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Thought of the Day Well done is better than well said.-Ben Franklin The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Mutual Funds How do yours compare to the best?Call Calvin T.Chan Financial Advisor (819) 573-6006 / 1 800 561-3718 M Merrill Lynch 75 CENTS Friday, October 2, 1998 13 suspicious fires since July 31 Sherbrooke arsonist strikes again PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT mm Fire inspectors will hold a news conference today to talk about the rash of fires.By Cathy Gibson By all accounts it looks like the Sherbrooke firebug has struck again -for the second time in two days, police and fire crews were called to Roy St., this time to douse the flames at Récupex, a clothing and fabric recycling centre located at 2527 Roy St.At about 9:45 p.m.Wednesday, an employee of Les Fruits et Legumes de L’Estrie, a fruit and vegetable warehouse in the same building, smelled smoke.When he went outside to look around, he saw smoke coming from the rear of Récupex and called 911.Although police were unwilling to confirm details about the fire pending the conclusion of the Fire Marshall’s investigation, Cst.Serge Fournier of the Quebec Police Force said, “It looks like the fire started at the back of the building,” adding that police suspect it was started outside.According to Fournier, fire crews were expected to be on the scene until at least 3:00 a.m., their efforts hampered by the sheer volume of flammable materials stored inside the facility.“The clothing and rags are stored in bales,” he said, “these bales weigh about one ton each and they had to remove some of them from the building to make sure they were out.” A damage estimate will not be made available until Friday.Specialists from Montreal have been called in to determine the exact cause and starting point of this fire and to deter-Other suspicious fires in the Sherbrooke area (since July 31,1998) •July 31.1998 Aciers and Métals Bourque, Des Forges St.•Aug.15,1998 Outdoor shed of apartment building, 13th Ave.N.•Aug.22.1998 Theatre in Jacques-Cartier park Athletic shed on University of Sherbrooke campus Municipal Greenhouse, Portland Blvd.•Aug.23,1998 Laundry room of apartment building, Papineau St Shed behind CLSC Gaston-Lessard, King St.E.mine whether or not it is related to other recent fires in the Sherbrooke area.Just one evening earlier, firefighters were battling a blaze at the Cascades recycling centre on the same street.Originally thought to be an accidental fire caused by a mechanical failure, investigators are taking a closer look in light of the Récupex fire Wednesday night.Investigators have not yet determined if they are dealing with one arsonist or several.Police are expected to release the results of the specialists’s report today.Garage, Assomption St.•Aug.25.1998 Stairwell in apartment building, 13th Ave.N.•Sept.12,1998 Pavillion Univestrie, University of Sherbrooke campus •Sept.26.1998 Pavillion Marie-Victorin, University of Sherbrooke campus •Sept.29,1998 Cascades recycling centre, Roy St.• Sept.30,1998 Récupex recylcing centre, Roy St.Mine owner asks Quebec for $65 million loan guarantee JM Asbestos needs cash to continue renovations By Stephen McDougall Special to The Record Asbestos JrM Asbestos president Bernard [ Coulombe is determined to keep the asbestos mine here going despite weak demand for the fibre.He is also hoping the Quebec government can help by guaranteeing part of a $65-million loan.“We don’t want a grant, just a partial guarantee on a bank loan,” he said in an interview with The Record Thursday."We can guarantee $40 million of the loan, but we need 70 per cent of the remainder backed up by Quebec,” Coulombe said the money is needed because of a shortfall in sales to its Asian clients.The shortfall forced the mine to layoff 160 employees in August.He said the money will go to completing an underground shaft started two years ago.So far, the project has tied up $49 million of mine revenue, and a further $65 million is needed to complete it within the next two years.“When we started this project, no one could foresee that Asia would have an economic slump,” he said.“Now that sales are down, we need some help.” Coulombe, who is majority shareholder of JM Asbestos, said without government backing, the mine will not expand and future jobs would be at risk.“This is a temporary situation, but without help, this mine could disappear in the future.We are not like the See asbestos, page 4 SUZUKI CANADA 1973 I 1998 THE HEW"™ SUZUKI VITARA 1999 FROM *22,995 GRAND VITARA JX MANUAL 1999 TRANSPORT AND PREPARATION EXTRA $895 • PHOTO MAY DIFFER ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DRIVE ONE AUTO CENTRE 4367 Bourque Blvd., Rock Forest (619) 564-1600 • 1-800-567-425Î page 2 Friday, October 2, 1998 loto-quëbe Draw 98-09-30 10 15 22 25 32 34 BONUS NUMBER: 37 6/6 WINNERS 0 PRIZES $ 2 131 850,90 5/6+ 5 $ 127 911,00 5/6 204 $ 2 508,00 4/6 12 838 $ 76,40 3/6 253 652 $10 Total sales: $ 15 111 604,00 Next grand prize (approx.): $ 5 ooo 000,00 HJrrg 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like he can’t make up his mind on when to hold a general election.But he has.It looks like it will be this fall.When Bouchard’s much-anticipated cabinet shuffle turned into a non-shuffle last week, most of the talking head commentators agreed that he had decided to delay the election call until spring.I think they missed the point.The way I see it, he’s decided just the opposite.Almost all Bouchard’s ministers kept their jobs.A few veterans shed second or third portfolios in favor of two or three new faces around the table but nobody got even a little boot downstairs, let alone the big boot out the cabinet door.So no one was embarrassed.For their part the three newcomers were fetched from the stable, hosed down, cleaned up and put out on display, much like this year’s heifers before the fair.This was done so Bouchard could show that, contrary to popular opinion, the Parti Québécois is not made up entirely of people older than he is, the leftovers of governments past who simply don’t know when to quit.Unlike a usual cabinet shuffle, this time there’s no bitter, failed ex-minister abandoned without notice beside the road, suddenly and brutally deprived of the cabinet’s generous perks - bigger pay cheques, car and chauffeur, briefcase carrier, telephone carrier, umbrella carrier - and just as important, all that prestige.With an election coming soon, the premier is thinking, any decapitations can wait.As well, the cabinet’s many old-timers won’t have big new jobs to screw up during the next few months, while the three new members (with virtually no power in their carefully chosen miniministries) will be too busy finding the executive bathrooms to do much public wrong.Add this up and what does it mean?It means Bouchard believes he can go into an election with none of his cabi- net sporting an embarrassing new tattoo on their forehead.There are lot of other signs too.1) Bernard Landry, Mr.Big Dreams himself, capped off a good week of major giveaways by offering the Montreal Convention Centre enough money to double in size.The federal government had been holding back the announcement of its share of the deal, so to make himself look better, Landry generously offered to pay both Quebec and Ottawa’s shares up front.Total cost: $185 million, including $59 million the feds are supposed to pay back.More important to Landry and Bouchard, construction will start almost immediately - and just in time for the campaign.2) Up against the money wall for several years, our hospitals finally seem to be getting a hint of financial relief -ironically from the same government that so recklessly squeezed them dry.It started last week when the government-imposed fusion of hospitals in the Quebec City area was suddenly halted at the halfway point.People in that city liked the idea of a single super hospital even less than Sherbrookers did when the same sort of plan was imposed here.When better to call it off than, well, just before an election?3) Any Expos fans reading this?Remember this summer when the baseball team said it would have to leave Montreal if the government refused to help pay for a new stadium downtown?Mr.Bouchard responded that if he were to spend more money it would be on the hospitals rather than professional sports.Refer to No.2 above.Now that the health sector has been given a few treats, it’s time for the boys of summer.Don’t believe it?Bouchard meets next week with baseball commissioner Bud Selig.You can bet they won’t be talking about the language of signs.The ques:-tion will be ‘How can Quebec help the Expos?’ and the answer will be money money money.The cash won’t come from the government itself, but watch Premier Lucien Bouchard ' Quebec Liberal leader Jean Charest for two cash-rich agencies, the huge pension fund La Caisse de Depot et Placement du Québec and the gambling agency Loto-Québec, to suddenly take an interest in downtown real estate - a new ballpark to be precise.After the dust settles from that surprise, Mr.Bouchard will make the final call.Quebec’s municipal elections are set for Nov.1.A typical provincial election campaign takes four to five weeks.My prediction: Bouchard announces the election just after the cabinet meeting the next morning, Nov.2.The vote will be Monday, Dec.7.Anyone want to bet?Charles Bury BEN ® by DANIEL SHELTON ‘ I CANT RELIEVE- HE ITS OKAY, (TEAR, HE POESNT KNOW AN?IN THE MEANTIME?IN THE MEANTIME.PE PREPARE?TO APOLOGIZE/ A LOT' I THINK THE 0E5T THING TO PQ IS TO IGNORE HIM.HE LL FORGET ALL ABOUT IT IN A FEW PAYS! -* Friday, Octobkr 2, 1998 rage 3 Compromise on BMP Hospital signs falls short Politics taking precedence over health care:MNA By Rita Legault Sherbrooke A decision to limit English on signs at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital is unacceptable because it limits access to health and social services, say anglo rights activists in the Eastern Townships and the local Liberal MNA.This is humiliating for the English community, Brome Missisquoi MNA Pierre Paradis said in an interview from Quebec City.“Anglophones founded this hospital, paid for this hospital and they never took any measures to limit access for francophones,” Paradis commented, adding that the government should be more concerned with access to health and social services than politicking.“I’m not proud of this,” he said.“This is not the spirit ofTownshippers.” “It’s always maddening when a government body makes a decision for a community that goes against community consensus,” adds the president of Townshippers’ Association, Gary Richards.“The signs issue was never even noticed or mattered at the BMP until someone decided to rat and create trouble,” Richards said, adding that the administration, Townshippers' and members of the community “got together in a civilized way” to come up with a reasonable recommendation to OLF inconsistent in approving acceptable English words Staff A nglophones going to the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital in Cowansville will be able to find bilingual signs indicating where they must go for surgery - but that English word was outlawed by Quebec’s French language protection agency for use at the Centre universitaire de santé de TEstrie in Sherbrooke.Language bureaucrats at the Office de la langue française and the Commission de protection de la langue française recently agreed with the recommendations of a BMP committee by permitting the use of 15 different English terras which are very different from the French ones.During a similar debate at the CUSE almost two years ago, language bureaucrats agreed to a limited number of bilingual signs as long as they were accompanied by the French term in letters twice the size as their English translations.Among the translations pre-ap-proved by the Office were: Consulta- tions externes/Outpatient clinic; Centre de prélevement/Blood sampling; Passerelle/foot passage; Tomographie axiale/Scanner; Service de trauma-tologie/Trauma service; Soins intensive/ Intensive care; Centre de rendez-vous/Appointment centre; Bloc opératoire/Operating room; and Chirurgie mineure/Day Surgery.The office had agreed to a few other terms, but changed their minds at the last minute.The suddenly offensive terms included: Chirurgie/Surgery - which now seems to be acceptable for use in Cowansville.It also prohibited the following translations at the CUSE: Archives/Medical records; Resonance magnétique/ Magnetic resonance unit; and Services des plaintes/Complaints.CUSE administrators pointed out the list was not restrictive, and other English words may be allowed as long as they’re approved by the Office de la langue française."Anglophones founded this hospital, paid for this hospital and they never took any measures to limit access for francophones" - MNA Pierre Paradis language bureaucrats.“All of the players in this did their best in a difficult situation,” he said, “but to me this is the bottom rung of satisfaction.” MNA Paradis said the board and administration worked hard to come to an acceptable compromise to ensure anglophones were well served at the BMP.“We had the choice between this (compromise) and the daily reduction of access to services,” he said.”We are very disappointed that politics has taken precedence over health and it’s health and access to health care we are interested in,” said Marissa Tessier, co-chair of the health and social services committee at Townshippers.Tessier said English on signs sends the message to anglophones they are welcome.She said that visual access is important to ensure anglophones have real access to health and social services guaranteed by law.“I think that the client, as the minister intended, should be at centre of health care,” she said, adding that limiting English signs limits access.“The fact that there are some signs at Another new Record location The Record is now available at: Dépanneur Chez Renaud 197 rue St.Georges Windsor DUKE, NOBLE, General Partnership Ça Chartered Accountants A.Jackson Noble, C.A.164-A 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like it that Eaton’s doesn’t have signs in English, go shop somewhere else.But you have no choice but to go to a hospital.” Paradis said he’s quite comfortable with Law 90 that restricts the use of English on commercial signs.“I’m prepared to politick over signs, but not over health,” he said.A company in Magog is looking for an ambitious and dedicated secretary receptionist who; • Act as a receptionist • Form letters and other documents • Coordinate communication • Provide administrative support Required qualifications: • Bilingual 5/5 (spoken and written) •Knowledge of Excell, Word, Internet and other office software • Work well under pressure • Excellent organization skills Salary is based on education and experience.Send your résumé/C.V.to: P.O.Box 697 Magog, Quebec J1X 5A8 page 4 Friday, October 2, 1998 THEi Mine has a good credit rating ASBESTOS: Continued from page 1 Expos,” he said, referring to appeals the Montreal baseball team has made to the Quebec government for a new stadium.Coulombe said the application for the guarantee was well-received by government officials, and he seemed confident it would be approved.“We spend between $50 million and $60 million a year in this region.If we have to cut back further, the local economy will suffer.” He added the mine has a good credit rating with Quebec, having paid back two previous loans totaling $60 million.He said without government backing, construction on the underground shaft would be discontinued and those already laid off would have no chance of being called back to work.“Before the Asian slump, we were selling 200,000 tons of asbestos fibre a year.Now we are down to 118,000.We expect the slump will pass and the Asian countries will increase their orders.” He said the possibility of a fall provincial election also increases the chances the government will approve the loan guarantee.The mine, which now has 445 employees, has seen better days.In the 1970s, it employed over 2,000 people and sold upwards of 600,000 tons of asbestos fibre per year around the world.But concerns over health risks with the fibre, coupled with less demand for asbestos construction materials, caused a downturn at the mine by 1980.Coulombe spent a month this summer touring six Asian countries, trying to shore up demand and discuss new deals with customers.He said despite the slump, countries like China will still expand private and public building projects that require asbestos.“The market for asbestos is migratory.After the Second World War, the United States and Europe needed our fibre for reconstruction.Now the demand is in Asia.And once they have built what they need, countries in Africa will need our fibre.We just have to follow the demand.” One project he hopes to start soon is a factory to make specialized asbestos-based construction products for more expensive houses.“In Japan, there are high-priced homes that use asbestos-based roofing shingles.This is a niche market we could tap into if we can tough out this slump.1 think in the next two years, things will be back to normal.” He said a major challenge JM Asbestos faces is competition from Bell As- bestos and Lake Asbestos mines in nearby Thetford Mines.“They don’t need to build new shafts like we do, so there expenses are low compared to ours.” He said his company continues to work with the federal government in their efforts to overturn a 1997 ban of the fibre by the French government.“We want to tell France not to ban asbestos.Restrict it and regulate it if you must, but don’t ban it, because there are jobs at stake here.” Musical bandits are part of band of thieves By Maurice Crossfield The Quebec Police Force is investigating three Wednesday burglaries, including one at the Guitabec factory in La Patrie.At 11:44 p.m.on Wednesday the alarm at the guitar factory went off, and a police cruiser was sent to the scene.Finding nothing wrong the alarm was reset and the police left.At 1:47 a.m.Thursday the alarm went off again, and when police arrived again they discovered the break- in.The thief or thieves entered the Guitabec plant through a broken window and made off with five electric guitars.QPF spokesman Cst Serge Dubord said the guitars are estimated to be worth $1,500 each.Earlier in the day Wednesday police were called to a burglarized home on the 7th Range Road in Saint-Denis-de-Brompton.Thieves there had broken in, stealing a computer, television and other household items.The value of the stolen goods is estimated at $5,000.The owner of the private residence contacted police at 5 p.m., after returning home from work.The break-in is believed to have taken place during the day.A second break in was also reported in Saint-Denis-de-Brompton later in the evening.Thieves broke into a house on Route 249, this time making off with about $7,800 worth of home electronics and other valuables.Dubord said police have not confirmed if the two Brompton break-ins were connected.The Val St-François detachment of the QPF is continuing its investigation.Employment Insurance Premium Rebate Considering that many private sector employers are ready to help respond to the challenge of youth unemployment and to give young people a chance, Finance Minister Paul Martin proposed in his February 24, 1998 budget a new federal program for the hiring of young Canadians.This new program will enable approximately 1.25 million eligible employers to obtain an employment insurance (El) premium rebate for employees between the ages of 18 to 24, for 1999 and 2000.Under this program, total El premiums paid by an employer for these employees in 1999 and 2000 will remain at the level of premiums paid in 1998.To benefit from this program, employers should immediately record the insurable El earnings of employees between the ages of 18 and 24.The base amount of insurable El earnings for these employees in 1998 should be used to calculate the rebate receivable in 1999 and 2000.TO OBTAIN A REBATE, EMPLOYERS CAN EITHER: • Claim a refund of premiums paid when Tax Talks they file their T4 tax form; or • Stop paying premiums for the above-mentioned group of employees when the 1998 base amount is reached.Regardless of the method selected, employers will have to claim the rebate in writing when filing T4 tax forms for 1999 and 2000.In addition, if an employer is part of a group of associated employers, the rebate should be calculated for the whole group.Do not hesitate to see your accountant or tax specialist in order to check whether you qualify for this new program.Nathalie Côté, CA Taxation Department Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton General Partnership LA FORCE DU CONSEIL Crime squad finds underground greenhouse By Maurice Crossfield The Quebec Police Force was kept busy Thursday, busting an underground greenhouse and two suspected marijuana dealers.Thursday afternoon the Estrie Organized Crime squad of the QPF raided a property on Ballerina Road in Frelighs-burg.There they found an underground pot growing facility, accessible only through a tunnel.QPF spokesman Cst.Serge Dubord said the facility was apparently used year-round, and was linked to a house on the property.Inside, police recovered about 200 baby plants and between 300 and 400 mature plants.As of Thursday evening no arrests had been made in connection with the raid, however police were expecting to track down the property owner in the coming days.Dubord said because of what was found at the scene the police called in a special squad from the Montreal garrison of the QPF that specializes in investigating goods bought with the proceeds of crime.They are continuing their investigation to determine if the home was bought with the proceeds of the underground garden.Meanwhile at the other end of the Townships police have arrested one adult and one minor in connection with an investigation into a marijuana vending operation.At 10:45 a.m.Thursday members of the Windsor Police and the Quebec Police Force entered an apartment on St-Georges Street.There they found a small quantity of marijuana and equipment they say was used to sell the illicit weed.Arrested at the scene was an 18-year-old man.He will be charged by summation with possession of marijuana with the intent to sell.Shortly after noon the police struck again, this time hitting an apartment on 18th Avenue in Windsor.TTiere they got a very small quantity of pot.This time they arrested a 17-year-old male.He will be charged by summation with simple possession.Dubord said the raids came as a result of an investigation into a group selling pot at the local high school.Read The Record.m w-' wi % iHüxls « Salt • ' C^0:+:/^^0C Friday, October 2, 1998 page 5 '-THEM Record Beckwith Bemis wins bidding war Local businessman takes ownership of U.S.company CATHY GIBSON Luc Pinard, director of Fonds régionale de solidarité', Sherbrooke mayor Jean Perrault, and Blair McIntosh, president/CEO of Beckwith Bemis welcome expanded company.By Cathy Gibson Sherbrooke Chalk one up for the little guy.In the face of competition from several large U.S.competitors, Blair McIntosh, president and CEO of Beckwith Bemis, has brought ownership of the manufacturing company to Sherbrooke.“I was up against some pretty stiff competition in my effort to purchase the place, because they had offers from competitors with very deep pockets -big companies, said McIntosh.It was touch and go for a while.” Previously held by 60 U.S.shareholders from two families, McIntosh and his partners, the FTQ.Regional Solidarity Fund began to pursue ownership about 18 months ago.When McIntosh initially approached the families about purchasing the company, shareholders contacted KPMG, an accounting firm in Montreal, to examine his proposition.“These guys (KPMG) brought in everybody and their dog to look at it including many competitors from the United States,” said McIntosh.“So I went back to the drawing board with the shareholders and structured something that, under the circumstances, made a lot of sense.I had also established friendships and relationships with these people, so they had a lot of trust in me.Finally they decided that 1 was the guy.” McIntosh, who has a seven-year history with the company, was originally hired as a consultant.After completing several marketing projects, he was offered a position as director of marketing, then after a change in administration three years ago, McIntosh was appointed president - a welcome promotion but not without its difficulties.“The reality of it was the decisions were really being made in the U.S.even though I was the president of the company," said McIntosh.“The decisions were being made by absentee owners who came up here once in a blue moon and called the shots.They drained a lot of money out of here and brought it down to their U.S.operation.” This fact was not lost on the employees of Beckwith Bemis, even though there was no direct communication about the nature of the difficulties McIntosh was facing.“Without having told the employees specifically about the problems we were having,” said McIntosh, “they knew and they became sensitive to what was going on here.We didn’t want to dis- courage them by letting them know there were internal politics going on here because at the same time all of this was happening the company was still humming.” According to John Crosby, a 25-year employee at the plant, one visit from the U.S.owners in particular proved to be something of a watershed event.“About a year and half ago,” he said, “someone came up here (from the U.S.) with a bunch of crazy ideas and spent a bunch of money but it didn’t really make things any better.They’re buying it (the plant) because they wanted to get away from them down there.” McIntosh says that’s a pretty fair assessment, adding that now that owner- ship has been consolidated to Sherbrooke, they can put the politics aside and “concentrate on the main issues like, let’s expand, let’s get more business, let’s develop new products, let’s get a better team spirit put together.” The next thing on Beckwith-Bemis’s agenda is to find new customers and build a stronger sales network.McIntosh says he has “already started identifying new manufacturers agents in the United States and here in Canada, who we will add to our network and that in itself will have the effect of increasing sales dramatically in a short period of time.” With the increase in sales, McIntosh says he expects to hire about 10 new employees in the next twelve months.The plant now has 47 employees but is only operating at 40 per cent capacity, so there is room to expand without having to spend a lot of money, he said.In the immediate future McIntosh says the plant will be bumped from a 16-hour operation cycle to running 24 hours a day.For the current employees, the increase in both sales and the operation cycle could mean more hours and more security.“It has been touch and go the last couple of years,” says Graydon Yet-ter, a coater at the plant.“Hopefully with this increased workload we will see a better guarantee of our jobs.” Beckwith Bemis produces about 250 different custom-made products on a made-to-order basis, including coated fabrics, films and hot-melt adhesives, serving primarily the automotive, footwear and medical industries.Their signature product was developed over 25 years ago to replace the leather in hockey skates and can be found in 95 per cent of hockey skates today.Internal spat divides nursing unions Managers having tough time negotiating with staff By Rita Legault Sherbrooke A dispute between nurses and management of the Centre hospitalier universitaire de l’Estrie (CUSE) is being complicated by a spat between the three different unions representing nursing staff at the Bowen and Fleuri-mont Sites of the hospital.Nurses at the Bowen Site, who are affiliated with the Alliance des infirmières de Sherbrooke, held a symbolic protest day on Tuesday to show their discontent with a number of problems including the list of on-call nurses.Right now there are two on-call lists and nurses are complaining that many with less seniority are being called in for shifts while those with greater accu- mulated service are being ignored.Alliance president Angèle Picard said the hospital has been taking a number of unilateral decisions without consulting nurses and failing to apply some agreements reached between management and all three unions.“This is abuse of power,” she charged, adding that management’s excuses simply don’t hold up because it has been negotiating successfully with the three unions since the merger of the three acute care hospitals almost three years ago.The three distinct unions pre-date the fusion of the Centre Hospitalier de Sherbrooke (CHUS) and the St-Vincent-de-Paul and Hotel-Dieu hospitals in 1995.The three unions still exist today, although they are in the process of merging.Management said it is almost impossible to resolve any conflicts because they have been unable to sit down with representatives from all three unions since February 1998.Human resources director Jean-Marie Boudreault and nursing director Serge Trachy held a short press conference Wednesday to say they are unable to deal with grievances because nurses won’t meet with them.“Sincerely this is what is preventing us from coming up with some solutions,” Boudreault told reporters.“We hope that once the merger is complete we will be able to sit down and resolve our differences.” The union representing nurses from the former CHUS admitted that a spat between the three unions on vacations has prevented them from getting together with management.The union sent out a communique to its membership suggesting it refrain from participating in the pressure tactics, saying that management could hardly be blamed for its inactivity if they have not been able to sit down with nurses since February 1998.The missive to members suggested that nurses direct their energy towards merging the three unions rather than on pressure tactics. page 6 Friday, October 2, 1998 COMMUNITY FORUM Signs in hospitals and on roads seem more important Alliance Quebec’s recent efforts to get stores to post indoor signs in English as well as French is producing some interesting reactions from politicians, merchants and the public.The revelation that major retailers tried to prevent loosening the French-only law five years ago, and the premier’s insistence that businesses ought not revise their policies now and exercise rights granted under that law are two of them, but it is hard to picture any of this pressure ever being applied outside Montreal.At least it won’t be visible.There just aren’t enough anglos left in rural parts of Quebec to picket stores effectively even if they were so inclined and if they seriously tried to boycott businesses that won’t cater to them in English, most would starve and the rest would go naked.Besides, most anglos still around these parts can function in French at least well enough to negotiate a simple transaction and the young travel in a French milieu with ease.These days, it is more often than not the francophone who is handicapped by unilingualism, not at all the way things were a generation ago.This trend will continue, too, as long as Quebec law grants to most English Quebecers freedom of choice in language of education, but denies nearly all French speakers access to schooling in English.Add to that the practice of posting all public signs in French only, the English are force-fed French while the French are denied even this learning tool.It seems to me that if the English were as mean-spirit- ed toward francophones as a lot of Quebec politicians are, they would embrace Bill 101 with enthusiasm and enjoy watching their children function with the same unilingual and, therefore, increasingly captive labour force.But I guess that’s just not our way.I know that Bill Johnson and Alliance Quebec mean well toward English-speaking Quebecers and I wish them well, but would efforts to get a few key English language signs in places like hospitals not benefit more of the province’s anglos who really need to the help most?Would it not make more sense to push for signs, especially safety-related ones, on our roads in the language nearly all North Americans understand?After all, if confusion caused by unclear road signs results in a crash, chances are better than eighty percent that if anyone else is injured or killed, it will be francophone.Does the life of someone’s language come before life itself?Yes, in Quebec, it does.This is not intended to mean that I am ungrateful for Alliance Quebec’s efforts, for it is now trying to do what believe it ought to have been doing all along.And if it had been, it probably wouldn’t need to now.Furthermore, whether merchants choose to encourage our patronage or shun it, we all benefit.Thanks to Alliance Quebec and its demonstrations and boycotts, we’ll all know very soon which businesses want us on their 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certificate donated by Boutique Fleurs & Passion and won by Barbara Henderson of Melbourne; a wooden jimmy donated by Allan Webb went to Daniel Fauteux of Stanstead; a basket of Maple Products donated by Carole Tessier was won by Mary Hooper; an afghan made and donated by Irene Royea went to Stuart Hatch from Brown’s Hill; a $20 gift certificate from Hatley Woodworking was won by Cecile Duport of Sherbrooke; and a beaded necklace and bracelet donated by Beverly Macdonald went to Nelson Partington of Ayer’s Cliff.Special thanks to all those who donated items for the drawing, to all the directors who work so hard all year through to help make everything extremely successful.We must not forget all the exhibitors who are the most important part of the entire fair.These people are to be thanked for their constant support.A friend, Irene Royea Stanstead County Horticultural Society 400 run for cancer research Dear Editor, On Sunday, Sept.19, Lennoxville held its 19th Terry Fox Run.It was a great success, with over 400 participants and some $10,000 raised.In particular, Velmore Smith brought in pledges for over $6,000, which is his best effort ever.I would like to thank everyone who took part, including those who supported Velmore.In particular, Provigo Lennoxville kindly permitted himto collect money over the last month.We would like to make our 20th run next year an even greater success.Stuart McKelvie, Member of Organizing Committee Velmore still raising money for cancer research Dear Editor.Since The Record has not mentioned the Lennoxville Terry Fox Run, I would like to personally thank all my sponsors who donated money to me for Terry Fox Cancer Research.1 collected $6,248.55 but you, my sponsors, gave me the money.I had donations from 19 cents to $100 and as Terry would say every cent counts.In all I have collected over $65,000.Thank you again to all my sponsors and a special thank you to Mr.Riopel for letting me stand at his Provigo store and to Mr.Price for remembering me with his MP Certificate.So I repeat, thank you all and The Lord willing I will meet you at Provigo next year.Best Wishes, Velmore Smith Lennoxville Editor's Note: The Record story on the Lennoxville Terry Fox Run appeared in the Lennoxville Link Tuesday, Sept.29.Congratulations Velmore. Friday, October 2, 1998 page 7 THF BIRD CHRONICLES Apple season for birds! Plants for all seasons: crabapple and apple trees In nature, apples and even more crabapples are savored by a variety of birds.To be convinced, you just have to watch robins, as soon as the first days of August arrive, visiting apple orchards to prick avidly in the ripe fruits.More than 30 species of birds use apple trees either for cover, nesting sites or food all year round.Migrants gorge themselves on apples in fall to store energy for their long trip south.Winter residents rely on them to ensure their survival during the harsh season.There are even some birds like robin and waxwings that will eat only fruits during winter.In spring and summer, kingbird, flycatchers, vire-os, orioles will hunt among the leaves and branches for insects to feed their brood.As for waxwings, you may be lucky enough to witness them when they exchange petals as a gift during their courtship rituals.At this time of the year, it is still possible to plant a few apples trees or crabapple trees in your bird garden.In nurseries, you find a very wide choice of cultivars to suit the needs and tastes of every gardener.Crabapples are getting more and more popular in city landscapes because of their rather small size.They are hardy, easy to grow and produce a glorious spring display of white or pink flowers.The best cultivars to attract birds beat-small fruits, under 1.2 cm (1/2 inch) in diameter, that live on the trees well into winter.Birds generally wait to eat the fruits until it has been softened by winter freezes.In addition, many are also disease-resistant.I would recommend: ‘Sargent Tina’ with a height of 2 m, pinkish white flowers and small red fruits or ‘Naragansett’ with a height of 5 m, pinkish white flowers and red fruit.For those who prefer weeping crabapples there is ‘Red jade’ a well known cul- tivar with white flowers and pale red fruits.For those apple lovers, dreaming of apple pies, there are still some cultivars that will produce ‘eating apples’ and, at the same time, be prized by birds.Some semidwarf cultivars will reach only 4 m high.‘Jonafree, Liberty and Priscilla’ are excellent choices.They are hardy to zone 3, resistant to apple scab fungus and produce delicious fruits that remain on the tree late in fall.When you think about apple trees, you might think about using pesticides.However, it is easy to understand that pesticides don’t belong in a garden devoted to attracting and feeding birds.They contaminate the fruits and at the same time kill the insects on which the birds feed.Your best asset is to choose only disease-resistant cultivars and more surely to look after your trees so that you keep them healthy.News from the Townships Have you been to Curry pond lately?This protected wetland site is located in a field in the eastern section of Bishop’s campus near the Saint-Francis River.The water is controlled by a dyke and a water-control structure providing very good habitat for waterfowl.During the fall season, bird watchers may have the pleasure of seeing great numbers of ducks and other species.Mallard (many hundreds), black duck, teal, Canada goose, pied-billed grebe, cormorant, green heron are among the usual visitors.As you walk to the pond, take care not to frighten the birds, you may well be rewarded by seeing some unusual passers-by on their way to their wintering ground.Several factors remain unresolved Camille Dufresne Still no deal with pork producers By Maurice Crossfield Despite Quebec agriculture minister Guy Julien’s comments earlier in the week that the pork producers demands have been met, the province’s pig farmers say that’s not the case.“The government has announced that it is settled, but that is not the case,” said a spokesperson for the Fédération de producteurs du porc de l’Estrie Thursday.Tuesday Julien said that after several days of intense negotiations with the pork producers union the two sides had reached a tentative deal.He told reporters that besides a few minor points an agreement had been reached, and that he was expecting formal approval of the deal by Wednesday.However on Thursday pork producers union leaders from across Quebec met in Montreal to discuss the deal.Some parts of the old income stabilization program have been brought back, including a $9.40 subsidy for each piglet and a $40 subsidy for each sow.But several factors still remain unresolved.For the better part of the last year Quebec’s 3,000 pork producers have been protesting against cuts to the province’s income stabilization program.The Parti Québécois government cut $100 million from the program two years ago when pork prices were high, and the farmers didn’t need them.However in the last year the global pork market has taken a beating.Exports to big pork consumers like Japan are down sharply, and exports to Russia have been halted entirely because of the economic crisis there.Pig farmers worldwide have felt the pinch, with prices in France at their lowest since 1979, while in Denmark pork sells for half of what it was two years ago.In Quebec, where pork is the largest single agricultural export product, a piglet that would have fetched $55 last year sells this year for as low as $12.Pro-ducers say it costs them more to raise the pigs than they can get at the market.Nearly 30,000 people are employed in the Quebec pork industry.In the last few months numerous pig farms have gone bankrupt, and nearly 30 per cent of those remaining are threatening to do the same unless the Bouchard government comes up with a solution.Many of those pig farms are located in the Eastern Townships.With negotiations stalled, pig farm- ers took the unusual measure of blocking the eastbound lane of Autoroute 20 near Drummondville for four days in late September.The protesters and about 150 pigs were finally removed by police.Julien then restarted negotia- tions with pork union president Claude Pouliot.The pork producers union is expected to announce today if they have accepted the deal, or if more 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the largest and most comprehensive public collection of Motherwell’s works on paper in the world, gallery director Matthew Teitel-baum said Tuesday.“The earliest piece dates from 1941, the latest from the late 1970s,” he said.“The collection is not fully comprehensive but documents the highlights of Motherwell's achievements.” The acquisition strengthens the gallery’s standing as a destination for art scholars, Teitelbaum said, a sentiment echoed by David Mirvish, now a theatre owner but formerly Motherwell’s Toronto dealer.“Anyone who is interested in American painting of the ‘40s through to the ‘70s is going to have to come here,” Mirvish said.Eight works on paper from the collection are to hang in the gallery throughout October, with a larger show planned later.Motherwell’s career spanned five decades, his work celebrated largely for his use of black form and bold line.As a painter, printmaker and teacher, Motherwell wrote and lectured widely, becoming a dominating presence in American art as a founder and proponent of Abstract Expressionism, often viewed as America’s answer to European Cubism.He was born in 1915 in Aberdeen, Wash., the coastal logging town more recently made famous as the childhood home of grunge-rock hero Kurt Cobain.After studying philosophy at Stanford and Harvard universities, Mother-well left for Europe in 1938 to travel and paint, holding his own first show in Paris the following year.In 1942, he returned to New York and with such major figures as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning reinvented contemporary art to give America its first indigenous school of painting.Motherwell died in 1991 at age 76.Money to purchase the collection was donated anonymously, the gallery director said, with support from Motherwell’s estate, the Dedalus Foundation of New York. ¦¦ THE i Friday, October 2, 1998 page 9 Mr.Wrong may be Mr.Right, and other confusions Researchers uncovering the mysteries of sex By Aisling Irwin Southam News London Poets, artists and columnists have mused on it, scientists have studied the bare bones of it for generations.But biologists admit they still cannot explain the intricacies behind the relationship between a man and a woman.In the current issue of the journal Science, experts explain their latest theories about sex in the animal kingdom -ideas that are disquietingly similar to the latest social attitudes to human behaviour.Do scientific discoveries about sex give us insight into our relationships?Or is it the other way round?The latest revelations from science support Girl Power and justify female promiscuity even during outwardly peaceful monogamy.There is even now a scientific explanation for why females always pick Mr.Wrong.Flashy mates with few outwardly redeeming qualities do seem to carry a hidden stock of good genes.Scientists have long struggled to explain why male decoration, often an encumbrance, arose.Peacocks with massive tails, and flies with eyes on awkwardly long stalks, are hampered in life but attract mates, seemingly for no sensible reason.Evolutionary thinkers developed the theory of runaway sexual selection: if a female develops a taste for an exaggerated trait, she will pass that preference on to the next generation - along with the genes for flashy tails or wild colours.Biologists have now shown that there can be sense in such a choice, at least if you are a tree frog.The mating calls of the males vary in length.Long calls waste energy but females love them, ignoring the charms of short-callers and hopping past them to reach the long-callers.Allison Welch and colleagues at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo., removed the eggs from 10 female tree frogs and fertilized half with sperm from the short-callers and half with sperm from the long-callers.The descendants of long-callers fared better as tadpoles and grew more quickly as frogs.They were stronger and performed better than the short-caller descendants on every parameter measured.Since the parents had no access to their young in the experiment, she was able to eliminate the possibility that more flamboyant males are better dads.It is possible that genes for long-calling lie on the same chromosome as the genes for fitness, so close that they have become linked over time.Alternatively, having the energy to make a long call may be a sign of a superior physique.Scientists do not know, but they think they have found the reason for another wildly unnecessary flourish of nature - the trill of the songbird.These calls appear to be a direct side-effect of an unblemished upbringing and a hearty constitution.As with tree frogs, male birds who sing the exotic song that females prefer produce tougher offspring.Biologists at Duke University in North Carolina have pointed out that males learn their song early in life - at the same time as the developing brain is prey to stress from shortage of food or infestation by parasites.Prof.Steve Nowicki believes the quality of song reflects how well a male bird has overcome these stresses.Now that these two studies indicate that Mr Wrong may in fact be Mr.Right in disguise, researchers have also cast a fresh eye on monogamy.Its reputation in the animal world is already badly damaged.Birds, once paragons of fidelity, are not the devoted couples that story-tellers would wish them to be.But there has been a lingering assumption that female birds, at least, desire fidelity - they just cannot avoid the enforced interest of stronger males.Now monogamy appears to have been exposed as a myth - almost - among birds and very rare everywhere else.Even happily nesting mother birds with a loyal father in tow are promiscuous.As few as three per cent of mammals may keep up even a semblance of monogamy - true genetic monogamy is even more rare.According to traditional evolutionary explanations, females invest so much energy in their offspring that they would naturally want to protect a -mall number of young and choose a single mate who will be a responsible father.Males prefer to scatter their sperm as widely as possible, maximizing their genetic chances through quantity rather than quality.Within the structure of this theory it was not possible to explain a wandering female except by assuming that she was an unwilling participant.“It used to be thought that it was all due to forced copulations, that these were male-driven events,” said Patricia Gowaty, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Georgia.“But increasingly, we’re finding that the females have a lot to do with it.” They turn out actively to solicit liaisons with other males: female hooded warblers even have a special song for attracting illicit mates.Even if an un- Now that these two studies indicate that Mr Wrong may in fact be Mr.Right in disguise, re-searchers have also cast a fresh eye' on monogamy.wanted male does prey upon a female, she is capable of “dumping” unwanted sperm from undesirable fathers.In short, females can’t be forced.The evolutionary explanation lies in a distinction between social and genetic monogamy.So long as a female has a dutiful male looking after the nest, who can be kidded that the offspring under his care are indeed his, it makes genetic sense to smuggle a few chicks of a different genetic stock into the nest to spread the chances of genetically robust offspring.So it seems that social traditionalists have increasingly little to draw from the animal world to support them.There is, however, at least one creature that has eluded these exposes.The golden brown California mouse never strays.Males and females bond long before mating, after which they never consider another partner.Recent paternity tests done in 28 wild nests over two years found that all California mice are the children of their social fathers.Why such devotion has evolved is a mystery to biologists: other mice species in identical environments live in the usual promiscuous way.But the microscopes are out and the pencils have been sharpened: the mice may yield their secret soon.Sex still holds many puzzles for biologists.BIG BOOK BASH Readings by Townships authors Bernard Epps telling some of his "Tales of the Townships" Dr.Robert Hill on his new book, "Voice of the Vanishing Minority" Poets Maria Van Sundert, "The Hungry Dark' & Kathleen McHale, "The Intimate Alphabet" Display 8 sale of more than 30 Townships books - many authors signing their books TrAJ°yoi ;hank -i?o„, Us *9iviti0 tV Ml, 2-4 p.m.SUN.OCT.4th, AT BROME COUNTY MUSEUM, KNOWLTON 2-4 p.m.SUN.OCT.18™, AT UPLANDS MUSEUM, LENNOXVILLE Townshippers Association 8 Townshippers Research 8 Cultural Foundation Celebrate ianksgiving With The Eastsiie Sunday, October 11 and Monday, October 12 enjoy the warmth and abundance of a traditionaf Tfianhstjivintj Dinner serving 11:30 - 9:00 Roast Turkey Dinner Baked Ham Dinner Roast Duck with Oranqe Brandy Sauce Prime Ri6 of Beef Dinner includes appetisers, tossed or cabbage salads, Homemade breads & m m *» ¦ g§?t|jfg as;!»1sa« &JL* * ^ipto^w «s ; CATHY WATSON/RECORD CORRESPONDENT Walter Stevens, Heather Barrie, Real Veilleux, Jean-Marc Poulin, Luc Gaudreau, Daniel Menard and Claude Beaubien display how much money was raised at the supper.Money will help with treatments Community raises $32,800 for Nicolas By Cathy Watson Record Correspondent Richmond The Richmond Community Centre was bursting at the seams last Friday evening - with people and with good will.The Nicolas Marchand Foundation held its last planned fund-raising event between 5 and 8 p.m., during which they unveiled the amount of money they had raised to date for the MacCal-lum/Marchand family whose son Nicolas is suffering from brain cancer.Members of the foundation executive stood on stage and revealed the amount one number at a time: They proudly held up the amount of $32,871! Guest speakers Richmond Mayor Marc-Andre Martel and MNA Yvon Val-lieres echoed the feelings of the crowd.“I offer my support to Guy’s family.There’s no doubt that they must feel the encouragement that exists in this community.I hope that God will give them all of the courage that they need in this situation,” said Vallieres.Foundation president Daniel Menard and vice-president Walter Stevens thanked the community for their support, particularly the sponsors of Friday night’s spaghetti supper, which netted $5,000 - Provigo Cyr and Catelli, which donated the pasta and sauce for the meal.They also had high praise for Wales Home staff members who ‘dressed up’ the spaghetti sauce, cooked and served the meal, as well as making mouth-watering pies for dessert.Special thanks was made by emcee Claude Beaubien to the media for their help throughout the fund-raising campaign.While the fund has grown to more than $32 000, donations are still coming in to give Nicolas’s parents the time away from work that they need to help him through the treatments he will require to beat this cancer.Donations are still being received at: Fonds Nicolas Marchand, P.O.Box 1058, Richmond, Quebec, JOB 2H0.iiiiiil! CATHY WATSON/RECORD CORRESPONDENT A long line of supporterswaited patiently for their serving of spaghetti. The Record, Friday, October 2, 1998 page 11 THE WALES HOME FOUNDATION FONDATION DU F O V I 1 WALES HOME FOUNDATION 1998 Financial Campaign Objective $150,000 ¦¦¦||"U FONDATION DU FOYER WALES HOME FOUNDATION SERVING THE ENGLISH COMMUNITY FOR 77 YEARS Wesley H.Bradley, Q.C.Honourary Chairman Dr.Douglas Dykeman Co-Chairman Dr.George MacDougall Co-Chairman Douglas Smith Chairman - Campaign Organizing Committee PATRONS Sam F.Abbott Stephen Ailatt Kenneth H.Annett Ruth Atto Eivyn Baldwin Keith E.Baldwin isobel Ball Ernest Barrington Dean R.Bishop Dr.Maurice Blake John & Joan Bonnett Edgar Caron Elaine Chamberlin Jack H.Coles John R.Coles Dr.Everett Cooper J.F.Davidson Earl Davis Ethel Dean Roland & Frances Dewar Betty Dickson Barry Evans Kenneth Gemmell .; x'T&Z': : : » mm SMS The Wales Home • A private non-profit corporation receiving no government funding.• A substantial number of our residents must be subsidized by our Home as they are unable to pay for the full cost of the services they receive.• To continue offering a high level of care to our residents we have to depend on the annual financial support of the community we serve.• We continue to look to the future, confident that people such as you will respond in a practical way to the great need that exists for the care and comfort of the elderly.We believe that our history has confirmed our ability to meet this need.-1- If you wish to support our financial campaign and you have not received a letter from us, please fill out this form and return it with your donation.¦¦¦|£M FONOATION DU FOYER WALES FOUNDATION The Wales Home Foundation ANNUAL FINANCIAL CAMPAIGN Please return this form with your donation to: Name: _ Address: THE WALES HOME FOUNDATION 506 Route 243 North Richmond, QC JOB 2H0 Income Tax Registration Number: 89107 5749 RR0001 L City:_________ Prov.:________ Postal Code: PATRONS Ernest W.Gilbey Marjorie Goodfellow Walter Greenlay Royce Griffith Ronald & Amy Husk Douglas H.Learned Eunice M.Lloyd Dr.Curtis Lowry Donald Lyon William Lyon Susan Mastine Rev.Ruth Matthews Angus McElrea Duncan McLeod Margaret E.Merrill Bradley Mitchell H.C.Monk Douglas Morey Neil Mountain Sheila Munroe Chester R.Perkins Marion Perkins Harold Pickel Michael Riddell Douglas Robinson Charles & Lena Ross Warren Ross Ivan Saunders John de Sevigné Wyatt & Louise Savage Philip Scowen Ian Smith Anne English-Stein Walter Stevens Margaret Stevens Peter Turner Phill Wood -! J page 12 Friday, October 2, 1998 THE' SPORTS Gaiters hope to stop losing skid Bishop’s offence ready for McGill Redmen By Mike Hickey Special to The Record Lennoxville The Bishop's Gaiters will try to reverse a two-game losing skid Saturday when they host the McGill Redmen in their annual Homecoming game.The Gaiters began the season in impressive fashion, defeating both Carel-ton and Queen’s at home and were ranked second in the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union’s Top 10 Poll.Since then they’ve suffered consecutive losses to the Laval Rouge et Or and Ottawa Gee-Gees, giving up an average of 39 points a game.To make matters worse injuries have forced the Gaiters to make some personnel changes.“Football is a game of attrition," said head coach lan Breck.“We will not use Here are the lastest soccer results: Monday, Sept.21 vs Alexander Galt Wednesday.Sept.23 vs BCS Thursday, Sept.24 vs Massey Vanier Monday, Sept.28 at Alexander Galt Wednesday.Sept.30 at Stanstead vs Stanstead injuries as an excuse.We have confidence in our entire roster, in each and every individual’s ability to do the job when he is called upon.” Bishop’s will be without the services of eight starters on Saturday, including four defensive backs and kicker John Gal.“The big thing for us is to stop playing Santa Claus,” Breck added.“We had turnovers in the last two games and at this level you can’t do that and expect to win.Without taking away from a great performance by the Gee-Gees last Saturday, we committed six turnovers that led to 24 points.” Offensively the Gaiters plan to continue to run a balanced attack featuring the explosive running of O.J.Burnett and the passing of Mark Stipe.Burnett is the leading rusher in the Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football Conference with 462 yards in 62 carries while Junior Girls lost 4-0 Bantam Boys lost 4-2 Junior Boys won 3-0 Bantam Boys lost 5-1 Junior Girls tie 2-2 Junior Boys tie 2-2 Bantam Boys lost 3-0 Bantam Girls lost 6-2 Junior Girls lost 2-1 Senior Girls lost 5-0 Bantam Girls won Junior Girls won 3-2 Senior Girls won 3-0 Bantam Boys won 4-2 Junior Boys lost 5-2 Stipe is second in the league, completing over 49 per cent of his passes with two touchdowns and five interceptions.The key for the defense will be to stop halfback Shawn Linden.The fifth-year is approaching McGill’s all-time rushing record held by Montreal Alouette’s starter Mike Soles.Linden trails Soles by just 129 yards and could break the mark Saturday.By Mike Hickey Special to The Record Lennoxville It’s crunch time for the Champlain Cougars as they begin the second half of the season with a crucial rematch against the Beauce-Appalches Condors in St-Georges.The Cougars registered a thrilling 32-23 come from behind victory over the Condors in their season opener in Lennoxville.Champlain, in third place in the Collegial AAA league, needs to get back on track after a dismal performance last Saturday against the Trois-Rivières Diablos.The Cougars suffered one of their worst home defeats in the school’s history as the Diablos crushed them, 59-27.“I am very pleased with our practice this week, it’s been upbeat and with a sense of urgency,” said head coach Tony Addona.“I think we realize that the time to put everything together has come.With five games remaining in the season we still control our own destiny.With a win on Sunday we can finish anywhere from first to fourth.The key, however, is to play one game at a time, to focus on the task at hand.” The task at hand this weekend is to rebound from last week’s rout and establish a solid run defence.“To win in this league you must be “We have to stop Linden, it’s that simple,” explained Breck.“If we can stop their running game and force them into passing situations we will be in good shape.” All-Canadian Rob Smith, who leads the league in total tackles with 51, will lead an aggressive Bishop’s defence which hopes to stymie Linden and the rest of the Redmen.able to stop the run.” “We play with four downs so there is a greater emphasis on the running game.Obviously we didn’t do that against Trois-Rivières but we do a better job on Sunday.” The Cougars will also have to take better care of the ball.In the Trois-Rivières game Champlain had six interceptions, four of them thrown by quarterback Dany Jacques.“Dany has the potential to be the best quarterback in the league and he has demonstrated that ability from time to time,” Addona stated.“But we need to get more consistently from him if we are going to challenge for the league title.The most important thing for Dany is not to force the ball.In a four down situation we can afford to take a loss now and then, but we can not afford to turn the ball over.” Jacques is the second highest rated quarterback in the CEGEP league behind Vanier’s Kristin Pipe.The veteran signal caller has thrown for 633 yards and two touchdowns and has completed over 51 per cent of his passes.Jacques’ passing will be aided by Nick Hoffmann and Cedric Ross-Bergeron.Hoffmann is averaging over five yards a carry and is tied for the league’s lead in touchdowns with eight while Ross-Berg-eron has rushed for 299 yards on just 43 carries.RICHMOND REGIONAL vs Playoff picture could be clearer after Sunday Cougars face Condors tâjà MCGILL REDMEN SATURDAY OCTOBER 3rd VS at BISHOP’S UNIVERSITY COULTER FIELD Kick Off 1 pm ^£$BISH0P’S GAITERS TICKETS & INFORMATION!: 822-9600 ext 2671 Local teams fare well in Bromont =Record= SPORTS Friday, October 2, 1998 page 13 Action and suspense in Townships hockey With much of the zeal of high school athletes, oldtimers from 35 to well beyond 60 years, grouped into 20 teams, converged on Bromont last week for the fifth annual Townships Oldtimers Invitational Hockey Tournament.From Quebec, Ontario and New York State, players renewed old acquaintances and laced up for five days of action packed competition.The 35+ elimination round produced an evenly matched final between Man-sonville and Bedford.Bedford scored a single goal early and held on in a nail biter to win despite numerous near misses by the spirited Mansonville squad.In the 40+ division, Transport Pate-naude, survived all comers, including a victory over the tough Knowlton Knights, and an unsavory encounter with the Pierrefonds Pirates.George Caron, the busiest netminder in the tournament, bounced back from recent illness to lead the Knowlton Lame Ducks into the other side of the draw.The Patenaude-Lame Ducks final pitted a talented Bedford team against the aging but savvy “Ducks”.The heroic struggle stayed knotted at 1 through regulation time and a five minute, sudden death overtime period that settled nothing.Suspense hit the unbearable level, during a game-ending shoot out.Caron denied all three Pate-naude shooters.After 2 misses the Ducks sent Roger Pagé to centre ice.With a patented deek, he buried the winning puck much to the delight of his teammates and their fans.The Knowlton Knights outlasted the Ontario Great Lakers in the consolation 40+ game.The 50+ Brome Division was subjected to some last minute schedule changes and several new faces roamed the ice.In a scrappy final, Beaconsfield moved by the A D 50s, 3 to 1, while Bedford lost to Pointe Claire in the consolation.The 50+ Shefford playdown was noted for excellent net-minding and the surprise emergence of the Township- - pers 50s as a competitive force.Reinforced by the addition of “new” 50-year-olds Gary Brown, Roger Page, and Ted Coulson and the steady play of Jean Pierre Huneau, the colorful sweaters finally had some talent to go with the panache.In a close fought battle, they sneaked by MAC of Waterloo 3 to 1 in the opener.Show stopping netminding at both ends held their game with the Montreal Rusty Blades to a 1-1 tie on Saturday evening.Sunday morning saw them roll over an Old Duffer squad weakened by the loss of two players to injury and illness.The final, later on Sunday, faced them off again against the Rusty Blades.This time the miracle net minding was missing.Despite an early reverse, Gary Brown, with superb two way play, and Norm Labrecque, with 3 goals, lead the assault.The Toownshippers won smoothly, 6-1, in a balanced effort.It was well into the evening on Sunday before tournament organizers finally stacked up the chairs and put out the lights in Bromont.As Beaconsfield and the A D 50s stormed up and down the ice in the final game, onlookers were already certifying the fifth as the best yet in the series of annual oldtimers hockey tournaments.Behind the scenes, Joan Dudley, Linda Lacroix and Ann Pagé were directing traffic in the reception area, punctuating their marathon culinary efforts.With a final push, they battened down the hatches, leaving the facility as they had found it, five tiring days before.Exhausted from both managing and participating in the competition, Aerobic Sports Bill Williams Roger Page, Bob Kay, Phil Lacroix, Ted Coulson, Ralf Bushenbaum, Ron Fava, Robert Mines, and Bob Pincott reached back for a little extra.The festivities ended on an up - beat note as they handed out the last medals and entertained their remaining hockey comrades before crawling off to well earned rest.Coming Events • Oct.4 - 14th Leaf Peepers Half Marathon and 5-km, Vermont State Hos- pital, Main Street, Waterbury Vt„ (Exit 10 189), 11 a.m., ($20 race day) Darragh Ellerson, (802) 223-2080, (CR: 1:09:28 Eric Morse 1986; 1:19:27 Cindy New 1995.• Oct.17 - 13th Green Mountain Marathon and Half Marathon, Folsom School, South Hero, Vt., 8:30 a.m., ($20/15 US) Howard Atherton, (802) 434-3228.Please send information and comments to: Bill Williams 1574 Mystic Rd., Bedford, Que., J0J 1A0.Phone or fax: 514-248-7273.SHARON, LOIS & BRAM is for Booster! 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