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WE'RE STILL HERE! ^ùouifl SINCE 1898 ^PIANOS inc PIANO TUNING AND REFINISHING 1506 King St.West ^SHERBROOKE 569-3423^ The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1837 TUESDAY April 30, 1996 WEATHER, Page 2 50 cents Court asked to keep all provincial prisons open By Sharon McCully KNOWLTON — A motion filed Friday asks a Superior Court judge in Montreal to quash a government decision to close five Quebec jails July 1 because the province is ignoring its obligations under the Canadian Constitution Act of 1867.Petitioning the court were Joliette Mayor Danielle Lafer-rière, André Hénault, warden of the Joliette regional municipality (MRC), Réjean Lagarde, a prison guard and member of the union representing prison guards, Georges Manseau, director of public security for the municipalities of Notre Dame des Prairies and Saint-Charles-Borromée, and Robin Dubé, resident and prison guard in Joliette.The five have asked for an injunction to prevent the closings.Citing responsibilities turned over to the provinces by the 1867 law, also known as the British North America Act, the coalition claims Quebec would abdicate its responsibility by failing to provide the structure needed to carry out court-ordered sentences.Public Security Minister Robert Perreault announced plans this month to reduce Quebec’s prison capacity by 300 — a 10 per cent cut in the total capacity of provincial jails.The Superior Court petition argues that closing five, and possibly six of the 23 jails under provincial jurisdiction would compromise public security by putting criminals prematurely on the street.Jails in Saint-Hyacinthe, Cowansville, Waterloo, Joliette, Rivière-du-Loup and possibly Sept-lles are slated to close July 1.The cuts come at a See PRISONS Page 3 - Rites df summer - ¦ Car thief opens fire: Officer shot dead in surprise attack By LuAnn LaSalle ' SENNE VILLE (CP) — A Montreal police officer just two months shy of his pension was gunned down Monday after stopping a motorist because of a noisy muffler.Const.André Lalonde, 51, was shot three times on a residential street in Senneville, a well-to-do community just west of Montreal.The 30-year veteran lay face down in the street for 15 minutes until a passer-by tried to apply first aid and then used the police radio to call for help, said Montreal police chief Jacques Duchesneau.Police confirmed that Lalonde died in hospital about two hours after the shooting.“It shows that this job of being a police officer in a society like ours is always dangerous,” said Duchesneau, standing just a few metres from the site of the shooting.“There’s no safe way of doing this type of job.” Officials cordoned off the area and put down white blankets to cover the bloodstains in the middle of the street.Cathy Hensen, who lives near where the incident occurred, said she heard a loud pop- ping noise.“It sounded like a gun to me,” said Hensen.“It sounded like ‘bang, bang,’ maybe three.“Then there was a fast takeoff and I would say the car had a very poor muffler system.” Several officers and the police department’s chaplain arrived at the scene as inquisitive neighbors milled about.“He was a veteran of 30 years in this department and he wanted to take his pension two months from now.” Lalonde died at the Lakesho-re General Hospital in nearby Pointe-Claire.Police later found a car matching the description of the suspect’s vehicle.It was found burning in Montreal and had been reported stolen in nearby Laval.Death toll in past 12 months By The Canadian Press Canadian police officers killed in the line of duty in the past year: April 29, 1996 — Const.André Lalonde, 51, died after being gunned down as he approached a motorist on a quiet residential street in the well-to-do community of Senneville on the western tip of Montreal Island.April 2,1996 — Const.Michael Gula, 52, of the Ontario provincial force’s Niagara detachment was struck and killed by a passing truck on the Queen Elizabeth Way highway near Niagara Falls, Ont.Nov.27, 1995 — Const.Odette Pinard, shot as she worked at her desk at a sub-station in Montreal’s north end.May 23,1995 — Ontario Provincial Police Const.Ken Roy, 26, when a lumber truck collided with his cruiser on Highway 101 about 60 kilometres west of Foleyet in Northern Ontario.April 28, 1995 — Chief Denis Nadeau of the Ste-Marie-de-Beauce, Que., police force after being shot responding to a call about a domestic dispute.Carol Guthrie gets another bag of grass seed ready for spreading m the ninth hole of the Old Lennoxville Golf Course.The seed night as well be gold dust, Guthrie says — it’s so expensive.Here’s hoping the wind stays down, at least till the grass takes iold.RECORD PHOTO: PERRY BEATON Army probe not a crime trial: lawyer OTTAWA (CP) — The independent Somalia inquiry has no mandate to get to the bottom of coverup allegations in the Canadian Armed Forces, a government lawyer suggested Monday.Peter Vita, representing the federal Justice Department, offered the opinion while arguing strenuously that taped interviews conducted by military police should not be shared with defence lawyers.Counsel for one soidier who faces charges and another who could be charged say they can’t do their jobs without full disclosure of the police evidence.They fear the government is trying to obscure the role of higher-ranking officers — including Gen.Jean Boyle, the chief of defence staff —- in the affair.But Vita maintained: “The purpose (of the inquiry) is not to try the persons involved and decide their guilt or innocence.” Even the broader question of whether Defence Department documents were altered in 1993 before they were released to a CBC radio reporter is “not within the terms of reference of this inquiry,” said Vita.His words appeared to stun See ARMY: Page 2 Canadians shot on Australian tour Diplomat By Dennis Passa BRISBANE, Australia (CP-Reuters) — A staff member at the Canadian High Commission in Canberra and his wife were shot and injured in the Tasmanian massacre Sunday, a Canadian diplomatic official said.Deputy high commissioner Gardiner Wilson said Monday from Canberra that Simon Wil- injured in liams, a senior counsellor at the high commission, and his wife, Susan, both had bullet wounds to their left hands after the gunman shot at their car near the Port Arthur holiday resort.Wilson said Williams, in his mid-40s and a 20-year career diplomat, is originally from Toronto.Susan Williams, said by Wilson to be in her late 30s, massacre was originally from Ottawa.They have no children.Until late last, year, Susan Williams was an exchange officer from the Privy Council office in Ottawa to the Australian government in Canberra.“They were in Tasmania for a long holiday weekend,” Wilson said of the Anzac Day holi- See MASSACRE: Page 2 2—The RECORD—Tuesday, April 30, 1996 Gay rights bill may cause Liberal party to split By Jim Morris OTTAWA (CP) — Justice Minister Allan Rock’s gay rights legislation will fulfil a long-time government promise but cause dissent in a Liberal party already stung by criticism about not abolishing the GST as promised.The bill combines the divisi- ve issues of homosexual rights and whether MPs will be allowed to vote free of party lines.The bill Rock introduced Monday in the Commons would add sexual orientation to the Canadian Human Rights Act by outlawing discrimination against homosexuals.“This amendment is about Native police chief punished MONTREAL (CP) — The Kahnawake Mohawk band council has suspended the head of the native police force that took part in the arrest of athletes on an extreme fighting card.The council issued the order against peacekeepers chief Joseph Montour on Monday, the same day nine people appeared in a Longueuil court on charges of prize fighting.Montour’s suspension — for one month, without pay — pointed up a split in the community between supporters of extreme fighting and those who say it’s simply illegal.Montour said earlier he acted independently of the for arrests Quebec government and the band council.He said the peacekeepers watched the fight Friday night on the Kahnawake reserve and decided the event was a violation of the Criminal Code which bans prize fights.The peacekeepers sought the help of provincial police because the arrests Saturday were made outside Mohawk territory — in a Montreal hotel where the fighters stayed.Kahnawake Grand Chief Joe Norton said later any charges arising from the fight card should have been handled strictly by provincial police, not by the peacekeepers.preventing discrimination,” Rock said.“It’s about fairness and equality for all Canadians.This bill is about equal rights.It’s not about special rights.” But critics, both from the Reform party and inside Liberal ranks, say the amendment opens to door so gays can demand the same benefits as same-sex couples.“This bill is not about discri- By Linda Drouin OTTAWA (CP) — The chief electoral officer wants to set up a permanent list of voters, a move that could eventually save taxpayers $40 million in every federal election.JeamPierre Kingsley, armed with a study that says technology is available and the time is ripe, will ask a parliamentary committee today to push for necessary legislation to be ready this fall.For voters, a permanent list would mean no more house visits from an enumerator every time a federal election, byelection or federal referendum like the 1992 Charlottetown vote is held.mination.This bill is about same-sex benefits,” said Liberal MP Dan McTeague.“It’s a sham.” Liberal Tom Wappel said he will vote against the bill even if the party demands loyalty.“This is a moral issue,” said Wappel, who was disciplined for voting against the government’s hate crimes bill.“Anyone who says it isn’t, simply doesn’t know anything An army of 110,000 enumerators has to be recruited, trained and sent door-to-door across the country every time there’s a federal vote.It’s the most costly part of holding an election and it’s fast becoming archaic, says Judy Charles, director of strategic planing at Elections Canada.“People aren’t home or don’t want to answer their doors and it’s hard to find enumerators because of safety fears,” she said.Under a permanent computerized system, the voters list would be updated automatically using information from provincial drivers’ licences, Revenue Canada, Immigration about morality.” Rock says Prime Minister Jean Chretien will decide if the vote is free or tied to the party line.Last week Chretien threw John Nunziata out of Liberal caucus for voting against the budget.Nunziata’s protest that the government has not scrapped the GST as promised has received public support.voters list Canada and other provincial and federal sources.To keep track of voters, elections Canada would be using “the wheels that are already spinning now that are computerized,” Kingsley said in an interview.“We would take advantage of Canadians doing something else to let us know that something was happening to them — they were moving or becoming 18 or a relative has died.” Jean-Pierre Kingsley, Canada’s chief electoral officer, will propose that the federal government establish a permanent register of voters for federal elections, byelections and referendums: Ottawa pondering MASSACRE: Continued from page one day that began Thursday.“Simon told me that they were seven or eight kilometres from Port Arthur and driving towards the colony when this guy starting firing at them from the side of the road.“They had no idea that in fact he’d already inflicted his carnage in Port Arthur and had moved out up the highway shooting at cars as they were heading towards the community.“After being shot, Simon was able to accelerate and got the car away from the gunman.They met up with some other people down the road who had also been shot.Ambulance and Inside Ann Landers .8 Births and deaths .10 Classified .11 Comics .13 Crossword .12 Editorial .6 Entertainment .9 Farm and Business .7 Living .8 Sports .14-15 The Townships .3-4-5 police were there a short time later and were taken to hospital.“I’m not quite sure of the state of their injuries, but they have been been medicated and are still in some state of shock.As it hit Susie first, one can only imagine that the gunman was fairly close to their car when he shot.” Wilson said the couple will likely be in hospital for about a week and could face surgery within several days.Almost a day after the gunman sprayed a sandstone tourist restaurant with rifle fire, the bodies of 20 people who died as they were eating lunch were still in their café seats.“Some of the deceased are sitting there as if they were W E AT HE R Cloudy with clear periods today and a 70 per cent chance of showers and thundershowers late in the day.Winds from the south at 15 to 30 km.High of 16.Wednesday will be cloudy with showers.Low of 9 and a high of 16.enjoying their meals at the time they were shot,” police superintendent Jack Johnson said during a tour Monday of the former Port Arthur penal settlement where at least 34 people died a day earlier.The bodies in the cafe were not being moved until a coroner examines the death scene.Outside among the Port Arthur convict settlement ruins, now a popular tourist site, green cloths covered blood-soaked roads where 12 others were gunned down.Johnson said one victim, a six-year-old girl, huddled behind a tree after seeing her mother and three-year-old sis- ARMY:- Continued from page one commission counsel and contradicted the public stand of Defence Minister David Col-lenette, who has repeatedly stated the inquiry will sort out coverup allegations.Collenette repeated Monday that the commission has “very broad terms of reference .including the allegations of coverup or destruction of documents.” But Justice Minister Allan Rock said his department is ter shot dead, then she was executed by the gunman.In the distance, a charred, smouldering cottage, only its stone chimney standing, was all that remained of the place where the deranged gunman made his last stand.He fled the cottage after it caught fire and was arrested by police.In the rubble that was once a picturesque guest house, police found the charred remains of two hostages, and expected to find a third.More victims may still lay scattered around Port Arthur, 50 kilometres from the Tasmanian capital Hobart.“There may be other victims, but we don’t know until we worried the commission will get sidetracked on “secondary evidence.” “It seems to us that it’s a decision how best to use our time to get into these issues,” Rock said.“Going through that tape in a laborious fashion is not the most productive use of time.” Justice Gilles Letourneau, who heads the three-member inquiry, rejected the government position and agreed have conducted a full search of the area,” said Tasmanian assistant police commissioner Luppo Prins.“There is a possibility there may be more.” It was a sunny afternoon on the craggy peninsula jutting south off Australia’s coast when the 29-year-old gunman ran amok.He walked into the restaurant and opened fire at diners with a high-powered rifle he pulled from a tennis bag.He killed 20 people in the café, before driving off and killing 12 others.He took three hostages to the guest house and kept police at bay overnight until the fire forced him out.defence lawyers should get access to transcripts and tapes of the police interviews.He stayed his ruling for 24 hours to give the Justice Department time to decide whether to appeal.Rock seemed confused on his next step, first insisting he would “abide by the ruling of the commission,” then backtracking to say he would consult department lawyers before making a decision.1_________fa»! stBcanL a division of Groupe Quebecor Inc.2850 Delorme.Sherbrooke.Que.J1K 1 Al 819-569-9511 819-569-9525 Fax: 819-569-3945 Member ABC.CARD, CDNA, NMB, QCIMA Randy Kinnear, Publisher.819-569-9511 Charles Bury, Editor.819-569-S345 Alain Tétreault, Adv.Dir.819-569-9525 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The RECORD—Tuesday, April 30, 1996—3 Townships Sherbrooke committee reaches consensus Green group wants stricter waste plan for city By Rita Legault SHERBROOKE — The City of Sherbrooke must re-think its waste-management practices by encouraging residents and private industries to reduce, re-use, recycle and compost materials once simply discarded as garbage.That will be the main thrust of a report tabled to City Hall by a committee struck to reach consensus on improving existing municipal and regional waste-management plans.Made up of more than a dozen area residents, the committee has been working for the past month on the report, which contains a list of 34 recommendations.They include demands for: - More public education on the benefits of waste reduction; - The creation of a regional waste-management plan; - Renewed emphasis on composting programs; - The establishment of a recycling centre to encourage residents to find uses for many of the objects that now end up at the municipal dump.The committee also came out strongly in favor of public control of waste management and would strongly oppose any scheme to accept garbage originating outside the region.“We are completely against imports of waste from other regions,” said Isabelle Dextra-ze.She added, however, that the group would not oppose The consensus group will table waste-management recommendations soon.pooling of recyclable material from many municipalities in order to make sorting centres more feasible.The consensus group worked with STOPER, a multi -' disciplinary team of professors, students and research associates from the University of Sherbrooke.The STOPER or Stratégies d'optimisation d’écosystems régionaux research group was set up and funded under Canada’s now-defunct Green Plan.The consensus committee’s final report will eventually be presented to the City of Sherbrooke.:• STOPERco—ordinator Pier- 1 re de Coninck described the ‘in-a formed consensus’ approach as 2 a first for North America.“Citi-jj zens are usually polled or Z consulted in a way which 5 doesn’t allow their voice to be E heard,” de Coninck said.1 Over the last month, ordina- 3 ry residents have played the 2 role of consultants for city administrators, he said.PRISONS: continued from Page 1 time the number of people incarcerated in Quebec is at its highest level.In his recommendations, Minister Perreault said if nothing is done to reduce the number of people being sent to prison, there is risk of major overcrowding in the system.Perreault said he wants fewer people sent to prison for minor offences and said he Prisoners back on the streets too soon! MÈ.based his recommendations for prison cuts on four standards: current occupancy levels and existinginfrastructure, the daily cost of incarceration, physical characteristics and security facilities, and proximity to neighboring jails.The petitioners claim Que-becjails are already chronically and habitually overcrowded, with 3731 inmates now squeezed into 3500 places.With another 300 prisoners to accomodate, they say the overflow will end up on the streets.The coalition claims the institutions slated for closure hold 363 inmates — 63 more than there is space for.They say many of those sentenced to prison are already released before completing their minimum sen- tence because there is not enough room for them.“They are released without any provision in law and while an order of the court is still in effect,” the petition claims.“The decision of the minister is illegal and should be nullified.” They say Montreal-area prisons are already overcrowded and operating above capacity, and Waterloo and Saint Hyacinthe are sending their overflow to Montreal.The petitioners argue the net result of the closures will be more prisoners transferred to overcrowded institutions where they will then be released before serving their sentences.“It is inevitable that the net result of the closures will mean releasing prisoners from the five institutions or releasing others already incarcerated for crimes.” The petitioners charge the government of Quebec with failing to honor its constitutional responsibilities and with abuse of authority.They claim it is the responsibility of thejudiciary to sentence individuals to a period of incarceration and the provin- By Nelle Oosterom WINNIPEG (CP) — Some prisoners involved in a vicious riot that gutted Manitoba’s main provincial jail are continuing to cause trouble.There have been several assaults and one suicide attempt since the 321 Headin-gley Correctional Institute inmates have been crowded into other jails, a corrections official said Tuesday.“There’s still a little bit of residual effect from drug overdoses and that sort of thing,” said Jim Wolfe, director of adult corrections.Wolfe was referring to prisoners who took painkillers and other drugs after breaking into the jail pharmacy during last week’s riot.Some troublemakers have been transferred to Stony Mountain, a federal penitentiary for inmates serving lon- ce to provide facilities for those sentences to be carried out.By releasing prisoners without the authority of the court, the ministery is overstepping its bounds, they cl aim.They’ve asked that an injunction be placed on current plans to close the five jails and that the entire proposal be quashed.ger sentences.Extra staff have been called in to guard other jails now filled to capacity.Guards were beaten and prisoners tortured in 24 hours of terror at Headingley that left the brick prison a burned-out, blood-spattered wreck last week.The riot broke out Thursday night during a routine check for drugs on street gang members.During the rampage, prisoners in protective custody were run through a gauntlet — a savage game where screaming, weeping prisoners were tied to chairs at the top of metal-edged stairs and pushed down past lines of rioters armed with bats and pipes.Three inmates had fingers cut off and one had cuts to his groin in an apparent castration attempt.A total of 30 inmates were treated in hospital.i »» /« >*21 1 -Xs ¦ m.: j ¦ mü Quebec jails are already overcrowded, with 3731 inmates now squeezed into 3500 places, and another 300 places on the chopping block.Beatings, suicide attempt cited in Manitoba rioters PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER I I «» -* $ # * * « * ** « * * » * * « **** H « ?$ » » pNWWttMMpjfffijrm i ii ^ 11 TSH i.a.itj f m>i * ' JH ;,ÿ:.: it JMMMüwamiiâ mmma> mm ***** mm ptfjtt fmMÉi ¦ Travelling commission announced in Sherbrooke Status of women subject of province-wide probe SHERBROOKE (MO —The Parti Québécois is going to be looking for ways to improve the status of women in Quebec.At a press conference at the Sherbrooke city hall Monday, Sherbrooke MNA Marie Mala-voy.regional development minister Guy Chevrette and Employment Minister Louise Harel announced provincewide consultations on the needs of women begining on May 13.“More and more we are seeing the presence of women in all aspects of public life,” Malavoy said.“Women constitue a recognized economic force in our society.” The consultations will consist of a travelling commission that will meet with any group concerned about the status of women.The final report will go toward a government action-plan due in 1997 to direct future policy affecting Quebec women.Chevrette pointed out that Women are a force lo be reckoned with, Sherbrooke MNA Marie Malavoy said yesterday, after greeting regional development minister Guy Chevrette at city hall.only eight per cent of MNA’s are women.A mere nine per cent of mayors in Quebec and 20 per cent of municipal councillors are women.“Women are underrepresented in power positions,” Chevrette said.“I hope above all that the consultations will give us the concrete means to improve the situation and even reverse it.” Among the issues being faced will be how government can improve the economic status of women, who generally earn much less than their male co-workers.Eliminating violence against women will also be an important topic of debate.Chevrette said that women in each region face particular problems.As the PQ continues to regionalize many of its services, he said they must keep in mind the specific issues women in different regions have to face.“The consultations will be an essential step in developing policies based on the realities of the regions,” Chevrette said.Harel, who is also the minister responsible for the status of women, said the consultations will allow the government to formulate real solutions to the issues facing women today.“We will put in place the necessary structures and promote their rights,” she said.iMuise Harel is spearheading commission to plumb public opinion on improving the status of women in Quebec society.RECORD PHOTO: PERRY BEATON 4—The RECORD—Tuesday, April 30, 1996 Cuts will mean user fees, higher local taxes “They are cutting each department equally, with little concern for health care or education,” she said.Bélanger said provincial plans to charge municipalities more for Quebec Police Force protection means that property owners will pay more taxes to their local governments.Both MNA’s contend that instead of taking aim at the taxpayers, the PQ should be keeping a tighter rein on public spending.They cited lavish receptions at Hydro-Quebec, the Le Hir sovereignty studies, cellular telephone ‘abuse’ by some public servants and the cost of last year’s referendum as among the factors contributing to the financial mess Que-§ bee finds itself in.< Gagnon-Tremblay added “ that the political climate costs | Quebec by scaring away busi-g ness investment.6 “For me it’s not just a pro-c blem of expenses, but a pro-blem of revenue, and I think a § part of the revenue problem is C the fault of the atmosphere of * political uncertainty in Monique Gagnon-Tremblay and Madeleine Belanger: Government cuts will be passed on to taxpayers.Quebec.” school boards will be absorbed by the population,” she said.“-Health care will be taking another $196 million cut, municipalities $115 million and Hydro will be cut by $58 million.It is a total of $446 million in new taxes.” “Mr Bouchard calls it a tariff and not a tax,” Bélanger said, referring to the increase in Hydro rates.“A tax or a tarrif, they are the same thing.” Gagnon-Tremblay also attacked the PQ for giving no consideration to the importance of those departments which will be hardest hit.Beware hidden tax By Maurice Crossfield SHERBROOKE — Nearly $450 million in provincial budget cuts will be passed along to Quebecers in the form of higher local taxation, two local Liberals warned Monday.Saint François MNA Monique Gagnon-Tremblay and Meg an tic-Compton MNA Madeleine Bélanger took aim at expected cuts in the upcoming Parti Québécois budget, expected to be tabled in the next couple of weeks.At issue is $446 million in announced cuts to education, health care, municipal support programs and the state-owned utility, Hydro Quebec.Gagnon-Tremblay and Bélanger say the cuts will amount to more taxation at the local level: higher school and municipal taxes, user fees for government services and an increase in the cost of electricity.And that, they say, goes against a promise made by premier Lucien Bouchard earlier this month.NEW TAXES “They have admitted that the $77 million cut to the hikes in budget, MNAs warn Townships The RECORD—Tuesday, April 30, 1996—5 Benoit, Gendron call for bus driver consultations PQ promises to re-examine eight-light system By Rita Legault and Robert Matheson SHERBROOKE — The battle to save the eight-light warning system on Eastern Townships’ school buses moved to Quebec City last week.Quebec’s transport minister Jacques Brassard said the government’s decision to standardize school bus lights in the province will not be final until the regulation process is completed.“We will re-examine it,” the Parti Québécois minister said.“That’s the process.” Brassard was responding to questions from Orford Liberal MNA Robert Benoit in the National Assembly last week.The transcripts of last Wednesday’s Question Period were obtained by the Record on Monday.Benoit was relaying the concerns of his constituents, particularly those of Eastern Townships School Board bus driver Harvey Catchpaw.Cat-chpaw has said such a move would reduce the safety of children that live on rural routes.The ETSB has been using the eight-light system for over 20 years.The new regulation would make all 80 of the board’s buses illegal, because they have four yellow lights and four red lights.Benoit stated that while the eight-light system may not be necessary in downtown Montreal, it is vitally important on rural roads.“If I was on the corner of Ste-Catherine and Papineau, in Montreal, maybe I would not be talking about this,” he said in the National Assembly.“But if I was in Madeleine Bélan-ger’s riding (Megantic-Compton) or Robert Middle-miss’s riding (Pontiac), or in the Beauce, where you have to travel on winter roads and on slippery spring roads; in snow storms and rain storms, then you’d understand a whole other dimension of road safety.” Brassard, who admitted he has received a lot of flack from people in rural areas, said that the new regulations were published for the first time in the Official Gazette last month and must undergo a review process before it becomes law.“We will examine these complaints attentively, once the pre-publication period is complete,” Brassard said.The minister said that at that time he will take into account the comments and criticisms of the bill and determine if modifications are neccessary.The Orford MNA also pointed out that while school boards, school bus manufacturers and school bus companies were consulted, school bus drivers on the front lines were not.“We heard the parents, we heard from the school boards, we heard from bus manufacturers, who are proposing all kinds of gadgets,” Benoit said during last Wednesday’s Question Period.“But we haven't heard from the people who are in the driver’s seat — those who see people coming too fast on slippery roads — they are telling us that the yellow lights prevent a lot of accidents.” PQ MNA François Gendron jumped into the debate by supporting Benoit’s suggestion that school bus drivers be consulted.Gendron, from Abitibi Ouest, indicated that many PQ MNAs are also from rural ridings and have concerns about the proposed regulations.“We should not be talking about theory, we should look at the facts,” Gendron said.Brassard claimed during Question Period that some automobile drivers might deci- de to speed up when they see flashing yellow lights on school buses to avoid having to stop.Benoit questioned the logic of that thinking.“If that’s the case let’s eliminate them at all street corners,” Benoit said.The regulation is designed to standardize the light systems on all of the buses in the province.The decision to allow' for only red lights on buses is seen as a money saving move for the province, which subsidizes the cost of the buses.Benoit argued that the cost of providing increased safety for school children is minimal.“There is no real cost.When you're talking about $800,000 for the whole province, there’s not much of an argument." Brassard said he did not want his comments to be interpreted as a flat rejection of changes to the bill.He said that the safety of school children will be his priority.No Quebec stops on trip Prince Charles ends low-key Canadian tour By Judy Monchuk MIRAMICHI, N.B.(CP) — The heir to the British throne bid farewell to Canada late Monday after a low-key visit that had some questioning the future of the monarchy’s role in this country.Prince Charles gave a brief wave before disappearing into a military aircraft bound for London.Charles received a polite but somewhat reserved reception at most of the events he attended in Ontario, Manitoba and New Brunswick over the last week.He drew crowds that were mere shadows compared to earlier visits with his now-estranged wife, Diana.Still, British journalist Lesley Thomas said Charles probably views this trip as a success.“Charles doesn’t want to be a Hollywood celebrity, he wants to be king,” said Thomas, royal correspondent for the Sunday Express in London.“There haven’t been thousands and thousands of people waiting to meet him, but I think that’s partly by design.If Diana were here, there definitely would have been three times the people, but it would have been very Hollywood.” Charles’s last stop, on the impoverished Acadian peninsula, was anything but.The prince was inadvertently caught in the crossfire of a debate over what the federal government’s spending priorities should be.Seasonal workers protested Ottawa’s decision to cover the estimated $l-millioncostofthe prince’s trip, while cutting unemployment insurance benefits.A screen of RCMP kept the protesters from getting anywhere near where the prince’s helicopter landed in Caraquet, an historic Acadian village near the province’s northeastern tip.Audrey Holmes-Scott donned a fake crown complete with faux jewels for Charles’s arrival.“I’ve always loved him.all the Royal Family,” said Hoimes-Scott, clutching a red rose and card she had hoped in vain to give to the monarch-inwaiting.“You know, my grandchil- dren don't know much about the Royal Family.I don't think some of my grandchildren can even sing God Save The Queen!” she said.Although Charles and Diana are expected to get their divorce any day now, that didn't stop many Canadians from wishing the glamorous Princess of Wales had been part of this visit.“I was very fond of her.' Grace Stevens, 90, said in an emotional voice just minutes before meeting Charles at a military veterans' hospital in Fredericton.Ranchers irked over elk hysteria Canada US salmon deal stalled again REGINA (CP) — Western game ranchers are irked over elk.Elk breeders meeting Monday said an isolated incident of one diseased animal is being sensationalized and unfairly linked to mad cow disease.“We’re upset with the misinformation that is being bandied about,” said Rudy Jurke, chairman of the Saskatchewan Producers Technical Advisory.Agriculture Canada recently confirmed a game-farm elk, slaughtered in January, had Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE).The discovery has triggered calls for a review of the game ranching industry, which has put breeders on the defensive.Jurke says up to 20 per cent of the wild elk population is infected with TSE on the eastern slopes of the Rockies and the disease is quite common in Wyoming and Colorado.Ranchers say the animal diagnosed with TSE in Regina is the first case discovered in Canada on a farm, and the elk was originally from the United States.Dr.George Luterbach, program manager with Agriculture Canada, says the disease found in the elk comes from the same family as mad cow disease, but is not the same and poses no health risk to humans.WASHINGTON (CP) — The federal government’s environmental ambassador painted an undiplomatic portrait Monday to try to encourage the United States to end a Canada-U.S.crisis over salmon fishing on the Pacific coast.A fishing war over scarce salmon could deplete the stock and raise tensions if the Pacific Salmon Treaty isn’t renewed, said John Fraser.That could lead to Alaskans catching Canadian-bound salmon without limit.Scarce chinook and coho salmon heading down the Juan de Fuca Strait to U.S.streams might then become a target of angry Canadian fishermen, Fraser said.“Canada could, I suppose, put all its fleet there and say-well hammer these stocks into extinction if you don’t come back to the table," the former fisheries minister and Commons Speaker said.“I just can't, imagine that we would be mad enough to act that way.” Canadian officials had been careful not to turn up the rhetoric in the dispute over the West Coast salmon fishery But Fraser served notice that the disagreement had reached a new, unacceptable level.“I want to choose my words carefully and in a civil way, but it can no longer be considered in Canada that this is just a matter of irritation between Canada and the United States.Physical Education & Student Sport Month MAY 1996 icnan^t SPORT ETUDIANT PBRnapamofU The movement for active, healthy living Copps’ fast-lip puts credibility in question “I’ve already said personally and very directly that if the GST is not abolished, I’ll resign.I think you’ve got to be accountable for the things that you’re going to do and you have to deliver on it.” Such were the words of Sheila Copps shortly before the Liberals took power in 1993.And now that the GST appears to be here to stay, everyone wants to take her up on her promise.From radio phone in shows to the editorial pages of newspapers across the country, everyone wants to see the deputy prime minister live up to her words.So far, we’ve all been disappointed.It’s not so much that we expected the universally reviled GST to go the way of the dodo bird.After all, the tax has proven highly lucrative for the federal government, and here in Quebec the provincial version has also become a popular way of bleeding a little more from the taxpayers’ lint-filled pockets.While some voters may have fallen for the promise, most of us never actually expected to witness the death of the ‘Gouge and Screw Tax’.But when an experienced politician puts her career on the line to make a promise, we do expect something.Copps later attributed the comment to the excitement of the campaign trail, but it’s not as if it was her first time out.She’s a veteran, and should have known better than to stake her reputation on a promise she could not keep.It should have also been obvious to Copps that today’s electorate isn’t nearly as forgiving of its political leaders as it once was.Just ask the Progressive Conservatives about the price of ticking off voters once too often.If the Canadian public learned one thing in the last federal election, it’s that they have the power to dispose of those leaders who don’t meet the needs of the people they represent.The fact of the matter is that Copps is a popular politician who has a reputation for being forthright with the public.For her to stay in office would compromise that reputation, costing both herself and the Liberals votes and credibility.If she were to resign and run in a by-election, she would most likely win her Hamilton riding handily, returning to Ottawa with her reputation intact.To stay, on the other hand, might prove to be the harder alternative, both for Copps and the Liberals.MAURICE CROSSFIELD , ABOUSHEOlt-und, five to my word, I y//U.hdttd iin Igti&r of Resisnatwnü.Q> /lookfdi- lT 20/2/to.Letter to the Editor Changing for the worse Dear Editor, That (Montreal Minister Serge) Ménard concedes Montreal is in a period of “profound mutation” is at least a starting point for discussion.Now, the clever minister must decide if the mutation is positive or negative.With continued high unemployment, swollen welfare rolls, increasing poverty, and a declining economic base, one can only conclude that Montreal is indeed changing.for the worse.It’s unfortunate that politicians like Mr.Ménard cannot mutate into the dynamic leaders they pretend to be.perhaps then such empty expressions as “profound mutation would be replaced by the simple truth.Wouldn’t that be refreshing?COLIN CHANNELL Magog Transition from school to work What to do for young adults?CArrrr A a /nn\ v l.l.ü.ii.j i « OTTAWA (CP) — Generation X is getting crushed as the economy-rumbles forward and will need help adapting more than any other generation, says the MP who has to decide how the government can help them.Maurizio Bevilacqua launched a 47-day travelling study group Monday aimed at developing federal strategy for youth.“This generation .is part of the squeeze play going on between the change from a manufacturing to a technological society,” says Bevilacqua.“We must help young people believe that tomorrow can indeed be better than today.” Bevilacqua, who led a similar study in 1992, and three other MPs will travel from Charlottetown to Vancouver to Whitehorse next month consulting young people and those working with them.Their report will be delivered June 15 as part of a comprehensive government review of all youth programs.Bevilacqua says an updated government youth strategy will be announced in the fall.Some facts about young people and work: EDUCATION: About 60 per cent enter the labor market directly from high school with no addi- tional education or training.UNEMPLOYMENT HATE: Almost double the national average and even higher for high school dropouts.DROPOUTS: Up to one in five students drop out of high school before graduation.POGEY: Three quarters of young people under the age of 25 who receive unemployment insurance have no post-secondary education.STUDY GROUP MEETINGS* Toron to, Montreal, Halifax, Charlottetown, Fredericton, St.John’s, Nfld., Vancouver, Edmonton, Yellowknife, Whitehorse, Saskatoon, Winnipeg.Tried to walk on Lake Ontario Dispirited Leaf fan sent for tests TORONTO (CP) — A police officer is being hailed as a hero after braving frigid Lake Ontario to rescue a distraught hockey fan who tried to drown himself after the Maple Leafs were eliminated from the playoffs.Const.Junior Skeete, 29, was taken to hospital where he was treated for hypothermia and a cut to his leg received luring the struggle.After watching the Leafs lose, police said the 41-year-old man took sleeping pills and called a relative to say he was going to kill himself.Shortly before 1 a.m.Sunday, he waded out into the dark water.As Skeete rushed out into the lake after the man, his partner, Const.Adam Josephs, shone a flashlight on them.“It was very dark,” Skeete said.“It was lucky that we even spotted him.” The 300-pound man struggled to break away from Skeete.He was finally pulled to shore and taken to hospital, where he was held under the Mental Health Act, He told his rescuers life wasn't worth living after the St.Louis Blues eliminated the Leafs Saturday in the first round of the National Hockey League playoffs.Skeete will be nominated for an East Field command award, said Sgt, Ted Doyle. The RECORD—Tuesday, April 30, 1996_7 Farm and Business Impact on economy significant Quebec important to N.Y.SHERBROOKE — Cana dian shoppers and employers spent upwards of $780 million in the Plattsburgh, N.Y.area last year, a new report released by the Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce indicates.The figures are based on a study commissioned for the Chamber and carried out by an economic consulting firm that developed its own method for tracking the impact of cross-border shopping and investment.“We knew that Canada was the single greatest force in our area economy, but we had no definite numbers and found that no one had ever really develop a way to establish and track such numbers,” Garry Douglas, executive director of the Chamber, said in a release.Douglas said the model will now serve as a model for other border areas in upper New York State.Among the study’s major findings: - Canadian shoppers spent an estimated US $193 million in Clinton County in 1994.- Canadian-owned and border-related companies in Clinton County employed 2,483 people in 1994, with an annual payroll of US $59 million.- Exports to and through Canada by Clinton County businesses in 1994 totalled US $187 million.- 1994 bank deposits in Clinton County by Canadian com- panies and citizens totalled US $210 million.- The total assessed value of real estate in Clinton County owned by Canadian companies and citizens in 1994 totalled $39.7 million.“The $784 million total is mind-boggling enough, but then we need to realize that most of these categories have seen significant growth since 1994,” Douglas said.The Plattsburgh area has led the state of New York in the growth of manufacturing jobs in recent years as the result of a rapidly growing presence of Canadian-owned companies.Major employers such as Bombardier, Quebecor and CP Rail have locations here, as do dozens of small- and mediumsized businesses.Firms optimistic about hiring TORONTO (CP) — Cana dian companies have become more optimistic about their hiring prospects for the first time in almost two years, says a Dun and Bradstreet Canada survey.But they’re also later in paying their bills, reversing a four-year trend to more prompt payment.“What business is saying is things are stable, they could be better .but we’re going in the right direction,” said Stephen Munden, manager of corporate marketing at Dun and Bradstreet, based in nearby Mississauga.The survey shows the proportion of670 companies polled that expect to add jobs in the April-June quarter is 14 percentage points higher than the share expecting to chop jobs.The gap was up from 11 percentage points in the first quarter, and is the first increase since the 1994 third quarter, when the difference was 20 percentage points.The company did not provide the survey’s raw numbers but a spokeswoman said nearly all the 670 firms questioned responded.Dun and Bradstreet supplies credit and marketing information to corporate clients.Since its survey of Canadian business expectations began in 1947, it has proved to be an accurate forecaster of Canada’s future economic performance.Statistics Canada reports show employment has risen sharply since December after stagnating during most of 1995.Falling interest rates and a booming United States market, where Canada ships 85 per cent of its exports, are helping the Canadian economy.The Dun and Bradstreet survey suggests that upward trend will continue this year.The survey showed expectations of job growth are wides- Job offers pread across the country, with hiring optimism rising everywhere but in the Atlantic provinces, which have been hit hard by the collapse of the cod fishery and cuts to defence spending.The most optimistic companies were in Western Canada, where the number expecting jobs to increase was 22 percentage points higher than those expecting a drop.That was one of the highest readings in the last three years.Most companies expected increased sales in the quarter, but there were big differences by industry.Expectations improved sharply in manufacturing, while service firms became more pessimistic about sales increases and hiring.Although expectations of increased prices rose among retailers, their optimism was still second-lowest of eight sectors surveyed, after services.2062060 QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER Granby.$30,000 to $45,000 year.Perm.40 hrs.wk.D.C.S.in textile engineering, chemistry, industrial eng.or other textile field or comparable work exp., bilingual written and spoken, mandatory, exp.in textile chemistry and color measurement technic, working knowledge of statistical process control.2059472 SANDBLASTING OPERATOR, St-Paul d’Abbotsford.$10.25 hr.perm.44 hrs.wk.know, in bodywork and painting, exp.in sandblasting.2061406 BUTCHER, St-Cesaire.$8.00 hr.and more D.O.exp.perm.40 hrs.wk., have a minimum of 2 yrs.of exp., in field.2051249 MACHINIST -CONVENTIONNAL, Granby.$10.to $12.00 hr.d.o.exp., perm.40 hrs.wk.day, 5 to 10 yrs.of exp.with conventional machine: Lathe, milling machine, grinder, boring machine and others.Know, of blueprints reading.The Record and Canada Employment Centres across the Eastern Townships are publicizing job opportunities in the region.Persons who qualify for jobs should contact their nearest C.E.C.office or phone Telecentre iU 564-4977 (Sherbrooke) or (514) 776-5285 (Granby).CARDS & Products With the purchase of $500 on Mother's Day Carlton Cards & Products, receive a FREE BOW to wrap your present.^- Valerie Courchesne t.&.£L- If PUBLIC NOTICE “MUNICIPALITY OF CANTON DE HATLEY ANNEXING PROJECT" Sector located mainly to the south of Bel-Horizon Road TO MORAL PERSONS REFERENDUM VOTE - JUNE 9, 1996 To the moral persons with an immovable located within the limits of part of the sector situated mainly to the south of Bel-Horizon Road in the Municipality of Ascot, of which a description and a sketch are contai',ad in this notice PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to moral persons that they must meet the following conditions in order to have the right to be inscribed on the municipality's referendum list for the referendum vote mentioned above: ?For purposes of the inscription on the referendum list, have designated, by means of a resolution, among the members, administrators oremployees, a physical person, who on March 15, 1996, reference date, and at the time of vote: — Is of legal age and a Canadian citizen: — Is not under trusteeship; — Is not stricken by an incapacity to vote resulting from a fraudulent electoral maneouvre.?Forward this resolution to the municipality's secretary-treasurer no later than May 10, 1996 at 4:30 p.m.at the following address: BUREAU DU SECRÉTAIRE-TRÉSORIER Mario Boily 600, rue Thibault Ascot (Quebec) J1H 6G7 ?The resolution comes into effect upon receipt and remains valid until it is replaced.DESCRIPTION THIS SECTOR IS LIMITED TO THE WEST BY THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF THE VILLE DE ROCK FOREST, TO THE NORTH.BY PART OF BFL-HORI-ZON ROAD AND BY THE SOUTHERN LIMITS OF LOTS 11 -A.11-J, 11-D RANGE 7 AND 11-A RANGE 8, TO THE EAST BY THE MASSAW'PPI RIVER AND TO THE SOUTH BY THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF THE CANTON DE HATLEY AND COMPTON STATION.THIS SECTOR ALSO AFFECTS, IN PART OR IN FULL, THE FOLLOWING ROADWAYS: Dunant (civic numbers 2745 to 3001,2746 to 6600 and 4501 to 6599), Bel-Horizon (civic numbers 1150 to 2400, 1185 to 1605 and 2045).Belvedere (civic numbers 2740 to 3780 and 2741 to 3779), Manège du, Sellier du.Horsefall, Rodgers, White, Albert Mines d', Smith, Perdrière de la, Eustis, Hollenbeck, Stafford, Smerdon, Capelton chemin de (civic number 800 to 2060 and 801 to 2059), Fuller, MacDonald Road, Haskell Hill d', Cèdres des.Parc du, Ritournel de la, Maple.SKETCH _ (ÿ Ch.Bel-Horliçi) - ill - ¦ J- lodgerj " l|! " Municipalité do Compton Station Canton do Hotloy GIVEN IN ASCOT, THIS 29TH DAY OF APRIL 1996.Mano Boily, Secretary-Treasurer ESSA'iM 147 Queen St., Lennoxville 569-3601 f Please support your toad * Vf Living 8—The RECORD—Tuesday, Aprü 30, 1996 Einstein.Napoleon.Churchill were all nappers Naps really do boost your job performance From Cosmopolitan magazine Napping on the job could wind up boosting your job performance — as long as you don’t get caught at it.Albert Einstein, Napoleon, Winston Churchill and Thomas Edison were all enthusiastic nappers.U.S.President Bill Kool Aid kids: Pathfinders Kerri Gibson and Barbara Koweït spent their Saturday at the Wal-Mart in Rock Forest serving Kool-Aid and accepting donations to raise money for St.Justin's Childrens Hospital and the Laval Children’s Hospital in Quebec City.The girls weren’t alone however, as members of the Girl Guide movement from across Canada gave their time to raise money for charity.Clinton also takes daily catnaps and Lance Ito, the Los Angeles Superior Court judge who handled the 0.J.Simpson trial, keeps blanket and pillow at the ready.An estimated 60 per cent of American adults admit to sometimes sacking out on the job and a third of them do it about four times a week.But they worry about it.“A lot of upper-management types will tell you regular naps are part of their power thinking,” said David Dinges, director of the unit for experimental psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.“Just let someone under them try it and see what happens.” There are exceptions.Many airlines have added bunks to their cockpits so jet-lagged pilots can rest while a co-pilot takes the controls.At General Magic in Sunnyvale, Calif., a state-of-the-art software company, futons are standard equipment.“Virtually anyone who doesn’t get enough sleep at night will readily drop off during what we call the nap zone,” said Roger Broughton, a professor of neurology at the University of Ottawa and the first to identify napping as a normal part of our 24-hour, or circadian, cycle.Upwards of 50 per cent of Canadians and Americans are estimated to be sleep-deprived.In 1993, a U.S.federal commission ranked the sleep deficit “a-s important as the national High blood pressure and dementia linked?LONDON (Reuter) — Elderly people who have high blood pressure in their 70s may be more prone to dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, in their 80s, Swedish doctors reported Friday.The study is the first to link senility and blood pressure.Dr.Ingmar Skoog, a psychiatrist at Sahlgrenska Hospital in Goteborg, discovered the association in a 15-year study of 973 elderly residents of the Swedish city.Those who developed dementia between the ages of 79 and 85 had higher systolic blood pressure — the top num- ber of a blood pressure reading — at ages 70 and 75 than those who did not.They also found specific blood pressure links to different types of dementia.“Higher diastolic blood pressure (the lower number) was recorded at age 70 for those developing Alzheimer’s disease .than for those who did not develop dementia,” they wrote in the science journal Nature.One explanation, they said, could be the known association between high blood pressure and lesions on the nerve cells in the brain.These lesions are common in several types of dementia.Dear Ann Landers: My husband and 1 try to be discreet when we are having sex, but this morning, our 6-year-old son walked into our bedroom and saw us both naked in a compromising position.He didn't say anything, but we could tell he was flustered.This isn’t the first lime one of our children has caught us in the act.We have told them to knock before entering our bedroom, but sometimes they forget.We are reluctant to lock the door in case there is an emergency.So far, this hasn't seemed to upset the children, but I suspect it will become a problem soon.Should we say anything, or is it best not to make an issue of it?We would appreciate some advice on how to deal with this embarrassing situation.For obvious reasons, we can't ask anyone else.— REDFACED IN BERKELEY, CALIF.DEAR BERKELEY: You say this isn't the first time one of your children has "caught you in the act"?Apparently, you and your husband are slow learners.Since no questions were asked, I see no reason to offer any explanations.And now, may I ask what it is going to take for you to lock your bedroom door when you desire privacy?In case of an emergency, it takes only a second for you to unlock it.Dear Ann Landers: I am a young male, single and happy, but don't tell that to my family or my friends.They would not believe it.It seems that if you are not married by the time you are 30, people think there is something wrong with you.I am constantly told, "You should get married - you will be so much happier." Even more annoying are the questions, "When are you going to get married?What are you waiting for?" Ann, I am happy.I refuse to seule down just to please my family and friends.I date regularly and have several attractive female acquaintances.I’m in my early 30s and college-educated, own my own home, drive a nice car, and travel extensively.I have no trouble finding young ladies to date, but I'm selective and I don't sleep around.I do want to marry someday, but I will wait until I meet the woman I think is right for me.The fact is, people are not getting married right out of high school the way many of our parents did.Today, we go to college and start our careers Ann Landers the questions to stop.They won't.Every community has matchmakers who make it something of a hobby, and let's face it, some folks do need a little help.Instead of being offended, be flattered that so many people are interested in your welfare.Dear Ann Landers: Here's my favorite Burma Shave sign.— T.B., BARK RIVER, MICH.Ben met Anna.Made a hit.Ben wouldn't shave.Ben-Anna split.Gem of the Day: Too many people are eager to volunteer to carry the piano stool when it's the piano that needs to be moved.debt.” Among the negatives cited were industrial and automobile accidents, both of which peak around 3 p.m., but also show a smaller rise in midafternoon.Among napping’s benefits: Latin Americans and Europeans who take siestas consistently do better on stress tests.And regular, 30-minute naps have been shown to reduce significantly the risk of heart disease.In studies, subjects allowed two hours of “prophylactic” sleep before pulling all-nighters had a 30 per cent edge in alertness and performance the next day over non-napping control subjects.“It takes about 20 minutes to get into deep, slow-wave sleep,” Broughton said.“After that, if you’re roused from deep slumber, you’re likely to wake up groggy, a condition known as sleep inertia.“So to avoid that thickheaded, muddled feeling, you should either wake up naturally at the end of the hour-and-a-half sleep cycle or stick to short naps of 20 minutes or so.” Slow learners were caught in the act again You’re a “super” guy it’s a well known fad and as a dad, there’s nothing you lack But faster than a speeding bullet you’re not however, now at 40; What an excuse you’ve got! Happy Birthday first.We may be a bit wiser than our parents were at our age, and we are more likely to take our time before making a lifelong commitment If you print my letter, maybe my family and friends will get the point.- HAPPY AND SINGLE ONTHE WFST COAST DEAR SINGLE AND HAPPY: Here’s your letter, but don’t expect 90th birthday greetings Happy birthday to Ruby Spaulding Banks of the London Residence in Sherbrooke who celebrates her 90th birthday on April 30.Love and best wishes from the residents and staff.92nd birthday greetings Birthday wishes to Kate Newell of the Knowlton House Residence who celebrates her 92nd birthday on April 30.Love and best wishes from the family. The RECORD—Tuesday, April 30, 1996—9 Arts and Entertainment Book states ordinary Germans killed with zeal By Michael Bezdek BOSTON (AP) — A new book on the Holocaust takes the relatively new approach of focusing on the killers rather than their victims.Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, an assistant professor of political science at Harvard, has written an original, far-reaching and disquieting indictment in Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust (Random House, $39.95).His main points that counter prevailing opinion are: — Those who killed the Jews were not just special troops following orders out of blind faith and fear.— Ordinary Germans knew what was going on and the killers were largely drawn from among them.— They killed with a special relish and initiatives of torture and humiliation, fully believing Jews were demons who needed to be exterminated.Goldhagen contends the Holocaust was born of a viru-lent racism peculiar to Germany.“Whatever the anti-Semitic traditions were in other European countries, it was only in Germany that an openly and rabidly anti-Semitic movement came to power, indeed was elected to power, that was bent upon turning anti-Semitic fantasy into state-organized geno-cidal slaughter,” writes Goldhagen.Goldhagen adds that terms such as “Nazis” and “SS men” tend to obfuscate what happened during the Holocaust: “The most appropriate, indeed the only appropriate general proper name for the Germans who perpetrated the Holocaust is ‘Germans.’ ” The killing was organized by Nazi zealots from the SS and its Einsatzgruppen, but much of it was carried out by the more loosely formed affiliates of the Order Police, especially its police battalions, Goldhagen says.Ordinary Germans were also among the thousands of support groups, such as the civil servants working in occupied countries like Poland, where the Germans set up 399 ghet- tos and where more than two million Jews were killed.In addition, they worked at the more than 10,000 types of German camps such as Auschwitz, which, along with its satellite camps, had 7,000 guards.Among the material Goldhagen found in his years of research, including 15 months reading German investigation reports, were documents suggesting few people exercised their option, when given, to be reassigned from a killing troop.Among the longer subjects he explores to support his argument is the Helmbrechts death march, which takes its name from a women’s satellite camp of Flossenburg.It’s a terrifying tale of one of the camps evacuated as liberating armies were approaching only weeks before the end of the war.The leaders of the march, which meandered through the countryside, could have just given it up, and were even told to do so by Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS.Instead, they kept beating, starving and shooting the emaciated women.Short Cuts Country star has MS NASHVILLE, Tenn.(AP) — Clay Walker says with the support of his fans, his family and his friends, he’ll be fine — the 26-year-old singer has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.Walker says he has a very positive outlook and a lot of faith in God, and no plans to slow down his career.“There are people with worse things than this,” he said.“I’ve been very fortunate and blessed and I’m going to handle it.” Walker is playing dates this summer with Sawyer Brown and Diamond Rio His current single is “Hypnotize The Moon”.Cyrus answers critics LANTANA, Fla.(AP) — Billy Ray Cyrus has new ammo to answer critics who say his hipswiveling rock-influenced music isn’t really country.Country Weekly magazine says that since Cyrus played his song “She Ain’t Cryin’ Anymore” at the Grand Ole Opry, the singer feels a new level of acceptance.Cyrus says he starting playing and the people started clapping, and he got cold chills.Cyrus says nobody can undo the fact that he performed at the Opry.CBC financing in focus TORONTO (CP) — Public Television at a Crossroads: Refinancing the CBC is the topic of the McGill Institute Symposium, from which CBC Newsworld will air highlights at 1:30 p.m.this Saturday.Moderated by Desmond Morris, guests will include Pierre Juneau and CBC president Perrin Beatty.Participants in the round table discussion represent a broad range of broadcasting and cultural interests from Friends of the CBC to communications scholars, lawyers and media consultants.Country struggles for a place NEW YORK (AP) — Looking for country artists on the list of the 25 top-selling albums of all time?The Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits is second and Hotel California is eighth, but you have to scan down to 13 before you find Garth Brooks and No Fences.Brooks has another album in the Top 25 — his Ropin’The Wind is 20th.Who’s counting?Entertainment Weekly magazine, which lists Michael Jackson’s Thriller LP as the No.1 top seller of all time.Tuesday's Pop Chart Movies The top 10 movies at U.S.and Canadian theatres, based on industry estimates of ticket sales Friday through Sunday: 1.The Quest, $7.2 million.2.The Truth About Cats and Dogs, $7 million.3.Sunset Park, $5.1 million.4.Primal Fear, $4.7 million.5.Mulholland Falls, $4.4 million.6.James and the Giant Peach, $3.5 million.7.The Birdcage, $3.4 million.8.The Substitute, $2.6 million.9.Fear, $2.7 million.10.Celtic Pride, $2 million.PlWf SUPPOflT n LOCAL CHURCH A PUBLIC NOTICE “MUNICIPALITY OF CANTON DE HATLEY ANNEXING PROJECT" Sector located mainly to the south of Bel-Horizon Road TO JOINT CO-OWNERS OF AN IMMOVABLE AND TO CO-OCCUPANTS OF A PLACE OF BUSINESS REFERENDUM VOTE - JUNE 9, 1996 To joint co-owners and to co-occupants of a place of business with an immovable located within the limits of the sector situated mainly to the south of Bel-Horizon Road in the Municipality of Ascot, of which a description and a sketch are contained in this notice.PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to joint co-owners of an immovable as well as to co-occupants of a place of business who do not already have the nght to be inscnbed on the referendum list as a resident, as sole owner of an immovable or as sole occupant of a place of business that the terms indicated hereunder must be fulfilled in order to be inscribed on the municipality's referendum list for the referendum vote mentioned above: ?Be joint co-owner or co-occupant of a place of business within the municipality since March 15, 1996, reference date; ?Not under trusteeship; ?Not be stncken by an incapacity to vote resulting from a fraudulent electoral manoeuvre; ?Be a physical person, of legal age and a Canadian citizen on March 15, 1996, reference date; ?Be designated by means of a proxy signed by the majority of the co-owners or co-occupants who are voters on March 15, 1996, reference date ?The proxy must be received no later than Friday, May 10, 1996 at d:3C p.m.at the address hereunder.BUREAU DU SECRÉTAIRE-TRÉSORIER Mano Boily 600, rue Thibault Ascot (Québec) J1H 6G7 ?The proxy comes into effect upon receipt and remains valid until it is replaced, DESCRIPTION THIS SECTOR IS LIMITED TO THE WEST BY THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF THE VILLE DE ROCK FOREST, TO THE NORTH, BY PART OF BEL-HORIZON ROAD AND BY THE SOUTHERN LIMITS OF LOTS 11 -A.11-J, 11-D RANGE 7 AND 11 -A RANGE 8, TO THE EASTBYTHE MASSAWIPPI RIVER AND TO THE SOUTH BY THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF THE CANTON DE HATLEY AND COMPTON STATION.THIS SECTOR ALSO AFFECTS, IN PART OR IN FULL, THE FOLLOWING ROADWAYS: Dunant (civic numbers 2745 to 3001,2746 to 6600 and 4501 to 6599), Bel-Horizon (civic numbers 1150 to 2400, 1185 to 1605 and 2045), Belvedere (civic numbers 2740 to 3780 and 2741 to 3779), Manège du, Sellier du, Horsefall, Rodgers, White, Albert Mines d', Smith, Perdrière de la.Eustis, Hollenbeck, Stafford, Smerdon, Capelton chemin de (civic numbers 800 to 2060 and 801 to 2059), Fuller, MacDonald Road, Haskell Hill d'.Cèdres des.Parc du, Ritournel de la, Maple.SKETCH Municipalité d'Ascot ch 6eVY°1'10 .1-1 ¦JuiLmniA :~Vllle de - jîLennoxville ___