The record, 19 août 2004, jeudi 19 août 2004

Portes et Fenêtres 819) 572-336' s THE RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 COOKSHIRE FAIR Annie Martin shines in beach volleyball win at Olympics.See Page 12 70 cents PM#0040007682 www.sherbrookerecord.com Thursday, August 19, 2004 Boil-water advisory still stands in Danville Test results coming Tuesday By Stephen McDougall Special to The Record Two weeks after running water was restored to all taps in Danville, residents in one sector of the town are still being advised to boil their water for five minutes before drinking it or cooking with it.“We are still testing the water and so far we do not believe it is safe for drinking or cooking," said town manager Michel Lecours.“Until our tests come back with a Cycling For Muscular Dystrophy PERRY BEATON/SPEOAL A cycling tour which leaves Sherbrooke Tuesday on a tour of the Townships hopes to raise $10,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy foundation.The Frederick Duguay tour features 19 cyclists — firefighters from Sherbrooke, DrummondviUe and Warwick and Sûreté du Québec officers from DrummondviUe, St-Hyacinthe, Victoriaville and VaudreuU.The gdists will cover 250 km in a day and a half along Routes 143,122 and 249.They’ll pass through towns such as Ulverton, Richmond, LAvenir, St-Nicéphore, St-Charies-de-DrummondviUe, St-CyrilledeWendover, Notre-Damedu-Bon-ConseU, Ste-Clotilde-de-Hortcm, Windsor and Sherbooke on Aug.25.Pictured are Frederic Duguay, front, and (left to right) Pierre Charland, Gifles Feriand, Daniel Gingrus, Stéphane Marois, Amelie Fournier, Pascal Robert, Yan Lamontagne and Jacques Faford.zero indication of any contamination, the advisory stands.” The advisory means the water could still contain small, bacterial substances that can cause harm to humans, especially the young and the elderly.The advisory is in effect in the town’s eastern sector, known as the red sector, which is south of Grove and east of Water streets.Lecours said laboratory results of water tests made Wednesday and earlier should arrive next Tuesday.“We hope the results will be zero and then the advisory is lifted,” he said.Residents in the red sector have noticed the tap water still has a slight yellow tint that does not disappear when the tap water is allowed to run for several minutes.“Every time I go to my tap, the water coming out is still slightly yellow or brown," said George Horan.“I do not want to drink that or clean my vegetables with that.I still get my water from a spring." The town’s water troubles started in the third week of July when workers discovered the town reservoir on Lodge St.was empty.Town officials suspected an underground water leak and started shutting down the system to test individual mains.The shutdown meant periodic water shortages for most residents and a five-day drought for residents in the red sector.See Water, Page 4 Idealistic Bonsant wants to make a difference MP crisscrossing Com pton-Stanstead to collect concerns By Rita Legault Sherbrooke Her riding is vast and the needs are great, but new Bloc Québécois MP France Bonsant hopes she will be able to make a difference in the lives of her constituents in Comp-ton-Stanstead.Bonsant.who upset Liberal MP David Price in the June 28 federal election, has spent the last month and a half crisscrossing the redrawn riding getting to know the territory, towns and people she will be representing in the House of Commons.“It’s going well," she told the Record in an interview in her Belvedere Street office on Wednesday.“I’ve met a lot of mayors, traveled a lot of roads, and have a lot more appointments between now and the time the House of Commons resumes sitting.” Bonsant, who commented in a post-electoral interview that she would not be “an MP in high heels", explained that she meant to say she would not spend her time behind a desk not getting dirty.See PQ, Page 3 d sponsor of Canada's Olympic Team we're celebrating with our Best So *: i ‘ ¦¦¦¦¦¦ GRAB LIFE BY THE HORNS