The Westmount examiner, 14 mai 1992, jeudi 14 mai 1992

[" Yee Wan Lee, with her baby Wesley Ho (a future customer ?), presented Sam Edelstein with a flowering plant to celebrate N RIN 56¢ + Sir = 65¢ ET er the 50 years he's run the shop.Mrs.Lee is daughter of Man Lee, the watchmaker who shares the shop with Sam.Gone at a fast clip Customers throw party to celebrate barber's 54 years HERB Siblin said that it is the personal touch that makes Sam Edelstein\u2019s barbershop an island of tranquility on a Saturday afternoon.He should know, he's been a customer for 30 years.The tiny shop was anything but tranquil Monday night as more than 40 people crowded in to celebrate Mr.Edelstein\u2019s 50th anniversary of owning the Universal Barber Shop at 4970 Sherbrooke St.He was an employee for four vears before that.\u201cMay your health be good, your hands steady, your scissors sharp and your rent low,\u2019 said Av Mor- M row to great laughter.Mr.Mor- By J.MARION FEINBERG row, one of three organizers of the evening's festivities, has been coming to Mr.Edelstein for haircuts for about 25 years.\u2018\u2019The reason for doing this is that we go through life and we really don\u2019t stop to say thank you.Occasionally, you have to do it.Sam is a unique person in an ambiance that is quickly disappearing.\u201d said Mr.Morrow.Good service and a good huir- cut has kept Albert Nixon coming back for more since 1971.\u201cSam comes over to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and cuts the patients\u2019 hair, and anyone else ae a Your home away from home.Lo RESTAURANT 2 [2% Fiansllion I INSIDE.\u20ac ® January, February realtysales.6 7 _ M Courtnews.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026.\u2026\u2026.7 c : WPolicelog.8 ® In the neighbourhood.10 = wFirecalls .16 4 2 ® Children'sCorner.29 co \u201cEr Amongst the finest in non- sus\u201d traditional Italian cuisine.jé 7 4858 Sherbrooke St.W.= oi (corner Victoria) i 486-2742 (48-MARIA) Open Sat & Sun 5 pm CLOSED MONDAYS Photo by OWEN EGAN that needs it,\u201d said Mr Nixon, now retired after vears as the hospital's executive director.\u201cHe likes to please the customers.It's atrick he learned long ago.\u201d The shop has remained virtually unchanged over the years.It feels like walking into a time warp.pushing open the heavy glass door and moving across the threshold.Along one wall are the ubiquitous mirrors under which are huge party trays of food.There arc three brown barber chairs and an antique red one, rubbed clean in the places where bottoms and heads contact the leather.An old Continued on page 2 \u2014 Clarification\u2014 Teasdale left months earlier LAST week's front-page story entitled \u201cChâteau Westmount owner Buckley defaults on mortgage, disappears\u201d may have left the impression former Carex president John Teasdale left the company after ii defaulted on the mortgage payments.In fact, Mr.Teasdale left the company to return to the real estate business months earlier, in October 1991.Mr.Teasdale says he no longer has any connection with Carex and was unaware of its latest financial plight.THE EXAMINER regrets any confusion this may have caused.Chimney sweeping to be stopped; owners handed responsibility By LAUREEN SWEENEY Westmount plans to put the onus for chimney safety onto property owners by abolishing its problem plagued chimney sweeping program.It will be replaced by an upgraded in-service inspection of homes by firefighters, city operations man ager Bruce St.Louis said Tuesday.They will give cursory inspections of fireplaces and flues.Under new fire prevention legisla tion to be explained at a public con sultation meeting June 1, property owners will be required to bear responsibility forinspecting theirown fireplaces and flues cach year \u201cWe're switching the onus from passing a ball and chain down the chimney to looking after your own property,\u201d said Mr.St.Louis.The city has decided to go out of the chimney -sweeping business \u201cbecause the service we were offering wasn't adequate.\u201d he explained.À quick cleaning of flues provides homeowners with a false sense of security when aging chimneys re quire a thorough inspection.In commenting on proposed changes to the city's fire prevention legislation at Monday's city council meeting last week, Mayor Peter Trent said most fires related to fireplaces and chimneys occur below the hearth, indicating the need for emphasis on inspection rather than sweeping.Homeowners will now have to make their own arrangements with y contractors who charge upwards of $100 for a proper job, fire officials said.Details of improved firefighter in spections and publie education will be explained at the public consulta tion meeting starting at 7:30 p.m.in the council chamber, Mr St.Louis said.Firefighters can be expected to make more thorough inspection of homes and take a look at the general condition of fireplaces, he explained The in-service inspections now cover one-quarter of the city each summer.The work may be carried out all year, he suggested.For many years Westmount, like many neighbouring municipalities, has contracted flue cleaning to a licensed sweeping service which charges cut-rate fees of $4 uo flue plus GST Last year, concern that the pro- pram generates a false sense of security was voiced by then-councillor Sally Aitken, whose chimneys were condemned by a private inspector after being visited by the city sweep for many years.The program was temporarily suspended Feb, 26.A police investigation of irregularities in the door-to- door collection of tees by the sweep was launched, as well as recording the homes visited.The program was reinstated Continued on page 2 private chimney Roslyn tennis program in jeopardy after city stops bending the rules By J.MARION FEINBERG A stricter application of city policy has meant the cancellation of the spring after-school tennis program for Roslyn students.\u201cFor two years we had no problem using the Westmount tennis courts for our program,\u201d said Renée Pren- dergast of the Roslyn School com mittee.\u201cTheir policy seems to change from one administration to the next\u201d Roslyn School had an agreement with then-recreation administrator Peter Wallace to reserve two courts forhour-and-a-half timeslots twice a week.After Mr.Wallace left the department, it decided to make the policy more consistent and no longer offer these privileges to any schools.\u201cWhen I made the reservations for the courts for the spring, 1 was told the schools could no longer have access to the courts,\u201d said Ann Carson- Tempier, also a school committee member.\u201cWe were told it was a city council decision.I think it was unfair, considering there never were any complaints before.\u201d Tennis courts are not the only point of contention.Roslyn had a written agreement in 1991 to use the Prince Albert Park soccer fields for free, said Mrs.Car- son-Tempier.The fields are usually rented, with goalposts and nets, but the equipment was not provided for the school.Mr.Wallace gave a verbal promise the situation would remain the same this year, but the week the program was starting, the school was informed it would have to pay.\u201cI'm shocked that city officials didn't honour the agreement\u201d said Mrs, Carson-Tempier.She believes the school should have access to city facilities when they aren't being used.\u201cWe only have 16 courts soif the schools are on and residents want to play, they cant,\u201d suid recreation di rector Bob Alken.\u201cWe've never al lowed the courts to be used by non residents.The only ones that can are those that are introduced by residents and buy guest passes.Residents are limited to 10 guest passes per year\u201d Recreation department regulations state that a resident may not reserve a court in advance but must show up, place their card on the board and wait for à court to be free, according to Mr.Aiken.\u201cTennis courts were reserved for Roslyn School on an experimental basis two years ago,\u201d he said.\u201cOther schools saw thal Roslyn students were using the courts and then they wanted them as well.But we can't have one set of rules for one group and another for the others.\u201d Technically the Roslyn group will he permitted to use the courts.Since most of them are Westmount residents, they will use their recreation passes and the non-residents will have to obtain $3 guest day passes.according to Mr.Aiken.But this is not good enough, according to Ms.Prendergast.\u201cWe still can\u2019t go with that,\u201d she said.\u201cSome kids will have to pay and others won't.We had to drop the tennis because we can't advertise Continued on page 21 The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, Next Scheduled City Council Meeting Monday, June 1, 8:00 pm Public Auction June 14, 7:00 pm Date de la prochaine séance du conseil municipal Le lundi, 1 juin, 20h00 Encan public 4 juin, 19h00 Westmount, PO H3Z 1E2 Other Times Lundi au vendredi 8h30 à 16h30 Autres Heures Voirie, 14, rue Bethune Fire/Incendie Police Ambulance Cadendar CITY HALL / HÔTEL DE VILLE 4333 Sherbrooke Street West Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Fire (business calls), 19 Stanton St.Municipal Court, 21 Stanton St Police (business calls), 21 Stanton St ee 935-2456 FN 935-8531, local 351 or 352 Victoria Hall, 4626 Sherbrooke St.W.935-2066 ee 935-8037 FE LL LL Le 4e 935-8218 ARS 935-8444 FE 935-1777 Municipal Yard, 14 Bethune St.Light Department, Glen Road .Library.Public Security Unit.Incendie (bureau d'affaires), 19, rue Stanton .935-2456 eee.935-8531, local 351 or 352 Police (bureau d'affaires), 21, rue Stanton .280-2223 Cour municipale, 21, rue Stanton Hall Victoria, 4626, rue Sherbrooke ouest .935-2066 AS 935-8037 LL LL a ALL LL LL LL 935-8218 Lea LL LL LL 935-8444 eee 935-1777 Service d'éclairage, chemin Glen Bibliothéque .Sécurité Publique .EMERGENCIES/URGENCES Today, May 14 For seniors: The city recreation department is now taking registration for the Friendship Club, Gourmet Club, trip to Stowe, Vt.935-8531 ext.212.Open house on foster parenting at Ville Marie Social Services, 4515 St.Catherine St., from 10 a.m.to 8:30 p.m.Refreshments.989-1781.Garage sale to raise funds for Ville Marie Social Services programs.At 5 Weredale Park from noon to 6 p.m.Artexhibit: at Galerie Dan Delaney, 318 Victoria Ave., recent work by former owner Dan Delaney, until month's end.Art exhibit: at Visual Arts Centre, 350 Victoria Ave., sculpture from recycled plastic garbage by Diana Boulay, until May 30.Art exhibit: at West End Gallery.1358 Greene Ave., Westmount sculptor Phyllis Mendell and painters Richard Long and Ingrid Harrison, until May 23.Book collection: Westmount High School is collecting donations for upcoming sale.Books can be brought to the school until June 15 or call 935-1432 for pick-up.Reach Out, a support group of the Montreal and Laval Chapter of the Learning Disabilities Association of Quebec Adult Committee meets weekly at 340 Victoria Ave.from 7 to 9 p.m.847-1324, For seniors: Swim at Westmount Y from 1:30 to 3 p.m.every Tuesday and Thursday.No charge.935-8531 M 280-2223 11 Friday, May 15 Theatre: Geordie Productions presents staged readings by Dome Theatre students of stories, essays, poems and skits by high school students in the Montreal area at 8 p.mat Westmount High School.Free.Tickets first come, first served.Theatre: Dramatis Personae presents Camino Real by Tennessee Williams, directed by Ann Page, in the Lodge Room of Victoria Hall at 8 p.m.Admission $4; seniors and students $2.Reservations necessary at 937-1606.For seniors: Deadline to register for May 22 Ottawa trip with recreation department.$25.Visit Laurier House and the estate of MacKenzie King.Display: Westmount Square participates in Montreal\u2019s 350th birthday with displays pertaining to The Spirit of the Mountain inside and outside until June 23.Saturday, May 16 Theatre: Dramatis Personae presents Camino Real.See May 15.Firefighters\u2019 Centennial Dance to aid World of Dreams at Victoria Hall.Tickets from 935-2456.$12.50.For children: Make your own piggy bank with recycled materials at Oink! Oink\u2019 at 11 a.m., 1361 Greene Ave.Overeaters Anonymous meets every Saturday at 3:30 p.m.at Westmount Baptist Church, 4755 Sherbrooke St.Non-smoking.Sunday, May 17 Theatre: Dramatis Personae presents Camino Real.See May 15.Adult Prisoners of Childhood support group meets at 7 p.m.every Sunday in the basement of West: mount Baptist Church, 4755 Sherbrooke St.$1.Monday, May 18 Victoria Day holiday.Most offices, Slt Sam Edelstein (right) pictured with sister-in-law Bernice Glantz, glowing with pleasure at the turnodit, in the jostiing crowd wedged between barber chairs come to pay respect to the longtime hair clipper.Edelstein does \u2018old style\u201d haircuts Continued from page 1 unused shoeshine stand sits in state in the back of the store.Ted Lerner is a longtime customer of 34 years.He began coming when he heard Mr.Edelstein was the \u201cbest barber around.\u201d \u201cA lot of people get bored with their job, not him.For a barber to be bored is one of the worst things,\u201d he said.The customers all seem to know each other and are crowded around the old-style barber chairs, gesturing with their wineglasses, sloshing slightly.On the other wall the ancient hair products remind you of the wares you were told snakeoil salesmen hawked: Clubman Elixir Shampoo, Wildroot Hair Tonic with Oil and Herpicide Disinfecting System.You suspect they work.including city hall and THE EXAM: INER, closed for the day.Enjoy it safely! Tuesday, May 19 TOPS, a dieting support group, meets at the Westmount Y from 7 to 8:30 p.m.weekly.$1.Wednesday, May 20 Lecture: Book Lovers Forum II presents Prof.Mervin Butovsky on Reading the Bible as Literature.Coffee at 9:30 a.m., 10 a.m.lecture.$5.Plant exchange and sale.Bring plants, properly identified, to West- mount arena between 4 and 8 p.m.Vouchers will be given to be redeemed tomorrow between 6 and 7 p.m.935-8531, ext.276.Bar/Bat Mitzvah information meeting at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sho- lom, 7:30 p.m.4100 Sherbrooke St.937-3575.Thursday, May 21 Plant sale: at Westmount arena open to public 7 to 8 p.m.Proceeds to charities.935-8531, ext.276.Fundraising auction for Ville Marie Social Services programs at noon at 5 Weredale Park.989-1885.COMING UP May 22: Seniors trip to Parliament Hill to see the tulips and tour Laurier House and the estate of MacKenzie King.May 24: 12:30 p.m.luncheon at Leisure Institute of Shaar Hashomay- im, 450 Kensington Ave., guest speaker Robert M.Libman, MNA, leader of Equality Party, on \u201cThe Future of Quebec in Canada.\u201d $3.50 members; $4 others.May 26: Former Westmount resident Lewis Poteet launches his Talking Country: The Eastern Townships Phrase Book at Double Hook, 1235A Greene Ave.from 6 to 8 p.m.Sam Edelstein, a very young-look- ing 77, has worked in the shop for 54 years.He came from Poland with his mother in 1935 and worked in a factory until he had mastered English.Then he came to work at the Universal Barber Shop; he owned it four years later.His son Robert says it is the centre of his life.\u201cHe gets up at 5:30 every morning and works all day in his shop,\u201d he said.\u201cHe doesn't have many hobbies and I don't know what he'd do if he didn\u2019t work.He's never been sick a day in his life.\u201d The front part of the shop is Lee watch repair, owned by Man Lee, who is obviously very fond of the man he has shared his work space with since 1981.\u201cSometimes I sweep up the hair on the floor so he doesn't slip,\u201d said Mr.Lee.\u201cHe has a good heart and he's a very smart man.If you're a young man, he'll talk sports, if middle- aged, it\u2019s politics and to the older men, he talks health.It makes the clients very close to him.\u201d Mr.Lee once asked Mr.Edelstein why he was so healthy.The older man replied the secret was a walk after supper every day, even in winter.What's the key to Mr.Edelstein\u2019s longevity with the scissors?\u201cI enjoy my work and the people who come in here.Look at all the nice people from Westmount and from all over that have come,\u201d says Mr.Edel- stein, his arm gesturing towards the crowd.Someone interrupts us by grasping his arm.\u201cYou're not closing shop, are you?\" Others still have chimney service Continued from page 1 March 30 with new controls and safeguards.Fire code adopted Revision of the city\u2019s fire prevention bylaw consists mainly of adopting the 1990 National Fire Code of Canada, which includes a mandatory inspection of chimneys.Fire officials, who have asked city hall for some time to relieve them of responsibility for chimney cleaning, say chimney inspection is the key to safety.This is especially significant in a city such as Westmount, where many old homes have fireplaces, chimneys and flues not safely adapted to the types of heating systems now in place.Though Montreal and Pointe Claire already no longer take responsibility for chimney sweeping, according to local fire officials, most of Photo by OWEN EGAN \u201cNo,\u201d says Mr.Edelstein, patting his arm.His warmth is written in the creases of his eyes.You can just make them out beneath the bi-focals.He is slight and unassuming-looking, in a white shirt and tie.\u201cNow that we know you own a tie Sam, you'll have to wear it everyday,\u201d someone yells across room.\u201cI've never lived in this area but I\u2019ve built up such a fond respect that I travel halfway across the city to come here,\u201d said party organizer Alvin Guttman, who has had his hair trimmed by Mr.Edelstein since he was in the military.Mr.Edelstein even used to do house calls, according to 52-year customer Raphael Flemming.\u201cI've been coming here since I was eight or nine and was here last week,\" he said.\u201cHe gives a haircut from the old school, not a style or anything, but I know Sam and there\u2019s an attachment.\u201d For23 years Mr.Edelstein has been cutting Dimitri Dimakopoulos\u2019 hair.In most cases, the experience involves the customer and himself.But in thiscase things were often slightly more complicated.\u201cHe is such a patient man,\u201d said Mr.Dimakopoulos.\u201cSo patient, even when my wife comes in and tries to direct him how to cut my hair.You know, \u2018Not too short on that side.How often was Mr.Edelstein directed?\u201cEvery time I came to get my haircut,\u201d he said.\u201cIt's such an honour,\u201d said Mr Edelstein, gripping a reporter's hand with emotion.\u201cI didn't do anything else for these people but serve them and they enjoyed it.\" Westmount's neighbouring municipalities still maintain a cleaning service.These include Town of Mount Royal, Outremont, Côte St.Luc, Hamp- stead and Montreal West.In some places such as T.M.R.and Greenfield Park, city-operated chimney cleaning services have been computerized.Under the National Fire Code, regulations regarding chimneys include the following provision: \u201cEvery chimney, flue and flue pipe shall be inspected to identify any dangerous condition annually, at the time of addition of any appliance and after any chimney fire.\u201d They also must be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them free of dangerous deposits.In addition, all chimneys and flues must be replaced or repaired to eliminate structural deficiencies.absence of liners, decay or crumbling mortar.\u2019 f mg a pg i.Sadat FOIE A tr.tad sta in en cial rod nel | ling the ake eis ina tie but hat to air he do \u2018us- vas ast cut or ben Air.But tly Ce WE Yo TE WT TR me.[1 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Youth wing battle threatens to split Equality Party Westmount Equality Party mem- b ge clamping down on the youth wads, trying to stifle their autonomy by backing a proposal to dismember the group.At a policy conference Saturday.delegates voted to turn the youth wing into a club for 15- to 17-year- olds, running counter to the wishes of leader Robert Libman and party president Martin Segal.These threats to dismember the youth wing of the Equality Party will result in a bitter political war which will split the party forever, one party activist says.\u201cBy wiping out the youth wing, they're destroying the party,\u201d said Erik Reich, former youth wing vice- president, now part of the Mount Royal riding association.He says at least 10 of about 20 of the Equality Party's riding associations may walk out at the next general meeting in June if their autonomy is threatened.Party vice-president Keith Henderson, a Westmounter and possible candidate for the local riding in the next election, doubts the youth wing has such strength.He suspects a compromise solution drafted Tuesday will be passed at the June 14 meeting.The compromise restricts the age of people in the youth wing from 15 to 25, where it now goes up to 30.It further restricts their autonomy, by By CHARLES ABRAMOVICI and ALISON RAMSEY bringing them under the jurisdiction of the ridings, instead of allowing them to continue as a separate group.Mr.Henderson suggested \u2018\u2018mature\u2019 party members, many of them former Liberals, are spooked by the spectre of a strong youth wing, having watched their growing power \u2014 and a growing tendency towards separatism \u2014 in the Liberal camp.The EP youth wing bucked the party by submitting a brief to the Parti Québécois task force on the role of anglophones in Quebec, and is striving to broaden the party base and run candidates in all ridings in the upcoming election \u2014 all counter House fire strikes days before new owner to move in By LAUREEN SWEENEY A fire late Monday night that caused $250,000 damage to a detached home at 574 Claremont Ave.started when a recessed light fixture in a bedroom ceiling ignited a wooden joist in the attic above, fire officials said Tuesday.Flames shot from the sides of the roof shortly after 11 p.m., attracting neighbours and passersby to the corner of Claremont and Westmount avenues.Many calls reporting the blaze were reported at the fire station.No one was inside the home at the time.It was being painted for the new owner.Eric Gold, to move in this weekend, fire investigators said.The attic was completely burned out and most of the roof destroyed.Capt.Gerald Gauthier, who suffered a sprained ankle fighting the fire, was the only casualty reported.Mutual aid firefighters from five municipalities were called to assist as the fire burned into the slanted roof, breaking out at different places.It was reported under control at 12:30 a.m.and out a half-hour later.\u201cThose houses are so well built, the fire gets into the beams and becomes very deep-seated making it difficult to get at)\u2019 Fire Chief Jim Adams said.\u201cIt was a good stop.\u201d Public safety officers were pressed into action, replacing air be for firefighters who fought mu¥® of the fire from inside the home.Investigator Barry Coates, who was on the scene during the blaze, said he understood painters left about an hour before the fire was discovered.Firefighters worked to rouse a fire in the roof at 574 Clarement Ave.Monday night after it was believed to have smouldered at least an hour.The fire started in a recessed light fixture.\u201cThe moral of the story is.if you have recessed light fixtures in the attic, make sure that they're boxed in with fire-resistant gypsum board.\u201d Lieut.Coates said.Overheating of recessed lights is a common cause of fires in the attic, he said.The heaviest burn area was at the fixture.to stated EP positions.The meeting in June will decide the vouth wing question as well as the party's position on the distinet society clause.Mr.Libman suspects the vote Sat: urday turned against his position on the distinct society clause \u2014 that it would be acceptable if it does not diminish the rights of minorities in any way \u2014 because it was supported by the youth wing.\"It hurt me,\u201d he said, but \u201cMartin Segal said something, an analogy: because my hands hurt doesn\u2019t mean I should cut my hands off.Because they step out of line doesn\u2019t mean we should eliminate the youth wing entirely.\u201d Betty Shannon-O'Connell, president of the Westmount riding association, said Tuesday that the youth wing's rules counter the EP's constitution and the youths are trying to set up a parallel institution with a hidden agenda.\u201cYou can hardly call a 30-year-old a youth,\u201d Mrs.Shannon-OQ'Connell said.The erux of the youth wing battle is the ever-widening gulf between two visions within the EP, according to Mr.Reich.The so-called reform movement, spearheaded by the youth wing, wants a broader-based party open to all Quebecers while the traditionalists reportedly want the party to focus on anglophone rights.Mr.Reich labels the latter the anglo rights West End Gang because members are from ridings like West- mount, N.D.G.and the lakeshore area of the West Island.Mrs.Shannon-O'Connell said the youth wing is trying to take control of the party by developing riding associations, which is the party executive's responsibility.\u201cThey think if they wipe out the youth wing they can control the par ty,\u201d Mr.Reich says.\u201cWe will fight to the bitterend.\u201d Bin for used batteries to be provided by city By J.MARION FEINBERG A battery-collection depot is expected to be in place by the fall for the growing number of waste-con- scious Westmounters, according to Mayor Peter Trent.\u201cWe've been pushing for this for a while and we convinced the administration it was feasible.\u201d he said, referring to the approval in principle of the decision to collect household batteries in the Corporation Yards next to the recycling bins.Residents will be receiving little yellow plastic bags to collect their batteries until they can get to the yards.Instructions will be on the bags to quell any resident queries about the dos and don'ts.\u201cThey will have small openings just big enough to fit household batteries through,\u201d Mr.Trent said.Hillside Avenue resident Virginia Elliott, who urged city council to take action on batteries, was pleased with the decision.\u201cWhat a great idea!\u201d she said upon hearing the news.\u201cI've got a whole stash at home.\u201d She acknowledged Mr.Trent's on going interest in the issue.\u201cHe really kept on the idea and followed through,\u201d she said.The decision to set up the depot was made at the last operations and environment committee meeting and will soon be voted on by council, said Mr.Trent.The plan calls for the collection container to be lined with polyethylene for 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advertisement wy Member Membre Quechee Commumty Newspapers À.suctation Association des Journaux Reguwonaux du Québec Mail subscriptions in Canada, $25 92 per year, 2 years $46.44, 3 years $62 64 Subscriptions of less than one year, 65 cents per copy plus $2 handling.Sixty-five cents à copy.Outside Canada, additional $60.00 a year Prices include 7% GST and 8% Quebec sales tax 4 - Vol.LXIV, No.20, Thursday, May 14, 1992 Member 5 Sin pry=srrr rtrd We Say Cheese it, BACK in the 1920s, Westmount\u2019s streets still were relatively safe.The automobile was not nearly so ubiquitous as today and there probably were more sedate horse- drawn vehicles than trucks and vans.Even so, the Westmount Police jealously guarded their reputation for maintaining a good safety record, to say nothing of decorum on the thoroughfares.Motorists crossing into this municipality knew it was a no-nonsense place: they slowed down and they obeyed traffic regulations such as there were.Drivers were not the only persons under the surveillance of the omnipresent local police.Bicycles were, as they still are, vehicles except that then they were expected to be used as such: not in the parks, not on the sidewalks, not as gyrating toys in the middle of the streets.Playing in the streets in other ways was not tolerated either.Everything from hopscotch through tennis practice to hockey.ball or puck, were no-no\u2019s.Even a family on Arlington Avenue with a number of kids who grew up to become Canadian tennis greats eventually had to bow to the frequent cautions of the constantly patrolling constables and take their racquets and balls to the courts in the parks.Street hockey was subject to the same strictures.* * * ALL of which is inspired by a pair of letters in last week's \u201cYou Say,\u201d both from the same upper-level address.The family Guay was upset because youth were being denied the \u201ctradition\u201d of playing shinny in the neighbourhood, \u201cin the street\u201d in front of their own homes.That appeared to be the burden of the first letter.The second deplored the fact that concerned neighbours apparently had called the Public Security Unit and or the police to report street hockey activity rather than dealing with the matter directly and with \u201ccourage.\u201d face to face with the responsi: ble neighbours.The letter writer did not think such people were \u201cteaching our youth how to conduct themselves in a human problem-solving situation.\u201d There are some interesting commentaries here on present-day urban living and lessons from the past.First, of course, is the misapprehension that street hockey is a traditional form of player development in Westmount.It well the cops! may be in many parts of Canada, even responsible for dominance of that sport in this country.We suspect, however, that shinny is a country and small-town pastime.With rather more certainty we can say it is not suited to busy streets in large urban centres and, indeed, outright dangerous.If our correspondents are parents, we are not a little surprised that they would not be the first to demand their youngsters never play in the streets, even those on the upper reaches of Westmount.It is decidedly unsafe.It also is not excusable, considering the programs provided by the city\u2019s recreation department and the facilities, summer and winter, in the parks and on the rinks.As for barring kids from park areas during the spring dry-out period, it ranks in good sense with the slowness of farmers to put their cattle out to pasture.Wet fields can be ruined by even the lightest use before the grass has taken hold for the summer.* + * THE complaint that a neighbor should call the safety or police units rather than attempting direct confrontation likewise makes sense to us.We cannot know what inter-household relationships are on Grenville Avenue.We do know that the unintentional wrong word or gesture easily can turn good neighbours into bad.Third-party intervention generally is safest and best.Trained officers know the law and know how best to defuse tense situations.This sort of thing is their purpose and their assistance from the beginning is far preferable than a late involvement after damage is done.Going back to yesteryear, neighbours did not often have to wait long, without even calling upon the law.for policemen to appear on the scene and make the appropriate noises or even take necessary action.Police and even PSU patrols are not what they used to be.In our Westmount youth, when our gang was horsing around in the street for whatever purpose, we always had our eves out for one of those familiar, all-black cruisers which seemed always on the prowl, everywhere.The first to spot one cried out, \u201cCheese it, the cops!\u2019 and we scattered.1Say! WORRY affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system.I have never known a man who died from overwork, but many who died from doubt.\u2014 Dr.Charles H.Mayo Manitoban no better or worse than the average Quebecer By MILES PHILLIPS IT IS probably helpful to give a profile of this community.Boissevain, Manitoba, is a typical prairie town of 1,600 people.The main industry is agriculture and the community is a service centre for the farms in the surrounding district.The town is 25 km north of the U.S.border in the southwest corner of the province.Most people are of Anglo-Saxon descent, and they attend, mainly, the United.Mennonite and Anglican churches.Over the past few years this community, like many others across the Prairies, has been battered by the double whammy of drought and low returns for farm produce.Asa result, the main topic of conversation in thecafés, curling rink and bars is the weather and farm economy.Surprisingly, the state of the country and the possibility of Quebec separating are not high-priority conversational items.That doesn't mean that people here are less patriotic than other Canadians \u2014 just that their priorities are different.People here are more apt to tackle problems that they themselves can solve.As far as the Constitution is concerned, the feeling is that it is a problem outside their sphere of influence and there are more important problems they might help solve.These mostly concern the sad state of agriculture, the family farm and the small rural community.There is a firm belief that these things are worth fighting to retain.As for the Constitution, the feeling is that all Canadians should be considered equal, no matter where they live or what their ethnic background.There is also a strong feeling that all provinces should have equal (TH , CANADA i+ COLUMN EXCHANGE Sixth in a series of exchange columns from community journalists across Canada powers with no one province granted special considerations over another.There is a hangup about one province being declared a distinct society \u2014 although this would probably be accepted if it didn't include special powers of veto or jurisdiction that are not granted to all other provinces.Unfortunately, there is a lot of skepticism about the current government handling of the whole constitutional problem.People feel the government is willing to make almost any concession in order to keep Quebec in Confederation.There is also a feeling of déjà vu.As one person said, \u201cWe were all through this in 1980 and here we go again.Who's to say that they (Quebec) won't be back with another list of demands 10 years from now?\u201d The basic feeling here is that all Canadians should be considered equal.Asoneoldtimerstated, \u201cIdon\u2019t think [ am any better than a Quebecer, but by God I am sure as hell equal to one.\u201d Miles Phillips is editor and publisher of The Boissevain Recorder in Boissevain, Manitoba.You Say F/A versus F/E position clarified This is an attempt to clarify my position on the F/E stickers discussed in your May 7 issue.While it is an honour to be quoted in our local newspaper, it can be just as upsetting if you feel improperly representated.Firstly, I did not say that I felt the stickers to be a political move.Secondly, my reasons for believing they should say F/A were not explained fully.As a sticker in a window with the letters F/E or F/A would not mean anything to anyone passing by, unless that person happened to know their purpose, which a tourist would only learn by reading about it in a tour guide book \u2014 then I feel that the F/A would be just as effective and at the same time not aggravate an already volatile situation.But at least part of the quote in the article was correct \u2014 I do like the initiative.Thank you for allowing me to clarify my opinion.* * * The cartoon in your May 7 issue (regarding the eviction at Pâtisserie Select) I feel was very tasteless.Both the words and pictures.It is bad enough that the plight of these people became so public; to carry the humiliation even further in a comical manner is more degrading and totally unnecessary Maira Alevisatos Restaurant La Transition 4858 Sherbrooke St.W.WESTMOUNT H3Z 1H1 Stiff book fines can thwart kids\u2019 reading A copy of the following letter to head librarian Rosemary Lydon of the Westmount Public Library has been received by THE EXAMINER: Dear Ms.Lydon: I understand you had a major problem with missing library books, so you increased the fines as a deterrent.As far as the adult library goes, I hope it is working \u2014 I have been tardy a couple of times, and have paid the price.But the quintupling of the daily fine in the children's library has had an odd effect.Let me explain.My youngest child, Casey Wittman, is only two so if she is delinquent it is really my fault.My older ones, Trinity and Bryan, are 12 and 10 now, so have some freedom and at the same time responsibility.They have each lost a week's allowance or so at least once, by dint of having three books misplaced in the confusion here until the notice arrived, which takes about three weeks.The result?Bryan was just beginning to develop an interest in books, and Trinity always had her nose in one (even crossing the street once, to my neighbour's horror).Now they avoid the library like the plague.I am sure this is not what was intended.Of course the ideal solution would be to return one\u2019s books on time.But failing that perhaps a more modest deterrent such as two cents a day would have the desired effect without turning children off altogether.Or am I the only mother in Westmount who doesn't pay all her children\u2019s expenses?Nancy G.S.Nelson 108 Abbott Ave.WESTMOUNT H3Z 2J9 Eviction of bakery called heartbreaking Select Pastry's eviction is heartbreaking.Thank you for publishing it on the first page of your EXAMINER, explaining the situation.Mr.and Mrs.Bogdanov were hard-work- ing people and of course last year\u2019s renovations on Sherbrooke Street by the city of Westmount did not help any business! I always ordered birthday cakes with delicious fondant icing from Select Pastry and on special occasions for special events in our parish, St.Léon de Westmount, and hope someone will come up to offer employment for these two hard-working people.Immigrants deserve to be helped.I will miss Select Pastry.If Mr.Bogdanov joins another pastry shop.please let your readers know the address.Pauline Larose 26 Winchester Ave.WESTMOUNT H3Z 1J1 our M.P.David Berger says.Wading in separatist water I WENT last week to Longueuil to debate Quebec's future.At the invitation of the local teachers\u2019 union, the Syndicat de l'enseignement de Champlain, I debated Pauline Marois of the Parti Québécois and Gilles Duceppe of the Bloc Québécois.Joining me Continued on page 28 Fersen \u2014 The Westmount Examiner EXAMI FI Forty-five Years Ago May 9, 1947 \u201c\u2018Pictures in the News; was the subject of an address delivered at the Rotary Club luncheon by guest speaker Phil Surrey, Picture Editor for The Montreal Standard.Mr.Surrey said he might just as well have entitled his talk \u2018Pictures are News, because unaided, they can effectively tell a story.As news media, good pictures can convey news ideas at asingle glance, and they can give the viewer the feeling that he was present at the situations they depict.For many years, people have recognized that there is no substitute for an actual picture, and evidence of this is seen nowadays in their development in modern journalism, in which text and pictures complement one another in disseminating information.The Standard receives about 1,500 pictures a week, of which it uses perhaps 100.\u201d Thirty-five Years Ago May 10, 1957 Editorial: \u201cAny day on the main thoroughfares of the West End regular flow of vehicular traffic is bogged seriously and dangerously by big trucks.Most frightening of all are the huge transport vehicles and motor-carcarriers, with their loads of a half- dozen passenger cars or light deliveries swinging dangerously at corners and towering over passing traffic.Barring them from the main thoroughfares during rush hours keeps them to the periods when the streets are less conjested and there is more freeway for them.\u201d Twenty-five Years Ago May 11, 1967 \u201cPatrolling the top of Westmount's mountain every night for the last 18 months are Police Sergeant Walter Richardson and his our M.N.A.Richard B.Holden says.Democracy undermined WHERE'S Inspector Clouseau when we really need him?Just when the thief of the Pink Panther diamond fesses up, no one\u2019s around to take credit for the collar.Rumours abound; plots, sub-plots, counter-plots.At least two people know all of the answers to the gnawing questions surrounding the affaire Morin.The first is former chief superintendent Donald Cobb, at the time head of the RCMP security service in Montreal, whose reports ultimately ended up in the hands of the second know-all, Pierre Elliott Trudeau.Theoretically, in a democracy, supreme power is vested in the people.The people.that's you, your mother-in-law, and your elected representatives.That's not the po- our Mayor Peter F.Trent says.Read a good tree lately?AS you sit there, innocently reading your EXAMINER, think on this: after 15 years of loyal subscription to this Hansard of West- mount\u2019s follies and foibles, one tree will have been consumed in the making of newsprint for your personal delictation.Assuming you had the stomach for it and a mailbox large enough, only seven years of The Suburban would suffice to use up another tree.But these weeklies are pikers when it comes to the gargantuan appetite of the dailies.If you read The Gazette, you should \u201ca per an Te 6 32000006 6 Ce ea ce ees ease Ae esos The Westmount Examiner, = Thursday, May 14, 1992 - 5 \u201d GE faithful dog Buddy.Buddy is no ordinary canine pet however, as our police force knows, but a highly trained member of the force, and a great help to Sergeant Richardson.The houses on the mountain top are not as close together as they are in other parts of the city, and there are many wooded areas where the street lights do not penetrate.It is here that Buddy is very useful.\u201d Ten Years Ago May 13, 1982 \u201cWhen firefighters were called out to in- LANDSAKES 77 What unusie/ Wildlife on His new lice.They are, again theoretically, your servants.Why then are they meeting surreptitiously, furtively, with a member of the National Assembly, minister in a democratically- elected government of Quebec and paying him $500 to $800 for 30 minutes of innocuous conversation?And what in the world is this dedicated guru of the independence movement doing chatting amiably with the hated federal troopers whose instructions, from the very pinnacle of power, are to wreak havoc within the ranks of the only political party created for the purpose of \u201cliberating\u201d Quebec?I want to see the videos, hear the tapes, and read the transcripts of every one of the Morin debriefings and I will not take \u201cnational security\u201d for an answer.That reply would be pure, unadulterated BS.I want to hear from Cobb, Trudeau, and anyone in between, who can enlighten us on this outrageous, Kafkaesque episode.I also want to be told what else these morons did to undermine and interfere with the will of the people.I'trust our newshounds will keep digging until they have unearthed the truth.have industrial-strength guilt pangs: only six months of your Gazoo is equal to one tree.One-third of our garbage is paper, and two-thirds of that is newsprint.It seems to me the issue of household garbage and what to do with it is not a question of pollution, but a question of limited planetary resources.The two major exceptions are toxic domestic waste (such as batteries and paints) and biodegradables such as table scraps.The latter, if landfilled, produce methane and carbon dioxide.Methane gas contributes to the greenhouse effect, and five to 20 percent of all methane released worldwide comes from landfill sites.(Cows are also big in the methane production department, but that\u2019s another story.) One of the reasons I am so keen on domestic toxic waste collection is that for very little effort, we can rid the waste stream of serious pollutants.Toxic materials represent less than one percent of all domestic waste.This is why I have been pressing our Continued on page 28 vestigate a strange odor recently, they discovered a strange feast.The culinary ritual was taking place atop an apartment building on St.Catherine street near Irvine where a salmon and a duck were being smoked in a chimney.The delicacies were smoked over the chimney by means of a bar rigged across it.\u201d === Tel si.5.14 -942.Wéclmoont Zzaminer- One Year Ago May 16, 1991 \u201cWestmount's No.2 fire station at Victoria and The Boulevard is finally going up for sale by public tender in the next week at a minimum price of $400,000, city officials confirmed Monday.\u201d LIKE most people, 1 guess, I've become pretty hardened to the commercialization of many of our holidays and festivals.Christmas, Easter, St.Valentine's Day, Hanukkah, Halloween and the rest have become gift-giving, card-exchang- ing, flower-sending, candy-coated extravaganzas \u2014 for those who can afford them.Still, the one that really gets up my nose is mother's day (I'm childishly refusing to capitalize it).Conventional wisdom has it that a greeting card company conceived and perpetrated this hellish day.The People\u2019s Almanac, however, tells me that, in the first decade of this century, one Miss Anna Jarvis began to agitate for an international mother's day.Devastated by her own mother's death, she spent most of her life writing to congressmen, businessmen, the clergy, the press \u2014 anyone who would listen.She eventually succeeded in having established an annual religious observance of motherhood.But she passed her final years in bleak despair, not least because she saw her life's work hecome the plaything of greeting card companies, candy manufacturers and florists.Herreligious holiday had become wholly secular \u2014 even profane.Grolier\u2019s Encyclopedia has no listing for mother's day (all the other yearly festivals I've mentioned have an entry).According to John Ciardi's A Browser's Dictionary, the first definition of mother\u2019s day is: \u201cThe second Sunday in Mayan unofficial holiday conceived in sentiment and dedicated to promoting the sales of flowers and greeting cards.\u201d In our family, we call it a Hallmark Holiday.I liked mother\u2019s day when the kids were little.They'd come home from preschool or kindergarten with flowers and cards they had built out of construction paper, doilies, layers of crayon and gallons of glue.I still have every one of those classic bits of art très très naïf.But I was grossly offended when my son proposed buying me flowers for mother's day this year.Not, of course, that he was going to spend his money \u2014 Flowers, shmowers\u2014give a hug any time for mother\u2019s day \u2014 Beside the Point aN KATHLEEN HUGESSEN this was all the plan of a well-meaning adult friend.But I could see him assimilating the knowledge that generosity's a breeze when someone else is paying.I think I quite startled him with the vehemence of my reaction.\u201cWe don't celebrate that,\u201d I snarled.\u201cIt's a false holiday constructed exclusively to make greeting card companies and florists richer.\u201d I spent several minutes explaining and, when at last | thought he understood, he said, \u201cBut it\u2019s just to show we love you.\u201d It\u2019s insidious.You get the kids to feel guilty for a perceived year-long neglect of this glorious parent, and the parent can feel guilty for not wanting this annual sacrificial (and expensive) offering.Worse yet, you get to do it all again in June, on father's day.\u201cJust give me a big hug I told him.He looked skeptical.Today's children are not constructed to believe a hug is adequate; ] should need something like à VCR or major appliance.Inthe event, there was no event.[spent the day cringing in apprehension while my children remained happily oblivious.Mother's day had been wonderfully forgotten.Until, that is, Monday morning when my younger son asked me to come into his room.He disappeared into his closet with a chair, clambered about for a few moments and came out with a beautiful bouquet of construction-paper flowers (with very controlled glue) and a careful ly written card which told me he loves me more than anybody else in the world.Proving, to me at least, that mother\u2019s day is whenever you feel like having it. 6 - The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, May 14, 1992 New roll means houses being sold for less than valuations Markups became markdowns in January and February Houses sold in Westmount in January and February went for significantly less than their new valuations which kicked in at the beginning of the year and will be used until 1994.The average markup over average MUC valuation dropped dramatically by 24 percentage points with the new roll.The average markup was actually a markdown of -5.1 percent compared to a positive 19.1 percent for the the same time last year.\u201cThe key element is that the market this year is lower than it was in 1990,\" said real estate consultant Andy Dodge.\u201cKeep in mind the valuations are supposed to reflect the July 1990 market, not the market as we see it today\u201d Mr.Dodge said he expects to see \u201can awful lot\u201d of markdowns.\u201cThey'll become the norm until the market turns around,\u201d he said.\u201cIn my recollection, December 1983 1 4282 Dorchester Blvd.By J.MARION FEINBERG is the last time we had comparable markdowns.\u201d After seeing the large number of people contesting their valuations on television, James Quinlan, manager of one of the Westmount branches of Royal LePage, said most of them did so with very valid reasons.\u201cThis was not the time to put the assessments up to this degree,\u2019 he said.\u2018People are likely to get reductions in their assessments and in their taxes.\u201d He said, however, from his perspective, this has not affected the number of houses sold.During the first months of 1992, 18 Westmount homes changed hands, with four sold in January and 14 in February.This is exactly the same number sold in the same period last year.Apartment building sold for $2,650,000 greater returns.t To learn more, phone today or send us the coupon below.We'll send you a free report that can help you raise your level of interest PHONE: 282-8176 Send to: Hunter Brumell, Vice President and Branch Manager Nesbitt Thomson.355 rue St-Jacques.Montreal.PQ.H2Y 1P1 Name Address Postal Code Nesbitt Thomson chents indicate name of Investment Advisor IF YOU'VE LOST INTEREST IN T-BILLS, NESBITT THOMSON OFFERS SIX INVESTMENT ALTERNATIVES.For the past year and a half, interest rates have trended downwards.If you rely on short term interest-bearing mvestments for income, it\u2019s untortunately the wrong direction By the end ot \u201892, we believe the yield on 90-day T-bills will be substantially less than 7% After inflation and taxation, your return on i investment could be zero Nesbitt Thomson offers the \u201cUnder 7% solution\u201d Six alternatives to T-bills that can offer uy Province Telephone NESBITT THOMSON How money is really made.The figures from two months are combined because the January volume was so low, making calculation of averages impossible.However, the total price decreased to $7,478,120 from $7,805,470, reflecting the softer market this year.\u201cThere were added houses coming on the market without the demand in place for them,\u201d Mr.Quinlan said.\u201cThis has to make for a softer market.There are people who will make an offer on a house and, if it doesn't work out, there are three or four other similar ones to choose from.\u201d He said there is activity in the mid-range of houses selling for between $200,000 and $400,000.\u201cBut the $400,000 to $800,000 range, which was the bread-and-but- ter market, is just not happening,\u201d he said.The glaring example is the condominium market, which he said is even softer than the housing market.Four condominiums changed hands during January and February for a total of $703,000 with an average price of $175,750.The average valuation of the four condos was $216,050.The highest price sale for the two- month period is an apartment building at 4282 Dorchester that sold for $2,650,000.The building was evaluated at $2,101,200.On the other end of the scale, 4823 St.Catherine was sold for $110,000 with a valuation of $119,600.January, February details Following are the details of West- mount\u2019s property sales for the months of January and February 1992, in alphabetical order by street address: lores Corenblum, sale price $643,620 (MUC 1992-94 valuation $537,700); 639 Belmont: from Walter Bloom to Heather Brenda Adelson, $1 and considerations, transfer tax paid on $570,000 ($540,000); 654 Belmont: from Barbara Anne Davidson and Bettina Holly Share to Louisa Brenda Weiss, $1 and considerations, transfer tax paid on $320,000 ($359,300); 3246 Boulevard: from Lucille Fontaine to Myriam Marie W.Kosnac Panju, $330,000 ($414,300); 75-77 Bruce (50%): from Hans Mandt to Claude Beaudet and Patricia Stanley, $169,000 ($180, 400): 614 Carleton: from Delores Corenblum to ties: * Total sales: 18 (18) (6.1%) $495,202 ($404,290) tions.valuation.JANUARY AND FEBRUARY HOUSE SALES Following is a summary of sales of single- and two-family houses in Westmount registered in January and February 1992, with corresponding figures for Junuary and February 1991 in parentheses.Transfers of properties due to successions, family or business transactions are excluded, as are condominiums, commercial and industrial proper ¢ Total price: $7,478,120 ($7,805,470) * Total valuation: $7,877,800 ($6,552,200) + Markup of average price over average valuation: -5.1% (19.1%) * Markup of average price over average valuation (adjusted*): -5.0% « Typical price based on adjusted markup of typical valuation**: * Average price for month's transfers (adjusted *): $391,009 ($397,150) *To counteract the statistical effect of extreme sales, the two highest and two lowest markups or prices are eliminated from the calcula- **The City of Westmount calculates the average 1992-94 valuation of single-family homes in Westmount as $521,300.The typical price is determined by applying the adjusted average markup to this average 647 Victoria Ave.Biggest markdown: -32.3% Debbie Ullman, $875,000 ($762,400); 77 Chesterfield: from Dagmar Tiivas to Karen Potter and Pierre Bienvenu, $291,000 ($388,600); 399 Clarke, condo 403: from Hamideh Sa- dri and Mohammed H.Alizadeh Khosroshahi to Rachelle Marquis, $170,000 ($184,600); 105 Côte St.Antoine: from Jacques Hendlisz to Christopher Keogh and Mary Gane $385,000 ($509,700); 4327 de Maisonneuve: from lan Moodie to John Logan and Penelope Packard, $258,000 ($232,300); 4282 Dorchester: from Leo Paul Dana to Nabil Chaar, $2,650,000 ($2,101,200); 25 Forden: from Tina Goodin to Howard Zunenshine and Linda Shapiro, $850,000 ($1,053,500); 426-28 Grosvenor: from Gerald Chaput to Jean Bedard and Gloria Di Francesco, $275,000 ($271,000); 321 Kensington: from Roland Breton and Dianne Smith to Gregory Baizer and Solange Dugas, $425,000 ($503,400); 200 Lansdowne, condo 103: from Banque Laurentienne du Canada to Emmanuel Mauridakis, $175,000 ($245,700); 249 Melville: from Kevin Reilly to Albert Kish and Marjorie Morton, $171,500 ($122,700); 54 Oakland: from Josée Lacoste to Ginette Lecoq, $850,000 ($795,200); 4476 St.Catherine, condo 401: from Trust Royal to Pierre Paul Noiseux, $160,000 ($206,200) 4476 St.Catherine, condo 404: from Brenda Caplan to Jean Claude Maleba-Lengelo and Marie Fare Dorfeville, $198,000 ($227,700) 4823 St.Catherine: from Claire Winyard to Raji El Assad and Julie Marie Gough, $110,000 ($119,600); 469 Strathcona: from John Zbarsky and Beverly Elaine Rudolph to Jeffrey Friedman and Brenda Langburt, $380,000 ($358,000); 481 Victoria: from Radu Solomon and Ioana Pilat to Zohreh Tabaeizadch, $290,000 ($308,100); 647 Victoria: from Hayat Salam and André Liebich to Ronald Mayers and Debra Lynne Raicek, $285,000 ($421,000).Antiques in garage scorched by arson Fire was deliberately set to a garage full of antique furniture and Woman strips down to bra evading arrest A YOUNG woman who shoplifted five bags of diapers Sunday was chased through Place Alexis Nihon in her bra after she wriggled out of two sweaters to escape the grasp of a security person, police said.The agent, who caught the woman as she left the Steinberg store, pursued her toa waitingcar that contained a small child, a young girl and a male driver.When she managed to get into the car, the agent tried to prevail on the driver to remain, but he drove off after the woman hit him and urged him to go.The security agent recorded a licence plate number of the Mercury Lynx.\u2018\u2019He also noticed a lot of bags of diapers in the car\" said crime prevention officer Lise Bergeron.\u201cIt's not known if they were stolen elsewhere.\" The recovered diapers were valued at $99.45.By LAUREEN SWEENEY vintage car parts behind 3015 St.Antoine St.on Saturday afternoon.The blaze remains under investigation, fire officials said Tuesday.A prized guitar was among items reported destroyed, but the fire was contained before it spread to an adjoining garage which had a 1949 show car valued at $16,000.It was not known how the fire started.The Montreal Urban Community arson squad has been called in, according to Lieut.Barry Coates.When Westmount firefighters arrived, they found the garage full of heavy smoke.Three streams were used to quell the blaze, requiring holes to be cut in the garage roof.Mutual aid firefighters from Cote St Luc were called to cover at the West- mount station while local fire fighters worked at the scene for mo: than four hours.A woman who discovered the fir about 4:30 p.m.while walking down Atwater Avenue, told public safety officers she saw two teenage boys at the garage.One was holding his '® shirt over his mouth while stooping down to look under the garage door.apparently watching the progress of the fire.The pair left nonchalantly.A 19-year-old man was also spotted speeding away from the premises on a bicycle, police said.for the past 30 years.Neil Mackay Inc.Representing leading International Insurers When you need Insurance, call us.We're friendly and efficient 4795 ST.CATHERINE ST.WEST, WESTMOUNT, QUEBEC H3Z 158 937-3939 7 eee J re 4 K ap: The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, May 14, 1992 - 7 Smoker fined $50 for daring to light up in lobby twice rpm rame 0 Alfred Segall, QC, heard his first cases on the Westmount bench Tuesday as the city's new deputy Municipal Court judge.He is also Municipal Court judge in Côte St.Luc, a position he has held for nine years.Photo by OWEN EGAN A woman was fined $50 plus costs in Westmount Municipal Court Tuesday for violating the city's nonsmoking bylaw by lighting up in the lobby of the office building at 4920 de Maisonneuve Blvd.Penny Gaudard pleaded guilty as charged.The no-smoking incident occurred March 30 when public safety officers followed up on complaints that had been received from workers in the building claiming no-smoking regulations were not being enforced in public areas of the building.The accused, reportedly cautioned on the first visit, was charged after being found smoking a second time.Westmount deputy municipal Judge Alfred Segall accepted the recommendation for sentence from prosecutor John Donovan based on a previous fine for the same offence.Only two other smoking cases have gone to court since the city adopted its bylaw to regulate smoking in 1986.The first offence was Jan.LA MAISON DU PRINTEMPS (upstairs HOME BUYING NOW YEAR-ROUND The old maxim that most homes change hands during the summer is no longer true.The old adage of \u201cDon\u2019t sell in winter because no one looks at homes after the leaves fall\u201d is no longer true.Relocation specialists are finding that business moves \u2014 once a dominant force only in the summer \u2014 are now as common in November and December as they once were in June.Young marrieds.who once only considered home ownership after children were born, now make it their number one priority after the wedding.Wed-dings take place year-round.There are more home buying prospects making the rounds during the off season\u2019 months because they real- < ~e that although there are fewer homes on the market.the chance of getting a selection at the right price is more prevalent.Many home sellers have not yet realized this change in home buying economics.You can sell your home in any month of the vear.You never know when the right prospect will show up.SILK PLANTS * TREES * FLOWERS * COMMERCIAL e RESIDENTIAL S v0 so\u201d 1225 Greene Avenue from \u201cThe Iron Cat\u201d) 939-2727 Advertisement Estate By Reg Morden * ** Half Price Sale Exceptional 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937-7061 ut.Comes wath tin- lous garden and interi- RE/MAX Westmount inc.broker Court news By LAUREEN SWEENEY 13, 1987 at the Bank of Montreal on Greene Avenue, for which the accused was fined $25.The second fine of $50 was levied against a woman who smoked in the check-out line at the Sherbrooke Street Steinberg store on June 21, 1988.Gallery owner fined for lax construction Westmount art gallery owner lan Campbell was fined $600 and costs for failing to install a window as well as a fire separation between two occupancies in the basement of his building at 4916 Sherbrooke St.If the work is not completed as required by the city, charges might be laid on a day-by-day basis.Mr Segall said.Mr.Campbell, waving papers he said were invoices for the purchase of doors involved in the work, said he was trying to comply but needed more time.The charges dated back to February and March, the judge pointed out.Methadone user appeals shoplifting conviction A shoplifting conviction in West- mount Municipal Court against a man claiming to have been under the influence of medication for alcohol addiction is being appealed in Superior Court, according to local court officials.The appeal by Elamine Mohammed Katerie was launched before he was to be sentenced Wednesday last week.Mr.Ham had postponed sentence to give Mr, Kate- rietime to follow through withtreat- ment.No sentence was handed down since the case Is now officially in Superior Court Judge Keith Ham ruled March 4 that Mr.Katerie was guilty as charged of stealing a pair of shoes and two boxes of candy from the M Store in Place Alexis Nihon June 14, 1990.The accused testified he had been drinking alcohol at the same time as taking methadone for treatment Dog owner seeks appeal and $31,000 A dog owner who was fined a maximum $300 by Westmount Municipal Court in March for failing to clean up the feces of his Great Dane is trying to launch an appeal.Michael Robins is petitioning Quebec Superior Court to give him a new hearing on grounds his reputation was \u2018gravely injured\u2019 and that it is in the interests of justice for the higher court to \"better appreciate errors committed by the trial judge\u201d He also claims he was denied the opportunity of making representation on sentencing, proving that he had no prior bylaw convictions and therefore should receive either a nominal fine or none at all.A preliminary hearing in Superior Court yesterday was to set a trial date.Mr.Robins was jogging up Roslyn Avenue with his dog on Valentine's Day 1991 when he was stopped by Sgt.Mario Testa who asked him to clean up after the dog.The officer testified he was subsequently hit on the cheek by pieces of feces which landed in his patrol car.Mr.Robins, who was also accused due to municipal court's feces fine of assaulting a public safety officer by throwing feces at him, was acquit ted of the criminal charge.He is suing the City of Westmount and Sgt Testa for \u201cfalse and illegal arrest\u2019 as well as \"malicious and illegal prosecution of unfounded criminal charges\u201d He seeks a minimum $31.000 in damages.Though a physician at the trial testified that a mixture of aleohol and methadone can affect one's judgment of right and wrong, the judge said this was \u201ca convenient way to get out of a criminal charge\u201d He found the accused guilty beyond all reasonable doubt.\u201cIf at that time someone such as a doctor comes to court either in person or by letter to the effeet that the accused has to a degree conquered his problem, the court might be more clement with respect to sentence.\u201d he said.Court officials said it could happen that an appeal hearing might be delayed, and the case returned to Municipal Court.FOR RENT NEW PROFESSIONAL CENTRE IN WESTMOUNT 4880 Sherbrooke (Victoria) + Luxurious offices with modern facilities * HVAC individual controls in each suite * State of the art security system +» Modern elevator + Near all services - 350 to 4000 sq.it.available + 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The Westmount CAM IAL CAR SpA CE aE \u2018Borrowed\u2019 Porsche hits garage door A Porsche sustained more than $500 damage to the front end when it was driven into the garage door of a house on Barat Road by someone who immediately fled the scene, police said.A friend of the owner's son is a suspect.The 16-year-old West- mount boy had been invited to the house and was believed to have taken a key to the car from the kitchen moments before the accident.The suspect later called his friend to arrange a meeting but never showed up.The garage door also sustained more than $500 damage.House break-in A computer, calculator, gold bracelet and army bag were stolen from a home on Springfield Avenue Friday.police said.The house was broken into between 8:40 and 10:45 p.m.by breaking a window in the back door causing $75 damage.Examiner, Thursday, May 14, 1992 STATION 23 LOG By LAUREEN SWEENEY Shot found in hairy dog The recent shooting of a local dog is shrouded in mystery.The injury was discovered last Thursday when the shaggy dog was taken to the vet's for a summer haircut, owners explained.The wound, from either a firearm or pellet gun, was discovered during the trim.It was estimated the wound happened within a day or so, when the only places the dog had been outside were its own backyard and King George (Murray) Park.The dog was not seriously hurt.Police said the owners were reporting the injury in case it should occur again or to other dogs.Bracelet found À silver bracelet engraved with names of a man and woman was found by public safety officers Tuesday last week about 3:25 a.m.behind city hall.It can be claimed at local police Station 23.PELMON METAL INC.Spéc.: Toitures a I\u2019Ancienne \u2014- Old Fashion Roofing Residentiel - Commercial \u2014 Industriel Canadiennes - Baguettes - Bardeaux - Corniches \u2014 Soffites Canadian \u2014 Bottom Seam \u2014 Shingles \u2014 Cornices \u2014 Soffites Plus de 25 ans d'expérience \u2014 More than 25 years experience 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alarm that can be very disturbing to the neighbours,\u201d explained crime prevention officer Lise Bergeron.\"It happens quite a lot in Westmount.\" Every time a burglar alarm goes off police try to get into the home, she said.If they cannot find a way to lock it, they often end up waking neighbours to try and find someone with the key or the name of a person responsible for the home.\u201cWe can't leave until we secure the place.Sometimes people with alarm systems don't understand that.\u201d Car totalled when struck by a Dodge A Westmount woman broke a tooth and suffered stomach pain Tuesday last week after hitting the steering wheel when her car collided with another at Sherbrooke and Elm, police said.The 43-year-old resident of Kensing- ton Avenue said she was wearing a seatbelt.She refused to go to hospital.The woman had been driving west about 10:55 p.m.when she was hit by a Dodge driven by a 21-year-old man from North Troy.Vermont.He was given a $100 ticket for failing to yield the right of way.The woman's 1987 Pontiac was demolished and both vehicles had to be towed L away.Golf battles MUC bus in head-on hit The driver of a small car was taken to hospital Friday after it collided with a bus at Claremont and Chesterfield, police said.The 21-year-old Montreal man suffered a bump on the head.A 12-year-old Westmount girl, one of three passengers in the Volkswagen Golf, felt dizzy but was not reported injured.Both the car and the MUCTC bus sustained more than $500 damage.The bus was travelling down Claremont about 5:25 p.m.when it collided with the car turning off Chesterfield.The driver of the car was issued a 48-hour ticket to produce proof of insurance.plumbing service Fast \u2014 efficient RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL 24-hour service 484-2010 5545 Upper Lachine Road Girl beaten up at Alexis Nihon A 14-year-old N.D.G.girl was beaten up Tuesday afternoon as she sat by the fountain in Place Alexis Nihon, police said.She was attacked by a group of four youths, one described as a boy who goes to the same school, which was not named in the preliminary police report.The fight was broken up at 2 p.m.by plaza security guards.The victim was later taken by friends to the Montreal Children's Hospital suffering head injuries, scratches to the face and stomach as well as two broken fingers.Reasons for the attack were not known.The incident is under investigation.Women meet abruptly Two women in their 80s escaped injury Friday when their cars collided at Cote St.Antoine and Roslyn, police said.A 1985 Buick driven by an 88-year-old resident of Doctor Penfield Avenue was smashed in the front while a Volvo driven by an 83- year-old woman from Palm Beach was damaged along the passenger side.No tickets were issued.The accident occurred at 3:30 p.m.shortly after car papers were stolen from the glove compartment of the Volvo, which was parked on the municipal parking lot at Greene and Dorchester.Money bags stolen Two bags of money were reported stolen from the tobacco stand at the Old Post Office shopping concourse overnight Monday last week by someone climbing over the walls, police said.A motion alarm was set off about 1:20 a.m.possibly indicating the time of theft, but police were not called until 7:30 a.m.The amount of stolen cash was not revealed.Plomberie McHenry e Cars nailed At least three cars sustained costly damage at the hands of vandals while parked on West.mount streets last week, according to police.A 1991 Toyota Corolla was scratched from front to back and its roof dented overnight Friday in front of 385 Clarke Ave.for an amount of $1,200.A grey 1991 Volvo was scratched on the hood and passenger side over the weekend outside 590 Côte St.Antoine Rd.for $1,000 damage.A black 1992 BMW sustained $1,400 damage Saturday afternoon when it was scratched on the front and two doors outside 1377 Greene Ave.Counterfeit $20 passed by cabbie A man who received a $20 bill for change from a taxi fare Tuesday last week had it confirmed as counterfeit when he became suspicious of the money, police said.He could not trace the cabbie.The victim, a 20-year-old Montreal resident, took the taxi from Sherbrooke and De Lorimier to 4102 St.Catherine St.in West- mount about 11:30 a.m.For the fare of $23.65 plus tip, he handed the driver a $50 bill and received a $20 and a $5 bill rolled together.Papers left for courier stolen Documents left outside hanging on a door for a courier to pick up at 4415 Sherbrooke St.were picked up by someone else Monday last week, police said.Though they were reported as having no value, replacement cost was listed at $200.The items had been left at 5 p.m.in a plastic bag hung on the doorknob.They disappeared by 6:30 p.m., when the courier arrived.__ ® umbing, Inc.TL y heating and gas plomberie, chauffage et gaz EEX le, a 24 HOUR SERVICE residential, commercial, industrial 5059 de Maisonneuve West, suite 1 CRETE) C.HOWARD SIMPKIN LTD.,! 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Ravinsky by Westmount Plumbing, water entrance, $2,000; 44 Forden Crescent: for G.Garborino by Electra Plumbing, general plumbing, $8,000; 396 Olivier: for R.Appiebaum by contractor to be announced, fire alarm, $3,000; 102 Columbia: for Christopher Blood by Marvin Windows, replacement of three double-hung windows, 83,000: 102 Columbia: for Christopher Blood by self, rebuilding of basement and rear entrance, $3,000; May 6 93 Somerville: for Mr.Gurami by McHenry Plumbing, water entrance, $500: May 7 561 Argyle: for S.MacLachlan hy Sandor Renovations, a.*erations and windows, 825,000; May 8 1034 Dorchester: ior Pau CuGieus 05 vu By J.MARION FEINBERG After 40 city council, 12 MUC and three Régie intermunicipale de gestion des déchets meetings, outgoing president Tom Thompson handed over the presidential reins of the WMA to Mr.Baker, saying these are worrisome times.\u201cWe worry about the food we eat, the water we drink, interest rates, security and police services, pension plans, the Constitution and even the integrity of our community: West- mount as we know and love it.\" he said \u201cWe want a responsive regional government to address the concerns affecting all our municipalities such as water and sewage, police, transportation and economie development.\u201d he said.\u201cThe MUC was the answer in 1970 but it\u2019s the problem in the 1990s.\u201d Mr.Thompson added that the MUC is in limbo and is the \u201cwhipping boy\u201d oï both Quebec City and Montreal area municipalities.\u201cIt is politic to be an MUC basher, but it is not a solution,\u201d he said.\u201cA new representative regional governance is required and for a much streamlined MUC with a strong voice in Quebec and in our region.\u201d Mr Thompson plans to continue as a member of the WMA MUC task force.Tax revenue should stay \u201cOur solution is limited but clear\u201d he said.\u201cWe'll pay our fair share of taxes based on an equitable tax system, but we demand that our tax from income and 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that his name was changed.\u201cJock is spelled Jacques in Quebec, or else it means a guy with membership in three athletic clubs and a steambath,\u201d he quips.\u201cMy boss said that Jock would be my nickname anyway, and he would call me Charles, my second name.I've been Charles ever since.\u201d He became a verger more or less by accident.\u201cI started working on computers in the day of punched cards,\u201d he says.Things changed, the industry changed drastically, he wasn\u2019t bilingual \u201cl had some bad times in my mid-40s,\u201d he says.Verger by default \u201cA person becomes a verger when they have no other employment and a vacancy occurs.The previous verger was a former merchant seaman who retired after 20 years.\u201cI saw an ad for the position in THE WESTMOUNT EXAMINER.| applied, and was interviewed by the church wardens.They hired me, and I've been here ever since.\u201d While [chat with him, heisusinga long pole to push kneelers, disarranged by Sunday worshippers, into neat rows.While he is about it, he makes sure hymnals are squared away in the proper places on the backs of pews.But the job is not just housework, though it also includes mowing the lawns and keeping the flowerbeds flourishing.\u201cOn Sunday I light the candles and take the collection if there is no one else to do it.If a cross needs to be carried, I do that.Sometimes I read the lesson.The job is generally looking saintly, which is easier on Sunday when I wear big black robes.\u2018A friendly bodyguard\u2019 \u201cThe verger's job originally was to walk in front of the priest, carryinga great long stick, keeping people from getting too close to him or from getting in his way.sort of a friendly bodyguard.\u201d Mr.Whamond\u2019s other miscellane- Car bursts into flames in Upper Belmont driveway A car was destroyed by fire Saturday at 4 a.m.after it was found burning in the driveway of a house at 732 Upper Belmont Ave.by public safety officers checking out a strong smell of smoke in the area.Initial attempts to quell the 5° ss 1°x6° ! 6\" 10' 175 flames using extinguishers from patrol vehicles proved unsuccessful.The car was last driven an hour before, fire officials said.Cause of the fire was attributed to either a fuel leak or electrical problems.TREATED LUMBER 12° 255 35 ous duties include setting up chairs and tables for banquets in the church hall, attending weddings and funerals \u201cin my gown.| stand at the church door and look sad or happy as called for\u201d Are there any drawbacks to the job\u201d \u201cI suppose no one is ever happy with the amount of their salary.But when you are doing the Lord's work, you can\u2019t expect to be paid like Jim Bakker\u201d Of late, Mr.Whamond\u2019s work week has been reduced from six days to five; the church has recently hired a weekend sacristan, Claire Davis, who has taken over his Saturday and Sunday duties.Mr.Whamond points out that Anglicans, depending on what country they are in, are known as members of the Church of England, the Episcopalian Church, or the Church of Ireland, \u201cthough I don\u2019t know what the Roman Catholics in Ireland think of that.\u201d He is married to Rose, a nurse, and they have a 22-year-old daughter who is studying at University of Toronto and is currently vacationing in Germany.His brother-in-law.he mentions, is a Methodist bishop.The Whamonds live in N.D.G.and Mr.Whamond\u2019s current project is planting fruit trees on an abandoned farm he has purchased.\u201cThere is no house.so I pitch a tent on the property at the beginning of the summer and sleep there.If it starts to rain, | go home.When I retire | will build there, but I am planting trees now because they take five to 10 years to bear.\u201d In addition.Mr.Whamond gardens at home, reads a lot, and volunteers for Meals on Wheels twice a week.Our interview comes to an end as he dashes off to carry hot food to the delivery cars.2° xr 4\" 3°?445 2°x6° 718 Montréal 2° x 8\" 975 2\" x 10° 1365 PEINTURE 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' Ch \u2014 A 2 @ a Homes & bat a PERT, ye fr i ! i 0 ù A 4 A y Va OS Su CCS Qu Small-scale projects preserve home'\u2019s value small-scale remodeling projects can pay off big in terms of making a house your home.Adding a fireplace, installing handsome doors and replacing vinyl flooring with ceramic tiles, for example, can create rooms with distinctive atmosphere and character.Many such projects can be mastered by a do-it-yourselfer with appropriate tools; others require the touch of a master.Once you've decided who to use, insist on a written contract that gives a detailed description of work to be done, timetables for completion, payment terms and schedules.Having said that, here are a few favourite projects to consider for yourself or a pro \u2014 some for convenience, others to add à touch of class and some just to keep the old homestead in tip-top repair.FOR CONVENIENCE Add a shower to vour bathtub, either by replacing old plumbing with new or with a kit.With the latter, instead of ripping out the wall to install new plumbing, the do-it- vourselfer simply fastens pre-assem- bled piping to the shower wall, then covers it with a fiberglass shell.Expand the space in your home without adding on by rearranging a bathroom and installing spacesaving fixtures or by creating an under-the- stairs closet.Ov increase the storage capacity of vour current clothes closet with a motorized, revolving closet carousel that allows for hanging clothes as well as storage baskets.Move laundry rooms out of the basement or garage to a more cen- trallv convenient location such as the Kitchen, family room or master bath.Re-kev a door lock, install a remote-controlled ceiling fan.rewire light switches to work at both the top and bottom of a staircase, install outside lighting with a photo-electric cell that turns on the lights when darkness falls.FOR CLASS Construct a free-standing or masonry fireplace.Newer models circulate heat back into the room and can reduce the amount of wood- smoke pollution particles released from the chimney.Replace standard glass sliding doors with French doors or \u2014 even better \u2014 with a French-style slider door that combines the best features of both types of doors.Add the architectural appeal of a ceiling dome to your entry or living area by building it from scratch or by installing a prefabricated dome.Update the kitchen with new cabinetry.sinks, range hood and a cus- tom-built island.Create a luxury bath with the addition of a sauna room, whirlpool tub or a mosaic of colourful tiles on the walls, floors and countertops.Add a dash of panache with a circular staircase of wood or iron.Some can offer the look of traditional cast iron but are made of aluminum.Replace flat-surface doors with attractive French-style bifolds, apply decorative lead stripping to plain windows, supplant a standard wall with glass blocks.NECESSITIES Improve the insulation of vour home.Projects in this vein range from simply caulking and weather stripping doors and windows to installing shutters and storm doors.The very industrious can insulate from scratch the floors, walls, coll ings and roofs in a new home.Resurface a less-than-attractive or damaged wall with paint, wallpaper, stucco or ceramic tile.Unclog slow or stopped drains.Pros recommend a four-part treatment: pour in boiling water, trv a plunger, use a safe drain cleaner and attach a drain stringer to keep particles in the sink or tub and out of the drain.Replace the roof on your home with tile, shingle, shake or rock, or make repairs with special adhesives and spot treatments.Repair concrete cracks by removing the old slab and repouring a new one or by filling cracks with a compound and then resurfacing with at least 2 inches of fibre-reinforced concrete.Paint a fence, loosen sticky windows, clean aluminum siding.replace a leaky toilet, remove drv rot or termite-damaged wood.WINDO WASHING 392-1363 Serving Westmount for 88 years DYNBORT & MARTINEAU landscape design garden furnishings design and installation of gardens in town and country arrangement of terraces, pergolas and patios _ ornaments of stone, cast iron and lead furniture of rattan, teak and wrought iron urns, pedestals, vases, flower boxes, baskets fountains, birdbaths, arches and trellises at 1612 Notre-Dame ouest, Montréal H3J IM1 (514) 939-3973 au et 2 he im p! we lib] de {| [ a ® +e + ss © + a 27 In the housing market, moving up usgd 10 mean moving on \u2014 packing Up, qe boxes and furniture and heading to a new home.Increasingly, however, moving up means literally that, as homeowners add a second storey to their house, or expand the space with some other addition, rather than move.Of course, there are simpler options for home expansion, such as closing in an existing porch to make a room or converting a garage.And there are more complex, such as gutting a house and repositioning rooms throughout \u2014 putting the kitchen where the bedroom used to be, for example.The simplest options, especially prefab kits for smaller rooms such as sunrooms, can be managed by do-it- vourselfers, but most home expansion projects call for professional attention.with the introduction of outside help comes the possibility of home- improvement horrors \u2014 such as the plumber who dismantles the only working bathroom and then disappears for a week.But there's a virtual library of books on how to find and deal with the right contractors.some of the best \u2014 including How to Hire the Right Contractor by Paul Bianchina (Consumer Reports Books), How to Hire a Home Improvement Contractor Without Getting Chiseled by Tom Philbin (St.Martin's Press) and The Home Remodeler\u2019s Combat Manual by Bill Adler Jr.(HarperCollins) \u2014 cover every aspect of renovation.They begin with planning the project and soliciting bids, then take you through signing a contract, obtaining a loan, supervising work, sticking to a budget and settling post-remodeling disputes.While most homeowners relv on pros for the actual design and construction.they still need to put in some creative time of their own building design dreams and balancing those with design practicalities.If you plan to totally reconfigure the house, collect floorplans from several of the many books or magazines that outline floorplans.Then hire an architect or builder to draw plans or design vour own.The computer software \u201cHome\u201d bv Generic Software generates plans said to be accurate enough for construction use, but novices may need help from professionals to ensure |» RESIDENTIAL RENOVATIONS RESIDENTIELLES architect STEPHEN A.EDEN ADDITIONS 849-0848 @SUPER SPRING ws SPECIAL! 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Vertical, Venetian & Pleated UNBEATABLE PRICES Badley o Featuring the latest in Blinds & Balloons at 486-0278 the design satisfies citv ments for permits, Regardless of how vou come up with a design, visualize it as well as possible before beginning construe- tion to avoid builder's remorse later on.Use wooden stakes and a clothesline to stake out the shape of the room in the backyard.Tie short lengths of brightly colored ribbons 10 the rope to indicate doorways, windows and a fireplace.That way you can actually walk through a life- size floor plan to see how the new room will look and work.Use lawn furniture in place of real furniture so require.you can check out the view through the future windows.Once you have the final designs in hand, shop around with contractors to get their prices and ideas on the project.Experienced pros mav be able to suggest small changes to the plan that result in big benefits.Most people opt to hire a general contractor rather than hiring various pros such as electricians.plumbers and masons on their own.In addition to hiring such subcontractors, the general contractor can: supervise subcontractors and deal with their excuses and problems: modify an architect's plans as unexpected structural problems appear: buy supplies and materials While a good general contractor can go a long wav toward making remodeling life more comfortable the wise homeow ner will wateh out for himself as well Here are à few tips from experts: * Check current contractors ® Pav as little as vou can up front.He who holds the money controls the project * Prepare for a mess.Remodeling is unavoidably messy work \u2014 particu: larly as it generates plaster dust - but vou can combat dust by closing all windows and doors, stuffing damp towels underneath doors and hiring a cleaning service to vacuum.dust and wipe down walls periodically ® Protect art, furnishings.electron: ics and other valuables by putting them in storage with a relative, neighbour or rental shed.¢ Protect floors with plastic or paper covering.® Board vour dog, tie it to something secure all day long or plan on losing it ® Give vourself a break by getting away from home at night and on the weekends.Visit friends, dine oul ® Change the locks after the work is over.and have a party to celebrate.references of all \u201cThe Careful Movers\u201d The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, May 14, Residential and Commercial Renovation and Design ROCHELLE BARR architect 0% GRAND OPENING SPECIAL Fe off on all regular priced Oriental rugs ALL TAXES INCLUDED Ex: BOKHARA 6x9 in all colors Reg.: $1800 Spec.: S900 Ba SIE] TTVDIRN DRA 4908 Sherbrooke W.1 block west of Victoria XH BN ALL IN ONE DECORATION CENTRE We offer Wall to Wall Carpets, Commercial/ Residential Area Rugs, Vinyl Ceramic Tiles, Hardwood Floors, Wallpaper, Verticals and Horizontals, etc.Thinking of renovation or remodelling, think of ENFIN DECOR ic.4001 St-Laurent Blvd.Mtl.985-3041 We specialize in Oriental Carpels and Broadloom from: Iran, Pakistan, India.SERVICE The real specialist in Oriental rug cleaning and repairs.489-3311 631-7350 T RICHARDSON MOVING?WE CAN HELP TIPPET RICHAF PROFESSIONAL PACKERS & MOVERS * ASK ABOUT OUR BONUS FOR A FREE VACATION GUARANTEED ESTIMATES ALL TORCHES. 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to picture.\u201cBut if your glance is broken up with light-dark-light-dark colour changes, the room shrinks.\u2019 adds design espert Carol Brown.Small rooms only seem tiny when thev're cluttered and crowded.By keeping them simple and neat, vou add apparent square footage to vour living space.Here are decorating tricks to make tiny rooms grow: ® Choose one simple, light colour and carry it through from one room to the next.* Keep the windows inconspicuous by using window treatments that blend into the walls, so thev dont break up the room.® Upholster several pieces with the same fabric, if possible, rather than making the eve jump around from a tan corduroy couch to a plaid cotton chair to a white linen love seat.® Minimize clutter by choosing two or three large accessories (plants.flower vases, pictures, etc.), rather than lots of smaller ones.* Group several pieces of pottery or other accessories in one area, rather than scattering them throughout the room ® Choose 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to everything from walls, seat covers and rugs to furnishings ranging from a cast-iron tub to a wooden sea chest.Even simpler is to change the mood of the room with artful draping of fabrics.Add whimsy with cheery window valances, emphasize breezes by replacing heavy draperies with billowy window sheers, cover darkwood dining and end tables with white linen or lace cloths.Sheets make easy and affordable slipcovers to dress up sofas and chairs.Choose the cool comfort of natural fabrics such as cotton and wool in white evelet, light solids or delicate patterns.Continue the lightening and brightening scheme by substituting FROM ADY.Sm = \u2014 ourgto use because they are reminisce water, but anv favoured yd if shades will do.vel \u2019 Then set sail with fabrics, paints, gm simple furnishings, flowers and accessories to update vour space in I Ith ways that sav \u201cfresh\u201d and \u201ccool\u201d for nd spring and summer.pw Lighten and brighten up any room EN with a fresh coat of paint 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\u201crx 3 VT TEAN THANSTANALA HIGHWAY re so 16 - The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, May 14, 1992 Minorities in Quebec: where dowe fit in?On Tuesday, May 26, Jack Jedwab of Canadian Jewish Congress will moderate a discussion on \u201cThe Political Situation: Where do we fit in\u201d\u201d Guest speakers will discuss the role of minorities in the Quebec political process.The speakers are Equality Party vice-president Keith Henderson, Fonorola vice-president of regulatory and legal affairs Celine Hervieux- Payette, Liberal Party of Quebec ex- ecutive-director Pierre Anctil and La Presse editorialist Agnes Gruda.They will be speaking at 7 p.m.at Cummings House, 5151 Côte St.Catherine Rd., fourth floor.Admission is $5.To reserve call 345-2637.A final lecture in the Surviving the 90s series will be held on Tuesday, June 30, on \u201cSexual Harassment: the male and female perspective\u201d Guest speaker Sally Spielhouse, sexual harassment officer at Concordia University, will be joined by a representative from the Human Rights Commission.On saving a child's life A one-day course in infant and child CPR is being offered by the Snowdon YM-YWHA on Sunday from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m.at 5500 West- bury Ave., 737-6551.The program will cover CPR, three airway obstructions, prevention of injuries, basic first aid and rescue breathing.The CPR segment is taught under the guidance of the Canadian and Quebec Heart Foundation.Cost of the course is $35 for members, $53 for others.Professional Cards PIERRE DESJARDINS NOTARV and IT1LE ATTORNEV 5 Place Ville Marie, Suite 1242 Montreal H3B 2G2 e 566-7459 Residence: 4410 St Catherine West, Westmount ® 989-2959 Landlord/Tenant Advocate GWEN L.SMITH Ms.w) e Advice & intervention on day to day rental problems & procedures e Landlord/Tenant negotiation Assistance in preparation & representation at the Rental Board 10 years experience 485-6496 486-2860 KEATING and GOLDMAN Avocats et procnreurs \u2014 Barristers & Solicitors Willicorm I?Keating, Boa.B.c.l.Aavon l.Goldman, Boa.LAN Estates \u2014 Wills \u2014 Commercial 1310 Greene Avenue, Suite 400 Westmount, Québec H3Z 2B2 931-3883 AR CH * Free consultation Messages: 729-0668 Fax: 722-7987 5325 Jean-Talon E.Suite 208.Montreal, QC HIS 114 JOHN DI SCHIAVI moa.* Professional services at very competitive rates * New constructions or renovations TE CT Office: 725-9805 TODD & DURSO NOTAIRES - NOTARIES CONSEILLERS JURIDIQUES - TITLE ATTORNEYS 4635 Sherbrooke St.W.Westmount H3Z 1G2 931-2531 J.E.Todd A.E Durso V.Casoria.Two positions to be cut at city hall following new commercial surtax By LAUREEN SWEENEY Westmount expects to be able to cut two personnel positions in the long run for a savings of at least $100,000 annually by abolishing the city\u2019s rental value roll, on which the former business tax was calculated, according to Mayor Peter Trent.The roll is no longer needed because the business tax was replaced by a surtax on commercial properties.Since the business tax was charged to occupants of commercial properties based on rental values established by the Montreal Urban Community, the city was required to maintain a rental value roll separate from a property valuation roll.This required a fulltime business tax surveyer who updated the roll by visiting the city's 1,400 commercial occupancies each year.plus a billing and collection clerk in the finance department.The two employees currently working on the roll will now be freed to carry out other work, enabling two positions to disappear through attrition, he said.Inthe short term, the city will save the $9,000 a year it pays to the MUC for its part in establishing rental values.The city is still involved in legal problems associated with the failure to collect business taxes from a number of commercial occupancies in 1986-88 following discovery by THE EXAMINER two years ago that many had never been billed.This resulted largely from the fact that the rental value roll had not been adequately maintained, costing the city a loss of some $385,000 at the time.Since then some $100,000 has been recovered.Were the city to retain the rental value roll, it would be obliged to send out business tax accounts.Under the law, the city must give to those occupants the right to contest the roll even if there is no tax billed.The only down side to abolishing the rental value roll, Mr.Trent said, is that it might have to be built up again should the city ever return to charging business tax.\u201cIt is difficult to establish the cost of future reactivation of this roll,\u201d noted city finance director Luc Ménard.Youths trying to cool throats with booze in parks thwarted With the onset of warm weather, public safety officers had their hands full in city parks overnight Friday, according to security unit reports.A group of youths were dispersed at 9:45 p.m.when they were found congregating in King George (Murray) Park where two benches were overturned and a window was broken in the comfort station.A few beer cans were strewn around, though none in the group was seen drinking.The following calls were answered by the Westmount Fire Brigade during the past week: May 5 7:57 a.m.: 4695 de Maisonneuve, West: mount Park Church, code 3 automatic mutual aid cancelled at 8:07 a.m.trouble in alarm system from power failure; 3:50 p.m.: 349 Melville.Serbian Orthodox Church, code 3 automatic mutual aid cancelled at 3:56 p.m., smoke detector activated by smoke from incense at wedding: 4:56 p.m.: Park Place and St.Catherine.first responder unit for medical assistance at motor scooter accident.May 7 11:34 a.m.: Stayner Park.first responder unit for medical assistance to 18-vear-old man with sprained ankle: 12:40 p.m.: 1275 Van Horne.code 3 auto- matie mutual aid to Outremont cancelled at 12:43 p.m.: 8:01 p.m.: 10 Ramezay, alarm activated by burning food: May 8 2:55 a.m.: 14 Arlington, first responder unit for medical assistance: 6:51 a.m.: 686 Upper Lansdowne, first re- sponder unit for medical assistance; 9:35 a.m.: 5500 Borden, code 3 automatic mutual aid to Cote St.luc cancelled at 9:38 a.m.: 12:20 p.m.: 345 Victoria.code 3 automatic mutual aid from Côte St.Luc and Outre- mont cancelled at 12:41 p.m.smoke in ventilation room on roof from seized mo- At 10:20 p.m., a young man drinking wine cooler in the park was turned over to the police who drove him home to his parents.Two other found drinking at 11:58 p.m.were ordered to dump their beer.Soon aîter, at 12:58 a.m.(Saturday), four N.D.G.residents were found in King George Park, one had an open beer can and a case of beer.All were asked to leave.At 1:40 a.m.three young people seated on benches at a baseball diamond in West- mount Park were ordered to stop drinking in public.tor: 4:37 p.m.: de Maisonneuve and Clarke, first responder unit for medical assistance to elderly woman who fell on sidewalk; 10:15 p.m.: 5015 Sherbrooke, flood from broken pipe on second floor leaking into Murray's restaurant, May 9 4:03 a.m.: Front of 732 Upper Belmont, car on fire (see story page 10); 4:23 p.m.: Rear of 3015 St.Antoine, garage fire (see story page 6); May 10 12:44 a.m.: 5537 Westminster.mutual aid assistance to Hampstead fighting a fire in a dumpster as well as an adjacent beauty parlour in Céte St.Luc whose fire department was occupied at another fire; 9:51 a.m.: 67 Sunnyside.strange odour, defective doorbell transformer; 2:15 p.m.: Greene and St.Catherine, first Electricity to cost 3.5% more on average By J.MARION FEINBERG Westmount light and power customers will be hit with an average increase of about 3.5 percent in 1992, according to director Danny Ponzo.The increase is a direct result of Hydro-Québec\u2019s announcement that the cost of bulk power it sells to municipalities like Westmount will go up four per cent, he said.\u201cA Westmount residential or commercial customer pays exac\u2018gm\u2018he same amount that Hydro- ec customers pay and not a penny more,\" said Mr.Ponzo.The difference between the rate at which the city buys its power and the lower rate that it, in turn, charges its customers is half a percentage point, he said.\u201cWe're being charged more than what we can charge our customers by law, so our profit margin is slowly depleting,\u201d said Mr.Ponzo.Light and power profits go back into the city coffers and help reduce taxes.\u201cMost residential customers will see a 3.2 percent increase (in their bills),\u201d said planning installation supervisor Robert Goyette.\u201cThose who heat with electricity will see « 3.7 per cent increase and commercial customers will see 3.5.\u201d Mr.Goyette said they received some complaints from subscribers about higher bills this winter, but he attributes this to the fact that temperatures were colder than last year.Mr.Ponzo said this is the eighth year in a row that Hydro-Québec has passed on rate increases that arc higher than what municipally- owned utilities are permitted to pass on to their customers.During this same period, the number of cities with their own electrical utilities has dropped from about 17 to 10, he said.To fight Hydro's unfair pricing policies, an association of utilities called AREQ was formed.\u201cWith AREQ we have one strong voice rather than several smaller voices,\u201d he said.responder unit for medical assistance for person with respiratory problem; 10:23 p.m.: 4314 Montrose, to check out à small fire that had occurred at 11 a.m.on deck and was put out by babysitter; May 11 1:01 p.m.: Front of 310 Victoria, first re sponder unit for medical assistance; 4:36 p.m.: 51 Holton, first responder uni: for medical assistance; 5:15 p.m.: 200 Kensington, first responder unit for medical assistance, not needed: 6:48 p.m.: Westmount Athletic Grounds.first responder unit for medical assistance to 33-year-old baseball player with minor eye injury; 7:00 p.m.: 52 Aacademy, apt 309, code ?automatic mutual from Outremont cancelled at 7:09 p.m., odour of sewer gas from dry drain: 11:09 p.m.: 574 Claremont, fire in dwelling (see story page 3)., RG er cus- verage n 1992, 'onzo.sult of nt that ells to nt will T com- eo ec penny rate at nd the \u2018ges its point, e than ters by slowly p back reduce 's will their ion su- \"Those | see à rercial ceived ribers but he t tem- t year.pighth ec has at are pally- 0 pass g this cities ilities 10, he ricing ilities trong naller nce for K out m.ona rst re tr unit onder ted; punds.stance minor rode 2 t can- 5 from jelling ie The Westmount Examiner Thursday, May 14, 1992 - 17 Ballet dancing in a fairy tale palace choked with vines Local girls enchanted with opportunity to perform with Bolshoi student Ballet Ouest will present a new version of Tchaicovsky's classic, The Sleeping Beauty at West Hill Theatre, 5851 Somerled Ave., May 15 to 24.Ballet Ouest is the only company of its kind in Canada, providing an opportunity for talented students of all ages to take part in professional productions.More than 50 performers, some of them West- mounters, will participate in The Sleeping Beauty.More than 80 volunteers \u2014 again, with Westmounters among them \u2014 are working behind the scenes to conceive, design and produce the ballet\u2019s costumes and props.More than 25,000 people have been entertained by previous Ballet Ouest productions; their Nutcracker has become a family Christmas tradition for many.Students of the Greene Avenue Ballet School, under the direction of Westmounter Ora Kozlov, will be participating in the ballet.Dancing with Christina Gibbs, who is coming from Los Angeles to High school student stories on stage at WHS tomorrow Two students from Iona McAulay\u2019s Grade 11 class at West- mount High School are among more than 40 young writers whose works have been chosen for a staged reading by young actors from Dawson College's Dome Theatre.Geordie Productions, whose founding artistic director is West- mounter Elsa Bolam, has had great success in the past with staging writings from elementary school students, and it was decided to give high school students a chance to shine as well.The theatre company expected they might receive between 200 and 300 submissions.They got 782.\u201cIrelied alot on help from others,\u201d says organizer Robert Higden.\u201cVolunteers read submissions, and cut the number down to 140 of the best ones.Then other volunteers cut that down again to about 45, which we will be performing.\u201d The only requirements for student Cnach fiouse Autiques 1325 Greene Ave.937-6191 We will expertly RESTYLE your outdated jewelry, repair that broken necklace or replace a missing stone in your ring.We also buy & sell jewelry Antique jewelry a specialty - pearls and beads restrung Members International Society of Appraisers Come and try Middle Eastern dishes! 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things that I will cherish till] lay my head down in rest.\u201d Ms.Bardosh speaks only French at home, she writes in her essay, and tries to read and write it as much as she can.She attends an anglophone school \u201cbecause 1 firmly believe that French is becoming obsolete.That doesn't mean that I love my language any less for it.\u201d Ms.Bardosh writes about the divisions between the French- and En- glish-speakers in this province.\u201cI think that Quebec separating is a wonderful idea; it would indeed he very good for the pride and self- respect of a culture that has been oppressed for much too long,\u201d she writes, before going on to tell us why an independent Quebec could not be successful.\u201cIt is, in the end, the young that suffer the most,\u201d she continues.There is something deeply wrong when children are conditioned to fight battles that they don't even understand.\u201d These two contrasting pieces alone might be enough to draw you to Westmount High tomorrow evening.But there is more, much more, waiting.Not only do you get a bird's eye view of the mental landscape of an entire generation; you get to see the next generation of actors at work.Growing Up in Quebec, by Mont- real-area high school students, performed by Dome Theatre students, will be given a staged reading at Westmount High School tomorrow at 8 p.m.Admission is free and seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.\u2014 Janet Coutts LET'S DO BRUNCH Saturday & Sunday With items like Tandoori Chicken, Beef Curry, Chicken Curry, 3 Vegetable Curries, Paulo Rice, Nan Bread and 10 Cold Salads = oi Ptr Romane 2051 St Catherine W.932-7141 dance the part of Aurora, the sleeping beauty, will be Westmounters Natasha London-Thompson, Lindsay Chipman, Emma Siemiaticki, Anastasia Malawaney and Tammy Kozlov.They have been rehearsing with Sarha Cohen, Caitlin Hammond and Erin Laing.The Westmount group will be dancing with professional dancers under the direction of Margaret Me- huys of Ballet Quest.Ora Kozlov will dance the part of the queen in the fairy-tale classic.Many of the young students travel to Los Angeles in summer for additional classes, and are agog at the idea of dancing with Ms.Gibbs.Though she is only 16, the Bolshoi Ballet School former student was the winner of the 1991 Los Angeles Music Centre Award and received scholarships to attend both the Jof- frey Ballet School and The School of American Ballet in New York.She has been singled out for her talent and pose by Mikhail Baryshnikov, who said she had \u201cperfect dancer's bodv and legs,\u201d and critics have called her ethereal and enchanting.Dancers from other parts of the world will be joining Ms.Gibbs: Bruno Silva-Romero from Peru, Jean-Jacques Pillet from France, Jean Grandmaitre and Jon Baggaley represent Quebec, and more than 35 ballet students from in and around the island of Mont real will round out the cast.The magic will only be greater with a set designed by Jean Claude Olivier, who will provide a fairy tale palace inspired by the Renaissance castles of the loire that becomes magically overgrown with vines.More than 150 costumes have been designed by Marie St.Amour and a team of seamsters are working with lengths of velvet, brocade and chiffon and miles of tulle to turn the dancers into enchanted figures.The Sleeping Beauty will be preformed at West Hill Theatre, 5851 Somerled Ave., at 7:30 p.m.May 15, 16, 21 and 23 and at 2 p.m.on May 17 and 24.Tickets are $10.Box office: 630-1817.\u2014 Janet Coutts La Belle au Bois dormant oleeping Deauty May 15 mai \u2014 19:30 May 16 mai - 19:30 May 17 mai - 14:00 May 21 mai - 19:30 May 23 mai - 19:30 May 24 mai - 14:00 Billets/ Tickets: 630-1817 $10 West Hill Theatre, 5851 Somerled presente par / presented by #4, BALLET OUEST CONGREGATION SHAAR IHASHHOMAYIM | presents the 1992 HELEN AND SAM STEINBERG LECTURE delivered by MR.MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN Publisher of U.S.News and World Report and The Allantic Monthly Magazine The Media and The Middle East Thursday, May 28th pue 4 A DSS IRE AAT topic: at 8:30 p.min the Metcalfe Avenue Hall 425 Metcalfe Avenue, Westmount Free Admission Public inviled INFRA-RED accoustic amplification for the hearing impaired / ER EE 18 The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, May 14, 1992 THE graduating students from the professional photography program at Dawson College will hold an exhibition of their work, New Faces of Photography at l'Image des photographes, 1224 Van Horne St.in Outremont.The vernissage for the exhibit will be held Tuesday at 7 p.m.and the exhibit continues to May 24.The road to a DEC (collegial studies diploma) in photography is a rocky one.Between 60 and 70 students enroll every year.The class of \u201892, 14 survivors, is one of the largest ever.And of that number, \u201cthis class is very motivated, and I think at least half will do something in the market,\u201d says graduate Martin Boudreault.Each student in the class will show 10 pieces, prints and transparencies, colour and black and white.Some students will show \u201cspecial projects\u201d \u2014 work that doesn't quite fit into the curriculum but which is nonetheless interesting.Under that heading will come Polaroid transfers, Van Dyke browns and other non-sil- ver process prints.Dawson grad show By JANET COUTTS Graduate Valerie Prevost says she would like to find a job as an assistant photographer and \u2018then go out and do freelance.\u201d Her ultimate goal is editorial and advertising still life photography and she cites Hans Nelleman, a New- York based advertising photographer; Chip Simmons \u2018\u2018for the way he works with light and colour\u201d and Charles Purvis as influences.Mr.Boudreault says he loves doing portraiture.\u201cI like Matt Rolston,\u201d he says, when asked about influences, referring to a photographer who has made a reputation taking \u201ccharacter portraits\u201d of movie stars and others in Hollywood.\u201cNot all the class members have a body of work to show when they go for a job, but everybody is developing something,\u2019 says Mr.Boudreault.\u201cWe are aiming for more-or-less commercial work, but not plain commercial.But we don't want to wash floors to be able to take pictures.\u201d \u201cWe are growing,\u201d adds Ms.Prevost.IB EO INP PRIN EI INET Aatiftest ies istoedssssdecninesancsvcscnctanasnanaccnas WESTMOUNT _ AVISPUBLIC ASSEMBLEE PUBLIQUE DE CONSULTATION .AUX PERSONNES INTERESSEES PAR UN REGLEMENT CONCERNANT LE BATIMENT ET LA CONSTRUCTION DES BATIMENTS AVIS PUBLIC est par les présentes donné par la soussignée, greffier de la Ville de Westmount, QUE le Conseil municipal de la Ville de Westmount, lors de sa séance du lundi 4 mai 1992, a adopté, par résolution, un projet de règlement 1101, intitulé «RÈGLEMENT CONCERNANT LE BÂTIMENT ET LA CONSTRUCTION DES BÂTIMENTS »; QUE ledit projet de règlement a pour objet et but : 1) d'adopter, comme Règlement de construction de la Ville de Westmount, le Code national du bâtiment du Canada (1990), soit la dixième édition du Code national du bâtiment du Conseil national de recherches du Canada (C.N.R.C.no 30619) y compris les premières révisions et errata en date de janvier 1991; de prévoir que toutes modifications et(ou) révisions dudit Code national du bâtiment, adoptées après l'entrée en vigueur dudit projet de règlement, feront partie dudit Code et dudit règlement à compter de la date fixée à cet effet par une résolution du Conseil municipal de Westmount; d'édicter comme partie du Règlement de construction de ladite Ville, des dispositions spéciales concernant les sujets suivants: \u2014 bâtiments existants à ossature de bois; et \u2014 les murs extérieurs.4) de conserver pour faire partie du règlement de construction, les modifications au Code national du bâtiment et les dispositions spéciales adoptées par le règlement 994, tel que modifié; 5) d'abroger le Règlement 994, intitulé «Règlement concernant le bâtiment et la construction des bâtiments », tel que modifié; et 6) de faire divers changements administratifs.QUE, conformément aux dispositions des articles 123 à 130 de la Loi sur l'aménagement et l'urbanisme (L.R.Q., chapitre A-19.1), ledit projet de règlement sera soumis à la consultation publique quant à son objet et aux conséquences de son adoption, lors d'une assemblée publique tenue par le Conseil et présidée par le maire, cette assemblée publique étant prévue pour le lundi ler juin 1992, à 19 h 45, à la salle du Conseil de l'Hôtel de Ville, 4333, rue Sherbrooke, Westmount, Québec, H3Z 1E2; QU'au cours de cette assemblée publique de consultation, le maire expliquera ledit projet de règlement et les conséquences de son adoption et entendra les personnes et organismes qui désirent s'exprimer; et QUE ledit projet de règlement peut être consulté au Bureau du greffier de la Ville, 4333, rue Sherbrooke, Westmount, Québec, H3Z 1E2, du lundi au vendredi inclusivement, durant les heures d'affaires, soit de 8 h 30 à 16 h 30.DONNÉ sous mon seing à Westmount, Québec ce 12e jour de mai 1992.Me Marie-France Paquet Greffier de la Ville PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC CONSULTATION MEETING TO PERSONS INTERESTED BY À BY-LAW CONCERNING BUILDING AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned, City Clerk of Westmount, THAT the Municipal Council of the City of Westmount, at its meeting held on Monday, 4th May 1992, adopted by resolution, a draft by-law 1101, entitled \u201cBY-LAW CONCERNING BUILDING AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION\"; THAT the object and purpose of this draft by-law is: 1) to adopt, as the Building By-law of the City of Westmount, the National Building Code of Canada (1990) being the tenth edition of the National Building Code of the National Research Council of Canada (N.R.C.C.No.30619) including the first revisions and errata dated January 1991; to provide that any and all amendments and/or revisions to the said National Building Code subsequent to the coming into force of the said draft by-law shall form a part of the said Code and the said By-law as and from the date fixed by resolution of the Municipal Council of Westmount to that effect; to enact, as part of the Building By-law of the said City, special provisions on the following subjects: \u2014 existing buildings of wood frame construction; and \u2014 exterior walls.4) to retain as part of the Building By-law, the amendments to the National Building Code and the special provisions adopted by By-law 994, as amended; 5) to repeal By-law 994, entitled \u201cBy-law Concerning Building and Building Construction\u201d, as amended; and 6) to make various administrative changes.THAT, in accordance with the provisions of Section 123 to 130 of the Act respecting land use planning and development (R.S.Q., Chapter A-19.1), the said draft by-law shall be submitted for public consultation regarding its object and the consequences of its adoption, at a public meeting held by the Council and chaired by the Mayor, said public meeting to be held on Monday, 1st June 1992 at 7:45 p.m., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 4333 Sherbrooke, Westmount, Quebec, H3Z 1E2; THAT, at the said public consultation meeting, the Mayor will explain the said draft by-law and the consequences of its adoption and will hear the persons and bodies wishing to be heard; and THAT the said draft by-law is available for inspection in the Office of the City Clerk, 4333 Sherbrooke, Westmount, Quebec, H3Z 1E2, from Monday to Friday inclusive, during regular office hours, 8:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m.GIVEN under my hand, at Westmount, Quebec, this 12th day of May 1992.Me Marie-France Paquet City Clerk Arts Club celebrates 80th year The Arts Club of Montreal, which numbers several Westmounters in its membership, is celebrating its 80th year in concert with Montreal's 350th anniversary with two events.The president's dinner will be held tomorrow at United Service Club, 1195 Sherbrooke St.W.at 7:30 p.m.Four Quebec painters who have made a significant cultural contribution to the province and the city will be honoured: Francesco Iacurto, RCA, OC; Bruce LeDain, RCA; Um- berto Bruni, RCA, director of Université du Québec arts faculty; and Jean-Marc Blier, past-president of the Arts Club of Montreal.Also honoured will be the Arts Club Member of the Year.André Bourbeau, minister of cultural affairs and Fru- la Hébert will attend.An art exhibit sponsored by Loto Québec, Montreal Scenes, will be on display from May 15 to June 10 at the Loto Québec exhibition hall, 500 Sherbrooke St.W.It comprises 80 paintings from past and present members of the Arts Club.For information about the club and how to join, call 933-6405.Mardi Gras fundraiser attheY It\u2019s a little bit like high school \u2014 the theme is Mardi Gras and you get to wear your sneakers.There's a light show and music from a deejay.But there are differences.You're grown up now and want more for a good time.So for its gala fundraiser for YMCA branch repairs and support of 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Thursday, May 14, 1992 28 - The Westmount Examiner, OUR MP.Continued from page 4 on the federal side was Charles Messier, the Liberal MNA for St.Hyacinthe.A number of persons | consulted prior to accepting this invitation had advised me not to do it.To them, it sounded like a trap.There were to be several hundred people in the audience, made up of teachers, school principals and members of parent committees.Teachers arc regarded to be extremely nationalist and Longueuil had elected René Lévesque to the National Assembly.Pauline Marois is the current MNA.This being said, the union representative who invited me told me that people in Longueuil typified Quebec as a whole: some on one side, some on the other; most are confused.I decided to accept.As they say, \u201cLes absents ont toujours tort.\u201d For my opening statement, 1 thought I could most effectively describe Canada\u2019s rich heritage by quoting a 1990 specch by Bertin Nadeau, president of Unigesco.He remarked that Canada is a rich and prosperous country, we have generous social programs, we have enjoyed political stability.The French language and culture are more vigorous, more productive and more dynamic than at any other time in our history, and never has the economic position of francophones been as solid as it is today.I observed that in recent years Canada has been slow to adapt to economic changes, but rejected the notion that this was in any way related to the operation of our federal system.Let us take the trouble to accurately identify the real challenges facing Canada and build on our heritage, I concluded.Pauline Marois was lyrical in her description of an independent Quebec.The dav after Quebec becomes an independent country, the sun will shine more brightly.Que- becers will work harder.Full employment will beat hand.Iam only slightly exaggerating her statements.Gilles Duceppe argued that all of the decisions of the federal government favoured Toronto! There were questions from the audience.Recent cuts in social programs demonstrated that federalism was failing us, suggested one person.Would I respect the referendum result and join the Bloc Québécois if Quebecers voted for independence, asked another.At the end of the question period, two persons indicated that they were undecided.While their hearts favoured independence, they did not feel that the Péquistes had indicated what their vision of an independent Quebec would be.Would independence make Quebec more competitive, reduce unemployment or lower poverty levels?At the end of the debate we had four minutes to wrap up.I decided to refer to a conversation I had earlier in the evening with the moderator of the debate.His school commission had just been abolished, to be replaced by an \u201cintegrated\u201d school commission.He was unhappy with this change because he had not been consulted.But I also detected that he understood that a change in structure would not change the reality he lives with every day of the week.It would not provide more resources for his school, it would not modify the teacher student ratio, it would not give each student a glass of milk per day.\u201cFederalism does not guarantee our prosperity,\u201d I said.\u201cIt does allow Quebecers to have a government of our own in Quebec City as well as to participate in the government of Canada.Don't tell me these governments, in which Quebecers have played a leading role since day one, systematically and deliberately act against Quebec's interests.There is this expression,\u201d I concluded.\u201cPousses, mais pousses égal.\u201d (Let's not go overboard.) This was the first time I have participated in a debate of this nature and I am thankful that I was able to hold my own.It was a good experience and it confirms my view that our side can prevail.The only disappointment was the sparse attendance \u2014 only 50 people turned up.But I am sending the union copies of my submissions on Canada\u2019s economic and constitutional questions.Now that I have their ear, I intend to keep at it.OURMAYOR.Continued from page 4 administration to set up a depot for used batteries \u2014 the heavy metals in household batteries are toxic, whether incinerated or landfilled.Yet it is so easy to remove them from our garbage.Batteries are a miniscule fraction of our waste, but contribute mightily to pollution.Most of our other rubbish is pretty inert and unharmful.In fact, the very items we recycle \u2014 glass, metal, plastic \u2014 are mostly inoffensive even if we did landfill them.Construction waste is particularly inert.But the natural gas needed to make glass, the electricity to make aluminium, the oil to make plastics, are all resources we save when we recycle or, better yet, reduce.Indeed, in the global scheme of things, municipal waste management is far from the most pressing environmental problem.One reason that municipal garbage hy dling is so high on the ecologists\u2019 hit lis{ _ thanks to the accountability of municipal bodies.We are approachable, close to the citizen and, within a limited sphere of action, can get things done.Of course, the plan to put in an incinerator, no matter how safe, browns off many environmentalists.But I think another reason garbage looms so large as an issue is because of the guilt and shame of dumping our waste products into our mother planet.More on waste next week.IB 500 BEEN I 607 PERSONAL SERVICES HOUSEHOLD SERVICES SERVICES PERSONNELS SERVICES DOMESTIQUES WORD PROCESSING Hebert Painting JAPCO + Fax Olivetti PIONEER PAINT & PLASTER Fine paper hanging, Al work done Construction « Documents, resumes Lo à professionally.25 years\u2019 experience.For all your - Transcription of cassettes Specializing in: FREE ESTIMATE I'l construction & enka of dictating units Brick pointing, Cement Repairs, U.Hebert: 723-5417 ; renovation needs * Transiagon Plastering, Painting, ; \u2014ææææ.æ.æ., |!|;| Licensed insured Dictate you letters over G IR ; + Window Washing * Û general contractor the phone pick up later eneral Renovations, - Painting \u2014 interior 8 JOHN MARTIN enr.§ Basement Finishing, & exterior ' RENOVATIONS & CHANGES 2 Residential & DACTYL JGRAPHIE Bathrooms, Flooring.- Aluminum Siding = à Kitchens + Bathrooms ' commercial ash i w ; .N.D.G.TYPING Call for Free Estimate: ye : ea n è Solariums ! 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When I think of this I really Get a chill.Smoke People throw trash around Like it is fun to throw Things on the ground.The ozone starts to disappear, How do we know it will be Here next year?So we had better recycle fast, Before we regret our lazy past.Christine Loertscher Grade 6 We have pulled a switch.Instead of Roslyn writings, as promised, the stories this week are by The Study students in Grade 5 and 6.Next week work by Roslyn students will be in this spot.Planet Earth Earth, a beautiful planet that soars through space.This wonderful, sensible sphere, never stays in one place.As this big, round planet is orbiting past Mars Many things fly by, like planets, the moon, and stars.The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, May 14, 1992 - 29 Notes About the Gulf War 7:10 war broke out in Iraq.Thousands of bombs were shot at Iraq.Iraq's city had a blackout.The first blackout had an effect on a hotel in Baghdad.7:30 bombs are being shot all over Iraq, and many people are dead.Iraq has not fired any nuclear bombs yet, but the Iraqis have fired a missile.Bombs have been shot at the communications centre for communicating with the Iraq Army.It seems like the whole world is fighting Hussein.1 wonder if any other people will die.President Bush made a speech and said, 1 will One year later After wars, many people are the victims of loss, the loss of a loved one.lt seems as though a silence sweeps the families who mourn.It's as if there is no joy in their lives.While other people rejoice, others cry.For they have nothing to celebrate.I've always wondered if this silence ean let the music of peace through.Sarah Jane Baker Grade 5 From a distance, if you look very hard you will see our planet A lovely place that we all must share.Chloe Barnabe Grade 6 make sure that the army is not hurt.\u201d The Greatest Crime Of All 1 I see alittle girl walking into their community, ! watch as they treat her with respect, They give her a loving smile.Then I started to think, Why don't I get that same respect, When | walk into their community, And then | remembered, 1 am not their colour, And that matters to them.So all my life I will be enclosed in my small place, Because of my colour, That isn't fair, And it never will be.It will never be fair, Because there will always be people, Who will not accept others for who they are, But judge them for the way they were born.There will always be someone who refused to change, And will desert anyone who does.It is this kind of person, Who is commiting the greatest crime of all The crime of racism.Ali Wener Grade 5 A = x HONOHONONONORONONONONOR LANGUAGE STUDIES CANADA a new experience for your teens Montreal Language School is looking for families, preferably wath tees, to host foreign students aged between 15-17.Payments guaranteed by School.If you are able to provide room and half-board please call us a 499-0364 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.Ask for Ms.Martin.ARC enorme K.1.D.S.WESTMOUNT EARLY SUMMER DAY CAMP AT SELWYN HOUSE SCHOOL FOR BOYS & GIRLS 6-12 years JUNE 15-30 minimum 5 days 8:30 A.M.-6:00 P.M.Call Evelyn: 939-1103 119 Cragmore Road, Pointe Claire, Qué., Peter Van Wagner, Director, SPLASH! CAMP alam NOMININGUE HOR 3K7 Tel: (514) 694-4020 (Collect) At Camp Nominingue oùr lake has a half mile sandy beach and 100 acres of safe, shallow water\u2014and we know how to use it all summer long! We offer expert instruction in swimming, sailing and windsurfing, and we special ize in wilderness canoe trips.We also have 400 acres of wooded grounds, and a wide choice of activities as diverse as archery, woodworking, theatre and tennis for boys aged 7 1015, Each programme is designed for maximum enjoyment combined with a careful structure to lead every boy toward a sense of personal achievement, Call us about our slide show May 21. 30 - The Examiner, Thursday, May 14, 1992 Westmount Seeing stars EE American astronaut Mario Runco Jr.visited St.George's School Tuesday morning.He was inveigled into the visit because his cousin, David Perri, attends the school.Mr.Runco was one of 15 astronaut candidates \u2014 mission specialists \u2014 selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in June 1987.Mr.Runco, a U.S.Navy Lieutenant Commander, was born in the Bronx.Photo by OWEN EGAN THE PRIORY SCHOOL INC.3120 The Boulevard, Mtl.H3Y 1R9 Junior day school for boys and girls from Kindergarten to sixth vear inclusive.Warm, caring family atmosphere.Varied curriculum includes instruction in Art, Music & Computers.After school program will be avatlable this September.Applications are now being accepted Jor Grades 3, 4 & 5 LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE 935-5966 THE EDUCATION OF A Adjudicators somewhat stymied by strong entries in school public speaking contest \u201cThey may not see us again for about a month,\u201d was adjudicator Sharon Browman's comment as she went off to choose the winners of the PSBGM's Region 3 public speaking contest.Mrs.Browman, a retired consultant with the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal, shared judging duties this year with Estair Stotland, also of the board.As they told the audience assembled at West- mount Park School last Friday, it was no easy task.Sixteen students from Grades 5 and 6 spoke on topics ranging from the trials of being a bus monitor to the problems facing Third World countries.Each had three minutes to explore the topic while adjudicators evaluated delivery and content of the speeches.This year\u2019s overall winner was Kamala Pilgrim of Keith School, who gave a talk on teachers \u2014 based on personal experience: \u201c1 go to school every day and must put up with teachers.Then I go home and there's another one! My mother!.Her radar is always out, tracking improper grammar\u201d Second place went to Jennifer Pinard of Cecil Newman who described the perils of bus monitoring.To be a bus monitor, she says, you need, among other things, \u2018a bottle of Tylenol and a pair of earmuffs.\u201d Awards were given to two runners- up, Caroline Bloomberg of Roslyn School, who took a closer look at commercials (\u201cTake Coast, for example: \u2018Coast brings you back to life.I mean, what are you\u201d Dead?) and Tanya Di Paolo of Dalkeith, who spoke about her martial art of choice, karate.She's a brown belt who has been invited to try for her black belt in June.Westmount schools were ably represented this year.Besides Ms.Bloomberg there was Amanda Beat: tie from Roslyn School who spoke on acid rain, beginning by describing an incident in Scotland in 1984 when \u201cblack snow fell from a blue sky.\u201d LIFETIME At Sedbergh, adventure comes with the territory, on one thousand rugged acres just one hour from Ottawa and 90 minutes from Montreal, where students master skills that promote self-reliance.Sedbergh offers a first-rate education within an enriching bilingual environment, providing access to the best universities in Qanadarand abroad._ = SEDBERGH Coeducational Residential School Grades 4 to 12 Montebello, Quebec JOV 1L0 Tel.: (819) 423-5523 | Fax: (819) 423-5769 By MARY CAMPBELL the result of industrial pollution.Anne Phelan-Cox of Westmount Park School discussed dialects explaining, \u201cWe youngsters of Canada speak what adults would call a foreign language,\u201d Thus, the young say \u201cCool.\u201d where adults say, \"How marvelous.\u201d The voung say, Yo!\u201d where adults say \u201cSo very nice to see you again,\u201d and the young can sum up in one word, \u201cGross,\u201d what adults take much longer to say.Wojtec Justyna, also of Westmount Park, chose our disappearing ozone layer for his topic, bringing the audience to attention from his opening line: \u201cDo you realize we're all being exposed to hazardous rays?Are you ready to roast like a chicken on a hot barbecue?\u201d Other subjects treated included computers, multiculturalism, AIDS, cancer, sisters and \u201cMy amazing feet.\u201d Each contestant, said Mrs.Brow- man, summing up, \u2018\u201c\u2018was superb.As far as I'm concerned, they're all winners.\u201d A musical interlude was provided by students of Westmount Park under the direction of J.A.McGregor.They sang selections from The Sound of Music and a rendition (complete with actions) of (\u201cthe one-eyed, one- horned, flying\") Purple People Eater, keeping the audience entertained while the judges deliberated.1, Awards and certificates of partici- \u201887 pation were presented by local school board commissioner Joan Rothman, and Westmount Park principal Paul Saunders was thanked for his help in organizing the event.The winners of the Region 3 contest will present their speeches at a public speaking showcase.The En- glish-speaking Union of Canada, Montreal branch, has invited the winners to speak Monday, May 25 at 7 p.m.It will be held at 6000 Fielding, conference room.Each child receives a prize.The children and their parents attend for free; relatives and friends are charged $10.Local girl plays circus magnate Westmounter Jessica Freiheit recently played PT.Barnum in the musical Barnum at Trafalgar School.She led a cast including West- mounters Selena Beattie, Ariel Chernin, Kalea Osgood, Kate Drury, Rayna Goldman, Annie Scherz, Tina Scherz, Allegra Snyder, Lindsay Staniforth and Jennifer Symansky.Two other Westmounters, Claire Van Dam and Kate Hutchison, played in the band.Ms.Freiheit recently travelled to Edmonton to take part in the Canadian National Debating Tournament.She was one of six Quebec participants, and the only one debating in French.Ms.Freiheit won the Canadian Student Debating Federation cup for placing second in the French category.She also won the Founder's Cup for placing first in the Quebec delegation and she won the Tom Lawson Award as the student voted by her debating peers as the debater who contributed the most to the seminar.At school, Ms.Freiheit, a graduating student, is sub-head girl and a Meals on Wheels volunteer.Now that it\u2019s spring, think of Christmas The Auxiliary of Montreal Children's Hospital has distributed rules forits annual Christmas card contest to more than 50 schools across Quebec.Students in from Grade 1 to Secondary V are eligible to enter drawings before May 30.Blank contest forms are available at the Tiny Tim Boutique in the hospital, 2300 Tupper St.Students are asked to draw an original, colourful winter scene.remembering the multicultural nature of the hospital.Four drawings will be selected and reproduced on the hospital's 1992 Christmas cards.The four winners receive a cash prize.Last year's sale of Christmas cards raised $16,000 for the hospital.L'ÉCOLE AKIVA N3>79 7DD N°2 THE AKIVA SCHOOL 450 KENSINGTON WESTMOUNT, QUE.H3Y 3A2 TEL.: 939-2430 FAX: (514) 939-2432 WELL KNOWN FOR ITS HIGH QUALITY JEWISH AND SECULAR EDUCATION IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT IT HAS RECEIVED ACCREDITATION FOR A SECTION FRANÇAISE.WE INVITE FAMILIES WHO ARE SEEKING ENGLISH SCHOOLING BUT DO NOT MEET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO CALL US AT 939-2430.WE HAVE LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE FOR NEW STUDENTS IN GRADES 1, 2 AND 4. YES! in this spot.Call your sales 931-7511 THERE ARE À STACK OF REASONS representative #53 today.2 31 - Thursday, May 14, 1992 D TUNE-UP e ALLEN DIAGNOSTIC BRAKES * FULL SERVICE TIRES AND BALANCING 4780 Sherbrooke St.W.933-8556 ¢ 932-1554 SERVICE D'AUTO WESTMOUNT AUTO SERVICE SPECIALISTS: CORNER GROSVENOR Local rugby club wins first game of season The Westmount Rugby Football Club opened the season Saturday with a come-from-behind victory over Montreal Irish in a game in Ste.Julie.The weather was ideal after overnight and morning rain.Westmount opened the scoring midway through the first half when Peter Gelinas stole an Irish throw-in on lineout and scurried 15 meters to score.The extra point kick was wide and Westmount led 4-0.The Irish came back and were awarded a penalty try, which allows the extra points to be kicked directly in front of the uprights.The kick was good and the Irish were now in front with a score of 6-4.In the second half, the play was rough and dirty.Neither side was able to score until Westmount's fly- half Vanya Levy placed a drop goal from 25 meters out, directly through the uprights to give Westmount a 7-6 victory as time ran out.The Westmount IIs challenged another Irish side with three players short and four rookies in the lineup.The Westmount club fields three sides, including an over-35 old boys side.Anyone interested in playing rugby is invited to call 874-9581 or 932-3246.AT No Sey Be The Westmount Rugby Football Club played its first matches of the season on Saturday.The club moved from indoor to outdoor training last week.It trains Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m.in Westmount Park.Show up if you're interested in playing rugby.Tally bridge perfect for leisurely card players Are you someone who loves playing cards but hates the competitiveness of bridge?If you are, then the tally bridge group being formed now by the recreation department might be just what you've been looking for.\u201cThe key thing is that you don\u2019t need a partner to play,\u201d said Beverly Adams-Coskun, Westmount socio- cultural director.\u201cYou'll meet people and it\u2019s a relaxed non-competi- tive way of playing bridge.\u201d Beginners are also welcome in the group that isaimed at shut-in seniors or retired people looking for something to do.Tally bridge players keep their own score on a weekly basis and a trophy will eventually go the highest point-getter.Game time is Mondays and Wednesdays between 12:30 and 4:30 p.min Victoria Hall's west lounge Tea and biscuits will be served.Call Ms.Adams-Coskun at 935-8531 local 212 to register.B.K.AUTO CARE CENTRE Inc Auto Body Repair Super Specialists ° 5 year warranty on paint * European Quality Work * Most Updated Equipment with 100% Accuracy: FRAME STRAIGHTENING * Courtesy Cars 11 Westminster, Mtl.West » 24-hour towing nn Sisk 984-2677 EORGE ARAG DOING IT RIGHT FOR 34 YEARS GENERAL AUTO REPAIRS SPECIALTY: BRAKES 3815, RUE ST-JACQUES OUEST MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC CLOSE TO ATWATER AVE.& METRO TUNE-UP AIR-CONDITIONING TÉL: 935-8456 Photo by OWEN EGAN Whether you are fast or slow, there's a walking club for you These runners were made for walking.The Westmount walking club has started up forthe months of May and June, according to recreation socio- cultural director Beverly Adams- Coskun.Walkers will get their exercise Monday and Wednesday evenings leaving from Victoria Hall promptly at 6:30 p.m.\u201cAnyone wishing to join must have proper walking shoes or running shoes, as well as sweats or other appropriate sports clothing,\u201d said Ms.Adams-Coskun.She said it's important to wear layers that may be removed as the walker gets warmer and put back on Ny KJ Daniel Glassman, 12, a resident of Côte St.Antoine Road, was one of two lucky during the cooldown period.During the months of July and August, the walking club will do morning and weekend walks as well as visiting different areas in and around Montreal, she said.Since the walking club generally goes at a pretty good clip, a strollers\u2019 club will begin shortly to accommodate those who would like to get some exercise at a slower pace.\u201cSome sightseeing and history will be included in the strollers\u2019 walk,\u201d she said.\u201cThey might stop at a particular building to look at its architecture.\u201d Anyone wanting to get in on the walking action should contact Ms.Adams-Coskun at 935-8531 local 212.Winners of the roadeo winners of bicycles presented by the Rotary Club of Westmount Wednesday last week in a drawing of participants in this year's bicycle roadeo April 25.He is shown with those involved in the presentation: from left, PSO Chayne Barnes, Martin Stamp, event organizer Owen Gilsenan and MUC Sgt.Ratfaele Magliocco.Carla Gittens, 9, was the other bike winner.A resident of Longueuil, she participated in the roadeo after her mother, who works in Westmount, read about the event.Local gymnasts represented in Canadian meet Seven gymnasts from Questo Rhythmics gymnastic club, including Westmounters Laetitia Latulippe, Marie-France Stephenson and Vanessa Tsui, represented Quebec at the Canadian Championships recently.Winners of the competition will goon to national championships in Winnipeg in June.Those from the local club who will go to Winnipeg are senior Erin Ted- ford, juniors Paola Wong, Tami Er- dos and Joyce Bernas and novices Ms.Stephenson, Ginette Sze and Mira Filipova.The novice group, trained by Siiri Paul, won the silver medal for their hoop routine.The medalists are Anna Daigneault, Hannah Harper-Mer ret, Ms.Latulippe, Erika Poupart, Ms.Stephenson, Ginette Sze, Ms.Tsui and Andrea Vladan.The club will give a public demon: stration of rhythmic gymnastics on Saturday at 11 a.m.at Confederation Centre, 5320 Kensington Ave.For information call 488-1205.Dog found A black, white and tan dog was taken to the SPCA Wednesday last week when found without identification at Lansdowne Avenue and St.Catherine Street, public safety offi cers said.It was described as 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for sale), and the acts (many of which look terrifying, but are as safe as humanly possible) come from around the world.There are children involved, but no animals.How good is it?My companion forthe opening night performance of the circus, usually unimpressed by spectacles, concerts, theatre, or anything else, called everyone she knew in California to tell them to be sure to see Cirque du Soleil when they arrive in San Francisco.Tickets are $11.56 to $29.49 and there are shows from 1 p.m.to 9:30 p.m.on various days of the week.Bring extra money: there is cotton candy and popcorn for sale as well as souvenirs like T-shirts, posters and a jean jacket for $99.Tickets are available at Admission outlets, 522-1245, or at the Cirque du Soleil's ticket booth, facing the big top, open from 9 a.m.to 9 p.m.There once was aman.The 1992 Leacock Heritage Festival will take place in Orillia, Ont.July 24 to Aug.3.Goodness knows we have lots to laugh at in this country, so it should be a success.Highlights are the Leacock Evening of Humorous Song, the Old-fashioned Picnic in the Park and Children's Festival; Leacock Medal for Humour Readings; an Old-fashioned Street Dance and music and drama.The festival promotes two literary competitions to which many West- mounters should turn clever hands.The Leacock Limerick Awards is an international competition for unpublished limericks and the Leacock Humorous Short Story Competition.Deadline for entries for both is July 15.The winning limerick will win $1,000.Contestants may submit three entries per $5 entry fee.and may enter as often as they wish.There are no restrictions on theme or content, but they must be in English, typed on white paper with the name and address of the contestant below.The prize for the best short story is $500.Stories must be written in English, 1,000 words or fewer, humorous and previously unpublished.There are no restrictions on theme, content or number of entries.Each submission must be accompanied by a $5 entry fee.Entries and $5 fees should be mailed to Leacock Humorous Short Story Competition or Leacock Limerick Competition, Leacock Heritage Festival, PO Box 2305, Orillia L3V 683.Tribute to Broadway Westmounter Naomi Emmerson, lead singer with the band Revolution of the Mind.is one of the cast members of the musical revue À Tribute to Broadway.playing at La Diligence Friday and Saturdays on an indefinite run.She is joined on stage by André Boileau.Richard Charette, Jean Elliott.Musical director is James Higgins of Spontaneous Combustion Theatre: sets are by Jean Claude Olivier, costumes by Peter de Castell.Box office is 731-7771.Fe = Borders A random sampler of things to see or do in the bigger city surrounding us By JANET COUTTS Rugby tournament The Montreal Irish Rugby Foot- \u2019 ball Club and seven other teams, five of which have never played in Montreal, will play a two-day, 18-game tournament June 13 and 14 in the stadium of Concordia University's Loyola campus.A fee of $5 will cover all games of the tournament.Competing teams are the New York Irish, Quod City from Illinois, the Boston Wolfhounds, England\u2019s Heathrow International Athletic Club, the St.John's Swillers, the Irish Canadians Toronto, and the Ottawa Irish.To reserve ticket call 397-2075 or 735- 7941.This is 25th anniversary of Expo 67, and the Complexe Desjardins is celebrating: - all summer.They want to find 22 hos esses, missing from the original 60 photographed with then-mayor Jean Drapeau.Were you one of them?Do you know anyone who was?Îf you are or do, call 281-1870 ext.255.Blatantly sexual A couple of seasons ago, Toronto actor Brigid McFarthing came to town and enchanted all of us who saw her perform at McGill Players\u2019 Theatre, 3480 McTavish St.Now she's back with an original solo performance, Blatantly Sexual, which opens tonight and runs until May 23.The piece was workshopped in Toronto and Ms.McFarthing has made some adjustments before bringing it to Montreal.It should be hilarious, poignant and.I'll risk it.worth seeing.Tickets are $10; $5 for students and seniors.Tuesday is pay what you can.Box office is 398-6813."]