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THE RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Reid has good news for mayors.See Page 5 75 CENTS + TAXES PM#0040007682 Tuesday, September 27, 2005 Boisvenu family suing City of Sherbrooke Family claims police failed in their duty By Rita Legault Sherbrooke t r' |he family Julie Boisvenu, the 27-year- I old Sherbrooke woman who was ab-JL ducted, raped, and killed in June 2002, is suing the City of Sherbrooke claiming her death could have been avoided if police had acted appropriately the night she was abducted on Wellington Street downtown.In a press release Monday, parents Pierre-Hugues and Diane and her siblings Christian and Isabelle say it will be up to Superior Court to determine if Julie Boisvenu‘s life could have been saved if police had acted with more diligence.The family refused to comment fur- FILE PHOTO Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu filed suit against the City of Sherbrooke last Thursday.JT JOHNSON ther, directing the media to their petition filed in Superior Court on Thursday.The $235,000 lawsuit alleges that police officers employed by the City of Sherbrooke acted with imprudence and failed in their duty to protect the public.The suit seeks $25,000 for Julie Boisvenu’s extreme pain and suffering before her death, $10,000 for succession costs, as well as $50,000 each for Boisvenu’s father, mother, sister and brother for the loss of their daughter and sibling and their pain and suffering in dealing with her atrocious death.The family alleges that police officers didn’t act adequately when they twice intercepted Hugo Bernier in the wee hours of June 23, 2002.Bernier is now serving a life sentence for the abduction, rape and first degree murder of Julie Boisvenu.That fateful morning around 3:10 and again at 3:55, two different sets of officers intercepted Bernier in his Ford Mustang in a parking lot on Depot Street.Police officers testified at trial that Bernier was acting suspicious and appeared to be attempting to hide from them.One officer testified at trial that he and his partner noticed the white Mustang parked alone in the gravel parking lot.A man was sitting in the driver’s seat of the car, but when he saw the police car approached, he crouched down under the window.Because he was acting suspiciously, police decided to investigate further and pulled into the parking lot.They tapped on the window and noted Bernier was lying down with his head on the passenger seat pretending to be asleep.When the cops opened the unlocked car door and roused Bernier, his eyes were bloodshot and he smelled of alcohol.The second time he was intercepted, Bernier was standing 15 feet from the car.When the police cruiser approached, he ran to the car, got in and once again pretended to be asleep.When questioned by both sets of officers, Bernier said he had no identification papers.He twice lied about his identity, claiming to be his brother Lucas, saying that he did not have the car keys and that he was waiting for his brother Hugo who was in a bar.Both times police ran the license plates, determined it was indeed Hugo Bernier’s car, and let him go.Please see Boisvenu Page 5 1,048 Pounds of Pumpkin Richard Goodhue of Eaton shows off his first prize, 1048-pound pumpkin to Miss Pascale Johnston of Sherbrooke at Lennoxville's annual pumpkin competition Sunday afternoon.Runner up was Stan Macdonald of North Hatley, whose pumpkin weighed in at 986 pounds.For more see Link inside.,fto«PURPEDC www.multimeubles.com g.boisvert®videotron.ca OPEN SUNDAYS FREE PARKING MULTI MEUBLES Aff iou4ce of compd and ùtifUàaUan 231 King West, Sherbrooke (819) 563-4743 page 2 Tuesday, September 27, 2005 JŒCORD: Meddling medium steals money Bandits bag cash drawer from Lennoxville garage Sherbrooke Police are seeking information about a man who passed himself off as a medium to relieve a Sherbrooke woman of a significant amount of money.Passing himself off as a medium through an ad in the Journal de Montreal newspaper, the man called himself Mr.Louma.He recently came to the woman’s house, getting her to put a significant amount of money into an envelope, convincing her it would help her prayers come true.He then left the residence with the envelope in his pocket.For his effort, the man made off with more than $5,000.The fraud artist is described as a black man, between 25 and 30 years of age.He was of medium build, weighing about 180 pounds and standing about five-foot-eight.He had brown hair, was French-speaking and may live in the Montreal region.Anyone with information on this person is asked to contact the Sherbrooke Police’s criminal investigations unit at (819) 821-5544.Sherbrooke Police have released a composite sketch of one of two men who held up a gas station in Lennoxville in August.At about 9:35 p.m.on Aug.12, two individuals walked in to the G.L.Paradis garage.The first suspect, shown here, put a machete on the counter and demanded the contents of the cash drawer.The second robber went behind the counter and pulled out two yellow Super C shopping bags to collect the money.The two were last seen fleeing towards Massawippi Street.Based on the descriptions of eyewitnesses, police managed to put together the description of one of the robbers.He is described as a white French-speaking male of about 30 years of age.He is about five-foot-nine with a beauty mark on his face and big, callused hands.At the time he was wearing dark pants and a bluejacket.The criminal investigations unit of the Sherbrooke Police are seeking any information leading to the arrest of the two gas station robbers.If you know anything about this crime, call the Sherbrooke Police at (819-821-5544.Molesting medium makes off with money Couple caught copulating in cab for cash Sherbrooke Police are looking for an alleged psychic who lured in at least two women and tried to give them more than a spiritual connection.In August a man ran a classified ad in La Tribune newspaper as M.Berete Voyant.Consultations were held on Wellington St.North in Sherbrooke.On two occasions (between Aug 23 and Sept.9) the suspect managed to grope his victims and steal a significant amount of money as well.Police are seeking a black male who is about 40 years old.He is large, weighing about 180 pounds and standing nearly six feet tall.He was French-speaking with a black goatee and black hair.Anyone with information about the supposed psychic is asked to contact the r -y#* criminal investigation unit of the Sherbrooke Police at (819) 821-5544.“It’s not fare” A Sherbrooke taxi driver and a woman will face prostitution-related charges after being caught in the act by police.Sherbrooke Police spokesman Const.René Dubreuil said at about 6 p.m.Sunday police patrollers saw a taxi and it looked like the driver was in trouble.In fact the 53-year-old driver was having sexual relations with a 42-year-old woman.“He admitted he had paid to have sexual relations with the woman,” Dubreuil said.Dubreuil said the two were arrested and will be charged at a later date.He said the man will be charged with soliciting a prostitute, while the woman will be charged with prostitution.Dubreuil said it is relatively rare to arrest someone in connection with street prostitution in Sherbrooke.Still, a few arrests are made every year.— 1 Winners of green fee passes were: Old Lennoxville Golf Club tickets: Jason Armatage of Compton Club de golf du Mont Orford: Larry Smith of Rock Forest Weather V Today: Clearing early in the morning.High 15.Wednesday: A mix of sun and cloud.Low 8.High 19.Thursday: Showers.Low 9.High 18.Friday: A mix of sun and cloud.Low 2.High 14.Ben by Daniel Shelton ' MY DAUGHTER NEED5 HERS FOR SCIENCES l-1 NEEP THIS ORANGE.FOLPER/ 0UT MY SON'S TEACHERT0LP HIM TO GET AN 0R4NG6COOREP FOPEREOR y MATH-' BEEN TO Y (, 2yf/(FOUR DIFFERENT) 7 ~T/S V STOREC/^y J / r~-7 IVE a r lli/ I BEEN''" lUfff! 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I'LL GIVE YOU TEN DÜLIAR5 FOR IT/ > » i —TH K RECORD Tuesday, September 27, 2005 page 3 Volunteers moved by hurricane relief effort By Patrick Lavery Sherbrooke For four Sherbrooke-area men, the experience of helping with the recovery effort in hurricane-stricken Louisiana has left them changed forever.They saw things that they had never before witnessed.“The degree of poverty and destruction was incredible,” said Lennoxville resident Robert Nut-brown.“We saw a lot of different human emotions.” The four men, Mike Dytynyshyn, Paul McLean, Nutbrown, and David Warnholtz, spent a week in Kenner, LA, on the outskirts of New Orleans.They worked with the Southern Baptist Convention’s disaster relief team, loading trucks with food and water to be brought into the city.Nutbrown said despite their surroundings, he saw a lot that inspired him.“You see a lot of the inner strength that people have,” he said.“I was at a food distribution centre in a place called Fat City.There we saw people working together who you normally wouldn’t have seen.There was a black guy working right alongside a rough-looking white guy.But they were working together to help people.” He said he was impressed by the American Red Cross workers.“These people go into disaster areas and do what they can to help,” Nutbrown said.“Even when people started yelling at them, getting upset, the workers would just let them talk and get it out.You could see how the person got calmer.” He said the four were somewhat of a novelty, being from Canada, but people had traveled from all over to donate time and help.“There was one guy, Bill, who came all the way from Alaska to help,” said Nutbrown.Nutbrown said that after this experience, he wants to get involved in more disaster relief.“It really gives you a sense of direction,” he said.“It really opened my eyes and I realized how lucky we are here.” He said at one point, they were handing out apples to people.“They were so happy just to get an apple,” he said.“You’d give them an extra apple, but they would turn it down.They’d tell us, ‘someone else will need it more, give it to them.”’ Warnholtz saw that kind of behaviour handing out meals.“You could see these people try to save their pride,” he said.“Someone with a family of five would take one meal, saying they would split it amongst themselves.We’d tell them to take five, 9S/-:,v-vv>.y v3^* • flafeîs : COURTESY ROBERT NUTBROWN Mike Dytynyshyn, David Warnholtz, Robert Nutbrown and Paul Mclean show some Canadian pride.In the centre helping hold the flag is Mike Frazier of the Southern Baptist Convention.that’s what it was there for, but they would say give it to someone else who needs it more.” The level of destruction went far beyond what any of them had imagined.“On TV, you see clips of a few houses, some buildings,” said Warnholtz.“But it was every single house.Every house was damaged.Almost everything was totally underwater.” He estimated that in St.Bernard parish, which was badly damaged by the hurricane, only 1,000 of the 27,000 houses could be salvaged.“The mold in some of the houses was from the floor to the ceiling,” he said.Warnholtz remembered the smell of rotting food.“People rushed out of their house, leaving everything,” he said.“With the power out and the sun beating down, all that meat and vegetables went bad.People were just taping up their fridges and putting them out on the sidewalk.” Nutbrown said that piles of rubbish could be seen lined up and down the streets.“Each house had a pile of rugs, couches, damaged gyp rock, it was unbelievable,” he said.“Then you think, where is this going to go?” Warnholtz said some people would show up with a U-Haul, looking to gather their belongs.“They’d leave with a few small boxes,” he said.The men worked long hours getting food and water to areas that needed it.“The latest we ever woke up was 5:30 a.m.,” said Warnholtz.“We did whatever it was we had to do for the rest of the day.” He said that a large part of the work was loading trucks to take food from their base, by the New Orleans airport, into the city to be distributed.Hot lunches and dinners were prepared and placed into “cambros,” insulated containers designed to keep food warm.“One thing we did every night was wash out the cambros for the guys in the morning,” said Warnholtz.The four slept in a police station, in cells that usually hold prisoners.“The thing was, a lot of the officers couldn’t go back to their houses, so families were staying there with us.The officers wives ran the kitchen.” The first few days, the group had to take a bus to a high school 20 minutes away so they could take a hot shower.Warnholtz said he was going to enjoy going to work on Monday.“I told my wife and kids, if I ever complain about anything because I’m not comfortable, they can shoot me.” Individual - Couple - Family Counselling Lies Ouwerkerk M.A., M.Ed (819) 578-4778 • Interpersonal Relations • Marital Issues • Separation/Divorce • Stepfamilies • Loss/ 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Executive Director To wnshippers ' Association 100-257 Queen, Lennoxville JIM 1K7 Fax 819-566-0271; Email: execdir@townshippers.qc.ca Informa tion : www.to wnshippers.qc.ca ' 11 Association des « • townshippers Jü JH Association page 4 Tuesday, September 27, 2005 RECORD Program helps parents help children be great readers PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL XVpf' » ï: Wmm Iff;.;;n .: / >' Program developer Betty Krueger (speaking) and LTSB consultant Johanne Richard adapted the successful- reading program to respond to needs of kindergarten children in the Eastern Townships School Board.‘Parents are the most important teachers in their child's life, * says program creator By Jen Young Record Correspondent Reading begins much before children venture into the world of school and books, but are parents familiar with different important stages to observe, or the proper teaching strategies and techniques such as the right way to hold the book?The ere ator of ETSB’s Kindergarten Read at Home Program says her program will teach parents how to be their child’s best teacher."A child begins learning how to read at a very young age,” said creator Betty Krueger at last Friday’s press conference.‘‘It begins in different stages.The first is role-playing.Have you ever seen a child sit and pretend to read a book even if it’s upside down?That is the first stage, and the next step is repetition.This program is designed to help parents and kindergarten teachers recognize and encourage these, and other, beginning stages.” Four years ago, while on location at a Nunavut school, Krueger and colleagues John Strutinski and Jim Krueger spent months observing and studying young children and their reading habits.They not only documented helpful tips and important breakthroughs, they also established that although parents want the very best for their children, once they enter the school system, they feel lost.This is when the trio adopted the Tunngavik HomeWork Helpers Program.After incorporating the 18-week program into the Nunavut community, they learned that not only were students and teach- ers reaching reading goals faster, parents were also learning proper techniques that helped them play on the same field as their child’s teachers.Upon her return to the Townships, Krueger solicited the help of ETSB con- sultant Johanne Richard.“I was asked by Betty to adapt this program to our community,” said Richard.“Not only did we adapt this program to the needs of Townships’ schools but it has also been translated so that French teachers are giving the identical program in their classes.” In keeping with its commitment to improve literacy and early intervention, one of the five goals of the ETSB strategic plan, the board accepted and embraced this program with open arms.“Let’s face it, if a child can not read, we know that they are not going to function properly,” said director of pedagogical services, John Weideman.“The techniques in this program are basically simple once a parent and teacher are introduced to them.Not only is this program going to be offered in French and English so the child is learning and following the same strategies in both classes, but the parents will also be following the same routine at home, and ass Betty said, repetition is important.” When the program is introduced will be left up to each school, but before it is put in place, teachers will attend a workshop and have ample time to examine and study the binder filled with useful information and guidelines.“You would be surprised how much a difference simply holding a book and turning the page correctly can make,” stated Krueger.Once teachers are familiar and comfortable with the technique, they will hold a parent workshop to pass all the information and multi media tools over.Then the home reading books and booklet will start coming home once a week, maybe twice if French teachers decide to send it home too, for 18 weeks.Krueger specified that this is program is not to take the place of any home reading projects already in place, but it will be an important addition to the Kindergarten curriculum and hopefully, as in Nunavut, it will advance to Grade 1 soon.Open House features hemp fashion show Women’s Centre promotes wellness By Jen Young Record Correspondent In carrying out its mission of support and aid to anglophone women living in the Townships, the Lennoxville & District Women’s Centre will be hosting a first ever fashion show featuring clothing made with environmentally friendly and organic materials such as hemp, during tomorrow’s Open House.Centre director Terry Moore says the fashion show fits perfectly with the centre’s mission.“We promote wellness at the Women’s Centre as part of our mission to help women reach their full potential,” she stated.“Wellness is an active process of becoming aware of, and making choices toward a more successful existence.It’s not just about physical health, but also mental and spiritual health.What we choose to wear is part of our sense of wellness.When you learn about how horrifically some companies treat their workers, many of whom are women and children, with little respect for environment impact, it makes sense to support such outfitters as Ejust.” Ejust is a new Canadian company that specializes in environmentally friendly, organic, and socially conscious women’s clothing.Ejust recently opened its first retail store on Wellington Street North in Sherbrooke, and clothing off their racks will be modeled.The Open House will again launch this year’s membership drive where interested members are encouraged to come and experience what the cen- tre has to offer, and also give existing members a chance to renew.Visitors can sign up at a cost of $12 per year.The event will feature light refreshments and give visitors a chance to sign up for the numerous workshops lined up in the coming year, as a member or not.Moore, Councillor Jo Anne Anderson, and other supporting members of the centre will be on hand to answer any questions visitors may have.The Open House begins at 5 p.m.Wednesday afternoon and is free of charge.For information call the centre at 564-6626. Boisvenu: CONT’D FROM PAGE 1 The lawsuit noted Bernier’s behaviour and story were suspicious and that police should have been more vigilant.It notes that a check of the Canadian Police Information Centre - a computerized information system that provides Canadian law enforcement agencies with information on crimes and criminals - would have revealed that the man in the car was Hugo not Lucas Bernier, that he was a sexual predator on probation for a sexual assault, and that he was breaking the conditions of his parole.That information, the lawsuit claims, would have made it clear that Bernier had malevolent and dangerous intentions and would have led to his arrest for breaking the conditions of his parole and assuming a false identity.The Boisvenu family argues that letting Bernier go was a grave professional error that led to the murder of their daughter and sister.The day after she disappeared, Boisvenu’s damaged Kia Sportage, which had been involved in a bizarre hit and run at the corner of Meadow and Wellington at 4:25 a.m„ was found in the parking lot where Bernier had been parked.Her body was found a week later in a ditch on Rivard Road in the borough of Brompton.Bernier was arrested three months later after a much publicized manhunt.At the time of his arrest, Sherbrooke police noted the man they had in custody had been stopped for a routine check shortly before Boisvenu disappeared on June 23.Police said they realized the suspect had given them a false name when they entered it into the computer on the morning of June 23, but they were too busy with Boisvenu’s disappearance to react.Two weeks later they issued an all-points bulletin seeking the man, whom they said could be an important witness in the murder.In the meantime, the Boisvenu family is also appealing a decision by Quebec’s privacy commissioner refusing them greater access to information about their daughter’s murderer.“With the little information provided by authorities at the City of Sherbrooke, the family is not convinced the patrollers did their job correctly on the night of June 23, 2002,” states the Boisvenu family in a press release Monday.“The family also tried to obtain information from the Quebec ministries of Public Security and Justice about Julie’s murderer.The two ministries preferred to protect the criminal past of Hugo Bernier rather than respond to the family’s legitimate requests for information.” The appeal before the Commission d’access a l’information du Québec will be heard in Magog on Oct.12.After a six-week trial last fall, Bernier was found guilty of kidnapping, illegal confinement, rape and premeditated murder.He is serving a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years.RECORD Tuesday, September 27, 2005 page 5 Municipalities to cash in on gas taxes By Brion Robinson Sherbrooke Mayor of the tiny municipality of Ogden Michael Sudlow plans to invest some of the hundreds of thousands of dollars collected through gas tax transfers in the municipality’s small road system.“This is the first infrastructure program we could qualify for,” Sudlow said, noting the municipality, with just 12 kilometres of paved roads, didn’t qualify for government grants.The transfers, intended to enhance water supply, waste water treatment infrastructure and road works in municipalities throughout the country is part of a federal-provincial-municipal agreement spanning the next five years.Ogden, with a population of 750, will receive $3 5,000 this year and over $300,000 before the agreement ends.The remaining municipalities in the Eastern Townships will share about $60 million.Sudlow said the money will save residents thousands of dollars in taxes.“We had to raise taxes if any road work needed to be done,” he said, noting the transfers represent 11 per cent of the municipality’s taxable increase.Although the municipality receives money from the government to maintain its infrastructure network, the amount has PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL *i! r 'r:' ‘ Stanstead Mayor Raymond Yates and Ogden’s Michael Sudlow were all smiles yesterday remained the same for more than a dozen years and the municipality has been forced to raise taxes.Although he couldn’t confirm any new projects that would benefit from the new funding, he said it will be discussed at the next municipal meeting in November.Larger municipalities such as Sherbrooke will receive more than one third of the transfers (over 22 million) over the next five years, but Sherbrooke Mayor Jean Perrault, said the transfer agreement is just a short term solution.“It seems like a lot of money but it doesn’t solve all the infrastructure problems," Perrault said, noting cities need a constant flow of funding to maintain its services and infrastructure.Perrault noted the city has already invested $30 million in water treatment and millions in other boroughs this year alone.Orford’s Member of the National Assembly (MNA) and Government Services Minister Pierre Reid, who announced the funding in the name of Quebec’s Minister of Municipal Affaire and regions Nathalie Normandeau, said the transfers put municipalities on a level playing field.“The money shouldn’t be distributed solely based on population," Reid said, noting if that were the case, Montreal would get all the money.“Smaller municipalities such as Stanstead have infrastructure they need to maintain and that’s what this money is for,” he said.In total, about $1.3 billion will be invested in the province with the Quebec government and municipalities investing another billion.Reid said the provincial and federal governments also plan to contribute another three billion dollars through the agreement over the next five years, brobin-son@sherbrookerecord .com lTÏON Centre hospitalier UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE has emëütf the CHVS to purchase new equipment IWS m "p'iji r ANOTHER PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FINANCED THANKS TO YOUR DONATIONS AT A COST OF $49,060 Purchase of a mobile x-ray machine for the Radiology Department At a cast of $4S,0B0 Our radiologists can now take x-rays at the bedsides of patients who cannot be brought to the Radiology Department, such as patients in intensive care an a respirator machine or babies who cannot be moved.This new x-ray machine will facilitate patient care and greatly improve their comfort.Fondation du CHUS, 580 Bowen Street S, Sherbrooke QC JIG 2E8 / (819) 820-6450- 1-866-820-6450- www.fondationchus.org Proud to contribute for the better health of our community! nisi PROMUIUEL Promutuel Appalaches - St-François Promutuel Coaticook - Sherbrooke Promutuel Drummond Promutuel Monts et Rives Promutuel Valmont pace 6 Tuesday, September 27, 2005 > mi THU — RECORD Community Forum Parents need to join teachers in battle for kids Dbar Editor I have read numerous columns by Mike Hickey, the news story on Alexander Galt’s student walkout, and in Friday’s paper, a letter from a parent applauding the student walkout.It seems to me that many people must be unclear about why teachers are undertaking the ECA (Extra-Curricular Activities) boycott.As a teacher, I would like to offer them my perspective.The last negotiated teachers’ contract expired in 2002.At that time, teachers agreed to suspend negotiations and extend the old contract for one year because the government promised it would concentrate on settling the decade-old pay equity issue.The government did not follow through, however, and the issue is still only partially resolved.Now here we are in 2005, and there is still no new contract, either.Here is what teachers have been asking for during the past two and a half years: For students with special needs • to improve the identification process for students with special needs so that they can get the help they need sooner • to improve support measures for students experiencing difficulties • to limit the number of students with special needs who are integrated into regular classes • to improve follow up from elementary to secondary school • to require the hiring of remedial specialists - 1 per 10 groups at elementary, 1 per 15 groups at secondary For all students: • progressive reduction of class sizes with greater penalties when class sizes are not respected • a check on the uncontrolled increase of multi-level classes • a limit to the number of groups a specialist can be required to teach • that all possible teachers under the budgetary rules be hired The salary demand Initially, we asked for 12.6 per cent salary increase over three years.However, teachers amended their demand to 12.6 per cent over 6 years - basically the cost of living.The government’s counter offer is 12.6 over 7 years, but that includes finishing pay equity (with no guarantee it will actually be done) and system costs to all groups at the table.When all is said and done, the actual salary offer to teachers comes down to 8 per cent over 7 years, with 0 per cent in the first 3 years.This doesn’t even meet the cost of living! The other contentious issues • The government and the Association of School Boards wants to take away the limit on class sizes • They also want to take away the coding that identifies the special needs that students might have Perhaps some examples will help clarify a few of the issues.At Massey-Vanier High School, where I teach, 47 per cent of students (about 450) have special needs and an Individual Educational Plan, which entitles them to extra resources.Massey-Vanier only has one resource teacher, though, and one technician to help him.We don’t have enough professionals to help such a huge number of students, either.How much practical help do you think these students will actually be able to get?Add on the difficulties of dealing with large class sizes and too many students with behaviour problems.The result is that teachers must constantly struggle to deliver quality services in the classroom, and all too often it’s a lose-lose situation for everyone.Now tack on at least one ad hoc meeting for each of the above 450 students, staff, cycle and department meetings, and computer and reform workshops.RECORD P.0 Box 1200 Sherbrooke JIH 5L6 or 1195 Gall E, SherbruokeJIC 1Y7 Fax: 819-569-3945 e-mail: newsroonissherbrookerecord.com Website: www.sherbrookerecord.com Randy Kinnear Publisher .(819) 569-9511 Sharon McCully Editor .(819)569045 Nelson Afonso Correse.Editor .1819) 569-6345 Richard Lessard Prod.Mgr.(819) 5699931 Serge Gagnon Chief Pressman (819)5699931 Francine: Thibault Prod.Superv.(819) 5694856 DEPARTMENTS accounting .(819)5699511 Advertising .(819)5699525 Circulation .(819) 5699528 NEWSROOM .(819)5696345 Knowlton office 88-A Lakeside.Knowlton.Quebec.JOE 1V0 Tel: (450) 242-1188 Fax: (450) 243-5155 mail subscriptions GST PST TOTAL Canada: 1 year 114.40 8.01 9.18 $131.59 6 MONTHS 59.00 4.13 4.73 $67.86 3 MONTHS 30.00 2.10 2.41 $34.51 Oui of Quebec residents do not include PST.Rates/or other services available on request.The Record is published daily Monday to Friday.Back copies of The Record are available.Ihe Record was founded on February 7,1897.and acquired the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879) in 1905 and the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) in 1908.Tile Record is published by Hollinger Canadian Newspapers L.P.PM80040007682 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to The Record.1195 Galt East.Sherbrooke, QC JIG 1Y7 Member ABC, CARD, CNA, QCNA Add on scheduled remediation and/or tutorial time and hall supervision.Add on the demands of new programs, too -either the reform or other new programs - where there are no learning materials, no teacher guides and no textbooks.Yes, teachers now have to add the actual creation of teaching and learning materials to their workload.On top of all this, many people choose to volunteer to do ECA activities - not just sports, but lots of other activities including Student Council, fundraising activities, school plays, band, prom, yearbook, organizing field or level or class trips, Chess Club, Human Rights Club, Environment Club, Kaleidoscope, Carnival, and the list goes on.It is perhaps inevitable that people will counter that teachers enjoy so many holidays that it is only fair that they work hard during their teaching days.In truth, I know very few teachers who enjoy work-free weekends, Christmases or March breaks, or, for that matter, work-free summers! For most teachers, it is no longer possible to do the job without putting in extra time during weekends and vacations.In fact, “vacations” are when a lot of teachers get caught up, or get a head start on what’s around the corner! I am not complaining, here.Teachers become teachers because they like working with kids and they feel they have something to give - it’s a vocation.Most teachers enjoy what they do, and that includes me.But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t increasing problems with the system - problems that, if they aren’t addressed and corrected, will lead to the destruction of teaching as a professional career, and a poorer quality of education than presently exists.Now, back to the ECA ban.Teachers have been fighting for improvements to the system for nearly three years with little success.There finally comes a time when we have no choice but to become more visible, outspoken, and yes (unfortunately), troublesome to parents and students.Last year, teachers became “rowdy” -we took part in rotating strikes (losing our pay in the process), and we demonstrated in Quebec City (losing our pay again).We did this for your kids, and we got nothing, except more broke.What is there left for us to do?Only two things - a work-to-rule / ECA boycott, or an all-out strike.In either situation, teachers are the big losers.In a work-to-rule / ECA boycott, students and parents are angry at us for withdrawing our volunteer activities (Why are they not furious about the learning situations they or their kids are in?).In an all-out strike we lose our pay fighting for what students need, and for a salary increase that doesn’t even cover the cost of living! Go figure! Believe me, the ECA boycott is a Last Resort Measure; one that teachers take with great reluctance.I miss my work with the school band, and I will really be upset if we do not get to take our road trip.I am as disappointed as my students that our Level trip might be cancelled.I will be frustrated that my students will not get to go dogsledding when we do our Iditarod project, and so on.But why am I in this position in the first place?I’d like to hope that I’m wrong, but I believe I’m in this position because parents have not risen up to support what teachers are fighting for -their kids! So, now that the ECA ban has got your attention, parents, how about it?'¦ ;L)E'*riïAiïr PARLIAMENT RETURNS.WE NEED TO PLAT SOMETHING APPROPRIATE.DOES EVERTONE REMEMBER 'SEND IN THE CLOWNS?’ RECORD Tuesday, September 27, 2005 page 7 Top heavy boards need to get back to the ground Mike Hickey (Viewpoint, Thursday, Sept.15) expressed support for teachers in their fight against a government top-heavy with administrators.He went on to say that tactics like work-to-rule are unlikely to bring the government to its knees and that teachers must find a more effective way of dealing with the government, one that won’t harm students.He’s right on all counts.The provincial government is top-heavy with bureaucrats and administrators and nowhere is this as evident as in health and education.But, while it’s easy to see that taxpayers employ far too many administrators, it’s not as easy to see how to redress the problem.The extent to which our school system is burdened by an overabundance of administrators can be measured by examining our present system with what we had in the past.About 40 years ago, following the publication of the Parent Report, the Quebec government created the Ministère de l’éducation du Québec.Prior to the creation of the MEQschool administration was a bare bones affair.The entire English school system was overseen by some half-dozen administrators in Quebec City who made up the Protestant (essentially, English) section of the Council of Public Instruction.With their Catholic (effectively French) counterparts the province needed no more than two dozen administrators to run its entire educational superstructure.Today we employ several hundred administrators and bureaucrats in Quebec City to run our schools.The gross distortion in the number of administrators is perhaps more clearly seen by looking closer to home.The town I live in, Richmond, was served, four decades ago, by the Richmond, Drummondville Arthabaska School Board.The RDA ran five schools and had a student population of about 2000 students.Every school had a principal (some had a vice principal) and all carried at least a partial teaching load.The board office was essentially a one-man operation.The superintendent of schools operated out of a small office located in one of the schools and while he did not teach, his duties were such that he regularly visited every classroom in his jurisdiction, sitting in to audit classes.Today, Richmond is served by the Eastern Townships School Board which operates some two dozen schools and learning centers with a total population of about 6000 students.In all, the ETSB employs over five dozen administrators.School principals and vice principals do not teach, nor do any other administrators and the director general is never in a classroom.Remarkably, while the student to administrator ratio has changed dramatically over the last 40 years, the student to teacher ratio has changed only very slightly.Nor is it just the sheer number of administrators in the system which is different More significant is the change in the nature of the relationships among the educa- tional stakeholders.Where the school system was once organic and integrated, the system today is unidirectionally hierarchical.Where once the decision makers had a chance to experience first hand the results of their decisions, today administrators are at least one step removed from their decisions.(In practice they are usually several steps removed because school principals, the administrators closest to teachers and students, make only the lowest-level decisions.) When a director general, or more likely, a bureaucrat in Quebec City, initiates a new policy, program or practice, the entire weight of the administrative structure is activated to instigate its implementation.Any shortcomings or flaws, either in the design of the policy or in its application, will be experienced in the classroom.But since the administrator sitting in his plush office is never going to meet a classroom teacher, let alone listen to her or his concerns, the time needed to bring about necessary corrections to the policy can be measured in years or even decades.An example of this is the tech-voc programs which gave manually-oriented (as opposed to academically-oriented) students a reason to stay in school.About two decades ago the MEQ decided that a student had to finish Grade 10 (Level 4—the MEQ also loved to introduce new terminology to keep everyone off balance) before he or she could start doing woodworking or motor mechanics.Tens of thousands of young people who might have acquired reading and writing skills as a byproduct of manual skills never got the opportunity.It took the MEQ two decades to realize it had made a monumental blunder and some schools today are very tentatively re-introducing manually-oriented, trades-type courses.When Jean Charest very quietly folded the MEQ into a new ministry, the Ministère de l'éducation loisir et sports, and thus brought to an end the reign of a seriously discredited MEQ he might have been wise to go a step further and assign all MEQ bureaucrats and administrators back to classroom duties.He didn’t.However, with school board elections coming up, perhaps teachers and parents just might be able to do what Charest didn’t.People concerned about our schools should campaign actively for school board candidates willing to take a bold and necessary step-redefine the role of school administrators.Administrators in our school system must be given job descriptions which include classroom teaching.Decision-makers have been out of the classroom for 40 years and their decisions have become progressively more deleterious.If we want our schools to work we need our administrators working in the classroom.This is not the news that Mike Hickey wants to hear.A change of this magnitude won’t come about in time to save the Pipers’ football season.But if this change can be brought about, it will go a very long way to eliminating the tensions that underlie the present impasse and to making our school system far more functional than it presently is.Letters to the editor Tactics are misdirected Dear Editor, Response to Mr.Glen Faucher’s letter of Sept.26, I can understand Mr.Faucher’s frustrations with the way that the government is negotiating, but I think that my letter was a little misunderstood.I am a parent of three children.I have been volunteering at P.E.E.S since 1995 when my oldest daughter started Pre-K.and I have another four years of volunteering.It was understood for me as a parent that to do my job well, it was necessary for me to volunteer my time and efforts to the school and my children.Ask any student at the university level that is going into teaching, they know that volunteering is part of the job, and to teach a child in this day and age, one has to give that extra in order for them to be successful at it.I would love to volunteer at Sherbrooke Elementary as Mr.Faucher requested but I think being on our Governing Board, P.P.0 Committee, and volunteering at the many other events and activities, I really don’t have the time to go elsewhere.I have never been a non-appreciative parent, I have always been grateful for all the free time that our teachers and staff members give at our school, all for the love of their profession, and the kids that they are teaching.My husband and I are parents that have always voiced our appreciation to them.The point of my letter, is that there might be other means of getting the point across.Why not withhold paperwork to the government, payments, school taxes, statistics, and testing results, all those necessary pieces of information that the Education Ministry needs to function.Why not overflow the government with erroneous statistics and corrections sent later after the initial results were entered.Flood them with unnecessary paperwork.Why can’t our government see the issues at hand, they seem to limit their vision to the cost involved and not the to kids?Why is the Charest government turning its back on their constituents?This is a government that has been the least visible that I can remember.Withholding all the extras from the children doesn’t hurt Jean Charest, I doubt if he even cares.We never see him much anywhere; I guess he has reason to hide.As mentioned previously, these pressure tactics are misdirected.No one is getting hurt except our children.Louise Gendron Parent, Governing Board Member, P.P.0 Member, and School Volunteer _________ ______ Magog All were heroes Dear Editor, I was very disappointed with Nancy Nourse’s coverage of Sunnyside’s Terry Fox Run.Rather than reporting the positive aspects of our run, the fact that our small school of 140 students raised over $2,400 for cancer research and that every student from grades one through six walked or ran five kilometers, she chose to single out three ten-year-olds who mistakenly took a wrong turn and unfortunately did not complete the entire run.Those children were not disqualified from our run as reported by Ms.Nourse.How can one disqualify a ten-year-old from running for cancer research?To make matters worse the children featured in your photo were not the three who made the wrong turn but were actually the first three students to complete the five kilometres and cross the finish line.You can imagine their disappointment upon seeing their photo with the accompanying caption telling your readers that they took a wrong turn and did not complete the run.Maureen Hallam Lemay Sunnyside Elementary School Editor’s note; Our apologies to the misidenti-fied runners and congratulations to all the participants who kept Terry Fox’s dream alive.Getting priorities and facts straight Dear Editor, In the Thursday Sept.22 edition of the Sherbrooke Record, Nancy Nourse wrote something wrong about the Terry Fox Run that was held at Sunnyside Elementary School on Friday Sept.16.Our pictures are in the photo, but we were not the ones who took the wrong route.We were in fact the first three to actually finish the 5 km run.We think it would have been better if she had taken the whole school’s picture while we were running.The main reason we ran was to raise money for cancer research.Our school raised over $2,400.That is what is most important.Sincerely, Ryan Smith, Cameron Murphy, Christopher Murphy Sunnyside Elementary School Viewpoint Nick Fonda page 8 Tuesday, September 27, 2005 : ¦¦rut» RECORD Hydro funds suppport local initiatives By Claudia Villemaire Melbourne Township - This municipality together with Hydro-Québec gathered in the morning sunshine Saturday to unveil a permanent sign listing the successful completion of several projects including the Farmers’ Market, the Richmond-Melbourne Museum, renovation to the historic town hall among others.Ginette Cantin, Hydro representative, explained that $250,000 had been budgeted in the cost of constructing the Hertel power line to compensate in some way, for the inconvenience and nuisance of this 735 kV line crossing a large segment of the Township.Projects were chosen after public consultation which took into account requirements which specified these projects should be not for profit, improve the quality of life in the area, and stimulate economic development and tourism.Three projectsw were selected.Most obvious is the success of the Farmers’ Market, open in the area behind the Township hall every Saturday all summer.With a new pavilion and four-walled structure, kiosks have been well filled the entire season and shoppers have increased steadily from the first market day.This project received $60,000.The Richmond County museum has been completely restored, a building that has stood the test of time since 1842 but needed major repairs that amounted to over $70,000, an impossible amount to be raised in the community.Another heritage site, St.Andrew’s Presbyterian church, (the church depicted on the back of the cen- Conservationists admire fruits of their efforts >•?§r ÿüfàÈf&k VMlC NVE.1R MEMORIAE pAR/< \ mm ÊÊfïJ- I mt ¦ COURTESY NATIONAL CONSERVANCY Some 50 conservationists gathered in the Townships to witness conservation efforts.The national board and senior staff of the Nature Conservancy of Canada visited Lake Memphremagog last Thursday to inspect several sites supported by the Conservancy.The group boarded a boat at the Magog wharf in the morning to visit a large part of the northern ridge of Mount Elephant (Hogback) , the Peasly property in the valley of the Missisquoi, the McTavish wetlands in Georgeville, Colby Island (Long Island), an important refuge for birds of prey; and the Mar-lington Bog in Ogden, protected since 1971 and long managed by Albert Elliott.All these properties were either donated by local families or acquired with the help of local conservationists.The Nature Conservancy of Canada recently concluded the most important fundraising campaign for conservation in the history of the country and is looking for more Nature Masterpiece sites of prime ecological significance to preserve for present and future generations.After docking at the Cedarville wharf in Weir Park, members gathered at the monument to Sir Robert Weir, before proceeding to the Bog on Davis Road.Pictured is president of the Nature Conservancy, James (Jim) Coutts, former principal secretary to Pierre Trudeau, and now president of CIC Canadian Investment with Quebec president of the Conservancy, Jean Paré, a resident of Ogden and, Denis Paradis, Member of Parliament for Brome Mis- '•'A' * >.1* / .Manon Fortin, MRC, Val St Francois representative, Martine Barley, Melbourne Township, Vera Huges for St.Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Daryl Granger, Mayor, Ginette Cantin, Hydro Quebec counsellor in community relations, Claude Bedard, the Farmers’ Market project, John Hill, president of Richmond County Museum and Georges Henri Poulin for the Richmond-Melbourne Cross Country Ski Club.tennial $2), also short of funds, needed windows replaced in keeping with the original style of the building.Yet another historic site, the Township Hall, a solidly built brick structure was also searching for ways and means to replace the huge mullioned windows on the second floor as well as re-insulating this space where once dances and gala events were the order of the day.Hydro’s contribution of 1 per cent of the total cost of the line across this area, meant these three projects could be completed.In a second stage, funds were also allocated towards an extension on the Richmone-Melbourne Cross Country Ski Club as well as the development of green spaces, improved hiking trails and the construction of small rest areas in the Kingsbury section which have already proven popular areas with regular visitors coming through all summer long.Representatives from all six projects were on hand for the unveiling Saturday morning together with Township Mayor Daryl Granger and Ginette Can-tin representing Hydro Quebec.NOTE: The museum will open all day Saturday, Oct.1 in conjunction with ‘Journée de la Culture au Quebec’ and if Jack Frost stays away, the Pollock garden, just out back, will still be a ‘must-stroll’ one more time this season.Brief Film to focus on Ursulines Sodec and the Bélanger-Gardner Foundation of Bishop’s University will invest in a film on the history of the Ursulines of Stanstead During the summer, Sodec and the Bélanger-Gardner Foundation announced that they are funding the de velopment of a script for a film by Stéphane-R.Tremblay on the educational work of the Ursuline nuns of Stanstead.Tremblay’s documentary will trace the nuns’ last months in Stanstead and will shed light on the way the community influenced different generations of children, in particular that of the filmmaker, ie., those 35 to 40-years-old.Thanks to the help of many people associated with the former Collège des Ursulines and of the sisters themselves, Stéphane-R.Tremblay was witness to the nuns’ last days in this border community, a period that was emotional, but also serene.Stéphane-R.Tremblay has numer- ous film credits under his belt.In the 1990s, he completed the series ‘Anima’ and ‘Série noire’, televised respectively by Télé-Québec and Historia.La Fondation pour l’alphabétisation awarded him with their televised publicity campaign.He has also produced several documentaries on literacy, including ‘Passage’, which focused on school drop-outs.With his latest film, Tremblay will explore some of the consequences of the Quiet Revolution, notably the loss of organized religion as one of the leading guides for the values and rituals that define us as a society.The documentary is part of a larger study which spotlights the history of Stanstead.Stéphane-R.Tremblay is calling on the public for help: he is looking for objective stories from Ursuline students of all generations.He invites those who would like to share their stories to contact him by telephone at (514) 279-9764, by email at stephane@stephanetrem-blay.ca, or by mail at 6979, rue Boyer, Montreal, Québec, H2S 2J9._________ ***** » Jp^.¦ ' ''- fx&S*.¦____________________________________________________ Lenn oxvi Link Serving the greater Lennoxville area Also See: Project September makes buying school supplies a little easier .see Page 10 ©, (anno- NEWSROOM@SHERBROOKERECORD.COM Tuesday, September 27, 2005 Page 9 Record year at giant pumpkin festival bad pumpkin luck.“I focused mostly on one that I thought was going to, for sure, be the biggest this year,” he said, pointing out his 600-pound entry.“My biggest pumpkin cracked so it was ruined, but I’ll keep hoping for next year.The one I was growing would have given Richard's a run for his money.” Goodhue said that though he covered his record breaker in the spring, he really didn’t do anything different this year.“It was great growing temperatures but the pumpkins still needed a lot of water,” he said.“Some days I had to give it 50 gallons of water.It’s all about luck.” A handful of growers didn’t experience Goodhue’s luck this year.In fact, he said many registered entries did not make it to the festival because of last minute cracks.However, the 10 that did proved to be tough competitors.Not only does the festival focus on pumpkins, it also gives giant squash growers the limelight.This year’s biggest squash entry was from Stan MacDonald with a specimen that weighed 968 pounds,' followed by Goodhue (769), and his wife Marg who grew a 651 pounder.After the scales and forklifts were put away, some giant pumpkins were sold to interested buyers over a piece of pumpkin pie, but not Goodhue’s.His record winner has a long road a head of it.“Next week we perry beaton/special will go to Ottawa Visitors of all ages came to see the pumpkins and squash.for the national By Jen Young Record Correspondent Spectators dressed in raincoats and holding umbrellas couldn’t help but stop and admire the giant gourds lined up against the Clark & Sons store wall on Sunday, but it was Richard Goodhue’s 1,048-pound pumpkin that had most in awe.“This is unbelievable,” said the event’s organizer and first prize winner after the afternoon weigh off.“This is the biggest pumpkin I’ve ever grown and it’s also the biggest in all the Eastern Townships.” In second place was Stan MacDonald, whose own orange monster weighed in at 767 pounds, followed by Ben MacDonald (691 pounds).Still participating, but somewhat discouraged, was Mike MacDonald whose entries fell victim to PERRY BEATON/SPECIAl Richard Goodhue (left) was the big winner thanks to his 1,048-pound pumpkin.This year’! biggest squash entry (968 pounds) was from Stan MacDonald (right).competition and on the way back we will enter in the Montreal Botanical Garden competition,” he said.“We came in second once in that competition so we are hopeful to do well.The pumpkin will stay on display after that.” He says the gourde is in excellent shape so it should fare well with its travels, but you can never be sure.Goodhue concluded by saying he was lucky in two ways this year.“I was lucky with my pumpkin and I was lucky because the rain held off for the festival.It was a good year.” f L.E.S.Spaghetti Supper ^ Thursday, October 6, 2005 4:30-7:00 p.m.A fabulous feast of salad, rolls, spaghetti, juice or coffee, home made cake and ice cream Special deal: $6/adult, $4/child and $3/child for 3rd or 4th child or more in a family.A great way to enjoy a delicious home cooked meal without having to do the cooking or dishes and support the L.E.S.student’s activities! ; Lennoxville Elementary School, 1 Academy Street, Lennoxville page 10 Tuesday, September 27, 2005 Lennoxville LINK Fall Festival harvests hundreds of smiles By Jen Young Record Correspondent The dark rain clouds on Sunday didn't discourage the hundreds of participants that showed up for a steaming hot chocolate, corn or a free hayride.In fact, borough organizer Sarah Channell said Amédée Beaudoin community centre was bustling with activities all day.“There were a lot of new faces this year," she said while overseeing children getting butterflies and giraffes painted on their faces.“I’ve been upstairs most of the day with the children’s activities, so I can say there were more children than last year.We didn’t have one empty seat around noon.” Helping set up pins in the Turkey Bowling and helping bait fish hooks at the fishing pond was Marquita Roberts, who admitted that through the fun and excitement she still couldn’t help but feel some sorrow."This is going to be my last Fall Harvest Festival,” said this summer’s day camp coordinator.“I am graduating Bishop's this year and the volunteers for these activities are mostly day camp and education students.But I will definitely give my name in case they need extras." Both Roberts and Channell said that one of the day’s most popular attractions was the fishing pond, where children were given a fishing pole.They had to get the hook, more like a paper clip, over the top of the blue water decorated wall where, miraculously, from behind, a bag filled with goodies would find its way onto the line.Each 25 cents donated was given to the local firefighters at the end of the day.While the kids were busy colouring and creating turkeys with construction paper upstairs, parents and adults were downstairs perusing the crafts and admiring fresh produce.by pioneer crafters like Jennifer Suitor.“It's been a great day,” said crafter Jennifer Suitor, who has displayed her painted smiling pumpkins and crafts for almost two decades.“It hasn’t rained and everyone seems to be enjoying themselves." After admiring homemade crafts and goodies, some spectators took the opportunity to sit and enjoy a hot dog offered by the 1st Lennoxville Venturers, or a treat from the Lennoxville firefighters while listening to some toe-tapping live music.JEN YOUNG/CORRESPONDENT ; Marquita Roberts watches while Emily Patton goes fishing at the Fall Harvest Festival.Find out everything about hurricanes Now that we are all on a first-name basis with Rita and Katrina, maybe this would be the time to look up hurricanes on the library shelves.A great place to start is with the Magic School Bus series.For parents who are afraid to admit to their kids that, okay, they don’t really understand how hurricanes form, Joanna Cole comes to the rescue with The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane.A hurricane is one of the most violent kinds of storms.Winds swirl in a circle around the storm’s centre at 74 miles per hour or more.Nearly all hurricanes start over warm tropical oceans.The warmer the ocean, the stronger the MINI-EXCAVATION FRANÇOIS MARTINEAU hurricane is likely to become — which is why, with global warming, we will probably see an increase in hurricane activity.Hurricane season begins in late summer, when tropical oceans are warmest.Hurricanes are about 10 miles high and can stretch up to 600 miles in width.It is easy to see the bad things that hurricanes bring, but Cole points out some good things, too: Hurricanes balance the Earth’s temperature by drawing away hot air, they bring rain to dry places and they clean the air with falling rain.The Eyewitness Books series is another good source of information.In Brian Cosgrove’s Weather, we gain some perspective in remembering that hurricanes were far more dangerous when their ap- proach was unexpected.Thanks to satellite imagery, meteorologists can predict when hurricanes will hit and how strong they will be.Still, hurricanes claim more lives each year than any other storm.In a full-blown hurricane, trees can be uprooted and buildings flattened, as winds gust up to 220 miles per hour.Ever wonder what the eye of a storm is?It is the calm centre of a hurricane where the air pressure is low.Winds drop completely and you can see a small circle of clear sky — but it doesn’t last.Book Ends • We are doing our best to get the Book Drop back as soon as possible.In the meantime, please do not leave your books on the library steps.Return books during library hours or leave them at the Hotel de Ville in Lennoxville.We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused; • The next meeting of the Books and Brown Bags Lunches reading club is on Wednesday, Oct.5, from noon to 1 p.m.at the library.Everyone is welcome.• Children’s story time is back for a new season.Our first event is on Saturday, Oct.22, at 1:30 p.m.at the library.The theme will be Halloween.• Student memberships are now available for $10.The membership is good from September through to June.For information on all Library events, call us at 819-562-4949 or visit our Web site, www.lennoxvillelibrary.ca.You can also reach us by e-mail at bibliolen@ne-trevolution.com —Submitted by Michelle Barker Good Reads Lennoxville Library • Courteous and efficient service • Rubber lags (minimum damage to land) • No transport fee for Lennoxville and area r- I CM 572-4036 • 562-4036 192 Queen St.Lennoxville Project provides for school supplies By Jen Young Record Correspondent Commercials and media reports regularly depict stressed parents forced to buy expensive clothing and supplies for school.However, we never see what happens to children whose parents can not afford everything.The Lennoxville and District Women’s Centre knows very well what can happen, which is why director Terry Moore searches all year for those families who could benefit from Project September.“Society has changed greatly over the years and we see that everyday.Starting school has become expensive, even for parents with one child," she explained.“It can easily cost a couple hundred dollars just for school supplies.Once the necessities are purchased, which can sometimes exhaust a single parent’s bank account, then there are clothes to buy.It’s almost taboo to send your children to school with hand me downs or last year’s sneakers.“Picture having three or four children in the school system on only one income.That is why we are trying to help as many families as we can by reimbursing a small amount of what they paid for supplies." Project September was established through Centre Aid and incorporated See Costs, Page 12 Lennoxville LINK Tuesday, September 27, 2005 pagb 11 Costs: CONT’D FROM PAGE 10 into the anglophone community three years ago through Moore, and since its introduction dozens of cheques have made their way to local families.“Each year we are informed of how much we have to distribute, via Centre Aid and donations, and I begin doing research," she said.“This year we had $1,300 to distribute.We worked it out so that we could reimburse close to a dozen students.” Moore visits schools and keeps a close ear to the ground when it comes to parents in need of a hand, but she does so discretely.“I prefer not to go to school admin-istration since a family's financial difficulties are not necessarily something that principals or teachers should or do know about,” said Moore, who has 11 years of experience working with local families.“Pam Bertram at Lennoxville Elementary has been very helpful due to her compassion and volunteer work when the centre is looking for families that are in need of Christmas baskets.” Last year, the Project received an extra amount, allowing Moore to purchase dozens of new materials which she deliv ered to LES.In return for the help, if parents choose to accept it, Moore asks for a copy of some school supply receipts.She says that for now, the Project is still in its beginning stages, but she hopes to see it grow to become something that can help more families, and hopefully, reimburse larger amounts.The centre is always open to donations of supplies, or funds, to help more families next year.“A new backpack can cost as little as $10, but to a child starting school whose parents do not have the money, it can make all the difference in the world.It’s proven that if a child feels proud and confident, they are more apt to portray that in their school work.” Comfort Price, a price yoi’re more comfy with V Control your home heating oil bill The Comfort Price program guarantees your heating oil price all season long Enrol now and protect yourself against any rise in the price this winter.wo price options Season 2003- 2004 2004- 2005 Average savings $149* $234 Capped Price - If heating oil prices rise, you never pay more than the rate agreed to when you enrolled in the program.If the price falls you pay less Fixed Price The guaranteed price established when you enrolled in the program stays the same, whatever changes may occur in the marketplace Past results are no guarantee for the future.Depending on home heating oil price fluctuations, there may be no savings A great way to save, for sure! 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Lennoxville Tri-Us 3 Belvidere SI, Lennoxville • Tel.: 822 2632 ^uicK& \courteous| Service_ (THE alternative to BELL!) • Telephones • Jacks -Telephone - Computer Commercial & Residential Installation / Repair Verification of wiring David Moore INSIDE RECORD Sports Weir, Singh and the Internationals lose a heartbreaker to the U.S .see Page 14 m- Newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Tuesday, September 27, 2005 page 13 Cougars hockey team wins two of three on the road PERRY BEATON/SPECIAL The Cougars won two of three weekend games.Champlain defeated Lachine and St-Felicien.•£***»% ¦ M ¦ IM» ERS1 r.V A Z'&jM'//'’, Champlain tires in Sunday loss to Collège La flèche, 4-1 By Mike Hickey Special to the Record The Champlain College men’s hockey team dropped a 4-1 decision to Collège Laflèche Sunday afternoon but still managed to take two of three road games this weekend as the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League regular season began to heat up.Champlain held a 1-0 lead after a period thanks to a goal by Darcy Thomas but then ran out of steam as the home team responded with four consecutive goals.Jonathan Bergeron and Marc Girouard scored second period goals to give Laflèche a 2-1 lead.Maxime Pomer-leau and Maxime Robert then put the game on ice with goals in the final period.Champlain fired 30 shots on Laflèche goaltender Maxime Gougeon in the first two periods but could manage just three shots in the final period as fatigue took its toll.The Cougars were playing their third game in three days.Friday Champlain opened its busy weekend Levesque’s last minute goal ends dream season By Mike Hickey Special to The Record The Montreal Impact’s season came to a sudden end Sunday afternoon when the Seattle Sounders scored a late goal to defeat the regular season champs 2-1, and win the two-game, total aggregate, semifinal series 4-3.A goal by Sounders forward Roger Levesque in the 90th minute allowed the Sounders to beat the Impact 2-1, in front of 10,124 spectators at the with a 4-3 victory over the Lachine Maroons on Friday night in Montreal.Both teams started the-game conservatively, with the Cougars striking first on a power play goal by Ayer’s Cliffs Jesse Goodsell at the 14:18 mark.The Cougars then suffered a defensive lapse at the end of the period, allowing two goals in a 35-second span.Claude-Robillard Sports Complex.On the winning goal, Levesque took a shot from 25 yards out that deflected off Nevio Pizzolitto’s foot and sailed over goalkeeper Greg Sutton, who was caught flat-footed.The Sounders opened the scoring in the 59th minute when forward Brent Whitfield jumped on a rebound following Gabe Sturm’s shot, sliding to push the ball into an empty net.The Impact tied the score in the 72nd minute, when Charles Gbeke redirected a centering pass from defender Mauricio Vincello with a header.It was his third goal in two playoff games.In the 33rd minute, Impact captain Stéphane Trudel’s eighth goal of the season tied the game at 1-1 and then Sébastien Haspeck scored an unassisted goal as the Maroons skated to the locker room ahead 2-1 after one period.Michael Beaudet tied the game with the only score of the second period, a power play goal at 16:48.The Cougars took advantage of another Mauro Biello created the first scoring chance of the game.Biello was well-positioned in the box when he fired a shot on the fly originating from a header by Pizzolitto near the second post.Sounders' goalkeeper Preston Burpo made the save with his hand.Seconds later, midfielder Antonio Ribeiro fired a shot that was bouncing free in the 18-yard-box, only to be cleared off the goal line by Sounders’ midfielder Andrew Gregor.The Sounders now advance to the USL Championship Final while the Impact will try to figure out how a dream season came to such an abrupt and disappointing end.The Impact had a record breaking power play opportunity to take a 3-2 lead midway through the third period.Darcy Findlay scored unassisted and seven minutes later Robin Beauchemin tallied what proved to be the game winner.With time running out, Lachine pulled the goalie and the tactic proved successful when Pierre-Olivier Mouton scored in the final minute to cut Champlain’s lead to 4-3.The Cougars held on as Jean-Michel Côté recorded his second win in three decisions.Saturday Champlain made it two in a road Saturday night when they downed the St-Félicien Multiconcessionaire 4-1.Goodsell, with his second goal in as many nights, and Jonathan Provencher staked the Cougars to a 2-0 lead with first period goals.However, St-Félicien’s Keavan Audet scored a power play goal in the second period to make it 2-1.The Cougars answered with a power play goal of their own by Mathieu Laçasse at the 11:35 minute mark and then put the game out of reach with Findlay’s sixth goal of the young season.Champlain limited the Multiconcessionaire to just five shots in the third period and finished the game with a 36-20 advantage in shots on goal.Olivier St-Onge picked up the victory to improve his record to a perfect 4-0.end season but had the wrong match-up in the post season.Not only did the two teams split the two games they played in the regular season, the Sounders were also able to solve the vaunted Montreal defence, scoring four goals in two games against a team that set a league record by allowing just 15 goals in the entire regular season.In Friday’s contest Seattle jumped out to a 2-0 lead and only last minute heroics by Gbeke allowed the Impact to escape the West Coast with a 2-2 tie.Gbeke, who was substituted into the game at the 76th minute for Ribeiro.scored goals at the 86th and 88th minute on headers, to spark the come-ffom-behind tie.Impact’s season comes to an abrupt page 14 Tuesday, September 27, 2005 O O O Sports Notebook On TV Tuesday • SOCCER: 230 pan.; UEFA Champions League, Benfica vs.Manchester United, TSN, RDS.• BASEBALL: 7 pan.; Major League Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox, TSN.• HOCKEY: 7:30 p.m National Hockey League preseason, Boston Bruins at Montreal Canadiens, RDS.Wednesday • SOCCER: 230 pm; UEFA Champions League, Chelsea vs.Liverpool, TSN, RDS.• BASEBALL: 7 pm.; Major League Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox, TSN.• FOOTBALL: 7:30 p.m.; Canadian Football League, Ottawa Renegades at Toronto Argonauts, TSN.Thursday • GOLF: 4 pm.; PGA Chrysler Classic, first round, TSN.• BASEBALL: 7 pm.; Major League Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox, TSN.• HOCKEY: 7:30 pm.; National Hockey League preseason, Pittsburgh Penguins at Ottawa Senators, Sportsnet.Around Town To submit your sporting event, fax it to 819-569-3945, e-mail newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com or contact Mike Hickey at 819-569-6345.Upcoming • MEN’S CEGEP AAA FOOTBALL: Saturday, Vanier at Champlain Cougars, Coulter Field, Lennoxville, 1 p.m.• WOMEN’S CEGEP AA SOCCER: Tuesday, Champlain Cougars at Collège de Sherbrooke, 5 p.m.Saturday, Victoriaville at Champlain Cougars, Lennoxville, 1 p.m.• MEN’S CEGEP AA SOCCER: Wednesday.Champlain Cougars at Collège de Sherbrooke, 5 p.m.Saturday, Victoriaville at Champlain Cougars, Lennoxville, 3 p.m.• WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY SOCCER: Friday, Concordia at Bishop’s Gaiters, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, 4 p.m.Friday, UQTR at Sherbrooke Vert 8i Or, Sherbrooke, 6 p.m.• MEN’S UNIVERSITY SOCCER: Friday, UQTR at Sherbrooke Vert & Or, Sherbrooke, 8 p.m.• MEN’S UNIVERSITY RUGBY: Sunday, Concordia at Bishop’s Gaiters, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, 3 p.m.• WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY RUGBY: Sunday.Concordia at Bishop's Gaiters, Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, 1 p.m.• UNIVERSITY CROSS-COUNTRY: Saturday, University of Sherbrooke Vert & Or Invitational, Blanchard Park, Sherbrooke.• WOMEN’S UNIVERSITY VOLLEYBALL: Friday, Laval at Sherbrooke Vert & Or, Sherbrooke, 6 p.m.• MEN’S UNIVERSITY VOLLEYBALL: Friday, Laval at Sherbrooke Vert & Or, Sherbrooke, 8 p.m.• MEN’S JUNIOR AAA HOCKEY: Thursday, St.Lawrence at Champlain Cougars, Eugène Lalonde Arena, Sherbrooke, 7:30 p.m.Saturday, St-Félicien at Champlain Cougars, Eugène Lalonde Arena, Sherbrooke, 8 p.m.• MIDGET AAA HOCKEY: Sunday, Lévis at Magog Cantonniers, Magog Arena, Magog, 7 p.m.-————THE — i RECORD SPORTS Golf Singh lets Internationals down in a big way By Cam Cole If you just read the final score — 18 1/2 to 15 1/2 — you’d have no idea.No idea how eerily familiar the script was to the almost other-worldly set of circumstances that caused the 2003 Presidents Cup to end up in a 17-17 draw.No idea how impossible it seemed that the sea of red, white and blue flags splashed all over the scoreboard, even deep into Sunday’s singles matches, could slowly begin to turn International blue-and-gold with the inevitability of leaves changing colour in autumn.No idea how heroically the Internationals fought back from oblivion to come within a single hole of another, crazy tie, or how wonderfully the last of the Americans played the final few holes to deny them.Or like Phil Mickelson, you’d just plain have no clue.The video footage of Mickelson, sinking a five-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole, doffing his cap, looking around for hands to shake because he thought he had the winning half-point for the United States, only to find out he was the only person on the property not to know that he had to play his match with Angel Cabrera through to a win or a loss — and the look on his face as he mouthed “What!?” - may live on in history as the funniest piece of golf film ever.But it only delayed the result, because the match coming up behind him had U.S.anchor man Chris DiMarco, the best player on Jack Nicklaus’ team all week, and when he rammed in a 15-footer for birdie to beat Stuart Appleby 1-up for the decisive point, it left Mickelson out in the middle of the first playoff hole, with nothing to do but shake hands with Cabrera.If the big, easygoing Argentine and Appleby had been able to hold onto hard-fought one-up leads with one and two holes remaining, respectively, the matches would have been tied, again, as they were two years ago in South Africa.But the closer the shave became, the more obvious it was that the result had swung on the major miracle that was Fred Couples, and the classic choke that was Vijay Singh.Yes, the C-word is harsh, but this was no mere upset.The world’s No.2 player must have been favoured by a touchdown over the 45-year-old Couples, who’d had a miserable putting week.The spin doctors portrayed his expressed wish to take Singh on in a singles match as a brave show of confidence, but the truth was, Couples surely thought he was throwing himself under the bus for the Sports Saturday morning basketball at LES is back Saturday morning basketball for boys and girls aged 9-15 returns to Lennoxville Elementary School on Oct.22.The popular activity, in its third year of operation, offers skill instruction and games while emphasizing team building and fun.The sessions will run until good of the team.He might lose, but in doing so, he would free up one of the gunners on the U.S.team to have a lesser opponent.But when Singh failed time and again to put any pressure on the aging matinee idol, Couples didn’t need a written invitation.He stuffed it down the big Fijian’s throat with a 15-footer at the 18th — and when the one match that might have lifted the Internationals to a win, let alone a tie, went the other way, their margin for error disappeared.When DiMarco’s turn to make the putt came, he knew exactly where to hit it.“I don’t even know how I took the putter back.I’ve never been so nervous.Never,” said DiMarco, who won 4 1/2 points for the U.S., and won the last two holes from Appleby to secure the Presidents Cup.“All I could think about was Fred Couples and how he made that same putt to beat Vijay.I knew he had the same exact putt as me, because I watched it (on the big screen) at the 13th tee.When I saw that, I knew we were going to win.It inspired me.” If he watched it closely, he saw Couples raise his hands and begin to follow the downhill, right-to-left putt to the hole three feet before it went in.DiMarco did the same, with a raised fist.“I know someone said it was an early call,” said Couples, “but it was about the only putt I made all week, so I knew it was going in.I guess it would have been embarrassing if it had missed.” Around the golf course, echoes of Couples' slaying of the giant were felt in every U.S.match still in progress.“I had tears in my eyes, putting on-the (14th hole),” said Davis Love III, Couples’ partner in several World Cups.“He wanted so badly to play, and Jack picked him, and he grinded so hard to win, and I know he really wanted to win this match.” He wanted to win it for himself and for his teammates, but maybe most of all to repay Nicklaus for the confidence in him, and to show the Nicklauses how much the players felt for their loss of their infant grandson Jake, who drowned in a family pool early in the year.“Last night (team meeting) was something I’ll never forget as long as I live,” Couples said of the now-customary team meeting at which all the players and wives get up and speak.“Everybody got up and said — just whatever.It was about wives and team and how we felt, and I didn’t say very much because when it was my turn I was bawling.—Can West News Service Briefs February.For more information, contact Mike Hickey at 819-829-2175.Galt looking for soccer coaches Alexander Galt Regional High School in Lennoxville is looking for a few volunteer coaches to help coach the school’s soccer teams.Anyone interested should contact Bob Halsall at 819-563-0770, ext.230. RECORD Tuesday, September 27, 2005 page 15 Lloyd Ernest Hyatt at the age of 81, passed away peacefully at the CHUS-Bowen on September 4, 2005, surrounded by his loved ones.Lloyd was born December 27, 1923 in Hyatt’s Mills, Quebec, son of Charlie Hyatt and Edith (Johnson) Hyatt.On September 18, 1946 Lloyd married Edith Ada Shaughnessy, at St.Luke Church, Sand Hill, Quebec.Lloyd hauled milk to the Carnation Company, Sherbrooke for 42 years.Lloyd was very involved in the community.He was a member of the Compton - Waterville School Board for many years; member of council for the town of Compton; volunteer of the Compton Fire Department; President of the Compton Cemetery; and part-time bus driver for the Catholic School in Compton.Lloyd was a member of the Coaticook Senior Citizens.He was vice-president at the time of his death.He was also a member of the Quebec Farmers Association.Lloyd was Master of Ascot Masonic Lodge No.30 in 1976 and 1990.He had the privilege of holding every office in the Lodge and would have been a Life Member in January 2006 for recognition of 40 years of service.Lloyd was very active in the Anglican Church.He served as People’s Warden in St.George’s Anglican Church in Lennoxville.Later he was a member of St.Barnabas, North Hatley and St.Peter’s, Sherbrooke.Lloyd appreciated nature.Hunting, fishing, cross-country skiing and ski-dooing were great pass-times.Other hobbies included carpet bowling, five pin bowling, wood working and traveling.Lloyd along with his wife, Edith traveled across Canada twice.They took many trips with the Q.F.A.and Senior Citizens, as well as visiting relatives in Ontario and Lake St.Jean.Lloyd had a great love for music.He enjoyed dancing.He was a member of the Tartan Twirlers of Lennoxville and North Country Swingers of Newport.Lloyd learned to play the violin at the age of 70 and spent many hours playing.He will be missed by his wife, Edith (Shaughnessy); his children; Audrey (Peter Hopkins), Dianne (Peter Kirby), Shirley-Ann (Robert McVety); his grandchildren Christopher (Rose) and Kevin McVety; Richard and Andrew (Marisa) Hopkins; Jennifer (Lance) and Felicia Kirby and his great-granddaughter Rebecca Hopkins.He will be fondly remembered by his brother Edward (June) and sisters Irene Ride, Mary (Wendell Gaulin) and Grace Cote; his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Gordon, Lloyd (Elsie), Ernest Shaughnessy, Pearl Smith and Bernice Johnson; as well as many nieces, nephews and friends.Lloyd was predeceased by his parents, Charlie and Edith (Johnson) Hyatt; his sisters Marjorie (Grenier) and Dorothy (Green - Martin); brothers-in-law; Rodolphe Grenier, Fred Green, Lloyd Martin, Tom Ride, Rolland Cote, Carl and Ashley Shaughnessy, Colin Smith, Hayward Johnson, and Cecil Chute; and sisters-in-law: Hilda Hyatt, Dorothy Chute, Anne, Alice, Jessie and Ida Shaughnessy.The funeral service was held by Rev.Canon Ronald West assisted by Rev.Barbara Willard at St.Peter’s Church, Sherbrooke, Quebec on Tuesday, September 6, 2005.The six grandchildren were bearers.Organist, Anthony Davidson played “How Great Thou Art” and “Amazing Grace" which was accompanied by Lance Lefebvre on the violin.“Danny Boy” was played by Ronald Haseltine on his violin.Interment in the Compton Cemetery, Compton, Quebec.At the graveside Lance played “Attribute to Archie Beaton” on his violin.Following the service, lunch was prepared and served by the Ladies Auxiliary Army Navy Hut, Unit No.318.Lloyd was a good friend to many, old and young.A loving husband, father, brother, grandfather and great-grandfather.He will be greatly missed by those whose lives and hearts he touched.Obituary LLOYD ERNEST HYATT December 27,1923 - September 4,2005 Birth Deaths BRYANT - Owen Lawrence arrived February 8, 2005 at 2:43 a.m.He weighed 8 lbs.61/2 oz„ 20 1/2 inches long.Owen is the son of Philip and Melissa Bryant of Omerville.Proud grandparents are Brian and Joy Jones of Bolton Center and Melvin and Helen Bryant of Rock Forest.Great-grandson of Lawrence and Esther Jones of Mansonville and Joan Webster and Bob Johnston of Cowansville.Card of Thanks HYATT, Lloyd Ernest - The family of the late Lloyd Ernest Hyatt wish to express their heartfelt thanks to family, friends and neighbours for the kindness shown at the time of his death, September 4, 2005, age 81.A special thank you to Rev.Canon Ronald West, Rev.Barbara Willard and the Masons.Thank you for your sympathy, visits, cards, donations, flowers, and food brought in.Your thoughtfulness will always be remembered.Please accept this as our personal thank you.EDITH (wife) AUDREY (PETER) DIANNE (PETER) SHIRLEY-ANN (ROBERT) (daughters) and GRANDCHILDREN REDM1LE, Harry (1916-2005) - Peacefully at Knowlton House, on Saturday, September 24, 2005, in his 89th year, passed away Harry Redmile, beloved husband of the late Ethel Bradley.He leaves to mourn his children Pennie, Georgena, Verdon and Narlen, his seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, also other relatives and friends.As per his request, cremation has taken place and a private memorial service will be at a later date.Donations on his memory to the Foyer Sutton, 50 Western, Sutton, Que., JOE 2K0 or to the Brome Missisquoi Perkins Hospital Foundation, 950 Principale, Cowansville, Que., J2K1K3 would be appreciated.Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Desourdy Wilson Funeral Home, 104 Buzzell St., Cowanville, Que., J2K 2N5.Tel.: (450) 263-1212, fax: (450) 263-9557, info@desourdywilson.com Dignity Memorial.THWAITES, G.Eleanore - Peacefully at the Wales Home, Richmond, Que., Sunday, September 25, 2005 in her 83rd year.Dear sister of Isabel (Archie Nelson) and Jean Farrell, she will also be sadly missed by other relatives and friends.A private graveside service will be held in the Greenwood Cemetery, Waterville, Que., at a later date.As memorial tributes, donations to the Wales Home Foundation, 506, Rte #243 North, Richmond, Que., JOB 2H0 would be greatly appreciated by the family.Arrangements entrusted to the Cass Funeral Home, 6 Belvidere St., Lennoxville, Que.Tel.: 564-1750.In Memoriam CATHCART, Raymond (Midge) - 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ESTRIE We are looking for Volunteers to help with the organization of activities, to deliver information kits to partners, and to work on different committees.The Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC) is a national non-for profit organization that works towards finding a cure for the disease by raising funds for medical research.These diseases afflict one out of every hundred individuals.For more information or to volunteer at the Estrie Chapter, call Amanda Patch (450) 292-3276 or af-patch@hotmail.com or Alicia Zlatar at 1-800-342-0666, azlatar@ccfc.ca.RICHMOND Chicken Pie Supper at Richmond & Melbourne United Church on Wednesday, September 28 starting at 4:30 p.m.Everyone welcome.LENNOXVILLE L.E.S.Spaghetti Supper, Thursday, October 6, 4:30 p.m.to 7 p.m.A fabulous feast of salad, rolls, spaghetti, juice or coffee, home made cake and ice cream.Admission charged.A great way to enjoy a delicious home cooked meal without having to do the cooking or dishes and support the L.E.S.Student’s activities! Lennoxville Elementary School, 1 Academy St„ Lennoxville.DANVILLE A.D.S.7th annual Craft Show in Danville on November 12 and 13.Accepting reservations for tables up to October 3.Contact Valerie (819) 839-2868 or Lana (819) 839-3691.AYER’S CUFF Roast Beef Supper on Saturday, October 15 at Beulah United Church in Ayer’s Cliff.Two settings: 5 p.m.and 6:30 p.m.Reservations only: Wendell Cass (819) 846-7180, Mervyn Drew 838-5603 or Alfred Keeler 838-4953.MONTREAL Bus Trip to Montreal Casino on Saturday, October 1.Leaving from George Perron parking lot in Bedford at 10 a.m.returning at 5 p.m.Limited amount of tickets.Call (450) 248-3873 or 248-2359.LENNOXVILLE Pre-Thanksgiving Supper at the A.N.A.F.Hut, 300 St.Francis Street, Lennoxville on Saturday, October 1 at 6 p.m.Every- one welcome.WATERVELLE United Church Women Fall Fellowship Day, for Stanstead, Scotstown, Sherbrooke area, on October 5 at the Water-ville United Church.Coffee 9:15 a.m.Program 9:45 a.m.Theme: “One More Step”.Guest speaker: Rev.Dr.R.Burn Purdon.Lunch available.NORTH HATLEY Advance notice.Brunch, benefit of the North Hatley United Church, from 10 a.m.to 12:30 p.m.on Saturday, October 15 at the Community Hall, Capelton Road, North Hatley.Admission charged.All welcome.MANSONVILLE We wish to welcome you to quiet Christian Bible Study gatherings, that are open to everyone, at the Town Hall, 2 Val Perkins, Mansonville on Sundays, October 2 and 9, from 4 p.m.to 5 p.m.Info: (450) 531-7140.• • • This column accepts items announcing events organized by churches, service clubs and recognized charitable institutions for a $7.00 fee, $10.00 for 2 insertions of same notice, $13.00 for 3 publications.Maximum 35 words.If you have more than 35 words the charge will be $10.00 per insertion.Requests should be mailed, well in advance, to The Record, P.O.Box 1200, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1H 5L6, be signed and include a telephone number and payment.Telephone requests will not be accepted.Admission charges and trade names will be deleted.No dances.Do not bad-mouth.It won’t help Nifty, Nifty Look Who’s Fifty! Happy Birthday Love, Jim, Amanda, Jenny and grandchildren Dear Annie: My sister, “Shania,” has been married for six years to “Al” (a second marriage for both, no children).During the entire duration of their marriage, Shania has complained about the lack of affection and sex.Recently, Shania was diagnosed with a serious back problem that required three operations.As a result, she is permanently restricted, which is difficult for her, because she always has been a very active person.Due to the medication she takes, our entire family is concerned about Shania’s decision-making abilities, and we also are concerned that Al is taking advantage of the situation.When they married, Al had some financial troubles, but Shania was financially well-off and paid for the wedding.After that, Al struggled at the company where he worked and Shania helped him start his own business.Since then, Al has purchased expensive cars, computers, furniture and other electronic equipment for his company.They have moved twice into homes that Al wanted.Recently, Al remodeled the family room to fit around a flat-screen TV with custom speakers.Shania has no interest in any of this, but Al initially wanted a 30-foot boat (he has never sailed).Shania reluctantly said no, and Al pouted so much that Shania didn’t object to the new family room, Annie’s Mailbox hoping it would appease him.Al has been talking about moving again.Can we help Shania see that Al is just using her?— Frustrated in Chicago Dear Frustrated: It sounds as if Al and Shania have had this same dynamic for years, with or without medication.It’s obvious that you do not like your brother-in-law, but Shania is not incompetent.If she loves Al, in spite of his parasitical pecuniary habits, that is her choice.What she really needs is your emotional support.If she decides to move, offer to help pack.If she seems reluctant to give up her home, suggest that she talk to a counselor about the strain she’s been under.Do not bad-mouth Al.It won’t help.Dear Annie: I am a 14-year-old girl, and I have a curfew problem.On weekends during the school year, I have to be in the house by 7 p.m., and during vacations, it’s 8 p.m.I am a good student, and I’ve never gotten into trouble.I know kids need rules, but don’t you think this is a little harsh?-Wondering in North Dakota Dear ND.: Yes, a bit.If you are in high school, your curfew can surely be increased by one hour on the weekends, and possibly more during vacation.Talk to your parents and ask what you can do to gain an extension.Good luck.Dear Annie: I don’t know a better way to get this information out to the public than through your column.When someone is injured, paramedics often turn to a victim’s cell phone for clues to that person’s identity.You can make their job easier by adopting the ICE system.ICE stands for In Case of Emergency.Here’s how it works: For those people you want contacted in an emergency, add entries under ICE-Mom or ICE-Hus-band’s Name, along with the phone number.Most paramedics know what ICE means, and they will look for it.This not only saves them a lot of time, but it means your loved ones are contacted quickly.Tell your readers to ICE their cell phones NOW.— Karen M.Dear Karen: We think this is an excellent idea that should be adopted everywhere.We understand it was conceived back in April by Bob Brotchie, a British paramedic, and gained momentum after the recent bombings in London.(It also is recommended that you keep your ICE list regularly updated so the paramedics don’t accidentally call your ex.) 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