The Westmount examiner, 24 août 2006, jeudi 24 août 2006

[" Vol 71, no PR « Thursday, August 24° 2006 © WWW.westmountexaminer.com» 9, 800 copies » MAKING ALL OF WESTMOUNT YOUR HOME The Four Anglos of the Apocalypse prepare to ride into the Centaur Theatre for another assault of music and politically charged satire.NJ Cr | Nie More stories on the web.« Audible crosswalk issue remains on the table.» Local Holmes society laments demolition.pres » > AE A Garbage costs could soar > Martin C Barry he City of Westmount is rethinking its approach to waste man- T= in view of an anticipated increase of as much as 60 per cent in garbage disposal costs.An agreement with an independent garbage disposal contractor, which has been in force for the last four years, is expiring.The City will be opening tenders with new contract offers on Aug.29.Westmount currently budgets about $857,000 annually for garbage disposal service.In the meantime, Public Works Director Fred Caluori confirmed to The Examiner that the price of garbage disposal could easily go up.\"We know,\" he said, adding that Westmount's current garbage contractor recently turned down an option to renew the existing contract.Caluori said negotiation was ruled out when the contractor quoted a new price 60 per cent higher than the file re SHERBROOKE St W Feo, ho : NEW daily Cia ET EE TE one in the current contract.The contractor ated increases in dump fees, labour costs and gasoline to justify the hike.\"It wasn't a negotiable figure, as far as I'm concerned,\u201d said Caluori.\"We don\u2019t have the mandate to negotiate something excessive like that.\u201d Caluori said garbage disposal costs mother commumi- ties around Montreal have recently gone up.\"At the beginning of the year or last year, they went up in the range of about 50 or 60 per cent,\u201d he said.Councillor Tom Thompson, chairman of city council's standing committee for administration, said any increase for garbage disposal could be largely the result of soaring transportation costs.Continued on page 5 ES =: | Sik [Cogs FAD RE \u201cA Co infandisee\u2019 our\u201d Library updates computer system for easier access > Matthew Surridge o you remember looking up your library books from thousands of cards stored in long drawers?Well those days are gone for good\u2014and the Westmount Public Library has taken a step further by updating its computer system and access to its electronic catalogue.This means that more information is casily available to library members and browsers, who can now look through the catalogue from home over the Internet as well as at library terminals.\u201cWe hope that this will really encourage people to use the collection in more depth\u201d said Library Director Ann Moffat.\u201cIf you're getting more information when you use the catalogue, maybe you'll use it more often.\u201d For Moffat, the first update to the library's system mn 10 years takes advantage not only ol new technology but of new familiarity with technology.\u201c1 think people are a lot more familiar with computers than they were 10 years ago,\u201d she said.\u201cWe love the Tact that wc've got something now that\u2019s more modern and more up-to-date\u201d The system may be accessed in both English and French, and covers all stems mn the library collection.Continued on page 5 2 Thursday, August 24, 2006 The Westmount Examiner www.westmountexaminer.com LIVING STYLE 01 FEATURED PROPERTIES nu mi = mi 2 wi gun Fame 3471-47 - \u201d Center West - \u201cLA CLOSERIE\u201d Center West \u201cLE NOBLE Westmount - OLIVIER AVE.cover im balding | ot outside | | Beautiful 2 bdrm, 2 bath with quality renovations throughout.ble.luxurious] ted 1 bd th îte office/den Discover this tasteful condominium building ideally located just outside | J Southwest corner unit with gorgeous river and city views.mpeccable, luxuriously renovate fm with ensute otlice the heart of Downtown Montreal.Now 98% SOLD.Available: | Ideal location, steps from Mount Royal at Redpath Crescent.in stately Westmount pune.2 baths, 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Canaanites in the 15th century BCE and General Allenby\u2019s rout of the Ottomans in September 1918.Most notoriously, the Book of Revelations sets Tel Megiddo, or Armageddon, as the place of final battle between the forces of good and evil.Elliott arrived at the site of captivating history and daunting prophecy on Canada Day weekend.Her 92 co-workers, mostly archaeology students from seven countries, stayed at Kibbutz Ramat Hashofet, a five-minute drive from the site.All went well for the first week.And then Megiddo resumed its place as backdrop of another deadly war.No one on site witnessed any Hezbollah rockets fall.\u201cBut we could see (the nearby towns) Afula and Nazareth, and they were hit a couple of times,\u201d she said.The sounds of war were ever-present, \u201cWe could feel the reverberations (of the rockets) and hear artillery fire, though it was probably from a nearby training camp,\u201d she said.The noise of northbound Israeli Apache helicopters was a daily waking call.Other excavations near the Lebanese border were closed at the outbreak of hostilities.One indiscriminate Hezbollah missile landed in a trench at Kabri, a nearby archaeological site.No one was hurt.Megiddo remained unscathed, and Elliott wasn't nervous.\u201cThere is destiny,\u201d she said.1 wouldn't walk into the jaws of the lion, but if it\u2019s your time to go, it\u2019s your time to go.\u201d And Israeli authorities assured everyone that the area was safe.But the students from Georgetown University took no chances, leaving a week after the war began.That actually cased tension, Elliott said.And their vacant rooms were quickly filled by families of refugees from Haifa.She said the Israelis remained unfazed, even as Hezbollah missiles landed all over the region.\u201cPlaces were hit where you'd just been shopping, but the traffic kept going along the road to Haifa,\u201d she said.\u201cLife went on.\u201d It's because the conflict is not new, she said.\u201cThis is what Israelis live with every day.Although you don't live in a state of fear, security checks in stores, restaurants and train stations are routine.(An average of) three Israeli soldiers were killed every day on border patrol with Lebanon before this started,\u201d she said.Project director Israel Finkelstein even felt safe enough to bring his children to the kibbutz.When tractors cleared a path to a nearby bomb shelter, which had remained unused for decades, the lsraclis didn\u2019t sweat.\u201cEveryone has 60 seconds to get there,\u201d Elliott remembers Finkelstein saying.\u201cThat's ample time.Bring water\u201d But not everyone was quite so lucky.À weekend field trip to sites near Lebanon was cancelled because of the fighting.Instead, some of the team took à train to Jerusalem, where they met a 22-year-old soldier named Anon.He was on his way to the funeral of a friend who had been killed in the initial Hezbollah attack.Anon would have been on that patrol himself, had he not been replaced to go take a traming course.\u201cYou see the faces of the young soldiers and their families and you feel anguish.It's such a waste of human life Elliott said.\u201cWhen you study archeology, and have seen cities that were annihilated in 300 BCL, you think how tragic it is that humans still haven't figured it out.\u201d Despite the war, the digging and sorting at Megiddo went on.\u201cIt was very satisfying to be back doing excavation again,\u201d said Elliott, who had taken a 15-year break from field archaeology.She realized she hadn't lost the skills.Though her fingers suffered arthritic-type pain after hours of sifting dirt, the 20-year- olds had much the same complaints.An fan of stratigraphy, the analysis of layers in soil for clues about how to date aspects of a given site, Elliott had a blast with a chunk of Megiddo soil, cut from the ground like a vertical pie slice of archaic information.Assistant Community Events Coordinator Virginia Elliot Also a specialist in zooarcheology, Elliot excitedly got her hands on a number of interesting bones, including fragments of enormous cow skeletons and a gigantic Nile perch vertebrae, perhaps imported from Egypt over 3,000 years ago.And even with the conflict above and around her, Elliott could appreciate the value of her close personal relationships on the kibbutz, likening the feehng to the sense of community she feels right here in Westmount, Leaf fungus strips many Summit maples Tar-like marks appear on infected maple leaves.Photo Martin \u20ac Barry # 1 934-181 40461189 4 Westmount Square, suite 110 http://www.royallepage.ca westmount1@royallepage.ca > Martin C.Barry estmount\u2019s Public Works Department has issued an advisory about an W unusual tree fungus that is causing maples\u2014especially on the Summit\u2014 to lose all their leaves.Tar Spots of Maple, as the disease is commonly known, produces round to irregular black, tar-like marks on infected maple leaves.\u201cIt can be very small dots to a large circle ax big as a 25-cent piece,\u201d said Claudette Savaria, a horticulturalist with the department.Despite the fungus troubling appearance, she described it as the least damaging of discases affecting the foliage of trees.According to Savaria, scores of maples on the upper part of the mountain have been losing leaves to the point where they are now completely defoliated.\u201cIt's very unsightly,\u201d she said.As a result, many Westmounters have been wondering what's going on.\u201cBecause of the wet spring we had and the very humid conditions we had this summer, as well, the disease developed quite severely this year compared to last year.\u201d she added.The fungus was noticed again this year as early as June.Savaria said the trees will not be affected to the point where they'll have to be cut down because the damage doesn't extend beyond the leaves.\u201cIt's only the foltage.We're just asking people to pick up the REALTOR ACCORDING TO G.M.R.B.STATISTICS ROYAL LEPAGE 5 INN HERITAGE Courtier immobilier agréé Franchise indépendante et autonome de Royal LePage 8 leaves as much as they can to avoid the spread.\u201d Public Works Director Fred Caluori said his department has had many inquiries from residents concerned about the problem.\u201cThe leaves are turning, they're shriveling up and they're falling .they're coming down very early as a result,\u201d he said.\u201cIt's a concern of residents in particular.They're calling, they're coming to sec us about the condition.When they sce this they think that the trec 1s dying.They're bemg reassured that i0s just à fungus and hopefully next spring things will be back to usual\u201d But because of the severity of the disease this year, there's a possibility the fungus could manifest itself again next summer.\u201cIt really depends on weather conditions,\u201d said Savaria.\u201cIf we do have à wet spring like we had this year, then of course it will be severe.\u201d She said residents can help by raking up infected leaves, placing them in bags, and putting them out for pickup by Public Works on Wednesday mornings.Although large commercial composting sites are equipped to destroy the pathogens on infected leaves, Savaria suggested residents should not place them in their own domestic composters.\u201cThe temperature doesn\u2019t reach the high temperature that is needed to destroy the pathogens,\u201d she said.IN WESTMOUNT 4 Thursday, August 24, 2006 The Westmount Examiner _www.westmountexaminer.com Thief goes back to school a bit early On the Scene Jessica MURPHY arianopolis College was recently broken into by a late-night burglar who first tried to rob the automatic teller machines, and then seta fire in an attempt to cover his tracks.Around 2:30 a.m.on Aug.8, the suspect broke into the school through the basement and entered the office where various keys are kept for the school.After riffling through drawers and finding the set he was looking for, he went upstairs to the main floor and used the keys to get enter a workshop.There, he took a drill, a screwdriver and a hammer and used them to break into the school\u2019s ATM machine.\u201cBut unfortunately, it was empty for the summer,\u201d said Station 12 Constable Adalbert Pimentel.In frustration, the suspect then broke a number of soft drink machines on both the first and second floor of the building.Next, he set a fire in the concierge booth using methyl hydrate, a flammable solvent commonly used to as a thinner for resins and as fondue fuel.The fire was apparently an attempt to burn any security videos that contained images of the man\u2019s late-night visit.\u201cUnfortunately for him, they didn\u2019t burn,\u201d Pimentel said of the videos, in fact the school uses a new video security device where the images are transferred to a computer's hard drive in a separate location.The police and fire department arrived on the scene soon after the first alarm went off at Jam.The police used the video to track down the suspect, whom they described as a disgruntled employee.He was subsequently arrested and charged with breaking and entering and arson.Fatal accident in Atwater metro An 82-year-old man was killed when he faint- Westmount Location!!! 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we stand too close,\u201d noted Pimentel.\u201cHe should have stayed five feet back.Keep in mind, in the metro, even on the street, there are always people who get hurt because they're too close to moving vehicles, especially in Montreal\u201d Renovations completed at Westmount YMCA > Marilynn Vanderstay t was good news for members and program partic- | ipants of the Westmount YMCA recently when they heard renovations in the lobby and pool were now complete and programs and schedules were back to normal.The work began in the spring after à structural flaw in the lobby floor was brought to the attention of the administration.Executive Director Gary White made immediate plans to rectify the problem.The result was the pool programs were shut down for six weeks while work crews demolished a slab of concrete that formed a piece of the front lobby, directly above the swimming pool.While work was being done upstairs, repouring and resetting the concrete in the lobby, scaffolding was footed in the basin of the pool.White decided to make the best of the situation and made plans to do some necessary upgrades and improvements.A 16- year-old fan filter was replaced with three new cartridge filters that move the water through almost twice as fast as the original.\u201cThat results in cleaner water,\u201d said White.\u201cAt the same time we replaced the 16-year- old air ducts in the pool area with more effective ducts that will give better air circulation.\u201d In addition, while the lobby was torn up, Les Pavages Spinelli inc.Serving Westmount for over 12 years » Asphalt - Uni-Stone - Cement Work * General Work Free Estimates Carlo : 327-6462 Le 494-4981 1222284 LOCAL NEWS Queen E honours dedicated volunteer > Tanya lermieri hen the Queen Elizabeth Health Complex W paid tribute to its many volunteers in April, one member of the team received a special thank you for an unprecedented 40 years of service.Geraldine Donovan has served as a volunteer at the Queen E since 1966.She was honoured for her work at the annual volunteer luncheon held at Pasta Casareccia on April 26.\u201cShe is an original volunteer of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital before it transformed into a care center,\u201d said Irene Tschernomor, executive director and CEO of the Queen Elizabeth Health Complex.Geraldine Donovan \u201cShe has been here the longest and is the first volunteer to reach 40 years of service.\u201d Donovan volunteers in the medical specialist clinic and helps with filing, faxing and calling patients to remind them about their appointments.\u201cShe is such a pleasant person and adored by all,\u201d said Tschernomor.\u201cShe comes in rain or shine.\u201d The Queen Elizabeth Health Complex awards its volunteers with certificates every year during volunteer month.This year, 30 volunteers were honoured and thanked for their hard work and dedication\u2014but all agree that Donovan has set new standards as a volunteer.\u201cShe is a fine lady and a wonderful role model,\u201d said Tschernomor.\u201cThe volunteers are a vital part of the complex and work together to help better serve the community.\u201d the front of the building was opened up, allowing for a warmer, brighter entrance.During the time the pool was down, kids in the annual day camp program were shut- tle-bussed to the NDG Community Centre pool.All members also had access to all the other Y pools in the city.To get around the construction in the lobby people had to use the back entrance and extra staff was hired to assist.In spite of all the construction, the Y itself was only shut down completely for three days.By late July the summer schedule was back to normal and all programs were running again, some with more noticeable zeal.The master swim team that uses the pool in the morning is back and is putting the new filters to the test.Prenez avis que Andrew Charles MacDougall, en sa qualité de père, dont l'adresse du domicile est le 4378 De Maisonneuve O., Apt.7, Westmount, PQ, présentera au directeur de I'état civil une demande pour changer les noms de Maxime Charles Montreuil et Benjamin Francois Montreuil en ceux de Maxime Montreuil MacDougall et Benjamin Montreuil MacDougall.Avis rempli et signé à Westmount le 11-08-2006.A.C.MacDougall 1464096 LOCAL NEWS www.westmountexaminercom The Westmount Examiner Thursday.August 2-4 2006 5 Continued from LIBRARY, page | The system uses an interface similar to standard Internet search engines such as Google.Searches return not only standard information\u2014title, author, bibliographic data, and whether the book is in the library\u2014 but also, In many cases, pictures of each book's cover and even reviews taken from the librarians journal Booklist.As well, hyperlinks make it easy to browse the catalogue by subject.Books found in one search may be saved in the computer's memory while turther searches are made, and information on a book may be sent to an email address in a variety of formats.However, the general search function represents only one level of the new system.Library members can get a PIN number from the circulation desk or over the phone, which will give them access to more features.With the PIN number, they can sign up for e- @ notifying them when the library acquires new books in a given field, view their own client account at the library, and reserve and renew books electronically.They also have access to a feedback page, which will send e-mails directly to the reference section of the library, allowing for easier communication between members and library staff.Further features will be introduced to the system over the next few months.Members will soon be able to ask the system for book recommendations based on their own reading habits, and a special version of the system geared especially toward younger readers will also be online.In the meantime, library staff will help explain details of the new system to anyone who requires assistance.A printed handout will also soon be available at the library to explain some of the more notable features of the system.The library\u2019s website can be found at www.westlib.org.Continued from GARBAGE.page | \u201cThere's a lot of transport involved in garbage collection, and then the transport of the garbage to the dump site wherever that might be,\u201d Thompson said.\u201cWe can anticipate that that's going to be reflected in any of the tenders that are coming in.\u201d The fact Westmount will be seeking a short-term contract of only a year, rather than five, will likely add to the cost.Thompson said restrictions imposed by the Agglomeration Council prevent the City from seeking a longer contract.Thompson said the situation is leading the City to rethink its approach to waste management.Garbage is currently picked up two days a week in Westmount.According to Thompson, there could eventually be only one.While curbside recycling currently takes place on one day, the City would introduce a compost collection to make up for the loss of the second garbage pickup.\"It forces us to determine whether we move in a direction sooner rather than later about.introducing one collection a week for composting, one for garbage, and one for the recycling,\u201d said Thompson.\"If garbage is going to go up significantly, then why wouldn't we use one of those days as compost collection, which would then give us the full cycle of total waste management?\" he added.\"But that may be still off into the future because there are some initial costs to introduce that.But it certainly moves us in the direction of looking at the obligations long-term.\u201d WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT AN UPCOMING EVENT?USE THE EXAMINER BULLETIN BOARD! 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to V French, Second Language « Secondary | to V Mathematics * Secondary | to V Physical Sciences Secondary IV Physics + Secondary V Chemistry » Secondary V Social Studies (History and Geography) » Secondary IV and V Microcomputing » Secondary V Personal and Social Development » Secondary V COMMISSION SCOLAIRE 1454535 23-08-06 ~~ RE/MAX WESTMOUNT INCA TEBROK 5673 Monkland N.D.G.514 482-3347 - 401018266 © In aminer.com Op www.west We can laugh Commentary Wayne LARSEN larsenw@transcontinental.ca columnist Josh Freed gave a lecture at the Atwater Library\u2014a lively hour filled with jabs at the many absurdities of life in Quebec, \u201cwhere the \u2018two solitudes\u2019 live under the same Olympic roof\u201d With quips like \u201cWe're the only English people in the world without apostrophes,\u201d Freed kept his audience chuckling at themselves and the political climate of their home province.The Examiner covered the talk, and an article appeared the following week.The late Bill Sullivan, a well-known Westmounter whose outspoken opinions frequently appeared in The Examiner's letters to the editor section over the years, took great exception to the resulting article.In what sadly would be his last letter to us, he scolded the paper for printing a review of Freed\u2019s lecture, accusing us of promoting \u201cself- proclaimed \u2018humorous raconteurs\u201d who find petty, absurd restrictions on civil liberties a goldmine for laughs.\u201d Although this was not the intention of the article, for The Examiner covers such local events whenever possible, Mr.Sullivan had raised a very sensitive question: Is it really funny that our children are not allowed to attend certain schools, or that certain words are banned from public signs?Many would say this is a serious matter\u2014 and they would be right.There is nothing funny about an OQLF \u2018language cop\u2019 measuring letters, nor is it very amusing when the Parti Québécois wins a provincial election and the ensuing wave of anxiety over Canada's future has an adverse effect on the economy.But at the same time, there are millions of people who would gladly trade places with us.All it takes 1s one glance at CNN to realize that, after all, our troubles in Quebec are insignificant compared to those of many other countries\u2014insignificant to the point of absurdity.And that is precisely where the Four Anglos of the Apocalypse come in.Consisting of Freed, cartoonist Terry Mosher and musteal satirists George Bowser and Ricky Blue, the irreverent quartet have announced a return engagement of their stage show, and promise more dark humour aimed at the heart of Quebec's wacky political situation.We can be thankful for living in a relatively safe, comfortable environment where our biggest worries centre around the use of language and the size of letters.Yes, we can laugh at ourselves\u2014and we have people like Freed.Mosher, Bowser and Blue to remind us that we can.A round this time last year, Gazette humour The Westmount Examiner Thursday, August 24, 2006 Page 6 { SAUV-I ET Gf SAP iT\" , SKE 0 \u2014 J LETTERS to the editor Public gardens are dazzling To the editor: Every year 1 am more amazed by the horticultural virtuosity of Claudette Savaria and her Westmount staff.[ always thought I didn\u2019t like petunias, but today 1 was stopped im my tracks by the lush purple, pink and mauve beauty of the path leading from the street to the Victoria Hall drive, What an artful mix of colour and species\u2014including cabbages, plumed grasses, and those unusual tall things with the tiny purple pompoms that grace so many of the City\u2019s plantings.Our municipal gardens are truly something to be proud of! Jane Martin The Boulevard Staynor Park has become a dog toilet To the editor: A disturbing trend has re-emerged at Staynor Park as people move in and out of the area.I wrote a letter to The Examiner a number of years ago when the situation was deteriorating at that time as well.The quiet section of the park, adjacent to Clandeboye, has once again become a dog toilet tor residents and non-residents.Apparently, walking an extra 50 feet to the dog run on Prospect Avenue is too far and too difficult.The problem is twofold; there is one very small sign indicating no dogs in the park and there is no one to enforce the by law.To add insult to injury, on occasion, the dog owners do not pick up the excrement left by their pets.On a few occasions, | have indicated to the offender that they are not permitted to be in the park with their dog and have had varied responses from \u201cmy dog is permitted to be in this park,\u201d \u201cwho made you in charge?\u201d and \u201cwhat sign?\u201d to responses that | would rather not mention.Living by the park, | cannot help but notice these offences on a daily basis and do not feel that I should have to be the one enforcing the rules! Would you want your children to run around a park, often barefoot, that is being used as a dog run?The bottom line is that we need better signage and enforcement of the bylaw so that the intended users of the park can enjoy it.Frank Candido Prospect Avenue Young vandals need more guidance To the editor: In reply to Christine Kennedy (Letters, Aug.10), on good authority 1 was given to understand that teenagers were thought to be responsible for removing brass plaques from memorial trees in Westmount Park.I am well aware of the thefts of heavy metal, such as manhole covers, for profit.1 hardly think a few small plaques would bring in much.Meanwhile, I am advised not to bother with replacements.As to my other point, etching on metro windows, shop windows and other property.that, along with graffiti, is vandalism\u2014which amounts to lack of respect for the property of others.If indeed parents are teaching their offspring right from wrong, the message does not appear to be getting through in too many cases.1 have just seen two bus shelters close to my home covered, both glass and stone, with heavy brilliant graffiti.I doubt Ms.Kennedy and | will come to the same conclusion as to the culprits.Paula J.McKeown Sherbrooke Street Brain drain hits To the editor: Canada is suffering from a brain drain.Westmount is also suffering from a brain drain\u2014by death: Mr.Sancton, Mr.].Rodick (former book seller).etc., by retirements and by people leaving the city.The latest one 1s Mr.Bernard J.Shapiro, who sold his condominium, according to the home transfers for April 2006 in your Aug.10 real estate section.Let us hope that we will attract more people to Westmount such as the lady who is now the new director of the Atwater Library and Computer Centre.Metcalfe Avenu Te Westmotnt 5 55 Li 9 Examiner 245 Victoria Ave., Suite 10 Advertising Tel.: (514) 484-5610 Fax: (514) 484-6028 Classified ads: (514) 685-4557 + wwwwestmountexaminer.com Regional Manager: Gordon Brewerton Freelance 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Campaign.Slated to begin this winter are renovations to Kensington Hall and the construction of a rabbinic suite, which will include a \u2018beit midrash\u2019, or house of study.| RAR Shaar Hashomayim, which opened at its current location in 1923, will celebrate its 160th anniversary with a year of events, beginning this fall.\u201d Five Years Ago August 23, 2001 SEEKING ANSWERS: \u201cWestmount city council continues to receive requests from the Montreal Transition Committee, although the City appears to be in no hurry to answer them.When the Transition Committee first began sending its requests for information necessary to merge Westmount and other municipalities into the new megacity of Montreal, Westmount reacted with a resolution requiring City employees to refer the requests to council, which would then pass them on to lawyers.In July, the City decided to revise that policy, enacting a new resolution allowing employees to provide \u201call data publicly available\u201d to the Transition Committee.In August, the following new requests were received: questionnaire on operating and capital budgets for recreational services; request for information on existing traffic regulations, policies, statistics, etc.; questionnaire on various Public Works policies; and a questionnaire on Human Resource Department operations.\u201d Fifteen Years Ago August 22, 1991 DUCKS BEATEN: \u201cThe hunt is on for two young men wanted for questioning in the savage beating of ducklings early Saturday in the pond at Westmount Park that killed one and injured three others.\u2018This is the kind of thing that must be pursued so we don\u2019t end up with serial killers,\u2019 said public safety officer Chayne Barnes.He's appealing to anyone with information to contact the Public Security Unit or police, who have been given full details of the incident.The ducklings were probably beaten with a stick, judging by their injuries, said Dr.Martine Germain, a veterinarian at the Bird and Exotic Animal Hospital.\u201d Twenty Years Ago August 21, 1986 RCMP OFFICE DEMOLISHED: \u201cThe old RCMP headquarters building at the foot of Wood avenue has practically disappeared now under the wrecker's ball to make way for the construction of the luxury condominium complex Number One Wood.Most dramatic 6.in the destruction of the old horse- en\u2019s headquarters came Thursday with the destruction of the building's 50-foot chimney near the de Maisonneuve boulevard end of the property.Demolition work is expected to be completed by the end of September, at which time construction on the condo building will begin.\u201d What's selling?Read Andy Dodge\u2019s analysis of the Westmount market in The Examiner\u2019 monthly Real Estate section.Civic Alert Don WEDGE ot to be outdone by The Gazette, which startled readers last Friday with a front page without words, this column almost went wordless and factless as well this week.Blame technology.1 am famed for being dogged by computer problems.They hit me in spades over the weekend, when 1 usually do a lot of the weekly research.On Saturday, the little power button on my monitor officially jammed \u2018off\u2019 \u2014 the computer was useless.With it went my archive, research already done and all my contact lists! 1 could not type, manipulate files or process e-mails.Dell quickly agreed to replace the monitor, but the new one would not arrive until Tuesday at the earliest\u2014too late to meet The Examiner's deadline.When working in a large office, it is usually easy to borrow someone else\u2019s equipment in a pinch, but not when working from home.Anticipating this problem and aware of press-time discipline, 1 had kept some older equipment on standby.Transition would be easy.That was the theory! In practice, the back-up computer caused more grief by running very slowly.A Dell technician in India, with the unlikely name of Roger and speaking on an imperfect line, insisted on a running a hard drive diagnostic.An hour later, a critical hardware error was found.By now, \u201cRoger\u201d had been replaced by \u201cRich,\u201d who proclaimed that the drive would have to be replaced.Also no use for this week\u2019s deadline.: Meantime, my new Bell modem wouldn't work with my existing security programmes.They had to be replaced with Bell software, but after installing this, my e-mail account was blocked.I kept calling until I reached a knowledgeable, fluent technician (on a clear line) in Saint John, NB.He decided that the accounts department would have to intervene, but not until Monday from 9 till 5.Bell's fabled 24/7 support hiccupped! Monday saw the Bell saga continuing.After spending the morning with fruitless calls to India, a \u201csenior\u201d technician based in Montreal spent the afternoon unsuccessfully trying to fix the security gap.I shared his struggle, but I should have been checking and writing for the deadline.Nothing was ready.The solution now was to emulate The Gazette and produce a faux column this week\u2014one without facts! Fortunately, carrier pigeons arrived with scrappy messages on cigarette paper and greasy-spoon napkins! Here is a selection.\u201cDirty Pool\u201d With their scoop on the scandalous quality of megacity's swimming pool water, the Journal de Montréal and its affiliate TVA did a great public service.Users have been too trusting.The City and the bureaucrats have been too negligent and the government too lax.Testing was confined to the Montreal boroughs.None of the reconstituted cities were included in the survey.Westmount is confident that its pool water is safe, and even exceeds the norms.Testing is done by an outside lab every two weeks, according to Mayor Marks.Pool staff check chlorine levels every www.westmountexaminer.com The Westmount Examiner Thursday.August 24, 2006 7 New in the Examiner: a column without words and facts hour, she added.Most recent samples tested were on Wednesday of last week (Aug.16), said Recreation Director Mike Deegan.The pool began posting the test results on Monday after the media publicity had alarmed some citizens, \u201cWe've been using a West Island lab to make the checks for several years,\u201d Deegan told me.\u201cThis is in addition to tight filtration standards maintained by full-time employees and the frequent sampling by lifeguards.\u201cWe often wondered about the cost; now we know it was worth it.\u201d Incidentally, as lifeguards will be available, for the first time in several years the pool will remain open on normal hours until and including Labor Day.Tremblay caught out Mayor Tremblay was quick to act on Monday closing all the doubtful pools.But why does he do so much in retrospect?Once more he moves in to close the gate after the horse has bolted.One day, he will realize that Montreal is too big to be correctly managed.The opposite will happen: Watch the megacity blame the boroughs and use it as another reason to merge control of local services into the megacity.If the newspaper's test results are accurate, there have been serious failures of local responsibility.But is the answer more central control\u2014or more local dependability?The paper hired a top-flight laboratory to sample 75 pools three times in July.They carried out 3,500 tests and determined that the worst quality water surveyed came from pools in La Salle, Lachine and Pierrefonds.Île-Bizard, St.Laurent, Verdun and St.Leonard completed the 10 worst list.Strangely, with one of its pools among the worst, St.Leonard had another one rated best and receiving high ratings in all with three of its tests.Other boroughs that received the best rating on all three tests were east of Iberville Street\u2014Ahuntsic, Rosemont, Montreal North, Riviére-des- Prairies, Anjou and Maisonneuve.Some of these boroughs also had other pools that were failures.Found in the worst samples were over- the-limit quantities of e-coli and c-difficile, both high profile bacteria that can be killers.The newspaper's exposé was a major story that appeared across the country.Its disturbing findings will probably rank with The Gazette's revelations two years ago of links between Gérald Tremblay's party and many top law offices.This and that Some of the items that arrived by fast pigeon: + Veteran MNA Jean-Pierre Charbonneau, who just announced his retirement, was one of the few PQ supporters to criticize Louise Harel's forced mergers.He was speaker of the National Assembly during the midnight sessions when the law was forced through, and only spoke out afterwards.* The successful exhibition of art by Westmount staff, currently on display in the Gallery, should become an annual event.* Meetings of directors-general from the reconstituted cities have become routine, most weekly.Now the city engineers and treasurers have each formed a group\u2014the latter\u2019s first meeting was in Victoria Hall.City Clerks have long met, usually for sessions to study new legislation, and librarians cooperate via the inter-library loan system at the center of their activities.* Toronto has bought a fleet of nine Toyota Highlander hybrid SUVs, as \u201cfrontline\u201d emergency response vehicles for the city fire chiefs.* Development on Nun's Island has brought so much mud to residential streets that Verdun council has insisted carth-mov- ing vehicles get a wash as they leave the site.* Despite obtaining a permit from Dollard-des-Ormeaux te use pesticide on à condo development lawn, the site manager did not use them because the 350 owners were so outraged.\u201cThe megacity will explain its budget procedures at a rare public Agglom commission meeting on Wednesday, Sept.6.Comments, views and suggestions are invited! What an opportunity! * Early in the summer, a similar presentation was made to the megacity.Eight citizens showed, including André Cardmal, representing would-be mayor Richard Bergeron, and Claude Lachance \u2014Westmount's new City Treasurer.+ In Westmont, Illinois, taxpayers were shocked that public works employees were stealing gasoline from municipal pumps.A whistle-blower in the Chicago suburb told the local council that workers also padded their work hours! + Bowser and Blue are back at the Centaur Theatre\u2014with Aislin and Josh Freed\u2014for a week from Sept.5.They will repeat the show that drew sold-out audiences in May and last December with virtually no publicity.* Verdun hired city buses this week to take new residents on tours of the borough.+ La Job, the Quebec version of Ricky Gervais's BBC hit comedy series The Office is now in production for screening on pay- cable in October and by Radio-Canada in January.According to Nouvelles Saint- Laurent, although being shot Lachine, it is set in a suburb where nothing ever happens\u2014St.Laurent! Agglom resumes After the summer somnambulism, the Agglom council resumes next Thursday evening at Megacity Hall.Their last session was on June 22.lt is interesting to speculate on a public body taking two months off when it has a multi-billion dollar budget and enormous debts.But of course we are in the safe hands of mega-mayor Tremblay and his executive commiitec.Participating in the budget Following the Noël Report, there was à little willingness by the megacity to cooperate with the suburbs.The basic concept though remains unworkable, as is continually shown at every level.For instance at the last council session, Karin Marks (as chair of the suburban mayors\u2019 group) won a promise from Tremblay's second-in-command, Frank Zampino.He would find à way for the suburbs to contribute to the budget process.Nothing has happened.\u201cWe spoke about it last week,\u201d the mayor said.\u201cThey have a fundamental problem to overcome.The Agglom is organized like the center city and built on a party system, with an opposition living only to contest everything possible.\u201cSo how can the administration share budget details with others?Yet we are not opponents.In fairness to him, Zampino is looking for a solution!\u201d Her bottom line: \u201cThe Agglom is not organized for the job it has to do.\u201d Clearly, we are a long way from citizen participation in making that budget! Continued on page 9 Arts & Books www, westmountexaminer.com The Westmount Examiner Thursday, August 24, 2006 Page 8 Four Anglos prepare to stage another satiric assault > Louise Sa race yourselves, folks! The Four Anglos of the Apocalypse are returning to the Centaur Theatre in September.For the fourth time this year, due to popular demand, Gazette columnist Josh Freed, editorial cartoonist Terry Mosher (a.k.a.Aislin) and George Bowser and Ricky Blue from the musical comedy duo Bowser & Blue will come together to poke fun at how the stubbornly resilient Anglophone community has survived in Montreal, Quebec.The idea came from 1 Remember: the Anglo Guide to Comedy in Quebec,\u2019 à panel show the group did at the Blue Metropolis lit- crary convention in April 2004.It was a huge success.As Blue remembers, \u201clt was just so effortless, so natural, so 1 thought\u2014hey, we should do this more often.\u201d After playing a set one night at Theatre Lac Brome, Bowser and Blue suggested they take their Blue Metropolis panel to the stage and make what Bowser describes as \u201ca comedy show about the past 30 years of politics in Quebec, from an Anglophone perspective.\u201d Bowser and Blue have been together since 1978, setting satirical comedy about life in Canada to the tunes of their guitars.They make their living out of poking fun at political figures\u2014so much so that even Paul Martin says they're his favourite band.Bowser claims the success of their first Four Anglos of the Apocalypse show at Brome Lake Theatre in the summer of 2005 was because \u201cpeople were angry with their political leaders, which is always a good thing for comedy.\u201d At the time, the federal Liberals were in dire straits and Quebec Premier Jean You can travel right away with Bonus TD Points Receive 7,500 Bonus TD Points upon approval.Charest was also under attack.Aislin was a shoo-in for the show; he's been The Gazette's editorial cartoonist for over 30 years, poking fun at Canadian life and government on paper.Now he\u2019s doing it on stage.\u201cThe beauty of it is if we don\u2019t come up with something funny, there's always a cartoon to save it,\u201d says a grateful Blue.Freed, the fourth partner in crime, has been a Gazette columnist for many years, writing about life's little foibles in Montreal.Among his accomplishments are two National Newspaper Awards for best Canadian columnist and the prestigious Leacock Prize for humour.Originally, Freed seemed to worry that his performance would turn into \u201can anti- Francophone polemic,\u201d Bowser says.But, he is quick to point out, \u201cJosh's goal of appealing EARN DOUBLE INE.with a new TD Gpld Travel\u201d @e CS Want to get away from it all\u201d Now?Sign up for a new TD Gold Travel Visa Card and upon approval you'll earn double TD Points on every dollar in purchases on your new Card until the end of the year.And with the 7.500 Bonus TD Points you'll receive upon approval.you can start travelling right away - because the minimum redemption level is only 5.000 TD Points.This offer ends September 22, 2006\" - so don\u2019t miss out! 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After his lengthy term in the top office would he still hold the same view?From the outside, it still holds true at times for the present Marks council.For instance, after last Wednesday\u2019s public meeting councillors were called into caucus for a burn-before-reading briefing on the search for the new City Engineer to replace Fred Caluori.Search for Public Works chief There is nothing unworthy in maintaining discretion over staff matters\u2014it is essential that names and other details of applicants stay confidential.All Mayor Marks would say this week was the non-committal \u201cWe're getting closer!\u201d Let\u2019s hope so: Caluori begins his retirement leave on Sept.1\u2014 next Friday.Nevertheless, some smoke signals escaped from the mythical chimney.Interviews with the short-listed candidates were held last week\u2014Director General Bruce St.Louis interrupted his vacation to be present\u2014and more were scheduled for this week.If all goes very well, Council may be able to announce its choice at next Monday's monthly meeting.1 don't expect it to be an internal appointment.so there may be a delay www.westimountexaminer.com before the new chiet takes over.Salary level The salary offered in the advertisements tor the position is disappointing.It was scaled at S71,555 to 598,585 per vear.With dozens of megacity director positions calling for salaries topping $100,000, The Westmount Examiner Thursday, August 24, 2000 9 has Westmount set an appropriate level for its head of the department with the largest staff and biggest budget?« Don Wedge can be reached at calert@webnet, These articles are archived at Swwwowestimountexaminer.com under Opinion.DOROTHY RAICH 931-7190 M Facing Murray Park, lovely family home on large lot, 6 bedrooms, solarium, 2 car garage & much more.See it A.S.A.P.$1,780,000 Please call me for a personalized visit of this outstanding property 1463887 Groupe Sutton Centre Ouest Inc.ae OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2-4 Penflllir ge sou ii $690,000 [rr WANTED TO PURCHASE F uropean Works of Art & Fapestries Indian Works of Ant & Contemporary Indian Pamtings Atnean & Occante Art American Decorative Arts & Furniture American Folk Art \\mernican lndran Ant Estate Works of Art American Paintings.Japanese Art Drawings & Sculpture Jewelry Antiquities Latin American Act Arms & Armour © Musical Instuments 3ooks & Manuscripts Books & Manuscripts Old Master Pauntings Canadian Paintings & Sculpture & Drawings Canadian Works of Art Photographs Carpets Porcelaun Chinese Pamtings Chinese Works of Art Coins & Medals Contemporary Art Collectibles English Furniture Prints Russian Art Silver & Vertu Sporting & Marine Pamtings Sports Memorabilia Watches, Clocks & Serentifie European Furniture Instruments Gracious stone home perfect for entertaining and family living.Fabulous views.Elegant living & dining rooms w/fireplaces, 6+ bdrms, 4+1 baths, den, large deck, 2 car garage w/ample parking, Asking $2,995,000.OFFERS WELCOME! 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M Thursday, August 24, 2006 The Westmount Examiner _www.westmountexaminer.com ARTS & BOOKS Youthful exuberance fills Visual Arts Centre exhibition The exhibition was curated by 6 two teachers at the teen faculty\u2014 Geneviève Beauchamps and Lisa Davie\u2014who were both responsible for many of the teen workshops where these pieces were produced.Many works integrate text and song lyrics, and find inspiration from popular culture phenomenons like graffiti or anime art.The standout piece, a large group mural by 14- and 15-year- olds, is a burst of ideas and exuberance in primary and secondary colours.Its energetic and > Jessica Murphy n exhibition of teen art at the McClure Gallery J the orn et sep nthe evi ing artists\u2019 technique along with bright flashes of youthful creativity and energy.The artworks were created by students taking part in the Visual Arts Centre\u2019s youth and teen faculty's spring and summer courses and the teen outreach program.Outreach programs are aimed to youth who would not normally have the opportunity to take art classes.The show has a mix of murals, whimsical and clumsy ceramics, costume design, jewelry, paintings and pencil drawings from artists ranging in age from 13 to 17.A striking part of \u2018Connexion\u2019 is this mural created by a group of local 14- and 15-year-olds.Photo: Louse So frantic composition is filled with stars, lightning, trees, skulls, eyes, and even an owl.It integrates text (the words \u2018trust\u2019 and \u2018faith\u2019) along with cartoon and graffiti elements.There is also a series of paintings where each artist had to incorporate a reflection.Some chose the reflection of themselves in a mirror; others used more creative means, like reflections in water or a more subconscious, metaphorical reflection.Many of the works explore the difficult emotions of that age\u2014self-consciousness, anger, feelings of being misunderstood and alienated.While the works remained uncontrolled and unrefined, many show a definite raw talent.* \u2018Connexion\u2019 runs through Aug.26 at the McClure Gallery, 350 Victoria Ave.There will be a vernissage on Aug.24 at 6 p.m.For more information, call 514-488-9558.WANT TO ADVERTISE IN OUR MONTHLY REAL ESTATE SECTION?CALL 514-484-5610 TO FIND OUT HOW.ST.ANDREW\u2019S HOME FATHER DOWD HOME ST.MARGARET\u2019S HOME PUBLIC ANNUAL INFORMATION MEETING THURSDAY, September 28, 2006 at 6:00 p.m.ST.MARGARET'S HOME 50 Hillside Ave.Westmount, Quebec tel.: 514-932-3630 \"461823 AVIS D\u2019ELECTION NOTICE OF ELECTION CHSLD de St-Andrew-de-Father-Dowd- et-de-St-Margaret siege social / Head office : 50 ave Hillside Westmount, H3Z 1V9 IL y aura des élections au collège électoral POPULATION le 23 octobre 2006.Pour plus d'information, veuillez communiquer avec la présidente d'élection : Lise B.Dubuc au 514-932-3630 poste 3008.Elections for the electoral college POPULATION will be held October 23, 2006.For more information, contact the returning officer: Lise B.Dubuc at 514-932-3630 local 3008.1451824 YQU CC STYLE at Ps J14.966.0966 rrr REFERENCES AVAILABLE will nore COMMUNITY LIFE RO www.westmountexaminer.com The Westmount Examiner Thursday.August 24, 2000 15 Manoir residents tour vineyards and wine cellars Around Westmount Marilynn VANDERSTAY nce again this summer, residents of the Oo and local Rotarians spent a Saturday at the estate of Westmount antique dealer Henrietta Antony.In 1997, Antony established the Chapelle Ste.Agnés Vineyard in the Eastern Townships.She vineyard shares its name with the ®.chapel built several years earlier on the same site.The winery produces ice wine and other sweet desserts, and white table wines from the over 7,000 vines that Antony, son John and Christian Barthomeuf, one of the pioneers of viticulture in Quebec, have developed since beginning the project.Antony personally oversaw the construction of the vineyard and the castle-like home built on a steep hillside.The estate was fash- joned with thousands of tons of stones and gravelly soil to create mammoth stone walls supporting 18 terraces.Melnikoff produces 23rd Gala des Etoiles Leonid Sarafanov of the Kirov Ballet, who at 24 is already being called one of the greats, will dance once again at this vear's annual Gala des Étoiles on Thursday.Sept.7 at 6:30 p.m at Place des Arts.For the 23rd season in Montreal, Gala des Étoiles CEO and producer Victor Melnikoff will present à roster of 20 international stars performing two world premieres and eight new works never before shown in Montreal, as well as many other works.\u201cThe Gala mixes traditional classical pieces with contemporary and flamenco solos and duets that sizzle with sex appeal,\u201d says Melnikoft.\u201cThis is an opportunity for the public to see flamboyant world-class Kirov Ballet stars Leonid Saratanov and Alina Somova, as well as the extraordinary stars of major dance companies.\u201d Best seats to the Gala performance are available at 514-937-5727.Other seats are available at the Place des Arts box office at 514-842-2112.Wednesday Night featured in Lonely Planet guide David and Diana Nicholson, co-hosts of the weekly salon held Wednesday evenings, received an interesting e-mail from two students recently, and because of the exceptional source, the two were mvited to visit the salon.While researching a trip to Montreal, Barin Hahvi and Taylor Rohrberger discovered the salon\u2014a source of intelligent discussion and debate in Westmount for over 20 vears\u2014in a book called A Guide for a Lonely Planet.The guide features the salon and contact information in its Montreal edition.Diana told the participants she had been approached some years ago to write a blurb about Wednesday Night for the guide.She sent it in and never heard any more about it unl last week.She read the hsting to the group, adding the company had never even approached her to buy a copy of the guide, which can be ordered through Nicholas Hoare on Greene Avenue, Rotary exchange students visit Westmount Victoria Hall was filled with people and good times when the Rotary Club of Westmount hosted 37 exchange students from around the world for lunch in July.The visit was part of a cross-country tour the students were on as the end of their year in Canada.* This rounds out their experience in Canada.\u201d said Past District Governor Nancy Gilbert.Rotary clubs across the world exchange 8,000 young people between 16 and 18 annually.In September, the Rotary Club of Westmount will receive a new exchange KEYS CARDIO MAX 700 UPRIGHT CONTEMPORARY \u20ac WISE [LOL 90 pee e Cool blue backlit LCD display ARTICA Noah Sidel or many years, at least four Westmount private Fro schools had benefited from a perceived loophole in Bill 101 that allowed students who spent a year in a private English elementary school to attend an English private high school.Local schools fight Bill 104 Education loophole access issue at hand With this benefit extended not only to these children, but also to their siblings, the subject became a hot-button issue in the last Parti Québécois mandate and resulted in Bill 104, which effectively closed the \u2018loophole\u2019 Over the past several months, the Quebec 5195 Mountain Sights, Mtl.4 ° ACADEMIE ACADEMY val \u2019 DE MUSIQUE OF MUSIC a onal :# Professional Staff | # North American & European Methods # Beginner & Advanced Students of All Ages 3 Musical History and Appreciation # Festivals - Choir - Certification # Wide Choice of Instruments k Competitive Prices | + Courses for Senior Citizens Enroll Now 486-0602 www.nationalacademyofmusic.com 1450002 | Association of Independent Schools (QAIS)\u2014 to which Westmount schools ECS, St.George's, Selwyn House and The Study belong\u2014has been in court to fight the resulting drain on its schools\u2019 pool of potential students.While the Bill 104 committee maintains that the pool of students affected by the old legislation was insignificant to the population as a whole, the committee also believes that the students in question represent an important part of an already limited supply of new blood to its schools.\u201cThis (legislation) represents a serious problem for the schools that have come together to contest this access provision of Bill 104,\u201d said a QAIS Bill 104 document.\u201cOur potential basin of students has been reduced significantly, thus reducing the diversity of our student bodies and our ability to fulfill our respective missions.\u201d The schools, including a pair of West End institutions as well, insist that their educational goal is to fit in with the greater Quebec society.\u201cOur schools reflect the evolving face of our province, and our missions are in synch with government efforts to build a multicultural society where French is the common language.while at the same time ensuring our capacity to compete on a world scale,\u201d the document stated.The QAIS schools are therefore fighting a legal battle with the Quebec government.\u201cThe QAIS elementary schools maintain that a proper application of Bill 104 would recognize that if a student completesgg majority of their primary education at orf our seven elementary schools, they are entitled to an eligibility certificate and to complete their education in a QAIS school,\u201d said the document.According to QAIS representative Peter Malouf, the proceedings are moving along this month, just as the 2006-07 school year gets ready to kick off.\u201cWe await the Quebec Court of Appeal\u2019s decision re our challenge to Bill 104 (and) we continue to maintain open and frank discussions with the Ministry of Education.\u201d Malouf said.\u201cI believe that the courts will look upon our arguments fairly and we are hopeful that a favourable judgment will be rendered for Quebec society.We are, of course, sensitive to the fact that as sound as our arguments may be, the courts may have to measure their response within the framework of a political context.All that to say that 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for ve to ; may their litical ful\u201d D D (D The Westmount Examiner > Denis Brown icycling is one of the most popular recreational R activities in Québec.Some 3,450,000 people between the ages of 6 and 75 years practice it.©.bicycle is used for a multitude of pur- poses\u2014recreation, sport and transportation.Municipal and provincial governments are E.paying attention to this and have invested in i the creation of bicycle paths.A bicycle is considered a vehicle.Cyclists, regardless of their age, are thus drivers, with obligations as well as rights.As users of the road, they must respect the Highway Safety Code: + They must circulate in the direction the traffic 1s moving, using the right-hand lane of the roadway.+ They must obey all traffic lights and signs.* They must have the required devices for visibility at the appropriate places on the bicycle.* The Code prohibits the use of a stereo headset.It also does not permit cyclists under the age of 12 years to ride on roads where the speed limit 1s over 30 km/h unless accompanied by an adult.Injuries According to data from the coroner, an average of 26 deaths a year in Québec are duc to bicycle accidents.Studies show that in 60 percent of cases, the cyclist is responsible for the action that caused the accident (riding & NCJ EDUCATIONAL SERVICES Margaret A.Jacobs 4920 de Maisonneuve Blvd.W., Suite 10, Westmount Qc H3Z IN1 Tel (514) 484-3548 Res (514) 481-4452 Fax (514) 484-6000 e-mail: mags@ncj.ca 1452403 against the traffic, running a red light, ete).Obviously, injuries are more serious in accidents in which motor vehicles are involved.Among cyclists, 78 percent of injuries occur on public roads and 13 percent in parking lots, in recreation centres, in garage entrances, on private property, in school yards, etc.In 42 percent of cases, the cyclist's injuries are to the upper limbs.The high proportion (22 percent) of injuries to the head, face, neck and cervical spine 1s a matter of great concern.Protective 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Program for Human Rights (grade 10) r for students in Grades K through 6 Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Modern Era i i i The Gesher program curriculum moves chronologically through episodes of genocide in the modern world.The cata- à Parshat Siddur Literacy the Shabbat lyst for these events is reviewed and the Jewish response to various aspects of human, civil and individual rights is also - HaShavuah Midrash Syn agogue Service explored.Program culminates in a trip to NY City in the Spring.LL i Tefillah Hadrachah Teen Leadership (grade | |-CEGEP) E P A S S P O R T Students To 1 some | S-city schools PA Ou ether for FI Focus of this program is on leadership skills development.While 2 curriculum Te focuses toi Heb: rew lan VE) > instruction, working closely with their Hadrachah staff, participants will spear- MINT A x PE ge and = oli day = Torah PAL clilah, | eek head special community based projects throughout the year.Travel 4 x à d iT ith Af] component included.WEDNESDAY EVENINGS 4 This RY Shel \u20ac ementary e ucation pla iy For the above programmes call Stefani Novick-Fernandez 6:45 p.m.- 8:30 p.m families\u2019 of all backgrounds a Ki rounded education, whic ee 14 937.9471 met.109 SEPTEMBER-MAY lays the foundation or Ta (TT MTL and I entit Department calendar issued upon registration The Noam School (grades 7 & 8) Grade 8 [ NY (ETRY || pelo back to oe on' Supplemental Torah Education Ikkarim-Connections d he N 8) on 2006 ll The students of Noam School are Jewish day school graduates who Grade 9 We nes 2) Saat) il p currently attend a secular high school.The classroom environment Asper Holocaust and Human Rights k focuses on serious study of Jewish texts.The school furthers the stu- Grade 10 o | § dents\u2019 Hebrew and Judaic knowledge; grade 7 will study dinim (laws) Gesher Human Rights Project A) Shagr ami LE and grade 8 will study topics related to Israel.For more information, Grade || through CÈGEP w email noamschool@theshaar.org or call 514 937-9471 ext.200.Hadrachah Teen Leadership Program : alld ou need not be a Shaar member to p r pci pul from big Sve ap; 00 is Y d not be Sh ber to participate or join Grade 7 and Grade 8 ' ; Noam School Program any of the Shaar's dynamic programs.All are welcome.(including dinner followed by a information.or to nyt A Io | fd oe offi ce PL lkkarim Connections for grade 8 students) FE 149 3 7-9471, ext A A CONGREGATION SHAAR HASHOMAYIM 5:30 p.m.- 6:45 p.m.450 KENSINGTON AVENUE, WESTMOUNT, x QUEBEC, CANADA H3Y 3A2 11) TEL 514 937 9471 FAX 514 937 2067 SHAAR WWW.SHAARHASHOMAYIM.ORG TASHOMATIM 90 more minutes per week in elementary school students will receive an hour and a half more instruction per week.In the six years of elementary school, the amount of time for instruction will go from 23 hours and 30 minutes to 25 hours a week.This increase corresponds to 54 more hours over the school year.As a result, Québec students will receive instruction for about the same amount of time as students in the rest of Canada, and about the same as the average in the countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).S tarting in September 2006, elementary school How will this additional hour and a half be used?One of the reasons for adding these 90 min- We Bring Out The Best in Your Child! i utes to the students\u2019 timetable was to facilitate teaching in three areas in elementary school: physical education and health, the second language and arts education.Why was this decided?First of all, to give schools the latitude to provide two hours of physical education and health a week.Secondly, to make it possible to begin teaching English as a second language in Elementary 1 and 2 in French schools, just as English schools teach French as a second language in these grades.Thirdly, to promote the inclusion of a cultural dimension in school.Does this mean there will be 30 minutes more for The Children\u2019s Theatre Montreal's premier theatre school 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e-mail: info@westonschool.org ALT (A each of these areas?This is possible, but obviously, a lot of other scenarios may also be envisaged.How the time is divided among the three areas, arts education, French as a second language, and physical education and health, will depend on the school\u2019s orientations.Schools generally try to maintain a balance between these three areas and the basic subjects.In addition, their orientations must be approved by their governing board, which includes parents\u2019 representatives.Parents who would like to know more about the effects of these changes on school organization may contact the administration of their children\u2019s school.Games based on hockey > André Buist he term \u201cgames based on hockey\u201d refers to games played indoors, sometimes in a gym, using rules taken from ice hockey.These games are also known as floor hockey, indoor hockey, ball hockey or cosom hockey.The fact that games based on hockey require little equipment and a minimum of organization encourages the practice of these activities.However, there are some risks involved in these \u201csubstitutes\u201d for ice hockey.They require the handling of an instrument (the stick) and an object (a ball or plastic puck) that can cause injuries.The risks are compounded because there are a number of players in a limited space on a playing surface surrounded by benches, walls, wall bars, etc.There are several aspects that should be considered in order to make these games as pleasant and safe as possible.x $ Playing equipment Many organizations require the use of a protective eye guard like those used in racket sports to prevent injuries to the eyes by the stick or the puck or ball.Gloves, knee protectors and shin guards made of plastic should also be worn t - vent impact injuries to the hands and legs.Appropriate running shoes that provide good traction on the playing surface will give players better balance and control and prevent them from slipping or falling.Supervision To minimize the risk of injury, players should also exercise fair play, follow the rules and respect their opponents.Proper supervision and good refereeing are also conducive to safe play.The rules need to be constantly enforced in order to minimize excesses such as: * dangerous use of the stick (high sticking, slap shot, slashing, spearing, etc.) * violence (checking, intentional physical contact, hooking, tripping, etc.) + unsporting behaviour (physical or verbal intimidation, challenging the referee\u2019s decisions, etc.) Respecting these rules will make these games more fun for everyone.For further information, contact the Direction de la promotion de la sécurité of the Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport toll free at 1-800-567-7902.* André Buist is a consultant for the Direction de la promotion de la sécurité Ministère de l\u2019Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport.va Ive dance classes fo hildren also available\u201d, [NXT Q Wit ng and dant NANCI 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245 Victoria Ave., suite 10 Westmount (Quebec) H3Z 2M6 - 484-5610 rt +.games ttt: tras rn \"a ro Sor 1 A noth Bn MA.pm.+ 000 Ans.lH a a iment.ten >| )06 22 ) 1438818] | Bulletin Board mm an www.westmountexaminer.com The Westmount Examiner Sunday, Aug.27 Jewish Communities of the World on Sunday Morning features guest speaker M.David Bensoussan, president of Communauté Sépharade Unifiée du Québec, who will speak about \u2018Francophone Jews of Montreal.Open to all, free of charge.9:30 a.m.at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, 395 Elm Ave.Info: 514-937-3575 ext.212.Monday, Aug.28 Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom\u2019s Rosh Chodesh Group welcomes acclaimed songwriter and producer Fran Anvi, who will perform at 7:30 p.m.The evening will end with Kygsh Levana, a ritual performed every m upon first sighting of the new moon.No charge for this event.395 Elm Ave.Info and reservations: Brenda Epstein at 514-484- 7826 or bepstein@videotron.ca.Tuesday, Aug.29 Tim Dobby performs 20th-century guitar music from Russia, Japan, Brazil and more at a noon concert in Cabot Square.Presented by the Atwater Library and Computer Centre in collaboration with Peter McGill Community Council and Lincoln-Tupper Business Association.Free admission.Info: Lynn Verge at 514-935-7344.Friday, Sept.1 Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, 4100 Sherbrooke St.W., presents Freddy Eytan, former Israeli ambassador and author of \u2018Sharon: À Life in Times of Turmoil, who will speak at Shabbat services at 8:15 p.m.Services are open to the public.Info: Rhona at 514- 937-3575 ext.212, Wednesday, Sept.6 Book Lover's Forum Il at Temple Emanu-El- Beth Sholom, 395 Elm Ave., opens its new season at 2 p.m.with Pat Donnelly reviewing \u2018Radiant City\u2019 by Lauren B.Davis.A $6 charge will be taken at the door.Info: 514-937-3575 ext.212.Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, 395 Elm Ave., holds a Marriage Information Evening at 5:30 p.m.Couples considering intermarriage, or conversion by one partner before marriage, are invited to attend in order to learn of Temple's policies and practices.Rabbi Leigh Lerner will explain.A tour of the facilities will follow.Meet with the Rabbi individually after a brief group meeting, Info: 514-937-3575.Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom presents Sharon: A Life in Times of Turmoil, a book launch and lecture with author and former Israeli ambassador Freddy Eytan, who will speak about his recent biography of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as well as the recent political history of Israel.4100 Sherbrooke St.W., 7:30 p.m.The public is invited, free of charge.Info: Rhona at 514- 937-3575 ext.212.Thursday, Sept.7 Robert Landori, author of the recently published novel Fatal Greed, will speak on \u2018Money Laundering and Terrorism\u2019 at the Atwater Library auditorium, 1200 Atwater Ave., at 6:30 p.m.Admission is free.Info: Tanya Mayhew at 514-935-7344.Dr.Allan Evans Tues.Sept.12/06, 7:30 pm Imaging the Living Human Brain This illustrated talk will describe recent techniques which allow for the measurement of sub- Ue changes in the cerebral cortex associated with childhood maturation and disorders due to the aging process.Dr.Mitch Shulman Tues.Sept.26/06, 7:00 pm An Emergency Room Primer Surviving a visit to the ER! Larissa Feldman L.Ph.Tues.Oct.17/06, 7:30 pm Drug Interactions: You and your medicine cabinet One out of every four people who enters a hospital is there as a result of not taking meds as directed.Information is the best medicine! Dr.John Carsley Tues.Oct.31/06, 7:30 pm Reorganising the Health Care System in Montreal: will a \u201cpopulation health\u201d agproach really make us healthier ill tell us how this idea is progressing and the challenges involved in such a drastic departure from what we know.Dr.Stanley Frost Tues.Nov.28/06, 7:30 pm The Crisis in Religion Today To what degree is there presently a crisis in religion and in what context is it occurring?These matters are as relevant and urgent today as al any time in history.Tanya Abramovitch MLIS Tues.March 6/07, 7:30 pm The Book and the Vell: Muslim women write about their lives Director of library services at the Eleanor London Public Library.She will explore a number of different books dedicated 10 the lives of Muslim women.Me.Marilyn Roy Tues.March 20/07, 7:30 pm Estate & Disabllity Planning 101 Proper planning for death and disabilities in a tax-efficient manner.David Birnbaum Tues.April 3/07.7:30 pm The English speaking Communities of Quebec The turmoil that the English community has faced over the last 25 years: how we might best secure our future and the changes that we should be prepared to embrace.Prof.Sheila McDonough Tues.April 17/07, 7:30 pm The Muslim Vell in North America A panel discussion on the first-hand accounts of the personal experiences of Muslim women.All meetings are held at the Faculty Club of McGill University.Membership is $50.00 per person.Mention this ad and a friend/spouse can register for an additional $25.00.1459618 For further information call: © | 4-484-0 146 # Thursday, August 24,2006 Page 23 Saturday, Sept.9 WARM Writers presents \"Writing the intrigue thriller Fatal Greed, a talk by Montreal author Robert Landori, at 2 p.m.in the Masonic Temple, 2295 St.Marc (corner Sherbrooke), Room 703.Guests $5 (WARM members free, membership $30).Info: Jeanette Paul at 450- 651-7044.Auditions for the Westmount Youth Orchestra and Ensemble Dolce Musica: Come and audition for the 10th anniversary season, including a European tour in the summer of 2007! 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