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THE The Record 1897-1999 Always There! The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 The Record 1897-1999 Always There! Lunch for a ïunsrrv team Thursday, January 7, 1999 75 CENTS Lennoxville town councillors arrived at The Record’s temporary headquartrers in Lennoxville with a hot lunch for the dedicated staff who have been working long hours since fire destroyed the newspaper’s offices in Sherbrooke early Saturday morning.As councillors served up hot stew and cake, Lennoxville mayor Doug MacAulay called The Record to wish the staff all the best in their recovery.Take a look at The Record’s first ‘Sunshine’ person on page 2 The ice storm - a personal memoir by Susan Mastine on pages 7 to 9 ¦>! J g\ J Waterloo school caretaker reunited with sister after 80 years Bance hopes his 15 minutes are over By Maurice Crossfield An emotional family reunion with a sister he hasn’t seen in 80 years and countless interviews with journalists from around the world behind him, Albert Bance’s life is starting to get back to its normal routine.“It’s been quite an eventful week,” said Bance from his Waterloo home Tuesday.“There was something going on every day and every evening.” Bance was just four years old in 1918 when his father was killed in World War I and he and he and his two sisters Daisy and Frances were sent to separate orphanages.The fate of their mother remains a mystery.Ten years later Albert, then 14, was sent to Canada as one of the thousands of so-called home children.In 1929, Bance was working on a farm in West Bolton, not far from South Stukely.“It was dark up there and I was scared like hell,” Bance said.“I had never seen a cow before and I had to try to learn how to milk one.” “In those days you were a home boy and didn’t know too much, so you did what you were told,” he said.“No questions asked.” After working on farms in West Bolton and Knowlton, Bance went to Montreal to work as a security guard during World War II.Not liking the city life, he came back to the Townships to work as a guard at a munitions plant near Warden.SEE BANCE, PAGE 4 page 2 Thursday, January 7, 1999 Meet The Record’s Sunshine Boy: Solo The Record has its own “Sunshine people” who brighten our days.People like H.S.(Solo) Parker who didn’t mind weaving his way around boxes and computers at the Record’s new headquarters in Lennoxville to renew his subscription to The Record.Mr Parker was born in Theftord Mines, attended St.Pat’s School in Sherbrooke and worked his entire career at Paton’s Manufacturing in Sherbrooke.He earned his nickname Solo by threatening a buddy in high school with a blow to the ‘solar plexus’ if he didn’t back off.The name stuck.gSfflg a.; 5 ¦_ KBS 11 ! X .Montreal-based company now owns 21 per cent of newspaper circulation in Canada Québécor seals Sun Media news empire deal By Thane Burnett Sun Media Newspapers Toronto The Sun rose a little more easterly than usual yesterday morning.Before dawn, Montreal-based printing giant Quebecor Inc.officially took control of the Sun Media news empire - closing a $983-million paper chase ripe with a hostile-takeover attempt, white knights, backroom dealings and, finally, a new corporate entity which will control 21% of newspaper circulation in this country.Yesterday, Quebecor executive vice-president Pierre Karl Peladeau - who will hold the same title with the new division - boasted the internationally situated company his dad founded now controls more than 99.5% of Sun Media shares.Totalling 44.5 million, they were tendered in response to Quebecor’s Dec.14 offer of $21 per share.As well as the $983-million, which will soon be shipped out to Sun Media shareholders, Quebecor officials also took on $345 million in debt.It was speculated the small remaining number of shares may have been people on vacation or those who simply missed the deadline.Yesterday, rested from holidays in Europe and the successful completion of a mega-media deal, Peladeau was upbeat.“The transaction is over - we’re very happy it ended as it did.Everyone wins,” he said.Everyone, he added, including Toronto Star publisher Torstar, which started a race for Sun Media with a Sept.28 hostile-takeover bid.Quebecor executives would walk away the victors - white knights in the eyes of staff, readers and-many investors - but a pre-Christmas surprise deal means Torstar will take control of four southern Ontario broadsheets which Sun Media had acquired from Southam Inc.last September.Securing valuable readership and ad space by grabbing up the Hamilton Spec-tator, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Guelph Mercury and Cambridge Reporter, is expected to cost Torstar more than $350-million.Today Peladeau will link up with Que-becor's Charles Cavell, appointed chairman of the new board, and Sun Media head Paul Godfrey, now CEO of the newly formed publishing division, to begin a three-day cross-Canada tour of key sites in the remainder of Canada’s second largest newspaper chain.The new Sun Media-Quebecor alliance is made up of scores of newspapers, including powerful Sun dailies in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, The London Free Press, Le Journal de Montreal, and the Sherbrooke Record.Peladeau wasn’t answering specific questions about future aspects of the new creation.When asked whether Quebecor is considering any other major buys, he laughed and said: “Give me a break.I have just come back from vacation.” Sun Media Corp president Paul God-fres said “We’ll be calling it Sun Media until we have a discussion with the principals, the owners of the company.” “Over the period of the next few weeks we’ll be (pulled) into a private company, so what ever it is it’ll be a division of Quebecor.” “There’s no doubt there’s an entire integration process that has to be done.” .— BEN ® by DANIEL SHELTON ¦ BEN will return soon page 3 Thursday, January 7, 1999 THE ‘You really feel different’ - Barbara Mountain One year later, Townshippers recall the ice storm By Sylvia Warden Valerie Bushey knows what it’s like to be powerless.For 26 days last January she felt nature’s bitter chill when her home and family farm lost electricity.Bushey is just one of an estimated three million people whose power was interrupted when transmission lines and hydro pylons tumbled during the ice storm.Her story is like so many others: power goes out, but community support turns on full blast.“The generosity of a lot of people is what I’ll remember,” said Bushey on Jan.6, 1999 from her 55-head cattle farm in Shipton.Across the Townships neighbours lent generators, brought food to each other and lifted morale when needed.As the days without power grew to weeks, Bushey said, her family learned to adapt.“You kind of get used to doing what you have to do without lights,” said the mother of three.Cards by flashlight was a favourite activity.One thing Bushey couldn’t adapt to was the sound of falling tree branches, crumbling under the weight of up to 50 mm of ice.During the cleanup Bushey estimates her family cleared a 15-by-200 foot path littered with branches.“The trees breaking - just hearing them break, then smashing one after one,” still haunts Bushey.Barbara Mountain also remembers the jolting noise of maple tree branches crashing to the ground.Her husband Adair’s great-great-grandfather planted maple trees which line the yard and today they are still standing, but their majestic beauty is now subdued.“They were very severely damaged.They are less than a third of what they used to be,” said Mountain from her dairy farm in South Durham.Once 75-feet tall, the maples now stand about 25-feet high.“You couldn’t cross the yard without seeing or being hit by falling branches,” said Mountain.For 32 days her family kept the farm going with the help of generators.First there was their own 25-year-old model and then one supplied by Hydro-Québec.Hydro’s stationary generator provided some relief to the Mountain family who, for two weeks before it arrived, had been on a round-the-clock schedule to check the generator.If it broke down, the lives of the 100 animals on the farm were in jeopardy.Mountain used an Indiglo watch to wake her up and to see the time in the dark.Today, 367 days after the paralyzing ice first fell, Bushey and Mountain say they are different people.“You’re thankful for what you have,” said Bushey, adding, we are too dependent on electricity and Hydro-Québec.“If you didn’t like camping you were in trouble,” she said with a laugh.Mountain says her ability for empathy has grown.“I think you really feel different.When anybody experiences a storm now, you understand what they are going through.” Trial of three officers postponed until April k' »A V Coroner begins investigation into Bishop’s student’s death Staff The trial of three provincial police officers charged with conspiracy and obstruction of justice has been pushed back until at least April.Tuesday at the Granby courthouse Tom Walsh, the lawyer representing officers Pierre-Yves Deragon, Pierre Boileau and Marcel Brodeur, told Quebec Court judge Francois Doyon he is not ready to proceed as expected.Jury selection was then postponed until April 19.The three face charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice, while Deragon is also charged with falsifying documents.Following the preliminary hearing, Doyon also added a charge of using counterfeit documents to Brodeur’s dossier.The charges date back to an accident on the night of Dec.31, 1996 in Sutton in which three people were injured.Sophie Brodeur, daughter of Marcel Brodeur, was said by witnesses at the scene to be visibly drunk.However the charges against the 19-year-old Brodeur were dropped in September 1997 because of contradictory reports filed by police officers called to the scene.In January 1998 an internal investigation was launched to determine what was going on.Also charged in connection with the incident is officer Jean-Francois Clouthi-er, who allegedly falsified the report on Brodeur’s breathalyser test and the technician’s certificate.Charges of impaired driving causing injury have also been reinstated against Brodeur.Sophie Brodeur and Clouthier are being tried separately from the other three accused and are awaiting their preliminary hearings.By Maurice Crossfield The coroner investigating the death of a Bishop’s University student says it will take him several months before he can recommend ways to avoid future tragedies.On Sunday Dec.13, 1998 19-year-old Kevin Mackle, a first-year business student at the Lennoxville university died after being crushed beneath a Coke Cola machine in Kuehner Hall.An autopsy indicated the student died of asphyxiation when the machine fell on him, pinning him in a doorway.Wednesday Quebec Coroner René-Maurice Bélanger said there is a lot of work ahead in his investigation.“First I have to see if the machine meets the standards," Bélanger said.“But first I have to find out what those standards are.Like most people I don’t know very much about these things.” In the last 20 years 37 deaths have been linked to falling drink machines in North America.Another 113 people were injured during that same period.Mackle’s death was the third of its kind in Canada.The coroner said if Mackle had fallen a few inches to one side, he probably would have escaped with only a broken leg.Instead he was pinned down and killed.“A few inches more and he would have been alive,” he said.Bélanger said bolting the machines to the floor is only effective if you have concrete floors.Even then the concrete can crumble, making the machine dangerous once again.Free standing machines are also hard to bolt to walls, he said.“The problem is not as simple as it would seem,” Bélanger said.“There is a lot of information to be gathered, and at this point I am not sure what I am going to recommend.” Bélanger said his report will probably be ready in about five months.The Record - Always There page 4 The Record, Thursday, January 7, 1999 ‘I never dreamed it was possible’ - Bance is« Albert Bance happily reunited with his sister Daisy.Bance: CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 He then became a police officer in Waterloo for the next six years.Bance said he walked a beat 12 hours a day, with one day off every two weeks.“It was a two man operation in those days,” he said.The job also included firefighting duties.From there Bance went to a job for which the 85-year-old is best known in the community.As a caretaker for Waterloo High School, known today as Waterloo Elementary.His work there continues today, nearly 50 years later.“I open doors and change the Stop signs, it helps take up my time,” he said.“You just can’t sit in the house and do nothing.I’m a man for routine, I just can’t break up a routine.” At one time the school was having a problem with too many kids getting out of class and wandering the halls.To combat the problem teacher John Black came up with an idea for hall passes, in the form of plywood cut in the shape of Bance’s size 14 feet.There are still some of these hall passes floating around the old school today.Over the years the big man’s gentle nature made him one of the best-known members of his community and a favourite of generations of students at Waterloo Elementary.The orphan ended up being adopted by an entire town.But over the years Bance always wondered what happened to his two sisters.His daughter Joyce tried several years ago to find them, but was unsuccessful.“I never dreamed it was possible, they could have been anywhere,” Bance said.Then two years ago, his grandson Todd Goyette took up the search.Using the Internet and writing letters, Goyette finally managed to locate Daisy Bance in England in early November.That night Albert spoke to his sister for the first time since 1918.Shortly after that Albert’s daughter Carol entered her father in CJAD’s Home for the Holidays contest.It proved to be the winning entry, and Daisy Bance, along with three of her closest friends, were flown to Montreal for the reunion.“You don’t know what you’re going to say, you’re just kind of blank,” Bance said of the airport meeting with his sister.“Then it gets emotional.” “It’s very hard to describe to people because it’s such a long gap,” he said.“It’s a lifetime.” As if the stress of meeting his sister after such a long time wasn’t enough, Bance also found himself at the centre of a media circus because of the holiday reunion.For a quiet man who likes a simple life, the attention proved to be difficult to handle.“I never thought I’d be in the papers so much,” he said.“We would just get talking and the phone would ring or someone would be at the door.I couldn’t handle it.” Bance said at one point the reporters were lined up out of his home and onto the street.Albert and Daisy’s story ended up being aired around the world, including the BBC and CBS.“When they got home last night they had some decorations on the house because people had seen it on the news,” Bance said of his sister’s return home to Surrey, England.“You’ve got to look at it from a person who is 85,” Bance said.“We’re just old people who want to be quiet and talk things over.” But despite the attention, Bance said he got to know his sister.She never married, spending her life as live-in help for wealthy people.Though she is over a foot shorter than her brother, people say the two share some of the same features and the same good nature.Both also have a love for animals, particularly black dogs.During Daisy’s visit, Albert gave her a tour of the region he’s called home for most of his life.They got to know each other and catch up on things.On Monday Daisy returned home.“It feels good.It feels like something has been accomplished in life,” Bance said.“I have my children and now she’s got a family too.It’s a change for her and me both.And it feels like I have an extended family now.” The search for his sister Frances continues, as does the search for any information concerning any other relatives that may be out there somewhere.Bance said he will probably make a trip to England, once the school year is over.Until then he has work to do, and will keep in touch by writing letters and calling every week.“I can’t stand to break the routine,” he said.So in the meantime Bance will be back at the school, opening doors and changing the Stop signs.He said he hopes this will be his last interview and that his brief period of fame is coming to an end.He’s philosophical about the experiences that have shaped his life.“The people of Waterloo have been good to me, and the people everywhere as far as that goes,” Bance said.“I’ve had a good family and a pretty good life, that means a lot.They’ve always been there and you can’t ask much more than that.” ORIGINAL MICROFILMED AT VARYING INTENSITIES BECAUSE THE TEXT IS PRINTED ON GREYISH OR COLOUR BACKGROUND. The Record, Thursday, January 7, 1999 page 5 Paul Schleusner to hold show and sale Jan.29 The weather’s just perfect for visiting artist German-born Paul Schleusner is spending some time creating in Coaticook.By Cathy Gibson Lennoxville For many Townships residents, the return of cold winter temperatures means a return to indoor activities.For Paul Schleusner, Coaticook’s Artist-in-Residence, the weather couldn’t be better.“When I applied to be the Artist-in-Residence, I specifically asked to come in the winter months so I could paint winter landscapes,” said Schleusner.“I am a landscape artist and the country here is fantastic in the winter.” In some respects, the artist says the cold has even worked to his advantage, creating an avenue for his introduction to dozens of people in the area.“When I am out working, people come up to me and ask what I’m doing or why I am working in the cold,” he says.“Then they say ‘hey, do you want to come in, or do you want to work form inside my restaurant or from my porch.I’ve met quite a number of friends this way because the people here are so helpful and so friendly.” Schleusner spends most of everyday outdoors, scouting locations and sketching and painting the scenes that he happens upon in his van.“I spend a lot of time outside, and sometimes I end up quite far away and I don’t return until after dark.With the snow and the mountains, the little side roads that I travel on can be tricky,” he said.“We flatland Ontarians aren’t used to the rolling hills so we’ve got to be careful.” Schleusner hails from Germany, but has lived in Port Stanley, Ont.since immigrating to Canada in 1958.He says the opportunity to live in Quebec has provided him with greater insight into the people and the politics of the province.“This has been a fantastic experience for me and I think opportunities like these will help the provinces understand each other better,” he added.“I think it is important we see that artists are not just artists but are also composers or writers or scientists.Creative people would make wonderful leaders.So often artists of all kinds are not involved in the decision-making in this country.They should be, because politicians aren’t necessarily the best leaders.” As part of being the Artist in Residence, Schleusner had to agree to donate at least one of his pieces to the town as part of a permanent collection.So far, after some enthusiastic requests by program co-ordinator Normand Gladu, he has agreed to donate three.Tm donating an oil painting, a pastel and a pencil sketch,” said Schleusner.“That will give the collection a bit of variety and will show people what I Paul Schleusner.‘This has been a fantastic experience for me.’ work in.I like variety and I am quite flexible.I work in oil, pastel and pencil, I do landscapes and florals.I even did my own portrait.” The Artist-in-Residence program was initiated two years ago, by Gladu and is sponsored by the town of Coaticook.The program covers all of the artist’s expenses, except food and materials, for the duration of the stay which can last anywhere from two months to a year.Gladu, the town’s first artist in residence, stayed for eight months and was the first to donate a piece to the town.“I donated a big sculpture to the city,” said Gladu.“After me, Paul Mar-coux stayed for a year and he also gave a big piece.Mr.Schleusner will be our third.” Gladu says he has three more artists lined up for the next year - one from Quebec City, one from Sherbrooke and one from Prague - and says the enthusiasm for the program is growing.With any luck, Gladu says he hopes to be able to share the collection with more than just Townshippers.“In five or six or seven years we are probably going to apply for a grant for a travelling show.Hopefully we will be able to bring the entire collection across Canada.” Paul Schleusner has been in Coaticook since the first of December and will stay until the end of January.Before he leaves he is offering three pastel classes and will host a show and sale of his own work in his third floor studio at 34 Main St.The classes are scheduled for Jan.12, 19, 26 from 10 a.m.to noon and will cost $10 each.For anyone interested in attending but who can’t afford the cost, Schleusner says they can be enrolled free of charge.The show and sale will be held Jan.29 from 7 p.m.to 9 p.m.and is open to the public. page 6 Thursday, January 7, 1999 COMMUNITY FORUM Letters to the Editor Thoughts with you Dear Editor, Hi Sharon.Sorry to hear about the fire you guys had at The Sherbrooke Record.I just wanted you to know that my thoughts are with you guys and I wish your newspaper a speady recovery at getting the next edition up and running.Marc E.Rodgers Single Copy Sales Manager The Hamilton Spectator (Former publisher of The Chronicle, Pointe Claire)Dear Editor, Emotional ups and downs Dear Editor I am writting from Roxboro on Montreal’s West Island.I was listening to the C.B.C.show This Morning and heard the item about your papers rebuilding plans and the web page.Of course I have kept track of your paper’s fire and the important role it plays in the Townships.Being a firefighter, I have over the years seen many families go through the emotional ups and downs of trying to come to grips with the lose and damage caused by a blaze.I wish you and your staff the best of luck as you begin another chapter in your long history.Ken Rhodes Good luck Dear Editor, I enjoyed your interview on CBC Radio this morning.Good luck on your rebuilding job ahead.Never give up! David Reason Application Solution Practice, Markham ON Temporary setback Dear Editor, Hullo there all: I heard of your “temporary setback” on CBC Radio, this morning.As a former editor and small-town newspaper publisher, my heart goes out to you all.I offer you my sincere condolences, and my best wishes for the future.There’ll surely be "something* good come out of all this, I’m certain!.Sincerely, Jon L.Houston, OMM, CD jhouston@cyberservices.com high-ground@bigfoot.com 142 Hannebury Drive, Colby Village Dartmouth Nova Scotia Need my fix Dear Editor, Nice site !!! Aren’t you going to update it daily?What about my daily fix of eng-lish local news?What about my subscription?Hope your relocation goes smoothly.Looking forward to my next fix.Your faithful subscriber of many years, A1 Rozen Not the end Dear Editor, So sorry to hear of the disaster.Having grown up in Sherbrooke, attended SHS and Bishop’s, I feel Sherbrooke is part of me.Whenever I visit my in-laws in East Hereford (Sam Owen), I always go through some of the back issues of The Record.When I was growing up it was called The Sherbrooke Daily Record].Good luck Sharon, Perry, Charlie, and the rest of the crew.Glad to see that it’s not the end of an a division of Communications Québécor inc.2850 Delorme, Sherbrooke, Que.J1K1A1 Fax: 8t9-569-3945 e-mail: record@interlinx.qc.ca Randy Kinnear Publisher .(819) 569-9511 Sharon McCully Editor .(819) 569-6345 Sunii.Mahtani Corresp, Editor .(819) 5696345 Susan Mastine Community Relat.(819) 5699511 Alain Tétreault Adv.Dir.(819) 5699525 Richard Lessard 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Mr.Tillotson.Sharon: Sharon Farrell sends her good wishes.Wanda volunteers and sometimes does the proof reading for SPEC.Mark Franklin New Carlisle Ex-patriotes Dear Editor, Glad to see you are still producing and the “separatists” haven’t quelled your voice.We are ex-patriots living on the Sunshine Coast in B.C., in the town of Sechelt.We were both born in the EasternTown-ships and moved out around 1969/70.Sharon & Serge Planidin Persevere Dear Editor Just a note to say how sorry I was to hear of the fire that destroyed your offices and to encourage you to persevere.Good luck.Murray Marshall Keep your chin up Dear Editor I just want to pass on my moral support to all you folks trying to put out the Record this week.We were stunned by news of the fire which I first heard on the radio as I was packing to return to the North after the holidays.How ironic that the presses should be destroyed just as you are about to launch your website.I trust it was all a terrible accident and not the actions of vandals or a disgruntled former employee (does Mrs Evans have an alibi?) and am confident that you will survive this catastrophe.A big hello to everyone from the Great White North.Dwane Wilkin Nunavut Much success Dear Editor To all the Personal of The Record On behalf of the agents and staff of the Capitol Estrie Coop., I would like to wish you much success and many more years of the Record, being with us.It has been a part of our lives for so long, and it would be a big loss for the com- munity if you did not continue.Once again much success, and good years ahead.Phyllis Courtemanche agent Sherbrooke, Quebec Fond memories Dear Editor, Hi Sharon, Charlie, Rita, Maurice, Sunil, Mark Guillette, Richard Lessard, Francine, Mrs Evans, and anyone else who might remember me.I just got through reading Charlie’s internet account of the fire and thought I’d drop a line in addition to the couple of calls I made yesterday.I suspect a lot of former Record reporters felt the same as I did when I saw Perry’s pics of flames leaping from the record.I occasionally hated that place (we all grumbled about the pay), but most of the time I loved it, and I’d still recommend working there today.At the Record, more than at any other time since, I actually had the opportunity to meet the people I’d be writing about (as opposed to sitting on the phone in a toronto office tower trying to figure out what’s going on literally thousands of kilometres away).I speak fondly of it around the office.It hurt to see it burn.Is any of it savagable, or will you to get a new building elsewhere?As for me, I’m obviously still living in Toronto, the centre of the universe in the minds of those who don’t have any.My wife stavroula and I just bought a modest two-bed-room home that we’re gutting to make it livable.I still drive that blue 1985 honda civic (309,000 km and counting), no kids/none foreseen.Maclean’s has been berry berry good to me.Actually, it’s okay, but unlike the days at the record, when charlie would send us on far-flung assignments by asking whether we’d like to go for a drive in the country, here I mostly stay put.In an exception to this general rule, I recently got to go down to new concord, ohio-astronaut john glenn’s hometown.That was fun.The rolling hills of eastern ohio reminded me of the townships.I think I’ll end on that note.I realize it must be very busy, but I’d love to from anyone has the time to email me.good luck with the rebuilding.I realize there’s not much i can do from here, but if there is, let me know.yours truly, Dan Hawaleshka Toronto Thursday, January 7, 1999 page 7 ¦—THE» Record Agonizing moments and long-lasting repercussions Personal memories of an Ice Storm saga V // Y-i&M By Susan C.Mastine It’s been a year, and recovery still eludes me.I cannot comfortably sit through a candle-lit meal without aching to turn on the lights.I cannot look at the horizon without wincing at the sight.Power outages make me very uneasy.I recently went back to the entries in my journal dated January 1998.Jan.6 What a day weather-wise! Ice, icicles everywhere.On electric wires, fences, Xmas tree lights and branches, bird feeders, the water pump on the well, the outside bell.One inch of ice coating everything.Icicles from the top of the rail touching the next one; all along the branches of the front apple tree; from the top to the bottom of the feeders.Broken branches galore, the woods echoing with cracks and crashes as branches crack, break and crash onto the ice-coated snow, sending ice and twigs scattering.Eerie sounds that frighten animals, as well as me.Adam, to my horror, went into the cow lane (in the midst of the woods behind the house) trying to coax the Highlanders from the little barn to their hay be hind the big barn.They ran to the top of the hill, then returned, uneasy of the noises, I guess.The whole landscape is shiny silver with an unusually dramatic beauty - but the coating of ice is burdening trees and shrubs with a weight that’s difficult to bear.The lawn is littered with pine branches.Amputated branches just missed hitting the car.I can’t imagine what a sight awaits us in the woods.Humans and animals must tread gingerly to keep from slip-sliding.Each step causes crackling sounds.As the dog (Max) walked near the house, I could hear the crunch of each step from inside the house.Periodically, I would open the garden doors and listen.All day long I would hear gunshot-like sounds reverberating from every part of the woods behind us -no one could predict whether the next crash would be close or far, to the left, right or straight back and there’d always be the time delay between the initial cracking and the final thud, with a swoosh in-between.Not conducive to calmness.A mother’s panic attack emerging, not only when Adam was in the lane, but also when Justin was out checking the situation with an umbrella and running shoes - he was on the road near the swamp when the snow plow was heard in the distance and seen on the bridge.Luckily, the plow stopped there for a few moments and there was no direct encounter on ice.Predictions are that this weather - rain and freezing rain may continue for 2-4 days! Ugh.Jan.8 Still raining and major build-up of ice everywhere, 1-2 inches on branches, wires, etc.Power’s been off since about 11:30 p.m.last night.We’re warm, but starting to get bored and fed up with four walls and same surroundings.Last Monday (Jan.5th), Russell and Adam and Justin took me to work.It was raining and slippery.I worked at home Tues, and Wed.Today I gave up trying to work - with no computer, there’s not much more I can do.Tuesday, the bus didn’t go, yesterday and today, school has been closed.After two weeks off, this time at home would have been much more appreciated later this month.Jan.9 Another day at home; no work and no school.Never-ending icy build-up and crashing branches and ice.It’s very hard on the nerves - with a new descent caused by winter’s fury every few seconds - honest! The local fire department just came by and closed the road below the barn.In the night, the power line fell onto the road in front of the house.The sounds of falling debris made sleeping very difficult.We had retired early to bed - before 9 p.m.By 11 p.m., we (Russell and I) were awake again and unable to fall back asleep.I turned on the battery-run radio at midnight when Stuart Robertson began a CBC storm special, combining easy listening music and a phone-in.I called in, in the early morning hours to chat about the circumstances here, noting the emotional impact of having the woods behind the house - an eerie uneasiness, our concern for the maple trees that, ice-laden, now look like weeping willows.We are nearing full moon and I could see the silhouettes of the trees as I spoke over the air waves.Just calling in was comforting and the next song, Route 66”, believe it or not, was soothing -so much so that I slept through ‘till after 7 a.m.This morning we awoke to find that an 8-inch wide pine branch had fallen near the upper end of the house, bounced back into the air, catching the end of the front verandah railing, ripping it out and flinging it onto the middle of the verandah.The thicker end of the branch missed hitting the front dining room window by about 3 inches.This is the first instalment of a two-part series - see Friday’s Record for part two. page 8 Thursday, January 7, 1999 4» * - ü Hfciw* # lit MM I y4?^/r/5* time last year; ra#wj/ Toxvnshippers were left in the dark for what was to be a period ranging from a few hours to several weeks and in some cases to a month.It was a period of great trial and tribulation for those who lived through it.It also gave us a great sense of the pioneer spirit of our ancestors.Photos by Susan Mastine Memories of an ice storm am VM / à ' .‘ • M :*r.v- v :' '¦^ ',• %Wmm, PsSSpiss •;l ' „;t Record 7, 1999 Thursday, January PAGE PAGE 10 Thursday, January 7, 1999 THE (5$ ?ë V v\ • \ • ($ :F- *>* -Ma* -K'- vx‘ Here's to the next 100 Years Businesses express their support for The Record Atelier Typographie Collette Da Toni Restaurant Restaurant Le Cartier Restaurant Horace Résidence Funéraire Cass Funeral Homes Clarke & Fils L'Ami Denis-Honda Suzuki Subaru Volvo Estrie Auto Centre Outillage D.M.Multi-Meubles Gilles Boisvert 5^^ * Ÿ ?VjC* • ’ / V. 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School Newstalk CJAD Radio 800 Molson Brewery Centennial Theatre Bishop's College School " « » * 0 mmmm • ?• • \ PAGE 14 Thursday, January 7, 1999 THE / C t * u t • 5.' here for u.s, *» ^ I we're there for you trr ^ v Mm Businesses express their support for 1 e Reco c>n V / c\ Town of J.ennoxville DO MORE FOR1 LESS, David Moore tlfille de Richmond^ Meubles Lennoxville 1 Pharmaprix Ctaude Meilleur M j ^ Cascades East Angus inc.es Caisses Populaires Desjardins de l'Estrie reau & Bureau Inc.Publi-Sac La Tribune e illeur t lnS*\ • V _ jo ^ ) > page 15 Thursday, January 7, 1999 Champlain starts new year on a winning note Cougars finish second at basketball tourney By Mike Hickey Special to the Record Lennoxville Chaplain’s men’s basketball team kicked off 1999 with a second-place finish at the King’s College Invitational Tournament in Halifax.Champlain won its first three games to advance to last Sunday’s final against the nationally-ranked Dawson Blues.Despite playing one of their better games of the season the Cougars dropped a hard fought 93-84 decision to Dawson.Champlain opened the tourney with a 94-78 win over Nova Scotia Agricultural College.“In the last two games of this tournament we competed better than any other time in the season,” Cougar head coach Don Caldwell said.“In those tw'o games we were looking for ways to win the games, rather than being afraid of losing.We are starting to play as a team and w ith a lot more confidence.” Andrew Harrison led all scorers with 18 points and w as named Player of the Game.The Cougars won a pair of games Saturday as they downed the University of Maine-Machais 120-94 and then rallied to defeat Mount St.Vincent University 82-78.Lennoxville native Shaun Doherty led all scorers in the Maine game w ith 24 points while Tyrone Richards, Harrison, Jay Walsh and Ian Lee all scored 14 points.Against Mount St.Vincent the Cougars rallied from a 50-39 half-time deficit to advance to the finals.Doherty was named Player of the Game as he scored 17 points, including 10 of the team’s last 15 points.Lee chipped in with 16 points while Harrison and Bruce Van Dusan had 13 points each.In the final the Blues jumped to an early lead in the first half and held a 57-46 half-time lead.But the Cougars, paced by Sherbrooke’s Remi Cambron and Lee, battled back and led by three with six minutes remaining in the game.Dawson’s Prosper Karangwa, held in check most of the game by Cambron, exploded for eight points to spark the Blues to victory.Karargwa led all scorers with 22 points while Ian Lee responded with 16 points for the Cougars and was named Champlain’s Player of the Game.The Cougars started the season in October with two solid wins over Ste.-Foy and King’s College and then won two of six exhibition games against Ontario colleges.November w-as a w-rite-off as the team loss six straight league games including a 60-point blowout by Dawson on Dec.4.The team played well in the Sun Youth tournament two weeks later but lost two close games to American schools before defeating Avon High School in the consolation final.“The Sun Youth tournament w'as a turning point for us,” Caldwell said.Gaiter basketball looks to a strong second half The Bishop’s men’s team finished fourth last weekend in the Rod Shoveller Tournament hosted by Dalhouise University.Rob Burns, the team’s fifth-year post, was outstanding as he scored 58 points and grabbed 46 rebounds en route to being named to the all-tournament team.The women’s team is coming off a solid victory over the University of Saskatchewan Huskies.Jill Hachey led a well-balanced attack with 10 points, seven rebounds and six steals.The two teams return to league play this weekend against Ottawa and Carleton.The women’s games will start at 6 p.m.followed by the men’s games at 8 p.m.- Mike Hickey If you have a sports tip, score or story idea, call The Record at (819) 569-6345.“Our goal for the rest of the season is to show improvement with each game,” Caldwell added whose team sits with a 1-6 record.“For us to make the playoffs we need help from other teams.So we just have to concentrate on what he are capable of doing - playing good basketball.” Doherty, the rookie point guard who starred at Alexander Galt High School w ho has been the most consistent player for the Cougars this year, feels that the Cougars will upset several league opponents in the second half of the season.“We played our best basketball of the season in Halifax,” said Doherty, “and we are just going to continue to improve as the season progresses.” RECORD FILES Gaiters play this weekend, at home, against Ottawa and Carleton. page 16 Thursday, January 7, 1999 R F COP T) Deaths | Deaths Deaths Deaths ASELTINE, Charles - At the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital in Cowansville on Tuesday, January 5th, 1999, Charles Aseltine in his 79th year.Dear father of Earl, Larry and Carole, his sisters Pat and June, his brother Herschel and other family members and many friends.The funeral service will be held on Thursday, January 7th, 1999 at 2 p.m.from the Desourdy Wilson Funeral Home Chapel, 31 South Main St., Sutton, Quebec JOE 2K0 (450) 538-2306 or 263-1212.The Rev.Walter Stairs officiating.Interment will be held in the spring at the Grace Church Cemetery in Sutton.Please note: Thursday, day of the funeral, the funeral home will be opening at 1 p.m.DEWAR, Roland Oliver - Of St.Felix de Kingsey, Que., passed away peacefully at the Fleurimont Site of the C.U.S.E.on January 1st, 1999 in his 66th years.After a courageous battle with cancer.Beloved husband of Frances Mastine for 41 years; father of Brent (Jan Robinson) of Calgary; Craig of Quebec City and Heather (Marc Saner) of Ottawa.Dear grandfather of Daniel Dewar and Philippe and Oliver Saner.Visitations were at Cass Funeral Home Inc., 295 Principale St.Richmond on Sunday and Monday followed by a funeral service Monday, January 4th, 1999 at 2 p.m.at the St.Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Melbourne, Que.Interment was at the Spooner Pond Cemetery.In his memory donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated.Sutton Mable Boyce 638-2846 Condolences go out to Cora Hazard and family in the death of Pete after a long illness.A Suttonite from birth he was known and liked by all, he will be sadly missed by many.Mrs.Angie Sherrer is home after three stays at the BMP Hospital.We wish you better health in 1999, Angie.Best wishes go out to Margaret Jones who at present is a patient in the BMP Hospital.Mr.and Mrs.Dale Kirby and daughters of Smith Falls, Ont., spent Christmas holidays in the area, they called on their aunt Mable Boyce and also on Mr.and Mrs.A.Page while in Sutton.FRENCH, Ruth - At the C.U.S.E.Bowen Site, Sherbrooke, Que., on January 2nd, 1999 at 10 days short of 63 years.Ruth Elleanor Corrigan, beloved and faithful wife of William Victor French, courageously and peacefully departed this earthly life, absent from the body, present with the Lord.Ruth was the eldest daughter of the late Dorothy Sargent and her husband, the late Henry Corrigan.She was tragically predeceased by her sisters Rita and Mary.Rested at Cass Funeral Home in Bury, Que.A funeral service was held at the funeral home on Tuesday, January 5, 1999 at 2 p.m.Interment was at the Eaton Cemetery.Donations welcomed to the C.L.S.C.Fleur-De-Lys, Cookshire, Que., the church or the charity of your choice.Canon Ron West and Pastor Walter Gawa officiated.HALL, Margaret (Samson) - At Ottawa, Ontario on December 30th, 1998 in her 91st year.Beloved wife of the late George Hall.Dearest mother of Douglas (Carol Whittier), Shirley (Anthony Tsoukanas), John (Johanne Heslop) and the late Bill (Debra Elerksoussy).Cherished grandmother of Glenn, David, the late Christopher, Alexander, James, Marie, Kimi, Kevin and Travis.Loving sister of Doris McLauchlan and Hazel Henson and sister-in-law of Joan and Arthur Cushen.Visitation was held at Ledoux Funeral Home, 150 Sherbrooke Street, Magog, Quebec on New Year’s Day and funeral service at St.Paul’s United Church, Magog on Saturday, January 2nd, 1999.Interment in the Pine Hill Cemetery at a later date.As memorial tributes, donations to a charity of one’s choice would be gratefully appreciated by the family.JOHNSON, Madeline (nee MacCafferty) - At the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal on Tuesday, Jan.5, 1999.Madeline Johnson beloved wife of Stewart Johnson in her 59th year.Dear mother of David (Christine); Randy (Theresa); Debbie (Alain); and Lisa (Marc Andre).Cherished and loving grandmother of Ashley; Lindsay; Ryan; Stephanie and Kailey.Survived by her loving mother Kathleen.Predeceased by her father the late David MacCafferty.Visitation on Wednesday evening 7 - 9 p.m.and Thursday 2 - 4 p.m.and 7 - 9 p.m.from Denis Meunier Funeral Home & Chapel, 402 River St., Cowansville, QC.Tel.: (450) 266-6061 Fax.: (450) 266-6057.Robert Farnam, Director-Counsellor.Funeral service from All Saints Anglican Church, Dunham, QC.on Friday at 2 p.m.followed by burial in the family plot of All Saints Cemetery.NOTE: On day of funeral the funeral home will open at 1 p.m.MAROSI, Dr.Peter George - On Jan.2, 1999 at Sherbrooke, Que., surrounded by his loving family.Beloved husband of Joey Trenholme, most cherished father of Erika, Emily, Kristen and David, and dear brother of John (Barbara), son-in-law of Tom and Audree Trenholme.Will be sadly missed by his many friends and patients.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Cancer Research Society, 2332-1 PVM, Montreal, P.Q., H3B 5C3 or Lake Massawippi Water Protection Inc., P.O.Box 599, North Hatley, P.Q., JOB 2C0.Funeral service Saturday, January 9th, at 2 p.m., St.Martin’s Chapel, Bishop’s College School, Lennoxville.No visitation by family request.Christian Women’s Club meets Sherbrooke On, Dec.10, 1998, the Christmas meeting of the Sherbrooke Christian Women’s Club took place.Excitement was in the air with the season’s glow warming the atmosphere as Nicole Clark showed us new and unusual ways of decorating a Christmas tree.Nancy Sparks, as soloist, added a special musical note.Our talented speaker, Joan Daccord, excelled as she spoke of “Ornaments of life.” The meeting was successful and bright, and time flitted by so quickly, we could not believe it was time to MONTGOMERY, Thomas H.Q.C.- Suddenly after a brief illness, Thomas H.Montgomery in his 84th year, retired partner of Ogilvy Renault, Montreal, resident of Cedarville, Que.Beloved husband of Peggy Montgomery.Dear father of Ann, Martha and Tom.Cherished grandfather to Emily, Kate, Irene and Alex.He will be sadly missed by his many relatives and friends.The funeral service will take place at the Christ Church, Dufferin St., Stanstead, Quebec on Friday, Jan.8,1999 at 2 p.m.Interment in Marlington Cemetery at a later date.In lieu of flowers, in memorium donations may be made to La Maison Aube-Lumière, 220 Kennedy N„ Sherbrooke, Que.J1E 2E7.Arrangements entrusted to Cass Funeral Homes 819-564-1750.MITCHELL, Gerald (Mickey) - Suddenly at his home in Richmond on Dec.31,1998.Mr.Mickey Mitchell in his 77th year.Loving husband of Audrey Stonebridge and dear father of Patrick, Teresa, Carole (Dale Begin), Linda, Karen (Roger Beausoleil), Gerry, Helen and Peter Mickey also leaves to mourn his grandchildren Bruce, Mark, Sharon, Lisa, Amanda, Kyan, Jessica, Bryan and Kevin, his great-granddaughter Jasmine, his brother John Henry along with many other nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.A funeral service will be held at St.Anne’s Anglican Church on Friday, January 8 at 2 p.m.with Rev.Kenneth Harding officiating.Please note the family will be at the church one hour prior to the service.Interment in the St.Anne’s Anglican Cemetery in the spring.Funeral arrangements, entrusted to Cass Funeral Home, Richmond, Que.(819) 826-2502.In Memoriam leave! Our guest speaker on Jan.11 at 9:30 a.m.will be Maureen Sullivan, with the theme, “A Great Idea for Life,” and Carol Porter will show us great ideas of lamp shade decorating, while Wendy Hughes, as soloist, will provide appropriate music, delivered in her inimitable style.Come join us.We are sure you will enjoy yourself.See you at the Sherbrooke Golf CLub, 1000 Musset, Sherbrooke.Bring a friend! 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