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A4 THC GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1998 A MONTREAL 1U- 1 L- DETLEV JANTHUR TRAIL BUILDER On the 7TTT" 1 A 1 I path to I enlgMenment 4 i. Af with leaves and you clear a small path, 80 per cent of the people will use the path. I learned that from Ions, long observation. "I always start from my front door. That's very important from an environmental point of view.

Start at home. Sometimes 1 shovel for 6. 8.10 hours Detlev Janthur wasstmping Clark St. the first time I saw im. It was a hot July day, hisface was purplvfrom exertion and Ins T-shirt was snaked with sweat, lint his wooden broom never stopped: cigarette butts, coffee cups, pop cans, broken glass, old news a day Often people ask me to do their sidewalks.

1 always say 'Maybe you can buy a shovel and we can see each other when it That way. you get to know your neighbours. It's very simple and it's very important. But, unfortunately, we're living in a time when simplicity is more and more neglected. People see a guy with a shovel, and right away they think 'Who is that crazy papers he missed nothing.

At first I thought he wasacity worker bin when he reached the corner of Clark andhvuv Arthur heswept through the intersection and continued down the stmt until he 'disappeared from sight. He seemed a lit tie crazy. The next time I saw him. he was shoveling stairson Mount Royal. When we started to talk, I quickly realized that Detlev Janthur was far from crazy MONIQUE DYKSTRA'S Some people react very negatively aH ITS' when they see me working.

They're intimidated. They don't know what to do "You come to a point in your life MONTREAL where you need to contribute. For years, I'd worked asa trail builder in national with me. You have to be very psychologically strong to do this. But I keep at it.

I'm very consistent. I think that's important. "The environment is like eating and sleeping -you have to do a little bit each day. I'm not saying everybody should carry a shovel like me. but I th ink everyone should try to do something to contribute, not just talk about it." Monique Dykstra's Email address is moniqueisprint.ca parks across Canada.

So. as a trail builder. I went to work on trails. I worked for free for a longtime. I was on welfare for a wh ile.

Then I wanted a real job. I work as a gardener now but in my spare time I still work for free. In the winter, I shovel sidewalks. I hate seeing people in wheelchairs struggling over the ice. In the summer.

I often work on the bike paths so people can ride their bikes without going over broken glass. In the fall I rake leaves on Mount Royal. If the road is covered MONIQUE DYXSTRA, GAZETTE Detlev Janthur always starts his path-clearing from his front door. OPEN CLOSED Where and when you can ride free CS11 II at vs vv'' fiH d.i-'. I 3t sis i I': 11 I all II Si' 'sja.

-Mf During the holidays, many businesses and government services will be closed or operate on different hours. Here is a partial list of those affected: Federal-government offices are closed until Jan. 4. Provincial offices are closed until Jan. 5 All city of Montreal departments, including Access Montreal offices, are closed today and until Jan.

5. There will be no garbage or curbside recycling tomorrow; large-pickup collections in the city of Montreal resume on Jan. 6. The municipal courthouse, at 775 Gosford will be closed tomorrow and Jan. 2.

Post offices will be closed tomorrow. Privately owned postal retail outlets found in pharmacies and depanneurs will open according to the operating hours of those businesses. Letter carriers will not be delivering mail tomorrow. Major department stores will be closed tomorrow and Jan. 2.

Grocery supermarkets, for the most part, will be closed tomorrow, but the policy varies from store to store. Public markets will be closed tomorrow, as will the Bonsecours market. All Societe des Alcools outlets will -ZJJmd ''mad ff, are closed until Jan. 5. The Biodome is open during the holidays, but the Biosphere will be closed tomorrow.

The Botanical Garden and Insectari-um will be open as usual. The Planetarium will be closed tonight and all day tomorrow. Most arenas in the greater Montreal area are closed until Jan. 3. Indoor municipal swimming pools, for the most part, are closed until Jan.

3 or Jan. 4. Montreal Urban Community Transit Corp. buses and the metro will operate on Sunday schedules tomorrow, and on Saturday timetables Jan. 2.

For more detailed information, call AUTOBUS. Commuter trains will be operating on Sunday schedules tomorrow, and on Saturday timetables Jan. 2. Commuter trains are free tomorrow. Rides on Laval transit buses will be free today from noon onward.

Buses will run on Saturday schedules today and Jan. 2, but on Sunday schedules tomorrow. Rides on South Shore transit buses will be free all day today. Buses operate on improved Saturday schedules today, but run on Sunday schedules tomorrow and Jan. 2.

You can take your chances on not feeding parking meters tomorrow no green onions will be working, but the police can still ticket your car. The Montreal Stock Exchange is closed tomorrow. The futures market will close today at 1 p.m. be closed tomorrow and only those normally open on Sundays will be open Jan. 2.

SAQ Express outlets will be open from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m Jan. 2, although most stores will close at 5 p.m. ALLEN MclNNIS, GAZETTE Chris Crevier, Garbage Bowl president, is ready for the action in 50th game tomorrow. Municipal libraries are closed until Jan.

5. Montreal's Maisons de la Culture Gridders talk trash Players don long johns for 50th Garbage Bowl game Woman dies in crash A 38-year-old woman died yesterday after she lost control of her car on an Ramadan calendar Prayer timetable for today Down 6:05 Sunrise 7:34 Noon 11:57 Afternoon 2:03 Evening 5:50 Prayer timetable for Jan. 1 Down 6:05 Sunrise 7:35 Noon 1 1 :58 Afternoon 2:04 Sunset 4:26 Evening 551 Special event: Friday prayer ot 1 1 0 p.m. Prayer timetable for Jan. 2 Down 6:05 Sunrise 7-35 Noon 1 1 :58 Afternoon 2:05 Sunset 4:27 Evening 5:52 Special event: fotluck, lecturer TBA icy road in l'Ange Gardien, just outside Quebec City Chantale Prevost's car veered into the oncoming lane just after 8 a.m.

and collided head-on with another vehicle, the Siirete du Quebec said. The driver of the other vehicle was treated for minor injuries. The Surete has recorded 22 fatal road accidents since Dec. 24. ball bowl games that are televised on New Year's Day.

Over the years, the annual event has raised more than $250,000 for children's charities including Ste. Justine's Hospital, the Mackay Centre and the Starlight Foundation. This year, organizers are hoping to collect $10,000. And while the Garbage Bowl is a one-day-a year event, plans are under way to put together a touch-football and softball team that would play throughout the year, raising money for different charities. "The only winners in the Garbage Bowl games are the kids," said Garbage Bowl president Chris Crevier.

If the thought of braving bone-chilling temperatures to watch football doesn't appeal, there also is a Garbage Bowl parade through Montreal West and other activities, including bagpipe music, to warm spectators' spirits. "The Garbage Bowl is all about the at DARREN BECKER The Gazette As many Montrealers awake tomorrow afternoon in a haze from another New Year celebration, more than 60 athletes will be participating in another perennial Jan. 1 tradition they maintain is equally intoxicating. After slipping into either green or red long underwear and suiting up in football gear, the players will hit an icy field at Royal West Academy in Montreal West to kick off 1999 by playing in the annual Garbage Bowl game. This year, however, the Garbage Bowl, which pits the Northern Combines against the Southern Bombers, has added significance: it's the 50th game.

The game has evolved considerably since 1950, when a group of Montreal West residents decided to get together and spoof the American college foot mosphere and a sense of community as people come out with their families to enjoy the day together," said Johnny Bridgeman, who has played in 16 games. Still, many players, including Crevier, insist that as soon as they strap on their helmets and step on to the field the action becomes intense. "It's a physical game and the players don't like to lose," said Neil Robertson, who is anxiously awaiting tomorrow's matchup so he can avenge last year's loss to the North. "There has been even more bantering between the guys this year because its the 50th game and who ever wins will have bragging rights for a long time," Crevier added. The 50th Garbage Bowl game begins at 2 p.m.

tomorrow at Royal West Academy, corner of St. Jacques St. W. and Westminster Ave. The parade begins at noon outside the Montreal West arena, 220BedbrookeSt.

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