The record, 25 février 2014, Cahier 1

Father to speak of daughter’s death Page 3 75 CENTS + TAXES THE RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Mike Hickey: Olympic tents Æ,U0THEq7; RY 25, 20H PM#0040007682 'The Cat' came back Felix Potvin returns to his roots in Midget AAA hockey HEATHER MCKEEN-EDWARDS 29 WÊr* *'?^WÊÈë y Former NHL star goalie Felix Potvin, now the head coach of the Magog Cantonniers Midget AAA team, gives his squad instructions prior to a practice at the Magog Arena last week.Film on family farms carries a sobering message Nick Fonda Record Correspondent Richmond Some five years after their first venture into videography, Victoria Moulton and Keith Whittall are on the verge of releasing their second DVD, Here’s to the Family Farm! “We're going to have a low-key but official launch on Friday, Mar.7, at 7:30 in the basement of the United Church in Richmond,” Keith Whittall explains.“We’re inviting all those who participated in the film and the community at large to come and watch a few clips from the film, enjoy a brief musical concert and end the evening with some light refreshments while they visit.” Copies of the DVD, of course, will be for sale.Anyone who saw the first Whittall production which dealt with the disappearance of dance halls in the Townships will likely want to see this second documentary by the husband-wife team.Here’s to the Family Farm! is a nicelypaced series of interviews with some two-dozen Townshippers who live, or lived, on a family farm.The interviewees range in age from six years old to ninety-four years young.Although a few of them are from the Lennoxville area, most are from within a 20-minute drive from Richmond.And even though this is a video, a visual document, it is just as much a wonderful oral history.Some of those interviewed share stories and reminiscences as they sit around the kitchen table; others reflect on what was, what is, and what might be from the comfort of their back porch.Taken together the viewer get insights as to what happened to the family farm and how, and why.A> was their first documentary, Here’s to the Family Farm! is, at least on one level, a very personal film for the Cont’d on page 4 By John Edwards Special to The Record Felix Potvin’s hockey career has taken him to every corner of North America, from St.John’s, Newfoundland to Los Angeles, California.His latest stop, in Magog as head coach of the Midget AAA Cantonniers, is already proving to be a success.In his first season, the 42-year-old led Magog to a 25-15-3 record, and their first division championship since 2005-06, a surprising feat for the team that missed the playoffs last season.“It wasn’t one of our goals at the start of the year,” he said.“Our goal was to make the playoffs, and then the divi- sion title became available, so it was good for us to be able and get it.” So far, the transition from assistant coach to head coach has gone well for the former NHL all-star.“It’s been real nice.It’s kind of what I expected.I’ve been here for four or five years, so I think it was time for me to take the next step, whether it was going to be here or somewhere else, but I’m sure glad that it was here with a great group of guys.” “I kind of knew what kind of guy, what kind of coach I was going to be, so it’s just a matter of believing in the way you want to run things and it’s been a pretty smooth transition,” he added.For Potvin, the decision to coach at the Midget AAA level harkens back to his own experience with the Montreal-Bourassa Canadiens in the late 1980s.“I know for myself, the first year I played Midget AAA was really when I figured out that I might have a chance to do something in hockey,” he said.“I’m sure a lot of these kids feel the same way, and they’re really receptive to what you teach them.So that’s what makes it fim, and why I coach at this level.” The well-travelled Potvin, who played in the NHL with Toronto, Vancouver, Los Angeles, and Boston, has drawn from all his former coaches in developing his style with the Cantonniers.Cont’d on page 3 • THEi RECORD SPECIAL OFFER for Record print subscribers: Receive a full year’s subscription to the online edition for only $5 with every new 12 month print subscription or renewal.Read The Record online any time, any place Subscribers can view each new issue of The Record, as well as Brome County News, The Townships Outlet and our many special sections with just the click of the mouse.To subscribe, go to www.sherbrookerecord.com, click on e-dition and follow the simple instructions.For information or assistance call 819-569-9528 billing@sherbrookerecord.com Page 2 Tuesday, February 25, 2014 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record £ e-edition iia There for you 24-hours-a-day • 7-days-a-week.Wherever you are.and archives.print su month o addition line edi on- ilill 3 .\ .i -, >' b* ; : : ^/'J HIGH OF-7 'l ' -yJ-T LOW OF-15 \ THURSDAY: y i CLOUDY; J FLURRIES HIGH OF-10 LOW OF-19 A J / FRIDAY ' SUNNY Centennial Theatre A look at mental health with choreograpner and dancer Anne Plamondon Sherbrooke Stunning choreographer and dancer Anne Plamondon, will present Les Memes Yeux Que Toi tonight at 8 p.m.at Centennial Theatre.This new work by Anne Plamondon and Marie Brassard, is a co-production of Agora de la danse, the National Arts Centre and Jacob’s Pillow Dance, with the collaboration of Rubberban-Dance Group.The performance will be followed by a meeting with Anne Plamondon at 9:15 p.m.in the Centennial Theatre lobby, with host and La Tribune journalist Steve Berg- eron.In this audacious first solo work, Plamondon, who has graced the Centennial stage previously with Rubberban-Dance Group (Punto Ciego, Gravity of Center), dares to take on the subject of mental illness.In collaboration with actress, author, and director Marie Brassard, she superimposes realities to offer an almost panoramic view of this gripping theme.She becomes, alternately, a lost man - a dislocated personality who manifests co-existing and successive abnormal states, verbal delirium, and incoherent behaviour - and a woman, witness to the shipwreck, who sees the shimmering mirage of the line that separates insanity from “normality.” The dancer also incarnates the afflicted man’s fleeting memory of the person he was before tilting into madness.Touching in her fragility, she explores the grey zones that inhabit us and cause us suffering, the incomprehension of others, and the body, too small to contain limitless thought.In Les memes yeux que toi, she draws us, body and soul, into a poetic dance-theatre performance, inviting us to contemplate these troubling mental struggles.“An exceptional, unique dancer who not only manages to achieve the improbable blend of infinite delicacy, total fluidity, and muscular power, but also that of physical and emotional impact.” said Aline Apostolska, of La Presse in 2012.Produced with the support of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Quebec and the Canada Council for the Arts.For more information, please call 819-822-9692 or visit www.centennialthe-atre.ca Source: Sonia Patenaude, Theatre Centennial.Torchlight Parade for Friendship this weekend Sherbrooke The Sherbrooke and Region Force de l’Amitié (Friendship Force) club will be holding it 10th Annual torchlight procession around the Lac des Nations to celebrate World Friendship Day, a day that is highlighted worldwide.Under the theme ‘Making friends and making a difference,’ the event is organized in collaboration with Destination Sherbrooke and under the honorary chairmanship of well known Sherbrooke businessman and community activist Guy Hardy, who is involved in several social and humanitarian causes in the Eastern Townships.Marchers will meet in a tent near the Armand Nadeau pavilion at Jacques-Cartier Park in Sherbrooke on Saturday, Mar.1 at 6:20 p.m.Participation is free and torches will be available on site.At the tent, coffee, hot chocolate and light snacks will be served free of charge and there will be a drawing for prizes and entertainment for the rest of the evening.In addition, members of Canada’s capital region club (FARCC) are coming to Sherbrooke to join this edition of the torchlight procession.Last year, a large number of walkers took part in the event and the activity offers an ideal opportunity to promote intercultural understanding in a winter wonderland setting while par- ticipating in the Carnaval de Sherbrooke.Since 1977, the Friendship Force International (FFI) organization has promoted a global vision of the world beyond the barriers that separate people.The Sherbrooke club was founded in 2001 and is one of 360 clubs, in some sixty countries.The torchlight parade in Sherbrooke is a great opportunity to open up to the world and meet some great people in a friendly atmosphere.Coffee meetings for parents of teens Sherbrooke Being a teenager is difficult.Being the parent of a teenager is another thing and the Rock Forest Youth Centre is offering a series of coffee meetings for parents of teens to get to- gether and discuss various problems they are having with their kids and to find tools to get through this particularly difficult period during which a child makes the transition into adulthood.The gatherings will take place at the Centre Regroupe- ment Jeunesse Rock Forest, 1010 Germaine-Guèvremont St.Monday evenings and will be led by psycho-educator Clement Bilodeau.The meetings will focus on themes like communicating with your teen; alcohol and drugs, parenting strategies, establish- ing household rules, and using social networks.They will take place Monday evening March 3, April 7, and May 5, from 7 to 8:30.There is no charge for participation.For more information, call (819) 791-4142, ext.221 Ben by Daniel Shelton WEr, X THINK YOU M4IR GROWING ON TOP mm.u OH,SORRY-ITS ÆJST4TOH4IR.THERES just so much ofilarqumr isnt there?REALLY?: K Grizwells n mvv, « vm m&m