The record, 6 juillet 2001, vendredi 6 juillet 2001

THE ORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 2001 BLUE RIBBON Reservations: (819) 841-1431 www.piRgcrp.Ci 85 CENTS WWW.SHERBROOKERECORD.COM Friday, July 6, 2001 Spectacular Blaze in Knowlton MAURICE CROSS FIELD A carriage house on a property that had been the home of MP Heward Graffteyfor nearly 40 years went up inflames yesterday See Page 3 for story.Calves slain by archers, left to die in Katevale Farmers baffled by motive By Tom Peacock When Stanley and Benita MacDonald of Katevale went to check their herd of cattle this morning, they found that two of their calves had been shot with hunting arrows.The calves were still alive, standing close to their mothers and “looking kind of dopey,” Stanley MacDonald said.The farmer immediately called the veterinarian, who came to see the animals and said they were already running a fever and would be dead within 48 hours as a result of septic shock.The MacDonalds told the vet they would have no use for the calf meat and asked that the animals be put down immediately by lethal injection.The vet then administered a series of shots to each animal to euthanize them.MacDonald said the contaminated meat would be delivered to the Tenderer, and the farmer would receive no compensation for his loss.As for insurance on the animals, worth $600 each, MacDonald wasn’t sure what he would receive in the way of compensation after being the target of a malicious act.“I called (the insurance company), but they haven’t called back," he said, “I don’t know what it could be claimed under.” A neighbour noticed two ATVs moving slowly through the pasture at around 9:30 p.m.last night.MacDonald said the neighbour had been unable to identify the make of the four wheelers he saw, or the colour.There is a right-of-way through the pasture, owned by the city of Sherbrooke, and commonly used by snowmobiles in the winter and four wheelers in the summer.MacDonald said it is not uncommon for four wheelers to use the road at night.Please see Calves Page 4 PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL The two calves were left to die and had to be euthanized by a veterinarian. page 2 Friday, July 6, 2001 ¦ ¦¦THF.Record loto-québec 649 Draw 2001-07-04 03 05 09 31 40 41 BONUS NUMBER: 47 WINNERS 6/6 1 5/6+ 3 5/6 220 4/6 12,816 3/6 240,979 PRIZES $ 2,000,000.00 $ 152,015.30 $ 1,658.30 $ 54.50 $ 10.00 Total sales; $ 12,111,324 Next grand prize (approx.): $ 2,000,000 wmm Draw 2001-07-04 02 16 20 23 35 38 BONUS NUMBER: 07 WINNERS 0 6/6 5/6+ 5/6 4/6 3/6 0 12 884 16,852 PRIZES $ 1,000,000.00 $ 50,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 50.00 $5.00 Total sales: $ 534,836.50 Inkle Pli| Pmitiu* Draw mi + W 2001-07-04 02 09 34 49 WINNERS 68 PRIZE $ 147.06 'Only the selections participating in both Lotto 6/49 and Quôbec 49 on the same ticket are eligible to the promotion.Draw 2001-07-04 PRIZE $ 100,000 Gambling should remain a game Claims: See back of tickets, in the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list of L-Q, the latter shall prevail.TVA, THE NETWORK OF LDTO-QuEBEC'S LOTTERIES NUMBER 670633 Weather TodaytCloudy with clear periods and 40 percent probability of showers.Cool.High near 18.Saturday: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers.Low near 9.High near 21.Probability of precipitation 40 percent.Sunday: Variable cloudiness.Low near 12.High near 26.Monday: Mostly cloudy with scattered showers.Low near 11.High near 25.Probability of precipitation 40 percent.Normals for the period.Low 13.High 25.Versions of Mordecai How could a humble Eng-lish-language writer from this province not tap out a few words to note the passing of a figure as extraordinary as Mordecai Richler?So, even though reams of completely warranted tributes and intimate reminiscences have poured forth since his shockingly abrupt departure, I demand my two cents.I have been fortunate to have had a few gentle brushes with Richler’s genius, celebrity and humanity.The most gentle, indeed shamefully deferential, were back when yours truly was newspapering in Montreal and retreating regularly to Grumpy’s downtown bar after work.This happened to be Richler’s favourite Montreal watering hole at the time.I confess I was far too awed by him to have dared approach his bar-stool throne to offer my appreciation of his work.Besides, back then he had a reputation of not suffering fools, a risk I was not prepared to take.This legendary gruffness, we learn, belied an uncommonly generous and patient man.A few years later, in brush #2, my fleeting chances of winning a Quebec magazine-writing award were dashed by the fact an excellent article about Richler, then in the centre of a storm with the publication of his Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! volume, was the other nominee.Brush #3 came three years ago, when, emboldened by an altruistic urge, I began the quest of landing Richler as the celebrity reader for a fund-raiser for the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec library in Quebec City.The pitch was that a man with such a profound appreciation of literature, history and Quebec, could not resist such a tempting triplethreat invitation.We threw in a night at the Chateau Frontenac and a bottle of Macallan’s scotch for good measure.Lo and behold, after a few anxious weeks of waiting, a terse fax arrives from Richler’s winter residence in London.“Alright, I’ll do it.” We learned shortly afterwards that Richler had taken ill and in fact was to have a kidney removed in June, 1998, in an effort to snuff out an occurrence of cancer.We fretted for Richler, the reading gig the furthest thing from our minds.But late the next month another fax arrives.“Sorry not to have been in touch earlier, but I have not been up to much until now.” Relief, joy and a fixed date for a visit to Quebec City.The reading from Barney’s Version went well, polished, professional, patient and funny.At the reception in the Library afterwards, a shy and tired Richler, in the company of his charming and adored wife Florence, signed copies of his books -but not until he had been bolstered by a shot of the dutifully procured Macallans.Which leads to my favourite Richler brush, although one that is courtesy of Claude, my father-in-law.Before he retired, Claude was the Montreal agent for a prestigious wines and spirits company.Several years back, around Christmas time, Richler was introduced to my father-in-law’s company president at a New York City soiree.Richler was delighted to discover said company handled his favorite brand of scotch; the president was thrilled to discover his scotch was the preferred choice of such an esteemed literary figure.My father-in-law got a call shortly afterwards from the boss, asking him to send a case of Macallan’s to Richler in Montreal as a little season’s greeting.My father-in-law initially grumbled about making a gift of very expensive spirits to a man who could obviously afford to buy his own.I consoled him, saying if Richler starts spreading the word around about your scotch to his friends, you’ll more than recoup your outlay.A few months later, I eagerly got my hands on Richler’s latest instant bestseller - Solomon Gursky Was Here.It took me only a couple pages before I came across the first reference to Macallan’s.Then there was another one several pages later, another a few pages after that.All in all there must have been 25 references to this particular scotch, so much so we got the impression Richler’s creative genius was sustained by my father-in-law’s booze.He henceforth never begrudged that free case.My final thoughts on Richler's sudden passing come from Barney Panof-sky himself: Damn damn damn.Then and Now PHOTO COURTESY OF THE RCMP RCMP Staff-sergeant Allan Lockwood, a native of Richmond, will celebrate his 35th anniversary with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on Sunday, July 8.Lockwood, who joined the RCMP in 1966, has served his whole career in Quebec.He is currently in the drug enforcement squad in Montreal.Lockwood’s colleagues, who provided The Record with then (circa 1966/ and now pictures, wish him a happy anniversary.While the uni-form has been modified over the years, Lockwood hasn’t changed much.Quebec Affairs Peter Black Ben by Daniel Shelton ( wow/somany! yy &ugs LOT MORE MOMMY PICKER THEM ALU Off HER GARPEN VERY GENTLY £0 WE CAI BRING THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO R£WA FREE./rs OKAY.J SQUISH 'EM ALXEAPYf Friday, July 6, 2001 page 3 MAÜRICE CROSSFIELD 'fTW mm & Fire destroys century-old carriage house By the time firefighters arrived on the scene the whole interior of the building was filled with flames.By Maurice Crossfield Fire completely destroyed a century-old barn in Knowlton Thursday, a building that once belonged to long-time Brome-Missisquoi MP Heward Grafftey.Today the property at 160 Victoria Street is owned by Odile and Guy Cas-grain.Odile Casgrain had used a section of the barn as an art studio every summer for the last eight years.“I hadn’t even started yet,” she said.“Earlier in the day 1 had done a pencil sketch, but that’s all.” At about 3 p.m.Casgrain left for the Brome Lake Boat Club to pick up her children.While she was gone, caretaker Jean-Guy Roy smelled smoke.He called the Brome Lake fire department at 3:39 p.m.“The pickup truck was parked nearby,” Roy said.“When 1 went to move the truck it burned my hands when I touched it.” By the time Casgrain got back home from picking up her children the fire de partment was already there.“By the time we got here the whole inside was red with flames,” said Brome Lake fire chief Pierre Laplante.Faced with the intense heat of a 100-year-old allwood building, he called for reinforce- ments from Cowansville and Sutton.“It’s a matter of manpower,” Laplante said, noting that at the peak the intense in Knowlton heat of the fire made fighting it difficult.Roy said there were no animals in the former carriage house, and no one was injured in the fire.A tractor, some tools and Casgrain’s art supplies were destroyed along with the rest of the building.The firefighters did manage to save two nearby buildings, one of which was filled with firewood.Those structures suffered some minor scorching and had the paint peeled from their tin roofs.“For now we’re going with the idea that it was caused by an electrical problem,” said Brome Lake police chief Richard Burcombe.Burcombe said the property had been the home of MP Heward Grafftey for nearly 40 years.His fellow police officers still referred to it as “Grafftey’s place,” and the curve in the road is known locally as “Grafftey’s Corner.” As of The Record’s press time the main structure of the carriage house had collapsed, and firefighters had managed to put out most of the flames.Chinese granite used for Palais de Congrès floor Quebec granite snubbed by provincial board By Tom Peacock In spite of the fact Quebec is one of the major granite producing regions of the World, the Quebec property board has decided to use Chinese granite for a section of tiles in the new Palais des Congrès building in Montreal.The convention centre is undergoing a major expansion and is set to open to the public next May.According to the Canadian Stone Association, granite is one of Canada’s most important natural resource exports.Some $74 million worth of granite is exported from Canada every year, 74.6 per cent of which comes from Quebec.Granite is extracted at numerous sites around the Eastern Townships including Beebe, Coaticook, and Graniteville.Stone products using granite are manufactured in Stanstead, Lac Megandc, Lac Drolet and Beebe.The Chinese granite will only be used in one section of stone on one floor, but it’s an important piece of floor inside an important building, and Yvon Bergeron, director general of the Canadian Stone Association, is very upset about the decision to use the imported stone tiles.“It’s not a matter of money, it’s a matter of pride,” said Bergeron.“It’s a matter of being proud to be Canadian and having natural resources.” Complimentary freezer bags on request Strawberries OVER 30 YEARS OF FAITHFUL COLLABORATION TOGETHER We grow, you pick WERA FARM ENR.ôttùf