The record, 13 mars 2008, jeudi 13 mars 2008

THE RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 - ¦ ———I | ———Ml - Come to our new location 3625 au Bmc Cam Stwiiroake 75 CENTS + TAXES PM#0040007682 Thursday, March 13, 2008 Townships to keep its MNAs Or ford riding would lose the mountain By Sarah Rogers Sherbrooke Proposed revisions to Quebec's electoral map will not impact the current number of ridings in the Eastern Townships, although most will see minor modifications.According to a preliminary report from the office of Quebec’s Chief Electoral Officer, three ridings in the region would see name changes, while all but one would both lose and gain territory.At a press conference in Quebec City Wednesday afternoon, a commission presented its proposal for the new electoral map, suggesting some of the most significant changes the map will have seen in many years.Please see Ridings on Page 4 Store 5 Roof Is Buckling PERRY BEATON Windsor’s largest grocery, Provigo Alimentation Michel Hamel, has been closed since the weekend (pictured is a security guard telling would-be customers Wednesday about the shutdown) and will be unable to reopen for at least another day or two, as inspectors check the roof which began to cave in on Saturday.“We have to stay closed to ensure the safety of our clientele," said owner Michel Hamel, noting the situation is evolving day to day.“For sure, we would like to reopen now, but we have to wait for the go-ahead from the specialists." Warm future?Climate change to hurt ski slopes By Jen Young Sherbrooke Two Montreal researchers have spent the past three years analyzing precipitation in the Townships — and their “most probable” hypothesis is a grim future for the local ski season.“Ski resorts have most likely already begun to see a difference,” said Université de Montréal professor Christopher Bryant.“Most can already say that the past 10 to 15 years have seen differences as opposed to the previous 15 years.Unless something drastically changes, which I don’t see what that could be, things will be pretty difficult for the Townships’ [ski] season between the next 20 to 30 years.” Bryant and colleague Bhawan Singh have been studying climate change since 1991 and have monitored how humans have adapted agricultural production to climate change.Five years ago the pair sought — and received —funding from Natural Resources Canada to analyze the particulars of the Quebec ski and golf industries.They created climatic models and gathered data such as accumulated water levels and temperatures from three different regions.“(Singh) focuses more on the bio-physical side and I focus on the human side of things.We are not in the business of forecasting, we are in the business of creating different scenarios.“We spent much time calibrating conditions from the past and run those models against our best hypothesis for the future.We create hypotheses that answer the question, ‘If this happens what would happen?’ We also calibrated meteorological data from information gathered in Lennoxville, Quebec City and the Laurentians, so as you can see this project was fine-tuned to take local conditions into account.We know there is a significant difference between these three regions and each region has very different scenarios.” Each scenario was double-checked by a second stage of research, a committee of people Please see Weather on Page 4 He’s in Bishop’s confirms that Rod Gilpin is the new men's coach Acting job Student play drew laughs PAGE 9 Editorial .6 Sports.14 Births & Deaths.15 Horoscope.15 Comics.17 Classifieds.18 Annie’s Mailbox.19 Crossword.19 St-Patrick's Weekend Celebration at With Live Irish/Celtic Music & Irish Drink Specials Muliïmnü 4k * a# 111 Queen Str.Lennoxville Now offering Guinness! page 2 Thursday, March 13, 2008 ! ¦ THK ¦ in - — RECORD^ s* if® «*«*» ¦«* »*«* £5.'5L-*’ $**»», Science whiz kids Displaying work ByJen Young Sherbrooke One-hundred-and-twenty-five local youth, from elementary school to college level, will compete in this weekend’s re gional science fair at the Université de Sherbrooke in hopes of earning the right to compete in Montreal in April.The young scientists will have their experiments and projects on display for all to see.“It’s open to everyone free of charge,” said Marie-Pier Bousquet, the Estrie’s Conseil du Loisir Scientifique communication assistant.“The public is more than welcome, and encouraged to come and support these young people.” Alexander Galt Regional High School’s Emily Williams, and her brother Forest, will have their Foot Drop Solution experiment on show.JEN YOUNG One of the exhibits at last month’s Alexander Galt Regional High School science fair.“Emily was a finalist last year and she is here again with her brother.Last year she displayed the effects of using cell phones while driving.” The siblings are two of nine Galt students participating in the contest.While all exhibits will be on display from Friday, March 14 to 16, Bousquet says that the 14th is reserved for the youngest scientists.“Friday is our primary day,” she said.“There will be 34 youth inventors demonstrating their paper airplanes they made at school.“They had to create an airplane using recycled paper and we will put them to the test to see which one is fastest.” The Bell Science-Expo will be held at the U de S Cultural Centre.Doors open to the public from 10 a.m.to 3 p.m.on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.For more derails visit www.clse.qc.ca.Brome Fair insert honoured Third place win Staff Sherbrooke ¦ ¦ «he weekly Brome County News, inserted into every Wednesday’s Record, has picked up an award in the annual Canadian Community Newspaper Association com-petition.The paper harvested third place in the competition for best agricultural edition for its Brome County Fair supplement.Much of the fair supplement, an annual tradition here at The Record, was written by longtime agriculture correspondent Claudia Villemaire.The veteran reporter and photographer has been writing fair supplements and farm stories for The Record for three decades.She also shot most of the photos in the fair supplement, including the front page picture of a prize-winning brown leghorn.Better Newspaper Competition winners were announced this week.The awards will be handed down at the community newspaper association’s 89th annual Ink and Beyond convention to be held in Toronto on May 9.With a combined circulation of more than 12 million copies per week, the Canadian Community Newspaper Association represents more than 700 community newspapers from coast to coast.The Brome County News was the only winner from Quebec this year.Weather Ben by Daniel Shelton Today: Mix of sun and cloud.Low minus 16.High minus 4.Friday: Rain showers or flurries.Low minus 6.High plus 4.Saturday: Cloudy with 40 per cent chance of flurries or rain showers.Low minus 2.High plus 5.Sunday: Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries.Low minus 4.High minus 1."TmOW'S THE FENG-5UUl A ir IN OUR HOUSE, AUK CHEN?VAT NO LEAS0N WHY HOUSE NOT SELL Y0U NEEP 0OLPER COLORS, PARU NO.'MORE CREATIVE FABRICS, AN ENSUITE PATHROOM AW PERNITELYMORE CLOSET SPACE.' 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