The record, 4 décembre 2003, jeudi 4 décembre 2003

"THE HR RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 1111 - - % Collecting funds at Rediker.See Page 11 ï£ 70 CENTS WWW.SHERBROOKERECORD.COM Thursday, December 4, 2003 Survey paints bleak picture of disabled people Situation worse in Sherbrooke region By Rita Legault Sherbrooke Disabled people in the Sherbrooke area have lower revenue, less access to the workplace, and more limited schooling than their counterparts in the rest of the province.And the situation is frequently worse for women than men.Those are just a few of the statistics gleaned from a extensive survey on the integration of disabled individuals by the Offices des personnes handicappe'es du Québec.The survey, the largest ever in Quebec, was released in time for International day of the disabled yesterday.It provided a portrait of the disabled and their level of integration in each and every region of the province.Here in the Estrie region, 12 per cent of the population over the age of 15 lives with a disability.The disability rate was 9 per cent among individuals between the ages of 15 and 64 and 25 per cent aged 65 and over.Disabilities included mobility (6 per cent), agility (6 per cent) intellectual and mental handicaps (3.5 per cent) and hearing problems (3.2 per cent).A little more than half suffered from a slight handicap while 45 per cent had moderate or severe disabilities.The average revenue of disabled people in the region was inferior to those in the rest of the province.For women, the average annual income was $11,786 compared to $12,696 for the rest of Quebec.For disabled men, the average annual income was $16,457 compared to $17,758.More than half, about 57 percent, of revenues came from various government sources including federal and provincial pensions, unemployment insurance, and other support programs.That was also lower than the provincial average of 55 per cent.Only 24 per cent of the able-bodied population lives on government pensions and programs.With smaller revenues, more handicapped people are considered poor here PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL Regional director of the regional Office des personnes handicapés du Quebec, Serge Tousignant, presented a portait of the situation of disabled people in Sherbrooke -and it wasn’t pretty.than elsewhere in Quebec.Some 35 per cent of disabled people live in poverty compared to 22 per cent of the general population.Sixty-five per cent of disabled individuals have total revenues under $15,000, including more women than men.Thirty-seven per cent are under the poverty line.The survey also showed that 14 per cent of disabled people have a hard time getting adequate nutrition, that a lack of nutritious food and/or the inability to feed their children a balanced diet.The survey also shows that disabled Please see disabled Page 8 Campaign continues to reduce speed on Route 243 **«•#«] VBKmmmimmÆ It’s been four years, but Knowlton resident John Mines is still trying to get the speed limit reduced on Route 243 between Springhill and Bailey road in Brome Lake.This week the Brome Lake council passed a resolution supporting his bid to get motorists to slow down.By Maurice Crossfield It’s been four years, but John Mines is still pushing to have the speed limit reduced on Route 243 on the eastern outskirts of Knowlton.“It takes ten minutes to get out of my driveway sometimes,” Mines said Wednesday.Mines and a number of local residents are concerned about a 1 km stretch of the 243 (Knowlton Road) between the intersections of Springhill and Bailey Road.It’s a busy road, with dump trucks coming from a half dozen gravel pits, logging trucks venturing from Potton to West Brome and Cowansville, tourists and area residents.Presently a 90 km/h zone, this section of the 243 also has several businesses and about a dozen homes.“In that distance there are four school bus stops,” Mines said.“That’s my main point.Especially for the big trucks, who don’t have a hope in hell of stopping.” In the past, Mines has seen logging trucks, unable to stop, whiz by between his children and the bus they were about to board.He says that at 90 km/h if those trucks tried to stop they’d cause a more serious accident.Failing to stop for a school bus results in a $200 fine and nine demerit points.Two years ago Mines gathered 256 names on a petition and a resolution from the Brome Lake town council calling on Transport Quebec, the body responsible for numbered highways, to reduce the speed there from 90 km/h to 50 km/h.The petition and council resolution however failed to make a difference.Mines said he met recently with Brome-Missisquoi MNA Pierre Paradis, who suggested he rephrase his request and try again.He then drafted a letter, which has been sent to the Brome Lake council, the Brome-Missisquoi MRC and Paradis.Since his last attempt to have the speed reduced Transport Quebec has cut the speed from 90 km to 70 km on Route 104 (Knowlton Road), on the western outskirts of Knowlton.As Mines points out in his letter, that gives Route 104 a 3.9 km zone of reduced speed coming into the centre of town, compared to a 1.2 km zone of reduced speed on the eastern end to the same center of town.Please see speed Page 5 page 2 Thursday, December 4, 2003 ¦ THt» RECORD The Lennoxville X-MEN on TV tonight Today, the Lennoxville team will be featured, paired in competition with another team on the Outdoor Life Network.•* ; -Î I/** FILE PHOTO >?' * By Debbie Tacium Ladry Record Correspondent They are seven in number, ranging in age from their early 20s to mid-40s.Among them, they have over 80 years experience as volunteer firefighters.When they’re preparing for competition, they practice two evenings a week for three hours each.And all of their acquired expertise in rescue operations serves the community in a variety of ways, not the least of which is to give them the confidence they need when faced with a true emergency - when a person is trapped in a wrecked car, unable to get out.The Lennoxville firefighters - Eric Mackeage, Scott Passmore, Gerry McNab, Les Beaulieu, Frank Forster and rookies Chris Fowlis and Darryl Clark -are the only team from Quebec to ever have participated in an automobile extrication competition at the national or world level.This past September, they were in Ottawa for what the team refers to as the “SuperBowl of Extrication”, hosted by the World Transport Emergency Rescue Committee.They were in competition with 28 other teams from around the world, including nine from Canada and others from Australia, Spain, the United Kingdom, the U.S.and South Africa.The competition caught the attention of the Outdoor Life Network, who was on hand to film it and has since been broadcasting it as a 13-part series.This Thursday, the Lennoxville team will be featured, paired in competition with another team.“[Whether we] win or lose on the TV program, we don’t know!” says Eric Mackeage, team spokesman.“We’re not sure where we finished in the competition.and the TV series did the pairing formula for more drama.So we’re not sure what the results will be.” But competition results appear to be a secondary concern for this team of rescue men.“We all take pride in keeping in shape, keeping up-to-date our knowledge of tools, automobile construction, safety standards.what’s important is the ability to work effectively as a team, how well we know the rules, and how well we listen to our lieutenant (Scott Passmore).“The competition is a huge incentive to get our tools out and practice.it becomes like something normal, like taking out your computer laptop to do some work.It gives everyone so much more confidence.Twelve years ago, it was everyone’s nightmare to have to go out to a car wreck, but now (using the extrication equipment) it’s just like pulling out a pocket knife.” Mackeage notes that the competition is based on an objective points system that includes a heavy emphasis on paramedic techniques.Teams from countries such as the U.S.are more practised in this category, whereas a team from Quebec would be disadvantaged because volunteer firefighters, and even ambulance teams, aren’t trained in many of those manoeuvres.As well, he observed in competition that teams from Australia and the U.K.received sizable government aid to participate in international rescue competitions, whereas Canadian teams are basically on their own in terms of funding.“We’ve been fundraising like crazy -we qualified for the Nationals in Wasega Beach (on Georgian Bay in Ontario), scheduled for the third week in June (2004) and if we win that, we’ll go on to the next level.” But the next level might include a competition overseas, and that might be out of the question for the Lennoxville team.“We’ve always had great support from the community,” Mackeage continues.“We do well now, but at the be- ginning, not so much.We’ve learned a lot from trial and error.” A typical competition scenario is one in which nothing can be taken for granted.In fact, nothing is “typical”: the professionals who organize the competition don’t allow for easy scenarios, and the first step for competing teams is to search for and identify the “patient”, who has been inserted into a previously crushed car.They have to identify all of the hazards involved (“There might even be a handgun” notes Mackeage.) Once the team has successfully concluded that step, medic Gerry McNab gets to work, and the rest of the team details the automobile plan to get the person out as quickly and safely as possible.The roof, doors, dashboard or any combination of these auto body parts may have to come off.That is where the equipment comes in handy - it’s very important to know how to use it effectively.In real-life situations, Mackeage notes that the team may encounter anywhere from two to 15 road accidents per year, and the jaws of life are used only when necessary.“They’re there, we're extremely well-equipped, but we don’t use them unless we really need to.” The team covers a large territory, and have been known to respond to calls from as far away as the Ayer’s Cliff turnoff on hwy.143.They hone their extrication skills two nights per week, except during the winter months when “the cold is hard on the hydraulics - and on us.” As their expertise and knowledge of equipment increases through their competition experience, they are finding that they are uniquely able to serve as consultants on the type of equipment best suited to responding to emergency needs.Mackeage is pleased to see that their experience may serve to benefit the Sherbrooke community and perhaps eventually a wider community as well.The series “Rescue-X" featuring the Lennoxville firefighters can be seen on Thursday evening at 9 p.m.on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN).Weather Today:A mix of sun and cloud.High minus 8.Friday: Sunny.Low minus 15.High minus 7.Saturday: Low minus 15.High minus 5.Sunday: Sunny.Low minus 14.High minus 8.Ben bv Daniel Shelton Ben bv Daniel Shelton WE REALLY HAVE.TO BRUSH THE POG MORE OFTEN/ WIMPER.:, 'ssy /TJT ?jJk u, ° : - —THE —I.- RECORD Thursday, December 4, 2003 page 3 Dozing detective discharged as discipline deteriorates Council concludes contrary cop must go By Rita Legault Sherbrooke The City of Sherbrooke has fired a police officer who was found napping in his car while he was supposed to be attending a training session last fall.The officer, who has more than 20 years on the force, also failed to return a police car while he and a fellow detective made a stopover at the Montreal casino, and continued to work while he was on sick leave and receiving benefits from workman compensation, his employer and their insurance company.The final decision to dismiss the officer was taken at Monday’s council meeting, confirmed the City’s director of Human Resources Jacques Leduc.His dismissal, without pay, is ef- fective immediately, Leduc said.Leduc said the police officer was the subject of mounting sanctions and an earlier suspension and was finally fired for the trio of incidents that occurred more than a year ago.Leduc said the officer attended a training session in the morning of Oct.9, 2003 but failed to return in the afternoon.He was found snoozing in his car by fellow officers.During the casino incident he and a fellow officer were in Montreal on duty and on the way back, decided to stop at the casino.While they did not charge overtime for their layover on lie Notre Dame, they failed to return the force’s unmarked car to headquarters.His gambling buddy was also sanctioned for the event which occurred Oct.24, 2003.On Oct.28, the officer went on sick leave during which time he took another job.He failed to advise his employers, the insurance company or the provincial workers compensation board, better known as the Commission de santé et sécurité au travail or simply the CSST.Leduc said it took a year to fire the officer in part because of a lengthy appeals process which allowed the officer to defend himself before the police disciplinary council.After that, the police brass decided he should be fired and passed on the recommendation to the city’s human resources department which brought the matter to council for final approval this week.Police association officials could not be reached for comment, but they told other media the union’s lawyers have been hired to review the case and determine if the firing was warranted.If not, the union could challenge the dismissal with a grievance.While awaiting the results of their investigation, the union is not commenting on the case.East Angus youth faces charges Student expelled after poisoning inciden t Staff T he Sûreté du Quebec is recommending three charges be laid against an East Angus teenager who attempted to poison a » LEARNING FRENCH Because.more friends means more fun! CPF Join fPF E£ tor answers and support as they discover trench.www.cpf.ca teacher last month.The 15-year-old boy put a mixture of rubbing alcohol and hydrochloric acid in the teacher’s glass of water.No charges were suggested for the teenager’s accomplice.The provincial police are suggesting the student be charged with administering a poison, criminal negligence and theft of the acid.The Crown will now have to decide whether or not the charges will be laid.Last week, the Hauts-Cantons School Board decided to expel the young boy responsible for the incident which occurred on Oct.30.His accomplice was suspended, and the school board is now looking at extending his suspension.RECORD Yves Robert Advertising Consultant Tel.: Ô19-569-9525 Fax: Ô19-Ô21-3179 email: sherbrookerecord@Videotron.ca Suspect sought Sherbrooke police are on the lookout for a man they suspect set fire to a King Street East pizzeria in July.The suspect, an overweight white male, 40-years-old, with a beard, shaved head and brown eyes, was identified by witnesses who saw him speed away from the fire in a dark green Ford Explorer.The vehicle also had tinted windows and a roof rack.Police said the initial explosion ripped through the natural gas pipes for the pizza oven.A second bigger blast that was caused by the natural gas igniting, blew out the windows and caused extensive damage inside.Fire and police investigators discovered an accelerant at the scene.Anyone with information should call investigators at 819-821-5544 or 822-5555.All calls are confidential.sSmL 1 e> Factory Outlet Santa Claws is coming to town! Pyjamas T-shirts Boxers $2o;T ca* $^g «>•¦* Mon - Wed 10am-6pm Thu - Fri 10am-9pm Sat - Sun 10am-6pm 178 Rue Queen, Lennoxville Contact us at (819)822-2537 page 4 Thursday, December 4, 2003 .RECORD, Light a candle for peace Dec.24 Proceeds of candle sale will help less fortunate By Nelson Afonso Sherbrooke When Sherbrooke Catholic priest Roger Roy walks around his neighbourhood this month, he expects to see a myriad of votive candles for peace lighting windows as far as the eye can see.Roy is the honorary president of Caritas’ annual fundraising campaign which lasts from Dec.5 to the 24.The votive candles will be sold ($5) door-to-door, at booths in local shopping centres, grocery stores and churches by over 800 volunteers.“Some less fortunate people use less electricity in order to be able to pay for it.Others dress like it is summer because they can’t afford warm clothing.And others are starving,” m PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL Votive candles will be sold ($5) door-to-door, at booths in local shopping centres, grocery stores and churches by over 800 volunteers.said Roy.“Where will they find comfort tomorrow, or the next day.That is where Caritas comes in.” Founded in 1957, Caritas has estab- IN LET'S GIVE LIVING COLOR POINSETTIA SALE FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN Poinsettias : 6 inches = $18 8 inches = $30 1 0 inches = $40 La Maison Aube-Lumière We thank you on behalf of the patients and the members of the administrative council, I encourage you to participate in this act of Love by buying poinsettias.Diane Gingras, Honorary President RESERVE NOW BY PHONE (819) 821-3120 OR FAX (819) 821-1127 info@lamaisonaube-lumiere.^iç.ca X" ON SALE FROM NOVEMBER 2 5 TO DECEMBER 24 2003 AT LA BAIE, CARREFOUR DE L'ESTRIE (LA BAIE MALL), LA MAISON AUBE-LUMIÈRE, SERRES ET PÉPINIÈRE ST-ÉLIE AND THE FOLLOWING PARTICIPATING FLORISTS SHERBROOKE Liienthem, 752, rue Conseil, 562-6254 Douce Folie en Fleurs, 103, rue King Est, 822-9999 BROMPTONVILLE Bouquet de Campagne, 1801, rue de F Eglise, 846-4441 ASBESTOS Richard Côté, 251, 1' Avenue, 879-5647 COOKSHIRE Fleuriste Cooltshire, 29, rue Craig Nord, 875-3600 COATICOOK Jardin des Trouvailles, 1012, rue Child, 849-0289 EAST ANGUS Fleuriste Du Charme, Centre d Achat, 1 50, rue Angus Nord, 832-2002 MAGOG Foliole, 451, rue Principale Ouest, 843-0660 Confident Complices l'union 33- II© @3 * * u5?aie -Accompagnateurs- Tos üa*as- fücc*tr> — Protecteur- I SMÊltet IMM1X ÇHL££e O Compagnons n» as» aifas 4CSass IQ,H eu Amis 9ÿ (hz~ X&r lished or assisted in the creation of more than 50 aid organizations including groups for troubled mothers, physically disabled members of the work force, and cancer or palliative care patients.“Today there are people freezing in Sherbrooke, in Quebec, in Canada and everywhere else in the world,” continued Roy.“We can comfort them with the warmth from the votive candles, but also with human warmth.” Caritas wants to develop a tradition in the Townships where every family lights a votive candle for peace on Dec.24.A total of 14,000 votive candles were made for the campaign by local firm La Mèche Verte and the labels were made by disabled workers at the Centre Notre-Dame de l’Enfant.A majority of the $75,000 Caritas hopes to raise will to go to dozens of social programs across the Estrie region, including the MRCs of Asbestos, Coaticook, Granit, Haut-St-François, Memphremagog, Sherbrooke and Val-St-François.For more information on Caritas or to volunteer, call 819-566-6345 or go to www.caritas-estrie.org.McCrory joins school board Staff Eastman resident Alice McCrory narrowly edged out Robert Gayle in the election for the last seat on the Eastern Townships School Board last weekend.McCrory won by a margin of three, with 59 votes.Gayle received 55 votes and the third candidate, Diane Jones from Mansonville received 13 votes.Elections officer Fran-ciene Mucci said 15 per cent of the voters on the ward list turned up to cast their ballots.McCrory stated that her main goals heading into the job are improving the high dropout rate among Townships students, increasing vocational programs to develop more skilled workers, and improving programs for children with special needs. i -> IIH — ^RECORD Thursday, December 4, 2003 page 5 St.Francis Valley MRC still has no police contract By Stephen McDougall Special to The Record Richmond The St.Francis Valley Municipal Regional Council (MRC Val St.Francois) has yet to sign a specific service contract with its provincial police detachment and there is no indication when such a contract will be signed, according to MRC prefect Marc-André Martel.“We have to be one of the few MRCs in Quebec that have not signed a service contract with the provincial police,” he said.“They have been serving the St.Francis valley for over five years, and there still is no agreement on their specific tasks.” Martel said the MRC is not happy with the present service, arguing that the detachment sends out only two patrol cars per shift to the MRC’s 18 towns.“They may have at least four cars in the detachment parking lot, but they only have half of them on duty each shift,” he said.“They have between 32 and 36 officers and staff at the detachment, which is over 10 people per eight hour shift, but only two to four officers are sent out on patrol.” Martel, who is also mayor of Richmond, said the detachment costs the MRC over $2 million a year.Richmond alone pays $192,000 of that cost.“The provincial police want a 10-year contract,” he said.“But want to make sure there are enough patrol cars out there.Instead of seeing only two on the road, we want at least three.In total, we want to see the police on patrol for about 55,000 hours a year.” Detachment Lieutenant Bruno Landry denies there are only two cars on patrol for every shift.He argues different nights mean different duties and a different number of patrol cars.“During the day, we can have between three and five cars on duty and on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings after 7 p.m.we have at least three cars on patrol,” he said.“On the other evenings, it is true that we usually send out only two cars.” Landry said negotiations for a service contract are ongoing and he hopes one can be reached sometime next year.“We have served this MRC since 1997 and we carry out the normal duties of any other detachment,” he said.“What we are trying to agree on here is what specific duties should we be performing for this area of the townships.” Landry said the provincial police force in the Memphremagog MRC is the only other detachment in Quebec that does not have a signed service contract.Apt.project cancelled by Richmond council By Stephen McDougall Special to The Record An apartment complex project that was opposed by some Richmond residents was cancelled by the town’s municipal council last Monday, which opted not to rezone a piece of land from single to multi-dwelling status.The project would have provided seven apartment buildings with six apartments Reading for Bucks rijffn PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL Grade 6 students from Lennoxville Elementary School recently handed over a cheque for $2,062 to the Lennoxville Firefighters for their annual holiday toy campaign.Students raised the funds during a reading challenge from Sept.15 to Oct.12.They collected pledges by reading 20 to 30 minutes, four to five days per week.The read- each on land bordered by Armstrong, Duf-ferin, Ball and Aberdeen streets.But 28 out of 50 residents from those streets registered objections at the town hall last week, arguing the apartment buildings should not be placed in an area that has mostly singlefamily homes.Project promoter Marcel Couture of the Gabriel Couture Construction business told The Record last week his family business was considering abandoning the project because of the opposition.Mayor Marc-André Martel told the council they could still change the zoning in hopes of attracting another developer, or they could leave the land as is and avoid a possible referendum if the residents sign a town register opposing the zoning change.“Given that Mr.Cloutier has said in the media that he does not want to continue with the project, I will leave for you to decide what you want to do,” he said.The council opted to leave the land zoned for sin-g 1 e - f a m i 1 y dwellings.Town manager Guy-Lin Beaudoin said despite the project’s cancellation, the town still needs more housing once its economy expands.“Many people who get new jobs here can’t afford a house right away,” he said.“They want to rent a decent place and see how the job goes first.Once they are established here for a few years, then they may consider buying or building a house.” At present, a large Maxi discount grocery store is being built in the downtown core, along with a multi-mil-lion dollar railway project that will allow truck trailers to be transferred onto rail cars for long-distance shipping.The town is also going ahead with an overhaul of its main street commercial section in order to attract more shoppers and visitors.Speed: Cont’d from Page 1 “I would suggest that the speed should be reduced to 70 km/h at Bailey Road, and the 50 km/h remain from Springhill Rd,” the letter says.That would make harmonize the entrances of Knowl-ton, slowing heavy traffic before it enters the village.On Monday night the Brome Lake council unanimously passed a resolution in support of Mines’ request once again.“How can we find something wrong with stopping speeders coming into town,” commented Brome Lake Mayor Richard Wisdom in a recent in- terview.At the council meeting, resident Ron Gibbs suggested the matter also be brought to the attention of West Bolton, with the aim of reducing the speed from Glen Road to Bailey Road as well.That section of highway also has numerous homes and businesses on it.Mines said Wednesday he hasn’t spoken to West Bolton about it, but agreed it would be a good idea.“I know a lot of people who would like to see the speed limit past Glen Road down to 70,” he said.“There have been a lot of accidents.There’s been six deaths along there in less than 10 years.” This fall Transport Quebec repaved Route 243 along Lakeside and out of Knowlton to Bailey Road.Mines says the smooth new pavement has motorists going faster than ever.NOTICE TO LEGAL PERSONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER REGISTERED GROUPS IN THE QUEBEC BUSINESS REGISTER December 15.2003 - Deadline for filing the 2003 annual declaration The Inspector General of Financial Institutions (IGIF) reminds you that the 2003 annual declaration must be filed before December 15, 2003.After that date a penalty will be imposed automatically.Moreover, it is important to specify that failure to file two consecutive annual declarations will lead to the registration being struck off the register.If you received a pre-printed annual declaration from the IGIF it should be verified, modified if necessary, signed and returned to the IGIF in the self-addressed envelope along with the prescribed fee.However, if no modifications are required in your annual declaration, you can file it electronically by using the IGIF online services (www.iaif.aouv.qc.ca) or do it by phone at this number (418) 528-9912, or elsewhere in Québec at the (toll-free) number 1 888 291-4443, selecting option “6“.If you do not have your pre-printed declaration on hand, you can contact the IGIF at the following telephone numbers: Information: Québec City area: (418) 643-3625 Elsewhere in Québec: 1 888 291-4443 (toll-free) Important If you registered your enterprise in 2003, there is no need for you to file an annual declaration this year.Therefore, you will not receive a pre-printed declaration from the IGIF.« If this is the first declaration you file with the Québec Business Register, it will be without charge.Inspecteur général des institutions financières E3 El /-V - I KJ KJ Québec Ei Ei page 6 Thursday, December 4, 2003 RECORD Community Forum Letters to the editor Get a grip - they’re peacekeepers Dear Editor After the debacle in Sherbrooke (honestly, some of those protesters haven’t got a clue!), it was refreshing to me to read this again.These are Peacekeepers, for God’s sake! Forgive the diatribe, please, and say a prayer for all those young people who put their lives on the line.T’was the night before Christmas, he lived all alone, In a one bedroom house, make of plaster and stone.I had come down the chimney, with presents to give, And to see just who, in this home did live.I looked all about, a strange sight I did see, No tinsel, no presents, and not even a tree.No stocking by the mantle, just boots ¦ THF.— I.RECORD P.0.Box 1200 Sherbrooke J1H 516 or 1195 Galt E, Sheitrooke JIG 1Y7 Tax: 819-569-3945 E-MAIL: newsroom@sherbrookerecord.cora Website: wwwsherbrookerecord.com Randy Kinnear Publisher .(819) 569-9511 Sharon McCully Editor .(819) 5696345 Jamie Zachary Corresp.Editor .(819) 569-6345 Richard Lessard Prod.Mgr.(819) 5699931 Serge Gagnon Chief Pressman .(819) 5699931 Francine Thibault Prod.Superv.(819) 5694856 DEPARTMENTS Accounting .(819)569-9511 Advertising .(819)5699525 Circulation.(819)5699528 Newsroom .(819) 5696345 Knowlton office 88 Lakeside, Knowlton.Quebec, JOE 1V0 Tel: (450) 242-1188 Fax: (450) 243-5155 filled with sand, On the wall hung pictures of far distant lands.With medals and badges, awards of all kinds, A sober thought came through my mind.For this house was different, it was dark and dreary I found the home of a soldier, once 1 could see clearly.The soldier lay sleeping, silent, alone, Curled up on the floor, in this one bedroom home.The face was so gentle, the room in such disorder, Not how I pictured, a Canadian Soldier.Was this the hero, of whom I’d just read?Curled up on a poncho, the floor for a bed?I realized the families that I saw this night, Owed their lives to these soldiers, who were willing to fight.MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS GST PST TOTAL Canada: 1 year 114.40 8.01 9.18 $131.59 6 MONTHS 59.00 4.13 4.73 $67.86 3 MONTHS 30.00 2.10 2.41 $34.51 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 are available.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.The Record is published by Hollinger Canadian Newspapers L.P.Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Agreement No.0479675.Member ABC, CARD, CNA, QCNA Soon round the world, the children would play, And grownups would celebrate a bright Christmas Day.They all enjoyed freedom, each month of the year, Because of the soldiers, like the one lying here.I couldn ’t help wonder, how many lay alone, On a cold Christmas Eve, in a land far from home.The very thought brought a tear to my eye, I dropped to my knees, and started to cry.The soldier awakened, and I heard a rough voice, “Santa, don’t cry, this life is my choice.I fight for freedom, I don't ask for more, My life is my God, my country, my corps.The soldier rolled over, and drifted to sleep, I couldn’t control it, I continued to weep.I kept watch for hours, so silent and still, And we both shivered, from the cold, dark night, And this guardian of honor, so willing to fight.Then the soldier rolled over, with a voice, soft and pure Whispered, “Carry on Santa, it’s Christmas Day, all is secure.” One look at my watch, and I knew he was right, “Merry Christmas my friend, and to all a good night." A peacekeeping soldier stationed overseas wrote this poem.The following is his request.I think it is reasonable.Please.Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many people as you can?Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our Canadian service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities.Let’s try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe.Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us.Please, do your small part to plant this small seed.Mary Rolland By e-mail Borough consultation results available in January Dear Editor, As you may know the Borough No.3 (Lennoxville) had a follow-up meeting for the 2002 Summit last Nov.18.The meeting was a success with over fifty-five (55) participants actively discussing the Borough’s action plan, the future of the downtown area, parks as well as other potential developments.We the council members and the office staff at the Borough were very pleased with the turnout of the evening.We truly feel that the community is enthusiastically contributing to their environment and would like to thank the participants for their contributions.The results of the Summit follow-up meeting will be available at the borough office in January 2004.Let me take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season and the best in 2004.Doug MacAulay President Borough No.3 (of Lennoxville) Class reaches out at Christmas Dear Editor, Some of my students embarked upon a gift-giving venture through “Operation Christmas Child”.This has been organized by Samaritan’s Purse out of Calgary.The shoebox gifts are shipped free of charge to the warehouses in Calgary or Moncton, or Waterloo, Ontario.From their representatives mail them in containers to many overseas countries in Africa, Asia, etc.The children were very impressed with the videos and photos of children overseas who may not have any presents or special items to share this holiday season.This was a small way for them to reach out and share with them.It was the beginning of a growing awareness of children who don’t enjoy the same privileges that we take for granted.We wish you all a very happy holiday season.John Palov and Secondary One class at Heroes' Memorial School The Record welcomes your letters to the editor.Only signed letters are considered for publication.HOW L0M6 ARE THE SUMMERS IN AUSTRALASIA, ALLAN?ARE THERE TAKE A COUP LE OF DAYS TO THINK OVER THOSE AMBASSADOR POSITIONS I'VE OFFERED.WHAT'S THE food! any eeachee THE FOOD I |N FIn26RLAND, SHEILA?LIKE IN ITALIBYA, HERB?WILL I HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO SPEAK 6ERZILLIAN? : «THE ¦¦ I RECORD Thursday, December 4, 2003 page 7 Our School's Page Parkview Elementary Children enjoy healthy snacks and juice right after school to satisfy the hunger from a hard working day.'ZÆ** m Parkview Daycare The staff at Parkview Elementary would like to take this opportunity to tell you about our Daycare program.We presently have about 65 children enrolled in our program.Our hours are from 2:15 p.m.until 5:30 p.m., Monday to Friday.There are six employees who are first aid certified workers in the program.We offer a wide range of activities and do homework with all Cycle 1,2 and 3 students, helping with a variety of subjects.Once the homework time is complete, children have many choices.The daycare has three classrooms equipped with different activities to meet the needs of all age levels.We have use of the preschool area where you can find Anita hard at work doing crafts, playing house or reading a story with Kindergarten and Grade 1.Downstairs we have Grade 2s who are a very active group.You will find them drawing on the board, imaginary play or working on a computer.Helen is always there giving them guidance in homework, crafts or teaching them some origami.In our third room where you will find mostly Grades 3,4,5,6 and Sec.1, there is air hockey, pool, ping-pong and play station.Debbie, Gayle , Sandra and Susie make sure everyone is given fair and equal time.Each child is responsible for taking care of the equipment and respecting the rules.During warm days, we go to Victoria Park where the students enjoy the great outdoors.Victoria Park also offers fantastic sliding in the winter months.On those too cold days, we have access to two gyms.The children enjoy basketball, floor hockey and a good game of dodge ball.We provide healthy snacks and juice right after school to satisfy the hunger from a hare working day.On regular school days wt see many children pass through, some come from tutoring, sports teams, oi music practices.All with the same goa in mind— get some homework done and then play with friends.Hope I’ve made a good picture about our daycare Now let’s get to the good stuff__Or Pedagogical days it’s always an adven ture to keep 50-60 children busy for î nine-and-a-half-hour day.We are alway: looking for new ways to entertain anc educate the children on different sub jects.We participate in bowling anc swimming on a regular basis.We hav< also visited the Granby Zoo, where the children learned about the differen jobs of the zookeeper.Then there wa: the apple orchard and a horse farm.Re cently we went indoor mountain climb ing where the children learned the basics of rock climbing, for great fur and at little cost.Thank you for taking the time to read about our daycare, i anyone has a good idea for an outing please don’t hesitate to call the schoo and ask for Helen at 372 6058.The day care staff is working hard to ensure ; safe, relaxing, happy and loving envi ronment in school.-Submitted by Gayle Bauei FtiUlUà LUUKltM KAKKV1HW tLUMtmiAKI For the sports-minded, there is air hockey, pool, ping-pong and play station.Arts, crafts and rock climbing are part of the diverse program offered at the daycare.Briefs Dough for Christinas All those who placed orders for frozen Cookie & Muffin dough can pick up their dough on Friday, Dec.5 from 5-9 p.m.and on Saturday, 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In Denmark, it is a newspaper, and here is a deal played in that country.After you read further, I hope your opinion is that it drove — or flew—a good column.The bidding is typical of the modern tournament game, with everyone getting into the action despite minimal values.East’s two diamonds was a weak jump shift in competition.Her subsequent double showed a maximum and a desire to compete further.South, perhaps wonied about a penalty pass by West, ran to two no-trump.West, American Barry Goren, led the spade king.South ducked in the dummy twice as West continued with the spade queen and spade jack.The declarer, Danish international Knut Blakset, found an excellent play.After winning trick three with dummy’s spade ace, he called for a low heart.If East plays low, South’s jack drives out the ace.West may cash the spade nine and exit with a heart, but when the queen fells under dummy’s king, South leads a diamond toward his king and has eight tricks: one spade, three hearts, one diamond and three clubs.But sitting East was Sabine Auken, a German world champion, who is married to a Dane.She took heed of the omen, so she drove — or flew — in with her heart queen.Now the defense won six tricks: three spades, two hearts and one diamond.CROSSWORD ACROSS 31 1 Blethyn or Fricker 33 7 Numbskull 34 11 Sis or bro 35 14 Alleviation 39 15 People of “The Time Machine” 42 16 Balin or Claire 43 17 Start of a quip 47 18 Unproductive state 48 20 Cross-examining 49 22 Force units 51 23 Spaces 52 24 Part 2 of quip 55 27 UFO pilots 56 28 One of Noah’s sons 57 29 Came in first 59 30 ABA member 62 Wednesday's Puzzle Solved (C)2003TnbuneMedia Services, Inc.12/4/03 Tractor maker Lid Off.underling Part 3 of quip Virginia senator Charles Significant period __Filipinas TV Tarzan Ron Contingencies Disorderly hair Nabokov novel Part 4 of quip Roman historian Egg-shaped Nightstand sites Capital of Manitoba End of quip 63 WSW opposite 64 Half of Mork’s sign-off 65 Wake up 66 _Moines 67 James Bond’s alma mater 68 Tours neighbor DOWN 1 Talked boastfully 2 Put back in the big box 3 Plane curve 4 Aage___Bohr 5 Good buy 6 Chad's continent 7 Condescend 8 Like a fossil 9 Chat-room laughter letters 10 Related 11 Brown pigments 12 Bugs 40 Chrysolite 13 Actress Angela 41 Past grievances 19 Louis or Carrie 44 Expended 21 de plume 45 “Anthony ” 25 Thwack 46 Gives the go-ahead 26 Egyptian Christian 48 First-aid topical 28 “For a jolly good.” 49 West or Murray 32 Kid 50 Dinner party stag 33 Rebs’ nation 53 Diarist Anais 34 DDE opponent 54 Unrestricted weapon 36 Goldblum of “The Fly" 55 Choreographer Jose 37 Star bear 58 Evening in Torino 38 With it 60 Writer Conroy 39 Seeded again 61 Rock composer Brian 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 7 8 9 ,0 1 ” 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 ¦ 42 43 44 45 46 47 ¦ 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 1 64 65 66 r 68 By Verna Suit 12/4/03 page 24 THE RECORD Thursday, December 4, 2003 Sears stores Not all locations carry furniture, please see the list below for details.Alma - sleep sets Carrefour Alma Shopping Centre (418) 662-2222 Chicoutimi-sleep sets Place du Saguenay (418) 549-8240 Drummoodvilie - sleep sets Les Promenades de Drummondville (819) 478-1381 Hull - sleep sets Les Galeries de Hull (819) 7706300 Lévis - sleep sets Les Galeries Chagnon (418) 833-478 Ottawa - furniture and sleep sets Carlingwood Shopping Centre (613) 729-2561 SL Laurent Shopping Centre (6L3) 746-438 Ottawa East Home Store Hwy.417 S Innés Rd.(613) 741-8383 Ottawa-Pinecrest Home Store Hwy.417 & Pinecrest Rd.(613) 8205551 Quebec City - furniture and sleep sets Quebec City Furniture S Appliances Store Blvd.de la Capitale & Hwy.40 (418) 2609084 Quebec City-sleepsets Les Galeries de la Capitale (418) 624-738 Place Fleur de Lys (418) 5299861 Place Laurier (418) 658-2121 Sherbrooke - furniture and sleep sets Sherbrooke Furniture & Appliances Store Hwy.410 & Bout de Portland (819) 564-3010 Ste-Foy - furniture and sleep sets Ste-Foy Décor Store Blvd.Duplessis 6 Blvd.Wilfrid-Hamel (418) 871-9595 Trois Rivières - furniture and sleep sets Trois Rivières Furniture & Appliances Store Hwy.40 & Blvd.des Recollets (819) 3790992 Vkrtoriavilie - sleep sets Grande Place des Bois Francs (819) 357-4000 Furniture selection varies by store.Please call your local Sears store for details visit us at www.sears.ca Almost all furniture'' and sleep sets on save 100 La-Z-Boy® ’Millcroft’ leather rocker/recliner Available in 4 colours.Sears reg.899.99.799.99 ONLY $32 monthly* $200-500 save SEARS-O-PEDIC® Independent Coil Dreamflex series 3691S sleep set Twin-King sizes.Regular-top or pillow-top.Plush or firm.Sears reg.999.98-2199.97.Set 799.98-1699.97 Prices vary by style and size ONLY $32-68 monthly* 0% financing ’til Jan.2006' on all furniture" and sleep sets when you use your Sears Card ‘Pay in ZS equal monthly payments, interest free, until January 2006 On approved credit, only with your Sears Card.Minimum $200 purchase All applicable taxes and charges are payable at time of purchase Monthly payments shown have been rounded up to the nearest cent.When billed, any unpaid portion ol your Sears account balance will attract credit charges, commencing the following month.Excludes items in our Liquidation/Outlet stores.Ask for details.Payment options and plan details may be changed or discontinued at any time without notice Ask about other payment options On approved credit.Minimum $500 purchase.Excludes Outlet/Uquidation, Catalogue and Website store purchases.Offer ends Sat., Dec 13,2003.Ask for details.**D/601 Furniture Shop; excludes baby furniture.QUALITY, VALUE, SERVICE, TRUST NE121F103 2003.Sears Canada Inc.