The record, 26 août 2003, mardi 26 août 2003

THE RECORD The voice of the eastern Townships since 1897 Lenn’s new residents are here.See Page 9 70 CENTS WWW.SHERBROOKERECORD.COM Tuesday, August 26, 2003 Woman missing near Nantes PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL Police combed the wooded area around Nantes searching for a 39-year-old woman who went missing Sunday morning.?$0?.it-::;.' **¦ > ÉM**! m l’?'' V Police undertake massive search - By Tom Peacock A 39-year-old East Angus woman whose name has not been released, went missing Sunday around 11 a.m.from a house on Rang Saint-Louis near Nantes.“She left the home for a walk around 11 a.m.and she was never seen again,” said Sûreté du Quebec spokesman Louis-Philippe Ruel.Ruel said the family which inhabits the house where the missing woman was staying on Rang Saint-Louis, called police at 8 p.m.Sunday night, after spending most of the day Sunday searching the area themselves.The police waited until Monday morning to begin searching for the missing woman.“We are using a helicopter, VTTs and dogs.No people yet," Ruel said during an interview late Monday afternoon.Please see search Page 3 Speed leads to motorcycle death Staff Sherbrooke A young man was killed over the weekend in a motorcycle accident that police are attributing to nothing more than excessive speed.Maxime Audet, 23, lost control of his Kawasaki Ninja, a small but powerful city motorbike, at roughly 10 a.m.on Sunday morning at the merging of Highways 10 and 410 in Sherbrooke’s west side.Audet veered too quickly from the lane and collided with the guard rail, sending the bike flipping over sixty metres.Audet severely injured his rib cage, causing massive internal injuries.Spokesperson with the Ambulanciers de l’Estrie Christian Beaudin said that Audet was brought to CHUS in Fleurimont, but that there was nothing that could be done.“His cardio-respiratory system was badly injured and in a state of shock," he said.Audet was declared dead shortly before 11 a.m.Police were forced to close the road for much of the day, diverting traffic along St.Joseph Boulevard. page 2 Tuesday, August 26, 2003 ; ¦TIIEwi RECORD Starwood hotel chain pampers canine clients Canine guru Stanley Hotel just loves dogs By Joseph Kula Can West News They were short and tall, brunettes and blonds.They were all heading for the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver for brunch -but this was no ordinary brunch.The special guests snacked on doggie biscuits and puppy kibble and all manner of special treats.Starwood Hotels and Resorts, which includes the Sheraton, Westin and W chains, was introducing its Love That Dog Program, which includes comfy beds for its four-legged guests.The program also offers food, water bowls and temporary ID tags with hotel contact information.In addition, upon check-in, the canine guests receive a travelling tip card, courtesy the SPCA.On hand to help introduce the program at the Bayshore was University of British Columbia psychologist and TV dog guru Dr.Stanley Coren who related anecdotes and a short history of doggie travel.Coren said dogs were common travelling companions in earlier times.Dalmatians, for example, accompanied carriages on their travels and people going to public meetings at unheated halls would take their pets with them to warm their feet.And then there were the anecdotes — such as how band-leader Xavier Cugat carried chihuahuas in his jacket pockets and had to make a fast getaway when a hotel maid, thinking they were large rats, called in the exterminators.Or, when Liza Minnelli sneaked her pet Yorkshire terrier into a hotel only to be found out and asked to leave.Now, she and her canine companion would have been pampered, instead of pooh-poohed.¦m CANWEST PHOTO Coren greets Sara the sheltie at the Westin Bayshore.Briefs Road work Transports Quebec will be repaving the bridge that straddles Autoroute 10 near Chemin St-Joseph in Sherbrooke.The work, estimated at $80,000, ends in late September.Only one of the two lanes there will be open to cars from Monday to Friday, between 7 a.m.and 6 p.m.Paving work on route 216 (over a six-kilometre stretch) between Chemin Duplessis in Sherbrooke and Rang 5 in Stoke will cause certain delays for drivers between Aug.26 and Sept.8.Only one of the two lanes there will be open to cars from Monday to Friday, between 6:30 a.m.and 5:30 p.m.The work is estimated to cost $500,000.Blood donor clinics Wednesday, Sept.3 Sherbrooke The Firemen of Sherbrooke Carrefour de l’Estrie (central court) 3050 Portland Blvd.10 a.m.to 7:30 p.m.Objective: 300 donors Thursday, Sept 4 Sherbrooke The Firemen of Sherbrooke Carrefour de l’Estrie (central court) 3050 Portland Blvd.10 a.m.to 7:30 p.m.Objective: 400 donors Marty Paterson feted Marty Paterson (left) was recently the guest of honour at a surprise lakeside evening dinner.Marty has left Le Rivage to further his career in gerontology at the Research Centre on Aging.Marty was presented with a farewell gift by Le Rivage president Robert Gendron.On behalf of his colleagues and former clients, we wish him all the best in his new career, and offer these words of wisdom: "Some see the glass half empty; 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T h .r NgJCfUtffc WON'T x YOU SING With : - i.i THE » - RECORD Tuesday, August 26, 2003 page 3 Media called on to get hands dirty COURTESY ACTION ST-FRANÇOIS By Liam Roberts Environmental group Action Saint-François has been spending the summer setting challenges for Townships residents, including politicians, young people, students, immigrants, industry, and scientists, to help them with clean-up operations in the Saint-François River Basin.Now, says member Robert Léo Gendron, Sherbrooke’s media groups need to find their rubber gloves and pitch in as well.“The clean-up challenges are ways we use to bring people from the community into what we’re doing, to see what needs to be done,” Gendron said, adding that the Saint-François River Basin still has a lot of trash that needs community attention.“We pay particular attention to the river banks, and there’s a lot of stuff there.” The latest challenge is set for the morning of Saturday, Sept.6, though the exact location has yet to be determined.Action Saint-François has managed to host community-based clean-ups since 1992, removing hundreds of tonnes of garbage from the river, and sending 90 per cent of it to recycling centres.The 800-member organization, though, depends on community involvement to make these kinds of numbers happen.“Everything from cars, tires, fridges, and general garbage ends up along the riverbank,” Gendron noted.“If it’s Members of the environmental group Action Saint-François are casting their nets further afield, challenging media representatives to get involved in the clean up of the St-Francis River.metal, often it can be reused.Glass and plastic can be recycled, and things like tires can be reused if they’re in good condition.“There really is still a lot of things like that down in the river," he added.With the opening of the new Eco-Centre in Sherbrooke’s east side this summer, the city’s capacity to handle recycled goods has been significantly expanded.For Action Saint-François, though, they continue to operate directly with government agency Recyc-Québec in dealing with the trash.The environmental group said that it often coordinates its activities with other river-focussed groups in the area such as RAPPEL, but that it remains an officially independent organization.When it comes to recruiting locals to help take part in clean-up efforts, Gendron said that no boats or river-dredging equipment are used; rubber gloves, boots, and long pants will suffice.“We just go in there and remove the garbage by hand,” he said.“It’s not that we need a boat, because a lot of the problems, like cars and fridges and tires, are left in adjoining creeks and along the banks.It’s accessible.” Local politicians such as Sherbrooke deputy Serge Cardin, former Orford MNA Robert Benoit, and numerous city councillors from Rock Forest have taken part in past clean-ups, along with university students, schools, and industrial companies like paper giant Cascades.“It only takes a couple of hours,” Gendron noted, saying that the next invitation will kick off at 7:45 a.m.and run through till about noon.While the Sept.6 meeting is geared towards reporters, editors and other media types, the environmental group won’t be turning away would-be volunteers from all walks of life.For more information on the group’s projects or to participate in a clean-up effort, call Robert Léo Gendron at 819-563-5362.visit Record’s booth Search: Cont’d from Page 1 “We will wait until the dogs are finished their work.The volunteers are just showing up now.There are maybe 15 to 20 of them, but we are hoping for 30 to 50 volunteers.” Ruel said the missing woman is not known to be suffering from any sort of illness.She has only been living at the house on Rang Saint-Louis for two months, so it’s likely she is not very familiar with the surrounding terrain.Sgt.Richard Bourdon from the Montreal office of the SQ explained that these factors come into rewnr bhaton/spboai A search party was organized from the Nantes house where the missing woman has been living for the past few months.play during the first 24 hours of a police search for a missing person.“How quickly we undertake the search depends on the person’s health, their age, the person’s familiarity with the area, how they left,” he said, adding that police also have to familiarize themselves with the area of the search before it begins.The police also have to interview family and friends with regards to the circumstances surrounding the disappearance before they can do anything, he added.Bourdon also said it is normal, as in the case of the missing East Angus woman, to wait until daybreak before launching a search, even if the police are notified during the evening.“You don’t want to lose anyone else, or have anyone get injured, so usually you will wait until it’s clear before launching a search.” he said.In 2001, there were 298 missing persons cases in the province of Quebec involving a search effort by the provincial police force.In 2002, there were 235 cases.at the BROME FAIR AUGUST 29, 30, 31 SEPTEMBER 1 SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES* 3 months $32°o 34^ 6 months s6200 1 year S12200 'Valid on site only st3