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[" Lennoxville losing services says Price Page 3 \"THE\" - RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 It\u2019s time to let Bond mature Tim Belford - Page 6 75 cents + taxes\tPM#0040007682\tThursday, October 29, 2015 Education up for debate GORDON LAMBIE RachelHunt, 'mg The future of the region's education system was the topic of debate at the Record's Education Forum, held Wednesday night in Lennoxville.From left, panellists Gail Klinck, Renée Campeau, Mike Murray and Rachel Hunting, await questions from the audience at the Amedée-Beaudoin Community Centre.For a full report from the forum, read Friday's Record Townships on Strike Wife of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi says flogging of husband to begin again soon By Sidhartha Banerjee The Canadian Press Montreal The wife of imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi believes his flogging sentence is expected to resume soon and is imploring the incoming Canadian government to help her husband come to Canada.A source she trusts has told her the lashes are set to resume, without specifying exactly when, Ensaf Haidar said in an interview from her home in Sherbrooke on Wednesday.Badawi was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for criticizing Saudi Arabian clerics on his website.He is also facing a hefty fine.The flogging has been suspended since an initial 50 lashes in January due apparently to health concerns and undisclosed reasons.In a blog item posted this week to the Raif Badawi Foundation website, Haidar wrote a Saudi source said the flogging will be administered inside the prison, adding the same source had warned her about the first 50 lashes before they took place on Jan.9, 2015.\u201cI don\u2019t exactly know when it will happen,\u201d Haidar said in a phone interview.\u201cThe person called me to say Saudi Arabia would restart the lashing, but I don\u2019t know whether it will be this Friday or next.\u201d Haidar is imploring prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau to take up her husband\u2019s case.Trudeau has previously voiced his support.\u201cI would like him to help, yes,\u201d said Haidar, adding what she\u2019d like is Canada to send Badawi a passport.Cont\u2019d on Page 3 By Gordon Lambie Sherbrooke It was hard to go two blocks in Sherbrooke on Wednesday morning without running into striking public sector workers.They stood, marched, and chanted outside of hospitals, CLSCs, schools, day cares and colleges, all decrying stalled contract negotiations with a provincial government that has committed to taking a hard road of unpopular cuts across all sectors over the course of its mandate.The strike day, the first for the Eastern Townships region, came as a part of a rotating strike taking place across the province over the course of this week.Julie Dubois, speaking on behalf of the Townships Regional Union of Support Staff said that she was very happy with the turnout at schools all across the Eastern Townships School Board.\u201cWhen you have that many people out in the streets giving your message, you can\u2019t pretend you didn\u2019t notice,\u201d Dubois said, expressing a hope that the strike day will help make the position of the Common Front clear to the government.Given that the groups striking come from a wide range of different public sector backgrounds, the issues at hand in this strike are quite varied depending on who one talks to.The group with the greatest presence in Wednesday\u2019s demonstrations, however, was undeniably the roughly 6000 workers of the education sector.\u201cWe don\u2019t want to be doing this,\u201d said one teacher involved in the noontime public demonstration outside the Cont\u2019d on Page 4 -\u2014the \u2014 RECORD GET a 7 DAY TR1AL* ONLINE scbiptioN! 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Submissions should be received by Tuesday, Nov.3 at noon.Weather TODAY: PERIODS OF RAIN HIGH 16 SUNRISE: 7:22 SUNSET: 5:40 FRIDAY: PERIODS OF RAIN HIGH 5 LOW-6 SATURDAY: SUNNY HIGH 6 LOW 2 SUNDAY: PERIODS OF RAIN I\tHIGH 11 J J J J J LOW 5 \\ J J /\tMONDAY: *\t/\tMIX OF SUN AND CLOUD 1 HIGH 13 _\t^ J LOW 5 ,'jJ |J J The Egging Ross Murray Troy \u201cThe Boil\u201d Doyle blamed society.Consequently, he felt justified in being a jerk, and there was no better time to let your jerk flag fly than Halloween.The little reprobate took full opportunity of the holiday to soap, smash, TP and make smaller kids cry through trick or treachery.In preparation for his night of holiday hooliganism, The Boil rooted around in the fridge of his mother\u2019s bakery-slash-seafood diner, \u201cCarbs \u2019n\u2019 Crabs,\u201d until he pulled out a carton of eggs.As dusk turned to dark, he fled the restaurant with his stash of ovoid missiles.He was dressed for Halloween as a demonic delinquent, which was his regular look except with \u201cT-H-U-G\u201d written across the knuckles of his left hand and \u201cG-O-O-L\u201d across the other; The Boil was failing Grade 10 English.Immediately, The Boil embarked upon his egging spree.Ker-splat! Against the front door of the McBeebly place.Sh-plook! On Mrs.Merderber mezzanine.Bla-shoom! A bullseye on the windshield of a passing Prius.Ch-ch-ch-chsh-plANGG! A palpable hit on Old Man Jacobson\u2019s front yard oscillating fan.Did he hesitate when he came to the gloomy, doomy rooming house of the Widow Wetchard?Did he pause as he pulled back his faux-tattooed, egg-en- clasping fist?Did he think about the direction his life was taking?Of course, not! He was a punk, a nogoodnik, a lowlife.Spare your sympathy.But he did jump back a step when, just as the egg shellAMMed against the Widow Wetchard\u2019s door, that very door flung open, as if triggered by some otherworldly power, and there stood the cronish form of the seldom-seen spinster herself.She pointed a bony but surprisingly manicured finger at The Boil and cried: \u201cOvulum albumen vandalus goo My portal be runny and you shall be too.\u201d \u201cAhh, your mother was a pawnbroker,\u201d jeered The Boil and raced down the street.He was just about to throw an egg at the storefront window of Nickerson\u2019s Knick Knacks when it slipped out of his hand and fell to the sidewalk.The Boil instinctively looked at his hand.It was.dripping.\u201cHuh?\u201d he said, which is about what you\u2019d expect.He raised his other hand.The finger tips were oozing too, coated with a yellow, viscous slime.He flicked his fingers to shake off the substance, but the mu-cousy tendrils merely seeped further up his wrists.\u201cBlubba-blubba!\u201d cried The Boil, and he began to desperately wipe his hands and arms on his shirt, his pants, his espadrilles.But to no avail.The translucent goop only spread further, positively Seussian in its relentless oobleckian advance, down his torso, to his thighs, bypassing his knees strangely enough, and straight down to his toes.\u201cGemme my Mama!!\u201d shouted the hysterical The Boil as he began racing down the street, leaving an eggy trail behind him.Trick-or-treaters pointed.Some laughed, some cringed, most In-stagrammed.\u201cLook, Mommy,\u201d said a little girl.\u201cHe is the eggman, he is the eggman.\u201d \u201cHe is the walrus,\u201d her mother corrected.\u201cNow, shoo, shoo, sh-shoo.\u201d Stupid mother.In panic, screaming and blubbering, The Boil kept running, always running, very runny.\u201cStop it! Stop it!\u201d he screamed at passersby, but with his egg-gummed mouth, it sounded like he was saying, \u201cOmelet! Omelet!\u201d so they only replied, \u201cYes, you are,\u201d and continued on.Frittata at last, The Boil lurched towards his mother\u2019s diner, the egg coating growing thicker and denser, Trump-like, making movement and breathing ever more difficult.The diner was closed, but The Boil managed to scramble through a partly opened window in the rear.A mere shell of his former self, he stumbled blindly in the kitchen, bashing into the bins of flour, coating himself with the white powder until, with one last gurgle, he collapsed in a yolky heap onto the griddle.That\u2019s where his mother found him early the next morning, though by then he was unrecognizable.Distraught, horrified, annoyed by the mess, she called the police.They arrived within minutes, eager to crack the case.\u201cTurn him over - easy,\u201d said the chief inspector.He prodded the flour-and-egg-coated body with a spatula.\u201cHmmm, looks like he\u2019s been badly battered.\u201d \u201cBeaten, sergeant?\u201d asked his colleague.\u201cSo it seems.Let\u2019s whisk him out of here and.unless.unless.Anyone else hungry?\u201d Because breakfast, after all, is the most important meal of the day.Cecilia String Quartet to visit Centennial Theatre Lennoxville The women of the Cecilia String Quartet will perform on Sunday at 3 p.m.as this marks their second performance at Centennial Theatre.The afternoon program is enthralling to say the least.To begin, the quartet will perform the Opus 50 Quartet no.6 The Frog by Joseph Haydn followed by Langsamer Satz composed by Anton Webern.Following intermission, they will play Quartet Opus 44 no.2 by Mendelssohn.Hear the review by music critic Frédéric Lambert (in French) about the Cecilia's latest release, during the radio show \u201cMédium Large\u201d on French CBC.Hailed for their \u201cpowerful\u201d and \u201cdauntingly perfect\u201d performances, the members of the Cecilia String Quartet have recorded an impressive succession of well-received albums under the Analekta label.Their 2012 debut album of music by Dvorak was acclaimed for its \u201cdeeply felt imperativeness,\u201d and their second recording featuring music by Janacek, Berg, and Webern, released a year later, was applauded for \u201cunleashing the music\u2019s ecstasy and angst.\u201d Named as a tribute to the patron saint of music, the Cecilia String Quartet was formed in Toronto in October 2004, and currently reside in Toronto where they are Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music.Viola player Caitlin Boyle will be replaced by David Samuel, one of the founding members of the famous Afiara Quartet.Tickets are available by calling the Centennial Theatre box office at 819-822-9692.Tickets cost $31 for adults, $28 for seniors and $18 for students.Ben by Daniel Shelton THATMOVIE WAV WAY TOO CM VIOLENCE/ ^ GET HIM! 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THAT HURTS/ 9 '*'%¦ The Record newsroom@sherbrooke record.com Thursday, October 29, 20 15 Page 3 \t\t \tLocal News\t\u201cWe\u2019ve lost a service; the service is not as complete as it used to he.\u201d Lennoxville losing services to centralization: Price By Gordon Lambie Lennoxville After being very public about the concerns they have regarding the City of Sherbrooke\u2019s move to centralize the management of parks and leisure services, members of Lennoxville borough council say that the borough has experienced a significant loss.In a statement made during the section of Tuesday night\u2019s borough council meeting reserved for personal remarks, Borough President David Price said that the transfer of the borough\u2019s park patrollers to a central administration has led to a blind spot in the council\u2019s ability to respond to residents\u2019 needs and suggested that this blind spot might be leading to Badawi Cont\u2019d from Page 1 Outgoing Prime Minister Stephen Harper has also spoken out against Badawi\u2019s treatment.But he said Ottawa\u2019s influence was limited.While he is not a Canadian citizen, Badawi\u2019s wife and children have lived in the Eastern Townships since 2013.She repeated her wish to have the Saudi king pardon her husband and deport him to Canada to be reunited with his family.Badawi\u2019s detention and sentence have stirred up world- wide condemnation and Haidar has travelled extensively pushing for Badawi\u2019s release.Canada has called for clemency in the Badawi case and Quebec lawmakers unanimously adopted a motion in February calling for his immediate release, vowing to expedite his immigration case should he make it here.Haidar said the possibility of the flogging beginning again is weighing heavily on her and the couple\u2019s children.\u201cFor sure, with this information, I\u2019m very worried,\u201d she simple steps to chronic medical conditions, such as cancer, cardiac disorders, asthma, and morbid obesity; residents of nursing homes and other chronic care facilities; People aged 65 and older; children under 5 years of age; people of first nations ancestry, and women at any stage of pregnancy.Those on this list are more likely to develop greater complications, such as pneumonia, and generally make up the majority of those needing to be hospitalized.So, the big question: How do you avoid getting sick?The bad news is, because influenza is viral, there is no 100 per cent guaranteed way to avoid the illness.There are, however, some tried and true prevention methods that will put you on the right track.The flu vaccine is the number one recommendation by a vast majority of doctors when it comes to effective flu preven- said.\u201cIt\u2019s difficult for us, my kids and for Raif, too.\u201d Badawi was originally sentenced in 2013 to seven years in prison and 600 lashes, but an appeals judge stiffened the punishment and fined him the equivalent of more than $352,000 Cdn.A spokeswoman for Amnesty International\u2019s Quebec branch says it has not been able to verify Haidar\u2019s claims.Anne Ste-Marie said Badawi\u2019s case has been bouncing between Saudi courts, but the organization hasn\u2019t heard much since the summer.job of patrolling the parks, they collectively mourned the loss of information that has been a significant help in running the borough.\u201cWe receive no reports, we have no idea what is going on, what they are seeing and what they are doing,\u201d Price said.\u201cWe\u2019ve lost a service; the service is not as complete as it used to be.\u201d In terms of consequences of the change, the council members theorized that had the patrollers been present and reporting this past summer in the way they have in the past, the street-racing issue that has come up in Lennoxville might already have been resolved.\u201cWe feel that, had our patrollers still been around, we would have known about this early and we would have had them,\u201d said borough councillor Claude Charron, \u201cWe no longer have control over the duties of these summer patrollers.These problems are new problems, but if we had the patrollers they wouldn\u2019t have happened.\u201d Price noted that it is unorthodox for the borough council to make such an overt complaint about the work of the city within the contxt of a council meeting, but said that when he tried to address the issue within the structure of the city he was met with indifference and inaction.The Record\u2019s attempts to contact the City of Sherbrooke leisure division, which is in charge of park management, remained unanswered as of press time.an increase in criminal activity in Lennoxville.Speaking on behalf of the entire council, Price explained that prior to the centralization of park management, the student patrollers went above and beyond their duties in a way that proved very helpful for the borough.\u201cIt started off really as patrollers for our bike trails but became something more,\u201d the borough president said \u201cThey became very involved and gave a detailed report at the end of each day.\u201d With the three young people working directly out of the borough office, Price said, the feedback they were able to give about things going on in the community provided a clear and precise link to the finest de- By Gordon Lambie Sherbrooke No flu for you: It\u2019s everyone\u2019s favourite time of year again; Flu season is on its way back.Though local health care agencies and institutions have yet to publicize this year\u2019s specific expectations with regard to the potential risks of what might be the world\u2019s most persistent virus, there are certain facts that it never hurts to be on top of when it comes to Influenza.The first step is knowing your enemy: According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, seasonal flu cases result in approximately 12,200 hospitalizations and, 3,500 deaths between the beginning of November and the end of April in Canada each year.Although its prevalence has made \u201cthe Hu\u201d into a kind-of catch-all term for being sick, there is a very specific and pre- tails on the community.\u201cWe knew if there was a problem with too much noise in an area or if the lights were burnt out,\u201d the borough president said.\u201cWe had an excellent following of just what was going on, particularly in the downtown area and in our parks.\u201d The centralization of the service, however, means that the students have been moved out of the borough office to Winder Street, and now travel to each of the parks in a car instead of biking or walking.They are never seen in the borough office and no longer produce any kind of report whatsoever, according to Price.While none of the councillors questioned whether or not the students were doing their cise definition of symptoms when it comes to the actual influenza virus.To begin with, those infected typically start to experience a headache, chills, and a cough.Those starter symptoms are quickly followed by fever, loss of appetite, muscle aches and fatigue, runny nose, sneezing, watery eyes and sore throat.To round things out, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea may also occur, although this is more the case in children.Risk factor is an important element to consider when it comes to Hu season.The Public Health Agency advises that most people who contract the virus will have uncomplicated influenza and recover from within a week or ten days, but warns that some are at greater risk of developing more severe complications.Among those more at risk are children and adults with staying healthy tion, but it is worth knowing that the Hu shot that people get is different every year based on the predictions of the medical community as to which strain or mutation of the influenza virus is likely to be the big one in a given year.The prediction is made by the World Health Organization in February to allow time for the appropriate amount of vaccine to be produced, but as a result of that time delay, some years are also more effective than others.The 2014-15 flu vaccine was generally less effective than in other years because it protected against a strain that did not end up fitting expectations, but the Public Health Agency points out that flu vaccines protect against three or four different flu strains depending on the type of vaccine you receive, so even when there is a less than ideal match or lower effectiveness against one strain, the vaccine can provide protection against the remaining two or three strains, meaning that it is still a worthwhile venture.While the flu vaccine remains the best way to protect yourself and your loved ones from the flu, doctors and public health agencies all strongly advocate for the adoption of healthy habits as well.These include thorough hand-washing, particularly after coughing or sneezing; coughing or sneezing into your arm or elbow; staying home if sick or symptomatic; keeping common surfaces like door handles clean; avoid touching your face; and eating healthy while staying active.While it might not be possible to keep yourself completely safe from the flu, a careful and health-conscious approach to the next couple of months would certainly be a step in the right direction.Getting information out of here in Quebec.Saudi Arabia has proven difficult, she added, with confirmation a flogging hasn\u2019t taken place coming after-the-fact, early Friday mornings \u2018What we\u2019ve said since the beginning is we\u2019re always worried because he could be flogged at any time,\u201d Ste-Marie said.\\ Michel Puval Advertising Consultant fef' Serving the entire Eastern townships with three publications RECORD Townships Outlet Brome County \u2022m One number 819 569-9525 mduval@sherbrookerecord.com Page 4 Thursday, October 29, 2015 newsroom@sherbr ookerecord.com The Record Townships on strike, Day 1 MATTHEW MCCULLY I0TO Teachers OiOet'WaiT x.oàsHÇTC^ LEAMt DUE | TEfiSMS m ALONf! Vv ¦ *g * Picket lines were up in Lenoxville on the Bishop's University campus, as Champlain College professors walked out to protest the state of contract negotiations.The strikers received numerous honks of support from passing vehicles on Route 108.GORDON LAMBIE SCFP f ¦ Syndicat canadien de t la fonction publique m mQuim À ^ ¦ (û