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[" T H E V O I C E O F T H E E A S T E R N T O W N S H I P S S I N C E 18 9 7 T H E Thursday , October 10, 2019 $1.00 + taxes PM#0040007682 Thomas Mulcair to speak at Bishop\u2019s Page 3 Election 2019: Voting on principles Editorial - Page 6 Fall in the Townships Record Staff The fall colours are at their peak right now.According to Tourism Eastern Townships, the weekend will be a great opportunity to catch some of the most beautiful colours across the local landscape before the majority of the leaves fall.The following is the latest report on the evolution of colours from the tourism bureau: Mont-Orford National Park: peak Sutton Natural Environment Park: peak Mont-Mégantic National Park: decline Mont-Ham Regional Park: peak Owl's Head: peak Bromont: peak This is the view from the top of Mont Orford, taken on Sunday, Oct.6.Advance voting begins Friday Record Staff Advance voting for the 43rd federal general election begins on Friday, Oct.11 and continues Saturday, Oct.12; Sunday, Oct.13; and Monday, Oct.14.Advance polls are open across the country from 9 a.m.to 9 p.m.(local time).At advance polls, electors can only vote at their assigned polling station.This is different from the process in some provincial elections, where electors could vote at any polling station.Electors can find the address of their assigned polling station on the back of their voter information card, by visiting elections.ca or by calling 1-800-463-6868.To vote, electors must prove their identity and address.The list of accepted ID is online.Electors have other advance voting options, including voting at any Elections Canada office in Canada or by mail, using the special ballot process.\"At the last election, more electors than ever voted early at advance polls,\" explained Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault.\"Advance polls will be open for longer hours, and there will be more advance polling stations to better serve Canadians.\" TAYLOR MCCLURE Iattended Antigonish Regional High School in Nova Scotia, better known as ARHS.The fact that I don\u2019t remember anyone ever pronouncing it \u201carse\u201d seems to me less a mark of school pride than a sadly missed opportunity.In junior high, as with most junior highs, I attended mandatory gym class.It might surprise you to look at me, but I have relatively few traumas related to gym.The worst I can muster is that the gym teacher lined us up in columns, from shortest to tallest, and I was a late bloomer.But the view was great! There were also the standard locker room humiliations that junior high boys of non-standard pubescent trajectory are subjected to, but I am completely over that, hardly worth mentioning, don\u2019t want to talk about it.I do recall, though, that I was actually quite good at climbing the ropes, a subconscious flight mechanism that I am only just now realizing.Memory-wise, though, my high school gym is fairly neutral territory.It was where we hosted dances, school assemblies and a possibly-Christian cover band whose lead singer pulled my friend Rhonda out of the crowd and crooned \u201cBabe\u201d by Styx to her, so probably not a Christian band after all.But other than phys-ed, I don\u2019t particularly associate the gym with athletics.For instance, I don\u2019t recall ever watching a basketball game there.In fact, I had to look in my old yearbooks to see if we even had basketball teams.(We did.) So there was a disassociated sort of nostalgia last week when my son ended up playing basketball with the Bishop\u2019s University Gaiters in my old high school gym.It\u2019s a funny road of life that takes you back to emotional places you\u2019ve never actually been.To catch you up, James did a year at Nipissing University in Ontario, studying and playing ball.Though he was named Rookie of the Year, he wasn\u2019t particularly enamoured of the school and the isolation, so he took a year off, worked in Ottawa, and this year finds himself back in the Townships and BU, where he is a rookie once more.We\u2019re looking forward to games down the road in Lennoxville instead of the road trips required to see him play Lak- ers ball in Ontario.We\u2019ve caught a few pre-season games already, but last week James had a road trip of his own, or more precisely, an air trip.With the football team travelling to an Atlantic conference game, the basketball team hitched a ride on the plane for exhibition play against StFX in my hometown.For whatever reason, it was played at my old high school.My parents still live in Antigonish, and so of course they came out to see the game, accompanied by my brother Andrew, who thoughtfully arranged for them (both in their late eighties but still looking fi-i-i-ine!) comfortable mid-court seating rather than the hard benches.I\u2019m now thinking of commissioning my brother to follow me around and provide me with comfortable seating wherever I go.They watched the Gaiters win and James score some points, then enjoyed a brief visit with him before giving him a box of Grammie\u2019s delicious chocolate truffles and saying their goodbyes.A couple of hours later, James was back on the plane and home.It wasn\u2019t until the next day when I was looking at the Gaiters\u2019 Twitter feed that the strangeness of it all hit me.There, in one photo, was James in my old gym, defending an X player (and clearly committing a foul).And in another photo, there were my parents and brother, centre court, making their Twitter debut.I thought about all the strands of circumstance that had to align to make this multi-layered, multi-generational moment possible.Or was it more of a geometric shape, with my parents and James at the bottom of the triangle in Antigonish and me at the top, connecting the lines here in the Townships?Never having been an athlete, never having felt any particular nostalgia for my high school or that gym, I nonetheless felt a sense of completion, like in that one game in that one gym, there was an order to it all, rather than all just blind chance.We grasp at the straws of connection to make sense of our lives.Or perhaps, finally, it\u2019s just me wanting to tell all the world or at very least my hometown: \u201cSee?There were jock genes inside me all along!\u201d Go ARHS! Ben by Daniel Shelton Weather TODAY: MAINLY CLOUDY HIGH 15 LOW 4 FRIDAY: CLOUDY HIGH 13 LOW 7 SATURDAY: CLOUDY HIGH 14 LOW 7 SUNDAY: 60 PER CENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS HIGH 13 LOW 1 MONDAY: CLOUDY HIGH 14 LOW 5 Page 2 Thursday , October 10, 2019 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record The Record e-edition There for you 24-hours-a-day 7-days-a-week.Wherever you are.Access the full edition of the Sherbrooke Record as well as special editions and 30 days of archives.Renew or order a new 12- month print subscription and get a 12-month online subscription for an additional $5 or purchase the online edition only for $125.00 Record subscription rates (includes Quebec taxes) For print subscription rates, please call 819-569-9528 or email us at billing@sherbrookerecord.com 12 month web only: $125.00 1 month web only: $11.25 Web subscribers have access to the daily Record as well as archives and special editions.Subscribing is as easy as 1,2,3: 1.Visit the Record website: www.sherbrookerecord.com 2.Click e-edition.3.Complete the form and wait for an email activating your online subscription.Revisionist gym nostalgia Ross Murray Emergency medical simulation in Sherbrooke Record Staff Over the weekend 130 soldiers from the 31st Clinique des Forces Canadiennes de St-Jean, the 5th, 51st, 52nd and 55th Field Ambulance will participate in medical simulation exercises with their colleagues from the Sherbrooke Police Service, the Sherbrooke Fire Department and ambulance attendants from the Coopérative des travailleurs d'ambulance de l'Estrie from 11 to 13 October 2019.The exercises will take place in the main campus area of the University of Sherbrooke.Military and emergency vehicles will be used on the surrounding roads.It is possible that a helicopter may be involved in the manoeuvres.No ammunition will be used during the exercise.The purpose of this training is to enable the various stakeholders to practice the implementation and execution of effective emergency measures. By Gordon Lambie Thomas Mulcair, former leader of the Federal New Democratic Party and Provincial Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development, will be the next speaker in Bishop\u2019s University\u2019s annual Donald Lecture Series on the evening of October 25.Taking place just four days after election night, the theme of Mulcair\u2019s visit echoes that of political columnist Paul Wells, who came to the school just after the 2015 federal election and offered his reflections on the campaign and the election results.In addition to looking at how the votes were cast and what that might mean going forward, Mulcair will also engage the audience in a discussion on climate change.\u201cIt\u2019s going to be fun,\u201d Mulcair told The Record, noting that the climate has become \u201ca substantive issue\u201d in this election campaign and adding that the talk will provide an opportunity to look back on past governments\u2019 failures to meet environmental goals and also speculate on what need to be done now to meet those set in the Paris Climate Agreement, among others.Asked about the structure of his talk (as the content will vary depending on the outcome of the election), the former politician said that he wants to work that out with his audience.\u201cI always find that when you\u2019re in a university setting you should reserve at least a third of your time for the students and an exchange with them,\u201d he said.\u201cYou learn a lot from just letting them explain what\u2019s on their minds, and I also find that it\u2019s in those lively exchanges that the best ideas come out.\u201d Although he was leader of the Federal NDP until just two years ago, Mulcair said regular work as a political commentator for media including CJAD, CTV, and TVA since that time has taught him to maintain distance and balance.\u201cI\u2019ve learned to pull back quite a bit and admire the good parts that I see in all (parties\u2019) work\u201d he said.\u201cI can also be critical of all of them, regardless of which ones I might have been affiliated with in the past.\u201d Following the lecture on Friday night, Mulcair will remain in town to participate in a debate weekend being held between Bishop\u2019s and the other Maple League schools; Acadia, Mount Allison, and St.Francis Xavier Universities.\u201cOver the weekend they do debates and a business case competition,\u201d he said.\u201cI\u2019m going to speak to them on the Friday and, as I say, listen to them, and then I\u2019m going to be a judge in the final debating competition at noon on Saturday.\u201d As is the case with all of the Donald Lectures, the speaking event is free and open to the public, but space is limited to what is available in Centennial Theatre.The Mulcair talk will begin at 7 p.m.Thursday , October 10, 2019 Page 3 In addition to sharing his frustration, Boulet also called out the irony of the fact that the accident took place at almost the exact same time that the city was holding a press conference on pedestrian safety on the other side of town.LOCAL NEWS The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Thomas Mulcair to speak at Bishop\u2019s RECORD ARCHIVES/GORDON LAMBIE Grandfather serves city with formal notice over traf?c accident By Gordon Lambie Carol Boulet, from Rock-Forest, put the City of Sherbrooke on formal notice during the question period of Monday evening\u2019s city council meeting as a call to action on what he calls insufficient and dangerous signage on the corner of President Kennedy Street and Bourque Boulevard.The move came less than a week after his granddaughter was hit by a car at the corner, and that despite more than a year of calls for the safety of the intersection to be improved.In addition to sharing his frustration, Boulet also called out the irony of the fact that the accident took place at almost the exact same time that the city was holding a press conference on pedestrian safety on the other side of town.\u201cYou can consider my verbal intervention tonight as formal notice,\u201d the citizen said, calling on the city to immediately end right turns on red, paint new crosswalks, install a pedestrian light, and station crossing guards at the corner.Although the formal notice meant that councilors curtailed their remarks in response to Boulet, the city\u2019s urban infrastructure director, Caroline Gravel, pointed out that there is work planned for the intersection in question this year as a part of the stoplight master plan which has been in the process of reviewing lights from President Kennedy all the way to Jacques Cartier.With regard to the timeline on that work as the construction season draws to an end, Gravel said that the city is just waiting on work to be done on Henri Labonne Street on the other side of the intersection in order to move forward.More power to specialized nurse practitioners with Bill 43 Record Staff Following Bill 31, extending the power of pharmacists, tabled earlier this week, Minister of Health and Social Services Danielle McCann continued changes to healthcare in Quebec with Bill 43, amending the Nurses Act.This bill proposes allowing specialized nurse practitioners to, among other things, diagnose common illnesses, determine medical treatments and monitor certain pregnancies.It also empowers the Quebec order of Nurses (OIIQ) to regulate the terms and conditions applicable to the activities engaged in by such nurses.In addition, the bill amends certain Acts governing the field of health, in particular to adjust the functions of nursing care directors of health and social services institutions.The bill also amends several Acts and regulations to extend to specialized nurse practitioners the possibility of performing certain examinations or other procedures formerly reserved for physicians, including with respect to occupational health and safety, assistance to individuals and families, automobile insurance, health and social services and educational childcare services.The Quebec Order of Nurses and the Quebec College of Physicians (CMQ) released a statement after Bill 43 was tabled at the National Assembly, calling the bill a historic step forward for access to healthcare.\u201cThis is excellent news for the nursing profession and the public, who will have access to an enhanced range of services,\u201d commented Luc Mathieu, President of the OIIQ, hoping the bill will come into effect by the spring of 2020.As of today, the OIIQ has 552 specialized nurse practitioners (IPS), 467 of whom are specialized in primary care, 61 in adult care and 24 in neonatology.In addition to these, more than 500 nurses are in training to become IPS, including nearly 60 who will specialize in mental health and strengthen the supply of services in this field.\"The fact that IPSs will now be able to make certain diagnoses does not exclude collaboration with physicians.On the contrary, it is about using the right professional at the right time.We hope that IPS and physicians will work closely together while respecting their respective jurisdictions, to the greatest benefit of the population,\" added Mathieu.\"Nursing and medical expertise are complementary, and where the IPS intervention stops, the doctor's intervention can begin,\" commented Dr.Mauril Gaudreault, President of the Collège des médecins du Québec (CMQ- or Quebec College of Physicians).The College stressed the importance of strong collaboration between physicians and IPS in order to ensure proper care and optimal follow-up of patients. By Grace Mazzocca This article continues the article on bipolar mania, \u201cA Journey into Mania \u2013 and Back Again,\u201d by Grace Mazzocca.After three months of euphoric mania, I crashed into an ocean of black.I left the Psychiatric Ward of the Hotel Dieu to find my world turned upside down.I was confronted with strange clothing and things purchased in fits of manic spending, and bits and pieces of treasured possessions that I\u2019d destroyed in some paranoid episode.We were moving in a few days \u2013 to an idyllic house by a river.But the idyll didn\u2019t last.After a day, I began to panic.I didn't feel the same \u2013 there was this sense of loss, guilt, confusion and a fear so gripping that I couldn't breathe.Driving terrified me, nights were unbearable and people triggered unease.It was also itchy \u2013 like I was in the wrong body.Getting dressed, showering and brushing my teeth were a hardship now.Isolated in this forest, my depression took the form of deep sorrow for everyone and everything else.Prior to my illness, I was capable and energetic, but now I could hardly get out of bed.I cried and cried because I was useless and a burden to my husband.I was wearing the same clothes every day and I was disheveled.I gained a lot of weight from medication and an inactive lifestyle, and when I tried to do some exercise tears welled up in my eyes and I had to stop.I couldn\u2019t even play with my beloved cats.I desperately missed my Italian family in Toronto.I had no friends left.I felt so selfish that I couldn't 'pull myself out of it' for my husband's sake.I even started thinking that I was faking it for attention.The negative self-talk continued, despite my psychologist and psychiatrist\u2019s assurances that these thoughts were a normal and temporary expression of the illness.There was nothing positive that I could latch onto.Suicidal thoughts began to enter my mind.I began to form plans\u2026.My husband contacted the hospital and after much hounding, I became an outpatient.My devoted psychiatrist worked with me for years trying to perfect the right cocktail of medication \u2013 anti-depressants, mood stabilizers, anti- epileptics and anti-psychotics.Too much or too little and you were either anxious or lethargic.I wanted to be normal again, so I started teaching drama that September.I tried to will back my energy, exuberance, creativity.It didn't work.I needed time to recover from the physical and mental trauma my body went through.I tried to teach again the next year but it was evident that I didn't have full control of my emotions.I had too much empathy and couldn't differentiate between teaching and counseling.Slowly, I returned to teaching, putting my many years of teaching English as a Foreign Language to the test.I took a job at Bishop's University helping language and culture acquisition for Chinese students.This experience was quite positive, but I still didn't have the stamina needed to be a good teacher.It took about eight years and a lot of patience for me to feel more like myself again.A totally loving and non-judg- mental husband was the most important ingredient in my recovery.I visited an excellent psychiatrist and psychologist regularly, exercised daily, read and researched endlessly about my disease.I went to Toronto often for doses of my family.I began discussing my experience openly to try to dispel the myths and stigma of mental illness.My path to recovery is ongoing.My medication is stable, my energy is back, I still see my psychiatrist and I have support.But what's missing is that edgy energy that allows you to feel euphoria.The medication regulates my moods to dampen mania.I've learned what types of situations trigger unhealthy emotions and how to respond rationally to stressful situations.The toughest part is that I had to accept that my Bipolar Disorder is not my fault.My brain requires medication to function properly, just as a diabetic relies on insulin.Over these many years, English resources for the mentally ill did not exist.The only option was to go to Montreal.So, when I found Mental Health Estrie two years ago I was relieved.Providing an English peer support group as well as support group for caregivers is of ultimate importance, especially when more and more people are seeking help.I started attending the group sessions and realized that my 15+ years of dealing with mental illness could potentially help others.I could share stories of hope, resources and coping skills that I've learned on the way.And when I was a public speaker on behalf of MHE \u2026 it ignited my desire to be an advocate for mental health.Grace Mazzocca was a teacher for the Eastern Townships School Board, Stanstead College and Bishop's University.She now volunteers at Mental Health Estrie (MHE) as a peer supporter and workshop leader, and at the Lennoxville and District Community Aid as a driver for the Meals on Wheels program.Additionally Grace volunteers with MHE to speak publicly about her 18 years of experience with bipolar disorder in order to generate awareness in the Eastern Townships.Resources: Mental Health Estrie: Support for Eng- lish-speaking families and individuals affected by a mental illness.Peer support groups.One-on-one support.Information and referral.Educational events.Lending Library.Web: www.mental- healthestrie.com Phone: 819-565-3777 Email: mhe.info@bellnet.ca Urgence Detresse Crisis Hotline: 819- 780-2222 Suicide Prevention Hotline Across Quebec: 1-866-APPELLE Info Santé: 811 (option 1 for a nurse, option 2 for a social worker) CLSC: Call 811 to find your local number CHUS Hotel-Dieu & Fleurimont Hospitals: 819-346-1110 Order of Psychologists (Hotline to find a psychologist near you): 1-800-561-1223 Page 4 Thursday, October 10, 2019 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Mental Illness Awareness Week: October 6th - 12th What goes up must come down! Turnout steady at QHAN Heritage Fair By Steve Blake Special to the Record The Colby-Curtis Museum was the site for a steady stream of visitors Sunday for the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) Heritage Fair.This was the third annual Heritage Fair.The first two were in Eaton Corner and Melbourne.\u201cThe Heritage Fair is about Anglophone history,\u201d QAHN Executive Director Matthew Farfan said.It points out the achievements of the Anglophone community and the diversity of its culture.In fact, Heather Darch, the co-co- ordinator of the fair with Rod MacLeod, said, there are several English accents in Quebec.Darch and MacLeod were but two of the speakers on Sunday.Métis elder Paul Carignan of Stanstead Township talked about indigenous ceremonies and cultural and spiritual revival in indigenous communities.There was a full house for his presentation.Carignan is part of the Native Alliance of Quebec.Native ceremonies like drumming and pipe ceremonies have been revived since the federal government removed a ban on Native culture in 1951, Carignan said in an interview.\u201cThings we take for granted were outlawed until 1951,\u201d he said.In addition to the speakers there were guided tours of the museum, workshops, and musical performances by The Douglastown Project featuring fiddler Glenn Patterson of the Gaspé.Colby-Curtis Director Samuel Gau- dreau-Lalande spoke about historical photographs and gave a guided tour of the museum\u2019s newest exhibition, River Crossings, featuring old photos of bridges in Quebec.Throughout the museum were bilingual panels focusing on the history and accomplishments of different cultures in the province, such as Mohawk, Jewish, Italian, Chinese, Scottish, Black, Irish, and more.The histories were written by people in those communities, Darch said.The panels have made their way around Quebec, including to schools.John Rhicard and his family conducted a traditional woodworking demonstration outside the museum, sawing boards and making wood shingles, burning an image of the Colby-Cur- tis on them.Fifteen organizations were represented at the Heritage Fair, including several Eastern Townships museums and historical societies, Townshippers\u2019 Association\u2019s Townships Expressions, and the United Empire Loyalists Association.One of the museums was the new Copp\u2019s Ferry Museum in Georgeville represented by its enthusiastic director, Jacques Valiquette.The Quebec government gave the museum non-profit status in 2017, Valiquette said.But he has clearly been collecting historic pieces for a long time.He had postcards made from glass plate negatives, and a steam engine for a canoe Georgeville\u2019s founder, Moses Copp had used in the 1800s.\u201cGeorgeville was the most important community around the lake,\u201d Valiquette said.The stagecoach from Montreal to Boston stopped there, and people had to get to Stanstead to pick it up again so he offered a steam ferry.The museum possesses the ledger of the first general store in Georgeville, which was owned by Copp\u2019s son, Joshua Copp.QAHN plans to have another Heritage Fair next year.\u201cWe\u2019ll do it in another location each year,\u201d Farfan said.\u201cIt\u2019s a good way to meet the public and get people out.\u201d STEVE BLAKE The new Copp\u2019s Ferry Museum in Georgeville was represented by its enthusiastic director, Jacques Valiquette.At the left is a small steam engine that was installed on a canoe by Georgeville founder Moses Copp in the 1800s. Thursday , October 10, 2019 Page 5 The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Many of Stanstead\u2019s students are getting home at 7 p.m.and have been away from home for close to 12 hours! The Border Report Good routines As adults, we sometimes forget what it was like to be in high school.After a month of being back in school and at Phelps several times a week, the resilience of the students shows.For our students in Stanstead and for others coming from rural or remote towns, there is an added barrier in their day.A typical day for a Phelps students often looks like this: wake up EARLY, ride the bus for upwards of an hour, sit in class all day, ride the bus back to Stanstead, get off at 272 Dufferin Street (Phelps Helps) to do an hour and a half of homework, and then go home.This means that many of Stanstead\u2019s students are getting home at 7 p.m.and have been away from home for close to 12 hours! Not to mention those students in concentrations who are trying to balance academic expectations and exploring a passion with as much enthusiasm as they can muster, whether it be art or sports or fishing.This would easily exhaust an adults.Yet many of these teens still have plenty of energy to spare when they walk through our doors and killer senses of humour to boot (and I mean KILLER).With everything that these students have going on in their lives, this is why at Phelps throughout the fall we focus on establishing good routines to help simplify at least one aspect of our students\u2019 day.A good routine at Phelps means signing in, having a snack, deciding what homework to start with, learning to ask questions when they need help and acquiring a healthy dose of respect for our space, staff, volunteers and other students.These teens are choosing to have Phelps as part of their daily and weekly routines, and when they step through our door, we\u2019re ready to welcome them without fail with a smile and a \u201cHi! So, what are you working on today?\u201d Phelps Aide Phelps Helps was founded in 2012 and has grown organically from a single high school tutoring program to six unique programs, providing the Stanstead area with free educational and career support.For more information or to volunteer, please email us at info@phelpshelps.ca, visit our website www.phelpshelps.ca or call our offices at 819-704-0799.Frontier Animal Society Featured pets: Domino and Solo Late one evening, Solo and Domino packed a few of their favourite toys and went to bed in anticipation of their big adoption day.That night, these two adorable brothers felt like the luckiest kittens in the world.Not only had they found a family, but they were being adopted into a home together.As they slept, they dreamt about a lifetime of snuggles and playtime.Life was good.Sadly they would awake the next morning only to find out their adoption had fallen through.They accepted the news with grace and our search continues to find these two cuties a loving forever home.Solo and Domino are almost 12 weeks old (born in mid July) and are more than ready to fill your life with all the joy that kittens can bring.According to their foster mom Linda, who also happens to be our cat adoption coordinator, they are the sweetest little kittens she has had the pleasure of looking after.Like their mom Angelie (who is also looking for a home), they are loving, calm and confident.Being kittens, they are of course curious but we wouldn't exactly describe them as being bold and fearless explorers; rather, they tend to enter into new situations with some degree of carefulness but as soon as they determine all is safe, off they will go on their new adventure.They love to tussle and roughhouse yet they are gentle and welcome affection.Domino loves to be held.They are currently living in a home with two large dogs but so far they mostly keep their distance.Attempts to befriend the resident house cats have been met with little interest but they persevere.If you can open your home and your heart to these sweet and loving brothers, we'd love to hear from you.To inquire about adoption, please give Linda a call at 819.868.2684.Stanstead installs gates on bike path to keep ATVs, motorcycles off By Steve Blake Special to The Record Five of the six members of the public who attended Monday\u2019s Stanstead town council meeting expressed gratitude to the council for installing new gates on the bike trail.The other was dismayed because he now has to get off his bike to go through the gates.The town installed two gates that open only wide enough for bicycles to go through.It\u2019s impossible to get dirt bikes and ATVs through the opening.One gate is at the trail head off Passenger Street in Rock Island.The other is on the trail in Beebe, just below the curve formerly known as Hub Cap Corner on Canusa.\u201cWe\u2019ve been looking for a solution for a long time,\u201d Mayor Philippe Dutil said in an interview in his office Tuesday.He said residents near the trail have complained about noise from the motorized vehicles and people who bike or walk on the path were worried about safety.With budget discussions due to begin in November the council agreed Monday night to ask for bids for garbage, recycling, and compost pick-up next year.The contracts are for one year, Dutil said, so it goes to bid every year.The council expects to approve the budget in December.The gate on Lee Street between Rock Island and Derby Line, Vt.is now the responsibility of the Town of Stanstead to maintain.It was broken until recently when the RCMP repaired it, the mayor said.He said he thinks it was the town that broke it in the first place, by pushing too much snow against it with plows.The other gate \u2013 on Ball Street \u2013 is Derby Line\u2019s responsibility.The council will meet on the second Mondays of each month in 2020.The regular meetings have been conducted on the first Monday of each month, except for holidays.Dutil said the first Monday doesn\u2019t give the councillors time to review bills before making decisions on payments.The exception will be April, in which Easter Monday falls on the second Monday.The meeting will be on the following Tuesday.The schedule will be January 13, February 10, March 9, April 14, May 11, June 8, July 13, August 10, September 14, October 13, November 9, and December 14.The council also agreed to double the amount in which the town must ask for bids in proposed projects.Stanstead had to ask for bids for projects valued more than $25,000.It can now go up to $50,000 before seeking bids.In other financial issues, the council approved spending $14,985 to repair an electrical panel at a sewer pumping station on Woodside Drive in Beebe, and buying a $10,800 aluminum sander for a plow truck.The old metal sander rusted out, Dutil said.STEVE BLAKE Stanstead has installed two new gates on the bicycle path that keep motorcycles and ATVs off the path. EDITORIAL Page 6 Thursday , October 10, 2019 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record It is becoming more apparent every day that Prime Minister Trudeau\u2019s problem is that he has too many principles.Using women\u2019s bodies as a bargaining chip for votes As the federal election was about to begin, an issue stealthily entered the campaign: the right to abortion.Surprisingly, in every election, candidates succeed in bringing back to the public sphere an issue that has been resolved for more than a quarter of a century.But when will the attacks on women's rights end?After watching advertisements or election debates, one thing started to run through my head: how is it that we have to debate women's free choice in election speeches to seduce Canadian voters?The right to abortion has been settled since the Morgentaler decision in 1988 and reaffirmed, among other things, in the case of Tremblay v.Daigle in the summer of 1989.My questions today are as follows: Why bargain with women's bodies in exchange for votes in the polling booth on election day?Do you think that in the near future the right to abortion will no longer be an issue in the election campaign or am I just dreaming?Should we be afraid of losing our rights in every election?So many issues affecting women should be debated and discussed as real election campaign issues, yet we continue to question the leaders every week whether or not they will support a bill to restrict abortion.We continue to question the leaders on their personal position on abortion.Why are there no media asking these politicians to get involved in making all family planning services truly accessible to all women across Canada?Abortion is a form of health care that should be universal.It is a personal choice, and it is by no means up to our politicians to make political credits by trading women's bodies.I could not use better words than those of Simone de Beauvoir: \"Never forget that a political, economic or religious crisis will suffice for women's rights to be called into question.These rights are never acquired.You will have to remain vigilant for the rest of your life.\" Pro-choice for life! ÉMILIE THÉROUX CO-COORDONATOR, COLLECTIF POUR LE LIBRE CHOIX \u201cPrinciple: Personal code of right conduct\u201d You know it\u2019s strange.Not an election goes by when I don\u2019t hear someone say that they will be voting for candidate A or B because he or she at least has principles.I\u2019m never too sure what they mean, since \u201cprinciples\u201d in politics, I have learned from experience, are not only rare but usually dangerous things for a politician to have.Take, for instance, the leader of the Conservatives.During the latest debate poor mister Sheer was questioned by Prime Minister Trudeau on his lack of support for the \u201cPro Choice\u201d side of the abortion debate.As a practicing and devout Roman Catholic, Sheer admitted that he is indeed \u201cPro Life\u201d but was quick to add that a government under his control would not attempt to overturn a law that he acknowledges most Canadians support.Mr.Trudeau continued with his \u201caha!\u201d moment as if Andrew Sheer had admitted to a mortal sin.The same sort of thing happened later in the debate when Sheer tried to explain that he wanted an energy policy that would be environmentally sound but would protect Canadian jobs.All hell broke loose over that one.As I said principles are important but dangerous.NDP leader Jagmeet Singh comes across as a well educated, thoughtful and compassionate man dedicated to making life easier for all Canadians.I doubt, however, that anyone would disagree that if Singh ditched his religious principles and gave up his turban, cut his hair, shaved and put the kir- pan in the bureau drawer, he would get a lot more votes, particularly in Quebec where we have principles but not when it comes to dressing differently.Probably the most principled party leader is the Green\u2019s Elizabeth May.She sees the environment and the catastrophe we are likely facing as our single biggest problem.She has spent the last few years as a lone voice in Parliament trying to square the circle between keeping jobs and prosperity and saving the planet.But let\u2019s face it, nobody likes a Casandra wailing doom and destruction twenty-four hours a day even if she is right.Having principles has cost both the People\u2019s Party and the Bloc Québécois.Maxime Bernier has stuck by his guns over the elimination of dairy quotas and corporate giveaways as a Conservative minister, a leadership candidate and now the head of his own party.What does that mean?The party, and Maxime, are still in single digit country as far as popularity goes.The Bloc Québécois too has stuck by its principles which is easy since they only have one - leave Canada.It is becoming more apparent every day that Prime Minister Trudeau\u2019s problem is that he has too many principles.In fact, it appears that the PM never met a principle he didn\u2019t support.Like his theatrical wardrobe, however, he tends to don whatever suits the occasion.Environmentalist?Sure! Buy a pipeline?I\u2019m with you! Corporate corruption?It\u2019s un- Canadian.Save SNC Lavalin\u2019s jobs?Why not?It\u2019s an election year! Yes indeed, principles are important but they don\u2019t necessarily help when trying to woo the voter, particularly if you stick to them.The essential problem is that most of us don\u2019t really want a politician with principles.What we want is a politician with principles the same as ours.Letters Tim Belford Election 2019: Voting on principles 6 Mallory, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1M 2E2 FAX: 819-821-3179 E-MAIL: newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com WEBSITE: www.sherbrookerecord.com SHARON MCCULLY PUBLISHER (819) 569-9511 MATTHEW MCCULLY MANAGING EDITOR (819) 569-6345 GORDON LAMBIE ASSOCIATE EDITOR (819) 569-6345 SERGE GAGNON CHIEF PRESSMAN (819) 569-4856 JESSE BRYANT ADVERTISING MANAGER (450) 242-1188 DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTING (819) 569-9511 ADVERTISING (819) 569-9525 CIRCULATION (819) 569-9528 NEWSROOM (819) 569-6345 KNOWLTON OFFICE 5B VICTORIA STREET, KNOWLTON, QUEBEC, J0E 1V0 TEL: (450) 242-1188 FAX: (450) 243-5155 PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS For print subscription rates, please call 819-569-9528 or email us at billing@sherbrookerecord.com ON-LINE SUBSCRIPTIONS QUEBEC: 1 YEAR 108.72 5.44 10.85 $ 1 2 5 .0 0 1 MONTH 9.78 0.49 0.98 $ 1 1 .2 5 Rates for out of Quebec and for other services available on request.The Record is published daily Monday to Friday.Back copies of The Record are available.The Record was founded on February 9, 1897, and acquired the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879) in 1905 and the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) in 1908.The Record is published by Alta Newspaper Group Limited Partnership.PM#0040007682 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to The Record, 6 Mallory Street, Sherbrooke, QC J1M 2E2 Member ABC, CARD, CNA, QCNA RECORD THE The Record welcomes your letters to the editor.Please limit your letters to 300 words.We reserve the right to edit for length, clarity, legality and taste.Please ensure there is a phone number or email where you can be reached, to confirm authorship and current town/city of residence.Names will not be withheld but the address and phone number of the writer are not published, except by request.Preference is given to writers from the Eastern Townships.Follow The Sherbrooke Record on Facebook and Twitter! sherbrookerecord @recordnewspaper Local Sports Brian has been a brick wall in nets for the junior boys soccer team.Thursday , October 10, 2019 Page 7 The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com October 17 to 20, 2019 *some categories excluded All profits are distributed to different organizations in the area.Each book you choose helps the Rotary Club help others.43rd EDITION INFORMATION: 819 452-2665 rotaryclubsherbrooke.org BRING YOUR BAGS Take home some great reading.You might even find that rare book you\u2019ve been trying to find for years! SERVICE DE PNEU COMEAU 133 Angus St.South, East Angus 819 832-3928 point-s.ca No stress with Congratulations to Caresse Comeau- Elman and Brian Goodwin Jr.for being named the Piper athletes of the month for September: Caresse has won both ETIAC cross country running meets this season in the junior girls category.She also placed 4th in the regional championships in Lac Megantic last weekend.Her success is attributed to her strong work ethic in practice and in the classroom.Brian has been a brick wall in nets for the junior boys soccer team and the main reason why the team is in second place.He made several highlight reel saves against Stanstead College to preserve the win.He also made several key saves against Richmond to preserve a 1-1 tie.Brian brings a good attitude and work ethic to every practice and game and is well liked by his teammates.Alexander Galt athletes of the month Caresse Comeau-Elman Brian Goodwin Jr.Canadian Felix Auger Aliassime loses to Tsitsipas in second round The Canadian Press Canadian teenager Felix Auger-Alias- sime has fallen short in his bid to upset Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas for the third time this year.The 19-year-old from Montreal lost 7- 6(3), 7-6(3) in two hours and three minutes to the world's seventh-ranked player in the second round of the US$8.3-mil- lion Shanghai Masters on Wednesday.Auger-Aliassime, ranked 19th in the world, beat Tsitsipas earlier this year at Indian Wells, Calif., (hard court, like Shanghai) and London/Queen's Club (grass court).The Canadian was 3-0 against Tsitsipas, 21, in the junior ranks.Tsitsipas will face world No.34 Hubert Hurkacz of Poland in the third round.Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., will face the top-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia in a second-round match later Wednesday.Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil will meet world No.4 Daniil Medvedev of Russia in a third-round match on Thursday.Subscribe today - print or online 819-569-9528 wwww.sherbrookerecord.com Page 8 Thursday, October 10, 2019 production@sherbrookerecord.com The Record RATES and DEADLINES: ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICES BIRTH NOTICES, CARDS OF THANKS, IN MEMORIAMS, BRIEFLETS: Text only: 40¢ per word.Minimum charge $10.00 ($11.50 taxes included) Discounts: 2 insertions or more: 15% off With photo: additional $18.50.DEADLINE: 11 a.m., day before publication.BIRTHDAY, ANNIVERSARY & GET-WELL WISHES, ENGAGEMENT NOTICES: Text only: $16.00 (includes taxes) With photo: $26.00 ($29.90 taxes included) DEADLINE: 3 days before publication.WEDDING WRITE-UPS: $26.00 ($29.90 taxes included) WITH PHOTO: $36.00 ($41.40 taxes included) Please Note: All of the aforementioned (except death notices) must be submitted typewritten or neatly printed, and must include the signature and daytime telephone number of the contact person.Can be e-mailed to: clas- sad@sherbrookerecord.com - They will not be taken by phone.DEADLINES FOR DEATH NOTICES: For Monday\u2019s paper, call 819-569-4856 between 1 p.m.and 5 p.m.Sunday.For Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday\u2019s edition, call 819-569-4856 or fax 819-569-1187 (please call to confirm transmission) or e-mail: production@sherbrookerecord.com between 9 a.m.and 5 p.m.the day prior to the day of publication.The Record cannot guarantee publication if another Record number is called.Rates: Please call for costs.Death Death In Memoriam Death Donald William McCormick July 1, 1928 - Oct.5, 2019 Peacefully at the CHUS Hôtel- Dieu, Sherbrooke, QC in his 92nd year with family by his side.Loving husband of late June Statton and father of late Keith, Barbara (Lance Paxton), Laura (Barry Deadman), late Randy, late Kathy (Dave Bessant) and Jeff (Louise Tardif).Grandfather of Paul (Natalie), Tina and Lana (Allan) Paxton, Vicki (John) and Julie (Ron) Deadman.Great- grandfather of Shawn (Chanel), Jeremy and Gabriel Paxton, Keily Maguire, Noah, Raegan and Jorgia Knapp.Also left to mourn are his brother Cliff (Vi), brother and sisters-in-law Lionel (late Ruby, Shirley), Lydia (late Doug Judge), Anita (late Eugene) and Ardyth (late Junior (Ruth), Reg (Laura), Edna, Syd (Shirley), Tom (Helena), Joanne, Cindy, Bobby (Nat), nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.Predeceased by his parents, Bill and Lila (Berwick) McCormick, sister Doreen (late Clinton Rand), Howard Cathcart (Betty), brother and sister-in- law Chet and Judy.A graveside service will be held at the Bury Protestant Cemetery on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 1 p.m.In lieu of flowers, donations to Parkinson\u2019s, Bury Protestant Cemetery, St Paul\u2019s Rest Home or a charity of your choice would be appreciated by the family.CASS FUNERAL HOMES 3006 College St., Sherbrooke QC PHONE: 819-564-1750 FAX: 819-564-4423 www.casshomes.ca G.Campbell McDONALD March 14, 1921 \u2013 September 6, 2019 After an exuberant life lasting 98 years, Cam McDonald has signed off.A self-described optimist, paper-hoarder and coffee-lover, he excelled in the communications arts as a journalist, broadcaster, innovator and mentor.In his wake (no pun intended, but he loved puns) he leaves Mary Pat and Dennis, Tony and Lynda, Julie and Bill, Blair and Jen (Luke, Sadie and James), and his dear friend Corinna.His life was immeasurably enriched by his 57-year marriage to Sue, who died in 2002.And his greatest sorrow was the death of his son, Capt.Kenneth McDonald, Canadian Navy helicopter pilot, in 1974.Cam was a man of many careers: a soldier (WWII, RCA 1940-45), weekly newspaper editor, radio news director, TV anchor, and communications coordinator for both Western University and the Ontario government.He was especially proud to have been the founding chairman of the Ontario Advertising Review Board, a founding director of the Native News Network of Canada (NNNC), and in retirement an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Journalism, Western.Born in Granby, Quebec, Cam spent most of his life in Ontario \u2013 first in Ottawa at CFRA, then in London at Western, and finally in Toronto at Queen\u2019s Park.He was a published poet at 12 (\u201cA Schoolboy\u2019s Dreams\u201d in the Granby Leader Mail).At 19, he memorized the eye chart to be able to enlist in the army, since a hockey injury forced him to wear glasses.He cried at his children\u2019s graduations and weddings.He met the Pope (and arranged a good deal of the visit) when John Paul II came to Toronto in 1984.He loved newspapers and the written word, and was a crack Globe and Mail crossword puzzle solver (using the cryptic clues).Cam had, by his own admission, a fulfilling life.And now like the Cheshire cat, it\u2019s his bright smile that remains.Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 11 a.m.at St.Gabriel\u2019s Passionist Parish, 670 Sheppard Avenue East, North York, Ontario.Interment will be held at a later date in Granby, Quebec.Thank you for donations in Cam\u2019s memory to Cystic Fibrosis Canada (www.cysticfibrosis.ca).RICHARDS, Nelson - October 10, 1996.Nothing can ever take away The love a heart holds dear, Fond memories linger every day, Remembrance keeps him near.MARION and FAMILY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2019 Today is the 283rd day of 2019 and the 18th day of autumn.TODAY\u2019S HISTORY: In 1845, the U.S.Naval Academy (then known as the U.S.Naval School) opened in Annapolis, Maryland.In 1957, the core of a nuclear reactor caught fire in Cumbria, England.In 1973, Spiro Agnew resigned the vice presidency after being charged with tax evasion.In 2002, the U.S.House of Representatives voted to give President George W.Bush authority to use military force in Iraq.TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS: Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), composer; Helen Hayes (1900-1993), actress; Thelonious Monk (1917-1982), jazz pianist/composer; Harold Pinter (1930-2008), director/playwright; Ben Vereen (1946- ), actor/singer/dancer; David Lee Roth (1954- ), singer-songwriter; Bradley Whit- ford (1959- ), actor; Michael Giacchino (1967- ), composer; Brett Favre (1969- ), football player; Dale Earnhardt Jr.(1974- ), race car driver; Aimee Teegarden (1989- ), actress.TODAY\u2019S FACT: The London Bridge that had spanned the River Thames in London since 1831 was disassembled in 1967 and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.It opened there on this day in 1971.TODAY\u2019S SPORTS: In 1920, Cleveland Indians Bill Wambsganss and Elmer Smith performed the first unassisted triple play and hit the first grand slam, respectively, in World Series history, in Game 5 against the New York Yankees.TODAY\u2019S QUOTE: \u201cThere are some things one remembers even though they may never have happened.\u201d \u2014 Harold Pinter, \u201cOld Times\u201d TODAY\u2019S NUMBER: 361,169 \u2014 shareholders in the Green Bay Packers in 2019.It is the only publicly owned NFL franchise.TODAY\u2019S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Oct.5) and full moon (Oct.13).Datebook ASK THE DOCTORS By Eve Glazier, M.D., and Elizabeth Ko, M.D.Dear Doctor: I\u2019ve always heard that it\u2019s the saturated fat in red meat that leads to a heart attack.But now I\u2019m reading that it has something to do with the gut?Does that mean probiotics will make it OK to eat steak, which my wife and I just love?Dear Reader: You\u2019re referring to a study published earlier this year that found a connection between a diet heavy in red meat and a marked increase in a certain compound produced by gut bacteria, which has been linked to an increased risk of heart attack and stroke.That byproduct is trimethylamine N-oxide, also referred to as TMAO.In earlier studies, researchers uncovered a link between elevated levels of TMAO in the blood and the development of arterial plaque, which can block blood vessels and lead to heart disease.The study you\u2019ve been reading about, which was published in the European Heart Journal last February, analyzed how each of 113 volunteers responded to three different diets.The diets, which the volunteers followed for four weeks, used either red meat, white meat from poultry, or non-meat products such as legumes, nuts and grains as a source of protein.Every aspect of the meals, from portion size to ingredients to preparation methods, was uniform and highly controlled.The volunteers followed the three different diets in random order.Only the red meat diet resulted in increased levels of TMAO, both in the blood and in the urine.The majority of volunteers following the red meat diet had levels of TMAO that measured two to three times higher than volunteers who were getting their protein from white meat poultry or vegetal sources.In some cases, the levels of TMAO in blood and urine were as much as 10 times higher in the red meat group than in the white meat and vegetal groups.Researchers also discovered that the red meat diet interfered with the kidneys\u2019 ability to excrete TMAO.That kept the circulating levels of the potentially damaging bacterial byproduct high.The good news is that a month after they stopped eating a diet rich in red meat, both blood and urine levels of TMAO had fallen significantly.The researchers speculated that the metabolic pathways suggested by this study might account for why the Mediterranean diet, which is low in red meat, is associated with lower risk of heart attack and heart disease.Since the study shows that red meat causes the gut bacteria to produce potentially harmful compounds, your idea about taking probiotics as protection won\u2019t actually work.However, if it\u2019s only as an occasional splurge, it\u2019s probably fine for you to have that juicy steak.Eve Glazier, M.D., MBA, is an internist and associate professor of medicine at UCLA Health.Elizabeth Ko, M.D., is an internist and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA Health.Restrict red meat to an occasional splurge THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2019 Dear Annie: My boyfriend broke up with me pretty suddenly and over the phone right after spring semester ended.We haven\u2019t talked over the summer, and now that school started this fall, it\u2019s been pretty awkward.I still have feelings for him and a lot of questions.Since we haven\u2019t talked to each other for about four months, I don\u2019t know how to start talking to him again.I don\u2019t even know if talking to him is a good idea.After he broke up with me, he said he still wanted to be good friends, and I told him that I honestly didn\u2019t think I could be friends with him.I don\u2019t know what to do.What do you think I should do?\u2014 Uneasy at University Dear Uneasy at University: I think you ought to listen to your heart, which seems to be saying that it needs more time to heal.So, be cordial when you run into your ex-boyfriend \u2014 wish him all the best \u2014 but put your energy into nourishing friendships, interests and your sense of self.One day you might be able to be friends with this ex, but that day is not today.And that is 100% OK.Dear Annie: I was shocked to read that \u201cFearing the Future\u201d is so pessimistic at 67.I am 91 and recently wrote the following poem: \u201cThe Optimist\u201d \u201cWhy live to one hundred?\u201d asked my friend.\u201cIsn\u2019t ninety enough to make a good end?\u201d \u201cI think of the things I would miss,\u201d I replied, \u201cIf, at ninety, I stopped and simply died.\u201d Thousands of mornings to see the sun rise In a glorious blaze in the eastern skies.Moons to wax and wane anew, Trillions of stars in the midnight blue.Ten springs to see the lilacs bloom As their fragrance drifts across my room.To see new leaves on the maple tree As the birds return and sing to me.Ten summers to feel the ocean breeze As whales cavort in blue-green seas, To watch the hawks on the thermals rise Into the blue of summer skies.Ten more harvests to celebrate Of apple and peach and pear and date.To anticipate the vintner\u2019s wines From fresh new grapes on ancient vines.Ten more autumns in which to see The change of color on every tree, Russets and golds and reds ablaze To brighten the ever-shortening days.Ten winters of freshly fallen snow On mountains above and valleys below.Of cherry-cheeked children on skis and sleds, Of blazing hearths and soft warm beds.Ten Christmas seasons of church bells rung, Of mince pies eaten and carols sung.Of families gathered to celebrate The wonder of that age-old date.Ten more New Years to welcome in, To wonder what the year will bring.Will there be a new baby for me to see?A great-grandchild on my family tree?I strive for another decade of living, Of hoping and praying and loving and giving.And, if I reach one hundred, what then?Why, I\u2019d plan to live to one hundred and ten! \u2014 Beryl in Keizer, Oregon Dear Beryl: Thank you for lighting the way with optimism.Your poem made my day a little brighter, and I\u2019m sure it will do the same for many readers.\u201cAsk Me Anything: A Year of Advice From Dear Annie\u201d is out now! Annie Lane\u2019s debut book \u2014 featuring favorite columns on love, friendship, family and etiquette \u2014 is available as a paperback and e-book.Visit http://www.creatorspublishing.com for more information.Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Thursday , October 10, 2019 Page 9 No need to be friends Dear Annie TOWNSHIPS If you want to drink, that\u2019s your business.If you want to stop, we can help.Call Alcoholics Anonymous 1-888-424- 2975, www.aa.org RICHMOND Rummage Sale, Saturday, October 12, 8 a.m.to noon, St.Anne\u2019s Anglican Church.Mega Clearance Sale! Everything must go! Tools, skates, roller blades, skate board, R.H.golf putter (new), furniture, dishes, DVDs, toys, books.8 a.m.Bag Sale (clothes and linens), 9:30 a.m.Box Sale (includes everything).Coffee corner.Set up October 11 from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m.LENNOXVILLE Bingo on Wednesday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m.sharp at the A.N.A.F.Unit 318, 300 St.Francis Street, Lennoxville.Everyone is welcome! Info: 819-346-9122.DANVILLE On Sunday, October 20, Richmond County Historical Society will hold the annual Harvest Luncheon at noon at Le Temps des Cerises in Danville.The cost is $30 for a delicious lunch.Guest speakers, Hugh Bieber and Barbara Grant, will speak about the 75th Anniversary of D- Day at Juno Beach in Normandy, France.    The winning ticket for this year\u2019s raf?e, a painting by Harold Knight, will be drawn following the lunch.  For reservations, please call Bev at 819-826-3929 by October 11.BULWER The next 500 card party dates are as follows: Thursday, October 10 and Thursday, October 24 at 1:30 p.m.at the Bulwer Community Center, Jordan Hill Road.Admission for cards and lunch with prizes following the card games.HUNTINGVILLE Sherbrooke Connection Fall Fair (for men and women) at Grace Village Retirement Home (1515 Rue Pleasant View, Sherbrooke, QC, J1M 0C6) on Thursday, October 17 at 10 a.m.$5 entrance fee.Fall Fair, Silent Auction, music, refreshments and speaker.Our speaker, John Baldwin from Brome, Quebec, is a former restaurant manager and is now volunteer staff with RSVP Ministries.He will speak about \u201cSearching.\u201d Please bring new and nearly new items, baked goods, and jellies or jams.Please price your items and no books, cassettes or VHS.All proceeds go to RSVP Ministries volunteer staff.R.S.V.P.to sher- brookewc@yahoo.ca or call Nadine at 819-823-9511.BURY Annual Painting Exhibitions in Bury:  On October 19 from 10 a.m.until 3 p.m., please come and enjoy the annual painting exhibition where talented local artists exhibit their paintings, at two places, the Bury United Cultural Center and the Armoury Cultural Center. Both buildings are located on Main Street in Bury. Lunch will be available at the Bury United Cultural Center for a modest cost. Please come and celebrate our talented local artists.RICHMOND Story Time at the Daniel Ménard RCM Library, 820 Gouin St., Richmond on Friday, October 18 at 7 p.m.Theme: Halloween.All welcome.AYER\u2019S CLIFF Fall Roast Beef Supper on Saturday, October 19  to bene?t Beulah United Church, 967 Main St., Ayer\u2019s Cliff.Settings at 5 p.m.and 6:30 p.m. Come and enjoy a delicious meal of Roast Beef with homemade gravy, horseradish, mashed potatoes, squash and peas, coleslaw, bread, tomato juice, coffee, tea, and assorted pies.To reserve your tickets please call Wendell Cass 819-846-7180 or Dean Young 819-838 5815.Adults $15, children 12 and under  $7.  Everyone is welcome!! DUNHAM Annual Fall Crafts Market at Marché des Artisanats Dunham, October 12 to 14.Variety of gifts, art and stuff you need. From 10 a.m.to 4 p.m.3786 rue Principale, Dunham.Facebook @marchedesartisanatsdunham.450-295- 2252.BURY Centre Communautaire de Brookbury, 571 Route 255, Bury.On Saturday, October 12 at 5 p.m., there will be a Pot-luck Supper and Silent Auction followed by our annual general meeting.Everyone is welcome.Info: 819-884-5984.RICHMOND The ladies of the Richmond-Melbourne United Church, 247 Principale Sud, Richmond, will be holding their fall Rummage Sale on Saturday, October 19 from 9 a.m.until noon.  So think of us when you are doing your fall clean up! Donations will be accepted on or before Friday, October 18.All proceeds go to the church funds.HUNTINGVILLE We are trying something new! Three Link Fraternity, Unity Lodge #8, IOOF, would like to invite you to our \u201call you can eat Brunch\u201d on Sunday, October 13 at 4150 Route 147, Waterville (Hunt- ingville) from 10:30 a.m.to 1 p.m.Scrambled eggs, bacon, beans, pancakes, toast, coffee, tea and juice.Now for the\u201cnew\u201d part, we will serve 2 kinds of sausage, patties and links! You can have all this for only $13 for adults, $6 from 6-13 years and under 6 years free, \u201cfamily price\u201d $40! We will have a take-out available.Just a phone call to 819-679-8493 and your meal will be ready when you show up! We also have a \u201cfamily price\u201d of $40. Make the autumn of 2019 the time that you will help us with our Community Projects and also enjoy a good meal.For information on our activities, call 819-820-5672, email to unity8ioof@yahoo.ca or visit us on Facebook at - three link fraternity unity lodge #8 ioof.ULVERTON Ulverton United Church is pleased to invite the community to a Thanksgiving Church Service at the Church, 159 Route 143, on Sunday, October 13 at 3 p.m.The Rev.Reg Jennings will preside.This will be followed by a pot-luck \u2018Harvest Supper\u2019 in the Village Community Centre at 4:30 p.m.We ask attendees to bring either canned goods or vegetables from the garden or a donation of cash, that we will give to the local food bank.For the \u2018potluck supper\u2019, we are looking for salads and deserts to complete the menu.Ham and beans, coleslaw and baked potatoes will be provided.This is a free activity.For more information call Gwyneth Grant at 819 826-2469.HUNTINGVILLE Giving Thanks at the historical Hunt- ingville Universalist Church.A traditional Thanksgiving service is planned at this historical church building, preserved in its original state, with 19th century box pews and balcony.A rare opportunity to see the interior of the building that is now closed to the public, and to learn about its origins and past.Located in Waterville (Huntingville) on Route 147, just across the road from the Mitchell Road Bridge.Free-will donations invited for the maintenance of the Huntingville Universalist Church and grounds.Sunday, October 13 at 11 a.m.Info: UUEstrie, 819-842-4146, www.uuestrie.ca, Facebook UU Estrie.All are welcome.BULWER Bulwer Branch Quebec Farmers\u2019 Association will meet on Thursday, October 10 at the Bulwer Community Centre at 8 p.m.Pot-luck lunch.Everyone welcome.THETFORD MINES Craft Sale at A.S.Johnson/St-Patrick Schools on Sunday, October 20 from 10 a.m.to 3 p.m.Hot dogs, drinks, sweets and coffee sold at noon.A painting by artist Roland Dostie to be raf?ed.Sponsored by the School Foundation.Join us! TOWNSHIPS\u2019 CRIER ALLEY OOP ARLO & JANIS THE BORN LOSER FRANK AND ERNEST GRIZWELLS THATABABY REALITY CHECK HERMAN Go grocery sho pping with diet itians.When you choos e products with t he Health Check symbol, it's like shopping with th e Heart and Strok e Foundation\u2019s die titians, who evalu ate every particip ating product ba sed on Canada's Food Guide.www.healthche ck.org Page 10 Thursday , October 10 , 2019 production@sherbrookerecord.com The Record CALL SHERBROOKE: (819) 569-9525 BETWEEN 8:30 A.M.AND 4:30 P.M.E-MAIL: classad@sherbrookerecord.com OR KNOWLTON: (450) 242-1188 BETWEEN 9:00 A.M.AND NOON C L A S S I F I E D DEADLINE: 12:30 P.M.ONE DAY PRIOR TO PUBLICATION OR MAIL YOUR PREPAID CLASSIFIED ADS TO THE RECORD, 6 MALLORY, SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC J1M 2E2 Thursday, October 10, 2019 PAG E 11 classad@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Articles for Sale 290 275 Antiques WE BUY from the past for the future, one item or a household, attic or basement, shed or garage.We like it all, give us a call.819- 837-2680.Fruits & Vegetables 240 Job Opportunities 100 Machinery 300 PHOTO OF YOUNG CANADIAN SOLDIER Name: Hometown: Age when enlisted: Regiment: Served: A few words about him: If your business or organization would like to recognize veterans in the special section, please contact one of our sales representatives at 819-569-9525 Join in saying thank you to our veterans They were sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, friends and neighbours.They were a new generation of teachers, doctors, lawyers, farmers and businessmen who set aside their hopes and dreams to fight for our freedom.The Record would like you to join us in paying tribute to the many Townshippers who served their country in time of war.Send a photo of a veteran(s) in your family at the age they were at the time they served and a brief description, to allow Townshippers to say a collective thank you.The Record will publish a special section November 7 on Townshippers\u2019 contribution to the war effort.Send photos before October 31 to classad@sherbrookerecord.com CARETAKER.The Eaton Cemetery is looking for a Caretaker for the year 2020.For information contact: 819- 875-3543.Please send resumé and tender by November 1st, 2019 to: P.O.Box 934, Cookshire- Eaton, QC, J0B 1M0.M A C D O N A L D \u2019 S FARM \u2013 Open Saturdays from 9 a.m.to 5 p.m.An excellent assortment of squash, pumpkins, gourds, beets, carrots, garlic, etc.696 MacDonald Road.819-820-8494.PESTICIDE-FREE APPLES: Cortland, Spartan and McIntosh.La Généreuse Farm, 540 Labonte Road, Sand Hill (Cookshire- Eaton).819-670- 3647 or 819-875- 5156.MAPLE SUGAR ARCH, pan required, 20x31\u201d.Asking $250.Call 450-243-6559 or 289-257-9600.10\u2019x20\u2019 PLASTIC WINTER storage garage, comes with all framing.Used only 1 year.$120.Call 819-239-0576.S N O W B L O W E R , Brute, 11.5-27\u201d, Briggs and Stratton motor, used twice.Asking $700.Call 450-243-6559 or 289-257-9600.WANTED: 28x48 Dion thrashing machine with straw shredder, any condition.Cash paid.Call evenings 905-983- 9331.Find the right person for the job in advertising in our Career Section Many Record readers want a career change and are looking for a new job.Shouldn\u2019t your ad be in The Record\u2019s Career Section?For reservations or further information, please call RECORD THE 819-569-9525 OUR CLASSIFIEDS GET RESULTS! Call today today to place your classified ad! 819-569-9525 450-242-1188 NOTICE OF CLOSURE OF INVENTORY (C.c.Q., Art.795) Notice is hereby given that, following the death of Beverley May Mason, on November 27th, 2017, in her lifetime domiciled at 401 Knowlton Road, Town of Brome-Lake, Province of Quebec, JOE 1VO, an inventory of the assets and liabilities of the deceased was prepared by the liquidators of the Estate, John Glover and Vera Dawn Mason, on October 7th, 2019 before Mtre.Marie J.Gagne, notary, in accordance with the law.This inventory may be examined by any interested party at the office of Mtre.Marie J.Gagne, notary, located at 35 Victoria, Town of Brome-Lake, Quebec JOE 1VO.Given on October 7th, 2019 at Town of Brome-Lake, Province of Quebec Marie J.Gagné, notary On September 30, 2019, the Boundary Rotary Club outgoing President, Ray Fluet, was presented a plaque by new President, Jim Thompson.It was an honour to present this to Ray for 3 consecutive years as President.This is quite a challenge and he remains a loyal Rotarian whom has done lots for the community throughout the years.The club is very fortunate to have his continued support.Outgoing Rotary President YOU\u2019VE GOT IT.Somebody else wants it! Got something you no longer use?Sell it in the Classifieds! It may just be the perfect item to fill somebody else\u2019s need.819-569-9525 \u2022450-242-1188 classad@sherbrookerecord.com Page 12 Thursday , October 10, 2019 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Your Birthday THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2019 Not everyone will have your best interests at heart this year.Choose your comrades carefully.Know that everyone has a price, including you, and that it\u2019s time to come to terms with what you want and how much it will cost.Change only what needs to be fixed.LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.23) \u2014 Problems at home can be solved with a little understanding.Listen to what others propose and consider where and how you fit into what needs to be done.Patience will pay off.SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) \u2014 You\u2019ve got this.Stay focused and let your imagination, intelligence and experience help you gain ground and achieve what you set out to do.Romance is on the rise.SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) \u2014 Don\u2019t overreact.An emotional matter will be misleading.If you let your feelings consume you, it will lead to a mistake.Focus on your responsibilities, not on what others are doing.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) \u2014 Put your plans in motion.The changes you make will help you recognize what you want to do next.Trust and believe in your ability to make a difference.AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) \u2014 Don\u2019t let change disrupt your day.Consider what\u2019s happening and who is masterminding the changes, and whether it\u2019s beneficial for you to take part.Protect your money, possessions and passwords.PISCES (Feb.20-March 20) \u2014 You\u2019ll have too many options.Take a serious look at what\u2019s available and choose whatever makes the most sense.You need to take the bull by the horns if you want to succeed.ARIES (March 21-April 19) \u2014 Take an overall view of what\u2019s going on around you to avoid being taken for granted.If someone asks for too much, refuse them with no hard feelings.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) \u2014 You\u2019re heading in the right direction.Change can be exciting if you oversee every step.Live in the moment and make the most of whatever comes your way.Romance is apparent.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) \u2014 Look for opportunities.Do your research and verify what\u2019s being offered.Don\u2019t expect everyone to be honest.Emotional tactics will be used to manipulate you.Proceed with caution.CANCER (June 21-July 22) \u2014 Express your thoughts and check out new possibilities.Socializing will lead to exciting encounters that will spark your imagination.Personal gains, love and better health should be priorities.LEO (July 23-Aug.22) \u2014 Keep busy and focus on finishing what you start.Someone will complain if you fall short on a promise.Don\u2019t let someone else\u2019s change disrupt your plans.VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) \u2014 Expand your knowledge.Listen, learn and experiment.Getting together with people who share your beliefs will encourage you to do something that will improve your life.Romance is encouraged.THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2019 A suit combination that is deceptive By Phillip Alder Peter De Vries, who was a novelist and editor, wrote, \u201cThe universe is like a safe to which there is a combination, but the combination is locked up in the safe.\u201d I felt a bit like that after checking the right way to play the club suit in today\u2019s deal.If you needed three tricks, what would you do?North might have opened the bidding with two aces and one king, but when he passed, and partner opened one no-trump, he used Stayman before jumping to game.West, even though he knew four hearts were coming down in the dummy, had no reason to worry, given his strong sequence.As declarer, I could see six top tricks: two spades, two hearts and two clubs.Two more winners were readily available from the diamonds, but what about trick nine?The opening lead strongly suggested that the hearts were not splitting 3-3.So what about clubs?If the six missing cards were splitting 3-3, everything would work.If East had four including an honor, there was no chance.But what if West had four?What would East\u2019s doubleton be?There were four possible low-doubletons, but six honor-doubletons.So I cashed the club ace, crossed to the club king (happy to see the queen appear) and led a third round toward dummy\u2019s 10.Now I lost only two hearts, one diamond and one club.I was feeling happy, but when I consulted the literature, I found that it is better to cash the king, then play low to dummy\u2019s 10 \u2014 why?I suppose this allows for West\u2019s having five clubs."]