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[" ranscontinental vr Canadian Publication no: 1375822 Vol.68, No.32 - Thursday, August 28\u201d 2003 + (514) 484-5610 ¢ 9,800 copies MAKING ALL OF WESTMOUNT YOUR HOME Demerger efforts downplay Westmount ocal organizers of recent demerger campaigns are planning on Jaunch- ing a new one on a province-wide scale, while downplaying the issue in Westmount\u2014where near-unanimous support is virtually guaranteed.\u201cWestmount will vote for demerger\u2014 there is no doubt in my mind,\u201d said former City of Westmount mayor Peter Trent, who has spearheaded many of the anti-merger and pro-demerger efforts in the past few years leading up to and following Westmount\u2019s forced amalgamation with the City of Montreal.\u201cIt\u2019s far more important for Westmounters\u2014especially me\u2014to get involved in pan-Quebec activities,\u201d he added.Trent said that one of the reasons he will be focusing more on Quebec than on Westmount is that Westmounters voted in an anti-merger referendum two-and-a-half years ago and are aware of what's going on as a result.\u201cWhat is important is that we vote for a law that we can live with and this is why we have to improve on Bill 9,\u201d he said, referring to Quebec\u2019s pending demerger referendum legislation.Trent said he spent most of this past sum- Kat r yn arn I e wer e | : : i B mer helping to set up an ad-hoc pro-demerg- in Westmount last week er citizens\u2019 group, the Comité des Elu(e)s pour Recréer les Municipalités Fusionées, right across Quebec, In addition, he wrote an 80-page brief in collaboration with mayors across the province, presenting the case for demerger to provincial hearings on the issue which will be starting in September.Trent said the provincial pro-demerger group\u2019s campaign, set to start in late September or carly October, would assume a # (continued on page 2) °c.Scoop speaks! 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Province-wide demerger efforts will downplay Westmount\u2019s involvement (Continued from page 1) form similar to the campaign the City.of Westmount held leading up to the referendum on forced mergers.\u201cThere may be a fundraising side to it\u2014we still haven't decided that,\u201d he said, adding the main emphasis would be to set up \u2018block captains\u2019 in communities across Quebec to coordinate the effort.Trent said he wants to distance Westmount from the demerger issue as much as possible because of negative perceptions some people across the province might have.\u201cWe want, to the extent I can all over Quebec, to de- Westmountize the case because of the stereotypical image it conjures up in the minds, especially of francophone media,\u201d he said.\u201cI've tried to play it down a bit.So this is why it\u2019s a very delicate thing.\u201d Trent said he would prefer that any demerger campaign directed specifically at Westmounters remains the focus of community newspapers here.\u201cI would rather keep it in Westmount,\u201d he said.\u201cRather than getting front page of The Gazette, rather than getting front page of La Presse, it should be front page of The Examiner.Any effort we do in Westmount to get out the troops and vote for demerger should be a local issue to the extent we can.I don\u2019t think it should be front page of La Presse.\u201cWestmount has led the demerger movement from the beginning, but it\u2019s always been a cross we\u2019ve had to bear because of the image that we have as both anglophone and supposedly wealthy,\u201d Trent said.\u201cIt just reinforces the stereotypical image that only Westmount and the anglos want to demerge\u2014which is wrong.There\u2019s a lot of people across Quebec who want to demerge who are not anglos.\u201cWhat should be front page of La Presse is the fact that La Baie in the Saguenay is probably going to vote for demerger,\u201d he added.\u201cThat\u2019s what we want to do.That\u2019s the kind of message we want to get across.As far as I'm concerned, the demerger effort in Westmount should be local in nature.\u201d Kathleen Duncan, president of the Westmount Municipal Association, said the WMA will soon be launching a local demerger campaign.\u201cWe have been amassing over the past few months lists of at least 100 names of people who are interested in helping the demerger cause,\u201d she said.\u201cIf anybody is interested in calling and adding their name to the list we'd be very happy to have them.\u201d While acknowledging that the campaign in Westmount will probably be more subdued than in the past, she added: \u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean we're not working towards getting people together or we\u2019re not mobilizing people.We certainly are.\u201d Borough Council President Karin Marks pointed out that a demerger meeting, held by the WMA at the Westmount Lawn Bowling Club several months ago, began the groundwork for the demerger referendum, such as the requirements for a names register which will be needed, and succeeded in recruiting volunteers.\"We certainly have a group of people who are willing to work,\" she said.\"The WMA is in the process right now of trying to set up a structure for that which would be put in place prior to the signing of the register and for the referendum,\" she added.\"And we, of course, as always work with the WMA in any way we can.We're in fairly frequent communication and w provide them with anything they ne in terms of information and certainly our own personal support.\u201d Anyone who would like to join the WMA's demerger campaign should call 989-9752.SEND THE EDITOR AN E-MAIL: larsenw@transcontinental.ca VIP SERVICE OFFERED INYOUR HOME Two experienced and qualified professionals will assess, design, and monitor a service for you if you are elderly, suffering from chronic conditions or recovering from an illness.Please call 696-4404 or 934-1632 (5 BoucHERIE WESTMOUNT \u201cYour Neighbourhood Butcher\u201d Old-Fashioned Quality & Service GREY - $299,000.semi-det.home, 2 hardwood floors windows, lower entrance.DON'T WESTMOUNT ADJ.Just Listed! 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weren\u2019t for the Poitras Report we wouldn\u2019t even be talking.The Poitras Report, while my initiative, it was something that took fire right across Quebec.\u201d Released last March, the Poitras Report, written by retired Quebec Superior Court Chief Justice Lawrence Poitras, was commissioned by a coalition of six pro-demerger groups across the province, including the Association of Citizens for the Preservation of Westmount.The report said that savings could be achieved by Quebec by allowing amalgamated former cities to de-merge.\u201cIf it weren\u2019t for the Poitras Report we would not have Bill 9,\u201d Trent said, referring to Quebec\u2019s municipal demerger referendum legislation, a pledge which the Liberals had made before and during the election.\u201cIf it weren\u2019t for the Poitras Report it wouldn't have become an election issue and you wouldn\u2019t have even the possibility of demerger right now,\u201d he said.\u201cBecause of the Poitras Report, the whole discussion of demerger became their election issue.\u201cI can tell you one thing,\u201d said Trent.\u201cThe Liberals didn't want it to become an election issue and I forced it to become an election issue, and they won anywhere from a dozen to 18 seats because of that - at least a dozen seats across Quebec because of their demerg- er promise.\u201cThe Liberals clearly didn't want it to become an election issue.They were upset, in fact, that we made the Poitras Report public.So I'm fond of saying that we helped the Liberals in spite of themselves.\u201d Want to advertise in our monthly real estate section?Call 484-5610 to find out how.40336919 > Ea 934-1818 4 Westmount Square, suite 110 http://www.royallepage.ca westmount1 @royallepage.ca LOCAL NEWS Competition promotes community spirit fficials of Communities in O Bloom, a competition which promotes the quality of life in towns and cities across Canada, stopped by Victoria Hall last week while conducting an evaluation of Westmount.\u201cCommunities in Bloom is more than a beauty contest,\u201d said Borough Councillor Cynthia Lulham, reiterating a phrase used in the contest.\u201cIt\u2019s always unfortunate that the judging takes place in August, when most of our civic involvement is on vacation,\u201d she added jokingly \u201cBut they work so hard the rest of the year.\u201d Municipalities across Canada participate in Communities in Bloom, which measures their enhancement of green spaces, heritage conservation, community involvement and environmental awareness.Judges for the competition visit communities across the country, taking into account the efforts of the entire community\u2014municipal, private, corporate and institutional.Participating cities and towns are judged based on a list of eight criteria, including, but not limited to.urban forestry, floral displays, heritage protection, cleanliness, environment and citizen involvement.There is also an international level.Two of the national judges, Kathryn Carnegie of Ajax, Ont.and Luc Dethier from Laval, were guests at a luncheon held by the Borough of Westmount last Friday, attended by more than 20 borough employees and representatives of local community organizations.After lunch, they continued their visit of parks and neighbourhoods throughout Westmount.The visit included meetings with Westmount\u2019s elected officials and municipal direc- Communities in Bloom judges Kathryn Carnegie and Luc Dethier tors to hear presentations about programs and services here.In each of the eight criteria used in making an evaluation, \u201cwe look at the municipal aspect, the commercial aspect and the residential aspect,\u201d said Dethier.Westmount is entered in the category for communities with 20,000 to 50,000 population.\u201cThe whole idea of the program is to bring your community together and to have the people who live here work together,\u201d said Carnegie, adding that the judging grid, based on the various segments of the community, is designed to have them work more closely together.As Lulham pointed out, by the time Dethier and Carnegie had finished their visit to Westmount, they would still have more work writing a report.Winners will be announced by the end of September.Communities in Bloom started around 1995 in Quebec.The competition, which was held only within the province the first few years, eventually became national.The program is sponsored entirely by \u201cenvironmentally friendly\u201d private corporations, said Carnegie, without any government funding.Home Hardware and WestJet were two of this year\u2019s sponsors.Communities pay an entry fee based on the size of their population.À total of 104 judges travel through Canada\u2019s provinces each summer.\u201cThere are about 30 judges doing the nationals this year,\u201d said Carnegie, who was busy touring Westmount with Dethier all day.Miranda/Tremblay split was inevitable \u2014 Marks he abrupt resignation of Ville I d'Anjou city councillor Luis Miranda from Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay's party couldn\u2019t have been avoided, says Westmount Borough President Karin Marks.\u201cI think it was inevitable,\u201d Marks said following Miranda\u2019s departure last week, prompted by his disagreement with Tremblay's decentralization plan.\u201cI think that Mr.Miranda, along with many others who are currently in Mr.Tremblay\u2019s party, said both prior to the merger and since that this was not something that was good for their citizens,\u201d Marks said about the Tremblay plan.\u201cWhat it took for them to be able to agree to this was the power of taxation and legal status and the ability to control all of their hiring and firing.\u201d As the decentralization outline now stands, according to Marks, very little in it deals adequately with the hiring and firing issue.\u201cWe have not been given the power REALTOR to tax, we have not been given legal status, and therefore I think it is completely consistent that Mr.Miranda said these were the conditions to even consider staying in the city,\u201d she said.\u201cThose conditions have not been met.\u201d Before making his decision, Miranda said he was told by Tremblay to either rally behind the mayor's decentralization plan or \u201cthink about his political future\u201d \u2014 comments which prompted at least one city councillor, Marvin Rotrand, until now close to the Tremblay administration, to suggest Tremblay was breaking his own democratic principles and becoming intolerant.Marks didn\u2019t disagree.\u201cWhen Mr.Tremblay started out saying we can accommodate all points of view, he also started out saying, \u2018I will not go against anything that the government allows as part of the democratic right of expression,\u201d she said.\u201cI think his point of view on both of those has changed.He certainly is fighting against the right of referendum of community and trying to persuade the government that this is not a good idea\u2014and certainly not a good IN WESTMOUNT ACCORDING TO G.M.R.B.STATISTICS ROYAL LEPAGE gn nnnnmnnm HERITAGE Courtier immobilier agréé Franchise indépendante et autonome de Royal LePage idea in the way in which they're doing it.He has clearly said to members of his own caucus, \u2018If you're not in agreement with me and you can\u2019t go out and sell the proposal that we have come out with, you're out.\u201d Asked if she saw these developments as symptoms of the megacity finally falling apart as anti-mergerists have long predicted, Marks replied: \u201cI think they are continuing evidence that you can\u2019t have autonomy and centralization at the same time.And when Mr.Tremblay or his executive committee says the decentralization process will give you all that you want, it won't give you what you want.\u201cBecause unless you have the ability to make decisions yourself as a community, to look at the people who live in the community and to look at the elected officials who are there and say what is it that is best for our community within the construct of what we can do, unless you have that ability you're not autonomous and you can\u2019t act in the best interest of your citizens.It\u2019s a very different thing when the Centre City is saying, \u2018sure we'll give you the right to do whatever you want'\u2014as long as we agree with it.\u201d \u20ac aBegd - £00z \u20188z 1sn6ny Kepsinus - ¥ININYXI LINNOWLSIA IHL Page 4 - THE WESTMOUNT EXAMINER - Thursday, August 28, 2003 hetp: westmount ville montréalquca information : 989-5200 La journée Terry Fox Participez à la journée Terry Fox pour la recherche sur le cancer en marchant ou en courant une distance de 1 à 5 kilomètres le dimanche 14 septembre à 13 h au parc | Westmount.Procurez-vous un formu- 13 septembre \u2014 14 h laire de promesse de don à l\u2019aréna de | ge Westmount, a la bibliothéque, au Fête du Club de lecture d\u2019été Victoria Hall, au Bureau d\u2019arrondis- Victoria Hall sement et dans les magasins du quartier.Les promesses de don peuvent se faire {14 septembre \u2014 13 h également en ligne à www.journee |La journée Terry Fox terryfox.org.Les dons receuillis seront |Parc Westmount N octroyés a la recherche sur le cancer.J Info : 499-9747.(À Westmount, 4675, rue Ste-Catherine O.Les inscriptions pour les non-résidants d\u2019arrondissement débuteront le 9 septembre 4 Paréna.Info: 989-5353.cA Travaux publics Coliecte d\u2019ordures Veruillez noter qu\u2019il n\u2019y aura pas de collecte d'ordures lors de la fête dutravail Biblioth èque lex septembre.Info : 989-5311.cB ¢ Plongez dans la lecture Venez féter la fin du Club de lecture | vacances le samedi 13 septembre de 14 h à 16 h au Victoria Hall, 4626, rue Sherbrooke O.Les membres du Club sont invités a se procurer des billets Sports et loisirs Co gratuits auprés du comptoir des enfants Inscriptions automne-hiver de la bibiothèque.Info : 989-5229.ci Veuillez noter que toute inscription après le 28 août doit se faire à l\u2019aréna de Découvrez votre arrondissement aviez-vous que Westmount ne compte pas moins de sept édifices municipaux, chacun avec une vocation bien particulière?Au cours des prochaines semaines, cette chronique vous brossera le portrait de ces édifices et des services aux résidants qu\u2019ils abritent.Le bureau d'arrondissement (4333, rue Sherbrooke Ouest) Cet édifice de style Tudor, érigé en 1922 avec une tour centrale carrée qui lui donne un air médiéval, abrite le Bureau d\u2019arrondissement.C\u2019est ici, dans l\u2019ancien hôtel de ville, que vous pouvez payer vos comptes de taxes et vos constats d\u2019infraction, consulter les avis publics et les règlements municipaux ou déposer une réclamation.Vous y trouverez également le Secrétariat d\u2019arrondissement (l\u2019ancien Greffe), les bureaux des conseillers et la salle du conseil.De plus, l\u2019édifice abrite le Service de l'aménagement urbain et des services aux entreprises.Ce Service veille au respect des normes de construction et de sécurité et évalue la qualité du design des projets proposés.Vous pouvez y déposer une demande de permis de construction, de réparation ou de démolition avant le début de vos travaux extérieurs et intérieurs.Vous y obtiendrez également les directives « Rénover et construiresà Westmount » qui traitent de tous les aspects de la conservation atrimoine architectural de Westmount et de l\u2019aménagement paysa \u2018autres permis et licences (chiens, bicyclettes, enseignes, etc.) se également émis par ce Service.ci se à % Ly Community Events Terry Fox Run Everyone is invited to run or walk 1 to § km in the Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research on Sunday, September 14 in Westmount Park beginning at 1 p.m.Pledge sheets are available at Westmount : Arena, Victoria Hall, Westmount Library _(\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 + and the Borough office, as well asin local September 13 - 2:08 p.m.shops.Pledges can also be placed online |Summer Reading Club Party at www.terryfoxrun.org.Funds raised go {Victoria Hall to cancer research.Info: 499-9747.¢& festmount Horticultur Society, Westaiount Lib September 14 - 1:00 p.m.Terry Fox Run (Westmount Park ) Public Works Registration for non-borough residents Garhage Collection begins September 9 at the Arena.Info: Please note that there will be no garbage 989-5353.BR collection on Labour Day, Monday, September 1.Info: 989-5311.RY RJ 2x Library Dive Into Reading Sports & Recreation Come celebrate the end of the Summer Fall § winter registration Reading Club on Saturday, September 13 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.at Victoria Hall, Please take note that all registration after 4626 Sherbrooke St.W.Summer August 28 takes place at Westmount ; ; ; Reading Club members may pick up Ârena, 4675 Ste-Catherine W.their free tickets at the Children's Desk.Info: 989-5229.Get to know your borough of seven municipal buildings?In the coming weeks, this column will feature a description of each of these buildings, and will highlight the services available in each one.Boro Hall (4333 Sherbrooke West) Formally Westmount\u2019s City Hall, this Tudor-style building was constructed in 1922, sporting a medieval look with its square central tower.Today; it houses the Borough Office.On the first floor, you can pay your tax bills and fines, consult public notices and by-laws or file a claim.The Borough Secretariat (the former City Clerk\u2019s office), the councillors\u2019 offices and the Council Chamber are also located in this building.LD id you know that Westmount\u2019s services are provided from a total In addition, the building houses the Urban Planning and Services Business Department.This department evaluates the design quality ® construction and renovation projects and ensures that building and security standards are met and.It is this department that issues all permits for construction, renovation and demolition work.You can also obtain a copy of the \u201cGuidelines for renovating and building in Westmount\u201d describing all aspects of the preservation of Westmount\u2019s architectural and landscape heritage.Other permits and licenceg, (dogs, bicycles, signs, etc.) are also issued by this department.gi = \u20ac ve Aline Gubbay 514 $44 1257 Pho Page design be avid Monn with Marylin Smith Carsley ne good teacher can make a major difference in a young student\u2019s life.Although inspiration can emanate from one special individual, it takes so much ore to get the learning process owing.The educational system has altered drastically and without a functioning team of teachers sharing and working together, knowledge does not prevail.Teamwork in the school environment is essential, but the process commences with committed leadership with many dedicated teaching leaders living the responsibility.School may have been out all summer but what do many teachers do when school closes their doors at the end of June?Do they just bask in vacation sunshine?Some do for the first month, but others become school focused by August.First of all, let\u2019s clear up that misconception that shorter hours and summers off suggests that teachers have erased classroom thoughts.For many, the job is year round and yes even during off hours! I can vouch for this, as I was a teacher.During my enthusiastic years, my work trailed me home.During vacations and in the evenings I was always trying to uncover something stimulating to teach my students.Certainly summers did involve some relaxing but frequently with a folder of ideas for the forthcoming school year by my side.I can recall many shopping trips to stock up on stickers, interesting workbooks and novel ideas.Preparing for each new school year is a major undertaking and commences before the year begins.When school closes for the summer, all educators feel tremendous relief and exhaustion.That end of June scene filled with farewells is still so vivid in my memory.You utter the last goodbye with fondness, and hope that those children who spent more time with you than (for some) their parents, will have benefited from the year.Your feel tenderness in their hugs, but at that point rest is your primary focus.But it\u2019s not too long before the wheels are turning towards future academic endeavors.For many, summer is an opportune time to gather your thoughts and reflect on some innovative improvements, as each new school year should offer a fresh start.During July and August, some schools are painted and remodeled.Equipment is ordered and distributed, desks are repaired and textbooks are organized.Principals do not take too much time off and may be interviewing new staff, filling out forms and just overseeing anything related to the school.Training workshops occasionally occur now and many do attend to It\u2019s back to school for teachers, | PRESCRIPTION patient needs these problems.Donald Pearson & Mel Alter Pharmaciens Préparateurs - Compounding Pharmacists OFFERING FULL SERVICE AND NATURAL |! 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HOUR LASER WHITENING > A) LN § abey - £007 \u2018gz wnbny meme INNOWIS3M 3HL 2003 Page 6 - THE WESTMOUNT EXAMINER - Thursday, August 28 A dangerous defection o borrow an expression from Monty Python, I there must have been a great deal of car-door slamming in the streets of Ville d\u2019Anjou last week, when it was announced that Luis Miranda \u2014 the former mayor and hitherto borough president of that sleepy east-end neighbourhood \u2014 had quit Mayor Tremblay\u2019s party over the touchy issue of decentralization.He was leaving the Montreal Island Citizens\u2019 \u201d Union, he said, ff; À u because he could F ARAB DT not bring himself : ; to support the Wayne Larsen ~ Ting current plan to decentralize many of the megacity\u2019s functions to the boroughs.As a former mayor, Mr.Miranda knows that economical power is the cornerstone of any municipality.Without it, there is no real independence, so any other powers bestowed by the Centre City are largely meaningless.With that, he left the party to sit as an independent councillor, and threw himself wholeheartedly behind the demerger movement.He is now in the same boat as Westmount\u2019s Karin Marks, who has been sitting as an independent, demerger advocate since the beginning of the megacity.While it might appear that another influential voice has crossed over to the demerger side, likely to bring with him hundreds \u2014 if not thousands \u2014 of demerger votes in next year\u2019s proposed referendum, Westmounters might not be cheering too loud.With the loss of this MICU councillor, the balance of power at City Hall is shifting dangerously closer to Pierre Bourque\u2019s Vision Montreal party, which has shown no signs of backing away from its long-held commitment to maintaining the megacity.It must be remembered that Pierre Bourque has every reason to hate Westmount.It was thanks in great part to the work put in by so many Westmounters and their mayor that he lost his bid to rule an island-wide megacity.And if he were to find his way back into power thanks to more councillors leaving Tremblay\u2019s party, there's no telling what he might do.With his current program of decentralization on the table, Mr.Tremblay is at least moving in the right direction.It may not be to the complete satisfaction of hardline demergerists, but it is far superior to the harsh, confused conditions that have long been promoted by Mr.Tremblay\u2019s counterpart.Pierre Bourque may be a gentleman and a scholar, as they say, and as a professional politician he would be expected to declare that he bears no grudge against the people of Westmount for any nastiness that may have occurred here during his \u2018One island, one city\u2019 campaign.But if the demerger effort fails, and Mr.Bourque makes a triumphant return to the mayor\u2019s seat at City Hall.the economic consequences for his least favourite borough could be significant.On the other hand, even if Westmount does secede from the megacity, Mayor Bourque would still be in an excellent position to avenge himself by imposing harsh user fees taxes for all City services.Either way.Westmount stands to lose.The only way to avert such a political fiasco is to ensure that Mr.Bourque remains firmly on the Opposition side of the council chamber.And with the next municipal election still at least two years away, the only way of keeping him there is to keep any more MICU councillors from jumping ship.Mr.Miranda's defection from the Tremblay fold may have been carried out with the very best of intentions.It was a noble, positive step for Montreal's future \u2014 but any more like it could prove disastrous to the very cause it seeks to Tennis courts need To the editor: I thoroughly agree with the letter from Stephen Takacsy (August 21) concerning rage on the tennis courts of Westmount.He is right to single out Murray Hill as particularly unpleasant.My friends and I never go there after 5 p.m., when the \u201cmasters of the universe\u201d arrive to display the same brash rudeness they revel in during the business day.They scream, they curse, they arrive on your court ten minutes before the time limit and dare you to continue playing.I am told that their high anxiety is likely due to heavy bets riding on erratic serves and iffy backhands.At the pass board, it is war: insufficient passes, outdated passes, passes with the wrong photo, passes with no photo at all.The attendants, teenagers whose only training is a rule book they are supposed to read, quite naturally cower.While the attendants hide in the shrubbery, 1 have encountered women at Murray Hill playing in high heels, family groups including baby carriage and dog, and one foursome that included an infant about 11 months old who toddled along the base line as balls flew.If that kid survives to adulthood, it will have terrific reflexes.But for real brutishness, you have to go to Upper Westmount, to a place we call The Park of the Spanish Nannies, where there is one court and no attendant at all.There, people believe \u2014 aa Letters to the editor ee better supervision to play, they come on court and yell until you leave.One European gentleman explained that he did not need to post his pass because \u201cmy presence is sufficient.\u201d Of course, when he finally produced a pass, the photo was a woman, but this may have been a cultural issue.One fellow of considerable notoriety has evinced grown men from the court with his world-class whine.He says he doesn\u2019t need to show a pass because he lives just down the street.I think that some people didn\u2019t bother to stand in line for an hour and a half to purchase a pass, as my friends and I did, because they believe they have a universal entitlement to anything they want.Hence the connection between passless- ness and boorish behavior.The one place when manners and tranquility reign is on the clay courts behind the library, ruled in the evening with a firm but diplomatic hand by Dave, an attendant so talented we call him the Overlord.He checks for proper footweayly give doubles priority during peak hours an watches the card rotation like a hawk.It also helps that he is six feet tall, broad-shouldered and plays rugby.They should clone Dave, make him twice as big, and send him up to Murray Margaret Lemay Windsor Avenue promote.they don\u2019t need no stinkin\u2019 pass.When they want Vi Tie Sesion Ce.S 4 Publisher : Gordon Brewerton ext 27 Classified Boxed Ads : Tel.: (514) 685-4690 ext.245 Regional Office rit E e-mail:publisher@transcontinental.ca Classified Ads : Tel.: (514) 321-2000 Hebdos Transcontinental / Western Montreal FETE a Editor : Wayne Larsen ext 32 Fax : (450) 668-2901 3677 Des Sources, Dollard des Ormeaux, Qc, H9B 2T6 NAS e-maillarsenw@transcontinental.ca Graphic Designer : Emanuela Niculescu Regional Manager : Gordon Brewerton 245 Victoria Ave., Suite 10 Administration : Debbie Dore ext 28 Printing : Transcontinental Printing D.E.inc Circulation : ! 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The world is playing political pretend Tommy Schnurmacher 4 L et's play \u2018let's pretend\u2019.A very simple game, it's politically correct and the rules are easy.Just examine current events, deny the obvious and turn your back on the facts.We can start by pretending that George W.Bush\u2019s dead-on accurate assessment of Iraq, Iran and North Korea as an \u2018axis of evil\u2019 was misguided even though this week\u2019s news stories prove him right.In Iraq, we have already conveniently forgotten the mass graves of thousands of murder victims tortured to death by Saddam Hussein.We can now play \u2018let\u2019s pretend\u2019 with the bombing of the unguarded United Nations compound in Baghdad.Ignore the basic fact that terrorists responsible, whether they were Saddam loyalists, members of Al-Qaida, or some loathsome combination thereof, slaughtered innocent people who were there to help them.If that\u2019s not evil, what is?Let\u2019s move on to Iran which remains one of the world\u2019s leading sponsors and exporters of international terror.One of its citizens, Hadi Soleimanpour, has been in England for the past year and a half on a student visa.Quietly working as a modest research assistant at Durham University, Hadi has apparently changed vocations.Less than a decade ago, he worked as a top diplomat serving as Iran\u2019s ambassador to Argentina.Hadi was arrested last week at the request of the Argentinean government for his involvement in the deadliest anti-Semitic incident since World War II.Argentinean authorities allege that he and other Iranian officials were involved in planning and commissioning a 1994 bombing at a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires.He is accused of providing information about the location and timing of the attack which killed 85 people and injured more than 200.At the time, Iran was mighty miffed that Argentina had bowed to pressure from the United States and refused to sell the nuke-hungry ayatollahs in Teheran the material they needed to generate nuclear power.For \u2018electricity\u2019, undoubtedly.Speaking of nuclear-power plants, North Korea as well as South Korea, the United States, China, Russia and Japan are all supposed to get together this week to ease nuclear tension.We can pretend they will come to an agreement and that North Korea will abide by its word.That's what we did in 1994 when Bill Clinton offered the (from the examiner archives) One Year Ago August 29, 2002 M.UH.C.PLANS: \u201cThe head of the Côte des Neiges-Notre Dame de Grâce borough council says he wants the McGill University Health Centre to consider relocating vehicle entrances at the megahospital\u2019s Glen Yards site, given that none are in Westmount based on the current plan.CDN-NDG borough council chairman Michael Applebaum told The Examiner that after Westmount\u2019s involvement in discussions with the MUHC over a period of years, all of the projected megahos- pital\u2019s vehicle entrances were located on St.Jacques Street and Decarie Boulevard in NDG.Applebaum said he may ask the MUHC to go back to the drawing board, so that some of the traffic that would be directed through NDG be redirected elsewhere.\u2018I think that what we have to find here is the proper equilibrium between the boroughs in order to make sure that there isn\u2019t one borough that is receiving the whole impact of traffic,\u2019 said Applebaum.\u2018If you look at Claremont, at first they were going to have an entrance for vehicles onto the site from Westmount.Westmount has negotiated with them for so many years, where now Westmount doesn\u2019t have any access onto the site except by foot.\u201d Twenty-Five Years Ago August 31, 1978 DIGEST PRESIDENT RESIGNS: \u201cE.Paul Zimmerman, president of Reader\u2019s Digest Association (Canada) Ltd.for the past 18 years, resigned suddenly last Thursday, citing \u2018pressing family matters\u2019 as the reason.Mr.Zimmerman, who brought Reader\u2019s Digest to Westmount in 1960 and oversaw the building of its empire here (it now owns two buildings and rents space in two more), turned down a request for an interview at this time.Staff at Reader's Digest said the resignation was not entirely unexpected, but admitted it was quite sudden.\u201d Thirty Years Ago August 30, 1973 MOUNTIES MOVE: \u201cThe move of the Montreal divisional headquarters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from Wood avenue and St Catherine street to its new building on Dorchester boulevard and Greene avenue is expected to take place about the end of the year or early in 1974, it was learned in Ottawa yesterday.The contractors have proceeded apace with the exterior appearance of the building, including landscaping, conveying the impression it is nearly ready for occupancy.However, it is understood that interior finishing is yet to be completed, along with the installation of communications and other crime-fighting gear as well as furnishings.\u201d Thirty-Five Years Ago August 29, 1968 BACK TO SCHOOL: \u201cBoth Roman Catholic and Protestant schools in Westmount, as in the whole of Greater Montreal, will reopen Tuesday.Many Roman Catholic students, however, won\u2019t be attending school in Westmount.As a result of reorganization following the merger of the St.Leon de Westmount with the Montreal Catholic School Commission, all English-speaking Roman Catholic seniors, and some French-speaking seniors, will travel outside the city to school.\u201d Forty-Five Years Ago August 29, 1958 NEW POST OFFICE: \u201cThe recently completed postal station at the corner of Prince Albert and Sherbrooke will soon be in full operation.Though the supplementary station on Sherbrooke between Victoria and Grosvenor will then be closed, the new building will serve residents of the area more efficiently as the second central post office in Westmount.\u201d Fifty Years Ago August 28, 1953 WESTMOUNT RESERVOIR: \u201cThe City of Montreal has called tenders for the construction of a 3,000,000 gallon water reservoir in Westmount, to serve the local area and bolster the reserve water supply of its system generally.It is highly possible start of the work will be held over until the spring of \u201954.The reservoir will be constructed in Summit Park, immediately behind the Westmount Lookout, and will be to the east and north of a 40,000 gallon reserve tank that is now located in that general area.The reservoir will be completely underground, will cost about $650,000 to complete and will probably be about a year and a half in the building.Pumps at the McTavish pumping station will be adequate for getting the water to the reservoir, Montreal city officials state.\u201d Fifty-Five Years Ago August 27, 1948 EARWIG MENACE: \u201cWestmount, aided by eighteen Japanese beetle traps loaned to them by the department of Agriculture, is trying to find the epicentre of the Forficula Auricularia, better known as the Earwig.This ferocious bug is described as one of the lower order of insects by the department, who also says that it eats flowers and foliage.\u2018The chief objection to this insect lies in its habit of invading houses.Because it lives in drains, and then crawls over food and hides in bedding, it is also a menace to health,\u2019 the agriculture department says.\u201d Delivered to EVERY door EVERY Thursday Call us to plan your advertising campaign 484-5610 Communist slave state an endless supply of fuel oil and billions of dollars to build nuclear power plants provided they didn\u2019t make any nuclear weapons.North Korea immediately tossed the deal in the trash.It was so eager to build nuclear bombs that it had no compunctions starving its own people in order to do so.Terrorism is closer to home than we would like to imagine, but we can pretend otherwise.We can always make believe we don't have to worry about the 19 students and other immigrants from Pakistan detained two weeks ago in Toronto.Some of these men were interested in explosives.Two of them were strolling around the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station outside Toronto at 4:15 a.m.Apparently they were in contact with folks who had access to nuclear gauges that contain small amounts of materials that can be used for making crude nuclear explosives.Some people collect stamps.Others are fascinated with explosives and flight paths over Pickering.Let\u2019s not worry; let\u2019s pretend.Let\u2019s pretend it\u2019s a coincidence.« Tommy Schnurmacher is heard weekdays 9 a.m.to noon on CJAD 800 Radio.His e-mail address is tommys@total.net.Ars mere yor i TTR | À f M VILLAGE THEATRE WEST = 3 bil Professional Theatre 28 Wharf Rd., Hudson $20\" mat.$22 Tues.-Fri.$24* Sat.Group rates available SPECIAL Added Attraction! by Dan Needles performed by Rod Beattie August 27 - 31 Wed.- Sat.8:00 p.m.Sun.3:00 p.m.All tickets $30.00 Here's another riotous installment in the life of the mythical Ontario town.Larkspur.Rod Beattie is back for a triumphant return engage ment.playing all of nearty (we dozen characters 5 \u201cA riveting and immaculately constructed little play, per formed to perfection.Beattie electrifies the stage.\u201d The Victoria Times « If, { ! p NC by Kit Brennan 5 & Directed by Greg Kramer Sept.9 - Sept.28 Previews: $12.00 Tuesday, Sept.9\" at 8:00 p.m.Wednesday, Sept.10\" at 2:00 & 8:00 p.m.Opening Gala & Reception: $26.00 Thursday, Sept.11\" at 8:00 p.m.8 shows a week Tuesday to Saturday at 8:00 p.m.Thursday and Saturday at 2:00 p.m.Sunday at 3:00 p.m.In Kit Brennan's sensitive and uplifting shee of country life, grieving souls find hope and companionship in some unkikely places This award winning play from Saskatchewan illustrates love's amazing power to bridge both geographical and generational gps RESERVE NOW! For tickets or information (450) 458-5361 Telephone messages returned promptly = \u20ac00T \u201887 Wnbny Kepsinyl - YININSXI INNOWLSIM IHL Parking is available at the theatre and restaurants are within walking distance.Reserve your tickets online www.villagetheatre.ca ZL a6ed successful musical and cultural Page 8 - THE WESTMOUNT EXAMINER - Thursday, August 28, 2003 German tour enriches WYO musicians Darlene Cousins hile many young people their age have been idling away the long hot days of summer, members of the Westmount Youth Orchestra seized the opportunity of time away from school to promote Canadian culture abroad.The WYO recently embarked on a exchange with the Jungend- Symphonie-Orchester Braunschweig (JSOB) in Germany.Forty-four of the 60 musicians from the WYO left Montreal on June 28 for Hannover, Germany and headed to the nearby city of Braunschweig.Accompanied by WYO artistic director Mark Simons and four parent chaperones, the musicians were billeted by German families and stayed at youth hostels during their two-week stay.The trip provided the musicians the chance to rehearse and perform with the Braunschweig Youth Orchestra as well as an opportunity to lay the groundwork for friendship between the two cultures.Simons was more than impressed with the trip which has been planned since late 2001.\u201cIt was fantastic, just amazing,\u201d said Simons, who has been the artistic director of the WYO for more than six years.\u201cIt was great to keep up the relationship [between the two orchestras] over the year.\u201d The WYO had worked hard at fundraising in order to lower the cost of the trip for the young musicians and the \u2018Allemagne 2003\u2019 trip commit- tee\u2014Agnes Menzel, Veronica Pemberton, Birgit Baasch and Sandra Hunt\u2014sacrificed many hours in order 40355283 ABBOTT - Classic Victorian cottage, hardwood floors, bay windows, high ceilings, decorative fireplace, 6 bdrms, lovely garden, beautiful bright home close to Victoria Village.$499,000 AVA BALL Affiliated real estate agent 481-0241 \u2014 ROYAL LePAGE \u2014 GROUPE NEWTON Un spécialiste vous le dit: «Pour évaluer l\u2019état de votre maçonnerie, de vos briques ou de votre pierre, vérifiez par vous-même.» Une élévation de maçonnerie, un coffrage ou une ; cheminée peuvent dégénérer très rapidement si l\u2019eau d\u2019infiltration - qui devient glace durant l\u2019hiver - n\u2019est pas déviée préventivement.» PIERRE RENOV et son équipe offre « l\u2019expertise pour déceler tous les : 3 problèmes pour tous genres de maçonnerie : joint institutionnel, joint \u201cmacaron\u201d, cheminées, briques, escaliers en pierre St-Mare.to prepare and design the trip\u2019s itinerary.The only disappointment was the cancellation of the Braunschweig Youth Orchestra trip to Canada as part of the exchange.\u201cThey cancelled early on due to the threat of SARS,\u201d said Simons.The orchestra was scheduled to arrive in Montreal August St and perform a concert with the WYO at Victoria Hall on August 17 before returning to Germany the following day.But this did not deter the WYO from enjoying their tour of Germany, which included touring many historical sites, castles and an entertainment park.The WYO visited Berlin as well as the medieval town of Goslar where Simons took the musicians on a tour of the town\u2019s 1,000-year-old mines.Simons said the musicians were fascinated by the excursion that took them inside the mines for a look at the water wheels and various methods of mining used in the mines, which only closed in 1995.A highlight of the trip was a visit to the town of Leipzig where Johann Sebastien Bach lived and worked from 1723 until his death in 1750.Home to the historic St.Thomas Church (Thomaskirche) where the WYO was WANT TO LET | PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT AN UPCOMING EVENT IN WESTMOUNT?USE THE EXAMINER BULLETIN BOARD! 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He flees any woman who demonstrates an interest in romance, all the while searching for his elusive true love.He is unable to forge any solid friendships, but is forever mourning his singular state.A true hypochondriac, Roberto\u2019s body rebels violently at the slightest upheaval, while his mind fixates on such topics as \u201cthe fear of being buried alive in error.\u201d His speculations on his virtual non-existence in the world are punctuated by thoughts of his novel in arrested-develop- ment.Populated by colourful characters like midgets, lion-tamers and a tattooed lady, the spectre of his life's work follows him around Spain like an albatross around his neck.Unable to buckle down, Roberto hides in cafés, strolls down familiar streets, and wanders through cities he has already visited in an attempt to escape his own ineptitude.\u2018Tables for One\u2019 isn\u2019t your classic novel.There is no standard story arc, no traditionally contemplative narrative.This is a collection of whimsical insights into the peculiar psyche of a man on a peculiar journey.it is best to just sit back and enjoy the ride, Spanish style.\u2018Tables for One\u2019 by Robert Johnson is published by Price-Patterson Ltd.and is currently available at the Double Hook Book Shop and Nicholas Hoare on Greene Avenue.It will also be on sale shortly at Indigo and Paragraphe bookstores.Tables for One A Spanish Journal Robert Johnson lent of writing in the third division.I've done a lot of other things and yet it\u2019s what I keep doing and keep enjoying, so I figured that I had better just own up to it,\u201d he confessed.This is not the story however, as one might be led to believe, of one man's attempt to write a novel.It is, in fact, the story of how not to write a novel.These are the musings of a solitary man caught in the clutches of an utterly paralyzing case of writer's block.Canadian Department of Auction IMPORTANT AUCTION! 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