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Ij •J • ¦ n O I VPl -ji vo> jm prr, i rw jjw MnrfriiTTillïii VIRGINIA WILSON Knowlton Academyès Secondary I class recived a $1,000 grant from Metro for an environmental play project By Virginia Wilson Tfiis year the head offices of Metro Inc.decided to continue its “Green Apple School Program,” which began last September, to encourage and assist schools with their environmental awareness projects and in which they invested $1 M.Last Monday, the Secondary one students from Knowlton Academy received a $1000 grant for a play project sent in by their homeroom teacher, Josie Gibbs, based on the book, “The Sea Saw Tree," by David Wood.Gibbs had heard about the program from a teacher at Parkview Elementary in Granby and de cided to take the initiative to apply.The 29 Secondary I students.Home Room teacher, Josie Gibbs, Resource Teacher, Anne Stairs, and Art teacher, Lynne Hamilton, will create a play geared to raising awareness about environmental conservation.The one thousand dollars was donated to help for set costs, scripts and other costs involved in getting the play off the ground.ConTd on Page 5 Brilis Knowlton Players support Family Group By Virginia Wilson f'l'ghe Knowlton Players have decided to lend a helping JL hand to the “Brome County Families” group by donating all of the sales from the opening night of their new play, “Babes in the Woods”, by Bob Heather and Roger Lamb.You will see members of the Brome County Families group selling tickets to the play around town, which is sold out every year, in hopes to raise money for future family projects in Brome Lake.The group has a few projects intended to improve local parks and create activities for adolescents in Brome Lake who do not have a lot of activities to do in Town.The play is a tale of Robin Hood with an evil Sheriff, his niece and nephew he wants to be rid of to get their inheritance and a band of merry men, played by women, that comes to their rescue.The cast of twenty five, with many parents and their children on stage together, performs a show filled with song and humor.The play is directed by Lucy Hoblyn, of Brome Lake Books.The choreography and music will be handled by Laura Teasedale, Patricia St.Onge and Meghan Allen.Costumes will be created by Linda Carey.The play will be performed from May 6 to the 16 on the Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8 p.m.an on Sunday at 2 p.m.at Theatre Lac Brome, located at 9 Mont Echo in Knowlton.Tickets are $15, $12 and $10.For reservations please call (450) 242-2510.f Pierre Marziali membre affilié pharmacien Familiprîx Mon.-Wed.fc00 sum.- 8:00 p.m.Thur., Frl.9:00 am.- 9Æ0 p.m.Sat.9:00 am.- fcOO p.m.408 South, Cowansville 450-263-2171 www.familiprix.com .MM.nutfeSr* West Brome 450 2*4.7552 www.owb.ca f ROCH VALLIÈRES (450) 242-2544 Contractor LK1NC1 MQt M-MM1 Machinery work Hydraulic hammer (rock breaker) Private roads • Land shaping • Drainage » Artificial lakes/ponds • Septic systems Demolition Foundation Topsoil - Aggregate • Sand • Gravel • Fieldstone 11, ch.Glen, Bolton*Ota TA EWa6u/ous iSèg/ood fjByfle/ • Every Friday night • Ftah soup • Snowcrob • Mussels • Shrimp • Sc amples • Smoked ftah • Oysters • Catamarl and ?, LOOK FOR OUR SPRING HOME RBNO PROMOTION IN TODAY’S PAPER page 2 Tuesday, April 6, 2010 Brome County News Brome County Community Billboard Community Calendar April 10 Covered Dish Supper at Richford United Methodist Church on Saturday, April 10 at 5:30 p.m.Adults: $7.Children 6-12 yrs: $3.50.Children under 6 yrs: Free.Canadian money accepted at par.Reservations appreciated but not required.Call: 802-848-3477 The Mental Health & Well-Being Support Group Meeting is cancelled for Saturday, April 10.However, everyone is welcome to join me at the Rhicard’s Owl Hoot Maple Farm, 85 Ross Road in Stanbridge East for a fund raising Sug-aring-off party for the Brome Missisquoi Perkins Hospital Foundation from 1 to 4 p.m.Adults: $8., Children 4 to 10 years: $5.A wonderful way to help our local hospital.For info, or a ride.Contact: Linda - 450-243-0928 or pleasantval-ley@sympatico.ca TOWNSHIPS BLUEGRASS AND OLD TYME MUSIC SOCIETY invites you to an afternoon and evening of wholesome entertainment on Saturday, April 10, at the Royal Canadian Legion, 77 Lewis St., Waterloo.Guitars, banjos, fiddles, mandolins will be played with enthusiasm and skill by our members and invited guests.Come and hear the old songs and join the fun.The afternoon jam runs from 1 p.m.to 5:30 pm.Supper for a modest fee between 5:30 and 7 p.m.Stage performances run from 7 p.m.to 10:30 p.m.Admission is $5 at the door for members and $10.for non-members.We look forward to seeing you.Sugaring Off Party at the Rhicard’s Owl Hoot Maple Farm, 85 Ross Road in Stanbridge East, Quebec.A Fund Raising Event for the Brome Missisquoi Perkins BCN RATES & DEADLINES COMMUNITY CALENDAR Brome County News Community Calendar is reserved for non-profit organizations only.Deadline is noon on Mondays.A pre-paid fee of $7 is required per publication, or SPECIAL RATE of $13 for 2 insertions: 1 BCN & 1 in Friday Record “What’s On” section.Please forward notices to 5 Victoria St., Knowlton, QC JOE 1V0, email: bcnnews@qc.aibn.com, or fax: (450) 243-5155.Visa and Mastercard accepted.Hospital Foundation on Saturday, April 10, from 1 to 4 p.m.Donation at the gate, Adults: $8., Children 4 to 10 years: $5.Donation includes: Taffy on snow, see a Blacksmith demonstration, Wagon rides.Log hewing.Antique car /tractor show, Listen or dance to the music of Canadian fiddlers.Items for sale from: Bake table, Maple Products and Snackbar.Fresh homemade doughnuts Johnnie-on-the-spot.A wonderful afternoon for the whole family.www.bmpfoundation.ca Information: 450-248-3616 www.//2009sugarparty.homestead.com/.April 10 & 17 Rummage Sale , Brome Hall, Saturday, April 10, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m.Bag Day: Saturday, April 17, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m.Hall door open for donations April 5 to April 10.Lots of good used clothing and things.Information please call 450-242-2241 or 450-243-5742.April 11 Every Sunday Music with Smokin’ Country from 3-7 p.m.at Royal Canadian Legion, 120 Davignon, Cowansville.(450) 263-3543.Come and have fun with us.April 12 Canadian Club of the Yamaska Valley meeting, 2pm, Auberge West Brome, Rte.139.David Lank - academic, Order of Canada recipient, “sometime thes-pian" presents “The America that Vanished: Impact of Environmental Degradation”.$10 fee for non-members.Lunch reservations at 450-266-7552.Knowlton Coffee Break: Understanding the Antique market with Brian Davies An object’s worth is basically dictated by what the market demands.Ask local expert Brian Davies about what’s hot and what’s not and why on Monday, April 12 from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.Avantebarb@bellnet.ca Centre Community Lac Brome, 279 Rue Victoria.General meeting lor all members of the Sutton Royal Canadian Legion will be held at on Monday, April 12 at 7pm.Please come and participate.2 Curley St.Info: 450-538-2210.April 13 Missisquoi Historical Society.Turkey and Biscuit Supper & Annual Meeting on BrtrmeGnmty NEWS 5* Victoua St.Knowlton, Quemc.JOE IVO Tel (4501242-1188/242-6892 Fax: (450) 243-S1SS Ksnhlishtd May 1991 PuNishal wnUy by RECORD 1195 Galt E, Sherbrooke.Quebec, JIG 1Y7 rax: (819) 569-3945 E mail.news roomC^sherbrookerecord com website, wwwjherbrookereoordxom SHARON McCUUYPUUJSHEK (819) 5696345 Sharon McCuur Managing Edctor (819) 5696345 Mkhaei McDevittAssistant Editor (819)5694345 FIlaser LockerbieComes?.EDtrot.(819)5694345 Diana Simpson Secretary.(450) 342-1188 Loua rellavance Adveittsbic 4450)243-6892 Michel Duval Aomnstc J00 463-9525 CIRCULATION Distributed to dll Record subscribers every Tuesday as an insert, and to households and businesses in Aberrant, Bedford.Brigham, Brome, Bromont, Cowansville, East Famhum, Foster, Fulford, Knowlton (Brome Lake), Sutton, Bolton Centre, West Brome.The Record was founded on February 7, 1897, and acquired the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879) in 1905 and the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) in 1908.The Record is published by Alta Newspaper Group Limited Partnership.Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Agreement No.0479675.Member ABC CARD.CNA.QCNA Tuesday, April 13 at 6 p.m.at the Anglican Church Hall, Stanbridge East, Qc.$13.Tickets: 450-248-3153.Open ‘til 8 “ What is a women’s centre ?" Avante offers services and workshops.What else do we do?Come learn about our involvements in other areas on Tuesday, April 13 from 6-8 p.m.Avante Women’s Centre, 2 Adhémar-Cus-son, Bedford, 450-248-0530.Avante.kath@bellnet.ca — April 14 Clever Creations: “Mosaic flower pots“ on Wednesday, April 14.Cost $2.Avante Women’s Centre, 2 Adhémar-Cus-son, Bedford, 450-248-0530.avante-barb@bellnet.ca April 15 Heath Matters: “Diabetes”.These information sessions are in collaboration with several community organizations interested in reaching the English speaking population of Brome Missisquoi.Along with a televised presentation by an expert in the field, a specialist will be on hand to lead the discussion and answer questions.9 a.m.-12 p.m.at the Cowansville CLSC, 397 rue Rivière, Cowansville, avantebarb@bellnet.ca April 17 Hatley 4-H Dance at Mont Joye Ski Lodge in North Hatley on Saturday, April 17 from 9 p.m.to 1 a.m.Music by Slightly Haggard.Door prizes.Admission: $5.All welcome.Country Dance with music by Gary Darling at the Royal Canadian Legion, Br.77, 77 Lewis St., Waterloo, Saturday, April 17, 8 p.m.to 12:30 a.m.$6 per person.Come on out, have a dance and socialize with us! Info: 450-539-3436 Ham Dinner with scalloped potatoes, coleslaw, etc.at Trinity Anglican Church, 409 South St., Cowansville.Saturday, April 17, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.Adults: $10.Children 6-10 yrs.: $5.Reservations: 450-378-8692 or 450-263-0105.April 17 Jamboree, open mic,: everyone welcomed, bring your friends, Hosted by Stressy (Barbara).Saturday, April 17 at 7 p.m.Donation $3.Sutton Legion, 2 Curley St.Info: 450-242-2525 or 450-538- J PD JOLY RIENDEAU &DUKEca (COWANSVIllC) INC.Taxation, Accounting, Financial Services, Estate Planning and Settlement, Farm Transfers Cowans vMIe Sherbrooke 127 Principale, Suite 105 3490 Galt West CowansvNIe Sherbrooke (450) 263-4123 (819) 566-2575 KNOWLEDGE AND .KNOW-HOW.2 2 10.Sutton Legion would like to thank Jim and Matthew for taking care of the dart games on Thursday evenings and to all the players that participated this season.Hope to see everyone back in the fall.Church Services CREEK/WATERLOO PASTORAL CHARGE Sunday worship and music.Creek United, West Bolton: 9:00 a.m.St.Paul’s, 4929 Foster, Waterloo: 10:30 a.m.Reverend David Lambie, Minister.For information or to leave messages call: 450-539-2129 ST.PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH 24 St.Paul’s Road, Knowlton.A group of ordinary people seeking to follow Jesus in Traditional, Contemporary and Modern ways.8 a.m.- Said Book of Common Prayer Worship.10 a.m.- User-friendly “Blended” Service with Traditional, Contemporary and Modern music and format.Sunday School.For more info: 450-242-2885 The Rev.Tim and the congregation look forward to welcoming you.KNOWLTON-MOUNTAIN VALLEY PASTORAL CHARGE Worship and song with Rev.Ryk Allen officiating.Mansonville United - Please check local bulletin board.Bolton Centre United - Easter Service will be held on April 11 at 9 a.m.Knowlton United, 234 Knowlton Road - 11 a.m.- every Sunday (handicap access) EMMANUEL UNTIED CHURCH “Soul food for open hearts and minds.” 203, rue Principale, Cowansville.Faith community in action.Worship service and Sunday School both start at 10:30 a.m.All children are welcome! April 11 : Deborah Beattie, Worship leader.Susan Reininger, Music Director.Info: 450-263-0204.ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH -DUNHAM.Sunday Services and Sunday School at 9:30 a.m.- all welcome! The Rev.Sinpoh Han.Information: 450-263-0431 ANGLICAN PARISH OF BROME: Sunday, April 11- 9 a.m.St.John the Evangelist, Brome - Holy Communion - The Rev.Allan Gault.ConTd on Page 9 \Brome County News Tuesday, April 6, 2010 page 3 Rugby for Health —I J V: # l 'l+* T, r* ' mmm The boys of summer playing a little rough > \ ' > BRO- By Virginia Wilson You may have already seen che Facebook page or the advertisements around Knowlton and Foster, but if you haven’t you probably heard about it.The Brome Lake Ducks Rugby team is working extremely hard to promote local rugby and bring back the women’s rugby team this year.With the sport making it back onto the Olympic Agenda and the Canada Games coming to Sherbrooke, the team wants to make sure to preserve and promote a team sport that is recognized around the world, but receives less visibility in Quebec and locally.Joelle Chartrand, Director of the Chamber of Commerce, Neal Partington, team captain of the Brome Lake Ducks for over 10 years, and Chris Severs, local health and fitness promoter, have been collecting players and funding from sponsors to promote the sport and encourage men and women from all age groups to work out and exercise.With the amount of teen activities dropping in Brome Lake, the group felt it was necessary to step up and encourage young people to stay out of trouble and feel the support and health benefits of a team sport.“Rugby is great for getting young people to push harder and stay fit,” says Servers.The team, which has done a lot of self funding in the past, is calling out to the general public to get involved and learn the sport.There is no experience needed to play and a lot of the captains have offered their time tourist-with .coaching and teaching ne comers.The teams will start May 1 and practices will be twice a week in the evening.For more information about the Duck’s Womens’ Team contact Joelle Chartrand at: daraghjoelle@yahoo.com and for the Duck's Men's Team contact: chris@avivaspasantejca before April 10.Competitive Prices Provincial government tax credit provided.Maximum up to t375lmo.RÉSDENCE POUR LESMÉS/ with 24 hr imprrvititw Social activities to enjoy oik m warm ami cfà - SurrnBamce 24k sm 24 Programme d'activités et m Pedicure and massage sentira oadriir A E H B K E 0^3^ 28 Mont Echo, Kmata, fete (49) MMB3 E-ms Log a i Shopping loco The new logos are out for the citizens of Lac Brome to promote local shopping.If you go to the Chamber of Commerce website, you can copy one of the, “I live here, I buy here" logos, which were created to raise awareness on the importance of shopping locally, and paste them to your e-mails to promote Lac Brome.The idea was originally discussed during the public meeting held at the Community Centre by the Chamber at the beginning of the year.Simply go to: www.cclacbrome.com and you can choose your favorite photograph to add to your e-mail or website.Are you a healthcare provider working with the English-speaking population?Did you know that poor literacy skills seriously affect the quality of healthcare received by many adult Quebecers?learn «about health literacy and how it affects your work and the lives of your clients.what: Health Literacy Videoconference When: 9-12 am, Tuesday.April 13"12010 2 Locations: Cowansville - Massey-Vanier High School Call Yamaskc Literacy Council at 450-263-7503 to reserve Lennoxvllle - Champlain College Call Literacy in Action at 819-346-7009 to reserve Hosted by Literacy Volunteers of Quebec Register at www.literacyvolunteersqc.ca Literacy Volunteer* of Quebec Bénévoles en alphabétiser too du Québec I HAVE TAX QUESTIONS.WHERE CAN I GET THE RIGHT ANSWERS?Got important tax questions?M We’re open and ready to give you the answers you need.Drop by the new H&R Block right in your neighborhood and work with one of our tax professionals today.Get it Right.™ Click, call or come over, hrbloclcca | 800-HRBLOCK ¦ H&R BLOCK’ Call 1-800-HRBLOCK or visit hrblockxa (1-800-472-5625) 02010 H&R Block Canada.Inc.Unda Domingue Owner 221 South St.CowansvMe, QC J2K 2X5 Tel.: (450) 263-6405 Fax (450) 263-9002 hida-dom*rgue@hrblock£a Unda Domingue Owner 35 Sherbrooke, Magog Tel.: (819) 843-6852 Fax (819) 843-3313 daudetlebergeron@hrblock.ca 546 King St.East Sherbrooke Tel.: (819) 3480034 Fax (819) 3484546 Mr.Sylvain Ainaüe WVL*MART Wal-Mart - Cowansville 450*263-5922 1-800-HRSock wwwhrblock^a page 4 Tuesday, April 6, 2010 Brome County News_===== Whither Lac Brome: Part IV By Marc Clerk Previous articles have dwelt on difficulties that have seriously hobbled the development and economic progress of Ville de Lac Brome in recent years.Residents have stood by quiescent, not intervening, not commenting, not acting, as awful things were perpetrated.The point of these articles, disagreeable as they may at times seem, is to point up weaknesses, suggest correctives and urge participation in their application.The Chambre de Commerce de Lac Brome has failed to disassociate itself from the grande illusion of the previous Ville de Lac Brome Council; it sets up “bread and circuses” rather than propelling the town’s economy toward a solid goal.The charade continues: The minutes of the VLB Council meetings of February and March contain some puzzling (and troubling) items concerning the Chamber of Commerce: “Council authorized the Mayor and the Town Clerk to sign a protocol with the Chamber of Commerce covering the financial support that was provided for in These shared memories, hono I've loved you for so long and I Bessette^ RÉSIDENCES ET JARDINS FUNÉRAIRES " A life remembered www.famillebessette.com GRANBY I BROMONT I ROXTON POND I VALCOURT 1 WATERLOO W7, rue des Colombes, Granby 450-777-1171 1-888-730-6666 ur our time together.I will never forget you! « Because you leave a lasting impression that lives on forever » the budget”.“Under resolution 2010-01-040, Council had undertaken to support the Cham-uer of Commerce’s request to the Pacte Rural for financial assistance in the amount of $14,666.00.The subsidy was refused.Council therefore resolved to maintain the Town’s participation in the project and contribute the amount requested".At the March 1 meeting, Council member Jacques Lecours is recorded as saying “that the Town still intends to provide: “full funding to the amount of $42,500.00 to the Chamber of Commerce”.“as soon as an agreement has been signed with the Chamber it will be made public”.“(A merchant in the audience) asked for details with respect to the financial assistance which will be given to the Chamber of Commerce and was advised that these figures would be available once the protocol is signed.(The merchant) stated that it was imperative that this figure be known before the protocol is signed".An intelligent intervention and observation, it would appear.But wait.A copy of the Protocol dated March 10, 2010 is now circulating (in French only) in Ville de Lac Brome in which the Mayor and Councillor Lecours are to sign or have signed the agreement with the Chamber.The amount of this protocol is $42,500.00 The question must be asked: Why does the present Council persist in supporting the Chamber of Commerce when merchants and residents (taxpayers all) have serious reservations about its raison d’être?Their doubts are based on the Chamber’s performance of the last six years.Street opinions range from “unrealistic” to “non-existent” to “make-believe”.The Chamber’s recently “elected" and loudly-touted executive is resigning in droves and being replaced by standers-by (and Councillors) having no direct connection with the economy, tourism or otherwise.Three weeks before this Protocol, at the appointment of members in the Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Committee on February 19, Councillors Lecours and Ouvrard are listed as members of this new Chamber committee.The question must be asked: What are members of Council doing as members of an “arms-length” body to which substantial municipal funding was being contemplated?In VLB Council’s minutes of March 1st, in answer to a comment from a resident from the Fulford sector, to the effect that the Chamber had little presence outside of Knowlton, Councillor Lecours is quoted as stating that he would: “do all he could to ensure that the Chamber be better known”.Are public relations for the Chamber also in Council’s mandate?Today’s Town Council’s tenuous relà-tions with the Chamber of Commerce continue to be difficult to dissect, interpret or fathom.Rarely have things been so economically difficult in Knowlton.There is unease with the Chamber because the lavish financing it has been receiving over the last while has not “trickled down”, as one observer has said, to helping merchants survive.This unease does not appear to be reaching Council’s ears.Ville de Lac Brome Council should resist, as did Councillor Gomes at the March 1 meeting, from financing poppycock.And, evidently, what is left of the executive of the Lac Brome Chamber of Commerce should close the organization down and revert to their knitting.An article by Debbie Hornig in a recent issue of this paper has done something impressive and useful to buck up the troops and stress shop and service centers’ efforts to cope.It has identified them as a body.This was not done by a grandiose Chamber declaration but by a true-blue, in-the-field, merchant.Taking that lead, our merchants should join together to establish a new, lighter and tighter Knowlton Merchants Association, dedicated to survival.(Marc Clerk has been a resident of the Eastern Townships since 1968.He operated a large sheep operation for twenty years in Sutton, where he also owned and operated La Cheviotte, a British woollens store; was Councillor in the Township of Sutton, initiator /President of the Sutton Merchants Association, President of Héritage Sutton Historical Society and Editor of Héritage Sutton Sketchbooks.In Lac Brome he was a founding member of the Knowlton Merchant’s Association, Ccxhairman of the IMAGINACTION POLICY PLAN, Director of Theatre Lac Brome, President of the Lac Brome Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Lac Brome Environmen t Committee and is Life Member of the Brome County Historical Society.) WITH FIVE STORES for your shopping convenience • excellent quality • reasonable prices • satisfaction guaranteed METRO PLOUFFE 20 Avenue des Pins, Bedford 450 Meigs N., Farnham 460 St-Patrice West, Magog 4801 Blvd.Bourque, Rock Forest 1175 King St.E„ Sherbrooke Brome County News Tuesday, April 6, 2010 page 5 Around Town $1000 for Knowlton kids Cont’d from Page 1 “If more students and teachers become involved in our recycling projects and Green Club, than we have succeeded in spreading awareness.In addition, we have looked into the Brudtland green schools.We hope that the success of this play will help encourage support from fellow staff members and our community,” said Gibbs.The Brudtland Green Establishment Network was created by partners like RECYC-Quebec in 1992 to support and encourage schools and organizations which think, teach and educate members of the community and society the values of ecology and solidarity.To keep this status, a school must receive BGE certification annually.Metro uses the 5 cents that customers pay for their bags to reinvest into projects which will help the environment and encourage local schools in Quebec and Ontario at the same time.“There is a million dollars that has been invested in the program this year and each school is allowed two $1000 grants as long as they have two separate projects,” says Lussier.She had travelled around to multiple schools during the year to try and raise awareness about the funds being offered by the grocery giant, which could benefit some of the smaller schools in financial difficulties.Both elementary and secondary level schools are eligible to receive the grant.The students were full of smiles when they received the news from their Home Room teacher.They were able to meet Isabelle Lussier when she entered the classroom to congratulate them on their efforts.To be eligible for a grant the school has to propose a project of their choice which will raise awareness on environmental conservation, for example, composting, recycling and not littering.The project must be approved and endorsed by the school’s Principal.Schools can apply for a grant on-line at: www.fonds-eco-ecole.ca .The Annual One day at a Time Fundraiser The third annual “One day at a time” fundraiser, organized by Megan Redmile and her spouse Jessey Moseley, will be taking place at the Fairview Hall on the Brome Fair grounds this year and will have a cocktail reception hosted by the Vignoble Domaine Bresee, to once again raise money for the oncology department at the BMP.Last year the event, which was held at the Auberge West Brome, raised over $6500 which was used to enable weekly flower deliveries, coffee, a Christmas concert and lunch, and other items which had been requested by patients that receive treatments regularly in the oncology department at the Brome-Missisquoi Perkins Hospital.The cocktail will be followed by a live auction, as well as a new silent auction for the Mother’s Day Cakes.There will be musical performances by the Hellhound Cats for guests to dance the night away.Tickets are available this year for $20.00 at the Shack in Knowlton and the Bank of Montreal in Cowansville.Knowlton Cemetary to improve grass As you may have noticed over the past few years the grass in the knowlton cemetery has become thin, brown and patchy.This is all due to an infestation of large white slugs which thrive on the grass and its roots.The knowlton cemetery company has hired "groupe vertdure” to remedy this problem.In the very near future you will see the soil being treated, scraped and seeded, all of the above is being carried out in an en-viromentally safe manner and will in no way harm the surrounding area.This treatment will start in mid june and continue until late summer.If you have any questions, please call a member of the cemetery committee.This procedure, along with our previous request to eliminate the artificial flower arrangements, should help in our aim to ‘green’ the knowlton cemetery.situation.You can go to the IGA, Uniprix and the Bank of Montreal to make donations to this cause.The Bank of Montreal will provide a tax receipt.You can also visit their website at: http//www.thehumanitariancoalition.ca/ or call: 1-800-464-9154.J- füR t T STORAGE ¦ * The only 1 refrigerated 1 vault I * on (g j U location 0 J 1 in the « t 1 region / T"—*— y fourrures UR RECYCLING SPECIALIST REPAIR AND CLEANING • FREE home pick-up Granby and region We will store your furs no matter where you bought them.69, rue Drummond Granby icnm New hour*: Moil.Vi fil.: 'MO S: W Unir X I ri.: M) :00 VII : W 5:00 Take a look at our leather collection while you’re here! Fire Update After the tragic fire on January 14th at the Joie de Lavande on Mont Echo rd, where a local neighbor suffered a severe heart attack and passed away, the Joie de Lavande confirmed damages to be estimated at $350, 000 and confirmed that the house will be rebuilt very quickly for the 2010 lavender season.Give to Haiti The (FCCQ) Federation of Chambers of Commerce of Quebec want to encourage companies and businesses to do what they can to reach out to the people of Haiti who are living through a severe and horrifying Planning ahead^ For a peace of mina > - Our family consultants*?can help you plan your’ , wishes or simply answer j your questions.T » r “vj, ! 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