The Westmount examiner, 21 décembre 1989, jeudi 21 décembre 1989

[" PARA NSENSE VER RSA RSR FF RE RSR SE RSR va mere a ae x, eric up 6.5% wns By LAUREEN SWEENEY WESTMOUNT taxpayers will pay four cents more in 1990 ~ for every $100 of property valuation to cover a $43.4 million \u201cmunicipal operating budget.The new mill rate of 1.44 was set by city council Monday night in approving a budget increase of 6.5 percent needed to pay for a number of new and upgraded services.The pre- :vious mill rate was 1.40.Since property valuations have been frozen for three years at - the 1989 level, all property taxes will increase consistently by 2.9 percent, explained pro-mayor Daniel Tingley in presenting the VL * budget.This translates into an increase of $152 for the average family dwelling valuation reported at $380,939.Tax bills are to be sent out by the end of January payable in two equal instalments March 1 and July 1.More than 37 percent of the budget is gobbled up by city's share of MUC costs estimated at $16.2 million, up 6.25 percent.Westmount's own direct » Services will rise 6.87 percentto $25.5 \u201croillion.To reduce the tax bite, the budget Continued on page six No issue next week THE EXAMINER will take a holiday next week and will not be published.The next edition will appear the following week but a day late, on Friday, Jan 5.Deadlines for that issue will be 24 hours later than usual.The offices of THE EXAMINER will be closed from noon Friday, Dec 22, until 8:30 am Thursday, Dec 28, and from 5 pm Friday, Dec 29, to 8:30 am Tuesday, Jan 2.For the finest non-traditional Italian food T INSIDE.= City makes new offer to oan] white-collar workers .8 Shoppers prepared to panic, take a tipfromus.® In the Neighborhood: Santa Claus, toy distributor .18 B Acension\u2019s Father Griffin back from Holy Land sabbatical .Open Sat.& Sun.5p.m.\u201cCLOSED MONDAYS s 4858 Sherbrooke St.W - Making all of Westmount your home Westmount, Quebec, Thursday, December 21, 1989 50\u20ac A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! Rudolph (Emma Lambert) and his elven keeper (Fiona O'Connor) are having a good holiday season giggle.The two performed in the recreation department's Christmas concert Tuesday evening last week.Photo by VALERIE TETLEY Power discussed at council session: City blames Hydro's slowness, citizens claim poor management Angry Westmounters showed up at Monday's city council meeting to complain about the rash of power outages they have been experiencing this month.meant a high demand for electricity and more load-shedding by the city's power utility resulting in frequent, temporary blackouts some evenings (see separate story).Complaints included accusations of poor planning by the city\u2019s light By CHARLES MAPPIN and power department and a questioning of the lack of information telling the public what's happening.The residents got an answer at the start of the regular council meeting when light and power commissioner Rhoda Vineberg read a written statement on the electrical situation, but that didn't satisfy many.(See complete text elsewhere.) dasa ss.Demand has increased 30 percent since 1987, Mrs Vineberg said, explaining that the city\u2019s request for more circuits from Hydro was not agreed to until February 1989 and that the hardware takes up to a year to be delivered.Belvedere Place resident Jacques Francoeur, the first to question council on this subject, said Westmount is as negligent as Hydro-Québec in its Continued on page 34 su.pes eee page 2 \u201ca 1 2 2 1 2 +5 : The \u2018Westmount Examiner.hureday December 21, 1989 Next Scheduled City Council Meeting Monday, January 15, 8 pm Date de la prochaine séance du conseil municipal Le lundi 15 janvier, 20h Householders are notified that there will be no garbage collection on: Monday, December 25th, 1989 and Monday, January 1st, 1990 Les résidents sont avisés qu'il n\u2019y aura aucune cueillette des ordures: lundi, le 25 décembre, 1989 et lundi, le 1er janvier, 1990 PUBLIC NOTICE > * CLOSING OF MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that City Hall and the Municipal Court of Westmount will be closed for the Christmas and New Year's holidays from Friday, December 22, 1989 at 4:30 pm to Tuesday, January 2, 1990 inclusive and will re-open Wednesday, January 3, 1990 at 8:30 am.The Library will be closed on Sunday, December 24 and 31; Monday, December 25 and January 1; and Tuesday, December 26 and January 2.The Arena will be closed on Monday, December 25 and January 1.GIVEN at Westmount, Quebec, this 19th day of December 1989.Robert C.Wilkins City Clerk > JA AVIS PUBLIC FERMETURE DES EDIFICES MUNICIPAUX AVIS PUBLIC est par la présente donné que l'Hôtel de Ville et la Cour municipale de Westmount seront fermés pour les congés de Noël et du Jour de l'An du vendredi, 22 décembre 1989 à 16h30 au mardi, 2 janvier 1990 inclusivement et ouvriront de nouveau le mercredi, 3 janvier 1990 à 8h30.La bibliothèque sera fermée les dimanches, 24 et 31 décembre, les lundis, 25 décembre et 1er janvier, et les mardis, 26 décembre et 2 janvier.L'aréna sera fermé les lundis, 25 décembre et 1er janvier.DONNÉ à Westmount, Québec, ce 19ième jour de décembre 1989.Robert C.Wilkins Greffier de la ville CITY OF WESTMOUNT BY-LAW 1042 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to all who may be concerned that \u201cBY-LAW TO FURTHER AMEND BY-LAW 742 TO ESTABLISH RATES AND CERTAIN CONDITIONS FOR THE SUPPLY OF ELECTRICITY\" was adopted by the Municipal Council of Westmount at a general sitting held at City Hall on December 18, 1989.The object and purpose of this by-law is to add Rate Schedule G10 and G11 regulating rates to be applied to certain (commercial, institutional and larger residential) dual-energy customers.Details relating to the said by-law are fully set out in By-law 1042, which is open for inspection by all persons interested at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Westmount.GIVEN at Westmount, Quebec, this 19th day of December 1989.Robert C.Wilkins City Clerk VILLE DE WESTMOUNT REGLEMENT 1042 AVIS PUBLIC est par les présentes donné a tous ceux qui peuvent être concernés que le \u201cRÈGLEMENT VISANT À MODIFIER DE NOUVEAU LE RÈGLEMENT 742 PRÉVOYANT L'ÉTABLIS- SEMENT DE TARIFS ET CERTAINES CONDITIONS APPLICABLES À L'APPROVISIONNEMENT D' ÉLECTRICITÉ\" à été adopté par le conseil municipal de la Ville de Westmount, lors d'une séance générale tenue à l'Hôtel de Ville, le 18 décembre 1989.L'objet et le but de ce règlement est d'ajouter les tarifs G10 et G11 régissant les tarifs à appliquer à certains abonnés bi-énergie (commerciaux, institutionnels et résidentiels importants).Les détails se rapportant ae amért-sont contenus au complet dans le Règlement 1 dure, Sansulté par toutes les personnes intéres , 55 Treau du gro Ve ville, Hôtel de Ville, Westmount.: DONNÉ à Westmount, 1989.ER uétiée, rea 19iéme Ri de ge 4 a.TN me 3 5, en filkins = \"sa ie da ville mime its \u201cmn os do CITY OF WESTMOUNT BY-LAW 1041 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to all who may be concerned that \"BY-LAW TO LEVY AN ASSESSMENT TO MEET THE EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF WESTMOUNT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1990\" was adopted by the Municipal Council of Westmount at a special sitting held at City Hall on December 18, 1989.The object and purpose of this by-law is to establish the rates of municipal real estate tax and municipal business tax needed to raise the revenues required to meet the budgeted expenses of the City of Westmount for the fiscal year 1990.Details relating to the said by-law are fully set out in By-law 1041, which is open for inspection by all persons interested at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Westmount.GIVEN at Westmount, Quebec, this 19th day of December 1989.Robert C.Wilkins City Clerk VILLE DE WESTMOUNT REGLEMENT 1041 AVIS PUBLIC est par les présentes donné à tous ceux qui peuvent être concernés que le \"RÈGLEMENT RELATIF AU PRELE- VEMENT D'UNE COTISATION EN VUE DE FAIRE FACE AUX DEPENSES DE LA VILLE DE WESTMOUNT POUR L'EXERCICE FINANCIER 1990\" a été adopté par le conseil municipal de la Ville de Westmount, lors d'une séance spéciale tenue à l'Hôtel de Ville, le 18 décembre 1989.L'objet et le but de ce règlement est d'établir le taux des taxes foncières municipales et d'affaires nécessaires pour percevoir les revenus requis pour défrayer les dépenses prévues au budget de la Ville de Westmount pour l'exercice financier 1990.Les détails se rapportant audit règlement sont contenus au complet dans le Règlement 1041, lequel peut être consulté par toutes les personnes intéressées, au bureau du greffier de la ville, Hôtel de Ville, Westmount.DONNÉ à Westmount, Québec, ce 19ième jour de décembre 1989.Robert C.Wilkins Greffier de la ville 4333 5h CITY HALL/HÔTEL DE VILLE erbrooke street t Westmount, eo H3Z 1E2 ; 9 3 5-8 5 3 1 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 351 or 352 Nights, weekends and holidays 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 Hali 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 EMERGENCIES / URGENCES Fire/Incendie Police Ambulance \u2018ou 0 00 0007 a.+ te eee ea et 1440 66\u20ac Galenda Today, Dec 21 Sun Youth food drive: Non-perisha- ble foods, particularly fish and meat, may be dropped off at Re/Max Westmount, 1330 Greene avenue, 9 am to 5 pm, Mon-Fri and 10 am to 3 pm Saturday.933-6781.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.Friday, Dec 22 - Contactivity Centre closed until Jan 3.Saturday, Dec 23 Kids\u2019 Christmas carols.Come join and listen to these beautiful voices at 10 am at Oink Oink! Special visitor this week is Santa Claus.Sunday, Dec 24 Atwater Library closed to Wednesday.Christmas services: At Westmount Park Church at 11 am and 7:30 pm.All are welcome, and the latter will be particularly appealing to children.(For other Christmas Eve and Christmas Day church services, see announcements on page 12.) Heal the child within: Self-help group for adults working on personal growth and dysfunctional family patterns meets weekly at West- mount Baptist Church, 4755 Sherbrooke street west, at 7pm.937-4392.Santa leaves the North Pole at approximately 8 pm, arriving in West- mount shortly thereafter; all children should be fast asleep before his arrival.Wednesday, Dec 27 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.Blood donor clinic: at Place Alexis Nihon, ground floor, St Catherine street entrance, 10:30 am to 6 pm.Continues Thursday, Dec 28, and Friday, Dec 29, 1 to 8 pm.Sunday, Dec 31 ! Atwater Library closed to Wednesday.Celebrate! but if you drink, don't drive.Have a happy new decade.Wednesday, Jan 3 SWAG meeting: at 10 am at Victoria Hall to consider the question of transport services for seniors and those with reduced mobility.Thursday, Jan 4 THE EXAMINER is not lost, stolen nor strayed.It is scheduled to be delivered tomorrow.COMING UP Jan 7: Children's reading of Anne Turnbull's The sand horse and other horse tails at 10 am at Oink Oink! Jan 13: First aid workshop for kids at the Greene avenue community centre with Red Cross instructor Li- Garage flooded as main bursts A burst water main Friday on York street at the rear of 4998 de Maisonneuve caused water to flood three underground garage levels in the large apartment building, fire officials said.Montreal Water Works crews were called to the scene to turn off the water and firefighters proceeded to help channel it down the building's drains.Public safety officers who also attended the call at 5:16 am described the water as pouring into the > PA La CS 4 Had ; dé * ZT sa Faustini and her Urgences Santé H partner.: Unt HN CRB wep th oing?CO 4901 Sherbrooke St.484-4875 932-7818 Where were The following calls were answered by the Westmount Fire Brigade during the past week: Dec 12 9:41 am: Kensington and Sherbrooke, first responder unit for car accident (see story); 10:21 am: 63 Clandeboye, first responder unit for accidental fall (see story); 1335 Greene Ave.\" \u2018Thursday, December 21, 1989 - 3 Overdose of tranquilizer kills dog protecting owner By LAUREEN SWEENEY A Westmount dog died Tuesday last week trying to prevent Urgences 9:57 am: Opposite 4670 St Catherine, first responder unit, for traffic accident, not needed (see story); 4:54 pm: 4330 Montrose, smoke scare, steam from dryer vent; 5:46 pm: 1 Westmount Square, code 3 automatic mutual aid from Côte St Luc and Outremont cancelled at 6:03 pm, alarm condition, all in order; 6:18 pm: 56 Sunnyside, defective alarm; 6:29 pm: 4700 St Catherine, Westmount Park Towers, code 3 automatic mutual aid from Cote St Luc and Outremont cancelled at 6:48 pm, heat detector shorted out by earlier water leak in hallway; 7:21 pm: 5550 Trent, code 3 automatic mutual aid to Côte St Luc cancelled at 7:31 pm; Santé personnel from taking his keeper out of a house on Prince Albert avenue, police said.The large dog had been given an overdose of medication by an Urgences Santé doctor attempting to tranquilize him, SPCA officials told THE EXAMINER.The animal, a golden retriever mix, was dead when an SPCA officer arrived on the scene to assist, said wildlife director Louis McCann.It has been sent for a rabies examination.A police report of the incident stated that Urgences Santé had gone to the home about 6:30 am to take a man to hospital for psychiatric ex- PINATA MURDER! One of the most exciting events at the Greene Avenue Your car is an important investment! Why not have it repaired by someone who cares! Since 1939 \u201cSpecialists in insurance estimate repairs\u201d 21 Somerville, Westmount 486-0785 Community Centre's party last Sunday was the pulverisation of a pifiata.The goody-filled papier-mâché container is suspended above the crowd of pifiata mashers.Patrick Callanan went at it with a will.But pifiatas are notoriously tougher than they look.By the way, Patrick, you're not supposed to peek.Photo Pe OWEN EGAN 10:35 am: 6 Parkman Place, furnace prob- amination but had been prevented lem; ; he d 2:19 pm: 1330 Greene, first responder unit; Dec 16 from leaving by the dog.6:27 pm: 417 Mount Stephen, smell of They then called MUC police for assistance.smoke, odor from previous day's fire next 11:00 am: 4675 St Catherine arena, first door (see story last week); Dec 13 12:16 am: 3155 St Antoine, for strange odor, none found; 10:20 am: 11 Côte St Antoine, St Faul\u2019s Centre, first responder unit (see story); 11:14 am: 5885 Cavendish, code 3 automatic mutual aid to Côte St Luc cancelled at 11:22 am: 11:34 am: 14 Rosemount, alarm activated by dust from work; 8:13 pm: 417 Mount Stephen, furnace problem: Dec 14 4:34 am: 350 Selby, Dawson College, code 3 automatic mutual aid from Côte St Luc and Outremont cancelled at 4:51 am, alarm, all in order: 7:45 am: 680 Roslyn, smoke detector activated; 11:57 am: 20 Surrey Gardens, seized motor; 2:55 pm: 492 Lansdowne, burglar alarm; 4:19 pm: Sherbrooke and Lansdowne, for car leaking gas, false alarm: 11:38 pm: 250 Clarke, apt.620, code 3 automatic mutual aid from Côte St Luc and Outremont cancelled at 11:47 pm, fire in chair (see story); Dec 15 3:50 am: 130 Hillside, fire alarm activated by water from overflowing toilet; 5:16 am: 4998 de Maisonneuve, flood (see story); 9:29 am: 756 Lexington, defective alarm; responder unit, injured boy (see story); 1:47 pm: 4430 St Catherine, apt 508, first responder unit (see story); 2:10 pm: 4410 St Catherine, code 2 automatic mutual aid from Côte St Luc, smoke detector activated in garage by snowblow- er beneath; 10:14 pm: 468 Strathcona, strange odor, electrical panel; Dec 17 1:57 am: 488 Argyle, oil leak in basement from broken fuel line to furnace; 6:40 am: 4200 St Catherine, first responder unit; 9:02 am: Area of 4643 Sherbrooke, service call, horn on car; 10:08 am: Outside 4250 de Maisonneuve, smell of natural gas; 4:00 pm: 4162 Sherbrooke, illusion of fire caused by reflection of setting sun; 5:45 pm: 4430 St Catherine, first responder unit, (see story); Dec 18 1:53 am: 4333 Sherbrooke, city hall parking lot, car fire (see story); 10:22 am: 200 Lansdowne, code 3 automatic mutual aid from Côte St Luc and Outre- mont cancelled at 10:29 am; 1:08 pm: 510-512 Grosvenor, problem with oil heating units; 1:39 pm: 3040 Sherbrooke, Dawson College A wing, flood from broken sprinkler pipe on 7th floor; 3:29 pm: 267 Olivier, problem with sprinkler system.Office located in Westmount EFFICIENT AND PERSONALIZED SERVICE 24 HOUR SERVICE AIRPORT RESERVATIONS DELIVERIES Avec ou sans rendez-vous GLADSTONE MEDI-CENTRE Médecine Familiale - Family Medicine Spécialistes Consultants - With or without appointment 4095 Tupper St.Westmount (next to the Reddy Memorial) ] Consulting Specialists 935-1860 ATWATER ED When police arrived, they found two technicians holding the dog on the ground to immobilize it.The dog had crushed part of a flashlight they put in its mouth to prevent it biting.Police said Urgences Santé personnel had called the SPCA for assistance but the SPCA had \u201cthought it was a joke\u201d and did not respond until later.As a result, a doctor had been called to calm the dog by injection.Mr McCann told THE EXAMINER the SPCA dispatcher on duty said the Urgences Santé caller was very excited and had to be calmed down before the problem could be determined.\u201cIn the time it took us to respond, the dog had been tranquilized and overdosed.It was dead when we got there.\u201d He said one of the medical personnel had been bitten so the dog\u2019s carcass had been sent to Ottawa for examination by federal government veterinarians.No mention was made by police of who had been bitten.Police said Urgences Santé is looking into the incident.In addition, the home is to be referred to the city for sanitary inspection.Details concerning the resident\u2019s condition were not available.FOR e LUMBER e AND PLYWOOD FOR HOME * AND INDUSTRY ORDER DEPARTMENT P w DAYS 7:30 AM-5:30 SATURDAYS 8:30 AM-4 PM Call 748-6161 SHEARER-BOCK RUTHERFORD INC.50 STINSON BLVD.TWO BLOCKS EAST OF NATIONAL FILM BOARD in the City of Westmount.was born at 1:23 pm on Jan 2.and emergency care.Array of gifts awaits first Westmount baby of the\u201890s For the eighth consecutive year, THE WESTMOUNT EXAMINER and merchants and businesses in the Westmount area are combining this January to honor the first baby born in the New Year to parents living Residents are invited to inform THE EXAMINER of any local births early in the New Year and the baby born earliest will receive the contest gifts.Last year's winner was Arielle Duhaime-Ross, daughter of Carole Duhaime and Christopher Ross of Cote St Antoine road.She The several hundred dollars worth of gifts awaiting the first baby are outlined in detail on pages 10 and 11 of this issue.Participating merchants and businesses include: VST, Presse Boutique, Sox Box, Westmount Auto Service, Supermarché Métro, Dans Un Jardin, Calan- dia, Château Bar BQ, Bouquet de Ballons, Dynamite, Boutique MacDonald, Marina Nursery, The Double Hook and Mini Menage.In addition, the Pointe Claire CPR program offers parents of the first baby a free BabySaver course, instruction in infant resuscitation More charges for sloppy deliveries Court charges continue to be laid against distributors of circulars that are improperly delivered to West- mount homes, public safety officers report.The latest by-law violations were recorded Monday when plastic bags were seen hanging on door handles and sticking out of mail slots in the area of St Antoine, Greene and Prospect.Hannah and Jerry's Van Home Bagel From the Finest in European Breads and Rolls to The Best Litile Deli in town 5205 Sherbrooke St.W.comer Marlowe 48 2-5 943 fA McHenry ph 0d plumbing, heating and gas plomberie, chauffage A Me PA 24 HQUR SERVICE residential, Rll industrial 5059 de VEN West, *suite a Br RT Rd ETD ARAN tn ar pt T Examiner Making all of Westmount your home Published every Thursday by Publications Dumont (1988) Inc.WCOGECO >» Meda Group 155 Hillside Avenue, Westmount, PQ H3Z 2Y8 ICT CRP 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's 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.Mail subscriptions in Canada, $20.00 per year, 2 years $36.00, 3 years $49.00.Subscriptions of less than one year, 50 cents per copy plus $2 handling.Fifty cents a-copy.Outside Canada, additional $50.00 a year.4 - Vol.LXI, No.51 Thursday, December 21, 1989 Member Membre \u2019 Assaciation of Quebec Regional English Media Association des Médias fegnaux Anglophones du Québec CCNA / NAT TS) EIBCULATON ean - We Say Delphic decisions THERE is no question that the majority if not all of the members of Westmount city council are motivated by a desire to preserve and promote the character of their city.Through the decades of our municipal existence, this has found expression through instinct, inherent or acquired feelings of taste.It is only relatively recent that formal concepts of \u201cheritage\u201d have evolved and, in our community, mostly imported from beyond our municipal borders where wanton disregard for the ongoing value of older physical structures pricked the collective citizen conscience.We are thinking, of course, of some of the crass commercialization or replacement of some of the formerly finest areas, let alone individual mansions and other buildings, of central Montreal.The recent creation of a \u201cdemolition committee\u201d of three Westmount councillors may have, however, gone too far in relieving the entire council of primary responsibility, with the advice of their valuable and long-lived Architectural and Plan- - ning Commission, for esthetic decisions and placed undue emphasis on preservation of the old at the expense of overall community values.Despite dissenting votes, council last week endorsed its threesome\u2019s majority (meaning twosome\u2019s) conclusions that an old wooden house on the mountain should be preserved and a string of familiar and still functional commercial buildings on Greene avenue should go.The public is left to ask if the final decisions would have been the same if the entire council had been forced to apply itself to the questions.There is enough difference of opinion, on council and beyond, that we comfortably can take issue with what have been presented as the ultimate conclusions in these two instances.Besides, as pointed out by others, these may not be the ultimate results.For instance, Coun Daniel Tingley, a lawyer, has wisely (refreshing in this issue, as opposed to some of his other actions in a relatively 1Say! short career in local government) pointed out to his colleagues that council may be on unsound ground in interfering with the basic rights of property owners, notably in the Summit Circle case.Council does not yet appear to have addressed the underlying question of who benefits from its demolition decisions, pro or con, and the very practical matter of compensation.For instance, natural justice suggests that if a municipal corporation is prepared to prevent an owner doing with his or her property what is lawful, then it (the city, in this case) should be prepared to buy it for whatever purposes it has in mind.In the present two cases, the councils first since creating the committee, there is the added potential for mischief by the yahoos who inevitably gather around such issues, in that the city has in one case favored a developer and in the other pronounced against the personal and private interests of an individual.From such Westmount wins no Brownie points.So-called \u201ccultural\u201d considerations may favor keeping 22 Summit Circle as it is (though the question of its maintenance and by whom remain unaddressed) but in our view the cultural circle which might truly appreciate what it is sought to save must be very limited, considering the site and the private nature of it and adjacent properties.A well-appointed modern home to replace it would, in our view, best .serve all interests except the hard-shell conservationists.Likewise, the approved demolition on Greene will remove not only some familiar old storefronts but several well-estab- lished and viable enterprises which contribute to the fascinating mix and variety of the \u201cVillage Greene.\u201d It seems to us, without analyzing the votes, that there aresome inconsistent individual minds at work on council.Be that as it may, before council gets into any more of this Delphic decision-making it should get its grounds, both legal and esthetic, for doing so more firmly established.- ~ I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.\u2014St Luké Gun law tut-tutting could be passing fad Sir: Fourteen women get murdered and everyone gets aroused for a time.The politicians shake their fat little fists and blow their noses several times and pretend they actually want to enforce gun laws.And then a new Rambo movie will come out or Mulroney will stub his toe or something and be whisked off to the hospital and be put under intensive care by all the media, and everybody will be inundated with the news and all the interest will shift to Mulroney's big toe, and by next week everyone will be bored with that, lusting for another jolting story.And for Christmas, little Johnny will find a chocolate submachine gun in his stocking and before he gobbles it down, he\u2019ll run around the neighborhood with it shooting all his friends.Lois Siegel 88 Argyle drive KIRKLAND PQ H9H 3H8 Dial-a-ticket plan for offences doesn\u2019t work Sir: Approximately two weeks ago a very pleasant police officer was at the corner of Victoria and Sherbrooke in Westmount, telling pedestrians to cross with walk or green signals only and handing out a list of dos and don'ts for pedestrians.He told me, when I asked him about motorists running red lights, that I should call it in to the police station.I think the polite word that I should use now is \u201cHah!\u201d This afternoon (Dec 12) I played dodge-bus at the same corner.The busclearly ran ared, causing one young man to jump back, two older women to be quite startled, and me to say something very impolite.I phoned the police.The answer was, \u201cIf we don't see the infraction there is nothing we can do.That's the law.\u201d I was even able to give them the licence number of the bus (AU-1447), the time (3:40 pm, Dec 12) and that the bus was heading east along Sherbrooke street.Next time, and I am sure that it will be within a few days, judging from past experience, I should stand there and be injured.Maybe then the police will practice what they preach, and it will be worth my while phoning in an obvious infraction of the law.Lynn Pecknold 323 Grosvenor avenue WESTMOUNT PQ H3Z 2M3 Chinese get curious about America\u2019s neighbor Sir: Canadians will be interested to know that a Canadian Studies Library is due to open before long at Shanghai International Studies University.This will be a welcome Yi addition to the existing American Studies Library.I have been informed that the French consulate in Shanghai or embassy in Beijing will cooperate with matters pertaining to French-Canadian library materials.A fair number of Chinese students and visiting scholar hopefuls here are interested in going to Canadian universities.In some cases there is frustration because Chinese government scholars originally funded for one\u2018year by the World Bank have found the period cut to six months.This has resulted in some refusals to scholars admitted for one- year periods.President Bush's recent veto of a U.S.Senate resolution allowing Chinese students to remain in the U.S.could have a warming effect on strained Sino-American relations and also, by indirection, on Sino- Canadian relations, perhaps resulting in more Chinese students and visiting scholar hopefuls coming to both countries.I am currently preparing lectures which aim to compare and contrast the American and Canadian scenes from a variety of perspectives.There is visible here a growing curiosity about America's northern neighbor and what makes it different from the U.S.David Lawson Preparatory Department for English Studies Shanghai International Studies University 119 Ti Yu Wui road (W) SHANGHAI, CHINA Editor's Note: Mr Lawson is a West- mounter spending a year teaching in China.Paper's closing reflects decline of English Quebec Sir: The closing of the Montreal Daily News is just another confirmation of the far- reaching effects of the 10-year exodus out of Quebec.Between census 1976 and census 1986, 563,000 moved out of the province.The majority of these emigrants were English- speaking Canadians who relocated in Ontario.Of the 1.2 million population of Que- becthat is listed as non-French (1986 census), only 580,000 listed English as their mother tongue.This has fragmented Montreal's traditional bilingual consumer market base while a comparison with Ontario reveals that average income per family ($52,764) is much higher than in Quebec ($41,328).Yet the media, business and church groups who collectively deplore the drop in disposable income and the rise in poverty levels in this city are the staunchest supporters of the extreme nationalist policies that caused the migration of so many companies and jobs to the metropolitan Toronto area.Ironically the most notable member of this group is the local branch office of Sou- tham Inc, Toronto, which dutifully churns out its editorialized news format under the Continued on page 35 Winter begins today?A MAN we know who may be counted as more senior and thus more experienced in these matters than even most senior West- mount citizens thinks we've got the seasons wrong and should do something about our referring to them.Logic is on his side.This is not the only year in which we already have had some of the most severe winter weather on record even before winter has begun.We well realize that there are wise people, supported by learned successors, who insist that winter begins on or about Dec 21.So, hooray for today! Our grizzled friend, however, makes the quite sensible suggestion that we end the charade and choose another, more appropriate date for the still-arbitrary onset of woollies weather, say Oct 15 or, at the latest, Nov 1.While we are about it, he says, \u201cmid-sum- mer\u201d as some like to think of the conjunction of July and August should be moved back to, say, Canada Day.By then we sometimes have had some of the hottest days of the year.Among our own most vivid memories is writing early-June exams in a suffocating schoolroom when, officially, it was still spring.Summer, for us, was well under way by mid-May.Autumn and spring might end up foreshortened.So what?Why should we be slaves to the calendar or to abstract calculations?Anyway, we lost a little bit of faith in the astronomical scientists when we heard this week that at Greenwich, England, where many of these things are decreed, it has been decided that on (or about) Jan 1 the world's clocks will have to be adjusted by one second.We're not sure we heard (or care) if we are running slow or fast, but the experts who | can't keep time accurately should not be trusted with the seasons either.\u2019 : The Westmount Examiner Bt Westa't Rotary.= em Cas Se Introducing Club Examiner Te Err EEE m ESERIES gy Forty-five Years Ago December 22, 1944 \u2018\u2019There will be no increase in the general tax rate in Westmount, according to the estimates of revenue and expenditures for the year 1945, which has just been made public.The general tax rate is set at 13 mills on the dollar, while the local improvement tax is set at 4 mills.Estimated expenditures amount to $1,473,060.00 which is balanced by an equal amount of estimated revenue, including $200,370.50 from electric light profits, income tax and other sources.Since substantial additions were made during the year which draws to a close to the pay of policemen, firemen and employees in various other municipal departments, the necessary provisions are made in the estimated expenditures for the money required to meet those new obligations.\u201d Thirty-five Years Ago December 24, 1954 \u201cTwenty-seven employees of the City of Westmount received long service buttons last night at the annual banquet and Christmas party, held in Victoria Hall.Three of the long service awards went to employees who completed 40 years of service.Twenty- five year buttons and watches were presented to three new members.In addition, 21 buttons, showing service from 15 to 35 years, were presented.Mayor Roy L.Campbell presided and presentations were made by aldermen J.S.B.Pemberton, H.L.Blach- ford, R.Panet-Raymond, A.Turner Bone and J.A.De Lalanne.\u201d Twenty-five Years Ago December 18, 1964 \u201cVery happy\u2019 was Mayor Drury\u2019s two- word off-the-cuff comment Wednesday, after closing of a public meeting held for the ratification of revised plans for Westmount Centre.The mayor was happy because the people were satisfied \u2014 no one showed up to oppose the plan.The complex is to be build between Wood, Greene, Elm and St Catherine and Western.It consists of two 21- storey apartment buildings, a 20-floor office structure and a two-storéy department store fronting on St Catherine.Forty-six elec- tor-proprietors in the district were eligible to protest the by-law permitting the construction.At a public meeting last year, five ratepayers lodged their protest.\u201d Ten Years Ago December 20, 1979 \u201cWestmount voters face the prospect of going to the federal polls for the third time in 16 months next Feb 18 with the same candidates on the ballot for the three major parties.Don Johnston, Bernard Finestone and Claude de Mestral appear poised to run against each other again in the St Henri- Westmount riding, though none has formally announced his candidacy yet.The St Henri-Westmount NDP association was first off the mark with the announcement Friday morning, just hours after the government feil, that it will be holding a nominating convention on Saturday.Neither the Liberals nor the Progressive Conservatives appear ready to make such announcements.\u201d One Year Ago December 22, 1988 \u201cWestmount MNA Richard French hopes that in resigning from cabinet Tuesday and in expressing his opposition to the government\u2019s Bill 178 he represents the interests of his constituents.\u2018I simply decided there are some things in political life that must be respected, an exhausted Mr French told THE EXAMINER yesterday.\u2018I think people understand what I've done.He said he has seen for months that the.government was heading towards this solution, one he could not sup- OVER I NZ) an AO) A: \u2014 FLASHBACK © DECRMBER 1974 WHO MAKES UP TWS STUFFP = LISTEN TO THIS \u2014 HOUSE PRICES A MILLION\u2014 OHMAN'S AND SMITHERS BOTH CLOSE \u2014WESTMOUNT IN TRUSTEESHIP \u2014 A WOMAN AS MAYOR.\u2014 AMD A NON-LIBERAL MNA /// AND THE EXAMINER SURE.SURE \u2014 WiLL BE OWNED BY FRANOOPHONES David Berger says.A volunteer recognized FOR this last column of the year the Red Cross comes to the rescue with good news, onthehealsofthetragedy at Ecole Polytechnique.First, while planning your holiday activities reserve 45 minutes for a Red Cross blood donor clinjc, and give the \u201cgift of life.\u201d Between Christmas and New Year's, the Red Cross will operate a mobile blood clinic at Place Alexis Nihon.On Wednesday, Dec 27, from 10:30 am to 6 pm and on Thursday, Dec 28, and Friday, Dec 29, from 1 to8 pm, a clinic will be located on the ground floor of the plaza, St Catherine street entrance or 1500 Atwater avenue.Second, last week, on behalf of the federal minister of health and welfare, I presented Victorine Leclair, a resident of St Henri- Westmount, with a 1989 Canada Volunteer Award for her 40 years of volunteer work with the Canadian Red Cross Society.The Canada Volunteer Award was created \u201cto recognize and encourage those who have made valuable voluntary contributions towards improving the health and social well- being of their fellow citizens.\u201d Victorine Leclair is one of 23 recipients, including five from Montreal, of this year's award.For almost half a century, while pursuing her professional career as a teaching psychiatric nurse, Mrs Leclair devoted her free time to improving the quality of life of senior citizens.Between 1947 and 1987 she organized two important Red Cross programs.At a time when free hospital care did not exist, she set up the \u201cHome Care Services\u2019 program that taught people to care for the sick at home with the help of visiting volunteer assistants.Her observations regarding the isolation of mental health of the elderly in modern- day society led her to develop a unique exercise program which is specially designed to meet the needs of senior citizens, taking into account their physical condition, their environment and their culture.The beginnings of the program were difficult and motivation was lacking.But aftera year of recruiting and participation, 12 sen- HR port.Bill 178 was tabled Tuesday night in the National Assembly to fill the legal void created by last Thursday\u2019s Supreme Court decision striking down the French-only sign provisions of Bill 101.\u201d ior citizens had taken up gardening once a week during the growing season.In the program\u2019s second year, 15 seniors realized a childhood dream: cross-country skiing.The youngest was 68 years of age and the eldest 77 years.In order to reach more seniors, Mrs Le- clair developed a workshop to train persons to work with seniors.In 10 years, thousands of \u201cmoniteurs\u2019 were trained.Mrs Leclair\u2019s initiative has become the Fun Plus Fitness program of the Red Cross.Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année to the readers of THE EXAMINER.our Mayor \u201c Her Worship May Cutler says.wy Gd HK ze Thoughts at Christmas THE world does advance.It does get better.And it\u2019s worth reminding ourselves of this, as we often need to do when bad things happen.Those who doubt it should read social history.The 19th century \u2014 not so very long ago \u2014 was a raw, cruel time here and in Europe.My parents were born in Ireland over 100 years ago and the reality of their farm life was as far removed from the romantic nostalgia of Irish song as the homeless urchins of Dickens from dainty quainty Alice.Every childhood, no matter how bleak, contains some moments of warmth, and perhaps human beings would give up in despair if they did not cling to those memories.But we should not sentimentalize them to the point of illusion, to where we think the world of our fathers was a better place.It is better now, in spite of the violence, the family upheaval and the uncertain future of our planet.Human beings ignore problems they do not feel they can cope with.So the world has ignored parental cruelty to children and male cruelty to women.Only in our time are we trying to deal with these \u2014 along with poverty, the insecurity of old age and the threat to our earth.So it is a good age to be alive and we should be grateful for it at this season.Never in history have we as a people had so much to be thankful for.It is therefore a time to show gratitude by trying to alleviate the suffering of individuals in the myriad ways open to us, for such suffering is, alas, the unchanging part of the human story.And let us, with Anne Frank, repeat confidently the belief that in spite of everything, people are inherently good.1\u2018: Be happy now and in the year to come.4 our M.N.A.Richard B.Holden | says.Taking a holiday AT Christmas and the New Year, the entire Quebec government and most of the opposition retreat to various sunspots in the U.S.so why shouldn't I?During my absence (approximately three weeks) I wish everyone a happy and healthy holiday season.The \u201990s will be orus when I return to this space but we will still be wrestling with the same problems that have faced us for the past year or two.Recession or not?Meech Lake or nada?If we get sick, will our medical system fail us?And why can\u2019t Johnnie read, write, add and subtract?I used to believe that we could trust our scientists and our lawmakers to move us ever upwards and onward to the promised land.I still have faith in the future but as to\u2019 our elected men and women, we should not take anything for granted.The level of debate in the National Assembly is such that it makes one cringe.Particularly the back bench on both sides.Te Many of them seem to be in a dreamworld where, as long as they are elected, all\u2019s well in their little plot of earth.Liberals see only the greatness of our governors and the PQ deals relentlessly in doom and gloom.I suppose it was ever thus but an occasional glimmer of intelligence from.either side would be a singular and pleasant surprise.Where we sit in the house gives us a perfect view of the two main protagonists \u2014 Bob and Jake.They treat question period as showbiz and, because that's how the media view it, I guess there's no alternative.For the premier it's a game of oneupmanship.For the opposition leader it is a kind of Molière farce.The people who make government work are, of course, the public servants.There are 630 employees at the National Assembly to take care of 125 MNAs.They couldn't be more devoted or attentive, and in spite of my conservative tendencies, I love being pampered.(Who doesn't?) All you have to do is put one hand up in the air and a page arrives to do your bidding.For Westmount\u2019s MNA, 1989 was a vintage year.Shortly aîter my election, Prime Minister Mulroney called me.He told me he had a stock answer for journalists who asked him, \u201cWhat is your friend Holden going to do in Quebec?\u201d His reply: \u201cRichard will shine in the National Assembly and in the restaurants of Quebec City.\u201d Ihope to do a bit of both in 1990, i ss >.CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH US i Sunday 8:00am Holy Communion Dec.10:30am Sung Eucharist X 31st Rector: The Rev.Paul James Assistant Priest: The Rev.Tim Smart Honorary Assistant The Rev David Oliver «ule Q {No Sunday School) 0 QO.La Director of Music: Graham Knott X >) Equipped for the Hearing Impaired N X l\u2019Ordre du Comité Choluteca et les déposer soit avec les offrandes ou au The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 21, 1989 - 13 les 1au a mb ~~ © ÿ ÿ i J Ÿ ; rem | A NEW STORE IN WESTMOUNT I Sk FEATURING QUALITY GIFT ITEMS i Bijoux Suk-Kwan .À J Le Plumier 1 Westmount Square 989-0388 Fine pens such as the Mount Blanc = 164 (illustrated) À Plus many other PF > name brands FTI LLL NE LLLLLLLLLL A g EI TIT LTT FREER Nl + Shaeffer i ti Ea * Lamy and more CASIO B.O.S.S.SF 7500 Digital Diary We also carry: * SF 4000 & SF 8000 Jewelry, accessories, lingerie * Watches Pyramid clocks * The CASIO Pocket Objets d'art, Noguchi lamps * Business card cases .Color TV .: Alarm clocks ® Desk accessories NINTENDO Handheld 5141 St.Laurent, Montreal 270-4442 Teo a ae olds Computer Games } | \u2019 (| 7 \u2019 .ope | We will be happy A .A Christmas Tradition ., .° lo assis you wilh LÀ Season\u2019s Greetings! | \u2018 2 i Virginia Vanderstay-Bostock shopping.Paul Bostock | COZY UP WITH Tott Moens i 2 0 % Exclusive Belgian Truffles and Specialty Chocolates made fresh on our premises (not imported) | OFF - all flannel sleepwear ONE LOCATION ONLY FREE PARKING AT WESTMOUNT SQUARE 5108 Sherbrooke St.w.(between Grey & Vendôme) WITH PURCHASE OVER $50 | 482-0607 1 Westmount Square 933-4634 Open oe Trans oe nights OPEN DEC.24 14 - The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 21, 1989 By KATHLEEN HUGESSEN, ALICE FILE and JENNIFER SHECTER We all know people who finished their Christmas shopping in June and have spent the last six months printing their wrapping paper and weaving their ribbons.They are productive, organized, smug.The rest of us, frail mortals that we be, are stuck at the shopping list stage.With just four days till Santa is scheduled to fill all the gaping maws on all those stockings, it's time to indulge in the great traditional pastime of last-minute Christmas shoppers everywhere.It's time to panic.Then it's best to take a deep breath and consider that Westmount, one\u2019s own backyard, is seething with promising gifts and goodies to please the fussiest receiver.A random sampling of some of the stores in Westmount\u2019s commercial areas has revealed a very cornucopia of notions for presents, from the stocking-stuffer through to the more lavish and splendid Christmas gift.Nifty little gadgets seem to be the specialty of the newly opened shop VST (Very Special Things), 4968 ~ Sherbrooke street.Items here include a mini-computer which stores dates, phone numbers and addresses along with other information.A desk model runs $300 while the pocket size is about $200.The two can communicate with each other to transfer information.CD clock Another item is the imaginative CD clock.These consist of a compact disk mounted on a black stand.Various designs form the hands and decorations on the clock\u2019s CD face.They cost $34.Among other offerings at VST are travelling roulette, poker, survival or sewing kits, jewelry, watches, fashion accessories and a selection of leather jackets and bags.\u201cThe advantage I have is there's something for everybody,\u201d says owner Valerie Lewis.She points to a series of picture frames shaped like the oncoming hoods of cars \u2014 a baby- blue BMW particularly catches the eye.The photo fits in behind the windshield.From Devon, Ingrid and Arlette We would like to thank our customers for their support and wish them a Happy and Prosperous Holiday Season.$ 4866 Sherbrooke St.W.481-2877 » RIX SIR RR RE ROR RR RIA SIA 5A RE RA FR RE SE FR RUE Re SE Ses, Sus SA RSA RSX RSA RISK JE 0 0 ER EG DAS ER SDS EX SE D ES A OR ES D VO SX OS OS LAS LAS to all our clientele LAURENTIAN BANK OF CANADA I 4848 Sherbrooke St.W., Westmount 481-0317 Mde Lorraine Choquette Westmount has a lot to offer: Shoppers prepared to panic: : take a little tip from us Owner of Very Special Things, Valerie Lewis shows off her BMW picture frame.\u201cI like this kind of stuff.I like everything in the shop,\u201d Ms Lewis says.Across the street is Interlude.Here one can find gifts for the sophisticates on the Christmas shopping list.A Waterford crystal sugar shaker is $95.Beautiful heavy col- ored-glass paperweights shaped as pear or apple halves cost about $125.There are picture frames in many assorted shapes and sizes, acrylic animals and various toiletries.Viola Rossy is an owner of Interlude.She says the $70 pyramid clock has been selling very well.The top section of the pyramid turns to mark the seconds, a second section is marked off in minutes and the lower, non-moving section displays the hours.Once every three hours the clock returns to its original pyramidal shape, Thumb-twiddle alternative In the mindless pursuit department is a small black highly magnetized block on which are a mass of little steel ball bearings.Hold in hand and fiddle.Ideal for someone somewhere, and just $11.If there isa person on your list who likes lovely scents, a trip to the new Dans un Jardin on Greene avenue may be in order.Owner Myvan Robic officially opened the shop only a couple of weeks ago, though the doors have been open longer than that.The store, a franchise of a Parisian parfu- ESR Fn PO HA ARC A FAX PAD TA FOO PA FA VON HA Ya FAC FA I PA FO YA Yom FA FAN FA Fou FOX Fa YAO YA on HR YR ESS 4, SEASON'S GREETINGS from the management and staff ih ROSE RSR RSA ROSE RS SENS SE FR A SA RSR RSA RS POS FO FV RSA SE RSA RS RE RE Photo by VALERIE TETLEY meur, specializes in quality toiletry items scented with pure floral and fruit essences.The items are sold in lovely containers and are beautifully custom gift-wrapped.There are also full lines of men\u2019s toiletry articles and accessories.Gift-certificates are available and fixed-content packages can be ordered by telephone.\u201cOne friend of mine called up,\u201d says Mrs Robic.\u201cShe ordered two number fives, one number three and two won ton to go!\u201d There is also a salon in the back where clients can receive facials or massages or a full beauty treatment.Still in the toiletry line, Nadine, owned by Nadine Chamandy, carries a full selection of the ever-popular Crabtree & Evelyn products.Located below Interlude at 4909A Sherbrooke street, Nadine specializes in many types of soaps, bath oils and cubes, powders, shampoos and rinses as well as fashion accessories.A breath of fresia £ Ms Chamandy says there a demand for women's toiletry items with the scent of fresia \u2014 one not in the Crabtree & Evelyn line.She found Taylor's of London does have fresia-scented products, and she now carries them.The room mist is $13.50, and a set of talcum powder, bath gel and soap is $19.A bestseller in stock at the moment, says Ms Chamandy, are sets of matching, beautifully decorated boxes, pencils, pads and address books.This blue \u201cchinois paper line\u201d is very reasonably priced.An attractive box with half a dozen pencils is less than $2.Toss in the $3 notebook and you have an attractive, practical and very reasonable gift.Across the street in Le Galet, deco- Sarre Da ra Da ra ra fa a ira Da acon Jde f nf ae dna To all our friends and customers in Westmount: May the joy of Christmas be yours throughout 1990: ANDY DODGE & ASSOC.INC.REAL ESTATE CONSULTANTS Specializing in Westmount tax valuation appeals 310 victoria Ave., Suite 307, Westmount H3Z 2M9 485-1121 EE rf Sef fe fede Cie a DCappy SColiday Season's Greetings to all our customers and friends eg ap a tn = BREMER ÉLECTRIQUE 1198 William Tel: 935-113 Fax: 939-141 TOR FSR FR FR FR SR UR FR Fark A BE ER RR sd RGEC tbat ta ta tea À Harp t Lucie Gascon played when Myvan Robic officially opened Dans un Jardin a couple of weeks ago.rations for the house, tree and table are everywhere.The shop has festive eight-foot-long holiday paper garlands at $3 and many stocking stuff- ers for the whole family.The store has many unique or individualized items.The variety of tree ornaments and decorations always make useful and seasonal gifts.Children are very important on almost everyone's list of gift-getters.And Westmount provides in that department too.If it\u2019s a stuffed animal you're in need of, head for Chrisma at 1230 Greene avenue.The selection is almost overwhelming.Everything from very small beasties, just right for a wee one\u2019s hand, all the way to a magnificent $350 mountain lion.000 Rex TARR RA RSF A IA SIA RA RA A RS RR RE RA TA Photo by VALERIE TETLEY One creature which ought to be visited is the Oogle in the back.This isan.wellit'sa.Imeanit.An Oogle is a large white silky-furred lump with a big soft beak and feet.Or paddles.Or.It seems to be a cross between one of L'il Abner\u2019s shmoos and a platypus.For $109, you can have one in your home.Up the street a ways is Oink Oink! All your shopping for the children on your list can probably be dealt with here.There are clothes, shoes, little stocking-stuffer goodies, educational toys, books on cassette, books, tub toys, bathtub paint (don\u2019t worry, it\u2019s soap), origami kits and a slide in the back to take kids downstairs.Hot items are reported to be Continued on next page The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 21, 1989 - 15 Shopping season picks up ~ The word \u201crecession\u201d is cropping up again in conversations.It has been heard more than once on the radio and in TV broadcasts in recent weeks.But those bell-wethers of economic hare times, the retailers, are mixed in their reviews of the Christmas shopping season \u2014 at least in Westmount they are.\u201cBusiness is going very well,\u201d says Judith MacDougall at the Double Hook bookstore.She points out several volumes that are proving very popular despite some bearing prices over $25 \u2014 Solomon Gursky was here by Morde- chai Richler, Girl in a Sloppy Joe Sweater by Mary Peate, Dance on the Earth, a memoire by Margaret Laurence.Dans un Jardin, also on Greene By KATHLEEN HUGESSEN avenue, opened just recently.Owner Myvan Robic says, \u201cIt\u2019s starting.It\u2019s been so cold.\u201d A number of retailers are blaming the cold for a poor turn out of early Christmas shoppers.Nadine Chamandy, owner of Nadine, says, \u201cWe've been quite busy actually.It\u2019s not fabulous.The cold weather, I\u2019m sure, isn't helping.\u201d Gerry Bourassa, manager at West- mount Stationery, says, \u201cIt's the cold weather.Some days are slow, others are ok.\u201d Next door and downstairs at the Clef de Sol, buyer Virginia Stikeman says business is going well.She says the boutique has a strong contingent of return customers who know they after a slow, cold start will get what they want at the store.They come back every year to do their shopping there.A few doors along at Folklore One, Gerard Fellerath says, \u201cThings are a bit quieter, less panicky.But, inevitably, people come out.I think there's a cautious response to spending.\u201d At Le Galet, owner Carole Carsley says, \u201cIt's slower.The beginning was very poor.Now it\u2019s better.\u201d Thursday evening last week in Place Alexis Nihon, it was hard to believe it was 11 days till Christmas.There were no line-ups, no crowds, ° no hysteria.On Monday, at about noon, the pace had picked up.The crowds were once again in evidence.Even Westmount Square was showing more signs of life than have been noticeable there in quite some time.Joyeux Noël Danielle Boulay Jacques Charette Julia Daniels Luc Desrosiers Monique Dokupil Christine Durham Brian Dutch Joyce Faughnan Anita Glazer llona Huszar Esti Jedeikin Leila Kovacevic Sylvie Lafrenière Kristina Lipski Olga Maxwell Roberto Milzi de votre équipe Re/Max Westmount Reg Morden Renée Naja Paul Philion Jean Poissant Monique Proulx Caroline Rouleau Nickie Skeates David Wilkes Merry Christmas! Thank you for your support! Pos ee ARS RS PROS FR 50 FS RS RS VS OS SE VA POSE SE PS VA SAS SR PA DS DR TS FO FOR DS TRS SOS VS DOS VE VOS PAR VOS FRS VA VOS OS FF RR SA SS RA RA LA RSA RE RENE RSS RFA SE RSS VOS POSE FRS SOS RSR SFR RSR SOS VOS VOS VOS SES OS SOS RASE OS POSE RSR RSR OS RSR ROSE A RE 16 - The Westmount Examiner, Thursdäy, December 21, SHOPPERS.continued from previous page Graeme Base\u2019s intricately illustrated books Animalia and Eleventh Hour, science kits and stamp collection materials.And pop-up books have come a long way.A beautiful example is the Leonardo book which has images spiralling out of other images.Some of this stuff would make fine presents for older kids, say in the 18 to 94 year age range.If the youngsters are going shopping with you, take in Oink Oink! on Saturday at 10 am.Santa Claus is scheduled to make a return appearance after his hit, visit two weeks ago.Fine food is fine For the gourmet on your list, West- mount merchants are waiting to help.In the Sherbrooke/Victoria Village area, Le Foumagerie offers fine cheeses, meats, coffee and gourmet accessories.Everyone needs a creamer shaped like a calf, or per- 1989 The $350 Parker pen can be found at Westmount Stationery, 4887 Sherbrooke street west, together with the attractive gift bag which runs a more manageable $2.59.Photo by VALERIE TETLEY To all our customers and friends, a most happy and healthy holiday season.Jerry Rubin Inc.4814 Cote St.Luc Rd.$® 489-9331 Fhe bark frecfile make the 4355 St.Catherine St.W.at Redfern Avenue 289-0363 5002 Sherbrooke St.W.at Claremont Avenue 489-9337 4117 Sherbrooke St.W.at EIm Avenue 289-0379 $ JB eg og x FI RR FIA RA SE RA RFA FSR SA FRE SO RA RE SE RK SIE RR SK RISE RK SR FRA RA Sh SR SOE 0 Fe Sok Sek os Sus SR Fok SE RSA haps a self-cleaning garlic press.On Greene avenue, Coffee Gourmet has a wide selection of gifts, from Wagner sets of miniature containers of marmalade and tea to brew-it-yourself beer bags.The beer bags come in lager or bitter and cost about $25.Owner Rita Stafford says you just add water, wait 21 days and voila! She says she has tasted the lighter ale and it was very good.In the utterly sinful and enormously fattening department there are champagne chocolate truffles at $23 a box, and pecan perfection from Mistle Toad.è A tasty idea for a holiday cup of coffee comes in the form of chocolate mocha cups.These little chocolate cups can be filled with whipped cream and floated in cups of coffee.The store also has a range of tea cosies (from restrained solid-color types through to pussycats and elephants in full circus regalia), espresso and capuccino machines, and cookie jars.Christmas shopping in Westmount would rot be complete without a visit to Westmount Stationery.This year the store is carrying several innovative gift items.For His Nibs Manager Gerry Bourassa points to one item he says is special this year.It's a Parker fountain pen and he says the store has sold three of them.At $350 each, that's not bad.The pens have a lacquer finish in either burgundy or blue, decorated with bands in 22-carat gold.The nib is 18-carat gold.The pens are a collector's edition put out by Parker to mark the company\u2019s centennial.They and all other quality pens are 20 percent off until Christmas, Mr Bourassa says.For the executive who wants to stay on top, the Filofax organizers are very popular.They too are reduced until Christmas, which is nice since the leather binder alone is $185.The owner (or giver) decides which pages to buy for the agenda.The \"5 0 0 4 a These crèche figures are part of a 15-piece set for $35.The knit ensemble of sweater, socks, hat and gloves, costs $32.Both are available at Folklore One, 4879 Sherbrooke street west.basiccalendar is $30.Other packages run from about $10.Just along the block, at Folklore One, in case the spending, shopping and buying of Christmas have made you forget what it\u2019s all about, there is a stunning selection of naif art créches and nativity figurines.Painted tin Christmas ornaments are selling well says owner Gerard Fellerath.\u201cGenerally we're selling a lot of folk art,\u201d he says.\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of Photo by VALERIE TET\u2019 interest in the southwestern look \u2014 and that\u2019s Mexico!\u201d In the same neck of the woods is La Clef de Sol, the MSO volunteers\u2019 boutique.The shop specializes in products with musical logos, making great gifts for the music-lover on your list.There are also warm wooly knits for the old as well as the very young.To enhance the final selection, La Clef de Sol has some interesting gift bags to ease the pressure of wrapping during the holiday rush.481-8820 5327 Sherbrooke W.Good health good friends .all the best! EXCLUSIVE FURS INC.488-6711 a 2 ms Fr \u2014 es ; Happy Holidays to all our customers and friends C.HOWARD SIMPKIN LTD.MASTER ELECTRICIANS \u201cServing Westmounters for 45 years\u201d Ken Larsen \u2014 President 5800 St Jacques W.+ Residential * Industrial _ + Commercial Fax: 481-0128 -: Tel: 481-0125 5 SN \u2014 hi CL rg eam mame aT a AY A pa ae MN vie tA pd ON PN 0» I es as ae Te | r I è Library rushes to spend half-expected $101,663 THE Westmount Public Library has found itself a windfall but now it has to rush to use the treasure before the new year strikes and it all turns to pumpkins.According to a memo to the library committee from chief librarian Rosemary Lydon, the 1989 budget allowed for a grant of $55,155 from the Quebec government.Happily, the mayor recently received notification that the Ministère des affaires culturelles is in fact contributing $156,818.Miss Lydon describes the $101,663 as \u201choped for but not entirely expected.\u201d City council, at its Dec 18 meeting, turned the funds over to the library committee.The money must be used before Dec 31, 1989.Miss Lydon provided a list of desirables (in library terms) on which the money will be spent.These include books, microfilm, audio- cassettes, various pieces of equipment and furnishings for both adult and children\u2019s sections, and the hiring of an extra reference librarian for Sunday afternoons.nust, at the very least, be the \u201cLonger\u201d if not the \u201cLongest.\u201d One pricey item is an Oxford English Dictionary.Presumably this is not the \u201cConcise,\u201d the \u201cPocket\u201d nor the \u201cShorter\u201d At $2,500 it ® Demolition by-law not applied equally: architect Anderson Westmount should treat equally all proposals to demolish buildings, architect Bruce Anderson said during question period at Monday's city council meeting.A resident of Côte St Antoine road, Mr Anderson said he was disturbed when he read in last week\u2019s EXAMINER that the city\u2019s demolition by-law may be waived to allow Dawson College to demolish its coach houses along de Maisonneuve boulevard for new construction.\u201cThis building is part of an ensemble listed as a 1A heritage property on the official heritage list in the City of Westmount\u201d and classified by the provincial ministry of cultural affairs, he said.Mr Anderson designed a house for 22 Summit Circle which may never be built since Westmount's demolition committee, and then council on appeal, turned down the owner's proposal to demolish the 90-year-old house at that address and replace it with Mr Anderson\u2019s proposal.The old, wooden house is given the second highest rating, 1B, in the study.Mr Anderson called council\u2019s upholding of the appeal of the demolition committee decisions \u2018unjust, prejudicial and unsubstantiated.\u201d He said Dawson should not be permitted to let the buildings deteriorate and then claim they are unsafe and must be demolished.The same argument had been used by those opposing the demolition of the house at 22 Summit Circle.Mr Anderson said the provision in the by-law exempting buildings in dangerous condition or considered a safety hazard does not apply since Dawson's coach houses are in good shape.\u201cThese are substantial buildings.They are masonry of the highest quality,\u201d he said.Security officer, @ sist thyself A public safety officer called colleagues to his own fire Monday morning.The officer was leaving work after the night shift about 7:53 am when his car, a black Ford station wagon, caught fire in the parking lot at city hall.Firefighters said they found a small area of carpeting smouldering at the rear after oil had leaked on the exhaust manifold.They doused the fire using two water extinguishers.Damage was listed at $500 and the car had to be towed away.PSOs from the day shift also helped out.If you are healthy, remember to give the gift of life.Be a Red Cross blood donor.01 0 44 010 aa ee ee Council did not respond to the comments.The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 21, 1989 - 17 Gertrude Robinson appointed trustee of Westmount library A new trustee, Gertrude Robinson, was appointed to the library committee by city council at its Dec 18 meeting.In her letter of application to library committee chair Michele Kilburn, Mrs Robinson outlines her considerable qualifications.She is a professor at McGill University and director of the graduate program in communications.Mrs Robinson writes, \u201cIn addition, I am a member of the faculty of artslibrary committee which is dealing with the restructuring of the \u2018MacLennan Library.\u201d Councillor Sally Aitken is a member of the Westmount library committee.She says there were many applicants for the position of trust- Bather disrobed A woman went swimming Tuesday last week in the pool of an apartment building only to have her clothes stolen while in the water.Police said the resident of 4000 de Maisonneuve left her dress, bathrobe and sandals in a nearby room about 2 pm.They were gone 45 minutes later.She valued them at $356.EE pea \u2018Wishing all our customers and friends a merry Christmas and happy New Year DARMO AUTO INC.established 1939 Westmount's auto body specialists ee.The committee consulted with the WMA and other groups in making its choice, Mrs Aitken says.\u201cGertrude Robinson was chosen because she\u2019s very interested, very knowledgeable, very capable.She's had experience with a library though she\u2019s not a librarian.\u201d The trustee's position became vacant when William Weintraub, serving in the place of Peter McEntyre who died earlier this year, declined to continue on the committee.\u201cWe would have renominated him,\u201d says Mrs Aitken, \u201cbut he said he was too busy.\u201d Mrs Robinson's appointment takes effect Jan 1, 1990.Nick extends his best wishes to all his friends & customers for a Joyful Holiday and a Happy New Year Nick Kas Ladies\u2019 and Gents' Custom Tailor and Repair Alterations Serving Westmount for over 22 years 152 Abbott avenue 932-6633 Fes =; rn s635, 18 - The Westmount Examines, \u201cIn the neigh Thursday, December 21, 1989 borhood by Kathleen Hugessen._ Santa Claus \u2014 toy distributor The stable is low-ceilinged, light and warm.Hay in wisps hangs from wooden beams and partitions.The sun is pouring in through the many small windows, making visible the endless dance of the dust motes.The doors of the eight small stalls open onto the passageway running the length of the building.Above each doorway is a beautifully carved wooden plaque: Vixen, Prancer, Cupid, Comet.\u201cWhat about Rudolph?\u201d I ask.From somewhere deep inside it starts.A sort of bubbling wheezy rumble that finally emerges as the inimitable \u201cHo! Ho! Ho!\u201d His laughter lifts his ruddy cheeks like little red India-rubber balls above the white foam of his beard.His eyes are squeezed shut by the joy of it all.He puts his hands on his substantial girth and holds his shaking sides as he guffaws.It\u2019s absolutely infectious.We are standing side by side, he hohoing and I heeheeing.And I know he\u2019s not going to answer my question.He was very frank about it.\u201cThere are some things I'm not going to tell you,\u201d he said.\u201cWe are, after all, talking about magic.And beliefs.Legends.Songs.Stories.Some questions I will not, cannot answer.\u201d It\u2019s almost worth it to find a question he won't answer because then he laughs.It seems to be his way of changing the subject and a pleasanter one there could not be.Rudolph, as a question, is a nonstarter.A large room at the end of the stable holds the tack worn by the reindeer on their one working night each year.It is beautiful and supple, oiled and polished and toiled over by one of the elves.She is sitting in the corner now rubbing vigorously at a brass sleigh bell.\u201cShe carved, all the name plaques too,\u201d he tells me.\u201cAnd a good thing too.I can never remember the names!\u201d And he\u2019s off again.The elf is as susceptible as I and grins happily as Santa laughs.The reindeer are, of course, not in.They are off where they are happiest, roaming the lichen-clad land.They wander in from time to time for a visit.They're always back in time for Christmas I am told.\u201cThey haven't missed yet,\u201d he says with one of his broad grins \u2014 a sort of shorthand for \u201cho ho ho.\u201d Standing near one end of the stable is a large shed.The sleigh is kept in there.I am allowed to peek in through the windows.It is red.It looks just like the pictures.I wish I could sit in its black upholstered seat.I squint through the glass trying to see the back part of the sleigh.The part where the sack goes, where the toys are carried.It seems pointless, but I ask anyway.\u201cWhere do you find room forall those toys?\u201d I wait for the \u201choho ho!\u201d He leans over my shoulder to peer through the window with me.\u201cI suspect you could probably explain it as a hyperdimensional cube perceived as a three-dimensional sack,\u201d he says, \u201cor perhaps a tesseract.I'm not a physicist so I may have the terms wrong.\u201d in ( yn A / in PE in fil uy =>) 0 ee my PT CON si My «éd .Santa Claus \u2014 a recent likeness I dutifully note down \u201chyperdi- mensional cube\u2019 \u2019 and try to spell Even Santa sometimes needs some help! We're always here to serve you! lan, Roy and Gord and the entire staff and management of Nelson Garage wish - all their customers and friends a most happy and joyous holiday season.NELSON GARAGE Serving Westmount since 1928 1100 Decarie Bivd., Mil.481-0155 \u201ctesseract.\u201d I continue gazing through the window as though the sleigh might pipe up with an answer.\u201cWhat it really is,\u201d says Santa as he turns away, \u2018\u2018is magic.\u201d It\u2019s a lovely day wherever it is we are.I assume it\u2019s the North Pole but | haven't been told, nor do I expect to be.The visit is taking place during Santa's off season.He's nonetheless very busy.\u201cIt\u2019s the list,\u201d he says.\u201cAn enormous amount of paperwork it is, making a list and checking it twice.Thank goodness for the elves.They handle the production side you see.\u201d He means toys.He says one of his biggest problems is packaging.\u201cOh dear yes.Children ask for things produced by toy manufacturers and, of course, we don\u2019t want to disappoint them.But it almost doubles the work for the elves if they have to make the toy and the packaging as well.The old days \u201cIt\u2019s not like the old days when a child wanted a rocking horse or a jack-in-the-box.The elves could be very creative and artistic with that sort of open-ended request.But now they have fewer opportunities for that kind of work.\u201d Fads present another sort of difficulty.\u201cIt\u2019s just so terribly hard to keep up,\u201d he says.\u2018We have to use quite a lot of magic, not to mention market analyses, to keep abreast of the demands.One year it will be trucks that turn into robots.The next it will be adoptable dolls with big heads.Now it\u2019s video games.\u201d Forall that, the atmosphere in this hive of industry is cheerful.Though I'm not allowed into the workshop (it seems awfully small to produce that many toys.more magic, nodoubt), the sounds of elven voices singing, laughing and chattering are carried to us wherever we wander.1 feel profoundly privileged grateful for this opportunity to visit with Santa.I know I must be going soon.I'll be whisked away, as I was whisked here.And how was that?No one has told me.A last question for Santa.\u201cWhich of those Santas in the department stores and shopping malls is the real one?\u201d He laughs until I really believe he might split or dohimself damage.He clutches his sides and rocks with gales of mirth.\u201cHo! Ho! Ho!\u201d he rumbles.\u201cHo! Ho! Ho!\" he gasps.At last his tempest of humor subsides.Ripples of laughter tickle his frame and his eyes sparkle as he smiles and says, \u201cThey all are.\u201d Still chuckling, he lays a finger aside of his nose (now 1 know what that looks like) and giving a nod, says softly, \u201cMagic.\u201d Well, per a HL Si Le, Tern Te Sr FT AT | 1g je oT.ve LI to ng ss LE 5 © DD pese , 7 4 VISITING À SPECIAL TREE: Every year Westmount resident Dean Cotton decorates a tree at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.She covers it with her fabulous collection of antique toys.This year, visitors included a group of young Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's School students.From left are: Victoria Cooper, Laura Cherkow, Paula de Koos (on the floor), Christine Hackett, Mrs Cotton and Caroline Engel.Photo by VALERIE TETLEY | The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 21, 1989 - 19 Miller to replace Hussey at Rotary helm in June Chartered accountant Richard Miller will take over the presidency of the Rotary Club of Westmount from Brent Hussey for the 1990-91 year beginning in June.Club members approved the new slate of directors at their annual general meeting held Wednesday last week at Victoria Hall.It was the first annual general meeting since the club was incorporated last summer.It was founded in 1930.Other officers acclaimed for the 1990-91 year are: Francois Gérin-La- joie, vice-president and president- elect; Brent Hussey, past-president; George Marshall, honorary secretary, Peter McKinney, honorary treasurer; and Haagen Kierulf, club historian.Directors elected for the period of June 1990-92 are Carlo Belle, Andrea Durso, Michael Ellwood, John Fraser, Peter McKinney and Richard Miller.Reaffirmed as directors for another year with terms ending in June of 1991 are George Campbell, Francois Gérin-Lajoie, Owen Gilsenan, James Lekas, George Marshall and Frederick Pennell.Open church Doors were found open at St Matthias\u2019 Church Friday at 2:15 am, public safety officers said.MUC police were called to check out the building but no burglary was reported.A beautiful plant is welcome gift 40 St Joseph street Lachine 364-4040 FRESH CUT = With our best wishes for a Joyful Holiday and a Happy New Year Marina Nursery a ROYAL LePAGEE= Harpy PR r > a .; Son \u2019 ve It\u2019s You That Counts The Most Pauline Bates .932-2224 PatriciaHoma .482-3088 John Aird .cc00nnn 933-9184 Eva Klein .ccc0.489-5509 Edith Berman .935-4205 IrmaKerner .484-6925 JaneAllan .762-9481 Josephine Lantier .932-0567 Francoise Bibaud .482-1143 Haagen Kierulf .636-8396 LilaAved .738-8284 Helen MacNaughton .933-8702 Maureen Brosseau .935-4597 Eda Kistler .eueveeennnn.989-2280 Giovanna Baistrocchi .937-4440 Brian McGuigan .937-8383 Dulcie Carnell .933-5336 David Lenkorn .\u2026.937-3114 Harlene Barakett .738-4569 Joan McGuigan .937-8383 Hor Kay Chan .761-2615 Marie-Yvonne Paint .738-2263 TraceyBasciano .762-1286 LesMcLennan .937-1188 PatriciaChang .861-5391 Claude Palardy ee 737-0910 IrwinBeutel .488-1605 JeanMurray .935-7320 Alexandre Chaya .932-2787 Joan Prévost .\u2026.486-5463 N- Churchill-Smith .482-6588 Aurore R.Ouellette .939-3460 Micheline Coderre .766-9921 Renée Ringuet .934-2443 Darrell Finlayson .482-7548 Elizabeth Paul .481-9915 Audrey B.Culver .844-9410 redschaner 1 398-9094 Brien Foster .488-7980 YvettePerras .342-5937 Pamela Cyr .2000 00e sue» 482-7762 silbers tein tree 424-1565 Nancy Fuller .989-9514 MehdiSalehi .935-5011 Carole Delaney .989-1641 Jim Thomas 111111 342-6926 TriciaHeward .931-0971 Rosemary Schaapman (Kelly) .937-3121 Georgette Drummond .482-4053 Lvse Vinet .457-6 Rema Kamil .842-0067 Georgette Strous .934-1655 Micheline Dupont .288-2924 LyseVimet .57-6908 Cathy Kennedy .\u2026.\u2026.:.934-0806 Linda Trudeau .488-6928 Duncan FOrbes .488-2060 Béatrice VonDorp .737-0910 Aubrey Kinsman .937-3100 Renata VonHausen .1-538-3454 Barbara Besner-Kitman .484-8841 Louise Zinay .oc0nu.n 631-3957 Paul A.F.RL CRB.; i aul Robert B.A.r.r.1.c.r.s.Manager Two Westmount offi ces James R.Quinlan r.r.1.Manager 1367 Greene Avenue to serve you better 4143 Sherbrooke St.W.corner Mt.Pleasant 935-8541 ROYAL LePAGE= BN Real Estate Services Ltd, Broker 932-1112 ae = pros wT xe se a+ L/ j ne À dé gigi yp RN er ms LS de Lk el \\e 3 wi i 3 pe pc J AE == = Lr qe =A EA 1 0 a gt Wi = iF So Î EST TN ES Rh A) ES + ds TER ark 5 Be > +3 À 4 o> dl Ï 20335 se æ 5 as y Ass TE i 4 Closed Christmas and N HT 3 A 2 és Sy Ps Et ow tt] Là d & SECS Se Bars a0 = = Sy Jy rant ni 5 RA, agé se a, 2 bed TES birt HE gp V2 Br 2 i y en nN as # pr eats ~~ ne Hk 4780 Sherbrooke St.W.J = F = of ih = pe ol N +.\u2014 bor 3 SFY ; 4 Pi £ ES iY si en 0 FEAR, i Tin 2 \u2014 ARS ak I © Lyte: Er Pri PE Si ¥ a A 4 i\u2019 hl « on CG à N 1 a { à 1989 È LE 2x 45 AN ok] Re December 21, - i ; a * dass PE [ial x Hg + + rg ror 7 i Eo i) SE Te 3 Ê By ER Gr - The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, 20 1] is > as #3 5 21 - Id 1989 EE a es ES 8j i) * _Æ ap a, © December 21, PE PRIS x) fy Lu % iy Pe) pes > Re.) dr s ha & * % & TE i pH ia + EN The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, = wa + 4 A AY Ps, 3 =, LA x 5 - 5 iN \u20ac \u201c3 Les Yes N * La æ LF 2 il = a i = B= pt a, = ae kb wl 7 HER aN RR FF 3 i on a Si 5 gh yt AE Pi Li Î ee Ie x oa 75 Era il Pn Tr w EPS a) an x es x en + TT CS gs de cet te >: ao a ÿ IR 28 \u201842, $ a x 43 és N° FR TE Karis Sri WH Ie 22 ze re PS ve PA > bY Œ > Au 8 = ve An Teg Reis od hit A A | NES pis = bs i.) ds We = Youll | - «.& A Ex AL { .¢ 5 : WX ; - Fos RAF Rp a 3 E Ÿ KH ag A Pa 2% 3 F bo 7 12 a 2x 1:3 Ta iH] sad had ED : > = 5 Js ce ig = os 5 Pt 1 Pr ; gi saine, pe 8 # w Te Se x Au a Riva = Hl 24 se à x = l op o at Grosvenor 932 554 a: iinet ae = Zod Le = >} a * MARR a = © and New Year\u2019s Day i i \" 22 - The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 21, 1989 Architect Mayerovitch's art looks at life from close to Harry Mayerovitch is the sort of artist who defies any of those clichés about artists taking up solitary residence in squalid garrets, observing the world at one remove.\u201cArt is not something separate from life,\u201d he says.\u201cIt's not a thing on its own.Art is a means of communication and implies the existence of an audience.\u201d On exhibit at the Saidye Bronf- man Centre gallery until Jan 4, Mr Mayerovitch\u2019s 60-year retrospective brings together work in many different media but with similar themes and subjects.Works depict musicians, lawyers, a newsvendor, family members and children, for example.Mr Mayerovit- ch\u2019s belief, \u201cMan is the highest expression of the natural forces in the universe,\u201d is echoed in his work, which usually shows the individual or groups of people.This emphasis on people might seem to contradict Mr Mayerovitch\u2019s profession \u2014 he is an architect, based in Westmount \u2014 but here, another cliché is destroyed.Architects aren't interested just in blueprints, T- squares or huilding materials: they deal with people.\u201cArchitecture,\u201d Mr Mayerovitch says, \u201cis not solely a technical way of TT DT n eVillage protecting people from the cold or sunlight, but an expression of human aspirations and experiences.\u201d When he travelled in Europe in 1933-34 on a McLennan Scholarship from McGill's school of architecture, Mr Mayerovitch realized that buildings are symbols and those symbols are products of human beings.Found he could draw When he discovered architecture, Mr Mayerovitch also found out he could draw and he \u201cdecided to express things the architect couldn't.\u201cArchitecture is one way of understanding the world,\u201d he says.Art is another.\u201cArt has to do with survival.The artist, who happens to be an articulate member of society, must transmit knowledge and information.\u201d Maybe that is part of the reason for Mr Mayerovitch\u2019s particular role in the Canadian effort in the Second World War.As art director of the graphics department of the National Film Board, he designed posters with strong visual and verbal messages.Mr Mayerovitch\u2019s retrospective is striking in the large variety of media he has used overthe years.He says he À = Szechuan Fine Northern Chinese Cu Luncheon Specials Starting at 34% + \\ Free Delivery starting at 5 p.m.daily Fully licensed MAKE YOUR HOLIDAY RESERVATIONS NOW 4242 Decarie (corner Monkland) 488-0096 Le Restaurant Michael D.Cuisine Italienne e Business Luncheon * Nightly Table d\u2019Hôte e HAPPY HOUR: 2 for 1 - 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ticular civilization.You can judge how well they succeeded by visiting their exhibit at Château Versailles, 1639 Sherbrooke street west, until Jan 15.Bye bye aux années 80 In the spirit and tradition of Guy Lombardo\u2019s great New Year\u2019s Eve galas of the past, claims the publicity, the party at Palais des Congrès New Year\u2019s Eve will be an event of equal magnitude.If you don\u2019t know who Lombardo was, one would think you're too young to enjoy the event.But wait! Tchukon will provide the music, and the popular Montreal band has nothing in common with the Royal Canadians.Also entertaining at the party will be Véronique Béliveau and media personalities Mark Kriski and Paul Beauregard.The evening will feature special au- dio-visual effects, prize drawings and guest appearances.Tickets will FOR THE FINEST ITALIAN DISHES RESERVE NOW FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE RE ST AV RAN UT 4858 Sherbrooke St.W.(corner Victoria) Maria & John would like to take this opportunity to wish all their clients and friends a healthy and joyous holiday season.Holiday Hours: Closed Christmas Eve Christmas Day Tuesday, Dec.26, 1989 Open Wednesday at regular hours 486-2742 Hostess: Maria dada dad LE CLUB du Village Happy Holidays to all our customers and friends SPECIAL GOURMET MENU FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE SUNDAY, DEC 31, 1989 Elegant private party room available for up to 24 people.4 Somerville Holiday Hours: CLOSED Mon Dec 25, 1989 Tues Dec 26.1989 Mon Jan 1, 1990 Tues Jan 2.1990 485-2502 A= \u2018 first be sold in groups of 12 (a table) with a deposit of $120, and later individual tickets go on sale for $50.There are a limited number of tables, so organizers ask that party-goers reserve.-Dress is semi-formal and doors open at 8:30 pm.939-3273.Ski trip The Regional Association of Alpine Skiing of Montreal and the sports and recreation department of Montreal have another ski trip coming up, this one to Stoneham in the Charlevoix region for Jan 19, 20 and 21.The weekend costs $180 per person and includes transportation, lodging in a condo that accommodates four, two breakfasts and one supper and lift tickets for two days.Whether you go on this trip or no, if you are interested in such outings, jot down the RAASM\u2019s phone number: they offer a variety of trips as well as ski lessons for all ages.722- 2551, Oscar, Oscar Honest, that\u2019s the name of an exhibit of abstract paintings at 8177 St Denis street.It\u2019s subtitled Le voyage de la découverte.And it\u2019s the insouciance of the press release sent us that makes us curious.That, and a certain naiveté in the use of English, which few of us are in a position to mock, I might add.The painter, who appears to be called Frangoise La- tour, is showing work Friday through Sunday from 10 am to 8 pm except Christmas Eve, when the show closes forever at 4 pm.Ming Ma exhibits I confess I sometimes tire of watercolor paintings of flowers \u2014 sometimes seems that everyone in the suburbs paints them.But, jaded though! am, I find the work of Hong Kong native Ming Ma to transcend the commonplace.There will be a vernissage for an exhibition of his work Thursday, Jan 11 at 8 pm at Côte St Luc public library, 5851 Cavendish boulevard.The artist will attend, and the exhibit will continue until Feb 18.485-6900.King DeLEARium?Montreal theatregoers have learned to expect the unexpected from APA (a number of Brecht plays, The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, an original play by Harry Stand- jofski, a Pericles that wowed them across Canada, Kiss of the spider woman in French and English, Waiting for Godot with women playing men, and more).This time they're offering King Lear, but they've turned it into a musical cabaret and are offering it as a work-in-progress at Players\u2019 Theatre, 3480 McTavish street, third floor, Jan 9 to 27.Directed by Alexandre Hausvater, the cast includes Joseph Cazalet, Jack Langedijk, Mark Hellman, Harry .Standjofski, Barbara Poggemiller and Nancy Irena Wood, all names associated with APA and other theatre projects as well as Emma Stevens of Theatre Lac Brome and Geraldine Farrell, who moved people to tears with her original play Beatrice at last year\u2019s Quebec Drama Festival.Original music will be provided and performed by Dave Clarke.At $10, very little more than the price of a movie, it\u2019s probably worth seeing.398-6813.Poetry contest The American Poetry Association is running a contest, to which Canadians are invited to submit.In fact, organizers say 10 Canadians have won prizes in their recent contests.Poets may enter up to six poems, each no more than 20 lines, name and address on each page, to American Poetry Association, Dept CT-91, 250- A Potrero street, PO Box 1803, Santa Cruz, CA 95061.Entries must be mailed by Dec 31.There is a grand prize of $1,000 offered, and a number December 21, 1989 - 23 of diminishing prizes (first prize is $500) that will see 152 poets garner $11;000.Each poem is also considered for publication in the American Poetry Anthology.At the galleries Dazibao, 4060 St Lawrence boulevard, suite 104, will open the new decade with an exhibition of photos by Ann Ramsden.Galerie Verre - d'art will be closed Jan 1 to Jan 8, but when it reopens, the show International tendencies in contemporary glass continues to the end of the month.Face à Face needs Yule party fare Face à Face, a bilingual listening and referral centre, acknowledges Christmas can be the loneliest time of year.It responds to this crisis by offering a free party Christmas Eve and Christmas Day from noon to 8 pm.The centre is in desperate need of food, presents, money and clothing, toys and furniture.(Receipts are available for cash donations.) Donations may be brought to the centre, on the boutique level of Guy Métro station.All isolated Montreal-area residents are invited to attend the parties, which will be held at 1819 René Lévesque boulevard west, at the corner of St Mathieu street, 3rd floor.For information call 934-4546.GG Reusure The Treasure Hunt Jewelry and Gift Items to Suit Every Taste Antique Jewelry and Silver a Specialty 368 Victoria Avenue, Westmount 487-3200 Monday-Friday 10-6 Saturday 10-5 Jewelry restyled - Pearls and beads restrung IVORY PALACE ETI CUISINE @EXTRAORDINAIRE® SERVED TO YOU WITH NO MSG TAKE-OUT SERVICE AVAILABLE NEW YEAR°S EVE TABLE D'HÔTE / 528 per \u201cperson\u201d Includes glass of champagne \u201cMusic & dancing 1232 GREENE AVE.PARTY ROOM AVAILABLE FOR ALL OCCASIONS.\u201c9324 244 SL = (corner Victoria) AYLMER-MUST NURSING SERVICES INC.CARE FOR THE ELDERLY REGISTERED NURSES NURSES\u2019 AIDES HOMEMAKERS 875-4517 Lise Aylmer Eda Must Douglas seeks funding to keep Project Oasis Project Oasis is a program established at the Douglas Hospital Centre to help patients function adequately outside the hospital.The project was started with a donation of $21,000.A team was Holiday blood clinic at plaza A three-day Red Cross blood do- norclinic will be held at Place Alexis Nihon Wednesday, Dec 27, from 10:30 am to 4 pm, and Thursday and Friday, Dec 28-29, from 1 to 8 pm, near the ground floor St Catherine street entrance at 1500 Atwater avenue.Blood supplies are always low during holiday periods so donors are urged to take time to give \u201cthe gift of life\u201d during this festive season.The Montreal Red Cross permanent blood donor clinic is closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year\u2019s Day and Jan 2.The permanent clinic, 3131 Sherbrooke street east, is open Dec 27, 28, 29 and from Jan 3 weekdays from 9 amto4 pm.For more information call 937- 7761.Goodwin House Nursing Home WESTMOUNT Our team provides nursing care while maintaining a home atmosphere.Private, large garden, good food, activities.Any stage of autonomy cared for.466-9785 formed and a co-ordinator hired to work on the project.Activities were and are planned with patients.A lounge was furnished and musical instruments purchased for music therapy.The patients requested and received a program of physical exercise, cooking sessions, recreational activities, discussion groups, meetings with family members, community meetings, woodworking, ceramics, remotivation, shopping trips and other visits outside the hospital.The patients themselves raised $700 for the project with a lawn sale and car wash.The project will run out of funding by February.: The patients held an open house Dec 20 to show the public what has been done since the start of the project, for which the hospital receives no funds.To make a contribution to the continuation of Project Oasis, please send your cheque c/o Dr P.Michel, Douglas Hospital Centre, 6975 boulevard LaSalle, Verdun H4H 1R3.SPCA announces holiday hours The SPCA adoption services will be closed on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Dec 24, 25 and 26, and Monday and Tuesday, Jan 1 and 2.The shelter will remain open for reception of animals and emergencies during this period.The agency requests, however, that people wishing to bring in their animals for adoption hold them until the adoption services are reopened in order to give them a better chance for a new home.For information call 735-2711.H.GOLDENBERG, 2.7.> Pharmacien/Pharmacist or © (METCALFE) ° à yr ols