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DOWNTOWN 70 Wellington St.North SHERBROOKE 569-1445 THE The voice of the Eastern townships since 1897 The all new 1999 TRACKER has arrived at RICHMOND 826-3721 1-800-263-9766 75 CENTS Friday, February 5, 1999 Townshippers’ prez sounds alarm on Alliance Quebec By Rita Legault Lennoxville Townshippers’ Association president Gary Richards is concerned about the way Alliance Quebec is conducting business on behalf of the English community.And he says he’s worried the anglo rights lobby group will try and get a much bigger share of rapidly diminishing federal government grants to minority language community groups in Quebec.“Townshippers’ has taken the initiative in sounding the alarm bell about the upcoming negotiations,” he said, adding that he wants to meet with Heritage Minister Sheila Copps’s office to discuss the issues of representation and funding.Richards said he sounded the alarm bell after a meeting of the Quebec Community Groups Network in Montreal last weekend where he says there was a growing feeling of unease with the current tactics of Alliance Quebec president William Johnson.Johnson, who has been nicknamed ‘Pit Bill’ , led a very public and militant campaign to boycott Eaton’s demanding the store post bilingual signs and recently filed a lawsuit in Superior Court to force the provincial government to pass access plans easing access to health and social services in English.“Townshippers is concerned about the way Alliance Quebec is conducting itself,” Richard told the Record in an interview.“It’s hurting rather than helping us.” Richards said Johnson has flaunted sovereigntist-turned-federalist lawyer Guy Bertrand in the face of the new health minister Pauline Marois with whom anglophone minority groups have yet to meet.SEE RICHARDS, PAGE 2 ¦HP ¦¦ ¦Hu Gravy Train PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT Debbie Stalker and Gerry St.Laurent - along with a hardworking crew - have been busy transforming the Richmond train station into a restaurant and deli to serve the 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PRINTED ON GREYISH OR COLOUR BACKGROUND. page 2 Friday, February 5, 1999 RECORD say infighting will hurt everyone Anglo reps By Rita Legault Lennoxville Representatives of English minority groups were quick to dissociate themselves from criticism of Alliance Quebec by Townshippers’ Association president Gary Richard, preferring to keep bickering among the anglo rights groups behind closed doors.“We have no interest in showcasing loto-québec , 99-02-03 10 17 19 23 25 35 BONUS NUMBER: 6 6/6 WINNERS 2 PRIZES $ 5 000 000,00 5/6+ 12 $ 81 757,10 5/6 480 $ 1 635,10 4/6 26 202 $ 57,40 3/6 465 843 $ 10 Total sales: $ 24 886 670,oo Next grand prize (approx.): $ 2 200 000,00 25 27 30 33 39 41 Draw 99-02-03 BONUS NUMBER: 40 6/6 WINNERS 0 PRIZES $ 1 000 000,00 5/6+ 0 $ 50 000,00 5/6 15 $500 4/6 865 $50 3/6 17 407 $5 Total sales: $ 599 728,50 E|tra 99-02-03 NUMBER PRIZES 303692 $100,000 03692 $ 1,000 3692 $250 692 $50 92 $10 2 $2 Claims: See back of tickets, in the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list, the latter shall prevail.Weather FRIDAY: Light flurries in the morning.Clearing later on.High near minus 4.SATURDAY: Flurries.Low minus 13.High minus 2.Probability of precipitation 60 per cent.SUNDAY: Flurries.Low minus 9 to minus 12.High near minus 5.dissension within our community,” said Joan Richards, executive director of the Gaspé region’s Committee for Anglophone Social Action.Richard said that while her association has its differences with Alliance Quebec, the anglo rights groups have to work together on some important issues.“We may differ on some issues and what’s important to our community, but that’s why we are autonomous,” she commented, adding that while they don’t see eye to eye with Alliance Quebec on the signs issue, on others such as human resources development they are working together with much success.“When Alliance Quebec claims they speak for the 800,000 anglophones in the province, we always call them on that,” she said.“We speak for the Gaspé.” Richards also commented that after Bill Johnson launched a lawsuit against the government, access plans in her part of the province were suddenly approved.The seven regional access plans approved covered a total of 8.6 per cent of the population, hardly a victory claimed Johnson and other anglophone Richards: CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Richards added that the controversial lawsuit led one local French-language group to demand that access plans be scrapped altogether because they were allowing the anglicization of local hospitals.“So it hurts,” he said, adding that Johnson’s aggressive tactics are causing a backlash that is harmful to the perception of the English community within the French-speaking majority.Richards said there are increased rumblings in the English community, mainly off the island of Montreal, and that someone had to publicly dispel the notion that Alliance Quebec speaks for all English Quebecers.“We agree with the ideas Alliance Quebec focusing on, but not the way communities still awaiting news from Quebec City.The chairman of the Quebec Community Groups Network Hugh Maynard agrees that a public battle over funding can only harm minority language associations as they apply to the federal Heritage Department for their share of funding.“It’s not helpful to be arguing in public among ourselves at this point,” said the executive director of the Quebec Farmers Association which represents QFA at the QCGN.“It’s the old adage: united we stand, divided we fall.” Maynard said the QCGN has tried to stay away from issues of individual government subsidies and autonomy, deploying its combined strength and efforts to fight for increased global funding for all.Separate funding for associations and projects for member groups is determined by the Heritage Canada based on recommendations by a management working groups made up of members of QCGN and the Heritage Department.The recommendations are based on priorities set by the group including youth employment, health and the development of health and social services.they are handling them” he commented.Richards denied that Townshippers’ has anything to gain by intervening to ensure there is fair representation and funding for off-island and other minority language groups.Townshippers’, which has already disassociated itself from Alliance, has a membership of about 6000.It has seen its funding cut from $245,000 in 1990, to $160,000 last year.By comparison, Alliance Quebec which claims 4000 members, got the lion’s share of subsidies with more than $900,000.And Townshippers’ has heard Alliance Quebec now wants its government grant doubled.Traditionally, Alliance Quebec has received about 50 per cent of minority language funding to Quebec.Townshippers’ gets the second largest share.Both associations are part of the Quebec Community Groups Network which He said it’s normal for each member of the group to seek maximum core funding to support their associations.Maynard said that all associations send in funding applications based on their needs.“QFA sends in an application based on its needs and it never gets anywhere near it,” he commented.“There is limited money to go around and the department can’t fund all the requests that come in.” “We are fighting for ours, and we don’t want to jump on others and say they are getting too much,” says Richards, adding that until now she thought all groups were heading into negotiations with the same message that “we are all underfunded.” “Nobody is just out for themselves,” she said.Maynard said all the members of the QCGN are heading into a period of negotiation for funding over the next four years and that it’s an important period for all the associations.He adds the timing is bad for infighting amongst associations who .“We all live in glass houses and if we start chucking stones at each other there will be some broken panes.” divvy up special project grants handed out by Heritage Canada to support minority language groups in Quebec.Townshippers’ is worried that an increase in grants to Alliance Quebec would occur to the detriment of Town-shippers’ and the other 13 members of QCGN which includes such organizations as Voice of English Quebec in the Quebec City region, the Committee of Anglophone Social Action in the Gaspé, and groups like the Quebec Farmers Association, the Home and School Federation and the Quebec Community Newspaper Association.While Townshippers’ has brought the issue forward, Richards is surprised and hurt that other groups have not followed suit.He was also hurt by comments of one anglo rights lobby group representative that “this is not the time to stab each other in the back.” “I’m taken aback that some of the other associations haven’t joined in.” Ben by Daniel Shelton r IT'S AMAZING MOW MUCH YOU MI66 evcrypay things WHEN YOU CAMT USE THEM.r .UKE THE OVEN ANP THE MICROWAVE .ITS SO NICE TO HAVE ALL OF THESE UP ANP RUNNING AGAIN.' ^ wwwtotal.net/—bo noli vi PONT ASK ME-THEY'RE YOUR PARENTS' — THE — Record Friday, February 5, 1999 page 3 Coaticook teens found unconscious after taking drugs 15-year-old charged with trafficking By Maurice Crossfield A 15-year-old Coaticook boy appeared in youth court in Sherbrooke Thursday to face charges of trafficking PCR The story began last Friday when a teenaged boy called an ambulance in Coaticook.They in turn contacted the Coaticook Police, and when they arrived on the scene they found two 17-year-old boys and a 15-year-old.Two of the teens were unconscious and the third, who had called for help, was seriously intoxi- cated.The three were taken to hospital in Coaticook, and were later transferred to Sherbrooke.One of the teens was released the following day, while the other two were kept in hospital for two and three days.Figuring that the drug was probably PCP, or phencyclidine, the Coaticook Police called on the Quebec Police Force to join them in the investigation.“At this point we believe it was PCP,” said QPF spokesman Cst.Serge Dubord.“We will have to wait for the results of medical testing to confirm it.” Phencyclidine, or PCP, is also known as Angel Dust.The drug is supposed to be used as a tranquilizer for horses.Used by people it produces hallucinations and feelings of invincibility.PCP use is highest in Quebec, and its users are predominantly teenagers.After questioning the teenagers and carrying out the joint investigation, police raided the home of another 15-year-old in Coaticook Wednesday night.At the scene they found no drugs, though they did find some bags with drug residue in them.Dubord said after spending the night in jail the youth was brought before a judge and charged with seven counts of trafficking drugs between June 13, 1995 and January 29,1999.He was also hand- ed four charges of breaking the conditions of his probation.“Already at 15-years old he is known to police,” Dubord said.The Coaticook detachment of the QPF and the Coaticook Police are continuing their investigation with the aim of finding the supplier of the 15-year-old.Dubord said the PCP in question probably wasn’t necessarily too strong or of poor quality to produce the overdose.“It is a dangerous chemical and it is easy to overdose,” he said.“It is very important to warn kids how dangerous it is.” ¦ ¦ - SSés*#** 2 Did you know that in Quebec, YOU have THE CHOICE of your MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, INCLUDING your PHARMACIST?Did you know that your PATIENT-FILE belongs to YOU and YOU can-have it TRANSFERED RAPIDLY and FREE OF CHARGE?AGAIN, you are knocking on closed doors at YOUR pharmacy.WE are open 7 DAYS, TILL MIDNIGHT.ç£Àaumoriè tias OPEN 7 DAYS TILL MIDNIGHT RAYMOND ELIAS PHARMACIST Hydro-Québec lineman in Montreal burn unit DUKE, NOBLE.Ha General Partnership Chartered Accountants A.Jackson Noble, C.A.164-A Queen Street, Suite 1 Lennoxville, Quebec, J1M 1J9 (819) 346-0333 Taxation, Accounting, Financial Services, Individuals and Corporations Estate Planning and Settlement, Farm Transfers Serving the Eastern Townships community for over 35 years Offices In: Cowansville Knowlton 127 Principale St 339 Knowlton Rd.Suite 105 (450) 243-5021 (450) 263-4123 many hours afterwards.Gagné, who was conscious when ambulance workers arrived, was taken to the Brome-Missisquoi Perkins Hospital.Once stabilized he was transferred to the Hotel Dieu bum centre because of the seriousness of his injuries.Colleagues described Gagné as a careful worker who never took risks.He had worked for Hydro for the last 18 years.Such accidents are relatively rare.The last serious incident involved a lineman in St-Cé-saire in December 1996.In that accident the worker perished.The accident is now being investigated by the workmans health and safety board (CSST), Hydro Quebec and the Quebec Police Force.However QPF spokesman Cst.Serge Dubord said the police won’t be taking a very active role in the investigation, because there is no evidence that anything criminal happened.“It’s really the Hydro people that know this domain.” Affiliated with A 14,400-volt shock in Sutton By Maurice Crossfield A Hydro-Québec lineman is in the burn unit of the Hotel Dieu in Montreal after being electrocuted in Sutton Wednesday afternoon.Denis Gagné, 41, is in serious condition with extensive bums.The full extent of his in-juries will not be known for several more days.Just after 1 p.m.Wednesday afternoon Gagné was installing a lightning protector for a transformer on a utility pole in front of 15 Maple Street in Sutton.Apparently he touched two wires, giving himself a 14,400-volt shock.His co-worker immediately called for help on their truck’s radio, and then lowered the cherry picker, in which Gagné was standing, to the ground.The electrical charge, which is about 130 times stronger than the shock a person would get from a household electrical outlet, entered through Gagné’s hand and exited through his torso.A worker at the scene said the intense voltage continues to burn the victim internally for Briefs Residents say no to neighborhood dikes Staff The residents of Veterans Boulevard in Cowansville have turned down a proposed plan to build a system of dikes in their back yards.Every time the Yamaska River spills over its banks, residents of the neighborhood are forced to evacuate, returning later to flooded basements and water damage.In response, the Town of Cowansville hired an engineering firm to look at possible ways to prevent future floods in the neighborhood.The $42,000 study by the Groupe Roche, suggested several solutions, but recommended that a series of dikes and specialized drainage systems be set up along Veterans Boulevard and Bennett Street across the river.Residents of the neighborhood were given until Feb.26 to decide if they agreed with the $2 million plan.However at the monthly council meeting this week the residents told the municipality they have no interest in the project.Councillor Mario Sirius told the group that the council is going to put the dossier 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non-profit organization which offers cultural and social activities.They can be reached at (819) 875-5681.New location for child psychiatry services The child psychiatry service of the Centre Universitaire de Santé de l’Estrie moved into its new offices at the Fleurimont site on Feb.4.As a result, the external clinic and the day center, which were temporarily set up at the King St., site, are now both located in Fleurimont.Patients are invited to enter by door 14 close to the kindergarten playground; the reception is in room 1510, and the new telephone extension is 14000.Department head, Dr Paul-André Des- marais is advising the population and concerned doctors that psychiatric emergency cases for those 0-17 years old inclusively should go to the Fleurimont site.The new offices, which cost $14,000, were made possible thanks to a donation from the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke's Auxiliaries corporation, which has now dissolved.Magog health foundations merge The foundations of CLSC Alfred-Desrochers and La Providence Hospital have decided to merge.They are following the lead of the institutions themselves, which merged in late Nov.1998.The merger was made to simplify communications with foundation contributors and the population in general, and will be effective on Feb.17.Among the terms of the merger, the La Providence’s foundation will broaden its mandate to include services provided by the CLSC Alfred-Desrochers Foundation.A new name will be selected for the merged foundation.The funds from the CLSC Al-fred-Desrochers, totaling $6,000, will be transferred to the La Providence foundation.Sitting on the committee Communication-Québec Changes to the individual tax return The ministère du Revenu du Québec (MRQ) has introduced major reforms to individual income tax.These reforms will result in the alleviation of the financial burden on individuals and major changes to the Québec tax return.Until now, there was a single taxation system and two forms : the detailed declaration and the simplified declaration.The reform maintains the same system, called the general tax system, and introduces a new simplified system.The main advantage of the simplified tax system is that it groups together more than 50 tax credits and deductions in a single flat amount of $2,350 which is added to your basic personal tax credit of $5,900.This system will therefore benefit those individuals who have few deductions and tax credits.The simplified system means, among other things, the elimination of many lines on the income tax return.It will also allow spouses, if they wish, to use the same form to make their respective tax returns and will allow the transfer of the unused portion of non-refundable tax credits between spouses.Choosing the right system Based on your 1997 tax return, the MRQ has estimated which of the two systems is the more advantageous to you and has sent you the appropriate form during the month of January.Each spouse has received his or her own form.Whatever form you have received, your tax situation may have changed.Using the chart provided, determine whether the form you have received is appropriate to your situation and is the more advantageous to you.Questions?To find out more about the reform, read the opening and middle pages of the income tax guide which contain details on the changes.If you have any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch with an information officer of the MRQ.To find the address and telephone number of the MRQ in Sherbrooke as well as the hours during which service is provided, consult the cover page of your tax return booklet.Please note that business hours have been extended during the period leading up to April 30.In addition, the MRQ invites you to an information meeting which will last a maximum of an hour and a half.The meeting will be conducted in English and will take place on Tuesday, March 16 beginning at 7:30 p.m.in the Centre Communautaire Amédée-Beaudoin, 10 Dépôt Street, Lennoxville.COMMUNICATION-QUEBEC Sherbrooke: 820-3000 Granby: 776-7100 Elsewhere, loll free: 1 800 363-1363 Ministère des Relations avec I les citoyens et de l’immigration to discuss terms of the merger were Jean-Guy Gingras, Jacques Marcoux and Maurice Payette.Liberals set quotas on payments to unemployed: Bloc Serge Cardin, Bloc Québécois MP for Sherbrooke, says the Liberal government is acting in a scandalous way by setting quotas for human resource centres dealing with the unemployed.Cardin, eager to defend the rights of unemployed people in the Sherbrooke area, is taking a stand along with Paul Crête, the Bloc’s spokesperson for human resources development and MP for Kamouraska-Riviere-du-Loup-Témiscouata- Les Basques.Crête questioned Pierre Pettigrew, federal human resources minister, about recovery quotas of employment insurance benefits.For the second time in three days, Pettigrew denied that there was any harassment towards those receiving employment insurance.On Monday, Pettigrew said he “had never heard of such quotas,” even though an internal document from the Ministry of Human Resources states human resources cen- tres in Québec have a recovery goal of $100 million.In the Sherbrooke region, agents at human resources centres had a quota of more than $4.6 million for 1998-99, which they had largely exceeded after eight months recovering close to $6.4 million.Cardin said that is troubling, and that there’s worry to be had about the fact that reaching and exceeding the quotas maintained several jobs in certain Human resources centres.Describing the situation as “scandalous”, Cardin said “never have we seen a government act in such a way as to widen the gap between the rich and the poor".“Once again, the federal Liberal government is being arrogant towards the population to inflate its budgetary surplus in order to spend taxpayers’ money on areas of provincial responsibility such as health,” he said.Harbringer of spring?Verna White of Kinnear’s Mills got a pleasant suprise Thursday afternoon when she glanced out her livingroom window.Much to her delight, her lawn was covered with a flock of birds - robins, to be exact.“I thought it was something to see, all those robins on Feb.4.They were just beautiful.” The Record Always there Federal Youth Hires Program Tax Talks The new federal Youth Hires Program is an initiative designed to help young people enter the workforce by providing Employment Insurance (El) premium relief for hiring youth aged 18 to 24 in 1999 and 2000.Unde rthe program, the total El premiums employers will pay for youths in 1999 and 2000 will be no more than they currently pay in 1998.If employer El premiums increase over this base amount, employers will get relief.All employers, as well as any new employers in 1998, 1999 and 2000, are eligible to participate in the program.The total El premium relief is based on the increase in the insurable earnings of youths in 1999 or 2000 compared to the 1998 insurable earnings for this group (known as the base amount), multiplied by 1.4 times the El premium rate in effect for the refund year.In January 2000, Revenue Canada will calculate the 1998 total insurable earnings for employees aged 18 to 24 for each employer, based on information provided in their 1998 T4 and T4F information returns.The Department will also calculate any premium relief to which employers are entitled for 1999 and 2000 when it processes their 1999 and 2000 T4 and T4F information returns.It is very important that employers ensure the correct social insurance num- ber appears on an employee’s T4 or T4F slip.If it does not, these slips will be excluded from premium relief calculations and there could be processing delays.Employers can benefit from the program as early as 1999 by calculating for themselves the 1998 El insurable earnings for their employees aged 18 to 24.They can then stop paying their 1999 employer El premiums for their employees aged 18 to 24, once they have paid the equivalent of the 1998 total for this youth group.The process for applying for the premium relief has not be finalized.More details about this will be available and communicated at a later date.Starting in February 1999, all new employers will receive a pamphlet about the program with their new employers kit.Réal Létourneau, FCA,M.Fisc.Taxation Department Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton General Partnership Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton $ THE STRENGTH OF ADVICE Member firm of Grant Thornton International Friday, February 5, 1999 page 5 .RECORD Police to investigate pepper-spraying pugilist Renegade cop apparen tly in volved in earlier fisticuffs By Sylvia Warden It will be a few more days before Drummondville police release the results of their investigation into a pepper spray incident outside a bar Sunday morning.“We expect to conclude our investigation Friday or early next week,” said Capt.Gaston Bellemare, head of investigators with the Sûreté municipale de Drummondville.An off-duty part-time Sherbrooke Regional Police Force offi- cer is suspected of using pepper spray on a bouncer during an altercation outside Le Vog bar and dance club at 3:30 a.m.Sunday.So far investigators have spoken with 15 witnesses, including the officer and the bouncer, Bellemare said.On Wednesday night investigators interviewed the taxi driver who reportedly drove Sherbrooke Regional Police officer Daniel Joyal to the hospital.Joyal, a 26-year-old Drummondville native with 22 months of service on the force, suffered cuts and bruises to his face in the fight.The confrontation began inside the bar at 3:15 a.m.when bouncer Christian Bérubé asked patrons to leave the bar so it could close for the night.Joyal is reported to have said he did not want to leave and could riot be forced to do so.After some cajoling.Joyal and his friends eventually left the bar.Outside the bar, the two met again and moments later, Bellemare said, Bérubé was hit with pepper spray and Joyal was injured.Investigators also said this is not the first time the officer has been involved in a bar fight.On Jan.6 1998 at another Drummondville bar, the officer is suspected of getting in a fight with a bar patron after an argument.Bellemare said no charges were laid.The Sherbrooke Regional Police has yet to begin its internal investigation.Cst.Serge Fournier said the force is treating it as a disciplinary matter and the results won’t be known for months.If investigators recommend disciplinary action, a committee will be set up and witnesses will be called to determine the level of punishment.In light of the Poitras Commission report released a week ago, which condemned the Sûreté du Québec for its failure to impartially investigate fellow police officers, Bellemare said the Drummondville police is not influenced by Joyal’s status as a police officer.“It doesn’t change anything with our investigators.We will do a thorough investigation.He is a citizen like everyone else,” said Bellemare.Union, health board exchange volleys on workload CATHY GIBSON Union President Yves Dumont By Sylvia Warden The regional health board won’t make Magog ambulance attendants work a 7/14 schedule after all.Louise Lemire of the Régie régionale de santé et des services sociaux de l’Estrie, said Thursday the board is waiting for a response from the ambulance attendants’s union.“We were very sad or mad when they (attendants) left the dispatch office, so we told the owners to respect the old, old schedule,” said Lemire.That old schedule goes back to 1994 when ambulance attendants worked 7 of 14 days, 24-hours per day.Since 1994 attendants work 6 of 14, with the agreement that they spend 12 hours at the dispatch centre.Yves Dumont, president of the Rassemblement des employés techniciens ambulanciers de l’Estrie, said attendants are answering more calls than ever and need more down time.That is why the union advised its members to leave the dispatch centre and take overnight emergency calls from home.“In 1998 we received 2,400 calls.We are not at our best when we are working without sleep,” Lemire said.Lemire citing health board statistics said it’s rare for an ambulance attendant to be working non-stop in a 24-hour period.“Even if they work 24 hours a day it’s not all the time and it’s not all work.” Between Oct.1997 and Sept.1998, Lemire said, Magog’s two ambulances and crews responded to an average of six calls a day or three each.“For 150 nights of the year they did not have a call through the night.They cannot be tired,” said Lemire.“For 115 nights there was one call.So one ambulance does the call and the other sleeps all night.” There were 65 nights when two calls were received.Dumont says lifting stretchers and tending to patients is hard work.He offered his own statistical breakdown saying, the same number of attendants answer 550 more calls, for a total of 2,400 in 1998, than they did in 1994.Six months ago, Dumont went to Lemire telling her the attendants could no longer handle the 12 -hour shifts at the dispatch centre.The two sides compromised, agreeing to have attendants remain for eight hours at the centre.In December that agreement fell apart as attendants decided to leave the dispatch centre and answer overnight calls from home.When on duty attendants must remain within five minutes of the call centre.Earlier this week, Dumont said patient care was in jeopardy because of the long hours, the increase in calls and the stagnant number of employees and ambulances.The union had threatened to go on strike in protest but by Wednesday Dumont said that was unlikely.Magog has two ambulances that are used by nine full-time and four part-time attendants serving a population base of 27,000.Dumont said if something isn’t done to change the current situation, response times will likely increase.Lemire said adding another ambulance and hiring attendants for it would cost an extra $365,000 a year.A cheaper alternative, Lemire suggests, is the first responder program which costs less than $5,000 to initiate and maintain.Food bank director frustrated by lack of funding By Sylvia Warden Edmee Jubinville is learning what it means to be a leader.As director of the Banque Alimentaire de Memphremagog, Jubinville is ready to fight a government decision to cancel its funding for two employees.“Fighting this alone is very hard,” said Jubinville, Thursday morning.She is unsure how much good her fight will do.On Wednesday she was scheduled to meet with local manpower officials to sort out the problem.One person did not show up and another was unable to offer much help.On Jan.12 the government’s antipoverty organization cut funding for two full-time positions.The move came as a surprise to Jubinville who in 1998 was told the money would be guaranteed for two years.“I’m not the only one in this position.The government changed the criteria,” said Jubinville.Instead of employing two people for two years with the aim of raising enough money to keep them on salary after the grant ran out, the provincial government decided each applicant must come up with a new program, hire new employees and reapply for funding.Right now Jubinville is alone in her fight, she said, because other agencies are afraid to fight back for fear of losing other funding.“This grant was different from others.It was very special antipoverty funding with brand new criteria.” For the food bank that meant creating a community garden and leadership training.“It was really meant to get people back to work.” Now Jubinville said, she has already seen a handful of clients let go.“I see so much misery and people losing their jobs.” Jubinville wonders what will come of the community garden with no one to run it.Right now she and the 10 vol- unteers who sort food are concentrating on serving 10 clients a day.In November, the food bank saw 192 clients, 38 of which were turning to the food bank for the first time, and sorted 6,000 kilograms of food.“We definitely saw more people in December but haven’t had time to count them all.We are the central (organization) in the MRC for the Christmas baskets.We had more than 400 names.” In the coming days Jubinville plans to start a petition to have the funding reinstated and refuses to give up on the people she wants to help.“I don’t think money, I think people.” page 6 Friday, February 5, 1999 «¦ TH B -¦ Record Editorial Some cops learn their lessons better than others Why is it Townshippers seem to have more than their fair share of slow learners on the beat?It’s a safe bet that at some point during training at the police academy in Nicolet, young recruits were told to leave their arms at home when they go out carousing on Saturday night.It’s equally safe to assume the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed rookies are told that alas, even though they have the uniform, the flashing lights and the authority to write tickets, they can’t use their powers to settle personal accounts.Nor can they falsify records to protect colleagues and their families.Or bring home the goodies they seize.They’re probably told that the reasonable use of force may be part and parcel of upholding the law, but police headquarters should not be considered a private torture chamber where they can vent their frustration with the justice system, and bad guys in general.And in or out of uniform, they can’t order bartenders to break the law by serving drinks after closing time no matter how thirsty they are.Some cops obviously learn their lessons better than others.And for the most part, they practise what they’ve learned.But Townshippers seem to be getting more than their share of slow learners on the street.Recall the two Brome Lake cops who beat local hood David Allan Gauthier to a pulp and left him to chill out, hand-cuffed half naked to a tree.Bet they didn’t learn that million dollar lesson in Interrogation 101.The settlement paid last year by the taxpayers of Brome Lake should have given other towns the heads up about the consequences of power-tripping police officers.After all, when victims of police actions sue for damages, they sue you and I; police forces and towns don’t have any money of their own.Then there are the Cowansville cops currently before the courts for allegedly falsifying an accident report to protect the daughter of a colleague believed to be impaired at the time of the accident.Not to mention the Brome Lake cop who attempted to get even with a local businessman who threw him out of his garage for his boorish behaviour, by issuing him tickets every time he started his engine.You know, the cop with the reputation for going into restaurants, drinking up then leaving without paying the bill.And it wasn’t that long ago that a Cowansville cop was before a judge explaining why he was attempting to secure guns for the deadly Solar Temple cult.It would be fascinating to know what the rookies at the academy are taught about high speed chases through rural villages - especially late at night without using the flashing lights to identify the car as a police cruiser.As with any trade or profession, there are many who graduate at the top of their class and continue to set an example for others.They above all, must cringe when they hear about the egotistical flexing of a few pea brains who tar them all with the same brush.SHARON McCULLY Tilt 257 Queen St, Lennoxville, Que.JIM 1K7 Fax: 819-569-3945 e-mail: record@interlinx.qc.ca Website: www.sherbrookerecord.com Randy Kinnear Publisher .(819) 569-9511 Sharon McCully Editor .(819) 569-6345 Sunil Mahtani Corresr EurroR .(819) 5694)345 Susan Mastine Community Relat.(819) 569-9511 Julie Vinette Adv.Dir.(819) 569-9525 Richard Lessard Prod.Mgr.(819) 569-9931 Mark Guilette Press Superv.__(819) 569-9931 Francine Thibault Prod.Superv.(819) 569-9931 DEPARTMENTS Accounting .Advertising .Circulation .Newsroom __ (819) 569-9511 (819) 569-9525 (819) 569-9528 (819) 569-6345 Knowlton office 88 Lakeside, Knowlton, Quebec, JOE 1V0 Tel: 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mildly flapped his choppers in response; but as he should have, failed to put the hammer down; which is Ottawa’s standard reaction to Quebec’s demands or anti-unity maneuvers.One can only admire Bernie’s nerve.If a common North American currency were to see the light of day, fiscal Canada would evaporate, but so would Bouchard’s greatest fear for his separate Quebec: A $0.25 P’Zeaubec that would lead to fiscal chaos.So here is the rub behind Bernie’s proposal.If a common North Ameri-can currency could be established, any future P’Zeaubec would be valued at par with the Canadian and U.S.dollar and all those fence sitting chickens who voted “Non” because they feared that the economy of Bouchard’s Quebec fibre would collapse, would have their fears evaporate.The next time, they would vote “Oui!” and Quebec fibre would be a shoo-in! Hopefully there is more of Canada and less of Quebec inherent in those who warm the benches of Canada’s parliament.But if Ottawa wavers on Bernie’s proposal, I propose we heat the tar, pluck the chicken feathers, grease the pole and be-take us to Ottawa to make sure the numb sculls know who put them in power.Graham L.Smith Knowlton Friday, February 5, 1999 page 7 Record Auditor general paints bleak picture of NAC National Arts Centre blasted after questionable Yashin donation By Chris Cobb Southam News Ottawa The National Arts Centre is badly managed, has no dear plan for its future and is ignoring part of its parliamentary mandate, Canada's auditor general told MPs Wednesday.In a damning indictment of the federally funded NAC, Denis Desautels said details of the $ 1-million contract be- Former NAC boss taking legal action Ottawa Former National Arts Centre director general John Cripton says he will launch legal action against the National Arts Centre board to get almost $100,000 in severance pay.Cripton told reporters Wednesday that he had given the NAC board until early this week to pay him the previously agreed amount but they have not responded.The board is demanding more details of the Yashin deal from Cripton before the/ pay his severance.He said he has already told them all he knows.Cripton, who had listened while Auditor General Denis Desautels listed the NAC’s numerous management problems, also took a swipe at the art centre board, which he described as “dysfunctional." He suggested board members had created the Yashin controversy to make themselves appear in control before their appearance today at the same committee.“The lowest common denominator during the past five years has been the board.I’m not talking about the individuals, who are wonderful people in their own right and all that, but it is not an arts board.If you don’t operate with an arts board, you can’t have an arts organization.It’s very simple.” Dennis de zos CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT “We add value to your business’ tween the NAC and Ottawa Senators captain Alexei Yashin were not given to his auditing staff during an examination of NAC operations last year.Desautels also said the centre is not respecting the part of its parliamentary mandate that demands it co-operate with the Canada Council to foster arts across Canada."I don't think the heart of the NAC was in that relationship (with the Canada Council).” Desautels said the recent uproar over Yashin's donation shows that the centre still has the same management weaknesses described in a report he gave to the centre last June.Desautels appeared before the House of Commons heritage committee to give MPs details of those findings.A rapid turnover in upper management positions over the past few years is a large part of the NAC's problem, said Desautels.The centre has had five directors general in seven years.“Although each case is unique, there seems, in most cases, to be some kind of conflict between the CEO and the board.We haven't had any relationship between a CEO and the board that was able to endure more than a few years." Desautels said there was nothing in the report that directly criticized the performance of former director gener- al John Cripton and the report in itself should not have been the basis for his dismissal.(The NAC board released the report as part of its media release when Cripton was fired).But Desautels did suggest that Cripton was responsible for not making details of the Yashin contract - a controversial side deal that would have paid the hockey player's parents $85,000 a year - available to either auditors or NAC management "at large." "I think it (the contract) was in the keeping of one person," said the auditor general.Cripton, who was at the committee hearing, denied this and told reporters later that he had encouraged and cooperated with the auditor's probe and did not even have copies of the Yashin contracts in his office.He said he distributed them to appropriate NAC managers.The auditor general's report said much of the centre's programming is based on guesswork and intuition rather than through any actual knowledge of what people want to see.The centre also lacks a corporate plan, which he said is fundamental to running any federal or private-sector artistic institution.The NAC gets about $20 million -half of its annual budget - from the federal government, although during the past five years the federal contribution has been cut by more than 25 per cent.Desautels said the NAC had lost touch with the environment in which it functions.He suggested, in so many words, that the NAC should get with it."Specifically," he said, "the centre needs to better take into account relevant information on trends and practices in the cultural and tourism industry.Also, a better understanding of audience profiles, their tastes and preferences could help it to identify more effective strategies." Desautels rapped the centre for not analyzing why subscriptions and attendance had declined.Other criticisms in the report that Desautels reiterated to MPs were: * Hiring of staff without involving the NAC's human resources department and often without checking the suitability of those employed and without fully defining the jobs they were employed to do.Some employment contracts did not carry an initial probationary period.* No short- or long-term marketing strategies."Individual managers defining their own roles and objectives without knowing whether those objectives are the same as the centre's.* The NAC deals with four separate unions and eight collective agreements, which is too many.Overtime costs in 1997 were $1.5 million.Tel 819-823-0800 Lennoxville GRAND OPENING OF AUTO PLACE! 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that shows a color photo of his boss accompanied by three sexually explicit pictures of female genitalia - was available.But an official said that any time a parliamentarian is in the news, the publication of record is kept on hand until the controversy or whatever dies down.In the case of Hustler magazine, it will likely be thrown out eventually.The BA in Professional Writing Professional Writing Offered by the English Sector of the Université de Sherbrooke, the BA in Professional Writing allows students to earn up to $650 a week at paid internships and gain valuable work experience while completing their degrees.Professional Writing is one of the most rapidly expanding fields of employment in North America and covers professions as diverse as journalism, technical writing, copy-writing, advertising, editing, publishing and scriptwriting.In addition, the translation and French language skills you will acquire and develop at the Université de Sherbrooke together with Fnglish-studies courses in theory, literature, culture and communications will assure you a complete and well-rounded portfolio of academic and career skills.The English Sector also offers a Certificate program in Professional Writing.Information If you are interested in a career in professional writing, call, write or email: Deputy Chair (responsible for English Studies) Département des lettres et communications Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1 phone: (819) 821-8000 extension 2277 fax: (819) 821-7285 email: prusscll@courrier.usherb.ca |7I| UNIVERSITÉ DE Gd SHERBROOKE RECORD Looking to ban little Lolita Reform MP wants Nabokov’s classic novel pulled from Parliament Library shelves By Mark Dunn Sun Media Ottawa Reform MPs scrambled yesterday to distance themselves from colleague Art Hanger who wants a novel about an obsessed pedophile yanked from the Library of Parliament.Hanger was in Washington and was unavailable to comment, but he’s on record as saying the library is not the place for Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita”, a lustful read that has made it to the Big Screen twice.His caucus mates dismissed Hanger’s call, saying it’s not their place to police books that line the shelves of Canadian libraries.Reformers said they hadn’t read the controversial book about a middle-aged intellectual who has a passion for young girls, including his stepdaughter, Lolita, who is 12 years old.“I think the kind of conduct that is described is despicable, but I don’t want to get into arguing about what books should be in the Library of Parliament,” said Reform Leader Preston Manning.Alberta Reformer Bob Mills said parents, teachers and school boards should decide what books are fit to read.“I don’t see my role as being a censor,” said Mills.The parliamentary library has two copies of Lolita - one in English, the other French.The hard- covers have been in the library since 1955, but confidentiality rules prevent finding out how many times they’ve been checked out and by whom.The English version was available yesterday, but the French edition was missing, although it hadn’t been checked out.Hanger’s comments followed Reform’s losing battle in the Commons to force the government to restore possession of child pornography laws in B.C.Four Liberals broke ranks and ignored orders to side with the government, but Reform’s call for the Constitution’s notwithstanding clause to be used to override the B.C.court ruling was still defeated 143-129.Liberal Whip Bob Kilger said the four Liberals who sided with the opposition wouldn’t be punished.Smuggling aliens lucrative trade By Tom Godfrey Sun Media Toronto Smuggling aliens into Canada and the U.S.is becoming as lucrative as drug smuggling, the RCMP and Canadian visa officers say.“The money to be made is unreal,” said Const.Bob Dixon.“Dollar to dollar, lawbreakers could make a better living smuggling people.” He said the penalties for smuggling aliens are so low that its virtually non-existent.“It’s a very lucrative trade," Dixon said.“People smugglers can make as much money as in selling drugs.” Canadian visa officers worldwide said they’re always one step behind alien smugglers.“Fraud against the immigration programs has become increasingly sophisticated,” visa officers abroad said in a confidential memo to their Ottawa bosses which was obtained by The Toronto Sun.Alleged ‘students of convenience’ try to enter Canada to study computer science or English as a w Sctteet! 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THE MONTREAL RADIO SCHOOL (514) 875-RADIO (7234) Friday, February 5, 1999 page 9 ¦¦¦— TH I— Record Lennoxville Elementary School will next appear on March 12 Our School's Page LENNOXVILLE ELEMENTARY Centre récréotouris tique ontjoye Golden oldies, weird science and slippery slopes Olden Days Project Mrs.Connelly’s and Mrs.Lough-heed’s Grade 3 classes spent six weeks working on a thematic unit on Pioneer Days.During this time, three novels were read.Many activities were organized around this theme.The children wrote stories, poems and drew many pictures.They enjoyed sampling head cheese, Johnny Cake with maple syrup and making their own butter.They made their own towns in groups of four using many popsicle sticks.Esther Bassett was kind enough to mmA Canada Customs officers brought their intrepid Labrador Retriever Jerome to visit.visit us and show her lovely quilts.The two classes made their own paper quilts.On Nov.27, the children and teachers dressed up in vintage clothing.Mr.Custeau, a young 87-year-old “pioneer” came in and played his fiddle while the children tried jigging to his music.They also brought in olden-day articles for show and tell.Mrs.De Seve-Simard also dressed up and told the children three pioneer legends and taught them how to square dance.The children performed a mini variety show depicting a time long before TV and computer games when members of a family entertained one another through stories, songs and dances.What a fun project! Science Comes to Life Science came to life for LE.S.students on Nov.27 when Dr.Lome Nelson of Bishop’s University came by for a visit.Lucky Grade 3 to 6 students were treated with presentations packed with live experiments.Hands on opportunities were available for many enthusiastic volunteers! Budding scientists really appreciated the chance to spend the day with Dr.Nelson.Ski Trip On Tuesday, Jan.26, 80 students, parents and staff members from Lennoxville Elementary spent the evening skiing at Mont Joye in North Hatley.In spite of the rain the weekend before, the conditions were good ¦' • v:“ jftM Grade 3 students learned about pioneer days.and everyone had a great time.Twenty-one novice skiers opted to take an hour-and-a-half lesson.Many thanks to Mrs.Gagné for organizing the event.Immigration/Customs Canada visits L.E.S.As part of a public awareness initiative by L.E.S.and Canada Customs, Grade 4 and 5 students spent an exciting afternoon last Dec.4 with three inspectors and Jerome, the customs Labrador Retriever.The workshop’s objectives were to clarify Customs and Immigration work and relate these to the effects on our students’s lives.Following a question and answer session, each student was given the chance to try some of the equipment regularly used by the inspectors.A Personal Identity Booklet was also completed for each participant and sent home.To top off the day, Jerome gave a demonstration of how a well-trained dog is very useful in Customs work.We are grateful to Mr.Jean Brochu and Mr.Des Neil of Canada Customs, as well as Mme.Suzanne Boucher of Canadian Immigration, for taking the time to visit us.Family Craft Evening On Thursday, Dec.10, both Kindergarten classes and Grade 1C had a “Christmas Evening of Fun.” Eight craft centres were set up with a volunteer to help at each one.Every child was assisted by their parent to make two crafts, such as a reindeer, teddy bear, Santa, etc.Everyone met in the cafeteria afterwards and the children entertained the parents with a few Christmas songs in both English and French.Parents sang along with a few songs at the end.Goodies were served.Everyone went home with a full stomach and with fond memory of a family craft evening.Lennoxville Hot Lunch & Breakfast Programs We would like to sincerely thank all of the people who have contributed to the L.E.S.Hot Hunch and/or Breakfast programs.We recently received $500 from the Lennoxville Volunteer Firemen, the Army-Navy Ladies and the Brompton Women’s Institute.The lunch program provides a hot lunch to needy children three days a week, while the breakfast program runs during the winter months five days a week. page 10 Friday, February 5, 1999 Wales Home woodworkers warm body and spirit By Sharon McCully Richmond Alta Fowler’s pet canary Dickie chirps enthusiastically as he watches the sparks practically fly from the lightning speed of the knitting needles in her hands.Before lunch on Saturday, Fowler whipped up one mitten and would have CAREER finished the other, but she wanted to help with the set-up for an afternoon card party to raise funds for the new Alzheimer’s unit at the Wales Home.Fowler, a pastry chef at Bishop’s University’s cafeteria for nearly half a century, is one of 30 or more residents of the Wales Home who uses her leisure time to warm the body and spirit of others.“I don’t like to sit around and do nothing,” Fowler said.“I enjoy knitting and I think it helps others.” Since arriving at the Richmond residence in June, Fowler has knit over 100 pairs of mittens - most of which have gone to warm the hands of children in neighbouring schools.Others have been shipped along with toques, scarves and socks made by the Wales Home wool workers, to Sun Youth in Montreal.To mark the 102nd birthday of The Record, and to celebrate the achievement of the paper’s employees in getting the paper back in the hands of readers within days of a devastating fire, Fowler dedicated her 102nd pair of mittens to The Record and pledged to make a pair for each of the first five people to subscribe after the Record’s birthday February 7.Meanwhile, other wool workers have been turning out warm winter apparel and creating colourful Afghans to be sold or raffled at church sales or fairs for worthy causes.On Saturday, residents and guests at the Wales Homes card party were lining up to buy a ticket on an afghan crocheted by 98-year-old Elinor Lanigan.Miss Lanigan is an integral part of the Wales Home having worked there as a practical nurse for many years before taking up permanent residency 28 years ago.She is well known for her love of flowers, painting and crocheting, and has earned a reputation for the colourful afghans she continues to crochet for others.Upstairs, the aroma of freshly baked muffins was wafting from Myrtle Pope’s room as the 93-year-old busily crocheted squares for another afghan SHARON MCCULLY In honour of The Records 102nd birthday, Alta Fowler has pledged to make a pair of mittens for each of the first five people to subscribe after the Feb.7 anniversary of the paper.that would likely end up warming one of the poor or homeless on the Sun Youth list.“I have three or four different projects on the go and it looks like the Lord is letting me live long enough to finish them,” she said with a chuckle.Wales Home resident Sylvia Skilling keeps track of the yam stocks in the wool room for the 30 residents who produce boxes of woollies, while the affable Earl Bracey uses his powers of persuasion to secure additional wool from donors.One of his finest coups was securing a large quantity of yarn for the wool workers from a company going out of business.Other Wales Home wool workers include: Alice Whitney, Dorothy Carr, Marilyn Buck, Kathleen Davidson, Margaret Newsome, Ethel Moen, Frances Hall, Verien Brown, Elinor Lanigan, Gloria Pease, Stella Parkes, Alta Fowler, Maggie Perkins, May Dubuc, Rita Manning, Doris Ross, Evelyn Webster, Myrtle Pope, Mary Mastine, Sylvia Skilling, Dorothy Lock-wood, Evelyn Johnston, Nancy MacFarlane, Alleda Nixon, Ethel Dean, Marjorie Levitt, Beula Davidson, Doris Vintinner and Marion Cox.Financial assistance to support the work of the Wales Home wool workers comes from the sales of knitted ar-sharonmccully tides, contributions resident’s committee, and donations of wool from outside donors.Knitted and crocheted goods are sent to Sun Youth, local elementary schools, the Seaman’s Association, Richmond’s Christmas Basket campaign, and the mitten tree.Even non-residents have been caught up in the spirit of giving.Knitted and crocheted articles have been donated by several community supporters among them, Mildred Carr, Gwen Smith, Shirley Darker, Annie Andrews and Daphne Frank as well as several members of the Wales Home staff.SHARON MCCULLY Myrtle Pope’s crocheted afghans warm the poor and homeless, from residents and the Elinor Lanigan’s afghan was raffled Saturday.MKYlUl VILLE DE LENNOXVILLE Employment opportunity: Director of the Urbanism Department Lennoxville is a bicultural university town located at the heart of the Eastern Townships.We are requesting applications to fill the position of Director of the Department of Urbanism and Building Inspection.Under the immediate supervision of the Director General, the Director of Urbanism will chiefly carry out the following duties: • to ensure the analysis, updating and application of urbanism by-laws; • to supervise and support the Department’s personnel (one inspector); • to participate on and, occasionally, head various committees; • to analyze and issue permits and certificates which fall under his responsibility; • to prepare special dossiers in relation to the environment and development of the territory; • to ensure follow-up of dossiers and projects which could, from time to time, be assigned to him; • to ensure good management of the Department, and make positive contributions to projects which fall under other departments of the Municipality.Professional Qualifications The candidate must be the holder of at least a D.C.S.in Architecture or Land Use Planning, or have acquired any other equivalent training.In addition his work experience in a similar field must be of at least 5 years with good knowledge of the regulations of pertinent codes.A working knowledge of software packages related to his responsibilities (Windows and Windows NT environments) is necessary.Finally, an obvious capability to speak and write both the French and English languages is required.The Ville de Lennoxville offers a competitive range of work conditions, as well as dynamic environment and exceptional quality of life.Interested candidates must send their curriculum vitae to the attention of the Director General, at the Lennoxville Town Hall, 150 Queen Street, Lennoxville, Québec J1M 1J6, before February 17th, 1999.February 5th, 1999 Friday, February 5, 1999 page 11 ii ¦ THE ¦ Record ETIAC hockey teams going through tying times Stanstead retains slim hold on first By Mike Hickey Special to the Record The senior boys hockey teams were fit to be tied Wednesday as Stanstead College tied Alexander Galt 2-2 and Bishop’s College School played to a 3-3 draw with Massey-Vanier High School in Eastern Township Interscholastic Athletic Association action.The pair of ties leaves the Stanstead Spartans in first place, one point ahead of the Vikings.J.D.Ross opened the scoring for Stanstead with a first-period goal.But the Pipers, who dropped a 10-0 decision the last time they played Stanstead, would not give in this time.Galt responded with the tying goal just seconds after Ross’s tally as Jarrett Sharman scored the equalizer.After a scoreless second period, Tom Spirk scored the go-ahead goal for Stanstead with 10 minutes remaining in the game.But the Pipers were not to be denied as Danny Klinck tied the score with just sixty-seven seconds left to play.Klinck, who also assisted on Galt’s first goal, said the final score was more indicative of how the two teams match up; “We came into today’s game with a lot more confidence, knowing that we could play with Stanstead,” Klinck noted.“It wasn’t a case of Stanstead not playing well, they played a strong game but we were able to match them play for play.It is going to make for a very interesting play-off.” John Colton and Phil Cortes recorded a goal and an assist apiece to spark the Crusaders to their second league point.Jason Ragueneau tallied the other BCS goal.Harrison Gendreau scored twice for the Vikings while Michel Beaulieu added a single.B»*8' PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT Massey-Vanier player tries unsuccesfully to sneak one by BCS goalie.PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT Massey-Vanier’s Jesse Wilde scores, assisted by Adam Singfield.Basketball notes In basketball action, Allen Buzzell scored 12 points to lead the Galt bantam boys to a 66-45 win over BCS.The Crusaders' Samuel Giguere led all scorers with 14 points.L.Dionne’s 12 points sparked the BCS bantam girls to a 42-27 win over Galt White.Jessica Nugent collected 12 points for Galt in a losing cause.The Massey-Vanier bantam girls defeated the Galt Blue squad 51-21 as Lacey Hebert paced the winners with 11 points.Maggie Herring of Galt was the game’s top scorer with 14 points.Molly LaDuke-Wheatley scored a 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AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) Should your focus be solely on your own concepts instead of other contributions today, you’ll only grasp the essence of their ideas, not thoughts in their entirety.Get a jump on life by understanding the influences that’ll govern you in the year ahead.Send the required refund form and for your Astro-Graph predictions by mailing $2 to Astro-Graph, c/o this newspaper, P.O.Box 1758, Murray Hill Station, New York, NY 10156.Be sure to state your zodiac sign.PISCES (Feb.20-March 20) Desires for personal gratification could distort your value judgment today, so this may not be an especially good day to go shopping for expensive merchandise.ARIES (March 21-April 19) If you feel uncertain about someone’s ideas or plans, disengage yourself from involvement immediately.Otherwise, you could be complicating your life by speeding down a dead end street.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Toying with the unknown could create more problems for you instead of resolving any.Don’t be tempted today to experiment with untested methods in attempt to expedite something.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Don’t be stingy when cavorting with friends today, but be realistic, too! Split all costs equally.No one, including you, should pick up the lion’s share.CANCER (June 21-July 22) Should you be subjected to more domestic tensions than usual today, treat events logically instead of emotionally.Excitability could contribute to everyone’s discomfort.LEO (July 23-Aug.22) Impulsive inclinations of any kind must be subdued today.Before your mouth starts moving, be sure your mind is in gear.Also, be very attentive when you get behind the wheel of your car.VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) If you hope to capitalize on a financial development today, don’t blink your eyes.Although the day may not be devoid of advantageous developments, they could be rather elusive.LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.23) By deliberately involving yourself with persons who are incapable of making effective contributions, you will severely limit your chances of success today in a commercial endeavor.SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) Watch your step today, because you’re very susceptible to ignoring your better judgment and partaking in something that does not serve your best interests, especially with career matters.SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) Because you have a tendency today to say one thing and do another, your associates might find you a trifle difficult to deal with, so stick to your word.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) You’ll have a lot of beginnings today with no endings by doing things in fits and starts.Continuity of purpose is essential if you hope to fulfill meaningful objectives.Saturday, Feb.6,1999 Interesting developments could be in the offing for you careerwise in the year ahead if you do all you can to improve your managerial skills.Use your talents to rise above the norm.Break free from the status quo! AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) Channel your ambitions and drive properly today and your energies can become quite productive.Without direction, you could unintentionally make waves instead of yields.Trying to patch up a broken romance?The Astro-Graph Matchmaker can help you understand what to do to make the relationship work.Mail $2.75 to Matchmaker, c/o this newspaper, P.O.Box 1758, Murray Hill Station, New York, NY 10156.PISCES (Feb.20-March 20) Be mindful of how you present your suggestions or ideas today, even though they may contain wisdom lacking in your contemporaries’ thoughts.Make your delivery logical, not emotional.ARIES (March 21-April 19) Adjusting to events or things that you can’t personally change or effect is far better than getting aggravated over them.Strive to be adaptable and sensible today.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Should some stress arise in an important personal relationship today, you can greatly reduce the tensions by excusing in others what you would want excused from yourself.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Be certain a critical do-it-yourself project is something you can handle today before you take it on.Instead of saving you money, any mishandling of the job could prove costly.CANCER (June 21-July 22) Don’t take yourself or the game too seriously today if you’re going to participate in some type of fun, competitive activity.Above all, don’t blame teammates for your own inadequacies.LEO (July 23-Aug.22) Keeping your restlessness bottled up could put you in a temperamental mood today.Instead, find some type of physical, constructive outlets for your pent up energies.VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) A strong arm is rarely as effective as a strong mind, so don’t try to muscle your way through challenges today.Use your brains to handle any testy situations that might arise.LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.23) Before purchasing an expensive item for your household today, be sure it’s something all will enjoy or need.If your choice is unpopular, look for grumbles to emerge.SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) Assert yourself as a leader today when events warrant it.Don’t allow persons to carry the baton if you know they are totally underqualified.SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) If something has been disturbing you lately, don’t keep it bottled up, causing you to brood.Matters or issues can only be resolved when brought out into the open and discussed.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) Give a wide berth today to persons who are selfish or too self-involved.If you get mixed up with any of this ilk, chances are she or he will try to take advantage of you. Ww» mi i Friday, February 5, 1999 page 13 In Memoriam Death Deaths Deaths BEATTIE - In loving memory of our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents, John Gordon Beattie deceased February 7, 1966 and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Walker Beattie, January 31, 1973.Always remembered by BERNICE, JEAN and ELWIN BEATTIE DORIS & KENNETH CROSS SHIRLEY & ROSS LOCKWOOD FRANCES BEATTIE LYLA BEATTIE AND THEIR FAMILIES SCOTT BEATTIE (grandson) Richmond, Quebec * ” I 11 .POPE, Dorothy (Dolly) - February 25, 1925 - October 2, 1995.I am late, but you have been in my thoughts daily.Love always.Stanbridge East Thelma Rhicard 248-4168 We’re going to have the chance to do something “twice in a blue moon” this year as both Jan.and March will have two full moons.Pearle Ingalls Yates is recuperating after a treatment for her heart problem.She had a catheter ablation for arrhythmia at the Sacred Heart Hospital in Montreal, has returned home and is gaining.Friends wish her a speedy recovery until she is her dynamic self.BOOMHOUR, Charles (Chuck) - At St.Joseph’s Health Center, Toronto on Monday, February 1, 1999 in his 61st year.Many thanks to the nurses, doctors and staff of St.Joseph’s.Son of the late Harold and Mildred Boomhour.Brother of Alice (Don Heap), Margaret, Muriel (Errol Holmes), Irene (Ross Lathe), Ruth (Dale Coburn), Robert (Eleanor McKnight) and Lawrence.Loving uncle to many nieces and nephews.Charles won the respect and affection of the people among whom he lived.Memorial service at College Street United Church, Toronto on Saturday, February 6, 1999 at 2 p.m.Interment in Abbotsford, Quebec at a later date.Donations to St.Joseph’s Health Center, 30 Queensway, Toronto, Ont.M6R 1B5 or Friends and Advocates, 3107 Bloor St.W., Suite 201, Toronto, Ont.M8X 1E2.Card of Thanks HEMMING - We wish to thank the doctors and nurses of the C.U.S.E.Bowen Site (Hotel-Dieu) for their care prior to the death of our cousin, Mildred Hemming.Special thanks to Dr.W.BQinck for his many years of care, Mr.Louis Houle and his daughter Diane, neighbors, for their many years of kindnesses and Barbara Malouin for her attentive care.Many thanks to Pastor Russ Hopkins who officiated, Mrs.Roberta Smith, organist, Pat Hurley, Dave Donnachie and Louise Hopkins for singing at the service and the staff of Cass Funeral Home.Many thanks to friends for their cards, flowers, telephone calls, and donations to charities.Your kindness will always be remembered.AUDREY (BRUCE) ALLANSON MALCOLM (JEAN) COATES BRENDA OXBOROUGH Eaton Comer Mrs.George Pinchin 875-5288 Janna and son Macgyver Olefzkowicz, Campbellford, Ont., spent two weeks of the Christmas holidays with her parents, Mi', and Mrs.Everett McComb.Sylvia’s aunt Mildred McCormic from Colebrook; Judy and Earl Stanley, Island Brook; Casey Stanley and friend Jack Davis, and Sylvia’s mother, Hazel Ewing all of Lennoxville were also Christmas guests.CORCORAN, Leo D.- Peacefully in his sleep at Pinecroft Residence, Magog, Que., on February 2, 1999 in his 85th year.Beloved husband of Elsie Wray.Cherished father of Cecilia (Larry) of Michigan, Peter (Christiane) of Magog, Angela (Franz) of Edmonton, David of Fort McMurray, Brian of Laval, Phillip of Fort McMurray.Loving grandfather of 13 grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.Also survived by brothers, sisters, as well as other relatives and many friends.No visitation.Cremation.Funeral service will be held at St.Patrick’s Church, Magog on Saturday, February 6 at 10 a.m.The family will be at the church one half hour prior to the service to receive condolences.As memorial tributes donations to Diabetic Association, 5547-555 Murray St., Sherbrooke, JIG 2K8, would be appreciated.Arrangments entrusted to Ledoux Funeral Home, 150 Sherbrooke St., Magog, Que.GAUVIN, Paul - At the Ottawa General Hospital on January 27, 1999 in his 82nd year.Beloved husband of Jean Taylor and cherished father of Carmen (Andre Cote) of Magog, and Charlotte (Greg Hopps) of Orleans, Ont.Loving grandfather of Stacey (Rob Muise), Amy Hopps, all of Ottawa, Ont.Also survived by a sister-in-law Pauline Harvey (the late Hector Gauvin), nieces, nephews and many friends, No visitation, cremation.A memorial service will be held in the presence of the ashes at St.Jean Bosco Church, Magog on Saturday, February 6 at 1 p.m.The family will be at the church half an hour prior to the service to receive condolences.As memorial tributes, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, 3330 King W., Suite 130, Sherbrooke, J1L 1C9 would be greatly appreciated.Arrangements entrusted to Ledoux Funeral Home, 150 Sherbrooke St., Magog, Que.Card of Thanks HEWTON, Glory - Bank of Montreal pensioner (Bleury 8i Ste.Catherine), Glory Alexandra Wheeler, born in London England, July 16, 1901, died peacefully on Wednesday, February 3, 1999 at Pinecrest Nursing Home, Bobcay-geon, Ont.Youngest and last surviving child of the late Henry (Harry) and Mary Ann (Porter) Wheeler and widow of Howard (Montreal 1975).Survived by her son Norman and his wife Barbara, Fenelon Falls Ont.K0M 1N0; her grandchildren Patricia, Sandra and Wayne, her great and great-great-grandchildren and her sister-in-law Marjorie Williams Wheeler.Predeceased by her son Arthur (Toronto 1993), her brother Leonard (Toronto 1986) and her sister Constance (Los Angeles 1969).An avid Canadiens fan, Scrabble player and Lake Massawippi cottager (Blueberry Point), Glory moved to Toronto in 1979 to be near her family.In 1993 she moved to a retirement residence in Lindsay and later to nursing care.Interment in the Hewton plot in Ste.Anne’s Protestant Cemetery, Richmond, Que.If you wish to remember Glory, please consider the Ross Memorial Hospital Foundation, 10 Angeline N, Lindsay, Ont.K9V 4M8.SUTTON, Ruberta, RN - Peacefully at Paris, Ont., in her 97th year, Ruberta Louise Sutton, born in East Angus, Que.A graduate of the Sherbrooke Hospital in 1923, she spent most of her working life there, in various supervisory positions.She leaves to mourn her loss sisters Glenna Ward of Lachine, Que., and Alice Munkittrick of Hayward, Cal., her nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, and many friends.Memorial service to be announced.If desired, memorial donations to the Sherbrooke Hospital Foundation, Box 963, Sherbrooke, J1H 5L3, would be appreciated.HERRING - The family of the late Elwin (Bill) Herring would like to thank their friends and relatives for their many acts of kindness at the time of his death.A special thank you to Dennis Chapman, Everett Boynton, Rev.West and all who sent cards, flowers, food and donations to Bown Cemetery.Your thoughtfulness and kindness will always be remembered.IN MEMORIAM DONATION Help for today Hope for tomorrow Eastern Townships Alzheimer Society 1036 Belvedere South Sherbrooke J1H 4C4 (819) 821-5127 RATES and DEADLINES: ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICES BIRTH & DEATH NOTICES, CARDS OF THANKS, IN MEMORIAMS, BRIEFLETS: Text only: 300 per word.Minimum charge $7.50 ($8.64 taxes included) Discounts: 2 insertions 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Landers: Here are my spouse’s excuses for avoiding sex: I’m tired.I’m too nervous.It’s hot.It’s cold.I’m too full.I have a headache.I have a stomachache.The kids might hear.I have to go to work.My mind is on other things.It’s too early in the morning.It’s too late at night.I’ll bet you think this letter is from a husband complaining about his wife.You’re wrong.It’s from a wife complaining about her husband.He is 50 years old, and I am 40.We are both too young to be giving up sex.If you have any suggestions on how to improve this not-so-hot relationship, I’d like to hear it.— Failing in Fresno, Calif.Dear Fresno: The best way to improve a “not-so-hot” relationship is to heat it up.Be subtle but persistent.It sounds as if your husband is unsure of his ability to perform sexually.He needs reassurance, praise and the knowledge that you Too young to be giving up sex Ann Landers really do care about him.Start talking.Dear Ann Landers: My husband and I have been married for 30 years.He is Italian, and I am Canadian.I speak only English.Whenever we are with my mother-in-law, she and my husband speak nothing but Italian.My husband doesn’t see anything wrong with this, even though I am left totally out of the conversation.He says the language is part of his heritage and it makes his mother happy.I would be more understanding if my mother-in-law could not speak English, but she speaks it very well.When our children were growing up, I never made an issue of it because I wanted the children to feel close to their grandparents, but now, it is bothering me to no end.I feel completely excluded and avoid being with just the two of them.I say they are terribly rude.What do you say?— Excluded and Offended Dear Ex.: I think you should have learned to speak Italian a long time ago.Get some elementary Italian gram- Carrier-Brooks wedding Isabelle Carrier and Galon Brooks were united in marriage on July 18,1998 in Sawyerville, Que.Isabelle is the only daughter of Suzanne and Alain Carrier of Sawyerville.Granddaughter of Mrs.Simone Bertrand (late Auguste) of St.Isidore and Mrs.Gertrude Carrier (late Adrien) of Sawyerville.Galon is the oldest son of Judy Grapes Brooks of Sawyerville and Dale Brooks of Sherbrooke.Grandson of the late Wilfrid and Mabel Grapes of Sawyerville mar books at the public library, and ask your husband to help you.Start practicing with him.I’ll bet he will be pleased and your mother-in-law will be astonished.Dear Ann Landers: Thank you for telling your readers to replace the batteries in their smoke alarms when they change their clocks at the end of October.I’ll bet a lot of readers meant to do it but never got around to it.I would like to warn your readers that, even with new batteries, smoke alarms don’t last forever.They need to be replaced every 10 years, or they may not work when you need them.Smoke alarms cut the risk of dying from a home fire by nearly 50 percent.But almost a third of the smoke alarms in American homes are close to the end of their 10-year life span.Please, Ann, tell your readers that smoke alarms should be installed on every level in the home, in every hallway and near every bedroom.And remember, if a smoke alarm is 10 years old, it should be replaced NOW.— Chief Smokey Dyer, president, International Association of Fire Chiefs, Fairfax, Va.Dear Chief Dyer: Thanks for all the lives you saved today.Card party held in Sawyerville Sawyerville Wilhelmina Rebekah Lodge #23 held a card party in the Community Centre on January 30, with 14 tables being played.Prizes: Gents: 1st, Helen Taylor (playing as a gent) 5860; 2nd, Archie St.Onge, 5720; consolation, Durwood Dougherty, 2320.Ladies: 1st, Hilda Rand, 6520; 2nd, Dorothy Shattuck, 6460; consolation, Norma Winget, 2580.Nine no trump, Becky Lindsay; Joker in hand, no face cards, Serena Wintle; most skunks, Bill Cook; secret score.Grant Taylor.Box of groceries, Nina Rowell.Door prizes: Alice Mann, Margaret Rowland, Ardath Statton, Mayotta Taylor, Glenna Evans, Shirley Gray, Zeta Winslow, Gertie Lloyd, Verna Westgate, Pat Westgate, Becky Lindsay, Gilbert Wintle, Serena Wintle.We thank all who attended.The next card party will be Feb.13.Barbara Blair St.Luke’s Church Women meet and the late Grey and Clara Brooks of Pleasantdale, Saskatchewan.They were married in the Notre Dame du St.Rosaire Church of Sawyerville in a bilingual ceremony.The supper and reception following was at the Salle des Erables in Sawyerville.The happy couple honeymooned touring Eastern Ontario, Toronto and Niagara, returing to their home in Sawyerville.They would like to thank everyone who joined them to make this such a special day.Waterloo On Monday afternoon, Jan.18, St.Luke’s Church Women met in the church hall at 2 p.m.with an attendance of 10.The president, Nellie Darling, opened the meeting with the Lord’s Prayer and then welcomed everyone back after the Christmas break.The secretary read the minutes of the November meeting which were approved and signed.Thank you notes from Marilyn Sylvain and Esther Honey were read.Nellie passed on thanks from Alice Ashton for a Christmas remembrance and Ola Streeter passed on thanks from Anita Hanna.Doris Wilson read both the monthly and the annual treasurer’s reports.Ola spoke about card parties.The first one for the year was held Jan.30 at the church hall.Other dates set for card parties were Feb.10, Feb.27, March 10, and March 27.For each card party members are to contribute a prize and a suitable article of food for the grocery box drawing.Ola made a motion that last year’s officers keep their positions for this year.The motion was seconded by Catherine Open House 1899-1999 - The family of Lucy Wright invite her friends to her 100th birthday party at the Legion Hall, in Waterloo on February 14, 1999 from 2-4 p.m.Greetings Only.and all were in favour it and the officers agreed to it.The officers are: president, Nellie Darling; secretary, Jean Davidson; treasurer, Doris Wilson.The next meeting will be on Feb.15 at 2 p.m.in the church hall.Katie Marsh adjourned the meeting and the benediction was repeated in unison.A pleasant social time followed.Catherine provided a birthday cake to honour Rita McKerrell and the members all brought birthday cards for Rita.Jean Davidson Sutton Mable Boyce 538-2946 Alice Bidwell called on Alice Shover in Cowansville recently.Friends will be pleased to know that Danny Carron is home from the BMP hospital after spending eight days there with pneumonia.Winston and Joan Foster of Cowansville spent a day with Mable Boyce recently.Winston Larocque of Lachine, Patty and Ken Robertson of St.Hubert came to see Iris Larocque at the Foyer and called on Cora Hazard.Bid Lachapell and Cora Hazard visited Melda Ingalls, Letha Rolland Una Lev-ett at Knowlbanks on Sunday.Steve Gossage is home after a stay in the BMP Hospital and a recovery period at Residence Principal.Best wishes go out to him. Berry’s World © 1999 by NEA, Inc.•>As pfc.fcs*peNsr wiuu moo ee GovetRuu^G- or.iwit^oot, MVO^AL.Aa)THoRiT