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To find out what's happening in your community L Subscribe to RECORD J Sherbrooke 569-9528 Knowlton: 242-1188 THE RECO The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 See our JOBS IN FOCUS page in today’s 60 CENTS Wednesday, March 4, 1998 Townships Digest staff Knowlton Four injured in Bury collision Four people are recovering from injuries after a head-on collision near Bury Tuesday morning.At about 9 a.m.three young women were travelling together on Route 108 when the driver attempted to pass a tractor-trailer truck near the junction of Route 255.As they did so they hit head on with a second car travelling in the opposite direction.The 20-year-old driver of the car and her 18-year-old back seat passenger sustained minor injuries in the accident.The 19-year-old front seat passenger was seriously injured, and required surgery.Quebec Police Force spokesman Cst.Serge Dubord said her injuries are not considered life-threatening.Two of the three were from Audette, while the third was from St-Martin.The driver of the second car, a 20-year-old Cookshire man, sustained minor injuries in the crash.The tractor trailer truck was not involved in the accident.Dubord said early reports indicate that the accident took place in a legal passing zone, but, the woman driver misjudged the time it would take to pass the truck.Pool-a-thon to support Magog youth centre Pool fanatic Pascal Robert is gearing up to spend 24 hours behind the eight ball this coming weekend to raise money for the Magog youth centre.Robert, an active volunteer, is aiming to raise enough money to buy a new pool table for the youth centre.The objective is to play pool against anyone who comes by for 24 hours.To take on Robert players must make a donation to the youth centre’s pool table fund.Tlie pool-a-thon will take place at the Billard du Vieux Theatre de Magog March 7 and 8.Things get underway Saturday at 7 p.m.and are expected to wrap up 24 hours later.Today’s Weather Mild Inside Ann Landers .26 Crossword .16 Births and Deaths .15 Community Forum 6 Classified .18,19 National .5, 7 Comics .17 Sports .14 ; ; Ulverton is on the edge: Drummond or Val St-Francois?A LESSON IN ORIGAMI CATHY WATSON/CORRESPONDENT St.Francis Elementary School students tried their hand at origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, and got an insight into a different culture when three guest speakers from the Japanese Cultural Centre in Montreal dropped by for a visit.For the story and more photos, please see page 13.By Rita Legault Sherbrooke Residents of the village of Ulverton, who say they feel like they belong in the Eastern Townships and not the Bois Franc region, want to break away from Drummond regional municipality (MRC) and join the Val St.François MRC.Despite their inclusion in the Drummond MRC in the late seventies, many Ulverton residents have always felt more affinity toward Richmond than Drummondville.Now they want to switch to ensure they can maintain ac- cess to schools, health and other services in the Richmond area.The current reorganization of school-boards, would move Ulverton-area French-speaking children from schools in Richmond to others under the Deschênes board in Drummondville, said parent Gwyneth Grant.Grant and others also worry that the same thing could happen in health care, with future access to the Val St-François CLSC in Richmond limited to residents of that MRC.That would be particularly scary for anglophones because there is little health care available in English in Drummondville, where there are fewer anglophones.About 40 per cent of Ulverton residents speak English.Mayor Doris Jean said many Ulverto-nians both English and French have traditionally gone to Richmond for health care.While that may continue for a few more years, there are no guarantees.Jean said other local services being moved from Richmond to Drummondville include police coverage, once handled by the Richmond detachment of the Quebec Police Force, but now SEE ULVERTON, PAGE 4 page 2 Wednesday, March 4, 1998 Record: Our politicians better get their acts together The reference on unilateral secession has provoked outside of our country's most solemn courtroom a far more chilling and significant reaction than anything that was said or took place inside.Within the courtroom the various legal positions were presented with few surprises but with dignity and respect for tradition.However, outside and throughout the province many of our politicians were once again locked in a world of their own.New lows in federal unity During the last few weeks just about every politician, journalist, editorialist, polling expert and professor of political science has bombarded our airwaves and newsprint regarding the pros and cons of this exceptional and historic procedure.Each one has delivered his or her analysis, spin, strategy, opinion, position, threat, attack or insult .If one were to interpret the severity of our various conflicts from the media coverage, it would appear that we have all become unyielding federalists or diehard sover-eignists, crouched in trenches while lobbing hand grenades at each other.Recently some of our political leaders have reached new lows.Even our great federalists, who proclaim to be the last saviours of Canada, couldn’t seem to grasp the importance of publicly stand-ing united for the survival of our country.Instead, for reasons of principle and no doubt political expediency, they have chosen the course of division and self-destruction by attacking and denouncing each other in public.Apparently, few have learned the lessons of cabinet solidarity, if not the art of compromise.Henry Keyserlingk The public spectacle of Daniel Johnson, Jean Charest and Claude Ryan blasting Jean Chrétien for having submitted the three questions to the Supreme Court may end up being more beneficial for the Yes side than for their own respective constituents and followers.Such a concerted reaction was expected from Messrs.Lucien Bouchard et al but hardly from such staunch federalists.It used to be that any interested party could resort to the tribunals to resolve even a minor dispute without being labeled as a fool.Just because some believe that the secession of Quebec is purely a political Purse-snatcher wanted Sherbrooke police are seeking public help in the search for a violent purse-snatcher who asks for a quarter, then tries to take everything the victim’s got.Police say that on the evening of Feb.2, a woman living on 8th Ave.north was about to leave home in her car when a man 18 or 19 years of age asked her for 25 cents.She thought he wanted it to make a phone call but while she was digging through her purse for a quarter he grabbed the handbag and tried to steal it.She hung on tight, he let go, she fell down (and hurt her crown), and the mean little man ran away.Police say their suspect is a white, French-speaking male about 1.78 metres (5 feet 9 inches) tall, who weighs about 72 kilograms (160 pounds).Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Det.Roger Surprenant in confidence at (819) 821-5544.issue which depends on the democratic choice of its citizens, others cannot be prevented from believing that secession can only be achieved subject to Canadian or international law.A dispute of such major proportions, which potentially involves the dismembering of our country, is manifestly more important that any of the previous 75 references submitted to our highest court since 1892.Meanwhile, Messrs.Bernard Landry, Jacques Brassard and Bouchard are roving the airwaves and threatening that they have no intention of abiding by any ruling from the Supreme Court, which they characterize as the Tower of Pisa (always leaning the same way - Ed).If such tactics and political ploys reflect their attitude toward our judicial system, it won’t be long before all unhappy litigants will be tempted to adapt the same position.After all, there are a lot of cases pending before the Quebec Court of Appeal, with many nervous appellants and respondents.Such a concerted tactic reflects without a doubt to what extent Bouchard is worried about the political fallout of the pending decision of the Supreme Court.Moreover it has become obvious that the strategy of attacking the credibility of this institution is hardly more than a ruse to diminish the im- Correction: Paradis came second in 1982 race There was a factual error in Monday’s story on the resignation of Quebec Liberal Leader Daniel Johnson.We wrote that Brome-Mis-sisquoi MP Pierre Paradis came second in the 1978 Liberal leadership race to Claude Ryan, who replaced Robert Bourassa.In fact, Paradis came second in the race which marked Bourassa’s political comeback in 1982.Johnson placed third.The Record regrets the error.pact of its eventual ruling.Fortunately in our part of the Knowl-ton countryside, which is a mixture of French , anglophone and allophone cultures, we have learned to live side by side without being entangled in either smear campaigns or insults.We have even discovered other subjects of conversation, and common interests which have little to do with our political differences .As for most bilingual Quebecers, like ourselves, our cultural differences always seem to have a far less dividing or isolating effect, which is often not the case for many who are unilingual.Let the politicians fight it out While our cultural and political choices will always fuel differences of opinion over Quebec’s future, we can count on too many of our politicians and media commentators to continue upgrading and portraying such differences into battle-crisis proportions.After all, emphasizing the bridges between our cultures is hardly newsworthy.If we must, we can always let the commentators and politicians continue fighting it out among themselves, while we get on with our lives .I won’t hide the fact that I am a federalist at heart and that I believe Quebec is far better off while remaining an important part of Canada .However I’m not too concerned about the outcome, since this choice has always been asserted when it counts by the majority of Quebecers .As long as the polls continue to reflect the No side majority, the longer Bouchard will have to postpone the next referendum.However if our proclaimed political saviours don’t end up supporting each other, it could be a new ball game.In such an event, we will look back and remember how the leaders of the day just couldn’t get their act together.Henry Keyserlingk is a retired Crown attorney.He can be e-mailed at hen-ryk@virtuel.qc.ca Today’s Weather " /Thêtpord.MINBS * ; ' A F 'Richmond L LaC-MÉSAN- : : w SHERBROOKE*.J /J” SHE JCOWANSVIUJT ; V |stanstead T,t i REGIONAL FORECASTS MAX MIN Due to a computer transmission problem, the complete weather forecast was unavailable at press time.BEN ® by DANIEL SHELTON ° YOU'VE (5EEN WORKING ON THIS ONE FOR A LONG TIME, YOU'RE STILL PAINTING THOSE FLOWERS?I KNOW.YOU CANT HURRYAN ARTIST, PEN.ONE HAS TO WORK AT ONES OWN 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Wednesday, March 4, 1998 page 3 THE' ‘He can’t close the door now.The stakes are too high.’ Gagnon-Tremblay heads move to draft Char est RECORD FILES t - ; f k.ï Jean Charest.flooded with calls from local, provincial and national media, as well as provincial Liberals and other political leaders.By Rita Legault Sherbrooke Adraft-Charest movement spearheaded by St.François MNA Monique Gagnon-Tremblay and some political pundits is hitting a solid wall of resistance from the Conservative leader, who maintains he’s not interested in leading the provincial Liberal party.That’s the message Jean Charest delivered for the umpteenth time at his party’s National Council Sunday, a few hours before he received a call from Quebec premier Daniel Johnson informing the Conservative leader he was about to quit.Charest’s offices have since been flooded with calls from local, provincial and national media, as well as provincial Liberals and other political leaders seeking to twist the Sherbrooke MP’s arm.NOT TAKING CALLS But so far Charest is not taking any calls, said aide Suzanne Poulin.In fact, Poulin said Charest won’t be reachable for the next week as he tours the West and the Maritimes before touching down at home next week.One of the few calls Charest returned Monday was from Gagnon-Tremblay, a longtime collaborator who received the same negative response.But Gagnon-Tremblay said she is not RECORD FILES • : ¦ David Price.‘(Charest) said that he could best do the job of keeping the country together at the federal level.’ willing to take no for an answer - at least not yet.“I believe in Jean Charest and I believe he must continue his reflection,” she told The Record.“He can’t close the door now.The stakes are too high.” Gagnon-Tremblay said Charest is the man of the hour - the best choice to win the next provincial election and prevent yet another divisive referendum.She said Charest would unite Liberals, gain back some of the five or six per cent of the vote that went to the splinter party Action Démocratique du Québec, and go after the “soft” sovereigntist vote.But she said he told her he will continue to fight to preserve Canadian unity as leader of the federal Conservative party.“It’s one thing to want to save the country, but first we have to save Quebec," Gagnon-Tremblay insisted.“If we save Quebec, we will save the country.” Gagnon-Tremblay, who has worked closely with Charest for years, said she truly believes that he could negotiate a renewed federalism, but not from the Opposition benches in Ottawa.In the meantime, Charest’s Conservative colleagues are urging him to stay with them, creating an emotional tug of war for the federalist leader.“The troops on our side want him to resist,” said staffer Poulin.“He’s popu- lar in Quebec, but he’s well liked in Ottawa too.” Compton-Stanstead MP David Price, a prominent organizer for both Charest and Gagnon-Tremblay, admits he’s stuck between a rock and a hard place, but has decided he doesn’t want Charest to jump.In a téléphoné interview from Goose Bay, Price said he’s received many calls from prominent Liberals, including Gagnon-Tremblay, asking him to pressure Charest to change his mind.Price said that during a telephone conference call Charest reassured his Conservative party caucus that he’s not going anywhere.“He said that he could best do the job of keeping the country together at the federal level,” Price said, adding that many of the problems faced by the Liberals in Quebec were created in Ottawa by Jean Chrétien and the federal Liberal party.RECORD FILES Jtg 'Ml André Bachand.‘For Jean Charest it was a personal No, a family No and a No for the politics he wants to practice in Canada.’ RECORD FILES f' I-.j A %> V Monique Gagnon-Tremblay.‘I believe in Jean Charest and I believe he must continue his reflection.’ “They've been keeping Daniel Johnson out of the loop,” Price said, pointing to a recent press conference by federal ministers Stéphane Dion and Marcel Massé after the PQ national convention.“There is no question that he is going to be under horrendous pressure to change his mind,” Price said, adding that he’s convinced Charest will remain faithful to the federal Conservatives.Colleague André Bachand, Conservative MP from Richmond, agreed in a telephone call from his spring break in Paris.Bachand said that Conservatives in Quebec are not divided on the issue.They believe Charest is needed in Ottawa.Bachand said he too is willing to bet that Charest won’t jump ship.“For Jean Charest it was a personal No, a family No and a No for the politics he wants to practice in Canada,” Bachand said, adding that Charest has always been constant in his feelings and comments about his career path.Gagnon-Tremblay said that while Charest would be the absolute best choice, the Liberals could still win without him.“I still believe Daniel Johnson had a chance to win, if we formed a solid team behind him,” she added.“There are others inside and outside the party who could lead us to victory,” she said.“We are not completely devoid of candidates, but for sure Jean Charest would be the best choice.” page 4 Wednesday, March 4, 1998 • THEi ‘The majority of us look toward Richmond as our centre’ Ulverton: CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 under the more distant Drum-mondville detachment.Grant is an British immigrant who is forced by law to send her children to French schools.She said switching MRCs became an issue when parents were told there would be no interboard agreements to allow children to continue attending their current schools.“Deschênes said it cannot honor the past entente,” Grant said.She said that at first council was reluctant to switch MRCs because that might spoil Ulverton’s good relationship with Drummond MRC.But once citizens showed they were massively behind such a move, council was quick- ly on board, Grant said.“More than 90 were in favor.It was a huge majority,” Jean said.“It’s clear to us that there is a strong will for change.” “Our sense of belonging is really with Richmond,” Grant explained.“There are very strong ties between the two communities, both English and French.” Grant said most Ulverton residents bank and shop in Richmond and tend to go their for leisure activities as well.Even geography and geology separate the two areas, with Ulverton marking the edge of the Appalachian mountain chain while Drummondville is part of the St.Lawrence Valley.“The majority of us look toward Richmond as our centre rather than Saint Nicéphore or Drummondville,” she said.I-1 | — THE mu - 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Send as many entries as you wish to: RECORD FAN, c/o THE RECORD, 2850 Delorme, Sherbrooke J1K 1A1 or 88 Lakeside, Knowlton JOE 1V0 I-1 Grant said residents petitioned Johnson MNA Claude Boucher who agreed Ulverton doesn’t really belong in Drummond MRC.Mayor Jean said Parti Québécois regional secretary Boucher arranged a private meeting with Municipal Affairs Minister Rémy Trudel a few weeks ago when Trudel was in the Townships.Jean said Trudel was very receptive to the idea and promised to get back to the municipality within the next month.“We should resolve this quickly,” Jean said.“Time is going by real fast.” Jean said the Val St-François MRC is ready to welcome Ulverton and a switch would make little difference to Drummond MRC.“We are only 300 people,” he said.“We don’t carry a whole lot of weight in the region.” In the meantime, parents of children attending French schools in Richmond are awaiting news on what to do about the 1998-99 school year.Grant chairs the parents committee at Sacré Coeur school in Richmond.She said the Morilac board has offered children a year’s grace while the municipality changes MRCs but the Deschênes board is waffling.“The little children who don’t understand are worried,” Grant said.“They don’t want to leave their friends.” Grant said parents await a decision on whether their kids continue at Sacré Coeur high school and Le Tremplin primary school in Richmond.“People in our municipality have invested a lot in those schools,” she said.“We want to ensure our children can keep going there.” Briefs L’Escale de 1’Estrie expands Staff Knowlton L’Escale de TEstrie will be improving both its facilities and the services it offers to women who are victims of violence.At a press conference Monday the shelter announced a $104,000 construction project which will expand its available space by 25 per cent.Funding for the project comes through a program sponsored by several provincial and federal agencies, as well as a private donation of $15,000 from Groupe La Mutuelle.Each year L’Escale provides a place to stay for about 250^ women and another 175 children.Filled to capacity, the shelter can only offer one play room for children and a single common room for its clientele.As well the administrative offices are considered to be too small for the organization’s needs.The expansion project will see the construction of a second play room for children, as well as two common rooms, one for smokers and one for non-smokers.“For several years the cohabitation of smokers and non-smokers has posed problems and we think this will help regulate that,” said L’Escale director general Denis St-Pierre.Construction on the new addition to the shelter is scheduled to begin in April, and should wrap up in June.Environmental hearings planned for new dump Staff Knowlton Public environmental hearings will be held in connection with a plan to open a dry goods dump near St-Theodore-d’Acton.The site in question is a sand pit which is no longer in use.Under the proposed plan dry waste, such as construction materials and other debris, will be used to fill the site.The site would become the central dumping area for this type of waste in the St-Theodore-d’Acton region.The plan also makes mention of setting up a program to recycle much of the concrete and asphalt brought into the dump.According to promoter’s statistics, between 13,000 and 18,000 cubic metres of debris will be dumped there each year.With an estimated capacity of 556,000 cubic metres, the site is expected to have a working life of between 31 and 43 years.As of Tuesday the environmental assessment report is available at the following locations: The St-Theodore town hall, the Wickham community centre, the centre d’information documentaire Come St-Germain in Drummondville and the Université de Québec a Montreal.The Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environment (BAPE) will also hold public hearings on the dump site on March 17.The hearings will take place at the Golden Age Club, 1645 Main St.in St-Theodore-d’Acton at 7 p.m.For more information, contact Louise Bourdages at the BAPE at 1-800463-4732. Wednesday, March 4, 1998 page 5 ====_^___ Record_______ N A TIO N A1.Prime Minister sells budget to U.S.bond-raters Chrétien takes U.S.to task for trade policy By Eric Beauchesne South am News New York Three years after Canada was dismissed in this capital of high finance as a country with a Third World debt problem.Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was able to hit back.Chrétien boasted Tuesday to a U.S.business audience of more than 1,000 people that his government has done more than the U.S.to clean up its financial house and keep it tidy into the future.He also, at times sternly and at times humorously, lectured the U.S.on the shortcomings of its trade and foreign policy and berated it for its failure to pay its United Nations dues.The post-budget address to the Economic Club of New York pointed to the Liberal government’s elimination of its deficit from a record $42 billion four years ago, and other economic accomplishments.“1 don’t want to sound like I’m bragging,” said Chrétien, but he did.“It’s no wonder that Canada is being seen as the comeback kid of the industrialized world,” he said, noting that not only was Canada the first of the major industrial countries to wipe out its deficit, but also the first to reform its social security system, something which he noted the U.S.has just started to tackle.His comments during the speech and later as he fielded questions were greeted as both an admission of just how bad Canada’s finances were and as evidence of the government’s commitment to never again let them get into what Chrétien agreed was a “mess.” Rob Grandy, the chairman of Merril Lynch Canada, said the “straightforward” comments of the prime minister were appreciated by the audience and would be “reflected in the strength of the Canadian dollar.” “The prime minister was very strong in his comments that the government was never going to lose sight of the fact that we have a high debt load and that it would continue to focus on that.That’s the strongest statement that I’ve heard.” John Fund of the Wall Street Journal, who penned the editorial calling Canada an “honorary member of the Third World” in terms of its debt, applauded the fiscal turnaround as “real and welcome but not spectacular.” “You still have 8.9 per cent unemployment, you still have I think a terrible debt burden.” And Fund made no apologies for his stinging editorial three years ago, saying Chrétien’s comments confirm just how serious the Canada’s financial problems were.But Chrétien, stretching diplomatic reservation to the limits, spent almost as much time taking shots at the U.S.as he did in boasting about Canada’s accomplishments.He called the U.S.Helms-Burton legislation, which penalizes companies outside the U.S.doing business in Cuba, as “wrong-headed and counterproductive” and pledged Canada would fight such trade-limiting laws.“The United States is the most powerful nation in the world, so it’s the time to be benevolent,” he said.“You cannot dream of running all the countries in the world.” Further, he said the U.S.has co-opted other dictators without resorting to such draconian legislation, suggesting trading with Cuba as Canada does is a much better way to promote democracy there.He also berated the U.S.for its failure to pay its UN dues, noting that “Canada pays its dues in full on time every month." And he expressed hope that once the U.S.has balanced its budget as Canada has already done, it will pay the more than $1 billion it’s in arrears on its UN dues.Chrétien, also clearly frustrated that the Canadian dollar has not strengthened on world money markets as much as he feels it should have in the wake of the balanced budget, saved some of his criticism for the money traders.“I’m not very happy we have a low Canadian dollar,” he said.“We’re doing very well and the dollar is not strengthening.” “I love it for exports but I was afraid of the other side of the coin,” he said, suggesting he feared a run on the currency when it was carried in January to an all-time low of 68.25 cents US.“This is a problem that has to be looked at by everybody,” he said, and not left to the young money traders in “red suspenders" who have a tendency to go too far in speculating against a currency.While Chrétien boasted about the government’s financial and economic accomplishments, he stressed that Canada is not about to unravel its social safety net.The Liberal government would never privatize medicare, he said, which along with other social programs has allowed Canada to limit the gap between rich and poor.“Nobody’s afraid (of losing) his or her home because somebody is sick," he noted, adding that’s not the case in the U.S.“We have a good pension system that we are sure will be there for future generations,” he added.Reform’s stunt man under investigation Patriot tries to give Bloc MP Canadian flag By David Pugliese Southam News Ottawa Reform Party showman Logan Day is in the spotlight again.Parliament Hill security officials are investigating an incident last week where Day approached Bloc MP Suzanne Tremblay to hand her a Canadian flag.“I probably violated some order, or something, for standing up to a separatist or maybe 1 offended her because I didn’t unfurl the flag in both official languages,” laughs Day, who is quickly becoming a legend in Reform ranks for his adventures.“I’m a little surprised there’s an investigation.” Tremblay had earlier complained there were too many flags in the athletes village at the Winter Olympics in Japan.Day wanted to make a patriotic point, but was hustled out of the Commons foyer by security officials before he could produce his parliamentary identification.It’s not the first time the 25-year-old Day, a licensed private investigator and son of Alberta Conservative treasurer Stockwell Day, has been in the news.In December, Reform MPs sought out his help after they noticed their morning newspapers kept disappearing.It didn’t take long for Day, an aide to Alberta Reform MP Cliff Breitkreuz, to track a suspect.He tried to make a citizen’s arrest when he caught a Liberal aide walking away with an Ottawa Citizen.But the Liberal kept walking even as Day tried to read him his rights and a chase ensued.Commons security guards separated the two squabbling aides.Then there was the time several weeks ago when Day spotted Tory Senator Ron Ghitter in the business class section on a flight to Calgary.Day, who was with Reform leader Preston Manning and another MP in economy class, snapped a few pictures of the senator.“To me a picture is worth a thousand words,” says Day, who adds that he hardly goes anywhere without his trusty point-and-shoot camera.The camera also came in handy when Day crashed - he claims he was invited -a private gathering of women MPs having dinner in an Ottawa restaurant with Sheila Copps.Out came Day’s point-and-shoot and he started clicking.“It was being touted as a leadership dinner for Sheila Copps so I thought, ‘Oh boy, this was going to be the next prime minister of Canada,’” explains Day, a little tongue in cheek.“It would make a nice little pinup.” Day was asked to leave and a Liberal MP later complained of his antics in the Commons.The women said they were scared by the sudden appearance of a strange man and the dinner had nothing to do with leadership politics.In December 1996, Day was again on the trail of light-fingered Liberals.The year before someone had stolen the Reform Party Christmas tree and Day had a hunch pranksters would come calling again.He staked out the tree for three hours and wasn’t disappointed.Liberal aides purloined the evergreen and were in the midst of enjoying their prize when Day walked in with his camera.“When I started snapping pictures of them standing around the tree, it went from a prize to a rotting root,” laughs Day.“Everyone just spread away from it.Sometimes you have to keep these Liberals accountable.” In this latest incident involving the flag, Day was asked to give a statement to Hill security officials.Jayne Watson, a spokesperson for House of Commons speaker Gilbert Parent, says the investigation isn’t anything out of the ordinary.“An incident like that where someone, in reality or in perception, compromises a member’s personal space, it’s a routine matter of investigation.” She says Tremblay didn’t complain about the incident but would be interviewed by security officials.A report will be produced but it’s unclear what, if anything, might happen to Day.A day after the foyer incident, Day got his revenge of sorts.He organized Reform MPs to hang 20 Canadian flags from the windows of their offices in Confederation building - all within view of the lot where Tremblay parks her car. page 6 Wednesday.March 4, 1998 THEi COMMUNITY FORUM Johnson has to be the most unselfish It’s a safe bet that most of us were taken off guard by Daniel Johnson’s resignation on Monday, but chances are that no one was more unready for it than Lucien Bouchard.Just when the premier was floating his weather balloons to determine when might be best to call an election, poof! A spring campaign against a leader and a party that were being propped up by the big guns from Ottawa even before the call went out was all but sure to return the PQ_ to power.And Johnson knew it.Nevertheless, we might be foolish to dismiss his resignation as a sign that he lacked political courage, or even smarts.This move, at this time, just might be the bravest and cleverest political move Johnson ever made.But whether that be the case or not, it has to be the most unselfish.Johnson knew what he was sacrificing when he told voters that he recognized what he would do to himself, his family, his party and Quebecers loyal to Canada if he failed to lead the Liberals to victory in the election that has to come soon.It could not have been easy and, whether we like him or not, surely it isn’t too much to ask that we grant him credit for knowing what was best for Quebec and Canada and putting that ahead of his career and his ego.Here’s why he earns our respect, as I see it: There are several things that Johnson’s resignation does that he may have foreseen and one is that staying on, only to be thrown out after a humiliating defeat, would not only weaken the provincial Liberals immeasurably, but the Government of Canada too.The feds, after all, would have been seen as the backers of a losing team and, therefore, poor judges of Quebec’s political climate.And after their close call in 1995, a blunder like that would make Canadians ask some very serious questions about the Chretien Liberals’ ability to govern.Johnson’s resignation, then, could be calculated to save the hide of the federal government, even if it doesn’t realize it needs it.If the feds have any political savvy at all, they’ll take advantage of the calm Johnson’s leaving provides before the next political storm and quietly forget about interfering in the selection of Quebec’s next legislature.The risk of backing the wrong horse is only one of several threats Jean Chretien's government faces in the next short while that might be eased by Johnson’s departure.Another is that when the Supreme Court judges mull over the federal Liberals’ stated willingness to negotiate away a major chunk of the country to the separatists if they play their cards right, the court’s reaction might be less than flattering.And that criticism would be doubly painful for the Canadian government if it were still licking its wounds from a whipping inflicted by the Parti Québécois.In truth, Daniel Johnson may be shielding federalists from a whole series of bad dreams.It is now all but certain that Quebecers will not be going to the polls before next fall, because calling an election while one of the major players is recruiting a new coach just isn’t done.No election this spring practically guarantees that there won’t be another referendum this year (as if there ever were a real threat of that in light of the many polls showing weakening support for the independence option).Next, if the Supreme Court offers its advice within the next six months or so, it’ll be hard for Bouchard and the PQ to cash in on any backlash at a time convenient for them in referendum strategy.If the court takes much longer than expected to deliver its verdict, its findings could come closer to an election than a referendum and that timing might prove more helpful to a federalist Liberal party, should such a creature evolve under new leadership, than to a separatist PQ.Who knows?Maybe Daniel Johnson is a Canadian first and foremost, after all.Viewpoint Don Healy a division of Communications Quebecor inc.2850 Delorme, Sherbrooke, Que.JIK 1A1 Fax: 819-569-3945 Newsroom e-mail: record@interlinx.qc.ca Randy Kinnear Publisher .(819) 569-9511 Sharon McCully Editor .(819) 569-6345 Sunil Mahtani Corresp.Editor .(819) 569-6345 Susan Mastine Community Relat.(819) 569-9511 Julie Vinette Adv.Dir.(819) 569-9525 Richard Lessard Prod.Mcr.(819) 569-9931 Mark Guilleite Press Superv.__(819) 569-9931 Francine Thibault Prod.Superv.(819) 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conception of sound resonates with many musicians.The typical old upright piano or reed organ can sound as good as - and perhaps better than - anything on today’s electronic market, provided these pianos and organs are cared for.For me, an acoustic guitar of quality is far superior to most electronic organs (and likely will outlast at least two of them!) Certainly guitars and reed organs and acoustic pianos do not die when the power fails! In our region, we have tremendous technicians providing excellent tuning and repair.John Foster of Sherbrooke cannot be surpassed when it comes to the repair of reed organs and Robert Blouin of Blouin Pianos is second to none in making an old beaten-up Weber piano sound like a Steinway! So don’t frustrate your musicians.Your ear may be made of tin, but most people can tell when an instrument is well-tuned.Please repair your instruments and then even the musicians can enjoy St.Pat’s Day.Sincerely yours, Glenn C.Coates, musician Lennoxville Please repair your instruments Dear Editor, As St.Paddy’s Day approaches, somehow we become once again hung on Bing Crosby and John McCormick, Mother MacRae and the works.We think about good times in parish halls and experience a general “Let’s party” attitude (in spite of Lent).Over the years I have been called upon to entertain (piano) at various sessions of these good times, and invariably the bloody instrument has not been tuned or touched for 10 years! As I write today, it’s not just with regard to my personal pet peeve - I believe I write for many musicians in general.We’re fed up with having to use instruments which limit both our productiveness and creativity and in turn make us look bad.I believe I speak for many artists ( pseudo and otherwise!) who refuse to tote along a key board and produce electronic sounds.I still prefer the non-electronic/acoustic/reed-type sounds.These are sounds which waver gently on the ear drum (without the soap opera vibrato of some electronic organs, and as well the harshness of .» '-—THE—.¦¦¦.=Record= NATIONAL Wednesday, March 4, 1998 page 7 Canada in negotiations Germany may give Nazi hunters list of war pension recipients By Stephen Bindman South am News Ottawa Canada’s Nazi hunters are close to obtaining new help in the search for suspected war criminals - a previously secret list of German war veterans living here who are still receiving disability pensions.Negotiations have been under way with the German embassy for about a year in order to deal with that country’s strict privacy laws.In the past, the German government has refused to produce a list of the one million Second World War veterans or their survivors around the world still receiving pensions.But shamed by revelations that thousands of suspected war criminals and members of the elite SS may still be getting disability cheques, Germany is now prepared to be more open.“The embassy certainly has the list (of recipients in Canada) and they are now prepared under certain circumstances to deliver the list to us,” said Paul Vickery, head of the Justice Department’s war crimes unit.“They are quite interested in negotiating some arrangement that would permit them to abide by their internal law and still give us a product that would be significant.There’s good faith on both sides but these things do take some time and there are difficulties presented by their internal law.” There are about 1,800 people in Canada getting German disability pensions - about half are the spouses or dependents of the original recipient.The rest were injured during the Second World War, either as civilians or as members of the military or auxiliary police units in Nazi-occupied territory.But German law will only allow the government to turn over a list of names and birth dates, not details such as what unit the recipient served in or where they were injured.Said Vickery: “If you just give us the list, it’s not all that helpful frankly.“That would require that we invest resources in reviewing each name on the list, which would largely be an exercise in futility because the majority of those people were injured in the regular armed forces or are dependents or spouses, so that would be a waste of time.“If you can obtain the background information - what unit, where injured, when injured - then you can key in on it.” Even with the extra information, justice officials caution it will not be an “index of bad guys or a blueprint for instant action.” The recent government negotiations started after the Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Centre wrote the German ambassador demanding an investigation into reports that 1,800 former soldiers in Canada were receiving pensions.But Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the international organization, says it’s “an absolute puzzlement” why Canadian officials don’t just grab the list like the U.S.Office of Special Investigations did, instead of negotiating for more details.“This list for sure contains names of people who are not war criminals, but it may contain names and addresses of people in your country who in fact may have been accused of war crimes.So why not take the list quickly and find out to what extent if any that list is relevant to your work?” he said from Los Angeles.“It seems to me that if Canada in fact has a serious commitment to this issue this late in the day, the people in charge would be enthusiastic to receive any potential lead.I don’t know what the hangups of Canadian officials are.Either you’re in the business of looking for Nazi war criminals or you’re not.” A spokesman for the German embassy would only say the two countries are “co-operating very closely” and would not discuss the negotiations.“Our privacy laws are severe and they have to be respected,” Ulrich Koehn said, adding the German law restricting the transfer of personal data to foreign countries is currently under review.Germans who committed war crimes are not supposed to have been eligible for pensions but last year the government admitted some war criminals were still receiving disability cheques.Last year, the German parliament amended its federal benefits law to strip veterans in Germany or abroad of disability rights if they “violated the prin- ciples of humanity or the law," during the Third Reich.Since Jan.12 pensions have been stopped, including that of Erich Priebke jailed last year in Italy for taking part in the slaughter of 335 men and boys outside Rome in 1944.Cooper has met with German officials in Bonn and Ottawa and was impressed by their “refreshing” attitude towards the pension issue.The Nazi hunter said the German Labor Ministry has identified lists of more than 300 pension recipients in 11 countries, including the U.S., Britain, France, Argentina and Belgium.Canada has referred to German war pension information in at least two of its cases against suspected Nazi collaborators.Federal lawyers say retired Windsor, Ont., autoworker Michael Baumgartner, accused of being a concentration camp guard, admitted that in 1985 he applied for a German pension for his wartime service.And Mamertas Maciukas, a 74-year-old Montreal man who recently dropped his legal fight against losing his Canadian citizenship, admitted he receives a monthly German pension after being wounded.Since 1995, Ottawa has moved to strip 14 suspected collaborators of their citizenship for lying about their wartime activities - three have died, one voluntarily left the country and the federal cabinet is expected to revoke the citizenship of two others in the coming weeks.Global News 5.30-7.00 Jamie Orchard 6.00 Global Tonight Heather Hiscox 5.30 Global News Peter Kent 6.30 First National Cable 3 Channel 46 page 8 The Record, Wednesday, March 4.1998 FOCUS ON JOBS • JOBS IN FOCUS • FOCUS ON JOBS JOBS IN FOCUS • FOCUS ON JOBS • JOBS IN FOCUS This information is being published as a community service, with the collaboration of Job Links (Eastern Townships School Board), Townshippers’ Association, the Bishop’s University Placement Office, and The Record.Watch for the Jobs in Focus page every Wednesday in March and for a special jobs supplement in The Record on March 26th.Stubborness pays off for job searcher By Nathalie Arnold, Job Links SHERBROOKE - When Andrée Cantin’s new bosses told her — after three gruelling interviews — that she got the job, she ran into the parking lot and started screaming and dancing.The single mother of two had been on the welfare system for nine years and despite her fighting nature had almost given up.“One thing I have learned about myself over the years is that I’m stubborn and that I don’t crumble under pressure — I thrive on them, “ she said.” When Cantin gave birth to her first child, who was born with cerebral palsy, the doctors told the new mother to put the child away, that she would be a vegetable for the rest of her life.Cantin stubbornly refused.Instead, she learned all she could about the disease and raised her daughter herself.Today, Melissa, 16, is almost self-sufficient and an active member of the family.“If I had listened every time people told me ‘no’, I wouldn’t have Melissa today,” she said.While raising her two daughters, Cantin, 35, updated her working skills by taking both the printing and the sales and marketing programs at Eastern Townships Technical Institute in Lennoxville.“That’s where I learned that I love marketing and that I like contact with people.Since I finished school three years ago, I’ve constantly been looking for jobs,” Cantin said.“I’d go to the job bank and send in my résumé.I was beginning to think I wasn’t marketable, that no one wanted me.But even though I kept coming up Happy at last, Andrée Cantin at her new job.¦ against all these road blocks, I had a really good support system.” She pointed out that her boyfriend Fred and her mother, Cathy Fletcher from the Dixville Home, never gave up on her.When Cantin first saw the ad for the sales position at Les Produits Surf-Bike Inc.in Sherbrooke, it said to fax in a résumé.She decided to go in person.She did some research and found out where the watercraft activities manufacturer was located and presented herself to management.They asked her to come in for an initial interview.“I think the fact that I came in person helped get me noticed,” Cantin said.The employers put Cantin through a few nerve-racking tests.“I survived the cold-calling,” she laughs.During the third interview the boss handed Cantin a pen and said, “Sell this to me.” “Can your pen write upside down?” Cantin began.The bosses were sold.As a telephone sales representative for Surf-Bike, Cantin is responsible for marketing its products to the United States.Her advice to job-seekers ?“Never ever give up,” she said.“If I can find a job after looking for so long, anyone can.Just keep on knocking on doors and don’t be afraid to have the doors close on you.” With a new job that she likes and a new car, Cantin is now thinking of moving to a new place in Sherbrooke or Lennoxville.“But what’s going to be the most fun about having a job is finally being able to say, ‘Yes, we can buy that T-shirt’, ‘Yes, we can go to the movies this weekend’, instead of always having to say no,” Cantin said with a smile.EMPLOYERS ONLY Have a job opening coming up?Why not advertise it in our “Jobs in Focus” section to be published March 4,11, 18 & 25.A free, one-time-only service.Contact Human Resources Development Canada at 819-564-5793 ^ JOB-HUNTING TIP OF THE WEEK Before diving into your job search, there is one task you must perform: finding out what your skills are.Manual, people, organizational, artistic, observational skills, etc.Once you narrow down what you’re good at and what you want to do, it will help you narrow your search.What to expect from a placement agency In the business of hiring SHERBROOKE (NA) - It’s simple.Placement agencies take the sometimes hairpulling task of hiring and recruiting out of the employers’ hands.But employers are not the only benefactors.For the job-searcher, it means hooking into a large, sometimes international, employment network.With over 2,500 offices in over 40 countries, Adecco has become a major employment player in the last 40 years.“Our mandate is simply to provide businesses and organizations with timely, effective staffing solutions,” Adecco Director Michelle Véronneau said.“We either lease the labor force or recruit and propose candidates to our clients.” Some people work 12 months of the year for one organization while other workers may change jobs several times.“We have a lot of permanent candidates (not on the Adecco payroll) that are hired directly by the companies,” Véronneau explained.The Sherbrooke agency recruits people to fill positions ranging from general labor to senior management.There are no prerequisites to drop off a résumé, she added, but it is better if candidates have at least a high school diploma.Workers can expect to be tested for cleri- cal skills, manual dexterity, psychology, team work, concentration or language skills depending on the position.“And when we don’t have a test, we create one,” Véronneau said, pointing to a bag of Legos."They’re not because we have a daycare.We actually use them in testing.” Once Adecco receives a request for personnel, the agency searches its files for workers that correspond to the job description.Those workers are called in for interviews and testing, and their references are checked.If all checks out well, the candidates are referred to the client.“The client is the one who decides to hire,” Véronneau said.Sometimes the employers need the workers yesterday, she laughs.“Last December 22, we had a call at 11 a.m.from a client who needed 20 employees by noon.” She said Adecco searched its bank of reliable workers and was able to get the employees out in time.Adecco is located at 65 Belvédère North, Suite 300.Adecco will be holding a workshop on what employers are looking for in a candidate at the Jobs in Focus workshops, April 4, at Bishop’s University.See story below.Looking for work or starting a business?Sign up for workshops It’s no secret.There are fewer and fewer jobs out there and the competition is stiff.Before you begin your job search, you have to equip yourself with all the latest tools and techniques.You can learn all about these sure-fire methods at a series of workshops being held at Bishop’s University April 4.The workshops are part of a month-long employment forum called Jobs in Focus, being organized by Job Links, the Townshippers’ Association, The Record and Bishop’s University.Here’s what the workshops will be : Successful Interview Methods, Sue Meesen, Bishop’s University Where to Find a Job in the Townships, Michel Olney, Emploi-Québec Job Search Techniques, Catheline Gaumond, Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi, Sherbrooke A Winning Résumé, Nathalie Arnold, Job Links Make a Powerful First Impression, Carol Bower, Career and Employment Counsellor, ETSB Get Your Hook in the Media, Sharon McCully, The Record What do Employers Want?Naji Ghanem, Adecco Marketing Yourself : the pleasant approach to job-hunting, Suzanne Tremblay-Melntosh, ETTI A Winning Attitude Gets You the Job.Jean Aubin, CIME Remaining Self-Confident in Your Job Search, Sylvain Roy, Carrefour Jeunesse-Emploi, Magog Approaching the Employer, Christian Gauthier, Club de Recherche D’Emploi Self-Employed Workers, Josée Courte-manche, Option Réseau Estrie Starting a business, Laurence Sirac, Pro-Gestion Estrie To register for up to four workshops, call Job Links 566-2422.Free transportation will be provided for participants in Cowansville, Richmond and Stanstead.Make sure to mention you need transportation when you call.Partners: - Jo»> Links Eastern Townships School Board Adult Education Services "THE—¦ ¦¦ Record UNIVERSITÉ BISHOP’S UNIVERSITY Sponsors: Human Resources Development Canada Emploi-Québec MNA Monique Gagnon-Tremblay ETFS Town of Lennoxville Royal Bank Financial Group CBC Radio CJAD Wednesday, March 4, 1998 page 9 Clinton “fixer” gives evidence about role in job for Lewinsky Vernon Jordan testifies at the grand jury By Hugh Davies Southam New Washington Lawyers for Vernon Jordan said their client was “fine and cool” as he began testifying Tuesday to a grand jury about his role in finding a job for Monica Lewinsky with Revlon in New York.His testimony is crucial to efforts by independent counsel Kenneth Starr to establish if Jordan was used by U.S.President Bill Clinton to silence Lewinsky and cover up what she claims on tapes was an affair with the president.Jordan, 62, a former civil rights leader who was wounded by a racist sniper in Indiana in 1980, is known as a quiet “fixer” for Clinton, a close friend and confidant.Their relationship is compared to that of John F.Kennedy and his brother, Robert.Until now, Jordan, apart from being seen with Clinton on the golf course, has preferred privacy to the glare of public life, earning $1 million a year as a partner in a law firm, as well as collecting $50,000-plus from the 10 corporate boards he sits on.His “access” to the power-brokers of Washington is legendary.RECORD FILES hi U.S.President Bill Clinton However, as he entered dangerous ground in being questioned by associates of Starr, he was mobbed by the media.He had to be escorted into the hearing by police and federal marshals.His lawyer, William Hundley, said there was no question Jordan would talk freely to the jury.There was “no rift” between his client and the president over him being dragged into the affair.Previous reports indicated that Jordan was of two minds about giving evidence that might incriminate his friend and make him a pariah at the White House.Two days ago, Clinton spokesman Mike McCurry confessed that the two men were becoming more “circumspect with each other.” Asked if he thought Jordan’s testimony would help the president, McCurry replied: “Absolutely.” A problem for Jordan is that Lewinsky mentions him on the 20 hours of tapes Starr possesses.The woman who secretly recorded her, Linda Tripp, also says on one recording that Jordan knew about “the rumor” that Lewinsky was having sex with Clinton.Jordan has emphatically denied such knowledge, as well as any knowledge of Lewinsky providing false testimony about the alleged affair in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case.He insists that his efforts on behalf of the former White House trainee were to help her at a time of need.But Starr is also anxious to know the background to Jordan’s previous success in getting a job at Revlon for Clinton’s other golfing partner, Webster Hubbell, between when Hubbell left the Justice Department and while he was under investigation by Starr over White-water crimes that eventually sent him to prison.Jordan assisted Hubbell in obtaining a $60,000 consulting contract with Revlon.Jordan indicated to the Wall Street Journal that he would do nothing to harm the president.“We’re friends.Somebody once said that friendship is one of the greatest gifts you can give to yourself, and 1 value it.I abide by it, and it is a mutually beneficial experience for both of us.” It is known that Jordan had four meetings with Lewinsky, a ride in a chauffeur-driven car to her first lawyer, and about 10 phone calls with her, ending in the second week in January.His lawyers say Clinton assured him he never had sexual contact with the woman.Jordan then took Lewinsky to a lawyer in Alexandria, Va., who drafted an affidavit denying reports of an affair.The Canadian Opportunities Strategy This new strategy\ announced in the 1998federal budget, is based on a very straightforward proposition: Canadians, regardless of their income level, who are serious about getting an education should have the opportunity to do so.Find out more about: • New Canada Millennium Scholarships for • Tax-free RRSP withdrawals for full-time 100,000 full/part-time students.education and training.• Tax relief for interest payments on student loans.• Canada Education Savings Grants paid directly -r • .e , .into a child’s education savings plan.• Tax assistance for part-time students.6 F Call toll free, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.to 10 p.m.E.S.T.1998 Budget Hotline 1-888-781-0000 tdd: 1-800-465-7735 Canada Fogfthe love of disabled children DON'T GIVE UP CIVE rr EASTER 0(1 SEALS mm 1-800-163-1969 page 10 Wednesday, March 4, 1998 THU Good bug, bad bug: Knowing the difference Biological warfare in the back yard It may surprise you to learn there is a type of biological warfare that is actually good for mankind.It is a phenomenon that has gone on since creation and is one of the most successful forms of pest control.Right now, under all that snow covering your garden, lies a variety of garden pests ready to devour next year’s harvest.Don’t throw away that hoe just yet, because under the same snow next to those pests, lies an assortment of their natural enemies, predator bugs.While the success of the predator and parasite population has a lot to do with the climate, level of pest infesta- tion, supply of food and water and type of soil in your garden, there are a few things you can do to stack the odds in your favor.The first thing to remember is never to use insecticides.They will quickly kill off your beneficial bugs along with the pests.Adequate Food For Predators: In order to attract these predators into your garden before you face an infestation of pests, you must have a variety of plant food.By offering friendly surroundings that provide a variety of nectar, pollen and other creatures they can feed on when the target pests are in short supply, these little helpers will stick around until they are needed.Like I’ve said many times it pays greatly to encourage swallows, blue birds and flycatchers to nest just outside the garden.These birds will quickly take care of the flying insects.Other birds like robins, chickadees and sparrows consume a good share of pests while scratching the ground for seeds, or hunting worms.By keeping a full bird feeder even during the summer months, some of these birds will be drawn to your garden.Choose companion plants that offer a good food supply.Something from the carrot family (Umbelliferae) will have small flowering heads that give off a sweet attracting scent, that tells predators there is sugary pollen waiting for them.Some of these are parsley, caraway, lovage, dill and fennel.Members of the daisy family (Com-positae) offer both pollen and nectar.Some of these include daisies, yarrow and coneflowers.The mint family (Labiatae), is a good source of nectar.Some of its members are lemon balm, peppermint, catnip and hyssop.Most herbs are beneficial to both gardeners and predators.By spreading herbs throughout the garden instead of limiting them to one area, such as an herb garden.You are encouraging the good bugs to live everywhere they are needed.Beneficial insects need water as much as animals and plants do.Usually they do well living off rain and morning dew.Occasionally, during periods of drought, it is wise to set out a few shallow pans of water.Placing some stones in the bottom will give them a place to perch.Changing the water often will discourage mosquitoes.Some Beneficial Insects: Tachinid flies (Family Tachinidae), attack sawflies, May beetles, gypsy moths, tenl caterpillars, squash bugs, cutworms, cabbage loopers, armyworms and Japanese beetles.These most beneficial flies are often mistaken for the common house fly.To attract them to your garden, grow plants rich in both pollen and nectar.Also leave some common garden weeds like pigweed wild carrot and goldenrod.This fly’s eggs are often seen as tiny white dots on the back of a caterpillar.Leave them alone if you want the next generation of flies to hatch.Lady beetles (Family Coc-cdinellidae), eat aphids, soft scales, spider mites and mealybugs.These popular predators are fond of both pollen and nectar plants, and especially like yarrow, wild carrot and dandelions.Asseassin bugs (Family Reduvidae), this is one of my favorite predators.Few people get to watch them at work because they come out mainly after dark.They have a huge hook nose, and normally are so timid that they stay out of man’s way.They will attack a large variety of insects, including flies, caterpillars, even mosquitoes.You must watch out never to handle them, the bite can be terribly painful.They are attracted to light, when out of doors and standing near a light be weary of anything that lands on you, take something to brush it off instead of using your hands, because it will quickly grab onto your hand and bite.A few years ago, after being bit by an assassin bug and having a bad reaction, I set out to learn as much as possible about them.Every spring a few of them make it into my home and quickly prove their worth by eliminating the early mosquitoes, flies and moths that also find their way inside.It is fascinating to watch them come out of hiding about 10 p.m.and fly along the ceiling looking for insects.By morning the assassin bug has returned to his daytime retreat leaving no sign of any pests.A good book that has a complete list of beneficial bugs and what they eat, as well as explaining how to attract them to your garden is The Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control, by Rodale Garden Books.Where to Order the Critters: Over the last 10 years, the business of raising and selling predator bugs has become profitable.This is the time to make your order, these companies know when it is the right time to mail your beneficial friends to you.There is a large demand for this product, so you need to order early or you may wind up being out of lick.The following places offer a variety of beneficial insects and predatory mites: Westgro Sales, Inc.and Agrico Sales, Ltd.7333 Progress Way, Delta B.C., V4G 1E7 Richters, Goodwood, Ont., LOC 1A0 Gardener’s Supply Co., 128 Intervale Rd„ Burlington, Vt.05401 Beneficial Insectary, 14751 Oak Run Rd., Oak Run, CA.U.S.96069 Orcon Organic Controls, Inc.5132 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA., U.S.90019 W.Atlee Burpee & co., 300 Park Ave., Warminster, PA„ U.S.A.18974 Customs must be contacted to make arrangements before ordering from U.S.addresses.Enter .THEi a record •.ting in the townships ” Photo Contest You could win one of the following prizes: • $50 gift certificate from a gardening centre • basket of maple products • bouquet of Spring flowers To enter, send us a photograph (color or black and white, minimum size 3” x 5”) that you have taken which: 1) symbolizes Spring and 2) was shot in the Eastern Townships.Please include the entry form below.Name:.Address: Postal Code: Tel.(daytime): Photo description: Location where photo was taken: Entries will be judged on the quality of the photograph and the extent to which the image evokes a sense of Spring.Winning photographs will be published in the March 23rd issue of The Record.Submissions must be received in our office no later than 5 p.m., MARCH 16.Please ensure that your name, complete address and telephone number are written on the back of the photo.If you wish to have your photo returned, please include a self-addressed envelope.2850 Delorme St., Sherbrooke J1K 1A1 569-9511 88 Lakeside St., Knowlton JOE 1V0 242-1188 Fleuriste Lennoxville stélie me.Nature’s Way Anna May.Kinney Wednesday, March 4, 1998 page 11 Will sing “The Mummer’s Dance” on Letterman tonight Celtic star McKennitt holds top world charts By John Goddard Southam News Toronto A hit single is fuelling unprecedented record sales for Canadian Celtic star Loreena McKennitt.Programmers of every radio format from hard rock, to mix, to country seem to love “The Mummer’s Dance,” a richly textured song that McKennitt and her band are scheduled to perform tonight on David Letterman’s late-night CBS show before leaving on a month-long European tour.The song’s popularity has helped push her latest album, The Book of Secrets, to Number 1 on the U.S.Billboard Top World Music Albums chart for 20 straight weeks - and counting.Outside North America, response has been equally enthusiastic.The single is currently Number 1 in Greece and in the top 20 in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Portugal and Turkey.“My concern was that people might be falsely led to the album” by the radio version of the song, McKennitt said at an industry reception this week marking the album’s success.The original version was remixed by a studio engineer to make it more “radio friendly,” an industry term meaning “more commercial." “I haven’t known much about the remix world,” McKennitt said in an interview at the reception, held in a club steps away from her old busking spot at the entrance to the St.Lawrence Market where she first built a fan base in the mid-1980s.“I told (the remix producer) that the song had to remain within my musical culture and what he did, I think, was quite sensitive.Some textures are different but on the whole it remains true (to the original).” Chart success is not new for McKennitt but her current rate of sales is.Years ago, she established herself as one of the country’s most successful independent artists, running her own label, Quinlan Road, from her office in Stratford, Ont., and distributing her works worldwide through Warner Music.Her fifth and previous album, The Mask and the Mirror, sold about one million copies worldwide within the first three years of its release in 1994.The Book of Secrets has sold close to five million copies in five months, including 200,000 copies in Canada alone.The new work is a product of McKen-nitt's ongoing musical voyage of discovery and her life of actual world travel tracing the roots of Celtic culture.At one point the search led to a solo train trip across China and Russia.“This recording functions more as a piece of musical travel writing than a finished work of art,” she explained, dressed in a black, floor-length outfit set off by a large crucifix around her neck and the famous auburn hair, as flowing and ethereal as her singing.“I was trying to get somewhere and although I don’t think I ever really arrived, many interesting adventures occurred along the way.” The title, The Book of Secrets, comes from the title of Marco Polo’s account of his journeys to the Orient, and McKen-nitt's liner notes read like entries from her actual travel journal.In Grease and Primary Colors Two sizes of Travolta hit screen By Jamie Portman Southam News Two John Travoltas will be showing up on movie screens this month.One will be somewhat pudgy.The other will be slim and svelte.In Primary Colors, arriving March 20, Travolta, 44, is a womanizing southern politician clearly based on U.S.President Bill Clinton.A week later, Paramount will unveil its 20th anniversary reissue of Grease which features a 24-year-old Travolta cavorting his way through the role of Danny Zuko.We’ll be seeing more than a difference in age on movie screens.“You’ll be seeing a huge difference in poundage!” Travolta unapologetically reports.“You’re looking at 165 pounds back in 1978 compared with 211 pounds in Primary Colors.” For Primary Colors, Travolta gained a few extra pounds to give more credibility to the character of presidential hopeful Jack Stanton who - like the real-life Clinton - gorges on high-calorie south- ern soul food and ultra-sweet donuts.“But that’s not my diet of preference,” insists the actor who is notorious for bringing cordon bleu chefs onto the sets of his movies.“If I’m going to gain weight it’s going to be on a diet of caviar and gourmet cheeseburgers.” Today, Travolta happily goes on record in describing himself as “a slightly overweight actor” and says he has no nostalgia for the younger body he used to exhibit in films like Grease and Saturday Night Fever.“I’ve lived through four or five lifetimes in the last 20 years.Why go back?” If he’s required to gain weight for a role, he’ll do it, and if he has to lose weight he’ll do that as well: “It’s always been fun gaining it and it’s always been fun losing it.” Now that he’s in his 40s, his comfortable weight is the 200-pound mark.Still, the making of Grease remains one of his fondest memories.“It was just a great experience to exercise all the abilities one has - to do dancing, singing and acting all at once.” RECORD EUES Loreena McKennitt has a big hit with “The Mummer’s Dance.” She’ll appear on The Late Show with David Letterman Wednesday night.Revenue 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We have extended our telephone service hours.Just have your tax papers handy and we’ll answer your questions.February 23 to April 30,1998 Monday to Thursday, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.(except holidays) 1-800-959-1962 (English) 1-800-959-1968 (French) Saturday, 9:00 a.m.to 1:00 p.m.1-800-959-1971 (English) 1-800-959-1973 (French) Our regular service hours are 8:15 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.Monday through Friday.You can also call our automated Tax Information Phone Service (T.I.P.S.).Check your income tax package for information on this service.Canada page 12 Wednesday, March 4, 1998 hi THE ¦¦¦'» Record ST.PATRICK'S CHURCH The congregation of St.Patrick’s Church celebtrated the restoration of their organ.Restored organ is 84 years young After 84 years of faithful service the organ of the St.Patrick’s Church of Sherbrooke had to be restored.This Casavant organ of great heritage value was built by Casavant in 1913 at the cost of $2,600.It was the 562nd organ built by the firm from St-Hyacinthe.On Sunday, Feb.15, a mass-concert celebrated the complete restoration and electrification of the St.Patrick’s organ.Organist Brendan McCoy brilliantly executed Toccata and Fugue (D Minor) of J.S.Bach, The Wind Beneath My Wings of Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar, A Christmas Lullaby composed by Mr.Josephine Dougherty-Codere in 1912.He also accompanied the St.Patrick’s choir under the direction of Frank MacGregor, who had a well selected program of liturgical and Irish music.An invited choir, Le Choeur Evasion, sang the Kyrie Eleison of Yon and the Panis Angelicus in four voices.The organ restoration campaign committee was formed by Fr.Pierre Doyon, the pastor of St.Patrick’s, Irene McElroy-Poulin, Church warden and Dr.Jacques Sylvestre.The president of the campaign, Dr.Jacques Sylvestre, reported to the whole congregation of St.Patrick’s and their friends, who filled the Church, that the objective of the campaign was reached and that the restoration was completed at the cost of $73,000, without using any of the parish funds.A memorial plaque was unveiled with all the names of the donors.A succulent luncheon was offered in the Parish Hall to all participants.It was a memorable day! - St.Patrick’s Church, Sherbrooke 36-month lease Freight and preparation included 1998 4-door Grand Am • Air conditioning • 4-speed automatic transmission with overdrive • 2.4 litre Twin Cam engine • 4-wheel anti-lock brakes • Traction control • Dual airbags • AN/FN stereo cassette • Automatic door locks • PASSLock theft-deterrent system • Rear spoiler PONTIAC BUICK rUÎRmtkide' The Pontiac Buick GMC Dealers' Marketing Association of Quebec “J IrnWWft ‘Limited time retail offer applying on new 1998 base vehicles in stock including the above-mentioned features.Model *•