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[" BUILT TOUGH '^1 For a sales experience that makes you feel like family, come in and see me today! -tifstrie SHERBROOKE 819-563-4466 LINCOLN office 819-578-1965 cell iohnpage@valestrie.com John Page 56309 What to do on Father\u2019s Day?Page 4 mTHE» RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 BCS hands out athletic trophies Sports \u2014 Page 16 WEEKEND EDITION 95 cents + taxes\tPM#0040007682\tFriday, June 19, 2015 Strawberries 1, Flood waters 0 MATTHEW MCCULLY / FILE PHOTO The strawberry crop at Wera Farm was unaffected by last week's flooding, shown here in this file photo.WEK|n~; \"\"f* a**'*\u201d £!£***«.' ¥j Bones found at Belvedere St.construction site By Gordon Lambie Sherbrooke Excavation work on the corner of Belvedere Street South and Rand Street in Sherbrooke was temporarily stopped on Wednesday of this week when workers discovered human bones in the ground.According to Denis Brière, vice-president of Longer Construction, who are in charge of the site, the bones were very old and likely remnants of a cemetery that was once located in the area.\u201cThere was a cemetery that was moved before the construction of the old Steinberg\u2019s on the other side of the street,\u201d Brière said, referring to the neighbouring Place Belvèdere mall complex that now houses the Super C grocery store.Despite the fact that the cemetery in question, in place from 1881 until 1907, was moved long before most of the current development in the area got underway, Brière suggested that there must have been some graves that were left undisturbed.\u201cWe found the bones, and the people from the Ministry of Culture and Communications came and collected them.\u201d Cont\u2019d on Page 3 By Matthew McCully Watervtlle Strawberry social announcements are already surfacing in the Townships Crier.People are ready for red lips and fingertips.But are the farmers?Richard Wera, of the You-Piclc farm located on Route 143, who spent a good portion of last week under water, said the strawberry plants were unharmed, and could be ready as early as St.Jean Baptiste Day.\u201cThe phones are already ringing,\u201d Wera said, with hungry customers, many of whom were concerned after hearing about the floods and seeing the fields under water.The strawberry plants weren\u2019t in the water, Wera said.\u201cWe have never had a catastrophe that resulted in no strawberries,\u201d he added, in the 40 odd years the farm has been growing them.Cont\u2019d on Page 3 IDSUMlit MANOIR STFRÏÏNCIS WWW.MANOIRSTFRANCIS.COM 819.562.0875 FEEL AT HOME -PROMOTION- Book a one bedroom apartment and save up to $1000.Promotion begins May 1st until August 1st 2015. Page 2 Friday, June 19, 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 W ^ j TODAY: CLEARING HIGH 18 SUNRISE: 4:59 SUNSET: 8:39 SATURDAY: SUNNY HIGH 24 LOW 14 SUNDAY: SHOWERS HIGH 23 LOW 15 ,'J AjJ I MONDAY: SHOWERS HIGH 20 LOW 13 TUESDAY: 60% CHANCE OF SHOWERS HIGH 19 LOW 7 The shelves are stocked up for sunny reading pleasure And it\u2019s time to register your kids for the Summer Reading Program Good Reads Eleanor Brown .there are a lot of kids out there who need somebody to speak for them, and I think you\u2019re just the man to do it.- Judge Shelburne gives Brady Weller a talking to Brady Weller\u2019s a disgraced cop who has made a show of draping his guilt atop his shoulders.His marriage collapsed and he never quite figured out how to be a good father to his daughter.Weller installs burglar alarms for a living, and takes his teen out for supper every so often.The two pretend to talk to each other.So he tries to look after other youngsters instead, as a guardian ad litem - a volunteer legal guardian for children \u201cA 1\tmvVib|\tAO\"*]: I li :pn Let bj njr aTEJuns Lrcrjid.'\" -]ci* Wilccr, nibra of i?tjnn^ij^uu J TIMES SI STS ELU Ht JLUjMQl tÂHB HOB f KIND TRAM HOME L ^ * it.who suddenly find themselves alone.\u201cI said yes to Judge Shelburne mostly because it was the easiest thing to say at the time, and it took me awhile to see myself as someone who could ever speak on a child\u2019s behalf unless it was my own daughter\u2019s.But I got used to it, and the years passed and it became easier and easier, seemed more and more natural.And then I was asked to speak for Easter and Ruby Quillby, two little girls, sisters, who didn\u2019t have anybody else in the world to listen to them and give them a voice.And now they\u2019d gone missing, and their voices were even harder to hear.\u201d Author Wiley Cash\u2019s new novel, This Dark Road To Mercy (2014, a New Arrival in Adult Fiction at the Lennoxville Library), is a fabulously written book.Easter and Ruby\u2019s father, Wade, is a lost soul who abandoned them years ago, but now wants them back.Wade is trying to rebuild the relationship, saying to his eldest: \u201cYou told me you didn\u2019t have a dad.\u201d \u201cT looked at him.\u2018Maybe I said that just because I don\u2019t want the one I got.\u2019\u201d Their father steals his children away.Dark Road is the tale of their flight.These characters are skillfully sketched, the dialogue echoing its American Deep South setting, all the while acknowledging race and class (the kids will obviously be adopted without trouble: \u201cY\u2019all are white\u201d).Weller\u2019s narrative is one of three.Hired killer Pruitt pops in and out, an obsessed psychopath who easily tracks the children (and leaves bodies in his wake).The third voice here is Easter\u2019s.This book is for fans of baseball and of Southern Gothic.It\u2019s also for those who seek to delve into the complexities of family, and of childhood.Do we really want to listen to children?Even More New Arrivals If you live anywhere in Sherbrooke, a Lennoxville Library membership is free.Pop by and get a card, and start reading.Here are a few more New Arrivals, adding to last week\u2019s list.Tom Clancy, Full Force And Effect, and Out Of The Ashes ; Philip Kerr, Lady From Zagreb; Donna Leon, Falling In Love; Mi- iiiorteT' P»«IDn-\u2019 1JK Children randa James, Arsenic And Old Books; Krista Davis, Murder She Barked; Gwen Cooper, Homer\u2019s Odyssey and Loves Saves The Day; Tom Bowman, Dry Bones In The Valley; Mo Hayder, Wolf; Julia Dahl, Invisible City; Liane Moriarty, Husband\u2019s Secret; Allen Estons, Life We Bury; Marie Kendo, Life Changing Magic Of Tidying Up; Emily St.John Mandel, Station Eleven; Neal Stephenson, Seveneves; Anne Enright, The Green Road; Alex Marshall, A Crown For Cold Silver.; Shirley Rousse Murphy, Cat On The Edge and The Cat, The Devil, And The Last Escape; Nelson Demille, Radiant Angel; Clive Barker, Scarlet Gospels; Jefferson Bass, Bone Sheep.Children\u2019s Summer Program It\u2019s time to sign up! The TD Summer Reading Club is a six-week program for children between the ages of 5 and 12 years of age.The reading club will be held on Tuesdays from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.for the English workshop (which begins June 30), and Thursdays from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.for the French workshop (which begins July 2).Our summer program leader is Hélène Auger.Cont\u2019d on Page 6 Ben by Daniel Shelton EUT WHAT IF y IT ^ ATREE FEELS i DOESN'T v ŸAM?VV - J SURE/ GRANP&T The Record newsr oom@sherbrooker ecor d.com Friday, June 19, 2015 Page 3 \t\t\t\t ¦v\tLocal ,\tN\tEWS\tThe city has put a call for tenders out for a \u201cLean Management\u201d consultant City of Sherbrooke claims $3M in savings By Gordon Lambie Sherbrooke Less than a year after the implementation of the initial phases of its municipal reform and city optimization plan, the City of Sherbrooke is reporting savings of just under $3 million.In March 2014, the city announced a cost-cutting target of $11 million by the end of 2017, with $7 million to be cut from overall salaries and $4 million to be cut from operating budgets.This past year, through the attrition of the equivalent of 42 full-time positions within the city, savings of $2,998,263 have been generated, of which $1.1 million came from the changes to parks and recreation services in the city.\u201cWe are taking advantage of opportunities as they present themselves, whether it\u2019s from retirements, voluntary departures, or promotions, to evaluate whether or not it is necessary to replace personnel,\u201d said Mayor Bernard Sévigny.\u201cHaving achieved more than one quarter of the target, we have good hope of arriving in our objective within the 30 months to come.\u201d Gaétan Drouin, the city\u2019s associate executive director of optimization and safety said that the development was good news, even if progress on the matter is hard to judge.\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to say whether we are on target,\u201d Drouin said.\u201cWe are supporting our directors in their attempt so meet targets, and they have until Dec.31, 2017 to reach those targets.Each service has its own challenges, so results vary greatly from one service to the next.We are very happy to see the participation of all services in the effort; we are aware that it is a lot of work, because this is an exercise never before seen in the City of Sherbrooke.\u201d Drouin highlighted the fact that the savings are being made without layoffs, mainly by analyzing every new position Bones of contention Cont\u2019d from Page 1 Brière explained that the procedure when bones are found at an excavation site is first to call the police.In this case, since Longer was aware of the history of the site and the bone pieces seemed to be quite old, the police opted not to open an investigation.Given the circumstances, however, step 2 is to have the Ministry of Culture notified in case the remains are artifacts of historical value.\u201cIn this case we knew their origins, but if we hadn\u2019t known we would have had to get an archeologist to come assess the situation,\u201d he said.\u201cThis was an easy case, but normally it\u2019s a very long procedure.\u201d Brière expressed doubt that any more bones would be found as the site in question has already undergone extensive excavation.\u201cThere couldn\u2019t have been more than that, because they would have turned up in excavation,\u201d he stated.that opens up through retirement or promotion to determine whether it can be cut.By shuffling the deck of municipal employees, so to speak, he said that no permanent positions within the city need be lost.Drouin described the ongoing process of revision as an adjustment to the culture of operations in the City of Sherbrooke.\u201cThe objectives are never satisfied, improvement is a wheel that turns,\u201d he said.\u201cImprovement has to become something innate, a culture in the organization.Changing a culture isn\u2019t done in two or three years.\u201d With an eye to helping generate that cultural shift, Drouin explained that the city has put a call for tenders out for a \u201cLean Management\u201d consultant who can analyse all city processes and find ways to improve them.This consultant, once hired, will also help re-orient city managers to the lean-management school of thinking to help create a grad- f: .2, % COURTESY The hones uncovered at a construction site.Wera Farm Cont\u2019d from Page 1 Not every crop made it through the flood unscathed though, he said.The corn and soy crops were hit hard, and some sections are a complete loss.Carrots may need to be resown, which means a delay of about a month.\u201cWe\u2019re behind on all the vegetables,\u201d Wera said.Aside from the delays caused by the flooding, the season is on track.\u201cI thought we were a bit late,\u201d he said, after the long cold winter, \u201c but things are moving fast now.\u201d He went on to explain that the nights are still cold, so he can\u2019t say for certain when customers can come and fill their strawberry buckets.\u201cThey\u2019re just starting to pink around the shoulder.\u201d In past years, Wera said he has committed to an opening date, only to regret not opening a day sooner.\u201cIt happens all of a sudden,\u201d he said.This year, Wera Farm will sell artisanal cream from a producer in Compton, to pair with his strawberries.\u201cThis is 45 per cent cream.It\u2019s a more dense, rich cream,\u201d he said, that whips beautifully.When questioned about the effects of the flooding on his farm, Wera explained that the biggest challenge is the additional work, not the produce.\u201cIt creates a lot of work that\u2019s not productive.\u201d First of all, nothing can be done until the water subsides, he said.Also, any machinery that was in the affected fields needs to be moved to higher ground, and any parts that were submersed often require repairs.As for the water quality, Wera said it was a non-issue.The farm\u2019s irrigation system draws directly from the river.In the case of higher water levels picking up foreign debris, Wera said he was not overly concerned.\u201cThe river picks up all sorts of things, but they are mostly favourable,\u201d he said.When flooding subsides, Wera said there could be up to an inch of nutrient-rich sediment across his fields, churned up by the fast-moving water.While acknowledging the possibility of toxins being picked up, Wera explained that they would be too diluted by the massive volume of water passing to pose a threat.Being downriver from the former Capelton Mines, Wera\u2019s soil is rich in copper, which he keeps an eye on, he assured.Last week, Wera\u2019s estimate was that strawberries would be ready by June 26-27.By Thursday afternoon, he had changed his tune and was thinking June 25 would be the day, possibly even June 24.\u201cNature likes to play tricks on us,\u201d he said, unsure of what the weather would bring.\u2022Land buyer \u2022Wood cutting \u2022Selective cut \u2022All kinds of cut \u2022Free estimate Logging Contractor 20+ years experience 819-849-6834 438 Boily Road, Coaticook, QC J1A 2S2 ual shift in the way the city is run.\u201cThis is really about aslcing how we can revise each process to be more efficient and more effective,\u201d Drouin said.\u201cWe don\u2019t want to do more with less, we want to do as much with less.\u201d AMOS J ALBUM LAUNCH Friday, June 26 at 8 p.m.Auberge Lakeview Inn 50 ch.Victoria, Knowlton Includes 1 drink and a copy of his new album \u201cNOW\u201d Tickets: $20 Brome Lake Books 30-D Lakeside 450-242-2242 LES I M M EU BLES COLDBROOK - ACKNCK IMMOKIIJKKK Come and celebrate the 107th Annual M WEDNESDAY JULY 1st, 2015 Rain or shine! 1*1 2015 Theme: \u201cCANADIAN DREAMS\u201d Schedule 11:00 Parade 12:15 Sword Dance 1:00 Oxen Rides & North Country Swingers 2:00 Children\u2019s Games 2:00 Horse-drawn Wagon Rides 3:00 Soap Box Derby (registration -1:30 p.m.) 4:00 Musical Program on gazebo Fireworks at Dusk FREE ACTIVITIES FOR ALL! Petting Zoo \u2022 Inflatable Children\u2019s Game \u2022 Sales Tables \u2022 Live Music Circus Corner \u2022 and more.For more information: www.hatleyparade.com hatleyparade@hotmail.com Kylie (819-821-3282) (Please note that anyone including animals or pets in the celebration must have proper liability insurance.) Page 4 Friday, June 19, 2015 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Father's Day activity ideas By Olivia Ranger-Enns Sutton Father\u2019s Day is coming up on Sunday and you may be asking yourself the niggling question: what do you do?Buy yet another tie, go for another round of golf?Here are a number of attractions that might suit the father-and-son or father-and-daughter duo.Instead of a typical eggs-and-toast meal, you could treat your father to Chinese food.Unbeknownst to most, the Eastern Townships boasts a couple jewels when it comes to Asian gourmet dishes.The Rendez-Vous Café in Cowansville, just a step across from the Princess Cinema, offers steaming bowls of noodle soup in a rich broth accompanied with broccoli, carrots and large chunks of celery.A selection of Chinese beers can easily be paired with the soups, which are surprisingly filling.Other more traditional fare include fish and chips or duck pizza.You can find out more by going to 140 Main Street in Cowansville or calling 450-955-3373.If Father\u2019s Day promises to be sunny, then Au Diable Vert in Glen Sutton is an ideal place to be outdoors.Having been profiled in travel guides such as Ulysse, Fodor and the Lonely Planet, the Diable Vert has also won a gold medal in 2012 from Les Grands Prix du Tourisme Québécois.You can walk your way through 130 hectares (320 acres) of land, some of which goes up to 300 metres (1,000 feet) in altitude, or take a dip or kayak along the Missisquoi River that meanders through the region.Au Diable Vert offers different kinds of trails that range widely in terms of difficulty and length.For the more adventurous, Vélo Volant is a fun activity that is sure to test your limits.and your fear of heights.For $50 per adult, you can cycle your way along the tops of trees, discovering the panoramic landscapes of the Eastern Townships.For more information visit www.audiablev- ert.com.Berry picking can be a fun way to spend the afternoon.Choose your pick of farms, but you may be most tempted by Au Paradis des Fruits, which offers strawberries, black and red raspberries, more than 20 varieties of blueberries, currants, gooseberries and cherries.You can make the deal extra sweet by buying their homemade jams and jellies.Au Paradis des Fruits is located at 519 Bruce Street along Route 202 in Dunham.A good beer to finish off the day couldn\u2019t be amiss, so why not head out to Sutton\u2019s new microbrewery, La Brouërie?This microbrewery, which of- fers two patios that look out on a winding river, offers 16 kinds of beers as well as SAQ quality wines and non-alcoholic kom-bucha.The decor is what the owners like to laughingly call \u201cindustrial chic\u201d \u2014 think charcoal greys, ochres and blacks mingling with fancy metallic accents.Dark, assertive beers include the Sutton Death (at 6 per cent alcohol content), while lighter beers such as the Berliner Weiss (at 3 per cent alcohol content).You can pair your beers with duck wings, nachos, poutine or a variety of pastas.Located at 27 Main Street North in Sutton, Brouerie is open seven days a week, from 11 a.m.to 11 p.m.By Olivia Ranger-Enns Knowlton It\u2019s that time of year again: beach time.As of Saturday, Knowlton\u2019s Douglass beach will be open to visitors and residents alike Knowlton s Douglass Beach opens Saturday from 10 a.m to 6 p.m., seven days a week.As always, the beach comes equipped with a picnic area, a canteen, a beach volleyball court and walking paths that wind through the leafy part of the village.Swimming classes are offered at the beach by a certified instructor.Sessions begin on June 24.Resident fees for preschoolers are $50, $60 for juniors, and swim practice with instructors for children aged 12 years old and up cost $50 for 8 weeks.The benefits of swimming are not to be disregarded.Ac- cording to Medicine.net, swimming is low impact, can be continued for a lifetime, builds cardiovascular fitness, builds muscle mass (up to 23 per cent for men who swam for an 8-week period), and burns a lot of calories (between 500 and 650 per hour depending on how vig- orous the swimming is).A residential parking pass costs $2 and a visitor daily pass parking rate is priced at $10.Admission is free.For more information on Douglass Beach, email in-foloisirs@ville.lac-brome.qc.ca or call 450-242-2020.Career ÇJBCS Bishop's College School Howson Enrichment Centre Coordinator Founded in 1836, Bishop\u2019s College School is one of Canada\u2019s preeminent co-educational independent boarding schools.Possessing Canada\u2019s largest per capita student endowment and consistently attracting promising students from across the country and around the globe, we are seeking a qualified professional to fill the position of coordinator of The R.D.W.Howson Enrichment Centre.The Centre at Bishop\u2019s College School provides enrichment and support to students to assist them in fulfilling their academic potential.Recognizing that all students learn differently, The Centre offers an environment dedicated to differentiated approaches to teaching and learning.The EC Coordinator plays a critical role in contributing to the strength and comprehensiveness of the academic program.Reporting to the Director of Academics, the candidate will demonstrate proven ability in providing support to students with differentiated learning styles, by encouraging them to better self-advocate and acquire strategic approaches to learning in order to enhance their academic performance.The candidate must be an experienced learning resource teacher with proficiency in writing, implementing and managing lEP\u2019s, delivering differentiated instruction methodology, and leading small group and one-on-one sessions with students and staff.The ability to build effective partnerships with the academic departments, house parents, coaches, and parents is key.In addition, the candidate will be capable of delivering professional development to help foster a positive learning community.Required Qualifications \u2022\tAn undergraduate degree in educational psychology, special education or related field; Graduate degree preferred; \u2022\tExperienced teacher, holding a valid Quebec teaching certificate, and have knowledge of the MEESR curriculum.\u2022\tAbility to integrate the use of adaptive technology (i.e., use of voice to text and text to voice software, Inspiration, digital recorder, Kurzweil, Outlook) and learning strategies; \u2022\tBilingual - French and English written and spoken; A resume and letter of interest should be sent to: Human Resources Bishop\u2019s College School 80 Moulton Hill Sherbrooke, QC J1M 1Z8 Fax (819) 822-3886 wjohnson@bishopscollegeschool.com Applications will be considered as of June 16, 2015 and the position will be filled when a suitable candidate is confirmed.**Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.Lemonade for a good cause in Cowansville By Olivia Ranger-Enns Cowansville For a second time, the popular lemonade kiosk at Cow-ansville\u2019s Nesbitt House kick-started funds for the not-for-profit organization \u201cMain dans la Main.\u201d On a hot afternoon on June 10, the organization sold lemonade, pastries and hot dogs to passers-by.And it was all for a good cause: the proceeds of $5,200 went to \u201cMain dans la Main,\u201d allowing the organization to offer even more services to children and families in a larger complex.In addition to goodies, a number of workshops for kids were set up, including make-up ateliers and games.With the help of some schools, workshops like \u201cExprimez-vous!\u201d (\u201cExpress Yourself!\u201d) allowed kids to fill in word bubbles with a picture or a text message explaining what they hold most dear to their hearts in life.The genesis of this not-for-profit organization began with Ysabelle Proulx, a lawyer, who saw a need for a more developed center for children in the Cowansville area.She approached Richard Leclerc, currently director of communications of \u201cMain dans la Main,\u201d about two years ago.\u201cShe was at the base of everything,\u201d said Leclerc.Proulx outlined the organization\u2019s mission, \u201cWe are here to provide services for children who wouldn\u2019t normally have their basic needs addressed.Our approach is purely inter-disciplinary.The network is based to help kids who don\u2019t have the assets to go to school like everyone else, to learn like everyone else.\u201d Proulx pointed out how open the clinics are.\u201cAll of them are open, where the child is always present,\u201d she stressed.\u201cThe child is at the very heart of the solution process.When we notice that a child\u2019s fundamental right is violated or somehow disrespected, we provide medical or social services, based on the need,\u201d said Proulx, who sometimes has to go to youth court to represent children.\u201cSometimes, legal cases don\u2019t end a conflict.That\u2019s where we try to step in.\u201d Having trained under Dr.Gilles Julien for a number of years, Proulx finally felt ready to mobilize the public to provide greater resources to families in need.\u201cI\u2019m tired,\u201d she acknowledged with a light laugh, given that the lemonade stand was so busy.\u201cWe\u2019re happy to be moving to the third floor of the Nesbitt House on July 16, and we\u2019re so grateful that the city of Cowansville is paying for the rent.\u201d The third floor will provide the organization with greater space floor to accomodate families.Proulx has plans for the future.\u201cIn the end of August, we\u2019re planning on having a moving clinic.The \u201cMain dans la Main\u201d bus will travel throughout the Brome-Missisquoi region to help families who don\u2019t live in Cowansville and who can\u2019t get there easily,\u201d said Proulx.The bus will travel to Sutton and the Lac Brome area once a month.Serving about 200 children in its second year, \u201cMain dans la Main\u201d is open at 215 Main Street in Cowansville on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.Cascades to hold job fair Record Staff Cascades, Inc., the Kingsey Falls-based paper company, will be holding a job fair tomorrow to fill nearly 20 positions.The vacant positions are in the company\u2019s new \u201cShared Service Centre \u2014 Finance,\u201d and are based out of Kingsey Falls, as part of the company\u2019s new centralized hub for some accounting activities.The positions available are in general accounting, accounts payable and receivable, credit and collection, along with customer service.Details of the positions are on Cascades\u2019 website, www.cas- cades.com/en/careers/jobs-and-in-ternships/.The job fair is from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m.at Cascades\u2019 Laurent Lemaire Information Technology Centre, located at 412 Marie-Vic-torin Boulevard in Kingsey Falls.Applicants are invited to bring a CV with them to the fair, and bilingualism is an asset. The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Friday, June 19, 2015 Page 5 By Olivia Ranger-Enns Mystic Running for its 12th year, the ceramics sale aptly titled Céramystic will once again be selling its utilitarian and decorative ceramics.Propped up in an outdoor exhibit in a leafy garden, the ceramics range in terms of materials from garden sculptures to traditional pottery to contemporary porcelain.But what brings these objects together is the care and love the 30-odd artists bring to the event.The special guests of this year include Catherine Benoit, Maryse Chartrand, and Lisanne Lachance.These three professional glass artists come from Montreal.Jacques Marsot, founder of Céramystic, shared some more information about the trio.\u201cHaving graduated from Espace Verre, the main glass school of Montreal, these artists mainly do blown glass,\u201d he said.Born in Austin, Benoit discovered a secret passion for blown glass since age 8.Each item interprets and illustrates another passion of hers: dance.The falmboyant colors of her vases, bowls, plates and sets are literally stunning.Visitors can expect to see apple greens, flushing fushias and indigo blues, among other vibrant colours.Benoit also sells necklaces, candle holders and paperweights.More information can be found by visiting her Céramystic opens this weekend website at www.cather-inebenoit.com.Maryse Chartrand does beautiful oval bowls speckled with dabs of color where tangerines collide with canary yellows and navy blues mingle with creamy whites.The overall effect is complex and intricate, where some colours take on flowerlike shapes and others look like mini butterflies.One line from her website says it all : \u201cI am a bit of an artist, a bit of an explorer.I am always on the search of the happy hazards of life.\u201d You can find more on her work by going to her website www.marysec.com.Finally, Lisanne Lachance does a variety of objects, some of them being long, elegant vases with curved openings, painted in calming colors like royal blues and burgundy reds.Other items include paperweights, treasure holders, and charming little holding hearts.Her perfume bottles, which take on edgy lines with black and red accents, are a must-see.You can learn more about her work by going to her website: www.lisannelachance.com.Having trained between 1965 and 1968 at the Institut des Arts Appliqués in Montreal, specializing in ceramics, Marsot believes that the legacy of the event lies in a number of attractions: the stroll through the garden, the variety of professional works on exhibit, as well as the creativity of participants.\u201cAn average of4, 000 to 5,000 visitors come each year,\u201d said ¦r' -*» WM jS\u2019Vv.-J COURTESY JACQUES MARSOT '¦¦M Jkjt W&ik w.& «kH* 38 Wiè s ^ Between 4, 000 and 5,000 visitors come to Céramystic each year to admire ceramics made by local artists.Marsot, who has been working as a ceramics-maker in his studio since 1968.Tag prices differ widely, with some items valued at $10, whereas others cost $1,200.Visitors are invited to try out the famous \u201cMysticdogs\u201d (hint: they resemble hot dogs), \u201cFritzburgers\u201d and wood-fired pita pizzas, not to mention beer, wine, cider and fruit juice.Admission is free.Céramystic will take place from June 20 to July 1, between 10 a.m.and 6 p.m.The ceramics are at 248 Mystic Road in Mystic, located about 90 minutes southwest of Sherbrooke, just north of Bedford, close to the U.S.border.For more information, call 450-248-3551 and ask for Jacques Marsot.Motorcycle show coming to Richmond CLAUDIA VTT.T.F.MATRF.¦ WÆ These dyed-in-the-cloth vintage bike owners and restorers, tireless supporters are preparing for the fifth annual Vintage Bike Show opening Saturday at the Richmond Fairgrounds.Shown from left to right are Lloyd Mason, David Provis, Billy Johnston and Alan Stevens.The show, the largest vintage motorcycle show in Southern Quebec, runs Saturday and Sunday, from 9 a.m.to 5 p.m.both days, at the Richmond Fairgrounds.Admission is $5 for adults, with children under 13 admitted free.HUNTINGVILLE BALL PARK FUNDRAISER Spaghetti Supper Saturday, June 27 4 p.m.to 7:30 p.m.Hope Community Church 102 Queen St., Lennoxville.For tickets call 819-919-4514 or buy at the door.Everyone welcome! Page 6 Friday, June 19, 2015 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record \t\t\t \\ J-\tAI ) 11\tfORIAL\tThere are so many opportunities out therefor a better world if we get serious about putting an end to this mess Now what?(Part 2) François Tanguay Back in May 2011, for my first opinion piece for The Record, just days after Stephen Harper has secured a majority government, I stated that it would be a disaster for the environment.That was an easy one.In fact it has turned out to be worse than expected.Scientists have been gagged so badly they took to the streets, Canada was the first (and the only) country to sign off from Kyoto Protocol, research budgets have been cut down to bare-bones survival status, subsidies to the fossil-fuel industry have been maintained, even the idea of putting a price on carbon has been ridiculed more than once by our usual suspects at the ministerial level at Environment Canada and.well the list is endless, and that is only for the environment.The session is over in Ottawa and by the time the fall election results are in, we will either disappear in the dark ages of environmental history or.get a new lease on life.This week, again, the International Energy Agency has put on the pressure on the international community, just six months away from the critical Climate Summit COP 21 in Paris.The subsidy for fossils issue concerns all the nations.Just a few numbers to get an idea of the gap between total climate collapse and saving grace by the year 2100.Globally, subsidies to the fossil fuel industry average $115 a ton of emitted C02.Including the full cost of carbon in the price per litre at the pump would raise the price by 35 cents, that\u2019s $14 extra for 40 litres! We hand out to polluters the equivalent of 17 times the price of the cost of carbon compensation on the emissions markets.Easy choice if you are a heavy polluter, if you are in tar sands or coal, for example.Just pay the fine! To make matters worse, only 11 per cent of the total global carbon emissions are in effect under some sort of a pricing mechanism.These subsidies are perverting the real costs of energy just about everywhere.How about renewables?Don\u2019t they also get subsidized?Yes, but at a rate that is ten times less! Still, you think wind power is expensive?Think again.You are paying pretty close to the real costs for the electricity coming out of the new wind plants.Hydro-Quebec?Yes, Hydro power in Quebec is cheap compared to the other sources, indeed, but.it is at the customer level that the subsidies enter.As residential clients we are not meeting the full cost structure for the service we get.Coverage of costs for the electricity that reaches our homes has been as low as 85 per cent and rarely gets to 90 per cent.In other words, no matter the source, we have to stop messing with the price to pay for such a basic need as energy if we are to induce real change in the way we use the resources.There is no chance in hell we will get out of the climate mess we are in if we do not put a deadline on fossil fuel use and, by way of consequence, on carbon emissions.Redirecting investments in energy and taxation towards a more sober carbon future has begun, there is hope in the current trend of divestments away from this sector.More important, we must pay the right price for any and all sources of energy.By the way, France has to be lauded for the incredible diplomatic efforts it is making in order to ensure the COP 21 is not a failure, but a stepping stone humanity will remember as the turning point in this fight.As we stand, the signals are confusing and there is no grand solution on the table.There are so many opportunities out there for a better world if we get serious about putting an end to this mess, it\u2019s mind blowing.Case in point: American comedian Mark Ruffalo, with a little help from some serious buddies, not some top of the line international agency nor extremist environmental groups, has come up with a remarkable state by state plan to turn around the United States to a 100 per cent renewable economy by 2050.Take a peek, it\u2019s unique and makes sense too:thesolu-tionsproject.org.Who will dare come up mTHE ¦\t- 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 re-\t\t\t\t\t quest.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 with something similar for us Canadians?Will we hear anything close to this in the coming electoral race?In the fall we should judge the Conservatives with the utmost severity for nearly a decade of abuse and mismanagement.This nation has been transformed beyond recognition.Notwithstanding the ridiculous and use- less effort by the Bloc Québécois to make a come back, we cannot afford to stay adrift in this sea of social and environmental urgencies.Let\u2019s change the colour of power in Ottawa.We can only be better off.If the Conservatives stay for a repeat performance I, for one, will not even bother to say : Now what?Good Reads Cont\u2019d from Page 2 Parents interested in signing up their children must stop by the Lennoxville Library, located at the corner of Queen and College, to complete the registration form.Please come early, as registration is limited.Gerritsen\u2019s Gravity Tess Gerritsen is the best-selling author of multiple thrillers.She is also suing Warner Bros, over credit and cash for the hit movie, Gravity, about a lone astronaut trapped in the International Space Station, which was based on her novel of the same name.For details, check her blog at www.tessgerrit-sen.com.You can find her thrillers filed in the Lennoxville Library in Adult Fiction.Dany Laferriere Quebec\u2019s Dany Laferrière is now a member of the Académie française, one of the highest honours France can bestow upon authors.Laferrière\u2019s books can be found on both the English and French-language Adult Fiction shelves.(And check our online database for his children\u2019s books, or ask at the front desk.) More Good Reads The Books And Brown Bags lunch club is now off for the summer, but they\u2019ve left a number of book recommendations to tide us over until their return in the fall.To begin, The Children Of Men by P.D.James (1992).\u201cThe Children of Men is a departure from P.D.James\u2019 usual detective novels.Set in the future in 2027, it\u2019s been 18 years since the last baby in the whole world was born.In the resulting chaotic world a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.\u201d Next, The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro (2015): \u201cThe Buried Giant, on the other hand, is set in the past.The Romans have long since departed and Britain is steadily declining into ruin.Axl and Beatrice, a couple of elderly Britons, decide that now is the time for them to set off across this troubled land of mist and rain to find the son they have not seen for years.They face many strange and otherworldly hazards.\u201d Or how about something more fact-based?\u201cAlso discussed was Sara Gruen\u2019s At The Water\u2019s Edge (2015).At The Water\u2019s Edge is a love story about a privileged young woman\u2019s awakening as she experiences the devastation of World War II in a tiny village in the Scottish Highlands.The reader felt that World War II was better handled in a book that she had read earlier, The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society (2008), a historical novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows.She recommended the library\u2019s copy of the audio book for this novel.Continuing the World War II theme, another reader suggested The Monuments Men by Robert M.Edsel (2007).\u201cFinally, detective fiction was reviewed with accolades for Donna Leon\u2019s Blood From A Stone (2005).Guido Brunetti, the hero of Donna Leon\u2019s internationally bestselling crime series, is back, in a novel that combines an ingenious plot with an alluring portrait of contemporary Venice.Previously we had discussed a most unusual detective series featuring Dr.Siri Paiboun, a 72-year-old Paris-trained doctor, who has been appointed national coroner of Laos.Although he has no training for the job, there is no one else; the rest of the educated class has fled the Communist takeover.The first novel of this series is The Coroner\u2019s Lunch, by Colin Cotterill (2004).\u201d All these Adult Fiction novels are in our library.Happy reading! Book Ends Our walls feature the art works of Martine Brault and Ilah Batley; the show is up until July 11.In other news: Our Saturday morning children\u2019s activities return in September, but you can register your children for the TD Summer Reading Program right now.Space is limited.Our French- and English-language book clubs also return in the fall.If you\u2019re housebound, we can bring books and audio books to you through Books on Wheels.We have large-print books too, plus an Easy Reads section.There are sections for Young Adult novels and graphic novels, and children\u2019s non-fiction and fiction.Inter-library loans and ebook rentals are now available.The Lennoxville Library is at 101 Queen Street, corner of College.E-mail bibliolen@gmail.com or phone 819-562-4949.The website is at www.bibli-olennoxvillelibrary.ca.Older book reviews and reading suggestions are on our blog at bibliolennli-brary.wordpress.com/. 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