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THE RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 65 CENTS WWW.SHERBROOKERECORD.COM Monday, June 11, 2001 Climber falls to death in Orford Park A sunny day of climbing at Pic du Corbeau in Mount Orford Park was darkened by tragedy Saturday when a young Granby man fell 15 metres to his death.Alexandre Adam, 21, was rappelling down the cliff when something happened causing him to fell almost 50 feet.Memphremagog Regional Police spokesman Yves Denis said Adam died on impact.Adam came to the cliff to climb with two other young men and a young woman from Granby, but Denis said none of the other climbers were roped to Adam at the time of the fell.Denis said the police are unsure whether equipment failure or human error caused the fell.“A police enquiry will attempt to determine the cause of the accident.” he said.The Pic du Corbeau, just off route 112, is a popular spot for rock climbers.It is the only designated climbing area in Mount Orford Park.The last available year for statistics was 1997, when the Alpine Association of Canada reported 500 rappelling accidents across the country.That same year, only 10 mountaineering deaths were reported in Canada.Its A Dog Eat Dog World mm DAVID ANDERSON/SPEOAL The Anderson’s dog Sasha nibbles on kibble that likely contains meat and bone meal from a rendering plant.The meal may contain recycled family pets, an additive that so grossed out animal lovers the industry instituted a voluntary ban on man’s.best friend and roadkill being incorporated into animal feed in Quebec.But that new taboo has caused a whole other gruesome dilemma: How do you safely dispose of tonnes of dead dogs, cats and roadkill every week?Please see story Page 8.' .,v ¦ •vl % ?nC w Terrible Tragedy PERKY BEATUN/5PEUA1 A horrijying weekend accident at a campsite near Scotstown has left five teens dead and the driver of the vehicle, the only one to escape from the car that entombed five others, facing criminal charges.Dead are: Sebastien Poulin, 17, of Nantes; Steve Gravel, 18, of Nantes; Carl Benoit, 18, of Milan; Marie-France Morin, 16, of Milan; and Patricia Strauss, 15, from Montreal.See story page 5 page 2 Monday, June 11, 2001 ¦¦THE»» RECORD Most of the experts and all of the wives tell us that generally men are not nearly as communicative as women are.They don’t express what they’re feeling, and that tends to shut out their friends and loved ones.These people need to know what we’re feeling so they can share our good times and help us through the bad.Now, I know their intentions are good, and it would be very nice to have that kind of relationship, but it might be impossible.I don’t express Touchy about feel-ly North of Forty Red Green loto-québec 649 01 14 23 Bonus number: Draw 2001-06-09 25 30 41 43 pri'Mjg' QZ 14 16 Bonus number: Draw 2001-06-09 26 28 31 19 6/6 5/6+ 5/6 4/6 3/6 WINNERS 0 3 43 1,820 29,277 Total sales: $ 622,150.50 Mille PUj Printin' Draw + *^r 2001-06-09 oz 21 33 49 WINNERS 130 PRIZE $ 76.92 •Only 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blooming.Think how much worse it would be if instead it all came together at the age of say, 85.Imagine being an experienced, savvy, athletic, wise octogenarian at the height of your sexual prowess and having an embarrassment of riches and not nearly enough time to spend them.Not to mention the difficulty you’d have getting a date.Like I said, nature is pretty smart.WAITING FOR THE GUFF In my life I’ve taken a fair bit of guff from my siblings and my friends and neighbors and my bosses and especially from my wife.But I’m not complaining.We all need guff.And to prove it, here’s a list of bad things that would happen to you if you weren’t taking guff from people who care: • You’d be wearing those orange pants you bought at the thrift shop.• You’d be riding a moped.• You’d have a mullet haircut.• You’d do karaoke.• You’d have a Zamboni in your driveway.• You’d be in the backyard without a shirt on.• You’d run for political office.BREATHING IN PANTS To show our support for a concert by our local men’s glee club, my wife had bought front-row tickets, which were neither expensive nor rare.As I sat there looking up at this group of middle-aged men doing five- and six-part harmony, some of it on purpose, it came to my attention that we need some improvement in the area of trouser design.Most of these men on stage had waistbands that were rolling over from the burden of a 50-year-old stomach.These are not the bodies of young men.They can’t be clothed with the pants of young men.A young man’s stomach is flat like a farmer’s field and can be contained with a waistband.It’s like a fence.A middle-aged man’s stomach is round and curling like the waves on the ocean.A fence is not going to do it.He needs a retaining wall with a weave that’s light and flexible and strong enough to do the job.If there are any men’s pant designers out there, I’m just going to say one word — titanium.QUOTE OF THE DAY “When things go badly I feel cheated, and when they go well I feel unworthy.I love it best when nothing happens.” - Red Green Red Green is the star of “The Red Green Show,” a television series seen IN THE U.S.ON PBS AND IN CANADA ON the CBC Network, and the author of “The Red Green Book” and “Red Green Talks Cars: A Love Story.” Briefs Two drug raids seize more than 300 plants, leave four in custody Richmond Four Richmond residents are in custody following two separate police raids in that municipality on Thursday.A joint effort by the QPF, Richmond municipal police and the Sherbrooke detachment of the RCMP uncovered 277 marijuana plants at two locations.Police first seized 220 plants at a home on Quinn St., where they also arrested a 42-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman.The second raid, on Main street, enabled police to discover 57 more plants.A 20-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were arrested there.The four were later released with a summons to appear in court at a later date to face charges of producing marijuana.Weather Today: Increasing cloudiness in the morning followed by showers beginning by midday.High near 22.Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with chance of showers.Low near 13.High near 23.Probability of precipitation 30 per cent.Ben by Daniel Shelton f PlPNT YOU JUST Pmptv wimd orrvf .I'LL PICK THEM UP AGAIN TOMORROW EMPTY TOUR POCKETS?THERES NOTHING IN „_____HERE/ * .i put -rjr ¦nVMVR ' IS .WORRIES Monday, June 11, 2001 page 3 — THE — RECORD Peter Quilliams acclaimed new Townshippers’ prez By Rita Legault Hatley Township Townshippers’ Association is heading into a new year with healthy finances, membership at its highest level in years, and a new plan to concentrate its energies on what it believes is most important to the English-speaking community of the Eastern Townships.Over the past year new president Peter Quilliams, absent because he was vacationing in the Alps, presided over a strategic planning committee which determined the anglo-rights groups was spreading itself too thinly.“We have to say no sometimes,” commented outgoing president Heather Keith-Ryan, adding that the association doesn’t have the resources to be all things to all people.“School boards are doing a good job and we should be less of an accent on things they and other groups like school boards and Emploi-Quebec are already doing,” she said, adding that Townshippers should be pushing others to fulfill their own mandates.“We have to do things that take less energy for us and shame institutions into doing the things they should be doing.” With the help of Richard Walling and Jennifer Johnson of Quebec’s City’s Holland Center, the committee reviewed priorities and decided to focus on a smaller number of clear objectives such as developing a greater knowledge of the community through a demographic study.“The community is aging, but do we PERRY BEATON/SPEOAL * -J \ P ; % * 4 Outstanding Townshippers Evelyn Lewis, Douglas Smith, Aline Visser and Dr.James Ross were feted during annual general meeting of Townshippers' Association.know the stats?” Keith-Ryan said, adding that the association needs to be better informed in order to clarify their objectives, support their demand, and argue their points more effectively.The association, which has changed its calendar, held its first-ever spring annual general meeting on Friday evening at Montjoye.The main reason for the season switch was to ensure the presi- dent and board were ready to set priorities and fear up for application deadlines for program funding in the fall, explained executive director Erin Mallory.Treasurer Ralph Farley, who commented that core funding has stabilized, suggested the association increase membership and seek new and more varied sources of financing to be less reliant on the federal government for project funding.Keith-Ryan said the lion’s share of funding, which comes from the government, must be "fought for again and again.“You always have to renegotiate those babies,” she said, adding that governments and their priorities change.Keith-Ryan suggested additional funding could come from the provincial government - if it adopts the same attitude and many of the recommendations of the estates-general of the French language.“To listen to (commission chairman Gérald) Larose, they might even start funding us,” she said.The longtime anglo activist, who just completed her second term as president of Townshippers, repeated her unexpected and unabashed enthusiasm for the estates-general process which she said has shown more openness towards the English community than she could have dared hope for.She was also enthusiastic about the creation and solidification of the Quebec Community Groups Network, an organization of English-speaking regional associations and cultural groups which established headquarters in Quebec City over the past year.“It’s really interesting to put these parts of the English community togeth- / m «fop x: ¦ y ;:-x:x PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL .-.A'-yy ;¦ ’y: Friendly Faces Everyone wore a happy face at Friendship Day in Lennoxville Saturday.For the full story, see Tuesday's Lennoxville Link.COURTESY TOWNSHPPERS' ASSSOC ¦Jff • Peter Quilliams takes over reins.er and see how we can help each other fulfill our mandates,” she commented.“Getting that going was really exciting.” Along with Quilliams, who was acclaimed in absentia, the association elected seven new members from various corners of the Townships.They are Brenda Bailey of Ulverton, Richard Callan of Sawyerville, Sonia Enright of Sutton, Alice Gunhouse of St-Ignace de Stanbridge, Albert Haller of West Brome, Steve Kelly of Waterloo and Suzanne Lloyd of Rock Forest.Sticking around for another mandate are Quilliams, new vice-president Heather Bowman, past presidents Keith-Ryan and Gary Richards, past secretary Dewey Durell, past treasurer Ralph Farley, as well as directors Kim Bailey, Eric Clark, Caroline Kehne, Myrna MacDonald Lowry, Tara Robertson, Stuart Robinson, Ursula Ruf, Marion Standish, Gloria Welsh and Peter Whitcomb.The association had to say goodbye to a handful of longtime members including Jane Loiselle, David Leng, Bill Jewett, John Buck, who completed three two-year terms and had to resign from the Board.A few others resigned over the past year including Gil Gilbert, Jacqueline Hyman, Sheila Quinn, and Doug Robinson.After dealing with the business of the association, members participated in the annual Spring Fling dinner and dance.During the evening, the association presented its Outstanding Town-shippers Awards to Dr.James Ross, Evelyn Lewis, Douglas Smith and Aline Visser.w 1 In our JUNE 6-19, 2001 Future Shop Flyer the following error occurred: • On page 19, the Sony 61” V-Series Projection Television model 61S75, SKU 04301175 was incorrectly advertised.This model is an S-Series not a V-Series television, and does not come with a built-in screen saver.We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our valued customers. page 4 Monday, June 11, 2001 — TH E RECORD Recommendations won’t see light of day: Tyler By Stephen McDougall Special to the Record Montreal Most of the recommendations made by the Estates General commission on the French language will never see the light of day because of bureaucratic resistance and constitutional limitations, an English-rights lawyer said Friday.“It was a useless exercise that will largely be ignored by the government,” said Brent Tyler.“Most of the suggestions require a constitution of an independent Quebec, the other suggestions would jeopardize government jobs, so that’s not going to happen.” The commission, headed by hardline separatist Gerald Larose, has been studying the future of the French language in Quebec for the past seven months.Last week, it recommended that four language watchdog bodies be terminated, that Quebec create its own official citizenship and French be recognized as the common language in the Quebec Charter of Rights or in an eventual Quebec constitution.Other recommendations call for constitutional protection for Quebec anglophones, the use of administrative tribunals to settle language disputes and having municipalities administer the French predominance provisions of Bill 101 on commercial signs.Tyler said the use of administrative tribunals would cause more hassles for people trying to fight for their language rights by imposing another layer of procedure to an already arduous legal process.“If you want to fight to have your child put in an English school, this means another delay and more costs and many more parents would become discouraged,” he said.“Besides, many of the present tribunals have been attacked by the Quebec bar for not being neutral when it comes to government policies.In some cases, they’ve been compared to star chambers that restrict public access and give little or no right to appeal.” He added that having municipalities issue permits for commercial signs would add more costs for cities and towns and could put them on thin constitutional ice.“If you look at the present Canadian constitution when it comes to freedom of expression, municipalities don’t have the right impose local rules and regulations on signs.And many of them wouldn’t want to have that responsibility anyway.” As for the closing down of four language offices, Tyler argued the result- ing loss of hundreds of government jobs would be too much for the Quebec government.“The civil servants would have some words with the Premier on that one,” he said.“Language hardliners that support this government would see it as a betrayal.” What is most unrealistic about the proposals, he said, was the assumption that Quebec would ever get the right to create its own citizenship or draft a constitution while still being a part of Canada.“It sounds to me that these proposals could only work if Quebec were given a very special status or became independent.That is something most Canadians and Quebecers have said they don’t want.” .Tyler, who has been tackling English rights cases in Quebec for the past decade, said most language disputes will still be settled in the courts and not by government bureaucrats.On June 14, he will present arguments before the Quebec Court of Appeals in Montreal concerning the Lyon and the Walrus sign case.The Knowlton boutique owners have argued they have the right to post bilingual signs on their store and Tyler has fought their case for the past four years.RECORD FILES - ¦ 9 Brent Tyler believes most of the recommendations made by the Estates General commission will never see the light of day.“If we win our case, then most of the recommendations made by Larose and his commissioners will not be needed because Bill 101 will be pruned down to a size we can live with.” Magnola owner gets two Mercures awards Quebec Chamber of Commerce dishes out hardware to Asbestos company By Stephen McDougall Special to The Record Asbestos Noranda Inc, the majority owner of Magnola Metallurgy, won two Mercures business awards last week at a Quebec Chamber of Commerce Awards ceremony in Montreal.Their first award in the New Investment category was won for Noranda’s $720 million investment in Magnola, which transforms asbestos waste tail- ings into magnesium.“Noranda’s investment generated significant direct and indirect economic benefits for the (Eastern Townships) region, while respecting its commitment to protecting the environment,” read a press statement issued by Noranda.The Asbestos plant started producing the light, durable metal at the start of the year.Noranda expects the plant to supply 15 percent of the world demand for magnesium when it is in full production.Noranda’s other award, in the Energy Efficiency category, was won for its Horne smelter in Rouyn-Noranda.Noranda said it has saved $2 million and reduce expenditures by $500,000 annually in its consumption of electricity and natural gas.S M illioiJ aAoH CmaA'ia^s Uve.serious frolc */e>\s oJitf reJrAi**>lU.Alût-e./VAJA-elA.or5 Literacy Foundation Psychiatric evaluation ordered for Granby kidnapper By Maurice Crossfield child and taken him to her nearby apart- The woman who allegedly kidnapped a six-year-old boy in Granby has been ordered held pending the outcome of a psychiatric evaluation.Jeanne Labreque, 44, appeared in a Granby courtroom Friday where she was charged with abduction, kidnapping and assault causing bodily harm to the child.Crown Prosecutor Pierre Gibeau then asked Quebec Superior court judge Paul Marcel Bellavance to have a psychiatric evaluation done on Labreque to see if she is fit to stand trial.Labreque’s lawyer, Michel Barbant, did not object.Labreque was then sent to the Bowen site of the Centre Universitaire de la Santé de l’Estrie in Sherbrooke.She will appear in court in Granby on Thursday, June 14, at which time a Quebec Court judge will decide if she can be tried for the crimes.Wednesday evening the boy had been playing in the parking lot of the Court Street Medical Clinic, while his mother waited and watched from inside.At a moment when she wasn’t looking Labreque is said to have grabbed the ment.Some 15 police officers scoured the neighborhood throughout the night, but were unable to find the boy.Thursday morning the search continued, with postal workers and volunteers joining in the search.During the evening the Granby Police had received phone calls reporting a woman in the neighborhood who was dressed strangely and acting bizarre.Granby Police chief Richard Dufresne told reporters that nearly 100 calls were fielded by the police, and it took time to verify them all.Finally, a neighbor of Labreque’s called, saying he had heard a child crying in her apartment through the night.At about 1:30 p.m.Thursday police entered the Avenue du Parc apartment and h eed the boy.Labreque was strapped to a gurney and taken to hospital.The boy, who suffered bruises to the face and body and was also in shock, was taken to the Granby Hospital as well.He was later released back into his mother’s care. Monday, June 11, 2001 page 5 ¦ them Record Five teens drown in quarry near Scotstown Driver is expected to appear in court today By Daniel Huot Scotstown Friends, relatives and sympathizers gathered in shock and disbelief around the quarry lake at the outskirts of Scotstown where five teenagers drowned on Saturday night.The red GTI vehicle in which they were occupants plunged from a height of four metres into the lake shortly before 1 a.m.Quebec Police Force spokesman Serge Dubord said the 21-year-old driver of the car, who survived the accident, is being held and is expected to appear in court this morning to face charges related to the incident.Visible signs of braking could not be seen in the sunlight yesterday where the accident occurred.A trail of red paint seemed to indicate the sports vehicle progressively headed towards the cliff before it fell into the crystal-blue water and settled at a depth of eight metres.The edge of the dirt road, which has no lighting around it, gave the illusion it forked at the cliff.Dubord said the teens apparently jumped into the vehicle to drive to another location at the site to meet other campers.Sébastien Poulin, 17, from Nantes; Steve Gravel, 18, from Nantes; Carle Benoit, 18, from Milan; Marie-France Morin, 16, from Milan; and Patricia Strauss, 15, from Montreal are all dead.The sixth passenger, the driver, managed to escape from the vehicle.“A nearby witness jumped into the lake and helped the driver get out of the water,” said Dubord.“It appears the driver managed to get out of the vehicle before being pulled out.” He was rushed to the CHUS Hospital to be treated for hypothermia.Police took a standard-procedure blood sample to determine whether he was driving under the influence of alcohol.The driver was at QPF headquarters yesterday with witnesses to answer police questions.Dubord said the car was equipped with five seat belts for the six people.“They were partying over there,” said Dubord.“They drank some alcohol and lit a camp fire before the driver took a left turn.” The QPF and its diving team, Scot-stown’s volunteer firefighters and police from the Municipal Regional Council of Haut-Saint-François conducted the rescue work.“The first thing we did was establish a security perimeter,” said Alain McDonald, Scotstown’s fire chief.“There was a bit of hysteria there.Then we set up a lighting system near the scene of the accident.We yelled to see if anybody in the water would respond so that we could throw them a buoy.We soon realized that the diving team would have to do its work." Four of the five bodies were found inside the vehicle.One of the passengers was found floating in the water.The vehicle, which reportedly could be seen as a red dot from the top of the cliff, was finally lifted out between 10 and 11 a.m.yesterday morning.It was towed to Sherbrooke.The GTTs front window was smashed and an empty hole was all that remained of the rear one.The red vehicle was bumpy, but not unrecognizably deformed.The quarry off Dell Road is a popular recreation area according to some local and out-of-town residents.People have been visiting the 79-acre lot for years despite the “No Trespassing” sign guarding the property’s entrance.The remains of camp fires could be seen all around the lake.François Blais came to the quarry to find out if any relatives had perished in the accident.He knew the names of some of the occupants.“When I was younger, I used to swim in the lake,” he said, adding that he even went on a scuba diving excursion in the quarry.Blais said he swam in the water when he was 15.He’s now 28 years old.One man looked at the red paint, which police used to cover the tracks, leading towards the 4-metre cliff and yelled: “This is so stupid." Onlookers were pressing journalists for details once rescue workers had left.Seventeen-year-old Liza Roy took a final look at the drop where her classmate and friend Marie-France Morin met her fate.The Stornoway resident said they had come to know each other well at the Polyvalente Montignac over the years.“I was freaking when I learned about this,” she said.“I still don’t realize what’s happened.” She said the passengers were good friends.They apparently were in the habit of partying together on the weekends.“I don’t know if they were campers though,” said Roy.“I don’t know what the mood is like among my school friends right now.Tomorrow (Monday) everybody’s going to be freaking out in school.I’m sure.” Police had originally thought there were four dead passengers in the vehicle.Shortly afterwards, relatives of Montreal-native Patricia Strauss told police they were worried she might be among the dead.They were sadly right.She is reported to have been a girlfriend of one of the boys’.The coroner’s office has been informed of the tragedy.The owner of the property where the accident occurred could not be reached by press time.** ' PERKY BEATON/SPECIAL The GTI’s front window was smashed and an empty hole was all that remained of the rear one, but the general condition of the car belied the tragedy that occurred.COUNTRY 5 p-W- ' For more information or to register early please call (819) 823-7167 .rr "Walk A Mile In My Shoes' 2nd Annual Walkathon for the Multiple Sclerosis Branch 2000 (bilingual services) *AII contributions will remain in the Eastern Townships JUNE 16th, 2001, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.at the Ayer's Cliff Agricultural Fairgrounds GREAT PRIZES ve AUUS •*' r \ In collaboration with: n*Aureal » ] i Jessie Aulis, M.S.Spokesperson, CFLX-FM 95,5, The Record invites you to page 6 Monday, June il, 2001 RECORD Community Forum Editorial Paper’s role is to report on community institutions In recent weeks, The Record has been lambasted for reporting on legal matters and dissension within the Anglican Church.Well sorry about that, folks.The church is at the heart of the community, and in the case of our aging and dwindling English-speaking community, it is one of the last rocks for people to anchor themselves.It’s a safe harbour for those who feel all that’s precious is being washed away around them.So when the waves get high, and the boat starts to rock, it’s this paper’s job to report on the storm.Which is not to say we are insensitive to the subject.The church, regardless of denomination, represents what is good and right; it provides hope; it’s there for the baptisms, for the mar- riages and for the burials.It touches people where they live.It is understandably sacrosanct and beyond reproach to many.Some have even suggested it is ‘blasphemous and sinful’ for this newspaper to report on dissension within the church.(Reminds me of the time my grandmother threatened me with hell’s fires when I challenged St.Paul’s perception of women.) Like it or not, the Anglican Church is in the midst of a controversy.And when controversies arise as they often do, the same people who dutifully worship and look to the church for spiritual guidance, want to be reassured.They want answers to their questions.They want their sense of ownership in the church reaffirmed.Letter to the Editor Sister, hold that thought! Dear Editor, * As this debate has raged on within and without the Anglican Diocese, the irate letter by our dear Sister Liew has tipped the scales in the wrong direction.Sister, give us a break! Of course you are angry and frustrated, but don’t take it out on the Sherbrooke Record and its faithful readers.Your emotions are misguided.The Record is not the guilty party here.You should not be withholding your subscription to this valuable anglophone institution just because it failed to get your Anglican terminology straight.Even for the initiated, the terms can be confusing and, by your own admission, easily confused.Who knows the difference between a canon, a dean, a venerable, a vestry, a deacon, a deanery, an archdeanery, a warden, a rector, a rectory, a feast, a patronal feast, a canon law, a canon lawyer, a mitre, a mite, a very venerable, a grace, m’lord, an aube, a chancel, an incumbent, a priest, a parish, a parishoner, an Anglican, and a true Anglican?If you want to appeal to people emotionally, appeal to your Bishop and to your fellow co-Anglicans in Drummondville to stop their squabbling.Appeal to them to bring this scandal on the WHOLE church to a close.Begin a campaign of prayer and public appeal to all concerned to seek forgiveness and reconciliation with one another.That would be helpful! But don’t fire off an Anglican Canon at the Sherbrooke Record whose staff might not know the difference between a Presbyterian elder and an Anglican people’s warden.Give us a break, or better still, Lord have mercy.J.Ross H.Davidson Thetford Mines, Qc.P.0.Bo* 1200 SheArookeJlH 516 or 1195 Galt E„ SberbrookeJIG 1Ï7 Fax:819-569-3945 e-mail: newsroom® sherbrookem-orclcom Website: ww.sherbrookerecord.com Randy Kinnear Publisher .(819)569-9511 Sharon McCully Editor .(819) 5696345 Jamie Zachary Corresp.Editor .(819) 569-6345 Richard Lessard Prod.Mgr.(819) 5699931 Serge Gagnon Chief Pressman .(819) 569-9931 Francine Thibault Prod.Superv.(819) 5694856 DEPARTMENTS Accounting .(819)5699511 Advertising.(819)5699525 Circulation.(819)5699528 Newsroom .(819)5696345 Knowlton office 88 Lakeside, Knowlton.Quebec, JOE 1V0 Tel: (450) 242-1188 Fax: (450) 243-5155 MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS GST PST TOTAL Canada: 1 year 114.40 8.01 9.18 $131.59 6 MONTHS 59.00 4.13 4.73 S67.86 3 MONTHS 30.00 2.10 2.41 $34.51 Out of Quebec residents do not include PST.Rates for other services available on request.The Record is published daily Monday to Friday.Back copies of The Record are available.The Record was founded on February 7.1897, and acquired the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879) in 1905 and the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) in 1908.The Record is published by Hollinger Canadian Newspapers L.P.Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Agreement No.0479675.Member ABC, CARD, CNA, QCNA They want to know their church leaders are continuing to reflect their values, listening to their concerns and protecting their interests as parishioners.Many Anglicans have not been feeling that sense of security and stability recently.They’ve told The Record they don’t understand why their church leaders have opted to refer legitimate questions on governance to the courts, rather than seek a mediated solution.Some have expressed concern about an apparent wave of arrogance and autocracy at the higher echelons of their church.Numerous letters to the editor have questioned the wisdom of dismissing a popular archdeacon after nine and a half years of service, with only a few months remaining in his term of office.And although it has been suggested the letters are the work of an orchestrated campaign, the question remains, was Archdeacon Ross so derelict in his duties the Bishop could not have found a more reasonable way to deal with a difference of opinion?And why did the church choose to challenge the “Anglicaness” and the “juridical interests” of a parishioner simply because he had the temerity to question the authority of church bodies?Bishop Bruce Stavert has asked Quebec congregations to pay half of the estimated $50,000 in legal fees to defend the church in court.One can assume Barry Husk will incur an equal amount in legal fees.And that begs the question, why would an independent businessman opt to dip into his personal bank account to launch legal action against his church when he could have bought a BMW, taken a Mediterranean cruise, flown to London on the Concorde, made a contribution to the arts, educated a Third World village.A possible answer is that the principles at stake are so important to so many, the means justify the expense.The delineation of responsibilities, the authority of various parties, accountability to stakeholders, and the assurance of transparency are all fundamental operating principles of any governing body, including the church.One insider defended the church’s position by saying ‘the church is not a democracy’.This may well be the case on spiritual issues and questions of faith but surely in this day and age, nobody is expecting parishioners to blindly accept the actions of leaders and governing bodies without question - particularly when they may be held accountable after the fact for de cisions that are made.Unless Bishop Stavert believes he can walk on water, he should recognize the gulf that is widening within his church and begin a little bridge building.And rest assured, The Record will be there to report on it.SHARON McCULLY ¦s/' or .IT'S NOT m CON WJKfo.IKIUE-WtMK OLDEST HOCKEY PUCK.- It’S mm Millions/ I Ætoaitu \ m Monday, June 11, 2001 page 7 -RECORD __ Community Forum Letters to the Editor What the media is doing is pure ‘sin’ Dear Editor, Anglicans! You know we are Christians by our love.Thanks be to God.For over a week now the Sherbrooke Record and others have had a hay day with the Anglican Diocese of Quebec and the St.Francis Deanery of the Diocese.Fair enough! However, now it is time to realize why these lies and half-truths have happened.The answer is quite simple.We are Christians who in love and respect, follow the Holy Gospel way.All that has happened in the latest bag of media specialness, is for one reason.It is because the Church leadership with the clergy, and lay leaders will not stoop so low that they break one's spirit, one’s confidentiality, and one’s human dignity.Along with many more of our scriptural foundations we uphold the Gospel teachings in Luke 6:37-42 or Matthew 18:15-18, unconditional love, respect and human dignity.I thank God we are strong Christians and do not fall into the trap of secular slanted half-truths, hearsay, and gossip.There is no doubt Church leaders, clergy and laity, make errors.We all have in house family business and affairs that need reconciling, forgiveness, and healing.Love in Christ’s way is a growing healing process at all times.We must ask ourselves why such media games are being played.It is quite sad and it is quite simple.They are not acting as Christians.One that splashes twisted headlines and stories without knowing some idea of both sides of a situation is neglectfully hurtful.What happened to investigative reporting?Think about it.The latest front page blasphemous lies of a headline about the Archdeacon of St.Francis.Why would anyone want to hurt God’s Church, God’s people, and a specific person by broadcasting one tenth of reality?Why the making for a public game the personal affairs of one’s personal life and working relationship?Why hurt a person, their family and their people?It would not happen in most common secular working teams.I will tell you why.It is because when the Spirit of God’s Church is alive and doing well, the devil has to work that much harder.He uses the weak tools’ subtlety to attack.Even without knowing he uses every opportune time.Praise God Anglican Christians and all Christians are better than that.We continue to allow Father, Son, and Holy Spirit to conquer.Look at the prayer of St.Francis.We work at making it so.Why is the media not broadcasting the great events of the Anglican Church in this region?Why are they not covering the splendid blessed events we have had?Why not cover: - The ecumenical events at St.Peter’s -Sherbrooke -TheTry God! Talk God! successful workshop day at Bishop’s University.The two further workshops’ on Liturgy and Music coming up in the fall.- The fantastic Mission day in the Cookshire Parish area.With God and in Him we conquer.- The ongoing Pastoral Healing Ministry in the Parish of North Hatley and the prayer team ministry, along with the two or three Bible study programmes.- The next Healing Service at St.Barnabas this Wednesday (June 13).- The Deanery Council grabbing visions and dreams and knowing with God and his love we have great potentials and empowering God’s people.We will create the way to serve with God’s Spirit.Teams in a ministry and restructuring with wholeness and unity for the Church in Jesus name.- St.George’s - Georgeville with its musical talent and ministry.- St.George’s - Lennoxville visiting new ways of expressing the faith and prayer circles.- Our special Chaplaincy at Bishop’s University and Bishop’s College School.- The new life of Christ Church Eu-stis at Quebec Lodge.- The miraculous gifts and offering of Christian character at Quebec Lodge Camps.- New vision in the cycle of life at St.Barnabas - North Hatley, with many young families and a large Sunday School.- How about the Christian Foundations Course - Introduction to Ministry and Theology courses provided to equip new ministry for God’s people here.- Our increasing French ministries in our foundations of serving all of God’s people.-The Alpha Programme successfully being presented throughout the Deanery and Diocese.- How about the healing of the Whole Person Seminar Conference in our area this weekend.- E.T.F.S.sponsoring a Christian Marriage Enrichment Conference in the fall with the Christian ministerial.- Discovering new ministries for the St.Francis Parish.The list can go on and on.These things are happening across the Diocese in all types of ways.Why is this not the news we hear?It is because the forces at be do not say, “Get behind me Satan, Be off with you.God’s love rules for us.” What the media is doing is pure ‘sin.’ We are Christians.We may not always agree with leadership decisions made but that does not lead us to a lack of respect and destruction of a person or an institution of sound foundations.I knew a dear person that gave me this piece of sound advice.He said, “Never comment on a project that is not complete or until you see/hear/lis-ten to all sides, the whole thing, and its result.If you do, you are a fool.” This is a good sound piece of advice for us all.Let us thank God for our strong Anglican leaders and people that will stand strong as loving respectful Christians.The Good News is that with God, Christ, and Holy Spirit all hurts and death become healing and life.God rules!” I thank God for our Anglican Christian Communion.You know us by our love and will flourish in many of God’s ways.The Gospel does work! It is sad that our local newspaper that use to be known for its integrity and fair coverage is now become more like a tabloid paper.Respectfully yours The Rev.Alain A.Mi lot Rural Dean - St.Francis Deanery Julie was a gem Dear Editor, I was very fortunate to be treated to the play Julie in Knowlton rn the May 27.The players, from preteens to teens and adults were just fantastic.The script and costumes by Roger and Jean de la Mare were “out of this world.” Of course 4-year-old-Angus McAuley stole the show.We are so fortunate to have so much talent in our “little corner of the Townships.” I cannot give praise enough to these players - everyone!! Ruby M.Sherrer Dunham The Record welcomes your letters to the editor.Please be sure to sign your letters and include a telephone number.Only signed letters are accepted for publication.Correction A letter to the editor from Robert Jervis Read which appeared in Friday’s Record included a wrong address.The letter writer lives in Eaton Corner.The Record regrets the error Yves Robert Advertising Consultant Tel.: Ô19-569-9525 Fax: Ô19-Ô21-3179 email: eherbrookerecord@videotron.ca www.northem~crown.< m AU-in-One Web Solutions rrr irting at only $799 Web Mpat - Hiitinj - Content Creation - (onptm Fortify your Mure.1.819.829.5772 NORTHERN-CROWN Communications Internet UlebCommunications We must ask ourselves why such media games are being played.It is quite sad and it is quite simple.They are not acting as Christians.One that splashes twisted headlines and stories without knowing some idea of both sides of a situation is neglectfully h urtful. page 8 Monday, June 11, 2001 Record Rendering company stops recycling pets, roadkill Sanimal, the tenderers that used to pick up dead pets and roadkill for a small fee, stopped doing so in April.XV.X -V*- ; ¦ y ¦.illilii §§81i mi >sr.r gag i| liSlil ,/A ' ' ' C" ; ' 1.: : DAVID ANDERSON SPEC ÏA1 Alternatives raise economic, environmental concerns By Rita Legault Sherbrooke Veterinarians and animal shelters throughout the province are wondering how and where they will dispose of some 20 tons of dead dogs and cats each week now that the one and only rendering company in Quebec no longer wants them.Meanwhile some people are worried about the economic and environmental impact of burying or burning the animal carcasses now that Sanimal, the Tenderers that used to pick up dead pets and roadkill for a small fee, stopped doing so in April.Until then, the pets and roadkill were recycled along with dead farm animals, expired meat from supermarkets unfit for human consumption, the blood and viscera scraped from the floors of slaughterhouses, heads and hooves, skin and feathers, as well as used frying oil and kitchen grease from fast food outlets and other restaurants.Rendering is the process of cooking raw animal and restaurant waste to remove moisture and separate fat.Diseased and decaying animals, animal byproducts and restaurant leftovers are basically ground up and boiled down at 260 C for at least 22 minutes to create meat and bone meal, a high-protein additive for animal feed, as well as tallow used by the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries to make soap and fat-based products like hand cream and lipstick as well as in the manufacture of such commodities as candles, tires, plastics, cleaners and solvents.Sanimal president Mario Couture said the pressure to stop salvaging certain animals was reinforced by the mad cow scare in Europe where there is a fear that recycled animal proteins could further spread the deadly disease.Known as bovine spongiform en-cephalopahty or BSE, mad cow disease is a brain infection that can be spread by feeding ruminants, that is cows and sheep, to other ruminants.Humans who eat BSE-infected meat may develop a fatal neurological disorder known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), the human variant of the brain-wasting disease that has killed more than 80 people in Britain.Meat and bone meal - known in the industry as MBM - can still be fed to pets, pigs and poultry in North America.But in 1997, MBM containing the rendered remains of ruminants was banned from cattle feed when scientists determined that practice was spreading mad-cow disease in Britain.Throughout Europe MBM additives are banned in all animal feed, and MBM and animal fat from ruminants must be disposed of through incineration.There are calls for Canada and the U.S.to follow suit.Since 1994, Sanimal and other rendering plants in North America stopped using sheep as well as the heads and spinal cords of lambs, Couture said.That was due to scrappie - a sheep disease related to BSE.Couture said certain roadkill such as elk and antelopes is refused because those animals can transmit similar diseases.The same is true for minks and other mammals from the fur and pelt industry as well as zoo animals and exotic pets from other countries.“In Canada there is less scrappie and no mad cow disease, but the industry decided to be proactive and avoid all risks,” Couture told the Record.Despite increased concerns about reintroducing animal proteins back into the food chain, Sanimal’s decision to stop recycling roadkill and dead pets was more about image than apprehensions of mad cow and other diseases.“The pet food industry did not want pets ending up in their animal’s feed,” he said.“To maintain our reputation, we were forced to refuse certain animals.” Sanimal’s sudden rejection of pet proteins is putting pressure on local humane societies who are facing skyrocketing costs to dispose of the animals they eu-thanise.“It will cost us eight times more,” complains Valerie Charbonneau of the SPA de l’Estrie shelter in Sherbrooke.Last year dead pet disposal cost $2,000.That is expected to rise to $16,000 this year.That will take a big chunk out of the budget for prevention and shelter services such as euthanising old and sick pets.The cost of incinerating them would have been even greater - about $30,000 a year.“We need to find the lowest cost option possible to put the money on living animals,” Charbonneau said, adding that if more people spayed and neutered their pets there would be fewer unwanted animals to dispose of.Despite the extra costs, SPA-Estrie is still putting pets to sleep.“But we may not be able to continue offering the service if it costs much more than we are charging,” she said, adding the issue is on the agenda for the next board meeting of the non-profit organization.In Granby, the SPA Montérégie is already cutting back on euthanasias.It is also accepting fewer pets at its adoption clinic.“This limits the services we can offer,” said SPA spokesperson Paule Martin, adding that people with unwanted pets are now referred to a vet.Martin fears that faced with greater costs, needy and irresponsible pet owners may abandon more animals to fend for themselves.To solve the dilemma, SPA-Montérégie plans to build an incinerator.The shelter has looked at similar incinerators in Ontario and the total cost of setting one up would be about $250,000, including the furnace, a plot of land, the building and a cold storage unit.While building an incinerator may cost a lot in the short term, it would be profitable in the long term - especially if Tenderers stop picking up farm animals due to concern over the spread of mad cow and other animal diseases that can be spread to humans, Martin said.“The ideal solution is an incinerator,” Martin told the Record, adding that burning the carcasses will destroy bacteria, germs and zoonoses - that is diseases that can be transmitted to humans such as mad cow and rabies.But others, including Sanimal’s Couture, say building an incinerator is not financially feasible at this point.Couture said Sanimal only charged the cost of picking up animals - $25 to $75 a head.It would cost a lot more to operate an pet incinerator because there is no commercial product at the end, he said.Besides, the volume of dead animals in each region is insufficient for local furnaces.and transporting animals to a central incinerator would cost thousands.“What we did was more a service to society, than a money maker,” he said, adding the volume of pets in the rendering mix was less than one tenth of one per cent.Couture said that if European-style legislation meant Sanimal could no longer recuperate farm animals, there would be an extra 1,300 metric tons to dispose of.“Then we would have to consider building an incinerator.That’s what’s happening in Europe.” Dr.Robert Clermont, director of epidemic surveillance and animal health at the provincial agriculture ministry, said there is no indication in any scientific literature that mad cow can be transmitted from ruminants to other animal species.He said that if Canada follows the European ban, the financial impact would be prohibitive.Meanwhile Clermont has doubts about the creation of a regional pet incinerator.The ministry used to operate one in the Quebec City area and it was a real headache.“The environmental regulations and standards are very complex and very difficult to implement,” he commented.“I seriously doubt that operating a small-scale incinerator would be viable.” Clermont said pets and roadkill can simply be taken to the dump Over the past few months, Clermont has informed Transport Quebec officials that regional landfill sites must accept roadkill.A check with regional landfill sites shows they have received orders to accept wildlife casualties.At the Transport Quebec Foster branch, Sanimal did picks-up once a week in the winter and twice in the summer.Now roadkill is taken directly to the municipal dumps in Cowansville and Ste-Cécile de Milton.Transport Quebec official Josée Garant said the branch has reserved some 30 tons of space at the Brome-Missisquoi dump at $4 a ton for this year.The Haute-Ya-maska dump is charging them $20 a head.In Sherbrooke and other areas, Transport Quebec has contracts with contractors who pick up and dispose of the beasts.Some recently demanded a $15-a-head price adjustment due to rising cost of animal waste disposal, said Sherbrooke Transport Quebec official Jacques Garant.In the Lake Megan tic area alone, Transport Quebec's contractor recuperated 154 deer, 10 moose and six other animals.That doesn’t include skunks, raccoons and other small animals which were picked up by road crews and stored in a freezer to be disposed of in bulk, Garant said.In the past, Sanimal picked them up.Now the carcasses will be taken to the dump.For now, most veterinarian offices are also discarding dead cats and dogs Please see Pets Page 9 *¦ ;:;:;S:;:;j ¦'*%¦*'*%'* '»vX‘v- ‘•ÎSÎx# ;'î^ £s SySç xiVWv?-* '"«P f»aüf : Msîm ïàiiiüi ^ : - 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especially in areas were there is not easy access to an incinerator.But Dr.Laberge of the Ordre des médecins vétérinaires du Québec said pet owners don’t like the idea of their family pet ending up in the dump.While many families bury the family pet in the backyard, that practice is strictly forbidden in many urban municipalities like Sherbrooke and Granby.Municipal bylaws say dead pets must be taken to the SPA or the sanitary landfill.Veterinarians are not keen on dumping the animals in public landfills either, and prefer incineration, Laberge said.But the sudden Sanimal restriction left veterinarian clinics little time to find an alternative.Dr.Laberge said the Order is convinced the marketplace will adjust and that current and new incinerators will take up the slack.Dr.Laberge said taking the animals to the dump, and/or a future deal with incinerators, will likely mean higher costs which will be passed on to consumers.But he said veterinary clinics are discussing getting together to share services to cut costs.While seeking an alternative to rendering, humane societies, Transport Quebec officials and veterinarians all say the animals are being disposed of safely, according to regulations set by the Agriculture and Environment ministries.Environment Quebec official Émile Grieco said legislation allows people to bring pets and roadkill directly to dumps.But there are restrictions for burying farm animals which may transmit zoonoses.There are also special standards set by federal legislation for the disposal of pets that have died from rabies.Grieco, the associate director of the Sherbrooke regional environment office, said most microbes and diseases have short lives once the animals have died.There are exceptions - such as Cryptosporidium - which forms parasites that can survive for days and months.Cryptosporidium is the parasite that led to several deaths and caused numerous people to become ill in Walkerton, Ont.and North Battleford, Sask., inciting calls for stricter water quality legislation.While environment officials say dumping dead animals in municipal landfill sites is perfectly safe, some environmental activists are concerned that decomposing animals in municipal dumps could attract vermin and contaminate soil and water with disease-causing micro-organisms.“just think about the impact of animals with diseases being put in landfill sites that are not lined,” said anti-dumping activist Pierre Morency, adding that 95 per cent of dumps in Quebec are not lined with geo-textile membranes that prevent the percolation of bacteria into the soil and underground water table.But biologist Jean-Marie Bergeron argues the problems created by decaying animals would be no worse than those caused by rotting table scraps.“The decomposing animals would create some biogases - essentially greenhouse gases that are causing planetary warming - but if the landfill site is well managed, and they are collected and burned, it’s not a problem,” said Bergeron, who heads the Masters program in environmental page 10 Monday, June 11, 2001 ¦ THEm ¦ Record Technology and you Web sites that work: Building a Indexing better web one site at a time your digital Having voice and video features are two tools that can be useful for a Website.¦ mi si* w m By Michael van Lierop Record Correspondent For those of you who have spent any amount of time surfing the Internet, it has likely been long apparent to you that of the many websites you encounter on a daily basis, only a small fraction are really stellar sites that beckon you to return.Indeed, simply because millions of Web sites exist - stored haplessly on inter-connected servers world-wide - it does not mean they should.Clearly, the vast majority of Web sites neither look nor work the way they ought to.You don’t need to be a web designer to be able to identify a good site from a poor one.And to clarify the myth - Flash does not inspire greatness, nor does it embody good web development.The old K.I.S.S.doctrine goes a long way to keeping a lid on the happy-go-lucky Pandora’s Box that is the realm of most web and graphic designers.Function must supercede glamour, and good design is integrating functionality with aesthetic appeal.It is, however, horribly easy to stray from that path, and the Internet is a gross testament to this very fact.Firstly, one must consider purpose.What objective is the Web site to pursue?Is it intended to sell goods and services, promote or showcase, or to inform and explain?Is it to make fashionable a new trend, new technology, or refresh old ideas?Or, is it to manifest an online rendition of a classic old media, such as print and the written word?Without a clear understanding of purpose, your Web site - if one day you decide to invest in such a development - will wallow with confusion and reflect a lack of focus.A good site should be able to do the job it was planned for, assuming it began with one or two main objectives, and not three hundred.A site cannot reasonably and effectively sell gardening supplies, enlist visitors into community service, and inform them of the perils of impaired driving.An effective brochure or pamphlet does one thing really well, and manages a secondary task if necessary.A Web site, similarly, should focus upon one thing and master it.Purpose naturally leads into theme.Not unlike a restaurant, boutique or print publication, a Web site must enshrine fundamental aspects of a given theme, which can be reflected in colour choice, font styles, graphic elements, and illustrations.A children’s website will invariably call for fun, creative and colourful combinations; a corporate site may call instead for conservatism, plain font choice, and direct language.Language leads almost implicitly into audience.To whom are you trying to speak?Your Web site, if it is to communicate anything at all, must not only speak in the correct language (be it English, French, Spanish or other) but also in the right manner and tone.To use the previous example, a children’s site catering to a youthful audience may require more vibrant, illustrative and simple language; meanwhile, a corporate web presence may command an audience of well-educated professionals seeking advice, services or products and will demand quality prose that speaks their language - in both a figurative and literal sense.Once the fundamentals are laid down properly, the creation can begin.That being said, one must bear in mind that while there must be some creative license, the purpose, theme and language must not be compromised for the sake of design.Short of throwing it to the wind, a design must reflect all the project’s main components to the best possible degree.What does that mean?Essentially, function over fantasy.A design is at the mercy of the Web site’s purpose, theme and language, not the other way around.What may strike you as an incredibly catchy or beautiful Web site, may in fact, after careful scrutiny, reveal itself to be an entirely useless pile of crap that cost you a small fortune.Ultimately, good web development does not have to cost a fortune.Why?Because all those expensive whirligigs and doohicldes that technologists rave about and designers drool over are little more than distractions - like bouncing babies - which in the end simply waste end-user computer resources and server-side capabilities.Flash productions, as wonderful and as desirable as some believe they are, are costly fantasies.Does a Flash Web site, or introduction to a Web site, really serve a purpose?For the majority of web surfers with neither high-speed Internet nor super computers, these gadgets are a hindrance and, often worse, an annoyance that will turn visitors off.Lost in the chaos is your message - the purpose, theme and language you had initially invested in.Keeping it clean and concise is paramount.Proper Web site navigation is as well.Probably fewer than five per cent of websites have any conception of good navigation.What is proper site navigation?Arguably, being able to get to any piece of information on a site within one or two mouse-clicks.No more.No less.And being able to get back to where you started with ease and convenience.Consistency, then, must be joined with cleanliness and conciseness.Indeed, the 3-C’s speak for themselves.A navigation system consistent throughout an entire site is integral to maintaining visitor interest and satisfaction.It isn’t just about keeping the same font (though even that seems difficult for some) but about engendering the same feeling, message and concept from one page to the next, without getting lost in the soup.Michael van Lierop is President of Northern-Crown WebCom, a Sherbrooke-based WEB DEVELOPMENT FIRM.YOU CAN REACH HIM AT MIKE@NORTHERN-CROWN.COM images By Peter Wilson Southam News Digital photography is supposed to make picture-taking easier and - once the price of cameras drops - cheaper.No film.No developing.No fuss.No muss.And the best part of it, for the perpetually disorganized, is that you will never again lose those negatives you stored in the back of the drawer in that desk you sold last week.Instead, you will carefully transfer all the digital images from your camera to your computer’s hard drive.And, since you are now being extremely careful, you will eventually put these photos on to CDs.Aunt May’s birthday party, the puppy chewing on Dad’s slipper and the shots of the twins on the merry-go-round will all be available at the click of a mouse.Or so the theory goes.This only works, however, if you have an easy, logical and quick way of indexing your images.Otherwise, what you have is the computer-age equivalent of several shoeboxes full of a hodgepodge of unmarked, undated photos.What you need, of course, is software to do the job of image tracking and sorting for you.To this end there are not a ton of options for the Mac, but there are a few good ones.If you own Roxio’s excellent Toast Titanium (used by most of us for burning data on CDs, creating music CDs, etc.) you will already have iView Multimedia (it’s in the Roxio Photo folder.) This will allow you to track your photos whether they’re on your hard drive or on separate media, like CDs.Non-owners of Toast (and those who find the basic iView product inadequate) will have to take a step up to the $45 US iView MediaPro (at wwwiview-multimedia.com), which offers you just about anything you could want in the way of an image (and other multi-media files) tracker.A friend of mine, who, because of his work, has thousands of images on file, finds iView Multimedia Pro indispensable and wonders how he ever got along without it.He also has good things to say about the port of a Windows programTalled ACDSee for Mac (www.acdsee.com) which is $39.95 US.It is another full-function program that allows you to track images along with other multimedia formats. Monday, June 11, 2001 page 11 —¦ THE ¦¦¦ ————¦ - Record ^=__ Time for a pet cemetery?Pets: Cont’d from Page 9 studies at the University of Sherbrooke.Because waste is buried under a layer of sand daily, there should not be an increase in vermin, he adds.“This should not create a public health problem," said Bergeron, who is also president of the Estrie Regional environmental council (CREE).But University of Sherbrooke biochemist Michel Ledoux, who is charged with the universities hazardous waste program, warns that many animals that have been put to sleep or found dead on the road side could carry diseases that can be transmitted to humans.Ledoux said that all of the animals from the university’s re- search department are disposed of as biomedical waste - whether they carry disease or have died of old age.That means the carcasses must be frozen, transported frozen and incinerated.“The question is: are wild animals and those who have died from disease, biomedical waste?The answer is not obvious,” he admits.“You have raised a very interesting problem." Provincial biomedical waste legislation declares that “all animal waste, animal bodies or parts of animal bodies are considered biomedical waste.” But that law must be interpreted with three other laws including regulations which govern animal health and agricultural products.“I’m sorry, but wild animals that have been found dead on the site of the highway present some dangers of zoonotic diseases and should be considered biomedical waste,” says Ledoux.“I consider there are some risks and I would consider roadkill to be biomedical waste.” Meanwhile, Bergeron and Morency are also worried about the volume of animal waste and the potential impact on the life spans of current dumps.“If there are 20 tons a week being buried in Quebec, that will fill up landfill sites a lot faster, said Bergeron.He suggests that rather than burying the beasts, they should be sent to existing incinerators - such as the ones at cement plants that bum tires for fuel.He also proposes pets could be incinerated at human crematoriums.Charbonneau also suggests the creation of pet cemeteries, which are popular elsewhere, but apparently can’t be found in Quebec.LennoxviHe DM VOYflQE 0£ l ESTRIE (19801 INC 2339 Les Promenades King, Sherbrooke (819) 563-7343 525 1st Avenue.Asbestos (819) 879-7188 Quebec Permit Hotter 175 Quean St, Suite 203, Tel.: (819) 3464)333 Fax: (819) 3464313 A Jackson Noble, CA.1901 Portland Blvd., Sherbrooke 822-1367 John Brouwer D.D.Martha Lee ours Vice-President Rendering plants turn animal scraps into usable products .'¦ax* < By Mark Kennedy Sour ham News First, there was the smell, a blend of garbage-bin and barnyard.It hit us the moment we pulled into the parking lot of Lomex, an industrial plant that performs the kind of messy work most consumers would rather not think of.Then, there was the thunderous bang every few minutes.The kind of blast you hear during duck-hunting season.KABOOM! “Sorry,” Lomex president Martin Couture would later say after providing a 20-minute, gut-wrenching tour inside die plant.“We have a problem with seagulls.” The solution: a cut-out figure of a hunter was propped up in the back of a truck and was whirling from side to side, with the occasional blast adding to the effect Some birds hovered over the figure, but most dared not come any closer.Lomex operates a rendering plant where the leftover parts of slaughtered animals are sent.Twenty-four hours a day, the trucks arrive from across Quebec, the Ottawa Valley, and northern Vermont, Everything deemed unfit for .,* DAVID ANDEISON/SPEC1A1 T\venlyfiur hours a day, the crudes arrive from across Quebec the Ottawa Wky, and northern Vermont to pick up ammo! remains.human consumption - the stomach, the offal, the organs, feathers - is ground, boiled and turned info products.Some remains are rendered into tallow, used in the manufacture of cosmetics, soaps, shampoos.candles, paints, tires, perfumes, textiles, plastics, inks, polishes, cleaners and solvents.Much of the rest becomes a reddish-brown powder called meat and bone meal (MBM).The product is rich in protein and is sold as a ! feed.It can be legally fed in Canada and the U.S.to pigs and poultry.For decades, cow-based MBM was also fed to cows.But that was prohibited in and the US.in 1997 once it became apparent that the practice spread mad-cow disease in Britain.Now, with heightened concern that mad-cow disease could become a worldwide human epidemic, the spotlight is on rendering companies _ a business so unknown it was once called the ' ' invisible industry.” There are calls for Canada and the U.S.to match the precaution taken in Britain and Europe.There.MBM is banned in feeds given to all animals _ not only ruminants such as cows and sheep, but also pigs and poultry.Critics say the ban should also reasons: •What if mad-cow disease, known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) can be spread to pigs and poultry?Scientists know that some humans who eat BSE-infected meat con- der known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD).Ô CLINIQUE OPTOMÉTRIOHF OPTO Dr Alain Côté, O.D.« t S t A U j 177 Queen St., Lennoxvi Tel.: (819) 563-2333 Alain (Mi, O.D.NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL Danielle F.Caesar Investment Advisor 600-455 King St.West, Sherbrooke J1H 6E9 • (819) 348-1010 Dr.Chantal Beliveau, d.d.s.Family Dentist • Cosmetic Dentistry • New patients welcome • Emergencies accepted 92 Queen St.Lennoxville 820-1838 Helen Labrecque Suttm Helen Labrecque Aft.Real Estate Agent le groupe 66 Court Street, Suite 207, Granby (450)372-1022 AUPI0PBQSM5ISIS HEARING AIDS 31 Brooks S^eet, Sherbrooke (819) 569-9781 Or.Chantal Beliveau D.D.S.2845 King Street West Sherbrooke Tel.: (819) S62-8024 (819) 823-7474 Elisabeth TAtu Consult our professionals first Send your questions to: The Record, P.O.Box 1200., Sherbrooke J1H5L6 Fax: 569-3945 • E-mail: sherbrookerecord(3>vi(teotron.com page 12 Monday, June 11, 2001 MAKE THE WISE choice < > f'< i X Only $11.00/month* Convert to the most convenient payment option for your record subscriP,ion: Have your subscription payments automatically debited from your bank account.It’s easy! 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four to seven years in cows -runs its course.• Even if pigs and poultry can’t get BSE, what if MBM produced for pigs and poultry accidentally gets into cow stalls?It’s a potentially disastrous problem called " ' cross-contamination,” one that experts say contributed to the spread of BSE in Britain and EuropeAmong those urging the federal government to implement a full ban is William Leiss, president of the Royal Society of Canada, and co-author of Mad Cows and Mother’s Milk, a book which examined Britain’s response to the threat in the 1980s.“Stop recycling animal protein,” says Leiss.All of it.Period.That’s the answer, because of what we know.The extraordinary toughness of this agent.You can’t kill it.It survives autoclaves.It survives chemicals and disinfectants.” But Humphry Koch, vice-chairman of the National Renderers Association, says such a move is unnecessary and could cause other problems that don’t exist now.Koch says the Canadian rendering industry _ there are 26 plants, owned mostly by three companies, that produce MBM _ receive about three billion pounds of animal waste a year.“If we weren’t there, everybody would know it.From an environmental point of view, we provide a tremendous service.And at the end of it we produce useful products.And we believe they’re safe.” Besides, adds Koch, if you can’t feed MBM to animals, you’d still have to find a way to dispose of it.“What do you do with it?Do you put it in garbage dumps, where you’d have rats and all the other stuff?Do you burn it?If you do that, there are environmental consequences.” Koch is a senior official at Vancouver-based West Coast Reduction Ltd., which has plants in western Canada.This fall, he will become chairman of the National Renderers Association, the trade group representing the industry in Canada and the U.S.He acknowledges that recent publicity over mad-cow disease has focused attention on the rendering industry.But he says the industry - which likes to describe itself as “the original recy-clers”-has been around since “Biblical times.” “I guess everybody wonders, could it happen here?” he says of the BSE crisis that enveloped Britain and has just recently begun to seize some European countries.“My response to that is that we have very strong safeguards in place.And if there are better ways of doing it, we’re open to looking at them.But we should do it in a scientific manner, not in an emotional manner.” Dr.Brian Evans, chief veterinarian at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), says the government regulator is considering whether to extend the ban on MBM to all animals.But he concurs that society should consider the consequences of such a move.If the meat and bone meal is incinerated, for instance, there could increased level of air dioxins to worry about and fallout of the material on grazing lands.Still, he said, it’s a valid issue for the public to debate and he’s been giving some thought to have town-hall meetings organized to air the issue.Critics like Mike McBane, of the Canadian Health Coalition, say the risk of cross-contamination poses a major threat.He notes, for instance, how earlier this year the U.S.Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a report which showed many of that country’s feed mills were not following rules to prevent cross-contamination.Shortly after that report was released in January, U.S.regulators determined that 1,222 Texas cattle ate a small amount of meat and bone meal after a mill accidentally shipped the wrong feed.There’s no evidence it was BSE-con-taminated.But that’s not the point, say critics.It could have been.In Canada, the CFIA annually inspects the rendering plants.It says they all comply with rules requiring them to include the statement, “Do not feed to cattle, sheep, deer or other ruminants” on labels of MBM packages and invoices.There are 594 feed mills.They, too, are all following rules- such as cleaning equipment -to ensure there is no crosscontamination, says the CFIA.At the Tenderers’ association, Koch doesn’t like to use the phrase cross-contamination.That would imply the feed that ends up in a North American cow’s stall is contaminated with MBM in the first place.Instead, Koch prefers to call it “accidental mixing.” And he’s confident the firewall is strong enough.However, that’s not necessarily so, says a report produced last year by a team of scientific experts for the European Commission.The experts conducted risk-assessment reports on countries worldwide to gauge the odds of BSE being present, currently or in future, in those nations. Monday, June 11, 2001 page 13 ) 569-3945 Oh Vlad! Expos* latest losing skid continues in Baltimore page 14 THE.RECORD Point Given.Made! .see page Sports NEWSROOM@SHERBROOKERECORD.COM JAMIE ZACH ents’ Editor ' Team Saturn dominates Philly World Cup race Rossner, Millwood finish 1-2 in First Union Liberty Classic By Mike Hickey Special to the Record Philadelphia, PA The Team Saturn women’s cycling team continued to dominate the World Cup Cycling Tour yesterday as - they finished 1-2 at the First Union Liberty Classic race held on the streets of downtown Philadelphia.Petra Rossner of Germany and Australia’s Anna Wilson Millwood broke from the pack in the final 200 metres of the 72-km race to claim the top two spots for the Saturn team.Rossner’s victory was her fifth Liberty Classic win while Mill-wood virtually clinched the 2001 World Cup title with her second place fin- ___________ ish.Millwood picked up 50 World Cup points for a first-place overall total of 268, while the next closest racer, Saturn’s Petra Rossner celebrates as she crosses the finish line at the First Union Classic.Rossner captured the event, which was held in Philadelphia on Sunday.Netherlands’ Mirjam Melchers, picked up just 27 points following a fifth-place finish.Melchers trails Millwood by 46 points with just three races to go.Although Rossner and Millwood grabbed the headlines, Millwood credited their win to the overall strength of Team Saturn and a daring strategy that may have seemed a little greedy to some.“We looking for a .1-2 finish and that is how it turned out,” an elated Mill-wood said after the race.“I was afraid we might be a little greedy but it worked out because the team gave us such great support.” Teammates Suzanne Sonye, Ina Teutenberg, and Kristy Scrymgeour held the pack in check for the first four laps and then it was Lyne Bessette’s responsibili- _____________ ty to control the field in the final lap.“The whole game in cycling is teamwork and we have the best athletes who are willing to work hard for the team’s success,” Millwood explained.“We have such a strong team and we are committed to working together.“Ina, Suzanne and Kristy did a great job for most of the race and then it was Lyne’s job to take her home in the final lap.“In the final “The whole game in cycling is team work.It was Lyne’s job to take (Rossner) home and Lyne did most of the work for us in the final stretch.-Anna Wilson Millwood MIKE HICKEY/SPECIAL Knowlton’s Lyne Bessette, right, exchanges a few laughs with some fans following a recent World Cup cycling race in Montreal.Bessette took one for the team Sunday helping pave the way for a 1-2 finish for Saturn.COURTESY FIRST UNION CLASSIC 200 metres I caught up to Petra, got on her back wheel and just told her to go.She is so fast and I just rode on her draft to the finish line.Lyne did most of the work for us in the final stretch.” The team also benefitted from a little luck “Melchers had to change a tire before the wall on the final lap and I think that she tired from having to catch up with the rest of us.” Knowlton’s Bessette had her third good performance in as many races.She captured the Tour l’Aude last month, finished third in Montreal’s World Cup two weeks ago and played a pivotal role in the team’s stunning success yesterday.Though she placed 64th overall, her contribution was imperative to the team win.Bessette, who has fully recovered from a cold that had hampered her in Montreal, credited some time off in Knowlton this past week as helping her ride a strong race.“I spent the past week in Knowlton instead of training in Saturn and the rest did me some good,” Bessette said.“It was a great race for the Saturn team.” The First Union race is a unique one in that there are actually two races going on at the same time on the same course.The men’s race (156 km) started 10 minutes prior to the women’s competition and was expected to conclude some two hours after the last female competitor crossed the finish line.As a result, the 10-year-old event annually attracts the top racers in the world.Sandy Esepeth of Vancouver had her top World Cup finish when she came in fourth overall.Racing under Team Intersport, Esepeth was the top Canadian finisher.She is expected to be a teammate of Bessette’s at the 2001 World Cycling Championships in October.Bessette and her teammates are off to Boise, Idaho where they will take part in next week’s Hewlett-Packard race. page 14 Monday, June 11, 2001 ¦ ¦¦THEwi i RECORD Sports Expos’ batters can’t find the mark .: - ¦¦ .¦ .mm .By Mike Hickey Special to The Record The Montreal Expos’ lack of offensive firepower is taking its toll as the team sinks deeper in to the National League East.Yesterday’s 3-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles left the team with a 24-39 record Vladimir Guerrero has been one of the Expos’ only bright spots during their latest losing skid.with just one win in their last six games.The sad thing about the club’s recent performances is that they easily could have won five of the six games.Certainly the club’s pitchers have done the job but a lack of timely hitting has taken its toll.The only win in the last week came Saturday night when Orlando Cabrera drove in three runs as the Expos downed the Orioles 4-2.The teams were tied 1-1 when Cabrera’s two-run double highlighted a three-run outburst, which snapped a four game losing streak.Graeme Lloyd was credited with his fourth win of the season while Ugeth Urbina picked up his ninth save of the season.Former Oriole Ryan Minor drew a two-out walk off Baltimore reliever B.J.Ryan (2-2).Vladimir Guerrero southam followed with a single and Lee Stevens walked to load the bases.Cabrera then stroked a base hit to center field as Minor and Guerrero scored.Orioles center fielder Melvin Mora tried to get Stevens at third, but the throw went into the dugout, giving Montreal its fourth run.Urbina, the Expos’ closer, survived a shaky ninth inning for the save.He allowed an RBI single to Brady Anderson but got Mike Bordick for the final out with the tying runs aboard.The losing streak began this past week when the club dropped three close ball games at the Olympic Stadium to the streaking Atlanta Braves.Atlanta took the opener 3-1, blanked the Expos 2-0 in the middle game and then outlasted Montreal 4-2 in Thursday’s 10-inning finale.Montreal got its first taste of inter league play Friday night and the result was pretty much the same story.The Orioles, behind the six-hit pitching of Towers, shutout Montreal 5-0 in Camden Yards.Baltimore scored single runs in the second, third and fourth innings off starter Matt Blank and then put the game out of reach with two runs off reliever Scanlon.Blank deserved a better fate but it looks like the only way a Montreal starter can guarantee himself a win these days is by pitching a shutout.The rookie hurler yielded just three hits but continues to have trouble with his control.Blanke walked five batters over five innings of work including a bases-loaded pass to Brady Anderson in the fourth inning.Record Round-up To submit your sporting event, fax it to (819) 569-6345, email news-room@sherbrookerecord.com or contact Jamie Zachary or Mike Hickey at (819) 569-6345.On TV RUGBY • 730 pjn.: British Lions Tour -England vs.Western Australia Invia What high school did LA Lakers all-star Kobe Bryant attend, just outside of Philadelphia, before being drafted in the NBA?Yesterday’s Answer: Larry Smith, Ron Perrowne and Gary Chown are the three Bishop’s Gaiters alumni who were a part of the last Montreal Alouettes team to win the Grey Cup.Montreal hosts the Grey Cup this year at Olympic Stadium.Guerrero and Terry Jones, the team’s two bright spots over the last week, had a pair of hits apiece.It was Guerrero’s ninth inning homer in Wednesday’s game tied the score at 2-2 and sent the contest to extra innings.Guerrero’s heroics were for naught as the Braves rebounded for two runs in the tenth for the win.Point Given an easy winner in Belmont Stakes Fans flock to track for good time in third key race of season By Mike Hickey Special to the Record Elmont, New York A lot of national interest in the Belmont Stakes is dependent on the opportunity of watching a horse trying to win racing fabled Triple Crown.So when Point Given rebounded from a disappointed Kentucky Derby to win the Preakness, casual horse racing fans decided to tune out of the final leg of the Triple Crown for three-year-old horses.While interest outside of the tri-state area may have waned as race day approached, the race was still the biggest news in the Big Apple.The Belmont is considered by many as the toughest test of the three races because of its length: a mile and a half.Visa became thoroughbred racing’s major sponsor years ago when it took title sponsorship of the Triple Crown, offering a $5 million dollar bonus to any horse that captures the Triple Crown.No one could claim the bonus this year, but that didn’t bother the 72,000 New York fans, many of whom arrived hours before the first race was held and some ten hours before the Stakes race posted which began at 6:10 EDT.The crowd included former President Bill Clinton, his wife Senator Hillary Clinton as well as families and friends who enjoyed the social aspects as much as the races.Many, like John Golden, only visit the track a few times a year and it is more for the event than the horses themselves.“Every year a group of 20 to 30 former fraternity brothers have a reunion at Belmont for the Stakes,” Golden said prior to the race.“We arrived around noon and make a day of it.It is a social thing and we have been doing it for the past 20 years.” Like many of Saturday’s attendees.Golden and his pals watched the Stakes on television monitors located on the grounds’ picnic area or in the air-conditioned clubhouse.“We are able to watch several races from the grandstands but it is easier to watch from the picnic area rather than the grandstands particularly for the Stakes itself,” Golden said.The start of the race was delayed for five minutes when Dr.Green refused to enter the starting gate.There was a large cheer from the crowd when the Belmont handlers finally got the horse into the eighth position.It would be the last time the European horse would hear any cheers from the crowd as he finished last among the field of nine horses.Despite the fact that Point Given was a strong favourite, 7-5 at post time, there was also strong interest in Derby winner Monarchos and A.P.Valentine, who both went off at 5-1.That is how it ended, with Point Given providing a strong win while A.P.Valentine edged Monarchos for second place.It looked like it would be a two-horse race as the horses made the final run with Point Given holding a small lead over A.P.Valentine.But Point Given showed his stuff when he broke away down the stretch and cruised to a lap victory.The winning horse paid $4.20 on a two-dollar ticket to win but the fans who flocked to Belmont Park Saturday were more interested in having a good time than scoring a big payoff at the windows.If nothing else, the crowd showed that New Yorkers know how to have a good time. Record Monday, June 11, 2001 page 15 Sawyerville Women’s Institute meeting Deaths The Sawyerville Women’s Institute met at the home of Marguerite Gaulin on May 2nd.Our president, Mabel Mackay, welcomed us remarking on the 100% attendance (as usual!).She expressed her thanks to Marguerite for hosting the meeting, and also read a poem, “Early Birds”, taken from “Country Woman.” The meeting opened with all repeating the Collect for Qub Women and the Salute to the Flag.Motto: Patchwork is keeping the peace and doing away with the scraps.Roll Call: Suggestions for a quick lunch when unexpected guests arrive was answered by five members.The minutes of the April meeting were read and approved as read.The treasurer’s report was given, we’re still in the “black.” Correspondence: A thank you note from Ann Rothfels re our donation to the Sawyerville School Library.Also Mabel told us of the Open House at the Argyle Pavil- lion on Sunday, May 6, in the afternoon.She also thanked the members for the cooking done for the County Card Party.Conveners’ Reports: Agriculture: Theda L.reported: Paraformaldehyde found in maple syrup, the image of 100% pure maple syrup could be tarnished.Health & Home Economics: Lavina F.reported that she had received a letter from Dianne Rhicard, convener for the Province of Quebec, concerning osteoporosis, which was read.Citizenship: Marguerite G.reported: The problems concerning the Canadian Alliance Party and it’s leader, Stockwell Day.Education: Mabel M.reported: school children selling chocolates for a class trip.Environment: MJM.also reported: Sherbrooke Elementary School, the seeds of a tomato plant were among those taken into space by Marc Gameau.WI.Convention: It was decided that the branch would purchase some books of tickets for the drawing, in addition to those purchased by the members.Also some syrup would be sent for the sales table.The June meeting will be at Theda’s with a guest in connection with agriculture.There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess and a social time enjoyed.The lucky lady of the drawing was Marguerite G.Submitted by Theda Lowry High Forest Roland and Theda Lowry enjoyed several birthday celebrations, grandson Patrick’s 7th on April 11th, Claris Phillips’ 80th on April 29th, (actual date May 2nd), son Kent’s 40th on May 7th.Theda also celebrated her April birthday, with friends, attended a tea at the Sherman Residence the day previous, Claris’ party (on her birthday), a sugaring off at Rodney and Diane’s, and visits from her family.Mothers’ Day also brought “dinner out” and family visits.Roland accompanied by George Pinchin, Bulwer, attended the annual meeting of the Orange Children’s Home Theda Lowry Foundation held in Lachute.Roland and Theda, also George, were in Shawville, Que., to attend the annual Grand Lodge Sessions, L.O.L and L.O.BA of Quebec.Carolyne and Alec were among those who took part in a violin recital, students of Nathalie Gauthier, in Cookshire which their Lowry grandparents enjoyed.Theda visited Reta Forgrave at the Youville Pavillion recently, also Roland and Theda were visitors of Ileana Burns in Island Brook.JACKSON-HOOD: In loving memory of Dad and Mom, Percy and Winnifred, on this the anniversary of their wedding day, June 11,1929.They were married at the bride’s home, Learned Plain, Que., the Lilacs were in full bloom (Mom said.).Lovingly remembered by THEIR FAMILY Card of Thanks KNUTSON -1 wish to thank everyone who helped to make my 100th Birthday a joyous one.To all who came to the Connaught Home, sent cards, gifts and flowers and to my family and the staff of the Connaught Home who planned the party, I Thank You.I feel truly Blest.MARY KNUTSON Monday, June 11,2001 North 08-11-01 A V ?* West J 8 7 5 3 2 A K J 5 9 7 4 East 9 7 3 A 6 4 9 8 7 4 3 A Q A V ?A K 8 4 K 10 Q 10 2 K 8 6 5 3 South A A Q V Q J ?6 * J 10 10 6 9 5 2 South 2 A Dealer: West Vulnerable: East-West West North East Pass Pass 1 A Dbl.All pass Opening lead: + A Up or down leads where?By Phillip Alder The “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” television show produces some interesting facts — and highlights how one needs to be lucky with the questions when under the spotlights.Some of you will have “Ask Marilyn” in your Sunday paper.She receives good questions from her readers.For example, Michael Perlman, from Seattle, asked what foreign country is the first you cross if you fly due south from Detroit Airport.Well, for $125,000, what is your answer?By way of a hint, this deal occurred in that country’s 1968 Mixed Teams Championship.The auction wouldn’t be repeated often.First, East opened a light third-hand one club.Then South made a heavy weak jump overcall.West, with no appealing action, selected a negative double that in principle promised at least four hearts.Finally, East decided to convert it into a penalty double bypassing.West, Cecille Fisher, started with her two top clubs.East, Don DaCosta, dropped the eight on the second round.Reading this highest spot-card as a suit-preference signal for hearts, Fisher continued with the heart four to her partner’s king.East cashed the club king, played a heart to his partner’s ace, and ruffed a heart.Then he continued with another dub, which guaranteed a second trump trick for two down.If declarer ruffed high in hand, West’s nine would score.Alternatively, if South ruffed in the dummy, he couldn’t pick up East’s spade king.Heading due south from Detroit airport takes you over Canada.If you got it right.I’m sorry to tell you that in this column, it’s only Monopoly money.BANFILL, Arnold Drew - At the Griffith McConnell Residence, Montreal on Tuesday, May 29, 2001, in his 88th year.Long-time librarian of Bishop’s University.Survived by his brother, Martin Ban-fill.Fondly remembered by nieces, nephews and many friends across Canada.Funeral at St.Phillip’s Anglican Church, Montreal West, Friday, June 15 at 4:00 p.m.Interment at Pine Hill Cemetery, Magog, Que.LOWRY, Vivian (nee Henderson) - At the Hotel-Dieu Hospital in Sherbrooke, on June 8 at the age of 85 years and 5 months.Mrs.Vivian Henderson, wife of Mr.Elwin Lowry of Sawyerville, formerly of Thetford Mines.Mother of Rhoda, Merlyn, Brian, Terry, Linda, Shiela Grandon.Grandmother of 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.Visitation will be held at the Residence Funéraire Gamache and Nadeau on Monday morning at 10:00 a.m.The funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m., in St-John The Divine Church in Thetford Mines.Committal service at a later date.Donations may be sent to the Arthritis Society, would be appreciated.PERSONS, Mr.Raymond - At Brome Mis-sisquoi Perkins Hospital in Cowansville, Que., on Thursday, June 7th, 2001, in his 79th year, Mr.Raymond Persons of West Brome, Que.He will be dearly missed by his loving wife of 51 years Mrs.Shirley Joan Jepson, his children: Sheila (Gary), Ricky (Kathy), Dianne (Steve), Debbie (John), Randy (Lisa), his 14 grandchildren, his brother Carlton (Margaret) and sister Geraldine (Art), numerous brothers and sisters-in-law, many other relatives and friends.Visitation was held at the Désourdy Wilson Funeral Home, 104 Buzzell, Cowansville, Que., J2K 2C5 tel: (450) 263-1212, fax: (450) 263-955 e-mail:dwilson@endirect.qc.ca.on Friday, June 8th, 2001, from 2 to 4 p.m.and 7 to 9 p.m.The funeral service was held on Saturday, June 9th at 2:30 p.m., followed by interment at Friend’s Cemetery, the Rev.Mary Macphearson officiated.Please note: Donations in his memory to the Brome Missisquoi Perkins Foundation, 950 Principale, Cowansville, Que., J2K1K3 would be appreciated.¦ ¦: .: .¦ ¦ ¦ iiiii RATES and DEADLINES: ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICES BIRTH & DEATH NOTICES.CARDS OF THANKS, IN MEMORIAMS, BRIEFLETS: Text only: 320 per word.Minimum charge $8.00 ($9.20 taxes included) Discounts: 2 insertions -15% off, 3 insertions - 30% off With photo: additional $18.50.DEADLINE: 11 a.m., day before publication.BIRTHDAY, 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fast-food restaurant and needed to use the ladies’ room.I was washing my hands when a tall, heavyset woman entered the washroom.I immediately realized this was a man dressed as a woman.I am an open-minded person, Ann, but I felt extremely uncomfortable.Why didn’t this guy use the men’s room?My daughter said, “If he is dressed like a woman and feels like a woman, it is perfectly OK for him to use the ladies’ washroom.” I say, if he is a male, he should use the men’s room.Will you please settle the argument?— A He or a She in New Jersey Dear N.J.: I would be willing to bet that the person you encountered in the ladies’ room was indeed a woman.Tall females who wear pantsuits are not uncommon these days, and with the chic, short haircuts, they DO look quite masculine.I wish long hair and skirts would come back.Enough already.However, if indeed this person was a transvestite (dressed as a member of the opposite sex), he was not a threat to you.In fact, using the men’s room dressed that way could have been dangerous for him.However, since women’s bathrooms have stalls, and there is no need to expose oneself, I say let him use the bathroom he is most comfortable with.Dear Ann Landers: I have been married for 12 years and have a 6-year-old son.My husband and I have had our share of problems, but we are working them out, and things are back on track, except for one thing.My husband has informed me that he wants to give up his job and be a heavy-metal rock-and-roll star.“Dan” insists he can make a lot of money recording and we will live in luxury.The problem is, I find his music disgusting.Dan’s lyrics are about killing people, having sex with several women and taking drugs.(He does none of these things.) He says you need to have lyrics like this or the songs won’t sell.I have no respect for musicians who promote such depraved images.I want to be supportive of my husband, but cannot stand the kind of music he believes he must produce in order to be successful.Also, I am concerned about the example he is setting for our son.What should 1 do?— Musician’s Wife in New York Dear N.Y.Wife: Urge your husband to hang on to his day job.The field he is considering is crowded with professionals, and his chances of making it are exceedingly slim.Encourage him to find other ways to express his musical interests.Be firm about this.He is off in la-la land.Dear Ann Landers: Please tell me how much time a 26-year-old, single aunt is supposed to spend with her nephew.My brother and his wife have a 2-year-old son.They expect me to come over twice a week to see their son, in addition to every weekend.This is entirely too much for me.I make a big effort to see my nephew a couple of hours every Sunday and am willing to baby-sit when I don’t have other plans, but that is not enough for my brother.When my sister-in-law asked me to baby-sit last month, I said I wasn’t feeling well — which was true.They were very cool to me for several days.I love my nephew and want to see him, but their insistence that I spend more time with their child is putting a serious strain on our relationship.Am I wrong about this, Ann?— Can’t Win in New York Dear N.Y.: You are not wrong.I urge you to issue a Declaration of Independence.Don’t allow your brother and his wife to lay a guilt trip on you.Visit their son at YOUR convenience, and make no apologies.Ann Landers ¦ ' > >••"* v>- xm£i • .v wmmmwm Ct AN A