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il t NEW Wednesday, June 14, 2000 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 Kudos For Kids CAROLINE KEHNE/CORRES PONDENT Massey-Vanier High School held its annual Awards Reception last Thursday night to recognize the academic accomplishments of its soon-to-be graduating class of 2000.Members of Cowansville’s Royal Canadian Legion Branch #99 were on hand to award Diana Royea (centre) with their annual branch award.Royea was one of 80 recipients who received awards ranging from $200 to $1200 in recognition of various aspects of academic excellence.Event coordinator Linda Persons reported that a total of $38,000 in awards donated by parents, businesses, clubs and other non-profit organizations was distributed this year.Liberal MP Denis Paradis presented Adam Hooper with the evening’s top award, the Governor-General’s Bronze Medal for Highest Academic $tanding.A complete listing of awards and recipients will be published in an upcoming issue of the Brome County News.- Caroline Kehne, Record Correspondent.Churches to hold an old-fashioned revival By Caroline Kehne Record Correspondent Knowlton Five area churches will be collaborating on a joint event to be held by Knowlton’s Mill Pond on June 15,16 and 17.‘Come and See’, sponsored by St.Paul’s Anglican Church of Knowlton, the Creek United Church of Foster, the Knowlton United Church, St-Edouard’s Roman Catholic Church of Knowlton, the Bethel Pentecostal Church of South Bolton and the Baptist Congregations of Sutton and Mansonville, will feature music and talks on the subject of faith.Reverend Ralph Leavitt of St.Paul’s Church said that the inspiration for the mission was a visit to last year’s Cowansville tent revival held by Upstream Ministries, who traveled across Canada promoting spiritual unity.“I saw many of my congre gation there and realized there was a hunger for some thing like this,” said Rev.Leavitt.Guest speakers will be the Reverend Dr.Michael Pout-ney and his wife Elaine.Rev.Poutney, a native of Edin- burgh Scotland, graduated with distinction as a teacher of Divinity from the College of St.Mark and St.John in Chelsea.Organizer Craig Quinn compares the event to “an old-fashion revival”, noting that something of this type has not been seen in Knowlton since the 1950s.“This is a time when churches are separated more by how we go about our worship rather than by what we believe,” said Quinn.Organizers will be setting up a tent capable of accommodating 200 worshipers next to the scenic Mill Pond.Activities will be start on Thursday at 7 pm with “Jesus at a Distance”, Friday at 7 pm with “Doubts and Fears”, Saturday at 10 am with “A Growing Attraction” and 7 pm with “Faith and Acceptance”.Rev.Leavitt added that St.Paul’s organist Evie Johnston-Main is putting together a worship team who will lead 40 minutes of singing hymns at each session.The public is invited to participate in this community event.For additional information, contact Craig Quinn at (450) 243-3650.‘Baby-friendly’ hospital receives Prix Materna 2000 award Staff The Brome-Missisquoi Perkins Hospital has racked up yet another award for its baby-friendly approach to health care.Last Thursday, the BMP was awarded the Prix Materna 2000 by the Association pour la Santé Publique du Québec.The award is in recognition of the hospital’s program which promotes breast feeding.Since 1995 the Cowansville hospital has concentrated its efforts on supporting parents and infants, with an emphasis on breast feeding.Services were reorganized around getting new moth- ers to breast feed their infants, and in developing a closer bond between parents and their children.About 80 per cent of new mothers breast feed when they leave the maternity ward of the BMP.Last July the BMP was designated a “Baby Friendly Hospital” by the World Health Organization, the only hospital in Canada to receive this distinction.The Prix Materna is awarded to projects which contribute to improving services and a better understanding of the needs of parents.The prize also aims to publicize those efforts and raise public awareness of the importance of pre and post natal care.Pierre Marziali Pharmacist Honrs: Mon., Tues., Wed.9 - 8 p.m.Thurs.& Fri.9-9 p.m.Sat 9 - 5 p.m.408 South St, Cowansville 263-2171 ESSAÏM .Always at your service y V to* mump* YWELDEnlHEATRE OPEN DAILY 8-10 P.M.250 Knowlton Rd., Knowlton 243-6155 104 N.Main St.St.Albans, Vt.802-527-7888 V' JUNE 16™ -JUNE 22— TITAN AE 2,7,8:45 El Freddie Prinze Jr.l”'»l BOYS & GIRLS 2,7,9:00 FINAL WEEK Tom Cruise in MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2 2.7,9:15 EE) Résidence pour les Aînés / Retirement Residence Séjour convalescence ou de longue durée soins 24 h sur 24., .Coming: Me, Myself & Irene, , , Patriot, Perfect Storm SEE EASE 3 FOR DRIVE-IN 28 Mount Echo, Knowlton (450) 242-4663 page 2 Wednesday, June 14, 2000 Brome Brome County Community Billboard Community Calendar June 15 Salad & Dessert Luncheon at All Saints Anglican Church, Dunham at 12 noon.Donation, $7.Cards to be played immediately following lunch.For reservations please call (450) 295-3341 or 295-2349.June 15,16 & 17 “Come and see what God has done-He is awesome.” The chance to accept, the call to commit, the challenge to believe at Millpond Park, Knowlton.Thursday and Friday, 7 p.m.Saturday.10 a.m.- 7 p.m.Everyone is welcome! A mission of local Christian churches.Invited speakers: The Rev.Dr.Michael and Mrs.Elaine Pountney.Tel.(450) 242-2885.June 17 Flea Market at St.Paul’s United Church, Waterloo from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m.Tables, $10.Information, 539-3135, 539-2129.One Day Sale of pre-enjoved books, videos, tapes & CDs, for adults, children and’ youth Some French & Hungarian selections.Coffee corner 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.at Emmanuel United Church, 203 Principale.Cowansville, mfo: 263-1450 or 266-7827.“The Connection” at Mill Pond, Knowlton under the big tent at 2 pm.Come join the closing connection at this special time and place and meet Patrick and Michelle Greig Celebrate with friends the last connection Everyone welcome.For more information : Barb 263-7608, Melody 243-0043.Annual Spring Buffet Supper sponsored by Creek United Church at 278 Brill Rd., West Bolton (Foster) from 4:30 - 7 p.m.Delicious casseroles, salads and squares will be on the menu.For more information call 243-1699.June 18 The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch, #158, will hold a ‘Western breakfast, all you can eat,’ 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.at 2 Curley St., Sutton.Admission, $5 per person, children under 10, $2.50.Brunch to the benefit of the John Sleeth Community and Cultural Center at the Royal Canadian Legion, 2 Curley St., 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.$5, children under 12, free.All welcome! Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #82, Philipsburg will hold a Father’s Day Brunch, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.Admission: $5.Bring your Dad, Grandad, husband, friends.Everyone welcome! Royal Canadian Legion, Cowansville will hold a Father’s Day Breakfast at 120 Davignon St., from 10 a.m - 1 p.m.$4 per person.Members and non-members are welcome! For more information, 263-2543 Tune 24 5th Annual Flea Market - Craft Sale, and Bazaar sponsored by East Bolton Volunteer Firefighters at the Town Hall, Bolton Centre, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m.Church of The Ascension, West Brome will hold a Flea Market, from 8 a.m.- 3 p.m.For information on renting space please contact, Jean Fisher 263-5724 or Jean Shufelt, 263-1989.Arts Calendar June 17 What is Art Therapy?Find personal meaning in the visual image.A one-dav hands-on workshop with Bernice Sorge, Art Therapist, at Bishop’s Knowlton Centre, 235 Knowlton Rd., Knowlton, 9:30 a.m - 4 p.m.cost: $70.Open to all.To register, please call Louise jamet at 242-1518.Church Services ST.PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 24 St.Paul’s Road, Knowlton.We wish to know Jesus Christ and to make Him known.Sunday Services, 8 & 10 a.m.Sunday School and Nursery, 10 a.m.The Rev.Ralph T.Leavitt - Pastor.Allow us to welcome you! KNOWLTON/CREEK PASTORAL CHARGE Worship & Song by members & Rev.Burn Purdon Creek United, Foster, 9:30 a.m.Knowlton United, Knowlton, 11 a.m.Everyone welcome.PARISH OF BROME St.Aidan, Sutton Junction, 1st Sunday at 2:30 p.m.(Celtic); Ascension, West Brome, 1st, 2nd and 4th Sundays 9:30 a.m.; Holy Trinity, Iron Hill, Services on 1st, 3rd (Patronal Festival and Parish of Brome Service) and 4th Sundays at 11 a.m., 2nd at 7:30 p.m.; St.John Evangelist, Brome Village, Services on 1st, 2nd Sundays at 11 a.m., and 4th at 7:30 p.m.COWANSVILLE AREA PASTORAL CHARGE Morning Worship and Sunday School, June 18 & 25 at East Farnham United Church, 9:30 a.m., and Emmanuel United Church, Cowansville at 11 a.m.All are welcome.TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH, COWANSVILLE invites you to worship and fellowship Sunday mornings at 9 a.m.and 10:30 a.m., 409 South St.This active little church has a nursery and Sunday School at 10:30 a.m.and the youth meet once a month at The Connection.Drop in or call 263-2662.May God bless you.The Rev.Richard Randall.GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH SUTTON Warmly welcomes you to join us in Worship of the Lord.Service, Sundays, 10:30 a.m.at 52 Principale Sud.The Rev.Tim Smart, Rector.BEDFORD PASTORAL CHARGE invites you to come and worship with us.June 18th in Philipsburg at 10 a.m.Services are led by Rev.Brett Anningson.BAPTIST CHURCHES - Sunday Services: Mansonville Baptist 9:30 a.m.; Olivet Baptist, Sutton, 11 a.m.All welcome.Community Notes Do you wish you could read better?Need help with basic math?Call the YAMASKA LITERACY COUNCIL.Work one-on-one with a tutor and learn at your own pace.Lessons are FREE, private and confidential.Learning can be fun so why not do something for yourself today?Call Wendy at 263-7503.Please note that all notices for Advertising in BCN Brome County News Community Billboard, Community Notes, Arts Calendar and Church Service announcements must be received no later than Monday at noon for publication the following Wednesday.A $6 fee for each announcement published weekly is required.Church Service announcements are $6 monthly.Please send all prepaid announcements to the Brome County News, Box 488, Knowlton JOE lVO or fax (450 ! 243-5155.Visa and M.C.accepted.Briefs Open house at Glen Mountain Staff Glen Mountain Park will be holding an open house this Saturday.Be-I tween 9 a.m.and 6 p.m.visitors will 1 have free access to the park facii ¦ : ties.There will also be activities on j the adventure circuit, with animation between 1 p.m.and 4:30 p.m There will also be a barbecue on site Faced witn warm winters and no snowmaking equipment, the former Glen Mountain ski hill opted to expand its activities to the other three seasons of the year.Last year the ski hill became Glen Mountain Park, offering camping, hiking mountain biking, lake swimming, a picnic area and paintball games.In the event of rain on Saturday j the open house will be held the following day, June 18.For more information contact Philippe DeGuire at (450) 243-6142, or on the Internet at www.glen.qc.ca.Twice as many women as men develop multiple sclerosis.Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada ________ 1-800-268-7582 www.mssociety.ca Brome County NEWS 88 Lakeside, Knowlton, Quebec, JOE 1V0 Tel: (450) 242-1188 / 242-6892 Fax: (450) 243-5155 Published weekly by RECORD 1195 Galt E., Sherbrooke.Quebec, JIG 1Y7 fax: (819) 569-3945 E-mail: newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com website: wwwdsherbrookerecord.com Randy Kinnear Publisher.800 463-9525 Sharon McCully Editor/Off.Mgr.(450) 242-1188 Alison Steel Secretary .(450) 242-1188 Lynda bellavance Advertising______(450) 242-6892 Michel Duval Advertising.800 463-9525 Sunil Mahtani Corresp.Editor______800 463-9525 Richard Lessard Prod.Mgr.800 463-9525 Serge Gagnon Chief Pressman.800 463-9525 Francine Thibault Prod.Superv.800 463-9525 CIRCULATION Distributed to all Record subscribers every Wednesday as an insert, and to all households and businesses in Abertom, Bedford, Brigham, Brome, Bromont, Cowansville, East Farnham, Foster, Fulford, Knowlton (Brome Lake), Sutton, Bolton Centre, West Brome.SUBSCRIPTIONS GST PST TOTAL Canada: 1 year 114.40 8.01 9.18 $131.59 6 MONTHS 59.00 4.13 4.73 S67.86 3 MONTHS 30.00 2.10 2.41 S34.51 Out of Quebec residents do not include PST.Rates for other services available on request.The Record is published daily Monday to Friday.Back copies of The Record are available.The Record was founded on February 7, 1897, and acquired the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879) in 1905 and the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) in 1908.The Record is published by UniMedia Company, a subsidiary of Hollinger Canadian Newspapers LP.Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Agreement No 0479675.“*- ^ Member ABC, CARD.CNA, QCNA Agreement No.w Brome Countyl^zws Wednesday, June 14, 2000 page 3 Bedford welcomes all Quebecers to Fête Nationale By Caroline Kehne Record Correspondent Bedford Claude Montagne, president of Bedford’s Fête Nationale organizing committee, wants to send the message that the province’s number one civic holiday is for all Quebeçois.He is extending the invitation to take part in the municipality’s annual celebration not only to members of Quebec’s non-French minority groups, but also to members of surrounding villages to take part in the day of activities on Saturday, June 24th.This year’s theme is ‘Et si on se lançait des fleurs' (Toss the Bouquet), which Montagne says is an acknowledgement that Quebecers need to take the time to pat themselves on the back for their accomplishments to date.“Thirty per cent of our beautiful region is anglophone.This is Quebec's day for everyone,” said Montagne.He notes that the holiday has slowly evolved from its original franco-catholic roots of St-Jean-Baptiste Day to the more secular Fête Nationale.He added that the committee has taken some local criticism, especially from more conservative members of the community who still c ::e the day as an exclusive celebration.Another change is that invitations have been sent to the mayors and residents of surrounding villages to take part in the day’s events.The Bedford celebration has seen its ups and downs over the years.“When 1 was young it was unbelievable to see the people who would come io the St-Jean-Baptiste celebration,” said Montagne.During the 1970s, the celebrations returned to a small scale, but began to grow again, with a brief hiatus during the early eighties.In the nineties, organizers moved away from hiring local talent to bringing in higher calibre acts such as Bob Harrison and Laridé.In 1996, Montagne notes that as a gesture of respect to the area’s mixed cultural 31fmD IfMD ifMDs È Diane Demers  tS f°°t care hygienist Ç l! Manicure and nail care Application ot permanent nails ” (Gift certificates available) § (450)266-0997 Q 245 ce la Riviere.Cowansville, Que.îfMD rtPDAüi?» •“«SI U ^ -J.'j.%, la heritage, the host of ‘all Quebeçois’ day’ made announcements in both languages.Montagne said that the surplus from last year’s celebration and donations from local businesses will be used to make this year 2000 exceptional.“Our idea is not to invest in fireworks that would.be over in 15 minutes but rather to get people gathering together for a good, free show," said Montagne.This year’s two main acts, Caméléon and Bob Walsh reflect the region’s dual cultures: Caméléon, a Montreal-based band, perform traditional Quebeçois music while Bob Walsh i^billed as one of Quebec’s top Blues vocalists.The celebration will take place at two sites: the parking lot of Eglise St-Damien in the morning and at the Bedford Fairground in the late afternoon and evening.It will begin with a special mass at 10 a.m.that will include a performance by a choral group from St-Ar-mand.After the mass, activities move to the church parking lot where there will be music,, official presentations and the raising of the Quebec flag by the Scouts.From 11:30 a.m.to 3 p.m.the Scouts will give canoe rides and sponsor a treasure hunt.At noon, the Hoopers The Highest j Massey-Vanier High School student Adam Hooper was awarded the school’s highest academic honour, the Governor -General’s Bronze Medal.The medal, presented by Liberal MP Denis Paradis during the school’s annual recent awards ceremony reception, is given to the graduating student who maintains the highest academic average.The medal recipient also receives a trip to Ottawa.Hooper also took home awards for outstanding performances in chemistry, physics, math and English and monetary awards form the Butters Foundation, the Demers Family and the Bedford Association of Teachers.In addition to maintaining an interest in science, Hooper studied piano for nine years and has had parts in two local theatre productions, including Gore Vidal’s Visit to a Small Planet and Shakespeare’s The Tempest.This fall, he plans to begin studies at Marianopolis in pure and applied sciences' en route to a computer science degree.- Caroline Kehne, Record Correspondent.VOYAGES Alain Travel Consultant TRANSATLANTIQUES Discover Jamaica and feel alright! 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( ST.ALBANS DRIVE-IN Vjxii 20,1-89, St.Albans.Vt.802-524-2468^ OPEN EVERY NIGHT JUNE 16-22 Adults 1st at dusk Walt Disney's DINASAUR PG 2nd PG13 Nicolas Cage in GONE IN 60 SECONDS Coming: Chicken Run, Adventures of Rocky & Bull Winkle Canton de Bedford firemen will provide a hot-dog lunch as well as activities for kids.At 3 p.m.there will be a bike decorating contest in the church parking lot.At 4:30, the parade will start from the church parking lot and travel down River Street to the fairground.At 7 p.m., activities resume with a special award presentation to Paul Simard, one of the key celebration organizers during the 1950s.The concert begins at 8 p.m.with Caméléon, followed by Bob Walsh at 9 p.m.and will continue on to past midnight.The committee is still looking for volunteers for show set-up, clean up and security.For more information, contact Marie-Claude Plante at (450) 248-7727 or Claude Montagne at (450) 248-7031.GLADIATOR_________________ (English; J13 Yf Fit, Sat., Sun., Mon., Tues., Wed.Thurs.: 6:30 p.m.U-571 ,—, (French) L G i Fri, Sat.Sun.: 9:10 p.m.BATTLEFIELD EARTH_______________ (English) )13 Vi Men., lues.Wed.Thus.: 9:10 p.m! 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