The record, 26 juin 2014, Cahier 2

Supplement June 26,2014 ¦ : Advice is our strong suit Véronique Lauzon Decorator Monday to Wednesday: 7:30 am to 6 pm Thursday and Friday: 7:30 am to 9 pm Saturday 8 am to S pm Sunday.10 am to 4 pm ' "üü Page 2 Thursday, June 26, 2014 CANADA DAY newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Bury is big on Canada Day Festivities are this Friday and Saturday COURTESY BURY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION An impressive eight-horse hitch - George’s Qydesdales - in the 2013 Canada Day parade in Bury.The owner is Allan George, and his team is expected back in this Saturday’s parade.jpA' 1 ’A / ë Ih.wrr*.w - I ” v '/-A.Ca .li By Rachel Garber ihey’ve been practicing over the past 86 years tor this Canada Day in Bury.And boy, have they fine tuned K hb h Clinique Optométrique de Sherbrooke .Eye Examination .Cataract & Glaucoma Detections & Follow-up .Glasses & Contacts 160 Queen St.Lennoxville 819 563-2333 29 10th Ave.N.Sherbrooke 819 564-2325 243 King St.W.Sherbrooke 819 563-1191 55 St-Georges St.Windsor 819 845-2466 i Jean-Yves Roy Dr.Alain Côté Dr.Blandine Berger Guy Bourbeau o.d.Dr.Annie Desmarais Dr.Marie Pierre Faquin Dr.Marie-Eve Belhumeur Dr.Nathalie Bilodeau Dr.Lisiane Tomassini Dr.Meggie Faust Dedicated Service Since 1946 their festival! From Clydesdales to minnows, and from pancakes to fireworks, it’s all dressed.“It’s a whole town event, and it has been for years,” says Linda Harper McMahon.This is the day that little Bury is really big - the population of 1,100 or so swells to 6,000 or so.McMahon is the secretary of the Bury Athletic Association.Bury’s Canada Day celebration started in 1927, and from the very start, it has always been organized by the Athletic Association.This year, it’s on Friday evening and Saturday, June 27 and 28.“It started as being a big day for sports,” said McMahon.“We had athletes from Montreal and everywhere who used to come.That’s the main thing of the day.” Add to that, food.A parade.Games.Contests.And fireworks.Music is big, too.For both big and little people.The music starts with an amateur hour for children on Friday at 6 p.m.- singing, dancing and other talents.The first prize is a good guitar.And at 9 p.m.is a dance for adults with the country music band Slightly Haggard.Saturday brings more music to dance R0YA1 CANADIAN LEGION Branch #10 Sherbrooke Happy Canada Day! 971 Galt Street East Sherbrooke 819 563-4944 to.In the afternoon, Steve Aulis takes a turn, with guitar.Jim Naylor’s Rainbow Cloggers clog.Then over supper time, Carole Vincelette sings, with piano.And finally, country music again with Classic Boulevard.Sports.Friday at 6:30 p.m.is a children’s baseball game.It’s the local league - kids aged 6 to 8.The Bury Braves play against the Cookshire Braves.Children’s Olympics for ages 2 to 13 are on Saturday afternoon, and races for ages 14 to 17, and 18 and over.It’s impossible to tell where sports end and simple fun and games begin.There’s a water park.Inflatable slides.A woodmen’s competition - hammering and sawing, and the like.And a competition that involves picking up something small - an egg?- and moving it with a backhoe shovel.One contest is for professionals, one for incompetents.This is one sport where the “inexperts" may be more entertaining to watch than the experts.Saturday starts with a fishing derby.The pond near the Pope Memorial School is stocked with trout - some 500 smaller ones, and several long ones.Domaine Chez Albert donates half of them.Kids compete to see who catches the biggest fish.They keep what they catch.Minnows are big too, with the little crowd.Children “bet” on which minnow will win.The little fishes are dipped out of their ! cool aquarium, and each is put into its racing alley.The winning minnow earns its backers a loonie.“It’s a very popular little game for kids,” says McMahon.“Children age 12 and under go into the Park free, so we like to do everything free for them, once they’re in there.They play their minnow game, and they get a little money rather than having to pay.” For adults, entrance is $5 on Friday, $8 on Saturday, or $10 for a two-day pass.Food.St.Paul’s Home is famous for its pancake breakfast.Bury’s Société d’histoire et du patrimoine is famous for its strawberry shortcake.That’s in the Armoury, next to the craft tables.And a salad lunch is to be had at the United Cultural Centre.More sinful stuff is for sale inside the Memorial Park.The parade at noon is a high point.One of the prides of the parade is an eight-horse hitch - George’s Clydesdales.They’re big, very big.Last year, the parade had 13 teams of horses and lots of horseback riders.McMahon organizes the parade.Athletic Association president Joseph Jacklin helps with the horses.“We’ve never had trouble yet with the horses,” says McMahon.She knocks on her wooden table.Then there are the floats, up to 10 of them.More are still welcome, says McMahon.Just call her at 819-872-1123.Last year, 26 antique cars were in the parade.One was almost as old as Canada Day in Bury - it was a 1928 Model A Ford.The parade goes the length of Mdver and Main streets.It takes more than an hour.Spectators line the streets.It’s best to arrive early and bring a folding chair.It’s 10 p.m., time for the grand finale Cont’d on page 3 The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com CANADA DAY Thursday, June 26, 2014 Page 3 Bury is big on Canada Day Cont’d from page 2 ^ -w < If* COURTESY BURY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION mm In Bury's Canada Day parade last year was a 1930 Model A Ford, driven by Garnet Morrison.COURTESY BURY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Charlie Brown's Snoopy vs.The Red Baron was the grand prize winner among the floats in last year’s Canada Day parade in Bury.It was created by Margaret James and Judy Gilbert - aka “The Clark Girls" - and their extended families.This is their 30th Canada Day float in as many years.- fireworks.Right there in the park.“They’re very good,” says McMahon.Ben Bourgeois of Bury is in charge of them.“We have a very good group that organizes everything,” she says.“Probably around 90 or 100 people work on the day as volunteers.In the park doing sports, or working at the bar, or helping with the parade, or doing the traffic.The firemen this year are going to be in uniform and are going to help us make sure that people are parked in the right place, for the parade.” Canada Day in Bury costs in the vicinity of $30,000 or more.And the “decent profit” it earns goes right back into the community for sports - projects such as the water park, Family Helen Labrecque Real Estate Broket Cell: 819-572-1070 hlabrecque@sutton.com 819-823-7474 Suttm Groupe Sutton de I'Estrie Agence immobilière Helping you to buy or sell is what we do best! 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Mélanie Bérubé Real Estate Broker Cell: 819-820-5893 berubem@sutton.com 819-823-7474 Day, a winter carnival or a skating rink.But the real rewards are the people who come.Seeing old friends again.Enjoying the children’s enjoyment.Hearing both French and English, happy together under the red Maple Leaf.“It’s certaimy a bilingual day,” says McMahon.Bury is big on bilingualism.And very big on Canada Day.Ra.writes@gmail.com Bappy Canada Dtiyi JAM SESSIONS held every Friday night throughout the summer! Open and free! Come play or listen.Everyone welcome! (18+) A.N.A.F.Unit 318 (The Hut) 300 St.Francis, Bor.of Lennoxville 819-346-9122 V » Page 4 Thursday, June 26, 2014 CANADA DAY newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record * CANADA DAY IN HA1 Come and celebrate the 106th Annual SMS PLEASE NOTE THAT SECTIONS OF MAIN ST.IN HATLEY WILL BE CLOSED TO THROUGH TRAFFIC FROM APPROXIMATELY 10:30 A.M.TO 12:30 P.M.FOR THE PARADE 2014 Theme : “Canada - Strong and Free" Schedule 11:00 Parade 12:15 Sword dance 1:00 Oxen Rides & North Country Swingers 2:00 Children’s Games 2:00 Horse-drawn Wagon Rides 3:00 Soap Box Derby (registration -1:30 p.m.) 4:00 Musical Program on gazebo Dusk Fireworks www.hatleyparade.com hatleyparade@hotmail.com Kylie (819-821-3282) (Please note that anyone including animals or pets in the celebration must have proper liability insurance.) For more information: Petting Zoo • Inflatable Children’s Game • Sales Tables • Live Music • Circus Corner • and more.Free Activities for ALL! Hatley’s Canada Day event ism The Hatley Canada Day celebration, now in its 106th year, will once again be held on July 1, 2014.This year’s theme is “Canada - Strong and Free”.For additional information about the celebration, please email your inquiry to hatleyparade@hotmail.com or call Kylie Cote at (819) 821-3282.Canada Day in Canada On July 1, 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain and a federation of four provinces: Nova Scotia; New Brunswick; Ontario; and Quebec.The anniversary of this date was called Dominion Day until 1982.Since 1983, July 1 has been officially known as Canada Day.Canadians of all ages can be proud of their heritage on Canada Day, an event widely celebrated throughout the country.What do people do?In many towns and cities, municipal governments organize a range of events, often outdoors.These include pancake breakfasts, parades, concerts, carnivals, festivals, firework displays and citizenship ceremonies for new Canadian citizens.The celebrations often have a patriotic mood.Canada’s national flag is widely displayed and a lot of people paint their faces red and white, which are Canada’s national colors.The celebrations in Ottawa, which is Canada’s capital city, are particularly exuberant.In the province of Quebec, many home leases start on July 1 and last for exactly one year.Hence, many people in Quebec spend Canada Day moving their possessions from one house to another.In this province, Canada Day is also known as Moving Day.In the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, July 1 is also Memorial Day.This commemorates the heavy loss of life in the Newfoundland Regiment on the first day of the Battle of the Somme during World War I.in Newfoundland and Labrador, the morning of July 1 is usually somber.Flags are flown at half-mast and memorial services are held at cenotaphs (war memorials).In the afternoon, Canada Day celebrations in the province are similar to those in the rest of the country.Public life July 1 is a statutory holiday in Canada unless it falls on a Sunday; then it moves to July 2.All provincial governments observe this day.Many organizations, businesses and stores are closed, although some book stores, pharmacies and gas stations may be open.Post offices are closed.As Canada Day falls in the Canadian summer holiday period, all schools.are closed.Public transport services may operate to their usual or a reduced timetable.In some areas, extra services are provided for large scale events.Street closures due to concerts, parades and festivals may cause some local disruption to traffic.Background On July 1, 1867, the British North Americas Act created the Dominion of Canada as a federation of four provinces.This event is known as the confederation of Canada.The four original provinces were created from the former British colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Province of Canada, which was divided into the provinces of Quebec and Ontario.Canada’s boundaries have been extended since 1867.The country now consists of 10 provinces and three territories.On June 20,1868, the Canada’s Governor General proclaimed that Canadians should celebrate the anniversary of the confederation.July 1 became a statutory holiday, known as Dominion Day, in 1879.However, no official celebrations were held until the 50th anniversary in 1917 and the 60th anniversary in 1927.After World War II, Dominion Day was celebrated more frequently and more events were organized by the national government.After the centenary of the confederation in 1967, Dominion Day events became more widespread.July 1 became popularly known as Canada Day.The date was also officially known as Canada Day from 1983 onwards.Since 2006 Canada Day celebrations were also held at London’s Trafalgar Square in the United Kingdom.It is expected that these celebrations will be held annually.Depending on the availability of Trafalgar Square, these events may be held just before, on or just after July 1.Symbols Canada’s national flag is seen on Canada Day.This consists of two vertical red rectangles separated by a white square.The white square contains a red image of a maple leaf.Canada’s national colors are red and white and are used in many ways on Canada Day.Some people wear red and white clothing and others paint their faces in these colors. The Record hé\vsrôôrh@sherbrookerecord’.com CANADA DAY Thursday, June 26, 2014 Pages The flag has its secrets RA GARBER hbbBHH |B 1.The Maple Leaf flag goes to Canada Day in Bury in a big way.That was at a Lemonade stand just outside the Memorial Park entrance, in 2012.By Rachel Garber Canada Day, and the red Maple Leaf flag is everywhere you look.And like the day itself, there can be a tendency to take the flag for granted.It’s amazing how many years and how much hot debate were devoted to finding a new official flag for Canada.Lennoxville’s very own Minnie Bowen proposed a new design in the 1920s - a “flag of inclusiveness, of courage and devotion to this country.” That’s from the website 100objects.qahn.org.Finally in 1964, Prime Minister Lester B.Pearson heated up the debate by forming a committee to choose a flag.The choice came in 1965.It was a red maple leaf design by George Stanley, based on the flag of the Royal Military College of Canada.The flag’s geometry is to die for.It is horizontally symmetrical.It is twice as wide as it is high.And here the description on Wikipedia lapses into a different language - what seems like a secret code.It’s “vexillology” or the “scientific study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags.” “In heraldry, the flag has been blazoned as ’Gules on a Canadian pale argent a maple leaf of the first’,” says Wikipedia.And this blazon was registered with the Canadian Heraldic Authority on March 15, 2005.Let’s untangle that.Heraldry is the study or art of creating, granting or blazoning arms - as in a coat of arms.A blazon is a formal description of a coat of arms, a flag or a similar emblem.Gules is a specific dark colour of red.A Canadian pale is the centre band of a vertical triband flag (one with three vertical bands) that covers half the length of a flag, rather than a third as in most triband designs.And argent is a specific silver colour.So that means the Canadian flag has a white central square band that is exactly half the length of the flag.It is bordered by two vertical red bands exactly half its size.And in the white square is a red maple leaf.The leaf is stylized and has 11 points.Why?Because wind tunnel tests showed this design to appear the least blurry of various designs when tested under high wind conditions.But the origin of the leaf design is controversial.The maple leaf has been used as a Canadian emblem since the 1700s.It was added to the Canadian coat of arms in 1921.For the flag, the maple leaf was designed by Jacques Saint-Cyr.But Jack Cook claims otherwise.He says it was lifted from a copyrighted design owned by a Canadian craft shop in Ottawa.That’s per www.canadasfour-corners.com.The Maple Leaf flag was adopted in 1965 to replace the Union Flag, or the Canadian Red Ensign.That had been the de facto national flag of Canada since the 1890s.The Maple Leaf flag is the first ever specified by law as the country’s national flag.But - another secret.The “Royal Union” flag is also an official Canadian flag.That’s another name for the Union Jack, the official flag of the United Kingdom.For Canada, it is “a symbol of membership in the Commonwealth and allegiance to the Crown as approved by Parliament on December 18,1964.” And that’s what the Canadian Heritage website says.Ra.writes@gmail.com IF IT BREAKS, WE’LL FIX IT.IF IT BREAKS, WE’LL FIX IT.IF IT BREAKS, WE’LL FIX IT.HAPPY CANADA DAY! 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