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— THE RECORD The voice of the Eastern townships since 1897 Meet Sherbrooke riding candidates.77 Seepages 8-9 “ | j 75 cents + taxes PM#(XHtXX)7682 Thursday, January 19, 2006 It’s not their war anymore PERRY BEATON Darrell Anderson and Patrick Hart are AWOLfrom the U.S.military, and have joined the War Resisters group based in Toronto.They were in Sherbrooke on a speaking tour.Soldiers seek refugee status in Canada By Patrick Lavery Sherbrooke "Y A -rlien Darrell Anderson and \/\/ Patrick Hart received orders to V V return to the Middle East, it was more than they could take.They did not want to return to the conflict that has left over 2,000 American soldiers dead and countless numbers wounded and maimed.The decision to not return was not easy.Disobeying orders would mean de- sertion and prison.Then ihey found out about the War Resisters campaign, based in Toronto, Ont.Anderson came to Canada in January 2005.Hart followed in August.The two men did not know each other until they came to Canada, but now travel together, speaking to schools and unions about their experience in the Middle East.“I’m not anti-American and I’m not anti-military,” said Hart.“But I didn’t want to have young American blood on my hands.I didn’t want to come home maimed or in some violent mental state.I didn’t want to hurt my wife.” Please see soldiers Page 5 Domtar is holding us hostage: Windsor resident Win dsor residen ts suffer service cuts and higher taxes By Brion Robinson Sherbrooke y-w-^he Domtar pulp and paper compa-I ny is holding Windsor’s residents .1* hostage, says a member of one of the town’s social development committees, Jacques Hamel.Hamel, who is a founding member of the Comité pour la protection et l’amelioration de la qualité de vie à Windsor, said the company’s request to reduce the mill’s municipal tax evaluation will cost residents thousands of dollars.“Windsor’s citizens should not have to foot the company’s bill,” he commented.Please see Windsor Page 3 PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL Windsor Mayor Malcolm Wheeler says tax hike was necessary.Anglican church to sell valuable Quebec Lodge By Stephen McDougall Special to The Record I I |lie upcoming sale of the Quebec Lodge camp could bring in a lot of JL cash for the Anglican church, according to its former director Canon Quentin Robinson.An assessment made last year by the Quebec Lodge foundation, which was trying to rent the camp from the church, indicated the 100-acre plus camp has a value of $4.8 million.The camp is situated on the shores of Lake Massawippi where lakeside properties are at a premium.“We made the assessment last year with the firm Grant Thornton and that’s the figure they came up with," Robinson told The Record Wednesday.Please see lodge Page 2 Boutique STRATA fismsmam sherbrooke 819-821-9211 2500 King St.West X) ^BODYGUARD I FITNESS Treadmill sale rep.in-store Fri.night & Sat.w/purchase of Bodyguard treadmill get FREE Asics GT2160 runners (at “le Coureur”) T240 from $2300 tx.incl.or $63.88 + tx.-?36 months also available spinner, upright, recumbent bikes Lifetime Warranty (frame & motor): 10 yrs.all parts/ 3 yrs.labour -fitness page 2 Thursday, January 19, 2006 RECORD Quebec will not compensate maple syrup producers ‘Stored syrup like money in the bank* By Stephen McDougall Special to The Record Danville Maple syrup producers who have not received full payment for their product over the past three years will not be compensated by the provincial government, according to an aid to agriculture minister Yvon Vallières.“There is no compensation because their syrup is still in storage and could one day be sold," said André Menard.“We are making every effort to have that stored syrup put back on the market this year." The money owed to producers has been stalled because of the Quebec Maple Syrup federation, which is Lodge: Cont’d erom Page 1 We were in the process of leasing the camp from the church for the next 25 years, but we could not raise enough money to upgrade the facilities.” On Saturday, members of the church’s Quebec Diocese executive council chose to close the camp and put the property up for sale.The news was announced at Sunday services in congregations within the diocese.Robinson said taking out a loan or a mortgage on the property to raise the money for new buildings and infrastructure was rejected by the Diocese.“Die belief was that the money should be raised through a capital fund out of donations from organizations and community groups," he said.“But that was going to take too much time for us." The foundation had taken out the lease in 2004 in an effort to keep the camp open for various townships community groups all year round.Weather Today.A few flurries ending late in the day then cloudy.Amount 2 cm.Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light late in the day.Temperature steady near minus 3.Friday:Periods of snow or rain.Low minus 5.High plus 3 .Saturday:A mix of sun and cloud.Low minus 6.High minus 2.Sunday:Periods of snow.Low minus 8.High minus 4.under the control of the Quebec farmers’s union, known as the UPA in French.Under provincial agriculture law, the federation became the sole marketing agency for the province’s sweet stuff in 2002, which means all tapped and cooked syrup has to be sold to them.Any surplus syrup sold by the producer to a private source is illegal.But because of a policy of maintaining the price per pound above $2, the federation opted to store rather than sell surplus supply in order to create a shortage and drive up demand.Last summer, the quantity of stored syrup went as high as 62 million pounds.The cost of storing the syrup is around one cent per pound.Since then, many producers have been receiving more bills for storage rather than payment cheques because of the federation marketing strategy.Brigham producer Serena Shufelt said she is owed about $2,000 from the federation from 2002 and wonders if she will ever see her money.“At some point, if 1 don’t get a cheque from the federation, I could be forced to write it off as a loss,” she said.“When we were allowed to sell the syrup ourselves, we got cash within a month.Now we’re short about $2,000.” St-Jean-de-Brebeuf producer Raymond Dempsey said because of the federation’s policy, all of the province’s 10,000 producers have had to cut their production by 25 per cent under a quota system.Dempsey believes that cut ?dds to the losses he has incurred since the federation was put in charge of the syrup market in Quebec.“If you don’t have enough cash on hand and they cut your quota, how can you continue to operate,” he said.Dempsey is also concerned producers in other provinces and states are “We were noticing a decline in the camp’s usage by religious groups and more by non-religious groups such as the scouts, schools and adult organizations,” said Robinson, who had been the camp’s director for 14 years.“We felt if the buildings and grounds were improved, we could attract more of these groups not just on weekends, but during the week as well.” But last November the foundation gave up the lease and returned the camp to the Diocese, citing an inability to raise sufficient funds in the time agreed upon.“The operations of the camp have been in financial difficulty for some time and we are now in the process of determining the exact nature of the financial situation,” stated Diocesan Archbishop Bruce Stavert in November.“We are exploring all options and a decision about the camp’s short term future will be made in the next few weeks.” The camp was established in 1943 as a religious-based summer retreat for Anglican children, but started to accept youth from other Christian denominations in the 1970s, said Robinson.He said the camp can accommodate underselling Quebec producers because they are not controlled by a marketing federation.“If they can sell just under the $2 per pound rate, then there is less shortage and demand and our syrup remains in storage,” he said.Ménard said a new program is being promised later this year to promote Quebec syrup and compensate some producers for the quota cuts.He said the agriculture department will put aside $25 million for producers who have suffered because they had to reduce their operations and lost revenue.He said details of the program will be released at a later date.“But the money is only going to producers who lost because of the quotas, not because their syrup is in storage,” he said.“We consider the stored syrup as money in the bank.” 100 people in tents in the summer and 40 people inside its buildings during the winter.Robinson said one of the foundation’s goals was to increase the number of resi-dential accommodations for winter guests.In its pastoral letter released on Sunday, Bishop Stavert stated it was a “very difficult decision” to sell the camp.“This decision will be hard for the many people throughout our Diocese and elsewhere, particularly in the St.Francis Deanery, who have attended and-or worked at Quebec Lodge camp over the years,” he wrote.“The executive was clear and decisive that the revenue which will be generated by the sale of the camp will be used as an endowment for ministry and mission in the Diocese with a particular focus, where appropriate, on youth, camping and Christian education.“Quebec Lodge Camp is a valuable piece of property.The possibilities for new initiatives in diocesan ministry will be very considerable.” For more see Page 10 Brief Robber was refused Staff Sherbrooke police are looking for a man in connection with an attempted robbery on Dec.1, 2005.Police say a man entered the 7 Jours convenience store at 381 Short Street and demanded the money in the till.He pretended to have a gun, but the clerk refused to comply.The would-be robber left the store calmly.Police say the man, Caucasian, stands six feet tall, weighs roughly 190 lbs, and has brown hair.He was wearing dark pants, a pale gray shirt with the number 8 printed in dark on the front.He was also wearing a royal blue jacket with a white line running around the front and back.Please forward any information to the Sherbrooke Police Force, 819-821-5555.Ben by Daniel Shelton I'M CRUSHING UP on my Ran Né STONES TO 6£T RE4PY EORTHE CONCERT- WHAT'R&Y RECORPS' THOSE, GMNPA?THIS IS HOW WE LISTENED TO MUSIC miORE CPS AW AAP3S.THIS WAS AfTER THE Y PISC0VERY Qf PIRE ANP JUST BEFtTRE THE U&m BULB . • ¦THE» RECORD Thursday, January 19, 2006 page 3 $320,000 for cultural development in Brome-Missisquoi Heritage and youth projects high on agenda Staff On behalf of the provincial minister of Culture, Line Beauchamps, Brome-Missisquoi MNA Pierre Paradis announced Wednesday the signing of a second cultural development agreement between the ministry of Culture and the Brome-Missisquoi MRC.“I would like to congratulate the Brome-Missisquoi MRC and its cultural partners for their unwavering commitment and efforts to create for their fellow citizens an animated, culturally rich, and diverse community,” said Minister Beauchamps, adding that “the announcement unveiled today will allow the population of the MRC to benefit from a better access to culture.” The agreement will see an investment of $320,000 over the next three years, $200,000 of which will come from the MRC itself, with the government contributing the rest.Paradis explained that the private sector is also expected to chip in about $100,000.The money will be used as a planning and management tool for the collaboration between the MRC and the ministry.Through this collaboration, several projects will be undertaken over the course of the next year, related most notably to heritage, and support of the creation and accessibility of cultural opportunities for youth.Cultural centres will be built, heritage sites will be restored, and art camps for youth will be encouraged.The agreement will also help to maintain a regional cultural fund to incite the private sector to invest in cultural development.“The agreement, which constitutes a perfect example of the Government of Quebec’s will to team up with the regions in order to participate in their development, will surely contribute importantly to the radiance and richness of culture in Brome-Missisquoi,” Paradis declared.Brome-Missisquoi MNA Pierre Paradis announces culture funding.was necessary to keep the town out of the red.“The taxes are going up because many costs have experienced a dramatic increase,” he said, citing Sûreté du Québec patrols and municipal services such as water and sewer.“A zero deficit is the law for municipalities,” he said.To make matters worse for taxpayers, Wheeler said the provincial government is downloading more costs on municipalities while it negotiates with Ottawa for more financial support.“The taxpayer is the last one on the totem poll to see services but the first one to pay,” he said, noting municipal councils get the brunt of the dissatisfaction when it makes cuts to municipal services and jobs.“The new way to survive is by making cuts,” he said.Along with slashing services, the town also cut power to some 200 of its 800 street lights.Wheeler said the power cuts will save the town up to $20,000.The mayor said the tax increases and service cuts are part of the new reality for the town that once depended on one major industry.He said the council is now preparing for a future shut down of the mill.“I agree it’s not easy but we have to gear up for an eventual close,” he said, noting the town is trying to to create new revenue through residential development.He said the town still has a lot to offer new residents and residents in some smaller towns with fewer services pay the same tax rates as people living in Windsor.brobinson@sherbrookerecord.com HJTUi!$H0R Yamaha HTR5850S receiver 10058708.This product is advertised for $449.99 after a $150 savings on p.2 of our January 20th flyer.In fact, it is $449.99 after a $100 savings.We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our valued customers.“-1—r-;-r- Windsor: Cont’d from Page 1 The mill, valued at $116 million, contributes almost half (46 per cent) of the town’s tax revenue.Hamel said the company is asking for a reduction that would cut the mill’s value in half along with its annual $1.3 million in annual tax revenue.He added the mill was built over 20 years for over $1 billion and should still be worth a lot more to the community of some 5,000 despite past evaluations.If the town and paper plant cannot reach an agreement, Quebec’s administrative tribunal could be called in to determine the evaluation.Hamel and many residents in Windsor are already fuming over a 23.6 per cent municipal tax increase that was announced late last year.Under the increase, their tax bills will increase by an average of $355 per household.Owners of an average home evaluated at $94,000 will see their tax bill climb from $1,504 to $1,859.Hamel said these taxes are bad for the town’s economy and overall development.Bowling hall owner, André Therien agrees.He said his business is facing a tax increase of $5,000 and if people have less money to spend on leisure activities, his livelihood will be put in jeopardy.“If people have more money they will spend it," he said, noting leisure businesses like his are the first to feel the pinch if there’s less money to go around.Therien said the town should stand up to the company.“I’d be more willing to support the mill if 80 per cent of the population were working there,” he said, noting two out every ten people living in town are employed at the plant.Windsor Mayor Malcolm Wheeler admits the tax jump is high but said it ' -, V ?1 4 i *» 1 Bril: i 4H Club to hold dance in Sawyerville The Sawyerville 4H Club will host a dance Saturday, Feb.11, from 9-1 p.m.at the Salle des Erables in Sawyerville.Music will be provided by “Slightly Haggard”.Tickets are $4 in advance and $5 at fhe door./A family price of $15 is available.Door Prizes.To purchase tickets in advance, please call James Enright at 835-0559 or Patrick Davidson at 563-8840.ESTABLISHED FAMILY BUSINESS SINCE 189K pianos Upon the retirement of Mr.Jean Julien from Musique Jean Julien et.Fille, dealer for Yamaha digital and portable pianos in the Sherbrooke area since 1970, the team of Pianos Blouin is pleased to announce their pre-opening January 26, 2006.Yamaha acoustic, digital, and portable pianos will be available at our store located on West King Street in Sherbrooke.In 1898, Arthur Blouin opened a music and furniture store on South Wellington Street.In 1945, Robert Blouin then in charge of the music department decided to build a music store and a shop to manufacture and repair pianos on West King Street .The first Blouin piano was made in 1949.In 1952, Pierre Blouin was trained as a piano expert and obtained ownership of the piano business in 1990.Nowadays, his sons Richard and Benoit, work with him and they will be assuming the operation of the family business.Les Pianos Blouin will be the only Yamaha dealer authorized to offer digital, acoustic and portable pianos in Sherbrooke and its vicinity.Mister Jean Julien will join us as a consultant for Yamaha products.With more than 260 years of combined experience, Pianos Blouin, Yamaha Canada Music Ltd and Jean Julien together will be at your service.1506 King St.West Sherbrooke, QC Tel.& Fax: (819) 569-3423 www.pianoblouin.com E-mail: info@pianoblouin.com SALES • SERVICE • RENTAL ©YAMAHA « » v • ?0 page 4 Thursday, January 19, 2006 =RECORD; Richmond voters feel isolated in their riding By Stephen McDougall Special to The Record It takes less than an hour to drive from the small town of Richmond to the larger municipality of Victo-riaville.Both towns are in the same federal riding of Richmond-Arthabas-ka, but for many voters in the Richmond area, the political distances are greater than the kilometres that separate them.John Mill, who led a fight to get their Bloc Québécois Ml’ to supply his Canadian Legion with Canadian flags, knows all too well those political differences."We have nothing in common with Victoriaville," he said.“The closest city for us is Sherbrooke.We shop there and eat there and study there.We do not go to Victoriaville and yet that is where our MP is from and where he has most of his support.” Hill felt the isolation in his riding in 2004 when he tried to get MP André Bellavance to supply his Legion with Canadian Flags for the annual veterans memorial day event.Hill and other Legion members had never had a problem with former MP André Bachand over this request and he assumed Bellavance would not object to it either.After all, this was for the veterans who had fought and died for Canada.Even Bloc members were veterans or had relatives who were veterans.But the response he got was that Bellavance did not want anything to do with the Canadian Flag and would not help the veterans get their regular supply.Slight to veterans “I knew then and there he was a fanatical separatist who did not want anything to do with us," said Hill “He claims to be bilingual from his years in Ottawa, but he refuses to try and speak to any of his anglophone constituents.He's a Victo kid and any other part of the riding is just a place to get votes.” Despite frequent requests, Bellavance has refused to grant an interview with the Record, which broke the story of his refusal to supply the flags.The story was picked up by the three national television networks and several newspapers and won Record reporter Claudia Villemaire a National community newspaper award earlier this year.But for Bellavance, the story meant censure from his boss, BQ leader Gilles Duceppe, who told reporters he too has relatives who are veterans.“I can only hope Bellavance is not reelected,” said Hill.“But Victoriaville has about 40,000 residents and a lot of them voted him into office last year.” Hill is not surprised the BQhas no election messages in English nor that Bellavance will not have an interview with the Record.“The Bloc does not care about the anglophones in Quebec because they know they will never get any votes out of them.But that exclusion also hurts many francophones around here who have anglophone friends, spouses and relatives.” Hill said he favours the Conservatives given the efforts made by local candidate Jean Landry.The Liberal candidate, Louis Mercier, is not a serious contender.“He’s a young kid still in law school,” he said.“He has no political or administrative experience.I don’t know why the Liberals could not find a better candidate.” André Bellavance, Bloc Québécois Still Liberal support But according to Richmond resident Shirley Provis, there is still some support for the Liberals even if they have been tarnished by the sponsorship scandal.“I am willing to give them one last chance,” said Provis, who is also a member of the Legion and a longtime local volunteer.“I certainly do not want the BQ guy to be reelected, especially after what he did to us.But I also want a party that shows some concern for the elderly and those on welfare who have been forgotten in this campaign." Provis said the sponsorship scandal was a wake-up call for the Liberals and she believes they will learn from that mistake.She also hopes whatever party forms the next government will not forget the rural regions of Quebec, where unemployment is still high.“This past year, all we have heard is that this shop or that factory is closing down or cutting back,” she said.“But most of the parties cater to the larger cities because there are Louis Mercier, Liberal Party iMurier Busqué, Green Isabelle Maguire, New Jean Landry, Party Democratic Party Conservative Party more voters there.We are voters too, but for many politicians, we might as well be invisible." What could make the difference in this riding is a low voter turnout.According to Diane Rollins, a writer in Windsor, many of her friends have shown little interest in the campaign or the candidates.“Many people here know more about American politics than they do Canadian politics,” she said.“All political campaigns are a big show to get our attention.But I see this campaign as a bad show.” She admits to be being too busy with her work to follow the campaign and plans to cram in the next few days to learn more about her riding.One candidate she will not vote for, she said, is Bellavance.She was not impressed with the flag refusal affair and she does not support a party that rejects Canada.“I am a proud Quebecer and a proud Canadian,” she said.“You cannot go around and declare Quebec a country and favour only one linguistic community.That is not a country for me.” But at the same time, Rollins is not opposed to voting Liberal.She argues the sponsorship scandal has not ruined the party for her.“1 am one of the people who believes these things are caused by a few rotten apples, not the whole barrel,” she said.“But I am aware of what the scandal means and that just means I need to do more reading up on the issues before I cast my vote next Monday.” Fiscal Imbalance At a candidates debate last Monday sponsored by the Asbestos Chamber of Commerce, Bellavance repeated the BQ claim that Ottawa takes more money from Quebec than returns in transfer payments and programs.“If you return me to Ottawa, I will continue to work to get back every cent you have sent there,” he said.“It would be even better if we had all these programs here and did not have to send money to the federal government.” Jean Landry, a former BQMP now touting the Conservative cause, argued his party is ready to settle old quarrels over money that the Bloc continues to raise.“This way, we can avoid any possibility of another referendum on sovereignty that the Bloc wants,” he said.Clear question “If they still manage to convince the province to go for a referendum, they had better have a clear question and promise to run a clean campaign before we would even consider recognizing it.” Liberal candidate Mercier argued the riding was better off when it had a Liberal MP back in the 1980s.“Alain Tardif was a good MP and a lot of things got done then,” he said.“That can happen again if you support me and thl Liberal party.” Laurier Busqué, the Green party candidate, argued the other three parties have pushed serious environmental problems aside in their rush to get votes.“The polluters in our country need to be taxed and subsidies are needed for those who want to clean things up,” he said.“The more votes for our party, the more the federal government will have to pay attention to environmental issues.” NDP candidate Isabel McGuire did not respond to requests for an interview during this campaign. Soldiers: Cont’d from Page 1 The two men, who were in Sherbrooke yesterday as part of a speaking tour, were exposed to the horrors of war while they were stationed overseas.Anderson was in Baghdad for most of his tour and Hart, a sergeant, was in Kuwait, one of the staging grounds for the war.Their unconfirmed reports of their experiences made them decide to leave.“In Iraq, basically soldiers told me how they beat prisoners to death and watched others kill innocent people,” said Anderson.“They were following orders.I was ordered to fire on an innocent family in a car.I refused.1 was told next time I’d be punished.” Hart said that soldiers would return to the Kuwaiti base after excursions into Iraq with stories and video footage of absolute carnage.“I saw tapes of sergeants pulling bloody bodies out of trucks,” he said.“I heard stories about children run over by convoys.I have a three-year-old son.” The soldiers said what they experienced forced them to question why they were participating in the war.As a sergeant, Hart was responsible for looking after some of the new soldiers entering the war for the first time.“They kept asking me what it was like,” he said.“1 told them it was like the TV show Survivor.You are trying to survive as long as you can.” Both men joined the army looking for a better life for themselves and their families.“I thought joining the military would be a good way to get into General Motors,” said Hart, who hails from Buffalo, NY.“I was in from 1992 to 1995.When I got out, 1 dropped applications everywhere.I got no response.” Hart returned to the military soon after.“Leaving was a hard decision,” he said.“I’d spent nine and a half years, I was a made man, I just bought a new car.” Anderson, from Lexington, Ky, joined the army to escape the poverty he grew up in.“The rent was due, I had negative money, I wanted to be a good American,” he said.“It was the first job 1 ever had where I made $1,000 a month.But army life was much different from the picture painted by recruiters “The thing people never ask us is how we are paid,” said Jill Hart, Patrick’s wife.Jill was a civilian employee who acted as a conduit between the military and soldiers’ families.“Most people under an E-6 rank (the rank below non-commissioned officer) are at the poverty line.There were wives getting food stamps so they could feed their families, and they were in the army." Jill said that the army even had a special assistance plan available for families, because it was embarrassing that soldiers were going outside the military in THE mii i RECORD Thursday, January 19, 2006 page 5 PERRY BEATON/SPECIAI.Darrell Anderson said he was ordered to fire on a family.for financial assistance.Hart re-enlisted during his first tour because he needed to maintain the health care benefits which paid for his son’s epilepsy medicine.“It was the same argument every time I called,” he said.“I’d keep saying I didn’t want to re-enlist and Jill would remind me that Ryan’s medicine was extremely expensive." The three believe that most soldiers would leave if they could, but the benefits are too attractive to let go.“No one wants to go back to no health care, no security,” said Jill.As well, both have horror stories of friends abandoned by the military once they were wounded.“A friend of ours was wounded and the minute he was out of Iraq, the army stopped his combat pay,” said Jill.“A friend of mine took shrapnel in his shoulder from a rocket-propelled grenade,” said Anderson.“The army sent him back to the states.I spoke to him and he told me, ‘they can’t fix me, they’re sending me to a civilian doctor.’ They were letting him go! He was wounded and they sent him home and they are going to make him pay for his own surgery.” Both men believethey made the right decision by refusing to go back to Iraq and going AWOL.“I feel it was my responsibility to stand up,” said Anderson.“I’d rather take my chances here than in Iraq.” Hart took that thought another step.“You see all this and hear the stories and you begin to ask yourself why you’re there,” he said.“Am I really protecting my country?Is this protecting my family?” Hart left the country without telling his wife, because she worked with his commanding officer.She supported his decision and joined him in Toronto.Both Hart and Anderson said that they’ve been welcomed with warm embraces by Canadians.“In the U.S., when I came back from Iraq, I was never called a hero,” said An- derson.“Here, I’ve gotten a lot more, especially from the Muslim community.I’ve had people come up to me crying and hugging me, telling me I stood up for their families and their people.” Even people who disagree with their decision are more willing to talk about it, said Hart.“There have been a few.” he said.“We have a conversation.We might not agree, but we both walk away happy.” Hart also had the support of his family.“They showed me the web site about the war resisters campaign and brought me to the border,” he said.Anderson and the Harts say they want to stay in Canada, and will become citizens if the opportunity arises.They’ve also filed claims for refugee status.The War Resisters Support Campaign is helping pay for the legal fees.Toronto lawyer Jeffrey House, a Viet-nam-era draft dodger himself is representing Anderson, Hart, and another 18 soldiers who have fled to Canada to avoid going back to Iraq.The Immigration and Refugee Board have refused the claims of two other soldiers, Jeremy Hinzman and Brandon Hughey.They have appealed their claim to the Federal Court of Canada.“This is where we want to live our life now,” said Hart.“We want our child to grow up in a more peace-loving society.To get by, Anderson and Hart have been speaking about their experiences.They have been able to stay with families who have opened up their homes to PERRY BEATON/SPECIAI.Patrick Hart said he returned to the military for the health benefits.the refugees.The War Resisters Support Campaign is lobbying the government to install a provision that would allow American army deserters to remain in Canada freely.A similar provision was allowed during the Vietnam War, when thousands of draftees fled to Canada to avoid being sent to southeast Asia.“If they create a provision.I’ll do all I can to pull as many out of there,” said Hart.Gary Caldwell Compton-stanstead After 30 years of involvement in the community (education, municipal affairs, small organic business etc.) I now want to act • To offer a credible federalist alternative that will t/ Respect provincial jurisdictions %/ Tackle the fiscal imbalance between Ottawa and the provinces i/ Encourage local initiatives that strengthen civil society and family t/ Reduce the role of government and the burden of taxes • To represent the citizens of Compton-Stanstead in a clean and accountable government On January 23, Vote for a real change! 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Today’s deal was a problem for South only because he wasn’t using transfers.If you had been in his seat, playing in four spades, what would you have done after West led the heart king?West opened three hearts, showing some 5-10 high-card points and a decent seven-card suit.North overcalled three no-trump, hoping his partner had a few useful goodies.South might well have passed that out, and here North would have raked in an easy overtrick.It would also have been a good idea for South to use a transfer bid, advancing four hearts so that North could have become the declarer in four spades.There seem to be 10 easy tricks: six spades, one heart, one diamond and two clubs.What might go wrong?Well, West announced a seven-card heart suit.Assuming he has that.East is void.So, if yoff cover with dummy’s heart ace.East will ruff away one of your 10 tricks.Instead, play low from the dummy, letting West hold the trick.He will continue with the heart queen.Again leave the ace on the board.And when West persists with the heart jack, you complete the trifecta, ducking from the dummy for the third time.You ruff in hand, draw trumps, and claim those 10 tricks.CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Mata______ 5 Alone 9 Flowed out 14 Actress Gray 15 4-string guitars 16 Padres and Pirates, briefly 17 Play parts 18 Dawn Chong and Carruth 19 Blow one’s own horn 20 Start of Evan Esar quote 23 Clark Kent’s gal 24 Set up tents 28 Derrick for loading 31 Part 2 of quote 33 Born as 34 Computer data format ERROR 36 Sound from a pound 25 Nautical affirmative 47 Narcotic 37 Above, in an ode 26 Formed 48 Cribbage item 38 Part 3 of quote 27 Develop from larvae 50 D-flat, in other words 41 Nabokov novel 28 Noses 52 Looker-upper’s guide 42 Elevator name 29 Cut molars 54 Tale in verse 44 Steel plow pioneer 30 More strange 55 fixe 45 Still 31 Cables 56 Black-and-white cookie 46 Part 4 of quote 32 Cultural historian Shere 57 Walk lamely 49 Withdraw 35 Muslim magistrate 58 Otherwise 51 Pancho’s poncho 39 Haughty 59 Circle part 52 Charged particles 40 “Lovergirl” singer Marie 60 Part of AT&T 53 End of quote 43 Concert site 61 Slugger’s stat 59 62 63 64 65 R S V P U T E N O R A T A B L O P B E H EM O T H |M A U V E| JcT R J E T] E J T I E I N I N _I__S C H IS E X I ACES I D O L ¦ N E A T H TAPE S L A V I REEL PROM EIRE S T Z O O E M U s] T E N T A N D Yl O U B L S P O O E R R O DAN (C)2006 Tribute Media Sendees, Inc.E S F p E X 1 1 P E |g L E N B L E A M o A w A Y O c C E R A T A ll S E S E D T S T E A L U T C O A L K li T U 1 Icelandic literary work Seed cover Counter Observed 66 Radiation units 67 Weather conditions 68 Printed matter 69 Gandolfo.resident DOWN Miami pros St.Louis skyline feature Religious custom Shoe part Most gruff Gives the nod to A Cobb __buco Sitting, as a court 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Blemished 11 Actress Arthur 12 Bitter vetch 13 Spring forward syst.21 Stellar blasts 22 “_ Mir Bist Du Shoen” By Alan P.Olschwang 1 2 3 4 1 5 6 7 • 1 9 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 L 17 20 21 22 23 „ 25 26 27 28 29 30 _ ¦ 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 1 63 64 65 66 67 68 .69' 1/19/06 page 20 Thursday, January 19, 2006 RECORD- Please don’t throw her out “Ru**" îüf'h'vjob™'virai Annie’s Mailbox months ago and has not been able to keep a job since.Ruby is middle-aged and has moderate mental health issues as well as addiction problems (although she is in denial over both).Several family members have been supporting Ruby financially because she seems to have no interest in supporting herself.She is very stubborn and not agreeable to any solutions we have offered.I personally feel the only way things will change is if she is cut off and has to fend for herself, even if it means her becoming homeless.Other relatives are not ready for t his yet.Are there any programs out there to help someone like Ruby?Is it cruel to cut her off?I’m afraid she will bleed some of our relatives dry if this continues.— Concerned Cousin Dear Cousin: If Ruby has mental health issues, she may not be capable of supporting herself.Please don’t throw her out — the streets are filled with mentally ill homeless people, and that is tragedy enough.Unless you are one of the relatives who is giving her money, you ought to stay out of the decision about whether or not to continue helping Ruby financially.However, you certainly can suggest that your family members contact the National Alliance on Mental Illness (www.nami.org) at 1-888-999-6264 and ask for assistance.Dear Annie: I am responding to “A Grieving, Shattered Family,” whose grown daughter falsely accused them of childhood sexual abuse after undergoing “repressed memory” hypnosis.I'wo years ago, our then-39-year-old daughter underwent hypnosis, age-regression and counseling for “low self-esteem.” She then accused us.of sexual abuse recurring throughout her childhood.She recounted, in writing, bizarre, depraved acts in painstaking, minute detail — events that never happened.1 think it is tragic and deplorable that the general public is not aware of the ease with which false memories can be implanted.— Another Shattered Family Dear Shattered: These estrangements are so sad, and in some cases, have led to unwarranted prison terms for the accused.Read on for some clarification: Dear Annie: Before retirement, I was a therapist who did repressed-memory hypnosis.1 get frustrated with therapists who do not approach this correctly.Repressed memories should never be presented as accurate memories of facts, but rather as the individual’s (SET ITAL) perception (END ITAL) of facts.There is a world of difference.We react to situations as we perceive them.Once, when I was working with a child, she kept telling me how her dad yelled at her.I called for a family meeting.During the meeting, the father corrected the child in a very quiet manner.The child turned to me in genuine anguish and cried, “See how he yells at me?" I needed to work on the child’s perception of what was going on.Repressed memories should be dealt with in the same way.Never, ever should anyone be accused of anything based on these memories.Instead, therapists should use them to work through whatever problems the perceptions are causing the individual.It can lead to some wonderful breakthroughs.— Been There, Done That Dear Annie: This is in response to “Apart in New Mexico,” whose husband traveled frequently.We have a similar situation.We count down on a calendar “How many nights till Daddy gets home?" We sometimes make a tent with a blanket over a card table with pillows and blankets inside, then we rent a movie and make popcorn.Sometimes we watch TV in my bed.Hopefully, the children will have happy memories of their special time with Mom, instead of thinking how much they missed Dad.— Make It Fun for Your Kids Dear Make It Fun: Great suggestions — as long as the kids don't start pushing Dad out the door because they’re having so much fun without him.Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column.Fuel-efficient 2006 Saturn Vue has Honda-like get-up-and-go.ift (Photo by Graeme Fletcher/Special to the National Post) Beyond a confusing speedometer and power window controls — admittedly minor points, there is very little to dislike about the Saturn Vue.By Graeme Fletcher For Can West News Service Alter a gungbusters start, the Saturn side of General Motors seemed to have been left to die on the vine.However, as with the grapes left after the harvest, the ones that wither bring forth a delightful product - ice wine.In Saturn's case, it is the reinvigorated Vue.Not only does the Honda-derived engine (more on this later) put some much-needed spice under the hood, the rework includes a very nice interior.From just about any standpoint, it all comes together with but two major boils - neither of which is, sadly, of the squeezable variety.I’ll get the gripes out of the way right up front.First, the speedometer is such a convoluted thing, I never did quite figure out how fast I was actually driving.The problem is with the number of indicators.Around the outside is a series of solid black dashes; inside of these is an equal number of black-outlined dashes (the dial faces are white).The confusion comes about because all other dials use the outlined dashes to designate specific detail - quarter, half, three-quarter or full in the case of the fuel gauge.In the case of the speedometer, it is the black marks, I think, that actually mark the speed at which you are driving, as the officer who handed me the ticket gleefully pointed out.The second pain in the butt is the centrally mounted power window switch gear.Again, said officer took great joy in watching me first reach for the door panel and then fumble around the gear lever looking for the right button to push in order to hand over my documents.Beyond these admittedly minor points, there is very little to dislike about the Vue.Once ensconced behind the wheel.the view to the front, sides and rear is clean and clutter-free, the remainder of the primary driving controls (including those for the powerful six-disc CD/MP3 player) are logically located and the materials (including the faux-wood-grain trim on the centre stack) are definitely off the top shelf.The Vue also has the required versatility - it will accommodate five in comfort, there is plenty of cargo space (30.8 cubic feet with the seats up, 63.8 with the seats down) and the desired flexibility.Along with the usual 70/30-split/folding rear seats, the front passenger’s seat folds forward, allowing a longer item to be loaded with ease.There’s also a pop-up cargo organizer designed to prevent groceries from sliding around.Perhaps the biggest plus is that th