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9th Edition From July 2 Ben by Daniel Shelton THETHIRPISOUR 7™ ANNIVERSARY, REMEMBER?TRY THE FOLLOWING taufRIPAY, ON THE pN 10th, BUT NOT f /BEFORENINE, CAUSE I HAVE A MEETING i TIL EIGHT / VU THE 10™ IS HIS PAIR'S 65™, THEY'RE HAVING (TINNER AT THAT NEW PLACE ON v G™AVENUE.¦ WELL,ON, THE 17th, IM GOING TO MY FIRST AEROBICS CUSS WITH MY TWO BEST FRIENPSyJ .cant you Switch TO ANOTHER NI6HT0F THE WEEK?MAYBE THE 5™ OR THE 6th, BUT NOT THE 7th.MY F0LK5 ARE COMING OVER-JUST MAKE SURE YOU START BEFORE SEVEN ANP COME HOME BY ELEVEN "V I'LL CALL YOU BACK, JEFF-1 GOTTA TAKE FIVE.' ¦—THEwm ¦' RECORD Friday, July 19, 2002 page 3 WM Mm mm ALBERT BRANDT, Atmmw REAL ESTATE AG By Nelson Afonso Bromptonvillh You’ve got a stuffy nose, your eyes are red and you can’t stop sneezing?Then maybe you’ve got hayfever.In an attempt to eliminate the main cause of hayfever — pollen produced by ragweed — the new city of Sherbrooke has spread the program it begun six years ago to the city’s new boroughs to inform private residents of the dangers that the plant poses.“This problem is controllable as long as everybody puts an effort into it,” said city of Sherbrooke arboriculturist Gilles Bégin.“Even home owners can get rid of ragweed in their own yards.” Ragweed, also known as ambrosia artemisiaefolia, is a plant with a small greenish flower head.The pollen it produces is one of the chief causes of hay fever; approximately 10 per cent of people in the region suffer from pollen-re lated ailments.Unlike poison ivy, which causes a skin rash upon contact with its whitish berries, hay fever sufferers need to only inhale the pollen released from the ragweed's flower for them to develop symptoms.Usually found where the earth has been disturbed and worked such as roadsides, near train tracks, snow dumps, near sidewalks and in places where there is limited other vegetation such as gardens and yards, ragweed thrives on dry and warm weather to expand.Bégin said his team has been busy scouting and identifying the areas within the new city of Sherbrooke’s borders where ragweed is found in abundance.“We cut the plants once and then we reseed the area to grow other sorts of plants,” explained Bégin, noting ragweed flourishes by overpowering competing plants around it.“Then we recut the ragweed and finally fertilize the new seeds to create a less hospitable area for the ragweed.” For the first time in its six-year battle against ragweed, the city of Sherbrooke can count on a pair of volunteers who are presently scouring the area on bicycles to create a map identifying the more troublesome spots.This is also the first time Bégin’s team has been given the mandate of travelling to the seven for- PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL Sherbrooke arboriculturist Gilles Bégin and Co.will expand a program it began six years ago in Sherbrooke to inform private residents of the dangers that ragweed poses.mer municipalities that are now boroughs in the city of Sherbrooke.The city has produced, and made available to the public at local pharmacies and medical clinics, a pamphlet with all the information regarding the plant, its description, where to find it and the ways of getting rid of it.The city suggests the following measures to eliminate or control rag weed: pull the plant out of the soil immediately, mow your lawn be- fore, plant other aggressive plants near rag weed and improve the soil’s quality (compost, manure).Based on a study produced by his office, Bégin has determined that 10 per cent of Sherbrooke’s ragweed is located in the borough of Lennoxville, while the biggest amount has been discovered in the borough of Bromptonville (36 per cent).PICK YOURSELF OR ALREADY PICKED RASPBERRIES 375 Chemin Flanders, Compton (819) 835-9162 Professionalism and Integrity, serving the community since 198?Ranked among the top RE/MAX sales people in Québec & Canada for 2 years running Top local (Magog) Individual Agent Member of the exclusive re/max international hall of fame* * Agent 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outside with a child in her arms.“We knew there was more than one child there, so we asked to see them all,” Potvin said.With reason to believe someone could be in danger, the officers entered the house.Inside they discovered numerous marijuana plants.After obtaning a search warrant, police seized 257 pot plants, and 507 grams of bulk marijuana.They also recovered an assortment of equipment used to grow the illicit weed.Potvin said the marijuana had a street value of about $340,000.Arrested at the house was a 38-year-old man.He is feeing charges of growing marijuana with the intent to traffic.He will also be charged with improperly storing a firearm.As for the cries for help, Potvin said the woman has not fried a complaint.Dennis dezos CHARTERED 'HjN ACCOUNTANT f "We add value to your business” 1 Tel : 819-823-0800 Lennoxville page 4 Friday, July 19, 2002 ¦ in ¦¦them.RECORD Richmond CLSC to restrict new patients By Stephen McDougall Special to The Record Richmond Due to a shortage of doctors and staff, administrators for the St.Francis Valley MRC health and social services centre are telling new patients that don’t reside in the MRC’s geographic zone not to come to its CLSC medical clinic on Barlow St.“If the patient already has a doctor at the CLSC, and they don’t live in the MRC, they can still come, but new patients have to go to the CLSCs in their own MRC,” said Carol Nault, an assistant administrator.“We are lacking doctors for our area, at least four of them, and that makes it hard to provide health care to people within the MRC, let alone from other areas.” The decision to restrict services came in a memo issued to the public on July 4.Besides classifying patients as per their geographic residence, the Richmond CLSC has also closed its walk-in medical clinics because of the doctor shortage.Now, people wanting medical consultations by a physician at the CLSC must make an appointment.The imposition of a geographic designation for patients does not sit well with Mary Goodfellow, a resident of St.Felix de Kingsey who has regularly gone to the Richmond CLSC for most of her medical services.“If I were a new patient, I would have to go to the CLSC in Drummondville, because St.Felix is in the Drummond MRC zone,” she said.“That’s close to an hour’s drive away and getting services in English there is very difficult.The Richmond CLSC is less than a half-hour away for us and the people there can speak English.” Goodfellow was also told that any routine tests that she may need will have to be done at the Drummondville CLSC because there is no agreement between, the CLSCs to pay for tests outside their MRC zone.“I’m being told that I can see my doctor in the Richmond CLSC but now I have to go all the way to the Drummondville CLSC for a blood test,” she said.“If this keeps up, I’ll be force to find a doctor in the Drummondville CLSC and the Richmond CLSC will be barred for me and other people who live close by.” The move is part of a provincial government policy to have more public services provided for inside the geographic zones of the MRCs, or Municipal Regional Councils.Set up in the early 1980s by the Parti Québécois government, the MRC system was used to centralize administration for rural municipalities in order to save money and standardize services for the public province-wide.But in the last nine years, the MRC system has also been used to centralize other services such as health, police and industrial development.Nault admits the new policy in Richmond will cause problems for people in small towns near Richmond that have to travel to Drummondville and other MRC Sécur personnel on strike as conciliator works away By Stephanie Lapointe Sherbrooke While a conciliator is working on the dossier, Sécur personnel remain on strike forcing financial institutions to fill 800 of the 1,200 automatic tellers in Quebec that Sécur is responsible for.The remaining 400 automatic tellers are being filled and emptied by other Sécur personnel who received training back in February, said Louis-Philippe Gariépy, advisor to Sécur president François Tremblay.“In February when negotiations started for the collective agreement, we wanted to do everything for it to work,” said Gariépy.“We didn’t want to take any chances so we began training personnel just in case.” Final offers made by management were rejected by 99 per cent of the 650 workers that voted on them last week.Gariépy said they included a salary adjustment of 5.2 per cent on average, plus an additional 11 per cent raise over a period of five years.They also of- fered to inject $250,000 into workers’ pension plans.Such proposals were rejected and Gariépy said he doesn’t know why.“In fact, they never specified to us what they wanted,” he said.“What we have learned here and there, mainly from the media, is that what they want amounts to $81 million.Our yearly turnover is $58 million.The company does not have the capacity to offer more than what we already have.” Alexandre Boulerice, public relations for the Syndicat canadien de la fonction public (SCFP) union said final offers made by management were rejected because they were for from the salary demands of the employees.Workers who are presently paid $17.92 per hour want to receive $21.He compared it to the salary of beer delivery personnel, who he said earned $23 per hour.“Now there is a conciliator on the dossier and we are letting him work things out," explained Gariépy.centres for their health care.But she added the doctor shortage has forced the CLSC’s hand.In an interview earlier this spring, Nault’s boss Danielle Lareau told The Record that health care services in the St.Francis Valley area (known in French as Val St.Francois) are suffering because not enough doctors want to practice in rural areas.“Unless we can find new doctors, we will have to cut back on such medical services,” she said in early June.Later that month, the St.Louis Hospital in Windsor, which handles many St.Francis Valley patients, announced it would close its emergency centre for 11 days this summer due to the doctor shortage.Nault admitted the 60-km distance to Drummondville from St.Felix de Kingsey can be a burden for some residents, especially those who are elderly.But she said the Drummondville CLSC can provide services in English if they are requested.When The Record phoned the Drummondville CLSC, the taped response did not include any option for speaking to personnel in English.A spokeswoman for the Drummondville CLSC, who did not want her name used, said there are no other CLSC offices in the Drummond MRC, which stretches from St.Felix de Kingsey in the south to St.Pie de Guire in the north, 30-km short of the St.Lawrence River.Goodfellow believes the new policy will leaver her and other St.Felix de Kingsey residents at a disadvantage when it comes to health services.“We are situated on the very edge of the Drummond MRC,” said Goodfellow.“I have been going to the Richmond CLSC for 25 years, and now I’m being steered towards Drummondville where few people speak any English.“The health services for which I am entitled to are being eroded.” Another town which will be affected by the change in CLSC policy is South Durham, another Drummond MRC town which is closer to Richmond than to Drummondville.Resident Ruth Mountain believes it is unfair to have to go to Drummondville just for a blood test when their doctor is in Richmond.“We have always dealt with the Richmond CLSC because we do most of our business in Richmond and the CLSC provides us with English services,” she said.“I doubt we can get the same consideration in Drummondville.” Stéphane Langlois, financial director for the St.Francis Valley MRC health and social services centre, said new policy on routine tests will be gradually implemented later this summer and in the fall.“By September, all CLSC patients that come from outside our MRC will have to go elsewhere for their blood tests and other routine services,” he said Thursday.“We have to draw the line somewhere.Our nurses are overworked because of the patients that come to us from the other MRCs.This policy is the same for any MRC health centre in the province.” ‘It is prudent to unplug’: Wilkin Dogs: Cont’d from Page 1 Timmins, a client of Innotek, held the collar in his hand while it repeatedly emitted warning tones.“It went off, chirping full force in my hand, at the time I was standing 50 feet from the property boundary,” he said.After calling the company, he was told an electrical storm could fry the system, before being sent a replacement in the mail, as the high-end model was on warrantee.A Innotek customer service agent confirmed yesterday that the system could be altered by lightning, and recommended purchasing a supplemental surge protector designed specifically for the product.“When a storm comes, I unplug my system,” notes neighbouring businessman and owner of three golden retrievers, Chris Severs.While he admits he has never had a problem with his pets being unduly shocked, Severs says his dogs do not have their containment system collars on at all times."My first reaction is nonsense,” insists Wilkin of the possibility pets could be injured by a the fence going haywire from lightning.Invisible Fencing invented and patented the virtual boundary pet containment system used by most manufacturers on the market, he notes, reiterating that the circuit boards could be affected by a severe electrical storm, but not a pet.“When people ask me I tell them it is prudent, but not necessary to unplug the system during an electrical storm.” Friday, July 19, 2002 page 5 y* ; jy.mm v' Hv'- 54y-vh J.wo.Hu£ Adult Education* Summer Session NEW HORIZONS Centre d'éducation aux adultes Adult Education Centre 2365 Galt St.West, Sherbrooke (Québec) J1K 1L1 • Telephone: (819) 566,0250 • fax: (819) 566-2658, Storm overloads C’ville drainage system By Maurice Crossfield Severe thunderstorms proved to be too much for Cowansville storm drains Wednesday night, flooding some 20 families out of their homes.“Everyone stayed and tried to help out,” said Cowansville fire chief Gaston Lacroix of the community effort put in by residents to help each other out.Residents were helped by Cowans-ville’s volunteer firefighters and members of the public works service, who worked throughout the night.No one was injured, though just about everyone got wet.The storms were accompanied by heavy rains, dumping as much as 65 millimeters of rain on some parts of Brome-Missisquoi, according to Environment Canada.That proved too much for the drainage system on Spring and Des Plaines Streets.“The worst was right here,” said Lacroix Thursday morning at the end of Des Plaines.“Everything came down the hill to this lowest spot.” Lacroix compared it to the July 2 floods in Sherbrooke, in which 90 millimeters of rain fell in less than an hour.Also affected by the downpour were houses oh Barre, Brown and Bell Streets.A business on River Street also called the municipality for help on Thursday morning.Dozens of other homes in the town ended up with water in their basements, but not enough to call for help from the authorities.Surprisingly, the Veterans Boulevard sector, which commonly floods when the nearby Yamaska River spills over its banks, was unaffected.Though river water levels did increase during the storm, the Yamaska decided to stay put.Lacroix said most of the damage resulted from flooded basements, as water levels on the street exceeded 12 inches.A small section of J.André Déragon Street, which meets Spring and Des Plaines, was washed out, but had been repaired by lunchtime Thursday.Meanwhile, homeowners in the sector had called in private firms to pump out their basements Thursday morning.Other than the presence of town crews and cleaning trucks on the street, everything was back to normal.Lacroix said the flood was surprising because the sewer system, like the homes in the neighborhood, is nearly new.He said the town will have to investigate to determine why its system couldn’t handle the deluge.At least one drain was blocked by an accumulation of refuse.After town workers removed the steel grate the water flowed freely.Environment Canada meteorologist Marcel Savard said the storm was the result of a cold front passing through southern Quebec.A line of storm cells moved through the region, giving some areas more rain than others.As a comparison St- Hubert got 35 mm of rain and Dorval got one mm, but Sutton got 65 mm.“Some cells were pretty strong, but it wasn’t that unusual,” Savard said.The bad weather seems to be taking a break for a few days.Savard said Friday should be sunny with a few cloudy periods and highs in the mid-20’s.A similar outlook is forecast for Saturday and Sunday as well.MAURICE CROSSFIELD This drain had been blocked up with refuse from the storm, forcing town workers to remove the steel grate to let the water flow freely.Registration and Information Session July 30th, at 9:00 a.m.(atso first day of classes) Please bring: • Birth certificate showing: parents’ names • Proof of Quebec residency (if born outside Quebec) • Most recent statement of marks • Payment of $50.00 ‘Must be at least 16 years of age before July 1, 2002 (N.B.Our offices will be closed July 15th-26th) July 30th to August 29th, 2002 (Classes are held Tues., Wed., Thurs, from 9 a.m.to 3:00 p.m.• English levels III, IV, V • Math all levels • Science courses Briefs Joyride ends with two arrests By Maurice Crossfield A routine road check in the early hours of Thursday morning netted police a drug dealer and a car thief.Patrollers of the Haute-Yamaska detachment of the Sûreté du Québec were on the road at about 2 a.m.when they spotted a red Toyota Tercel on Depot Street in Shefford Township.As they approached the car pulled away.After following the car for a short distance they pulled it over near the intersection of Route 112 and 243, just outside of Waterloo.“As the driver was giving us his driver’s permit a sack of white powder fell out of his wallet,” said SQ spokesman Const.Jimmy Potvin.A subsequent search of the 21-year-old Granby resident led to the discovery of three grams of cocaine and 2.7 grams of the popular rave drug ecstasy.He will be charged with possession with intent to traffic illegal drugs.A check of the two passengers revealed that one of them had been arrested last September for a drug-related offence.As such he was out on bail and subjected to specific conditions.One of which was a cur- few.A search of that man, a 29-year-old Granby resident, led to the discovery of “burglary tools,” Potvin said.“It was because he was breaking his conditions that we had the right to search him.” The third man was not arrested, Potvin said.But the legal problems didn’t end there.Police noticed the ignition switch had been tampered with.A closer look revealed that the serial numbers didn’t match up with the ones given on the registration.The two men were brought in for questioning, and were later released.They will appear at a later date to face a variety of charges.Local beaches doing well The following beaches all passed water inspection with flying colours: Plage Baie-des-Sables (Lac-Mégantic), Plage des Berges du lac Aylmer (Stratford), Plage du Camp Claret (Stratford), Plage du Camp Bel-Air (Stratford), Plage du Camp Parkside Ranch, (Orford), Plage du Lac Stukely (Orford), Plage du Lac Fraser (Orford) and Plage du Centre de Jouvence (Orford). page 6 Friday, July 19, 2002 RECORD Community Forum A conversation of one Perhaps Barbara Yaffe’s sense of humour is just too subtle for a volunteer scribe to appreciate, but I’m prepared to risk insulting Record readers and suggest that her contribution to last Tuesday’s Community Forum might have sucked a few into her trap.She called it “A con- — versation with the Prime Minister.” Well, now! My brand new dictionary defines a conversation as “an informal spoken exchange of news and ideas between two or more people” and that’s why I waded in.Never mind for now that anything that appears in a newspaper is written, not spoken, and therefore, by definition, never a “conversation.” If the printed words do, in fact, relay an exchange of news or ideas, surely the writer can be forgiven for a slight stretch of the literal truth.But I know, that’s nothing more than nit-picking.My real beef is that Yaffe’s “conversation” bore no resemblance whatsoever to an “exchange”, whether of facts or notions.Despite the wholesale use of quotation marks, the only person quoted was Barbara Yaffe.Not one word from the PM on the entire page.If this constitutes a conversation, then so does “Sit, Fido.” Viewpoint Don Healy In a way, it reminds me of that so-called debate before the last federal election, when four party leaders yelled questions at the Prime Minister, then wouldn’t let him answer.But it didn’t seem to bother him - and no wonder.The people answered for him in the voting booth.Yaffe didn’t stop there, either, with her faltering logic.In one paragraph, she assured the PM that with the individuals who sit as opposition MPs, he could leave knowing that the government would remain in Liberal hands, and in another that the Liberal party would implode if he were to stay.By her logic, then, the opposition -those doofuses, as she calls them - are no threat to a Liberal government led by anyone except Jean Chretien, but would have to step in and govern after the “implosion” (a violent collapse, according to Oxford) if he turned down early retirement.Wow! No Liberal survivors?Not even Paul Martin?Nothing but “doofuses” in the House?Any chance that this might be an ever-so-minor overstatement?A slight error in judgement, maybe?Or is it just a communication problem?After all, doesn’t a one-person conversation give a curious reader cause to wonder?The Record welcomes your letters to the editor.Please be sure to sign your name and include a telephone number where you can be reached during the day.Only signed letters are considered for publication.P.O.Box 1200 Sherbrooke J1H 5L6 or 1195 Galt E, Sherbrooke I'G 1Ï7 Fax:819-569-3945 e-mail: newsroora@sherbrookerecord.cora Website: www.sherbrookerecord.com Randy Kinniah Publisher .(819) 569-9511 Shakon McCui.ly Editor .(819) 569*345 Jamie Zachary Corresp.Editor .(819) 5696345 Richard Lessard Prod.Mcr.(819) 5699931 Serge Gagnon Chief Pressman .(819) 5699931 Francine Thibault Prod.Superv.(819) 5694856 DEPARTMENTS Accounting .Advertising .Circulation.Newsroom .(819) 5699511 .(819) 5699525 .(819) 5699528 .(819) 5696345 Knowlton office 88 Lakeside, Knowlton, Quebec, JOE 1V0 Tel: (450) 242-1188 Fax: (450) 243-5155 MAIL SUBSCRIPriONS GST PST TOTAL Canada: 1 year 114.40 8.01 9.18 $131.59 6 MONTHS 59.00 4.13 4.73 $67.86 3 MONTHS 30.00 2.10 2.41 $34.51 Out of Quebec residents do not include PST.Rates for other services available on request.The Record is published daily Monday to Friday.Back copies of The Record are available.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 Hollinger Canadian Newspapers L.P.Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Agreement No.0479675.Member ABC, CARD, CNA, QCNA Greed in boardroom and the playing field When Alan Greenspan, chair of the U.S.Federal Reserve, spoke about “infectious greed” this week, he was referring to business.He could easily have included sports.Any sport.I thought about baseball, and July 19, and lamented the demise of real _______ home teams and the pure pleasure of achievement.That could be because of The Fan, who remains, more than 30 years after leaving Cleveland, an Indians supporter.Today’s team has no pitching strength, no hope of the World Series, no real chances to do more than get through the season.(Something like the Calgary Hames.) But each baseball season, The Fan follows “his” team.In that, he’s not much different than other baseball purists.They swallow their outrage at what too much money, that “infectious greed”, has done to sports, and he remembers an earlier time, when both baseball and the Indians were worth his time and effort.Today is one of those days worth noting.On July 19,1909, in a game against Boston, Indians shortstop Neal Ball made the first recorded unassisted triple play.In the second inning, Ball caught a line drive, touched second base and tagged the runner from first.He likely didn’t get an extra cent for his history-making play.And neither would the next man, 11 years later, during the 1920 World Series Indians infielder Bill Wambsganss repeated Ball’s achievement in the same sequence.Only 11 players in more than 160 years of summertime play have scored an unassisted triple play.Why is that important?Because it is pure achievement, unrelated to money, power or position.It is one person against the odds; a moment that defines and delineates talent.It is the Grand Slam, the Triple Crown.There is an equivalent in business, although we rarely compare the two: The CEOs who build instead of tear down; the owners who see the future, not just the bottom line; the men and women who employ people and not profit centres.There may not be much difference between business and sports in terms of greed and bad manners, driving shareholders’ stocks into the garbage is, after all, essentially all about bad manners, but the quality of the public outrage is instructive.Companies such as Enron and World-corn were morally and literally bankrupted by the greed of their management and the gullibility of shareholders demanding Viewpoint Catherine Ford more and higher instant profits.Over on the sports pages, the same play just wears a different suit.Nobody calls for greedy team owners and their pampered players to go to jail for extortion, yet what else is it when the tax system, through corporate writeoffs, supports jacked-up tickets prices and salaries that bear no relationship to the quality of the play or the prod-uct delivered to the people.What is it when a lottery is devised to support hockey in Calgary and Edmonton; when tax breaks are sought for teams caught in the spiral of ever-increasing salaries for ever-declining standards of play?Is there a person in Calgary who believes he’s getting his money’s worth for regular-season tickets to the Flames?It’s not just hockey.It’s sports in general.The public should be outraged at the threat of another baseball strike, at criminal behaviour which is excused when the perpetrator is a millionaire basketball player and at the sheer infectious greed of it all.Yet the general public still supports baseball and basketball and the panoply of professional games that have made millionaires out of talented, unruly young men.Worse, in doing so we make them, like their business-page counterparts, believe themselves untouchable, as if normal behaviour isn’t required.When business executives lie, cheat and steal, they are given golden parachutes.When sports owners and players do it, they are given lifetime endorsement contracts.Philadelphia basketball player Allan Iverson, charged with multiple crimes, has a lifetime contract with Reebok.They believe he represents an “urban” and hip game.Some game.Corrupt CEOs, unlike a long list of sports stars, usually don’t act out with their fists or a weapon.They use a balance sheet.The only difference is the suit worn to work.And the guy in the Armani isn’t better or worse than the guy in the uniform with a number on his back.There should be a higher standard for those who are set up as role models, whether they occupy a corner office or centre field.They take the money, it’s time for payback.It’s time for the public’s triple play.Lie, cheat and steal, three strikes.You’re out.Catherine Ford can be reached by e-mail at: fordc@theherald.southam.ca. Friday, July 19, 2002 page 7 — RECORD__ Piggery’s Home and Garden Tour returns for fifth edition COURTESY JOHN HAY \ » The renowned Abenaki Lodge is one of seven North Hatley houses featured in the fifth edition of the Piggery Theatre's Home and Garden tour.By Jake Brennan Special to the Record It’s time once again for the Piggery Theatre’s annual major fundraiser, the always popular Home and Garden Tour.Seven new North Hatley houses have been selected for the event’s fifth installment, but only one of the homes is in fact newly constructed.Three others on the tour are celebrating their 100th anniversary this year.“There’s everything from a large country estate to a lovely little boat house,” said John Hay, co-chair of the Piggery’s board of directors.“All the houses were chosen because of their architectural style, or their decorative style, or their location.They’re not at all run of the mill.” Hay went on to say that many visitors may well spend over an hour in a grand old cottage, as “it’s a big house with lots to look at.” As the theatre’s major fundraiser, the tour typically raises about $15,000.“It’s a way for people to make a very generous donation to the Piggery by opening up their houses,” said Hay.“The tour has always been very successful, in terms of people enjoying themselves.” Hay is contributing more than just organization to this year’s tour.His renowned bed and breakfast, Abenaki, is also among the display homes.Abenaki won the award for best bed and breakfast in Canada in both 2000 and 2001, but is not open for business this year.Between his duties at the Piggery and his interior design business, Hay is simply too busy to run the B & B up to his standards, but said he’ll be proud to have people come through next Thursday.Jane Needles, general manager of the Piggery, described Abenaki as “absolutely breathtaking.” She was happy to note that usually most of the visitors are francophone, which dovetails nicely with the theatre’s efforts to expand its appeal to that great majority by adding two French plays and several cabaret performance nights to their program this year.“It’s a wonderful way of fundraising, because people want to get in and see what’s behind those closed doors,” said Needles.The same curiosity brings visitors in droves through Buckingham Palace or Toronto’s Casa Loma.She recounted a recent open house at Saidye Bronfman’s Montreal home, where proceeds from the $500 tickets went to the Jewish General and Children’s Hospitals.But at $40 a ticket, the Piggery’s North Hatley tour is a much less formal affair.Visitors can pick up a map of the seven houses, all of which are within 5 km of the theatre, starting at 9:30 a.m.on the day of the tour, Thursday, July 25.They have until 4 p.m.to noodle around the various homes at their own pace, explore some of North Hatley’s shops, or enjoy some time relaxing by the lake.Included in the ticket is a box lunch of sandwiches, fresh vegetables and dessert, available to be picked up between 11:30 a.m.and 2 p.m.at the theatre.If they wish, visitors may take their lunch on the road, but most will enjoy it in the large tent, where there will be a bar and some soothing tunes by a string quartet from Orford.Reservations for the disappearing tickets should be made as soon as possible any day between 11 a.m.and 8 p.m.at the Piggery box office, 819-842-2432.U-PIck or already picked Mid-season strawberries in abundance! Raspberries Welcome to all 4521 Lotbinière St., Rock Forest (turn off Ste-Catherine Road) 864-6297 • 864-7147 Briefs Loblaws registry open to public Aug.14 By Stephanie Lapointe Sherbrooke The fate of a Loblaws project on Portland Boulevard, across from the Carrefour de l’Estrie may be determined by a referendum depending on the response to a registry that will be at Sherbrooke City Hall on Aug.14.Residents from zones HK40, CC45, HA85, HA86, HE11, and HE18, who are in favour that a referendum be held concerning the proposed Loblaws, are invited to sign the registry at City Hall on Aug.14 from 9 a.m.to 7 p.m.The six zones roughly cover the area around and within streets McCrea, Bolduc, Richard and Portland.Pierre Huard, Sherbrooke City clerk, said he is waiting for en electoral list to determine how many people are required to sign the registry for a referendum to take place.He is expecting the list by the beginning of next week.“We as a city think it is a good project,” said Dany Lachance, Borough 6 councillor.“But we don’t have the last word.” Five of the six zones have already circulated a petition, asking to hold a registry that would ask for a referendum.More than 51 names, the minimum requirement to move to the next stage, has already been collected.A registry was always foreseen for zone HK40 because it would be directly affected by the Loblaws project.If a referendum is held, only one zone would have to reject the proposal and the Loblaws project would not go any further.“I am not surprised.I was expecting this to happen,” said Lachance.“I think it is a good thing to go to a referendum.It is democratic.” Bridge repair estimated at $800,000 Staff The Quebec Transport Ministry has invested $800,000 to repair seven bridges along autoroute 10 and 55, as well as Chemin Saint-Joseph in Sherbrooke from July 22 to Oct.13.Circulation will be reduced to one lane on autoroute 10 and 55, with arrows indicating where to pass.On Chemin Saint-Joseph, a traffic light will be alternating the circulation.Construction will occur Monday to Friday from 7 a.m.to 5 p.m.Conference on women and WWII On July 28, Micheline Dumont, author and well-known historian, will host a two-part conference on women and World War II from 2 p.m.to 4 p.m.at the Louis St.Laurent Historic Site.The activity is only offered in French and there is admission.For more information, call 819-835-5448.20% 50 * to off AAagos Mmmtr FABRICS ism SUMMER SALE • Fashion • Decoration • Reupholstery • Lace • Veiliing • Decoration and Sewing accessories • Wool • Poles • Trimmings • Quilting Cotton Decoration and in-store seamstress service DON'T MISS OUR CLEARANCE CENTER FABRICS SOLD TO THE YARD AND LB.67 Main West, Magog • 868-2527 -, • 'NOTHING PAY FOR MONTHS upon credit approval See details in store 3290 Portland Blvd.829*0089 a m • GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE • ON THE SPOT EYE EXAM BY OPTOMETRIST i-»’, page 8 Friday, July 19, 2002 RECORD Plymouth Trinity celebrates bicentennial Sherbrooke church hosts open house in conjunction with city’s festivities By Stephanie Lapointe Sherbrooke Many were once mayors, but most people today know them better by the streets that were named after them: Bryant, Ar-mitage, Edwards, Cate, this list goes on.Nineteen of these former mayors have been immortalized on local streets, yet they all have something more in common.They all were members of the Plymouth Trinity United Church, which will celebrate its 147th anniversary this year in conjunction with Sherbrooke’s bicentennial celebrations through an open house this Saturday.Minister Jane Aikman said the size of the streets today is no reflection whatsoever of the person they were named after.“Some of the more important people have the tiniest street,” she said, pointing Robertson Street on a map.Other streets named after Plymouth Trinity members include: Brooks, Davidson, Foss, Galt, Howard, McCrea, McIntosh, Mitchell, Paton, Sanborn, Skinner, Walton, Webster, and Woodward.One of Plymouth Trinity’s members was also the last English mayor of Sherbrooke.“There was a general gentlemen’s agreement that the mayors would switch between English and French,” explained Gale, adding that in the 1900s, the gentlemen’s agreement vanished as the French population increased dramatically.“There used to be a tradition in Sherbrooke, but Howard was the last of the English mayors.” Sen.C.B.Howard was the son of Benjamin Cate Howard who created “Howard’s Park” that is situated in front of Sherbrooke Elementary School.Sen.C B.Howard was Sherbrooke mayor from 1950-1952.“A lot of these people came to Sherbrooke because they saw a business opportunity.They came to develop the town,” said Gale.“They were opportunists.This was in the very early day in the 1800s.That’s when Sherbrooke grew and came along.” Plymouth Trinity has stood at its original location on Dufferin Street since 1855, and is the oldest church where the original congregation still worships in Sherbrooke.For Sherbrooke’s bicentennial celebrations, members of Plymouth Trinity have invited the public to visit their open house this Saturday from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m.On display will be an exposition of the church’s history and very short biographies of the men who were members of the church, but who also played an important role in Sherbrooke’s society.PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL On Saturday, Minister Jane Aikman welcomes the public to view biographies of men who were prominest members of the church and the city.F.F A R H A T o.o.d.LUNETTERIE ¦ THE« Record Friday, July 19, 2002 page 9 Local artist pays tribute to Knowlton Golf Course Nearby greens immortalized on canvas by Joanne Wallace Vachon By Kate Shingler Brome Lake The Knowlton Golf Course has never had a tribute quite like this.With appetizers, wine and chilled beer flowing, club patrons got their first sneak peak at the nearby greens immortalized on canvas.The event, Thursday’s vernissage by local artist Joanne Wallace Vachon, drew friends and family to a banquet hall where paintings were on display alongside framed prints and other reproductions on a variety of mediums.“I’ve always wanted to do landscapes, but more modem landscapes,” says the first-time exhibiter.“There is a lot of golf art done in the U.S., but not enough here.” Vachon, a club member and regular golfer, hopes to one day paint other golf courses.“You don’t have to be a golfer to appreciate golf art," she adds.“It is a sculpting of the land when you build a golf course — the Knowlton course is one of the nicest ones I’ve seen." Aside from capturing in paint a favourite pastime, Vachon admits the opportunity to market her art drew her to more commercial subject material.From her Knowlton business, Bright Colours, Vachon is selling laminated place mats depicting scenes of the course as well as coasters, prints in envelope, framed prints, post cards and gift cards.Prices range from $8 to $150.“I did a lot of research on what holes and scenes to paint,” she explains, adding that advice from fellow members and .I KATE SHINGLER Vachon in front of her late grandfather's easel.Gordon Ffeiffer, a well known artist, also painted landscapes.photographs ultimately contributed to her final choices.Although the actual paintings are currently not up for sale, Vachon says art runs in her blood.Her grandfather, the late Gordon Pfeiffer, was a well known landscape artist, and before taking time off to raise her family, the recent Bishop’s Studio Arts Diploma graduate says she was always a painter.Vachon will continue her 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and 0,9 H for 60 months.Subject to G MAC financing and credit approval.Dealer trade may be required.Photo for Mustration purposes only. page 10 Friday, July 19, 2002 - ¦THEw Record Decision time coming up for operations RITALEGAULT Roger Nicolet said the MRC may have to decide if it can operate an up-to-uute facility with 60,000 tonnes a year or pair up with other regional MRCS who may not have enough to operate their site.Garbage: Cont’d from Page 1 “The public will have to tell us if we go to Intersan or elsewhere,” Nicolet said, noting that citizens are concerned about the regional landfill site since recent studies showed the landfill is responsible for toxic pollutants ending up in the local water supply.“A year ago people said sending our garbage to Bestan was acceptable, but the toxins have changed the face of the debate,” he said.Nicolet said the MRC may have to de cide if it can operate an up-to-date facility with 60,000 tonnes a year, or»»vhether it is better to pair up with other regional'* MRCs who may not have enough tonnage to operate their own site.“The question is can we conclude long term agreements with landfill sites in other MRCs,” he said, adding that its often easier to deal with other public entities than the private sector.Nicolet told the public that the MRC would be ready to send its garbage elsewhere when and if the Bestan/Intersan site closes in June, 2003.He remarked that Magog has already concluded a long term deal with one regional dump.Now that the preliminary waste management plan has been released, the public will have time to digest and analyze the 175-page report before public hearings in the fall.In response to a series of questions from Hélène Theroux, Nicolet promised the MRC will do all it can to make details of the plan available to the public.And after complaints that presenters were rushed during a pre-consultation last April, Nicolet noted the commission-style hearings will give the citizens, environmental groups and others a chance to be fully heard.“It is clear in the law that we have to listen to people and measure will be taken to ensure people are heard,” Nicolet said, Quantities of toxins been found in sludge from industrial waste Staff Sherbrooke Following a resolution by Magog Township, the Memphremagog MRC this week passed a resolution demanding that Environment Quebec set standards for the presence of dioxin, furans and polychlorinated biphenyls (PBCs) in sewage sludge.In the resolution presented by councillor Andrée Chartrand, Magog Township notes that Environment Quebec tests show that important quantities of the toxins have been found in the suggesting that those wishing to present briefs or oral presentations register with the MRC beforehand.Once briefs and oral presentations are completed, he said the floor will be opened up for further comments.The consultation, which will be chaired by North Hatley Mayor Stephan Doré, will be held before the MRC’s new garbage commissioners that include Nicolet, Ste-Catherine-de-Hatley Mayor Gilles Boisvert, Magog mayor Marc Poulin, Orford Mayor Jacques Delorme, and Magog Township Mayor JeanGuy St-Roch as well as public representatives Michel Clairoux of Massawippi Water Protection Association, citizen rep Marie-Denise Morency; business rep Michel Gagné from BOC Gas and union official Denis Belleville.Consultations will be held on Satur- sludge from industrial waste in water treatment plants.The resolution notes that the Town of Magog has signed a three-year deal with a specialized firm to reuse the sludge from its municipal sewage treatment plant and that it is important to reassure the population if the sludge is used as compost for agricultural and domestic use.Chartand’s resolution asks that the sludge be tested and that standards be established to ensure it doesn’t present any dangers to public health or the environment.Copies of the resolution were sent to the MRC office and the Town of Magog, Environment Minister André Boisclair, MNA Robert Benoit and Claude Bouch- day, Sept.7 starting at 10 a.m.at the Town Hall in Magog and on Monday, Sept.30 at 7 p.m.in the Mansonville Town Hall.Nicolet promised more sessions will be organized if needed.Starting next week, copies of the report will be available for consultation in all town halls in the MRC.Citizens and groups will also be able to purchase copies at the MRC office.The plan will also be available soon on the Web site of the MRC (www.mrcmem-phremagog.com).The MRC is also hoping to set up a bulletin board where citizens will be able to post their comments on the plan.After the public consultations are completed, the draft of the waste management plan will be reworked and presented to the provincial government.er, as well as officials from the regional environment ministry office.How MRC plans to reduce waste Here is a look at the proposed solutions in the preliminary waste management plan prepared by outside consultants Chamard and Associé along with the MRC’s garbage committee: • A program to encourage citizens as well as the commercial and industrial sectors to reduce.• A program to encourage home composting and composting of grass clippings and garden waste.• A program to encourage the municipal, institutional and commercial sector to reuse materials rather than toss them.• Curbside recycling programs in each and every town.• The collection of organic waste that can be composted in urban sectors.• Programs to collect and treat septic system and sewage sludge throughout the territory.• The revision of regulations for construction and demolitions permits to encourage the reuse of materials.• Creation of a network of “déchetteries”, that is depots for used appliances, construction materials and other items of which parts can either be reused or recycled.• Creation of “ressourceries”, that is reclamation centers where people can drop used clothing, toys, appliances, furniture; and other objects that can be sold or given away for re-use.» A revision of garbage pick-ups based on the notion of user-payer — that is the notion of paying per-pound of garbage disposed.• Limiting the burying of waste on the MRC territory to locally-produced waste only.• The creation of a vigilance committee to follow-up on the MRC’s action plan.• And a campaign to raise public awareness about the integrated waste management plan for the public.Recognized around the world ¦ J ts like.ArtJ *7 'l O sx's MArfJJArl.C A N A D A Literacy Foundation I-B00-303-I004- k) aIac.-1 A1 V V 3 d y i H O A S 3] 3 S y 3 1 1 N 3 a n V 1 >1 IN s d O IN d d 01 1 3 a V OJ s S n IN s V i 3 d A s y •3U| •saoiAJOS Bipeyn eunquj.zqqz(q) I s I d | CJI V M| X I 3 111 s [ü JL 3_mH3|s| I M O £ M Q d "ol n n o Nonw d 3 1 VIS 1 s N 3 1 I S I IN 3 » v a S N I H s n t a 3 S V IN ± H psAjos eizznd s.AepiJj 57 Long golf club 58 Crescent-shaped opening 59 Turmoils 60 Israel’s parliament DOWN 1 Robin Williams movie, with “The” 2 Some statistics 3 Flushed state 4 Courageous 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