The record, 7 juillet 2009, Supplément 1

Brome County NEW S Tuesday, July 7, 2009 J.L.Flanagan Marchand GENERAL Merchants since 1881 For alt your Painting Needs -Interior & Exterior Paint & Stains Kevin Barnes jlflanagan@bellnet.ca YEAR ROUND HOURS Mon.-Thur.: 8 am - 6 pm; Sun.: 9 am - 5 pm Fri.8 Sat.: 8 am - 7 pm 39 Victoria, Knowlton Tel.: (450) 243-6480 A Basket Full of Success JESSICA BROWN lë Tamer QUamfëtre £éMa:a*r CfifcmpA* A- 1 SU • r ;v- ¦ : iJ anmut : ***** mt " ** • Patti Mason and Annette Blanco expecting a busy summer By Jessica Brown Brome County News Correspondent Don’t tell Patti Mason and Annette Blanco that business is tough in Knowlton.They won’t buy that line anyway.In five years, this dynamic duo has gone from running their gift basket company out of Annette’s house in Foster, to their present location on Mont Echo Road of 3400 square feet.Not only has their business grown exponentially over the past five, years but since their move this spring and expansion into the locale beside them, business is up 30 percent, and they don’t even have a sign up yet.“There are lots of little reasons why our business works,” says Mason.“We’ve tried to adapt to change.You have to.When we see a demand, we try to meet it.If we see there is a market for something, we try to fill it.” But that’s not the only reason for their success.They just don’t even imagine anything else.“I wasn’t here in the 90s.A lot of businesses compare now to then.But we didn’t know that.I say, don’t waste your time complaining, do something.There’s enough sunshine for everyone,” says Mason.It’s an attitude that has paid off for them.What also pays off is their business hours.“We’re open 7 days a week plus in summer we stay open until 8pm on Friday and Saturday night.If it’s raining, we don’t just pack it in and leave.If you’re not open, people won’t come.You can’t wait for the people to come to decide when to open,” she says.“It’s the consistency that clients count on.” Their new place is light and airy.The space makes it easy to walk around and look at the thousands of items ranging from country decor to jars of exotic spices, teas and jams.About 30 per cent of their business is still in the gift baskets, the rest is from local and tourist traffic through their store, picking up gift items and little splurges for themselves.“Christmas is a big season for us,” says Mason, “but we also do a lot of baskets for corporate conventions and events.” Their reputation has grown through word of mouth.People are happy with what they get and they pass it on.The partners’ cooperation works well for their business.Annette has a flare for decorating while Patti likes the mar- keting aspect.They both like working with the public.“You have to have a passion for what you do,” says Mason.“I love coming to work.I really do.” How they ended up together is serendipitous.Both women were working at home-based businesses.Their paths had crossed on numerous occasions, but in the end what brought them together was a coupon that Mason had filled out for a facial by the Mary-Kay rep, Blanco.The rest, as they say is history.When they first began, they tried to apply for a CLD grant for new businesses, but they were told they were too old.“We said, we’ll show them what two old ladies can do,” laughs Mason.These “two old ladies" have gone on to expand a successful business and have no plans to slow down.“We’re expecting it to be a busy summer." Pierre Marziali Pharmacist Famiiiprix pierre.marziali@fam i I iprix.com Hours: Mon.-Wed.9-8 p.m.Thurs.& Fri.9-9 p.m.Sat.9-5 p.m.408 South St., Cowansville 263-2171 yv Contractor LKfMS UQ: «Ml WSJ’ Machinery work Hydraulic hammer (rock breaker) Private roads • Land shaping • Drainage Artificial lakes/ponds • Septic systems Demolition - Foundation Topsoil - Aggregate Sand • Gravel • Fieldstone (450) 242-2544 11, ch.Glen, Boi.ton-Oi*st ROCH VALLIÈRES ^ STAR CAFÉ Terrasse open Internet Café ?Espresso Coffee - Breakfasts - Lunches Mon-Fri: 6 am Sat 7 am Sun: 8 am Thursday & Friday evenings 5-8 pm on the Terasse Breakfast à la carte & table d’hâte (Friday & Sunday) Lunch specials (Monday-Friday) • Group reservations (10-60) 1076 ch.Knowlton, W.Brome 450-263-5063 page 2 Tuesday, July 7, 2009 Brome County News Brome County Community Billboard Community Calendar July 10 Royal Canadian Legion Summer BBQs .Come BBQ_with us every Friday night from June 5 until August 28.77 Lewis Street East, Waterloo.Burgers, Dogs, Fries and Poutines July 11 Bedford Wesley United Church is holding a Flea Market, garage sale and food sale on the church lawn, 53 River Street, Bedford, Quebec on Saturday July 11 starting at 10 a.m.To reserve a table please contact Fred Gilman: 450-248-3341.MECA Fundraiser Lawn Sale.Saturday, July 11, 8 a.m.- 4 p.m., 2950 Mount Echo Rd., Sutton.(Corner Mount Echo Rd.and Turkey Hill Rd.) All proceeds are going to the conservation of Mount-Echo and its watershed.A “Strawberry Social" will be held at Granby United Church, 101 rue Principale, Granby, on Saturday, July 11 from 12-3 p.m.Adults: $6.Children under 12: $4.00 July 12 St.James Anglisan Chtfrch in Foster will hold a concert of spiritual music presented by St.Luke’s Choir of Waterloo at 7 p.m.on Sunday, July 12.Refreshment following.Knowlton Harmony Band will hold a concert this Sunday afternoon, July 12th at 2 p.m.at the Coldbrook Condos just off Pine Street in Knowlton.The ‘rain location’ will be Knowlton United BCN RATES & DEADLINES COMMUNITY CALENDAR Brome County News Community Calendar is reserved for non-profit organizations only.Deadline is noon on Mondays.A pre-paid fee of $7 is required per publication, or SPECIAL RATE of $13 for 2 insertions: 1 BCN & 1 in Friday Record “What’s On” section.Please forward notices to 5 Victoria St., Knowlton, QC JOE 1V0, email: bcnnews§qc.aibn.com, or fax: (450) 243-5155.Visa and Mastercard accepted.Church on Knowlton Road.At 6:30 p.m.there will be another concert at Edward’s Park or the Anglican Church in West Brome, if it is raining.We hope that you will join us for at least one of these concerts.Bring your lawn chairs and relax for an hour listening to a variety of music.July 18 Big Book Sale at the Library in Knowlton on Saturday, July 18, 8 a.m.to 4 p.m.and Sunday, July 19, 10 a.m.to 3 p.m.Please note that the tents will not open before 8 a.m.Reduction of 10% for bulk purchases.Information: Jean McGee: 450-242-0246 or Suzanne Ricard: 450-242-2923 Aug.8 & 9 The Royal Canadian Legion will be holding a Flea Market on Saturday and Sunday August 8 & 9th, 120 Davignon blvd, Cowansville.We are looking for articles to sell at this event.If you have items you would like to get rid of, we will gladly take them after July 25th.For more information please contact Debbie Williams (450) 522-6674 or Denise Bedard (450) 263-0561 Arts Calendar Make your reservations now for Theatre Lac Brome’s summer season of professional theatre.Performances are Wednesday to Saturday.This year the Knowlton House and Garden Tour is on Wednesday July 15.For further information call the Box Office at 450 242-2270.or visit www.theatrelacbrome.ca Church Services CREEK/WATERLOO PASTORAL CHARGE.Sunday worship and music.Creek United, West Bolton: 9:00 a.m.St.Paul’s, 4929 Foster, Waterloo: 10:30 a.m.Reverend David Lambie, Minister.For information or to leave messages call: 450-539-2129 ST.PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH KNOWLTON, 24 St.Paul’s Road.A group of ordinary people seeking to follow Jesus in Traditional, Contemporary and Modern ways.For the summer months, until the Sunday after Labour Day, there will be one Sunday service at 9 a.m.For more info: 450-242-2885.The Rev.Tim Wiebe and the congregation look forward to welcoming you.KNOWLTON-MOUNTAIN VALLEY PASTORAL CHARGE.Worship and song with Rev.Ryk Allen officiating.MANSONVILLE UNITED - 9 a.m.-2nd, 3rd, 4th Sundays.BOLTON CENTRE UNTIED - 9 a.m.-1st Sunday of August, October and December.KNOWLTON UNITED, 234 Knowlton Road - 11 a.m.- every Sunday (handicap access) EMMANUEL UNITED CHURCH For the month of July, worship services will be held at Calvary United Church in Sutton (July 5 & 12 at 11:15 a.m.) and at Dunham United Church (July 19 & 26 at 9:15 a.m.).Worship services will resume at Emmanuel United Church on August 2 at 10:30 a.m.ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH -DUNHAM.Sunday Services and Sunday School at 9:30 a.m.- all welcome! The Rev.Sinpoh Han.Information: 450-266-0392 ANGLICAN PARISH OF BROME: Sunday, July 12 - 10 a.m.Service will be at St.John the Evangelist, Brome.Holy communion - The Rev.Paul Tidman.EGLISE CATHOLIQUE ST.EDOUARD CATHOLIC CHURCH 366 Knowlton Rd., Knowlton.Vous êtes invités à participer à une messe bilingue tous les dimanches à 10h30.You are invited to participate in a bilingual mass every Sunday at 10h30.TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH, 409 South St., Cowansville.Join us for Sunday Worship.One service only at 11 a.m.every Sunday.Info: 450-263-2662.SUTTON - DUNHAM UNITED CHURCH PASTORAL CHARGE AND EM- MANUEL UNITED CHURCH: A warm welcome awaits you at our Sunday worship service in Calvary United Church in Sutton at 11:15 a.m.Dunham and Emmanuel United are closed.Information: 450-538-0530 or 450-295-3251.BEDFORD UNITED CHURCH PASTORAL CHARGE 1st Sunday Service in Bedford,2nd Sunday Service in Stanbridge East, 3rd Sunday Service in Bedford, 4th Sunday service in Mystic, 5th Sunday Service is in Philipsburg.All services are at 10 A.M.GRANBY UNITED CHURCH will be closed for the month of July.Answering machine will be checked for messages weekly.GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH, 52 Principale sud, Sutton, welcomes everyone for Sunday Services at 10:30 a.m.Canon Tim Smart, Rector.Info: 450-538-8108.OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, Sutton.Pastor Alex Lobach and the congregation welcome all to worship with us each Sunday at 11 a.m.Mid-week youth group and Bible Study.Tel: 450-538-5225.CORNERSTONE CHURCH OF BEDFORD.We warmly welcome everyone to come and worship with us every Sunday at 10 a.m.and Friday at 7 p.m.We are located at 6 Massicotte, Bedford.Information: Pastor Paul Gibson: 1-514-667-2292 or 450-296-4135 rnlftlnMMhrOift Need a reason to run We'll give you 4 million.More than four million Conodians have arthritis.Find out how you can help by participating in marathons around the world.Train.Travel.Triumph.For more information, call 1-800-321-1433 or visit us at www.arthritis.ca/jointsinmotion Brome County NEWS 5B Victoria St.Knowlton, Quebec, JOE 1V0 Tel- (450) 242-1188/242-6892 Fax: (450) 243-5155 Kstablishcd May 1991 Published weekly by RECORD 1195 Galt E„ Sherbrooke, Quebec, JIG 1Y7 fax: (819) 569-3945 E-mail: • newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com websi te : www.sherbropkerecprd.com Kenneth Wells Publisher.800 463-9525 Michael McDEvrrr Edttor .(819)5696345 Fraser Lockerbie Corresp.Edttor .(819) 5696345 Diana Simpson Secretary .(450)242-1188 Lynda bellavance Advertising .(450) 242-6892 Michel Duval Advertising .800463-9525 CIRCULATION Distributed to all Record subscribers every Tuesday as an insert, and to households and businesses in Abercorn, Bedford, Brigham, Brome, Bromont, Cowansville, East Farnham, Foster, Fulford, Knowlton (Brome Lake), Sutton, Bolton Centre, West Brome.The Record was founded on February 7, 1897, and acquired thç Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879) in 1905 and the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) in 1908.The Record is published by Alta Newspaper Group Limited 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with thousands of dollars of damage to town property.“The first major incident this year,” says Johanne Morin of Community Services, “Was the spray-painting of the Loisirs Foster building.We had to spend over a thousand dollars to hire a company to clean up the building.We couldn’t leave it there.The F word was painted on the windows in red and black and all over the wall.” About a week after the clean-up, the vandals came back and re-did the job.This time the town re-painted the wall.“What people don’t understand is that the money that goes into cleaning up vandalism is money that isn’t being spent elsewhere.” Following the incidents in Foster, young vandals broke into some of the homes on Eagle Island destroying private property.That same night, the lifeguard chair at the beach was burned to the sand.Police are still investigating the two events to see if they are linked.The problem, once again, is without a suspect or suspects, the town is on the hook to pay for the damage.“When they burned down the lifeguard chair, we weren’t left with enough time to order a new one.” Says Morin.“Leaving the beach without the chair was impossible so town employees built a new one.” A new one from the catalogue would have cost the town about three thousand dollars.Town employees managed to build a new one for less than half the cost.However it took two days of manpower out of other business that needed to be attended to.“Aside from the money for the wood for the chair, it’s the time of the employees.It’s money that’s not going elsewhere, its work not being done elsewhere where we need it,” laments Morin.Aside from those incidents, the old horse judging platform, sometimes referred to as the gazebo at Lion’s Park is vandalized almost every weekend.Most recently someone tried to burn the floor.Plus town employees have to pick up broken beer bottles on the grass every week.Cont’d on Page 6 f/Heÿà ¦¦¦ .JESSICA BROWN Everything from storefronts to beach chairs are being vandalized Frustration Over Knowlton Park Delays By Alex Roslin Bill Watson’s-daughters spent so much time at the old playground in the Knowlton Lion’s Park, it was almost a second backyard.The Watsons went there regularly for family outings and to walk their dog Winston.They celebrated birthdays there.When Bill or his older daughter came to play soccer in the park, his wife could tag along with their younger girl and hang out by the swings and jungle gym.The Watsons were heartbroken last year when the playground was dismantled as part of a plan to create a new play area behind the Centre Lac Brome community centre half a kilometre away.“We were really sad when they dismantled it.1 told the kids, Don’t worry, they’re going to put it back,’” Watson said.They’re still waiting.A year later, the new playground behind the community centre still features only a lone jungle gym in a large open field dotted with several short saplings and a few scattered picnic tables.Knowlton’s only public playground for preschoolers has no swings, teeter-totter, climbing apparatus, sitting benches or drinking fountain.And that has parents like Watson frustrated.“It’s ironic that the town has this family policy, but there’s nowhere for kids to go now,” he said.Some parents are talking about forming a group to seek better park facilities, raise funds for equipment and ask questions during this fall’s municipal election.“When my daughter and I go to the new playground, there are hardly ever other children there,” said one of the parents, Shannon Brown.“Having more games would bring more kids.1 would love to see swings, trees that give some shade, a wading pool.Every park has swings.” Back in March, the Lac Brome Recreation and Community Services department got approval from the town council to spend a $45,000 surplus on playground equipment at the new site.But those plans have been delayed by preparations for summer camp and the opening of Douglass Beach, said Johanne Morin, the department’s executive director.The facilities are also on hold while the department works out a long-term plan for the entire park.Cont’d on Page 5 Bistro Knowlton Pub We offer a menu to suit any craving: from Fajitas to Steaks, Ribs to Pizzas.We are sure to satisfy while watching live entertainment, gazing at the stars or simply enjoying an icy cocktail -summer is SIZZLING at the pub.Call ahead for our weekly entertainment line-up & nightly specials - reservations are always suggested.Great music.Great menu.Great mood.GREAT PUB! 450-242-6862 Aim tts i&»m Aom OtM /Zuum.Ter Tjtts, Tieb&r, V* & Om TaJbHo.Hours: Fri./Sot./Mon.: 9 am-5 pm Sun.: 9 am-4 pm LOCAL Lamb • Beef • Chicken • Pork • Great Sausages Cut Flowers • Vegetables • Fruit (in season) Bread • Cheese • Sweets 605 KNOWLTON RD„ KNOWLTON EVERYTHING FOR THE BBQ Summer Delights 39 Victoria, Knowlton Tel: (450) 243-6480 J.L.Flanagan Marchand GENERAL Merchants since 1881 AIL Pool & Spa Products Starter Kit $14.99 Chlorine is kilos $54.99 Pool Salt $10.99 20 kilos FREE TESTING OF YOUR POOL H20 , YEAR ROUND HOURS Mon.-Thur.: 8 am - 6 pm; Sun.: 9 am - 5 pm —.Fri.& Sat: 8 am - 7 pm T Cabo« L Highland Beef Available only in Knowlton here Abercorn Breads & Great Selection of Organic Foods Whole (Bio Certified) chickens & chicken pieces New stock arriving every week. page 4 Tuesday, July 7, 2009 Brome County News «BiKtilar USttta&M It Clttft ' ^ 1 800 567-ACDM Until there's a cure, there's us.* Roe»i)an 5o/^6/