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Gazaille Turn your groceries mto rewards Qvahty s out man ngwdert.mm Ip M* Michel Gazaille Owner IGA IGA IGA Magog Knowtton Famham 231 Sherbrooke St.472 Knowtton Rd.999 Principale St.E.¦¦¦s____________________J » JÎG «A Brome-Missisquoi Youth Foundation planning gala benefit JOSHUA BLESER Cowansville Mayor Arthur Fauteux with BMYF board members (left to right) Sylvie Desautels, Gerald Bleser, William Campbell, Ilze Epners, Francis Soucy, Sonia Smith, Robert Marcheterre, and Bill Nunnelley.By Joshua Bleser Cowansville In its eighth year of operation, the Brome-Missisquoi Youth Foundation (BMYF) has decided to kick it up a notch.The Foundation owns and maintains two “Houses of Hope” in Cowansville, one English and one French.With services provided by the Directorate of Youth Protection, the homes welcome at-risk youth between the ages of 12 and 18 in a safe and constructive environment, allowing them to continue their studies and avoid ending up in youth detention centres.The English home is the only such haven in Mon-térégie.“The main objective is to house our youth in a healthy and secure environment,” says BMYF President Ilze Epners.“By supporting their constructive endeavours, these Houses of Hope bring faith of a better world to our youth.” In order to be able to continue to fulfill this mission, the Foundation is launching its capital campaign with its first annual Gala Benefit Dinner, at the Petite Auberge Santé in Bromont on May 13, under the honorary presidency of Cowansville Mayor and Brome-Missisquoi prefect Arthur Fauteux.“We hope to raise between $6,000 and $7,000,” Epners notes cautiously, adding that she is “optimistic by nature (and) $10,000 would be great.” The gala, sponsored by CIBC Wood Gundy, and silent auction — which will feature works by artists from the Townships and across the country, as well as golf lessons and a weekend getaway to Las Vegas — will be followed by mail and telephone blitzes in the fall.The money raised through these efforts will go toward implementing BMYF’s long-term plans, which include a scholarship program for trade and academic courses; a bank of teachers to assist students with difficulties; a program to assist teenager and parent communication; the provision of supervised apartments for youth aged 18-21; and assistance to teenage parents.“All these projects are very relevant,” declares Fauteux.“All youth need some help.When they're doing well, they need help, when they’re doing so-so, they need help, and when they’re having trouble, they especially need all the help we can offer them." The English home opened in 1999, while the French one opened in Octo ber 2004.Together they have welcomed over 200 youth struggling with behavioural and psychological problems.Tickets to the gala are $100 per person.The evening begins at 5:30 p.m.and will feature a seven-course meal, dancing, entertainment, “and lots of surprises", according to Epners.The Petite Auberge is located at 360 Pierre-La-porte.For tickets or for more information on how to donate to the Foundation, call (450) 243-0720.jbleser@sherbrookereeord.com ESSAÏM Always at your service Pierre Marziali Pharmacist Hours: Mon.-Wed.9-8 p.m.Thurs.& Fri.9-9 p.m.Sat.9-5 p.m.40# South St., Cowanavttle 263-2171 ¦V Contractor V VAUIÈRES Machinery work Hydraulic hammer (rock breaker) Private roads • Land shaping • Drainage • Artificial lakes/ponds • Septic systems Demolition - Foundation Topsoil - Aggregate Warehousing - Storage Space AJ450) 848-2544 n BRAY BARN ; IS Toll fire, I $7?ft?5 4so ;4\ Tc rv Gastronomic \ Easter Branch April 17th, 2006 10:30 am to 2:30 pm Reserve NOW (450) 243-6183 info@aubergelakeviewinn.com page 2 Wednesday, April 5, 2006 Brome County News Brome County Community Billboard Community Calendar April 5 ST.PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH.24 St.Paul's Road, Knowlton.Wednesday evenings during Lent, there will be A Walk Through the Gospel of John and Holy Communion starting at 7:30 p.m.Everyone is welcome.The Rev.Tim Wiebe and the congregation welcomes everyone.April 7 BINGO at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall, 2 Curley St., Sutton organized by the Volunteers from Foyer Sutton at 7 p.m.Cash prizes and drawings.Jackpot, $200.Come and play to help the residents.Info: Gail, 450-538-0530 or Irene, 450-538-3408.April 7.8 & 10 Dunham United Church NEARLY NEW & RUMMAGE SALE.Friday.April 7, 7 to 9 p.m.Saturday.April 8, 9 a.m.to noon, and Monday.April 10, 10 a.m.to noon.April 8 14TH ANNUAL SUGARING OFF PARTY at The Rhicard’s ‘Owl Hoot Maple Farm’ at 85 Ross Road, Stanbridge East.A Fund Raising Event for the Brome Mis-sisquoi Perkins Hospital Foundation, 1 to 4 p.m.DONATION: at the gate.Adults, $7, children, 4 -10 yrs., $4.Donation includes: Taffy on snow, see a blacksmith demonstration, wagon rides, log hewing, antique car/tractor show, listen or dance to the music of Canadian fiddlers.Items for sale from: Bake table, maple products and snack bar.A wonderful afternoon for the whole family.For information 450-248-3616.TOWNSHIPS BLUEGRASS & OLD-TYME MUSIC SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING, 4 to 4:30 p.m.Acoustic Jamming, 1 to 5:30 p.m.Supper, 6 p.m.Live Blue-grass and Old-Tyme music bands, 7 to 10:30 p.m.Royal Canadian Legion, 77 BCN RATES & DEADLINES COMMUNITY CALENDAR Brome County News Community Calendar is reserved for non-profit organizations only.Deadline is noon on Mondays A pre-paid lee of $7 is required per publication, or SPECIAL RATE of S11 for 2 insertions: 1 BCN & 1 in Friday Record “What's On' section.Please forward notices to 88-A Lakeside St., Knowlton, QC JOE 1V0, email: bcnnews@qc.aibn.com, or fax: (450) 243-5155.Visa and Mastercard accepted.Lewis St., Waterloo.Jam Captain: Tom Kilbride, 450-243-0645; Directors: Marie Gunn, 514-697-8073, Terry Howell, 819-875-5133, Tom Kilbride, 450-243-0645, Bill McMurray, 450-539-0365, Bob Tetreault, 819-346-2435.April 8 & 9 30TH ANNUAL FIGURE SKATING SHOW at the Jacques-Chagnon Arena, Waterloo.Saturday, 7 p.m.& Sunday, 1:30 p.m.Tickets at door or from members.April 9 Royal Canadian Legion ‘OMELETTE BREAKFAST’ at 120 Davignon St., Cowansville.9:30 a.m.to 12:30 p.m.Everyone welcome! Information, 450-263-3543.April 10 & 12 THRIFT SALE at Brome Hall on Monday, April 10th, 9 a.m.to 4 p.m., RUMMAGE SALE at Brome Hall Wednesday, April 12, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m.Hall porch open for donations until April 8, from 9 a.m.to 6 p.m.For information, call 450-243-0350 or 450-243-5742.April 12 La Maison de la Famille des Frontières invite parents with children 0-12 yrs.old for WORKSHOP ON PREVENTIVE DENTAL HEALTH.9:30 to 11:30 a.m.at room 304 Salle de Rencontres, 52 DuPont St., Bedford.Daycare service available for children between 18 mths.to 5 yrs.old.Free.For information and/or reservation: 450-248-0595.April 14 ECUMENICAL WALK WITH THE CROSS, in Cowansville beginning at Ste.Rose de Lima Church, rue Principale, at 9 a.m.Everyone welcome.Information 450-263-0204.EMMANUEL UNITED CHURCH GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE, 7 p.m.with the participation of Emmanuel Gospel Choir, directed by Susan Reininger, 203 rue Principale, Cowansville.Everyone welcome.April 15 St.Francis Kennel Club OPEN HOUSE at Domaine du Parc, Cowansville, 10 a.m.to 4 p.m.Come and meet us, ask questions, sign up for activities with your dog.Call Joyce, 450-263-6510.April 16 Yamaska Valley United churches’ EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE at Cowansville Municipal Beach beginning, 6 a.m.Information, 450-263-0204.April 27, 28 Massey-Vanier KALEIDOSCOPE FUNDRAISER in the M.V.Auditorium, Cowansville, 6:30 p.m.Tickets, $10, on sale now! Proceeds to benefit the M.V.Dance Program.Call, 450-263-3772.April 29 EMMANUEL GOSPEL CHOIR BENEFIT CONCERT, 7:30 p.m.directed by Susan Reininger.Emmanuel United Church, 203 rue Principale, Cowansville.Free will offering to benefit Emmanuel United Church and Connections for Mental Health.Come and enjoy a wonderful evening of gospel music! May 4 & 18 ADVANCED NOTICE - Church of the Ascension, West Brome, LUNCHEON CARD PARTIES at noon.ANNUAL FLEA MARKET, June 24.Reservations please for the Card Parties.Call, Evelyn, 450-263-1938 before, April 20.Arts Calendar April 8 SCHÜTZ CONCERT - For Easter, experience the musical majesty of Venice’s St.Mark’s Basilica.Le Choeur Classique de l’Estrie, with Le Quatuor de Trombones de Montréal, and Les Petits Chanteurs de Granby under the direction of François Panneton, present Les Sept Paroles du Christ and other biblical works by Heinrich Schütz, at 8 p.m., at Eglise Saint-Joseph, boul.Leclerc, Granby.Tickets $20.Info: 450-266-7827.April 15 8i 16 ART EXHIBITION at Bishop’s Knowlton Campus: Drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, assemblage and photography.From 1 to 5 p.m.Everyone is welcome.Info: 450-242-1518.Church Services KNOWLTON/CREEK PASTORAL CHARGE Worship & Song by members assisted by The Reverend Dale Skinner.Creek United, Foster, 9:30 a.m., Knowlton United, Knowlton, 11 a.m.Sunday School at both services.(Handicap access).ST.PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, 24 St.Paul’s Road, Knowlton.Traditional Sunday Services, 8:30 and 10 a.m.Music, a nursery and Sunday School.Wednesday evenings in Lent, there will be “A Walk Through the Gospel of John” and Holy Communion starting at 7:30 p.m.Sunday, Service, Aprill 9, Palm Sunday, 8:30 and 10 a.m.Blessing of the Palms and Holy Communion; Everyone is welcome.The Rev.Tim Wiebe and the congregation welcomes everyone.ANGLICAN PARISH OF BROME, Sunday, April 9, St.John the Evangelist, Brome, 10 a.m.— Holy Communion.Rev.Paul Tidman.SAINT-EDOUARD CATHOLIC CHURCH, Knowlton - Sunday Mass: 10:30 a.m.(Bilingual).ST.LUKE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, 420 de la cour, Waterloo, invites you to come and join us.1st and 3rd Sundays, Morning Prayer, 9 a.m.; Holy Communion, 9 a.m.Rev.W.Davidson.Info: 450-539-2078.COWANSVILLE AREA PASTORAL CHARGE UNITED CHURCH Worship at Emmanuel United Church, 203 rue Principale, Cowansville.Worship 10:30 a.m., Choir practice, 9:30 a.m.Friday, April 14, 7 p.m.Good Friday Service with the participation of Emmanuel Gospel Choir, directed by Susan Reininger.Easter Sunday Communion and Baptism at 10:30 a.m.April 23, 10:30 a.m.Worship Service with the participation of Emmanuel Gospel Choir.Rev.Wendy MacLean officiating.Info: 450-263-0204.TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH, COWANSVILLE.Come and join us for Sunday Worship.We have a service at 9 a.m.(traditional) and a Family Service with music and Sunday school at 10:30 a.m.Info.Info: 450-263-2662.ANGLICAN PARISH OF BEDFORD/PHILIPSBURG & FARNHAM -Sunday Services: Philipsburg, 9:30 a.m.; Famham, 1st Sunday in Bedford at 11 a.m., 2 & 4th Sundays at 9:30 a.m.in Famham & 3rd Sunday at 11 a.m.in Farnham; Bedford, 11 a.m.For information call 450-248-3923.The Ven.Dr.Brian A.Evans, Rector & Archdeacon of Bedford.BEDFORD UNITED CHURCH PASTORAL CHARGE - Sunday Service, April 9nd, Stanbridge East, 10 a.m., Holy Communion - John Matheson, Guest Minister.Info: 450-248-3044 for information.GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH in SUTTON, 52 Principale sud, welcomes everyone for Sunday Services at 10:30 a.m.The Rev.Canon Tim Smart, Rector.Info: 450-538-8108.Community Notes ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - If you wish to drink and can.that’s your business.If you wish to stop and can’t.that’s our business.Info: 450-242-2611 or 1-877-272-2611.Btvme (Minty NEWS 8SA LaXHII», ICNIWtHIN.QtlHH.JOC I VO ftL|450| 2421188/242*892 Fax: {450)243-5155 KuWi\M Miy 1991 I'uMisfml wrrtly Ity RECORD 1193 Galt R, Sherbrooke.Qui art.JIG 1Y7 PAX (819) 369-3943 fi-MAIl: new* room«Hherbrookr record aim website: www.therbrookerrcord.aim Ianot Kinnia* PumsHFJ MO 463-9525 Sharon M< Cum tnmw/Ori Mo* (119) S69634S At Ivin Sirn Skxftary (450) 242-11M I.YNtM KILAVAMX AlMKHMNC (450) 2426892 Mk MU Duval Awrtmiw.MO 463-9525 Nmson Afonso Cotnisr Enm* (819) 5696345 CIRCULATION Distributed to all Record substrlbm every Wednesday as an Insert, and to all households and businesses In Ahrrrum.Bed/onl.Brigham, Hnwnr.Hnmtont, Cowansville.Fast Famham.Foster, Ful/ord.Knowlton (Brome Lake).Sutton.Holton Centre Wrsf Brome Tke Ream! 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Brome County News For the money, Infiniti M35x has leg up on Lexus GS 300 CANWEST NEWS \ f.mmm Hi i?' • *£&*£*» rc|-v * ; i- > i rWCi 10*WP;PP4 i3Jmm mm ¦ < 4*! The 2006 Lexus GS 300 is a premium Japanese sedan with excellent reliability, but starts at starts at $66,700 and can exceed the $70,000 with the add-ons.By David Booth A few years ago, any comparison between a Lexus and an Infiniti would have been laughable and, in the mid-sized luxury sedan segment, impossible.For one thing, Infiniti didn’t have an appropriate entry.While Lexus’s GS had established itself as a premium sedan — albeit a somewhat somnolent one —Nissan’s luxury arm was stuck with the fu 11-zoot Q45 as its only offering above the entry-level 130 and odd-looking J30.Besides, Nissan didn’t seem all that serious about playing with the big boys.Its only significant player was the QX4 sport-utility, which was based on the more pedestrian Pathfinder.Its sedans were largely afterthoughts.Things began to change with the debut of the entry-level G35 sedan, the first certified hit for the fledgling luxury marque.Then came the equally well received coupe of the same moniker and, finally, the co-competitor in this test, the M35x (this after a short, best-forgotten gestation period when the first-generation M made an appearance).Viewed side by side, there’s little doubt which is the prettier of the two.Lexus, after years of trying to bore us into buying its cars, is actually designing some interesting shapes.Though the silhouette remains largely the same as that of its predecessors, the shape is now sensuous instead of senile, boisterous rather than banal.Now that European mid-sized sedans have gone all quirky or boring in their.styling (the beautiful Mercedes CLS is only available as a V8 so it can’t be fairly compared here), the GS 300 is the loveliest thing in this segment.The M35, by comparison, is a little too traditional.It’s certainly not stodgy, but it breaks no new ground.It looks like a traditional, conservative Asian sedan — and boldness is what sells cars today.Inside, it’s a different story.Where its exterior seems a trifle bland, the Infiniti’s cabin is decidedly opulent with satin-finished Brazilian rosewood, a boldly curving dashboard and, in the tester’s case, some exquisite tan leather seats to match.The GS, by comparison, reverts back to type with a very competent but traditional interior.The wood trim is excellent and the leather trim perfect, but the dashboard is hardly inspiring, save for the gauge set, which is a cut above average.As well, like most Lexuses, the standard 10-speaker audio system is above the norm.Matting the throttle, of course, brought the expected results.The Lexus, giving away a half-litre in displacement and 35 horsepower, was a tad slower off the line and throughout the rev range.In no way can its forward progress be deemed lethargic, but, in these heady days of ultra-high performance, the GS 300 could use a few more ponies.Not so the M35x.Its 3.5L V6 may be ubiquitous, finding a home in the majority of Nissan and Infiniti product from the Altima to the FX35, but it does produce 280 hp.More to the point, it’s also very responsive, revs quickly and just generally announces its intention to get the job done quickly — perhaps a tad too much for some.I like a little snarl from my motors, but the M35x may be a little too soniferous for some.The Lexus, true to form, is the model of quiet civility.The same applies to comportment.The Lexus, while sportier than previous models, is definitely tailored to the boulevardier set.Compliance trumps grip and minimizing roll isn’t nearly as important as cod- dling passengers.The M35x, on the other hand, is simply the best all-wheel-drive sedan there is.And, no, I don’t just mean Japanese all-wheel-drive sedans; the M35x’s road holding is better than any AWD four-door from Germany as well.Perhaps it’s because it operates in rear-wheel drive until the AWD system senses wheel slip.Or maybe it’s because it’s built on the same FM platform as the sporty G35.Whatever the case, the M35x hares around corners like a rear-drive BMW.Very impressive! Normally, this comparison would come down to personal preferences.On one side is a good-looking luxury sedan with decent performance and accommodations and Lexus’s reputation for reliability, which is second to none.On the other side is the Infiniti, outwardly more banal but with the heart of a hooligan.Type As and Bs could simply choose their appropriate car.However, there’s a curve ball.The Lexus, reflecting the company’s position that it is the Asian premium seg- ment leader, starts at $66,700 and can exceed the $70,000 mark by adding the Touring package (heated rear seats, rear-seat side air bags, heated front seats with ventilation fan and a backup sensor as well as a few other doodads) and optional 18-inch wheels.The M35x, meanwhile, retails for $59,600 and is remarkably well equipped even in base form.Fully loaded with features such as a navigation system, optional 14-speaker Bose audio system and even heated and reclining rear seats, rear audio/ HVAC controls and power rear sunshade, it tops out at a comparatively modest $67,100.I loved the camera that allowed a rearward view when backing up.The only option not worthwhile is the annoying Lane Departure Warning.Thankfully, it can be switched off.I’m a sucker for sporty sedans with snarly engines.Throw in a better price tag and I’m sold.Others may prefer the Lexus’s refinement, but they will have to pay a heftier price for less performance.—CanWest News Service /ironic County NEWS 88 Lakeside, Knowlton, Quebec JOE 1V0 Tel.: (450) 242-1188 / Fax: (450) 243-5155 Published weekly by - 1195 Galt Street East.ui rnun jig w IXIAA/IVI/ (819)8213179 Ehmh newsroom Osh*rtxoofcefecord com website www shertHoofcerecord com SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE ONLY $33.36 lax included Canadian (450) 242-1188 .4-*- Make food shopping worthwhile, shop at fWETRO PLOUFFE 20 Avenue des Pins, Bedford 450 Meigs N., Farnham 460 St-Patrice West, Magog Brome County News Wednesday, April 5, 2006 page 5 Pre-schoolers’ art on display in Sutton mm mum*** —• - 39 MONTHS FINANCE RATE ) 24 48 MONTHS 308 MONTHLY LEASE PAYMENT 39 MONTHS J% LEASE APR 39 MONTHS i% FINANCE RATE 24 - 48 MONTHS TSX Including: 2 4 litre, 205 hp with i-VTEC Engine • 17 Inch Aluminum-alloy wheels • leather-trimmed Interior • Power operated moonioof • Automatic Climate Control System • 360-watt Acuia Premium Sound System with AM/FM stereo, in-dash 6 CD changer and 8 speakers RSX Including: 2 litre 155 hp Engine • Driver and front passenger side air bag system * Power-operated moonroof • 16 inches wheels - Automatic Climate Control System • Anti lock braking system (ABS) • Remote keyless entry system • Acura Sound System with AM/F M stereo, in-dash CD player and 6 speakers CSX Including: 155 hp i-VTEC,v Engine • 16 inch aluminium alloy wheels • Automatic Climate Control System • Acura Sound System with AM/FM stereo, in-dash CD player, 6 speakers, MP3/WMA™ compatibility • Driver and passenger front airbags/side airbags/side curtain airbags Elegance Acura 1325 Principale Granby (450) 378-4969 Brome County News Wednesday, April 5, 2006 page 7 Going, going: A swift end to a strange season It may have been their plan all along to stay for but a short while.A group of five people ventured out onto the Brome Lake ice about 8 a.m.on a balmy Saturday, April 1, on three ATV four-wheelers.The last one hauled a long low trailer with folding chairs and fishing gear behind it.They putted well out towards the centre, where in theory the ice should be safest.It appeared they were the only ones fishing that morning; the lake was otherwise deserted, at least as far as the eye could see from about the mid-point of the east shore.A little more than an hour later the ATV engines fired up again, and there seemed to be some haste or commotion in the ensuing activity.What they finally did was move a hundred yards or so southward and proceed to set up shop in the new spot, so to speak.This is a tad unusual for ice fishermen.Or better make that ice ‘fishers’, according to the official silly CBC political correctness code.I always thought ‘fishers’ were furry little water rodents related to mink and martens.Next you know my ex-neighbours will have to call their dog a “doberperson pinscher.” Ice fishing persons — now there’s a'compromise - like to settle in one spot for a long stay, often from daylight to darkness and beyond.A week or so ago, while out at the woodpile around midnight, I heard a distant motor start up and turned to see a faint light bobbing about a mile across the ice.Where they go to the bathroom after eating and drinking for hours, it’s best not to know.Back when the ice was thick and strong enough to support the heavy vehicle traffic, one chap purportedly changed his oil while bidding time watching his tip-ups, leaving the black stuff right where it landed, splat on the snow.(That spring some fish needed no butter or margarine for frying; a coincidence, perhaps.) Were the April 1 folks there for a good time, not a long time?More likely they became nervous as to the stability of the shifting substance under foot.About 11 a.m., hardly three hours out, the engines started and the nomads were once again on the move.The Country Squire Brian Eddington This time they tried to retrace their path, a hesitant and zig-zagging course towards the beach indicating, perhaps, that a safe route was hard to find._______ A somewhat shorter ice- fishing season isn’t a big deal.A more telling item is that at no time over the entire winter was the lake surface completely solid and safe.Also, for the first time in my personal almost thirty-year residency, virtually the entire ice mass shifted in mid-winter.Back in the second half of January, on a windy night following the extended period of mild, rainy weather, a narrow margin of open water along the east shore closed, with the leading edge of ice curled up like a puckering lip against the bank.With the low level of the lake, though, no damage resulted.With the warmest-ever Canadian winter now officially in the record books, the global warming debate has shifted into a higher gear.On a matter close to heart and home, a climate expert in a recent radio interview claimed that at the present rate of change, within forty years the only skiing in the Eastern Townships would be on artificial snow, probably a combination of the stuff made with current snow-gun technology on a synthetic base of something like coarse white indoor-outdoor carpet.At the end of the program.I thought it best to get out quickly for a couple of extra late-season runs, just in case.The hill was pleasantly uncrowded on another summer-like day.Along with the masses, their ad about ‘the Everest of the Townships’ has mercifully disappeared, as well as the Canadian Tire guy and the annoying Scotsman of Alexander Keith’s and Internet renown.Things weren’t all bad.I was surprised at what a change forty-eight additional hours of warmth could bring.Runs fully covered two days earlier looked like poorly-iced chocolate cake.Later on the deck, speculation made the rounds as to whether we’d be skiing there at Easter.The common thinking, even among employees, was no way.* • « lUOU^TrzJAC ÇæôG&TAa* AC ^TUoi^r tO€FLP>iKJét AK1C> F«Tn ÔOMf'UT^iz- £TA0dS* A ( «.nmuKion (MUM TOWNSHIPS EAITERN TOWNSHIPS V bool Board A.VW Au e,r(, AKU> œ&TAuaAKjr For information and registration: Linda Brault: (450) 263-7901 Ext.: 233 Centre de formation professionnelle Vocational Education Training Centre PAGE 8 BROME COUNTY NEWS Wednesday, April 5, 2006 Architect Robert Mackenzie has won numerous gold awards for his residential work in the Okanagan from the Okanagan Housing Competition, including one for his own home seen here.-Or Well-designed house beats the heat By Kim Pemberton CanWest News Service The Naramata home of architect Robert Mackenzie and his wife, artist Wendy Hamlin, may have been built 10 years ago but thanks to its well-conceived design it continues to be a good study of how homes should be built in such a hot climate.The home, a gold winner in the Okanagan Housing Competition in 2000, is architecture that blends seamlessly with its environment - 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(Photo by lorraine 11jaltc/CCalgary I Icrald) EASTER • BROME COUNTY NEWS Wednesday, April 5, 2006 page 11 Owner United churches gather for Easter sunrise service “Everyone is welcome, even those who know nothing about the church,” minister insists By Joshua Bleser Knowlton Early risers who want to celebrate Easter by doing something other than painting eggs and gorging themselves on chocolate are invited to the Yamaska region United Churches’ sunrise service, to be held Sunday, April 16 at the Cowansville municipal beach, at 6 a.m.sharp.“The tradition of going to share in Easter at sunrise comes from the Bible story where the women went.to (Jesus’) tomb.and it was empty.They went bearing spices, and they were prepared to fulfill the-ritual, and there was nothing there.So it was just like shock and joy and surprise,” explains Cowans-ville Area Pastoral Charge Minister Wendy MacLean, who will be leading the service along with fellow United Church ministers Dale Skinner, Susan Tillman, and Dave Lambie.Easter sunrise services are common throughout all Christian denominations, but their rich symbolism make them popular with non-religious people and those with different religious convictions, too.“Every single day, the sun comes up; Happy Easter - Happy Spring NEW ARRIVALS Models.Crafts.Tricops, Summer Toys, Robeez, Tents t/femti Jouets 242-2982 it’s not an event,” MacLean notes.“But it is that Sunday.It’s sort of this promise of new life and joy, so that’s why people gather at sunrise.” Although the regional service is not always near water, this year’s happy coincidence dovetails nicely with another bit of Easter lore, which MacLean just recently learned.See Easter, Page 12 FILE PHOTO For some Easter is about chocolate and eggs, for others it is still a spiritual event.Michel Cazaille 27 l-akoside, Knowlton, I-ac Brume mm PAGE 12 • EASTER • BROME COUNTY NEWS Wednesday, April 5, 2006 .ÜÜ £ Ali'Xitntitir McCtill Smith BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS : aaasa m w * informal communion, and the prayers used will be from the Iona community off the coast of Scotland—a Christian group renowned for its social justice work, which traces its roots to St.Columba’s ministry in the sixth century A.D.and which was revitalized by a minister during the Great Depression.“I really connect to that Celtic spirituality of God everywhere in all creation," MacLean affirms.While she acknowledges that the more contemporary manifestations of Easter celebrations, eggs and chocolate bunnies, have important symbolic value, MacLean says, “.if you lose the meaning, it’s lonely to be disconnected.” “I feel quite sad that Easter has lost that power to restore life and to bring new life.It’s just a nice day off with chocolate.” Despite this sadness, MacLean looks forward to greeting the sun on Easter morning.“Easter is the most joyous day of the Christian year.The world thinks it’s Christmas, but it’s not; it’s Easter.” ¦* Books V Livres AC Just In time bar Easter! \it 264 ;l).Kwni-iton (Mill Pond Pla^t) Phone/Fax: (450) 242-2242 wo.\ ( n to < » \ ;i >• OPEN 7 DAYS OUVERT TOUS LES JOURS The Yamaska region United Churches' sunrise service will he held April 16 at the Cowansville municipal beach, at 6 a.m.sharp.FILE PHOTO Easter: ConTd from Page 11 Apparently, water tapped from a flowing stream before sunrise on Easter morning has special healing properties.“It’s not biblical, but the water of life is biblical," MacLean explains.“There’s something about being at the water Dominique Houle that’s special.” Water or no water, Cowansville resident and United Church parishioner In-geborg Fulford has welcomed Easter with the sunrise service for most of the past twelve years.“If it’s a nice sunny morning, there is something very nice about being there,” she says.“It’s hard to explain, but it just feels right." 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