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[" Sherbrooke has a 2020 vision THE Page 3 RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 The Musical Alexander Galt Auditorium April 23, 24, 25-8 p.m.April 26 - 1 p.m.Tickets sold at the door or Clarke & Sons & Tri-Os, Lennoxville \t\t 75 CENTS + TAXES\tPM#0040007682\tThursday, April 23, 2015 Austerity claims regional youth forum Coaticook gorge back for Round 2 of Foresta Lumina GORDON LAMBIE Marie Belzil and Gabriel Pontbriand of Moment Factory with Steve Roy of Radio Canada and Simon Madore of the Gorge.Record Staff Wednesday was a dark day for youth in the region, with the announcement by the Quebec Youth Secretariat of the end of funding to all regional youth forums in Quebec, including that in the Eastern Townships.\u201cStopping the funding for the Forum Jeunesse Estrie is the end of funding for the organization, administered by and for young people in the region.It is also means the final layoff of four dedicated employees and the loss of their expertise.\u201cWith the recent announcement of the abolition of regional conferences of elected officials, the sad news is one step closer to the outright destruction of the regional level, that is critical to the development of the Eastern Townships,\u201d said a perturbed Alexandre Blanchette, chairman of the regional youth forum.The chairman went on to lament the human aspect of the Forum\u2019s closure, in particular the fact that the remaining four administrators have lost their jobs.Since its creation in 2000, the youth forum co-ordinated 15 projects and dozens of youth actions on structural issues such dropouts, attraction and retention of youth, citizen participation, and diversity.Since 2009, nearly $3 million has been used in many youth initiatives through the Regional Youth Investment Fund.\u201cIn addition to the [RYIF], the Youth Forum reached hundreds of youth through parliamentary simulations and workshops to promote their civic participation,\u201d Blanchette added.\u201cIn exercising its mandate in the role of youth field advisor it served as an incredible school for training 15-to-30-year-olds to occupy positions of influence.It is difficult to explain what just happened and utter darkness in which we have been in for the last several weeks,\" the now-former Forum chairman stated.By Gordon Lambie Sherbrooke Foresta Lumina, the star event of the Coaticook Gorge Park\u2019s 2014 season will be back for a second round in 2015.Representatives of the park and the community held a press conference on Wednesday to announce the return of the attraction as well as the changes that will come into effect in June to help build upon the success of the first year.Last summer, more than 72,000 visitors visited to the park between the months of July and October.\u201cThis great project, unique in its genre, brought people from all over,\u201d said Coaticook Mayor Bertrand Lam-oureux.\u201cIt allowed people to take a new look at our town and our region.\u201d Already a significant player in East- ern Townships tourism, the Gorge Park has committed significant energy to improving upon the success of Foresta Lumina.Among the improvements visitors can expect are an expanded route, taking in more of what the park has to offer; a new waiting area designed specially by Moment Factory, the company that designed the attraction as a whole; and updated and expanded infrastructure in the form of an online ticket service and improved telephone systems.The park\u2019s website has also been enhanced in order to handle higher amounts of traffic.\u201cWe believe that the visitors\u2019 experience should begin at home,\u201d said Simon Madore, President of the Development Society for the Coaticook Gorge.\u201cThat\u2019s exactly what the new website and online ticket service will allow.\u201d The team from Moment Factory said that the Foresta Lumina has been an extremely rewarding project for them.Accustomed to work doing light and special effects for pop-music shows, designer Marie Belzil added that she has never worked on a production that has had such concrete and measurable positive impact on a community.\u201cWe\u2019re happy to be back,\u201d Belzil said, \u201cit\u2019s unimaginable the number of calls we got from all over the world about this project.\u201d The park will have room for 1,750 visitors every night as of June 20, although tickets are available online as of now.More information about the park and its attractions and deals is available at www.forestalumina.com -THE- RECORD tHonune The Record online is new and improved It is more up to date and compatible with the new modern devices 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 SPECIAL OFFER for Record print subscribers: Receive a full year\u2019s subscription to the online edition for only $5 with every new 12 month print subscription or renewal.Contact the office directly to take advantage of this offer. Page 2 Thursday, April 23, 2015 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 archives.Renew or take a new 12-month print subscription and get a 12-month online subscription for an additional $5 or purchase the online edition only for $82.21.Record subscription rates (includes Quebec taxes) 1 year print: $155.91 6 month print: $81.85 3 month print: $41.57 12 month web only: $82.21 1 month web only: $7.46 Web subscribers have access to the daily Record as well as archives and special editions.Subscribing is as easy as 1,2,3; go to: www.sherbrookerecord.com Click e-edition.Complete form and wait for an email activating your online subscription.Weather a Jl\tTODAY: RAIN \tHIGH 7 SUNRISE: 5:49 jl\tSUNSET: 7:44 \tFRIDAY: 60% CHANCE JO\tOF SNOW OR RAIN HIGH 3 hI\tLOW 0 \tSATURDAY: L\tPERIODS OF SNOW OR RAIN \tHIGH 7 J J\tLOW-1 \\ J\tSUNDAY: PERIODS OF RAIN 1\tHIGH 8 J1\tLOW 2 ) p\tMONDAY: CLOUDY, SHOWERS J\tHIGH 9 LOW 2 Health Matters Support, treatment available to mothers to manage incontinence after childbirth By Lauren La Rose The Canadian Press Nadia Germain was keen to get back into shape after giving birth to her second child.She returned to the gym six weeks after delivery and her determination was strong \u2014 but her body was faltering.\u201cI was having pain and I couldn\u2019t balance, I couldn\u2019t jump, I couldn\u2019t follow any exercise classes,\u201d recalled Germain, 31.\u201cI would either pee my pants or I felt like my pelvic floor was falling out of my body.\u201d Urinary incontinence \u2014 the loss of bladder control \u2014 had affected the Ottawa nurse prior to and after the birth of her eldest son, now 3 1/2.But after the birth of her younger son, now 14 months, Germain\u2019s postpartum recovery proved far worse.The boy had a broken clavicle, and use of a vacuum as well as an episiotomy were required during the natural birth.Now, it wasn\u2019t just incontinence that was an issue: Germain experienced significant pain in her pelvic floor, the muscles which hold the uterus, vagina, bowel and bladder in place.Stress urinary incontinence occurs due a lack of support from the pelvic floor, according to the Canadian Continence Foundation.It can also be caused by damage to the sphincter muscles, which prevent the bladder from leaking urine when there\u2019s excess abdominal pressure.Triggers in these instances could be coughing, sneezing, laughing, lifting or jogging.Frances Stewart, nurse continence adviser at Women\u2019s College Hospital in Toronto, said there\u2019s no genetic predisposition to having incontinence.And there\u2019s no evidence that having a C-sec-tion improves a woman\u2019s chances of avoiding it.Many women will experience some stress incontinence in pregnancy because of the weight of the uterus \u2014 but it won\u2019t occur after birth, she noted.What\u2019s more, Stewart said there can be other reasons for leaking urine, like an overactive bladder.Many new mothers may be unaware that pregnancy and childbirth \u2014 especially complicated deliveries \u2014 and obesity are all risk factors for stress urinary incontinence, which is more common in women, according to CCF.Even after some four decades working in the field, Stewart said the subject of incontinence is still \u201cin the closet.\u201d \u201cDoctors don\u2019t want to talk about it because they just say: \u2018Oh well, it\u2019s normal after you\u2019ve had babies.\u2019 \u201cIt\u2019s not till (women) start talking amongst their friends and realize that they\u2019re not alone in this \u2014 that they can\u2019t jump on the trampoline anymore and they can\u2019t run for the bus.\u201d Since last November, Germain has been working with pelvic floor physiotherapist Monate Praamsma of Core Connections Physiotherapy in Ottawa.To conduct an internal exam, Praamsma said they typically wait after mothers have been given clearance by doctors or midwives during the six-week post-delivery checkup to ensure the pelvic floor, internal organs and tissues have sufficiently healed.\u201cWe can see the moms to check exactly what\u2019s happening in their pelvic floor.We want to see: \u2018Can they actually recruit those muscles properly?What\u2019s the tone like?Is there any pain internally?\u201d\u2019 Even if women aren\u2019t experiencing leaking right away, Praamsma said they\u2019re still able to see them early on to work on postural training and diaphragm breathing.Moms also learn how to recruit their core by using proper body mechanics for breastfeeding, lifting and carrying their babies.Prior to delivery, Praamsma said much can be done to help women prevent urinary incontinence by learning how to correctly activate their pelvic floors.\u201cA lot of people don\u2019t do it properly,\u201d she said.\u201cThey start squeezing their bottom, they start squeezing their inner thighs, they squeeze all of their stomach muscles.That doesn\u2019t provide a good contraction and support for the bladder.\u201cLearning how to recruit other key muscles in their core like the deep abs, the deep back muscles and the diaphragm, we can do that all beforehand.It\u2019s a great session for the women to learn how to prepare for labour.\u201d Praamsma said contracting muscles to stop the flow of urine or passage of gas are good ways for women to visual- THE CANADIAN PRESS/JUSTIN TANG A Physiotherapist Monate Praamsma (left) works with Nadia Germain, a mother of two, on exercises to help with her pelvic floor health in Ottawa.ize isolating their pelvic floors.Germain said she has learned better control in contracting her pelvic floor muscles and the importance of co-ordinating exercises with proper breathing techniques.\u201cI know if I have to cough, then I squeeze in my pelvic floor and I hold it in and then I cough.\u201d In addition to performing Kegels (pelvic floor strengthening exercises), Stewart said it\u2019s also important for mothers to avoid getting constipated.\u201cWhen your bowel is full it pushes up against your bladder and it can make you incontinent,\u201d she said.\u201cft also causes patients to strain, and of course, a lot of straining can enhance incontinence, ft can also give them a prolapse, a herniation of some area of the pelvic floor.\u201d If conservative management like Kegels, limiting fluid intake and bladder training don\u2019t work, Stewart said surgery is \u201cthe definitive cure.\u201d However, no surgical correction or big intervention can be done until they\u2019ve finished their childbearing years, she noted.\u201cThere is help, and they shouldn\u2019t think they\u2019re going to be incontinent for the rest of their lives \u2014 because they\u2019re not.\u201d Ben by Daniel Shelton ^ I'M CONCERNS?I MI&HT BE TURNING INTO MYMÛM.I WOULPNT WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT IT IF I WERE YOU.WELL, ITCOULP BE WORSE YOU COULPBETURNINO INTO YOUR.(PAP' WHAT POYOJ MEAM? The Record newsroom@sherbrooke record.com Thursday, April 23, 2015 Page 3 ^QCAI \u201cIt is very ambitious,\u201d Bertrand said, \u201cbut the concept of a masterplan assumes that regular revisions will take place as time goes on.\u201d Sherbrooke unveils 2020 vision By Gordon Lambie Sherbrooke Sherbooke\u2019s city council approved a finalized version of the Downtown 2020 master plan on Monday night, following the revision and adjustment of the original proposed draft based on feedback from various public consultations.Intended to give a flexible view of urban revitalization in Sherbrooke over the coming decades the plan aims, among other things, to double the downtown population and create a new way of life for local residents.According to Jean-Pierre Bertrand, chairman of the consultation committee for the downtown 2020 plan, the full extent of the changes proposed in the plan could end up costing as much as $600 million.\u201cThat takes in a lot of things, though,\u201d Bertrand said, emphasizing that the estimate takes in both public and private investment.\u201cInfrastructure revisions, renovations and construction on private property; it\u2019s the overall figure that takes in lodging, institutional and infrastructure costs, among many other things.\u201d The plan as a whole reimagines Sherbrooke\u2019s downtown as a cultural hub with a thriving and distinct local community.The revisions approved on Monday are primarily in terms of added details regarding the precise definitions of different sectors within the downtown, clarifications on the approaches proposed to making Sherbrooke a \u201csmart city.\u201d \u201cIt is very ambitious,\u201d Bertrand said, \u201cbut the concept of a master plan assumes that regular revisions will take place as time goes on.\u201d The consultation committee president recognized the fact that there are a number of concerns that have been expressed about just how realistic the plan is, particularly with regard to the revitalization of Wellington Street South, but said that such concerns are essentially par for the course in the world of master-plans.\u201cThere are people who believe that Wellington Street South offers a very significant challenge,\u201d Bertrand said.\u201cThey are correct, but the plan offers management tools over a period of 20-25 years.Remember what Wellington North looked like twenty years ago?Remember the Granada theatre 20 years ago?The building that houses the Museum of Science and Nature was once abandoned and open to the elements: changes have taken place.It is audacious to have these objectives for Wellington South, but at the same time we can\u2019t make a plan to develop the downtown and not have specific objectives for a part of the territory that is so in need.\u201d Reactions to the newly approved plan were generally positive from the council, with particular praise coming from councillors Annie Godbout and Serge Paquin, although one resident voiced a concern during the meeting\u2019s question period that it is easy to make up grand plans only to see them evaporate in troubled economic times.Peladeau moves closer to PQ leadership as rival pulls out of race The Canadian Press Quebec The front-running Pierre Karl Peladeau moved even closer Wednesday to becoming Parti Québécois leader when one of his biggest rivals pulled out of the race and lined up squarely behind the business mogul.Bernard Drainville, realizing that his chances of succeeding Pauline Marois had all but vanished, confirmed the switch at a news conference in which he referred to Peladeau several times as a team player.\u201cI said from the very beginning that I was in the race to win and those who know me know I always play to win,\u201d said Drainville, perhaps best known in English Canada as the architect of the PQ;s doomed values charter.\u201cI gave everything I had and my team gave everything they had.But you have to face facts.In the last few weeks, the vote crystallized and Pierre Karl has managed to forge a clear majority.\u201cKnowing that, it would make no sense to continue.Because, to keep going, I would have had to mount a hard campaign, very hard, too hard.And you can't be too egotistical in something like this.You have to think of the team, you have to think of our party and you have to think of our cause.\u201d Drainville, 51, said he and Peladeau discussed several issues in meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday, including the ever-thorny independence question.He said they agreed to consult PQ, members at least six months before the September 2018 election to ask them about the party\u2019s approach to sovereignty and about whether there should be an independence referendum in the first mandate of a PQ, government.\u201cSo members will have a say in that decision and Pierre Karl agrees with that,\u201d Drainville added.His withdrawal leaves three other leadership candidates besides Peladeau: ex-cabinet ministers Alexandre Cloutier and Martine Ouellet and Pierre Cere, a spokesman for a group that represents the unemployed.Drainville had been quite vocal as of Cont\u2019d on Page 4 THE CANADIAN PRESS/JACQUES BOISSINOT Parti Québécois Opposition MNA Bernard Drainville, right, closes his eyes as his colleague and supporter, MNA Sylvain Gaudreault, applaud, at a news conference Wednesday at the legislature in Quebec City.Drainville is leaving party\u2019s leadership race and will support frontrunner Pierre-Karl Peladeau.Magog delays boat ramp opening Record Staff The opening of the Magog municipal boat ramp, originally scheduled for April 24, has been delayed because the current water level on the Magog River is too high.However, citizens can still obtain stickers or user certificates from the Harbourmaster at 353 Hatley Street.As of Friday, the Harbourmaster\u2019s hours will be from 6 a.m.to 6 p.m.Stickers grant access to the ramp to wash their boats, as well as to park a vehicle with a trailer.To obtain a sticker or user certificate, citizens must have their boat\u2019s registration certificate and a valid identification card.The price for stickers is $50 for Magog residents and $375 for non-residents.The new opening date has not been determined.Glaucoma Eyedrops Interrupting Your Daily Life?Do you feel like your eyedrops disrupt your routine?Participate in a study to advance research in dropless therapy.^ èM A \\ \\ Do you have glaucoma or high eye pressure in both eyes and: \u2022\tAre at least 18 years old?\u2022\tHave not had surgery for glaucoma?If so, you may be eligible for ARTEMIS, a research study of a current glaucoma therapy being studied in an investigational dropless way.All participants in the study will receive active treatment in both eyes and be closely monitored by study doctors.Study-related medication, eye exams, and care for your high eye pressure will be provided at no cost to you.Plus, you may receive additional compensation.Your participation in the ARTEMIS study could help advance the future of research in dropless glaucoma therapy.Call 1-877-647-1899 or visit www.EyeCareStudy.com to see if you qualify.ARTEMIS Effective October 22, 2014 142705 Page 4 Thursday, April 23, 2015 newsroom@sherbrooker ecor d.com The Record 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagon The real sport wagon QUTO oeo .com.By Mathieu St-Pierre Austin, TX - This compact utility \u201cthing\u201d is huge.Suddenly, it\u2019s as though everyone shopping for a car realized that bigger is far from better and that \u201ccorrect size\u201d is truly the way to go.The station wagon breed hangs precariously from a thread, and has been for a few decades, but in my mind it has always been that correct size.Most manufacturers gave up on the segment - few still see their worth - and to them, I extend a personal thank-you.The rush to join the subcompact CUV category is further detrimental to the survival of the wagon and as such, introducing a new version of a small wagon, the only remaining small wagon in North America, takes guts - and potentially deep pockets.Calculated wagon risk In 2014, the Volkswagen Auto Group (VAG) sold for over $215-billion worth of cars, trucks, and all other automobile-related products and thus have said deep pockets.Despite the abundance of money, Volkswagen are no fools; being alone in this segment ensures sales, however few.The 2015 Golf Sportwagon is but one member of the Golf family, but where I\u2019m concerned it is the most versatile, and the prettiest.A hatchback is already flexible, but by extending the roofline a generous number of millimetres, a whole new world of options opens up.Macho wagon The MK7 generation of the Golf, introduced roughly a year ago, is stunning.In the compact car segment, many try to emulate the classy and contemporary design of the car, but few manage to copy it properly, let alone match it.Volkswagen took that Golf, stretched its butt, kept the proportions in check, and created not only a capable family car but also one you would be proud to find in your driveway or garage.The signature Golf front end is intact and (if you can) the optional distinct LED headlights are superb.The MK7 Sportwagon is all Golf.The \u201cD\u201d pillar is a carryover from the Golfs \u201cC\u201d pillar while the taillights are also reminiscent of the hatchback\u2019s.The final product is muscular and handsome.Also: Tornado Red is back! Breezy cabin Getting in the Sportwagon is done with ease: door openings are wide, and sliding a baby seat in the rear is child\u2019s play.Four adults can sit with plenty of room to spare.Want boot space?The Golf Sportwagon makes light of many small CUVs thanks to its 860 litres (!) of volume with the rear bunch in place.Put that down and the volume grows to 1,880 litres (!!)\u2022 The MK7\u2019s dashboard is another element that ties into the Golfs overall level of class and sophistication.The ergonomics are straightforward and one has to love the available flat-bottom steering wheel.The only foible has to do with the HMI screen that will be updated for the 2016 model year.Bottom line: in typical VW fashion, fit and finish are worthy of a pricier car.Smart power At launch, the new 2015 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagon will be powered by two of the most efficient and agreeable 4-cylinder engines currently available.The standard mill is the EA888 turbocharged 170-horsepower 1.8L TSI, while the sole option here resides in the excellent EA288 turbocharged 150-horsepower 2.0L TDI.The 1.8T surprises me every time thanks to its effortless delivery of power.Its 200 lb-ft of torque (with the 6-speed auto - 185 with the 5-speed manual) is on tap as early as 1,600 rpm all the way to 4,200.The TDI\u2019s the charmer, and although the TSI is powerful and frugal, I\u2019d opt for the fuel-burner every time (big surprise) - 236 lb-ft from 1,750-3,500 rpm kicks\u2019 the pavement\u2019s butt.What\u2019s more, max hp eagerly lines up as of 3,500 upholding forward thrust.With a smart right foot, average combined fuel-consumption could be as low as 6.5L/100 1cm.DSG\u2019s the answer Transmission selection resides between a 6-speed manual and a 6-speed DSG when TDI is selected.Now, I\u2019m not getting old, I\u2019ve become more pragmatic and figure I should work smarter, not harder.The DSG is the epitome of automatic transmissions and (thanks to the wheel-mounted flappy paddles) is as engaging as it is easy to live with.Drives like a VW Taking to the road with the Golf Sportwagon poses no compromises over the 5-door hatchback.In fact, the bonus is that you can stuff more gear in the trunk, thus avoiding putting a cargo box on the roof, improving drag, efficiency, and looks.The slight weight increase over the hatchback is barely noticeable through the car\u2019s controls.Steering assistance is nicely judged and the car\u2019s ride quality is unflappable.Providing comfort with a sporty accent, the Sportwagon feels as surefooted as the hatchback.As the only car of its kind, the 2015 Golf Sportwagon is not only a nocompromise family car, but it will never be a bore to drive.This is a win-win for parents who love to drive and have a small family to lug around.Me?If I\u2019m to speak for myself, the Golf Sportwagon is all I need.The coming addition of VW\u2019s 4motion AWD system will seal the deal where I\u2019m concerned.With my intentions firmly on starting a family, this is the ideal car.I will have to wait for the 2017 model year.The 2015 model year will be short, as the 2016s will arrive in the fall and with it will come a new HMI interface.Already arriving in showrooms, pricing for the \u201915 starts at $22,495 for a base Trendline 5-speed TSI.A loaded Highline TDI DSG with a few options retails for just over $36lc.If our CDN dollar continues to nosedive, it is conceivable that pricing for this car will increase, if ever so slightly.Something to think about.Aluminized steel & stainless steel mufflers SILENCIEUX SHER-LENN Inc.950 Wellington St.S.Sherbrooke Fernand Cabana, owner 569-9494 Sylvain Auger, Manager ompetitive prices, \u2019or all Heavy Dui Metro expects food price increases have peaked after rising for more than a year By Ross Marowits\tLa Fleche said Metro\u2019s loy- The Canadian Press Montreal Grocery chain Metro says prices for meat and produce have likely peaked after more than a year of accelerating growth.\u201cWe expect somewhat lower levels in the coming months as we cycle the meat price jump of last year and also the decline of the Canadian dollar,\u201d CEO Eric La Fleche said Wednesday during a conference call to discuss second-quarter results.The Montreal-based retailer said the price of its \u201caggregate food basket\u201d increased 4.0 per cent in the quarter ended March 14.Meat prices were up more than 12 per cent in February compared with a year ago, according to Statistics Canada.Metro said prices of canned goods and non-perishable groceries have been stable.Same-store sales at locations open at least a year were up 4.5 per cent.That marked an acceleration from the four prior quarters as past merchandising strategies -including an improved fresh food offering and a reorganization at the Food Basics discount banner - gained traction.Lower fuel prices are also believed to have driven higher consumer spending at the chain's stores in Ontario and Quebec, the company said.Total revenue grew six per cent to $2.707 billion, including a contribution from the Premiere Moisson bakery business acquired last year.Despite rising food costs, Metro said intense competition and consumer reactions have prevented it from fully passing along the increases to consumers.As a result, it has focused on other products to drive increased traffic along with larger purchases in a move to deliver strong margins.Drainville Cont\u2019d from Page 3 late in his criticism of Peladeau but recent opinion polls have put him in third place behind Quebecor's controlling shareholder and the second-placed Cloutier.The winner will be chosen May 15.If none of the candidates gets 50 per cent of the vote plus one, a second ballot will be held, with the leader alty program has been a key strategy.Personalized discounts are designed to get consumers to shop more frequently and spend more at Metro stores.It recently launched a digital online personalized flyer that allows consumers to save on products they buy.RBC Capital Markets analyst Irene Nattel said Metro\u2019s results suggest conditions are improving for Canadian food retailers.Metro's ability to pass through higher food costs to consumers \u201cshould extend to Loblaw as well, suggesting upward bias to expectations,\u201d she said in a brief research note.During the quarter, Metro\u2019s net profit increased 15.2 per cent to $111.6 million.That amounted to 43 cents per share on a diluted basis, up from 36 cents in the second quarter of 2014.Analysts had expected 42 cents of net income on $2.67 billion of revenue, according to estimates from Thomson Reuters.Besides its own operations, Metro\u2019s investment in convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard delivered $16.3 million in earnings, up from $11 million a year earlier.Metro said it is examining some former Target locations that could house Metro locations if they become available.The retailer is also beginning to add more urban stores to take advantage of the condo boom in Toronto and Montreal.A Metro store recently opened west of downtown Toronto and one in Montreal's Griffintown redevelopment is slated to open next spring.\u201cWe\u2019re keen to open a few stores where it makes sense, where the economic returns make sense,\u201d La Fleche said, adding that high rents make some sites unworkable.announced May 22.Ouellet held a news conference shortly after Drainville\u2019s and made it clear she will battle on.\u201cThe race continues and it is far from over,\u201d she said.\u201cWe think there will definitely be a second ballot.There are a lot of undecided party members but I think that indicates there will be a second round.\u201d The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Thursday, April 23, 2015 Page 5 V\"~\tm\t\tD\tj\t\tD>\tA\tBelknap has a vivid memory of the history of the ^ _\tL J\tie 1\tBore\t1er I\ttveport\tborder area Border Lines Merrick Belknap: a living source of history By Matthew McCully Special to The Record Stanstead jk town\u2019s rich history helps define its Z\\ character.In Stanstead, the go-to A.Xguy for learning about the area is Merrick Belknap.Not only did his ancestors have a hand in a number of townships landmarks as builders, Belknap is busting at the seams with stories and anecdotes about the region.Always interested in history, 92-year-old Belkap could recount what life was like in Stanstead during the Second World War as a guard at Dominion Textile, or describe the grisly robbery and murder of W.K.Baldwin, which took place in the store built by Belknap\u2019s father.\u201cI\u2019m not gonna live forever, I\u2019m 92.Just another 20 years or so, unless you doubt me,\u201d Belknap laughed.\u201cIf you have something, you can\u2019t just sit on it,\u201d he said, referring to his collection of artifacts and stories.\u201cMaybe something could come if it.\u201d Belknap has a vivid memory of the history of the border area after working on a project for the Colby-Curtis Museum.J.J.Parker was a photographer in the area between 1899-1949.\u201cI\u2019ve always been interested in pho- tography,\u201d Belknap said, taking on the task of developing all of the glass plates and negatives left behind by Parker.\u201cI worked on that over three winters,\u201d he said.\u201cThere were over 5000 photos.\u201d Among them was a photo of \u201cBig Jack\u201d Garland.Belknap explained that Garland was a homeless man in the area, who would spend a night here and there, and rely on the kindness of locals for the occasional meal.On a hot summer night, according to Belknap, Big Jack bedded down in the cold storage room in the Cemetery on Fairfax Street.The following morning, Jack came out of the storage room, proceeded to have a big stretch, interrupting a family picnic.Believing they had seen a ghost, the family bolted for the car and peeled away, leaving the picnic behind.\u201cThat was one day Big Jack got a good feed,\u201d Belknap joked.A monument to Big Jack, built by Belknap\u2019s nephew, stands at Lakeview Cemetery in Baldwin Mills.Belknap\u2019s great grandfather John was commissioned to build a covered bridge across the St.Francis River in Sherbrooke in 1838.The building tradition carried on to Belknap\u2019s father, who built a number of churches in the area including a Catholic Church in Cookshire and a United Church in Baldwin Mills.MATTHEW MCCULLY Maurice Belknap, 92, holding a replica of the stone he discovered on a trip to Schefferville.He also built the three-storey Baldwin Store, which burned years later.While he dabbled in carpentry, Belknap never got into building.He worked as a guard and switchboard operator at Dominion Textile during the Second World War, and continued on at Butterfield in the factory until it closed in 1984.Another interesting piece of history in Belknap\u2019s possession, which he found in an old box of papers and correspondence from the war, was a letter from General Bernard Montgomery to Director of Military Operations Frank \u201cSimbo\u201d Simpson, dated Aug.6,1944.In point form, the letter details the movements of allied forces against the Germans, and discusses strategies for further advancement to secure Carentan and Isigny, and head towards La Haye Du Puits to cut off the Cherburg Peninsula.If happening upon a secret letter from the Second World War in Stanstead seems like a rare find, how about a Viking relic?Belknap\u2019s prized possession was found by his friend Marshall Lougheed during a hunting and fishing trip near Schefferville in Northern Quebec in 1976.Wanting to bring fresh fish home, Lougheed dammed a brook nearby as a holding tank until their plane was ready to leave.Looking around for stones to make the dam, he found a suitable stone covered in moss, sitting on top of a boulder.As Belknap tells the story, Lougheed turned the stone over and was shocked to find a face carved into it.\u201cWanna sell it?\u201d Belknap asked Lougheed.\u201cSure, starting price is $5,000,\u201d Lougheed replied, knowing full well he had found a real treasure.Archeologists believe the carving is a Viking relic.The original stone now lives at the Colby-Curtis Museum.Belknap has a replica of the original.Frontier Animal Society For Earth Day, Gaia wants a home Two weeks ago we shared the story of our sweet black lab mix named Flash who was not adjusting well to shelter living.He was very stressed and barely eating.A reader of this column, who also happened to be a former adopter, was moved by his story and shared it with her sister Maria who lives in Montreal.The following weekend Maria and her husband made their way to the shelter to meet him.Flash seemed to know they were his ticket out and charmed them to the core.Flash has been in his new home for almost a week and is settling in very well.He now has two doggy siblings and a big backyard to play in.For those who read Flash\u2019s story, you may recall he arrived at the shelter with his buddy Gaia who is a four-year-old golden retriever mix.While it would have been nice to place them in a home together we were confident that each would do well on their own and we were not concerned that Gaia would suffer a setback if Flash were to be adopted first.Gaia is a confident and even-tempered dog and adjusted quite well to shelter living.She notices Flash is gone, especially when in her kennel, but her spirits remain intact.Gaia is a great dog.She is super friendly and playful and very engaged.She adores playing fetch and brings the ball right back so we can throw it again (and again and again)! She is a clever dog and has learned to push her braided rope toy under her kennel gate and then wait for someone to come along and throw it back in so she can jump up and She walks quite well on the leash, especially once she has had an opportu- catch it.It is very cute.fYjf nity to play in the dog park.While Gaia can be somewhat exuberant she doesn\u2019t need a ton of exercise.She enjoys activity though and likes to be with people.She is dog social, tested well with cats and lived with a toddler.She is really very sweet and gentle.Gaia is used to being in a home where she was not alone for long periods and where she always had the company of another dog.We think she will do best in a home that offers a similar environment for her.If you think you can offer Gaia the wonderful home that she deserves please send an email to ffontieranimal-society@gmail.com or, better yet, give our adoption co-ordinator Brenda a call.You can reach her any day of the week between 8 a.m and 8 p.m SIEVE L ElltHS COMING SOON New funeral complex Fall 2015 Having gone through situations similar to those of the families I meet, I truly understand what they are experiencing and feeling.What motivates me in my work is to be able to help you in your journey and to be present for you before, during and also after the funeral.Line Bachand Family Counsellor My priority, compaAAwn Page 6 Thursday, April 23, 2015 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record \tH'TYT\u2019TfT\tjlDI A T\tThey simply don\u2019t have last names, which is hardly odd \u2014 since they are chim- \t1 1\t\tpanzees.Habeus apeus Tim Belford Most of you out there, particularly if you are a fan of any of the numerous legal shows gracing the television screen, know what a writ of habeas corpus is.However, if you haven\u2019t seen Law and Order SUV or any re-run of L.A.Law let me explain.Back in the days when Kings were Kings, Knights were Knights and pretty well everyone else were grime-encrusted peasants, the ruler had a nasty habit of turfing anyone that earned his wrath into the dungeon.No trial, no hearing no explanation, just a quick trip to some damp black hole somewhere in the castle\u2019s basement.The worst of these holding cells was probably one called the \u201coubliette.\u201d This was basically a hole in the ground, the only access to which was through a grill in the top.As the word suggests it was literally meant to house the forgotten.Now the English, being the English where a man\u2019s home is his castle and all that, decided this wasn\u2019t fair, especially since the King didn\u2019t discriminate between the common riff-raff and those of noble blood who often found themselves enjoying a stay in his or her highness\u2019 cellar as well.It had to be stopped.Enter habeas corpus, which basically stated that no one could be unlawfully imprisoned, especially if they were then going to be forgotten for 40 or 50 years.The law, which dates back to the Assizes of Clarendon and the reign of Henry II, allowed a petition of habeas corpus to be filed by the monarch, the person himself or a third party, requiring whoever was in charge of the jail to explain why the prisoner was there in the first place.It didn\u2019t make a lot of difference for many of the accused since the jailer or whoever was in charge could just say, \u201cBecause the king told me to\u201d which for many years was enough.But justice did prevail and habeas corpus became a fixture of modern law, even though it kept its Latin name like so many legal terms, all designed to make the great unwashed believe lawyers\u2019 fees are justified.Things, however, may be about to change.Recently, a judge in New York granted a writ of habeas corpus to Hercules and Leo.Their last names are not being kept secret, as you might expect, because of any court-ordered publication ban.They simply don\u2019t have last names, which is hardly odd \u2014 since they are chimpanzees.The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) applied for the writ on behalf of Hercules and Leo who they claim are being \u201cunlawfully detained\u201d demanding they be transferred to the Save the Chimps animal sanctuary in Florida.The NhRP has been campaigning for years now claiming keeping chimps in labs, as pets and as performers is just as unlawful as the cruel and unusual punishment now banned in the case of human prisoners.Essentially, they want Chimpanzees and other intelligent creatures such as whales, elephants and dolphins to have \u201chuman\u201d rights.The case is now in the hands of Justice Barbara Jaffee of the New York Supreme Court.If she rules Leo and Hercules indeed have \u201chuman rights\u201d look out.The legal system will be swamped over night as animal activists march with banners proclaiming, \u201cFree the Budgies!\u201d, \u201cTake Back the Zoo!\u201d and \u201cDown with the Leash!\u201d Lawyers will give up their old ambulance-chasing tactics and starting tracking the dogcatcher\u2019s truck.Pets, like children, will sue their parents/owners for everything from financial support to educational funding.If \u201cthinking\u201d mammals like the whale and the great ape have rights how long will it be before \u201cReptiles are Human Too\u201d becomes a rallying cry.And what about Hercules and Leo?Has anyone from the NhRP bothered to ask them if they want to go to the Save the Chimps sanctuary in Florida?After all, \u201cunlawful detention\u201d is \u201cunlawful detention\u201d be it in a lab on Long Island or a game preserve in the sunny South.Perhaps if they win their case we should just turn them loose and let them decide.-\t¦THE ¦- RECORD 1195 Galt East, Sherbrooke, Quebec JIG 1Y7 Fax:819-821-3179 e-mail: newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Website: www.sherbrookerecord.com Sharon McCully Publisher .John Edwards News Editor .Stephen Blake Corresp.Editor Serge Gagnon Chief Pressman .(819) 569-9511 (819) 569-6345 (819) 569-6345 (819) 569-9931 DEPARTMENTS Accounting___ Advertising __ Circulation Newsroom .(819) 569-9511 (819) 569-9525 (819) 569-9528 (819) 569-6345 Knowlton office 5B Victoria Street, Knowlton, Quebec, JOE 1V0 Tel: (450) 242-1188 Fax: (450) 243-5155 PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS \t\t\tGST\tPST\tTOTAL Quebec:\t1 YEAR\t135,60\t6,78\t13.53\t$155.91 \t6 MONTHS\t71,19\t3,56\t7,10\t$81.85 \t3 MONTHS\t36,16\t1.81\t3,60\t$41.57 \tON-LINE SUBSCRIPTIONS\t\t\t\t Quebec:\t1 YEAR\t71,50\t3.58\t7,13\t$82.21 \t1 MONTH\t6,49\t0.32\t0,65\t$7.46 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, 1195 Galt East, Sherbrooke, QC JIG 1Y7 Member ABC, CARD, CNA, QCNA Welcome to the art show Ross Murray Gallery Parsnippy is delighted and positively damp with pleasure to present new artistic works this spring.\u201cZoltan\u2019s Anvil\u201d by Trevor Sproud -mixed media Free at last, free at last, peanut-free at last.This is the visionary future conveyed in Sproud\u2019s triumphant embrace via meta-whimsical nuance of a mixed retrovision, encapsulated in this stunning new piece: a jar of Planters dry-roasted peanuts embedded in an ant farm.The jar itself is filled with the shredded bits of vintage hockey cards, reminding the viewer of a more innocent time, now lost, or perhaps tossed in the trash during an impulsive basement purge, regrettably so, because those cards would be worth a fortune now.But can the past or the future truly be monetized?Obviously.The ants-as-commu-nity-as-proletariat are reminders that all those television extras one sees in restaurant scenes are talking to each other about their plans to give up acting and go back to sod farming.\u201cThis Charming Ham\u201d by Bill -installation free; shipping $25 Breaking away from the artistic compliance of his \u201cUntitled #14\u201d through \u201cUntitled #26\u201d (with the exception of \u201cUntitled #23,\u201d which defied expectations through its relentless self-assertion and strenuous use of photos cut out of an Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue), the mono-nomenclatured Bill \u2014 AKA the Wunderkind of Walla Walla \u2014 stretches gender politics and chastises conventional sexuality by standing in a bucket of veal wearing only sheer American Apparel leggings.Like, you can totally see everything.A challenge to feminism or a feminist challenge?Bill ain\u2019t saying.Viewers are encouraged to express their thoughts in a guest book housed in a vintage phone booth emblazoned with the word \u201cgross.\u201d Yes.\u201cArtist of a Man as a Young Portrait\u201d by Eric Broog - crayon and petroleum jelly on a shelf Broog kindles an essence of himself through the forging of aspiration, artistic fortitude and a trust fund that just won\u2019t quit, bringing them to exquisite heights in this latest piece wherein the nature of revelation is revealed as fraudulent.In other words: crayon and petroleum jelly on a shelf.Just like it says.The description becomes the work and the work becomes the description.As who doesn\u2019t?Assumptions are made when we find that the crayon in question is burnt sienna, only to have those assumptions overturned when we find the petroleum jelly is the cheap Dollar Store kind.Broog\u2019s sense of humour is once again brought to the fore when he stands behind viewers of this latest piece and laughs his head off.\u201cRing\u201d by Sylvia Shchmhidt \u2014 found plumbing \u201cThe genocide of 6 million Jews reverberates through the metamorphosis of creativity, in the crying out of the hunted and the bloody hands of the hunter, except on Wednesdays, and only through the process of indelible certainty can the truth, as hearty as victory, as tribal as Africa, be taken out to a nice restaurant for brunch.\u201d So writes Sylvia Shchmhidt in the text accompanying her latest work.And she does go on: \u201cThe iconography of bloodshed and the purity of the transcendence of the work itself ensure the audience that he/she/my friend Marcel are never going to manage their credit card debt any time soon.\u201d Within this context, the audience is asked to observe closely - but not too closely; back up! - this latest installation: a pure white bathtub with a single piece of dental floss draped over the side.\u201cnot very good\u201d by Lillian-Jane Walker-Walker -watercolour on pizza box The iconoclastic Walker-Walker challenges our preconceptions of art by turning in a painting that is dismal, bad and just plain ugly.We think it\u2019s a puppy eating a jelly sandwich.Or it might be Helen Keller on a blind date.We can\u2019t tell.Walker-Walker tackles with linebacker-like zeal the notion that art is a teachable talent, as the self-taught Walker-Walker knows only so well.By choosing to paint her latest piece with her left hand, all the while sustaining herself on a diet of white bread and Xanax, Walker-Walker becomes both the accused and jury, sinner and redeemer, Captain and Tennille.\u201cI Don\u2019t Think So\u201d by Awning Shaftlight - oil on canvas on fire Time and substance as ephemeral entities.Art as material object.Lighter fluid as critic and catalyst.Flame as consumer.Smoke detector as a cry for attention in a jaded world.Fire department as an approach to understanding.Smoke inhalation as a health hazard.Insurance company as raised consciousness and premiums.That\u2019s about it.[No longer on exhibit.] The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Thursday, April 23, 2015 Page 7 \t\t\t \t[^/©C