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DOWNTOWN 70 Wellington St.North SHERBROOKE 569-1445 THE RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 June 5 & 0 Ayer’s Cliff Fair Grounds to benefit 75 CENTS Friday, June 4, 1999 Fire closes Alexander Classes should resume on Monday By Sylvia Warden Lennoxville Classes at Alexander Galt Regional High School should resume on Monday, five days after a fire in the school cafeteria.The blaze broke out shortly after 11 p.m.Wednesday in the auditorium’s projection booth before quickly spreading to the cafeteria.Estimated damage to the 30-year-old building was not available at press time.Lennoxville fire Chief John Nichol described the scene as one of the toughest his squad of volunteers has ever fought.“The initial place where the fire started was easy enough but the fire went through the floor.It was tough.There was a lot of smoke.” Three smoke ejection machines were used to push the smoke out of the building.The warm temperatures of the past few days did little to help the firefighters who spent seven hours putting out the fire.“It was warm enough,” said Nichols.Visitors entering the school’s main doors Thursday morning were met by pools of water.Froth from the fire hoses looked like snow on the pavement below the windows of the cafeteria, as a piece of yellow caution tape flapped in the wind.“There was severe damage to that section of the building,” said Nichols.Firefighters needed air packs to enter the building.Once inside, they found the fire concentrated in the projection booth of the auditorium.The booth hangs down from the auditorium ceiling and is just below the cafeteria, on the second floor.Two firefighters crawled through the 18-inch space between the ceiling of the auditorium and the cafeteria floor to try to get ahead of the flames.“There were too many obstacles, heating ducts and wires, so they had to turn back,” said Nichol, Thursday morning.“The projection booth was completely destroyed.The only thing remaining is metal,” Nichol said.Firefighters had difficulty containing the blaze because the flames were trapped between the wooden floor boards and then spread to the floor boards above.“It’s the only place in the school where there are wooden floor boards,” said principal Gilles Ribaux.The school, built in 1968, was not equipped with sprinklers.SEE FIRE, PAGE 3 Money may have been motive behind murder Staff Theft may have been the motive behind the murder of a 76-year-old Sutton resident, says a Quebec Police Force spokesman.Const.Serge Dubord said on Thursday that money had been withdrawn from the victim’s bank account.He also said police are following some promising leads but could not reveal any details at this point.Roberte Dunn’s body was found in a maple bush near Ste-Eulalie Tuesday.Her hands and feet were tied and her head was covered by a plastic bag investigators say asphyxiated her.PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL TO THE RECORD As orange bags of fuel wait to be used at a barbecue which was to precede the athletic awards on Thursday afternoon, Arlie Fearon knocks down a ceiling outside the office.Galt High School Are you looking for If you are looking for the Nur: “LOVING HR P.O.Box 580, 5305 Cour Center and R.esidenc ervices given by an Exceptional Staff?ifference, your choice will be (fOWUM&te 4 1 RING HANDS” says it all.oo, QC Tel.: (514) 539-1821 i » page 2 Friday, June 4, 1999 m— THE —i RECORD loto-qu Draw 99-06-02 14 22 37 46 48 BONUS NUMBER: 43 6/6 5/6+ 5/6 4/6 3/6 WINNERS 2 3 234 11 118 208 236 PRIZES $996 590,10 $199 318,00 $2 044,30 $82,40 $10 Total sales: $13 486 046,00 Next grand prize (approx.): $ 2 200 000,00 Draw 99-06-02 12 39 40 44 45 48 BONUS NUMBER: 32 BONUS SELECTION 18 21 40 42 POOL OF $100,000 6/6 5/6+ 5/6 4/6 3/6 BONUS WINNERS 0 0 17 908 18 668 59 PRIZES $ 1 000 000,00 $ 50 000,00 $500 $50 $5 $ 1 694,92 Total sales: $ 660,181,50 E§tra Draw 99-06-02 NUMBER PRIZES 618538 $ 100,000 18538 $1,000 8538 $250 538 $50 38 $10 8 $2 Claims: See back of tickets, in the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list, the latter shall prevail.Weather FRIDAY : Sunny with cloudy periods.High near 22.Winds northwestel-ry 15 to 30 km/h.SATURDAY : Sunny.Low near 5.High near 22.SUNDAY : Sunny with cloudy periods.Low near 8.High near 25.Probability of precipitation 30 percent.MONDAY : Mostly cloudy and a few showers.Low near 13.High near 25.Probability of precipitation 50 percent AGRI-FEED COMPLEX Cereals • Proteins • Minerals • Vitamins 'p' ^PECIA^ORDE^^^NDS^ 'sf 355, chemin de la Station, Compton (819) 835-0065 Bored with bureaucrats?Head for the hills The other day I was at a meeting in Ottawa that was getting to be long and boring.I made up an excuse, took off early and headed across the river and into the trees.Half an hour later I found myself driving through the Gatineau hills north of town.The Gatineaus form part of the southern fringe of the Laurentian Shield, that huge land of granite, spruce and moose that make up so much of Quebec and Canada.Within minutes of each other in the town of Wakefield, I found the old mill and new bridge pictured here.Originally a stone structure and later enlarged with brick and wood, the Ma-cLaren grain mill is one of the oldest operating businesses in the area.Now owned by the federal government, it is open to visitors every summer day.The new covered bridge on the other hand is open all year.It was built as a community project last year, to replace an identical 1915 structure which burned.Planes, boats, trains, cranes, trucks and just about every other means of transportation were combined with chainsaws, a portable sawmill and plenty of volunteer elbow grease to put it together.Elsewhere in the area are attractions as varied hiking, rafting, Quebec’s only steam train, and the exact spot where William Lyon Mackenzie King used to talk to his dead mother - through the body of his dog.A quick Gatineau tour like this is something anyone can do.They say just about every Canadian has friends or relatives living in the Ottawa area.Granted, you may not get bored as quickly with your family as I do with bureaucrats, but an afternoon’s ride through the Laurentians can be a joy for just about anyone.Charles Bury pomaDra The covered bridge is open all year.MPM ¦ | mk „ , f ^ iSPl ¦ •• vé ¦ i, - .*• CHARLES BURY The MacLaren grain mill is one of the oldest operating businesses in the area.Grain from the MacLaren mill The new bridge came sailing in r ÏR ** CANADA BY QUE.BEN by Daniel Shelton f PEN/PONT [GO SO FASÏÏ SURE-15 EVERYTHING OKAY?-y' I PON T WANT TO LEFT 3EHINP/ www total naV-Oônolivi NICHOLAS JUST MADE IW00. Friday, June 4, 1999 page 3 Brieis CUSE closes 30 acute-care beds Staff The Centre universitaire de santé de l’Estrie is eliminating about 30 acute-care beds.Both the Bowen and Fleurimont sites of the hospital will be affected by the closures.On the sixth floor of the Fleurimont site, 18 acute-care beds will be closed but seven day beds will reopen.At the Bowen site, 12 acute-care beds on the fourth floor will be closed.Six day beds will reopen.The intensive care unit at the Bowen site will lose two beds.In all it has 14 beds.The closures will begin June 20.Administrators anticipate the reduction will save the hospital $1 million.Limiting pesticide exposure Staff The Montérégie regional health board is offering some advice for people living near orchards to limit their exposure to harmful spray materials.“We have observed that residents, and particularly children who are exposed to pesticides will absorb a certain amount,” said Dr.Luc Boileau.“Even if it is a low risk it is not recommended over a long term.” To cut down on the number of people exposed to the various chemicals used on apple trees, the health board is distributing a pamphlet to residents who live near orchards.The pamphlet concentrates on the best ways to limit exposure to the sprays.Among the advice offered is to stay indoors while the orchard operator is spraying.Cover any children’s sand boxes and wash any toys left outside during the spray.Also wash any garden chairs, tables and other items with which you may have close contact.You can get a copy of the pamphlet by contacting Elisabeth Masson at (450) 928-6777, extension 5562.i==mm- DUKE.NOBLE.V|.General Partnership yj.H Chartered Accountants A.Jackson Noble, C.A.164-A Queen Street, Suite 1 Lennoxville, Quebec, JIM 1J9 (819) 346-0333 Taxation, Accounting, Financial Services, Individuals and Corporations Estate Planning and Settlement, Farm Transfers Serving the Eastern Townships community for over 35 years Offices in: Cowansville KnowjtQn 127 Principale St.339 Knowlton Rd.Suite 105 (450) 243-5021 (450) 263-4123____________________________ PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL TO THE RECORD c ^Mr fmmwi ImBÊm Firefighters went through several chainsaws cutting holes in the floor of the walkway around the cafeteria in their efforts to extinguish the fire at Alexander Galt Regional High School, one that took six hours to put out.MAISON FAMILIALE DE COATICOOK INC.Senior Citizens Residence Superior quality of life at prices defying all competition with no additional costs.WITH US YOU WILL HAVE: • medication service • hygiene service • room maintenance service • trays in rooms if necessary • regular doctor visits • excellent kitchen • nursing service • near all services • banking service • hairdresser • air conditioning • laundry service • intercom service A DREAM PLACE FOR A WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT Fire: CONTINUED FROMPAGE 1 After the initial fire was put out at 6 a.m., Nichol said, firefighters were called back to the scene at 8:30 a.m.Thursday to put out a few residual flames.“It took about 15 to 20 minutes to put it out.” Thursday morning, as cleaners swept up debris on the cafeteria floor, Ribaux was confident the school year-will be back on track by Monday.The last three days of school are scheduled for next week before students begin their final exams.“If we get everything done that we think we can I think we can reopen.We’ll probably cordon off this area,” said Ribaux pointing to four square holes in the cafeteria floor.“There was no damage really in any classrooms.” At press time the cause of the fire was still under investigation and a damage estimate was not available.The cleaning staff left the building at 9:30 p.m.and no activities were scheduled for Wednesday.The school’s annual athletic banquet scheduled for Thursday night has been rescheduled for Tuesday, June 8.“We hope to know more by Friday.An inspector is coming in from Montreal,” said Ribaux.Clinique de PHYSIOTHÉRAPIE MULTI-SOINS Steves Tardif, pht.Eric Dion, pht.• Back /neck pain • Tendinitis • Bursitus • Sprain • Strain • Headaches • etc.Massage Therapy also available Insurance: Private • CSST • SAAQ Open 7 a.m.to 8:30 p.m.Bilingual Service FOR ALL INFORMATION: Mme Nicole Mandeville, dir.inf.aux.136 rue Main Ouest, Coaticook J1A 1P2 (819) 849-3444 1335 King St.W., Suite 210 SHERBROOKE 346-7777 page 4 Friday, June 4, 1999 THEi 250 registered for homecoming By Stephen McDougall Special to The Record Drummondville Although the school was closed down over 30 years ago, former students of Drummondville High School are not prepared to forget their former Alma Mater.On June 11-12-13, over 250 people from as far away as British Columbia, California and Texas will descend on Drummondville to relive bygone days.“So far, we have 250 people interested,” said former DHS student Hugh Bieber.“We have about 650 people on our mailing list, and we expect a few more replies before the reunion begins.” DHS was the successor to Riverview High that was closed in 1949.But only 19 years later, DHS was closed when the Richmond Regional High School was built.That meant from then on, English kids from Drummondville had to take an hour-long bus trip to Richmond every morning to get to school.DHS then became an elementary school for English kids but was closed in the early 1980s when the student population declined.Last year, a new English primary school in Drummondville opened up.Ron Ewing, the principal of the new school, will be a guest speaker at the reunion.Bieber said another notable attending the reunion will be former DHS principal Mac Johnston.Although most of the celebrations will take place at the Le Dauphin Hotel, Bieber said some events will take place in the gym at the former DHS building, which was bought by the City of Drummondville and turned into a library.Events held at the gym will include a wine and cheese get-together on Friday night and sports events on Saturday.Another location to be used for the reunion will be the 144 year-old St.George church, a meeting place for Drummondville anglophones for decades.Bieber said he wants to show Proposed Amendments for Corporations in the March 10,1999 Québec Budget Two advantageous measures for corporations which were supposed to end on December 31,1998 were extended as follows in the March 10 budget.The two measures are the tax credit for job creation and the supplementary deduction of 25% for depreciation and capital tax holiday for new investments in certain sectors.Tax Credit Job Creation Before 1999, Québec employers who created jobs during a calendar year could generally claim a reduction in payroll taxes regarding the jobs thus created.This reduction was granted as a refundable tax credit.Briefly, this tax credit was equal to $1,200 for each new full-time job created during a calendar year by an employer whose contributions to the Health Services Fund (HSF) had increased during such year.It could reach a maximum of $36,000 for a calendar year if 30 fulltime jobs were created during such year.More specifically, for a job to qualify as full-time, for a calendar year, the employee holding it had to work at least 26 hours a week during the calendar year for a period of no less than 40 weeks ending within this calendar year.The Budget Speech of March 31, 1998 announced that the tax credit for job creation would be eliminated for calendar years after 1998.Some employers had taken significant steps to create jobs before the announcement that the tax credit would be eliminated.However, they were unable to claim the tax credit for jobs created after March 31, 1998 since the 40-week period qualifying these jobs as full-time ended in1999, and employers could no longer make use of the tax credit for job creation in 1999.Implementation of Transitional Rules The tax legislation will be amended to take this situation into account and allow employers who created full-time jobs during the 1998 calendar year to benefit from Tax Talks the tax credit for job creation pertaining to these jobs.More specifically, an employer may benefit from this tax credit, for the 1999 calendar year, for employees on the payroll in1998 who did not work the minimum 40 weeks needed to qualify their job as full-time.However, this 40-week period must end in 1999.Such jobs will henceforth be called “full-time jobs for 1999.” However, the maximum tax credit available to an employer for the 1999 calendar year will be limited to the amount that exceeds $36,000 over the amount of the tax credit for job creation from which the employer benefited for the 1998 calendar year.Supplementary Deduction of 25% for Depreciation Taxpayers (corporations and individuals) who carry on a business in Québec can claim a depreciation deduction of 100% of the capital cost of certain assets used in Québec.Briefly, assets that enable a taxpayer to claim this accelerated depreciation deduction are manufacturing or processing equipment, and universal electronic information processing equipment (computer hardware).Intangible assets, such as patent, licence, permit, know-how or trade secret, acquired as part of a technology transfer, also enable the taxpayer to claim this deduction.These assets must be used mainly to earn income from a business.Lastly, in the case of manufacturing or processing equipment, and computer hardware, the assets must be new at the time they are acquired.In the March 25,1997 Budget Speech, a supplementary deduction of 25% for depreciation and a capital tax holiday for new investments in certain sectors were implemented to foster investment in Québec.Taxpayers who acquired assets otherwise eligible for the accelerated depreciation before January 1, 1999 could generally claim a supplementary deduction equal to 25% of the accelerated depreciation deduction claimed for a taxation year, thus bringing the total deduction to 125%.Capital Tax Holiday The capital tax holiday consisted of a deduction, in calculating the paid-up capital of a corporation whose basic rate of tax on capital payable, for a taxation year, was 0.64%, depending on the eligible acquisition costs it incurred for an eligible asset.A corporation could claim this deduction for eligible acquisition costs it incurred in a taxation year for the taxation year during which these costs were incurred and for the subsequent taxation year.Briefly, eligible assets for the purpose of this capital tax holiday were manufacturing or processing equipment, foreign are processing equipment, computer hardware, buildings used in the course of manufacturing or processing activities, and buildings used in the course of eligible activities relating to the tourism sector.However, such assets had to be acquired by a corporation, or a partnership, if applicable, prior to January 1, 1999, subject to the transitional periods stipulated in the tax legislation.Renewal of these Measures To continue fostering investment in Québec, these measures will be renewed until March 31,2000.Renée Gladu, CA Taxation Department Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton General Partnership Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton $ THE STRENGTH OF ADVICE Member firm of Grant Thornton International off the recent renovations done to the church at a cost of $120,000.“The anglophones that have remained here have no central place to meet and do things.This church is one of the last remaining buildings that showed anglophones were once an important part of Drummondville.” Registration for the reunion will start at 6 p.m.at Le Dauphin Hotel Friday, June 11.For more information, call Hugh Bieber at 826-2209.enefit on at nnity United Plan to arrive early for the auction slated for this Saturday at Trinity United Church in Cookshire to get first dibs on a wide range of items including a 12-place set of Myott English china -Royal York pattern.Also on the auction block will be an antique highboy and dining room set as well as a selection of antique tools .This is a chance to walk away with everything you need including the kitchen sink.Proceeds from the auction will go towards the restoration of the church.CAREER If you got into nursing to make a difference.here’s your chance! 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For more information about this opportunity please call Jill Grégoire at (613) 237-8783 x 270 EOE/MF/H/V Friday, June 4, 1999 page 5 Crime and Punishment Weekly roundup of crime and accidents By Karen Eryou Special to The Record June 2 • The Coaticook QPF is investigating the theft of various tools and equipment stolen from the town garage on Chemin Hatley in Compton.The investigator was at the scene on Thursday morning, still compiling the list of stolen items.• A two-car accident was reported on Highway 147 in Compton with one person receiving minor injuries.• An accident causing material damages only was reported on Highway 141 near Chemin Menard in Barn-ston.According to police this two-car accident caused no injuries.June 1 • The Memphrémagog QPF detachment responded to a call to investigate a stolen 8-foot Zodiac inflatable boat.The theft took place on Lindscow Road in North Hatley.• The Coaticook QPF reported a robbery on Isabelle Road in Barnston East.According to the police report, a $3000 antique armoire, and a $2000 water heater for a pool were stolen.May 31 • A major theft was discovered on Monday morning, when construction workers arrived at work at the Boni-choix grocery store in Eastman to find their construction trailer containing all their tools had been stolen.The list of stolen items is still incomplete leaving the Memphrémagog QPF’s investigation hanging.The police did say the dollar amount of the tools would be quite high.• On $ampson $treet in North Hatley a robbery totaling $3000 was reported.A boat and motor were the stolen items; however the boat was later found submerged in Lake Mas-sawippi.The motor and the oars were missing.May 30 • A soda machine was vandalized in Eastman.• A garden center in Ayer’s Cliff was robbed.According to the QPF, the owner reported that $500 worth of items were stolen.• A Troybilt lawn tractor and a trailer, valued at approximately $10,000 was reported stolen from a home on Capelton Road in North Hatley.• The Coaticook QPF fined the Bar Le Greenwich in Coaticook because they were still serving customers at 4 a.m.The investigation continues.• An accident with a moose was reported on Haskell Road in $tanstead East.Minor injuries were reported in this accident.May 29 • A serious motorcycle accident took place at kilometer 7 southbound on Autoroute 55 in Stanstead East.The driver hit a deer, sending the deer, the driver, and the motorcycle in opposite directions.The female driver was sent to hospital with serious injuries, however the QPF said that the injuries were not life-threatening.• A lawn tractor valued at $500 was stolen from a shed on Capelton Road in Hatley Township.• A cottage on Chemin Phillip Cyr in Potton Township was broken into with approximately $6700 of items stolen.According to the Memphrémagog QPF, a television, antenna, skis, 20 fishing poles, fishing gear, and a CD player were among the missing items.• A suspected drunk driver intercepted on Highway 147 at the intersection of Chemin Cochrane in Compton.The car was seized and the driver saw his license suspended at the scene for a period of two weeks.• Coaticook QPF officers also intercepted yet another suspected drunk driver on $t-Jean-Baptiste Street in Coaticook.• A red 1982 Honda motorcycle was stolen from a home on Chemin Beaudoin in Compton.• As a result of a routine traffic stop on Highway 147 in Compton, the Coaticook QPF officers found a driver to be in possession of illegal drugs.The car was seized at the scene.• On Child Street in Coaticook one driver was found to be in possession of illegal drugs.This unidentified man will be charged with possession, possession with intent to traffic, and possession of an illegal weapon.The man’s car was also seized at the scene of the stop.May 28 • A single-car accident took place on Chemin Bel Horizon in Hatley Township.No injuries were reported.• A $350 BBQwas stolen from a home on Chemin Albert Mines in Hatley Township.• The Coaticook QPF responded to a two-car accident on Highway 147 in Compton.Another two-car accident was reported on Highway 147 and the intersection of Vaillancourt Road, in Compton.No injuries were reported in either crash.• Two young men were found in possession of a small amount of marijuana at the campground on Chemin du Parc in Compton.The Coaticook QPF are continuing their investigation.May 27 • Gardening items were stolen from a store in Ayer’s Cliff.The QPF is investigating.• Approximately $6000 worth of tools and water pumps were stolen in $tukely Township.• The Vermont State Police reported that a note indicating a bomb threat was found by Lake Region Union High School administrators in Barton.The school was searched but no bomb was found.State Police were contacted and Jacinda Davis, 17 of Brownington, and a 15-year-old student were identified as being responsible.Davis was cited for false public alarm, and a juvenile petition is being prepared charging thel5-year-old with the same offence.If you are one of the thousands of Quebecers allergic to ragweed, it’s time to start thinking about it.One alternative for these allergy sufferers is desensitization.Talk to your doctor for more information on this technique, which can go a long way towards making summer more pleasant.Once you and your doctor have determined that desensitization is necessary he or she can then give you a prescription for the treatment.In Brome-Mis-sisquoi the treatments are given between May 31 and June 21 at the CL5C-CH5LD La Pommeraie in Farnham.The clinics are held on Mondays be- Time to think ragweed tween 6:30 p.m.and 8:30 p.m., and on Thursday between 1:10 p.m.and 4:30 p.m.Meanwhile La Pommeraie is calling on everyone to pull up and destroy any PUISATIERS LAPOINTE LES POMPES LAPOINTE INC.ragweed they may find on their property.Cutting them doesn’t finish the job, because the pesky little weeds will regrow within a couple of weeks.L \jS^' 5 am' ^ mm 6 raajku, ammmmi Jacques Lapointe LAPOINTE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXE 4070 Industriel Blvd., Sherbrooke (819) 563-8085 CONVOCATION NOTICE Townshippers’ Research & Cultural Foundation The Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 16, 1999 to receive the Annual Report, the Financial Statements and to elect directors for the following year.The meeting will commence at 6 p.m., at the Foundation office: 2355 Galt W, Sherbrooke QC.Please confirm your attendance by June 11 (819) 822-3314.Judith Ross, Development Coordinator Toward a society for all ages International Year of Older Persona 1999 D-Cappifj CHeaCtfly & S^Lyiny INFORMATION DAV FOR SENIORS Friday, June 4, 9:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.Érablière La Grillade Reception Hall St.Alphonse de Granby (at exit 68, Autoroute 10-6 kms from Granby, 10 kms from Cowansville) • INFO BOOTHS • PRESENTATIONS • MINI-CLINICS • ENTERTAINMENT FREE ADMISSION • WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE • FOOD & BEVERAGES AVAILABLE ON SITE • EVERYONE WELCOME! page 6 Friday, June 4, 1999 THE Community Forum Teen writes love letter to her Canada Dear Editor and Mr.Harper, I have read several of your letters published in “The Record” and share your disgust that the Monseignor Desranleau school in Bedford chose to ignore Remembrance Day.Let me assure you that Butler school in Bedford marked the day and the children who go to school there are amazingly aware of the wars of both 1914-18 and the Second World War.I’m sending you a copy of an essay written by my granddaughter Jessica Chamberlin.Jessica wrote this “from the heart" without any help from teachers or home.Unfortunately there has always been a small element who have felt that it was a question of the two World Wars being for “you” but not for “us”, forgetting the thousands of French Canadian boys who gave their all for our country.A lot of the poor attitude stems from the warped history taught in some schools as well as the lack of any history being taught.As a very young girl I attended school in Bury for a year in 1938-39.I remember you and your brother vaguely.You were a few years older and not attending school but think we met at the skating rink or maybe walking home from school.My husband was a veteran of five and a half years.Sadly he died before seeing our beautiful grandchildren - he only saw one.I remember him saying that he had read that-being through the war shortened lives by an average of five years.I have a friend who used to teach in the M.D school in Bedford and am going to pursue this matter.This lady serves on our St.Armand Municipal Council and my son Brent (Jessica’s father) is mayor so I will be able to find ou t about this Bedford School.Sincerely, Cora Chamberlin St.Armand Dear Canada, Since September 20th of the year 1983, I have been part of your great nation.And on one of your hot June days in my little rural town of Pigeon Hill, I feel the warmth of the sun’s bright rays cutting through your cloudless skies and the soft western breeze dancing upon my face.As I doze off with a subtle smile curling the corners of my mouth, 1 can’t help but think of the many wonders and adventures one can have in my country, you, Canada.A country as kind and as free as the one we all have such a great luck to enjoy.From the faint smiles of the fishermen of Newfoundland, to the great shimmering waterfalls of Niagara, Ontario.From the deep torturous trenches of the Rocky Mountains in British Colombia, to the simple beauty of the Amerindian arts found in Northern Quebec, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.From east to western sea, ten provinces and two territories to be proud of and to be shared amongst our people.Whether it be of white, black, or of copper skin.Whether it be of English, French, or of another foreign tongue, a true feeling of belonging and love for his country lies in the spirit of each and every true Canadian citizen.What is there not to love about you, Canada?Though I’ve lived on your land for what seems to be such a short period of time compared to the length of your existence, it has been my whole life, I have learned enough and I have understood enough to attain a sense of hope and of passion for my country.I have been able to identify the need so many brave soldiers showed throughout both World Wars.The need to protect and stand up for my country.I believe that with all of this country’s great achievements and all of its beauty, charm and brilliance, the men who did risk their lives in the great war, didn’t fight not having a reason.They fought for what was dear to their hearts, and that was Canada.They THE P.0.Box 1200 Sherbrooke J1H 5L6 or 257 Queen St, Lennoxville, Que.JIM 1K7 Fax: 819-569-3945 e-mail: record@interlinx.qc.ca Website: www.sherbrookerecord.com Randy Kinnear Publisher .(819) 569-9511 Sharon McCully Editor .(819) 569-6345 Sunil Mahtani Corresp.Editor .(819) 569-6345 Susan Mastine Community Relat.(819) 569-9525 Richard Lessard Prod.Mgr.(819) 5699931 Mark Guilette Press Superv._(819) 5699931 Francine Thibault Prod.Superv.(819) 5699931 DEPARTMENTS 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to ensure that I would have a brilliant future, that the generations to come would have the freedom to enjoy what they’d had a chance to enjoy.Canada, a country of freedom to many South African families who were used as slaves in the United States.A country to seek belonging for those in need.A country willing to help other nations in their times of failure.A country where there is always something old or new to be seen and there is always plenty to be learned.Prince Edward Island and its potatoes, the great plains of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Manitoba, Alberta’s Calgary Stampede and Jasper National Part, Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island, Quebec’s Montreal Jazz Festival, Yukon’s 5,951 meter (19,524 foot) high Mt.Logan.The list is never ending.This great piece of the world contains so many great places and great people.All I can say now, i« that the whole 9,970,610 sq.km.that this country holds is something that I will cherish and be proud of throughout my entire life.I love my friend, I love my home, I love my life, I love my country, I LOVE MY CANADA! Sincerely yours, Jessica Chamberlin (13 years old) Collective noun contest JN mm?- mm* -._V„ Bn ¦ cfc» ~ ¦f'O#'' m.Sgÿ?5a*>* kü*1, a Paper maker contends it acted responsibly By Maurice Crossfield Domtar continued its counter attack against the Friends of the Watersheds coalition Thursday, bringing regional reporters a guided tour of some of the areas in the Sutton Mountains subjected to heavy cutting last year.“We took the best possible precautions to make the best possible decisions,” said Remi St-Amand, Domtar’s fiber supply manager.He said the 160 acres that were subjected to both selective and sanitation cutting last year will regrow, with minimal impact on the environment.Thursday’s tour brought reporters up the West Hill and Ruiter Brook roads and into the heart of Domtar’s 10,000 acre Potton Township property.The hardwood forest has been the subject of much scrutiny recently, as area residents and the citizens coalition condemned Domtar for its forestry practices last summer.But Domtar forestry engineer Denis Gingras said in the areas most heavily hit by the January 1998 ice storm, 70 per cent of the trees had lost 80 per cent of their crown.“We always look for trees that have reached maturity, are sick or are damaged,” Gingras said.“In the case of the ice storm the southeastern slopes were the most seriously affected.” St-Amand said Domtar didn’t follow a government protocol to wait for at least one year before cutting because Domtar’s engineers have enough expertise to evaluate damage levels.He said to wait would have meant some of the trees would have lost their commercial value.“The delay was to keep people from going into their forests and cut everything down,” he said.“We already had the experts in place to evaluate the extent of the damages.” Had it not been for the ice storm, Domtar would have done what it has done for years; selective cutting never exceeding 25 to 30 per cent of standing trees.Gingras spoke of the economic life of trees.He said one of the goals of forest management is to get the maximum amount of wood fibers in the minimum amount of time.For a tree such as a yellow birch to be in prime form for pulp, it must live about 70 years.St-Amand said in most of the affected areas hardwood and non-resinous trees regrow very quickly.He likened maple trees to weeds, springing up again quickly following a cutting operation.At one stop Gingras showed reporters some of the damaged trees still standing.“In two or three or four years they will be finished he said.“It will be at least 40 years before this region can be touched again.” The area was later pointed out on a ministry of natural resources map, which showed it to have been heavily damaged by the ice storm.As for the danger of erosion on some of the steeper slopes, Gingras said the forestry workers took numerous precautions.Ditches do not drain directly into brooks, and logging trails were cut across the slopes instead of running up and down.He said the key is to stop running water from gaining speed.A 20-metre band on each side of the brooks is also left untouched, a rule he says is strictly enforced.“If a cutter goes in there, then it’s their last day of work for Domtar,” he said.Following the tour, reporters received a media kit containing an outline of the paper maker’s operations, a recent government forestry report exonerating Domtar’s forestry practices, and a copy of the Memphremagog MRC’s forestry regulations.In the regulations, clear cutting is strictly forbidden.However an exception can be made to remove trees that are sick or damaged from heavy winds or an ice storm.Spokeswoman Manon Coté said Domtar has invited the Friends of the Watersheds to visit the site, but so far the coalition canceled planned tours on three occasions.Because of The Record’s early deadline, it was not possible to reach the coalition for comment on Thursday.At the end of the tour Domtar’s Windsor vice-president Pierre Trudel said the company is presently evaluating the area to determine the extent of its operations this year.Some areas outlined in last year’s plan have been dropped, while others have been added.The finished plan will then be presented to the municipality of Potton Township.Cutting is expected to resume in July and continue until September.MAURICE CROSS FIELD - •> s ___ -s' .Mm ÎT-.These areas may not look pretty, but Domtar forestry engineers say the cutting was done in such a way that the final impact on the environment will be minimal.O LOCATION MARTINE AO inc.Power Equipment Picture may differ 2456 KING ST.WEST, SHERBROOKE 569-9548 Live bands ail weekend! Country • Bluegrass, Rock ‘n Roll • Folk Bring your own chairs or /////// -fc 5 th Anniversary! Music Fest "[he Chi Wren e (aWi 7tx»no|at'iorl of Canodq June 5 & 6 Ayer’s Cliff Fairgrounds Information: (819) 823-2009 to benefit For the whole family1.Hayrides • Silent Auction Games • Petting Zoo Admission charged In collaboration with page 8 Friday, June 4, 1999 hTHEi Hazardous household waste collection in Richmond Also old clothes, computer parts, eyeglasses By Cathy Watson Record Correspondent Want to clean the garage out this weekend?If you have any old cans of paint, oil or solvents, don't put them in the trash.In the landfill site the chemicals from these products will leach into the ground and contaminate water sources.You can get rid of this troublesome garbage' on Saturday, June 5, at the Richmond Community Centre from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m.This is the third consecutive year for this collection in Richmond.The Société de Gestion des Matières Résiduelles du Val-Saint-Francois, in cooperation with sponsors H.H.Brown and the Val-Saint-Francois MRC, has organized this one-day collection.Products such as ammonia, poisons, car batteries and shoe polish are just a few examples of the types of things that will be CAREER accepted.Old paint that is collected will be recycled, returned to the participating municipalities and used to refurbish public buildings.There is a new dimension to this year's collection - you can also get rid of old clothes, computer parts and eyeglasses.The clothes will be given' to charity, with the unusable items recycled.The computers and parts will be fixed and reused where possible, but hopeless pieces will be disassembled and recyclable parts reclaimed.The used eyeglasses will be given to the local Lion's Club for distribution to those in need.Here are a few tips on safely transporting your precious cargo: • Be sure the containers are tightly closed.• Place products in the trunk of the vehicle.• Do not mix different products in the same container.• Label any products not in their original container.Grand garage sales in Richmond this weekend Richmond is the place to be if you are looking for some inexpensive entertainment this weekend.The town is holding its second annual 'Garage Sale Weekend.' The municipality organizes the event, selling permits to residents who wish to hold sales, and publishing a map of the town along with a listing of sale addresses and items for sale.The maps can be picked up free of charge at the town hall (745 Gouin) between 9 a.m.and 4 p.m.on both June 5 and 6."We should double our numbers over last year! We're up to about 55 now," enthused Richmond town secretary-treasurer Martin Lafleur about the total number of permits earlier this week.Lafleur hopes to see a lot of visitors to the town over this special weekend.The proceeds from the purchase of sale permits will be donated by the town to the Richmond figure skating club, Les Tourbillions de Richmond.In case of rain, the sale will be postponed until the following weekend.For more information, call 826-3789.Cathy Watson Record Correspondent MlOH Acton International inc., a well-known manufacturer of rubber overshoes and “Acton” boots as well as industrial rubber products, has the following positions to fill: EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Reporting to the Director of the Military Division, your principal responsibilities as Executive Secretary will be the composition of documents in both English and French.Furthermore, co-ordinating filing and follow-ups to assure ongoing activities meet their deadlines.The work shall require an understanding of confidentiality and a professional manner shall be required with all per-osns.The ideal candidate will have a Secretarial Technical Degree or possess a relevant experience.The person shall be perfectly bilingual, written and aoral, and have a good knowledge of Word and Excel.The person should be highly organised and accept responsibility as well as having initiative, be diplomatic and respect confidentiality.MILITARY CONTRACT MANAGER Reporting to the Director of the Military Division, you will be required do research for tenders, negotiate contracts, do client follow-ups and co-ordinate related internal resources.You furthermore will be required to maintain contact with our international agents to assure a professional management of our contracts.The ideal candidate shall have a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or have equivalent related experience.The person shall be perfectly bilingual, written and oral, and have a good knowledge of Word and Excel.The person shall have excellent initiative, be resourceful, ready to learn and can work in a stressful environment.Interested persons shall send their Résumé to the following address before June 19, 1999: ACTON INTERNATIONAL INC.c/o: Département des ressources humaines 881, Landry Acton Vale, Québec JOH 1 AO We are an equal opportunity employer.CAREER Our client, the Town of Stanstead, situated in the MRC Memphremagog, would like to fill the position of: SECRETARY-TREASURER Reporting to the Municipal Council and supported by a dynamic team, you will take on the duties relating to administrative, financial and accounting management as well as the responsibilities of a municipal secretary-treasurer / general manager.Furthermore, the secretary-treasurer will have to work on important projects such as emergency measures, the change in municipal accounting, the millennium bug, etc.Perfectly bilingual, you possess a Bachelor’s Degree in administration or in any other discipline judged pertinent, as well as three years experience in a similar position, ideally in a municipal environment.You are distinguished by your ability to communicate your needs and expectations, your superior adaptability, your judgment as well as your team spirit.Our client offers a competitive compensation package commensurate with your experience.If you are interested in this position, please forward your résumé before June 19,1999, to: Ms.Huguette R.Boulanger, Human Resources Manager, RAYMOND CHABOT GRANT THORNTON, 455 King Street West, Suite 500, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 6G4 Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton % THE STRENGTH OF ADVICE Our client is an equal opportunity employer.CAREER infcro-pciH me.INTRO-PAK INC., a company who has been specialized in flexible packaging for 30 years, is looking for a full time employee.The person we are looking for must have computer skills, be bilingual (both written & spoken), be capable of precision work and have a pleasant attitude and some imagination that will help his or her performance at work.The candidate we are looking for will: • Talk to customers and representatives to take all informations regarding estimates • Prepare quotes • Keep up to date the production schedule • Establish a quality control system and keep it up to date.No experience is required but an academic background is necessary.If you are interested by this offer, please send your resume before June 14, 1999: By mail: INTRO-PAK INC.114 Laval St.Bromptonville JOB 1H0 By fax: (819)846-4411 1 (800) 290-0551 THF.Friday, June 4, 1999 page 9 Reform MP would rather see Faulder dead Canadian MPs interceding for Alberta man are ‘bleeding hearts’ - Breitkreuz By Sean Durkan Sun Media Ottawa A Reform MP heads south today to tell Texans to ignore Canada’s attempts to save Albertan and convicted murderer Stanley Faulder from his June 17 date in their state’s execution chamber.Yellowhead MP CLiff Breitkreuz, whose riding includes Faulder’s old hometown of Jasper and whose constituents include some of Faulder’s family, said he wants to counter the message delivered last week by three “bleeding heart” Canadian MPs in Texas.“I don’t see it as going down to campaign to have Faulder put to death, but as giving the other side of the story about attempts to interfere in the state’s judicial system,” Breitkreuz told The Toronto Sun.Breitkreuz supports capital punishment for certain murders, but said his message to Texans is simply that this is their decision based on rule of law and that ordinary Canadians are not behind attempts to save Faulder on a technicality involving his access to a Canadian counsel 20 years ago.“He has been convicted twice, and gone through 20 years of appeals - no wonder Texans are confused when they hear Canada accusing them of violating Faulder’s rights,” Breitkreuz said.“I can tell you, I have had no Canadians coming up to me saying they want this man freed and returned to Canada to live next door to them,” Breitkreuz said.Faulder, 61, was convicted and sentenced to death for killing a 75-old woman in her home 23 years ago.The Canadian government has been involved in the case since 1992, arguing his rights were violated after his arrest when he was not informed that he could contact Canadian consular officials.Canada has stepped up its efforts during the past year, which has seen several execution dates set and then postponed for Faulder.Last week, Liberal MP David Pratt, New Democrat Peter Mancini and Bloc MP Richard Marceau pleaded Faulder’s case with senior Texas officials.Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axwor-thy backed the trio’s mission, saying: “Access by Canadian consular officials to Canadians who have been arrested by foreign governments is an important and fundamental principle of international law, which in this case was not respected.” Breitkreuz will meet today and tomorrow with the same senior Texas officials, including Secretary of State Elton Borner, Texas Board of Paroles and Pardons chairman Victor Rodriguez and seniors members of Gov.George Bush’s staff.Canada left out of Kosovo planning Eggleton ‘lacks muscle’ say opposing MPs By Stephanie Rubec Sun Media Ottawa Reform, NDP and Bloc MPs yesterday charged Defence Minister Art Eggleton lacked muscle in the Kosovo conflict.Reformer Preston Manning led the pack, claiming Eggleton wasn’t “even asked to deliver doughnuts,” when European defence ministers met in Germany last week with their U.S.counterpart, William Cohen.“We have hundreds of military personnel already involved in the conflict and we are sending 800 more,” Manning said.“We ought to be involved in the planning.” Manning blamed the Liberals for what he saw as Canada’s descent from respectability.Eggleton countered that the talks with Cohen regularly and other nations are not invited to participate.He denied reports that NATO’s supreme allied commander, U.S.Gen.Wesley Clark, briefed the gathering on escalating the conflict to a ground war.Also yesterday, Russian and European envoys hand-delivered a peace plan to Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic in hopes of ending the crisis.But differences persisted between Moscow and the NATO allies on how to police any peace plan.After two hours of face-to-face meetings, the talks adjourned until today.Comments from senior Russian, European Union and U.S.officials indicated that all the three powers were closer than ever to agreement on how to establish peace.Prime Minister Jean Chretien appeared cautiously optimistic about the stepped-up diplomatic efforts.Nonetheless, he said caution is needed when dealing with the Yugoslav leader.“Milosevic has at many times has ducked his obligations,” he said.Canada, meanwhile, hailed as a victory yesterday the decision by the World Court to reject Yugoslavia’s call for a court-ordered end to the NATO bombing campaign.“We’re very happy with the decision,” said Philippe Kirsch, who argued Canada’s case to the Court during hearings in early May.KOSOVO DEVELOPMENTS YESTERDAY: • President Bill Clinton increases the U.S.commitment to a Kosovo peacekeeping force to 7,000 from 4,000 troops and added 68 U.S.aircraft to NATO’s arsenal.• The World Court in The Hague rejects Yugoslavia’s request that it order a ceasefire, saying there is no evidence airstrikes are genocidal.• NATO strikes Serb military targets across Kosovo and hits power lines, fuel depots and TV relay stations around Belgrade and in the central Serbian towns of Jagodina and Cuprija.The Record should know it all.,.569-6345 ._ .——— -—- By Steve Erwin Sun Media Ottawa An electrical mishap that claimed the life of a CFB Petawawa man was likely a “freak accident,” according to a fellow soldier injured in the same incident.Master Cpl.Don Lasante, 32, was electrocuted during a training exercise in Beachburg at about 7:40 p.m.Tuesday.Lasante was pronounced dead by Pembroke hospital officials at around midnight.Police suspect an antenna attached to one of several military vehicles touched live hydro wires.Pte.Geoff Moore, 20, was one of the four others wounded in the incident.Moore, along with Cpl.Robert Barrette, was treated for shock and released from Pembroke Hospital early yesterday morning.“It was just bad timing,” said Moore yesterday.“It was a freak accident.It was just a bad night.” Pte.Aaron Kendall, 21, suffered serious but non-life -threatening injuries and remained in an Ottawa hospital last night in stable condition.Cpl.Dave Heater, 31, was expected to be released.Sheila Morro described her son-in-law as an outdoorsman who loved to ski with his wife Susan.Lasante was a father to Matthew, 5, and a stepfather to Michael Morro, 20, and Jonathan Morro, 15.Mulroney bashes PM By Sean Durkan Sun Media Ottawa Former prime minister Brian Mulroney last night accused his successor of being the master of patronage.As Reform piled on pressure in the Commons, going after Prime Minister Jean Chretien for a $6.5-million CIDA contract awarded to a businessman in his riding, Mulroney used a CBC interview to also launch an attack.“He (Chretien) runs a patronage machine probably without precedent in modern history and nobody says a word about it,” fumed Mulroney, who led the Tories to the largest victory in Canadian history in 1984, only to fall to the biggest defeat in history at the hands of the Liberals in 1993.One of Mulroney’s key moves in 1984 was to feed on outrage over recently retired prime minister Pierre Trudeau’s patronage record, and for the next nine years he was painted by the Grits as the king of patronage.“Neither Mr.Trudeau or myself compares to what is going on now,” Mulroney said, though he cited no specific examples.“He (Chretien) has been very successful in duping the media — compared to most of us he has had a very free ride.” Mulroney also inferred Chretien is a lazy prime minister, declaring that one of the reasons the Tories ended up so unpopular in 1993 was they had the courage to make tough decisions to bring about important changes in Canada.‘You can enjoy the job of prime minister, do as little as you can or as little as you want.you know the job is there,” Mulroney said.“But if you want to make fundamental change, it’s a pretty tough business,” he said. page 10 Friday, June 4, 1999 RECORD MP suggests feds will ante up to beat NHL woes By Sean Durkan Sun Media Ottawa Federal Industry Minister John Man-ley says he’ll consider providing financial help to Canada’s NHL teams if other levels of government and the league itself do their part.Manley — who has called for a summit with the mayors of Canada’s six NHL cities, provincial reps, team owners and players in late June — told the Sun yesterday there are “a number of possibilities” for federal assistance.It was the closest Manley has come to promising aid.“If you ask Canadians do they think there should be a tax break for NHL players you don’t need a PhD to know what the answer is — when the average salary is over a million dollars for doing something that looks like fun, it is hard to shed tears for the players,” Manley said.“But we owe it to Canadians to try to get an understanding of what possible solutions there are, and we also have a responsibility to acknowledge that in many places the U.S.teams are receiving significant public sector support and that’s a factor in whether teams can survive in Canada,” Manley said.He stressed nothing has been decided by cabinet and no specific proposals are on the table.But he noted the four Canadian teams that would benefit from accelerating their capital cost write-offs have suggested working out a way to share the money that would generate over two years with the two teams that don’t have such costs to write off.The Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens and Vancou- while the Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers do not.But Manley said the biggest problem, which the league will have to address, is high payrolls paid out in costly U.S.dollars.“It’s all very well to be one of the big rich teams, but you need to have some one to play against,” Manley said.“If you want to have a league with 26, 28, 32 teams, you have to take steps to ensure those teams can survive." The provinces and municipalities their part, Manley said, suggesting the Ontario government could start by reconsidering its position that the Senators and the Leafs must pay an entertainment tax.PM nixes threat to sue Sun Media rime noted Reform Leader Preston i ' ation outside the Commons i he didn’t want the issue to go to court because that would “He said that he wanted to have a public debate on that and .I welcome it,” Chretien said, adding Kenney’s accusations were groundless and “all over the map.'’ “Not only has he decided to back off, but he doesn’t ver Canucks have buildings to pay off, also have to play show up at the House todav to answer questions.I have to ask what’s he hiding from?” said Kenney, adding the PM Pay wMi’ Bank of Montreal.fUfon imffiK/Jicn.Or c*itp Ask for your FREE discount card! 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