The record, 20 mai 1997, mardi 20 mai 1997

THE Join us at ¦—the— ¦ RE CORD's May 25 “ 11 a.m.-2 p.m.The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 60 CENTS Townships Digest Man killed in car crash A fatal car accident took the life of a man in Shipton Township on the long weekend.Mario Dubeau of Danville died of injuries suffered in the two-car collision at a turnoff on Route 116 around midnight on Saturday.Dubeau was driving a Honda Accord when it collided with a Nissan Maxima.The two people in the Maxima suffered minor injuries in the accident.Vandals strike graveyard The north end of Sherbrooke was hit by random vandalism on the weekend as two youths were seen smashing car windows with a metal rod.The windows of six cars were broken by the vandals.Tire Sherbrooke Police are looking for two young men who were in a white van on Beaudry Street when the vandalism occurred.A witness saw the two men smash the widows of the six cars, including his own.Police do not have a description of the two people involved.MNA wants public hearings Frontenac MNA and Liberal public security critic Roger Lefebvre has slammed the Parti Québécois government for not holding public hearings on its new laws concerning regulation of the bingo industry.Lefebvre called the decision not to hold parliamentary hearings on the new legislation “incon-ceivable’VTn Quebec bingo generates up to $30 million in revenues which allows many non profit groups to carry a very heavy load,” Lefebvre said./////// Today’s Weather Showers Complete weather; page 2 Inside Ann Landers.16 Community Births and Forum .6 Deaths.15 Record Album ____7 Classified.18,19 Sports.10,11 Comics.17 Theme Page: Crossword.14 Youth.8 Time out .lilll BRUCE PATTON The youngest fiddler in attendance, 14-year-old Michael Loomis takes time out for a piece of pie.if.In Thursday's Paper I Garden & I Patio RECORD Advertorial section j Tuesday, May 20, 1997 Feds ready to automate, close some crossings?Union ponders unguarded borders By Paul Cherry Sherbrooke The federal minister of revenue is considering closing or automating the majority of border stations across Canada, say representatives of the customs officers’ union.The Customs Excise Union (CEUDA) estimates that 90 per cent of border stations along the Canada-United States border will either close or be fully automated within two years.Union representatives also said border stations in some towns such as Clarenceville and Frelighsburg will soon have their hours reduced to eight hours a day.“The shutdown is going to be gradual that’s why we’re saying 90 per cent will be closed,” said Jean-Pierre Fortin, president of the Eastern Townships’ branch of the customs officers’ union.“The government is not going to do it right away.” Fortin was referring to the federal government’s denial of the union’s allegations.In a carefully worded statement, Revenue Canada said it would not be “reducing service levels at any point of entry this fiscal year.” The statement also said the department would not make any changes without consulting the union and the communities affected.Fortin said the union has heard the government is planning to go ahead with changes as early as this summer.According to the union, the Rock Island See borders Page 4 Moil put ill l I ÜPT 566-7111 COATICOOK 1000 Child St.849-7927 CENTRE OU SHERBROOKE 820 Wellington St.South COUTURE page 2 Tuesday, May 20, 1997 h — THE — Record A season that doesn’t know when to end It’s a tough job and we all had to do it Done.All put away.1 had been so sure that today I would be able to so respond, and that I wouldn’t have to cringe when one of my colleagues queries, “Buckets washed yet?” Alas, it was not to be.The number of rainy and/or windy days we’ve had this spring seems countless.Rainy weather forestalls bucketwashing for obvious reasons.Windy weather precludes the drying of buckets because of the threat of having them roll around the yard, gathering grass, dust and dents, and ending up who knows where.Susan Mastine loto-québec Draw 97-05-17 11 21 25 27 28 37 Bonus number: Draw 97-05-17 WINNERS 1 3 11 21 30 36 Bonus number: 38 MISE-TÔT 3 17 29 42 WINNERS PRIZES 79 s 632,90 6/6 5/6+ 5/6 4/6 3/6 0 0 24 1 084 16 275 In utter frustration with Saturday’s super wind gusts, we abandoned thoughts of scrubbing and drying the buckets out-of-doors.So, the first couple of hundred buckets were washed in the basement and stacked wet, to be dried later - on a calm, sunny day.Sunday morning brought sunshine and optimism that those shiny sap-catchers would be cleaned and put away before the snow comes once again.We borrowed my brother’s bucket-washing brush that fits on the tractor’s power take-off.Another pair of hands and feet, or two were needed to complete the work team.So, the search began for volunteers.Reluctant, but cheerful calls were made.The bucketwashing routine does not attract family and WINNERS PRIZES 6/6 1 S 2 289 175,90 5/6+ 11 $ 62 432,00 5/6 229 $ 2 399,10 4/6 15 465 $68,10 3/6 302 431 $ 10 Total sales: $ 16 894 804,00 Next grand prize (approx.): $ 2 100 000,00 PRIZES $ 1 000 000,00 $ 10 953,30 $ 760,60 $ 31,40 $5 Total sales: $ 527 247,00 Grand prize: $ 1,000,000 every Saturday Friday NUMBER 609107 09107 9107 107 07 7 Draw 97-05-16 PRIZES $ 100,000 $ 1,000 $250 $50 $ 10 $2 Eitra SATURDt NUMBER 523563 23563 3563 563 63 3 Draw 97-05-17 PRIZES $ 100,000 $ 1,000 $250 $50 $ 10 $2 Draw 97-05-16 5 6 15 19 29 34 39 Bonus number: 47 WINNERS PRIZES 7/7 0 $ 4 000 000,00 6/7+ 2 $ 50 772,00 6/7 40 $ 2 221,20 5/7 2 276 $ 139,40 4/7 46 308 $ 10 3/7+ 43 642 $10 3/7 384 094 free play Total sales: $ 5 587 746,00 Next grand prize (approx ): $ 5 000 000,00 Next draw: 97-05-23 friends to pitch in, as does sapgathering.I tried to make the activity seem more appealing -calling it a bucket-washing PARTY, offering music, laughter, good food, flowers etc.No luck.It probably didn’t help that we undertook this chore on a long weekend.We forged ahead.Hundreds of buckets had been collected earlier in the week - the day the dog got too friendly with a porcupine, and hours were spent relieving him of quills.Each of us had a specific task.One of us would carry a stack of sour-sap-dripping buckets over beside the tractor.A bucket would be taken, sometimes pried, from the stack, placed into an old wash tub of soapy water and swirled around to soak off some of the stickiest goo.Next, the family patriarch would put the bucket onto the twirling brush, bracing himself to keep the bucket in place.Then, he’d check the bottom, was it really clean?Sometimes the bucket would be dented and have to be gently hammered back into its proper shape, then put back onto the brush.Rub-a-dub-dub.Time now to wash the outside of the bucket in another tub -worker number three’s job.Next was a rinse spin in the third tub, stacking the slippery, shiny vessels, carting a pile to a prime drying location, unstacking and placing them side by side so the air would dry them.By the end of the day, we had washed some 750 buckets.The dry ones had been restacked and put away.Several hundred more, and the spouts remained to be done.We were tired, wet, yet optimistic - one more day would finish the task.Monday arrived gray and drizzly, two teenagers with no school, home to help, but no sun.To the spouts, attention turned.The basement walls vibrated with the passion of sixties country music and the rattling of metal against metal.One more day still.Will today be it?It takes some creativity and determination to have a positive attitude towards such a monotonous, mundane, wet, gooey job.This is our family’s challenge at the moment.Together, we share a mission - get those buckets washed so we may enjoy some of our favorite outings.Auctions, garage sales, trips to visit loved ones and intriguing sites await us.In the meantime, picture us in rubber boots, sap and soapy-water drenched clothing, spinning silver buckets through the water, amid singing - a little off key- teasing, daydreaming.Bridge renovations will mean traffic snarls Claims: See back of tickets, in the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list, the latter shall prevail.Staff Sherbrooke Traffic in Sherbrooke will be a little more congested for the next six months when a major bridge through the city will be closed for renovations.The Joffre Bridge in the east end of Sherbrooke will close for renovations on May 26 and will not be open to traffic again until December.The bridge, which connects Galt Street Eastand West will be undergoing an extensive renovation to the surface of the bridge’s road and its structure.Meanwhile, Gaz Métropolitain, Vidéotron, Bell and Sherbrooke-Hydro will be doing work in the vicinity as well.The gas company will be moving a pipeline that is located 1.8 metres below the riverbed.The bridge is scheduled to be closed to traffic at 8 a.m.next Monday.Pedestrians will be able to use the bridge until June 20.A lane for emergency vehicles will also be kept open until July 15.The work is scheduled to end Dec.5.More than 27,000 vehicles use the bridge per day.During the construction period traffic will be detoured to the Aylmer Bridge that connects King Street West to King Street East.The work will cost an estimated $3.8 million, $1.8 million of which will be covered by the Quebec Ministry of Transport." a Thettoud, * Mines a .s ¦ ! .J \ Richmond/ / Lac-MégaNth^» / SHBUBHOOtp^ , ’icnwAmviLLjr / v - 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WE'RE NOTMOVING ANY CLOSER TO YOUR MOTHER/ SORRY, MOM,,.SWEL-W Tuesday, May 20, 1997 page 3 ""¦¦THE wi Record Candidate says Liberals are leading the race Bureau launches all-out assault on Charest By Paul Cherry Sherbrooke Liberal candidate Martin Bureau is so convinced Jean Charest is bad for the Sherbrooke riding that he is willing to paint a picture for voters.That’s basically what he did Friday as he unveiled a caricature drawing of different candidates he had a local artist draw up.“They say a picture is worth a thousand words but I think this one is going to be worth millions,” Bureau said from his headquarters on King Street East.The caricature shows Charest on a wooden rocking horse that has a very Mulroneyesque chin, suggesting the Conservative party hasn’t changed since the last election which saw a Tory majority government reduced to two seats.In the background are André Bachand, the PC candidate in Richmond-Arthabaska, and Claude Boulard, the Tory running in Brome-Missisquoi.They are also on rocking horses.Jacques Blanchette, the Bloc candidate for the Sherbrooke riding, is shown wallowing far behind using a flotation device on dry land.Bureau is riding on the back of a horse with Finance Minister Paul Martin, while Prime Minister Jean Chretien is on another horse leading the fictional race.The artist who drew the cartoon has asked to remain anonymous.The gesture was part election showmanship and part pep talk.Bureau seemed to want to use the drawing to :*4N**y** PAUL CHERRY ‘They say a picture is worth a thousand words but I think this one is going to be worth millions,” Liberal Martin Bureau fire up his headquarter’s staff for the last two weeks of the election.The Liberal hopeful was confident after apparently winning a TV debate broadcast on CKSH-TV last Thursday.The debate was between candidates from the three main parties fighting for support in Quebec, but was between candidates from three different ridings, because Charest has declined a local debate against Bureau and Blanchette.“The message is starting to get out,” Bureau said referring to the debate and the reaction he said he is getting from potential voters.“It’s very dangerous for this region when Charest’s team says he will be prime minister.Our riding is being represented by an MP who doesn’t have time to be involved in it.” The Liberal candidate was also critical of Charest’s suggestion last week that Chretien isn’t a true Quebecer.“Mr.Charest has no lessons to teach on that subject.Mr.Chretien has been the prime minister for three and a half years and has had to live in Ottawa because of it,” Bureau said.“Where has Mr.Charest lived for the past three and a half years?It certainly wasn’t in Sherbrooke.He spends some time in North Hatley for the summer.He doesn’t have an official function in the government that’s the difference between him and Mr.Chrétien.He had the choice to make between running his party from Hull or to be close to his constituents in Sherbrooke.I think he made the wrong choice.” Despite criticism that he spends little time in his riding, Charest was way ahead in a Tenor Marketing poll released last week.Bureau dismissed the poll and said it was done before he started his campaign.Charest has also gained in recent provincial and national polls.According to a Léger & Léger poll done for the Globe and Mail, Charest’s Conservatives have surged to more than 30 per cent support of decided voters in Quebec.Nearly 33 per cent of decided voters said they would vote Liberal and the Bloc has more than 35 per cent support.The PC gains were made at the expense of both parties, indicating Charest scored points last week’s national debates.Charest appears to be taking votes away from the Liberals across the country.The same poll indicated 40 per cent of decided voters will vote Liberal on June 2 while 25 per cent would vote Tory.Boulard is Tory A sub-head in Friday's Record mistakenly identified Progressive Conservative candidate Claude Boulard as a Bloc candidate.Boulard is the Tory candidate in Brome-Missisquoi running against Liberal Denis Paradis and Bloc candidate Noel Laçasse.The Record regerts the error.Local debate continued off air Sherbrooke Sherbrooke Liberal candidate Martin Bureau was talking confidently after coming out the winner in a debate which he said got more interesting after it ended.The debate, televised on the francophone television station CKSH-TV last Thursday, was between candidates from the province’s three main federal parties, but the candidates came from three different Eastern Townships’ ridings because Tory leader Jean Charest has declined a local debate with Bureau and Bloc candidate Jacques Blanchette.Debate organizers wanted to have candidates from different ridings in the region to avoid verbal clashes in an attempt to sway voters.But Bureau said a verbal free-for-all happened once the cameras were turned off.The Bloc representative in the debate, MP Gaston Leroux from Richmond-Arthabaska, had his chance to answer a question about the federal deficit passed to another debater when the moderator felt he wasn’t answering it directly.According to Bureau and the person who asked the question, Ghislain Lallier, president of a local union, Leroux wasn’t happy about the question.Both men said Leroux and one of his staff gave Lallier a piece of their mind after the debate.“They treated me like I was a rotten fish,” Lallier told reporters after the inci-dent.“We told people that after the debate we’d like to stay behind to have exchanges with the people who participated,” Leroux said, reacting to the publicity the incident has garnered.“After the show was over there were debates going on all over the place,” he added.“I find it bizarre for Mr.Bureau to CLOGGING CONCERT''') single out the conversation I had with Mr.Lallier.” CARRIER NEEDED for Route #116 in Sherbrooke URGENT! 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All Welcome - Free Will Donations > Grime St.DesRochers St.* Available Immediately* Delivery Only No Collection — THE» Circulation Department 569-9528 between 8:30 a.m.and 4:30 p.m. page 4 Tuesday, May 20, 1997 RECORD ========================= Sherbrooke prof nominated for innovation award Eve Granger Special to The Record Doctor Jean-Pierre Adoul from the University of Sherbrooke’s department of mechanical engineering and technology has been nominated for the 1997 Manning Award for his innovative dynamic codebook for efficient speech coding based on algebraic codes.The codebook employs a method which allows speech to be compressed in a numerical way while transmitting better sound quality.His innovation will allow users to compact more speech on a computer diskette, and afford a better quality of sound on cellular phones.To Adoul, the dynamic codebook method will improve the world of multi-medias and telecommunications.The codebook is the fruit of 10 years of work and research.Adoul explained that the initial idea was conceived some 10 years ago but much of the standardization of the device was done in the past three years.Since 1980, the Ernest C.Manning Awards Foundation, a national, privately funded non-profit organization has been rewarding Canadian innovators for their contribution to the diverse fields of technology such as medical research, plant genetics, the transmission of light, work with the mentally handicapped, fire-fighting, metallurgy, underwater vehicles, electronics, telecommunications and other fields.This year, 76 initiatives from all over the country, including 18 from Quebec were nominated for the 1997 Manning Awards.Among those innovations is a simultaneous engineering experience for high school students conceived jointly by nominees Sonia Faucher, Julie Trudel and Gilbert Martin from the Sherbrooke Bombardier Inc.In 1996, the $100,000 Principal Award went to Tim Collins of Burnaby, B.C., for his much acclaimed “V-Chip” which allows parents to block out programs they don’t want their children to access on television.The $25,000 Award of Distinction went to Tad Sudol of Edmonton, Alberta, for his “Sand-Vac”, a portable system for cleaning sand from the bores of horizontal oil wells.The $4,000 Manning Young Canadian Innovation Awards went to high school students Haigo Djambazian from Montreal, , for his bionic hand, Niladri Sarkar from Brossard, for his cellular suicide sensor, and Michael Richards from Wolfville, N.S„ for his Algorithmic fingerprint image analysis and match- BORDER: Continued from page 1 and Stanhope border stations would be the only ones to have customs officers on the job 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Other crossings would be guarded an average of eight hours a day and would use an automated system of cameras and magnetic identification cards the rest of the time.FREQUENT CROSSERS The cards are the CanPass the federal government is offering to frequent border crossers.The card will be sold to those who want to get through the border without a long wait and who have had their background verified.“The government wants to do it first in areas that are not considered high risk.But if they make the changes, the area becomes high risk.Why would someone pay to get contraband through a reserve when he knows he can get it through one of the camera border crossings,” Fortin said.The union president noted the government said it won’t be closing border stations right away but already has plans to start cutting service in some areas.“If you take the border in East Here- ing.Dion Picco from Burin, Nfld.and Steven Lilly from Creston South, Nfld, were honored for their three dimensional toolkit for Windows 95/NT.ford as an example, the government wants to reduce the number of hours to eight hours a day, five days a week,” he said.“But they also plan to close it within two years." According to the union, the station in Glen Sutton could close completely and municipalities will have to pay if they want a customs officer at their border crossing during tourist season.Fortin estimates the changes will affect 35 to 50 jobs in the Eastern Townships and he said there are questions of public security that the government is ignoring.MORE POWERS, FEWER BORDERS “At the same time that they’re giving us more powers they want to decrease the number of border crossings that are guarded,” Fortin said, referring to legislation that will give customs officers the power to detain drunk drivers and smugglers at border crossings.The union contends the government has yet to come up with an automated system reliable enough to prevent drugs, illegal immigrants, and child pornography from making it into Canada illegally.“The camera systems they are testing Winners of the 1997 Manning Awards will be announced at the 16th annual National award ceremonies on Oct.20.now can only read 50 per cent of the plates that go through,” Fortin said.“And there’s nothing to stop someone if they are not supposed to cross the border.” Just how seriously the federal government is considering the changes is unclear.Media reports last week said the closure of many small ports of entry, including some in the Eastern Townships, would be recommended to Revenue Minister Jane Stewart by members of her staff who have been studying the customs and excise budget.Brome-Missisquoi MP Denis Paradis has since talked to Stewart and said yesterday the minister told him there would be no border crossings closed.The Liberal MP said he was concerned about the rumors because of the flow of traffic that goes through the crossings connected to small and medium sized businesses in his riding.“The minister reassured me that machinery will not be replacing human beings,” Paradis said referring to the automated system the union is concerned about.“And as an MP for this riding I’m going to do everything I can to make sure they stay open.” POWER CLEANER • - Last week Granby-based Mecan-Hydro officially launched its latest product, a hydraulic device used to clean debris out of hydroelectric plant water intakes.Often these intakes become clogged with branches, weeds and other junk, and must be cleaned out to prevent equipment damage.According to Mecan-Hydro president Christian Davignon, this new machine will cut cleaning costs by up to 60 per cent at small and medium sized hydroelectric plants.______________________________________________ .¦» THE un .¦¦¦¦—»¦ =_ Record _ ELECTION ’97 Tuesday, May 20, 1997 page 5 Tories gain ground in Quebec Charest jubilant about latest poll numbers By Jack Aubry Southam News Ottawa Tory Leader Jean Charest and his party appear to be on the move to knock off the Bloc Québécois as Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition in the June 2 election.With two weeks remaining in the campaign, a half-dozen new polls released this weekend showed the Tories consolidating their hold on second place, mostly on the strength of what appeared to be a major breakthrough in Quebec at the expense of the Bloc.An Environics poll even showed them jumping into the lead in the province with 36-per-cent support, followed by the Liberals at 32 and the Bloc at 27.A Léger & Léger poll, which has a lower margin of error, showed the Bloc still in the lead but free-falling to 35 per cent, the Liberals holding steady at 32 and the Tories bumping up to 30 per cent.The numbers suggest the election, has become a race for second place, with the Tories’ rising national star pitted against the regional fortunes of the Bloc and Reform Party.The Liberals still remain the strong favorites to win the election, with support dropping to about 40 per cent nationally.The Tories hold between 23- to 25-per-cent national support while the Reform Party comes in at between 16 and 18 per cent.The NDP appears stuck at about 10 per cent.Debate Performance A jubilant Charest said Saturday he now expects to be the main target of his opponents.The main reason for the Tories’ bump upwards in the polls seems to be Charest’s strong performance in the English and French debates.Charest says the numbers confirm a trend toward his party that he has picked up over the past year.However, Reform Leader Preston Manning put his own spin on the numbers.“We’re now ahead of the Tories outside of Quebec.If you’d knock out the Quebec side where the Tories have gone up, we’re at about 23 per cent in the rest of Canada which is higher than where we were in 1993.” “If I were the federal Tories I’d be extremely worried.They could very well end up being a rump party from Quebec.” “They’re a national party that’s going down.We’re a new party that’s going up.” Indeed, Tory fortunes fall quickly west of the Quebec-O.tario border.In Ontario, the Liberals appear ready to sweep the province again, as they did in 1993, with about 50-per-cent support.NDP Leader Alexa McDonough, who was in Saskatoon Saturday, dismissed the polls saying she is counting on ambivalent and undecided voters to boost the party’s fortunes on election day.Jean-Marc Léger, of Groupe Léger & Léger, said Saturday Charest’s growing popularity in Quebec may give him a boost outside of the province if people start viewing him as the “new Captain Canada.” Léger said he expects the Tories’ momentum to push their numbers even higher in the final 14 days of the campaign unless Charest stumbles badly, something he has avoided so far.RECORD FILES Jean Charest had reason to be happy on the weekend as polls indicated his party is gaining ground across the country.Crime, justice issues took centre stage Friday Liberals want to block prisoners from voting By Kim Lunman Southam News Toronto The Liberal government will go back to court in an attempt to muzzle federal prisoners who now have the right to pass judgment on politicians in the June 2 election.A federal court judge Wednesday rejected the Justice Department’s request to stay a law allowing prisoners serving jail terms of two years or longer.Justice Minister Allan Rock made the announcement in Toronto on Friday, a day after Reform Leader Preston Manning released a voters’ list in St.Catharines, Ont., showing Paul Bernardo, who killed two schoolgirls in the southwestern Ontario town, had been enumerated along with multiple child-killer Clifford Olson.The government says it is appealing Wednesday’s decision in the public in- terest.It wants to stay the law until after the June 2 election.The Supreme Court granted federal prisoners the right to vote in 1993, ruling a blanket prohibition breached their Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Federal inmates voted in the 1993 election as a result.Earlier this year, Alberta prisoners won the right to vote in the provincial election.Justice issues, which have taken a back seat to unity, took centre stage in Toronto on Friday where Manning, Rock and NDP Leader Alexa McDonough were campaigning.Rock lashed out against Manning for inviting the parents of Bernardo victim Kristen French to a Reform lunch to dis- “I think it’s offensive.He’s become the ambulance chaser of the crime and justice issues and I don’t think Canadians are attracted to that approach.” -Justice Minister Allan Rock on Reform Leader Preston Manning cuss their get-tough justice platform.“I think it’s offensive.He’s become the ambulance chaser of the crime and justice issues and I don’t think Canadians are attracted to that approach.” The justice minister accused Manning of trying to “frighten” Canadians into voting Reform by concentrating on the country’s worst crimes and avoiding discussion on crime prevention.Manning questioned why Rock was in such a rush to stop prisoners from voting now when he hasn’t addressed Reform’s concerns in Parliament.“He does not seem to identify with the rights and concerns of victims at all.” Rock, who portrayed the Liberal justice platform as a moderate balancing act, insisted the timing of the court fight isn’t political.Reform supports a binding referendum on capital punishment, a victims’ bill of rights and repealing the so-called faint hope cause that allows killers to apply for early parole eligibility.The NDP’s McDonough defended the rights of imprisoned killers such as Bernardo to vote in the federal election.“The Supreme Court rendered a decision that he is eligible to do so.Period.” McDonough also accused Manning of “exploitive politics” and on capital punishment said: “I think the issue of capital punishment is an excruciatingly difficult one, but one that has been settled.I just really refuse to participate in what I think is a carefully calculated exploitive agenda to take us back in time.” Ift Roadside I mASSISTANCE We are here to help.Call or drop in anytime! DYSON & ARMSTRONG RICHMOND Used Car» 614 Craig St RICHMOND 826-3501 fWMt New Cars 265 Principale St RICHMOND 626-3721 ?* Good wrench Service/^ G/WAC FINANCIAL SERVICES Chevrolet TRIED TESTED & TRUE page 6 Tuesday, May 20, 1997 COMMUNITY FORUM Separatists avoid talk of territory Viewpoint Lionel Albert It was one of those television Town Hall shows.Reform leader Preston Manning said Quebec must be told the consequences of separation, including the crucial matter of boundary changes - partition.Retired General Lewis Mackenzie, one of Progressive Conservative leader Jean Charest’s star candidates, pointing tri- _________ umphantly at Bloc Québécois candidate Daniel Turp, said Manning was only helping ‘them’.The General is mistaken.Ever since William Shaw and I wrote the book “Partition: the Price of Quebec's Independence”, the separatists have tried to avoid the subject of territory.Why?After all, many francophones abhor the idea of Quebec being dismembered.The disappointment and irritation French Canadians feel when told that secession of Quebec would be a very painful process is not directed against English Canada, but rather against those who have been telling them that separation is as easy as pie.Only a small hard core of French Canadians want to separate from Canada.Most of the rest see separatism as a risk-free way of shaking the Canadian tree so that as many plums as possible fall into the Quebec garden - one of the Yes side’s symbols was a Canadian one-dollar coin! That is why the Bloc fears the subject of partition.Though little noticed at the time, re suits of the federal byelections in March 1996 provided concrete evidence that the partition issue hurts the separatists.Readers will recall that the Prime Minister, shaken by the near-victory for the Yes side in the referendum, appointed Stéphane Dion to proclaim that if Canada is divisible then so is Quebec.The theme was repeated at the Liberal caucus meeting in Vancouver.A set of six byelections, including two in Montreal, took place only a few weeks later.Back in the 1993 federal election, in the western Montreal riding of St Lau-rent-Cartierville, the Bloc had run an unknown ‘ethnic’ candidate named Hachem against the popular Liberal incumbent Shirley Maheu.Mr Hachem managed to win 18.7 per cent of the vote.In the 1996 by-election in the same riding, the Liberals ran Dion, the cabinet minister most associated with partition.The Bloc ran a well-spoken, fluently bilingual academic.Yet, despite the advantages enjoyed by the professor compared to his predecessor, the Bloc vote dropped, to 14.8 per cent.In the eastern Montreal riding of Pa-pineau-St Michel, the 1993 Bloc candidate got 39.0 per cent of the vote against veteran Liberal Andre Ouellet.In the 1996 by-election the Liberals parachuted in Pierre Pettigrew, appointed to the federal cabinet at the same time as Mr Dion so tarred with the partition brush by association.The Bloc put up the personable Daniel Turp but, as in the other riding, the advantages belonging to Mr Turp and the disadvantages accruing to Mr Pettigrew, compared to their 1993 counterparts, did not materialize.Instead of going up, the Bloc vote fell, to 34.1 per cent.(Turp, the very same man General Mackenzie is now so eager to point to, didn’t say a word about partition.) There was no backlash caused by talk of partition.Just the opposite.Instead of attacking partitionists, General Mackenzie and his leader Jean Charest ought to try hitting the Bloc where it hurts.Lionel Albert is co-author of the book Partition of Quebec’s Independence.He lives in Knowlton.a division of Communications Quebecor inc.2850 Delorme, Sherbrooke, Que.JlK 1A1 Fax: 819-569-3945 e-mail: record@interlinx.qc.ca Randy Kinnear Publisher .(819) 569-9511 Sharon McCully EDrroR .(819) 5696345 Sunil Mahtani Corresp.Editor .(819) 5696345 Susan Mastine Community Relat.(819) 569-9511 Alain Tétreault Adv.Dir.(819) 569-9525 Richard Lessard Prod.Mgr.(819) 5699931 Mark Guillette Press Superv.—(819) 5699931 Francine Thibault Prod.Superv.(819) 5699931 DEPARTMENTS Accounting .(819)5699511 Advertising .(819)5699525 Circulation.(819)5699528 Newsroom .(819)5696345 Knowlton office 88 Lakeside, Knowlton.Quebec, JOE 1V0 Tel: (514) 242-1188 Fax: (514) 243-5155 MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS GST PST TOTAL Canada: 1 year 104.00 7.28 7.23 S118.51 6 MONTHS 52.00 3.64 3.62 $59.26 3 MONTHS 26.00 1.62 1.81 $29.63 Out of Quebec residents do not include PST.Rates for other services available on request.The Record is published daily Monday to Friday.Back copies of The Record ordered one week after publication are available at $1.00 per copy.The Record was founded on February 7,1897, and acquired the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879) in 1905 and the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) in 1908.Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Agreement No.0479675.Member ABC, CARD, CDNA, NMB, QCNA LCW-R7N® Aik1 BASS SET FCQ SOME '96 MORELS Letters to the Editor Thanks for the lack of information Dear Editor, Some of us, being a bit old-fashioned and born before the age of the VCR, prefer the big silver screen to the little box.Some of us are English-speaking.So when an English-language film hits town (almost as rare an event as gold in a Bre-X mine), we’d like to hear of it.When the film is at the Carrefour or at Bishop’s, we do.When it’s at the Maison du Cinema, we don’t.Why not?Well, it’s about money, surprisingly enough (and about us ethnics also, to evoke a famous phrase).The impoverished Record considers its announcements of films to be advertising, and wants cash for announcing them.The Maison du Cinema won’t pay.It presumes, I guess, that the English-language community should be grateful that English films are shown at all, although it wants to keep them a secret.The result hurts both parties: The Record loses readers who resent not being informed, and the Maison loses customers.Surely there’s a way of resolving this stand-off.Perhaps the Record could list English-language films in this way: “As the Maison du Cinema refuses to advertise in a small English-language daily desperate for money, the following films now showing at this theatre should be boycotted.” That way the Record can stick to its principles and we’ll still find out when English-speaking volcanoes are erupting under Los Angeles (see - you didn’t know that one was playing, did you?) Or else, I’ll have to take the Tom Gordon route and denounce the Record as a disappointment to the community.Still, I plan on keeping my subscription.I know you need the money.Stephen Black Lennoxville What can we believe?Dear Editor Can anyone believe anything that Mr.Bouchard or Mr.Duceppe says.How could they not know when they were always so close?For me it was impossible for them not to know what Parizeau was up to.In 1995, Bouchard and Parizeau sucked young Mario Dumont into the Yes vote.After it was all over what happened to Mario?Of course Mario was young and easy to brainwash, so they took advantage of it.Of course we now know Mario was never a leader, he was only a follower.Eric Trussler Lennoxville .11 .¦¦i—THEmi ._ Record _ RECORD ALBUM Tuesday, May 20, 1997 page 7 ; ¦ : just like don messer Local fiddler Harold Nutbrown set toes a-tappin'.one-man band Reminiscent of the Grand Ole Opry, Lennoxville's Billy Graham played the way “it used to be”.**îï£ï ###n ~mMW ! ?t 1|i enhanced bass Accompanying the musicians throughout the evening were string bass players Perry Beaton and Tim Dougherty.Guitars, Fiddles and Old-Tyme Music Galore Some 200 people, young and young at heart, gathered at the Lennoxville Rifle Club on Friday for the annual Old-Tyme Music Jamboree.The event, which lasted from four p.m to midnight, featured 13 musical groups interspersed with some dancing.Musical styles included traditional fiddle music, bluegrass, country, gospel and folk.At one point, 14 local fiddlers assembled in front of the stage and < treated the audience to some down-to-earth toe-tappin’ melodies without the use of any amplifiers.Also during the evening, as one group played ‘on stage’, others assembled in the lower hall for impromptu jam sessions, proving the old saying, ‘You can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy’.BRUCE PAITON their kind of music Founders of Lennoxville’s popular eating place Pep's, Gennie and Julien Pepin take a turn around the dancefloor page 8 Tuesday, May 20, 1997 nil THE ¦¦ ¦ RECORD YOUTH ‘I knew deep down something was missing’ Learning to be ‘girly’ means playing hockey By Gin Ye Lee Young People’s Press All my life, since I was a little girl with bouncing, pink-ribboned pigtails and two missing front teeth, I remember sitting wide-eyed in fror t of the television set in my living room, leaning against the fleece pant leg of my dad.Together, along with my younger brother, we’d watch a hockey game and I’d be hypnotized, while the players skated speedily across the screen carrying long, L-shaped tree branches and chasing after a big, black English muffin.My favorite team, of course, was the Toronto Maple Leafs.The blur of blue and white uniforms along with the contrasting red jerseys worn by the Red Wings overwhelmed me.I loved hockey! One day, though, when Sarah, a close friend in the fourth grade, and I were playing with our Barbies, I started to make up a story about my doll being a famous hockey player in the NHL.But, about the middle of my fantasy, Sarah turned to me and said, “She can’t be a hockey player.” My eyebrows plunged in confusion and I asked "Why?" “Because she’s a girl.Girls aren’t good enough to play in the big leagues,” Sarah responded matter-of-factly.For the rest of the afternoon, I was totally confused.I saw no reason why a female couldn’t make it to a professional sport, if she worked extremely hard at it and put her heart into the dream.I was raised to believe that a woman and a man were equal and that women were just as capable as men to succeed in anything they pursued, even hockey.I didn’t exactly excel at playing sports myself, although I swam in watching them each night.I was an above-average Jane, qualified enough to pitch a ball on target, but not good enough to make the varsity squads at school.That suited me well, though.However, the fact that I liked sports and was fairly good at them presented me with a whole new set of problems.I was labeled a tomboy.Underneath, though, I was still a normal, twelve-year-old girl.I liked to dress up nicely once in a while and wear makeup, and I cried whenever some- thing or someone truly hurt me.The tomboy thing didn’t really bother me until one day, when a friend told me that men didn"t appreciate girls who were too much into sports.“They prefer feminine women, girls who act girly,” she confided in me.‘Girly’?.How are you supposed to act like that?All I could do was be myself.But I began to wonder, if my being so involved in sports had anything to do with the way boys would shun me, whenever I tried flirting with them.Was that what made me so unattractive?Throughout my vulnerable and naive junior high years, I believed all this.Eventually, my tomboy status disappeared.For once, I was considered a ‘regular’ teenage girl.Boys began noticing me and I had my first boyfriend in the eighth grade.But I knew deep down inside that something was missing.My self-expression had holes in it.I was different, unhealthy, distant.I was cheating myself out of a life involving one of the things most significant to me - sports.Finally, going into grade nine, 1 decided to fill those gaping openings again and dress in the same costume I used to wear.When I unleashed my avid interest in hockey and baseball to my boyfriend, he didn’t like it and refused to accept it.He detested athleticism.I broke up with him.I realized that any guy who didn’t appreciate me for myself and my particular interests, was probably wrong for me anyway.Not long ago, Ben, a good friend of mine, and I were talking about a basketball game between the Chicago Bulls and the Orlando Magic.After the lively discussion, he looked at me and said, “Y’know, you're one of the few girls I know who know more about sports than me.I really respect that.” I just smiled back.Somewhere, deep down inside, a red light went off and a faint buzzing noise echoed throughout my ears.I knew the game winning goal had just been scored and a glorious victory was mine.• • • Gin Ye Lee is 18 years old.If you have a story for Young People’s Press please call (416) 484-4570 or e-mail yppto@planeteer.com for further information.I began to wonder, if my being so involved in sports had anything to do with the way boys would shun me, whenever I tried flirting with them.Was that what made me so unattractive?20 Mg.of prozac a day Depression can strike at any age - even childhood By Maya Roy Young People’s Press People are often shocked at my casual attitude towards mental illness and the clinical depression 1 have experienced since childhood.“Yep”, I say, “20 mg of Prozac a day, with food of course!” In light of the disgrace associated with mental illness, I choose to educate others in my own personal, informal manner.However, I haven’t always been able to accept depression as a part of who I am.“Well you are the one that is crazy -you are the one who is depressed!” Many times I have heard this malicious comment from my parents.My family is not open minded about mental illness.I grew up thinking that because I was depressed, I was somehow inadequate, abnormal.Comments like these this illustrated what society thinks about those ‘depressed people’.If I had arthritis or diabetes would I have still been treated that way?Does being depressed make me somehow less of a person?It makes me wonder.I have also encountered great resistance in getting my prescription of antidepressants filled as I need my parents’ signature.This is ridiculous.If I were suffering from high blood pressure, would they refuse to help me procure hypertension medication?In my final year of elementary school, my depression combined with the hormone fluctuations of adolescence.I reached the point of being dangerously suicidal and on the verge of a nervous breakdown.I was 13.1 vividly recall two of my teachers putting me down, even taunting me, in regards to my symptoms which manifested themselves as hyper-anxiety and fatigue.I had no one to talk to and felt trapped in a dark tunnel with no light at the end.Last year, I was having a challenging time maintaining my marks due to my depression.My guidance counselor suggested that she write a discreet note to my teachers to inform them of the unique circumstances regarding my numerous absences, lack of concentration, fearfulness, anxiety, and overwhelming fatigue.I was terrified.Would my teachers think less of me?Would people think Iwas ‘crazy’?As a result, I had to confront my own prejudices about men- tal illness and other people’s perceptions of me.I can’t help thinking that if I had even received a pamphlet, outlining the classic symptoms of clincial depression, I would have been given the resources to begin to help myself.In all my health classes, during which many hours were dedicated to discussing drugs, alcohol, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, depression was not mentioned .This is shameful, as it affects 25 per cent of Canadians at least once during their lifetimes, and is very common in teenagers.Because of experiences such as these, I have spent the past year as part of a speakers bureau talking about my experiences with depression, as well as facilitating a depression support group for youth.I remind people that scientific research has shown the biochemical nature of clinical depression and that researchers have proved that depression occurs when there is a chemical imbalance of neurotransmitters (a kind of chemical in the brain).As a result there is a list of common psychological and physiological symptoms such as feelings of hopelessness, difficulty sleeping, changes in appetite and more.Unfortunately, even with many organizations and individuals educating the public, ignorance still prevails.Several weeks ago, someone said to me, “Josh is borderline manic depressive, he shouldn’t volunteer with us anymore.” This comment from an adult acquaintance, shocked me with her blatant discrimination.She acted as if ‘Josh’ were somehow ‘contagious’, when in fact he was a talented writer who had contributed much to an organization I worked for.Being manic depressive was irrelevant to his performance.Today, I am an outgoing teenager who has many close friends, loves school and contributes many hours to volunteering in my community and helping others.I shouldn't have to feel ashamed about mental illness.Neither should anyone else.• • • Maya Roy is 16 years old and a grade 12 student.If you have a story for Young People’s Press please call (416) 484-4570 or e-mailyppto@planeteer.com. The Record, Tuesday, May 20, 1997 page 9 Richmond Regional aims to send petition to Quebec City Richmond Regional High School will seek the help of MNA Yvon Vallières to present a petition asking the Quebec government to intervene in Education Minister Pauline Marois’s plan to exclude Drummond and Arthabaska MRCs from the proposed merger of the Eastern Townships School Board and the District of Bedford School Board.A delegation comprised of the chairpersons of the Richmond Regional, St.Francis and ADS school committees want the petition, which has been signed by more than 2,100 people, presented at the National Assembly in Que bec City.• • • Richmond Regional’s KITE (Keeping It Together Emotionally) committee is presenting an information session with psychologist Joyce Chagnon from the JEVI Foundation.This is the third evening meeting dealing with the topic of suicide prevention.It takes place on Wednesday, May 21, at 7 p.m.and is open to parents, teens and anyone interested.• • • This year, there are 53 students in Richmond Regional’s graduating class.The graduation exercises will be held on Friday, June 20, and the prom on Saturday, June 21, in the school gymnasium.Congratulations to the Class of '97: Jody Andrasi, Paul Appelblom, Tracey Badger, Marc Banfill, Jason Beard, John Blais Jr., Philippe Boucher, Lisa Marie Bridges, Marie-Noëlle Caron, Suzy Cartwright, Melissa Cote, Tracy Delorme, Tabitha Desbiens-Levia, Julie De-sharnais, Rickey Dwyer, Amber Fowler, Craig Frost, Jason Goorts, Geneviève Hamel, Sarah Hannan, Darren Hodge, Anthony Ianniciello, Sandra Jeanson, Stefanie Johnston, Yves Langlois, Hélène Lemay, Scott Lester, Derek Lockwood, Isabelle Lodge, Jonahtan Mallette, Jennifer Maurice, Kim McCourt, Christine McGee, Patricia McKeage, Karine Morel, Erin Nixon, Rick Noble, Nancy Normand, Christopher O’Donnell, Jennifer Patrick, Nathalie Peters, David Plourde, Clint Roberts, Stephanie Saurette, Steve Sevigny, Daniel St.Amant, Steven St.Amant, Mary St.Hilaire, Chris Stevens, Cindy Vachon, Michael Viens, Howard Watt and Gary Wilkins.Q; Do you know why graduating students throw their graduation caps into the air?A: The teachers are too heavy! 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Linda Frost of Clôture Invisibles Estrie - Bois-Francs, Claude Bellemare, owner of Asbestos Chrysler, Jocelyn Lachapelle, president of L’Astelier Hendersen, Benoit and Céline Marcoux, owners of Ben Paysagiste, Donald Mercier and Pierrette Darsigny, owners of Le Versant Rouge, and many others.The Air Cadets of Asbestos were on hand in the parking lot and inside.At the Asbestos fair, from left to right we see: Mr.Jocelyn Lachapelle, president of L’Astelier Hendersen, Mrs.Johanne Piché, president of Cercle d’affaires de la région d’Asbestos and Alain Guillon, designer and wood carver of L’Astelier Hendersen of Danville.Cohen (James Kidnie), also deteriorates after Porter refuses to abuse the system to defend Cohen from disbarment.There’s also Belize (Denis Simpson), a flaming ex-drag queen, Joe Porter’s mother (Hannah Porter Pitt) and a host of supporting roles which includes an angel, two ghosts and an Eskimo.The cast is colorful, the set design, which includes sliding stage scenes, are well-crafted and suited to the production’s cold, metallic atmosphere.The acting, however, ranged from tepid (Moore’s portrayal of businessman Martin Heller looks like a woman playing a man) to exceptional (Joan Oren-stein as Rabbi Chemelwitz is completely convincing as a religious man) and passionate (Thomas as Prior Walter effectively dramatizes the physical agony of AIDS).It’s hard to evoke any emotion for these characters because they’re all so messed up, largely from they’re own doing.Roy Cohen’s refusal to admit he has AIDS, because AIDS is a gay disease and he is simply “a straight man who has sex with men” precludes the kind of empathy one feels for someone CENTAUR THEATRE James Kidnie and Robb Paterson in Centaur’s production of Angels In America, Part One: Millenium Approaches.fails to hit emotional chord.who is honestly trying to come to grips with a life-threatening disease.Furthermore, in an age where stereotypes are falling faster than you can say ‘Ellen DeGeneres’, the lack of even one positive gay role model means the real tragedy of Angels is its underlying message that ‘gay’ equals ‘suffering’.Ultimately, the play fails to hit a resounding emotional chord.Perhaps that wasn’t the point.The strong political angle - AIDS being all but ig- nored by Washington - is eloquently manifested, particularly through the character of Louis Ironson.And there is much attention paid to a range of other matters, such as power being the real issue behind race relations in America.But Angels does not conjure up any kind of intense feelings, either in deference to the characters or as a loathing for the disease that touches them all.That may not have been the point, but maybe it should have been.Wintle’s new ribbon Trenholm quitter Sheila Wintle has won a second-place award at a prestigious international quilting show in the United States.Competition was stiff with quilters from 13 countries taking part in the show in Paducah, Kentucky.Wintle’s quilt, Chintz Royale, placed second in the professional category of the juried show.Wintle had sent two slides of the quilt to the American Quil-ter’s Society and was informed it had been chosen among thousands of entries for competition.Wintle did not accompany her entry to Kentucky and didn't even know what she had won until she unpacked her quilt when it ws shipped back to her.“The ribbon was in the bottom of the box," she said with delight.By Gerard Dee Special to the Record Montreal Here are the facts - Angels In America, Part One: Millennium Approaches, Tony Kushner’s award-winning play which examines the AIDS epidemic during the Reagan administration, has appeared in 30 countries, won a Pulitzer Prize, four Tony Awards and numerous critics’ awards from New York to Los Angeles.Beyond all the accolades, however, the real merits of any theatre production is what it makes you think and feel during and after the experience.It should elicit some emotional response, even if it’s intense dislike.Angels, currently playing at the Centaur in Montreal under the direction of the theatre’s new artistic director Gordon McCall, is a political drama which takes the audience through a maze of human relations that, like Six Degrees of Separation, are all somehow connected.Furthermore, each of these relationships have one morbid common denominator: They’re all in the midst of decline.Take Louis Ironson (Peter Duschenes) and his lover, Prior Walter (Glyn Thomas).When Prior tells Louis he has AIDS, Louis deserts him, leaving Prior to face the awful disease on his own.Joseph Porter (Robb Patterson) also ends up deserting his significant other, his wife, when he finally admits he is gay- To get through the decline of her marriage, Harper Pitt (Stephanie Moore) becomes increasingly addicted to Valium and is prone to fits of delusion.Joseph Porter’s relationship with his mentor, the obnoxious but successful lawyer Roy ¦ THE ¦ .RECORD salutes % *& ¦ MÉRÉK 1997 Toyota Camry ^ Z/yy/yy/s HOBBIES Golden anniversary airshow a success Tuesday, May 20, 1997 page 11 By Jean-Michel Monvoisin Special to the Record Montreal A little co-operation from Mother Nature helped ensure the success of the 50th anniversary Montreal International Air Show.Despite strong crosswinds the air over Mirabel International Airport was filled with the rumble of piston-powered airplanes and the thunder of jets for three days.Media covering the event were given a chance Friday to watch the aircraft arrive for the weekend’s event.A few hundred lucky and excited children also got to watch the practice runs as a number of schools organized field trips for that day.The official airshow days were on Saturday and Sunday and despite heavy winds, the good weather made the event a popular weekend excursion.Many people were turned away by police Sunday due to the lack of parking space.The weekend’s was a performance by the Blue Angels, the United States Navy's aerial demonstration team.The naval aviators in their thundering jets put on a show that was awe-inspiring.Canada’s own Northern Lights, an acrobatic team from the nation’s capital, put on an exciting show despite not flying in multi-million dollar jets.Canadian astronaut Julie Payette was also on hand at the show.She flew in Friday at the controls of a sleek jet.Aside from the weekend-long flying displays, there were also ground-level displays where people were able to view military and civilian planes up close.They could also talk to the crews and pilots.RECORD JEAN MICHEL MONVOISIN/SPECIAL Canadian astronaut Julie Payette flew in to Mirabel Friday for the airshow.JEAN-MICHEL MONVOISIN/SPECIAL JEAN-MICHEL MONVOISIN/SPECIAL Canada’s own Nortem Lights aerial team thrilled spectators at the Montreal airshow.Michelle Thonney gives the thumbs-up sign from the cockpit of a plane.1997 Toyota Corolla 359/ TRANSPORT & PREPARATION INCLUDED *48 month lease 228/1 48 month lease NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO GET INTO TOYOTA QUALITY! ® TOYOTA RICHMOND 153 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the public to an Open House to take place May 25 from 11 a.m.to 2 p.m.Tour our facilities, meet The Record’s staff and find out what’s involved in producing your daily newspaper and getting it to you.A special invitation is extended to our readers, correspondents, carriers, collaborators and former employees.Everyone welcome.Later in the day, visit the Uplands Museum’s Open House and view its exhibit on the 100 year history of the Sherbrooke Daily Record.Information: Susan 569-9511.DUNHAM The Dunham United Church is celebrating their 150th Anniversary with the first of a series of celebrations.A Hymn Sing will be held on Saturday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m., lead by Laura Kerr and featuring the Cowansville Community Choir.All are welcome and light refreshments will follow.DUNHAM Chicken Pie Luncheon at All Saints Anglican Church, Dunham on Thursday, May 22 at noon.Admission charged.Along with the chicken pie there will be salads, vegetables, homemade rolls and dessert.Cards will be played immediately following lunch.Reservations would be appreciated, please call 295-3341 or 295-2349.COOKSHIRE Advance notice.The annual Beef Barbecue at the Cook-shire Fairgrounds will be held on Saturday, June 7 from 5 p.m.to 8 p.m.Tickets available now from the Directors or by calling 875-3842.Don’t miss it! LENNOXVILLE The Lennoxville Historical Society in conjunction will the Upland’s Garden Club will have a guest speaker, Ms.Keenan Cook, on May 21 at 8 p.m.at the Amedee Beaudoin Building (behind the Lennoxville Town Hall).Her topic will be cottage garden flowers, illustrated with slides and photographs.Guests and new members are welcome.Please note: The Historical Society will have a brief meeting at 7:30 p.m.LENNOXVILLE Advance notice.The Ville de Lennox-ville’s Friendship Day will be held on Saturday, June 14.Plan to enter a float in the parade?Call Kelly Patrick at 566-6688 or 820-1371.Arts and crafts: call Eddy Henson at 821 -9578 or 569-9855.Register now! General information: 569-9388.AYER’S CLIFF 500 card party in the Royal Canadian Legion Hall, Ayer’s Cliff on Tuesday, May 27 starting at 1:30 p.m.Lunch will be served.Prizes.Everyone most welcome.Sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #128.HEREFORD The card party at All Saints Church, Hereford, has been changed from May 23 to May 30 beginning at 5 p.m.All welcome.LENNOXVILLE The Lennoxville & District Women’s Centre presents a Breast Health Workshop on Monday, May 26 from 6:45 p.m.to 9:45 p.m., at the Lennoxville Women’s Centre, 151A Queen Street.A 2 1/2 to 3 hour workshop on the role of S.B.E., Mammography and clinical breast exam in Breast Disease Screening programs.Discussion about reducing your risk and of obtaining maximum results from a mammography X-ray.This workshop is given by Dollena Warren Giguere, R.N.Mamma Care Specialist.For further information, please call the Women’s Centre at 564-6626.SHERBROOKE There will be a benefit 500 card and crib-bage tournament held at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 10, Sherbrooke on Saturday, May 24.Registration at 1 p.m.Many prizes to be won by the winners.This will be followed by a pot-luck supper around 5 p.m.A slight admission fee will be charged for the cards and also for the supper, with proceeds going to the benefit of the R.C.L.(Quebec) for the Disabled Inc.Come and spend a pleasant afternoon at the same time helping a good cause.Everyone welcome.RICHMOND You and your teen.Trouble making a connection?Feeling cut off and left out?Wishing you knew how to get through?Plug in to a Parent/Teen info-session, animated by Joyce Chagnon, Psychologist, on Wednesday, May 21 at 7 p.m.at Richmond Regional High School, Lome St., Richmond.This session is brought to you by Le Rivage and the K.I.T.E.program.Everyone is welcome, this session is free of charge.STANSTEAD Co-ed Softball Tournament, May 23, 24 and 25.Entry fee charged plus one ball.Cash prizes.Double elimination tournament.For information, call Jackie 876-2331 or Lisa (802) 334-6120.LENNOXVILLE Talk and refreshments, open to public and free of charge.Friday, May 23, noted Townships author and historian Bernard Epps will transfer his personal papers to the Archives Department of the Eastern Townships Research Centre.Mr.Epps will also give a talk at 2:30 p.m.in the Old Library, McGreer Hall, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville on the developing cultural identity of the English-speaking community of the Eastern Townships.Refreshments will follow in the Faculty Common.For information, call (819) 822-9600, ext.2647.RICHMOND Richmond County Historical Society upcoming events.At the Wales Home on May 24, 7 p.m., guest speaker: Mr.Clifford Moore.Pancake Brunch at St.Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Melbourne on May 25 at 12:30 p.m.Admission charged.Museum opening: Sunday, May 25 at 1 p.m.in Melbourne.Special exhibits: models of heritage houses made by A.D.S.students.Photo exhibit: 125th Anniversary of the Christian Advent Church in Danville.This column accepts items announcing events organized by churches, service clubs and recognized charitable institutions for a $5.00 fee, $8.00 for 2 insertions of same notice, $11.00 for 3 publications.Requests should be mailed, well in advance, to The Record, P.O.Box 1200, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5L6, be signed and include telephone number and $5.00 (taxes included).Telephone requests will not be accepted.Admission charges and trade names will be deleted.No dances.Kay Savage honored as Volunteer of the Year RICHMOND — On April 14, the usual games were played at the church hall and prizes awarded.A drawing was held on maple syrup with proceeds going to the volunteer supper held on April 17.The winners were Irma Johnston and Rachel Clifford.The president, Hazel Fleck, presented Kay Savage as their volunteer of the year.Kay was presented with a volunteer certificate by Gaston Leroux and Denis Blais.We wish Edna Mallette and Dot Hess get well wishes.Edna has a broken wrist, and Dot, an arm.Also get well wishes to Margaret Dennison who is convalescing at the Wales Home.A drawing was held on a lovely afghan donated to the club by Ernest Lancaster, the winner was Jeff Garrett.It was nice to see Garth and Hazel Carson back with us after their stay in Florida.On April 28, a casserole was held with 47 enjoying an assortment of Happy birthday Happy 98th birthday on May 19 to Gwen Hallam.Congratulations and love, the Hallam Family.casseroles, salads, rolls and squares, solicited from all members by Gladys Rollins.Thanks to all members for the food.Dr.Dykeman said grace before the meal.Following the meal bingo was played with Shirley Johnston calling the numbers assisted by Eileen Roberts, with all winning prizes.The marathon was won by George Johnston and the specials won by Vera Millar, Hazel Fleck and Mona Garrett.A drawing was held on a large basket of fruit with proceeds going to the Canadian relief fund for Chernobyl victims in Belarus, the winner was Andrew Pocklington; second prize won by Chris Blake, a pair of crystal candlestick holders, donated to the club by Donald and Marion Provis.It was so nice to have some residents from the Wales Home join us for the casserole and bingo.Hope you all come again soon.On May 5, 500 was played at eight tables and one table of bridge.Several guest joined us.Phylis Sisco, a niece of Rachel j Clifford, also came and donated two gifts, the winners were Ruth Lester and Gerald Fowler, thanks Phylis.The birthday song was sung to those having birthdays in May.Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers.June Wolfe thanked the members who helped cover ten of the card table tops, those being Clara Boisvert, Rachel Clifford, Hazel Fleck, Shirley and George Johnston, Florence Blan- chard, June Wolfe and Irma Johnston who with her car picked up the material.Gaston Leroux presenting a volunteer certificate to Kay Savage who was chosen as volunteer for the 50 Plus Club, she was presented by the President Hazel Fleck.Denise Blaise is sing in the background.Denise is the president of the Volunteer Center in Richmond. The Record, Tuesday, May 20, 1997 page 13 community newspaper.MUSEUM ©\ \ T PABA rnUNUNGl \ « h m v| 1 \ \ »rtl« SUNDAY, MAY 2Sth 1 - 5 p.m.50 Park St., Lennoxville Visit the exhibit: “Daily News from the Eastern Townships: 100 Years of the Sherbrooke Record” FREE ADMISSION " Information: (819) 564-0409 ; “OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY, MAY 25th UPPI 11 a.m.- 2 p.m.2850 Delorme St., Sherbrooke ,« < ' I ^ 1 J|vV 'f.' * * AT •pop | Information: (819) 569-9511 page 14 Tuesday, May 20, 1997 — ¦ " '"MTHEin i i —¦ -IRF.rORO- CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Assaults 5 Bounce lightly 8 Drinks slowly 12 Final, e g.13 Fateful Roman date 15 Embroidered loop 16 Piece for Pavarotti 17 Asian range 18 Beethoven’s “Fur —” 19 Woody’s boy 20 Gossip 21 Past or present 22 Marlene Dietrich film 25 Indian chief 28 Settled down 29 Funny girl, DeGeneres 30 Part of the Rockies 32 Tool 35 State positively 36 Primp’s partner 37 — dieu (kneeling bench) 38 Rule of conduct 39 Is able to 40 Area for an obi 41 Casa room 42 Usher’s domain 43 Co-star in 22A 48 Cowboy show 49 Tennille of song 50 Recording group from Sweden 54 “TempesF sprite 55 Was defeated 56 Kind of cherry 57 Kiln 58 Belgian waterway 59 Bridge seat 60 Punta del — 61 Timetable abbr.62 Captain Hook’s aide DOWN 1 Arizona city 2 Wife, to Caesar 3 Nerve 4 Less wrinkled 5 Sign of royalty 6 Improvise 7 Gem 8 Mute 9 Cake topping 10 Sheriff’s group 11 Strong alloy 14 Placed 15 Vichy premier 23 Layer 24 NC school 25 Circus performer 26 Part of T.A.E.27 Skein of yarn 30 Like a hooky player 31 Lamprey 32 Seed covering 33 Sapient 34 Leases 36 Silent star, Negri 37 Corridors 39 Wheedle 40 Peruke 41 Record cover 42 “Peer Gynt” dancer 43 Wipe out 44 Certain hunting horn notes 45 Ninny 46 Hangman’s rope 47 Map addition 51 Smile broadly 52 Mean 53 Before: pref.Saturday's Puzzle solved: w R N AIR NR A L L A T O M D M A N E O D O R N LJD K A |H E 0 |eT s s E I G hr o E A S N D H D Aj A 71 |C R I B A 0 N E R S O N I A N D N G E R S G O A [a R A L s E C T H T H Y A F T A R R Y M E A N P A N E $ 1997 Tribune Media Services, Inc.All rights reserved.05/19/97 10 11 22 23 25 26 27 30 31 32 33 34 43 44 45 46 47 50 51 52 53 by Bernice Gordon 05/19/97 ACROSS 1 In the — (fated) 6 Insect feeler 10 Competent 14 Where Greeks gathered 15 Winglike 16 Go-getter 17 Act firmly 20 Eye 21 Bewilders 22 Mythical bird 24 List ender 25 Electric unit 29 Old Italian coins 32 At —! 36 Stranger 38 Claims 40 Ad — (improvise) 41 Took over, in a way 44 — out (make do) Monday's Puzzle solved: MUGS DAP SIPS EXAM IDES PICOT SOLO ALAI ELISE A R L O DIRT TENSE THEBLUEANGEL SACHEM A L I T ELLEN TETON AWL AVER PREEN PRIE LAW COULD WAIST SALA AISLES EMILJANNINGS RODEO TONI ABBA ARIEL LOST G E A N STOVE Y S E R EAST ESTE ETA S M E E © 1997 Tribune Media All rights reserved.Services, Inc.45 Went astray 46 Hue 47 Claret and crimson 49 Curves 51 Hammer head 52 Owns 54 — Plaines, IL 56 Marries 61 2-wheeled carriage 66 Small gift 68 Appropriated 69 James of music 70 Highway divisions 71 All — (attentive) 72 Optimistic 73 Get up DOWN 1 Cartoonist Al 2 Chills and fever 3 Memory 4 Let fall 5 More rational 6 Dance step 7 Communication word 8 Country in Asia 9 Food essentials 10 Bring forward as evidence 11 Timely benefit 12 Obscene 13 Sea eagles 18 Cupid 19 Shaver 23 Red, white and blue 25 Snap 26 Similar 27 Put down flooring 28 — Aviv 30 Occupations 31 Transferred, in a way 33 Solo 34 Blockade 35 Actor Buddy 37 Once called 39 Fast plane 42 More stylish 43 Wise 48 Amazes 50 Cult 53 Northern bird 55 Don of football 56 Italian city 57 Portico 58 Needy 59 Within: pref.63 Former Spanish 64 Observes 60 NCOs province in 65 Gaelic 62 Distant Africa 67 Utter 10 11 12 13 33 34 35 30 31 25 26 27 28 52 53 62 63 64 65 59 60 56 57 58 by Harold B.Counts 05/20/97 05/20/97 RFrORTl Tuesday, May 20, 1997 page 15 Birth Deaths Deaths Deaths PICKEN - It is with great pleasure that Gramma and Grampa Harvey (Barbara and Junior) announce the safe arrival of their fifth grandchild, a tiny baby girl, (born 5 1/2 weeks premature), weighing 4 lbs.14 oz„ at 12:02 a.m., April 23, 1997 at the B.M.P.Hospital, Cowansville.Happy parents are Janice and Robert Picken.Faith Erin Cecile will be greatly loved by her “big” sister April, brother Colt, grampa Picken and many aunts, uncles and cousins.Thanks to Dr.Mout and the wonderful care they received.Mommy and baby are doing great.In Memoriam GAULVIN-FORTEER, Geraldine - In memory of Geraldine Galvin-Fortier who passed away May 21, 1996.Dear Mom, Words are not sufficient to express our gratitude for all the gracefulness of life that you shared with us.We will always keep previously in our heart the remembrance of your beautiful smile, your funny sense of humour and not to forget your deep faith in God and life.We would like to transmit to you the content of a sympathy card we received from a friend of the palliative care group of the Sherbrooke Hospital.We think this card describes so truly who you were, who you are and who you will be in our hearts eternally.“Our dear Gerry was a sunlight for every one of us, she knew so well how to comfort the partients and with such gentleness.Gerry was gifted with a rare charisma she used to bring joy, peace and hope to everyone she partaked her life.For me and the people of the Palliative Care, she has been a gift from heaven, her who comforted to many patients.Her name is engraved forever in my heart.and such a way for countless patients.To all the members of the family.With all my sincerity.” M.B.A 1st Anniversary Mass, given by a group of friends from the Parish, will take place on Wednesday, May 21 at 9 a.m.at St.Patrick’s Church, Sherbrooke.Relatives and friends are invited.From your CHILDREN and your GRANDCHILDREN Love you Mom.We pray for your soul.BRYANT, Lou (nee Lulu Shuttleworth) — Suddenly at CUSE on May 16, 1997.Beloved wife of the late Clifton.Beloved mother and mother-in-law of Kaye and Ray Barnard and John and his wife Rita.Cherished grandmother of Laura Rienstra, Clifton and Dan Peters, Kathy Seymour, Karen Lamport and Stephanie Brown.Great-grandmother of 11 children.Dear sister of Helen Mudgett, Doris Cooper, Barbara Beacon and the late Leonard Shuttleworth.Visitation took place at Ledoux Funeral Home on Sunday and the funeral service was held at St.Paul’s United Church, Magog, on May 19.As memorial tributes, donations to St.Paul’s Memorial Fund, or St.Luke’s Memorial Fund, would be appreciated by the family.CHARLEAU, Kenneth - At the C.U.S.E.Fleurimont site, Sherbrooke, Que., on Friday, May 16, 1997, Kenneth Charleau in his 53rd year, beloved husband of Shirley Gautrey.Dear father of Lori (Jeffrey) Gautrey, Ben (Isabelle) and cherished grandfather of Amanda.Dear son of Edward Charleau and his wife, the late Laura Stone.He is survived by his brother and sisters, Ruthline (Edward) Tincarre, Irene (Donald) Sylvester, Phyllis (Henry) Rolfe, Guy (Ruth) Charleau, as well as many nieces and nephews.Rested at Cass Funeral Home, 6 Belvidere St., Lennoxville, Que., where friends called on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and where funeral service was held on Monday, May 19, 1997 at 11 a.m.Rev.Alain Milot officiating.Interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Waterville, Que.In his memory, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or St.John’s Church, c/o Mrs.Edith Lane, Waterville, Que., JOB 3H0, would be appreciated by the family.Graveside Service DYER, Winston E.- The family of the late Winston E.Dyer invite all friends to a Graveside Memorial Service located at Fairmount Cemetery, Sutton, on May 21, 1997, 1 p.m.There will be an opportunity for fellowship and last respects at Camille’s Hotel following the service.If so desired, memorials to the Royal Canadian Legion, 2 Curley St., Sutton, “Poppy Fund”, can be sent.Cemetery Meeting CORRIGAN, Albert — Peacefully at the C.U.S.E., Fleurimont site, on Thursday, May 15,1997, Albert Corrigan in his 63rd year, beloved husband of Lillian Everett.Dear father of Jennifer (Michael) Jones and the late Christine and his stepchildren, his grandchild Jeremy, brothers and sisters-in-law.Dear brother of Edmund (Sarah), Elmer (late Lise), Patricia, the late Mary (late Rolland Garand) and the late Christine (André) Fabi.Also survived by several nieces and nephews.Resting at Cass Funeral Home, 6 Belvidere St., Lennoxville, Que., where friends may call on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., and the day of the funeral from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.Funeral service will be held at St.Patrick’s Church, Sherbrooke, Que., on Wednesday, May 21,1997 at 11 a.m.Father Pierre Doyon officiating.Interment in St.Michel Cemetery.DUNCUM, Ellen (nee Fields) — Peacefully at the CUSE on May 16, 1997 at age 81.Dearest sister and sister-in-law of Wilder (Minnie), Harvey (Cora), Sydney (Antoinette) and Pearl (Norman Shea).Also survived by many nieces and nephews.Visitation took place at Ledoux Funeral Home on Sunday and the funeral service was held at St.Luke’s Anglican Church on Monday, May 19, officiated by Rev.Lynn Ross.Cremation and interment in the Cherry River Cemetery at a later date.As memorial tributes, donations to St.Luke’s Memorial Fund, 290 Pine St., Magog, J1X 2H9, or the Quebec Heart Foundation, 2630 King W, Sherbrooke, J1J 2H1, would be appreciated by the family.GREENE, Phillip Hobart — In Cowansville on May 13, 1997, Phillip Hobart Greene, beloved son of the late Hobart Guy Greene and the late Blandine Boudrias.Dear brother of Barbara (Edward Flindall) of Ottawa, Ont., and Charlotte Philips of St-Bruno, Que.Uncle of Stephen, Scott and Lisa Philips, Natalie (Flindall) Clark and Stephen Flindall.Interment private.Donations in his memory may be made to the Kidney Foun-dation of Canada, 2300 René-Lévesque W„ Montreal, Que., H3H 2R5, and would be gratefully appreciated and acknowledged by the family.Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Desourdy Wilson Funeral Home, 104 Buzzell, Cowansville, Que., (514) 263-1212.PORTER, Everett William John - Entered into rest at Residence on William St., Lindsay, Ont., on Monday, May 19, 1997.Everett Porter in his 86th year, was the beloved husband of Olive Davey of Lindsay.Mr.Porter will be resting a the Mackey Funeral Home, 55 Peel St., Lindsay, Ont., on Thursday from 12:30 p.m.until time of funeral service in the chapel at 2 p.m.Interment later at Riverside Cemetery, Lindsay.Memorial donations to the Victoria-Haliburton Lung Association or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, would be appreciated by the family.VON GLASOW, Erhard — Suddenly on May 12, 1997 at the B.M.P.Hospital in Cowansville.Beloved husband of Inge von Glasow, and adored father of his children Christian and Claudia.Also always rememberd with love by Christian’s wife Jovette and their children, Francois and Gabrielle, and Claudia’s husband Konstantin and their children, Louisa, Caroline and Christoph.His life was dedicated to his family and friends.He initiated, and was involved in various community events, as co-president of the Sutton Valley Council, and also as founding president of the German Speaking Townshippers’ Association.A self-employed cabinet maker and builder, he was able to pass on his knowledge to adult students through the services of the District of Bedford Regional School Board.His memory will live on in all who knew him.The family wishes to extend sincerest appreciation to the staff and nurses at the B.M.P.Hospital for their moral support and kindness.An ecumenical memorial service took place on Saturday, May 17 at 4 p.m., at the Grace Anglican Church, Main St.S., Sutton.In lieu of flowers, contributions to the B.M.P.Hospital, or the Alzheime Society, will be greatly appreciated.In Memoriam HUME, Jessie - In memory of our de; sister and sister-in-law who passed aw; one year ago, May 20, 1996.Time may pass and fade away But silent memories ever stay.DOUGLAS & MABEL MACKAY Bury Nina Rowell Mrs.Violet Norris of Colebrook, N.H., was a weekend guest of her brother and sister-in-law, Reggie and Mabel Thompson.Friends of Allen Martin are pleased that he is able to be home after being hospitalized for almost a year.SAWYERVILLE Annual meeting of the Maple Leaf Cemetery Inc.will be held at the home of Clinton and Doreen Rand on Thursday, May 22 at 8 p.m.All welcome.Tom Nugent, Secretary-Treasurer.Magog & Area Connie Girard 843-6671 Magog’s Doris McKelvey is not feeling too well, of late.Her relatives and many friends extend best wishes for improved health real soon.Committal Service GAGNE, Barbara Beaumont - A Committal Service will be held on Wednesday, May 21 at the Cookshire Cemetery at 1 p.m.Lagassé Lag General Partnership assé NOTARIES AND TITLE ATTORNEYS WILLS.ESTATES AND TRUSTS Notaries Records 455 King St.West Louis Lagassé Jacques Lagassé Raymond Drouin Dany Lachance J.A.Lagassé René Lagassé Sonia Beaupré E.B.Worthington Suite 610, Sherbrooke J1H 6Ft Nathalie B.Poisson Chénier Picard Tel.: (819) 563-683 Vincent Pigeon Fax:(819)566-046 M&L. page 16 Tuesday, May 20, 1997 THEi Vietnam vet remembers Ann’s visit to Saigon hospital Dear Ann Landers: It has taken me 30 years to write this letter and say "thank you”.What made me finally do it was your column asking to hear from doctors or nurses who had married their patients — or the other way around.Well, I happen to be a patient who married my nurse.Here’s my story.I served in the Vietnam War and was company commander with the 173rd Airborne Brigade.In March 1967, I was wounded.Seven years later, I married a nurse who had been assigned to the evacuation hospital and took care of me.1 often tell people Mary was the only good thing that North 05-20-97 West A K 9 8 7 V 10 8 6 ?432 *652 Q J 4 3 3 A K 6 5 K J 4 3 East A A 2 V A K 7 5 4 2 ?9 * Q 10 8 7 South A 10 6 5 V Q J 9 ?Q J 10 8 7 * A 9 Vulnerable: Neither Dealer: North South West North East 1 ?1 » 1 NT Pass Pass 2 * 2 ?Pass Pass 2 V 2 NT Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: v 6 came out of that war.We have been married for 23 years and are very happy.You don’t remember me, I’m sure, but I certainly do remember you, Ann.Thirty years ago, in May 1967, I was the last guy you visited in the Long Bien Surgical Hospital in Saigon.Your transportation was delayed, so you were stuck with me for about half an hour.I loved talking to you.It has taken me until now to thank you for flying halfway around the world, all the way to Vietnam, to cheer up the men who were hospitalized.I'm sure many others who received nasty wounds in that war remember you visit, too.Ann Landers