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THE Ciném ck Forest ^ 821-9999 See our movie listings in TOWNSHIPS WEEK page 3 The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Mutual Funds How do yours compare to the best?Call Calvin T.Chan Financial Advisor (819) 573-6006 / 1 800 561-3718 MIDLAND WALWYN 75 CENTS Townships Digest Stanstead man charged with raping 16-year-old Staff Sherbrooke A man already in custody for recent charges faced additional charges in Sherbrooke Court on Wednesday.Robin Webb, 38, of Stanstead, was charged with a number of new charges Wednesday, including rape.He was already being held after being charged on July 11 with 10 things including attempted murder, drinking and driving and a variety of weapons charges.Cst.Serge Dubord of the Quebec Police Force said the new charges come from the same source as the those made last week but from different incidents.The sex charges against Webb allegedly involve a 16-year-old girl.The charges that were laid against Webb last Friday were based on alleged incidents that took place between November 1994 and March of this year.Webb had undergone a psychiatric evaluation before his July 11 court appearance and was found fit to stand trail.Universities slowly learn to deal with sexual harassment He is a brillian college professor.She is a confused student.He is on the verge of tenure when she accuses him of harassment and worse.Southam News’ Brad Evenson reports on home Canada’s universities are dealing with this growing concern.See page 7 Today’s Weather Some showers Complete weather: page 2 /////// Inside Ann Landers.16 Community Births and Forum .6 Deaths.15 Record Album _____5 Classified __19-22 Sports.10,11 Comics.17 Theme Page: Crossword .18 Xxx.7 * Friday, July 18, 1997 Sliding Safely The Lennoxville-Ascot Little League all-star teams finished preparations for the provincial championships with an exhibition game against each other Thursday night in Ascot.The Major all-stars (11-12-year-olds) are hosting the provincial championships, which start tonight at Belvédère Park in Ascot.The Lenn-Ascot team is loaded with talent and ready for a run at the title for the whole story, please see page 11.PERRY BEATON/ CORRESPONDENT .- V-.: : :V: :h:; : : >;¦ T :> ; f :;i- • • ¦ .' - :< - *V: ¦ ¦4»' ¦ f-i -.*••• .¦ - .M Flooded regions slowly recovering By Maurice Crossfield Sutton The floods may be over, but the cost of Tuesday’s inundation is continuing to mount in Sutton Township.Engineers were on the scene Thursday afternoon looking at three bridges that were damaged in the flooding.Initially only the Davis Bridge on the Valée Missisquoi Road had been reported destroyed, cutting off the village of Glen Sutton from the rest of Sutton Township.But by Thursday two more bridges were in need of serious attention as township officials added a bridge on Poissant Road and another on Courser Road to the casualty list.Sutton Township secretary treasurer Suzanne Lessard-Gilbert said that in the case of the Poissant bridge, everything seemed to be in order following the flood, but then a section of the bridge collapsed.Motorists will now have to detour around by Maple Street to get to the village of Sutton.The Courser Road bridge in Glen Sutton was washed out during the flooding, leaving one resident completely cut off.The municipality has been in contact with the resident, and is now looking at ways to free them up until the bridge can be repaired, Lessard-Gilbert said.Still Unclear Debris from that bridge then washed downstream and has jammed up against a smaller bridge.Lessard-Gilbert said it’s still unclear if the wreckage poses any danger to the smaller bridge.“I will know more after I speak to the engineers,” she said Thursday afternoon.Lessard-Gilbert said preliminary reports indicate the Davis Bridge on Vallée Missisquoi Road (Route 105) will be impassable for six to eight weeks.In the meantime residents of Glen Sutton will be provided with fire and emergency services by Mansonville.Sutton Township is also working on setting up alternate routes to get everyone reconnected.Sutton Township mayor Peter Stastny said these latest developments mean the cost of the floods could easily be double the $200,000 estimate put forward earlier in the week.Stastny said there has been no word yet if the flooded regions will be declared disaster areas.Either way, he said the municipality will have to find financing to handle the rapidly escalating cost of the repairs.Other repairs are going well, Stastny said.“Other than that, the township is back together,” he said.PPLEGOVE LAKESIDE DINING “INN” STYLE Open daily for Breakfast, Lunch and Supper Live Classical Piano every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evening Ayer’s Cliff www.ripplecove.com 819-838-4296 page 2 Friday, July 18, 1997 i THE i English Canada and French Canada can work together Global is Life may imitate art, but does it also imitate business?If so, French and English Canada just moved a little closer.What happened was this: Quebec’s big French-language television network, TVA owns CKMI, a little English TV station in Quebec City, and a dozen or so French-language stations it didn’t know loto-québec Draw 97-07-16 6 15 16 36 39 46 BONUS NUMBER: 38 6/6 5/6+ 5/6 4/6 3/6 WINNERS 1 1 253 13 430 222 211 PRIZES $ 2 163 664,00 $ 649 099,20 $ 2 052,50 $ 74,10 $ 10 Total sales: $ 14 554 307,00 Next grand prize (approx.): $ 2 300 000,00 Egtra Draw 97-07-16 NUMBER PRIZES 597491 $ 100,000 97491 $ 1,000 7491 $250 491 $50 91 $ 10 1 $2 Claims: See back of tickets, in the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list, the latter shall prevail.Today’s Weather ^mom J.Thetfokd, v Mines * - \ J SH .iCOWAt, 7 V • SHERBROOKE1».' A ¦r IaC*MéCaï^ti^« /JCoWANSVILLp j A VSTANSTSAD the new kid on the TV dial what to do with.At the same time, The Eng-lish-Canadian network Can-west Global wanted a Quebec station but didn’t have one.Over the last decade, the Winnipeg-based Canwest Global has slowly grown into a nearnational network.By last year, the only missing link in Global’s coast-to-coast dream was a station in this province.But the broadcast bureaucrats who hand out the permits weren’t likely to approve a fourth English-language station for Quebec - especially when all three existing stations, CKMI, CBMT-6 and CFCF-12, claim to be swamped in red ink.Indeed to hear them describe themselves, all three stations are economic basket cases, at death’s door, struggling to stay afloat, in really bad shape, crippled, handicapped, hapless, helpless and otherwise unable to face the wolf in sheep’s clothing drooling at the door.So instead of getting into a worse fight, Canwest Global and TVA decided to work together.Partner Global will operate the station, Partner TVA will provide the facilities.As you can imagine, the permit people loved it, which means you’ll have an extra channel to choose from in the fall.Each network will be able to tap the other’s resources.That means TVA will have better access to news from the other provinces, while Global will have more Quebec news than it can handle.Of course the added variety in news, opinions, current affairs and entertainment programming will be a bonus for the million or more Quebecers who like to watch English TV.But just as important, to me this means that even in the sensitive cultural industries, the business people of English Canada and French Canada can work together, making deals that will help launch them into the 21st century.If life imitates business, that means the people can too - can work together, to prosper together, despite their different languages, ambitions and needs.Let’s hope our politicians are watching.For most of their lifetimes, Montreal’s two English-language television stations have more or less ignored each other.But with a new kid on the block that peaceful co-existence may soon be coming to an end.Global-Quebec vows to put much of its money into local and regional coverage, with newsrooms in Montreal, Quebec City and Sherbrooke.And thanks to the arrangement with TVA, the new station will have every-day access to news from every corner of Quebec.These steps alone should give Global’s programming a province-wide character its competition can only dream of.As for those competitors, the 40-something Channels 6 and 12 promise a good fight, but have never really fought one.Neither station is known for its regional coverage, travelling outside Montreal only a few times each year.These rural escapades take place mainly in mid-summer, when TV executives’ thoughts turn to beer and beaches, or to chase some catastrophe such as fire or flood, murder or election.After years of running its business like one of the seedy soap operas it carries, CFCF seems to be chronically short of cash.Over at the people’s network, the people are switched off - or laid off - as the CBC keeps fading to black.It will be interesting to see: will they stand and fight, or just roll over?Charles Bury Thanks to everyone at the Orange Picnic The Record would like to thank the organizers of this year’s successful Orange Picnic which drew people from as far as Western Canada and the United States to the Kinnear’s Mills, Inverness, Thetford Mines region.The winners of our draws were: Nancy Maxwell, Thetford Mines, wins a Eastern Townships T-shirt; David and Eileen Courey, Cambridge, Ont., won the book, Quebec: Bonjour, eh?; Brenda Trenfield, Thetford Mines, won a gift certificate for Sunday Tea Brunch for two at the Ayer’s Cliff House; Janet Maxwell of Thetford Mines won the Button Contest; Matthew Lowry, Thetford Mines, won the Jellybean Contest; and Phyllis Robinson, Thetford Mines, won a one month extension to her subscription.Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth to chat, renew or buy a new subscription, enter our draws, or flip through the Reader’s Scrapbook.We hope you all had an enjoyable day, Susan Mastine Community Relations BEN ® by DANIEL SHELTON REGIONAL FORECASTS MAX MIN Sherbrooke Few Shwrs 26 12 Thetford Mines Few Shwrs 26 14 Cowansville Few Shwrs 26 13 Richmond Few Shwrs 26 13 Stanstead Few Shwrs 26 14 Lac Megantic Few Shwrs 26 12 LES FORGES 2 MARIN InstaCC nom' Nothing to pay for 6 months! YOU FORGOT MY NAME, PIPN'T YOU?„ 0£N?BENJAMIN IT'S 4 "POST-IT' M WHAT'S J-E-F-F-R-E-Y US;4"POST-IT, SO I'LL REMEMBER YOUR NAME THE NEXT P HATL^i5Tm J-O-H-N-S-O-N W\ THIS UK NAME THE NEXT ,/ic TIME I SEE YOU/ W» / ITS ME, ]~1 JEFFREY I JOHNSON/ jII yr or , OF COURSE?HI THERE , uj/ VB* 5CRm£e Wmm IsmiM JüËism mism fwi/gii i Ks® ismi «Mil IMimii y • 4350 Industriel Blvd.Sherbrooke 564-8333 Friday, July 18, 1997 page 3 Til Ei Residents advised not to drink the water Source of arsenic in Kingsbury water unknown By Paul Cherry Sherbrooke Residents of Kingsbury might have to wait a while before they can drink water from the town’s source again.Both the town and the minister of environment have tested the town’s drinking water and found unsafe levels of arsenic, the metallic element once commonly used as a form of rat poison and on fly paper.On Thursday, tests failed to find the source of the contamination.“To date we still don’t know its origin,” said Bernard Larouche of the environment ministry after a day of tests.“We have tested in different areas today and different branches that lead to the water but we haven’t come up with anything different yet.” By the provincial government’s standards, the allowable level of arsenic in drinking water is .050 milligrammes per litre of water.The environment ministry tested the water in June and got a .051 result.A few weeks later, the municipality got a reading of .060 while doing its own tests.“There are small quantities of arsenic everywhere, in water, in humans, but in very small quantities.It’s when that quantity increases that it becomes unsafe,” Larouche said.A public health warning was issued to the more than 150 residents of Kingsbury after the municipality’s test.Health officials warn that long-term consumption of arsenic could cause serious health problems.When consumed in large doses, arsenic can cause symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, convulsions and even a coma.The levels of arsenic found in the Kingsbury water are not high enough to cause these ailments.High doses are believed to be around 1.2 milligrammes per litre of water, but the municipality is advising its residents not to drink the water at all.The water may be used for other things like watering plants and washing clothes.The minister’s office will perform chemical tests on samples of the water but Larouche said it might take a while before they determine anything.“Bacterial analysis can be done right away but chemical analysis can take more than a week,” he said.Larouche added that environment ministry staff working to find the source on Thursday were only able to eliminate possibilities.“We were informed about a mine that has been closed for a long time, which used to dump its waste in an area located near the water,” Larouche said.He said there were concerns that waste from the mine might have contaminated ground water tables and leaked off into a waterway.But the closed mine was eliminated as a source because a waterway located in between the mine and Kingsbury’s water source tested negative for unsafe levels of arsenic.Public health warning for flooded areas Staff Sherbrooke The regional health board has issued a public health reminder to people living in areas hit by Tuesday morning’s flood.Flood water may be heavily contaminated with sewage and other pollutants and poses a health hazard for the population.Private wells may be contaminated by drainage fields or septic tanks located nearby or by the river flood waters.To prevent infectious diseases related to contaminated drinking water, residents of flooded areas are advised to Robbery suspect wanted Police are looking for a suspect wanted in the robbery of the Canadian Tire store on 1850 King Street West in Sherbrooke.On Thursday, June 26, at around 3:30 p.m.the suspect entered the outdoor tent at the side of the store and grabbed $180 from the cash register.Surprised by a clerk, the suspect pushed her to the ground and dragged her for a few feet when she wouldn’t let him go.The suspect is described as a stocky, French-speaking male, between 18 and 20 years old with a dark complexion and brown curly hair.He is about five feet seven inches tall and weighs 165 to 175 pounds.He wore a mauve t-shirt, beige baseball cap, beige bermuda shorts and dark sandals at the time of the robbery.Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at (819) 821-5544.m ’ observe the following rules: • Water from all private wells in a flooded sector must be considered unsafe for drinking until it has been inspected and officially declared safe to use.Use bottled water instead or purify your well water before drinking by boiling it for five minutes.• Wait 10 days after flood waters have receded and then disinfect your well employing the following procedure established by the environment minister.1.If possible clean out the well (remove foreign bodies and any deposits which may be found in the water).2.Add approximately four litres of concentrated bleach to the well.3.One after another, turn on all taps in the house (and flush the toilets) until the water gives a strong odor of chlorine.4.Turn off the taps and do not use for 24 hours.5.Then purge the chlorinated water from the well by letting the water run until the smell of chlorine has completely disappeared.(In order to avoid over-filling the septic tank, run the water through a hose located outside).6.A few days later, take a water sample for bacteriological analysis.The lab- DUKE, NOBLE.Goneral Partnership Chartered Accountants A.Jackson Noble, C.A.164-A Queen Street, Suite 1 Lennoxville, Quebec, JIM 1J9 (819) 346-0333 Taxation, Accounting, Financial Services, Individuals and Corporations Estate Planning and Settlement, Farm Transfers Serving the Eastern Townships community for over 35 years Offices In: Cowansville Knowlton 109 William St 316 Knowlton Rd.(514)263-4123 (514)243-5021 oratory will advise you on the procedure and the sample timing.There are two laboratories located in or near the Brome-Missisquoi that are certified by the environment minister to do the laboratory tests - Laboratoire d’environnement SM, 2111 Fernand Lafontaine Blvd., Longueil.Tel: (514) 651-0981; IBM Canada Ltée, 23 Aéroport Blvd., Bromont.Tel: (514) 534-6593.The laboratory will explain the sampling procedures and when they should be done.The analysis for coliform bacteria is generally sufficient in order to find out the microbiological quality of the water in your well.The presence of coliform bacteria indicates contamination and that the water is not fit to drink.The well will have to be deconta- CHANGE OF OFFICE HOURS Clinique Médicale Dr.Leigh Clarke 164 Queen Street, Lennoxville (behind Pharmacy Familiprix) (819) 346-3933 Beginning July 15, 1997, the office will be open as follows: A.M.P.M.Monday: 9:30-12:00 1:30-5:30 Tuesday: 9:30-12:00 1:30-5:30 Eve: 7-9 p.m.Wednesday: 1:30-5:30 (beginning Sept.15) Thursday: 9:30-12:00 1:30-5:30 Friday: 9:30-12:00 1:30-5:30 Office hours by appointment Acute illness- The schedule is arranged so that you can be seen the same day if you are ill.Please call if possible before coming to avoid unnecessary waiting.minated all over again.If you suffer from diarrhea, vomiting, fever or other unusual symptoms, contact your physician immediately.For more information, call your municipality or local CLSC.Midland Walwyn Capital Inc.Dan T.Gosselin Midland Wfilwyn Capital Ini., Canadas largest independent financial services firm, is pleased to announce that Dan T.Gosselin has joined the firm as Executive Vice President, Fixed Income.Mr.Gosselin is widely respected throughout the securities industry7 lor his extensive domestic and international experience in Fixed Income sales and trading, as well as Government Finance.No stranger to Stanstead, Mr.Gosselin is the son of long-time local resident, Mrs.Doris Gosselin.He also graduated from Alexander Gall Regional High School and Champlain College, Plattsburgh State before pursuing an MBA at McGill University.Midland Walwyn Capital Inc.serves the financial needs of individual investors representing more than 600,000 client accounts, as well as the nation’s leading institutions, corporate and government clients.A team of more than 1,600 financial advisors and financial planners sene clients out of 160 locations coast-to-coast, and the firm also has a presence in six major international centres. page 4 Friday, July 18, 1997 THE' Sutton, Sutton Township officials waiting for guarantee Merger could be halted if bilingual status isn’t resolved By Maurice Crossfield Sutton Plans for the merger of the Town of Sutton and Sutton Township could be scrapped if the municipal affairs ministry doesn’t guarantee the new municipality will have bilingual status.Both municipalities have been granted the status under the Charter of the French Language, but no such guarantee has been given if the two municipalities merge.“We will have to maintain our bilingual status, or there will be no fusion,” said Sutton mayor Kenneth Hill.“We won’t risk losing our bilingual status.” Sutton Township has taken a similar stand.“We have to be assured that we will have bilingual status before we merge, not after,” said Sutton Township mayor Peter Stastny.“It has to be an ironclad guarantee.” Over the last couple of months the two municipalities have been trying to get answers from the municipal affairs ministry.Every time, including in a letter to Hill from the ministry in June, they’ve been given the same message: Merge first, then apply for bilingual status, and if the criteria is met, the new municipality will be given that status.Both municipalities have since passed resolutions stating that without guarantees of bilingual status, there will be no merger.Under the charter, a municipality with more than 50 per cent population that is not French-speaking can be granted bilingual status.This status allows the municipality to communicate with its residents in both official languages, both in council chambers and through correspondence.“It lets us communicate with our citizens,” Stastny said.In 1994, Sutton Township had a 56 per cent non-francophone population, while the Town of Sutton was 58 per cent non-francophone.Those numbers are expected to remain fairly stable for the next few years at least.“We have always been told that in regrouping, we would never lose anything that we already have,” Stastny said.“But it is part of our heritage, it reflects the nature of where we live.” There have also been financial incentives to encourage the two municipalities to merge.Hill explained that Sutton is in the process of trying to get $1,057,000 to revamp its sewage system.But $858,000 of that is conditional on merging with Sutton Township.If no answer is given in 60 days, the money could be allocated elsewhere, the town was told.“That’s like putting a pistol to our heads,” Hill said.“Nothing surprises me with this government anymore.” “We will not be blackmailed into making a deal,” Stastny said.Both mayors say they realize that Sharing Québec Pension Plan (QPP) Retirement Annuities Since January 1, 1994, spouses who have reached retirement age can ask to share their QPP retirement annuity.This measure was already provided for under the Canada Pension Plan.In addition to the potential economic benefits, sharing a retirement annuity favors splitting income which could reduced the couple’s tax burden.Such an application can be made where only one spouse receives a retirement annuity or where both spouses receive an annuity, but their retirement or other income varies significantly.There is no absolute rule for determining whether it is appropriate to apply to have the amounts split.Conditions The Québec Pension Board will split a beneficiary’s annuity upon receipt of a written request by the beneficiary or his or her spouse.The beneficiary and spouse must be married and not legally separated.Moreover, the spouse must also receive a retirement annuity or have reached 60 years of age and must not contribute to the Québec Pension Plan.Computing the spouse’s portion The formula for computing the spouse’s portion is quite complex.However, the portion is generally equal to Tax Talks 50% of the beneficiary’s annuity in proportion to the number of months during which the spouses were married compared to the number of months that the beneficiary contributed to the pension plan.Discontinuation The annuities will cease to be split between the spouses at the end of the month in which: a) one of the spouses dies; b) the spouse begins contributing to the QPP; c) the spouses divorce, annul their marriage or become legally separated; or d) the Board receives a request to discontinue splitting the annuities signed by both spouses.Hélène Rancout, CA Tax Department Raymond, Chabot, Martin, Paré General Partnership H RAYMOND, CHABOT, chartered MARTIN, PARÉ accountants there are procedures to be followed.But they say that municipal affairs minister Remy Trudel should at least send a letter to language minister Louise Beaudoin to ensure their bilingual status.“Mr.Trudel apparently doesn’t speak with elected officials,” said Hill.He said repeated attempts to speak with the minister never get any further that his political attache.Stastny said besides the bilingualism issue, the merger was proceeding normally, with various issues being dealt with along the way.He said they are still working on how changing from the Municipal Code to the Cities and Towns Act will affect farmers in the region, among other things.“We have to do more work to make sure it all works out,” he said.But that could all come to a halt if the bilingualism issue isn’t dealt with, they said.“I am not going to take that chance,” said Hill.“If there is no bilingual status, then there will be no merger.” Sherbrooke bridge closure causing traffic jams Staff Sherbrooke The closing of the Joffre bridge has created serious traffic problems on King Street and the City of Sherbrooke is advising motorists to find alternate routes.The bridge, which connects the east and west sections of Galt Street, closed for major repairs last month.As an alternate, motorists use the Aylmer bridge, which is part of King Street, leading to rush hour traffic jams.One serious problem is at the intersection of King Street and Grande Fourches Street where drivers heading south have only one lane available to them.Another problem is vehicles accumulating on King when there is a red light.Drivers heading west on King and wanting to turn left to Grandes Fourches end up blocked.To remedy the traffic headache, the City of Sherbrooke started adjusting traffic lights in an attempt to improve the flow of traffic.Yesterday city officials also asked motorists to avoid getting caught in intersections while traffic lights change by not crossing until they are sure to clear the inter- section.The intersection of Bowen Street and King East is also becoming a traffic nightmare for motorists and the city officials said they are looking into making changes at the intersection.Starting July 28 the city will have a police officer directing traffic at the intersection.City officials said the possibility of having police officers at each problem intersection is impossible because of difficulties involved in co-ordinating the three intersections.The city is also asking drivers to use Terrill Street, Portland Street and the St-Francois bridge as an alternative to King Street in addition to asking motorists to use Highway 10 as a way entering the city.When open, more than 27,000 vehicles pass over the Joffre Bridge every day.The bridge will have a complete facelift including the addition of a fourth lane, new medians and complete repaving.The gas company as well as Bell, Hydro-Sherbrooke and Videotron will all be doing work during the construction period scheduled to last until December.An enlightening concert Knowlton While no one was seriously injured by the flooding earlier this week, one man was caught off guard by the wrath of Mother Nature.Musician Jocelyn Simard was performing on an outdoor stage in front of several dozen spectators, including his pregnant girlfriend, at the Brasserie de la Rivière in Cowansville Monday night when lightening hit somewhere in his band’s electrical system.The high voltage travelled through Simard’s amplifier and electric guitar, knocking him unconscious in mid-song.Simard regained consciousness a few minutes later and was taken to the Brome-Missisquoi Perkins Hospital where he was kept over night.Apart from some minor burns to his fingers, he escaped the incident with no apparent lasting injuries.This is the second time Simard has been hit by lightening.Six years ago, while working as a journalist at Télé 7 in Sherbrooke, Simard was standing next to a building that was hit.The electrical current travelled to the ground, and Simard was standing nearby in a puddle of water.Simard was back on stage in Farn-ham Thursday night, and prior to the show promised an electrifying performance. .¦¦¦ ¦¦¦¦— THE —i ¦ Record _ RECORD ALBUM Friday, July 18, 1997 page 5 O' Hr ^ mm ;;x : Day Camp With A Difference rphe basement of St.1 Anne’s Anglican Church is teeming with life this week - 55 bible day campers and their leaders have occupied the church since Monday.Ranging in age from four to 12, the kids have come together from different churches to enjoy the Anglican Crosstalk Ministries’ week-long program.Thanks to the tireless dedication of volunteers from the congregations of participating churches, the kids are enjoying a week filled with good food, fellowship and fun.The dosing service for this summer’s camp will be held at St.Anne’s on Sunday, July 20, at 10 a.m.sS- ' ill§§! | CATHYW correspond: fey.-.' : : • 1 900 Radar Weather! .for peace, of mind! 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the federal election day - that: ‘Ontario values and respects the linguistic, legal and cultural uniqueness of Quebec, our neighbor and long-time companion in Confederation and our largest Canadian trade partner.’ The statement did not get much coverage because of the election.But it was important because, up until that time, the government of Ontario Premier Mike Harris had not said much about Quebec’s uniqueness.Cunningham went farther: “If there is a way of recognizing the distinctiveness (of Quebec) that meets the approval of Ontarians, and all Canadians, then the government of Ontario would support this.” Bright spot two: A few days after Cunningham’s speech, Premier Harris told reporters that the words distinct society are too emotionally loaded, but “the principle of recognizing what makes Quebec unique, I don’t think is a problem.The challenge then for us is to find wording to reflect that.” Bright spot three: About this time, Quebec Liberal Leader Daniel Johnson said he is prepared to consider wording other than “distinct society.” and added that he understands Quebec federalists need the help of English-speaking Canada to sell their ideas in the province.Bright spot four (and perhaps the brightest of all): Alberta’s Premier Viewpoint Tom Ford Klein told the Edmonton Premier’s Dinner on May 9: “I have consistently said, both in Alberta and in appearances in Quebec, that I believe the people of Quebec should be able to preserve and protect those things they currently enjoy that make Quebec unique in Canada - such things as language, culture, heritage and law.“In other words, I believe in a Canada where all provinces have equal status, but a Canada that allows Quebec to protect those things that make it such a unique part of our national _______ character.” He added: “I don’t think those two principles cancel each other out.” And he’s right.Under his plan, Quebec would have the same powers as other provinces, but could use them to protect its uniqueness, without other governments or the Supreme Court looking askance.Klein is going to put his national unity plan before the nation’s premiers at their annual conference in August in St.Andrew’s, N.B.Bright spot five: Federal Unity Minister Stéphane Dion has shown he is bright enough to let Klein try to work out a deal without federal interference.There’s a good chance Klein’s proposal will succeed at St.Andrew’s.With the leadership of Alberta and Ontario, two key provinces that the Royal Bank says will lead Canada’s growth in the next year, other provinces such as Saskatchewan and Manitoba in the west and the Atlantic provinces may support Klein’s ideas.British Columbia, as always, is an enigma.New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna is already on record as wanting a new, “passionate spokesman” for Canada.He may find him in Klein.None of this, of course, will make Quebec’s separatists happy.But a successful resolution may help reassure Quebec’s federalists.And it should be noted that the premiers are not being asked to take a radical step.Canada’s 1867 constitution contains protections for Quebec’s language, civil code and educational institutions.As a result, senior courts already take into account Quebec’s uniqueness in making judgments.Even the motion authorizing the late Meech Lake accord (which said “Quebec constitutes within Canada a distinct society”) recognized “the principle of the equality of all the provinces." But let’s not get into Meech Lake.• • • Tom Ford is managing editor of the Issues Network. THE' Friday, July 18, 1997 page 7 NATIONAL Harassment laws uneven across universities By Brad Evenson South am News Ottawa He is a brilliant college professor.She is a confused student.He is on the verge of tenure when she accuses him of harassment, and worse.Did he do it?Did she lie?“You think I am a frightened, repressed, confused, I don’t know, abandoned young thing of some doubtful sexuality, who wants, power and revenge.Don’t you?" she cries.He later knocks her to the floor.“You think you can come in here with your political correctness and destroy my life?” he rages.“These rhetorical questions have torn audiences since David Mamet’s hit play Oleanna opened in 1992.Men and women argue bitterly.Genders take sides as the play opens a pulsing vein of sentiment.What is harassment?A word?A joke?Is a reassuring hand on the shoulder crossing the sexual boundary?Like most great works of contemporary art, Oleanna was valuable because it perfectly captured the gender discord of our times, opening in New York at a time when North America was transfixed by Anita Hill’s harassment accusations against U.S.Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.Yet Oleanna’s ambiguity seems black and white compared to the current drama in progress at Simon Fraser University.In the latest act, the university has revealed it knew student Rachel Marsden had a “personal relationship” with Patricia O’Hagan, the women who investigated her harassment claim against swim coach Liam Donnelly.There were no witnesses to the alleged affair.Donnelly at first declined to defend himself.Later, he claimed Marsden stalked him for a year, and produced a sheaf of sexually explicit notes to back up his story, which the university refused to hear.He was fired May 22, though the matter is still open.If Donnelly’s saga sounds unusual, it shouldn’t.Since 1990, most colleges and universities across Canada have rewritten their policies on sexual harassment in response to an embarrassing tide of dubious behavior by faculty members.Many abusers have since been punished under the new rules.However, some university policies have unfairly cost professors their jobs, caused nervous breakdowns and created an icy climate in institutions where free academic speech was once warmly valued.Academics have decried the policies, which often ignore due process.At Trent University in Peterborough, Ont., for example, the faculty staged an uprising against the “zero-tolerance” policy toward harassment proposed by Ontario’s NDP government.This policy also applied to books, reading materials and art.Critics say universities have no business setting up court-like tribunals and internal justice systems.“When they do it poorly, they look like kangaroo courts, and when they do it well it looks like a (regular) court, in which case why do it when we already have a court system?” says Trent professor John Fekete, whose book Moral Panic documents 14 recent cases of sexual harassment on Canadian campuses.“Because of so many miscarriages of justice, some universities have revised their policies yet again,” Fekete adds.The curious fact about sexual harassment policies across the country is how widely they differ.They range from Simon Fraser’s system, where the harassment officers comfort complainants while administering the harassment policy to Memorial University in Newfoundland, where a hearing precedes an investigation.Legal experts are often dismayed at how ill-versed in natural law the members of tribunals are that pass judgment on these matters.“No one would give me a two-week course in biology and expect me to teach post-graduate biology,” says Naomi Levine, a Winnipeg lawyer and workplace dispute consultant.“But they do take people like biology profs, give them a half-day session on this is what harassment is all about, and then expect them to deal with policies that really have a traumatic effect on people’s lives.” In other cases, the principles of natural justice are ignored.Consider the case of Dalhousie University math professor Alan Surovell, who in 1992 struck up a friendship with 28-year-old nurse Lynn Bradley, who was taking an entry-level math course.When Bradley received a D mark in the course, she accused Surovell of reprisal against her for refusing sexual contact.Without speaking with Surovell, the schools sexual-harassment officer Barbara Harris decided the case should go forward as a formal charge.Harris also chaired the Sexual Harassment Committee, was Dalhousie’s adviser on women’s issues, and became Bradley’s adviser.“In effect, Harris served as investigating officer, prosecuting attorney, chief justice, and minister of women’s affairs,” wrote Nova Scotia journalist Parker Barss Donham.At a secret hearing, the evidence went against Bradley, who had publicly bragged how she liked to socialize with faculty members.Surovell kept his job, but the harrowing experience left him nervous.He found himself worried about how things he said would be interpreted.He left the job due to an stress-re- lated illness and sued Dalhousie.Harassment goes beyond sex.Marjorie Ratcliffe, a Spanish professor at the University of Western Ontario in London devoted two and a half years, as well as $7,000 in legal bills, to fight a racial harassment charge leveled by a disgruntled student.Her offence?She corrected an Iranian student’s translation of the word “condemn,” saying, “Condemn means what they do to people in Iran.” The student later withdrew the complaint, but the school’s harassment officer continued to investigate her on a charge of being insensitive.Ratcliffe eventually got a public apology and a year’s leave.Levine says the harassment policies at some universities and colleges are vulnerable to court actions such as libel lawsuits, or other actions.For example, in late 1996 the University of Waterloo was ordered to rehire a professor fired in 1994 for sexual harassment.An adjudicator found the professor was not given a proper chance to defend himself nor cross-examine his accusers.The adjudicator also concluded the professor’s accusers lied and their testimony wasn’t credible.“If people who are doing the inquiries and so on aren’t trained, are perceived to be lacking in neutrality, don’t understand due process.that’s where the policies become vulnerable," says Levine, who heads the Canadian Association Against Sexual Harassment in Higher Education.Levine says the current trend in harassment policies is to remove them from special status and fold them into ordinary workplace policies, similar to the harassment codes of a large company like IBM or Bell Canada.“That’s where the law is going,” she says.U m m n new 1997 models ** for 36 months VERY NICE SELECTION OF USED VEHICLES OR RECEIVE A 500CHEQUE FREE OIL CHANGES FOR 12 MONTHS in CHRYSLER Cloutier Inc.1er yon can Believe in! 9 St.West, Sherbrooke • (819) 346-3911 _____ page 8 Friday, July 18, 1997 ¦ THE wi Record Singing and games on the agenda Anglican choir camp to be held in Waterloo .c;x.:,.I ¦Hi PHOTOS: SHIRLEY BEAKES/CORRESPONDENT Coordinators are busy preparing for the choir camp.By Shirley Maynes Beakes Record Correspondent Waterloo Children of ages nine to 14, who like to song, are anxiously waiting for July 23-26 when they will attend the Eastern Townships Anglican Choir Camp in Waterloo this year.Only 30 campers will be accepted, and to date there is a possibility of 35 interested children wanting to register.Last year the first Anglican Choir Camp was held in Granby.“We really don’t have to advertise for campers, but we are presently looking m for counsellors ages 15 to 18 who would like to help,” said Sue Eldridge, one of the camp’s two co-ordinators.Jo-Anne Petley of Granby is the other coordinator.She’s busy preparing games and activities for the youngsters.The four days of singing, sports, crafts, and worship are sponsored by the Anglican Parishes of Waterloo-Foster, Granby, and Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal.Out of town choir members will stay at the leaders’ homes.This year’s camp is particularly interesting, since much of the music is written by Anglican composers active in the Montreal area.Traditional Anglican liturgical music, as well as contemporary Christian children’s music will be included in the musical selec- Only 30 campers will be accepted.tions.Rev.George Campbell is the Camp Chaplain, and the music directors are Katherine Hume, of St.Margaret’s Church in Tetreauville, and Chris Gro-cholski of Trinity Memorial in N.D.G.The support staff of Marlene and Linda Brasseur, Jocelyne St.Germain, Jackie Lawrence, Nancy Croteau, and Joan Melton are staff members at St.Luke’s Sunday School.Children of all ability levels are invited to experience the joy of singing together in a supportive, light-hearted environment.Along with two choir rehearsals every day there will be lots of time for games, mini putt, bowling, and a corn roast hootenanny.The choir camp ends with a public recital at St.Luke’s Anglican Church in 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a day associated with its patron saint, St.Thomas.Reverend Ian Liversuch, Rector of the Hemmingford and Clarenceville Parish, delivered the service of Holy Communion and spoke of the founding of the parish in 1815 by Rev.Micajah Townsend and the construction of the present church in 1852.His sermon spoke of God’s love for humanity and of His wish that mankind rejoice in sharing His love.A social gathering and picnic followed in Noyan Park.Parishioners attended from Noyan, Clarenceville, Odelltown, Lacolle, Hemmingford, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montreal and Nepean, Ont.Families represented included the Adams, Akester, Beerwort, Bunton, Buttress, Côté, Davidson, Derick, Emrick, English, Foisy, McClay, Ryan, Noseworthy, Mosher, Schoolcraft, Struthers, Sturgeon, Taylor and Wallet families.Among those present was Kenneth Struthers of Odelltown (formerly Cantic and Noyan), who at 102-years-old is believed to be the oldest parishioner ever to attend a service at St.Thomas.Struthers is a veteran of World War I and a retired officer of Canada Customs.Knowlton Labor Day weekend may still seem far off, but volunteers are already preparing for the big Brome Fair.August 2 marks the largest fundraising event for the fair, the annual Beef Barbecue at the fairgrounds.The $12 cost for adults and $6 price for children under 12 includes a beef dinner followed by country music provided by Silverado.Tickets are available by contacting any of the directors or by calling 242-3976.Meanwhile workers are busy building a new entertainment centre and sprucing up the grounds in preparation for the big event.The fair this year will offer its usual variety of livestock, fruit, vegetable and handicraft exhibits, along with rides and farm equipment.The largest livestock and equipment parade in the Eastern Townships will be held at the fairgrounds on the Sunday at 1 p.m.and on Monday at 11:30 p.m.The Knowlton Harmony Band will lead the parade and will be playing in the new entertainment centre.To entertain the large crowds this year, acts will include Buster Brown’s Canadian Steppers, Gail Gavin, the Ambush Band, Big A1 Downing with Ralph Carleson and the Country Mile Band, the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack show, Medhi the Magician and Diane Bibeau.The Townsend Petting Zoo will also be on hand once again.Cost to get into the Brome fair this year will be $8for adults, $5 for children under 12, and $3 for parking.On the Friday of the fair seniors and students get in for $3.Kenneth Struthers 4M iTRAWiiccy him Producing since 1978 Minimal pesticide use -Taste the difference Please call for picking conditions 562-4476 Come and pick your berries or call to order them.7 a.m.- 7 p^m.5 minutes from Lennoxville SHERBROOKE HOUTt 1MCOOMMMC HOAD Strawberries OVER 30 YEARS OF FAITHFUL COLLABORATION TOGETHER We grow, you pick WERA FARM ENR.^ OtUy (Me ruy^edtùui.’ “StiMÿ tyruci cruUtUnere To check on picking conditions: *.^562-5938 - 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one of whom was a member of the National Company of Ghana.“For a very long time, I’ve liked the music of the world, especially African,” said Ouellet, who is self-employed as a drum craftsman.One of his creations will be raffled off as a door prize on the last night.Tickets, which are $5 include a chance to win the drum, valued at $300.This is the first time Ouellet has organized anything of this size.In addition to the music entertainment, the café will display African artifacts such as masks and artwork.Ouellet and Charles Fournier, the manager of Presse Boutique Café, hope the event becomes an annual affair.“It’s very enriching and if all goes well, we’ll do it next year too,” Fournier said.“We feel it’s important that that type of music has a venue and is heard.” That was what motivated Fournier to get involved.He said there are not many By jamie Portman Entertainment Writer Southam News Will Smith says if his career has taken off, he owes it all to Eddie Murphy.“He has inspired a whole generation of black comedians in the same way that Richard Pryor inspired his generation,” says the star of the current Men in Black.Smith believes Murphy’s success helped break down Hollywood barriers and made it easier for black actors like himself to make it into mainstream roles.“He’s the person that made me feel I can do what I’m doing now.” But he also says Murphy has been a major influence on black popular culture.“In the lives of myself and my friends, we’re always saying things that are lines from old Eddie Murphy movies.I figure we have 15, maybe 20 Eddie Murphy lines that are part of our lives.” • • • There are rumblings of trouble in James Bond country.The British media has been having a field day reporting tensions on the set of Celtic music venues for African music, so this was the perfect opportunity to give it some exposure.He also said the three-day event will fill the “empty space” left behind when the city of Sherbrooke decided to cancel this year’s Festival des rythmes du Monde.That event, which ran for the last three years, had similar goals: to encourage a love of all music and to bring different types of music to the area.If you’re unable to here Bandtabou perform on Sunday, they’ll be at the Place du Cité performing over the lunch hour on Tuesday, July 22.Tickets to each Presse Boutique Café performance are $5 and can be purchased in advance at the café.• • • Also getting in on the weekend fun is the danse et musique internationale’s evening at the Eastern Townships’ Cultural Centre, 111 Depot St.Held the third Saturday of each month, tomorrow’s show features musicians and dancers from Mexico, New Orleans, La., Ireland, Scotland, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Africa and Latin America to name a few.The first dancers take to the floor at 8 p.m., but if jazz is your thing, a trio of musicians will be performing classic, blues, and American-style music beginning at 7:30 p.m.Tickets for the evening are $10 which includes a beverage.Family rates are available.Tomorrow Never Dies, the 18th Bond film, currently shooting in the U.K.Both the tabloid Daily Mail and the authoritative Manchester Guardian say there have been major clashes between director Roger Spottiswoode and screenwriter Bruce Feirstein, who co-scripted the previous Bond hit Goldeneye, which earned more than $400 million worldwide.According to reports, Spottiswoode was so dissatisfied with Feirstein’s work that he ordered rewrites by veteran scripter Nicholas Meyer.The Guardian reported in late May that both stars and producers were starting to rebel over a situation which saw fresh dialogue having to be learned every night.A Daily Mail story claimed that Bros-nan was unhappy over the feuding, and quoted one veteran crew member as saying that “all the happiness and teamwork which is the hallmark of Bond has disappeared completely.We have got ourselves locked into an impossible situation, the like of which I have never witnessed in more than 30 years in the industry.” OWL’S HEAD presents A GREAT GOLFING EXPERIENCE” Best New Courses Survey Golf Digest SKI - 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