degree as with plastic bottle packaging — because you are not using environmentally sound packaging material.YVhy not use a glass bottle to package your Tide, Mr.Clean, Ivory and Downy?Or why not use cardboard packaging like milk containers?These would be environmentally sound packaging methods — they would make your packaging containers recyclable and thus not damaging to our precious Earth.Please stop assuming that we as consumers are so ignorant that we will believe any line you feed us and will fall for every one of your marketing ploys.Remember: We are much more educated and aware than you make us out to be.ROSSANA CORIANDOLI Hospital starts war against Satanism CHICAGO (AP) Psychiatrists and psychologists at Chicago’s Hart i> rove Hospital bristled Wednesday at being called modern-day exorcists, but they are creating one of the first treatment programs in the United States to wean teenagers from Satanism.“In no way are we comparable to the old exorcists,” said Michael Weiss, an psychologist at the North Side hospital, which plans to begin offering the program this month.“The kids who will be admitted will be here primarily because of their behavioral and emotional problems.No one will be hospitalized for strange beliefs or unusual values that we would disagree with,” Weiss said.“1 don’t think there is any doubt Satanism is a growing problem,” said social worker Dale Trahan, who has been researching satanic beliefs for three years and was contracted to organize the program for Hart-grove’s new Centre for the Treatment of Rituahstic Deviance.“We don’t know the percentages because so much is secretive, but we do know.it is beginning to show up throughout the country,” Trahan said.More such programs will be needed as police, teachers and parents learn to recognize involvement, said Jerry Simandl, a Chicago police youth officer and expert on satanic cults, who has helped train Hartgrove staff.In the program, teenagers will spend four to eight weeks as in-patients and have individual and group counselling.Most of the youths will be admitted voluntarily.UNDERMINE BELIEFS The new program will seek to undermine Satanism’s underlying belief system, which hampers conventional treatment.Satanism “gives them the promise of power and privilege beyond anything they ever imagined.Not only can they have everything they want.but can do so while totally indulging themselves in drugs, sex or any momentary pleasure,” Weiss said.Youngsters involved in Satanism often exhibit unusual behavior, which can include suicide attempts, violent rages, rejection of family, drug-use, sexual promiscuity, a drastic drop in grades, intensified rebellion, a strong interest in heavy-metal music, role-playing games or horror films, and the use of occult symbols such as ''M>(r or upside down crosses, Trahan said There is no plot to turn St-Elie into a gay mecca I visited L ’A uberge I ’Eden d ’Orford last week to see just what kind of place it was.Media reports calling it a “gay hangout” and suggestions that the quiet little village of St-Elie d’Or-ford might be on the verge of becoming San Francisco north, had led me to think it was a highly visible place right in the centre of town.But all I really knew was that reports placed it in St-Elie d’Orford.I figured it was a small hotel with a bar in the basement — something like what you find in most small towns.So I went to St-Elie and drove up and down the streets looking for it.After peering carefully at every building on the main drag, with no luck, I stopped at the dépanneur to ask about it.The woman in charge had never heard of it.Fine, maybe she hadn’t read the paper or listened to the radio that week.I went to the dépanneur on the other side of town and asked there.No one there knew about it either.I was beginning to wonder if the place really existed at all.Then I decided that if it did exist, the post office would know where it was.Bingo.The woman there was helpful with directions.She told me that it was quite far away.Undaunted, I took off for the road on which she said I would find it.It’s a long road, and there aren’t many buildings on it.I thought I looked carefully at everything on the road, but by the time I came to the end, I still hadn’t found it.Just off the road, there was a housing development and I saw two pedestrians.I stopped and asked them if they knew where L’Auberge 1’Eden was.No luck.By this point, I was confident the place really existed, because the woman in the post office had said so.So I went back up the road, but more slowly.Finally I found a little sign on a corner.It was 10 km.from the St-Elie post office.Hardly downtown.Going in the other direction, the sign had been easy to miss.There’s no building on that corner, but if you look up the dirt road, you’ll see a large house.It doesn’t look like an inn.Even as I pulled into the parking area, where there were two cars, I __ l Commentary By Sharon Dale Stone wondered if it was the right place.It’s a large two-storey house.The outside is nicely done in stone and unpainted wood.There are several decks with tables and chairs.It has a spectacular view of Mount Orford.When you go in the front entrance, you see a corridor and two small dining rooms.I asked to see the owner, Germain Martin, and was invited to sit in the dining room just to the left of the entrance.It’s a cosy and elegant room.I was offered a coffee.Then Germain came and I asked him my pointed questions.I discovered that like hundreds of other gay men, he was born and raised in the Eastern Townships.He loves the area as much as anyone.As a young adult, though, he left for the cosmopolitan city of Montreal.Germain spent seventeen years in Montreal, running a club for gay men.It was not sleazy.During his years in the city, he often returned to the Townships for short visits.He liked to visit his mother and his 12 brothers and sisters.When Germain told his mother that he was moving back to the Townships and opening a business here, she was thrilled.The problem is, not everyone else in the Townships is thrilled to have Germain Martin back.He opened his new inn just a few weeks ago and placed an ad in the paper to let people know.The ad said that the place was for men only.He got a bit more attention than he bargained for.Apparently, a company caUed Pier-ton Construction would like to build 75 homes on the 7 acres of land next door to L Auberge 1'Eden.Housing projects are going in all over the Townships these days.There are even several new ones just down the road from where Pierton wants to build.A lot of people are beginning to discover the joys of scenic country living.Germain is not connected to Pier-ton, but if he finds he has more business than he can handle, he might be interested in buying some of the houses to rent out.As for the rest of the houses to be built there, the land is not zoned “for gay men only.” Anyone who comes up with the money can live in one of Pierton s houses.There is no plot to turn St-Elie into a gay mecca.It is not about to be invaded by hordes of gay men.This is not a mandate for a “gay village.” Nevertheless, about 20 people in St-Elie have organized to see what they can do about stopping the housing project.On the record, they claim that no one should build 75 houses on a mere 7 acres.An interesting claim, considering the rows upon rows of densely-packed condos just down the road.I counted three separate projects already built, and saw a good number of signs advertising future developments.One wonders if they would be as opposed to a housing project for senior citizens.I doubt it.Since 1977, Quebec’s Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms has forbidden discrimination based on sexual orientation.It’s one of the strongest provincial clauses in the country.Also, the federal Charter of Rights and Freedoms could be construed as making it illegal to discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation.For these reasons, everyone is being careful about saying that they don’t want gays in their neighborhood.A spokesman for the opposition, Pierre Roberge, has said in so many words that gays have a right to live where they want.At a town meeting to discuss the issue, Roberge even cautioned citizens against using disagreeable language with reference to gays.He doesn’t want the opposition to be seen as an intolerant bunch of anti-gay zealots.The opposition is sharp enough not to come out and say openly that they don’t want gays moving in.Still, if it’s not fear and even hatred of gays that’s behind all the fuss, then what is?Law or no law, people are always going to fear what they don’t understand, and most people don’t understand homosexuahty.What gets me upset is that so many people don’t even want to try to understand it.Mention the subject and it seems that blinders are immediately put on, and walls are erected.We can’t legislate attitudes, but it’s about time people started learning to accept the facts of life.The fact is, a lot of nice people are gay.Do the residents of St-Elie think there are no gays living there already?How do they know?Most people would be surprised to find out how many gay people they really know.For example, that nice, married man who lives next door could very well be gay.He probably wants to keep it a secret, though, because he knows what most people think of gays.Like anyone else, he values his privacy, and takes pleasure in being friendly with his neighbors.The residents of St-Elie would also do well to stop opposing a project that will bring money to the region.A project like this will employ carpenters, masons, painters, carpetlayers, electricians, plumbers, and landscapers.Local supply and service businesses will benefit.The advantage to local commerce will continue after construction stops.Local stores will sell more and the municipal tax coffers will fill.And from the look of the unit Pierton already has there, these people won’t be hard up.I suspect the typical drive will likely hold an Audi or two, instead of a rusty Dodge.TUE HOUSE lé NOTA HOME.by ERIK NIELSEN, WJ€f Yfàd l seew such corruption-.J ES find ygt mima ctmVi ruled on Inïs orqy patronage APP£ I NTTSfeNTS?,.Üffi ED «such disregard for-toe electorate df the nation- 1 ffiïïïïE I - x ums aiiriost-tempted -teti/rn n\\ne dûm~- Happy country life has its prize — but it’s worth it There’s a nip in the air.Summer’s gone.I would hate to admit it if it wasn’t so beautiful outside as I write this.Autumn’s stark colours and invigorating temperatures are fair compensation for the loss of those sultry days of hummingbirds and bathing suits and barbeques.I was up early this morning.The valley was shrouded in such a dense mist you could only see a few feet in front of you.I walked down to the river with the dog, but there was no river, just a thick white gauze shifting slightly around us.It dampened my hair and jacket, felt like cloud against my face.There were no colours but black, white and grey.The trees were eerie silhouettes.The landscape I knew was there contained its secrets until the mysterious fog began to thin.As patches of visibility eroded the white wall I spotted a great blue heron in the distance, hunched like an old crone on an island in the river.It leaned forward in slow motion over the smouldering dark water, the mist coiling around it like smoke.A fish jumped in a sudden shaft of sunlight just beyond the heron’s lethal beak.A flock of ducks erupted from the backup where the dog was nosing in the brush for the woodchuck she’s been tracking all summer.Finally, a cloudless sky emerged through the evaporating shroud, blue as only an autumn sky can be.As sunlight drenched the landscape and a flock of tittering goldfinches descended on the garden for the flowers going to seed I couldn’t help but marvel at the day unfolding before me.Instead of rushing back to the house to grab my coffee and get to work I stole a few minutes to sit and contemplate.It seems that people rarely make time for contemplation anymore Wc dash here and there to do what must be done, then collapse at Teri Coburn the end of the day, bone tired and soul weary.We are bombarded with newscasts and newspapers at every turn, forever reminded of the shocking state of affairs we have gotten ourselves into.Wordsworth’s famous lines, written in 1807, would suggest that not much has changed in 182 years.“The world is too much with us; late and soon.Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers : Little we see in Nature that is ours.Over the long Labour-Day weekend we had company.Relatives from Toronto who had come to get away from it all for awhile.It took them two hours just to get away from the Toronto traffic itself.Then there was the long drive ahead of them to get here.They arrived close to midnight on Friday after a grueling work week in the city.They would have only two full days here before they would have to brave the traffic home on Monday.It was obvious as they walked around our gardens the next day and gawked at our monstrous zucchinis, towering sunflowers and over-laden tomato plants that something in their lives was missing.They hiked through the fields and picked blackberries, they followed the trails through the woods with their binoculars to go bird-watching, they commented on the clarity of the air and the sharpness of colours denied them in the smog of Toronto.Within a day or so we saw them visibly relax.Their urban stress seemed to have left them.They walked slowly and stooped to examine unusual plants and insects.They shared their hopes with us of being able to live in the country themselves one day.It was obvious that their love of nature was unfulfilled by their highrise apartment and successful careers.The night before they left we had a bonfire in the field by the river.We sat in a bright circle around the flames chatting and laughing.They couldn’t get over the brilliance of the stars and the wonder of the Northern Lights whose greenish-white beacons swept the sky over the water.They hooted like kids when the uneven ground upset my lawnchair and I landed, ass-over-teakettle on the wet grass, my legs straight up in the air, my own laughter keeping me from righting myself.As they prepared to leave early Monday morning, we could feel their sense of loss.We presented them with our prize, pumpkin-size zucchini, took one last photograph and wished them a safe journey home.I remember thinking that for all the prices we have paid to live here — giving up our own city careers and substantial incomes — I wouldn’t have, for the life of me, traded places with them.I was reminded of the days when my own backyard was the brick wall of the adjacent highrise.My garden was a plastic flower pot on a four-by-four balcony.My week days were spent in traffic, my weekends in supermarkets and laundromats.Despite the advantages of city living — access to the latest films and plays, the finest restaurants, compre- hensive bookstores and libraries, the best jobs — I can’t help but wonder how many people feel, as 1 did once, totally cut off from a vital source of life.This morning by the river Gypsy (my dog) and Muffin (her best canine friend) raced after p»rh other in delight over me ue*»j ieir ha- bitual morning game of tag.Vicariously I raced with them, remembering how both dogs had once lived on the end of city leashes.No doubt they felt as restricted then as I did.As I strolled back towards the house for my coffee I realized that I get up in the morning looking forward to the day ahead.There is always so much to be done and so little time.There is never enough money and life is too short.So, what else is new?Still, whatever the frustrations I may feel from one day to the next, it only takes a saunter through my own backyard to rekindle my energy and enthusiasm.It s a fine thing to have your own backyard and love what’s in it — even when it s a sea of mud and flood waters in spring and a desert of snow in winter.To my mind, whatever the season, it’s a far cry from concrete and condos.It lives and breathes and produces the biggest sunflowers this side of Findhom ! So, the summer’s over.Our backyard will soon be littered with leaves that have to be raked.The birds that have graced our gardens are flocking.There’s still all that wood to get in.But the air is not only brisk, it’s clear and breathable.We’re not enslaved to malls and expressways in Toronto.To all of you who are, my deepest sympathies.If you’re willing to pay the price, there really is another way of Ufe — despite what progress’ would have you believe. The RECORD—Friday.September 8.1988—5 History " Von"ve got your hat spoiled.Colonel’ Rioting in the Townships The hanging of Louis Riel “But the real question is,” cried the social notes from Canterbury.“will they hang Riel?We ask, why not?Is he not guilty ?Hanging is too good for him, and there is no need to run through his history to prove it, as all the people who read the papers know it.” This unusual burst of indignation in the Sherbrooke Examiner was prompted by the postponement of Riel’s execution to allow time for appeals.Everybody, it seemed, had passionate opinions on the subject and Sir John A.Macdonald was caught in the middle.“Some say it is a Liberal movement and it is the Liberals who are trying to save his neck from the halter.That is all bosh, for all the Liberals that I know say hang him until he is dead.” Opinions were just as decided in Scotstown where some young bloods at the pulp company threatened to hang Riel in effigy on the day originally appointed for his execution — September 18,1885 — and dared their French-speaking co-workers to try to rescue him.Frantic efforts were made on both sides to avert a riot.“As soon as the effigy made its appearance that night,” reported the Examiner, “and before any scaffold was erected, the Mayor, Mr.John Scott, stepped out and forbade any further proceedings, an order which the mob seemed inclined to disregard at first.But after several special constables had Louis Riel.Hero, villain, crazy man — or all three?been sworn in, a lively scuffle took place, during which the effigy disappeared, nor could it be found that night.A second effort was made shortly after, but was also frustrated.” Chief Constable Loomis and Hiram Moe came out next morning and arrested four of the ringleaders.They were released on consideration of previous good character and promises to preserve the peace.“The authorities are determined to protect peacable citizens and to use all the power afforded them by law to prevent Scotstown from becoming a habitation of brawlers.” RICHMOND Similar incidents took pake all over the Eastern Townships where English-speaking residents were determined to have Riel hanged and French-speakers just as eager to save his life.In Richmond the scholarly editor of the Guardian, W.E.Jones, wrote; “Now we have made up our mind that if Riel escape by any political dodge devined by Sir John’s gover nment, the Guardian will pass over into opposition and will remain there until every man who will be responsible for the outrage ceases to have the power and privilege of directing the affairs of this country.“We know what it is to be loyal to our friends and it will, we confess, go hard with us to desert them, but loyalty to our country is above that we owe to a government or to a party, and we shall know on which side to give our adhesion when such a conflict occurs.” HANG THEM BOTH An opposition paper, the Wa- terloo Advertiser, was equally bloodthirsty in suggesting Sir John was as guilty as Riel for the rebellion by mistreating the settlers and if one was to hang, the other should too.“Riel still lives.The Government has respited him till the 16th October.As his appeal to the Privy Council cannot be heard before November, the Government will be obliged to respite him again.The Government dare not hang him while his appeal to the court of last resort is pending.A great many shrewd and well-informed men say that Sir John dare not let the death sentence be carried out in Riel’s case even if his appeal is dismissed.We fancy Sir John is praying for something to turn up.” SHERBROOKE When the execution finally took place, rioting between French and English broke out on the streets of Sherbrooke.“An attempt was made on Wednesday night to bum Sir John Macdonald in effigy on Wellington Street, but it was not exactly a success.“There was a good deal of talk during the day about what was going to be done, and East Sherbrooke was first decided upon as the place where the demonstration should take place.The police were consequently on the alert on Wednesday evening at an early hour to prevent any disturbance, but nothing occurred until after 9 o’clock when the streets were comparatively deserted.“At that hour, the merchants of Wellington Street had put up the shutters, the rain was falling copiously and on this main thoroughfare as he paced up and down his dreary beat, Constable Bell pondered, no doubt, on the thought that the lot of a policeman ‘was not a hapy one’.WITH A ROPE “Suddenly, however, the stillness of the night was broken by shouting near Fletcher’s corner and it was evident that notwithstanding the pouring rain.Riel’s sympathizers had determined to mark their disapprobation of the execution of the rebel leader.A crowd was quickly collected by the harangue of a fellow from East Sherbrooke and an irregularly formed procession marched down Wellington Street and met another crowd with an effigy and a rope around its neck.“The rope was carried by a young limb of the law, and the effigy, which was saturated with coal oil, having been set on fire, was given the position of honor, and amid shouting it was brought back to Fletcher’s comer.“In the meantime the blaze had gone out — Sir John was very inconsiderate in this matter all through — but the noise continued.This brought a certain citizen (Colonel Ibbotson of the 53rd) to the scene of action.He was not exactly prepared for a melee, and probably did not anticipate one as he bore a shiny beaver on his head.He heard, however, that the effigy | «•* ••u ifcy iv .•; „ T 'T * .I I* *•«, / ,f \ «4~« 1 Rlfctft '•»*.«I «I •.III.muttjuug '."V,,-,v' • i Macdonald, Justice and Mercy: should Louis Riel be hanged?was that of Sir John and he became at once interested.SAY SO’ “ Whom are you burning?’ he said.‘If you are going to bum Sir John say so.I am alone but I will not submit to see Sir John bum in effigy,’ he remarked with increasing emphasis, and although there was no very decided response yet as the limp representation of the great chieftain was subjected to the indignity of the torch, he could stand it no longer.“With the remark that it had gone ‘far enough’, he rushed into the crowd and striking right and left made his way to the effigy, which he siezed, a blow from a stick having in the meantime bea- Bernard Epps ten his beaver over his eyes.After having the effigy in his hands, he was beaten back to the sidewalk.‘“You’ve got your hat spoiled.Colonel,” remarked an onlooker.“‘Sir John will give me another,’ was the reply.RESCUED “Two young sympathizers of Sir John, one of whom was Colin Anderson, got the effigy in their possession and it was carried off in triumph by them and some of their friends who arrived from the Salvation Army Room and elsewhere.But disorder still reigned although the principle cause had been removed, and in a melee, one elderly citizen having been brought to earth by two others, his son siezed a cane and laid out both his father’s antagonists and then cleared a way right through the crowd.“In the meanwhile the chief of police had been telegraphed for and one Dussault who had been freely using language to incite the crowd, having been pointed out as one of the instigators of the trouble, Constable Ball was instructed to take him into the hotel and keep him quiet.Dussault’s friends thereupon went to his assistance and in the struggle which followed his clothes were literally tom from his back.“A half pound of powder was found inside (the effigy) done up in a paper.Had it exploded during the melee a good deal of injury might have been done as was the case in St.Hyacinthe where Sir John exploded most unexpectedly and injured several onlookers.Dussault was let off after being detained about an hour.NEXT DAY “On Thursday evening again the police had their hands full.A rumor had got abroad that the effigy which had done service as Sir John was to be rechristened Riel, legless though it was and burned.The Riel crowd were determined, they said, to prevent this.“Several little skirmishes took place and the police were obliged to take a ringleader, who had been inciting the crowd to acts of violence, to the station.The police also took possession of a number of formidable-looking bludgeons about two feet long with thongs in which to twist the hand like a policeman’s baton.“About ten o’clock some youngsters rolled a tar barrel out on the street opposite Wilson’s music store, set it on fire and shouted ‘Riel!’ In five minutes Fletcher’s Comer was cleared and the crowd gathered at the barrel.Several scrimmages occurred here and Mr.Duford, the butcher, got a severe blow on the head with a cane.Several other sore heads were reported.“About a dozen bludgeons, one with blood on it, and a heavily loaded whipstock, captured by officer Walley, are in the possession of the police.Thos.Higgins, gardener for Mr.R.W.Heneker, received a severe blow on the head opposite Ib-botson’s store with a bludgeon and Mr.Walley wrested the weapon from the man who was using it most mercilessly.“John Welsh, the party arrested last night, was brought before Mr.William Murray, J.P.this (Friday) morning and discharged.He will now be arrested, it is said, ona charge of inciting to riot.” WEST FARNHAM “A Riel indignation meeting was held here Sunday afternoon .Resolutions were passed condemning the government and calling upon Hon.G.B.Baker to declare publicly what course he proposes to pursue .Sir John’s effigy was hanged three times and burnt twice in this town.” ROXTON POND “A largely attended indignation meeting was held here Monday evening to condemn the government for the execution of Riel.Mr.Chauvis, a callow law student from Montreal, beat the air with his arms while he held up Sir John, the Orangemen, the Government and the French Canadian Ministers at Ottawa to the execration of mankind in general and of the electors of Quebec in particular.” MYSTIC “There is no excitement here over the death of Riel although public opinion is divided as to the justice of his taking off.There can be no doubt that Riel deserved death if he was responsible for his acts.“An effigy of Sir John was burnt at Bedford at the witching hour of midnight amid a shower of eggs that had seen their best days.A small sized row followed.” COATICOOK “On Saturday night some parties who wished to show their indignation towards the government in reference to their action in the Riel case, hung what was intended apparently to represent Sir John to a post but it was taken down on Sunday.“We heard on Sunday evening there was quite a large excited meeting held and some arrangements made, as we heard, to burn Sir John in effigy.” MONTREAL: “The first of the demonstrating commenced at eight o’clock last evening, when some three thousand young men, students, school boys, apprentices, tradesmen and other junior irresponsibles marched from St.Lawrence Main to the Champ de Mars for the purpose of protesting against the execution of the deceased rebel leader Riel.When the crowd arrived on the historic ground they were joined by about three thousand more.“The leading feature of the affair was the burning of the effigies supposed to represent Sir John Macdonald and the French ministers who voted that justice should take its course in Riel’s case.There were altogether five effigies immolated, and more grotesque figures it would be hard to imagine.” La Patrie said ; “Three of our Cabinet Ministers have sold their race.Riel was but an instrument.In injuring him they wished to injure us .It remains for us to defend ourselves, to introduce into our patriotism a new force, to constitute our race.” La Presse said; “A patriot ascends the scaffold for a purely poli- tical crime which is not met with the death penalty among civilized nations A poor lunatic is sacrificed to savage hatred without even the pains taken to ascertain his mental condition."He died above all to expiate the crime of belonging to our race .From this out there are no Conservatives, Liberals nor Castors.There are but patriots and trai tors.” The Waterloo Advertiser said; “We believe in the end it would have been better if the Government had commuted his sentence — not on the grounds of insanity but because his crime was a political one.“Riel imprisoned for life would have been soon forgotten, and there would have been few, if any, to hold his memory dear.As it is now.he will be a political martyr in the eyes of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people And Sir John A.Macdonald.Did he buy the Colonel a hat?his name will find a larger place in history than it would otherwise have done.” A Riel riot at Montreal’s Victoria Square.m $ Riel’s execution sparked riots across Quebec.4 6—The RECORD—Friday, September 8.1989 Living SecorB One person’s junk is another’s treasure TORONTO (CP) — Imagine the junkiest junk in your house, the stuff you wouldn’t even consider keeping, like used potato chip bags, old squeeze toys and paint-by number pictures.They may be junk to you, but others treasure them.And such people take their oddball collections as seriously as others take their stamps and coins.Restaurant owner and collector Marcus O’Hara is almost bouncing off the walls of The Squeeze Club.He gulps down a coffee, shares a few laughs with the waitress, chats on the phone and wipes off the bar counter.In between, he giggles and gives the occasional squeeze to a rubber dog standing on the counter.O’Hara has been up all night watching television, but he’s still got enough energy to rave about his 2,000 squeeze toys.“What I like about them is that they were sculpted by somebody, so it’s locked in a time thing,” he says.“It’s, like, they have all this energy in them.“You know, maybe some grandmother got it and gave it to this little kid and then he lost it or something, and then I got it and maybe gave it another life, and it’s got all that in it.” COLLECTS DOORS O’Hara, 42.used to collect plastic fruit, photographs of urinals and blown-out umbrellas.Now he collects mirrors, doctors’ equipment, religious figures and doors.But his most prized possessions are the squeeze toys O’Hara keeps them in giant aquariums in the back pool hall of the club he owns with his brother.Some toys he buys from Goodwill Industries; others are presents from friends, and on occasion he finds a new item for his collection in the street.O’Hara says he first became interested in squeeze toys while studying sculpture at the Ontario College of Art 15 years ago.He collected a couple to use in his art and got hooked.Townshippers’ Day less than two weeks away Townshippers’ Association will nc celebrating our tenth anniver-¦>ai v at Townshippers’ Day on Saturday, September 16 in Lennox-vilie, Quebec.A full program of festivities is planned from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m.The day is free of charge,