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THE Circuit des Arts Memphrémagog July 25th to August 2nd Be patient! In only 5 days you will find your Circuit map in The Record.The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Best Guaranteed Investments • Flexible (not frozen) • Superior Rates • RRSP Eligible Call Calvin T.Chan Financial Advisor (819) 573-6006 /1 800 561-3718 MIDLAND WALWYN 75 CENTS Friday, July 17, 1998 Majestic Monarch PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT For the next few months those lucky- enough to catch the show will see a Monarch Butterfly emerge from its chrysalis, inflate the ribs of its wings with a red fluid and, an hour later, start to fly.Visitors will learn that the larva only eat the leaves of the poisonous milkweed plant.After a trip to Florida that takes several generations, they eat enough nectar to double their weight and then go to a specific forest in Mexico for the winter.The show is on at the Musée du Séminaire de Sherbrooke until November.Robert Redford scouting Quebec locations for two films: Movie insider Newman may come to region for film shoot By Richard McCallum Record Correspondent Sherbrooke Butch Cassidy might be joining The Sundance Kid in the Townships.A source within the Montreal film industry told The Record on Thursday the city is abuzz with the news that Paul Newman is currently rehearsing a movie there and there is a probability of Robert Redford coming to Quebec to shoot two films.Newman is in Montreal rehearsing Where The Money Is, which will begin shooting in Montreal and the outlying areas on July 27.The story takes place in a state-run nursing home in a small town.Interior scenes will be shot in Montreal through August and exterior scenes through the end of September.The source, who wished to remain anonymous because the official press kit for the film isn’t ready yet, said locations are being scouted in the Townships and some footage may be shot here.The source also said Redford may come to Quebec to act in one feature and direct another, a “mega-production,” and locations are being scouted in the Townships for both these films.The source also said the Polish director of the Paul Newman film, Marek Kanievska, was very impressed with the beauty of the region, but there are three factors which may keep the movie out of the Townships.The source said: 1 ) The picture is on a fairly low budget and so, for the sake of saving money, the production is sticking close to Montreal.Since the principal location is “Small Town USA,” however, there may be some shots in the area.2) It is fairly difficult to find proper accommodations for the large cast and crew due to the region’s popularity as a resort.3) The poor quality of some Townships roads and highways makes it difficult to film scenes with characters in cars and car chases.Hertel line is still best option: Hydro officials Group gaining support for power struggle By Sylvia Warden Montreal Buoyed by support from 13 American environmental organizations, the Val St-François Citizens’ coalitiim is ready to do whatever it takes to stop construction of a 735 kv hydro line.“If I have to sit down in front of a bulldozer, 1 won’t be the only one,” said Melbourne Township’s Marnie Thompson.Her property is one of 260 slated to have 18-foot high hydro pylons cut across its landscape.Thompson was in Montreal on Thursday with a handful of the coalition’s members to draw attention to the antihydro line movement.Not wanting to divulge too many details, Jacques Laval said the coalition has retained a lawyer and is looking into legal avenues to stop the line.“We’re going to take a week or 10 days to study a plan of attack.” In March Hydro-Québec president André Caillé announced plans to construct a 145-kilometre, 735 kv power line from the des Cantons substation near Windsor to the Hertel substation near La Prairie on Montreal’s South Shore, in order to shore up the system which was damaged during January’s ice storm.The public utility was given special permission through a government decree to bypass environmental and public consultations.Laval, Thompson and company are working to get that decree reversed.“We’re challenging them to come up with international impartial experts to tell us to shut up,” said Laval.Hydro officials maintain the Hertel line is the best option for reinforcing power lines into Montreal.During a meeting at The Record office in Sherbrooke, Michel Clair, a vice-president at TransÉnergie a division of Hydro-Québec, said “our goal is to achieve the project in the most friendly way.” He noted that last January Hydro asked a group of international experts to study the proposed line and those findings See hydro, page 3 Center and Residence Are you looking for Quality Care and Services given by an Exceptional Staff?If you are looking for the Nursing Home with a Difference, your choice will be ^dUWitCc ’d' • “LOVING HEARTS AND CARING HANDS” says it all.P.O.Box 580, 5305 Courville Ave, Waterloo, QC Tel.: (514) 539-1821 ¦ page 2 Friday, July 17, 1998 ‘We are not amused,’ the queen would say if she actually cared Charred $20 costs Sherbrooke man $50 This is a story about the things that can happen when people don't have enough to do.loto-québec Draw 98-07-15 5 31 37 38 43 49 BONUS NUMBER: 14 6/6 WINNERS 1 PRIZES $ 1 923 027,50 5/6+ 2 $ 288 454,10 5/6 179 $ 2 578,30 4/6 11 093 $ 79,70 3/6 222 192 $ 10 Total sales: $ 13 484 389,00 Next grand prize (approx.): $ 2 200 000,00 wmwm Draw 98-07-15 12 13 18 23 27 47 BONUS NUMBER: 6/6 WINNERS 0 PRIZES $ 1 000 000,00 5/6+ 0 $ 50 000,00 5/6 12 $500 4/6 1 050 $50 3/6 18 933 $5 Total sales: $ 453 660,00 Draw 98-07-15 NUMBER PRIZES 274364 $ 100,000 74364 $ 1,000 4364 $250 364 $50 64 $10 4 $2 Claims: See back of tickets, in the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list, the latter shall prevail.A Sherbrooke man learned the hard way this week that burning your money can cost a lot.First you lose the value of the currency.Second, you might have to go to court, which will cost you more money even if the judge is sympathetic.Third, people will laugh and say you’re stupid.It all started on a sunny afternoon not too long ago on Galt Street west.With nothing else to do, our 23-year old hero was relaxing with friends at a picnic table on the lawn in front of a school.They must have been talking about politics, because the conversation apparently got boring.So to liven things up the young man pulled a $20 bill out of one pocket and a cigarette lighter out of another.With a flick of the Bic, he set the bill on fire and threw it on the table.He’d probably seen this done in an old movie on TV.No doubt he wanted to impress his friends with the fact that he could afford it.But he failed to impress two constables who were passing by.The constables must have had too little to do themselves, because what happened next is the kind of thing they would only do on a very, very slow shift.The officers stopped their car, notified their dispatcher, and strolled over to the table.One of them grabbed the unburnt remains of the bill while the other grabbed Mr.Money.The charred money was put in a plastic bag as vital evidence.Our hero was told he might be charged, and everyone went their separate ways.A few days later the case of the barbecued bill was presented to local Crown prosecutors.These are lawyers we pay for with our taxes, and one of their jobs is to decide who gets taken to court and who doesn’t.Police bring an ‘information’ to the prosecutor, and he or she then decides whether the case warrants criminal charges.The prosecutors base their decisions on whether there is enough evidence for a conviction, and if so, whether pursuing the matter is in the public interest.So guess who else doesn’t have enough to do.Yup.The prosecutors.They often complain about the heavy workloads they must bear, but I guess they have their quiet days too - or they would have pitched this file in the garbage.Instead, they decided that Mr.Money must have his day in court.He was charged with the criminal offence of defacing Canadian currency.That day came this week before Quebec Court Judge Gabriel Lassonde.The honorable judge may have quiet days but this was not to be one of them.He had the Queen’s face to consider.Prosecutor Claude Doire pleaded for the Crown, while our hero was represented by defence lawyer Jean Leblanc.The Crown presented its proof, which consisted of a small bag containing the remains of a $20 bill along with the two constables’ eye witness report.The defence accepted the evidence but explained that his client’s gesture was only a joke to liven up a dull conversation.Now it was up to the judge.A learned man, he must have known that the act of defacing currency is one of the oldest crimes there is, going back at least to the Caesars of ancient Rome.Burning currency is illegal not because of any risk of damage it might inflict on the central bank, but rather because of the picture of the reigning monarch (and no, this is not about butterflies).‘We are not amused,’ the current queen would say if she actually cared about such stuff.‘To deface our currency is to deface our face.’ That’s probably why it was called defacing in the first place.The judge took all this into account, plus the fact that the crime had been committed within the plain sight of several children.You’ve lost your $20, he told the young man, and now I’m going to take another $50 from your pocket.That’s the fine you must pay.So that’s the story.The irony is that it’s only a crime in Canada to burn the money of Canada.If our hero had burned a US $20 instead, with the exchange it would have cost about $30 Canadian, but he would have saved the $50 fine, plus the lawyer’s fee plus his day in court.So the first lesson is, if you’re getting bored, find something useful to do -whether you’re an idle young man, a bored police officer or an over-eager Crown prosecutor.And the second lesson is, if you really do have money to burn, make sure it’s not Canadian, eh?Swimming for their lives ¦ «¦¦f y •• .W- - ' " •••••• :" MARTY PATRIQUIN The Memphremagog international swim marathon is on this weekend in Magog with amateur and professional swimmers from around the world competing in the 42-kilometre traversée.Charles Bury Today’s Weather ' ?' i Tiutford.MiNts ; A Richmond *.Lac MÉc.ANTiqj* SlltKBROOKt • ^ „ iCoWANSVILUf f Stan stead REGIONAL FORECAST FRIDAY : Cloudy with clear periods and 60 percent probability ofshowers.Risk of thundershowers.High near 25.Ultraviolet index of 5 or moderate.SATURDAY : Cloudy with clear periods.Clearing in the afternoon.Low near 15.High near 25.SUNDAY : Variable cloudiness.Probability of showers 30 percent.Low near 16.High near 25.MONDAY : Mostly cloudy.A few showers.Low near 17.High near 26.Probability of precipitation.: BEN ® by DANIEL SHELTON BEN?WHERE ARE YOU GOING?/AW M0M5 EXPECTING US FOR A PICNIC?A MY KNEES PREDICTING THUNPERSTORMS IN THAT AREA, SO I FIGURE?IP STAY HERE ANP G0 GOLFING INSTEAD.THAT'S RIPICULOUS tr WELL.ALL 1 CAN SAY IS THAT, WHEN IT COMES TO THE WEATHER, MY KNEE'S ALWAYS RIGHT.ANP RIGHT NOW I FEEL A STORM BREWING?ftc Friday, July 17, 1998 page 3 Hydro will seek an expropriation decree: Michel Clair i**'*11***’ rli'in " HYDRO: Continued from page 1 are expected to be released in the coming weeks in the Warren Report.Meanwhile, Hydro has found the line a tough sell for those living in its path.“We want them to lift the decree, hold public consultations and stop the line,” said Thompson after the press conference which attracted more than 20 journalists from Montreal.“It’s not just citizens of Val St-François.1 think we are many more now,” said the retired school teacher.To prove it, coalition members displayed letters of support from such heady environmentalists as the Vermont chapter of the Sierra Club, the New England chapter of Friends of the Earth , No Thank You, HQ based in Maine and the Native Forest Network of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.That’s in addition to support from 20 municipalities across Quebec, the Quebec Farmers Association, Liberal MNA and environment critic Christos Sirros and Liberal leader Jean Charest.“Hydro always says that it is a small group of people opposed to the line but how do they know, they didn’t consult anyone.The movement is growing,” said Jacques Laval a coalition member.Clair said of the 260 landowners affected, only 30 have written complaint letters.If he can’t convince members of the Val St.François Citizens’ Coalition of the need for the line, Clair said Hydro will seek an expropriation decree from the provincial government.Construction is expected to begin in mid August.Undeterred, Thompson is more optimistic than ever that the line can be stopped.“We are very strong in our opposition.We are in a very beautiful valley untouched and to have 18-foot towers in front of us is not going to improve the scenery.” The Val St-François Citizen’s Coalition is holding a Corn Roast at the Richmond Fair Grounds on Saturday, Aug.1 , PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT TransEnergie president Jacques Régis, HydroQuébec vice-president Michel Clair, Gilles Bellemare of TransÉnergie, and Normand Bell, director of engineering for Hydro-Quebec, came to The Record yesterday to give Hydro's side of the story.to raise money for their legal fund, under are free.The event will also fea-Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for chil- ture rock and country music and be-dren 10 to 17 and children nine and gins at 6 p.m.•• .in.uffliiiillir'w" SYLVIA WARDEN Val St-François Citizen's Coalition advocates Tom Holzinger, Mamie Thompson and Raymond Audy discuss tactics.Get energized! Read The Record DUKE.NOBLE.Ganeral Partnership Chartered Accountants A.Jackson Noble, C.A.164-A Queen Street, Suite 1 Lennoxville, Quebec, JIM 1J9 (819) 346-0333 Taxation, Accounting, Financial Services, Individuals and Corporations Estate Planning and Settlement, Farm Transfers Serving the Eastern Townships community for over 35 years Offices in: CowansvIHe Knowifon 109 William St.339 Knowlton Rd.(450) 263-4123 (450) 243-5021 PLACE PRIMEVERE -if ¦ “APARTMENTS for RETIRED PEOPLE” • For autonomous and semi-autonomous people • Service by bilingual & Qualified personnel: R.N.on staff • Outstanding cuisine, & housekeeping services • Convalescence service available on a weekly basis.Privately owned by Mireille and Marc M.Bienvenu who reside on location 1973 Leclair, Waterloo 539-4*097 page 4 Friday, July 17, 1998 Don’t forget benefit events Last chance to join the youth exchange Are you between 13 and 16 years old?Would you like to meet other youth from across the Townships?If so, then the Townships Youth Exchange is a great opportunity for you! For two weekends in August you will host and then be hosted by a young person from a different region of the Eastern Townships.The exchange is free and will be lots of fun for everyone involved.For more information contact Tara McCully at Townshippers’ Ascot office (819) 566-5717.The deadline to apply is Monday, July 20.Benefit Night Support Townshippers’ Association and enjoy some great entertainment by attending our benefit night Friday, July 24 at Theatre Lac Brome.The musical Fire, is a story based on the lives of Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Lee Swaggart.It promises to be an evening filled with music from the golden era of rock ‘n roll! Tickets are $ 15 and are available from our offices in Cowansville (203 Principale) and Ascot (1945 Belvedere S.# 204), and from the Theatre box office.Call either of our offices for more information (819) 566-5717 or (450) 263^422.Tickets are also available from both our offices for the benefit night at the Piggery, Friday, August 7.The show is Moments to Remember - Starring the Mantini Sisters.Attention Community Groups Townships-based organizations that want to be kept informed of important issues related to the English-speaking community should contact us about joining our community group database.Townshippers’ has hired a summer student to further develop our current listing of volunteer groups in the Eastern Townships.Included are organizations such as churches, social clubs, youth groups, historical societies, women's centres and seniors’ homes, to name a few.Mailings of information of interest to our community are sent to these groups on a periodic basis.The database is also used to invite groups to meetings on various topics, organized by the Association.There is no cost associated with getting your name on the list.For more information contact Vivek Mehta at Townshippers’ Ascot office (819) 566-5717.Mayor’s Golf Tournament Lennoxville’s third annual Mayor’s Golf Tournament will be held Friday, July 17.Proceeds from this event go to the Lennoxville Youth Centre.It is a shotgun Vegas style tournament beginning at 2:30 p.m.The $60 registration fee includes green fees, dinner and a souvenir for each participant.For information contact Chantal Carrier at (819) 569-9388.Keeping in Touch is a weekly column presented by Townshippers' Association.Keeping in Touch Keeping In Touch Best in the country Grenier wins Canada Post’s top honor Staff Sherbrooke Sherbrooke resident Marc Grenier has been named commercial representative of the year by Canada Post following an extensive selection process.Each year, Canada Post bestows Golden Post- Marc Grenier mark awards on a handful of employees who have distinguished themselves in their workplace or their community through service, leadership, new business, volunteer work or outstanding personal performance.The most coveted title is probably ‘Commercial representative of the year’, awarded this year to Grenier.The award which grenier received during a ceremony June 22 in Ottawa recognizes Grenier as Canada Post’s best representative in the country.Community Briefs Scholarships available The Stanstead County Women’s Institute has several scholarships available to qualifying students The Estella Holmes Scholarship is being offered to a student of Stanstead County who is continuing their education beyond High School.The Maud Kezar Scholarship is available for a student taking the full course for household sciences (including food sciences and dietetics) with the purpose of making this their profession.The Dr.C.L.Brown Memorial Scholarship is awarded to any student (English or French) in the Ayer’s Cliff area, taking a course in any part of the medical profession.For further information, write or call Mrs.Lois Cooper, 13945, Rte.143, Ayer’s Cliff, Quebec, JOB ICO.Telephone number 819-838-4622.Applications should be in by September 15, 1998.More scholarships Beulah United Church Memorial Committee, Ayer’s Cliff, Quebec, wishes to announce that they have a bursary to give to a Stanstead County student, who is continuing their education beyond High School, to prepare for Theology or teaching.This bursary is in memory of Mrs.Frances Cunliff.Applications are to be sent to Mrs.Stanley Cooper, 13945, Rte.143, Ayer’s Cliff, Quebec JOB ICO by September 15, 1998.For more information, call 819-838-4622.Lois Cooper Congratulations to picnic organizers and winners The organizers of the Kinnear’s Mills Orange Picnic and the Scotstown Ceilidh Picnic are to be congratulated for organizing these traditional events.Threatening skies gave way to ideal picnic weather on both days and activities went on as scheduled.The winners of The Record’s contests were: Orange Picnic: Jellybean contest - Caitlin Cook, Georgetown; Button contest - Heidi Dalton, North Hatley; drawings - Alislia Patterson, Inverness and Irene Smith, Cobourg.Thanks to publisher Michael Price for donating the extra prize, a copy of Laurel Buck’s newly-released book.Ceilidh Picnic: Jellybean contest - Megan Irving, Lennoxville; Button contest - Lee Irving, Cowansville; drawing - Jim Matheson, Lennoxville.Congratulations! It was a pleasure to see everyone.Thank you for welcoming us so warmly.Susan C.Mastine Community Relations The Record Friday, July 17, 1998 page 5 RECORD New guy on the block doesn’t have a past Pallister seeks visibility in Tory leadership bid By Norma Greenaway Southam News Owen Sound, Ont.rrihe staff at the Rusty Gull on the I southern shore of Georgian Bay J- penned a gracious red sign welcoming Brian Pallister to their restaurant.Too bad they spelled his name wrong.They missed the second 1, an oversight corrected with a blue-felt marker just moments before the lanky former university basketball player arrived for lunch with local Tories.Not that the mistake would have fazed Pallister.After all, he’s the guy who responds to questions about his greatest disadvantage and advantage in the race for the federal Tory leadership with the same answer.“I’m not known,” he says with a hearty chuckle.In other words, he has no baggage -meaning mostly that he’s not seen through the prism of having been part of the unpopular Mulroney government.The same can’t be said for fron- Define ‘fruitcake’ Tory hopeful wants marijuana legalized By Tim Naumetz For Southam News Ottawa Rev.Brother Michael Baldasaro lit up Thursday and then lit into the Conservative party for the $30,000 deposit it is demanding from prospective leadership candidates.Baldasaro, a 49-year-old minister with the Church of the Universe who wants to run for the Tory helm on a pledge to legalize marijuana, denounced the substantial entry fee and other requirements as a blow to democracy.“They are unconstitutional and undemocratic,” Baldasaro told a sparsely attended news conference on Parliament Hill.“We have asked the party to waive those rules.” Baldasaro and his official agent, 65-year-old Rev.Brother Walter Tucker of the Church of the Universe, who lives with Baldasaro in an abandoned steel foundry in Cambridge, Ont., acknowledged they relaxed with marijuana before the news conference began.They sounded at times like Cheech and Chong and, with their long beards, looked a bit like ZZ Top.But they appeared completely in control of themselves as they blasted the stiff Tory entrance requirements and outlined the main plank in Bal-dasaro’s campaign - making pot legal.“I guess Number 1 on our list would be marijuana, chanvre, the tree of life - it's time to legalize it,” said Baldasaro.He also believes the government should give each Canadian $10,000 and one acre of untaxable land at birth.Asked how he supports himself, Baldasaro explained he has been collecting worker compensation benefits for over 20 years because he is “a little bit slow” after his head was crushed twice in separate industrial accidents.He and Tucker argued the legalization of marijuana would save taxpayers millions of dollars through reduced prison and police costs and increased government revenue through licensing.The legalized grass would also save health costs because it can be used medicinally, they maintained.“This is what brought us here," Baldasaro said.“We’ve been standing in front of lots of judges in Canada, lots of them, and they told us each and every time to go to Parliament.” Baldasaro and Tucker urged the Conservatives also to eliminate the requirement that each candidate must get a minimum number of supporting signatures from party members in every region of the country and to eliminate the minimum age of 14 for the party’s youth wing.“To say that you have to be 14, or any age, to vote, is ridiculous,” said Baldasaro, who says he once won 7,000 votes in a campaign to become mayor of Hamilton.“One of these days, heaven forbid, 1 may get old enough to be senile, but I will not lose my vote.” When a reporter asked if the Conservative leadership race should be open to “any fruitcake” who comes along, Tucker replied: “Who’s a fruitcake, when it comes right down to it?” trunners Joe Clark and Hugh Segal, though Pallister avoids coming right out and saying so.As opposed to baggage, Pallister declares, he has “a record.” He insists he’s happy to run on a resume that includes family man, sportsman, successful businessman, former high school teacher and a fiscal hawk in the Manitoba cabinet of Gary Filmon before he quit to run in last year’s federal election.Some have eagerly embraced the 43-year-old, unilingual newcomer over former prime minister Clark and Segal, a veteran Tory strategist.They said the party needs a fresh face.Many fear choosing Clark on grounds they would be “electing a loser,” as Richard Wood-field of Cambridge put it.GRASSROOTS support Under the party’s new leadership selection rules, all members will cast ballots in their home riding instead of delegates voting at a national convention.There will be a runoff vote in November if no candidate gets more than 50 per cent of the vote during the Oct.24 ballot.The system forces serious grassroots campaigning by all candidates.It helps level the playing field for Pallister, although his supporters admit fundraising has been an uphill battle because he is virtually unknown outside of Manitoba.Pallister, a staunch fiscal and social conservative, is clearly aiming to woo voters who defected to Reform and who may be having second thoughts.He rejects a merger with Reform, but says the Conservative party must reach out to broaden its tent if it ever hopes to break the "unhealthy Liberal monopoly" in Ottawa.In speeches and media interviews in Owen Sound, Cambridge and Oakville, he portrayed the Reform leader as failing to deliver the honest and principled leadership he promised.He slammed Manning for everything from moving into Stornoway after saying it should be converted into a bingo hall to going along with an unrecorded vote on the new compensation package for MPs after making a career of bad mouthing the members’ “gold-plated” pension plan.“Mr.Manning’s bark is not echoed by his bite,” he said.“His bite is toothless.” His attacks on Manning won applause at the gatherings in Ontario, a province Reform failed to win a seat in during the last election.But will he risk such tough talk next week when he heads into Reform territory in Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C?“I won’t tone it down,” said Pallister, who grew up on a cattle and grain farm outside Portage La Prairie.“I understand Western Canada pretty well.And I believe people in Western Canada - just as much as the rest of Canada - value principled behavior and honesty.” Pallister sells himself as a “builder” who can steer the reconstruction of a party that was “blown up” in the 1993 election when the two-term majority government of Brian Mulroney was reduced to two seats in the Commons under Kim Campbell.Pallister, who owns an insurance and financial services company, was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in 1992.He took the plunge into elected politics after Portage La Prairie was devastated by the closure of its two major employers, CFB South Port and a Campbell's soup factory.“I saw this (seeking election) as a chance to work on economic development.” Pallister is seen as the only serious candidate to date who is solidly on the right wing of the party, particularly on fiscal issues.His team of mostly volunteer aides is anxiously waiting to hear whether former Reform MP Jim Silye of Calgary decides to enter the Tory leadership race.A Silye candidacy would probably cut into Pallister’s support.Pallister’s platform, which he will announce in stages, revolves around what he calls “high-performance” government.The first plank was unveiled Thursday in Toronto.Pallister proposed a federal balanced budget law that with few exceptions would impose financial penalties on cabinet ministers if revenues failed to cover spending.He also proposed a Taxpayer Protection Act that would require the federal government to hold a referendum on any proposed increase in personal or business taxes.Pallister takes credit for inspiring adoption of both those measures in Manitoba.At this point, the aspiring Tory leader is on a lonely, lean campaign.He has only two paid staff, a press aide and a campaign manager.But Pallister appears undaunted.“My wife says I’m the kind of person who sees a challenge and rushes and head butts it,” he said, clearly agreeing with her analysis. page 6 Friday, July 17, 1998 THE COMMUNITY FORUM PQ^ afraid to test law We always knew that Quebec’s language law is ridiculous, invidious and probably unconstitutional.What is new is that the Quebec government seems to think so too.Why else would Quebec go to almost any lengths to avoid having its law on the language of signs tested in court?The Quebec government, through its various pursuivants, such as the Commission de protection de la langue française, acts like a bully.It sends out its language enforcers.They take notes and they take pictures.When they think they have discovered - oh, horrors! - illegal, contraband English, English words that are nearly as large as the French words, English words that are almost as numerous as the French words, English words that are manifestly not on their knees, kneeling before the majesty of the equivalent French words, why then the enforcers eventually send out a mise en demeure, a warning.Eventually that could be followed by a Constat d'infraction - an official-looking document that says that the Attorney General of Quebec has found that YOUR sign is one in which “the French does not appear so as to be clearly predominant.” Horrors! Then the Attorney General of Quebec, clothed in the majesty of the law, orders you to pay a fine.And what if you don’t?What does the bully do then?It seems that the bully runs away and hides as soon as the bully is faced with someone determined to defend his or her rights in court.Currently, the Quebec government seems trying to wriggle out of the embarrassing situation it got itself into in Montreal’s Chinatown.The Charter of the French Language, or rather, Camille Laurin’s Revenge for the Plains of Abraham, requires that every Chinatown located in Quebec look just like Trois Pistoles.Either French only signs, or signs in which the French is twice the size of all other languages combined.Imagine a Chinatown in which the big Chinese signs are taken down and replaced by big French signs.That is what the officials of the Inquisition de la Langue Française were demanding.The message went around the world, and the Quebec government, knowing it looked ridiculous, has been looking for a “solution ever since.Will it change its invidious law?Wait and see.Then there was, remember, the sign for Berson Monuments.There were only five Hebrew characters, compared to nine letters for the French, Monuments.But the agents of the Inquisition weren’t counting, they were measuring.They found the five characters were taller than the nine letters, so they sent a summons to the proprietor.Then, when there was an outcry, they backed down and removed the threat.Don Donderi of Citcan wanted to test the regulation that billboards - signs with a surface of more than 16 square metres - must be only in French unless on the premises of the owner.He put up a sign on Allumette Island that had English words as well as French.Eventually, the inquisitors cracked down.Delighted, Donderi went to court to have the regulation declared unconstitutional.But the Quebec government then immediately withdrew the charge and argued before the judge that he should not give a declaratory judgment on the constitutionality of the regulation since Donderi had no more reason to complain.The judge complied, and Donderi, frustrated, is looking for another chance to test the regulation in court.Already, he has saved more than 50 clients from prosecution by “buying” the offensive sign for $1.78 (reminiscent of Bill 178 which suspended freedoms in order to forbid all English on outdoor signs.It was found discriminatory by the United Nations’ Committee on Human Rights.) He then slaps on a sticker which says, in both official languages: “Before Bill 101, this sign was legal.Vote to make it legal again.” And, in English only: “This sign is the property of the Citcan Foundation, a non-profit federal corporation to promote the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural character of Canada.” That turns the sign into a political statement, and political statements are exempted from the discriminatory provisions of the language law.So far, no one has prosecuted one of Donderi’s clients.His sticker, like garlic, keeps the vampires away.William Johnson is president of Alliance Quebec.Viewpoint William Johnson THE Knowlton office 88 Lakeside, Knowlton, Quebec, JOE 1V0 Tel: (450) 242-1188 Fax: (450) 243-5155 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 Corrf.sp.Editor .(819) 569-6345 Susan Mastine Community Relat.(819) 569-9511 Julie Vinette Adv.Dir.(819) 569-9525 Richard Lessard Prod.Mgr.(819) 569-9931 Mark Guillette Press Superv.(819) 569-9931 Francine Thibault Prod.Superv.(819) 569-9931 DEPARTMENTS SUBSCRIPTIONS GST PST TOTAL Canada: 1 YEAR 104.00 7.28 8.35 $119.63 6 MONTHS 53.50 3.75 4.29 S61.54 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 Accounting (819) 569-9511 Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Advertising (819) 569-9525 Agreement No.0479675.Circulation (819) 569-9528 Member OUtSECOpI Newsroom (819) 5696345 ABC, CARD, CDNA, NMB, QCNA VtNTIS MÉDIA | « £ a' OIMtbyNEA, Inc."It seems you have not done the things you were supposed to do.Therefore, I am going to sue you for MALPATIENT.” Letters to the Editor Since when is being “Canadian” shameful ?Dear Editor, In Quebec, Molson beer is marketed as “100 per cent Chez Nous,” while in the rest of Canada, it is marketed as “100 per cent Canadian.” “Molson ‘chez nous’ or Canadian?Qu’est-ce que c’est la difference?” Molson has just given French-speaking Canadians a slapshot to their patriotic heads, all in the interest of the almighty buck.Molson executives should hang their heads in shame -reflective of people with no backbones to hold their head high.When corporations or politicians hide behind language and distance to intentionally vary their message, they are committing a fraud on the public.For Molson to hug Canada in English, but hide Canada in French is shameful.An apology to the public is the very least Molson executives should do.If they are ashamed of the word ’Canadian,’ don’t use it anywhere.The public will re- spond accordingly.I know, ‘I Am’.” Peter Goldring, Member of Parliament Edmonton East Looking for pen pal Dear Editor, I would like you to publish some lines of this letter in your newspaper, if it is possible.I am a Cuban woman, 50 years old, who is interested in having correspondence with people of your wonderful country, to have the opportunity to exchange ideas and opinions.I would like to know more about your customs, history, culture, traditions, folk tales, etc.I can write in English and Spanish.My name is: Berta Maria Puig Castaneda My address is: Calle 82 No.2120 entre 21 y 23 Playa, Ciudad Habana, Cuba Codigo Postal 11400 My telephone is: 29-28-01 I promise to answer all the letters I receive.Cordially yours, Berta Maria Puig Castaneda Friday, July 17, 1998 page 7 Alfonso Carcuana spent a lot of time in Montreal Mafia kingpin no longer ‘untouchable’ By Adrian Humphreys Southam News A multi-national task force led by Canadian police erased 30 years of failure Wednesday by arresting the last of the untouchables.Police in several countries cheered the arrest of Alfonso Caruana, 52, a man police say is the boss of one of the largest, richest and most powerful drugsmuggling and money-laundering organizations in the world.If police are right, the Mafia boss and his criminal organization is bloated on huge profits from decades of smuggling heroin, marijuana and cocaine into North America.The clan, originally from the dirt-poor town of Siculiana, Sicily, created a billion-dollar reach that encompassed the globe.The two-year RCMP probe was dubbed Project Omerta - the term for the Mafia code of silence - and was a twisting, complicated ride bringing officers face-to-face with global organized crime at the highest level.It reached from poppy fields in Turkey and heroin refineries in Thailand to high finance in Switzerland and money-laundering in Canada.Police say it included connections with an extremist group in Turkey who allegedly had a role in the shooting of the Pope, an alleged liaison with the powerful Camor-ra Mafia and the underworld lord of Asia’s Golden Triangle.Police in Italy say the clan forged strong ties in more than 14 countries with perhaps a hundred companies, accounts in dozens of banks and other financial holdings.At the centre of it all, police in several countries and organized crime experts say, is Alfonso Caruana.As this empire was being built, the Cuntrera-Caruana clan was also rewriting the rules of engagement for the Mafia.They were not tied to a geographic area, as is traditionally the case for a Mafia family.The family moved to Montreal in the 1960s when police pressure in Italy grew.Police reports say they soon built lucrative drug operations in North and South America, Europe and Asia.By the mid-1980s Caruana was living in England but left the day after British police struck a drug ring and found he had paid the service bill of a car used by those arrested.He still spent much of his time SOUTHAM PHOTOS » ‘Borders should no longer represent an opportunity for organized crime’ - RCMP Inspector Ben Soave.1,500 illegally reproduced films found RCMP officers seize 502 videocassettes The Drummondville Detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police seized 502 videocassettes containing approximately 1,500 illegally reproduced films yesterday in a private residence in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes.The officers also seized four videotape recorders and one television set used to make copies of the films.The owner of the residence, a 42-year-old man, admitted he has been renting films for about two years.He was arrested and later released.He will be sum- moned to appear in court to face charges of letting for hire or offering for hire, infringed copies under section 42(1 )(b) of the Copyright Act.A woman, 37, has also been arrested but no charges will be laid against her.If found guilty, the suspect is liable to a fine not exceeding Slmillion or a prison term of up to five years.The investigation had been launched further to a complaint filed by the Film Security Office of the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association.in Montreal, but when Revenue Canada seized more than $800,000 from his bank account for taxes he hadn’t paid, he disappeared from Canada.The base of their operations again became Venezuela, where Caruana’s three brother-in-laws - the Cuntreras - had been hob-nobbing with that country’s social and political elite.A former president of Venezuela was a guest at the wedding of one of the Cuntrera daughters.Reunited in South America, the clan is said to have run an empire of more than 50 companies.Their welcome wore thin there as well.Three Cuntrera brothers, Carua-na's brother-in-laws, were extradited to Italy where they now sit in prison.It was around that time that Caruana returned to Canada, renting his house in Woodbridge, Ont., in June of 1996.Caruana was seen as the last of the untouchables - those men of such power and wealth they seemed above both the law and the underworld.“The Cuntrera-Caruanas are a family above the underworld, above the mob.They are independent and yet work with everyone.They are a higher level,” says Antonio Nicaso, an internationally recognized specialist in organized crime.“They were the envy of the underworld.” The family dealt with anyone who could put profit in their pockets.They weren’t involved in the bloody Mafia wars that raged through Sicily.RCMP Inspector Ben Soave said police SOUTHAM PHOTOS ' Alfonso Caruana, 52, a man police say is the boss of one of the most powerful drug-smuggling and money-laundering organizations in the world, was arrested Wednesday.tackled the Cuntrera-Caruana clan using the family’s own tactics - erasing international borders.“Borders should no longer represent an opportunity for organized crime,” he said.Police said the clan has now largely been dismantled and most of the family is in custody in Canada and in Italy.Acton Vale explosion investigation continues By Maurice Crossfield /~\ uebec Police Force spokesman I 1 Cst.Réjean Carrier said police members of the Scientific Po-licec!R5 of the QPF are still investigating, and it may be weeks before the exact cause of Monday’s explosion in Acton Vale that destroyed an apartment building and injured seven is found.At about 8:45 p.m.Monday night an explosion rocked the building, injuring seven people.All were rushed to hospital in St-Hyacinthe, and six of the victims were later released.The youngest victim, a seven-year-old girl, was the most seriously injured, struck in the eye with a piece of flying glass as she played outside.Though doctors at first feared she would lose the use of her eye, they now say it should be fine.Carrier confirmed that investigators found naptha at the scene, as well as a small quantity of marijuana.Naptha is often used in clandestine labs to make marijuana oil.The oil is made by soaking the pot in the naptha to remove the active ingredient (THC) from the illegal weed.The naptha is then boiled off, leaving behind the THC laden oil.The naptha fumes are in themselves highly explosive, and in an enclosed area can ignite after contact with the slightest spark.Turning on a light, a shorted wire or even a refrigerator turning on can be enough, given the right conditions.Other solvents are also used to make pot oil, including ether and alcohol.All of them are highly flammable and often are shown to be the cause of apartment and house fires.The tenant of the apartment has not been arrested in connection with Monday night’s fire.He may however be arrested once the investigation of the fire is complete if any criminal intent is found. page 8 Friday, July 17, 1998 THE i x'X Sherbrooke LE VIEUX CLÉCHER EBB2B3 I'M.11 BeaTles ocsh- LaTribune 1SUBARU.Estrie Auto Centre 0TQS W ESTRIE Du 19 juin au 6 septembre 1998 1590, RUE GALT OUEST SHERBROOM (QUÉBEC) RÉSERVATIONS (819) 822-2102 Greatest demand is for kidneys Waiting list for organs is growing By Mark Kennedy Southam News Ottawa The number of Canadians waiting for organ transplants - particularly kidneys - has soared in recent years, says a major new study to be released today.According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) report, organ donations in Canada are among the lowest in the world and are not keeping pace with demand.The troubling picture comes only a few days after controversy erupted when a group of eminent doctors and social scientists called for an end to the ban on the sale of kidneys.The CIHI report reveals that as of Dec.31, 1997, there were 3,072 Canadian patients waiting for an organ transplant.That’s a 68-per-cent increase from 1991, when 1,830 people were awaiting transplants.Of the patients who were on hold at the end of last year, 82 per cent were waiting for a kidney transplant.Another eight per cent were waiting for a liver, while heart and heart-lung patients represented about four per cent, kidney-pancreas patients accounted for two per cent, and lung transplant patients represented three per cent.The biggest problem is in Ontario.Patients listed for transplant in that province represented 48 per cent of all Canadians on waiting lists.Another 21 per cent were from Quebec and 12 per cent were from British Columbia.The Atlantic and Prairie provinces accounted for a combined total of 19 per cent.The figures were derived from the 1998 report of the Canadian Organ Replacement Register (CORR), a national database that records, analyzes and reports the activity of vital organ transplants and renal dialysis.It is managed by the CIHI, an independent, non-profit Ottawa-based organization formed in 1994 to collect data about the Canadian health system.Data was obtained from 28 transplant hospitals, 86 dialysis centres and eight organ procurement organizations.Dr.Paul Greig, chairman of the CORR’s board of directors, said in a statement that the Canadian organ donation rate has increased by only 22 per cent from 1992 to 1996.“In fact, Canada’s rate was among the lowest of all developed countries," he observed.He said that in 1996, there were 14.1 organ donors for every million Canadians, compared with Spain's rate of 26.8 donors per million, and the U.S.rate of 17.1 donors per million.“This report clearly indicates the need to increase public awareness about organ donations and to make improvements to facilitate organ donations,” said Greig.“We know that Canadians are willing to donate organs.It will now be our challenge to find the best way to facilitate this awareness." Although the report does not advocate an end to the ban on the sale of kidneys, its finding will likely give ammunition to those who do say such a change should occur.Earlier this month, eight medical specialists wrote a detailed letter on kidney sales to the British medical journal The Lancet.They wrote that “there are lots of people suffering unnecessarily” because demand for organs so dramatically outstrips supply.The sale of organs is illegal in most countries including Canada and is condemned by the World Health Organization.Many experts fear that offering money would lead to exploitation of the poor and the uneducated, who might sell a body part without proper knowledge of the health risks.But advocates for organ sales note that humans have two kidneys and can live healthy lives with just one.In 1996, there were 1,557 organ transplants in Canada.Of those, kidneys accounted for about 61 per cent of the procedures, followed by livers (23 per cent), hearts (11 per cent) and lungs (five per cent).Dr.John Jeffery, a kidney specialist who is a member of the CORR’s advisory committee, said in a statement that “increasing kidney donations would help improve the quality of life for individuals and yield considerable cost-savings to the health-care system.” For patients with impaired kidneys, often the result of diabetes, the only form of treatment other than transplant is renal dialysis.But the CIHI noted the cost per kidney transplant is about $50,000 over five years, compared with $250,000 for the same period to maintain a patient on dialysis.“For every 100 successful kidney transplants, the cost-savings to the health-care system are estimated at $20 million,” said Greig. THEi Friday, July 17, 1998 page 9 MPs must reimburse Commons for costs related to election campaigns.Lobby group says Liberals owe taxpayers $43,000 By Tim Naumetz For Southam News Ottawa The Liberal party should repay taxpayers the $43,389 that Prime Minister Jean Chretien's office contributed to the Liberal campaign for the federal election last year, says a national lobby group.The money, which came from public coffers, covered the value of government salaries paid to Chretien’s assistants who accompanied him during the five-week campaign and is disclosed in the Liberal party’s election expense returns.“The Liberal party of Canada should pay that money back to the taxpayers,” Walter Robinson, national director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said Tuesday.Once Parliament is dissolved for the election, no major government policy changes or decisions are made and most prime ministerial functions are performed by the Governor General, Robinson argued.He said Chretien’s aides were performing primarily a political function for the purpose of the campaign.Following guidelines set down by chief electoral officer Jean-Pierre Kingsley, the Liberal party reported the salaries as party expenses and also recorded the total amount as a political contribution from the government of Canada.After the 1993 election, during which Chretien was Opposition leader, the Liberal party reported government of Canada contributions totalling $60,000 in the same manner.No other parties reported similar contributions from the public purse for last year's campaign.A spokesman for Reform Leader Preston Manning said Manning’s aides who were on the public payroll and accompanied him for the campaign took unpaid leave from the Commons.The Reform party paid them for the campaign period, said press aide Jim Armour.An acting spokesman for the Bloc Québécois, the official Opposition during last year’s campaign and the only other party with a publicly financed leader’s office at the time, said Tuesday he did not know how the party arranged its election expenses for parliamentary staff.Chretien’s press secretary, Patrick Parrisot, said he did not know why the Liberal party chose to keep the prime minister’s aides on the public payroll during the campaign and record their salaries as political contributions from the government.Parrisot referred questions to the national director of the Liberal party, Terry Mercer.Mercer was unavailable for comment.Elections Canada media officer Nancy MacLeod said the Liberals also had the option of taking Chretien's aides off the public payroll, paying them from party coffers and declaring that as an election expense.Instead, the party listed the salaries as a contribution from the government after asking Elections Canada for advice.MPs are allowed to keep their Ottawa and riding offices running during election campaigns, even though Parliament has been dissolved.However, House of Commons rules stipulate that the MPs must reimburse the Commons for any costs from their office budgets which might be used toward their election campaigns.The manual of allowances and services for MPs also reminds them that they must follow Elections Canada rules for recording expenses and contributions during the campaign period.It is customary for MPs to give their Commons-paid staff unpaid leave or vacations if they work on their re-election, said Commons spokesman Morgan Elliott.Kingsley’s guidelines for election expenses of registered political parties were issued with the disclaimer that they are his “interpretation” of the Canada Elections Act and were designed to help political parties and their agents comply with the act.The guidelines say that when the staff of cabinet ministers or party leaders help promote the party during an election, the costs of their involvement during normal working hours, including their salaries and other costs such as travel and living expenses, must be included as an election expense of the party.If the government foots the bill, it must be recorded as a political contribution to the party from the government, said MacLeod.“Total nonsense” that feds are biased against men: women’s group says By Chris Cobb $outham News Ottawa A national women’s lobby group, already locked in a battle with the federal government over funding, is angry at suggestions that government policy discriminates against men.The National Action Committee on the Status of Women also says a proposed class action suit against the federal government by a coalition of men's groups is “nothing short of preposterous.” “To actually begin with the premise that men and women are equal in Canada is factually wrong,” said NAC president Joan Grant-Cummings.“Full-time working women make less than 73 cents for every dollar that men make.Women are without a doubt sexually harassed, assaulted and raped incomparably more than men and by men .so to say that the federal judicial system and spending programs are biased against men is total nonsense.” NAC is irked by Reform party Status of Women critic Inky Mark who says the $17-million spent by the federal government on women’s programs needs close examination and an audit.“What Inky Mark, the Reform party and the so-called men’s groups are conveniently forgetting," added Grant-Cummings, “is the historical.institutionalized, systematic discrimination that women have encountered and continue to face in our daily lives -something that most men have not and do not.” Men’s groups across the country are largely concerned with one issue: custody and access of children after separation and divorce.They say the justice system automatically favors women and discriminates against fathers who are routinely denied access to their children, often by former spouses who ignore court orders.The groups say it is discriminatory to fund women’s groups - several of which have been given grants to study access issues - and deny men and grandparent groups, the same funding.Men’s groups say they do not advocate funding cuts to women’s groups, only equal access to federal money.Multiculturalism-Status of Women Canada is the federal department that funds women's groups through its $17-million budget.About $9 million goes towards departmental costs and the rest in grants to women’s groups or programs.NAC, and its provincial affiliates, got large sums of money last year.The NEW PAIN RELIEF DRUG APPROVED (SPECIAL) A product that has provided pain relief for millions of US consumers has now been approved for sale in Canada.ARTHUR ITIS™ has proven to be effective in the treatment of pain due to debilitating conditions such as arthritis, bursitis, rheumatism, joint and muscle aches, backache and more.Through its dual action formulation, ARTHUR ITIS™ offers a unique and effective alternative to the millions of Canadians affected by arthritis and seeking new ways to relieve pain while enhancing mobility and flexibility.ARTHUR ITIS™ is a unique and effective combination of two proven ingredients which work together to provide immediate and long lasting pain relief.When used as directed, pain in the affected area can be completely eliminated.ARTHUR ITIS™ is an odourless, greaseless, nonstaining cream, available immediately without a prescription and offers a money back guarantee.ARTHUR ITIS™ is now available only in pharmacies Use only as directed €> Onyx Health Products Inc., Mississauga, ON national office of the feminist lobby group got $243,675 for its operating expenses.But NAC, and other women's groups, are fighting changes to Status of Women funding guidelines.“ WHITE HOUSE” UticAdUcL - mm PM'M A Family Style Residence for Senior Citizens New: Apartment available.Perfect for couple 1 Dufferin, Stanstead, Que.876-2013 Private rooms Balanced home cooking Strictly non-smoking Personnel 24 hr/day page 10 Friday, July 17, 1998 THEi Classes for all ages to begin Sept.19 Dance courses to celebrate Irish heritage ; h ¦PflSSI By Cathy Watson Record Correspondent Richmond This fall members of the Richmond St.Patrick’s Society will be realizing something they’ve had on their wish list for a long time - and ensuring the continuity of their Irish heritage in a new way.They have organized Irish dance courses to begin in September, with an experienced professional Irish dance teacher to lead the steps.“We want to make our Irish heritage alive, especially for the young people, through music and dance,” said cultural development committee co-chair Terry Doyle.Along with co-chairperson Ann Clark, Doyle has been planning for the classes, to begin Sept.19, as well as conducting research into other possible ways to promote Irish culture.Doyle said the visit of Quebec Lieutenant Governor Lise Thibeault was a catalyst in the process of organizing this first step in their plans.“We’ve had a feeling in our hearts through the society for a long time, but Mme.Thibeault inspired us when she said ‘oser’ (dare) and we took it to heart,” said Doyle.Other projects the committee hopes to accomplish are further courses in Irish culture such as music and theatre, as well as the establishment of the hall where the courses will be given as a familiar meeting place and centre for Irish cultural development.“It’s fun to get an idea and make it a reality,” said Clark.“We start each of our meetings with a prayer to St.Patrick, and we’ve overcome every little glitch that’s come along - somebody somewhere is speaking for us!” The society had a stroke of luck when they signed Eileen Moran as their dance teacher.At 25, this young, energetic teacher has been dancing for 23 years.“I was going to lessons when I was two,” said Moran, who started taking Irish dance courses along with her older siblings and continued out of a thirst for her culture and a love of the art.“Dancing was a way to show where 1 came from - both my parents are Irish.When you went to a family party, everybody did something maybe they sang an Irish song or told an Irish joke.Dancing was my thing to do,” she said.After several years of lessons, Moran was asked to become an assistant teacher at the age of 13 and has been teaching ever since, receiving her certification from Ireland two-and-a-half years ago.She now teaches in several places and runs the Moran Academy of Irish Dance.As for the Richmond group, there are 40 students already registered before the society has even publicized the courses.The plan is to create five groups with a maximum of 15 students per group, four-year-olds being the youngest accepted and no upper age limit.Moran said the groups will be divided by age, but all starting at the same level.“No matter their age, they all start with the same thing - they’re beginners - it’s just a matter of how fast they go on to the next level,” she said.“There are over 100 dances possible, but they should learn at least two dances before Christmas - a reel and a jig.” To the youngsters who will participate in these courses, the ‘slip jig’ or the ‘horn pipe’ may seem to be just dances, but the parents and grandparents who come to watch them perform will see the shoots of their Irish roots growing stronger.“That’s the meaning of the society, to plant that seed of our Irish heritage and that’s exactly what we’re doing,” said St.Pat’s vice-president Mark O’Donnell.The St.Pat’s Society is planning another event of interest in the near future.On Aug.16 there will be a bus trip to Montreal to visit various Irish points of interest followed by mass at St.Patrick’s Cathedral and supper.All interested can contact Ralph Smith at Voyage Vasco in Richmond.Historical Archives Get New Home Career CATHY WATSON/RECORD CORRESPONDENT The Richmond County Historical Society will be officially opening their new archive location to the public on Sunday during the annual ice cream social.The archives will now be housed in the old library of the Melbourne Township Town Hall and will be open by appointment (tel: 826-1332 or 826-2303.) The museum itself will be open for the summer Wednesday to Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m.Historical material such as old photographs, ledgers from local businesses, 500 Iate-I9th and early-20th RECORD News from Pope Memorial School in Bury Bury The Christmas Concert put on by the children and staff was well attended and was enjoyed by all.Children from Levels 1 to 6 visited St.Paul’s Home and Grandview Manor to sing Christmas songs and share Christmas cheer with the residents.The school committee and staff together donated a turkey dinner to students and staff.Shelley and Randy Chapman donated one of the large turkeys, candy was donated by Cookshire IGA, and Kay Olson, school commissioner handed out candy canes.School commenced for the students on January 6, but was cancelled on January 8th and 9th, due to the ice storm and lack of power in some areas.During the winter months, the teachers organized several clubs to be held at noon hour for those who wished to participate.Through Mr.Rodrigue, French Second Language Teacher, the children participated in “La Dictée P.G.L.” put on by the Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie.The Bury Girls Basketball team did well at the Eastern Townships Basketball Tournament held at Galt on Feb.13.The boys basketball team also played well.The theme of this year’s French/Fun Day was “Olympic Day." A student from each team chose from a hat to see which country they would be representing.Each team of students from Kindergarten to Grade 6 made up their own flag which they carried to each event.Another event involving much outdoor activity was the cub camp held at Pope Memorial held in February.The cubs arrived at the school 6 on Friday and set up their tents in the gym.Leaders Steve Barter, Luc Rodrique, Julie Heath and parents, Walter Dougherty and Teresa Jacldin took the cubs snow-shoeing to a campfire where they toasted marshmallows and told scary stories.They returned to the gym for hot chocolate and settled in for the night.The next day they went cross-country skiing and sliding, made crafts and made and baked their own dinner rolls, with the help from leaders, parents and Venturers Justin Fleury, Jenny Fleury, Angie Perkins, Rocky Coates and Albert Lebourveau.They also made snow sculptures and a huge snowman.On March 17, the gym was the scene of St.Patrick’s Day Assembly.Students NOTICE The Record welcomes your community news and other social notes, but also reserves the right to edit for length or clarity.Thank you.from Kindergarten to Grade 6 joined the chorus to Irish tunes.The songs were led by Milton and Marian Goodwin on the violin and piano.A Badminton Fun Night was attended by several students at Galt in April and a Badminton tournament at Sherbrooke Elementary in May.Adam Jacklin won the Quiz contest in the Gazette and won a Flash t-shirt.Catherine Dougherty won the Regional final in the Dictée P.G.L.Stephanie Bennett won the note pad contest, drawing the logo for the Bury Sunrays.Kathleen Usher, a naturalist, visited the children on April 21, talking about the importance of trees as oxygen producers.Sonja Dunn visited in May.She is an author from Toronto and participated in the Language Arts Festival held at Bishop’s University on May 8.Fourteen students attended from Pope Memorial.On May 14, the annual Public Speaking Competition took place.The program began with opening remarks by the principal, Barry Magwood.Chairpersons were Jessie-Sue Barter, Catherine Dougherty, Charles Gregoire-Jacques and Kaja Verret-Holding.Prize winners were: Level 1: Nathan Taillon, Jeremy Simonneau, Kevin Coates.Level 2: Sabrina Johnson, Shawna Sylvester, Xavier Verret-Holding.Level 3: Arend Slinger, Kassandra Bélanger, Matthew Maclver, Michael Bennett.Level 4: Andrew Coleman, Chris Grey, David MacAulay.Level 5: Kaja Verret, Thomas Coates, Daniel Coleman.Level 6: Catherine Dougherty, Stephanie Bennett, Jessie-Sue Barter, Thanks to all who participated.Musical intermissions took place as the judges deliberated.On June 11 graduation ceremonies were held for students going on to Galt.The program began with 0 Canada, followed by a message from the principal, Mr.Magwood.Piano recitals, poems, skits and songs, Last Will and Testaments by Grade 6, Valedictorian Speech by Stephanie Bennett and the presentation of diplomas to graduates.The presentation of awards are as follows: Dr.Margueriete Knapp Award to Stephanie Bennett and Catherine Dougherty.Clifford Lowe Memorial Award to Stephanie Bennett and Jessie-Sue Barter.Le prix de perfectionnement en français.Achievement, Catherine Dougherty; Effort, Stephanie Bennett.Robin Rowell Memorial Shield, Stephanie Bennett.Refreshments and a dance followed.The theme for the graduation was“Reach for the Stars.” On June 18 and 19, Grades 5 and 6 enjoyed a trip to Montreal.While there they toured the Molson Centre, walked to the downtown shopping areas.They attended a Houdini Illusionist/Magic Show in the Old Port.They took in adventures on the SOS Labrinyth Cargo Ship in the Old Port, went to the Cos-modome in Laval, where they had supper and evening activities.They slept there overnight and the next day went to the Bromont waterslides and then back home, to conclude a great time.Commissioner Kay Olson who retired North 07-17-98 West Q J 8 8 5 4 K J 9 5 9 7 6 East / 9 8 2 10 8 7 3 J 8 5 4 2 6 5 A A 4 3 2 a ¥ A K Q 10 7 v ?6 2 ?A 10 3 * South a K 10 9 ¥ J 6 ?A Q 4 A A K Q Vulnerable: Both Dealer: South South West North East 1 A 2 ¥ 2 A Pass 4 A Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: ¥ A More care is needed By Phillip Alder If you are suffering from a sense of déjà vu, don’t worry.This deal is remarkably similar to yesterday’s.In that deal, we looked at the forcing defense.This occurs when declarer must ruff a side suit in his hand and in the process has his trumps reduced to fewer than those of an opponent, either immediately or eventually.This deal features the same theme, but the key defender, West, must be careful if he wishes to defeat the contract.How should the play go in four spades?West starts with three top hearts.After ruffing.South leads a trump.Yesterday, when the dummy had four hearts, West could win immediately with the spade ace and play a fourth heart, forcing declarer to death.Here, though, if West wins the fourth trick and leads another hearts, declarer ruffs in the dummy and discards a minorsuit card from hand.He leads dummy's last trump, overtakes in his hand, draws all the missing trumps, and claims his contract.The key point is that declarer can ruff in the dummy, preventing his trump length from being reduced below West’s.Instead, West must duck this round of trumps and the next.At that point, if declarer plays another spade, West can win with the ace and lead a heart, which declarer must ruff with his last trump.He may cash four minor-suit winners, but West ruffs the next trick and cashes a heart for two down.To get out for one down, declarer must abandon trumps.If you are trying to push declarer’s trump length below yours, make sure he cannot take a ruff in the dummy, keeping his trump length unaffected.this year after serving 26 years on the school boards was presented with a plaque at a wine and cheese party at Pope Memorial School.Teachers who are leaving Pope Memorial School are Debbie Harrison, Julie Heath, and Rodney Milonja.The school committees were dissolved this year to be replaced by “Governing Boards.” Nina Rowell North 07-18-98 a 10 7 6 5 ¥ Q 5 4 ?A 5 2 A A 4 3 West East A 3 2 A ¥ A K J 10 9 6 2 ¥ 8 7 3 ?10 8 ?Q J 9 4 3 A J 6 A Q 10 9 7 2 South AAKQJ984 ¥ ¦ - ?K 7 6 A K 8 5 Vulnerable: East-West Dealer: West South West North East 3 ¥ Pass Pass 4 A Pass 5 A Pass 5 V Pass 6 A All pass Opening lead: ¥ A For the curious By Phillip Alder The English Bridge Union puts out a bimonthly magazine that includes a quiz run by Andrew Kambites.In the December 1997 issue, the readers were given these North-South hands in a six-spade contract after West had opened three hearts.West leads the heart ace, from acè-king.You ruff and draw trumps in two rounds.East shedding a diamond and a club.How would you continue?It is sensible to play that five clubs is a cue-bid showing slam interest in spades with the club ace.With long clubs, bite the bullet and pass out four spades.Kambites says you must assume West started with 2-7-2-2 distribution.After ruffing at trick one and drawing trumps, play, say, a diamond to dummy’s ace, ruff the heart five in hand, cash both minor-suit kings, and lead a club to dummy’s ace.With your preparations complete, call for the heart queen and discard either of your minor-suit losers.West is endplayed.He must return a heart, which allows you to ruff in the dummy and jettison your other minor-suit loser.Your 12 tricks are seven spades, two diamonds, two clubs and one heart ruff in the dummy.Does anything worry you, though?If the word “squeeze" strikes fear into your heart, move on to the comics.Yet it seems to me that declarer does better to discard a minor-suit loser at trick one.West must switch.Suppose he selects a trump.By running all but one of your spades, you have a squeeze whatever the lie of the cards.The only snag is that you must read the end-position.Try it and see. ACROSS 1 With 38A & 10A, equal exchange 5 With 38A & 64A, concise 10 See 1A 14 With 38A & 16A, time after time 15 Golf pitchman Hank 16 See 14A 17 Chaplin's girl 18 Ineptly 20 Play of 1909 22 Weather phenomenon 23 Golfer Ernie 24 Bro's sibling 25 Cellist Pablo 29 Dundee dagger 31 Actor Mineo 34 Russian range 35 With 38A & 40A, unattached 37 With 38A & 39A, sociable 38 Center of 7 clues herein 39 See 37A J E s Tl u C L T 0 0 M E N G ¦ i « ¦ C G 0 A z U R H u M Pi E s P M u S I M U N G A L 0 N G A L A E N 0 T il Thursday's Puzzle Solved La g [n _a N Y WO E A Y S| R S T|R M Aj A II I C A R W A V E [e1 S 0 F A I C F U T D ?s m SEC I S C P A 0 R 0 A F T E R T H T O 0 W U S IF 0 R U Ml IS] E NS El (C)1998Tribune Media Services, Inc.All rights reserved.7/17/M —THE— ._____ record ?»idav.juh- r7 iqqb page 23 CROSSWORD 40 See 35A 43 Metal bolt 44 Draft letters 45 Blighted trees 46 Author Gay 47 Half a Kenyan rebel 48 Women's____ 49 Appalled 52 Anonymous 57 Charlatan 59 Hawaiian island 60 With 38A & 62A, raised 61 Rolls__ 62 See 60A 63 With 38A & 65A, remnants 64 See 5A 65 See 63A DOWN 1 Earth sci.2 Actor Novello 3 I came: Latin 4 Time periods 5 Swindler's assistants 6 Rotating pointers 7 Draft classification 8 Critic Reed 9 Prepare for printing 10 Glacial lakes 11 Against: pref.12 Cologne, to Germans 13 Ares' mother 19 Elder Saarinen 21 Sea shockers 25 Trousers' ends 26 Tapestry in ¦Hamlet- 27 Composer Saint-_ 28 Actor Guinness 29 Loudness units 30 Protuberance 31 Dry, white wine 32 Fools 33 Philippines island 35 Grange 36 Trompe-l'_ 41 Fermenting agent 42 Column groove-makers 43 David, the playwright 46 Traffic citation 47 Thomas and Delbert 48 Joust weapon 49 Christian pulpit 50 Well-behaved 51 British Tory 54 Work for 56 Lather Douglas 55 Lean-to 58 Ship's front 52 Ms.Dunaway 53 Ear part TMSPuzzles @ aol.com By Roger Jurgovan Potomac, MD 7/17/98 ACROSS 1 Exhaust conduit 9 Fleet 15 Absurdity 16 Made rancid 17 Signed on 18 Medicinal solution 19 Map on a map 20 Places incorrectly 21 Tracks persistently 23 Trattoria fare 24 End of an__ 25 Miraculous 31 Veteran's abbr.32 Seethes 33 Dundee dagger 34 Mr.Baba 35 Peter Pan and Eton, e.g.38 Is able 39 Say it_so! 41 *_c'estmoi!" 42 NYC subway line 43 Sound currency j 46 __Aviv-Jaffa, Israel 47 Colorado Rockies owner 48 Surrender formally 49 Clans' patterns 52 Mr.T's outfit 55 “Seinfeld” character 56 Frozen desserts 59 Drudge 60 Baby bed 61 Passover repasts 62 Not in residence DOWN 1 Weekday abbr.2 Columnist Landers 3 Washing out 4 Trotsky and Uris 5 Friends 6 _of Wight 7 Donne or Rimbaud 8 Finale 9 Birthplace of St.Francis 10 Cooks with dry heat •pe/uesai s|L|6(j hv 86/81U 'PUI 'saoiAj8S Bipew eunqux 866t(0) p9A|os e|zznd s,Aep|.y s a a o s a N 3 1 3 3 m s n y o a 3 o a o u a 3 h a XNvasiNnoiAi n h v o 1 S V H 9 V S S 3 1 3 O V d n v w a i i s s s S IAI 1 3 3 S 3 1 V 1 3 3 U d AO N V d 1 3 A I H 3 3 d d a n v A S V 3 s i v y n 3 S O 0 1 1 O O d S 1 V S V 0 3 3 N S TVS S 1 3 S I S V a 1 3 S I d 9 ON I N 1 3 V N O O A11H3dX3N I U 3 A 3 A 3 N V H N O N V 3 A I 9 1 d O H S 3 » V 1 11 Muslim teachers 12 Opera solo 13 Withhold 14 Summer thirst quenchers 20 Type of roof 21 Jump the tracks 22 Ultimatum words 23 Spores 25 Alphabet openers 26 “Barney Miller" co-star Jack 27 Boat steering devices 28 Provocation 29 Approached 30 Docile 36 Sturgeon's eggs 37 Mister 40 Perceptible by touch 44 Repair-shop car 45 Copier additives 48 Rustic retreat 49 Annual Asian holidays 50 Hand-cream ingredient 51 Surprise attack 52 Queequeg's captain 53 Hardy heroine 54 Old Gaelic 56 Mom-&-pop store grp.57 Golfer's mound 58 Sault _ Marie TMSPuzzles@aol.com 7/18/98 By Willy A.Wiseman New York, NY page 24 The Record, Friday, July 17, 1998 «**ry**'g'*f 'V—¦ DOOR OPENING SPECIALS SATURDAY ONLY 8:30-10:30 A.M.Sale prices in effect Friday, July 1 / to closing Sunday, July 19, 1998, while quantities last.Personal shopping only.Some items may have been on sale during the previous week WOMEN'S SUNSHIFTS Cool, comfy polyester-cotton interlock fabric.Choose from short-sleeved and sleeveless.Assorted print and solid Summer brights.Sears reg.24.99.Each 12.49 Available in our Intimate Apparel Department uJ -J-J SUPER 12" OSCILLATING FAN Whisper-quiet table fan with 3-speed motor.Adjustable flow.428030.Sears reg.21.99.Home Environment products available in most stores an extra ____ ^-/ WOMEN'S ALREADY-REDUCED CLEARANCE FASHIONS & ACCESSORIES Excludes outerwear and national brand bras.While quantities last.Savings cannot be combined with any other offers.'-i f—J A 2 U-T-j ALL WOMEN'S REG.-SIZED T-SHIRTS $15 ANDOVER Sears reg.$15-39.Each ysoB 195° Savings cannot be combined with other offers Û-J CRAFTSMAN 8" GRASS TRIMMER Lightweight 'Weedeater' trimmer with 1.8-amp electric motor.#51708.Sears reg.24.99.;J V.CRAFTSMAN DELUXE ROUTER TABLE Steel legs with diecast aluminum top.#70722.Sears reg.139.99.WHITE GOOSE FEATHER PILLOWS Provide medium to firm support.Jumbo size.Cotton percale cover.Sears reg.45.99.Each 1999 ALL KIDS' SPRING AND SUMMER REGULAR-PRICED AND ALREADY-REDUCED CLEARANCE FASHIONS Includes tops, pants, outerwear, sleepwear, fleece and more! 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