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THE DONT MISS IT! FESTIVAL DU PAIN JUNE 10-11-12-13-14, 1998 The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Thought of the Day Glass, China and Reputation are easily crack’d and never.well mended.— Franklin, Poor ______ _ Richard 60 CENTS Tuesday, June 9, 1998 Pride and proficiency Deadline to register is 5 p.m.today PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT Bishop's graduates Craig MacAdam and Drew Leyburne shared the presitgious Greenshields Prize.Principal Janyne Hodder and Bishop’s University Chancellor Alex Ferguson Cup named in honor of Hon.G.Howard Ferguson and the Chief Justice Paterson presented the awards to the worthy students.Fewer hassles at advance polls in ET By Marty Patriquin Sherbrooke School board elections president Jean-Roland Petit said advance polling Sunday went smoothly here in the Eastern Townships, a far cry from the confusion in Montreal.“It went fine,” said Petit, adding that Inside Ann Landers.12 Crossword .12 Births and Community Deaths.11 Forum .6 Classified __14-15 SpoRTS.9, 10 Comics.13 Music fest.7 146 votes were registered in the Townships, ranging from zero to 30 votes per voting station.The rules set by Quebec’s electoral office state that to be eligible for advanced polling one must be disabled, an electoral officer on duty on polling day or absent on polling day.“It is the first time we did it,” Petit said of the linguistic board vote.One of the biggest problems arose when many people disregarded notification of the board election, and failed to send in their voting cards.While Petit was quick to note the differences be- tween Montreal and the Eastern Townships, he estimated that about 30 per cent more people showed up to vote, but were ineligible to do so.Petit noted that about 15 people came to vote who had not pre-regis-tered, making them ineligible to vote in the advance polls.Others had thrown away their reply card.Still others still did not receive advance coupons.Eight or nine people showed up fully expecting to be on the voting list, only to find their names missing.Similar complaints were made in Montreal.At Westmount High School, for example, the polling staff estimated that one out of two voters were turned away because their names did not appear on the list.“You can’t imagine how many situations we have,” said Petit of the voting problems he has faced.Those who do not switch their names to the English voting list by 5 p.m.today will not be eligible to vote for commissioners in the English school board.However, those who remain on the French voting lists can designate their taxes for the English board in the next See board, page 2 SHERBROOKE 820 Wellington St.South BIG CHOICE! BIG CENTRE OU CERAMIC $1°o “MULTILOOK” FLOATING FLOOR $099 566-7111 COATICOOK 1000 Child St starting at | /sq.ft Visit our exceptional showroom MORE THAN 150 STYLES IN STORE starting at ^ /sq.ft.stronger than HARDWOOD 849-7927 page 2 Tuesday, June 9, 1998 — THEmi RECORD The tears weren’t because of the cream Pie in your eye is a humbling experience Unusual episodes characterized this past Music Fest weekend.It started when 1 had to confess that I had forgotten the photographs for our spanking new Record display board.After sundry calls and special trips, and with the collaboration of my boss and two cohorts, they were eventually procured and installed, leaving me feeling very meek indeed.My only consolation was that I had company in my situation - the owner of the canteen on the premises had also forgotten something important to his operation: meat for his burgers.Sometime later, “Do I look okay?” I asked my husband.His answer, “You look fine.You just have white spikes here and there in your hair.” He was teasing, of course.I turned to a co-worker, and repeated the question, hoping for a straighter response.Her reply?“You’re fine, you just look like a drowned rat, that’s all.” I was fresh out of a rustic shower, no mirror in the surroundings.I was worried about my appearance.There were hundreds of people around.Had 1 combed my part straight?Was there still whipped cream in my left ear.Was some of the goo stuck to my earring?Why I was worried then is beyond me now.After all, the crowd had seen me moments before with great gobs of whipped cream on my forehead, in my hair, and covering my ear, to say nothing of the dabs on cheeks and chin - where my tongue had been unable to reach.It had been a humbling experience - acting as a target in the pie-throwing fund-raising activity.Little had I anticipated the self-protective instincts I would have to struggle to squelch.No ducking nor side-stepping allowed.No hiding my face with my arms.The expression “Grin and bear it” had taken on a whole new meaning.The person originally chosen as The Record’s rep for this role, our man on the wild side, had been keen to participate, but had to be out of town.The paper’s ace photographer / correspondent, had been enticed by the prospect, but was elsewhere on assignment.So, someone had to do it.My sons were stunned.In their minds, there was something wrong with this picture - this was definitely not my style.They were right of course, but duty called and I am always looking for new adventures - I stepped forward.As the time approached, I became anxious.How would I react under fire?Would there be long-lost enemies seeking revenge in the line-up?My visions were filled with images of old movie scenes.I fully expected to have coconut cream pies hurled at me, complete with crust and foil plates.Maybe some chocolate or vanilla or banana, but no custard, I hoped.Warned of the likelihood of having the ammunition go inside the front of my clothing, I had zipped and tied the collar of my sweatshirt and donned a paper towel scarf, draping it fashionably around my throat.I was allowed to wear safety glasses to protect my contact lenses.I planted my heels firmly into the ground, stuck my head through the opening in the wooden panel, fixed a smile upon my face and waited.And surprise, surprise, it was not pie being thrown my way, but whipped cream scooped high onto styrofoam plates.There were many misses - maybe it’s hard to account for the weight and position of the cream on the plate, perhaps the breeze was a factor or could it be that the throwers were just being kind?Nary a mean-spirited person was in sight.I did not escape, however, cream-free.A few bolder attackers hit their targets.I could only blink, cringe subtly as I heard and felt the splat, and try to lick.Then it was Jim Naylor’s turn.Wearing protective orange coveralls, he emerged from his stint plastered in cream, so much so that he looked like Susan Mastine the barber had just sudsed up his curls.All for a good cause.It was a weekend of family fun, full of stomping and swaying good music and dancing, laughter and tears.The tears came when tribute was paid to the late Chester Ray Hodge, a very young musician tragically taken in an accident last winter.A plaque with his photograph was placed at front centre stage, and a star near the Big Dipper has been officially registered under his name.Later, many in the audience found themselves blinking and dabbing at their eyes as a letter was read from Sébastien, who received his Children’s Wish gift just a few months before he died.In it, the 15-year-old stressed the importance of caring, and of showing and saying that we care.Music Fest '98 raised funds to provide children with life-threatening illnesses with a little pleasure and happy memories from their wishes come true.“No man walks taller than he who bends to help a child,” a poster of Peter Mackey with a sick child read.Peter, Chrissie and dozens of other Music Fest volunteers are certainly walking tall in my eyes, and will for a long time to come.“Children have neither past nor fu-ture;and that which seldom happens to us, they rejoice in the present.” La Bruyère.Boards will solve tax problems next year BOARD: Continued from page 1 provincial election.“There is an automatic transfer with the correction already printed on the form we have (for provincial elections).” The issue of taxes is a contentious one.Petit said that while the taxes are not automatically going to the French school board, the issue of exactly what amount goes to each board has yet to be determined.“That is another problem for the school board to deal with during the fall,” a problem which must be solved between the school boards and the Education Ministry.“They will have to deal with that,” Petit said, adding that one board mem- ber told him ‘we won’t care about it for the first year’.“Even if they have 5,000 more voters on their (English board’s) list, they’ll first straighten up their taxes for all their territory and then straighten up the territory and the people who want to pay taxes to them.” Individuals are free to register with either linguistic board.Parents with children in the English school system next year were supposed to be registered on the English voting lists, but the names of one third of the 6,400 eligible voters’ in the eastern Townships didn’t appear.Parents with children in the French stream cannot vote in the English board elections, and parents with children in both the English and French streams can vote in both.Today’s Weather i Thetfouu.Mints • ***’ ¦ L _ < /v Richmond ( \ Lac-Méganti^« a : y Sherbrooke * , J AS x .j:Cowansviu^ ; \ f |STANSTÏAD TUESDAY: Sunny with cloudy periods.Low near 6.High near 20.WEDNESDAY : Sunny with cloudy periods.Low near 8.High near 22.THURSDAY: Variable cloudiness with chance of showers.BEN ® by DANIEL SHELTON r ai PONT BRING IT PACK YET 15 THERE STILL ROOM ON THE TAPE?I'M RETURNING THE VIPE0 CAMERA TO 0ENTON.fA LITTLE WE HAVE CLOSE TO TWO HOURS , ALREAPY 7"-EVERY MOVIE NEE.PS \JK G00P LOVE SCENE.'J THE' Tuesday, June 9, 1998 page 3 Briefs Wind upsets motorcycle A father and his child are now recovering from minor wounds after a motorcycle mishap near Dudswell Sunday.The man told police that as he was driving on Route 255 a gust of wind caused him to lose control of the Suzuki touring bike in a curve.The bike and its two riders then skidded off the road.The two were taken by ambulance to the Centre Universitaire de la Santé de l’Estrie in Fleurimont where they were treated for a number of scrapes and bruises.Theil in-juries are not considered life threatening.Hey, that’s my car The Quebec Police Force is looking for a thief who made off with an Ayers’ Cliff man’s car Sunday night.QPF spokesman Cst.Serge Dubord said the man saw the car thief drive off with his black 1987 Ford Mustang, which was parked at his Sanborn Street home.The owner last saw the car heading towards Lake Massawippi at about 9:47 p.m.He then contacted police, but so far no sign of th'e Mustang has been found.Thirsty thief rides gravel truck to bar Police had little trouble tracking down a man who stole a gravel loader in St-Ignace-de-Stanbridge Sunday morning.The owner of the $150,000 Volvo loader called police after he saw it being driven away shortly after midnight.A police chase proved to be brief, as the wayward loader was found outside a nearby hotel.Quebec Police Force spokesman Cst.Serge Dubord said apparently the thief had no means of transportation to take him to the bar, so he decided to pick up whatever he could find.The hotel goer will be summoned to appear in court to face charges of stealing the farmer’s loader.For all the news all the time Subscribe to The Record.Call today 569-9528 $3.25 million in spending announced Townships health care gets boost PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT * ' lip Parti Québécois regional secretary Claude Boucher and PQMNA Marie Malavoy joined Jean-Pierre Duplantie of the regional health board to announce new funds.Staff Sherbrooke A$3.25 million injection into the regional health care budget will be spent mainly on increasing front line medical services, youth and family services and ultra-specialized care.That was the news announced by Parti Québécois regional secretary Claude Boucher and PQMNA Marie Malavoy at a press conference Monday morning.The money is the region’s share of a $110-million increase in the provincial health care budget announced last Thursday.The money, which aims to reduce the long lists of patients awaiting surgery and other services, is mostly tagged for clinics, surgery and home care, Premier Lucien Bouchard announced in Quebec City last week.However the new money won’t be used to alleviate government ordered cuts which continue as the PQproceeds with its so-called virage ambulatoire -the term coined for the radical revamping of the health care system which aims to save millions by reducing the length and number of hospital stays.In the Sherbrooke area, the budget boost is earmarked for home care services, especially for seniors, and to increase services for the physically and mentally disabled.It will also help shorten waiting periods for surgery and advice from the Info-Santé help line.According to the MNAs, who were spreading the government’s good news in the region, some of the money will be spent on suicide and drug prevention programs for youths.More will also be spent at the Centre universitaire de santé de l’Estrie to increase accessibility to surgery, particularly in specialities such as orthopedics, ophthalmology and cardiology.Group to help farmers Staff Farming in the Haute Saint-François is suffering due to a number of factors such as the depreciation of agricultural activities, a lack of young farmers to continue the tradition, the high market value of farms, and lack of start-up capital for aspiring farmers.In order to ensure the survival of farming activities in the area, a Haut-Saint-François discussion group, le Table Agro-alimentaire du Haut-Saint-François, set up a local farmer’s development agency.One of the primary functions of the group is to set up a directory of farms and farm lands for sale.The group plans to establish a list of entrepreneurs willing to accept trainees on their farms, those that will offer subsidized on-the-farm training, pre- investment training courses for agricultural businesses, leasing, and monitoring of the entrepeneur’s progress during and after the set-up.In the long term the agency hopes to set up a fund to help buy farms and lease them to aspiring farmers.If you want The Record to be around for another 100 years, please don’t pass this copy on.Congratulations to our Touring the Townships contest winners! Joyce Hébert, Sherbrooke (Theatre Lac Brome tickets) Ida Hoyt, Rock Island (Piggery Theatre tickets) Sy Fuller, Cowansville (Book: Affordable Bed & Breakfasts in Québec 98-99) Winning entries will be published in tomorrow’s Travel and Vacation supplement.Thanks to everyone who entered.—¦THE* RECORD I^RETRACTABLE^Sa / AWNING ^ 12' x 8'6" 16' x 10' Choie* ol 4 colors Rig.$1400 Rig.$1900 IN-STORE SPECIAL IN-STORE SPECIAL *1095 *1673 LiAA a m ii CANEVAREC 864-6854 6211 Bourque Blvd., Rock Forest page 4 Tuesday, June 9, 1998 Record Briefs Clearing the way Hydro-Québec will be pruning trees in the rights-of-way for its distribution lines.This work will be carried out from the end of June until mid-September in Barnston County, West Barn-ston, Hatley and Hatley County.As well, tree pruning will be done south of Rte.108 in Compton Station, from the end of June until the beginning of December 1998.Local aid to Afghanistan On May 30, an earthquake hit Northeast Afghanistan with a force of 6.9 on the Richter Scale, leaving 3,000 to 5,000 dead and 45,000 homeless.In order to respond to the immediate needs of those affected, Caritas-Sher-brooke will make a donation of $500.Caritas-Sherbrooke will forward donations, without any administration fee, to Afghanistan.Anyone who wishes to donate to this fund is urged to bring a check to Caritas-Sherbrooke at 636 Quebec street in Sherbrooke.Cheques should specify that the funds are to go toward Afghanistan aid.A receipt will be issued for $10 and up.Raising funds for cancer hospice La Maison Aube-Lumière, a residence which houses terminally ill cancer patients, invites any and all to join their circle of friends by contributing to the yearly fund raising campaign.Thanks to the contribution of years past, La Maison was able to care and love for 50 patients.Each contributor will become a member of La Maison, and will receive news and updates in a biannual newsletter.All donations are tax deductible.Anyone wishing to donate should call La Maison at (819) 821-3120.Saint Peter’s to celebrate 175th anniversary Saint Peter’s Church in Sherbrooke is celebrating its 175 years in the community on June 28.All are welcome to attend their open house on the 27.Please contact Peter Kandalaft at 569-3256.Support for franco-Ontario schools The federal government has provided franco-Ontarians with a grant to allow them to take greater control of theii\chool system.HMtage minister Sheila Copps announced that Ottawa will contribute $90 million as a part of a five-year agreement with Ontario which will see francophones take control of their educational system.Ontario will contribute $180 million to the effort.About 100,000 students are registered in French-language schools in Ontario.Copps called the five-year agreement “a further demonstration of cooperation between the federal and provincial government in the area of official languages.” Lennoxville man needs lost cash A Lennoxville man is in dire straits after losing his wallet with a 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Tuesday, June 9, 1998 page 5 “Let there be a balance of terror” - Pakistani delegation Liberals take heat over sale of nuclear reactors By Juliet O’Neil Southam News Ottawa Chretien government ministers rejected allegations Monday of federal wrongdoing in nuclear reactor sales to China and of Canadian complicity in the militarization of nuclear capability in India and Pakistan.Their defence in the Commons came as a Pakistani delegation was in town with this message: “let there be a balance of terror” in South Asia.International Trade Minister Sergio Marchi confirmed in the Commons that cabinet ministers signed off in 1996 on the sale of two Candu nuclear reactors to China without reviewing the details of export contracts or financing agreements that provide $1.5 billion in Canadian taxpayer liability if China can't pay Canadian suppliers.However, Marchi denied this means the government lacked “financial due diligence” as alleged by New Democrat MP Bill Blaikie of Winnipeg.Marchi said the government “gave broad direction and guidelines” while the details were properly left up to two Crown corporations, Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., which handled the commercial arrangements, and the Export Development Corp., which negotiated the financing.This is the way Candu sales are conducted and a review, he said, is not the task of officials of the departments of trade, finance or foreign affairs.Blaikie and other opposition MPs questioned the minister after publication of a report in the Ottawa Citizen based on documents submitted to the Federal Court last year.In the case the Sierra Club is trying to prove the cabinet broke the law by authorizing the Candu sales without first conducting an environmental assessment.The court has yet to rule on the Sierra Club challenge.Blaikie also led the charge in the Commons about the details in a separate Citizen report of how Canadian experts have been provided for years to India and Pakistan by the Candu Owners Group while both countries were using civilian reactors to produce plutonium and tritium -materials used in nuclear weapons.Blaikie, accusing the government of having a “maniacal” attitude toward Candu sales, demanded the recall of experts of the Candu Owners Group - AECL, Ontario Hydro, Quebec Hydro and New Brunswick Power - on grounds they have been “aiding and abetting the nuclear arms race” and making Canada appear a hypocrite on the world stage.Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray denied that Canada is contributing in anyway to nuclear weapons capability in India or Pakistan.He insisted the experts had been provided to advise the two countries on Candu reactor safety since the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster in the former Soviet Union a decade ago.Such advice was recommended by the International Atomic Agency.“They are providing safety information to maintain civilian nuclear power reactors,” Gray told Reform foreign af- _________________ fairs critic Bob Mills.“We are not having anything to do with the current military programs of India and Pakistan.” Earlier, Senator Akram Zaki of Pakistan dismissed the report that Canada contributed hardware or expertise to the development of Pakistan’s military nuclear capability, saying Canada had assisted only in producing electricity.Canada had spurred the development of an indigenous nuclear research program by lumping Pakistan in with India when it stopped supplying fuel for reactors after India exploded its first nuclear device in 1974, he said."Canadian sanctions pushed us into the direction of self reliance and we had no option but to carry our research and develop our fuel.Zaki defended Pakistan's nuclear pol- Canada had spurred the development of an indigenous nuclear research program by lumping Pakistan in with India when it stopped supplying fuel for reactors after India exploded its first nuclear device in 1974 icy during an appearance at National Press Club, squarely blaming India and scoffing at countries that had appealed to Pakistan to take “the high moral ground” against tit-for-tat nuclear tests.In a speech to journalists and diplomats at the National Press Club, Zaki characterized India's governing party as “fascist, hard line, expansionist, irresponsible” and said two of its supporting parties are inspired by Adolph Hitler and salute the swastika.If only one country has a nuclear weapon, it might be used, he argued.“When both sides have it, there is a sobering effect.Let there be a balance, even if it’s a balance of terror.” Zaki spoke after a weekend in which the 15-member United Nations Security Council demanded India and Pakistan refrain from further nuclear tests, halt weapons development and sign nuclear-arms control agreements unconditionally.He said Pakistan has promised to refrain from further tests for now, that Pakistan would never be the first to use the bomb and is willing to negotiate security issues with India at a leaders’ summit in mid July in Sri Lanka.“I can forecast 50 per cent success because we are ready,” he said.Zaki, head of the three-man delegation, is chairman of Pakistan’s Senate foreign affairs committee, former secretary general of the foreign affairs ministry and former ambassador to China and the United States.Heston’s new role - to make gun respectable Hollywood star to lead U.S.gun lobby By Hugo Gurdon Southam News Washington Charlton Heston, who as star of The Ten Commandments led the Jews out of Egypt back to the Promised Land, vowed Monday to lead American gun owners back to political respectability after being elected president of the National Rifle Association.The NRA’s 2.8 million members c”e betting that the 74-year-old’s star quality, booming voice and pungent conservative rhetoric will prove effective at a time when a spate of deadly shootings by U.S.school children has strengthened the hand of the gun control lobby.Speaking on television shortly before he was expected to win a landslide election victory to the lobby group’s top job, Heston said: “There are 20,000 gun laws on the books right now.What we need to do is prosecute felons with guns." Heston - one of the few Hollywood stars who acknowledge being conserva- tive - turned up the heat on the White House, which is leading a nationwide campaign to limit the scope of constitutional protection of gun ownership.The actor said of U.S.President Bill Clinton: “Mr.Clinton, sir, America doesn’t trust you with our health-care system, America doesn’t trust you with gays in the military, America doesn’t trust you with our 21-year-old daughters, and we sure, Lord, don’t trust you with our guns.” Stung, not least by the reference to Mr.Clinton’s alleged sexual relationship with a young clerk, White House officials hit back, suggesting the actor held views “outside the mainstream.” His election is seen as the best hope of healing divisions within the NRA between those, like him, who are willing to accept a compromise on gun control and those who demand that the U.S.Constitution’s second amendment be interpreted to mean Americans could own whatever weapons they like.Orford for sale sign could be gone Township hills entice new owner By René Bruemmer The company that owns several ski hills in the Laurentians is thinking seriously of buying one of the ski hills in the Eastern Townships.Jacques Hébert, president of publicly owned Mont Saint Sauveur International, announced yesterday that after years of futile attempts to entice South Shore and Eastern Townships residents up north, the company has decided instead to bring the mountain to the people.“Several of the hills in the Townships are in need of financing, and we are always looking for ways to expand our holdings,” Hebert said.The company is looking at Orford, which has been run by an interim administration company for the last two months after the previous owners called it quits.Hébert also mentioned Bromont, Owl’s Head and Sutton as possibilities.Hébert, whose family home is in Knowlton Landing, noted the company is only studying various possibilities at the moment, but definitely intends to buy a mountain in the region in the near future.Mont Saint Sauveur International owns Mont Gabriel, Mont Olympia, Mont Avila, Morin Heights, and Mont Saint Sauveur in the Laurentians, as well as Jay Peak in Vermont, just south of the Townships. page 6 Tuesday, June 9, 1998 — ' i ' ¦ '¦¦¦THE- ¦ Il- Record — COMMUNITY FORUM New AQ^ president provides great fodder for writers Who could have predicted a year ago that Alliance Quebec might become interesting enough to write about?But it has.Well, let’s qualify that.Lots of writers, some of them volunteers, others on the payroll, apparently find Alliance worth writing about.Okay, maybe not Alliance, but its new president.As I see it, what some of them have written is a lot more entertaining than anything that has gone on with the organization itself, so what follows is my reaction to some of what has been turned into ink.Let’s start close to home.Last Monday, Charles Bury filled two thirds of a page with less than kind comments about several of William Johnson’s supporters in his successful bid for the AQ presidency.Actually, to describe Charlie’s utterances as less than kind is less than honest, I suppose.Downright mean and nasty would be closer to the truth.And none too accurate in spots either.His claim that the United Nations “had no time” for Maurice King and told him where to “stick” his reference - presumably the McIntyre case - strikes one familiar with the facts as odd, to put it politely.Unless the UN Human Rights Committee’s judgment so widely circulated at the time was forgery, the world body didn’t treat Mr.King with the disrespect Charlie Bury says it did.Quite the opposite.It agreed with King’s assertion that Mr.McIntyre’s freedom of expression was violated by Bill 101 and advised the Government of Canada to see to it that his freedom of expression be reinstated.The fact that Canada has failed to act doesn’t alter the UN’s position.(Yes, Canada, not Quebec, for Canada is a signatory of international covenants that condemn this sort of denial).Just because Charlie doesn’t care for William Johnson, does he really think that justifies calling Johnson’s supporters “paranoids” and “raving loonies?” Does he think this will encourage Record readers to look upon Charlie Bury as a model of moderation by comparison?A few weeks ago, Ivy Weir suggested in this space that if William Johnson won the AQ presidency, perhaps the organization’s funding should be cut.Sound familiar?Sure enough; Lucien Bouchard agrees.His reason seems to be that under Johnson, AQ might start agitating for something really radical, like freedom of choice in language of education or English letters as big as French ones in public places, even an English word or two in hospital corridors.And heaven forbid that an English rights lobby group ever be so brash.Then there’s The Gazette’s Don Macpherson.Last Saturday, he said the Alliance vote was irrelevant.By Tuesday, he was warning Gazette readers to “Fasten your seatbelts -Johnson followers risk national unity if francophones view Full-Tilt Bill as a serious threat to their language.” Wow! From irrelevance to nation-destroying in three days.Sure beats reading about the Alliance itself, doesn’t it.Viewpoint Don Healy THE- 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) 5699511 Julie Vinette Adv.Dir.(819) 569-9525 Richard Lessard Prod, Mcr.(819) 569-9931 Mark Guillette Press Superv.(819) 569-9931 Francine Thibault Prod.Superv.(819) 569-9931 DEPARTMENTS Accounting .(819) 5699511 Advertising .(819)569-9525 Circulation.(819)5699528 Newsroom .(819)569-6345 Knowlton office 88 Lakeside, Knowlton, Quebec, JOE 1V0 Tel: (514) 242-1188 Fax: (514) 243-5155 SUBSCRIPTIONS GST PST TOTAL Canada: 1 year 104.00 7.28 8.35 S119.63 6 MONTHS 53.50 3.75 4.29 $61.54 3 MONTHS 27.00 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 MIND IF I PRETEND To SMOKE?me.CINCINNATI PKT m jgahlefS5gaot com Letters to the Editor Much ado about whom?Dear Editor, There has been so much squabbling about school board elections, getting your name on the list in order to vote, paying taxes to the right board, ensuring that the English board gets all of its constituents, etc.I’m wondering if that is all this fiasco is to amount to.So far I haven’t heard a murmur about any potential candidates who are in the running for elections, except The Stanstead Journal last week made mention that a Mr.Channel was maybe going to run against Mr.Va-chon.Given the fact that voting day is supposed to be June 14, don’t you think that the people need to be informed as to whom to vote for?Is this just an exercise in filling out forms in order to pay tax money in the future?Will we show up at the polls on June 14, and be informed that all unknown candidates were acclaimed?Will we be in the dark and guessing whom all these newly acclaimed commissioners could be?It would be reassuring to know that someone is standing for election within the formation of the new school board.Have we forgotten the representation among all the paper work?Elaine Laraway (A taxpayer registered to vote for God knows whom!) Georgeville Glad there are still people like you Dear Editor, 1 would like to express appreciation to two young men who live in Richmond - namely Barry and Michael Patrick.Thank you Barry for your con- cern and thank you Michael for giving of your time on a Saturday afternoon to replace the alternator on my car, allowing me to return home.It’s great to know that there are still people like you ready to help others when problems arise.In appreciation, Serena Wintle Cookshire Members should decide on affiliation Dear Editor, Open letter to Bill Johnson,President, Alliance Quebec The Chateauguay Valley English-Speaking Peoples Association (CVES-PA), the regional association that represents southwest Quebec, is experiencing a growth in donations and membership that is similar to what Alliance Quebec is reporting.We attribute this growth to the fact that the CVESPA Annual Meeting in May publicly supported your candidacy for the presidency of Alliance Quebec and your Six Principles.We have not received any negative comments from our members regarding our position; on the contrary, we are receiving positive comments from within our community.We recognize that, like CVESPA, each regional group is an independent body and their by-laws may, unlike ours, do not require approval of their membership to affiliate or disaffiliate from an organization.However I would recommend that you suggest to the regional associations that they hold a special membership meeting to confirm their board’s view on the relationship of their association with the new Alliance Quebec.Maurice J.King President of CVESPA Tuesday, June 9, 1998 page 7 Ayer’s Cliff Music Fest continues to succeed Townshippers help children’s dreams come true ¦ ***** ¦ - pitJI to a set of music from the Old Tyme Fiddle band, who dedicated their performance to the memory of their drummer Chester-Ray Hodge who died in a car accident earlier this year.To honor Chester the group performed this set without a drummer.Just before the presentations that afternoon, it was announced that local fiddler and fisherman Arnold Winget had won the half and half lottery prize of $129.At 3 p.m.event organizer Peter Mackey thanked the enthusistic crowd of more than 450 for their participation in this important fund-raising event.In ad-diton he introduced Kathy Breton of The Children’s Wish Foundation and Eddie Greenwood of the Ayer’s Cliff Oddfellows.Breton presented the Mackeys and all of the volunteers with a memorial plaque thanking them for their fundraising efforts on behalf of The Children’s Wish Foundation.“This is another special year where we are honoring two children who are suffering from a high risk illness,” she continued.“Today Guillaume is at the Grand Prix in Montreal realizing his special wish, spending the weekend among racing fans.His greatest wish came true when he met Jacques Villeneuve and some of the other drivers from several other teams.“The second wish is for Mathieu, a six-year-old boy whose wish is to own a computer.” The family, unable to attend the event because Mathieu needed to rest, sent their thanks through Breton.“We are ordering a computer to deliver to Mathieu at his home.” The day also featured a tribute to Chester-Ray Hodge.Chester-Ray was a big supporter of the Children’s Wish Foundation and a photo of him rested at the front of the stage throughout the weekend.On behalf of the Ayer’s Cliff Oddfel- lows, Greenwood presented Perry Hodge, Chester-Ray’s father, with a certificate for a star dedicated to the memory of his son.’’Now every time we look at the Big Dipper we may all know that there is a star dedicated to the memory of Chester- Ray Hodge,” said Greenwood to the crowd, who was visibly moved.Following the presentation Mackey and a few musicians took to the stage to perform some acoustic music as this year’s Music Fest came to close.At press time a final tally of all the money raised was not available.fo ^i mg ARLO & JANIS ® by Jimmy Johnson €>HL'60LDeie.Ydoe^» IT bHE 6VÜU HAA HAVt A KID/ GOOFY V.dZOWK) \\ \ HAIR?/ I'M 0OR6D/ DOW'T YOU T MAPYLOi HAVDAGietl lOU'TMY ATM kû IRU' r s lhUUiiO THE MICE SQUAD ® by Larry Purdy DO YOU REALIZE THAT IF YOU LOOKED AT THAT SANDWICH UNDER A MICROSCOPE.YOU'D SEE A SEETHING CESSPOOL OF GERMS AND BACTERIA 7 CAN X HAVE THE PICKLE TOO 7 THE HORN LOSER ® by Art and Chip Sansom ’doyou mowrowto pmee ^ rD01 mow how to cancc ’wrkt,you didnTdhhcc witk^ 5BJTU5T WRY, l LEKmCP TO DMYL6 FTOA -—.Tj ATIRUfc X ^ ' S' ~y} WKKKYlV./ 6ITLS BACKTHCWT EEK & MEEK ® by Howie Schneider OH,I HAVE AfJGWER VCü'RE SOLAJGER 1DCWTHHWMDUU.EVER BE AWDSOUCAU SAY THAT Et/