The record, 13 décembre 1989, mercredi 13 décembre 1989

S yf VKHY t'OUD TERRI DRUMMOND ST FRANi'IS Fl h MKNTARY STH(K>D Wednesday Births, deaths .12 Classified .10 Comics .11 Editorial .4 Education .5 Farm & Business .7 Living .6 Sports .13 Townships.3 d ;,i Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Wednesday, December 13, 1989 40 cents Train derails: 150 evacuated as toxic chemicals leak \ By Eric Siblin ST-LEONARD-D’ASTON, Que.(CP) — The leak of one toxic chemical and the fear of another from a derailed freight train near the centre of this small community on Tuesday forced 150 people from their homes.No one was injured.About a one-kilometre area around the derailment was evacuated when caustic soda, styrene monomer and used fuel oil were found to be seeping into a ditch which runs into the small Nicolet River.For several hours, rail and environment officials also thought deadly chlorine gas was leaking from one of the overturned cars, but checks ruled that out.“There was a smell of chlorine at the time of the accident,” Environment Canada spokesman Claude Rivet said.“The major concern at the time was the chlorine.” Caustic soda can be dangerous It is a highly corrosive substance which, if ingested, will burn and destroy human tissue and may result in painful death.Thirty-three of the 91 cars in the train left the tracks.Cars were piled together in a crumpled heap about 300 metres from the tracks running through this picturesque town on the South Shore of the St.Lawrence River, halfway between Montreal and Quebec City.Several of the cars smashed into the sides of two homes.“I was in the kitchen preparing lunch when 1 heard a noise which 1 thought right away was a derailment,” said Florence Houle, an unemployed mother of two.Houle said that one of the cars had smashed the garage of her home, wrecked her car and demolished the ceiling in her son’s be droom.STAY AWAY “If it had to happen, I’m glad it happened during the week because on the weekend my son would have been at home in bed,” said a sha k-S "Are you telling me that you think the shape of something that God made is wrong?" Ryan not raising tuition QUEBEC (CP) — The provincial government is not contemplating imposing tuition fees on junior college students — at least not yet, said Education Minister Claude Ryan on Tuesday.Ryan contradicted a report in a Quebec City newspaper this week which quoted an unidentified source as saying the province was considering charging students at the colleges a $250-per-year tuition.Junior colleges, which Quebec students attend after grade 11, offer courses in preparation for university attendance as well as more technical curricula.“The matter has not been studied at all in my department,” Ryan told reporters at the Quebec legislature.“There’s no question of that for the time being.” But he added philosophically: “ We are free to ask ourselves questions as responsible citizens and leaders and we do so all the time.” Earlier in the house, he had said “we need to keep an open mind on the matter.” He compared Quebec’s junior colleges to Ontario’s community colleges which charge between $600 and $800 annually.But he still maintained that Quebec was still not considering imposing tuition fees for junior colleges and explained the newspaper report as a misunderstanding.“Misunderstandings do arise several times a day in politics and we ha ve to live with them and be joyful especially at this time of the year, ’ ’ he said.Quebec champ comes home » \ \ \ \ I i II a Martin Aubut is all taped up and ratin' to go.Friday he takes on ImvuI fighter Kevin Adams in front of a RECORD'GRANT SIMEON I hometown Sherbrooke crowd.For more on the pugilist, see sports, page 13.¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦a No new dams for James Bay — Pierre Paradis QUEBEC (CP) — Quebec should not build new hydroelectric dams in the James Bay region without holding public environmental impact hearings, Environment Minister Pierre Paradis said Tuesday.Paradis’s statement appeared to conflict with Premier Robert Bou-rassa’s views on the subject.Bourassa has maintained that in-house studies done by Hydro-Quebec are all that are needed be- fore going ahead with new dams estimated to cost at least $10 billion.When asked whether there’s a cabinet conflict, Paradis refused to answer.“I’ve had preliminary discussions with Mr.Bourassa about it.We’ll also be meeting later this week to find a common position on it,” was all he would say.Federal Environment Minister Lucien Bouchard has said Ottawa Bacon: Quebec running out of hydroelectricity will hold its own public inquiry if Quebec does not.“I don’t think we can reasonably presume that we can go ahead with a second phase of James Bay, a project of such magnitude, without holding public hearings,” Paradis said in an interview in the Quebec legislature."It’s impossible in the context of Quebec, Canada, North America and internationally.The environment has become an international issue and I think everyone will be watching us and we should proceed in a very open way regarding environmental impact studies.” Paradis’s comments surprised representatives of Quebec’s Cree, who have been fighting plans to build Phase 2 of the massive James Bay project.“Until now, (Bourassa) has said we don’t need (public hearings),” said Cree spokesman Brian Craik.“This news is very heartening.I’m really glad.” Craik said the mega-projects would cause “complete environ mental degradation” of the area.“It would seriously damage if not undermine the Cree way of life,” he said, by swamping thousands of square miles of forest, destroying nesting grounds for migratory birds and calving grounds for caribou, raising mercury levels of lakes in the region.” Craik said the Cree have long suspected a split in the Bourassa cabinet about the need for hearings.ken Houle, adding that she would be staying at her father-in law’s.Of the cars that left the tracks, eight were carrying caustic soda, four had chlorine, one had waste oil and one had styrene monomer.The other cars carried other material or were empty."Two containers of the caustic soda are leaking into the ditch which goes to the river” about (KX) metres away, Rivet said.“Everything now is under control," Jacques Brochu, an official of the provincial ministry of public security, said several hours after the derailment.“We will follow developments minute-by-minute.” “We’ve been here three times with special detectors and sensors and there has been no leak,” said CN spokesman Jean-Guy Brodeur, referring to earlier fears of a chlorine leak.It was not known how long the evacuated would have to stay away from their homes.Brodeur did not know how much caustic soda had leaked into the ditch.All liquids from the ditch were being pumped into container trucks.Rail traffic has been stalled between Quebec City and Montreal on the main CN line and railway spokesmen could not say when it will resume.Life returns to normal for university students MONTREAL (CP) — Life is slowly returning to normal at the University of Montreal’s engineering school, scene of Wednesday's massacre that left 14 women dead.The school was open again Tuesday and students starting drifting back to prepare for Christmas exams.‘ ‘ People are finding it hard to get back to work,” said Daniel Lara-mee, a fourth-year engineering student who was in the building when gunman Marc Lepineopened fire, killing the 14 women and inju ring 13 other people.“A lot of us have had problems sleeping, and concentrating.I knew six of the girls killed.Everyone is trying to understand,” he said.Students sat quietly in small groups in the school’s second-floor cafeteria, comparing notes on the tragedy.“People seem to need to talk about it,” said 22-year-old Sylvain Deschenes."Everyone's asking me ‘Were you there when it happened?Did you see anything?’ Everyone’s exchanging information,” he said.Many of the engineering stu dents agree it is going to be difficult to write examinations, which begin this week.“It makes you realize exams aren’t that important,” said Sylvain Guibord, who knew two of the victims.“I came in to study, but I saw a blood stain on the floor.It’stough,” he said quietly."I’m having problems jusl ea ting and sleeping,” said Marie Andree, a third year student who asked her last name not be used Her eyes filled with tears."I have three exams next week I’ll try to write them, but the admi nistration told us if we couldn’t face up to it, all we have to do is mark a big X on the paper and they 'll understand.We will be allowed to write the exam later.” HUSBAND WAITING While the students were coping with examinations, the husband of one of the victims says every time he hears a noise, he thinks it’s his wife returning.Barbara Maria Klucznik was among the 14 women killed.In an emotional interview, Wi told Widajewicz, a Polish trained physician studying at the university, recalled how he found his wife’s body in the school cafeteria hours after Lepine went on his rampage.“I opened the zipper (of her dress) and I found a hole in the left breast, the breast that 1 had kissed that day — one hole that finished everything, the American dream in this country,” said Widajewicz, 30.Widajewicz and Klucznik, 31, were high-school sweethearts who came to Canada in 1987.Pure chance led the couple to the Ecole polytechnique cafeteria on Wednesday evening, said Widaje wicz.It had the lowest prices on campus, he said See SCHOOL, page 2.38 strip clubs received ‘inappropriate loans’ QUEBEC (CP) — Quebec Energy Minister Lise Bacon said Tuesday she’s concerned that insufficient electricity reserves could plunge the province into darkness in January.“The reliability of the network worries me a lot and I would even go further and say that we should worry about the reserves we will have at peak hours in January,” Bacon told reporters.“Every day, we're monitoring the amount of electricity we have, if we have enough for today, enough for tomorrow." But a spokesman for provincial- ly owned Hydro-Quebec contradicted Bacon.“The only problem for us in January would be a brutal cold, like -35 C for five days in a row,” Jac-ques-Andre Couture said in a telephone interview from Montreal.Couture said the utility has more chance of not meeting consumer demand in the next few weeks because an extra 2,200 megawatts of power will be available in January.Bacon said she has not yet considered asking Quebecers to cut back on their use of power because “we re not near that critical point.” OTTAWA (CP) — Thirty-eight strip clubs have received $17 million in “inappropriate loans” from the Federal Business Development Bank — and the minister responsible for the bank has hinted at disciplinary action.Bank president Guy Lavigueur startled MPs on the Commons industry committee Tuesday with the total but said he couldn’t provide an explanation.“I take whole responsibility,” the head of the Crown corporation told the committee.“But I’m still trying to put the puzzle together.” Reaction was swift.Asked if there will be any personnel changes at the Crown corporation as a result of the latest development in the so-called “G-string scandal,” Industry Minister Har-vie Andre, seeming exasperated, said “maybe” as he left the Commons.Later he said that such action would be taken if it becomes evident standing policy prohibiting strip-club loans has been ignored.“If there is any evidence of deliberate ignoring the procedures.on the part of employees of FBDB they will be dealt with the appropriate fashion,” he said outside the Commons.“1 repeat again this government does not believe that we should have a government institution in the business of funding strip clubs.We thought that was the policy.We are now making sure that is the policy.” Since the strip-club loans issue first exploded in the Commons a month ago, Andre had maintained there were about 10 such loans.GIVES NO NAMES Lavigueur would not identify the 38 clubs as he left the hearing or indicate where in the country they are.“I would say one is too many,” he told the committee “It is now evident this policy was not applied evenly.You start with one then you have a precedent.” And he had another disclosure that startled MPs.The bank has been receiving lists of recommended lawyers from cabinet ministers and MPs.That brought an allegation of pork-barrelling from the opposition.Lavigueur said the 45-year old Crown corporation operates at arm’s length from the government.And he said the bank has its own list of lawyers.RCMP investigates record number of politicians OTTAWA (CP) — More than 30 MPs and senators have been investigated by the RCMP in the last five years and 15 of them are still under scrutiny on suspicion of breaking either criminal or | electoral law.Commissioner i Norman Inkster said Tuesday.Some MPs took the numbers as a sign of unprecedented corrup-! tion.while others hinted at a po-i lice vendetta against politicians.But Inkster said they simply prove the Mounties are doing their job.Speaking in an interview after appearing at the Commons justice committee, Inkster said he doesn’t have any pre-1985 figures and can’t say whether there is more political wrongdoing now than there used to be “If there are allegations of criminal wrongdoing, we re going to investigate them,” he said.“We do so without fear, favor or affection towards any person ” Inkster said he released the figures to refute claims of undue political influence on the Mounties under the current Conservative government “If indeed someone is trying to politically influence the RCMP, they’re not very good at their work,” he said, “because we’re carrying on just the way we have, and we ll continue to do that ” STILL ATTACKED But Inkster still came under at tack for the handling of one high profile corruption case in which the force delayed its investigation of former Tory MP Richard Grise during last year’s federal election campaign 4 2—The RECORD—Wednesday, December 13, 198» Quebec money cut threatens help program for youth Government backtracks after budgets approved % Michel Coutu and Jane Woodard: Provincial budget cut leaves young volunteers out in the cold.Behind the news Edmonston will support Meech during byelection By Sharon McCully MANSONVILLE — For two years, 19-year-old Michel Coutu never left his house.If the telephone rang, he’d glare at it without answering.The mere thought of walking into a store or restaurant overwhelmed him, sending him further into his shell.“I didn’t feel like getting up in the morning,” Coutu said in an interview Tuesday.‘‘I was very depressed, and felt I couldn’t do anything.” Then last summer he met Cathe-rine Peters, a regional coordinator for the Jeunes Volontaires program in Mansonville.“She asked me if I had any ideas for a project, and we started to talk about it,” he recalled.PUBLICITY “About our second or third meeting, I told her I think what we need in Mansonville is publicity — like a bulletin board of community events,” Coutu said.With the help of Peters and the sponsorship of the Citizen’s Advocacy group in Mansonville, Coutu developed a project which was accepted under the Jeunes Volontaires program.Last July he began designing posters outlining community activities and posting them in prominent places He also learned to use the office computer and answer calls coming into the office.Shortly afterward he ordered his first take-out meal by phone.“I couldn’t believe I had the courage to pick up the phone and do that for myself,” Coutu said.“All my life I’d been told by ‘the man of the house’ that I couldn’t do anything right.” BACK TO SCHOOL?Coutu said working on the young volunteers program has given him a new lease on life.“I’m building self-esteem, and I may even go back to finish high school through adult ed.” Even Coutu has to laugh at the irony of being the author of a project designed to bring people out of their houses to participate in community events.For the past six months the project has allowed him to work out of the Citizen’s Advocacy with other young people in the community offices — people like Jane Woodard, who is learning the ropes on her first week as a Jeunes Volontaires secretary.Jane and Michel are two of one hundred young Townshippers — and more than 1000 young Quebecers — who put their heads together to come up with projects funded under the provincial program.MODEST HELP Created in 1983 and funded by the Ministry of Recreation, Hunting and Fishing, (MLCP),Jeunes Volontaires gives participants a monthly allowance of $165, plus $100 per month per participant for operating costs and materials.But the future of the program is uncertain, according to coordinator Peters.On November 17 Peters and her colleagues across the province were informed of a government freeze on funding for the program.“We were advised that no new projects were to be approved under the Jeunes Volontaire program after that date,” Peters said.“This came as a complete surprise to us,” Peters added.“Especially since the budget had already been approved.” The news was frustrating too.“We’ve had young people working on the development of projects for months.If we had known there would be a freeze on new projects, we would have submitted them earlier.” JUST MADE IT Jane Woodard is breathing a sigh of relief because hers was one of the last projects approved.“I got in right under the wire,” Jane said.“It was approved just before the notice came that there’d be no more projects.At a meeting with regional representatives of the program Dec 1 cabinet minister Gaston Blackburn said MLCP was ordered to cut $10 million from its annual budget.Cuts to the Jeunes Vo-luntaire program are expected to account for $800,000 of it.At a press conference in Sherbrooke last week.Jeunes Volontaires representatives expressed anger at the manner the cuts were announced.Explained Peters: “The 1989-90 budget had already been approved before the election, and groups of young people were preparing projects for submission this month.” When the $1.8 million budget approved by the Treasury Board for August 1 1989 to March 31 1991 was frozen last month, only 20 per cent of the funds had been spent.The freeze has left 250 projects and 850 young people out in the cold.One of them is Michel Coutu.1_____ftE-l itecora By Don Macdonald MONTREAL (CP) - Phil Edmonston, the NDP’s candidate in a byelection in Chambly riding, near Montreal, has come to an agreement with party leader Audrey McLaughlin that will allow him to campaign in favor of the Meech Lake accord.As part of the agreement, Edmonston has accepted that a parallel agreement to the main constitutional accord may be necessary to save the pact.The parallel agreement would encompass concerns aired at the recent NDP convention.“I have no problem with a parallel accord as long as Quebec agrees to it,” said Edmonston, adding he had two conversations with McLaughlin on the issue since the leadership convention, held Nov.30 to Dec.2.“If Quebec doesn’t agree to it, I would have to look at it very carefully.” At the convention, the NDP voted to water down its unconditional support for the accord by calling for changes concerning the rights of women and aboriginal people, Senate reform, creation of new provinces and national social programs.A parallel agreement has been touted by some opponents of Meech Lake, including New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna, as one way to address problems with the accord without scuttling it.“As a Quebecer, I am firmly committed to the Meech lake accord and lam going to campaign to defend it,” said Edmonston.“(But) I’m also in favor of any process that will break the impasse and get the Meech Lake accord through.” FIRM OPPONENT McLaughlin, a firm opponent of Meech Lake, underlined in a statement Tuesday that the party still supports Quebec’s five constitutional conditions and that the changes the NDP wants could be achieved through direct amendment or a parallel accord.Quebec’s conditions include recognition of the province as a distinct society, a role for Quebec in Supreme Court of Canada appointments, entrenchment of the status quo on immigration, a veto on certain constitutional amendments, and a definition of the federal spen ding powers in areas of exclusive provincial jurisdiction.The accord essentially meets these demands.Two provinces, Manitoba and New Brunswick, have yet to ratify the accord.Newfoundland has threatened to withdraw its approval.Most constitutional experts believe the pact must be ratified by all provinces and Parliament by June 23 or it lapses.“Quebecers have in Phil a defender of their constitutional rights and I respect his convictions,” McLaughlin said in the statement.McLaughlin, MP for the Yukon, was given the same treatment by former leader Ed Broadbent when she asked to differ with the party on its unconditional support for Meech Lake after she was first elected in 1987.McLaughlin supported Quebec’s demands but wanted recognition of native rights and changes to the provision requiring unanimous agreement for the creation of new provinces.The Chambly byelection, set for Feb 12 in the riding just southeast of Montreal, was made necessary when former MP Richard Grise pleaded guilty to corruption charges and resigned his seat.McLaughlin has uneasy neighbor in Commons OTTAWA (CP) — Call them the odd couple.Sitting in the House of Commons — just behind Audrey McLaughlin, the new NDP leader — are uneasy neighbors Simon de Jong and Jim Fulton.The source of their ennui?Fulton was livid this week over some apparent skulduggery at the NDP leadership convention: Fellow-MP de Jong seemed to agree to supportDave Barrett only to change his mind at the last moment and back McLaughlin.To make matters worse, de Jong was wearing a wireless microphone during the proceedings and the tale was documented on CBC-TV’s The Journal.“He’s no longer a friend of mine,” snapped Fulton, a Barrett supporter, earlier this week.“I don't have friendships or political alliances or allegiances with people who are like that.” were seen trying to stiffle a chuckle or two.Capital Notebook By Mario Possamai Tory Felix Holtmann, subtle?Not a chance.Holtmann, the jovial, gruffvoiced Manitoba pig farmer, rubbed salt into the wounds of the New Democrats, fresh from their hard-fought leadership race.What adjectives to describe the NDP convention?“Unbelievable, strange, different, unacceptable, conniving, backstabbing, open, scary, marvellous, preposterous, stupid, wonderful and insane,” listed the chairman of the Commons culture committee.And he has some tips for aspiring leadership hopefuls, noting the use of electronic news gathering to capture some embarrassing moments in Winnipeg: —Never wear a concealed James Bond 007-type listening device.—Be on guard and constantly protect your back from other candidates.—Take up a foreign language for intimate discussions.Holtmann ended his discourse by growling into his lapel: “Do you copy, Mr.Speaker?Do you copy, Mr.Speaker?If you copy, Mr.Speaker, I’ll sit down.” Even some New Democrats Colored lights may festoon Parliament Hill and festive garlands grace its grey, stone interiors, but for Tory Peter McCreath, they’re not enough to create the spirit of Christmas.What's missing?The pungent aroma of spruce.The spicy perfume of pine.The sharp tang of fir.It seems the Christmas trees sprinkled throughout the Parliament Buildings are artificial.Oh, they look fine.“But they don’t smell too good,” he says.“In fact, they don’t smell at all.” McCreath notes that real Christmas trees are biodegradable, environmentally friendly, beautiful to look at — and, of course, wonderful to smell.“Let this be the last year that Parliament is without the joy of real Christmas trees.” Remember this ditty?“We will win together, together we will win.“With Brian as our leader, our future will begin.“We will win with Mulronev.with Mulroney we will win.“We will win together.” The rousing verses are from Brian’s Song, which inspired Prime Minister Brian Mulro-ney’s forces at the 1983 Conservative leadership convention.Peter Milliken, the rookie Liberal, resurrected the tune in the Commons during debate on a private members’ motion seeking disclosure of the amount spent on leadership races.Brian’s Song, says Milliken, cost about $3,000.There were other golden oldies from that memorable campaign, though Milliken didn’t provide a pricetag.Joe Clark, the external affairs minister and the runner-up, had this finger-snapping number: “Clark for/Canada, Canada for Joe “Clark for Canada, we’re behind him, don’t you know.” Or consider the toe-tapping campaign song of John Crosbie, the blustery trade minister: “Come on John, come on John, come on John “Oh clap with me, I’ll clap with you and we will win together.” Perhaps the last word should go to the late British wit, Noel Coward: “Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.” Quebec slows down logging in La Verendrye 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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 QUEBEC (CP)-The Quebec government has put off signing agreements with companies which want to log in La and agreed to review the ecological concerns of Algonquins who live near there, a lawyer for the Indian band said Tuesday.“The agreements were supposed to be signed Jan.2 but they (the government) have taken a clear undertaking not to sign them before April 1,” Gerard Guay, a lawyer for the Barrière Lake Algonquin band, said after a meeting with John Ciaccia, the Quebec minister responsible for native affairs.“He (Ciaccia) guaranteed that they were going to impose new conditions on the companies that would take into consideration the concerns of the Algonquins.” As they currently stand, the contracts would lock the land into logging production for 25 years, Guay said in an interview.The 450 Algonquins who live in the park, located about 200 kilometres north of Ottawa, have blockaded a road through the park for three months, preventing logging teams from entering.The band claims the habitat of fur-bearing animals in the region would be affected by the logging.They are also opposed to the use of herbicide sprays.PLANNED MEETING Band Chief Jean-Maurice Mat-chewan said Ciaccia promised to sit down with the Algonquins to look at the possibility of excluding parts of the 14,000-square-kilometre area from logging use.“We have to look at critical wildlife areas where they can’t go in and cut,” said Matchewan, adding he emerged “satisfied” from the meeting with Ciaccia.But Matchewan said the Algonquins will keep up their blockade until a final agreement is reached.Guay said Ciaccia’s position was in stark contrast with that of Albert Cote, Quebec’s forestry minister, whom Guay described as “intransigent and unreasonable” in the last few months.Despite the meeting, Guay said he believes the companies could ignore Ciaccia and “insist that the government respect its original programs.” But in an interview after the meeting, which he described as “positive,” Ciaccia said he hopes the logging companies will take part in the study to identify areas which could be excluded from logging.Neither Ciaccia nor Guay mentioned how much of the 14,000 square kilometres each would like to see excluded.SCHOOL: Continued from page one.To celebrate the end of term, there was even free wine in the cafeteria.“Red and white.Balloons were hanging.Everything looked like a party,” he said.“Barbara was glad.She was so hungry.” Klucznik filled her tray with food and went to the cashier to pay, Wi-dajewicz recalled.Suddenly, people came running, pushing him into the small cafeteria kitchen and closing the door.Inside the kitchen, he lay on the floor with others, trying to understand what they were hiding from.When gunshots sounded moments later, some women hiding there started to cry.“They were trembling.I wasn’t as much because I believed it was a holdup.I believed it was only the cashier that was endangered.” After 15 minutes, the police arrived.They made the occupants of the kitchen leave the building by the fire escape, one by one.It was only after he reached his laboratory, in the main building of the university, that he heard radio reports about the shooting.He returned to the school, but police didn’t allow him back in.It was the middle of the night when he finally re-entered the building.“I found Barbara in the cafeteria.She was still a little bit warm.“We believed that Canada was the safest place in the world,” he said.“We could have gone to West Germany, or Switzerland.“I’m still waiting for her.Any Weather Wednesday sunny with clear skies, the high -12.Thursday sunny and cold.Doonesluiry noise.” A group funeral for nine of the 14 women was held Monday while the five other families chose to have private funerals.Earlier reports that Lepine’s body had been cremated Saturday are wrong, the funeral company Maison Alfred Dallaire said in a statement.A spokesman said the body is at one of the company’s funeral homes but a decision about its disposal has not been made by the family.BY GARRY TRUDEAU Mi/ir/i DFFARY PAR1Y' FANCY AU VIF GUF5T5 , NANCY! 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OVFRHFRE.OFAR! j y 12-13 MR.PRE5IPFNT/ THANKS.WHAT AN CUHFRF'S HONOR.TO.MY CHECK?/ \ ë)A The KKl'OKIT—Wednesday.December 13.19X»-~3 The Townships —.sa Kccura Bail fight goes on Richard Bilodeau: Federal fax doesn’t free trucker By Ann McLaughlin SHERBROOKE — A New Hampshire judge may decide today whether he believes the Ottawa or Washington version of an ex- John Eames.Bilodeau crossed the line.tradition treaty, before granting bail to truck driver Richard Bilodeau.The hearing is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.“We will ask that the bail be reduced back to $50,000,” said Jean-Pierre Rancourt, Bilodeau’s Sherbrooke lawyer.Bilodeau has been in a county jail since Nov.29, the night his lumber truck crashed into a police cruiser in a dollar-sign curve on N.H.Route 25.The accident killed two state troopers and their prisoner.Dead are Troopers Gary Parker, 30, and Joseph Gerty, 28, and Brian Goodwin, 26, a prisoner charged with assault arising from a domestic dispute.WRONG SIDE?No drugs or alcohol were involved in the fatal crash and the state prosecutor says he has yet to gather all the evidence he needs.But Bilodeau's truck was on the wrong side of the double-yellow line, maintains the New Hampshire prosecutor.Bilodeau, 29, is charged with three counts of manslaughter and state prosecutor John Eames does not want him released, fearing that the Canadian might not return to the U.S.for his trial.The Coaticook trucker's wife Carole McDuff, 26, obtained $50,000 for the bail by mortgaging their home.But when she turned up at the courthouse with the money almost two weeks ago, the U.S.judge quickly raised the bail to $500,000.Eames asked the judge to increase the bail and prevent Bilodeau from being released after he assumed there was no legal way to have Canada extradite Bilodeau should he skip out.COVERED IN TREATY But Rancourt maintains that manslaughter charges are specified as an extraditable crime in the Canada-U.S.extradition treaty.And last Thursday and Monday, Megantic-Compton-Stanstead MP François Gérin pestered fellow Tory Justice M inister Doug Lewis during question period in Ottawa to have him explain the treaty to the country prosecutor in the small town of Haverhill, N.H.Cm Tuesday Judge Robert Morrill was supposedly poring over the justice minister’s fax in preparation for his decision Wednesday.“It is favorable for Bilodeau but I don’t know if it's sufficient,” said a cautious Jim Hawkins of the U.S.law firm working with Rancourt on the Bilodeau case."The fax said that the treaty applied to Bilodeau’s situation and that the government was closely following the case.It asked that the United States of America respect Bilodeau s rights, ' Hawkins said THE BIG ONE’ “It will either make it or break it," he added "That’s the big one," Rancourt said of the Ottawa clout Tuesday, adding that he hopes it will stand up in court.“The justice minister has gone over the treaty.He obviously knows what he is talking about,” Rancourt said confidently.But Hawkins said he expects state prosecutors to contradict the Canadian government's claims and present a document from the U.S.department of justice in Washington that states manslaughter charges included in the treaty don’t apply to road accidents.If the minister’s note is not enough for Grafton County officials, Rancourt said he will file an appeal before the United States District Court, a federal body.Even if the bail hearing is a failure for Bilodeau, he may still find a way to return to his family for Christmas.Hawkins said a Grand Jury hearing scheduled for Jan.25 — when 23 American citizens would decide if the state has enough evidence to prosecute on manslaughter charges — will be convened a month early, on Chris tmas Eve.The charges could be reduced to negligent homicide, or the case could be thrown out of court alto gether Rancourt added that the Bilodeau defence fund set up Friday at the Coaticook Caisse Populaire has already reached $25,000.Money is pouring in from Eastern Townships associations, citizens groups and truckers on both sides of the border.The bail money will be returned to donors after the Bilodeau case is finally judged.Deal should wait for better jobs Wood Lowney recycling debate goes on: Factory or shopping mall?By John Tollefsrud SHERBROOKE — To be or not to be?That is the question being asked about a shopping-centre proposal for the now-empty Lowney building in Sherbrooke.The city’s chamber of commerce held a press conference Tuesday to make a second call for more study into a $60-million investment headed by RAMCO developers.The Lowney candy-bar plant closed about a year ago, throwing hundreds out of work.The 350,000 square-foot plant is owned by the American candy giant Hershey.The debate is between those who favor the benefits of a real development offer ‘on the table’, and other businessmen concerned that converting a factory to a shopping centre is illogical and should only be a last resort.Chamber of commerce president Jean-Paul Longchamps and manager Gaston Bachand said in a statement that they arranged the meeting to inform the public about the Lowney plant situation.A working committee headed by the chamber wants several reassurances before Sherbrooke gives the developer the go-ahead to convert the plant into a shopping mall.Dennis Wood, president of C-MAC industries in Sherbrooke and himself a former president of the chamber, is a leading member of the new committee.He argued there’s no reason to ram the project through without discussion.“People build shopping centres with an expectation of a return only after 20 or 25 years,” Wood said.Wood is not opposed to shopping centres but says Sherbrooke is not providing industrial workers with enough specialized and higherpaying jobs.“There’s basically only 30 per cent of your young population that gets through to college,” he said, and sales jobs often pay as little as $5 per hour while manufacturing jobs pay $8 and higher.“The problem is we re not creating enough of those jobs ; if they want to get those jobs they have to go to Bromont or Granby.” ZONING CHANGES For the second time in as many weeks, the chamber urged Sherbrooke city council not to proceed with any zoning changes at the site before feasibility studies and guarantees are received from RAMCO.Longchamps said the chamber met with a RAMCO representative to seek its own assurances, but came away less than convinced.RAMCO says the sale was final and no conditionsa were attached.But the chamber said no sale has been finalized — only a promise to purchase.If the project fails what will RAMCO do?The chamber was told the building will be sold back to the city of Sherbrooke for the price paid to Lowney.After initially backing the inves- tment three weeks ago, the chamber has increasingly softened its support — to the point where it now all but opposes the shopping centre proposal But businessmen and muncipal politicians seem split on just how sound a shopping centre would be for Sherbrooke.Among the main debaters Tuesday were Longchamps and businessman Louis Lagassé on one side, and Sherbrooke councillors Gérard Laflamme and Jacques Ju-binville on the other.The councillors argue an immediate investment is better than a dream and the opportunity should be seized.LOWNEY BUYOUT?Lagassé, who is also a lawyer, said he showed the empty Lowney plant to industrialists from Zurich, Switzerland.He said a manufacturing multinational needs time to make a decision on the scale of a Lowney buyout.To further back their case, the chamber of commerce brought in a Three Rivers developer who specializes in restructuring failed plants and turning them into new manufacturing operations.Marc Tardif, who’s achieved three such turnarounds, said the Lowney Site is ideal for such a project.But it appears the heated debate will continue as Sherbrooke city council will address the question at its next meeting with no consensus at hand.The working committee to study industrial revitalization in Sherbrooke meets Dec.19.Councillor Laflamme said a project like RAMCO’s, with the promise of between 1000 and 15(H) full and part-time jobs, should get the city’s backing Asked if he thought there were not enough shopping centres in the city already, Laflamme replied “that’s not for us to decide.” Wood for his part is convinced Lowney should remain a manufacturing site.“I’m not suggesting we rezone King Street industrial," he said, but the Lowney plant is “an industrial trump card that we should take advantage of.” Dennis Wood.Factory workers ‘have to go to Bromont or Granby.’ Adult males head the list Violence leads this year’s rise in Quebec crime rate By Heather Ballantyne SHERBROOKE— A fondness for beating each other up accounts for Quebec’s slight 1988 rise in violent crimes, says a provincial report.As it has every year since 1984, the number of assaults reported among Quebecers rose out of proportion to the rest of the list.The Ministry of Public Security’s ninth annual “Statistics” — the official statement on crime in Quebec — has just been released.The report shows a 0.06 per cent increase over 1987 figures.Of the total number of offences — 515,265 —92.09 per cent were infractions of the Criminal Code.Just less that 8 per cent were violations of other penal laws.Sherbrooke area residents may breath easily: Estrie showed a decline of 0.66 per cent in numbers of crimes.In Monteregie, however, crime is on the rise to the tune of 1.83 per cent.Crime by age and gender indicates most perpetrators — in all categories — are adult and male.Of 4809 infractions of the Criminal Code in Estrie, 15.01 per cent were committed by juveniles under age 18.In Monteregie a striking 23.37 per cent of 18,692 crimes were by juveniles.In Montreal, by comparison, 14.74 per cent of 35,095 crimes were committed by juveniles.MALES DOMINATE Of the 4809 Estrie crimes, 3771 were committed by adult males, 316 by adult females, 603 by juvenile males, 79 by juvenile females.and 40 by juvenile males or females who, “for one reason or another, did not actually get to court for the crime,” according to Suzy Belanger, one of the producers of the document.In Monteregie the total of 18,692 crimes break down as follows: adult males, 12,598; adult females, 1726; juvenile males, 3433; juvenile females, 393; and in 542 cases, the juvenile offenders, both male and female, did not go to court.TRAFFIC TOLL Most frightening of the statistics are those for traffic offences under the Criminal Code: drunk driving causing grievous injury increased by 34.48 per cent; refusal to furnish a breath or blood sample for testing up 3.35 per cent; and driving while under licence suspension up 74.31 per cent.Highway code offences reflect the same contempt for road safety: driving without due care is up 104.97percent; and driving while a licence is suspended is up 46.61 per cent.The rate of crime per 1000 people was 78.78 : 6.16 crimes of violence; 43.73 crimes involving property; 22.08 other crimes; and 6.23 offences against laws and regulations.Crimes of violence have been rising year by year since 1984.Last year saw 3862 more crimes than 1987.Crimes against property are slightly down, by .23 per cent.Other Criminal Code violations including possession of stolen goods, fraud, prostitution, gambling and weapons offences, in- creased by 1.89 per cent.DOWN Offences against federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations, including the federal drug laws, was down in 1988 by a whopping 11.98 per cent.Crime reported by Indian band police increased by 2.82 per cent.Of these 1092 crimes, 36 08 per cent were violent crimes, 21.07 per cent involved property, 41.03 per cent were other Criminal Code viola- tions, and 0.92 per cent were violations of other laws or regulations outside the Criminal Code.The document is based on reports from Quebec’s police departments — municipal and provincial police, CN, CP and port police and the peace keepers appointed by Indian band councils.The rate of solving crime is im proving.In 1988 33 per cent of reported crimes led to prosecution, compared to 30.97 per cent in 1987.Quebec Court: Pierre Bachand joins the judges’ clan COWANSVILLE (JM) — There was a subdued atmosphere of celebration in the courthouse one recent day when native son Pierre Bachand was sworn in as a Provincial Court Judge.The sombre room was transformed for the occasion into a sea of red judicial gowns.The ritual oath of office was performed by Albert Gobeil, the Chief Judge of Quebec Courts.It was witnessed by Associate Chief Judges Huguette St-Louis and Paul Mail-leux.Judge Gobeil said Bachand’s wisdom would probably be concentrated in civil division of the court for the District of Montreal, which includes Bedford and St.Francis.Bachand, 40, entered a job competition to replace Judge Guy Genest who retired in March on his 70th birthday.SHERBROOKE U.A graduate of Sherbrooke University, Bachand joined the Legal Aid office here in 1973 and left to join Gilles Mercure in private practice in 1979.Both partners have stepped up to the bench.Bachand was named to the bench on Nov.8.Mercure was named to Superior Court 130 days earlier.Judge Gobiel outlined the rigors of being on the bench.Bernard Le-garé, dean of Bedford District’s Quebec Court judges, introduced his new colleague to the standing room audience and welcomed him to the arduous tasks ahead.Claude Hamann, Battonier of the local bar association, congratulated his former colleague and suggested he had but one shortcoming — counting strokes off a golf tee following a “mulligan.” Judge Bachand recalled that collègues he knew and worked with include former Quebec premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand, Gérard Turmel, now a Superior Court Judge along with Mercure, Jac- Four times over the limit Weekend jail for repeat drunk driver COWANSVILLE (JM) —Stan Rzy-zora, of Brome Lake, will spend the next 30 weekends in Sweetsburg jail after he pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing bodily harm.Rzyzora, 41, was in a crash on Rte.104 opposite the Lavin farm, just east of Barnes Road in Brome Lake on Oct.31, 1988.Ryzyora had prior convictions for impaired driving and his blood-alcohol count the night of the accident was 34.9 milligrams of alcohol per 100 litres of blood — more than four times the legal limit — according to a blood test at Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital.Doctors consider patients clinically dead with counts of .36 to .38 milligrams, and breathalysers can only register to .40.Anyone driving in excess of .08 milligrams can be convicted under the Criminal Code.Crown attorney Henry Key-serlingk and defence Lawyer Thomas Walsh made a joint suggestion of 90 days in jail, to be served on weekends and accompanied by a six month revocation of Rzyzora’s driver’s licence.Quebec Court Judge Claude Lé-veillé agreed, sentencing Rzyzora to weekends from Friday afternoon to Sundays, revoking his licence for six months, and ordering him to keep the public peace for one year.Judge Léveillé also ordered Rzyzora to pay James Grubb, of East Farnham.a symbolic $1000 for damages, without prejudice should Grubb seek further recourse in civil court.ques Meunier, Louis Hébert, Serge Champoux, and Marekie-Claude Landry.He paid special tribute to his secretary of eight years Mrs.Pie-rette Graillon.IN THE BOX The jury box took on another look — from left to right it read: Mr.Justice Thomas Toth, Justice Guy Arseneault, Justice Gilles Mercure, all named from the District of Bedford, and Quebec Court Judges Gérarld Desmarais and Louis Denis Bouchard from Sherbrooke.Retired judge Genest.in a suit, occupied the seat reserved for juror 12.Judge Bachand, the youngest of six children, said his only regret was that his father wasn’t alive to take part in the celebration.One brother, Guy, is a sergeant with Cowansville municipal police, while Eugene was admitted to the local bar three years ago following a career as a contractor.His sisters 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Wheel Tel.562-1531 J 1 4—The RKCORD—Wednesday, December 13, 1989 The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial Not just another women’s issue Feminism has always been a dirty word for some people.But most of the men who don’t like “feminists” — and there are plenty of them — have never bothered to find out what it means.Let me save them the trouble.A feminist is simply someone — female or male — who advocates political, economic and social equality of the sexes.Who demands the freedom to be an engineer or a police officer.Who expects equal pay and employment equity.Who objects to being patronized, intimidated, beaten and raped.Yet in some male minds, the word conjures up visions of rabid, placard-toting, slogan-chanting lesbians who aim to eradicate men.Marc Lépine felt threatened by feminists, with tragic results.But the murder of 14 women last week is only the most publicized and extreme example of the twisted attitude of some men toward equality.To many men, feminist goals and even women themselves are objects of ridicule.And it is doubly disturbing that much of the “joking” goes on at Canada’s universities, where the minds of tomorrow are being moulded.Last week, there were reports that male students at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario had mocked the massacre by leaning into classrooms and pointing fingers at female students.Bang.Bang.Ha.Ha.This fall, also at Queen’s, a “No Means No” campaign against date rape was ridiculed by male students.They hung signs from residence windows, with slogans such as “No means harder” and “No means kick her in the teeth.” In the Wilfrid Laurier University newspaper The Cord Weekly, columnist Bill Needle disparages women on a regular basis with impunity.In his column of Oct.26, he writes “Come on people, what’s going on in this damned world when I can’t go up to some nice hamburger and say ‘Hey, doll, howzabout we go back to my place and I can make you bray like a mule and you can make me breakfast?’ For that, she slapped me and called me a pig.Oh well, who needs the bitch anyway.” Mr.Needle — a psuedonym — claims his column is satirical.This type of attitude is nothing new.But while it is difficult to understand why some men feel so threatened by women, it seems clear to me why they act the way they do.They have never been told by other men that their attitudes are wrong.Men who have no respect for women will not listen when women tell them they are sexist, cruel, abusive or exploitive.They will simply brand them “feminists” and turn away.Or worse.Many men were horrified by last week’s massacre.Some felt guilty, others ashamed.Some reacted by telling themselves Lépine was mad.They should all look up “feminism” in the dictionary.And ask themselves why it was ever a dirty word, why anyone would “hate feminists.” Unless more men join the “women’s movement,” the problem will not get any smaller.Mens’ violence is not just another womens’ issue.JEFF HARRINGTON Letters Fetus is human and nothing less Parents want safes sold in high school WINNIPEG (CP) — It looks like a school in central Winnipeg will be the first in Manitoba where safe sex is both taught and bought.Condom dispensers will decorate the bathroom walls of the Dufferin Avenue vocational high school early in the new year if the school’s parent council gets its way and it appears it will.‘We’ve asked for permission to have machines put in four washrooms in the school, both in the men’s and women’s washrooms, ” said Pat Vince, a member of the 10-member parent council.“It seems like it’s going to go through.We believe it’s a good idea, and I think responsible parents will see that as well.” Vince said many students at the school are teenage parents and many are old enough to vote.“We’re just saying to them,‘If you’re going to have sex, have safe s*x.’” Vice-principal Gordon Crook said the school supports the move.Condom machines have appeared in some schools in Toronto schools and in larger U.S.cities, he said.Opposition from rural church groups in Manitoba recently killed a proposal to install condom machines in high schools in the towns of Virden, Reston and Elk-horn Did you know that.ELUSIVE EAST The New Democratic Party has never won a Quebec seat federally or provincially.U.S.GDP The United States has a gross domestic product of $22,800 a person.To Whom It May Concern, 1— In spite of Dr.Henry Morganta-ler’s attempt to cloud the issue by in-trodcing a number of “scientific” terms that describe an unborn human at various stages, it is still a fact that what is alive and growing inside of a pregnant woman from the moment of conception is indeed human and nothing less.Of course this human life is in the process of development, growth, and maturing, a process we all go through our entire lives, as we all mature and change physically, emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually, but that process does not make that life less human or intrinsically valuable.2— While the word “terminate” is more pallatable than “kill” or “murder”, to end the life of another human is to kill or murder.In spite of our attempts to use words that allow us to act without facing, or being fully aware of our actions or their consequences, the facts remain the same.3— If a woman “finds herself unwillingly pregnant”, and “feels.not able to undertake the responsibility of mothering”, then we need to ask the question, “Why are so many women finding themselves unwillingly pregnant ”, and “What are their options?” If we do respect human life, then we must give strong consideration to adoption.There are thousands of couples who cannot adopt a child because the children are being “terminated” before birth.The point of being “unwillingly pregnant”, should cause us some concern.Birth control is not being practiced by both partners who Boycotting Mitsubishi An open letter to: Mr.Ted Homa Public Relations dept.Mitsubishi Canada Montreal Dear Mr.Homa, I am very concerned about the destruction of rainforests in Malaysia.Japan imports more than 80 per cent of the tropical timber produced by Malysia, and 40 per cent worldwide.At the present rate of destruction, the rainfroests of the province of Sarawak in Malaysia will disappear completely within the next decade.These forests are not empty.They are the home of millions of species of plants and animals, and some of the last remaining semi-nomadic peoples on earth — the Pennan, whose land it is estimated will be deforested within the next year.I support the Pennan who are trying to save their forests.Much of this imported timber is used for products that do not have to be made form tropical hardwood — such as construction plywood, pulp, and disposable chopsticks.lam very concerned about the destructive role of Japan and Japanese corporations.Therefore, I support a boycot of one line of Mitsubishi products, namely, MITSUBISHI VCRs.I understand that your company has the highest north American profile of the top ten tropical timber importers.I thank you for your attention to this letter.Yours sincerely, VILHEMO VANLENHO, Cookshire engage in sexual activity, and the result is unwanted pregnancy.There is an old saying, “You reap what you sow”, but in this case we sow without the responsibility of reaping.Unlimited sexual freedom and pleasure without responsibility or cost.But wait a minute, because the cost is high, as we continue to devalue human life and become more unsensi live, and as the woman must live with the guilt over what she has done, and the increased risk of future miscarriage or inability to carry a future pregnancy to term ; risks that are not often explained.4— Opponents of abortion are called “pro-life” because they speak in defense of the unborn human life that cannot speak.They believe that all life is valuable and deserves to be res- Thanks for the pins Dear Mrs.Richardson, On behalf of Y-202 at A.G.R.H.S., we would like to thank you for the Record pins, and pens.We found the printing machines interesting 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classmates with this Rolls.One ot 'em owns the company we rented it from.'’ YfeUXMa Cues mwwm. 12—The RECORD—Wednesday, December 13, 1989 Rev.Harold Brazel is installed Canon of the Cathedral of the Deaths Holy Trinity, Quebec City By Ann Wright The morning was cold and frosty on Sunday, November 5, 1989, when many friends gathered for the Service of Installation at All Saintstide at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity at Quebec City to celebrate the Rev.Harold Brazel becoming one of the five Canons of the Cathedral.Approximately thirty people attended from Thetford Mines.A busload of twenty-six, arranged by Margaret Dempsey, included the Megantic County Historical Society and members of the churches at Inverness and Lower Ireland and friends.The Rev.Blair Ross had travelled from New Carlisle to attend the occasion.Several from the church of St.John the Divine at Thetford Mines were given the honor of taking part in the service.Merita Bossé, Gerald Bennett and Joanne Coleman were in the choir.The Old Testament reading was given by Steve Setlakwe and the Epistle was read by Del Doiron.Peter Whitcomb led in the Intercessory Prayer and Elizabeth and Richard Coleman presented the bread and wine.The organist was Mr.Gregory Schulte of the Cathedral and the Gospel was read by Miss Pam Bown, a layreader of the Cathedral.The Cathedral Clergy were also assisted by Mr.Graham Jack-son, layreader, also of the Cathedral.The choir entered with the Gospel Procession singing For All the Saints from Labor Rest.The Psalm sung was Sing Unto the Lord.The installation of Harold Brazel as a Canon of the Cathedral Chapter took place at the chancel steps with the Dean, James Merrett reading the Letter of Appointment, followed by prayer by the Right « Tf Left to right- The Rev.Pierre Voyer, Priest Assistant, Cathedral of the Holy Trinity; The Rt.Rev.Allen Goodings, Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Quebec; The Rev.Canon James Harold Brazel, Rector of the Greater Parish of Thetford Mines; The Very Rev.James D.Merrett, Dean of Quebec and Cathedral; Mr.Graham Jackson, iMy Reader of the Cathedral.Reverend Allen Goodings, Bishop of Quebec.The Dean then conducted the New Canon to his stall in the chancel with the words “I now induct you into your Canon’s stall in this Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Quebec".The Reverend Canon Harold Brazel was asked to present the sermon.He opened by quoting from Hebrews “We also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses .a great company of saints .Canon Brazel went on to say that November 1st is an important date in the life of this Cathedral and our Diocese, for it was on that day in 1793 that Bishop Jacob Mountain with 12 other members of his family arrived at the wharf in Quebec.The first Bishop would have jurisdiction over the whole of Upper and Lower Canada and parts west.For our worship today, he continued, we are celebrating the Solemnity of All Saints and the first thought which came to mind was that St.Paul, in writing 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