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¦ THE RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Inverness installing a new central drainage system.See Page 3 75 CENTS + TAXES PM#0040007682 The Flag JEN YOUNG/CORRESPONDENT These little ones sure enjoyed the Hatley Canada Day festivities.See Pages 8 & 12 for more photos of celebrations from across the region.Monday, July 4, 2005 Social contract opens farms to SQ^ not pot growers By Maurice Crossfield The Sûreté du Québec will be watching a pilot project in Nicolet-Yamaska that may help bite into the efforts of pot growers using farmers fields.The SQ in the region near Trois-Rivières has teamed up with the local Comité de la lutte contre la culture du cannabis au Centre du Québec, a group of citizens frustrated at having their legitimate farm crops replaced with marijuana.Together they developed a social contract for farmers which gives police access to their properties at any time without a warrant.The contract basically makes it easier for police to seek out marijuana plantations, the vast majority of which are not planted by the landowners themselves.Between May 1 and Nov.15, they can venture freely on the farmers' lands in search of the outlaw gardens.In return for the easy access, the SQ agrees to keep the names of those who signed contracts secret, and to protect the farmers' legitimate crops.To date, 600 of the 1,100 farmers in Nicolet-Yamaska have signed up.That represents about 400 square kilometres, or roughly half of the region.Marijuana production has become a subject of increasing concern in Nicolet-Yamaska, a region in which 26 per cent of all pot seized in Quebec last year was grown.The local citizens committee has even gone so far as to hold public consultations on the issue.This fall it will be hosting an information workshop for teachers aimed at helping them identify problems among students related to drug use.Here in the Townships, the SQwill be watching the social contract project to gauge its success.“It may happen here in the coming years,” said the SQ’s spokesman for the Estrie region, Const.Louis-Philippe Ruel.“We don’t have that yet, but for us in this region we have fewer farmers.” The Nicolet-Yamaska region is heavily farmed, so pot growers have more of a tendency to use farm fields.Ruel said the Townships are less intensely farmed, so pot growers are more likely to use open spots in the woods or other areas where people rarely tread.The SQis also advising the general public that the outdoor marijuana growing season is now in full swing.The SQis urging anyone who sees suspicious activities or the unusual comings and goings of people and vehicles in rural areas to call the Info Crime line at 1-800-711-1800.New research chairs at U of S The University of Sherbrooke has two new Canada research chairs.Nadine Lanctot, a professor in the psycho-education department of the faculty of education, will be studying female delinquency, particularly in adolescents.Jeannie Haggerty, a community health science professor in the faculty of medicine and health sci- ences, will be studying patient perceptions of front line health care services.Lanctot’s research will focus on rehabilitation of adolescents served by social and judicial services, within the context of psychological and social factors.To this point, most research has See Science, Page 2 Keep an eye openi From July 2 to 10,2005, from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m.Tuesday 7 and Wednesday & from 10 a.m.to 9 p.m.Come and tour the greater Sherbrooke area during “La Grande Virée Artistique” 4th edition.Visual artists, painters, sculptors and artisans are opening their workshop to you.U Grande Virée Artistique To make your itinerary and help you locate the workshops, a map of participating artists is available in touristic information centers at the Rock Forest Cultural Center and in many hotels.Information; 864-4729 www.lagrandevireeartistique.cjc.ca Your starting point during the event: The Rock Forest Cultural Center (963 Haut-ôois 5t.) page 2 Monday, July 4, 2005 RECORD Briefs Pèlerin to be temporarily closed Pèlerin Street in Sherbrooke's Fleu-rimont borough will be temporarily closed while road crews finishing paving.The street will closed from July 6 - 7 from 6 a.m.to 6 p.m.between Lajeunesse and Beauvoir East streets.The road might also be closed July 11.Blood donor clinics LOTO QUÉBEC Results TVA.the network of draws Draw 2005-06-29 19 42 43 44 46 47 Bonus : 26 6/6 5/6+ 5/6 4/6 3/6 2/6+ WINNERS 2 3 255 6,678 114,316 85,863 Total sales : Next grand prize (approx.) : PRIZES $4,123,782.00 $107,996.70 $1,049.60 $75.90 $10.00 $5.00 $15,334,224 $4,000,000 ALWAYS BE NICE TO PEOPLE WHO PLAY THE Draw 2005-06-29 04 08 15 28 30 32 Bonus : 05 WINNERS PRIZES 6/6 0 $1,000,000.00 5/6+ 1 $50,000.00 5/6 23 $500.00 4/6 1,085 $50.00 3/6 18,574 $5.00 Total sales $463,414.00 Egjtra Draw 2005-06-29 NUMBER PRIZE 145562 $100,000 Claims See back of tickets, in the eveni of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list of L-Q.the latter shall prevail Monday, July 4 • Where: Farnham’s The Daughters of Isabella — 421 De l’Hôtel-de-Ville Street: • When: 2 to 7:30 p.m.; • Objective: 100 donors.Tuesday, July 5 • Where: Magog’s Les Galeries Orford basement — 1700 Sherbrooke Street.• When: 10 a.m.to 6:30 p.m.; • Objective: 100 donors.Wednesday, July 6 • Where: Stanstead’s Sunnyside Elementary School — 441 Dufferin Street; • When: 2 to 7 p.m.; • Objective: 100 donors.Thursday, July 7 • Where: Terrasses Rock Forest — 4857 Bourque Blvd; • When: 3:30 to 8:30 p.m.; • Objective: 100 donors.Friday, July 8 •Where: Terrasses Rock Forest — 4857 Bourque Blvd; •When: 9:30 a.m.to 2:30 p.m.; • Objective: 100 donors.Correction Due to an editing error, Julie Edwards was said to be principal at Druinmondville and Asbestos-Shipton-Danville Elementary schools in a story on June 30.Edwards was hired as viceprincipal at Massey-Vanier High School for the 2005-2006 school year.Work on mosaics closes traffic lanes Upkeep around Sherbrooke’s Mosaics will be closing traffic lanes on King West downtown.Lanes will be closed between Wellington and Gordon streets.Lanes are being closed to provide ample space for workers.Work around the mosaics will take place between July 4 and 5 from 5:45 a.m.to 1:45 p.m.Woodard Street to be closed A section of Woodard Street in Lennoxville will be closed July 5 for road construction.The section between Rigoles and Moulton Hill Streets will be closed from 6 a.m.to 6 p.m.while road crews pave the stretch of road.SUPER Draw 2005-07-01 20 21 23 25 22 34 3 Bonus .33 Total sales : Nexl grand prize : $12,362,576 $5.000,000 Draw 2005-07-02 02 18 22 23 32 44 Bonus : 10 Total sates: $14,038,746 Next grand prize (approx.) : 38,000,000 Draw 2005-07-02 19 28 35 40 Bonus : 43 47 42 WINNERS PRIZES 7/7 0 $2,500,000,00 6/7+ 5 $46,614.50 6/7 77 $2,648.50 5/7 4,677 $155.70 4/7 99,039 $10.00 3/7 + 90.780 $10.00 3/7 835,069 Free play WINNERS PRIZES 6/6 0 $4.104,012.00 5/6 + 2 $146,571.80 5/6 113 $2,143.00 4/6 5,798 $79.10 3/6 108,080 $10.00 2/6+ 83,852 $5.00 WINNERS PRIZES 6/6 0 $1.000,000.00 5/6+ 1 $50,000,00 5/6 8 $500.00 4/6 694 $50.00 3/6 13,570 $5.00 Total sates .$474,925.50 EQtra Draw 2005-07-01 EQtra Draw 2005-07-02 NUMBER PRIZE NUMBER PRIZE 201100 $ 100,000 448199 S 100,000 Claims: Set; back of tickets, in the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning fist oi L-Q.the latter shall prevail- Science: Cont’d from Page 1 focused on teenage males, with statistics on females coming solely from the judicial services.While male delinquency has been steady, female delinquency is on the rise.Her research will directly impact interventions in Montreal and the Eastern Townships.Haggerty’s research will focus on patient experiences during the period services were received, then determine how patients evaluated services.Haggerty’s research will look at improvements to health care, and how they affect patients’ perceptions of the care they receive.The University of Sherbrooke now has 45 Canada research chairs, as well as 38 research teams and three research institutes, in pharmacology, intelligent materials and systems, and aging.J'M LÎARNÎN6 FRENCH Because.more friends means more funî (^Pp i-.>.< i Join CPF ¦ tor answers and support ns they discover French.www.cpf.ca Weather Today: Sunny.Wind becoming south 20 km/h late in the morning.High 29.Tuesday: Cloudy with 60 per cent chance of showers.Low 17.High 28.Wednesday: Cloudy with 70 per cent chance of showers.Low 15.High 25.Thursday: A mix of sun and cloud.Low 15.High 25.Ben by Daniel Shelton 5bf TH£ JONESES haveT JÎH A NEW S.UY IN THEIR PRIVEW4Y.J MAY0E Wi.5M0UU7 GCT A K1PU/ 4 IIV ' B&ÜS9V THEY'RE EXPENSIVE.THEY POLLUTE ANP THEY USE TOO MUCH G4S.PESIPES, WE LIVE IN TOWN.pUT THEY LOOK SO COOL.' ! 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Sherbrooke 185, Burlington Tel.: (819) 566-2620 1-800-378-2620 Chomedey-Laval 994, bout.Curé Labelle Tel.: (450) 682-7676 1-877-682-7676 Granby 44, St-Jude Sud Tel.: (450) 777-4644 1-800-378-4644 www.despreslaporte.com away, you might be thinking this is the wrong time to be talking about how to keep vegetables over the winter, but the fact is if you don’t get started now you just won’t be ready when it’s time to harvest.And what better time to build or insulate cold room than w „ when there are Anna May Kinney hours of daylight and comfortable temper-atures in the evenings.The difference You may not believe that there is a big difference between storing vegetables at the right or wrong temperatures, but listen to what happened to me this winter and you decide.My tomatoes were picked in August 2004, and kept in a large box in a cool part of my kitchen.We not only had them with our Christmas dinner, the last ones were made into a salad on my birthday in February 2005, that was a full six months after they were harvested.They were not individually wrapped up in newspaper, like some people have suggested.They were not let on the vines and hung from nails in the ceiling as others suggested.No, they just sat there on the floor in a large box and I checked them twice a week, placing them into a bowl when they turned orange, and getting rid of anything that might be going bad.They did this well because they liked the temperature.Then yesterday, July 1,1 took out my very last Hubbard squash, cut it in half, removed the seeds and baked it.This ten-pound squash had survived ten months in storage and was still fresh and tasty.The one critical mistake most people make is keeping vegetables colder than they like being kept.Vegetables like tomatoes and summer squash should never be refrigerated.I find that they do best at a room temperature — between 10 and 15°C (50 to 60°F).At this temperature, even zucchini can be stored for a couple of months, while refrigerating it will make it go bad within ten days.Different strokes for DIFFERENT FOLKS First you need to decide what you would like to store.Will it be only root crops like carrots, beets, turnips and potatoes?Or will you be using your store room for home canned goods, staples like flour, sugar as well as winter squash?Seeing that most basements are heated these days, or wind up being too cold and damp, I decided to create my storage room on the first floor of my home.By keeping it between 45 and 50 degrees most of the year, it works out to be an ideal place for both vegetable and dry good storage.See ‘Kinney’ Page 11 Foster Mom: Cont'd from Page 9 “It’s hard for kids to go into foster care,” Harris said.“It’s harder because they know it’s going to be their new home for an unknown amount of time." All placements are for a thirty-day trial period, to give the children a chance to adjust to their new family.After that, social workers are in constant contact with the family, and re-evaluations of the situation take place periodically, usually after a year, but sometimes after six months.The foster family will have to appear in court, and visitation may be given to the children’s biological families.Adoptions are unlikely, even if the foster child stays with the same foster family until they’re 18.Harris said the group she works with at the Centre Jeunesse is very supportive.“We see each other frequently,” she said.“There’s an intervention at least once a month.” The social worker, and the other members of the support staff at the Centre Jeunesse will discuss different plans Townships Life —— ¦¦¦THtw =RECORD= Feature Story for the child in care, from education to behaviour modification to the possibility of longer parental visits.“We work together as a team.When we’re all on the same page, it can go very well.“I have a lot of learning still to do.I thought I was well-prepared eight years ?» ago.While her children are in school, Harris spends much of her time reading.She reads about child psychology, on the latest theories behind attachment, behaviour and anything else that might help her and her foster children.“Foster parents need a lot of support," Harris said.“The schools are an important part, because when something happens, even something small, it can be dealt with if it happens the right way.“We’re lacking resourcces badly.Education for the foster parent is very limited.There are rarely courses in English for foster parents.” Harris is quick to point out that the courses that are held often have poor turnout.“We’re not doing ourselves any favours there.“When it comes to the government, it’s a system.The more education you have, the better you can understand how the system works, you have a better chance of getting to the right channels.“I’ve tried all the wrong routes over the years, from tantrums to.Well, you learn.” Harris said that the decision to become a foster parent isn’t one you take on for money, or because you think the family whose children you’re caring for is going to be grateful.“If you think anyone is going to say thank you, you’re wrong.“The family is going through its problems, so the kids are getting their time apart, but the parents are still the parents.The kids are still going to need their parents.“All families have problems.These kids are just here for a break; it gives them time out of a situation full of conflict so the conflict can be resolved.” Harris said she wouldn’t trade in her eight years as a foster parent, despite all the difficulties.“I am constantly thinking about what I can improve, what I can change.I relive what I’ve said, try to think of what I can do better.“These kids are bright.They have so Monday, July 4, 2005 page 11 much potential.I want to help them.” Margot St-Pierre, who’s working with the Centre Jeunesse as well ?s the Centre de réadaptation Estrie and Centre Notre-Dame-de-l’Enfant/Dixville, said that foster homes, both long-term and for emergency placements, are direly needed in the Estrie region for English children.“It’s so important for the children to have consistency in their environment,” she explained.“An English home will have English visitors and connections to the anglophone community." St-Pierre stressed that committing to becoming a foster home isn’t easy, and that it takes a particular type of person.The process to apply to be a foster parent (and St-Pierre said the Centre Jeunesse isn’t just looking for couples) is lengthy and involves many interviews and psychological testing for the protection of both the children to be placed, and for the people who might want to take on the challenge.St-Pierre said there’s no ideal candidate, but a giving spirit is a must.For more information on becoming a foster parent, call 1-800-463-5769 or 819-822-2727, extension 317.lfitzgerald@sherbrookerecord.com Health Making the most of memory By Jim Gibson The baby boomers’ battle against the infirmities of old age has a potential weapon in a Vancouver geriatric psychiatrist’s copyrighted Healthy Brain Program.What Stephen Kiraly offers is a program to protect and improve brain health rather than a quick neurological fountain of youth.“Basically it’s preventive or maintenance,” Kiraly says about the program he developed over the past five years and, until this month, was available just to health-care professionals through seminars or medical journals.In conjunction with Victoria psychiatrist James Sacamano, Kiraly continues the launch of his national program with day-long symposiums for the public Saturday in Victoria and Sunday in Sidney.“Brain degeneration associated with aging is not inevitable,” says Kiraly.It can be lessened, he continues, by such documented factors as good nutrition, head-injury prevention, stress management, adequate sleep, plus physical and mental exercise, which are all part of his program.Among the symposium’s topics arc: what is best food for the brain; how to wake refreshed; how good and bad hormones affect the brain; and direct and indirect benefits from active living .“Old is old, sick is sick — they’re not the same thing,” continues Kiraly.Brain disease — stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and depression — is projected to become the No.1 cause of death by 2040, ahead of cancer and heart disease, says Kiraly.In part, its rise to the top can be explained by increasing longevity coupled with the boomer demographic bulge.Simply, more people will live longer.“There is no such thing as senile dementia,” says Kiraly.“When the brain fails, it’s because of disease, not merely aging.Healthy aging avoids disease.” As a geriatric psychiatrist, Kiraly says the diseases he deals with are “deadly,” but there is little he can do other than “tweaking four neurotransmitters.” While effective to a degree, it’s nothing compared to the arsenal available to the cardiologist, who can even do heart transplants.Kiraly took the successful Healthy Heart Program as his model.What the heart program has shown, he says, is that its participants have a lower risk of heart disease, have less severe forms of it, and speedier recoveries.Kiraly sees his program as having a wider appeal than just baby boomers and the 60-plus crowd.Others benefit-ting from it, he says, are those already touched by brain disease or have suffered head injuries, and parents keen to safeguard their children’s potential.As well, he expects it will interest members of Mensa, the organization catering to the world’s brainiest individuals.Kinney: Cont’d from Page 10 When choosing a room to convert into a storage room, select one on the north/west corner of the house, if possible.By placing a piece of foam insulation on the inside of the window, and another on the outside, covered with wood.You will be keeping excess cold and heat out, and the room’s temperature more constant.Also by blocking out any light, you are creating the perfect place for both vegetables and home canned products.Remember that potatoes sprout as a result of exposure to both warm temperatures and light.By making the room on the first floor you will be eliminating the possibility of it becoming too damp, but you will still have to watch out that the door to the storage room is left open for air circulation and to prevent temperatures from dropping to far during the dead of winter.Having a thermometer in this room is vital to learning what works and what does not work.When storing potatoes and onions, keep them as far away from each other as possible as each produces a gas that For more information, visit www.au-roralearningcentre.com.—CanWest News Service You can really make your storage room pay off by buying items in bulk and on sale.Many times you can save as much as 20 per cent, not to mention the gas saved having to return in a week for another can of this or that.With coupons you can often add another 10 per cent savings.Now that surely beats the return offered by banks on savings accounts.Things like rice will keep almost indefinitely, canned goods have a three year shelf life, but flour and other dry goods should not be kept for more than a year, if kept longer they need to be frozen for 48 hours every six months to extend shelf life.Yes, you can freeze things like pasta, and flour.If you question whether a certain item is good after it is frozen, try a tiny bit, then test it.By planning your storage room now, you can begin to take advantage ot sales during your summer trips.Remember to write the date on each and every item and always rotate items using the oldest first.Once you get the knack of doing this you won’t believe how much you’ll save.can damage the other.I keep my onions at one end of the storage room and the potatoes at the other.How TO SAVE MORE page 12 Monday, July 4, 2005 ! ¦ — THE —i.RECORD Canada Day in Bury and Waterloo W f»«It iigWi**: sn@ 4tVk V*.' 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Works Créait Pay ?«Here Muscular ffystrsptnf Associate et Candi AM Until there's a cure, there's us.call and donate 1 800 567-AC DM fctJfejL '¦ V vJBJ ECOR3ÏCOM jsmm Sports INSIDE Diane Roy does it again see Page 14 LY 4, 2005 PAGE 13 WWW.SHERBROOKERECORD.COM Athlétiques’ losing ways continue PERRY BEATON/SPECIA1 One too many missed opportunities has left the A's struggling at the bottom of the league.r' ' v i* m mi .¦¦ ¦ ¦ " ‘V ; .-X’- - 7//, ' r€.ï .•\v*C ' : f ('f |R& ÜÜ - i At , - I .V V By Mike Hickey Special to The Record The Quebec Junior Elite Baseball League held its annual all-star games this weekend and the break in the league schedule afforded the Sherbrooke Athlétiques BRP an eight-day layoff.The break couldn’t have happened at a better time for manager Steeve Ager’s faltering ball club.Sherbrooke suffered another loss Thursday night when it was defeated by the Trois-Rivières Eagles 7-4 in a contest that saw three Athlétiques BRP errors lead to three unearned runs, the difference in the game.On a positive note, six members of the team were chosen to play in the two all-stars games played in Longueuil.Benjamin Laroche and Manuel Lefebvre were selected among the 21-22 aged all-stars that were scheduled to play the Quebec Senior League all-stars.Laroche leads the team with a .418 batting average and has slammed three home runs with 15 RBIs, Pitcher Lefebvre has a 2-3 won-lost record and a 5.61 earned-run-average.Alain Lachance was the lone Sherbrooke Expos player selected to the Senior all-star team.Some records just can’t be beaten By Cam Hutchinson The five sports records least likely to be broken, according to askmen.com: 5.Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game.4.John Wooden’s 88 straight victories between 1971 and 1974 as coach of the UCLA men’s basketball team.3.Cy Young’s 511 major league pitching victories.2.Jerry Rice’s 22,895 receiving yards (and counting).1.Cal Ripken’s 2,632 consecutive games played.By the way, Wayne Gretzky’s 215-point season was No.6 on the list.Then, there are more notorious marks: 5.Pitcher Steve Howe being handed seven drug-related suspensions during his major-league career.4.Shawn Kemp fathering at least 12 chil- Mark Warnholtz, Jean-Sébastien Gauthier, Shawn Burneau and manager Ager was named to the 19-20 year old team that lost 3-2 in nine innings to the dren out of wedlock during his time in the NBA.3.Dave Stieb scratching and/or re-adjusting himself many thousands of times while with the Toronto Blue Jays 2.Dennis Rodman for his body of work — tattoos and piercings.1.Wilt Chamberlain for his incredible scoring exploits — off the court.The dumb, the bad and the silly • Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Rick Monday, as quoted by the L.A.Times, on rising gas prices: “I stopped at a service station on the way to the stadium just to get an estimate.” • “Hello, my name is Jeremy Roenick and 1 am an idiot.” Jim Armstrong of the Denver Post and AOL Sports wonders if Roenick ranted the other day because he had one too many pops at a celebrity golf tournament: “The next day, Roenick became the first athlete Quebec Team that will represent the province in the upcoming Canada Games.See Athlétiques Page 14 ever to claim his comments were taken out of cognac.” • Speaking of pops, a New Jersey man has been charged with drunken driving after recklessly driving his Zam-boni during a public skating session.John Peragallo, who had a biood-alcohol reading of .12, must have been bewildered when police arrived and said, “Freeze!.” • “When it comes to the ultimate twosome in a celebrity best-ball golf tournament,” writes Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times, “who better than actress Minnie Driver and Mariners pitcher J.J.Putz?” • Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel, after Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden closed mini-camp to the media: “Do you think we can talk him into closing the games, too?” See Silly Sports Page 14 Ethier’s hopes dashed by judge’s scorecard By Mike Hickey Special to The Record There are many uncontrollable aspects that often affect the outcome of a sporting event.The so-called home team advantage, complete with rabid and sometimes disruptive fans, can sometimes prove to be an insurmountable obstacle to the success of an athlete.Athletes are often called upon to compete when injured or sick and there are athletes who have refused to play on certain dates because of religious beliefs.A recent physiological publication noted a strong correlation between winning and the colour of a team’s uniforms.The study suggested that teams in red uniforms had a higher level of success than their opponents.Of course the biggest unknown variable in competitions is officiating where referees and judges can turn the tide of a game.There are numerous stories about corrupt officials in the Olympics and World Championships and last week Lennoxville’s Allison Ethier found out the hard way that the subjectively of judges can spoil an outstanding performance.Ethier was competing in the Fitness Universe Championships in Miami last week and finished third in the overall competition despite an unbelievably biased score from two judges.“I placed first in the fitness routine despite an uncalled for 10th placement in physique,” Ethier said late last week.“There was one judge who did not like my body and gave me a six out of ten on physique, which hurt my overall score.I could not have performed any better, and with all that 1 have to accept third in a judged sport.“On any other day it could have been different, but unfortunately no matter how perfect I performed this past week, third was the best that 1 could do.” See Ethier Page 14 The lighter side of sports page 14 Monday, July 4, 2005 RECORD —^=——— SPORTS Silly Sports: Cont'd from Page 13 • From Pat Doyle of CanWest News Service: “In his single season on the Calgary Stampeders’ sidelines, Matt Dunigan didn’t have a clue as a head coach/general manager, yet now he’s being passed off as a football expert on TSN’s Canadian Football League game coverage.As an analyst, Dunigan has about as much credibility as Saddam Hussein giving a speech on democracy.” • Can you believe Colleen Jones and her teammates were fined $300 for signing too many autographs at the Scott Tournament of Hearts?What will the heavy-handed Canadian Curling Association do next?Put games on television?• Frank Francisco, the Texas Rangers pitcher who was accused of throwing a chair at a fan during a game in Oakland last season, pleaded no contest to assault this week and was sentenced to 30 days in jail that can be served in a work program.Or, he can pitch for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.• True words from Gregg Drinnan of the Kamloops Daily News: “The St.Louis Blues are for sale and somewhere in hockey heaven Bill Hunter is trying to arrange Ethier: Cont’d from Page 13 After a similar third place finish in Toronto two weeks ago, Ethier was looking for a higher finish but took financing.” • Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, on the NBA final: “It was like football without the forward pass, baseball without BALCO, curling without the brooms.Ballet it wasn’t.But it’s hard to execute a pirouette when you’re wearing a tutu named Ben Wallace.” • Hello, my name is Kenny Rogers and I am an idiot.• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, after Rogers shoved two cameramen before a game in Texas this week: “Just who does this guy think he is, Russell Crowe?” • Greg Cote of the Miami Herald, on the NBA averting a lockout: “Owners and players compromised and agreed to a tattoo cap of 15 square inches, in excess of which a tax will be applicable.” • Perry, after the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the Northern baseball league gave away toothbrushes, toothpaste and spitting cups at a recent game: “The Goldeyes lost 8-6 to fall nine games under .500, but at least they’re one up in the floss column.” • From David Letterman: “In Washington the White House lawn tee-ball season got under way.In tee ball there is no pitching - just like the New York Yankees.” • A prediction on next year’s Indianapolis 500 from Mike Downey of the the judges’ scoring in stride.“I really thought that I would do much better this time around, I would not change anything with my performance,” the high school teacher maintained."In this sport you can do your best and still not be in the number-one spot.There are always more fitness competitions around the corner.” While Ethier heads into summer vacation and plans for her upcoming wedding, she continues to gain fame in the fitness world.“I enjoy meeting the new women who enter the sport, and those that continue to push their bodies to the limit,” Ethier explained.“I like being the centre of attention, if only for a moment.Teaching can be very scheduled, predictable, and planned.Fitness is just the opposite: unpredictable, fantasy, and way I can let lose my creative Chicago Tribune: “Danica Patrick will lead until the last lap, whereupon she will be caught and passed by a Volkswagen driven by Lindsay Lohan.” • How do you spell relief?For Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Matt Thornton it was at a public restroom at San Diego’s Petco Park.Thornton had to go during an interleague game with the Padres last weekend and rather than walk back to the clubhouse, he climbed into the stands and joined fans at a urinal.Thornton told the Seattle Times he enjoyed the experience.“I met a guy named Stan who invented a baseball cap with a handle so you can take it off fast to catch foul balls.” • More Bianchi: “MasterCard says a security breach exposed 40 million customers to fraud.That’s nothing.Major League Baseball has exposed 100 million customers to fraud (see Barry Bonds’ home run record).” • Fifteen-year-old American skateboarding champion and teenie-bopper heart throb Ryan Scheckler, to the Los Angeles Times, when asked if he is recognized at the grocery store: "Why would I go to the grocery store?” • Florida Marlins manager Jack McK-eon, 74, answering the age-old question about Atlanta first baseman Julio Franco's age: “I used to watch him play when I was a little kid.” side in a constructive manner.” Ethier believes strongly that her daily commitment to training is due to her discipline and time management skills.“Being disciplined allows me to achieve goals.” Ethier said.“I find that when the fitness/health aspects of my life are taken care of everything else that I have to do in a day actually gets accomplished.I feel proud to have accomplished so much (personal and professionally) at such a young age.“I teach from 8 a.m.to 4 p.m„ what else am I to do with the rest of my day.Fitness fits perfectly into a lifestyle which is teaching.Other professions may not be so accommodating.I don’t have children yet, so that also makes competing while holding a full-time job a bit easier.“I really don’t know how the moms can organize it all.They are really super-women.” Ethier has often mentioned the support she has received from the administration at Alexander Galt High School.“My administration at Galt support me in my fitness endeavors and are open to new ideas,” Ethier said.“Fitness is not that easy to accept when you come from a small town, but luckily the novelty of competing in fitness wore off and now everyone knows that this is what I do.Seeing it is not so shocking anymore." Nor will it be surprising when the New Brunswick native chalks up a few more championships in the years to come.Athlétiques: Cont’d from Page 13 Warnholtz pitched a scoreless inning of relief for the LBEQ all-stars.Too many errors Fielding mishaps proved costly for the Athlétiques BRP in their latest defeat in Trois-Rivières.Sherbrooke opened the game with two runs but the Eagles tied the game with single runs off Warnholtz in the second and third innings and then broke open the game with three runs in the fourth, two.of them unearned.After Sherbrooke cut the lead to 5-3 with a run in the sixth, the home team put the game out of reach with a pair of insurance runs in their half of the sixth.Guillaume Corriveau, Philippe Lachapelle and Fleurimont’s Christophe Jutras had two hits apiece while Corriveau, Laroche and Jean-Sébastien Belisle each drove in a run.Warnholtz worked five innings and was touched for seven runs, although only three were earned.Sébastien Roy entered the game in the sixth after Warnholtz had given up the final two Eagles runs and retired the last three batters.Sherbrooke is back in action this Saturday when they host the St-Eu-stache Bisons in a doubleheader at Amédée Roy Stadium Sports Briefs Petitclerc wins five medals, Roy takes home two golds Montreal’s Chantal Petitclerc won three golds and two silvers, while Diane Roy of the Townships won two golds to conclude the Meet in the Heat wheelchair racing track event.Petitclerc earned victories in the 100-, 200- and 400-metre races and was second in the 800 and 1,500.In the 400 she clocked 53.26 seconds, less than two seconds off her world mark of 51.91 set last year at the Paralympic Games in Athens where she won five golds.Roy clocked the second fastest time ever in the 800 for the victory in 1:48.07.Petitclerc, who broke the world record in the distance in Friday's semifinal at 1:47.50, was second in 1:48.40.Daniel Normandin of Montreal added a victory in the 100-metre race and Dean Bergeron of Quebec City earned a second gold by winning the 200 for quadriplegics just ahead of Andre Beaudoin of Montreal, who took the silver.Jeff Adams of Toronto also had solid day with bronze-medal performances in the 200 and 400.COURTESY WWWALLISONETHIER.COM Despite giving high