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[" rea- the rive 500 the der al- the ted pne the yor the iter Nas ast- uld ned ing WWF = #5 vu ver ogg Trg « sem axes The dark side Lower interest rates take a bite out of retirees\u2019 budgets By ALISON RAMSEY Madeleine Weinberg always invested a little something when she worked as a model and, later, as a wholesale fashion representative.With no company pension, and ne from her husband, now de- «used, she is living off the interest from those savings.With the interest rate dipping, and $40,000 of those savings coming due in March, she is scouring the financial field for an investment that will stave off her cutting into her capital.She has always handled her own finances, tucking away the maximum guaranteed long-term investments in different banks.Now she is exploring the other possibilities \u2014 mutual funds, T'bonds, shorter-term investments.\u201cIf the interest rate goes any lower,\u201d said Mrs Weinberg, \u201cfor people depending on the interest, it's not going to be easy.\u201cI imagine quite a few ladies, in their 70s and 80s, unless they are in exceptional physical and mental health, can\u2019t be bothered.If they've not been in business, they're not that informed.\u201d At the Westmount firm of Rothen- berg & Rothenberg, financial planners, the lowering interest rate is provoking clients to make such comments as, \u201cThis is terrible.I don't know how much I'll have when 1 retire\u201d and \u201cCan we find a miracle to lower taxes?\u201d Denise Martin, director of the company\u2019s investment division, said clients are turning away from Canadian money and are looking at for eign currency investments, such as U.S.or German.\u201cSome have flexibility, if they have larger capital amounts,\u201d she said.\u201cThose who don't have to cut down on expenses.\u201d Mrs Weinberg, a member of Con- tactivity centre for seniors, said she is watching her pennies.She attended Les Misérables and would want to see Phantom of the Opera, but has decided not to spend money on a ticket.She would like to visit her three grandchildren in Washington twice a year, but limits herself to once a year, so as to maintain her capital.Continued on page 2 Halleluia, it's hardware! Quincaillerie Hogg replaces Pascal By J.MARION FEINBERG Have a hankering for some hardware?Westmounters have been lamenting the absence of a nuts and bolts operation since the Sherbrooke street Pascal store closed down a little over eight months ago.But now their needs will be filled by Quincaillerie Hogg, a Rona franchise, slated to open its doors in March in the same building where Pascal once doled out the drill bits.\u201cI can't stand this,\u201d says Leslie Alcorn, referring to the fact that she has had nowhere nearby to buy hardware.\u201cI haven't had a lightbulb in my house in ages and I cannot go to Alexis Nihon.I don\u2019t want to have to plan to go to the hardware store.I'm at the Steinberg's everyday and it's just across the street.\u201d Her sister Denise Grossman, owner of flower shop Jardenise, says that it is really important to have a pub- lic-grabber like a hardware store next door, particularly for Saturday shopping.\u201cI think it's great,\u201d she says, \u201cfor us personally in terms of business because we use a hardware store at least once a day for spray paint, brushes, cleaning supplies, etc.Although some people shifted to the Canadian Tire (at Alexis Nihon), Westmounters like to shop right in Westmount.There is nothing I'd rather see go in that space.\u201d Passersby Tuesday morning who were trying to see how far along Quincaillerie Hogg was in setting up operation had two questions: When would they open and who is Hogg?George Hogg, whose family is from Westmount and whose great- grandfather was a Westmount mayor (1927-32), will be running the new store with his brother-in-law Blair Tisshaw by March, if things go as planned.Continued on page 17 RESTAURANT Your home away from home.INSIDE.B® Merchant can't afford to restock after robberies.mCourtnews.® Policelog .® Children\u2019scormer .® Firecalls .(corner Victoria) Open Sat & Sun 5 pm Amongst the finest in nontraditional Italian cuisine.4858 Sherbrooke St.W.486-2742 (48-MARIA) CLOSED MONDAYS Vol.LXIV, No.5 Making all of Westmount your home Westmount, Quebec, Thursday, January 30, 1992 Local Royal LePage agents Joan and Brian McGuigan in one of the currently unoccupied homes for sale.Sellers dig in heels as real estate prices fall By J.MARION FEINBERG Tough economic times have bitten into the local real estate market to a point where buyers are nervous and vendors are stubborn, says one Westmount agent.Montreal Trust agent Sheila Whitzman estimates there are 20 empty houses on the market in West- mount for different reasons.She points out, however, that people are fooling themselves if they think all these houses would go for a song.\u201cThe bottom line is that when the public sees there are 20 empty houses,\u201d she argues, \u201cthey might think \u2018here are 20 steals\u2019 but this is almost never the case.\u201d She cites various reasons why the houses might stay up forsale.Onesituation is where the property is corporation-owned, previously occupied by an employee who has been transfered, for example.For insurance reasons these houses are carefully monij- tored but are unoccupied.\u201cOne might think that since the house is empty the vendor is desperate, but they're not going to sacrfice the price just to dump it,\u2019 she cautions.\u201cThey might as well just keep it.They'll sift the offers as they come.That house will just be one little blip on their balance sheet.\u201d Another example is when the owner of a particular house is bankrupt and the bank has chosen not to be the legal owner.\u201cIf that house is worth $1 million and the owner owes the bank $1.2 million,\u201d she says, \u2018they're not going to take $600,000.That house becomes almost unsellable.\u201d The last example she cited was one of wealthier homeowners who can afford to wait it out.In many ways, however, she argues an impasse has been reached in the market.She states that the peak years were 1987-89 and that, on average, the market is down 20 percent or more.Ms Whitzman argues that one of the most obvious trends in the market right now is the fact that the \u201ctrade-up crowd\u201d has dried up.\u201cThat was a valid part of the market,\u201d she says.\u201cIt used to be one-third to one-half of sales.Now the luxury buyers are staying where they are.Whereas 20- 25 houres a year were sold in the peak late '80s years, now we might have five a year.\u201d ReMax Westmount agent Brian Dutch agrees.\u201cMany are staying in houses they already own and Photo by OWEN EGAN renovating,\u201d he says.\u201cSome will trade up or go to un apartment.Others like a colleague in our Westmount office bought a house in the peak period, tried to sell and then rather than take a loss, she\u2019s decided torent.\u201d Mr Dutch says there doesn't seem to be a sense of panic in the market right now.Low interest rates and the fact that Westmount taxes are so low, help considerably, he says.\u201cPeople recognize that it\u2019s a good time to buy,\u201d he asserts.\u201cLike myself for example, I just bought a home in Westmount.I feel very secure about investing here.\u201d Sales every week \u201cBuyers are reluctant to buy freely,\u201d she says, \u201cand many vendors are stubborn when they get an offer.They're holding out for better offers.That's not to say that sales don't occur and the message is one of gloom: sales occur every week.\u201d For the Westmount branch of Royal LePage, sales are up over last year by at least 12 percent for January, says residential rea) estate sales manager James Quinlan.A survey of the sales volume of the two Westmount branches, together with that of Outre- mont and Town of Mount Royal, indicated a 15 percent increase ahead of last year, he says.\u201cInterest rates have heen very attractive,\u201d he says, \u201cand they've been that way for a while.Hopefully this has caused some activity in the market.But there is no doubt about it, the economy continues to be tough.It's tough to close a sale.\u201d But, he argues.it\u2019s normal to have a season of houses that don\u2019t sell.Spring and fall are the major seasons for the real estate market.\u201cThere are more properties for sale today than we'veseen ina while,\u201d he says.\u201cWith less demand and more supply, it leads to a softer or lower price range.The condo market in particular continues to be softer since we've had lots of luxury buildings come on the market in the last four years.There were just more built than were needed.\u201d The data collected by real estate consultant Andy Dodge bear Mr Quinlan out.\u201cEveryone thought that the bottom had been Continued on page 17 56¢ + 4¢ GST = 60¢ The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, January 30, Next Scheduled City Council Meeting Monday, February 3, 8:00 pm Date de la prochaine séance du conseil municipal Le lundi, 3 février, 20h00 WESTMOUNT January 15, 1992 Subsequent to the election of November 3, 1991, nineteen (19) authorized independent candidates must submit to the Treasurer of the City of Westmount their report of electoral expenses at the latest on January 31, 1992.The nineteen (19) authorized independent candidates must also simultaneously submit their financial report.If either of the reports is not submitted within the appointed delay, the elected authorized independent candidate forfeits, from the 10th day following the appointed delay, his right to attend, as a member, all city council assemblies, as well as his right to assist, as a member, all council meetings, committees and commissions as described in Article 504, as long as the reports have not been submitted and all as per Agticle 505.Whoever then attends such meetings, as a member, is subject to, in addition to the payment of costs.a fine ot $50.to $500.for every meeting unlawfully assisted.In addition, whoever omits submitting either report commits an infraction punishable by, other than the payment of costs, a fine of $10.to $50.for every day the report is delayed.Also, the independant candidate who has not submitted either of his reports forfeits the right to present his candidacy for as long as the reports have not been submitted.J.M.McMahon Interim Treasurer WESTMOUNT \u20ac.Le 15 janvier, 1992 Suite à l'élection du 3 novembre 1991, les dix-neuf (19) candidates indépendants autorisés doivent transmettre au trésorier de la municipalité de Westmount leur rapport de dépenses électorales, au plus tard le 31 janvier 1992.Les dix-neuf (19) candidats indépendants autorisés doivent également transmettre en même temps leur rapport financier.Si l\u2019un des rapports n'est pas produit dans le délai fixé, le candidat indépendant autorisé élu perd, à compter du dixième jour ; qui suit l'expiration du délai imparti, le droit d'assister en tant que membre aux séances du conseil de la municipalité et cette perte entraîne de plus celle du droit d'assister, en tant que membre, aux séances des conseils, comités, commissions et organismes visés à l'article 504, tant que ce rapport n\u2019a pas été transmis et sous réserve de l'article 505.Quiconque assisterait alors, en tant que membre à de telles séances, est passible, outre le paiement des frais, d'une amende de 50$ à 500$ pour chaque séance à laquelle il assiste sans droit.De plus, la personne qui omet de produire son rapport commet un infraction punissable outre le paiement des frais, d'une amende de 10$ à 50$ pour chaque jour de retard.Par ailleurs, le candidate indépendant dont le rapport n'a pas été transmis, perd le droit de se présenter comme candidat, tant que le rapport n\u2019a pas été transmis.J.M.McMahon Trésorier par intérim CITY HALL / HÔTEL DE VILLE 4333 Sherbrooke Street West Westmount, PQ H3Z 1E2 Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Fire (business calls}, 19 Stanton St.935-2456 Municipal Court, 21 Stanton St.935-8531, local 351 or 352 Police (business calls), 21 Stanton St.280-2223 Other Times Victoria Hall, 4626 Sherbrooke St.W.935-2066 Municipal Yard, 14 Bethune St.935-8037 Light Department, GlenRoad .935-8218 Library .«oo A A aa a ae a ee eee 935-8444 ML LL LL LL LL ea a ee ae La LL Le Le 935-1777 935-8531 LENS Today, Jan 30 Contest: Children are invited to take homemade Valentines to the children's department of Westmount Library.Winners will receive book prizes, ASE, ie, rt rie trans MacLeod at «Art Cents, 350 Mor avenue, until Feb 8% + ke rien Jay \u201calr pe of tal Brmgiop cppmin nnick Hol- lender From re 9 pm at Centre Chiropratique, 324A Victoria avenue.Free.Reservations necessary at 486-7737.Saturday, Feb 1 Children\u2019s activity: Samedi Greene presents Sculpt and paint clay creatures from another planet with Tanya Forster at Greene Avenue Community Centre, 1090 Greene avenue, from 10 to 11:30 am.$1.Overeaters Anonymous meets every Saturday at 3:30 pm at Westmount Baptist Church, 4755 Sherbrooke street.Non-smoking.Sunday, Feb 2 Wildlife art: Exhibit of original paintings and lithographs by Christine Marshall at Victoria Hall from noon to 6 pm.Adult Prisoners of Childhood support group meets at 7 pm every Sunday in the basement of Westmount Baptist Church, 4755 Sherbrooke street.$1.Monday, Feb 3 Montreal Camera Club meets at 7:30 pm at Westmount Park Church, 4695 de Maisonneuve boulevard.Judging of fourth print competition.Guests welcome.Use rear entrance.Tuesday, Feb 4 Seniors\u2019 swim: At Westmount Y from 1:30 to 3 pm every Tuesday and Thursday.No charge.TOPS, a dieting support group, meets at the Westmount Y from 7 to 8:30 pm weekly.$1.Wednesday, Feb 5 SWAG meeting at 10 am at Victoria Hall; Marie Beauchamps from CLSC Métro will explain the voting procedure for electing English board members to health and social welfare institutions.Everyone welcome.if Fe COMING UP Feb 8: Samedi Greene presents Valentine: Preserve your favorite flowers on cards with Tanya Forster.Feb 9: Début Sunday Musicale at 2:30 pm at Château Westmount with whistler Jack Cohen and guitarist Davis Joachim.Feb 14: Children\u2019s Valentine contest at Westmount Library ends today.Feb 15: Samedi Greene presents Fi- mo jewelry and figurine workshop.Feb 18: Donna Davidson will lecture On Being Single, Alone or Widowed from 2 to 3:30 pm at Victoria Hall.Lundi au vendredi 8h30 à 16h30 Incendie (bureau d'affaires), 19,rue Stanton .935-2456 Cour municipale, 21, rue Stanton .935-8531, local 351 or 352 Police (bureau d'affaires), 21, rue Stanton .280-2223 Autres Heures Hall Victoria, 4626, rue Sherbrooke ouest.935-2066 Voirie, 14, rueBethune .935-8037 Service d'éclairage, chemin Glen Bibliothèque.Sécurité Publique .- Fire/Incendie Police Ambulance Loans, bills and budget on council agenda for Monday A lengthy agenda for Monday night\u2019s February city council meeting is dominated by municipal expenditures.The meeting session leads off at 8 pm in the council chamber with a public question period.Items slated for consideration as announced by the city clerk's office yesterday include: * Nomination of the Pesticides Task Force for a 1992 Environmental Achievement Award by Environment Canada; » Grants for 1992 to non-profit organizations based on recommendations of the community services committee; « Approval of a bill for $21,122, the city\u2019s assessment for 1992 shared costs of the intermunicipal waste management board.* Notice of motion to adopt at a subsequent meeting four loan by-laws totalling more than $2.5 million for the reconstruction of de Maison- neuve boulevard and Surrey Gardens as well as new street lighting on de Maisonneuve and other locations.« Approval of the 1992 budget of the Municipal Housing Bureau (Hillside project).* Appointment of Councillor John Bridgman as pro-mayor for March, April, May and June to replace Councillor Herbert Bercovitz in alphabetical rotation.* Adoption of amendments to the amusement tax by-law and the welcome taxe List of accounts for the month ending Dec 31, 1991.¢ Expenditures of more than $5,000 related to professional services for development of a ticket system and computer hardware replacement.¢ Tenders for tree pruning.¢ Purchases of wire, motor oil, garden annuals, computer networking hardware for payroll and human resources and printing of 12,000 city handbooks including recreation program.» Cadastral operations at 25 Aberdeen avenue for an extension and at 342-344-346 Grosvenor avenue to permit conversion into condominiums.» Letters of agreement between the city and the Canadian Union of Public Employees to extend the probation of a light and power department worker to allow for completion of an electrical course and modifications to the pension plans Granting of a servitude of to ance for the medical building at 11-15 Gladstone avenue and 4095 Tupper street which encroaches on city property.* Four traffic changes: to install a stop sign westbound at Grosvenor avenue and de Maisonneuve boulevard, establish no-parking in front of 440-450 Strathcona avenue and on the south side of Somerville east of Prince Albert avenue, and to create a no-stopping zone at the northwest corner of Prince Albert avenue and Sherbrooke street.* Permission for 1992 Carifête parade on June 27 and Tour de l'Ile bicycle race June 7.* Draft by-law in view of public consultation for rezoning of No 2 fire station.* Recommendation to adopt a resolution regarding school bus safety.* Discussion of non-resident parking on Claremont south of Sherbrooke regarding the Westmount-Montreal city limits.* Confirmation of revised library hours.* Mayor's and councillors\u2019 reports.Dark side of interest rates Continued from page 1 Even then, she is floating one term deposit and finding she is using up some of her capital.It is worrying.Those who have saved less than $300,000 seem to be hardest hit, according to Ms Martin.She is urging them to look at their income tax situation, to see if any additional savings can be claimed.\u201cIf they can make an RRSP contribution, no matter how small, I encourage them to do it,\u2019 she said.Instead of taking from RRSPs, she suggests cashing in Canada Savings Bonds for emergency money.The nation-wide money crunch \u201chas affected old and young in the last 24 months,\u201d commented Jack Rothenberg, head of the firm.\u201cA lot of companies are having their credit lines reduced by the banks.\u201d When businesses get into trouble, some owners ask their parents for a loan to reduce their line of credit, said Mr Rothenberg.They offer to pay a good rate of interest, say, 10 percent.AAA 935-8218 \u201cThat way you can survive and the business can survive,\u201d they tell their parents.Bad idea, said Mr Rothenberg.\u201cUsually those businesses are facing difficulty and will continue to have difficulty unless they make drastic changes.they have to be revolutionary changes.I feel (if they fail to change) they will go under anyway, and drag their poor parents\u2019 capital with them.\u201d \u201cLast June or July,\u201d said Ms Martin, \u201cpeople didn't renew their long- term investments because they thought their children might need it.A lot of parents want to give without the child asking.\u201d While some, more monied, clients are willing to take some calculated risk, hoping for a better return, others are sticking to the safe, secure, guaranteed investment income, and are trimming expenses, according to Ms Martin.The question remains of how to handle money coming up for re newal.Rothenberg & Rothenberg ® courages splitting the income so th one-third comes due every three years, and all is plowed back in for a three-year term as it comes due.This compensates for good and bad years and takes advantage of the better rates given three-year investing.Greene avenue Bank of Montreal manager Rafik Bashatly said the bank will discuss all options without doling out advice, but said that he, personally, will be taking short, one-year investments.He is counting on the economy improving, and pulling the interest rates up along with it, by the time his investment comes due.\u201cOnly when it hit the early '80s did things go crazy,\u201d said Mr Rothen- berg, talking of interest rates that broke 10 percent and climbed to as much as 18 percent.\u201cTen years is not the past.The rates were at 3.5 percent for 15 years.What's scary is that things can come down.\u201d paper mass Mame gen [RS Re] Dependable Cleaning! | | .: We do our best to schedule a cleaning time convenient to you WANTED e x ADVERTISER TO FILL THIS SPOT! 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At Haines Wang Lyun is counting on faithful customers to help her weather hard times until she can re-stock cigarettes and wine stolen in two robberies.Merchant can't afford to stock shelves after robberies THE wine and cigarette shelves are bare at Haines.Hard times after Christmas and two holdups have left Wang Lyun hoping the insurance company pays up soon from a robbery Dec 26 so she can order more stock.She also hopes her husband returns from a trip to their native Korea with money to sweeten the order.\u201cEverything has hit at the same time,\" she said, looking about the convenience store on St Catherine street west of Metcalfe - avenue.\u201cDecember was very busy when Perrette's (across the street) was closed after the fire,\u201d she explained.\u201cBut then business got very tight.my husband left and we had another holdup.| have lots of expenses this month.Now | need cash to buy stock.\u201d Mrs Wang says she is able to keep up the rest of her stock including dairy products, which are less costly.It is the wine, beer and cigarettes alone she is unable to replace.By LAUREEN SWEENEY Just as she discusses the dilemma, a delivery man from Boréal beer pops in.Does she need some, he asks?\u201cI need it but | don\u2019t have the cash,\u201d she says.He leaves.Soon after, two men from La- batt pull up in the big truck and walk in hoping to make a sale.\u201cSorry, no cash,\u201d she says.\u201cNo cash?\" one of them echoes.And they leave without a goodbye.But one of her regular cus tomers comes in and it cheers her a little.She doesn\u2019t have his brand of cigarettes, but he'll take whatever she has.\u201cEveryone is so kind.My cus: tomers are very understanding.\u201d But that doesn't solve the cash flow problem.When robbers held up her hus band at gunpoint the day after Christmas, they took cash as well as 15 cartons of cigarettes at $43.50 a carton.She has been unable to replace them.Then, when three men walked into the store two weeks ago and piled 15 bottles of wine into their backpacks, it didn't help.She started praying, she said.\u201c1 pray to God: send me the right person.I'm waiting and I'm waiting.\u201d Then, the other day, he came in to buy cigarettes.She asked if he knew the man who helped out at Perrette.He said it was him and, yes, he would be happy to help her at night.That security officer, she said, was the answer to her prayers.\u201cHe's a big, bigman.don\u2019t think they will hold him up.\u201d Her luck may have turned.She expects the insurance money next week.The Wangs bought the conven ience store four years ago after her brother in-law had been con sul-general for Korea in Mont real, she said.Mrs Wang, who has two young children, graduated from university in Seoul in French literature and home economies.She moved first to Gabon.in Africa, where her husband had à trading company.She likes Montreal, she says \u201cIt is very quiet.\u201d Police trying to get knives out of the hands of children a om Any outlets selling small arms, such as hunting knives, which police might have missed are asked to contact Const Bernier at 280-2823 so they too can be enlisted in the Armes Blanches police program.It's jointly sponsored by the Quebec victims of crime indemnity program and CSST (workmen's compensation).would not sell to customers under age 18 and would post a sign saying so.The signs are provided by police.Atthelocal Canadian Tire in Place Alexis Nihon, where only pocket knives are sold, manager Guy Couil- lard told THE EXAMINER, \u201cWe decided in September not to sell them to juveniles.\u201d When police came around last week offering them a sign to post, they were happy to do so, he them about the anti-knife program and the dangers that can result from carrying knives.\u201cThis is being done because we've noticed more and more youths are arming themselves with knives, not necessarily with bad intentions, but because it's a4 fad.\u201d Const Bernier explained.If you have a knife in your possession you might be pushed to use it.That's the rationale behind a police program to persuade merchants not to sell small arms to juveniles and to educate pre-teens and teens about the dangers of knives.After visiting five stores in West- mount known to sell knives or other small arms last week, police announced that all had agreed they By LAUREEN SWEENEY had been taken off the shelves six months ago.\u201cI did it myself before police visited me,\u201d said owner Ed Gampel.\u201cI never agreed with selling them, so when 1 sold them out | never reordered them.\u201cIn my area 10-year-old kids want to be armed with switchblades.| From the finest European breads.to the best deli.That\u2019s why I stop at Hannah and Jerry\u2019s Van Horne Bagel 5205 Sherbrooke St.W.corner Marlowe 482-2435 48-BAGEL added.Three other stores in the plaza have also agreed to post the signs and not sell small arms to juveniles, police said.They are: Metrock, Centre du Rasoir and Consumer's Distributing.In addition, Ortho Sports at 4205 St Catherine street will follow the same policy.\u201cIt\u2019s very commendable that these stores have agreed voluntarily to stop selling to minors,\u201d said Station 23 crime prevention officer Gaston Bernier.At Big Ed\u2019s at 3035 Notre Dame street, one of the St Henri stores Station 23 police also visited, knives GLADSTONE MEDI-CENTRE Médecine Familiale \u2014 Family Medicine Spécialistes Consultants \u2014 Consulting Specialists With or without appointment Avec ou sans rendez-vous 4095 Tupper St., Westmount [©] (next to the Reddy Memorial) 935-1860 ATWATER knew someone working at an army surplus store who was stabbed with one of the knives he was selling by a guy who asked to look at them.He died on the way to the hospital.That's another reason I don't want to sell them.\u201d He said he\u2019s never been held up in his own store.\u201cI have dogs.One is a trained German shepherd.\u201d Youth squad officers from Station 23 plan to 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property taxes for the forthcoming year, their mayor has been contemplating longer-term considerations which will bear on citizens' future bills from city hall.Mayor Peter Trent has been doing some of his thinking aloud in his column on these pages under the provocative heading \u201cLiving off our capital.\u201d It is sobering.His thesis is, in effect, that previous administrations have paid insufficient attention to our municipal buildings.Despite the common belief that this first- class city is kept in first-class shape, most \u2014 if not all \u2014 of our almost two dozen structures scattered around five sites are run down, ugly, outdated, inadequate, inappropriate, tacky, over-used, underused and/or badly maintained, says the mayor.Even our fine-looking city hall does not escape His Worship\u2019s jaundiced eye.Knowledgeable residents who are aware of major inside reworking of the interior must be reminded that that took place over 25 years ago.He has found much to be desired in Victoria Hall, the Public Library, the police and Rooming house reminder THERE is an important reminder to all who own Westmount property, of whatever class and kind, in what has happened to the owner of a rooming house on Dorches- ter boulevard.Failure to keep the place up and seeming refusal to act on repeated municipal inspections and warnings on specific building, sanitation and fire requirements, have resulted in a city decision not to renew the proprietor's operating licence.Communities set standards, maintain bylaws to help assure conformity and reserve the right to intervene if owners fail.specially wilfully, not to meet their fellow citizens\u2019 expectations.The right of a municipal corporation in this respect is as well founded as the right to levy and collect taxes and take all necessary steps against delinquents.Or to regulate parking or speeding.on pain of fines.The greatest source of conflict in neighborhoods is failure of some not to maintain their properties.Periodic reminder of this is a good thing.fire stations.The later annexes to the library and city hall he finds *\u2018uninspired\u201d and out of keeping with earlier excellence, as have been much of the chintzy alterations and repairs everywhere when they have been \u2018\u2019almost apologetically\u201d slipped into annual budgets.* * * MAYOR Trent's survey is made with the sharp eye of the successful businessman who deplores, without saying it directly, that previous councils have been neglectful of the city\u2019s capital assets.It is all too easy to make do with what one has.It is tempting to postpone ultimately necessary development, improvement and even ordinary upkeep of physical plant in any enterprise, including a municipal authority's infrastructure.The cry for economy year after year, even in relatively good times, gets answered by corner cutting.But it is a mug\u2019s game.Eventually, what actually is needed now can be downgraded and delayed no longer for future consideration.Inexorably what would cost X now costs X-plus later, so it isn\u2019t even good fiscal management to postpone.His Worship suggests a formula in this week's column which says that for every dollar spent on roads in acity such as ours there should be 50 cents put into its buildings.Westmount has done a good job, by and large, keeping up its streets (which after all are highly visible to citizens and others) but has approached nowhere near the ratio recommended for spending on its buildings.The resulting shortfalls are, of course, cumulative and now the city is faced not only with the imperative of increasing its yearly budgets for maintenance, renovation, extension and even replacement of structures but the necessity of providing for catchup on the neglect of previous years.* * * THIS is not to dump entirely on previous administrations.Afterall, they generally were following the wishes.expressed or not, of the citizens of the day to \u201ckeep taxes down.\u201d The first things to get the chop are those that don't show.or at least do not show so readily.Now our thoughtful new mayor is stating what should have been obvious: we have, indeed.been \"living off our capital.\u201d And it must be replaced.Or else we go into decline from our reputation of being a well-run city and a good place to live, for no other reason than that You Say Why should we complain about bottle collecting?Re: People collecting bottles and tins from blue boxes.What is wrong with this world\u201d Have people not woken up to the real fact that people out there are hungry?That the recession doesn't just mean great sales and business disappearing?The poor who collect bottles and tins from the blue boxes cash them in for food or little luxuries.Maybe I'm naive, but it seems to me that the stores sort and return the bottles for recycling, thereby saving taxpayers the cost of having the collection companies sort them \u2014 is this so awful?While I'm at it.what kind of a society de we live in where people on welfare are penalized for making a little extra cash and use their initiative by saving money and sharing their living quarters\u201d Addison and Steele would have had a great time with this, not to mention Dickens! Jill Francis 787 Greene avenue MONTREAL PQ H4C 2J8 Family says thank you for employees\u2019 efforts A copy of the following letter to Richard McEnroe, Westmount\u2019s director of public security, has been received by THE EXAMINER: My family and I would like to extend our thanks to the officers of the Westmount public security department who responded to the call to assist my father, Monty Willis, on Grosvenor avenue on Jan 10.Through the news article and letter to the editor in last week's issue of THE EXAMINER, we learned that every effort was made by your men and by the fire department paramedics to save my father after a public works employee called for help.The letter from the Victoria avenue resi- _ our M.N.A.= Richard B.Holden says.= Abolish the Senate IN Calgary last weekend, everyone tried to prove Andy Warhol correct.They were tumbling all over each other to gamer the 15 minutes of fame he predicted for everyone.For most, Peter Lougheed, who chaired the conference, limited them to about 3!/2 minutes.Ah well, Andy never said everyone would get equal time.As 1 watched the gabble gabble from gavel to gavel, I became finally and fully convinced that the only solution to the debate over Senate reform is abolition.From day one, it has been a useless and expensive luxury for Canadians.Triple E, proportional representation, gender equality, regional interests, geographic divisions, three founding nations etc etc etc; too many theories, too many hopes, too many views, no Quebec representation to speak of, such was the sum total of the gathering in Calgary.The current constitutional conferences and discussions are being conducted entirely outside the reality of today's Quebec.One of them will be held this weekend in Montreal, but it might as well be in Timbuctoo.The Quebec context is not represented because not even a hint of sovereignty is whispered at these workshops.Perhaps it is better that participants from the rest of Canada continue the process in benign ignorance of what is really happening.our public facilities render it not-so-good.Unless we protect our considerable communal investment in our public buildings as we go along, by spending on them and keeping them up to scratch as needed and not just when we feel we have to, we have the makings of decline, dilapidation and prospect of a second-class community.dent has reassured us that no time was lost, and this has been a comfort to my mother, Lorna Willis, and to the rest of the family.Please convey our appreciation to the personnel who were involved.We are fortunate to have such competent and professional services available in the City of West.mount.Nancy E.Gallop 563 Grosvenor avenue WESTMOUNT PQ H3Y 2S6 Merci aux pompiers Copie de cette lettre adressée au Maire Peter Trent a été envoyée à l\u2019EXAMINER: La présente est pour vous faire part de notre très grande satisfaction envers votre service de pompiers, lorsqu'ils sont venus nous prêter main forte lors du bris d\u2019un tuyau d'eau à l'intérieur de nos bureaux.Leurintervention rapide nous a permis de limiter les dégâts et nous leur en sommes très reconnaissants.J.Robert Thibodeau Architecte 214 Victoria avenue WESTMOUNT PQ H3Z 2M4 our Mayor Peter F Trent says.Living off our capital (Part III) A FAVORITE notion of mine is to regard Westmount taxpayers as both shareholders and clients of our municipal corporation.As shareholders, we have a considerable stake in our city.With 120 acres of parks and 140 acres of streets, public land \u2014 one- quarter of all Westmount land area \u2014 is worth about $400 million.Adding about $100 million for buildings, pavement and equipment, the total value of the city\u2019s assets tot up to around $500 million \u2014 or $25,000 for each citizen.Now doesn't that make you feel a little bit wealthier?There is not much we have to do about our investment in land.As I have been on about in my last two columns, it\u2019s our stake in the city's bricks and mortar that has me concerned.If we were to start from scratch, I've calculated it would cost about $75 million to replace our two major non-land assets: $25 million for buildings and $50 million for roads.It turns out that we must totally replace (\u201creconstruct\u201d) a road every 50 years.Assuming the life of a building before major renovation is also 50 years, then \u2014 in the simplest terms \u2014 we should be spending $1 million a year reconstructing roads, and half that for buildings.How are we doing?Well, we are spending a good sight more than $1 million a year on road reconstruction because of \u201ccatch-up,\u201d but very little on buildings.In fact, for the period 1990-94, our projected spending on roads is about $2.2 million a year, and only 10 percent of that on buildings \u2014 not counting any library renovation.Why this seeming reluctance to keep up our aging buildings?Is it diffident politicians who are squeamish about publicly spending on bricks and mortar, but not on concrete and asphalt?Afraid of committing a Doré?Perhaps.Or perhaps the general feeling is that buildings are immutable, they are just always there.It is easier to notice potholes than to contemplate the slow erosion of our architecture.Road reconstruction is simple, visible and uncontroversial.Tam not necessarily advocating spending more on capital works, just redeployment.Aside from any library renovation \u2014 and that will be the subject of a poll \u2014 I would like to see capital spending, on average, to respect the 2:1 ratio of our two major assets.If we let a road go too long before reconstruction, the only possible damage is to a few cars.If we don\u2019t restore buildings, or if we restore on the cheap, not only are we shortchanging our clientele with second- rate facilities, but the buildings themselves eventually have to be torn down.We are wasting a resource.Westmount has heritage buildings but no heritage pavements.Pe rn et The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, January 30, 1992 - 5 Che Westmount Examiner Forty-five Years Ago January 24, 1947 \u201cWhen a person gets over the \u2018play habit, he or she has started to grow old.\u2018We never grow too old to play, but we start to grow old when we give up playing) says a health authority.People of all ages are advised to get out of doors whenever possible to enjoy benefits of Canada's climate, in order to build up reserve strength for the later years of life.\u201d \u201cIn these days of early marriages.it\u2019s hard to determine whether the disappearance of a baby is a kidnapping or an elopement.Pulling the shades down on a dark past makes it easier to find a bright future.\u201d Thirty-five Years Ago January 25, 1957 \u201cFederal Transport Minister George C.Marler, Liberal M.P.for St Antoine West- mount constituency, received the smallest amount for travelling expenses of any Cabinet Minister, it has been revealed in the public accounts.The total amount for all Cabinet Ministers was $43,732.Mr.Marler spent $577 while Agriculture Minister Gar- diner received the most, $7,111.Figures were for the 1955-56 fiscal year.The average for 19 ministers was $2,301.\u201d Twenty-five Years Ago January 26, 1967 \u201cWestmount city officials have met with Guy D\u2019Artois of the provincial Civil Protection organization and are planning a citywide drive for people who might be available, on short notice, for specialized duties in the event of a disaster: i.e.nurses, doctors, phone operators, cooks, electricians, plumbers, ete.Guy D\u2019Artois was asked by the local officials what he considered to be the main weakness in CPC arrangements elsewhere and without hesitation he said \u2018manpower.\u2019 Westmount does not intend to fall into this category.and as a result is planning a campaign to line up people who might be called on in the event of an emergency.What might occasion a civic emer- < ourPSBGM : commissioner Joan Rothman says.The right question?SHOULD the French immersion program become compulsory for all students in the English sector elementary schools of the PSBGM?This question, taken from a consultation document, The Determination of a Board- Wide Objective and Implementation Strategies, became a statement of fact and sent a shiver through the paper and radio media last week.The only sane comment I read was the first editorial in last week's EXAMINER, \u201cKeep immersion choice,\u201d and it was sane because the editor knows the history of French immersion and understands the program.The question of compulsory French immersion has been debated within the PSBGM for at least 10 years.As you know in the English sector (you need your English eligibility certificate), there are two ways to learn French as a second language.There is early French immersion, exemplified by Roslyn, the original PSBGM immersion school.This program takes the English- speaking child and immerses this child in French from kindergarten to Grade 2.In Grade 3 formal English teaching is introduced until in Grades 5 and 6 the curriculum is taught in English for 60 percent of the time and French for 40 percent of the time.The other program is called late French immersion and the example in our community is Westmount Park School, an \u201cEnglish English\u201d school in PSBGM parlance.French is taught 30 minutes a day to the student and THANK, YOU.o® FOR (CALLING \u2014 HAVE.A NICE DAY RG aint lektrorues wunnerful.Westnet Eaminer gency: a fire.an explosion, an earthquake, a civic riot.\u201d Ten Years Ago January 28, 1982 Headline: \u201c9,500 citizens \u2018vanish\u2019 from city, reports StatsCan.\u201d Story: \u201cStatistics Canada\u2019s interim population count, dated Jan.7, shows Westmount's 1981 census count as 12,614, down 43.1 percent from the 1976 official head count of 22,153.Officials in both Montreal and Ottawa agreed the figures seemed \u2018suspicious, and vowed to check into the matter.but suggested the procedure would be a lengthy one, requiring a check of all the census forms and data received from Westmount.\u201d the immersion in French takes place in high school, Grades 7 and 8.Westmount High School has designed its program so that students from schools like either Roslyn or Westmount Park can both be accommodated in either post-French immersion classes or in late Grades 7 and 8 immersion classes.The officers of the PSBGM, in the consultation document, have suggested making either early or late French immersion a compulsory part of every student's program.Interestingly enough the commissioners have recently received a formal request from Elizabeth Ballantyne School for a more effective French program, that is not the early immersion model.I pioneered the early French immersion model in the PSBGM and free choice was one of the program\u2019s most important aspects.Parents came to Roslyn, learned about the program and decided whether or not immersion was right for their child.I know more and more parents are choosing immersion schools like Roslyn for their children because it is recognized that if one wishes to work in Quebec one must know French.This early immersion program, however, demands that the child start in kindergarten or Grade I, unless of course they enter from a French-language school or a Canadian immersion program.What will we do with the child in Grade 3 who moves here from Ontario?What will we say to the children of the consular corps, the international organizations and businesses who want their children educated in English?Where will we place the child with learning problems or physical disabilities?Every child can learn more than one language, but first that child has to choose or want to learn those languages.The consultation document has accepted the curriculum and the PSBGM bureaucracy as a given.Let us think first about the child and then design the learning process.One Year Ago January 31, 1991 \u201cThere soon will be an active tenants\u2019 association in Westmount again.Kim Hong and Wade Allan, with the backing of the Westmount Municipal Association, are putting the final touches on a local tenants\u2019 rights group.An estimated 58 percent of Westmounters are tenants.\u201d \u201cDomtar Inc is not a popular company at Westmount High School these days.The pulp and paper giant came to the school to give lectures on how to sort paper, distributed blue boxes, promised to pick up and recycle collected paper and then never came.\u201d I HAVE a healthy attitude toward authority.[ respect the powers that be when they deserve my respect.It's been difficult lately to have much regard for the satraps who control all of the big issues in our lives.The GST, economic mismanagement and the interminable governmental tantrums and bickering over the constitution haven't really helped the case for our not-entire- ly-revered leaders.But we're tough people.There's nothing that the Mulroneys and Bourassas can do that won't roll off, like water from a duck\u2019s back.Idiotic taxes and moronic economic policies don't really hurt.They're not personal.It's that special one-on-one experience of arbitrary authority that really galls.A friend of mine had such an experience last week, at the corner of Sherbrooke and Strathcona.The traffic light at the intersection wasn't functioning, and Anne just drove on through.The funny thing about traffic lights is that they're generally easier to see when they- \u2018re lit.The normal procedure is to set up à temporary stop sign at such afflicted corners, to keep the traffic flow to a reasonable speed.When she slowed down at Lansdowne, where the functional light had turned amber, Anne realized another thing.You get a $100 ticket for running a light, whetherit's working or not, regardless of whether the powers-that-be deign to erect a temporary stop sign.No one likes to get stuck with a $100 ticket.But what really annoyed Anne was the randomness of the citation.In fact, nobody was stopping at Strathcona, and when she dutifully stopped at the corner later that day, irate motorists honked their horns at her for slowing down the flow.Not surprisingly.the police officer who had stopped her at Lansdowne would hear nothing of this.No doubt he was just doing his job.But Anne wasn\u2019t Arbitrary use of authority costly and irritating B etween the Lines MATTHEW FRIEDMAN so willing to let things go at that.She had the traffic flow at the corner videotaped that night, and the footage clearly shows three things: that the faulty light was almost invisible, there was nary a stop sign tobe seen, and finally, that everyone obliviously drove right on through For their part, the police maintain that they were doing \u201ctraffic control\u201d at the corner all day, which seems to consist largely of driving by every now and then, and playing wolf, picking off the slowest members of the caribou herd.The police refused to cancel the ticket and Anne, who has never had à traffic violation in her life, is a little confused.A law which is unevenly applied is not a fair law.She has ample evidence that the law was applied very unevenly at the corner of Strathcona and Sherbrooke.If! were a cynical type, l\u2019d suspect that the faulty light at Strathcona was left unmarked specifically for the purpose of trapping unwary motorists like Anne.The traffic lights were out at Grosvenor, too, but there was a stop sign at that corner.Surely there must be another temporary sign in the Station 23 hase ment\u201d My friend, armed with the videotape, will have her chance to contest the citation in a few months.Until then, she'll be careful.As for me, I'l] just chalk this one up to the fact that, no matter how benign they are, the powers-that-he always get around to sticking it to every one of us eventually. 6 - The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, January 30, 1992 en Yervant rolling up the carpets after 5 / years in business In the midst of the Depression, in 1935, in the middle of winter, the carpet company Yervant Pasderma- jlan was working for went out of business.So he took the remaining stock, on consignment, went to the Royal Bank and got a $1,000 line of credit and opened Yervant's Oriental Rugs on Sherbrooke street in Westmount.In 1939, younger brother Jack came from Europe and joined the company.Nine years later, older brother Hrant was brought in the fold, but the name stayed the same.Fiftv-seven years later, Yervant is BUYING e Sterling silver and old silver plate * Gold and silver jewellery - ® China and collectables Sheilah Beim Antiques 20 years in business 684-1986 309590000000059808000000404008 e Burton's Refinishing & Reupholstering $ Furniture refinishing, rcupholstering and repairs.S FREE ESTIMATE © PICK-UP & DELIVERY e e e © We pay the G.S.T.937-7804 ® pra Sth s McHenry rum Plumbing, Inc.plumbing, heating and gas plomberie, chauffage et gaz 24 HOUR SERVICE residential, commercial, industrial 5059 de Maisonneuve West, suite: 1 LT LEAKY SKYLIGHT ?We specialize in High Quality Reproduction of your Classic Steel Frame Skylight IDEAL ROOFING REG'D 481-7439 C.HOWARD SIMPKIN LTD.MASTER ELECTRICIANS \u201cServing Westmount for 45 years\u201d ¢ Residential e Commercial e Industrial [FAST & DEPENDABLE SERVICE] KEN LARSEN President TEL: 481- 0125 rx: 481-0128 5800 St.Jacques W.Member, Corporation des Maîtres Électriciens du Québec Business briefs closing its doors.The store has now served four generations of customers, said Mr Pasdermajian, but the brothers have no members of the younger generation who want to fol low in their footsteps.His store toughed out the rest of the Depression, outlasted the A&P next door, a space it eventually expanded into, and survived the consumer\u2019s love affair with wall-to- wall.The tide has turned and, while wall-to-wall became 80 percent of the business during the \"40s and \"50s, the samples are now relegated to a corner at the back of the room.The area rug is back, as homeowners rip up carpeting, strip and buff their wood floors, according to Mr Pasdermajian.But it's never been an easy business.\u201cPeople look at a rug, think about it, we have to send it to people's homes to try.They call their friends, one makes an objection and, all of a sudden, you get the call saying something is wrong,\u201d said Mr Pasderma- jian.Much of their business over the years has been cleaning and repairing rugs.That part of the business, also done by the Pasdermajians, will continue, said Mr Pasdermajian, despite the fact that he is 85 years old.\u201cI don't like the word \u2014 retiring.| don't know what I'd do.\u201d The Pasdermajians are looking for a new location for the cleaning and repair business, and hope to have a site before they close, as soon as the stock is sold or in March, whatever comes first.Mr Pasdermajian has learned a thing or two these past 57 years.One is that you never know when someone will walk in and make a snap decision to buy, another is that \u2018asa rule, people are honest.\u201cFor the amount of volume we had, our bad debts are negligible.That's the type of clientele we had.They want to pay for it, and they paid.\" Rothenberg opens branch in Calgary After investing in Montreal for several years, the head of financial planners Rothenberg & Rothenberg is looking west.Jack Rothenberg, who has shown his faith in the west by putting together investors to buy shopping centres in Calgary, has decided to open a branch there.It is the first Rothenberg & Rothenberg branch outside Quebec.\u201cCalgary is not hit by the recession as much as here,\u201d said Mr Rothenberg.\"It was beaten up badly in the early and middle \u201980s.All CHRISTIE PLUMBING LIMITED Complete plumbing service Fast \u2014 efficient RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL 24-hour service 484-2010 5545 Upper Lachine Road Brothers Hrant, Yervant and Jack Pasdermajian, left to right, in front of their Sherbrooke street store which is closing after 57 years in business.companies that would go bankrupt went.They went back to the philosophy, \u2018Don\u2019t buy on credit.\u2019 \"They became mean, clean and self-sufficient.I think it will be the city that leads the country out of the recession.\u201d Mr Rothenberg said the branch should be open on or around May 1; he is heading to Calgary on Saturday to try and finalize the deal, either by buying or renting the office site.He considered changing the name of the business at the new branch, reacting to a perception that there is prejudice against Jews in the west.But he did his own research and discovered no such prejudice.Mr Rothenberg was considering opening a new branch in the West Island, and nearly began a French arm of the business called Rentes & Revenus, but decided to start with the Calgary branch first.Professional Cards JEAN R.MIQUELON Notary and Real Estate Law Specialist Broker and negotiator tor the purchase and sale of residential properties in Westmount, Outremont, Town of Mount Roval and N.D.G.on an exclusive basis.Miquelon and Associates 1640, 1 PLACE VILLE MARIE ® MONTREAL H3B 2B6 Tel: 875-5250 Fax: 875-5439 TODD & DURSO NOTAIRES - NOTARIES CONSEILLERS JURIDIQUES - TITLE ATTORNEYS 4635 Sherbrooke St.W.Westmount H3Z 1G2 931-2531 J.E.Todd A.F Durso V.Casoria The Westmount Examiner, Thu rsday, January 30, 1992 - 7 Mouth pain doesn\u2019t excuse driver from running a red It\u2019s not good enough to tell the court you drove through a red light and a stop sign because you had your wisdom teeth out two days ago and were in a hurry to get your pain killers.That excuse, or lack of it, landed 18-year-old Andrew Morgan fine of $60 and costs on each of the two counts Tuesday last week.He pleaded not guilty with explanation to a total of four highway code infractions when Westmount Municipal Court resumed after a month-long holiday break.He was fined another $300 plus costs for driving while his licence e- already under suspension for aving too many unpaid fines.His explanation to this count also failed to impress Judge A.Keith Ham.\u201cI find it somewhat unbelievable, you get your licence suspended and you would presume that because you do community work, your licence immediately becomes unsus- pended.\u201d But when Mr Morgan explained why he had given police, when stopped at 3:12 am, a driver's permit belonging to a friend riding beside him, the court gave him the benefit of the doubt.Mr Morgan said his friend accidentally mixed up their wallets and gave him the wrong one by mistake.The judge, in turn, dismissed charges against the friend for allowing someone else to use his driver's permit.All the offences occurred July 29 on Sunnyside avenue near Lexington when Mr Morgan drove a car belonging to another friend.Burden on cabbies The court also started off the new year with a message for taxi drivers: À MOVING AND PHILOSOPHY Each year one out of five families moves.But because its universal doesn't make at caster.No matter ow vou approach it philosophically, it imvolves much work and mam uncertamties.Psychologists sav it's not work that causes anguish \u2014 is the uncertamnties.Many of the best adjusted and suc- cesstul persons come from military families or fanultes whose breadwinner required from ten to twenty moves during a career.The factor that governs the success failure quo- tent is the stability or instability of the family unit itself.assuming thaï yc family moves as a unit Bp So oat really pays te look at a houschold move in à positive manner.Think of the advantages.the challenges.the increased income.the new home and the opportunity to make new friends, visit new places.It's the attitude that counts.You control attitude.And.like measles and love.1l's contagious.Re al Estate because they're professionals, they- \u2018re expected to be especially diligent about observing the rules of the road.\u201cThere's more burden on you,\" city prosecutor John Donovan told a cabbie who said it wasn't fair that police stopped him for driving without his headlights on.but did not stop a Jaguar.Driver Rudolf Beaugé repeated over and over how he wished he had taken the licence number of that Jaguar.He was told that even so, it wouldn't change his obligation to pay his own ticket.Mr Beaugé shook his head and said, \"It's too bad for me.\u201d Judge Ham was sympathetic.Did he need a delay to pay the $60 fine?\u201cSure I need a delay,\u201d Mr Beaugé replied.At least 90 days.He was given 60 and the hearing was over.Lack of warning, tow fine waived A decision in another case had an indirect message for the city\u2019s public works department.Snow removal signs should be up at a reasonable hour the evening before the next day's operation.And 7 pm did not seem to be early enough to justify penalizing a man with a parking permit.Judge Ham agreed with John W.de Gruchy who argued he shouldn't have to pay the bill when his car was towed March 7, 1991, from Academy road.\u201cI got home about 5 pm (the night before) and I went inside.It was raining.I had no reason 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«erndl- ess Seriousis for sale cit ST2-2000 fo view these or aux other fone Westman homens, please call me Reg Morden, RIE/MAX Westmount ine.1330 Greene Avenue, Westmount, Telephone: 933-6781 or 937-7061 RE/MAX Westmount inc.broker Court news By LAUREEN SWEENEY siren and I saw no wooden boards.\u201d He said there were fewer than two or three inches of snow on the ground.Prosecutor Donovan said the city fulfulled its obligations by getting the signs up by 7 pm, before overnight parking permission applies at 8 pm.Since Mr de Gruchy has parking permits allowing him 24-hour parking, prosecutor Donovan offered to waive the $30 ticket and split the $50 towing costs so the city could recover some of the towing bill.\u201cSo he\u2019s being penalized for doing something he\u2019s entitled to do?\u201d the judge reasoned.He then said, \u201cI think we're just going to let this go.If we believe his story he\u2019s completely innocent.\u201d Brother's keeper Stefan Rishikof had already paid his $50 ticket for speeding along Sun- nyside en route to his parents\u2019 home when he appeared in court asking that his case be re-opened.He claimed not to have been informed of his court date last May 21.Since he had failed to show, he lost by default.He said he should not have to pay the $63 in administrative costs which he found \u201cexcessive\u201d and \u201conerous.\u201d But the court produced its proof: the summons with court date had been sent to his family home and was signed for by his 27-year-old brother.Though Mr Rishikof had moved out of the house by that time, Judge Ham said the onus was on him to have changed his address immediately with the motor vehicle bureau so he could be traced, which he had failed to do.The original judgment would stand.\u201cI'd like to be sympathetic,\u201d he said.but the $63 must be paid.\u201cI suggest you try to collect from your brother,\u201d the judge concluded.\u201cIt's too late to appeal,\u201d the city prosecutor added.\u201cPay or dea! with the bailiff .the fact you missed court, the costs piled up.\u201d \u201cOkay, okay, I'll pay,\u201d Mr Rishikof replied.Voracious meter Gary McGirr received a suspended sentence when he argued his $10 parking ticket for an expired meter was unjustified because he had put in \u201cfar more\" money than was necessary.\u201cI was just 100-percent sure something was wrong with the meter.\u201d Since he mailed in a not guilty plea, court officials could not determine exactly why he had been given a court date for arraignment at which time pleas are made.Judge Ham dismissed the case, saying next time Mr McGirr believes a meter is \u201cgobbling quarters\u2019 he should write a letter so the meter can be checked.Over the line One of the problems with someone parking over the space allotted for one car at a meter is that it starts a chain reaction among subsequent parkers, the court heard Tuesday last week.Parking inspectors can't tell which car is the guilty one so all may end up with tickets.Michael M.Miller and his daughter, a student, came to protest a ticket she received for parking her father\u2019s car one foot over the line of the meter space.The reason she said, was that another car was parked in two spaces, forcing her car over the line.\"I was confused why 1 got the ticket,\u201d she said.Prosecutor John Donovan suggested the $20 fine be reduced to $56 but \u201cunder the circumstances™ Judge Ham suspended the fine entirely.Two warrants and police hold you Westmount's court session Wednesday last week was entirely devoted to criminal matters with 50 CE ONE ICT ANDY DODGE, BA.Cert RE.PHIL WILLIAMS, Appraiser Tel: 485-1121 ANDY DODGE & ASSOC.INC.Real estate consultants & appraisers 310 Victoria avenue, suite 307, Westmount H3Z 2M9 \"24-HOUR ANSWERING SERVICE arraignments on the roll, most for shoplifting.Bench warrants were issued for the arrest of 16 accused who failed to show up for arraignment.Four warrants were issued against Kemel Burazerovic, wanted on previous warrants for failing to appear in court on four shoplifting offences in 1988.Another was issued for Francois Belleau for default on charges of committing an indecent act last year.Anyone who has a warrant against him or her can be arrested at any time, police explain.If it is a first warrant, they are generally released again on a promise to appear and given a second court date.If they fail to keep that date, a second warrant is issued.This time the accused, when arrested, is kept in custody for arraignment.erty tax valuations AL GAMBLE.M£d.R.PA ARTHUR MILLER.FRI.AAC Fax: 485-3772 HENRY SA HENRY corner Mountain a FINAL JANUARY 50% orr SUITS - SPORTS COATS * OVERCOATS TROUSERS * OUTERWEAR SHIRTS - SWEATERS » TIES PYJAMAS & DRESSING GOWNS > 1448 Drummond 842-9801 FREE PARKING | MARKS > LE MARKS 4 ul de Maisonneuve For current market analysis of your home, oR AEE YLT westmount broker @ AA 1330 GREENE AVE. 8 - The Westmount Get ready, tax bills are coming BE PREPARED for the mail.Residential tax bills were sent out yesterday and commercial bills are going out tomorrow, city officials said.Though payment of the first of two installments is not due until March 1, the full impact of the new 1992 property valuations probably will hit most taxpayers when it\u2019s translated into their tax bill.Pile of plastic found on ground Where does some of the recycling material go?That's a question posed this week by public safety officers stopped Wednesday morning last week by a resident of Chateau Maisonneuve who claimed the curbside recycling truck had just dropped or dumped a load of plastics.Officers found and photographed a pile of plastics across from 4999 St Catherine street on vacant land used for parking.Some of the bottles and containers had also spilled on the street.The alleged offender was later located on Metcalfe avenue and the driver of the recycling truck was spoken to.He denied knowledge of the incident, which was referred to the city\u2019s public works department.Engineer Marianne Zalzal said she had spoken to the superviser, the spilled lead was picked up and she was assured the matter would be investigated.Garang 931-1011 Examiner, Vibes, COURRIER IVIONITOR Thursday, January 30, 1992 Debating an ice walk Tamara was let loose for a run in Westmount Park on Monday afternoon.As owner Jean Crombie hung back, sticking to the safety of sandy and salted paths, Tamara eyed the icy sheet of covered lawn.PS Heit mosl important event most memorable ait publia a Bride 7 February 13 in the TMR Post and Westmount Examiner and February 18 in The Monitor.Youth smashes door to aid caught pal A juvenile was badly cut on the face and hand Monday when he smashed the glass door of the Perrette store at 4014 St Catherine street to go to the assistance of a friend who had been detained inside after causing trouble, police said.He was arrested at the Montreal Children\u2019s Hospital but released when the dépanneur refused to proceed against him.Police said they could not make charges stand up in court without co-operation of the victim.They said the two juveniles were shopping in the store about 4 pm when the dépanneur suspected them of stealing and asked them to empty their pockets.One punched him in the face and went outside.The other knocked over a display of chips and was grabbed by another person in the store, causing the youth outside the locked door to break back in.Responding officers found the injured youth being treated at the Montreal Children's Hospital and called his mother.The other suspect had disappeared.Schoolyard fight A fight between two 12-year- old boys behind St-Léon's school Monday last week left one of them with cuts to the upper lip and gums, police said.The victim, a Westmount resident, was reportedly punched three or four times.Both boys are students of the school.They were involved in a fight the previous week which involved pushing and shoving but noblows.Thistime, after one boy went to the school director, police were called.No charges will be laid.Man rifles purse Efforts to hold a man seen rifling through a woman's purse in an office were foiled Wednesday last week when he managed to break free and escape from the building at 4115 Sherbrooke street, police said.The suspect was grabbed at the elevator by an unknown person who heard the victim scream when she returned from getting coffee and confronted the suspect.He fled down emergency stairs.Man, 20, nabbed in stolen Chevy A 20-year-old man from Mississauga, Ont., arrested last Friday outside 84 Chesterfield avenue, has been charged with being in possession of a stolen car, police said.It was reported missing the previous day in Barrie, Ont.Three others with the suspect were also arrested but released unconditionally.The car came to the attention of police sergeant Frangois Lippé when it made an illegal right turn on a red light at Dorchester boulevard and St Catherine street, a turn which is permitted in Ontario.He followed the car while running a computer check of the licence plate.When it was found to be stolen he called for backup before the 1991 Chevrolet Cavalier was stopped.Toilet paper used to sock employee A 22-year-old worker of Mc- Donald\u2019s fast-food restaurant at St Catherine street and Atwater avenue was punched over the left eye and hit with a roll of toilet paper when he confronted a man leaving the women's washroom Wednesday last week, police said.The victim suffered blurred vision after the incident and was to go to hospital on his own.The assailant is known to employees as a vagrant.The assault occurred at 1:40 pm.Young couple confronted A 12-year-old Verdun boy was pushed to the ground outside 4036 St Catherine street Wednesday last week by an older boy unknown to him, police said.The assailant told him \u201cyou'd better stop now,\u201d and took off.The bizarre incident, which occurred at 10 pm, was believed to be a case of mistaken identity.A 13-year-old girl, who was with the victim, was shown a knife by a second suspect.Statue stolen A bronze sculpture depicting a young girl lying down with a sheep was stolen from the Henrietta Anthony antique store at St Catherine street and Greene avenue Tuesday or Wednesday last week, police said.The statue measures 80 cm in length by 23 cm in width and 15 cm deep.It is mounted on a black marble base and weighs about 22 kg.The item was believed to have been shoplifted.Alarm wires cut Telephone and burglar alarm wires were cut in a second-storey stairwell of Westmount Florist overnight Monday last week.The $200 damage could have been caused by someone preparing to break into the place, police said.The business is located at 360 Victoria avenue.Heavy hand taken to Touche Finale Two wooden chests and a shelving unit were stolen from La Touche Finale antique shop overnight Tuesday last week at 4496 St Catherine street, police said.A window in the front door was smashed to allow the intruder to reach inside and open the lock.Crime prevention officer Gaston Bernier advises anyone whose door has a window within one metre of the lock to install a double cylinder lock.Bank VCR stolen A VCR was stolen last week from a kitchen in the basement of the Bank of Nova Scotia at Greene avenue and Sherbrooke street, police said.There were no signs of forced entry, indicating the thief either had a key or had access to the kitchen during business hours.The theft occurred between Jan 17 and 22. Apartments burgled Gravel may by balcony climber Abalcony-climbing burglar seems to be working in Westmount, as evidenced by a sudden rash of break-ins at apartment buildings reported by police.Apartment dwellers would be well advised to take special precautions to secure their balcony doors.Someone broke and climbed in a third-floor bedroom window off a balcony at 4410 St Catherine street last Thursday, police said.An antique gold pocket watch and some British currency were taken.Two apartments were broken into off upper balconies at 300 Lans- downe avenue last Thursday and Friday.Among jewelry stolen from one was a pearl necklace and matching earrings, a Seiko watch, a Gouchy watch, a diamond pendant on a white gold chain and an 18-karat gold brooch with three small elephants on it.Heart-shaped earrings, a new TDK cassette unit and cash disappeared from the other.The previous week someone broke into a fifth-storey condo at 1 Wood avenue, also from the balcony.\u20acVoman falls on icy path A 43-year-old Westmount woman suffered a cut over her upper lip Tuesday last week when she fell leaving a house at 495 Claremont avenue about 4 pm, police said.Urgences Santé was called to the scene but the woman refused treatment.The fire department\u2019s first respond- er unit remained with the woman while she awaited arrival of her husband.The private sidewalk was described as covered with ice and snow.7 \\ Tickets available at Patron of Arts Dinner for La Classique de Danse du Québec 1992 Saturday, February 8, 1992 at 7:00 pm at the Hotel Méridicn, \u201cGrand Salon,\u201d Complexe Desjardins, Montréal Dinner Dance - Diner Dansant Professional Show - Spectacle professionnel Door Prizes - Prix de présence Arthur Murray Dance Schools Numbered Table Numérotée Price/Prix: $60 per.\u201cTenue de ville\u201d 933-8481 or 733-3040 GALERIE O\u20ac BEllefeullle Artists of the Gallery: * Yvette Boulanger e Richard Hétu e Helen Lucas * Horace Champagne e Stuart Main e Anna Noeh * Allen Sapp e louise Scott We would also like to purchase works by: e Berthe de Clayes e Frederick Coburn * John Little e Robert Pilot Please call 933-4406 1212 GREENE AVE.WESTMOUNT Mon-Sat 10 am-6 pm be added to salty roads as of 1993 By J.MARION FEINBERG Westmount streets might be strewn with a mixture of salt and coarse stones by winter 1993-94, if things go as public works head Fred Caluori has planned.For environmental and economic reasons, he says, it is preferable to find a way to cut down on the laying of pure salt during snow and ice storms.\u201cEven a reduction of 10 percent is desirable,\u201d he says.\u201cIf we can save more, that much the better.But we are a little concerned that the stones will clog up the catchbasins.\u201d Mr Caluori says he has earmarked $200,000 for the 1993 operating expenditures budget to build special cribs to store the salt and stone mixture.As it stands now there is not enough room at the Corporation Yards to put in another domed shelter.About 8,000 metric tonnes of salt are used in an average winter season.\u201cWe're confident that we can cut back,\u201d he says, \u201cbut you can't do it for al) conditions.For freezing rain, you need salt, especially on our hills.Salt melts the ice, with stones they just slide off.But the salt/stone mixture is good when it is very cold.\u201d The public works director says the city used to use a similar mixture 20 years ago when snowblowers threw the snow on to lawns.This was a problem come spring when they had to clean up the leftover mess on the grass.But now they are reconsidering the practice.The City of Montreal, he says, has used the mixture for two seasons now with some success.Nonetheless certain areas will always be salted heavily: fire and bus routes, hills and commercial arteries.\u201cSometimes we have to keep salting non-stop,\u201d he says.\u2018Under really icy conditions, we're out 24 hours a day.\u201d The freezing rain conditions that Montrealers experienced Friday last week necessitated four trucks on Westmount roads dropping about 800 metric tonnes of salt.So far this winter, the city has used 5,500 metric tonnes of salt.Intruder hides in basement A man living on Stayner street heard glass break downstairs Saturday afternoon and went down to find a strange man inside, police said.He grabbed the intruder, pushed him toward the wall but was unable to hold him.The suspect escaped upstairs and out the front door.Police said they believed the intruder was trying to hide in the house to get away from officers answering a call for two men breaking into a home at 4156 Dorchester boulevard.When they arrived the pair were running away.A 29-year-old suspect was arrested hiding under a balcony at 67 Stayner.The other could not be found and was believed to have gone into the basement of the other nearby home.About 20 minutes later, a man answering the same description was seen in connection with a break-in at Canadian Soccer Supply at 1223 Greene avenue when two dozen shirts, 12 pairs of shorts, a fax machine and one answering machine were stolen.The incidents are being investigated together to determine if they The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, January 30, 1992 M ° / i > / D .CUISINE ITALIENNE Michael D.Mickael D.Michael D.ROAST BEEF or RIB STEAK including Caesar salad & garlic bread Luncheon Special \u2014 Rib Steak 1304 GREENE AVE.939-2222 CHRONIC + HEPATITIS BorC TREATMENT STUDY We are looking for individuals who have chronic active viral hepatitis and who wish to participate in a trial of a new oral interferon therapy.The study will be carried out in the Gastroenterology Division of the Jewish General Hospital, a McGill University teaching hospital.For further information please call: 340-8222, local 4332._ The McGill Society of Montreal ! nesen is A PRE-VALENTINE SKATING PARTY Sundny, February 2, 1992 2:30 pm to 4:30 pin McGill University | McConnell Winter Stadium 3883 University Street | Children under 6 years - 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For information call your sales representative 932-3157 WANTED! des Women stand out in cast of Return Engagements WESTMOUNT director and actor Paulina Abarca is working on several projects \u2014 the ideal situation for a theatre person.Her most immediate production is Return Engagements by Bernard Slade, which she is directing for Lakeshore Players.The play is at John XXIII Theatre in Dorval until Feb 8 and the box office number is 631-8718.Probably the best known of Slade\u2019s contemporary comedies is Same Time Next Year.It ranges from farce to drama, and follows the lives of four couples who visit the Stratford Inn over a 20-year period.Return Engagements is the first time Ms Abarca has directed amateur theatre, and she is enjoying the experience.\u201cIt's such a treat to work in such a large theatre and with a cast that's so big.I mean, who can afford it except an amateur company?\u201d In addition, she says she has found the company to be extremely organized and she believes there are some real finds in the cast, some of whom she hopes to work with again.One of these is Leslie Sellers, + = By JANET COUTTS who was a standout in Lake- shore's last production, Pygmalion, where Ms Abarca first saw her.Another is newcomer Betty Wotoczak, a graduate of Concor- dia University \u201cIn fact,\u201d says Ms Abarca, \u201call the women are standouts.\u201d When she says this, she is not making light of the male actors, but most of them have been around for a while and are less of a surprise to Montreal area theatregoers.Wayne West, who is in his fourth season and sixth or seventh play with Lakeshore Players, teaches drama at the West- mount recreation department to young people from five to 15 years old.He is enjoying his part, he says.\u201cIt has the most stretch emotionally of any part I've done.My role is more drama than comedy.[t is so intimate that it is difficult to project and be bigger than life, as you must do in theatre.\u201cI took the role because of the challenge and the stretch.\u201d Mr West plays a construction worker who is hired by an older 10 - Thursday, January 30, 1992 woman to father a child.It is a business arrangement, but they fall in love.Twenty years later, he meets his daughter.(Both women are played by Ms Wotoczak.) Paul Cardegna plays a bellhop who is having some problems.A therapist (Stephanie Matthews) comes to town and he is one of her clients.Leslie Sellers is an actress staying at the inn, and she has a fling with the bellhop.The therapist is married to a writer, played by Paddy Car- darelli, a Lakeshore standby.The writer has an affair with a housewife and mother played by Alison Logee, whom Ms Abarca describes as \u201cthe victim of the piece, a real babe.\u201d She is married to a dentist, played by Marc Phillips, who in turn has an affair with the therapist.There are lots of exchanges between all of the characters in the comedy in the 20 years the play covers.Ms Abarca's own company, Street People Theatre, will present a translation of Répétitions by Dominique Champagne in April, at a location yet to be announced.Thinking of selling your BOOKS?I'am always interested in purchasing hard-cover books in manv fields and will visit vour home to see them.Please ring for an appointment.Wilfred M.de Freitas, Bookseller Box 883, Stock Exchange Tower Montreal, Que.H4Z 1K2 935-9581 (24 lo: answering machine Betty Wotoczak and Wayne West in Return Engagements by Lakeshore Players.r Che, AFTER INVENTORY Final Clearance of All Winter Merchandise 50-70% ors Aomsty (EME; 4209 St.Catherine St.West corner Greene Ave.937-7072 HARMACIS H.GOLDENBERG, 5.71.L ph (METCALFE) Why is this pharmacy so special?Ask any of our customers! 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OPEN 7 DAYS Come in and see us, we're open till 9 each night.isomer 5561 NKLAND 1304 Greene Ave.934-1616 (between Marcil & Old Orchard) 482-5193 VILLE MARIA METRO Four hundred young people can purchase series tickets for three different programs by Les Grands Ballets Canadiens for $10.The average regular cost of this subscription is The tickets for the Grand Series go THE WORN DOORSTEP of Montreal Canadian Gifts & Handicrafls was chosen to furnish the 1,500 gifts for the Grand Opening of the Four Seasons Hotel Chinzan-So, Tokyo January 1992 CHINZAN-SO, TOKYO THE WORN DOORSTEP 1411 Fort Street, Ste.1701, Montreal H3H2N7 el: (514) 932-9319 12 - The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, January 30, 1992 Weekly day Poetry and reggae night for seniors The Open Gate program of Shaar Hashomayim, 450 Kensington avenue, offers a weekly day out to seniors on Wednesday from 9:30 am to 3 pm.Activities include supervised bridge, bingo, Scrabble, Rummy Q, painting cards, choral singing, exercise and current events discussion.Hot soup and lunch is served.Transportation for a limited few is available for $2.If you have a parent, relative or friend who spends too much time on his or her own and needs activities and company, or if you can volunteer to help, call the institute at 937-9471, ext 24.< 8 < = gq v A \u201c a > > A w v < > 9 = < -l Opening Sept.92.Opening Sept.centreggegreene A.M.AEROBICS high/low impact 9:00-10:00 am Tuesdays & Thursdays 12 WEEKS \u2014 $51.00 CENTRE GREENE 931-6202 1090 Greene avenue Westmount Concordia University Students Association will offer an evening of poetry and reggae on Friday, Feb 7, at the Rialto Cinema, 5723 Park ave- Shaar Jewish studies series The Leisure Institute of Shaar Hashomayim is offering a Jewish Studies seminar, readings and discussion on The Life and Philosophies of Moses Maimonides running Feb 3 to March 23 from 7 to 9 pm with instructor Sheila Wiesenfeld.Fee for the series is $40.To register call 937- 9471, ext 24, If you are able to provide room and half-board please call us at 499-03 64 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.ask for Ms.Martin BONOHONOCHONOHOHONOHONOHONONOHONONONOHONONOHONONONOHOHORONONOHONOHONO nue.Entertainment is by dub poets Lillian Allen (two-time Juno Award winner), Ahdri Zhina Mandiela, Michael C.Pintard and Pat Dillon.Touch of Heaven, a gospel group, will perform.Tickets are $12 general admission and $10 for students, those on welfare and the unemployed.Part of the proceeds will go to the Montreal Afrikan Defence Fund, which provides legal, financial and emotional support for members of the black community.Funeral held for Bess Belair A private funeral was held yesterday in Châteauguay for Bess Belair, who worked for more than 20 years at Mark Schinder\u2019s Metcalfe Coffee Shop at the corner of Metcalfe avenue and St Catherine street.Mrs Belair died Monday at the Jewish General Hospital after a battle with cancer.She is survived by her husband Bill and children Jeannie, Linda, Rick and Ron.RECYCLE THIS PAPER Please do not destroy this paper.Take it with other papers and glass to the Westmount recycling depot in the Corporation Yard on Bethune street.HONCHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHONONOHONOHONOHONOHONOHOHONONONOHONORONORORONONOHONONL a new experience for your teens Montreal Language School is looking for families, preferably with teens, to host forcign students age between 15-17 Payments guaranteed by School \"92.Opening Sept.'92\u2026 Opening Sept.\"92.Royal Vale Alternative High School To be located in the West Hill facility Come find out if our high school programme is the right one for your child! e Secondary One (Grade 7) ONLY e Late and Post French Immersion e Enriched Math/Science focus e Renzulli Schoolwide Enrichment Model e Compulsory Extra Curricular Activities * School Uniform e Structured and Disciplined Environment PARENT INFORMATION MEETING Agenda: Philosophy.Programme and Registration Procedures.etc.Wednesday, February 5th at 8 pm Royal Vale School, 5530 Dupuis Ave.Commission des The Protestant écoles protestantes School Board du Grand Montréal of Greater Montreal Nominations open for justice prize and good citizenship The provincial justice ministry is soliciting nominations for individuals for the Prix de la Justice 1992.Any organization or individual may submit one or more candidates for the prize, awarded to those who have made exceptional contributions to justice.Nominations should describe the career or the particular contribution of the nominee, and should be signed by three persons who are well acquainted with the facts described.Nominations must be received before 4 pm on May 8 at Secrétariat du prix de la Justice, Bureau du sous- ministre, Ministére de la Justice, 1200 route de l'Eglise, 9e étage, Sainte-Foy G1V 4M1.The justice minister will preside at a public awards ceremony on June 4.A similar award, for good citizenship, will be awarded.Nominations for the award should include the name and address of the person nominated and a description of their action, including the date, time and place and the names of personnes en cause if there are any, the name and address of witnesses and the name and address of the nominator.Nomi nations must be made by April 1 an must describe actions taken between Jan 1 and Dec 31, 1991.They should be sent to Comité sur le civisme at the address above.For more information call (418) 643-5140 for the Prix de la Justice, and (418) 644-2330 for the citizenship committee.GERMAN PRIVATE SCHOOL Alexander von Humboldt Schule Montreal Nursery School and Kindergarten (3 to 5 year olds), Grades 1 to 11 (leading to D.E.S.) \u2014 Classes daily from 8:40 am to 2:45 pm (Nursery School and Kindergarten from 8:40 to 1 pm) \u2014 Instruction in German \u2014 German-Canadian Curriculum, French and English from Grade 1 \u2014 Transport by school bus available For information: (514) 457-2886 216 Victoria Drive, Baie d'Urfé, Que.H9X 2H9 ° Sciences e Commerce Ve FOCUS ON YOUR FUTURE Apply Now.FORTHE SEMESTER BEGINNING AUGUST, 1992 The College of i) Centennial Academy CEGEP-level courses leading to university entrance in the fields of: * Social Sciences e Creative Arts Applications received before April 1 will be given preference.Applications available from High School Guidance Counsellors or contact: The College of Centennial Academy 3641 Prud'homme Ave.Montreal, Quebec H2A 3H6 486-5533 T.Caine + MS ull \u201cVA tal} nec sug toc McGill dentistry school asks for Rotary's help By J.MARION FEINBERG Helping McGill University\u2019s faculty of dentistry to re-equip its facilities might be one way for Rotarians to support the cause, said associate dean John Blomfield at the Rotary Club of Westmount meeting Wednesday last week.\u201cRight now we'reinthecrux of the situation,\u201d said Mr Blomfield.\u201cWe've had our one-year stay of execution.There will be another influx of students in 1992 and then no new students after the 1992-93 session un- 15 the department meets with cer- conditions.\u201d The dentistry school, established in 1904, provides services to low- income Montrealers at the summer clinic at the Montreal General Hospital, as well as training dentists who specialize in anything from geriatric dentistry to implants.Mr Blomfield said he feels the faculty of dentistry has been singled out by the university to be sacrificed in order to offset McGill's $80-mil- lion operating deficit.Since the announcement was made this summer, dentistry has been drumming up support from as many sources as possible, he said.Certain conditions will have to be met if the faculty is to remain operational, according to Mr Blomfield.They are to reduce the number of chairs in the clinic, develop a master's program to rectify the dearth of research, increase clinic fees, renegotiate the lease with the Montreal General and, finally, to re-equip the dental facilities with new equipment.Ways to help Rotarians were told they could endorse the purchase of a new dental chair or modular unit if they were looking for a way to support the faculty.\u201cJudgment day\u201d will fall on Sept 30, 1992, he said, at which point they will find out if the dentistry school will get another reprieve.\u201cThey focused in on us because we're small,\u201d he said, \u201cwith fewer students, fewer tenured professors and expensive materials.If the faculty closes in four years, each of the four departments is in jeopardy, Bomb scare postpones JOHN BLOMFIELD Doesn't want to see McGill dentistry school closed due to lack of support.which will affect the supply of dentists.\u201d The dean said the department's dental education is ranked first in Canada and fourth in North America.McGill dentistry graduates are in Australia, Central America, the Car- ribean and the U.S; he also pointed out that a significant number of the grads are academics.The history of the faculty's current predicament goes back to the chronic underfunding of all Quebec universities and the fact the government has decreed that the university cannot raise fees.\u201cThe university needs to devise a better formula to come up with more equitable funding,\u201d he says.He added that the problem also stems from McGill's mission statement which stresses research above all else.\u201cWe felt hard done by that our clinic service wasn't recognized,\u201d he said.\u201cResearch funding seems to be the priority.\u201d Rotarians were also treated to a visual presentation of the department's progress in implant research, a revolutionary reconstructive technique using titanium screws.environment meeting Mayor Peter Trent's first meeting with the Montreal Urban Community's environment committee Friday afternoon turned into a near- explosive situation.Mayor Trent said he was expounding on the perils of pollution with about a dozen others in a room adjacent to MUC chairman Michel Hame- lin\u2019s office on the 21st floor of Com- \u201cexe Desjardins when it happened.gi) One of the bureaucrats left and came back saying we'd all have to leave.Someone had phoned to say a bomb was going off,\" the mayor said.Police appeared and evacuated everyone down 21 flights of stairs.\u201cIt was very orderly,\u201d he said.\u201cPeople were more irritated than anything else.\u201d The bomb scare and a bomb that went off in a washroom near Mr Hamelin\u2019s office last Thursday has been linked to labor unrest among MUC blue-collar workers.Once on terra firma, the environment committee waited around 10 or 15 minutes, he said, and then decided to postpone the meeting to yesterday.Mayor Trent said that, during the aborted session, the group had been talking about air pollution in connection with incineration when he suggested something should be done to curb pollution from cars.= \u201cI don\u2019t think they expected the mayor of Westmount to carry on about automobile pollution,\u201d he said.\u201cI'm not anti-car but I felt it was more important than some of the secondary items being discussed.\u201d Mayor Trent does not own a car.The following building permits were issued at Westmount city hall recently: Jan 20 1608 St Catherine: for B.Anderson by Plomberie Guy Roy, water entrance in two powder rooms, $8,000; Jan 21 50 Academy: for Gustav Levinschi Foundation by self, apartment repairs, $10,000; 50 Academy, Apt 7: for Gasco Ltd by G.F.Plumbing, replacement plumbing in kitchen and bathroom, $4,000; 50 Academy.Apt 11: for Gasco Ltd by G.F.Plumbing, replacement plumbing in kitchen and bathroom, $4,000; 4565 Sherbrooke: for Mr Blouin by Levine Bros Plumbing, water entrance, $950; 455 Roslyn: for D.Schouela by self, work on windows, $5,000; Jan 22 458 Strathcona: for J.Montgomery by J.The Westmount Examiner, Maclutyre, alterations and renewal, $10,000; 4919B Sherbrooke: for M.Kitos by J.St Laurent, install four plumbing fixtures, $1,200; 582 Cote St Antoine: for S.Peiffer Brown by J.St Laurent, install a plumbing fixture, $200 4872 Sherbrooke: for 1234 de la Montagne by Jacques Blanchard, install two plumb: ing fixtures, $1,500; 4868 Sherbrooke: for 1234 de la Montagne by Jacques Blanchard, install two plumbing fixtures, $2,300; 4868 Sherbrooke: for 1234 de la Montagne by Jacques Blanchard.install two plumbing fixtures, $1,500; Thursday, January 30, 1992 - 13 Jan 23 4350 Se Catherine: for PSBGM (West- mount High School) by Mécanique Rojec Ltee, laboratory renovations, $15,000; 26 Shorncliffe: for Mr Ranson by J.Lewin Inc, install a plumbing fixiure, $1,500; Jan 24 26 Thornhill: for Brian Dutch by Virage Construction, interior alterations excluding deck, $20,000; 36 Sunnyside: for Saviva Holdings by self, renovations and repair, $320,000; 995 Glen: for the City of Westmount by Norabee Construction, repair damaged brick, $16,300.Register now al the 5851 Upper Lachine Koad located in N.D.G.SMALL TALK NURSERY Program is open to talkative 3-year-olds with normal hearing | LIMITED SPACES ARE AVAILABLE FOR SEPTEMBER 1992 | * 5-day program - 8:30 am to 1:30 pm * 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