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[" ranscontinental WEHEADY STAFF INQUIRIES INVITED | www.maromac.com __485-1135 \u2018 Vol.67, No.15 - Thursday, April 18\" 2002 + www.westmountexaminer.com ¢ (514) 484-5610 » 9,800 copies MAKING ALL OF WESTMOUNT YOUR HOME ; Local News DECENTRALIZATION ISSUE DOMINATES MINI-SUMMIT I t was with a certain amount of regret TH s that some Westmounters made their contribution to the Montreal Summit last Saturday.\u201cWe would have liked to not have had to do this because our whole goal was not to be part of the larger city\u201d megacity councillor Karin Marks said following the all-day round-table seminar held at Victoria Hall.\u201cI think the process of getting citizens involved in determining priorities is a wonderful one\u2014whether we were a city or a borough,\u201d she added.\u201cAnd it was an interesting day | think from that perspective.\u201d Of the Westmount citizens who were invited to make submissions at the summit, many of those interviewed afterward agreed that the issue of decentralizing megacity services into the boroughs had dominated the day\u2019s discussions.\u201cThe overriding principle was decentralization,\u201d said Marks.\u201cAllow us to maintain control over our facilities, our philosophy, how our community functions,\u2014that really is the biggest message we can give.\u201d The borough office was expected to produce a 10-page summary of the day\u2019s proceedings by the middle of this week, a copy of which is being forwarded to megacity officials for the island-wide Montreal Summit in June.(continued on page 8) es Didn't receive your Business Directory?The Westmount Examiner\u2019s sixth annual business directory was distributed to all homes along with last week\u2019s paper.If for some reason you did not receive your copy, please contact The Westmount Examiner at (514) 484-5610 and one will be delivered to you.pH UT ML Scoop speaks! 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Summit Park leash laws in place Dog owners used to letting their dogs off the leash in Summit Park will have to refrain from doing so over the next two months, as Westmount\u2019s annual leash law came into effect on Monday, April 15.Each year during the bird migration period from mid-April to mid- June, dogs in Summit Park must be kept on leashes at all times.Public Security will be reminding dog owners during the first few days, and fines will be issued starting on April 20.During the weekends of March 16 d 17, and March 23 and 24, Public Security carried out a special campaign in Summit Park to ensure that all dogs had a valid Westmount license.A total of 27 notices of noncompliance were issued advising the owners to obtain a license or a fine would be issued.Given the number of infractions that were issued, the borough office says the campaign will be extended on a spot check basis.Water heater costs rise Westmounters who rent water heaters from the borough's electric power company will soon be paying a slightly higher rate.The borough council approved a rate increase this month by Westmount Hydro, to reflect an escalation of the cost that had been passed on by Hydro Quebec, which is the local electric utility\u2019s supplier.\u201cIt\u2019s a marginal increase\u2014just under two per cent,\u201d said Borough Director Bruce St.Louis.The increase will bring the cost of the water heaters up to about 5.99 cents per kilowatt hour, he added.Public Security doesn\u2019t fall for supply scam An office supply dealer whose practices have come under police scrutiny tried to pull a fast one on Westmount Public Security.Corporate Supply Centre, working out of a Bleury Street locale downtown, delivered a box of printer ribbons to Public Security\u2019s offices in Westmount, which the department never ordered.\u201cWhat they do is they send an ployee to offices to see what type of rinters and computers there are, and afterwards they send a box of cartridges with a bill,\u201d said Const.Josée Laganière of Station 12.Invariably, she said, companies approached by Corporate Supply\u2014 usually large ones where the receptionist is busy\u2014 have never ordered anything.\u201cThey make money that way and they send you cartridges at three times the price it really costs,\u201d said Laganiére, adding that Westmount\u2019s Sports & Recreation Department got stung by the same outfit a few years back.Laganière said that local businesses should be wary of anything delivered without advance notice by the company.Library and Centre Greene benefit Pesci from used book sales and Derek Walker.(Photo: Martin C.Barry) Martin C.Barry estmounters love books.We: two weeks ago though, few knew the full extent of it.Staff at Centre Greene say that funds raised from their annual book fair have exceeded their highest expectations, while the Friends of the Westmount Library say their sale will be an annual event.In all, $1,400 was collected at Centre Greene\u2019s April 5 sale of hardback and softcover books\u2014as well as audio tapes and records\u2014all ranging in price from 50 cents to $4.\u201cIt\u2019s a service to the community,\u201d said Mary Ann McNally of Centre Greene.Sitting with a cash box at a table, McNally noted that a great many people from outside Westmount also came to the sale.\u201cWe have books to offer at extremely reasonable prices,\u201d \u2018she said.\u201cPeople can clean out their book shelves.\u201d Most of the books were bought up early in the morning.\u201cYou can\u2019t believe how many have been sold,\u201d McNally said.By 11 a.m., more than a dozen buyers known to make the rounds of book sales across Montreal had lined up.\u201cThe people who come really early are looking for the books in really good condition,\u201d said McNally.\u201cI think that generally they take them and sell them again.These are pickers who come earlier.\u201d Throughout the rest of the day, the fair welcomed others who also love books.Copies of Dick Francis stories were moving especially briskly, as were the works of PD.James, Georges Simoneau, Dominick Dunne and Ann Rule.Several tapes and vinyl copies of \u2018Laudate Dominum' by the Choir of Men and Boys of St.Matthias' Church were for sale at half a dollar each.There were also works of a more academic nature.One table was stacked with volumes of psychological research.A table in the middle of the room had been set up with books that Centre Greene staff had judged especially noteworthy.Among these were the novel \u2018The Sweet Hereafter\u2019 by Russell Banks and the non-fiction work \u2018Barbarians at the Gate: the Fall of RJR Nabisco.\u2019 A few works by authors closer to home were also to be found.Among them, \u2018No Mud on the Back Seat\u2019 by former Montreal Star editor Gerald Clark, and \u2018The Ride of My Life\u2019 by Cott Corp.founder Gerry Pencer.Dominick Dunne and other authors struck the fancy of one lady fond of mystery stories, who didn\u2019t want to reveal her name.\u201cI love all his books,\u201d she said.She was also impressed with Ann Rule.\u201cShe covers a whole crime from the time it\u2019s committed until the end of the trial.\u201d Over at the Westmount Public Library last Saturday, another secondhand book sale was taking place.This time, the Friends of the Library, a group of volunteers dedicated to helping the library in any way they can, were hold- > | i sie oT Pleased with Saturday's used book sale, Friends of the Westmount Library include (left to right) Miriam Tees, Lise Acheson ing their second sale event to raise funds for new books for the library.\u201cBooks to be sold are mainly donations, but there are also some books which are discarded by the library in actual condition, but of which they have duplicates,\u201d said Derek Walker, a member of the group.At the Friends\u2019 previous book sale last fall, they managed to raise about $2,400.By late afternoon on Saturday, the amount taken in since noon had reached nearly $2,000.There will be another sale in the fall.\u201cThis is going to be a regular event by the Friends to raise money,\u201d said Walker.As at Centre Greene's book fair the week before, Walker and other volunteers at the library noted that the book experts tended to show up early in search of unusual or otherwise notable volumes.\u201cThey're lining up,\u201d said Lise Acheson.\u201cThe first of them arrived at 10 o'clock when the library opened,\u201d added Walker.Asked whether there were any issues that the Friends group had become concerned about since the merger of Westmount\u2019s library with Montreal's island-wide library system at the beginning of this year, Walker was reserved in his comments.\u201cI don\u2019t think that falls within our aegis,\u201d he said, adding that only library director Ann Moffat was mandated to reply on such matters.\u201d We could very well step over a policy line.\u201d Borough council blood donor clinic collects 86 units for Héma-Québec Marilynn Vanderstay n spite of a lower-than-average Jiu for the Westmount Council Blood Donor Clinic, Héma-Québec officials were satisfied with the amount of units it collected.\u201cIt is 86 more pints than we would have had if we didn\u2019t run the clinic,\u201d said a representative from the agency.The weather was very seasonal last Friday and organizers thought that perhaps Westmounters were too busy taking in the rays to roll up their sleeves.At Victoria Hall, however, borough staff were working with Héma- Québec in the annual blood drive.Borough councillor Karin Marks and John de Castell spent most of the day at the clinic, chatting with those that did come in and with employees and volunteers.\u201cNot all the donors were from Westmount,\u201d said Community Events Coordinator Maureen Lafreniére.\u201cSome stopped on their way home from work, driving along Sherbrooke Street and saw the sign for the clinic.Lafreniére was impressed by the professionalism displayed by the Héma-Québec workers.\u201cThey set up fast and took it all down fast,\u201d she said.\u201cIt was an impressive thing to watch.\u201d One spokesman for Héma-Québec thought that things ran well and that Victoria Hall was a good place to hold a blood donor clinic.He pointed out that the weather and perhaps the Canadiens\u2019 hockey game had made the difference in attaining the drive\u2019s goal of 100 units.\u201cThe guidelines for donating blood have tightened up in recent years,\u201d said Lafreniére.\u201cDonors who spend more than 30 days out of the Canada in a variety of countries, especially Europe, are not eligible to donate blood.At least two donors were rejected because they had been out of the country and in Europe too long.\u201d Beg - 7007 \u2018st Indy \u2018AepsIny] - WO UUILEX3IUNOWISIM MAW + ¥INIINYXT INNOWLSIM IHL w Page 4 - THE WESTMOUNT EXAMINER - www.westmountexaminer.com - Thursday, April 18, 2002 Quality Office Furniture SALE 5% pu Montreal's rT Largest Showroom 3155 DEVILLE 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issues.Marks said the reason for moving the trains is the decontamination of the Glen Yards this fall prior to the start of construction of the McGill University Health Centre next year.The question is going to be where the trains will be moved.There will probably be an increase in the number of trains as a result.\u201cThey\u2019re looking at what the route is that those trains will be taking,\u201d Marks said.\u201cThey\u2019ve got to make some decision.And, of course, we're anxious to see that there is not a huge increase in the number of trains since it\u2019s already having an effect, and that the trains be forced to continue at the speed which they are supposed to be moving because the increase in noise is directly related to the increase in speed.\u201d Marks said that one positive side- effect of moving the trains will be the elimination of noise and air pollution from nearby neighbourhoods.\u201cFrom that perspective it\u2019s certainly of interest to us to see them move to a 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decision could be made this A Friday whether a plot of land that some Westmounters use as a garden away from home will be available this summer.Located on Victoria Avenue at the corner of Ste.Catherine Street, the community garden has operated for years on the vacant site, which the owner, Herb Pfeiffer, has wanted to develop with a condominium project for more than two years.Last July, when Westmount tried to find another location for the garden used by about 30 people, it became apparent that no land remained available, with the exception of public green space which the City deemed inappropriate to give up.\u201cThat isn\u2019t going to happen - there isn\u2019t another site,\u201d said Lloyd Harriman, one of the gardeners.\u201cWe\u2019ve been down that road before.\u201d Harriman said that the community gardeners don\u2019t want to stand in the way of the owner\u2019s development, but that if he hasn't any plans this ® summer they\u2019d appreciate the use of his land.\u201cIf 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they went out of love for their community and a deep concern for their fellow citizens.And for every one who was invited, there are no doubt several more who would have loved to attend.Discussing the decentralization of municipal services may be a step in the right direction, but that it has to be discussed at all is abhorrent to most\u2014if not all\u2014of those Westmounters who attended.The very fact that most invited participants went in there with the attitude that Westmount is absolutely not\u2014nor is it likely to ever become\u2014a willirtg party to the municipal restructuring as dictated by Bill 170, is a tribute to their fortitude and community spirit.Westmount\u2019s image may be taking a beating at the moment, in fact it\u2019s quickly becoming the enfant terrible of Montreal's boroughs.But, say what you will, last Saturday\u2019s gathering proved that one of the few things not currently at risk is the strong esprit de corps among its citizens and the dedication of its many community leaders.Wayne Larsen TO BE THE RAST TO LEAVE A PARTY \u2026.Spring brings flowers\u2014and budgetary expenditures Jacques Chagnon would like to have written this column on the Westmount Citizen's Summit, but unfortunately, this text was written the day before the Summit began, so that will have to wait until the next time.As you read these lines, we will be examining the budgetary expenditures for each ministry for the coming year at the National Assembly.I will be examining the Ministry of Education\u2019s planned expenditures, as well as part of those to be voted for the Ministry of Finance.In the post secondary education sector, colleges and universities have already made their grievances known.Despite the so-called refinancing from the government, universities are still not up to speed to compete with their Canadian counterparts.After waiting in vain for two years for the Ministry of Education to join them to undertake a study on the level of funding required to bring them up to par with other Canadian universities, Quebec universities announced that they would begin the study on their own.This proved to be all that was needed.Shortly after their announcement the Minister, whom I had questioned at length on this issue, finally accepted to be associated with the project.It is very important that this study be done.Premier Landry and Minister of Education Sylvain Simard were completely irresponsible when they announced their intention to freeze tuition fees for the four years of a new PQ government.It\u2019s great to make election promises like that, but these promises are irresponsible if the government doesn\u2019t include a promise to fund the university network at the same level as their Canadian counterparts.In short, in terms of university funding, the PQ government is selling us the same old line that they have been trying to sell us since 1994.In the next election campaign I know that the population will tell them that they will no longer buy their stories.I hope that one day, someone in this government will wake up and understand that underfunding universities will only make us less competitive on the international knowledge market.And, right now, we are beginning to fall futher behind the front runners among rich and educated societies.On another note, let's set aside political problems for a moment and talk about what is happening all around us.Have you noticed?Of course, yes, spring has finally arrived in Montreal.Lawn mowers are on sale at Canadian Tire, even though the grass isn\u2019t green yet.Crocuses are bloonfing and other bulbs, such as tulips, daffodils and grape hyacinths, are making their existence known by peeking out of the ground and pointing towards the sun.Soon, buds will be opening and azaleas, magnolias and the sweet smell of lilacs will be all around us.Spring is wonderful: from the end of the sugar season, right up to fishing season.Nothing in human society evolves so quickly as nature at this time of year.An order is set out and year after year, it is repeated.What is surprising is that each year we are amazed and always happy to live it all again with this eternal new beginning.We are never tired of seeing the ice and snow languish, recede, and finally disappear.Finally, the time for change has come and so we welcom the warmth of spring.We thank you spring and look forward to summer! 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nvironment, Public Safety, Culture, Sports Ind Recreation.After focusing on priority issues, actions were proposed to deal with them.Among the most vocal of those present were Joan Rothman, Doug McDougall, Paul Billette and Cynthia Lulham.The consensus focused on loss of control by the Borough, as far as taxation and local facilities were concerned, and the need for the decentralization of powers back to the Borough.It was also felt that there is aneed to increase the number of councillors and to have a citizens\u2019 advisory committee.The library, roads, child care, home care and cooperation and interaction with other boroughs were among the many other issues also discussed.Our local MNA, Jacques Chagnon was present, and our borough president Karin Marks reminded him of the Quebec Liberal Party\u2019s promise to work towards a de-merger if elected.M.Chagnon acknowledged having heard her: A document dealing with the demographics of Westmount showed that in 1996, 15 per cent of the population lived below the poverty es Le Adaptateur AG inclus « Antiskip of 45 sec./CD, line.The average family income was $160,690, compared with $50,818 in Montreal.Margaret Lefebvre asked what was the median income in Westmount, but that information was not available.The question of declaring our former City Hall and other Westmount buildings heritage sites was raised.The Quebec Minister in charge of Heritage was present, and she stated that certain criteria must be met.Karin Marks said an application would be considered.The Minister informed those present that the whole mountain is now being considered, but the problem is that five boroughs are involved.The use of the name \u2018Westmount\u2019 in some of the proposed actions plans was debated, as some felt that when publicized it would add to the negative image in which the press has portrayed us as being elitist.In some instances, it was used and in others the generic term \u2018borough\u2019 was chosen.There will be a public information meeting on May 4, when there will be a consultation with the citizens on this Westmount Summit's decisions.From this, there will be further input into the Montreal Summit, which will take place on June 4, 5 and 6.An interesting sidelight occurred at the summit, as all those present could be considered \u2018independents\u2019 in Montreal City classification, Karin Marks could sit with any of those present at the lunch break.This is not the case at City Hall, where, she has informed us, she has to eat alone, not being a member of the official parties.Karin Marks, Community Events Coordinator Maureen Lafreniére, Borough Director Bruce St.Louis and the moderators and reporters at the various workshops are top be praised for their excellent handling of the proceedings._ DEBUTE LE 18 AVRIL DES 9H/; STARTS AT 9 A.M.APRIL 18th ITI TNT a 1d] TY on préparation de cette vente.Closed April 17th, in preparation for this sale.ERRATUM Dans la circulaire VENTE 24 HEURES du 18 avril vous auriez dû voir la photo d\u2019un lecteur portatif de CD/MP3 et écouteurs de type «Backphone» au lieu de deux écouteurs.In our April 18th 24 hours Sale Flyer's, you should have seen hoto of CD/MP3 portable player and of tw headphones instead of two headphones./LECTEUR PORTATIF DE - \u201cMémoire antichoc de \u2026 45 sec./CD, 105 sec./MP3 ¢ Ecouteurs de type «Backphone» CD/MP3 PORTABLE PLAY 05 sec./MP3 .At the old ball game George Bowser t's a shame that so few copie à are attending the Expos\u2019 games now, because the home opener was wild.The crowd was exuberant and rowdy\u2014sometimes too rowdy.At least one merrymaker was forcibly ejected from the stadium with \u2019is \u2019ead tucked underneath the security guy\u2019s arm.That's OK by me.If you have imbibed more than you can handle, you should be encouraged to leave (burp).As the young man was led off, a man behind me was heard to remark, \u201cWhat's the worst that could happen-\u2014they won't let him back in for more major league baseball games?\u201d (For those of you who are not baseball fans, the irony here is that there may not be any more such games.) The gents\u2019 washroom was orderly, and more civilized than the one I encountered recently at the Molson Centre.One gentleman even took the trouble to ask his neighbour if he was sure his zipper was down.Very considerate, if a little belated.While I was away from my seat, 1 missed seeing a grand slam being scored by the visiting Florida Marlins, which caused the departure of a large number of Montreal \u2018fans.\u201d Among them was a stockbroker who greeted me with the news that the game, then in its sixth inning, was \u2018over.\u2019 He was following his instincts.He must have forgotten Yogi Berra\u2019s famous saying: \u201cIt ain\u2019t over till it\u2019s over.\u201d Then again, I'm told that another thing Yogi said was \u201cI never said half of the things I said.\u201d It did seem to me, as the fickle fans flew off, that their behaviour was impolite.But that\u2019s also typical of Montreal fans.If you ain\u2019t winning, they\u2019re gone.A shallow group, with no stick-to-it-ive- ness.(This from a man who goes to one Expo game a year).But there are many good reasons to go to the game that have little to do with the score.There was a woman sitting near me whom I know slightly, and when she heard my neighbour explaining the finer points of the game to me, she turned and told us her four reasons for going to a ball game.One: it\u2019s the only team sport not subject to a time limit.Hence \u201cIt ain't over till it\u2019s over.\u201d (yeah, but Yogi\u2014when it\u2019s over, it\u2019s over!) 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