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To sell anything & everything.¦ THE in Record 1 Classifieds Sherbrooke: 569-9525 Knowlton: 242-1188 THE The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 WÊÊÊM Love, and a Cough, cannot be hid.— George Herbert 60 CENTS Wednesday, August 11, 1999 ravages campground By Maurice Crossfield Fire destroyed four cabins at a St-Cecile-de-Milton campground Tuesday, but officials agree it could have been much worse.At about 10:45 a.m.firefighters from Roxton Pond were called to Camping Oasis on 1st Range Road.There a fire had broken out in a small cottage.Flames spread from that first cottage, and firefighters from St-Do-minique were called in to help.By the time the fire was put out, four cabins had been destroyed.During the fire a propane tank exploded, showering other nearby chalets and camp sites with debris.The explosion did damage to the walls and roofs of several other chalets as well.Firefighters expended much of their efforts on a 400 pound propane tank which served as a heat source for one of the cabins.Quebec Police Force spokesman Cst.Serge Dubord said the tank was hauled away and sprayed for a long while to cool it off.“If it had blown up it would have done a lot of damage,” Dubord said.No one was injured in the fire, and no one was in the cabins when the fire broke out.Total damage caused by the blaze is estimated at $150,000.Dubord said the exact cause of the fire is not yet known, though early indications are that faulty wiring is to blame.So far there are no indications that the fire was deliberately set.Lion mixing commemorative ale PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL TO THE RECORD mu¥M - i ! Gary Richards getting into the beer-making process at the Lion Brewery on Tuesday, while Jane Loiselle and Erin Mallory look on.Townshippers’ will toast two decades with special beer By Rita Legault Lennoxville It will be a lot like Townshippers: A little coarse.A little opinionated -it even gets down my pant legs -and it takes some getting used to,” commented Townshippers’ Association president Gary Richards while he was almost knee deep in boiling hops for the Lion Brewery’s special ale to mark the 20th anniversary of Town-shippers Association.“And like all Townshippers, it’s good in moderation,” added Town-shippers’ secretary Joanne Pearson, as staff and members watched Richards ‘stig out the mash’ at the Golden Lion Brewery Tuesday afternoon.Richards was in hot water again as he donned a pair of Wellingtons and hopped into a vat filled with barley and mash to officiate the beer mashing ceremony.t From there, he shoveled out the mixture of three different varieties of barley that are the base of the special ale.“One small shovel for mankind.one small keg for Townshippers’,” Richards jested as he transferred the hops from the mash to a huge bucket.With the mashing for the first batch completed, the juice was to be boiled with different kinds of hops, which will give the ale some bitterness, followed by the addition of yeast, to ferment the mixture.A second batch of the same recipe is being put together today.Once that is completed, the two batches will be put in a conditioning tank for a week and a half before it is bottled and put in kegs.SEE ALE, PAGE 3 page 2 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 THF i Drawing the line with the media Friendly sources can compromise independent press Every time we open a newspaper we learn of new disputes based on conflicting values and how and why the courts determine which values override the others .They call it democracy in action and it takes place all over North America.When the right of the media to inform the public clashes with the right to privacy it doesn’t always require a complex and cerebral case before the highest court in the land agrees to intervene.Not too long ago the US Supreme Court examined a common media practice which has been repeated on television for years and was never questioned.It has to do with the news media and especially television camera crews who accompany police officers while executing search warrants in people’s homes and on other private property.The first case had to do with a County sheriffs deputies and deputy US marshals who took along a Washington Post reporter and photographer when they entered a suspect’s home and began seeking evidence of eagle poisoning .The occupants were photographed in their night clothes while the police unsuccessfully searched for their suspect.The second case was against federal agents and a prosecutor who let a CNN reporter and camera crew accompany them to a suspect’s ranch.Twenty-four news organizations sided with the police before the highest Court to defend the media’s watchdog role.No doubt their intervention was also motivated due to still-pending cases against them As both cases involved identical issues, the Supreme Court focused on the “news media ride-alongs” which have become especially popular in true-life television shows where video cameras are as com- mon as police revolvers.These journalists are often seen accompanying the police as they raid crack houses, serve warrants, and respond to complaints of domestic violence.Thanks to the capable and experienced television crews the viewers get the impression that they are present during the police operations.The issue before the US Supreme Court was whether such practices violate the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable searches and if the homeowners could sue the police.The police argued that allowing journalists to accompany them enhances accurate reporting and instils public confidence.The Court wasn’t impressed and ruled that the possibility of good public relations for the police is simply not enough.It also ruled that law enforcement personnel could be sued for letting the news media ride-alongs accompany them into people’s homes to observe arrests or searches.Journalists must now stay outside when officers enter private homes.The right of privacy is not the only value threatened when the media and police work too closely together.In one instance there is no remedy available be fore courts.This occurs when the media’s standards of objectivity become compromised.What common interest do the police and media have?The media naturally seeks access to information on police operations, and law enforcement, like any other public agency , has aninterest in looking efficient if not embellishing its public image.Strange things can happen when police administrators become obsessed with public relations and investigators cultivate their own contacts within the media to adorn their image.Those journalists who end up receiving preferred treatment from the police and can be tempted to sanitize their reports on police conduct rather then bite the hands that feed them.Unfavourable reporting can lead to the drying-up of their sources.Much like in the entertainment industry as in political circles .journalists who are critical of their subjects are less inclined to get personal interviews with top celebrities and politicians.Getting tipped off about police operations and being able to show up when police proceed with high profile arrests or execute important searches and seizures allow the journalists to out-scoop their competitors.The same can be said about the television media when crews are able to show up at precisely the time when important police operations are about to begin.Take the surprise raids at various houses of disrepute.Somehow the televisions crews have their cameras rolling as the embarrassed occupants file out under the watchful eyes of the police.Ob-viously they were tipped off - but not by radio scanners.ln most cases the television cameras are located in public plaçes and thanks to their zoom lenses the viewers can observe the found-ins desperately trying to hid their identity under coats and jackets.Over the last two decades the news media have gradually realigned their attention from government affairs in favour of lifestyle, entertainment and scandal reporting.The public wants to be entertained.Such a shift accounts for why in-depth reports on crimes and police conduct, especially when they concern public figures, have large audiences.No one doubts the importance of a fair, free and independent media for any democracy to survive.The same is equally true for our judicial system.No other public agency is equally qualified to balance the right of individuals to be left alone against the right of the media to intrude on their privacy.However, there is no legal remedy when journalists simply ignore newsworthy stories in order to maintain their privileged status with their sources.Henry Keyserlingk is a retired Crown attorney.He can be e-mailed at hen-ryk@virtuel.qc.ca Mmmmasons i fHr BRUCE PATTON/CORRESPONDENT Some 30 Masons gathered at the Wales Home in Cleveland Township last Wednesday to provide the residents with barbecued hamburgers with all the trimmings.Eighty pounds of meat and 30 dozen rolls were grilled up to feed some 95 residents.Funding for the event was supplied by the Masonic Foundation of Quebec.Henry Keyserlingk Weather WEDNESDAY: Cloudy with 60 per cent probability of showers.High near 20.THURSDAY: Mostly sunny.Low near 12.High near 22.FRIDAY: Mostly sunny.Low near 9.High near 23.SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy with a few showers.Low near 15.High near 26.Probability of precipitation 70 per cent.BEN by Daniel Shelton r MAN/STUCK IN TRAFFIC ON THE mm PURING A HEAT WAVE, THE AIR CONPITIONEf L EftOKEN ANPA Cft/ING BABY" EVEN WORSE FOR YOU, KING SEVEN COULP IT POSSIBLY GET ANY WORSE?I NEEP TO USE THE BATHROOM// m n; Wednesday, August 1 1, 1999 page 3 Waterloo wants to annex Shefford Township Granby also after a piece of the rural municipality By Maurice Crossfield The town of Waterloo announced its intention to annex neighboring Shefford Township.At council meeting Monday night the Waterloo council passed a notice of motion stating that it is interested in annexing all of Shefford Township.A special meeting is expected to take place Wednesday which will see it pass the annexation bylaw.Contacted by The Record Tuesday, Waterloo mayor Paul Massé said a merger was offered to Shefford Township last month, but was turned down.Massé said the message to Waterloo was that Shefford Township wanted the status quo, and wasn’t interested in kind of merger.“Now we understand they are in the process of making merger propositions with Warden and St-Joachim (de Shefford),” Massé said.“So we decided to declare that we were ready to annex them.” The annexation bylaw, once passed, would be forwarded to the municipal affairs ministry for approval.Once approved, a registry would be opened and if enough people sign, a referendum would be held.Waterloo officials would then go into Shefford Township to conduct a referendum.If the annexation doesn’t go through, the municipal affairs ministry would have the final say in the matter.“We are also telling the minister that if they agree with Granby’s plan to annex the part it wants, then we still want whatever is left,” Massé said.Waterloo’s intention to take over Shefford Township comes on the heels of a plan by the City of Granby to annex about 15 square kilometres of land between the eastern city limits and Saxby Road.That’s about 40 per cent of the entire municipality.That plan, put forward last week, has landed Granby mayor Michel Duchesneau with further allegations of conflict of interest.A government investigation is underway concerning Duchesneau’s purchase and sale of land near Terry Fox Park.Duchesneau, a real estate developer, also owns 18 building lots in the territory Granby wants to annex, worth about $170,000.In response to that, Shefford Township mayor Jean-Paul Forand made an official complaint to Quebec justice minister Linda Goupil, alleging Duchesneau is in a conflict of interest situation.He says he wants to see Duchesneau removed from office.A letter has also been sent to municipal affairs minister Louise Harel, asking her to veto Granby’s annexation attempt.An earlier attempt by Granby to annex part of Shefford Township in 1996 was defeated by residents.Forand was not available for comment on Waterloo’s annexation plans Tuesday.Massé said Waterloo needs to join with Shefford Township in order to grow.Waterloo is surrounded closely on all sides by Shefford.“We’re stuck in the middle with no room for expansion,” he said.“We just can’t sit here and wait.” If the annexation takes place, the new municipality would be made up of about 8000 people.Massé said Waterloo would then border on several municipalities with which it could do business, which could include mergers with towns like Warden.“Right now if we wanted to merge with Warden, we couldn’t even contemplate it,” he said.Massé said the original intention of the council was to slowly work on merging with Shefford Township, but recent events have changed that.“We would have preferred a nice amicable merger, and we thought that’s what Shefford Township wanted to do as well,” he said.Massé said that in the longer term the annexation would provide a larger tax base, and ultimately a lower tax rate.Presently Waterloo has a mill rate of $1.59 per $100 of property value, while Shefford Township has a rate of 90 cents per $100.But Massé said once the math is done all residents would end up paying less tax than they do now.Ale: CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Brewmaster Stanley Groves Jr.said the commemorative ale will be a blend of three different kinds of barley, one grown in the Canadian Prairies and two other from England.The pale, caramel and a roasted barley, along with two different varieties of hops, will give the beer its amber color and an alcohol content between 4.8 and 5 per cent.“Of course the real flavour will come from a special recipe which I am not allowed to divulge,” Groves said, adding that the special ingredients will be grown in the Townships.While Townships crops are contributing to the flavour of products from the local brewery, the Golden Lion is giving back to local agriculture.Groves said that the excess liquid from the mashing is drained to local farms.With some sugar and traces of alcohol in the mixture, “you’re going to have the most contented cows in the country.” Later Groves discussed the ingredients Townshippers’ may want to be part Double murder and suicide confirmed By Joy Yokoyama Autopsy results have confirmed that former Shipton councillor Henri Paquet and his two daughters, who were found in their Danville home near 1 p.m.Sunday, died of gun shot wounds from a .22-calibre rifle.“There were no other traces of violence,” said Const.Serge Dubord of the Quebec Police Force.“The cause was definitely the projectiles.” The partial autopsy results are enough to continue with the investigation for now, but toxicology results won’t be available for several months.That the Paquets were killed from gun shots is consistent with the police hypothesis that the deaths at 41 Lemire St.were a double-murder and a suicide.“The inquiry is pretty well com- plete,” said Dubord, Tuesday.“No fact is in contradiction.” Paquet, whose wife, Jocelyne Dion, died of cancer in June, was found in the basement with a gun at his side.His daughters, Audrey, 17, and Vicky, 11, were found in their beds.Paquet, a former Johns Manville Asbestos tinsmith, had been in mourning for his wife who had been diagnosed with breast cancer in February and died in June.In December, Paquet told Danville Mayor Charles Noble that he would not be running in the next election of the new Danville council.“We weren’t there.But because of the examination of the scene, we’re pretty convinced that (double-murder and suicide) is what happened,” said Dubord.of their special recipe.Potential natural additives include maple syrup, burdock extract and sunflower seeds that could be pulverized and added to the mash.“Perhaps a little soupçon of maple, and some burdock that will attract hummingbirds to the beer,” Richards quipped, as he discussed the recipe with Groves.But the real secret ingredient won’t be unveiled until the beer is launched on Sept.2.As well as being on tap at the Golden Lion Pub in Lennoxville, the anniversary ale will be available in bottles at selected dépanneurs and on tap in bars in the Knowlton/Lake Brome area, as well as other bars in in the Townships.Townshippers’ Association is still working on a name.“It’s typical of Townshippers’,” jokes Richards.“We have not decided what to call it yet.” PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL TO THE RECORD f «a*.* Hfini .Jane Loiselle stirring up hops to form a foamy brew at the Golden Lion Brewery Tuesday afternoon.A new beer is brewed to mark the 20th anniversary of Townshippers'Association. page 4 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 ¦ THE ¦» Record Will English theatre survive in the Townships?When we debate the current status and future of the English language in Quebec, as we frequently do these days, the major pre-occupations and concerns of the English speaking community tend to focus on education, access to medical services and job opportunities.This is understandable, because they are all issues essential to its continued vitality, even survival, within the Quebec society.Less talked about, but very important to the preservation of our cultural identity, is the future of English language theatre in Quebec.We are fortunate to have in the Eastern Townships two excellent theatres staging professional English language productions, The Piggery in North Hatley, currently in its 34th season and Theatre Lac Brome in Knowlton, which is completing its 13th season of professional theatre.The survival of these institutions over the past many years is due in part to the dedication and hard work of scores of local volunteers, generous financial support by hundreds of Town-shippers and visitors who regularly attend performances year after year.Perhaps because the two theatres have been around for a long time, we automatically assume that they will always be there.Yet, both theatres, in recent years, have been struggling to balance their books due to a declining audience base and cutbacks in financial contributions from the corporate sector.It is a well known fact that no professional theatre is self-supporting (even Stratford); what may not be common knowledge is that, apart from the occasional grant from the Canada Council for specific plays, our theatres get no financial support from either the Federal or Provincial governments on an ongo- ing basis.Also, in the case of Theatre Lac Brome, with which I am associated, only 25-30 per cent of our gross revenue comes from ticket sales, which means that at least two-thirds of the annual operating budget must be met by private donations and fund-raising activities.I am not familiar with the future plans of The Piggery but Theatre Lac Brome, as part of its survival strategy, has embarked on an ambitious plan to move from rented premises to its own building.However, after extensive deliberations and consultations, the theatre board has concluded that, for the project to be viable, it must have a multipurpose facility where space and costs can be shared with other community groups.While this objective is being pursued, the « show must go on » and the Theatre will operate in temporary quarters.I know that all of us involved with the two theatres are determined to keep English language theatre alive and well in the Eastern Townships for the continued enjoyment of our audiences, but for this to happen, we need the full support and commitment of all Townshippers.This comes not only in terms of making donations but, even more importantly, in coming out regularly to watch the plays.The ultimate success and survival of any theatre depends on the number of people it can attract to its performances.Knud Laursen is on the Board of Directors of the Townshippers’ Association and is also a member of the Board of Trustees, Theatre Lac Brome.Townshippers’ benefit night at The Piggery, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare abridged, takes place tomorrow, August 12.Call (819) 566-5717 for tickets.Keeping In Touch Viewpoint Townshippers’ Association Knud Larsen s*.silk.Missisquoi Community Radio CRTC rules specify station must have financial support of community By Tanya Tkach Record Correspondent Knowlton Members of the Missisquoi Community Radio, a group of individuals determined to get their project.off the ground, will be broadcasting from Mansonville during the Potton Multicultural Festival on Saturday August 14.Gilles Dery, one of the originators of the project, said that in order to meet CRTC criteria they need community and financial support, plus a rough schedule of programs.“We will have the grant if we have the support.There’s community radio stations all over the province who are making it with grants and financial help,” he said.He added that they’re slowly getting public interest by appearing at various community functions such as the Multicultural Fest in Mansonville, Brome Fair in Brome Village, and the Marche aux Puces in Sutton.Susan Reininger, another member from West Brome, said they’ll have seven full hours of programs this Saturday.There’ll be interviews with prominent members of Mansonville such as Mayor Marcoux, and Mable Hastings director of SADD (students against drunk driving), live music from bands on site plus programmed ethnic music, and newscasts of local concerns.“We will also have at least one and a half hours of interviews with persons of various nationalities who live in the area.Gilles will have programmed Québécois folk music and Woodstock re-visited.We’ll also have a young disk jockey, Sasha Dmytruk from Sutton,” she said.Members of the Townshipper’s Association will also be on the air plugging their next Townshipper’s Day in Knowlton.Reininger said that the association desparately needs volunteers plus a benevolent radio engineer.While in Mansonville, the members will also be selling memberships for those interested in joining the association.She said their funding will be supplemented through membership fees, fundraising and Provincial grants.The public is invited to send their opinions and ideas to Radio Conm-munautaire Missisquoi Inc., 994 ch.Vallee, Sutton, Quebec, JOE 2K0, or may call Gilles Dery at (450) 292-3838.Stories are needed for Gissa’s Storytime, not exceeding five minutes reading time, during their next two broadcasts.Contact Gissa Israel immediately by telephone at (450) 538-1003 or through e-mail at simcox@granby.net How many suns are there?Bernard Lefebvre of Frost Village strikes a pose next to his 20-headed sunflower.The way this quirky plant came about is a bit of a mystery.Lefebvre said he had just planted a row of potatoes beside the sunflowers and that he didn’t add any fertilizer -David Anderson/Correspondent Wednesday, August 11, 1999 page 5 RECORD We aren’t responsible for coliforms — boaters Pellerin commisions study, blames aqueduct for bacteria By Rita Legault Lake Orford Faced with repeated claims they are polluting Lake Orford, boaters and water ski enthusiasts have commissioned water quality tests of their own to prove they aren’t the cause of bacteria flowing out of local taps.Although he hasn’t substantiated his claims, Eastman Mayor Maurice Fri-ard repeatedly alleged motorboats cause water pollution and he wants them banned from the lake.Motorboat owners say if Friard is really concerned about water quality, he should do something about the town’s water intake pipe which is corroded and desperately needs to be replaced.While weekly water quality tests have showed no trace of bacteria this summer, last week’s test revealed the presence of coliforms.That forced the town to order residents to boil their drinking water for at least 10 minutes before consuming it.Austin resident Luc Pellerin, who’s been skiing on the lake for more than 30 years, disputes the mayor’s claims and decided to put his money where his mouth is.Pellerin hired Laboratoires SM to come and take water samples to prove his point and to ensure the tests from the independent laboratory could not be questioned, he invited a handful of reporters to observe.Pellerin said he wants to prove the quality of water on the lake is good, and that any bacteria problems are coming from the town water system.Documents obtained by residents from Eastman town hall last week indicate the ancient cast iron system with lead joints has had several leaks which have caused it to deteriorate.The municipality, says the pipes are corroded, filled with tubers and very fragile, and has requested a provincial grant to change the ancient system of which one section was installed 85 years ago.The most recent section is 50 years old.Pellerin pointed out that motor-boats have four-stroke engines which cause little pollution from hydrocarbons in motor fuel.Besides, he said hydrocarbons float on the surface and cannot pollute the drinking water which is under the surface.At issue are coliforms, or fecal coliforms, forms of bacteria that come from feces and which make drinking water hazardous for human consumption.The water intake pipe, which can easily be spotted from the surface, is located at a shallow end of the lake where the water is warmer.Experts say bacteria increases as the water is warmed.Pellerin points out the lake is up to 800 feet deep in some places, and wonders why the intake pipe is not located in a better spot.He points out the water intake pipe in Lake Memphremagog that gathers water for tens of thousands of Sherbrooke and Magog area consumers is located 80 feet under the surface of the lake.Pellerin also points out that Eastman’s pipe, which the town admits is filled with leaks, passes through a swamp where the water is stagnant.Technician Alain Soucy gathered water samples from beside the water intake pipe and several other areas around the lake.Pellerin also dove in to gather sediments from the bottom of the lake where the water pipe passes.The samples, which were gathered six inches under the surface in the direction of the current, will be tested for fecal coliform counts.Pellerin plans to use the test to argue against an outright ban on motorboats on the lake at a public consultation on August 21.That’s when Austin and PERRY BEATON/RECORD CORRESPONDENT Luc Pellerin hands a sample of sediment he gathered at the bottom of the lake to technician Alain Soucy.Eastman are scheduled to meet with lakeside dwellers to look at the pros and cons of banning the use of motorized boats and seas doos on the lake.B.C.nurses send cash Let’s hold hands to Quebec union By Joy Yokoyama British Columbia’s nurses union has decided to lend its counterparts in Saskatchewan and Quebec a hand, by donating $10,000 to the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses and $20,000 to the Fédération des Infirmières et Infirmiers du Québec.“The main message we’re hoping to send is that we support them in their struggle.We have been following closely any job action nurses have been participating in across the country,” said the acting president of British Columbia’s nurses union, Frank Gillespie.Quebec’s 47,000 nurses went on an illegal three-week strike June 26.Saskatchewan’s 8,400 nurses went on strike April 8-18.They defied the government’s back-to-work legislation, imposed just hours after the strike began.“It will be well-received by the federation.The strike cost a lot of money,” said Charlyne Morin, one of the three vice-presidents of the nurses union at Centre Universitaire de Santé de l’Estrie, in an interview Tuesday.Morin is speaking for the union while president Luc Cayer is on vacation.“The cause of the nurses is not only in Quebec,” said Morin.“We sent money to others to support them.In Alberta, when people were on strike the federation did the same for that movement to support them in their means of pressure.” Quebec’s nurses, who faced heavy financial strain during the strike from docked pay and fines, welcome the relief this donation will bring.“The issues that both Saskatchewan and Quebec nurses have been facing are the same things we’ve been fighting for,” said Gillespie, who mentioned the shortage of nurses as one common countrywide problem.By Joy Yokoyama A British Columbian and a Quebecer have dreamed up a way to get Canadians connected for Canada Day 2000, literally.Pete Weeber of New Hazelton, B.C.and Raynald Huot originally from Montreal, who now lives in B.C., want to make a chain of Canadians holding hands from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean on July 1 next year.It’s a project, they say, that will require the cooperation of three million Canadians, which means one in 10 citizens.“We had some long and interesting conversation about Canadian unity and what it means to be Canadian,” said Weeber, Tuesday."This is what came out of it.” “We’re hoping that if enough people are interested in this project, people across Canada would make it happen,” said Weeber.“1 certainly don’t know if it’s possible.” Once all the responses come in, Weeber plans to send all the names of participants in one province to others in the same province so they can organize the line in their respective provincial committees.The committees would then ask their government to paint a red line, the national lifeline, along the shortest path between the two oceans.The line would be divided into 1,000-, 500-, and 250-metre sections.The committees would solicit groups such as businesses, societies, schools, churches, small villages, clubs, and even family reunions to be responsible for either a kilometre or a partial kilometre.“It would be a moment to remember.The most patriotic fervour you could ever experience,” said Weeber.There’s just one problem.“The only problem is the Canadian Shield,” said Weeber.“If enough people get serious about it, anything can be done.” Anyone interested in joining Weeber and Huot’s chain can write to them at: P.0.189, New Hazelton.B.C., V0J 2J0, by email: canlink@bvl.net, or by fax: (250) 842-4147. .———THE page 6 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 Community Forum Record Letters To The Editor Heavy-handed editor?Dear Editor, On my recent return to the Eastern Townships, while catching up on regional news, I was intrigued with the progression of events as pertaining to the unfortunate comments in your periodical by one Mister Bury.I intend to refrain from adding to the din of protest by not elaborating my own thoughts on this matter, but I would, instead prefer to focus my attention on your personal handling of this situation.On Thursday, August 6 , you wrote an ‘Editors Note’ saying “Okay folks, That’s it I’m declaring this the final word on Charles Bury’s column on JFK Jr.” One would not presume to instruct you on how to do your job nor on your ‘Editorial licence’ to publish what-so-ever you see fit.Yet one must question the wisdom and professionalism of directing your reading public to, as it were, ‘Shut up’ and stop writing on any particular topic - what ever it may be.Freedom of expression is the birthright of the public, which you serve and which pays your salary and is certainly not reserved for the press or any other media.The day before your editor’s note, there was an excellent article on handling grief which discussed the reaction to JFK Jr.’s death.You had this article placed in the back of the paper where few would find it.I guess the front is reserved for Sun Media.With sincere concern, Alexander Chamberland By e-mail Editor’s note: Thank you for refraining from adding to the din of protest on Charles Bury’s column on John Kennedy Jr.- and you are perfectly welcome to exercise your right to freedom of expression on my decisions.More Scottish tradition at Gould fest Dear Editor, The Richmond County Historical Society would like to thank The Record for the write-up on our Ice Cream Social held on July 18.With the help of your media attention, we are able to reach out and share our activities with many members and friends.We would like to thank the 250 participants and all the volunteers who helped to make this beautiful sunny day a successful event.Among the contributors to be thanked are: Liz Frank, Marnie Thompson, Ruth Lemoyne, Rod Maclver, Helen and George Cartwright, Vera and Roy Hughes, and our much appreciated piper of the day - Matthew Fowler.We always look forward to gathering our clans together and wish to extend an invitation to our members and friends to the Gould Festival of Scottish Traditions.Departure from the Museum in Melbourne, Saturday, Aug.14, at 7:30 a.m.For information please call Esther Healy at 826-2793 or Sharon Shaw 826-6644.Again, thanks to you all! Sharon Shaw Secretary Searching for information on Bradford babies Dear Editor, The success of some “Peacock Babies” in finding their birth parents prompts me to write this letter.I have been trying to trace my birth mother, without success, for the past 30 years.I was born in 1932 in a private home for unwed mothers in Sherbrooke, run by a Nurse Bradford.I am told that when she died in the early sixties, all records of these births were destroyed.My birth is shown in official documents as being “of an unknown mother.” Are any of your readers also “Bradford Babies”?If so, have you been able to find your birth mother?Any information that could help me would be greatly appreciated.Please write me at the address below.Yours sincerely, Florence R.Ward R.R.#1, Stirling, On KOK 3E0 THE P.0.Box 1200 SherbrookeJIH 516 or 257 Queen St, Lennoxville, Que.JIM 1K7 Fax: 819-569-3945 e-mail: record@interlinx.qc.ca Website: www.sherbrookerecord.com Randy Kinnear Publisher .(819) 569-9511 Sharon McCully Editor .(819) 569-6345 Sunil Mahtani Corresp.Editor .(819) 569-6345 Richard Lessard Prod.Mgr.(819) 569-9931 Mark Guilette Press Superv.(819) 569-9931 Francine Thibault Prod.Superv.(819) 569-9931 DEPARTMENTS Accounting .(819) 569-9511 Advertising .(819) 569-9525 Circulation.(819)569-9528 Newsroom .(819)569-6345 Knowlton office 88 Lakeside, Knowlton, Quebec, JOE 1V0 Tel: (450) 242-1188 Fax: (450) 243-5155 MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS GST PST TOTAL Canada: 1 year 104.00 7.28 8.35 $119.63 6 months 53.50 3.75 4.29 S61.54 3 MONTHS 27.00 1.89 2.17 S31.06 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 $3.00 per copy prepaid.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 Sun Media Corporation, a Quebecor company, having its head office at 333 King Street, Toronto (Ontario), M5A 3X5.Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Agreement No.0479675.Member ABC, CARD, CDNA, NMB, QCNA QUIltCOR ViMTII MÉDIA The Record welcomes your letters to the editor.Send us your comments and views on issues that concern you and others living in the Eastern Townships.The Record only publishes signed letters so please be sure to sign your letter and include a telephone number where you can be reached during the day.You can send your letter by mail or by fax to either our Knowlton or Sherbrooke office, or by e-mail.The addresses are listed at the left. Wednesday, August 11, 1999 page 7 Calgary oil plant goes up in flames Thousands of residents forced out of their homes By Glen Whelan, Cameron Maxwell and Jason Van Rassel Sun Media Calgary Massive explosions at a southeast oil recycling plant blackened city skies and sent thousands fleeing from one of Calgary’s worst fires ever.Five workers at Hub Oil were injured, one seriously, when the blast rocked the refinery and shook the ground around 5805 17 Ave.S.E., only a few hundred metres away from the nearest houses.As thousands of Calgarians scattered from the path of the giant toxic cloud that followed, firefighters searched in vain for two plant workers who were inside at the time.“We’re all holding in,” said Jackie Ball, the mother-in-law of Ryan Eckhard, a two-year Hub worker who was missing.“We’re hoping it turns out good, but right now we’re still waiting.That’s the hard part — the waiting.” The 26-year-old Eckhard has a wife and three girls; a three-year-old and two twins about to turn one.Family members of the other worker, Ryan Silver, also spent the day in anguish over the fate of their missing loved one, a threeyear plant veteran.“It’s tough,” said sister Tanya after hours without any news.“We’re all just hoping for the best.” What grew into Calgary’s most spectacular fire ever started around 11:30 a.m., likely triggered inside storage barrels at the oil recycling plant.The blaze forced frustrated firefighters to back away and eventually call five alarms as barrels and containers full of used oil and other chemicals exploded, sending fireballs and smoke up 100 metres in the air.Police and fire crews blocked off the area and began evacuating residents.Vibrations and heat from the blasts could be felt a kilometre away.More than 2,000 people were evacuated in an area reaching from 52 St.S.E.east to 68 St., and 17 Ave.S.E.to 8 Ave.S.E.Disaster Services set up the Penbrooke Community Centre as an evacuation centre, but later redirected displaced residents to Jack James high school when the toxic plumes of smoke loomed closer.By 5:30 p.m., approximately 350 people had found refuge at the school in the 5800 block of 8 Ave.S.E, where the Red Cross had erected registration stations for evacuees and their families.Last night, many of those in the shelter were staying overnight.Health officials also urged people in Safety boss chief no stranger to danger Mike Miller cut his teeth putting out oil-well fires in Kuwait By Michael Platt Sun Media Calgary As Calgarians stared in horror at the black plume dominating their skyline, at least one city man shrugged it off as a familiar sight.Called in by city firefighters to help tackle the raging Hub Oil refinery blaze, Mike Miller cut his teeth fighting the massive oil fires that polluted Kuwait following the Gulf War.“It’s not a small fire, but it’s defi- Info-Clinic (514) 832-0873 1 800 343-7264 Web site: www.hema-quebec.qc.ca ?the city’s northeast to close their windows and doors and go to hospital if they felt sick.Alberta Environmental Protection and the fire department’s hazardous materials unit were on scene as the HAWCS helicopter flew overhead to get a closer look.Kevin Pilger of the environment department said the smoke did not appear to present a serious danger.Pilger described the fire as “a very clean burn” but said officials were monitoring air quality for carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulphide and sulphur dioxide.Penbrooke resident Barb Johnson initially headed toward the blast to see what happened, watching from a field northeast of the site.“There was a brick building on fire — you could see the flames shooting out,” said Johnson, 46.“There was a white tank that hadn’t been touched but all of a sudden it went up — boom!” Calling themselves “damn lucky to be alive,” injured Hub Oil workers recounted harrowing tales of escaping - and even rescuing others — from the explosion.Dean Siemens, 29, was thrown to the ground, burned and dazed by the explosion.“It wasn’t until I got up 1 noticed my hands were burned,” said the boiler op- SUN MEDIA erator, who figured he was only metres from the blast.Firefighters, working with oil fire specialists Safety Boss, finally started tackling the blaze at 8:30 p.m., when the last of the oil and chemical containers had detonated.It took just over a half hour to contain the fire, as 25 firefighters, five pumpers, an ariel sprayer and and airport truck containing 2,000 litres of fire-snuffing foam surrounded the complex and attacked it.A second wave of men went in at 9:10 p.m.to finish the job.Hostage release a relief to friend nitely not as big as some I’ve seen,” said Miller, president of Safety Boss Ltd.“In Kuwait, there were fires that covered 10 to 20 square miles.” Miller’s company is world-renowned for snuffing the kind of fires that forced more than 2,000 from their southeast homes yesterday.And before the city called him, he was itching to tackle the Hub Oil blaze: “I really wish they would call us in, because we’ve seen so many of these, and we know about them.” Despite having dirtied his hands many times at oil fires, Miller said the Calgary blaze is still potentially deadly- “The concern I have is over pressurized vessels, which can be a real hazard to the firefighters,” he said.While he’s still unsure exactly what Hub Oil was using on site, Miller said many pressurized containers can go off with the intensity of a large bomb.“Some containers have a tremendous radius of damage, up to two miles around.That’s when you can have a lot of fire fighters injured, and a blast like that can flatten buildings a mile away.” Orleans man was abducted by rogue Sierra Leone gunmen By Christa Delaney Sun Media Ottawa A friend of an Orleans man released Sunday from a frightening hostage crisis in Sierra Leone said he’s relieved the UN diplomat is now safe.“I am very pleased.I was very worried,” said University of Ottawa Canadian History professor Michael Behiels of his friend, Robert Gravelle.Gravelle, 51, was among those kidnapped last Wednesday by rogue gunmen battling through the West African country’s civil war.The kidnappings took place during what was to have been a handover of about 200 children abducted by the gunmen.At least 19 hostages, including Gravelle, have been freed while the remaining nine captives — including several UN observers, journalists, and aid workers — could be freed today.Behiels, who supervised Gravelle’s thesis on Canadian peacekeepers four years ago, said his friend has been with the UN for about three years.He said Gravelle was well prepared for the situation with 10 years of training in the Canadian Armed Forces.“He did three tours in Cypress,” said Behiels.“Robert is in a high risk position but he understands that and he knows how to cope with that.He has the background.” Ü SPEAKS FDR YOU 1 - 8D ?-668 -15 07 www.medicalert.ca page 8 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 Day traders risk lots By Ian Harvey Sun Media It’s about as romantic as pouring gasoline over a pile of crisp new bank bills and holding a match to it.But that hasn’t stopped thousands of fools across North America from jumping onto the day-trading bandwagon.Day-trading is the phenomenon of buying and selling stock based not on the prospect of the company or its earnings, but on its momentum.Traders buy up to 1,000 shares and bet it’s on a rally and that in a few minutes they’ll sell out with a tidy profit.Some claim to have made millions.What we don’t hear a lot about are the losers.Too often day-trading is sold on the sizzle of being your own boss and paving your own road of gold to financial independence says yesterday’s report from the North American Securities Administrators Association.In fact, NASAA, which includes regulators from 50 states, Canada and Mexico, says at one firm studied, 70% of clients lost money.The report comes 11 days after Mark 0.Barton shot and killed nine people at two day-trading firms in Atlanta where he had traded and lost thousands of dollars.This after he killed his own wife and children.Now the fact is Barton was probably psychotic long before he made his first trade.He’s the prime suspect in the deaths of his first wife and mother-in-law.His murderous rage could have just as easily been triggered by someone cutting him off on the way to work as from his day-trade losses.But NASAA coincidentally looked at All-Tech Investment Group Inc., where Barton shot his victims at the company’s Atlanta office, and at another firm, Momentum Securities, across the street Consultant Ronald L Johnson said 70% of all day-traders will lose and “will almost certainly lose everything they invest.” Only 11.5% of traders demonstrated the ability to do profitable short-term trading, according to Johnson’s analysis, While there are up to 5,000 day-traders at 62 day-trading firms operating with 286 offices across America, so far there is only one day-trade house in Canada, Swift-Trade, here in Toronto, where 97 clients buy and sell.SwiftTrade’s founder, Peter Beck, says he’s striving to avoid the pitfalls of the U.S.“It’s a profession like any other,” he stressed.“You have to invest in the training and in the first few months you will lose money, you will pay your dues as you learn.” He said with proper training and skills, 80% can make money.“Unless you pass our two-week course and then take the four-week program, you can’t even open an account on our floor,” he said.“And we don’t lend money to our customers.” - —THE mm Record Three unite in push for tax relief Quebec, Alberta, side with Ontario for Feds to cut taxes By Jeff Harder and James Wallace Sun Media Quebec City The multi-billion-dollar federal surplus is proof that Ottawa is overbilling taxpayers, Premier Mike Harris said yesterday before meeting with other premiers here.Harris, who is in Quebec City today for the annual premiers conference, has been joined by Quebec and Alberta in calling on Prime Minister Jean Chretien to cut tax rates.“Quebecers must understand that the real leeway for substantially reducing the tax burden is in Ottawa,” said Quebec Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Joseph Facal.“We hope we can get other provinces to share this view.” But Canada’s have-not premiers ganged up on their well-to-do cousins here during the opening day of their annual conference.The “American style” tax cut agenda being pushed by Ontario, Alberta and now Quebec won’t solve problems in Atlantic Canada, the west or the north, they insisted.Newfoundland Premier Brian Tobin said it would be a “mistake” for Ottawa to cut taxes as low and quickly as possible.“At one point you’d have to ask a question, what’s the point of having a country,” Tobin said.“It that’s what it’s about, then let’s quit pretending at being Canadians, let’s just become Americans real quick,” he said.“We are determined that the (conference) agenda will be set in a way that reflects the needs of the whole country.” That includes convincing Ottawa to restore $4 billion cut from federal transfer payments, money needed for roads, education, health care and farm programs.Harris said he supports pressing Ottawa to restore cut transfer payments but maintained tax cuts are the best tools to boost provincial revenues.“The way to have the dollars you need in a sustained way for health care, for education, for dealing with emergency situations, with farm aid, with social programs is to have a strong economy,” Harris said.The growing federal surplus, pegged between $18 billion and $25 billion, shows that Ottawa is taking too much cash out of the pockets of Canadian taxpayers, he said.“Ontario and other provinces have already offered tax relief and been rewarded for it, he said.“It is now time for the federal government to do its share.” Assault allegation at pageant By Philip Lee-Shanok Sun Media Toronto Another allegation of brawling has clouded the Miss Canada International beauty pageant.Miss Teen Canada International 1998, Nicole Gagnon, 17, ofYellowknife, N.W.T., has accused pageant organizer Sylvia Stark of assaulting her in a hotel lobby Sunday.Gagnon alleges the attack happened at the Novotel Hotel on Carlingview Rd.in Etobicoke after she and reigning Miss Canada International Leanne Baird, 22, of Stoney Creek, found out they weren’t allowed to go with contestants on a field trip to Niagara Falls.“The girls were asking me if I was coming and I said, ‘I’m banned.They won’t let me go because they don’t want me to tell you the truth,’ “ Gagnon said.“(Stark) lost it.She .started shaking me, yelling: ‘Stop it.That’s it, that’s enough.’ “ An incident report has been filed with Toronto Police’s 23 Division.But Stark, president of the Orillia-based organization, says it was the teen who started the scrap.“It was basically her that came after FRED THORNHILL/SUN MEDIA r é m.j Nicole Gagnon (front) and Miss Canada International Leanne Baird me,” Stark said yesterday.Gagnon says that’s impossible.“Have you seen her?This .is a large woman.I couldn’t have,” Gagnon said.“I have 44 witnesses on a bus and another 20 in the lobby.” It’s not the first time the beauty pageant has been scarred by brawling.Danielle House of Newfoundland, Miss Canada International 1996, had to relinquish her title after she was convicted of assaulting a woman in a university bar.House was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation, but the media attention landed her on the cover of Playboy magazine.Miss Canada International 1997, Emily Ryan of Kentville, N.S., was turfed after organizers said she failed to show up for fundraising appearances.Second runner-up Brooke Ross, 19, of Chatham was awarded the crown.Baird, the current Miss Canada — who competed at the Miss World pageant in the Seychelles Islands last November — said the incident threatens to spoil her year-long reign.“We just want to finish our year with class and professionalism .we just wanted to share some time with the girls and crown the new winners,” she said.“We were under the understanding that we were invited.” Stark maintains the whole thing is a misunderstanding and said Gagnon and Baird will still be allowed to take part in the pageant’s finale Thursday at Mississauga’s Living Arts Centre.Linux pushes Corel shares up Software maker’s shares over $7 By Kevin Bell Sun Media Ottawa Corel Corp.stock came back to life yesterday, leaping by almost 20% as investors responded to growing interest in the firm’s Linux strategy.The software company’s shares jumped by $1.15 to close at $7.05 on the TSE.A spokesman suggested a story in the Wall Street Journal may have attracted attention.After the story appeared, securities firms Paine Webber and Hambrecht & Quist bought blocks of shares on the Nasdaq.But analysts are pointing to the growing buzz over the free computer operating system Linux as the primary reason for renewed attention to Corel.Some predicted last week that Corel will benefit from a public offering of shares this week by the Linux software company Red Hat Inc.The IPO will leadinvestors to look for other firms with Linux software, which could boost Corel shares, they said. Wednesday, August 1 1, 1999 page 9 ' THE» Record To take or not to take hormones By Marilyn Linton Sun Media Turning 50 or therabouts is a wake up call for women, but that doesn’t mean that the only answer to The Change is to take hormones to replace the estrogen we lose as we age.That’s the view commonly held by naturopaths who treat menopause as a stage of life rather than a disease.“Our culture equates menopause and lack of estrogen like diabetes with its lack of insulin.But most women don’t see it that way at all,” says Toronto’s Ruth Anne Baron.“Choosing to move through menopause without taking hormone replacement therapy is not choosing to do nothing,” says the naturopathic doctor.“There are lots of other choices.” If there’s one thing that doctors like Baron and traditional physicians agree on, it’s that lifestyle changes during this time are crucial.“Diet and exercise are the foundation,” Baron says.Her non-drug prescription for midlife women is to convince them to commit to exercise, to clean up their diets, to add al ternative sources of calcium (such as soy) to their cooking regimens, to supplement with vitamin E and to consider taking an essential fatty acid like flaxseed oil.Karen Jensen, a Calgary naturopath, agrees that lifestyle changes are key.“Let’s use the least invasive means of balancing the body and getting to the cause of the problem whenever possible,” says the author of Menopause: A Naturopathic Approach to the Transitional Years (Prentice Hall).TANGLED RELATIONSHIP Many women are interested in alternative methods of dealing with menopause because they feel they’ve been part of a grand drug experiment for which there are yet no definitive answers, these experts say.Baron says today’s midlife women have a tangled relationship to drugs and their reproductive systems: They were the first to take birth control pills, the first to try hormone fertility treatments, the first to take hormones for the complications of perimenopause, then the first to have the choice of hormones available to them as they entered their midlife years.This medical model, Baron says, has controlled women’s hormones throughout our whole lives.“We are the women who questioned issues around childbirth, who may have opted to have natural childbirth, who returned to breastfeeding.Now as we’re approaching our menopause years and hearing about hormones we’re saying, ‘Hey, wait a minute .’ “ Other women who are attracted to natural menopause choices are those who’ve struggled with hormone replacement therapy and have not been able to tolerate it.These women should seek the help of a naturopathic doc, Jensen advis- FRED THORNHILL/SUN MEDIA NATURAL PROGESTERONE PROPONENT .Carol Petersen, managing pharmacist at the Women’s International Pharmacy, sells natural progesterone which her pharmacy compounds, along with other hormones essential for menopausal health.es, to help them get over those “leftover hormonal hiccups” that sometimes come when you stop talcing hormones.But most women seen by naturopaths want to be better informed about their choices and want to take charge of their final decisions.“Nothing is black and white,” Baron says, explaining that not even naturopaths can say do this or don’t do that.“It’s all about weighing your risk factors.” Both naturopaths support the idea that certain supplements can help ease menopausal symptoms.Jensen has even developed her own called Meno+ which contains black cohosh, red clover extract, dong quai, chasteberry and dandelion — the latter a menopause herb she says is excellent for cleansing the liver.Baron’s herbal choices include black cohash, dong quai, red clover and motherwort.She suggests that women consult a reputable natural pharmacy (in Toronto, they include Smith’s, Hooper’s and Markie’s); since herbal remedies in Canada are unregulated, trusting a reputable natural pharmacy is key if you’re going the herbal route.Though the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada don’t endorse many herbals, in reviewing several complementary approaches to menopause they agree that black cohash and valerian are valid.Black cohash decreases hot flashes; valerian is a natural sedative that can help improve sleep.Meanwhile, a growing number of experts, led by California’s Dr.John Lee, believe that women have been conned about the values of estrogen and that the queen of midlife hormones is instead natural progesterone.In his book, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause (Warner Books), Lee makes the argument that menopause for many women is a time of Career progesterone, not estrogen, deficiency.Progesterone, like estrogen in that it’s produced in the ovaries, protects against cancer and osteoporosis; according to him it restores sex drive, is a natural antidepressant and helps thyroid function.ESTROGEN DOMINANCE When progesterone levels drop near zero, as they do in some menopausal women, the result is estrogen dominance — a hormonal imbalance that is responsible for a host of body ills, from sleeplessness to mood swings.Natural progesterone, which is not the same as synthetic progestin, is extracted from Mexican wild yams; it is available through natural pharmacies including The Women’s International Pharmacy or WIP(1-800-279-5708) which specializes in compounding natural hormones.In addition to progesterone, WIP compounds estrogen, DHEA, and testosterone.Says Carol Petersen, WIP’s managing pharmacist: “Natural progesterone is essential to good health.” She explains that it’s one “biostep” away from the cortisol family of hormones that regulate many body functions; it also makes whatever estrogen a woman has more efficient and may boost testosterone levels.While taking estrogen may adversely affect the breast, Petersen believes that natural progesterone may do the opposite.After her own 25-year history of fibrocystic breast disease, she was astonished to see that it disappeared after going on natural progesterone ther- apy- A dab a day, she says, even helped some of her facial wrinkles to diminish.Less breast disease, fewer wrinkles and an improved sex drive?The fact is that natural progesterone still requires a doctor’s prescription.As for whether it’s the natural wonder drug for menopause, naturopath Dr.Karen Jensen’s not so sure.“A hormone is a hormone is a hormone,” she says.Menopause means your hormone levels will drop, but that’s, well, natural: “Menopause is not a disease that requires years of drug therapy.” COME JOIN OUR NURSING TEAM! Seeking registered nurses licensed or license-eligible in New Hampshire Weeks Memorial Hospital, a 49-bed acute care facility, is located in the heart of the White Mountains of northern New Hampshire.We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefit program, and an opportunity to work as part of a highly professional team.Nursing Services RN & LPN Med/Surg positions FT & PT all shifts.RN Obstetrics — FT nights School Nurse RN for PT 4 days/week Physician Office Practice Clinical Services Mgr.— FT Office Nurse — 34-36 hrs.lwk.Please submit resume to: Director of Human Resources Weeks Memorial Hospital, 173 Middle Street, Lancaster, NH 03584 603/788-5018 www.weeks.hitchcock.org ?*m page 10 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 RECORD Smith and Doherty stay in Lennoxville Justin Smith and Shaun Doherty to give Champlain a Lennoxville flavour By Mike Hickey Special to the Record Justin “Juice” Smith, like most first-year Cegep students, embarks on his collegiate career Tuesday when classes begins at Champlain College.What separates Smith from the rest of the pack is his burning desire to excel on the basketball court and the classroom.Juice enters Champlain with impressive credentials.He was a three-sport athlete at Galt who demonstrated his athletic excellence on the hardwood.Smith was an Eastern Townships Interscholastic Athletic Conference basketball all-star and the league’s leading scorer.In the annual all-star he delivered a 30-point performance as the ETIAC all-star defeated their counterparts from the South Shore in an exciting overtime contest.Smith’s success in the classroom debunks the dumb jock stereotype.He was co-winner last June of the Reg Newton award given annually to the Galt student who combines academic and athletic achievements with good sportsmanship.In his five years at the Lennoxville high school Juice maintained a 90 per cent average and this spring he scored an incredible 99 on his Math provincial exam.While Smith knows that the transition to Cegep basketball will not be an easy one he is looking forward to the challenge.“My goal is to be an important role on the team.I think with the players that we have returning and the incoming recruits we can have a successful season.The key is we need to play as a team.It is a big plus to have someone like Shaun Doherty to control the team on the court.” Doherty, Juice’s former teammate at Galt and next door neighbor, also spent the summer with the Quebec Basketball programme this summer as a member of the Provincial Junior team which finished fourth at the Canadian Championships last month in Montreal.Doherty is a point guard whose court savvy and determination has made him one of the top Cegep players last season.With the Lennoxville tandem in the back-court, the Cougars team has a strong local flavour that is going to give the opposing guards all they can handle in the coming season.Smith feels that his summer experience with Team Quebec was a great preparation for the upcoming season.“I was the sixth man on the team and got to play about 20 minutes a game,” Smith recounted.“I learned a lot, including the fact that there are a lot of good players in the country and I need to work a lot on my game.” The Quebec squad opened the tourney with a blowout of Prince Edward Island and a solid win over Saskatchewan.With two wins in the bag the squad needed just one more victory to advance to the finals.Their next opponent was Manitoba who jumped out to a quick lead and led by five at halftime.But Quebec, paced by Smith’s 18-point performance, rallied for the win a berth into the medal round.“The Manitoba game was my best effort,” Smith stated.“We needed some outside shooting and I was able to come off the bench and deliver.It was a great feeling.” The team finished the preliminary round with a lop-sided loss to Ontario.They fell behind early and deserted their team-orientated style of play.“Once we fell behind, it seemed like everyone tried to do it all by themselves,” Smith stated.“We stopped playing as a team and it showed on the scoreboard.” Quebec rebounded with a strong performance in the semi-finals against British Columbia, losing a close game to the pretournament favourite.“We played outstanding against B.C.and battled them for forty minutes.The problem was we just couldn’t put the ball into the basket and missed a lot of easy shots.” They finished play by losing once again to Ontario in the bronze medal game.Although denied a medal, Smith feels the experience will be a huge benefit to him this coming season.“I realize that I have to get stronger and work to improve my game.There are a lot of good players in this country and I want to be one of them.” Justin Smith is poised to improve his game with the Champlain College Cougars Although he was the sixth player on the Quebec team that was denied a bronze medal at the nationals, Justin Smith says he got to play about 20 minutes per game. Record Wednesday, August 1 1, 1999 page 11 Blood type can affect pregnancy By Peter H.Gott, MD.DEAR DR.GOTT: Please review Rh blood typing and how it can complicate childbirth.DEAR READER: Blood cells are coated with proteins that are like fingerprints; they may identify the bearer.The simplest classification of blood types is the Rh factor, in contrast to the additional classification of A, B, AB or 0.Every living person is either Rh-positive or Rh-negative.This designation was derived from early blood grouping that involved the rhesus monkey.When you are Rh-positive, you carry the Rh protein; when Rh-negative, you are free of it.If an Rh-negative woman conceives a child by an Rh positive father, the baby may inherit the father’s Rh-positive blood group.As the fetus grows and forms its own blood, traces of this blood normally enter the mother’s circulation via the placenta.In the Rh-negative mother, such Rh-positive blood is immediately perceived as a threat, as something dangerously foreign that must be destroyed.Her own chemical system begins Danville Marlene Brown 839-2726 George Horan and Evelyn Leet, Don Campbelton and Dorothy Cook attended the Grand Master’s and Rebekah Assembly Presidents’ Assembly Reception held in Knowlton.James and Joan Pye accompanied Evelyn Leet and George Horan to Davidson Hill to attend the annual service held at All Saints Church.Following the service taken by Rev.Wilmier Davidson, a picnic was enjoyed by some 108 persons.Susan Findlay, Kaitlyn and Jasmine have returned home after spending a couple of weeks with her parents Lloyd and Bev.Card of Thanks SANBORN - Kindly accept my sincere thanks for the sympathy you have shown in the passing of my dear sister, Lillian (Lily) Mayhew, April 18, 1999.Your kind thoughts will always be remembered.MARGARET (PEGGY) SANBORN HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF QUÉBEC Smoking is hard on your heart.Death Births frantically to make anti-Rh antidote to protect her.This anti-Rh protein enters the fetal circulation and begins methodically to destroy the baby’s Rh-posi-tive blood cells.At birth, such a child will be anemic and jaundiced from mother-induced blood-cell breakdown.In the most fundamental sense, the infant has been uncontrollably poisoned by its own mother.Before the advent of exchange transfusions, such babies suffered a high mortality rate.Now, with present techniques, the problem is completely solvable, but may require that the infant’s entire blood volume be washed out and replaced with new Rh-positive blood.Since the baby after birth is “free living,” he or she can happily go about making Rh-positive blood, while the mother makes her own brand of Rh-neg-ative.Repeated, incompatible pregnancies result in more and more Rh-incompati-bility; the mother’s immune system “remembers” the preceding pregnancies.Therefore, while the first Rh baby may be only mildly affected, subsequent children will be progressively more afflicted by this strange interaction between mother and her unborn child.To give you related information, I am sending you a copy of my Health Report “Blood: Donations and Disorders.” Other readers who would like a copy should send $2 plus a long, self-ad-dressed, stamped envelope to P.O.Box 2017, Murray Hill Station, New York, NY 10156.Be sure to mention the title.MACLENNAN, Roslyn D.(née Newton) - At the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal on August 8th, 1999.Beloved wife of Charles MacLennan.Loving mother of Stephen and Robert.Dear grandmother of Jake.She is survived by her mother, Dorothy Ross Newton, and her brothers Stephen and Victor Newton.She will be sadly missed by her relatives and friends.A reception will be held at the Wyman United Church, 513 Main St., Hudson, Qc.(450) 458-4912, on Friday, August 13, 1999 at 1:30 p.m.followed by a memorial service at 3 p.m.In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, The Royal Victoria Hospital Foundation or the the V.O.N.(Hudson) would be appreciated by the family.In Memoriams DUNLAVEY, Gilberte (nee Huot) - In loving memory of a dear wife who passed away three years ago on August 11,1996.In a quiet country graveyard Where the gentle breezes blow, Lies the one I loved so dearly And lost three years ago.Your resting place I visit Each time I shed some tears, But no one knows the heartache When I turn and leave you there.Always remembered.MORRIS (husband) CHILDREN and GRANDCHILDREN MACIVER, Harry V.- In loving memory of a dear father, father-in-law and grandfather who left us so very suddenly August 11, 1994.Forever loved, forever remembered, and so sadly missed.GARY, CHRISTINE, MURRAY & TRAVIS NORTON, Bruce E.- In loving memory of a dear husband and father who passed away August 11,1997.This day is remembered And quietly kept, No words are needed For we do not forget.For deep in our hearts You will always stay, Loved and remembered Each and every day.Sadly missed and always remembered.RACHEL (wife) LARRY (son) & ANGIE ALLATT-HORNIBROOK - Karen Allatt and Chris Hornibrook are proud to announce the arrival of their son, Matthew Stephen, 7 lbs.10 oz„ on June 1, 1999 at the Womans Hospital, Vancouver, B.C.A brother for Hannah-Joy.Proud grandparents are Don and Grace Hornibrook from Fredricton, N.B.and Steve and Barbara Allatt, North Hatley, Que.Delighted great-grandmothers are Flossie Allatt and Simone Sample.Effective September 1st, the family will be taking up their new residence in Lennoxville, Que.A warm and loving welcome is extended to them all.PARROTT - Sylvia and Henry Smith of Bedford, Qc.are pleased to announce the birth of their fourth grandchild.Nicholas Henry Lome Parrott born July 13, 1999 to Shelley and Greg Parrott of Saint John, N.B., weighed in at 9 lbs.4 1/4 oz.and measured 21 inches.In Memoriams BARNETT, Benjamin M.- In loving memory of a dear husband, father and grandfather who passed away August 11,1975.For this is a journey That we all must take And each must go alone, It’s all part of the Master’s plan A step on the road to home.Always remembered by HIS FAMILY CROSS, Eleanore - In loving memory of a dear sister who passed away on August 11, 1991.WILMA & FAMILY Townshippers serving Townshippers since 1913 Gpletiftmces g&mtétaim jÿjiimen'td atomes 6 Belvidere St., Lennoxville A source of comfort Thoughtful & Personalized Funeral Services 564-1750 1-800-567-6031 RATES and DEADLINES: ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICES BIRTH & DEATH NOTICES, CARDS OF THANKS, IN MEMORIAMS, BRIEFLETS: Text only: 30c per word.Minimum charge $7.50 ($8.64 taxes included) Discounts: 2 insertions -15% off, 3 insertions - 30% off With photo: additional $18.50.DEADLINE: Noon, day before publication.BIRTHDAY, ANNIVERSARY & GET-WELL WISHES, ENGAGEMENT NOTICES; Text only: $6.50 (includes taxes) With photo: $18.50 ($21.29 taxes included) DEADLINE: 3 days before publication.WEDDING WRITE-UPS & OBITUARIES: With or without photo: $18.50 ($21.29 taxes included) Please Note: All of the aforementioned (except death notices) must be submitted typewritten or neatly printed, and must include the signature and daytime telephone number of the contact person.They will not be taken by phone.DEADLINES FOR DEATH NOTICES: For Monday’s paper, call 819-569-4856 between noon and 2 p.m.Sunday.For Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday’s edition, call 819-569-4856 or fax 819-569-1187 (please call to confirm transmission) between 9 a.m.and 2 p.m.the day prior to the day of publication.The Record cannot guarantee publication if another Record number is called. page 12 Wednesday, August 11, 1999 Information best protection against Y2K have given is priceless, and I am extremely grateful.Here it is, folks.1.BE AN INFORMED CITIZEN.Ask your utility companies about their Y2K status.Talk with local officials about what the police, fire, and emergency medical services have done to prepare.Post their non-911 direct dial emergency numbers near your phone.Burglar alarms connected to computer networks at police stations and security companies should be tested.2.BE AN EDUCATED CONSUMER.Check with your doctor, pharmacist, broker, grocer and others who provide you with valuable services about their preparations.Contact manufacturers of date-sensitive appliances to verify Y2K compliance.3.PRUDENCE IN THE PANTRY.You should have on hand a flashlight and batteries, warm blankets and a couple of extra cans of food — items you are apt Ann Landers to have in your home already.If you take medication, consult your doctor if you are concerned about shipping delays.4.KEEP TRACK OF YOUR FINANCES.The bank is still the safest place to keep your money, and most banks are well prepared.Save receipts and obtain paper copies of bank and loan statements and other financial transactions, especially deposit slips.Call your local bank to learn about their Y2K plans.Talk to your employer about vulnerabilities in the payroll system.Take Y2K readiness into account when making investments.5.TRAVEL SMART.If you plan to travel, obtain written confirmation of your reservations directly from the airline as well as your travel agent.Factor possible delays into your travel plans.If you are traveling abroad, check the State Department for Y2K travel alerts.6.BEWARE OF SCAMS.Con artists are Dear Ann Landers: By now, your readers have heard about the Year 2000 technology problem known as the Y2K bug, which is expected to cause wide-ranging computer problems on Jan.1, 2000.The problem is the result of an encoded two-digit dating system, that prevents computers from distinguishing the year 2000 from the year 1900.As you are one of the nation’s most widely read and straight-talking advice columnists, we wanted to supply you with some of our advice on how the public can prepare for any potential Y2K-related problems.Please share these consumer tips with your readers.The more they understand about the problem, the better equipped they will be to deal with it.— Robert F.Bennett, Chairman, and Christopher J.Dodd, Vice-Chairman, U.S.Senate Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem.Dear Senators Bennett and Dodd: Thank you for taking the time to help me educate my readers.The advice you Graduation Jennifer Anne Molluso recently graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering.Jennifer is the daughter of Debbie and Tony Molluso of Kirkland, Quebec and the granddaughter of Phyllis and the late Gordon Dougall of Granby, Quebec.We wish her much success and happiness in her career at Bombardier Aerospace.62nd Birthday Wishes Happy birthday to Maria Bielanowski of the London Residence who celebrated her 62nd birthday on August 10.Love and best wishes from the residents and staff.A fine Young Lady is turning 80 Open House Tea in honour of Vivian Hutchison on Friday, August 13 from 1:30 p.m.to 3:30 p.m.at the London Residence, 300 London St., Sherbrooke, Qc., J1H 3M6 Best wishes only, please.Magog & Area Connie Girard 843-6671 Dutch Community News - The Wooden Shoe Birthday Club celebrated the following birthdays: August ‘98 - Dini Antink, September ‘98 - Rita Brus, October ‘98 - Gerry Meesen, November ‘98 -Tina Linde, January ‘99 - Tiny Mercier, February ‘99 - Corry Turgeon, March ‘99 - Lise Beauvais, June ‘99 - Carla de Boer and July ‘99- Dien Brus.The ladies gathered at the home of the birthday celebrant, a collective gift was presented then dinner at an area restaurant.All returned to the celebrant’s home to enjoy coffee and wonderful fellowship.As usual, the annual Christmas party was held at the home of Lise Beauvais in Magog.This is a tremendous treat as Lise prepares delicious Dutch treats! Tina Linde visited her brother and sister-in-law, Herman and Jane in Florida but the most enjoyable trip of all was a vacation in her native Holland accompanied by her granddaughter, Christina.Christina was in awe of her grandparents origin and found it to be a truly wonderful experience North 08 1199 A J 9 4 V 9 7 ?8 6 5 3 * K J 9 4 West East A K 8 7 6 5 A Q 3 V J 4 V K 10 8 6 5 2 ?K Q 4 ?10 9 7 A Q 8 5 A 7 2 South A A 10 2 V A Q 3 ?A J 2 A A 10 6 3 Vulnerable: North-South Dealer: West South West North East Pass Pass 2 V 3 NT Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: v J Wednesday, Aug.11,1999 One of the little guys By Phillip Alder There was a team with its roots in Washington, D.C.— Ed Manfield-Kit Woolsey and Peter Boyd-Steve Robinson — who were known as the Little People.They were small in physical stature (except Boyd), but not as players at the bridge table.Together, they won the 1986 Rosenblum Cup world title (with Bob Lipsitz and Neil Silverman), the ‘84 Grand National Teams (with Lipsitz), the ‘88 and ‘92 GNT (with Lipsitz instead of Woolsey, who had moved to California), the ‘91 Vanderbilt Teams, and the ‘94 Open Board-a-Match Teams (with Andy Goodman and John Mohan).The quartet is no more, because on March 29, soon after returning from the already actively exploiting people’s fears.Be wary of goods and services touted as “Y2K guaranteed.” Beware of anyone attempting to sell you unnecessary products such as massive food supplies, water treatment kits or other “Y2K personal preparedness” items.Never give out personal financial information over the phone unless you initiate the call and are sure the person you speak to is legitimate.Report any attempts to solicit this information to the police.For more information, call 1-888-USA-4-Y2K (1-888-872-4925), or visit the Senate Y2K Committee web site at www.senate.gov/~y2k Gem of the Day: (Credit Theodore Hesburgh, former president of Notre Dame) “My basic principle is that you don’t make decisions because they are easy: you don’t make them because they are cheap; you don’t make them because they are popular; you make them because they are right.” Spring Nationals, Manfield died of heart failure at the age of 55.Manfield was one of the most pleasant and complimentary of bridge players.He was a noted theorist, twice winning awards from the International Bridge Press Association.This deal is from the final of the ‘86 Rosenblum.After East’s weak-two opening, South’s hand is too strong to overcall two no-trump.Also, when an opponent pre-empts, assume partner has about seven points.If that is true, it gives North-South the values for game; hence Manfield’s jump to three no-trump.West led the heart jack: seven, king, ace.Manfield cashed the club ace and played a club to dummy’s jack.Next came the spade jack, covered by the queen and ace.Back to dummy with a club to the king, declarer led a spade to his 10 and West’s king, setting up nine tricks: two spades, two hearts, one diamond and four clubs.Danville Marlene Brown 839-2726 Roy and Eileen Carson, Carl and Brenda Horan, George Moran and Evelyn Leet attended the Horan Family Reunion held in Scarborough, Ontario.Cindy Noble and friend Steve were callers at the home of Evelyn Leet while in town to attend the wedding of Shawn Frost and Carrie Nixon.Cindy and Steve also called on Jennifer and Michel Plante. i TH E i Wednesday, August 11, 1999 page 13 CELEBRITY CIPHER by Luis Campos Celebrity Cipher cryptograms are created from quotations by tamous people past and present Eacn letter in the apher stands lor another Today's due a equas R ‘HCVVPT F H PFRFDFKXBFZL FBHVDY.’ - BTZWXH WXLL JFB FH BTV HXDB ZY PZLRVÛHXBFZL, LZB BTV YZZI,’ -JFDDFXW TXKDFBB PREVIOUS SOLUTION: “A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell." — Clarence Darrow (cj 1999 by NEA, Inc.11 Kit & Carlyle Herman 1 tfo WTuiNé,i7He 9TÎILL , - tAlr\D\/ ( WaM-T V*>f* ©i^lLi NgA J'Ne W 8-11 ©Jim Unger/dist.by United Media, 1999 Alley Oop WE CAN'T CET \ I AGREE.' 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