The record, 13 avril 1999, mardi 13 avril 1999

Watch for our Happy, Healthy & Aging supplement - April 15 Coming soon JOBS IN FOCUS page every Thursday April 15 - May 6 in The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 60 CENTS Tuesday, April 13, 1999 lllllllki &&&'¦• u % - .Child dies after fatal glass cut ¦ Richmond MNA Yvon Vallières says expect referendum by next spring - Page 3 PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT Const.Serge Fournier of the Sherbrooke Regional Police holds up a piece of glass investigators found at the scene of the accident.Algos a and three friends were rolling down a hill when he felt a sharp pain By Sylvia Warden Friends of the Kalem family are left asking, ‘Why,’ today.Why a nine-year-old playing in front of his Évangéline Street apartment is dead.The boy, Algosa Kalem, died Sunday evening on his way to the Fleurimont site of the Centre universitaire de santé de l’estrie.Const.Serge Fournier of the Sherbrooke Regional Police said Algosa and three other friends were rolling down a 45-metre hill behind 1520 Évangéline St.when Algosa felt a sharp pain.“He pulled down his pants and noticed he was bleeding,” said Fournier on Monday morning.The children then called for his parents who were in their apartment.Goran Kalem decided to take his son to the Clinique Familiale St-Vincent at 250 King St.E.They arrived at the clinic to find it was closed.A staff member at the clinic said its office hours on Sunday are 10 a.m.to 4 p.m.The family then decided to go the Bowen Site of the CUSE, a few minutes away.On the way there, Fournier said, the parents noticed Algosa was having difficulty breathing.The family stopped at the Ultramar gas station at 421 Kng St.E where emergency officials were called.An ambulance and police responded to the call at 7:42 p.m.and were on the scene within minutes, Fournier said.Upon arrival at the CUSE, Fleurimont site, Algosa Kalem was dead.“He probably lost too much blood,” said Fournier speculating on the cause of death.A small piece of glass was recovered by investigators at the scene of the accident, said Fournier.The boy’s femur artery, a main supplier of blood to the lower body, was severed in accident.Police investigators were at the scene of the accident from 8 p.m.to midnight gathering evidence, Fournier said.They interviewed witnesses and family members and recovered a piece of glass suspected to have caused the fatal injuries.An autopsy was expected to be performed Monday afternoon at the CUSE.Quebec Coroner René Maurice Bélanger is investigating the death, trying to determine what can be done to prevent future similar accidents from happening.A family acquaintance said the family, recent immigrants to Canada from Yugoslavia, is leaning on members of the Serbian community for support.“It’s always something,” said the woman.Murray to fly solo with Stanstead Journal Staff Stanstead Journal publisher Greg Duncan is firming up a deal with partner and Journal editor Ross Murray to leave the 155-year-old weekly paper.Murray and Duncan confirmed a deal is in the works, but it will be business as usual at the paper until a settlement is finalized, Murray said.The two purchased the paper from Peter Scowen and Robert Fisher in the early 90s and have won numerous awards for the Stanstead weekly.Murray said he plans to continue publishing the paper on his own with help from some new staffers.“We have a new production manager and a new sales manager so there’s lots of energy,” Murray said.Duncan says he is looking for a new challenge.“I want to stay in the business, so I’m making it known I’m available,” he said.Duncan is also president of the Quebec Community Newspapers Association, a position he will be relinquishing with his departure from the Stanstead Journal.ORIGINAL MICROFILMED AT VARYING INTENSITIES BECAUSE THE TEXT IS PRINTED ON GREYISH OR COLOUR BACKGROUND. page 2 Tuesday, April 13, 1999 - wTHE — RECORD Would-be thieves should watch out for wickerbee A tidbit of Townships lore came to light at a recent sugaring off party.The tale involved a character with a catchy nickname - Mrs.Wickerbee Armstrong.Years ago, this woman lived in Shipton, near Taylor’s Corner.Morning and afternoon, a number of neighbourhood children passed the Armstrong place on their way to Bickford School.At this time of year, several of the bolder students helped themselves to sap whenever they happened by.The missus was not amused.She devised a plan to teach those youngsters a lesson.Into the buckets near the road, she poured a little specially-brewed tea.The concoction was made by boiling chopped-up branches of a growing-in-the-wild shrub known locally as “wickerbee”.A few swigs of solaced sap ensured that the culprits would not stop again for a long while - they’d be too busy running tor the outhouse.Word has it that bushes still abound nearby, and if anyone is in the least bit constipated, forget the Ex-Lax.All they need do is gnaw on a twig or two of ‘wicopy’.It took me some time to find this unfamiliar word in the dictionary.The New Practical Standard Dictionary, Britannica World Language Edition, Vol.Two, Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York, 1956 turned up the correct spelling and a definition: “wic'-o-py noun 1.The leatherwood.2.The basswood.3.Any of several species of willow-herb.[Of Algo-nquian origin]”.“Wickerbee” or wicopy is a bush, much like a mock orange, that grows in the woods.I’ve been told that it grows three feet tall, and that it grows six feet tall.The branches of this wonder of nature are very flexible.Some wonder if it was once used in basketmaking.Whatever, there seems to be a consensus that “wickerbee” tea is to be avoided at all costs.This story begat another.It seems that an elderly woman living years ago in Danville tired of the theft of sap from the four maple trees along the Water Susan Mastine Street edge of her property.She, too, decided to take matters into her own hands.Her way of discouraging the perpetrators was to sprinkle Epsom salts in the bottom of each bucket.Which had the same effect as wicopy.If any of our readers has an anecdote involving “wickerbee” or wicopy, please share it with us, and we’ll pass it on.Surprisingly, the floor of the sugar shack reception hall was not slippery with snow and drops of maple taffy, it was spotted with sawdust, straw, the odd feather or two and once in a while, ‘watch where you step!’ - a little something extra.The space had been rented to the Quebec fancy bird lovers association, l’Association des amateurs d’oiseaux de fantasie.Rows and rows of boxes of birds of all feathers were brought in by their owners for sale by auction Easter Saturday in Ste.Madeleine, just past St.Hyacinthe.From tiny Button Quail, you could hide in your hands, to Toulouse Geese; from canaries to a Trumpet Swan, there were birds of nearly every description.Strange, this was.My interest, that is.Here was I, born fearful of anything with wings and a beak, eying the lot, trying to identify breeds and actually finding some of the fancy birds attractive.If truth be known, I made a secret wish list.The swan swayed my opinion, first of all.He was the image of sophistication, grace and tranquillity, despite foreign, cramped quarters.Then, his fate was determined.No pond, no money - i.e., three hundred dollars, no swan for me.Another fowl caught my eye.A male, ring-necked pheasant, boasting beautiful hues of blue and purple on his chest and underbelly.Alas, two of the men in our household had their hearts set on a pair of Lady Amherst pheasants.I let the brilliant ring-neck go to another home.Later, Amherst couples were presented for sale.The bidding prices each time going beyond our budget.I returned with no birds, my men with no pheasants.But, my bird-loving son carted home a pair of gray Button Quails and a pair of Barred Rock Bantams.What a lesson in life, bird-raising proves to be.Remember those quail eggs that were courriered to us?Twelve chicks hatched out of the thirty or so eggs.But now there are ten.One drowned in the tiniest bit of water imaginable.The other had come into the world with a handicap.Everyone has lost track of how many of what we have at this point, and more eggs may pop in weeks to come - several bantie hens are setting.The timing’s been good, though.All baby chicks have been moved from the ‘nursery’, i.e., our spare room, to the basement.So far, two cardboard boxes with lights and blanket covers hold them all.This bird business sent me on a quite unusual errand recently.To buy Prepa- ration H.That’s what the poultry health book said would work.It took me a while to find the shelf where such products are displayed.Then I faced a dilemma.Should I buy the gel, the ointment or the cream?How should I know?' I garnered up my courage and consulted the druggist.I suspect that he will remember our exchange for a long time to come.It had to be one of the oddest he’s experienced.But, he never batted an eyelash as he explained that one type was the first to come on the market, another penetrated further.The latter is what I opted for, in all honesty, truly not having a clue.And it worked! Did the young pharmacist believe that the treatment was really for a bantie hen experiencing prolapse?Maybe, some day, I’ll tell him it did the trick on the bird.Oh, the adventures that come our way.Golden Sunshine Gerald Lowd is president of the Bulwer Community Centre and the Bulwer Golden Agers.He is a director of the Historical Society.On their behalf, he arranged all the music for the recent Irish Evening and will do the same for their picnic in the summer.Gerald turned 80 on March 29th and these past few weeks he has been sugaring his 35 trees.-Text and photo by Catherine Campbell Weather TUESDAY: Cloudy, 30 per cent probability of wet flurries or showers in the afternoon.High near 5.WEDNESDAY: Cloudy with a few flurries or showers.Low near -3.High near 5.Probability of precipitation 60 per cent.THURSDAY: Variable cloudiness.Low near -3.High near 7.FRIDAY: Intermittent rain.Low near 1.High near 8.BEN by Daniel Shelton HOW ROMANTIC! HOW COME, m PONT KISS UK& THAT ANYMORE?Ly/-\ ¦ ¦¦THE ¦ RECORD Tuesday, April 13, 1999 page 3 Another referendum in the wind: Vallières First winning condition was balanced budget By Stephen McDougall Special to The Record Danville uebecers could be in for a third referendum as early as next spring, claimed Yvon Vallières, the Liberal member of the Quebec legislature for Richmond county.“The Parti Québécois has already started new discussions in each riding about the merits of independence,,” Vallières said Monday at his riding office.“From what we have been told in Quebec City, expect a promotional blitz this fall and a generous budget next spring to get the momentum going.” He said next spring’s budget will be the key to the referendum strategy.He expects there will be income tax cuts geared specifically towards voters and other fiscal measures that will promote Quebec’s financial stability.The fact that Quebec declared a deficit-free budget this year gave the PQ government a key “winning condition” for holding another referendum, he argued.“That budget was obtained on the backs of ordinary citizens.We still don’t have enough doctors at the Asbestos hospital, and ratepayers have to absorb the $385 million the government passed on to municipalities last year.” He'predicted Premier Lucien Bouchard will continue to antagonize the federal government this year in hopes of getting sympathy from voters.“Expect another war with Ottawa.Right now, the premier is picking fights over separate seats at international conferences attended by Canada.That is not going to let up.” Vallières argued another referendum will continue to weaken the province’s economy because of wrangling with Ottawa and the rest of Canada.He predicted unemployment will rise again.“Despite popular support in the last election against another referendum, ut T townships.” he said.Vallières admitted that Bouchard ’ s popularity with voters is a strong motive for holding another referendum soon.“He is able to rally voters to his way of thinking, he always has.Without him, a third referendum would not have a chance.” He warned that if the government does not give up on its ob-session with independence, public services will suffer and social conditions will get worse.“Right now the Eastern Townships has one of the oldest populations in Quebec.But all the government is doing is cutting funding to old age homes, both public and private, so that they are forced to shut down Yvon Vallières, MNA for Richmond this government still wants to put all its energy and resources into another one.Meanwhile, nothing is being done about job creation in areas like the In the past year, non-profit homes in Danville and Kingsey Falls have closed.Vallières said a similar home in Ham Nord is also facing closure because of $2 million in needed repairs it cannot afford.Record reporters top list of QCNA nominees Sherbrooke's own rue du trésor?A magnificent promenade! A colourful street with slate, copper and shingle roofs Painters, sculptors, cabinetmakers Stained glass, dried flowers And, al the other end of the street, meet the master roofers at Gagne & Roy #apchk - / 1 .Vtst"1 SWeiWO® (5£) Oes\a Ti Quebec Community Newspapers Association awards May 29 Staff Lennoxville |he Record gathered the second largest number of nominations for the 1998 Quebec Community Newspaper Awards in the annual competition for community newspapers across Quebec.Reporter René Bruemmer led the list of finalists with nominations in four categories.He’s up for Best Feature and Best Feature Photo for a story and photograph of American linemen coming to the rescue of Townshipper’s left in the dark by the ice storm.He’s also nominated for best Business Story about a doomed water bottling project in Orford and Best Business Feature for a feature about Bombardier.Bruemmer will face off in the Best Business Feature Category against colleagues Sylvia Warden, with a story about the highs and lows of the hemp industry, and Cathy Gibson, with a feature about a local Christmas tree producer.Warden is also nominated for Best Business Story for a look at the closing of the Beloit plant in Sherbrooke.Gibson is up for Best Sports Story for a feature about wheelchair athlete Denise Fortier.Record editor Sharon McCully is up for Best Investigative or In-Depth Reporting for a series looking at the history be- René Bruemmer hind the police brutality tax in Brome Lake.Longtime reporter Rita Legault is nominated for Best Arts and Entertainment Story for a feature about local coverage on Global Television.Correspondent photographers Perry Beaton, Murielle Parkes and Tanya Tkach are nominated for photography awards for Best Spot News Photo, Best Feature Photo and Best Sports Photo.While the Record placed second with 13 nominations, it received all the nods for individual writers and photographers prizes.The Chronicle, which received a total of 14 nominations, got six in the Overall Newspaper Awards Category, including Best Overall Newspaper, Best Front Page and Best Editorial/Opinion Page.The Stanstead Journal also placed in the Best Editorial/Opinion Page category with another nomination for cartoonist Kevin Groves.Journal Editor Ross Murray got three nominations including, Best Arts and Entertainment Stoiy, one for Best Column and one for Best Editorial.Former Record Sports reporter Robert Matheson was nominated for a sports story he wrote for the Journal.Record alumni Dwane Wilkin, who is now editor of the Nunatsiaq News up north, bagged four nominations.They include one for Best Overall Paper, one for Best Front Page and another for a special report on education.Wilkin also snapped a winning picture in the Feature Photo category.The Equity of Shawville and the native publication The Nation tied for the third largest number of nominations with eight apiece.The Quebec Farmers Advocate and the Cathy Seniors Gibson Times tied for the largest number of nominations in the the Specialty Publications section with nominations in all three Categories.They nior Times reporter Renée Joette Friesen.Winners in the annual competition for newspapers, reporters and photographers in the Quebec Community Newspaper Association will be announced at the group’s annual general meeting at Mont St.Gabriel in May.will compete against the Canadian Jewish News for Best Overall Specialty Publica-Sylvia tion.Warden Farmers Advocate reporter Suzanne Brown will also compete for Best Story and Best Photo against Se- & \m page 4 Tuesday, April 13, 1999 i ¦THE» - RECORD Sculpture of Bishop Matthews to be unveiled ; >1 V-1 %%% In addition to being Bishop of the Diocese of Quebec from 1971 to 1977, Matthews ministered in the Eastern Townships Staff Lennoxville The late Bishop Timothy Matthews will be honored in Quebec City this Sunday with A sculpture of Bishop Matthews will be officially unveiled Sunday at 11 a.m.the unveiling of a sculpture in Carter Hall of The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Quebec City.In addition to being Bishop of the Diocese of Quebec from 1971 to 1977, Matthews ministered in the Eastern Townships where he was the Archdeacon of the St.Francis deanery based in Lennoxville.Earlier in his career he ministered to congregations in parishes in the Gaspé and Arvida.Sculptor Peter Joyce, also a clergyman, writes that he once visited Matthews at a very low point in his own ministry.GOOD LISTENER “He listened to me attentively and at length,” Joyce recalled.“Finally, he said quietly ‘Peter, don’t think of yourself as starting over at the bottom of the ladder.Think of yourself as standing at the foot of the cross.” Joyce said that a new perspective marked a turning point his his healing.The key to the sculptural interpretation was Matthews favorite scripture Psalm 11., verse 4 which is shown on the tablet, explains Joyce.“The partly closed eyelids, the hind of a whimsical smile, the appraising glance — this is Bishop Tim looking out at the world with sprightly humour and compassion.” The stones set in his miter of the sculpture were taken from the Gaspé shore.A miner made the cross on his chain from Murdochville copper.A preview showing of the bas relief of Matthews and a bust of L.L.Bean the founder of the outdoor sporting store that bears his name, is taking place this week in Carter Hall.The sculpture of Bishop Matthews will be officially unveiled Sunday at 11 a.m.THE LEGAL BULLETIN by Me Hélène Ouellet Why and How to Protect Your Computer Software Depending upon a software’s complexity, it can be protected either by a request for a copyright or by a patent.Lately, Canada, the European Office of patents and mostly the United States, have granted patents to protect the components of computer software such as source codes and algorithms.An author who owns a copyright can enjoy an adequate protection of his work, not only for his life expectancy, but also up to 50 years after his death! It is necessary for the registration of a patent that there be a new aspect to the invention along with a characteristic of utility.A registered invention is protected for 20 years and provides a monopoly for the exploitation of the software.The process related to the registration of a copyright is relatively simple.However, the process by which we register a patent is more complex and expensive.A copyright or patent will enable the owner to allow people to use his product by distributing licenses.The above demonstrates the importance of acquiring an adequate protection of the software you created.Don’t forget, if you created it, you should get the credit.Me.Hélène Ouellet is a trade-mark lawyer with Laroche Alric Ouellet www.larochealricouellet.com (819) 563-3303 Brome Lake Police are ' searching for camper crooks BROME LAKE POUCE Anyone who has seen this cream