The record, 20 mai 1998, Supplément 1

Brome County NEW Wednesday, May 20, 1998 ROÇH VALLIERES INC.514-242-2544 Specialized General Contractor Excavation, public and private roads, foundation, drainage, sewage, artificial ponds all sizes, landshaping, hydraulic hammer (rock breaker), demolition Aggregate, Top soil, VR transport.Work done by hour or by contract The Largest Circulation Weekly in Brome —Missisq.uoi Registration open for Clarenceville summer sports Loisirs offer T-ball and swimming to local kids By Caroline Kehne Record Correspondent Clarenceville The Clarenceville/Noyan Loisirs will conduct registration for summer sports on Saturday, May 23.Registration will take place at the Loisirs’ Hall from 1 to 2:30 p.m.According to Treasurer Donna Schoolcraft the Loisirs will again sponsor T-ball for kids age 5 to 7.(Children must be five years of age by December 31, 1997 in order to qualify.) The registration fee is $20 for the season and parents should bring the child’s medicare card as well as a photo.Those requiring further information should contact Richard Duchesneau at (514) 294-2201.The Loisirs are also organizing swimming courses in St-Jean.Weekly bus transportation from Clarenceville to St-Jean will be covered in the $65 registration fee.Swimming classes will be provided by the Red Cross at the CEGEP in St-Jean on Wednesday mornings.Parents wishing to enroll their children should bring the child’s picture and medicare card.For additional information on swimming, contact Donna Schoolcraft at 294-3137.Mg| Sutton girl places first of 350 Six-year-old wins Vermont award TANYA TKACH/CORRESPONDENT Emily Bellegarde Hudson placed first in the kindergarten category in the 1998 Annual Young Writers and Illustrators Awards competition.By Tanya Tkach Record Correspondent Sutton Six-year-old Emily Bellegarde Hudson of Sutton has captured an award doing something she likes best of all - creating stories and drawing.She earned an honorary title and placed first in the kindergarten category out of 350 entries in the 1998 Annual Young Writers and Illustrators Awards competition, sponsored by Vermont Public Television.The competition is offered through the Reading Rainbow serie> which encourages young children tc read.“She saw the contest on televisior and really wanted to enter it,” saic her mother, Wendy Hudson.See award, page 2 aR@novatEurE2n ÊKB COWANSVILLE»KNOWLTON«FARNHAM*GRANBY " M B THE LARGEST CHOICE OF STOVES IN THE AREA 241 Albert Cowansville Tel: 266-1444 yv PENSE A TO! 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Tel.Johanne Morin, 242-2020.Dances Of Universal Peace at Sutton Yoga Centre, 111 Principale N., Sutton, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.Dances based on sacred music from all spiritual traditions.No experience necessary.Bilingual.Suggested contribution: $5-10.Tel.Judith Avinger 263-6685.Flea Market at the Knowlton United Church.Rain or shine.Tables $10.Donations accepted.Spring plant sale and exchange at Granby United Church, 101 Principale, 2:30 - 4 p.m.House plants, perennials, spring bulbs.Bring to exchange or pick up at bargain prices! May 23 & 24 Benefit barn/garage sale for Jessica Bromby “Up With People” at 125 West-mount (cross-street Willard) Tel.266-1992.Flea Market at the Knowlton United Church.Rain or shine.Tables $10.Donations accepted.May 30 St.George’s Anglican Church, Clarenceville will sponsor an afternoon of live music featuring local bluegrass, blues and traditional country artists, 2 p.m.Admission by donation.June 9 Meeting for all B & B, Inn & Auberge owners of the Brome, Missisquoi & Pot-ton areas to be held at 435 Maple St., Sutton, 7 p.m.Topic: Forming of an association to promote businesses.Tel.538-7417 or 538-5069.ARTS CALENDAR May 23 & 24 Knowlton Harmony Band spring concert fund-raiser at Theatre Lac Brome, Sat.8 p.m., mat.Sun.2 p.m.Tickets $10 adults, $5 children, from band members or from ticket office.242-2270.Proceeds to Theatre Lac Brome and Knowlton Harmony Band.CHURCH SERVICES Knowlton Pastoral Charge Creek United & Knowlton Charge Regional Service at Granby United, 11 a.m.“Blue Jean Service.” No service at Creek & Knowlton.Brome Parish St.Aidan, Sutton Jct.lst, 3rd and 5th Sunday of each month at 9:30 a.m; Ascension, West Brome, 9:30 a.m.each Sunday; Holy Trinity, Iron Hill, 1st, 3rd, 4th & 5th Sunday, 11 a.m.and 2nd Sunday, 7:30 p.m; St.John Evangelist, Brome Village 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 5th Sunday, 11 a.m., 4th Sunday 7:30 p.m.All welcome! The Cornerstone Church, Bedford, 76 Philipsburg St.presents a full Gospel Service every Sunday at 10:30 a.m.Everyone welcome! Paul Gibson, Pastor (514) 296-4565.Sutton-Dunham United Church Sunday worship.Note: Joint Services will now be held at 10:30 a.m.alternating Sutton/Dunham, May 24, Sutton/Dunham closed to attend Yamaska Region Service, Granby United, 11 a.m.May 24 Regional Service for the United Churches of the Yamaska Region to be held in Granby United Church, 11 a.m.“Blue Jean Service”, planned by the youth for all ages.Please bring a lunch to share.All welcome! Get to know your community -subscribe to the Record.Subscriptions available from the Knowlton office at 514-242-1188.Théâtre, 141 PRlNCtPAte COWANSVILLE DEEPIMPAC Friday 6:50*9:05 Saturday, Sunday 2:00 *6:50 *9:05 Mon., Tues., Wed, Thurs.6:50 *9:05 [g] J from May 22nd to May 28th For info: 263-5900 Laurie Anne Marois ofRoxton Pond on her pony Shaney shows the right stuff during the Pole Bending Class, in which the rider who navigates a series of poles in the shortest time wins.Marois won the Cecil Soule Memorial Trophy for the Pony Grand Champion, awarded to the pony rider with the best overall score.See page 7 for more photos from the Stanbridge East spring Horse Show CAROLINE KEHNE/CORRESPONDENT DRIVE-INS ARE FUN! 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Bolton Centre and West Brome SUBSCRIPTIONS GST PST TOTAL Canada: 1 year 104.00 7.28 8,35 S119.63 6 MONTHS 53.50 3.75 4.29 S61.54 3 MONTHS 2700 1.89 2.17 S31.06 Out of Quebec residents do not include PST.Rates for other services available on request.The Record is published daily Monday to Friday.Back copies of The Record ordered one week after publication are available at $1.00 per copy.The Record was founded on February 7 1897, and acquired the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879) in 1905 and the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) in 1908.Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Agreement No.0479675.Member ABC, CARD, CDNA, NMB, QCNA ; Brome County News Wednesday; MaV 20, 1998 page 3 Cloggers stage mock wedding ceremony During the last session of the season, six dancers from the advanced group of The Rainbow Country Cloggers decided to enact a mock wedding ceremony for their instructor James Naylor and his bride-to-be Jennifer Sylvester.They did a trial run while decorating Prouty Hall in Bondville where they have their clogging sessions every Thursday evenings from October till May.Naylor started dating Sylvester nine years ago when they started clogging.“We didn’t know this was going to happen,” they said.Their marriage will take place on June 27.Taking part in the ceremony are: Connie Rhicard as minister, Eugene Jacob as the bride - Jennifer Sylvester, Diane Rodd as the groom - James Naylor, Roy Lawry played the bride’s father, Pat Neil as the bride’s mother, and Yolanda La-grandeur was the ring bearer.Tanya Tkach Record Correspondent Awards:-—— Continued from page 1 “So she actually wrote the story and drew pictures in one hour on construction paper folded over many times.” Her mother said that after receiving the rules, Emily had to start from scratch and rewrite the story and draw the pictures again.The regulations called for 50 to 200 words with at least five illustrations - a project that took Emily nearly three days to complete.Emily is qualified to enter the national competition to be held in June where the winner will receive a computer and a Microsoft Rainbow Room library.Hudson said coincidentally, the first message received on the family’s new telephone answering machine was from Judy Gordon at Vermont Public Television announcing that Emily had won first place.“We thought that we won a computer already,” said Hudson who added that Emily has no problem creating stories which she keeps in a folder, along with her drawings.“She drew the pictures, then told me what she wanted to write on each picture,” said Hudson.Emily says she gets her inspiration for her stories “from my imagination.I like to read and watch television and they help me with my ideas.” She especially likes the television series Arthur and the Magic Schoolbus.“They make my imagina-tion.be fun.But I think I’m a better artist than writer,” added Emily.Even though Emily displays remarkable talent at writing and drawing, she says she would like to be a minister styled after the character Dan Akroyd plays in the series Soulman.Her mother who has been reading stories to Emily every night since she was a baby, is not surprised by her talent.“We’ve colored together a lot since she was young, and she’ll ask me how to draw things and I’ll show her,” said Hudson.Even though Emily is normally shy, there is anoth- er side of her that surprised even her mother.It happened on April 21st at the television station in Vermont when Emily had to read her story on television.“They had a little area where the kids could practice before being taped and Emily didn’t want to practice.She did it so well I was shocked at my daughter,” said Hudson.“I was so proud of her.” When asked Emily how she felt to be in front of the camera she responded matter-of-factly, “It was fine.Nope 1 wasn’t nervous at all, not me.” IV iivivi uiii TANYA TKACH/CORRESPONDENT T think I’m a better artist than writer.’ -award-winning artist and writer Emily Bellegarde Hudson.BANDS Every Weekend ' W 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Waterloo, QC Tel.: (514) 539-1821 Because ^ a\Vc care page 4 Wednesday, May 20, 1998 Golf tourney to aid Sports Association By Caroline Kehne Record Correspondent Stanbridge East The Stanbridge East Sports Association will hold its annual golf tournament on June 13.Golfing enthusiasts are welcome to join in the “Vegas-style” tournament to take place at the Club de Golf in Farnham.The tournament will be followed by a roast beef supper in the Memorial Hall in Stanbridge East.Sports Association President Judy Antle said that all proceeds from the annual tournament benefit the Sports Association which sponsors year-round activities for area kids.Antle says that non-golfers may purchase tickets for the dinner only.Tickets for the dinner/tournament must be purchased in advance by May 31.For tickets or additional information, telephone Charlie Bockus at (514) 248-7173.Do you have a news tip or a story idea?Call the Brome County News at 514-242-1188.Brome County N e ws L’égorgeur des cantons de L’est Durant l’enquête qui suivit le meurtre de Henri Bissonnette le 26 avril 1951 plusieurs pistes furent suivies mais toutes s’avérèrent fausses et après plusieurs semaines, les enquêteurs étaient découragés.Au retour de Granby où ils avaient fait appréhender à leur hôtel du Lac Brome en envisageant le résultat de leur enquête qui menait nulle part.Le chef de l’équipe pris un jour de congé pour visiter sa famille à Montréal.Cependant, dès son arrivée, sa femme lui appris qu’il devait returner à Knowlton de toute urgence.Il fût convenu qu’il rencontrerait son collègue aux Quatre Fourches.L’urgence qui avait nécessité le retour de l’officer était un suicide apparent.Un homme était pendu dans la cave de sa maison.11 n’avait que 1.37$ dans ses poches ainsi qu’une note demandant d’être enterré près de son épouse décédée quelques années auparavant.Les enquêteurs découvrirent par la suite qu’il avait versé 1000$ pour payer une hypothèque, et ce, au tout début de mai, une semaine à peine après le crime.Il semblait bizarre de se suicider après avoir remboursé une hypothèque parce qu’on s’ennuie de se femme.Mais, à la fin, malgré les raisons demeurées obscures quant au suicide, les enquêteurs conclurent qu’il n’était pas l’assassin.Quelques jours plus tard, un éminent résidant de Mansonville demanda aux enquêteurs de le rencontrer en secret à Magog.Là, il leur dit que l’enquête pourrait bien être terminée, qu’il connaissait l’identité de l’assassin.Il nomma un voleur connu deu coin et dit que depuis le meurtre, cet individu qui ne travaillait pas avait acheté une auto et s’était habil- lé tout en neuf.Il donna aussi le nom de la blonde de l’individu qui habitait à Cowansville.Cette jeune serveuse croyait d’abord que la justice s’intéressait à elle qu’elle utilisaitt la voiture de son ami sans permis de conduire.Le garagiste de qui l’automobile avait été achetée confirma que l’individu visé l’avait bel et bien achetée en payant comptant avec des billets de 10$ et de “0$.L’interrogatorire confirma cependant que cet argent avait été soutiré par le suspect du compte de banque de son père.Cela n’avait rien à voir avec le meurtre.Finalement, après plusieurs semaines d’enquête le détective en charge, retourna à la ferme Bissonnette pour recommencer à zéro.Après avoir examiné les environs pour la vingtième fois, il remarqua une cabane à sucre en haut d’une colline.La cabane en servait plus depuis quelques années et elle était délabrée.Le détective remarqua cependant un grand trou à une hauteur de cinq pieds par où o n pouvait très bien observer la maison bissonnette et la ferme voisine.Il trouva des bouts de cigarettes Express 333 par terre au-dessous du trou.L’enquêteur visita donc tous les endroits les plus rapprochés de East Hill où on pouvait se procurer cette marque de cigarettes, Il se rendit à Sutton, Brome et Knowlton et is trouva finalement un restaurant près du Bolton Pass Inn qui les vendaient.Parmi les clients qui les achetaient se trouvait un dénommé collin de East Hill.Il habitait dans les montagnes de Bolton.Après un interrogatoire du suspect et une visite poussée de sa maison, les enquêteurs repartirent en emportant de grands couteaux trouvés dans la cuisine.Toutes les déclarations faites furent vérifiées et trouvées vraies.Sauf qu’il avait omis de dire qu’il avait fait le dernier bout de chemin à pied pour rentrer chez-lue le jour du crime.Tous les fermiers des envions furent interrogés et ils avaient effectivement vu sur la route un homme portant un long manteau noir et des bottes de bûcheron.Mais, à deux milles de la ferme Bissonnette, il n’y avait plus de trace.Les policiers présumèrent qu’il était rentré à travers champs.Ils se rendirent donc de nouveau chez-lui.Sa femme et un jeune garçon d’une douzaine d’années sortirent de la maison.Elle était affolée et criait que son mari avait un fusil en mains et qu’il avait l’air hébété.Les trois policiers entrèrent dans la maison par des issues différentes.Puis l’un d’eux demanda à Collin de jeter son arme et de sortir, que s’il n’était pas sorti dans un minute, il irait le chercher.Pour toute réponse une décharge de fusil secoua la maison.Les policiers retrouvèrent l’homme agonisant.Il s’était tiré un balle dans la tête avec un revolver.Il mourut en présence des policiers.Il fallait maintenant prouver que le suicide de Collin était relié au meurtre de Henri Bissonnette.Le témoignage de madame Collin qui soupçonnait son mari d’avoir eu quelque chose à voir avec le meurtre permit aux policiers de retrouver le long couteau de crime enterré au fond de l’écurie et le long manteau noir enterré sous quelque cordes de bois près de la cabane à sucre.Enfin le meurtre commis le 26 avril 1951 était élucidé! 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Arthur Charby • Landscaping • Patios »rp • Fences «Stone Walls f •French Drain • General Caretaking • Lawn & Tree Maintenance • Tree Cutting & Clearing Tel.: (514) 243-0023 Steve O’Collin (514) 243-6511 : Brome County News Wednesday, May 20, 1998 page 5 Singing with Judi at Famille de PEstrie A smorgasbord of activities, exhibits and discussion groups greeted visitors to the Salon de la Famille de l’Es trie show held over the weekend in Granby.Participants saw displays from 60 exhibitors on everything from recreation and travel plans for families to what books to buy for children.PHOTOS: TANYA TKACH/CORRESPONDENT CLÔTURE INVISIBLE FENCE DU QUÉBEC Pet Containment • Encadrement Animal P.O.Box 1186, Knowlton, Québec JOE 1V0 page 6 Wednesday, May 20, 1998 Brome County N LETTERS TO THE EDITOR A serpent in the Garden of Eden?Open Letter to Premier Bouchard M.Bouchard; Do the words “When you to a hospital for a blood test you do not need a language test” mean anything to you?It does to the non-francophones in this province.It was the promise that services in English would be supplied by the hospital administration.We, in the Eastern Townships, have been a model of tolerance and goodwill in the way that the French and English have lived together for years.Naturally there will always be a serpent in the Garden of Eden and the experience of the hospital in Sherbrooke was a perfect example of that.Now we have the BMP Hospital under attack.Please note that the P in the name stands for Perkins, the name of the English family that built the hospital.Note also that 85 per cent of the non-government funding is donated by the English population.As a member of the Hospital Auxiliary, I work with many francophone members and together we raise money to donate to the hospital.Can you honestly believe that a sign in English directing a cancer patient to the chemotherapy room is threatening the French language?Please, M.Bouchard, be reasonable.Is your government hoping that the nonfrancophones who don’t leave the province willingly, will die wandering around the hospital corridors looking for help?Also, which ingenious mind conceived the idea of sending a vitally important notice, which will have an impact on the survival of English schools in Quebec, through the mail, looking like junk mail?Why was this addressed to “occupant” when my name was inscribed on the form to be returned?To save money?I think not! Yours sincerely, Freda Hudson Knowlton Respect for both languages a must Dear Mrs.McCully I have no problem with Mr.Saluting our Friends The Price family, Richard, Judy Knutson, and Muffy have turned the “Old Red Bam” into a maple products and wildlife boutique.It's the place to go for a delicious maple snack or, a unique gift featuring the wildlife of the Townships, Brome County in particular.You can enjoy a guided sugar bush tour, or bring your dog along for exercise on the “dog walk".Sit down at the picnic tables and enjoy a homemade snack and the great company of the family! “The Old Red Barn” 801 Lakeside (Route 243, Foster) 539-2322 Gammon’s letter to the editor (May 13, 1998), about Hawkesbury Hospital in Ontario.Probably, it is my limited knowledge of English which causes people to misunderstand what I want to say.I am not to sure, but I think Hawkesbury is East of Ottawa and not West.So if Mr.Gammon would be kind enough to go West, from Ottawa to Victoria B.C.and name me a hospital that uses French as a working language, I will gladly apologize to him.I know Ontario a little bit, having been stationed in Clinton, Aylmer, Trenton, Camp Borden and North Bay.Needless to say I could not find a French school for my kids to attend in that part of Ontario.The language problem will not be one for long in Ontario.In the last federal census it showed that French Canadians were being assimilated at a 60 per cent rate.However, I do not regret my 20-year term in the Canadian Army.When I joined, I was told that I would have to work in English only and even if I was French-speaking, I was not ashamed to do so.Furthermore, my offer still stands: we start a petition in Cowansville and you will try to get Ottawa’s citizens to do the same.Sincerely Yvon Landry Cowansville Royal stamp available Dear Editor, Readers might like to know that the Knowlton Post Office now stocks 45-cent stamps bearing the Queen’s portrait.Lionel Albert, Knowlton Seasonal rites Dear Editor, Spring is here, everyone is busy cleaning up and planting and its time to renew our “Record.” Congratulations on the last year, especially coverage of the “great ice storm.” We enjoy “our Record!” Please bring back “Our Man Thursday.” Thanks again, James Elston Bond ville Medical records sought Dear Editor, Wanted Any information (medical) on the biological parents of a male infant born at St.Mary’s hospital (Montreal) on Feb.26, 1976 and given up for adoption.All information will be treated confidentially.Reply: J.Bilo, 33 Campbell, Noyan, Quebec, J0J-1 BO Knowlton farm captures title for Grand Reserve Champ Barr’s beauty takes top honors The title of Reserve Grand Champion went to Woodland View Betty 3 ET, belonging to S.A.Mount and Allan Barr of Knowlton at the 15th edition of the largest Ayrshire show in Canada held in St-Hyacinthe April 24.Simon Martel of Warwick and assistant-judge Richard Landry had the task of placing over 200 head from the Maritimes, Ontario, United-States and Quebec.The Grand Champion was Des Prairies TouTou, owned by Mode Bros, of Vankleek Hill, Ontario.Bonnie Brae Denim was crowned Junior Champion.This Junior yearling is also owned by the Mode family of Vankleek Hill.The title of Reserve Junior Champion went to the first place Senior yearling, Yellow Briar Black Marigold, owned by John Stephens of Troy, Ontario.The Elite National Sale was held April 23 with the 30 animals offered being sold for an average of $2,400.The top of the sale was Du Petit Pont BBK Elly, consigned by Ferme Philippe Marcoux of Ste-Marguerite, Quebec, and purchased by Ferme Claudale, St-Apollinaire, Quebec.Many visitors from all across the country attended the events.Representatives from Mexico, the United-States, Sweden, South Africa and Britain also joined in the activities.& La Boutique du SorviC© "Cado Marin" Your Supplier of Choice for all your docking needs.Official distributor for Eastern Township Docks Drop by and visit.ALnOWCUTE DES : DElfSÎ Sortie 115 2974 Miletta, Exit 115, off the 10 \ Tel.: 843-1858 OPEN SUNDAY - SATURDAY 10 A.M.- 6 P.M.CAROLINE KEHNE/CORRES PONDENT A rider carefully coddles his egg in the egg and spoon event, in which the last rider to keep from dropping the egg while riding wins.>wdq=u CAR, TRUCK, TRACTOR, MOTORCYCLE SEATS Re-upholstery and Hitch Installation & Fiberglass box covers Wmm/Lebeau WÊÊmmmnn v/tres d autos 1500 South Street, Cowansville 263-5191 Brome County N Wednesday, May 20, 1998 page 7 Horsing around at the Stanbridge East spring horse show Spencer Lingerie Direct from the manufacturer Starting from 2 piece set Small panty Sport Top Night Gown * 315 Principale W.Magog (819) 868-6721 CAROLINE KEHNE/CORRESPONDENT Mary Gilman of Bedford on her horse Class is Tuff won the “A Fleur d’eau" Trophy for the horse show’s high point winner in the horse class. page 8 Wednesday, May 20, 1998 Brome County N e Bloopers and beyond Humorous collection of newspaper misprints These are misprints or poorly worded 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Squad helps dog bit victim.• Dealers will hear car talk at noon.•Enraged cow injures farmer with ax.•Lawmen from Mexico barbecue guests.Reprinted from the Louisiana Press, April 1998 LEAVING OCT.7 & 12 ‘98 Reserve before June 30/90 CÔTE D’AZUR Airfare— apt., studios Transfers Non incl.$76 airport taxes VOYAGES TRANS-MONDE INC.Les Jardins Davignon 350, rue Principale, Cowansville Quebec licenced 263-5444 Musicians raise funds for renovation Brome County News Wednesday, May 20, 1998 page 9 Afternoon concert at St.George’s Anglican Church By Caroline Kehne Record Correspondent Clarenceville Regional musicians will converge on Clarenceville Saturday, May 30 for a three hour concert beginning at 2:00 p.m.The free public concert will feature the Townships band, Hooked on Bluegrass with Tom Kilbride, Gord Cameron, Ron Haynes and Terry Howell.Also performing will be Bill McMurray, Barry Dwyer, Darlene Bell and a host of others.Donations will be appreciated.According to Anglican church spokesperson Irene Beerwort, donations from the concert will go towards the church restoration fund.St.George’s Anglican Church is the oldest Protestant wooden building in the province of Quebec and was built by Clarenceville founder Micajah Townsend in 1818.The church was declared an historic building in 1983 and is in the first phase of a major restoration project which requires local parishioners to raise $12,000, one third of which has been raised through contributions and activities.St.George’s Anglican Church is the white church located on route 202 in Clarenceville village.Concert time is 2:00 p.m.to 5:00 p.m.coffee will be i ok CAROLINE KJHNE/CORRESPONDENT St.George’s Anglican Church in Clarenceville is hosting an afternoon concert.served.For additional information about the concert of St.George’s restoration project, telephone Irene Beerwort at (514) 294-2043.Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada 1-800-268-7582 weekendjQlJMQ Wed-Sun 9AM—5PM Looking for more local news?For less 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Did B ^ iilaiUyRinittiurs of sugar 0 Specific "dog- walk” trail ^ Picnic area 801 Lakeside (Route 21 Foster*.Quebec t ft Phone: 539-2322 539-2365 227 per month 24 MONTH LEASE Golf 98 / 2.0 litres The brand new 98 Golf has arrived for just $227per month Are you made for a Volkswagen?Lease a new 4 door, 1998 Golf.Initial payment of $1,500 or equivalent value required.Transport cost $510 included, dealer preparation of $225 extra.Licensing, insurance & taxes extra.Limit of 40,000 km.Additional cost of 10c per km above 40,000.Subject to credit approval by Credit Vw Canada Inc.Limited time offer.This offer applies to individuals and is for personal use only, not commercial.The model which is offered may differ from the one that is shown.Stock may vary from dealer to dealer.Granby Volkswagen Les Automobiles Gran-Mont Inc.1133 Principale, Granby 372-4763 page 10 Wednesday, May 20, 1998 Brome County News Get to know your community in the Eastern Townships by reading the Record.Subscriptions available by calling the Knowlton office at 514-242-1188 or the Sherbrooke office at 819-569-9528.Touring the Townships Contest The Eastern Townships is known far and wide for its rolling hills and mountains, its lakes and rivers.Many of us have favorite sites that we share with visitors, Secret corners we seek out in which to relax, and special spots we enjoy for recreational activities.THE RECORD invites you to help us highlight what the Townships has to offer tourists, both those in the region who haven’t explored all of our local attractions, and those from beyond our Townships borders.Send us your PHOTOS, SKETCHES, CARTOONS (maximum S-1/2”x 11”) or DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS, POEMS (maximum length 250 words) which demonstrate a special characteristic of the Eastern Townships.NOTE: References to specific commercial establishments must be excluded.Entries will be judged on technical merit and the extent to which they effectively promote the particular site.Winning entries, and others as space permits, will be published in THE RECORD’S Travel / Vacation Supplement on June 10th.Prizes to be won! :• " ' : * ¦ • : " "f ' 2.— —— A.Touring the Townships Contest j ENTRY FORM i (NAME) (STREET, P.O.BOX, R.R.#) (TOWN & POSTAL CODE) (TEL.NO.DAYTIME) Description of spot:______________________________________________________ j Location of site:__________________________________________________________j Please send your entry form and attached contest submission to: Touring the Townships, The Record, 2850 Delorme St., Sherbrooke, Qc J1K 1A1 Deadline to enter: MAY 25th i___________________________________________________________________________i Learning the ropes St-Sebastien kids skip their way to provincials t CAROLINE KEHNE/CORRESPONDENT Members of the Ecole St-Joseph skipping team who are on their way to the provincial championships in Halifax in July.By Caroline Kehne Record Correspondent St-Sebastien John Lanktree’s students at Ecole St-Joseph in St-Sebastien are learning the ropes - the skipping kind, that is.Lanktree, who teaches English to francophone students at Ecole St-Joseph, Ecole Henryville and Ecole St-Alexandre is also coaching them in the competitive sport of rope jumping.In one week, his students will be competing at the provincial championships in St-Hubert, with an eye toward the Canadian Skipping Association national championship to be held in Halifax in July.Competitive skipping, unlike the more sedate version that most people remember from childhood, is a vigorous combination of rope skipping and gymnastics that builds speed, endurance and coordination.Lanktree, who is also a director of the Canadian Skipping Association, said that the sport owes its popularity to oriental martial arts and boxing, where skipping is used to build vital athletic skills.The first Canadian championship was held in 1989 and Lanktree, who began skipping as a phys.ed.teacher, attended his first national championship in 1992.After that, he admits he was hooked.Now he has his students hooked as well: of the 50 regional kids competing in the provincials, 40 are from St-Sebastien.He attributes much of the sport’s local success to community support.“The parents are really dynamic,” he said, insisting that when it comes to raising money for the team, they take charge.Each year, the parents send out nearly 200 letters to potential business sponsors.Two car washes raised nearly $3,000.A benefit performance of “Chômage II” sold out and most recently, a benefit fashion show was a hit.It is the close collaboration between the community of St-Sebastien and local business that allowed local athletes to attend the Canadian nationals last year in Camrose, Alberta.He and his assistant coach, mother Denise Suprenant, are currently preparing their athletes, mostly female, for the provincial championship to be held May 23 and 24 in St-Hubert.The students began practicing in October, but lost nearly one month to the ice storm in January.“They’re getting into shape about now; they’re pinning their routines down,” says Lanktree as he supervises the exercises.On this night, the skippers are practicing their most difficult steps.The simple moves, such as single rope speed skipping pose no problem.However, the real tests of their skills are the double dutch exercises, in which one or two jumpers must skip two ropes being turned by two turners.Gymnastics are introduced as the jumper may perform donkey kicks, pushups or dance steps while skipping the two ropes.The jumpers and turners must work as a team, focused and synchronized, to pull off the difficult exercises.A short lapse of concentration can have heartbreaking consequences, as Lanktree’s own daughter Esmé learned at the World Championship held in Australia last year: one mistake on a routine that she had performed flawlessly throughout the year dropped her from second place to eleventh.See skipping, page 11 Brome County News Wednesday, May 20, 1998 page 11 Butler tea and bazaar nets $500 ilill ¦mm.': CAROLINE KEHNE/CORRESPONDENT One of the many volunteers who helped make the Butler Elementary School Tea and Bazaar a great success.By Caroline Kehne Record Correspondent Bedford Parents and students of Butler Elementary held a Bazaar & Tea on Saturday, May 9 to raise funds for school activities.The bazaar was the idea of parent Nancy Jones, who estimates that about 80 people attended the weekend event to raise money for school activities and improvements.Parents Kathy Kaiser and Rhoda Pearson manned the plant table where donated outdoor and indoor plants were sold, while Edwina Adair managed the bake table.Butler Student Council members manned the used book table.After a few minutes of perusing the plants, books or baked goods, afternoon shoppers could enjoy a cup of coffee or tea served by volunteers Terry Brown and Graham Jones.Butler student Angela Perry was one of the secondary one students who served trays of sandwiches and squares prepared by parent volunteers.Jones said that by the end of the day, the tea raised about $500 for the school and that the school committee will meet in the upcoming weeks to decide how the profits will be used.3-4, 3.11^ Elections On June 14th, you will be able to elect the first commissioners of the new linguistic school boards.t ff>e li>f?1 The Chief Electoral Officer has been entrusted with the responsibility of drawing up the list of electors for the school elections that will be held on June 14th of this year, using Quebec's Permanent list of electors.You have received or will soon be receiving a notice from the Chief Electoral Officer of Québec informing you of the names of the electors entered at your address.Check to see if your name is correctly entered.If you want to vote, your name must be entered on the list of electors of the school board where your domicile is located.You must also be a qualified elector on polling day, namely you must be at least 18 years of age, be a Canadian citizen and have been domiciled in Québec for 6 months.T" A € c-i\ o 11, t Is ours t is our res P o *\ s i Cl I if ) There is still time to register If you are not entered or if you found an error in your entry', go to the revision office indicated on the notice that you received.Revision offices will be open on Thursday and Friday .May 21SI and 22nd, from TOO p.m.to 7:00 p.m.on Saturday, May 23rd, from 1:00 p.m.to 5:00 p.m , as well as on Thursday and Friday.May 28th and 29th, from 1:00 p.m.to 7:00 p.m.A relative, your spouse or a person who lives with you can also make an application on your behalf.One last chance The revision is over and you realize that your name is not entered on the list of electors, that there is an error in your entry or that you want to have your name struck from the list.An application may be filed at the office of the returning officer of your school board, on June 8* and 9th, between 9:00 a m.and 5:00 p.m.However, only the elector concerned can file an application for striking.SKIPPING:- Continued from page 10 “Attitude is also important: a smile, self-confidence and eye contact with the judges are all as important as the athletic skills,” said Lanktree, explaining why some of the most technically-profi-cient skippers don’t finish first: They just pack the “umph.” The focus at Ecole St-Joseph in St-Se-bastien this week will be making sure Lanktree’s students are ready for the provincials.He is reasonably confident that his athletes will do well enough to make the nationals in Halifax this summer: some, he believes, are among the top skippers in the country.He also has hopes for his newer skipping team at Ecole St-Alexandre whom, he says, are coming along nicely.Today, Quebec, tomorrow, perhaps, the world.You may be able to make a choice regarding your entry7 on the list of electors.PARENTS WITH PARENTS WITH PERSONS WITH CHILDREN AT THE CHILDREN OUTSIDE NO CHILDREN SCHOOL BOARD THE SCHOOL BOARD V f.ii i ôu- kzNC ii ' f " hi cht>ïc.£* 1 *0F VOTING AT THE FRENCH LANGUAGE SCHOOL BOARD OF YOUR REGION t «r YOU MUST VOTE AT THE * OF VOTING AT THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SCHOOL SCHOOL BOARD THAT YOUR BOARD OF YOUR REGION.IF YOU CHOOSE THE LATTER CHILD ATTENDS IF YOU ARE OPTION, GO TO YOUR REVISION OFFICE OR COMPLETE DOMICILED ON THE TERRITORY AND SIGN THE RESPONSE COUPON APPENDED TO OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.THE NOTICE THAT THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER SENT YOU.RETURN THIS COUPON IN THE POSTAGE-PAID ENVaOPE.Remember! Everv application for entry must include two supporting documents, one indicating at least your name and date of birth, and the other, your name and address.Have any questions?Call us! Québec City area: (418) 528-0422 Elsewhere in Québec: 1 800 461-0422 Web site: www.dgeq.qc.ca E-mail: dgeq@dgeq.qc.ca TDD Persons who are deal or hearing-^ impaired can dial the following LE DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL DES ÉLECTIONS DU QUÉBEC François Casÿrain, aimai page 12 Wednesday, May 20, 1998 Brome County New s Remebering BMP’s roots Dear Editor The OLF, on the heels of an anonymous complaint, has instructed the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital to replace its bilingual signs with unilingual French ones, arguing that its English-speaking patients do not constitute a majority and that it does not have a bilingual status.Facts show that this hospital was fminded and financed by English-speak- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR BMP sign kerfuffle an embarrassment tmi ing people from the Eastern Townships, Eight Tax-Cutting Strategies You Should Know.If you’d like to pay less tax, call me for your complimentary copy of our special report; Eight tax-cutting strategies for your RRSP.Dawson Huot Financial Planner (514)378-7570 FR€€ 6STIMAT6S CXCIWMiON RNDR€ CHOINI€R€ Transport - Gravel - Sand - Top Soil • Landscaping Foundations • Road construction • Septic tank & filter bed (chomp d'épuration) etc.\ 24 Frizzle St.Knouilton 242-1480 SUTTON SATURDAY MARKET MAY 16-OCTOBER 10 IN ITS 28th YEAR, OUR FRIENDLY MARKET ON CURLEY STREET FEATURES MAPLE PRODUCTS, GLASSWARE, JEWELLERY, BAKED GOODS, AVON, CRAFTS & SUPPLIES, TOOLS, A CANTINE PLUS MANY OTHER VENDORS.EVERYONE WELCOME SATURDAYS 9 A.M.- 4 P.M.INFORMATION: (514) 538-5320 who at that time and for many years after, formed the majority of its client population (see appended article published in The News and Eastern Townships Advocate on June 30th 1960.) For all intents and purposes, the BMP has always taken care of French and English patients.Over the years, however, it saw its clientele become mostly French, a consequence of demographics.It is strange that the right to English signs seems attached not to the principle of efficient communications in the mother tongue of people who are temporarily vulnerable and lacking in autonomy (a logical consequence of the fever, anguish, uncertainty and trauma which come with the hospital territory), but to that of numbers.It is as if the government were saying: “If you are not sufficiently numerous, then you’ll have to make do in French, even if this complicates communications’ This affront to logic and good manners propelled us to write an open letter (copy appended) to the Premier of the Province of Quebec.We remain at your entire disposal to provide you with any other information you would deem useful.Yours truly, Investors Group 1-888-606-0061 Rrtificol Loke: Stone y G.Lafontaine 30 Rock Island Bay Foster Open letter to Premier Lucien Bouchard Subject: Ethnic cleansing - the hospital component Dear Sir: There are various means to achieve ethnic cleansing.In Bosnia, guns; in Rwanda, machetes; in Quebec, the PQ’s linguistic harassment, which maintains among those who do not belong to the “chosen people” a climate of discomfort and rejection, in the hopes that one day they will leave or assimilate.It was in this vein that your government, through its linguistic master the Office de la langue française, latched onto a new tool which makes ethnic patients out of English-speaking patients.In this respect, did you not find a magnificent target in the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins (BMP) Hospital.It was founded and financed in the Eastern Townships essentially by descendants of loyalists who, by virtue of demographic change, are now a minority in a region where people of French and English stock have lived harmoniously for generations.Your OLF instructed the management of BMP to get rid of its English signs.But, in fact why worry?Sick or injured English-speaking people, despite the anguish, fever, trauma and/or uncertainty which grip them, need only use a French/English pocket dictionary to navigate the corridors of the hospital.Let’s face the fact that a sick or injured person in a hospital setting is vulnerable and temporarily lacking in means, and has absolutely no bearing on the quality of communications between him/her and the medical staff.Moreover, there would be no problems if English-speaking patients had chosen another mother tongue! We are convinced that the vast majority of Quebecers disapprove of your comprehensive linguistic refusal.When they want others to respect their distinct/unique character, they surely do not want lack of logic, intransigence and, yes, cruelty to distort their charac- ter.There are other places than hospitals to demonstrate the supremacy of the French language.More so since the medical staff in a hospital, given its mandate to help patients recover their physiological integrity, does not need to see your linguistic visual component mix things up further.Through the nurturing of a climate of instability, mistrust and intolerance, the ethnic cleansing launched by your government more than 20 years ago has more than achieved its main goal: not only have numerous English-speaking families left Quebec, but you have succeeded in scaring away many talented French-speaking Quebecers who have moved lock, stock and barrel to other parts of Canada, tired of enduring the poisoned atmosphere and the unemployment caused by cassock-draped separatists.In harassing those who have not embraced the religion of your political party, you are succeeding in ghettoizing even more French-speaking Quebecers, a ghettoization that was initiated by the clergy, which the PQ replaced.The position of your government in the matter of the BMP hospital (and the Sherbrooke one not so long ago) heaps shame on all self-respecting Quebecers, sustains the scorn that some people nourish vis-a-vis Quebec and feeds the ridicule with which some people perceive us in foreign lands.Hoping that logic will prevail regarding bilingual and multilingual signs in hospitals, we remain.Yours truly, Gaston Lafontaine Rock Island Bay Jean-Claude Lefebvre Sutton-Junction Maureen Casey-Lefebvre Sutton-Junction Bram Mascle Ville de Lac Brome On behalf of i Canada, AN ASSOCIATION OF MORE THAN 300 MEMBERS IN the Eastern Townships.b+b*—- 'T’fnUR tebbaCE * IS OPEN! Auberge West Brome 'T' 718 holes (tax included) LES CEDRES COURSE & 5:30 p.m.Registration Coffee, muffin 6:00 p.m.Clinic 6:45 p.m.9 hole game \ Rang Robitaille Rang Bruce Cost: CÈDRES $14 (all included) 669 Coupland Road, Granby, Que.J2G 9J6 Tel.: (514) 372-0167 wish him a quick recovery.The community was saddened to hear of the death of Suzanne Therrien Lemieux at the young age of 41, a victim of cancer.Suzanne was the eldest daughter of Joan and Maurice Therrien and grandduaghter of Agnes Miller.Sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Jack Caldwell who passed away suddenly.Funeral services were held on the afternoon of May 4 with the Rev.Brett Anningson officiating.He will be greatly missed, having been a longtime and well known resident of Bedford.Friends are happy to hear that Velma Paton is gradually improving after having been through a very serious operation at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal recently.Mary and Larry Hastings of Sutton were supper guests of Marguerite Miller on Sunday, May 3.Larry Hastings Jr.and Nancy Leclair were callers at the same home on Monday.Sutton Mable Boyce 538-2946 Clark and Florinne Hazard and Eddy Hearne of Atlanta, Georgia, were guests of Pete and Cora Hazard.They visited Hazel Hazard at the Residence Principale in Cowansville as well as other relatives and friends.Barbara Fuller had the misfortune to fall and break her wrist.Get well wishes go out to her.Roy Lowry has returned home after spending two weeks in Barbados.Sympathy goes out to the many relatives of the late Clifton Sherrer who passed away after a lengthy stay in the Sutton Foyer.Mr.and Mrs.Merlin Royea ofVancou-ver are visiting Vincent and Kathy Royes and other relatives in the area.Sympathy goes out to Shirley Newall Beaulac and to all members of the family in the death of Kate Newall.Mable Boyce was in Mansonville recently to call on her sister Margaret Lessard who was about to leave to visit daughter Roberta and family in Florida.She was accompanied to Florida by another daughter Therese Sherrer and granddaughter Jennifer Sherrer.ZOOM ON SMALL GREAT CM01ËES GREAT PRICES NEW Ceramic BENASAL 13" x 13" IMPORTATIONS HLzdud'/u:) CIELLA ceramic BRUCE Laminated Floors Presented in 7 colors of wood patterns.Resistant to scratches, burns and stains.Wear Resistant.Hygenic & easy to maintain The Expert in floor coverings & decoration TAPIS COWANSVILLE expansoi 548 Rivière, Cowansville UNI TOUCHE Rugs, Tiles, Hardwood, Lino, Carpets, Ceramics, Decoration