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Spaulding suspended.See Sports THE—» - RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 - -.——————A •- — £ Magog OIMCEPT 617 Bourque Blvd.Omerville (819) 843-3380| 12060 70 CENTS WWW.SHERBROOKERECORD.COM Wednesday, September 10, 2003 Asbestos fibres from E.T.safer than substitutes By Stephen McDougall Special to The Record Chrysotile asbestos fibres mined in the Eastern Townships cause less disease in the human lung than substitute fibres, according to prelimi- nary study results released Thursday by the Asbestos Institute.“After 30 days, 92 per cent of the chrysotile fibre had been cleared out of the lung while other fibres remained for a longer time,” said Dr.Jacques Dun- nigan, coordinator of the study.“Other research showed that substitute fibres such as cellulose can remain in the lung tissue for as long as 1,000 days.” Chrysotile asbestos is mined in the towns of Asbestos and Thetford Mines at three mines that employ some 1,100 workers.Institute officials have argued for years the chrysotile fibre has been un Please see study Page 9 Charest stomper suspended By Nelson Afonso Sherbrooke school board officials have not decided what they will do with a teacher who recently encouraged his Grade 7 students to stomp all over a picture of Premier Jean Charest.See teacher Page 5 PERRY BEATON/SPEOAL wmttm, New Homeowners Yolande and Poul Duplessis were overjoyed to learn they are the lucky winners of a jully furnished house raffled by the Sherbrooke University Geriatric Institute.39,994 ticket holders were hoping to move in, and 41,500 visited the home.ms - y* Manoir de Musée evacuated COURTESY BRUCE PORTER The Manoir du Musée residence on Frontenac St.in Sherbrooke was evacuated yesterday morning after a water heater in the spa short circuited.“There were vapours which may have contained chlorine," said Renaud Marchand, divisional chief.There was no fire, just smoke,” Marchand added.He said the 215 occupants of the residence were evacuated as a precaution, but were allowed back in after an hour and a half.Marchand said there was some damage but not much.Most of the smoke was contained within the pool area and two other rooms.Firefighters, police and ambulance workers were on the scene soon after the alarm was triggered by the smoke.Three buses were also made available by the CMTS.One elderly man was transported to hospital where he was treated for shock.www.multimeubles.com T.UJJ.J.1' S3 MULTI MEUBLES Mtf 4o*t*x earned and ùtifùHtUiOH 231 King West, Sherbrooke (819) 563-4743 îw look comfort, to pay or 24 payments interest tree _____AUTHORITY IN LA-Z-BOY RECUNERS 13047 il J 4 I , t * 4 • > r / ' f ¦ ¦¦ I ! .»., page 2 Wednesday, September 10, 2003 RECORD Walk for Parkinson’s research Sept.20 By Nelson Afonso Sherbrooke Local volunteers will hold Sherbrooke’s first ever SuperWalk for Parkinson’s on Sept.20 in an effort to raise money for research into the neurodegenerative disease.“It’s a way of contributing to research which in turn will improve the quality of life of the people living with Parkinson’s,” said Parkinson Society (Estrie) president Georges Allard on Tuesday, adding that walkers are asked to collect pledges prior to the event.The walk will be held at Jacques Cartier Park beginning at 2 p.m.(registration is at 1:30 p.m.).There is no particular distance to reach and walkers will be able to take regular breaks.Former Sherbrooke mayor Jacques O’Bready will act as the event’s hon- orary Chair.The local Society’s offices are located at Foyer St-Joseph.Between 300 and 500 people in the Sherbrooke area suffer from the disease.Parkinson’s is a slowly progressive neurodegenerative illness characterized by tremor, stiffness, slowness of movement and difficulty with balance.The symptoms appear when there is not enough dopamine in the brain.Dopamine is a naturally occurring chemical that allows nerve cells to transmit messages between each other.While there is no cure, the best treatment options include drug therapy, surgery, and physical therapy.Last year, 9,000 walkers in 64 cities across the country raised $1.2 million.The funds raised are sent to Parkinson Society Canada, which then redis- tributes them across the country.About $3 million has been distributed to 60 institutions and organizations since 1998.The local chapter of the Parkinson Society was founded 13 years ago by businessman Roger Fortier, himself a sufferer of the disease.“I was attending physical therapy sessions once every two weeks in Montreal.My wife and I were driving back and forth, in the car for four hours, so I decided maybe it was time to start something here,” said Fortier, who was first diagnosed 15 years ago.“We did it to teach the public, especially people who are close to those who suffer from the disease, about Parkinson’s.It is not always plainly visible.” About 100,000 people in Canada suffer from Parkinson’s, including 25,000 in Quebec.NELSON AFONSO Parkinson Society (Estrie) president Georges Allard Info session in Cookshire on prostrate cancer Richmond Terry Fox run set for Sept.14 During Prostate Cancer Awareness Week (Sept.15 to 21), the Canadian Cancer Society would like to remind men that prostate cancer is a serious health problem that should be discuss openly with their doctor.To mark Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, the Canadian Cancer Society, Estrie Region, will be holding an information booth at the Salon des aînés du Haut St-François, in Cookshire, on Sept.25.This year, 3,600 men in Quebec (18,800 in Canada) will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and some 1,250 men in Quebec (4,200 in Canada) will lose their lives to the disease.Since 1991, the number of deaths caused by prostate cancer dropped by more than 10 per cent.“On the other hand, due to Quebec’s aging population, the number of new cases of prostate cancer rose-a 30 per cent increase compared to 1991-which represents a major challenge in the years to come.We must encourage men to learn about prevention and early detection.It is crucial for men to be aware of the latest facts and to speak openly with their doctor,” explains Dr.Marc David, radiation oncologist and medical consultant with the Quebec Division of the Canadian Cancer Society.David adds, “As we head into Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, the debate continues surrounding the PSA test (to measure prostate specific antigen levels in the blood) as an effective screening tool to reduce prostate cancer death rates.We’re hoping that two major studies currently underway in the United States and Europe will provide us with more answers.It’s crucial that men have this information so that they can make an informed decision about whether or not to have the PSA test.” Until the results are made public, the Society urges all men over 50 to discuss with their doctor the potential risks and benefits of early detection through digital rectal examination and the PSA test, so that they can make informed decisions.By Stephen McDougall Special to The record The 20th year of the annual Terry Fox run in Richmond has been set for Sunday Sept.14, starting at 8 a.m.at the corner of Craig and Principal Streets.Organized by volunteer Pat Henderson, the run is held each year to raise money for cancer research.It is held in memory of Terry Fox, a cancer victim who tried to run across Canada in 1980 in an attempt raise both money and awareness of the deadly disease.He had to stop the run when his condition worsened.He later died of his condition.The route the runners and walkers will take starts at the Craig-Principal corner, goes down Principal St.to the St.Bibiane church, then goes up to the route 116 bridge.Once over the bridge, the route brings the participants onto Melbourne Ave then a left onto the Mackenzie bridge and back to the start.After the walk-run, the Royal Canadian Legion will hold a brunch for the participants at their branch building on College St.Another Terry Fox run will take place at the Wales home on Friday, Sept.12, with a walk around the home, followed by a pickle sale.Other money for the Terry Fox fund will be raised by volunteers Joe Kelly and Beverly Smith through the collection of returnable bottles and cans.The returnables can be dropped off at Smith’s residence at 8 Melbourne Ave.or picked up by Kelly by calling 826-3929.Forms for registering for the Sunday run can be picked up from local downtown merchants or by calling Henderson at 826-5516.Weather Today: Sunny with cloudy periods.Fog patches lifting in the morning.High 23.Thursday: Sunny.Low 10.High 24.Friday: Sunny.Low 11.High 26.Saturday: Sunny.Low 15.High 24.GOOP \ MORNING, ] PATTY.UWH.AMI CALLING fj TOO EARLY?Ben by Daniel Shelton /Crjl IT5 7AM, PAP.NATHAN ANP I HAVE ALREAPY MAPE BREAKFAST, OMNGEPA PAPER, PRESSEP TWO CHILPREN, MOPPEP UP SOME 6PILLEP MILK, SHOWEREp PUT A LOAP OF LAUNPRY IN ANP UAP 0UR5EC0NP CUP OF COFFEE, ANP WE RE RUNNING LATE. : I —THE ¦! - RECORD Wednesday, September 10, 2003 page 3 Thetford cops find outdoor pot, indoor greenhouse By Maurice Crossfield A 19-year-old Thetford man will be back in court on Sept.25 to face charges of cultivating marijuana after police raided his home and uncovered an indoor pot plantation.On Sunday the Thetford Mines Police were called to Proulx Road in the Pont-briand sector of the municipality.In a wooded area there they found 15 mature marijuana plants.Not finding anyone directly responsible, they began looking at their surroundings.Then they looked at the house across the road.Thetford Mines Police spokesman Const.Yves Simoneau said the police noticed that some of the windows in the house had been blacked out.They also noticed what appeared to be a ventilation system.After obtaining a search warrant the police entered the house.In the base- ment they found a total of 349 marijuana plants, ranging from young plants a couple of inches tall, to mature plants hung up to dry.The indoor garden used 28 high intensity lights (worth about $8,400) and another $10,000 worth of growing equipment.Emmanuel Lachance was arrested at the scene.He was brought to court and charged with cultivation of marijuana and cultivation with the intent to traffic.Tuesday a charge of possession of the proceeds of crime was added to his accusations, in connection with the $940 found in his pockets at the time.Simoneau said more charges are like ly.Hydro-Québec may come after Lachance because the electrical entrance had been bypassed to allow for the large amount of power needed to run the greenhouse.Lachance was released on a promise to appear in court on Sept.25.COURTESY SQ kV-* 'ÿüjp 4 JiK Police found a total of 349 marijuana plants, ranging from young plants a couple of inches tall, to mature plants hung up to dry.Towns fight to keep RCMP offices By Tom Peacock f I jhe mayors of Coaticook and Lac Megantic are both trying to prevent X the closure of the RCMP detachments in their towns.Regional Commander for the RCMP, Pierre-Yves Bourduas, announced the possible closures last week.It remains for Solicitor General Wayne Easter to approve the plan to close the small detachments and move the officers to Rock Island, Sherbrooke and Drummondville.“We passed a resolution saying we don’t accept the closure,” said Coaticook Mayor André Langevin on Tuesday.“We are a border town, we need the service.” Langevin said the announced plan to close the detachments goes against U.S.and Canadian efforts to strengthen customs and border controls.“We’ve already been reproached by the U.S.for not guarding our borders properly.We can be sure, when they hear about this, they won’t be happy,” he said.When there is a problem at customs, Langevin said the unarmed customs officers have to call in the RCMP to make arrests.But if there are no RCMP officers in Coaticook, he said, it may take a long time for the police to'respond.Agent Louis-Philippe Ruel from the Sûreté de Quebec said the provincial police force is often called in to provide support for the RCMP during special operations at the border, but he said the closure of the small local detachments shouldn’t mean more work for the SQ.“The closure will not change our mandate, which is public order within the MRC,” Ruel said, adding that the RCMP’s mandate which covers organized crime and terrorism as well as border control, is separate.When the two forces work together on a case, the SQdoes not usually communicate with the local offices, but with Sherbrooke.“Day to day, it shouldn’t mean more work for the SQ.But it will likely mean more work for the customs officers,” Ruel said.Roger Carron, director of the Coaticook detachment of the RCMP, said the closures are part of an effort by the federal police organization to streamline its investigation team.“It’s so we can do our best work possible for our mandate, which is to look after organized crime and terrorism,” he said.“For major files like that, you need 10 or 20 men easily.That’s where we’re heading.The view of our superiors is that if we’re unified in a larger sector, we’ll be better able to undertake these investigations.” Carron explained that in April, 123 jobs were cut from the federal force.Four positions were axed at the Coaticook detachment, leaving 11 officers.He said seven officers from the detachment’s anti-terrorism squad will likely be moving to Rock Island, with the rest either ending up in Sherbrooke or Drummondville.Carron did not offer up his own opinion on the restructuring, but he did compare it to various other unpopular cuts in other public programs such as health, education and the military.“It’s sad to say, but it’s a little similar to patients lying on stretchers for a day or two, because the nurses have other things to look after,” he said.“You just can’t do everything that needs to be done.It’s a sad thing for sure.” On the plus side, Carron said that, as a result of cuts and downsizing, communication and cooperation between the municipal, provincial and federal forces is improving.“I think it’s getting better every year, because if you’re in the enforcement business, you realize that with every one together, you still can’t do the job the way it should be done.” Colette Roy-Laroche, mayor of Lac Megantic, is also taking action to try to prevent the closure of the RCMP detachment in her town.“It happened very fast,” she said.“It doesn’t give us much time to react, but we’re going to do what we can.” Roy-Laroche said she only learned about the possible closures from the local media, so she’s not sure what it will mean as far as service changes, but she is concerned that closing the detachment in Lake Megantic will mean less security at the border.Gérard Binet, MP for the Frontenac-Megantic riding, told The Tribune he was surprised to hear about the possible closure of the RCMP detachment.“I don’t want the detachment to close,” he said.“We intend to maintain a federal presence in the region.We will continue to work towards this end.” Corporal Patrice Gelinas, spokesman for the RCMP, said the official announcement regarding the closure of “several” detachments will be made before the end of this month.He would not confirm which detachments were among those slated to close.Brief Teen actors die in Hwy 10 crash f.TH|he driver of a minivan involved in an accident which I claimed the lives of two teenagers on Autoroute 30 Monday JL morning is in critical, but stable, condition in hospital today.The 10:30 a.m.accident claimed the lives of two young Montreal actors, including the former English voice of popular children’s cartoon character Caillou.Jaclyn Linetsky and Vadim Schneider, both 17-yearold actors from Montreal, were passengers in the minivan when it struck a tractor-trailer on the Eastern Townships Autoroute.“Right now it is unclear what the real cause of the accident is," Sûreté du Québec spokesman Ronald Mclnnis told The Record.The actors were heading east along Highway 10 in Brassard on their way to St-Césaire to the set of a new television show when the driver lost control, veering across a median and into oncoming traffic, added Mclnnis.The driver of the minivan, a 28-year-old, remains in critical condition at Charles-Lemoyne hospital in Longueuil.Linetsky was the English-speaking voice of Caillou for 32 episodes between February 2000 and January 2002.The minivan slammed into a tractor-trailer and burst into flames.The truck driver escaped with only minor injuries.Cinéma9 PAQ-& 4-.W.£W£5PA¥vSEj,TJEWBER-lü,-20ü3'".- RECORD.Majority of motorists speed through Ascot Corner Police warn speeders and punish those who don ’t get the message By Rita Legault Ascot Corner A Transport Quebec traffic study shows that 83 per cent of east-bound motorists traveling through Ascot Corner are driving over the speed limit and that 16.8 per cent of them are going more than 70 kmph in the 50 kmph zone.Ninety-five per cent of westbound motorists speed through the tiny municipality, with 4.2 per cent of them exceeding 70 km/h.Excessive speeds have led to numerous complaints both to provincial police who patrol the road and to the municipal council which hears citizens’ complaints on an almost monthly basis at regular town hall meetings.And traffic and speed have increased steadily since the arrival of the autoroute on the outskirts of town, said Mayor Johanne Demers-Blais.Over the past few years, police have increased visibility and speed traps along that stretch of urban highway.Const.Jimmy Potvin of the Haut St-François detachment of the SQsaid that in 2002, provincial patrollers handed out a total of 373 tickets just for speeding in that zone and that it’s not unusual for a traffic control officer there to hand out up to two dozen tickets in an hour.But police don’t want to hand out more tickets, he said.They want to find a durable solution that will permanently slow the traffic through the 1.5 kilometer urban stretch of Route 112.While there have been no accidents in that zone, speeding is a constant problem and with more than 13,000 vehicles a day -12 per cent of them heavy trucks - crossing town, it’s a place waiting for an accident to happen.“Citizens seem to believe that only we can resolve the problem,” Potvin said, noting that writing out speeding tickets is simply a band aid solution if motorists don’t change their behaviour.In May, municipal officials sat down with representatives from the Sûreté du Québec, Control Routier Québec and Transport Quebec to come up with more permanent measures to slow the traffic down.On Tuesday, they took their message directly to the streets, stopping motorists and truckers and handing out pamphlets to raise awareness about the dangers of speeding.Potvin notes there are three main problems along that stretch of highway which crosses through Ascot Corner -speeding, the high number of vehicles tailing others too closely, and motorists failing to stop for pedestrian at crosswalks located at either end of town.Potvin notes that relatively few vehicles on that stretch of Route 112 are locals.Most of them are in transit PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL Mayor Johanne Demers-Blais, as well as Benoit Labonté from Control Routier Québec and Denis Rancourt from Transport Quebec discuss plans to slow traffic.between Thetford Mines and Sherbrooke.Following the meeting between officials from the town, police, traffic control and Transport Quebec, a plan was developed to attempt to find sustainable ways to slow traffic.Over the first phase this past summer, police patrols have been more visible on the road, setting up speed traps to catch faulty drivers.Some 150 tickets were handed out for speeding between April 1 and Sept.9.For stage 2 of the plan, police met with pedestrians and cyclists and letters were sent to all of the trucking companies that operate in the Haut St-François region.Benoit Labonté of Control Routier Québec which is charged with overseeing truck traffic and safety, said some measures were also taken to slow down truckers.Heavy traffic over 3,000 kilograms has been confined to the right lane and new signs have been installed to warn truckers to keep right in the 50 km/h zone.Labonté notes that during the transition, truckers are being made aware of the change, but that in the future, truckers who fail to respect that rule face a fine of $175 that grows to $240 with service charges.In the meantime, Transport Quebec has replaced existing speed limit signs with larger ones, painted speed limits directly on the road surface in 11 locations and revised the locations of speed limit signs on the stretch of Route 112 which goes from rural highway to urban main street.Transport Quebec officials also widened the white lines on the outside of lanes to give motorists the impression the road was narrowing ahead, said spokesman Denis Rancourt.In the future.Transport Quebec in- tends to rebuild raised pedestrian crosswalks which have created a noise problem and replace them with more visible crosswalk indications, Rancourt said.Rather than installing roadside panels that inform motorists on how fast they are going - a measure that often causes drivers to speed up to check their speed - detectors are being installed in police cruisers and motorists will be able to see how fast they are going in the rear windows of patrol cars doing radar operations in opposite lanes, said Potvin.In the meantime, an electronic information panel with various messages alternates between both ends of town warning drivers to slow down and be careful.On Tuesday, police and traffic control officers began phase 3 of their plan, stopping motorists and handing them a pamphlet which warns of the dangers and potential costs of speeding.' Each year, speeding in Quebec leads to some 200 deaths and more than 6000 injuries.But speeding can also be hard on your wallet.Going 10 kilometers over the speed limit will costs motorists a $47 and a warning.Fifteen kilometers over the limit will cost $57 and one point to be subtracted from their license.Speeds between 25 and 45 kilometers over the limit lead to fines between $210 and $250 and three demerit points, 50 to 60 kilometers over the limit will set you back from $320 and $426 and cost five demerit points.Going 70 kmph over the limit leads to a $546 fine and the loss of seven demerit points while an excess of 90 kilometers an hour costs $666 and the loss of nine points.The loss of demerit points can be costly, even if you have not accumulated enough to lose your license.The insurance costs on your license if you have fewer than four demerit points is $50, but if you have accumulated between four and seven points, that premium will double to $100.Having between eight and 11 points will cost $174,12 to 14 demerit points will cost $286 while upwards of 15 black marks on your license will raise the premium to $398.Phase three of the plan, which aims to raise public awareness, will include more radar operations.The speed traps will be announced in the media to forewarn the public.“Our aim is not to catch speeders, it’s to raise awareness about speeding,” Potvin said.Repression will come in phase 4 of the campaign when tickets will be handed out to all speeders as police attempt to catch those who didn’t get the message.Phase 4 will include speed traps in strategic locations both in marked and unmarked cars.Potvin notes it is hard to catch truckers because once a single ticket is handed out, they get on their CB and warn other truckers of the traps.“Once you have handed out a single ticket to a trucker, you don’t catch any more,” he said.The final phase of the plan will be another traffic study by Transport Quebec to see if measures have been effective and traffic has slowed.A questionnaire will also be addressed to citizens to see if they are satisfied with the campaign and it they feel more secure.Demers-Blais said the town is hoping that changes to the Quebec Central railway bridge on the outskirts of town will allow the road to be widened leading to fewer accidents.She said the town is also considering moving its Welcome to Ascot Corner sign to the urban centre to warn motorists they have happened upon a town.“Once you have handed out a single ticket to a trucker, you don’t catch any more," - Police officer ^RECORD: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 page 5 CBC Radio ready to fire up repeater station Cowansville listeners can tune in to 101.9 rebroadcast of Montreal Radio One By Maurice Crossfield Residents of the western end of the Eastern Townships will be able to listen to CBC Radio One on a new frequency today.Testing of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s new 101.9 FM frequency begins today, continuing for the rest of the month.The new frequency will be a repeater for CBC’s Montreal-based Radio One programming.“Tlie repeater is there to replace the service that existed when 940 AM was on the air,” said Patricia Plechenska, Teacher: Cont’d from {age 1 “It’s a major error in judgment.He didn’t realize the repercussions his gesture would have,” CSRS general manager Claude Saint-Cyr told The Record.“It’s a totally unacceptable teaching method.” The teacher has been suspended from his in-class duties for now, added Saint-Cyr.CBC’s regional director of radio.“When we moved to FM 88.5 didn’t reach a certain chunk of our audience that had been served by 940.” The new frequency is intended to cover a region spanning from Granby to the U.S.border, and from Farnham to Eastman.In parts of this region, reception is spotty, with 88.5 accessible in some areas and Sherbrooke’s 91.7 frequency accessible in others.In some border areas CBC and Vermont’s National Public Radio compete for the same 88.5 signal.CBC engineer Daniel Roux said the directional antenna, located on a Bell Mobility tower northwest of Sutton, is intended to cover the area, while at the same time not interfering with competing signals in the US and outside the region.The new frequency will allow listeners in much of Brome-Missisquoi and “We’ll look at the facts and the possible repercussions of what happened, and then make a decision as to the teacher’s future with us,” added Saint-Cyr, confirming that Tremblay could face more severe punishment if an internal investigation confirms his actions.Upset with the Liberal government’s education budget, French teacher Christian Tremblay placed a large picture of Charest at the entrance to his classroom, then asked each student to step on it when entering.The teens were asked to do the same when they left.Haute-Yamaska to hear Radio One’s regular programming, as well as Montreal’s Daybreak and Home Run local programs.Fans of the Quebec AM morning show and Breakaway will have to continue to try to get the 91.7 signal from Sherbrooke.All three signals cover Radio One’s national programming.“The Sherbrooke signal should overlap very comfortably with this signal, as will 88.5,” Plechenska said.The arrival of the new signal also allows the CBC to make good on a pledge to use 101.9 to improve its coverage of the region.Radio Communautaire Mis-sisquoi had tried to win the use of the frequency to cover the same region.But in May 2002 the CRTC, the federal body regulating radio and television broadcasting, sided with the CBC, saying it would make better use of the frequency.Since then RCM tried to get a licence The incident happened on the first day of school (last week) at the French-language Ecole secondaire Mitchell in Sherbrooke’s North Ward.The school is part of the Commission scolaire de la Région-de-Sherbrooke (CSRS).An inscription under the picture read ’Priorité: Education.Charest is in Connecticut and did not comment on the incident.Tremblay reportedly told students that stepping on Charest’s face was all he could do to protest economic , Æ cuts in education.for 98.1 FM, but lost in that bid to CO-GECO Radio-Television.Finally, in July the CRTC gave RCM the green light to use 99.1 FM.The community radio station should be on the air within the next year.Plechenska said CBC Radio One will also be on hand for Townshippers’ Day in Cowansville Saturday.She said the event will be an opportunity to announce the arrival of 101.9, and meet potential listeners.“We’ll have the opportunity to take their comments as well because we’ll still be in testing,” she said.“If people want to know more and ask questions, we’re looking forward to meeting them.” Any reception or interference problems experienced between today and the end of the month should be reported to the CBC by calling (514) 597-2127.Saint-Cyr said Tuesday he has already sent his apologies to the Premier’s office, and assured them that the school board does not endorse such behaviour from its teachers.The director general said the teacher regrets his actions.He would not say whether or not Tremblay is still being paid while away from the classroom.•'5s'I Historic church to open doors Visit Barnston Heritage was founded with the goal of preserving and restoring the Barnston Baptist Church.This church is an historical jewel, not only for the MRC of Coaticook but for the Estrie region as well.It is the fourth oldest church in this region, preceded only by the St.James Church of Hatley (1828-29), the Evangelist Church of Magog (1830) and the Hatley United Church (1836).The Barnston Baptist Church was constructed in 1837, thus making it the oldest church in the MRC of Coaticook.The Baptist community of this region was founded in 1812.At this time in history, the religious services were celebrated by ministers from the New England States.The community disbanded after a few years as a result of not having a permanent minister.In 1833, a new congregation was formed, consisting of some 20 members.It was in 1837 that a small church made of wood was erected on a lot of land donated to the congregation by the Cushing family.The interior of the building was redone during the 1890s.The walls and ceiling are a perfect example of the Diamond style woodwork.Barnston Heritage wishes to preserve this building.To do this, we need your help.On Sunday, Sept.28 , between 1-4 p.m.members an open house will be held.Everyone is welcome to visit the site which has intrigued many for generations.A short service will be held during the afternoon, along with a few musical interludes, and we invite you to consume apple pie, coffee, tea and other goodies.J JO "•if» RECORD booth Townshippers ' Day Saturday, September 13 in Cowansville fbnop, luf,! — - v'' ' ¦1 SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES 3 months $32°° 6 months $0200 1 year $122°° (Taxes Included) The Barnston Baptist Church was constructed in 1837, thus making it the oldest church in the MRC of Coaticook.See you there. page 6 Wednesday, September 10, 2003 .RECORD Community Forum Letters to the editor Burned by insurance company Dear Editor, I have been an honest hard-working person all of my life, faithfully paying insurance premiums for the past nine months, on our first home.Since the start of the summer we haven’t had enough hours in a day to accomplish all the improvements we want to accomplish.All the hard work was washed away on Aug.7, when an electrical fire started in our children’s bedroom.Thankfully, the children were not peacefully sleeping in their beds, and everyone is ok.For days 1 mourned all that we lost, the material objects, the long hours of hard work we’d put in, the sunflowers the children planted, that we haven’t had the chance to watch bloom, for we are not at home.All the while reminding myself that the children are ok, and that is all that really matters.Exactly one month to the day, the insurance company has declined us coverage.Explaining that we had ‘forgotten’ to divulge some aspects of our personal lives to them, and had they known, they would never have insured us.The forms we signed gave them access to all of our personal information, from whatever organization they chose to inquire with.I am writing this to give all you fellow insurance holders a heads-up.If you may have ‘forgotten” to tell your insurance agent that you had the *£$¦«> mm\ DOMVE wmm mm.¦.i « WSÊ.¦ ¦ THE n RECORD P.0.Box 1200 Sherbrooke J1H 5L6or 1195 Gilt E, Sherbrooke JIG 1Y7 Fax: 819-5693945 e-mail: newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Website: wwwsherbrookerecord.com Randy Kinnear Publisher .(819) 569-9511 Sharon McCully Editor .(819) 569-6345 Jamie Zachary Corresp.Editor .(819) 5696345 Richard Lessard Prod.Mcr.(819) 5699931 Serce Gagnon Chief Pressman .(819) 569-9931 Francine Thibault Prod.Superv.(819) 5694856 DEPARTMENTS Accounting .(819)5699511 Advertising.(819)5699525 Circulation.(819)5699528 Newsroom .(819)S69634S Knowlton office 88 Lakeside, Knowlton, Quebec, JOE 1V0 Tel: (450) 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Whatever happens in the months ahead, I am confidant we will make it.Who are the ones who pay the biggest price for all of this?My six-year-old son, who misses his play station and just wants to go home, and my three-year-old daughter who, even after a month, still walks around looking for her favorite teddy and blanket.They don’t quit understand why mommie doesn’t read them books before bed anymore.Karla Appelblom Richmond Cree already had alphabet Dear Editor, Concerning the article about James Evans creating an alphabet for the Créés.Check with one of Dr.Barry Fell’s books.He says they already had an alphabet.Evans just translated the Bible and other writings into Cree using their own alphabet.The Micmac had writing similar to Egyptian hieroglyphics.Peter Wood Stanstead Fate of Anglos is crystal clear Dear Editor, Recent census results from Stats Canada are hardly ‘fuzzy’ to quote Sharon McCully.They’re crystal clear.The anglophone community that once claimed the townships as their Loyalist preserve has flown the coup.The fact that the few of us left here didn’t fuss over the figures is hardly because ‘we’re not feeling the pinch’.The bottom line is that we’ve been bruised so badly it only hurts when we laugh-which isn’t often these days-un-less the grandkids e-mail us irregularly from far-off places where commerce is conducted in English or we find an anglo-friendly employer in the area willing to tolerate our linguistic shortcomings to help us pay to fly the kids home for Christmas.Neither of which happens very often, I’m afraid.Business is business and if you don’t speak the lingo-you don’t work.It’s as simple as that.Even in the ‘Victorian’ town of Knowlton, it’s only the Loyal- ists speaking fluent French who manage to find work.All of which leads English baby-boomers to think twice before retiring to the townships.The country air might do wonders for our health but what about the future of English language services at Brome-Missisquoi?What about our churches, our social services, and our community outreach groups?The only thing ‘fuzzy’ about the census results is that, in the end, no one seems particularly concerned that we’re dying off.Now why is that, 1 wonder?Jane Lengacher Knowlton Former residents remain in thoughts Dear Editor.I want to thank you for publishing my letter so quickly, I appreciate it.I have received many more “emails” and calls since then.My husband received calls and “emails” from ex-colleagues from the Engineering department at the University of Sherbrooke.You have many, many loyal readers from all over, thanks to you and your wonderful staff.Ruth McKeage Kelowna, B.C.PS: As I am sitting at my computer I hear the water bombers above me picking up water from the Okanagan lake and dumping the water on the trees that look like exploding volcanoes.It’s not getting any better and it won’t until we get rain.The issue is respect Dear Editor, I would like to respond both to the article by Tom Peacock (Sept.5) and the letter by Joan Seys (Sept.9), regarding the pheasants from Province Island on Lake Memphremagog.My comment about hunting foxes and rabbits as a substitute for pheasants was entirely sarcastic, my point being that at least these animals (presumably) wouldn’t fly off the island and into the lake.I do not consider the shooting of 5,000 animals of any kind on a 75-acre island as either “sporting” or “hunting”.What we should really be talking about is the lack of respect shown towards local residents by the owners of the island, and the pollution this annual “hunt” causes to the lake.Matthew Farfan Ogden One problem with the well-known legal maxim that justice is blind and that everyone comes to the law equal is it completely ignores the varying abilities and personalities of all those who make our judicial system work.The best illustration that not every accused is treated equally before the law, lies in the manner in which the vast majority of criminal cases are resolved by prosecutors and defence attorneys with little or no judicial oversight.Like it or not, this exists because of “prosecutorial discretion” - the power of prosecutors to file, drop or reduce criminal charges.This process, better known as “plea bargaining”, dictates what actually happens in our criminal courtrooms.As a result, for every criminal case that goes to trial and results in a conviction or acquittal, at least six are resolved between the attorneys and when necessary, confirmed by judges.By agreeing to reduce a charge or to accept a lesser punishment for the same charge in exchange for a guilty plea, the opposing attorneys also keep the overloaded judicial system from grinding to a halt.As for those defence attorney whose daily workload derives from scores of ordinary cases, this means that knowing how to skillfully question witnesses is not the most important talent.Nor does it have to do with understanding how to portray a client in the best possible light before a judge.For the many defence attorneys whose professional, if not economic success, depends on the ability to obtain a good deal for their clients, there ! ¦THE RECORD Wednesday, September 10, 2003 page 7 Perspectives Is justice really blind?can be little doubt as to the importance of knowing how to negotiate criminal cases.Unfortunately, this is not taught in most law schools.For a valued client, it can mean the difference between a trip to jail and walking out of the courtroom under a probation order.It doesn’t take long for most defence attorneys to learn one clear lesson about prosecutors.Whether it be for a reduced plea or a sentence, no two prosecutors think alike.Their decision on what constitutes a “reasonable” resolution can vary enormously.It is precisely because of the many human factors that differentiate each prosecutor that makes it impossible to treat every accused equally- Some of the better known factors that enter into a prosecutor’s decision to offer or accept a “plea bargain” provoke little controversy.They include the strength or weakness of the evidence, how appalling the facts appear, the potential of bad publicity, the prior criminal record of the accused, the heavy costs of a criminal prosecution and the reluctance of the victims to testify.Since much of the evaluation is purely subjective, the results will often vary depending on which prosecutor is handling the file.There are other factors which have little to do with the prosecutor’s evaluation of the facts and the law but which are just as likely to tip the balance in a plea bargain.Every competent defence attorney must first know which prose- cutor has the authority to settle a case.Any run-of-the-mill case can easily be handled by up to a half a dozen prosecutors as it winds its way through the judicial system.Depending on the number of postponements, the tally can even be much higher.This is particularly true when prosecutors in large offices are assigned to specific courtrooms rather than to specific cases.Except for the most serious and gruesome crimes, each prosecutor in whose courtroom appears an accused, has the legal authority to initiate and participate in plea negotiations in the hopes of reaching a reasonable resolution.Only in exceptional cases does a chief or assistant chief prosecutor have the final say.While some prosecutors tend to inscribe in the Crown file what offers were made and turned down, they are neither legally nor administratively binding on their colleagues.Often times plea bargains are good, but of course some are not.Insofar as any defence attorney is concerned, much will depend on his or her experience to know when and how to deal with the different prosecutors.While there are those who believe that the best bargain can be obtained earlier rather than later in the process, others prefer to wait until the public attention dies down.Even the time of day can be important.For example, at the end of a long court day, a prosecutor may be inclined to accept a less-than-reasonable offer just to spare the witnesses from having to return for a second or third Henry R.Keyserlingk postponement.Knowing which prosecutor has the authority to resolve a case is only part of the equation.A competent defence attorney must also know what kinds of arguments are likely to appeal to each prosecutor.On the other hand, most experienced prosecutors also know which defence attorneys mean business and are ready to fight for their clients.The ones who do have a better opportunity in obtaining a favourable deal especially from a prosecutor who prefers to avoid protracted and lengthy trials.Conversely, defence attorneys who are afraid to go to trial are not as inclined to obtain a good deal especially from tough prosecutors who look forward to the excitement of a contested trial.This explains why most defence attorneys will at least pretend that they are genuinely prepared to face a contested trial when presenting an offer to plead guilty.Some go further in the hopes of reaching a compromise.Failing an agreement, they won’t hesitate to threaten the prosecutor to prove every minute element of their case beyond a reasonable doubt.By doing so they can make an ordinary case last twice as long.Yes, the next time you read or hear of a guilty plea to a reduced charge followed by common recommendations on sentence - remember, what is revealed is probably just the tip of the iceberg.Whether this means that in reality every accused is subject to double, triple or even endless standards, one thing is sure -it is humanly impossible to treat everyone equally.comments: henryk@endirect.qc.ca Say you read it in The Record YOU’RE ROBBING ME?I DON’T THINK SOI A man opened the driver’s-side door of a woman who was stopped at an intersection in Warren, Mich., and threatened to shoot her if she didn’t give him money.He was unarmed, but pretended to have a gun in his pocket.So she grabbed her 9 mm handgun from the passenger seat, and pointed it at him.He fled.AND DONT FORGET THE TIP: A man broke into a bar in Baia Sprie, Romania, and, after emptying the cash register, decided to relax and have a few drinks.A great many drinks, actually.He got drunk and passed out, and was still unconscious when the owner arrived the next morning.Before he callqd the police, the owner gave the burglar a bill for the MIKE PINGREE’S 1 THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS \) ' booze he drank.SO YOU SEE, I’M ACTUALLY INNOCENT: A woman in Watford, England, was cited for speeding.But she is refusing to pay the fine, claiming that the reason she was speeding was that the police were chasing her.HE’S STILL A GUY, AFTER ALL: An elderly man in Chongqing, China, looking for a little female companionship, signed up with a matchmaking service.He wants an attractive woman under age 60 with her own money.He warns, however, that he doesn’t want a relationship that gets too serious, because he doesn’t want to be ‘restricted by marriage.” He is 94.I THINK LASSIE'S TRYING TO TELL US SOMETHING: A Japanese company has invented a device it claims translates dog barks into human language.In classifies the barks into six emotional categories - happiness, sadness, frustration, anger, assertion and desire- and displays common phrases which most closely match the mood.Marketed under the name Bowlin-gual, they will be appearing in pet store this summer.VERY WELL EXPLAINED, THANKS, MATE: A machinist in North Tyneside, England, accidentally cut off part of his thumb while on the job.Later, as he was demonstrating to his bosses what had happened, he cut off part of a finger.I MIGHT AS WELL GIVE UP: A man in Michigan almost rear-ended a police car then failed to pull over and led the cops on a high-speed chase.It all came to an end when the driver pulled into the parking lot of the Wexford County Jail because he figured his arrest was inevitable.He was right.HOLD ON, DUDE, THAT’S A LITHE EXTREME: Officials in Copenhagen have announced that the city’s 30-year-old hippie colony, known as the “free city,” will be demolished as part of an urban renewal plan.In response, the city’s drug dealers went on strike. page 8 Wednesday, September 10, 2003 RECORD Perspectives 9/11: I’m losing my religion I have no doubt that every one of us remembers exactly where we were on that day, two years ago, at the moment we learned that two towers in not-so-far-away New York City were burning and would soon collapse to the ground.I remember that perfect September morning - my hands-down favourite month in Quebec - the sun had just finished burning the mist off Lac Aylmer, revealing sparkling blue water and a few dedicated people in their fishing boats on Ward Bay.Five months pregnant, I was painting the outside window frames of our old house, and 1 turned around to see my husband running from the fields toward me, yelling about jet planes, the Pentagon, the World Trade Center.my first reaction was that this was some kind of elaborate, macabre joke.He had heard something on the radio, he said.“Put the TV on, you’ll see.” I went in and switched it back on, to the very TV show, Good Morning America, I had turned off 45 minutes before, at his request.(“Who are those people and why do we have to listen to them on such a beautiful morning?” I took his point.) But for the rest of the day, the TV, the radio were on, and we all know the rest by heart.I didn’t see any planes, shiny white specks trailing fuel across the sky, for a few days.The sudden rise and very gradual tapering of the shock and fear over several days and weeks and how everyone tried to make sense of such horror happening less than a day's drive away.The world was suddenly a very small, uncomfortable place.I didn’t like to admit that such a cataclysmic event could affect my individual consciousness, at least not for very long.After all, I didn’t know anybody in those towers - just like I didn’t know anybody affected by an earthquake in Turkey, a civil war in the Congo and Angola, famine in Southern Africa.events that claim millions of lives each year.But over the months that followed, I looked back into family history to find some kind of collective horror - World War II, Hiroshima, the Gulag, the Holocaust - that could have marked my parents’ or grandparents’ consciousness.Those events were easy to find, but what is not so easy to find out is how an individual person submits to their impact.In short, I started to think, ‘oh for heaven’s sake, we’re all nothing more than children of violence’ - but this was an exaggerated degree of violence.‘Man’s inhumanity to man.’ as my mother would say, with her sad, bemused expression, and that was supposed to close the debate.Until September 11, 2001, I hadn’t often thought about my great-uncle Ivan.He was my paternal grandmother’s brother; he didn’t emigrate to Canada from the Ukraine in the 1930s as my father’s family did, but instead stayed behind and married a Polish woman.During and immediately after World War II - now that was an event that killed an awful lot of people - Poles and Ukrainians rekindled age-old animosities and land-related disputes.My great-uncle was murdered by Ukrainian partisans who were particularly offended by his choice of life partner, and his sister, my Baba, didn’t hear about his death until the war was over, a few years later.As for his wife and child, I don’t remember being told if they escaped.And this short story was by no means unusually brutal or uncommon in those days.For starters, they weren’t even Jewish.But from our point of view, what really is the difference between a Ukrainian and a Polish person?Family names of both these groups are unpronounceable, and they share remarkably similar tastes in cuisine.Yes, I know, Ukrainians tend to be of the Orthodox Christian persuasion, while the Polish tend to be Catholic.Though I have both of those nationalities, or ethnicities, in my heritage - my blood?- I somehow ended up on the Protestant quadrant of the Christian graph, plotted high up (or so it seemed at the time: closest to heaven) in the evangelical domain.1 tried, for at least two decades, to be a worthy evangelical.I was probably already slipping away when George Bush II came along, but I still considered evangelical Christianity to be completely harmless, earnest to a fault, and even life-affirming.In fact, I still believe it’s harmless in itself-just like any other faith not based on hurting one’s self or others, and which faith doesn’t wield political power.On another tack, Tom Cavanagh can dissent with the Catholic Church on many issues, gay marriage, divorce, you name it, but that’s only because the Catholic Church has no real authority in his life - he is free to disbelieve this or that, according to his individual conscience, as we all are of course, but the main thing is, there are no personal, social or financial consequences to his religious opinions.As an added benefit, he can still call himself a Catholic.However, when you are an evangelical, you are required to believe that you are in the right while everyone else outside the movement is on the broad road to the utter destruction of their souls, due to their conscious rejection of God’s salvation offered only through Jesus Christ.Now I am going to make some people very upset: this is a very alarming belief.Consider the implications! It is doubly alarming when you combine such a belief with political power, which has the unfortunate tendency of turning essentially harmless beliefs into terrifying monoliths that threaten individual people, not to mention minorities: Just ask any nominally religious Muslim person who lived through the Iranian Revolution what they think of Islam in its present militant form.If they’re still living in Iran, they have to pay an awful lot of unpleasant lip service.- But evangelical Christianity is a relatively new religion, still evolving in its practices, and so deeply affected by late 20th century society (ask what influence religion has on society, but don’t forget to ask how society influences religion, or how technological advances make certain beliefs easier to apply - or enforce - or how it may he easier to camouflage or gussy up images to make certain personalities seem more important or more attractive that they are in reality)- As well, evangelical Christianity has broken free, at least in the United States, from a certain stigma.People are no longer ridiculed as they once were (and that was not such a nice thing, either) for believing that God speaks to them directly, through the Bible, that the Resurrection did happen, and that their hope for eternal life lay in accepting Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour.(Heck, my Orthodox cousins believe these things as well.) The present leader of the free world, and the prime minister of Great Britain now be- lieve these things, so more power to them (oops.) Well, yes, George Bush does have a lot of power, now doesn’t he?But that doesn’t really matter, since he sincerely believes he’s on the side of good.As the attentive reader has noted by this point, I have an issue with power.I’m a child of the 60s, after all, and somewhere along the line, in one of my high school history classes, I remember my teacher forcing us to reflect upon the adage, “Ab-solute power corrupts absolutely.” Then he went on to prove this through examples such as Stalin’s Soviet Union, Hitler’s Germany, Franco’s Spain, Mao’s China, Amin’s Uganda.there were too many examples to retain, but the principle was proved beyond a doubt, and became a sort of mantra for me.Whenever someone, or some ideology became too powerful, too authoritative, then it was wrong.Absolutely.But what does all this have to do with towers that were struck, that collapsed and burned on a fine September day two years ago?One thing is the way the pure tragedy of that event has been used in so many outrageous ways to wage war, to oppress, to elevate certain beliefs and to submerge others.There is nothing new in this type of skullduggery, of using an important, shocking event to further one’s political and economic agenda.To increase one’s power.Or that of using religion to make a population become simultaneously subservient to authority and aggressive toward outsiders, or to those inside society who are perceived as a threat.The sad thing is, I never thought it could happen to such a nice religion.On the day those towers fell, I regret to say, the towers of my own religion were struck as well, as if to show me that like buildings, faith and dreams and ethnic divisions aren’t meant to be permanent.Losing my religion, it’s perhaps not such a bad thing after all.I didn ’t like to admit that such a cataclysmic event could affect my individual consciousness, at least not for very long.After all, I didn’t know anybody in those towers.Viewpoint Debbie TACIUM-LADRY When you are an evangelical, you are required to believe that you are in the right while everyone else outside the movement is on the broad road to the utter destruction of their souls. Study: CONT’D FROM PAGE 1 fairly lumped in with its more dangerous amphibole cousins.The study results seemed to bear that argument out.“The chrysotile fibre has a different chemistry and physical shape compared to the amphibole fibres,” said Dunni-gan.“The amphibole fibres have a solid, rod-like shape and can stick to the lining of the lung easier.These fibres are also resistant to the lung’s cleaning Brief Fund will help small communities David Price, Member of Parliament for Comp-ton-Stanstead applauded his government’s ere ation of a $1 billion Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund to focus on infrastructure priorities in Canada’s smaller municipalities, including rural and remote communities.“This is another demonstration of our government’s commitment to rural Canadians,” Price said, in a press release.“Investments in our infrastructure are critical to sustaining economic growth in our rural communities and enhancing our quality of life.” On average across Canada, 50 per cent of funding under the fund will target green infrastructure that provide essential health benefits and improve the quality of the environment.” Price said the establishment of the Municipal Rural infrastructure Fund shows the federal government wants to achieve balance between the infrastructure needs of urban and rural Canada.He noted that 80 per cent of funding under the fund would be dedicated to municipalities with a population of less than 250,000.“This helps to bridge that gap between urban and rural,” Price said.In addition, at least 20 per cent of investments under the Canada Strategic Infrastructure Fund (CSIF) -$400 million - will be allocated to smaller communities.In total, $1.2 billion from the 2003 budget will directly support infrastructure priorities in smaller communities across the country.MP David Price RECORD Wednesday, September 10, 2003 page 9 acid.” Dunnigan said the chrysotile fibres come in the form of a rope of fine fibrils which tend to unwind when in the lung.“We used the longest chrysotile fibres available from the Eastern Townships and they still ended up leaving the lung sooner than other fibres,” he said.Amphiboles, also known as blue and brown fibres, were banned in Canada in the early 1970s when tests showed they were more harmful for asbestos workers than chrysotile fibres.But they are still mined in other countries and can still show up in houses and buildings that were built before the ban was imposed.The name Asbestos came to mean a dangerous substance after studies in the 1960s found some types were causing lung diseases in workers who handled the fireproof fibre.By the 1980s, worldwide demand for chrysotile asbestos dropped, causing the layoffs of thousands of workers and the closing of several mines.At the same time, a growing number of workers in the United States filed lawsuits against the asbestos producers, claiming they were never told of possible dangers.Today, those lawsuits are estimated to be worth over $250 billion and target any company that ever worked with asbestos, even for the briefest of times.Dunnigan reminded reporters that the word “asbestos” is not a scientific name for the fibre, only a commercial one that many people have mistakenly used to refer to several different types of fibre.“We have known for many years.that chrysotile fibres are less hazardous to health than amphibole fibres,” he said.“We have therefore assembled solid evidence enabling us to reopen the debate on the use of Quebec chrysotile.” Dunnigan said this was the first time that chrysotile fibres were stacked up against substitute fibres to determine their affect on lung health.The studies used laboratory mice and exposed them to various airborne fibres that are used in the construction industry.Dunnigan pointed out that substitute fibres, such as Cellulose, Aramid and Ceramics all stayed in the lungs of mice longer than chrysotile.Cellulose stayed for about 1,000 days, while aramid fibres, used to build Kevlar materials, remained in the lungs for about 90 days.Dunnigan said many early deaths in the ET region caused by chrysotile asbestos exposure were caused when worker safety standards were poor.“Many came down with asbestosis and later died because the fibres in the air at the mine or worksite were in the hundreds of parts per cubic centimeter of air back in the 1930s and 40s,” he said.“The lung’s cleansing mechanism was overloaded.Now the standards are strict - only one fibre part per cubic centimeter of air.Now there are very few workers coming down with a lung ailment.” Dunnigan agreed the chemical composition of the substitute fibers were not the same as the chrysotile fibres, but argued the longer any given fibre remained in the lung, the more it would cause a lung ailment.“For us, the safest fibre is the one that stays in the lung the least amount of time,” he said.Denis Hamel, spokesman for the institute, said the study reinforces their argument that chrysotile asbestos is safe to use as long as it is handled with care.“We would like the detractors of this fibre to accept this as proof that their positions on banning chrysotile is not scientifically well-founded and that they should have the courage to admit it,” he said.The study is being conducted in three different laboratories - one in Switzerland, one in Germany and one in the United States.It is being financed by the Institute and the Quebec government.The preliminary results were recently published in the Journal of Inhalation Toxicology.Final results are to be published early next year.CAREER CAREER WULFTEC *6 M.J.MAI LUS GROUP Wulftec International, industry leader in the fabrication of automated wrapping machinery, is looking to fill the following position: Application Specialist Working with the Sales Manager, your function will consist in supporting our distributors and their client by providing them with technical information on our automated machinery, as well as sales strategies.Profile • Good knowledge of mechanics and electricity.• Sales experience and human relations abilities.• Experience working with a distribution network.• Knowledge of Word, Excel, Access and Outlook.• Knowledge of Autocad is an asset.• Perfectly bilingual, written and verbal.Wulftec International offers a competitive salary and interesting benefits.Please send me your c.v.today at : Deborah Ball Human Resources Coordinator Wulftec International Inc.209, rue Wulftec Ayer's Cliff OC JOB ICO Fax : (819) 838-5539 Email : deborahb@wulftec.com LIPPERT PINTLEPIN mfg me.Lippert Pintlepin Manufacturing Inc.is the principal supplier world wide of pins and filaments for conveyors in the pulp & paper and food industries and for Teflon roof builders.We are currently looking for a: Customer Service Clerk Under the supervision of the Director of production, you will be responsible for: ¦Acting as the pivotal point between clients and production ¦Call management «Shipping ¦ Daily follow-up of orders and deliveries ¦Clerical duties such as correspondance, mail etc.¦ Production of reports ¦ Invoicing "Order taking on occasion.Requirements: ¦ Diploma in secretarial work, office automation or the equivalent ¦ Minimum of 3 years experience in customer service ¦Excellent French and English langages (written and spoken skills) ¦ MS-Office (Word, Excel), Outlook, Internet.Access ¦Discretion and good short speach ¦ Experience in call management and good communication skills (written and spoken) ¦Sense of organization and urgency ¦Team spirit • Hability to work in a rapidly changing environment ¦Initiative and resourfulness If you are interested, send your resume to the attention of Rickey Blanchette before September 19, 2003, by one of the following methods, by mail: 6410, rue Fontaine, Rock Forest, (Québec) JIN 2S6 Fax: (819) 864-6362 E-mail: rickeyWippert.ca lippert Pintlepin Manufacturing subscribes to the job equity law. page 10 Wednesday, September 10, 2003 : ¦¦¦them RECORD Lenn quilting show draws crowds from afar /' •* i «WW1 &§Hr few Quilters gathered at St.Georges Anglican Church in Lennoxville last Friday and Saturday for a colourful two-day exhibition in the church hall.Visitors came from far and wide to admire the handiwork and marvel at the intricate designs.-PHOTOS BY PERRY BEATON i RECORD Wednesday, September 10, 2003 page 11 Grandparents vital link in connecting families By Joanne Good CanWest News In time for Grandparents Day Sunday, Sept.7 - a U.S.Hallmark cards-and-kisses occasion that acknowledges the strength and experience of elders -comes a slim Canadian book which speaks volumes.The Wisdom of Oma (Creative Bound, 2003, $16.95) by Karen Vos Braun tenderly recounts the extraordinary life of her beloved “oma” (a European endearment for granny) and includes 23 heartwarming bits ofoma’s advice.“Always live your life with the intention of helping others,” Braun’s grandma Johanna Vos used to say.“You can tell a lot about a person by looking at their hands” was another which had poignant meaning for the young teacher when her oma was dying from a fast-moving cancer.Braun, who trained in opera, sang for her oma at her bedside, as did her sister.“Even though she was unconscious from the cancer, she relaxed and smiled and we kept on singing.” Throughout the vigil, friends and associates came to visit the Dutch-born nurse who had helped in the underground rescue system during Nazi occupation in the Second World War, opened the first medical clinic in the jungle of Suriname and co-founded the Sunbeam Home, one of Canada’s first hospitals for disabled children.“They would hold her hands while they talked and always said how warm her hands were." The life she lived and the love she gave were in her wrinkled grandmotherly hands, says Braun, who examined ways to bring values back to the classroom for her recent master of education at University of Toronto.But the death of her beloved oma from leukemia in 2001 inspired Braun to make a lasting tribute that she hopes inspires other families.“A lot of our Canadian grandparents are immigrants and they came here with a dream and a suitcase.Everyone has a great story in their family,” says the Grade 4 teacher who lives in Cambridge, Ont.Tapping elders’ experiences and puzzling out the meanings of their advice helps build children’s self-esteem, she explains.Use e-mail, fax, phone, letters and scrapbook projects to keep the two generations connected even when distance or divorce threaten to keep them apart, says Braun.“When I was growing up, my oma and opa (grandfather) were always travelling and doing mission work so they weren’t always here.“But it’s not so much that they are right beside you, it’s the love and support you know you always have, no mat- ter what.It gives you roots.” A parent’s job is to grow the child, says Braun.“But grandparents have the greatest opportunity to be a friend.” Meanwhile, a new generation of seniors are caught between doing their own thing and being there for their grandkids, says Dr.Arthur Kornhaber, author of The Grandparent Guide (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Sept.2002, $26).Healthier and livelier than any previous generation, modern elders need to examine their feelings about what a grammy and pop really are.“Then look at the expectations of your grandchildren’s parents,” he cautions.You will soon get the message to get off the cruise ship and make time a priority.“You do not want to say ‘no’ to your child and grandchild on a continuing basis.Ask family members what they need from you and do your best to give it to them.” Kornhaber argues the modern nana and papa have all the same benefits of previous generations and a few new challenges.“One-third of American grandparents have at least one step-grandchild .a consequence of longevity coupled with the high rate of divorce and remarriage .today,” he writes in his hefty guide of do’s and don’ts.Grandparents are automatically re- spected as role models and are wise to openly admit their mistakes and build trust with every family member, especially daughters- and sons-in-law.Let the parents and in-laws know how important they are to you and how much you appreciate their support of your relationship with the kids, says the child and family therapist.This is especially important - and harder, he offers, in divorced families.Kornhaber cautions grandparents to avoid giving advice to parents when none is requested.Don’t offer discipline and the “right” food.“You risk alienating the parents,” he says.Separated by a generation, and half a century, there is a natural fondness and fairness between grandchildren and grandparents, says Kornhaber.But it is often the generation in the middle which keeps the connection sizzling, says Braun, who notes one of her oma’s lessons was to “know your heroes.” For grandkids, says Braun, baba and gramps are naturals.(*) The Wisdom of Oma (Creative Bound, 2003, $16.95) is available at Chapters, Indigo, Coles, amazon.com and through Karen Von Braun from her Web site, www.innervoice.ca, where proceeds go to Generations United, a non-profit foundation for families and * elders’ rights.Dr.Ron Barr’s job brings him to tears By Don Harrison CanWest A world expert on the often-mysteri-ous world of infant behaviour, Barr admits: “I love talking to people about crying.” Just a few months into his role as director of the Centre for Community Child Health Research atB.C.Children’s & Women’s Hospital, Barr lists crying, colic, pain, memory, shaken baby syndrome and the effects of nutrients on behaviour among his areas of infant expertise.“The basic principle that comes out of everything 1 do is in the early months of life, infants are not really individuals, they are a mother-infant dyad (an entity of two],” said Barr, who held a similar position at Montreal’s McGill University.“They are designed to be with their caregivers, they are physiologically linked.” And it’s not just humans that are so constructed.Barr said colic, that incessant scourge of crying and discomfort in the first four months of many children’s lives, is common to all mammals, including rats, guinea pigs and chimpanzees.“Finding a magic cure for colic is highly unlikely to occur,” Barr said.“I don’t know if we want to because there have been millions and millions of years of adaptive behaviour.” Barr is part of a research team of more than 60.And after 25 years of study he knows a lot about infants.So, what expert advice can he give to the av- erage parent who’s bewildered by their child’s baffling behaviour?“Be there for them, that is your starting assumption,” said Barr.Day care is OK, he said, as long as it’s “quality day care.” But Barr doesn’t have time for checkout stand gurus touting the ‘next big thing’ in raising infants.“Virtually 95 per cent of all parent advice literature is written on the assumption there is an optimal way of raising an infant,” he said.“But there is nothing in evolutionary biology or in any studies I have done to support that.There are lots of possible ways to raise infants and have good outcomes.We have to be smart about choosing those options within the context of which we live.” The Record has a Gaiters football T-shirt to give away.Clip three Gaiters logos from The Record and send them in before Sept.25.\Mkvi :*wïTïio 118 JI Well give you 4 million.More thon four million Canadians have arthritis.Find out how you can help by participating in marathons around the world.Train.Travel.Triumph.JOI IN ^ “striviD ION' For more information, call 1 -800-321-1433 or visit us at www.arthritis.ca/jointsinmotion Record INSIDE 12 Wednesday, September 10, 2003 Newsroom@sherbro ary, Correspondents’ Editor Go with gunners in hockey pools .see Page 14 Spaulding makes presence known in Magog PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL Ryan Spaulding is looking forward to throwing his weight around as a Magog Cantonnier.* !¦=* Cantonnier debut delayed by five-game suspension By Mike Hickey Special to the Record When Ryan Spaulding went to the Chicoutimi Sangueens’ training camp this past summer, he had no expectations of making the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League squad.After all, he was a surprise ninth-round draft pick in June, and most observers figured he was too young and too small to play at that calibre.But Spaulding surprised everyone, including himself, when he was named an alternate for the team, and shipped back home to play for the Magog Cantonniers in the Quebec Elite Midget Hockey League.“I practiced with them all summer, and it was great,” Spaulding said.Despite being away from home, Spaulding had the company of former Alexander Galt High School teammate Jesse Goodsell, now a defenceman with the Sangueens.“Jesse really made me feel comfortable, and helped me out quite a bit," said Spaulding.“The big thing was that they wanted me to be the pest and to distract players on the other team, and I am good at that.' So Spaulding pushed his weight around, all 165 lbs., and became a fighter.“I got into a good scrapes and against some pretty big guys,” he stated with a certain amount of pride.Yet he is not proud of the fact that he now has to miss the Cantonniers’ first five games to serve a suspension for a spearing incident while playing an exhibition game with Chicoutimi.“The coach told me to go out and get a guy, and I speared him pretty good.So I got a five-game suspension,” Spaulding said Chicoutimi expects Spaulding to be ready to play for them next season after a year of Midget AAA experience under his belt.The Lennoxville native, who is currently living with a family in Magog, knows he has to bulk up to play at the next level.“I would like to be at 180 lbs.next year — that is my goal," he said.With the Cantonniers, Spaulding will once again try to fulfill a role as one of the team’s grinders after being placed on the team’s checking line.It’s a role he relishes in a sport he never expected to still be playing.“I had no plans of trying to play junior hockey.I just wanted to play for Galt and possibly the city team,” he said.“I certainly didn’t expect to get drafted by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, but I figured 1 had nothing to lose by going to the tryouts.” Hughes leads list of bursary recipients Four Townshippers receive portion of $137,500 in funding Staff Speedskater/cyclist Clara Hughes, diver Émilie Heymans and wrestler Guivi Sissaouri were among 16 Quebec amateur athletes to receiving a total of $137,500 in sponsorships from the Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence.Foundation president Claude Chagnon announced the bursaries, which range from $3,000 to $15,000 at a Montreal press conference Tuesday morning.Hughes, a Glen Sutton resident, will receive the most after receiving $15,000 from Bombardier and $10,000 from Hubert T.Lacroi.Heymans, Sissaouri will receive $15,000 each.Other Townshippers selected for bursaries included weightlifter Maryse Turcotte ($10,000), and cyclists Martin Gilbert ($5,000) and Audrey Lemieux ($3,000).Another recipient, bobsleigher Giulio Zardo ($7,500), was a former standout with the Champlain Cougars football team.With its different bursary and sponsorship programs, the Foundation will have awarded $430,000 in 2003, exceeding its objectives of awarding $350,000 every year to amateur athletes.Hughes is a double Olympic medallist, having won bronze at 1996 Atlanta Olympics in cycling and bronze in the 5,000m at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.Turcotte, meanwhile, finished fourth at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and fifth at the 2001 World Championships.The Sherbrooke native also picked up two golds and a silver at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.Gilbert best result to date was a seventh place finish at the 2003 World Cup in Sydney.He was also named Canadian Road Champion in 2003.Finally, Lemieux finished seventh at this year’s World Junior Championships (track), and seventh at last year’s Championships (road). ¦ THF, ¦ RECORD SPORTS National Hockey League NHL moves to make elbow pads less hazardous m&M mm ' , y > .v>« i *-%.By Joanne Ireland CanWest News Service In recent years, technology has produced skates that are lighter and stronger, composite sticks capable of propelling pucks at mind-boggling speeds and, of all things, elbow pads so heavily armored they became weapons as well as protective shields.The over-sized pads, sheathed in rock-hard plastic, had become such a hazardous to the health of National Hockey League players that the league’s Injury Analysis Panel set out to establish a new standard.Accordingly, when the 2003-’04 regular season gets underway on Oct.8, all of the league’s players will be outfitted in the league-approved elbow pad.Manufactured by JOFA, the equipment meets the new mandate which specifies that a) in potential areas of maximum contact, the elbow tip and its extension down the forearm must be covered with a soft foam to a depth of a half inch; and b) that the size of the elbow pad at the tip must not be greater than six inches.Offenders will be deemed to be wearing dangerous equipment and will -be subject to fines and/or suspensions levied by the hockey operations department.“Back in the ‘70s and ‘80s there were a lot of elbow injuries then the plastic elbow cap came into play _ and it re ally did help.Injuries have gone down to almost nothing,” said Dave Dryden, chair of the injury panel, the driving force behind this new initiative.“But the flip side of that is sort of a Robo-cop mentality.To be fair, the players have been really good about keeping their elbows down but the reality is is that it doesn’t take much of a whack with the point of an elbow to really ding somebody.” The push to establish a standard for elbow pads began when the NHL’s Injury Analysis Panel was formed in 2000.The mandate of the group, comprised of general managers, players, coaches, officials team physicians and trainers, was to first identify the causes of injuries, then to provide recommendations for change.Now it’s going to take some convincing to get all the players on board.Some are rather particular about the equipment they wear.“I’ve suggested to all the players who have come through here already that they have to put these new elbow pads on and that they have to start wearing them,” said Barrie Stafford, the Edmonton Oilers equipment manager.“They have until the first regular-season game to change but the sooner you change the better.” The Oilers will be urged to start wearing the new pads at training camp, which opens on Wednesday.“I’ve had the same elbow pads for four years and elbow pads are a tough piece of equipment to break in,” said Oilers centre Mike Comrie (pictured), one of those sporting the new pads.“These are a lot softer on the outside but you can’t notice too much of a difference when you have them on.It still gives you protection, but it’s supposed to soften the blow.Hopefully they’ll help, but I don’t know if they’ll help that much when players are travelling at such high speeds.“Shoulder pads are something else they can look at.Everybody’s wearing these hard shells, trying to protect their shoulders, and un-fortunately when you get hit in the jaw it hurts our Wednesday, September 10, 2003 page 13 a pair of tickets! a.ft/,k /?¦*$** SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, 8 P.M.Cinéma “Pre-Show” starting at 7 p.m.Lots of great prizes to win! 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Here are a few simple and handy tips when picking .your team.• POWER-PLAY PAYS OFF: If your forwards and de fencemen are not on the power-play, then they shouldn’t be on your team.Time on the power-play is what truly turns average scorers into snipers.If he’s not good enough to get quality minutes on his own team’s offence, then why should he be on your team?Remember, winning the pool means money or bragging rights over your buddies.• GOALS ARE GOOD: If your league gives extra credit for goals over assists, then always take the scorer (Todd Bertuzzi, for example) over the passer (Paul Kariya, for example).Also, scoring tends to rack up points in several categories at once.• BEWARE OF YOUTH: Teenagers rarely have an impact on the NHL, Nelson Afonso Fantasy Sports and rookies don’t usually step right into prime power-play roles.The days of 76 goals by rookies (Teemu Se-lanne in 1992-93) are over.While there are some great young snipers out there (Ilya Kovalchuk, Marian Ga-borik, Dany Heatley), many young players are relegated to the third or fourth lines, far away from the power-play.• DEFENCEMEN ARE RISKY: Defencemen don’t get anywhere near as many points as they did back in the run ‘n gun offensive decade that was the ‘80s (Paul Coffey had 138 in 1985/86), or even the ‘90s (Ray Bourque had 91 points in 1993/94).Choosing carefully here might make a huge difference in your league (if you don’t have to pick defencemen then I suggest you don’t).If you must take defencemen, go for the guys who get major power-play minutes, such as Nick-las Lidstrom, Sergei Gonchar or Chris Pronger.• GOALIES RULE: Drafting a goalie is the toughest decision you’ll make.You won’t own as many of them as you do skaters, so the impact of every decision here is huge.Don’t assume that you can get a superstar and be done with the category.Your back-up is just as important, if not more.• FORGET LAST YEAR’S PLAYOFFS: Don’ t overemphasize playoff performance.Playoff hockey is too small of a sample size to draw conclusions.Sure, Jeff Friesen is a good player who scored 10 goals in last year’s playoffs, but does that mean he should be a high selection this year?In general, the best predictor for this year’s regular season performance is last year’s regular season performance.My NFL picks for this week Buffalo over Jacksonville: Baltimore over Cleveland; Green Bay over Detroit; New Orleans over Houston; Tampa Bay over Carolina; N.Y.Giants over Dallas; Philadelphia over New England; Oakland over Cincinnati; San Francisco over St.Louis; Denver over San Diego; Atlanta over Washington; Indianapolis over Tennessee; Arizona over, eattle; Minnesota over Chica- ccO LAST WEEK: 12-4, Overall: 12-4.g o ; Kansas City over Pittsburgh; Miami over N.Y. RECORD Wednesday, September 10, 2003 page 15 Card of Thanks Death Deaths Hatley Women’s Institute meeting The September meeting of Hatley W.I.was held at the home of Frances Stuart with Elvera Patterson as co-hostess.Our president, Olive Whitcomb, welcomed everyone after the summer recess and thanked Frankie for opening her home for us.The meeting was opened in the usual manner.The roll call was answered by each member naming a river beginning with her initial.The minutes were read by Irene Humphrey, who had been kind enough to take the minutes for the last three meetings in the absence of the secretary.Thanks Irene! The minutes were accepted as read.The treasurer’s report showed a good balance.Correspondence consisted of the newsletter and notice of some changes for our handbook.Committee reports: Agriculture - Information concerning the growing of cucumbers and why sometimes they are bitter, an item about environmentally, friendly wood burning stoves.Education: Fall school classes have begun.Unfinished business: A report was given on the visit, to our area by a bus load of F.W.l.C.delegates Hatley W.I.served lunch to 41 visitors.We enjoyed meeting ladies from across Canada and they enjoyed our tasty lunch and our beautiful scenery.New business: A report was given of the quarterly meeting in July.Some discussion followed and there seems to be a need for clarification in some of the changes.There being no further business the president declared the meeting adjourned.The articles that had been entered by our branch in the group exhibit at the fair were displayed and admired.Hatley won third prize.Our hostesses served tea with lots of goodies that we all enjoyed.Mildred Miller Secretary Hatley W.I.NUTBROWN -1 wish to express my sincere thank you to my family and friends for cards, phone calls, flowers, gifts and each one that attended the Open House for my 80th birthday.Your thoughtfulness was very much appreciated.ULRIC PATTON - Our sincere thanks goes out to all who helped us celebrate our 60th Anniversary and to our family who made it all possible.We also thank those who travelled so far to be with us.Your cards and best wishes were much appreciated.The many cards that arrived by mail were also much appreciated.Thank you, one and all.HUGH & GLADYS PATTON PAUL - The family and friends of the late Walter Reginald “Reggie” Paul want to extend their sincere appreciation for the expressions of sympathy and sharing, as well as for the floral arrangements and donations made in his memory.We want to thank Reverend Davie Lambie, Barbara Harvey, and organist Lucy Langlois for their help, kindness, patience and understanding, as well as the ladies of the Dunham United Church for the delicious lunch.We also wish to thank Mr.Frank Lasota of the Canadian Grenadier Guards for his assistance, Mr.Stanley Martin for his help, and Mr.Robert Farnam of Denis Meunier Funeral Home for his guidance as a friend.Everyone was so very kind.At this time, we also want to thank the staff of the Courville Geriatric Centre in Waterloo for the exceptional care and attention Reg received.Reg was a patient there for the last six and one half months, where the “we care” philosophy made him feel secure, and “at home”.The constant kindness and loving care given to Reg will always be re membered and appreciated.Words simply cannot express our gratitude.WILLIAMS - We would like to thank our family and friends for coming to celebrate our 25th Anniversary.It was certainly more then we ever expected.Special thank you to the organizers and everyone for keeping it such a secret.Thanks to the Wayne Durrel orchestra.We all had a wonderful night.JOYCE & CURTIS WILLIAMS BEATTIE, Una Alice (nee Noel) - Peacefully on September 8th, 2003, at QHC-Tren-ton Memorial Hospital, in her 98th year.Beloved wife of the late Donald Beattie.Loved mother to Don Beattie of Scarborough and predeceased by Barbara and Donald Whaley.Dear grandmother to Bonnie Whaley and her husband John Ross, Colleen and her husband Andrew Schick and great-grandmother to Megan Schick.The family will receive friends at the Weaver Family Funeral Home, West Chapel, 170 Dundas St., W., Trenton, on Thursday, from 2 - 4 p.m., and 7 - 9 p.m.A service will be held in the West Chapel on Friday, September 12 at 1:30 p.m.Rev.Kevin Derry officiating.Interment at Mt.Evergreen Cemetery.As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation or the Lung Association would be appreciate by the family.Online guest book and condolences at www.weaver-funeralhomes .com.In Meinoriam ROBERTSON, Douglas - In loving memory of a dear husband, father and grandfather who left us 19 years ago on September 10,1984.Loved and always missed and remembered by wife THELMA daughters CAROL, SUSAN & BARBARA and son DALE Windsor Mrs.C.McCourt 845-3416 Susan Webber and friend of Edmonton, Alberta were recent visitors of her aunt and uncle, Alison and Grant Watson.Craig and Trina McCourt and daughter Alicia of Madoc, Ont., were weekend guests of Mrs.Olive McCourt and also visited Trina’s father, Wayne Townsend in Lennoxville.Jim and Joan Farquhar, Sterling, Ont., called on Mrs.Wm.Paterson while in the Townships on a visit.Mr.and Mrs.John Allen, Mr.and Mrs.Ronald Morin, all of Mont St.Hilaire and Mr.and Mrs.Yves Millette of Quebec were holiday weekend guests of their mother, Mrs.Guy Langlois and visited their father at the Youville Hospital.Mr.Langlois condition is improving with therapy.Best wishes go out to him.MASTERS, Douglas Emerson - Suddenly in Montreal, Que., on Saturday, September 6th, 2003, Mr.Doug Masters in his 40th year.Dear father of Jessy Masters and loving son of Arthur (Bob) Masters and Dorothy Reid.Doug also leaves to mourn his sister, Diana (Dany Brisson), his brothers: David and Donnie (Manon), along with many nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.Resting at the Cass Funeral Home, 295 Principale S., Richmond, (819) 826-2502, where friends may visit on Thursday, September 11th from 7 to 9 p.m.Visitation will also be held on Saturday, September 13th from 10 a.m., to 2 p.m., in St-Anne’s Anglican Church, Richmond, followed by a funeral service at 2 p.m., with the Rev.Ruth Matthews officiating.Interment will take place in the Drummondville Protestant Cemetery following the service.YOUNG, Melvin - Passed away at La Residence de l’Estrie on Sunday, September 7th, 2003 at the age of 67.He left behind his wife, Goldie and sons; John and Ted and family.Laid to rest at Maison Belisle, 505 Short St., Sherbrooke, Que.Visitation Tuesday, 2 - 4 p.m., and 7 - 9 p.m., Wednesday, 9 -11 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newspaper, including this sentence: “The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature.” It was agreed, by all who saw it, that South’s play in this contract was of the finest.Will you be a player who leaps up the Fall, or who falls down with a splash?In five diamonds, you win the first trick with dummy’s club ace.How would you continue?Maybe South should have rebid two hearts, hoping to reach three no-trump.But that contract can be defeated by a club lead.And an advantage of skipping straight to five diamonds is that the defenders receive the minimum of information.You have a top loser in each minor suit.So, you must finesse East for both major-suit kings.However, since you are in the dummy for the first and last time, you must take those finesses immediately.Also, clearly you must begin with the heart suit.Which card would you lead from the dummy?If you start with the nine, that will win the trick, but when you next call for the queen, East can cover with the king, stranding you in hand.Instead, begin with dummy’s queen and, assuming East plays low, unblock your jack.Then continue with the nine.If East ducks, you are still in the dummy and can take the spade finesse.Alternatively, if East covers with his king, win with your ace, and return later to dummy with a heart to the 10 for the spade finesse.Refuse to take responsibility for ha* adolescent behavior Dear Annie: My sister, “Selma," is 47.Our father died recently, and since the funeral, Selma has not spoken a decent word to my mother or me.Selma has had epilepsy since she was young, and because my parents felt sorry for her, she was given anything she wanted.Now that she is an adult, she likes to “punish” my mother by re fusing to take her medication and bringing on a seizure.She has even gone so far as to fake seizures to get her way.Selma has been caught shoplifting, but charges weren’t pressed because the managers knew and respected my parents.She was fired from her last job for trying to steal a customer’s coat.Mother and I no longer ask where she acquired something, because we fear it may have been stolen.Please don’t suggest therapy, because Selma will not go.She is convinced everyone else is wrong.What can we do?— Tired in North Carolina Dear Tired in N.C.: Selma is an adult, whether she behaves like one or not.That means you cannot make her take medication, get counseling, stop faking seizures, or speak civilly to you and your mother.You can, however, change how you respond to her.Do not become angry.Do not tell her off.Do not get your hopes up that things will change.Instead, disregard her nastiness, and refuse to take responsibility for her adolescent behavior.When she can no longer push your buttons, she may find more positive ways to be a member of the family.Dear Annie: My next-door neighbors Annie’s Mailbox have some beautiful cats.The problem is, the cats sit outside in the backyard and cry all night.Now that the weather is nice, the neighbors keep the cats in the yard until morning.We like to sleep with our bedroom windows open, as do most people in our area.During the night, the cats make a noise that sounds like a small child crying.Sometimes it wakes me from a deep sleep because I think it’s one of my children calling for me.We live in a lovely neighborhood, and the people who own these cats are a nice elderly couple, but they don’t like to hear about problems.I need to get rid of these dark bags under my eyes.Please help.— Losing it in Lodi, Calif.Dear Losing It: Have you spoken to the “nice elderly couple” about the noise?They may not hear the cats as clearly as you and, therefore, do not realize how disturbing they are.Try approaching them first and explaining that the cats’ cries are keeping you up, and ask if they could please let the animals inside at night.If that doesn’t work, surely there are noise laws in your area.If the cat owners show no concern for the tranquility of their neighborhood, notify the authorities.Dear Annie: I recently went to visit my family in Alabama.The visit was made all the more special by my grandmother, who turned 90 this year.She hugged me as tight as her frail arms would allow and said, “I’ve been waiting to see you.” Then I read the letter from “Grandma in Virginia,” who told her grandchildren they would be disinherited if they got tattoos.I feel so sad for her grandchildren.What a terrible memory to leave with them when she passes.I will remember the teacakes my grandmother made, the shared sleeve of crackers, the cream-style fresh-off-the-cob corn with bacon, and most importantly, the unconditional love.A lasting memory of “my-way-or-the-highway” is wrong.But a memory of pure love is priceless.— A Granddaughter Who is Crazy About Her Grandma Dear Granddaughter: What a loving tribute to a grandmother who does it right.Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.A Birthday Poem for a special Nan 80 years have passed you by, You’ve seen so many things.Having you in our lives, Has made us into kings All the good times that we’ve shared, And all the ways that you have cared.Have made us love you so much more, And your gentle smile, I just adore.When all is done, through and through No other Nan would ever do.A family’s love comes from the core.I’d keep you ‘round for 80 years more! Written by Pam Lechasseur of St.Catharines, Ont.formerly of Sherbrooke Graduation V Congratulations to Darlene Lana (For-grave) Clark (nee Lana Gauvin) who graduated on the Dean’s List from Loyalist College, Belleville as a Developmental Service Worker.She is the wife of Stephen Clark and daughter of Evelyn Forgrave and the late Grant Forgrave of Campbellford, Ontario, formerly of the Eastern Townships.Love and best wishes from all your family.Richmond Hill W.I.hold meeting Seven members of the Richmond Hill Women’s Institute drove to the home of the eighth member, Alma Marsh of Morgan, Vermont, for the September 2 meeting.We travelled with Vincent Farant and Gail Long and arrived just in time for a delicious lunch.After the bountiful food, the President, Lois Enright, opened the meeting with the repeating of the Mary Stewart Collect.The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.The Treasurer gave a very comprehensive financial report for the past two months, which we found pleasing.She will withdraw what will be needed for our contribution towards Fair prizes.Correspondence was read.A letter from the Terry Fox Run triggered a motion by Edith Farant, seconded by Pearl Kydd that we make a donation.A mislaid letter led us to make a donation to the Youth Fair.Following the realization that the Provincial Institute is in financial difficulties, it was moved by Gail Long, seconded by Donna Codding-ton that we forward a cheque in the amount of $ 100.00 to them.We will .» w , f - - also make a donation to the Arthritis Society.There was a little confusion about the Adelaide Hoodless donation, which the Treasurer will straighten out.She had yet another letter concerning the Sommet School Taxes and she will look into settling that.The semi-annual County meeting will be held in the Valleyview Hall at 9:30 a.m.on Monday, September 29 and all are encouraged to attend.We will serve coffee and perhaps cold beverages.We decided on two more fundraisers to be held at the Valleyview Hall.We will have a Military Whist on Thursday, September 18 at 1:30 p.m.A special Halloween Bingo will be held on Thursday, October 30 at 1:30 p.m., to be organized and carried out by Alma Marsh and her friends, making it a special occasion for all the other members, too.Our October meeting has been moved from the Wales Home to our Hall and each member will bring something for a pot luck lunch.The meeting was then adjourned and we enjoyed the relaxing ride back home.Submitted by Jean Storry ' ¦ J '* X MÊ^ÊIÊ^^ÊÊÊIÊÊÊIKÊÊÊÊÊKIÊI^KÊÊÊIKÊÊÊKÊKÊÊÊÊÊtÊÊIÊÊÊBÊÊÊKÊÊIBÊKÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ www.comics.com lwright@ic.net © 2003 by NEA, Inc.Herman O Laughingstock International IncVdist.by Unitad Media.2003 “If you’re so smart, how come the world was in such a mess before I got here?” Alley Oop CELEBRITY CIPHER by Luis Campos Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are created from quotations by famous people, past and present Each letter in the cipher stands tor another.Today’s due: O equals X “ZKF DT X F V R GVJUR SWFK DK NZXF.” — TDILMKH PVFMH “NZXF DT JK FOYNZHDKI GDIJV SF SDNNDKINR TLZCF." — NRKHJ AJVVR PREVIOUS SOLUTION — "America mourns the loss of one of its great treasures." — President Bush, on the death of Bob Hope (c) 2003 by NEA, Inc.9-10 Kit n' Carlyle JtECORD: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 page 17 y we can never t -THAN* Y3U ENOUGH l FOR YOOR HELP FIXING > the time machine/ Arlo & Janis rr i still, can t b believe THE RICHARD FEYNMAN CAME FROM yqST .TO HELP US OUT/ A* EXCITING AS ALL OF THIS IS, I'M AFRAID THERE IS ST7LL ONE PROBLEM REMAINING/ WH6-D we &0f MARBI6D, I* tk 15 wne.se you hoped W&'D 8& D0WAJ TH6 ROAD?JdWpln ^0 ®ZQQ3 The Born Loser VlTHOSF IN FAV0K, SIGNIFY^ BY SAYING.*We"! 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costing you more than if you had hired an expert to do the work.Cell phone recycling Do you have an unused cell phone laying around?If you do, you can donate it to the Catholic Women’s League.It will be reprogrammed to signal 911 only and will then be distributed among seniors.To donate your old cell phone, call Stella at (819) 563-5872.SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) - Don’t get yourself involved in any social situation today in which there are people who hold grudges against one another.You could get caught in the middle and end up as the fall guy.SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) - If someone is standing in the way of your attaining an objective today, don’t try to push your way past this person.It could cause a skirmish noticed by all — with you as one of the troublemakers.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) - Don’t be pressured into putting anything on paper or making verbal commitments today if you do not feel comfortable.Your worst fears will be realized and come to pass.AQUARIUS (fan.20-Feb.19) — Any 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