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[" Portes et Fenêtres MO Financing from 2,9% available MARCEL BRASSARD (819) 820-7299 1215 Wellington St, Sherbrooke and COkK) Liberals both ahead and behind Hard to believe, but it\u2019s possible for the Quebec Liberal party to be ahead of the Parti Québécois and behind at the same time.By Don Macdonald QUEBEC (CP) \u2014 Its what one pollster calls the statistical illusion of Quebec politics.The Quebec Liberal party can be ahead of the Parti Québécois and still be behind.That\u2019s because Quebec\u2019s English and ethnic minorities vote overwhelmingly for the Liberals.And those minorities are concentrated in a relatively few west-end Montreal ridings while the PQ draws support in French- speaking ridings across the province.So the Liberals can be ahead of the Parti Québécois in total votes, but still win far fewer ridings in an election.\u201cThe Liberals need a lead of at least five or six percentage points to beat us,\u201d said Jean Royer, a top adviser to PQ Leader Jacques Parizeau.The 1981 election \u2014 the closest showdown yet between the two parties \u2014 demonstrated the phenomenon.An extra year in school for new teachers \u2014 Page 2 Representatives if the Quebec Police Force, McDonalds and Télé 7 unveiled a new program Thursday aimed at keeping kids in school and away from drugs.For the whole story, please turn to Page 3.To avoid embarrassment \u2014 Bouchard Bloc boss didn\u2019t ask to meet Clinton By Linda Drouin WASHINGTON (CP) \u2014 Lucien Bouchard says he did not ask for a meeting with President Bill Clinton during his visit to Washington because he knew his separatist credentials would embarrass the U.S.administration.\u201cl made a deliberate decision not to seek any meeting with people of the administration at the political level,\u201d the Bloc Québécois leader said Thursday as he summed up his three-day visit to the United States.The Clinton administration would have been torn between its loyalty to the Canadian government and the precedent of receiving official Opposition leaders, he said.Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, for example, was Opposition leader when he met former president George Bush in 1992.In New York, Bouchard spoke to UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and in Washington he had breakfast with 10 members of Congress.Bouchard also met the assistant secretary for European and Canadian affairs at the State Department, Stephen Oxman.He said he is \u201cquite satisfied\u201d with his visit.\u201cIt allowed me to assume my responsibilities as leader of the Opposition,\u201d he said, \u201cand to tell the Americans the Bloc Québécois supports the Canadian government's position on international issues such as Bosnia, the Middle East and Haiti.\u201d What he learned from the Americans is that \u201cthere is no nervousness\u2019 about Quebec independence.\u201cIt\u2019s obvious to me the questions in the American mind are about the \u2018how\u2019 and not the \u2018why\u2019 of sovereignty.\u201cAmericans will accept the decisions of a democracy in Quebec and Canada \u2014 it\u2019s a tradition in their foreign policy.\u201d The main questions he fielded from his hosts were about free trade, and they were reassured by his insistence that Quebecers are stro@g supporters, he said.Bouchard also answered criticism levelled at him by those who say taxpayers shouldn't be footing the bill for a separatist leader to sell his message outside the country.Guinness book to take a look Doctors may still save frozen toddler\u2019s leg REGINA (CP) \u2014 The miraculous survival of a toddler who was brought back to life after being virtually frozen to death could be recognized as a world record.Guinness Publishers of the United Kingdom is investigating the story of Karlee Kosolofski of Rouleau, Sask.The body temperature of the toddler, who was locked out of her home for several hours in bitterly cold winter weather, reportedly dropped as low as 14 C.The existing record for a low but survival body temperature is 18 C.\u201cWe are aware ofit.It's been in all our national newspapers,\u201d said a representative of the London-based company, which publishes the Guinness Book of Records.Karlee, 2, is recovering in Regina\u2019s Plains Health Centre after her ordeal.That began about 2:30 a.m.Feb.23 when Karlee followed her father, Robert, when he left the family home for work.He was not aware she had followed him outside and when the house door closed behind Karlee, she was locked outside.She was wearing only a coat and boots over her \u2018pajamas on a night when temperatures fell to \u201422 C.Winds gusting up to 40 kilometres an hour dropped the temperature to the equivalent of \u201440C.| Karlee\u2019s frigid body was found by her mother, Karrie, at about 8 a.m.When she was rushed the 50 kilometres from Rouleau to the Regina hospital, the little girl\u2019s body temperature was only about 14 C, both her legs were frozen nearly solid, she had no heartbeat and no apparent brain activity.Normal body temperature is 37 C.But by the middle of this week, she had recovered sufficiently to be sitting up in bed eating ice cream and talking to her parents.Doctors expect to know by next month whether they will be able to save Karlee\u2019s left leg, which was severely frostbitten.\u201cSomehow her left boot came off, so the left leg was more exposed,\u201d Dr.Peter Chang said on Thursday.A Regina plastic surgeon, Chang said it is preferable to wait three or four weeks before making a decision on whether to amputate.\u201cWe're hopeful because she is young and growing.And healing 1 In that election, the PQ had only three percentage points more than the Liberals in the overall popular vote but won 80 of 122 seats.The result is that Quebec politics is above all French politics.Both parties are vying for the favor of those undecided voters among the six million French- speaking majority who will make the difference.\u201cOn the island of Montreal our vote is neutralized by the anglo- See LIBERALS Page 2 Weekend TOWNSHIPS WEEK or vans Bead Lennoxville: The town that Henry built and Don.Max.Ray \\alluas.Fhonus Inside Townships Week, an exhibit at Uplands Museum recognizes retired house builder Henry Hoy and other significant people responsible for creating the today.B.U.drama students get set to perform the Greek tragedy Electra.and a carnival of country music activity is taking place in the Townships.look of Lennoxville Weather, page 2 Sherbrooke Friday, March 4, 1994 50 cents Births, deaths .13 Classified .10-11 Comics .12 Editorial .4 Farm & Business .7 Living \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026.\u2026\u2026\u2026.6 Sports .14-15 Townships .3 Inside A Melbourne sailor called home from the Adriatic sea this week.Page 3.Tried to quit smoking and can\u2019t?Check out page 6 to find out why.In Sports: Alan Eagleson has been indicted for misuse of funds.The whole story on page 15 Bouchard stretching truth Johnson: Tricky talk : doesn\u2019t fool anybody By Robert Russo AYLMER, Que.(CP) \u2014 Americans know that the break-up of a country means \u201cdestruction\u201d and they won't be fooled by Lucien Bouchard\u2019s pain-free predictions of separation, says Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson.\u201cCertainly telling Americans that secession means that there's no cost is historically a wrong statement,\u201d Johnson told reporters Thursday.\u201cAmericans know what secession means.They know what it means in terms of destruction.\u201d Johnson appeared to be alluding the bloody U.S.civil war that erupted when southern states tried to secede inthe 19th century.Secession is a term rarely used by Quebecers in discussing their future, but it is commonly used by Americans in discussing their civil war.Johnson, who must call an election that will be fought primarily on the issue of sovereignty later this year, said even sove- reigntist economists admit there would be a price to pay for independence.\u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of how many tens of thousands of jobs are in the balance.\u201d One caller to an open line show in Edmonton \u2014 where Chrétien was a guest Thursday \u2014 wanted to know why he wasn't \u201ctaking actions against treasonous acts being spoken out by the Bloc Québécois leader in the United States.\u201d Bouchard said Quebecers elected the 54 Bloc members to Parliament and they pay taxes, too.\u201cIts not conceivable they (the government) could have prevented me from coming,\u201d Bouchard said.\u201cWould they withdraw my passport?\u201cWe were elected, and if you're a democrat, you have to abide by the rules of a democracy.\u201d The Bloc paid for Bouchard\u2019s See BOUCHARD Page 2 and repairing is part of the growing process.\u201d According to the 1994 edition of the Guinness record book, the lowest authenticated body temperature ending in survival was Neighbors: Bouchard, the Bloc Québécois leader, has been in the United States for the last two days trying to reassure Americans that Quebec's separation would represent no disruption in economic and political relations with Washington.Johnson, who is touring the province in his own pre-election blitz, said he wasn\u2019t concerned by Bouchard\u2019s U.S.visit.\u201cIt's fairly pointless, to the extent that the Americans don\u2019t vote in Canadian elections or Quebec referendum or whatever Mr.Bouchard has in mind.\u201d An election has to be called by November in Quebec.Johnson\u2019s opponent is Parti Québécois Leader Jacques Parizeau, but Bou- chard has promised to play a major role in the campaign.He is considered a better campaigner than Parizeau, a fact that has led to speculation of a rivalry between the two sove- reigntist leaders.Ir may also may have been behind a slip of the tongue by Johnson.\u201cMr.Bouchard is the leader of the official Opposition in Quebec,\u201d he said, before quickly realizing his mistake.\u201cAh! That would be interesting.Interesting for Mr.Parizeau.\u201d By Don Macdonald QUEBEC (CP) \u2014 Finance Minister André Bourbeau dropped another broad hint Thursday that Quebecers may be the beneficiaries of a pre-election tax cut in the provincial budget.\u201cThere is no question.of increasing the tax load of Que- becers,\u201d Bourbeau said at the legislature.\u201cThe level of taxation is very high and hopefully we'll be able to reduce taxes and reduce the deficit at the same time.\u201d On Wednesday, the province revised its deficit projection for 1993-1994 upward to $4.7-billion from $4.15-billion in last May's budget.Bourbeau said he\u2019s not overly concerned by the shortfall, which he attributed to the lingering effects of the recession cutting into revenues.He said the government is counting on vigorous economic Are Quebec taxes on the way down?growth this year to increase ; revenues dramatically and : bring down the déficit.: \u201cIn lowering the deficit, we have to insure that we don\u2019t : handicap job creation and eco- : nomic recovery,\u201d Bourbeau said.\u201cWe aren\u2019t going to cut the : deficit dramatically at the price : of job creation.\u201d : The governing Liberals are : heading into a tough election : fight with the Parti Québécois : this year.! Atax cut in the budget expec- | ted in pril or May could launch a | spring election campaign.Pre- : mier Daniel Johnson must call | the election by Oct.11.: Meanwhile, the Quebec : government submitted a claim : to Ottawa for $160 million to : make up for a shortfall in reve- : nue during the recession.! Bourbeau said the gover- : nment is entitled to the money See TAXES Page 2 oes that of a baby boy born in an unheated house in Peterborough, England.His temperature was 18 C and he was presumed dead before doctors revived him.The Guinness official said the company is interested in Karlee\u2019s case but will have to document it.The company has the names of Kosolofski\u2019s doctors and will write to them for authentication to make it official, she said.Man dies in dispute over cat TORONTO (CP) \u2014 À dispute over what one neighbor describes as a big, friendly cat has left a man dead and another facing a manslaughter charge in nearby Pickering.Lawrence Spurrell, 63, was pronounced dead in hospital after being confronted by a neighbor over a problem involving Spurrell\u2019s cat, police said Thursday.\u201cIt\u2019s hard to believe Jake (the cat) could have caused this kind of trouble,\u201d said Kimberly Alcock, 20, who has lived next door to Spurrell for eight years.Details of the incident on Wednesday were today.sketchy but Durham Region police said they hope to release more information after an autopsy Neighbor William Shanks, 32, is being held for a bail hearing on Monday after appearing in the Ontario Courts provincial division in Oshawa, east of Toronto.He was arrested at his home early Thursday property.and charged with manslaughter.Alcock said the black feline hardly ever left the \u201cHe was protective of his territory, though,\u201d she 3 said.\u201cHe didn't like strangers on his land.\u201d 2\u2014The RECORD\u2014Friday, March 4, 1994 Fligible after six years in House New retired MPs put pressure on pension plan By Jim Sheppard OTTAWA (CP) \u2014 Controversial pensions paid to former MPs will soar more than 50 per cent to reach about $15 million in fiscal 1994-95, calculations by The Canadian Press suggest.The calculations, based on pension estimates by the National Citizens Coalition, have been confirmed by federal documents and officials.The reason for the huge increase is the large number of MPs from the 1988-93 Parliament who were defeated in last October\u2019s election or who resigned before the vote.The new annual payments of about $15 million, starting with the fiscal year that begins April 1, should remain stable for several years.But contributions to the plan will have to soar to maintain MPs in the style to which they have become accustomed.An actuarial report tabled last week in the Commons predicts that total contributions \u2014 partly from MPs but mostly from taxpayers \u2014 must rise by $5 million to $20 million a year by 1997-98 to meet current payments and future liabilities.Taxpayers previously had to cough up $158 million in 1991-92, after actuaries warned there was not enough money at that time to cover eventual benefits.\u201cFar from getting better, this problem is going to get worse,\u201d Jeff Ball, an analyst with the small-c conservative Citizens Coalition complained Thursday.\u201cIt\u2019s just crazy.\u201d Reform MP Stephen Harper demanded rollbacks in payments to former MPs in addition to his party\u2019s longstanding call for future changes to the plan.\u201cThat's the only way we are going to restore any sanity to this thing,\u201d he said in a telephone interview from his Calgary West riding.The Liberal government has promised to re-evaluate the plan.A report on the issue of Commons pay, perks and pensions by the accounting firm Sobeco, Ernst and Young is expected later this month.The coalition says 134 of the almost 200 MPs in the last House who were defeated or who resi- Turner tops list at $84,648 How does your cheque compare to this?gned before the election had compiled the six years of service necessary to qualify for a pension.The CP calculations suggest these 134 former MPs qualify for about $5.55 million in pension payments on an annual basis.The government reported recently, in its public accounts, that payments under the plan totalled only $9.83 million in fiscal 1992-93.So the addition of $5.55 million annually would represent an increase of about 56 per cent.OTTAWA (CP) \u2014 Highest annual pensions of the 134 members $68,068 \u2014 former Tory cabinet minister John Crosbie.of the 1988-93 Commons eligible for benefits because they were $68,068 \u2014 former Tory cabinet minister Jake Epp.defeated in the October election or resigned before the vote.$68,068 \u2014 former Tory cabinet minister Elmer MacKay.Figures calculated by the National Citizens Coalition.$68,068 \u2014 former Tory cabinet minister Tom Siddon.$66,198 \u2014 former Tory cabinet minister Otto Jelinek.$84,648 \u2014 former Liberal prime minister John Turner.$64,951 \u2014 former Tory cabinet minister Charlie Mayer.$82,280 \u2014 former Conservative prime minister Joe Clark.$64,951 \u2014 former Tory cabinet minister Bill McKnight.$70,436 \u2014 former Tory cabinet minister Perrin Beatty.$64,951 \u2014 former Tory cabinet minister Michael Wilson .$70,436 \u2014 former Tory cabinet minister Don Mazankowski.$64,328 \u2014 former Tory cabinet minister Paul Dick.$68,068 \u2014 former Speaker John Fraser.$63,829 \u2014 former Tory cabinet minister Frank Oberle.$68,068 \u2014 former Tory cabinet minister Harvie Andre.$60,962 \u2014 former Tory cabinet minister Doug Lewis.\u2018Batisse\u2019 leads life of Riley Vandoos\u2019 goat is saved from defence cuts By Jack Branswell QUEBEC (CP) \u2014 Federal Finance Minister Paul Martin may have axed the Royal 22nd Regiment's marching band, but he didn\u2019t get their goat.Batisse, a goat of Tibetan pedigree, is safe and sound.and chewing his cud in a suburban Quebec City zoo.The Jong-haired animal has been a star of major regimental events where the band played, LIBERALS: Continued from page one phone and ethnic vote,\u201d Royer said.\u201cWhich means that the result of an election is determined by who wins among franco- hones outside the island of Montrea J A recent poll by the CROP BOUCHARD: Continued from page one expenses on the trip while the Canadian embassy provided organizational support.Although he used the word separatist in the U.S.more than in Canada, Bouchard said Thursday it doesn\u2019t signal a new blunter strategy by sovereignty supporters.In Canada, the term has often been used pejoratively, Bouchard said, but Americans understand it better than sovereignty.\u201cI will use it as often as necessary,\u201d he said.\u201cI don\u2019t fear the risk of calling a spade a spade.\u201d \u201cYou have to say what it means \u2014 that Quebec wants to become a distinct country and separate from the Canadian federation.\u201d Chrétien said Wednesday that Bouchard has finally come clean and declared himself a separatist and it will hurt his cause in Quebec.\u201cI was very happy to realize that at long last, Mr.Bouchard has used the word separatist such as Canada Day parades, and also took part in the changing of the guard at the Citadel.When tiie federal government chopped its financing of military bands across the country in the last budget, there was some concern about what would happen to Batisse if the band did not .play on.\u201cHe is part of the regiment and we can\u2019tjust let him go,\u201d said Cpl.Yvan Collin, the official goatkee- per who marches with Batisse in parades.\u201cHe is the mascot who is there for every happy event,\u201d added Collin, who was teamed with Batisse because he worked on a farm for five years.\u201cAs long as the regiment is here, the goat will be with it.\u201d The soldiers pay for Batisse\u2019s food and lodging at the zoo from mess dues even though the government is responsible for the ammal\u2019s presence in the unit.Lieut.Michel St-Louis, who is the regiment\u2019s resident goat expert, said former governor general Vincent Massey gave them a Tibetan goat in 1952 as a gift.The goat was the mascot of the Royal Welsh Fusilier regiment and at the time the Welsh and Quebec units were associated.Queen Victoria had originally given a goat to the Welsh soldiers after the Tibetan government had given her one as a sign of respect.The current goat is two-and-a- half years old.Collin spends four or five hours a day with Batisse and his stand-in \u2014 parades are tough work for a Tibetan goat.\u201cIt\u2019s like a dog to me,\u201d he said, a hint of affection in his voice.\u201cI started out with it (the official Batisse) when it was a month 0 > But goats aren\u2019t cute.Why would anyone want such a mascot?\u201cI guess it is the question of tradition,\u201d said St-Louis.\u201cMilitary people are very keen on tradition.\u201d The regiment expects to have some kind of band for the summer parade season, if only a smaller unit made up of militia.But Collin figures Batisse won't really miss the parades.\u201cIt isn\u2019t in his mental makeup to be in a parade,\u201d he said.\u201cAll it does is chew its cud, sleep and walk around a bit and mate.\u201d organization indicated that the Liberals were neck-and-neck with the PQ after trailing badly for months.But the same poll gave the PQ 54 per.cent support among francophones, and the pollster\u2019s verdict was succinct.because if he uses that word, they will lose the referendum,\u201d Chrétien said in a speech in Winnipeg.Bouchard said he \u2018has described himself as a separatist before, most recently during a CBC Newsworld interview last Sunday.\u201cI did not begin to use it in the United States.People (in Canada) didn\u2019t ask the question and the first who did got an answer.\u201cSeparation is the term to describe the physical action that we have to achieve and sovereignty is the goal we're pursuing.\u201d Bouchard said Chrétien is wrong to assume it will hurt the separatist cause in Quebec.\u201cHe (Chrétien) might think what he wants,\u201d Bouchard said.\u201cThe realities are there.\u201d He said Oxman, the State Department representive he met Thursday, \u201cexpressed no concerns to me about that (separation).\u201d 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TAT, Publications Mail Registration No.Back copies of The Record are available at the following prices: Copies ordered within a month of publications.606 per copy.Copies ordered more than a month after publication\u201d $1 10 per copy Established February 9, 1897, incorporating the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) and the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879).Published Monday to Friday by The Record Division, Groupe Que- becor Inc.Offices and plant located at 2850 Delorme Street, Sher- 1064.Member of Canadian Press (eo) Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation \u201cIn conditions similar to this poli I would give the victory to the Parti Québécois,\u201d said CROP vice-president Claude Gauthier.But the tables are turned in the caselbf a sovereignty referent dum like the one that Parizéau has promised to hold within months of a PQ election victory.\u201cIn a referendum the ridings don\u2019t matter any more.It\u2019s the percentage of the vote that counts,\u201d Gauthier said.The rock-solid ethnic and anglophone vote for the Liberals, whieh is also a strengly federalist vote, carries its full weight in the final result of a referendum.TAXES: Continued from page one under the federal fiscal stabilization program which compensates provinces whose revenues drop from one year to the next.Quebec's adjusted revenue fell $161 million between 1991-1992 and 1992-1993, which corresponds to the government\u2019s claim.The province has a similar $282-million claim pending from the last year that Ottawa must decide upon by Nov.30.The federal government has until Nov.30, 1995 to decide on Thursday's claim.In the meantime, Ottawa can make interim payments.Bourbeau noted that Ontario, Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island have also filed claims for revenue loss during the recession and already received interim payments.And that means the PQ must receive massive support from francophones \u2014 over 60 per cent \u2014 to win a referendum on sovereignty.Michel Lepage, the PQs in- house pollster, breaks election and referendum results down by language and ethnicity.That's how Parizeau could say last year that only eight per cent of non-francophones voted against the Charlottetown constitutional accord in 1992 compared with 67 per cent of francophones.He used those numbers to reassure PQ supporters that \u201cold-stock\u201d French Quebecers could win a sovereignty referendum without the help of ethnic or English Quebecers.But the CROP poll, which also asked respondents how they would vote if a referendum on sovereignty were held, suggests it is an uphill battle for the PQ.\u201cForty-three per cent of francophones said they will vote Yes in the referendum compared with, 38 per cent who said they will\u201c vote No,\u201d Gauthier said.\u201cAmong the non-francophones \u2014 76 per cent said they will vote No.\u201d Overall, the poll indicates that 37 per cent of Quebecers would vote Yes to sovereignty, 44 per cent No, with 18 per cent undecided.The poll's margin of error is three percentage points 19 times out of 20 \u2014 which means the two sides could be much closer, with 41 per cent voting No and 40 per cent Yes.Gauthier concludes, however, that the poll indicates \u201cthere is no doubt that as things stand the No would win in a sovereignty referendum.\u201d An extra year in school for new teachers MONTREAL (CP) \u2014 Aspiring teachers will require another year of courses and hundreds more hours in classrooms to get their degrees in Quebec, Education Minister Jacques Chagnon said Thursday.The overhaul in Quebec's teacher-training system will begin to be implemented in September, Chagnon said.Obtaining a degree in education will take would-be teachers four years, instead of three, and 700 hours, instead of the current 115, in the classroom.And teacher accreditation will require proficiency in at least two subjects \u2014 \u201cwhich will act as a guarantee of the security@nd the health of our education system,\u201d Chagnon said.Chagnon announced the changes \u2014 in the works for more than a year \u2014 after meeting with representatives of provincial school-board associations.He dropped a controversial proposal to provide English immersion in French schools.French immersion in English schools, which isn\u2019t hobbled by legislated caps on the number of hours per day of instruction, won't change, Chagnon said.David D\u2019Aoust, director- general of the Quebec School Boards Association, approved of the plan to improve teacher training but warned it won\u2019t be easy to implement.\u201cA four-year program costs a lot of money in the first year of implementation,\u201d D\u2019Aoust said, adding that since funding won't be increased, universities will have to put quotas on the number of new students they accept.WEATHER ibd BY GARRY TRUDEAU OKAY, M5, BOOPSTEIN, LET'S \"THE DREAM OF GOING TO THE .: Snow tapering HAVE YOU READ JUST ONE QYMPICS 15 OVER! IT 15 A I DREAM VF.\u2018 : MORE SPEECH \u2014TONYA'S \"SKATING IN THE DREAM COME TRUE! NOW I OF.NOTGONG BIGGER! |! off Friday with FAREWEU AT LILLEHAM- OLYMPICS WAS ALWAYS HAVE A DIFFERENT DREAM, 70 JAIL!\" SHES |: a high of \u20144.MER.FROM THE TOP OF MY DREAM.IT WAS THE A SHINY, NEW CREAM.\" : : PAGE 117, [REAM THAT KEPT ME : Saturday will give us clouds with some sunny breaks and winds of 20\u201440 km-h.Low of \u201412 and a high of \u20148 FULFILLMENT.\u201d \\ LMVERSAL PRESS STNOK ATH 1904G 8 Trudeau GOING.SKATING HERE WAS THAT DREAMS HELL, TONYAS THIS AMBITIOUS, WELL, I SUPPOSE ITS JUST AS WELL.IT Walk YOUNG WANNABE, DRIVEN BY HAVE BEEN A VERY WHAT DREAMS OF STARDOM, AND MAR- TOUGH ROLE TO 6ET Do RIED TO AN ABUSIVE LUNKHEAD A HANDLE ON.You WHO TRIES TORUN HER LIFE.22m ra 0 tr The Townships The RECORD\u2014Friday, March 4, 1994\u20143 Fecord Craig Dewar: Short of \u2018peanut butter and Cheez Whiz\u2019 Melbourne sailor on Adriatic blockade ship By Rita Legault SHERBROOKE \u2014 Craig Dewar called home this week from a ship about 15 miles off the coast of Italy in the middle of the Adriatic Sea.A former resident of Melbourne who graduated from Richmond Regional High School in 1977, Dewar is now a naval lieutenant commander and one of the senior officers aboard the HMCS Iroquois, a Canadian ship taking a Craig Dewar misses Mom, Dad, Cheez Whiz and peanut butter.part in the United Nations naval blockade of the former Yugoslavia.The multinational naval force, which is made up of 21 ships from 13 nations, is there to prevent weapons, ammunition and other restricted goods from entering the former Yugoslavian republic now torn by civil war.The Iroquois, which rotates duty between the Straits of Otranto off the heel of Italy and Monténegro off the coast of Bosnia, is charged with checking the cargo manifests of merchant ships\u2019 entering the Adriatic.BOARDING PARTY If the information doesn\u2019t check out with the Italian coast guard, a boarding party made up of engineers and other experts searches the ship, Dewar explained.Shortly before his intercontinental interview with the Record, Dewar had just completed his 96th boarding of a merchant vessel.\u201cSo far, there have been no violations,\u201d he reported.The destroyer, is the flagship of the Commodore Standing Naval Force Atlantic, one of three squadrons in the Adriatic, Dewar said.It is one of two Canadian ships taking part in the UN blockade operation.The other, HMCS Preserver, brings fuel and other supplies to ships taking part in the blockade.Dewar said sailors are running out of supplies brought from Canada and are awaiting goodies from home.\u201cPeanut butter and Cheez Whiz, maple syrup, the stuff you're used to having at home but can\u2019t get here,\u201d he said, adding that although there is some peanut butter in Eastern Europe \u201cit's just different.We like Skippy and Kraft.\u201d NOT WORRIED Dewar said the UN mission has the potential for danger but he isn\u2019t worried about his proximity to the explosive situation in Bosnia.This is his first duty near a war zone since joining the forces in Sherbrooke when he left high school.During the Gulf War he was on a training course to become an operations room officer \u2014 his present job on the Iroquois.Although there is no immediate danger to the sailors aboard the Iroquois, the warship is equipped and ready for battle.\u201cThere\u2019s always danger,\u201d Dewar said, adding that the Iroquois spends much of its time 15 to 30 miles off the coast of Bosnia.The ship is equipped with surface-to-air missiles.for self defence \u201cIf they decide to take a potshot at us.\u201d At home in Melbourne, Dewar\u2019s parents reflect his calm attitude toward the danger.\u201cWe don\u2019t worry extensively,\u201d said his mother Frances Dewar.\u2018Hooked on my dreams\u2019 Stay in school: Police By Maurice Crossfield SHERBROOKE \u2014 À new program aimed at keeping kids in school and away from drugs was unveiled at Quebec Police Force regional headquarters Thursday.The program is called \u201cHooked on my dreams\u201d, and will be using the celebrity appeal of Télé-/ host France Beaudoin.Beaudoin will be speaking to students at eight local French- language high schools about her life experiences in her quest to be a television journalist.Beaudoin told reporters that seven local teenagers have been \u2018Simple possession\u201d of illegal drugs is still a serious crime.Caught by the paperwork hospitalized in the last month after taking PCP, a dangerous psychoactive drug.Télé-7 is one of the sponsors of the program.Producer Josée Mailloux spoke of the importance of educating kids of the dangers of dropping out and drugs.\u201cThe connection between dropping out and drug addiction is Truckload of assault rifles gets double look at border MONTREAL (CP)\u2014U.S.Customs is investigating a shipment of assault rifles that were seized at a New York-Quebec border crossing as they were en route to Canada, a customs official said Thursday.Daniel Letourneau, the U.S.Customs agent heading the criminal inquiry, said in an interview from Rouses Point, N.Y., that he couldn\u2019t comment further on the matter because it is under investigation.But a Radio-Canada report said 2,000 Chinese-made automatic weapons were seized Feb.18 by U.S.Customs at the Champlain border crossing.The report said the rifles, copies of the Soviet-designed AK-47, were seized because their export permit listed the shipment as hunting rifles.The automatic weapons were being shipped in containers \u201cbelonging to Montreal-based Century International Arms Ltd., Radio-Canada said in the report based on an unidentified source.Century is one of Canada\u2019s largest suppliers of weapons to sporting goods stores, gun collectors and police forces in Canada and the U.S.\u201cNo one is available because we have no comment,\u201d said a woman who answered the phone at the company Thursday.A painting of the HMCS Iroquois which was on the cover of the Christmas card Dewar sent his parents.\u201cWhen he\u2019s been in the service as long as this, it\u2019s just another job.\u201d EXPLOSIVE \u201cThis is the first time he\u2019s anywhere where there could be an explosive situtation,\u201d she said in an interview.\u201cBut they're out on the water.\u201d Frances and her husband Roland have another son to worry about as well.Brent Dewar is in Russia working on rejuvenating oil wells.undeniable,\u201d she said.Her brother, Eric Mailloux wrote the theme song for the program.Mailloux pointed him out as an example of what staying in school can mean.\u201cHe has always dreamed of being a musician.He stayed in school and is now musician and composer,\u201d \u201cHe got a good base in life,\u201d she said.\u201cSchool gave him that base.\u201d Joseph T.\u2018Joe\u2019 Scott, owner of four local McDonald's restaurants, is also sponsoring the drug-awareness project.Scott spokesman José Longpré spoke of the company\u2019s committment to young people.\u201cThis program offers alternatives and responses to their questions.It also aims at keeping kids from dropping out of school.\u201d Longpré said that because many employees of the fast food chain are young, McDonald's is even more concerned about the future of young people.Representatives of the QPF will also work to inform students of the legal consequences of drug use.Simple possession of an illegal substance is still a crime.\u201cThis is a campaign that is oriented toward a theme of posi- tivity for youths,\u201d said Cpl.Michel Brouillard.But the pilot program will not be available in the English- language high schools of the region.Brouillard was unsure if future campaigns will include anglophone institutions.\u201cI can\u2019t tell you if we would have any program next month or in the next six months,\u201d he told reporters.Brouillard said the only way \u201cI stopped worrying about them when one of them picked me up, put me over his head, and passed me to the other one,\u201d said the father, adding that Brent, who was also in the Armed Forces, was on two tours of peacekeeping duty in Cyprus.Both Craig and Brent were edcuated at College Militaire Royale in St-Jean, which the federal government has slated for disappearance.\u201cBad news travels fast,\u201d Craig Dewar said, adding that he heard the new shortly after it was announced.Dewar and the Iroquois are scheduled to leave the Adriatic on April 2 and return to home base in Halifax by April 25.The vessel will be replaced by the HMCS Halifax, one of the new patrol frigates which has just completed its work-up period, Dewar said.anti-drug drive for a similar program to be carried out in English would be to find an English celebrity to speak to students.Brouillard said cultural differences between English- and French-speaking youngsters would make the pro- gram ineffective without an .anglo icon.However he said representati- ' ves of the QPF will visit any ; school in the region where they are asked, to speak to students about drugs and dropping out.- Drugs can kill: Seven teenagers have been hospitalized in \u2018the last month after experimenting with PCP.Car owners more cautious CAA Quebec getting calls SHERBROOKE \u2014 The Canadian Automobile Association responded to more requests for information last year.In 1993 the CAA handled 119,008 requests, mostly for information on the buying and selling of used vehicles.The CAA, which has more than 650,000 members in Quebec, said that the number of requests is up nearly five per cent from 1992.Choosing a garage is also an important problem facing car owners.7274 members of the car club cent.vo asked for a recommendation in 1993.Some 200 garages in Quebec are certified by the CAA.CAA Quebec president Robert Darblenet said that the increased caution of automobile owners \u201cis a growing trend.\u201d Car theft among CAA members increased dramatically in the last year.While in 1992 only 282 club members had their vehicles stolen, 1993 saw that figure jump to 455, an increase of 61.3 per JS gp ur FB TI TT TI TT I IT I Tr I YY TIT 4\u2014The RECORD\u2014Friday, March 4, 1994 The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Editorial To create an accurate picture It seems I offended some readers this week when reporting a graphic description of the sexual assault of a four-year-old girl in Rock Forest.One caller said I didn\u2019t have to be so graphic.I disagree.We all read about such violent acts couched in terms which will not offend the readers.She was \u201cassaulted\u201d.He was \u201cmolested\u201d.But unfortunately such broad terms aren\u2019t enough to create an accurate picture of the horrific experience that little girl and others have suffered.Just what does the antiseptic term sexual assault mean?It is not precise, and can mean anything from fondling someone\u2019s breasts to sodomy.Saying the man stuck his penis in the victim\u2019s mouth and ejaculated is much stronger.Sure, it sends a shudder coursing through the body, but it paints a true picture of a vile, disgusting act which is totally unnacceptable in our society.As long as we read only about \u201csexual assault\u201d and \u201cmolestation\u201d, how can we react to the real horror of what\u2019s happening to some of our children.If we have only a vague idea that a child was fondled it\u2019s easier to accept the fact that many offenders are given minimal jail terms if not suspended sentences.While I'm sorry that the words offended some readers, I hope they woke up others.Sex crime against children is a serious problem in our society and we must act to ensure that the criminals who hurt our children get both the punishment they deserve and the therapy they need.There is no easy way to accurately describe a sexual crime, but let\u2019s stop worrying about words and start fighting the crime.We must not be so afraid of words that we fail to say what we need to say.We must be more offended by the act than by the description.RITA LEGAULT \u2018A skillful man\u2019 Bouchard sparkles on D.C.stage WASHINGTON (CP) \u2014 Lucien Bouchard, the smooth-talking former diplomat, stepped on to the world stage this week.Nowhere in sight was the separatist politician who favors fiery speeches in the House of Commons about Canada\u2019s shortcomings.In a three-day visit to New York and Washington that ended Thursday, Bouchard quietly reassured Americans that an independent Quebec would always remain a cooperative neighbor of the United States.The stroking seemed to have an impact on many people he met.\u201cHe's a skilful man,\u201d said U.S.congressman Robert Torricelli who had breakfast with Bouchard on Wednesday.\u201cIf the continuation of the status quo cannot be maintained, then Mr.Bouchard was offering us the next best thing.\u201d Bouchard presented himself first and foremost as the leader of Canada\u2019s official Opposition, duly elected to represent Quebecers.He was met at the airport in Washington by Canadian Ambassador Raymond Chrétien and was whisked to his meetings in official limousines.CP News Analysis By Linda Drouin Although the Bloc Québécois paid Bouchard\u2019s personal expenses during the trip, the embassy helped organize meetings, sent along aides to smooth the way, and laid out a dinner for 20 that included smoked salmon, filet of beef and wild rice.Bouchard kept his message simple and repetitive: @ He was not out to sell Quebec independence to the Americans, just bring them up to date on what's bappening in Canada.© The Bloc would always play be the rules.Any decision on Quebec independence would be democratic and made with the full participation of Quebecers and Canadians.@ An independent Quebec would continue to support free trade in North America and would want to be included in national security alliances.To reinforce his image as the official Opposition, Bouchard said his meetings consisted mainly of talk on international issues such as Bosnia, the Middle East and Haiti.The delicate question of his party\u2019s push for Quebec independence was always last on the agenda.\u201cHe behaved like the leader of the Opposition,\u201d a State Department official said after a meeting at which the sale of Canadian grain to the U.S., Great Lakes pollution and marketing boards were discussed.A few years ago, the spectre of Quebec independence would have raised more concern among American politicians.What has changed, several of them said, is that Bouchard is presenting a credible picture of an independent Quebec.\u201cQuebec has developed a very strong internal economy,\u201d said James Oberstar, a bilingual member of Congress from Minnesota who met Bouchard.\u201cFrench-Canadian businessmen are very self-assured, very competitive.There is less apprehension about a separate Quebec.\u201d It was not all smooth sailing, however.Some tough questions were put to Bouchard after a speech Wednesday to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.One man who heard the speech said Bouchard might not always have such an easy time.\u201cIf you moved toward a situation where separation were much more likely you can be assured there would be tough and focused questions asked,\u201d said Charles Doran of Johns Hopkins University.\u201cI\u2019m not sure that Americans are up to speed yet to ask those questions.\u201d Cat was trapped 6 weeks by quake LOS ANGELES (Reuter) \u2014 A cat trapped by the Los Angeles earthquake has been found alive 41 days and eight lives later.Tiffany, a Persian mix, was found Sunday in an outside storage closet in which she had hidden, terrified, when the 6.8 magnitude quake struck on Jan.17.She became trapped when the door to the closet was shut and locked following the quake.\u201cAll my prayers must have paid off.God does hear you sometimes,\u201d Tiffany\u2019s relieved owner Laurie Booth said Thursday.Booth said she never gave up on finding Tiffany, posting signs in her neighborhood and advertising in a newspaper.But she never expected that while she was frantically searching, Tiffany was just a few metres away, in her neighbors\u2019 storage closet.The cat was discovered when the neighbors went into the closet and saw the shivering feline.Tiffany weighed about 3.5 kilograms when she went into the closet, and was just under two kilograms when she came out.\u201cShe\u2019s nothing but skin and bones.But she\u2019s alive and she\u2019s purring, and she\u2019s on her way to a full recovery,\u201d said veterinarian Sandy Sanford of the Santa Clarita Valley Animal Clinic, where Tiffany was being cared for and fed intravenously.Callers slam Bloc \u2018treason\u2019 Chrétien well-received out West By Larry Welsh EDMONTON (CP) \u2014 A meeting between Alberta\u2019s budget-slashing premier and Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, the cautious deficit trimmer, generated more compliments than sparks Thursday.But callers to an open-line radio show provided their own fireworks, accusing Chrétien of going soft on government spending and demanding he confront \u201ctreasonous acts\u201d by Bloc Québécois Leader Lucien Bouchard.Two callers said they were outraged that Bouchard made a pitch for Quebec separatism in, the United States with help from Canadian.Embassy officials.The embassy hosted a reception in Washington for Bouchard and lent him administrative support during a two-day trip this week.\u201cWhy are you not taking actions against treasonous acts being spoken out by the Bloc Québécois leader,\u201d asked one caller.\u201cThey are laughing at us as a country.Here we have the leader of the official Opposition promoting the breakup of a country.\u201d The prime minister said again he was glad Bouchard talked about separation.\u201cThat\u2019s great because when you have a vote on separation (the Bloc Québécois) know they are clobbered.\u201d Chrétien is enjoying large crowds and warm receptions at campaign- style events during a three-day swing through the West to sell the Liberal government\u2019s first budget.= Even the prickly caller upset \u201c*about\u201d Bouchérd said \u2018the \"prime minister is doing a good job.\u201cOther than that, you're doing great.\u201d Alberta Premier Ralph Klein, a Tory who has criticized the federal budget as too timid in attacking the deficit, said little critical after a 45-minute meeting with Chrétien.\u201cIf Mr.Chrétien achieves what he said he is going to achieve by the end of the day, then he'll probably get his contract renewed.And if I do it, then I'll probably get mine renewed too,\u201d said Klein.In its budget, the Alberta government slashed spending by nearly $1 billion in a bid to balance the books by 1997.\u201cHe\u2019s running his own show and I have to run my own,\u201d Chrétien said.\u201cWe can agree to disagree on some things without having a fight.\u201d Chrétien\u2019s trip to Winnipeg, Edmonton and Saskatoon today avoids the heart of Reform country in southern Alberta and British Columbia.- In Calgary, Reform Leader Preston Manning said Chrétien doesn\u2019t understand the magnitude of Canada\u2019s deficit problems and there\u2019s no alternative to massive spending cuts.\u201cIt\u2019s like the captain of the Titanic doesn\u2019t believe in icebergs and Today in history Mar.4, 1994 Bertha Wilson became the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada 12 years ago today \u2014 in 1982.Wilson, who had sat on the Ontario Court of Appeal since 1975, was known for her humane and imaginative decisions.Although the government was under pressure to name a woman to the court, Jean Chretien, who was justice minister, said Wilson was chosen because \u2018\u2018she was a very able judge and not because she was a woman.\u201d Also on this day in: 1870 \u2014 Thomas Scott was executed with Louis Riel\u2019s approval at Fort Garry, present-day Winnipeg.1930 \u2014 Prime Minister Mackenzie King introduced a bill, later passed, prohibiting the export of liquor to the United States from Canada.March 5, 1994 1844 \u2014 The first issue of the Globe, edited and published by George Brown, appeared in Toronto.1910 \u2014 An avalanche at Rogers Pass, B.C, killed 62 railway workers.1953 \u2014 Josef Stalin died after ruling the Soviet Union for almost 30 years.March 6, 1994 1880 \u2014 The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts was founded by Gov.Gen.Marquis of Lorne, Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell.J Nw S ECG QUALIFYING PROCESS fay \\= Nh -\u2014 RRR \\ NA NN N AN N Ne SN = De dt 7, QD N N U Ghost resort at heart of UN plan 2 2.I SNS] S Sie GiHhaoAOI4.UE T1 that's bad news for the passengers.\u201d Radio host Ron Collister and some of his callers suggested Chrétien should cut extravagant spending at Canadian embassies, on lavish receptions for the former governor of the Bank of Canada and VIP flights for the Governor General.The prime minister offered little defence after the Bank of Canada spent almost $30,000 to honor John Crow at seven functions before his term as governor expired Jan.31.\u201cI don\u2019t think that it was needed to spend that much,\u201d Chrétien said in his first open-line radio-show-yy since becoming prime minister.4 But he did stick up for Gov.Gen.Ray Hnatyshyn, who used a government Challenger jet to fly to Arizona for vacation, back to Ottawa to open Parliament and then back to Arizona to resume his holiday.Chrétien said he needed the plane for security reasons.Another caller urged the government spend less on Canadian embassy buildings and posh homes for ambassadors around the world.But Chrétien said Canada needed to keep up appearances in the international community.\u201cWhen you do business with another country.you don\u2019t come on a bicycle and (live) in a shack.\u201d Chrétien said making deep spending cuts like those advocated by the Reform party and Klein would throw more people on unemployment insurance and welfare.\u201cIt\u2019s very nice to say cut, cut, cut.But when you do it you create more unemployment and you can create a recession,\u201d Chrétien said on the open-line show.Tough provincial budgets that lay off people put a drain on Canada\u2019s social safety net, he argued.\u201cIf you put everybody on welfare, you know you don\u2019t have any more revenue, you just have payouts.\u201d Key moment for future.of Cyprus By Lisa Schlein NICOSIA, Cyprus (CP) \u2014 Entering the beach resort of Varosha is like stumbling on to the set of a science fiction movie.Buildings stand empty, abandoned cars line deserted streets, a rusting crane hangs over an unfinished highrise building.Twenty years ago, all human activity came to sudden end when the Greek Cypriot inhabitants of this once bustling community fled from the advancing Turkish army.A visitor to Varosha feels caught in a time warp.The resort is like a video pause frame waiting to be released so that it can spring back into action.A 20-year-old menu hangs outside a restaurant beckoning hungry customers to come in and enjoy a meal.Only the shattered window panes and flaking door fronts show something is amiss in Elsie\u2019s boutique and the Edelweis Cafe.Varosha, a fenced off part of the port city of Famagusta in northern Cyprus, demonstrates the physical and psychological damage which has been done to the Greek and Turkish communities.Peace talks throughout the years have failed to reunite Cyprus, which has been unofficially partitioned since Turkey invaded and occupied the northern third of the island in 1974.A 180-kilometre UN buffer zone divides the two communities.But a new UN initiative, under the guidance of former prime minister Joe Clark, is now underway and Varosha is one of two key elements contained within a package of 14 confidence building proposals.The measures envision rebuilding and reopening Varosha as a tourist resort under UN control.Greek-Cypriots would be allowed to reclaim lost land, and the UN believes Varosha would create economic opportunities for both Greeks and Turks which, it hopes, would bring the two communities closer together through trade and social contacts.The package also includes provisions for rehabilitating Nicosia International Airport which has been closed since the Turkish invasion.Clark, special UN envoy to Cyprus, estimates the new proposal would inject $85 million Cdn a year into the island\u2019s economy through tourism, and create 9,000 new jobs.\u201cThese measures have value only if they lead to basic agreements,\u201d Clark said.\u201cThe largest obstacle we faced in getting movement on the Cyprus problem is that it hasn't been seen as urgent enough.\u201d Although tensions are rife between the two communities, life on the island is generally peaceful.\u201cIt would be the ideal if the United Nations could help solve problems before they became hot again,\u201d Clark said.Despite many misgivings and deep seated feelings of distrust expressed by both sides, the talks \u2014 which began Feb.17 \u2014 have generated a quiet sense of hope.Greek-Cypriot Foreign Minister Alexos Michaelides said the act of implementing the measures would \u201ccreate the momentum for a solution to the problem.\u201d Rauf Denktash, the Turkish- Cypriot leader, said: \u201cI'm always concerned of being a pessimist or drawing a dark picture of the events.\u201d However, there is still opposition.Kenan Atakol, leader of the Turkish-Cypriot National Unity party, said the package will help his people.\u201cThe Cyprus problem should be treated as an integrated whole.It should not be taken in bits and pieces,\u201d he said.The UN wants to reach an agreement by the end of March.\u201cNo one is trying to set an artificial deadline one way or another,\u201d Clark said.\u201cBut, it\u2019s important that everyone understands the need to resolve this quickly.We cannot have things drag out.The two month period should be taken very seriously.\u201d A tram.A NAMIE - ue Coe Ae Non are es gs Families were torn apart South Africa: Two women\u2019s stories of pain By Stephen Thorne HOEDSPRUIT, South Africa (CP) \u2014 This is a tale of two women \u2014 one white, one black.They've both endured epic hardship.They both face uncertain futures as South Africa moves toward its first black majority government.Alena Sussens is 62.Kgomotso Ramotse is 21.World war ripped Sussens from her home in Poland in 1940.She was taken to work camps in Siberia, then to refugee camps in Iran, where revolution forced her on to Africa.She settled there \u2014 only to be repeatedly uprooted in Still 60.00 the decolonialization of three countries.Ramotse\u2019s Tswana parents were ripped from their home, too.Apartheid forced them from their rural roots to Sophiatown, outside Johannesburg.It was declared an Afrikaner suburb.Their homes were razed and blacks like the Ramotses were moved to Soweto.At age nine, Sussens was separated from her father, a judge.She wouldn\u2019t see him again for 13 years.At age 13, Ramotse met her father for the first time when he returned from exile in South Africa\u2019s notorious Robben Island prison, a \u201chero\u201d of the military wing of the African National Congress.Sussens recalled the shock of her father\u2019s disappearance, being shut inside a cattle truck for 30 days, and the cold emptiness of a Siberian winter.Ramotse recalled the terror of midnight visits from South African police.Sussens lives with her husband Lolly and their grown family on a sprawling 5,000-hectare game reserve they built from virtually nothing.Ramotse can\u2019t find work and said she will never marry.She lives with her mother, a nurse, and her 2%; -year-old daughter in a fine brick home on a small patch of land at one end of her sprawling township.Sussens has survived drought, fires and some financially lean years.Ramotse has survived unemployment, violence, and the suicide of her father, who hanged himself when he didn't realize the promise of a better life.Ramotse is bitter.Sussens is determined.Both are looking to the African National Congress for answers.The RECORD\u2014Friday, March 4, 1994\u20145 Ramotse said change will take many years.She will not vote in the country\u2019s first all-race election in April.It\u2019s her form of protest.\u201cMy father was gone for a long time,\u201d she said, her face at once expressing pride and sorrow.\u201cHe passed away, and the ANC never said a thing.\u201cThey never came here.They never supported us, morally or financially.\u201d Sussens has seen black independence throughout much of Africa deteriorate, resulting in violence and hunger.She has started over many times and she \u2018\u2019ll kill every nigger, every Jew, every Klan lives on in U.S.By David Pugliese Ottawa Citizen PULASKI, Tenn.(CP) \u2014 The Ku Klux Klan banners and Nazi flags were hoisted and the blacks in this small southern town knew it was time to get off the streets.Two hundred white supremacists poured into Pulaski\u2019s main square, chanting; \u201cNigger, nigger, nigger, out, out, out.\u201d A flag bearing the Star of David was burned.Klansmen talked about executing nonwhites and Jews in the streets.Heavily outnumbered police discreetly kept their distance this January day.No one was about to challenge the Klan in its annual demonstration against Martin Luther King Day.Pulaski, 115 kilometres south of Nashville, was the birthplace of the original Ku Klux Klan in 1866.Modern Klan factions evolved from a second movement organized in 1915.The marchers here aren't the white supremacists who appear oat people in camps Vietnam refugee says By Jacques Miller Ottawa Citizen OTTAWA (CP) \u2014 Nineteen years after the fall of Saigon, the world has decided the boat people crisis is over.The miserable flood of refugees that was a legacy of the Vietnam war has slowed to a trickle.There are still about 60,000 Vietnamese in refugee camps in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand and the Philippines.But the international community sent them a strong message recently: Go home.A conference of 31 countries meeting in Geneva agreed in February that Vietnamese boat people should no longer get special treatment.Conditions are improving in Vietnam, says Sadako Ogata, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.The United States has lifted the trade embargo on its former enemy.Ogata says most of the remaining refugees are economic migrants and can safely return home.She hopes to have the camps cleared out by 1995.But that assessment is fiercely disputed by boat people who fear they will be persecuted if sent back.Ogata may call it the closing of a chapter in world history.But people like Tuan Nguyen of Ottawa would dispute that.Nguyen\u2019s brother Khanh and his family have been stuck in a Hong Kong refugee camp since 1988.Tuan fears his older brother will be shipped back to Vietnam and imprisoned or harassed.Both Tuan and Khanh were imprisoned in Vietnam for taking part in anti-government protests and trying to escape the country.Tuan\u2019s broad, open face doesn\u2019t flinch as he describes his treatment during 11 years of Signing bonus and lots of jobs Canadian nurses find By Hilary Stead Guelph Mercury SAN ANTOMIO, Tex.(CP) \u2014 Ask a Texan why so many Canadian nurses accept job offers from Texas hospitals and you'll likely be told it's because everyone wants to live and work in the United States, Canadian nurses included.Someone else might suggest ts because they would rather shovel sand than snow.However, many Canadian \u201cmurses \u2014 and recruiters who offer them sign-on bonuses \u2014 will tell you it was the lack of jobs in Canada that drove them south.Susan Brown, 23, of Guelph, Ont., says there was a \u201ctonne of jobs\u201d when she started a three- year nursing program.By the time she and classmate Cherilyn Bower graduated in May 1992, it was a different story.The best offer Brown received was casual part-time work.Bower, 26, worked for two years while a student nurse but was let go after graduation.\u201cYou really felt helpless,\u201d says Bower, describing her job search.She and Brown have just completed their one-year commitment to Santa Rosa Health Care, a six-hospital San Antonio institution that offered them $1,000 sign-on bonuses plus moving costs in 1992.After sharing an apartment for a year, the two women have just moved into their own spacious apartments.A lower cost of living means $450 a month buys a unit that includes a fireplace, a health club on talk shows and say they don\u2019t dislike anyone and all they really want are equal rights for whites.These are the new forces of hatred \u2014 much smaller than days gone by, but more willing to resort to violence.\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen over the last couple of years is the emergence of a more hard-core, more violence-prone racist,\u201d says Angie Lowry, a researcher with KlanWatch, a U.S.group that monitors white supremacist activity.\u201cAnd it doesn\u2019t take too many of these people to create havoc and terrorism.\u201d Hate-related killings are at an all-time high, says KlanWatch.The organization says 30 people were killed in the United States last year simply because of the color of their skin, their sexual orientation or their religion.KlanWatch researchers have also noticed a jump in the number of weapons and explosives police seize from hate groups.The U.S.Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith has repor- imprisonment in North Vietnamese labor camps.He was beaten and forced to work back-breaking days in the fields.Often, the only food available was sweet potatoes and boiled wheat.Nguyen\u2019s composure breaks only when he describes the \u201cself- criticism\u201d meetings each evening.His face crumples and he breaks into sobs.\u201cI tried to fight the system, they crushed me,\u201d he says through a translator.Long into the night, Nguyen was forced to denounce his views and promise to be a friend of the communist revolution.His brother Khanh endured with a hot tub and weight room, a washer and dryer, a microwave, ceiling fans, walk-in closets and a patio or balcony in a complex that has four swimming pools.Starting salaries are lower than in Canada, ($12.40 an hour compared with $16.81) but so are taxes.Like most of the Canadian recruits, Bower and Brown are earning substantially more than they would have in Canada \u2014 if they had been able to find jobs there.They earn much larger shift differentials for working nights ted anti-Semitic incidents increased eight per cent in 1993 over the year before.In January federal marshals had to be sent to Vidor, Tex., to protect black families who had moved into a government-run housing project.Previous black tenants fled after being threatened by Klan members.Days after that, two men were sentenced in Los Angeles for plotting to start a race war by bombing the city\u2019s oldest black church and killing prominent blacks.KlanWatch\u2019s concern about increased violence is echoed by B'nai Brith Canada.In a recent report, the Jewish group said violence in anti-Semitic incidents, including attacks on individuals and property, increased in Canada last year.Jerry Lord of Dawsonville, Ga., is exactly the type of person KlanWatch and B\u2019nai Brith worry about.The Grand Dragon of the Rebel Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a hate machine and he\u2019s has heard Nelson Mandela speak of expropriation and nationalization.\u201cWe have to be positive, because there is no where we can go,\u201d she said, her tone at first resolute, then resigned.\u201cBut there is doubt in our hearts.\u201cI'm prepared for it.We worked so hard.We have to fight for this.\u201d The lines in South Africa's struggle toward democracy are not clearly drawn.It is not all black and white.Stephen Thorne is a Canadian Press writer on assignment in South Africa.foreigner\u2019 South proud of it.\u201cIf a race war ever breaks out, I'll kill every nigger, every Jew, every foreigner that I see,\u201d says Lord.\u201cIf they're Mexicans, Puer- to Ricans, Haitians \u2014 yes sir, I will kill them.I'll instruct all my members to do the same.\u201d Lord spent five years in prison for killing a Puerto Rican man who attacked him while he was in his Klan robes.After a Jewish temple in Atlanta received bomb threats, police arrested Lord and he spent two years in jail for possession of explosives.Lord considers himself hardcore Klan, \u201cnot one of these people you see on these talk shows saying they don\u2019t hate anybody.Well, I hate.I despise.I wonder if these people on TV ever took the same Klan oath that I did.\u201d Lord\u2019s father was a Klansman.His wife, daughter and son-in- law are all active in the KKK.His three-month-old granddaughter already has her own set of Klan robes.others need sanctuary similar treatment during 6% years cess is unfair and corrupt.in prison.The brothers finally escaped Vietnam by boat in 1988, arriving at Hong Kong refugee camps within months of each other.That's where their lives diverged.Hong Kong officials decided Tuan, now 43, was a genuine refugee fleeing political persecution.He was accepted by Canada in 1991 and now lives in an Ottawa apartment with his wife and two children.His brother Khanh, officials decided, was not a refugee and should be sent back.Refugee advocates say the screening pro- Texas grass 1s and weekends and they didn't have to wait three years, as Canadian nurses do, to receive their first raise.They are enjoying living in an area where there are major festivals practically every month, such as rodeo and fiestas.Several times they have made the trip to Dallas, where they shared a beer with some Toronto Blue Jays after a baseball game in nearby Arlington.And they are gaining experience in coveted intensive-care positions that they would have wai- Many of the people in camps would rather die than go home, says Linda Diep Tran of the U.S.organization Boat People S.O.S., a non-profit group that lobbies on behalf of boat people.The UN refugees commission admits there were problems with screening but says the system is now fair.Ogata estimates only about 8.000 of the 60,000 Vietnamese remaining in camps are genuine political refugees who need to be resettled in the West.The rest, she maintains, are economic migrants.greener ted years for in Canada.The two Canadians are among hundreds who, in the past few years, have accounted for about 20 per cent of new nurses approved to work in Texas.In the 1992 fiscal year, 983 of 5,052 endorsements were for nurses from Canada, says Mark Majek, director of licensing for the Texas Board of Nurse Exami- - ners.In 1993, Canadians accounted for 1,139 of 5,777 approved.Majek expects the numbers will be the same or slightly higher this year.© % SOCIÉTÉ DE L'ASSURANCE AUTOMOBILE DU QUÉBEC me 6\u2014The RECORD\u2014Friday, March 4, 1994 Living Becord Quitting smoking: easy for some, hard for others By Felicity Munn The Canadian Press Seven million Canadians have quit smoking in the last 20 years \u2014 and they probably found seven million ways of doing it.Nancy Wills tried just about everything, including acupuncture and hypnosis, before opting for the nicotine patch.\u201cWith the patch your body is still getting nicotine \u2014 you just have to lose the habit,\u201d says Wills, who lives and works in Hamilton, Ont., and stubbed out her last cigarette in November 1992.\u201cAnd that was a bit difficult at first.But I cut out my coffee and found that if I just went day by day, I was OK.\u201d Vancouver-based writer Hal Quinn quit on a bet \u2014 his five- year-old daughter promised she would stop sucking her thumb if he quit smoking., He cut down with the help of Lifesigns, an electronic stop- smoking aid, before stopping altogether during a bout af pneumonia.NO MORE FUN \u201c[ haven*t had any fun or a train of thought since,\u201d he jokes two years later.\u201cAnd what really bugs me to this day is my daughter welshed on the bet.\u201cI said to her, What about the thumb thing?\u2019 And she said, \u20181 lied about that part.\u201d Toronto lawyer Bill King quit by aversion therapy \u2014 self- administered and inadvertent.* He had gradually weaned himself down to 10 cigarettes a day from 50 \u2014 but then New Year's Eve rolled around, his will power evaporated and he ended up smoking more than a pack.He woke the next day, he says, feeling dreadful.\u201cBecause my body had been weaned down to such a small How foolish not to Dear Ann Landers: You recently printed a letter from a woman whose nephew was killed in a car accident because he didn't buckle his seat belt.Last April, on the day school let out for spring break, I was in the passenger seat of a truck when we crashed into another truck.I was not wearing my seat belt.You don't realize how lucky you are until you've had a piece of glass taken out of your eye and you can still see.When I looked at that mangled truck, I wondered how I ever got out alive.After spending four hours in the hospital, I came home with a miserable-looking swollen face.I've had a lot of plastic surgery, but it is now almost a year later, and there is still glass in my face and several scars to remind me how foolish I was not to buckle up.\" To all teen-agers who think, \"It can't happen to me,\" please remember this letter, and vow to use your seat belt every time you get into a car.- OCALA, FLA.DEAR OCALA: Thank you for a convincing testimonial.Here's another one: Dear Ann Landers: I had to write to you after reading the letter from \"A Grieving Aunt in Kenosha, GARFIELD: ©1978 United Feature Syndicate, Inc school TTT EE Ty DT Tr Re Sr re nes ee, Fer more program call us.9 eo we brace Sherbrooke (ETSB) Rita Legault - 569-6345.Wis.,\" whose nephew was killed in a car accident.Ann Landers Exactly one week before this letter was published, my teen-age son, who is in the military, was coming home for the weekend when he had an accident.He was in the passing lane, and his tire went off the side of the road.My son was not an experienced driver, and his first instinct was to turn the wheel sharply.The car went completely across the road and flipped over.Although the car was totaled, there was a happy ending.He had his seat belt on, and his only injuries were a few scratches and a bump on the head.The state police told us that if he hadn't been wearing his seat belt, he surely would have gone through the windshield and probably would have been killed.Ann, if this letter saves just one life, it will be worth the time it took to write it.Please, whether you are a teen-ager, middle-aged or a senior citizen, when you get into a vehicle, WE'RE Celebrate Diversity! Celebrate Newspaper in Education Week, March 7-11, 1994 Your newspaper can help you learn about and appreciate the differences and similarities among all people, beginning with those right in your classroom and in your neighborhood.This year the Record has become a partner in education by visiting local elementary and high students to talk to them about newspapers and by helping teachers develop the paper as a teaching tool.information about The Record's NIE Knowlton (Bedford) Sharon McCully - 243-0088.\u2018Your Differenc BIG FORRY FAMILY! amount, it was like nicotine poisoning.I was a very sick puppy.\u201cI didn\u2019t want to smoke.I COULDN'T smoke.\u201d Doctors say nicotine addiction is as difficult to kick as addiction to heroin, cocaine or alcohol.STIMULATE AND RELAX Nicotine manages to stimulate and relax the user at the same time.Moreover, addiction changes brain chemistry, says Dr.Pierre Ernst, director of the respiratory epidemiology unit at McGill University in Montreal.\u201cThat's why addiction is so hard to get rid of \u2014 you have to reconvert the chemistry to what it used to be.\u201cThe process is associated with a lot of unhappiness, of not feeling well physically and emotionally.\u201d Some lucky people find it fairly easy to quit.But many former smokers say it\u2019s extremely tough \u2014 not just physically, but buckle up buckle up before you do anything else.Our state just made it mandatory.I believe this should be the law everywhere.- MOTHER OF TWO IN WEST VIRGINIA DEAR W.VA.: I agree.It's been the law in Illinois since 1988.I will never forget the words of a highway patrol officer who said, \"I've never unbuckled a dead man.\u201d Dear Ann Landers: My brother, who was 82, recently died.T was very close to \"Edward,\" and although he wasn't much of a scholar, he worked hard all his life, was a good family man and had excellent character.I can't understand why his wife told the minister that Edward had a favorite Walt Whitman poem, which was read at the service.I'm sure my brother never knew who Walt Whitman was.When I asked his wife about this later, she said, \"I wanted him to look smart.\u201d There was no need to lie, Ann.She could have left out the poetry, and Edward would have looked just as good.Why do people feel the need to do this?I hated the pretense, and my brother would have hated it even more.- LOVING SISTER IN JACKSONVILLE, FLA.DEAR LOVING SIS: Don't be so hard on Edward's wife.She meant well, and no harm was done.Hh ++ TUE JOST ONE psychologically.\u201cYou feel as if you've lost your best friend,\u201d says Sylvie Lavoie, a Toronto business consultant who stopped smoking four years ago.King agrees: \u201cYou lose the thing that helped you through all your stressful times.\u201d Physical withdrawal symptoms can include everything from irritability and sleepiness to dizziness and an inability to concentrate.BAD MOOD As Ernst, himself an ex- smoker, puts it: \u201cThe craving (for a cigarette) puts you in a bad mood.\u201d Several stop-smoking aids are available to take the edge off nicotine fits \u2014 but none is a magic bullet.And getting through physical withdrawal is only half the battle.Overcoming the psychological and behavioral aspects of smoking can be equally difficult.In fact, researchers say it takes at least three months for smokers to feel comfortable as non-smokers, long after physical withdrawal is over.To quit, smokers need to recognize all the things that trigger the urge to smoke and find alternative behaviors, from going for a walk to doodling to deep- breathing exercises.Lavoie, for example, took to turning plastic straws inside out, Sey Sherbrooke Hospital Ladies Auxiliary hold Marché day meeting and plan for Au Bon The February breakfast meeting of the Sherbrooke Hospital Ladies\u2019 Auxiliary took place in the Norton Residence and was highlighted by a demonstration of Club Connexion products.The usual early morning menu had a special gourmet flair on this occasion, courtesy of the new food distributor of vacuum-packed delicacies, as chicken nuggets and lemon-flavoured meat appetizers were sampled by the members.Frank Baril, representing this newly opened company in Sherbrooke described his firm\u2019s wide selection of savoury meals that are prepared and ready for delivery to the customers\u2019 own dinner table.A short question period ensued regarding this particular service, after which Mrs.Ryder Clarke thanked him and his assistant, Jacques Biron for their informative presentation.Madame President opened the business session by introducing a new member, Sylvia Robert and addressed a special welcome to Mrs.Helen Labrecque, President of the Lennoxville Wing, who reminded the meeting of their Penny Sale, scheduled for May 6 in St.George's Church and also invited the Sherbrooke Auxiliary to their next meeting.Routine business then follo- Men\u2019s Wear \u2014 Left to right \u2014 Annie Gingues of Au Bon a finicky process that kept her hands occupied for hours at a time.\u201cI got two packages of 500 straws and I took them everywhere for the first few months.\u201d To begin unlearning their smoking habits, and to prepare psychologically, some people set a target \u201cquit day\u201d and gradually cut down before the day arrives.COLD TURKEY Others find it best to quit cold turkey.The Addiction Research Foundation says no one strategy is better than another, since it\u2019s such an individual matter.Quitting slows the metabolism and a weight gain of up to five pounds is usual with no change in diet or exercise habits.Quitters who balloon are substituting food for cigarettes, says Ernst.Exercise, even if just a half- hour walk every day, is the best substitute, he says.\u201cIt'll control your weight.And it'll improve your mood and overall sense of well-being and calm your nerves a little.\u201d Smokers are often told they'll feel physically better after quitting.But some ex-smokers, particularly those quitting after 20 or more years, say they feel the same \u2014 Or worse, in some cases.Ernst says they may have waited too long to quit, causing irreversible damage, or they may RR Women\u2019s Wear have a health problem unrelated to smoking.\u201cThe benefits of quitting are extraordinary,\u201d he insists.\u201cThere is nothing you can do that will benefit your health more.\u201d Half of all living North Americans who ever smoked have successfully quit, the Addiction Research Foundation says.Statistics Canada says 26 per cent of Canadians aged 15 and up smoked daily in 1991, down from 41 per cent in 1966.\u201cWhat I always tell people,\u201d says Les McDonald, director of health education at the Lung Association of Canada, \u201cis there are over seven million Canadians aged 15 and over who have quit smoking since the early 70s.\u201cSo it certainly can be done.\u201d Environmentalists Start Here Be a part of Canada\u2019s original green movement \u2014 with kids.poele SCOUTS CANADA Es ES A sah 24 Gas > ae ets ss \u2014 Left to right \u2014 Annie Gingues of Au | Bon Marché, Sarah Corrigan of the L.A., Pat Duprés, L.A.and Auxiliary President, Ryder Clarke.wed: Minutes of the November meeting by Serafina Gagliardi, a fis Marché, Mrs.Ryder Clarke, L.A.President, Mrs.Sarah Corrigan and Mrs.Pat Duprés of the Auxiliary.Je ns ms Do you feel lonely?Maybe the Réseau d\u2019Ami(e)s can help you: * Friendly visits * Comforting phone calls * Escort-transport for and received by Sandra Passmo- re and treasurer\u2019s report by Elaine Greer.At this point the treasurer mentioned a request from the Palliative Care Department for a donation to cover the cost of booklets entitled \u2018Dealing with Death and Dying\u2019 and it was decided to fund this project.Carol McKinley, Co-ordinator of volunteers announced that the Flower Exchange, \u2018Just because you are special\u2019 in connection with Valentine\u2019s Day was being repeated again this year, with proceeds going towards volunteer services.She also spoke about a raffle organized by Bob Gaumont, proceeds of which will be spent on comforts for Prolonged Care Unit.On behalf of the Steering Committee, Mrs.Clarke reported that a special meeting had been called recently at which time it was decided to buy two blood pressure machines, a tub lift and mattress for PCU and clocks for the Third Floor.Upcoming events were then discussed, mainly the Sherbrooke Hospital Day at Au Bon Marché and several members proffered their services as sales ladies for that occasion.the elderly in need of medical treatments (minimum cost) Before adjournment, Madame President reminded the meeting of \u2018Daffodil Day\u2019 on Thursday, April 7 in the hospital lobby and again asked for volunteers to help out in this fund raiser for the Réseau d\u2019Ami(e)s de Sherbrooke Call us.et des Environs Inc.Cancer Association.903 Conseil St, Sherbrooke, Que.JIG 1L6 562-2494 Helen Fitzgerald - Publicity Secretary ba | Farm and Business The RECORD\u2014Friday, March 4, 1994\u20147 Becord By Raymond Chabot and Louise Morin Since 1993, a number of tax measures relating to families have undergone major changes, namely measures pertaining to common-law spouses and the child tax benefit.As of the 1993 taxation year, common-law spouses are subject to the same provisions as married spouses.An individual\u2019s common-law spouse is defined as a person of the opposite sex with whom the individual has been cohabita- ting in a conjugal relationship for at least 12 months or where both the natural or adoptive parents of a child.Therefore, by taking certain conditions into account, it is possible for a taxpayer to claim a personal tax credit in respect of this \u201cnew\u201d spouse while at the same time becoming ineligible to claim an equivalent-to- married credit in respect of one of his or her dependent children.As of January 1, 1993, the federal child tax benefit program, under which monthly payments are made on behalf of children under 18 years of age, replaces the family allowance program, the child tax credit and the credit for dependent children.These tax-exempt benefits are paid to the person who is primarily responsible for caring for and educating the child and are calculated based on the family\u2019s income, the number of children and their age.The recipient of the benefit must be a Canadian resident and must live with the child.The Québec government continues to pay tax-exempt family and newborn allowances.Québec taxpayers can also Bi | MARTIN, PARÉ RAYMOND, CHABÔT, Tax laws for spouse, kids receive a special credit for individuals living alone or solely with dependent children ($210 in 1998).Credits for dependent children and postsecondary education for these children, as well as credits for single-parent families can also serve to reduce income taxes payable.It should be noted that these amounts are paid and all credits are available irrespective of the taxpayer\u2019s earned income.However, the earned income of the children is included in calculating credits for dependent children.À child care expense deduction can be claimed where payments are made to an individual, a day-care centre, a boarding school or day camp in respect of a child under 14 years old or a child who is mentally or physically infirm.For federal purposes, the child care expense deduction must generally be claimed by the parent with the lower net income.For provincial purposes, however, although the maximum deduction is limited by the lowest income, the deduction can be claimed by either parent.The maximum child care expense deduction which can be claimed in 1993, for both federal and provincial purposes, is $5,000 per eligible child under 7 years of age or suffering from a severe and prolonged physical or mental impairment and $3,000 for any other eligible child.In addition to claiming the above-mentioned personal credits and donations, it is important to consult with someone competent in this area to ensure that you have considered all tax benefits relating to your situation.chartered accountants » Broken water pipe By Peter Boisseau TORONTO (CP) \u2014 The pressure finally burst Thursday on the Toronto Stock Exchange, but it had nothing to do with pent up anxiety about declining stock prices.A broken water pipe delayed the TSE opening 30 minutes and raised calls for a backup computer for the country\u2019s largest stock exchange, which on an average day lately has seen about 90 million shares worth about $1 billion traded.\u201cA minute or 30 seconds is a long time, 30 minutes is huge,\u201d said John Lang of the Professional Traders\u2019 Association, adding that an independent trader can lose thousands of dollars in minutes if he can\u2019t respond to stock fluctuations.The delay came after workers discovered flooding on the floor that houses the TSE\u2019s computers, which handle seventy percent of trades on the exchange.A TSE spokeswoman said the damage was minor and the computers were not damaged.While traders dressed in the \u201cJob OffERS The Record and Canada Employment Centres across the Eastern Townships are publicizing job opportunities in the region.Persons who qualify for the job should contact their nearest C.E.C.office or phone Telecentre at 564-5983.2844118-7311 CONSTRUCTION MILLWRIGHT AND WELDING, Granby.$16.54hr, permanent, 40 hrsWweek, midnight to 8 a.m.12th grade, competency card of CWB welding valid, five to 10 yrs.exp.in welding and factory mechanics (maintenance).2844103-7294 PAINTER LABOUR, Granby.$16.54/hr, permanent, 40 hrs\u2018week, variable hours.12th grade, competency card (C) in general maintenance (painting, carpentry), well see its colours.283872-6411TECHNICIAN REPRESENTATIVE, Granby.$500/week guarantee.DCS in marketing or related formation, have vehicule in good condition, knowledge in industry, institution, contractor sales milieu, knowledge in domestic maintenance and bilingual will be assets.2842602-2241 ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN, Valcourt.$16.50hr, permanent, 38 hrsweek, days, evenings, nights.DCS in electronic with electricity licence (C), three to five yrs.exp., succeed usual test.Granby W-27-4214 ANIMATOR (YOUTH WORKER), Valcourt.$300week, temporary, full-time, 26 weeks.Employment Development Program.Must have college diploma in social sciences or high school with related experience, must be a social security claimant.Flaw in debt reduction: Martin over-estimates tax revenues Every housekeeper knows about deficits.They happen when the money coming in is less than the money going out.Or they happen when the money going outis more than the money coming in.Either way, deficits are expensive and should be avoided.The money spent by the federal government in the coming fiscal year, for just about everything from MP\u2019s salaries to roads and bridges, is more than the tax revenues it expects to collect \u2014 $39.7 billion more.The $39.7 billion will have to be borrowed, some of it from Canadians and the balance from foreigners.The new borrowing will raise the net national debt to Manley By John Davidson MONTREAL (CP) \u2014 Canada should have an agreement before July on eliminating interprovin- cial trade barriers which cost the country $6 billion a year, federal Industry Minister John Manley declared Thursday.\u201cI am hopeful we will have a final agreement by June 30 to eliminate those barriers,\u201d Manley told a group of Quebec business leaders.Implementation could take years.Manley gave no details on which trade barriers might go first nor when they all might be eliminated.\u201cOn Feb.14, chief negotiators (from the provinces) received a draft agreement whose effect would be to eliminate or reduce internal barriers in 11 key economic areas.I will discuss the agreement further with my provincial counterparts when I meet with them in Halifax in April.\u201d Manley agreed that interpro- vincial trade is bogged down by hundreds of barriers such as restrictive provincial labor laws and protectionist government floods TSE computer banks brightly colored livery of the large brokerage firms sipped coffee and chatted, independent traders were wearing anxious expressions even after the market opened.One frustrated trader who did not want to be named said the problem could have been avoided if the exchange had a backup computer system.Business Sense By John Meyer within hailing distance of $600 billion.The cost of servicing that debt will be $2.5 billion more than in the current year, at $41 billion.That is about one quarter of all the money the government will spend.It\u2019s $1.3 billion more than the projected deficit.Put another way, as long as the federal government puts out more money than it takes in, it to wipe out trade buying-policies.Just last December, a trade war broke out between the two largest trading provinces in the country, Ontario and Quebec, which affected almost $1 billion worth of goods and services sold between them.In addition, thousands of workers who move back and forth between the regions were shut out of construction jobs.At root were Quebec's labor regulations which effectively prevented Ontario construction workers from coming into the province and Ontario\u2019s threat to pass a bill forbidding Quebec companies from bidding on $600 million worth of public service contracts.Quebec has passed a new construction labor code which opens up the residential housing industry to outside workers.And, just before Christmas, Quebec Trade Minister Gerald Tremblay and his Ontario counterpart Frances Lankin signed an agreement in Hull, Que, which ended the three-month trade embargo.\u201cFor traders like ourselves, who use our own capital, the impact is very serious.We're looking at a very volatile market in the past couple of weeks and a late opening like this can cost us two or three months work.\u201d James Taugher said he was \u201c- handcuffed\u201d when other markets opened ahead of the TSE.will continue to spend more to cover the resulting deficit.The only way it can break the cycle is to reduce its spending.The federal government could have made a meaningful start at breaking the cycle, and by doing so demonstrate it meant business.It didn\u2019t \u2014 for reasons not in the least convincing, particularly in the light of what some provinces are doing.Saskatchewan, earlier, began moving towards a balanced budget by slashing its expenditures.So now has Alberta, followed at the week\u2019s end by New a notable exception \u2014 have learned what the federal government has still to learn: that the cost of overspending rises exponentially.Finance Minister Martin says the federal deficit will be reduced in the coming year by $6 billion, from $45.7 billion to $39.7 billion.At the same time, federal spending will be $3.3 billion higer.It - doesn\u2019t make sense.I think Mr.Martin is making the same mistake as his predecessors: he is over-estimating the tax revenues on which he is 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Sher br lo the g of the Seas ht bac, | ho Vente a es Tourk, along Start pean Alls Tl ERD ec LONDON & D Ne RC MER \u2014\" >\" EES Women\u2019s Institute meetings held around the Townships INVERNESS - The annual meeting of the Inverness Women's Institute was held at the home of Marion Wright.The ladies were invited for dinner and all enjoyed a lovely roast chicken dinner with all the trimmings even plum pudding.After justice had been done to all the goodies, the President called the meeting to order with all repeating the Salute to the Flag and the Mary Stewart Collect.Motto: Not what you give, but what you share.The gift without the giver is bare.Roll call: Payment of dues.: The minutes of the 199 annual meeting were read and adopted.The Treasurer reported a bank balance of $430.44 at the end of the year.The auditors\u2019 report was read and declared the books correct.The election of officers and convenors were read: President, Mildred Robinson; Vice- President, Rev.Linda Robinson; Secretary, Margaret Dempsey; Treasurer, Marion Wright.Convenors: Agriculture, Marion Wright; Canadian Industries, Evelyn Lennon; Citizenship and Legislation, Lois Marshall; Education and Cultural Activities, Rev.Linda Robinson; Home Economics and Health, Jean Wright; International Affairs, Mildred Robinson; Publicity, Margaret Dempsey; Auditors, Margaret Cruikshank and Lois Marshall.The meeting was adjourned by the reading of a poem.FORDYCE - At 1:30 p.mon Wednesday, February 2nd, the members of the Fordyce Branch W.I.held their regular monthly meeting.Mrs.Verna Patterson, president, opened the meeting with the Collect and Salute to the Flag, welcomed the members, especially our guests from the Guide Véronique Rondon and Daniel Turmel o then joined the members in singing Happy Birthday to our February celebrants, Marjorie Carter and Eunice Stowe.After repeating the motto \"Laughter between two is sometimes a closer act of love than any other\u201d.The members answered the Roll Call by naming a person to whom they were sending a valentine.Many members took the names of veterans at St.Anne de Bellevue, supplied by Eunice Stowe.Ms.Véronique Rondon, introduced by Evelyn Lewis spoke about the aims of the Guide in providing an English section in the paper and how it was able to provide a copy to each household soley on its advertisements.Elta Forster exhibited a quilt block, one of the many to be sewn and quilted by the members for a drawing later in the year with the hope that it will be as successful as the one drawn last spring.June Royea reported that the sale of tickets on the crochet bedspread for the benefit of the BMP Hospital was going well.After the reading of the minutes by Secretary Eunice Stowe, correspondence and report of the Treasurer, Gertrude Barrand, read by Beatrice Alger in her absence, the convenors gave their reports: Agriculture: Bernice Thomas, Federal Judge will listen to case re Mr.Gordon Kohl in fight to save bull from slaughter for \"Mad Cow PLAY WINNER! ONE IN THREE CANADIANS IS AT A OF DEVELOPING QUEBEC DIVISION GIVE GENEROUSLY 5151 L\u2019Assomption Blvd., Montreal Quebec, HIT 4A9 \u2014 (514) 255-5151 Disease\" possibility.Canadian Industries: Christine Molenaar, 34 jobs lost through closing of ABB Boiler Plant, Sherbrooke, on happier note, North American gets jump start because of falling dollar.Citizenship and Legislation: Kathleen Paquette, Federal Liberals approved NAFTA, Mr.Johnson replaces Prime Minister Bourassa; Sign law to allow some English on signs.Education and Cultural Activities: Charlotte Dominique, Humorous article by Sharon McCully that Quebec upon separation, will not have to suffer anymore Canadian winters.Home Economics and Health: June Royea, Federal Health Minister, Diane Marleau considers herself average Canadian as part of her program, she later conducted game scrambled letters, when unscrambled were names of pies, won by Evelyn Clarke.International Affairs: Norma Owens showed the new, innovated, attractive stamp with interchangeable circles.Safety: Esther Mason gave many safety tips.Environment: Evelyn Lewis, from rags to riches, Barnston West man recycles clothes.It was decided to celebrate Founder's Day, February 16 with a pot luck luncheon at 12 noon, followed by a social afternoon of cards or bingo.Members to bring one prize.The members were asked to attend the county meeting February 24, beginning at 10 a.m.at Stanbridge East.As Mrs.Reda Lewis relinguished her position as treasurer of the Memorial Fund, Mrs.Gisele McCallum accepted said position.Two letters were signed by the members - one to the Guide thanking them for including an English section in the paper and the other to the Honorable Ralph Goodale asking him and his colleagues to reconsider the order to slaughter Mr.Gordon Kohl's bull on the possibility that it might have \"Mad Cow Disease\".As there was no further business, Verna Patterson thanked the hostesses, Christine Molenaar, Else Syberg and Gladys Dustin.Evelyn Lewis closed the meeting and invited the members to join her in enjoying the refreshments and social hour.AYER'S CLIFF - The regular meeting of the W.I.was held on February 4, in the vestry.The president Mrs.Irene Ride welcomed the members and one guest, Mrs.Kay Elliott.Mrs.Doreen Kennedy was also welcomed as a new member.Roll call was answered by ten members who had brought valentine cookies.The minutes were read and accepted with one correction.Correspondence was several thank-you's from the Ayer's Cliff school committee for the donations to the cafeteria at Christmas, World Food Day, from the Prolonged Care Unit at the Sherbrooke Hospital for cookies, from Maude Chadsey, and a letter from Mr.Leon Dyer asking for help with school trips.Treasurer Mrs.Beverly Schoolcraft gave her report.The three books of the Hardy Boys will be placed in the junior section of the Library.Convenors reports: Agriculture \u2014 Lorraine Harrison told of Mr.Gordon Kohl waiting for a court decision that will decide the fate of his bull which may be a carrier of mad cow disease.Citizenship and Legislation - Aileen Lord.The next guest speaker at the Q.F.A.will be talking about Quebec's new Civil Code, visitors are always welcome.The first female combat pilot was Canadian and from now on, Champlain Campus will be smoke-free.Education \u2014 Dyanne Saanum reported on the happenings at the school, of their trips planned and that the school choir have ben asked to join the Sherbrooke Armadaus Choir in a program by Mozart.Cultural Activities - Irene Ride.All items have been chosen for the competitions.Home-Economics and Health - Muriel Mosher had sent her tip from Florida, to keep milk fresh, keep it in the container and out of the light - keep eggs in their carton and on the shelf as the egg tray is in the warmest part of the refrigerator.Sunshine - Jesse Cass had sent out three birthday cards and will deliver the valentine cookies to the McHarg Home.Environment - Dyanne Saanum.Trees will be available from the Lake Massawippi Water Protection Association in the spring, these will hopefully help to protect the buffer Zones around the lake.It was moved by Audrey Gale that $25.00 be sent to the W.I.office for Founder's Day on February 16.It was agreed to sell daffodils again this year for the Cancer Society.March and April meetings will be heid one week later than usual, March 11 and April 8.The County meeting to be held April 19 in North Hatley.It was agreed that we give $100.00 to the Ayer's Cliff school to help grades 5 and 6 for their trips.The annual convention at Macdonald College to be held May 18 and 19.Members hoped that a bus would be rented again this year so that more members could attend.All members were asked to support the chicken pie dinner for the Hatley W.on February 23.Those wishing how to make granny squares were shown by Aileen Lord and Irene Ride.After the cookies were wrapped, all gathered around the piano with Mrs.Kay Elliott for a sing-song.Lunch was served by the hostesses Irene Ride and Grace Moyle.Jesse Cass was pleasantly surprised when presented with a lighted birthday cake made by Irene.She was serenaded with the Birthday song and best wishes from all present.NORTH HATLEY \u2014 A meeting of the Hatley Centre branch of Q.W.I.was held at the Community Centre, North Hatley on February 1st.This was Home Economics and Health month.Motto: A walk is a vacation that doesn't cost a cent.The President, Bea Card presided and the Collect was repeated.Roll Call was answered by eight members bringing their favourite recipe.Minutes of the January meeting were read by the Secretary, Janet McLellan and approved.It was decided not to impose fines for not wearing pins and that Dulsie Burnell would obtain prices for the various pins for us.Michael Rochette of the CRSSE will be our guest speaker when we host the County meeting on April 19 which will commence at 10 a.m.with the guest speaker at 1:30 p.m.It is hoped that the public will take advantage of the opportunity to hear Mr.Rochette's talk and are invited to join us after lunch.The treasurer, Helen Johnston gave the financial report.Agriculture convenor, Dulsie Burnell reported on the story of the Highland Bull as its owner battles through the courts for a stay of execution.Canadian Industries: Barbara Hansen reported on layoffs in the area.Citizenship and Legislation convenor, Olive Vaughan reported on the 35th Parliament and the ethnic differences in the House reflecting the makeup of Canada.Bea Card told us about the retirement party held for her husband, Garnet who was mayor of the Canton de Hatley for many years.Education and Cultural Activities convenor, Margaret Belec read an article on Jobs and who's getting them.Essays from the Elementary school have been forward to the County for the Provincial competition.International Affairs: Bea Card reported on the Beijing Conference for Women.The A.C.W.W.magazine has been received.Safety: Margaret read an article on sun protective clothing reducing the threat of skin cancer.Environment convenor, Helen informed us on recycling and pick-up in town.Sunshine: Thank-you's received for cheer and from the Connaught Home for Christmas treats.Home and Economics and Health: Margaret reported that charcoal briquets placed in closed closets will remove Legion Ladies WATERLOO \u2014 The regular monthly meeting of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary, Shef- ford Branch 77, Waterloo, was held on Tuesday, February 8 with 11 members present.Opening ceremonies were conducted by the President, Pat Coté and Sgt.-at-Arms, Audrey Blampin.The flags were carried by Lucille Aitken and Toodie McCullough.One verse of O Canada was sung.Correspondence and minutes of the January meeting were read by the secretary, Grace Rainville.Donations were approved for the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Scholarship Fund at Massey Vanier Regional High School.The treasurer, Lillian Bouchard gave her report.The auditor's report of our financial statements for 1993 was given and all found to be in order.The RECORD\u2014Friday, March 4, 1994\u20149 musty odors.A report of the recent meeting of the Community Club was given by Bea.New curtains have been ordered.Next meeting \u2014 March 24.Our annual Rummage and Garage sale will be held on April 30 and May Ist at the Community Centre.Donations Auxiliary Br.77 hold meeting The Auxiliary bought 100 new coffee mugs for our kitchen to replace the chipped and broken ones.All members present signed a get-well card for Carolyn Ledoux who recently underwent surgery.President Pat Coté brought in several bags of wool from the Filtex Co.in Sutton.This will be used to make afghans for the patients at Ste.Anne's for the sale are needed.The draw was won by Dulsie.Barbara Hansen gave an informative talk on First-Aid.Barbara had attended the intensive course given by the CLSC in Lennoxville.The meeting adjourned and a basket lunch was shared.Veterans' Hospital.Plans were made to have a St.Patrick's Day Luncheon on Thursday, March 17.Lunch was served by the © hostesses, Rosa O'Flaherty and \u2018: Grace Rainville.The table was decorated with red candles and Valentine serviettes.Lucky winners of the surprise gifts - were Pat Coté, Ann Harsell, Connie Peacock and Lucille Aitken.Young in Heart meeting GRANBY \u2014 The regular meeting of the Granby Young in Heart was held in the United Church Hall, Wednesday, February 16 at 1:30 p.m.and was opened by President Eleanor Hope who welcomed 40 members.A discussion took place re the Sugar Party.There were five tables of 500, Ist, Jim Gilliland; 2nd, Roland Breault, also five tables of bridge, 1st, Vivian Miller; 2nd, Dusty Miller.Lunch was enjoyed by all.The next regular meeting on March 16 at 1:30 p.m.served and records.payments?You can\u2019t avoid winter; but you can avoid some unpleasant surprises.Join the Equalized Payments Plan today! 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