The record, 3 février 1994, jeudi 3 février 1994

[" Le) VICTORIA WHEELER GRADE 4 NORTH HATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINDY 40 cents U.S.report cites Canadian rights abuses By Laura Eggertson WASHINGTON (CP) \u2014 A judge\u2019s ban on reporting details of the Karla Teale manslaughter trial is one of several Canadian human rights issues recorded in the U.S.State Department\u2019s annual human rights review.The ruling \u201cprompted considerable debate about how to balance the right of a defendant to a fair trial with freedom of the press,\u201d says the report to Congress, which includes an 11-page section on Canada.Canada made out relatively well in the document, which Winter to lag warns W 7 e 11 ® WIARTON, Ont.(CP) \u2014 Canada\u2019s white weather rodent broke from tradition Wednesday and whispered to Mayor Barney McKillop winter will be around for at least another six weeks.According to legend, if Wiar- ton Willie, the celebrity albino groundhog, sees his shadow he goes into his burrow for six more weeks of winter.But at 7:30 a.m.the sun wasn't out, so the mayor held a sleepy-looking Willie to his ear for the annual prediction.McKil- lop maintains he understands groundhog.About 70 people gathered at dawn at Wiarton Willy's Motel, about 150 kilometres northwest of Toronto, to witness the ritual firsthand.\u201cUh-oh, you're not going to like this, six more weeks of winter,\u201d McKillop said after consulting the celebrity groundhog.The.groundhog forecast is based on a German tradition brought to North America in 1887.If a woodchuck, or groundhog, emerged from its burrow in early February and saw its shadow, it would be frightened and return to its hole for another six weeks.detailed human rights abuses in 193 countries around the world, from China to Croatia.Canada\u2019s \u201cgovernment and private organizations seek to ensure that human rights are respected in practice in all levels of society,\u201d the report says.But it singled out language laws in Quebec and the past treatment of aboriginals as areas of concern.The report also records complaints against Canadian peacekeepers stationed in Somalia, who were \u201calleged to have been responsible for two civilian Retired race-track greyhounds Tramp and Luck tead East, but need a permanent alternative.To find out more, please turn the page.deaths.\u201d It notes the investigation Ottawa launched into the deaths.On Quebec, the document discusses the province\u2019s language laws.\u201cNon-French speakers in Quebec continued to face difficulty in 1993,\u201d the report says.\u201cLaw 86, which amended the province's language law in 1993, did not significantly broaden access to English-language schooling.\u201cBecause of the atmosphere engendered by the language x É BEN mt al Fes SN laws and a perceived lack of economic opportunity in Quebec for those whose mother tongue is not French, many young English-speakers born there have left the province.\u201d NATIVES The report noted no major incidents of human rights abuses involving aboriginals in 1993.But it said disputes over treaty rights, taxation, duty-free imports, fishing rights and alleged police harassment \u201cadded to tension on many reserves.\u201d The report was congratulatory have found a temporary home with Linda Miranda in Stans- RECORD DAN TIANA] SHR Liberal caucus split on tobbaco tax By Linda Drouin OTTAWA (CP) \u2014 Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, grappling with solutions to cigarette smuggling, is facing a split in his caucus and growing momentum from the health lobby against a cut in tobacco taxes.Several Liberal members have come out publicly against a tax cut to bring down cigarette prices and put smugglers out of business.\u201cWe definitely will increase premature deaths, the toll of human suffering and lifetime addiction for youth,\u201d Dr.Rey Pagtakhan, the Liberal member for Winnipeg North said Wednesday.\u201cIt (reducing taxes) is an ill-advised approach.\u201d No heat at cigarette sale TROIS-RIVIERES (CP) \u2014 Two days after a protest sale of contraband cigarettes was cut short by police, a similar sale of 600 cartons went off without a hitch here Wednesday.It took less than an hour for dozens of smokers to buy all the available smuggled cigarettes for $20 a carton \u2014 less than half the regular price \u2014 from about 100 convenience store owners gathered at a large restaurant.It was the fifth such protest in Quebec since a group known as MATRAC began defying the law 10 days ago in an effort to get the federal and Quebec governments to crack down on sales of illegal cigarettes and reduce tobacco taxes.\u201cIt was a complete success,\u201d MATRAC spokesman Gaétan Alary said of Wednesday's sale in this city halfway between Montreal and Quebec City.\u201cWe will continue until the government drops its taxes.\u201d Alary said there will be similar sales in the Lac- St-Jean region Friday and in Granby, Drummond- ville and Laval next week.RCMP spokesman Claude Lessard warned that just because there were no arrests Wednesday \u2014 there were five in Montreal on Monday \u2014 it free.doesn\u2019t mean next week\u2019s sales will be incident- \u201cEach situation is evaluated individually and the investigator has to take into consideration many factors,\u201d said Lessard.The convenience store owners are infuriated at having lost much of their business to people selling smuggled cigarettes, often out of gym bags or car trunks, at half the cost.Recent estimates suggest two of every three packs of cigarettes sold in Quebec is smuggled in from the United States.Published reports have suggested the federal and Quebec governments will announce a reduction in the taxes next week, possibly as early as Wednesday when Premier Daniel Johnson returns from a trip to Europe.He added that his sentiments \u201care shared by a good number of my colleagues.\u201d One colleague, Derek Wells of Nova Scotia, made his disagreement publicin a statement Wednesday in the House.OTHER SOLUTIONS Dr.Hedy Fry, the Liberal MP for Vancouver Centre, and parliamentary secretary to the minister of health, did not rule out a reduction in taxes to solve the runaway illegal sales of cigarettes, but she suggested the government is looking at other solutions.\u201cLowering taxes is what everybody is focusing on, but there are many other solutions .and we have to look into them.\u201d She said they might include restricting \u201ckiddie packs\u201d \u2014 small and cheaper packs of cigarettes that young people favor \u2014 label changes such as a skull and crossbones to emphasize possible damage to health, marking cigarettes for export so they can\u2019t be smuggled back into the country, an export tax on cigarettes, See SPLIT: page 2 Chrétien rules out pension cuts By Clyde Graham OTTAWA (CP) \u2014 A cut in old age pensions and a new carbon tax were both ruled out as budget options Wednesday by the Liberal government, which has been coy so far about other details.Prime Minister Jean Chrétien rejected any notion of reducing federal old age pensions to save money.And Finance Minister Paul Martin poured cold water on Reform party speculation that the Liberal government is considering a so-called carbon tax, aimed at reducing consumption of fuels which produce the most pollution.The pension issue came up in the Commons when Reform party Leader Preston Manning said people are worried that the Liberal government will reduce the maximum contributions under RRSPs \u2014 registered retirement savings plans.Chrétien said Manning will have to wait to find out in the budget, expected at the end of this month.REJECTS CUTS But he then volunteered that he rejects a Reform party proposal to stop paying government pensions to higher-income Canadians.In the election campaign, Reform proposed $20 billion in spending cuts over three years, including $3.5 billion in government pensions paid to families with annual incomes above $54,000.\u201cI hope the minister of finance will not keep the idea proposed by the Reform party leader who wants us to cut the pensions of old age pensioners,\u201d said Chrétien.Manning has also warned that the government is considering a carbon tax, which would be unpopular in the Reform heartland of Alberta.\u201cThousands of customers, investors and workers involved in the production, distribution and consumption of fossil fuels wish to make direct and effective representations to the government to dissuade it from instituting a carbon tax,\u201d Manning told the Commons.Martin suggested a carbon tax is a straw man dreamed up by Manning.\u201cI must say that the first time I heard somebody raise the issue of a carbon tax, it was raised by the leader of the Reform party.\u201d in tone when discussing police conduct, saying reports of police brutality declined last year.It noted steps by the RCMP and the Montreal, Toronto and Halifax police to minimize excessive use of force and to improve minority relations.The State Department is required to submit a report compiled by embassy staff members on human rights abuses in countries that receive American aid.The department also reports on all other countries which are members of the United Nations \u2014 excluding the United States.February 3, 1994 Births, deaths Classified .ee Comics .\u2026.\u2026\u2026uc00c0 .Editorial Farm & Business .Living Sports Townships WEATHER _\u2026 FIR Great Whale: Hydro and Inuit reach agreement By John Davidson MONTREAL (CP) \u2014 Hydro-Quebec and the Inuit of Northern Quebec announced Wednesday they have reached an agreement concerning compensation for environmental and social problems that could result from the proposed Great Whale power project.Neither Hydro nor the Inuit will reveal details.And the Inuit say \u201coutstanding items\u201d must be agreed upon before a final deal can be signed within the next 18 months.\u201cThis agreement-in-principle should be seen as one step in the process,\u201d said Stephen Hendrie, a spokesman for the Inuit development corporation, Makivik., Makivik is the agency that administers $90 million the Inuit received in 1975 for signing the James Bay agreement, which cleared the way for the region\u2019s first massive power project.Hydro and Makivik called a news conference for Wednesday to sign the deal formally.DELAYS But it was cancelled at the last minute because of delays in a side agreement the Inuit had reached with Quebec on such things as the supply of drinking water in northern communities and vocational training if and when Great Whale is built.\u201cWe couldn\u2019t sign the agreement with Hydro if the infrastructure deal with the provincial government is held up,\u201d said Hendrie.Hydro-Quebec spokesman Guy Versailles said the deal with the Inuit would only come into effect if the $13.3-billion hydroelectric project on the Great Whale River is built.\u201cObviously, we will try to limit the social and environmental impacts of Great Whale on the Inuit,\u201d Versailles said.\u201cBut when the project is done, there could still be impacts.We want to set up a proceedure on how to remedy those situations.\u201d REMEDIAL MEASURES One Inuit involved in the talks said the deal concerns \u201cremedial measures\u201d for potential environmental damage caused by the Great Whale project, which will consist of a series of power dams along the river and will flood over 1,000 square kilometres of land to create reservoirs.Hydro has acknowledged in its own environmental documents that fish in the Great Whale River will have higher levels of mercury for 20 to 30 years as a result of the flooding and the power stations.Since the fish are an Inuit staple, the natives have argued for years they must be compensated for their food loss.Part of this compensation could involve money, said Versailles.Even if there was a final agreement between the Inuit and the utility, this would not give a green light for, Great Whale.Five provincial and federal committees now are studying an environmental impact study on Great Whale issued by Hydro- Quebec.FORMAL REVIEW The committees must first accept that Hydro\u2019s study meets all the criteria for a formal environmental review.Then it must hold the review itself which will be open to all groups opposing : the project.: The Cree who live in Northern : Quebec have said repeatedly : they will do anything necessary to stop the development.When public hearings were held two years ago in Inuit communities, many came out squarely against the project.for social programs.said Lauzon.board.Montreal.ze, he argued.Quebec musn\u2019t privatize booze sales \u2014 accountant MONTREAL (CP) \u2014 The Quebec government and local booze consumers would be big losers if the provincial liquor board was privatized, an accounting professor warned Wednesday.\u201cIf the government privatized the liquor board, it would be selling the goose that lays the golden egg,\u201d said Léo-Paul Lauzon, who is renowned for his flamboyant style and controversial statements.Lauzon\u2019s reasoning is that the board\u2019s annual net profit of about $350 million flows almost exclusively into provincial coffers to pay That profit would establish a market value for the liquor board of $7 billion, based on the accounting principle of pl acing that amount of money in the bank and earning five-per-cent annual interest, \u201cHowever, no company would pay $7 billion for the board if it were ever privatized,\u201d Lauzon told a news conference where he released a study he prepared for unionized employees at the liquor \u201cThe selling price would be much closer to $37.5 million, which is the simple value of the board's assets including liquor in stock, real estate and furniture, minus its debts.\u201d Therefore, the provincial government would lose a great source of revenue and would not really get the true market value for the board, said Lauzon, who works at the University of Quebec in In addition, consumers would pay more for wine and liquor in the event of privatization because the current system allows the board to save money as a wholesale buyer of huge quantities of boo- The provincial government has reiterated several times it might sell the board to raise capital to pay off its debt. - a+meuceu en au au à heen -e EE REN ne A EER Te NS rE Ey, = 2\u2014The RECORD\u2014Thursday.February 3.1994 The Townships Becord Convicted rapist Beaulieu agrees to HIV test By Sharon McCully GRANBY \u2014 Cowansville prison inmate Louis Beaulieu, found guilty last Friday of raping Dunham Church secretary Margot B., agreed Wednesday to voluntarily submit to a blood test to rule out the possibility he may have infected his victim with the AIDS virus.Steadfastly maintaining his innocence, Beaulieu told Superior Court Judge Louis-Philippe Galipeau he would submit to an AIDS test without a court order.\u201cI was found guilty and I must accept the responsibility even though I'm innocent,\u201d he said during pre-sentencing arguments Wednesday.Beaulieu said he had already taken an AIDS test last April but didn\u2019t share the results.Margot Canada to accept 250,000 new immigrants in \"94 By Dianne Rinehart OTTAWA (CP) \u2014 Canada will accept 250,000 immigrants and refugees this year, Immigration Minister Sergio Marchi announced Wednesday.That's 4,200 more than estimates indicate entered the country in 1993, but the same number the former Conservative government said should be let in each year from 1993-95.B.has tested negative in a series of tests taken over 16 months.Crown prosecutor Henry Key- serlingk presented witnesses to illustrate how the uncertainty of contracting the deadly AIDS virus adds to the stress and trauma of rape victims, and those close to them.WANTS RULING Keyserlingk said that in spite of Beaulieu\u2019s willingness to have a blood test, he wants a legal ruling on the issue.\u201cWe want jurisprudence that can be used in other cases,\u201d Key- serlingk said.\u201cFor sure this is a relief for Margot B., but we need a ruling for other victims.\u201d Quebec court Judge Yvon Roberge turned down a similar request last November in part because Beaulieu had not yet \u201cThis level reflects the government\u2019s commitment .to maintain immigration at approximately one per cent of Canada\u2019s population,\u201d Marchi said.One per cent of the population is 270,000.\u201cSpecifically, promises to prioritize family-class and independent-skilled immigration, while promoting a humanitarian policy towards refugees, have been honored,\u201d he said.been tried for the crime and because the Charter of Rights protects the inviolability of the body.Keyserlingk argued Wednesday that in other crimes such as robbery, a judge, during sentencing, can make the robber pay restitution to the victim.Key- serlingk reasoned that a rapist robs a victim of peace of mind, which could be relieved by a simple blood test.Judge Galipeau will rule on the request February 23 when he hands down his sentence.MINIMUM SENTENCE The prosecution has asked for a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, tacked on to Beaulieu\u2019s present sentence, with no possibility of parole before 50 per cent of the sentence is served.The new plan retains family- class immigration at 1993 levels, but cuts refugee targets by almost half to increase skilled and business immigration.FEWER REFUGEES The Liberal plan will admit 28,300 refugees in 1994, while the Conservative plan called for 53,000.Marchi defended the cuts in targets for refugees, saying he would not \u201cplay with fictitious The maximum sentence for sexual assault causing injury is 14 years.Beaulieu also faced a maximum 10 year sentence for confinement and five years for uttering death threats.The 28-year-old inmate who has spent most of his adult life in prison for a series of robberies, including two armed robberies, told the judge he finds 10 years \u201csevere\u201d.Keyserlingk called the assault on Margot B.a \u201ccrime against the whole family.\u201d At Wednesday's hearing Mar- got B.\u2019s husband and daughter told Judge Galipeau the assault has changed all of their lives.Wrought with emotion, Mar- got B.\u2019s husband of 25 years said the September 1992 attack \u201cdestroyed the life of my wife in a lines in the sand.\u201d He suggested the Conservative government padded refugee targets while reducing the numbers actually let in.In 1993, for example, the Conservatives planned to admit 58,000 refugees, but estimates indicate 24,800 came, down from the 36,608 accepted in 1992.Part of the drop is because of new government regulations implemented in 1993 which matter of minutes.\u201d \u201cThere are no words to describe how this has affected her,\u201d he said.\u201cShe was a proud and strong woman before, and afterwards she was broken.\u201d He said the ordeal of having to describe in public over and over again what she had been submitted to took its toll on her personal and family life.He closed his remarks by turning to Beaulieu and pointing at him, asked in a broken voice: \u201cWhat right does a person like this have to destroy the life of à woman and her family?\u201d \u201cI'd like to have half an hour with this man who treated my wife like an animal,\u201d he said, visibly shaken.Margot B\u2019s 25-year-old daughter wept openly as she des- effectively prevent would-be refugees from getting to Canada.But some organizations agreed with Marchi that the contradictory numbers reflected the previous Conservative government\u2019s ambiguity toward immigrants and refugees and they welcomed Marchi\u2019s more realistic targets.B'nai Brith Canada, an organization which fights racism, Parents cleared, but vow to appeal son\u2019s case Son guilty in Martensville daycare sex crimes By Chris Wattie SASKATOON (CP) \u2014 A tearful Ron and Linda Sterling walked out of a Saskatoon courtroom arm in arm Wednesday after a jury found them not guilty on all charges against them in the Martensville child sex abuse case.But their son, Travis Sterling, 25, was impassive as he was led out of court after he was found guilty \u2018of six counts of sexual assault, one charge of assault and one count of attempting to engage in anal intercourse.Justice Ross Wimmer of Court of Queen\u2019s Bench is to pass sentence on Friday.The Crown refused to comment on what kind of sentence Travis Sterling could face.Ron Sterling, a burly former prison guard, said he and his wife will likely never escape the stain left by 32 charges against them of physical and sexual abuse of children at their home babysitting service.THROUGH HELL \u201cWe've gone through hell \u2014 you can\u2019t imagine what we've gone through,\u201d Sterling said after the verdicts were delivered following eight days of jury deliberation, ending the longest criminal trial in Saskatchewan history.\u201cThe taint of these charges is going to follow us no matter where we go or what we do.That's just a fact of life, I guess, but this should never have happened.\u201d Sterling said he cannot call the verdicts a victory while his son is facing prison, and said the family plans to launch an appeal of his convictions.\u201cWe told people two years ago we weren't guilty of any of these charges and neither is our son.We're going to fight this to the bitterend.we're not going to quit until it\u2019s all over and we're all free.\u201d Lawyer Greg Walen, who represented the children and their families, said the verdicts will be difficult for them to accept.\u201cEven if the verdict had been (all) guilty, it would have been hard.They were not pleased \u2014 they believed their children.They have no doubt that what their children said happened, did happen.\u201d The trial hinged on the testimony of seven alleged child victims.In all, there were 11 alleged child victims, and they can\u2019t be identified under the terms of a publication ban ordered by Wimmer.The testimony of the seven child witnesses also cannot be made public inside Saskatchewan under the ban, which was in effect extended with the imposition of a new ban Jan.24 by order of another Saskatchewan Queen\u2019s Bench judge.Justice Marian Wedge ordered the further ban on the children\u2019s testimony from the Sterling trial until after the trial of Martensville constable James Elstad on 13 sexual assault and related charges.Reporting of any children\u2019s testimony at Elstad\u2019s trial is also CIRCULATION DEPT.819-569-9528 FAX: (819) 569-3945 KNOWLTON OFF.: 514-243-0088 Randy Kinnear, Publisher \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026erereeseennenns 569-9511 Charles Bury, Editor .Lloyd G.Schelb, Advertising Manager Richard Lessard, Production Manager Mark Guillette, Press Superintendent Guy Renaud, Graphics .Francine Thibault, Composition the FAX: 514-243-5155 \u2026 569-6345 \u2026 569-9525 \u2026 569-9931 \u2026 569-9931 569-4856 569-9931 Subscriptions by Mail: GST PST TOTAL Ou of Quebec Canada: 1 year $78.00 5.46 6.68 $90.14 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details Wednesday of the testimony for newspapers outside Saskatchewan, on the advice of legal counsel the ban did not apply outside Saskatchewan.In his four-hour charge to the jury last week, Wimmer observed that many of the children\u2019s allegations had no other evidence to support them, and in some cases their stories were contradictory.\u201cThere are some frailties in the evidence here,\u201d he said.The children \u2014 five boys and two girls \u2014 ranged in age from two to 10 years at the time.One child, testifying in a nearly empty separate cour- ;.troom with the accused blocked from view by a small screen, alleged he was bound, gagged, injected with hypodermic needles, put into a small cage and assaulted by Ron Sterling and Travis Sterling.\u201cTravis walked up to me, took off all my clothes and went in and got a cage,\u201d Wimmer quoted one child as saying.\u201cHe told me to get in and raised it to the roof with a rope.(The child) said sometimes boys and girls would be put in the cage and the boys would be told to have sex with the girls.\u201d The witnesses said there were beatings, threats, forced anal sex and oral sex at the unlicensed babysitting service the Sterlings ran in their Martensville home and at an isélated storage building one child called \u201cthe devil church.\u201d Wimmer said the abuse described in the children\u2019s testimony ranged from sexual touching to an axe handle being forced cribed the pain and anguish of watching ber parents and their close-knit family attempt to deal with the aftermath of the rape.Margot B.told Judge Gali- peau that nothing has been the same in her personal and family life since September 24, 1992, and she continues to see a psychologist bi-monthly.Outside the courtroom Margot B.said she will continue her campaign on behalf of other rape victims to have the law changed to compel convicted rapists to submit to a blood test.She already submitted a petition with 50,000 names calling for an amendment to the law to former Solicitor General Doug Lewis and she plans to bring her campaign to the prime minister's office.applauded Marchi for maintaining the immigration numbers in the face of \u201cnegative myths\u201d that immigrants are stealing jobs, pay less taxes, use up more social benefits, and increase crime levels, Spokesman Ian Kagedan said the previous Conservative government set high immigration levels while undertaking policies which cast immigrants in a negative light.into one child's anus.Wimmer said another child, five years old at the time of the incident, testified that Linda Sterling assaulted him in her home in 1989 when he went to the bathroom for a glass of water.\u201cShe told me to pull my pants down,\u201d the judge told the jury, recounting the child\u2019s testimony.\u201cThen, (the child) says, she touched my pee-pee with her finger.\u201d Reporters who covered the testimony, which spectators watched on a video monitor in another courtroom, said the children were often in tears and highly emotional.Canadian soldiers detained by Croats ZAGREB, Croatia (CP) \u2014 Canadian peacekeepers on a routine patrol were disarmed and held for about an hour by drunken Croatian soldiers who fired shots in the air and in the ground, a spokesman said Wednesday.It is the second time in a month that Canadian soldiers have been disarmed and held in the same part of southern Croatia.The latest was Tuesday.No one was hurt and the Croatian commander apologized for the behaviour of his soldiers, said Lieut.Doug Maybee, a Canadian military spokesman.Four Canadians and two UN military observers were on a rou- SPLIT: tine patrol in the UN demilitarized zone in the Medak area.The trouble started when one of the observers decided to speak to six Croatian soldiers at their observation post.\u201cThose (Croatian) soldiers fired between fired 15 and 20 shots in the air and on the ground and aimed their weapons at one of the UN military observers,\u201d said Maybee.NOT PREDICTABLE \u201cThese Croatian soldiers were drunk and therefore their reactions were not predictable.\u201d He said they insisted the Canadians stay in place until a Croatian commander arrived.The six Croatian soldiers were joined by seven others who insisted the Canadians be disarmed.The Canadians refused, and the Croatians shot in the air again.To protect the UN military observers, the Canadian soldiers led by Sgt.J.B.Hinse of the 1st Battalion of the Royal 22nd Regiment decided to disarm, said Maybee.\u201cHowever, they kept radio contact with their company\u2019s checkpoint, and after negotiations on site, the UN patrol was released with all its equipment.\u201d He said they were held for about an hour and 20 minutes.The Croatian brigade commander in the area apologized, Maybee said.\u201cThe commander was very upset with the performance of his soldiers,\u201d Maybee said.On Jan.5, four Canadian peacekeepers were held by Croatian soldiers in the same part of Croatia.At that time, seven Croatian soldiers forced the peacekeepers at gunpoint to surrender their weapons.They were released unharmed.Gen.Jean Cot, commander of UN forces in former Yugoslavia, protested to Croatian authorities, calling the earlier detention \u201coutrageous.\u201d In December, 11 Canadian peacekeepers in Bosnia were seized at gunpoint by Bosnian Serbs, just north of Sarajevo.The Serbs fired shots at the Canadians\u2019 feet but no one was injured.Continued from page one and placing more restrictions on the industry\u2019s ability to promote tobacco.\u201cWhatever decisions are made, the prime minister will have the health of Canadians foremost in his mind,\u201d Fry said.ILLEGAL SALES Fry would not say if a caucus split is the reason for the delay in dealing with the problem.For almost two weeks, storeowners in Quebec have been organizing illegal and open sales of smug- gled cigarettes to try to force the government to bring down taxes.\u201cIt is taking a long time to come up with a plan because the prime minister wants to come up with right decision and is weighing all the issues carefully,\u201d she said.In Quebec, where the problem is most acute, the government has been urging Ottawa to cooperate to bring taxes down so that a carton of cigarettes sells between $22 and $25 instead of the current retail price of about UT 1] Doonesbury $48.On the black market, cartons can sell for as little as $18.Bloc Québécois Leader Lucien Bouchard, who has been arguing for a reduction in the taxes, said he\u2019s not worried that cheaper cigarettes will mean more smokers and bigger health problems.\u201cAt the moment, there is no control over anything.We are creating a culture of lawbreaking and losing taxes because two-thirds of Quebec smokers are buying illegally.We are losing more than, $1 billion a year in taxes.\u201d He said he doesn\u2019t expect an increase in smoking if the tax is set at a \u201creasonable level.\u201d \" He also suggested a tax cut could be temporary.\u201cIf you destroy the networks, after that you could set up controls and adjust taxes at different levels,\u201d Bouchard said.Chrétien told the House he will be talking to Quebec premier Daniel Johnson next week and \u201cwe hope to arrive at a conclusion as soon as possible.\u201d BY GARRY TRUDEAU Light snow HEY, DUCKS, ISURE DID! 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DONT TALK TO a bit windy.Outlook for Friday: mainly sunny with a few cloudy periods.THIS MAN! 1.6 ve F3, ver pe # The Townships The RECORD\u2014Thursday.February 3, 1991\u20143 Becord Kohl accuses Agriculture Canada of double standards By Dan Hawaleshka SHERBROOKE \u2014 Cattle breeder Gordon Kohl, whose prize bull is on Agriculture Canada\u2019s mad-cow-disease hit list, accused the federal department of being two-faced Wednesday.The Georgeville farmer, faced with a federal order to destroy his $40,000 Highland bull, said Agriculture Canada lawyers are fighting him \u201ctooth and nail\u201d, while in Nova Scotia they've gone easy in a similar case.\u201cThey\u2019re being completely wooden-headed here in Quebec,\u201d Kohl charged.Kohl found out late Tuesday that Federal Court Judge Marc Noël denied him his bid for an interlocutory injunction, which would have spared his bull, Gille Buidhe, until the case could be argued in Federal Court somti- me in the next two or three months.But with Tuesday\u2019s ruling, the bull has only until Feb.15 before it gets put down in St-Hyacinthe.APPEAL COURT John Henderson, Kohl\u2019s lawyer, is preparing for a Friday hearing in the Federal Court of Appeal in Ottawa.Last December in Nova Sco- tia, breeder and Roman Catholic priest Bernard MacDonald was granted a temporary reprieve until his case is heard in Federal Court, expected in March.The temporary stay of execution for MacDonald\u2019s six rare Bridge to SHERBROOKE (MC) \u2014 Cyclists in the Sherbrooke area got a pleasant surprise conference Wednesday.convey cyclists and CHARMES president Alain Leclerc announced the new bridge at a press Wednesday.The city of Sherbrooke will be building a bridge across the \u201cah Macon pedestrians over Magog River Magog river to allow both cyclists and pedestrians to make use of the paths that follow the river's course.The plan was unveiled at a press conference held Wednesday, in which the city of Sherbrooke announced its 1994 budget for the CHARMES river clean up corporation.Iii all, the city plans to spend $508,000 towards providing facilities for outdoor activities.The $350,000 bridge, which will cross the Magog river under the Gingues bridge on autoroute 410, will allow pedestrians and cyclists to cross the river without having to use public roads.CHARMES will also be Z maintaining paths along the 5 river banks, as well as impro- % ving the Portage and Barrage Z paths.A rest area will also be # built on Frontenac St.overloo- à king the hydro electric dam.RECORD/GRANT In all, the city will be spending $150,000 towards the maintenance and improvement of the riverside facilities.Bates mistrial motion : > © 9 d eo oo ; awaits judge\u2019s decision } GRANBY (SM) \u2014 Superior Court Judge Louis- 4 Philippe Galipeau will decide February 25 if he has jurisdiction to hear a motion for a mistrial following the murder conviction of Christopher Bates.Defence attorney Andre C6té filed a motion for mistrial Wednesday claiming a member of the jury in the Bates trial discussed the case with a third party while the trial was in progress.Côté wants the verdict quashed and a new trial ordered.But Crown prosecutor Henry Keyserlingk argued that Judge Galipeau no longer has jurisdiction over the case since he already accepted the Rescued greyhound racedogs looking for new home By Dan Hawaleshka STANSTEAD EAST \u2014 Despite a 6000-year-old pedigree which has produced the world\u2019s fastest canines, two greyhounds in Stanstead East are going nowhere fast.Miranda\u2019s feet.verdict and dismissed the jury.Keyserlingk said any motion for a mistrial would have to be heard by the court of appeal.Coté, who was unable to present arguments for a mistrial Wednesday due to an illness, presented Lawyers will Judge Galipeau who is expected February 5.Linda Miranda rescued Tramp and Luck from a New England race track recently.If not for her, the two retired racing greyhounds would likely have been euthanized.Now Miranda has taken it written arguments which Judge Galipeau will take under advisement.present their arguments before February 25.Meanwhile, Bates, to be sentenced to life imprisonment for the robbery and murder of Depanneur owner Rémi Larivière, is planning to be married upon herself to find the two neutered males a home.Any takers?\u201cThey just love people,\u201d said Miranda, an animal lover who estimates she\u2019s helped place 100 dogs of different breeds over the past three years.\u201cThey're used to being with other dogs,\u201d she said.\u201cIf you get one alone, they can be a little frightened at first.\u201d But another dog isn\u2019t a must, she added.Racing greyhounds adjust well to apartment dwelling because they've been around people all their lives, she said.SPEEDSTERS And don\u2019t be fooled, you won't have to get yourself a race track to exercise these sinuous speedsters.\u201cThey're sprinters,\u201d Miranda said.\u201cThey're not endurance racers.They require minimal exercise.\u201d A small, fenced-in yard is often enough.\u201cThe important thing is you can\u2019t just let them run loose because bye, bye,\u201d said Miranda, a testimony to the animals world-leading speed.They're good in cars and with children, from whom they tend to walk away if overly teased, she said.Tramp and Luck are house broken, though they did take a short while to get used to the world outside of racing.Because they spend their lives either in crates or on tracks, \u201cthey don\u2019t know stairs, they don\u2019t know mirrors,\u201d Miranda said.Both Tramp and Luck spent a lot of time in front of Miranda\u2019s mirror on her bedroom dresser when she first brought them home.They're also well-behaved.Throughout the hour-long inter- RECORD/GRANT SIMEON black Highland cattle \u2014 worth about $120,000 \u2014 did not require an injunction, unlike Kohl, who contends this creates a double standard in Canada.\u201cThe lawyers for both sides came to an agreement without having to go to court,\u201d MacDonald\u2019s lawyer Claire Maclellan confirmed Wednesday.But lawyer Raymond Piché, who heads the Kohl case for Agriculture Canada, said Canada has come under intern=tional pressure in the month since that out-of-court agreement was reached.\u201cSince then there\u2019s been a lot of developments,\u201d Piché said.\u201cThere\u2019s been reaction from foreign countries.\u201d Piché said Taiwan and Japan have expressed concern over the quality of Canadian beef, an international market worth hundreds of millions of dollars.TAKING NO RISKS \u201cIt\u2019s a question of confidence,\u201d Piché said.\u201cWe don\u2019t want to take any chances.\u201d Mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, was diagnosed in 1986 in the United Kingdom, which has since been forced to slaughter 117,000 dairy and beef cattle.Canada stopped imports from that country in 1990 and has ordered the destruction of cattle imported between 1982 and 1990 \u2014 such as Kohl\u2019s and MacDonald\u2019s.À single case of BSE has been confirmed in central Alberta.Link between science and business can be profitable SHERBROOKE (DH) \u2014 High-power accounting, finance, human resources and computer systems are useless if they remain in isolation \u2014 that\u2019s why people in these fields of business must create links with the world of high technology.That\u2019s the message professors at the University of Sherbrooke drove home at a lunch-time gathering Wednesday between studunts, faculty and business leaders.The hope, said management professor Henry Leonard, is that such informal meetings will encourage graduate students to create business links with professionals in the world of high technology \u2014 and in particular Ls François Lacroix, Henry Leonard and Pierre-Claude Aitcin: forging links between business and science.view at Miranda\u2019s home, Tramp, Luck and her own greyhound Grace spent their time quietly sprawled on the livingroom floor.Not one bark.40 MPH-PLUS Champion greyhounds can run faster than 40 miles (64 kilometres) per hour.Their breed has a history that originated in ancient Egypt, in 4000-3500 B.C.While dog racing in Canada is banned, in the United States it generates hundreds of millions of dollars through race-track betting.Miranda said dogs like Tramp and Luck (\u201cMy husband calls him No Luck because they haven\u2019t got a home\u201d) are \u201creally well-treated\u201d by trainers.\u201cI don\u2019t want to put the tracks Luck (on the left) and Tramp are looking for a good home.5 of with the university's scientists.Various business disciplines \u201c- can\u2019t exist on their own,\u201d Leonard said in an on-campus interview.\u201cThe higher the technology, the more you're apt to get jobs.\u201d ENTREPRENEURS Leonard said he hopes informal get-togethers such as Wednesday\u2019s \u2014 which attracted about 40 people \u2014 will encourage students to launch businesses in co-operation with university scientists.Roger Tétreault, a retired Canadair vice president, agreed with Leonard\u2019s assessment.\u201cThe more complicated the technology, the more parts you're going to need\u201d for your down,\u201d she added.The trouble arises when greyhounds are no longer wanted, either because they've failed to place in their first few races, or they get too old.Miranda said some are sold to U.S.1aboratories, a few are given up for adoption but many are simply killed.She estimates 60,000 die each year in the U.S.\u201cAfter they've given their all, why should they be euthanized?\u201d she asked.IN ONTARIO Recently in St.Catherines, Ont., pet lovers from across southern Ontario snapped up 18 retired greyhound racing dogs, saving the animals from possible death.The racers are among thou- 1 business, Tétreault said.That need for parts stimulates the economy by creating business and hence jobs with satellite firms, he added.High-technology manufacturing contracts, with for example the United States, also can be linked with Canadian-content requirements, further increasing job creation, Tétreault said.Wednesday\u2019s talk \u2014 titled Technology Transfers: A Challenge to Face \u2014 was given by civil engineering professor Pierre-Claude Aitcin and construction expert and engineer Frangois Lacroix.The talk was scheduled to be address obstacles in technology transfers \u2014 often a process grounded in ignorance.7 A sands of greyhounds discarded by owners who raced them on tracks in the United States, said a spokeswoman for a local group called Greyhound Connection.Francine Harrisson said she decided to adopt one of the dogs after seeing a report on greyhounds left to starve after their racing careers ended.\u201cHe\u2019s beautiful,\u201d said Harris- son as she got her first look at Whiskey, a four-year-old male with a brindled coat.\u201cThey looked really good and they were dying and it just broke my heart.\u201d For more information on adopting the two greyhounds call Linda Miranda at (819) 876-2980.\u2014 With CP files a RECORD PHOTOS/DAN HAWALESHKA t\u2014The RECORD\u2014Thursday.February 5.1991 The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial Change can be beneficial Why are people so frightened of change?It seems that when people are confronted by change they are immediately put off by it.Even if there is evidence to support the change.The situation is the same whether or not the people are directy affected by what is occurring.À perfect example of this is taking place in Alberta.This week a school in the rural community of Milo became the first school in Canada to go to a four-day school week.The experiment will last until the end of the 1995 school year.The move was made to save the elementary school from closing.With cuts coming in the Alberta budget, the people in Milo had to come up with a new plan or see their children bused up to an hour and a half away.An overwhelming majority of parents supported the pilot project.Students will go to school Monday to Thusday and each day will last about 30 minutes longer.If Monday is a statutory holiday the kids will go to school Tuesday to Friday.Two of the parents appeared on CBC Newsworld\u2019s Coast to Coast, a call-in show, on Wednesday.They were barraged by negative callers.Some of whom insulted the intelligence of the women.The majority of callers felt a four-day school week just wouldn't work.Many claimed it would be detrimental to the education of the children.Not many of the callers could explain their negative feelings.Some said it meant parents would have to pay for daycare, babysitting or take the day off.Some said it was too dangerous for these kids to be home.In the long run most of the children would be losing a valuable part of their education, the callers claimed.They were not listening to what the women said to support the pilot program.People just don\u2019t seem to be willing to listen to the benefits of something that brings about a change in lifestyle.Much of the evidence to support the Milo project came from similar American experi- .ments.Most were positive.It will save the Milo School about $3,000 annually on busing expenses.Money will also be saved on salaries and operating costs.The women said a four-day school week would cut down on absenteeism of both students and teachers.It would also mean teachers would be able to attend professional development seminars without missing school, they said.Finally, over the length of an entire school year under the four-day week, the children would be spending more hours in school than under the old system.This argument fell on deaf ears with the TV audience.Viewers continued to equate it to urban school systems.To be honest there is no comparison.For one thing, rural schools offer a better student-to-teacher ratio than the majority of urban schools.The people of Milo should be applauded for being willing to adapt to setbacks in society and save their school.After all who is more concerned about Milo\u2019s students \u2014 the average Canadian or the average parent of Milo, Alberta.ROBERT MATHESON Letter The Editor: Its too cold to go outside today, a time to contemplate on the increasing violence and crime in our society today.Each morning we read in the newspaper, see on TV or hear on the radio of various crimes committed the night before.We hear of the twelve year olds who have set fires and in one case we know of, killed another child, teachers who have left their jobs because of being cursed and spit on by students who know they cannot be teached, thieves, rapists and murderers who have no fear of going to prison because today\u2019s prisons have become high class hotels.Econamie Divimng- 48 A fod 41 CANADIAN 5 BANKERS \u2018BH .ASSoc the Martin Method.Utchad © 74.Put the lash back in the jails In my opinion crime increased when it became unlawful for a mother to spank her misbehaved child\u2019s bottom, teachers were forbidden to enforce law and order in the classroom and criminals were set free or sent to prison where they are treated like tourists, good food, TVs and many other pleasures that we on the outside cannot afford, plus a salary and day passes so they can commit another crime.I am not a sadist but I strongly feel we should start at the beginning \u2014 put the flyswatter back in the kitchen, the strap in the school and the lash and bread and water in the jails, then and only then will some strong healthy punk think twice before beating up or murdering a helpless old man or woman to take away the few dollars they have worked a lifetime to save, and maybe the long forgotten Golden Rule may once again be rememberd, \u201cDo unto others as you would they should do unto you\u201d.As for rapists, I feel Lorena was right in trying to destroy Bobbitt\u2019s deadly weapon, but children who are molested and raped cannot resort to this method.The only disappointing thing in the Bobbitt ordeal, there was no hungry dog around when she threw the darn thing out the window.CA.ROY Lennoxville By Beth Gorham OTTAWA (CP) \u2014 If the federal Liberals have their way, there will be many more Cheryl Kennedys across the country.Kennedy, a former welfare recipient in Fredericton, is getting paid to earn her high school diploma and take a college course through a provincial program called New Brunswick Works.\u2019 It\u2019s the kind of \u201cincentive\u201d approach advocated by Human Resources Minister Lloyd Axwor- thy, who says Canada\u2019s social programs must be overhauled to \u201creward effort.\u201d But Axworthy, who kicked off a public review Monday aimed at modernizing the social safety net, admits there\u2019s a fine line between incentive and coercion.It\u2019s a small step from welfare and unemployment insurance to so- called \u201cworkfare\u201d or \u201clearnfare,\u201d where people are stripped of government benefits if they refuse to take job training, a literacy course or do community work.That has some people worried.Not Kennedy, though.\u201cThis is definitely better than welfare,\u201d the 27-year-old single mom says of the New Brunswick program.\u201cI'm getting a lot more out of it.\u201d She was receiving $704 a month on social assistance.She now gets about $50 less, but schooling, babysitters and extra expenses are covered.Kennedy spent 20 weeks making $6.25 an hour thinning trees for the government.She has also been learning a lot about budgeting, career choices and self-esteem, along with her high-school courses.Eventually she wants to take a course in brozdcasting or travel management.\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people in the program who think they're wasting their time,\u201d she says.\u201cBut they can\u2019t get motivated.I'm real sick of hearing them whine.\u201d Kevin Jewers of Oromocto, N.B., sees the program as a way to achieve his dream of opening a construction company.Married with two kids, the 32-year-old seasonal construction worker wants to get a high-school diploma and then take a plumbing course to round out his skills.\u201cI wanted something more than a job that was six months on, six months off.This is giving me a second chance.\u201cYou're signing on for three years, though.That big word, commitment, that\u2019s what scares a lot people away.\u201d Don Ferguson, director of New Brunswick Works, says about 700 of 2,000 people have dropped out of the $177-million program since it began in May 1992, \u201cThere\u2019s all kinds of reasons,\u201d Ferguson says.\u201cSome felt they were better off on social assistance.If you haven't gone to school in 15 years or you've been in.an abusive arfiage, it\u2019s difficult®d pick yourself up every morning and do it.\u201d The program, scheduled to run until 1998, is completely voluntary, says Ferguson.No one is penalized for dropping out.\u201cThe workfare argument will have to play itself out on the national scene,\u201d he says.\u201cThis is a question much bigger than N.B.Works.\u201d That's just the problem, according to Bob Mullaly, chair of social work at St.Thomas University in Fredericton.\u201cOnce you put something in motion, it can go to ridiculous degrees.This program sets people up for mandatory workfare down the road.It assumes that people need incentives rather than available jobs.\u201d Mullaly sees graduates of the program competing for dead-end, scarce jobs that pay little more than the minimum wage.And if they don\u2019t get work, they \u2014 not the pro- Government debates welfare incentives gram \u2014 will be blamed.\u201c(Premier) Frank McKenna is portraying the problem as some sort of deficit that people have, rather than an economic deficit.We blame the victims rather than conditions.The government\u2019s going to have to get serious about a full employment policy.\u201d Ferguson acknowledges there aren\u2019t nearly enough jobs, at the moment, to employ future graduates.\u201cBut when they come, it will be too late to start training for them.There\u2019s a lot of pessimism about jobs and people are saying, \u2018Why train?Does that mean we should close the universities?Why keep the high schools open?\u201d Ferguson sees N.B.Works as one in a series of measures \u2014 such as economic policy and tax changes \u2014 needed to help the poor.That's the kind of thinking that encourages Mullaly, who favors tax reform, national child care and more job-creation programs.For her part, Kennedy is more optimistic than she has been in a long time.\u201cI'm not really sure how the future will turn out.I'm hoping to get a position in a big company and work my way up \u2014 really build a future for me and my son.\u201d Can we afford frivolous pomp and ceremony?It\u2019s time to do away with lieutenant-governors in Canada, Nancy Moody writes in a letter published in the Red Deer Advocate: One hundred years and more ago, it may have been desirable to post a lieutenant-governor in each of Canada\u2019s provinces.Today, are so many viceregal posts necessary?Can we afford this frivolous pomp and ceremony?My ears burn with the sound of laughter and the argument: \u201cWhat difference will deleting nine or 10 lieutenant-governors make to the national and provincial debts?\u201d In Britain recently, the Queen was persuaded by public pressure to disregard a centuries-old law and to graciously agree to pay taxes.No formal constitutional restructuring was required.Pay attention, all ye lieutenant-governors! Search for an honorable brain cell, active it, abdicate your positions promptly and recommend to your respective governments that the posts.remain vacant ufftftsuch time as the economic crisis ends and Canadians are once again employed in meaningful work.If we must have a lieutenant governor, let\u2019s keep it to one shared by all of Western Canada.From What Canada Thinks, a regular feature of The Canadian Press By Bob Cox OTTAWA (CP) \u2014 The Supreme Court of Canada has reinforced its stand that evidence of a woman's sexual past cannot be used in a rape trial to suggest she is more likely to have consented to sex with a man.The court on Wednesday threw out an appeal by Alexander Lee Dickson.The Yukon man wanted to be allowed to use evidence that he had a previous relationship with a woman who accused him of sexually assaulting her four separate times.The court did not issue written reasons, but dismissed the appeal from the bench after hearing arguments from Dickson\u2019s lawyer.In 1991, the Supreme Court overturned a law that prohibited the sexual history of rape complainants from being used as evidence.But the court also said use of such evidence must be extremely limited.It cannot be used to suggest a woman is more likely to have consented or is less worthy of belief.In Dickson\u2019s case, a trial judge acquitted him after hearing evidence that he had a previous relationship with the woman and they had consensual sex several times before the incidents that she complained about.But the Yukon Court of Appeal said the evidence should not have been used, overturned the acquittal Court upholds woman\u2019s right and ordered a new trial.The Supreme Court upheld that decision.Dickson is accused of raping the victim, 16 at the time, three times in 1989 and 1990 and sexually assaulting her with a weapon \u2014 a tree branch \u2014 in the town of Teslin in the Yukon.At his first trial, Dickson testified the woman consented to sex once.He denied the other three incidents occurred.He claimed she was his girlfriend for three years prior to 1989 and they had consensual sex often.Under the Supreme Court\u2019s 1991 guidelines, such evidence can be admitted at a rape trial if it is part of a defendant\u2019s contention that he to say no honestly, even if mistakenly, believed he had consent.But the Yukon appeal court said Dickson's defence was not one of honest, mistaken belief, but that the woman consented or the incidents never happened.Thus, evidence of his past with the woman could not be used.The woman testified she never consented to sex with Dickson.She testified that on one occasion he dragged her into a bedroom at a party, ripped off her clothes and raped her.Another time, he dragged her into a basement, slapped her and raped her as he called her such names as slut, tramp and bitch.OTTAWA (CP) \u2014 Times have changed in TV advertising.Have they ever! Years ago, advertisers were swamped with complaints and the federal broadcast regulator received thousands of letters from viewers outraged about ads for feminine hygiene products.Complaints are few and far between these days.So the advertising industry plans to disband a committee formed in 1980 to help sterilize those commercials.With the committee goes the Feminine hygiene Television Code of Standards for the Advertising of Feminine Sanitary Protection Products.\u201cThe code and the committee have done their job,\u201d said Susan Burke, vice-president of the Canadian Advertising Foundation.\u201cWe started with a restrictive code and, in 1986, relaxed it.Our job was to ensure the commercials were tasteful.\u201d Before 1986, the commercials were not allowed to be shown between 8 a.m.and 9 p.m.Advertising industry observers say many complaints originated because of the concentration of the ads between 9 p.m.and midnight.\u201cWomen complained and said that they knew all about the products so why did they need to see them advertised,\u201d said Burke.Showing the actual product on screen was also banned.If the package contained a picture of the product, the picture had to be erased.Now, virtually anything goes \u2014 from pictures to demonstrations in changes with times any time slot advertisers care to place their commercials.Afternoon soap operas are a particular target.\u201cThe market is self-regulating,\u201d added Burke.\u201cNo advertiser would choose a slot unless the bulk of their target audience is watching.\u201d New feminine hygiene commercials will be treated the same as other commercials and be cleared by existing committees at the CBC and at private TV stations.These committees preview all television advertising.Cy ra ra rn a me ia AL 4 a \u2014e 0e ee \u201ceee cameras as mme ame em 0 2 2 0 Farm and Business Papermakers expand recycling efforts By Allan Swift MONTREAL (CP) \u2014 Canadian pulp and paper mills have done their part to respond to the landfill crisis by significantly reducing the amount of paper and cardboard sent to dumps, say industry officials.Much of this has been achieved through recycling waste paper and cardboard and by designing packaging that uses less paper.Pierre Lachance, spokesman for the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, said Wednesday at the group\u2019s annual meeting that the industry is on target to reduce the amount of packaging sent for disposal under the terms of a 1989 National Packaging Protocol.Using 1988 as a base, the objective is to cut the amount of packaging sent for disposal by 35 per cent by 1996 and by half by the year 2000.As of December 1992, the industry had attained 21 per cent, while the target was 20 per cent.TWO FOR ONE Mills recycle one tonne of paper and cardboard for each two tonnes consumed in Canada.By the end of next year, the industry expects to recycle one tonne for every tonne consumed in Canada.Lachance said the industry has invested $1.2 billion in de- inking mills and new pulp recycling processes even though there is no price advantage to using recycled fibre.Richard Gravel, director of paperboard sales for Daishowa Forest Products Ltd., said companies like Daishowa were forced to increase the recycled fibre in their newsprint to meet state and provincial laws where their customers are.\u201cThe mills that qualify have an advantage, but vou don\u2019t get a premium (price),\u201d said Gravel in an interview.About 36 per cent of the paper sold in Canada is recovered for recycling compared with 27 per cent in 1990.Environmental groups such as Greenpeace have criticized the pulp and paper industry for not moving fast enough to recycle.BLUE BOXES Gravel said a further increase in the recovery rate depends mainly on municipalities that manage recycling programs like the blue box.\u201cA lot of cities are not on the program yet.\u201d Papermakers expect to recycle 2.5 million tonnes of recovered paper this year, twice the 1990 total, said the association.More than 60 mills now are producing recycled-content products, compared to fewer than 30 only three years ago.The industry created the Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council three years ago.It is developing packages with less paper, as well as finding new glues, waxes and non-toxic ink to make cartons recyclable.Companies are also committed to getting more out of the trees and wasting less.The council says that 17 per cent of all fibre comes from recovered paper, 63 per cent from chips and other residue from sawmills and 20 per cent from virgin fibre.However, Canadian mills have to import a large quantity of the used paper from the United States to meet objectives because there isn\u2019t enough in Canada that can be easily recovered.Mills imported one million tonnes of waste paper and cardboard from the U.S.last year.Council to probe information highway By Susan Yellin TORONTO (CP) \u2014 Jobs, universal access and maintaining Canadian culture and sovereignty are at the core of the federal government\u2019s objectives for an information superhighway, the minister in charge said Wednesday.\u201cWe want to put Canada in cyberspace,\u201d Jon Gerrard, secretary of state for science, told a conference on the electronic highway.To get an idea of how that can be done, Gerrard announced the formation of a public advisory council made up of government, labor and industry representatives.A preliminary report on a strategy is expected by November, but Gerrard wouldn't be pinned down on when a final draft could be expected.The head of the council and its other members will be named soon.Hibernia ST.JOHN'S, Nfld.(CP) \u2014 A key piece of construction for the giant Hibernia oil project is about $300 million over budget because of delays and engineering problems, a spokesman said Wednesday.The problems surround the so- called gravity base structure, which is to serve as a drilling rig and oil-storage facility, said Bob Kimblerlin, president of the Gerrard said the government will make sure there is competition among cable, telephone, satellite and others as the information superhighway develops.But with technology changing every day, getting a handle on the exact make-up of the highway will be difficult, he said.The information highway \u201cis changing very rapidly and so it is not something that we are going to be able to say and define today or tomorrow.But we want to be on top of .an ongoing Canadian strategy,\u201d he said following his speech.Many speakers at the conference have touted the information superhighway as a way of the future that will electronically link anyone, anywhere to virtually any kind of information.It could, for example, allow a consumer to pay bills without ever leaving the house, or let a child wander electronically Hibernia Management and Development Co.But Kimberlin said savings in other areas of the federally subsidized project will cover the extra costs and other unspecified cost overruns.The $5.2-billion offshore development, scheduled to go into production in 1997, will not cost any more overall, he said.Business briefs CALGARY (CP) \u2014 The environmental ground rules for oil and gas development must be clarified, says the head of environment at Husky Oil Ltd.\u201cThe whole area of environmental assessment is a grey one,\u201d Barry Worbets told a Calgary oil conference Tuesday.Husky has just completed a regulatory hearing on its $25-million plan to test a potentially large oil discovery on Moose Mountain, about 30 kilometres west of Calgary.It is awaiting a decision from the Energy Resources Conservation Board.Oil companies need to know what level of environmental assessment they must meet and when in their project schedule they must study the effects of drilling and production on wild lands and animals, Worbets said.He was addressing about 120 delegates at a crude oil markets conference sponsored by the Canadian Energy Research Institute, a Calgary-based agency supported by government and irdustry.CALGARY (CP) \u2014 Three pr.- vincial organizations called on the Alberta government this week to address the impact on local industry and landowners of what they say are greatly increased shipments of Alberta logs to B.C.sawmills.The B.C.logging industry is in an \u201covercut\u201d situation.As a conservation measure, that province\u2019s government has reduced the allowable cut, so sawmills are forced to either slow production or find alternative sources of timber.Alberta Crown lands are out of bounds to out-of-province buyers.But there are no regulations in the province concerning the export of logs from private land, said Ken Albrecht.He is Le Groupe Mallette Maheu Consumer taxes VISION .makes all the difference ! Chartered Accountants Auditing and Polyauditing Taxation, Accounting Management Consulting Computerized Information Systems 2727 King West, suite 300, Sherbrooke, JIL 1C2 Tel.: (819) 823-1616 Fax : (819) 564-8078 through an art gallery for a school project.Gerrard said Ottawa will keep an eye on issues like privacy and universal access at reasonable cost.But some questioned whether Ottawa is moving fast enough, given Wednesday\u2019s announcement by magazine and newspaper company Maclean Hunter that it has received a takeover offer from Rogers Communications.\u201cWe will have an advisory council that will give us good advice on precisely what is needed in the way of policy, regulatory and other questions,\u201d Ger- rard said.Rogers owns cable TV systems, a cellular phone network and is a major shareholder of Unitel, a long-distance phone company.Rogers suggested the bid for Maclean Hunter, if successful, will create a domestic company His comments came at a hastily arranged news conference called after a Toronto newspaper reported that the energy project is $450 million over budget.The Financial Post said about $1.3 billion had been spent on the base structure, up sharply from the $965 million budgeted.The newspaper quoted an official as blaming poor worker productivity for much of the cost past president of the Rural and Improvement Districts Association of Alberta.As a representative of the Alberta Forest Products\u2019 Association and the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties, Albrecht pressed for new legislation to address the problem, Landowners on the eastern slopes of the Rockies are selling coniferous timber to B.C.loggers at roughly double the price local sawmills will pay.Alberta is getting reports from all B.C.sawmills on the volume and sources of its timber processed by them during 1993.A final report will inform Alberta Environment Minister Brian Evans of the problem\u2019s magnitude and lay the groundwork for possible government action.FRANKFURT (Reuter) \u2014 Adam Opel, the German subsi- large enough to bring the full benefits of the information highway to Canadians.Earlier in the day, conference delegates were told Canadian companies must move quickly to get on the highway.\u201cCompanies which don\u2019t embrace the technology are toast \u2014 they will become uncompetiti- ve,\u201d said Don Tapscott, president of New Paradigm Learning Corp., an information technology firm.Tapscott dismissed claims that being able to receive and send all sorts of information from the home will turn people into a bunch of illiterate couch potatoes.Unlike television, the information highway will require a number of skills including reading, thinking and decision- making, he said.What people make of the technology is up to them.\u201cThe future is really in our hands,\u201d he said.$450 million over budget overruns and warning that costs could go even higher.Kimberlin accused the media of pursuing a vendetta against the project.\u201cHibernia is the largest construction project in North America and will continue to challenge us in many areas,\u201d he said.But \u201cI am confident that we will meet the major construction milestones ahead.\u201d diary of General Motors Corp., lost a case Wednesday against rival Volkswagen over a bid to ban seven former GM managers from working at VW.A Frankfurt court ruled against Opel, which had accused VW of systematically luring away the GM executives after VW's controversial production chief, Jose Ignacio Lopez de Arriortua, left GM to join the German carmaker in March 1993.Senior court official Guenther Kinnel said Opel would have to bear four-fifths of the legal costs of the case while VW would pay the remaining fifth.The court explained its verdict by saying that hiring employees away from a competitor only breached etiquette if the new employer had dishonest motives and did not solely want to make use of the new workers\u2019 normal business skills.ine RECORD l'hursdav.l\u2018ebruary 3.1991-\u20145 Becord FINANCIAL PLANNING By Frank Cameron ADM.A CFP.The outlook for Canada\u2019s economy to enjoy a good rate of growth during 1994 appears to be good, according to many professional economists.Naturally, there are some doomsters who act the role of \u201c- Chicken Little\u201d, predicting the sky will fall on us.It\u2019s true that some sectors of the Canadian economy, such as the fisherics industry on the east coast, are in serious trouble, but the fact is that Canada recorded a year of solid, if unspectacular, growth in 1993 and there are plenty of indicators that we'll be getting more of the same this year.One stubborn problem that has all three levels of government worried is the comparatively high level of unemployment.It is now running at about 11 per cent in Canada, compared with only about six per cent in the United States.It is no consolation to the jobless, of course, but nevertheless 89 per cent of Canadian adults are employed.That is the positive way of looking at the economy.LOW INFLATION Another big plus is that inflation was extraordinarily low throughout 1993 and the outlook is for more of the same in 1994, possibly not much higher than the current level of about two per cent.Canada\u2019s economic growth rate for this year is expected to exceed three per cent, mainly powered by increased consumer spending, as Canadians gain confidence the business \u201c recession that started in 1990 is well and truly behind us.Another favourable factor is that Canada\u2019s export trade, especially with the United States, has been enjoying strong growth.And, there have been good productivity gains.This overall environment has been reflected in some quite spectacular gains in the stock markets.There likely will be some market corrections during the coming months, but as the economic recovery gains momentum there will still be good investment opportunities ahead.What all this means for individuals, or families, is that this for 1994 positive is a very appropriate time to practise sound personal money-management.FIXED INCOMES Its particulary important for those living on fixed incomes, such as retirees, to cope with the prospect of continued low interest rates for fixed-income securities such as guaranteed investment certificates.Many pensioners are disturbed at the rate of return they've been getting from these types of investments.It is important for these people to obtain the advice of a well-trained professional financial planner.À financial planner\u2019s responsibility is to carefully review their clients current investment portfolio and come up with recommendations for any needed changes.An individual\u2019s personal finanancial plan should never be a static thing.That's why it should be reviewed at least once a year.Ideally, a long-term investment plan should provide you with stability and growth.This is achievable through balance and diversification of your assets, taking into account your risk comfort level.One major factor that has to be constantly kept in mind is taxation.NO TAX HIKES Right now it appears the new federal government won't bring in any income tax increases for 1994.However, many of the provincial governments already have raised their tax rates, or have indicated they\u2019ll be doing so in their spring budgets.You owe it to yourself and your dependents to keep your taxes as low as possible.This is called tax avoidance \u2014 not to be confused with tax evasion.The latter is illegal, of course.But it is the right of every citizen to use all legal methods available to minimize their taxes.That\u2019s where Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs) come in.Mr.Frank Cameron is a Chartered Administrator and Certified Financial Planner with Investors Group.» Thursday, February 3 at 8:00 p.m.CENTENNIAL THEATRE, 822-9692 LENSENBLE ARION with ANNER BYLSMA gré he nr .& THEATRE CENTENNIAL THEATRE LLOYD 06-2515 NEW SERVICE AVAILABLE Oil Heating / Equipment Service + 24 hour Service + Service plans available 25 years experience SATISFACTION GUARANTEED The Best Choice! hm SE Eee En tete + Drinking and Driving / SOCIETE DE L'ASSURANCE AUTOMOBILE DU QUÉBEC Living Used by 1.8 million women in 30 countries some women wary of birth control implants Norplant contraceptives are implanted in a woman\u2019s arm.\u201960s generation faces By Carolyn Adolph MONTREAL (CP) \u2014 It has been.billed by its maker as the most important development in birth control since the pill.It has been used by 1.8 million women in 30 countries around the world for a dozen years.And it\u2019s coming to Canada.Yet the Norplant \u2014 a contraceptive implanted in a woman's arm \u2014 is still raising concerns about its long-term safety.And, à given the Norplant\u2019s power to control a woman's fertility for five years, some critics wonder if governments will force poor women and others to use it.Consider: \u2014In Indonesia, health offi- à cials held birth control \u201csafaris\u201d in the late 1980s, in which they whisked women off to clinics for \u201ccheckups,\u201d told them they had to use a contraceptive and implanted the Norplant without telling them exactly how it worked.NORPLANT OR JAIL \u2014In 1991, a California judge ordered a woman who abused her children to choose between the Norplant and jail.She appealed, but then violated parole and went to jail anyway.\u2014At least 13 U.S.states have proposed laws to use the Norplant as a social tool.South Carolina proposed making the contraceptive mandatory for welfare mothers with two or more children and Washington state suggested making alcoholic and drug-addicted mothers use it.Both proposals have flopped, and none of the bills has passed.The device, which can be implanted only by a doctor, consists of six straw-like capsules inserted under the skin of the upper arm.The capsules emit enough of the hormone progesterone to prevent a woman\u2019s ovaries from releasing eggs for five years.The hormone also thickens cervical mucus to impede sperm.REMOVAL At the end of five years \u2014 or whenever the woman wants it Record removed \u2014 the original incision is opened and the capsules are drawn out.Drug manufacturer Wyeth-Ayerst says fertility returns immediately.The Norplant was approved in Canada last December.It should be available to Canadian women by March.At $495 with a doctor's prescription, it is expensive initially but costs less in the long run than other contraceptives.For now at least, provincial health insurance plans don\u2019t pay for the Norplant.The Population Council, a U.S.birth control advocacy and research group that conceived the implant in 1966, says the Norplant is a much-needed option for women dissatisfied with the pill, intra-uterine devices and barrier methods.Planned Parenthood in Canada agrees.\u201cIt gives women more options, and we need more options,\u201d says Bonnie Johnson, executive director of the Planned Parenthood Federation.DIVIDED OPINION But women\u2019s health groups are divided.Some say the Norplant is as good and safe as the other birth control methods.Others say its long-term effects are unknown.Some groups say a contraceptive inserted and removed by doctors takes too much power away from women.And they say the potential for abuse and misuse is everywhere, Among the issues: should the Norplant be promoted among adolescents when it doesn\u2019t protect against sexually transmitted diseases like AIDS?Should it be promoted among poor women, mentally handicapped women and others who cost the taxpayer when they have babies?Should judges be able to order the contraceptive implanted in abusive mothers to stop them from having more children?Manufacturer Wyeth-Ayerst says lawmakers should tread carefully.drug issue with Kids By Janice Turner Toronto Star TORONTO (CP) \u2014 In the words of one 40-something parent, \u201cI blew it!\u201d the day her 12-year-old daughter asked if she\u2019d ever smoked dope.\u201cI just wasn\u2019t prepared for it, so I made a joke of it,\u201d says the Wife applauded for turning in drug dealer upset with me for alerting the authorities.He has told his family that he will his mother and expressed my but when you turned in your family, willingness to put everything aside you poisoned the well, and now it and make a fresh start.I realize they appears that you are going to have Dear Ann Landers: Two years ago, I married \"Craig,\" my high school sweetheart.I knew that his woman, who would rather die than go public.\u201cI said something like, \u2018T haven't asked you, so don\u2019t ask me.\u2019 We haven't talked about it since.But it was totally wrong on my part.This was a serious young person who deserved more of an +\u2014And find out why your child is asking about drugs.It\u2019s a tough question and there is no one way to answer it, says Andrea Stevens Lavigne of the Addiction Research Foundation.Like Cole, she says parents should be open about their past without dwelling on it.The key is to set an example for open and frank communication and to then move on to your child\u2019s When high school students asked former prime minister Kim Campbell about her pot puffing during the free-wheeling 1960s, she admitted it.She also told them she gave it up because it\u2019s illegal and, to her, not worth the risk.She described marijuana as \u201ca big bore.\u201d How should a parent respond to questions about drug use?Be honest and up front, advises Ester Cole, a psychologist with the Toronto board of education.If you aren\u2019t and the youngster finds out, you may have seriously shaken his or her trust.\u2014If you deny drug use, your kids may not talk to you about other issues.\u2014You should have a thoughtful, general discussion.\u2014You may wish to explain what was going on in your life at the brother, \"Paul,\" was stealing and selling drugs.Through it all, I kept silent.I even helped Paul and his mother transport and hide stolen merchandise.I can't tell you how ashamed I am for becoming involved.I was raised to be honest, and I felt disgusted with myself.Then, I discovered that Paul was receiving Social Security benefits under two different names.I decided to write an anonymous letter to the authorities and tip them off.Paul was forced to pay back the money.A year later, Paul's mother got hold of the letter and told Paul.He concluded that Craig had written it.When my mother-in-law and Paul announced they were disowning him, I confessed that I had written \u201cthe letter.\"7 It turns out that my mother-in-law was involved with this scam, and both she and Paul may have to face criminal charges.Craig is extremely not leave me no matter what, but I have been banned from their home.I cannot accompany my husband there for holidays, and if I see my in-laws in public, I am not to acknowledge them.Ann.F was shocked when my husband agreed to their conditions.He said, \"You've made your own trouble and you just have to live with it.I am not going to choose between you and my family.\u201d He says I.did.not write.that letter.for any: noble.purpose, and I had no business dping it.I've tried to make amends, Ann, but I can't get my foot in the door.I have apologized to Paul and need time to forgive me, but my husband says, \"You did a terrible thing, and you're going to have to pay for it.\" I feel hurt and betrayed.How come I'm being punished like this when his family is guilty of all that garbage?- HURTING IN NEW MEXICO DEAR NEW MEX.: I applaud your courage in turning them in, but you should have expected to pay a price.When you tipped off the government that Paul and your mother-in-law were collecting money under false pretenses, you surely must have known it would destroy your relationship with both of them.« Why didn you give them 30 days\u2019 oe td\u2018cléan de bei act or else?According to Jour you also were involved in some illegal activities.Maybe one day you'll have to pay for that, too.I can understand your dilemma, own admission,\u2019 to drink from it.Dear Ann Landers: I was interested in your response to the 22-year-old guy who wanted to marry a virgin.You told him if he and his horny buddies had left the girls alone when they were young, there might be more virgins around today.Where have you been for the last 20 years?In a space capsule?Today, it's the girls who are horny.I have two sons, and the girls in this town will not leave them alone.They call our house all hours of the day and night.Get with it, Ann.It's 1994.- WIDE AWAKE IN CONWAY, S.C.DEAR ÇONWAY: You are right, I have! Healt with the subject of ag:, gressive girls before, and I repeat -, there's no way you can protect your sons.An unlisted number maybe - unless your sons enjoy being pestered - which they probably do.concerns.\u201cMake it clear you want your child to be able to make the wiser, more informed choice,\u201d she said.Cole stresses that the amount of information a parent reveals is secondary.\u201cTo say, \u2018Yes, I experimented with drugs.There was peer pressure.This is why I stopped.These are the reasons.\u2019 That should suffice.\u201d Don\u2019t glamorize your experience.Cole advises parents to indicate they would have appreciated someone taking the time to talk to them about the issue.She says they should explain why certain drugs are illegal, that they can harm the user and people in the user\u2019s life and society in general.She also tells parents to talk about the risks of dependency, lung damage, impaired memory and thinking that go along with smoking marijuana or hashish.Social notes D SBRRBS office moves to Beebe BEEBE (IH) \u2014 There have been changes in the SBRRBS (Benevolent Services) here at the The first meeting of this com- Boundary and there are more to mittee was held the afternoon of come.January 26 at the building.The The office has been moved to official date has been set for Sep- Beebe from Stanstead and loca- tember 11 on a Sunday afternoon ted in the R.H.Rediker building, with Open House to which eve- formerly a school, then owned by ryone interested will be made chen and this is where the food for the Meals on Wheels will be prepared.Rediker Transport was a pioneer in Beebe.Reg.Rediker, 50 years ago could see a future is - transport by trucks, mainly because Beebe is a granite center.Today the Rediker Transport Goudreau, Therese Gagnon, Alberta Rolleston and Ivy Hatch.at the Secondary and Primary schools to submit in the logo contest, these will be judged by a panel of judges and prizes awarded.Another contest in the same schools are nominations for «The Family of the Year».The SBRRBS was first organized 15 years ago and their first Tri TITI ILI Ts * GRILLED SALMON WITH LEMONDILL SAUCE + SPAGHETTI WITH SCALLOPS & MUSSELS BREAKFAST EVERY SATURDAY & SUNDAY 7 AM.-11:30 AM.FRIDAY & SATURDAY EVENINGS 8 - MIDNIGHT: THIS WEEKEND: 4 PIECE ROCK \u2019N ROLL BAND THE GOODSELL BOYS with their COUNTRY ROCK BAND \u201cLITTLE FOOT\u201d LAKE STREET, NEWPORT, VERMONT 802-334-2340 PTIT TT TT TT TXT Raspberry or Cream Stuffed French Toast Breakfast Fritattas Hot Sausage Rancheros with Salsa ENTERTAINMENT EVERY WV IIIT Told the Stanstead Historical Society.The school was first purchased by Rediker Transport who sold it to the Historical Society.When the Society moved from Beebe to Stanstead, Rediker Transport repurchased the building.It will eventually be owned by the SBRRBS.A committee under the chairmanship of Laurette Rediker who is a SBRRBS Director has been formed to plan for the offi- the Women\u2019s Missionary Society, Quebec Presbyterial was held on 4 January 15 at St.Andrew\u2019s Pres- 4 byterian Church, Sherbrooke, 4 where President of Sherbrooke 4 W.M.S., Sarah MacDonald war- H mly welcomed members and 4 guests.\"13 PREPARED - au welcome and they may view the changes.Already a new roof has been put on, and the electric wiring renewed.The opening will coincide with the 15th anniversary of SBRRBS and the 50th anniversary for the Rediker Transport.Young people in the communities will be active.Five years ago the SBRRBS logo was the Butterfly with the artwork done by a Vera Hughes and Fran Dewar from the Meibourne group on being faithfui in our service to God.A memorial service followed in remembrance of Anna Perron and Christine Morrison.A moment of silence was observed as we remembered these long time members and their faithful and dedicated service.The President Roxieanne Walker constituted the meeting with prayer.All business was dealt with annual reports accepted.Delegates to Synodical meeting of Quebec and Eastern Ontario are Doris Harden and Agnes McBain, Sherbrooke, Nadine Fafard and Margaret Eastman, Melbourne, to be held in Montreal, April 15-1694.Delegate to Council, May 27-30 to be held at Knox College, Toronto, Sarah MacDonald, alternate, Margaret project was Meals on Wheels.Through the years the Society has expanded so that at the present the Meals on Wheels continues, they provide transportation to hospitals, and elsewhere as needed, make friendly home visits, daily phone calls, shopping trips for Seniors, action on emergencies, and other work within this area.After the SBRRBS own the building it will be used as a The highlight of the day were guests speakers, Richard and Virginia Strout, who recently returned from Russia.They had gone with a team of educators on special invitation from the Russian Government to teach Christian Moral and Ethics Basics.Virginia shared her many experiences as they taught curriculum to teachers with the aid of interpretors.They concluded with a slide presentation.There was also a display of items they had brought home with them.Isabell Beattie thanked the Strouts for their interesting commentary and presented Virginia with an honorarium.Nominating Committee chairman Lorna Savage announced the following slate of officers: Honorary President, Alene Morrison; Past President, Vera Hughes; Vice-President, Isabell have several trucks on the highways.After the SBRRBS own the building it will be know as «R.H.Rediker Volunteer Center», dedicated to the Rediker family.Because there will be a lot of .planning and work involved for the \u201cGrand Opening\u201d in September, the committee will meet monthly with the next scheduled for February 28 in Beebe.The office is already installed h : a] cial opening of the building.young student.But the logo will Volunteer Center and made in the building which pith its F +1, à 1 .4 Serving on the committee are be one of the changes.So, the accessible to more people.many windows and light provi- : Eastside 18 gearing up for the New Year with some great new : Monique Fournier, Francine committee have invited students Plans are for a community kit- des an ideal place to work.i i appetizers & entrée specials: .\u2019 Cd .1 : | Quebec Presbyterial, Women\u2019s Missionary Society holds + HOT CRABMEAT DIPS & CRACKER PLATTER 80th annual meetin g + SNOW CRAB ALFREDO ) \u2018 ; + LINGUINE w/ CLAM SAUCE The 80th annual meeting of Opening devotions wereledby Goodhue.Beattie; President, Roxieanne , Walker; Secretary, Sarah Mac- Donald; Treasurer and Publicity, Margaret Goodhue.Departmental Secretaries: Adult group, Fran Dewar; Youth and Children, Nadine Fafard; Literature, Joyce McLeod; Glad Tidings, Thera DeVries; Historian, Jean Maclver.The officers were installed by Rev.Blake Walker.\u2014 fA Nw Closing devotions were led by Sarah MacDonald with a meditation on «putting faith into practice»; followed by prayer.Luncheon was served at noon by the Sherbrooke group, also morning coffee and afternoon tea.As we returned home, we had much to think about.It was a good day of fellowship.3 Margaret Goodhue ! Press Secretary TY rk mt ted J) wht LD es a SL A ee a \u201cwe ed met pd, perked ll ~ rt CA New TA rd pen tem (J we Tr Cd ty ee - + >< Women\u2019s Institute meetings held around the Townships BROMPTON ROAD \u2014 The annual meeting of the Bromp- ton Road Women\u2019s Institute was held at the home of Irene \u2018and Gerald Decoteau on Janua- fry 11 at 10:30 a.m.Eunice Brown, 1st Vice- President, chaired the meeting.She thanked Irene and Gerald for hosting our meeting, welcomed our County President Linda Hoy, guests Irene Arbery and all members.Motto for the new year was- \u201cA new broom sweeps clean\u201d.Roll call answered by eight members with payment of dues.The minutes were read by Meryl and approved.Meryl also read the correspondence which included thanks for Christmas cheer baskets for shut-ins and one from the Wes- tman family for flowers at June\u2019s funeral.Irene gave a satisfactory treasurer\u2019s report.Myrtle reporting for Agriculture read article, \u201cLittle Friendship goes along way\u201d, re Percy Horse and Shetland Pony.Read poem, \u201cReap what you sow\u201d.Animals from Hem- mingford given food for poor.Eunice for Citizenship and Legislation told of new Civil Code in Quebec.Edna for Education and Cultural Activities read, \u201cWords that work miracles.\u201d Beth reported meetings to press and county.Meryl read poem \u201cHigh Miles and One Owner\u201d.At this time all convenors read their annual reports, which were most interesting.We adjourned for lunch, when some of our men folks joined us.A pot luck meal was had, and Edna presented Irene with a lovely birthday cake, which we all enjoyed.Our meeting opened again at 1:15.Our county president presided for the installation of our new slate of officers: Past President- the late June Westman; President- Irene Decoteau; 1st Vice- Meryl Nut- browh; 2nd Vice- Eunice Brown: 'Secretary- Meryl Nut- brown: Treasurer- Beth Cullen; Agriculture- Myrtle Sage; Canadian Industries- Evelyn Pettigrew; Citizenship and Legislation- Eunice Brown; Education and Cultural Activities- Shirley Billing; Home Economics and Health- Mary Decoteau; International Affairs- Edna Hatch; Publici- ty- Beth Cullen; Sunshine- Betty Emery; Environment- Shirley Billing; Safety- Eunice Brown.Linda escorted our new president to the chair, and wished us all success in our new year.New business brought up.A memorial is to be sent to \u201cThe Frances Taylor Memoriam Fund\u201d in honour of our late president June Westman.Irene gave the plans she and Eunice had arranged for our 70th anniversary to be held on February 26 starting with a East Farnham June Royea Miss Hilda McEwing and Mrs.Bernice Thomas were luncheon guests of Mrs.Freda Ruiter on Tuesday, January 18 in Cowansville, also June Royea.On Saturday they will be at the apartment of June Royea to help Freda celebrate her birthday on January 22.Mrs.Rose Monteith will be celebrating her 65th birthday on January 27.Christmas Eve, Mrs.Bar- rand attended St.Rose de Lima Church at 6:30 p.m.along with Sharon and Jacques Touchette of the Knowlton Highway and Duncan and Natalie.After church they spent the evening with their mother.On Christmas Day Sharon and Jacques, their son Jeffrey and friend Melanie Houle, Lisa and Hank Kosteniuk and their two children Vanessa and Nicholas of Dunham, Margaret Allen and friend Glenn Walsh of St.Armand and Mrs.Marie Paule Touchette, Duncan and friend Nathalie and Veronique Rondeau were supper guests and spent the evening.On New Year\u2019s Day, Sharon and Jacques invited all for supper and they also celebrated Glenn\u2019s birthday.dinner at 12:30.It was approved by all members, that our meetings will be held at 10:30 a.m.from now on.Members with perfect attendance for the year were Beth, Irene, Meryl and Myrtle.The floating prize given by Irene was won by Edna.There will be no meeting in February.The next one will be held on March 1st at Irene\u2019s with Margaret Smith assisting hostess.CLEVELAND \u2014 The W.I.met on January 15 at the home of Louise Perkins with nine members attending.President Doris Stevens brought the meeting to order and the Collect was repeated.Motto: Opportunities are often things you haven\u2019t noticed the first time around.Roll Call: Was answered by each member naming a dish from a foreign country.Dues were paid.Secretary Louise Perkins read the minutes, which were moved by Winnie, seconded by Aline Healy.Correspondence : Winnie voiced thanks for the Christmas gift sent to her husband from the W.I.A note of thanks from Gloria Pease for plant she received and the Christmas dinner she had attended at the Wales Home.Notes of thanks from Rachel Husk and Don and Amanda Perkins for dinner and Christmas gift.A Christmas card was received from Q.W.I.President Florence El- lerton.A receipt from the Kidney Foundation for donation received.A letter of thanks from Sandra Currie of Dixville Home for donations to the Foundation and Christmas Fund.A letter of thanks from John Mulholland for our donation to Forum 94 for Young Canadians.Tammy McGee was chosen to go to the Conference in Ottawa.A thank you from Hazel Clarke for card she had received on her retirement.Commmunications Québec news letter was also received.Treasurer Winnie Beausoleil read the financial report.It was moved by Matty, seconded by Myrna.Ina moved that bills be paid, seconded by Sandra.Doris motioned we give a donation to the Diabetic Foundation, motion approved.Peggy Eastman read yearly Sunshine report.Doris handed out Q.W.I.news letters.Peggy also read the slate of officers.: President, Myrna Hebert; 1st Vice, Sandra Pariseau; 2nd Vice and Safety, Louise Perkins; Secretary, Louise Perkins; Treasurer, Winnie Beausoleil.Convenors: Agriculture, Sandra Pariseau; Environment and Canadian Industries, Doris Stevens; Citizenship and Legislation, Aline Healy; Education and Cultural Activities, Peggy Healy; International Affairs, Louise Perkins; Publicity, Ina Young; Sunshine Buying, Peggy Eastman.The new President Myrna Hebert then took the chair.Convenors reports were given \u2014 Agriculture: Sandra Pa- riseau read an article on Caring for roses and on Beefsteak tomatoes.Citizenship and Legislation: Aline Healy also read an article.Home Economics and Health: Matty Banfill had an item on eggs and passed around a writing, Comparison on Border Crossing buying.Pocket money was collected by Sandra, tea fees were also paid.Prize from Eileen Mas- tine won by Myrna.Meeting adjourned and Mat- ty showed some small crafts she had made.Lunch was served by Louise.February 5th next meeting at the home of Doris Stevens.ASCOT \u2014 The Women\u2019s Institute annual meeting was held at the home of Hilda Little on January 6 with the President, Marion Annesley presiding.She opened the meeting at 10:30 by all repeating the Collect, Salute to the Flag and the Oath of Citizenship.Marion thanked Hilda for opening her home for this meeting.The minutes of the December meeting were read by Annie Ingham as Orma was ill, and they were approved as read.Motto was: The slate is clean, let\u2019s try again.Roll call: Payment of dues.Only 10 members arrived in the morning, one more after lunch.This was due to illness and very cold weather.Thanks for Christmas baskets were received also two gifts of money.Greetings were received from a sister branch.Information on the new civil code was received and read.The annual reports were then read: The secretary\u2019s report to be read at February meeting as she was ill.Treasurer's report \u2014 read by Hilda Little.Convenors\u2019 reports \u2014 Agriculture read by Lynda; Canadian Industry prepared by Elaine Hatcher, read by Marion Annesley; Citizenship by Pearl Custeau; Education by Brenda Lyon; Home Economics and Health, absent; International Affairs, Isabel Butler.Committees \u2014 Environment, absent; Safety by Margaret Hall; Publicity by Wilmoth Rothney; Social services, absent.The reports were accepted as read, The president thanked the members for their cooperation and help during the past year.The convenors who were present read their January reports, also all members agreed to keep the same office and convenorship for 1994.Nominations were read by Dorothy Marlin.Linda Hoy, county president, took the chair for the installation of officers for 1994.At noon all enjoyed hot soup prepared by Hilda.The other members present had brought sandwiches and sweets which with a cup of tea made an enjoyable meal.Pennies for Friendship were collected.The floating prize was won by Hilda.The County W.I.meeting will be held at Uplands on February 9.The next Ascot meeting will be held February 3rd at the home of Marion Annesley, Huntingville at 12 noon, the county executive are invited.Two cards were signed for persons who were ill.The President closed.the mee- \u2026 ting with the: \u201cPoe aWinteriw Highlights».ou PSG LENNOXVILLE \u2014 In the new year members gathered at Uplands to review the past year\u2019s work, to elect new officers and to plan for the coming year.An organization with the motto For Home And Country can play an important part in the International Year of the Family.Due to the absence of the President the annual meeting was conducted by the Vice- President, Irene Harrison.In keeping with the monthly motto of \u201cThis is the first month of the rest of your life\u201d members discussed New Year\u2019s resolutions.Some of the thoughts were: come to meetings well prepared, be prompt with assignments, carry out your thoughts, finish one project before starting another and above all enjoy what you are doing.The treasurer\u2019s report showed an active year with donations being made locally to Eastern Townships Learning Centre, AGRHS Scholarship and Bursary Fund, AGRHS Student Trip, Lennoxville/Ascot Historical and Museum Society, Lennoxville Library, Lennoxville Youth centre and the Royal Canadian Legion, as well as county and provincial commitments.To supplement our finances an annual Harvest Luncheon and Bazaar was held, which involved the community.We had three speakers during the year.Paul Carignan, President of Les agriculteurs écologistes de l\u2019Estrie, spoke on the development and certification of organic farming and environmentally friendly pesticides and herbicides.Pat Warren, a teacher in the Eastern Townships Learning Centre, showed by words and slides the co-operation between industries and the school which provides vocational training for students with learning disabilities.Mary Campbell spoke on the area copper mines and how they had touched her life.One afternoon we travelled to Sawyerville to visit the African Violet nursery.Contests and quizzes on citizenship, safety and Canada\u2019s wilderness heritage were held.Conveners brought items of current interest to share with the membership.Elderly and shut-ins were remembered with cards and Valentine baskets.Family and friends were entertained at a pienic and Christmas party.The Wool Gathering project which provides knitted articles for the needy and the School Fair project were supported.We joined with l\u2019AFEAS and county members to enter a float in the Friendship Day parade.members attended county meetings and the provincial convention.By participating in the Area Rally attended by members from the surrounding counties provided an understanding of the wider work of the organization through the Women\u2019s Institutes of Canada and the Associated Country Women of the World.We supported the work of the ACWW through our Pennies for Friendship and the Women Feed the World Project.We subscribed to the Country Woman through an individual membership in the ACWW and United Church WATERLOO \u2014 The January 13th meeting of St.Paul\u2019s UCW was held in the church hall with 18 members and one visitor present.The President, Joyce Ossing- ton called the meeting to order by welcoming those present, and thanking the hostesses, Bobby Cochrane and Clara Boyd.The Purpose was repeated in unison.Joyce Ossington read the devotionals, followed by prayer.The secretary, Bobby Co- chrane called the roll and read the minutes of the previous meeting.Nine thank-you\u2019s were read.Barbara Johnston gave the treasurer\u2019s report.All were the RECCRD Fhursday.February G0 8994-4 we provided yearly subscriptions to the Federated News for each member.At the end of the annual reports the meeting was turned over to the County President, Linda Hoy, for the election of executive officers and conveners.With a few complimentary words to the group on their accomplishments she called on Phyllis Worster to read the report of the Nominating Committee: Officers \u2014 Past President, Muriel Brand; President, Roberta Macmillan; 1st Vice- President, Dorothy Wallace; 2nd Vice-President, Margaret Williams; Secretary, Gwen Parker; Treasurer, H.Irene Harrison.Conveners \u2014 Agriculture, Dorothy Wallace; Canadian Industries, Jessie Pelchat; Citizenship and Legislation, Phyllis Worster; Education and Cultural Activities, Mary Campbell; Home Economics and Health, Muriel Winslow; International Affairs, May Povey.After the installation ceremony Linda Hoy conducted the newly elected president to the chair.Roberta Macmillan expressed her thanks to the members for their trust in her and asked for their support.We are always pleased to have the County President with us and Roberta presented her with an FWIC pen in appreciation.The first task was to appoint the committees: Environment, Dorothy Wallace; Handicrafts, Marjorie White; Publicity, Gwen Parker; Safety, Muriel Brand; Sunshine, Dorothy Geddes and May Povey; Telephone, Phyllis Worster and Margaret Kinkead; Ways and Means, Margaret Williams, Dorothy Wallace, Muriel Winslow and Muriel Brand.Phyllis Worster was appointed official delegate to the county.The program for the year which included a few innovations was approved with amendments.To finish the business, plans were made for filling the Valentine baskets and hosting the county meeting on February 9 at 10:00 a.m.at Uplands.Thelma Picken and Marg Williams provided the refreshments which brought a busy afternoon to a pleasant close.Women meet pleased to see her back and recovering from her recent surgery.It was moved by Clara Boyd, seconded by Doris McGovern that money be allocated to the Board.There were 52 visits made since November.Mildred Irwin reported that 12 birthday and seven get-well cards have been sent.Doris McGovern passed around a Christmas card which had been received from Si- meon.The annual reports were read.It was moved by Peggy Stretch, seconded by Pat Cote that they be accepted.Doris McGovern read the slate of officers for 1994, which pharmacists 160 Queen St.Lennoxville Roxanne Fournier Remi Gosselin 569-5868 was the sane as last year.Rev.Marian Charles inducted the officers.Betty Black thanked the officers for the good work they had accomplished in 1993.The Day of Enrichment was held 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