The gleaner, 21 février 1996, Cahier 1

[" m7 me rr 4 anew PHARMACIST FOUNDED IN 1863 .TEL.: 264-5364 QCNA D Ww Si Gon Comme AJRQ à \"DAILY COVERING WUNTINGDON, ORMSTOWN, HEMMINGFORD, HOWICK, CHATEAUGUAY, FRANKLIN, ST-AMICET, STE-BARBE, VALLEYFIELD AXD SURROUNDINGS 4 BRIDGE STREET, ORMSTOWN, QUE.\u201cLes Galeries d'Ormstown\u201d OPEN 7 DAYSA WEEK Plus Taxes \\\\49 Chateauguay, Huntingdon / Huntingdon, Que.Wednesday, February 21th 1996 © 14 pages .75* N =) TETALEANER £- \u201cWhen only the best will do.\u201d a JEAN-PAUL LALIBERTÉ | \u2018 EAR AX 132 nd - YEAR | c Athelstan man killed in car crash A young Athelstan man lost his life in a car accident Saturday night around midnight on Tully's Ridge Rd.in Hinchinbrooke.Killed in the single-car accident was driver Philippe Renaud, 22, who was alone in the car when he lost control of his vehicle and smashed into a tree near a curve in the road.According to police who * attempted to intercept the motorist, Renaud was travelling at an exces- \u201csive speed several minutes before the crash.The Jaws of Life rescue equipment were used by volunteer firemen to remove the body from the car.Coroner Gordon Thompson said that Renaud was likely killed on impact.(C.A./trans.VF.) Pot crop seized in RCMP raid near Howick A joint operation by the Valleyfield RCMP and the Montreal Urban Community Police Department (MUCPD) dismantled a hydroponic marijuana greenhouse located at 1837 Chateauguay River Rd.North in Très-St-Sacrement.On February 14, police seized marijuana with a street value of approximately $10,000, along with sophisticated equipment \u201cdsed-to grow\u2019 the plants, taking the total \u201c value of goods seized at more than $30,000.RCMP Cst.Pete Kazulak and MUCPD Cst.Peter Lambrinakos are heading the continuing investigation.No arrests had been made as of Monday.The location raided by police had been transformed into a fortress, though its outside appearance did not show any signs of illicit activity.However, the interior contained equipment needed for large-scale marijuana production.\"This bust should deal a severe blow to the well-known organization behind this operation, since the money from marijuana sales was used to buy other narcotics for the Montreal market,\" said Laurier Leblanc of the Valleyfield RCMP.People Split vote pushes through In spite of citizens' protests and a widening opposition among members, a majority of MRC Haut-St- \u2018 - Laurent mayors have stuck to their position and ratified salary increases of more than 30 per cent, the first in five years.By a nine-to-six vote, the new Confrontation changing to seems to be co-operation in .Huntingdon this week, as the municipal council and the newly- founded citizens\u2019 group are both i working on positive ways to improve the town\u2019s financial situation.A February 13 meeting between ; the Town Council and the seven : members of the citizens\u2019 committee ; was \u201cquite positive\u201d, according to Various ways of travelling across snow and playing on ice were central to Hemmingford's winter carnival which ran between February 12 and 18.On Sunday, participants had their pick of cross-country skiing, dog-sledding, playing hockey or curling.Please see story inside.(Photo: V.F.) 5, i Hydro dams pose problem \u201c Omstown wants to supply for local spawning grounds Judith Taylor THE GLEANER Helping to preserve fish spawning grounds by maintaining water levels in the various lagoons and basins in the Valleyfield area of the St.Lawrence River system topped the agenda at a recent meeting between representatives of Hydro- Quebec, municipalities and environmental agencies.By the time Hydro .experts had given a run-down of various projects and problems connected with the system, at least one environmentalist concluded that the utility is simply trying to keep abreast of problems one by one as they arise, rather than developing an over-all plan to preserve the fragile ecosystem.Among the 36 people attending the February 7 meeting in Valleyfield were Daniel Green of the SVP (Société pour vaincre la pollution), Roland Daoust of the MRC du Haut-St-Laurent and Claire Lachance of the ZIP (Zone d'intervention primaire) Haut-St- Laurent.Five years Hydro-Quebec specialist Sylvain See RIVER page 5 Students with learning disabilities need understanding from others Valerie Furcall THE GLEANER Students aren't the only ones who have to learn in the classroom; teachers too need to recognize the signs when some pupils just can't get what's being taught.\"This child isn't trying hard enough\u201d .\"he's not motivated\u201d .\"she disrupts the class\u201d - are sometimes the conclusions drawn when there's a lot more going on within students who have leaming CVR teacher Lauren Small (right) animating a workshop on learning dis- en abilities, attended by teachers, parents and stu ts last Friday.(Photo: V.F) disabilities.Last Friday morning at Ormstown's Chateauguay Valley Regional HS, while most students enjoyed a \"ped day,\" vice-principal Ted Sparks and special-education resource teacher Lauren Small animated a three-hour \"FA.T.(Frustration, Anxiety and Tension) CITY\" workshop.A group composed of teachers, administrators, parents and students took part in a simulated classroom exercise, when they were put on the spot for correct answers, called forward and told to \"try harder\" to complete a task, and made the centre of attention.CVR initiative \"We wanted the group to feel what it's like to live in the body of a learning-disabled student, Sparks said.Learning-disabled is a catch-all phrase describing problems such as visual-motor integration, processing oral and written language, decoding (reading print), encoding (writing or spelling words), and See SCHOOL page 5 committee member Lorraine Cartier.Deficit unknown The big question mark remains ; the actual financial position of the ~ municipality as of the end of 1995, information which no one seems able to come up with yet, although \u201cworst-case\u201d scenarios have predicted a deficit of as much as $200,000.mayors' salary scale for 1996 was approved before some 20 citizens who turned out to voice their disapproval at the February 14 Mayors' Council meeting in Huntingdon.\"This raise is unjustifiable and truly not logical, considering the tax burden citizens are carrying.Normally, the 1995 financial statement would be ready by April 15, but the previous year\u2019s statement was more than five months late, appearing only last October, and this year may also see a delay.The statement is prepared by the Town\u2019s auditors, the Valleyfield firm of Quesnel Masse, which has not given any date for the completion of this year\u2019s document.Municipal secretary- treasurer Diane Taillon has said that \u201cit would not be prudent\u201d to discuss any figures before the financial statement is deposited officially.Mayor André Brunette could only come up with the comment, \u201cI just hope the 1995 deficit isn\u2019t too recycling bins for residents With a weekly pick-up of recyclable garbage already well-estab- lished, Ormstown Village and St- Malachie Parish are trying to get funding to offer residents plastic collection bins to replace the \u201cblue bags\u201d now in use.Resolutions were passed at the regular February meetings of both municipal councils, asking the provincial group Collecte Sélective Québec for a grant to buy the bins, since the latter are \u201cmore economical, more ecological and better suited to the sorting facility where the material is taken\u201d.In the Village, notice of motion was given for a possible salary increase for mayor and councillors.A preliminary survey of other municipalities in the area, in the MRC du Haut-St-Laurent and elsewhere, shows Ormstown salaries to be well below average, but a municipal official told The Gleaner that no changes will be made until all council members agree.The Transport ministry will be asked to level Church St.(Route 201) where it crosses the disused rail line.As well, the Village Council will ask that the shoulders of Gale St.be Man charged with touching 11 year-old A Huntingdon lunch-hour school supervisor has been suspended from his job without pay, pending the outcome of accusations of sexually touching an 11-year-old girl.The accused was released on conditions following a February 14 appearance in Valleyfield Court.Jean-Claude Vachon, 57, will return to court March 4 for a pre- ; liminary inquiry.The arrest followed complaints in January that children aged 10 through 12 have been victims of sexual assaults, which reportedly have been occuring since mid- paved, and the roadsides filled along Rtes.138 and 201.A short bit of street at the south end of Church St, between 50 and 52 Lambton St., will be named rue du Moulin.Wild dogs The problem of roving packs of wild dogs has resurfaced in St- Malachie Parish, where dog-catcher John Viau has been authorized to shoot them.Both municipalities supported a Chateauguay resolution calling for a meeting with Kahnawake officials See ORMSTOWN page x £ JE se au H\u2019don mayor André Brunette and electricity bills.As Smoke gets in your eyes ~~ wage hike for MRC mayors We're asking you to reconsider,\" said Lorraine Cartier, Huntingdon Citizens\u2019 Committee spokesperson.\"The MRC should instead be reducing its budget expenses, in particular, what it's paying the mayors,\" said Michael Crossling, H\u2019don\u2019s financial plight could worsen depending on bottom line for 1995 huge\u201d.Meanwhile, the Town, left with reserves of only $2,000 after it dipped into the fund for $160,000 to meet the 1994 deficit, is scrambling to find cost-cut- ting measures to alleviate another possible deficit situation.Among steps to be taken by the Council are reviews of all types of administrative expenses such as phone well, councillor Jean-Paul Mainville has suggested that a serious look be See TOWN page 2 A Gowan Rd.garage and tool shed were destroyed by fire late Monday afternoon.Hinchinbrooke firemen under chief Dan Tully were called to the John Steele farm shortly before 5 p.m.where the outbuildings were ablaze.Tankers from Huntingdon, Franklin and Ormstown were also called in and filled their reservoirs at the pond on Jim Dawson\u2019s Rockburn Sideroad property.The fire was brought under control in less than half an hour, but the garage and the tool shed (an old log building moved from elsewhere on the farm) were \u201cpretty well _ destroyed\u201d according to Mutual Aid See FIRES page 3 a ee Loe hy B'S \u201cwp A Seventeen firemen from Howick, Franklin, Hinchinbrooke, Ormstown and Godmanchester put their Air Pak skills to the test Saturday morning outside Ormstown, as part of their 150 hours of training sponsored by Mutual Aid.Into the smoky depths of the abandoned house they went under the supervision of instructor Clément Chabot of Longueuil, J.T) ! \u201cewe ee .rn mk I RCA TT SAE SEE Te eo - \u201cde rs eA SLR SRE TE SI ie |.2\u2014 THE GLEANER \u2014 FEBRUARY 21 st 1996 | This and That in Town A PHONE CALL \u2014all the way from Saskatchewan reached us this week.It came from Mary Jackson, a Valley native who now makes her home in Cabri, Sask.She wanted to tell us about what she considers poor treatment by the Hemmingford Post Office, which returned to her about 10 Christmas cards which she had sent to friends and relatives, some of them living in the same place for over half a century.Although she had addressed them as she always had before, with the name, road and postal code, it seems that without the civic street number the Hemmingford powers-that-be refused to deliver them.No such problem occurred with the Franklin-area cards, and certainly the same strict interpretation is not held to in Cabri, says Mary.And she should know \u2014 she is a Canada Post employee in that community.\u201cThis kind of thing destroys the image of the Post Office,\u201d she told us.HUNTINGDON RESIDENTS \u2014 who suffered flood damages during the January thaw, may now pick up the application forms for compensation at the Huntingdon Town hall, says municipal secretary -treasurer Diane Taillon.PIANO TEACHERS \u2014 who would like their students to perform in the National Guild of Piano Teachers Auditions may be glad to hear that sessions are being planned for Huntingdon in May.Elgin\u2019s Nora Quinn says she and colleague Carole Bye used to take the kids to Malone for this annual event, but are now trying to get it going here.Nobody fails, and young- .sters receive certificates and pins.For more information contact Nora at 264-9380.- DAVIGNON PARK RESIDENTS - interested in volunteering for the local =.Neighborhood Watch, should call Marge - - Babineau at 264-9698 for more information.THE LATEST VANDALISM ATTACK - to Huntingdon's outdoor skating rink warm-up trailer was the final straw.The Prince Arthur Park trailer was closed for the rest of the season, a decision made recently by the Huntingdon Town Council.(C.A.) QUEBEC ARTISANS - including many local exhibitors, will selling their hand-craft- ed works at Chateauguay Valley Regional HS during its second annual Craft Fair on March 23.For more information, call 829-2381.Everyone is welcome to support this fundrais- ing activity.\u2018 A SPAGHETTI SUPPER - to benefit Valleyfield's Moisson Sud-Ouest, an emergency food bank and support service for the needy, is set for Thursday, Feb.29, at Valleyfield's Delta Hotel in the Empire Room.Delta employees are preparing and serving from H1:30 p.m.to 2 p.my Q.F.A.Day Allis Neely-Simpson of the Rockburn Sideroad (right) was one of over 30 Valley farmers to register for the Farm Management Day at CVR in Ormstown last Saturday.Topics included the Quebec Civil Code, NAFTA and GATT agreements, taxes and farm finance.(Photo: J.T.) THE VALLEYFIELD ALZHEIMER SOCIETY - offers support and information to people affected by this disease.The office is located at 57 Nicholson St.in Valleyfield, or call 373-1153 for more details.THE ARTHRITIS SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - offered by the Arthritis Society in Montreal, consists of six two-hour sessions, when fibromyalgia, medication, exercise, pain management, etc., will be discussed.Call Anne-Marie Labonté at 514-846-6640 to register.Classes begin March 26.ST-ANICET'S - elementary school is planning an exchange with a class from Vancouver, B.C.during the 1997-98 school year.The Level 6 Vancouver students, under the supervision of former Ormstown Elementary School teacher, Diane Huet, will spend one week with families in St-Anicet in October 1997.The St-Anicet students have their turn in May 1998.UPA SAFETY CLINICS - on pesticides are focussed on safe pesticide use.Other topics dealt with will be safe storage areas; recognizing poisoning and how to deal with it; and every step from purchasing to spraying will be covered.John Brown will be responsible for part of the course.Register with Chateauguay Valley Syndicate UPA secretary Penny Anderson (825-2512).Fifteen registrations are required to hold the March 1 clinic at Ormstown's MacDougall Hall.PRE-NATAL AND CHILD-BIRTH COURSES - offered free of charge by the Huntingdon \" JOESC,-will \u201cbegin March: 5 at\u2019 the Barrie \u2018and 5:30 p.m.to 8 p.m.Foriore information\u201d \u201c MémohäF*fospitt*Té*register, pled£e call call Jean-Guy Salinési at 373-1990.THE MINER AGRICULTURAL INSTI- \u201cTUTE - in Chazy, N.Y., is holding its 26th annual Corn Congress on Tuesday, Feb.27.- For more information, call 518-846-7121.Lunch available.DON'T LOSE - your Guaranteed Income Supplement and Spouse's Allowance Pension benefits because you failed to reapply for benefits.Send in the application before the end of March.Call the Human Resource Centre of Canada at 1-800-277-9914, for service in English.In Montreal, the office number is 514- 283-5750.: Reg.SPECIAL GRANDAMSE $19,770 $16,505 GRANDAMSE $22,470 $18,505 CENTURY CUSTOM $26,405 $23,995 FIREBIRD 2 dr.$25,005 $21,995 TRANSPORT SE $26,455 $21,995 JIMMY SLT 4x4 $34,385.$31,995 RIVIERA (Demo) $43,490 $37,995.1995 Grand AM 4 dr.equip.$16,950, 1994 Grand Prix SE, 4 dr., equip.$15,950.1994 Grand Am SE, 4 dr., (demo) $13,950.1994 Sunbird LE, 4 dr,, auto, air $11,950, 1993 Century Custom, 4 dr., equip.$12,950.1993 Sunbird LE, 4 dr., auto, air $ 9,450.1993 Sunbird LE, 2 dr., 5 speed $ 7,450.1993 GMC PIUP 1/2 t, diesel, equip.$15,950.@ Les AUTOMOBILES ° LX XJ Riversid ell\u2019 7] WREN OO N,Q Marie-Andrée Nadeau at 264-6108.GET A TASTE - of Florida by ordering some citrus through Chateauguay Valley Regional HS in Ormstown.The deadline has been extended until Wednesday, Feb.28.The fruit will arrive March 13.Call the school at 829-2381 and ask for Edith Blair.LOOK AT TH FUND 1YEAR% 2 CAN-AM 36.0 Belated happy CAN-ASIAN 31.0 birthday greetings to CAN-EURO (6 mos) 10.8 Mrs.Connie Black CANADIAN 35 23.2 who celebrated her CAP.WEIGHTED AVERAGE 33.3% 94th birthday on These funds cover 94% of the world's equity February 13.capital and are 100% RRSP eligible.Help fr se \u2018| the capital ee = És \u201cPast performance is not of future rate of return.The movement fer active, hasiiy brmg Segregated funds offer certain guarantees on MRC.another citizen.When the 1996 MRC budget was presented last November, three mayors, St- Malachie's Harold Merson, Franklin's Jean Laplante and St- Chrysostome's Angus McKenzie, opposed the salary hike.At the recent MRC meeting, Godmanchester's Philippe Leblanc, Ste- Barbe's Norman Barker and Huntingdon's André Brunette also voted against the resolution.MRC prefect Paul- Maurice Patenaude read the new salary bylaw, which spells out salaries, fines and expense allowances.The prefect's salary will rise to $8,000 from $6,250, while Havelock's Jeannine Lavallée, the assistant prefect, will be paid $6,000, up from $3,250.Fines for missed meetings are set at $200 and $150 respectively, an increase of $50 over previous years./ Mayors elected to the executive committee will receive $4,500 annually, compared to $3,050 previously.All other mayors will receive $3,500, up from $2,300.Mayors are allowed 34 cents per kilometre to attend MRC meetings.For meetings of four hours duration or less outside the Haut- St-Laurent, the rate is $100; while $200 is allowed for meetings of four hours or more.Last year, the rates were $70 and $140 respectively.Patenaude concluded by saying, \"It's impossible- for me to say whether it's too much or too little, except that it's always too much when it's taxpayer dollars.But we're not doing volunteer work.\u201d The latest pay hike ESE RATES: necessarily an indication NOTICE will take place on : at : »r g gus EAT ww PROMUTUEL Haut St-Laurent \u2014 + OF 444 Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the members of Promutuel Haut St-Laurent, société mutuelle d\u2019 assurance générale, for the year ended December 31, 1995 » » » Wednesday, March 20, 1996 at 8:00 P.M.