The record, 5 novembre 1997, Supplément 1

NEW Wednesday, November 5, 1997 » DUKE, NOBLE.General Partnership Ga Chartered Accountants Taxation, Accounting, Financial Services, Individuals and Corporations Estate Planning and Settlement, Farm Transfers Serving the Eastern Townships community for over 35 years.COWANSVILLE KNOWLTON LENNOXVILLE 109 William St.339 Knowlton Rd.164-A Queen St.Suite 1 (514) 263-4123 (514) 243-5021 (819) 346-0333 The Largest Circulation Weekly in Brome — Missisquoi Star attraction .: se»» MURIELLE PARKES/CORRESPONDENT Some folks have all the luck.In this case, Diane Marcoux and Lynn Lapierre mingle with Martin Sheen, in Mansonville recently for the filming of the movie Free Money.The Hollywood star endeared himself to many.“He freely mixed with the crowd and genuinely seemed interested in the area,” said one onlooker.“And he had lots of questions about Quebec politics.” - Murielle Parkes, Correspondent.Warwick gets revenge on Cowansville Creative cash for historic houses By Tanya Tkach Record Correspondent Knowlton The trustees of the Brome Country Historical Society held their second annual Bring and Bid Party Saturday night and raised $8,000 at Knowlton’s courthouse, built in 1859.Due to provincial and federal cutbacks, the association has had to find new avenues for raising money necessary for repairing and maintaining its historic buildings.Organizer Janie Trew, chairman of the trustees, came up with the idea of an antique sale as a fund-raiser.MONEY FOR REPAIRS “We needed some serious money for repairs,” said Trew during a teacher’s break at Knowlton Academy.“I remember as a young girl that my parents did this sort of thing to raise money for the community and so I suggested it to the board of trustees.” After their first event, which raised $4,000, the idea spread by word of mouth.Basically, the idea is invited guests bring something they want to get rid of and bid on something they can’t do without.“We had items such as tea strainers, vases, glassware, copper boilers, butter churns, books and paintings which were auctioned from $5 to $400,” said Arlene Royea, executive secretary of the society.“Most of the money will be used for the courthouse,” she said.SEE AUCTION, PAGE 5 By Michael Innés Record correspondent Sherbrooke The Cowansville Eskimods winning streak did not last for long.After beating Warwick on Friday night in Warwick, the Kingsey paid them back on Sunday, beating them 7-5.Warwick took a 4-0 lead before Cowansville was able to score on goalie Jean-François Crevier.François Mongrain opened the scoring for Warwick after only 1:30 of play.Michel Cote gave the Kingsey a 2-0 lead before Marc Simoneau made it 3-0.Cowansville’s Maxime Sytchev to make it 3-1 minutes later with help from Karl Lagace and Maxime Lessard on a power play.Francis Mongrain scored his second goal of the game for Warwick to add to the lead.Ghislain Lajoies scored on a power play minutes later.Karl Lagace scored his seventh goal of the season for Cowansville to reduce Warwick’s lead to 4-3.Pascal Roux gave Warwick a two-goal lead early in the third period with his fifth of the season.Cowansville didn’t give up and Maxime Lessard narrowed the lead once again after picking up a pass from Lagace and Morin.Warwick’s Martin Grenier and Marc Simoneau added two more goals in the last period of play after Bryan Bergeron scored for Cowansville.Pascal Gosselin and Dominic Boucher split the goalie position for Cowansville.Cowansville plays their next game Sunday at 7:30 p.m.hosting Joliette.Fund-raiser to repair Brome-Missisquoi cemeteries Stanbridce East The Heritage Cemetery Committee of the Missisquoi Historical Society will hold a benefit concert Nov.15 to help raise funds for neglected cemeteries in the region.Committee chairman Reg Patterson said the non-profit organization will use the money to cut grass and repair headstones and fences in 21 cemeteries in the Brome-Missisquoi region.“The Heritage Cemetery Committee received an allotment from the Missisquoi Museum as well as private donations,” said Patterson, who also serves on the board of directors of the Missisquoi Museum.“Someone once asked me why we do this,” said the New Brunswick native.“I answered that I do it because I hope that there will be somebody back home that cares enough to take care of my ancestors’ grave yards.” Patterson said the committee is trying to establish an annual fundraising event.Music will be provided by the Cowansville Community Choir and musicians from the Stan-bridge East Coffee House.The concert will take place 7:30, Nov.15 at the Recreation Centre on Academy Street in Stanbridge East.A donation of $5 will include tea or coffee.Caroline Kehne, Correspondent 243-0000 Res.Fax 242-2233 And now, Rebel Communications 242-2333 10% discount for Seniors CallTRow! 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EVERYDAY Monday - Sunday 8:30 a.m.- 9:00 p.m.472 Knowlton Rd.Knowlton 243-6692 weldemTheatre 104 N.Main St.St.Albans, Vt.802-527-7888 -tfôVÉMëlR7"N< STARSHIPTROOPERS Daily 7 & 9:30 Mat.Sat & Sun.at 2 R 6VÉMBÉCftaran*aîPar Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta in MAD CITY Daily 7 & 9.00 Mat.Sat.& Sun at 2 PG13 Richard Gere in RED CORNER Daily 7 r Fall Film Festival: Mon, Nov.10 at 7 p.m.Peter Fonda in ULEE'S GOLD Comma: Devil s Advocate, Anastasia, Boogie Nights, The Jackal ^ ^ Ffi Nov 7, Nov.13 I KNOW WHATYOU DID LAST SUMMER Daily 9:15 Mai.Sat.& Sun.at 2 q Maison • House of BOUSAD4 Furniture • Meubles Rugs • Tapis Ceramics • Céramiques COUNTRY FLOORS' l-s4^ COWANSVILLE 263-1444 .MAGASINS • BOUTIQUES page 2 Wêdne'sdaÿ, November 5, T997 Brome County News BILLBOARD COMMUNITY CALENDAR Nov.8 Christmas Sale at the Town Hall, Senior Citizen Centre, 12 Maple, Stan-bridge East, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.Light lunch.Small fee, $5.Annual Christmas Tea and Bazaar at the Fulford Hall, Fulford, 2 - 4 p.m.sponsored by the Social Club.Raffles, bake table and handicrafts.Annual Christmas Tea & Bazaar at Sutton United Church, Church hall, corner of Maple and Pleasant Streets, sponsored by the U.C.W., 1:30-4 p.m.Old-fashioned tea, bake, candy, nearly new & craft tables.Nov.8 & 9 Arts & Crafts Show at Odd Fellows Hall, sponsored by Knowlton Lodge #28, I.O.O.F.at 476 Knowlton Rd., Knowlton.Sat.10 a.m.- 5 p.m., Sun., 10:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.Over 30 tables.Come and enjoy great food at our cafe.Tel.243-6778.Yuletide Craft Show & Sale at Auberge West Brome, 11 a.m.- 8 p.m.Get an early start on your Christmas shopping.See the works of our talented Townships artists, Mary Martin, Gordon Ladd, Robert Chartier, Bill Schnutgen.Free admission.Tel 266-7552.Nov.9 Parade and Armistice Ceremony: The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #77 invites the population of Waterloo to share a few moments in remembrance of our Vetrans at the ALLERGIES?Protect yourself from DÜST MITES DÜVET PLUS For product knowledge Anti-Allergenic Bedding n 4C Academy sutton 538-8269 Parade and Armistice Ceremony,1 p.m.at the cenotaph in front of the Post Office.Dunham United Church will celebrate their 150th anniversary with a Sunday afternoon service at 2 p.m.Guest speaker: Rev.Arlen Bonnar.Coffee House, Knowlton United Church, 6 - 9 p.m.All welcome.For information to play, please call Ralph Steiner at 242-2510.Nov.12 Christmas Lunch and Sale at St.Paul’s Church, Knowlton, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.Lunch, $4.Nov.14 Xmas Bazaar in St.James Anglican Church Hall, 40 rue du Pont, Bedford, 2 - 4 p.m.food, crafts, bottle, book tables.Afternoon tea.Tickets, $3.50 adults, $1.75 children under 12 yrs.Nov.15 Third Annual Auction in the cafete-ria of Massey-Vanier High School, starting at 10 a.m.Profits go to Massey-Vanier athletics.Cantine on premises.Articles to sell accepted.For more information call Louise Flynn (514) 243-6732 or Judy Forster (514) 266-2010.Flea Market, sponsored by Lodge #28 at the Oddfellows Hall, 476 Knowlton Rd., Knowlton, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.Cantine on premises.Table reservations tel.243-5736.Friends of Liberty will hold their next meeting at the Centre socio communautaire, 169 Principale, Cowansville at 7:30 p.m.Speaker: Charlotte Lemieux, Professor of Law at Sherbrooke University.Topic: Some Limitations in Quebec’s Property Laws.Admission, $5 per person ($3 for mem- bers).Christmas Hot Dish Lunch & Sale at Knowlton United Church, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.Admission: Adults, $5.50, children, $3.Everyone welcome! Bring a friend! Nov.15 & 16 Annual Christmas Bazaar in the Legion Hall, 2 Curley St., Sutton, sponsored by the Sutton Valley Council, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.About 30 vendors will feature only new craft & gift items.Fully-licensed home-bake table.Everyone welcome! Nov.16 Remembrance Day Brunch in honor of our veterans sponsored by The Lions Club, Knowlton at Knowlton Academy, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.All you can eat; pay what you think it’s worth.Students at Knowlton Academy and Ecole St.Edouard will design posters for the occasion.Donations from the Club will go to each school.Tel.Peter Treacy 243-5985 or Barbara Cosgrove 242-1857.Nov.18 Brome Mississquoi Anglophone Youth Service Inc.(BMAYS) will hold its 1996-97 Annual Meeting, 7 p.m.at Massey Vanier High School.BMAYS operates the Cowansville Group Home for troubled youths.Info.Tel.263-1505.ARTS CALENDAR Nov.15 Community Spirit Talent Show to be held at Theatre Lac Brome, 267 Knowlton Rd.Tickets: Adults, $10, children, $5.For reservations or if you (4) Comission scolaire régionale pro testante du DISTRICT de BEDFORD JP) DISTRICT of BEDFORD protestant regional school board SUPPLY TEACHERS The District of Bedford School Board is seeking applications from qualified teachers to work as supply teachers in their schools.The names of applicants retained will be used to fill the Human Resources Department data bank for supply teaching.If you have applied within the last six months, do not re-submit an application.Please send Curriculum Vitae and supporting documents to: Melody Bell Human Resources Department C.P.20, COWANSVILLE (QC) J2K 3H2 would like to be part of the show, tel.Kate Wisdom 243-6824 or Danny McAuley, 243-4211.Proceeds to benefit the theatre.COMMUNITY NOTES Philipsburg Legion Armistice details ADVANCE NOTICE of arrangements: Nov.8, Banquet at Legion Hall, 5 p.m.cocktail hour, 6 p.m.dinner and ceremonies.Admission by ticket only.Available at the bar.Tel.248-2474.Nov.9, Parade, fallin, 2 p.m.at cenotaph.Nov.11, Bedford Parade, Fallin, 10:30 a.m.at George Perron Center.Cenotaph ceremony, 11 a.m.Snacks and comradeship at Legion Hall in the afternoon, Yamaska Literacy Council: In the Brome-Mississquoi area, many adults find reading very hard.In fact, 34 per cent have great difficulty, 31 per cent do not read well and another 29 per cent read at the basic level.Only 5 per cent of people in our area/read very well! If you would like to learn to read better, or improve your math skills, contact the Yamaska Literacy Council for free, confidential tutoring on a one-on-one basis.Take that first step to freedom! Call Donna Ross at 263-7503 anytime.ADVANCE NOTICE: “Behold The Radiance” - An exposition of Christmas Creches from around the world will be featured for Knowlton’s Festival of Light and Music during the four weekends of Advent beginning Nov.29 at Knowlton United Church.Anyone willing to lend their nativity scene for display, please call Shirley Smith Coderre at 243-5154.CHURCH SERVICES Knowlton - Pastoral Charge: Creek United, Foster - Worship & song, 9:30 a.m.Knowlton United, Knowlton - Worship & Song, 11 a.m.Services led by Rev.Dr.Burn Purdon Everyone welcome! 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Choose the ideal credit card for your vehicle AutoPLACE credit card • 90 days interest free on the cost of automobile repairs (parts and labour) (for a minimum of $300.00) • 6 months interest free on the cost of automobile repairs (parts and labour) (for a minimum of $1,000) • Detailed monthly account statement • Minimum 5% monthly payment on outstanding balance THE PLACE FOR YOUR CAR MAINTENANCE 4 - Auto PLACE MAÎTRE MECANICIEN page 4 Wednesday, November 5, 1997 Brome County N Dining out?Bring your ear plugs I’ve decided we are not only what we eat, but where we eat.A portrait of our society can be found in popular eateries where the order of the day is speed, noise and everything to excess.Just venture into some of the more popular restaurants dotting the landscape and observe the new trends in dining out.First of all, it’s a lot noisier out there.Trendy new restaurants vying for the attention of the younger set have not only borrowed on the success of fast food chains, which compete to see which can thaw your food the fastest, but they’ve added noise to the experience.In Dolby stereo.Diners looking for a little sustenance or a romantic evening out would be better advised to buy a couple of steaks at the local butcher and a candle.But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be an extra in a Labatt commercial where everyone around you appears to be in a perpetual party mood, head for the city and any of the dozens of popular eateries people of all ages are flocking to.The maitre d’ of one much bally-hooed restaurant met us in the lineup at the door and after yelling over the crowd to someone on the next floor, determined he had a table in a non-smoking section.There were no soundproof booths available.I had the sense we had crashed an Italian wedding.Hoopla reigned.Nearly every table on both floors of the huge restaurant was filled.Everyone was talking a few decibels too loud.The music was blaring.The waiters Out of the BROME CLOSET Sharon McCully all had that urgent look of someone minding a pot boiling in the kitchen.I decided this dining experience required a mood I couldn’t muster at the end of the week.Our meals were delivered in record time on huge platters that could easily have served as centrepieces for a buffet.We nodded, not even attempting to be heard.Besides, he was already on his way to the next table.Another day, another restaurant.Great food, lots of fun, we were told.A peppy young waitress on a sugar-rush dropped to her knees at our table and scribbled her name with crayons on the brown paper liner.She tried to yell the day’s specials over the clamor of frying pans being slammed at another table, (a birthday party, she said) then resorted to pointing to the chalk board on the wall.She left the crayons for my husband and I to doodle.Since we couldn’t talk we considered it, but amused ourselves instead reading the double entendres on the back of the staff T-shirts - some of which my husband the school principal, would have confiscated in the hallway.Moments later we were drawn to another commotion in another corner where there was a lot of singing, sparklers and more banging of pots and pans.Patrons were playing the Wheel of Fortune.Another birthday.This time I felt like we had crashed a Friday night frat house party.After dining experiences which have left me stressed and starving, I’ve concluded that washing the dishes on Friday night is more therapeutic.n I (OF full course meals & dessert Included [Early Breakfast [Lunch s695 &s795 [Evening meal: Fri.Sal.& Sun.[Table d'hôte $1295 - *2195 Reservations appreciated TABLE D’HOTE MENU: Pennine “Arrabbiata avec Vodka” Deboned chicken breast in mushroom sauce Mussels with shallots & white wine Prime rib au jus Veal Scallopini with Madera white saucel Lambchops marinated in white wine, lemon & thyme & good selection of wine Aidons le Théâtre Lac Brome à survivre L’avis d’une assemblée générale spéciale, imprimé sur du papier de couleur jaune, parlait de théâtre en crise.Le ton de cet avis a touché —-— des cordes sensibles des citoyens comme des membres du conseil d’administration et de deux qui appuient le théâtre.La salle du théâtre était plus remplie que lors des représentations auxquelles j’ai assisté au cours de la saison estivale.Tous ceux qui étaient là étaient inquiets et voulaient aider autant que possible.Les suggestions abondaient d’un peu partout dans la salle pour assurer la survie du théâtre.Le marketing, la publicité, les contacts téléphoniques, le choix des pièces de la saison professionnelle d’été, la construction d’un immeuble qui abriterait éventuellement le théâtre versus le renouvellement du bail de location existant, le théâtre amateur qui utilise l’espace au printemps, à l’automne et durant l’hiver.Bref, tout a été discuté et un grand nombre de suggestions ont été faites.À moins d’un auditoire important, il ne peut y avoir de théâtre.Et, à l’heure actuelle, il n’est pas vraiment de mode d’aller au théâtre.La majorité des théâtres en souffrent et en particulier les théâtres d’été comme The Piggery et Le Théâtre Lac Brome.Le même phénomène se passe ailleurs comme en témoigne un article récent de David Macfarlane dans The Globe and Mail.En plus du manque d’intérêt public actuel, les subventions gouvernementales sont de plus en plus faibles, sinon inexistantes.Il était évident par la représentation Entre Nous Thérèse Bernard de la collectivité à la réunion d’urgence de samedi dernier, que la population veut que le théâtre survive.Il s’agit maintenant d’en trouver les - moyens.Et comme les suggestions ne manquent pas, la prochaine réunion du conseil d’administration aura du pain sur la planche et des décisions importantes à prendre qui engageront le théâtre pour l’avenir.Le monde corporatif sera certainement approché de manière plus intensive et la vente de billets pour les représentations devra être de beaucoup intensifiée.Les marchands, qui bénéficient des visiteurs chez nous, se feront certainement un plaisir d’offrir des billets de théâtre en même temps que leur marchandise.Et, comme par les dernières années, la visite de quelques Maisons et Jardins de la région sera certainement la levée de fonds la plus importante, grâce au bénévolat d’un grand nombre de personnes et la participation de la population à la visite.Le Théâtre Lac Brome existe depuis onze ans dans sa forme actuelle mais un des premiers théâtres à Lac Brome a été mis sur pied dans les années 1930 sous le nom de Brae Manor theatre.Il est devenu le centre d’activités culturelles locales, tant sur le plan amateur que professionnel et il est important qu’il continue bien longtemps après le début du très prochain millénaire.Déjà un bon nombre de personnes soucieuses d’en assurer la survie se sont spontanément portées volontaires et bénévoles pour accomplir une myriade de tâches nécessaires.The Eastern Townships - rolling hills & mountains, lakes & rivers, theatres and galleries, shops and markets, community events & friendly folks - a great place to call home! 700 LAKESIDE, VILLE DE LAC BROME 539-2582 M MAISON DE L’AUTO Cf