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[" 5.MAT Tt LEE 40 cents December 20, 1994 Births, deaths .\u2026\u2026\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.7 Classified cc 8 COMICS Loesusecssrsensoncss 9 Editorial .\u2026.\u2026.\u2026\u2026.\u2026.\u2026\u2026ce 4 Farm, Business .5 LIVING s\u2026\u2026\u2026oovovsvsccerencencanees © SPpOrtS serre l1 Townships WEATHER JONNY \u2018It\u2019s not in ve vas ar Sires Gh CRRROOKE 0.ba bes CON) CO C3 * * LUC GAUVREAU-FORTIN CLASS 3N: SHERBROOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL A WINTER DAY Johnson: No truck with \u2018tweedledee and tweedledum\u2019 Federalist boycott could face backfire By Jack Branswell QUEBEC (CP) \u2014 Quebec federalists may find themselves increasingly isolated in their boycott of the province\u2019s sovereignty hearings after the tiny Parti action démocratique has signed on.But Liberal Leader Daniel Johnson denied Monday that the decision by the PAD undermines his attack on the legitimacy of the public hearings to be staged by the Parti government.\u201cWhat we have here is an agreement between (Premier) Jacques Parizeau and Mario Dumont \u2014 the tweedledee and tweedledum of separation here in Québécois Quebec,\u201d Johnson said.The PAD, led by Mario Dumont, supports sovereignty with close economic links to Canada in a European Community-style relationship.It ~ wants the referendum delayed Quebec economy to slow for referendum \u2014 Page 2 the Constitution\u2019 Chrétien: I might ignore a Yes vote in referendum By Jim Brown OTTAWA (CP) \u2014 A majority vote for sovereignty in the Quebec referendum wouldn\u2019t change the fact that it\u2019s illegal and \u201cnon-constitutional\u201d for the province to separate from Canada, says Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.And he suggested Monday that Ottawa wouldn't be compelled to negotiate independence with the Parti Québécois government following such a vote.\u201cIts not in the Constitution,\u201d Chrétien said in a year-end interview taped with the CTV television network for airing tonight.\u201cThat's one of the questions that they will have to answer \u2014 with whom will they negotiate?\u201d Chrétien echoed the views of Justice Minister Allan Rock, who maintained last week that Premier Jacques Parizeau\u2019s proposed path to sovereignty has no constitutional validity.\u201cIf you want to talk legality Quebec to By Pierre April QUEBEC (CP) \u2014 The Quebec government tabled legislation Monday to ensure the application of international trade agreements affecting the province.It is the first province to introduce such a bill.International Affairs Minister Bernard Landry said a decision to proceed rapidly confirms Quebec\u2019s wish \u201cto exercise its constitutional powers fully.\u201d Quebec\u2019s second goal is to \u201c- counterbalance Ottawa\u2019s claim that the federal Parliament can replace the province in making laws to ensure the application of Canada\u2019s international obligations.\u201d Landry recalled at a news conference that a 1937 decision by the Privy Council in London instructed Ottawa that it must receive provincial permission before it acts in areas of their jurisdiction when completing international agreements.\u2018Authority\u2019 is there \u2014 Landry stance on trade deals strengthen \u201cJurisprudence recognizes that only Quebec can legislate in areas of its jurisdiction,\u201d Landry said.\u201cIt therefore has the authority and exclusive responsibility to adapt its laws to international agreements.\u201d The Quebec legislation, known as Bill 51, affects the North American Free Trade Agreement and parallel NAFTA agreements on labor and environmental issues.It also affects the agreement that establishes the International World Trade Organization, successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).With the legislation, the Quebec government wants to demonstrate its desire to participate fully in more liberalized trade.It also wants to be able to name Quebecers to international trade bodies \u201cas often as possible, when Quebec's inte- See TRADE Page 2 \u2018Minute-to-minute crisis management\u2019 to end?and constitutionality, there's nobody who will argue that it is legal and constitutional,\u201d Chrétien agreed.\u201cIt would have to be non- constitutional.That's what Mr.Rock said last week.\u201d Chrétien has noted before \u2014 as have several legal scholars \u2014 that there is no formal provision in the Constitution for any province to leave Confederation.But his latest remarks are the toughest since Parizeau outlined his sovereignty plans earlier this month.The premier wants to pass a law declaring Quebec sovereign, but the law would only take effect if ratified by a referendum next year.Some federalists, including Reform Leader Preston Manning, have been pressing Chrétien to say whethet he considers the process legal.An aide said the prime minister\u2019s remarks Monday shouldn't be seen as a threat to the PQ or a refusal to accept the verdict if the referendum goes against Ottawa.\u201cHe\u2019s just pointing out that the separatists have tried to gloss over a lot of tough questions.\u201d In the wide-ranging interview, Chrétien also indicated: @ He expects to run for a second term.\u201cI don\u2019t know why I should not run.I want to have a good kick at the can.\u201d @ He still wants to replace the GST with a new consumption tax, \u201cnot this budget but the budget after.\u201d That puts the target in early 1996 even though Finance Minister Paul Martin has said there are no deadlines.@® He'll keep an election promise to trim MPs\u2019 lavish pensions but there\u2019s no rush.\u201cIt\u2019s not what youd call a very urgent problem.\u201d An aide said the prime minister\u2019s remarks Monday shouldn\u2019t be seen as a threat to the PQora refusal to accept the verdict if the See CHRETIEN Page 2 until after Quebec has tackled its deficit problems.Dumont is the sole PAD member in the National Assembly, and his party of soft nationalists gained 6.6 per cent of the popular vote in the Sept.12 provincial election.Réjean Pelletier, a Laval University political scientist, said Liberal efforts to discredit the hearings has been made more difficult by Dumont\u2019s move.\u201cIt gives the process alot of credibility with at least one of the opposition parties participating,\u201d he said.vl Two recent polls have suggested that many Quebecers think the Liberals and federalists should take part in the hearings.Louis Balthazar, another Laval political scientist, said Johnson may have made the See JOHNSON Page 2 NA JIGS Wadiitud For more than 20 years, gen ations of pupils, teachers and principals at St.Francis Elementary School in Richmond have used their annual Christmas pageant to collect food for needy families.The dress rehearsal was held on Monday.For more, please turn the page.RECORD: GRANT SIMEON Ag ministers okay new farm-income insurance By Valerie Lawton TORONTO (CP) \u2014 Canada\u2019s agriculture ministers approved the framework Monday for a new farm safety net, which they say will help farmers better plan for the long term.\u201cOur objective is to get away from almost minute-to-minute crisis management in Canadian agriculture,\u201d federal Agriculture Minister Ralph Goodale said after a meeting with his provincial counterparts.© Farmers will be able to put money into an account during HTC ET Gilles Dion good years and make withdrawals when their income drops below a certain level.The optional program is similar to the current Net Income Stabilization Account (NISA).But Ottawa and farmers will contribute more to the plan, which is meant to replace a wide array of existing income support programs beginning as early as next year.Farmers will be able to contribute three per cent of their eligible net sales to the account.The federal government will kick in another two per cent and the pro- Serge Ter HEI CE THE TEAM THAT WANTS TO SERVE YOU AT ANY PRICE! vinces will add one per cent.Under NISA, the federal and provincial governments each contributed one per cent of net sales per farmer, while producers paid two per cent.The new plan puts some responsibility for planning for tough times in the hands of producers, instead of having them rely on government bailouts when disaster strikes, said Goodale.\u201cWe're saying that it is incumbent on farmers to make good solid management decisions in the operations of their own indi- Éd Luc Thivierge Michel Larrivée vidual farms, that\u2019s a fundamental pillar of this whole approach,\u201d he said.Keeping in mind the principle of avoiding short-term funding for a specific purpose, ministers announced that they have rejected a request from pork producers for disaster relief to help them deal with a severe price downturn.\u201cIt is that very ad hocery that we are trying hard to get away from in the future and we are stressing the need to move expeditiously to strengthen the ove- Martin Roy Service Manager = a = Yves Gaudreau Parts Manager 25 years at your service! rail farm safety net in thus country,\u201d said Goodale.Government officials began discussions three years ago on a so-called whole-farm income support program \u2014 one that\u2019s tied to total farm income rather than a specific commodity.Whole farm refers to the concept of tying a program to farm income rather than a specific commodity.Programs not generally available to all farmers could be challenged under international trade laws.Canada also wanted to overhaul farm programs, replacing MAGOG 2200 Sherbrooke St.the wide array of farm income\u2019 support programs with just one.Under the proposal approved Monday, provinces will still be able to set up their own programs and get federal support.« Agriculture ministers also ; ; decided to keep a national crop ; insurance program.: Goodale said officials will work + out details on the new whole- 1 farm program and report back to | the ministers by March 1.The : cost isn\u2019t yet known, he said.He hopes to see the program start in the 1995 taxation year. 2\u2014The RECORD\u2014Tuesday, December 20, 1994 \u2018The government doesn\u2019t create jobs\u2019 \u2014 PQ Quebec economy to slow as referendum approaches By John Davidson MONTREAL (CP) \u2014 Quebec's * \u201ceconomic growth will slow down .4in 1995, a year in which the Parti Québécois government hopes to convince workers and businesses they will be better off outside Canada.That was the gist of a study released Monday by provincial economic analysts led by Industry Minister Daniel Paillé.in 1995: 3 per cent.Canada\u2019s GDP growth in In 1994: 4.2 per cent.* i \u2018 \u2018 \u2018 à 4 In 1994: 4 per cent.Some forecast figures: MONTREAL (CP) \u2014 Quebec is looking at a slowdown in its economic growth in 1995.Here are some forecast figures for next year \u2014 in comparison with Canada and Ontario.@ Quebec's anticipated growth in gross domestic product (GDP) Its growth in 1994: 3.4 per cent.Ontario's GDP growth in 1995: 3.6 per cent.Target increase for new jobs in Que next year: 70,000.JObs created in 1994: 94,000.1995: 3.5 per cent.CHRÉTIEN: Continued from page one referendum goes against Ottawa.\u201cHe\u2019s just pointing out that the separatists have tried to gloss over a lot of tough questions.\u201d In the interview, Chrétien dodged a direct answer on whether he might put aside constitutional technicalities and accept a majority vote for sovereignty as politically binding.\u201cI'm not spending a minute on the hypothetical question of losing (the referendum),\u201d he said.\u201cWe will win it.\u201d .He rejected PQ claims that an independent Quebec would automatically be part of the North American Free Trade Agreement.\u201cIf you want to be part of NAFTA, Canada, Mexico and the United States \u2014 eventually Chile \u2014 will have a veto before you can come in.\u201d Chrétien also repeated past statements that Quebecers coul- dn\u2019t automatically expect dual Canadian citizenship after separation.And if Quebec wanted to keep using the Canadian dollar it would have to accept a made-in- Ottawa monetary policy.\u201cProspects for growth in Quebec in 1995 are encouraging, despite anticipated increases in interest rates,\u201d Paillé told a news conference.Paillé\u2019s economists predict that Quebec\u2019s gross domestic product next year will grow by 3 per cent over this year, down from a growth rate of 3.4 per cent this year.By comparison, most economists expect the whole Canadian economy to grow by 3.5 per cent next year and the rate of productivity in neighbouring Ontario to rise by 3.6 per cent.Paillé was reluctant to compare Quebec's performance with (Canada and other provinces.But he admitted the high rate of unemployment in Quebec is something that seriously concerns the PQ government as it tries to get Quebecers to vote Yes to leaving Canada.The province has had an average unemployment rate of 12.1 per cent this year, compared with a national average of 10.4 per cent.Despite the slowdown in growth, Quebec's pension fund manager, La Caisse de dépôt et placement, predicted last week that the province\u2019s jobless rate will drop to 11.2 per cent next year and to 10.7 per cent in 1996.However, Paillé on Monday would not offer his own unemployment predictions.\u201cThe government doesn\u2019t create jobs \u2014 private industry creates jobs,\u201d Paillé said.\u201cOur objective is to try to get private companies to hustle up with their expansion plans so they will need to hire more people in the coming year.\u201d Paillés economists reported they hope between 60,000 and 70,000 new jobs will be created in 1995 which could bring that Orford, Bertrand elections questioned Defeated PO candidate will soldier on ST-JEROME (CP) \u2014 Parti Québécois vice-president Monique Simard, who was defeated in last September\u2019s provincial election, said Monday she will continue her fight to have the result overturned.\u201cIf at all possible, this legal battle won't end here,\u201d she said after Quebec Court ruled she waited too long to contest the result.\u201cWe're going to continue because this is too serious.\u201d In a unanimous ruling, three judges said Monday they cannot hear Simard\u2019s complaint.They noted that the Quebec Elections Act sets a 30-day limit within which legal complaints must be filed.Simard, who filed her complaint Nov.1, lost by 146 votes in Bertrand riding, north of Montreal.The former union leader and TV current affairs host says her Liberal opponent, Robert The- rien, won because more than 700 Montreal-area residents chose to vote where they owned vacation homes.She alleges that Therien and other Liberals encouraged them to vote where their ballot \u201cwould do the most good,\u201d rather than in west-end Montreal ridings where Liberals were virtually assured of victory.Quebec law states that almost everybody must vote in the riding where their principal residence is located.Simard said she will continue her fight \u2014 although she doesn\u2019t know what form it will take.\u201cWe want to appeal.We don\u2019t want to just leave the matter there.\u201d Louis Demers, Simard\u2019s lawyer, said there was a one-day delay in filing the complaint because court in the district doesn\u2019t sit Monday.Demers said he'll look at the 25-page judgment to see whether there are grounds for appeal.He will also look into the possibility unemployment rate to under 12 per cent in a workforce of 3,000,000 people.In 1994, there were 94,000 new jobs created in the province.In terms of promoting jobs and the economy, Paillé pointed to the PQ government's $300-million business development program over the next two years.The PQ government will guarantee bank loans to start-up businesses for the next two years, a move it estimates will create 10,000 new companies and 30,000 new jobs.of filing a complaint with Pierre- F.C6té, Quebec's chief electoral officer.Coté said in Quebec City on Monday he'll hold independent inquiries into the results in Bertrand and in the Eastern Townships riding of Orford, where Liberal MNA Robert Benoit was reelected.Complaints in Orford are similar to those in Bertrand: cottage- owners voted there rather than in the riding where their principal residences are located.The irregularities have spurred plans for a permanent voters list the PQ government hopes to introduce early next year.JOHNSON: Continued from page one wrong decision.\u201cIt\u2019s becoming difficult for Mr.Johnson to keep fighting the process,\u201d he said.\u201cThere are already TRADE: \u2014 Continued from page one rests are at stake.\u201d Landry said he hopes other provinces will adopt similar legislation.But Quebec isn't seeking to prove anything to the test of Canada \u2014 except perhaps that an independent Quebec would have the right to maintain acquired rights of free trade.\u201cIts pure fantasy to claim that Quebec wouldn't be able to join all international treaties it could reasonably want to join \u2014 Just like the 30 newly sovereign countires that have joined the United Nations in the last 48 months,\u201d Landry said.a lot of people involved.\u201d The final tally of who's in and who's out of the public hearings \u2014 slated to begin early next year \u2014 will be crucial to the PQ and Liberals, Balthazar said.\u201cBut it looks like it\u2019s going in Mr.Parizeau\u2019s direction.\u201d The PAD decided to take part in the 15 regional committee hearings after the PQ agreed the party could argue the case for its own brand of sovereignty.The hearings mark the PQ\u2019s first major step towards its promised referendum in 1995, when - Quebecers will vote on a sovereignty bill that sets out the conditions for separation including continued use of the Canadian dollar.Johnson said the Liberals will stick to their boycott because they haven't been given equal time to argue the merits of federalism.For police eyes only?Quebec wants photo for driver\u2019s licence \u2018QUEBEC (CP) \u2014 Quebec motorists will need a photo on their driver's licence beginning next year, Transport Minister Jacques Léonard said Monday., The permits will still have to be renewed every two years but a new photo will be required only every four years, Léonard said.: Getting the card with the photo will cost Quebecers an additional $8.If the legislation tabled Monday becomes law, Quebec will join most of the other provinces grid the United States in requiting picture identification on driver\u2019s licences.Quebecers now must have their photo on health-insurance cards and the Parti Québécois has also tabled a bill to establish a permanent computerized voting list.But Léonard said the government isn\u2019t infringing on people\u2019s privacy by insisting on photo identification.\u201cThe licence-holder isn\u2019t required to produce it as identification unless a police officer asks for it,\u201d he said.\u201cThat's in the first article of the 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The Townships The RECORD\u2014Tuesday, December 20, 1994\u20143 Hecort One plant will close, but not Sherbrooke\u2019s \u2014 manager Investments indicate future for Ingersoll-Rand plant By Maurice Crossfield SHERBROOKE \u2014 Ingersoll- Rand hasn't yet decided which of its three North American plants will close, but all indications are the future of the Sherbrooke plant is secure.At a press conference Monday plant manager Jean Parenteau announced that the pulp and Grinches hit Roxton home Thieves take Christmas treats but leave turkey in the freezer ROXTON-SUD (CP) \u2014 Thieves have put the bite on the Ross family Christmas this year, making off with their yuletide gifts and 15 meat pies.But they didn\u2019t steal the family\u2019s turkey, which was in the freezer with the tasty traditional Boy was nine boy was strangled.said.Autopsy confirms murder in Magog SHERBROOKE \u2014 An autopsy on the body of a 9-year-old Magog boy which was discovered by police in Magog Friday has revealed the boy died of strangulation.; According to police there were no signs of sexual abuse on Éric Arpin, whose corpse was discovered fully clothed in a pedestrian tunnel under the railway tracks in Magog.Red marks on both sides and the back of his neck indicated the Police went searching for him Friday night after a call from the boy\u2019s mother who became worried when he failed to return home from a chemistry club meeting at the Magog Community Centre.The boy was last seen leaving the centre at about 8:30 p.m.His home was about a 12-minute walk away, said Quebec Police Force Cst.Serge Dubord.The underpass where the body was found several hours later was not on his route home.Provincial police have been investigating the death since Sunday but have no suspects, Dubord said.\u201cHe may have taken a detour or he may have been taken there.\u201d Police were looking for two men who bought a case of beer in a convenience store near the underpass on Friday night, Dubord paper equipment manufacturer will be investing heavily in Sherbrooke, building new administration offices, buying new equipment and demolishing tourtiére pies.\u201cThey\u2019d better not run into me,\u201d Louise Farand said of the burglars, who also took jewelry and personal possessions from her husband Yvan Ross and son Nicolas.\u201cWe're not rich people and a lot of the presents were from my family in the Gaspé for my three- year-old son.\u201d It\u2019s the third robbery in two years for the family in Roxton- Sud, northeast of Granby.Among the toys snatched from under the tree were a Tonka truck, a guitar, a xylophone and some new children\u2019s clothes.There were also some presents for Farand, whose birthday was Saturday.\u201cMy son said, \u2018Papa, I don\u2019t have any more presents,\u201d Ross said.His wife added, \u201cIn my jewel box, there was an envelope with ticket stubs from all the heavy metal concerts I went to at the Montreal Forum.\u201cThey weren\u2019t worth much but they were the apple of my eye.They stole that too.\u201d The family plans to get a trained guard dog.some of its older buildings.Investments include $2.5 million for new offices, which will be connected to the Courcelette St.plant.Another $8.9 million will go towards modernization and aquiring new equipment.The industrial giant which makes heavy machinery has been facing rough times in the last several years.While the Sherbrooke plant employed over 1000 people in the 1960s, it now has only about 250 full-time workers.POSITIVE SIGN \u201cThe intention of the company is to remain here,\u201d said Paren- teau, calling the new investments a \u201csign of longevity.\u201d Parenteau says part of the decision to revive the Sherbrooke plant is timing.While the pulp and paper industry goes through ups and downs, Inger- soll Rand is once again looking forward to a period of prosperity.\u201cThe cycle at this point is definitely looking favorable,\u201d he said.Parenteau says that while decisions still have to be made, area residents should be confident about the future of the Sherbrooke plant.\u201cThe project should help our corporate image and our image in Sherbrooke,\u201d he said.While Sherbrooke mayor Jean Perrault says he hopes the new investment will lead to the creation of more jobs at the plant, Parenteau was more cautious.He says the important thing now is to ensure the future of the existing employees.\u201cThe company is still examining alternatives to stabilize itself,\u201d he said.\u201cBut our employees have proved that they can be productive and profitable here in Sherbrooke.\u201d zz 7 \u2018A sign of Jean Parenteau.longevity.\u2019 Champlain Sea dried up 10,000 years ago Ancient whalebones found in quarry near St-Cesaire ST-CESAIRE (CP) \u2014 Researchers have found two whale vertebrae near this Eastern Townships farming community \u2014 about 300 kilometres away from tidewater.They belonged to a large seagoing mammal that ate plankton and lived in the Champlain Sea which covered much of Southern Quebec and the Ottawa Valley about 10,000 to 12,000 years ago.Michel Di Vergilio, a professor of paleontology at the University of Quebec at Montreal, said laboratory tests on other fossils found here should allow experts to establish a more precise date.\u201cThe Champlain Sea was about the size of Hudson Bay today,\u201d said Di Vergilio.\u201cAt its deepest, it was about 50 metres down.\u201d Jean-Marc Morin, an amateur paleontologist, found a small vertebrae from the tip of the whale\u2019s tail in a local quarry and asked for help from the Quebec and Local community groups oppose Axworthy plan to mend safety net Reforms will hurt students, unemployed say By Nancy Beattie SHERBROOKE \u2014 Students and unemployed workers will be among the hardest hit in propo- A à A Solidarité Populaire Estrie Axworthy reforms affect everyone.spokeswoman Ghyslaine Beaulieu says sed reforms to Canada\u2019s social safety net says a local community umbrella group.Solidarité Populaire Estrie, se inn RECORD PHOTOS/NANCY BEATTIE which regroups 15 community groups which represent over 15,000 local residents, foresees a lack of permanent job creation @ plans, a fourth cut in unemploye- ment benefits since 1991, and the elimination of more than $8 million in transfer payments to provinces for post-secondary education.The group held a press conference Monday to announce its 3 opposition to proposed reforms © announced by federal development minister Lloyd Axworthy\u2019s on October 5.LARGE OPPOSITION \u201cWe are trying to form a large opposition base,\u201d said Ghyslaine Beaulieu, spokeswoman for the % umbrella group which repre- * sents groups ranging from the teacher\u2019s union at the University of Sherbrooke to the development and peace organization and a local employment forum.\u201cI think what we need to see in the Axworthy reforms is that they affect everyone,\u201d Beaulieu said.\u201cThe government isn\u2019t giving any ways to create employment.Programs are created for six months, eight months but afterwards, it all ends.\u201d Robert Bolduc, who works for the local unemployment group Mouvement des chomeurs et chomeuses de I'Estrie, said the unemployed have been hit hard by the federal government over the past three years with reforms in 1991, 1992, and 1994.Each time, he says, benefits for those out of work have been cut.\u201cThe Axworthy reforms create two types of unemployed,\u201d Bolduc explained.\u201cThe good and the bad.\u201d The good are those who occasionally draw unemployment benefits and the bad are people who frequently receive UIC will now be penalized, Bolduc says.NEW LOWER CLASS \u201cIt will create a class within a class.\u201d \u201cThey (the unemployed) have become the scapegoat of Canadian society, of the government,\u201d he added.\u201cWhy should they be responsible for the governments faults?\u201d University of Sherbrooke student government president Dominic Proulx said the reforms will mean $34 million less in Quebec university coffers over the next ten years.\u201cThat means $1,500 to $2,000 per student per year, and you finish university with a bachelor degree but there is no work.\u201d Proulx and Paul Farand, secretary of the student body at Sherbrooke CEGEP, are planning a protest march in the first weeks of February.Beaulieu said there will also be a public debate at the end of January.King Neptune lives under the sea at St.Francis Elementary School The curtain rose Monday afternoon on the final dress rehearsal for St.Francis Elementary School\u2019s Christmas concert \u201cA Fanta Sea Christmas\u201d.The concert is set under the sea and features King Neptune and Tritan along with Santa.More than 200 excited young students dressed as crabs, starfish, clams, oysters, sunfish and other underwater creatures.Others wore traditional Christmas costumes to put the finishing touches on the pageant.The event, which has been held for over 20 years, raises food and toys for more than a dozen needy families.The concert takes place at St.Francis Elementary at 1:30 this afternoon.RECORD PHOTOS/GRANT SIMEON Ottawa paleontology societies.About 15 volunteers helped organize a dig near this community about 60 kilometres east of Montreal.Dave Sangster of Ottawa found the second vertebrae which measures about 50 centimetres across.Di Vergilio praised the amateur researchers.\u201cUnlike the specialists, these people take the time to go out on the ground and discover things which help us greatly,\u201d he said.protesters Dominic Prot hit hard.\u2014 Brian Turner 4\u2014The RECORD\u2014Tuesday, December 20, 1994 fhe y *æ a The Voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 om etn ce kt ns Ah sw.a mm Ct aa cme name ae Editorial Letter to the Editor | Skeletons don\u2019t |belong in closet In case you missed it in Monday's Record, Hydro Quebec broke off its collaboration with McGill University last week on a study which found that high levels of pulsed electromagnetic energy was the cause behind unusually high levels of lung cancer among its workers.The researchers were working under contract with Hydro since 1988.The utility provided funding and the necessary data required to help determine why a large number of employees on repair and maintenance crews suffered from lung cancer and leukemia.But when the researchers published their findings in the November issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, Hydro\u2019s cooperation ended.This incident reminds us that companies are in business to make a profit.As for matters of social conscience, many entrepreneurs try to stay as far out of it as possible.It\u2019s not a new idea in the busi- ! ness world, in fact it may be as old as the human race itself.But what gives cause for the greatest : concern is that Hydro felt it could fund : research and then keep a tight leash on any findings which would reflect badly on the utility\u2019s image.While one of the most important aspects of any research is the ' sharing of aquired knowledge, our provincial power monopoly saw fit to try and control information.Fortunately for the public researchers disagreed and made Aaa aaa rT * .Dear Sir, I read your letter in the Record December 9 by the Revd Cannon Robert Jervais-Reed, your answer to Dr.Gott, you wrote, \u201cIf we really believe that what we are receiving A + S A, 7 AUD SANA HR PE mim How can anyone turn wine into blood?is the blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, what is there to fear?\u201d How can anyone turn wine into blood?When Jesus said in Matthew 26:29, Mark 14:24 and Luke 22:20, \u201cBut I say unto you, \u2018I will not drink hen- 7 m= Raa fl ZA Zo oats QR JAR AAs ZZ BANKING SUCCESS STORIES.2 RT rl a AE a ZZ ceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father\u2019s kingdom.\u201d You wrote that you use wine but in our Church we use grape juice, they both come from grapes, not dU = .A 77 A PRS) a a ve.ÉS & ET wwe I~ SE NM a is p 2 Er CE A De 1 mn 4% vo JSAP Ci J 7 A 7 oo _ is z ELWooD SKIMMER CLYDE FILLUP JR.CE0) ROYAL (PRES) ROYAL DEPOSITOR \u2014 ROYAL GOUGENORE BANK GOUGEMORE BANK GOUGEMORE BANK TOTAL WAGES $ }.9 TOTAL WAGES $1.85 TOTAL EARNINGS $ 1.04 MILLION MILLION .cs INTEREST MINNIE BROWN (moon) blood.Bread is to represent the body of Christ, and the wine (fruit of the vine) the blood sf Christ; when He gave Himse:f \u2019« die on the cross for our sins, He was buried and the third day was ressurrected.I Corinthians 15:3,4 Jesus is living in Heaven now.When anyone partakes of the Holy Communion first better be a borr again believer.John 3:8,5,7 Jesus said we must be born again.For we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.Romans 3:23 and Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.Eph.2:8,9 For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.Not of works lest any man should boast.It doesn\u2019t matter how much work you do, you can not save yourself, it is by believing what God has done, giving the greatest gift of all His only begotten Son.John 3:16.John 6:28, 29 They said unto him, \u201cWhat shall we do, that we might work the works of God?\u201d Jesus answered, \u201cThis is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom He hath sent.\u201d II Corinthians 6:2, Behold, now is the accepted time: Behold now is the day of salvation.Sincerely, MRS.ESTHER DIX Lennoxville their findings public.The age of corporate irresponsibility * and cover-ups did not end with with the Corvair or the Love Canal.It is alive and well in the information age, becoming more devious with time.Technology is .helping us find out what we need to know about the world we live in, but it can also be used to hide the naked truth.- As for Hydro Quebec, let\u2019s not fool ourselves by thinking of this episode as an isolated act of one lone company.It could have just as easily been your phone com- -pany, your bank, or your car manufacturer.- Maybe they're just better at keeping the skeletons in their own closets.MAURICE CROSSFIELD \u20ac On the first day of Christmas.Coming By Felicity Munn The Canadian Press The year 1995 is when the Quebec enigma is supposed to be resolved once and for all.Don\u2019t bet on it.Fifteen years after saying No to a tortured .and vague question requesting permission to negotiate sovereignty-association with Canada, Quebecers face another referendum on independence in 1995.This time, with popular support for separation languishing around the mid-thirties in some polls, Premier Jacques Parizeau has asked Quebecers to share their views on sovereignty in provincewide public hearings.They will be voting on an act declaring Quebec sovereign \u2014 an act that will already have been passed by the provincial legislature.Critics have called the act undemocratic and unconstitutional.soon: Referendum Part 2 No one \u2014 least of all the pollsters \u2014 expected the Liberals to do so well in the provincial election.Liberal Daniel Johnson went from being lame duck premier to undisputed leader of the federalist forces in the upcoming referendum campaign.Perhaps the most important player in thgt campaign, will be sidelined for the first few months of 1995.Bloc Québécois Leader Lucien Bouchard\u2019s struggle with a muscle- eating disease called necrotizing myositis, resulting in the amputation of his left leg, was a blow to sovereigntists.Bouchard remains the most popular politician in Quebec.His magnetism and oratory were being counted on to balance Parizeau\u2019s plodding, uncharismatic style.It will be several months before Bouchard can return to work full- time.Parizeau\u2019s consultation process is scheduled to wrap up in March and, with Bouchard back, the Quebec premier may be tempted to opt for a June referendum.To win the referendum, Parizeau must convert so-called soft sove- reigntists to his cause.Whatever the result, it will sooner or later invariably lead to more constitutional discussions.A Yes vote of less than 40 per cent would be a slap in the face to the PQ \u2014 but it wouldn\u2019t end the independence debate.\u201cThere would be a crisis in the PQ government and Mr.Parizeau leaves within a year or two,\u201d predicts Stephane Dion, a political scientist at the University of Montreal.But the PQ wouldn\u2019t let go of its dream altogether, he added \u2014 just for a while.«eee A Yes vote of around 45 per cent ., would be a moral victory for the PQ | and leave open several possibilities.\u201cThey could even come back with another referendum before finishing their term,\u201d said McGill University political scientist Alain Gagnon.\u201cYou never know.\u201d And if the Yes side prevails, \u201cthen were in another world and it'll be a paradise for lawyers,\u201d Dion said of the unprecedented negotiations that would ensue.What Quebecers are saying By The Canadian Press Some quotes about the Quebec referendum debate: \u201cThe relationship between the francophone majority \u201cThe PQ will define sovereignty where the federalists have nothing to offer but the status quo.I don\u2019t think the status quo is acceptable to Quebecers.\u201d \u2014 This half-step-forward, quarter- step-back approach may have been prompted by the voters\u2019 decision to Writing in Kahtou, the newspaper of B.C.First Nations, Maurice Nahanee offers a holiday wish list: On the first day of Christmas the Prime Minister returned to me Twelve land claims settled, Eleven whale pods saved, Ten old-growth forests protected, Nine rivers cleaned, .Eight artifacts repatriated, Seven languages preserved, Six types of self-government, i Five salmon swimming, Four directions sending blessings, elect the Parti Québécois, but not embrace them.SLIM MARGIN The PQ won 77 of 125 seats in the legislature while garnering 45 per cent of the vote cast on Sept.12 \u2014 less than a percentage point more than the nine-year-old Liberal government.It was a slim margin of about 30,000 votes.and the minorities of Quebec is the key to the referendum debate.It\u2019s the key to international recognition of Quebec.It\u2019s the key to social peace in Quebec.\u201d \u2014 Guy Laforest, University of Laval political scientist.\u201cThe fight is not going to be an internal fight.It will really be a fight by Quebecers for a new community with the representative of the rest of Canada, which is essentially Mr.Chrétien.\u201d \u2014 Alain Gagnon, McGill University political scientist.scientist.pelle.Guy Lachapelle, Concordia University political \u201cCarry on.\u201d \u2014 Bloc Québécois Leader Lucien Bou- chard in a note to his doctors during his battle with a muscle-eating disease, in a phrase that quickly became a political slogan.\u201cIn the case of a No win, Mr.Chrétien has said that will be the end of the debate.I doubt that.\u201d \u2014 Lacha- .Three levels of government co-operating, Two cedar trees, And an artificial bauble in a real fir tree.From What Canada Thinks, a regular feature of The Canadian Press.A very strange - implication Those who decry Islam as a \u2018foreign\u2019 religion and object to Muslim women wearing the hijab (headscarf) are lashed by Mark Marshall in a letter in Hour, a Montreal news-entertainment weekly: .there is something very strange in the implication that Islam is somehow a \u2018foreign\u2019 religion.In fact, Islam is no-less indigenous to Quebec than is Christianity.True, Islam was founded in the Hijaz, a land that is now part of Saudi Arabia, but do the Quebec anti- hijab crusaders think that Jesus Christ was born in Trois-Rivières?Or Amsterdam, for that matter?Do they think He died in London, Brussels, or Ottawa?.\" Christmas is coming, and with it abundant reminders that Jesus Christ was in fact born in Bethlehem, which is in the Middle East, not far from the place where the founder of Islam would be born six centuries later.\u201c He died in Jerusalem, only a few kilometres from the town of his birth.From What Canada Thinks, a regular feature of The Canadian Press.Mean mood in U.S.will bring changes By Laura Eggertson WASHINGTON (CP) \u2014 Santa is out, orphanages are in and sex education is becoming optional.Judging by proposed legislation and social trends, the coming year may be tough to survive in the United States for non-citizens, Democrats and children of teenage mothers.Pollsters like Neil Newhouse of Public Opinion Strategies label the American mood mean after November\u2019s congressional elections that tossed out Democrats in favor of Republicans.\u201cIt\u2019s mean-spirited because voters are extremely frustrated.They're losing control over their lives,\u201d Newhouse said from Alexandria, Va.That frustration seems to drive Republican legislation that proposes orphanages to solve the welfare crisis and optional sex education.But Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think-tank, refuses to believe the average American is as nasty as, say, the comedians on In Living Color who joke about former president Ronald Reagan's Alzheimer\u2019s disease.\u201cThis is not a mean-spirited country \u2014 they're not a mean- spirited people,\u201d Ornstein says.Balance will return, he predicts.In the meantime, here are some possible highlights of 1995.They're based on the assumption that the Republicans pass their legislation and Democrat President Bill Clinton shifts to the right in order to be re-elected: \u2014 Orphanages are built around the country after House Speaker Newt Gingrich succeeds in pushing a welfare reform package that cuts off aid to teenage mothers.\u2014 Jesse Helms, chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, blocks bills financing U.S.foreign aid and America\u2019s dues to the United Nations, which he calls the \u201c longtime nemesis of millions of Americans.\u201d ~\u2014 In California, teachers, nurses and doctors turn in children suspected of being illegal immigrants.A court challenge fails to prevent a state law from denying social benefits to illegal immigrants.Citizens carry plastic ID cards they must show if they register their kids at school or get help from a hospital.\u2014 In Washington, Senate majority leader Bob Dole pushes a federal version of the California law promoted by Republican Gov.Pete Wilson.Other party members argue that even legal residents who aren't citizens should be denied the basic services their taxes support.NO SEX EDUCATION \u2014 Virginia school children no longer learn about sex, after Gov.George Allen leaves the choice of whether to teach sex education up to local school boards.The boards \u2014 many dominated by members of the Christian Coalition \u2014 decide to keep sex under cover.\u2014 In Colorado, malls abolish Santas in favor of interactive Christmas computer games, following anonymous death threats in 1993 against the cheery fat guy.Seem far-fetched?Republicans, who hold majorities in the U.S.House of Representatives and Senate, have already drafted welfare reform legislation that would create orphanages and cut benefits to both legal and illegal aliens, or non-citizens.: Helms\u2019s foreign aid ideas are entrenched in current Republican policy.\u201cThere's a certain frustration that Americans have felt for many years about countries we give foreign aid to basically throwing it back in our face,\u201d said Newhouse, a partner in Public Opinion Strategies.California\u2019s anti-immigration law was passed by referendum in November.It denies education and non-emergency medical care to illegal immigrants and would require teachers, doctors and nurses to turn in suspected illegals.A court injunction has prevented the law from taking effect, but social workers say it has already cost one death because an immigrant family was afraid to bring their sick child in for treatment.Wilson proposed the ID cards.In Virginia, Allen\u2019s sex education proposal is part of education plans to focus more on core academics.\u201cObviously, sex ed is not one of them,\u201d he told the Washington Post.In 1993, Denver-area Santas were terrorized by death threats that police took seriously.This Christmas, the Cherry Creek mall replaced its Santa with a computer game; other malls put their Santas in vacant stores, where they could protect them behind glass.Some were offered bullet-proof vests.\u201cThere\u2019s no question there\u2019s a lot of anger out there,\u201d says Ornstein. Farm and Business Sovereignty won\u2019t make it go away Odds against a balanced Quebec budget Premier Parizeau promises a balanced budget for Quebec in 1997.That means, for starters, reducing Quebec's spending by $2 billion, or increasing its revenues by the same amount, in each of the next three years.What are the odds he can do it?Long ones at best, even if Quebec remains a part of Canada.The cost of servicing the province's current debt, the principal source of the annual budget deficit, is on the rise, as interest rates rise, even as he makes the promise.The odds are impossible if Quebec by then is sovereign.The cost alone of serving Quebec\u2019s share of the national debt, some $11 billion annually, will have doubled the current deficit.Inclusion of the other costs Business Sense By John Meyer of sovereignty will have quadrupled it.Mr.Parizeau\u2019s supporters might be expected to accept his promise of a balanced budget.Does he truly expect the money men of Wall Street to do so?Or is it that in Mr.Parizeau\u2019s make-believe world, their acceptance or rejection doesn\u2019t matter?Probably the latter.He may have been speaking in New York but his remarks were directed to a Quebec audience.So it was with another facet of his make-believe world \u2014 his assumption of a ready entry for a sovereign Quebec into NAFTA.After all, he argues, Chile is being invited to join NAFTA.Why wouldn\u2019t a sovereign Quebec also be invited?Chile must first meet, however, certain conditions before being accepted.And so, of course, would a sovereign Quebec.One of this conditions would be the abandonment of such cherished institutions as the province's agriculture marketing boards.Another would be an end to the use of discounted hydro power rates to attract new industry.When Canada negotiated the original free trade agreement Investing in the East can be difficult with the United States, it was able to obtain a qualified acceptance for such provincial practices.A sovereign Quebec would be foolish to assume that the same acceptances would be extended to it.Most people in Quebec, whatever the party they support, favor free trade.They showed that in their responses to public opinion polls and in their early support for the Conservative government.Mr.Parizeau says he is a free trader too.But that is simnply more of his make-believe world.In reality, Mr.Parizeau favors a state-run economy as he has demonstrated time and time again, in his election promises and their implementation most recently in restoring the construction decree.The perils and pitfalls of China By Michael MacDonald The Canadian Press If good intentions paid the bills, many of the business people who took part in Canada\u2019s recent trade mission to China would be rolling in dough right now.There were broad smiles and firm handshakes when more than 50 Canadian companies signed about $9 billion worth of agreements at a ceremony in Beijing last month.But many of those documents were letters of intent or memorandums of understanding \u2014 pacts that carry little weight in China.\u201cIn China, the perception of a letter of intent is, Yes, we've talked to you and both sides intend to talk more \u2014 and that\u2019s all; \u201d says Darrell Walker, a fetitéd Northern Telecotn \u201cAna * ger who worked in China for 10 years.\u201cA number of (Canadian businesses) may get a surprise.A letter of intent may mean that negotiations go on for three, four, \u2018Canadian délegatiori knew w five years before they sign a contract.\u201d Walker should know.He spent six years managing Tong Guang-Nortel, a plant in southern China that makes telecommunications switching equipment.During that time, he learned that the Chinese often play by a shifting set of rules \u2014 even when it comes to contracts.Beijing officials, for example, had promised a 20-year lease for the world\u2019s largest McDonald\u2019s at a site just down the street from Tiananmen Square.But the restaurant was handed an eviction notice last month, told to make way for a huge commercial complex.Despite that kind of uncertain Peterson insists the 400-mem it was getting into.Peterson is international manager for Thiessen Equipment Ltd.of Langley, B.C.The company signed a memorandum of understanding with China's Liou Anshan Iron and Steel Corp.to open a mining equipment plant.\u201cMy confidence level is 80 per cent.The other 20 per cent depends on what the central government is going to do.\u201d While he considers the memorandums signed last month as commitments to more dialogue, Peterson says he\u2019s concerned the Chinese government will change Key facts about China By The Canadian Press its foreign investment rules and bog down projects.Thiessen expects to sign a formal contract by late next year.Negotiations have been under way for more than 18 months.\u201cIf you're under any kind of a time crunch to get things done in China, you're going to wind up on the short end of the stick,\u201d Peterson said.Some economic facts about China: \u2014Value of commercial agreements signed in Beijing last month: $9 billion.\u2014Value of final contracts: $2.6 billion.\u2014Cost of two Candu puces reactors the Chinese government business environment, Ra intends to buy from Canada: $3.5 billion.> \u2014Average growth rate of Chinese economy since 1978: 10 per.énit.\"Growth rate'in 1993: 13.4 per cent.\u2014Inflation: 27 per cent.\u2014Number of joint ventures operating in Shenzhen, the booming Chinese city where Northern Telecom makes telephone switching equipment: 10,000.\u2014China\u2019s population: 1.2 billion.Canadian software makers taking on world By David Paddon TORONTO (CP) \u2014 The auto industry has its Big Three and the bankers have the Big Six.But there\u2019s a limited supply of big names in Canada\u2019s nascent software industry.Fast-growing Corel and Delri- na have a chance at megastar status, but most of Canada\u2019s top 100 independent software companies are unknown to the general public.And yet, collectively, these companies generated more than $1 billion in revenues in 1993 and employed roughly 45,000.That\u2019s just short of the 49,000 Canadian employees at General Motors, Ford and Chrysler \u2014 the Big Three automakers.Corel Corp.has become Canada\u2019s No.1 independent software company this year with a line of Corel Draw graphics products \u2014 major players in the desktop Houses hot investments OTTAWA (CP) \u2014 Houses were inflation-beating investments in most major cities over the past 23 years and a goldmine in Vancouver, a study by a federal housing agency says.Home prices rose faster than inflation in 23 of the 27 biggest markets in Canada between 1971 and 1994, the study by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.says.In Vancouver, home prices rose more than inflation by a spectacular 175 per cent in the past 23 years.The average house Canadian money taken at par for a 2 night stay.North America's Finest-Economy Lodging Route 5, Derby, Vt.05855 First exit from Canada on 1-91 S.(exit 28) Next to Ames Shopping Mall (802) 334-1775 (800) 800-8000 publishing market.Now the Ottawa-based company is poised to wrestle with the heavyweights of the PC software industry with a new general-purpose product called Corel Office.\u201cI think this is going to be very interesting,\u201d says Wayne Gud- branson, a partner with Bran- ham Consulting Group, which compiles an annual ranking of Canada\u2019s top independent software companies.\u201cHere is a relatively younger, smaller upstart entering into a very, very competitive marketplace.And I think theyre going to do it.\u201d Corel Office will compete in the software major league, against top-name packages such as Microsoft Office, Borland Office, Lotus Smartsuite and Novell- Wordperfect's Main Street.These are \u201csuites\u201d of programs price in the city in 1971 was $26,471.In 1994, it was $302,435.Victoria came next with an increase of 124 per cent.The average house price there have risen to $219,890 from $23,620.The four markets where home values increased at less than the rate of inflation were Quebec City, Trois-Rivieres, Que., Sherbrooke, Que., and St.John\u2019s, Nfld.Home prices rose in all 27 cities over the study period.PRISE AT IR that offer word-processing, graphics, database, communications and other software that works together to meet lots of business needs.Gudbranson figures Corel has a few strengths to build on, including a large worldwide customer base and a huge level of profitability.With $450,000 per employee in revenue, Corel \u201cis probably the world\u2019s most successful software company,\u201d Gudbranson says.Toronto-based Delrina has become the No.2 or 3 independent software company in Canada by revenue, although it only began to turn a profit in 1994.Its most familiar product is WinFax, which lets personal Prop.Pierre Dion I am pleased to inform you that as the sole owner of Taxi RH, I will continue to offer the same good service you're already used to.The staff at Taxi RH.wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Yecr.TAXI RA.ji à, 562-5414 à computers send documents directly to fax machines.Estimates suggest WinFax has 60 per cent of the PC-to-fax market.Now Delrina is working with phone companies on products that allow firms to send faxes to hundreds of clients at the same time.It is also working with U.S.electronics powerhouse Motorola Corp.to improve PC-to-fax transmissions over cellular phone networks.Ÿ The RECORD\u2014Tuesday, December 20, 1994\u20145 Record Pressure on the dollar continues.By Keith Clark The small difference in interest rates between Canada and the U.S.has increased the pressure on the Canadian dollar which has decreased more than a penny over the month of November.As of the first of December, a 90 day treasury bill in Canada yielded 5.88 per cent, only marginally higher than a U.S.90 day treasury bill at 5.71 per cent.The interest rate on 90 day treasury bills in Canada could rise to 7 per cent with a year, because of politics and the weaker dollar that goes along with it.What is bad news for short term borrowers is good news for long term bond owners.The Nesbitt Burns model portfolio has switched another 6 per cent from stocks into fixed income: two per cent went into treasury bills and four per cent went into bonds.The forecast rate of return for bonds of 10 years and more is 14 per cent.This includes 9 per cent in interest and 5 per cent in capital gains.Canadian stock markets have ignored the latest good news concerning higher corpo- rate earnings in the third quar- > rn my 5 » 4 ° = .Las 20 ter.Despite third quarter ear- : nings meeting and even exceeding some forecasts, the TSE 300 stock index decreased 5 per : cent in the month of November.: The percentage allocated to © financial services and utilities ° like power companies has been : increased by 3 per cent, and » resource stocks have been reduced accordingly.Industiral : Products is still the favorite : sector, due to continued good : earnings.: The Nesbitt Burns model portfolio for the average RRSP investor now stands at: 7 per cent cash, 38 per cent Canadian bonds, 5 per cent foreign bonds, 35 per cent Canadian stocks and 15 per cent foreign stocks.Keith Clark is an Investment Advisor with Nesbitt Burns.Opinions, estimates and projections contained herein are our own as of the date hereof and are subject to change without notice.Information is based on sources which we believe to be reliable but is not guaranteed by us and may be incomplete.Nesbitt Burns Inc.accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss arising from any use of this cee rr _ report or its contents.4 garer a a Feng nes Royal Bank CEO leads salary race TORONTO (CP) \u2014 Royal Bank chairman Allan Taylor has jumped into the lead in the bankers\u2019 salary race, taking home a total of $2.65 million last year, the same year that the bank\u2019s profit topped $1 billion.The pay packet for the recently retired chief executive officer of Canada\u2019s largest bank inclu- * \u2018des salary, bonus, housing allowance, long-term incentive payments and company contributions to an employee savings plan.Al Flood, chairman of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, received a salary, bonus and other taxable perks that added up to $1.63 million in fiscal 1994, the bank reported Friday.That put him about level with John Cleghorn, president and chairman-designate of Royal Bank, who was paid $1.66 million, On Tuesday, Bank of Montreal\u2019s Matthew Barrett and Bank of Nova Scotia\u2019s Peter God- soe came in with salary and other benefits of $1.9 million each.In addition to the $2.65 million, Taylor will receive a Save Some Dough Yi with a gift that's new each day + The Record is offering \u2018a special savings of 1 Please send gift card Subscriber's Name: Subscription New OO Renewal d Unknown O Yes NoQ 6 months on 12 months or 6 months subscriptions Gift 0 SANS LL] g | 3 | a | | | | | | | | | | 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difference.The trained judgement which recognizes fine proportion is not gained in a day, but its continued study is a broadening experience.It cultivates our feelings and enables us to be quicker to see and feel, and to be open-minded to new conceptions, new relationships, as they present themselves to us in a constantly changing world of fashion.\u201d The above observation belongs to Grace M.Morton, who may not have been reflecting on ethni, styles when she was writing those weighty words.Nonetheless, they apply to ethnic influence on fashions perfectly.Ethnic notes are fun and great fashion, and consciously, or through intuition, lend balance to \u201cnew\u201d styles.Designers have been searching east and west for many decades.Many of them successfully seized on a particular item from various cultures which could inject freshness and balance into design.At this stage of the development of the \u201cOld West\u201d (I am speaking of the American west), we are safe in thinking that the now \u201ctamed\u201d Wild West had its contribution of ethnic dressing, through its cowboys, no less.\u201c- Ralph Lauren has more than fifty pairs of cowboy boots in his New York closet.\u201d So says John Fairchild of W.W.D.The \u201cNew World\u201d is after all, no longer in its infancy.I shall list a number of ethnic sources from which we derive many interesting and becoming fashion items, and will invite you to travel with me from west to east.The Old World is a rich source of fashion inspiration and we might start our journey in Austria, very close in the heart of Europe.From time to time the term \u201cdirndle\u201d crops up in fashion magazines, accompanied by illustrations of close bodices and full, gathered skirts.The word dirndle is truly Austrian, where young girls are affectionately called thus.I recall wearing my own dirndle when I was sixteen.Somehow a red flag with a swastika centre fell into my hands.The time was after W.W.II My talented mother immediately saw the possibilities in the ample material of the large flag.Following her inate instinct for design, she fashioned a charming dirndle of red with white Surprise! Surprise! Charles and Isabell Mosher, married 45 years.Friends and family are invited to an informal open house on December 26, Boxing Day, from 1 to 5 p.m.at their home on 90 Cleveland Street, Danville.Please join us to celebrate, but remember it\u2019s a surprise! Their Children \"MARIE BURNS = - puff sleeves, and used the white material of the flag in appliqued coin dots all over the red skirt.The whole effect was somewhat reminiscent of early Disney cartoons.Today\u2019s dirndle appears in the expensive \u201cTracht\u201d of Austrian ladies, worn proudly and justifiably so.The variations are multiple.If you continue with me on my Journey through Europe (we must travel by air), we touch down in Spain and admire Spanish peasant blouses with vibrant hand embroidery.Then we will watch Flamenco dancers rhythmically clacking their castanets.They are dressed in flounced skirts, which our most graceful: dipping in the back and rising in the front.This style has been adopted recently in formal wear and is favored by brides for their attendants.We may travel to watch Princess Anne on an English country holiday.She is a passionate equestrienne and loves horses.She will wear the high boots which are correct for this sport.Her breeches are Jodhpurs, a style which is India\u2019s contribution.They fit closely from the knee to just above the ankle.While we are in Britain we will visit the heather covered hills of Scotland and see Scottish tartan unique to each clan, and ranging from the subdued, to brilliant reds and rich blues.Designers draw all the time from this historic heritage, which is more than fashion influence, but fashion by itself.We call to mind the words of one of Scotland\u2019s outstanding novelists: \u201cSoon after the rebellion kilts were outlawed in hopes of breaking the clan spirit.But the Scottish spirit was too resi- liant.\u201d Right, Mr.Robert Louis Stevenson?We have made a whirlwind tour of Europe, and are now exploring the Near East.Turkey! Now that is an experience of a different hue.From this country which occupies a small part of Eastern Europe, but spreads largely into Asia, we have our Turbans.Elizabeth Ewing, in her History of the 20th Century Fashion, shows a turban worn by a model in filmy evening dress.\u201cA Main- bocher (model) of 1936.embroidered lace with the new turban.\u201d Dear Ms.Ewing! Turbans were worn by fashionable matrons in the 18th century, chronicled by Santa once had a darker LONDON (Reuter) \u2014 The stockings were hung by the chimney with care.when the door flew open and Santa was there, wielding a birch branch to beat naughty children.Or so Clement Clarke Moore\u2019s 1823 poem The Night Before Christmas might have read.That's because until the 20th century Santa Claus was a figure of menace for children, as well as being the yuletide gift- bringer.The modern jolly Santa with his red costume and twinkling eyes is a blend of myths carried to North America by settlers from Europe and melded by writers and commercial artists.He is a far cry from the severe St.Nicholas who meted out punishment as well as gifts to children in continental Europe, or the bacchanalian figure of Old Christmas who presided over drunken English festivities.Children from Germany trembled before the annual visit of the Weihnachtsmann, carrying gifts for good children and birch twigs with which to punish naughty ones.COMPANIONS The Weihnachtsmann might be accompanied by various sinister companions, notably the 98th birthday greetings Mrs.Sadie Lowd is celebrating her 98th birthday on December 28.If people wish to send cards, address them to: 396 Sawyerville Rd.RR.1 Martinville, Que.JOB 2A0 child-gobbler, a specialist in biting off heads.The name Santa Claus comes from the Dutch Sinterklaas \u2014 St.Nicholas, the fourth-century bishop of Myra in Turkey and patron saint of children.In Austria, St.Nicholas\u2019s accomplice was the Krampus, a big hairy beast with horns, a long red tongue and fiery eyes.In France, St.Nicholas was joined by Pere Fouettard, a monk who spanked bad children.Softer attitudes toward child- rearing may have helped create the benevolent figure we know today, says Anthony Burton, curator of the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood in London.But he believes commerce was the main reason for Santa\u2019s image makeover.The gift-giving Santa Claus, after all, is a godsend for manufacturers and retailers.oc ; England; the gift-bringer was originaly«OW Christmas, a bearded fellow in long robes.Old Christmas was created during the 17th century to repre- Dear Ann Landers: Recently, you responded to a reader from San Antonio who was concerned because her 5-year-old nephew had choked a rabbit to death and it was known that he had been cruel to other animals.Your answer was right on, Ann, but do wish you had said more on the subject.The American Humane Association is this country's oldest child and animal protection organization.We sent the spirit of Christmas after England\u2019s puritan Christian rulers tried to outlaw traditional midwinter feasting and drunkenness.Old Christmas was revived in the 19th century when the Victorians brought back the feast of Christmas.At the hands of Victorian artists he was a besotted reveller, with glassy eyes and a leering grin.According to Burton, one of the artists most influential in the creation of Father Christmas was John Tenniel, a cartoonist for the satirical magazine Punch Jane Austen.Caftans of the Near East come and go.Presently they are relegated to robes worn before breakfast.But I have a picture of Helen Rose who wrote Just Make Them Beautiful.Helen\u2019s evening gown of bright red chiffon is a caftan.After we recover from jet lag we will fly to Japan.Kimonos are \u2019 the traditional dress of this ancient culture.Brides of today who have studied abroad, and have worn western dress all along, are still married in beautifully embroidered kimonos.How about something heavenly before we return to Earth?I once owned a coat with a rich cape-like silver fox collar.The sleeves\u2019 cut was called \u201cAngel sleeves\u201d.They were ample with no thought of economy.I hope that you have enjoyed globe-trotting with me; to all of you I wish the Season\u2019s best! side in the mid-19th century.Tenniel drew Old Christmas as a rotund, red-cheeked old man with a long white beard, fur- trimmed robes and a huge holly wreath around his head.(Ten- niel also illustrated Lewis Carroll\u2019s Alice in Wonderland.) In North America, Santa Claus was evolving from a wild backwoods figure into a sweet- faced old man in a reindeer- drawn sleigh.But it was only in the 20th century that artists settled on red as the color of his costume.Real trees fight disease OTTAWA (CP) \u2014 A researcher says vapors from Christmas trees may purify the air and help stop contagious diseases from spreading.Germs and moulds that spread tuberculosis, colds, strep throat and so-called sick-building syndrome may be knocked out of the air by the fragrant oils of evergreen trees, says Wladimir Smirnoff._A pine or fir in your living-room \u201cis always good for the health,\u201d says Smirnoff, a researcher from Forestry Canada\u2019s Quebec office.He says natural tree extracts \u2014 thujone, limonene and fenchone \u2014 can purify sealed buildings with poor ventilation where natural indoor plants have been replaced by fakes.And ordinary people can benefit by bringing in Christmas trees \u2014 or simply by hanging evergreen branches indoors, he says.Cruelty speaks volumes, readers Ann Landers have checked out incidents that are hair-raising.It is frightening how often children and animals are victims in dysfunctional family MES WBS LINENS N° THING) > We regret the closing of 3x Les Manufacturiers de Bromon which forces us to Liquidate our Entire Inventory Closing\u201d Christmas Sale ends December 31st Everything must be sold * Bromont location only All reasonable offers will be accepted.Comforters - 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9PM.from December 1 to December 20, 1994 O I would like my poinsettias to Tel.: be delivered to the following address Number of poinsettias ____ X $15 = Total _____ 4 situations where spouse abuse, sexual molestation and other brutalities are everyday occurrences.We are well aware that children who are cruel to animals are in desperate need of help.One of the most dramatic examples of what can happen if animal abuse by a child is overlooked took place in New York state last year.A 13-year-old boy was charged with the murder of a 4-year old child.The small community was in shock.Yet one year earlier, that same boy had choked a neighbor's cat with a hose clamp, and nothing was done about it.People still shrug off abuse to animals.\"It was just an animal,\" \"Boys will be boys\" and \"It's just a phase\u201d are classic phrases heard from the judicial benches across the country.But cruelty speaks volumes about the perpetrator, no matter if the victim is human or animal.Please help us get the word out to parents, law enforcement officers, teachers, prosecuting attorneys and other professionals who can help us break the cycle of violence to children and animals.SINCERELY - MICHAEL E.KAUFMANN, COORDINATOR OF EDUCATION, AMERICAN HUMANEASSOCIA- TION DEAR MR.KAUFMANN: You are right when you say this problem should be looked into and these children need help.It is also true that children often abuse animals to release aggression they feel toward abusive adults.But merely knowing WHY they do it is not enough.Society also needs protection against these sick kids.I do thank you, however, for giving me the opportunity to shine a spotlight on a problem that needs a great deal more visibility.Dear Ann Landers: Our 7-year- old son loves to visit his grandmother and sleep overnight.She has a one- bedroom apartment, and when \"Danny\" stays there, they sleep in the same bed.I feel that Danny is too old to be sleeping with his grandmother and that he should be on the couch.At what age should a child no longer sleep with a relative of the opposite sex?- RHODE ISLAND DEAR R.l.: Experts disagree on this point, but I say 4 years of age is the cut-off point. \u2014 The RECORD\u2014Tuesday, December 20, 1994\u2014 Grandfather Clocks December 5 year warranty complete service sales - 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