The record, 24 janvier 1994, lundi 24 janvier 1994

[" TILDEN Car & Trucks Rental Place Brouillard 2700 King Street West, Suite 100 * Sherbrooke, Quebec JIL 105 Can er Pu ] (p1EEDY A 8 pt $ QuEbEb $ 18-551 GAL à eut Ù- ent php ü 75 fe +d i : \\ VONT REAL: P \\ ua 1\" i MN 1 95/38 / Sherbrooke soldier safe despite grenade ZAGREB, Croatia \u2014 A Sherbrooke reservist who narrowly escaped death in a hand grenade blast was one of two Canadian soldiers attacked in in separate weekend incidents in former Yugoslavia, said the Canadian Defence Depar- tment.In central Bosnia, a grenade was thrown at 3 a.m.local time Sunday into an observation post in the Canadian peacekeepers\u2019 camp in Visoko.No injuries resulted from the blast.Cpl.Michel Gonin, a Fusi- Brome Lake firefighters braved frigid temperatures to battle a lunchtime chimney fire Saturday at the Auberge West Brome condominiums.Auberge manager James Rudolf said only slight damage was incurred as firefighters brought the blaze under control.He said the fire apparently started when the tenant left a fire in the fireplace unattended for too long.liers de Sherbrooke reservist attached to the 12th Canadian Armored Regiment, was called by someone outside of the camp defensive perimeter, the Defence Department said in a statement issued in Ottawa.As he moved outside the RECORD /SHARON McCULLY E-2 phone home.Cable TV satellite is still in spinout mode By Michael MacDonald OTTAWA (CP) \u2014 Telesat technicians spent the weekend sending computer commands to what used to be Canada\u2019s main broadcast satellite \u2014 but the Anik E-2 won't listen.The $300-million satellite was maimed last week by an intense electromagnetic storm, Telesat Canada says.\u2018\u2018The engineers just keep working at it,\u201d company spokesman Jim Spendlove said on the weekend.\u2018They \u2019re going to keep at it for several weeks.\u201d Telesat said the storm, caused by high-speed particles streaming from the sun, hobbled the satellite\u2019s guidance system and knocked out TV signals from Newsworld, Much- Music and other national cable channels.Some U.S.signals carried on the satellite were also bumped Seven young wounded Shootout at Boston ice rink BOSTON (AP) \u2014 Several gunmen wearing hooded sweatshirts burst into a roller rink in Boston on Sunday and shot seven youngsters, authorities said.Two juveniles and a 17-year- old were arrested.Witnesses said there was a fight inside the rink between two groups of youths before the shooting but it was too soon to say that led to the shooting, acting police commissioner Paul Evans said.None of the injuries was life- threatening, hospital officials said.Five boys and two girls ages 12-17 were shot.À There were about 200 people at the Chez Vous roller rink in the city\u2019s Dorchester section at the time of the attack, witnesses said.The rink is across the street from a police station.\u2018\u201cEverybody\u2019s having fun, everybody\u2019s skating.You hear at least six, seven shots.\u201cPeople are down.People are scurrying for the back of the rink,\u201d said witness Kathy Ann Clark.Sydney Smith said his 13- year-old daughter, Myra, was shotin the leg, then trampled in the pandemonium after the shots were fired.\u2018\u201cShe said the shooter was off the air, leaving TV viewers across the country with little to watch.\u2018\u201c\u201cThe positive thing is that they\u2019ve been able to switch everybody over to other satellites,\u2019\u2019 said Spendlove.\u2018\u2018At least the service is still running.\u201d But TV broadcasts to some communities in the Far North may not be restored for another week.right behind her,\u201d he noted.\u201cI guess it was just chaos.\u201d A .38-calibre pistol and a .25- calibre weapon were recovered at the scene.Rink officials could not be reached for comment.Four wounded youths were listed in stable condition at Boston City Hospital, said Janet Gentles, hospital administrator.Three others were in good condition at Children\u2019s Hospital, spokeswoman Peggy Slasman said.It wasn\u2019t clear how many gunmen there were, Claiborne said.screened protected area at the top of a stairway, Gonin heard a noise behind him.\u201cHe jumped five metres to the ground at the same time that a grenade exploded behind him,\u201d the statement said.\u201cHe managed to return fire in the direction of his assailant, without result.\u201d In the other incident a Canadian officer and his French driver, both assigned to UN peacekeeping operations in Croatia, See GRENADE Page 2 Fusiliers\u2019 commander proud of Michel Gonin \u2014 Page 2 40 cents DANIEL ROARKE GRADE 2 NORTH HATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.MONDAY January 24, 1994 Births, deaths .Classified .Comics ue Editorial .Farm & Business .Living .cccceeaennee.Sports .10-11| Townships .3' Fag.2 6b Page 2 Aus ee Lower ceilings for high earners Ottawa planning plug to close tax loopholes?By Paul Mooney MONTREAL (CP) \u2014 Some tax loopholes for business will likely be closed in the next federal budget in order to make the reform of social programs more acceptable to working Canadians.Finance Minister Paul Martin appeared to endorse that balancing act at the close of a pre-budget conference here late Saturday.Martin said \u2018Yes, when asked if he anticipates the trade-offs and referred to conference participants who suggested closing tax shelters together with an overhaul of the unemployment insurance system.They advocated a reform of unemployment insurance that would eliminate disincentives to work and greatly improve training for the unemployed.In exchange, they suggested eliminating the tax exemption on the first $100,000 in capital gains.They also suggested reducing the tax-free ceiling on Registered Retirement Savings Programs to $12,000 a year from the current $13,500.The exeinption is scheduled to rise to $15,500 by 1996, a provision attacked by organized labor and others because a large income is needed to take advantage of it.Martin said the government is determined to take a balanced approach to rebuilding the economy \u2014 deficit-reduction and long-term job-creation.\u201cThe deficit is very important,\u2019\u2019 he said.\u2018\u2018We\u2019re not going to create jobs in a nation that is staggered by debt.\u201cOn the other hand, we\u2019re not going to reduce the deficit if we think that the only answer is government cutting and does not lie in the restructuring of our economy so we can meet And with the Anik E-2 on the fritz, satellite-dish owners across the country have had to move their antennas to pull in some of their favorite channels.The Movie Network, for example, has been moved to Anik E-1, which is now relaying the signal on channel 31 of the Ku band.Cable TV viewers won\u2019t notice the switch, but those using satellite dishes won\u2019t know where to look unless they contact a cable station or the Movie Network.Statistics Canada says about 275,000 Canadian households, or 2.7 per cent, have satellite dishes, which are used mainly in rural areas where there is no cable TV service.Meanwhile, Spendlove conceded hope is beginning to dim for E-2\u2019s future.\u2018\u2018Everyoody is frustrated,\u201d he said.\u2018\u201cThere\u2019s only so much you can do when something is 36,000 kilometres away from the Earth.\u201d Len Stass, Telesat\u2019s vice- president of space systems, told a sombre news conference Friday the company had \u2018\u2018definitive information\u2019 an electromagnetic storm occurred \u2018\u2018in the vicinity of our satellites.\u2019 Stass said the storm proba- the very difficult competition that lies outside our borders.\u201d The conference, organized by the Institute for Research on Public Policy, was the second of four pre-budget conferences being held across Canada.It brought together 100 business leaders, union officials, professors, anti-poverty activists, students and other Quebecers who were asked to offer their views on what should be in Martin\u2019s first budget.The minister said he sees a consensus emerging on several fronts: the tremendous need for change and for the government to act early in its mandate; the need to reform the unemployment insurance system and the belief that the deficit is a tremendous burden on the country; finally, he said, there is the conviction that all Canadians must adopt new ap- See TAXES Page 2 By Linda Drouin HULL (CP) \u2014 Bloc Québécois members have promised their unconditional support to the Parti Québécois in the provincial election expected by September this year.Bloc MPs, the party executive and representatives from: the ridings unanimously adopted a resolution at a weekend meeting offering the PQ its \u201c\u2018total support.\u201d \u201cI have told Mr.Parizeau \u2018you can count on us, just tell us what you want us to do,\u2019 \u201d BQ Leader Lucien Bouchard Bloc Québécois to hold POS hand told the delegates in a speech, referring to PQ Leader Jacques Parizeau.Bouchard\u2019s comments were criticized by Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson, who told the BQ to butt out of provincial politics.\u201cI can see that he\u2019s using his position as an MP in Ottawa, where he wanted to be elected, to campaign in the Quebec provincial election,\u201d Johnson said at a Liberal meeting in Granby.Se BLOC Page 2 bly charged the Anik E-2 with current, causing it to blow a circuit.\u201cIf the circuits failed, we will not get the satellite back,\u201d he said.Though technicians haven't given up on E-2, Telesat president Larry Boisvert said the odds of salvaging the 2,900- kilogram sateilite are low.Telesat said the storm began around noon EST on Thursday and continued until mid- morning Friday.The problems with Anik E-2 began Thursday night, shortly after technicians solved a similar problem with Anik E-1.Industry analysts have said the space shuttle could not be used to fix the satellite because it doesn\u2019t fly that high.And sending the satellite down to meet the shuttle would use too much fuel.For the TV broadcasters who generate half of Telesat\u2019s business, the failure of Anik E-2 is likely to shake confidence in the company, analysts say.\u201cIt will have a significant fi- nancialimpact on the company if we end up declaring a loss of Anik E-2,\u201d Boisvert said.The Anik E-2, which is about the size of a large delivery truck, isn\u2019t insured.fi No holding back: Bishop\u2019s student Trish Stevenson put everything into her race at the big indoor track meet in Sherbrooke Sunday, winning the 3000-metres open-university class run in a time of 10:57:18.For more results, please turn to Page 11.RECORD/PERRY BEATON 2\u2014The RECORD\u2014Monday.January 24.1991 Plan to help Windsor mill meet provincial norms Domtar spends millio Denis Jean.Will meet provincial standards.Adrien Péloquin.the region.Good news for By Robert Matheson WINDSOR \u2014 Domtar will invest more than $27 million over the next two years to make it\u2019s paper mill in Windsor more environmentally {riendly.Since Domtar opened the mill in 1989, it has had a problem meeting certain environmental regulations, the company said.But it has improved its performances every year and this project is the final step in bringing it up to provincial norms.\u201cThe importance of this plan His first aid work \u2018really exceptional\u2019 is that it will allow us to meet the provincial standards for effluent treatment,\u201d said vice- president Denis Jean.At a press conference Friday, company officials announced two major projects for the Windsor mill.Eighteen million dollars will be directed at improving the effluent treatment system reducing the amount of waste rejected into the St.Francis River.The remaining $9.5 million will be spent on reducing air pollution by improving the quality of atmospheric emissions.\u201cMost of the atmospheric problems have already been taken care of, except we are going to replace the ash handling system, that should take care of the final problem,\u201d said Emile Audy director of technological services and environment.The Windsor plant has easily met most world standards concerning environmental pollution, Audy said.The effluent treatment system is the last problem to take care of, he said.Domtar has already invested ns to reduce pollution a lot of time and money getting this project started.The technology used at the mill is sonew that foreign experts had to be brought in to help find the problems, Jean said.The plan was good news for the region, said Windsor mayor Adrien Péloquin.\u201cI\u2019m very happy, because it will improve the quality of life and it\u2019s better for the environment throughout the region,\u201d he said.Péloquin said the plan would also create some much needed jobs in the region.Fusiliers\u2019 commander proud of Cpl.Michel Gonin By Dan Hawaleshka SHERBROOKE \u2014 The commander of the Fusiliers de Sherbrooke praised one of his corporals on Sunday after learning Michel Gonin had kept his cool during a dangerously close brush with an exploding grenade in central Bosnia.GRENADE: Continued from page one were fired on late Saturday by unidentified soldiers at a roadblock, but neither was hurt.Capt.Daniel Massé of Val- Belair, Que., and his driver were returning to the UN headquarters in Knin at the time of the attack, the Defence Department said.\u201cWhen the group of armed soldiers motioned for the peacekeepers\u2019 vehicle to stop, the driver accelerated past, in kee- Force stymies aid plans Cpl.Gonin, 20, was on duty at an observation post in the Canadian peacekeepers\u2019 camp in Visoko when the grenade was thrown at 3 a.m.local time Sunday.No one was hurt by the blast.\u201cHe did his job,\u201d said Fusiliers Col.Alain Denis.\u201cThere\u2019s reason to be proud of him.\u201d The Canadian Forces says Gonin, a Sherbrooke native, was called by someone outside of the camp defensive perimeter.As he moved outside the protected area at the top of a stairway.Gonin heard a noise behind him.\u2018\u2018He jumped five metres (about 17 feet) to the ground at the same time that a grenade exploded behind him,\u201d a Defence Department statement said.\u201cHe managed to return fire in the direction of his assailant, without result.\u201d Denis, who heard of the incident from the Record, said he\u2019s happy Gonin avoided injury by so closely following his military training.Denis said soldiers are trained to fall, roll, crawl, observe, sight and return fire if necessary.ping with standard procedures,\u201d the statement said.\u201cThe vehicle was subsequently hit by six rounds of small-arms fire and went off the road.\u201d Massé and driver shot back and the unidentified soldiers fled.The last few months have been hazardous for Canadian peacekeepers.Earlier this month, Gen.Jean Cot, commander of UN forces in former Yugoslavia, protested to Croatian authorities over the detention of four Canadian peackeepers in southern Croatia.The Canadians were released unharmed.Cot called the detentions \u201coutrageous.\u201d In December, 11 Canadian peacekeepers in Bosnia were seized at gunpoint by Bosnian Serbs north of Sarajevo.The Serbs were said to have fired gunshots at the feet and near the heads of the Canadian soldiers, none of whom were injured.On Jan.13, 21 Canadians in .armored personnel carriers .were caught in a crossfire in Bosnia as they tried to scout a safer route to a UN-protected hospital.Defence Minister David Col- lenette said the soldiers may have been lured into a trap.There were no injuries.The latest incidents came as Canadian army troops in Sre- brenica are preparing for the arrival early this week of lead elements of a Dutch army contingent that has assembled in the Bosnian port of Split.The Dutch troops are to relieve the Canadians in Srebre- nica by the end of February, said Maj.-Gen.John MacInnis, commander of the Canadian peacekeeping force in former Yugoslavia.There are 1,900 Canadian UN peacekeepers in former Yugoslavia, 800 of them in Bosnia.The Srebrenica detachment numbers about 150.\u201cIt\u2019s a drill that we practise,\u201d the commander said.\u201cIt\u2019s one of the first things that we learn.\u201d Gonin, who had previous peacekeeping duty in Cyprus, is one of 34 Fusiliers currently stationed in the former Yugoslavia.He went overseas in October, returned briefly for the Christmas holidays and is due to complete his tour of duty in April.A reservist for three years, Gonin is extremely proud of being a soldier, something that has helped him build self- confidence, Denis said.Gonin is also recognized for giving first aid to \u201cseveral people\u201d abandoned in hospitals in the war-torn country and should be recognized \u201cfor work that\u2019s really exceptional,\u201d Denis said.\u201cI\u2019m happy nothing happened (to him),\u201d the colonel said.\u2014 With CP files \u2018Bombs and bread don\u2019t mix\u2019 \u2014 Canadian commander By Dennis Harper The Canadian Press The commander of 1,900 Canadian troops in the former Yugoslavia says calling in air strikes to support UN peacekeeping and aid efforts would be bizarre because \u2018\u2018bombs and bread don\u2019t mix.\u201d \u201cOnce you start considering that, then it\u2019s like nuclear deterrence; what happens after the first bomb falls and what happens after the first time you use force?\u201d Maj.-Gen.John Maclnnis said in an interview on Saturday from Zagreb, Croatia.pe \u201cOnce we start using forcé, for example to punch through humanitarian aid convoys, it seems bizarre to be even thinking about it because, in my view, bombs and bread don\u2019t mix.\u201d Boutrous Boutros-Ghali, secretary general of the United Nations, said he\u2019s prepared to order selective air strikes in Bosnia.Two weeks ago, NATO leaders threatened to launch air strikes to assist in the delivery of humanitarian aid and to ensure 150 Canadian soldiers in the besieged Bosnian Muslim town of Srebrenica can be relieved and replaced.Srebrenica is near the Serbian border, about a 240- kilometre drive from Visoko, headquarters for the Canadian detachment in Bosnia- Herzegovina.The Canadian soldiers from the 12th Armored Regiment are in Srebrenica to protect about 40,000 Muslims from surrounding Serb forces that, until recently, made it impossible for a relief force to reach the city.TAXES: Continued from page one proaches to economic problems.But there were grumblings.\u201cI thought I was in a room full of Tories,\u201d said Pierre Pa- quette, secretary general ofthe 250,000-strong Confedeation of National Trade Unions.Yvan Loubier, finance critic for the Opposition Bloc Québécois, predicted Martin will attack social programs.The minister should instead ensure that the 90,000 profitable companies that paid no taxes in the late 1980s start to carry their fair share, the Bloc MP said.He should also end loopholes that allow many wealthy families to pay a much lower tax rate than working Canadians, the MP said.Martin said the government will 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$90.14 do not include PST.\" and will and stress training, education and research and development.He also stressed that business must assume a greater part of the responsibility for training workers for a value- added, knowledge-based economy.Government has responsibility for education, but in successful countries such as Germany, the private sector plays the major role in training, he said.\u201cI think the business community in Canada has got to step up to the mark and assume its fair share of responsibility for training,\u201d Martin said.Business leaders urged Martin to create a stable economic climate and to eliminate waste in government spending.But labor leaders said they fear de- ficit-reduction will take precedence over job-creation, worker training and research and development.-MacInnis is: clearly uneasy about air strikes, even though he won\u2019t rule them out completely.\u201cClearly, if things go badly astray and really go sour then, of course, we would have to defend ourselves with anything at our disposal including the weapons on the ground and, if absolutely necessary, we would consider calling in close air support,\u201d he said.\u2018\u201cThe prime minister has said we don\u2019t need air strikes now and he\u2019s absolutely right.Now, is there a time when air strikes could serve a useful purpose?\u201cThat, I can\u2019t predict.\u201d While the issue of NATO air strikes is Bosnia is debated, MacInnis said the morale of his soldiers in Srebrenica remains high and \u2018\u2018they\u2019re doing a BLOC: great, great job.\u201d i.«co Canadian commanders say lead elements of a Dutch army contingent are on their way to Srebrenica from the Bosnia port of Split to relieve the 12th Armored Regiment.The final rotation is expected to be completed by the end of February.\u201cThe use of pre-emptive (air) strikes would, in my mind, have serious consequences in that it would start to break down the bond between the humanitarian effort and the military \u2014 a bond that has to remain in place if we are to carry on our humanitarian mission.\u201d As the military and political manoeuvring continues, so does the suffering of the civilian population.MacInnis said living conditions for.some Bosnians have become desperate but he has seen no reports indicating widespread malnutrition \u2014 mostly thanks to UN food convoys carrying such staples as flour and wheat.Another problem has been the shelter program that Canadian soldiers began but which was thwarted by fighting in the region.The program consisted of providing boards, plastic sheets and nails to \u2018\u2018cover up the holes of war,\u201d as MacInnis put it.\u201cEvery time that we start thinking about what the hell are we doing here, it comes back to the assessment of the fate of the victims,\u201d he said.\u2018\u201cThe society itself is no society at all because it can\u2019t take care of its weak, and we\u2019re going a long way to doing that.\u201d Continued from page one I find this really unworthy of someone with high standards.Either he\u2019s paidtodo a job for Quebecers who elected him to go to Ottawa or else he wants to campaign here.He should make up his mind.\u201d An election victory in Quebec by the separatist PQ is crucial to the Bloc\u2019s future.Without it, there would be no referendum on sovereignty and the Bloc\u2019s main purpose in getting elected to Parliament \u2014 promoting independence \u2014 would fall by the wayside.The Bloc members also set a fundraising target of $1 million for 1994.The fundraising will start in April in order not to interfere ] Doonesbury I \u2019 WEATHER with the PQ\u2019s campaign which runs through February and March.The parties will be trying not to tread on each other\u2019s toes since they are going after many of the same wallets for their money.The fundraising won\u2019t always be easy, Bouchard said, \u201csince we're like two doctors trying to get blood over and over from the same patient.\u201d The Bloc has 105,000 members; about 45,000 of them are also members of the PQ, said François Landry, the Bloc\u2019s director general.The Bloc\u2019s policy committee is also gearing up for the twin challenges of a provincial election and subsequent referendum, said Daniel Turp, head of the group.\u2018\u201cThe Bloc has an important role to play until the election of the PQ in promoting sovereignty,\u201d Turp said.\u201cWe need to refine our platform, decide what kind of action we will take in the rest of Canada and the role Mr.Bou- chard and the MPs will play at the international level to explain our position.\u201d One thing the party has not even begun to consider is what it will do if the scenarios are not played out according to plan.\u201cWe predict that the election will be won and the referendum will be won.We don\u2019t believe the PQ will be defeated.\u201d 6 months $39.00 2.73 3.34 $45.07 Rates for oth BY GARRY TRUDEAU 3 months $19.50 1.37 167 $2254 Rofes for oer Light snow 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HOLD Published Monday to Friday by The Record Division, Groupe Que- day afternoon.TINY SEL.AT FIRST, THE ONTD YOR becor Inc.Offices and plant located at 2850 Delorme Street, Sher- High: -5 brooke, Quebec, J1IK JAI.: Publications Mail Registration No.1064.Overnight: Back coni or ; -22.Tuesday: pies of The Record are available Member of .at the following prices: Copies ordered @ Canadian Press sunny.High: within a month of publications: .60¢ per Member of the -15.copy.Copies ordered more than a month Audit Bureau after publication\u2019 $1 10 per copy.of Circulation sr.L .mme SN us Byelection: Lapierre courted; Brodeur chosen Liberals opt for second choice in Shefford By Sharon McCully GRANBY \u2014 Premier Daniel Johnson and an entourage of 15 high-profile Liberals joined 300 supporters Sunday to declare notary and farmer Bernard Brodeur the Liberal candidate in the byelection for Shefford riding Feb.28.But in spite of the fanfare, the 38-year-old candidate was not the Liberals\u2019 first choice.Senior Liberals had courted former Bloc Québécois MP Jean Lapierre to face off against Parti Québécois \u201cstar candidate\u201d Roger Nicolet.Finance Minister André Bourbeau confirmed Sunday he and another senior Liberal had \u201csome discussions\u201d with Lapierre about running for the Liberals in the byelection.Lapierre left politics last year for a career in radio.\u201cLet\u2019s say he was not ready at this moment, but he didn\u2019t rule it out for the future,\u201d Bour- beau said.\u201cHis radio career is going very well, and remember, he\u2019s still young.\u201d RESIGNED Lapierre resigned as a Liberal Member of Parliament following the defeat of the Meech Lake accord.He acted as interim leader of the Bloc before Lucien Bouchard was chosen to lead the separatist party.The popular MP maintained strong support as a BQ member for Shefford until he left politics last year.On Sunday, Liberals rallied behind the lesser known Brodeur, who has firm roots in the community.The new Liberal candidate will campaign against well- known Roger Nicolet, president of the Quebec association of regional municipalities, mayor of Austin and warden of the Memphremagog regional associaiton of municipalities.Nicolet is also a former member of the Bélanger- Campeau commission.Political options were not on the agenda at Sunday\u2019s investiture.Adopting a strategy which worked well for federal Liberals in the recent federal election, speakers devoted themselves to the single issue of jobs.PRIORITY Quebec\u2019s new manpower minister Serge Marcil said putting Quebecers back to work is the government\u2019s number one priority followed closely by professional training and education.Marcil said a new three- year, $320 million job creation program will decentralize job creation projects to allow each region of Quebec to address its own particular needs.The new Shefford candidate repeated the call for \u201cjobs, jobs, jobs.\u201d Brodeur, flanked by his wife and three children, was the only speaker \u2014 including the premier \u2014 to address the audience in English.Brodeur mentionned the role played by senior citizens in the development of the riding and the obligation of government to meet their needs today.Premier Johnson, who claimed roots in the riding with a grandmother born in St- Francois Xavier de Shefford, described the PQ as \u201cthe same old gang with the same old solutions.\u201d \u2018INDEPENDENCE\u2019 \u201cWhat\u2019s their answer to unemployment?Independence.To the problem of contraband?Independence.To professional training?Independence.\u201d Johnson said the problems facing Quebec society are complex and require cooperation among all levels of government.\u201cWe have to work constructively together with the municipalities and with the federal government to find answers,\u201d Johnson said.A video showcasing Johnson\u2019s new cabinet highlighted newly appointed ministers pledging allegiance to the premier and the Liberal party.AEE The RECORD\u2014Monday.January 24, 1994\u20143 The video also served as an introduction since nearly the entire senior Liberal cabinet under former premier Robert Bourassa resigned, leaving only a few familiar faces.Premier Daniel Johnson was on hand at Shefford candidate selection meeting.Opponent questions recent conversion to sovereignty cause Parachuted Nicolet wins PQ nomination for Shefford By Maurice Crossfield GRANBY \u2014 Roger Nicolet became the Parti Québécois candidate for Shefford Sunday, to the thunderous applause of several hundred party faithful.\u201cThe Parti Québecois is a part of the history of Shefford,\u201d he told supporters in Granby.\u201cI want to put Shefford in the middle of our great meeting with history.\u201d Nicolet won the candidacy against some tough opposition \u2018We have to get out of this hole now\u2019 from Vincent Dion and Jean- Roch Marois.Both attacked Nicolet for not being from the Shefford riding, accusing him of not being committed to the interests of the riding.\u201cIt is true that I am not from Shefford,\u201d Nicholet replied.\u201cBut my home is only about 30 kilometres away, and I am very familiar with the concerns of Shefford.\u201d Nicolet, mayor of the town of Austin and president of the Quebec Union of Regional Municipalities (UMRCQ), was also attacked for his sudden commitment to sovereignty.LITTLE MENTION Dion, in a speech before party members went to the polls, mentioned a radio interview at CHEF in which Nicolet spoke little about sovereignty.\u201cFifteen minutes passed before he even mentioned sovereignty,\u201d Dion said, waving a cassette in the air.\u201cWe have to Ha Sovereignty to save Quebec \u2014 GRANBY (MC) \u2014 Sovereignty is the only way to save Quebec from the present economic mess, Parti Québécois leader Jacques Parizeau told party members Sunday.Parizeau addressed members of the Shefford riding during the candidate selection meeting at Hotel Le Castel in Granby.He used the occasion to attack both the federal and provincial governments.\u201cWe have to get out of this hole now,\u201d he said.\u201cTo do that we need to be a country.We aren\u2019t stupid.We are capable and we are ready.\u201d Parizeau said that Premier Daniel Johnson cannot escape his record as Quebec\u2019s Treasury Board president.\u201cYou cannot change hats from the Treasury Board to Prime Minister and be a new person,\u201d he said.\u201cHe is not, as they say in English, born again.\u201d \u201cTwenty five per cent of Que- becers are on unemployment insurance or welfare,\u201d he said.\u201cIt is an incredible scandal.small program to rebuild.The society of Quebec is starting to panic.\u201d BURNING ISSUE But when questioned by reporters about the issue of contraband cigarettes, Pari- zeau put the sovereignty issue aside.\u201cWe must lower the taxes on cigarettes,\u201d he said.\u201cTwo things must happen this week.The federal government must agree to reduce taxes on tobacco, and the RCMP must be allowed to handle cigarette smugglers.\u201d And then they give us a very \u2018We are talking about By Robert Matheson COOKSHIRE \u2014 Although Bloc MP Maurice Bernier is committed to a seperate Quebec, he said he and his party are at ease representing all Canadians.\u201cI think we try to serve all the people of Canada as best we can,\u201d said the newly-elected Megantic-Compton-Stanstead MP.\u201cFor sure we are talking for Quebec, but we are not only talking about topics concerning Quebec.\u201d \u201cWe are talking about unemployment and budget cuts,\u201d Bernier said.\u201cThese concern everybody in the country.\u201d Bernier talked to The Record candidly about his reaction to the throne speech and his goals - for the riding after rushing back to Cookshire to celebrate his new job and the opening of _ this riding office Friday.About 125 people were-on hand as Bernier and his staff opened the office in the basement of the Quebec Police Force office in Cookshire.The former provincial civil : servant, who is one of many < rookie Bloc Québécois members in parliament, said it was e an interesting week.\u201cBloc members were a little bit nervous, because we know the procedure and it was the first time there for most of us.\u201d he said.\u201cI was disappointed with the throne speech, because they didn\u2019t talk about agriculture,\u201d Bernier said.\u201cI\u2019m very concerned about that, because of the number of farmers in this riding.\u201d Agriculture is approximately a $163 million a year industry in the riding, Bernier says.Therefore he said he is concerned with government plans to help farmers in the wake on changes to GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) which will mean an end to marketing boards and quotas for Canadian farmers.\u201cMany farmers are concerned about that, they don\u2019t know what will happen, will they be able to face the free market?\u201d he asked.Bernier, born in Lac Megan- tic, addressed his concerns to agriculture minister Ralph Goodale who is expected to respond with a speech to the House.Bernier is also worried about question this man\u2019s commit- tment to our vision of the future.\u201d But Nicolet enjoyed the support of the Shefford party executive, as well as other prominent sovereignists.Richard Holden, former Equality Party member and now PQ MNA for Westmount, came out to offer his suport for Nicolet.\u201cI can\u2019t think of a negative thing about Roger Nicolet,\u201d he Parizeau Parizeau went on to say that Customs and the RCMP have been sitting on their hands and not really trying to stop the smuggling of contraband cigarettes which have created a $500 million underground economy.Parizeau ended by stating that the referendum that he will call ten months after being elected will have a very clear question.\u201cDo you think that Quebec should be sovereign,\u201d he said.\u201cYes or no?\u201d said.\u201cHis recent conversion to sovereignty is no reason to question his value.\u201d Holden also wonders why more anglophones haven\u2019t embraced the idea.FUTURE \u201cI sometimes ask myself if I\u2019m the only one who knows where the future is,\u201d he said.\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a very interesting year.\u201d Also on hand was Bloc Québécois MP Jean Leroux, who came out to assure PQ members of their support in Ottawa.\u201cPeople think that Quebec and Ontario control everything,\u201d he said.\u201cRight now it\u2019s Ontario that controls everything.The West would be much better off if Quebec were to separate.\u201d After a speech by party leader Jacques Parizeau, Nicolet was officially declared the candidate for Shefford riding.Dion came to the stage to declare his support to Nicolet.Marois left the room.\u201cI am very touched at being chosen to be at the service of Shefford,\u201d he said.\u201cAnd I would like to thank our former representative Roger Paré for his excellent work.\u201d unemployment and budget cuts\u2019 proposed reforms to social services, especially unemployment and welfare.\u201cIt is a very important topic for a lot of people, considering the rate of unemployment in the riding.\u201d he said.Bernier says he understands government spending cuts must made from.But he said cuts must be made in area other than social programs.Bernier said he also has serious concerns about the Liberal\u2019s infrastructure and job creation program.\u201cI\u2019m under the impression that there will be a lot of requests under the program,\u201d he said.The plan represents about $2 billion a year over three years.Bernier said demands could surpass the $6 billion total budget.\u201cThen what will the government do, how will they decide who gets the money?\u201d he asked.\u2018 Bernier said his main concern is that small municipalities will spend a lot of money to develop the plans to present to the government, then | their plan will be rejected.He said that will create even more RECORD PHOT(/ROBERT MATHESON problems for the federal government.\u201cWhat will they do, increase the budget?\u201d he asked.Bernier said the Bloc members really do want to work with the government and they will try to represent all Canadians.\u201cWhen we are talking about RECORD/SHARON McCULLY Paré was the PQ MNA for Shefford since 1981.Last month he was forced to step down due to ill health.Roger Nicolet.Familiar with concerns of Shefford.Many Quebec concerns are universal \u2014 Bernier unemployment, the deficit or debt; it concerns everybody,\u201d he said.\u201cNo matter if you are English-speaking or French- speaking.\u201d ier ESN ig 4+\u2014The RECORD\u2014Mondayv.January 21.1994 the The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial Not nearly angry enough The arrogance of the Red Cross and the medical profession for infusing blood at a time they couldn\u2019t ensure its safety is staggering.What is even more astonishing is that doctors did not feel the need to advise patients of the potential risks so that they could make an informed assessment of the situation.At the very least they could have said they didn\u2019t know the risks.We are not nearly angry enough about this.Our complacency comes largely from the fact most of us have not been touched directly by the possible contamination of blood at the outset of the AIDS epidemic.Or so we think.But consider this.In the years between 1978-85, when the Canadian Red Cross was doling out blood which may have been contaminated with the HIV virus, 400,000 Quebecers received blood transfusions.To date, 41 full-blown cases of AIDS have been diagnosed in Quebec as a result of these transfusions and provincial health authorities estimate another 80 to 130 people were infected.Some still don\u2019t know it.And while they don\u2019t know it, they could be transmitting the deadly virus to loved ones.Hundreds of people in the Monteregie region received blood transfusions during that period.So far none of the 600 or so who have been tested appear to have contracted the HIV virus through untested blood.But the risk was no less ominous for those recipients of Red Cross blood than others who were infected.It could have been anyone.The origin of the blood supply for local hospitals is the same as that of larger centres: the Canadian Red Cross.The galling decision to keep the degree of risk from patients during this period of uncertainty extends beyond bureaucratic bungling.Lives have been ruined, and in some cases lost.Husbands have infected their wives and children have been orphaned.It will cost millions of dollars in compensation to correct this \u201cadministrative error in judgement.\u201d Let\u2019s hope it will be the last time anyone charged with the responsibility for another\u2019s well-being takes such decisions unilaterally.People have a right to be informed.And given the choice between widespread panic and widespread AIDS, better to let them holler before, than be silenced forever.SHARON McCULLY Letters Dear Mr.Editor: We are now in preparation for a Merrickville School Reunion to be held in Merrickville.Ontario.July 14.15.16.1995 for the Old School.High School and New School dated from 1873-1995.Our high school closed in 1954.so the high school students were sent to North Grenville and District High School.Kemptville.Ontario, to continue their education.Public school remained until 1965.at this time a new elementary school was built and the old school closed completely.with high school students still remaining to travel to Kemptville.Due to the closing and change over some years of school records cannot be found.also some addresses are unknown to the committee.We are asking all former stu- Merrickville School Reunion dents and teachers who read this to please send your address along with a self-addressed envelope.so that we can reach you and send you further information after May 1994.Send to: PYRMA DERBYSHIRE Box 276 Merrickville, Ontario KO0G INO OR FAYE O'NEIL 38 McGill St.N.Smiths Falls, Ontario K7A 2J5 We thank you for the opportunity to relay this information to former students.Yours sincerely, FAYE O\u2019'NEIL Chairperson US It\u2019s the grippe! Charlie, Things really do not change ve- rv much \u2014 the enclosed poem could have been written ves- terday.The clipping was taken from an old scrap book of an aunt who recently passed away.Sincerely.GORDON BOWKER Sawyerville LA GRIPPE If you're sore To the core.With aching bones.And husky tones When you speak.And you're weak In the knees, And you sneeze.And often cough Your head near oft, And you note That your throat CAGE Feels quite raw.And vour jaw Feels as if You'd got a biff.And dull pains Vex your brains.Then you've caught it.You have got it.It's the grippe.If you feel The heat steal O'er your frame Like a flame.Till you burn And you yearn For chunks of ice At any price.Then like a flash The shivers dash From head to feet.A chill complete.And you shake, And you quake, And there's desire For a fire.And something hot Right on the spot To quickly drink, And you think Right then and there You'll ne'er be warm again, Then you've caught it.You have got it \u2014 It\u2019s the grippe.It\u2019s in the air.It\u2019s everywhere; The microbe of the grippe Is on another trip, And up and down, Through all the town, By night and day It seeks its prey, And it\u2019s the fad, If you are sad.Or even mad.Or if you sneeze, Or cough or wheeze, Or feel too warm, or chills alarm, To wear a look of grim dismay And hoarsely say: \u201cI've caught it, Tve got it \u2014 It\u2019s the grippe!\u201d Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph Highways support abusive pollutocracy Highway construction as part of the Liberal government\u2019s program to create jobs only contributes to more pollution, Hamish Wilson writes in a letter to the editor of Toronto\u2019s weekly Now magazine: Highway construction is the worst job-creating infrastrucutre \u2018\u2018investment\u2019 according to one German study.Providing for mobile furnaces (cars) only supports an abusive pollutocracy that gives more smog, global warming, acid rain and toxic waste to us all \u2014 serious contributions to the environmental deficits that are really far worse than the financial ones.Equity is missing from the job fix.Jobs created in heavy contruction go to a relatively few machines and men.Much more employment occurs per dollar spent by retrofitting buildings, and maybe some of the people put to work could be women.From What Canada Thinks, a regular feature of the Canadian Press Today in history By The Canadian Press A crippled Soviet satellite with a nuclear reactor aboard re-entered Earth\u2019s atmosphere and disintegrated over the Northwest Territories 16 years ago today \u2014 in 1978.Debris from the satellite, Cosmos 954, was found scattered near the eastern tip of Great Slave Lake.The Soviet Union later paid $3 million to Canada under a UN treaty covering costs of cleanup in such cases.Also on this day in: 1946 \u2014 Canada was made a member of the United Nations commission to control atomic energy for peace.1903 \u2014 Britain and United States referred the Alaska boundary dispute to an impartial commission that made its decision on March 25, establishing the boundary as it is today.\u201cThe p By Margaret Philip Toronto Globe and Mail TORONTO (CP) \u2014 As much as anything, the blueprint for Canada\u2019s welfare state was a document hastily cobbled together in 1943 by a young social economist at McGill University named Leonard Marsh.Its major proposals were ignored by the Liberal government that commissioned it and by successive governments that enacted pieces of social security legislation over the decades to follow.But Marsh\u2019s Report on Social Security for Canada marked an important shift in Canadians\u2019 collective thinking about social welfare.Before the 1930s, the poor were regarded as morally deficient.Seeking relief at welfare offices was deliberately made a demeaning experience.But the Great Depression confronted Canadians for the first time with hardship that came at the hands of economic forces beyond their control.A deep sense of security, underlying the steady hum of industry during the Second World War, shaped the future of social programs.OVERNIGHT CELEBRITY When Marsh proposed pooling the risk of sickness, unemployment and old age through a social insurance system, he became an overnight celebrity.He was likened to Sir William Beveridge, a British economist who had produced a similar report in 1942.\u201cThe general sense of security that would result from the continuity of income provided by these various types of protections would provide a better life for the great mass of people,\u201d\u201d Marsh predicted.A form of unemployment insurance had been introduced in 1940.But the first universal social program came in 1944, when the government under Mackenzie King introduced family allo- oor were once considered morally deficient The rise and fall of social welfare wances for everyone with children under 17.King was more interested in stemming the rise of social democracy, and in regaining popularity in Quebec, than he was in embracing Marsh\u2019s vision.Nonetheless, it was a historic shift.HUMILIATION There would be no humiliating inquiry into personal finances to qualify for benefits.And, for the first time, the government assumed responsibility for child welfare and for Canadians\u2019 standard of living.The theory behind universality was that if everyone could claim benefits everyone would be prepared to pay for the system through taxes.\u2018It enlists the direct support of the classes most likely to benefit .at the same time as it avoids the evil of paupe- rization and the undemocratie influence of excessive state philanthropy,\u201d Marsh wrote.He was heavily influenced by the League for Social Reconstruction, a group of social policy thinkers active in the 1930s who called for a minimum standard of living.PLOWED BACK They argued that income from social programs would be plowed back into the economy at local stores, and that a safety net would maintain a healthy, educated and contented labor force for industry.Marsh\u2019s vision of the welfare state was never fulfilled \u2014 mainly because it hinged on full employment, which has been progressively eroded.But the piecemeal introduction of some of his proposals continued.The second universal social program was old-age security, introduced in 1952 by the Liberals under Louis St.Laurent for those 70 and older.However, It was not until the mid-1960s that the major threads of the safety net were woven into place, under Lester Pearson\u2019s Liberals.Did you know that.OTTAWA SINGER Singer Paul Anka, born in Ottawa, had a hit in the 1950s with his song Diana and has continued to perform and compose.ST.CAHARINES, Ont.(CP) \u2014 The barrier system used to contain toxic chemicals dumped at New York\u2019s infamous Love Canal won't last forever and more contamination is still possible, two Canadian scientists warn.Last week\u2019s announcement by New York State authorities that levels of dioxin have dropped dramatically in fish caught downstream from the chemical dumps is not much reason to celebrate, the experts say.Dioxin, which has been linked to cancer, could go on wreaking havoc on the Lake Ontario ecosystem, said Doug Hallett, an environmental consultant and former senior scientist with Environment Canada.\u201cThose chemicals are going to remain toxic for centuries,\u201d\u2019 agreed Ian Brindle, a chemist at local Brock University and former head of a committee developing cleanup proposals for the Niagara River.\u201cYour children and grandchildren and great grandchildren are going to have to deal with this.\u201d DIOXIN DROP The report released by New York State last week said levels of dioxin have dropped an average of 96 per cent in fish caught in tributaries of the Niagara River, im- Canadian scientists issue warning Will Love Canal haunt us yet again?mediately downstream from the Love Canal chemical dump in Niagara Falls, N.Y.The decline in dioxin concentrations occurred between 1982 and 1992, when the state and federal governments spent about $150 million construeting a barrier system around the leaky Love Canal dump and dredging escaped poisons from creeks nearby.The most toxic form of dioxin is found in the 20,000 tonnes of waste the Hooker Chemical Company (now Occidental Chemical) buried at the site in the 1940s.Love Canal made headlines when former U.S.president Jimmy Carter declared a state of emergency in 1978 after hazardous chemicals were discovered seeping into the yards and basements of surrounding homes.Hallett said the chemicals buried in Love Canal are \u2018\u2018as stable as radioactive waste\u2019 and it\u2019s only a matter of time before the containment system deteriorates.Both he and Brindle advocate totally removing the waste from the canal and other major chemical dumps along the U.S.shore of the Niagara River.But U.S.government agencies and chemical companies have so far refused to do so.« eevem.Bhs 3 ard a ts al lt 4 Cort en itm me pl Pm Em pd py jude Of) md Pi oN 20 ie pli FA mm pd Cdl bmi Fn TA emt ra A A3 a I'n - \u2014e\u2014are + ne oN Farm and Business Dr.Tomorrow has some advice Bulldozing your way into the future With breathtaking changes causing upheaval in the world, Frank Ogden says the choice for Canadians is stark: \u2018\u201cTo become part of the bulldozer or part of the road.\u201d Ogden makes the future his business.A prolific writer and tireless speaker, Ogden has gained a reputation as a futurist.With Dr.Tomorrow on his calling card, he lectures at universities and advises businesses and organizations.He\u2019s at home in \u2018\u2018cyberspace,\u201d an electronic and fibre- optic world where vital information is available in a flash.From his high-tech houseboat moored in Vancouver harbor, Ogden is easily connected to the rest of the globe.Those who know where the future is coming from have no need to worry about money, Ogden boasts in a telephone interview.\u201cIt will fall like rain from the skies; I've certainly found that.\u201d TECHNO-PEASANTS But what about the \u2018\u2018techno- peasants\u2019\u2019 who don\u2019t want to be run into the ground by the bulldozer of change he rides so gleefully?Ogden offers a survival guide in his book The Last Book You'll Ever Read (McFarlane: Walter and Ross, Toronto, $24.95).For a generation brought up to believe that owning the family home is one of the best roads to financial security, Ogden has some unconventional advice: \u2018Rent: don\u2019t buy.\u201d Don\u2019t tie up investments in non-portable assets like real estate, he says.\u2018\u2018That\u2019s not saying that over 20 years the price of land won\u2019t increase.\u201d Money monitor By Paul Loong The Canadian Press But if all your money is invested in a house that can\u2019t be sold quickly, \u2018that\u2019s going to restrict you from maybe going somewhere and, in a few years, making much more money.\u201d Being able to move is a key survival tip for the future.\u201cI'm asking you to be a nomad,\u201d Ogden says.That\u2019s because favorable conditions for economic growth shift from place to place.\u2018\u2018In the Communications Age the action goes to the mobile,\u201d he says.\u2018If you have the right skills, you can operate anywhere.\u201d But how does one acquire the right skills?COMPUTER LITERACY \u2018Certainly computer literacy is going to be more important than reading and writing was in the Industrial Age,\u201d Ogden says.Being able to operate a computer will be just like getting a driver\u2019s licence \u2014 without it you can\u2019t go very far.The biggest mistake people make is being unwilling to pay for new information systems, he says.\u2018\u2018And never stall saying, \u2018I'm going to wait till the price drops.\u2019 If put to proper use, he says, a computer should soon generate enough money to pay for itself.Ogden says people should live below their means and \u201creally save money\u201d to gain the ability to become mobile and to invest in the latest technology.Ogden is not alone with this kind of advice, and it applies not just to urban dwellers.American futurist Lowell Ca- tlett told a recent seminar in Winnipeg that farmers, too, should \u2018\u2018stay on top of the new technologies.\u201d This doesn\u2019t mean farmers have to become scientists, but they should know enough about technology to let computers do some of the work, said Catlett, author and professor at New Mexico State University.RETRAIN OR RETIRE \u201c\u201cWe have an expression: you either have to retrain or relocate or retire,\u201d he said.Ogden advises against becoming over-specialized because experts can \u2018\u2018become obsolete overnight.\u201d À similar \u2014 but far less drastic \u2014 warning comes from the Canadian Labor Market and Productivity Centre.Half the skills of technical workers become obsolete within three to seven years after completion of formal education, says the Ot- tawa-based business-labor organization.\u2018\u2018Be a generalist first, and then specialize in a hobby that may help you,\u2019\u201d Ogden advises.Even having the right skills may not mean having a permanent job.Ogden says jobs in the traditional sense are disappearing.\u2018Be self-employed or you may be unemployed.\u201cYou're going to see a lot of small companies, almost none of them with employees.There\u2019ll be shareholders, partners.\u201d\u2019 These small companies will team up as task forces to handle big projects, like organizing an Expo or fighting oil fires in Kuwait.They\u2019re paid well, but they disband when the work is done and move on to projects elsewhere.To take advantage of a fluid world, Ogden says, \u201cyou have to know where all the changes are coming from so you can get in line to benefit from them \u2014 or avoid them if they are dangerous.\u2018\u201cYou have to have that ability to change and adapt to change very rapidly, or you're going to be toast.\u201d Sault fights invasion by U.S.giant By Lynne Olver Sault Ste.Marie Star SAULT STE.MARIE, Ont.(CP) \u2014 While retailers in other parts of Canada brace themselves for the Wal-Mart \u201c\u201cinvasion,\u2019\u2019 this border city has fought the giant for more than a year.The battle began when Wal- Mart opened a huge outlet in the city\u2019s American twin, Sault Ste.Marie, Mich., in November 1992.It\u2019s one of two anchor stores in Cascade Crossings, a new $10-million shopping mall that changed the town\u2019s business landscape.Wal-Mart fills 10,440 square metres of floor space with low-priced goods.Customers are lured in with its folksy atmosphere.Employees sport red, white and blue name tags and signs throughout the building proclaim \u2018Bring it home to the U.S.A \u201cThere was a great deal of anxiety about the effects of an organization like Wal-Mart,\u201d says Udo Rauk, president of an association of downtown shops in Ontario\u2019s Sault.MARKETING Part of the fear came from Wal-Mart's reputation for astute marketing.When the store opened, some of the anxiety seemed justified.Curious shoppers browsed the store days before its official opening and Canadian customers were fixed on price.Wal-Mart\u2019s parking doesn\u2019t tell the whole story, says Wal- Mart store manager Dave Nichols.One in every three or four licence plates is from Ontario.Nichols says he first thought Canadian business made up 20 or 30 per cent of his trade.\u201cThen someone said, \u2018Well, that\u2019s not right because sometimes there are three or four people in each car.Maybe the Canadian trade\u2019s 30 or 40 per cent.I don\u2019t know.\u201d Canadians buy a lot of food, electronics and health and beauty items from it.The store already ranks second in sales out of seven in Nichols\u2019 Michigan district.Canadian Kevin Hall, 29, sat in his idling truck while he ex- The Record and Canada Employment Centres across the Eastern Townships are publicizing job opportunities in the region.Persons who 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Magog.To be negotiated, part-time, possibility full- time.Exp.necessary with cards, ss dinar en = LL TS Tickets at the door Job OfFErs plained that he goes in Wal- Mart about once a month, sometimes just to look around.\u201cI don\u2019t see much difference,\u201d he said, adding that he mostly buys juice.NO STAMPEDE Despite initial fear among retailers already hammered with severe cross-border shopping on the Canadian side of the St.Mary\u2019s River, they say there hasn\u2019t been a stampede to Wal-Mart.While Canadians have discovered some goods are cheaper, variety and quality of specialty items like cameras or upscale clothing just isn\u2019t there, says Rauk.The low value of the Canadian dollar means prices aren\u2019t as good as they look either, he says.Despite Wal-Mart\u2019s success, competing Canadian retailers insist they\u2019re thriving.The Kmart store is constructing a $2-million expansion as part of a national project.Roger Wake, who manages one of two Zellers stores in the Canadian Sault, reports his sales sales are up over last year.\u201c\u201cWe go over there, walk around, look and listen,\u201d says Wake.\u2018\u2018Zellers has got the price and expertise.All we gotta do is smile a bit more.\u201d CUSTOMER SERVICE Customer service is paramount at Wal-Mart, where a \u2018\u2018greeter\u2019\u2019 bellows a welcome.The store also has a 10-foot rule: if an \u2018\u2018associate\u2019\u2019 (employee) is within 10 feet of a customer, he or she has to make an effort to greet the person and offer to help any way they can.Bud Mansfield, president of the Chamber of Commerce in the town of 15,000, says Wal- Mart was a double-edged sword: on the one hand, he knew it would bring in new customers from all around the area.\u2018\u2018But we also knew there would be some negative impact on our friends and chamber members in business for 50, 75 years.\u201d Some of them have done extremely well, he says, although some of the credit may be due to an improving economy.The RECORD\u2014Monday.January 24.1994\u20145 Record Interest rates close to bottom With the new year upon us, I am very pleased to start 1994 with a new monthly column.The news I will be writing about will cover the current market conditions for cash, bond and equity investments, along with a suggested portfolio for RRSP assets.All information and data will be produced by the Research and Economics departments of Burns Fry.My aim is to provide you with the most important news you need to get the most from your money.BOND INVESTORS Investing in bonds and GICs requires more insight than automatically accepting the current five year rate.We are close to the bottom of the interest rates therefore, we can no longer expect capital appreciation for bond portfolios.With a forecast decline in the U.S.inflation rate to 2.5 per cent in 1994, long term U.S.bond interest rates By Keith Clark should reach new lows in 1994.U.S.rates have a large im- OT pact on Canadian rates.In Canada, interest rates are very low in the short term (3.73 per cent) as compared to long term rates (30 year Canada 7.20 per cent).Long term bond rates are likely to reach new lows in 1994, therefore, an overweight position in bonds of seven years or more is recommended.Expect short term rates to increase slightly.Provincial, corporate bonds and mortgage backed securities should be favoured for higher yields as compared to Canada\u2019s.GROWTH INVESTORS The Toronto Stock Exchange 300 index has increased over 5 per cent since the end of November.Any correction in the TSE will be temporary as operating earnings of the companies included in the TSE 300 are expected to increase by 15-20 per cent in 1994, leading to a trading range of 4500 to 4800 for the TSE.Companies in sectors which are sensitive to economic growth should be considered.These sectors include wood products, autos, steels, technology, natural gas, with introductory exposure to newsprint and shopping centre real estate.INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS Our Chief Economist, Dr.Sherry S.Cooper, has returned from a trip to China with a very positive opinion.Some of the biggest opportunities for Canadian companies in China include the modernization of 100 airports and its air fleet, agricultural and industrial chemicals, power generation equipment, railroads and transportation.You might consider investing a portion of your foreign assets in China.RRSP INVESTORS As of January 7th, the forecast rate of return on all investment grade Canadian bonds for the next year is 6.65 per cent.The forecast rate of return for the TSE 300 stock index for the next year is 8 per cent.The probability that Canadian stocks will outperform bonds is 95 per cent over the next 12-18 months.This means your portfolio should favour stocks.Current weighting for an RRSP portfolio is 2 per cent stocks, 36 per cent bonds, 42 per cent Canadian stocks, 20 per cent foreign stocks.Investment strategies Economic Statistics January 6th, 1994.RRSP Portfolio November's Inflation Rate 1.9% 91 Day Treasury Bills 3.76% Cash | 2% TSE 300 Index 4425 Canadian Shares Canadian Dollar .757US 42% Forecast Rate Of Return For Next 12 Months Bonds a 91 Day Treasury Bills 3.85% Foreign Shares Canadian Bond Universe 6.65% a 209% TSE 300 Index 8.00% Opinions, estimates and projections contained herein are our own as of the date hereof and are subject to change without notice.Burns Fry Limited (BFL) accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss arising from any use of this report or its contents.Keith Clark is an investment counsellor at Burns Fry Investor Services.bilingual an asset, available and resourcefull person, work nights and weekends, permanent job.Furnace repairs on call for residential and commercial.2833489 GENERAL FARM WORKERS, Ayer\u2019s Cliff.$7/hr, part-time until spring.Needs means of transportation, exp.an asset, like animals, available to work 6:30 a.m.to 9:30, 3%, 4 hrs/ day.Clean stable, spread straw, clean animals (120 heads), possibility of full-time during seeds (mid April).2832503 RETAIL TRADE SUPERVISOR, Magog.To be discussed acc.to exp., permanent, full-time, 40-45 hrs/week, available Sunday to Saturday, days and evenings, schedule to be discussed.Minimum one yr.exp.in sale of sport clothing and equipment, must speak French.Serves customers, in charge of Store running (purchases, deposits, invoices, etc.).We\u2019re sprucing up the CIBC Richmond branch to better meet your needs.Gt us working for you! Our branch is undergoing renovations.Among other things, our customers will soon have use of a brand new instant teller machine which will make everyday transactions worry-free.Work will begin at the end of January 1994, We will continue to provide services during this time and apologize for any inconvenience.Martine Sills Manager Quebec Farmers\u2019 Association 1994 Beef Day January 29 Pavillon Sevigny, Agriculture Canada Research Station, Lennoxville Dr.Jim Porter Coaticook Veterinary Clinic \u201cHealth and Care of Beef Herds\u201d Carl Cosack Beef farmer, Alliston, Ontario \u201cWinter Calving - Keeping that Calf Alive\u201d 10:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.QFA members - $15.00 / Non-members - $20.00 (lunch included) More information contact: Ayer's Cliff QFA Fieldperson- Margaret Cheal 819-842-2278 Bulwer QFA Fieldperson- Doris McBurney 819-889-2281 Richmond QFA Fieldperson- Marilyn Mastine 819-839-2554 Brome-Missisquoi QFA Fieldperson- Diana Frizzle 514-243-6348 CANADIAN SOCIÉTÉ CANCER CANADIENNE SOCIETY DU CANCER v CE® GIVE GENEROUSLY CAN avenue u2 see 6\u2014The RECORD\u2014Monday.Januar Living v 24, 1994 Social notes BURY (NR) The construction, which has transformed this historic site into a modern residential center, has now been completed.While the architect has restored the original exterior structure, the interior has been converted into a secure, up-to- date residence, in accordance with government specifications.The afternoon activities include tours of the building to acquaint people with all the facilities.Refreshments will be served.You are cordially invited to attend.Grand opening of Grandview Manor on Saturday, January 29 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.BURY (NR) \u2014 An Open House will be held at St.Paul's Rest Home on Saturday afternoon, February 12 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., and you are cordially invited to attend and see the many improvements made during their recent renovations.which are nearly complete.including an elevator.The president, Garth Harrison, on behalf of the Directors of the Home wishes to express their sincere appreciation to everyone who has given assistance in various ways during the past few months.Sincere thanks to all who helped make the Christmas Tea and Sale such a success, all the volunteers who have devo- Si HU \u2014HLUAINDIN 1465 ted their time so generously, and to all those who donated to the Financial Campaign.To date this campaign has realized the sum of $10.045.69, to help towards bringing St.Paul's up to government stan- Open House at St.Paul\u2019s Rest Home dards.As St.Paul's Home is a nonprofit organization, we thank you for your continued support in helping maintain our high standards for the Home and its Residents.Nurses don\u2019t deserve \u2018negative\u2019 letters Dear Ann Landers: This is in response to the negative letters you printed about hospitals and nurses.My lover of 16 years recently died of AIDS.From the time he was diagnosed until the day he died, everyone was very supportive.I can't say enough about the nurses who were involved in \"John's\" care.They helped me come to grips with his impending death and also my own HIV-positive status.I especially appreciated the care John received at home from his visiting nurses.Those women were extremely competent, always cheerful and a pleasure to have around.:They treated John with respect and made it possible for him to die with dignity at home, surrounded by friends and family.My hat is off to nurses everywhere who give of themselves so generously and help make dying easier.- ROGER IN L.A \u2018DEAR L.A.: Your beautiful letter was one of thousands I received in support of nurses.For more, read on.\u2018From Illinois: Nurses, like everyone else, have different levels of competence, but most of us chose this field because we want to serve humankind.I can still remember my first experience with death - the screams from a young man when he was informed that his wife had died in childbirth.Another time, I managed to maintain my composure when a child died of leukemia, but I've never forgotten him.Nurses must somehow shield themselves from some of the pain of death and suffering.They may sometimes come across as tough and insensitive, but please uñderstand their need to protect themselves.\u2018West Palm Beach, Fla.: My wife, an intensive-care nurse, has cared for hundreds of patients in her 10- year nursing career.Some of her horror stories have made my hair stand on end.\u2018A mother once sent her child to ANAF Ladies\u2019 :LENNOXVILLE \u2014 The ANAF Ladies\u2019 Auxiliary held their December 8th gathering in the Wagon Room with President Emily Smerdon opening the meeting.Nineteen members answered the roll call.! Sharon Mills read the minutes from November's meeting and which were approved after minor changes and corrections.: Emily mentioned that Iris the hospital in a taxi.The child arrived at the emergency room alone and had to have an emergency appendectomy.My wife had to telephone the police to locate the mother.She practically had to order her to come to the hospital.Ann Landers Another youngster who had been accidentally shot by a playmate died on Christmas Eve.My wife phoned the family and asked if they would come and say their last goodbyes before the little girl! was removed from life support.The response was, \u201cNobody wants to go.It would be too depressing.\" My wife sang Christmas carols to that child as she prepared her for the morgue.Another family had a child who had been hit by a car and was severely injured.The family rarely came to visit.His hospitalization was expensive, and the family was evicted from their rental apartment.A local minister heard of their plight and gave them a roof over their heads and food for the table.The family begged for help on the TV news.Money poured in, and they bought a Corvette.As with any profession, there are incompetents in nursing.But I would challenge any individual to do what the average intensive-care nurse or emergency-room nurse does in those 12-hour shifts.I could not do it.They deal with death on a daily basis and are genuine heroines in my book.- RANDY DEAR RANDY: We must be reading the same book.I, too, consider nurses genuine heroes and heroines.I could never do what they do.God bless them.Dear Ann Landers: I plead guilty to a longtime, ill-conceived bias against people who are overweight.It began when I was young, and 1 was awfully mean about it.I remember yelling at a girl I disliked in the third grade, \"Fatty, fatty, two-by-four, can't get through the kitchen door.\" When I was growing up, I shunned people who were overweight.All my friends were pencil thin.Although I was always skinny, 1 watched everything I ate.1 actually believed that people who were fat got that way because they couldn't resist rich food and that they were simply gluttons who would rather stuff themselves than look good.I know better now.What changed my thinking was a story in The New York Times.It was about an article in The New England Journal of Medicine, which reported on an eight-year study by Dr.Steven L.Gortmaker and his researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.More than 10,000 people were included in the study.Some of the conclusions were startling.For example: Fat people are less likely to marry.Fat women make less money than their thin sisters even though they may be better qualified.Well- qualified women who are heavy may be passed over for hiring in favor of less qualified but slimmer women.The New York Times article also made it clear that the vast majority of overweight people cannot successfully keep their weight down and diets don't work.The bottom line is this: Being heavy has a lot more to do with genetics than it has to do with gluttony.- JANICE IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR JANICE: Thanks for a splendid letter.I hope that what you have written will help people be less judgmental about the less fortunate who are constantly fighting (and losing) the Battle of the Bulge.Dear Ann Landers: I have been living with a retired gentleman for about five years.I am 60.\"Gerald\" is 68.We have a physical relationship as well as a financial arrangement.We divide our rent and utility bills, and I pay for the food.I am still employed and intend to work until I retire at 65.Here's the problem, Ann.When 1 retire, I'm going to move back home.I decided to tell Gerald about my future plans and was stunned by his response.He said, \"If you move away, I will sue you for support.\u201d His contention is that I am financially secure and should support him, since he is on minimum Social Security.Am [ legally responsible to support Gerald if we have lived together for over seven years?I've heard that couples who live together that long are considered to be in a common-law marriage and all assets are common property.Is this true?Can Gerald force me to support him?Our relationship has suffered a great deal because of this, and I'm pretty upset.Will you give me some guidance?- TROUBLE IN FLORIDA DEAR FLORIDA: According to Bernard Rinella, a family law expert in Chicago, Florida has not recognizéd common-law marriages since Jan.1, 1968.This means your assets are not common property, and you are not obligated to support the \u201cgentleman.\u201d Dear Ann Landers: I read with interest your column about the fancy weekend guests who ran up a big telephone bill and made no attempt to reimburse the host.My own modest income is $30,000 a year.My friends and family have also visited and made calls.It wasn't much, but every one of them insisted that I accept reimbursement.Can it be that we poor folks have better manners?- PORTLAND, ORE.DEAR PORTLAND: It certainly can.Money has nothing to do with manners.Some people with lots of money behave like slobs while those who have very little can be very classy.Auxiliary hold last meeting of the season Brown had donated turnips for the Armistice Supper, a much appreciated gesture.She thanked everyone who worked and contributed to the very successful Christmas Bazaar.Barb Leonard, Helen Anderson.Sylvia Coates and Audrey Moore each received a token of appreciation for being top sales ladies.Special mention was made to Beth Anderson who made the costumes for Mr.and Mrs.Claus and the two elves used at the children\u2019s Christmas party and to the ladies who participated in any way to make it a happy afternoon for young and old alike.Correspondence included thank-you letters for Auxiliary Bursaries.a funeral luncheon, donation to the Lennoxville Elementary Christmas Basket Fund and Christmas Greetings.Border Senior Citizens return for a new season \u201cROCK ISLAND (IH) \u2014 The first meeting of the new year fdr the Border Senior Citizens was held in Stanstead South Church Fellowship Hall on January 13.Geraldine Harvey.president, welcomed everyone and wished them a happy and healthy 1994.CANADIAN MONEY AT PAR WED.& Tues.- Senior Day SAT.(62 yrs & over) Sun.- $10.00 Minimum Purchase & this Coupon Milk & Tobacco Products excluded Business Hours: Mon.thru Thurs.: 8:30-5:00 pm.Fri.: 8:30-6:00 p.m.Sat.: 9:00-5:00 p.m.Sun.: 11:00-3:00 p.m.LENNY\u2019S LAKESIDE GROCERIES = 802-334-8028 80 Coventry St.Trk Rte 5, Newport, VT On behalf of the members she expressed sympathy to Ruby Greer recently bereaved by her sister.Mabel Wallace who was also a member of the group.Irvin Goodwin spoke the blessing and prayer of thanksgiving that all could again be together.It was pot luck dinner with a wide assortment of casseroles, beans.salads and other goodies with desserts brought by several of the ladies present.The business meeting followed after all the kitchen work was finished.Ruth Putney.secretary.gave her reports.also her financial treasurer's report as the new year begins.It was noted that Stanstead Janet Paige brought poinsettia plants and home-made cookies to be distributed to shut- ins.Patients in the Prolonged Care at the Sherbrooke Hospital will again be remembered with cookies.fruit.candy and plants.The Auxiliary sent a box of treats to Betty Beau- lieu\u2019s son Gary Hadley who is serving in Bosnia.Santa\u2019s elves had gifts for everyone, followed by adjournment.of meetings Chapter IODE had donated $200.towards the Christmas dinner party.and a grant was received from the Provincial Government through Robert Benoit.MNA in Quebec.Both are much appreciated.The membership to date totals 94 Seniors.announced Ruth.Geraldine expressed appreciation to the several persons who had assisted for the Christmas dinner party.A card party is planned for April 20 and tentatively for May 18.both at 1 p.m.with dessert and both in the church Fellowship Hall This brought to a close a beginning for the Seniors organization.The next gathering will be held on February 10 in the Hall.Lee, Kathy and Jacob The three grandchildren of Phyllis Courtemanche of Sherbrooke and Fred Courtemanche of Magog.Lee, 20 year old daughter of Larry Courtemanche and Janet Martel- Courtemanche; Kathy, 14 year old daughter of Anne and Jae- ques Poirier, granddaughter of Jéréme and Georgette Poirier; and Jacob, 4 month old son of David and Grace Courtemanche, grandson of Ruth McAuley.Bury students WI.bursaries rs Jodi Coleman Two Bury students have won bursaries from a non-profit organization called \u201cBury 1836-1986\".The $250.bursaries were presented to Jodi Coleman and Isabelle Begin.Jodi is studying Social Sciences at Champlain Regional College in Lennoxville.Isabelle is studying to be technician of ar 4 ARR Isabelle Begin Animal Health at the CEGEP de Sherbrooke.The bursaries are offered each year to two Bury students who are continuing their studies at the college level after completing high school.Each year.secondary school.since 1988.the group's selection committee has chosen one English-speaking and one French-speaking student to receive the bursaries based on their marks in their final year of Congratulations.Jodi and Isabelle! Birthday greetings Happy birthday.Daddy (Winston Wells) from daughters Me- lina and Baby Abby.87th birthday wishes Congratulations.best wishes and love are extended to Mrs.Lena Dougherty of Bury.on the occasion of her 87th birthday on January 27th.Birthday congratulations Congratulations and best wishes to Russell Moffatt of Waterloo, Que.on his 80th birthday January 24.Also to Gordon Stevens of Melbourne, Que.on his 80th birthday on January 31.From their family and friends. From the Pens of E.T.Writers A HAPPY 1994 TO ALL (New RESOLUTIONS \u2014 don\u2019t be Silly) We're old enough now to know that it just doesn\u2019t happen If it\u2019s not in strict accordance with God\u2019s will.Whatever we say about this or that In this year of our Lord it\u2019s all just old hat \u2018Cause we've been there before (we've been everywhere before) And we know that it just doesn\u2019t happen.Which isn\u2019t to say there\u2019s no magic Or no fun in the knowledge of time; But we're all so aware of the difference now Betweeen what could be a lemon or lime.More appreciative really, more grateful For that which we may receive, though Sometimes we smolder, not cause we're that older But that some are more apt to deceive.We have our illusions and still most of our dreams We're not over-expectant of truth; We cling to the things that cause all hearts to sing, and The bitter sweet moments of youth.We're more on the defense than aggressive A punch in the face is no fun.Sometimes we hesitate and sometimes we meditate But don\u2019t dwell too much on what we have done (or haven't).We mostly recall how at times we walked tall; We'll not stoop to deception or lies But we use our wings well when we\u2019ve a story to tell And we're straight as the arrow flies.So new resolutions have no meaning; As in the past we'll strive to do our best; For what good is intent if it\u2019s not really meant; Happy New Year folks, now let\u2019s take a rest.Dedicated with affection and caring to all of my Young in Heart comrades and to all for whom it O° may apply.WN We oF Marjorie P.Ferris Rougemont, Que.Obituary WALLACE (WALLY) MATTHEWS of Cookshire, Que.illness, at the age of 72.On November 17, 1993, Wallace Clayton Matthews peacefully passed away at Youville Hospital, Sherbrooke, after a prolonged Wallace was born in Bury, Quebec, September 12, 1921, the son of the late Thomas and Sarah (Liard) Matthews and received his schooling at the Public School in Bury.He enlisted in the army on August 24, 1942, served in Canada, United Kingdom, Continental Europe.He saw active service until the end of the war, discharge March 5, 1946.Wo2.Wallace received six medals - 1939-45 Bronze Star, the Br.Defence Medal, Can.Voluntary Service Medal and Clasp, France and Germany bronce star, Cdn.Service Medal and serving in the Militia, receiving the long Service Bronze Medal \u2014 1948-63, rank Following his discharge, he decided to live in the town of Cooks- hire.On September 9, 1950, Wallace was united in marriage to Murdina Dillon.They lived there until he became ill in 1983.He worked for a short time in the woods, Standish-Bros.seven yeaers and finally his last years as a mechanic.Ashton and Osborne.officiating.A EE \u2014 ED EE UND BE GE UR EE ES EN EE DONS EES ED SE EE EE EE ES UE AND CEMETERY NOTICES: BY MAIL: Use this coupon \u2019 Wallace was predeceased by two brothers and a sister.Besides his wife and family, he leaves to mourn his loss, his brothers À military memorial service was held at the Anglican Church in Cookshire on November 20, with Rev.Canon Ronald West Many donations were made in his memory.PRINT CLEARLY PLEASE The RECORD\u2014Monday.January 24, 1994\u20147 + Birth Deaths MARTIN \u2014 Allison and Peter are proud to announce the early arrival of their second born, Matthew George, 6 lbs.8 oz., born on Janury 12, 1994 at 11:06 p.m.at B.M.P.Hospital.Proud grandparents are Trixie and Frank Matthews and Li- liane and Sandy Martin.Sutton Mable Boyce 538-2946 Sincere sympathy is extended to Mrs.Lilo Bidner and family in the death of her husband Simon.Laura and Steven Jones of Petawawa.Ont.spent two weeks with their grandmother.Mrs.Josie Jones over the holidays.Sympathy goes out to Jan and Jessie Chayer in the passing of their daughter Adele Davis.Ronnie and Joan O\u2019Brien of Ottawa were New Year's guests of Alice Bidwell.Mrs.Evelyn Sturgeon.a lifelong resident of Sutton passed away at the Sutton Foyer.Sympathy to her family and friends.Mrs.Betty McCann of Vine- land, N.J.has returned to her duties after spending two weeks at her home on Western Ave.Mrs.Harold Boyce and Nancy were in Mansonville for a day recently.They enjoyed lunch at the Reilly House where they met quite a few people they knew.They called on Margaret and Rody Lessard and later in the afternoon had tea with Mary Hamelin at her home.Iris Larocque was a New Year\u2019s Day guest of Wes and Heather Larocque at Glen Sutton.Other guests were George McKell and family of Orms- town and Mr.and Mrs.Graham Larocque of Athelston.Friends are happy to hear that Doris Hawley is steadily improving at the CHUS, Sherbrooke.Bob Sharman has been hospitalized with pneumonia.Get well wishes from his family and friends.RHICARD, Kenneth Myron \u2014 Peacefully at the Brome- Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital in Cowansville, Quebec.Kenneth Myron Rhicard passed away on Saturday, January 22, 1994 in his 61st year.Beloved son of the late Kenneth and Mildred Rhicard.Loving father of Susan (Steve) of Ontario, Cindy (Randy), Cheryl (Jeff) and Melanie (Don), all of California.Dear brother of Laurence (Mary) of West Brome, Gladys (Neil) of Ontario, Winston (Marilyn) of Brome and the late Harold (Audrey) of Knowlton.Also survived by 8 grandchildren and several nieces and nephews, and many friends.Visitation from the Desourdy Wilson Funeral Home, 318 Knowlton Road, Knowlton, Ken Morris, President, 263-1212.Visiting hours on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m.for the family only.Funeral service from the Chapel on Tuesday, January 25, 1994 at 2 p.m., the Rev.Keith Joyce officiating.Interment in the Duboyce Cemetery, West Bolton, Quebec in the Spring.RUMSBY, Hazel \u2014 At the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital in Cowansville, Quebec on Friday, January 21, 1994.Hazel Beard in her 81st year.Beloved wife of the late Gordon Rumsby.Loving mother of Bruce (Edith) of East Farnham and of the late Gus and Ross.Dear sister of Grace Matthewson of Bromont.Mother-in-law of Judy (the late Gesner) of Cowansville.Cherished grandmother of Gerry (Cindy) of Cowansville, Tony (Barbara) of Dunham, Noona (Randy) of Knowlton, Linda of Bedford, Co- reen (Luc) of Granby, Laurie Ann (Richard) of East Farnham, Ross (Wanda) of West Brome, Shelly (Richard), Patrick (Lucy), Martin (Pauline), all of Cowans- ville.Also survived by other great-grandchildren, sisters and brothers-in-law and many friends.Visitation was held from the Desourdy Wilson Funeral Home, 104 Buzzell St., Cowans- ville, Ken Morris, President, 263- 1212.Funeral service was held from the Chapel on Saturday, January 22, 1994 at 2 p.m.Interment in the Union Cemetery, Iron Hill.Donations sent to the BMP Hospital Foundation, 950 Main St., Cowansville, J2K 1K3, would be gratefully appreciated and acknowledged by the family.Christmas news: from Daisy and Lionel Allison BURY \u2014 Lionel and Daisy Allison entertained at a pre- Christmas dinner on Saturday, December 18, for Daisy\u2019s side of the family.As they were unable to do the cooking for it, they had it catered by Cathy Jacklin.Cathy served juices, chicken pie with biscuits, rolls, potatoes, squash, peas, coleslaw, pickles, tea and coffee, with a choice of lemon, pumpkin, raisin or berry pies and squares for dessert.The delicious meal was enjoyed by all.Those present were Alta Fowler of Lennoxville, Ronald and Gail Gibbs, with the latter\u2019s daughter, Sandy Suggins, all of Knowlton, Ronald Gibbs Jr., and his wife, Davina Gibbs of Vancouver, B.C., who were visiting at his father\u2019s home in Knowlton, and Daisy\u2019s cousin, Winnie Perkins of Richmond, Que.The afternoon was spent visiting and all left for home before it ws too late.On Christmas Day, the Allisons enjoyed a bountiful Christmas dinner and pleasant afternoon with Beth and Ray Strapps and family.They were unable to join the Gibbs family in Knowlton, as they are not too well and unable to drive that far, when roads and weather are so un- \u2018JO PLACE YOUR PREPAID BIRTHS, CARDS OF THANKS, IN MEMORIAMS, BRIEFLETS - certain at this time of year.Among the visitors at the Allison home during the holidays were Ron and Gail Gibbs, June* Harrison, Alma Quinn, Mabel Thompson, Beth and Ray Strapps, Betty and Jimmy Dougherty, John and Bridgette Markey and sons, Justin Lowry, Isabella Taillon and Alta Fowler.We wish to thank our many friends and relatives who sent us many lots of fruit, home cooking and other gifts at the holiday season.We were sorry to hear that Mrs.Pansy MacLeod.Mrs.Grace Lawrence and Dan Pehleman have been patients in the Sherbrooke Hospital, where Lindsay Groom is still a patient.Good wishes to all for a speedy recovery.We wish to extend sympathy to Mr.and Mrs.Ted Ward in the death of their daughter Marilyn, also to Leslie Wilkin of East Angus whose wife, Gladys died recently.13 PREPARED Cue PREPARING FOR LIFE IS WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT 19¢ per word.Minimum charge $4.50.SMITH, Charles F.(Charlie) \u2014 At the Centre Hospitalier Sherbrooke on Friday, January 21, 1994.Charles F.Smith, 83 years, residing in Sherbrooke.Husband of Cécile Samson.Father of Charles F.Jr.(Joanna).Grandfather of Steven (Ann), Gary (Bonnie) and Philip (Diane).Great-grandfather of Bruno, Keven and Jason.Brother-in-law of Maria Samson, Jeanne Samson Charest, Alice Samson and Mary Giroux Samson.Also left to mourn, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.To respect the wishes of the deceased, Cremation.Arrangements entrusted to Coopérative Funéraire de I\u2019Estrie, 530 Prospect St., Sherbrooke \u2014 565-7646, Alain Leclerc, Dir.-Gén.Visitation was on Saturday and Sunday.Interment of the ashes at a later date.The family wishes to sincerely thank Dr.Marc Bezeau, also the staff of Centre Hospitalier Sherbrooke for the kind care accorded to Mr.Smith.Donations to the Quebec Heart Foundation, 1358 King East, Suite 103, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1J 2B6, would be gratefully appreciated by the family.SIMPSON, Robert W.\u2014 After a courageous battle with cancer at the CHUS on January 22, 1994, in his 76th year.Robert Woodliffe Simpson of Richmond.Beloved husband of Laurita Smith.Loving father of Jane (Dale Carson) of Richmond and Robert (Trudy Norridge), Exeter, Ont.Loving grandpa of Shane Carson, Matthew and Brianne Simpson.Beloved brother of Lilias (Jim For- syth) and Mary.Brother-in-law of Bill Day, Shirley Gough, Win- nifred Alexander and Mildred Blunt.He will be sadly missed by several nieces and nephews, and many friends.Cremation.Visitation at Cass Funeral Home, 295 Main St.S., Richmond, Que., Suzanne Hill, Rep., 826-2502, on Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 10 p.m., Wednesday at the church beginning at 1 p.m.Funeral service will be held at the Rich- mond-Melbourne United Church on Wednesday, January 26 at 2 p.m., Rev.Leslie Dean and Rev.Heather Kinkaid officiating.There will be a Spring interment.As memorial tributes, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or tothe CHUS would be gratefully appreciated by the family.Danville Eleanor Besmargian 839-2193 Christmas guests at the home of Judy and Francis Saf- fin were Jack McCabe, Montreal, Russell Saffin, Ottawa, Carole Kydd, Edith Steven, and Joe Saffin from the Wales Home.Marion and Bruce Mastine spent some time during the holiday season with Arthur and Polly McClure in Amesbury, Mass.Holiday visitors at the home of Verian and Norman Brown included Jennifer Belknap, Stanstead, Irving Cosgrove, Ayer\u2019s Cliff, Robin Belknap, Baldwin\u2019s Mills, Stanley and Audrey Brown, Sherbrooke and Dianne and Eric White, Oshawa, Ont.- ADVERTISER'S ~ NAME JL DUDLEY \u2014 In loving memory of Howard Dudley who passed away, January 23, 1973 and Lyndall Du-;; dley who passed away February 14, 1989.ii Smiles we will always remember, Voices we will always recall, Our memories to treasure forever Of parents so dear to us all.THE DUDLEY FAMILY ; 5 , A SCORING LEADERS Coffey, Det 9 35 44 Sunday of amen's World Cup frees- Milwaukee 11 27 289 16 y.TENNIS ef.Libor Pimek, 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Que.Minnesota 13 25 342 16 rentheses) drine Testud, France, 6-1, 6-2.ar Pan ony 13th VERT & OR 205.34; 10.Dave Valenti, US.203.42.Dallas 2 36 083 27 où once Martinez (3) Spain.def, Hull.StL 30 26 56 TRACK MEET Other Canadians \u2014 11, Bernard Pacitic Division MEN Gabriel Sabatini (4) i 163 Turgeon.NY| 20 36 56 Local athletes who won gold me- Sevigny, Chariesbourg.Que .Seattle 30 6 833 \u2014 Singles det Mary Pierce (9) France 83 63 Oates.Bos 14 41 55 dalsat Université de Sherbrookeon 201.83; 13.Darcy Downs, Manotick, Phoenix 27 10 730 3 Fourth Round 9 Lindaas Davenport (16), Ù.S.def Tkachuk.W 26 28 54 Jan.22and23atthe 13e Rencontre Ont., 194.40; 14.Dennis Capicik.To- Portland 23 16 590 B12 y P 0S ire.Wpg © } ; : Pete Sampras (1), U.S., def.[van Mary-Joe Fernandez (6).U S.6-2.6- Roenick, Chi 20 34 54 d'Athlétisme Vert & Or ronto, 193.48; 15.Brad Suey, Prince Golden State 21 16 568 9» Lend! (15), U.S., 7-6 (7-5).6-2, 7-6 (7- 7 (4-7), 6-2 Modano.Dal 27 26 53 Juvenile 60 metres hurdles: Jean- George, B.C., 191.65; 16.David Bel- LA Clippers 13 24 351 172 4 or Kimiko Date (10).Japan, def.Gin- Stevens.Pgh 27 26 53 François Nolet (8.57): Junior 600 humeur, Montreal.187 19; 23.Phi- LA Lakers 1226 316 19 a ; ; ape Cet, 15, i } oran lvanisevic (5), Croatia.def ger Helgeson.U.S.7-5, 6-1 Robitaille, LA 25 28 53 metres: Jonathan Bourque lippe LaRoche, Lac Beauport, Que.Sacramento 12 26 316 19 , A > - ! Grant Stafford, South Africa, 6-3, 6- Selanne, Wpg 24 29 53 (1.22.67); University 600 metres: 171.73; 31 Lloyd Langlois.Magog.Saturdays Results 2,7-6 (7-3) ; 7 3 3 Francis, Pgh 16 37 53 re Tr ding (rs wore 152.37.Cleveland 119 Sacramento 109 (OT) Magnus Gustatsson (10), Sweden.MIXED DOUBLES Bourque, Bos 13 40 53 piss Santer 800 matres: Lyne Bes- ms New Jersey 124 Golden State 98 def.Martin Damm, Czech Republic.First Round Sheppard, Det 29 22 51 ' A Orlando 121 Philadelphia 112 2-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1.Scott Melville and Meredith Zhamnov, Wi 17 34 51 sette (1 41.75), University 200 \u2018 \u2018 n .Wpg ; Washington 98 Detroit 93 McGrath, US.def.Sergio Casai Yashin.Ott 20 30 50 metres: Soma Paquette (24.63).Uni- ; ; .A Charlotte 91 Milwaukee 80 Spain, and Zina Garrison Jackson.MacInnis, Cal 16 34 50 versity 60 metres: Sonia Paquette Chicago 90 Indiana 81 Doubles Us.à Sundin, Que 20 20 49 (7.58); Junior 1000 metres: Stephane All Times EST Atlantis 98 Minnesota 81 Third Round 53.46, 76 (7-2).7-5 Courtnalt, Dal 12 37 49 Ménard (2 36.22}, University 60 EASTERN CONFERENCE Houston 106 Utah 101 Byron Black, Zimbabwe, and Jo- Second Round Galley.Pha 7 42 49 metres hurdles: Sonia Paquette San Antonio 103 Dallas 83 nathan Stark (2), U.S.def.Ellis Fer- Dave Randall, U.S., and Jill Hethe- Mogilny, Buf 20 28 48 (8.39); University pole vault: Drine Atlantic Division D n n oo eu po as reira Africa, and Christo Van Rens- rington, Peterborough, Ont., def.Brind'Amour, Pha 12 36 48 Mejdi (4 metres 70}, Open long W L Pet GB Phoenix 118 Portland 117 burg.U.S.6-4, 7-6 (7-4) Menno Oosting, Netherlands, and Verbeek.Hart 25 22 47 jump: Frderic Hebert (6 metres 78).New York 26 10 722 \u2014 Cleveland at Sacramento N Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis Ann Grossman, U.S, 6-1, 6-2. 12\u2014The RECORD\u2014Monday, January 24.1994 Helping Circle and Canusa Unit hold joint planning meeting ROCK ISLAND (1H) \u2014 Stans- tead South Church Helping Circle and Canusa Unit held a joint meeting the evening of January 12 in the Fellowship Hall to plan for a turkey dinner to be \u2018held January 28 in this hall.Ellen Holland.president of the Canusa Unit welcomed everyone, the Lord's Prayer was recited.\u2018! Thelma Dustin.President of \u2018the Helping Circle assisted for \u2018the planning session.as did Geraldine Harvey.Previously planned for Ja- \u2018nuary 29 the first decision was to change the date.Members \u2018volunteered to work and to cook.The price to be $7.00 per adult.child.$3.50 and to have \u201ctake out\u201d dinners made available.Posters to be made and \u2018announcements in the newspapers.The menu will be roast turkey with all the trimmings and home-made pies for dessert.Thelma thanked the Canusa group for hosting this meeting, then cach Unit held their meeting separately.HELPING CIRCLE Thelma presided for their session.Dorothy Nutbrown.secretary.gave her report and the annual report.she also read several thank-vou communications.Treasurer Ruth Putney presented the financial and the annual reports.Both secretary and treasurer's reports noted it has been a very active and successful year.Thelma thanked Ruth and Alberta Rolleston for purchasing and delivering Christmas gifts to shut-ins on the Canadian side of the Border.All were reminded that there will be two card parties.the first on February 17 and second on March 17.At each one, desserts will be served at 1 p.m.game and door prizes were offered.As the worship services the month of February will be held in Stanstead South Church.the refreshments following will be served by the Canusa Unit the first two Sundays and by the Circle the last two.Lillian Goodwin was welcomed as a new member.Mrs.Goodwin had been an active member of the Ladies Aid of this church for several years but the Aid Unit disbanded the end of December.The small group in the Aid will be missed for they always \u201ccarried their weight\u201d in the church and communities.Mildred Goodall was one of the eldest as she had been a member for almost 50 vears.What these women have contributed over the vears will long be remembered.The Circle's February 15 meeting will be held at the home of Dorothy Nutbrown with Thelma Dustin assisting hostess.During the social period the Canusa members served tasty refreshments.Socials from around the Townships High Forest Alice Wilson 889-2932 Mr.and Mrs.Ian McBurney entertained all the McBurney families for Christmas with 19 \u2018present.Rev.Martyn Sadler \u2018joined them for supper.New Year\u2019s Day guests were Mr.and Mrs.Kenneth McBurney and Janet of Sherbrooke.Mr.and Mrs.Randy Har- twell had Christmas at their home for the Lowry families with 21 for dinner.On Sunday, December 26, Roland and Theda Lowry were present at the baptism of their infant grandson Alex Kent Alfred at the Sawyerville United Church and after were guests \u201cof Kent and Lynda as were \u2018other members of the Ville- : neuve and Lowry families.On \u201c December 26 Roland and The- da had their family Christmas With John Christine, Jodie, Kristopher and Katie Robinson, Kent, Lynda, Carolyne and Alec Lowry and Garth and Marcia Lowry.Roland and Theda visited Roberta and Albert Sylvester one evening.They were pleased to see Roberta home and improving.All wish a speedy return to good health.On December 30 they were guests at the Fraser Christmas get-together at Marc and Diane Clowery\u2019s in Sherbrooke.At New Year\u2019s Roland and Theda were guests of the Robinsons on Spring Rd., Moynan Robinson was also a guest.On Sunday, January 2nd they attended the 40th Anniversary party in honor of Mr.and Mrs.Oswald Perron at the Asbestos Golf Club.The Robinson children visited their Lowry grandparents during the holidays.Garth and Marcia were supper guests while the children were here.Mr.and Mrs.Gary Mc¢Bur- ney and family were New Year\u2019s guests of Mr.and Mrs.Malcolm Hodge in Lennoxville.Inverness Maxine McCrea W.I.members Margaret Dempsey, Evelyn Lennon and Mildred Robinson motored with Maxine McCrea to the Wales Home, Richmond, before Christmas, to deliver their Christmas baskets and to have a visit with relatives and friends.A Christmas Eve Candlelight service was held in St.Andrew\u2019s Church with a good attendance and conducted by the Rev.Linda Robinson with Stephanie Pomerleau as organist.Christmas Eve guests at the Dempsey home were Ron, Cathy, Tiffany and Scott Kelso from Merrickville, Ont., Lorne Kelso, Margaret Dempsey, Everett and Lorraine Lear- month.Ray, Janet and Lisa Dempsey were overnight guests of Malcolm and Mildred Roarke in Hatley.Mr.and Mrs.Ray Dempsey, Kevin and Lisa were Christmas dinner and supper guests of Mr.and Mrs.Everett Lear- month.Mr.Lorne Kelso, Mrs.Margaret Dempsey, Mr.and Mrs.Ron Kelso and family, Miss Rhonda Bourque and Mr.and Mrs.Jim Dempsey were also guests at the same home.Mr.and Mrs.Pierre Petry and children of Pincourt were Christmas weekend visitors of Mr.and Mrs.Bernard Robinson and all enjoyed Christmas dinner with Allan, Helen, Neil and Linsey Robinson.Jean-Claude, Linda, Eric and Philippe Bertrand of Ayl- mer, Que.spent the Christmas holiday weekend with Maxine McCrea.The Bertrands came via Richmond on Christmas Eve and called to visit Mrs.Eva Melrose at the Wales Home.Roland and Melanie Po- merleau entertained the McCrea family following the Candlelight Service on Christmas Eve.Miss Wanda Bourque of Cha- teauguay spent several days at I see my Dad there resting, A smile upon his face.He\u2019s holding nine red roses, I bow my head in silence.I ask my God to guard him, To the very hilly land.From the Pens of E.T.THE HILLSIDE As I stand upon this hillside, Where the gentle breezes blow.I see a grey granite tombstone, Of someone dear I know.The grass and flowers at the base, Have tears upon their leaves so green.As I stand and gaze for moments, Studying foot prints where others have been.In his hands, and near his face.And say a little prayer.As I see him resting there.Then looking out across the valley, I see the quaint little village, From this hillside where I stand.Writers Composed and submitted by Verna M.Patterson Brigham, Que.the Dempsey home during the holidays.Holiday supper guests of Ray and Janet Dempsey were Rufus, Helen, Robin and Kent Ja- mieson, Kinnear\u2019s Mills and Miss Linda Salisbury, Water- ville.Mr.and Mrs.Everett Lear- month visited relatives in the Lennoxville area during the holidays.Mr.and Mrs.Clifford Henderson and Sabrina called on Ivan and Stella McKee one afternoon recently.Mr.and Mrs.Ron Kelso, Tiffany and Scott of Merrickville, Ont.spent the Christmas weekend with Mr.Lorne Kelso.Mr.and Mrs.Ivan McKee joined the Kelsos and family members at Lorne Kelso\u2019s.Mr.and Mrs.Ivan McKee joined the Kelsos and family members at Lorne\u2019s house for Brunch on December 26.The McCrea family celebrated Christmas Day at Brunch at the home of Maxine McCrea.Mark and Ann McCrea and baby Kyle, Orleans, Ont.arrived on December 27 and spent a few days with Maxine McCrea.En route home they visited Mrs.E.Melrose at the Wales Home.Lorne Kelso and Everett and Lorraine Learmonth called on Mrs.Alma Wright at La Maison Sacré-Coeur in St.Ferdinand during the holidays.Neil and Linsey Robinson were New Year's dinner guests of their grandparents, Mr.and Mrs.Bernard Robinson.Mr.and Mrs.Forrest Wright and Jean were dinner guests of Everett and Lorraine Lear- month during the holidays.Mr.and Mrs.Dufferin Annesley, Huntingville were also dinner guests of the Learmonths one day.Mr.and Mrs.Lyall Roarke, Melanie, Daniel and Timothy of Hatley were overnight visitors of Ray and Janet Dempsey and New Year's dinner guests of Mrs.Margaret Dempsey.Lorne Kelso, Everett and Lorraine Learmonth and Margaret Dempsey were New Year's supper guests of the Dempsey family.Mr.and Mrs.Gerald Robinson, Johnstown, Ont., were Sunday guests at the same home.New Year\u2019s dinner guests of Maxine McCrea included Mr.and Mrs.James Kelly, Mr.and Mrs.Lincoln Egan, Mr.and Mrs.Francis Campbell, Mrs.Dorothy Cameron, Mr.and Mrs.Charles McCrea and family.Mr.and Mrs.Lincoln Egan, Mrs.Eva Kelly, Mrs.Ethel Campbell of Ste.Agathe were afternoon callers of Maxine, Mark, Ann, Kyle McCrea during the holidays.Francis and Elaine, Ashley and Meglean Côté spent a day visiting Mr.and Mrs.Leonard Henderson in Ayer\u2019s Cliff and Mrs.Eva Melrose in Richmond.Friends of Mr.Herbert Little, McIndoe Falls, Vt.will be pleased to know he has had a successful cataract operation and has returned to his home.I would like to take this opportunity as your correspondent to wish all readers and the staff at the Record the very best for the New Year.{* Danville Carnival From January 21st to 30th SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES # \\ SALON FUNERAIRE PL A A VA Women\u2019s Institute meeting MAGOG (CG) \u2014 The Austin Branch of the Quebec Women's Institute met at the home of Evelyn Jackson with co- hostess.Nellie Carriere at the noon hour.Lunch was served to twelve members and three visitors.Rev.Lvnn Ross being one of the visitors gave the blessing.He informed us of some changes taking place concerning birth.marriage and death certificates.No longer can we get these from clergy or local city halls.it will all be obtained from Quebec City.He also mentioned that June 20.1994 will be a day to remember.The Archbishop of Canterbury will be in Magog to celebrate the er MONDAY, JANUARY 24 AND TUESDAY, JANUARY 25 Curling tournament \u2014 7 p.m.\u2014 Danville Curling Club \u2014 $1 \u2014 THURSDAY, JANUARY 27 Sponge-hockey tournament \u2014 6 p.m.\u2014 Centre Mgr Thibault LAFRANCE & DESROCHERS INC.Columbarium Service Funeral Pre-arrangements Incineration Noel Frechette, pres.31 College, Danville 839-2975 Asbestos 879-2232 e & FILS INC GENERAL CONTRACTORS PAVING: ASPHALT - CRUSHED STONE INSTALLATION OF ROCKS STUCCO - BRICK + LAWN WORK INTERIOR - EXTERIOR FREE ESTIMATE WORK GUARANTEED FOR INFORMATION PAUL & GERMAIN MILOT 1425 RTE 6839-2276 DANVILLE Louis-Paul Milot Res.Dnvi 839-2604 ER Compliments of: Parenteau Meubles Ltée - 520 3rd Avenue Asbestos = 879-5919 150th annivessary ot St.Luke's Anglican Church and the 100th anniversary of St.Patrick's Church.The meeting came to order about 1:30 p.m.with members repeating the Collect and the Oath of Citizenship in unison.Motto: If vou are too busy to laugh.vou are too busy.Period! Roll Call: A prediction for 1994 \u2014 Some were: a cold hard winter: the Canadian dollar will rise in value: a pessimistic view of the provincial election which is coming up.One member wants to make more time for visiting with friends.The President.Sylvia Hopps thanked the hostesses for the bountiful lunch.FRIDAY, JANUARY 28 Sponge-hockey tournament \u2014 cont'd \u2014 6 p.m.\u2014 Centre Mgr Thibault Flashlight rally (teams of 4 to 6, bring your own flashlights) \u2014 7 p.m.\u2014 Centre Mgr Thibault \u2014 Prizes \u2014 Free RADIATEURS LEROUX A & FILS INC.SALES - SERVICE REPAIRS OF ALL TYPES OF RADIATORS AUTO BRAKES - MUFFLERS \"= SHOCK ABSORBERS Inquire about our guarantee Jean and René Leroux, proprietors DANV 839-2065 Rte 116 (Danville) {between Principale & Richmond streets) SALES OF: FABRICS - LEATHERETTE - RUBBER @ FREE ESTIMATES AT HOME ian XY OIYTS - Compliments of: CAISSE POPULAIRE STE-ANNE de DANVILLE Pierre Hamel, Director General 39 Daniel Johnson Danville \u2014 839-2707 Dues were paid.Minutes were read from the November and December meetings.Approved The treasurer\u2019s report showed a healthy balance.Discussion on convenors reports.No definite solution.Discussions on awards to be given for essavs being written by students at Princess Elizabeth Elementary School.Education convenor will be in touch with the principal for his ideas.Two lap throws were given \u2014 one to K.Milne for her birthday and one to Kay Bryant who is ill.Meeting adjourned about 3:15 p.m.Best wishes for the New Year to everyone as we departed.7% S IAA SATURDAY, JANUARY 29 Coronation supper \u2014 5 to 7:30 p.m.\u2014 Hot buffet with table service \u2014 Music \u2014 $8 Coronation night \u2014 8:30 p.m.\u2014 Special effects! \u2014 \u201cLes Clés d'Or\u201d orchestra \u2014 Free! SUNDAY, JANUARY 30 Curling tournament final \u2014 10am.\u2014 Danville Curling Club \u2014 Prizes 2 ULL \\ \\ Compliments of: Yvon Goudreault, DD, Jacques Charrier, DD, Denturologist By Appoiniment only Office: 879-2877 15 Boucher St.Asbestos Centre Funéraire Mario Lemaire rx.Funeral Center Funerarium Crematorium Columbarium Mario Lemaire and Yves Samson Funeral Directors 70 Du Carmel Danville, Que.Tel.: (819) 839-2438 Toll free: 1-800-561-2881 « Compliments Of: DANVILLE CURLING CLUB INC.Danville P.Q.Tel: 839-2333 "]