The record, 29 mars 1999, lundi 29 mars 1999

DUNKIN' DONUTS.DOWNTOWN 70 Wellington St.North SHERBROOKE 569-1445 THE The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 For Is the mind that makes the body rich.-Shakespeare 60 CENTS Sherbrooke cop and real estate developer to be charged with sexual assault Woman says she was raped by two men By Cathy Gibson A prominent Sherbrooke real-estate developer and a Sherbrooke police officer were arrested early Sunday morning in connection with an alleged sexual assault.Around midnight Friday, Sherbrooke police received a complaint of sexual assault from a 29-year-old woman, said Const.Serge Dubord, a spokesman for the Quebec Police Force.“They received the original complaint around midnight Friday,” he said.“But when they realized one of their officers might be mixed up in this, in the interests of transparency they requested that the Quebec Police Force get involved.” The major crimes division of the QPF will head the investigation but will work in conjunction with the Sherbrooke Police Force, he said.After taking over the file at 3:30 a.m.Saturday, investigators questioned the victim, then spent the day verifying the facts of the case and collecting evidence at the scene.According to Dubord, the victim says she was assaulted in the home of one of the suspects shortly before midnight Friday.“With what we learned, we contacted the prosecutors office in Longueuil, because Sherbrooke prosecutors know the police here, and they decided to proceed with the arrests for sexual assault.” The 50-year-old police officer was arrested at his home around midnight Saturday while the developer, also 50, was arrested at his home around 1 a.m.Sunday.According to Dubord, the victim knew the suspects well and was seen with them in several Sherbrooke establishments the same day the alleged assault took place.“Because of the investigation, I can’t give any other details about the course of events, other than to say they also ate in a restaurant and drank wine together the same evening the complaint was made.” Both men are currently in police custody and will be formally charged Monday morning.Serge Fournier, public relations officer with the Sherbrooke police, said senior police officials are waiting for a report from the QPF before deciding what disciplinary action will be taken against the officer.“Everything will be determined tomorrow morning, by the court or the report,” he said.“He will probably be suspended, depending on the outcome.” w* ?Water hearings Concerned citizens throughout the Eastern Townships will voice their concerns about the future of lakes, rivers and underground water tables during public hearings this week.The province-wide consultation by the Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement begins three days of hearings in Sherbrooke tonight.See page 5 Deer friends Nathan Stanley of Island Brook has made a ‘deer’friend.Nathan's parents, Allan and Laurie Stanley, say the two have become best friends. page 2 Monday, March 29, 1999 'THE' Development should end price gouging Housing prices to stabalize now: Chamber spokesman By Stephen McDougall Special to The Recorjj Asbestos Anew residential development that could see up to 140 new houses being built will stabilize prices and put an end to gouging by individual sellers, a member of the Asbestos Chamber of Commerce said Friday.“With the arrival of Magnola, house prices were getting expensive,” said Ray-nald Gauthier, the chamber of commerce secretary.“Unfortunately, some sellers were exaggerating their prices to make some quick money, but the new construction should put an end to that.” Horror stories of inflated rents and small lots going for up to $20,000 have been circulating ever since the Magnola plant was announced in 1996.The plant will produce magnesium, extracted from the mountains of asbestos waste tailings situated on the outskirts of town.The plant is expected to create 350 jobs when it starts operation later this year and provide millions of dollars in work for subcontractors each year.Gauthier said the price gouging has not spread to retail property.He has seen no substantial increase in rents of other costs for merchants.The only increases were by individual land owners.“The chamber does not agree with this practice, but we can’t tell them not to do it,” he said.The new residential project was announced earlier this month by four local businessmen who formed the company Asaction.The first phase of the project will see 14 houses being built on a new extension from Filion street to Poitras street.Asaction’s Richard Viens said the second phase could see a further 20 to 40 lots developed, depending of demand.Serge Charland, the town’s director general, said the new street was built by the town at a cost of $250,000.He added the street and nearby subdivisions could produce a total of 140 new houses with an estimated total evaluation of $1.4 million.loto-québec m Draw 99-03-27 15 21 32 34 36 38 Bonus number: 13 WINNERS PRIZES 6/6 o $ 5 000 000,00 5/6+ 17 $ 47 261,20 5/6 281 $ 2 287,30 4/6 16 445 $74,90 3/6 293 463 $10 Total sales: $ 18 424 226,00 Next grand prize (approx.): $ 10 000 000,00 WINNERS PRIZES Draw 99-03-27 4 7 25 30 36 47 6/6 5/6+ 5/6 4/6 3/6 0 0 24 1 238 22 461 $ 1 000 000,00 $ 50 000,00 $500 $50 $5 Bonus number: 39 Total sales: $ 565 913,50 II lira Draw 1 FRIDAY 99-03-26 NUMBER PRIZES 273994 $ 100,000 73994 $1,000 3994 $250 994 $50 94 $10 4 $2 Itra ¦ SATURDAY Draw 99-03-27 NUMBER PRIZES 415124 $100,000 15124 $1,000 5124 $250 124 $50 24 $10 4 $2 Draw 99-03-26 12 13 14 42 43 44 45 Bonus number: 28 WINNERS PRIZES 7/7 1 $7 000 000,00 6/7+ 6 $32 526,00 6/7 65 $2 627,10 5/7 3808 $160,30 4/7 82 706 $10 3/7+ 76 820 $10 3/7 692 546 free play Total sales: $ 10 351 116,00 Next grand prize (approx.): $ 2 500 000,00 TVA, the network of draws Claims: See back of tickets, in the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list, the latter shall prevail.The project is the first to benefit from the town’s tax holiday program designed to lure new development.The program was started in January and gives new homeowners a two-and-a-half year tax holiday if their total tax bill for that period is under $5,000.Charland said the program was designed for the future employees of Mag-nola and that construction on the residential project will be underway this spring.He said other development projects are being studied.“We are waiting for government approval for two projects because the land is still considered agricultural.We have only been two months into this program and there has been some serious interest shown in this area,” he said last week.But the Asaction construction will be too late for the first 50 Magnola employees expected to be transferred to the town from Montreal and other Quebec regions before summer.Vice-president Michel Bedard said the employees will be encouraged to set up in Asbestos, but added it will not be an obligation.Local real estate broker Yvan Lemay said the new construction will affect the market for houses above the $75,000 range.“The prices on these new houses will not necessarily be that high and should force other house prices down, especially at $75,000 and above.” He said most older houses go for an average $50,000 to $55,000.Lemay said another reason prices will stabilize this year is because of the loss of jobs at the JM Asbestos mine, the only other large employer in the town.Last summer, 160 mine employees were laid off, and close to 30 employees lost their jobs in February.The layoffs bring the number of JM employees to just under 400.“Prices did rise when Magnola announced it would go ahead with the plant, but the layoffs have tempered that,” said Lemay.He said 1998 was a bad year for As- BEN by Daniel bestos real estate.The 12-year veteran said he only sold 30 houses, whereas in a normal year, the number of sales is over 50.“I expect with this new development and the plant starting up, it will be a better market.” Charles Besmargian, an official with the Asbestos MRC, said land prices for industrial land has been frozen because the land is owned by the town.“The price right now is cheap, about 16 cents a square foot,” he said.“At that price, some companies are serious about setting up here.” Briefly Piedmont orders nine Dash 8 aircraft from Bombardier Bombardier Aerospace announced Friday that Piedmont airlines, a subsidiary of US Airways group, has ordered nine Dash 8/Q.200 aircraft.The airline has been buying planes from Bombardier since 1979 and this acquisition will increase their stable of Dash 8s to 93 for US Airway Express livery and 115 for US Airways Express services.Robert Gillespie, president of Bombardier Aerospace, Regional Aircraft, says the company is grateful for Piedmont’s continuing confidence in Bombardier’s products.The Canadian aerospace company is the world’s third largest nonmilitary aircraft manufacturer, and leads the industry in the 20 to 70 passenger regional carrier market.Bombardier has sold 581 of the 37-seat, Dash 8/Q, series aircraft including 87 of the Q200 model purchased by Piedmont.Bombardier is also active in the rail transportation, recreational products and financial services industries and operates plants in 11 countries in North America and Europe.Shelton Weather MONDAY: Cloudy with 60 per cent probability of showers.High near 8.TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy.A few showers or flurries.Low near zero.High near 4.Probability of precipitation 60 per cent.Normals for the period.Low -5.High 4.Monday, March 29: Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:11 KmTl Hoi R6gJ II, V fuRPLUGS/'jf ' YOUR PAP'S SNORING KEPF ME UP HALF THE NIGHT/ IV TRY TO WAKE HIM UP, SHOVE HIM, EVEN KICK HIM BUT HE JUST WOULPNT STOP/ MORNING, T MOM, YOU LOOK 50 TIRER' Record Monday, March 29, 1999 page 3 Blanchette Sherbrooke Union official charged in Lake Lovering shooting charged with illegally transporting a restricted weapon, mischief causing less than $5000 damage, possession of a restricted weapon in a place where that weapon is not allowed, and endangering human life through the negligent use of a firearm.The charges stem back to the night of March 7, when Jean-Yves Monmia, a high ranking official at the Claude Ro-billard Centre in Montreal, was at the Lake Lovering home of his girlfriend, Lise Montreuil.During the night they heard four loud bangs in the house.The following morning they discovered the house had been shot at.The Memphremagog Regional Police were called in, and they dug the bullets out of the walls.Analysis of the slugs showed they were fired by a .22 caliber Ruger.A verification of the owners of that type of handgun led police to Davi-au as a suspect.Last Wednesday the Memphremagog police raided Daviau’s home and recovered the handgun.An analysis of the pistol showed it to almost certainly be the one used in the Lake Lovering shooting.Following the verification, Daviau was arrested by police Thursday afternoon.After spending the night in jail, he was brought before Quebec Court judge Gabriel Lassonde Friday morning.PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT Jean-Yves Monmia, a high ranking official at the Claude Robillard Centre in Montreal, was at the Lake Loveringhome of his girlfriend, Lise Montreuil when shots were fired.Daviau was then released on $500 bail on the condition that he keep the peace and stay away from his alleged victims and their homes.A date for a preliminary hearing has been set for May 4.In recent months relations between the MUC and its various unions has de- teriorated.Last week the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld six-month jail sentences for the president of the city’s blue collar workers union, Jean Lapierre, and the union’s secretary-treasurer, Denis Maynard, for their role in a violent protest in front of Montreal city hall in 1993.André Daviau released on bail By Maurice Crossfield One of the leaders of the Montreal Urban Community white collar workers union has been released on bail after allegedly shooting at a home belonging to the girlfriend of a city official.André Daviau appeared in court in Sherbrooke Friday where he was sen ted André Daviau in court in Sherbrooke Quebec Liberal leader reflects on first year 'MÊmrnÈ PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT Quebec Liberal leader Jean Charest in the right place.‘I made the right decision’: Jean Charest By Rita Legault Sherbrooke On the first anniversary of his career-altering decision to quit federal politics and run for the leadership of the provincial Liberals, Quebec Liberal leader Jean Charest said he believes he made the right decision.And now that he’s finally sitting in the National Assembly, the natural-born politician is back in his element doing what he loves best: debating with his parliamentary opponents.“I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m right where I belong,” the Sherbrooke MP-turned-Sherbrooke-MNA told local reporters Friday afternoon.“It’s been a year of extraordinary change,” Charest said, adding that there have been many highs and many lows.“We have crossed valleys and climbed mountains in both the polls and in politics.” “But now I have finally reached the destination, and I am now in possession of all my capacities in the National Assembly," Charest said.The former federal Conservative leader said that after years of being muzzled on the back of the backbench in Ottawa, he’s glad to have regained his freedom to speak.Since the Tory party drowned in a sea of Liberals in the 1993 elections, Charest’s Conservatives lost their official party status and had few opportunities to stand up and speak in the House of Commons.As leader of the opposition in Quebec, he’s back in the political ring at every Question Period.Charest said that while he could have played an important role in the federal political arena, he can do more for the future of Quebec in his current position.He said that choice was not so clear a year ago.“Life is a series of choices and circumstances that effect those choices,” he said, adding that recent personal reflection confirms he made the right choice in choosing Quebec.Charest said that the past year has been a learning experience and that he has four years in opposition to prepare for the day when he will be called upon to govern.Charest said he senses the sincere support of the Liberal troops to work with him to rebuild the party.He comments that the next few years will be rebuilding years for the Quebec Liberals as they prepare for the next provincial elections.“A political party can never take anything for granted,” he said.“You have to keep building." page 4 Monday, March 29, 1999 ¦¦THE» i M ——————¦ ¦ —¦ MCGKD Liberals seeking solutions for new millennium Bottom view Intake valves Exhaust valve Intake valve Rocker Pushrod Valve Valve Camshaft CYLINDER HEAD Camshafts Valve CYLINDER HEAD Town hall meetings set to hear public views on the future By Rita Legault Sherbrooke f I jhe Federal Liberal Party is looking I inside and outside its party for ad-~L vice on how to effectively meet the new millennium.Under the theme Welcome 2000, the federal Liberal’s caucus of Quebec MPs and Senators is organizing a provincewide consultation to come up with new How DOHC works ^ Cutaway showing cylinder head combustion chambers (view from Inside the cylinder bore) and valvetrain differences between overhead valve (OHV) and double overhead camshaft (DOHC) engines, which are becoming increasing popular.Typical two-valve per cylinder OH setup Large single intake valve is heavy and limited in size by the physical constraints of the combustion chamber.Æ.J Typical intake or exhaust valve (Side view) Typical four-valve Two smaller intake and exhaust valves make better use of combustion chamber space and are lighter.Most importantly, they flow more air/fuel mixture which means more power.ideas to mold the party’s platform and help shape future government policies.For the Eastern Townships and Mon-térégie areas of the province, the consultation will be held on April 17 in Ste-Hyacinthe.The Liberals are sending personal invitations to about 40,000 Quebecers, but everyone is invited to attend the public forums.The Liberals launched the invitation at a press conference in Sherbrooke Monday attended by Liberal minister Martin Cauchon, Senator Celine Hervieux-Payette, and Brome-Missisquoi MP Denis Paradis as well as the provincial Liberal party vice-president Ruth McKeage and Sherbrooke riding president Michel Joncas.Spark plug Exhaust valves Centrally-located spark plug aids flame travel improves combustion — more power and better fuel economy.Typical OHV setup Typical DOHC setup END VIEW THE TYPICAL OVERHEAD VALVE SETUP, found on many engines such as a typical V8, has many moving parts — the more surfaces that touch one another, the more wear and tear the engine endures and the less precise the valvetrain becomes over time.WITH TWO CAMSHAFTS WORKING DIRECTLY on the intake and exhaust valves — but above them — there are fewer moving parts.As well, the valves are smaller, hence less spring fatigue and higher RPM capabilities (whicn can increase power).Great selection of vehicles in our inventory.4141 King Street West Sherbrooke 563-4466 For information (toll-free) 1 888 MEGAPARK 634-2727 LEMEI IR REMIT HEW During the 13 town hall hearings, participants will be invited to discuss the role of the federal government in employment and tax policy, social development, regional economic development as well as how it can promote the identity of both Quebec and Canada.“We want to welcome new ideas, solutions and approaches,” PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT Federal regional developmentl minister Martin Cauchon, Senator Celine Hervieux-Payette, and Brome-Missisquoi MP Denis Paradis launched an invitation to the public to discuss solutions for the future.regional development minister Marin Cauchon said, adding that Canadians have gone through an unprecedented period of social and economic change.“The idea is not to identify problems,” Hervieux-Payette commented.“We all know what the problems are.We need to find solutions and set priorities.” While party platforms are usually debated and set by party members, this time the Liberals want to reach out further, the Liberals explained.“We want this process to transcend partisan politics,” Cauchon said, adding that they are hoping to hear from students, seniors, workers and all members of Quebec society, regardless of their po- litical stripes.Brome-Missisquoi MP Denis Paradis said his role as an MP is to transmit the needs and preoccupations of his constituents to Ottawa.He explains that was the basis for a draft bill he presented on banking fees.“That topic came up at two out three of my town hall meetings,” he said.Cauchon said that political parties need to be in constant Contact with people to understand their concerns and to act upon them.The meeting for the Montérégie and Eastern Townships will be held at the Hotel des Gouverneurs in St-Hyacinthe beginning at 9.Briefs St-Jacques questions ministerial appointment Staff Shefford Conservative MP Diane St-Jacques says she’s worried the creation of an antipoverty ministerial post will have on the nation’s poor.Last Tuesday Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announced the creation of the country’s first minister responsible for fighting homelessness.Labor Minister Claudette Bradshaw has been named to the post, though she was given no budget or new programs to work with.St-Jacques, who is co-chairing a Tory party anti-poverty task force, said she was delighted with the announcement, but said it didn’t go far enough.She called on the Chrétien Liberals to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to study poverty and formulate solutions to the problem.The Shefford MP didn’t get the response she wanted.St-Jacques said recent jokes made by the prime minister show that he really isn’t all that serious about the issue.“I can only have doubts about the prime minister’s good faith, when I hear that he does not care about poor people, as he indicated twice by joking about poverty when responding to allega-tions of conflict of interest,” St-Jacques said in a press release.“Poverty is a tragedy that we must not laugh at, but fight with out last reserves of energy.” Woodlot owners to get easy access to forestry equipment Access to a line of forestry equipment will be coming soon to a tool rental centre near you.Friday Turboforest NovaSylva announced the launch of Novajack, a new product and accessory line of forestry equipment, manufactured in Asbestos.The equipment includes such items as forestry trailers, skidding arches and skidding cones.Tested for years in the woodlots across the country, the equipment will soon be available on a rental basis.Novjack officials predicted the creation of 100 forestry tool rental centres in existing tool rental stores across Canada.“From now on, owners of private woodlands will have access to specialized equipment in their vicinity, at low cost, on a daily, weekly or monthly rental fee basis,” said marketing manager Yves Sicotte, in a news release.The line is aimed primarily at woodlot owners who would have hired outside foresters because they don’t have the proper equipment.The new equipment now offers an increased opportunity for those who want to do it themselves. «»*** ® Record Monday, March 29, 1999 page 5 Water hearings to probe resource management 40 individuals and groups to have say By Rita Legault Sherbrooke Citizens, environmental groups and municipalities from throughout the Eastern Townships are concerned about the future of lakes, rivers and underground water tables and they intend to voice their concerns this week during public hearings on water management in Quebec.The province-wide consultation being held by the Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement is holding three days of hearings in Sherbrooke, starting tonight.Two weeks ago, the Conseil régionale de l’environnement de TEstrie organized a meeting of groups interested in participating in the hearings.About 40 groups and municipalities were represented.CREE president Jean-Guy Depot said Quebec is blessed with three per cent of the freshwater supply in the world.But, he said, the province does not have any rules and regulations to ensure it is properly managed and legislation is long overdue.Dépôt said that 1.4 billion people in the world don’t have access to clean drinking water and we have a responsibility to manage the resource for future generations.“Sustainable development is the key to protecting the resource,” he said.Dépôt said the regional environmental council is mainly concerned about the quality of drinking water found in lakes and rivers and underground sources.He points out that more than a dozen local lakes including Mem-phremagog, Massawippi, Megantic, Bowker, Orford, Stukely and Fraser supply drinking water to Townshippers.He said the council is also concerned about sewage known in French as eaux usées or used waters.Dépôt said it’s important for the government to enforce regulations on sewage and waste water collection, particularly in rural areas where the population relies on individual septic tanks and collection systems.Ecologist Stewart Hopps, the president and founder of Memphremagog Wetlands Foundation, said he is particularly concerned about the underground water table which is getting deeper and deeper each year.“A lot of people ran out of water last year,” he pointed out.“That’s something that’s never been seen for 30 years.” Hopps says there are a number of reasons for the reduction in the quantity of underground reservoirs.“We’re clear cutting and doing away with our marshlands,” he said.“It’s gotta stop.” Hopps, who plans to eventually pre- sent a brief on watersheds and water tables in the Memphremagog region, points out that while some large bodies of water are protected, the thousands of unnamed tiny streams and babbling brooks that feed them are threatened and destroyed every day.Bernard Lapointe of Massawippi Water Protection Association said his group plans to be on hand to get answers to a number of nagging questions.It wants to know who’s legally responsible for taking care of ice floes and shoreline protection.Lapointe said that because the lake is home to paddlewheelers that made the trek between North Hatley and Ayer’s Cliff in the last century, the lake was declared a navigable waterway and placed under federal jurisdiction.“Our status as a navigable lake has brought many hassles with people wanting to launch boats of all sizes with all kinds of motors,” Lapointe explained.“We want to maintain the quality of water in our lake and we want to know how we can abandon status as a navigable waterway.” This week’s information gathering section is the first phase of the public consultation.The BAPE will reconvene in the fall to receive briefs and opinions of citizens, municipalities, environmental groups and others concerned about the future of water resources in Quebec.Hearings begin tonight at 7:30 p.m.at the Delta Hotel in Sherbrooke.They reconvene Tuesday afternoon at 2 and at 7:30 in the evening, and again on Wednesday afternoon at 2.The tour will also stop in the Montérégie area where hearings will be held in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu on April 6, 7 and 8.For more information, call the government at 1 800 463-4732 or by e-mail at eau@bape.gouv.qc.ca.Information, including a report on the status of waterways in the Estrie region, is also available on the Internet at www.bape .gouv.qv.ca/eau.DRAWING All in-store purchases will give you a chance for a draw on April 3rd of a Belgium Easter Bunny (value of $45.00) WEDEUYEFJ Sherbrooke & area Fleuriste Lennoxville 163 Queen St.Lennoxville, Que.JIM 1K1 VISA 564-1441 Perry Beaton/Correspondent Quebecers will have a chance to express their views on water management at environmental hearings beginning this week.PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT Quebec is blessed with three per cent of the fresh water supply in the world. page 6 Monday, March 29, 1999 Record Community Forum Letters Partition along different lines Dear Editor On March 13th, The Gazette of Montreal published and gave prominence to an article on partition of Quebec, with map entitled “Splitting Along the Fault Line." I agree with the partitioning of the province but most strongly protest the division of land and population that was shown.The published plan was to have numerous (and I surmise impossible to administer) enclaves, scattered around within the present borders of Quebec but remain Canadian; it would also chop Canada in two.It is here suggested that the border should be at two major topographical features, the St.Lawrence River and the Ottawa River, south of these Rivers and the native lands, to remain parts of Canada.Some of the Gaspe land and an area North/East of Ottawa, to be open for discussion or possible trade-offs.There would be joint use of the St.Lawrence for shipping.Canada would have a land corridor joining its Eastern and Western portions.Also, the Gazette plan would throw a large number of people who voted to remain in Canada, into the separatist’s lap.It is to be remembered that there are only about three million, or possibly less, individuals who truly want an independent Quebec.The people who voted to remain in Canada are good loyal Canadians; it is neither fair nor honourable to abandon our citizens to another political state.It is further suggested that any plan of partition must include finan- cial government aid to facilitate the relocation of residents, to the political territory of choice.This could take the form of loans on property etc.and must be from all involved governments.There must be no individual stuck iii Sherbrooke (Canada) who yearns to live across the river in Trois Rivieres (New Quebec) and vice versa.Please note that this plan would meet the Quebec aspirations, for a large economically feasible territory and independence to Quebecers.It would not deal Canada a crippling blow that could not be tolerated.It would result in amicable relations and cooperation between two states.Readers are requested to consider and if found to be good, to promote this approach.Lawrence Purdy, Waterloo Government should hire more doctors Dear Editor, 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Toronto (Ontario), M5A 3X5.Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Agreement No.0479675.Member ABC, CARD, CDNA, NMB, QCNA the government should obtain the necessary personnel.Yours sincerely, Archie D.Smith Sherbrooke cc Pauline Marois Thanks for sharing in celebration Dear Editor, On behalf of myself and my brother we would like to thank everyone at The Record for the wonderful placement of our ad that was submitted by my long time friend David Moore to the correct attention of the editorial department.Thursday, Feb.18th,1999 marked our parents 60th Diamond Wedding Anniversary.And upon receiving your package containing copies of The Record you have helped to celebrate our family’s special day with family and special friends with your Thursday edition.My mother and father were overjoyed and surprised to see these two special celebrations in our hometown newspaper, The Record, for all of their friends to see and for them to know they are healthy and with family here in Ontario.It’s not often we have the opportunity to celebrate 60 years of marriage with our parents nor do we get the chance to celebrate birthdays with parents who have reached an incredible age.This year we have been blessed to celebrate our father’s birthday of 89 years and our mother’s of 87 years and we pray that we can celebrate a few more of these wonderful moments with family and friends.As long time residents of Sherbrooke since 1960.This part of the Eastern Townships will always be re membered by our parents and the numerous friends they have left behind since their move to Ontario following Quebec’s severe black-out and ice storm .Sherbrooke is also a part of us, their children.We may live in other parts of the province and the world, yet our roots are here along with the numerous friends we have left behind and whom we visit from time to time experiencing the subtle changes to our hometown.Our thanks again to The Record for recording and celebrating in print our memories with friends.Sincerely Yours Henry & Janice Durocher QFfswiwj m wm mm NEST LON60L- W" .AND YOU'RE 5UK HE’S NOT « TDK ABLE 10 FIND UiS WAY DACk HOME W> TIME.b — THE —i i Record Monday, March 29, 1999 page 7 Golf de I’Estrie A tradition in the area for the past 32 years! 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OPENING SALE si April n Soft spike 30* each Installation included Chips *3.99 tax included Limited quantity and models Gloves $7.99 and up Bags up to 33% off Selection of clubs - 15-50% off Driving range now open 2690 Chemin des Ecossais Sherbrooke 562-4128 «g Coaticook police officer helps deliver baby ‘It was a wonderful experience’ - officer By Cathy Gibson It seems Kevin Levesque just couldn’t wait.Last Monday morning, Kevin surprised his parents, and at least one member of Coaticook’s finest when he decided he’d rather be born in the hallway at home than the clinical confines of the nearest hospital.According to Const.Jocelyn Bernier, he and his partner Yvon Cloutier received an urgent call at 3:10 a.m.last Monday.Coaticook resident Alain Levesque, a frantic father-in-waiting, needed an ambulance because his wife, 22-year-old Melanie Lavigne, was about to have their first baby.“We called for the ambulance and headed over there to make sure everything was all right and to help the ambulance find its way,” said Bernier.When the officers arrived at the St-Anne street residence the situation seemed under control but began to change rapidly as they waited for the ambulance to arrive, said Bernier.“We tried to help her move, but she stopped to lay on the floor of the hallway.She couldn’t go any further because she was ready to give birth.” Bernier, Cloutier and Levesque readied themselves - Levesque searched for clean towels, Cloutier called the Coaticook hospital before deciding to pick up the doctor himself, and Bernier, well, he stayed where he was - just in case.“I could see the head was coming out a bit, so I spoke to a doctor over the phone, to ask what to do,” said Bernier.“I watched as the baby came out, further and further, until I had no choice but to intervene.The doctor told me how to hold the head and to tell the woman to push when she had a contraction.I helped free one of the baby’s shoulders and then the other, and once that was done, it was much easier - he came right out.” Although Bernier says he’s heard of this kind of thing before, Monday’s arrival was a first for the Coaticook police department and fortunately, he wasn’t completely unprepared.“I had a bit of basic first aid training, so I used what I knew and the doctor helped with the rest,” he said.As for mom, dad and baby, Bernier says they’re all fine and no worse for the adventure.“An event like this is so rare,” he said, “it was a wonderful experience.” Simons coming soon Construction on the $&million Simons store at Carrefour de l’Estrie is underway and the fashion centre is expected to open in late springPerry Beaton Briefs YWCA nominates Constance Pathy Staff West Brome resident Constance Pathy has been nominated as a finalist in the Montreal YWCA’s Prix Femmes de Mérite.This sixth edition of the awards recognizes exceptional women for their professionalism, social activism and contribution to the advancement of women.The finalists in 11 categories are selected by an independent jury.Pathy was nominated for her work with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in the arts and culture category.Also nom-inated in that category are Wanda Kaluzny of the Montreal Chamber Orchestra, and Chantal Pontbriand of the Festival international de nouvelle danse.Other categories in the awards include business, health, community service, education and sports.The awards gala will be held at the Sheraton Centre in Montreal on April 28.Tickets are $150 each, a part of which can be used as a charitable donation.The event represents the main source of financing for the Montreal YWCA, which helps some 36,000 women in the Montreal region every year.For ticket information, contact Gisèle Lapierre at (514) 866-9941, Student exchange program returns Brome-Missisquoi MP Denis Paradis has announced the return of the student ex-change-summer job program.For the fourth summer in a row students will be given jobs in various regions of the country where they will learn about a second language and culture.The exchange students work in a second language and live with a host family.So far some 800 students have taken part in the program, which Paradis founded in 1996.The aim of the program is to promote understanding between anglophones and francophones, while providing summer jobs.This year the program will see students spending the summer in 100 different federal ridings.The summer employment program will take place between July 5 and August 13.For information, contact Denis Paradis’ office at (819) 843-8743, (450) 248-1179, Brome-Missisquoi MP Denis Paradis page 8 Monday, March 29, 1999 : Record Rampaging army leaves Kosovo in ruins Thousands flee as Serbs increase attacks on Albanians By Matthew Fisher Toronto Sun Vllace, Macedonia Zelfi Skreta’s last memory of Kosovo before crossing into Macedonia yesterday was of getting smashed in the head with the butt of a Serbian SUN MEDIA A Ü.S.Sleuth bomber, part of the NATO attack, was shot down Saturday by Serb forces.The pilot was rescued and is said to be doing well, recovering at a NATO air force base in Italy.SAVE ON THE NEWSSTAND PRICE! HAVE delivered to your door SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3106 for.3 months, *6154 for 6 months $11963 for 1 year (these prices include QST & GST) gun.“It was a soldier who did this!” Skreta thundered as he stood about 100 metres inside Macedonian territory.“Why did they bum my home?Why did they force us to come here?" the wizened, almost toothless 63-year-old farmer asked as his right eye began to close and the skin surrounding it turned a vicious purple.Five minutes.Leave or be shot That was all the time that Skreta and hundreds of other terrified ethnic Albanians were given to quit their homes near the border by Serbian security forces yesterday.Or they would be shot.The Serbian order for all Kovosar Albanians to leave the villages of Jankovic and Seciste and the town of Urosevac, came in the middle of a miserably wet, windy afternoon.By nightfall, the trickle of refugees that had been entering Macedonia at Vllace had suddenly become a flood.“It’s been terrible.There is no safety at all," said a young mother who carried her baby across the border from Jankovic, which faces Vllace.“There was shooting in the night and they were shooting into the houses today.There is nobody left over there now except Serbs.” A 29-year-old woman with four toddlers and a goat in tow said Serbian paramilitary troops in ski masks went door-to-door in Urosevac, setting homes and businesses on fire.“Fearing a massacre,” she and her children fled after the marauders stole her family’s two cars.“I’ve been kicked out,” said an elderly man who was weeping Jjtp ¦S.Name: Address: .Tel.No.: .Postal Code:___ Please mail with payment to: THE RECORD P.O.Box 1200 Sherbrooke, QC J1H 5L6 569-9528 • 242-1188 • 1-800-463-9525 SUBSCRIBE TODAY! as he limped through the border crossing.Opening a plastic bag that comprised his entire luggage, he said he only had time to grab a bottle of water and change of clothes.It might not have seemed like it to him, but the man was lucky.About 100 of his neighbours were stuck in a No Man’s Land between Serbian and Macedonian customs houses as night fell because they had not had time to grab the identity papers needed to enter Macedonia.A Swiss UN official at the border yesterday said their predicament was being urgently discussed with the Macedonian government.About 12,000 Kosovar Albanians in Macedonia were already registered with the UN as refugees, he said.Refugees escaping to Macedonia yesterday from deeper inside Kosovo brought with them horrific stories of a province that has been slipping into absolute chaos since NATO began bombing Serbia six days ago to try to get its forces to stop killing Kosovar Albanians and allow a NATO peacekeeping force into the province.Albania’s information minister, Musa Uliqini, said on local TV Saturday night that as many as 50,000 could cross the border in the coming days.In the Albanian capital of Tirana, the government said 20,000 refugees had arrived by late Saturday night, mostly women and children from villages around Prizren.Ethnic Albanian sources remaining in the Serbian province made allegations of killing, kidnapping and looting by paramilitary gangs, some targeting civilians in door-to-door raids.Western officials said unconfirmed reports appeared to point to a savage new campaign of “ethnic cleansing” that has escalated dramatically since NATO attacks began.Arkan causes panic Much of Urosevac was in flames Saturday, refugees at the border said.What seemed to cause the most panic were re- ports that Zeljko Raznatovic, known by his nom de guerre “Arkan,” the leader of one of Serbia’s most notorious paramilitary groups, was moving from town to town.There were also unconfirmed reports that a dozen Albanians had been hanged in Gracanica.The Kosovo Liberation Army told Associated Press that more than 30 people had been executed by Serbian forces on Friday in Roa-hovac and 10 in Podujevo.The expulsion of Kosovar Albanians yesterday has renewed speculation that Serbian forces might be preparing to attack Macedonia, which has angered Belgrade by hosting 12,000 NATO troops waiting to enter Kosovo to enforce a peace agreement that Serbia has refused to sign.NATO pledged Saturday that its troops will investigate allegations of war crimes in Kosovo once its forces enter the Serbian province.But those forces won’t be sent into Kosovo until Serbia agrees.Increased tensions between Serbia and NATO were evident along the border yesterday.Serbian and NATO troops were digging in on both sides of the Vardar River and Serbian en-gineers had just mined the bridge across the river, according to residents of the Macedonian border village of Vllace.An Italian mechanized infantry detachment, part of the NATO forces now in Macedonia, was camped in hilly woods about 3 kilometres back from the border yesterday.All of the unit’s guns were pointed at Serbia.“It’s good the NATO bombing from the air, but the Serbs are doing their killing on the ground,” said Jeffi, 31,who made a harrowing 80-km trip to Macedonia from Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, with her husband and two children.“They’re just burning everything in Pristina, the shops, the pubs.“We were stopped three or four times at checkpoints coming here.All the Serbs would say is ‘Go.Go.Go.’ “ — With files from AP Bombs drop on their homeland By Michele Mandel Toronto Sun I hey are torn by their hyphen.Once again, hundreds gathered outside the paint-splattered American consulate Saturday, hyphenated Canadians who view their homeland as Serbia, their chosen land as Canada.Until now, they could balance both of their identities with ease, like the rest of this multicultural nation.But not these days.Not when there are Canadian warplanes among those raining bombs on their families.Their pain, their divided loyalty, is easy to understand.That they should disagree with their government’s course of action and protest against it vociferously - but lawfully -is their inalienable Canadian right.Their duty.But it is the ease with which some would abandon this country that has adopted them that can’t help but hurt.And give pause.Misha Godich is 32, a sweet, soft-spoken, single father of a 12-year-old, a black baseball cap on his head, a Serbian flag in his hand.He came to this country almost six years ago; he is now a Canadian citizen.Yet he would go back tomorrow and fight if the call came from his native land.“If it’s necessary, of course,” he says quickly, so obvious is his reply.“We can’t just stand by and let our people get hurt.Whatever my homeland needs, I’d be there to help.” Many of his friends have already called and offered to join the battle against NATO.They have been told, he says, that there is no need.At least, not yet.But they are ready.Godich explains that his mother is there, his sister and his cousin, all living in Belgrade and under air attack by NATO forces.See heartache, page 9 Monday, March 29, 1999 page 9 Canadian Serbs torn by loyalties FUTURE And so her family has spent the last few days reconsidering their identity and their future.If the war continues, if heartache: CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 He just spoke with them shortly after a bombing raid left them shaking.Yes, they are frightened, he says, but they are also determined that they are right.As is he.If the war escalates, if the call comes, he would go to their aid and the aid of his countrymen.Godich would leave Canada and join the Yugoslav army - “me and a lot of others” - even if it meant ultimately placing himself against Canadians.“I would be fighting NATO,” Godich insists.“I’m against NATO troops.I’m not against Canada.” Canada is part of NATO, you gently remind him.You cannot take up arms against NATO without realizing that in so doing, you may be taking up arms against your fellow citizens.“I’m really sorry about that, I’m really sorry that Canada is part of NATO,” is all he can reply.“But I don’t think Canadians understand what is happening.” 500 VOLUNTEERS Branka Hrnjak, president of the Serbian National League, says she has a list of more than 500 volunteers eager to return to Yugoslavia if needed.They’ve been told the call may come if the war escalates and NATO sends in ground troops.“I’m going,” she declares.“I go without ammunition, but I will help organize.If the first bullet kills me, I don’t care.I would die for Serbia.We all would die for Serbia.” Under the watchful gaze of riot police, Maria Macura marches along the University Ave.sidewalk with a sign that bitterly asks Canadians how many they have killed today.Behind her dark sunglasses, she is shaking with anger and pain that Canadians would crow about bombing “successes” when it is her family and friends who huddle in Belgrade in fear of being killed.proud Canadian no more “I was a very proud Canadian,” the nurse says.“But not anymore.” She and her husband came here from Yugoslavia 10 years ago, began working here on their tenth day and have been contributing to this country ever since.“And now we are in the ironic situation that our tax money is being used to kill our people, our parents, friends and families back in our country,” says Macura, 47.“We are watching TV and from what we can see, Canadians are very proud of what they’re doing.” their adopted land continues its role in bombing Yugoslavia, they will abandon Canada and return to their homeland.They feel betrayed and don’t see how some may view theirs as the betrayal.“I’m going to go back to my country with my two daughters and they’re going to have their kids in my country,” Macura says bitterly.“Before this situation, I never thought about it, I never talked about it.” And when she says “my country,” she ensures that you understand she speaks now only of Yugoslavia.“To me,” she says slowly, anger framing every word, “it’s too hard today to use the words ‘my country’ about Canada.” SUN MEDIA Canadian Serbs protested last week in front of the Sherbrooke Courthouse following NATO’s decision to bomb their homeland.Similar protests were 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wife Dina (Ruiz) Eastwood plays a TV anchorwoman.“I knew she could do it.She’s had a lot of practice,” says Eastwood about his wife who in real life is a TV anchor-woman.The district attorney is played by Frances Fisher, Eastwood’s paramour immediately before he married Ruiz and Eastwood’s daughter in True Crime is played by Francesca Fisher Eastwood, the five-year-old daughter of Eastwood and Fisher.Francesca lives with Fisher.Eastwood and Ruiz have a two-year-old daughter Morgan.“We all get along remarkably well as is only proper in these cases.” In the past, Eastwood has directed his older children Kyle Eastwood and Alison Eastwood.“It’s always dangerous when you hire one of your children.You wonder how traumatic it would be if you were forced to fire them.” True Crime is Eastwood’s 21st film as a director and his 41st starring role.emomes.Norton was nominated for his blistering performance as a reformed skin head in American History X.“I kep(t) thinking about those traditional Thanksgiving Day dinners where there is always a kiddies’ table.I fel(t) like there was a distinct possibility that I (would) be sent to the Oscars kiddie table,” said Norton who at 29 was the youngster in the best actor category.Tom Hanks is 42, Roberto Benigni 48, Nick Nolte 58 and Ian McKellen 59.Norton’s next assignment will find him behind the cameras directing himself, Ben Stiller and Jenna Elfman in Universal Picture’s Keeping the Faith.The Wayan brothers are getting together to create a spoof of the recent slate of teen horror films.Keenen Ivory Wayans will direct his brothers Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans in Last Summer I Screamed Because Friday the 13th Fell on Halloween.Vincent Price horror classic House on Haunted Hill which is currently filming in Los Angeles with Geoffrey Rush and Famke Janssen.Still on the horror scene, Wesley Snipes has announced that he is working on a sequel to his futuristic vampire movie Blade.Edward Norton joked he was nervous about attending the March 21 Oscar cer- Steven Spielberg announced that he will produce a new version of the H.G.Wells’ science fiction classic The Time Machine for summer of 2000.Spielberg anticipates that the budget will be too high for his fledgling DreamWorks studio so he’s asking his pals Robert Zemeckis and Joel Silver to coproduce with their Dark Castle Entertainment company at Warner Bros.Dark Castle’s first feature is a remake of the 1958 In Ravenous, the creepy new horror film, Aussie Guy Pearce plays a soldier who battles a crazed cannibal (The Full Monty’s Robert Carlyle) who might actually have a crush on him.Pearce insists he had no reservations about the bizarre subject matter of Ravenous.“You’re talking about a guy who waxed his body and put on high heels to play a drag queen in Priscilla Queen of the Desert.“That doesn’t mean that from the get-go I didn’t realize that Ravenous would be risky.It has the potential to be quite moving but I knew if we pushed the humor too hard, it would turn into one big joke.” There was no laughter on the Prague locations of Ravenous when the original director, Milcho Manchevski (Before the Rain) was sacked after less than two weeks of shooting for not accentuating the film’s humor.At the insistence of Carlyle, Antonia Bird was flown in from England.At 31, Pearce is a show-biz veteran.Two days after graduating from high school, he landed a recurring role in the popular Australian soap opera Neighbours.After four years on that series he played an Aussie cowboy for three years in the TV version of The Man From Snowy River.There are some romeos that Claire Danes won’t give the time of day.The 19-year-old star of Romeo & Juliet is in her freshman year at Yale.She received quite a strange invitation recently.“Some guy from a college in Wisconsin called my roommate at the dorm,” explains Danes.“Apparently he’d rented all the wardrobe from the film Romeo & Juliet from 20th Century Fox.“He wanted to fly my roommate and I out to Wisconsin so we could attend his Romeo & Juliet party.“Like, I don’t think so!” Danes stars in The Mod Squad that opens Friday and has agreed to work during her summer recess with Jodie Foster on a remake of All About Eve.Pump up the volume for Sloan For the latest entertainment news9 read The Record, daily.Readers’ Page Do you have ideas / experiences /photographs /anecdotes you'd like to share with other Record readers?Texts should be limited to a maximum of 300 words.Publication date of items received cannot be guaranteed.The Record reserves the right to determine suitability for publication.All submissions must be signed.The Record will return photos, if you provide a stamped, self-addressed envelope large enough to accommodate the photograph.Please clearly identify your submission as an item for our Record Readers’ Page, including your name and telephone number, and send it to: THE RECORD 2850 Delorme St., Sherbrooke, Quebec J1K 1A1 Long road to success pays off with 28-cut album By Jane Stevenson Toronto Sun 4 Nights At The Palais Royale (Murderecords -Universal) t.|""^he 28 cuts on this double, live album from one of Canada’s best-loved pop bands was JL mainly culled from their four, sold-out shows at the former dance hall on Toronto’s lakefront last November.Although, they do admit in the liner notes that “in choosing the most exciting performances of each song," some tracks were taken from other shows on the Canadian tour.Still, for a group that is notoriously touch-and-go in a live setting, this collection is a more-than decent representation of their seven-year career.Even if it is way too long.Someone once said to me that this transplanted Halifax band, now based in Toronto, have had two or three outstanding pop songs on each of their four, full-length releases, and that a greatest hits collection would really be the ultimate in a Sloan listening experience.This collection comes awfully close to that ideal and it’s fun, too.Especially the nifty 12-page booklet in which the band members - Patrick Pentland, Jay Ferguson, Chris Murphy and Andrew Scott - make comments about each and every song, even pointing out some of the obvious weaknesses while being quite amusing at the same time.The album kicks off promisingly enough with the rocking She Says What She Means, after a snippet of dialogue taken from the video for the track from 1998’s Navy Blues.From there the energy is maintained on The Good In Everyone, Coax Me and The Lines You Amend before things start to drag a bit (much as they did in the opening night Palais Royale concert I saw) with tracks like Marcus Said, Seems So Heavy and Sinking Ships (despite the commendable crowd singalong on that last one).“Can all the repeat-business people please tell the other people what I need them to do,” commands Sloan’s resident show-off, Murphy, at one point.To which the crowd responds in soccer fan style: “SLOW-OHN! SLOW-OHN!” The audience later sings an impromptu Happy Birthday to Murphy as well.The pace picks up again on Everything You’ve Done Wrong, Keep On Thinkin’, Iggy & Angus, People Of The Sky, On The Horizon, an extra-long version of Money City Maniacs (complete with wailing sirens), Torn (from their 1992 EP Peppermint) and the album-ending Underwhelmed.Less successful are fan favourite Snowsuit Sound, as well as Suppose They Close The Door, Bells On, 400 Metres, I Wanna Thank You, G Turns To D, Penpals, Deeper Than Beauty, I Am The Cancer, I Can Feel It, Nothing Left To Make Me Want To Stay and Before I Do.Ultimately though, there are certainly worse things Sloanheads could do on a Saturday night than crank up the volume on this one, play air guitar and sing along.And when the going gets tough, just skip ahead to the songs you like. Monday, March 29, 1999 page 11 i !¦ THE Mm RECORD *! H m