The record, 30 décembre 1998, Supplément 1

Brome County NEWS Wednesday, December 30, 1998 ROÇH VALLIERES m 514-242-2544 Specialized General Contractor Excavation, public and private roads, foundation, drainage, sewage, artificial ponds all sizes, landshaping, hydraulic hammer (rock breaker), demolition Aggregate, Top soil, VR transport.Work done by hour or by contract The Largest Circulation Weekly in Brome—Missisquoi Military volunteers spread holiday cheer By Caroline Kehne Record Correspondent Farnham Christmas came early for the kids of Farnham Elementary School thanks to community friends and volunteers.The students of the small English school gathered in the cafeteria before the holiday break for their annual Christmas dinner.“We don’t have the facilities to cook a large dinner," said Principal John Wilson.” So each year, the Farnham military base helps us out.The school supplies the turkey, the military cooks prepare it and supply cooked vegetables, then deliver it all back to the school, where our volunteers serve it to the kids.” Local businesses pitch in as well: Les Délices de Sylvain of Farnham donated a Christmas sheet cake for dessert.Canadian Armed Forces Captain Serge Farmer was on hand to see that all went smoothly and joined students and staff for the turkey dinner.His mother, as well as volunteer Dianne Daradé, assisted organizer’Veronica Dodd, the school's hot lunch cook and grandmother of a former student, to serve the traditional Christmas dinner of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, broccoli and cake with ice-cream.“This is tied to our regular hot lunch program which serves 44 students at a cost of $1 per meal," said Wilson.“The program consists of five regular cooks plus four or five volunteers.Because of the volunteer labor, the program is self-financing.” After the meal, the Farnham children presented Captain Farmer with handmade Christmas cards.Then, in what has now become an annual custom, each child received a small grab bag from volunteer Miss Madey, who has been a school volunteer for many years.mm Ewÿm 3» \ New school caters to Chinese who wish to study, do business abroad Timmins helps bring English to China By Caroline Kehne Record correspondent Knowlton English is the modern world’s Esperanto and native speakers willing to teach it are in demand throughout the non-English-speaking world.Pam Timmins, a native of Knowlton, has combined an education in management and proficiency in her mother tongue to fashion a career that has taken her to Russia and, now, to China.The 27-year-old daughter of Diana and Brian Timmins is currently home on Christmas leave until mid-January when she will return to London.There, she will complete preparations for the spring opening of an English-language school in northern China.Timmins graduated in 1993 from St.Francis Xavier in Nova Scotia with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.After graduation, she went to London where she took a one-month, intensive course from Language Link to obtain certification to teach English as a second-language.“The school teaches a communicative approach,” said Timmins.“It’s not a single methodology, but a mix of methods, using lots of activities to teach English.” After completion of her certificate, Language Link hired her to teach English in Moscow.“I was in Russia from early ’95 to September of this year,” said Timmins.“I was in Moscow part of the time, but traveled all over the country teaching classes, seminars and CAROLINE KEHNE/CORRESPONDENT Pam Timmins with one of her family’s poodles, Sasha.After Christmas, Timmins will return to London to her job with Language Link to complete preparations for the opening of a language school in China.workshops.” When she arrived, she had no formal knowledge of Russian, but picked it up quickly, since her first administrator spoke no English.Timmins said her first two years were spent as an instructor.In her third year, she was appointed Director of Studies for all of Russia.In this capacity, she hired and directed teachers to satisfy Russians’s voracious appetite for English.During that time, Language Link took advantage of the thriving Russian economy and English teachers grew from 40 to 130 teachers.“In August, the Russian economic crisis hit and they (Language Link) had to stop expanding,” she said.“Many other language schools simply went out of business completely.” Although Language Link reduced the number of teachers and schools in Russia, Timmins said they have already begun to see the demand for teachers bounce back.With Russian experience under her belt, Timmins will soon be heading off to China where she will serve as Director for Language Schools throughout the country.SEE TIMMINS, PAGE 6 from the BCN Staff weldenTheatre 802-527-7888 DECEMBER 30"- JANUARY 5™ Ht9*yMlto*Hw*ti PATCH ADAMS YOU’VE GOT MAIL A BUG'S LIFE teib'fe'Utol RUG RATS tAT** MlyTtort.JM.lMtl IBCT Coming JACK FROST PRINCE OF EGYPT, STEF MOM THE FACULTY MIGHTY JOEYOUNG ofntenars PENSE À TOI iMK IS THINKING OF YOU OPEN EVERYDAY Monday - Sunday 8:00 a.m.- 10:00 p.m.472 Knowlton Rd.Knowlton 243-6692 1953 fiJua/itu and value since hUftNITuflt / R.OOA COV6RINGS AND DKOAAT1NG 175 Principole (Domoine Du Pore) Cocuonsville Tel (450) US-1444 • Fox (450) US-U19 Sronch 1 lokeside, Knowlton Tel (450) 14t-0ttt page 2 Wednesday, December 30, 1998 Brome County News BILLBOARD COMMUNITY CALENDAR Dec.31 Knowlton Lodge I.O.O.F.#28 will hold a ‘New Years Eve Party’ at Odd Fellows Hall, 476 Knowlton Rd., Knowlton from 8:30 p.m.to closing.Music with Steve Miller.Price: $10 per person.Buffet and party favors.All welcome! Jan 3 The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #158, Sutton will hold a ‘Western Breakfast, All You Can Eat’ from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.at 2 Curley St., Sutton.Admission: $5 per person, children under 10, $2.50.Jan.9 Come and join us for ‘The Connection’ at Trinity Anglican Church, 409 South St., Cowansville, 7 - 9 p.m.This is an interdenominational Christian Service for youth and young adults with fellowship, contemporary music, praise and worship.Everyone is welcome! For more info, call Barb at 263-7608 or Melody at 243-0043.ARTS CALENDAR Jan.11 Bishop’s credited courses begin at Bishop’s Knowlton Center: Drawing I, Painting on Paper, Survey of Western Art I (art history), Acting II and Français 11 (French as second language).Registration: Jan.7 & 8, 2 - 6 p.m.at 235, Knowlton Rd.Information: Louise Jamet, 242-1518.COMMUNITY NOTES Do you wish you could read better?Need help with basic math?Call the Ya-maska Literacy Council.Work one-on-one with a tutor and learn at your own pace.Lessons are free, private and confidential.Learning can be fun so why not do something for yourself today?Call Donna at 263-7503.CHURCH SERVICES KNOWLTON PASTORAL CHARGE Creek United, Foster - Worship & Song, 9:30 a.m.Knowlton United, Knowlton - Worship 81 Song, 11 a.m.Services led by Dr.Burn Purdon.ST.PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 24 St.Paul’s Road, Knowlton.We wish to know Jesus Christ and to make Him known.Sunday Services, 8 and 10 a.m.Sunday School and Nursery, 10 a.m.The Rev.Ralph T.Leavitt - Pastor.Allow us to welcome you! The Record and Brome County News wish you and yours a happy and healthy new year ANTZ Sat., Sun., Mon.: 1:00 p.m.-5:15p.m.LES BOYS II Sat., Sun., Mon.: J~-;3 y | 3:00 p.m.7 p.m.9:15 p.m! 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By Murielle Parkes Record Correspondent Mansonville December 19 marked the launching of a new initiative by heritage buff Gérard Leduc at Boutique Andrée in Mansonville’s Reilly House.Seemingly, Leduc, founder and president of Potton’s Heritage Association, has found a new way to preserve the past.For nearly nine years, his association has sponsored archeological exhibitions and excursions along with lectures and information dinners that promote the cultural richness of Potton’s yesteryears.While winters tend to put archeological excursions on hold, they do not deter Leduc.This year, he’s put his imagination and fingers to work assembling dried flower arrangements on pottery, wood, vine branches, baskets and wreaths.“While your garden flowers have long faded away under the snow and frost, what better way than to have them preserved in their natural colours,” said Leduc.While Leduc’s craftsmanship is more transitory than most artifacts found in his archeological exhibits, his pieces are also far more decorative.He calls his arrangements “a touch of warmth for your interior decoration.” In business since the end of November after training at a small farm in Saint-Paul-d’Abbotsford that produces a hundred varieties of flowers, Leduc is pleased with the reception his arrangements have received.“Already I’ve taken them to local businesses and restaurants,” he said.Leduc was also satisfied with the turnout at the exhibit.“I had one lady Correction In last week’s Brome County News there were a couple of errors in the article about Knowlton’s Festival of Lights.Here is a complete list of the winners, all of whom were given equal prizes of gift certificates worth $350: Cindy Royer, 360 Knowlton Road; Roland Pagé, 406 Knowlton Road; Philipe Godin, 53 Victoria; May Banks at 4 Gadboury; Mirielle Beauregard at 200 Knowlton Road; Tim Quilliams at 19 Benoit and Shelley Mizener at 50 Mont Echo.Another eight prizes of $100 were awarded by draw to others who took part in the contest.May 1999 be the best year of the millennium Anke vanGinhoven boutique galerie TVavel Treasures y/junost EXHIBITION Batik Paintings by Faiias NEW COLLECTION Clothing, Objects Jewellery Summer Clothing -50% Monday-Saturday 11am-5 pm Sunday 12 noon-5 pm Reg.prices - 15% OFF with ad til 6/1/99 538-5740 HAPPY from Tom McGovern & family Councillor - Ville de Lac Brome say to me, ‘That’s great that you bring these new things to Mansonville!’” The venture has provided the her-itage-buff-cum-artisan with a year-long creative outlet.After the New Year, Leduc hopes to have a permanent display at the boutique.Those pieces will be “more neutral than Christmas,” he noted.“Already, there are some that are (non-seasonal) indoor decorations .Then I have Easter and Mother’s Day .I’m heading for developing this, especially for next summer.The biggest market is late summer - during harvest time.” Leduc’s pieces are available through Créations de l’Équinoxe at (450) 292-3522 or Boutique Andrée at 292-1075.A REPUTATION BUILT ON TRUST.A REPUTATION BUILT ON SOLUTIONS.Wood Gundy Financial Consultants believe that serving a client means more than just talk, and more than just solving problems in routine ways.Wood Gundy offers investors a wide variety of services and products from personal financial planning to seif-directed RRSPs, stocks, bonds and mutual funds, to mention ^ist a few.After aQ, our clients buih our business.Serving their needs buih our reputation.Call today.Jim Wilson Financial Consultant (514) 847-6647 1-888-847-6300 The Leading Indicator.Wood GuiuR Em Me Client lmciurwWi ¦» • divuinn otCIBC Wood Gumli Sccurtici Inc a vohnd.ary ofCIBC and Member - CIPF BYE-BYE 1998 New Year’s Eve Party December 31,1998 • 7:30 p.m Pierre Phaneuf’s orchestra for continuous dance music Cocktails • 7:30 p.m.8 course gala dinner • 8:00 p.m.Balloons - Party favors Champagne at midnight Informations/reservations: (450) 243-6183 50 Victoria St„ Knowlton / Brome Lake, Qc page 4 Wednesday, December 30, 1998 Brome County News Better safe than sorry Beware of ice on roads - and on lakes Well here we are at the end of 1998, so I figured this week I would wrap up the year with a few odds and ends.• First of all, remember those winter tires I said you absolutely had to have this winter?Now that the weather is colder you should be checking the air pressure.In fact your air pressure should be checked about every month or so.Properly inflated tires last longer and provide better fuel economy, so that two minute check could end up saving a substantial amount of money in the long run.• Speaking of winter, just because the roads haven’t been treacherous looking doesn’t mean they haven’t been dangerous.In fact this year there have been several more road deaths in Quebec than in the entire holiday season last year.Snow in the next few days will undoubtedly add to the toll.Slow down, watch for ice patches and don’t drive drunk.• On the drunk-driving front, the worst night of the year is Thursday.It’s also the busiest night for Operation Nez Rouge, which in most areas has been doing brisk business this year.If you’ve been drinking don’t chance it, call them for a lift.In Brome-Missisquoi the number to call is 263-4011, or 1-800-363-4011.• In recent days I’ve been seeing people on foot out and about on our region’s lakes, even though they were still not frozen over just a couple of days before Christmas.Soon to follow no doubt will be those ice-fishers who don’t like leaving their cars and trucks on shore.Personally I’d prefer to leave my car on shore than at the bottom of Brome Lake.Wait a while longer before even venturing out there on foot.Ice thickness can vary, particularly if there are water currents to deal with.If you want to take your vehicle out there, check how thick the ice is and then find out how much ice is needed to be safe.Often local fire departments are up on this stuff, because they are the ones who have to go out there and rescue people who often don’t know any better.Stupidity can be deadly.• Make sure to regularly check your windshield wipers.Winter is the worst time of the year for wipers, and it’s also the most important time of the year for them as well.Make sure they remain free of,snow and ice, and if they don’t clean effectively anymore, change them.They don’t cost that much, but they can make driving safer and more enjoyable.• The holiday season is also a popular time for car thieves and burglars.I’ve run across several people who had their cars stolen or nearly stolen lately.I’ve also heard of a couple of cases in the days before Christmas of cars broken into and presents stolen.Items still in their original boxes offer a better resale value for thieves than something that is less than new.Keep your car locked up with the windows closed and the keys on you.Valuables should be out of sight in the trunk or in the glove compartment.When you scoot down to the dépanneur, don’t leave your car running while you go inside.That just makes it too easy.I hope you all have a safe and enjoyable 1999.Under The Hood Maurice Crossfield MERCERIE £aten/r nssi ot^rruï-s X9Ço JEANS )A9> Umit4 Im pairs per * * customer.Wednesday, Dec.30th ONLY WINTER COATS 1/2 PUCE Dec.31st ONLY 40-75 X '0 OFF on stock in the store 5773 Foster St., Waterloo, Que.(450) 539-0787 Eastern Township.Aut.10, Exit 88 Jk k k- k k k k- k k k k^ /a»H! SuRon {OuéùêCI J0t ^ ATLAS SKOWtHOl SPECIALS ON CHILDREN’S & ADULTS’ HELMETS Briko & Acerbis starting at S765’ 20%off&up GLOVES, SKI & SNOWBOARD WEAR & GOGGLES - Briko, Scott, Spy Coniïère- C«afii four U nmtm hmaaia* Paulo Popin k-k k k k^ k.k k r .Lowe * alpine kk m Ope» E»etV limbi Insurance company opens wallet for BMP Cowansville Again this year, La compagnie d’assurance Missisquoi is responding to the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital appeal with a contribution to the annual fund-raising campaign.Antonin Pelletier, manager of the Missisquoi's Frelighsburg branch affirmed his pride in being part of the extraordinary spirit of cooperation surrounding the BMP Hospital: “Every year, the entire community gets caught up in the spirit, and the Missisquoi company is pleased to join in andoffer its financial support.” Pelletier mentioned the high quality of the services the community receives from this hospital, which in the last two years, has received three awards for excellence at the national, provincial and regional levels.Each year, La compagnie d’assurance Missisquoi supports a number of organizations in the Eastern Townships and Monteregie regions.The company, founded in 1835 and has had its head office in Frelighsburg since 1904.Submitted by BMP Hospital Brome County News Wednesday- dece MBER 30, 1998 PAGE 5 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Happy Holidays From Farnham! Take time to think of what we have Dear Editor, This is a family Christmas story.My grandfather was born December 27, 1858.At this time there were few foreign fruits or vegetables to be had in the country, even for Christmas.My grandfather as a lad probably about 10 or 12 years old, had heard of these new things ‘oranges’, and that they were very good to eat.He had a little of the new money earned (in cents, not as formerly in pennies) and decided to try an orange.He went to the general store in Warden, explained what he wanted, and was charged ten cents.The store keeper liked jokes (especially his own) so handed the kid a lemon, he afterwards crowed and slapped his knee.“That farm kid did not know an orange from a lemon, Ho Ho.” There was never, as I remember, direct comment on the taste but it was inferred that it was a real disappointment.It is important that we should, once in a while, think of what we have today as compared to what was available, just a little over a hundred years ago.Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Lawrence Purdy Waterloo Knowlton Nursery School Thank You Dear Editor, On behalf of the staff, parents and children of Knowlton Nursery School, we would like to thank the many donors for their generous support of our Christmas Raffle.Thank you to all parents and friends who have helped in every way to make our fund-raiser a success.Thank You to: La Poire Doree, Marche Jimmy, Le Cache Pot, The Shack,\ L’Ar-moire Blue, Uniprix Knowlton, I.G.A.Knowlton, L’Emporium, Oz Toys, Spencer Lingerie, Brie & Cie, The Auberge Lakeview, Le Dépanneur Rouge, Restaurant Chez Guy, Camlen, Restaurant Carrefour 215, Dépanneur Bondville, Cedric’s Pub, and Cafe Floral, and Video Boutique.Jocelyn MacLeod Knowlton twàm&wpt CAROLINE KEHNE/CORRESPONDENT Farnham Elementary School children display Christmas cards at an annual Christmas dinner at their school, when volunteers from the Farnham military base help out.See story on page 1.'J'teeu UI€€K Spç- EXPIRES DEC.31/98 DETAILS IN STORE.I I 'ssm-il PREPAID SERVICE “100 FREE MINUTES” - NO CONTRACT - NO MONTHLY FEE - NO PERMIT CHARGE - NO ACTIVATION CHARGE AUDIOTEC - FREE PAGER with new subscription as of $7.95/month AUDIOTEC CELLULAR PLUS CENTER 590, bout Boivin Granby (450) 378-3618 AUDIOTEC CELLULAR PLUS CENTER Galeriçs de Granby 40 Evangeline Granby (450) 378-8338 AUDIOTEC CELLULAR PLUS CENTER Galeries St-Hyacinthe 3200, bout Laframboise St-Hyacinthe (450) 261-8080 AUDIOTEC APPROVED AGENT 2378 King Ouest Sherbrooke (819) 562-9262 AUDIOTEC CELLULAR PLUS CENTER Carrefour de l’Estrie 3050 Portland Sherbrooke (819)821-9994 Bc*UMc>biHty page 6 Wednesday, December 30, 1998 Brome County News ‘China is the biggest market in the world’ § Wr mm m V.v .-.Scholarship Day January 29, 1999 or telephone her in Caroline kehne/correspondent London at 44-0171- Pom Timmins relaxes at her parents’s Knowlton home with family poodles Sasha and 225-1065.Alexander.TeL: (819) 566-0227 • F«x: (81,) 822 8,17 E mail: admis skm s