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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 peek behind the Christmas tree Page 7 Bill 72 is a win for restaurant owners in Quebec Page 3 $1.50 + taxes PM#0040007682 Friday, December 18, 2020 Christmas baskets delivered in Potton, Bolton Local vaccination to start in Sherbrooke next week Record Staff For the ?rst time, residents of the Estrie Region will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 starting next week.The vaccinations will take place at the Centre de foires in Sherbrooke The regional health administration has made the decision to prioritize the personnel, students, and doctors working in long term care homes for this ?rst round of vaccinations.This includes care workers connected to private and public long term care homes (CHSLDs), but excludes administrative staff for the time being.The Sherbrooke conference centre was chosen as the vaccination site because it has already been set up as a high-capacity site for the seasonal ?u vaccine, and because storing the supply of P?zer-BioNTech vaccine in one location will help with the need to keep it at very low temperatures prior to Opening new doors Maxim Messier Residential \u2022 Real estate broker Terri Goodsell Residential \u2022 Real Estate Broker www.dstvincent.com Cell.: 819.446.7171 maxim.messier@remax-quebec.com Cell.: 819.574.1952 tgoodsell@remax-quebec.com Cell.: 819.574.9070 Bur.: 819.822.2222 Agence immobilière Franchisé indépendant et autonome de RE/MAX Québec COURTESY By Mable Hastings The Missisquoi North Volunteer Centre(CABMN) Partage/Share committee and volunteers have spent the last three days preparing the Christmas Baskets that are distributed in the Potton and Bolton areas just prior to the holidays.Approximately 40 families and individuals received several boxes of food delivered by Potton\u2019s FIremen/ First Responders and volunteers on Wednesday, Dec.16.Besides a wonderful assortment of food including turkeys and ham, the boxes also contained handmade wooden gifts by Blaire Anderson, who is a retiree and volunteer as well as books donated by the Yamaska Literacy Council for the children in each family (arranged by Amanda Patch).\u201cThis was an exceptional year of giving,\u201d said Partage/Share Food Bank representative and volunteer, June Peacock.\u201cWe received a tremendous amount of donations and the volunteers were helpful and joyful; this always adds to the annual event,\u201d she said.The CABMN Volunteer Centre extends a big thank you to all who donated, volunteered and supported the initiative including the members of the Partage/ Share emergency food bank: June Peacock, Christian Donaldson, Claire Alger, Réjean Néron, Roger Gagné and Cathy Riendeau.WEEKEND EDITION CONT\u2019D ON PAGE 3 PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PRESSREADER PressReader.com +1 604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW Page 2 Friday, December 18, 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: SUNNY HIGH OF -10 LOW OF -22 SATURDAY: SUNNY HIGH OF -8 LOW OF -11 SUNDAY: 60 PER CENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES HIGH OF -1 LOW OF -4 MONDAY: 60 PER CENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES HIGH OF 2 LOW OF -3 TUESDAY: 60 PER CENT CHANCE OF FLURRIES HIGH OF 0 LOW OF -5 Lennoxville Library Good Reads Tern Island is the principal setting of Tessa Wegert\u2019s debut mystery Death in the Family: A Shana Merchant Novel (2019).The subtitle takes away some of the dramatic tension: there are points where the reader begins to suspect that this might be the only Shana Merchant novel, but the subtitle reassures that it won\u2019t be.(Sure enough, Wegert\u2019s Dead Season (2020) the second story in what promises to be a long series was released last week.) In Death in the Family the family in question is the Sinclairs, wealthy New Yorkers with a long history in the textile trade.They own Tern Island, or at least Grandmother Camilla does.Tern Island USA is in the Thousand Islands near Alexandria Bay where Merchant is a captain detective in the Jefferson County Sheriff\u2019s Department, headquartered in Watertown.Tern Island is just big enough to hold one large stone house perched on top of a cliff overlooking a steep stone staircase that leads down to the boathouse.Merchant and her detective partner Tim Wellington have been summoned on a blustery and rainy fall morning in response to a call from the mansion\u2019s long-time caretaker, Phil Norton, reporting that one of Camilla\u2019s grandsons, Jasper, has gone missing overnight.There is blood in his bed, and on the pajamas of his girlfriend, Abella Beaudry, a Canadian from Montreal.The family had organized themselves into search parties while waiting for the police to arrive, but they all reported ?nding no sign of Jasper.There are six other people on the island: Jasper\u2019s bother Flynn and sister Barbara, aka Bebe, partners in the family business where Jasper has recently started to work; Bebe\u2019s husband Miles Byrd and his teenage daughter from his ?rst marriage, the aptly named Jade; and Ned Yeboah, an employee of the company and Flynn\u2019s lover.This completes what Wellington refers to as the guest list and what Merchant thinks of as the suspect list.The missing generation, the parents of the three siblings, were both killed in a car crash a couple of years earlier.Merchant begins the dif?cult task of interviewing the different witnesses in private.But the whole of the information she gathers seems to be less than the sum of its parts.Each person she talks to contradicts at least one other witness as to the events of the last 24 hours, about what may have happened to Jasper and why, and about what is going on within the walls of the Sinclair family business.To make matters worse, the sheriff has informed them that the forensics team that was supposed to come to evaluate the physical evidence has collided with an overturned boat and been forced to return to Alexandria Bay with the former occupants of that craft.Wegert is telling us three stories in one.In addition to the investigation into the ?ight/kidnapping/murder case on Tern Island, there is also Merchant\u2019s love life.She is in the last stages of planning her wedding to Carson Gates, who had been her counsellor when she was being treated for PTSD.Merchant had been a detective with the NYPD, which led her into a very dangerous case.Her presence in Alexandria Bay is based on Carson\u2019s advice that if she wants to continue as a police detective, she should get out of the big city and move to a less hazardous environment.Alexandria Bay happens to be Carson\u2019s home town, and he feels that it would suit Merchant, who is also from a small town, much better than New York.But moving to Carson\u2019s home town brings her into contact with people who knew him when he was growing up, which forces her to question the wisdom of marrying him.The third story Wegert is telling is the events that led Shana to need treatment for PTSD.Wegert feeds this part to the reader with a medicine dropper: a line here, a phrase there, a paragraph or a sentence somewhere else.Finally, she breaks down and provides an entire harrowing chapter.This is a very good opening performance.Wegert does an excellent job of building and maintaining the suspense.She works on all three dimensions that are having an impact on Merchant: the raging storm outside that is making the prospect for relief more and more unlikely; the action inside the house, with the increased sense that some or all of the family members are at least withholding information if not outright lying to the of?cers, as well as other things that are going wrong like Merchant\u2019s burn to her gun hand; and inside Shana herself, as she experiences growing self-doubt about her own good judgement as a police of?cer and in her personal life.Wegert grew up in Lennoxville where her father Karl was a History professor at Bishop\u2019s.After graduating from Champlain College, she did a degree in Communication Arts at Concordia.She has worked as a freelance writer, doing a lot of advertising work for online companies as well as getting articles published in The Economist, Forbes and Adweek among others.She now lives with her husband and two children in southwestern Connecticut.Death in the Family is now available in the Lennoxville Library.Reviewed by Vincent Cuddihy A day on Tern Island PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PRESSREADER PressReader.com +1 604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Friday, December 18, 2020 Page 3 Local News \u201cThe restaurant license is linked to having a kitchen open, so if your kitchen is closed you cannot sell alcohol or you can do it only with the customers inside at the moment the kitchen closes.\u201d Jesse Bryant Sales Manager Let our readers know about your products & services Tel.: 450-242-1188 Fax: 450-243-5155 email: jbryant@sherbrookerecord.com being administered.As more vaccines become available in Canada, vaccination will be expanded to include more people, based on a priority list that has been established by the provincial government.The full prioritization order can be found on quebec.ca under the vaccination heading of the COVID-19 section.The province of Québec reported1,855 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total number of people infected to 171,028, of which 145,532 people have now recovered and 17,861 are considered currently active.The data also reported 22 new deaths, for a total of 7,635.The number of hospitalizations increased by 27 compared to the previous day, for a cumulative total of 1,002.Among these, the number of people in intensive care increased by 6, for a total of 134.In the Estrie there were 103 new cases reported, bringing the regional total to 6,419, of which 5,198 are considered recovered and 1,109 are currently active.There were ?ve new deaths reported in the Estrie on Thursday, bringing the total to 112, and a total of 39 people were in hospital for reasons related to COVID-19, three of whom were in intensive care.Windsor emergency closed as of Dec.21 To address shortages in certain health sectors and reorganize staff, the Windsor minor emergency room will temporarily close its doors on Dec.21, like some other emergencies in Quebec.The staff and emergency doctors at 23, rue Ambroise-Dearden in Windsor have been called upon to lend a hand to the critical sectors of the CIUSSS de l\u2019Estrie - CHUS.Follow-ups and health appointments for users already planned in the emergency room will be maintained.This decision also involves the possible transfer of some of the Windsor laboratory and medical imaging staff to critical areas.A decision is currently under evaluation.As of Dec.21, If there is an emergency, the population of the MRC du Val-Saint- François should go to either Fleurimont Hospital or Hôtel-Dieu in Sherbrooke or the CLSC/ Asbestos Hospital or Granby Hospital.The x-ray and testing centres of the Windsor health centre remain by appointment.Vaccination CONT\u2019D FROM PAGE 1 By Michael Boriero - Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Restaurant owners in Quebec rejoiced last week after the provincial government pushed through Bill 72 on the last day of the fall session.The bill gives owners the ability to sell alcohol on apps like Uber Eats and Doordash.Customers need to purchase food, as well, but the new law represents a major win for the restaurant industry.\u201cIt\u2019s a permanent change,\u201d said Martin Vezina, spokesperson for the Association Restauration Québec (ARQ).\u201cEverything that was included in Bill 72 is a permanent change, that\u2019s why it\u2019s very important.\u201d Restaurants needed a way to make more sales, explained Vezina, in an effort to survive another red zone and an eventual relaunch in 2021.This also brings to an end a decades long battle between restauranteurs and the Quebec government to alter the alcohol act.The industry has suffered tremendous losses since the outbreak of COVID-19.Bill 72 can provide some relief, said Vezina.It also brings long- lasting change.When restaurants do reopen, customers won\u2019t need to order food with their alcohol.\u201cThe restaurant license is linked to having a kitchen open, so if your kitchen is closed you cannot sell alcohol or you can do it only with the customers inside at the moment the kitchen closes,\u201d Vezina said.But while many were pleased with the landmark bill, Dr.Horacio Arruda, Quebec\u2019s public health director, also revealed earlier last week that the restaurant shut down was a government decision, irking members of the ARQ.\u201cWell what we\u2019re thinking now is that it was a government decision and not a decision from public health and that\u2019s something that frustrated our members because it\u2019s not what the government was telling them in October,\u201d Vezina said.Stan Groves, owner of the Golden Lion Pub in Lennoxville, said it was a slap in the face for restaurant owners.Restaurants took the brunt of the lock down in the spring, he continued, and knowing it was a unilateral decision handed down by the government doesn\u2019t sit well.\u201cThe bartenders and waitresses had to wash every table, go over every chair after a person moved from it,\u201d said Groves.\u201cI mean if there\u2019s a place you were safer, it was in a restaurant in my opinion because, of course, you had already removed tables and chairs.\u201d It\u2019s hard to imagine the situation for restauranteurs in Montreal, he noted in a phone interview, as many of them pay hefty rent prices.Restaurant owners also argued the decision to close restaurants but allow big box stores to remain open.There are more people in these stores than you can possibly imagine, Groves said.However, when asked about Bill 72, the Golden Lion owner applauded the government\u2019s effort to push into law.He also pointed out that, from his understanding of the bill, restaurants do not have to sell a bottle of beer or a bottle of wine for the price they would normally sell it for in-house.This could encourage more sales in the future.\u201cI do believe that that will help restaurants with meal sales, somebody being able to get two or three bottles of beer or a bottle of wine delivered right to their door, and as long as you\u2019re not gouging them crazily people will go for that,\u201d said Groves.He told The Record that they are considering utilizing services like Uber Eats and J\u2019ai Faim, but they are in the early stages.However, Bill 72 is pushing them to be more decisive, as it presents an opportunity to recoup money lost during lockdown.Alain Roger, owner of La Table Alain Roger in Magog, however, believes the government\u2019s latest initiative won\u2019t be able to bring back his losses.He spent several thousands of dollars on air ?ltration units, but his dining hall has been closed for two or three months now.The government is worried about its hospitals over?owing and Quebecers\u2019 mental health, but they shut down three industries essential to mental health, he said, restaurants, gyms and theatres.If they want to help the province, he continued, they need to regulate big box stores.\u201cI didn\u2019t understand why they closed our restaurants.I think the government should have from the beginning created a line of directives for every business and not just restaurants, hair salons or gyms,\u201d said Roger.Bill 72 is a win for restaurant owners in Quebec GORDON LAMBIE PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PRESSREADER PressReader.com +1 604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW Page 4 Friday, December 18, 2020 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record By Revs Mead Baldwin, Rabbi Boris Dolin Lee Ann Hogle, and Rev.Carole Martignacco 1.When I close my eyes and open my heart to picture radiance, most of the images that come to mind are of little children; an 8 year old serving communion in a small country church, a ?ve year old ringing the church bell with a giant smile on their face, young children singing at a camp ?re and doing the actions, story time in church when a youngster puts up their hand, because she got the message, and wants to share her idea with everyone.They are too young to be cynical and jaded.At camp we begin worship when the leader, usually a camper, says \u201cGod is good\u201d , and the gathered group loudly says \u201call the time\u201d.Something joyful is about to begin.Radiance in the dictionary can mean \u201clight or heat emitted by something\u201d.Jesus described it this way when talking about John the Baptist, \u201cH was the lamp that was burning and shining, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light\u201d.Another image that comes to mind is a choir singing, with radiant smiles and deep joy.I look forward to the day when I can go to Bishop\u2019s University again, and listen to the University Singers.Their faces re?ect the deep joy in the music.I was on Zoom this morning with a men\u2019s breakfast group from North Hatley.We are all in isolation, but this group ?nds a way to be fun and thoughtful.One friend spoke about how he deals with the darkness, and talked about acts of kindness.When we are kind to one another, there is radiance and light.Dear readers, this Christmas may be unlike any other, but when you open your heart, and reach out with kindness, there will be radiance in the world, as we re?ect the ?ame of divine love.2.Radiance The core book of Jewish mysticism, the Zohar, is literally translated as the \u201cbook of radiance\u201d.While it is a deeply complicated book to understand, the underlying message is that light and meaning are found not just in the great and \u201choly\u201d moments of life, but also in the small experiences and even in the mundane.From words to relationships, to food and love, every moment is ?lled with the potential sparks of holiness.But like the act of studying the book itself, true \u201czohar\u201d, radiance, is something that takes time to ?nd, yet, if nurtured and cared for, is something that can provide a very real sustenance that can last far beyond any individual moment.This is a powerful lesson for this holiday season.This week we end the Jewish Holiday of Chanukah, and in just a few days of course, many people will be celebrating Christmas.So much of the meaning of these winter holidays is found in a kind of compressed joy and light, a few days of music and food and, at least in most years, gatherings with family and friends.Yet, even though the holidays themselves are short, we hope that we are ?lled with such a sense of connection and peace that the holiday energy will extend far beyond the season.How can we do this?Learn to radiate light and holiness from every day, every moment, and ?nd blessing in the minutia and also the miracles.Find light in the season, but also search for hope even in the darkness.If we can hold on just a bit more, the radiance of our beautiful world will be clear for all to see.3.Radiance is one of those words that\u2019s hard to pin down.We say the bride was radiant or the children\u2019s faces are radiant.But if I show you a picture of what I mean it can never really capture the actual event because radiance is much more than a purely visual experience.Radiance needs a receiver as well as an emitter.It seems to me when we are in the presence of someone who is radiant we are actually seeing a bit of their soul.When this happens their presence lights up the room as soon as they enter it.There is heightened energy in the air and we are drawn to them as a moth to light.Children are often radiant for they have not yet learned to protect their tender souls.In his most famous sermon Jesus tells us we are all lights in the world and that our purpose is to shine so that our light is of bene?t to all.(MT.5:16) We each have a part of us to share that can uplift others; our optimism , our goodwill, our sincerity , generosity or engagement.All these things are as lights in our world.As we approach the shortest day of the year, let us consider how we can best share our light in the world.4.One day I was reading the Kabbala and came upon 16th century Rabbi Isaac Luria\u2019s mystical interpretation of the creation story in 1 Genesis.Luria said that in the beginning the divine essence was everywhere, like a vessel ?lled with radiance.In giving birth to the universe the light could not be contained and shattered in all directions.To this day all that exists is infused with the sparks of the divine.Reading Luria was one of those shattering moments for me when my whole orientation to the world was utterly changed.Could it be that I too carried this radiance within?His image of divine sparks was in the background of my mind as I wrote my own origin story, The Everything Seed.Rather than the militaristic image of an explosion scattering shrapnel in all directions, I could believe better in a universe that began in a ?ash of light, scattering seeds of brilliance everywhere.I believe we are all caught up in the great radiance, by virtue of being alive in a universe that began in light.This season as you look around at the incredible light displays, it\u2019s not dif?cult to imagine that our fascination with brightness in the dark comes from our cosmic origins.And if you chance to see the bright super star in the heavens, the con?uence of our two largest planets Saturn and Jupiter, remember to make a wish.That this season we will honour the spark of the divine we each carry within us.And then love and hope, joy and peace will illumine the earth.Be it so! Blessed holy days everyone! One word , four voices now it\u2019s your turn dear readers.How will you let your light shine in the coming year?Rev.Mead Baldwin pastors the Waterville & North Hatley pastoral charge; Rabbi Boris Dolin leads the Dorshei-Emet community in Montreal; Rev.Lee Ann Hogle ministers to the Ayer\u2019s Cliff, Magog & Georgeville United Churches; Rev.Carole Martignacco, Unitarian Universalist is retired from ministry with UUEstrie and now resides in St.Andrews by-the-Sea NB, but keeps one foot in the Townships by continuing with this column.One column, four voices Open to the Spirit Today\u2019s word: Radiance PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PRESSREADER PressReader.com +1 604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Friday, December 18, 2020 Page 5 Tales of our times: The sneeze of doom Ahhh-tchooo! The moment I sneezed I knew I was toast.Hundreds of droplets spritzed out of me, spraying my shopping cart, drizzling on the canned goods aisle, and sprinkling the only other customer who happened to be walking by the tuna shelf at that unfortunate moment.Uh-oh.He stopped in his tracks, eyes wide with horror.Then he narrowed his eyes, shot me a dirty look and snatched his cellphone out of his pocket.Covering his mouth with the palm of his hand, he whispered into the phone, \u201cOh Hi, I would like to report a sneezer.\u201d Dang.The sneeze police would be here any moment.I\u2019d better make a run for it.I charged towards the exit but I was too late.A screeching sound came from a loudspeaker: \u2018Alert! Alert! Alert! A sneezer on the loose! A sneezer on the loose!\u2019 Two of?cers now burst into the store, fully armed, and headed in my direction.\u201cMa\u2019am, you\u2019re under arrest,\u201d one of them announced.\u201cYou have committed the felony of sneezing in public.You have the right to remain silent.Anything you exhale \u2013 coughs, wheezes, sighs, and snif?es \u2013 will be used against you in the court of respiratory crimes.\u201d He was about to handcuff me when I gasped sharply.Upon this, he jumped back.\u201cBack up everybody! Back up everybody! She\u2019s spewing more droplets!\u201d he yelled to a small circle of customers that had formed around the scene.I was brought before a judge that same day.\u201cMa\u2019am, you are charged with illegal use of a biological weapon against innocent civilian targets,\u201d the judge said solemnly.\u201cHowever, as a ?rst-time offender, the court is willing to show clemency, and replace your prison sentence with a ?ne.A dollar for every droplet you have discharged.In addition, you will be sent to rehab, where you will learn to control the urge to sneeze.\u201d With that, the gavel was banged, and that was that.I was ecstatic.A dollar for every droplet?That should amount to no more than twenty-thousand bucks, which, believe you me, is a very small price to pay compared to what would have awaited me behind bars.(Everybody knew what other respiratory convicts, such as coughers and throat-clearers, did to sneezers.They would blatantly hack in your face all day! I\u2019m shuddering at the thought.) I breathed a humongous sigh of relief.So humongous in fact, that it sounded more like a roar, to be perfectly honest.And that\u2019s how I wound up with ten years in the dungeon, no chance of parole\u2026 Didi Gorman PHOTOS BY SARAH LANGLOIS A big thank you to Lennoxville Elementary School Christmas this year is different as we all know so when we received this box of wonderful treats to share with the residents we were overjoyed.Each year Cycle 1 students from Len- noxville Elementary School come and sing Christmas songs to our residents at the Manoir St.Francis.This year due to Covid-19 restrictions the students were unable to visit.Instead, the school sent a big box full of handmade Christmas cards, ornaments, pictures, advent calendars, paper Christmas trees and well wishes for the residents.The residents are grateful and touched by the efforts of the school and students to bring Christmas joy to them.On behalf of the residents of the Manoir St.Francis, I would like to extend a thank you to all the students and teachers at Lennoxville Elementary School, your kindness and thoughtfulness has touched many hearts this season.Submitted by Sarah Langlois Activity Coordinator PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PRESSREADER PressReader.com +1 604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW Page 6 Friday, December 18, 2020 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record EDITORIAL The format of a My Take is 150 words - no more, no less - to express an opinion on a different topic each week.This week the topic was: the upcoming lockdown.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 The Record welcomes your letters to the editor.Please limit your letters to 300 words.We reserve the right to edit for length, clarity, legality and taste.Please ensure there is a phone number or email where you can be reached, to con?rm authorship and current town/city of residence.Names will not be withheld but the address and phone number of the writer are not published, except by request.Please email your letters to newsroom@ sherbrookerecord.com.Preference is given to writers from the Eastern Townships.My Take: By Matthew McCully Just a coincidence that the new lockdown measures coincide with the arrival of St.Nick?I thought maintaining the integrity of the healthcare system was essential.I guess I was wrong.It\u2019s more important to get a little something under the tree.Not only does aligning pandemic management with Christmas once and for all con?rm the holiday has been overtaken by wanton consumerism, it shows a complete disregard for health sector workers.Leadership\u2019s failure to recognize and relay the severity of the situation to the population has given license to the lax attitudes continuing to spread this virus.So we have seven more days to shop, spread and incubate, and then enjoy a few weeks playing with our new toys.Just remember, we won\u2019t all be relaxing.Some of us will be at home licking our wounds.Others could be in a much worse state.My Take: By Marianne Lasonde This week\u2019s announcement has me wondering when was the last time government of?cials went inside a multinational retail store.On Wednesday, you could practically hear Costco employees scof?ng and rolling their eyes at Legault.The layout of Costco is so uniquely designed to encourage bulk-buying and consumerism that it seems almost impossible to limit sales to essential goods \u2013 the toilet paper is all the way at the back and knick-knacks open the play.The way Costco works depends on how much companies pay to advertise \u2013 those that pay more and return the most sales are put at the front of the aisles, the others near the frozen section.If Legault wants these bulk retailers to limit their products, it would require a lot of reorganization in the dead of Christmas shopping \u2013 which seems almost impossible.But, hey! Maybe a brand-new TV is an essential good.My Take: By Gordon Lambie It would be great if switching everything off was as easy as government announcements make it seem.Based on where we are now, a lockdown is not just a good idea but arguably an overdue one, and facing the darkest days of the year without being able to go see family or go do anything fun outside of the house, I would love to be able to hibernate for the next three weeks.We all know it\u2019s not that simple, though.Performing a hard shutdown on society risks leaving people out in the cold, and if it was hard in the springtime when this was all still pretty new and the weather was getting better all the time, it will be killer when we\u2019re all exhausted and the temperature drops down below -22.While we debate what is \u201cessential\u201d, who is falling through the cracks?My Take: By Michael Boriero My Take: By Reann Fournier Although I think it is a little late in the game, I do appreciate the government\u2019s effort to limit retailers deemed essential from selling any nonessential items.When I say it\u2019s late in the game, I mean that other provinces, Manitoba for example, have been doing this for several months.We all know that small- and medium-sized businesses have struggled since day one of the pandemic.I think this gives them a fair shake going forward into 2021.A friend of mine told me that at a Costco in Winnipeg they simply threw a tarp over all of the nonessential items.It\u2019ll be a bizarre sight, but one we need to accept.People have been preaching the \u2018shop local\u2019 mantra for a while now.I hope we can all back them up more than ever, as they head into another mandatory lockdown.We all knew with a second wave would come a second lock down.Personally, I\u2019ve hardly changed my habits from the beginning of the ?rst, but many have attempted to return to their past normal.While this was only a piece of the problems that created a second wave, I do believe that locking down once again is one of the only ways we might be able to truly ?atten the curve of COVID-19.When it comes to retail businesses closing, however, this becomes tricky.How do you de?ne essential when everyone has different needs?How do you determine which speci?c businesses can stay open?Especially during the holiday season, announcing a closure of all retail businesses will likely cause an in?ux of people in them, possibly creating even more danger.We\u2019ve heard of the super- spreader parties, and I don\u2019t think we need super-spreader Walmarts.PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PRESSREADER PressReader.com +1 604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Friday, December 18, 2020 Page 7 COLUMNIST \u201cThere was a lot more snow in those days,\u201d John says, \u201cso much so that roads were sometimes closed for days at a time.A peek behind the Christmas tree By Nick Fonda While sales have been poor for most merchants in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, for those in the business of harvesting and selling Christmas trees, this is turning out to be a banner year.\u201cLast year was a write-off,\u201d says John Stalker, who is continuing a business that was started by his father in 1948, \u201cbut we\u2019re making up for it this year.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever seen trees sell as quickly,\u201d says the Richmond resident who sells most of his harvest at the Jean Talon Market in Montreal.\u201cIt\u2019s likely that we\u2019ll be completely sold out by the 20th or 21st.There won\u2019t be much available for buyers who wait till Christmas Eve to get a tree.\u201d John Stalker has been in the Christmas tree business for the better part of four decades, although his apprenticeship began when he was still a child.\u201cMy father, Lachlan Stalker, ?rst started cutting Christmas trees in 1947, when he was still in his teens,\u201d John notes.\u201cHe began with a rather bitter experience, but it spurred him on rather than push him to quit.\u201d \u201cWhat happened,\u201d John recounts, \u201cwas that my dad paired up with another man to cut trees.They cut 168 bundles of trees, but when the time came to do the bookkeeping and divide the pro?ts, only 100 bundles were accounted for.My father was understandably upset, and he told his partner that next winter he\u2019d work on his own, and he vowed to put the partner out of business.\u201d At the time, Christmas trees\u2014always balsam ?rs\u2014were harvested in the wild.The harvester would negotiate a deal with a farmer.Trees would be cut where they happened to be\u2014hillside or swamp\u2014and then dragged out to a staging area where, depending on their size, they would be bundled up with twine.Trees over ten feet tall were bundled singly.Slightly shorter trees were bundled in pairs, and the shortest trees, from three to six feet tall, were tied in bundles of three or four.When he began, Lachlan Stalker cut trees with an ax, while helpers dragged the trees sometimes as much as half a mile through deep snow to the staging area, where they would be bundled.Once the harvest was complete, the farmer would take note of how many trees had been cut and haul them out to the nearest road where they could be put onto a truck and brought to the Stalker farm in Kingsbury to await shipment.\u201cHis ?rst year, my father and his partner were paying 15 cents a bundle for trees,\u201d John says, \u201cbut the next year, when he negotiated cutting rights, he paid 25 cents a bundle.Those same bundles later sold in New York for $1.25.\u201d Times were different and the work was hard.\u201cThere was a lot more snow in those days,\u201d John says, \u201cso much so that roads were sometimes closed for days at a time.A number of different people worked with my dad over the years: Kenny Johnston, Wayne Grif?th, Donald Fowler, Dales Hughes, Clayton Stalker, Frank Stalker, Sonny Henderson, Franklin Burrill, and others.They worked for ?ve dollars per day and they got an extra dollar for overtime.\u201d \u201cOn one occasion,\u201d he continues, \u201ca truck from the States pulled into the yard late in the evening.When the driver stepped out, he was wearing sneakers and a T-shirt.My dad told him to get back in the cab and wait.He had 160 bundles to load and he bribed a couple of helpers with a dollar, a case of beer, and a meal at Lou\u2019s, which was a popular restaurant at the time.\u201d \u201cWhen he invited the driver to join them at Lou\u2019s, the man was unwilling to go.My dad assured him, there\u2019s no segregation here, you come along and you\u2019ll be served just like the rest of us.\u201d Lachlan Stalker shipped trees to Bayshore, Long Island until 1970.In 1973, when John Stalker was 13 years old, he accompanied his father to Chateauguay to sell trees.\u201cWe went in on Dec.1,\u201d he recalls, \u201cand we stayed there till the 24th.We slept at a friend\u2019s house and spent the day on a lot next to the friend\u2019s gas station.Business was very slow, and I spent a lot of my time pumping gas, which sold for 59 cents per gallon.I also remember going to a nearby MacDonald\u2019s, one of the ?rst in the province, and getting a Big Mac for 59 cents.\u201d \u201cFinancially, that ?rst year was a disaster,\u201d he continues, \u201cWe made a pro?t of $122, and we left 700 trees behind, most of them frozen in snow and ice.My dad had to pay for cleaning up all those trees and he cleared his debt with 100 gallons of maple syrup.\u201d \u201cIn 1974, we started selling wholesale,\u201d John says.\u201cWe shipped to the Atwater Market in Montreal where we were paid $3 per tree.But we also had a special request.The retailer, a man by the name of Archambault, asked us for half a dozen big trees.These were 45-footers for which he paid $50 per tree.They were a challenge every step of the way, including the unloading which was done with ropes and planks.Strangely enough, the trees were never sold.Archambault wanted them as an attraction to draw customers.\u201d Although he doesn\u2019t ship 45-foot trees anymore, John does cut at least one 20-foot tree every year which he delivers\u2014at no charge\u2014to the Jean Talon Hospital.\u201cMy dad suffered a heart attack in 1990,\u201d John says.\u201cHe was rushed to the Jean Talon Hospital and I thought the best way to says thanks for the care he got was with a tree.I\u2019ve kept on bringing them a tree ever since.\u201d In 1985, John Stalker went into business with Don Mills but three years later, he bought out his partner because his father wanted to come back into the business, although now as his son\u2019s employee.\u201cI worked with my dad for 42 years,\u201d John says.\u201cHe continued doing Christmas trees right to the end.He passed away in 2002, and that fall, he was working with me.\u201d Much has changed in the world of Christmas trees since Lachlan Stalker ?rst embarked in the business.Trees that then sold for a dollar or two now fetch $40 or more.Trees are no longer felled by a woodsman wielding an ax.Chain saws are much faster, and neater.\u201cOne of the biggest differences,\u201d says John Stalker, \u201cis that almost all Christmas trees are now cultivated, rather than harvested in the wild.Richard Downey was the ?rst to start cultivating balsam ?rs here in the Townships around 1970.In a plantation, a skilled man can cut as many as 1,000 trees a day.\u201d Now in his 60s, John Stalker continues to work hard.He still cuts trees and hauls trees, but he no longer does the actual selling.He has seasonal employees who hunker down in a small, propane-heated camper waiting for clients to pick a tree from the small temporary forest of Christmas trees that springs up every December at the Jean Talon Market.NICK FONDA At the time, Christmas trees\u2014always balsam ?rs\u2014 were harvested in the wild.The harvester would negotiate a deal with a farmer.Trees would be cut where they happened to be\u2014hillside or swamp\u2014and then dragged out to a staging area where, depending on their size, they would be bundled up with twine.Much has changed in the world of Christmas trees since Lachlan Stalker ?rst embarked in the business.Trees that then sold for a dollar or two now fetch $40 or more.Trees are no longer felled by a woodsman wielding an ax.Chain saws are much faster, and neater.\u201cOne of the biggest differences,\u201d says John Stalker, \u201cis that almost all Christmas trees are now cultivated, rather than harvested in the wild.PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PRESSREADER PressReader.com +1 604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW Page 8 Friday, December 18, 2020 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Local businesses weathering the storm By Sara Spieth BU journalism student COVID-19 created a lot of uncertainty for small businesses this year, but in Lennoxville many shops have more customers than ever before.The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) warned that one in seven small businesses were at risk of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.However, since reopening, many Lennoxville small businesses are seeing equal or even greater sales than in a usual year.Many local business owners expect this trend to continue through the holiday season, at least until the Dec.25 lockdown.Lily Martin, who owns the 3 Fairies a gift shop and thrift store on Queen Street, stated that since reopening after the mandatory summer closure that she has seen more customers than ever.She said that people want to purchase items that make them feel better during this dif?cult time.\u201cWith all that\u2019s going on people have had a lot of time to think and work on themselves so everything I sell can help them to grow or to have\u2026 happy energies,\u201d Martin said.Other stores have different theories for this success.Crystal-Marie Descind- es, owner of Beauté et Encre tattoo parlor, noticed a similar pattern this year.She had a few suggestions for why this might be the case.\u201cIt\u2019s like everyone was at home on Pinterest during the break,\u201d Descindes commented.She added that with bars and other places remaining closed, getting a tattoo was one of the few things left to do.One of the newest businesses in Len- noxville, Boutique Elle Dit, a consignment clothing shop, opened during the pandemic right before red zone public health restrictions for the region came into effect.Elizabeth Dunn, the store owner, has seen more business than she expected given the circumstances.She even had a regular customer after being open for only a week.She created an extensive social media campaign leading up to the opening and The Sherbrooke Record wrote an article about her grand opening, which she said helped bring in customers.During the forced closure, a number of business owners put more effort into marketing campaigns and tools to appeal to customers.Social media has been an important marketing tool as people have been online rather than out and about to see signs or billboards with information.Stores turned to selling virtually during the closure and doing delivery or pick-up for products.Marketing may have contributed to their success, but Annie Duriez, owner of Clough Street Cakes, had a different suggestion.\u201cI have a hunch that some people are more willing to spend money on fancier cakes during the pandemic to make up for being away from family and friends\u2026 They\u2019re treating themselves and their loved ones,\u201d Duriez said.With the holidays approaching, Lennoxville shops expect to see even more sales.Janice LaDuke, owner of Black Cat Books, explained that she purchased and put out her holiday goods earlier than ever this year.Similarly, Lily Martin, the 3 Fairies owner, purchased more product this year in anticipation for this to the largest holiday sales since her store opening four years ago.She even hired an employee in preparation.However, not all business owners are as optimistic for the holiday season.Linda Maskell, who is the owner of Boutique Tri-Knit-T a yarn and knitting shop on Queen Street, is not certain that she will receive the normal increased November and December sales and just hopes to maintain her current business.Crystal-Marie Descind- es, Beauté et Encre owner, mentioned that December is often a slow time for her business as well, even going as far to refer to it as \u201cpainting season\u201d since they have so few customers during the holidays and have time to redecorate.Many Lennoxville small businesses rely on the Bishop\u2019s University student population for many of their sales.Bishop\u2019s University switched to a hybrid online/ in-person model of classes so many students did return for the fall semester but not all.Even with this setback, some businesses continue to thrive.SARA SPIETH Kamille Longchamps, a new employee at 3 Fairies, helps a customer to check out.PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PRESSREADER PressReader.com +1 604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Friday, December 18, 2020 Page 9 PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PRESSREADER PressReader.com +1 604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW Page 10 Friday, December 18, 2020 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Death Death Death Obituaries The mission of the Grace Village Care Foundaon is to support the compassionate care of the elderly through the provision of charitable funds to Massawippi Rerement Communies (Grace Village).To donate or for information: Emma Muise Foundation Coordinator Tel: (819) 569-0546 x5033 Grace Village Care Foundation 1515 Pleasant View St.Sherbrooke, QC, J1M 0C6 gvfoundation@masscom.ca Obituaries December 14 - 18, 2020 Barrington, William Ernest Hirtle, Verna Mary Rolfe, Mary Anne Taillon (nee Achilles), Carole Verna Mary Hirtle (nee Lapierre) (1924-2020) Verna Mary Hirtle passed  away with the comfort and loving presence of her children at the Montreal General Hospital on December 8, 2020 at age 96.Survived by her children Heather (Ron), Sharon, Edythe (Robert), Gregory (Joy), David (Claudette), Joanne (Spyros), along with several loving and much loved grandchildren Chris (Katherine), Cathy (John), Angela (Aaron), Laura (Kevin), Jordan (Tabatha), Erika (Tom), Ian, Konstantinos, Phoebe as well as several cherished great-grandchildren.Verna was predeceased by her husband Roy and son Roy Junior.Donations in Verna\u2019s memory may be made to a charity of your choice or to the North Hatley Cemetery Association, 50 Stewart St., North Hatley, Quebec, J0B 2C0.Thank you to the kind and caring attention of the staff at MGH to Verna and her family.Rest peacefully Mom, until we meet with you again.  CASS FUNERAL HOMES 3006 College St., Sherbrooke QC PHONE: 819-564-1750 FAX: 819-564-4423 www.casshomes.ca Rolfe, Mary Anne 1945-2020 At the BMP Hospital in Cowansville, December 9, 2020, at the age of 75, passed away Mrs.Mary Anne Rolfe, wife of Mr.Ozias Keith Belknap, living in West Bolton.Besides her husband Ozias Keith Belknap, she leaves to mourn her children: Sara Laro, Wendy Laro, Lisa Laro (Graham), Scott Laro (Pam), Randy Laro (Wanda), Rose Mary Laro (late Brian), Angel Laro (Mike), Donald Thayer (Paula); her grandchildren and great- grandchildren, her sisters: Pearl, Nora; she was the sister of the late Henry.She also leaves to mourn the children of her husband: Mitchell, Gabriel (Cathlene), Jeremy, Marshall (Kara); and her brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews and many relatives and friends.Cremation was held in Granby at Les Jardins Funéraires Bessette Crematorium.As requested by Mrs.Mary Anne, there will be no celebration of life.Les Résidences Funéraires Bessette 5034 Foster St., Waterloo QC PHONE: 450-539-1606 FAX: 450-539-3035 www.famillebessette.com Member of the C.T.Q.TAILLON (NEE ACHILLES), Carole It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of our dear mother Carole, peacefully on the morning of November 28, 2020 at the age of 77.Carole was wife to the late Charles Henry Taillon, loving and devoted mother to sons Arthur (Deanna), David (Erica) and Daniel (Tammy); she will be missed by her 11 grandchildren, 5 step-grandchildren and her beloved kitty Oreo.Carole leaves to mourn her loving sisters Marjory and Melany and will be missed by in-laws, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.A celebration of Carole\u2019s life will be held in the spring of 2021.In lieu of ?owers, donations to the La Société protectrice des animaux de Sherbrooke would be greatly appreciated by the family.CASS FUNERAL HOMES 3006 College St., Sherbrooke QC PHONE: 819-564-1750 FAX: 819-564-4423 www.casshomes.ca PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PRESSREADER PressReader.com +1 604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Friday, December 18, 2020 Page 11 Church Services Presbyterian United United Death Death William Ernest Barrington 1933-2020 Surrounded with the love of his family, it is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of William Ernest Barrington on the 6th of December, 2020, at the age of 87.He was the son of John Barrington and Edna Beers of Richmond.He was predeceased by his ?rst wife Barbara Campbell, and is survived by his second wife, Murielle Charpentier.In addition to his wife, Ernie also leaves to mourn his children: John (Line), Janet (Jacques), Jason (Nathalie) and Kelly (Charles-Philippe).He was predeceased by his son Robin (Heidi).He was also a grandfather to: Matthew (Maxime), Emilie- Ann (Jacob), Brittany (Kevin), Dana (Landyn), Ashton (Philip), Shawn-William, Alex, Hayden, Félipe and Eton; and great-grandfather to Abigail, Thea and Claire.For more than 55 years, Ernie worked in the paper industry in Windsor for Domtar, Domkraft and Atlantic Packaging.He also helped his son Robin establish Novus Packaging in Richmond.During his retirement, Ernie loved spending time with family and at his home of Brompton Lake.The family would like to thank the staff of the CHSLD Wales Home, as well as the nurses and doctors of the CHUS Fleurimont and, in particular, Dr.Catherine St-Pierre, for the good care they gave Mr.Barrington.Due to the situation with the COVID-19 virus, a funeral will be held at a later date.In lieu of ?owers, the family would appreciate donations in Mr.Barrington\u2019s memory to the Wales Home Foundation or the Fondation du Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS).COOPÉRATIVE FUNÉRAIRE DE L\u2019ESTRIE PHONE: 819-565-7646 485, rue du 24-Juin, Sherbrooke QC FAX: 819-565-7844 www.coopfuneraireestrie.com SHERBROOKE Plymouth-Trinity United Church, at 819-346-6373 and www.plymouthtrinitychurch.org in Sherbrooke, invites you to join us for our 10:45 a.m.Hymn Sing on Saturday, December 19.You can attend via Zoom, or by telephone.Then on Sunday, December 20 at 10:45 am, we celebrate the fourth Sunday of Advent: Love! Connect via the Internet, or by telephone (long distance charges will apply): Check our website or call us for details (our building is closed).Joignez- vous à nous pour notre Service de chants de l\u2019Avent et de Noel, a 10h45 le samedi, 19 decembre, sur Zoom et par telephone.Ensuite, joignez-vous a nous pour une célébration du 4e dimanche de l\u2019Avent, le 20 décembre, à 10h45.Le culte est diffusé par Internet ou par téléphone (avec frais interurbains).Voir les détails sur notre site web ou téléphonez-nous (notre bâtiment est fermé).Cordiale bienvenue à tout le monde.Minister: Samuel V.Dansokho.SHERBROOKE CHRISTMAS EVE: Plymouth-Trinity United Church, at 819-346-6373 and www.plymouthtrinitychurch.org in Sherbrooke, invites you to join us for our 7:30 p.m.worship service on Christmas Eve, December 24.Connect via the Internet, or by telephone (long distance charges will apply): Check our website or call us for details (our building is closed).VEILLE DE NOEL : Joignez-vous à nous pour une célébration la Veille de Noel, le 24 décembre, à 19h30.Le culte est diffusé par Internet ou par téléphone (avec frais interurbains).Voir les détails sur notre site web ou téléphonez-nous (notre bâtiment est fermé).Cordiale bienvenue à tout le monde.Minister: Samuel V.Dansokho.LENNOXVILLE St.Andrew\u2019s Presbyterian Church, Lennoxville.Due to the Covid-19 virus, our church is currently closed for Sunday services.We welcome you to view Rev.Susan Smith\u2019s weekly message on our facebook page, Saint Andrew\u2019s Presbyterian Church/ community/my services.The Word of Grace broadcast can be heard each Sunday morning on the community station CJMQ \u2013 88.9 FM at 8:30AM.It can accessed anytime at www.cjmq.fm Card of Thanks In Memoriams In Memoriam HARRY T.RUSSELLE December 20, 1930 to 2017 Sadly missed by THE FAMILY AYER\u2019S CLIFF, MAGOG, GEORGEVILLE The Ayer\u2019s Cliff Magog Georgeville Pastoral Charge has decided that it is important to keep our congregations safe, therefore we have decide to keep our buildings closed for worship services through the Advent season.The Pastoral charge will revisit the idea of opening our church buildings in the new year.All of our Sunday worship services are on Zoom at 10:45 a.m.If you would like to join us on Zoom throughout the Advent season please call Mel Bryant at St.Paul\u2019s United Church in Magog 819-843-3778 or Sue Young for Beulah United Church 819- 838-5815 for the zoom link.You may also watch our minister, Rev.Lee Ann Hogle, on our You tube channel at the following link https://www.youtube.com/channel/ U C P 1 J w N 7 a D p r 5 G g k K k 6 J R _ s w / videos or on our Pastoral Charge website https://amgunited.wixsite.com/ amgunited.LENNOXVILLE Lennoxville United Church.Facebook Live: Prayer and Re?ection with Rev.Linda.Every Sunday @ 10 a.m.& Wednesday @ 10 a.m.Available Live through Linda Buchanan\u2019s Facebook Page or Lennoxville United Church Facebook Page.Video available afterwards through Linda Buchanan\u2019s Facebook Page or Lennoxville United Church Facebook Page or Lennoxville United\u2019s Website http:// lennoxvilleunitedchurch.com/ BAILEY, Allan - Who passed away the 18th of December 1995.Always in our hearts, Rest in peace.Love, SHARON, SHELLEY, BRIAN KIRBY, Sharron (Raymond) \u2013 In loving memory of our dear sister, Sharron, who passed away December 20, 2019.We lost a sister With a heart of gold, How much we miss her Can never be told.Her life was unsel?sh For others she lived, Not to receive, But only to give.Helpful, willing, Thoughtful and kind, What beautiful memories She left behind.GLORIA & GERALD GILBERT AND FAMILY BILL & LYNDA RAYMOND AND FAMILY BEV & (late) TOM POWELL AND FAMILY MARSH - In loving memory of our father, Russell Marsh, who passed away December 18, 2004.Dad, those who we love don\u2019t go way They walk beside us every day, Unseen, unheard but always near, Still loved, still missed and forever dear.REID, Dorothy Sarah Burnett (nee Ingalls) - Our heartfelt thanks to all who sent cards and condolence messages at the time of our Mother\u2019s passing.The donations to various Foundations were much appreciated.A tree was planted in Canada by the grandson of a lifelong friend of the family.Thanks to Reverend Tim Smart for the caring service at Fairmount Cemetery.Due to circumstances the service was limited to family members.One member of each family expressed their favorite times spent with Dorothy.The grandchildren and great-grandchildren expressed many favorite times at the farm.THE FAMILY OF DOROTHY PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PRESSREADER PressReader.com +1 604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW Page 12 Friday, December 18 2020 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Your Birthday FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2020 Pick up the pace and strive to turn this year into something special.Focus on your health, well-being and stature.Evaluate the past and ?nd a way to make your dreams come true.You\u2019ll have the discipline to achieve things you never thought possible.Trust and believe in yourself.SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) - Put your plans in motion.You\u2019ll have what it takes to win favors and persuade others to invest in your ideas.Love and romance are encouraged, and a promise will change your life.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) - Align yourself with people who share your work ethic, and strive to reach a common goal.Set up a space at home that caters to health, ?tness, personal growth and advancement.AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) - Stop worrying about what others are doing.Your approach to a project will be crucial.Take physical action and get things done.Concrete results will impress someone you want on your team.PISCES (Feb.20-March 20) - Don\u2019t trust a peer who is competing with you.Be secretive about your intentions, and don\u2019t share your ideas until you are ready to present what you have to offer.Don\u2019t make any rash moves.ARIES (March 21-April 19) - You are heading into an upswing that can change your life forever.Whether you decide to learn something new, change your job or better your lifestyle, the results will be terri?c.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Be careful not to take on more than you can handle.Make sure you understand what\u2019s required before you begin a project.Ask questions to avoid being put in an awkward position.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Someone will let you down if you believe everything you hear.Show compassion, but don\u2019t take on troubles that don\u2019t belong to you.Focus on what you want and how best to achieve your goals.CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Pay more attention to learning, advancement and personal growth.Look for opportunities, and don\u2019t hesitate when something good comes along.Broaden your horizons and do your best to manage stress.LEO (July 23-Aug.22) - Focus on exercising, ?nishing a project or making plans with someone special.An energetic approach will lead to positive changes.Romance and kind gestures will lead to happiness.VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) - Someone close to you will withhold information that can affect a decision you are trying to make.Look for expert advice to avoid being manipulated.Proceed with caution.LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.23) - Look at the choices you have and weigh the pros and cons carefully.Don\u2019t feel that you must act in haste.Time spent with a loved one will ease stress.SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) - Slow down, take a deep breath and rethink your plans.A creative outlet will open your mind to options you haven\u2019t considered.Avoid making a change merely for change\u2019s sake.SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2020 Use whatever leverage you can drum up this year.Be creative, and take the initiative to broaden your skills.Speak up and show passion and leadership ability, and you will make an impression that will help you get ahead.Love is apparent, along with self-improvement and a better lifestyle.SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) - A change at home will require transparency if you want it to unfold without a hitch.Don\u2019t keep secrets or be hesitant to question someone aloof or vague.Romance is favored.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) - Take a passionate approach to whatever you do.Refuse to let anyone get you down or stand in your way.Anger will be a waste of time, so channel your energy into something that counts.AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) - Slow down, take a break and catch your breath.Give yourself time to think about your priorities.Change is worthwhile only if it brings you joy and peace of mind.PISCES (Feb.20-March 20) - Heightened emotions will cause uncertainty.Consider your options, and if nothing looks good, take a pass and wait for something better to come along.Don\u2019t make a move for the wrong reason.ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Stick to the script, and expect the same in return.Honesty will be essential if you plan to get things done.A contract, joint venture or move will pay off if you go through the proper channels.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - A promise may be dif?cult to collect.Don\u2019t let your emotions take charge if uncertainty regarding your position or status arises.Do something to ease stress.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - The information you receive will be misleading.Ask questions, get what you want in writing and don\u2019t be afraid to walk away.Evaluate a joint venture with rigor and a clear head.CANCER (June 21-July 22) - There are deals to consider and money to be made.An innovative plan will pay off, and a chance to make a professional move is apparent.Take on a project that requires creative thinking.LEO (July 23-Aug.22) - Don\u2019t rely on others to do things for you.If you take an energetic approach, you\u2019ll reach your goal in record time.Celebrate your victory with a loved one.VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) - It will be challenging to know what to do based on the information you receive.Don\u2019t give in to someone trying to push you in a questionable direction.Walk away if something doesn\u2019t feel right.LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.23) - Tackle un?nished tasks and get them out of the way before someone complains.Put your energy to work, and structure your day to ensure that you reach your goal.SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) - Be realistic about your plans and how you implement them.Look for innovative ways to interest people who have something worthwhile to contribute.A change to the dynamics of a relationship will prove eventful.Sunday horoscope on page 13 For unto us a child is born, and he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.(Isaiah 9: 6-7) In the name of our Immanuel ?our God with us, we would like to take this opportunity to wish all our family and friends near and far a very Blessed Christmas Season and all the best for a better and brighter 2021.Sending light and love to all, The United Eaton Valley Pastoral Charge It\u2019s very hard, this holiday season, to work up enthusiasm about Christmas and the enforced isolation but everyone is doing the best he/she can.In Richmond, because we are mostly an older congregation, St.Anne\u2019s Anglican Church has not held Services since March and everyone feels the loss of that closeness of gathering together.No one is able to clean the Church following a Service in the manner which the health of?cials require.There will be no Christmas Eve Service this year.Normally on Christmas Eve, those who wish to may donate funds to buy ?owers in memory of their dearly departed and after the Service, these are given out to the ladies of the congregation.Since we have a few parishioners who are in failing health, it was the decision of the Altar Guild that because we have a small surplus of funds in the account, eight poinsettias be purchased and distributed to those whose spirits needed a lift.Last weekend Chairperson Elizabeth Mastine, on behalf of the Altar Guild, purchased and distributed these beautiful plants and was overwhelmed by the grateful enthusiasm of all who received them.One member even gave a donation, her desire to have suf?cient funds for the Easter season\u2019s ?owers in 2021 when we will, hopefully, be in a better place.The Altar Guild of St.Anne\u2019s Church is glad that we were able to bring a little cheer into this Christmas and wish everyone a happy holiday season.Until we can meet again\u2026 Submitted by Jean Storry St.Anne\u2019s spreads joy with ?owers PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PRESSREADER PressReader.com +1 604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Friday, December 18, 2020 Page 13 Your Birthday SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2020 Consider your long-term plans, and don\u2019t jeopardize your chance to reach your goal because of something you have no control over.Be practical, and view the changes heading your way optimistically.Focus on what you can do, not on what you can\u2019t.SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) - Assumptions will lead to problems.Find out the truth before you point ?ngers or do something you\u2019ll regret.Put more time and effort into personal gain and physical ?tness.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) - Run your ideas past anyone directly in?uenced by the changes you implement to your home or lifestyle.Look for enticing ways to interest others in helping you reach your objectives.AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) - Keep up the momentum.Strive for perfection.Put greater emphasis on meaningful relationships, and be sure to let loved ones know how you feel.Finish what you start and keep your promises.PISCES (Feb.20-March 20) - Someone will disagree with your decisions.Don\u2019t let emotions interfere with your resolutions.Stick to the facts, or someone will question your reasoning.Play it safe.ARIES (March 21-April 19) - You can clear up uncertainty if you ask direct questions.The information you gather will help you make a decision.An offer you receive will be better than expected.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Keep an open mind, but verify the information you receive before you pass it along.How knowledgeable and reliable you are will affect your reputation.Offer someone needing help suggestions, not cash.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Don\u2019t trust someone to do things for you.Put more effort into a meaningful relationship.Discuss your intentions, and make plans that will bring you and the other party closer.CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Get things done and avoid argument.Try to make progress and be grateful for any assistance you receive.A positive attitude will bring the best results.LEO (July 23-Aug.22) - Don\u2019t let an emotional situation stop you from following through with your plans.A competitive challenge will boost your ego and motivate you to start a new adventure.Love is on the rise.VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) - Set your sights on something you want, and pursue your objective.A change to where or how you live will motivate you to try something you\u2019ve never done.Be prepared.LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.23) - A positive turn of events will broaden your options and give you hope moving forward.Don\u2019t sit back when it\u2019s vital to take care of the details if you wish to get the most out of a situation.SCORPIO (Oct.24-Nov.22) - Let your imagination take the reins, and you will discover something that excites you.Personal growth will lead to a new way of life that offers peace of mind.Change begins with you.FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2020 Dangle a carrot and hope he bites By Phillip Alder Louis Tomlinson, an English singer- songwriter, said, \u201cIn my ?rst video diary, I explained my love for women who have a taste in carrots.Since then, I have received plenty of carrots.Now I also have a keen interest in women who like Lamborghinis.\u201d On farms, are carrots still dangled in front of mules?At the bridge table, it is fun to dangle a carrot in front of an opponent, get him to bite and end with a great score.In today\u2019s deal, how should South play in ?ve diamonds after the defenders take two spade tricks, then cast adrift with a heart to declarer\u2019s bare ace?South\u2019s sequence, one club followed by three diamonds, showed a very strong hand with fewer diamonds than clubs.When West competed to three spades, North, who had limited his hand with his initial pass, was happy to bid four diamonds.He knew that a 4-4 ?t usually plays better than a 5-3 or 6-3.South moved con?dently into ?ve diamonds.The kibitzers thought that declarer had no chance, because the clubs were not splitting 2-2.However, South spotted a chance even when clubs were 1=3.He cashed the diamond ace and diamond queen, then overtook the diamond jack with dummy\u2019s king.Now came the carrot play - 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