The record, 18 décembre 1996, Supplément 1

Brome Wednesday, December 18, 1996 DUKE.NOBLE.GIDDINGS Inc.Professional Financial, Taxation 1(19 William SI.Cowansville & Accounting Services 1514) 263-4123 Individuals and Corporations Fax: 263-348# Accounting & Income Tax, Investment Planning Farm Transfers & Consulting, Estate Planning & Settlement, Computer Services, Maketing plans 316 Knowlton K(l Knowlton (514) 243-5021 I64-A Queen St.Suite 1 l.ennoxville Serving the Eastern Townships Community for over 35 years (8I9| 346-0333 J The Largest Circulation Weekly in Brome-Missisquoi School wins 99 CDs, dance party from Burlington station Massey-Vanier buzzing with excitement Massey- Vanier teacher Shannon McGovern and principal Dennis McCullough helped students, including Willie Colley and Chris Craig, win a contest sponsored by Buzz radio in Burlington, Vt.ifll§!g§i| s' -v liJii HMk 1 si v * dm By Maurice Crossfield COWANSVILLE - An idea from two students at Massey-Vanier to promote their favorite radio station ended up creating a buzz throughout the school.The efforts of students and staff actually resulted in the school winning 99 compact discs and a special Buzz Bash in February that will be hosted by disc jockeys from the Burlington (Vt.)-based Buzz 99.9.The Buzz, an alternative rock radio station, was holding a contest that challenged listeners to come up with innovative ways to promote the station.The grand prize was $10,000.The catch: Entrants had to be older than 18 to enter.So, level two students Willie Colley and Chris Craig decided to approach one of their favorite teachers, Shannon McGovern, to see if she could help out.“She was new and she looked like she would be one of those teachers who would do it,” Colley said.“She always has a smile on,” said Craig.“She’s a fun teacher.” Craig and Colley’s idea was to hold a school-wide day to promote the station, McGovern got a committee together with the help of Nancy Turiff and the student council and on Nov.26 students spent their lunch hour taking part in Buzz Day.“I was afraid it was going to be a big failure,” said Craig.“But it turned out really well.” The day featured a Buzz Bar, Buzz bake sale and Buzz display.Students were also asked to dress in the station’s colors, black and yellow.The school’s radio station tuned into 99.9, and students asked bus drivers to tune in their radios on the way to and from school.“Usually these guys have the bus radios tuned into country music or something,” said Craig.Proceeds from the bake sale went to Project Teddy Bear, which provides teddy bears for the needy during the Christmas season.The alternative rock station already had a strong following at the school, and Colley said it is the station of choice among students at Massey-Vanier.“Everybody I know listens to the Buzz,” said Colley.As a grand finale, some 200 students used their bodies to spell BUZZ 99.9 in the snow on the hill near the soccer field.To let the radio station know what happened the day was captured on video tape and camera.The images were then sent off to the radio station to be judged for the contest.On Dec.6, McGovern and several other staff members took along a video camera and headed to Burlington for the awards ceremony.They didn’t win the grand prize, but they did get the 99 CDs.But'because of their exceptional effort the radio station decided to throw in a Buzz Bash for the school.The event will be held Feb.6.“We had a really great day doing things together,” said McGovern.“And now we’re getting a major fundraiser for the school.” Some 200 Massey Vanier students used their bodies to spell BUZZ 99.9 in the snow on the hill near the soccer field.r.«•;» 20 yrs.experience INSTALLATION REPAIRS PRE-WIRING MAINTENANCE PLAN VISIT OUR BOUTIQUE AT THE COWANSVILLE SHOPPING CENTER DEC.12,13, 14,15 & DEC.21, 22 SI 4-243-0000 l -800-783-0933 fles /Foi 242-2233 !Y INTERNET Dona Id & Larry Gagné -a* AU VIRTUEL •Computers •Software •Mac PC compatible •Books Stax.•Electronic café Xxfi DENTHEATPF SALE & REPAIRS • CAFÉ -WTb-R: 2& - 24 104 N.Main St.Albans, Vt.802-527-7888 Canadian $ at par V" Five days only STAR TREK, 1s’ CONTACT Daily 2, 4, 7 & 9 pg Arnold Schwarzenegger JINGLE ALL THE WAY Daily at 2 434 South St.• Cowansville PG Disney’s All New 101 DALMATIONS Daily 2,4,7, & 8:45 G Tom Cruise JERRY MAGUIRE Daily 4, 7 S 9:30 R l-J .yv Coming: Michael, My Fellow American X-Mas Eve: Show times only 2, 4 & 7 X-Mas Dav - No matinees (2 & 4) Reason’0 CENTRE ELECTRONIQUE LECTROMAX yj DE KNOWLTON YOUR LOCAL ELECTRONIC STORE TV / VCR / HIFI SALES & SERVICE 489 Knowlton Road (f) 243-0487 i ® Ï7 nYT' 2 - BROME COUNTY NRWS.—'.Wednesday* December.18* 19»« Brome County Community Billboard Community Calendar Dec.18 Town of Brome Lake Community Services has once again put the Skate & Shinny Program hack in action for Sunday afternoons from Jan.5 to March 16 (weather permitting) at the skating rinks of Knowlton Academy and St.Edouard School for children up to 11 years old.Registration: Dec.18, Legion Community Centre, 383 Knowlton Road, (a $5/child surcharge is applicable for any registration past this date).For more information, call 242-2020.Dec.19 Parent Finders - Montreal, a nonprofit organization for adoptees, birth parents and siblings, will meet at the Royal Canadian Legion, 700 Jenkins Ave., Dorval, Que.H9P 1 Al, at 7:30 p.m.For more information, call Pat at (514) 683-0204.Also, good news, our French Chapter will be opening in January! Dec.21 & 22 A Country Christmas, Sutton: Dec.21, 11 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.Story Telling at Ecole de Sutton library, Highland St., wagon rides with Ian.Departure point, Gazebo on Main St.at 6:30 p.m.Christmas Party “Supper with Santa” Torchlight ski run, at Mt.Sutton Ski chalet.Traditional turkey dinner with trimmings! Music, dancing and many other pleasant surprises! Tickets on BANDS Every Weekend ^ Friday, December 20th 9 p-m- Entrance SCJ00 7riUte Gojé du Village sale at Tourist Office and various stores., 8 p.m.Brome Beaux Arts presents Anonymous, a Christmas concert, medieval music, at the Old Church in West Brome.Dec.22, Santa's Back! Children are invited to visit with Santa and pick up Christmas treats, at Ecole de sutton, 19 Highland St.Organized by the Knights of Colombus.Dec.31 The Royal Canadian Legion will hold a New Year’s Eve Dance, 2 Curley St., Sutton.Music by Wayne Durrell, door prizes, bar and cold buffet.Admission: $15 per couple.Limited tickets! Tel: 538-1857 or 538-3713.Christmas Services Dec.22 Lux Aeterna: A Christmas Celebration, Carol, Candlelight, and Whitegift Service, at the Church of St.John Evangelist, Brome Village, 8 p.m.Join us as we celebrate the drama of God's loving purposes from Creation to the coming of the Christ, to our modern world.All Welcome! (Tout Bienvenue).Info: 243-6096.Dec.22 & 24 Christmas Sunday, Emmanuel United Church, 203 Main St.in Cowansville at 11 a.m.Worship, Sunday School and Holy Communion.Christmas Eve Family Service at 7 p.m.Dec.24-31 St.Edouard’s Church, Knowlton, schedule of Christmas and New Year's masses: Dec.24, French service, 7: p.m., English service, 10: p.m., Dec.25, Bilingual service, 10: a.m., Dec.31, Bilingual service, 4: p.m.No mass on January 1, 1997.Arts Calendar The Tour des Arts is looking for new members.Interested parties must have a studio or a work space that can be opened to the public and is located within a designated area that includes the villages and regions surrounding Sutton, Knowlton and Mansonville.Ten slides or photos of the artist’s or artisan’s work and a curriculum vitae must be sent, along with a self-addressed stamped envelope to Tour des Arts, 91 chemin Vallee, Brome, Quebec.JOE 1K0 before January 15.Dec.21 A Christmas Canata: Sacred Scandal, written by Rev.Dr.R.Burn Purdon, presented by a regional choir under the direction of Julia Northrup, at Knowlton United Church, 8 p.m.No admission but a free-will offering will be received.For more information, call 243-6078 or 534-5355.Quarte Blanche, a new vocal quartet will present their first bilingual Christmas Concert, at Ste.Rose de Lima Church, 605 Main St.in Cowansville, at 2 p.m.Manon Carrier (soprano), Johanne Begin (alto), Eric Jacques (tenor) and Richard Lamontagne (bass).All proceeds will be given to Comité de la Culture de Cowansville.Tickets on sale now at the Comité, 225 Main St.Adults $5, members $4, children $2.For more information, call 263-6666.January 13 Knowlton: Bishop’s bilingual, credited, art courses begin.Painting on Paper, an introduction to color relationships, color mixing and various 'A CHURNING VORTEX OF EXCITEMENT./ OfICE IT STARTS.•RRST CONTACT’ NEVER LETS GO.' 'EVEN NON-TREXKERS WILL ETJJOY THE BEST’STAR TREK’ FILMVET STAR TRI Thurs.: 1:00 P.M.3:05 P.M $3.50 MON.TUES.& WED $4.50 DECEMBER 20 - 26 Fri., Sat., Sun., Mon., Thurs.: 7 p.m.Fri., Sat., Sun., Mon., Thurs.: 9:05 p.m.For info: 263-5900 mediums associated with painting on paper; Collage, a contemporary art medium using mostly recycled materials.Both courses will develop creativity, personal images, visual and technical skills.No prerequisites.Call Louise Jamet at 243-4137.Community Notes Is 1997 a special anniversary year for your community organization, school, church, business or municipality?Is it a special birthday or wedding anniversary year?If the answer is Yes, please let us know.The Record is putting together a list of those with special events to celebrate in 1997, the 100th anniversary of the founding of The Record as a daily newspaper.The list will be published early in 1997.Please write to: 1997 Anniversaries, The Record, 2850 Delorme, Sherbrooke, J1K 1A1.For more information, call (819) 569-9511.Deadline: December 31, 96.Foster On Monday afternoon, Mrs.Nancy Dixon, Mr.and Mrs.Lawrence Marsh, and Mr.and Mrs.Michel Royea attended the Award Cememony also held at the Citadel Inn in Ottawa, when Governor General at the Right-Honourable Romeo Le-Blanc, as Chief Scout in Canada presented Ryan Dixon and Kirk Royea each with a “Medal for Meritorious Conduct.” If you wish to drink and can that's your business If you wish to stop and can't that's our business Alcoholics Anonymous AA Help Lines Knowlton .(514)242-2611 Magog .(819)868-0707 Montreal .(514) 376-9230 Newport, Vt.(802) 873-3425 St.Albans, Vt.(802) 524-5444 Sherbrooke .(819) 564-0070 Dec.24 - Closing at 8 p.m.Dec.25 - Closed Dec.26 - Open at 4 p.m.Jan.1st New Year's X Open at 4 p.m.Fully Licensed 514 ch.Knowlton 243-5726 RESTAURANT INCOME TAX SERVICE BOOKKEEPING "Vâafté you fax tfoux e*tco»« — 5 Is sensationalism the right approach to Christmas?Dear Editor, I am writing in response to your article about Burn Purdon’s ‘controversial’ new cantata, Sacred Scandal.I have to admit that I agree with Burn that Christmas has become so ‘sentimentalized’ that most people have forgotten its intended purpose.I myself believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, that he was, in fact, conceived in Mary’s womb through a special act of God.I believe this not only because it’s recorded in the Bible, but also because I have experienced God’s power in my own life.I therefore share Burn’s concern for promoting interest in the Bible, since I am convinced that anyone can come to know and understand God through its instruction.I do, however, take exception with the theme of Burn’s cantata.The suggestion it makes that Jesus is the illegitimate son of a Roman soldier only represents, in the Biblical accounts, the opinions of those who hated Jesus and who wished to discredit the beautiful things he did.Because Jesus claimed to ‘come from heaven’ and to be the actual embodiment of God on earth, these religious intellectuals couldn’t stand to keep him around, and that is why they finally had him killed.He was too much of a challenge for their ‘empty’ religious institutionalism.Today, many people still recoil at the suggestion that Jesus Christ is God’s son.It’s easy to say that Mary could have been raped or that any ‘man’ could have been Jesus’s father.The fact is that he claimed to be the Son of God.Not only do all four Gospels attest to Jesus's divine lineage, they each also claim that he proved his heredity by rising from the dead.1 therefore question the purpose of Mr.Purdon’s cantata.Most people expect Christian churches to teach and reflect Christian beliefs.It is becoming increasingly apparent, however, that many churches and ministers are forgetting whom they have been called to represent.St.John was Jesus’s closest friend, and the disciple who knew Mary most intimately.He tells us at the conclusion of his gospel why he recorded the life of Jesus: “These things are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20, verse 31) John also writes what he considers to be the definition of Christian faith in a letter to some of the early Christians: “And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent Ins Son as the Savior of the world.Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.So we know and believe the love God has for us.” (1 John 4, verses 14 to 16).1 just have one question for Mr.Purdon.If sentimentalism isn’t the right approach to celebrating Christmas, is sensationalism, of the Harlequin romance type, any improvement?1 think we would be better off to take Jesus a little more seriously at Christmas - to not waste our time on speculations about him -but instead to honestly learn more about who he actually is.Reverend doesn Y speak for St.PauVs Dear Editor, The Dec.4, 1996 edition of your newspaper reported that the Knowlton United Church’s minister was organizing a Christmas celebration that might be shocking to some people.This is true.It is so controversial that we, the Corporation and people of St.Paul’s Anglican Church in Knowlton, would like to state clearly the truth we believe about the fatherhood of Jesus Christ.We state this belief at every service, either in the Nicene Creed or the Apostles’ Creed where we say, in part, “I believe in God, the Father almighty .I believe in Jesus Christ, his only son, our Lord.He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit Skate and Shinny program registration today KNOWLTON - A group of volunteers and the Town of Brome Lake Community Services have revived the Skate and Shinny program.If the weather cooperates, the program will kick off Jan.5 and continue until March 16 at the skating rinks of Knowlton Academy and St.Edouard School.The Skate and Shinny program is for boys and girls up to 11 years of age.Registration takes place today at 4:30 p.m.at the Legion Community Centre and is on a first-come, first-served basis.The cost is $8 for one child, $12 for two and $15 for three or more children.Anyone registering after today will have to pay a $5 surcharge per child.The Skate and Shinny program is also looking for parent volunteers to help out as coaches, assistants and referees.Anyone interested is asked to say Knowlton Tom Ransom and born of the Virgin Mary.” The authority for making these statements comes from the Gospels according to Matthew, chapter 1, verses 18 -21 and Luke, chapter 1, verses 26 - 38.We should add that we are not the only denomination of the Christian faith who state our beliefs in these same words.The Reverend Purdon did not claim to speak for the United Church as a whole, but neither does he speak for St.Paul’s, Knowlton.Danny Foster, The Corporation and the people of St.Paul’s Anglican Church Knowlton mention that fact on the registration form.The Legion Community Centre is located at 383 Knowlton Road, Knowlton.For more information, please call the community centre at (514) 242-2020.BROME slake PUBLIC NOTICE To all ratepayers of the above mentioned municipality, 1.Please be advised that the Town Hall will have the following holiday schedule: OPEN at its regular hours from 8:00 a.m.to 4:30 p.m.on December 23rd, 24th, 30th and 31st, 1996.CLOSED on December 25th, 26th, 27th, 1996 and January 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1997 2.The regular Council meeting will be held on January 6th, 1997 at 8:00 p.m.3.Please also be advised that during the Christmas holidays, the schedule for household garbage pick-up will be as follows: Tuesdays' pick-up will remain on its regular day: December 24th, 1996 December 31st.1996 Wednesday's pick-up will be done on the following days: December 26th, 1996 January 2nd, 1997 Given at Town of Brome Lake This 18th day of December 1996 Catherine Bouchard Town Clerk la caisse populaire de Waterloo 7** SIEGE SOCIAL 4990 RUE FOSTER / C.P.200 WATERLOO (514) 539-1023 CENTRE DE SERVICES 459 RUE KNOWLTON / C.P.449 VILLE DE LAC BROME (514) 242-1270 sports/experts HORS IA LOI SALOMON â THE! 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