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[" Sherbrooke supportive of Muslim cemetery Page 3 RECORD THE VOICE OF THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS SINCE 1897 Funerals, visitations and one last selfie Editorial - Page 6 75 CENTS + TAXES PM#0040007682 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Fatal forklift accident at Knowlton Packaging By Gordon Lambie 47 year old man was Killed in a A orice accident shortly after am Wednesday morning at Les Emballages Knowlton (LEK),the local enterprise known to many as Knowlton Packaging.According to Marie-France Rouiller of the CNESST, Quebec\u2019s workplace health and safety board, preliminary investigation at the scene suggests that the victim was crushed beneath a 1,200kg reservoir after making a wrong turn with a forklift.Rouiller said that three CNESST investigators were dispatched to the scene of the accident to better determine the factors that led to the death, adding that they will be working alongside investigators from the Sûreté du Québec.Nicholas Whitley, CEO and P of the Knowlton Development Corporation, of which LEK is a subsidiary, said that the company is cooperating fully with both investigating agencies.\u201cOur focus right now is on being respectful and supportive of the immediate family and obviously the employees within Knowlton,\u201d Whitley said.\u201cThe KDC team here are working collaboratively with the CSST and SQ in terms of conducting the investigation.\u201d The CEO underlined the fact that it is still too early to say exactly what happened, although he contextualized the accident by saying that LEK operates 24 hours a day and has a night crew of about 100 people.The accident took place in the facility\u2019s warehouse.\u201cObviously we\u2019re still in early stages of the investigation\u201d Whitley said.\u201cThe investigation will be thorough and will provide us with clarity as to what exactly transpired.\u201d Yate of Stanstead \"Township rental properties uncertain ~~ By Matthew McCully sultation held on Monday evening regarding bylaw 403-2017 left members of the public uneasy about the lack of detail in the proposal to increase the zones where short-term property rentals are allowable; it also left some owners hanging about the future of their rental properties on the territory.The first draft of the bylaw included a clause giving an acquired right to property owners already operating rental accommodations certified by the Gitta Township\u2019s public con- = Corporation de l'Industrie Touristique du Quebec (CITQ).At Monday\u2019s consultation, a second draft of the bylaw was presented, with the acquired right clause removed.Council\u2019s motivation for the new bylaw stems from the fact that currently, there is only one zone in the township where short-term rental properties are legal.Even so, permits were issued by the municipal building inspector between May of 2011 and March of 2014, giving the green light to a number of property owners to rent in other zones.Following complaints in 2015 from vw wy =.¥- Wr ye X y+ v - MATTHEW MCCULLY locals about the rental properties causing disturbances in the neighbourhood, council discovered the building inspector\u2019s misstep, but was unable to take action because the owners had a legal right to rent.During a meeting last summer, the mayor and town manager told citizens that the building inspector had issued the permits without the knowledge of council or the manager.Bylaw 403-2017 would, in theory, answer to the demonstrated desire for CONT\u2019D ON PAGE 3 Take The Record anywhere with you with an online subscription! iPads, tablets, iPhones, Android phones, laptops! For a free 7 day trial, go to www.sherbrookerecord.com, click on e-dition, then Free Trial and fill in the information.For information or assistance call 819-569-9528 billing@sherbrookerecord.com \u2014\u2014] tf \u2014 nakis - Abe C hoping for a =) THE LE OF THE RATERS DERN SIP ARAL [AY Spore.Pip 10 = Al Jesse ma a po = Trusses durinmuis 17.\" Study panel recommends keeping school board elections Printed and distributed by PressReader press {Jyudy PressReader.com © +1604 278 4604 COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW Page 2 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 newsroom(@sherbrookerecord.com The Record The Record e-edition There for you 24-hours-a-day 7-days-a-week.Wherever you are.ccess the full edition of the stern Record as well as pecial editions and 30 days of archives.Renew or order a new 12- month print subscription and get a 12-month online subscription for an additional $5 or purchase the online edition only for $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: 1.Visit the Record website: www.sherbrookerecord.com 2.Click e-edition.3.Complete the form and wait for an email activating your online subscription.Weather ro SU A, TODAY: | 60% CHANCE OF FURRIES [PALF Lryvai% HIGHOF-13 \"453 LOWOF-21 44 y FRIDAY: REE ST ay a \u2014] HIGH OF -17 \u2014\" = LOWOF-24 Fe 4%\" 4 SATURDAY: | a | SNOW p, a TF2 \u20ac a pré a HIGH OF -8 34 oy LOW OF -9 , = &= 75, SUNDAY: .SNOW Atty HIGH OF 2 - > WIG SLOW OF « «\u20ac -F MONDAY: ( , SNOW È 2 ot F Svu7 Ss HIGHOF4 3 T4yT LOW OF-13 \u2018The furious incident of the stupid dog in the night time x Ross MURRAY around 5:30 a.m., maybe earlier.Dogs can't tell time.Every night when I come up to bed, Deb reminds me, \u201cDid you let The Beast out?\u201d If I haven't, I do, even though I know it's probably pointless because, at 11 o\u2019clock, the dog doesn't need out.The dog needs out at 5:30 a.m., maybe earlier.Stupid dog.She scratches at the door, or sometimes she\u2019ll stand in front of it and make a sound like a congested umpire calling a strike: \u201cRmmph!\u201d Deb or I will roll out of bed.I'm a little deaf, so sometimes I don't hear her (the stupid dog), which makes getting up that much more aggravating for my wife.But I honestly do try to intervene when I hear the dog and am in no way only pretending to be asleep, I swear.Sometimes we\u2019ll whisper-shout from the top of the stairs: \u201cBella! No! Go lie down!\u201d But the stupid dog is not to be deterred.Scratch.\u201cRmmph!\u201d Scratch.I slide on my slippers, go downstairs, open the front door and grab the leash that's lying there.But first I have to grip the cold metal clasp in my hand to thaw T= stupid dog goes to the door the mechanism so I can attach it to the collar.The cold air swirls through the open door and up my pant legs.\u201cRmmph!\u201d I grumble.The dog pads down the steps as I close the door, I find a nearby blanket and curl up on the couch while the stupid dog does her stupid business.And that's when the stupid dog starts barking.\u201cWurf!\u201d Pause.\u201cWurf!\u201d Pause.\u201cWurf- wurf!\u201d Long pause.I start to drift off.WURFH!\u201d There were a couple of nights in the early winter when the barking stopped.But then it stopped for too long.I woke up half an hour later.I went to the door and spotted the leash, but no dog.This had already happened a few times during the day, because there is something wrong with the clasp (and not because of how I hooked it, Deb!).When Bella\u2019s loose, she bolts.At 5:30 a.m., maybe earlier, it\u2019s not the best way to meet your neighbours, wandering around their back yards as their motion- detector lights snap on.Still, better then when I first met our new neighbours after I drove over their cat.(The cat was fine; neighbour relations not so much.) But most nights, it's \u201cWurfl.WURF!\u201d Again, not a neighbourhood pleaser.As I lie there on the couch, I wonder, what is she trying to express?What is her message to the night?\u201cI am Bella, spawn of Candy! I did not choose my name, but I shall choose my voice! Even though I have nothing to say, I will keep saying it! am the comments section made flesh!\u201d \u201cCold! It's cold! COLD! I have no clothes on.COLD!!!\u201d \u201cI eat garbage! I like it! Bring me garbages! All of the garbages! To ME!\u201d \u201cI can't stop retweeting! If I stop retweeting, Trump wins!\u201d \u201cMy owner wrote a novel! A novel! Why haven't you bought it yet?It's really good! Everybody! Did you write a novel?No! My owner did! A whole novel! He also ran over a cat.I'm a good dog!\u201d \u201cThose alarm system signs on people\u2019s lawns?They\u2019re fake! Fake I tell you! Haha! Haha! I'm barking.Now that's an alarm!\u201d \u201cAnyone who thought Justin Trudeau was actually going to keep his electoral reform promise is a fool.A fool I tell you!\u201d \u201cTrump! TRUMP!!!\u201d \u201cIn the darkness lies a hollow of the sickness of the mind/Where the brambles of delusion shade the sense you cannot find.\u201d \u201cTRUMP!!!\u201d But then one night I got off the couch and went to the door to see what exactly she was barking at.By the streetlight, I could see the dog pace the lawn, then bark, then sniff and pace, then bark.Then she did her circle, bark, circle, bark bark, squat, bark, pace, circle, bark, squat, bark, bark, and finally down to business.That's when I realized what she was saying: \u201cHEY! I'M POOPING! NOBODY LOOK, \u2018CUZ I'M POOPING! POOPING AT 5:30 AM., MAYBE EARLIER! I CAN'T TELL TIME! BECAUSE I'M A DOG! AND I'M POOPING! DON\u2019T EVEN THINK OF PEEKING! HEY!\u201d Stupid dog.Trump! Trump Trump! UdeS carries on despite strike, weather Record Staff SHERBROOKE nounced that the University is T= University of Sherbrooke has an- open: and its educational and administrative activities are being maintained as usual on its three campuses.However, the ongoing strike of professors attached to the SPPUS will result in some classes and exams being canceled.The university is asking its community members to refer to the websites https://www.usherbrooke.ca/actualites/in fo-greve/ for more information related to the strike and http://[www.usher- brooke.ca/urgence/urgence-meteoto find out more about weather emergencies at UdeS.Ben by Daniel Shelton WWW.DENCOMICSITID.COIM LOOK, THERES A SNOWMAN AND WOMAN, SNOWKIZS, A SNOWDOG AND A SNONCAT [WHAT'RE THOSE TWO TINY ONES HERE?rinted and distributed by PressRea P der press {(Zefellf PressReader.com = +1604 278 4604 COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW The Record newsroom(@sherbrookerecord.com THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Page 3 ILOCAL News According to Caron-Markwell, acceptance or rejection of the bylaw will happen zone by zone.Only residents living in or contiguous to a zone in question can oppose or accept it.Sherbrooke supportive of Muslim cemetery By Gordon Lambie bec City Mayor Régis Labeaume that his city\u2019s Muslim community will have its own cemetery, one Sherbrooke resident brought the question of a local cemetery back to Sherbrooke\u2019s city council on Monday night.[pe cis by the recent promise of Que- After expressing gratitude for the show of support that Sherbrooke and the surrounding community made in turning out to the vigil on January 29, the citizen expressed a hope that Sherbrooke Mayor Bernard Sévigny would make a similar commitment to that of his Quebec City counterpart, both as mayor and as president of the UMQ, Quebec\u2019s union of municipalities.Sévigny responded to the man by noting that the situations of Sherbrooke and Quebec City are slightly different in that the Quebec City Muslim community already had a location picked out that met the necessary criteria.He added, however, that there is already a conversation underway in Sherbrooke to try to find a local solution.\u201cWe had discussion with members of the Muslim community in Sherbrooke just before the holidays,\u201d the Mayor explained, saying that the city is more than willing to \u201caccompany\u201d the local community in the search for an appropriate site either in the city or one of the neighbouring communities.Magog to remove Merry Park exit crosswalk Record Staff SHERBROOKE another signal change downtown, this time removing the pedestrian crossing at the exit of Merry Point Park.The Municipality announced last De- T= City of Magog is going through Stanstead Township rental properties CONT'D FROM PAGE 1 rental properties around the lake in Fitch Bay, while imposing limits on the number of tenants and restrictions regarding parking, in an effort to curb neighbourhood disturbances.The comments at Monday\u2019s consultation suggested neither residents nor renters were enthused about the proposed bylaw.The consultation took place before the regular monthly meeting.Adoption of bylaw 403-2017, the subject of the consultation, was on the meeting\u2019s agenda, but following comments from the public, was withdrawn.Of major concern was that the bylaw does not have a limit on the number of rental properties allowed in a given zone.\u201cThere could be five, ten, fifteen next to each other,\u201d one citizen said, worried about the environmental impact around the lake.Another member of the public pointed out that renters would likely bring their own boats to the rental properties, which would increase the potential pollution of the lake.There was also the issue of the monitoring of septic systems, which could be overburdened if originally installed to accommodate single family use.Stanstead Township Mayor Francine Caron-Markell acknowledged that imposing a limit on the number of rental properties should be discussed, but dismissed the potential impact on the area.\u201cI don\u2019t think people renting pollute more than the people who are there,\u201d she said.A number of property owners who rent spoke up during the consultation, worried the future of their business could now lie in the hands of the residents in their zone.\u201cI did renovations, I pay insurance, I cember measures to solve the circulation problem that has affected this area for several years.In particular, a decision was made to add a mandatory stop at the McDonald's restaurant, as well as the removal of priority crossings for pedestrians and cyclists.Since these measures will result in have inspections,\u201d one citizen said, explaining that he invested substantially in his business.According to Caron-Markwell, acceptance or rejection of the bylaw will happen zone by zone.Only residents living in or contiguous to a zone in question more frequent stops, the City has decided to remove the pedestrian crossing very close to the railway track.Pedestrians will be directed to the intersection of Principale West and Merry North to cross at the lights.This change, which will be effective this spring, had been demanded for some time by the Memphrémagog Police, who had even suggested stationing an officer there to direct pedestrians.Elsewhere, beginning this spring, a pedestrian crossing will be added on Merry Street South near the Baptist Evangelical Church.can oppose or accept it.\u201cFor some, it won\u2019t be a problem,\u201d she said.When asked what would happen if a zone with a CITQ certified rental property were to reject the bylaw, Caron- Markwell was unsure of the recourse the business would have.Caron-Markwell said there will not be another consultation regarding bylaw 403-2017.She added that it will likely not go before council for adoption before next month\u2019s regular meeting.Q \u2014 Fondation duCHUS edition of Nationa! Geographic.The CHUS\u2019 leading-edge sectors Did you know that the CHUS has gained a reputation for excellence in several cutting-edge sectors, such as: - Cerebral chemotherapy through the transient opening of the blood-brain barrier - Advanced 3-D MRI-guided neurosurgery - Gamma knife neurosurgery - Colorectal cancer screening - Cyclotron production of radioisotopes Soa 4, cc EF The expertise of neurosurgeon and neuro- - D mm 74 oncologist David Fortin and researcher Maxime y AIR .N \u201c \u201d 4 3 -~ Descoteaux was recognized in an article entitled XPS CY NL = Ad fay, ¥ \u201cSecrets of the Brain\u201d published in the February p= =F a =e Phoso Céedit.Mational Geographic Innovating and pushing the limits of technology to benefit patients and the public are challenges addressed by the experts at the CHUS and its research centre on a daily basis.Follow us on 000] fondationchus.org Printed and distributed by PressReader press {duff PressReader.com © +1604 278 4604 COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW Page 4 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 newsroom(@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Sherbrooke \u201cmeetups\u201d offer friendly talks in By Gordon Lambie or fourth language?Emilie Couture wants to help.Since moving to Sherbrooke two years ago the former Montrealer has been voluntarily organizing what she calls \u201clanguage meetups\u201d at local bars to help people explore the world without ever straying too far from home.\u201cI travel a lot and like to learn languages,\u201d the event coordinator said, explaining that she used to regularly attend activities like the ones she now runs while she was living in Montreal as a way of practicing.\u201cI started going and just got addicted to meeting people from all over the world and not even needing to travel anymore.After moving there was no way I would survive in this region without international events happening, so that\u2019s when I decided to start them.\u201d The meetup itself is very informal, according to Couture, and the languages that are present for conversation vary depending on who shows up.\u201cIt is an informal, open conversation,\u201d the organizer said.\u201cI tried to structure it and put a flag on the table for French or for Spanish, but people just mingle.I think it is better like that.The idea is to just socialize.\u201d Couture said that she has seen many people develop lasting friendships out of the event \u201cThe main idea is to practice languages, and it works,\u201d the organizer said, \u201cbut a lot of people treat it as a way to meet people and make new friends.\u201d Initially Couture was running weekly gatherings and said that she was happy if as many as ten people showed up.As time went on it became clear that once a week was too frequent for the local community, at which point she dialed the model [et vou: for a chance to practice a second, third, foreign tongues back to once per month with great success.\u201c] did it like that for a year, one a month,\u201d the organizer said.\u201cEvery time was like 25 or 30 people.\u201d At this point, Couture said, demand is so great that the activity runs on Wednesday evenings roughly once every two weeks in two different bars in Sherbrooke, the downtown Siboire location and the Refuge des brasseurs on Galt Street West.The gatherings are open to anyone of legal age, but Couture said that so far the activity has mostly drawn people in the 20-40 year old range.Over the time she has been running the events locally, Couture said that she has seen a very wide range of language communities represented with participants coming from Quebecois, Finnish, Iraqi, Brazilian, Colombian, and German background, among others.\u201cPeople are in this open mindset,\u201d she said.\u201cThey\u2019re coming wanting to meet people.\u201d Couture said that she has more or less accomplished what she was looking for in the activity when she started out but is now looking for help to organize the events and engage in broader outreach.\u201cI\u2019ve reached a point where I need someone to give me new ideas,\u201d the organizer said, explaining that she doesn\u2019t have the time or energy to do too much extra work on top of her existing job.\u201cAlone I\u2019ve reached the end of my possibilities Ideally, the organizer said that she\u2019d like to see the event grow beyond its current Facebook and word of mouth existence to connect with local international programs and language schools.The next Language meetup in Sherbrooke is scheduled to take place at the Refuge des brasseurs on night of the 15th of February at 7pm.Thank you! Steve Blake holding a plate of goodies that was dropped off at The Record yesterday, by a Record subscriber, as a random act of kindness.On behalf of The Record, THANK YOU! \u2014 yy + bad MATTHEW MCCULLY Vv THE RECORD WILL BE 120 YEARS QLD ON FEBRUARY 9! BONUS: With the purchase of your 12-month print subscription, receive a one-year online subscription of The Record for only $5 more! THIS OFFER IS VALID FOR ONE DAY ONLY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017.Sherbrooke Dailn Record.CALL OR EMAIL US! 819-569-9528 billing@sherbrookerecord.com Printed and distributed by PressReader press {defy PressReader.com © +1604 278 4604 COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW The Record newsroom(@sherbrookerecord.com THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Page 5 The Border Report The club still supports local elementary schools, Smith said, along with Border Minor Hockey, museums, and camps on both sides of the border Boundary Rotary Club viable despite By Steve Blake the first international Rotary Club in the world to draw members from two countries.Despite the invisible divide between the United States and Canada, most people who live on either side of the border consider the area a single neighborhood.Family siblings live in both countries.The Haskell Library was built directly on the border and serves the community on both sides.Border Minor Hockey has players and coaches from Quebec and Vermont.The Border Curling Club has members from both sides of the border.And fire departments from both sides have a mutual aid agreement.The Rotary Club of the Boundary was chartered in 1935.The charter included Rock Island, Stanstead, Beebe, and Ayer\u2019s Te Rotary Club of the Boundary was declining membership Lo - = pe =.: = 3 - Cliff in Quebec and Derby Line and Derby in Vermont.The club raises money for local and international interests, but Vice President Allan Smith of Beebe, Quebec says 70 percent of the money the club raises stays local.According to the club\u2019s history posted on its website, written by Lloyd Bliss, the late publisher of the Stanstead Journal, the Boundary Rotary Club provided money for the Frontier Swim Project, which taught Canadian and American children to swim at Lake Salem in Derby.It has also provided glasses for school children who needed them.The club still supports local elementary schools, Smith said, along with Border Minor Hockey, museums, and camps on both sides of the border \u2014 Coutts CONT'D ON PAGE 6 STEVE BLAKE The Rotary Club's biggest fundraiser is its monthly book sale in this building on Main Street in Beebe.= PHELPS AIDE 7 PHELPS HELPS | ~~ r\u2014 = a - \u2014\u2014 vw - ww \u2014 ar PL By Clea Corman fter five years in the Stanstead A community countless students ave participated in Phelps\u2019s weekly programs: the High School Tutoring Program, Elementary Homework Program and Elementary Educational Program help students succeed in school, taking them one step closer to completing their education.All these programs are free and are attended by students on a voluntary basis.By coming to Phelps, these students are taking charge of their own educational path - and hats off to them.However, sometimes a little more legwork is required, and this is where the collaborative nature of education comes to the forefront.Phelps offers Educational Support as one of their core services, taking on the task of coordinating between the student and school.Struggling in a subject is already time consuming and stressful for a student; let Phelps track down the teacher for more information, let Phelps coordinate with the school\u2019s administration to come up with a solution that best fits the student\u2019s reality, let Phelps research tools and approaches to best support the student.Phelps\u2019s Programs Director has office hours throughout the week and is available for appointments: teachers, students and parents reach out to us, and let Phelps help you.Phelps Aide Phelps Helps is an educational non-profit striving to reduce the elevated drop-out rate in the Stanstead area.Phelps was started in 2012 by two community members, and has grown from a single program to five unique programs, providing Stanstead area students with free tutoring, educational support and hands-on learning for both elementary and high school students.We are once again looking for volunteers from the Lennoxville area who would be able to drive up a couple of other volunteers on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.Help make our programs a success and volunteer with Phelps! To participate in Phelps\u2019s programs or to become a volunteer send an email to info@phelpshelps.ca or call 819-704- 0799.For more information about Phelps or to make a donation, please visit www.phelpshelps.ca FRONTIER ANIMAL SOCIETY lease someone adopt this mar- Pree cat!! Juniper has been at the shelter since January 2016 and given that she is only about two years old, that represents half of her life.Sometimes we understand why a particular cat is not as popular as some of the others but usually we can attribute it to a characteristic such as shyness or fearfulness.As for Juniper, we are truly mystified as to why this outgoing, happy, playful and interactive young cat has yet to win the heart of a potential adopter.When she first arrived, Juniper, who was an owner surrender, was stressed, scared and likely very confused as to why she was suddenly thrust into this very new and very unfamiliar environment.Within a few months she settled into a new routine and has since become a fixture in the cat room always there to en- Featured pet: Juniper thusiastically greet volunteers and visitors alike.Inevitably, when someone sits down, Juniper is the first to jump on their lap.She soaks up any attention she can get and loves to be brushed.While in our charge, our shelter cats are very well cared for.They have toys, comfy beds, perches, sunshine and in the summer they have access to an outdoor \"catio\" but still, a shelter is not a home and Juniper deserves a home.If you are looking for an engaged and engaging companion, Juniper is a great choice.To meet Juniper, please consider dropping by at our weekly cat adoption event that takes place every Saturday from 10 a.m.to noon.The shelter is located at 2405 rue Griffin (Route 247) in Ogden.If you can't make it on Saturday, please send an email to frontieranimal- society@gmail.com and we'll be happy to set something up.Printed and distributed by PressReader ASIE) PressReader.com + +1 604 278 4604 COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW Page 6 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 newsroom(@sherbrookerecord.com The Record HDITORIAL I went to my first funeral as a child and right from the start I realized this was a solemn occasion.Those were the days when cremation was still a rarity and an open casket was de rigeur.Funerals, visitations and one last selfie TiM BELFORD of it is that I have always been a bit of an emotional sot.I cry at the drop of a hat.I can summon up tears watching It\u2019s A Wonderful Life for the thirtieth time.My eyes start to flood at Remembrance Day services and you might as well hand me a box of Kleenex if someone sings Danny Boy.I went to my first funeral as a child and right from the start I realized this was a solemn occasion.Those were the days when cremation was still a rarity and an open casket was de rigeur.Friends and relatives would line up and move quietly past the coffin paying their last respects and often making remarks about the deceased.These personal eulogies varied; \u201cIt\u2019s just as well.At least now he\u2019s not suffering any more\u201d; \u201cShe\u2019s in a better place\u201d; \u201cHe looks good\u201d; none of which, I may add, made any sense with my child-like perception of death.If that was good, what had he looked like in life?The one indisputable comment I have come across came with the death of my great uncle.The body was laid out in the parlour of the house for the normal \u201cviewing\u201d, before his sons carried it a hundred or so yards down the road to the family plot.One of those giving his condolences I never been good at funerals.Part Boundary Rotary Club CONT'D FROM PAGE 5 Moriarty (now Siskin Coutts) in Derby, and Camp Massawippi in Ayer\u2019s Cliff.On the world stage the club has helped build a vocational school in the Democratic Republic of Congo, shipped was an elderly farmer from across the road.My uncle and he had been neighbours for forty years give or take a year.The neighbour who was badly stooped also suffered from poor vision.When he got to the coffin he leaned forward until his head was mere inches above the deceased and said in a clear, loud voice, \u201cYep, that\u2019s Harry.\u201d And he was right.It was also the custom, one to which I still adhere, to dress appropriately.A shirt, jacket and tie was the normal outfit for any man attending a funeral.Somehow it showed a certain respect for not only the deceased but for the proceedings.Even children were squeezed into their Sunday best.Alas, this is no longer the case.Not too long ago I went to the funeral of a long-time acquaintance.Although many attending the visitation and subsequent ceremony were dressed for the event, there were just as many who could have easily been attending a barbecue or an outing at the beach.T-shirts, shorts, flip flops, blue jeans and tank tops, they were all in evidence, gave the event the air of a semi-sombre rock concert.This being said, it did not surprise me to learn that the latest fad is the \u201cfuneral selfie.\u201d Increasingly, those attending the last rites of friends or relatives, find it necessary to get one last photo of the deceased and themselves.No mistake here, these pictures are not, for the most part, destined to appear in the family album.They are downloaded, texted and shared with anyone who cares to view them.Just as thousands of Canadians out there will shove and fight their way their way through the crowd to snap a shot of themselves grinning inanely with one arm around the Prime Minister, so too will they now do the same with the \u201c8 | ANOTHER REFUGEE Ee \u201c9 CROSSINGINTO F5 CANADA FROM THE U.S.ON FOOT.corpse of grandma, grandpa or any distant friend or relative.Even funerals have become \u201call about me.\u201d Like so many other words \u201cdecorum\u201d has fallen out of use.Who am I, or anyone else for that matter, to say what is right or wrong, proper or scandalous?Why is clowning around at a funeral wrong?I can only offer the oldest and weakest of answers.It just is.Letters DEAR EDITOR, (Jan.3, 2017) am writing to say what an excellent editorial Mable Hastings wrote, \u201cWhen [es knocks.you must answer,\u201d reflecting the family\u2019s present grief.It spoke to my heart, expressed things in relation to grief that I had not considered.It was as if someone was with me in my grief.I also found it encouraging.The grief process is different for each person.Yes, \u201cWhen grief knocks.you must answer\u201d.SINCERELY JOHN SERJEANTSON COWANSVILLE shoes to El Salvador, and helped fight the malaria epidemic in Guyana.The money comes from the local club\u2019s fundraising efforts with matching grants from Rotary International and the district, Smith said.The club works with high school stu- THE 6 Mallory, Sherbrooke, Quebec JIM 2E2 Fax: 819-821-3179 E-MAIL: newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com WEBSITE: www.sherbrookerecord.com SHARON McCuLLy PUBLISHER .(819) 569-9511 STEPHEN BLAKE CORRESP.EDITOR .(819) 569-6345 SERGE GAGNON CHIEF PRESSMAN .(819) 569-9931 DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTING .ovvieieinninnnnnn (819) 569-9511 ADVERTISING .covvvvununnnn.(819) 569-9525 CIRCULATION .cvvvvunnnn.(819) 569-9528 NEWSROOM .covvnvunnnn.(819) 569-6345 KNOWLTON OFFICE 5B VICTORIA STREET, KNOWLTON, QUEBEC, JOE 1VO TEL: (450) 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they return.In addition, the club provides two $750 vocational scholarships a year \u2014 one to a Canadian student, and one to an American.The major fundraiser for the club is the monthly book sale in Beebe, Smith said.People donate books and puzzles for sale.Smith pointed out that the club is currently inundated with books.He said the club makes between $400 and $500 a month from the sales.The annual golf tournament and dinner at Dufferin Heights Country Club has historically been a successful fundraiser as well, Smith said, but last summer attendance was down, and continuation is in question.Part of the reason, he said, is that with the improvements made at the country club, it has become more popular, and it is becoming more difficult to book a favourable date.The Rotary Club of the Boundary remains viable despite declining membership, Smith said.The club is down to 12 members, only three of which live in Vermont.Recently the club has had more than 20 members, and in the 1950s boasted as many as 40.\u201cThe club is getting smaller and smaller,\u201d Smith said.\u201cNo one is stepping up.We're getting older and older.We\u2019d hate to lose the charter.\u201d In contrast, the Newport Rotary Club is thriving with about 40 members, Smith said.He said some of the difference lies in the fact that the border area has fewer businesses.\u201cAnd younger people are not coming forward,\u201d he said.The Rotary Club of the Boundary meets every Monday at noon at the Christ Church hall on Dufferin Street, in Stanstead.rinted and distributed by PressRea P der press [feleld PressReader.com + +1 604 278 4604 COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW The Record newsroom(@sherbrookerecord.com THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Page 7 Local Sports \u201cWe can see he's talented, for sure,\u201d Biello said of Ballou.\u201cYou have to understand that he's 17.\u201d Impact see midfielders Ballou, Choiniere By Bill Beacon THE CANADIAN PRESS earn playing time on the veteran Montreal Impact squad, it would be teenage midfielders Ballou Jean-Yves Tabla and David Choiniere.Asked about the pair this week, coach Mauro Biello said: \u201cI don't think we've seen talent like that in Quebec in the last 30 years.\u201d The 17-year-old Ballou, as he is called, and 19-year-old Choiniere are seen as key players for the future of the Major League Soccer club.Ballou wants that to start this season.\u201cIt depends on me, how I do,\u201d he said this week.Asked what it will take to impress Biello, Ballou said: \u201cBy scoring goals and making combinations.The coach likes it when you've got the ball on your foot and you're shooting and scoring.\u201cI'm not afraid.I'm confident.\u201d I: there are younger players ready to The five-foot-nine Ballou signed a contract for the upcoming MLS season last November.He starred for the club's academy teams and for their defunct USL team FC Montreal, with whom he scored five goals and added five assists in 2016.He often trained with the MLS team last season alongside since-departed fellow Ivory Coast native Didier Drogba.But his biggest moments came in a 2-1 win over England with Canada's under-20 team last March that reportedly drew interest from top Premier League clubs like Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City, and strong play in a friendly match against AS Roma before a sellout crowd at Saputo Stadium in August.Ballou, whose family moved to Montreal when he was a child, was named Canada's under-17 player of the year in 2014 when he was 15.He was Canada's under-20 player of the year in 2016.He is sometimes compared to Alphonso Davies of the Vancouver Whitecaps, the Liberian-born forward who at 15 as potential homegrown stars became the second youngest to play in an MLS game after Freddy Adu with D.C.United in 2004.Davies played 15 times in all competitions, including eight MLS games last season.\u201cWe can see he's talented, for sure,\u201d Biello said of Ballou.\u201cYou have to understand that he's 17.\u201cWe have to bring him along the right way, but you can see his quality in practice.We saw it against Roma right away because what he did there is not easy against a team like that, showing his maturity and confidence in his abilities.There are flashes.In training, you saw certain things he's capable of doing with ease.Those are things you want to continue to develop.We hope one day he becomes that important player we think he can be.\u201d Impact management has stated a long- term goal of having a core of homegrown players in the starting 11, as the club had when Biello was the star midfielder in other leagues before joining MLS in 2012.Currently, the only local starter is 37- year-old Patrice Bernier of Brossard, Que.French-born defender Wandrille Lefevre, an Impact academy product, is the first backup in the central defence.There are a handful of other graduates from the team's academy on the roster, including occasionally used forward Anthony Jackson-Hamel.Others only see meaningful action in Voyageurs Cup matches or friendlies.The Impact hope Ballou and Choiniere, of St.Jean Sur Richelieu, Que., are the next ones to break through.Choiniere signed with the MLS squad on June 28 and played his first MLS game in October against New England.He also impressed against AS Roma, taking a shot that went off a post.\u201cDavid did well last year,\u201d said Biello.\u201cThey need to accumulate experience.\u201cYou can't go too fast.They will make some mistakes, learn and get better.Not get too high or too low.It's part of their development.\u201d Legendary coach Scotty Bowman headlines Order of Hockey in Canada class of 2017 By Joshua Clipperton THE CANADIAN PRESS won two titles by the time he was tasked with leading his country at the 1976 Canada Cup.The teams set to face Canada that September, including the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia, played and practised together year-round, while Bowman's NHL stars had little time to prepare by comparison.But what Bowman did have was what he believes to be the best group of defencemen ever assembled.\u201cWhen I look back at many of the records of teams S cotty Bowman had coached nine NHL seasons and THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-PAUL SANCYA Scotty Bowman, Murray Costello and Fran Rider were welcomed into the Order of Hockey Canada ranks Wednesday that have played, and some that I even coached, I go back to a defence corps that will never ever be duplicated,\u201d said Bowman.\u201cThere was Serge Savard, Larry Robinson, Guy Lapointe, and also Bobby Orr and Denis Potvin.\u201cIt was just a dream to coach that team.\u201d Canada would win the tournament, one of countless coaching highlights for Bowman, who was honoured Wednesday with Murray Costello and Fran Rider as the 2017 class of the Order of Hockey in Canada.Bowman owns 14 Stanley Cups with four different teams, including a record nine as a head coach.He holds the NHL record for most coaching wins with 1,244 in the regular season and 223 more in the playoffs.Twice named NHL coach of the year, Bowman was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991 and was invested as an officer of the Order of Canada in 2012.He continues to work as a senior adviser of hockey operations with the Chicago Blackhawks.Asked if any of his Cups held more weight than the others, the 83-year-old pointed to his first of five with the Montreal Canadiens in 1973.\u201cYou feel a lot differently about the fact that it's not going to carry you forever, but it's going to give you something,\u201d said Bowman, before adding his last Cup in 2002 with Detroit was also special: \u201cI had made my mind up that I was going to retire.It made it a lot easier to go through with that.\u201d The recipients of the Order are honoured for their contributions or service to the growth and development of hockey in Canada.The Order includes 21 honourees since its inception in 2012.This year's class will be celebrated at the Hockey Canada Foundation gala June 19 in Saskatoon.Costello served as president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association and Hockey Canada from 1979 to 1998, and was vice-president of the International Ice Hockey Federation from 2008 to 2012.Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005 and the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2014, he helped oversee the merger of the CAHA and Hockey Canada in 1994.\u201cThat was a key point in our evolution as an organization,\u201d said Costello, who was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in 2013.\u201cThe merger really opened the door for the amateur side of the game to deal directly with the pros.\u201cThe joy of it all has been to see it evolve once it became one organization.\u201d Costello, who played 163 NHL games in the 1950s, held a number of other administrative roles throughout the hockey world, but said he never envisioned his life would be consumed by the sport.\u201cIt was a series of accidents that happened on the way that kept me in it,\u201d said Costello, who turns 83 later this month.\u201cThe delight of it all is that when you're working in the game, you're really not working because the game is so deeply enjoyed and appreciated by all of the people of Canada.\u201cWhen you have some success along the way it makes it even better.\u201d Rider, the president and CEO of the Ontario Women's Hockey Association since 1982, has played a vital role in the development of women's hockey as a player, coach, volunteer and executive for 40 years.Invested as a member of the Order of Canada and inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame as the first female builder in 2015, Rider is now also the first female builder in the Order of Hockey in Canada.\u201cIt's an honour for me to see the female game recognized in this scope,\u201d she said.\u201cIt's just a dream come true.When I first laced up the skates in 1967 the best thing was you got to be part of a team, you got to play the game that you loved as a Canadian.\u201cIt wasn't for women at that time, and now it is for women.\u201d Michel Puval Advertising Consultant \" Serving the entire Eastern Townships CT with three publications (iP Brome County NEWS One number QU.TR mduval@sherbrookerecord.com Townships Outlet Printed and distributed by PressRea der press [feleld PressReader.com + +1 604 278 4604 COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW Page 8 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 production(@)sherbrookerecord.com The Record Death (1939-2017) Neeley and the late Rita Westover.many nieces and nephews and loving friend to many.funeral at 11:00 a.m.at the St-Luke\u2019s Anglican Church.Les Résidences Funéraires Bessette 5034 Foster St., Waterloo QC www.famillebessette.com Beverly Anna Neeley Lodge It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mrs.Anna Beverly Neeley on February 5th, 2017 in her 77th year.She was the daughter of the late Raymond She is survived by her loving husband of 58 years David, wl loving mother to Robert (Rick), Timothy, Donna (Andrew); loving grandmother to Kayla, loving sister to Noélla (the late Rosaire), William (Rosemary), Jo-anne, the late Patricia, the late Diane (Dexter); loving aunt to Cremation was held in Granby at Les Jardins Funéraires Bessette crematorium.Family will receive condolences at the RESIDENCE FUNERAIRE BESSETTE IN WATERLOO, Friday, February 10 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m.and Saturday, February 11 from 9:00 a.m.till the departure from the funeral home at 10:45 a.m.for the Interment will be held at a later date at the Owl\u2019s Head cemetery.In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Quebec would be appreciated.Forms will be available at the funeral home.PHONE: 450-539-1606 FAX: 450-539-303 @ Member of the C.T.Q.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Today is the 40th day of 2017 and the 51st day of winter.TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1825, the U.S.House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams as president, a decision that became necessary after no candidate took the majority of the electoral votes in the election of 1824.In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America.In 1950, during a speech in West Virginia, Sen.Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin claimed to have a list of more than 200 \u201cknown communists\u201d serving in the State Department.In 1964, the Beatles made their first appearance on \u201cThe Ed Sullivan Show.\u201d TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), ninth U.S.president; Ronald Colman (1891-1958), actor; Carmen Miranda (1909-1955), dancer/singer/actress; Brendan Behan (1923-1964), playwright; Roger Mudd (1928-), TV journalist; Carole King (1942- ), singer-songwriter; Joe Pesci (1943- ), actor; Alice Walker (1944- ), author; Mia Datebook Farrow (1945- ), actress; Charlie Day (1976- ), actor; Tom Hiddleston (1981- ), actor; Michael B.Jordan (1987-), actor.TODAY'S FACT: The game of volleyball (then called Mintonette) was created in Holyoke, Massachusetts, on this day in 1895.TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1971, pitcher Leroy \u201cSatchel\u201d Paige became the first Negro League veteran to be nominated for the Baseball Hall of Fame.TODAY'S QUOTE: \u201cThe only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.\u201d - William Henry Harrison TODAY'S NUMBER: 73 million \u2014 viewers estimated to have tuned in to see the Beatles\u2019 first appearance on \u201cThe Ed Sullivan Show.\u201d At 45.3 percent of all U.S.television-owning households, it became the highest-rated TV telecast and is still the 26th-highest rated of all time.TODAY'S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Feb.3) and full moon (Feb.10).Coaticook Area Senior Citizen\u2019s Club We met January 17, 2017 for our monthly meeting at the Elie Carrier Center.For consultation, Ellen Bailey brought books and pictures on the history of the area.Quite a few people enjoyed going through them.She also brought some magazines to give away.Our president, Shirley Desruisseaux started the meeting with greetings of the season and a few announcements.She also read a few jokes and stories.Lydia May had extra copies of The Record to give away.Shirley had prepared a pot of various candies and we were asked to figure out how many of each were in there.Only one person came close, for one of the 3 types of candies, so it was decided that the winner would be the person that gave the exact number of all the candies in the pot \u2014- Wilma Cushing was the grand winner.Door prizes were won by: Betty Haskell, Gerrit Van der Mark, Wilson May, Ernestine Whipple, Wilma Cushing and Tom Mayne.Joe Cutler was the winner of the two participation prizes.Members having a birthday this month were Barbara Bellows, Gerrit Van der Mark and Marry Cutler.Since our speaker couldn\u2019t come, after lunch, Shirley offered that we play games or visit between us.Most preferred to talk but a game of chinese checkers was under way when I left.heard through the grapevine that it was too long with six people playing so they decided to stop.No winner.Our next meeting will be February 21, 2017 at the Elie Carrier Center.Our speaker will be Greg Bishop from Grace Village in Huntingville.This being Valentine\u2019s month, it would be nice to wear something red or a heart.You will be receiving a call ascertaining your presence.As usual if you gave your name to come and can\u2019t make it, please contact Shirley Desruiseaux before Thursday the 16 at 819-849-6170.Submitted by Shirley Desruisseaux, President Suzanne Martin, Secretary St.George\u2019s Evening A.C.W.Report The Anglican Church Women of St.George\u2019s Church, Sherbrooke (Lennoxville) are a small but diligent group.There are very few changes in the executive from year to year and our president is Ferne McConnell.We usually meet on the second Wednesday of each month excluding July and August.The funds raised during the year go towards our outreach projects and, of course, towards helping support the Church.These monies come from such r Discounts: 2 insertions or more: 15% off Text only: $16.00 (includes taxes) WEDDING WRITE-UPS: projects as the annual Quilt Show, Christmas Bazaar and Tea, the sale of Christmas wreaths and our famous Easter Eggs for the past 35 years! The outreach projects we support, to name only a few, are Lennoxville Elementary and Alexander Galt Regional High Schools, Bishop\u2019s University Campus Ministry and other local community organizations.We send shoeboxes to the Port of Quebec for the Seamen at Christmas and the A.C.W.Supports the work BIRTH NOTICES, CARDS OF THANKS, IN MEMORIAMS, BRIEFLETS: Text only: 406 per word.Minimum charge $10.00 ($11.50 taxes included) With photo: additional $18.50.DEADLINE: 11 a.m., day before publication.BIRTHDAY, ANNIVERSARY & GET-WELL WISHES, ENGAGEMENT NOTICES: With photo: $26.00 ($29.90 taxes included) DEADLINE: 3 days before publication.$26.00 ($29.90 taxes included) WITH PHOTO: $36.00 ($41.40 taxes included) of Save the Children Canada.Members of our congregation who are in need or sick receive Meals on Wheels, fruit baskets or a \u201ccheery note\u201d.To the parishioners and people of the community who have so willingly helped with our projects, a very sincere \u201cTHANK YOU\u201d.Submitted by Margie Woollerton, Secretary RATES and DEADLINES: ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICES Please Note: All of the aforementioned (except death notices) must be submitted typewritten or neatly printed, and must include the signature and daytime telephone number of the contact person.Can be e-mailed to: clas- sad@sherbrookerecord.com - They will not be taken by phone.DEADLINES FOR DEATH NOTICES: For Monday's paper, call 819-569-4856 between 1 p.m.and 5 p.m.Sunday.For Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday's edition, call 819-569-4856 or fax 819-569-1187 (please call to confirm transmission) or e-mail: production@sherbrookerecord.com between the day of publication.The Record cannot guarantee publication if another 9 a.m.and 5 p.m.the day prior to Record number is called.Rates: Please call for costs.Show you've really got heart.Give us a hand by becoming a volunteer for the Heart and Stroke Foundation and help fight the #1 cause of death in Québec.1 888 473-4636 HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF QUÉBEC Printed and distributed by PressRea PressReader.com press reader der + +1604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY = ORIGINAL COPY: ORIGINAL COPY - ORIGINAL COPY + ORIGINAL COPY + ORIGINAL COPY * COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW The Record newsroom(@sherbrookerecord.com Your Birthday THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Energy, action, common sense and the desire to get ahead will result in good fortune.Opportunity, negotiation and directly stating your goals, aspirations and strategies are all favored.A passionate approach to life and love will pay off.AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) \u2014 Don\u2019t stop when you should be moving full speed ahead.Set your course and turn your attention toward achieving what you set out to do.Personal physical improvements are featured, and romance is encouraged.PISCES (Feb.20-March 20) \u2014 Do what you do best without promising too much.Work quietly on your own until you are satisfied with what you have accomplished.Don\u2019t become trapped in an excessive situation.ARIES (March 21-April 19) \u2014 Share your thoughts and feelings, and offer to lend a helping hand to someone in need.Your kind gesture will be met with an unexpected reward.Love and romance should be priorities.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) \u2014 An emotional matter will rock your foundation if you believe everything you hear.Take a step back and size up your situation before you make a move.Avoid gossip and don\u2019t reveal secrets.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) \u2014 Get into the swing of things.Join an organization that can help you expand your contacts or offer you the experience you need to advance.An opportunity will surface if you are forthright.CANCER (June 21-July 22) \u2014 Stay alert and concentrate on the responsibilities you signed up for.Falling short at work, school or home will lead to unwanted criticism and disappointment.LEO (July 23-Aug.22) \u2014 Share your feelings, make plans with someone you love and look for exciting ideas about places to visit and lifestyle changes.Romance is highlighted.VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) \u2014 A challenge will help you put your life and situation in perspective.Use your intuition to help you avoid problems with partners.Compliments will get you further than criticism.LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.23) \u2014 You must use your Libra charm and intelligence to convince others to see things your way.Personal gains look promising, and physical alterations will add to your appeal.SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) \u2014 Don\u2019t feel pressured to make a business decision or change your course of action due to what someone else is doing.Stick to what is most familiar, and strive for perfection.SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) \u2014 Discipline and high expectations and hopes will bring good results, as long as you don\u2019t overdo it.Setting parameters and guidelines will help you stay on track.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) \u2014 Applying pressure in situations that you don\u2019t like will not bring the results you want.Diplomacy will be necessary, along with proper incentives and whatever else it takes to get your way.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Hope for one card to be well-placed By Phillip Alder Carmine Gallo, an expert in business communications and leadership skills, said, \u201cNothing is more dramatic than a well-placed pause.\u201d That pause might also be critical in a comedy.At the bridge table, though, we might need one card to be well-placed.In this deal, South was in six hearts.Which one card did he hope East held?How did South play after West led the spade 10?South\u2019s jump to four hearts, a super- accept, promised four-card support and a good hand for hearts.I believe, though, that the hand should have had a doubleton.Declarer had 10 top tricks: two spades, six hearts and two diamonds.He THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Page 9 North 02-09-17 & AJ3 YJ108754 + KJ2 & 9 West East & 1098 &0Q764 V2 V 93 + 9653 + Q108 & 10 7642 &AJ85 South & K52 YVAKQ6 +4 A74 & KQ3 Dealer: South Vulnerable: North-South South West North East 2NT Pass 3% Pass 4% Pass 6% All Pass Opening lead: # 10 could have established a club winner and had two finesses that he might have tried.There was a temptation to take the spade finesse at trick one, but South realized that that could wait.If he could just find East with the club ace, the contract was safe.Declarer took the first trick with his spade king, drew trumps ending on the board and led dummy\u2019s club.East defended well by not taking the trick.However, South won with his king, ruffed the club three, played a trump to his hand, led the club queen and, CROSSWORD instead of ruffing it, discarded dummy\u2019s low diamond.East took the trick, but was end- played.If he led a spade or diamond, it would have been away from his queen into dummy\u2019s tenace.So he tried the club jack, but declarer ruffed in his hand (a seventh trump trick) and discarded the spade jack from the dummy.He claimed two spades, six hearts, two diamonds, one club and the club ruff.Across 1 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Info: 819-346- 9122.LENNOXVILLE The Lennoxville and District Community Aid will be holding Blood Pressure clinics on Tuesdays, February 14 and March 14, at 164 Queen Street, Suite #104, from 1:30 p.m.to 2:30 p.m.WATERVILLE The Lennoxville and District Community Aid will be holding Blood Pressure clinics on Tuesdays, February 14 and March 14, at the Town Hall from 10 a.m.to 11 a.m.LENNOXVILLE Special Valentines Day Supper to be held at \u201cThe Hut\u201d, ANN.AF, Unit #318, 300 St.Francis Street, Lennoxville, on Sunday, February 12 at 5 p.m.Menu consists of spaghetti, salad and desert.Reservations appreciated, especially for groups.To reserve call Wanda Evans at 819-565-7099.RICHMOND Please join us at the St.Anne\u2019s Church 171 Principale Street South on Saturday, February 11, for the annual Valentine luncheon.You\u2019ll be treated to casseroles, salads and pies for dessert.The Attic Treasures and Food tables will open at 11 am, luncheon being served from 11:30 a.m.to 1 p.m.LENNOXVILLE Lennoxville and District Community Aid is hosting a FREE information session, OPEN TO ALL in the community and offered by Revenue Québec.This conference; \u201cSeniors and Taxation\u201d is presented in English and is dedicated to retirees for their provincial income tax returns.This will take place Thursday February 9 at 1:30 p.m.at the Amédé Beaudoin Community Center borough of Lennoxville.Please register with us at 819-821-4779.LENNOXVILLE There will be 500 cards played at \u201cThe Hut\u201d, AN.A.F.Unit #318, 300 St.Francis Street, Lennoxville, on Wednesday, February 15 at 1:30 p.m.Everyone welcome.AYER\u2019S CLIFF Valentines Day Brunch on Sunday, February 12 at Beulah United Church, 967 Main Street, Ayer\u2019s Cliff from 11 a.m.to 1 p.m.Bring your special someone > _ _ _ _ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 PAGE 11 DEADLINE: 12:30 P.M.ONE DAY PRIOR TO PUBLICATION OR MAIL YOUR PREPAID CLASSIFIED ADS TO THE RECORD, 6 MALLORY, SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC J1M 2E2 to enjoy a home cooked meal of ham, sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs, baked beans, pancakes with real maple syrup, toast, fruit salad, coffee, tea and juice.All are welcome.NORTH HATLEY February 14, 1:30 p.m.to 4 p.m., Intro to Poetry, North Hatley Library, 165 Main.Improve your writing or polish your eBook submission at this free workshop from Townshippers\u2019 Association\u2019s \u201cOur Stories\u201d project.More dates and info at www.Townshippers.org/Canada150 or under events at www.Facebook.com/Townshippers LENNOXVILLE HCC Seniors Luncheon.We will NOT be holding a Senior luncheon on February 23 as the Hope Community Church, 102 Queen St.Lennoxville, but will look forward to seeing you on March 30.RICHMOND Spaghetti Dinner to support the St.Francis Elementary School Library in Richmond.Come and join us for a tasty meal and support the love of reading! The spaghetti dinner will be held at St.Francis Elementary School at 355 College St.South, Richmond, on Friday, February 17.There will be 3 seatings; 4:45 p.m.5:30 p.m.and 6:15 p.m.Admission charged, free for children ages 4 years and under.All prices include taxes.To reserve tickets, please contact Helena Bates at 819-826-3737 or by email at batesh@edu.etsb.qc.ca.DANVILLE The Directors of the Danville Curling Club are pleased to invite everyone to the Club\u2019s Brunch on Sunday, February 12 from 10 a.m.to 1:30 p.m.at the Danville Curling Club, 1449 Route 116, Danville.Curling to watch during the day.BULWER The Bulwer Branch of the Quebec Farmers\u2019 Association will meet at the Bulwer Community Centre on Thursday, February 9 at 8:30 p.m.Pot-luck lunch.All are welcome.LENNOXVILLE Third Thursday Soup Lunch at St George\u2019s Church Hall in Lennoxville on February 16, from 11:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.Please join us for a special Valentine\u2019s Day lunch.Your choice of three delicious homemade soups (with a vegetarian option) and two delectable desserts, Bruno\u2019s famous buns, tea, coffee or juice.Free will offering to support the charitable work of the church.Hope to see you all there.RICHMOND On Sunday, February 12, our second Sunday afternoon music jamboree will take place at the Richmond Legion.There is no admission charge but a donation for the musicians would be appreciated.COWANSVILLE Valentine\u2019s Party with Jimmy Edwards Country Folks Band at Trinity Anglican Church Hall, 409 South St., Cowansville on Saturday, February 11, 7 p.m.to 11 p.m.Door prizes, 50-50 drawing, canteen on premises, spot dance.Admission charged.Please support the church and food bank.Everyone welcome.Bring a friend and enjoy good country music at its best.e Oo o This column accepts items announcing events organized by churches, service clubs and recognized charitable institutions for a $7.00 fee, $10.00 for 2 insertions of same notice, $13.00 for 3 publications.Maximum 35 words.If you have more than 35 words the charge will be $10.00 per insertion.Requests should be mailed, well in advance, to The Record, 1195 Galt St.East, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1G 1Y7, be signed and include a telephone number and payment.Telephone requests will not be accepted.Admission charges and trade names will be deleted.No dances.a Printed and distributed by PressRea PressReader.com press [(Lele[Hg der * +1 604 278 4604 L'ORIGINAL COPY ORIGINAL COPY: ORIGINAL COPY - ORIGINAL COPY ORIGINAL COPY + ORIGINAL COPY + COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW Page 12 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 newsroom(@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Colder relations Dear Annie THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2017 Dear Annie: I have lived within a day\u2019s drive of my eldest sister for many years.Several years ago, as she was getting back on her feet after a divorce, I went to visit for Christmas.I had a great time.But after that, things seemed to get progressively tenser with each visit.She started participating as a foster parent for infants and canceled a Christmas visit to us on short notice because she had to look after her first child over the holiday.I tried to be supportive of her new endeavor, but when I asked about the family situation that put the child in foster care, I was snippily told, \u201cThat\u2019s confidential.I can\u2019t talk about that.\u201d She is hurt that I am ignoring her now.But she has yet to invite us for a visit since canceling the Christmas visit several years ago.Email communication gets twisted, and she doesn\u2019t call by phone.She signs her emails, \u201cMay God bless your day,\u201d and when I told her that bothers me, she got very defensive.Even if she were to invite me, I'm not sure I would want to go.If it were a short trip to see her for a short visit, I think I could manage that.But it\u2019s an eight-hour trip, and then I would be captive to her rules for a couple of days.It\u2019s more than I could handle.I am not really interested in staying in a motel in order to visit, and I expect she would be really hurt if I were to do so.And I have had enough of God blessing my day.What am I missing?\u2014 Puzzled Dear Puzzled: First, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s any puzzle piece that would click and snap everything into place along with it.Your sister\u2019s behavior has very little to do with you and everything to do with where she is on her own path to self-discovery.Perhaps you two could plan a trip somewhere halfway between your town and hers.The neutral ground might help you both relax.Try engaging her in an open, honest, judgment-free conversation.Tell her that you're proud of her for committing to taking care of a foster child, and ask her how that idea came to her.Seek to understand.And keep in mind that in the aftermath of her divorce, your sister could have gone in any number of dark directions.Instead, she found solace in faith and charity.Good for her.Dear Annie: I've recently read some letters to you about servers in restaurants.Personally, one thing that grates on my ears like fingernails on a chalkboard is when a server addresses me and says, \u201cHow are we?\u201d Then he or she asks, \u201cAre we ready to order?\u201d or \u201cAre we celebrating something special?\u201d I can\u2019t stand the \u201cwe\u201d thing.Servers are not part of our experience, other than waiting on us.Is this something new training includes, or is it a personal choice?I've even gone so far as to ask why my server used \u201cwe,\u201d but I don\u2019t remember what the answer was.At any rate, I'd sure prefer it if they said, \u201cHow are you?\u201d and \u201cAre you ready to order?\u201d \u2014 Annoyed Patron Dear Annoyed Patron: Servers\u2019 livelihoods depend on tips, and studies have shown that personable little gestures from a server, such as drawing a smiley face on the check, inspire patrons to leave bigger tips than they otherwise would.Warmth is rewarded.So that might explain the \u201cHow are we?\u201d phenomenon.I get that it peeves you, but try to empathize with your server rather than be irritated by her.She\u2019s just doing her job.Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.Robert Frenette, 19 from Woodstock, New Brunswick, along with Katie Neu, 17 of Kitchener, Ontario, are two youths who share one thing in common.They have been bullied.They also work for change.The adversity they faced in school has propelled them to create BullyingCanada.ca.- an anti-bullying website for youth and by youth.The website offers tips for a bystander, victim and bully.The site also features a database of links to other anti-bullying websites.Subscribe to the free e-newsletter \u201cYouth Voices\u201d that highlights anti-bullying work around the country by emailing to: Subscribe @BullyingCanada.ca More information contact them by email at: Info @ BullyingCanada.Ca or visit their website www.BullyingCanada.ca Bh 7 201 \u201ca HT el TE Mercedes-AMG SLC Ty Teh Sem \u201c4 Lh RE Ag EO 2017 Mercedes-AMG SLC 43 \u2014 The right stuff QUTO 020 Com By Dan Heyman If there\u2019s one thing for which you can give Mercedes-Benz kudos\u2014 there\u2019s a lot more than one, of course, but please bear with me\u2014it\u2019s their ability to keep everybody\u2019s brain active by tweaking and tweaking their nomenclature, and then tweaking it some more.Is the C 63 a \u201cMercedes-AMG C 63\u201d or a \u201cMercedes-Benz C 63 AMG\u201d (it\u2019s the former, but you see what I mean)?What about the GLE?Is it a 4-door coupe or a more traditional 5-door wagon SUV?The model name is attached to both, after all.Then there\u2019s the Mercedes-AMG SLC 43: While it doesn\u2019t feature an engine built by a single craftsman\u2014 the calling card of the AMG V8 and V12 models found throughout the lineup\u2014it still falls under the \u201cMercedes-AMG\u201d brand umbrella because it does use AMG-sourced parts.Its SLC 300 sibling, meanwhile, is just a \u201cMercedes-Benz.\u201d It\u2019s confusing, but all you really have to know is that this is the latest version of the Mercedes SLK-Class, which has been around since 1996 in the shape of a compact 2-seater roadster with a power-folding hard top.But what's in a name?The main addition\u2014the one that helps the SLC gain \u201cAMG\u201d status\u2014is a 3.0L twin-turbo V6 producing 362 hp and 384 lb-ft of torque, which is enough to have the little roadster sprinting from 0-100 km/h in a scant 4.7 seconds, on to an electronically limited top speed of 250 km/h.That\u2019s a lot of go-power for a tiny, low-slung roadster (its footprint is smaller than that of a Nissan Micra).Yes, the \u201cAMG\u201d designation no longer gets you the V8 from the old SLK 55, but the new engine, while down little on power, is lighter, more efficient, and still a ton of fun.The exhaust note, for example, is actually quite sonorous and more than what you\u2019d expect from a car that\u2019s always had the stigma of being more \u201cRodeo Drive\u201d than \u201cAutobahn.\u201d It\u2019s spat through twin tailpipes, and there\u2019s some proper pop-pop-popping as you lay off the throttle, or when hopping between cogs in the 9-speed 9G-Tronic automatic transmission\u2014either automatically or manually via steering wheel- mounted paddles.While paddle shifters are often there as an afterthought, they are much more in keeping with what the SLC 43 has to offer, especially in Sport or Sport+ drive modes (those join ECO, Comfort, and Individual modes), both of which quicken the gear shift speed to some truly aggressive levels.I do, however, wish that the paddles themselves were a little heftier in their operation.Still, it remains a viable alternative to a proper manual transmission, which was dropped from the SLK lineup after 2015.For me, in the age-old \u201cMercedes vs.BMW\u201d discussion, the Z3/Z4 roadsters from Bavaria always had the edge on Stuttgart when it came to dynamics, while Mercedes had the luxury chops that couldn\u2019t quite be equalled by the Bimmer.Performance, not luxury, is what would have me laying out the $70,900 required to purchase such a sporty roadster.The 2017 Mercedes-AMG SLC 43, however, manages to buck that trend.It\u2019s got that great turbocharged engine, sure, but what really impresses is the ride and handling combination.The \u201chandling\u201d thing should come as little surprise: While BMWs may have had the edge in previous tests, that\u2019s not to say the SLK/SLC cars were slouches; it\u2019s just that they were up against some very tough competition.They were still agile as a short- wheelbase, 2-seater roadster should be, and would give everything from Mustangs to Miatas a run for their money on a good handling course.Throw in the fact that Mercedes- AMG has firmed up the suspension, and you have a car that will handle anything the average driver\u2014and even some above-average ones\u2014will throw at it.The SLC 43 is a willing dance partner.It really is.Luxury inside Remember the \u201cluxury chops\u201d I spoke of earlier?Well, they haven\u2019t been lost on the 2017 Mercedes-AMG PHOTO: D.Heyman SLC 43.The first thing that catches your eye once you look inside is the red-and- black colour scheme ($1,500), which is quickly followed by a giant carbon fibre panel (at $2,500, it is a rather expensive option, however) covering almost the entire transmission tunnel and centre stack, not to mention the door pull surrounds.There\u2019s little denying the car\u2019s performance bent when you consider the materials used.The more luxurious features include the brushed silver that rounds out the rest of the interior trim and can be found on the climate control wheels, steering wheel spokes, gear lever surround, and HVAC vents.The best part is how Mercedes has managed to pull off the use of all these multi-dimensional materials without overwhelming the occupants.The available $5,900 Premium Package, meanwhile, adds premium Harman Kardon sound, Sirius satellite radio, a rearview camera, the panoramic Vario-Roof, and more.With the top up, the SLC 43 manages to change character to a proper coupe; it\u2019s cozy, sure, but it\u2019s also quiet and makes for a nice-looking profile from outside, as well.The roof manages to stick with the squat proportions of the roadster, not seeming out of place when deployed.It also folds neatly into the trunk in quick fashion, though you will lose some cargo space.It\u2019s activated by flipping a lever mounted under a flip-up door on the centre console\u2014 you don\u2019t lose valuable armrest space that way\u2014and does its business in just over 15 seconds.I just wish you didn\u2019t have to flip a second switch to activate the side windows; it would be nice if this was done in one fell swoop.A step up The 2017 Mercedes-AMG SLC 43 has enough power to impress, its chassis is well sorted, and most of the interior is befitting of the brand.Plus, when you consider the clever roof that 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