The Westmount examiner, 18 décembre 1986, jeudi 18 décembre 1986

[" City budget up 7.MUC share, debt charges push total to $37 million; Surplus used to ease hike By LAUREEN SWEENEY A TAX RATE of $2.00 per $100 of property valuation was set Tuesday night by Westmount city council to raise moneys needed to cover increased expenditures of 7.4 percent called for in the 1987 municipal budget of $37 million.More than one third will go to the MUC to pay West- .mount\u2019s share of police services, transit deficit and other costs.Although property taxes in general are up 6.2 percent for next year, owners of single family dwellings, as a group, will shoulder a 7.8 percent increase.When translated into dollars, this means that in 1987 the average single-family dwelling in Westmount, valued at $227,044, will pay a municipal tax bill of $4,541, an increase of $329.The rate of $2.00 for 1987 is down from that in 1986 of $2.14 to offset in part the higher property valuations on the 1987 roll.The traditional tax tidings were announced by Alderman Phillip Aspinall, finance commissioner, who delivered the budget address and explained a three-year capital expenditure program.In preparing the budget, he said, city council had agreed to appropriate $1.6 million from surplus to keep the tax increase under 8 percent.Seven local residents turned out to hear the news firsthand.Two aldermen, Paul Fortin and Peter Trent, were absent.Budget figures show that the cost of maintaining the City of West- mount\u2019s municipal operation, excluding MUC payments and the cost of water from Montreal, will reach $22.5 million, an increase of 6.9 percent.Making al all of Westmount vour home Vol.LVIII, No.51 Westmount PQ, H3Z 2Y8, Thursday, December 18, 1986 For further coverage of Westmount's 1987 budget.see pages 14 and 15.URTETHTITOTELE WE'LL BE A DAY EARLY NEXT WEEK BECAUSE of the Christmas holiday, next week's issue of THE EXAMINER will be published a day early, on Wednesday, Dec 24.All deadlines thus are advanced by 24 hours.No issue of THE ExAMINER.will be published the following week Between Christmas and New Year's.Regular publication will resume with the issue of Thursday, Jan 8, with all normal deadlines in effect.The offices of THE EXAMINER will be closed over the holiday period from noon on Wednesday, Dec 24, to 8:30 am Monday, Dec 29, and from noon Wednesday, Dec.31, to 8:30 am Monday, Jan 5.OH, CHRISTMAS TREE! In keeping with.a long-held tradition, ladies from the Diggers and Weeders Garden Club of Montreal decorated the Westmount Public Library Christmas tree again this year with their \u201call natural, hand-made ornaments.\u201d Putting finishing touches on the tree Monday morning before the library's opening were, from left, Janet Macklem, Anne Matheson, Joan Crossen and Bernice Beaumont-Sharp.Debate \u2018embarrasses\u2019 some Péquistes: New laws don't dilute Bill 101 Finance up 25% This includes a 25 percent hike in debt service and financing costs.Decreasing revenues from non-tax sources will require the city to cover BETEZTTTBTLEYE 7 percent of its $37,064,000 budget through a tax levy on property and business taxes.While business taxes increase 9.8 percent, total levies from property ra -\u2014 s taxes are up 6.2 percent, Ald » Aspinall noted.\u201cFor the average single-family dwelling this represents a 7.8 percent increase, for apartments a 1 percent The resurgence of passions sur- By THOR VALDMANIS the doors to English language serv- increase and 2.6 percent fnrcommer- rounding provincial language issues ices have been opened too wide,\u201d Mr cial buil d.almost certainly has Richard French |ittle better this week than last French said.Counc ted the looking forward to his Christmas week.\" ' Headded that he believes once the C 4 holidays.He noted, however, the Parti Qué- Bill 142 amendments are Studied a When reached Friday, before last pecois \u201cfeel they do have to fight the BTOUPS like Alliance Quebec wi Z weekend's political rallies protest- language issue.\u201d realize \u201cit's not a fundamental EVI EA wm ing perceived government moves to The revived language debate cur- change in principle.WHATEVER THE WEATHER Con erode Bill 101 governing language in rently revolves angus two recently Hn Chibougamau, those services SHOP oz the province, Westmount\u2019s MNA and proposed amendments to Quebec's might be asked for once every 10 i a q un communications minister said the language charter.years,\u201d Mr French said, defending ; WESTMOUNT + = = mood in Quebec City had been \u201ca Bill 140 proposes grouping two of Continued on page 16 ) =z the province's linguistic agencies SQUARE ne, ; ti ; 4 goo & A with four other existing agencies, .GALLERIES Woo INDEX while Bill 142 would entrench in law KNife-wielder : go the right of English Quebecers to .DP - = ë Beyond Westmount's Borders.17 receive health and social care in their struck twice ?toa NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER = Ve Building permits .11 language.By Capt Eric Neal y > 2.7 Classified advertising .38-40 \u201cThe PQ claims that providing Two robberies on Westmount Freezing a but mostly © = Eo ee d Le = health and social services in English streets late Tuesday involving a , a ; alendar ; si h lan- ; ith: îfe are believe sunny with wind-driven snow and a little mild- zi Goo.Editorials/We Say 3 8 Tere for the French lan- young man with a knife are believed er to begin this stormy week.Clouding for light + Li Education .41 guage, Mr French sald in relerence related, police report.ce snow, or mixed rain, snow and soft hail, togeth- \u2014 ù Entertainment and eating 16.20 to Bill 142.i ; The first occurred at 5:50 pm at de er with bright, dry periods.Northeast gales 4 35 = Examining the Files 5 \u201cI can't say they've made a terri- Maisonneuve boulevard and Gros- and near -20°C nights are normal.Cold winds ho no Fire calls for the week 3 bly convincing case.venor avenue where à 67-year-old and powder snow in all the north.Milder ou Home improvement 11 \u201cThe more thoughtful members of mun was forced af knifepoint to through the middie of the week and very Judy Yelon's cartoon 5 the PQ,\" he continued, \u2018are à little hand over $75.The robber was changeable.with mists or fog, rime frosts or ° Letters: You Say Ç 15 embarrassed that they're fighting described as about 20 yeurs of nge, freezing drizzle, more snow and some sun- | Our MP Bord 2.10 the language issue on health and white and wearing gro jacket and | Our MNA says 5 social welfare grounds.dark blue tuaue.Professinnal cards 13 In making minor amendments to The same suspect was believed to St.Catherine St.W.at Greene | Realty 6 Bill 142 itself, Health Minister haveheld upa 39-year-old man living .; , Religious news 12-13 Thérèse Lavoic-Roux also drew fire on Stratheona avenue about 6 pm at Friendly, Personalized Shopping | Social and women's news 25-37 from anglophone sectors last week.Melbourne and Metcalfe avenues, | Ample Parking 5 \u2014 Sports and recreation 42-43 \u201cThe Gazette says the legislation This time the victim handed over real ay) rues rues .is diluted and the French press says $80. The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 18, Our mayor .BRIAN O'N.GALLERY .Says THE PUBLIC SECURITY UNIT Since its inception in 1980, our Public Security Unit has evolved into an organization of which all Westmounters can be justly proud.The dark blue cars with the white doors have become an integral and significant po part of the Westmount street scene.A Initially created to enforce municipal by-laws and parking regulations and to patrol local parks and streets, the P.S.U.has seen the scope of its services expand into many other areas of security over the last six (6) years.Working on the Fire Brigade\u2019s radio frequency, the Unit responds to all fire calls and calls to assist sick and / injured persons, in conjunction with ll the City's first responder unit.The A Public Safety Officers all receive basic firefighting instruction, and 2 their vehicles are equipped with fire extinguishers.In addition, every car carries first aid equipment, and each P.S.O.is certified in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (C.P.R.).In fact, two (2) of the officers are qualified C.P.R.instructors, who regularly conduct refresher courses for their colleagues.Since the patrolling of City parks remains one of the Unit's primary functions, the men are aware of the problems that may arise in the parks on any given day.In an effort to avert any possible escalation of such difficulties, they have initiated a series of informal talks with school children and youth organizations in Westmount.These sessions focus on the importance of safety in the parks and the need for respect for park users and property.The Public Security Unit also works hand in hand with the Montreal Urban Community Police Department, District 23, in managing the ever-more-popular Neighbourhood Watch Program, which has contributed so substantially to reducing thecrime rate in Westmount.The P.S.0.'s with the MUC Police display and explain a wide array of security devices at various Watch meetings throughout the year.While on patrol, the P.S.QO.'s are ever vigilant for burnt out street lights, hazardous road conditions and other improper conditions, which they report without delay to the appropriate City departments, for prompt attention.The City's dog catcher also works as a member of the P.S.U.Several programs launched by the P.S.U.such as Child Identification, Night Checks, Operation Address Check and Operation Jack O'Lantern, have received most favourable response from the public.Another service for which the demand is growing, is the provision of \u201cspecial passing attention\u201d to the homes of Westmounters away on vacation.Should you wish service while you are away, please call 935- 1777 and your home will be given special attention.Composed entirely of City of Westmount employees, the Public Security Unit understands the wants and needs of local citizens and strives to assist them in this regard.The Unit's superb standard of service in this regard is one of the many elements that make Westmount a \u201cspecial\u201d place in which to live.The annual cost of this service to the taxpayers is approximately $1,400,000.It is our belief that this money is well spent for the feeling of security which it offers to all citizens.It must be remembered that our Public Security Unit does not have any powers to enforce moving infractions (i.e.cars going through a stop sign or through a red light).They should not be contacted for instances of crime, as that responsibility belongs to the MUC Police.Westmount is fortunate to have a security unit as well as a Police department serving its citizens, both with clear and distinct responsibilities and both working together to assist ourcitizens whenever needed.1986 chaque agent du C.S.P.a un certificat en réanimation cardio- pulmonaire (R.C.P.).En fait, deux (2) de ces agents sont des instructeurs compétents en R.C.P.et donnent réguliérement des cours de perfectionnement dans ces techniques a leurs collégues.; Comme la patrouille des parcs de la Ville constitue encore l\u2019une des fonctions essentielles du Corps, ses membres sont bien au courant des problèmes susceptibles de surgir à un moment donné dans ces endroits.Afin d'éviter toute escalade éventuelle de ces problèmes, ils ont organisé une série de conférences non officielles destinées aux écoliers et aux organisations de jeunes dans Westmount.Ces séances mettent en relief l'importance de la sécurité dans les parcs et la nécessité de respecter les droits des usagers des parcs et les biens qui s\u2019y trouvent.Le Corps de sécurité publique coopère également avec le district 23 du service de Police de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal afin d'assurer le fonctionnement du programme de surveillance de quartier qui connaît de plus en plus de succès et qui a puissamment aidé à réduire le taux de criminalité dans Westmount.Au cours de l\u2019année, le C.S.P., de concert avec le service de Police de la C.U.M., assure des présentations d'un vaste choix de dispositifs de sécurité et en explique le fonctionnement lors des diverses réunions de surveillance de quartier.; Lorsqu'ils patrouillent, les A.S.P.ont l'oeil ouvert afin de détecter les éclairages de rues défectueux, les conditions dangereuses des chemins et autres conditions du genre qu'ils ne manquent pas de signaler aux services municipaux appropriés pour que ces derniers y apportent une solution rapide.L'attrapeur de chiens municipal est membre du C.S.P.et asure ses fonctions à ce titre.Divers programmes lancés par le C.S.P, entre autres Identification des enfants, Vérifications de nuit, Opération vérifications des adresses et Opération \u201cHalloween\u201d ont été très favorablement accueillis par le public.Un autre service pour lequel on note une demande croissante est celui d'une \u201csurveillance spéciale en passant\u2019\u201d\u2019 des résidences de West- mountais partis en vacances.Si vous désirez bénéficier de ce service pendant vos absences, vous n\u2019avez qu'à téléphoner au 935-1777 et votre demeure fera l'objet de cette \u2018\u2018attention spéciale.\u201d Le Corps de sécurité publique, formé uniquement d'employés de la Ville de Westmount, comprend les exigences et les besoins des citoyens locaux et s'efforce de leur venir en aide si nécessaire.Le calibre élevé de service du Corps constitue à cet égard l\u2019un des nombreux éléments qui font de Westmount un endroit où il fait \u2018spécialement\u2019 bon de vivre.Le coût de ces services aux contribuables de la Ville s'élève à environ 1400 000$ par année.Mais croyons que cette dépense est pleinement justifiée par le sens de sécurité que le C.S.P procure à tous les citoyens.Il faut se rappeler que notre Corps de sécurité publique n\u2019est pas autorisé à s'occuper des infractions des véhicules en mouvement (e.g.les voitures qui ne respectent pas les signaux d'arrêt ou les feux rouges.Il ne faut pas non plus appeler le C.S.P.lorsqu'un crime a été commis, car la suppression de la criminalité relève du service de Police de la C.U.M.Les résidants de Westmount ont la bonne fortune d\u2019être desservis par un corps de sécurité ainsi que par un corps policier, chacun de ces organismes ayant ses propres responsabilités et collaborant l\u2019un avec l\u2019autre pour aider nos citoyens quand le besoin se fait sentir.5 WESTMOUNT NA BY-LAW 982 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to all who may be concerned that *'BYLAW TO LEVY AN ASSESSMENT TO MEET THE EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF WESTMOUNT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1987\" was adopted by the Municipal Council of Westmount at a special sitting held at the City Hall on the 16th December 1986.Details relating to the said by-law are fully set out in By-law 982, which is open for inspection by all persons interested at the Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, Westmount.GIVEN at Westmount, P.Q., this 17th day of December 1986.R.C.Wilkins City Clerk WESTMOUNT REGLEMENT 982 AVIS PUBLIC est par les présentes donné à tous ceux qui peuvent être concernés que le \u201cRÈGLEMENT RELATIF AU PRÉLÈVEMENT D'UNE COTISATION EN VUE DE FAIRE FACE AUX DÉPENSES DE LA VILLE The following events are scheduled in Westmount this week: Today, Dec 18 D Theatre: Imago theatre company Places,\u201d Atwater Library, 1209 Atwate avenue, 8 pm; until Dec 21 8° {J Art exhibition: Paintings by Ladouceur and Foreman, Galerie West- mount, 4935A Sherbrooke street west, until today Ci (J Art exhibition: \u201cMiniature Madness,\u201d Galerie Stilnovo, 4928 Sherbrooke street, until Dec 24 ; = 0 Art exhibition: Art and artifacts from the five continents, Galerie des 5 Continents, 1225 Greene avenue, until Dec 24 1 [J Christmas fair: The work of 50 artisans, Visual Arts Centre, 350 Victoria avenue, until Jan 5 - Friday, Dee 19 D Christmas party: Montreal branch ofthe Monarchist League of Canada, St Matthias' Church, 7:45 pm D Meeting of Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue Singles: Oneg Shabbat in the chapel, 120 Côte St Antoine road, 8 2 COMING UP DO Dec 24: Christmas eve candlelight carols, St Stephen's Anglican Church, Dorchester at Atwater, 4:30 pm © W Weekly / Monthly m © Public meeting / Annual a W Religious / Cultural event O4 + For children / Sporting event © © All welcome / Sale & Nosmoking / Phone for details « Free / Admission charge $ ® Offering / Seeadvertisement | 4 Membersonly / By invitation 9 \u20ac= + Members and guests offers a Harold Pinter trilogy, \u201cOther ) Man wouldn't rat on \u2018pals\u2019 who clubbed him A 38-year-old Montreal man was taken to hospital Friday after reportedly being hit on the head by a crowbar by several acquaintances, public safety officers said.He was discovered by PSOs at 3:18 am wandering around outside 4470 St Catherine street bleeding badly from a large cut on the back of the head.MUC police, Urgences Santé and the fire department\u2019s first responder unit were called to the scene and the man was transported to the Reddy Memorial Hospital.Police said the man would not identify his assailants and no assault charges were laid.The man\u2019s story was that he had been at a party and had been beaten up by five of his \u201cfriends\u201d near the Tupper parking lot.@ DE WESTMOUNT POUR L'EXERCICE FINANCIER 1987\" était adopté par le conseil municipal de la ville de Westmount, lors d'une assemblée spéciale tenue à l'Hôtel de ville le 16 décembre 1986.LA CHRONIQUE DU MAIRE \u2014 DÉCEMBRE 1986 LE CORPS DE SÉCURITÉ PUBLIQUE Depuis sa création en 1980, notre Corps de sécurité publique s\u2019est transformé en un organisme dont tous les Westmoun- tais ont raison d'être fiers.Ses voitures bleu sombre à portières blanches sont devenues un élément intégrant et important de la vie de tous les jours à Westmount.Créé à Les détails se rapportant au dit règlement sont contenus au complet dans le Règlement 982, lequel est ouvert pour vérification par toutes les personnes intéressées, au bureau du greffier de la ville, Hôtel de ville, Westmount.DONNÉ à Westmount, PQ.ce 17ième jour de décembre.1986.Diner entered l\u2019origine pour faire respecter les règlements municipaux et du stationnement et patrouiller le réseau local de parcs et de rues, R.C.Wilkins le C.S.P.a vu le champ de ses activités s\u2019étendre à bien Greffier d\u2019autres domaines de la sécurité au cours des six (6) dernières années.WESTMOUNT NOTICE Le Corps qui est branché sur la radiofréquence du service i ; ; des Incendies répond à tous les appels en cas d'incendie et à Householders are notified that there will be no garbage collection on: tous les appels d'aide à des personnes malades ou blessées, de concert avec l'unité de première intervention de la Ville.Tous Thursday December 25th, 1986 les agents de la Sécurité publique bénéficient d'une formation Friday, December 26th, 1986 de base en matière de lutte contre les incendies et leurs hursday, January 1st, 1987 véhicules sont munis d'extincteurs d'incendie.En plus, on Friday, January 2nd, 1987 trouve dans chaque voiture un matériel de premiers soins et Continued on page #0.through window Someone threw a large rock into the back window of a restaurant on Sherbrooke street near Prince Albert avenue early Sunday to gain entry and steal cash as well as liquor.police report.The total amount of the theft was not immediately known.Damage was estimated at about $300 and the break-in occurred -' between 2:30 anand 10am. 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For information call your sales representative or Louise Welman at 932-3157 Where were they going?The following calls were answered by the Westmount Fire Brigade during the past week: Dec 9 4:41 pm: Grove Park and Sherbrooke, broken water main: 6:20 pm: 4855 Sherbrooke, burglar alrm; 6:50 pm: 4331 de Maisonneuve, code 2 automatic mutual from Cote St Luc cancelled at 6:58 pm, grease pot fire, already extinguished: Dec 10 1:30 am: 5460 Sunnybrooke, code 3 automatic mutual aid to Cote St Luc cancelled at 1:35 am: 5:36 am: 548 Grosvenor, possible defective alarm; 12:56 pm: 4115 Sherbrooke, Toronto- Dominion Bank, code 2 automatic mutual aid from Côte St Luc cancelled at 1:14 pm, alarm activated by overheated computer; 7:51 pm: 356 Redfern, service call, exterior water pipe broken: Dec 11 3:09 pm: 3 Westmount Square, apt 511, fire in apartment (see story); 6:27 pm: 363 Grosvenor, first responder unit; 8:14 pm: 336 Metcalfe, Goodwin House, code 3 automatic mutual aid from Côte St Luc and Outremont committed, fire in institution (see story); 9:31 pm: 336 Metcalfe, Goodwin House, code 3 automatic mutual aid from Côte St Luc cancelled, pullstation accidentally activated (see story); Dec 12 3:22 am: Facing 4470 St Catherine, first responder unit (see story), 7:43 am: 4873 Westmount, first responder unit; 1:56 pm: 4225 Dorchester, RCMP, sprinkler alarmset off by maintenance men working on system; Dec 13 12:14 am: 17 Chesterfield, apt 2, defective stove element; 10:31 am: Front of 5003 Sherbrooke, first responder unit (see story); 11:46 am: 475 Roslyn, first responder unit; 6:03 pm: 5740 Cavendish, code 2 automatic mutual aid to Côte St Luc cancelled at 6:17 pm: 8:04 pm: 14 Grenville, fire in chimney (see story); 8:50 pm: 14 Grenville, fire in chimney (see @ hy REGAL 484-1171 REGAL TAXI 24-hour service plus service to both airports CHRISTMAS COLLECTION: Police at local MUC station 23 began distributing Thursday, December 18, 1986 clothing and food they collected for Christmas to social agencies in St Henri, including the church parishes of St Irenée and Union United.The collection was organized by Cst Michel Caza, left, Cst Gilles Gauthier, right, as well as Csi Clovis Lefebvre and Sgt Robert Cotnoir.story\u201d 11:11 pm: 4300 de Maisonneuve, apt 904, first responder unit; Dec 14 12:14 pm: Grosvenor and St Catherine, firebox 231, false alarm; 1:49 pm: 3055 Sherbrooke, apt 22, problem with refrigerator; 7:59 pm: 30 Stanton, person stuck in elevator; Dec 15 12:07 pm: 1222 Greene, first responder unit; 5:57 pm: Prospect and Clandeboye.firebox 115, false alarm; Dec 16 6:48 am: 4428 St Catherine-27 Hillside, fire in autobody shop (see story); 7:12 am: 4200 Dorchester, water leak; 8:41 am: Front of 453 Claremont, service call.CHOCOLATES from.an extraordinary gift for the holiday season ¢ 25 varieties of exclusive Belgian truffles * handmade daily on premises * no additives or preservatives 5108 Sherbrooke St.W.(between Vendome & Grey) 482-0607 Open Sundays 11 am - 5pm Gunman gets over $1,000 A Jone gunman wearing a yellow jacket with black and white pants held up two tellers at the Royal Trust branch at 4145 Sherbrooke street Saturday afternoon, police said.He was reported to have made off with slightly more than $1,000.The robber was described as between 23 and 24 years of age.He entered the bank about 3:20 pm, produced a gun and jumped over the counter.He then helped himself to the money after ordering two tellers to open the cash drawers.FOR LUMBER AND PLYWOOD Fe HOME AND INDUSTRY ORDER DEPARTMENT A 1 7:30 AM-5:30 PM SATURDAYS 8:30 PM-4 PM Call 748-6161 SHEARER-BOCK RUTHERFORD INC.50 STINSON BLVD.TWO BLOCKS EAST OF NATIONAL FILM BOARD Your car is an important investment! 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Since 1939 APR?\u201cSpecialists in insurance estimate repairs\u201d 21 Somerville, Westmount 486-0785 both cars.$500 damage.Police called to chase over car telephone THE DRIVER of a blue Volkswagen which was hit twice by a hit-and- run Honda Saturday on Dorchester boulevard at Greene avenue managed to follow it to the Champlain Bridge where police stopped The fleeing driver told police he originally had stopped but was afraid of the vietim and his passenger, so did not remain on the scene.No tickets were issued at the time.The impact occurred about 11:10 pm as both were heading west and one car cut off the other.After the second collision farther along, the victim summoned police over his car telephone, saying he was following the culprit to the bridge.Police from station 25 intercepted them crossing the bridge.Both drivers were identified as living in Laval and both cars sustained over A chimney fire in a two-storey house at 14 Grenville avenue Saturday about 8 pm was caused by the burning of old pressure-treated wood in a basement fireplace, fire\u2019 officials report.The wood was believed to have Duffield not Bell employee In an article in last week's EXAMINER, Westmount Alderman Peter Duffield was described wrongly as employed with Bell Canada.Mr Duffield is actually president of Peter R.Duffield and Associates Enr, an independent management consulting firm headquartered in Westmount Square.THE EXAMINER regrets any embarrassment or inconvenience this error may have caused.Anthony\u2019s VARIETY STORE post office * greeting cards Open 8 am to 8 pm, closed Sundays 4500 St.Catherine W.at Abbott MUCIC BUS TICKETS Chimney fire said caused by creosote caused the build-up of creosote in the chimney, probably causing a flash- over.Two extinguishers were used to put out the fire in the fireplace and the aerial ladder was raised to the roof when flames could be seen issuing from the chimney.Firemen were recalled at 8:50 pm to check out the wall of the fireplace which residents feared was exces sively warm.Firefighters reported making a small hole in the wall to help the heat dissipate more quickly and a ball and chain was used toclean the chimney from the roof as a precaution.Hannah and Jerry's Van Home Bagel A Deli\u2019s Deli, New York style .and, of course, bread and cheese too.Many in-store specials Baking on the premises 5205 Sherbrooke St.W.482-5943 corner Marlowe mT mere { ® Party platters Happy mi Ny Bakery - Delicatessen Select from our large assortment of imported CHOCOLATE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ® Gift food baskets ® Delicious prepared foods ® Fresh baked rolls, cakes and muffins ® Fabulous cookies | ® Salads and imported cheese ® and all kinds of deli! | e NOW AVAILABLE: European sausages | Holidays to all our clien OPEN 5030 Sherbrooke St.W.S27 DAYS between Grey and Claremont 481-4742 WINE Mo iG, i Ui Lidl lif i 1 JU J Terry im grr] INQUIRE | ABOUT OUR FREE DELIVERY CLIT rm VAN COM nAO Muy or ne EPA ® NT e Examiner Making all of Westmount your heme Published every Thursday by J.W.Sancton & Sons Ltd.155 Hillside Avenue, Westmount, PQ H3Z 2Y8 Editorial and Circulation 932-3157 Display and Classified Advertising 931-7511 The Examiner aims to be an independent, clean newspaper for the home, devoted to public service.Mail subscriptions in Canada, $15.00 per year: 2 years $26.50; 3 years $38.75.Subscriptions of less than one year, 35 cents per copy plus $2 handling.Thirty-five cents a copy.Outside Canada, additional $20.00 à year.Member of the Canadian Community Newspapers Association, Ontario Community Newspapers Association.Second class mail registration number 1760 4 - Vol.LVIII, No.51, Thursday, December 18, 1986 CCNA / VERIFIED CImCUL ATION PAIO We say South Africa and Westmount IT would be preposterous to relate the City of Westmount in any way to the Republic of South Africa except, perhaps, to note that we have had that country\u2019s consul- general in Montreal living in our midst.For one thing, the majority here is not comprised of peoples who in the recent past were called \u201cnatives\u201d in the condescending sense of Europeans\u2019 use of the word, even if not far removed, if at all in many cases, from tribal loyalties, customs and thinking.Here, the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant majority is not nearly so identifiable by either color of skin or natural right of birth to be Westmounters as are the blacks of Africa to be Africans.Nonetheless, in reading an Associated Press summary of the drastic tightening of the already draconian sanctions on basic freedoms promulgated by Pretoria, one way to imagine what life must be like under government which suppresses or severely restricts the rights of people, individually and in groups, seemed to be to relate such measures to our own local society.The Nutiks, Ferahians, Plenderleiths, John- sons, Capelovitches and others in West- mount who are wont to vent their disagreements with the ways of the city council and administration would be silenced.So would the Sweeneys, Blacks, Valdmanises who dared report any utterances which did get made.This is to say nothing about what might happen to various Sanctons who published such reports and \u201cYou Say\u201d letters to the editor from malcontents and supported any such views editorially.Indeed, under a Botha-minded municipal government, Mayor Gallery long since would have ordered the closure of THE WESTMOUNT EXAMINER.(That this is something which His Worship from time totime might have felt like doing is beside the point!) The press, here or in southern Africa, has a legitimate role as a vehicle for airing of disagreement or praise.A community without an audible voice of conscience, whether small metropolitan city or potentially great country, is not headed into fascism and dictatorship; it already is there.The Westmount Municipal Association under South Africa's new rules would be illegal and a banned body, since its chief purpose is to watch over and possibly second-guess the public administration.Any alternative gathering to organize or further a boycott of a business or school, a rent strike or a protest demonstration would be outlawed.How would you oppose by-laws and regulations approved of by council but which you believed inimical to the interests of Westmount?You couldn't look for help from THE EXAMINER or other media.Any news or comment related to security (the MUC police and the Westmount public security unit?) would have to be submitted to approval by the censor and very likely would not see print.(Radio and TV stations would have to provide scripts or tapes, also in advance of broadcast.) There is a prison sentence of up to 10 years awaiting any journalist who fails to submit his or her material before use.All of which assumes that reporters had access to such news in the first place, very unlikely in the South Africa model.It can\u2019t happen here?You bet it can.Ask Mrs Sweeney, still our chief reporter, who was banned from the Westmount Fire Brigade for six months in 1983.All the main players in the city administration responsible for that gross lapse thankfully are gone from office.Illiberality in the exercise of public power does not pay.Sooner or later falsely founded policy falls of its own weight.Intolerance, for which apartheid is an extreme example, not only is morally wrong; it sows the seeds of its own eventual defeat.Attempts to shield people of all persuasions and points of view from the truth by suppressing it only delays the end.The dominant minority whites, the supporters of this ghastly regime of violent oppression and of suppression of the truth, will be the ultimate sufferers.Even when democratic processes are subverted, as they have been ever more stringently by the South African government, it is the people who gave the Botha crowd power and sustain it who will pay the consequences.You Say He\u2019s making his list and checking it twice Jo Hay send 86 \u2018Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the House Not a member was stirring, not even a mouse; Each constitutent also lay in his bed Having nightmares about what might lie ahead.The Ministers too were all fast asleep Convinced that his promises Santa would keep.Their stockings were hung by the Speaker's big chair Enabling St Brian to leave each his share.While the Saint in his office was planning good cheer \u2014 \u201cLet me see, what can I distribute this year?I don't want to be known as a latter-day Scrooge Nor attributed with \u2018Après moi le déluge! But of course before stocking the country\u2019s bare shelves I mustn't neglect my ministerial elves.\u2018Tuna\u2019 Fraser's now Speaker, Mazankowski's House Leader, And for Stevens I've been a loyal interceder And stonewalling Neilsen\u2019s now cozily frozen.So I've truly rewarded my favored and chosen.What I've done for the voters deserves more than a mention Each senior for instance has got back his pension The odor of tuna is now back to norm (How the hell did it shift to the new uniform?) I've taken jobs from the old, given them to the young I've been kind to Quebecers, I've approved of their tongue I\u2019ve provided a contract for dear Canadair (Some Winnipeg oddballs called this \u2018unfair\u2019) With a spanking new prison I've locked in my seat (That kind of largesse is sure hard to beat).But I guess I must find a few toys for the West Something more, I'm afraid, than another cruise test.And I mustn't forget my dearest friend Ron (That poor fellow lately looks so woebegone) I might give him the Arctic there to play hide and seek In his submarine game of Geopolitik Or maybe somewhat to diminish his bile A deluxe Shamrock Summit in the Emerald Isle.So if Dalton and Don will permit me one word (I've promised them that I won't sound too absurd): Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas and be of good cheer No more presents just now, but maybe next year.And to all good Canadians, may you endure \u2014 Et le paradis 4 la fin de vos jours!\u201d Harry Mayerovitch WESTMOUNT Prevent visual blight from Dawson construction appears that covered stadia underground are less expensive to build than many above- ground stadia, and this may apply to gymnasia as well.\u2018 As the gymnasium is to be air conditioned, it would seem irrelevant from a functional point of view whether the build- Sir: I read with disappointment your editorial of Dec 11 with respect to the Dawson project on the former Mother House site.It seems that not one but three buildings are projected for construction on the site which will look like nothing less than rectangular sausage-like extrusions.I DON'T know why it is that we are in such a hurry to get up when we fall down.You might think we would lie there and rest awhile.OV UNG OQ TEN stdaaoegar 28 tae MepFastman: ~a ing(s) are above or below ground and, once the aboveground esthetic factors are Continued ont nexd PAGE, 515511504 I am disappointed further that the possibility of building underground is not being - \u2018explored.From a study.of football stadia, it Forty-five Years Ago December 18, 1941 \u201cAs a war measure, Westmount council has decided on a policy of retrenchment.Increasing costs of labor and materials have made the balancing of the budget for 1942 a most difficult problem and this has resulted in the necessity of making a choice between economy in services or increasing taxes.The council has decided, therefore, to consider the taxpayer and curtail non-necessitous expenditures.The most noticeable economy will be in connection with the parks, where the Palm House and one of the larger growing houses will be closed for the duration of the war.The flower shows will be discontinued and a large reduction made in the number and kind of plants grown, particularly chrysanthemums and plants for show purposes.\u201d Thirty-five Years Ago December 14, 1951 From a \u201cWe Hear in a Roundabout Way\" column: \u201cThat in an interesting debate held at the Westmount YMCA, Jack Donnelly and Sandy Grant of the Phalanx Fraternity proved that gallantry is not dead in young men although many arguments were put forth by Joyce Scott and Louise Tollstam of Phiat Sorority.The girls mentioned many ways in which the boys were ungallant such as not carrying parcels for a girl or helping her with her coat etc.The boys agreed that gallantry is not thriving as it once did, but by many different points, they proved that it is not dead according to the dictionary\u2019s definition of the word \u2018dead\u2019.\u201d Twenty-five Years Ago December 15, 1961 \u201cExtenuating circumstances, primarily financial, are the reasons for the delays in erecting the proposed swimming pool in the City of Westmount, it was stated at the fall general meeting of the Westmount Municipal Association.Bruce Russel, chairman of the association's parks and recreation committee, said that a more definite report could be expected before next spring.Mr Russel said the association had recommended an outdoor pool, but he understood the city had received strong encouragement to build either a convertible pool or an indoor pool.\u201d Fifteen Years Ago December 16, 1971 From an editorial: \u201cIf Municipal Affairs Minister Tessier is right, and if subversives have penetrated the Quebec civil service, we suggest that perhaps they have got into key posts in even the justice ministry.How else to explain the chaos and alarm raised abruptly by the bill introduced in the National Assembly last week, ostensibly to integrate the police forces of Montreal Island in the space of three short weeks before year's end?As astute and capable as is Justice Minister Choquette, the drafting of the convoluted integration measure, and virtually all legislation, most surely is the work of civil servants.\u201d Five Years Ago December 17, 1981 \u201cWestmount homeowners can expect to see next year\u2019s taxes go up anywhere from 30 to 70 percent, in most cases, on bills which can be expected to arrive in the middle of the holiday period.À drop in the mill rate from $2.34 this year to $2.05 for 1982 is almost completely offset by the tremendous rise in valuations on one- and two-family dwellings in Westmount.Finance Commissioner Ald Alwyn Lloyd blamed the increase mainly on a huge hike in Westmount\u2019s share of the Montreal Urban Community budget, which itself has increased substantially.The valuation system \u2014 a product of the MUC \u2014 and the fiscal reform system also are hurting Westmount Homèéwnets.\u201d H Hon.Donald J.Johnston says.HAI HHH |B Two sides talk at least LAST WEEK the department of external affairs invited me to attend the CSCE discussions in Vienna.CSCE represents the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and these discussions, which involve more than 20 European nations from the East and the West, are designed to follow up the direction set by the Helsinki Final Act of the mid-1970s.Since Helsinki we have had the Madrid Conference which resulted in the Madrid Concluding Document, and this past summer the Stockholm Conference which made substantial progress in areas of military security especially Confidence Building Measures (CBM).While I only spent three days in that magnificent city, I quickly developed a feel for these ongoing CSCE negotiations.They are conducted in the opulent environment of the former Royal Palace.The sessions divide into plenary and sub-committee, the latter embracing issues in security, the economy and human rights.Each subject is discussed by representatives of all nations in separate and concurrent sessions.With only several hours of exposure one can easily predict the content of the next speaker's address based only on the country of origin.After several hours of this too- predictable interplay between East and West one is inclined to ask, is it all worth it?Maintaining these delegations with the supporting infrastructure is an expensive proposition for all the participants.What is accomplished?I concluded that while the accomplishment may be hard to quantify in dollars and cents, the mere fact that the Soviets and members of the Warsaw Pact are around the table engaging their Western counterparts in human dialogue is of itself a good thing.The give and take, while predictable.is surprisingly candid and the bonds of communication are reinforced.As long as we are talking, inching toward common ground of understanding, we will not be shooting at each other.In this nuclear age, surely any price is better than the alternative.our M.N.A.Hon.Richard D.French says.Three-pronged finale DISPATCHES from the front \u2014 that is, the National Assembly in its furious end-of- session sprint: Bill 142 on health and social services in English for anglophones, latest governmental offers in ncgotiations with public employees, and changes in the QSSP tax deductions.Health and Social Services The government must be in just about the right place.because on the day after it introduced amendments to Bill 142, the francophone press claimed that the amendments opened further access for anglophones to service in their language, while the anglophone press claimed the amendments weakened or diluted anglophone rights.In fact, the amendments are highly technical, and they are easy enough to misconstrue.Their primary purpose is to make the exercise of access to English health and social services practical in regions with small anglophone populations, as in the Saguenay-Lac St Jean area.The government has not made any fundamental compromises on Bill 142.Public Sector Negotiations At the crucial final stage of negotiations, the president of the treasury board has acceded to union demands to table offers for the second and third years of the contracts.He has also renounced a certain number of normative changes which the government as employer had been seeking, and structured the offers in favor of less well-paid public employees.By the time you read these lines, negotiations will have reached a climax \u2014 either there will be agreements, or there will be strikes.The government is aware of the \u2018special situations -of certain groups such as The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 18, 1986 - 5 NEWS ITEM: PHONE \u2018TERRORISTS\u2019 FORCE JOE TO TRIM BARBER FROM NAME IT's NICE TO SEE TUE FRENCH FACE OF QUEBEC You Say Continued from page four removed from consideration, it may well be that the costs will not be more, and may perhaps be less.Under Dawson's present suggested plans, it is important that the community be made aware of how many square feet of green space will be lost and how many trees will be destroyed.My statement and this letter was not, and is not, a criticism of the city council, or anyone else.It is a suggestion of a valid alternative before a natives are too late.The site is like a beautiful sculpture: all angles and aspects have beauty and significance, all of which should be preserved, including the ground level view from de Maisonneuve.I have been looking at buildings for over 50 years, and I venture to suggest that it is impossible to harmonize new buildings on the site with what is currently there.If the architectural and planning commission proceeds from the assumptions that a gymnasium must be built, and these buildings must be aboveground, I venture to predict that what is built will result in a contrast that can only be described as a lapse of standards which would not be tolerated elsewhere in Westmount.Ihave also heard a rumor that onc or some of the smaller buildings on or near de Maisonneuve may have to be torn down to accommodate the proposed structures and the area they will require.This too would be extremely deplorable.Your editorial stated \u2018there undoubtedly nurses and Crown prosecutors, and is doing its best to try to meet their justified expectations.QSSP The runaway success of the QSSP tax provisions to stimulate investment in Quebec companies has left gaping holes in the ministry of finance revenue projections.Last week, the minister announced measures to reduce the cost to the treasury.Some Westmounters with high incomes will find their advantages reduced.The changes were introduced following extensive consultations with financial circles, and they have been generally perceived as reasonable.will be unforeseen problems and maybe even regrets.\u201d Iam trying to foresee a problem and avoid regrets.I do not believe my use of the word \u201cabomination\u201d was extreme.If the idea of an underground building is not pursued, | for one, and 1 am sure there are others, cannot visualize anything but the destroying of a significant aspect of our visual cultural heritage.Thecitizens are entitled to insist that the secularization of the Mother House site not be accompanied by visual blight.Lawrence Capeloviteh 3500 de Maisonneuve boulevard WESTMOUNT PQ H3Z 3C1 Taking rights of anglos a \u2018narrow, selfish outlook\u2019 Sir: This province needs to be reminded of the part that English-speaking Quebecers played in helping to build up this province.They built the railways and many other institutions and tacibties, and employed many English and French, when employment was needed.[ knew francophones in the past who were very grateful for the employment they had in English companies.It didn't make sense for anglophones to then be so dictated to and have some of their rights taken away, that they moved out of the province hy thousands.If they had stayed here to stand up for at least some of their rights, there would be a better feeling toward anglophones now.For an English business in Westmount to have only a French sign is not intelligent.In other large cities there are multilingual signs.Francophones who take away our rights with such a narrow, selfish outlook are the ones who suffer in the end by such unhappy limited thinking.\u201cWhatsoever a man soweth, that will he also reap.\u201d We need to express more compassion toward francophones, so that a better atmosphere will prevail.N.M.Burnett 52 Academy Road WESTMOUNT PQ H3Z 1N6 6 The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 18, 1986 To match Mother House look: Dawson \u2018phase two\u2019 complex to \u2018improve\u2019 de Maisonneuve If all goes as planned, Dawson College officials claim buildings proposed for de Maisonneuve boulevard on the former Mother House property will be an improvement of the street, not an \u201cabomination\u201d as one citizen already has described the project.The college has proposed a complex housing athletic and academic facilities be constructed south of the existing historic building, which has been completely gutted for a base- ment-to-dome renovation.The complex would consist of three three-storey buildings, each approximately 18 by 46 metres, connected by a one-storey, three-metre high gymnasium building.In a briefing for THE EXAMINER last week, Dawson officials said the design meets the twin objectives of accommodating most of the college's needs while satisfying the aesthetic demands of both Westmount and the provincial ministry of cultural affairs, which safeguards historic properties.Fred Harris, co-ordinator of the college's consolidation at the Atwa- ter campus, said Dawson has \u201calways been sympathetic with (Westmount\u2019s zoning) by-law and we understand Westmount\u2019s desire not By PETER BLACK to have a concrete canyon.As a private citizen I agree with that.\u201d Public expectations Project architect David Wig- glesworth, of Dimakopoulos and Partners, acknowledges an expectation in the public mind that the college will treat the property with respect.\u201cIt is not just a responsibility but a privilege.This is a building of tremendous historical and architectural importance,\u201d said Mr Wig- glesworth.Hence, the college has sought to keep the \u201cscale and presence\u201d of the new buildings similar to the existing buildings along de Maisonneuve.To do this the architects have opted for mansard roofs, ornate archway entrances, yellow brick and eaves which simulate details of the dominant Mother House building.To make way for the new structure, the garage buildings now stretching along de Maisonneuve are to be demolished, an eventuality which the college says troubles cultural affairs not at all.According to Mr Wigglesworth, LM N00 pia ds pas RS Ls MLS Yaak b NL : CT Gé» ÿ 93 3 WZ LE a o r a de inne pe Pres : \\ N J \\ Ÿ p [0] YS ) 5) 2 «nN NWT rex, LN rame (| \\ A i NS Preliminary concept drawing of Dawson College's Atwater campus looking north from de Maisonneuve boulevard.JJJ 202 Westmount For an appointment, please call or write: James C.Heward CJ Canada Trust 600 Dorchester \\X/est 1326 Greene Avenue 861-2542 ATTENTION SNOWBIRDS! t Canada TTust we offer a wide range of financial services to meet your needs.investment management estate and trust administration tax preparation personally managed RSP and RIF will planning \u201cCultural affairs do not consider them to be of the same quality and same value\u201d as the main building.They are viewed as \u2018\u2018ancillary buildings which are part of the servicing ofthe Mother House.\u201d The coach house building at the western extremity of the property is to remain for possible use as office space or a day-care centre.The three buildings will be sunk one storey into the ground, whe the gymnasium component link®, the three is to be two storeys underground.The gym is to be spaced about three metres from the southern exposure of the Mother House, running most of its length, but with a sizeable setback on the western end.Gym \u2018invisible\u2019 As a result, the college claims, the gym will be all but invisible from street level on Wood avenue, owing to the limited height of the building, a pronounced sloping of the ground from west to east, and the screening of a hedge along Wood.Along de Maisonneuve, buildings are to be set back some five metres, with the strip landscaped and treed and accessible to the public, whereas the area now is fenced off.As a result, college officials believe \u201cthe new buildings along de Maisonneuve will contribute to the enhancing of the pedestrian environment between Atwater and Wood.\u201d Plans for the phase two project are described by Mr Wigglesworth as in the \u201cpreliminary conceptual design\u201d stage, but the architects hope to have elevation drawings submitted to Westmount\u2019s architecture and planning commission shortly after Christmas.The college hopes to have the facility built and operational in time for dedication of the entire campus in the fall of 1988.Contractor V.K.Mason already is hard at work within the Mother House, conducting almost $30 million in renovations.A contract for the job was signed two weeks ago.Métro, buses to prevent college traffic jam The influx of thousands of students plus dozens of staff each day to the new Dawson College Atwater Campus on the Mother House site should not pose any serious problems of traffic or parking congestion, say college officials, thanks to the fortuitous proximity of public transportation.The student population at the Atwater campus is projected to be 5,500 in September 1988 when the new facility is to be occupied.A further 1,500 will be located at Dawson's original Selby street campus, also in Westmount, many of whom will be shuttling between the two college sites.Plans call for a direct tunnel link between the college and the Atwater Métro, a facility that officials estimate the vast majority of students will use to attend classes.At present, a large number of stu- i i POINSETTIAS t ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ : ÿ 4 CHRISTMAS TREES CONTINENTAL NURSERY 5488 Robert Bums, Cote St.Luc ® DELIVERY eo 81-0334 À dents take advantage of the Métro\u2019s Lionel Groulx station to reach the Selby campus, and this, according to Dawson spokesman Peter McAuslan, has established a public transit pattern in students\u2019 minds.The proximity of bus routes along both Sherbrooke street on the north and St Catherine on the south help make Dawson a \u2018\u201c\u2018perfect location\u201d for getting large numbers of people in and out with minimum disruption, officials say.Contingency parking will be available, either on the Atwater campus where a lot exists already, or under the Ville Marie Expressway, which is only 50 percent utilized at present.Mr McAuslan concludes \u201cno no way we're going to be generating a significant increase in traffic\u201d with the new campus.* FIREWOOD! i ÿ i û j i Hi vam YY = a OQ.O SS vee a ww At Metcalfe nursing home: Evacuation smooth from residence fire thanks to detectors By LAUREEN SWEENEY Ten senior citizen residents of the home at 336 Metcalfe avenue were reported uninjured last Thursday 7¢. CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL Anglican Church of Canada St.Catherine at University (879-1996) ( Saturday, December 20 at 5 o'clock , \u201cWords and Music of Christmas\u201d with the Cathedral Singers, Brass and Organ Christmas Eve at 11:00 pm Blessing of the Crib and Choral Eucharist Sermon: The Very Rev'd Andrew Hutchison, Dean Christmas Day at 10:00 am Family Choral Eucharist Sermon: The Rev'd Dennis Drainville & ._- a .2 CE EL REG 3 SE SIRT SAR St.Andrew's\u2014Dominion-Douglas United Church The Boulevard at Lansdowne\u2014486-1165 BUSES 66 and 124 STOP AT DOOR SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21 11:00 - Morning Worship HOME OF THE HOMELESS Rev.Alexander J.Farquhar preaching Ministers: The Rev Alexander J.Farquhar; The Rev Donald Burns Organist and Choir Director: Margaret de Castro, M.Mus.CRIB CORNER and SUNDAY SCHOOL; COFFEE HOUR FOLLOWING WORSHI! ALL ARE WELCOME 8:00 am 9:15 am 10:30 am JTL hid EES WR ss an \u2019 I SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21 Holy Eucharist Family Eucharist Choral Eucharist Sermon: The Right Reverend Reginald Hollis, Bishop of Montreal ST.MATTHIAS\u2019 CHURCH ANGLICAN Interim Pastor: The Right Reverend James MacLean Honorary Assistant: The Rev.David Oliver Organist and Choirmaster: Stephen A.Crisp, B.Th., ARCO 131 Côte St antoine, Westmount Equipped for the Hearing Impaired +.PE A EE jura DI CW DOME NRE + 33-4295 48 + young at heart of all ages.The public is invited to attend.À free will offering will be donated to \u201cFamilies fo Children.\u201d é Christmas Eve at 8 pm there i be a \u201cService of Hope\" in the chapel.Christmas is often a particularly lonely time for some.perhapsina separation from family or the alone- ness of bereavement or loneliness of any kind.The worship and fellowship and timeliness of this unique service may help to \u201cpopulate\u201d such loneliness.Anyone to whom this service may have meaning is welcome.A Christmas candlelight service is planned for 11 pm on Christmas Eve.Traditional Yule worship at Park Church Westmount Park Church, 4695 de Maisonneuve boulevard, celebrates Christmas with the following special services: On Christmas Sunday (Dec 21) at 11 am, a very special Christmas service will be held, with the minister, Rev.J.E.Munson, preaching.His sermon, \u201cThe Essential Meaning of Christmas,\u201d will highlight the service, which will include many beloved, familiar Christmas carols.The church extends a verv warm invitation to all who would like to join the congregation on this joyous occasion.On Christmas Eve, at 8 pm, West- mount Park Church holds its traditional family candlelight service.Mr Munson will conduct the service which will include well-known carols and the lighting of the Christ candle to mark the end of the Advent season.This service is planned to appeal to all members of the family, particularly the children.On Dec 28 at 11 am, the \u201cFestival of Lessons and Carols\u201d takes place.This isa traditional service, based on an ancient precedent whereby nine lessons are read by members of the congregation, each reading being followed by an appropriate carol.Everyone is warmly invited to attend this special service, the church says.Synagogue group has busy agenda The regional tour program of the Eastern Canada Region of United Synagogue of America, of which Westmount's Congregation Shaar Hashomayim is a member, has announced its winter program.Starting Jan 13, for eight conse tive Tuesdays, Eunice Handm teaches a \"Joy of Drawing\" program, with a fee of $35.An \u201cArt of Food Sculpture\u201d class with Riva Berman starts Jan 12 and runs three subsequent Mondays.Fee for the limited-enrolment course is $12.\u2018Weekly duplicate bridge will be available Wednesdays at 12:30 pm at Shaare Zion Synagogue.Fee is $4.First session is Jan 7.Outings planned by the group include a tour of Maison Alcan Jan 22 and a day in the Laurentians March For more information on these activities call 484-4415.a Longtime Westmounter Gerald Bronfman dies A funeral service was held Monday for Gerald Bronfman, a longtime resident of 475 Roslyn avenue and a well-known businessman and Jewish community worker.Mr Bronfman died Saturday of a heart attack at age 74.He was the son of Harry and Ann Bronfman and nephew of Samuel Bronfman, founder of Seagram's.Mr Bronfman was very active in many benevolent foundations including one named after himself and wife Marjorie (née Schechter), who survives him; and one named for his father Both support health and education projects in Canada and Israel.He was a trustee of the Canadian Red Cross Association Quebec division, honorary president of the YM- YWHA, governor of the Verdun Protestant, Montreal Children's and Jewish General Hospitals.Mr Bronfman was called a \u2018\u2018distinguished community leader\u2019 by the Allied Jewish Community Services, of which he was a board member.@\\ctive Westmount Rotarian Arthur van Cleeff, 82, dies A funeral service was held Tuesday for longtime Westmount resident Arthur S.van Cleeff.Mr van Cleeff, 82, died suddenly at his home Dec 10 of an apparent heart attack.He had been an active member of the Rotary Club of Westmount since arriving in Canada from his native Holland in 1970.Mr van Cleeff was born on March 25, 1904 in Rotterdam, the second of three children.After graduating from high school, Mr van Cleeff performed his tour of military duty before embarking on informal studies in chemistry and dye-processes in Delft, Holland, and Frankfurt, West Germany.In 1929, he married Lily Simon of Werden, West Germany, and the couple soon had two children, Joost, who now resides in Rotterdam, and Dori, who currently lives in Beacons- field.Before the Second World War, Mr van Cleeff worked with Nobelt in Haarlem, Holland, which he headed until his retirement.His career was interrupted briefly, between 1948 and 1950, when he was called up to serve as a lieutenant- colonel in the Dutch army in Indonesia.Besides his involvement with Arthur van Cleett Rotary clubs on both sides of the Atlantic ocean, Mr van Cleeff was an accomplished cellist and enthusiast of the visual arts and architecture.He and his wife lived in their Alexis Nihon Plaza apartment since they arrived in Canada, while spending the occasional summer months over the years in Europe.Mr van Cleeff also leaves grandchildren Ronald, Aron, Steven, Mark, Judy, Neil, Ewan and Brian.© : 3 LT, CHURCH SERVICES AT THE CHURCH OF YOUR CHOICE ANGLICAN SYNAGOGUE CHURCH OF THE ADVENT Corner of Wood and de Maisonneuve, Westmount The Rev'd Eric Dungan, MA CONGREGATION Sunday, December 21 SH A AR ADVENT IV HASHOMAYIM 8:00 am Holy Eucharist, Said 10:30 am Holy Eucharist, Sung Church School & Nursery Tuesday, December 23 12:10pm ST.THOMAS THE APOSTLE Wednesday, December 24 11:00 pm (please note time) CHRISTMAS EVE MIDNIGHT MASS 450 Kensington Avenue Sabbath Services Sabbath Eve: 4:00 pm Sabbath Day: 8:40 am in the Main Synagogue Sabbath Twilight: 4:20 pm Daily Services Mornings: Sun, Dec 21, 8:45 am Mon-Thurs, Dec 22-25, 7:30 am Thursday, December 25 Evenings: Sun-Thurs, Dec 21-25, 4:20 pm 10am CHRISTMAS DAY FAMILY SERVICE Organist and Director of Church Music: r.Henry Abley, FFAC.CH.M., FT.C.L., F.L.C.M., A.R.C.M.UNITED WESTMOUNT PARK CHURCH Lansdowne Avenue and de Maisonneuve Blvd The Rev J.E.Munson, BA, BD, MDiv Organist and Choir Director: Gordon White, BMus, LMus SUNDAY DECEMBER 21 Fourth Sunday of Advent 11:00 Morning Service Sermon: The Essential Meaning of Christmas Christmas Eve ALL ARE WELCOME 8 pm Family Service Among his cultural involvements, Mr Bronfman counted the positions Gerald Brontman Clinique de Santé de l'Ere Nouvelle HOMEOPATHIE HYDROTHERAPIE NUTRITION Mitra Javanmardi Alexander Haskell 4265 Ste.Catherine O.Westmount 931-3784 The Westmount Examiner, of honorary chairman of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, senate of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, board director of Les Ballets Jazz and the Montreal Symphony Thursday, December 18, 1986 13 Orchestra.Mr Bronfman is survived as well by children Joan Eileen, Corinne Marcia, Judith Lynn Thau and Jeffery Mark; and one grandson, David.TODD & DURSO NOTAIRES - NOTARIES CONSEILLERS JURIDIQUES - TITLE ATTORNEYS 4635 Sherbrooke St.W.Westmount H3Z 1G2 931-2531 J.E.Todd A.F Durso V.Casoria 486-3680 EN THE 2 SPINAL 5} COLUMN Sy by Didier Combatalade, D.C.py NO) =% ARTHRITIS LA Arthritis means inflam- @} mation of the joints (when and painful).There are a lot of different kinds of arthritic conditions but the most common one is OSTEOarthritis.Osteoarthritis is caused by the degeneration of the joints.After years of activity, the cartilage over the bones wears down and the movements lose their smoothness.This also makes moving irritating and painful.Sometimes, there is some deformation at the ends of the bones.Osteoarthritis develops slowly over the years.It can be somewhat controlled by keeping away from repetitive, strenuous activities and by exercising the whole body regularly (swimming, walking, etc.), but it cannot be completely avoided.Chiropractic can help control the pain sometimes associated with osteoarthritis by improving the mobility of the joints and by making sure that the muscles stay strong and do not allow the ligaments to be stretched.For more information on preventive health care, feel free to call.z= Westmount Chiropractic Centre 989-1225 Labréche, Meury NOTAIRES * NOTARIES 6575 Somerled, suite 4 Montreal H4V 1T1 Me Albert Labréche, BA, LLL Me Guy Meury, BA, LLL Me Gilles Legault, LLL, DDN 486-1211 B.Berman, s.A.B.Ph.L.Ph.Pharmacist/Pharmacien 486-7373 FREE DELIVERY 5008 Sherbrooke St.West corner Claremont Monday to Friday 8 am to 7:30 pm * Saturday 8 am to 6 pm groupe de design incorporé design gronpainicorpotaled president 934-5371 EXCELLENCE IN RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL RENOVATION SENIOR DESMOND SENIOR bart beng ® Dr.EMERGENCY 4823 Sherbrooke W., suite 200 J ne rame de Marcel BANON, 8.sc.,D.M.v.MÉDECIN VÉTÉRINAIRE VISITES À DOMICILE JOURS HOUSE CALLS DAYS URGENCE 24 hrs.935-1888 Res.5575 Cavendish GEORGE FRANKLYN BISSETT NOTARY 1 Westmount Square Suite 740 an 931-4242 - 14 - The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 18, 1986 HOME IMPROVEMENT CLEANING CARPETS o WALLS AND CEILINGS FLOORS * WINDOWS CHESTERFIELDS PAINTING AIR DUCTS CARPENTRY DONE ON FENCES AND GALLERIES ALSO BRICK REPAIR Babij & Duggan CLEANING CONTRACTORS INC.4253 St.Catherine St.W., Suite 3 933-1935 FREE ESTIMATES Better electrical work our current affair! 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licences, electric utility profit) and $1,630,000 from surplus.Among expenditures, the budget earmarks $100,000 for a special reserve fund to meet future refunds for successful property valuation appeals.Working fund up The working fund also will be increased by $242,000 from the budget to finance some capital projects and the sinking fund will get $186,200 to meet the obligations of future balloon maturities of previous debt issues.The 1987 budget also sets aside $267,000 for the second of three instalments to the Firemen\u2019s Sick Bank Trust Fund.Among city departments, some areas, such as roads and transportation, have increased only 5.6 percent while the recreation budget is up 3.6 percent.General administration, however, shows a 15 percent increase, largely due to reorganization of the director- general's office and personnel department.The Public Security budget is 11.6 percent higher than last year and the fire department up 9 percent.The city's debt servicing and financing is 25.1 percent higher than in 1986 and the cost of water from Montreal is up 19.5 percent.operation costs over 1986.$28,602,000, up 6.6 percent; $12,963,200, up 6.8 percent; BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS THE COST of maintaining the purely local Westmount municipal operation for 1987 is projected at $22.5 million, according to budget figures released Tuesday.This is a 6.9 percent increase over last year.The cost excludes payments to the MUC and the purchase of water from Montreal which total $14.6 million.This represents an increase of 6.5 percent in the municipal The city\u2019s budget address lists the actual municipal operating increase at 4.9 percent after further deducting the cost of debt service and tax adjustments as well as recoverable and other expenses.Other budget highlights at a glance reveal: + Total budget of $37,064,000, up 7.4 percent; e Total collectable tax revenue needed (property and business), * General property tax levy, $25,614,000, up 6.2 percent; + Business tax levy, $2,988,000, up 9.8 percent; » Revenues from non-tax sources of $4,958,900, down 1.8 percent; & * Appropriation from surplus $1,650,000, up from $700,000 in 1986: \u2019 * Estimated MUC shared costs (police, transit deficit, misc.) « Westmount's estimated share of MUC budget, down 2.41 percent; * Taxes on average single-family dwelling valued at $227,044 (an increase of 17.7 percent), $4,541, up 7.8 percent; * Cost of water from Montreal $1,630,600, up 19.5 percent.MUC biggest bite of city tax buck A break-down of the 1987 municipal tax dollar shows Westmounters will turn over 35 cents of every tax buck tothe MUC.The hefty chunk goes to help pay for police, the transit deficit and other administrative items of the regional government.By comparison, the cost of providing local services out of the remaining 65 cents seems almost modest.Westmounters will pay 9 cents of each dollar for fire protection, four cents for the Public Security Unit, 13 for road maintenance and snow removal and 10 cents for recreation including the library.It will cost another 4 cents to buy water from Montreal and another 2.5 cents to have the garbage picked up and dumped.Slightly less than one cent of each tax dollar will go toward maintaining the general administration.The same amount will cover the city\u2019s debt as well.Budget hike goes mostly to run city hall: WMA By LAUREEN SWEENEY A 67 percent increase in the city\u2019s projected capital expenditures pro- BEKINS COAST-TO-COAST MOVING & STORAGE Safe & sound 695-1500 CHRISTIE PLUMBING LIMITED ; - Complete plumbing service Fast \u2014 efficient RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL 24-hour service 484-2010 5331A SHERBROOKE ST.W.WARREN HALE ITÉE ELECTRICIANS COMMERCIAL * INDUSTRIAL * RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC HEATING 932-0926 Modular Kitchen Cabinets * %' melamine - pine doors * top & bottom included 6FT.8FT.I10FT.$540 $720 $900 Plus P.S.T.counter-top extra.In stock - same dav delivery.DECOR PRO 3400 St.Antoine West \u2018corner Green.) 933-5759 an AES à mer 02-00 66e 00 Us 04 6 0 a 6 Un 16 SE | | A, gage omestic problem?Why not treat her To a brandnew \u2018Water heater?JOHN WATSON (Quebec) Limited PLUMBING AND HEATING CONTRACTORS 24-HOUR SERVICE 366 Victoria Avenue, Suite 7 ; 487-1760 + : ° TL GED S SE C0 ag 6S Ware ® Tmt Tm dt Tae 0 0 te ETL TIL 88 Te 4 8 1000 § $0 SOLS $0 00 0 ET Lee TL PL PTL 00 We 68 TL PT 69M 06 Te § ST 00 Te 88 ap, $F$ PT OF TW $0 Wy 68 40 \u2014 LEST AC sem rt mae eer gram for 1987 was questioned Tuesday night by WMA directors reacting to the new budget approved by city council at the public session.Stuart Robertson, president of the local municipal watchdog group, also asked council why the \u201c\u2018internal\u201d side of the city's operation appeared to exceed the council's 7 or 8 percent budget guidelines, whereas the budgets for services delivered directly to citizens were well within those targets.Administrative costs and those pertaining to city buildings seemed to be getting a greater share of the budget hike, he said.A 25 percent increase in the city's debt service was questioned by David Lightfoot, who noted this would continue to increase should the city undertake its plan to borrow much of the $6,896,400 projected for capital expenditures.The city tabled a plan for $4,128,800 in 1986.The WMA also questioned the economic feasibility of the city maintaining its own electric utility as well as the purchase of IBM personal computers as opposed to IBM \u201cclones.\u201d Alderman Phillip Aspinall, finance commissioner, replied that the capital expenditure program contains only projected expenses and each item would require furthe council approval.On the question of the administra ~~ tive expenses, Ald Aspinall said council had approved the appointment of a second assistant director general, additional secretaries and reorganization of the personnel office, areas of some increases.Other costs which appeared administrative were listed as such \u201cfor accounting methods of presenting the budget,\u201d answered Peter Patenaude.the city's director gen: eral.Mayor Brian Gallery thenked Ald Aspinall ana the city staf! for preparation of the budget.saying that in nis 11 years on council! \u201cthis budget is *he one that's been wo.ked on the hardest goed Surplus tapped to hit tax target Following is the complete text of the Westmount budget address given by Finance Commissioner Alder man Phillip Aspinall Tuesday night: Mr Mayor.members of council, ladies and gentlemen: As commissioner of finance, it is my duty and pleasure to present to you, on behalf of council, the city\u2019s budget for the year 1987.In prepar- at the 1987 budget, council instruct- that moderate guidelines be used to control internal costs taking into consideration recent labor negotiation settlements, inflation, the continuation of the high level of municipal services enjoyed by our citizens and taking into account external costs over which we have little or no control.For 1987, the total operating costs of the city, excluding financing and debt service, reserve for tax refunds, recoverable expenses, water and MUC costs, have risen by $863,000, or 4.9 percent.However, if all elements of expenditures except water and MUC costs are included, total municipal expenditures would indicate a 6.9 percent or $1,451,500 increase.I wish to point out the following elements which had a more dramatic impact, accounting for $2,335,900 of the 1987 expenditures: » There has been a major reorganization in the area of general administration, particularly in the director general's and personnel offices, accounting for an increase in $183,400 in costs; e Municipal elections next year are expected to cost $66,200; * The assessment for Workmen\u2019s Compensation has gone up from $2.71 to $3.25 per $100, representing increased costs of $137.000; * The second of three instalments due tothe Firemen's Sick Bank Trust Fund, which is appearing for the first time in the budget, accounts for another $267,000 variance over last year's budget; * Notice from the City of Montreal has been received advising us that the cost of water for 1987 is established at $1,630,600.This represents a 19.5 percent increase over last year's budget or $266,600; * In the latter part of 1986.council decided to use private contractors for the collection and disposal of refuse.This resulted in a $351,400 saving for 1987; * Debt service and financing costs are up over last year\u2019sbudget duetoa proposed new debt issue required to finance capital works performed in 1983 and 1984 which is estimated to cost $222,500; e It is also intended that the city make more use of its working fund to finance certain capital projects, thus reimbursements to the working fund will increase by $242,000 in 1987; e $186,200 will be set aside next year in our special sinking fund to meet the obligations of future balloon maturities of earlier debt issues; * The city\u2019s audit committee recommended that the city create a reserve to meet the requirement of future refunds as a result of successful valuation appeals that date back to prior years.These refunds of principal plus interest may be substantial but such reserves will be funded gradually.Hence, in 1987, $100,000 is being Continued on page 36 CAPITAL SPENDING 1987 Essential to sound financial planning is the projection of capital expenditures for the next three years.I present to you tonight a brief description of the capital items to be acquired in 1987.The total of these capital expenditures for the municipal and utility operations is $6,896,400.The programs for 1988 and 1989 indicate expenditure levels of $6,150,000 and $5,237,000 respectively.It must be emphasized that these latter two years are only indicators of potential levels of expenditures.They will be subject to detailed review and study before being incorporated as firm programs in subsequent budgets.With particular reference to 1987, an amount of $560,000 has been earmarked for necessary repairs to the city's administration buildings.Of this amount $70,000 will be used to balance the heating and air conditioning system and upgrade the ven- Big sale offsets fire costs A sum of $175,000 has been set aside in the city\u2019s 1987 budget for municipal and business tax refunds resulting from the Alexis Nihon Plaza fire Oct 26, Alderman Phillip Aspinall said Tuesday night in his budget address.On the other hand, he announced, another highrise complex, Westmount Square, could bring in $300,000 of unexpected revenue to the 1986 budget through transfer duties following its recent sale.tiliation at City Hall, $240,000 for repairs to the air conditioning and heating systems at the City Hall Annex and the police and fire stations.Renovations to the City Hall and powerhouse buildings are budgeted at $250,000.With a view to making progress with the city\u2019s office automation program, $111,000 has been provided for the acquisition and implementation of a network of personal computers.A provision of $32,000 has been made to replace two vehicles used by our Public Security Unit and an amount of $43,000 for the replacement of our 1964 Civil Protection truck for which parts are no longer available.The replacements of two public works 1975 front-end loaders, Continued on page 37 Interest 15% on late taxes Interest on overdue tax bills and other city accounts, except electricity bills, will continue to be charged at 15 percent or 1.25 percent a month, city council decided Tuesday night.Tax bills are to be issued in two instalments, payable Jan 31 and July 1.If the first instalment is not paid in full on time, the second will automatically become due and be charged interest.Council\u2019s decision to maintain the 15 percent interest rate reflects the prevailing rate currently charged by most municipalities, explained Alderman Phillip Aspinall, finance commissioner.The exception, he said, was the Town of Mount Royal which charged 13 percent.Westmount charged monthly rates of 1.25 in 1986, 1.33 in 1985 and 1984 as well as 1.50 in 1983.The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 18, 1986 - 15 MUNICIPAL ses STATEMENT OF a k EVENUE- TAXATION GENERAL PROPERTY _ BUSINESS OTHER COMPENSATION IN LIEU UF TAXES SERVICES TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES OTHER SERVICES VICTORIA HALL ARENA» PLAYGRUUND AND SWIMMING POUL L'IÉRARŸ PARKING LOTS RECOVERABLE AND OTHER REVENUES KENTAL UF CITY UWNED PROPERTIES OTHER REVENUE FROM LOCAL SOURCES LICENSES AND PERMITS DUTY ON TRANSFER OF IMMOVEABLES AMUSEMENT TAX COURT FINES INTEREST ON SHORT-TERM DEPDSITS INTEREST ON TAX ARREARS SALE OF CAPITAL ASSETS NET REVENUE FROM UTILITY UPERATIONS TRANSFER FROM SINKING FUND SPECIAL COMPENSATION IN LIEU OF TAX OTHER REVENUE APPROPRIATION FROM SURPLUS CONDITIONAL TRANSFERS QUEBEC LIBRARY GRANT DTHER SUBSIDIES mee EXPENDI GENERAL AUMINISTRATION LEGISLATION - COUNCIL LAW ENFORCEMENT - MUNICIPAL COURT FINANCE AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION CITY CLERK PERSONNEL & EMPLOYEE HEALTH SERV.FRINGE BENEFITS ALLOCATED TO DEPTS ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS PUBLIC SECURITY & PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE BUILDING PUBLIC SECURITY FIRE AND CIVIL PROTECTIGN ROAD_TRANSPURY ADMINISTRATION STREETS AND SIDEWALKS SNOW REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL STREET LIGHTING TRAFFIC CONTROL PARKING LOTS WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES \u2018COMMUNI TY SERVICES ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES _ ADMINISTRATION VICTORIA HALL ARENA AND SKATING RINKS SWIMMING POOL PARKSy PLAYGROUNDS AND GREENHOUSE LIBRARY OTHER EXPENDITURES DEBT SERVICE AND OTHER FINANCING COSTS CAPITAL EXPENSE CHARGED TU JPER FUND BAD _DEBTS & PRIOR YEARS TAX ADJUSTMENTS MONTREAL URBAN COMMUNITY TRANSIT COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION, SECURITY & OTHER EXCESS - ACTUAL COUST VS AUTH BY-LAWS RECOVERABLE AND OTHER EXPENSES APPROPRIATION OF PRIOR YEAR'S DEFICIT TOTAL EXPENDITURES UNEXPENDED FUNDS - CURRENT Y-T-D 1986 OPERATING FUND REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE eue FORECAST 1980 $ 24+1924600 29911 «000 $ aT7T,200 41+«600 SU +000 59% 4,000 2234000 314600 $ 239,000 960 sUOU 227,000 970+000 ¥92+200 1874100 82+700 574 +700 51+700 2284900 780,800 967 +000 $ 55+100 FORECAST 1980 $ 115+300 714900 l4300+100 383+00U 27estTOO 204 +600 $ 1154200 $ 1+178+300 344520600 $ 4134400 104024300 41599300 3244300 3374200 57+700 $ 356 »800 19349700 425+200 111+200 195444800 9274500 $ +6024000 204+200 5409300 394424500 896874000 4444000 s 3446574900 108530400 BUDLET 1986 > ét9121+300 297214000 $ «74200 30,800 +B»700 564,000 4359400 354500 > 82+000 500,000 194,000 840,000 8414400 255,000 40,700 4314400 51,700 225+ 700 7004000 B 75,000 BUDGET 19b6 s 195,000 2774700 19311,800 397,100 27194300 2U5,6UN \u2018 109,400 3 lv 1944+000 392024700 > 433,000 194104500 242014500 3224800 2069100 53,200 $ 3624200 191,700 4125600 121+200 1955574400 948.500 3 24,578,300 5224300 35,000 3444294500 8,687,60N 3634900 BUDGET 1987 s 2546144000 +9B8+000 $ 4714200 349300 50.000 5954000 195+u00 130300 B 1054000 040000 2214000 191299100 7680200 1804000 409700 425+800 504000 24069400 1+050¢000 SUDGET 1987 » 1259300 298+ 700 Le5éde10U 451 «000 311700 eé35+100 s 1114400 s 1+33202QU 3+496+000 s 4399800 le+B645400 c+3ll+es00 3059700 358+600 6449300 3 3589200 2224900 4389200 122+100 1¢619+000 9634800 $ 392250100 404000 3154000 Jeol T4000 19 3464200 5774300 16 - The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 18, 1986 Spill scrapes woman's face An 87-year-old Westmount woman was taken to hospital Saturday after falling at Sherbrooke street and Claremont avenue, said public safety officers who witnessed the mishap about 10:30 am.The victim injured her nose and other areas of the face.She was transported to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by Urgences It\u2019s not too early! 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empowers the government to identify health institutions that must provide English language services.Mr French noted that both the Liberals and PQ had made promises to respect the rights of minorities in the last election and \u201cwe're simply respecting those promises.\u201d He added that Mrs Lavoie-Roux | \u201chas done an excellent job, under - very trying circumstances.\u201d The current atmosphere in and \"around the legislature may be a .product of the final days before the National Assembly adjourns for a | three-month winter recess, = French said, as the members are + tired and irritable and tempers are F sometimes short.Mr The situation is \u201c\u2018tolerable\u201d though, he added.LUNCHEON SPECIALS $5.95 to $7.95 EVENING TABLE D'HÔTE Featuring \u201cNouvelle cuisine\u201d $7.95 INCLUDING: Fresh fish, or filet of beef, or veal, prime rib of beef or pasta.Starting at Fully licensed Major credit cards accepted.LA GALERIE RESTAURANT Mezzanine available for office parties \u2014 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society and taken by, among others, CEGEP and university professors, journalists and deputy ministers, lasted a couple of hours Saturday afternoon and preceded a pro-Bill 101 rally later that evening at the Paul Sauvé arena.\u201cI think we sensitized those on the tour to our fears,\u201d Miss Bourdeau said, explaining the society dreads the \u201ccontinued erosion of the French culture.\u201d The erosion is a product, in large part, of the \u201cvery ambiguous policy\u201d adopted by the provincial government, Miss Bourdeau said, in its refusal to prosecute those allegedly in violation of Bill 101 public sign laws.Await court The Liberal government in Quebec City has announced, as did the former Parti Québecois government, that it plans to await a Quebec Court of Appeal ruling on the legality of Bill 101's provisions for the language of public signs, before acting to enforce the law and amend it.Simply because the PQ waived their right to prosecute before the Liberals doesn\u2019t make the decision gh vx Gl Ld J à £24 Ye 20 AR any more bearable, Miss Bourdeau said.\u201cThe party is not important.What is important to us is that the law is respected and that merchants know what the law is.\u201cThe public doesn\u2019t know what is legal and what isn't at this point\u201d she complained.Miss Bourdeau maintained that in many cases the bus tour reveale predominance of English signs at expense of Montreal's French charac: ter.Those on the bus tour found the attitude \u201csymbolized by the store windows, a bit sad,\u201d she said.\u201cFrancophones make up two percent of the entire population of North America,\u201d she said.\u201cIf we don't show a francophone face here, we'll have no chance of survival.\u201d Door ajar An employee of Bell Canada called police to a home on Sunnyside avenue Friday noon when he noticed a door ajar.It was secured by an inside chain.Police reported closing the door and all was reported in order.Unwholesome act A 21/2-pound weight was thrown into the window of the Vogel health food store at 1271 Greene avenue Sunday night causing $400 damage, according to police.The damage occurred between 8 pm and 8:15 pm.A NOSE FOR NEWS: The little furry animal is a female ferret which was found Monday morning behind THE EXAMINER building in the parking lot of the apartment at 4480 St Catherine street by two EXAMINER employees, Laurie Devine, left, and Line Roberge.The obviously domesticated animal was taken by Westmount's Public Security Unit to the Animal Hospital of Westmount, 349 Victoria avenue, where it is reported to be in good health.Anyone adopting the animal would have to have its strong-smelling sex glands removed and have the animal neutered for its own health.Caring for a ferret, according to a spokesperson at the hospital, is more complicated than looking after a dog or cat.The hospital has several adoptive prospects if the animal is not claimed.LA Nor Village rene rn Chinese C Starting at Luncheon Specials $49 Fully licensed MAKE YOUR HOLIDAY RESERVATIONS NOW 4242 Decarie su.en 488-0096 (corner Monkland) Beyond in the bigger city surrounding us Lord of the puppets For sheer story-telling excellence ER.R.Tolkien with his Lord of the WW.gs trilogy has, in my humble opinion, never been surpassed.The story is now a play produced by the Théâtre Sans Fil with giant puppets in a multi-disciplinary show from Tuesday to Jan 4 in Théâtre Maison- neuve of Place des Arts.I am told that the company is recognized as one of the best puppet companies in the world.This two-hour show includes almost 65 puppets, 17 professional actors who lend their voices, 16 manipulators, \u201cingenious sets, phantasmagoric lighting, bewitching quadraphonic sound, astounding visual effects, suspense, emotion and the unexpected.\u201d French shows will be presented Dec 23, 29 and 30 at 8 pm and Dec 26-28 and Jan 4 at 2 and 8 pm.English shows are Jan 2, 2 and 8 pm; and Jan 3, 8 pm.Tickets are on sale at the Place des Arts box office.Skiing by Métro The best cross-country skiing in the city may be on Mount Royal but it may not be the most convenient.The Environment Canada parks persons point out that the Lachine Canal bike path, transformed to a ski trail Westmounts by RICK KERRIGAN A random sampler of things to see or do Borders when there is snow, is a mere 200 metre walk from the Charlevoix Métro station.The path is lit until 1 am every evening.Remember that you can\u2019t take your skis on the public transport system weekdays between 7and 9am and 4 and 6 pm.Theatre under the tree The Centaur Theatre has a few suggestions for Christmas gifts this year and I pass them along to you for consideration.A Centaur sweatshirt will identify the recipient as a patron of the arts.\u201cBox Office,\u201d the board game, gives players the chance to pretend they are Maurice Podbrey.You might want to give an energetic friend a ticket to the Rock and Roll Party fundraiser on Jan 5 which will include a dress rehearsal performance of Fire, the evangelical rock musical opening that week at the Centaur.Tickets for Centaur shows would always be appreciated by the starving student on your list and gift certificates for any amount can be used to purchase any of the above.For more information call the Centaur at 288-1229.Folk dancers perform The Ensemble national de folk- announces its La Poste 1304 Greene Ave.(corner de Maisonneuve) EVENING RE-OPENING e Fine French cuisine and e Nouvelle cuisine française by chef Michel Doublain RESTAURANT 937-3814 Sunday Brunch $9.50 11-3 all you can eat, children $4.50 RESERVATIONS: 937-3814 crebir carbs New, trendy, intimate Monday to Friday daily lunch Daily evening table d\u2019hôte Reserve now for a very special holiday reception 1366 Dorchester Blvd.W.Montreal, Que.H3G 1T4 Continental and French cuisine specials from $5.95 878-9797 lore Les Sortiléges, a world-class folk dance act from Quebec, will be performing Sunday, 2 pm, in Salle Désilets of Collége Marie-Victorin, 7000 Marie-Victorin street.The group is just back from a tour in Mexico and has a new show.Art on the block The Powerhouse Gallery will be holding a big art auction Sunday, 2 pm, at the gallery.3738 St Dominique street.You can view the works which will be on the block on Saturday from 1 to 5 pm.There will be a small admission fee to the auction The Westmount Examiner.About 57 artists have donated works to the auction which, 1 assume, is a fundraiser for the gallery Exhibitions about town \u201cUnited Technologies and Gardens\u201d is the title of an exhibition of paintings by Bruce Parsons at the Saidye Bronfman Gallery, 5170 Cote St Catherine road, until Jan 22.The work questions the consequences of a lifestyle based upon technological achievement.\u201cOeuvres Excentrées\u2019 is the title of an exhibition of Thursday.December 18.1986 - 17 work by 19 artists at Galerie René Blouin, 372 St Catherine street west, until Jan 17.\u2026 An exhibition of miniatures is at the David M.Stewart Museum in the Old Fort of St Helen's Island until April 22.The figurines and miniatures represent historical, legendary or fantastic characters; domestic and exotic animals and scenes of daily life.If you are healthy and between age 18 and 65, remember to give the gift of life.Be a Red Cross blood donor us A NX Teel Bauletti Ravioli \u201cThe Pasta Specialists\u201d Italian take-out cooking at its best! 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GA, 1226 Greene Ave.Westmount (opp.wesTMOUNT SQUARE) AD 18 - Marks Regiment's The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 18, 1986 125th: Black Watch cook book: plaid tidings for the chef Tuke one ladies auxiliary, add the need to raise funds, shake vigorously, and you'll probably come up with a cook book such as The Black Watch Regimental Family Cook Book, recently compiled by their women's division to mark the 125th anniversary of the Regiment.What sets this cook book apart from others produced by volunteers isits Scottish and regimental character.Between the Black Watch plaid covers is an eclectic assortment of favorite recipes contributed by the families and friends of Regiment members, among them several West- mounters.Some recipes are clearly Scottish in origin (shortbread, finnan had- die), many are international (moussaka, chicken tikka) and almost all are economical and easy to prepare.Tuna Piquant, passed along by Mrs H.E.A.Saunderson of West- mount and to her by her aunt, was tested by this reviewer and proved to require minimum effort for maximum effect.It took less than 10 minutes to turn a can of tuna, some 1 SODILLL A HAGGIS At Bay FINS TOT =X XN Qutebrate the Season sherry, chili sauce, milk, butter and flour into a tasty luncheon dish which earned the cook a compliment 70 © .5 § Holiday Shopping List % À Gifts to Buy: S > G e e Grandparents 5 G e Favourite teacher 2 % e Cousin Mary x = e Babysitter I 3 ® etc, etc, etc., etc.2 À One Stop Shopping P O at À = © Hannah and Jerry's es > 2, Van Home Bagel ™ IN Lib Q D QD © ) G 7) 0 For e Gift baskets x 2 ® Stocking stuffers Q | ® Boxes of cookies YE a and make entertaining easy with = 3 ® deli ® cheeses ® sausage rolls {¢ a e quiches * tourtières 2 q D 19, ° desserts % and of course breads 5 Zz = Le x) NS 74 LL & rolls + Season's Greetings ye from Hannah and Jerry and all the staff.ANA LN 4 ee AI Ci xy On the other hand, attempts to make Collops in the Pan (ingredients: rump steak, butter, onions and oyster pickle er walnut pickle) were stymied when the very ingredient that made the recipe sound interesting \u2014 the pickle \u2014 was not to be found in local stores.For different reasons, the Northern Wild Duck recipe is also not likely to end up on my dining room table but it at least makes interesting reading.It starts off: \u201cIn case you are lucky during hunting season.\" and takes the reader through plucking, drawing, washing the bird, then removing the remaining feathers with liquid Parawax and blowtorch.Fortunately, most of the recipes, as in most cook books, start with supermarket ingredients.The book includes a children\u2019s section, a microwave section and even household hints and a recipe for dog cookies.My one beef is that it lacks a recipe index; however, time lost in browsing for that special casserole recipe will probably be saved in its preparation.An appropriate gift for cooks with limited time to spare, The Black Watch Regimental Family Cook Book is $12 and may be obtained at the Double Hook book shop on Greene avenue or Ogilvy downtown or by writing the Black Watch Women's Division 1987 Committee, 2067 Bleury street, Montreal H3A 2K2.\u2014 Judy Yelon Montreal's largest OFFICE FURNITURE SHOWROOM Modular work stations and design 725-5295 AMRAD GALLERY For the African Art OPEN-MINDED ONLY Looking for unique art?Don't miss the largest variety in Montreal of AFRICAN ART Specially prepared for the holidays SCULPTURES, MASKS, FIGURES, DOLLS, MINIATURES, UNIQUE NECKLACES & WALL HANGINGS.934-4550 1522 Sherbrooke W., Suite 4 Open Tues.\"sat.11-5 Sunday by appointment Only in Montreal: handy little guide for thrill-seekers Want to take in a game of polo?Been to a psychic tea recently?How about a little ice fishing or a tour of a vineyard?Don't call your travel agent.Don\u2019t pack your steamer trunk.All these activities take place close at hand.Few Montrealers are aware of the diversity of adventures this city has to offer.We tend to stick with our habitual sources of entertainment and then complain about boredom.Only in Montreal: 93 Ways to Enjoy Yourself provides the necessary guidance for those looking to try something new.As the introduction tells us, the book is a compendium of \u201cmany fine entertaining resources that are unique and special to our city.\u201d From the bizarre to the unusual, the guide touches all the bases.If you yearn for a 17th century feast, visit Festin du Gouverneur on St Héléne's Island.Don't search for your cutlery \u2014 you don't get any.It\u2019s a two-hour, four-course meal, so just roll up your sleeves and dig in.After you have seen the city by caleche, take to the air with a helicopter tour.It provides a whole new perspective on Montreal's architecture.Detectives can take advantage of a murder mystery train ride to New York City.After a gourmet dinner, a murder takes place and the appropriate drama ensues.By daybreak the crime has been solved and the killer is taken away in handcuffs.Two days of shopping in the big city follow, and then a more peaceful ride home.\u2018For ladies only,\u201d the Queen Elizabeth hotel offers a luxurious 21/2 hour beauty treatment: steam-bath, massage, facial, hair-styling and manicure\u2019 The 93 mini-chapters each detail one such adventure, including infor- location and mation about cost, availability.Heather Moe, the author of Only in Montreal, recently moved here from California.She has managed to discover the city: now it\u2019s up to the rest of us.The 188-page guide is published by Optimum Publishing International.The company\u2019s Montreal office has just relocated in Westmount on St Catherine street.The book is available at the modest price of $5.95, except at Coles downtown where it sells for $6.95.Maybe that explains how the chain can afford to reduce a few of the other prices.If the label \u201ca perfect little Christmas gift\u201d could ever fit anything, it certainly fits this book.\u2014Charles Mappin Book launch balloon uplifts farmer\u2019s Noél Optimum Press had unusual results when it held its unusual book launch not long ago.Optimum publisher Michael Bax- endale, who along with his publishing house is newly located in West- mount, told THE EXAMINER a bouquet of 64 balloons had been set to the winds in celebration of the event, supplied by Victoria avenue's Bouquet de Ballons.One of the balloons carried a copy of Only in Montreal, with an offer to the finder to be treated to a free turn at whatever adventure in the book tickled his or her fancy.The balloons were launched with cheers and swigs of champagne; they barely cleared Westmount Square but then were swept by the winds to parts unknown.Where the lucky balloon landed only became known some time later when the company received a letter from a Jean-Guy Vézina, a farmer on Iles aux Grues, in the middle of the St Lawrence river, east of Quebec City, about 300 km as the crow or balloon flies.Which adventure did the lucky balloon man choose?Why, dinner- theatre at La Diligence restaurant on Decarie boulevard.It turns out Mr Vézina was coming to Montreal for the holidays anyway, so why not a night on the town, courtesy of Optimum Press?The balloon event may turn out to be quite a regular occurrence chez Optimum as, Mr Baxendale explains, the Only in Montreal venture is the prototype for similar books about the fun things to find in 10 more Canadian cities.Toronto is next, for a change taking the number two spot to Montreal, Mr Baxendale jokes.Camera club member's book at city library The Westmount Public Library recently acquired a volume titled The Spear and the Door, A Story of Reconciliation, a compilation of photographs and accompanying Biblical verse prepared by Montreal Camera Club longtime member C.J.\u201cChic\u201d Harris.The book, published by Oxford University Press, was inspired the story of the reconciliation of t feuding Irish families in the 1490s.The story serves as a metaphor for the Biblical references which complement some powerful photograph- icimages.Mr Harris is a freelance photographer who has worked on several books including co-authoring A Basket of Apples with Harry Bruce.This latest book was prepared in collaboration with Toronto-pub- lisher Roger Boulton.The Spear and the Door can be purchased at the Avenue Book Shop on Greene avenue.The Montreal Camera Club meets Monday evenings in Westmount Park Church. Em Se LTS RAT From Eden Press: ~~ ~~ ~~ Professional Fiascos: literature\u2019s answer to boobs, bloopers By JANET COUTTS Eden Press branched out of the stodgy, academic book publishing world a couple of years ago with the publication of An Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec, achieved a huge cess, broke all previous records g'a book of that type, and has ever since been trying to duplicate the feat.That hasn't so far happened, but this reviewer was once reading an Eden Press book on an escalator in Alexis Nihon Plaza when a complete stranger asked, \u201cIs that as funny as their other books?\u201d Well, yes.If you found Anglo side- splittingly funny, you'll at least chuckle over their other offerings.The latest of these paperback humor books, which will probably turn up in a lot of Christmas stockings, is Tools of Their Trade: The Book of Professional Fiascos.Tools is a compendium, arranged alphabetically by calling, of anecdotes compiled over the years by broadcasters Hilary MacLeod and Robin Boden.They are helped along by Larry Tyson's cartoon drawings of chuckle- heads.The frontispiece gives us the definitions that explain the title: one definition by Webster\u2019s New Collegiate is \u2018something used in performing an operation or necessary in the practice of a vocation or profession.\u201d The Penguin Dictionary of Historical Slang defines tool as \u201can inferior workman.\u201d But some of these people are wonderfully good at the callings the Tow truck swings car into another A tow truck pulling a car east on Sherbrooke street at Greene avenue Saturday morning was believed to have lost control and hit a parked car with the disabled one, police said.The two cars sustained more than $500 damage each about The parked vehicle, a blue Pontiac, belonged to a resident of the apartment building at 4444 Sherbrooke.The car being towed was from Laval.authors have assigned them.For example, under \u201cEscapers\u201d we learn of the con who made a clean getaway after noticing that the handleson the wheelbarrow counter from a Monopoly set fit precisely the security screws that held his cell door.The trouble with reviewing Eden's humor books is that they just aren't books in a sense that most of us accept once we're older than eight.(Before that we tend to look to make sure there are lots of pictures, and no long chunks of grey type.) Tools has 26 full-page cartoons (one for each letter of the alphabet, from Astrologer to Zookeeper) and each page of copy has two columns, one with subject headings and cutesy descriptions, the second with an under-100-words anecdote, three or four to a page.\u2018A real bombshell\u2019 For example, the heading Beauty Contestants is followed by the description \u201cA real bombshell.\u201d In the next column we read: \u201cSev- enteen-year-old blonde beauty Nicola Barrett easily snagged the top prize at the Selsey, Sussex, seaside beauty contest.No one knows if it was the blonde streaks, big loop earrings, fancy necklace, or pink strapless dress that turned the judge's [sic] heads.But Nicola's acceptance speech certainly had them doing a double take: \u2018My name's Nicholas \u2014 and I'ma fella.\u2019 Nicholas, who pulled the stunt as a dare, even fooled friend and photographer Bill Cros- san: \u2018I actually took his picture and interviewed him without knowing\u2019 \"\u201d If you think that's a real knee- slapper, and you would spend longer than 10 seconds over it, then you should write a letter to Santa requesting the book.But this reviewer finds it difficult to think of it as doing anything to forward the cause of Canadian literature.(The typo above was in an item selected at random.A cursory run through the book turned up two more, not bad by today's standards.But of course books should be free from these annoying little errors, especially books with so few words.) Ms McLeod and Mr Boden were both with CHOM's news department when they collected these anecdotes.Mr Boden is still there, and Ms McLeod has left Westmount for Saint John, New Brunswick, where she works on the CBC morning show there.Doubtless this practically doubles their sources for amusing stories and almost certainly they are collecting them for a sequel.WEsIMouny ® PORTUGAL At Atwater Library: The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 18, 1986 - 19 Imago\u2019s trio hits two of three Whenever a new English-language theatre company comes along, one is reminded that cities with a much smaller population than the anglophone population of Montreal support much more theatre, and one hopes that some of the lack is to be made up.If the company shows promise, or daring, then it is doubly a cause of pleasure.And if the new company manages to survive, and is good, then the more established troupes must become even better in the face of competition.One can certainly hope that the new company Imago, currently presenting three Harold Pinter plays under the title Other Places at the Atwater Library in Westmount, will live up to the promise and daring shown in this, their introductory production.Pinter is not the easiest playwright they might have chosen, for either cast or audience, and the fact that they have chosen such a challenge from the outset bodes well for the future.The three plays all deal with communication or, rather, its lack.The first, Family Voices, tells of a mother, her dead husband, and her absent son.It was first performed as a radio play in 1981.Victoria Station is about a taxi driver and his dispatcher whose conversation is full of more static than the car radio they use to misunderstand each other.It is also very funny.A Kind of Alaska, based on a true story, is the most puzzling of the plays, and the company gives it the least satisfactory performance of the three.These plays were originally presented as a triple bill at London's National Theatre in 1982, and they form a new look at Pinter for Montreal audiences.Here Pinter is less angry, less menacing, and more loving and compassionate than in earlier plays.The plays are acted by a total of seven actors, with Paddy Cardarelli who has a role in all three making some kind of connecting thread.He isurderstandable as the fatherin the first piece, wonderful as the dispatcher in the second, and incomprehensible as the physician in the third (though this may be a fault of script or direction.On the whole though, the good things in his performance make up for the flaws in the third play.Vicki Barkoff communicates her grief and anger as the mother in the first play to such an extend that we start guiltily estimating how long it's been since we called our mothers.Paul Stewart does a nice job as her drifting, lost son.Gavin Patrick holds up his end admirably as the taxi driver in the second play, and he is visually wonderful in the part.The set for this play is an almost-real taxi, the lighting the taxi lights, the humor infectious.In the third play, Kelly Patterson plays a woman who has just awakened after falling asleep two decades ago, when she was 19.The play is physically and emotionally demanding, and the cast doesn't quite come up to it.(She shares the stage with Westmounter Dany Levy and Mr Cardarelli.) But two out of three ain't bad.The plays are directed by Andres Haus- mann, and great effort has been made to make the best possible use of the space by designer Steve Schon.Other Places is at the Atwater Library tonight through Sunday at 8 pm.For reservations call 279-5226.\u2014 Janet Coutts L.BELLEFLEUR Maintenant representé par OUVERT DIMANCHE GALERIE WESTMOUNT 4935A Sherbrooke St.W.484-1488 Now represented by OPEN SUNDAY GLEN LOATES, R.C.A.Recent original works available exclusively at GALERIE WESTMOUNT 4935A Sherbrooke W.(OPEN ON SUNDAYS) 484-1488 HEART OF A CHILD A MONTREAL CHILDHOOD (in the 30's) Foreword himself French, after Dad.nearly everyone's delight.Mother never read the hooks I had written.When my French-Canadian father married her, she did not speak a word of French.He didnt mind, for business dictated that he learn English When | was four years old, Father decreed that from now on their children would be French- speaking as it was the formal language used in the province of Quechee.We ordinarily said our prayers with Mother but, on that decisive night, all of a sudden we were repeating prayers in That wasn\u2019t a problem for us children, but Mother stuck to English.As the years passed by, she flaunted her own special brand of French to When | began to earn prizes for my writing and From BOUSQUET- DUPUY e Heart of a Child e Complexes e Il ya 35 ans e Carnets de Voyage Autour du Monde Escape from winter to the sunny Algarve for a month, dep.Feb.24/87.Fully escorted small intimate group.All inclusive cost covers meals, 4- star hotel, air transportation and transfers - $1820 per person.For information call June Mace: 482-9400 MURIEL BOUSQUET DUPUY was published, Mother proudly stacked the books on her dresser, unable to read them.Nevertheless, 1 think Mother had the last word.My eldest son, an officer in Her Majesty's Navy, married a Nova Scotia girl, and their child (being raised in an English milieu) doesn\u2019t speak French.Two daughters of mine, as well as my youngest son and his wife, are English college graduates and postgraduates.My only son-in-law is from England! Is it any wonder | want to bridge the gap?So, remembering my mother, it is my pleasure to associate with English culture and present the \u201cHeart of a Child\u2019, a rendering of what it was like to grow up in French Montreal in the thirties.The Author March 10, 1986 Available at: THE DOUBLE HOOK 1235A Greene Ave.Westmount 932-5093 4891 Sherbrooke West Sas PE EEE 20 - The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 18, 1986 A SEARCH SERVICE FOR OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS old\u2014new\u2014hard-to-find\u2014rare No charge for searching * Returnable * Free mailing or delivery Mail your want list or call CHAPMAN'S BOOK SERVICE Box 263, Westmount H3Z 2T2 932-8621 | CETA VOYAGES * TRAVEL For all your travel needs Michael Barkun, president Brian O'N.Gallery, \\°1?, clirector David M.Stewart, \\'I>, director Joe Hess, 12.director 4616 ST-CATHERINE ST.W.937-9401 fel 2 IATA WE'VE GOT PEARLS § Strands and strands of PEARLS A fabulous selection to suit all tastes and budgets.just in time for the holidays.The Treasure Hunt Bringing their congratulations to the chef A are Westmounters Lou Vogel, left, International Wine & Food Society president Ted Pearson, second from right, and Sylvia Vogel.Restaurant Marie Philip owners Marie and Philip Lipovic, centre, accept the society's haute cuisine award for gastronomic excellence.Wine and food connoisseurs honor St Sauveur restaurant The International Wine and Food Society has announced that Restaurant Marie Philip of St Sauveur des Monts is to receive the society's annual haute cuisine award for the 1985-86 season.The award is presented annually to the chef and establishment who best surpass the society\u2019s exacting standards for cuisine, presentation and service.The selection is made by vote of the board of directors from those establishments who have hosted a society event during the current year.The haute cuisine award was inau- 368 Victoria Avenue, Westmount 487-3200 If busy call 487-4898 Monday-Friday Saturday 9:30-6 9:30-5 Musée univers et de la nature el de la chasse Mt.Royal Park, Mtl.above Beaver Lake Tel.: (514) 843-6942 « exhibition of recent stone sculptures MONT ROYAL SPIRITS STANLEY LEWIS in the galle Dec.4 until Le Bestiaire eb.1st, 1987 10 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.closed on Mondays Notes On My Sculpture Exhibit ! was born at 4656-B Park Avenue near fhe foothills of Mount Roval, Was it destiny or chance that, in my childhood, | grew up with the primal presence of this mountain, Alter learning how to print letters, | scraiched my name on a flat surface of stone and buried It in the earth; the first experience | can recall of the urge to leave an indelible impression.In later vears, | was to fravel to archaelogical digs fo witness an earlier human existence.Montreal eventually evolved around the midst of Mount Roval\u2019s geological formation.As a child | climbed ils rocks and collected stone shapes that were Intriguing to feel in the paims of my small hands.This first exposure to stone, as 8 means of expression, was to direci the course of my future lite as a scuiplor.A stone-sculpture odyssey has taken me to Mexico, to envelope myself in the Mayan and Aztec civilizations: to Florence, aly, studving Michelangelo's marble carving techniques; then, to the Canadian Arctic (Pangnirtung, Baffin Island), observing the genesis of Inuit sculptures and stone-cut printing methods.Another trip was made to Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, where man's early fossil remains were discavered.Finally, | went to the Galapagos Islands with their untouched flora and fauna that provided the basis of Darwin's theory of adaptation and survival of the fittest.My journey to Japan, to make a pligrim- age to Kyoio and the Zen Buddhist monastery of RYOAN-JI was a most profound experience.| found myself totally losing ail sense of time while meditating on this rock garden.Here, endless years were spent arranging and re-arranging sione boulders 30 hat In the end a grouping was finally 30 organized that it appeared as if by natural occurrence \u2014 a cosmic sense of order was finally achieved.As well, man\u2019s sensitivity became 30 fused with natural forces that ultimately he, Nim- , became one with the landscane, space and universe.He then discovered thai oreat and grand, humble sense of total belonging.The sum of these diverse cultural flavours gelled when | returned to Montreal to my beloved Mount Roval.Once again | took up that haunting childhood experience of meandering around ifs slopes to seek out stone shapes.However, this time there was a difference; il was experiencing that magical moment of discovery when suddenly ! beheld In my hand a shape that metamorphosized Into the profile of a baboon, or a fish, or an arrow head.This stone shape became, suddenly, a figurative creation of nature \u2014 a sculpture in itself.| was climbing higher mountains and moments of perception, Now, the next step was to relate this natural figurative form fo one of mv sculptures.My work was to grow oul of and on from this discovered shape.Visually, the results are larring \u2014 seeing a raw fextural iagged stone next 10 a purpose- ty, highly polished stone sculpture on which | incised linear elements and filled them with white or black acrylic paint.Thase engravings were like tatoos, representing symbols of civilizations such as arrow heads and celestial formations \u2014 the archaic past connecting to the present with a foreboding message that as Einstein said, \u201cWe may end up Ihrowing stones at each other\u201d.But on the brighter side of the spectrum, we are also at a threshoid of limitiess ex- coloration of inner and outer space.In truth, the essence of creativity is the releasing of images inherent in compressed organic dust \u2014 stone.Forms in space is the work of a divine sculptor.In distant time, somewhere, somehow, man developed a Conscious sense of soul \u2014 then, his creative spirits became a religious experience.It is befitting tha! these recent works are being exhibited at the same place which inspired their birth.% % = 10-30% off, now until Christmas % % Rotary seeks candidates for Brazil exchange THE Rotary Club of Westmount is looking for a few good men.The Rotary District 704, of which Westmount is a part, is sponsoring a group study exchange to Brazil, as part of Rotary International\u2019s commitment to world understanding.According to a Westmount Rotary press release, the district is to send an all-male team of four \u201coutstanding professionals\u201d between the ages of 25 and 35, for a four-week jaunt in May.The team is to be led by Donald Bedier, president of the Kanata- Carleton Rotary Club.\u201cWhile abroad, team members observe their hosts\u2019 way of life as well as study the nation\u2019s economic, social and cultural characteristics through travel and discussions within participating Rotary districts,\u201d the press release reads.\u201cTeam members also have the opportunity to meet their professional counterparts.\u201d Should any Westmounters be interested in applying for the group study exchange to Brazil, contact the Rotary Club of Westmount at 935- 3344 for the necessary information.All applications must be received no later than Jan 10, 1987.VICTORIA ART GALLERY wishes to purchase paintings or collections of 19th and 20th century art.CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL John Little - F.Bell J.Scherrewitz \u2014- B.de Hoog - Smith - L.O'Brien - E.Hunt \u2014 and many others À.Fraser \u2014 William Please call Armstrong \u2014 Berthe (416) 698-1967 or des Clayes - D.Lawley (416) 698-5473 Hudson.Antiques QUALITY ANTIQUES prior to 1850 ENGLISH TRADITIONAL FURNITURE PORCELAIN \u2014 GLASS - SILVER PEWTER - BRASS - COPPER AND OTHER DECORATIVE ITEMS CANADIAN MAPS, PRINTS OPEN EVERY DAY NOW UNTIL CHRISTMAS 1-5:30PM 25 Yacht Club Road, Hudson, P.Q.(514) 458-2339 x Srroyrenmene arme : : : ; : 2 E gurated four years ago.Establishments that previously won the prestigious award are the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Le Castillon and the Restaurant L'Impromptu.In presenting the award, society president Ted Pearson said, \u2018\u201cThe Restaurant Marie Philip not only served an exceptionally creative and well-executed gastronomic dinner but, in so doing, raised the level of elegant dining by providing edible floral decorations as well as handmade sesame seed-encrusted candy boxes to serve the after-dinner chocolates.\u201d * Cosmopolitan The International Wine and Food Society is said to be the oldest, most distinguished and most truly cosmopolitan of all those international associations founded in the interests of lovers of good food rather than those of professionals.It spans the world, with more than 7,000 members in over 50 countries.In the words of André Simon, its founder, \u2018\u2019The object of the society is to bring together and serve all who believe that a right understanding of good food and wine is an essential part of personal contentment and health; and that an intelligent approach to the pleasure and problems of the table offers far greater rewards than the mere satisfaction of appetite.\u201d The society is one of the few nonprofit, non-commercial organizations whose objectives include raising the standards of expectations and performance for chefs and winemakers, irrespective of their cuisine and style.The Montreal branch of the society has approximately 95 members and is the largest branch in Canada.The Montreal branch typically holds four dinners, four wine tastings and one summer event each year.Persons interested in further information regarding membershjgp may write to the Secretary, IW&F of Montreal branch, 8265 Nevada, Bros- sard, Quebec J4Y 2E8.It\u2019s easy to place a classified ad in THE WESTMOUNT EXAMINER.Simply call 931-7511.An adtaker will help compose the ad.Payment may be made by using your Visa or MasterCard.Everyone knows someone who's been helped by a blood donation.You might be next.Do your part to keep the supply available.Be a Red Cross blood donor.} : mov RTE DS ee TR 0 es ne 0 >= = SES SE Es Vis CA St Tot Co The Westmount _ Examiner, Thursday, December 18, 1986 - 21 Lo es SSSRSSSRSSESS SE NSSESSSE NE SESSSSSNE estmount your = , Home of AVS RT QT +R merchants ER these fine oT CRY THAT SHOP SHERBROOKE STREET ARRET AESTSESE Sterling Silver Cutlery SETS & SINGLE PIECES 50-65% oft We have a STERLING SILVER matching service we don\u2019t have your pattern, we'll search for it.® We are overflowing with original Christmas gift ideas from furniture & accessories, sconces & chandeliers, to crystal & china.* Moorcroft, Royal Doulton, Lalique, Royal Crown Derby.FFSA SE RSA RE SSSR RSA SSA A RE REE WE ALSO BUY Best prices - we pay cash 4932 Sherbrooke W.Westmount 484-9395 OPEN: Tues.-Fri.10:30-6; 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Rt ve \u2018 ' fi Fi ÿ par Wendy 5774 Sherbrooke W (at Wilson ) 486-8482 Paul Paré Imasco says it is anxious to share the knowledge and insights on job creation that will result from the Enterprise Centres project with others in the business community and municipal, provincial and federal governments who are involved in the area of job creation.To this end, the Enterprise Centres project will be governed by a foundation whose board of directors will include Imas- co representatives and community Woman injured exiting bus A 60-year-old woman was taken to hospital Wednesday last week after falling while getting off a bus at Sherbrooke street and Mount Pleasant avenue, police said.The victim, a resident of St Laurent, had been going down the steps about 5 pm when the mishap occurred.She complained of pain in the back and was transported to the Montreal General Hospital.Je Grands! Special toys, books and play equipment for special little ones.3 + 3 i A RAMI ETAT NATIVE: (4% 81 METIS rss Je @randisl celebrates Christmas by offering you: ; - Up to 30% off on selected items.: - an opportunity to contribute to Oxfam or the Gazette Christmas Fund just by shopping at Je Grands! 5% of all non-credit card sales will be donated.Je Grandis! 321 Victoria Ave.Westmount 484-1928 WHITE GOOSE DOWN SALE cor sons 9199 SKI JACKETS $99 Largest choice - top quality OPEN SUNDAY MEN \u2014 WOMEN EXXA ox: 550 President Kennedy 843-6248 St.Jean: 1 Place du Marché 346-6620 Reg.$225 2 CORTS $19% > SNS v IN > EPL AEA SE Ce A aus lead role ized will perid expe includ will 4 day s¢ 25 ang Year's betwe ~ 1% = The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 18, 1986 \u201c 29 A beautiful way to relax.Oriental style! COME AND VISIT OUR TWO FLOORS OF FUTON FURNITURE & SELECTED ACCESSORIES - Guaranteed quality futons - Largest selection of frames in Montreal - An unmatched variety of decorative fabrics ~ Dividers - lamps - kimonos - Furoshiki cushions ~ tatami mats \u2014 Indian carpets - posters \u2014 blinds \u2014 Fans - wicker & rattan items - Bedding: sheets, quilts, pillows pr ~ Makura: orthopedic pillows, all natural SE - Mattress covers: 100% wool on quilted cotton.EE) Xmas special Ee \\| SPECIAL PRICES ON FUTONS & FRAMES [=\u2014\u2014 - 4 PLUS Gift certificate, $H@ vaue === | with mun.purchase ot $50, applicable to met 5 ue next purchase of $50 or more 2 ARIE Le or ° .Porsivus&tire rue Si-jacques .+ Major credit cards 5 = a * Delivery - layaway (i = 5 rr = leaders.The composition and precise role of the foundation is to be finalized and announced this year.Imasco\u2019s $7 million commitment will be disbursed over a five-year period.\u201cThe project is clearly an experiment,\u2019 said Mr Crawford.\u201cWe Welcome Hall appeals to Christmas generosity Welcome Hall Mission is holding its annual December fund campaign until Dec 29.The goal for this appeal is $315,000.These funds will enable the Mission to continue providing its service for Montreal\u2019s needy.The Mission is an independent charitable organization founded in 1892 by T.B.Macauley, a president of Sun Life Insurance Company.The Mission helps the needy and destitute in our community by offering hope, encouragement and direction inaddition to food, shelter and clothing through a variety of programs for men, families and youth.Its facilities are located at 1490 St Antoine street west and include a 50- bed residence for transient men and for the men in rehabilitation programs of the Mission.The services and material assistance of the Mission are given without any charge to the needy.Funding comes solely from the donations of concerned individuals.Donations may be sent to PO Box 894, Station A, Montreal, Quebec H3C 2V9.Receipts will be issued for income tax purposes.Library open over holidays The Westmount Public Library, including the children\u2019s department, will be open during most of the holiday season with the exception of Dec 25and 26 and Jan 1 and 2.On both Christmas Eve and New Year\u2019s Eve the library will be open between 10 am and 1 pm.À # à à À À À Ÿ À À À À \u201calphabet x for kids AP HAVER PA py x Z JL = \"a different toy store\u201d x OPEN EVERY NIGHT x JIL CHRISTMAS a 5718 Sherbrooke W.between Harvard & Wilson! En Ÿ 486-4121 © ; TAAA ANAL L ALA WHEAT ARTA AANA R are optimistic that the goal of 1,000 new jobs over three years will be attained and that the Enterprise * Quick and friendly service.One of Imasco's Enterprise Centres is to be set up in this building on St Jacques street in St Henri, just outside Westmount.It is to offer some 2,800 square metres of rentable office space for budding businesses.Centres will be self-financing at the end of our sponsorship period.\u201d Imasco anticipates the Enterprise Centres will be in operation in the spring.Entrepreneurs who would like to receive additional information can register their interest by phoning 514-289-9772 or writing to Job Creation of Canada Inc, PO Box 219, St Henri, Montreal, Quebec, H4C 3M3.PRE-CHRISTMAS SALE savings from 2 5 % Our pre-Christmas sale is now in progress.Come visit us at one of our four locations.eka FASHIONS FROM Caivin Klein WESAINTAURENT by Michael Stein MERONA \u2014 a HENRY GRETHEL Sn FE = IEARFÉANI ALEXANDER JULIAN col LD.Ladies: great gift ideas and formal wear for the for those special men in holiday season your life.*Please, no exchanges on Boxing Day, December 26th Gentlemen: casual 1259 Greene Ave Westmount 932-7498 484 Sherbrooke Centre Rockland SIA OA d3rd Level) 931-6113 340-9131 (Parc'& Prince-Arthur @ 843-8641 30 The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 18, 1986 Au Coin du Décor e CUSTOM MADE DRAPERIES e WALLPAPER e BLINDS SHOP-AT-HOME SERVICE (514) 453-2253 PERFECT PRESENTS Desk accessories from Italy $5.99-$42.99 Acrylic party accessories $1.99-$16.99 Aprons \u2014 Chef hats - Mitts $10.98-$6.98-$5.98 FREE GIFT WRAPPING WITH THIS AD! Gourmet cookware at huge savings KITCHEN WAREHOUSE = 357 Victoria Ave.Westmount 486-6314 5 ann « Loc Sys ne cy A TREES FOR TINY TIM: Boots MacLeod, left, Phil Charon, centre, and Jane MacLeod model the Eastern Township evergreens they are selling at their Christmas tree depot in front of the Old Post Office, at the corner of Greene avenue and de Maisonneuve boulevard.Proceeds from sale of the trees, which range in price from $15 to $45 depending on size and quality, go towards the Montreal! Children Hospital's Tiny Tim Fund.*\u201cTwo years ago, we donated over $1,000 to the fund.This year we shouid hit our goal of $1,000 again,\u201d co-ordinator Peter Macleod said, adding that he and his colleagues plan to stay open at least until Tuesday.Fire chief offers hints to avoid Yule fire risk Westmount residents are being asked by fire officials to keep exits clear when putting up Christmas trees and other decorations for the holiday season.Windows and doorways should not be blocked in case sudden evacuation is needed.Another reminder is to make certain to put plenty of ashtrays around when entertaining and to check sofas and rugs after guests leave for fallen cigarette butts which might be smouldering undetected.Special precautions also should be taken at this time of year not to smoke near wrapping paper and evergreen decorations, all of which are highly combustible.\u201cDeclare your tree a no-smoking area,\u2019 says Westmount\u2019s fire chief William Timmons.That special Christmas gift at a special price! coats - suits \u2014 dresses - knitwear - skirts \u2014 blouses Selected items reduced by 20-40% To all our clientele: Best} wishes for the holidays.keeety Clothids 4209 St.Catherine St.West Westmount (near Greene Ave.) 937-7072 Theccty (lois If natural trees are used, remember to set them in large containers of water and check the water level every day to prevent their drying out.Chemical sprays do not provide a fireproof solution for natural trees and should not be regarded as a substitute for immersion of the tree butt in water, he says.Trees should be set up away from drapes and heat sources such as radiators, fireplaces and TV sets.Keep tree lights well away from needles and unplug the cord from the wall outlet at bedtime or when leaving the house.It is also specially important over the Christmas season to check that all smoke detectors contain working batteries and are functioning properly.A smoke detector is also a good gift to make someone \u201chappy and safe,\u201d the fire chief notes.League offers tips for safe Christmas tree Every year, the Christmas festivities are marred by fire tragedy.Very often the cause is related to the Christmas tree or its decorations, to electricity due to overloaded circuits or to the improper use of the fireplace.Here are some tips on how to make the holiday season safer as recommended by the Quebec Safety League: Get a tree that is freshly cut because it will stay green longer and be less of a fire hazard.A tree witha high moisture content is safer.If small branches snap easily betwen your fingers chances are the tree is dry.# Stand the tree up and tap the butt on the ground: if an abundance of needles drop, it\u2019s a sign that a good part of the tree is dry.* Needles that bend and that cannot be pulled easily from the tree are a good indication that the tree is fresh.» Keep the tree outdoors with the butt in snow (or water) until you are ready to set it up indoors.» Before setting it up, cut four centimetres diagonally off the butt.* Select a location for the tree that is away from drapes and curtains and from drying and heating sources such as registers, radiators, fireplaces and television sets.Do not block doors or windows which might be used to escape in an emergency.Use a tree stand that has widespread legs for better balance and a large water reservoir in which to immerse the tree butt.If necessary, use guy wires to steady the tree.Maintain the water supply in the reservoir.Keep it cool e Thecooler the room, the longer the tree will stay fresh.Consider lowering the thermostat, especially at night.* Toys which use electrical power (battery or house current) should not be left or played with around the tree.Gift wrapping paper and boxes should be collected as soon as the gifts are opened and discarded with the garbage.Do not burn them in the fireplace.* Remove the tree to the outdoors as soon as possible.Do not burn it inthe fireplace.Consider buying an artificial \u201cflame or fire resistant\u201d tree.* Always keep an all-purpose dry chemical fire extinguisher han * Ahome smoke detector and {7}, 1l- purpose dry chemical fire in- guisher make excellent Christmas gifts, the Quebec Safety League also suggests.4253 STE-CATHERINE OUEST WESTMOUNT - 1er étage AJUSTEMENTS, ALTERATIONS GENERALES, MODIFICATIONS, COUTURE DE TOUT GENRE POUR VETEMENTS HOMMES ET FEMMES FOR YOUR GENERAL ALTERATIONS, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CLOTHING Yves Tremblay TAILLEUR COUTURIER Tel: 933-3970 oy THA the \\ thon Rece Cons Cert well serv Saag THANKS TO POLICE: Certificates of appreciation were presented to MUC police by the Westmount district of Boy Scouts of Canada for participation in the Skate-a- thon at a dinner held Wednesday, Dec 3.at the 3 Field Engineers armory.Receiving the certificate for station 23 on behalf of Director Gilbert Coté was Constable Michel Caza.With him is district persident Sharon Wood Dauphinee.Certificates also were given to Roslyn School and THE WESTMOUNT EXAMINER as well as to Sgt Robert Cotnoir.Scouter George Deare also received a 20-year long service award.Shoppers\u2019 cars targets for December thieves As the stores have been telling us loud and clear, it's Christmas shopping time again! This means that over the next couple of weeks many people will be filling their cars for that drive between store and home with nice things intended to go under the Christmas tree.Unfortunately, thieves know as well as consumers that Christmastime is here and they know that shoppers who are careless with their cars or packages can be easy targets during this season.Thefts of and from cars are a problem throughout the year for MUC police.Indeed, earlier this fall they launched a special crackdown on such incidents.Police know, however, that such crimes increase at this time of year and this has been borne out by large numbers of such thefts in the past couple of weeks.Motorist-shoppers, however, can reduce their chances of becoming a theft victim by taking several preventative steps.Following are some suggestions offered by MUC police: e Park your car in a spot that is open and well lit.This is particularly important at this time of year as darkness comes early and stores are open later, even during the beginning of the week.¢ Don't leave your keys in the ignition and never leave your car with the motor running, as is done by many in cold weather to \u2018let it warm up.\u201d * If vou have to leave parcels in the car, put them in the trunk.Don't leave them on the seats in full view of passersby.e Close all windows and lock all doors when you leave your care Don't leave in the car your driver\u2019s licence, vehicle registration papers, credit cards or other valuable documents.¢ Keep your car keys on a ring separate from your other keys.¢ Don't leave automatic garage door openers in the car, particularly if there is also something in the car bearing your address.This is an open invitation to a thief.Don't leave a duplicate car key hidden under the hood.e Don't forget that the effects of the theft of your car are not limited to your own problems in repairing the loss.Stolen vehicles are often used to commit other crimes.The work of Centraide-financed agencies touch almost all our lives.Send your donation to Centraide today.Montreal\u2019s largest selection Nightshirts/printed boxers/designer PJs 344A Victoria Ave.Westmount Just below Sherbrooke The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 18, 1986 - 31 Boutique Terrycloth robes FOR MEN Fine robes and sleepwear OPEN 10 am-7 pm till Dec.24 481-4120 Where Come True * PLUSH TOYS « GREAT STOCKING STUFFERS e CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS « TOPS « KIDS\u2019 JEWELLERY e WRAPPING PAPER ¢ CARDS e MUSICAL GIFTS - GUND, HERITAGE, RUSS Visit our store and see the big BRING IN AD 0 F oR 10 A Opiscount ¢- 937-3833 OPEN THURS & FAI TH 9 4° Christmas Wishes selection of toys for good girls & boys TOYS - GIFTS 1232 GREENE AVE.( SPECIALITES ALIMENTAIRES MARCHE IMPORTED FANCY FOODS lowes MARKET ,,ue 4820 OUEST SHERBROOKE WEST, WESTMOUNT WE NewS, A OSED SIRLOIN 2\" OR CLUBS .NIGHTLINE For over 6 years: free breakfasts each Saturday at Clement's\u2019 484-5453 + 100% PURE BUTTER FARM-STYLE >) BOSTON SWEET MINCE MEAT PIE.:4.39 fcr CRACKED WHEAT LETTUCE 2 gg: BLUEBERRY PIE .4.49 onc 6/99 BREAD 99: Teen for PECAN PIE 4.59 | emoaur 12 02 - EUROPEAN STYLE | OUR HOME MADE BRIE CHEESE 99 BAGUETTE ENGLISH en | ERNADA 99 or 4° BREAD 99: | MurFins 6 /Q Qe | GRADE \u201cA BEEF a CAMEMRER7 12 oz FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS DINNER FARM HOUSE ' CHEESE BREAD SIRLOIN TIP ROAST BEEF EUROPEAN STYLE 7 FRESH WHITE MUSHROOMS 100 Product ot Canada 226 gr FROM USA FRESH DOUBLE CRUSTY BR 18 RESERVE YOUR BREADS THIS WEEK .BREAD Lan | MEDIUM CHEDDAR 1¢ SE ULooLl 12 | SAVE THE BEST - BUY CLEMERT'S BREAD | = 2 ca juan 12, A PRICES VE ES 2085, wi RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES.| qe 32 - The Westmount Examiner, Thursday, December 18, 1986 THE UNICOAD .@orcanic AURAI * Organic facials ® Natural eyelash dyeing * Deep steaming CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Organic facials $25 We use natural products to feed and nourish skin TONES & TIGHTENS 7484-7007 » 484-4940 Ruth: 5830 MONKLAND, suite 11 Le Coin des Enfants Dress them en the best this Christmas! Westmount Square Le Coin des Enfants (The Children\u2019s Corner) One Westmount Square 937-6510 A PLEASANT SHOP! Dr Guttmann heads team \u201cree a - probing transplants, diabetes Organ transplantation and juvenile onset diabetes mellitus are the double target of a major grant award to four McGill faculty of medicine professors by the Medical Research Council of Canada.The total amount of the grant is more than $1 million, to be spread over three years.Dr Ronald Guttmann, a West- mounter, director of the transplantation service at the Royal Victoria Hospital, one of McGill's 11 teaching hospitals, is co-ordinating the research.The other principal investigators are: DrE.Colle, professor of pediatrics and a member of the Montreal Children's Hospital; Dr A.Fuks, associate professor of medicine and acting director of the McGill Cancer Centre; and Dr G.Prud'homme, associate professor of pathology.This interdisciplinary team thus draws on the expertise of four different departments in the McGill faculty of medicine.What organ transplantation and juvenile diabetes have in common in the McGill project is the researchers\u2019 concern with the body\u2019s immune system.Scientists have discovered that a series of linked genes known as the MHC (major histocompatibility complex) plays an important role in the regulation of the immune system and the \u201cbiological discrimination between \u2018self\u2019 and \u2018non-self'\u201d as Dr Guttmann puts it.\u201cThis genetic complex is known to exist in man as well as in all other species studied,\u201d reports Dr Gutt- mann, \u201cand it originally came to light because of its function in organ transplantation rejection.\u201d Understanding the function of the MHC in the \u2018host-graft\u2019 relationship is increasingly important as organ transplant operations become more and more commonplace.Héart, kidney studied A major aim of the McGill project is to study heart and kidney transplantation, in order to define the influence of the MHC on the host's ability to accept an organ graft.The role of lymphocytes (white blood cells) in graft rejection and suscepti- Send poinsettias \u2014 Envoyez poinsettias \u2014 dites Joyeux Noël\u2019 en couleur éclatante.731-4992 say \u2018Merry Christmas\u201d in glowing color.McKenna Côte des Neiges CALL NOW AND USE YOUR MASTERCARD, VISA, OR AMERICAN EXPRESS ON THE PHONE sausss 0-1: 4509 Côte des Neiges -1 29.95 24.95 RADEINSERVICE ON SNS 5 BOOTS 4 STE _Sherbrooke & St Jacques _ 725-5295 |.ae Tetdiatataa tans San var - he ey Pts \u2014 = SO \u201coz 6-0 BD BND © BD nO @P®OS Hm ep # between Jan 13 and 15.\u201c quality of its programs.ef .academic year would be **ideal.\u201d it\u201d WHS open house hopes to attract new pupils IN ABID toattract graduating elementary students, Westmount High School is opening its doors, during regular school hours, to the public WHS has sent out notices to parents of grade 6 children in the area, informing them of an open house.\u201cWe have no secrets and I think we have to get this message out,\u201d WHS principal Richard Jack said last week.The idea behind the open house, he said, is to provide parents and potential students with an uninhibited look at the high school and the \u201cI think it might be a better idea than having an evening where w put on a show,\u201d Mr Jack added, referring to past recruiting With the introduction of its novel secondary I enrichment program, WHS drew 69 students for grade 7 in September, a dramatic increase from years past, specially in light of declining enrolment throughout the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal.Mr Jack said 100 students entering grade 7 in the upcoming \u201cIt would be a good healthy enrolment and I think we\u2019ll achieve Ball star Melvin Hall opens winter batting camp For baseball enthusiasts Florida no longer need be the Mecca of winter.Melvin Hall, a star left fielder with the Cleveland Indians, has recently opened a public batting practice facility on the second floor of the Côte St Luc shopping centre, 7155 Côte St Luc road.The batting facility comes complete with two indoor batting cages, pitching machines, warm-up batting tees and a video room for post-swing therapy.Baseball players of any age are encouraged to take advantage of the 25 swings for $1 and individual instruction from Mr Hall.Mr Hall, 26, is currently the only major league ball player who makes his home year-around here, since marrying a Montrealer recently.\u201cMel hit 20 home runs last year so he's obviously qualified to help the kids hit,\u201d said John Elias, a personal friend and former professional pitcher who now runs the Grand Slam Baseball School during the summers, classes patronized by a number of Westmount youngsters over the years.\u201cHe'd be a valuable addition to the (Montreal) Expos.He's very community conscious,\u201d added Mr Elias.Hitting contests are held every hour at the facility and children are awarded with autographed baseballs, caps and other accessories.Batting practice is scheduled for 7 pm to 10 pm both this Thursday and Friday, 9 am to 6 pm Saturday and 10 am to5 pm Sunday.Beginning the week of Dec 22, the batting practice is open to the public every day between 10 am and 6 pm until the end of the holiday season.For additional information call 482-5695.Grand Slam dates fixed John Elias has finalized the dates for the three, week-long sessions of his summer of '87 Grand Slam baseball school.The first segment is scheduled for June 29 through July 3, followed by the week of July 20 to 24 and the final session Aug 17 to 21.Westmounters have attended the baseball day camp since its inception 16 years ago.The cost of a one-week session is $145.For additional information call 482-5695.Window entry Jewelry valued at about $500 was stolen from a house broken into on Lansdowne avenue just north of Sherbrooke street last Thursday, police said.Entry was gained by breaking a window in the back door.g.c.e Physiotherapists, physicians, physical education specialists and top athletes to serve your needs.ow.and discover your physical realities.biomechanic and cardio-vascular.¢ Keiser Nautilus, free weights, super aerobic equipment, whirlpools, steam, sauna, health bar will complement a professionally supervised program.4260 Girouard, 3rd floor corner Monkland, Villa Maria metro 483-3993 OPEN HOUSE, starting January 12, 9 am-5 pm _.FREE CONSULTATIONS _ Schools closing for break Westmount elementary and high school students begin a two-week Christmas vacation tomorrow.While most Westmount and area schools close Dec 19, public school students will return Jan 5 for the new year, a day earlier than their private school colleagues who report back Jan 6.Abduct Pioneer A $400 Pioneer radio was stolen from a car parked Dec 7 outside 333 Prince Albert avenue, police report.The grey 1984 Audi was broken into through a vent window.The Westmount Examiner.Thursday, Dec STELLAR CHEQUE: Recently, students from Centennial Academy were involved in raising $5,000 for the Telethon of Stars in aid of research projects at the Montreal Children's and St Justine\u2019s hospitals.From left, are Zoe Leiter, Jamie England and Scott Hosking, all residents of Westmount, with the cheque that was presented to the Telethon of Stars.{ O SY Trust us with your children - 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