The record, 20 août 2003, Supplément 1

Brome County NFVT Wednesday, August 20, 2003 1ER PENSE A TOI IS THINKING OF YOU Turn your groceries.into rewards For your Quality is our main ingredient.¦¦I reward miles V.^ choose 1ER all the way 231 Sherbrooke St., Magog 819-868-1122 472 Knowlton Rd., Knowlton 450-243-6692 The Largest Circulation Weekly in Brome —Missisquoi Tall tales told in West Brome By Philip A.Godin Record Correspondent West Brome For the third summer in a row, storytellers of all ages, spiritual persuasion, cultural backgrounds and social origins gathered in West Brome’s Edwards Park this past weekend to enthrall scores of avid listeners with vivid tales, wild stories and mystifying legends.The annual twoday storytelling event, held under a big top surrounded by a cluster of smaller tents, featured local and invited readers who entertained young and old by recounting either their own yarns or those borrowed from others.According to event spokesperson Bee Santori, the intent is not only to entertain people, but also to foster a community-based activity that encourages family participation.“We want to pass on the great oral tradition and cultural inheritance that we have in the Townships, and at the same time give families an opportunity to enjoy a weekend together,” Santori said.In many ways, the proceedings could be considered a metaphor for the enduring undercurrent of anglophone activities that endure in the area, all within the confines of a closely-knit community that values close interpersonal relationships.Each of the dozen or so storytelling sessions played before full audiences.Nine-year-old Hudson Bay native Vi-vianne O-Sheshamush gave a particular- PHIIIP A.GODIN/CORRKSPONDENT v ¦ 'tw' rtf r i/r ¦ xiSSSs ¦ ' ‘‘ J v- ¦ - .,.f : Jeannie Boudreau (right) returned to West Brome for the fourth straight year with her book exchange tent, the profits from which aid the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada.ly interesting reading on the origins of the black stripes found on Birch bark.Clad in the bright fuchsia hand-made jingle dress that her grandmother adorned with rows upon rows of cone-shaped gleaming metal chimes, O-She-shamush delivered a First Nations’ tale replete with talking animals and playful mystic characters, all involved in a moral struggle that inevitably led to societal teachings.Among the weekend’s many supporters were Townshippers’ Association, the Brome-Missisquoi Centre Local de Développement (CLD) and the Yamaska Council of Canada (YLC) who were on site providing information on literacy and life skills.YLC representative Joani Tannen-baum explained that the Council saw in this and previous years’ festivals an opportunity to make their services known to area residents and to recruit volunteers interested in teaching basic literacy skills.“When you encourage storytelling and listening, you encourage reading and writing, the most basic of the skills that up to 40 per cent of the area population has difficulty with,” Tannenbaum added.In fact, that rate of illiteracy is in keeping with the Canadian rate despite the considerable investment made in education in every province.“There are many reasons to explain why so many people have difficulty reading.“There may be learning difficulties that are hard to detect or problems at home that push young people to drop out of school, not to mention the limitations that the school system itself has to contend with,” she continued.According to Tannenbaum, the below average literacy level in Canada is an important factor in it’s losing the 1999 rating as the World’s best country in which to live, falling to eighth place overall this year.The entirely volunteer-run event also included a Scouts and Girl Guides tent which offered home-baked goods and refreshments, a Sûreté du Québec child identification and fingerprinting kiosk and a Dream Wish children’s wishing well.Bolton Centre market will not be forgotten By Murielle Parkes Record Correspondent Bolton Centre For the folks in Bolton Centre, the recent closing of the village’s ‘mini marché aux puces’ marked the end of an era.After 25 years of trading second-hand goods (first in her late husband's garage across the street and later next to her own house in the centre of town), Rachel Gamache Neale has sold her house and given up her flea market.It was a familiar landmark to anyone who habitually passed through the village.It was also a venture — one of the oldest in the municipality — the 73-year-old entrepreneur thoroughly enjoyed.Even in the winter, when the place was ostensibly closed, Neale would welcome a customer in search of a treasure or two.Her shop contained just about everything and anything from bric-à-brac and 50s jewelry to solid oak tables and chairs.On one occasion, she even sold cats — six in two days — and dogs.Over the years, Neale met plenty of interesting people - some wonderful, some less so.“Some people want everything for nothing,” she said with a laugh.A sign posted in her shop said it all.“All the world brings joy to this flea market, some, when they enter, others when they leave." See Market, Page 6 TIWOKMMMY Bright f«|«rs Y| BACK TO SCHOOL 10% oil Tanning Accelator lotions with student I.D.Tanning • Earpiercing • Esthetics • Makeup Monday-Satutday 8 am-4 pm MmhtASBO Certifié par SAE 58 Principale N, Sutton Quebec JZrt supplies Coif Art Scene.Creative Art Pratact» « Ccrnimirekm» available at Bousada's 316 Kncwiton Ho.Dcsiqn Artist CSA B rrincipam l'a.ouuun - (450) 538-5858 wanonrthoutIppointmentt ^/VJtNOWiTon Til.: Cell: 450-242-2580 405-8501 RRO1 "N/* Aie Trois Canards nuTKWivr, mm rrstmi «mumvt »iunu*ii:innn unranmMu* Résidence pour les Aînés / Retirement Residence page 2 Wednesday, August 20, 2003 Brome County News Brome County Community Billboard Arts Calendar Aug.19 to 27 An exhibition of portrait and figure paintings by Dêsmond Senior, SCA, CIPA, PSA., will be held at the Brome County Museum, 130 Lakeside, Knowl-ton from Aug.19 to 27 from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m.All welcome.Community Calendar Aug.22 Sutton United is holding its popular Chicken Barbecue Supper on Friday, August 22 at 5:30 p.m., at 6 Maple Street.Tickets may be reserved by calling 450-538-2782 or 450-538-3137.Aug.21 Bowling inscriptions will take place on Tuesday, Aug.21, at 7 p.m.at Salle Golden Age in Bedford.For information call: 450-248-2607.Aug.23 Eighth Annual Flea Market, Dunham United Church, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m.For table or space rental, contact, Barbara, 450-295-2348.To benefit Dunham U.C.W.Mental Health Well Being & Support Group at St.Paul’s Church (basement), Knowlton, about.2 p.m.Do you or someone you know suffer from depression?Whether the depression is situational or diagnosed is not important.This group can help you.Having difficulty coping?Are words like Schizophrenia, Manic Depression, Bi-polar confusing to you?Or you’re not sure how to support someone struggling with one of Brome County NEWS 88 Lakeside, Knowlton, Quebec JOE 1V0 Tel.: (450) 242-1188 / Fax: (450) 243-5155 RATES & DEADLINES COMMUNITY CALENDAR Brome County News Community Calendar is reserved for non-profit organizations only.Deadline is noon on Mondays.A pre-paid fee of $6 is required per publication, or SPECIAL RATE of $10 for 2 insertions: 1 BCN & 1 in Friday Record “What’s On" section.Please forward notices to Box 488, Knowlton, JOE 1 VO, email: bcnnews@qc.aibn.com, or fax: (450) 243-5155.Visa and Mastercard accepted.these illnesses?Or maybe you just want to be more informed.We have a lending library with books and videos.Need a ride to a meeting?Info.Linda 450-243-0928.SPCA Montérégie Adoption Day! Lots of great dogs and cats will be in Knowlton hoping to find a new start in life.Come and learn more and meet some great animals.Mill Pond Park, noon to 3 p.m.Aug.24 The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #158, Sutton will have a ‘Western Breakfast, All You Can Eat’, from 10 a.m.to 1 p.m.at 2 Curley Street, Sutton.The Philipsburg United Church invites you to ‘A Musical Celebration’ at 11 a.m.featuring Union United Church Gospel Choir, followed by light refreshments.All welcome! Aug.26 Royal Canadian Legion General Branch meeting at 120 Davignon, Cowansville, 7:30 p.m.All members are asked to attend.George Poll, President.Aug.30 S.I.T.E.(Société d’initiative Touristique et Economique du Lac Champlain) will be holding a fundraiser, Venise-en-Québec Tout En Musique, at the Church St.Martyrs Canadiens in Venise on Aug.30, with the Voxapella Vocal Ensemble.Supper: 6 p.m.Show: 8 p.m.Price for supper and show: $25 Show only: $20.For information, call Rosemarie: 450-244-6455.Sept.4 and 18 ADVANCED NOTICE: Church of the Ascension, West Brome, Luncheon Card Parties will be held on Sept.4 and 18 at noon.Reservations please, Evelyn, 450-263-1938.Sept 6 Creek United Church, Brill Road, West Bolton Annual Ham Supper, 4:30 to 7 p.m.Adults, $10, children, 10 and under, $3.Church Services KNOWLTON/CREEK PASTORAL CHARGE: Worship and Song by members assisted by The Reverend Dale Skinner.Creek United, Foster, 9:30 a.m.Sunday School at Creek.Knowlton United, Knowlton, 11 a.m.(Handicap access).ST.PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH: 24 St.Paul’s Road, Knowlton.We wish to know Jesus Christ and to make Him known.Sunday Services: 8 and 10 a.m.Sunday school and Nursery, 10 a.m.The Rev.Ralph T.Leavitt — Pastor.PARISH OF BROME: Anglican Worship Service on the fourth Sunday of every month: 9 a.m.Holy Communion, Church of the Ascension, West Brome; 11 a.m.Holy Communion, Holy Trinity, Iron Hill; and 7:30 p.m.Holy Communion, St.John the Evangelist, Brome Village.Rev.Rick Gariepy 450-243-6096.COWANSVILLE AREA PASTORAL CHARGE UNITED CHURCH: Worship at Emmanuel United Church, 203 rue Principale, Cowansville at 10:30 a.m.A1 welcome.TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH: Cowansville.Come and join us for Sunday Worship.We have a service at 9 a.m.(traditional) and a Family Service with music and Sunday school at 10:30 a.m.For more information, call 450-263-2662.WATERLOO ST.PAUL’S UNITED CHURCH: Waterloo — Fulford.Sunday Services: August and September, 9:30 a.m.First, third and fifth Sundays in Waterloo.Second and fourth Sundays in Fulford.Everyone welcome! 450-539-2129.GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH: Sutton.Come, let Jesus know you love Him.Sunday Service, 10:30 a.m.at 52 Principale Sud.The Rev.Canon Tim Smart.SUTTON-DUNHAM UNITED CHURCH: Sunday Worship Services closed for the month of August.Worship will resume Ice Cream Fun i ; i CAROLINE KEHNE/CORRESPONDENT Shelly Smith is normally cool as a cucumber, but if she looks a bit stressed, it is because she is facing a room full of hungry guests waiting for their just desserts at Mystic’s Ice Cream Social.The newly renovated Mystic Schoolhouse was filled to capacity.Profits go to the Mystic UCW and the Mystic Recreation Association.Sept.7 at 9:15 a.m.in Dunham and 11:15 a.m.in Sutton.BEDFORD UNITED CHURCH: Pastoral charge.Invites you to come and worship with us.Minister, Rev.Malcolm Cogswell.Joint Service, 11 a.m.Sunday, Aug.24, Philipsburg.THE ANGLICAN PARISH OF BED-FORD/PHMPSBURG/FARNHAM: Summer Services: Sunday, Aug.24, Faraham.at 10 a.m., with Fr.Brian Evans, Rector.BAPTIST CHURCHES: Sunday Services: Mansonville Baptist, 9:30 a.m.; Olivet Baptist, Sutton, 11 a.m.A1 are welcome.ABBOTSFORD UNITED CHURCH: Hymn sing.Aug.24, at 2:30 p.m.Come and bring friend.SPY KIDS 3D: GAME OVER Friday 7:00 p.m.(Aug.22) GO Saturday to Thursday 1:00 & 7:00 p.m.t (Aug.23 to Aug.28) SEA BISCUIT Fnday 9:00 p.m.(Aug.22) f~c~) '"aturday to Thursday 3:00 & 9:00 p.m y (Aug.23 to Aug.26) n Both original English version H From August 22*40 August 28* T G « -•fl UtmHOPALt Web site www theatrepnneess com For info 263-5900 J PD JOLY RIENDEAU &DUKE CHARTE • f 0 ACCOUNTANTS Taxation, Accounting, Financial Services, Estate Planning and Settlement, Farm Transfers Cowansville Knowlton Sherbrooke 127 Principale, Suite 105 560 Ch.Knowlton 3490 Galt West Cowansville Ville de Lac Brome Sherbrooke (450)263-4123 (450)243-5021 (819)566-2575 KNOWLEDGE AND KNOW-HOW.Brome County NEWS «8 Lakeside.Knuwi.ton.Quebec JOE 1V0 TW : (450) 242 1188 / 2424*92 FAX: (450) 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do not include PST Rnlrr for other servsees available on mprest The Kaonl Is published dally Monday to Friday.Back copies oflhe Record are available.The Record was founded on February 7, 1897, and acquired the Shertirooke Examiner lest.18791 in 1905 and the Sherbrooke Garette (est.1837) in 1908.The Record is published by Hollinger Canadian Newspapers l.l' Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Agreement No 0479675.sMf»e.Member ABC, CARD.CNA, QCNA "'W'*' Brome County News Wednesday, August 20, 2003 page 3 T-Day provides something for everyone By Caroline Kehne Record Correspondent Cowansville Townshippers’ Day, which will come to Cowansville on Sept.13, will once again showcase some of the area's leading entertainment talent, ranging in scope from musical theatre to Mississippi Delta blues.Four venues, including the main tent, a bandstand, the Emmanuel United Church and a dance stage will provide simultaneous performances starting after the 10 a.m.opening ceremonies, and continuing throughout the day.This year’s musical lineup includes rock-n-roll, traditional country, blues, and more, with performances by the Echos, Brad Picken, Ron Haynes and Friends, the Road Scholars, Unique, Keith Bill McClatchie, August and Me, B.Brothers Band, Ironic, Anything But Reason and the Dirty Blues Band, and the Knowlton Harmony Band.T-Day 2003 will also mark the last scheduled public performance by Hooked on Bluegrass, the popular band founded by Gord Cameron and his fellow members of Waterloo’s Townships Bluegrass and Old Tyme Music Society.Also on the roster of performers is Ralph Steiner, a Cowansville native turned equity actor and performer.This versatile singer, who performs with his band The Flyers, delivers powerful covers of works ranging from Hank Williams and Louis Armstrong to Frank Sinatra.For those who enjoy musical theatre, three of the area’s best community the atre companies will provide samplers of upcoming or past productions, including scenes from Sunshine Theatre’s upcoming production of Oliver!, storyland3’s Broadway revue, and Knowlton Players’ Bikers of Penzance.For those who prefer music with a more international flare, the lineup includes instrumental and choral groups, including the violin duo of Radocovici and Néron, the Cordes-à-Vent string orchestra, Cowansville’s Pot-Pourri Choir and world music from Chorale Choromondo On the dance stage, the Brome Squares will bring square dancing to the forefront, including a demonstration by caller Corrie Lowden.Lennoxville’s Rainbow doggers will alternate performances with the Squares.Many of the performers at T-Day 2003 DAVID ANDERSON/SPECIAL Hooked on Bluegrass will make its last scheduled appearance at 2003 T-Day in Cowansville.have released compact disc recordings, on sale at various locations throughout the site and at Townshippers’ Association offices in Lennoxville and Cowansville.The schedule is subject to change, so consult the final listing posted at Town-shippers’ Day for times and locations of performances.Voxapella in Venise By Caroline Kehne Record Correspondent Venise-en-Québec The popular Voxapella Gospel Vocal Ensemble, under the direction of Daniel Hebert, will appear at Church of the Canadian Martyrs in Venise-en-Québec for a supper and show on Aug.30.The award-winning choir was founded in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu in May, 1997.Since then, it has given an annual theme show, beginning with Ice Storm-inspired Le Blues du Verglas, and has performed at many venues, including St.Jean’s annual Hot-Air Balloon Festival.Voxapella has performed internationally in Paris, St-Malo and Angers.The group has also performed at the Olympic Stadium, accompanying Mario Pelchat for World Youth Day, and with Ginette Reno at the Bell Centre.The concert is sponsored by la Société d’initiative Touristique et Economique du Lac Champlain (SITE), a non-profit organization that promotes activities around the Lake Champlain area.Tickets are $25 for the supper and show, and $20 for the show only.Supper starts at 6 p.m., the show at 8 p.m.For tickets, contact Rosemarie Ro-bitaille at 450-244-6455.'puruUtune Special fyifo i*t a hidt&Uc &ettiMÿ Open 7 days 10-7 p.m.Friday & Sunday til 9 p.m.5 miles from Vermont border Beside the church 579 Rte.133 (at Rte.202) Pike River (450) 248-7877 August 29th, 30th, 31st & September 1st, 2003 Canada Friday at 5:00 p.m.Willie Nelson tribute *Adult talent contest Saturday at 3:50 pm Doc Walker Admission Adults: *9°° (Includes all shows) Children (under 12) %6°° 4-day pass *2500 1-450-242-3976 Adam Gregory fridoy on'Y S5'°° Senior Citizen* School Vouth DoV Sunday 3:30 p.m.Adam Gregory Monday li.QQ.ptM! 4x4 Truck Pull Luc Leduc - magician The Lemoine© FeYLing Zoo Knowltân Harmony Band Johnny Peer© & the MuYttville Youth Ta lent Show Saturday Big Parade Sunday - 1 p.m.Com ix 2B p.m. page 4 Wednesday, August 20, 2003 Brome County News Down time: A windstorm postscript concluded Consensus had been building for about a year.The nearly-unani-mous verdict among residents, friends and neighbours was that the big pine tree with the long crack hanging ominously over the main dwelling and power lines should be taken down.Leaving it to fate or chance, which had been my preference in the years since the storm of 1999, was no longer prudent, to use a favourite word of the first President Bush.The split had lengthened and grown wider, a second crack had opened up at a right angle to the first, sap was now oozing out freely, and chunks of bark had become pale and loose.The last deciding factor was a parade of dead-wood-eating insects that had been circling the base of the damaged tree since early spring.They milled about like the competing undertakers outside the residence of the dying Jacob Marley in Dickens; Christmas story, or like so many little Anna-Nicole Smiths waiting for the old guy to pop off.When the carpenter ants moved in and started building nests, raising families, hanging out laundry, the jig was up.Two large woodpeckers tried to keep the bug population in check, but in doing so managed to give the lower part of the trunk that Swiss cheese look (a friend asked if the woodpeckers were ‘pileated’, but they gave no sign of union or profession-al affiliation that I could see).Waking up to their rat-tat-tatting just outside the window was an annoying, reproachful reminder that the time for action had arrived.Consultations with woodsy friends on hot summer afternoons produced a variety of possible solutions.They ranged from closing our eyes and wishing the tree away in an ultra-focused Zen moment suggested by an old ‘60s type, to ‘Just let me have a couple more cold ones and I’ll go fetch my chainsaw.’ In between were some good ideas, most involving a cable or rope-and-pulley arrangement from half-way up the trunk to an anchor at the base of The Country Squire Brian Eddington ^pédale pour la, SANTE Bike For Your Health Vélothon BMP 2003 To benefit the BROME-MISSISQUOI-PERKINS HOSPITAL Bike-a-thonsunday , September 7,2003 IN O in in I VO VO IN O m c o V-i E k_ o A 20 km family circuit on the streets of Cowansville A 60 km long-distance vineyard circuit through Cowansville, Dunham and Frelighsburg Numerous participation prizes, drinks and food will be available to participants Entry forms are available at the BMP Hospital and at many other stores in the region RECORD -i1 le Guide © < « pm ip*,» f ^ a distant tree with tension applied by truck or tractor while the cutting took place.Still, the situation required that the pine fall not only in the right direction, but that it land in a specific place.Otherwise, we could block a major thoroughfare, and rob a community of its electricity, a case in which that convenient word ‘oops’ would hardly be sufficient.It was time to bring in the professionals, the task of choosing from among that select fraternity made easy with someone close by and highly recommended.In this neighbourhood, the dean of foresters is Jack the Tree Man, surgeon general of local tree doctors, so to speak (I tried once to get the U.S.Surgeon General on the phone, but he was too busy out warning people).He came for the pre-op consultation and examination in a tired-looking Volkswagen Jetta.On the appointed Friday he arrived with an assistant and assorted equipment in a big diesel pick-up, which was much more reassuring, I remember thinking at the time.With paraphernalia in place, ropes and saw at the ready, it was time for everyone else to stand back and keep out of the way, dogs and cats included.The tree man at work is by itself an event worthy of an admission charge, and we had front row seats — at an appropriate distance.Here is a skilled, confident veteran of the trade, we all agreed, not unlike an athlete at the top of his game.Someone who brings a cheerful, upbeat passion, even a boyish enthusiasm.to his metier.A bit like wine tasters or bush pilots, someone suggested.A steady wind blew from the west, the wrong way naturally, but well within the range of tolerance.Small limbs fell harmlessly to the ground, while larger ones were lowered by rope sliding over the protruding nub of a lower branch and played out from below.Instructions came loud and clear from up high whenever ground-level assistance was required, a bit like the Almighty giving Noah the measurements for the Ark.The high point in the drama, in several ways, arrived when he got within six feet of the topmost sprig of green (the trunk went all the way up, and even the highest branch was about four inches in diameter, courtesy of several toppings by the same west wind over the decades).There he was, well over 100 feet in the air, rope in place, chainsaw running.Sawdust, or debris from the chain, streamed out eastward on the wind.First, one snapping sound, then another, then a loud ‘Now!’ from above, whereupon a sudden increase in tension on the rope, and off came the top, which came free at the cut and crashed to the ground.Larger ones were lowered by a rope sliding over the protruding nub of a lower branch and played out from below.Like a pine-pole version of his namesake and the remarkable beanstalk, Jack’s head poked up above the bare trunk as it swayed back and forth through an arc of perhaps 25 feet.When, after a few seconds in limbo, he realized all was secure, a jubilant, victorious whooping and hollering burst forth across the remaining tree-tops, all of which were below him.It was down downhill after that; the rest of the demolition was perfunctory, though no step was taken lightly or for granted.When just the stump was left, the whoops and high-fives concluded, we all sat back to savor the moment.The challenge had been met, and a major hazard removed.All that remained was to clean up.And, of course, to pay and smile.Since 1948 CPS AGUME Dreading service CALCIC AND DOLOMITIC AGLIME Also available: Truck with flottation tires or Tractor hauled spreaded TRANSPORT HANIGAN INC.Notre-Dame de Stanbridge (450) 296-4996 Brome County News Wednesday, August 20, 2003 page 5 End the summer on an artistic note By Caroline Kehne Record Correspondent As summer winds down and the back-to-school sales get underway, there are still a few ways to enjoy a quick and inexpensive day trip while enjoying a small sampling of Quebec culture.Frelighsburg’s two-day outdoor art show, Festiv'Art (Aug.30 and 31) and the four-weekend Tournée des 20 (Sept.20 through Oct.13) provide two incentives to tour this scenic southwest corner of the Eastern Townships.Festiv’Art An estimated 24,000 visitors will pass through Frelighsburg’s scenic streets, transformed for two days into an open-air art show featuring an estimated 3,000 works by 125 selected artists from throughout Quebec.The works are displayed in front yards and under tents pitched throughout the town, located in the heart of orchard country.Because most of the exhibitors are located outdoors, dress accordingly.Also, because of the volume of traffic, parking is at a premium, so wear comfortable walking shoes suitable for climbing Frelighsburg’s rolling streets.For information, go to www.village.frelighsburg.qc.ca or call 450-298-5630.Tournée des 20 The Tournee des 20 showcases works by artists and craftspeople working in the western sector of the Eastern Townships.Artists from Dunham, Frelighsburg, Pigeon Hill, Bedford, Philipsburg, Saint-Armand, Stanbridge East and Mystic take part in this final studio tour of the 2003 art season.The colorful brochure (available at local tourist bureaus, at www.art-t20.qc.ca,*or from any participating artist) contains a detailed map of the location of the 20 artists and artisans.For four consecutive weekends (which coincide with peak foliage season in the border areas), participating artists open their gardens and studios to visitors between 10 a.m.and 6 p.m.There is no entrance fee and browsers are under no pressure to buy.Fortunately, the Tournée des 20 route also brings tourists on an intercept course with some of Quebec’s best regional wineries, many of which offer free tastings.Dunham’s Vignoble des Côtes d’Ar-doises (located on route 202 east of Stanbridge East), with its outdoor sculpture garden featuring works by many area sculptors, is one of the official stops on the Tournée.The tour provides a mix of fine arts, crafts and decorative arts.Its long-time participants include fine- CAROUNE KEHNE/CORRESPONDENT This year's Tournee des 20 features Townshippers such as stained glass artist Mike Laduke (pictured) of Stanbridge East.EM furniture maker Gary Bursey, who crafts Shaker-style custom furniture using locally harvested hardwood and potters Sara Mills and Michel Viala, raku artists whose works range from delicate rice bowls to elaborate outdoor sculptures whose soft colors blend into any gardenscape.For those in search of a touch of elegance, Sylvie Bouchard’s hand-painted silk kimonos and neckties are examples of “wearable art”.lighsburg), ceramist Jacques Marsot (Mystic), Mills and Viala, ceramist Naomi Pearl (Dunham), leather craftsman Marc Bonnin (Dunham), Clément, collage artist Line Gamache (Saint- JÊ «W ’ v f *1 § % | 1 " w - • CERTIFICATION MINISTER OF HEALTH • NO SIDE EFFECTS • PERMANENT HAIR REMOVAL • ANY SKIN, ANY HAIR COLOUR The Tournée also includes fine arts, such as the works of landscape painter Danielle Clément, whose oils capture the back roads of Quebec and Linda Hob-ley.Hobley is a painter who specializes in photo-realistic renderings of natural subjects in acrylic.This year’s tour includes stained glass artist Mike Laduke (Stanbridge East), jewelry designer Kim Craft (Mystic), toymaker Roland Neumann (Fre- Armand), Hobley, painter Jean Villeneuve (Dunham), photographer Rosemary Sullivan (Pigeon Hill), Bouchard, textile artist Martine Langlois (Bedford) and Bursey.The tour also includes a special sculpture exhibition, Nature et Création, in Dunham.The Tournée also welcomes up to four guest artists from other parts of the province whose works are exhibited at public spots throughout the area.This year’s guests are cardboard collage artist Jean-Marc Plumauzille, textile artist Rosie Godbout and hat maker Elizabeth Wannaz.Copies of the Tournée des 20 brochure, which include a map, lodging and restaurant information, are available in local tourist offices, including those of Frelighsburg and Dunham.More information is available at the organization’s website (www.art-t20.qc.ca) or by calling Brome-Mis-sisquoi Tourist Information (toll free at 1-888-811-4928).CHEZ GUY Spécial du vendredi soir Friday Night Special Spaghetti 3,99 $ 17 h - 21 h 471 Knowlton Road 243-5592 fêtant Sate DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND WE ARE BRINGING BACK OUR BIG EVENT! We are offering great discounts on selected plants from choice ground covers to Rock Garden plants, ornamental grasses, unusual perennials, and ferns.g •nd Q, 9 4.m.to 5 jb-wt.11(12 Parmenter Itoad ¦ Sutton, Quebec JOE 2K0 Tel.(450) 243-5354 t4>itw.alpinemtecho .com AU plants will be dug up as they are soltl and placed in plastic bags, or you may bring your own containers. page 6 Wednesday, August 20, 2003 Brome County News Keeping Kids Safe Friends get chance to say one last goodbye ¦Mt • • ' " ' CAROLINE KEHNE/CORRESPONDENT Sûreté du Québec Constables Alfie Musto (left) and Wallace McGovern were on hand at West Brome Storytellers' Festival this week to issue Identification Passports for children.The project encourages parents to complete the I.D.process for each child, filling out pertinent descriptive information to be used in the event of the child’s disappearance.Parents are also encouraged to enclose a recent photo, as well as a hair sample that can be used for DNA identification.MARCHE 4j029^686 jLjTlÆWî " » ?* MURIELLE PARKES/CORRESPONDENT After 25 years, Rachel Gamache Neale (pictured) recently closed her much appreciated Mini Marché aux Puces in Bolton Centre.¦ ummer in a Beachcomber Hot Tub Relax: No payments-for three months.Reward: Get our Ubtory offer on options .?L\.wBrtfKO&jr 1.700* for only.!278 Deauville Tel,: (819) 843-4744 beachcomber HOT TUBS I Knownon LOCrOIX.Te! (450) 242-2414 www.ainacroa.com For tree Information & education, call 1-800-998-3288 or visit beachcomberhottubs.com."See store for details.Market:- Cont'd from Page 1 Not surprisingly, a few fit neither category.For example, Neale once sold a lawn mower to a man from Montreal.He used it for one season, then tried to get his money back be cause it used too much gas.On another occasion, a man shoved a $20 bill at her, then walked away with a $40 pot.“I’ve met so many interesting people and made lots of wonderful friends," she remarked.“I learned a lot, joked a lot and felt better by meeting and talking to them.I could write a book." Recently, Neale threw a party to thank the many friends and faithful clients who stopped and shopped at her flea market.More than 75 showed up.They came from all over the immediate area including Bolton Centre, Austin, Man-sonville and Knowlton, as well as from Montreal, Longueuil and Magog.“It’s not going to be the same without her," said long-time friend and neighbour Connie DuVal.“I’m going to really miss her." On the eve of her move to Magog (to be closer to medical facilities), Neale is amazed at the number of people who continue to come by and wish her well.“Everyone stops." she concluded.“I just can’t get over it.” * itVi‘ Lt v^' ' ¦ Make food shopping METRO worthwhile, shop at PLOUFFE 20 Avenue des Pins, Bedford 450 Meigs N., Farnham 460 St-Patrice West and Galerie Orford, Magog Wednesday, August 20, 2003 page 7 Brome County News Flower show celebrates 68th edition Sortie/ Kxit 90 - Autoroute 10 Flowi K Snow Results Here are the results for the 68th edition of St.James the Apostle Flower Show: Ashley Girard won Best of Show for her entry under Class D (“Old Fashioned Xmas Tree”); Arthur Hall received the Rose Trophy and Rachel Ten Eyck received the Debbie Rhicard Young Plaque: Other 1st place winners are: Class A: Noreen Craig (W.I.World Peace, Our Faithful Churches, Museum, Pike River, Baker’s Bakery): Sandra Fortier (General Store): Joanne Ten Eyck (Old Mill); Becky Blinn (Healing Herbs); Claire Hobbs (Sports): Kathy Kaiser (Farming, Fire Department); John Peddie (Annual Picnic ); Sandra Wilson (All Roads Lead to Stanbridge East).Class B: Claire Hobbs (Cosmos, African Marigolds, Zinnias (giant).Lily and Hanging Baskets); Arthur Hall (Dahlias and Rose — 3 Blooms); Denise Duhamel (Gladiolas — Best Specimen, Zinnias (button) and Miniature Gladiolas); Sherman Young (Gladiolas - 3-Spike); Betty Haynes (French Marigold); Thelma Rhicard (Pansies); Vera Gendreau (Petunias, Rose — Miniature 6-Blooms, and Other); Sandra Fortier (Rose — Best Specimen and Flowering Plant); Kathy Kaiser (Sunflower); Noreen Craig (African violets); John Peddie (Coleus and Planter); Altia Potts (Fern); House-plants (Christine Blinn).Class D: Ashley Girard.Class E (ages 9 to 12): Marley Chase; Ashley Girard; Jennifer Rhicard; Jessica Ten Eyck; Nikolette Martin.Class F (under eight years): Rachel Ten Eyck; Ashley Nelson; Olivia Blinn-Giroux.By Caroline Kehne Record Correspondent Stanbridge East Sixty-eight years after the Ladies’ Guild of St.James the Apostle Anglican Church held its first flower show in Stanbridge East, a new generation of citizens struggles to keep this long-standing community event alive.The decision to cut the show from two days to one, and to move its location from Memorial Hall to the grounds of St.James the Apostle Anglican Church proved to be a controversial one, but, in the end, the show proved to be both an aesthetic and financial success.The 2003 organizing committee of Chairperson Mary Boomhower, Maggie Cummins, Dianne Rhicard and Pam Dillon report that this year’s show will show a hefty profit for the first time in recent memory, thanks in part to the 200 tickets sold and the profits from the Flower Show booklet.Boomhower credits Rhicard who did the layout for the booklet for saving the cost of a graphics layout.That major cost eliminated, combined with the revenue generated from sponsors and entrance fees, the show was almost guaranteed to finish in the black.The change of venue to the quiet grounds of St.James the Apostle Anglican Church was also a major change for the show, but one that elicited positive comments from visitors.The historic church, completed in 1878, was, according to historian Phyllis Hamilton’s account, constructed in the shape of a cross and patterned after a church in England.The floral entries, exhibited inside the church, gave visitors a chance to view the arrangements complemented by the rich colours of the church’s interior woodwork and stained glass windows.The annual flower show tea moved to the adjacent church hall and a large exte- ial for displays.With plenty of mid-summer rain, this year’s entries seemed more vi- mittent showers on Saturday, pleasant weather prevailed.“A gigantic thanks to everyone who helped this year.It was a beautiful flower show,” said Boomhower.CAROLINE KEHNE/CORRLSPONDENT Betty Haynes shows off her 1st place ribbon won in the Class B category of French Marigolds at the St.James the Apostle Flower Show.rior tent provided the setting for a flea market.The decision to cut the show from two days to one was, similarly, controversial, but in the end, at least some of the 25 volunteers who helped on the show voiced relief about compressing the show into a single day.Also, the guest book showed entries by visitors who came from as far as Vermont, Sherbrooke, Ormstown and Lacolle.This year, nature also cooperated with local gardeners, who depend upon flowers grown in their own gardens as mater- brant compared those in previous years.Also, despite a weather forecast that called for inter- Gerald Potterton r.c.a.Exposition Oil paintings August 30 - 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