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DOWNTOWN 70 Wellington St.North SHERBROOKE 569-1445 THE record The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 f,U, by Oldsmobte ' .ay 3 DYSON 6 ARMSTRONG1, L RICHMOND, Que.) 265 Principale Street 826-3721 1-800-263-9766 75 CENTS Friday, April 16, 1999 —- wraps up in Staff The preliminary hearing of one of the men accused of the murder of Yvan Lallier wrapped up in Granby, Thursday.Yvan Morneau, 39, is one of five charged in connection with the 29,1998 murder of Laili-îr’s lifeless body was found iby Township the autopsy revealed :en and stabbed to is the first of the five to iry hearing in con-with the murder.He is rep-by lawyer Jean-Luc Paris.The details of the preliminary hearing are subject to a publication .At the time of Morneau’s ar-in early October police said 1“,i— Lallier was killed be-knowledge of a string »—*"e> of holdups from Cowansville to Marieville took place to the ;ed with the homicide 18, Eric Pépin, 19, ;, 19, and a 17-year-cannot be identified Following re also ection with the ; — Students gather to share views on the war in the Balkans , » f Me PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT Geneviève Côté, a member of the International Association for Students in Business and Economics Club at Bishop’s University, said she believed from the beginning that NATO’s bombing campaign was wrong.150 exchange ideas at Bishop’s University By Sylvia Warden Lennoxville There are more questions than answers.That was the consensus following a sometimes lively two-hour discussion on the war in Yugoslavia, held Wednesday at Bishop’s University.About 150 students, taking time out from studying for exams and final papers, packed the faculty lounge in Mc-Greer Hall to learn more about the situation in the Balkans.What became clear during the discussion is that many Canadians, including these students, don’t really understand why NATO is involved in the Balkans and what the end result will be.Geneviève Côté said she believed from the beginning that NATO’s bombing campaign was wrong.A member of the International Association for Students in Business and Economics Club at Bishop’s, she exchanged information with students from around the world via e-mail, but wanted to do more than just “talk.” So the third-year business student along with three other students organized Wednesday’s discussion.“It happened really fast and I think it’s great that four people could get 150.To tell you the truth, I thought only 20 people would show up,” Coté said.SEE EXCHANGE, PAGE 3 & LACHANCE CHASSE & PECHE Jean-Guy Lachance, Prop.1435 King E.Fleurimont 563-9676 GRAND EQOUTOO°«MftN OPENING Saturday & Sunday April 1 7 & 1 S LACHANCE CHASSE 8c PECHE Jean-Guy Lachance, Prop.1435 King E.Fleurimont 563-9676 ORIGINAL MICROFILMED AT VARYING INTENSITIES BECAUSE THE TEXT IS PRINTED ON GREYISH OR COLOUR BACKGROUND. page 2 Friday, April 16, 1999 Record Subscribe to The Record today.Call 569-9528 17 20 28 34 40 42 loto-québec Draw 99-04-14 BONUS NUMBER: ___ WINNERS PRIZES 6/6 1 $ 2 065 266,20 5/6+ 6 $103 263,30 5/6 197 $2 516,00 4/6 10 735 $88,50 3/6 204 763 $10 Total sales: $ 13 729 250,00 Next grand prize (approx.): $ 2 200 000,00 2 4 10 12 21 42 Draw 99-04-14 BONUS NUMBER: 48 WINNERS PRIZES 6/6 1 $ 1 000 000,00 5/6+ 0 $ 50 000,00 5/6 35 $ 500 4/6 1 531 $ 50 3/6 23 004 $ 5 Total sales: $ 501 003,00 Egtra Draw 99-04-14 NUMBER PRIZES 205213 $ 100,000 05213 $ 1,000 5213 $250 213 $50 13 $10 3 $2 Claims: See back of tickets, in the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list, the latter shall prevail.Weather FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy in the morning.Variable cloudiness in the afternoon.Low near 1.High near 8.SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy throughout the day.Probability of precipitation 30 per cent.Low near 2.High near 9.SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy.Probability of precipitation 40 per cent.Low near 2.High near 8.Are we about to see the new world order’s first consumer revolution?Within a week or two, a hundred million North Americans will hear or see the following Charles Bury From the for-what-it’s-worth department comes what may become the new world order’s first consumer revolution - in which case please remember you read it here first.On the other hand it may be just another failed crusade, in which case kindly forget.We’re talking about the price of gas.Whooshing through the computer world of mailing lists, chat rooms, news groups and discussion forums is an embryonic one-day gas-pump boycott.The simple suggestion is that since a longer boycott obviously wouldn’t work, everyone should refrain from buying gas for one designated day, and thus teach the oil companies what consumers think about price gouging.They way these things work, within a week or two a hundred million North Americans will hear or see the following message or one much like it.It came to me with an introduction from a man who had read about the idea on one mail exchange, and forwarded it to at least one other, of which I am a member.These lists can have from a few dozen to many thousands of-participants, all of whom receive every message the members exchange.The volume can range from a handful to many dozens of e-mail messages per day.And there are hundreds of thousands of discussion lists out there.Most are devoted to a more-or-less narrow field of interest such as, say, raising roses, restoring streetcars, tasting beer or teaching nuclear chemistry.And most members belong to more than one group, and they have vocations, avocations, hobbies - what my True Love calls ‘your current obsessions’ - which overlap.As an occasional user myself, I figure the guy who sent this challenge to my list will more than likely send it everywhere he can.So will many others.Maybe you will too: “Fellows,” he wrote, “this is a perfect example of a chain letter (received from a buddy.).For those of us who drive 50 miles RT daily to work.this definitely proves interesting.” And here is the revolutionary manifesto itself.Sorry about all the capital letters and exclamation points but the poor chap is from the U.S A., wheregaso-line is usually cheap as dirt: “THE GREAT GAS OUT.It’s time we did something about the price of gasoline in America! We are all sick and tired of high prices when there are literally millions of gallons in storage.” “Know what I found out?If there was just ONE day when no one purchased any gasoline, prices would drop drastically.The so-called oil cartel has decided to slow production by some 2 million barrels per day to drive up the price.I have decided to see how many Americans we can get to NOT BUY ANY GASOLINE on one particular day! Let’s have a GAS OUT! Do not buy any gasoline on APRIL 30, 1999!!!!! Buy on Thursday before, or Saturday after.Do not buy any gasoline on FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1999.Wanna help?Send this message to everyone you know.Ask them to do the same.All we need is a few million to participate in order to make a difference.Keep track of how many you will send out.We CAN make a difference.Thanks.” I have a hunch that this protest is going to work.One day’s lost revenues would hurt anyone - you, me or the company that owns the oil well.And there’s a lot of resentment out there.I don’t know a single driver who doesn’t think gas is too expensive, and deep down inside most of us harbour at least a suspicion that the price at the pump is somehow fixed - perhaps with a few nudges and winks out on the golf course, perhaps over dinner at the presidents’ private retreat.So I’ll try to avoid buying gas on Friday, April 30.It’s not like Exxon is going to crumble overnight.But they sure Baroque at the Old Brick Church in West Brome The Orchestre Baroque de Montreal Briefs will perform excerpts from Handel’s opera, Alcina, at the Old Brick Church in West Brome this weekend.The 10 musicians conducted by Joel Thiffault will be joined by guest artists Hélène Fortin, soprano, and mezzo-so- prano Paula Rockwell.Performances will take place on Saturday, April 17, at 8 p.m.and Sunday, April 18, at 3 p.m.Admission is free.Tel: (450) 263-2346.BEN by Daniel Shelton MOW ATOUT I KNOW JULIA.'SHES MY TOSS'S ASSISTANT ANP SHE MAKES MY LITE MISERABLE." NOPE.SHE KATME OUT Of A PROMOTION LAST YEAR-I HATE HER,' YOU KNOW THIS WCULP % A WHOLE LOT EASIER IF YOU'P CHANGE JOTO.SUSAN? — THEM Record Friday, April 16, 1999 page 3 Briefs Dudswell home bums - again It was third time unlucky for a Dudswell man’s home, which went up in flames Thursday morning.Quebec Police Force spokesman Const.Serge Dubord said the house on Gervais Road was a complete loss after the fire, with damage estimated at about $80,000.“What is particular about this is that it was the third fire at the house,” Dubord said.“There were two fires there last year.” This for a house that hasn’t even been lived in yet.Dubord said the first two fires took place during construction, while Thursday’s fire happened as the owner was preparing to move in.Officers from the Haute St-François detachment of the QPF are investigating the fire.Dubord said there are so far no indications that the fire was intentionally set.East Bolton pot farmer sought Police are still searching for a 40-year-old man in connection with a raid on an indoor marijuana plantation in East Bolton Tuesday.In the raid on a residence on Nicholas Austin Road, RCMP officers turned up 554 marijuana plants an a garage that had been turned into an indoor growing facility.Police estimate the value of the seized pot at about $50,000.Police say most of the pot was des- tined to be transplanted outdoors for the summer growing season.Several mature plants were also recovered at the scene.Haskell celebrates The Haskell Free Library in Stanstead is celebrating National Library Week with treats, prizes and programs for all ages.From Tuesday through Saturday, staff will be serving coffee, juice and a little something sweet and fresh from A Baker Named Desire.On Friday at 7 p.m„ an evening of Words and Music will be presented by members of the Common Ground Writers Association, comprising poets, mu- sicians, teachers, lawyers, farmers, novelists and moms with small children.Musician Allyn Harris will provide im-provisational accompaniment on keyboard and percussion.On Saturday, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m„ there will be a bilingual event for families and children of all ages titled Plant A Seed And Watch A Mind Grow where people will be learning and singing songs in French and English, creating a mural to welcome the spring and planting flower seeds to take home.Musician Peter Mendieta will accompany on guitar.All events are free and open to the public.For more information, call 876-2471 or 873-3022.Exchange: CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 While 150 students attended, only a handful actually spoke.And when they did, the questions reflected a variety of opinions and knowledge levels.One student asked why NATO, and not the United Nations, had gone into the region while another asked Serbs in the audience about their strong national identity.Others stood up to announce NATO has no idea what it is doing, and called it international decision-making on the fly.Dr.Chan Man Fong, a part-time professor of history at Bishop’s, was encouraged by what she heard.“Well I thought it was good to have a discussion like that at the university be cause lots of people are very worried about what’s going on in the Balkans and don’t understand the situation - a lot of people don’t understand why we should get involved there,” said Fong, who favors negotiation over bombing and wishes a peacekeeping force instead of a military force had entered the region.Bishop’s University politics professor, Ivan Hymul, in a telephone interview on PERRY BEATON/CORRESPONDENT Geneviève Côte' doing her part.Stop «ht Bombing in ta 0 Thursday, said hostilities in the Balkans go back centuries and prevailing myths play a key role in its continuation.“The fact is that each of the people in that part of the world has a different political myth about the founding people - the sustaining myth being why are they there.Who has suffered the most NATO admits its mistake While NATO acknowledged mistakenly bombing a refugee convoy, it blamed the Serbs for putting the refugees in harm's way."NATO confirms, from its preliminary investigation, it appears that one of its aircraft mistakenly dropped a bomb on a civilian vehicle in a convoy yesterday," said NATO spokesman Arild Isegg on Thursday, reading a statement in Brussels, Belgium.Meanwhile, thousands of Kosovar Albanians chased by Serb artillery fire poured into neighboring states on Thursday.Yugoslav officials said 64 people died and 20 were hurt in the attack.LOUIS SAVOIE, LL.L Dennis dezos f ' v J| '* CHARTERED Barrister and Solicitor / AC C ?U NTANT Mediator in Civil “We add value and Commercial Matters v/ to your business" 101 Principale North Richmond (Québec) JOB 2H0 Tel : 819-823-0800 Lennoxville (819) 826-1991 Fax: (819) 826-6874 Email: lpsavoie@qc.aira.com in that part of the world is an incredible preoccupation and this is fueled by social scientists, and historians in that part of the world.They have a totally different reading of each other and they’ve had it for a long period.” Though the root of the tension between Serbs and Albanian-Kosovars goes back centuries, Myhul said little has been done this century to improve the situation.“Even though the problem has been historical, because it’s a very complex demographic and geographical set-up, it was exacerbated partially by the com-munist regime under Tito.Certain things were ignored.The ethnicity factor was ignored.Those republics were carved up in a very artificial fashion to be sure to have lots of minorities in them.The discussion of hatred among them, before communism came in was simply ignored.Probably a million and a half people were killed there during the Second World War and they were killed by each other and we tend to forget that factor,” said Myhul.Most analysts agree Yugoslav leader Solbadon Milosevic and the people of Belgrade aren’t likely to give up soon.That assessment counters earlier predictions made in the initial days of bombing that NATO would drop a few bombs and the Serbs would leave Kosovo and sign the Rambouillet Peace Agreement.NATO warned Milosevic to sign the peace treaty or risk a bombing campaign.In 24 days of bombing, Canadian DUKE.NOBLE.General Partnership Chartered Accountants A.Jackson Noble, C.A.164-A Queen Street Suite 1 Lennoxville, Quebec, J1M 1J9 (819) 346-0333 Taxation, Accounting, Financial Services, Individuals and Corporations Estate Planning and Settlement, Farm Transfers Serving the Eastern Townships community for over 35 years Offices In: Cowansville KnowJlon 127 Principale St.339 Knowlton Rd.Suite 105 (450) 243-5021 (450) 263-4123__________________________ NATO flyers have flown more than 1,000 sorties.Students at Wednesday’s discussion applauded and became animated when one man rose to say NATO should stop the bombing.As the planned one-hour event spilled into another hour, more students stood up to say “stop the bomb- ¦ _ M mg.Mary Purkey, a member of Amnesty International told the students to write their MP and tell him or her to stop the bombing.“One letter is said to represent 10 people,” said Purkey.Dr.Myhul said both the CIA and the Pentagon in the United States warned against a bombing campaign but NATO is unlikely to stop.“If it (NATO) pulls back, it really indicates it is a toothless organization.” said Myhul.Ryan Barker, one of the discussion’s organizers said Canadians cannot forget that innocent civilians on both sides are being hurt.“This is a humanitarian disaster.” CAREER The Eastern Townships School Board Is seeking applicants for the following teaching positions: • PROFESSIONAL COOKING • MACHINING TECHNICS - Part time positions with the possibility of full time PLACE OF WORK: Cowansville SCHEDULE: Day and/or Night REQUIREMENTS: PROFESSIONAL COOKING - recognized diploma in professional cooking or equivalent - five years related experience - bilingual MACHINING TECHNICS - 5 years experience in the field - bilingual - knowledge of tool and die making an asset SALARY: 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courses, please cal[ProfessorLouiseJfametat^450)242H518 UNIVERSITÉ Bishop’s University Continuing Education Lennoxville, QcJIM 1Z7 BISHOP’S UNIVERSITY (819) 822-9670 Crime and Punishment By Karen Eryou Special to The Record April 14 • The Coaticook Quebec Police Force (QPF) surprised two robbers in the act on Highway 141 in Coaticook.As the officers were on patrol, they noticed two individuals loading John Deere lawn tractors on a truck in the dealer’s yard.When the officers pulled into the yard, their investigation led them to believe that the two men were going to make way with the goods.One of the two men was apprehended, the other fled.The case has been turned over to the Coaticook Municipal Police as the attempted robbery had taken place on their territory.• An arrest warrant has been issued by the Memphrémagog QPF for a Stanstead businessman who apparently failed to stop at a police roadblock on Canusa Street in Beebe on April 11.The QPF reported the individual had been positively identified and was wanted for suspected driving under the influence of alcohol.The police said a chase ensued, however, the suspect got away.The accusations against the man are: Dangerous driving, assault, hindrance and breach of probation.• A white, 1993 Dodge Caravan was reported stolen ffom a Capelton Road resident in Hatley Township.The value of the van is estimated at $10,000.• A break-in was reported on Chemin Dunant in Hatley Township.Reported stolen was an Ariens snowblower, a Homelite chainsaw and a five-gallon gas container.The total of the take is estimated at $1,000.April 13 • Damages to a light on Main $treet in Martinville were reported, estimated at $50.• A break-in was reported on Dustin Road in Stanstead East.The Coaticook QPF investigated the scene, however, as the homeowner was absent, it was unknown if anything had been stolen.April 12 • A Stanstead College student reported a missing passport to the Memphrémagog QPF.April 11 • Damages were reported to a car on Chemin Brûlé in Compton Station.The back window of a parked car was smashed out.• Damages were also reported to a car on Chemin Bank in St-Malo.The Coaticook QPF said that $3,000 in damages were reported to the fender, antennae and windows.• A single-car accident was report- ed on Highway 141 in Barnston.• On April 10 and 11, the Coaticook QPF conducted an operation in Compton in order to slow down traffic through the village.Speeds between 65 and 83 km/h were registered on radar in a 50 km/h zone.The QPF spent five-and-a-half hours radaring in Compton during the weekend.Two speeding tickets were issued and 120 warnings were given.• A driver lost control of his vehicle on Autoroute 55 northbound at kilometre 30 in Ste-Catherine-de-Hat-ley.He received minor injuries and a blood sample was taken as the officers suspected he was driving under the influence of alcohol.• An accident involving two deer was reported on Autoroute 10 at kilometre 101.4 in Waterloo.The QPF said a woman hit two deer and caused extensive damage to the car she was driving.No injuries were reported.April 10 • A suspected drunk driver was pulled over by Coaticook QPF officers on Highway 147 in Compton.The driver refused to submit to an alcohol test.The police said the driver will be charged with refusal and driving while under the influence of alcohol.April 9 • While trying to avoid a deer on Chemin Roy in Barnston West, an individual ended up with his vehicle in a ditch.Damages were limited to the vehicle and no injuries were reported.• Memphrémagog QPF reported a robbery at a home on Chemin Martin in Stukely Township, where a $200 barbecue had been stolen.• The theft of a pool ladder was reported on Chemin du Bois in South Stukely.The QPF said $700 in damages were done in order to steal a $100 ladder.• A wild turkey caused an accident in South Stukely.The QPF said a woman parked her car in the middle of the road because there was a turkey in her path.A second car rear-ended hers causing damages.As for the turkey, the QPF said he escaped uninjured.April 8 • At 11:37 p.m., a tractor-trailer loaded with lumber en route to the U.S.went off the road at kilometre 19 in Stanstead East on Autoroute 55, and lost its shipment into the ditch.The tractor unit, a Kenworth, was seized for inspection and, while the Cookshire based company was making their way to the accident scene in order to clean up the spilled lumber, two Waterville men, driving a cube-type truck, were witnessed making off with part of the lumber.Last Friday, the two men were located and accusations of theft have been lodged against them. - —THE» Record Friday, April 16, 1999 page 5 Merger not likely to be merry in Rural versus urban concerns clash during meeting By Stephen McDougall Special to The Record Richmond Townships should merge with other townships, not with towns, warned Cleveland farmer Martha Tremblay Tuesday night.“If they do, then farmland is no longer protected by town industrial projects.” Tremblay made the comments at the first of three public meetings on the proposed merger of Richmond with neighbouring Cleveland Township and the town of Melbourne.“We will be administered by town people, not agricultural people,” she said in front of Cleveland mayor Gerald Badger.“When a majority of townspeople want land for houses or industry, we farmers will suffer.” She was not convinced that having three councillors from Cleveland on the new municipality’s proposed eight-member council will protect Cleveland farmers’ interests.“I think that means our interests will be outvoted every time a farmer’s concerns are brought before the council.” farmland protected Mayor Badger said farmland is protected by provincial government agencies set up under Bill 90, the law protecting agricultural land.Under that law, land zoned “green” cannot be used for residential or industrial use without provincial government permission.When asked by Tremblay what would happen if an industrial area was set up next to a farm, Badger responded: “There is little danger of that happening.The regional municipal council (MRC) can question any municipal plan.Towns do not have the right to take over a green zone on their own.” Throughout the meeting, most of the questions were by Cleveland residents asking their mayor why he supported the merger.Many argued the merger will mean higher costs and taxes for them.George Lepage questioned how much residents will save in the new merged community.He said the new municipality’s police force will cost $900,000 a year to operate instead of the $703,000 figure offered by the mayors.“The new force will need more people and equipment.How much is that going to cost us?” Richmond director general Martin Lafleur said the largest cost for the new force would be $30,000 for the setting up of communication equipment if it is moved to a new location.If the merger goes ahead, Lafleur said, the Quebec Police Force would leave Richmond and its facilities at the Richmond town hall would be used by the new force, Badger said officials have already factored into the police budget the cost of a second patrol car, necessary for rural patrols.“We will have two patrol cars with up to six permanent officers on staff and another four or five officers on call,” said Badger, a retired QPF constable.“These patrols should be adequate for the amount of crime we usually get in this area.” OWN POLICE FORCE If the merger goes ahead, the new municipality will be home to 6,000 residents.Under Quebec law, towns with more than 5,000 residents must operate their own police force instead of being dependent on the QPF.Presently, Richmond operates a small force while the QPF serve Melbourne, Cleveland and other neighbouring towns.Cleveland residents also questioned the amount of taxes they would have to pay under the new regime.Some were concerned their taxes would increase to Richmond levels despite not having the same level of water and sewage systems.But Martin Lafleur said a base tax, or mill rate, of 79.5 cents per $100 evaluation would be established for all residents of the new municipality.“Those with better facilities or other features will get more taxes added on to the base tax, while others with less will not have to pay extra,” said Lafleur.Mayor Marc André Martel said Richmond residents now pay a mill rate of $1.47, while Mayor Badger said Cleveland residents pay a mill rate of 75 cents.Martel added, any new projects would be financed on a user-pay method.That means residents who get new sewers or a paved street will cover most of the cost themselves.He tried to assure Cleveland residents they would not be burdened with public works that benefit present Richmond or Melbourne residents.But the mayors warned if the merger did not go through, residents of the three municipalities faced higher taxes because of fewer provincial government grants.EQUALIZATION grants “If we remain separate, we will get less money in equalization grants and Cleveland the taxpayer will have to make up the difference.If we merge, the government will give us higher grants for the next five years and your taxes ill remain low.” The mayors said the five-year grants total $536,500.They added the 79.5 cent base tax will be reduced by 25 cents as long as the new municipality receives provincial grants for road repair.They repeated their intention to impose a two-cent tax increase each year for the next four years to build up an operating fund once the higher equalization grants stop coming.MORE OPTIONS In an interview after the meeting, Badger said by merging Cleveland with Richmond and Melbourne, there will be more options when it comes to setting up residential and industrial zones.“If we stayed alone, there would be less land work if we wanted to get a business or factory.With the merger, there will be more land and we can avoid such conflicts.” But he added there are no assurances that area farmland can always be protected.Badger added if Cleveland residents reject the proposal, Richmond and Melbourne would have to delay any merger plans."Under the law, we can only merge with neighbouring municipalities,”, he said.Richmond and Melbourne are surrounded by Cleveland and Melbourne Township.The later has already said it is not interested in merging with us.” Badger said Cleveland has scheduled a referendum on the proposed merger for May 30.Richmond and Melbourne residents can register their opposition to the merger on May 4, 5 and 6 at their respective town halls.Molson’s expands its community support Local Heroes supports ball diamonds and hoop dreams By Maurice Crossfield Orford The top brass at Molson were in Cherry River Tuesday and Wednesday, meeting with regional employees and working on efforts to bring the beer giant closer to its customers.In the Estrie region some 160 people work for Molson’s, including 68 at the Sherbrooke distribution centre.Molson’s president Raynald Doin said the effort of those workers has made the brewer’s product line the most popular in the region.“Fifty-six per cent of beer consumption in Estrie is of Molson products,” Doin said.“That’s the highest in Quebec.” In recent years beer consumers have moved away from traditional brands like Molson Export.Large brewers are now facing more competition from micro breweries.“There is no doubt there has been a splitting up of the market,” Doin said.He said Molson’s has replied by widening its product line.Meanwhile overall beer consumption has only increased slightly in the last couple of years.Doin said this is due to the coming of age of the children of the baby boomers.In all Quebecers consume about five million hectalitres of beer per year.Put in other terms, that’s about two million cases of 24.The company has also been looking to boost its public image by increasing its involvement in the community.Doin said the company has invested nearly $500,000 in events like the Traversée du lac Mémphremagog, the fireworks competition at the Lac des Nations, and the Castors hockey team.The beer brewing giant has also launched the Local Heroes program.Under the program Molson will supply between $50 and $5,000 to help revamp, revitalize or repair existing recreational facilities.The money is used for a variety of tasks, from fencing in soft ball fields to setting up a neighbourhood basketball net.Last year the Local Heroes program supported 188 different projects.This year Doin said the objective is 250 community projects.“I would like us to inject more than $120,000 in this region,” Doin said.On thing Molson’s is not contemplating is getting out of the hockey business, Doin said.This despite a five per cent decrease in revenues last year from the Montreal Canadiens.The annual revue of operations listed increases in player salaries affecting the bottom Molson’s president Raynald Doin said the brewery is developing closer community ties.line, while Doin said the team’s poor showing this season didn’t help.“But there is no doubt hockey will stay the sport of interest in Quebec," he said.“It is like a religion here." page 6 Friday, April 16, 1999 ¦¦THE* Record Community Forum A war by any other name One of the first reports on the chilling rampage at The Ottawa Transit System garage last week stated the attacker would likely have killed more than four people had his gun not jammed.The reporter added that following the carnage, the offender had shot himself.What happened to the jammed gun?Some of the reports coming from the war zone in Yugoslavia also defy simple logic starting with ‘we are not at war.’ Just what are we at then?Bombs are dropping, people are being killed and our country is a member of the attacking forces but we are not at war.Canada’s own Minister of Foreign Obscurity, Lloyd Axworthy, declared early on the bombing began because Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic’s atrocities could no longer be tolerated.As masses of refugees poured across the borders from Kosovo, Axworthy announced that no one could have predicted that Milosevic could be so brutal.New spins on the same old deeds have been added to further confound us.The Serbian army is being subjected to ‘degradation.’ That translates to reducing their military inventory.Ground troops will arrive only in a ‘permissive environment.’ Read: when the violence has ended.‘Collateral damage’ is intended to insulate the public from the head count of civilian casualties as well as other incidental damage.Bill Clinton registered stunned disbelief at the capture of three U.S.soldiers near or in enemy territory.How could the Serbs commit such a dastardly deed he asked, just as though the whole conflict had not risked or invited such an action.But then one doesn’t anticipate casualties or prisoners when one is not at war.This must be Clinton’s virtual reality conflict where no real person is actually engaged, where war is only simulated and thus no prisoners can possibly be taken.Who so dared to introduce a sobering note of reality into the exercise?Let’s not forget ‘humanitarian bombing.’ That of course is not the risk of death raining from the skies.It is meant to suggest some kind of a security blanket to lovingly cushion its victims.One more transparent attempt to put a benevolent face on war.Do the governing bodies have such little respect for the governed that they think we can be so readily fooled?Are they so unconvinced as to the rightness of their cause that they feel the need to pervert and distort the language in an attempt to deceive us?It must be they believe the electorate has no appetite for war providing they are informed with the unvarnished truth.No wonder it has been said that every dictionary should bear a sticker marked EXPLOSIVE.Military and political leaders actually sit around a table thinking up new words in an attempt to make their actions appear palatable.Given straightforward information, the electorate might even find those actions legitimate.Peacekeeping has become peacemaking, an entirely different exercise, thereby converting a defence force into an attack unit with a comforting name.In fact, peacemaking is not peaceful at all but involves the use of force, ostensibly to achieve peace.Wading through the sterilized briefings and deliberate distortions of language one is left with the sobering thought that our country’s actions may have aided the villainous Milosevic, the exact opposite of our aims.The tired cliché that the first casualty of war is truth might better be ‘the first casualty of truth is the deliberate misuse of words.’ Even a concerted effort to find the exact word to express an idea can be in vain, leaving a reader or listener with an unintended impression.To deliberately seek a cosmetic word points to the admission that the idea itself must be camouflaged in order to gain public approval.Those same ideas lead to words and words lead to actions.Would the actions in Yugoslavia be different, had true words been spoken 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Friday.Back copies of The Record ordered one week after publication are available at $3.00 per copy prepaid.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 Sun Media Corporation, a Quebecor company, having its head office at 333 King Street, Toronto (Ontario), M5A 3X5.Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Agreement No.0479675.Member ABC, CARD, CDNA, NMB, QCNA OUI»!CO» VIHTI» D I A Letters to The Editor ______________!______ Thanks for sharing 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 cele- brate 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 remembered 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 Another former Townshipper keeps in touch online I am so glad The Sherbrooke Record is online.I am formerly from Sherbrooke, and it is wonderful to keep tabs on our little heaven on earth.Diana Gibbons tmm.mXhM BOATLOAD OF CMAPttN VWP POtte Vff'ir'U ms É'ï'-Z THE ¦ Record Friday, April 16, 1999 page 7 Richards chooses conciliation over confrontation bilingual signs, and taking the Parti Québécois government to court over delays in its approval of plans to ensure access to health and social services to anglophones in Quebec.Richards also made headlines when he criticized funding priorities for minority language groups in Quebec and Alliance Quebec’s lion’s share of the money from Heritage Canada.Although most regional English-language associations agreed with his stand, they turned on him when he went public with the festering issue.Richards also could not believe the fallout after Alliance president William Johnson criticized him for commenting to a joint House of Commons and Senate committee that a return to official bilingualism would eventually spell an end to the French language in Quebec.The comment, which he maintains is simple common sense, came after the association’s official presentation and created a storm of criticism and letters to the editor after Johnson repeated it to the press.« And controversy continues to dog his presidency.Townshippers’ won’t be wooed by Alliance Quebec Lobby group keeps distance from hardline umbrella group By Rita Legault Lennoxville Despite a concerted effort to coax Townshippers’ Association back under the umbrella of Alliance Quebec, the rift between the two English rights lobby groups will be more evident than ever at this year’s Alliance convention.“You’d be surprised at the number of calls we’ve gotten from Alliance Quebec board members trying to woo us back into the fold,” Richards told the Record in an interview this week.But a reconciliation between the two groups is not likely to happen anytime soon.At this week’s board meeting, which Richards could not attend because he was out of town, the board of Townshippers’ voted not even to send observers to Alliance Quebec’s spring convention.“It has nothing to do with current Alliance Quebec politics,” Richards explained.“It’s just that we don’t identify with the general stances of Alliance Quebec through the years.” Over the past few months, Richards said he has received a number of calls from various Alliance board members trying to convince him to support the Montreal association and its projects and positions.Townshippers’ refused to support a number of Alliance initiatives including boycotts of stores that refuse to post bilingual signs and a lawsuit against the government to force the Parti Québécois to approve access plans for health and social services.Richard said the association is also trying to stay at arm’s length from the current battle for the presidency of Alliance Quebec.The delegate selection process is currently underway for the election that will be held this spring.Leadership aspirant John Trent recently asked to come and speak to the the board of directors of Townshippers’, but they declined because it does not want to be involved in the election which is only of peripheral interest to the Townships, Richards said.Although Townshippers’ Association officially withdrew membership from the Alliance last year, it has not voted at the elections for the Montreal-based organization for the past seven years.Richards said Townshippers’ insists on remaining autonomous to allow itself the freedom to associate with other organizations and to speak independently on the particular needs and concerns of the Eastern Townships and its English-speaking population.‘It's up to us to negotiate with neighbours’ By Rita Legault Sherbrooke After seven months at the helm of Townshippers’ Association, Gary Richards does not regret accepting the role of president of the English rights lobby.But it has been a tough and eventful year for the fledgling English rights advocate.“It’s been a tremendous experience,” the mild-mannered president told the Record in a mid-term interview.“While I don’t regret a moment of it, I’m amazed at the widespread interpretation of identical issues.” A freelance communications consultant in the professional life he rarely has time for these days, Richards has been at the center of a number of controversies in the past few months.The skirmishes were based mainly on Townshippers’ Association’s refusal to back Alliance Que bec and its hardball tactics of boycotting businesses that were reluctant to post Richards said he was angry when he read a recent headline in the Record which said Townshippers’ Association refused moral support to a legal challenge of language laws in which two Townships businesses are involved.He received a few angry calls from readers upset with this stand.“I think we got a bum rap.It just cements how people feel - that we would make peace with the government at any price,” he commented, adding that the board’s refusal of financial support continued on page 13 PERRY BEATON/COORESPONDENT ' Gary Richards.We are just as angry at what the Lyon & the Walrus and the Vaudrys are going through as they are.’ “Language and the way both extremes are using it in Quebec is a very complicated chess game and as long as I’m president of Townshippers’ we are not going to be pawns in any out of date factionism, even within the English community The Usinex-Desjardins home: an attractive concept) Discover the beauty of this Victorian-style house while walking in the streets ol the Home Show.All the amenities of today's home and the grace ot yesteryear Prestige, light and warmth Well planned spaces Visit this full-size house erected the heart ot the exhibition! .OA APC^ ,\ardi«s page 8 Friday, April 16, 1999 ¦ THE» RECORD NATO requests more Canadian planes By Stephanie Rubec Sun Media Canadian military planners are preparing a response to a NATO request for more planes.NATO is asking all its members to look at their inventory and send additional planes for the Kosovo air campaign.Lt-Gen.Ray Henault, deputy chief of defence staff, said his department is now taking stock to determine what can be sent to Aviano, Italy.Henault said he’ll probably be picking out more CF-18s and air-to-air refueling Hercules to send to the air base.Canada already has 12 CF-18s and 40 pilots in Italy, and there’s another 60 operational CF-18s available.Defence Minister Art Eggleton said he’s waiting for Henault’s recommendation before deciding on what to send.In the Commons yesterday opposition parties accused Eggleton and Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy of keeping them in the dark about a new peace plan drafted in Germany last weekend.But Axworthy said the plan has been public since it was drawn up by political directorates at the G-8 meeting in Dresden.It is similar to the one already proposed by NATO, but would ensure UN involvement in the brokering of a deal with Yugoslavia.Axworthy said Canada helped design the peace plan, which will be presented to the UN Security Council once Russia approves it.“Clearly, not only do we support it, but we certainly have to seek out the agreement of Russia to be one of the participants in it, and clearly to get the agreement of Milosevic to the conditions that were set out,” Axworthy said.He wants the Russians on board so they won’t veto the motion at the security council.He’ll also be pressing Chinese Premier Zhu Ronji for his support, during his Ottawa visit today.If it’s adopted, the UN, NATO and the European Union will stand united against Yugoslavia.Meanwhile, after two days of calling for a Commons vote on sending ground troops to Kosovo before a peace plan is signed, the Bloc Québécois will introduce a motion Monday to force the Liberals to hold one.House leader Don Boudria said that even if the Liberals vote down the Bloc’s motion, they could still call their own vote before ground troops are sent.ALL TYPES OF PAVING %/ Residential l/ Commercial %/ Municipal (819) 832-3883 U.S.Navy cancels humanitarian flights Sea Dragons left on deck, fear helicopters might be shot down Tirana, Albania - Slobodan Milosevic’s army has scored a rare victory against NATO.The U.S.Navy yesterday cancelled all of its humanitarian relief flights to assist hundreds of thousands of Kosovar Albanian refugees in the mountainous border region between Albania and Serbia because of fears that its huge MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopters might be shot down.The decision to leave six Sea Dragons on the flight deck of a warship in the Adriatic Sea followed attacks into Albania on Tuesday by Serbian infantry and mortar fire into Albania yesterday.There was also a counter-attack into Serbian territory by several hundred guerillas of the Kosovo Liberation Army yesterday.Immense fear Grounding the Navy choppers underscored the Clinton administration’s immense fear of casualties and the effect such casualties might have on American public opinion.This fear is one of the biggest reasons why the U.S.has been so reluctant to commit to a ground war to push Serbian forces out of the Serbian province of Kosovo.“We know the Serbs have air defence artillery and that there were border incursions of a few thousand metres on Tuesday, so it was decided to take a day off to make sure the trip was safer,” said Colonel Clifton Bray, who is commanding the American humanitarian airlift.“Although there are lots of cold, hungry people up there, nobody is starving to death, so we did not want to risk being aggressive.” Aid cut by 70 per cent As only small Italian, French, Swiss and Austrian helicopters flew yesterday, the amount of food and medicine that could be airlifted to refugees camped out in remote valleys near the Serbian border was cut by about 70 per cent.“It’s dangerous in the border region as it is uncertain.You never know if you come close (to the border), what they’ll hit,” said Canadian Brigadier General Michel Maisonneuve of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe.The OSCE verified the Serbian intrusions had taken place on Tuesday.The Serbian government denied the attacks into Albania had taken place.The new fighting occurred as Ger- many floated a peace proposal and Serbia accused NATO of bombing a convoy of Albanian refugees.Even without increased Serbian and KLA activities in the border region, getting aid to the refugees in the fog-shrouded mountains is fantastically difficult.The journey by truck takes at least seven hours on one of the most treacherous roads in the world.In at least four places the road has been partially washed out.Helicopters make the same journey in about 30 minutes, but it is no less dangerous.Most challenging environment “It is absolutely the most challenging environment I’ve seen in 22 years of flying special operations,” Col.Bray said.“There are 6000-foot peaks, deep gorges and no weather reports except pilots sharing information.“The weather coupled with the terrain, and with only one or two valleys that can be used, plus a threat which may or may not exist, makes this a challenge.” The situation is not much easier at Tirana’s Rinas Airport, where most of the supplies that the 330,000 Kosovar Albanians need to survive, arrives.The U.S.Air Force, which has run the airfield for four days now, does not have enough power to operate all its equipment.Most of the airport grounds are a quagmire of ankle-deep mud, there is no working radar and about 150 dogs are running wild.Only one telephone Signs that Albania is by far Europe’s poorest country are everywhere.To get to the control tower, military air traffic controllers from the U.S.and France must climb a filthy, rickety staircase.The tower itself has a hole in the roof and only one telephone.“They have Phillips equipment here that I don’t remember Phillips ever making,” said senior airman Charles Lay of Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany.“It is made with tubes whereas we use circuit cards.” Master Sergeant Daniel Jones, who was brought in from an American base in Japan to run the Tirana control tower said, “As you can see, this facility is falling apart.When it rained on Tuesday, the windows fogged up and we had to wipe them with our hands all the time like you might in a car.“It sounds funny now, but it wasn’t.It was dangerous.The weather was down, we had helicopters coming in from all quadrants and we had to stack some of the transport aircraft before they could land.” Kosovo Diaries Matthew Fisher Sun Media Victims’ Rights legislation introduced By Mark Dunn Sun Media Ottawa After decades of being shunned by a justice system critics say favours criminals, victims of crime will be given a louder voice under legislation being introduced in Parliament Thursday.Victims groups say it’s a good first step and a long time coming after years of frustration.“People have to realize that in the justice system victims aren’t part of it,” said Robert McNamara of Victims of Violence.“Unfortunately victims get the wrong end of the stick.” Under Justice Minister Anne McLellan’s amendments to the Criminal Code, victims would be allowed to read impact statements in court before sentencing.Judges would also be allowed to adjourn proceedings to allow victims to prepare a statement or submit other evidence about the impact of the crime.Among other provisions in the legislation: • Making it mandatory for convicted offenders to pay a maximum $100 surcharge or 15 per cent of a fine that could be used to help pay for counselling and other support programs for victims.Judges could impose higher surcharges if they want.• Judges would have to consider safety of victims when setting bail or probation.• Banning the publication of names of victims and witnesses in any kind of case and not just sexual assaults as is the case now.• Permit a victim or witness with a mental disability to have a support person present while testifying.• Accused persons would not be able to cross-examine victims of sexual assault or violent crimes who are under 18 years of age.Reform House Leader Randy White says his party plans to support the bill.Chuck Cadman, a Reform justice critic, said the legislation is a good starting point and hopes the provinces follow the federal lead Cherry River Gospel Chapel Special meetings with: Mr.Ed Sealy April 22 - 25, 1999 Mr.Ed Sealy, a former teacher at New Brunswick Bible Institute, is now travelling, instructing Christians across the country.His desire is to help one and all enjoy the marvellous inheritance purchased by Christ for his people through his death, burial and resurrection and also to challenge his people to share the message! SCHEDULE Thursday, Friday 7:00 p.m.Saturday - Men’s Prayer Breakfast 8:00 a.m.(Parkside Ranch) Supper 5 p.m.(Parkside Ranch) Evening meeting 7 p.m.Sunday 11 a.m.& 7 p.m.cû.Special: A cassette of the Huntingville Men’s Quartet will be given to those who attend (one per family) RSVP Men’s Prayer Breakfast and Supper at Parkside Ranch.Call Ron at: 843-3492 RECORD Friday, April 16, 1999 page 9 Immigration officials crack down on sex slave smuggling By Tom Godfrey Sun Media Toronto Immigration officials say they’re cracking down on the growing number of Asian women being smuggled in to work as sex slaves in Toronto brothels.“These women are being exploited,” said immigration spokesman Huguette Shouldice.“Trafficking in people is very, very serious.” Shouldice said officers abroad have begun training airline officials to detect phoney Canadian documents and have stepped up intelligence gathering on smugglers.“This is a serious concern for immigration because of the exploitation,” she said.“Smuggling is a global phenomenon.” Shouldice said Immigration Minister Lucienne Robillard has also proposed the addition of more immigration control officers to gather information to stop smugglers.“The minister has proposed beefing up inter- diction abroad,” she said.“She recognizes interdiction is the key to stopping smugglers.” Immigration officials admit they’ve been monitoring the illegal movement of women from Southeast Asia for several years.The women are being moved by smuggling rings using visa-exempt Malaysian passports or those from Thailand in which fake photos are substituted.The women are ordered to make refugee claims under different names or nationalities when they’re questioned by police or immigration officers.Most women end up in Toronto, where police regularly arrest them for working as prostitutes.Some of the women have their documents taken by unscrupulous smugglers, who force them to work as sex slaves.Shouldice said officers abroad have one of the best computer data bases for tracking smugglers.“We have one of the most comprehensive data base on smugglers in the world,” she said.“Other countries are coming to us to share information." 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