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[" T H E V O I C E O F T H E E A S T E R N T O W N S H I P S S I N C E 18 9 7 T H E A word about birthdays Page 4 Remembering The Georgian Page 3 $1.00 + taxes PM#0040007682 Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Sherbrooke closes pools following COVID-19 con?rmation Sherbrooke to march against sexual violence this weekend By Gordon Lambie This coming Sunday, August 2, Sherbrooke will be host to a march against sexual violence.Starting at 11 a.m.the demonstrators will leave Victoria Park in Fleurimont and make their way to the Police headquarters on Maurice Houle street.\u201cWe\u2019re trying to bring this to the attention of the system, among others,\u201d said Dodz Daye, one of the event\u2019s organizers, explaining that that the event ?nds its roots in the local revival of the #metoo movement by Montreal activist Sabrina Comeau over the course of the last month.\u201cSince she decided to speak up about her experience with sexual violence, the #metoo movement was brought to life again and we thought it was time to do something about it rather than watch the movement go on and die on social media.\u201d Daye, along with two other friends, decided to organize the Sherbrooke march as a way of helping to educate the population about sexual violence, to provide a safe space for people to share their experiences, and to call for justice for survivors.In a description of the event on Facebook, the organizers state that, \u201cIt is imperative for us to stand up against a system that is invalidating sexual violence and aggressions made against all women, all men and all queer people.We collectively promote inclusivity and integrity for minorities The Record\u2019s E-Edition allows you to read the full edition of the paper without leaving your home 24/7.The best way to stay abreast of local news.To subscribe, go to www.sherbrookerecord.com.Click on E-Edition and follow the simple instructions.And then start enjoy The Record for as little as $9.78 plus tx per month.Enjoy The Record online Already a print subscriber?Get the E-Edition free! 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GORDON LAMBIE By Gordon Lambie Sherbrooke announced the closure of all its municipal pools on Monday after a member of the lifeguarding staff tested positive for COVID-19.The news comes one day after the city announced that case of the virus had been con?rmed at a municipal day camp.According to a press release issued by the city, the action was taken as a temporary, preventative measure because of the fact that the individual in question had been in contact with other lifeguards in the city over the previous few days.No information was provided as to what pool the lifeguard worked at.Asked for clari?cation on whether visitors to a particular city pool should be concerned, CIUSSS de l\u2019Estrie-CHUS communications representative Félix Massé simply told The Record that the Public health department was investigating the situation in order to identify possible contacts.People considered to be at moderate risk of infection or higher will be contacted by telephone.On the provincial front, Deputy Premier Genevieve Guilbault issued a call CONT\u2019D ON PAGE 3 CONT\u2019D ON PAGE 5 Page 2 Tuesday, July 28, 2020 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Ben by Daniel Shelton The Record e-edition There for you 24-hours-a-day 7-days-a-week.Wherever you are.Access the full edition of the Sherbrooke Record as well as special editions and 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 $125.00 Record subscription rates (includes Quebec taxes) For print subscription rates, please call 819-569-9528 or email us at billing@sherbrookerecord.com 12 month web only: $125.00 1 month web only: $11.25 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 TODAY: 60% CHANCE OF SHOWERS HIGH OF 28 LOW OF 16 WEDNESDAY: SUNNY HIGH OF 28 LOW OF 16 THURSDAY: 60% CHANCE OF SHOWERS HIGH OF 24 LOW OF 14 FRIDAY: MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS HIGH OF 25 LOW OF 14 SATURDAY: MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS HIGH OF 26 LOW OF 15 Summer Cousin Some time in mid-childhood our father\u2019s older sister, Aunt, and her husband, Uncle, came to visit with our Cousin.Aunt made a majestic entrance into the house with their two cats, Sam and Tee Jay, on leashes dotted with opalescent studs.Aunt mostly stayed inside and read during their stay, smoked cigarettes and visited with the family.I loved talking with her.Uncle was tall and slim, with a big voice and a big laugh and big hugs and big love for us nieces and nephews.Cousin is a year younger than me, a year older than the brother that followed me, who was followed by our youngest brother, and Another Boy Cousin in between.Older than all of us, Girl Cousin, ?ve and a half years my senior (eldest of the Cluster of Cousins), sister to Another Boy Cousin, organized, life sorted and still patient with us when she needed to be.She was living another life, often spending time with Their Other Cousins who also lived in our area.On that visit it had been four years since the last one.So we all remembered each other, prompted by school photos and birthday cards, news traveling by letters and telephone calls, as it was the early 1980s, but we hadn\u2019t all been together in a stretch of time that is an eternity when you\u2019re a kid.We were VERY excited about Cousin\u2019s visit.He was more composed and had better manners than us.He was playful though, and beneath that composure as excited about being with us as we were about being with him.We somehow managed to share him extremely well, unlike some other friends, toys and games that we fought over.When things went sideways, the few times they did, Aunt held court in her bedroom \u2013 we sat on separate pieces of furniture and plead our cases.Aunt took in the information and steered us towards reasonable behaviour.Cousin brought a collection of Doctor Seuss books with him.They even sat in a neat little stand.He received them in the mail.Already an avid bookworm, I\u2019m sure I read all of them during that visit.We listened to The Beach Boys\u2019 Little Deuce Coupe album on repeat.We watched Dukes of Hazzard.The boys played \u2018guns\u2019 and army.Cousin wasn\u2019t allowed a lot of these elements in his home-life, so the rules were bent, stretched and sometimes broken clean through.On that visit, Aunt gave me a small gold ring with a blue glass stone in it.She gave it to me with great ceremony, and explained that I might need to clean it with toothpaste on occasion.I didn\u2019t mind that it wasn\u2019t real gold, or a real jewel, it was pure treasure.I still have it.They also brought us t-shirts with our names in fuzzy iron-on letters on the back.Mine was blue, my favourite colour, and said \u2018Anything Boys Can Do Girls Can Do Better\u2019 on the front in a swirly vinyl glitter iron-on.As the one Girl Cousin who was always with the boys, and the eldest of our cluster, this was a kind of con?rmation that I was supposed to be there.When they left for the long drive home to Brampton, Ontario after a few weeks, we wished that he just stayed, wished that he could be Brother.He did too.Those weeks meant big freedom for Cousin.Home meant a lot of responsibility and expectations.His summer visits became more regular, not such a long stretch of time in between, but an annual experience.As we reached our teens his hair grew long, he was the ?rst to get his driver\u2019s license.We ripped around the country roads, blaring heavy metal and nearly killing ourselves once in a spectacular way on Lay Road in Melbourne.The sudden arrival of a \u2018T\u2019 ending the road meant the brakes were slammed and the car slid sideways in the gravel, miraculously coming to a halt on the lip of the ditch.Cousin aged a few years that day.A neighbour came up the road on his four-wheeler, eyeing the tire, ?lled with gravel, and offering to relieve it of what would have otherwise required a call to the local towing service.The boys stayed with this kind fellow, Cousin attempted to render his pulse normal.I walked the forty-?ve minutes or so back into town.And so, time hiccupped, lurched and sped up.Graduations, weddings happened, what seemed like a never-end- ing stream of babies, Cousin also became Godfather - to my eldest, my son sharing a middle name with Cousin.In the mix, what felt like a never-ending stream of funerals, as the older generations narrowed down rather abruptly and our circle morphed, shrank and grew simultaneously with deaths and births.Our summers become memories instead of current events.And yet, so vivid are they, that we are all more alive when we are together.And every summer, there are reminders in current happenings of our own adventures and mischief.We are made of the seasons.Of the visits.We are built on things we don\u2019t even realize at the time.That is how time works, building us in silence, threading us with strands of each other, woven like the DNA that we already share.We are denim, and patchwork, and the afghans that Gran and Aunt both crafted.Close-knit, between sunburns and dinky cars, cold drinks, seats on the porch, running through backyards and yearning to just stay that way all year long.Sheila Quinn Dishpan Hands WETLANDS ARE DISAPPEARING Protect them.Become a member today.www.ducks.ca 1-866-384-DUCK The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Page 3 Local News It was a space where both locals and students at the nearby Bishop\u2019s University campus would mingle and decompress after a long day.CONT\u2019D FROM PAGE 1 to action for Quebec\u2019s young adults.She said that a signi?cant portion of the COVID-19 cases in the province involve people between the ages of 15-34 and argued that now is the time for these people to take care and make sure not to put those around them at risk.The Deputy Premier also spoke critically of the anti-mask protests taking place across the province.The Estrie administrative region saw an increase of seven con?rmed cases on Monday, bringing the cumulative total to 1,022 since the start of the pandemic.With 952 of those cases considered recovered and 26 people having died, that leaves the total number of active cases in the region at 44.At the moment none of those sick with the virus in the region are hospitalized.Across the province, the total number of con?rmed cases climbed by 145 to 58,728 and the number of people considered recovered increased by 74 to 50,886.The number of deaths remained stable at 5,667, while three more people were hospitalized and three people left intensive care.Sherbrooke closes pools The \u201cG\u201d lives on in memory more than 20 years later By Michael Boriero \u2013 Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Georgian Hotel was a longstanding Lennoxville landmark.It also had a reputation for late night tomfoolery, drunken debauchery and the occasional ?sticuffs, but to the people who frequented the bar once upon a time in Lennoxville, the building meant so much more.Built in the 1870s, the hotel eventually became the go-to drinking establishment in the area.It was a space where both locals and students at the nearby Bishop\u2019s University campus would mingle and decompress after a long day.\u201cIt was kind of a neat place to gather.There was no bar on campus.You couldn\u2019t go to Sherbrooke after ?ve o\u2019clock because the bus stopped running, so The Georgian was basically the social centre,\u201d explained Tim Belford.Belford, a Record columnist, attended Bishop\u2019s in the late 1960s.The Georgian, also known as the \u201cG\u201d, was his bar of choice.The other bar in town, The Elmwood, had temporarily closed after losing its liquor license for serving underaged students.It was the only spot in Lennoxville for students looking to quench their thirst before the Golden Lion opened its doors in the mid-1970s.But the hotel set itself apart due to its longer hours.The Lion, according to Belford, closed around 11 p.m., so everyone would go to the \u201cG\u201d.Smoking on a tobacco pipe in his gazebo, Belford reminisced about his university days.He often played darts at the hotel, hustling patrons alongside his best friend George.They played for 25 cents a game.A quart of beer cost 50 cents at the time.He spent many nights there with a former professor, who he kept nameless.One night, Belford boosted his mentor through a back window when the bar was too packed.They also witnessed several brawls, casually lifting their drinks to avoid a head-on collision on one occasion.\u201cThe ?ght started, and it was like a cartoon.They started to roll this way and we\u2019re sitting, and this ?ght is coming towards us in a big bundle and just as they got to us, we both grabbed our beer and sat back and they took our table right out and went along,\u201d he said.When Belford found out the city tore down the building on March 12, 1999, he felt heartbroken.He was living in Quebec City when a friend called him to break the news.He immediately rushed to the hotel only to ?nd it completely demolished.\u201cIt was the disappearance of a wonderful part of my youth,\u201d said Belford, managing to scoop up two broken bricks as souvenirs.\u201cNow, as a student we drank too much, of course we did, we were students.What else could you do?But I have nothing but happy memories of the Georgian.\u201d He added during an interview that it will be 52 years in September since he ?rst stepped into the \u201cG\u201d.Perry Beaton, a former Record photographer, also made his ?rst appearance at the bar around that time.Beaton also attended Bishop\u2019s, but he only discovered The Georgian a year or two into his bachelor\u2019s degree.The hotel was an eye-opener, he said, although he didn\u2019t do too much drinking in those days.He remembers spending one night in the hotel in the early 1960s.He proudly claims to be one of the Georgian\u2019s ?nal guests before it converted into a bar.He said the room was spotless and the bed sagged, but overall it was comfortable.\u201cIt was a nice experience and one that I didn\u2019t expect,\u201d said Beaton.\u201cI was very pleased and not surprised that it had been treated with great respect by the people who owned it and worked there.\u201d While he acknowledged the beer and the ?ghts, what stuck out to him the most from his time there was the 95-week stint from Mickey Hall and his band, Highstreet.Beaton said he was there for the majority of those weekend performances.Hall, who lives in Victoria, British Columbia, remembers the \u201cG\u201d fondly.He recalled his band playing in front of a frat party in the main room.Afterwards there were broken beer bottles strewn across the ?oor.But it never bothered then owner of the Georgian, Costa Conidas.\u201cIt was just insane and because it was so packed, we had a phalanx of guys from the football team locked arm in arm to keep the crowd from pressing into the band,\u201d he said.It was a quintessential dive bar, Hall explained, although he heard rumours that a former U.S.president, possibly Andrew Jackson, spent a couple nights there in its early days.The \u201cG\u201d had its baggage, but what dive bar doesn\u2019t have any issues, he added.\u201cI think it was a combination of things, because it was a local watering hole, they had a history of having live music there on weekends,\u201d Hall said.\u201cIt was a pretty lax attitude in there, you could get away with just about anything in there.\u201d COURTESY PHOTOS Mickey Hall and Gaston Gagnon Page 4 Tuesday, July 28, 2020 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record A word about birthdays By Linda Knight Seccaspina Today another year has gone by and next year I will enter into another decade that begins with the lucky number seven.Frankly, due to my family\u2019s health history I never thought I would live this long, but I have, and have always vowed to make each year count.This is the only birthday photo I have, and I have to thank this wonderful woman from Cowansville, Quebec, Agnes Rhycard, and my grandparents for getting me to the year 1966.There is Linda with her \u201cParent Trap\u201d hair and some suit she made out of broadcloth teaming it up with bare legs and sneakers.Next to me is my late sister Robin, and you can tell by my face how much I hated birthdays even then.I have always believed a day dedicated to your age shouldn\u2019t matter and you need to celebrate every single day.We all know time never returns.Sometimes I wonder if I feel like this because I never really had a childhood, and was raised with the upbringing of keeping a \u2018stiff upper lip\u2019.The only childhood birthday I remember is when I was 6 and I can still see a swan cake and many friends under the old apple tree in the Albert Street backyard.That memory will last in my mind forever.My family is planning a celebration tonight and that is what means the most to me.Being together- and being my regular Beverly Goldberg self.I have changed this year in some aspects and I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s the COVID-19 isolation or what.I don\u2019t mean to be a Beverly Goldberg twin, but I guess it\u2019s always been my way of caring.This week my daughter-in-law had some wise words for me: \u201cMaybe it\u2019s just better you don\u2019t know what goes on.\u201d and she is right.So that\u2019s my new mantra, and when one of my car enthusiast sons has this big smile on his face because I have the OPP\u2019s \u201cYou are going this fast\u201d machine on my front lawn, I am not going to even question what he has in mind.It\u2019s better that I don\u2019t know.I get up each morning thankful to be alive and am thankful for my community and the history I research and write about each day.I am thrilled to represent my town as a councillor and listen to people and try and help.Granted I quickly learned that I can\u2019t change the world, but sometimes being like Beverly Goldberg does come in handy.I am so honoured to know so many people, and there is no reason to wait a full year to say thank you for being in my life.We should be grateful that most of us are fortunate to celebrate our birthdays once a year knowing that back in time they celebrated their birthdays because the average age of death was 35-40 years.When I was 16 I wanted to be 18.When I was 18 I wanted to be 21 and after that it stopped.Today I am reminded that as a young hippie in the 60s, or was it the 70\u2019s, I can\u2019t remember anymore- I had chosen words for my father on his birthdays.I would constantly remind him of my belief that people over the age of 30 should be sent to farms.Well Arthur Knight never forgot those words and on my 30th celebration he handed me my birthday card and asked me when I was leaving for the farm.Touche! I now live and celebrate one day at a time.So, I only have one wish for my birthday- and that wish is YOU.To my friends and to all the people that read me every day, once a week, or once a month.I just want to celebrate this day with all of you in my life.I\u2019m getting older, I\u2019m getting wiser, (that could be out for debate) and I am getting stronger, but most of all I sail my daily boat with your love.I am so glad all of you were born and we get to celebrate life together.Thank you for being in my life.COURTESY Will the real challenge please stand up?Google \u201ceconomist jokes\u201d and within a nanosecond 2 million will be at your ?ngertips.Most of them imply or say outright that economists and both stupid and disagreeable.US President Harry Truman always wanted a one-armed economist because he never wanted to hear \u201c\u2026on the other hand\u2026\u201d.Be that as it may, economists agree far more than they disagree.And that includes just about everything the Trudeau government is doing to put the economy and its participants back on an even keel since the tsunami of COVID-19.Of course, there will be mistakes and excesses \u2013 we are after all human and we are in uncharted territory.Without question the WE situation could not have come at a worse time \u2013 my eyes are rolling in my head when I think of all the intelligent people running the country who never thought about perceived con?ict of interest.Just to review if you haven\u2019t been following along: You may remember a 12-year-old Craig Keilburger founding Free the Children Charity back in 1995 to protest child slavery \u2013 WE Charity is its successor.The charity and how it operates is another story for another day.But the Trudeaus have been involved with it for years and so apparently have the Morneaus, either as celebrity performers or donors or both.And both the Prime and Finance Minister were part of the decision-makers who gave a management contract to WE Charity without even considering whether any other entity could do the job.How ___________ (ignorant, dense, mindless, dull-witted, ?ll in the blank) are they?But let\u2019s understand what today\u2019s real challenge is.\u2022 get the virus under control \u2022 keep the economy out of Depression \u2022 ensure small businesses don\u2019t all go bankrupt \u2022 ditto people \u2022 ?gure out how to manage all the medical, economic and social dislocations caused by COVID-19 \u2022 proceed to post-pandemic normalcy Until we solve ALL of the above, WE is simply a distraction: the last thing we need right now is an election and possibly an inexperienced new government.As of today, COVID-19 is the 4th leading cause of death in Canada, after cancer, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases but before diabetes.One year ago, this disease did not exist.Surely our parliamentarians have other things to discuss?It is not yet clear that the economy will be stabilized without years or de- cades-long dislocation.So far, all we can say is that the unemployment rate is the worst we\u2019ve ever had since the Great Depression.Bankruptcies are way more than they were in 1930 and on a pace to top the 2008 Great Recession level.There is not yet in place a roadmap of how to manage the combined federal and provincial debt that may equal or exceed the value of all goods and services produced in Canada in a year.The social consequences could be profound.Says George Friedman in Geopolitical Futures, \u201cThe complexity of social life is endless.And nowhere is it more essential than with children, who must be with other children in order to learn the rules of interaction at every age.Con?ning children to homes\u2026 creates malfunction.Adults begin experiencing extreme tension and hostility.\u201d Whether a whole generation is scarred by COVID depends on how long the virus is with us.Certainly the Great Depression scarred a whole generation.Until we have found mutually agreeable solutions for all these issues, there is simply no room for the posturing about WE Charity we are seeing in parliament and the media.Yes, the ruling politicians\u2019 missteps should be addressed.But let\u2019s keep our eyes ?xed ?rmly on the only real challenge we have right now \u2013 staying alive.Dian Cohen is an economist and a founding organizer of the Massawippi Valley Health Centre.Cohendian560@gmail.com.Dian Cohen The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Page 5 \u201cAnimals know when you like them\u201d By Nick Fonda Some weeks after the funeral of a deceased parent, a middle-aged man commented that much as he missed his parent, he missed his dog that recently died even more.That middle-aged man is among the many for whom the retirement of a vet can be as problematic as the retirement of a family doctor.Dr.Daniel Lavoie, who closed his Clinique vétérinaire Val-St-François at the end of June after almost three decades of serving the area, is a vet who will be missed.\u201cI enjoyed my work,\u201d he says.\u201cI consider myself lucky to have been able to have done the work I did for as long as I did.\u201d Daniel Lavoie could easily never have become a vet, and his career as a veterinary doctor came frighteningly close to an abrupt end in 2010.\u201cI had a heart attack,\u201d he recalls, \u201cand I was resuscitated twice while I was on the operating table.I\u2019ve been ?ne since then, and I feel good.One of the reasons I chose to retire now is to permit me to take advantage of the time I have left while I\u2019m still active and healthy.\u201d Daniel Lavoie was born in St-Rémi-de-Napierville, a town of about 7000 inhabitants on the South Shore of Montreal.His father was a butcher and his parents owned and operated a small grocery store of the type that started giving way half a century ago to the large chain stores like Provigo and IGA.As a high school student he had thought of perhaps going into medicine but different factors, including his mother\u2019s declining health led him to ignore post-secondary education and ?nd work.When he did ?nally enrol in Cégep it was for evening classes and it was to follow a course in graphic design.Working days and studying nights, it took him three and a half years to ?n- ish Cégep.He might well have had a long and happy career as a graphic designer had the company he was working for not changed hands.\u201cAt the time,\u201d he says, \u201cone of my brothers-in-law had gone back to school for a university degree, and that prompted me to go and see a pedagogical counsellor at the Université de Montréal.\u201d \u201cI was advised that medical schools rarely accept adults and that I might have better luck getting into the veterinary medicine program at St.Hyacinthe,\u201d he continues.\u201cI liked animals, and I had grown up with household pets including several cats and a beagle that my father was very fond of.I decided to apply.\u201d When he was accepted at St.Hyacinthe (the only French language vet school in the Americas), he was warned that he would have to work quite hard to re-acquire the study habits needed to succeed.\u201cI was in my late twenties and married when I started the program in 1985,\u201d he recalls, \u201cand it was tough going.However, there was a woman in my class who had two young children, so I drew some inspiration from her.\u201d He graduated in 1990 and landed a job with a clinic in Three Rivers.A year later, he took a position with the Bureau Vétérinaire de Richmond where he worked for almost six years before a restructuring of the clinic prompted him to set up his own practice.\u201cBy that time we had two children,\u201d he says, \u201cand we had bought a house in Windsor.I contacted the Comité de Promotion Industrielle de Windsor, and I also spoke to Carmen Juneau, who was mayor at the time.\u201d Everyone was very encouraging and on January 6, 1997, he opened up the Clinique Vétérinaire Val St-François in the basement of his home on Jeanne Mance Street in Windsor.\u201cI had been working with big animals in Richmond,\u201d he notes, \u201cand when I started my own clinic, most of my work continued to be with cattle and horses.I set hours aside for household pets and bit by bit the small animal side of the practice grew more and more.\u201d \u201cSome of that stemmed from Dr.Peter O\u2019Donnell in Richmond,\u201d he continues.\u201cHe called one day and told me he was taking a month\u2019s vacation and asked if he could refer his small animal patients to me.The next year, he took two months off, and not long after, he retired.\u201d By 2008, Dr.Lavoie\u2019s clinic was catering exclusively to small animals.\u201cI was fortunate,\u201d he says, \u201cand I never sustained any serious injury, but an animal that weighs half a ton or more can be dangerous.Once, I was called to assist a cow that was giving birth.Right after the calf was delivered, the cow turned on me and I was lucky to get out of the pen.Another time, my arm got caught between an animal and a wooden post.I heard something go crack.My arm was bruised and sore but not broken.\u201d On one visit, a cow\u2019s rear hoof lashed out and caught him in the chest.\u201cI had a couple of pens in my shirt pocket,\u201d he recalls, \u201cand they were snapped in two.It took me several minutes to get my breath back and get on my feet again.\u201d There were both advantages and disadvantages to having his clinic in his home.\u201cI never had to worry about scraping the ice off the windscreen in the middle of January to go to work,\u201d he says.\u201cOn the other hand, it wasn\u2019t always easy to make clients understand that I was on vacation.Once, during a week I\u2019d set aside for my vacation, I was swimming in my pool in the back yard when a client arrived and asked if I couldn\u2019t get out of the pool and euthanize her dog.\u201d \u201cOn another occasion,\u201d he continues, \u201cwe were all set to go to my daughter\u2019s First Communion when someone arrived with a pet dog that had a muzzle full of porcupine quills.\u201d Several of his clients have noted that Dr.Lavoie seemed to have a way with animals, that he could comfortably examine a pet that would normally not tolerate being touched.\u201cAnimals know when you like them,\u201d he says.\u201cThey know if you are trying to help them.I don\u2019t know if I had any kind of telepathic communication with them, but if I did, I would have been glad to have more.They can\u2019t talk but they do have ways of indicating what\u2019s wrong.\u201d \u201cNo one approach is perfect,\u201d he continues, \u201cbut I was never a proponent of extensive\u2014and expensive\u2014testing.I was never in it for the money, and I made a point of not being expensive for my clients.\u201d Dr.Daniel Lavoie permanently closed the Clinique vétérinaire Val St- François at the end of June.His client ?les have been passed on to the Clinique vétérinaire Becs et Museaux in St-Denis-de-Brompton.As for the retired vet, he\u2019s going to take July and August as a well-deserved vacation.He plans to take up the piano again (he brie?y took lessons when he was a teenager) and do some reading (particularly with respect to the paranormal, an area that has always interested him).After that, he may again become Dr.Lavoie.\u201cI might go back to work for one or two days a week with another clinic,\u201d he says.\u201cThere is a shortage of vets in Quebec, and it\u2019s a job I always loved.\u201d NICK FONDA March against sexual violence CONT\u2019D FROM PAGE 1 and mis?ts.\u201d In order to get their message across, Daye explained that the organizing team is working to create an event that is as open and inclusive as possible through gestures like offering alternatives for people with reduced mobility and, hopefully, providing sign language interpretation for the hearing impaired.\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a big moment,\u201d they said, sharing that hundreds have expressed interest in participating in the event.To prepare for the gathering the organizers are working on raising funds and gathering supplies including hand sanitizer and a generator to run their sound system.\u201cWe already have the masks,\u201d Daye said.\u201cWe want to make sure that it\u2019s safe for everyone.\u201d Asked about why the police station serves as the focal point for the march, Daye said that the police represent the most accessible part of what the organizers view as a ?awed system that is failing the survivors of violence.\u201cWe thought the best way to get to the system was to speak to the part of the system that interacts with the people directly,\u201d they said, sharing that although there is a plan to share stories between one another and also speak with the media, the thought is that there is more chance to be seen and heard if their message is taken directly to the police.\u201cOur mission is to modify the collective consciousness,\u201d Daye said.\u201cWe feel like we don\u2019t have recognition from the system.We demand justice and we don\u2019t have it and we\u2019re not going to shut up until we have it.\u201d The organizer underlined the fact that sexual violence remains an issue that touches the lives of people across all walks of life, and is not some isolated concern.\u201cI want to invite people to come with us,\u201d they said. Page 6 Tuesday, July 28, 2020 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record EDITORIAL Even though Canada is moving to phase out coal-?red electricity, we\u2019re happy to export it to other countries.6 Mallory, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1M 2E2 FAX: 819-821-3179 E-MAIL: newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com WEBSITE: www.sherbrookerecord.com SHARON MCCULLY PUBLISHER (819) 569-9511 MATTHEW MCCULLY MANAGING EDITOR (819) 569-6345 GORDON LAMBIE ASSOCIATE EDITOR (819) 569-6345 SERGE GAGNON CHIEF PRESSMAN (819) 569-4856 JESSE BRYANT ADVERTISING MANAGER (450) 242-1188 DEPARTMENTS ACCOUNTING (819) 569-9511 ADVERTISING (819) 569-9525 CIRCULATION (819) 569-9528 NEWSROOM (819) 569-6345 KNOWLTON OFFICE 5B VICTORIA STREET, KNOWLTON, QUEBEC, J0E 1V0 TEL: (450) 242-1188 FAX: (450) 243-5155 PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS For print subscription rates, please call 819-569-9528 or email us at billing@sherbrookerecord.com ON-LINE SUBSCRIPTIONS QUEBEC: 1 YEAR 108.72 5.44 10.85 $ 1 2 5 .0 0 1 MONTH 9.78 0.49 0.98 $ 1 1 .2 5 Rates for out of Quebec and for other services available on request.The Record is published daily Monday to Friday.Back copies of The Record are available.The Record was founded on February 9, 1897, and acquired the Sherbrooke Examiner (est.1879) in 1905 and the Sherbrooke Gazette (est.1837) in 1908.The Record is published by Alta Newspaper Group Limited Partnership.PM#0040007682 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to The Record, 6 Mallory Street, Sherbrooke, QC J1M 2E2 Member ABC, CARD, CNA, QCNA RECORD THE Science matters Coal power should be relegated to the ash heap of history By David Suzuki During and after his 2016 campaign, the current U.S.president promised to make coal great again.He also claimed climate change was a hoax, so it\u2019s no surprise that he\u2019d promote a cheap, outdated, polluting, climate-altering fuel even as cleaner alternatives continued to become more ef?cient and cost-effective.Since then, U.S.coal companies have seen share prices plummet and many have gone bankrupt.A decade ago, more than half of U.S.electricity was generated by coal.Now that number is down to one-?fth and dropping steadily, in part because of a shift to natural gas, but also to renewable energy.Wind power is now the country\u2019s fastest-growing electricity source.Coal isn\u2019t coming back, nor should it.From start to ?nish, it\u2019s one of the most destructive energy sources.Extracting it often requires blasting away entire mountaintops, polluting air, water and soil.Burning it creates enormous amounts of deadly pollution, along with CO2 and methane emissions that drive global heating.The climate emergency demands that we use less energy and that we get what we need from cleaner sources.We shouldn\u2019t be using 19th century fuels in the 21st.But the U.S.president isn\u2019t alone in wanting to double down on archaic, deadly coal in the face of a climate crisis.Alberta, not content to drive global heating to catastrophic levels with its dirty bitumen, is now moving to expand its coal industry \u2014 with little or no environmental oversight.Even though Canada is moving to phase out coal-?red electricity, we\u2019re happy to export it to other countries.It\u2019s like a drug dealer who knows the harms of addiction, and so quits a personal habit but continues to sell to others.The proposed Vista mine expansion near Hinton, Alberta, will increase thermal coal production from about seven million tonnes a year to between 10 and 15 million tonnes.Even though it will destroy ecosystems and put endangered species at greater risk, the project isn\u2019t required to undergo a federal environmental assessment \u2014 in part because the company revised its estimate of the \u201cproject area\u201d to fall below the threshold that requires review for any \u201cincrease in the area of mining operations of 50 per cent or more.\u201d A metallurgical coal mine in B.C.\u2019s Elk Valley, Teck\u2019s Castle Mountain, is also attempting to avoid federal review by claiming the project is an expansion rather than a new mine.Alberta is even overturning regulations enacted by its Conservative government in 1976 to protect ecologically sensitive areas \u2014 substantially increasing locations for open-pit mines.The Alberta government\u2019s relationship with the coal industry is almost as cosy as with the oil industry.The province\u2019s former environment minister is now president of the Coal Association of Canada.It\u2019s always the same story from those who lack the imagination, wisdom and foresight to learn and change with the times, who prioritize the human-cre- ated economy over the air, water, land and biodiversity that we need to survive, and over human health and well-being.Economic costs and bene?ts should never be the only factors in considering industrial policy and regulation.But coal fails even on that front.Although electricity from existing coal power plants is often less expensive than wind or solar, many plants worldwide are nearing their end.Building new coal power plants would make the costs far higher \u2014 while prices for renewables are dropping rapidly as the technologies improve.Of course, the costs to human lives and health, wildlife, habitat and the climate are immeasurable.It seems strange to write about the push for coal well into the 21st century.Those who would go on destroying the environment and fuelling the climate crisis all for the sake of short-term profits and a few jobs \u2014 when so many better options exist \u2014 are demonstrating their short-sightedness and illustrating the ?aws in our current economic systems.Even within the current paradigm, more and better jobs could be created by facilitating clean tech and renewable energy industries rather than relying on outdated, destructive energy sources that the world has agreed must be phased out if we are to survive.The pandemic crisis hasn\u2019t slowed the climate and extinction crises, but it\u2019s shown that rapid action can have positive results.It\u2019s time to do better.Coal is over.David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Writer and Editor Ian Hanington.Learn more at davidsuzuki.org.Destroyed Queen Street bus shelter gathering dust By Matthew McCully Over a week after a vehicle crashed into the bus shelter in front of Provigo on Queen Street in Lennoxville, the broken remnants have yet to be cleared away.According to the Sherbrooke Police Service, the accident happened around 11 p.m.on Thursday, July 16.A driver lost consciousness due to a health issue and crashed into the bus shelter.There was no one in the shelter at the time of the accident, the police con- ?rmed.The driver of the vehicle suffered minor injuries.MATTHEW MCCULLY The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Page 7 The piscatory school of hard knocks Academics and artists get a lot of similar criticism for what some see as a lack of \u2018real world\u2019 experience, and familiarity with the problems faced by \u2018everyday\u2019 people.Much of the aforementioned criticism\u2014which I\u2019ve both witnessed, and in other cases expressed\u2014has been warranted.However, we sometimes fail to realize that for the greatest creators, the lines between industry and everyday life are often extremely blurred, if not absent altogether.Some of the best ?sheries researchers, for example, are informed and honed by science, and, equally, motivated by an af- ?nity for ?sh.If you\u2019re creative enough, you\u2019ve probably noticed that your imaginative thought process doesn\u2019t just shut off for 48 hours after the clock hits 4:30pm on Friday.I\u2019ve begun referring to leisure activities as \u2018idea fuel,\u2019 and resolved to never be caught without a notepad\u2014be it virtual or physical\u2014where I can record a good writing or research idea that emerges suddenly from the ether.So, what connections could possibly exist between recreational ?shing, and science or art?Historically inaccurate as it may be, visualize Isaac Newton laying restfully under an apple\u2014hanging precariously from its tree branch\u2014as he contemplates planetary motions, prior to any hypothesizing about something called \u2018gravity.\u2019 Does this exercise point to any possible connections?All anglers\u2014often unknow- ingly\u2014are helping to generate the next great works of ?sheries science when they do something so seemingly insig- ni?cant as purchase a ?shing license, or create a memory that will serve as a point of reference for future \u2018?shy\u2019 people.License fees and excise taxes on ?sh- ing-related goods generate revenue in order to fund the processes and projects that sustain ?sheries, which includes research.Licensing information itself is used to conduct important research on ?shery users, whose activities must also be managed, along with the ?sh themselves.But, that\u2019s not so exciting\u2014shall we return to talking about ?sh?Upon re?ection, I\u2019m often surprised by how insightful even the most casual angling excursions turn out to be.I\u2019ve been unusually preoccupied with muskies this warm water ?shing season, which helps to explain my use of the following example.Among other things, muskie require pristine riparian (i.e., shoreline) habitat to reproduce, and suf?cient food sources to mature and remain in good health.A great deal of docile behaviour can create illusions about a muskie\u2019s propensity for action.On most days, it\u2019s about as easy to envision the intense predatory behaviour of a muskie as it is a domesticated husky, which also spends the majority of its hours in a somewhat lethargic state.And yet, I need nothing more than to actually catch a musky\u2014and be jolted by its strength and explosiveness\u2014to be certain about its abilities to feed with extreme precision and ferocity, and sustain itself and species in the presence of adequate environmental conditions.I\u2019ve noticed something paradoxical about charismatic game ?sh species (e.g., muskie, steelhead) in their simultaneous physical grandiosity, and vulnerability/scarcity.For one thing, high trophic level predators are scarce by nature.It\u2019s also true that as anglers\u2014and more generally, humans\u2014we often want what we can\u2019t have.One essential component of the fundamental \u2018tragedy of the commons\u2019 that frequently plays out in common pool resources like ?sheries, is the inverse relationship between a resource\u2019s abundance and value.Put simply, the more rare a thing is, or becomes over time, the greater the demand for it.From an angler\u2019s perspective, there are some parallels between muskie and steelhead in terms of charisma.For the conservationist, some similarities in susceptibility are also noticeable.As someone who claims allegiance to both groups, I can con?dently say that I\u2019ve experienced the potency of each ?sh, albeit in dissimilar settings.I once hiked into a small tributary stream hidden conveniently in what was a very urban ravine, and was shocked to see several steel- head resting in a small beaver pond\u2014the downstream side of which appeared to be an in?nite tangle of deadfall and beaver dam debris, with a literal trickle of water for ?sh to navigate.And yet, here was conclusive evidence of the steel- head\u2019s ability to operate in the aquatic equivalent of the most dense tropical rainforest\u2014without any version of a ma- chete\u2014all in the name of reproduction.And so, I need nothing more than to witness a steelhead spawning upstream of an impossible tangle of beaver dams, log jams, and waterfalls, to know that in a dam-free river, the ?sh will ?nd its way.The previously discussed \u2018lightbulb moments\u2019 depict what you might call \u2018?eld inspiration,\u2019 which\u2014perhaps sur- prisingly\u2014looks very similar for the rigorous scientist, and the liberal artist.Although we\u2019ve made strides toward understanding and recognizing our impact on the ?ora and fauna that surround us, we seem to have lost belief in the abilities of many species to sustain themselves, and unintentionally subjected them to the bigotry of reduced expectations.In Michael Crichton\u2019s \u201cJurassic Park,\u201d Jeff Goldblum\u2019s character Ian Malcolm famously said\u2014in something like the aforementioned lightbulb moment\u2014 that \u201clife ?nds a way.\u201d Having witnessed this ?rsthand, I wholeheartedly agree.ANDREW HOWARTH With a ?rm grip on its tail, and fresh memories of its athletic display from just moments ago, it\u2019s hard to imagine anything interfering with a steelhead that\u2019s hellbent on making babies.Andrew Howarth On The Hook Page 8 Tuesday, July 28, 2020 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record In Memoriam BIRTH NOTICES, CARDS OF THANKS, IN MEMORIAMS, BRIEFLETS: Text only: 40¢ per 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give to still have all of that.There is a new man in my life Jim.His name is Rufus, he\u2019s a 2 1/2 year old golden doodle.You would approve.Always in my thoughts, YOUR WIFE SHIRLEY MUSTY, Jimmy: 1971- 1981 A wife who loses a husband is called a widow.A husband who loses a wife is Called a widower.A child who loses his parents Is called an orphan.There is no word for parents who lose a child.That\u2019s how awful the loss is.It\u2019s been 39 years Jimmy and We still miss you .LOVE, MOM & DAD In Memoriam Datebook TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020 Today is the 210th day of 2020 and the 39th day of summer.TODAY\u2019S HISTORY: In 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, marking the of?cial beginning of World War I.In 1932, President Herbert Hoover ordered the U.S.Army to evict the Bonus Army protesters from government property in Washington, D.C.In 1945, heavy fog caused a diverted U.S.military B-25 bomber to crash into the Empire State Building in New York City, killing 14 people.In 2005, the Irish Republican Army renounced violence as a political tactic and ordered its units to disarm and cease all terrorist activities.TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS: Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), children\u2019s author/illustrator; Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929- 1994), ?rst lady; Bill Bradley (1943- ), basketball player/U.S.senator; Jim Davis (1945- ), cartoonist; Sally Struthers (1947- ), actress; Hugo Chavez (1954- 2013), Venezuelan president; Scott Pel- ley (1957- ), TV journalist; Dana White (1969- ), UFC president; Manu Ginobili (1977- ), basketball player; Harry Kane (1993- ), soccer player.TODAY\u2019S FACT: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was ?uent in French, Spanish and Italian.TODAY\u2019S SPORTS: In 1989, Vince Coleman\u2019s stolen-base streak ended at 50.The Cardinals out?elder\u2019s re- cord-setting streak included six steals from the 1988 season.TODAY\u2019S QUOTE: \u201cBelieve there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.\u201d - Beatrix Potter TODAY\u2019S NUMBER: 126 - postseason games won together by San Antonio Spurs teammates Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker, the most by any trio of players on a single team in NBA history.TODAY\u2019S MOON: Between ?rst quarter moon (July 27) and full moon (Aug.3).Wearing heels damages foot muscles ASK THE DOCTORS by Eve Glazier, M.D., and Elizabeth Ko, M.D.Dear Doctor: I\u2019m 44 years old, and after wearing high heels to work for the last 20 years, I\u2019ve lost ?exibility in my feet.It also seems to be affecting my balance.Can you recommend foot exercises that can help?Dear Reader: Considering the important work they do, our feet don\u2019t get the attention they deserve.And yet, these complex systems of muscles, bones, tendons and ligaments form the base from which we balance, bear the full weight of our bodies and carry us through the thousands of steps in our daily lives.One of the best things you can do for your feet is to give them a break from high heels, even just for a few days per week.Not only do high heels shift you forward and force your full weight onto the balls of your feet, they prevent you from properly using the muscles of your feet (and your legs) as you walk.Speaking of which, one of the best exercises for getting feet into shape is exactly that - walking.Get a pair of supportive and ?exible athletic shoes, and take a stroll.Be conscious of rolling through the foot, heel to toe, in a deliberate but natural motion.Don\u2019t be surprised if this feels strange or even awkward at ?rst.We tend to treat our feet as solid blocks rather than the intricate and articulated wonders that they actually are.When it comes to a speci?c foot workout, exercises that take just a few minutes a day can make a difference.- Toe lift: Stand barefoot and, without straining, slowly and gently raise all 10 toes off the ?oor.Hold for a few seconds, then lower again.When you\u2019re comfortable with this move, add some more repetitions, this time fanning your toes apart as you lift and lower them.- Heel lift: Engage your calf muscle and gradually raise your heel so that you balance on the ball of your foot.Hold for a few seconds, then gently lower again.If your ankles are strong, you can slowly and deliberately roll the ball of your foot from side to side and in a circular motion, which engages a range of muscles and - bonus - gives a nice massage.This exercise can be done either seated or standing.- Toe point: Extend your leg and, in a ?uid motion that starts at the heel and rolls through the arch and down to the toes, gently extend your foot.Point your toes, hold for a few seconds, and then reverse the movement until you\u2019re ?exing your heel.- Toe dome: Standing barefoot, gently grip the ?oor with all ?ve toes of each foot, as though you\u2019re going to pick up a dollar bill.You\u2019ll form a small dome when you\u2019re doing this one right.Hold for a few seconds and then release.Don\u2019t try to do too much all at once.Work your way up to eight to 10 repetitions of each exercise.With just ?ve minutes a day, you\u2019ll soon regain strength and ?exibility, and your feet will thank you.(Eve Glazier, M.D., MBA, is an internist and associate professor of medicine at UCLA Health.Elizabeth Ko, M.D., is an internist and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA Health.) The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Page 9 Interested in meeting siblings Dear Annie Dear Annie: Shortly after I was born, my mother and biological father divorced.My mother later married the man who I grew up with and will always call \u201cDad.\u201d I didn\u2019t know about all of this until I was about 12 years old when my parents told me that my grandmother from my biological father wanted to see me after all these years.Over the years, I kept in touch with my grandmother until she passed away about 11 years ago.During that time, she only brie?y mentioned my father.I knew that my father had remarried and had other children, but I knew that his new wife would not allow any mention of me to the other children.Last year, I found my uncle and his son on Facebook and found out my father had died ?ve years previously.I also found out that I had three brothers and two sisters.I am 55 years old.Is it strange that I want to meet them, at least via email or social media?And since they presumably don\u2019t know I exist, should I?- Curious Dear Curious: There is nothing strange about wanting to get in touch with your brothers and sisters.What is strange is your father\u2019s wife\u2019s complete denial that you existed and not telling you that he passed away.Contact them.As long as you don\u2019t know what your brothers and sisters will be like, try to meet them without having any expectations.Dear Annie: I am responding to the letter, \u201cAnxious to the Point of Paralysis.\u201d As someone who struggles with social anxiety myself, I think the advice you offered is very good.I want to suggest some additional resources to the letter\u2019s writer.First, there are interactive workbooks that mimic the weekly structure of therapy sessions and contain many of the same exercises that therapists use.One example is \u201cThe Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Social Anxiety & Shyness.\u201d I have been using it myself, and it is helpful for setting goals and making plans to tackle anxiety in stages.Second, there are websites and apps that connect strangers for conversations.They can be a good way to practice socializing and become more comfortable talking with people.The most important thing I\u2019ve learned through my own journey with anxiety is that the only way to improve is by actively putting yourself in the social situations that scare you and getting used to them.- Anxious in New Jersey Dear Anxious in New Jersey: Thank you very much for your letter.These suggestions look wonderful.Congratulations to you on using helpful tools to manage your anxiety.Dear Annie: I\u2019ve been with this man for over seven years.In the last couple of years, he\u2019s treated me badly by lying.He ignores me when his friends come around.I don\u2019t want to stay in this relationship anymore.But it\u2019s hard for me to leave him.What will it take for me to leave him before it gets worse?- Hard to Leave Dear Hard to Leave: Given the way he is treating you, it is going to be a great deal harder in the long run to stay than leave.Try and keep the big picture in mind.It doesn\u2019t sound like his behavior is going to change after seven years.Keep the long-term goal in mind that you deserve to be in a relationship of honesty, love and respect.\u201cAsk Me Anything: A Year of Advice From Dear Annie\u201d is out now! Annie Lane\u2019s debut book - featuring favorite columns on love, friendship, family and etiquette - is available as a paperback and e-book.Visit http://www.creatorspublish- ing.com for more information.Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.COPYRIGHT 2020 CREATORS.COM Creative Colouring Page 10 Tuesday, July 28, 2020 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Go grocery sho pping with diet itians.When you choos e products with t he Health Check symbol, it's like shopping with th e Heart and Stro ke Foundation\u2019s die titians, who eval uate every partic ipating product b ased on Canada' s Food Guide.www.healthche ck.org REALITY CHECK HERMAN ALLEY OOP ARLO & JANIS THE BORN LOSER FRANK AND ERNEST GRIZZWELLS THATABABY The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Page 11 Call Sherbrooke: (819) 569-9525 between 8:30 a.m.and 4:30 p.m.E-mail: classad@sherbrookerecord.com or Knowlton: (450) 242-1188 between 9:00 a.m.and noon CLASSIFIED Deadline: 12:30 p.m.one day prior to publication Or mail your prepaid classi?ed ads to The Record, 6 Mallory, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1M 2E2 100 Job Opportunities 100 Job Opportunities 290 Articles for Sale Make your classi- ?ed stand out, add a photo for $10.per day.Deadline: 2 days before publication.Drop by our of- ?ce in Sherbrooke or Knowlton.819-569- 9525.classad@ sherbrookerecord.com 275 Antiques WE BUY from the past for the future, one item or a household, attic or basement, shed or garage.We like it all, give us a call.819- 837-2680.M A N U F A C T U R - ER\u2019S OFFER - Unique and exclusive opportunity, Automatic vending machine routes, Extremely pro?table.Customers provided by company.Investment required, funding available.100% turnkey business project.Toll-Free 1-877-358-3023.425 Business Opportunities SALES REPRESENTATIVES The Record is looking for dynamic, motivated sales representatives to join its sales team.We offer \u2022 Competitive salary \u2022 Established clients \u2022 Flexible hours Job Requirements \u2022 Maintain current customer accounts and relationships \u2022 Grow an established customer base \u2022 Work as part of a sales team on special projects \u2022 Be creative and innovative to ensure client satisfaction Interested candidates should send a letter outlining their interest and experience to Jesse Bryant, Sales Manager jbryant@sherbrookerecord.com Don\u2019t miss your opportunity to join an amazing team! Page 12 Tuesday, July 28, 2020 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Your Birthday TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020 Stop procrastinating and follow through with your plans.Refuse to let emotions stand between you and what\u2019s best.Pursue your passion, and be true to yourself and honest with those around you.Confront what needs to be changed and don\u2019t take romance, love and family ties for granted.LEO (July 23-Aug.22) - Don\u2019t put yourself in a precarious position.Be consistent and follow your heart.A routine that promises better health, peace of mind and compatibility with others is encouraged.VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) - You are responsible for your happiness.Take control of your life, say what\u2019s on your mind and refuse to let anyone stand between you and what you want to achieve.LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.23) - Rely on your skills, intelligence and beliefs.If someone tries to push you in a different direction, recognize what you have to do, and follow your path.SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) - Review what\u2019s possible and make it happen.Don\u2019t forgo an opportunity because someone feels threatened by the changes you want to make.Let go of the past and focus on your happiness.SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) - Don\u2019t let the compliments you receive lead you down the wrong path.Stick to the rules and to the people you know you can trust.Make home and family priorities.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) - Make adjustments to ensure that your plans unfold without a hitch.Contact a former co-worker to get the help required to reach your expectations.AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) - Don\u2019t put yourself in a vulnerable position.Discuss problems before you commit.Know what you are up against and let go of what\u2019s not working for you anymore.Get your priorities straight.PISCES (Feb.20-March 20) - Use past connections to bring you up to date regarding changes in your community or the workplace.Innovation and intelligence will help you surpass any competition you encounter today.ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Adopting an unorthodox ?nancial plan may seem outlandish, but when you crunch the numbers and consider the savings, you\u2019ll revisit the idea.If you take physical action, good things will happen.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Think about what you want.A partnership with someone who shares your interests and beliefs will be of great value.An emotional discussion will bring you closer to a loved one.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Refuse to let others\u2019 actions throw you off-guard.Keep moving at a consistent pace to overcome any setbacks.Personal improvements will push you to go the distance.CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Don\u2019t give up or settle for less.Take the initiative and go after your goals.Positive change is possible; the only thing holding you back is you.TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020 Once on the road, do not deviate By Phillip Alder Lewis Carroll wrote, \u201cIf you don\u2019t know where you are going, any road will take you there.\u201d Some bridge players are like that.They don\u2019t know how they are going to make or break a contract, so they just pull cards and hope that they get home.But more often than not, they will run out of fuel ?rst.On other deals, partner suddenly steers down a road that looks closed.But if you trust him, follow him - with luck, he knows something that hasn\u2019t crossed your mind.This deal occurred during the 1975 European Championships, in the open match between Belgium and Greece.How did East-West defeat four hearts?North\u2019s hand looks good for a single raise, and advocates of the Losing Trick Count will note that the hand has only seven losers, which is the normal number for a game-forcing raise! North should have invited game.But when South, with a six-loser hand, made a help-suit game-try in diamonds, North happily jumped to game.West, George Roussos, led the diamond queen; East, Hercules Matrangas, overtook with his king and returned the spade jack.Thinking his partner had switched to a singleton, West won with the ace and played back a spade.When East didn\u2019t ruff, declarer probably felt happy, but that joy didn\u2019t last.When he played a trump to his jack, West won with the ace and led another spade.East\u2019s ruff with the heart nine effected an uppercut, promoting West\u2019s heart 10 as the setting trick.West could have also defeated the game with an unlikely opening club lead.The curious may work it out."]