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[" \u2014 Deanholme Farm holds strong for 150 years Page 3 Pen Dg, $ x Rt CNE 3 6 sp 12 NA AD AOÛT» THÉÂTRE COUVERT JPLACE NIKITOTEK | 5ù centre-vicce 1 844 888-1001 \u2014 \u2014_\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 sherbrookecowhoys $2IR RECORD THE VOICE OF THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS SINCE 1897 A Night At The White House Editorial - Page 6 75 CENTS + TAXES PM#0040007682 THURSDAY, JuLy 13, 2017 Electric vehicle association inviting locals to test drives 1n Sherbrooke By Gordon Lambie nyone with an eye for different au- A emotive makes and models might ave noticed a growing number of electric vehicles on the roads in the Sherbrooke area over the past few years.According to Claude Harvey, the regional director of the Association des Véhicules Electriques du Québec (AVEQ), the region has close to three times as many plug-in cars as it had only two years ago.\u201cWe are at around 800 electric vehicles in the Estrie now, and we were at 266 in the middle of 2015,\u201d Harvey noted, crediting a growing network of rapid charging stations an increasing selection of vehicles on the market for the increased popularity of the choice to go electric.\u201cThe most important thing is for people to be informed,\u201d he added.\u201cOnce you try it, you understand.\u201d In the name of helping to inform people, the Estrie branch of the AVEQ is holding a series of public information CONT\u2019D ON PAGE 4 \u2018Aquaticook\u2019 offers new canoe/ kayak routes fo & A A TASH a 2 (Left to right) Ms.Guylaine Blouin City Councilor and Deputy Mayor of the City of Coaticook, Ms.Nathalie Dupuis, Mayor of Waterville, Mr.Jacques Madore, Prefect of the MRC de Coaticook and Mayor of St-Malo, Mr.Bernard Vanasse, Mayor of Compton.COURTESY Record Staff SHERBROOKE ity of Compton, is proud to announce noeing and kayaking on the 41-km the launching of \u2018Aquaticook,\u201d a new route with the first, named La Sympa- kayak and canoe circuit on the Coati- thique, situated between Waterville and he Coaticook MRC, in collabora- cook River aimed at both experienced Compton, offering a 4.5 km ride with a | een with the towns of Coaticook and beginning kayakers and canoeists.CONT'D ON PAGE 3 and Waterville and the Municipal- Three sections are available for ca- inted and distributed by Pre PressReader.com Page 2 THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 newsroom(@sherbrookerecord.com The Record The Record Anda 56 / 8.e-edition There for you 24-hours-a-day 7-days-a-week.Wherever you are.In our constant quest for innovation and funkiness, The Record is pleased to present the world's first choreographed newspaper column.What's black and white and ready to ccess the full edition of the bid boogie all over?Read on! 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CLOUDY And if not, well, at least it\u2019s a comedy > Idiot HIGH OF 23 + \u2014 ) LOW OF 14 Follow The Sherbrooke Record on Facebook and Twitter! i.A SATURDAY.Eisherbrookerecord /@recordnewspaper C RP à ) OF SHOWERS [ Hot Ben by Daniel Shelton d 0 d LOW OF nu aug SUNDAY: E THERE ROOM THANKS.I WAS FEELING PRETTY HOT!) + / OR ONE MORE 7 .CLOUDY IN ery EG ) C0 HIGH OF 25 + z LOW OF 12 3 : \u20ac 73 eT TF MONDAY: : 2 | 4 Tr 1 et CLOUDY 3 V7 i } : 5 We 1 a J HIGH OF 25 : : ( Tr 23 ma $ à y LOWOF 13 El © D LI UE Ze) 7 CA mn of >| NN SA 4.2 Sr CE La Wha REA ris Printed and distributed by PressReader press {gue[df PressReader.com +, +1,604 278 4604 COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW The Record newsroom(@sherbrookerecord.com THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 Page 3 Il, () (C AL \\ BWW S Deanholme is a dairy farm on roughly 200 acres, milking around 52 cows Deanholme Farm holds strong for 150 years By Matthew McCully t isn\u2019t just Canada celebrating a major J mitesione this year.A family farm in Hatley Township, passed down for five generations, is also heading into its 150th year.In August, family members from across the country will gather on Dean- holme Farm to celebrate the accomplishment.\u201cYou used to be able to do exactly as you wanted on a farm,\u201d said Susan Mc- Comb, who was born and raised on the farm, now owned by her son.A lot has changed since then, she said.The land that would become Dean- holme farm was purchased by McComb\u2019s great-grandfather John Dean on May 1, 1868.In July of 1946, McComb\u2019s father Kenneth dean purchased an adjacent lot, roughly 50 acres, from neighbours who couldn\u2019t make their farm work and instead packed up and headed west.Deanholme is a dairy farm on roughly 200 acres, milking around 52 cows.\u201cWhen my father was alive, he milked around 20,\u201d McComb said.Her husband Howard added that McComb\u2019s father also cut wood and had hens to help make ends meet.\u201cHe (Kenneth) said the hens kept the house.He used to peddle eggs every week in North Hatley,\u201d Howard said.According to Howard, there was a woodlot on the property that Kenneth refused to touch.\u201cHe wanted to leave it there in case there was another depression.That\u2019s the way those old guys thought,\u201d Howard said.Eventually, McComb said the farm had to make the decision to go bigger or get out, which meant a new barn and new manure pit in recent years.\u201cTo go bigger, you have to keep building and buying,\u201d commented McComb.\u201cThe equipment you have to buy these days is so expensive,\u201d she added.McComb was an only child.When her father could no longer run Deanholme Farm, it passed through her to her son Neil, who purchased it.McComb and her husband have a house on the farm a few hundred metres from the main house, and still help out.\u201cI never had to milk cows.I never wanted to learn because I was afraid I would have to do it,\u201d she confessed.\u201cNeil was able to get the farm for a reasonable price,\u201d McComb said.While it is a rarity for a man in his fifties to own a farm outright, McComb pointed out that Neil has continued making substantial investments to keep the farm in good standing.Offering a snapshot of life on Dean- holme Farm today, McComb explained that in addition to the land they own, the family rents land on five or six other farms to grow hay, soybean and corn.\u201cIt takes a lot of feed,\u201d McComb said, adding that even growing their own instead of purchasing feed has costs associated with drying and processing.McComb\u2019s daughter-in-law Tricia Smith does the milking and insemination.Her son divides his time between working on the farm and driving a truck.\u201cIt\u2019s a busy spot all the time, with lots of late nights.If you get the weather, you g0,\u201d McComb said.When asked if there were any pivotal moments in the history of the farm, Mc- Comb mentioned that her grandfather James Dean lost his arm in a corn cutter in 1912.Four years later, his wife passed away, and James was left with five young children.There was also the tornado of July 22, 1926, which completely demolished the barn.There is an account of the storm described by McComb\u2019s father Kenneth in the book The Vine and the Branches, by local historian Reginald Connor.According to Kenneth, the tornado struck at 11 a.m.completely demolishing the barn.Some of the animals ended up pinned under the framework and one horse with a broken back needed to be shot.Kenneth went on to say that by 1:30 p.m.that same day, friends and neighbours had arrived and helped build a temporary shelter to tie the cows and milk them.While the major events stick out, Mc- Comb explained there is a new preoccupation on a farm every day.\u201cThis year it\u2019s too wet.They can\u2019t get the dry hay in,\u201d she said.\u201cIf you've got 100 kids, there\u2019s always one sick,\u201d added Howard, saying they lost an animal just the other day.\u201c| have no idea where this will go from here,\u201d McComb said.Neil has two sons, ages 18 and 20, but whether or not they will decide to continue on the family farm remains to be seen.\u201cIt\u2019ll be up to them,\u201d McComb said.Rather than worry about the future, McComb said this summer will be about celebrating the last 150 years of Dean- holme Farm.Family members will be coming from as far away as Victoria, B.C.for the festivities, scheduled for Sunday, Aug.6.McComb said there will be a meet and greet in the morning, and then a lunch outside at the farm.She is currently hunting down pictures of the farm throughout the years to put on display.In the afternoon, the guests will head to Minton United Church, which the family helped build, for a service at 3 p.m.The day will end with dinner at the Piggery in the evening.\u201cIn the meantime, the cows will be milked,\u201d commented McComb.\u201cI'm anxious to see all the cousins from Toronto.There are some I\u2019ve never met,\u201d McComb said, adding that she and other family members have been thinking about and planning the reunion and celebration for the past six months.1 1 k \\ k ) .vw | \\ -.MATTHEW MCCULLY Rather than worry about the future, McComb said this summer will be about celebrating the last 150 years of Deanholme Farm.Plein-Soleil school plans relocation Record Staff SHERBROOKE in the former YM-YWCA building on Montreal St.in the downtown area, will be moving to the new Le \u2018Aquaticook\u2019 CONT\u2019D FROM PAGE 1 Ts private Ecole Plein Soleil, located sufficient water level at all times that can be done in both directions.The second stretch, called La Virée, goes from Coaticook to Compton and offers a beautiful and long 22 km route and.finally, Le Rappel is a 10 km (5 km round trip) Plateau district in the Jacques-Cartier borough, not far from Plateau St-Joseph in 2018, The move is part of the school\u2019s expansion project.Plein-Soleil is the only subsidized private preschool and elementary school in the Eastern Townships.The school's current building, located at 300 Montréal St.in the Vieux-Nord, will be put up for sale through a private tendering process.Those interested in buying the property must obtain a specification sheet at a cost of $250.This booklet will include all information relating to the purchase of the building.Tenders must be submitted in person to the school secretariat no later than 8.00 p.m., September 8, 2017.section in Coaticook, where a half-turn to Dixville is required.Jacques Madore, Prefect of the Coati- cook MRC and Mayor of St-Malo, says he\u2019s pleased with the project: \"Congratulations to the municipalities for having invested in this activity, which allows our citizens and visitors to discover the region in an entirely new way, on the water!\" Facilities have been designed to facilitate access to the river.One launch site is in the Town of Waterville behind the Collège François Delaplace, another is located in Compton next to the Drouin covered bridge and the other two are located in Coaticook at the Jean-D'Avignon and Denis Marcoux parks.In addition to municipal investments for the development of launch sites, this project received a $20,000 contribution from the MRC de Coaticook Development Fund.Printed and distributed by PressRea der press [{feleld PressReader.com + +1 604 278 4604 COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW Page 4 THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 newsroom(@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses gather for two-language Regional Assembly Record Staff SHERBROOKE Regional Assembly in Sherbrooke being held under the theme \"Do not give up\" begins this weekend and, in a unique twist, will conduct a second three-day weekend in English the following weekend.All told, organizers expect a crowd of about 4,000 people to attend the annual Tr upcoming Jehovah's Witnesses Electric vehicle association CONT'D FROM PAGE 1 sessions for one Thursday of every month this summer at Sherbrooke\u2019s Marché de la Gare.At these \u201cJeudi Branché\u201d events, one of which is being held this evening from 5 p.m.to 9 p.m, electric car owners are on hand with their vehicles offering to help dispel false rumours and to offer free test drives to anyone who wants to try one out.\u201cIt is free and open to everyone, like all the events we hold,\u201d Harvey said.\u201cThe point of the activity is really to provide information to people who are curious about electric vehicles.\u201d oR Fondation du CHUS Your donation helps us carry out our mission, f which is to improve health by investing in projects to develop care, research and staff training.Here are some concrete examples of projects that received funding in the past year: event.\"It's been about three years now that we\u2019ve only had one weekend in French.Having one in English and one in French, I haven\u2019t seen this for a long time,\u201d said Sherbrooke event spokesperson Zacharie Salles.\u201cSo it's really a great privilege for us to see several people from the Montreal area come\" For the third year the event, which is being held at the Léopold-Drolet Sports Centre will use giant screens on each Record Staff SHERBROOKE the public that a section of the bicycle path near Lucien-Blanchard Park has been closed until Friday, July 21 inclusive.This closure, - between the Maison T= City of Sherbrooke is advising Lucien-Bouchard bike path closed de l'eau and the end of Rue de la Pointe - will replace two bridges on the Magog south axis.Cyclists and hikers will be directed to Rue de la Pointe for a distance of 200 meters before being able to return to cycle path.Skaters will have to turn back because the detour is on a gravel street.side of the speakers\u2019 podium where speakers make speeches and give interviews, but movies will also be projected.In the fifty presentations, there are often videos that support the teaching with practical examples, so it's interesting for the younger ones, because it attracts attention,\" he continues.The event is free and open to all.It will be held at the Léopold-Drolet Sports Center on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.This is the second year that the local AVEQ group has held the open door event and the regional director said that he can clearly see the interest.Highlighting that the Sherbrooke region is the only one where the association holds such a gathering, Harvey said he rarely sees a Thursday go by where it doesn\u2019t seem like someon has \u201cmade the leap\u201d to electric.\u201cAt my Jeudi Branché this week, which is by no means a large-scale event, I will have 10 different models,\u201d he shared, explaining that although the AVEQ does focus on the promotion of electric vehicles, it owes no loyalty to any Your GENEROSITY lets us do great things! environments.$30,000 to purchase a bronchoscope for intensive care to help doctors make better diagnoses.proudly presenting the equipment Dr.Dominique Bérard, Or, Yannick Poulin and Dr.Marc-André Leclair 3 \\ particular dealership or brand.\u201cThere are more than 20 different cars on the market now that are between 60 per cent and fully electric,\u201d he continued.\u201cWe are all volunteers and electric car owners.\u201d According to Harvey, the main question he and other local members of the AVEQ receive at public events has to do with range and autonomy.People, he said, are afraid of running out of power and not being able to recharge easily.First establishing that the \u201canxiety range,\u201d of the more affordable fully electric vehicles on the market right now ranges from 175 to about 380 km, the re-