The record, 8 septembre 1999, Supplément 1

Brome County NEW Wednesday, Septemeer *, 1999 450-242-2544 Specialized General Contractor Excavation, hydraulic rock breaker, demolition, foundation, septic system, drainage, artificial ponds all sizes, public and private roads, landshaping, aggregate, top soil, field stone, bulk transport.The Largest Circulation Weekly in Brome—Missisquoi Heat wave Preparedness pays off for organizers By Claudia Villemaire Brome After one of the hottest weekends ever, with attendance records not far from last year’s record-breaking event, the Brome Fair gates m illlill ¦s&'ÉliüU CLAUDIA VILLEMAIRE didn’t stop Brome Fair goers I M - * ¦ : closed for the last time this millennium, chalking up the 143rd successful exhibition.“We were hoping to reach 50,000 visitors this last fair of the 20th century,” fair president Don Soles said Sunday afternoon.“But heat like this has the same effect as rain.Folks can’t stand it so hot, so we probably won’t break any records but we’ll be close to last year, according to the figures I’ve been looking at so far.” With water pumps overheating all over the grounds and power supplies dwindling in the stables, fair organizers snapped into action.Water shortages were of short duration, an hour or two.Power supplies were bolstered with tractor-generated electricity, bottled water supplies were constantly checked and reordered.Suppliers were roused from their own weekend activities to repair pumps and circuit breakers, to bring in loads of bottled water and first aid personnel doubled to ensure anyone suffering from the effects of the unbelievable heat were treated quickly and efficiently.To watch organizers under the pressure of imminent disaster was a lesson in preparedness.The elderly and children, always the most vulnerable were constantly being helped to a shady spot, sponged with damp cloths and given water to sip.So, all those worst-case scenarios, nervously discussed through the years before each fair, paid off.Those folks who look after everything from toilet paper to tickets were ready.Entries were breaking records in several departments this year.A huge Hereford show along with record entries in Holsteins and Jerseys along with several new exhibitors -including three herds of belted Galloway cattle- proved the agriculture aspect of the fair is still top priority.see fair, page 6 CLAUDIA VILLEMAIRE CLAUDIA VILLEMAIRE Pierre Marziali Y Pharmacist Hours: Mon., Tues., Wed.9-8 p.m.Thurs.& Fri.9 - 9 p.m.Sat 9 - 5 p.m.408 South St, Cowansville 263-2171 ESSAiM Always at your service A marchr V" Tbut frah.tout pr«s OPEN DAILY 8-10 P.M.250 Knowlton Rd., Knowiton 243-6155 See (f Montreal —3jt Joufff&l ocAradiOMf ulci mAlign*.Townshippef;s RECORD (819) 566-5717 or (450) 263-4422 >,* Global mlMC BROME riUu COWANSVILLE 1999 BREEZE, automatic, air conditioning, power windows & locks, cassette, tilt & cruise.TRANSPORTATION INCLUDED.$19,285 1999 DODGE DAKOTA SPORT, 4x4, club cab, 6 cyl., automatic, fog lights, light group, anti-spin differential.TRANSPORTATION INCLUDED.36 months lease 20,000 km/year $0 CASH DOWN $394 $1000 CASH DOWN $368 $3000 CASH DOWN $316 395, RUE RIVIERE, COWANSVILLE Vf 263-4000 page 8 Wednesday, September 8, 1999 Brome Cowiry News PIANO LESSONS Children and Adults (beginners to advanced) Gail Watt 242-2892 (near Mt.Glen) epiencb OF EXP1 Arthur Charby • Landscaper • Landscaping • Patios • Fences • Stone Walls French Drain • General Caretaking • Lawn & Tree Maintenance • Tree Cutting & Clearing (450) .STAIM®®.GLASS GliASS •Tools & material '* Restoration glass « Many lamps f£a Gfiwrie du Verrier at: VITRERIE MAURICE INC.460 Cowie, Granby "\j For opening hours cat us (450) 375-1318 SUTTON SATURDAY MARKET MAY 15 - OCTOBER 9 IN ITS 29th YEAR, OUR FRIENDLY MARKET ON CURLEY STREET FEATURES MAPLE PRODUCTS, GLASSWARE, JEWELLERY, BAKED GOODS, AVON, CRAFTS & SUPPLIES, TOOLS, A CANTINE PLUS MANY OTHER VENDORS.EVERYONE WELCOME SATURDAYS 9 A.M.- 4 P.M.INFORMATION: (450) 538-5320 BOIS CHAMPIGNY INC Bois de construction • Achat de billots Construction wood • Log purchase îa* wm* 9*»* Guy Champigny prop.Route 243, Mansonville Quebec (450) 292-3490 Venice prepares for 50th anniversary CAROLINE KEHNE/CORRESPONDENT A photo of Missisquoi Bay near Venise taken in 1942 from the Neville family album.By Carolyn Kehne Record Correspondent Venise-en-Québec The municipality of Venise-en-Québec, situated on the northern shores of Missisquoi Bay, will celebrate its 50th anniversary in the year 2000.As part of this celebration, amateur anthropologist and writer Fernand Legault is preparing a book on the history of the municipality starting with its geological and natural history and progressing to the relatively short period of habitation by humans.“Historically, the Lake Champlain is very important place, serving as a line of communication first for the Indians, the French and then the English,” said Legault who is currently in the process of researching the anniversary book.The pre-Columbian habitation of the area has been established to 1000 AD; however, he said that archeological evidence is scant and inconclusive.European habitation began when the King of France granted land for the Seignuries of Foucault and Noyan in exchange for the grantees’ commitment to populate the area.Legault notes that although Clarenceville and neighboring Noyan were settled in the early 19th century, the area now known as Venice-en-Quebec, known simply until recently as “Missisquoi Bay” remained largely uninhabited.He says that there appears to be a documentary gap between 1800 and 1850 and welcomes information from anyone who has oral or written knowledge of this period.One of the earliest documented settlers is Timothy Neville, who left Ireland in the 1840s as the result of the Irish Potato Famine.In 1846, Neville acquired the homestead of Var-num Blood, located on the western bank of the bay.The farmhouse, currently under renovation, and 200 acres remain in the hands of Neville descendants.The Nevilles were bor- dered by the Roy and Curtis farms, which were long since divided up into lots for cottages and campgrounds.According to Legault, the area’s transformation began the 1930’s when cash-strapped farmers sold small parcels of land to “city folk” to build small cottages.According to a Neville family de scendant, a 50-foot square lot sold circa 1940 might bring $50, enough cash to see the family through the winter.In 1950, “Venise-en-Quebec” became a municipality.However, unlike most municipalities that have a stable, year-round population, seasonal residency hampered the development of a strong, pervasive sense of community.Even today, Legault notes that the municipality of 23 square kilometers has a permanent population roughly one tenth that of its peak seasonal population.“Venise had its ‘Golden Age’ in the ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s and a part of the ‘70s.At this time there was a bus coming each weekend from Montreal and the town supported many hotels and restaurants.” It was also a main stop for big bands playing the East Coast on the way to Montreal.When public tastes turned away from the big clubs, that age came to an end forever.Over the decades, the main threat to the municipality was not the fickleness of public tastes, but the growth pressures that were slowly destroying the town’s primary asset, the once pristine Missisquoi Bay.In the absence of coherent environmental management, overbuilding flourished, the bay slowly silted up as the result of poor agriculture practices, and, until last year when the municipality installed mandatory water treatment for shoreline resi- dents, untreated waste found its way into the bay.Such a fate is not necessarily preordained.Across the bay in Philipsburg, far-sighted private citizens put large tracts of lakeshore land into trust and created what is now one of the most important wildlife reserves in the Northeast.The legacy of Venise’ visionaries, on the other hand, has been decades unrestricted lakeshore growth, a legacy that led the author of a March 1998 article in Cycle Canada to dub the town “Venice the Menace”.It will be a legacy that will live on far into the future.On its 50th anniversary, Venise faces big challenges.One of the bright spots is Quebec’s participation with New York and Vermont in the cleanup of Missisquoi Bay and the municipality’s installation of water treatment facilities.Even with these and the promise of better agricultural practices, experts agree that major results may not be seen for decades.However, participation is a first step and the only viable one for a community so dependent upon the Bay for its livelihood.Writer Fernand Legault is looking for photographs or information on Venise-en-Quebec for his book being issued for its 50th anniversary.He is especially interested in historical information on the period from 1800-1850.He may be contacted at (450) 244-5090 or at email at flegault@mtl.clubplus.net.Roger Choinière Excavation (of all kinds) • Paysagiste • Drainage • Terre, sable, gravier • Fosse septique • Lac artificiel • Landscaping • Drainage » Sand, gravel, fill • Septic systems ¦ Artificial lake 1-800-314-3959 Cell: 776-0242 House: 242-3959 Brome County News Wednesday, September 8, 1999 page 9 Missisquoi Monday: Back on the paddle again What should have been a simple, one-small-step beginning turned into a rather fumbling start.We left a shuttle vehicle in the village of Glen Sutton, and proceeded to the put-in on the Missisquoi River by the bridge at Highwater, just a gunshot from the American border.Had the space research facility with its giant cannons still been in operation, we’d also be, quite literally, within a gunshot of the Mexican border.(As it stood, the closest thing to Mexican in the area is the fine fare at the Auberge Glen Sutton.) Trouble began with the choice of our point of embarkation.The trail down from the road split off in two directions.One path led to a steep bank and an awkward put-in by the bridge abutment; the other brought us to an easy access point in what appeared to be a bay off the main channel.Without investigating further, we loaded our gear and fare for the afternoon into the canoe and headed off to the west.only to discover we were in a small muddy pond with no outlet.Feeling a tad foolish, I hopped out when we struck bottom to see how far away the river was, only to sink almost to my knees in slimy, stinky mud.Slopping about in the ooze, we carried the canoe to what would be the outlet whenever there was sufficient water, and over a few small obstacles below.A narrow cleft in the brush led down to the river, dropping about five feet in the process.Keeping the bow of Country Squire Brian Eddington the canoe high, I backed carefully through the tangles, pushing the brush aside with my derrière.Until my bare legs got wrapped up in a mess of - stinging nettles, some of which stuck right up inside my fashionable, wide-angle shorts.Mumbling and muttering about not having checked things out a little better beforehand, we finally broke out of the undergrowth to the smooth-flowing waters of the Missisquoi, a welcoming sight indeed.I bathed my itchy wounds in the shallows while trying not to sink too far into the muck.The possibility of an encounter with poison ivy crossed my mind, but time would show there hadn’t been one.A pound or two of black clay refused to shake loose from my feet and ended up soiling the bottom of the canoe.Finally, we pushed away from shore and let the gentle flow carry us westward once more.The afternoon sun hung high and hot above the narrow channel.A haze took the sharp edges off the steep hills that enclose the river valley, Roundtop and the Sutton range on the north side, Vermont’s Green Mountains to the south.On yet another sub-tropical summer day, the humidity built well beyond the comfort zone.Luckily, down and along the lazy river, a coolness crept out from the wooded banks to temper the heat for a couple of casual paddlers.That was one reason for being there.Reward offered for lost cat A black and white male neutered cat with a red and white collar with name and rabies rags has been missing in the West Bolton area since July 30th.The cat is thin, shy and has a pink nose.If seen please call (450) 243-1970.Be sure to drop by The Record/Brome County News booth at Townshippers’ Day in Knowlton September 18.Brome County 'Zfe, tye Brome County News Now available for: 1 year subscription: $47.00 GST 3.29 PST 3.77 TOTAL $54.06 88 LAKESIDE.KNOWLTON.QUE.JOE 1V0 Tel.: (450) 242-1188 Another involved disposing of an embarrassment that had been building for quite a while.There was something wrong about purporting to be a canoe - (to the point where a cutesy little canoe symbol occupies the upper left hand corner of my personal cheques), yet living half an hour from the storied Missisquoi River for more than twenty years without as much as wetting a paddle in its waters.After the first few strokes, that finally was behind me.A third motivation was to check out the course of the annual Highwater to Glen Sutton canoe race, held around mid-June and sponsored, in whole or in part, by the Auberge Glen Sutton.Many friends have taken part over the years; one dedicated chap who builds his own cedar strip canoes has won it several times.According to all, it is as much a social happening as a sporting event, the wrap-up ceremonies going on for hours at the aforementioned Auberge.I’ll always regret not being there the year local celebrity Maurice ‘Mad Dog’ Vachon was the Master of Ceremonies.Apparently when Mad Dog tells a joke, everybody laughs, and heartily too.It is true that the good things in life are often free (or at least cheap), and require no justification or explanation.A friend once said he’s never spent a bad hour in a canoe.Thinking back over many trips and years, if there were bad hours I don’t seem to recall them now.Our time on the Missisquoi, three or four hours over ten-to-twelve miles, was nothing if not pleasant, serene.In the early going we passed a large campground on the north side, and the fields of one or several farms.Two sand bars reaching into the stream from the south side offered good appointments for a snack break; instead we put a few more miles behind us before stopping by a grassy knoll.A jersey cow popped her big curious brown head out of the trees, took a close look at our roughly-made sandwiches, then returned quickly whence she came.The heat of the day was in decline when we arrived at the takeout by another bridge.Water traffic had picked up in the last mile; several canoes, a row-boat, a few sit-on-top kayaks.A young family romped and splashed in a pool beyond the bridge.No doubt all would agree that a hot afternoon is better when a river runs through it.EuSSEs) I I UJ (_> I 1 i^'onsj EVERYTHING MOST GO! °/o N°THi p«y ' On selected items •Subject to credit approval 633 Dufferin Granby 372-5896 Credit Card accepted fk kl Imdm mu jffww w Ww rtWffiry wwl9W¥W ¦ OPEN 7 DAYS Monday to Wednesday 9hto17h30 Thursday & Friday 9h to 21h Saturday 8h to 17h Sunday Noon to 17h Deadline: 10 a.m.working day previous to publication page 10 Wednesday, September 8, 1999 Call Sherbrooke: (819) 569-9525 between 8:30 am.and 430 p.m.E-mail: recordad@interlinx.qc.ca or Knowlton: (450) 242-1188 between 9:00 a.m.and 4:00 p.m.Brome County News CLASSIFIED Or mail your prepaid classified ads to The Record, P.O.Box 1200, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1H 5L6 001: Property For Sale 035 For Rent 095 Career Training 100 Job Opportunities 100 Job Opportunities 140 Professional Services 275 Antiques 300 Machinery REAL ESTATE AGENT, 12 award winning years of experience in Knowlton, Cowansville, Sutton, Brigham region.Sharyl Thompson, affiliated agent (450) 242-2000 or (450) 266-7711.Royal LePage Action, chartered broker.020 Lots For Sale zzi________________ BUILDING LOT for sale.Cowansville, exclusive sector of Sweetsburg - Superb wooded lot of 47,600 sq.ft, with view.Services included.Priced below evaluation.No taxes.(450) 248-3030.It pays to advertise in the classifieds KNOWLTON Beautiful, sunny 4 1/2, available immediately, near Lake Brome.Ideal for quiet couple.References required.$385 monthly.Call (416) 533-1440 or leave message.AST Moving Sale ANTIQUES AND MORE.Open House Sale, September 11, 46 St.Paul, Knowlton, 8 a.m.to 4 p.m.Pine armoires, dry sink, dining room set, tables, captain chairs (4), lamps and many more mise, items, etc.To reach our Classified dept, call: 450-242-1188 or 819-569-9525 AUCTION SALE for Mrs.Tilly Muhl 12 Veteran St., Ville de Lac Brome (Knowlton) Saturday, September 11th 10 a.m.sharp TO BE SOLD: several pieces of furniture painted (Austrian style) by well known local artist John Muhl including armoires, chests of drawers, and chairs, collection of paintings and sketches by John Muhl and other artists, artist supplies and equipment, large mahogany chest of drawers, mirrors, kitchen table and four chairs, dining room table, hutch, bureaus, beds, bookcases, armchairs, coffee table, many other styles and sizes of tables, floor and table lamps, three dinner sets, china cups and saucers, crystal, quantity knickknacks and collectibles, autoharp, Kern glass dome mantel clock, crocks, pitchers, pottery, books, radios, Sharp CD player like new, CD’s and cassettes, cameras, linens, large quantity craft supplies, two portable sewing machines, Panasonic microwave, small electrical appliances, pots, pans, etc., portable electric radiator heaters, stationary exercise bicycle, Viking deep freeze, lawn table and chairs, golf clubs and balls, Lawnboy lawnmower, many many other articles too numerous to mention.N.B.Everything in this sale is in excellent condition.Tent: rain or shine Terms: cash or cheque from known buyers Canteen services Bring your own chairs For information call: ALDEN TICEHURST, AUCTIONEER 450-297-3131 FREE 128 page “Career Opportunities” Guide shows you how to train at home for top paying jobs.Earn more.Call Granton Institute today at 1-800-361-1971 for your free guide.Looking for a job or qualified personnel?Consult our Classified ads! 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