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Townships art festivals Border Report, pages 8-9 THE RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 .iipw m ., ' ake Ross Murray’s beard poll See Page 7 75 CENTS + TAXES PM#0040007682 Thursday, July 19, 2012 Man stabbed in Sherbrooke By Jesse Feith Around 7 p.m.Tuesday night, a man stopped an SPS patrol car on 13th Avenue in Sherbrooke, warning the police that he had been stabbed by a knife and was quickly losing blood.After verification, the SPS officers noticed that the man did indeed have a wound and was bleeding profusely from his lower back, at which point he was brought to the CHUS Hôtel-Dieu before being transferred to CHUS - Hôpital Fleu-rimont.The victim was apparently stabbed by his former partner, whom the SPS arrested at her apartment later that night after obtaining her address.Although the man did not want to press charges, the SPS opened an investigation and the woman is now being charged.Wednesday morning, officers and investigators established two crime scenes, at 605 and 685 13th Avenue, the first being the man’s apartment where he was stabbed, and the second being where the man stopped the police officers.As of Wednesday afternoon, the SPS was still investigating both scenes and looking to establish any witnesses.According to the SPS, the man and woman— who are both in their forties—were no longer together but still saw each other occasionally and an argument between the two of them was probably what caused the stabbing.Painting started on annual mural KSSsrtEa •V "_________ * •' ¦v.mm EVAN LEPAG£ A haiidful of painters can be seen climbing up and down scaffolding on Wellington Street near downtown Sherbrooke as they work at this year's M.U.IU.R.S.mural.This year’s piece of art, located on the wall of the municipal housing office at the comer of Wellington South and Aberdeen streets, is a little more conceptual than previous murals.The image will make it appear as though the wall is on hinges and is rotating, with various personalities pictured on either side.A few of those personalities had already been painted into place by Wednesday afternoon.It was announced in June that Albert Leblanc, one of the founders of the Université de Sherbrooke, would be the citizen of honour featured in the 2012 mural.Three men stopped for ‘car surfing’ By Jesse Feith round 3:50 a.m.Wednesday, a Sherbrooke Police Service pa-roller stopped three men, aged 18, 19 and 22, for “car surfing” at the corner of King Ouest and Burlington Street.Car surfing, a stunt which requires someone to be either laying down on or standing on top of a mov- ing car, has gained popularity over the past year through viral videos and has increasingly become an issue for police across North America.Cont’d on page 3 A deadly industry is being kept alive David Suzuki - Page 6 ‘Service with a smile’ The Scoop, page 4 fciü* IÜJ msEswm Mrs ur : nti net i NTBI 9-84^1555.•uis »t mt; » «».* urmn :uuk -nr K’LUM" *o chd'* .l. Page 2 Thursday, July 19, 2012 Sporobole The Forgotten Space Tonight at 8 p.m.Mitch Mitchell has manufactured an elaborate visual construct of thousands of individually hand-printed, folded and stacked miniature containers mirroring industry’s global requirement for perpetual commerce, the mass distribution of material and the production of waste.Sporobole presents a political documentary that highlights the themes of Mitch Mitchell’s installation, The Forgotten Space, by well-known artist Allan Sekula codirected with Noël Burch.The Forgotten Space - english, with english subtitles, 113 minutes.Sporobole is located in downtown Sherbrooke at 74, rue Albert and is the owner of a typical early twentieth-century industrial building.The centre’s exhibition space is located on the ground floor.It is distinguished by its size (120 square metres) and its original high wooden ceilings and large windows.Submitted by Myriam Yates, 819.821.2326.Weather ''Vi / } t \ TODAY: MAINLY SUNNY ’ HIGH OF 22 LOW OF 10 \u / FRIDAY: SUNNY HIGH OF 25 LOW OF 8 /TT\\ i v SATURDAY: SUNNY HIGH OF 27 LOW OF 10 jVj SUNDAY: PERIODS OF RAIN HIGH OF 24 LOW OF 16 MONDAY: CHANCE OF SHOWERS HIGH OF 25 LOW OF 16 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record ShazamFest s 7th annual music, art & circus carnival The three-day extravaganza features Juno winners Malajube on Friday and David Francey on Sunday afternoon ShazamFest is Quebec’s most unique and eclectic family festival situated in Barnston Ouest, in the beautiful Eastern Townships.Featuring a diversity of music, stage acts, extreme sports, circus arts, burlesque, wrestling, skateboarding and an array activities for children, teens and adults.Our eclectic programming presents a bevy of local and international performers.Musical acts: Dubtribe (San Francisco), Seahags (Saskatchewan), Malajube (Montreal), Lackofsleep (Sherbrooke), Alaclair Ensemble (Québec and Montréal), David Francey (Canada), sBloodshot Bill (Canada), Cachut d’Ruelle (Montréal) and more.Circus artists: Black Snake Circus (Montréal), Blue Mushroom Sirkus Psyshow (Montréal).Carnival performers: Capital Tease (burlesque, Ottawa), Tribal de Roses (dance, Sherbrooke), The biggest outdoor skateboard ramp in the Eastern Townships, an extreme laughter championship animated by Albert Nerenberg.DJ Tent: Bopp, Jaxpratt, High-C, Bobby, Don Pedro, Kristi Wray, Le Joint Doctor, Styles and more.Held in a natural amphitheater next to the Niger river (beach) on our organic family farm, this old Abenaki meeting place is an ideal site for camping with the whole family.Come and enjoy our organic food kiosks, the kid’s area, the rustic bar-saloon, two stages and the DJ tent.ShazamFest will feed your mind, body and soul, with workshops, good food and lots of dancing.Come and enjoy ShazamFest’s three day carnival.Submitted by Ziv Przytyk.Life memory recordings make for time-capsule gold in Richmond So you’re thinking about creating a time capsule this summer but wonder what to put inside?Why not consider adding the special memories of loved ones, friends, colleagues or mentors, as told in their own words?To help mark its 50th anniversary, the Richmond County Historical Society is building a concrete underground vault near Melbourne Township Hall to accommodate up to 150 cylindrical, 1.7-litre stainless-steel containers.The vault will be sealed later this summer and won’t be reopened until 2062, when the historical society turns 100.Friends and supporters of the Saving Time project have been buying the canisters for $50 apiece to make their own time capsules for deposit in the vault on September 2.Now those who participate can also choose to contribute to a province-wide collection of life-memory interviews called StoryNet, in collaboration with the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN).Supporters of the historical society who reserve a time capsule before August 16 will be invited to record oneon-one audio interviews with special people in their lives, at no extra cost.Contact Dwane Wilkin at 819-564-9595 or dwane@qahn.org.Participants can tran- scribe the interviews onto acid-free paper for inclusion in the capsules.StoryNet is offering to conduct up to 12 recording sessions in the Richmond area on a first-come, first-served basis, and provide a CD copy of the interviews for each participant.StoryNet CDs also make great gifts and the sound recordings will enrich family and community archives for years to come, while weaving memories, insights and wisdom into Canada’s cultural heritage.For more information or to reserve your canister please call Nick Fonda at (819) 826-2534 or Simon Langeveld at (819) 826-1923.Newport Vt.Jean Lumbra at MAC Center for the Arts The MAC center for the Arts at 158 Main Street, Newport is happy to announce the new artists of the month.Jean Lumbra: “Although I consider myself to be a realist, I don’t try to copy nature, but I take artistic license to change and vary the composition to enhance my ideas - primarily Vermont landscapes”.“I strive for the essence in my subject matter.In simplifying elements of the composition and bridging the subject with feeling, I often find that the finished work is not the original thought.Appreciation of the subject matter dictates how loose or tight my work will be, thus it gives me the opportunity to be flexible and move with the subject matter.Watercolour is elusive and unpredictable, and the fluidity of the medium is exciting and challenging”.“My favourite palette has nine earthy colours generally used in landscape painting - these yellows, reds, blues, and greens are the colours that show up in nature.For other works I add brighter colours keeping all transparent." Dusty May is a talented woodcarver who uses mainly pine for his wind-spirit carvings and also does work with free standing wood-sculptures, lamps and clocks.The Gallery is Open Monday through Saturday, 10 - 5 p.m.and Sunday, Noon -4 p.m.For information call (802 )334-1966.Ben by Daniel Shelton ^ I'M SORIOTMY R REAPING1 IS KEEPING YOU URBfJl.WfblS/VWER MYSTERY IS SO CAPTIVATING! .The RXICE HAVE ,4 SUSPECT euT CÜNT KNOW HCW THE VICTIM TO maybe he sutfocatep TO PEATN &XAU5C HISWIEE W0UU7NT TURN Off 1HC .^.LIGHT.f » The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Thursday, July 19, 2012 Page 3 JL ^QCAL i\ EWS Degraff mobilized its entire staff and its graduating students to complete the project.Degraff set to release home-grown video game DpcrrafF ^ rrri • • 1 1 _ __ • 11 , .The Degraff Institute, a Sherbrooke based centre for training video game professionals is about to release a game of its own design for PCs.Degraff Racing, a game similar to the popular “Need for Speed Underground”, will be made available for download free of charge through its own web site as well as through others dedicated to gaming.The original release will serve to publicize not only the school itself, but also its teaching staff and highlights the talent of the students who worked on the game’s development.Degraff mobilized its entire staff and its graduating students to complete the project.CryEngine 3, a powerful and popular freeware Game Development Engine was selected for use by the nine junior and two senior programmers who developed the game’s logical plan and its menus.In addition, eight graduating and four senior 3D artists combined their talents to create the game environment and to ensure graphic quality equal to that found on games such as those for the popular Xbox.According to a press release from the company, the game is currently com- pletely playable, but the team is working to complete the graphics work in preparation for the game’s imminent release.The game will become available for the PC in October and Degraff is currently examining the possibility of releasing an Xbox version.Subsequent graduating classes will continue to work on the game, developing updated versions.Black widow spider found in grape bag By Evan LePage A spider believed to be a black widow was found in a bag of red grapes in Lac Megantic.Resident Guylaine Bedard reportedly discovered the spider living in the bag of grapes on Sunday.The Ministery of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQJ has taken charge of the file and will be collecting the spider in order to confirm that it is in fact a black widow.According to MAPAQ.regional food inspection advisor Johanne Minville, an average of five black widows spiders are found in food products imported to Quebec every year.When transported in refrigerated vehicles or containers the spiders will go into a sort of sleep, only to awaken when brought back to room temperature in a grocery store or home.As the bite from a black widow is potentially fatal for a human, the ministry advises people to take extra precautions when dealing with produce.“If a consumer sees a spider in grapes or in any other type of fruit or vegetable it needs to be treated with precaution.Often people want to capture the spider and we would advise them to kill it rather than try and capture it,” Minville said.“We recommend to consumers that they take precautions, when dealing with fruits and vegetables, to really take the time to wash them with a jet which would dislodge a spider.[.] We also recommend that they don’t serve the entire grape stem to children but to remove the grapes one by one.” Taking these precautionary measures should ensure that the spider is not accidentally grabbed or touched by anyone.While the black widows should not attack if unprovoked, they will bite as a defence mechanism if touched.Minville noted that companies take precautions to control the presence of insects in the produce that they export, but they cannot guarantee that it is 100 per cent effective.The way MAPAQdeals with each complaint is to have specialists confirm the species of spider and forward photos and information about the complaint with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency which will then follow up with the company responsible and a corresponding food inspection agency in its country of origin.Anyone who finds an insect in their produce is encouraged to file a complaint by phoning 1-800-463-5023.Millions in funding grants from the Quebec Liberals For the second straight year the health and social service network of the Estrie region will be benefitting from over $30 million in government funds for the renovation of buildings and the replacement or improvement of their equipment and furniture.Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, the minister responsible for the Estrie region, announced on Wednesday that the regional investment into the network this year would total $34,082,479.“Never before has a government done so much for health and social services, specifically from a budgetary angle,” she said in a statement.“In the Estrie region, the cumulative increase of budgets has been established at over $364.5 million, an increase of close to 73 per cent since 2003-2004.” The $34 million sum will be divided into four separate envelopes.Close to $15 million will go towards the maintenance of the health and social service buildings in the region while $11.3 million will be dedicated to the maintenance of medical equipment.Just under $3 million will be used to maintain nonmedical equipment and furniture, while the final sum of nearly $4.9 million will be put towards minor renovations in these facilities, with the exception of long-term care facilities.All of the funds are derived from an envelope of $748.6 million announced by provincial minister of health Yves Bolduc on July 13 that will be dedicated to Quebec’s health and social services network.In November of 2011, Gagnon-Tremblay made a very similar announcement regarding a $32.5 million investment for the same purpose.In 2011 the provincial government invested $733 million into the Quebec’s health and social services network.Traversée gets $40k in funding Lac Megantic Traversée gets help Just under a month before the swimmers take to the water, the Traversée international du Lac Megantic has received $40,000 in funding from the Quebec government.The announcement was made by Megantic-Compton MNA Johanne Gonthier on Tuesday on behalf of both the minister of education, sports and Leisure, Michelle Courchesne and tourism minister Nicole Ménard, whose ministry contributed $25,000 and $15,000 respectively to the event.“The Traversed contributed to building the notoriety of Quebec as a tourist destination,” Ménard said in a press release.“This major competition allows us to welcome swimmers and participants of all origins.” “The Traversée international du lac Megantic is also a festive event that offers shows on a magnificent site on the border of Lac Megantic,” Gonthier added in the statement.“1 invite the population to partake in the festivities in large numbers.” In April of this year, the federal government announced a contribution of their own totalling $23,300.The Traversée annually attracts more than 20,000 over three days of competitions, shows and activities at the Parc de 1’OTJ in Megantic.This year’s edition will take place from Aug.9 to 12.Lhree men stopped for ‘car surfing’ Com’D I ROM PAGt 1 According to SPS spokesperson Rene Dubreuil, Wednesday morning’s incident was the first of its kind in Sherbrooke.“In Sherbrooke, the SPS has never seen anything like this betore, or at least not in recent memory.As for Quebec, I’m not sure, but I don't think so.” “The 18 and 19-year-olds were lying on top of the car with their legs hanging off while the 22-year-old was driving,” explained Dubreuil.As a result, the three men each received a fine of $1260 and each had their driver’s licences suspended for one week, as well as the driver's car.Tire act of car surfing has been taken more seriously in Quebec since June 30 this year, when changes to Bill 71 added a new law that specifically targets the stunt, making it “illegal to stand on the outside or the body of a vehicle or cling to it while in motion.” A number of people, mostly younger drivers, have been seriously injured or killed in Canada over the past three years while car surfing.According to an SAAQ spokesperson, the law was changed due to how dangerous the stunt can be.“Tire law wasn’t changed necessarily because of an observable increase in the amount of related incidents, it was mostly changed because it is a behaviour which is completely un- acceptable,” said the spokesperson.“When the different ministers and authorities looked into it, they knew the consequences had to be more severe, and they decided to do what had to be done.” The severity of the new law is mostly noticeable when contrasted with the former law regarding car surfing.“Before the change this summer, people would receive fines between $30 and $60, compared to the more than $1000 fines they receive today,” added the SAAQ spokesperson.Michel Puval Advertising Consultant Serving the entirejastern Townships with three publications RECORD Townships Outlet One number ipiiii ••MM PROMUTUEL Everything starts with trust Proud to contribute to improved health in our community INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Thursday, July 19, 2012 Page5 Front yard Drummondville garden deemed illegal Drummondviixe A Drummondville couple has begun what could be part of a grueling battle with the municipality over a vegetable garden they have built in front of their house in the Saint-Charles sector of the city.Because the back yard of their house on Richelieu Street doesn't get enough sunlight for the purpose, Michel Beauchamp and Josée Landry decided to put a garden in their front yard after having received verbal authorization from the town’s Environmental services inspector.The couple say they subsequently invested $2,500 to install the garden.A few weeks later, however, they received a warning from the city informing them that the garden did not conform to municipal regulations.Because the garden extends to the border of their property, part of it rests on land reserved by the municipality.In addition, according to the city, the garden surpasses the 30 per cent maximum allowed for this kind of activity by municipal by-laws.According to the couple, the municipal inspector was informed of this and warned only that the couple should be aware that the garden could be in the way of winter snow disposal.Now, when harvesting is about to begin, the couple has been given a period of seven days to uproot all the plants in order to conform to the municipal regulation - a time span completely inadequate for the work required.The couple has no intention of taking this lying down, however, and has begun an online petition asking the city to amend its regulations with a view to encouraging the practice rather than forbidding it.Beauchamp claims to have lost 75 pounds since he began gardening and eating better and believes that authorities should recognize vegetable gardens as perhaps the most beneficial use of such spaces.Municipal Director-General Claude Proulx.for his part, doesn’t know the details of any conversations between the couple and the municipal inspector, but insists that regardless, the municipal regulations are not being followed.“We don’t have a problem with front yard gardens,” he says, “but the rules regarding municipal right and the maximum surface allowed for this purpose have to be obeyed.” Those residents of the sector desiring to grow a garden - even according to the current rules - have only a few months to do so as the city is planning to consolidate zonage regulations across the entire municipality.Those residents, like Beauchamp and Landry, who begin their project prior to the rule change will benefit from a ‘grandfather clause’ -exempting them from new restrictions, but not the old ones.The new regulations will confine gardens to land behind or beside the main building of a residential property.According to the D-G, the standardization of regulations is taking place primarily for aesthetic reasons.“It’s a question of cohesion of urban territory,” Proulx explained, “If we allow front yard gardens we’ll end up with a cornfieM in one place, strawberries in another and raspberries at another.That doesn’t make it easier to attract new residents to the city.Proulx insists that the municipality has no intention of inhibiting the use of gardens, as long as they are confined to the designated areas of a property.The idea is to find some equilibrium between urban landscapes and gardens, he says.Richmond By Claudia Villemaire Richmond Richmond county fair organizers are already hard at work, setting up rules and regulations for better safety and security, initiating new procedures which will ensure buildings and commercial sites are secured each night of this four-day exhibition.“We are all very proud of our county fair,” said president Pierre Perron during a telephone conversation this week.“That means safety and security are priorities and we’ll improve that aspect county fair looking for help in work bee where we can.” The Richmond Surete de- longer be allowed and there will be in- this year’s event.We’re very proud of tachment are collaborating in a pro- creased personnel at the gates in conse- our fair which has continued to grow gram which will prohibit alcohol quence in order to avoid the lineups after several faltering years over twenty outside the recreation tent, on the fair which have plagued us in recent years.” years ago.We’re proud to call this site itself and new gates and secure But priority these days is taking care county fair the biggest, little fair in the fences around machinery exhibits will of the fairgrounds and buildings, mak- Townships and I’m inviting one and all enable security personnel to close this ing repairs, trimming and clipping to help us keep up this tradition.” area at night.lawns and parking areas, painting and “Our success these past years has Another major change, put forward general cleanup.been due, in large part, to a dynamic by the Surete is the parking problem “We’re planning a 'work bee’ Satur- team on the Board and the devotion of along the highway which passes in front day and the invitation to join us at the dozens of volunteers.This is what makes of the fairgrounds.In the past, fairgoers fairgrounds, hammer in hand, or maybe any county fair ‘work.’ And, oh yes, have not hesitated to park beside the whippersnippers, or whatever folks are lunch is on us, of course,” the president highway, sometimes willing to walk a willing to undertake, is extended to concluded, kilometre to the fairgates.That will no everyone interested in ‘sprucing’ up for Zap eases connection Zap Estrie, the organization that provides free wireless connections in the Sherbrooke area has augmented its network and will no longer require a password for users to connect.Responding to the rapid expansion of smartphone use.Zap Estrie has just completed an upgrade to its network that will allow for automatic connection to its various points of service.The new authentication approach will greatly speed up connection for users of smartphones like the Apple iPhone or the many Android-driven devices.This category of user has expanded radically in recent years.The new approach is accompanied by a change to a more powerful central server and the company is in the process of looking into the possibility of other equipment changes leading to a more reliable signal.Designed originally as a supplementary service, the Zap network has become increasingly important to users, many of whom feel a distinct discomfort when they are unable to connect even for a brief period, says a company spokesman.After five years in operation, Zap now counts 275 service points in its network, spread out among commercial establishments, educational facilities, public spaces, and community organizations and is used daily by thousands of users.The company has always used only open-sourced freeware.Burning rubber haunts Rock-Forest The strong smell of burning rubber emanating from the Ani-Mat plant on Godin Street continues to bother its neighbours.Since June, several dozen complaints have been filed with the city.For its part, the company says that the corrective work begun over a year ago will be completed next week.Sixteen scrubbing chimneys have already been installed to combat the distinctive odour.According to its Director-General, Guy Couture, the tire recycling firm acknowledges the increase in complaints but blames it on a problem of communication.Over the last two weeks, the city of Sherbrooke has sent out flyers to 2,400 residences in Rock Forest and St-Elie giving concerned citizens the opportunity to report foul odours from the plant by calling 819-821-5858.According to one resident, as reported in La Tribune, the problem is “even worse than before.It stinks of burning rubber at all times of the day.It’s been five years they’ve been assuring us it is going to stop.” A meeting between residents, the company and representatives of the city was scheduled for Wednesday.Thursday, July 19 •Open Jumper 1.50m FEI Friday, July 20 •Open Jumper 1.50m FEI Saturday, July 21 •Speed Derby.Sunday, July 22 •ROYAL CANIN Challenge • BONJOURQUÉBEC.COM World Cup admission-, m $10 Per Pe,son I FREE tot kids J 0-12 years old J| INTERNATIONAL BROMONT July 18th - 22nd and 25th - 29th, 2012 www.internationalbromont.org Québec "! .'VtwSit tournai montr&tf » TVH sepq 63 cc, Q| Dcv.irdi/c & ys. Page 6 Thursday, July 19, 2012 newsroom@sherbrx)okerecord.com , The Record • Editorial We must urge the governments of Quebec and Canada to listen to scientists, experts, and the public and put the brakes on this deadly industry.Quebec and Canada keep deadly asbestos industry alive By David Suzuki Mesothelioma is a nasty cancer that affects the lining around a person’s lungs.It can also damage membranes around the abdomen, heart, and testicles.The prognosis for those who have it is poor.It causes close to 90,000 preventable deaths a year.More than 90 per cent of cases are attributed to asbestos exposure.Asbestos is made up of tiny fibres that can be inhaled, penetrating the lungs.Because they are mineral-based, they can’t be broken down by the body’s natural defences, so they cause inflammation.The fibres also remain in the lining around the lungs, and over time - often 20 to 30 years or more - may cause mesothelioma or other diseases.Because asbestos is a known carcinogen, it has been banned by more than 50 countries, including all members of the European Union.They appear to be getting along fine without it, probably because there are safe alternatives for construction, fireproofing, and other asbestos functions.Canada and the US have not banned it but don’t use it much anymore.Although Canada doesn’t have a domestic market for asbestos, we actively support the industry and promote exports to other countries, especially India.In fact, Canada is one of only a few countries that still export asbestos.And despite these times of government cutbacks, the Quebec government has even stepped in to keep the industry alive by agreeing to lend the Jeffrey Mine in Asbestos, Quebec, $58 million to restart and expand.The Jeffery operation is one of the two last asbestos mines in Canada, both of which were shut down last year.Proponents also hope to restart the other, Lac d’amiante du Canada in nearby Thetford Mipes.Quebec has one of the highest rates of mesothelioma in the world.Meanwhile, the Quebec and federal governments had been funding the Chrysotile Institute, an asbestos industry lobby group, to the tune of a quarter million dollars or more a year.Federal funding was axed last year and the institute closed earlier this year.The federal government has also blocked international efforts to have asbestos listed as hazardous - against advice from Health Canada - by repeatedly voting to keep it off the UN Rotterdam Convention, a treaty listing hazardous substances and requiring exporting countries to inform importers of bans, dangers, and safe-handling methods.Asbestos may be good enough for export to Indonesia and India, but not for the politicians who support the industry here at home.The federal government has spent millions of dollars to remove asbestos from buildings on Parliament Hill and from the prime minister’s residence.As for the stuff that will be removed from the Jeffrey Mine -more than 200,000 tonnes a year for the next 20 years - it will be sent to developing countries that may not adhere to safety standards for its use and handling.Interestingly, the Jeffrey Mine’s owner had asked for a loan guarantee, but the government offered a direct loan.Maybe the private sector didn’t see much future in trading a known carcinogen that countries around the world are moving to ban.It’s particularly disappointing to see the Quebec government, which otherwise has a pretty good environmental track record, support a project with known negative environmental and health risks.It also says a lot about the absurdity of an economic system in which creating a few jobs and boosting wealth is a higher priority than preventing cancer, protecting health, and having a clean environment.The Jeffery mine re-opening is expected to create just over 400 direct jobs, each paying about $16 an hour.Is such a small economic boost worth the misery and death continued extraction and exports will cause?Many health and environmental experts from here and 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Terry Fox research 2012 Last year, through the generosity of many good people donating their empties, sale of T-Shirts and personal donations, we collected over $4,400 for cancer research.This year, with your help, we are aiming to surpass that amount.Dear Editor: We have just completed a most successful campaign for the Camp d’Action Biblique near Richmond, where we raised $1367.75 for their summer camp activities.Once more we thank everyone for all their support.Until the end of September, we are having our annual Terry Fox Foundation fund-raiser, and once more we are seeking your support for cancer research.In past years, most of us have had family and/or friends where cancer has hit.Some people with various treatments overcome this disease; others faced suffering and loss of life.As a cancer survivor (the 10th person in my family who had cancer), I strongly believe in the cancer research funded by the Terry Fox Foundation and I appreciate all the support you can give.We will be raising funds by collecting empty returnable cans and bottles, the sale of Terry Fox T-Shirts in the Richmond area, as well as donations.All monies collected are passed on to the Terry Fox Foundation for cancer research.In Richmond, your empties can be dropped under the deck at Bev Taber Smith’s house, 8 Melbourne Ave.N„ or call me at 819-826-3929 to arrange a pick-up.In the Sherbrooke/Lennoxville area, empties can once more be dropped off at the back door of the Townshippers’ Association office, #100, 257 Queen St., Lennoxville, between 9 a.m.and 4 p.m.We gratefully thank the Townshippers’ Association for their support.For large quantities of empties, please call me (819-826-3929) so I can make arrangements to pick them-up.By giving us your empties, this is saving your time at the grocery store cashing them in, plus helping the environment.We are again selling the Terry Fox T-Shirts in the Richmond and surrounding area for $17, the same price as last year.This year, they are white with red, black and blue lettering.They can be ordered from Pat Henderson, 819-826-5516, or Joe at 819-826-3929.Your order needs to be placed by Tuesday, August 14.Last year, through the generosity of many good people donating their empties, sale of T-Shirts and personal donations, we collected over $4,400 for cancer research.This year, with your help, we are aiming to surpass that amount, and surpassing the $50,000 figure that has been raised since we started these fund-raising projects over 12 year ago! Many thanks for your ongoing support.Joe Kelly (King Kan Kelly) Richmond P.S.When you drop off your empties in Richmond and Lennoxville, would you write your name on the bags/boxes, so I would be able to thank you. The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Thursday, July 19, 2012 Page 7 / had to get a new passport photo taken the other day, and whereas the old pose was standard-issue terrorist, the new bearded one was full-on zombie.Summer beard (makes me feel fine) W1 Ross Murray “It’s a preemptive beard,” I tell people.“We’re camping for most of August and I don’t know how often I’ll be able to shave, so this way I get the awful, itchy stage over with now instead of on the road.” That’s as good a reason to grow a beard as any, I guess.I could just as easily say I’m growing a beard to raise awareness, the way men grow moustaches for prostate cancer in November and call it “Movember,” which is a good cause, but leave it to men to embrace an initiative that takes zero effort: growing hair.It would be more impressive if men could stop growing hair for a month.The only lasting awareness Movember raises is the awareness of how creepy most men look with moustaches.So what would you call growing a beard in July?Jubeardly?And what would it raise awareness for?Poorly considered decisions, perhaps.I've got a theme song already picked out: “Careless Whisker.” Maybe Jubeardly could raise awareness for inappropriate public scratching, with messages like, “Scratch beards, not butts,” or “Unless you’re about to throw a pitch, go inside to scratch that itch,” or “You, with your hand in your pocket: you’re not fooling anyone!” At times over the past month.I’ve told people I’m growing a beard because everyone needs a hobby.I’ve declared that it’s my way of saying my head is at work but my body’s on vacation.Or that I plan to rob a bank and then shave it off in the getaway car, which is a pretty shrewd strategy, you have to admit.I could say the beard is my rallying cry against straight-laced conformity (“Wooo! Play ‘Free Beard!’”) Maybe I’m trying to alter my look from the failed attempt at wry-and-dash-ing to the more easily attained pathetic-and-unkempt.Or maybe I want something else for food to get caught in.And who doesn’t enjoy face Velcro ?Really, though, I don’t know why I’m growing a beard.A beard serves no practical purpose other than to stick it to the powerful shaving cream lobby.Nor can I say I’m really pulling off this beard, not yet anyway.It looks like the parts of my front lawn the dog can reach on its chain: healthy growth interrupted by hideous bald patches, except in my case the bald patches aren’t caused by urine - as far as I know.I’m hoping that these hairless patches will eventually start producing out of sheer embarrassment.If not, I may be forced to attempt the beard comb-over.It looks like the beard they show in the movies to indicate that the hero has been wandering through the desert for several days.I had to get a new passport photo taken the other day, and whereas the old pose was standard-issue terrorist, the new bearded one was full-on zombie.The beard’s showing more grey than I expected; I have salt.and pepper in my beard (and bread and parsley in my teeth).So, with no real reason to grow it and not being much to look at, I have to wonder, is this my mid-life crisis?Certainly there have been other indicators that my life is in some kind of flux.I suddenly prefer my coffee black.I have no patience for Hollywood films.The boys who handle the empties at the grocery store are wondering where all the work went.And I’ve recently switched from who-are-you-trying-to-kid boxer-briefs to regular boxers, because, honestly, life is constricting enough (so sayeth the Friends of Jubeardly).If this is my mid-life crisis, at least it’s not something irreversible like a tattoo • WsmSm.___ Should he shave or should he grow now?Take the author’s poll at http://rossmurrayl.wordpress.com.i SIZE or a sex change or a tattoo of a sex change.And no one’s likely to get hurt -except when I kiss my kids and they complain about “the pickies.” Plus, as midlife crises go, my beard is way cheaper than a Corvette, though not nearly as pretty.So much to ponder.Luckily, I have this beard to stroke thoughtfully as I do so.Hey! A practical purpose after all! Super Summer Sale at UUEstrie To raise funds for Heritage Church and Diamond-Bird Eco k PHOTO COURTESY OF CLARA BIf Mahicans Diamond and Clara Bird pause for lunch in the Westwards of Iceland.A portion the proceeds of UUFstrie’s Super Summer Sale will go to support the film they are makir about their ecological expedition in May.By Rachel Garber As their annual fundraiser, the Unitarian Universalists in North Hatley (UUEstrie) are putting on a Super Summer Sale on July 20-22.But make no mistake - it’s not just another garage sale.“A number of our members and friends have been very generous in giving bigger items that one doesn't expect to see at a garage sale,” said Carol McKinley.“And there will be some brand new things too.We’re not featuring books and clothing - it promises to be a wonderful variety of interesting things, some very special things.We hope people will check it out.” Some of those super items are a kayak, air conditioner, exercise bicycle complete with fan, stove with counter-top oven, furniture, antiques (desk, dishes), fire-screen, dishes, paintings, hand-crafted quilt, cashmere throw, and feather duvet donated by Joyce Booth.In short, said McKinley, articles both large and small will range in price from Si to SlOO.McKinley spearheads the Fundraising Coordinating Committee.She said the event is very much a team effort.Her committee is charged with raising funds for capital expenditures needed to maintain the Unitarian Uni-versalist church heritage building and manse.“Our goal is to keep our church and manse in very good condition,” she said, “particularly because of their heritage and age.It seems as heritage buildings get older, there’s more and more chance of needing quick repairs.We want to protect and preserve them for the whole community.” A case in point was flooding last sum- mer.The church roof and the back porch of the manse also need repairs.A portion of the proceeds will be donated to a special project.It’s a film that Clara Bird and Mahicans Diamond are making about their recent kayaking and bike trekking expedition in the West-fjords of Iceland.“We want to demon- Expedition strate that you can actually give back to an area as a tourist, both environmentally and socially,” said Bird.“Tourism can have very negative effects on an area.We have to change the way that we do it.” For both Bird and Diamond, the expedition and two films about it are their final project in their bachelor’s programs in outdoor intervention.“We’ll be making a series of presentations where we’ll be sharing our experience and promoting responsible tourism,” said Bird.“One of the presentations will be at UUEstrie.” “We’re pleased to support a graduate of our children’s program,” said McKinley.“We’re looking forward to supporting their documentary, and then being able to see it.” Bird said she and Diamond had some wonderful partners in Iceland who shared their values.More details are available on their blog at www.wewent-north.wordpress.com.The sale is planned for the lower level of the UUEstrie’s heritage church building at 201 Main Street, North Hatley.It will happen rain or shine, said McKinley.If if s not raining, many of the items will be displayed outdoors.Opening hours July 20-22 are Friday 4-7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday 12-2 p.m.For more information, contact 819-842-4146 or info@uuestrie.ca, or visit www.uuestrie.ca. Page 8 Thursday, July 19, 2012 newsroom@sherbrookerecord .com The Record e dL oraer ©port The best way to appreciate the diversity of their artistic creation is really to get out and discover it in person.Tenth annual Georgeville-Fitch Bay Art Festival COURTESY PHOTO “Lone Pine on Brown’s Hill," by Pamela Cartwright.Cartwright is just one of the many talented artists displaying their work over the coming week during the Festival des arts Georgeville-Fitch Bay.By Matthew Farfan Kicking off this coming Saturday, July 21, and continuing right through to the following Sunday, July 29, is the annual Festival des arts Georgeville-Fitch Bay.This event, started ten years ago by the Association des artistes Georgeville-Fitch Bay, is one of two fine arts tours taking place in the Memphremagog MRC this month, the other one being the Circuit des arts Memphrémagag (see related article).Both tours are significant cultural events for the Eastern Townships.Both are major tourist attractions, drawing hundreds of visitors from Montreal, the United States, and elsewhere.The Georgeville-Fitch Bay arts tour is much more concentrated in geographic scope than its cousin, the Circuit.And the artists display their work in collective exhibition spaces, as opposed to in their individual workshops.There are, however, some very talented artists and craftspeople represented in this event, and the venues (there are four of them) are fun and interesting to visit.All of the venues are located within a short distance of each other within the Township of Stanstead, on the east side of Lake Memphremagog.One of them (the Murray Memorial Centre) is a spacious community hall located right in the picturesque lakeside village of Georgeville.Georgeville is lovely to visit at any time of year, and the arts tour is a great excuse to do so.Fifteen artists will be displaying their work at the Murray Centre.South of Georgeville, on the spectacular Magoon Point Road, is another venue.Known as the Elephant Barn, this site is actually a converted barn.Twelve artists will be showing here.In the village of Fitch Bay, just a few miles to the east, there are two more venues.One is the Stanstead Township town hall, which is housed in a former 1860s-era Congregational Church.The building, which was restored a few years ago when the church was converted to its current use, is a work of art in its own right.Nine artists will be showing their work at this venue.And finally, just across the road, is Canon Gustin Hall, next door to Fitch Bay’s Anglican Church.Five artists will be showing here.PHOTO BY MATTHEW FARFAN The countryside around beautiful Lake Memphremagog seen herefrom the summit of Mount Owl’s Head, will be the setting of two arts tours over the next couple of weeks.The Festival des arts Georgeville-Fitch Bay will run from July 21 to July 29, while the Circuit des Arts Memphremagog will start on July 28 and continue through to August 5.All of the different venues will be well indicated along the way by large blue and orange signs.Featured on this year’s tour are some 41 artists and artisans.All of them will be displaying their work in collective exhibitions at one of the four venues.The tour features artists working in a wide variety of media.Naturally, there are painters.Virginia Cope, Valerie Pasztor, Catherine Young Bates, and Pierre Jeanson, among others, work in oils.Several paint with acrylics.These include Pamela Cartwright, Jocelyne Defoy-Sornin, and Christine Pelzer, to name just a few.There are also water-colourists, among them Dale Mills, Gael Bakin, and Francine Houle, and painters, such as Michèle Huberdeau, who work in pastels.Then there are the mixed media artists.This group includes Lucie St-Jean, Pierre Rastoul, Ginette Allaire, and a number of others.But there are all kinds of other art forms to appreciate, as well.These include sculpture in wood (Richard Bourassa and Lyne Montmeny); jewellery (Amanda Heywood, Julie Mineau, and Louise Perreault); photography (Diane Chayer St-Louis and David Heywood); cabinet making (Niels Jensen); fine art bookbinding (Louise Mauger); stained glass (Jennifer Mills-Batty, Christiane Van de Voorde and others); Chinese calligraphy (Françoise Cloutier); wood turning (Luc Ducharme); sculpture in bone (Jean-Pierre Beaupied); textile art and embroidery (Danielle ConTd on page 9 PHOTO BY MATTHEW FARFAN The Narrows Bridge, spanning the Fitch Bay Narrows, is a pleasant spot for a picnic.COURTESY PHOTO “Autumn Leaves," by Jennifer Mills-Batty, a stained glass artist showing her work on the Festival tour.* • W ; The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com BORDER REPORT Thursday, July 19, 2012 Page 9 Circuit des Arts starts soon By Matthew Farfan As it has every year around this time for nearly two decades, the Circuit des Arts Memphrémagog is getting into gear.This, one of the oldest arts tours in the Eastern Townships, is now in its nineteenth year, and residents of the Townships and elsewhere have by now become quite familiar with the annual summer event.Unlike the Georgeville-Fitch Bay Art Festival, which takes place in a single township, the Circuit des Arts spans several municipalities, including Magog, Austin, East Bolton, Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley, North Hatley, Hatley, Orford, and Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton.Another unusual feature of the event is that it takes place, not so much in collective exhibition spaces, as does the Georgeville-Fitch Bay tour, but in individual artists’ and artisans’ studios and homes.That said, there will be one collective show, featuring one representative work by each artist.This show will take place at the Centre d’art visuel de Magog, at 61 Merry North in Magog.The number of artists and artisans (and municipalities) participating in the Circuit varies from year to year.This year, 32 individuals are participating.As usual, each artist is indicated by a number on an official Circuit map, and identified on the back by name, with a brief description and photo of the type of work produced.The public — including everyone from art connoisseurs to people who just like to see the inside of other people’s houses and workshops — select which venues they wish to visit, and design their itineraries accordingly.Some visit just a handful of artists, while others take several days and visit dozens.The purchase of art on the Circuit is, as it is on all arts tours, highly encouraged, and in general, something for every taste and budget can be found.And just about every medium is represented on this tour: oil painting; acrylic; watercolour; drawing; glass blowing; pottery; stained glass; sculpture; jewellery making; mosaics; cabinet making; and more.Some artists, such as ceramist Marcel Beaucage, or blown glass artist Catherine Benoit, are well established.Others are less well known.An artist’s location on the map may play a role in the number of visitors he or she receives.If someone is situated in a more isolated spot, he may not see the same volume as an artist with a studio on a main road.That said, part of the fun of this tour (at least for visitors) is exploring some of the back roads crisscrossing this part of the Townships.Usually visitors can find who they are looking for with the help of the map and strategically placed Circuit signs indicating the direction to turn and the number of the artist being sought.The 19th edition of the Circuit des Arts Memphrémagog takes place from Saturday, July 28, to Sunday, August 5.Studios are open daily from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m.The collective exhibition will run from July 26 through August 5.Circuit maps are available at outlets across the region.For more information, contact the Circuit at: (819) 769-0663, or info@circuitdesarts.com.COURTESY PHOTO ft-J! M A collective exhibition featuring one example of each artist’s work will be on display at Magog’s Centre d’art visuel.Art Festival Cont’d from page 8 Dion); and multidisciplinary art (Nathalie Bandulet).These are only a few of the artists who will be showing off their work over the coming week of the Festival des arts Georgeville-Fitch Bay.The list would be too long to mention them all by name.The best way to appreciate the diversity of their artistic creation is really to get out and discover it in person.And, as is customary, many of the artists will be on site throughout the week of the tour to meet with the public (hopefully a few art buyers among them) and answer questions.Since it covers such a compact geographic area, the Festival des Arts Georgeville-Fitch Bay is easily done in one day.The group exhibition format also lends itself to a comparison of the eclectic styles and art forms on display.There are a number of spots to picnic along the way, one of the prettiest being the covered bridge that spans the Fitch Bay Narrows.This bridge was built by local craftsmen in 1881.There are other scenic spots, including Forand Park outside Fitch Bay and the public dock in Georgeville, which looks out over majestic Mount Elephantis.Maps of the Festival are available at outlets all across the region.The tour takes place every day from July 21 to July 29, with venues open from 10 a.m.to 5 p.m.The only exception to those hours is Canon Gustin Hall, which will close at 2 p.m.on both Sundays.For more information, contact the Festival at (819) 876-7406; or contact@festivaldesarts.net.Multiple sclerosis never hits just one person.It affects the entire family.MS Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada 1-800-268-7582 www mssociety ca ETRC Archives Department The Baby Birthday Club Ladies of the SHLA.The Baby Birthday Club began in 1951 and was one of several committees that were set up by the Sherbrooke Hospital Ladies’ Auxiliary (SHLA).This particular club was organized as a fundraising association to make improvements to the maternity ward of the Sherbrooke Hospital.The club would offer all mothers of newborn babies the opportunity to join for a fee of $1.This fee would include registration in the “Golden Book,” a membership card and a slip entitling you to a free photograph of “the wee one.” This club began in 1951 and significantly contributed to the maternity ward even managing to pay for the ward’s own anaesthetic machine.The Baby Birthday Club was just one of many fundraising initiatives taken on by the SHLA, including an annual tea, jam shower, annual dance (also known as the Linen Ball) and the house and garden tour.These events would contribute to hospital expenses and other funding initiatives supported by the Auxiliary including the in Memoriam fund, and the Scholarship and Bursary Fund which helped undergraduate nurses with school expenses.Note: Please consider the ETRC Archives as a location to donate your family’s or organization’s archives.Emily Potter, Archivist 819-822-9600, ext.2261 etrc2@ubishops.ca Club now has a grwjd total o£ X*44?f » Jl mis ¦zp cmifmâM Jraith.459 call* v*wr* mSm !y th» r-jerimm-, 3** hirttulay «awtito «mr* out* «S3 swnt to find th# bahi.00 vacmm.2 wwtltigs vmr® ML4 - on# In July, ew in Bw.wtbtr, At prmmdt m hem m aecUa* far th* Omm 24 otlw «aup bowls with oovm'a for trajrs «t « oast of |>2®.âS m wcy&m omllsar for baMas ooattng #175*00 Excerpt from the 1955 Annual Report of the Baby Birthday Club. Page 10 Thursday, July 19, 2012 newsroom@sherbrookcrecord.com The Record “Riders gain experience with each competition they participate in, which is why we are proud to welcome them on a top-quality venue and offer them a first-class event.” Major equestrian event in Bromont The 37th edition of the International Bromont equestrian competition began Wednesday at the Bromont Olympic Equestrian Park.The event, featuring more than 500 riders over two weeks, will give fans the opportunity to see some of the best athletes of the country in action.This year, International Bromont, a hunter and jumper competition welcomes new faces: American rider Candice King, who is having a great season so far, will participate in both weeks of competition, as will Canadian Karen Cudmore, a native of western Canada.Jonathan Asselin, who was part of the Canadian Pan Am Games, will also be present.“The participation of new riders, and participation of rid- ers that come year after year is a sign that athletes truly appreciate our event,” points out Roger Deslauriers, the show organizer.“We are proud to be recognized by the FE1 (Fédération Équestre Internationale) as a high calibre event, but furthermore by the riders, who see our event as one worth participating in.” In fact, the International Bromont, assessed in 2011 by the North American Riders Group, ranked in the top 25 of international competitions for all North America, an honour shared by only four other Canadian events.The competition will see the elite of equestrian sport meet on its venue, but also the who’s who of the sport’s rising stars: rider Ben Asselin, who repre- sented Canada last May at the CSIOY Nations Cup in Lam-prechtshausen, Austria: and St-Lazare rider Angela Covert-Lawrence, who is on Jump Canada’s short list, will both participate.“An Olympic year is definitely a formidable moment in an athlete’s career, but it is also, in my opinion, the perfect time to inspire the emerging talent.Riders gain experience with each competition they participate in, which is why we are proud to welcome them on a top-quality venue and offer them a first-class event.We often hear that International Bromont is the most important equestrian event in eastern Canada, but it is also one of the five Canadian shows of importance on the World Cup circuit in North America with the Bon-jourQuébec.com World Cup, with a purse of $100,000, on Sunday July 22,” explains Deslauriers.For details on the program, visit www.international- bromont.org.The International Bromont, takes place at the Bromont Olympic Park from July 18 to 22, and July 25 to 29.For details of the program, visit www.internationalbromont.org LU O < CO CO LU ¦THE» O û_ < RECORD AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO CURRENT AND FUTURE SUBSCRIBERS WHOSE SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE PAID MONTHLY THROUGH AUTOMATIC WITHDRAWALS FROM THEIR BANK ACCOUNT Please note that as of August 2012, the withdrawals will be made on the 6th of each month rather than the 2nd.We will also be changing our banking institution from CIBC to HSBC.This change does not affect you - all information you have supplied us with is still valid.Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our offices at 819-569-9528 email: billing@sherbrookerecord.com Jays’ Rasmus receives World Series ring from Cardinals By John Lott Postmedia News To Î |ony La Russa dropped by the visitors’ clubhouse at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday morning.He had a gift for Colby Rasmus.In keeping with their history, they failed to connect.Rasmus, the Toronto Blue Jays centre-fielder, did not know his ex-manager was bringing a World Series ring for him.Rasmus was involved in family commitments at the time, he said.“I just had stuff going on this morning,” Rasmus said before the Blue Jays’ series finale with the Yankees.“1 got family and stuff here.I wasn’t able to connect with him.But 1 sent word that I appreciated it - thanks for the gesture.That was about it.There wasn’t no CIA secret stuff going on.” Rasmus played 94 games for La Russa’s Cardinals before he was traded to the Blue Jays last July 27.The two had a well-documented tumultuous relationship, complicated by public criticism of the Cardinals by Rasmus’ father, also named Tony.Just before Rasmus was traded, La Russa told reporters Rasmus “doesn’t listen to the Cardinal coaches much now,” instead taking coaching ad- vice from his father.Asked Tuesday whether he would have met with La Russa if he’d had the time, Rasmus replied: “No doubt.It just didn’t work out right." After Rasmus was traded, the Cardinals went on to win the World Series, after which La Russa retired from managing.It is common for players who spend part of a season with a World Series winner to get a ring and a partial share of the winner’s bonus.Rasmus said during spring training that he had received his bonus, which he smilingly labelled “a little some-thin’-somethin’.” La Russa left the ring with a Blue Jays official.As he prepared to go on the field for a light pre-game workout, Rasmus said he had not seen the ring.How did he find out La Russa had stopped by?“A little birdie told me," he said.He said he was pleased to get the ring but politely made it clear that he has left the tribulations of St.Louis behind and is happy as a Blue Jay.“I put in a lot of blood, sweat and tears over there (in St.Louis),” he said-After La Russa retired, he was hired as a special adviser to Major League Baseball, which has its headquarters in New York.Officials say NFL negotiating strategy was to lock them out By Barry Wilner THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The NFL’s on-field officials say the league planned to lock them out rather than negotiate a new contract.Members of the NFL Referees Association were locked out June 3 after talks broke down.The league has been contacting replacement officials.“Lockout seems to be their negotiating strategy with everyone,” said referee Scott Green, president of the NFLRA, clearly referring to the lockout of the players in 2011.“We don’t want to be locked out.We want to get back to the table and get this resolved.” But no talks are scheduled.Green and past NFLRA president Ed Hochuli say the NFL is jeopardizing the safety of the players, as well as the integrity of the game, by considering using officials they feel are unqualified.None of those officials will come from the top college division because they are barred from accepting NFL jobs by the colleges, Green said Wednesday.Green said players know the current officials are consistent in their calls, but won’t have any idea “what will be called or seen and what won’t be, and that will be a product of how the game is being affected.” Added Hochuli: “There is no game if the competitive nature of the game is not being controlled” by officials.Hochuli, perhaps the best-known NFL ref, said the 121 officials who are locked out are training on their own, including hours of video work and taking rules tests.“When the lockout ends — and we know it will end — we’ll be ready to take the field the next day," Hochuli said.“But just like the players, whose preseason helps get the mistakes out before the season starts, if there is no preseason (for the officials), there will be mistakes that will happen, just like with the players.” The officials say their wage offer was for a smaller increase than they received in the collective bargaining agreement that expired in May.They said it would cost each of the 32 teams $100,00,0 per year to meet that proposal.They also cite as issues higher wages for officials in the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball, and the loss of a pension system. The Record production@sherbrookerecord.com Thursday, July 19^ 2012 Page 11 ASK DOCTOR K Be proactive to avoid altitude sickness by Anthony L.Komaroff, M.D.DEAR DOCTOR K: Tll be doing some high-altitude climbing this summer.What can I do to avoid altitude sickness?DEAR READER: A few months ago I faced the same question myself.I was going to be climbing in the mountains of South America.From past experience, I knew I wouldn’t feel very good once I got above 8,000 feet.At higher altitudes, there is less oxygen in the air.At altitudes above 8,000 feet, you may develop uncomfortable or dangerous symptoms.The first and mildest symptoms of altitude sickness are headache, fatigue, diminished appetite (developing sometimes into nausea and vomiting), feeling lightheaded and unsteady on your feet, and having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep.More severe symptoms — brain and lung symptoms — also can develop at high altitudes.Mild fatigue can turn into extreme fatigue.You can have trouble walking normally.You can become confused and start acting like you’re drunk even if you haven’t had a drop of alcohol.You can become unusually irritable.If the lungs start filling with fluid from high-altitude sickness, you can become unusually breathless and start coughing for no good reason.The severe brain and lung symptoms can become fatal without treatment.So, you’re smart to be proactive about avoiding altitude sickness.Here’s what I recommend, which is the same advice I followed myself: — Gradual changes in altitude will help your body adapt, so do not increase your altitude by more than 1,000 feet per night.— Each time you increase your altitude by 3,000 feet, spend a second night at this elevation before going farther.— Limit your physical exertion to reasonable levels during your first few days of ascent to altitude.— Drink plenty of fluid during your altitude exposure.- If you develop early signs of altitude sickness, immediately stop ascending, or descend to an elevation where you last felt well.Otherwise, your symptoms may worsen or become deadly.If you have had altitude sickness in the past, talk to your doctor before returning to a high altitude.You may have the option of taking preventive medication.Mild symptoms (particularly sleep disruption, but possibly other symptoms as well) can be limited.Acetazo-lamide (Diamox, others) or the corticosteroid dexamethasoije can help, but these drugs do not prevent serious forms of altitude sickness.If you previously developed a condition in which fluid entered your lungs at high altitudes, a calcium-channel blocker or long-lasting beta agonist (or both) may be prescribed.Symptoms of altitude sickness can be difficult to recognize in oneself.Keep an eye on your climbing companions and ask them to keep an eye on you.On my recent trip, I did develop mild altitude sickness at 9,000 feet, which became more severe at 11,000 feet.Ac-etazolamide gave me relief.And I decided that I’ve reached the point in my life when self-preservation trumps my spirit of adventure: I won’t be venturing that high again.Death Death Fernande (nee Madure) Lang Passed away suddenly at the CHUS Fleuri-mont, Sherbrooke on Tuesday July 17,2012 at the age of 80.Loving wife of 56 years to Stanley Lang and beloved mother of Bert (Jeanie), Linda, 3uy (Beverly), Joane (Sam) and Eric Diane).Cherished grandmother of Matthew (Katie), Michael (Isabelle), Ashley, Sylvain, Cassandra, Annik, Natasha, Mark, Nicholas, Jacob, Nathan, Abby, Mex, Christian and Jackson and great grandmother of Olivia and Sarah.Fer-aande also leaves to mourn, her sister Margaret (Fernand Gaudreau), her brothers Fernand (Annette) and Paul-Emile Marthe) along with many other nieces, nephews and dear friends.A funeral Mass will be held at Sacré Coeur Catholic Church, Stanstead, on Friday July 20 at î:00p.m.followed by the interment of ishes in the Mount Ste-Marie cemetery.The family would like to thank Hank and Bruno of the Stanstead Ambulance service for their professionalism, along with Mrs Desbien and Ms Lyonnais for their assistance.CASS FUNERAL HOMES 545 Dufferin St., Stanstead QC PHONE: 819-876-5213 FAX: 819-876-5213 stanstead@casshomes.ca www.casshomes.ca Take \ matters into your own hands 1877 369-7845 (514) 369-7845 www.osteoporose.qc.ca W__Ostéoporose \j> Québec Miss Helen FITZGERALD At the CSSS-Memphrema-gogon Saturday July 14, 2012.Helen Fitzgerald in her 96 year, beloved daughter of the late John Fitzgerald and the late Elizabeth O’Neil.Miss Fitzgerald was the loving aunt to Mary Shaw Accarion (Guy), Hughie Mc-Clements, Maureen McClements and chrished great-aunt to Sarah and Nicholas Accarion.Also survived my many friends gnd relatives.Funeral service will be held at the St-Patrick’s Church (20 Gordon, Sherbrooke) on Friday July 20, 2012 at 10:00 AM, followed by burial at the St-MichaeTs cemetery, Sherbrooke.Funeral services entrusted to The STEVE L.ELKAS CREMATORIUM, 445, 24 Juin Street, Sherbrooke, QC, TEL - 819-565-1155; 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Page 12 Thursday, July 19, 2012 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Tom*' tm TOWNSHIPS If you want to drink, that s your business.If you want to stop, we can help.Call Alcoholics Anonymous 1-888-424-2975, www.aa.org NORTH HATLEY The Piggery Theatre presents Rocky Road to Dublin, a rollicking musical comedy to benefit the Waterville-North Hatley United Church 150th Anniversary project on July 27 at 8 p.m.For tickets, call Eva Mae 819-837-2788 or Marg W.819-837-2685.MILBY Little Hyatt One-Room Schoolhouse fundraiser, Sunday, July 22, 2 p.m., under the tent on the grounds of the School-house, located off Route 147 at 2185 McVety Road, Milby (now Waterville).Event: The Stacey Letters: The Eastern Townships circa 1850, viewed through the eyes of a British Immigrant.A multi-media presentation by Historian James Manson, with video excerpts from the musical Louisa featuring the Stacey family, by Donald Patriquin and Sunil Mahtani.Live excerpts by Mary White and Cora Loomis.Sandra Hewlett, a Stacey descendant and Certified Genealogist from Pennsylvania, will offer a PowerPoint presentation highlighting the earlier family in England.Sponsored by Little Forks Branch of The United Empire Loyalists’ Association of Canada & Patrimoine-Ascott-Heritage.Free will donations in support of the new shingled roof on our Little Hyatt One-Room Schoolhouse will be gratefully accepted.NORTH HATLEY North Hatley - Harmony Concerts series continues this summer in Dreamland Park, North Hatley.Free.All welcome! Sat-urday, July 21, 6 p.m.to 8 p.m., Jean-Denis Dubuc Band - Jazz.ST.PATRICE DE BEAURIVAGE Parkhurst Cemetery, at the junction of Route 269 North and Route des Chutes, the Megantic County Historical Society is holding a Thanksgiving Service honouring the families of the Methodist Church of Parkhurst, St.Patrice de Beaurivage, Lot-binere County.The Church was built in 1831-32 by Robert and James Orr, demolished in the 1950 s, the cemetery still ex- ists.The service is at 2 p.m„ July 29, 2012 at the site.Bring your lawn chairs.AYER S CUFF The U.C.W., Beulah United Church, Ayer s Cliff, will host a Bake Sale and Coffee Party, along with a jumble sale, on Saturday, July 28 from 9 a.m.to noon.Breads, pastries and other edibles will be offered.Browse the tables of miscellaneous articles, new and used, jewellery, books, glassware, decorative objects, etc.Enjoy the coffee and goodies with a friend.All welcome.EATON CORNER A Traditional Hymn Sing will take place at the Eaton Corner Museum on Sunday evening, July 22, at 7 p.m., in Eaton Corner.Everyone is welcome.You don t have to have a choir voice or even be a regular church-goer, to enjoy joining in on these old time hymns.It s always an enjoyable event, and pays tribute to the Museum building’s original purpose as a church.This annual event is organized by our Museum Administrator, Sharon Moore, and hosted by Charles Bury, President of the Museum s Historical Society.Refreshments will follow.There is no charge for this event, but donations are gratefully accepted.For more information, please contact Sharon Moore at the Museum, Wednesday through Sunday, 819-875-5256.GROSSE ISLE A day trip is planned to Grosse Use on the St.Lawrence River below Quebec City.This island served as a decontamination centre for the immigrants arriving in Quebec who usually arrived very ill from the voyage from overseas.We will leave from The Hut August 19 at 6:30 a.m.to return at 8:30 p.m.The price includes the motorcar, boat trip and the tour of the island.For more information or to book the tour call Colleen Matthews at 819-835-9922 or Mark O Donnell at 819-826-2535.Space is limited.NORTH HATLEY Super Summer Sale, fundraiser for Heritage Church and Diamond-Bird ecoexpe-dition.Quality items large and small.Rain or shine.U.U.Estrie, 201 Main, North Hatley (downstairs).July 20 to 22, Friday 4-7 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 12-2 p.m.Info: 819-842-4146; info@uuestrie.ca; www.uuestrie.ca.LENNOXVILLE Two fun creative writing workshops remain! 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college-age daughter is very hard on herself.“Sharyn” is a beautiful, intelligent and wonderful person at heart, but she cannot see it, even though everyone else does.For 12 years, Sharyn has been in some form of therapy.She has damaged herself, starved herself and even run away.As a child, she was “different,” and so she was badly bullied and had unreliable friends who briefly entered her life and left suddenly.After years of rejection and failure to achieve her goals, she began to isolate herself and give up.Much of her time was spent alone and lonely.It was unbearably painful to stand by and watch my child undeservingly suffer like this.Sharyn seemed to make progress once she started college.She’s maintained a 3.5 GPA, developed incredible artistic and writing abilities, found a summer job and will be living with her friends this coming year.However, she still believes no one really likes her.She says, “Everyone wants me gone,” and “Every- one thinks I’m stupid, lazy, weird and mean.” She has many great things going for her now, but she still allows her negativity to control her life.She has even said to me, “You hate me,” and “I’m a bad daughter.” I have overheard her yelling both hurtful and hateful comments to herself while she looks in the mirror.I tell Sharyn repeatedly that I love her and am proud of her, but she accuses me of lying.I’m frustrated and heartbroken that she believes these things when she has come so far.What else can I possibly do to help my daughter understand that she is a wonderful person who deserves happiness?- Peace Bound Parent Dear Parent: You are doing the best you can with your bedrock reassurances.Sharyn’s conception of herself is so distorted and negative that she assumes your opinion is too biased to count.Her accusations are a way to test your commitment.These issues are best addressed in therapy.Since she seems to be making progress, albeit slowly, please continue to provide calm, loving support.You also can get some therapy on your own and develop some coping strategies.Dear Annie: I’ve been dating “Don” for eight months.When I met him, I didn’t realize he had been seeing a woman for two years.Apparently, they had an understanding that if someone else came along, it would be OK to break up because they live three hours apart.They still communicate on Facebook.This girlfriend’s family owns some property that is pretty much in Don’s backyard.She stays at a cabin on the property a few times a year.It makes me really uncomfortable.But when I talk to Don about her, he says, “You have nothing to wony about.” But there have been a few nights when he’s called her name in his sleep.He also once told me that if he wanted her back, all he had to do was call her.Don wants me to move in with him, but I can’t.His relationship with the other woman eats at me all the time.What do I do?— On the Rebound Dear Rebound: You don’t completely trust Don, partly because he has given you the impression that this woman is 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Most of Amazon’s coupons are the usual 50 cents or $1 off, but the coupons I found for tea bags and Splenda made them both really good deals, and since I have Amazon Prime, there was no shipping cost involved.- Donna, Louisiana Ceramic pot use: I had a spare ceramic planter and decided to use it to hold my toilet brush.It’s much prettier than the plastic brush holders, and it can be washed easily, too.— Diana, Illinois Hidden litter box: I have a seldom-used closet underneath the stairs.I installed a cat door on the closet door, and now the closet is where I hide our cat’s litter box.- Denise, Pennsylvania REMINDER AUCTION FOR MR & MRS RAYMOND BRETON 569 RTE 108 EAST, STORNWAY (QC) Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 10:30 a.m.sharp TO BE SOLD: Fridge, stove, dehumidifier, snowblower, ladders, 2005 Ford Taurus.PROPERTY MINIMUM RESERVE PRICE ($80,000) Property 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Kitchen, dining room, new roof in 2004.Electric furnace.To be sold around 1 p.m.if not sold before auction.For visits call the owner at 819-566-8548.Terms: cash only or cheques from known buyers.Please note that the auctioneers will not be held responsible for accidents or damages to property on sale day.ROSS BENNETT Bilingual Auctioneer 819-563-2020 or 819-572-5609 Email: rossbennettauctions@hotmail.com Maintain hair color: My hairdresser’s advice is to try not to over-wash your hair.Go as long as possible between washings.It is also imperative to wear hats when out in the sun.Nothing zaps your color faster than the hot sun! — Sabrel, Indiana Donate to diaper bank: I really second the idea from your column about donating diapers to a diaper bank.Our company did that during a charity campaign earlier this year.We collected diapers for all ages, from infant to adult.Many daycares will not take children who do not have disposable diapers, and since diapers are not normally provided to families in need, some have had to wash the disposables in order to have enough to use.If you cannot find a diaper bank, check with local food pantries.They can often identify families that could use them.- Saule, email The Record newsroom@shcrbrookerecord.com Thusday, July 19, 2012 Page 15 Your Birthday THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012 Materially speaking, the year ahead looks to be much healthier for you than the past 12 months.Both material gain and personal advancement is indicated when you work toward those ends, but they might materialize in unexpected ways.CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You might be luckier in things that are done for you by others than through your own actions.Leave the door open, however, for those who see what you’re doing and want in.LEO (July 23-Aug.22) — Being in a particularly good pattern for getting substantial help and reaping copious rewards from ventures or endeavors that you personally manage, you can do much with little.Act on it.VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) — Timing is your most valuable asset in helping you achieve two important objectives.Don’t make any moves until you sense that the iron is hot.LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.23) - A close friend of yours might be instrumental in helping you finally achieve something that you’ve wanted for a long time.Now that you know how it’s done, it can be repeated.SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) - Only if you are materially motivated enough can you increase your chances for fulfilling an ambitious objective.It’s one of those times when you need to really want what you’re chasing.SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) - Alliances established for the purpose of profit might not work out that well, but partnerships formed for noncommercial reasons will meet with remarkable success.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) - There are times when we need to take a chance in order to better our positions where business is concerned.A well-planned, calculated risk might be just what the doctor ordered.AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) — With the initiation of a mutual interest, a very enterprising someone whom you recently met and teamed up with might play a significant role in your life from this day forward.PISCES (Feb.20-March 20) — Adhere to standards that you believe to be correct and proper, and Lady Luck will pitch in and help you with your cause.Hold to these principles, even when under the most trying of circumstances.ARIES (March 21-April 19) — An idea with which you’ve been toying looks like it has real merit and can be expanded into something you’ll be able to work with.Sound it out on a person you trust.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — There is plenty of justification for good feelings about your commercial affairs.In fact, a recent successful feat can be repeated.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Although co-workers may be only lukewarm about accepting one of your suggestions concerning a mutual enterprise, demonstrate your idea and watch how supportive they quickly become.THURSDAY, JULY 19.2012 Entries can have a large effect by Phillip Alder Friedrich Nietzsche said, “Before the effect, one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.” That sounds like a declarer who has gone down in a contract, then realizes that he misplayed and could have gotten home.Many factors affect the right line of play in any contract.Today, we will look at entries.How should South play in three no-trump after West leads a Lav spade to declarer’s king?What should South do differently if the club ace were in the dummy?Here is that awful auction again, with South burning up so much bidding space to show 25 to 27 points and a balanced hand.South has eight top tricks: three spades, one heart, two diamonds and two clubs.Where might the ninth winner come from?First, spades might be 3-3.Although that is unlikely given the lead, it cannot hurt to find out.Declarer cashes a top spade, seeing East discard, say, a diamond.(If East follows a second time.South should take his third spade winner.) Now declarer needs to establish a second heart trick.The right play is to duck (lose) the first round, then to cross to the North 07-19-12 ?8 6 4 3 V A 5 4 ?762 *942 East ?10 V J 10 9 2 ?Q 10 8 5 * J 10 7 3 South ?A K Q V Q 7 6 3 ?A K 4 ?A K 5 Dealer: South Vulnerable: Both South West North East 2* Pass 2 ?Pass 3 NT Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: *5 ace, planning to lead back toward the queen.Here, when the king pops up on the second round, South is safe.If dummy had a second entry, though, the best heart play changes slightly.Declarer should lead a heart to dummy’s ace, then duck the second round.If the king has not appeared, South returns to dummy with a club and plays another heart toward his queen.West ?J 9 7 5 2 V K 8 ?J 9 3 ?Q 8 6 CROSSWORD Across 1 See 67-Across 4 A loose one may activate the “Check engine” light 10 Home of the Mongolian wild ass 14 One of the Gabors 15 Rocket sound 16 Clutch hitter's stat 17 ‘New skier’s area 19 Resort near Ventura 20 Weather-affecting current 21 Judicial hearing 23 Apply, as healing "hands 24 Loser’s demand 26 Doozy 28 Interfere 31 Undoing 34 Chatted via MSN Live Messenger 36 Amer, help to allies 37 Savored a serving of 38 ‘Hug 40 Country mail svc.41 Lose-lose 43 Landers and Richards 44 “Boston Legal” extra: Abbr.45 Serve a serving of 47 Etcher’s etchers 49 Teaching story 51 Covent Garden staging 55 Nouveau riche 57 Chalk cube’s target 58 “That’s__!”: “No way!” 59 ‘Freebie from the hygienist 62 Actress Anderson 63 Put on a throne 64 Vox populi, vox_ 65 Baltic resident 66 Intimidates 67 With 1-Across, a football play, or an apt description of what’s hidden in the last part of the answer to each starred clue Down 1 Fight against authority 2 Throat projection 3 One with charges 4 Fred of “The Munsters” 5 “Oh, of course!” 6 Costa del_ 7 Squab’s sound 8 Jelly used in molds 9 Wunderkind 10 Keepers keep them 11 ‘Small collectible 12 Journalist’s concern 13 “Really?” 18 Mythical weeper 22 Line 24 Cuban 35-Down 25 Like the minutes s O A P L U T ,u E T A T E T R A T A 1 L R B 0 Y T 1 R E 1 D E A IS E C T T S K S before recess, seemingly 27 Sight 29 Boost 30 Fly fisherman’s concern 31 Cigar collectible 32 Yours, in Tours 33 ‘Paper for the paper 35 Twist, for one 38 Make used (to) 39 CBS drama since 2000 42 “Oh, of course!” 44 According to 46 Reacted after a race 48 Second thoughts 50 “__sera”: Luigi’s “Good evening" 52 Scriabin piano piece 53 Up 54 Ladybug’s lunch 55 Gloomy covering 56 Flowering succulent 57 Chinwag 60 The Beavers of the Pac-12 61 Pin in the back Page 16 Thursday, July 19, 2012 SIRIUSl/ newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com | The Record SA1EIIITE RADIO C 3V9H K«>S Sf'sll'lîiîl iifnini h iiiSii p llllii ||S|f# C C E ?• ""ccïîeisî-^g^o* £ ^ S s£-g-o 3,0.2 2 J5 £c5s.g',>'-g-g2-s2 g I 5 ™ 5 ^ i â o £ -g-g ljl|if!i|l|i »JS s3~ 5 E J gjsî îrlfl-aiÊis-.a'E®3.f^oiaiwtx-=c|* —3 -O en ‘ü Q.R 5 ^ » S c* ° ^ a "o S'2-'o0 •< ^ ?s ï° -i§sSÉ|s|l5 rî|Im|Iif! illlillii!! 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