The Westmount examiner, 7 décembre 1989, jeudi 7 décembre 1989

[" a La - Vol.LXI, No.49 Making all of Westmount your home Westmount, Quebec, Thursday, December 7, 1989 per Westmount may have chilly hours: \u201ce City forced to cut poweF= to prevent peak overloads Westmount's electric utility began cutting power Monday night in selected parts of the upper levels of the city to prevent a prolonged blackout - caused by record-setting consumption during the cold spell.Such load-shedding operations can be expected to continue this winter until updating of electrical supply equipment at the King George Park substation is completed next year, city officials said.Soaring demands for power in the area are the result in large part of increasing use of electric heating.Citizens are being urged to conserve electricity between the hours of 4:30 and 7 pm to avoid overloading of the system (see separate stories).An information flyer explaining the situation is being prepared by Westmount 's light and power department for distribution to all house- _ holds by Christmas.\"Small hike in tax rate for next year Taxpayers can expect only a small increase in the mill rate for 1990, Mayor May Cutler said Tuesday.City council members finalized the municipal budget for the coming year at their general committee meeting the night before, she said.She had previously announced that council has been working to keep budget increases in line with the cost of living.\u201cAll the work is done.It\u2019s a good budget with a very small increase in the mill rate.\u201d The budget is to be presented at a special meeting Dec 18.By LAUREEN SWEENEY The load shedding means buildings throughout the city may experience blackouts lasting about an hour from time to time as circuits are shut down to prevent overloading and major circuit failure.The sudden need to load shed Monday, early in the season, caught city officials by surprise.About 75 resi- Bank held up by quiet man A lone man quietly held up a cashier at the Bank of Montreal, 5003 Sherbrooke street, Friday, police said.He is believed to have made off with less than $500.The robbery took place about 12:45 pm after the man had waited his turn in line.As he arrived at the teller, he put his hand in a pocket as if holding a gun, and asked for money.He then walked out of the bank and began running east on Sherbrooke.The robber is described as a white man, speaking English, aged about 25.He wore jeans, running shoes and a jacket of different colors with the crest of Brooks Team International on the back.Cums WS dents called the power house for information.The plan is not related to Hydro- Québec\u2019s problems in the Montreal area, Councillor Rhoda Vineberg assured Monday night's city council meeting.\u201cThere is a tremendous load on the Park substation which we are addressing,\u201d she said, announcing that load shedding had begun that evening.\u201cWe knew the load shedding would happen this winter, but not Continued on page nine SANTA COMES TO TOWN: Mr Claus forsook his sleigh Sunday afternoon for a fire truck and siren.It helped him arrive on time at Victoria Hall for the city's annual party for employees\u2019 children.The jolly eif is Fernand Gauthier, uncle of clown Claudette Gauthier, a fire dispatcher and one of the party's organizers along with Beverly Adams, Percy and Dora George and Linda Meloche.Lending a helping hand are firefighters Gary Greenwood, William Osborne, whose family also attended the party, and Brian Walsh.City had to wait till Tuesday noon: Shaking off trusteeship not as simple as paying up \u201cThis has been an incredible fiasco,\u201d Mayor May Cutler said Tuesday afternoon moments after West- mount was finally released from trusteeship.\u201cThe Quebec Municipal Commission should never have monkeyed around with this.\u201d Mrs Cutler said Westmount has \u201cthe courage and the money\u201d to continue the fight to the end through the City and CUPE local at an impasse: By CHARLES MAPPIN damages suit it has launched.From the Nov 29 Superior Court decision declaring Westmount in default until noon Tuesday, the city was unable to pay bills or to have council conduct any official business.Worst of all, Mrs Cutler said, was the chaos.\u201cWe did not receive a sin- Arena open, library closed: white-collars to strike at last i.For the finest non-traditional Italian food RESTAURANT oFanlier)] (INSIDE.= «| @ Displaced council session to be held thisevening.HE In the Neighborhood: \u2018A\u2019 Company, veterans.B City honors long service at annual awards banquet.1 m Oldtimers\u2019 hockey tournament nets $10,000.00.iL ag Tn kd = \u201c ce o < a i LT cee = wi Ut dr Ang RAN a I aa + u > By LAUREEN SWEENEY Westmount\u2019s library is expected to be shut down tomorrow at 4 pm when 100 city white-collar workers walk off the job in a strike of weekend services, union officials confirmed yesterday.The Saturday hockey program vill be maintained using manage- nent personnel, and blue-collar workers are expected to keep the arena open for general skating, recreation officials said.Only a last-minute return to the bargaining table could call off the strike at this point, union president Michael Crouch told THE EXAMINER yesterday.But city council remains firmly behind its position that negotiations are finished, Mayor May Cutler said.Thecity has goneas farasitcaninits offer.\u201cStrikes in the public service should not be allowed,\u201d she stated.\u201cIt is the citizens who are being held up.\u201d But Mr Crouch said he hopes the citizens \u201cstand up and take notice and know who to vote for at the next election.\u201d He said the union negotiated with city officials in good faith and put its cards on the table.\u201cThey feel it\u2019s finished but they can't give us good reasons.The white-collar workers, local 2987 of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), have been without a contract since last Dec 31.They Continued on page seven gle word in writing from the commission until Tuesday's fax releasing us from their grips.They never even officially notified us that we were in trusteeship.\u201d The city had expected to be released late Wednesday last week, as QMC chairman Jean-Charles Lafond had told THE EXAMINER.But it didn't happen so smoothly.Mr Lafond ruled that last week's emergency city council meeting was called without proper notice and therefore he could not accept as legal the council's resolution to pay the Montreal Urban Community the outstanding $512,706 portion of its 1988 tax bill.The city was never notified, however, and only discovered this when the QMC official expected to come and countersign the cheque never showed up.The city called him and was told to go ahead and deliver the cheque anyway.\u201cThere was terrible confusion.We could issue no cheques without a countersignature, yet at the same time they refused to countersign our cheque to the MUC,\u201d the exasperated mayor said, adding that Westmount could have paid the disputed bill Continued on page six Sept 21).31.colorful hunting jacket.\u2018Hunting jacket\u2019 robber gets eight-year sentence *A 27-YEAR-OLD man was sentenced to eight years in jail Monday after pleading guilty in Sessions Court to 17 robberies, three involving Westmount merchants, police said.The man, identified as Richard Wakeling, is reported to have a police dossier for armed robbery.He was arrested Sept 15 (see story The three Westmount robberies took place at Pour une Chanson, 388 Victoria avenue, on Aug 23; at Levi pour elle, 4920 Sherbrooke street, on Aug 25; and at a travel agency, 4123 St Catherine street, Aug On these occasions, merchants described the robber as wearing a Thursday, December 7, 1989 The Westmount Examiner, Next Scheduled City Council Meeting Thursday, December 7, 5:30 pm Date de la prochaine séance du conseil municipal Le jeudi 7 décembre, 17h30 SPECIAL SITTING: RE 1990 BUDGET Monday, December 18, 8 pm SÉANCE SPÉCIALE: BUDGET 1990 Le jeudi 18 décembre, 20h VILLE DE WESTMOUNT RÔLE DE VALEUR LOCATIVE POUR 1989-1990-1991 AVIS PUBLIC est par la présente donné par le soussigné, Greffier de la corporation municipale de Westmount, conformément aux exigences de l'article 74.1 de la Loi sur la fiscalité municipale (L.R.Q., chapitre F-2.1), que toute plainte concernant le rôle de la valeur locative triennal de ladite corporation municipale pour les années 1989-1990-1991, au motif que l'évaluateur n\u2019a pas effectué une modification qu'il aurait dû y apporter en vertu de l'article 174 de ladite Loi, doit être déposée au cours de l'exercice pendant lequel survient l'événement justifiant la modification ou du suivant; QUE, sous peine de rejet, une telle plainte doit être déposée au moyen de la formule prescrite, au greffe de la Cour des petites créances.Les personnes intéressées peuvent se procurer une formule de plainte en s'adressant au bureau du Greffier à l'Hôtel de Ville, 4333, rue Sherbrooke, Westmount, Québec, H3Z 1E2.DONNÉ à Westmount, Québec, ce 30ième jour de novembre Robert C.Wilkins Greffier de la Ville CITY OF WESTMOUNT \u201c RENTAL VALUE ROLL FOR 1989-1990-1991 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned, City Clerk of the municipal corporation of Westmount, in accordance with the provisions of Section 74.1 of the Act Respecting Municipal Taxation (R.S.Q., chapter F-2.1), that any complaint relating to the Rental Value Roll of the said City for the three years 1989-1990-1991, based on the ground that the assessor has failed to make an alteration to the said Roll pursuant to Section 174 of the said Act, must be filed in the course of the fiscal year in which the event justifying the alteration occurs or in the following fiscal year; THAT, on pain of being dismissed, such a complaint must be filed on the prescribed form at the office of the Small Claims Court.The persons interested may obtain a complaint form at the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 4333 Sherbrooke, Westmount, Quebec, H3Z 1E2.GIVEN at Westmount, Quebec, this 30th day of November 1989.Robert C.Wilkins Town Clerk VILLE DE WESTMOUNT ROLE D\u2019EVALUATION FONCIERE POUR 1989-1990-1991 AVIS PUBLIC est par la présente donné par le soussigné, Greffier de la corporation municipale de Westmount, conformément aux exigences de l\u2019article 74.1 de la Loi sur la fiscalité municipale (L.R.Q., chapitre F-2.1), que toute plainte concernant le rôle d'évaluation foncière triennal de ladite corporation municipale pour les années 1989-1990-1991, au motif que I'évaluateur n'a pas effectué une modification qu'il aurait dû y apporter en vertu de l'article 174 de ladite Loi, doit être déposée au cours de l'exercice pendant lequel survient l'événement justifiant la modification ou du suivant; QUE, sous peine de rejet, une telle plainte doit être déposée au moyen de la formule prescrite, au greffe de la Cour des petites créances.Les personnes intéressées peuvent se procurer une formule de plainte en s'adressant au bureau du Greffier à l'Hôtel de Ville, 4333, rue Sherbrooke, Westmount, Québec, H3Z 1E2.DONNÉ à Westmount, Québec, ce 30ième jour de novembre 1989.Robert C.Wilkins Greffier de la Ville sere \u201cqe CITY OF WESTMOUNT REAL ESTATE VALUATION ROLL FOR 1989-1990-1991 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned, City Clerk of the municipal corporation of Westmount, in accordance with the provisions of Section 74.1 of the Act Respecting Municipal Taxation (R.S.Q., chapter F-2.1), that any complaint relating to the Real Estate Valuation Roll of the said City for the three years 1989-1990- 1991, based on the ground that the assessor has failed to make an alteration to the said Roll pursuant to Section 174 of the said Act, must be filed in the course of the fiscal year in which the event justifying the alteration occurs or in the following fiscal year; THAI, .on.pain of being dismissed, such a complaint must be Hed on thé prescribed form at the office of the Small Claims Court.Dh Te persons = = ype » Lg Fi wie, A Robert C.Wilkins ali ns ue atl wl Town Clerk 255 BUDGET 1990 \u2014 PROGRAMME 5223 TRIENNAL D'IMMOBILISATIONS 1990/91/92 AVIS PUBLIC est par les présentes donné par le soussigné, greffier de la Ville de Westmount: QUE le budget d'exploitation de ladite ville pour l'exercice financier 1990 ainsi que le programme triennal d'immobilisations de ladite ville pour les exercices financiers 1990, 1991 et 1992, seront déposés pour adoption à une séance spéciale du conseil municipal de la ville de Westmount qui se tiendra le lundi, 18 décembre 1989, à 20h, dans la Salle du conseil de l'Hôtel de ville, 4333, rue Sherbrooke, Westmount, Québec; et QUE, lors de ladite séance spéciale, les délibérations dudit conseil et la période de questions porteront exclusivement sur ledit budget d'exploitation et ledit programme triennal d'immobilisations.DONNÉ à Westmount, Québec, ce 5ième jour de décembre 1989.Robert C.Wilkins Greffier de la Ville BUDGET 1990 \u2014 CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PROGRAM 1990/91/92 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned, Clerk of the City of Westmount: THAT the operating budget of the said City for the fiscal year 1990, and the three-year capital expenditure program of the said City for the fiscal years 1990, 1991 and 1992, will be tabled for adoption at the special sitting of the Municipal Council of the City of Westmount, to be held on Monday, 18th December 1989 at 8 pm, in the Council Chamber of City Hall, 4333 Sherbrooke, Westmount, Quebec; and THAT, at the said special sitting, the deliberations of the said Council and the question period shall deal exclusively with the said operating budget and the said three-year capital expenditure program.GIVEN at Westmount, Quebec, this 5th day of December 1989.Robert C.Wilkins City Clerk PL Gon CITY OF WESTMOUNT BY-ELECTION \u2014 ELECTORAL DISTRICT NO.2 4th FEBRUARY 1990 PUBLIC NOTICE OF ELECTION I, Robert C.Wilkins, Returning Officer of the City of West- mount, give to the electors of the City of Westmount, the following notice: 1.The following office is open for nominations: The office of Councillor for Electoral District No.2 of the said City.2.Any nomination paper for this office shall be filed at the office of the Returning Officer (4333 Sherbrooke west, Westmount, Quebec), on the following days and hours: DAYS: from 8 December 1989 to 12 January 1990, Monday to Friday HOURS: from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.The Office of the Returning Officer will be closed from the 23rd December 1989 to the 2nd January 1990, both inclusive.It will re-open on the 3rd January 1990 at 8:30 am.3.If more than one candidate is nominated for the said office of Councillor, \u2014 a pol/will be held on Sunday, 4th February 1990, from 9 am to 7 pm; Continued on page eight Today, Dec 7 Toy.fair: sponsored by Place Ken- sington and KIDS Westmount at 4430 St Catherine street west from 3:30 to 6:30 pm.Book fair: at Roslyn School, 4699 Westmount avenue, selling children\u2019s books from 8 am to 1 pm.Poetry performance: Having fun with poetry, favorite poems dramatized by members of Dramatis Personae at the Lodge Room of Victoria Hall, 7:30 pm.Your favorite can be performed if you bring 10 copj along.937-1606.Global bazaar: a collection of art and crafts at Galerie des 5 Continents, 1225 Greene avenue, until Jan 6.Christmas fair: at Visual Arts Centre, 350 Victoria avenue, Tuesday to Saturday until Dec 30.Watercolor exhibit: Work by John Collins at Dan Delaney's Artlenders Gallery, 318 Victoria avenue, until Dec 12.Oil paintings by Pram Arbu Kerr at the Westmount library to Dec 10.Saturday, Dec 9 Children\u2019s open house: at Visual Arts Centre from | to 4 pm.Holiday sing-along: for youngsters at the Greene Avenue Community Centre, 1090 Greene, from 10 to 11:30 am.Admission $1.Christmas bazaar: at Westmount Park Church from 11 am to 3 pm.Lunch 11:30 am to 2 pm.935-0678.Children's reading: Santa will read his own stories about Rudolph and Frosty at 10 am at Oink Oink!, 1361 Greene avenue.Monday, Dec 11 CAMMAC sight reading of Handel\u2019s Messiah at St Matthias\u2019 Church hall, 12 Church Hill, from 3 to 5 pm.Amateur vocalists and instrumentalists invited.352-7499 or 486-5440.Tuesday, Dec 12 Children's Christmas concert by those who participated in community choir, drama classes and/or dance classes through the recreation department at 7 pm at Victoria Hall.Wednesday, Dec 13 Story hour: Today and every Wednesday, a 20-minute story hour for two- and three-year-olds, followed by a 20-minute storytime for children four to six years old and, after that, 20 minutes of story-telling in French.Readings begin at 10:30 am and 3 pm at Westmount Library.More salt needed for windy corner A call for better salting and sanding of the sidewalks at the corner of Greene avenue and St Catherine street came from a resident of the area during question period at Monday's short council meeting.The new Château Westmount Square condominium building creates \u201cterrible, horrendous winds\" at the corner making walking difficigé Greene resident Christiane van nesse said.Councillor Stuart Robertson said he recognized the problem when he was at the corner earlier in the day and that it would be looked after.Controls removed in rental fight An apartment burglary at 4123 de Maisonneuve Wednesday last week was attributed to a dispute between a tenant and landlord, police said.The tenant, whose rent was over: due, reported that controls for her TV and VCR had been taken.Jewelry was also discovered missing.The matter is reported to be under investigation and tied in with a rental board hearing.Police said it was not known if charges would be laid.Xe Eee NCO OND 5 © TM © 6 + À we 0x BS ma HAD PWD \u2014 / am ADVERTISER TO FILL THIS SPOT! For information call your sales representative or Louise Welman at 932-3157 Pig ra REE HT ade yy nN [Ac The following calls were answered by the Westmount Fire Brigade during the past week: Nov 28 10:15 am: 95 Côte St Antoine, Selwyn House School, code 3 automatic mutual aid from St Laurent and Outremont cancelled at 10:22 and 11:01 am respectively, fire in third floor junior lab (see story last week); 9:08 pm: Lane at rear of 110 Columbia, car on fire (see story last week); 9:21 pm: Rear of 4262 Dorchester, car on fire (second car in above); Nov 29 1:19 pm: 336 Metcalfe, Goodwin House nursing home, first responder unit; 2:25 pm: 5555 Trent, code 3 automatic mutual aid to Côte St Luc cancelled at 2:29 pm; 7:10 pm: 4060 St Catherine, code 3 automatic mutual from Côte St Luc and Outremont cancelled at 7:22 pm, garage sprinkler sys- temaccidentally activated when struck by van; 9:23 pm: 6595 Côte St Luc, code 3 automatic mutual aid to Côte St Luc cancelled at 9:29 pm, Nov 30 8:11 am: 7461 Kingsley, code 3 automatic mutual aid to Côte St Luc cancelled at 8:16 am; 2:14 pm: 4849 Sherbrooke, strange odor, dissipated; 2:30 pm: 4646 Sherbrooke, Manoir West- mount, code 3 automatic mutual aid cancelled at 2:39 pm, smoke detector activated; 2:36 pm: 556 Claremont, burglar alarm; Decl 12:56 pm: 4860 Sherbrooke, unnecessary call, odor from furnace; 9:08 pm: 215 Redfern, Readers Digest, code 3 automatic mutual aid from Céte St Luc and Outremont cancelled at 9:17 pm, alarm set off when Halon extinguishing system partially activated in computer room after struck by lift truck; Dec 2 2:36 am: 7905 Cote St Luc, code 3 automatic rene mutual aid to Céte St Luc cancelled at 2:44 am; 3:06 pm: 416 Clarke, strange odor, dusty humidifier; Dec 3 Nik; Dec 4 7:37 am: Front of 4319 Montrose, water leak in street; 10:02 am: 64 Aberdeen, strange odor from furnace; 2:37 pm: 4039 Tupper, Reddy Memorial Hospital, code 3 automatic mutual aid from Côte St Luc and Outremont cancelled at 2:46 pm, heat detector set off by heat from hot water tap leaking in small enclosed area; 3:25 pm: 450 Kensington, Shaar Hasho- mayim Synagogue, code 3 automatic mutual aid from Côte St Luc and Outremont cancelled at 3:32 pm, fire alarm activated by power surge; 4:09 pm: Westmount Square concourse level, code 3 automatic mutual aid from Côte St Luc and Outremont, alarm set off when sprinkler head froze in Métro store; 5:53 pm: 6687 Côte St Luc, code 2 automatic mutual aid to Côte St Luc cancelled at 5:57 pm; 6:03 pm: Front of 4319 Montrose, water leak in street; 7:33 pm: 5795 Caldwell, code 3 automatic mutual aid to Côte St Luc cancelled at 7:42 pm, 9:43 pm: 4643 Sherbrooke, first responder unit.336-8198 277-0858 BRAND NAME CARPETS We pride ourselves on good workmanship, quality material and discount prices! For personalized service call: DECOR MITCH-EL 6236 St.Hubert St.WE BRING OUR SHOWRQOM TO YOU PHIL RAM GLADSTONE MEDI-CENTRE Médecine Familiale - Family Medicine Spécialistes Consultants - Consulting Specialists With or without appointment Avec ou sans rendez-vous 4095 Tupper St.Westmount (next to the Reddy Memorial) 935-1860 © ATWATER AND THE TOWER CAME TUMBLING DOWN: The controversial Ridgewood avenue communications tower knocked over a street lamp and broke windows in a nearby apartment building when it fell to the ground during its dismantling Wednesday last week.The crane (the light-colored structure) snapped during the operation causing both it and the section of tower being removed to crash to the ground.No injuries were reported.Half the tower remained standing until earlier this week when it was finally removed.Photo: PETER KADELBACH Landlord appeals ruling on eviction of tenants Westmount landlord Laurent Lemire seems bent on having the largest single-family home on Sherbrooke street.Mr Lemire has launched an appeal in Provincial Court of the recent rental board ruling rejecting his attempt to evict the tenants of his 12- unit apartment building at 4435 Sherbrooke.At the rental board hearing, Mr Lemire said he wanted to restore the building to its original state as a single-family home, but commissioner Michael Lackstone called the project \u201cimprobable\u201d (see story last week).The appeal contends that the commissioner made a subjective deci- FOR LUMBER ® AND PLYWOOD FOR HOME AND INDUSTRY ORDER Ne AYS 7:30 AM-5: SATURDAYS 8:30 AM-4 Call 748-6161 SHEARER-BOCK RUTHERFORD INC.50 STINSON BLVD.TWO BLOCKS EAST OF NATIONAL FILM BOARD sion about the sincerity of Mr Lemire\u2019s intentions and that he interpreted his arguments erroneously.A date for the appeal has not yet been set.Silent Golf An Alpine radio was stolen from a car parked in front of 4341 West- mount avenue last Thursday night, police said.Entry to the grey 1986 Volkswagen Golf caused $400 damage by breaking a door window.Your car is an important investment! Why not have it repaired by someone who cares! Since 1939 We \u201cSpecialists in insurance estimate repairs\u201d 21 Somerville, Westmount 486-0785 Consultant back for more study of city structure Consultant George Cuff, who has been hired by the city to delve deeper into its administrative structure, is in town again.Mr Cuff, former mayor of Spruce Grove, near Edmonton, and an assistant are here to interview department directors, Mayor May Cutler reports.He is a past president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).His initial report on the upper management structure of the city was submitted last month, resulting in the naming of two senior managers to replace the positions of assistant directors-general.Mr Cuff now has a mandate to look into the organization of departments.Stoned car Rocks hidden in snowballs were thrown down from the railway bridge over Glen road onto a car Tuesday last week, police said.The white MUCTC vehicle had been driving north from the St Henri garage about 9:55 pm when its windshield was broken in three places and its hood dented.Damage is estimated at $500.Hannah and Jerry's Van Home From the Finest in European Breads and Rolls to The Best Litile Deli in town 5205 Sherbrooke St.W.corner Marlowe 48 2-5943 CTAXI Office located in Westmount EFFICIENT AND PERSONALIZED SERVICE 24 HOUR SERVICE AIRPORT RESERVATIONS DELIVERIES af rer McHenry Plumbing, Inc.plumbing, heating and gas plomberie, chauffage et gaz * 24 aOR SEAS residential, commercial, industrial Na e 5059 de Maisonneuve West COLE LE AR MES CES Examiner Making all of Westmount your home Published every Thursday by Publications Dumont (1988) inc.(( VI COGECO a Media Group 155 Hillside Avenue, Westmount, PQ H3Z 2Y8 AN COM \u201455\u201d* so h Editorial and Circulation 932-3157 Display and Classified Advertising 931-7511 FAX: 932-5700 Publisher & Editor: Don Sancton Director of Advertising: Louise Wolman News Editor: Kathleen Hugessen Staff Reporters: Laureen Sweeney, Charles Mappin Typeset by Adcomp Inc., Westmount Printed by Richelieu Roto-Litho Inc., St.Jean sur Richelieu, Quebec .Second class mail registration number 1760 Publisher\u2019s 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 or 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.Membre Association of Quebec AR Member Mail subscriptions in Canada, $20.00 per year, 2 years $36.00, 3.years $49.00.Regional English Medi FT Association des Médias 4 - Vol.LXI, No.49 ni Segionaux Anglophones El a du Québec Subscriptions of less than one year, 50 cents per copy plus $2 handling.Fifty cents a copy.Outside Canada, additional $50.00 a year.Thursday, December 7, 1989 Pain - WeSay CCNA / Trusteeship IT IS easy to make light of the City of Westmount being under trusteeship.It is not so easy to understand why one of the most prestigious cities in the country found itself in this situation.We donot call it a predicament.It was easily solvable and our municipality at noon Tuesday regained its freedom from the thralldom of the Quebec Municipal Commission.The mechanics are quite simple \u2014 which itself gives rise to the plain question: why?Why did Westmount, a local government not known for corruption, find itself in the same limbo as from time to time have other cities and towns of the province which have not played the game?Why, when accepted morality, rules and procedures established for municipal councils or, plainly, fundamental respect for law and order had not been breached?The Cities and Towns Act is quite clear regarding the obligations of citizens, individual and corporate, and other bodies including local governments: disputed taxes and other levies must nonetheless be paid when due and adjustment, if not reached before, pursued afterward.It is a sensible requirement.There would be anarchy if anyone who disagreed with a tax bill \u2014 such persons are legion \u2014 could thereby simply not pay it.The City of Westmount itself would find its finances and its other business in parlous state if its own citizens in any numbers behaved, with or without cause, as has the city itself toward the MUC.* * * IN the present Westmount case, it is well known that errors in the valuation roll for 1988, so far as local real estate is concerned, resulted in a $500,000 overcharge in the year\u2019s assessment against the city for its share of the expenses of the Montreal Urban Community.It is the result of huge and proven errors acknowledged by the MUC appraisers regarding Westmount properties.While some variations occur every year and everywhere \u2014 that is why there is an appeal mechanism which frequently decides in the property owner's favor \u2014 these mistakes were horrendous, suggesting incompetence in that MUC department.It is right that not only should the individual ratepayers concerned receive adjustments but that the City of Westmount, in turn, should have had the assessment against it and based on the original error- ridden roll revised.The same kind of slip-shod approach to business demonstrated by the assessors appears to permeate the upper echelons of the MUC bureaucracy and leadership.Instead of prompt correction, Westmount has been treated to delay, stonewalling and cynical hiding behind the law in the matter.And that law, from the beginning, has been on the side of the MUC.* * * THE mystery is: Why was this plain fact not recognized by the Westmount management, its legally trained officials both staff and elected, to say nothing of the city\u2019s attorneys and an otherwise sensible city council?If they did, then worse: Why was the law deliberately flouted, specially with no chance of the city ending up (barring an unlikely settlement beforehand) anywhere except on the wrong side of any judgment?Just how wrong the city's position was is demonstrated by the alacrity with which the court threw out its case, without even caring to hear its argument.Someone at city hall is guilty of bad advice and others of following it.Or perhaps there was good advice but, headstrongly, not followed.In any event, the city had a clearcut, legitimate case for a half-million-dollar refund from the MUC but botched it by itself breaking clearly-established law by not meanwhile paying up as required.Now it has been forced to do so.The city even botched that: by calling a special meeting of council last week to approve the payment without benefit of proper notice and/or waivers of same! The necessary resolution had to await this week's statutory monthly council meeting Monday evening to be passed again.* * * ONE has to ask how much this farce has cost the City of Westmount and its taxpayers.Certainly there will be interest on months of withheld payment of over $500,000, legal expenses, and time of staff and city council which more profitably could have been spent on other matters.The hidden cost is to the stature, the image of stability and competence, of the municipal regime.Trusteeship is a cumbersome remedy which probably was not appropriate in this instance (it was designed for cases of bankruptcy, malfeasance, proven graft and other criminal activity in local governments) but was applied according to law.The city deliberately courted an image in the popular mind associated City plays Santa Claus with generosity to PSU Sir: The council has done it again! In the settlement of the collective agreement with the PSU (EXAMINER, Nov 23), it has again disregarded budgetary restraints and sent a strong signal to other unions and suppliers that we know how to play Santa Claus, all year long.The Westmount Finance Action Committee has repeatedly pointed out that the cost of our auxiliary police force is more than double that of Town of Mount Royal's and more than three times that of Côte St Luc\u2019s.Moreover, we presented a brief on this matter to the councillors.Mr Rolland Benard, the chairman of WFAC, and I had a personal meeting with Councillor Fortin during which we expressed our concerns about the fact that the PSU is grossly overstaffed.What was the result?We were told that our figures for manning patrol cars were too low, which was true.All our other comments were disregarded, and by the settlement described in THE EXAMINER, ridiculed b, actions rather than words.It is absolutely preposterous to pay an unarmed auxiliary force which is required by its own regulations to call in the MUC police in case of violence or serioys crime, comparable salaries to regular police.The MUC police, with all its faults (and there are many), has to confront violent brawlers, family violence, armed drug pushers, industrial disputes, robberies, murders, suicides and the like.Whenever the subject of the PSU comes up, one gets a stock reply: \u201cThey are doing a fine job.\u201d The reason for this attitude is the fact that the men who compose the unit are, to the best of my knowledge, all polite and decent people.Because our society is considerably more lawless than only some years ago, the presence of friendly, uniformed people is appreciated by most residents.However, someone can be appreciated without being paid at a rate which is totally out of line with what is paid elsewhere, unless one is rich.If I were asked whether the PSU is doing a good job, I would answer: In those areas where their services are required, yes; in other areas, they are wasting our time and money.Item: Last summer I returned from work and saw a fire engine in front of an apartment at the corner of St Catherine street and Lewis avenue.There was a PSU vehicle behind the fire equipment, presumably to direct traffic.To my surprise I saw another PSU vehicle on Lewis.There was no fire.If it takes two PSU vehicles to assist at a non- fire, how many does a real emergency require?Item: Last summer a child fell off a bicycle and injured himself in the lane running parallel to St Catherine and perpendicular to Lewis, Irvine and Abbott avenues.As a result, Urgences Santé arrived and West- mount\u2019s own first responder unit, manned by the fire brigade, as well as the PSU.I watched the three vehicles from the balcony of our house to see how long all of these people would stay at the scene, but was unable to wait them out.The point is that only one team of trained people can help an with crooks, fraud artists and incompetents.Under the city-manager form of government, which has served us well in the past, the hallmark is supposed to be well- informed, far-seeing, thorough staff work advising and guiding mayor and councillors to approval of right policies and actions and rejection of wrong ones.The city has launched a suit for $1.5 million against the MUC and now upped it to $2.5 millions.In all the circumstances the wisdom, in terms of chances of success and added cost if it fails, is questionable.We don\u2019t love the MUC any more than the next citizen subjected to its arbitrariness, enormous cost and continual empire- building.But the answers to this monstrosity, if any, are political.Not bullheadedness.Not legal.injured person.The PSU regularly duplicates the work done by the\u201cfirst responder unit as is documented by the PSU's own statistics.Item: Last winter I received a parking\u2019 ticket while legally parked in the Lewis avenue parking lot because ice had formed on my back windshield overnight and the patrol assumed I had no sticker.Item: When purchasing my parking sticker for 1989 I was told to make sure to put the sticker on the upper left hand corner of the.windshield so the patrol would know \u201cwhere to scrape the windshield.\u201d Apparently taxpayers are paying city employees to scrape ice off windshields of private cars during the night or early morning hours.Why do I spend hours writing letters to the editor, going to council meetings etc, all apparently in vain?The answer is on pages six and seven of THE EXAMINER, in the same issue, Sale prices of homes in Westmount exceed the MUC valuation on the average by more than 40 percent! Valuations have been frozen through 1991.When the \u201cvacation\u201d is over, assessments are going to go up by about 30 percent.With the spending mood of the council, this means that retired people, academics and other middle-class taxpayers will have to sell out because they cannot afford the taxes.I am not protesting only for you, readers of THE EXAMINER.I will retire in 1992 and hope myself to survive on Lewis avenue.When the council awards cumulative raises of six percent, 10.8 percent and 4.5 percent to employees who are already very well paid, that survival is at issue.John H.Lehnert 117 Lewis avenue WESTMOUNT PQ H3Z 2K7 our M.N.A.Richard B.Holden says.Help from Logirente THERE is a provincial government program which provides financial assistance to low- income individuals 60 and over.It is called Logirente.It subsidizes 75 percent of housing costs in excess of 30 percent of the household\u2019s total income.Here is an example of how it works, for someone (or a couple) paying rent of $300 a month and having annual income of $9,600: Total annual rent is $3,600, less 30 percent of income ($2,880) for a difference of $720.Logirente subsidizes 75 percent of this amount or $540.Less a tax credit of $60, the total annual housing allowance is $480, which would be paid in monthly cheques of $40 each.There are quite a few other details which are contained in a brochure titled \u2018\u201cLo- girente 1989-1990.\u201d It can be obtained at my office (5165 Sherbrooke street west, Suite 101) or at the offices of the revenue department (Complexe Desjardins).Attached to the brochure is an application form.For more information call my executive assistant, Jill Bauch, at 483-2060.This week the minister of municipal affairs spoke to me about the lifting of the trusteeship imposed on Westmount last week.He compared it to a traffic ticket.I assured him that the mayor and I consider it unacceptable for the Municipal Commission to act as a collection agency for the MUC.It is and was ludicrous to pretend that Westmount could be the object of a tutorship.That status is reserved for municipalities which are either bankrupt or dishonestly administered.As Isaid in the National Assembly on Monday, Westmount is one of the best run and most solvent cities in Cana- a.The dispute is now before the courts and I will not comment on the outcome.Suffice it to say that if Westmount wins, I hope the MUC will be condemned to pay damages for the insults and injury it has done to our fair city.I Say! A DANGER foreseen is half avoided.0 ce ® ame a = The Westmount Éxaminer | Tow Cont Vogt Coming = 12888 Cut Pam .|Westm'\u2019t Rotary _ Club Members On _ Hospital Visit ©\" Pr mes \u2018SE SSENTS EURE main 220 SUTE uma Forty-five Years Ago December 8, 1944 \u201cA mistake in the spelling of the word \u2018demobilization\u2019 in a report presented to the Montreal Protestant Central School Board gave to Councillor Dr J.Stanley Allen an opportunity to perpetrate an excellent pun last week.The report, dealing with the preferences extended by law to returned soldiers formerly employed as school teachers, spelled the word repeatedly as \u2018demobo- lize.\u2018I hope they will be demobilized with two i's, commented Dr Allen, when he detected the error in spelling.\u201d Thirty-five Years Ago December 10, 1954 \u201cFor the first time in almost a quarter of a century Westmount is threatened with a civic election.The threat comes from the Westmount Property Owners Association, who may decide to oppose nominees to council selected Tuesday by the Westmount Municipal Association.The proprietors will decide after hearing the nominees at a meeting Monday.Elphege Menard, president of the Property Owners Association.said that a program favored by his association would be distributed in printed form to the municipal slate, who would be asked their opinions on the subject.\u2018Any of the nominees not in favor of our program will be opposed in the election, Mr Menard promised.\u201d > Twenty-five Years Ago December 4, 1964 \u2018\u2019Tenders have been called for the renovation of the interior of city hall.The work involved would transform the inside of the 40-year-old structure into completely modern office quarters.City officials stress that no change at all is contemplated for the outside of the building.Plans for the renovation show that the main floor office space would be relocated so that offices of the mayor, the city manager and the aldermen would be located in the north end of the building.Council chambers would be enlarged by about five feet.In the south wing would be placed the offices of the city clerk, comptroller, purchasing, finance and light departments.It is rumored that the departments in the building would have to move out during the period of construction \u2014 unofficially estimated to be four months.\u201d Ten Years Ago December 6, 1979 \u201cElectrical wiring in the basement ceiling is believed to have caused the tragic fire early Friday morning in a vacant 16-room house at 482 Mount Pleasant avenue which claimed the life of one Westmount fireman, injured three others and caused more than $100,000 damage.Fireman Eric Hart, 28, died when he became trapped after falling into the burning basement of the house.The second Westmount fireman to die in action since the brigade was founded in 1902, Fmn Hart was given a civic funeral Monday from his church, Our Lady of Fatima, in St Laurent.\u201d One Year Ago December 8, 1988 \u201cWhether it has its basis in truth or is merely an elaborate publicity stunt, rumor of Imelda Marcos buying a condominium in Château Westmount Square has given the building a great deal more publicity than the owners could ever have paid for.The hoopla began Tuesday after news was \u2018leaked\u2019 that Mrs Marcos and her husband, Ferdinand, the deposed president of the Philippines, had purchased a two-storey penthouse in the building for over $2 million.Project developer Angelo Trimarchi has provided no evidence to prove Mrs Marcos has made the purchase.He was quick 4 ) (A M / il fe ; our Mayor â Her Worship May Cutier $ says.a a p The library, Victoria Hall and the greenhouse (Part 3) WHAT'S wrong with our library?Our library is like a dear old house.We've lived init so long, been so comfortable there, or so we felt, we just don't see how sad it is.How brave, touching, frayed, patched and Band-Aided.Until outsiders come to call and we see it through their eyes.As a book publisher I have visited hundreds of libraries throughout North America, so I have long been aware of how delapi- dated the building is and how inadequate the service compared with what citizens expect and get in the modern public library.But when I complained \u2014 as I had been doing long before I became mayor \u2014 I was considered insensitive to traditional values, disloyal to our city and a trouble-maker.\u201cI love our library as it is.Why should we change anything?\u201d was the attitude.It took the arrival on the scene of Albert Bowran, Canada's leading library planner, and his summarial evaluation of the library as \u201cshabby\u201d and its services far below standard to give the appropriate shock therapy.Surprising?No.For 30 years not a thing has been done to it.And what was done way back in 1959 \u2014 the addition of the shoebox to house the children\u2019s library and stacks \u2014 was a travesty of such dimensions I wonder caring citizens did not insist it be pulled down immediately.My view, only.The architecture critic for La Presse, writing on some of the beautiful qualities of the old library, described that addition as sans âme.If he had analyzed the building from the inside, he might have screamed his despair.Especially if he had seen how beautiful the old building and the early additions were.The western room (now closed off behind the filing-card drawers) once housed the children's collection.It was as beautiful as the reference room, with its cut-glass windows, the charming fireplace and the open inviting areas it presented to anyone entering the building.It is now walled up into hallways, cubicles and offices.The desecrating hands did not rest there.As if trying to further deprive us of the A RS BE A RB to agree that the attention is good for Chateau Westmount Square.\u2018We closed four sales today from people who have been thinking about buying a condominium but hadn't yet signed,\u2019 he said.\u201d WE NEED SOME TOUGH TACTICS TO Fouow UP ON OUR WEEKEND STRIKE YS RT Fe Sr Se © + pm The Westmount Examiner, memory of charm and elegance, they removed a two-sided fireplace from the reference room, moved the plaques adorning it to outside the entrance where the weather has almost obliterated their sweet little messages.The marvellous murals over the arches were further partitioned off into virtual invisibility.The total is the incoherent mess we have today.To study the old drawings and photographs is indeed to weep.As for the comfort of the users, how anyone can observe the eight chairs in the periodical room requiring readers to fold themselves along with newspapers to sit in them and still call our library \u201ccomfortable,\u201d I don\u2019t know.Is this some Puritan streak that holds that since reading is a pleasurable activity, one should not be at ease doing it?As for appearances, does art stuck around on the top of bookcases show respect for artists?(I ask this question deliberately.One of the reasons given by a council member who led the council in voting against showing original art in the council chamber along with the mayors\u2019 portraits was that \u201cit did not show respect for the artists\u201d! Has he ever been to the library?) And if you don\u2019t care about the esthetics, perhaps you care about the following: 1.The inability to control theft.With four exits and no security control at any of them, the library loses books at a rate we can only guess.We will know a little more when the present inventory is completed.But we do know that when volumes of Encyclopedia Brittanica disappear, we're moving toward a point where the only books left will be what nobody wants to read because even the thieves did not think them worth stealing.2.The need to keep magazines behind the desk to be doled out like cookies to children because these too would disappear.Think of the time wasted by staffers controlling periodicals as if they were rare books.3.Stacks are not only a security problem.They are also irrelevant.In the modern public library, shelves are open, inviting readers to browse.Our present stacks in the shoebox instead invite loiterers and others whose main purpose has nothing to do with legitimate library use.This is a major problem for all libraries.Each handles it in the way it thinks best.In Dallas last summer I found that the ground floor of its $40 million (that\u2019s nearly $50 million Canadian) library did not have a single chair in order not to convenience drifters.Access to the other floors was ail by elevator.Security is needed.So's a cloakroom.So is a periodical room that offers invitingly the picking up and fingering through of magazines.(This is the great age of periodicals.Our library subscribes to hundreds.But most citizens do not even know they are available.) We need automation.We need additional computer access to information.We need a 200-seat room for lectures, readings, discussions, with walls to serve as a gallery for paintings and photographs.Finally, there is the nightmare for the How ABOUT | GOING ON STRIKE | FROM 5PM 1989 - 5 December 7, Thursday, ë David Berger says.WILL the NDP, which still prides itself as being the conscience of political parties in Canada, once more take the kind of principled positions which in the past earned it the respect of the Canadian electorate?\u201cWhat are they going to do about minorities?What will Audrey McLaughlin says when she is in Chambly?\" asks Maria Palu- so.Ms Paluso was a \u201cstar\u201d candidate for the NDP in the riding of N.D.G.in the 1988 federal election.She brought with her impeccable credentials.She had been executive director of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews in the four years prior to the election.Before that she had held a number of senior positions with the federal department of consumer and corporate affairs.For 10 years she has lectured at Con- cordia University in women's studies and political science.She has been president of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Montreal and is currently president of Chez Doris, a women\u2019s drop-in centre.Her dad introduced her to the NDP, or the CCF as it was known in those days.An immigrant from Italy with only a Grade 5 education, he had gotten involved with the CCF in Conservative Ontario.He introduced her to David Lewis and Tommy Douglas.\u201cThose were the days when the party could stand proud.\u201d When her father died several years ago, she decided to run in a federal election.During the 1988 election campaign, seven francophone NDP candidates in Quebec held a press conference to announce that ontinued on page 14 RR ER staff, the difficulties caused by the bits and pieces of office work space scattered all over the building.So we have to do something.I hope that even the most parsimonious of citizens of the \u2018change nothing, let things disintegrate\u2019 stamp finally recognize that much.What I insist is that we not do another patchy, tasteless and inefficient set of alterations such as this once-lovely building has been subjected to.Let's try and do something right.We can't change the past 30 years.But we can create Something for ourselves now and the next 0.(Next week: More on the library.I am turning this space over to Michele Kilburn, chairman of the library committee, for her comments.) A REX Tor A TO }4 6 - The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 7, 1989 A special public meeting of city council takes place tonight at 5:30 to make a second stab at the agenda proposed for Monday night's regular session.The agenda had tobe aborted after its publication last Thursday when the city remained under trusteeship.tion to pay the MUC the controversial $512,706 (see separate story).Tonight's business will deal witha modified agenda in which some items have been deferred to the Dec 18 meeting while several others have been added (see separate story).Highlighting tonight's business are decisions of council in the two It was replaced by the simple resolu- Professional Cards PIERRE DESJARDINS NOTARY and TITLE ATTORNEY 5 Place Ville Marie, Suite 1242 Montreal H3B 2G2 « 866-7459 RESIDENCE: 491 Victoria Avenue, Westmount * 989-2959 BARBIERI G.HEARING Aip ACOUSTICIANS BARBIERI & BLOUIN \u2018 * Audio Metric Exam Metro - Guy Ë Ï Bar Protectors 1396 St.Catherine o.® Hearing Aids (Suite 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abbreviated business session allowed for more leisurely discussion during the two regular question periods.The mayor and councillors also took advantage of the added time to present reports on certain areas of interest.A lengthy discussion of garbage disposal and recycling ensued from a report by Councillor Peter Duffield.The city\u2019s commissioner of public works outlined the suburban mayors\u2019 decision to opt for incineration of garbage in 1993 through a contract with the firm of Foster-Wheeler.The contract has been approved but is yet Demolition decisions top agenda: Displaced council session to take place this evening to be signed, he said.This is being undertaken through the Régie intermunicipale de gestion des déchets as a result of the closure of landfill sites in 1990 at the Miron quarry and in Kirkland.Councillor Rhoda Vineberg announced the city\u2019s decision to load shed electricity this winter when overloading of circuits appears imminent (see separate stories).Questions by some of the 16 citizens present included the issues of load shedding and possible rental of two vacant railway cottages on St Catherine west of Victoria avenue.The proposed $6 million updating of the library-Victoria Hall-green- house complex also was raised as well as recently increased public safety officer salaries (see separate stories).Busy agenda faces council tonight Tonight's special meeting of city council will consider the following agenda items after a question period starting at 5:30 pm in city hall: * Demolition committee appeal decisions; e Approval of the 1990 Municipal Citizens query council on PSOs\u2019 salary increases Substantial salary increases recently awarded to public safety officers came under fire during the question period at Monday night's city council meeting.Citizens Stanley Baker and John Lehnert asked why the pay had been raised 21 percent over three years, far exceeding wage increases being given in other public service contracts.They also asked why the upgrading of wages had been carried out using internal comparisons with the city\u2019s firefighters and blue-collar drivers.Ed McCavour, the city\u2019s manager of corporate services, answered with a simple \u201cWhy not?\u201d Councillor Peter Duffield said the matter would be looked into and a comparison of services with Hamp- SHAKING.continued from page one without a resolution but that it was Mr Lafond himself who suggested the emergency meeting.Though the cheque was cashed, Westmount had to wait until its regular Monday council meeting to readopt its resolution.As a result of still being under trusteeship, all other business was put off until a special council meeting called for tonight.\u201cSince we are under trusteeship we can carry on no business that is not subject to outside approval,\u201d Mrs Cutler told residents who showed up for Monday\u2019s meeting.\u201cIf it seems academic to you it seems even more academic to us.The money was paid and the cheque cashed several days \" ago.Pay got through While the city could not issue any other cheques during the week, its employees did not have to go without their paycheques.The payroll is handled through an outside company and the money had already been approved.The city was able to collect traffic fines and permit fees as usual because the QMC did not require it to set up a special bank account for incoming funds.\u201cThey're running a third world bureaucracy.It's a provincial disgrace,\u201d Mrs Cutler said.\u201cThey knew from the beginning there was never a problem with Westmount\u2019s financial position.\u201d At the Superior Court hearing last week, the judge refused to accept Westmount\u2019s bank letter of guarantee, saying there was no question of the city\u2019s ability to pay.Mrs Cutler called the behavior of the executive of the MUC and Conference of Suburban Mayors stead public safety officers would be carried out.He suggested that maybe Hampstead was paying too little or that their salaries were in line with their internal scales.Mr Duffield also said the West- mount men had been evaluated on a point system and given a certain number of points for working outside etc.According to information obtained by THE EXAMINER, Hamp- stead firefighters receive comparable pay to their Westmount colleagues whereas first-class PSOs are expected to earn about 30 percent less in 1988 compared with West- mount's $34,671.The Westmount wages are expected to reach $39,574 by 1991 based on minimum 4.5 percent cost of living increases (see stories Nov 23).throughout the dispute disgraceful.\u201cThey have allowed individual cities to fall by the wayside, callously and irresponsibly.This year, 1988, it was the time of Montreal West and Westmount suffering from the abusive errors.\u201cThe assumption is that most cities are too poor to pay for the long court battles to get the money back.Montreal West paid $100,000 in taxes resulting from the MUC's errors because they didn't want to pay to fight it.Money and guts \u201cIn the case of Westmount we have the money and the courage to pursue this matter to the end on behalf of every municipality.We will not give Housing Bureau budget; Tenders for: renewal of UTLAS 3 tomated cataloging service for the library as well as work to extend the power substation in King George Park and provide new grounding system; * Purchases of photocopy paper and one microfilm reader printer; » Cadastral operation for extension of house at 49 Oakland; e A notarial deed of renunciation concerning property at 344 Kitchener; * Notice of motion to change electricity rates for dual-energy users; » Resolution to authorize the city to conclude an agreement with Hydro- Québec to compensate owners of 13 large buildings in Westmount for additional costs if they agree to heat with fossil fuels for the period of one year starting Dec 31; * Annual declarations of financial interests of council members; e Notice of motion for by-law to levy assessments to meet the financial expenses of the city for 1990 in accordance with the proposed budget to be presented Dec 18; e Traffic control items: 30-minute citizen parking on Stanton street and extended reserved parking for MUC personnel and PSOs on Argyle (see separate story).up,\u201d the mayor said.Westmount's $1.5 million damages suit filed in Superior Court Nov 20 will be adjusted to take into account the time spent by city staff, the costs incurred, the indignation and the effect on Westmount\u2019s credit and bond ratings, Mrs Cutler said.The new suit, expected to be in the range of $2.5 million, will probably be filed in January.Westmount MNA Richard Holden raised the issue of the trusteeship in his maiden speech in the National Assembly Monday, saying it is a disgrace the MUC uses the municipal commission as a collection agency.Such a measure should be used only when a municipality is bankrupt or corrupt, Mr Holden said.What happens to a city when it\u2019s under trusteeship What are the ins and outs of trusteeship?When a municipality becomes insolvent or refuses to pay an overdue bill, the Quebec Municipal Commission can petition the Superior Court to have the municipality declared in default.In Westmount\u2019s case, that\u2019s what the Superior Court did Tuesday morning of last week after the city held out on a disputed portion of its 1988 tax bill to the Montreal Urban Community.Once declared in default, a municipality effectively falls under the trusteeship of the QMC.Section VIII of the QMC Act explains in detail what happens.The city administration necessarily loses certain powers, while others are at the discretion of the trustee.From issuing contracts to collecting taxes and paying bills, virtually no aspect of the running of the mu- business requires approval of QMC.In Westmount\u2019s recent ordez# little of this happened because the city was not bankrupt.Following are some of the main effects of being under trusteeship for a prolonged period: * All municipal work must be done under the control and direction of the QMC and no contract for work can be given out without its prior approval; ¢ All moneys collected for the municipality must be deposited in a special bank account in the name of the QMC in trust and may only be withdrawn by a cheque countersigned by the QMC; * The QMC fixes the rates for taxes, permits and licences; *» The budget of the municipality must be submitted to the QMC which may approve it with or without amendment.nicipality is untouched.All or I ery rere. 3t a mt am ter mc étre rer FO A All moves are chaotic, even for city\u2019s PSU By LAUREEN SWEENEY AC The Public Security Unit moved into its new quarters at 15 Stanton street Tuesday before the paint was even dry.\u201cWe had painters working around us and boxes from floor to ceiling,\u201d reports Dir Richard McEnroe.It was a typical move, he said.Pictures and bulletin boards were still in the original building at 4 Hillside avenue and no one could find the log sheets.arking changes t Stanton/Argyle On-street parking space for three cars has been proposed for Stanton street to allow citizens greater accessibility to MUC police station 23 and now to the Public Security Unit.The idea is to be submitted for approval by city council at tonight's special meeting.The zone is slated for 30 minutes and is located on the east side 150 feet north of Cote St Antoine road, city officials said.Reserved parking for the private cars of MUC police personnel is to be extended further north on the west side of Argyle to accommodate the personal cars of PSOs.This change also is on tonight's agenda.Parking permits now at annex Anyone intending to pick up parking permits should be aware that the office is now located in the new PSU quarters at 15 Stanton street.The new permits office is on the second floor of the city hall annex.Information regarding parking can be obtain as usual by calling Miss G.Lunas at 935-8531, local 225.* Upholstering ° Refinishing * Antique Restoration ¢ Remodel & Repair ¢ Slipcovers and Drapery ° Interior Design ° Architectural Woodwork CALL, OR VISIT OUR SHOWROOM 932-4444 Downtown BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME Anyone trying to reach the unit during the day may have discovered even phone service was discontinued for a while during a transfer period.But business is now almost as usual.The same phone numbers are in service.The unit is located on the second floor of the city hall annex adjoining the fire department.It was forced out of its Hillside building to make way for construction of the long- planned centre d'accueil housing St Margaret's home and the Good Shepherd Mission.The building is being turned over to the provincial government next week for the start of construction.Though plans called for the PSU move to be undertaken by the city\u2019s public works department, Dir McEnroe said, it was finally contracted out to Snooks moving firm.\u201cThis turned out to be more cost- efficient than taking men off of snow removal.\u201d The change set the Monday move back one day, he explained.Provision has been made to park all public security vehicles off the street on city property, Dir McEnroe said.It is up to employees to find on- street parking for their personal cars (see separate story).The yellow sergeant\u2019s car will park at the door of the annex and two patrol vans will park either side of the fire department\u2019s pad.The dog catcher\u2019s van will take over the small garage at the north end of the complex beyond the police station.Another patrol vehicle will park in front of the garage.The bare fax Two fax machines were stolen from offices at 4143 and 4145 Sherbrooke street over the weekend Nov 25-27, police report.One was taken from Royal LePage, the other from Royal Trust which also lost a VCR.No signs of forced entry could be found at either location.* Custom Made Furniture for Home & Office * Caning & Cord Weaving ° Leather & Metal Craft ° Piano Rejuvenating Decorative Home Improvements & Renovations 331-1698 QUALITY, CRAFTSMANSHIP, EXPERIENCE : 1230 BEAULAC > REMIX Westmount | © @< 1330 Greene Avenue, Westmou The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 7, 1989 - 7 When Meech dies, then what?STAKE.MNA Holden asks in speech WESTMOUNT MNA Richard Holden wants to know what Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa plans to do when the inevitable happens and the Meech Lake Accord dies.In his maiden speech in the National Assembly Monday, Mr Holden said the deal will inevitably fail to be ratified by New Brunswick and Manitoba before the June 1990 deadline if Quebec refuses to accept changes to it.\u201cWhat can we expect after Meech Lake is dead?\u201d Mr Holden asked in the legislature.\u2018Can we expect a referendum asking the people, yes or no, whether the government should negotiate again?Will the government sulk at all future constitutional conferences?Will it support the idea of independence?\u201d ; Mr Holden told THE EXAMINER he thinks Quebecers have a right to know what the government has planned and that the Equality Party will continue to press for answers.\u201cIf nobody\u2019s going to make a gesture, from Bourassa\u2019s side or from the other side, Meech Lake will die.We have a right to know what will happen then,\u201d he said.Official time sometimes well behind unofficial The City of Westmount only received official notice that white-col- lar workers had called off their Nov 9 strike one day before it was to take place, reports city lawyer John Donovan.not show up for the Martin hearing.EXAMINER classifieds.Call 931-7511.staff who had been subpoenaed did Have an apartment for rent?Use held a one-day strike Oct 27 and subsequently cancelled two other strike dates.Though they are boycotting city- administered events such as Christmas parties, white-collar organizers of last Saturday's children\u2019s party carried on as planned.\u201cWe don\u2019t mix politics with children,\u2019 said an organizer, Claudette Gauthier.Mayor Cutler told THE EXAMINER she was very saddened the city was going into the Christmas season without resolution of the white-col- lar contract.\u201cI have tried personally to intervene a bit but I have not succeeded.I'm unhappy to have failed before Christmas so back pay could not be given out.\u201d She said she had had a long talk with Mr Crouch Sunday morning but the union was asking for too many items in addition to its demand for job security.\u201cThe great assumption had been when Peter Duffield and I went to council (six weeks ago) and argued for job security after 10 years that this would be the item that would make them happy since it was a major breakthrough.\u201d The union has said it will accept job security after five years along with several \u201cnon-monetary\u201d items.He told THE EXAMINER this week he wanted to clarify for the record the exact time the city had legal notification of the postponement.This is important, Mr Donovan said, since he had cited the threat of a strike as one reason why the Quebec Municipal Commission should set aside its hearing Nov 9 into the case of fired employee James Martin.Mr Donovan had argued the pro- Te: 485-1121 AN DY DODG Es Assoc.Inc.REAL ESTATE CONSULTANT specializing in Westmount tax appeals and appraisals 310 Victoria Avenue, suite 307, Westmount H3Z 2M9 ax: 485-3772 posed strike left insufficient time for preparation.The city, he stated, had received notice of the strike\u2019s cancellation only at 4 pm the previous day.The strike had been called off Tuesday afternoon, Nov 7, after white-collar president Michael Crouch received a subpoena to testify.Mayor May Cutler informed THE EXAMINER of the cancellation the next morning (see story Nov 16).It was not until 4 pm that day, however, that the city received official notice of the strike change, according to Mr Donovan.\u201cI didn't want there to be any confusion.We have to go by the legal time.\u201d Members of city council and city 300 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though these generally average 30 years or so.Slate and clay tile normally have even longer lifespans and can remain in good condition 40 years or more.\u201cReal ON THE ROOF Advertisement Estate By Reg Morden x * * x HOLIDAY HOPES The festive season will soon be upon us.To most of us, this will be a time of celebration, gift-giving and special feasts.Unfortunately, the joy will not be universal.There are many families who need and rely upon our encouragement and support, particularly at this time of year.Re/Max West- mount is proud to join forces once again with Sid Stevens and the Sun Youth organization in their Christmas Food Drive.Items urgently requested are non-perishable canned goods especially fish and meat.Re/Max Westmount will gratefully receive your donations and guarantee delivery to Sun Youth in time for Christmas.Our office at 1330 Greene Avenue is open Monday to Friday 9 a.m.to 6 p.m.and from 10 a.m.to 3 p.m.on Saturday.Let your holiday spirit manifest itself through your generosity to this most worthy cause.Reg Morden, RE/MAX westmount inc.1330 Greene Avenue, Westmount, Telephone: 933-6781 or 937-7061.FOR CURRENT MARKET @a ANALYSIS OF YOUR HOME gam nt @ call 933-6761 AR aeOi fom 8 - December 7, 1989 Thursday, The Westmount Examiner, Continued from page two \u2014 an advance poll will be held on Sunday, 28th January 1990, from 12 noon to 8 pm.4.| have appointed to act as Election Clerk: Mrs Marie-France Paquet 5.You can contact me at the office of the Returning Officer at the following address and telephone number: 4333 Sherbrooke west, Westmount, Que.H3Z 1E2 Tel: 935-8531, local 253 GIVEN at Westmount, Quebec, this 5th day of December 1989.Robert C.Wilkins Returning Officer VILLE DE WESTMOUNT ELECTION PARTIELLE \u2014 5 DISTRICT ELECTORAL NO.2 LE 4 FEVRIER 1990 AVIS PUBLIC D'ÉLECTION Je, Robert C.Wilkins, président d'élection de la Ville de Westmount, donne aux électeurs de la Ville de Westmount, l'avis suivant: 1.Le poste suivant est ouvert aux candidatures: Le poste de conseiller du district électoral no.2 de ladite Ville.2.Toute déclaration de candidature a ce poste ouvert devra être produite au bureau du président d'élection (4333, Sherbrooke ouest, Westmount, Québec), aux jours et heures suivants: JOURS: du 8 décembre 1989 au 12 janvier 1990, du lundi au vendredi HEURES: de 8h30 à 16h30, Le bureau du président d'élection sera fermé du 23 décembre 1989 au 2 janvier 1990 inclusivement.|! sera ouvert à compter du 3 janvier 1990 à 8h30.3.Si plus d'un candidat pose sa candidature à ce poste de conseiller, \u2014 un scrutin sera tenu le dimanche, 4 février 1990 de 9h à 19h; un vote par anticipation sera tenu le dimanche 28 janvier 1990 de 12h à 20h.4, J'ai nommé pour agir à titre de secrétaire d'élection: Madame Marie-France Paquet 5.Vous pouvez me rejoindre en communiquant au bureau du président d'élection à l'adresse et au numéro de téléphone suivants: 4333, Sherbrooke ouest, Westmount, Qué.H3Z 1E2 Tél: 935-8531, poste 253 DONNÉ à Westmount, Québec, ce 5ième jour de décembre 1989.Robert C.Wilkins Le président d'élection CITY HALL/HÔTEL DE VILLE 4333 Sherbrooke Street West Q 3 B - 8 5, 3 1 Westmount, PQ H3Z 1E2 Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Fire (business calls) 19 Stanton St.935-2456 Police (business calls) 21 Stanton St.280-2223 Municipal Court, 21 Stanton St.935-8531 Local 3 Nights, weekends and holidays 81351 or 382 Victoria Hall, 4626 Sherbrooke St.W.935-2066 Municipal Yard, 14 Bethune St.935-8037 Light Department, Glen Road 935-8218 Library 935-8444 Public Security Unit 935-1777 Lundi à vendredi, 8h30 à 16h30 Incendie (bureau d'affaires) 19, rue Stanton 935-2456 Police (bureau d'affaires) 21, rue Stanton 280-2223 Cour municipale, 21, rue Stanton 935-8531 Local 351 ou 352 Nuits, weekends et jours de fête Hall Victoria, 4626, rue Sherbrooke ouest 935-2066 Voirie, 14, rue Béthune 935-8037 Service d'éclairage, chemin Glen 935-8218 Bibliothèque 935-8444 Sécurité Publique 935-1777 a = = [A ë Commission has jurisdiction in fired employee\u2019s hearing The trusteeship of Westmount by the Quebec Municipal Commission appears not to affect the commission\u2019s jurisdiction in the reinstatement hearing of fired city personnel officer James Martin, says his former lawyer William I.Miller.The Nov 9 hearing before the administrative tribunal was delayed when city attorney John Donovan challenged the commission's impartiality should it place the city under tutelage.Though Mr Miller told THE EXAMINER Monday he had found precedent to continue the proceedings, they are now further stalled by a change of attorneys in the case.\u201cWe parted ways on Friday,\u2019 Mr Miller explained.\u201cI am in the process of turning over the files to someone else.\u201d Trio of boys rob another on Melville Three teenage boys grabbed a schoolbag away from another Tuesday last week at Melville avenue and St Catherine street, police said.The victim, a 13-year-old Westmount resident, ran away when the trio hung around frightening him.The bag contained school books belonging to Selwyn House as well as a calculator: The theft took place about 8:30 pm as the boy had just left the Perrette store on St Catherine and was walking north.The trio came up behind him and grabbed the bag.They were described as white boys, aged about 15 and English-speaking.One wore a beige coat with dark pants; another wore a black ski jacket and red pants while the third sported a blue nylon jacket and white running shoes.Unyielding turn ends in crash Two cars collided Monday last week at about 8:15 pm at Dorchester boulevard and Greene avenue, police report.One of the drivers, a 22-year-old man from Thornhill, Ont., was ticketed for failing to yield the right of way while making a left turn off southbound Greene.The other car was going north.Both vehicles sustained more than $500 damage and the northbound driver suffered slight injury to the left hand.The victim, a Beaconsfield man, was reported to have refused treatment at the scene.Felonied Ford A white 1987 Ford was reported stolen from in front of 499 Lans- downe avenue Sunday, police said.It had been parked there Friday night.The vehicle is valued at $6,000.By LAUREEN SWEENEY He offered no reason for the change, saying only that Mr Martin now would be represented by the law firm of Stikeman, Elliott.(This isthe same firm with which city councillor Paul Fortin was associated before setting up his own firm five years ago).' Seek ways to continue After Mr Martin's hearing before the municipal commission had been set aside, Mr Miller said he would seeks ways to continue the proceedings (see story Nov 16).\u201cWe had actually determined that as far as we were concerned the Quebec Court of Appeal has indicated that the fact the commission has placed the city under tutelage does pr INSPECTIONS HAS APPROVED IT FOR WORK ON THIS SITE.doing what?The following building permits were issued at Westmount city hall recently: Nov 27 47 Holton: for Aris Salvatore by self, demolition (interior alterations), $15,000; 356 Elm: for P.Spies by Fitzpatrick Plumbing, plumbing, 16 fixtures, $3,000; 241 Kensington: for Mr Ludvack by Plomberie Vida, plumbing, three fixtures, $1,700; Nov 29 59 Thornhill: for R.Verdon and Y.Marcoux by Meubles de Québec, alterations, $3,000; 1 Bellevue: for C.Ronci Holdings by self, alterations to garage, $40,000; 463 Strathcona: for M.Menard by Bertrand Leblanc, plumbing, six fixtures, $4,000; 82 Summit crescent: for Mr Schuchmann by Moupa Construction, renovations, $41,000; 589 Cote St Antoine: for Karel Rohlicek by self, windows, $2,000; 61 Columbia: for L.Shatilla by self, alterations, $30,000; Nov 30 349 Melville: for the Serbian Orthodox Church by James Griffin & Son, water entrance, one fixture, $5,000; 1 Westmount Square, No C21: for Charles of Westmount by self, renovations, $150,000; 64 Rosemount crescent: for J.Abenaim by self, heat pump, $25,000; Decl 4477 Montrose: for Michael Kaine by self, heat pump, $1,000.not deprive it of its jurisdiction,\u201d Mr Miller said Monday.Mr Martin was dismissed last July as personne] officer after 29 years of service.The position was eliminated by city council in a resolution Mr Martin has asked the commission to overturn.Mr Martin is one of those named to receive a 30-year honor at last night's Quarter Century Club banquet (see separate story).It was not known by press time if he would attend.In asking that the commission set aside the action, city lawyer Donovan stated the city had had insufficient time to prepare for \u20ac case owing to a pending strike white collar workers called for that same day (see separate story).The strike had been called off Tuesday afternoon Nov 7 after white collar president Michael Crouch received a subpoena to testify.Thecity, however, received official notice of its postponement at 4 pm Wednesday, according to Mr Donovan.Members of city council and city staff who had been subpoenaed did not appear for the hearing.J.Barry Prieur What every businessperson should know is that in negotiations, the race is to the friendly, the honest and the fair.The last thing you want to do is to turn a negotiation into a confrontation.You want to make it a situation of mutual respect.| want the customer to be reasonable, not defensive \u2014 to work with me.Everyone has a goal: less money, better terms, whatever.That doesn\u2019t mean you holler, pound on the desk, or make threats \u2014 that's ridiculous.It's just another part of the misconception that people who are dishonest and cunning are going to win.They're not.Treat someone the way that you would like to be treated.A successful negotiation isn\u2019t one where one side gets everything and the other nothing.489-4994 MID-TOWN LEASING (MONTREAL) LTD.5333 rue St-Jacques Montreal H3G 1L5 YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF.TO GET THE MOST FROM YOUR RETIREMENT SAVINGS! Whether you retire this year \u2014 or in the next century \u2014 the decisions you make now will affect the rest of your life.You owe it to yourself to read our free booklet to help you make the right decisions.We are independent professionals specializing in retirement planning.Call or write for your free copy, without obligation.MN ARMSTRONG-McCREADY INC.1538 Sherbrooke West, #902 Founder Members of THE ANNUITY AND RRIF BROKERS\u2019 ASSOCIATION OF CANADA 931-2730 =o Upper city feels the chill during Monday's load shedding Westmounters set a new record for consumption of electricity Monday when demand peaked at 70,260 kilowatts.It was 4:30 pm when all over the city, residents were turning on lights, stoves, furnaces and hot water to compensate for a wind chill factor of -37 degrees Celsius outside.The city\u2019s electrical system has never borne such a load.Last winter\u2019s record-breaking peak was 68,800 kilowatts on Jan 4.\u201cLoads were getting so hot that we had to start load shedding,\u201d said power director Daniel Ponzo.\u201cWe had no choice.\u201d e main concern was for one of \\ main transformers at the substation in King George Park which was overloading.Though it is rated for 6,500 kVa in short-term overload conditions, its load was reaching 6,800 k Va and rising.\u201cAt 5:30 pm we made the decision to load shed.We called in two linemen and opened circuit 30P, one of its four primary circuits, at 5:45 pm,\u201d he said.This cut power supply to five large blocks of homes up the west side of Victoria from Westmount avenue north to the city limits beyond Sun- nyside and north of The Boulevard between Victoria and Upper Belmont.Loads didn\u2019t drop An hour later, in restoring power, service was cut briefly to homes on CLEANING residential and commercial B&D BABIJ & DUGGAN cleaning contractors inc.4253 St.Catherine St.W., Suite 3 933-1935 Better electrical work our current affair! 935-1131 Fax:939-1414 security lighting, alarm systems, residential and commercial electrical repairs, modifications and new installations.ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR By LAUREEN SWEENEY circuit 32P, anine-block area north of Westmount avenue, to avoid a power surge.At that point it was noticed that loads were not going down as anticipated and it was decided to shut down other circuits one block at a time and redistribute the loads.Though it was intended to shut down blocks for up to 20 to 30 minutes at a time, Mr Ponzo said, the procedure took longer than expected since linemen had to open and close circuits from the poles.Power was out between 7:52 and 9 pm in the block north of Sunnyside between Gordon crescent and Upper Bellevue.It was off between 7:52 and 8:22 pm and again from 8:35 to 9:35 for residents bounded by Gordon, Summit crescent, Summit Circle and Surrey Gardens.Blackouts also were experienced off Belvedere road and Summit Circle between 8:52 and 9:46 pm and between The Boulevard and Edgehill from 9:20 to 10:13 pm.At that point all péwer was restored.Tuesday, workers transferred some of the electrical load on the Park substation to the city\u2019s other substations in efforts to balance the system, Mr Ponzo said.As a result, future load shedding will not always hit the same areas.City hall sets an example by keeping Yule lights off The city is practising what it preaches.Since citizens are being urged to conserve electricity between 4:30 and 7 pm, Christmas lights outlining Westmount city hall will not be turned on until 7 o'clock.This is a gesture symbolizing the need to conserve electricity during the peak hours, explains Councillor Rhoda Vineberg.Colored lights on the tree outside city hall are connected to the street light system, however, so cannot be regulated to this schedule.\u201cIt\u2019s critical that citizens refrain POWER.continued from page one this soon,\u201d she explained.\u201cIt refiects the extreme cold temperatures tonight and the wind chill factor\u201d She said the electrical load on one of the transformers had reached the point of overload.Two citizens attending the council meeting asked that advance notice Contact us for heating conversions, BREMER ELECTRIQUE 1198 William ® e Residential e Industrial C.HOWARD SIMPKIN LTD.MASTER ELECTRICIANS \u201cServing Westmounters for 45 years\u201d e Commercial FAST & DEPENDABLE SERVICE | KEN LARSEN - President TEL: 481-0125 rax: 481-0128 5800 St.Jacques W.Member, Corporation des Maîtres Électriciens du Québec from doing laundry and leaving lights on unnecessarily over this period,\u201d says Westmount power director Daniel Ponso.Not only will the conservation practice reduce the likelihood of overloading, but it will also reduce the city\u2019s bill from Hydro-Québec since the city pays less for lower peak consumption.Residents are also asked to turn off all appliances and light switches during a blackout to prevent a surge when power is restored.Such a surge might trip the circuit again.be given when load shedding is to start.They were told this would not be possible since the need arises suddenly depending on demand.The load-shedding announcement came soon after a new record had been set by the city for peak consumption of electricity at 70,260 kilowatts.The peak was recorded at 4:30 pm.By comparison, last year's record-breaking peak set Jan 4 was 68,800 kilowatts (see separate story).Monday's load shedding occurred between 5:45 and 10:13 pm.It affected mainly residents north of The Boulevard.Most of those who called the power house seemed relieved to learn the reasons.They had feared they might be in for prolonged outages as have been experienced recently in Montreal, said Westmount power director Daniel Ponzo.The city buys its electricity from Hydro-Québec and is one of handful of Quebec municipalities to operate its own distribution utility.Tin tools taken Tools were stolen from a tinsmith at Chateau Westmount overnight Monday-Tuesday last week, police report.The equipment had been locked in a plywood shack in the basement of the Carex seniors\u2019 residence under construction at Victoria avenue and de Maisonneuve boulevard.The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 7, 1989 - 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The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 7, 1989 Make Christmas shopping EE only a short drive to charming fun in Pointe Claire There are two ways to approach the task of Christmas shopping.Okay, three.But the idea of not giving anyone anything is not well accepted in social circles.Besides, it's not the best way to ensure the receipt of gifts.Anyway, the two methods of actually shopping for the holiday season could be described as the Scrooge approach or the Santa approach.Under the Scrooge approach, Christmas shopping is a chore.One trudges (or flies) from store to store, scowling at people who bump into you and at surly clerks, grabbing whatever boring and unimaginative gifts you happen to come across.If D GALERIE sa.Christiane 252 Bord du Lac Pointe Claire AND yartier Gélinas (EXCLUSIVE ART JEWELLERY) nf ies ; VIS OPEN: TUES.-SAT.695-9791 alain, made on the premises Hand-dipped French chocolates Sophisticated French cakes made of the finest ingredients Company & executive gifts 21 Cartier St.Pointe Claire Village 694-9259 you're lucky, the shopping gets finished before your patience and your temper.The Santa approach is a little more in keeping with the spirit of Christmas.It involves finding a pleasant place to shop, moving leisurely from one interesting and different store to another with helpful clerks ready to show you gifts that are just right for the special people on your list.You end the day relaxed and content that you'll be able to watch with pride as the gifts get opened.The key to taking the Santa approach instead of the Scrooge route is, of course, finding the right place to shop.Pointe Claire Village is the perfect place for a Santa experience.The many small shops offer a wide variety of interesting and unique items, some difficult or impossible to find elsewhere.Because most of the \u201cclerks\u201d are actually the store owners, you are assured of friendly and knowledgeable service.Pointe Claire Village is a short, pleasant drive from Westmount or Town of Mount Royal, a drive that becomes part of the fun Christmas shopping experience, specially if vou stay in the afternoon until after dark and drive back along the brightly lit and decorated streets of the West Island.Pointe Claire Village is easily accessible from either highway 40 or highway 20 west.From either, exit south on St John's boulevard (boulevard St-Jean) and take St Johns all the way south to Lakeshore road.Turn right and you're at the start of the Village.(There's construction under way on highway 20 west of St John's which has closed the exit at Cartier avenue, contrary to what is shown 315 Bord du Lac Pointe Claire Que H9S 4L6 (514) 695-9119 ihasell Selective Clothing Vêtements de choix Large choice of holiday wear Mon- Wed 1-6 p.mues.10a.m.- p.m.Thurs.Fri.10am.8 ly Olga van Setten Sat.9a.m.- 5p.m.Beautiful Maritime HandRnitted Pullovers (large sizes) Handcrafted Gifs an SOUVenirs outique le Poncho Inca 695 2283 228 lakeshore Rd., Pointe Claire.Just arrived.MEN'S BANFF winter line of clothes EXERCYCLES now available Tel.695-5282 44 rue Ste Anne Pointe Claire Village dliage hopping and dining! Christmas concert at Eglise St-Joachim: The point from which Pointe Claire takes its name is dominated by the Pointe Claire village parish church, Eglise St-Joachim, a West Island landmark.The historic building is a wondertul location for a Christmas concert to be presented Sunday at 8 pm by the Paul Marcotte Brass Ensemble and Héléne Panneton, organist.The concert is presented by the Pointe Claire Cultural Centre of Stewart Hall.Tickets are $7.For information, call 630-1220.The church is at 2 rue Ste-Anne, south off Lakeshore road to the water's edge.on the accompanying map.) If you have the time, the best way to approach Pointe Claire is by following the route of the voyageurs, along the shoreline.Pick up the route anywhere in LaSalle, Lachine or Dorval and enjoy a scenic and pleasant trip by the many parks, homes and businesses which dot the route along the water.Ron Henry HENRY'S ANTIQUES Quality Canadiana pieces \u2014 Pieces de qualité Canadiana .Nous achetons et vendons \u2014 We buy & sell Décapage \u2014 Restauration \u2014 Stripping \u2014 Restoration 17B Cartier avenue, Pointe Claire Village Tel: 694-2597 e Cotton Thistle \u2014\u2014\u2014 CES (adeaux de Qualite / Quality Gifts Alison Bins Rollit Q Chardon do 305 Bont du Luc.Tote Clave.0 Quebec tos gle.5/4 697 7897 5 Discover The Westmount Examiner, December 7, 1989 Thursday, / 11 LAC ST.LOUIS Puppets, music in Sunday shows A series of Sunday events at the vous\u201d Pointe Claire Cultural Centre, Ste- The series is one of numerous wart Hall, continues this weekend programs, exhibitions and events and next, concluding a season-long which take place all vear round at program called \u201cSunday Rendez- Stewart Hall, located on Lakeshore cadeaux gourmets , ° ro personalized Joue gifs Tel.695-7038 305 Bord du Lac pinte Claire J OY bags & monogramming Handcrafted Quality Bags since 1978 Come in and see our ideas for stocking stuffers rétT A) Vu VALAGE POMTE-CLAINE VALACE XMAS HOURS: Monday-Friday 10 am-9 pm beginning Dec 11 Saturday 10 am-5 pm road just east of St John's boulevard.This Sunday at 3 pm the Puppet Theatre Claire & René will present a bilingual performance for children of Father Christmas.Seating is limited and free passes should be picked up in advance.Children must be 5 or older.The following Sunday, Dec 17, also at 3 pm, a musical matinée of Christmas songs and music from around the world will be presented by Trio Arabesque.The group comprises Anne Kutz, soprano; Diane Caplette, flute; and Paul Harrison, guitar.For information, call Stewart Hall, 630-1220.& .Homans Boutique Four Dames In December all sales slips are eligible for the drawing of a gift certificate.\u201c\u2018Pick a discount\u201d from our special box throughout December.#6 re.Anne Si.Suite 4 Sante Claire Tillage rane (Vr Tel (614) 694-9786 Les Dentelles Ftc.Laces Etc.e WORKSHOPS: Lace Make a Cushion Dentelles Tab oe Victorian Christmas Decorations Ga Tisous rnitures Craft Supplies Wreaths, etc.ps & more Visit our new Bridal Room d'artisan et plus 262 Lakeshore Pointe Claire, Qc H9S 4K9 695-5520 Abat-jours Shady Lady Lampshades 2a de Lourdes St.Pointe Claire Village Que., H9S 4R2 (514) 695-3133 Closed Monday - Fermé lundi Formerly Coin Caché New look! 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Beyond Borders A random sampler of things to see or do in the bigger city surrounding us display are simple lamps made by school children.Family and communal festivities are documented in photos and paintings from around the world.Brochures explaining the history of Hanukkah are available, and lectures, films and special programs are planned in conjunction with the exhibit.For information call (819) 293-6148 or (514) 345-2605.Christmas at Christ Church Every church across the country has its own special traditional and unforgettable events for Advent and Christmas.But for many a visit to the majesty of Christ Church Cathedral during the holidays is part of their family tradition.Special events there start Dec 16 at 5 pm when the Cathedral Singers will celebrate in words and music, liturgical dance and the giving of gifts.The audience will share in the singing of carols and the \u2018\u2018Hallelujah Chorus.\u201d There is no charge for admission, but during the service you will be invited to present a gift of non-perisha- ble food, new toys, new warm clothing or adult gifts for the 200 families the cathedral will give Christmas baskets.If you can't make it to the carol service, you can leave your gift in the special container provided in Les Promenades de la Cathédrale near the information desk.Wednesday, Dec 20 there will be a service of lessons and carols at 5:15 pm with the Cathedral Choir of Men and Children.On Christmas Eve at 11 pm a choral eucharist will be celebrated by Archbishop Reginald Hollis.And families with children too young to attend the Christmas Eve service are especially invited to attend the choral eucharist at 10 am Christmas morning.843-6577.There's more: this Monday evening the McGill Chamber Orchestra, directed by Alexander Brott, will present a free concert at the cathedral at 8:30 pm.Jo Non I, ds ; LOOK GREAT FOR THE HOLIDAYS! 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