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ooking to buy something?‘ V/ THE ¦¦¦¦¦¦MM Thu voice oe the Eastern Townships since 1897 •¦¦¦¦¦¦Hi-««¦¦¦¦¦¦¦Bi L RECORD | __Classifieds^ Sherbrooke: 569-9525 Knowlton: 242-1188 60 Cl-NTS 400 Monday, July 28, I 997.Townships Digest East Clifton votes Yes A majority of residents in East Clifton agreed to merge with neighboring St-lsidore-d’Aukland in a referendum Sunday.A total.of 183people voted in favor of the merger, while 106 people voted against the move.Eighty per cent of the 366 eligible voters cast ballots.A referendum was not held in St-lsidore.Municipal affairs minister Rémy Trudel has to approve the final merger.If he does the new municipality will be called St-lsidore-d e-Clifton.Missing tccnagcd hoy found Sherbrooke Gabriel Ménard was found Friday evening by Quebec Provincial Police in the St-Hermenegilde area.Police officers were acting on a tip from a local resident who spotted the boy, missing since July 20.The 16-year-old was in good condition and was taken by health and social service officials to hospital in Sherbrooke for observation.Road work continues in Sherbrooke area this week Sherbrooke Road construction will be going on in at least three parts of the Sherbrooke area this week.Construction on highway 10, which started earlier this summer and has caused some traffic problems, now moves to a section of the autoroute near Eastman.The work is estimated at more than $500,000 and should end Aug.17.A 5.5-kilometre stretch of Stratford Street, located in the municipality of the same name, will be repaved.There will only be access to one of the street’s two lanes during this time.Traffic will be controlled with stop lights.That work is scheduled to end by Aug.19 and is estimated to cost more than $450,000.Larochelle Blvd., in Trois-Lacs, will undergo a full facelift as the 0.4-kilometre artery gets completely repaved for the price of $178,000.Today’s Weather Beware of thunderstorms Complete weather: page 2 /////// ?Inside Ann Landers.12 Births and Deaths.11 Classified.14,15 Comics.1.1 Crossword .15 Community Forum .6 Record Album -7 Sports .10 Theme Page: National.8 A Lovely Lass mp": TTÉI f~~* injinwMH y”?: ROBERT MATHESON Lori Beck of Montreal performed a traditional Highland dance in front of more than 300 people attending a ceremony at Irving’s Meadow outside Scotstown on Sunday.The family picnic and Kirkin' 0’ The Tartan capped a three-day reunion organized by the Ceilidh Society of Scotstown.Former residents from as far away as California and British Columbia attended the events, which included a Tartan Ball and strawberry social on Saturday.It was an opportunity for former residents and descendants of the region’s settlers to renew old acquaintances and to celebrate their Scottish heritage.Please see page 3 for the story and more photos.Three in the Townships Quebec to hold public hearings into gas pipeline By Paul Cherry Sherbrooke The provincial government will be holding public hearings into the proposed natural gas pipeline that is planned to run through the Eastern Townships.Trans Québec & Maritimes (TQM) Pipeline needs the approval of the environment minister before it can start laying down its pipeline through a 215-kilometre section of the Townships including Magog, Coaticook and East Hereford.The pipeline is the project of a consortium of companies including TQM, Hydro-Quebec and an American pipeline company.On July 30, a public hearing will be held in Granby at 7 p.m.at the Castel de L’Estrie hotel.The minister’s office will then move the hearings to Coaticook on Aug.4 at 7 p.m.at the Pub de la Gorge at 145 Michaud Street.The third public hearing in the Townships will take place in Magog on Aug.6 at 7 p.m.in St-Jean Bosco Church.The minister’s office will start the hearings in Montreal today at the Motel ideale at 12555 Sherbrooke Street East.The minister’s office stated in a media release that translation services will be available at the hearings.Some residents, whose land the pipeline is scheduled to run through, walked out of TQM information meetings last February because information was available in French only.The company recently received support for the project from the U.S.side of the border as New Hampshire governor Jeanne Shaheen approved the pipeline going through her state.On July 18, the U.S.Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the final environmental authorizations for the portion of the pipeline that is proposed to run between Portland and Boston.The Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS) is also expecting to receive the environmental authorizations for the Pittsburg-Portland portion of the pipeline this fall.v SEE PIPELINE, PAGE 5 page 2 Monday, July 28, 1997 THE' Now is not the first time Ma Bell faced competition You can let your fingers do the talking For the sake of our story, imagine .a hundred years ago Sherbrooke had three telephone companies.Their phones didn’t connect with each other, so any customer who wanted to stay in touch the modern way needed three sets of wires winding their way through the house, and had three separate telephones to answer.Of course that caused confusion.For example, in its advertisement in the first edition of the Sherbrooke Daily Record, ‘The Little Grocer’, at No.4 Beckett Rd„ listed Bell Tel.No.154 and Sherbrooke Tel.No.111.Meanwhile closer to downtown, the Silver Spring Brewery - ‘Pure, sparkling and delicious (the finest without exception), are our Popular Ales and Cream Porter, put up in quarts and pints, pronounced by experts to be perfection’ - had three phone lines: Bell 320 and 299, and Skinner telephone 54.Not listed but also heavy tele- loto-québec Draw 97-07-26 14 19 22 24 35 47 Bonus number: 12 WINNERS PRIZES 6/6 0 $ 5 000 000,00 5/6+ 11 $ 75 049,50 5/6 292 $ 2 261,70 4/6 16 850 $75,10 3/6 318 055 $10 Total sales: $ 19 298 186,00 Next grand prize (approx.): $ 2 000 000,00 SELECT 0 Draw 97-07-26 13 24 25 32 34 42 Bonus number: 28 MISE-TÔT 20 24 28 42 WINNERS PRIZES 42 S 1 190,40 EHtra Lfli Friday Draw 97-07-25 NUMBER PRIZES 906063 $ 100,000 06063 $ 1,000 6063 $250 063 $ 50 63 $ 10 3 $2 Eitra SATURDAY Draw 97-07-26 NUMBER PRIZES 159695 $ 100,000 59695 $ 1,000 9695 $250 695 $50 95 $ 10 5 $2 WINNERS PRIZES 6/6 0 $ 1 000 000,00 5/6+ 1 $ 12 246,50 5/6 20 $ 408,20 4/6 798 $ 47,70 3/6 12 849 $ 5 Total sales: $521 495,00 Grand prize: $ 1,000,000 every Saturday Draw 97-07-25 12 26 27 32 35 39 46 Bonus number: 37 WINNERS PRIZES 7/7 o $ 6 000 000,00 6/7+ 2 $ 53 147,70 6/7 44 $ 2 113,80 5/7 2 287 $ 145,20 4/7 46 424 $10 3/7+ 42 290 $10 3/7 390 385 free play Total sales: S 5 704 846,00 Next grand prize (approx.): $ 7 000 000,00 Next draw: 97-08-01 TVA, the network of draws Claims: See back of tickets, in the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list, the latter shall prevail.phone users are the girls at Molly’s brothel and escort takeout service.For the sake of our story, imagine that their numbers are Bell 54 and Sherbrooke 299.So when the Little Grocer was running short of Silver Spring beer, he just picked up the phone - not the Sherbrooke telephone, but one of his Bell lines - and asked the operator to connect him to Bell 299 - but not to Skinner 54.“Hello, Silver Spring?This is Little Grocer.Can you send up a dozen cases of your ‘pure, sparkling and delicious’ products?Just put it on my bill.” But suppose there was a lineup at the counter, the dog was barking, and Little Grocer got confused and picked up the wrong phone.And suppose he asked the Sherbrooke operator for Nq.299.He’d be connected with the whorehouse.Now Molly’s receptionist knew Little Grocer to be quite Charles Bury few.So she might well assume he was just being cute when he asked for “a dozen cases of your pure, sparkling and delicious product.” I’ll take care of it right away, she replied, and Fll gladly put the charges on your bill.” Little Grocer might be in for a pleasant surprise when Molly delivered a dozen of her “finest without exception”.But if Mrs.Little Grocer happened to be home, there would sure be hell to pay.Multiple phone companies brought other confusions too.If two phones were ringing, which line got answered first?Did each clerk have a favorite?At least among the middle class, families with teens would face some pretty serious jangling phones - especially since the kids had no Hold button, call-waiting or caller-ID features to hide their social machinations.itself out and Bell survived, the only winner.Since then, of course, telephones have improved to the point that even frequent callers seldom require human help.You can let your fingers do the talking as well as the walking - “Press 17 for service in Hungarian, 18 for Serbo-Croatian”.Result: Like the pole-climbing linemen before her, Ma Bell’s little helpers are mainly out of work.Indeed so many telephone workers are gone that the company has already emptied three of its four buildings in Sherbrooke.Bell’s 10th Ave.exchange building and the Sauvé St.garage have both been sold already.Next on the shopping block will be the nearly-new but almost empty Bell building on Jacques Cartier Blvd.All that’s left of Bell in Sherbrooke will be the art deco palace on King near Belvedere.And how long will it last?Well, Silver Spring brewery was just across the street.the prankster once he’d had a Before long the system shook Weapon never revealed in Deauville hold-up Staff Sherbrooke A man claiming to be armed held up a dépanneur in Deauville Friday night.The Quebec Police Force is still looking for the man who walked into the Dépanneur M & M Mini-Marché on Bourque Blvd.and told the cashier he wanted money.The man said he was armed and motioned that he had a weapon underneath his clothing.The cashier let him take the contents of the Briefs cash although he never showed a weapon during the incident.No one was injured in the holdup.Cyclist thrown 75 feet Staff Sherbrooke A cyclist was thrown 75-to-80 feet in the air and is in hospital With serious head injuries after colliding with a vehicle.The accident happened at 5 p.m.on Saturday at King E.and 13th Avenue.The cyclist was travelling west on King when he collided with a car, travelling east, at- tempted to turn left onto 13th Ave.Police on the scene thought his injuries were life-threatening but through the night the cyclist’s condition improved and is thought to be out of danger.Car crash in Granby Staff Sherbrooke A two-car accident at St.Celine de Milton in Granby sent one driver to hospital with serious head injuries on Saturday, said Quebec Provincial Police.Today’s Weather, / /• /THETFORO.* Minus , / ' > A— Richmond/ ^ Lao-MégaNti^» J’ Sherbrooke^ / }COWAN«Vlll£ j \ Stanstead REGIONAL FORECASTS MAX MIN Sherbrooke Tstorm 28 13 Thetford Mines Tstorm 28 14 Cowansville Tstorm 29 14 Richmond Tstorm 28 13 Stanstead Tstorm 29 14 Lac Megantic Tstorm 29 13 BEN® by DANIEL SHELTON g MOM,PAP.,.I NATHAN ANP I I W0ULPLIKET0 TAKE A TRIP Ithis WEEKENR GREAT! 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I MEAN JUST US 0H/0K AY.WELL I'M SURE THE THREE OF YOU WILL HAVE FUN/ NO, NO, r MEAN, YOU KNOW.JUST NATHAN / WHAT ANPME.I A&0UT NICHOLAS?E MailbenoliviÇmotal.net t! § v ., Uffi it , SS-SS*-} 'fy .* sj i Mill Is *3 ¦¦ -, rPW Monday, July 28, 1997 page 3 Scotstown By Robert Matheson Scotstown If home is where the heart is then the population of Scotstown doubled on the weekend as descendants of the region’s early settlers returned to pay respect to their roots.More than 325 people attended an outdoor Kirkin’ O’ the Tartan service Sunday that capped a three-day reunion organized by the Ceilidh Society of Scotstown.It was a chance for former residents to renew old acquaintances and to revel in their shared heritage.“1 met so many old people here today.I just met a woman I went to school with who 1 hadn't seen for 65 years," said a delighted Donald Edward Watson, who grew up in nearby Gould.“I’ve had a chance to see some of my first and second cousins.It’s been great.” The 83-year-old resident of Milo, Ma„ carried the Watson family tartan in Sunday’s Kirkin’, an ancient ceremony that dates back to when the English monarch banned all signs of the Highland culture in the mid 1700s.“It was beautiful.I just wish more of my family had been here, because I’m getting on in years and I may not get to do it again,” Watson said jokingly, “I really enjoyed it.1 was tickled that they asked me to carry the (Watson) tartan.” Watson carried one of 53 tartans which represent the Gaelic families who originally settled in Scotstown and the surrounding area.The area once had a strong Scottish community, but few of the descendants of the early settlers stayed in the region.“The encouraging part is to see all the young people,” Ceilidh Society president Alvin MacAulay said as he scanned the crowd.“I think events like these can go on forever with all the children and reunion brings many back home ROBHRT MATHESON Gail Nicholson MacDonald carried the Nicholson tartan during Sunday's Kirkin’ O' 'lhe Tartan ceremony at Irving’s Meadow, just outside Scotstown.grandchildren of former residents that attend.With people getting older you would expect to worry about it, but with this response I’m not.” Tire reunion was the third organized by the Ceilidh Society since it was formed in 1982.The society holds annual family picnics and Robbie Burns’s dinners, but this weekend’s event drew larger than usual crowds.More than 247 people attended a dinner and Tartan Ball at the Scotstown Hotel Saturday night.Many people came front outside the province - from California, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, the Maritimes and New England - to attend the weekend’s festivities.“It’s very exciting to see all the families, because we live so far apart,” said Barbara Garvin, who came from Coto de Caza, Ca„ for an Irving family reunion that coincided with the Ceilidh events.“It’s good to see all of our cousins that we haven’t seen for a long time and all of the people that I knew when I was growing up.” Sunday’s Kirkin’ and picnic took place on the farm that belonged to Garvin’s grandfather.A total of 40 Irvings took in Sunday’s event.They and other guests were treated to the sights and sounds of Scotland as the 78th Fraser Highlanders of Montreal gave piping and musket shooting demonstrations along the banks of the Salmon River.Five Highland dancers from Montreal also entertained the crowd during the picnic that followed the Kirkin’.“The Scottish heritage is all part of being a family,” Garvin said.“It’s all part of who you are.” “I think it’s amazing how they organize this and what it is,” said Tommy Riglar, a former Scotstown resident who now lives in Vancouver.“I think it’s important at this time in Quebec’s history to remind people there are other founding races besides the French.” “That’s why this is a very important event,” he added.“We’re not doing it in spite or in arrogance, we’re just doing it.” ROBERT MATHESON The 78th Fraser Highlanders of Montreal performed an ancient musket drill Sunday.ROBERT MATHESON Montreal Highland dancers Susan Monsacchi, Heather McNab, Wendy Johnstone and Donna Lane join hands during the sword dance. page 4 Monday, July 28, 1997 — THE' Increase in number of hunting permits for 1997 season Officials take action to reduce deer population By Maurice Crossfield Knowlton A steady increase in the deer population is threatening its very existence.As a way of decreasing the herd, the Ministry of the Envi- ronment and Wildlife announced 3,915 extra permits are available to landowners for the coming season.The application process is already underway for farm and wood lot owners to get a permit for zones 5 and 6.Zone 5 is AUTOGRAPH Rotate and tighten^ Tighten first Rotor/drum a;** y- J- J Rotating the tires can significantly increase their life.With a growing number of front-wheel drive cars on the road today, it’s important to realize that tire rotation for these cars is different than what you might be used to with a rear-wheel-drive vehicle.Just as important is knowing what order to tighten the bolts in so the wheel goes on squarely and securely.Always refer to the owner’s manual for tire rotation order, frequency of rotation, and bolttightening specifications.REAR-wheel drive Rear tires are moved to front (same side) and front tires move to rear (opposite sides).FRONT-wheel drive Rear tires move to front (same side) and front tires more to rear (also same side) Tightening the nuts When the wheels are put back on the car, the nuts are tightened to vehicle specifications in a ‘star pattern as indicated above.When there are only four nuts, one is tightened, with the opposite nut then being tightened and so on.It’s best to ‘snug’ all the nuts finger tight before using a lug wrench to finish the job.Tighten first COPYRIGHT WHEELBASE COMMUNICATIONS More than 125 vehicles in our inventory.4141 King Street West Sherbrooke 563-4466 For information (toll-free) 1 888 MEGAPARK 634-2727 LEASER IN NEARLY NEW PARK the Brome-Missisquoi area and zone 6’s borders are Sawyerville to Magog and from Richmond to the U.S.border.The permits, to be awarded through a random draw, allow a landowner to hunt antlerless deer (male) this fall.But the limit to how many deer a hunter can kill in a given year remains at one.The extra permits are part of a new program designed to reduce the number of white-tailed deer, estimated to be at 120,000 in zones 5 and 6.This overpopulation has raised concerns about the health of the herd as well as the rise in the number of deer-related problems, such as road accidents and crop damage.The program also aims to reduce pressure on male deer by taking out more females.In zone 5 the average life expectancy of a deer is two years due to hunting, reducing the available gene pool of the herd.Zone 5 will receive 1,365 landowner permits, while eligible hunters in zone 6 will vie for 2,250.Landowners must have a valid hunting card to qualify, and must own at least four hectares of property.However, not all parts of the zones will be included in the hunt.Specific municipalities are listed where the hunt will take place, which the Ministry of Environment and Wildlife says is part of its overall deer herd management plan.The decision on which areas were chosen was based on deer harvest levels, deer-related road accidents, and difficulties in winter.The idea of landowner permits has been a suggestion put forward by several hunting groups as a way to control the deer population for several years.However, fish and game clubs and landowner groups such as the Brome Bolton Fish and Game Club have expressed concern that there are already more than enough hunters in the woods during the regular bow and rifle season.The landowner season is Nov.1 and Nov.15 in zone 5, and Nov.1 and Nov.16 in zone 6.For informationon the new hunting season or to apply for a permit, contact one of the following organizations: The Brome Bolton Fish and Game Club at (514) 243-5116, the Sutton Fish and Game Club at (514) 538-2958, The Société Sylvicole Arthabaska-Drummond at 1-800-567-5830 or (819) 353-2361, the Saint-Anne-de-la-Rochelle Fish and Game Club, the Association de conservation de la faune des Cantons at (819) 845-2986, or the Tomophobia Fish and Game Club at (819) 876-7693.All applications must be received by the Syndicat des producteurs de bois de l’Estrie, 4300 Bourque Blvd., Rock Forest, JIN 2A6 by Aug.22.The draw is scheduled for Aug.29.More construction in Sherbrooke area this week Staff Sherbrooke Road construction will be going on in at least three parts of the Sherbrooke area this week.Construction on highway 10, which started earlier this summer and has caused some traffic problems, now moves to a section of the autoroute near Eastman.The work is estimated at more than $500,000 and is scheduled to end Aug.17.A 5.5-kilometre stretcSherbrooke parking lot construction expected to end today Construction on the Webster parking lot in downtown Sherbrooke is nearly complete and all levels of the parking lot are now open to the public.The final touches to the $1 million project should be completed today and only a few of the parking spaces will be off limits until work is com-plete.h of Stratford Street, located in the municipality of the same name, will be repaved.There will only be access to one of the street’s two lanes during this time.Traffic will be controlled with stop lights.That work is scheduled to end by Aug.19 and is estimated to cost more than $450,000.Larochelle Blvd., in Trois-Lacs, will undergo a full facelift as the 0.4-kilo-metre artery gets completely repaved for the price of $178,000. THE Monday, July 28, 1997 page 5 CCJ now open in Sherbrooke Service offers legal advice at a cut rate price By Paul Cherry Sherbrooke Legal advice is available in Sherbrooke at a bargain price.A service that has already set up shop in places like Montreal and Quebec is now up and running out of lawyers’ offices right across the street from the Sherbrooke courthouse.The Centre de Consultation Juridique (CCJ), which started in Sherbrooke at the beginning of July, offers legal advice to anyone considering taking legal action or about enter into a legal agreement - for the price of a one-year, $37 membership, plus tax.“The service helps introduce people to the justice system and helps them with preventing legal problems in the future,” said Michelle Bourdages, CCJ vice-president.“It’s used by everyday people who aren’t familiar with legal processes." Bourdages and another bilingual lawyer are serving people with CCJ memberships.The service was created based on the theory that most litigation can be avoided if people are well informed of their rights before deciding to take legal action.It was founded in 1993 by its president, Quebec lawyer Sylvain Landry.To use the services of a CCJ lawyer, a person should make an appointment for legal advice.The $37 price of that first meeting includes the membership which is good for one year with unlimited consultation sessions between 20 and 30 minutes.According to a recent poll done by the Ad Hoc research group for the French-language business magazine Affaires, 10.4 per cent of Quebecers thought they would need the services of a lawyer in 1996.The poll also indicated 56.5 per cent of Quebecers think lawyers fees are unreasonable.The majority of consultations CCJ deals with involve matrimonial legal matters.People looking for advice on things like a separation, divorce or the legal custody of children make up 60 per cent of CCJ consultations.Eighteen per cent are general civil issues like real estate or corporate law.The rest of the consultations CCJ has dealt with to date include penal law, criminal law, immigration and advice on dealing with government offices like CSST and the Regie du logement.Remarkably, CCJ lawyers advise members that their disputes aren’t worth pursuing 80 per cent of the time.Bourdages said the service is especially useful to people who want to have questions answered before signing a contract.She added that people operating businesses are also finding out about the benefits of a CCJ membership.“When we started out in 1994 not many business people were using us,” she said.“Now that we’re more well- known, many use us, especially people operating small- to- medium-sized businesses who can’t afford to have their own lawyer.” Since 1993, CCJ has expanded to set up offices all over Quebec, including Drummondville and Acton Vale.More than 12,000 people have already used the services available in Montreal and Quebec City.Many might be familiar with CCJ from seeing their offices set up in Bay department stores but they recently stopped using the retailer as a base.“Since we’ve been expanding we decided that since there aren’t already Bay stores across the province, we took the decision to operate out of lawyer’s offices,” Bourdages said.• • • The Centre de Consultation Juridique offices in Sherbrooke are located at 380 King W., suite 403.Tel: (819) 566-7933.Few Townships landowners are opposed to the project OaaiEm; S’ortiaitd Facilities TQM TransQtwbM & Marttmas TMC3T - Tr»rwManlniies Transmission SOEP - Sable Island Offshore Energy projeci MSN6 - Maritime* & Northeast PNG IS - Portland Natural Gas Transmission Syst INTERNET PHOTO The proposed routes of the various pipelines involved in the project to transport natural gas to the United States, including the TransQuebec & Maritimes (TQM) pipeline which would run through numerous private properties in the Townships.Pipeline: CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 TQM plans to start laying down the pipeline in May 1998 and begin pumping natural gas through it six months later.TQM officials said that more than 80 per cent of the 40 Quebec municipalities the pipeline will cross have expressed support for the project.Since TQM started its own consultation hearings last January, the company has made more than 50 changes to the pipeline’s original route.Because TQM had to avoid cutting down patches of maple and pine trees, they have planned a route for a good portion of the pipeline to run through the property of 450 private landowners.TQM officials said they cover the cost of the land used.What some landowners have been offered so far works out to between $1500 and $2000 in taxable compensation.TQM officials also say they will cover the costs of lost produce if their pipeline crosses a working farm.It plans to reimburse Christmas tree farmers in East Hereford for trees they cut down, for example.Since news of the pipeline came about, at least a few Eastern Townships landowners say they are opposed to having the pipeline run through their land.Bruce Miller, a 50-year-old computer programmer who owns 33 hectares of land near Ayer’s Cliff, told The Record earlier this year he wants no part of the pipeline.He also questions the safety of having a pipeline close to where people live.He has created a Web site on the Internet titled Pipeline Blues (http://www.multi-medias.ca/her-mit/pipeline) to connect landowners with similar points of view.Another landowner, who runs a small dairy farm near Ayer’s Cliff, was originally told part of his land would only be used as part of the pipeline itself.But TQM recently advised him his farm will also be the site of a pumping unit used on the pipeline requiring more of his land.Normand Benoit, a Ste-Catherine-de-Hatley farmer, has also sent a letter to the National Energy Board stating that TQM did not do its full job in informing landowners of the “potential environ- mental and socioeconomic effects" the pipeline can cause.He and a group of landowners have requested that TQM hold their information sessions again. COMMUNITY FORUM Be a own tourist m your community When was the last time you were a tourist in the Townships?Several years ago I was unemployed and needed a job.1 lucked in to one setting up a tourist office in Man-sonville.I didn't live here at the time but one of our favorite family drives took us from where we lived in Eastman around through Knowlton and Sutton and over the Scenic Highway through Glen Sutton and Mansonville and back up to Eastman.So, I knew the area well.As the person responsible for the tourist office 1 took my duties seriously and set out to visit as many Townships sites as I could.My tight budget allowed for few luxuries, so my daughters and I would pack a picnic and take one-day holidays.Planning the trip and preparing the picnic took a day too, so they really were two-day vacations.FOUND EVERY COVERED BRIDGE Over a four-month period, we visited the Coaticook Gorge and the Louis St-Laurent Museum in Compton.We found every covered bridge in the Townships.(My favorite was the one in the shadow of the autoroute near Ayer’s Cliff which, sad to say, was burned).We visited every museum from Eaton Corner to Stanbridge East.We saw the Falls at Burrough’s Falls, the fish hatchery at Baldwin’s Mills, the granite quarry at Graniteville.We walked around the grounds at Orford listening to the musicians practice, and we think we found Donald Morrison’s grave in Gould.We tried to orient ourselves at the lookout at Dufferin Golf Club near Stanstead where a brass topographic display was a great help.Have the trees grown too tall to prevent its use?We listened to the Gregorian chant of the monks at St.Benoit-du-lac at 11 a.m.mass.We walked the nature trails just outside of Granby_ NEW THINGS TO DO Today, there are new things to see and do in the Townships.I must visit the Astrolab at Mt.Megantic, and hike some of the trails on top of Sutton.And I haven’t tried the Estriade, the cycle path from Waterloo to Granby, or the cycle path from Lennoxville to North Hatley.And I haven’t visited the Capleton Mines.We are blessed to live in such a beautiful area.If you need help planning your one-day holidays in the Townships, stop at a tourist bureau and pick up a copy of the tourist guide to the Townships or phone Tourisme Quebec at 1-800-363-7777 and get out there while the weather is still wonderful.HEATHER KEITH-RYAN a division of Communications Quebecor inc.2850 Delorme.Sherbrooke, Que.J1K 1A1 Fax:819-569-3945 Newsroom e-mail: record@interlinx.qc.ca Randy IOnnear Publisher .Sharon McCully Editor .Sunil Mahtani Corresp.Editor .Susan Mastine Community Relat.Alain TEtreault Adv.Dir.Richard Lessard Prod.Mgr.Mark Guillette Press Superv.Francine Thibault Prod.Superv.(819) 569-9511 (819) 569-6345 (819) 569-6345 (819) 569-9511 (819) 569-9525 (819)569-9931 (819) 569-9931 (819) 569-9931 DEPARTMENTS Accounting Advertising Circulation Newsroom (819) 569-9511 (819) 569-9525 (819) 569-9528 (819) 569-6345 Knowlton office 88 Lakeside, Knowlton, Quebec, JOE 1V0 Tel: (514) 242-1188 Fax: (514) 243-5155 MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS GST PST TOTAL Canada: 1 year 104.00 7.28 7.23 $118.51 6 MONTHS 53.50 3.75 3.72 $60.97 3 MONTHS 27.00 1.89 1.88 S30.77 Out of Quebec residents do not include PST.Rates for other services available on request.The Record is published daily Monday to Friday.Back copies of The Record ordered one week after publication are available at $1.00 per copy.The Record was founded on February 7.1897.and acquired the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879) in 1905 and the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) in 1908.Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Agreement No.0479675.Member ABC.CARD, CDNA, NMB, QCNA ^IHEflNqNNA-TUVX'W jstahler55 «¦ m $3&J§æl Wm> Wm.* À K «r** ¦ ¦ v.i|i I mmm Mjt&WHir ¦ : :¦ : :' .r WMwrimmM