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¦HMHMfpqg THE WÊÊKm RMS Ml RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 65 CENTS WWW.SHERBROOKERECORD.COM Wednesday, May 9, 2001 Lennoxville councillors reject mayors’ proposal By Daniel Huot Lennoxville Lennoxville town councillors refused to vote Monday night on a proposal to merge Lennoxville, Bromptonville, Fleurimont, Rock Forest, Ascot, Deauville, Saint-Élie-d'Orfbrd and the present dty of Sherbrooke.The plan, which excludes Waterville, was drafted by town mayors and presented to councillors from across the region during a meeting in Saint-Élie-d’Orfbrd last Friday.Lennoxville councillor Edward Henson said councillors were not given adequate time to express their views during Friday’s meeting.He said the mayors monopolized the discussions.“My view on the whole thing is that Madame Harel cannot give her OK to the eight municipalities without some kind of a thing from the mayors," Henson said.He handed a heated letter to journalists which outlined some of the beefs councillors have with the mayors’ proposal.The letter says the mayors and councillors sat down for the first time on Friday to examine the proposal.It also states that a portion of Lennoxville’s $250,000 surplus would go to the “New City working fund.” The letter claims that “mild threats were aimed at council members that asked certain questions.Threats like, we are in a democracy but if you don’t go along with this proposal then maybe PLEASE SEE MERGER PAGE 8 Handicapped man taken from home Officials needed handcuffs and restraints to remove resident By René Bruemmer Mansonville On March 17, Mary Hamelin left for a much-needed vacation to Cuba, paid for by her two sons in honour of her 74th birthday.She returned one week later to discover social workers had suddenly and unexpectedly removed two men she has cared for in her home for more than 20 years.It took two police officers, two ambulance drivers and one social worker three and a half hours to handcuff a terrified Andy, her severely autistic tenant of 29 years, strap him to a gurney and take him into the ambulance that would carry him to an institution.Please see handicapped Page 3 rH?t !! \Wf RENE BRUEMMER An autistic man who lived here for 29 years was unceremoniously removed.Working together to protect environment By Rita Legault teries is to the battle against heart disease.Environment Ministry and completed by Sherbrooke And prevention is the best medicine André Godin, the president of RAPPEL, The fight against the build up of sedi- for both a healthy environment and a an umbrella group of some 46 lakes and ment in lakes and rivers is as impor- healthy heart.river protection associations in the tant to protecting the environment That was the analogy made by Pierre- Townships, as preventing cholesterol from clogging ar- Hughes Boisvenu, regional director of the Please see environment Page f Canoe school is Our clear choice was easy as ABC! "windows lor your Highest rated system Energy glass Best warranty in the business 1215 Wellington St.S., Sherbrooke Portes et Fenêtres A .B .C • JCeeping you warm since 1991 — Marcel Brassard (•19)820-7299 „124c page 2 Wednesday, May 9, 2001 ¦ THE—¦ RECORD Time to put recreational path back on track Why is there nothing new with the Town of Brome Lake path?Within a short walk from the Town of Brome Lake town hall is a genuine public treasure which is in serious danger of being relegated to the Knowlton museum alongside the priceless World War One German Fokker.Due to its massive size a few pictures together with the town file would have to suffice.I’m referring to the old CP railroad bed that stretches along Brome Lake , from Douglass beach to Lakeside Rd and which forms part of the 9 km track sold by the province in 1989 to the Town of Brome Lake for $1.Ten years ago , 86 per cent of the citizens voted in a referendum to keep it along with the rest of the old track to Foster in order to build a linear recreation path.With the exception of a few public signs there has been little if any progress.The controversial section up to Trestle Cove has still to be leveled and graveled even though it would only require a few weeks of work.From there, two indispensable 100’ bridges would have to be built and finally, some more leveling and graveling to reach Lakeside Rd.A few days ago I took my first stroll on the old railroad bed and hit a few snags.When I reached the local boat and tennis club I noticed that it had been diverted back to Lakeside Road to make room for one of their tennis courts.When I found my way back to the tree-lined path there were times when I wasn’t quite sure if I was trespassing on private property , particularly where the adjoining land owners had performed some imaginative landscaping over and around the old track .By the time I reached the bridgeless- “Trestle Cove” and turned back I understood why the section could be so ideally suited for walking and bicycling.What with the superb views of the lake and natural landscaping it has all the potential of becoming the most exciting section of the entire recreational path.So why is that after so many years, the residents of the Town Brome Lake are still not able to make good use of their public treasure?After a stormy decade marked by two referendums and political skirmishes over the future of the path it appears that they have either lost much of their interest or patience in what could be one of the finest walking/bike paths, south-east of Montreal.Those who have given up all hope can find some consolation in remembering that the old CPR property is linked to a lot of history, money and politics.The strip of land which totals 2,378,689 square feet includes some very expensive lake frontage , and at $1 to $3 per square foot, is worth millions .The controversial land was acquired by CPR in the 1870s from some of the lakeside land owners of the day who believed that having a railroad linking Knowlton to Foster and Sutton would be in everyone’s best economic interests.After the rail service was discontinued in the mid 50s, CPR removed the trestles and tracks and sold the land to the province who in return sold it to the Town of Lac Brome .The fact that the old CPR property cuts a wide swath through some of the most prestigious estates in the Town of Brome Lake, better known as “Millionaire Row”, hasn’t exactly converted their owners into diehard supporters of the recreational path.Rather then see people jog or whiz by on bicycles through their backyards, they would naturally prefer to have the path bypass their properties via Lakeside road and, better still, buy back the old railway property.Proponents of the path, on the other hand, argue that the when the owners purchased their respective properties they knew very well that the old railroad bed was not included.Failing any substantial public pres- sure, don’t count on the councillors or mayor rocking the boat in the near future.It is highly unlikely that any of them would be willing to face the political wrath of those lakeside landowners who vigorously oppose the path.Perhaps this explains why so many residents of TBL believe that Michel Caliouri, a two-term councillor during the 90s and outspoken advocate of the path, lost his bid as mayor in 1995 .It is not as if the elected officials are against recreational trails.Last year, the TBL contributed generously to help construct a walking path within the village of Knowlton despite the complications of having to secure the right of way from a handful of landowners.Besides, who can forget how the mayor narrowly pushed through a resolution in favor of the controversial snowmobile trail which runs through West Brome, despite the protests of many of the ordinary folks living along the trail.Politics, opinions and misconceptions aside, there remains a number of other important issues that must be resolved.What sort of recreational path do the residents of TLB really want?Although there seems to be little disagreement that motorized vehicles must be banned some believe that it should be designed primarily for the town residents while others want a bicycle path linked to the provincial network .And then, of course, is the vital question of costs and how they should be paid.In a 1995 referendum, the citizens of Brome Lake voted 1218 to 830 against the adoption of a borrowing bylaw in the amount of $596,000.The amount was to help cover the projected costs to grade and gravel the entire 7 km section from Douglass Beach to Foster and build the 5 required bridges plus two floating docks and 14 vehicle barriers.What with municipal and police mergers just around the corner and the likelihood of rising taxes, any at- Henry R.Keyserlingk tempt to pass another borrowing bylaw would be political suicide .But one group of citizens is not about to give up.They are the volunteer members of the Community Services’ “walking path committee” who were instrumental in adding on the new but less sensitive section of the path, smack in the middle of Knowlton.A combination of factors account for their success, namely private and public grants, some hard labor and above all the cooperation of those generous land owners who granted them a right of way .According to Peter Wade, a long time member of the walking path committee, it is only a question of time before they tackle the touchy section, north of Douglass Beach.With scaled- down costs projections for the two bridges at Trestle Cove and their sights on more government grants and private donations they hope to entice the elected officials to get back on the track.And as to how they plan to deal with the adjoining landowners and their concerns - “Slowly but firmly and with a lot of tact.".comments : henryk@endirect,qc,ca TOWNSHIPPI RS’ BRIEF' Summer jobs for students f-j-fownshippers’ Association has a I summer job for a student as an JL Events Coordinator, helping organize Townshippers’ Day 2001 in Waterville, just south of Sherbrooke.The job is to start in May.This position and possibly up to three others are funded through the Summer Career Placement Program of Human Resources Development Canada.For details, call Townshippers’ Association at 566-5717 or toll-free at 1-866-566-5717.Weather Today: Variable cloudiness with 30 percent probability of showers.High near 22.Thursday: Sunny with cloudy periods.Low near 6.High near 22.Friday: Mostly cloudy with showers.Low near 9.High near 21.Probability of precipitation 70 percent.Saturday: Variable cloudiness.Low near 6.High near 16.Normals for the period.Low 4.High 16.Ben by Daniel Shelton T LOOK BEN! 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Wednesday, May 9, 2001 page 3 — THE ¦ Record ‘He was like a caged animal when he left’—Hamelin v->v > ¦- ¦- ii ¦ M ./ * : • î Si\ **» ¦ St >v> BC Sii / • &&&* l\\ «& RENÉ BRUEMMER mm S_ » Gordie enjoys sitting in the sun outside his home in Mansonville where he intends to stay.handicapped:- CONT’D FROM PAGE 1 John, a 23-year resident, was removed from his workplace at Knowlton Packaging, and taken to another location.After 34 years of caring for mentally handicapped residents, four of whom stayed in her Mansonville home for more than two decades each, Hamelin said she was shocked by the unceremonious and unjustified end to what up till then had been a successful career based on loving care.“He was like a caged animal when he left,” Hamelin said of Andy.“It was pitiful the way they did it.“If they had come and said ‘you’re getting old, it’s time to move them,’ I would have said okay .It was a matter of poor judgment on the part of social services.” Jasmin Audet, director of professional services at the Dixville centre for the mentally handicapped, said social workers had no choice after reports arose that the tenants were being left unattended at the home during Hamelin’s vacation.“Ultimately, our main concern is for the welfare of the tenants,” Audet said.“It is our responsibility to ensure they are safe, well-housed and cleaned and fed, and that was not the case at Mrs.Hamelin’s house that week.“These are not people that, if there is an incident or a fire, are capable of looking after themselves.” Audet said a first visit by social workers during Hamelin’s absence found the tenants unwashed, poorly fed and frightened.“The hygienic circumstances were unacceptable, and we decided something had to be done.” The two men were removed the next day.Gordie, a mildly handicapped resident of 20 years who is not under the jurisdiction of social services, refused to leave and is Hamelin’s only remaining tenant.Audet said the fact that Hamelin left without telling social services who would be taking care of her tenants was also a contributing factor.Hamelin counters that after 29 years of requesting respite care and being ignored, she figured contacting them was a waste of time.Hamelin’s son Fred and his girlfriend had been looking after the men, but would leave them alone for a few hours each day when their work schedules conflicted, Hamelin said.But Hamelin, a widow for the last 10 years, said she often left the men alone while she did her shopping, and social services probably realized it.She said her problems began after she complained about the actions of one of the social workers who visited her 140-acre homestead about a year before, and accuses the department of vengeful tactics.“I know it’s a hard job, but there’s two ways to do a job, and it’s not the way they did it.” After successfully caring for her borders for decades, she said she is well aware of how to look after her charges, as opposed to social workers “who get all their information out of books.You can’t learn this from a book - you have to live it.And you have to love it to do it.” Hamelin, white-haired, pleasant and energetic, questioned why social services decided to suddenly remove Andy after she was allowed to care for him for almost 30 years.Unable to speak and deathly afraid of institutions after being removed from the Douglas Hospital in Montreal at the age of 16, Hamelin said she could get Andy into a car, but he would never venture out.On their regular dinner outings, Hamelin and her other tenants would go into the restaurant, and bring food out to the car for Andy.It took her three years to teach him to hang laundry, and three years as well to wean him off the five drugs he was taking daily “that turned him into a zombie.” In return, Hamelin was paid about $500 a month per tenant.“As long as he was fed and bathed, he was happy.He was really, really happy here,” she said.“He would go out to the orchard by himself all day, and I’d just rap on the window when it was time for his meal.” When he first came to her house, he would writhe on the ground, kick and bite his own arms when upset.Only she and her family members were able to care for him, Hamelin said.She remains furious at the way in which he was removed from her house.Her son asked the social worker to wait for Hamelin’s re turn so that Andy wouldn’t have to be restrained, but he was ignored.Asked later by a social worker if she used violence to discipline him, Hamelin responded “Yeah, he’s 6-foot-three and 10 times stronger than me -1 imagine I did it with violence.I did it with love.” She hasn’t seen him or John - they all refer to her as Mom - since they were removed.Audet said previous checkups at the Hamelin home all occurred during her presence, and admitted the house and tenants were well cared for.But the latest absence, and Hamelin’s attitude that the men could be left alone, were unacceptable under the terms of the contract, he said.After a few days of adjustment, he said Andy, 44, is doing well at his present institution, although he will still take time to adapt.Audet said Andy will probably benefit from increased mental and physical stimulation in a better-equipped facility.He’s already been taught to collect wood, feed certain animals and interact with a few people, Audet said.He conceded that it was an unfortunate way to break ties with a long-term caregiver, but said the first concern of his department is the welfare of their clients.For Hamelin, it’s a discouraging end to a career that has shaped her life.Saying she’s too old to fight, her problems only came to light after her friend and longtime neighbour contacted the Record.“You know, you do it for so many years, you get nothing in the way of thanks or congratulations, you just get thrown out.It just makes you feel horrible.” Three out of eight towns reject mayors’ proposal By Daniel Huot Rock Forest, Ascot and Lennoxville councils are not backing up a notice of motion that would favour eight municipalities merging.The proposal was drafted by the mayors of the eight of the municipal regional council of Sherbrooke’s municipalities as an alternative to one presented by mediator Pierre Gauthier.He is expected to submit merger recommendations to Municipal Affairs Minister Louise Harel in the near future.The mayors’ proposal’s distinguishing feature was that it did not include Water-ville.It was first presented to councillors during a meeting in Saint-Élie-d’Orford last Friday.Sherbrooke, Ascot, Lennoxville, Bromp-tonville, Fleurimont, Rock Forest, Deauville and Saint-Élie-d’Orford would merge to form one city under the mayors’ alterna- tive.Rock Forest Mayor Benoit Charland said council’s decision didn’t come as a surprise.“Too many questions remain unanswered,” said Charland.“Will taxes go up?What happens to hockey clubs and chambers of commerce?We don’t have any answers.” Charland said mayors shouldn’t be branded as sheep who will pass any resolutions.Rock Forest’s representatives are dissatisfied with the way the mediator cut out the electoral map, he said, adding the town will only have one electoral district, making voting powers disproportionate when compared with a town like Waterville.Ascot mayor Robert Pouliot said he believes Waterville should be included in the merged dty.Pouliot added he is equally dissatisfied with the way the mediator is planning to cut electoral districts.Saint-Élie-d’Orford Mayor Richard Gin-gras said his council unanimously ap- proved the mayors’ merger motion, adding the town’s councillors respect Waterville’s desire to join the MRC of Coaticook.“People must remember that the five municipalities who are for the motion represent 75 to 85 per cent of the MRC’s population,” said Gingras.“It’s not because three or four municipalities don’t accept it that we’re going to discard all the work we’ve done to date.” Fleurimont’s council unanimously approved the mayors’ proposal, said Mayor Francis Gagnon.He said councillors felt the alternative gave more balanced electoral representation than Gauthier’s pro- posals, adding they also respected Waterville’s resolution to get out of the MRC of Sherbrooke.In Deauville the count was 4-2 in favour of the mayors’ alternative.Results from Bromptonville and Sherbrooke were not available at press time.Organizers of Music Fest 2001 to benefit the Children’s Wish Foundation (June 2nd & 3rd, Ayer’s Cliff Fairgrounds) are looking for help with the event: ~ Donations of items for silent auction ~ Financial contributions ~ Dollar store items for children’s game prizes (various ages) ~ Volunteers for the children’s games if you would like to help, please call (819) 823-2009.Website: www.themusicfe8t.org page 4 Wednesday, May 9, 2001 Record It’s Canada Census day on Tuesday, May 15, and your participation will help shape Canada’s future, including the future of Townshippers.We hope you count yourself in.Several questions are of particular interest to English speakers in Quebec, as a linguistic minority.For example, only one question about language appears on both the short form filled out by 80 per cent of households and the long form filled out by everyone else.On the short form, it is Question 7, and on the long form it is Question 16.It asks “What is the language that this person first learned at home in childhood and still understands?” The three response choices are “English,” “French,” and “Other (specify).” This question is critical.The federal government uses this information to decide whether and where services should be offered in both official languages.The provincial government uses it as a basis for the application of legislation in the areas of health and social services, language, municipal mergers, and so on.If the answer is “English,” the person Count yourself in Keeping In Touch Townshippers’ Association is counted as one English speaker.If “French,” the person is counted as one Francophone.If it is “Other,” this person is not counted as either an Anglophone or a Francophone.It is important that English speakers identify themselves as such.It could affect our future.Please take part in this important exercise.Summer jobs for students We invite university and CEGEP students to apply for several stimulating and varied summer positions.Funding for one job has already been confirmed, and funding for up to three others is pending through the Summer Career Placement Program of Human Resources Development Canada.The position now open is that of events coordinator, to assist the volunteer committee in Waterville in organizing Townshippers’ Day 2001.This includes preparing a critical path and progress reports, identifying activities requiring special attention, helping organize publicity, booths and logistics as CAREER DIRECTOR OF NURSING ¦ EMERGENCY DEPT.& DIRECTOR OF NURSING - MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH North Country Hospital is expanding the nursing leadership positions and has two immediate openings for Directors of Nursing.The management team reports to the VP of Nursing and currently consists of a MedSurg/ICU DON and Surgical Services DON.The position requires a BSN with a Masters in Nursing or affiliated field preferred, the ability to attain a Vermont RN license, and certification in area of specialty preferred.Previous demonstrated nursing leadership required.Responsibility includes budgeting, clinical oversight, and reviewing and revising standards of practice and care as needed.Role also includes the planning for a new/renovated unit, and defining policies and procedures that ensure the highest standards of care for patients of all ages.Expected will be both clinical competence and effective leadership skills.NCH is an 80-bed, state of the art acute care rural hospital located in the beautiful, four-season Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.Excellent benefits and compensation.To apply, send resume and reference list to: Barbara Niznik, Director of Human Resources, North Country Hospital, 18 Prouty Drive, Newport, Vermont 05855.(802) 334-3218; Fax (802) 334-3510; E-mail: bniznik@nchsi.org For a complete listing of open positions, please visit our web site at: www.nchsi.org .North Country Hospital & Health Center, Inc.Dartmouth-Hitchcock Alliance well as activities for adults, young people and children.Pending are positions for two membership animators and one youth animator.“People per-—— sons” are needed for all these roles.The membership animators would arrange information and membership displays at local summer events throughout the region.One would be based in Cowansville, the other would be based in Sherbrooke.Access to transportation is a must.The youth animator would assist the coordinator of Townshippers’ “Building Bridges for Youth” project.This initiative provides social, creative and informational group activities for English-speaking young people Richmond and Brome Lake.These positions pay $7/hour.Applicants must have been a full-time student in the Winter 2001 term, and be enrolled full-time in the September 2001 term.Send résumés by May 15 to Rachel Garber, Assistant Executive Director, Townshippers’ Association.Fax: (819) 566-0271; e-mail: ta@township-pers.qc.ca.CONTACT US! Remember that May 21 is the deadline to purchase tickets for the Outstanding Townshippers Banquet and Dance on June 8.Contact either of our offices or get your tickets at Tri-Us, 3 Belvidere, Lennoxville; Brome Lake Books at the Mill Pond Plaza, 264 Knowl-ton Road; or the Waterville Town Hall, 170 Principale.Brief Townshippers’ Day Booth forms available egistration forms are now available for community groups and .individuals wishing to rent booths to offer information or sell food or crafts at Townshippers’ Day 2001.Space is limited, so the early bird gets the worm! Reservations are made on a first-come, first-serve basis.This year’s Townshippers’ Day is planned for Sept.15 in Waterville, just south of Sherbrooke.Employers, employment and educational services in the “Townshippers at Work” area, as well as community organizations offering information, pay just $10/day for a booth.Artisans wishing to sell crafts must be from the historical Eastern Townships, and all items should be made in the Townships.The booth fee for artisans is $35.Local community groups wanting to sell food as a fund-raising activity are also invited to register for a booth.They are asked to donate 10 per cent of the day’s sales to help defray costs.See contact information above.CAREEF * NURSES Are you looking for a new opportunity?Are you looking for 12-hour shifts?Do you like working where everyone is on a first name basis?If yes, call us to discuss working at North Country Hospital.Immediate openings in nursing • Full-time Nursing Shift Coordinator - combination of 8 and 12 hour shifts.Serves as the administrative representative after hours.Clinical skills required.• Full-time RNs for the Intensive Care Unit.Prefer previous ICU/CCU experience.• Full-time and part-time RNs for the Emergency Department.Previous experience preferred.• Full-time LPNs for the Med Surg Unit.• Oncology RN.• Per Diem RNs and LPNs for all departments and all shifts.Excellent benefits.Salary reflects experience.References requested.Please send letter of interest and resume to: Barbara Niznik, Director of Human Resources; North Country Hospital; 189 Prouty drive, Newport, Vermont 05855; (802) 334-3218; Fax: (802) 334-3510.For a complete listing of open positions, please visit our web site at: www.nchsi.org JSfoRTH Country Hospital & Health Center, Inc.Dartmouth-Hitchcock Alliance 0210 05-09-01 A Wednesday, May 9, 2001 page 5 — THE» Record Stanstead supermarket would destroy esthetics: Citizens Members of historical society say Provigo is ‘more than just a building’ By Nelson Afonso Stanstead Following months of speculation about the possible opening of a Provigo-owned large surface store in Stanstead, city council was scheduled to hear from a company representative at its monthly meeting Monday.However, councillors and citizens were disappointed with the lack of details they got.Loblaw-owned Provigo hopes to open a 17,000 square foot store as close to the city centre as possible.While the company has looked at a few sites in town, the municipal council and Stanstead residents believe a store of that size would take away from the town centre’s beauty.At the monthly council meeting Monday, the Stanstead Historical Society warned that the city should study this situation very carefully before allowing the grocery-store giant into Stanstead.“This is more than just a building,” announced the Society’s Monique Nadeau Saumier while holding a book rating Stanstead as one of Quebec’s most beautiful villages to punctuate her point.The book, Villages pittoresques du Québec (1996), is written by Yves Laframboise.“We are talking about traffic, noise and parking,” she added.Citizens are worried about the possible increase in car traffic that a bigger grocery store will evidently bring.Citizens from neighboring towns are also expected to flock to the potential new store.Many in attendance believed that this extra activity on Dufferin Street would not be beneficial to the overall quality of the street.Mayor Monique Pépin assured people in attendance that no decision on the store’s location would be made without the council’s approval, although Provigo favors a site on Dufferin Street.“Eventually, any plans for a store on Dufferin Street or anywhere else will have to be sent to the city council for approval,” said Pépin.City councillor Matthew Farfan was adamant about the danger of such big commercial projects in this town.“It would destroy the character of our small town,” said Farfan.Mayor Pépin expressed hope that the two parties could reach an agreement on the eventual site very soon.If they can reach an agreement with the city, Provigo plans to begin construction of the grocery store in late August or early September leading the way to a December 2001 opening.Presently, the town’s biggest store is about 9,000 square feet.No decision on Drummondville school until fall: MEQ_ By Stephen McDougall Special to The record Drummondville Possible government help for the Drummondville Elementary School, which is facing municipal fines of $1,000 a day starting in August for using two mobile classroom modules, may come too late according to an education official in Sherbrooke.Réjean Duremleau, in charge of school buildings and grounds in the Eastern Townships for the MEQ said any decision to help the school get more permanent classroom space will not be made before September.“Even if the department does decide to help the school, no construction will be started before 2002,” he said.“We’ve had over 150 requests for building improvements this past school year and not all of them can be granted because of a limited budget.Some projects have had to wait up to 10 years.” The school rented the modules last summer because of a growing student population and limited space at its building on Chabanel St.But the City of Drummondville gave the school permission to use the modules for only one year.They argued the modules were unsightly for a residential neighbourhood and feared the school would use them indefinitely.Margaret Faulks, chairman of the Eastern Townships School Board, said the city threatened Drummondville Elementary with fines of $1,000 per day if the modules were still in place after July 31.Duremleau said his department was not aware of the difficulty the school faced.He said his office was not told of the board’s request for more space until yesterday when contacted by The Record.He verified that the ETSB had made their requests to the Education department’s offices in Quebec City starting in September of last year.But added that no one from Quebec had notified him.“We would have been aware of the situation sooner if the board had sent the request directly to our office in Sherbrooke,” he said.But he added the school board was not being punished for sending their request to a different office.He said because of the backlog of requests by other schools in Quebec, it was doubtful the ETSB’s requests would have been processed any sooner.“A lot of these requests have to be studied on their merits,” he said.“Besides, those requests amount to over $200 million, and we only have about $50 million to work with this year.” Duremleau said the government can grant the board subsidies to pay for the cost of the modules, but can’t do anything about municipal fines.“If it gets to that point, the only thing I can see the board doing is appealing to the education minister directly,” he said.Faulks could not be reached for comment at press time.Dry, warm weather in May Meteorologists at MeteoMedia and The Weather Channel are predicting a drier and warmer than usual month of May.Head meteorologist Nicholas Major says the jet stream is presently further north than usual, allowing warm air from the southern US to make its way into Canada.That has provided most of the country with summer like conditions ahead of schedule.MeteoMedia spokeswoman Claudia Palucci said that after an interminable winter, most Canadians, are welcoming the warm, sunny weather with open arms.In Quebec MeteoMedia is predicting above average temperatures for western parts of the province, while more easterly regions like the Gaspé will experience closer to normal temperatures.Those western areas, including the Townships, will continue to have well below normal precipitation for the month of May, while eastern parts of the province will have closer to average rainfalls.All that dry weather has forest fire watchers on the alert.As of Tuesday there were 27 forest fires in Quebec, making a total of 230 this year.That’s well over double the average of 112 by May 8.: : -He PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL Sherbrooke firefighters hurried up to Haskell Hill Road, yesterday afternoon, to extinguish a brush fire along a fence.Though a pleasant chore on a sunny afternoon, it is one that must not be neglectedin this warm, dry weather.Yves Robert Advertising Consultant Tel.: Ô19-569-9525 Fax: Ô19-Ô21-3179 email: sherbrookerecord@Videotron.ca Advertise in our Career Section Many Record readers expect to change employment within the next year.Shouldn’t your ad be in The Record’s Career Section?For reservations or further information, please call rëcœd 569-9525 page 6 Wednesday, May 9, 2001 ¦ ¦¦¦THEM» RECORD Community Forum Letters to the editor Actor learned valuable lessons in play Dear Editor, In the Record on Thursday May 3 there was a letter about the Alexander Galt High School play, ‘Dark of the Moon’.The author says that it was a disservice to the young people in the play, such as myself, to perform this play.This person is very wrong.The play is both evocative and provocative, contrary to what the author has implied.It brings forward the issue of religious intolerance by trying to show that Christianity is not necessarily perfect and people of different faiths are not all bad.The author of this letter didn’t properly understand the play since she is obviously under the impression that it sends the message that all Christians are bad.Even though I am Christian, I see no problem in the text of the play, but I think that if the author of the letter is so naive as to say all Christians are perfect, she needs a serious reality check.As to the comment about doing a disservice to the ‘talented and energetic young adults,’ this is totally bogus.We actors worked for four months to produce this play and we learned many valuable lessons such as dedication and teamwork.Because this is not an easy play to perform under any circumstances, it required a lot of hard work.The author of this letter is in the wrong and should realize her error.I suggest that before she continues to pass judgment she should look at the whole picture.Thomas Rowell (Conjur Man in ‘Dark of the Moon) Lennoxville Play blew me away Dear Editor, I recently attended the play Dark of the Moon at Alexander Galt and found myself blown away.The cast, crew and everyone else involved were sublime.As a former Galt drama student myself I know how much work goes into a production like this, and I feel the last thing that these young actors and actresses need is unfair criticism.It’s essential for the community to understand exactly what the word “play” means: To take on the role of.to act.to have fun.and most important, hard work.If you were lucky enough to attend this year’s sold out “controversial” performance, then I hope you were among those who understood that it was not meant to be a personal attack on the Christian faith, and that it was exactly what it was supposed to be; artistic expression which asks questions, provokes thought and takes you on an emotional journey showing both good and bad, light and dark, joy and sorrow and finally redemption and salvation.Congratulations on a job well done! David Hopps Magog Quebec has no monopoly on bad politics Viewpoint Don Healy Quebecers have good reason to get upset when they see their hard-earned tax dollars spent on Silent potties for cabinet ministers and chauffeur-driven Jaguars for the head honcho of the SAQ but before we think we have a _________ monopoly on bad political judgement, we ought to look west.Not that far west, either.Stockwell Day is getting all the attention he deserves these days, so let’s ignore him for the moment.This look is just into Ontario.It appears that Ontario welfare recipients are about to be upgraded.If the Mike Harris government does what it says it will, anyone expecting financial assistance through the province’s welfare program will have to qualify in two ways.He (or she) will have to be either free of addiction to alcohol or drugs or agree to become so through rehabilitation.At the same time, recipients will have to be literate - able to pass a test in reading, writing and basic mathematics - as determined by an Ontario government test.All who fail will be sent back to school or ruled out of luck.This may strike the Harris government as a stroke of genius, but it seems to me that it raises some serious questions about the wisdom, never mind the passion, of the Ontario administration.The first question it raises is whether the government really insists that those on welfare be better educated than a goodly chunk of the population at large.If the frequently-made adults are technically illiterate is at all accurate, it doesn’t take a stretch of the imagination to suggest that a great many will fail should they ever need the sort of financial help that welfare schemes are designed to provide._____ If skills in basic mathematics are to tested, one has to wonder how many people gainfully employed now would pass the test should they ever need to write it.Take for example a cashier who relies on the cash register to figure out how much change is due, or taxes applicable, in thousands of transactions every day, but never has to figure out either.This doesn’t call for what one might call higher math, but if anyone thinks the average cashier can do it hasn’t tried paying for anything during a power failure.From where I sit, it looks as if the Harris government has its priorities exactly backwards.Instead of requiring people to prove themselves competent in order to get help, would it not make more sense to deny the help to those with the skills, and probably employable, than to those without?Isn’t welfare intended, ultimately, for those who actually cannot provide for themselves?If the Harris government’s goal is to reduce the number of people living off the system, all well and good.But it should cut those who abuse the system - the employable but unemployed by choice - not those who have no choice but to use it.As I see it, Quebecers don’t have exclusive rights to bad politics and claim that a great many Canadian the Ontario government proves it.letters recently, 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groups, citizens, businesses and municipalities across Quebec, is organizing a public event, that will take place in Montreal on Friday, May 11 at noon, under the theme ‘mega city-mega mess’.On this occasion, the Coalition will call on the Quebec Government to cancel the application of Bill 170, the much-contested law forcing municipalities to merge into a new megacity without consultations and against their own will.The majority of Quebec citizens are in fact against Bill 170 and want to preserve their respective cities.At the same time, many municipalities across the island of Montreal and a number elsewhere in Quebec have asked the Superior Court to invalidate Billl70.The proceedings begin on May 22, 2001, when 18 municipalities from the Island of Montreal will be heard.All Quebec citizens and organizations against forced municipal mergers are invited to join the event.Participants will leave from Lafontaine Park and will join others to march in the streets of Montreal and gather on Rene-Levesque Boulevard at noon in front of the Hydro-Quebec building.Participants who wish to attend with a vehicle need to contact the organizers to fill out a participation form.Telephone: (514) 393-9981.E-mail: HYPERLINK “ mailto :antifu sion2001 @yahoo .com” antifusion2001@yahoo.com.The citizens who filled town hall Monday night wanted to know how this proposal was being accepted at the regional and provincial levels, but the town council couldn’t tell them much.The only news that mayor Gerald Boudreau and the council had for the town’s people was that the new proposal for the MRC of Sherbrooke floating around town halls throughout the region no longer in-cludes Waterville.He also noted, however, that this in no way reflects the position of the provincial government’s appointed mediator Fierre Gauthier, whose job it is to formulate a final proposal for the MRC of Sherbrooke, and who is likely to stick to the original proposal which includes Waterville.Monday night, at the same time as Waterville’s town meeting, several municipal councils to be included in the MRC of Sherbrooke presented a motion for the merger which excludes the municipality of Waterville.Last Saturday, the Sherbrooke MRC’s prefect Clément Neault told La Tribune that Louise Harel’s press secretary had said she would seriously consider the option of a Sherbrooke merger without Waterville, on the condition it received massive support from the other communities.“Unanimity, that’s what she wanted,” Waterville mayor Gerald Boudreau explained yesterday.It turned out, however, that the Lennoxville, Rock Forest and Ascot town councils were not in agreement with the merger plan, and, according to Waterville’s director general Kimball Smith, Rock Forest was the only one of the three that supported Waterville’s wish to be excluded from the plan through a separate motion.Smith said the town was trying to meet with Ascot mayor Robert Pouliot, to find out why he wasn’t in favour of Waterville’s exclusion.Pouliot was invited to the town meeting Monday night in Waterville but he didn’t show up.When the separate motion regarding Waterville’s exclusion was presented to the Lennoxville town council Monday night, nobody on council moved to support it.Still, Smith is optimistic.“Just with Sherbrooke, Fleurimont and Rock Forest backing us, that sends a pretty clear message to [PQ minister of municipal affairs] Louise Harel.” Mayor Boudreau said the town will have to wait until between June 15 and 20 to see whether Harel will still accept the proposal for Waterville to be excluded from the MRC of Sherbrooke.At the meeting, Waterville citizens Angel Morin and Judith Koritar submitted the final list of 759 signatures on a petition they had circulated in town to garner public support for the move to join the MRC of Coaticook.“At the first meeting about the merger, most of the townspeople said they wanted to go to Coaticook.We thought, what can we do?” Koritar explained, when asked why she circulated the petition.“[The petition] showed the council what the people want.” Koritar and Morin explained why Waterville citizens would prefer a merger with Coaticook over one with Sherbrooke—the two towns share many cultural and historical characteristics.Joining Sherbrooke, they explained, would mean they would have weaker lines of communication as a rural vote in an urban setting.When tilings seem hardest to understand.At the Elkas Funeral Home, respect and reassurance motivate everything we do.Steve Elkas, his son Stephan and their team of qualified professionals take your well-being to heart, making themselves available 24 hours a day with sound advice and an attentive ear.I This family business has earned a solid reputation for providing families with a serene and comforting atmosphere through 25 years of compassionate service.The Elkas Funeral Home is a proud and caring member of the Eastern Townships family.the important thing is to feel understood.STEVE 1 ; [ L K (1S FUNERAL HOME 'CREMATION • TRADITIONAL FUNERALS • FUNERAL PR E A RR AN G E.MENTS 6CS-i-du Conseil (corner of 7’1, Avenue) Sherbrooke, Quebec (81 9) 565-1 155 A petition was submitted bearing the signatures of 759 residents of Waterville favouring a merger with Coaticook MRC page 8 Wednesday, May 9, 2001 | ¦THE» RECORD Better to prevent problems than clean them up after Environment: CONT’D FROM PAGE 1 The Environment Ministry and le Regroupement des associations pour la protection de l’environnement des lacs et des cours d’eau de l’Estrie et du haut bassin de la rivière St-François have teamed up to limit the soil erosion that is choking local lakes and rivers.Yesterday the two got together with Transport Quebec officials to promote recent efforts to control erosion and to encourage others to join the battle to prevent the build up of sediment in waterways.In 1996, the environment and transport ministries co-operated with RAPPEL on a program called the Lower Third Method to prevent sediment from accumulating in ditches and running off into lakes and rivers during routine maintenance.Rather than digging up ditches during routine maintenance, Transport Quebec crews only dig up the bottom third, leaving the vegetation on the upper two thirds.“Not only does that prevent erosion, it also cuts down on costs,” said Transport Quebec spokesman Jean-Claude Lacroix, adding that the Lower Third Method also significantly reduced dam- Merger: CONT’D FROM PAGE 1 (Minister) Harel will decree a fusion with Waterville or worse still a Ville unique.” The statement goes on to say that the mayors of the MRC “consider that they are the only competent elected officials from any of the municipalities in question.” , Councillor William Smith said he couldn’t support the mayors’ proposal.“The citizens of the town elected me.Close to 90 per cent of the ones I’ve talked to are against it.” said Smith.“Being elected, I have to represent them.” Smith added he doesn’t believe the town’s bilingual status is safe.“I don’t think the town’s bilingual status would be safe in any kind of a merger,” he said.“The bilingual status is very important.” He also said many of the town's investments will be lost, such as the one at the Mont-Joye ski station.Councillor Danielle St-Vincent said she doesn’t like the proposal either.She said Lennoxville has never been a suburb and is a town that would be losing a lot.Mayor Doug MacAulay said he wasn't surprised by council’s position.-RAPPEL R“'i * ' ' , PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL Andrée N.Aloir, who produced a video on preventing the destruction of waterways, said construction is the source of most sediment which end up in lakes and rivers.il Ü* TtijiiT' ages paid out to property owners from fences, telephone poles and strips of “My comment to the mayors was that I would support the exclusion of Waterville because they already expressed their desire to do so,” he said.“They expressed democratically what they wanted to do and I would support that.” The mayor added that keeping Waterville in the municipal regional council of Sherbrooke under mediator Pierre Gauthier’s proposal would harm the democratic process.“Waterville has requested a resolution by council to go to the MRC (of Coaticook).The second reason is that Gauthier’s proposal throws the electoral districts out of whack.” MacAulay said the mayors hoped Gauthier’s recommendations would be trashed by Municipal Affairs Minister Louise Harel if the mayors came up with an alternative that excluded Waterville.“Waterville has been excluded for a long time and we’re all aware of it,” said MacAulay.“Nobody’s been jumping on the boat and council hasn’t been saying publicly, ‘we’ve got to keep Waterville in.’ That was never said publicly by any member of council." He said the merger was unavoidable in the end, adding mediator Pierre Gauthier will hand his recommendations to Harel in the near future.MacAulay said he hopes he’ll be able to speak with the minister later this week in Mont-Trem-blant during the meeting of the Union des municipalités du Québec.land slipping into ditches due to the instability created by soil erosion.“It’s not only ecological, it’s economical too,” he said.Lacroix said the program, which has been spread throughout the Townships and Quebec, reduces the cost of ditch maintenance by 20 per cent, takes less time and creates 30 to 60 per cent less landfill to get rid off.An early convert, Lacroix recently presented the environmentally-friendly and cost-saving ditch maintenance program at a national convention of the Transportation Association of Canada in October where the Lower Third Method was recognized among seven environmental achievements.Lacroix, who was the first to implement the method in the Richmond area, said the innovation was greeted with much interest particularly from transport engineers in Ontario and New Brunswick, two provinces which have similar roadways and terrain.After coming up with the innovative method of clearing ditches to limit erosion, RAPPEL is now promoting regulations to force construction companies to control the run-off of sediment from construction sites.Such legislation already exists in at least 19 American states, Godin pointed out.With some help from Télé-Québec, regional water protection associations have produced a video entitled “Maudits Sédiments” which describes the ecological damage created by erosion, construction work, and fields left barren.The video is being distributed to municipal councils to encourage them to set up bylaws to control erosion as part of construction permit regulations.Andrée N.Aloir, who produced the video, said construction is the source of most sediment which end up in lakes and rivers.Aloir said the sediment chokes the lakes and destroys spawning grounds by killing off small fish they feed off and covering the areas where they lay their eggs.She added that herbicides, pesticides and other chemicals transported into lakes and rivers by sediment increase the production of aquatic plants, robbing waterways of oxygen.The accumulation of sand and soil in riverbeds is also a major cause of flooding and suspended sediment in lakes which serve as reservoirs causes increases in the cost of treating drinking water.Aloir said a variety of simple and inexpensive steps can be taken to avoid erosion at construction sites and help preserve lakes and rivers.Maudits Sédiments is also being distributed through the Quebec association of home builders (APCHQ) to encourage contractor to control sediments by showing them the damage they can wreck on the environment.Boisvenu said that simply informing contractors they are affecting the environment can have the desired effect.He said an Environment Ministry education program with Domtar to sensitize forestry subcontractors to the erosion problems they were creating in private forests led to an 80 per cent reduction in the number of complaints received by regional environmental inspectors.Boisvenu and Godin pointed out that prevention was far better than treatment.“Prevention is always a good idea,” Godin points out.“It’s far better to control the accumulation of sediment, just like there’s no point in performing repeated bypass surgery if patients won’t follow their diet,” Boisvenu added before hailing the partnership between the two ministries and lake protection groups as an excellent model of co-operation between government and environmental groups.“Today’s ecologists have to become part of the solution, rather than simply brining up problems,” he said, adding that his ministry will continue to support such initiatives.“The Environment Ministry won’t be a doer, but we will be a big helper.” ¦¦THE Mu Record Wednesday, May 9, 2001 page 9 Community Briefs Cultural Resources Directory for Coaticook MRC: Last call for entries The Cultural Advisory Committee of the Coaticook Township Municipality (MRC) is still updating its Cultural Resources Directory.We already know many of these resources, but we now call upon you to intensify the search to find either “discreet” or recently settled-in artists within the MRC.In the weeks to come, you will see posters inviting those “still unknown” cultural resources to come forward.Do not hesitate to register or to urge the persons or groups you know, to do so.Who or what is a cultural resource?It could be a person, a group or a constituted body, who works as an artist, a master craftsman or someone who promotes arts and culture in any given field.In the directory, those fields are identified as Master Craftsmanship, Visual Arts, Letters, Heritage, Communications, Stage Production and Performers, Cultural Activities, Culture oriented bodies, and related liberal professions such as: Architecture, Fashion Design, Proof-reading, Graphic Arts, Translation, etc.The directory is an instrument, to be used both locally and beyond, that contributes to the recognition of cultural resources within the MRC.It is meant to be an easy-to-use medium that provides information to anyone who has specific needs such as: research on artistic productions, project drafting, organization of cultural demonstrations, etc.The publishing of the directory is set for September 2001 and its content will eventually be available on a Web site.If you are one of those resources or you know someone, whose co-ordinates should appear in the directory, you are invited to contact by phone (849-7014) or by e-mail (mcarbon-neau@cldmrccoaticook.qc.ca) the Local Development Center (CLD), as soon as possible.More information will then be given and a registration form will be forwarded to you.-Michèle Lavoie Internet and computer workshop in English The “Fondation de la Bibliothèque Memphrémagog Inc.” is offering a Beginners’ Workshop for the English-speaking community.This activity will take place at the Bibliothèque Municipale Memphrémagog situated at 61, Merry St.North.Computer Workshop on Wednesday, May 30 from 6:30 p.m.to 9:30 p.m.Please note that these workshops are offered to all residents of the MRC of Memphrémagog.You must preregis- ter at the circulation desk at the library.No reservations will be accepted by phone.For further information about the workshops, please contact us at 843-1330.Campaign for electrical beds at Foyer Sutton The campaign for electricals beds at Foyer Sutton has been completed with success.A trust has recently donated an important sum of money to the Foyer Sutton.A resident of Sutton, Ron Frizzle also co-ordinator of the trust, gave the cheque to Angèle Thibault, director of Foyer Sutton in the presence of Michel Asselin, general manager of CLSC and CHSLD of la Pommeraie.This donation is intended for the purchase of electric beds for the residents of Foyer Sutton.This is the culminating point of months of efforts for the fundraising campaign led by Marcel Chouinard and John Gendron under the presidency of Darlene Milti-more.In the Sutton region an exceptional number of citizens have contributed to the fundraising campaign and with this last donation the Foyer will have all the electric beds it needs.These beds provide great comfort to the residents and will assist them in being more self-sufficient while alleviating the task of the employees allowing them to devote more time to other tasks.-JacquesJobin Heenan Blaikie celebrates growth, office expansion Heenan Blaikie, one of Canada’s leading law firms, celebrated the expansion of its offices in Sherbrooke last week in the presence of several well known personalities.With 11 lawyers in Sherbrooke, Heenan Blaikie is on target with its objectives for this office.“We wanted to make sure we took the time to thank our clients who, by placing their trust in us, made it possible for us to grow into the leading full-service law firm in the Eastern Townships,” said Ralph Farley.Heenan Blaikie has had offices in Sherbrooke since 1997.The firm continues to serve clients in a wide-range of business sectors, from manufacturing to research, and including the region’s most important learning and health institutions.“We have always considered Sherbrooke to be at the heart of an important economic area and we wanted to be part of that activity,” said Hubert Pépin.Established in Montreal in 1973, Heenan Blaikie has grown into one of Canada’s preeminent law firms with offices in Montreal, Quebec, Trois-Rivières, Sherbrooke, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver and Kelowna, as well as an affiliate office in Beverly Hills.With near 300 lawyers, Heenan Blaikie has the strength to respond to the needs of its clients, offering innovative, value-added counsel that is cost-effective.With expertise in many jurisdictions, the firm provides seamless, results-oriented legal services.Volunteer of the year gets keys to town The town of Waterloo honored its community-minded citizens at the “Volunteer of the Year” ceremony held in the council chambers of City Hall April 25 with about 160 persons in attendance.Twenty-two people received certificates presented by Mayor Paul Masse for their service.Different organizations ranging from the Volunteer Center to the many sports and cultural groups, submitted the name of candi- dates to town councillor Lucie Frechette who, along with the town council, selected the volunteer of the year.Much to his surprise, Euclide Raci-cot of the Centre d’ action Benevole was chosen for his remarkable fundraising work for Centraide to the tune of $2,000 in door-to-door solicitations.Racicot also provides transportation to people who need to travel for medical services, he delivers hot food for “Meals on Wheels” , visits elderly persons in private, as well as nursing homes, and takes care of the many important extra needs they have to make life a little more 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page 10 Wednesday, May 9, 2001 ¦ THEM Record Our School V Page Eastern Townships Learning Centre School’s activities bloom with arrival of spring Galt on Review provided forum for students' endeavors Spring is here and the flowers are starting to bloom.This can only mean one thing: summer is not far behind.On April 11, the Learning Center took part in the annual Galt on Review.Students and staff worked very hard for weeks to prepare for an exhibition of our outings and presentations that have taken place over the year.Group 1 proudly displayed their work done in Science Interest class.We had baked goods prepared by our students, as well as a variety of garden plants.The Art class prepared a paper mache exhibit from the dinosaur era, while the woodwork shop was also open for parents to see all the projects made by the students.Additionally, a group of girls did a dance show of some modern country dancing.In April we were also fortunate to have a group of people from the women’s centre featuring a theatrical presentation called Bad Attitudes.The production, aimed at educating students about sexual harassment, was followed by a question and answer period.The presentations were very realistic in nature, and they met the expected goal of sensitizing the students as to what is considered sexual harassment.Our students involved in the cooperative education program will end their stage at the end of May.This has been a very successful program, mainly due to the efforts of the employers supporting us in training our students in becoming responsible workers.We would like to take this opportunity to express our thanks for their contribution and hope they will continue helping us in the years to come.This month will be our annual end of year trip.The destination hasn’t been decided yet, but we have narrowed it down to two choices.We’ll tell you more about it in our next article.$ Students from the Learning Centre participated in the annual Galt on Review by displaying a variety of garden plants and baked goods among its many other exhibits.The Learning Center is privileged enough to have a teacher who on his free time enjoys climbing, and on occasion takes students to the indoor climbing wall at the Learning Centre.Josianne overcame her fear of heights and is currently enjoying the sport., ¦y§g(l i ' ' PHOTOS .In metal workshop, Sarah and Kandy show off their skilb forming a wine rack which is one of the many projects the students have completed this year. Wednesday, May 9, 2001 page 11 ________ Record Ensure your family has a safe summer at the cottage By Fire Chief Don Warden President, Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs For many Canadians, springtime brings a return to leisurely getaways at the cottage.But getting the place ready for another season requires a fair amount of work.The most important item on your “to-do” list should be a safety check of your property.Cottages may be further from emergency services, including fire departments, than your home is,so it’s important to prevent accidents from happening.Be sure to check safety equipment such as smoke alarms and fire extinguishers.Replace the batteries in your smoke alarms at the beginning of the season, and check the pressure on the fire extinguishers.Clean smoke alarms of dust that may have accumulated over the winter, and if you think your smoke alarms are more than nine years old, they should be replaced entirely.- Be extra cautious when using cit-ronella candles, barbecues, campfires, and when burning leaves or smoking outdoors around dry grass.- In addition to each level of the cottage, consider installing smoke alarms in boathouses and garages.- Store gasoline and old paint cans carefully.Cottage owners should also be aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide poi- soning-a deadly poisonous, odourless gas produced as a by-product of burning fuels such as natural gas, propane, heating oil, charcoal, gasoline or wood.Cottage appliances - such as oil or propane furnaces, generators, clothes dryers and lawn mowers - may produce carbon monoxide if they are not functioning properly, and have not been maintained regularly by qualified technicians.Be sure to have your appliances inspected annually for cracks, corrosion, or leaks and have your chimney cleaned regularly to clear blockages.Of course, many Canadian families take their “cottages” on the road with them - in mobile homes and camper trailers.Most of these units power their appliances by propane, and like natural gas appliances, these devices can create a potential danger of carbon monoxide if they aren’t burning fuel properly, or aren’t properly vented.A carbon monoxide detector should be installed in every mobile home or trailer.Several companies, like First Alert, manufacture combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms that, for the relatively low cost, will provide years of additional peaceof-mind for you and your family.Make your summer a safe and happy one for your family, by taking a few extra moments now to ensure that your safety is looked after for the coming season.B R1 F1 Members give green light to Caisse merger Caisse Populaire Desjardins Saint-Patrice de Magog and Caisse Populaire de Magog Est to become one At special general meetings held May 2, the members of the Caisse populaire Desjardins Saint-Patrice de Magog and of the Caisse populaire de Magog Est accepted the merger project submitted by their board of directors.On Sept.30 2001, this new caisse 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822-0763.035 For Rent $K| For Rent COMMERCIAL - 365 sq.ft., available now, $360.615 sq.ft., for July 1, $575.Heat included.On King St.West, Sherbrooke.(819) 564-0152.LENNOXVILLE - 5 1/2, heated and hot water included.Call (819) 563-1326 or 571-2065.LENNOXVILLE James Street.2 1/2, 3 1/2, heated, hot water.No pets.Call (819) 565-7692.LENNOXVILLE -Large and luxurious 3 1/2, available immediately, washer-dryer outlet, on first floor, $415./month.Call (819) 829-0050.——— 040 Wanted To Fient liiüiiiliiü«iliiil-———— APARTMENT WANTED: A Dog (quiet and obedient) and his Owner (responsible professional) seeking new residence in a 4-1/2 or 5-1/2 room apartment in a 2 or 4 unit building.Must be spacious and clean, heating and.hot water included - no more than $500 per month.Preference for hardwood floors and ceramic tiles, good parking, proximity to woodland or park, in an area covered by Videotron high-speed cable Internet service.Needed for June 1.Call (819) 829-5772, please leave message if necessary.OK por Rent 640 Wanted To Rent UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR looking for house to rent.Call (819) 562-6950.100 j Job Opportunities (p£Org£Vill£ Auberge Georgeville currently has positions open, full and part time, for experienced evening WAITRESSES/ WAITERS Call Steven Beyrouty tor more information: (819) 843-8683 COOKS HELPER, part-time, wanted at Motel La Paysanne, 42 Queen St., Lennoxville, (819) 569-5585.100 job Opportunities ANGLOFUN requires camp staff for 8 weeks: Counsellors, cooks, cook’s helpers and kitchen staff.Lodging available on site (near Eastman).Call (450) 297-3717, fax (450) 297-3374, email: anglofun@interlinx.q c.ca.SOUS CHEF required, permanent, full-time, excellent remuneration.Cooks, permanent and seasonal positions available.Night Desk Clerk, permanent, full and part-time.Send C.V.to Jeff Stafford to fax (819) 838-5541 or mail to Ripplecove Inn, Ayer’s Cliff, Que., JOB 1C0.140 Professional Services WEBSITES Website Development by Northern-Crown WebCom: web design, graphic design, web programming, digital photography, domain registration (.ca, .com, .net, .org) and web hosting, professional content creation, translation, online research, consulting, project planning, long-term management, site overhauls, all-in-one packages.Superior quality, highly competitive pricing, and innovative web solutions.Visit our website at www.northern-crown.com, email us anytime at i nf o @ no rthern-crown.com, or call (819) 829-5772.Fortify your future.Find a deal on a plumber or a plum of a deal in the Classifieds (819) 569-9525 (450) 242-1188 145Ms»*msSeivces LENNOXVILLE PLUMBING.Domestic repairs and water refiners.Call Norman Walker at (819) 563-1491.160 Muse HONOLULU MAGI MUSIC, 201 King St.East, Sherbrooke, (819) 562-7840.Sales, trade-in, rental, repairs, teaching of all musical instruments.Full warranty since 1937.Visa, Mastercard and lay-away plan accepted.Honolulu Orchestra for all kinds of entertainment.190 Cars For Sale 1991 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT GL, metallic blue, fully loaded, remote start, automatic, 142,000 km., alloy wheels, 4 cylinder, 2.0 litre, 16 valves.Extra clean.Original paint.$5,500.Call (819) 572-1218.215 Boats 1980 J24 SAILBOAT, complete: sails, 2 motors, sailed on Lake Champlain, good condition and clean, with trailer and dinghy.Call Alan (450) 534-1616 from 9 a.m.to 5 p.m.LARSON BOAT, inboard, 17 1/2 ft., OMC 3.8 GM motor, propeller redone like new.1 Organ with bench.Call (819) 562-9201.FIRST TIME IN QUEBEC European Style Apartments 3-1/2 - 4-1/2 - 5-1/2 Completely renovated Market price Lennoxville 819-823-5336 _______________________401563 245 Video Repairs 295 Articles Wanted 346 Garage Sales LENNOXVILLE Organizers of Music VIDEO REPAIR Fest 2001 (June 2 Centre - For all your electronic service needs: T.V., stereo, VCR, microwave.175 Queen, Lennoxville (inside Club Video), (819) 346-8882.To sell or buy, consult our Classified ads.290 Articles For Sale MAG WHEELS: 2 sets for all 2000 and under Volkswagens, 4 bolt wheel pattern (4x100 mm), both sets with 195/60-14 All Seasons, 1998-99 models, in excellent condition.$550 each set.(819) 572-1218.NIGRA CEDARS -Decorative hedges, in pots, 36” to 42”.Also cultivated cedars for hedges, 4 to 5 1/2 feet.Information: (819) 564-3299.URGENT! BUYING ANTIQUES and estates, old dishes and furniture, and miscellaneous.Paying cash.Call (819) 842-3939.YAKIMA ROOF RACK with 2 bike carriers, complete with locks, fits on all SUV, Van, Wagon with factory rack, like new, value of $500., price: $325.Automaxi roof rack fits on most cars, no accessories, bars only, $100.(819) 572-1218.||95 Articles Wanted MANURE SPREADER in good working order.Call (819) 875-3636.and 3, Ayer's Cliff Fairgrounds), to benefit the Children's Wish Foundation, are looking for help with the event: donations of items for the silent auction, financial contributions, volunteers for children's games, Dollar Store items for children’s game prizes (various ages).If you would like to help, please call (819) 823-2009.Website: www.themusicfest.or 9- 330 Pets FRONTIER ANIMAL SOCIETY: Mia, 3 year old beautiful female Black Lab mix, sweet, loving and property trained and best friend Doogie, 4 year old male Yellow Lab mix with great personality, to be place together if possible, Rachel (819) 843- (819) 843-3237.All animals are spayed or neutered and vaccinated.BIRCHTON Birchton U.C.W Garage (including some antiques) and Sale of Home Baking, Birchton Hall, Chute Road, off Route 210, on Saturday, May 12, 8 a.m.to noon.LENNOXVILLE Moving Sale, Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m.to 6 p.m., and every weekend until June 24, at 329 Queen, Lennoxville.Antiques, art, furniture, musical equipment, etc.345 Flea Markets BROMPTONVILLE Opening May 12 and 13, Marche aux Puces Brompton.For table rentals, call Brigitte at (819) 846-3063.395 Home Improvement LIQUIDATION Steve’s Carpets.Commercial carpet .48 sq.ft.Linoleum starting at .78 sq.ft.Residential carpet starting at .88 sq.ft.Unbeatable prices in the store.11 Queen, Lennoxville, (819) 566-7974.Looking for someone to work for you or are you seeking employment yourself?Try The Record classified section and get results! % (819) 569-9525 (450) 242-1188 2222.Tazz, 3 year old small 15 lb.male or for Schnauzer and Terrier mix, Brenda Record Wednesday, May 9, 2001 page 19 Lennoxville Women’s Institute meeting Members of Lennoxville Women’s Institute met at Uplands for their April meeting.Irene Harrison presided and brought the meeting to order at 1:30 p.m., with the repetition of the Collect and the Salute to the Rag.Your Birthday Wednesday, May 9,2001 Keep current with all of the new knowledge required in your line of work and advancement in your chosen field of endeavor is very likely in the year ahead.More money goes along with the climb.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Subdue any tendencies today to spend money like it is going out of style, no matter how badly you want something.If you’re not careful, you’ll be broke come the weekend.Taurus, treat yourself to a birthday gift.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Patting yourself on the back about a decision you have made might be a bit premature.Things could quickly reverse themselves, and you may have to retract your judgment call.CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You might spend more time today rationalizing as to why your tasks or responsibilities can be put off until another day than it would take to do them.It’ll be a big waste The Motto for the month’s theme of “Environment” was “April Showers bring May flowers.” The Roll Call, “Bring a small plant, bulbs, or seeds, for another member to nurture” was answered by the nine members, with an interesting vari- of time.LEO (July 23-Aug.22) — Wishful thinking might temporarily insulate you from the truth today, but sooner or later you’ll have to face reality.By delaying it you’ll only make things harder on yourself.VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) — Unfortunately, those you may be trying to influence today will be the very ones who could hurt you instead of help you.Be cognizant of the worth of individuals before getting involved.UBRA (Sept.23-Oct.23) — It’s best to check other sources for accuracy about something you hear today before sharing the information with associates.Faulty facts could be detrimental to anybody who acts on them.SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) - Where money is concerned today, if things aren’t handled properly, someone might lose out in the process.Consider everyone it might effect before making a transaction.SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) -Doing what is most expedient as opposed to that which is the most essential will ety of items.The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, after one correction.In business arising from the minutes, plans were discussed and finalized about have a way of backfiring on you.It could cause more work than doing what is right in the first place.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) — There’s a strong chance this might not be one of your better days for getting everyone to handle their share of the work load.You could end up chafing at the bit and doing them all yourself.AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) — Chances are that taking a gamble on longshots will let you down today.You might enjoy the action momentarily, but you’ll be toying with a thin-skinned bubble ready to burst.PISCES (Feb.20-March 20) — Looking or talking down to friends and cohorts today could lead to a rude awakening.Someone will come along who know how to cut you down to size.Don’t be uppity.ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Sometimes you can get away with buttering up another in order to get what you want, but today all that blarney will simply annoy people instead of flattering them.CROSSWORD our May meeting, which will be held at the Wales Home apartment of Roberta Macmillan.Also, from the previous meeting, copies of the F.W.I.C.discussion paper on “Revitalization” had been distributed to all members, for study, and their replies were summarized by Gwen Parker and the form will be completed and returned to headquarters by April 30th.The treasurer’s report showed a satisfactory balance.Correspondence included a letter from the Town of Lennoxville with information regarding the annual Volunteer Day reception.Communication Quebec information and leaflets on “Dishonest Renovators,” and a letter from Missisquoi County W.I.with information on the cookbooks they are selling.Due to the length of the discussion on the F.W.I.C.questionaire, no conveners’ reports were given and no urgent new business was on the agenda.Items regarding the Q.W.I.convention in May will be finalized at our May meeting.There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned on motion by May Povey.To bring a busy afternoon to a close, members enjoyed refreshments served by Gwen Parker and Phyllis Worster, assisted by Alice Planidin.Phyllis Worster ACROSS 32 1 Heating apparatus 33 6 Injure 35 10 Bard’s river 39 14 Nuclei 41 15 Opera highlight 43 16 Mexican bread?44 17 Representative 46 18 Kennel sounds 47 19 Builder’s map 49 20 Nonsense 51 22 Appling of baseball 54 23 Split 56 24 Swellings 57 26 Dreaded African fly 63 30 Some art 64 Tuesday’s Puzzle Solved C O M B s M O G N A s A L O V A L P O K E A L 0 N E B E L A ! 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