The record, 11 octobre 2007, jeudi 11 octobre 2007

THE RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 75 CENTS + TAXES PM#0040007682 Thursday, October 1 1, 2007 SUR Dumont confident Says party’s made inroads By Jessica Brown Record correspondent Action Démocratique du Quebec leader Mario Dumont was in Granby Wednesday and said he is confident his party is well on its way.“We’ve made important gains in the region,” said Dumont just before going into a luncheon with the Haute Please see ADQon Page 4 Pair calls Stanstead senior Every morning By Sarah Rogers Magog Monica Lester has been living on her own for as long as she can remember.But the Stanstead senior is comfortable with that, as long as she hears the phone ring every day.At 8 a.m.Lester receives an automated call through the Pair Program.The Programme d’Assistance Individuelle aux personnes Retraitées serves those living alone who worry about their health or security, by checking in on them regularly.On Wednesday, an expanded service was Please see Phone on Page 4 Pasta 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on display anywhere.Nearly 540 head of cattle representing 10 breeds competed for the coveted championship rosettes and exhibitor and breeder banners at the event, which began Thursday with the national Salers breeders association annual meeting.A Salers male, a homebred yearling bull, raised by the McGee family at Wind-bee Farm near Richmond, stole the show when 10 packages of his semen sold for $21,000.“I raised his grandmother — actually that’s her right beside him,” said Gerry McGee after the sale, still having trouble finding words to express his pride in this animal.“It’s been over 20 years since we purchased our first subscription to the Salers Journal and received five vials of Salers semen as a bonus.And you know, only one vial worked on a very ordinary, commercial-type Hereford.That’s how we got started with the Salers and just kept trying to improve quality through the years.” McGee’s commercial herd is long gone.There have been other notables out of those stables, bull calves, sent to testing stations halfway across Canada, but proving their potential as herd sires and commanding top dollar.The McGee girls, Joanne, Christine and Tammy, are also dedicated Salers breeders, never missing a chance to come home for a fair or a special show like the Victoriaville event.But Saturday, smiles almost disappeared as the young sire only earned a Re serve Champion rosette.“He wasn’t in full bloom today and that can make all the difference.We plan to show him at the big shows coming up in Ontario and Saskatchewan and he’ll be in fine fettle for them,” McGee, ever the optimist, pre dieted.There were several success stories as different breeds made appearances on Saturday.The Shorthorns in Carey Johnson’s show line seemed to have a solid grip on the top two positions as as he vied for top honours with the well known Shady Brook entries.He finished with reserve in both male and female championships.Shadybrook Farm, well known in the Lac Brome area and beyond, took home several of the red rosettes, the Mastines from Richmond also shone with Angus and Hereford, as did Barrons Polled Herefords owned by Wayne and Arlene Gallup.There were 121 exhibitors from Quebec and 10 from Ontario, New Brunswick and Manitoba, swelling the final figure to a record-breaking number of exhibits and exhibitors.Expo president Beaumont noted the high prices received for packages of semen: “It’s obvious Quebec breed-ers of top quality beef animals are earning a good reputation outside the province.This gives breeders the added bonus of selling some of that excellent foundation breeding outside the province in this way and opening the door to world-wide markets.” Taking championship rosettes home to farms in the Townships were JD Farms of Lac Brome with their male, black Angus, Slapshot.In the Reserve category: BLB Farms of St Felix de Kingsey with Limousin male BLB Titanium, Windbec Superstar IS of Windbec Farm and the McGee Family of Richmond, Carey Johnston’s Shorthorn Lucky SPTGE Casino 39P 58S.Among the females winning the championship rosette were Michael Morin’s Salers female SC Polled Nina 46N and Lac Brome’s Shady Brook Farm’s Shady Brook Perfect 4R.Winning the Reserve rosette was Richmond area exhibitors BLB Farm’s Limousin AT3 Polled Rhapsody and High Ridge Catalina 3S, Carey Johnston’s Shorthorn female to name just a few of the animals presented at this annual show.Held in the Victoriaville coliseum, accommodations were stretched to the limit with several agriculture society stables put into use as well as a huge tent erected at the site.This is the seventh year the event has been held in Victoriaville and it will continue to be held here annually through 2010.CLAUDIA VILLEMAIRE Getting top price at the Expo Auction Friday with 10 packages of semen from their outstanding yearling male Salers, smiles were the order of the day for Joanne, Gerry, Christine and Tammy McGee of Windbec Farms near Richmond.Volunteer Bank ACEF Montérégie-Est ACEF (Association Cooperative d’économie familiale) Montérégie-Est is a community organization in the Brome-Missisquoi region with a mission to inform, sensitize, and counsel people on budget, debt and consumer issues.The group is presently seeking bilingual volunteers to join its board of directors.Skills: No experience is necessary, but some management skills would be desirable.When: New board members are elected at the Monday, Oct.15 annual general meeting.For more information or to volunteer, contact Annie Riendeau at 450-375-1443.CLC seeks help The CLC (Community Learning Centre) in Bury is seeking volunteers.• Volunteers are needed once a week for a half hour to re-shelve books, sign out books, and call people about returning books.Volunteers may work either during the day or in the evening.• Computer-sawy people are needed to run the Internet Café Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 9 p.m.Experience with Mac computers is required.For more information or to volunteer, contact Nancy Beattie at 819-570-7255 or beattien@etsb.qc.ca.On Volunteering “The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.” - Robert M.Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Source Charity Village) About the Volunteer Bank The Volunteer Bank is an initiative of Townshippers’ Association and was created as a result of a need expressed by English speakers to become more involved in their community, as well as to provide English-speaking volunteer support to community groups and organizations.Townshippers’ Association is a non-partisan, non-profit organization serving the English-speaking community in the Eastern Townships.Do you have a special talent, skill, or service you would like to provide on a volunteer basis?Is your group or organization looking for a few good volunteers?If so, contact Evelina Smith, coordinator of Townshippers’ Association’s Volunteer Bank at 819-566-2182 (toll free 1-877-566-2182), info@townshippers.qc.ca, or George Courville, coordinator of Partners for Health & Social Services - Town-ships-Montérégie Network at 450-263-4422 (toll free 1-866-263-4422), gc@townshippers.qc.ca.Weather Today: Rain at times heavy.High 13.Friday: Rain.Low 11.High 13.Saturday: Periods of rain.Low 6.High 8.Sunday: Periods of rain.Low plus 2.High 8.Ben by Daniel Shelton fôrozzwooO’tâï , - .CCT A PICTURE OF THE TWO Of YOU WITH MIA / UH OH, X CKXJ'T THINK THIS IS &0IN& TO WORK^ V- SHE WANTS HER M0AWŸ TO H0U?HER,., Tr ifjri € THIS LOOKS 000(7.OKAY, H0U?ON.OR tylUU : - I—THE—Il I RECORD Thursday, October 11, 2007 page 3 an mam : «£«&****** «apt