The Westmount examiner, 30 juillet 1998, jeudi 30 juillet 1998

[" Interested E in the ===\" Healthy Call ct CiyHanat Cities 989-5238 Project?Vol.LXX The Westmount g Examiné Westmount, Que., Canada, Thursday, July 30, 19\u20ac va Brits fight eior higher pensions By JESSICA HOWARD It\u2019s as if she threw her own money away.Even though Jessie Moffatt earned a pension while living in the UK, this British expatriate living in Canada cannot collect the full pension that the British government owes her.While people living in the UK and European Union have their pensions increased every year to allow for inflation, pensioners here and in 49 other Commonwealth countries continue to receive the same amount as their first payment.Moffatt has lived in° Montreal since 1966.She continues to receive a pension of about $9 per week, while the current rate is about $146, with the exact amounts depending on the conversion rate from British pounds to Canadian dollars.Her daughter, who also lives in Montreal, appealed to the UK Department of Social Security in April to find out if her mother could also get a widow's pension so that she could afford better care, but the response was that no more could be given.Moffatt is onc of many who are being or will be gypped out of their due.According to the 1996 census, there are 15,000 British expatriates over the age of 45 living in Quebec, Westmount hosts Seowsh Dowlers It was a day of international camaraderie and strong competition.Mayor Peter Trent was on hand to award the gold, silver and bronze To a brace of highland bagpipes, participants in the Canada- medals in five different categories\u201410 out of 14 were won by Scotland tournament for blind lawn bowlers gathered on the sunny Scottish bowlers.green in front of the Westmount Lawn Bowling Club for the closing But when all the scores were finally tabulated, the Canadians just ceremonies of their daylong event last Friday afternoon.managed to edge out their Scottish visitors by a narrow 16-15 margin.Westmount volunteer pushing petition to help RVH cancer victims and many of them live in Westmount.Moffatt\u2019s daughter, who is BY WAYNE LARSEN AND LEONARD J GERVAIS approaching retirement age herself, joined the Canadian Alliance (See page 2) Just about everyone loses a family member during their lifetime.Maria Burke and over 100 members of her extended family are in danger of losing each other, so they\u2019ve done what anyone in that situation would do\u2014started a petition.The family in question here are members of the Can-support group at the Royal Victoria Hospital's radiation oncology department, where Burke and her fellow volunteers offer fellowship and support to cancer patients.Now, with the proposed closure and transfer of that department to the Montreal General Hospital, Burke is at the forefront of a movement to keep it open at the same location.\u201cMore and more we are depriving poor people of the health services that make Canada different from other countries,\u201d Burke said of the recent deterioration of health services, particularly in Quebec.She has taken up the cause on behalf of patients, doctors and other hospital staff who do not want to jeopardize themselves or their jobs by speaking out against the system.As a volunteer, she said, she has nothing to lose.(See page 5) IN 1998: Stock Markets hit record highs! og BLUE CHIP THINKING PORTFOLIO REVIEW SERVICE \u201c NO FEE OR OBLIGATION i\u201d Complete Written Analysis of Your Current Investment Portfolio includes: ¢ Analysis of Your Mutual Fund Holdings (also learn how to reduce back-end penalties) » Target Prices for Your U.S.and Canadian Equities » Discloses All Existing Hidden Fees » Discovers Tax Smart and Estate Friendly Investment Strategies to Preserve Your Capital Volatility in World Markets! ¢ Current and Proposed Asset Allocation Structure For a FREE copy of a sample analysis or to arrange a confidential meeting, contact: Ajay Gupta, Financial Advisor at (514) 392-7648.Interest Rates are still low! 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Scotush Entertainment in INFORMATION the Beer Ter A new competion The © 332-5242 ET; Championship ë \u201cThe most important thing about education is appetite.\u201d Winston Churchill NN TE LL.A Lundi le 3 août 1998 Hôtel de vie - 4333, rue Sherbrooke Ouest Séance régulière du Conseil - 20 h 00 POUR NOUS REJOINDRE _/__TO REACH US Renceignements généraux 989-5200 General information Securité publique 989-5222 Public Security Urgences 911 Emergencies Bibliothèque 989-5300 Library Travaux publics (24 heures) 989-5311 Public Works (24 hours) Énergie électrique (24 heures) 989-5201 Light & Power (24 hours) HEURES D'AFFAIRES D'ÉTÉ: SUMMER BUSINESS HOURS: Du lundi au jeudi: 8h00 à 16h30 Monday to Thursday: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Vendredi: 8h00 à 13h00 Friday: 8:00 am to 1:00 pm N A Monday, 3*August 1998 City Hall - 4333 Sherbrooke West Regular Council meeting - 8:00 p.m.For information 989-5318 Community Bulletin Board is a free listing of public events.To have an event listed, send it to The Westmount Examiner, 210 Victoria Ave., Westmount, Que., H3Z 2M4.Fax: 484-6028.Deadline is Monday noon.Thursday, July 30 Israel\u2019s 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Golden Age Association at 1:30 p.m.$1.Summer organ recital series continues with Bruce Wheatcroft and Kola Olowabi at The Church of St.Andrew and St.Paul, corner Sherbrooke and Bishop, 12:15 p.m.to 1 p.m.Freewill offering.Oil and watercolours by M.A.Fortin, at Galerie Jean-Pierre Valentin, 1490 Sherbrooke W, Info: 939-0500.Friday, July 31 Environmental exposition to promote living in harmony with the urban environment at The Dojo, 4557 St.Laurent.For tickets call 278-8565.Wednesday, August 5 Organ recital by Michelle Quintal.Works by Piché, Bach, Guilmant and Gagnon at St.Joseph's Oratory, 3800 Queen Mary.Adults $12, Seniors $10, Students $8.Info: 337-4622.The Westmount Examiner Thursday, August 6 Summer organ recital series continues with Jeffrey Steel at The Church of St.Andrew and St.Paul, corner Sherbrooke and Bishop, 12:15 p.m.to | p.m.Freewill offering.Thursday, August 11 Origami at Westmount Public Library, 4 p.m.to 5 p.m.Ages 8-12.Ongoing Search and rescue volunteers needed for Canada Rescue to support the work of volunteer rescuers and canine handlers.Info: 845-0303.Maison Fleuris Westmount Walking Tour.Visit 80 gardens in the 8 different districts of Westmount.Tour booklets are available at City Hall, Westmount library and arena, Hogg Hardware, Westmount Florist, and Tony\u2019s Shoes.$1.Volunteers with marketing experience needed by American Sign Language of Montreal.Info: 482-6050.Café Rencontre is an eight-week discussion group for socially isolated adults.If you are interested in participating in the next session, call Arleyne at 934-4546.Baby bouncing, storytime and crafts for kids at Westmount library, 4574 Sherbrooke, on Wednesday mornings until the end of August, Info: 989-5357 Chronic Pain Support group for people to learn pain management techniques.Ten week program, 90 minute sessions, at the Jewish General Hospital.Info: 340-7535 Music Day Camp for high school students at the Evangel Pentecostal Church ORTHODONTIST Bruce M.Oliver D.D.S., F.R.C.D.(C) Diplomates American Board 4637 Sherbrooke St.West 8 937-6388 Westmount, Quebec, H3Z 1G2 g Individual & Family Therapy Need Help?Depression Anxiety & Panic Stress Phobias Marital Conflict Alcohol Abuse Drugs Compulsions Eating Disorders Behaviour & Cognitive Therapist Stuart Gilman,B.Sc., D.Psy.MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING 1538 Sherbrooke West, Suite 958 (corner Guy) Successful Results Since 1976 Private.Confidential.935-5316 1235 Lambert Clossé, August 18 - 21.To register, call 935-9656.Discover the magic of books with witch Daisy O\u2019 Grady on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m., and mother-toddler story time on Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m.at the Atwater Children\u2019s Library, 1200 Atwater Ave.Info: 931-2304.Fun internet course for seniors at Contactivity Centre, 4695 de Maisonneuve, $15.Call 932-2326.Birthday Parties for kids aged 2 - 12 can be held at the Norman Berman Children\u2019s Library.Parties can be organised with unique themes.Call Shirley of Eva at 345- 2628 ext.3012.e Singing auditions for lead roles and chorus in Montreal West Operatic Society's fall show, The Best of G & S, will take place in July.Info: 630-0331 Rainbow Summer Camp offers music sports, arts and science activities for children aged 3 to 6, Monday through Thursday, $14 for morning hours, $6 for lunchtime hours.4695 de Maisonneuve W.Info: 933-8087.Thrift Shop - used clothing, household goods, books, toys, jewellry and collectables - every Monday, 10 a.m.to 4 p.m.at Erskine and American United Church, 3407 Ave.du Musée.Donations welcome.Info: 849-3286 Exhibition of painters Joseph Zuskin and Diane Perlmutter Reichenthal in the The Hallway of Artists, Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, 395 Elm Avenue, from mid-June through August.Info: 937-3575.Atwater Library Book Sale Room, open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from | p.m.to 4 p.m.Quality used books at reasonable prices.1200 Atwater.Info: 935- YOUR BACK PAIN Treat your back with powerful Chinese orthopedic massotherapy and acupuncture * SIGNIFICANT pain relief * QUICK stress elimination * MORE energy recovery * DEEP cause removal * NO more medication * HUGE medical cost cut + COMPLETE lifestyle consultation * EXPERIENCED practitioner * REASONABLE charge * EASY access Yi Ding Yuan, D.Ac., LMT, M.Sc.medical graduate of Shanghai University traditional Chinese Medicin tmount Medical B 40203810 \u2014 The Westmount Examiner IN BRIEF Cutler musical ends successful run May Cutler\u2019s dream of seeing her musical play Aah-pootee! That's Snow! produced on the stage has not only come true.it has come true in grand style.The quaint.colourful children\u2019s book set to music.will end its successful run at McGill University @ nis Saturday, August 1.This means there's still time to take the kids for a couple of hours of quality entertainment.The former mayors family show is set in the far north and focuses on a character called O.K.who thinks her mother doesn\u2019t love her.Aside from teaching her daughter grammar, Mymum does- n't pay much attention to O.K., so she runs away.O.K.meets a friendly bear and her cubs.has some adventures with them, and 1s then found by her mother and the play ends happily.This lively trip is enhanced by students from McGill's music department, whose singing and acting talents have attracted favourable reviews in the local media.Aah-pootee! That's Snow! 15 on until Saturday at McGill's Moyse Hall.Tickets range from $5 to $15.For information.call 935- 7768 or 937-4631.MRTC hosts German players Since July 24.several Westmount families have been hosting 10 young tennis players from Rheinfelden.Germany.This is the second part of an exchange which had members of the Mount Royal Tennis Club enjoying a successful trip to Germany last year.The program was initiated by the Mount Royal Tennis Club's head pro Dariusz Kozak.who spent three years in Rheinfelden before immigrating to Canada.The German youths will be playing a lot of tennis and sccing many of Montreal\u2019s tourist attractions before returning home on August 3.Walking Tour is in full bloom Westmount\u2019s annual Maisons Fleuries summer walking tour is now underway.with many new gardens augmenting some old favourites from previous vears.This year the stops on the tour have been compiled in a bilingual booklet, which is currently available for $1 at City Hail.the Westmount Public Library and the Westmount arena.The booklet divides the city into eight districts, from Summit Park to the southeast corner.Addresses and a brief description of notable gardens are listed.as well as a profile of each district.* PROFILE - Thursday, July 30, 1998 - 3 A century of memories for Westmounter Wanda Poznanska By JessicA HOWARD Born in 1898\u2014the same year as Amelia Earhart\u2014Westmount resident Wanda Poznanska was 14 when the Titanic sunk, 41 when World War II broke out, 71 for the first moon landing, and at 100, 1s on her way into the new millennium.\u201c1 don\u2019t think that there 1s another century so full of change, and so full of tragic events,\u201d said Poznanska.who turned 100 last Thursday.While many people dread cach birthday, Poznanska said her 100th was the most beautiful day of her received certificates from Prime Mimster Chrétien.Pope John Paul Il and Queen Elizabeth, as well as 50 cards and letters from around the world.\u201c1 don\u2019t know how to reply to Buckingham Palace\u2014this has never happened to me before, and there was no return address,\u201d she said laughing.Poznanska celebrated her centennial with friends, family.and many members of the Polish community.which she has been volved with since she first came to Montreal during World War Ii.She and her husband.who was a Polish Consul General.had been living 1n England when the war broke out.but like many foreign women and children.Poznanska was evacuated to Canada.She spent four ycars in Montreal, organizing a foundation to help other Polish women and children.She had a meeting with the Quebec health minister at the Polish consulate and told him about the health problems the refugees were having.He agreed to help them.and she smiled as she remembered making him a long list of the things they needed.\u201cHe helped us get everything we needed\u2014it was better Germany to England.finding them homes and education.After the war, Poznanska returned to England, but then she and her husband came back to Montreal in 1970.She now hives with her daughter and continues to be active in various Polish organizations.Gabriella Kranz met Poznanska a month ago through the Canadian Foundation for Polish Studies.\u201cThe most meredible thing 1s that you're sitting in front of someone who was there.and has been through so much,\u201d said Kranz.\u201cIt makes the past so much more relevant.\u201d \u201cThis woman represents the history of why Polish people are in Canada today\u201d said Irene Tomaszewski, the foundation's president.Poznanska said she felt honoured by all the attention on her birthday, and thinks it is not only because of her age, but because she is in good mental and physical health.Although she uses a hearing aid and has had some cye operations in the past year, she has no problem walking around and continues to play bridge, as well as remaining active in various fundraising activities.\u201cSome days you'll sce her over on Victoria Avenue looking in the stores for dresses,\u201d said Kranz.\u201cShe does everything.\u201d Poznanska said she has no health secrets.and thanks her mother for her skin, which makes her look decades younger.But she said she is too old to give advice to young people because \u201cthe world has changed too much and my outlook 1s too different.\u201d than the life, pointing out several bouquets today.\u201d of flowers around the living room of her Lansdowne Avenue home.Longevity has its privileges\u2014she She also spoke proudly of helping bring 400 Polish orphans from health care we have Chemistry made easy.and interactive McGill professor develops instructional CD-ROMs By Wayne Larsen 11000 When it comes to difficult subjects, many students would rank chemistry, calculus and physics high on their list\u2014but one Westmount resident is out to change all that.McGill University professor Bryan Sanctuary is attempting to cut through the stigma of difficulty surrounding these subjects, explaining their basic concepts in a way textbooks never could.Sanctuary has conceived and developed a series of CD-ROMs that offer everything from animated graphics to interactive quizzes as a clear.easy-to-learn alternative to the old-fash- ioned two-dimensional textbook.\u201cMy multimedia grew out of trying to improve my teaching,\u201d the Strathcona Avenue resident said of the five CD-ROM products he is currently using in his classroom.\u201cEssentially these are electronic textbooks and are popular with students.Once they look at them.they really enjoy the experience and understand the material better.\u201d And by making things easier for his students, the 22-year veteran of McGill's Faculty of Chemistry is also getting his foot in the door of the rapidly-cxpanding computer software market.\u201cThe demand for CD-ROM versions of existing textbooks has increased over the past two years.particularly in the technical and medical fields,\u201d said Sylvie O'Halloran of the McGill University book store.\u201cWe now carry many CD-ROMs, but Professor Sanctuary's product was the first one I knew of.\u201d But while textbook publishers are trying to retain a share of the academic market by turning out multimedia products of their own, Sanctuary has found that most are geared simply towards promoting the original textbook.\u201cThese are usually pizzazzy and glittery, but short on real concepts,\u201d he said.\u201cThe worst ones arc simply a series of scanned pages of the textbook they promote.\u201d O\u2019Halloran pointed out that these inferior products arc unpopular with students.\u201cPcople arc disappointed when they find out that it\u2019s just a direct transfer from textbook to CD- ROM because they prefer the interactive aspects of the CD-ROM \u201d Sanctuary explained that in the past.many CD-ROM developers made the mistake of handing their project over to programmers rather than scientists, who would in turn consult with scientists who knew little about programming.This would often result in chaotic, error-prone products.\u201cHaving programmers do multimedia teaching developments is like having an English professor write a textbook for a scientist,\u201d he said.Sanctuary kept this in mind when he set out to develop his own series of CD-ROM software.He climmated that problem by doing much of the programming himself, working closely with a few colleagues and summer students.\u201cThe initial concept grew out of my course evaluations,\u201d Sanctuary recalled.\u201cOne of the most common complaints my students had was that they couldn't read my handwriting.\u201d To remedy this he began writing out his notes and comments on a laptop computer, but he knew the computer could be used for much more than just word processing.One thing led to another and by 1993 he was using multimedia technology in the classroom.Five years later, Sanctuary bas five fully- developed CD-ROMs, cach comprising an entire course in itself.Two levels of general chemistry are covered, as well as organic chemistry, caleulus-based physics, and _introductory physics without the calculus.They are all geared towards an academic level between senior high school and college.Originally from England.Sanctuary grew up in Vancouver and received his PhD from the University of British Columbia.After teaching freshman chemistry at the University of Wisconsin, he joined McGill's chemistry department in 1976 and moved to Westmount three years later.M.C.H.Multimedia Inc,, the company he formed to market his new teaching materials, is named after his three children\u2014 Mark, Colin and Hillary. 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Francization (French as Centre St-Paul a Second Language) 4976, Notre-Dame Ouest Day courses: (crossing Saint-Rémi) full time 20 hours/week [@ Saint-Henri 36 Registration: [@ Lionel-Groulx 191 ® August 5™, 19\", 10:00 A.M.[@ Angrignon 8 78 Documentation required: 596-4544 Birth Certificate, Immigration Documents, Canadian Passport or Canadian Citizenship Card or Social Insurance Number 980123 Commession scolaire de Montréal foe It\u2019s a Corn Fest, B.B.Q.& RP a Sidewalk Sale & a lot of fun! Village Pointe-Claire Its Saturday August 1st in Pointe Claire Village & you're invited! The Westmount Examiner Thursday, July 30, 1998 - 7 Welcome to the Hudson Street Fair! Mayor Stephen Shaar and the Town Council of the Town of Hudson invite you to come and enjoy a day in Quebec's nicest town.TOWN HALL 481 Main Road Tel: 458-5347 Photographers & Custom Framing Bargains Galore!! (Mays Raffle table location.STUDIO Win a Canon Sureshot WP] camera at our Raffle Draw 459 Main Rd.Tel: 458-4621 E-ZUP TENTS - open for business Suppliers of all Hudson fair tents by PNH Enterprises Inc.448 Main Rd.Tel: 458-2353 SIDEWALK SALE * Up to 50% off selected items * We pay the Tax Day! * Jelly Belly samples giveaway 403 Main Rd.Tel: 458-1867 o's Boutique 0° >\" PAUSE FOR PAWS ¥° SPECIALTY PET ITEMS Premium cat & dog food DOG OASIS for FAIR DAY Bring your dog for treats and refreshing pause 455 Main Rd.Tel: 458-9990 EE GHOP UP TO 50% OFF most items (except Dept.56) Lemonade stand 83 Cameron Ave.Tel: 458-7188 PICKERING Gifts, Handcrafted Pine Furniture Specialty Items Sidewalk Sale.Up to 50% off selected items.We pay the tax! 407 Main Rd.Tel: 458-0773 La Cache Classic La Cache ladies and children\u2019s clothing, linens and giftware at 50% outlet prices all the time! 425 Main Rd.Tel: 458-1126 Saturday August Ist Photos courtesy of May's Studio PISCINES & SPA HUDSON HOT TUB BOUTIQUE \u201cTry out a hot tub\u201d 10 - 12 tubs on display Info: \u201cHow to buy a hot tub\u201d MN, Village Theatre West -\u2014 oo\u2019 - \u2014 : - = The Hudson Railway Station n nw Now playing: \u201cHouse\u201d by Nick Mitchell Comming soon: MAISON VICTORIA DECOR Maison Victoria Décor 458-7501 Elyse Buckland, Hudson interior decorator.Draperie, upholstery, bedding, fabrics.Décotex enr.458-3321 design needs under one roof\u201d \"All your decorating and 400 Main Rd Joanna Olson, artist Atelier Victorian 4585417 Painter, 867-1400 Custom works on commission made Victorian and with designers.woodwork, mantels.ROYAL LEPAGE A HAH Prime waterfront estates, heritage homes Free corn on the cob give away all day All merchandise 20-50% off 72 Cameron St.Tel: 458-5663 775 Main Rd.Tel: (450) 458-4377 Live bands all day Tel: 458-5740 or 458-1867 29 Pasold, Dorion Tel: 424-0214 1-800-374-3009 \u201cShirley Valentine™ by Willy Russell Custom made kitchen and bathroom Kathryn Lamb 4580382 Dried flower ; at our tent 506 Main Rd.Tel: 458-5486 Reservations: 458-5361 Tues - Sat construction & design.arrangements - weddings, parties, decor, hals.472 Main Rd.Tel: 458-5365 All events sponsored by AIR BOUNCE MIA\u2019S RESTO PUB Hudson Area Business Amusements (Next to Heidi's) Ronis Association Inflatable rides for kids, teens and a crust pizza, pasa pita sandwiches, .Visit our Beer and Sausage Tent ; eer, wine, sangria, daqueries Fine men's and women's lingerie at Selkirk & Main adults, all at Benson Park all day! Summer terrasse * Open for brunch Sat & Sun.84 Cameron St.Tel: 458-1140 The Westmount Examiner uly 30, 1998 nny All the news that fits, we print One of the first valuable lessons | learned about this business occurred over 20 years ago when, as a wide-eyed and long-haired teenager, I came to The Examiner on a week-long internship.Eager to learn the ins and outs of the newspaper racket, | spent much of that memorable week following legendary Examiner reporter (now real estate sage) Andy Dodge around the hot spots of Westmount\u2014sip- ping coffee in Mayor MacCallum\u2019s office, dropping by the fire station for the weekly reports\u2014that sort of thing.Gone were my stereotypical impressions of the working journalist as a crusty, chain-smoking wretch married to his typewriter: Andy covered more ground in one morning than most people did in a week.But it was the Examiner patriarch himself, publisher John W.Sancton, who put everything in perspective one afternoon as I sat in his big office overlooking Ste.Catherine Street.\u201cThe New York Times has a motto\u2014 All the news that\u2019s fit to print,\u201d he said to me with his characteristic good-natured gruffness.\u201cWell, here at the Examiner things are slightly different.Our motto is All the news that fits, we print.\u201d Much has changed since that catalytic week in the spring of 1977.For onc thing, the Examiner has gone from a small, family-owned enterprise to one of many holdings in a large corporation.Journalism in general has also been revolutionized to the point where the fax machine alonc has eliminated the need for much of the legwork Andy put in.In those days, all newspaper copy was pounded out on typewriters and page layout was donc by hand\u2014cutting, pasting, sweating and cursing until everything fit.Now every step of the process is done by computer.It\u2019s faster and easier, but no matter how far the technology takes us, we still have to grapple with the same age-old dilemma every Wednesday\u2014what material to kecp and what to chop due to space restrictions.Mr.Sancton\u2019s jocular motto, as it turns out, remains as wise and valid as cver.It also seems an appropriate response to the many readers who have lately been asking why their Examiner is noticeably thinner and lacking the usual amount of editorial content.And if we say it in a more apologetic tone, it might also serve as an explanation to the many Westmounters whom we've recently inter- vicwed or photographed for a piece that ultimately ended up on the proverbial cutting room floor (or more accurately, fell reluctant victim to the delete key).Because there's never a shortage of events or noteworthy people to write about in this city, we usually have far more material than our page allotment can accommodate.Mr.Sancton recently pointed out to me that when he ran the Examiner, the amount of news always determined the size of each week's paper.Editorial content took priority and ads were fitted in accordingly.Today\u2014many would say unfortunately\u2014the opposite is true.Advertising is what keeps any newspaper going, now more than ever, and each week the number of pages we print is determined by the amount of ads we have.Each summer these ads tend to drop off considerably because our advertisers know that many readers are away on vacation and their ad might not be seen by as many people.As a result, a 12-page Examiner is pretty much the norm this time of year, just as 48 pages is not unusual in December.Therefore the amount of editorial space we have to work with has lately been limited to a few pages.And when you subtract the space reserved for important regular features like From the Mail Bag and our political columns, the space for local news diminishes even further.This, of course, is a temporary situation.Rest assured the paper will be bigger in the fall and everything will be back to normal.Many Westmounters will be back in town, making news\u2014and yes, it will all fit.Well, most of it anyway.\u2014 Wayne Larsen Loe iY \u201cdhe The biggest challenge facing small business these days is ; finding and gaining access to market opportunities.With procurement that tops $8 billion a year, one of the i biggest markets\u2014with needs for a vast range of goods and services\u2014ts the federal government.Getting information on government opportunities, and on how and what the government buys is essential to success.Providing that information and making it easier for small firms to do business with the Government of Canada is a key commitment of the government's major contracting agency, Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC).In 1997, PWGSC introduced changes that increase the visibility and accessibility of opportunities for small firms and provide them with greater support in learning how to do business successfully op You are unquesttonably THE diving champion , +he king.\"Tell our audience how You fel when You heard .fundamertale are strong ¥ ortunity knock HERE RENN with government.In partnership with 20 other departments, PWGSC launched Contracts Canada.It provides a single focal point for supplier inquiries, information on what the Getting information on government opportunities, and on how and what government buys is essential to success.government is buying, registration for firms to get onto vendor source lists of all participating departments, and information on THE WESTMOUNT EXAMINER is published by THE WESTMOUNT Reach us directly at: 484-7523 Go A y Member =\u201d Interim Publisher: Louis-Charles Ménard PW Membre E Xa m 1 n e r Editor: Leonard J Gervais ext.27 Member Quebec Community P Page layout: Laurie Mackenzie Canadian Community per socio 210 Victoria Ave.Chief reporter: Wayne Larsen ext.32 PSpapers Régionaux du Québec Sports reporter: ob Oliver ext.30 Member 3 Westmount, Que.H3Z 2M4 Administration: Debbie Dore ext.21 a Tel: (514) 484-5610 Sales consultants: Harvey Aisenthal ext.25 3 Fax: (514) 484-6028 Sandy Cobrin ext.24 sétacr Janice Proctor ext.26 verre Second class mail registration number 1760 Publishers liability for error: The publisher shall not be liable for slight changes or typographical errors that do not lessen the value of an advertisement.The publisher s liability for other errors vr omissions in connection with any advertisement is strictly limited to publication of the advertisement in any subsequent issue or the refund of any monies paid for the advertisement Mail subscription in Canada: $25.80 per year.5 ei on § | all upcoming \u2018how to do business with government\u2019 seminars being held across Canada.Canada\u2019s new Internet-based electronic tendering system, + MERX, launched in December 1997, takes the Contracts Canada model to new heights of ; convenience and accessibility for business.Firms now have improved, lower-cost access to information about contract opportunitics within the broader public sector in Canada\u2014federal, provincial, municipal, academic, and others.They can review opportunities at no additional cost, access a matching service which will notify them of opportunities that match their business profile, and can even have access to Internet e-mail.For further information, you can visit the MERX web site at http://www.merx.cebra.com or Contracts Canada at http://con- tractscanada.gc.ca ET MAS Es Les Hebdos Transcontinental a subsidiary of\u2019 GTC Transcontinental Group Ltd.rinted by Hebdo Litho, St.Leonard, Que.Outside Canada: additional $60 year.ranscontinental WEEKLY Eds examiner archives) Five Years Ago July 29, 1993: PLAQUE ATTACK: \u201cThe centennial monument in Westmount Park has been defaced with graffiti and vandalized only one year after it was completely refurbished and rededicated.\u2018There are pieces missing and graffiti scratched into several of the plaques,\u2019 said Kensington Avenue resident Andrew Cook-Jolicoeur.\u2018These arc deplorable and reprehensible acts of vandalism.\u2019 Three of the 12 provincial and territorial coats of arms have pieces missing and about five have pen knife scratches including a name, an erroneously drawn swastika and a few KKK markings.\u201d Fifteen Years Ago July 28, 1983.ROOM AND BOARD: \u201cA burglar described by police as being \u2018pretty agile\u2019 made off with $8,000 worth of jewelry July 15 from a house on Edgehill road\u2014 but not before he, or she, had caten.washed, and maybe slept in the home.The suspect, or suspects, drank milk and lemonade and ate some pizza.They had a shower, or bath, and lay down on the bed, police said.Damage was estimated at $180.\u201d Thirty-Five Years Ago August 2, 1963: NEW ERA FOR CHURCH: \u201cFrom humble beginnings in 1889 as The Tabernacle, and onwards through the union of threc separate congregations, Westmount Park Church, according to its official today stands at the threshold of a \u2018new cra\u2019, and 1s at present planning the construction of a two-storey structure estimated to cost about $226,000.The new building, to stand on the site of the present Webster Hall, will provide improved accommodation for activities involving some 400 families in the congregation.The new addition is expected to be completed by April 1964.\u201d Forty Years Ago August 2, 1958: EDITORIAL: \u201cWestmount\u2019s famous flower clock in front of Victoria Hall has lost some of its charm.The flowers are as beautiful as ever\u2014true-\u2014but something has been altered.The Roman numerals that marked the face of the clock for so long have given way to the 1-2-3 of modern times, and the Latin inscription has been translated into English.Personally, we're against it.We are losing so many of our solid landmarks.\u201d The Westmount Examiner Thursday, July 30, 1998 - 9 By ELSIE MITCHELL Since Mary Lamb spotted a tiny cup-like bird's nest plunked down in the middle of her Braeside sidewalk one windy morning, she\u2019s been peering more closely at every type of black bird that crosses her path.Picking up the small nest that high gusts had deposited on her doorstep, Mary was astonished to find one tiny blue-green egg, and two much larger white eggs dotted with brown.As she looked closely, she noticed the smaller egg was broken into three pieces with the remains of fresh-looking yellow yolk sticking to the inside of the shell.But the larger ones were intact and standing on end.Curious about the drama that had been played out here, Mary brought the nest to me to see what we could figure out.With the help of Hal H.Harrison's Field Guide to Bird Nests, it looked like the tiny blue-green egg scrawled with dark purple at one end was just the right size for a chipping sparrow.One of the smallest and tamest of sparrows, the \u2018chippies\u2019 have a bright rufous crown, white cycbrows and a strong black eyeline.But what clinched the identification was the lining of the nest\u2014single brown hairs sticking out at the top.and the inside lined with greyish-looking hair.Harrison said that these small sparrows like to line their grass nests with with horse's hair.Without it, they would use human, dog, raccoon, cattle, or bison hair.We figured the brown hair was from a raccoon, but the fine greyish hair turned out to be dog hair.Mary remembered putting hair from her dog\u2019s brush on the branches of a small tree \u201cjust in case birds could use them for nest building.\u201d But don\u2019t look for any pictures of cowbird nests in Harrison's book.Cowbird raids Chipping Sparrow nest The cowbird Just a large greyish-brown bird sitting on top of a small nest, probably a vircos, by the amount of birch bark woven into it.The size of its eggs are 21.45mm by 16.42 mm.The cowbird doesn\u2019t ever build a nest of its own.The female lays her fertile eggs in the nests of other birds, leaving them there to be fed by the owners of the nest.What's one extra mouth to feed?It turns out that the cowbird has quite an claborate strategy and 1t\u2019s a no-win situation for the nest parasitized.The female doesn't deposit her eggs at random.She waits to lay until after the host bird has already laid its first egg.Then at dawn, when the parents arc away, she comes along, deposits her egg, and often breaks or cats onc of the eggs alrcady there.For the cowbird egg, the incubation period is only 10 or 11 days, a little shorter than most other species.The young cowbird gets an earlier start and grows more quickly than the chicks of the host, Being larger than a chipping sparrow or yellow warbler the young cowbird can casily push a smaller bird out of the small nest in their struggle for food.So the hosts young don\u2019t come oft very well.The young cowbird gets more than its fair share of the food.Yellow warblers sometimes react to the intrusion by building a second story over the offending egg and its own and start laying again.I've even seen at McGill University, a warbler nest where the frustrated parents built three times, one nest over the other.Larger birds, like robins react by breaking the eggs and throwing them from the nest.So the drama as we reconstructed it was that the cowbird, on her second trip, had broken and caten the chipping sparrow's small blue- green egg and laid another one.The wind blew the nest down from the tree as \u201cchippies\u201d generally build only three to 10 feet off the ground, the nest landed undamaged.Plentiful in this province, the cowbird 1s à bird of complex habits.I've seen them on Westmount Summit in the spring, slithering through low branches, probably keeping an eye out for other birds starting to build their nests.Part of the big family of black birds, the cowbird associates in the fall in huge flocks made up of red-winged blackbirds, grackles and starlings.Right now, you'll sec families of five or six feeding on lawns and pastures where the cattle stir up insects as they walk.The group consists of a brown-headed male, the female in grey brown plumage and the paler plumage with dark streaks of the juvenile.They re worth a glimpse.You wonder how the young cver find their own species again after being raised by a foster parent.Respect through education To the editor: I am writing with regards to Arthur Kaptaims\u2019s letter (\u2018Westmount pool feels like a high-crime district\u2019.July 23).I would agree with Mr.Kaptainis\u2019s premise that teenagers are looked up to by younger children like his six-year-old son.And soon the young imitate the older ones\u2019 behaviour.The same \u2018role model\u2019 argument does not stop with little children and teenagers.It continues to encompass adults like you and |.As a role model myself, 1 would not have told the teen to \u201cshut up.\u201d I would want the teen to be quiet out of respect, not intimidation.If teens are to be respectful of their community, the adults of the community need to model respect.How clse will they learn?Shouting out obscenities does not make teens criminals nor this area a \u201chigh crime district.\u201d Mr.Kaptainis says \u201cobnoxious behaviour limits their chances of success in the real world.\u201d | say accusations and perpetuations of stereotypes will do more to limit their chances in the future than their present behaviour.What \u201creal world\u201d does he speak of, anyway?One that does not include teenagers and their wild and zealous approach to life.As adults, we have to learn a lot from the young.Perhaps some have lost their enthusiasm for life much too soon.I am not condoning swearing and smoking by anyone, let alone teens, but I do not belicve in labeling.A word of advice to Mr.Kaptainis: As you would to anyone else, be respectful and patient; cducate and don\u2019t boss.Stop and talk with one of the teens in the arca and you will be surprised at what you will encounter.Teens really are not as awful as you make them out to be.I agrec with Mr.Kaptainis that people, not just teens, should not swear in public.If a teen swears in front of me ! ask them to stop and I explain why they should not swear\u2014the community 1s a shared experience and there are others who find their words offensive.Finally, please note that as coordinator of Westmount\u2019s teen centre, | have taken steps to alleviate the congestion at the shared entrance to the pool and teen centre.If any members of our community wish to discuss this further or have any questions, | would be happy to hear from them at 989-5252, Jared MacSween Coordinator, TAG Teen Centre Lower drug costs needed To the editor: Since Health Minister Jean Rochon\u2019s Drug Insurance Reform, the media has publicized complications and deaths resulting from patients\u2019 inability to afford necessary medications.Now we learn that this reform has also been an economic failure, which the Quebec government explains on the basis of data crror and the clement of surprise.Certainly, Jean Rochon could have spared better had Quebecers these problems he researched his reform before enacting it.However, it\u2019s not only our provincial government that 1s to blame.As long as patients could afford their medications and then take them as prescribed, they would be healthier, have less complications and require Jess interventions in hospitals and from community health services.At a time when Canada 1s trying to contain the cost of our public health system, drug costs still remains prohibitively and unaffordably high.There 1s something tern- bly wrong when government pays a specialist $15 to diagnose and treat a patient, who will then need to fill a drug prescription of 10 pills, that will cost him or his insurer $70.How many can casily afford their medications?Inability to afford to take necessary medications makes ill people sicker, thus costing the individual his health, and the health system, more dollars.It is time for our fed- cral and provincial governments to bring the pharmaceutical industry into linc with the cco- nomic realitics of the day.A cost-effective health system can only 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Buy a classified ad and receive free the same Inscription on our Internet site: www.lesheb- dos.com (Not available to commercial advertisers) HERITAGE HIGHLIGHTS Thursday, July 30, 1998 - 11 Mysterious Oak Island By Lionel Kearns The mystery of Oak Island, Nova Scotia, has tantalized fortune hunters for two centuries.The saga began on a summer day in 1795, when a-teenage boy, exploring the island, noticed a tree with a rope-burned branch directly over a peculiar circular depression.The boy began to wonder if something had been buried there.Could it be pirate treasure?The boy retumed the next day with two friends, shovels and picks, and the group started to investigate the mysterious depression.Less than a metre down, they struck a layer of flat rocks, laid like paving stones.At three metres they came to a platform of oak logs.Someone had put a lot were now certain that the pirate treasure was close, but as the hole deepened, the excavation proved too much for them.Seven years later, one of the boys returned to the island with a crew of men, and the digging resumed.More mysterious layers of logs and coconut fibre turned up, and at the 24 metre level the crew unearthed a large, flat stone with strange markings on it.They stuck a probe down to test Lhe soft muddy earth below.At thirty metres it hit a hard object.Was it the treasure?The men went to bed, certain that the next day would bring them JHE CRB FOUNDATION HERITAGE of work into this hole.At a depth of six metres they discovered another oak platform, and another at the nine metre level.Their hole was getting very dcep.The boys enormous riches.Next morning they found the pit filled with water to a depth of twelve metres.No amount of bailing or pumping could lower the waler level.Whoever built Oak Island's \"Money Pit\", as it came to be called.had created an engineering marvel.Subsequent treasure-huniers discovered a complex of tunnels and channels on the nearby beach, their entrances hidden by tons of coconut matting and loose beach stones.Whenever someone tried to pump out the hole, water from these channels gushed in to fill it again.The Heritage Project is proud to be associated with the International Year of the Family.For more information about the Heritage Project please call | -R00-507-1867.Since then treasure hunters have been digging up the island.Well- financed project teams have come in with their steam pumps, power drills and earth moving equipment, succeeding only in making more holes on the island.The walls of the pit have collapsed again and again, sometimes burying the workers.Litde is left of the original artifacts, and the landscape around the pit bears no resemblance to the original scene which set off the search 200 years ago.Millions of dollars have gone down the Oak Island \"Money Pit\u201d, and still nothing has come up.For two hundred years the mystery has motivated generations of diggers, but they have found no treasure and very few clues to the baffling question of who constructed the elaborate carth works at the site.why they did it, or what, if anything, lies buried on this tiny Nova Scotia island.Thank you, John.Thanks Westmount.To the editor: It was a year ago this month that my mother passed away.Brave right up to her final release, with dignity she made her last heartbeat Wednesday morning, July 23, 1997.It was Monday morning, July 21, that the house directly across the street resumed its extensive reconstruction work.It had been unoccupied for the longest time, but now workers were drilling on the front lawn for a thermal heat pump.The machinery noise was unbearable.My mother\u2019s bedroom windows rattled and the ground vibrated.The nurse and | sensed that my mother\u2019s condition had turned the night prior.Guessing that my mother would be going soon, | couldn't believe the timing of this poignant moment and an cardrum-breaking drilling right across the street.Pulling the blinds apart, | saw some workers and a blue car with the City of Westmount crest on its door.| guessed that the man with the mustache was a city Public Works official.I approached the man and asked him to follow me into the house, telling him 1 wanted to explain something important.He graciously followed me upstairs while 1 explained that my mother was dying of cancer and all we wanted was some peace and quiet.He remained standing in the hall as | slowly opened her bedroom door.I introduced the situation to him as the nurse was making sure Mum was comfortable.I imagined that Westmount fields hundreds of complaints and requests\u2014some trivial, some warranted.There was no time for doubt, delay or ambiguity.| wanted John to know that this was very real, and it was happening right now.With a sympathetic and understanding look, he walked back downstairs, crossed the street, and five minutes later you could hear the birds in the maple trees again.Moments later, Mum started to actively die.Determined to go only when she was good and ready, she endured, and occasionally cracked a smile right up to the small hours of Wednesday morning.About three weeks later, well after Mum\u2019s funeral reception at the house, the drilling had begun again.Our house rumbled, and you couldn\u2019t hear the birds anymore.I never followed up in thanking John from the City of Westmount Public Works department.It\u2019s been a year now, but I remember that Monday morning.Thank you, John.Donald Stephen Munro Northcliffe Avenue ATTENTION ANIMAL LOVERS The Westmount Examiner has 10 pairs of tickets to give away for Starting at 9 a.m, Friday July 31st at our office located at 210 Victoria Avenue (corner St-Catherine) First come, first served 12 - Thursday, July 30, 1998 \u2014 \u2014 \u2014 - The Westmount Examiner Service To Go Dear customer, Thanks for your continued support of Westmount Auto.We work hard to give you continued quality, personalized service.We offer expert workmanship for less money and we're right here in your neighbourhood.We also have 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