The record, 12 novembre 1998, jeudi 12 novembre 1998

Thought of the Day THE RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.— Shakespeare Thursday, November 12, 1998 60 CENTS Launching leucan CATHY GIBSON Johanne Blanchette and son Mathieu Champagne, 8, helped launch the Leucan fundraising campaign.See page 3 for story Townships Digest Home care services get new home Staff The home care services of the CLSC-CHSLD La Pommeraie will be moving into the Saint-Louis Hospital in Cowansville.About 80 home care workers will be moving into the former nursing home between now and September 1999.The home care service presently works out of rented space in Brigham.A little over a year ago La Pommeraie decided to close the Saint-Louis Hospital, in an effort to meet the demands of government cutbacks.Patients there were transferred to other nursing homes in the region, and since last November the building has remained empty.In a press release CLSC-CHSLD spokesman Jacques Jobin said the home care sector is expanding to meet the needs of an aging population.The goal of home care is to allow the aged or the ill to stay in their own homes as long as possible.For the last couple of years the CLSC-CHSLD has been looking for new space, even entertaining the possibility of moving into the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital.Jobin said the move to the Saint-Louis site will require few renovations, allowing the workers to move in and set up easily.He said the board of directors decided the Saint-Louis site was the one to best meet the needs of the home care sector.South Stukely mayor calls hasty meeting to reassure residents TQM promises adequate water supply By Rita Legault Sherbrooke While it has not accepted any blame for a water shortage in South Stukely, Trans Quebec Maritime pipeline has agreed to foot the bill for trucking water into town and digging a new well.That was the news released to citizens by Mayor Roger Beaudoin and the town’s lawyer at a hastily called meeting Tuesday evening.The town said that starting Oct.30, TQM will be responsible for all the costs of providing an adequate supply of water to the village.That’s thanks to a hard-won deal last summer where the pipeline builder promised to ensure a supply of 130 litres of water a minute to the town.A few weeks ago, Mayor Beaudoin blamed construction of the pipeline through his municipality for reducing the already vulnerable water supply to a trickle, forcing the municipality to truck in water at a cost of at least $500 a day.Since then, TQM paid half of the $12,000 water bill accumulated since the town dried up on Sept.11.This week TQM notified the town that it will pay the other half.In the meantime, TQM hired experts to dig another well, but their first effort came up dry.The well drillers are looking at two other sites and, if all goes well, there may be a reliable source of water by Christmas.Of course that depends on the quantity and quality of the water at the source as well as securing a permit from the environment ministry.But even if there is no water by the holidays, chances are good that the well will be full again by January or February.Lastanight, Beaudoin held a public meeting to discuss the water shortage with residents along the water main.He said residents who showed up were “very satisfied” with his report and the deal with TQM.Despite assurances, residents say they are still concerned about the water supply.Rita Boisvert, one of the 70 landowners who gets water from village’s water main, is still worried that TQM may refuse to pay and stick landowners with the bill.Boisvert said that in 1983, construction of an earlier pipeline by Gas Métropolitain led to water shortages and the need to dig a new well.Taxpayers footed See Tqm, page 5 this ecial Wa r m * JAYLINE 1 WOODSTOVfS apPr0 ,vcd 0^ interest before May slow burning • upon credit approval — valid until Decamber 15/98 4 cords of wood FREE with purchase “and this coupon 4350 Industriel Blvd., Sherbrooke (next to Sears Warehouse, Z minutes from Carrefour de l'Estrie) A Les MARIN FORGES j page 2 Thursday, November 12, 1998 THEi Education goes from dawn to dusk in Korea New Townshipper talks about home Nowadays, with the benefit of telecommunications, people can see news from the other side of earth.Therefore people’s interest in issues around the globe is growing everyday.Many people know about the Republic of Korea and some may already have been to Korea for work, tourism, or private business.Sometimes it’s very nice to hear the Korean,“An nyeong haseiyo” instead of “Hello” from Canadians.” Especially Quebecers recognize that there was a “Hyundai” in Bromont, so they might have an interest about the-country.I have recently moved to Quebec from Korea with my family.I understand that all immigrants come to Canada to live in better conditions - it’s common sense! When I think about the educational circumstances of my three children, I believe I did absolutely the right thing to come here.If my family had stayed in Korea.?Hereby, I want to introduce a small part of the Korean educational system: six years for elementary school, three years for middle school, three years for high school.Generally the Korean government issues a certificate after 12 years.After high school, if you want to continue studying, you can go to university through Entrance Examination.Apparently it is almost the same in Canada.But problems begin when you want to go to university.More than 90 per cent of students who graduate from high school want to go to university.Frankly speaking, the willingness of their parents for university is much bigger than their own.And “all children are supposed to follow their parents” according to “Confu-cianism.” And Korea is a typically Confucian society.Only 60 per cent of the 90 per cent can survive the Entrance Examination.But if you want to go to a more popular university, you should remain in five per cent out of 60 per cent.Actually every parent insists that their children should remain in a high class university which can be recognized by everyone.We call that exam the “Admission War.” Let me introduce their way of studying.Students usually leave home at six in the morning with their meals - for lunch and supper.If you think that they could have breakfast in the school cafeteria, it’s a complete misunderstanding.They don’t have eating rooms - only classes.They arrive back home around 11 at night.And they continue to study until one or two in the morning.There is one common expression among students “4 dang 5 lak.” It means this: if you sleep only four hours in a day and study the rest of the time, you can succeed the entrance exam, but when you sleep five hours in a day, you will surely fail the exam.Very funny or very serious?Some families start this routine when their children are still in elementary school - some in kindergarten.“Early birds catch the worms.” You might have a deep breath as you travel through this article, and surely have questions like , “But why, why should they go to university?” As I mentioned before, Korean society is traditionally a Confucian one.In that circle, people firmly believe that only a good education can ensure better conditions in the tough voyage of life.When Capitalism and Pragmatism were introduced to this Confucian world, people began to think that a better job, a superior living condition can be an absolute goal in their lives.How can you get those better things?Enroll yourself in a popular university and you will be recognized by people and you will be winner in survival-game -simple as that.Can you guess the amount of stress that students and their families have in this battlefield?Every year some students end their lives through suicide because of the stress.Normally Korean parents believe in “Maing-mo Samcheon ji; kyo." This means the mother of Maing-ja moved three times for her son.The concept of Maing ja is very important to Korean people who think, “ Confucius is first and Maing ja is next.” At first, she moved beside the funeral service house, and she found her son crying all day for imitating the funeral.So she moved to second house and there was a market nearby.She noticed her son imitating the vender.She moved again for the third time, next door to school and she was satisfied when she saw Maing ja studying all day long.As a result, Maing ja could be the greatest scholar ever.According to Confucius, education is the best and merchant is the worst -very strange conceptions, aren’t they?Korean parents who believe in this story want to do everything for their children.Some parents spend more than 70 per cent of their salary on private lessons for their children, others sell their houses and have extra jobs for the cost of education.In Entrance Examinations, the area of foreign languages is very important.When you watch the structure of Korean language, it is almost the opposite of English.I will give you an example; I go to school everyday by bus.If you write in version of Korean - I everyday to school by bus go.The orders of subject, verb, object.everything is mixed.Yes, it’s very difficult for Koreans to speak English or French.Therefore, English teachers who have a license to teach, especially from an English-speaking country are very popular.Students need them.Every salary man needs them for their promotions - that situation has never changed.Those teachers easily make more than $10,000 per month.This is not fiction! In this article, I tried to explain a small part of a small country which is located very far from here.Does this story exist just for fun, or do you necessarily need to know about Korea?During 5000 years of its history, Koreans have experienced thousands of wars.Many Canadian Veterans remember The Korean War which occurred in 1950.Geographically, Korea is located among China, Russia, and Japan, and Korea is very small compared to others.But it is an independent country.We survived from all tough waves in history.The Koreans are extremely strong! You already know how Korean students survive the Entrance Exam.After a long period of Confucian society, capitalism was introduced 50 years ago, and only 50 years endeavor made the Korean - economic status number 10 in the world just before.I.M.F.( International Monetary Fund) swept away Korean economic situation.Even though they have hard times now, every economist is sure that Korea will be good again very soon.Many Quebecers view Korea in connection with "Hyundai.” But actually there are lots of enterprises like “Hyundai” in Korea.And I know that they think of Canada as a very nice country to invest in because they want to expand their area to all of America.Although it’s very small and far, get to know that country! In fact, more than 2000 people are waiting for their interview to come to Quebec as “Invest Immigrant.” Who knows?Hyundai-Bromont may operate again sooner or later.Cho Sangwook, his wife and three children are newcomers to the Eastern Townships living in Eastman.AN NYEONG HASEIYO Cho Sangwook Today’s Weather / / **- i Thetkoid.Mines A * Richmond J, Lac:Mégantt^4 Sherbrooke» ACowansviu* ; ! Stanstead REGIONAL FORECAST Partly clear on Thursday High of 7 and low -1 Friday high of 4 low -2 Weekend will bring a mix of sun and cloud r f 5ERI0UÔLY EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, THINGS ARE I ORIENTEE7 ONLY TCWARP THE YOUTH MARKET' BEN ® by DANIEL SHELTON > LOOK.THIS SHOWS ABOUT TWENTY-SOMETHINGS LIVING IN NEW YORK.HERE'S ANOTHER ABOUT YOUNG ATTORNEYS IT CU* u- s i EVERYTHING IS I FOR ANVABOUT \ YOUNG PEOPLE' WHY PONT THEY AIM ANYTHING AT PEOPLE OUR AGE?' CAUSE WE PONT PLOW OUR PAYCHECKS ON THE BOOK, THE T-SHIRT, THE CALENDAR, THE MUG.-cct Thursday, November 12, 1998 page 3 Journal de Montreal journalist among those questioned 14 prosecution witnesses testify at Sabourin trial By Maurice Crossfield The East Bolton kidnapping trial continued Wednesday with testimony from some 14 witnesses for the pro$ecution.The morning’s hearings included testimony from several doctors who examined Aurore Tremblay after she jumped from a moving car on the morning of Oct.12, 1997.The medical experts confirmed that Tremblay died as a result of a severe skull fracture.Shortly after the escape she lapsed into a coma and never regained consciousness.Tremblay died two weeks later.Also questioned were Yvan and Carmen Tremblay, neighbours to Hans Kaiser, Tremblay (no relation) and Marie-Claire Guérif in East Bolton.They had been playing cards at Kaiser’s home that night, but left before Georges Sabourin, his wife Josette Monbaron and brother in law Denis Renaud showed up shortly after midnight on Oct.12.However their name resurfaced again on recordings Sabourin made of his victims.In the Guerif tape she listed the Tremblays as having taken part in an alleged sex party in which Sabourin contends he and his wife were drugged and Monbaron was gang raped.Testifying Wednesday both stated they knew nothing of any such event.Journal de Montreal reporter Guy Roy was also called to testify.A few days after the bungled kidnapping Roy met Sabourin and Monbaron and carried out an interview in which the couple first made their allegations of the gang rape public.Roy testified that he carried out the interview because he was looking for proof of the rape, which allegedly took place at Kaiser’s Pierrefonds home sometime after Christmas, 1995.In the afternoon Daniel Halle, a neighbour of Kaiser’s in East Bolton, took the stand.He was the only person to see the three during their kidnapping, and said he didn’t realize what was happening at the time.Halle said he was coming from his unfinished home to use a public washroom set up near Kaiser’s home when he spotted Kaiser and Tremblay in a car.He spoke with Kaiser for a few minutes, and testified he didn’t see who was in the driver’s seat.“I saw madam Tremblay in the back seat, she seemed to be ill,” Halle said.“I made a joke but she did not respond.” Hallé said Kaiser attempted to alert him to what was going on.“He did something with his eyes, but I didn’t understand that it was a message,” he said.It was only when talking to Kaiser afterwards that he became aware of what was going on.When he came out of the washroom a few minutes later, the kidnappers and their victims were gone.Also questioned were several police officers concerning the Dec.16,1997 arrest of Sabourin and Monbaron at a friend’s apartment in Montreal.Quebec Police Force detectives Michel Fauchon and Gilles Déry were visiting Gilles Verville in an attempt to garner information as to the whereabouts of the couple, when they spotted Sabourin and Monbaron trying to escape from the balcony of the apartment.Both officers testified that once caught, the two surrendered peacefully.Following the arrests Sabourin was brought to the QPF headquarters in Sherbrooke, while Monbaron was taken to the Montreal headquarters.Upon their arrival both were taken to interrogation rooms, where they were questioned on video.The videotape of Sabourin’s investigation is expected to be carried out today at the Granby courthouse.Following that the jury will be dismissed for the weekend, returning Monday for the beginning of Sabourin’s defence.Sabourin is defending himself in the trial, which has seen 24 witnesses called to testify.Donations support research and families Campaign raises funds for children with cancer CATHY GIBSON Sherbrooke mayor Jean Perrault joined Mathieu Champagne and supporters in this week’s launch of the Leucan campaign.By Cathy Gibson Sherbrooke Mathieu Champagne is a rambunctious eight- year-old.The smiling young spokesperson for LEUCAN drags his hand around one of the pillars in the upper foyer of City Hall as he circles it again and again.Champagne is waiting for Jean Perrault, mayor of Sherbrooke, to arrive and help him launch LEUCAN’s latest fund-raising campaign, Étiquettes de Noël.“I drew Santa Claus,” said Champagne, describing a drawing he submitted to the organization.Champagne’s was one of five chosen from among thousands to be used on the Christmas tags and greeting cards which are the focus of the campaign.The tags and cards will be sold to raise money for the families of kids with leukemia and other forms of cancer; the association is committed to providing a better quality of life for these children and their families, and a large portion of the money is used to help with the non-medical expenses a family incurs when a child has cancer.“Sometimes a parent must give up their job to look after the sick child, they must pay for transportation to the hospital in Montreal, hotels and babysitting if there are other children in the family,” said singer Johanne Blouin during the official launch.“These expenses can cost parents from $250 to $1000 a month.” Blouin, official spokesperson for the campaign, noted a good chunk of the donations also go towards research into children’s cancers.The goal of the 1998 Sherbrooke campaign is $50,000, an amount Blouin sees as manageable.“I am positive the generosity of the citizens of Sherbrooke will allow us to reach our goal,” she said.Twenty thousand households in the Sherbrooke region have already received an envelope with the Christmas tags, a letter from Champagne describing his battle with cancer and an order form for the cards enclosed.Cancer afflicts more than one child in 400 before they reach the age of 15.On average, there are 274 diagnosed cases of cancer in children in Quebec alone, and 35 per cent of these are leukemia, a cancer of the blood.Usually found in children between the ages of three and five, it can appear at any time.The symptoms include but are not TELEPHONES Christmas Specials 15%* OFF ALL CORDLESS MODELS 10-15%* OFF ALL OTHER MODELS Jacks Installed & Repaired Cheaper than BELL! 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