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THE Looking to buy something?Clas.QifipHc Sherbrooke: 569-9525 Knowlton: 242-1188 60 CENTS The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Thought of the Day The art of memory is the art of understanding.Monday, August 3, 1998 Guillaume Boisvert is all smiles today as he continues to prove the doctors wrong.COURTESY BOISVERT FAMILY Fighting cerebral palsy one smile at a time Guillaume Boisvert is beating the odds Today’s topic: Autoroute 55 Pipeline must avoid the East Hereford watershed -landowners By Rita Legault Orford National Energy Board commissioners charged with detailed route hearings into the Tran-sQuébec Maritime pipeline going through the Townships spent Friday and Saturday listening to concerned landowners and their environmental expert and lawyer argue the pipeline must avoid the unique and ecologically sensitive watershed in and around East Hereford.The landowners argue the pipeline is crossing the watershed of the Hall River and the Buck and Gooseneck streams which provides drinking water to East Hereford and is the abundant source of good quality water needed for La Ferme Pisciculture des Bobines fish farm and factory which provides jobs for eight people.Exhibiting a large stuffed trout, fish farm owner Normand Roy reminded commissioners that local rivers and streams once teemed with landlocked salmon.He said he is worried that local trout may be a reminiscence for his grandchildren if local rivers and streams aren’t protected.Commissioners also heard from an employee of the fish farm who raised concerns about TQM’s respect of landowners so far and the future of the SEE PIPELINE, PAGE 4 By Amy Tector Sutton The first thing one hears when entering Lucille Boisvert’s house in Sutton is the sound of laughter.Two volunteers and her oldest son, 14-year-old Luko, are gathered around Guillaume, her smiling, bright-eyed three-year-old, helping the boy do somersaults.There was a time less than two years ago when Boisvert doubted she’d ever see her son Guillaume sit up, let alone somersault.The challenge began on May 31,1995 for Boisvert and her husband, Sutton municipal inspector Gaétan Goyette.A pregnant Boisvert was walking down the street when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver and went into premature labor.Guillaume was born safely despite the trauma of his delivery, but Boisvert recognized almost immediately there was something wrong with her child.Doctors told Boisvert that Guillaume was simply premature, and she had nothing to worry about.She did not accept that, however, and kept pestering them to conduct more tests to discover why Guillaume couldn’t sit up, why his eyes were crossed and why his limbs were spastic.‘T never stopped fighting with doctors to find out what was wrong.1 didn’t want pity, I wanted to know.I’m a fighter, and I like the challenge,” Boisvert said.Finally, at 17 months, doctors confirmed Boisvert’s worst fears: her child had cerebral palsy.The disease, usually hereditary, is caused by a lesion on the brain and affects the entire body.After the diagnosis doctors told Boisvert to give up any dreams she had of seeing Guillaume walk, talk or attend school.SEE BOISVERT, PAGE 5 ALL OUR PRICES ARE DISPLAYED -NO SURPRISES! 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up, and was topped by a crisp white surplice that was my challenge to keep clean.Friends who saw me teased that I would one day be a bishop, and I did indeed entertain some thought of entering the clergy.But all of that was not to be - because loto-québec Draw * 98-08-01 10 11 19 34 45 46 Bonus number: 28 6/6 5/6+ 5/6 4/6 3/6 Draw 98-08-01 8 9 18 22 33 49 Bonus number: 47 6/6 5/6+ 5>6 4/6 3/6 WINNERS 0 0 13 985 19 085 Total sales: * 528 412',00 Efgtra Draw 98-07-31 NUMBER PRIZES 922160 $ 100,000 22160 $1,000 2160 $250 160 $ 50 60 $ 10 0 $2 Eitra X* SATURDAY Draw 98-08-01 NUMBER PRIZES 483604 $ 100,000 83604 $1,000 3604 $250 604 $50 04 $10 4 $2 I was also raised a skeptic, because I came of age in the 1960s, and 1 guess because from time to time I like to raise a little hell.Though my father was a parish warden, we rarely talked about religion at home.And when we did, the discussion was never an affirmation of faith.That was somehow __________ taken for granted.Instead, the after-church Sunday dinner was often the occasion of a lively round-the-table family debate, on some heady religious matter like the existence of an after-life (or a before-life, although not everyone could get their heads around that concept).Or, do angels really exist, and if so where can I see one?Is God alive and if so why does he or she allow so much suffering on Earth?Are Protestants better than Catholics, and are Christians holier that Jews or Muslims or Hindus or Buddhists or Ani-mists or anything in between?And what about Joe and Mary and that immaculate conception, eh?Might as well call it the immaculate exception - or the perfect deception.Does anybody really believe all that?Well it seems that my brothers and sister and 1 weren’t the only ones questioning the values that had been so fulfill-ihg for our par- Charles Bury WINNERS PRIZES 0 $2 273 617,60 8 $85 260,60 202 $2 701,30 12 691 $82,40 251 746 $10 Total sales: $15 699 323,00 Next grand prize (approx.): $5 000 000,00 PRIZES $ 1 000 000,00 $ 50 000,00 $500 $50 $5 10 18 20 29 31 38 47 Draw 98-07-31 Bonus number: 37 WINNERS PRIZES 7/7 0 $ 4 000 000,00 6/7+ 0 $123 031,60 6/7 40 $2 691,30 5/7 2 440 $ 157,50 4/7 52 894 $10 3/7+ 47 563 $10 3/7 446 945 free play Total sales: $ 6 543 812,00 Next grand prize (approx ): $5 500 000,00 Claims: See back of tickets, in the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list, the latter shall prevail.ents.Because those same ’60s were the years when the western religions began the decline which continues today.In the 1950s about 90 per cent of Canadians reported that they were active members of an organized religion.Today I think it’s about 50 per cent.And it’s less again by far among the sons and daughters of my generation, the young adults of today who are the last hope for the churches of tomorrow.Of course the various religions haven’t taken this loss of faith lying down.Grudgingly at first, then desperately, they have instituted measures of all sorts to keep the church pews occupied.Opening up became the order of the day.First the Catholics brought in guitars, let the nuns let their hair down, and dropped the Latin from their liturgy.Not to be outdone, the Protestants let women become priests, followed in at least some sects by homosexuals.At the same time, the message from the pulpit became less divine and more communal.Loving God is okay, the ministers told their flocks, but lowing your neighbor is more important.And to that end, they ordered from the altar, turn to your left and hug the person next to you.Then turn to the right and hug the person next to you.Then hug the person in front of you, then hug the one behind you.Then we’ll all go home happy and come back for more next week.But it didn’t work.The touchy-feely doctrine isn’t everyone’s cup of tea.For every member the new ways brought in, another was driven out, deprived of a lifetime of rituals by some recruiter’s whim.Then we began to hear of the abuses of the men in black.No church was exempt.From the many Catholic missionaries who repeatedly raped the children in their care (right up to the archbishop of Newfoundland), to the Anglican choirmasters who taught more sodomy than singing (right up to the cathedral in Kingston), church officials were using their authority to do what in others they would call sin.This semi-institutional hypocrisy did not go unnoticed by those considering a career as people of the cloth.All the events described above, plus the instinct of not wanting to board a sinking ship, led to a serious, even disastrous shortage of candidates for the clergy.That in turn led to a lower standard for the ministry.I don’t know many priests, but several of those I am acquainted with are entirely unqualified except on paper.One in particular is worthy of description.He lives a long way away, so don’t get any ideas about who he might be.A lifelong womanizer who got married only because his girlfriend was pregnant, and who stayed married only because it was convenient, this fellow became a minister after finally discovering that he couldn’t keep a steady job.Despite having a mind about as profound as a cucumber and possessing only a frail grasp of what is right and what is wrong, he managed to get through divinity school, and was immediately ordained in a diocese that was short of ministers.He soon ran out of credibility there, however the bishop who had ordained him refused to admit his mistake and take away the guy’s permit.So he simply moved to another area where his past is unknown, and bingo, he quickly got a parish of his own.I wouldn’t buy a used prayer from this guy but he is in charge of the spiritual lives of hundreds of unsuspecting people.And he’s not the only one.There are still many earnest and capable clergy, but there are also an increasing number who come from the margins of society and see the ministry as an easy, steady meal ticket in a difficult world.Flakes, rakes, half-baked nutcakes.They are otherwise unemployable, but churches, especially the smaller ones, are so desperate to find a minister they’ll give almost anyone a congregation.Of course while all this has been going on, none of my childhood dinner-table questions has been answered.But don’t blame those of us who don’t go to church.Today’s Weather / /' y j,.y TheTToRD.Mines Richmond LAC-MÉGANTIS'4 J Sherbrooke», /|CpWAN S VI LU?} I'Stanstead MONDAY: Sunny with cloudy periods.High near 25.TUESDAY: Sunny with cloudy periods.Low near 10.High near 25.WEDNESDAY: Sunny with cloudy periods.Low near 10.High near 25.BEN ® by DANIEL SHELTON THAT FEELS REALLY G00P/ /MOVE A PIT TO THE LEFT OKAY, JUST A LITTLE HIGHER A LITTLE HIGHER.ALMOST.AAAH/ THAT'S THE SPOT.RIGHT THERE! THAT FEELS GREAT/ NOW KEEP WALKING UP AW POWN, PLEASE- ' ¦;; ':T ! .Quebec En g I i s h theatre o n g e s t running Former NHL bagman Jimmy Mann ran quickly, required oxygen, and signed autographs.MARTY PATRIQUIN Sherbrooke factory destroyed by fire Fire destroyed one of the oldest buildings of Sherbrooke’s first industrial park late Thursday night.The A.Bourque Acier et Métaux factory, located at 575 Forges St.and housed in a building dating back to 1889, was completely razed by an immense blaze that started at just past midnight Thursday and took 40 firefighters the entire evening to contain.Damages to the steel and metal recycling plant that employed about 30 people are estimated at around $1 million.Inspectors were unable to determine the cause of the blaze, and due to the hazardous nature of the ruins, it will probably be a few days before they can get on site.The standing walls were to be demolished over the weekend.Owner Alcide Bourque, who has run the plant for around 20 years, said he planned to rebuild and start the plant again.August 4-8 Tfk Maiitini Sisters in Moments to Remember a Musical tribute to female singers of thé 40’s through 70’s Emily LeBaron Art Gallery • The Posh Pig Restaurant NORTH HATLEY (QUEBEC) • (819) 841-2431 ^§3 ROYAL BANK FINANCIAL GROUP Presents: Summer Theatre 33rd season Record Monday, August 3, 1998 page 3 Police give past stars a run for their money, and beer Legends of Baseball take on Sherbrooke’s finest Marty Patriquin Sherbrooke In terms of good guy-bad guy confrontations, Saturday night’s match between Molson’s Legends of Baseball and the Sherbrooke Police was the stuff of dreams.On one side, a crew of former baseball and hockey stars, headed up by former Expos pitcher Bill ’Spaceman’ Lee, who have come out of retirement to play soft-ball during the summer.Some are older, and lumpier, than others.All, however, endure days of constant bus travel, generic hotel rooms and a ruthless game schedule for the sake of charity and love of the game.On the other side, a team of players who give people speeding tickets and parking fines as part of their day job.Even the atmosphere was right: a crisp, dear night, the smell of popcorn and poutine in the air and a stadium packed with baseball fans young and old.Park Amédé Roi in Sherbrooke served as a great venue; decent field with seats dose enough so that young baseball fans could get high fives from the players as they walked into the dugout.The Legends seemed surprised at the chutzpah of the police team.They came out hitting, determined to add another loss to the Legends 9-2 season record.Bill Lee, a pitcher at heart, was relegated to the outfield.After a particularly bad inning, the Spaceman showed his frustration with his position.“My dad always said, ‘Outfielders should pay to get into the ballpark.’” Lee said as he threw his glove at the dugout.“They are there to dean up the mistakes of the infield.” It was 10 to 6 for the bad guys at the bottom of the sixth.A rather inopportune error by left fielder Jimmy Mann meant two more runs for the local police squad, and it was 14-11 by the top of the eighth.Then the Legends began an unstoppable smash fest.Lee hit an inside the park homer to bring in himself and lightning-fast designated runner Rodney Scott.Jimmy Mann capitalized on an infield error for another point.Mann demonstrated to the crowd that, despite his rather top-heavy form, he could still move.Complemented on his run, Mann was modest.“Ahh, it was nothing,” said the noted former NHL bagman.“I just need oxygen.” The ending was perfect.Bill Lee caught a centre-field fly ball to win the game 19 to 17.After the win, Lee smiled at his team, who were busy signing baseballs and Legends game programs for a barrage of ogling little leaguers “We are old and out of shape, but we can still hit,” he said.He gestured toward his jersey, emblazoned with the Molson logo.“It‘s the free beer that does us in, you know.” MARTY PATRIQUIN Bill Lee: Spaceman, pitcher, and discerning connoisseur of the finer Molson products. page 4 Monday, August 3, 1998 — THE ¦¦ RECORD A8T06RÀPH 'Tune' your mirrors / Properly aligned, your vehicle’s side mirrors — when combined with the rearview mirror mounted to the windshield — can provide a broad band of rear visibility that can reduce blind spots and the chance of sideswiping another car while changing lanes.Unfortunately, some drivers don’t have the outside mirrors ‘tuned’ to deliver maximum visibility.Élit The view from §gQ the tuned side lli mirror.The tune— have little overlap with the view supplied by the rearview mirror and offer a view of more à road and the traffic that's on it — JBj and around jJ|||j| you.il Once adjusted, the view from the side mirrors reduces blind spots and virtually eliminates night headlight glare from vehicles that are following.The properly-adjusted mirror is more likely to reveal cars travelling in the ‘blind spot.’ This is the view from many vehicles’ outside mirrors — down the side of the car.The purpose of outside mirrors is to help driver's see what's beside their car as much as it is to see what’s behind.‘Tuning’ the mirrors Is an inexact science — because driver habits and vehicles are so different — but generally involves moving the mirrors outward enough to eliminate most of the overlap with the rearview mirror.The view from lj the typical “ side mirror Extra view provided by tuned mirror.The view width from the rearview mirror.COPYRIGHT WHEELBASE COMMUNICATIONS LEMEI IN NEARLY NEW More than 125 vehicles in our inventory.4141 King Street West Sherbrooke 563-4466 For information (toll-free) 1 888 MEGAPARK 634-2727 ‘The Titanic was also invincible’ - fish farm worker Pipeline: CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 industry which employs her if the pipeline construction affects the vulnerable water supply.She also raised safety concerns that have been minimized by pipeline promoters, pointing out that “the Titanic was also invincible.” Other interveners have also indicated that local municipalities and volunteer firefighters are not equipped to deal with the type of disaster a leak and explosion could cause in the area far away from hospitals and other emergency medical help.The trio of NEB commissioners hearing the case refused to consider a report prepared by the local Union des producteurs agricoles because it was not handed in before the deadline.In it, the farmers’s union complains that TQM failed to inform property owners fairly, used out-of-date maps and visited the properties of half of the landowners without permission.Environmental analyst Daniel Théoret questioned the sense of messing around with sensitive rivers and streams, pointing out that should an environmental accident occur, there is no way TQM will be able to take corrective measures to supply both the quantity and quality of water required by the fish farm.Théoret said no measures of nickel and arsenic deposits in the Hall riverbed were taken and that those sediments could resurface during construction.He also pointed out that clear-cutting, digging and dynamiting along the six kilometres the pipeline follows the Buck Stream could seriously affect drainage in the area and the supply of water to the trout farm and factory.TQM lawyer Louis Leclerc and environmental expert Urgel Delisle dismissed Théorefs concerns, stating that they were alarmist considering the mitiga-tive measures TQM has put forward which were approved by Environment Quebec and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.TQM’s pipeline route through East Hereford will also cross a number of farms which rely on the watershed and intersect a natural spring which provides drinking water to a couple of homes and a farm.Despite promises that TQM will avoid the spring by going under it, Théoret said that because the source is surrounded by fragile slate it could easily be plugged or cut off by blasting or other construction work in the area.A compression and measurement station that must be built just before the pipeline crosses the border to meet the American end of the project was also debated at length by landowners and TQM experts who promised mitigative measures to muffle the noise which would exceed acceptable limits.Local landowners are proposing an alternative route which would avoid the environmental risks and other headaches associated with building and operating a pipeline in their watershed.They argue TQM should follow the corridor of Hydro-Québec lines to the west of TQM’s chosen path, avoiding the rivers, streams and the underground water table, as well as a number of farms and residences along the way.However, TQM argued the NEB has already approved construction on two stretches of pipeline beyond the junction of the pipeline route and the Hydro corridor.Landowners had argued that approval was illegal because it was being contested at the detailed route hearings, but commissioners ruled the NEB had acted correctly in approving those two stretches.Should commissioners refuse to reconsider the two stretches already approved, landowners proposed a “last chance” solution which would cut east after the approved stretches, avoiding the municipality of East Hereford and crossing the border a few kilometres further to the east.Landowners, however, far prefer their earlier alternative, explained lawyer Paul Thibault, adding it follows the criteria which TQM used for the earlier part of the route, but abandoned for this sector, TQM argued that for Stagecoach Road in the South Stukely area, it should minimize impacts by following the existing Hydro-Québec and Gaz Métropolitain corridor there.Thibault suggested that commissioners take a zero-tolerance attitude towards the risks created to the wa-tershed and suggested they could approve the preferred alternative despite the fact that the NEB had already approved work further along that route.As in the other two detailed route hearings heard over the past two weeks, commissioners reserve their ruling until they have reviewed the testimony and arguments.Detailed route hearings continue Monday afternoon in Or-ford when lawyers will deal with the Autoroute 55 stretch of the pipeline being contested by landowners coalition president Norman Benoit.Benoit and neighbors began testimony on Thursday night, but the hearing was adjourned until today while commissioners dealt with the East Hereford stretch.Commissioners will also hear arguments on the nearby Bunker Hill stretch of the route where landowner Bruce Miller is proposing the pipeline follow the property line rather than cutting his land in two.The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old.- Jean Kerr THE' Monday, August 3, 1998 page 5 ‘It’s not right for doctors to remove all hope’ - Boisvert Boisvert: CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 “It’s not right for doctors to remove all hope like that.They didn’t give him a chance,” she said.The doctors may not have realized Guillaume’s potential, but his mother did.Boisvert, a masso-therapist, sold her Sutton business, Centre Relaxation Fiou, and devoted herself full time to helping her son.Shortly after the diagnosis Boisvert heard about Pinnochios Foundation, an innovative program new to Quebec that advocates intensive therapy for anyone suffering from problems relating to brain lesions.“With cerebral palsy doctors work with the extremities, stretching and lengthening the limbs to reduce spasticness,” Boisvert said.“In this program we try to cure the source of the problem, the brain.” The idea behind the therapy is to awaken the brain and reactivate all of the patient’s dormant cells.This is accomplished by a series of sensory stimulations.Guillaume is subject to constant sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell activities, designed to improve his own faulty senses.Guillaume’s limbs are also manipulated to enhance maneuverability.The therapy is controversial, however.The program places intense demands on both the parents and children.Many doctors fear the course will cause burnout in exhausted care-givers, and is simply too hard on the patient.Boisvert took a five-day course from Pinnochios, learning how to administer the activities that Guillaume would need to do to get well.Guillaume receives 10 hours of therapy a day, six days a week.While this regimen certainly sounds intense to the average person, Boisvert is convinced that Guillaume enjoys himself.“We make everything a game for him and he loves it.We are just playing with him all day really,” Guillaume’s laughter from the other room seemed to reinforce Boisvert’s claims.Boisvert is helped out by her family and over 30 volunteers.The volunteers COURTESY BOISVERT ¦ M' s ; .Si i .S, : .¦isiy, :i- :i S: 'S :SS: 0Sii.:,SS.S, A .Guillaume with his mother Lucille Boisvert, a masso-therapist who sold her Sutton business, Centre Relaxation Fiou, and devoted herself full time to helping her son.come from all over the Townships, as well as Montreal.Some people can only squeeze in an hour, while others come to the house for a full or half day.Although the 30 are dedicated to helping Guillaume, Boisvert emphasized that more volunteers are always welcome.“The volunteers always tell me the same thing - they don’t do it for Guillaume, they do it for themselves, because he offers so much love,” said Boisvert.Everyone’s hard work has started to pay off.Although doctors said Guillaume would never sit up, talk or understand much, the three-year-old now has a vocabulary of over 40 words and can crawl.Boisvert can still remember the days when her son was so spastic that he would embed his nails into his hands.The scars are still visible, but those days are behind him now.With the help of a new treatment that was featured on a recent CBC program, Boisvert plans to see her son walk into school at the age of six, just like any other little boy.The treatment, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, involves lowering Guillaume’s blood pressure and sending oxygen into all of his dormant cells, waking them up in effect.Unfortunately for Boisvert the treatment is only offered in England.“We have the same type of equipment here in Quebec, but it’s only for adults.The people who are taking their children over to England now are pioneers, because hopefully our results will convince the government to invest in something for children,” Boisvert said.The trip will cost $15,000, money Boisvert doesn’t have.Her unsubsidized sessions at Pinnochios already cost $1,500 each, and she and her husband struggle to raise the money to continue Guillaume’s treatment.The couple have hosted many fundraisers for their son.The most recent, a garage sale, made $550.“There is a real sense of community about the cause,” Boisvert said.“One little boy from Knowlton brought in two piggy banks, filled with change to give to Guillaume.” Boisvert is grateful for the community support, but the one thing she does not want offered to her or her family is pity- “Our situation is not sad.It is teaching us about life and about ourselves.I am privileged to be Guillaume’s mother.He is so patient, and he smiles all the time.Every day he passes limits he was never supposed to reach, let alone pass.He is a miracle.” Brief Family allowance changes for 1998/99 • During the month of June, families received a notice from the Régie des rentes du Québec indicating the amount of family allowance which will be paid to them monthly from July 1998 to June 1999.This amount is calculated based on family income for the year 1997, but also according to the type of family (single or two-parent) as well as the number of children under 18 being supported.Please note that family income is determined by the amount appearing on the income tax return of each spouse.Consequently, if your family income changed in 1997, even if your family situation did not, it is possible that the amount of your family allowance payment will increase, decrease, or be reduced to zero.• At any time of the year, you should report changes such as marriage, separation, divorce, death, change of address, family type (single or two-parent), or number of children to Revenue Canada, who will then notify the Régie des rentes.• When changing bank accounts, you should call the Régie to obtain a form entitled Family Allowance - Application for direct deposit.This form is available from most banking institutions.For complete information, or to send a notification of change, you may call the following numbers: Revenue Canada 564-5888 or 1-800-959-8281: the Régie des rentes 1 888 672-8161. page 6 Monday, August 3, 1998 =^^_=^_ Record =========== COMMUNITY FORUM NEB commissioners caught in a trap The National Energy Board’s detailed route hearings into the natural gas pipeline wind down Monday or Tuesday at the latest.Local landowners who have not signed agreements to allow their lands to be used, for various personal and other reasons, have done their best to make their cases against a giant corporation and its well-heeled legal and technological machine.This machine has been at it for more than two years and their entire arsenal has been entirely focused on bulldozing this project through.Individual landowners, busy with their own daily pursuits, have sifted through the boxes and boxes of poopla they all have acquired, to suck it up each time to face the giants on their turf, with their rules, in front of a national regulatory body that quite justifiably doesn’t know what to make of it all.Do they stick entirely to the facts at hand, and if so, whose?Do they deal with the matter of corporate misinformation and questionable ethics?Do they open up the matter of a previously chosen better route, suddenly trashed?The list is endless.Rather than recognize the work and the personal stress and trauma the landowners have been put through over the last 18 months to protect their private lands, the company has shown flagrant triumphalism with each signature they have wrested away, even while the hearings are going on.They have then trumpeted this dubiously obtained achievement to the NEB as proof that the project is popular in the Townships.For their part, the NEB’s three panelists are caught in a trap which is not of their making.They can’t help it that the company abruptly changed an orig-inal and better route on already scarred land two years ago, to suddenly add an extra 70 km across our landscapes, and got away with it; they can’t help it that now that Canada has signed a treaty to be part of greenhouse gas emission legislation, they are hearing an issue which is part of the problem; they can’t help it that now that there is gas - coming off the Atlantic Ocean floor, they are part of a process which still allows thousands of kilometres annually of central Canadian countrysides to be scarred by pipelines, when it would be much easier and more nationally equitable to ship gas the shorter distance from the east coast.The process has divided landowners in a horrific way and has shown just how much Quebec society is controlled from top to bottom.Municipal councils have been charmed and well looked after - so much so that throughout the 10 days of hearings, no more than one or two politicians in all the areas affected have even turned up.The Memphrémagog MRC, a shady deal-maker in all of this, has similarly spurned the hearings.The promoters and, it appears, the NEB are more interested in protecting the visual integrity of a bankrupt ski mountain (they should go to the top and look around) than the poorer areas not in the uptempo Magog-Orford area.Most telling of all for landowners is the fact that they have been able to uncover only two courageous gems of people who were willing to work for them: A very conscientious and able grassroots lawyer, a noble cross between inspector Columbo and Winston Churchill, and two bright and imaginative environmentalists who have gone toe-to-toe with the giants.Needless to say none of them has any aspirations of working for Hydro-Québec, Gaz Met or TQM in the future.Canadians in general are both sick of being regulated to death and the high-handed tactics of big power blocks.The moment the NEB capitulated at the first hearings and awarded a certificate of public utility to TQM, they helped usher in the beginning of the final destruction phase of many of Viewpoint Gary Richards a division of Communications Quebecor inc.2850 Delorme, Sherbrooke, Que.J1K1A1 Fax:819-569-3945 Newsroom e-mail: record@interlinx.qc.ca Randy Kinnear Publisher .(819) 569-9511 Sharon McCully Editor .(819) 569-6345 Sunil Mahtani Corresp.Editor .(819) 5696345 Susan Mastine Community Relat.(819) 5699511 Julie Vinette Adv.Dir.(819) 5699525 Richard Lessard Prod.Mgr.(819) 5699931 Mark Guillette Press Superv._(819) 5699931 Francine Thibault Prod.Superv, (819) 569-9931 DEPARTMENTS Accounting (819) 5699511 Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Advertising (819) 5699525 Agreement No.0479675.nwii Circulation (819) 5699528 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process has been a textbook case.Whatever happens as a result of these hearings the “biggies” (companies, governments, regulatory agencies and the other members of this dinosaur coalition) should realize that Canadians, to the degree they have the stomach for it, will no longer stand for these shoddy backroom projects ruining their daily lives and their heritage.People are now on the 'NET, they are “brancher” in an unprecedented way.But boy what an uneven struggle! WWW 1 Ifni r © 1998 by NEA, Inc.“Your honor, I have fired my attorney and hired a ‘SPINMEISTER. Monday, August 3, 1998 page 7 NATIONAL Meanwhile, economy stumbles, mortgage rates rise and loonie falls Don’t get excited about economy: Chrétien By Mark Kennedy Southam News Maxville, Ont.Prime Minister Jean Chrétien urged Canadians Saturday not to “get excited” about rising mortgage rates, insisting the economy is sound and there’s no cause for alarm.“There’s always some problems in managing the economy of any country,” Chrétien told reporters.“But at this moment there is a large consensus in Canada that the government is on the right track.” Chretien was reacting to three developments the previous day on the economic front: • The ever-tumbling Canadian dollar fell to another new record low of 66.14 cents US.• A Statistics Canada report revealed the country’s economy stumbled badly this spring, marking the first time in two years that it failed to grow for two consecutive months.• Three banks announced mortgage- rate increases of a fifth of a percentage point, meaning the five-year benchmark rate rises to 7.15 per cent.That’s bad news for homebuyers and those renewing their mortgage.Nothing to worry about But Chretien said there’s nothing to worry about.“The interest rates are lower than in the United States today.You know, when 1 became prime minister, the interest rates were three (or) four points above.Sometimes, a mortgage was 12 per cent.Now, it’s six per cent for five years and that type of thing.There’s been a lot of improvement.There’s always fluctuation in the market, but don’t get excited.When we’ll be back with the same level of interest that we had under the Tories, come back to me.” That said.Chrétien ended a scrum with reporters and waded into a crowd of spectators at the Glengarry Highland Games, which he had come to officially open.Some of Chrétien’s recollection about mortgage rates appear to conflict with the facts.He said that when he took office in early November 1993, rates were three or four points higher than what they are today.In fact, mortgage rates had been falling in the dying days of the Tory government and by the time Chrétien took over, a five-year mortgage was 7.75 per cent.That’s not much higher than today’s rate of 7.15 per cent (not six per cent, as claimed by Chrétien).Throughout the brief scrum, which came after weeks of criticism that his government is not doing enough to rescue the hemorrhaging dollar, Chrétien’s tone was self-congratulatory and upbeat.He said the federal deficit which once stood at $42 billion has been eliminated, inflation is no longer a problem, and unemployment has dropped from 11.5 per cent to 8.4 per cent.“We got elected 14 months ago tomorrow and we intend to carry on with our mandate to give the best managing that we can do for the country.My judgment is that the fundamentals, as (Finance Minister) Paul Martin said, are very good in Canada.That’s it.That’s what you have to look at.” Sombre findings That positive message stands in stark contrast to the more sombre findings of the Statistics Canada report released Friday.It found the Canadian economy, plagued by the Asian financial crisis and strikes, was flat in April and shrunk 0.2 per cent in May.That slowdown whacked the battered currency just as it was showing signs of stabilizing and possibly recovering.Statistics Canada noted the economic weakness was widespread, hitting the financial, manufacturing, transportation, mining, construction and wholesale and retail industries.And the federal agency warned the outlook for June and the second quarter of the year is not promising.Laid-back style could backfire if economy worsens PMs crisis approach: Don’t worry, be happy By Mark Kennedy Southam News Ottawa In March 1993, Jean Chrétien had been Liberal opposition leader for nearly three years and an election was finally on the horizon.The problem was that Brian Mul-roney, by then despised by many voters, had just announced his retirement and the media had fallen in love with a younger, fresher Tory face - Kim Campbell One poll showed Campbell could beat Chrétien in the next election.Some Liberals began openly worrying about whether their leader was the right man for the job.Chrétien publicly squelched the internal panic, warning “nervous Nellies” in his caucus to keep their concerns to themselves.“If they cry (to the press), they will be seen as cry-babies and the people don’t vote for cry-babies, they vote for people who have confidence in themselves,” he told reporters.Seven months later, Chrétien’s fundamental crisis-management strategy -Don’t panic, ooze optimism, and don’t publicly stoke fears that a crisis is at hand - was vindicated at the polls.He became prime minister.Two years after that, Chrétien used the same strategy during the Quebec referendum.For most of the campaign, he didn’t actively challenge the sepa- ratists and publicly suggested a federalist victory was in the bag.Only in the dying days of the campaign, when the naiveté of that lackadaisical strategy was exposed, did Chrétien admit a crisis was at hand that could spell the end of the nation.The country barely survived referendum night and Chrétien emerged a shaken politician.But his natural instinct on how to confront a problem endures.This summer, Chrétien is applying the same “don't-worry, be-happy” approach to the tumbling dollar and faltering economy.Darrell Bricker, executive vice-president of the Angus Reid Group, said Sunday Canadians are generally willing to buy that kind of political salesmanship from Chrétien.“People basically trust him on these sorts of issues.And they’ll probably give him some time on this.But in the longer time, if this slide (of the dollar) continues, and it’s the leading economic story daily - a new record low every day - it’s like a water torture test.The public anxiety will continue to build and he’ll have some problems in terms of economic confidence.” An Angus Reid poll in mid July demonstrates that public confidence in the economy is already tumbling.The pollster found only 27 per cent of Canadians believe the economy will improve over the next year, down from 44 per cent in May.“That spells real trouble,” said Bricker.Just as important, 12 per cent identified the sinking dollar as an important issue, compared with just three per cent only a month earlier.About the same time the survey was conducted, Chrétien shrugged his shoulders over whether he was unhappy about the state of the dollar.“It’s not a question of being happy -it’s a reality of life,” he told reporters.In certain cases, a lower dollar even “helps,” he said, citing the export and tourism industries.On Saturday, he brushed off more bad news as the dollar fell to another record low of 66.14 cents US, banks increased mortgage rates, and a new study revealed the Canadian economy had failed to grow this spring for the first time in two years.“There's always some problems in managing the economy of any country,” he said, insisting the Canadian econo- my is sound.As for mortgage rates, Chrétien said, “there’s always fluctuation in the market, but don’t get excited.” Is he making a grave mistake or exercising disciplined leadership?It’s the question that could determine his place in history as Canada’s 20th prime minister.What if the country is about to enter a major economic crisis?Canadians will always remember that their prime minister was asleep at the switch.But if the loonie recovers soon and the economy again becomes buoyant, Chrétien will be rewarded with an even firmer grip on the public’s trust.Bricker said Chrétien better hope for a recovery soon.Later this fall, Canadians will resume their annual vacations to Florida and California.They’ll also discover the only fruits and vegetables in their local grocery store are imported from the U.S.If the dollar is still low, consumers will really feel the pinch.Still, Bricker says Chrétien is a “very savvy politician and you have to give him a lot of credit for not reaching for an easy solution every time a problem emerges.” “Invariably, problems solve themselves 99 per cent of the time.But this is one that is very, very dicey.It could have major ramifications for the economy.The problem, of course, is that because of the vagaries of international economics, there's precious little the government can do about it.” ‘If this slide (of the dollar) continues.it’s like a water torture test.The public anxiety will continue to build’ page 8 Monday, August 3, 1998 THE' Bedford takes the stand in bawdy house trial Dominatrix tells of abusive childhood, prostitution By Jeannie Marshall South am News Newmarket The dominatrix at the centre of a bawdy house trial took the stand on Friday for the first time in her own defence.She told the court about her life as an abused child and later as a prostitute before finding sadomasochism and establishing her own house of domination.Terri-Jean Bedford, also called Madame de Sade and Mistress Marie, told Judge Roy Bogusky about her childhood on a chicken farm in Collingwood, Ont., where she lived until she was six.“The children suffered malnutrition twice before the officials came and took us away,” recalled Bedford.She said she was sent to a foster home where she was physically abused by her foster mother and repeatedly sexually abused by another child.By the time she was 12 Bedford was already in trouble for trying to have sex with children at school and was sent to a group home.This pattern went on for years until she was 16 and was legally on her own.“I became a drug addict, a prostitute and a strip tease artist,” said Bedford.Bedford’s lawyer, Alan Young, went over her criminal record.It consists of a few convictions for shoplifting and prostitution.She also pled guilty to a bawdy house charge similar to the one she faces now.Bedford explained that she was working in a legitimate massage parlor, but her employers asked her to plead guilty and they would pay the fine because it was easier than going to court.Bedford explained that she found a sadomasochistic relationship and really enjoyed it.“It makes me feel beautiful and exalted.Men treat me like a goddess,” explained Bedford.She read everything she could find on S&M and then saved her money to start her own business.She opened Madame de Sade’s House of Erotica in her Thornhill, Ont., bungalow in March, 1993.“I knew the laws of prostitution and consulted a lawyer.I knew my only trouble would be for by-laws because they don’t give licenses - for this type of business,” said Bedford, explaining that she also hired an accountant and paid taxes.Bedford faces charges of running a common bawdy house for the purpose of prostitution and faces a maximum sentence of two years in prison if found guilty.The Crown has claimed that the S&M activity performed at Bedford’s house constitutes sex for money.Bedford claims it is all about sensuality and fantasy.Bedford said she had men who acted as her slaves and tended to her night and day.“I had one to make me tea in the morning and another to draw my bath,” she said.Bedford explained that she was drawn to the theatrical aspects of S&M and had a particular liking for crossdressers.She emphasized that she specialized in role playing and humiliation and was adamant that there was no sex involved.Professor Darryl Hill from the University of Windsor who teaches the psychology of sex and gender explained that crossdressers can be sexually aroused by dressing as women but that sexual gratification was not necessarily the goal.“It tends to have more psychological significance to their lives,” said Hill.Bedford will continue her testimony on Aug.20.The link to our community ^ v %! 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Make a hole 28 Tenets 45 Currency Valetta's nation 32 Musician Shaw substitute Poker token 33 Saint-Nazaire's 46 Try hard Paradise river 49 Runny cheese Like a surprise 34 Utter sharply 50 Stitch attack 35 Hard work 53 Dangerously Actress 36 Flourishes insecure Ullmann 37 Actress Gilpin 55 monster Soccer great 38 Tokyo, formerly 56 Helper Instructed 39 "The Misfits" 57 German beforehand star dadaist Saturday's Puzzle Solved A R L S T|"Ë R J E| N G TÏ P O T A T O C H I P S E M T A R O T R C A N D I D A T E M O S A I C N A M A R C O N I I B M U N N A M E D A L E D E S P I S E N E D (0)1998 Tribune Media Services, Inc.All rights reserved.8/3/98 58 __Bator, Mongolia 59 Disposition 60 Pock marks 61 Watch over DOWN 1 Genesis character 2 New Jersey or California city 3 Act of hindering 4 Indonesian currency unit 5 Current unit 6 Daughter of Danny Thomas 7 Toward shelter 8 Sault___Marie 9 Representative collections 10 Functioning 11 Caprice 12 Draw breath 13 High-tailed it 19 Fee for service 21 Sampras 24 Brad or spike 25 Unlawful activity 26 Fully full 27 Wear away 28 Still places in streams 29 Adapted for grasping 30 Fortune card 31 Secret agents 33 Ear parts 36 Traded without money 37 Rate of speed 39 Pear-shaped fruit 40 Seize 42 Hoisted and secured 43 Forces to accept through deceit 45 Count on 46 Meat in a can 47 Small combo 48 Make over 49 Former West 52 Magic stick 55 Potbelly German capital 54 Wrath 51 Vivacity TMSPuzzles @ aol.com By Philip* J.Anderson 8/3/98 Portland, OR page 20 Monday, August 3, 1998 St.Paul’s Home residents enjoy pancake breakfast Bury Regardless of the downpour of rain on the morning of the Canada Day celebration, 335 people were fed at St.Paul’s Home Pancake Breakfast.We thank everyone for their support and help for the day.Music for that day was provided by Alice, Cameron, Larry Laroche, Richard Goodhue and friends.Recent callers at the home visiting Miss Marcella Ross were Gordon and Frances Joyce, Violet and Stuart Main of Bishopton, Winnie Buchanan, Rosaire t Quebec Lung Association and Louisette Roy, and Teressa MacLeod, all of Bury, Muriel Mayhew, formerly of Lennoxville, Louise and Ian Gregory of St.Lambert, Que., Jean, Sharron Thorne and Chadsey of Lennoxville and Rita and George Lebourveau of Brookbury.Rodger and Meryle Heatherington, son, Derek and daughter, Randi of East Angus visited Mr.and Mrs.Kennedy.Lois Matheson of Lennoxville and Muriel Mayhew visited Lois’ mother, Edith Hamilton.Eileen Crawford of Lennoxville has joined the residents at the Home.Visitors of Henrietta Hodgman included Dorothy Cassidy, and Norma Gill of Cookshire, Verna Westgate and Shirley Darker of Island Brook and Malcolm Davies and Lena Rose of Madoc, Ont.Visitors of Ruby Alden were Ronnie and Vivian Bell, Douglas Parker, Janice and Johnny Brazel, Wayne and Delma Alden, her brother, Clayton Parker of the Argyle Pavilion in Sherbrooke, accompanied by his wife, Feme Parker of Sawyerville, Gloria and Barry Loveland, and Melanie, Alesia and Adam Rowell.Among Dorothy Humphrey’s company were her son and daughter-in-law, Byron and Betty Humphrey, with their son David and friend, Guy Hatch of Kingston, Ont., her daughter and son-in-law, Becky and Winston Fraser of Rose-mere, Que., also their children and grandchildren, Andrea Fraser and Jacob and Kirc-Marie.Norman and Lena Morrison of Lennoxville visited his mother, Mrs.Lea Morrison.Friends who visited Florence Harrison were Muriel Watson, Lorna Bennett, Bruce and Lynn Grapes, Bernice Clark, Gayle Mayhew of Calgary, Mr.and Mrs.Boutin of Sherbrooke, Elmer and Sheila Andrews of Lennoxville, Ona Gilbert, Velma Nicholson and Clara Herring.Glen and Yvette Daigneault visited Doris Haddon.Irma and Dennis Chapman visited Lillian Maclver.Other visitors at the home included Gordon and Evelyn Boynton, Pastor Walter Gawa, the Rev.Canon Ron West and Douglas Painter, Alma Quinn and Gladys Morrison.Mr.and Mrs.Stalker of Kingsbury, Duncan MacLeod, Louise and Ian Gregory of St.Lambert, Jr.Hayes of East Angus, and Winnie Buchanan.Nina Rowell Here’s a list of places where you can find your favorite paper: LENNOXVILLE PML -182 Queen Lave Auto Lennoxville - 281 Queen Bishop’s Book Store - Campus Pharmacie Valerie Courchesne - 147 Queen Lennoxville Tri-Us - 3 Belvidere Famili Prix - 160 Queen Provigo Lennoxville - 169 Queen Acc.Place Oxford • 85 Belvidere Dépanneur M & M (Esso) - 89 Queen SHERBROOKE Provi Soir - 2525 King W.Dépanneur Thibert Enr.- 2420 King W.Epicerie Boisvert - 1246 King W.Dépanneur F.C.L.Inc.- 4505 Boul.Industriel Jean Coutu, PJC #70 - 1470 King W.Dubois Tabaconiste - 304 King W.Dépanneur Carrefour Portland - 2880 Portland (Shell) Dépanneur J.C.Enr.- 3440 Chapais Acc.Belvedere Enrg.- 880 Belvedere S.Provigo - 2185 Galt W.2754-4980 Quebec Inc.- 2558 Galt W.Acc.Pee Wee - 2402 Galt W.Dépanneur Escompte Couche Tard - 705 Jacques Cartier N.Dépanneur Maridel Enr.- 566 Montreal Acc.Chez Michel - 2225 Galt W.Tabagie Belvedere - 400 Belvedere S.Mag.Archambault - 330 Des Erables Super Marche Metro Dunant - 1541 Dunant Tabagie 4 Saisons - 930 - 13th Ave.N.Boutique du Carrefour - 3001 - 12th Ave.N.Acc.Bowen - 1008 Bowen S.Tabagie De l'Est Enr, - 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5 St.Patrice Tabagie Lebel Inc.- 423 Main W.Provi Soir - 991 Sherbrooke Marche Metro Plouffe - 395 Principale W.Cafe Claire - 1700 Sherbrooke Pharmacie Jean Coutu - 448 St.Patrice W, Tabagie Centrale 2000 - 328 Principale W.Chez Ben -138 Southiere Pharmacie Jean Coutu - 325 Sherbrooke Dépanneur Memphre - 80 Ruisseaux Rouge COOKSHIRE Dépanneur Chez Laro - 55 Parc Carrefour Plus L.S.D.Inc.- 20 Principale E.IGA Boniprix #145-115 Main CQATI.ÇQ.QK J.R.Lefebvre Inc.- 29 Main St.E.Acc.Bernard Thibault - 25 St.Jacques N.WATERVILLE Dépanneur Mado - 47 Compton DANVILLE Librarie Pepin - 10 Principale Marche Mario Gagne -18 Water (Friday only) FOSTER Dépanneur Lakeside - 756 Lakeside Dépanneur Bondville - 467 - A Bondville Dépanneur Des Erables - 685 Bondville AUSTIN Marche Austin Inc.SOUTH STUKELY Super Marche St.Onge Enr.2080 Rte 112 Dépanneur Stukely S.WEST BROME F.G.Edwards Co.Ltd.-10 McCurdy Ranch A Legumes - 1070 Knowlton Rd.Marche Vallee Bleu Inc.-1165 Knowlton Rd.COWANSVILLE BMP Hospital - 950 Main Dépanneur Nord -160 Nord Boni Soir Cowansville - 350 Principale Lee Pam Inc.-106 Albert Acc.J.R.- 1426 South Dépanneur R.D.Duo -133 Beaumont Gestion Michel Bibeau -102 Church Katou Enr.-175 Principale Acc.Chez Daniel (Shell) - 677 Riviere KNOWLTON Jimmy's Meat Market - 250 Main Dépanneur Rouge - 483 Knowlton IGA KNowIton - 472 Knowlton Murray Wallett - 39 Victoria WATERLOO Epicerie J.P.Beaulac - 617 Eastern Dépanneur G.N.M.-Dixie - 5413 Foster Epicerie A & J Pilotte Inc.STANBRIDGE EAST Blinn's General Store -12 River Magasin Jovi -1 Depot BEEBE Marche Seguin - 6 Junction Dépanneur De-De Enr.- 45 Main BEDFORD Boutique Micheline - 38 Main Wightman K & P - 866 Rte 202 W.Dépanneur Bedford Inc.1990 - 75 Cyr Dépanneur Des Rivieres -185 Riviere BISHOPTON Dépanneur F.M.C, - 4 Rte 112 W.FARNHAM Tabagie Farnham - 392 Main E.MANSONVILLE Epicerie Hamelin Inc.- 295 A Main Marche Richelieu - 340 Principale Dépanneur Des 13 - 6A Vale Perkins EAST FARNHAM Epicerie 4 Fourches - 220 Principale EASTMAN Station O’Kataventures Dépanneur Eastman - 404 Principale SUTTON Epicerie Galipault - 7 Main Valley Store -119 Mont Echo Rd.BROME Dépanneur Brome - 276 Valley GEORGEVILLE Magasin General De Georgeville - 4675 Georgeville Rd.fulford Wright’s General Store - 69 Davis DUNHAM Marche Du Village - 3639 Principale Dépanneur Chez Ben -107 Bruce GRANBY Tabagie William - 60 Principale Dépanneur Chez Glenn - 229 Avery Tabatout - 40 Evanglene Multi-Mags -151 Principale BROMONT Dépanneur Shefford Inc.- 624 Shefford THE