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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 Beyond the headlines Dian Cohen - Page 4 U.S.lifting border restrictions means more family reunions Page 3 $1.00 + taxes PM#0040007682 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Owners ban public from Pinacle after damage Active cases at lowest point since late August Record Staff The Province of Quebec reported 324 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the total number of people infected to 422,995.The number of active cases also decreased over the weekend to 4,067, the lowest since the end of the month of August.Of the 324 cases, 216 were among people who either were not vaccinated at all, or received their ?rst dose less than 14 days ago.There were ?ve new deaths recorded, for a total of 11,477 since the start of the pandemic.23 new hospital admissions alongside 14 new discharges made for an increase of nine hospitalizations in Monday\u2019s report, bringing the total to 259.Meanwhile six new people were admitted to the province\u2019s intensive care units while only two were discharged, increasing the number of people in intensive care by four, to 69.In the Eastern Townships, the provincial institute of public health reported 336 active cases of COVID-19, a slight decrease from last Friday but still high compared to recent weeks.Of that total, 111 were in Sherbrooke, 66 were in the Haute-Yamaska, 36 were in the Granit region, 32 were in the Val Saint-François, 24 were in the Memphremagog area, 23 were in the Haut-Saint-François, 15 were in the des- Sources area, 14 were in the Coaticook region, and 11 were in la Pommeraie.The number of people in hospital in the region due to the virus remained unchanged on Monday, at 12 with two in intensive care.The next detailed update on the situation in the Eastern Townships is expected from the regional public health department on Tuesday 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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GEOFF AGOMBAR A sloping walk up the back of the Pinacle leads to steep lookoffs.By Geoff Agombar Local Journalism Initiative Throughout our region, mountain ranges lumber gently across the horizons.Just outside Danville, one such peak thrusts up like a rogue wave.Its silhouette resembles that famous Japanese woodblock print by Hokusai of a mountainous wave about to crash down on a boat full of rowers.It is known simply as the Pinacle.For generations, families have climbed the long back slope to reach the rugged lookoffs at its crest.It is not a large mountain, so it is the leisurely half-day excursion with a moderately challenging scrabble in the ?nal few meters.Clifftop vistas offer stunning views in all directions.It is a treat in CONT\u2019D ON PAGE 5 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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 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FRIDAY: SUNNY HIGH OF 12 LOW OF 6 SATURDAY: RAIN HIGH OF 10 LOW OF 8 \u2018Boys and girls of every age Wouldn\u2019t you like to see something strange?Come with us and you will see This, our town of Halloween\u2026\u2019 Our maple trees have ?nished the biggest part of the show, the red is gone, even the red carpet, wanes and fades, the yellow and orange remain, mixing with the darkest greens and the fuzzy browns of our mountain tops.The dark is a little darker, the grey is a little grey, the damp is a little damper, and most of us have lit the ?re at least once to warm our bones.Since it\u2019s still October, that can only mean one thing \u2013 Hallowe\u2019en is close, lurking on pathways of slick wet leaves, as the neighbourhoods nestle just a little bit more.I guess that it makes sense\u2026.a \u2018holiday\u2019 celebration that managed to make its way through the 2020 portion of the pandemic relatively unscathed (in spite of lockdown, and in Brome-Missisquoi in spite of a big power outage) was the one associated with darkness, spooky and creepy and full of ghosts.Last year, while some people didn\u2019t participate, due to many different possible dynamics, many folks fashioned special arrangements for candy distribution, families circulated in ways that made sense, and most kids likely came home with at least the same amount of loot.This year, Hallowe\u2019en of 2021 comes with more of an awareness of how to function\u2026.now we know our covid risks and weigh them as we go.As a result, more people will ?re up the jack o\u2019lantern again this year \u2013 and if the provincial pumpkin sales announced by CBC Montreal are any indication, then there may be more involved than usual.That\u2019s a pretty good indication of the continued trend of needing a little celebration in our lives.We\u2019re more than ready to have fun, across generations, across communities.This is Halloween, this is Halloween Pumpkins scream in the dead of night This is Halloween, everybody make a scene Trick or treat till the neighbors\u2019 gonna die of fright It\u2019s our town, everybody scream In this town of Halloween Even Townships King of Hallowe\u2019en, Louphi Hébert, is at work re-installing the various haunts around his home, Cleveland\u2019s Beechmore Manour, after a quiet and dark October 31st of 2020.The break probably wasn\u2019t a bad thing considering the weeks of preparations and installations.No one\u2019s doing exact accounting, but there are probably as many skeletons on the grounds this week as there are in St.Anne\u2019s Cemetery next door.In two years he\u2019s added more to Haunted Beechmore\u2019s famous sights and sounds, so much of what visitors will witness on Hallowe\u2019en night is new, with a few promised jump scares and about a dozen character actors on site roaming the grounds.Distancing is easy, sections are cordoned off, and the rest of the week will mean progressively adding to the impressive outdoor décor.The looming brick house backdrop certainly lends the right mood to the hauntingest of nights! Toronto\u2019s Holland-Bloorview Hospital offers some great options for families who can\u2019t trick-or-treat easily due to children or family members being immune-compromised \u2013 1) An at-home Hallowe\u2019en hunt, like an Easter egg hunt.2) A movie marathon \u2013 there are so many spooky movies on television at this time of year and every other movie service, like Net?ix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime have a superb selection \u2013 for families not using these services, now might not be a bad time for a free trial month! 3) Creepy kitchen creations \u2013 get crackin\u2019 with some fun spooky snacks! Try Pinterest or check out some of the home lifestyle magazines with awesome recipes and craft ideas.4) Create a Zoom dance party with friends in their costumes! Monster Mash it up! The hospital\u2019s website also offers great tips when greeting trick-or- treaters with special needs \u2013 here is what they recommend: \u2018While it\u2019s polite to say please and thank you, not every child\u2019s language skills are fully developed.Or speaking may not be a child\u2019s focus.He or she may be practicing walking, being social with other children, or focused on increased mobility to do things like grab a treat or ring the doorbell.A little understanding goes a long way.\u2019 So, if a trick-or-treater comes along who needs a little help, or might not be able to express themselves, treat them with loving kindness and community.That\u2019s what everyone needs on a fun, spooky, Hallowe\u2019en night! Whatever you choose to do, may it be fun and frightfully right! Happy Haunting! For more from Holland-Bloorview Hospital, visit www.hollandbloorview.ca and lyrics from This is Hallowe\u2019en from Tim Burton\u2019s A Nightmare Before Christmas.This is Halloween Sheila Quinn Dishpan Hands SHEILA QUINN Beechmore Manour in Cleveland as they prepare to host trick-or-treaters again this year.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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Page 3 Local News \u201cShe hasn\u2019t been able to go since they closed the border and it\u2019s really playing havoc with her.It\u2019s breaking her heart that she can\u2019t go and see her mother,\u201d said Wallace-Harrison.By Michael Boriero Local Journalism Initiative With the United States border opening to nonessential fully vaccinated Canadian travellers on Nov.8, many Stanstead residents are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to reunite with family members after almost two years.Sandra Lee Wallace-Harrison told The Record that she lives a mile from the border, and her sister lives in Newport, Vermont.They used to meet up two or three times a week, she explained, but the pandemic derailed their regularly scheduled visits.\u201cI have not seen her, touched her, [or] hugged her since the border closed, and it really hurts you when you can\u2019t see your loved ones,\u201d said Wallace-Harrison, adding that she also has cousins living across the border.The sisters are normally inseparable.They celebrate every birthday together, and they usually gather the entire family for Thanksgiving and Christmas.Wallace-Harrison said she is still holding on to gifts from the past two years, which she plans to give to her sister soon.Although she is grateful that nothing catastrophic happened to her family during the pandemic, Wallace-Harrison noted that it has been dif?cult for her sister who has been unable to visit their mother\u2019s grave in Stanstead.Their mother passed away three years ago.\u201cShe hasn\u2019t been able to go since they closed the border and it\u2019s really playing havoc with her.It\u2019s breaking her heart that she can\u2019t go and see her mother,\u201d said Wallace-Harrison.She hasn\u2019t been completely cut off from her sister, though, with online platforms like Zoom taking off during the pandemic.They also both live fairly close to the border.Wallace-Harrison has twice met with her sister just outside the Haskell Free Library and Opera House.But while she has appreciated those moments, it was dif?cult seeing her sister and brother-in-law a mere two metres apart without making any actual contact.They were also immediately hounded by RCMP of?cers and border patrol when they got to the library.However, even with Canada\u2019s border open to non-essential visits, and with the U.S.about to do the same, Wallace-Harrison isn\u2019t completely ready to make the trip to Newport.The pandemic isn\u2019t over, she said, and she doesn\u2019t like the number of cases right now.\u201cThe numbers are not going down here, the numbers are not going down there, and I know we\u2019ve been double vaccinated and everything, but there\u2019s still that risk and we\u2019re not about to take it,\u201d said Wallace- Harrison.There is also the matter of taking COVID-19 tests entering and leaving the country, which neither sister is willing to do every time they go over the border for a short visit.They would rather wait until everything calms down once and for all.Susan Gosselin-Fauteux on the other hand is ready and willing to take the extra precautions to see her family in the United States.She admitted, though, that the measures are still a bit of a mystery, especially the requirements for her two children who are unvaccinated.\u201cAs soon as we can, we will be going across to visit, it\u2019s just we\u2019re not sure how it will work with children because my kids are under 12, they\u2019re not vaccinated, so I don\u2019t know if they will be allowed to go across or what we would need for them to be able to go across,\u201d she said.Gosselin-Fauteux told The Record that the past two years have been hard on her family.Her mother passed away prior the pandemic.They held the funeral right before the border closed down, so they haven\u2019t been able to grieve or spend time with extended family.Her niece\u2019s ?ancee also passed away, and she was forced to miss the funeral.It was a challenge to limit family interactions to Zoom.Her father is older, and he struggled to understand why he couldn\u2019t be in the same room as her children.\u201cHe wants to see the kids, but he wants to hug them and see them in person,\u201d said Gosselin-Fauteux.\u201cMy daughter is nine and it\u2019s too hard for her to not hug her family, she doesn\u2019t understand it.\u201d But there is a renewed energy in her home now.Her children are counting down the days until they can ?nally see their grandfather without staring at an LED screen.And they are currently planning out the perfect day for their large family reunion.\u201cThe kids already said they\u2019re skipping school the day it opens.We\u2019re going across and they want to go and spend the entire day with my dad and brothers and sisters and everybody and just have a big family BBQ over there,\u201d said Gosselin- Fauteux.Record Staff Rachel Hunting will be stepping down from the her role as the Executive Director of Townshippers\u2019 Association as of Nov.5, according to a press release issued by the association\u2019s board of directors on Monday.\u201cRachel leaves Townshippers\u2019 Association in a very strong position for continued growth, and we sincerely thank her for her contribution and leadership in her time here.The Board wishes her the best of luck and success in her future endeavors\u201d commented President Gerald Cutting in the publication, indicating that the directors feel both sadness about the departure ant and gratitude for Hunting\u2019s contributions as the Executive Director over the years.Hunting joined Townshippers\u2019 Association as Executive Director in 2012.Since then, she has helped usher in two new strategic plans through the board of directors and staff, built new important strategic partnerships with community and government partners, and helped improve and stabilize operations and organizational processes, among many other accomplishments.Following Hunting\u2019s last day, on Friday, Nov.5, a successor or interim Executive Director will be named by the association.Until then, the board will continue to oversee the process of permanently ?lling the position.\u201cWe are con?dent that the Rachel and the staff will make this a smooth transition for our members, partners, and supporters.\u201d The press release reads.Anyone with any questions about the transition or the organization is encouraged to reach out to the board of directors at Board@ townshippers.org.The Executive Director job description and posting announcement have also been made available on the association\u2019s website, https://townshippers.org/ under the Job Bank tab.U.S.lifting border restrictions means more family reunions Rachel Hunting leaving Townshippers\u2019 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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record PUMPKIN CARVING PHOTO CONTEST Are you a master pumpkin carver?The Record would like to see your Halloween pumpkins.Send us a selfie holding your pumpkin for a chance to win a prize.The contest is open to all ages.The winner will be chosen by our esteemed panel of pumpkin judges based on a combination of skill, creativity and overall spookiness.Send your pumpkin selfies to classad@sherbrookerecord.com before noon on Thursday, October 28.The photos will be published in the paper on October 29.Last year\u2019s winner Mackenzie Jones-Leggat 1 lucky participant will win a $25 gift certificate to Brome Lake Books 45 Lakeside, Knowlton Tel.450-242-2242 Email: bromelakebooks@gmail.com Beyond the headlines So the headlines say \u201cINFLATION!\u201d Indeed, the authorities in both Canada and the US are saying \u201ctransitory\u201d less and less.But behind the headlines think about how we got here.We got here because COVID shifted a 40-year consumer trend.The 1970s saw the acceleration of consumer spending away from goods you can touch (hard, manufactured goods like cars, bikes, furniture) toward services (hotels, restaurants, airlines, etc).There used to be headlines about the transition to a \u201cservice economy\u201d.By the 1980s, fully two out of every three dollars was spent in the service economy, and by the 1990s, three out of every four dollars were.Suddenly at the beginning of 2020, with vacations and restaurant meals off the market, consumers started buying lots more \u201cstuff\u201d \u2013 hard goods, durable and throw-away.Not only did we spend the money that we used to spend on services, but we\u2019re spending the extra money many of us received from the government in the form of income support.We\u2019re demanding more goods and this demand is driving up prices.This in?ation may last for a while but it will not last forever.At some point, demand will taper off, the supply chains will again work without clogging up, and price pressure will disappear.Why am I so certain (since we\u2019re talking about an unknown future?) Because human nature doesn\u2019t change.Politicians and bureaucrats who make public policy, and people who offer goods and services in the private sector are hard at work trying to ?nd ways to make the system work more smoothly.The politicians and bureaucrats can change policies \u2013 like cutting the extra money people have been getting (Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland announced this last week.) Like raising interest rates.Both these will reduce the amount of money in consumers\u2019 bank accounts and therefore will reduce demand.There\u2019s going to be a bit of a lag on raising interest rates because today\u2019s politicians and bureaucrats are more focussed on increasing employment than curbing demand.That\u2019s why they talk about in?ation not being a problem \u2013 it has been 30 years since in?ation was over 2.5 per cent - most of the pols and bureaucrats in Ottawa and Washington have absolutely no experience with the damage in?ation in?icts.So they\u2019re waiting.They may wait too long and make the situation worse than it has to be, but at some point they will act.Interest rates will rise, demand will fall, the private sector will bring some manufacturing capacity back to North America, recon?gured supply chains will work smoothly.(I am also certain that at some point in the relatively near future I will be writing about the recession that did not have to happen \u2013 also because human nature doesn\u2019t change.) * * * * * Here\u2019s another headline that\u2019s making me CRAZY.\u201cClimate change is now a governance issue\u201d.In the past two years I have not read a single major government or corporate utterance that does not extol the virtues of being aligned to policies that will reduce greenhouse gasses, encourage recycling and/or cut down pollution.Not that these aren\u2019t important sentiments.They are.Authorities in both the private and public sectors have embraced ESG as through it were a long-lost and desperately-sought relative.ESG stands for Environmental, Social and Governance.Governments everywhere have published their targets for green and clean.Canada has noticed changes in climate - deadly heat waves, devastating forest ?res, droughts in crop areas.Climate Action Track, a not-for-pro?t that does just that, writes, \u201cRecent climate policy developments, while positive, are insuf?cient to address the climate crisis.The country\u2019s new and stronger 2030 target is not quite Paris compatible.Its revised climate plan and additional measures announced in the 2021 federal budget are insuf?cient to meet that target.Canada continues to face challenges in implementing policies.We estimate that Canada has missed its 2020 target, even with the pandemic emissions drop.\u201d Corporations listed on stock exchanges around the world are increasingly making disclosures in their annual reports or in standalone sustainability documents.The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Financial Stability Board (FSB), the Task Force on Climate- related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) were all founded within the last decade to de?ne standards to include these factors in the investment process.Other groups like ISS Corporate Solutions and Glass, Lewis opportunistically make big money by advising mutual funds and other shareholders to vote or withhold their vote at shareholder meetings depending on the policies the company embraces and assimilates.But the headlines belie the reality.Beyond the headlines, Bloomberg News itself reports that \u201cmany of the promises made to claim ESG virtue turn out to be meaningless \u2026 former champions of the movement speak about weak or contradictory assurances, describing an industry more devoted to virtue signalling than to real action.\u201d The fundamental issue is that there are no universally acceptable standards or de?nitions of what constitutes environmental, social or governance improvements or wrong-doing.Without them it\u2019s impossible to have effective external scrutiny.There is a humungous pool of money \u2013 as much as $35 trillion worldwide \u2013 that titles itself ESG investments \u2013 that\u2019s not chump change.It appears to be more scam and closer to ESG LaLaland than it is to making the world a better, cleaner, greener place.Another undertaking to keep on our radar and to keep bitching about.Dian Cohen is an economist and a founding organizer of the Massawippi Valley Foundation.Cohendian560@gmail.com Dian Cohen A visit to Scowen Park Record Staff The Massawippi Foundation and Massawippi Conservation Trust recently welcomed students from Bishop\u2019s University to Scowen Park in North Hatley.Associate professor, Dawn Wiseman from Bishop\u2019s University, School of Education (far right) brought her student teachers to Scowen Park in North Hatley as part of her Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning at the Elementary Level class.The students met Margot Heyerhoff, President of the Massawippi Foundation (far left) and David Wright, President of the St.Francis Valley Naturalist Club (second from left) who brought them on a tour through the trails.The students were exploring the trail and park as part of a community service learning project.Following the visit, they will create a lesson grounded in their experience of Massawippi Foundation sites at either Scowen Park or Les Sentiers Massawippi.COURTESY 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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Page 5 Pinacle PHOTOS BY GEOFF AGOMBAR Notes from visitors testify to the excitement and signi?cance they feel.The views atop the Pinacle are stunning in any season.any season, but especially during the autumn ?ush.In recent years, this local tradition has exploded.Streams of vehicles rush in on weekends as soon the leaves change.The municipality had begun advertising the Pinacle as a tourist attraction.Geotagged panoramas and sel?es posted to social media combined with pandemic cabin fever have only accelerated the trend.But the Pinacle stands on private land.Overuse and abuse have led the landowner to a dif?cult decision to close the site to the public.\u201cWe really don\u2019t want any drama or tension,\u201d explained the landowner\u2019s son by phone, wishing to keep their names private.\u201cAt the same time, we have to protect what\u2019s ours.Gates and signage will be going up soon.\u201d The land has been in their family for at least four generations.The son on the phone is home now that he has retired from the army.His mother is in her 60s and spent much of her childhood years living on that land.The property had come to her and her sister from her father, who grew up as an eldest son working that land before inheriting it from his father.The son has read the comments under recent news articles about their decision and is glad his mom agreed to let him describe their experiences.\u201cI would say, probably 90 per cent of the comments under those articles have been supportive.I\u2019ve even seen some locals saying they\u2019re tired of the traf?c and ensuing chaos.One said there were as many as 40-50 vehicles lined up some weekends.When there\u2019s that many people up there, they\u2019re not just going to the peak.They go everywhere.\u201d \u201cI saw some comments complaining it\u2019s not fair that the good people get punished because of what the bad ones did.But I didn\u2019t see the good ones picking up cases of beer bottles and carrying them back down from the top.\u201d The landowners live in the region, but not close enough to monitor and maintain the site regularly.They have been surprised by the increasing traf?c and entitlement of visitors in recent years.It is clear that some visitors have come to feel ownership, because someone has taken initiative to develop the site independently.There are multiple ?re pits.Axe- hewn stumps show where small trees have been removed to improve the impromptu footpaths worn by regular use.Trail markers have been nailed to tree trunks so the most direct paths are more clearly visible on ascent and descent.Ropes have been hung as handrails to improve the safety on steep, slippery sections, or to mark the safe distance to stand back from dead drops.All without the landowners.At the farthest lookoff point, a small mason jar hangs with a pencil stub, sharpener, and rolled strips of paper.The notes inside testify to the excitement and signi?cance people feel as they marvel at the views.Most are simple dates and names, but there are more triumphant declarations too.I\u2019m 12 years old but I will turn 13 exactly two weeks from today! My 15-month-old had a brain tumour removed last week, and everything is going to be alright, with a sketched thumbs up.\u201cWhen the mountain comes up, my mother knows it sucks for the people who just want to enjoy it.She really feels for people who have been enjoying it for so long.It\u2019s a dif?cult decision, but we have to keep it private before there\u2019s more damage,\u201d the son continues.\u201cI\u2019ve found dirty diapers and so many cases of empty beers.There are at least four or ?ve ?re pits.We found a log with one end that caught ?re.We found another log like that with a burned end, and someone had tossed it down one of the cliffs.Hopefully not while it was burning.\u201d \u201cBack in the 90s, someone lost control of a ?re pit and the mountain top caught on ?re.They had to call in water bombers to put it out.It took years for the woods to recover.\u201d \u201cThe path has been widened so much that you could drive a truck most of the way up.I\u2019ve seen four- wheeler tracks going up and car tracks.I saw where someone got stuck and it looked like that had a hard time getting back down.\u201d \u201cIn a bushy area around the back, I found a clearing cut with an axe so someone could camp.Not at the top.In a quiet area around back so they could have privacy.\u201d \u201cLast summer, we were up there with my kids.Two dogs came charging up the hill at us.They veered off chasing my nephew\u2019s dog and I thought, oh crap, this could go south, real fast.The owner came sprinting after them.I told him we were there camping and it\u2019s our land, and you\u2019re not supposed to be here, put your dogs on a leash.He went back down, but looked at me like he didn\u2019t believe me.Fifteen minutes later he came back to show us that, according to the town and a bunch of other websites, he can go there and I thought, well, the town will be getting a call then.\u201d One candidate for mayor, Martine Satre, was campaigning door-to door on Chemin du Pinacle recently.She learned of the landowner\u2019s decision in a La Tribune article, like everyone else.She hasn\u2019t personally climbed the Pinacle, but knows people who visit regularly in all seasons.Her daughter has gone up the mountain with friends since she was quite young.Another friend nearby has been using those paths for perhaps 40 years, and he was surprised how quickly traf?c has grown and changing uses like encountering cyclists on the path for the ?rst time ever.Satre thinks the situation is sad, but understands that the landowners are within their rights.She feels strongly that little can be gained by complaining to the family.She wonders whether the municipality might learn from other communities\u2019 solutions to manage public access to private property without overwhelming the landowner\u2019s wishes.\u201cIt is important not to contact the family before we are ready to do what has to be done to walk properly on the hill.Open a ?le.Do the research.Show how other communities have developed a relationship to go and work on private properties.Guarantee a set-up that guarantees good use.\u201d \u201cIt does raise questions.If it is forbidden for everyone, that could just lead to illegal use.\u201cWe may only have one chance.We have to arrive prepared.If anyone hopes to use those paths again, we have work to do.\u201d For their part, the landowner\u2019s son says, \u201cThe town has been helpful getting the word out.It is with a heavy heart that we have to close the property off to the public, but it is our property and it is getting destroyed.\u201d CONT\u2019D FROM PAGE 1 Someone has independently developed the site without the landowner\u2019s participation, widening paths, stringing safety lines, and hanging signs and trail markers.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 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Townships.Science matters Why not leave those leaves alone?By David Suzuki As autumn brings cooler, shorter days, people in Canada will rake, mow and blow leaves from more than six million lawns.It\u2019s a task you might want to ignore.Leaving the leaves can save you time and help pollinators like butter?ies and bees.Why do leaves fall in the ?rst place?It starts with photosynthesis, which is how plants make their own food using energy from sunlight hitting their leaves.You may recall that chlorophyll is the hero of the story.It\u2019s a pigment that absorbs sunlight and gives plants and leaves their green colour.Plants use that energy to convert carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil to create glucose, a type of sugar.They combine sugars and nutrients from the soil to grow, releasing oxygen in the process.Once fall arrives, deciduous trees shed their leaves through a process called \u201cabscission,\u201d which means \u201cto cut.\u201d Chlorophyll molecules begin to break down, which allows other less-celebrated pigments to reveal themselves.These include carotenoids, the same molecules that make bananas yellow and carrots orange, and anthocyanins, which give red leaves their brilliance.Sunny warm days, cool nights and dry conditions can draw the colours out longer, while cold, wet, overcast weather can speed up the leaf decomposition process, creating compounds called \u201ctannins,\u201d which produce less glamorous brown foliage.When leaves hit the ground, they almost immediately begin to break down into the soil at the base of the tree.They provide a warm blanket to shield roots from the biting cold of winter and eventually send nutrients back into the soil.This is the tree\u2019s cycle of life: nutrients from fallen leaves are absorbed into the roots and help produce buds and leaves again next spring.Drop, decompose, absorb, repeat.As for pollinators, while the migratory ?ight of monarch butter?ies generates much buzz, most butter?ies and moths spend their winters closer to home, overwintering as eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises or adults.Swallowtail butter?ies camou?age their chrysalises as dried leaves, which get mixed into tree leaves as they fall.Woolly bear caterpillars tuck themselves into leaf layers.Critters like bumblebee queens that have burrowed into the ground to hibernate also appreciate a layer of leafy insulation.And insects in the leaf layer provide a natural fall buffet for birds, chipmunks and squirrels, including birds called thrashers that \u201cthrash\u201d the fallen leaves to ?nd insects.What can you do to help these critters?The easiest option is to \u201cleave the leaves\u201d \u2014 the name of a growing international campaign led by the U.S.-based Xerces Society.Instead of mowing, blowing, raking and bagging, consider leaving leaves where they fall.Research shows leaving a thin layer of mulched leaves over winter won\u2019t smother your beloved turfgrass.Instead, it can boost soil and lawn health.Just run the mower over the leaves and allow them to break down naturally.If you\u2019re fortunate enough to have many trees and a colourful abundance of leaves, consider using them as mulch for garden beds and around trees and shrubs.If you must keep your lawn leaf-free, perhaps ?nd space to pile them somewhere to naturally decompose.Fall is also a good time to think about other ways to make your yard a safe haven for bene?cial insects and wildlife.Many insects overwinter as pupae in the soil, and most wild bees overwinter underground, so when you tidy your garden, avoid disturbing the soil.When cleaning up your veggies and herbs, leave the roots in the soil so they can naturally decompose and add nutrients for next spring.And be sure to leave some seed heads and berries to feed birds through the winter.Fall is also the best time to expand your wild?ower garden.Seeds and bulbs should be planted once it gets too cool for them to germinate.(The David Suzuki Foundation\u2019s Bee-bnb program offers tips on how to be a superhost for bees and butter?ies.) I hope you get to see wondrous fall landscapes, ?lled with brilliant reds, yellows and oranges.But before you start raking, know that leaves are not litter.They\u2019re nature\u2019s butter?y nursery and a free source of mulch and fertilizer.So, put your feet up and try a little wilderness this fall.David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.Written with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Senior Strategist Jode Roberts.Learn more at davidsuzuki.org.DEAR EDITOR, After reading the Oct.12 paper, I culd not help but write this short note.Our Government\u2019s Ministry of Health is complaining about a serious shortage of healthcare workers and nurses, etc.they are also seriously threatening to pull licenses of RNs if they do not get immunized.What sense does that make?Has the general population no freedom of choice anymore?CASEY VRIESENDORP COATICOOK Letters 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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Page 7 PHOTO OF YOUNG CANADIAN SOLDIER Name: Hometown: Age when enlisted: Regiment: Served: A few words about him: If your business or organization would like to recognize veterans in the special section, please contact one of our sales representatives at 819-569-9525 Join in saying thank you to our veterans They were sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, friends and neighbours.They were a new generation of teachers, doctors, lawyers, farmers and businessmen who set aside their hopes and dreams to fight for our freedom.The Record would like you to join us in paying tribute to the many Townshippers who served their country in time of war.Send a photo of a veteran(s) in your family at the age they were at the time they served and a brief description, to allow Townshippers to say a collective thank you.The Record will publish a special section November 4 on Townshippers\u2019 contribution to the war effort.Send photos before October 29 to classad@sherbrookerecord.com By Eduardo Araujo & Lucretia Coddington After nearly two years of strict restrictions, RRHS has come back stronger than ever! The new school year is in its early stages, but we are excited to say we are getting back to a sense of normalcy.Class bubbles are out and socializing in the halls is in (with masks and social distancing of course).The most exciting part is that this year is the return of our Passion program.This is a half-hour block after lunch where students participate in an activity they are passionate about.The passions range from mechanics to athletics, to board games.The RRHS Knights have also come back in full strength.Running and soccer season is wrapping up, with Junior Girls, Senior Girls, and Senior Boys competing in semi-?nals this week.Following the soccer season will be basketball, hockey and curling.Sports aren\u2019t the only thing currently on deck at RRHS.Our school offers a selection of clubs including Kitchen Brigades, Debate, Robotics, QSA, Drama and more.In fact, there are two drama productions in the works by talented Knights.A new Student Council has been selected and they are super keen to make this a fun and memorable year for everyone.They have planned some exciting theme days for the whole school to take part in.The Student Council held a pep rally in October to share their plans with students and get them pumped up for the year ahead.Halloween activities are in full swing this week.Perhaps the most exciting event of the year so far was when the entire school was gifted an RRHS Knights t-shirt.This was made possible by RRHS parents Melissa Loiselle and Yannick Maheux.For the third consecutive year they hosted a softball tournament to raise money for St.Francis and RRHS athletics.This year\u2019s tournament raised $5,728.Richmond schools are so fortunate to belong to this community and we are grateful for their hard work and support.It was really something to see every RRHS Knight sporting their new t-shirt with pride.Morale and school spirit are certainly on the up and up and the year ahead looks bright.Tournament organizers and members of the RRHS staff softball team with the donation.From left to right: Joseph Kirby, Yannick Maheux, Alexandre Corriveau- Gagnon, Scarlett-Eva Maheux, Sonia Loiselle, Amanda Shea, Melissa Loiselle, Roman Mason.RRHS has survived Covid-19! COURTESY ARCHIVES/MARCO BERGERON, PICKER PHOTO LOUKA CLOUTIER Record Staff After posting three wins a row, the Magog Cantonniers have stumbled a bit in the past week, as they fell in back-to-back losses on Friday and Sunday against Les Estacades Trois- Rivières and Laval-Montréal Rousseau Royal, respectively.Both games were decided by one goal.They fell 6-5 to the fourth place Estacades, and then 4-3 against the middle of the pack Rousseau Royal.The losses put Magog in sixth place, and 12 points out of ?rst place in the overall standings.However, the Cantonniers fought hard in their matchup against Laval-Montréal.They came out of the ?rst period tied 1-1, thanks to a late power play goal from Lewis Gendron.Magog went on to take the lead in the second period with a goal from Shawn Pearson.It would be their only lead of the game, though, as the Rousseau Royal turned up the pressure and poured in three unanswered goals to take a commanding 4-2 lead at the end of the middle frame.The Cantonniers were once again bogged down by penalty trouble.Magog was never able to regain their footing, as Vince Élie and Justin Légaré scored midway through second period period, and then Danny Akkouche notched his second of the game on the power play, which also turned out to be the game-winning goal.Magog\u2019s Éloi Bourdeau cut into the lead at the 12 minute mark in the third period, but the Cantonniers failed to make a comeback.Despite the loss, Stéphane Robidas\u2019 squad managed to put up 33 shots in the match, and they still sit in second in the Tacks Division.The Cantonniers are on the road for the next two games, as they travel to Collège Charles-Lemoyne and Saint- Hyacinthe this weekend.Magog will be back on home ice on Nov.3 when they take on the Châteauguay Grenadiers.Penalties continue to trouble Magog in back-to-back losses 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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Death In Memoriam BIRTH NOTICES, CARDS OF THANKS, IN MEMORIAMS, BRIEFLETS: Text only: 40¢ per word.Minimum charge $10.00 ($11.50 taxes included) Discounts: 2 insertions or more: 15% off With photo: additional $18.50.DEADLINE: 11 a.m., day before publication.BIRTHDAY, ANNIVERSARY & GET-WELL WISHES, ENGAGEMENT NOTICES: Text only: $16.00 (includes taxes) With photo: $26.00 ($29.90 taxes included) DEADLINE: 3 days before publication.WEDDING WRITE-UPS: $26.00 ($29.90 taxes included) WITH PHOTO: $36.00 ($41.40 taxes included) Please Note: All of the aforementioned (except death notices) must be submitted typewritten or neatly printed, and must include the signature and daytime telephone number of the contact person.Can be e-mailed to: classad@sherbrookerecord.com - They will not be taken by phone.DEADLINES FOR DEATH NOTICES: For Monday\u2019s paper, email production@sherbrookerecord.com or call 819-569-4856 between 1 p.m.and 5 p.m.Sunday.For Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday\u2019s edition, email production@sherbrookerecord.com, call 819-569-4856 or fax 819-569-1187 (please call to con?rm transmission) between 9 a.m.and 5 p.m.the day prior to the day of publication.The Record cannot guarantee publication if another Record number is called.Rates: Please call for costs.RATES and DEADLINES: ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICES Dr.Donald Munro Lewis Died Tuesday, October 19, 2021 in Vancouver.Don was born in Sherbrooke April 16, 1950 to Hubert and Jean Lewis.Don graduated from Bishop\u2019s University in 1972.Don taught Church History at Regent College in Vancouver and was a mentor to many students.Don leaves to mourn his wife, Lindi, son David (Diane), daughter Annika Thomas (Keith) and son Benjamin (Sarah) and granddaughter Abigail; as well as his sister Ruth and brother Norman (Heather).Absent from the body, present with the Lord.Myles DENORA-LABRECQUE August 4, 1993 - October 26, 2017 Dear Myles, Never will you be forgotten.We think about you each and every day.See you on the Flip Side.Love, Mom In Memory of TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2021 Today is the 299th day of 2021 and the 35th day of autumn.TODAY\u2019S HISTORY: In 1774, the ?rst Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.In 1881, the legendary shootout between lawmen and outlaw cowboys near the O.K.Corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, left three men dead.In 2001, President George W.Bush signed the anti-terrorism USA Patriot Act into law.In 2002, Russian special forces raided a theater in Moscow where Chechen separatists had held hundreds of patrons hostage for nearly three days.More than 130 hostages and all 40 militants were killed.TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS: Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972), singer; Bob Hoskins (1942-2014), actor; Pat Conroy (1945-2016), novelist; Pat Sajak (1946- ), TV personality; Hillary Clinton (1947- ), politician; Dylan McDermott (1961- ), actor; Cary Elwes (1962- ), actor; Natalie Merchant (1963- ), singer; Keith Urban (1967- ), singer-songwriter; Seth MacFarlane (1973- ), actor/writer/TV producer; Jon Heder (1977- ), actor; Sasha Cohen (1984- ), ?gure skater.TODAY\u2019S FACT: Florida is the ?attest state in the United States.Its highest elevation is only 345 feet above sea level.TODAY\u2019S SPORTS: In 1997, the Florida Marlins became the youngest Major League Baseball franchise ever to win a World Series, earning the championship in its ?fth year of existence.The 4-year-old Arizona Diamondbacks surpassed the Marlins\u2019 mark with a World Series win in 2001.TODAY\u2019S QUOTE: \u201cHere is all I ask of a book - give me everything.Everything, and don\u2019t leave out a single word.\u201d - Pat Conroy, \u201cMy Reading Life\u201d TODAY\u2019S NUMBER: $50 - advertised monthly pay for Pony Express riders and station keepers.The horseback delivery service, which relayed mail from St.Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, of?cially ceased operations on this day in 1861.TODAY\u2019S MOON: Between full moon (Oct.20) and last quarter moon (Oct.28).Datebook ASK THE DOCTORS Bby Eve Glazier, M.D., and Elizabeth Ko, M.D.Dear Doctors: I have a slight allergy to wasp stings.The morning after a sting left me with a swollen lower lip, and I woke with a dry cough.Then my throat closed, and I couldn\u2019t breathe.It lasted for 45 seconds and was terrifying.My sister, an RN, suspects it\u2019s laryngospasm.Can you explain?What do I do if it happens again?I have an EpiPen, but I\u2019ve never used one before.Dear Reader: To understand laryngospasm, we should start with the larynx.Also known as the voice box, it\u2019s located at the front of the neck, above the windpipe, or trachea.It\u2019s made up of cartilage and ligaments and contains the two bands of smooth muscle tissue that make up the vocal cords, along with a ?ap of cartilage known as the epiglottis.The larynx performs several important functions.These include creating the vocal sounds we use for speech, directing inhaled air into the trachea and to lungs, directing food into the esophagus and to the stomach, and preventing air and food from entering the wrong pathways.The cough re?ex, which protects the airways, is also centered in the larynx.Laryngospasm refers to the sudden and uncontrolled tightening of the muscles that surround the vocal cords.It\u2019s the body\u2019s attempt to protect the airways from a perceived threat.When laryngospasm occurs, air?ow to the lungs is either partially or completely blocked.The individual is unable to breathe or to speak.Although it\u2019s temporary, it is indeed a frightening experience.As happened in your case, the spasm typically passes within a moment or so, and the muscles are released.The exact cause of laryngospasm is not fully understood, but episodes are usually associated with an existing condition.The most common link is to chronic acid re?ux, in which the harsh acids from the stomach back up into the esophagus and irritate the vocal cords.It has also been linked to a history of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, stress and anxiety, and it can occur in response to anesthesia during surgery.Based on the series of events that you have described, including developing a severely swollen lip after being stung, we suspect your bout of laryngospasm was part of an allergic reaction to that sting.Although you characterized your allergy to wasp stings as \u201cslight,\u201d a severely swollen lip is actually a robust response.Using the EpiPen that you have been prescribed to manage your allergy can help, both with the facial swelling and the subsequent laryngospasm.Since it sounds as though you may be unsure of when using the EpiPen is appropriate, we recommend that you make an appointment with the health care provider who prescribed it to you.You can discuss the episode of laryngospasm and review the steps you need to take to manage your wasp and bee sting allergy.It\u2019s possible for subsequent stings to elicit a stronger reaction, and you want to be prepared to make decisions and take action.When it comes to laryngospasm, the good news is that it\u2019s rare.It\u2019s quite possible you may never have one again.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.(Send your questions to askthedoctors@ mednet.ucla.edu, or write: Ask the Doctors, c/o UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations, 10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1450, Los Angeles, CA, 90024.Owing to the volume of mail, personal replies cannot be provided.) Laryngospasm could be allergic reaction to sting 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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Page 9 TOWNSHIPS\u2019 CRIER TOWNSHIPS If you want to drink, that\u2019s your business.If you want to stop, we can help.Call Alcoholics Anonymous 1-888- 424-2975, www.aa.org AYER\u2019S CLIFF The Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #128, Ayer\u2019s Cliff will be holding a general meeting on October 28, 7 p.m., at the Community Hall (Rosedale Street).Masks and COVID rules apply please.Membership fees do now.Orders your crosses and wreaths A.S.A.P.Volunteers needed to help with poppy boxes and wreaths.RICHMOND The Richmond-Melbourne United Church at 247 Principale Sud, Richmond, will be holding a Rummage Sale on Saturday, October 30 from 9 a.m.until 1 p.m.There will be something for everyone, so come ahead! We hope to see you there.All proceeds will go to the Richmond-Melbourne United Church.Please note: a mask is obligatory, your vaccination passport will be asked for, physical distancing will be observed, and only limited numbers will be allowed in at any one time.ONLINE WORKSHOPS Mental Health Estrie invites you to attend our free virtual workshops which are open to all and presented in English.The theme this November is \u201cEffective Communication\u201d.On Wednesday, November 10, we will host Rachelle Doucet (Director of Workshops and Training at Vent Over Tea) as she teaches \u201cActive Listening Skills\u201d from 6:30 p.m.to 8 p.m.on Zoom.On Wednesday, November 24, we will host Mélanie Hughes as she presents \u201cCon?ict Resolution for Interpersonal Relationships\u201d from 6:30 p.m.to 8:30 p.m.on Zoom.For more information, or to register, please visit our Facebook or Instagram pages, email outreach@ mentalhealthestrie.com, or call (819) 565-2388.LENNOXVILLE St.Francis Valley Naturalist Club meeting, Wednesday, October 27 at 7 p.m.at the Amedee Beaudoin Community Centre, 10 Samuel- Gratham Street, Lennoxville Borough.Program: Stephane Tanguay, Director of Nature Eastern Townships/Nature Canton de l\u2019Est, will give a presentation about the Johnville Bog and Forest Park \u2013 past, present and future.Everybody is welcome.Covid restrictions will be respected.LENNOXVILLE The Lennoxville Youth Center will be hosting a Halloween Scavenger Hunt.Please join us at Square Queen on October 30 between 1 p.m.and 4 p.m.for some fun for all ages! The Photo Scavenger hunt will be at various local locations, all within walking distance.We ask you to start at Square Queen and bring something to take pictures with.There is also a pumpkin rock hunt in Square Queen for younger children.The prizes for both will be a variety of Halloween treats.Our staff and volunteers are taking proper COVID measures to ensure everyone has a great time and is safe while doing so.If you have any questions regarding the event or our organization, we ask you to contact us at 819-821-4805 or cmullin@lennoxvilleyouthcenter.org.Overwhelmed by ice cream Dear Annie TUEDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2021 Dear Annie: I read your column every day, and I read with great interest the letter from the wife whose husband had an affair 20 years earlier.She was bitter that none of her friends told her about it.I found myself in a similar situation, only I was the friend, and I DID tell her that her husband was cheating on her.This was 35 years ago.Remember the old expression about killing the messenger?That\u2019s what happened to me.I had struggled with what to do with this information for several days.I knew she\u2019d be devastated, but I believed she deserved the truth.She was my best friend, and I felt I\u2019d be lying to her face every time I saw her if I didn\u2019t tell her.I practiced for days trying to come up with the most supportive way of talking to her.I went and saw her, and we talked for about an hour, and it was very, very dif?cult.I left knowing that she had a lot to process and sort out, and I gave her some space.After a few days, I called but could not reach her.I left messages, but I never heard back from her.Fifteen years later, I got a rather incoherent and angry letter from her, blaming me - for what, speci?cally, wasn\u2019t clear.The wife who wrote to you complaining that no one told her might have reacted differently 20 years ago if someone had let her know.If I had had a crystal ball and known our friendship would be over if I told her, would I still have told my friend at the time?I think so.I still believe hiding it from her would have been worse, a betrayal.- Killed Messenger in Pennsylvania Dear Killed Messenger: Thank you for your letter.I suppose it was easier to get mad at you than her husband who had betrayed her.Just know that her meanness came out of pain and that hurt people hurt people.Dear Annie: Why do Americans have so many ice cream products?This week, I went to the supermarket, and there were 10 new ice creams to choose from, and I was just about to ?nish off trying them all from the prior week.I\u2019m not fat - yet.Yes, even with the problems of supply, they somehow still manage to pack the refrigerators with new choices.I ?nd myself spending at least ?ve to 10 minutes trying to choose an ice cream that is healthy, economical and tastes good.In my country, we have fewer ice cream choices, but they all taste good.Should I check myself to see if I have obsessive-compulsive disorder, or should I be concerned that we indeed have too many choices in America?Another crazy complaint, if I may: I recently found out that a famous ice cream brand with a European label is not actually European.The ?rst time I found this product, I happily told the clerk, who often sees me hanging around the ice cream aisle, that I had found a European ice cream.He didn\u2019t seem surprised but actually looked concerned.I felt like an idiot after I found out it\u2019s made by an American corporation.No wonder he looked concerned.So, this has been my problem, and I need a solution.Maybe you can help?- Too Many Choices Dear Choices: Isn\u2019t America great?The complaint in many countries is that there aren\u2019t enough choices, while your concern about this country is that we have too many choices of ice cream.That\u2019s a sweet thought.In all seriousness, you bring up a good point that too many choices can actually be detrimental to your well-being.Psychology professor Barry Schwartz argues that having an in?nite number of choices can be exhausting.We can set unrealistic expectations and then think we might have made the wrong choice.Next time you go to the supermarket, make up your mind on the ?avor you want before you enter, and don\u2019t let all the choices seduce you into swaying.Dear Annie: I identi?ed with the military family who was expected to go to their parents\u2019 homes for the holidays.It could have been written by me years ago.We played that game out of a sense of duty when we were ?rst married.It was expected, and we obliged, even though we didn\u2019t want to.My husband is closer to my family than he is to his own.He was in the military for 22 years, and we learned something about ourselves.We did not need a big, huge family gathering to make holidays special; we found our family in the military.Military friends become your family.We shared many holidays with sailors who did not have family around and didn\u2019t go home.We learned that this was really what was important - sharing with others.Thankfully, we discovered later, after my husband retired, that we were very lucky not to live near his family.My mom would come and visit us, and we even took her on vacations to the East Coast with us.Years later, those trips were her most treasured memories.Our daughters adored their grandma.My husband\u2019s family made absolutely no effort to get anywhere near us, even when we were stationed ?ve hours from them.We were expected to go see them, but they never reciprocated by getting to know our daughters.My advice from a military wife is to learn a very valuable lesson: Your family is where you are, and if others want to join you, wonderful.But make your own memories for your family.And, most importantly, do not feel even one bit of guilt.- Retired Navy in Washington State Dear Retired Navy: You are right that family is where you are and that sharing with people who appreciate it is very rewarding.I\u2019m sorry your daughters did not get an opportunity to grow close to your husband\u2019s parents, but it is good that your mother participated in their upbringing.I hope you will continue to provide a welcome home with open arms to your in-laws, and maybe, before it\u2019s too late, they will join you for a holiday.Thank you for sharing your experiences and observations.\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.creatorspublishing.com for more information.Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators.com.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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Go grocery sho pping with diet itians.When you choo se products with the Health Chec k symbol, it's like shopping with t he Heart and Str oke 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 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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 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 100 Job Opportunities 100 Job Opportunities 100 Job Opportunities 290 Articles for Sale Make your classi- iED stAnD out, add a photo for $10.per day.Deadline: 2 days before publication.Drop by our of- ice 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.URGENT CARRIER NEEDED in Lennoxville The Record is looking for a carrier in Lennoxville to start on October 29, 2021 for the following streets: Around 35 customers If interested, please contact our offices by phone at 819- 569-9528 or email at billing@sherbrookerecord.com \u2022 Boright \u2022 Clough \u2022 Downs \u2022 Lloyd \u2022 Mount \u2022 Robert-Peel \u2022 Spring - 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Pick up the pace, and don\u2019t stop until you are satis?ed with the results.Take a different path, and you\u2019ll learn something new.Kindness will lead to a helpful interaction.SAGITTARIUS (Nov.23-Dec.21) - Keep your emotions under wraps when dealing with a professional situation.Let others do the talking while you organize your thoughts.Once you have a clear picture, you will make better decisions.CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan.19) - Do something that sparks your imagination.A creative endeavor, a lifestyle change or associating with people who enjoy the same pastimes as you will help build enthusiasm, con?dence and friendships.Choose patience over frustration.AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb.19) - A change someone makes may not be welcome, but if you carry on and do what makes you happy, you will come out ahead.Pay attention to joint ventures, shared expenses and replacing outdated methods.PISCES (Feb.20-March 20) - Take a break and do something that will lift your spirits.Reach out to someone who puts a smile on your face.Insights gained from a festive event will push you to make a positive change.ARIES (March 21-April 19) - Live up to your promises and ?nish what you start.Initiate personal changes that will make you feel good and ready to conquer the world.Put your energy where it counts, and don\u2019t let your emotions spiral out of control.TAURUS (April 20-May 20) - Go about your business and do what makes you happy.If you overreact or shut down because someone chooses to head in a different direction, you will miss out on something very valuable.GEMINI (May 21-June 20) - Consider your attributes, skills and what you enjoy doing most, then follow the path that will take you in that direction.Earning your cash doing something you enjoy will add value to your life.CANCER (June 21-July 22) - Emotions will step in and take control if you let the little things get to you.Stick close to home and to those you love.Don\u2019t get involved in a debate that can lead to an argument.LEO (July 23-Aug.22) - If you don\u2019t like something, speak up.Offer an alternative and put in the effort to ensure things unfold your way.Romance will enhance a meaningful relationship.VIRGO (Aug.23-Sept.22) - Reach out to people who make you smile.Getting together with someone who motivates you will result in an unexpected offer that encourages you to use your skills differently.LIBRA (Sept.23-Oct.23) - Learn from your mistakes to avoid an emotional situation.Put your time and energy into home improvements that will encourage better cash ?ow and fewer objections to necessary rules.TUEDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2021 The miracles an continue By Phillip Alder At who\u2019s funeral did Jennifer Granholm, then the Michigan governor, say, \u201c.an improbable warrior that was leading an unlikely army of waitresses and street sweepers and shopkeepers and auto mechanics\u201d?In today\u2019s deal, South seems to have an improbable chance to make his contract of three no-trump after West leads the spade queen.Do you see a way to succeed?East\u2019s weak jump overcall of two diamonds wouldn\u2019t appeal to everyone, especially at the prevailing vulnerability.But his partner was a passed hand, and East thought it probable that his opponents had at least a game available.Over two diamonds, South elected not to make a negative double because he was short in spades.This proved fortuitous because four hearts was doomed to failure.West decided to lead from his better spade sequence.This seemed to defeat three no-trump because when declarer conceded a club trick, his last spade stopper would be knocked out.Then, when South led a diamond, the defenders would win with the ace and run the spades.However, there was a winning line.After taking trick one with dummy\u2019s spade king, declarer called for the diamond three.If East won with the ace, South would have nine tricks via two spades, two hearts, three diamonds and two clubs.Or, if East played low, declarer would win with his king and concede a club trick.Then his nine tricks would be two spades, two hearts, one diamond and four clubs.It was an unusual example of Morton\u2019s Fork.Gov.Granholm was eulogizing at Rosa Park\u2019s funeral.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 BromeCounty News Tuesday, October 26, 2021 CONT\u2019D ON PAGE 3 CONT\u2019D ON PAGE 5 By Ruby Pratka Local Journalism Initiative Several of the candidates running for mayor of Sutton will be familiar faces to those who follow local politics.Current mayor Michel Lafrance, seeking a second term, is facing challenges from former mayor Louis Dandenault, activist Robert Benoit and Éric Peissard, a member of the Festival Jam organizing committee who has worked in the ?lm industry and as a ski patroller.Benoit and Peissard are making their ?rst forays into municipal politics.The population of Sutton has grown by nearly 30 per cent since 1991 and 10 per cent between 2011 and 2021, and more than 4,200 people now call the municipality home.The candidates have contrasting visions as to how this growth should be managed, especially in light of an ontgoing water shortage and an uptick in tourism.Dandenault, who was mayor from 2013 to 2017, says bringing down housing costs to make it easier for young families to buy property in the area is at the top of his agenda.\u201cA mayor and council can\u2019t in?uence property values, but there are other things we can do,\u201d he said.As mayor, Dandenault supported a controversial bylaw that would have lowered the land requirement for the building of a new house from 20 acres to 10 acres - \u201cthe kind of bylaw that would encourage people with less money to live here and ?nd their piece of heaven.\u201d The city was taken to court by the Regroupement pour un développement durable à Sutton, an activist group led by Robert Benoit.The group feared the bylaws would lead to unchecked growth Development, water shortage top of mind for Sutton candidates By Taylor McClure Special to Brome County News Brome Lake\u2019s pumpkin carving contest is back for a second year.Organized by Shelley Judge at H Coderre & Fils Cie Ltee, with contributions from the Town of Brome Lake and Marina Knowlton\u2019s Gerry Moar, the pumpkin carving contest is open to citizens of all ages.In the past, the event was organized by David Dawes, who owned a jewelry store in the village.It hasn\u2019t been organized for years, but the COVID-19 pandemic brought the idea back.The event is meant to provide a safe activity for families to celebrate Halloween all while getting a little creative and having fun.\u201cLast year during the pandemic when we weren\u2019t able to do anything for Halloween I had thought of doing something at the mill and Gerry walked by one day and he said, if you get the pumpkins and organize it, I\u2019ll pay for them,\u201d said Judge.\u201cSo, we got 100 put pumpkins.\u201d A similar activity was organized in the past, but it fell off the radar over the years.\u201cYears and years ago David Dawes, who was a store owner here in Knowlton and he had a store for like 45 years, used to do a pumpkin carving contest in Knowlton on Halloween weekend or the weekend of.It hasn\u2019t been done in years and this brought it back.During the pandemic they didn\u2019t want you out Halloweening, and it was something that kids could still do from a pandemic standpoint.\u201d Judge said 45 people participated in the contest last year.She is hoping that more people will get involved this time around.\u201cThis year we are hoping for around 65 participants.There is no particular age.Even some of the old folks came this year and got some, we had a couple of people from the Manoir.Not everyone returns them for the contest.So far, out of the 100 pumpkins we only have seven left.\u201d With the pumpkins almost gone, Judge said she was going to pick up more if other people want to participate.\u201cThis year we will do 125, so in the end It\u2019s time to carve out your best Jack-o\u2019-lantern! COURTESY Shelley Judge and Gerry Moar at last year\u2019s pumpkin carving contest in Coldbrook Park.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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 BromeCountyNews Brome County Community Bulletin Board 5-b VICTORIA ST., KNOWLTON, QUEBEC, J0E 1V0 TEL: (450) 242-1188 FAX: (450) 243-5155 Published weekly by 6 Mallory, Sherbrooke, QUEBEC, J1M 2E2 E-MAIL: newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com website: www.sherbrookerecord.com SHARON MCCULLY PUBLISHER .(819) 569-6345 MATTHEW MCCULLY ASSOCIATE EDITOR .(819) 569-6345 NICOLE MARSH SECRETARY .(450) 242-1188 JESSE BRYANT ADVERTISING .(450) 242-1188 PRINT SUBSCRIPTION TO THE BROME COUNTY NEWS: 1 year print subscription to The Brome County News and The Record (Tuesday only) mailed to your home - $58.00 (including taxes) Call our subscription department at 819-569-9528.CIRCULATION Distributed to all Record subscribers every Tuesday as an insert, and to households and businesses in Abercorn, Bedford, Brigham, Brome, Bromont, Cowansville, East Farn- ham, Foster, Fulford, Knowlton (Brome Lake), Sutton, Bolton Centre, West Brome.The Record was founded on February 7, 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.Canadian Publications Mail Service Product Agreement No.0479675.Member ABC, CARD, CNA, QCNA Established May 1991 RECORD THE OFFICE HOURS: MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9 A.M.TO NOON bcnnews@qc.aibn.com BCN RATES & DEADLINES COMMUNITY CALENDAR Brome County News Community Calendar is reserved for non-profit organizations only.Deadline is noon on Fridays.Must be pre-paid.Up to 40 words: $8, 41-70 words: $12, 71-100 words: $15, all prices include taxes.Special rates: $2 off for 2 insertions, 1 BCN and 1 in the Friday Record \u201cWhat\u2019s On\u201d section.Please forward notices to 5-b Victoria St., Knowlton, QC J0E 1V0, email: bcnnews@qc.aibn.com, or fax: (450) 243-5155.Visa and Mastercard accepted.Letters \u201cSPOOKTACULAR\u201d Knowlton Literary Festival Lac Brome Food Bank - if you need assistance, please call 450-242-2020 ext: 319 Pick up at 270 Victoria at the back November 6 Community Sale at St.James Foster Hall from 10 a.m.to 4 p.m.Christmas items, Household items, New bed linens, Art posters and other.725 Lakeside, Foster.Info 450-830-7634.November 6 Richford UMW Christmas Bazaar! Saturday, November 6.From 9 a.m.to 1 p.m.at the Richford United Methodist Church.Candy Table, White Elephant Table, Gift Table, there will be an ongoing Food Sale, and Coffee Hour.Masks Recommended.We appreciate if you bring your own bags and practice social distancing.Thank you! November 7 Remembrance Day Church Service - will be held at Knowlton United Church on Sunday, November 7 at 11 a.m.Covid 19 Precautions will be in place \u2013 hand sanitizing, 2 meter distance and mask wearing until you are seated.November 11 Remembrance Day Ceremonies - Once again Remembrance Day ceremonies will be held in the Town of Brome Lake but under very different circumstances due to Covid 19.Following instructions from Quebec Provincial Command of the Royal Canadian Legion, ceremonies will be held by invitation only.Spectators are discouraged from attending due to space and the requirement of physically distancing.The invited guests, namely those laying wreaths will be required to remain 2 meters apart and will need to wear a mask.Brome Branch 23 would like to thank all citizens of the Town of Brome Lake for their past support and we thank all organizations for purchasing a wreath this year.We look forward to having the public with us again in 2022.A Poppy campaign will be held beginning October 29 with poppies located in various stores.We thank you in advance for supporting the Poppy Campaign.Should you require more information, feel free to contact Margaret Pille, Secretary, Brome Branch 23 (450-243-5302) CHURCH BULLETINS ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH \u2013 DUNHAM Sunday services at 10 a.m.\u2013 all welcome! The Reverend Sinpoh Han.Information: 450-295-2045.ANGLICAN PARISH OF BROME Sunday services cancelled until further notice.See the announcement for Grace Anglican Church to join the on line meeting on Sunday mornings.Information: Rev Tim Smart 450-538- 8108BEDFORD PASTORAL CHARGE OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Worship service 9:30 a.m.at Stanbridge East United led in rotation by our worship team leaders.We follow pandemic protocols.This Sunday\u2019s Worship Leader: Frances Jones.Church of?ce: 450-248-3044; email: bedford.pastoral@yahoo.ca CREEK/WATERLOO PASTORAL CHARGE Creek United, West Bolton, and St.Paul\u2019s United, Waterloo, are now meeting weekly in-person, respecting physical distancing, registration of attendance, hand sanitising, and the wearing of masks.The Creek service starts at 09h00.The Waterloo service starts at 10h30.Communion is normally the ?rst Sunday of the month.Other special services must be arranged through the minister.Church of?ce is 450-539-2129 Rev.Dave Lambie @ 450-531-3149 EMMANUEL UNITED CHURCH Sunday\u2019s hybrid worship service is at 11 a.m.Please request the Zoom link that is published in the weekly Friday newsletter.We follow COVID-19 protocols.Invited lay worship leader, Norman Haslam, will be leading this Sunday\u2019s service as our minister visits his mother in Guelph, Ontario.Minister: Rev.David Lefneski, 450-955- 1574.Church of?ce: 450-263-0204; email: capcchurchof?ce@bellnet.ca ÉGLISE CATHOLIQUE ST.ÉDOUARD CATHOLIC CHURCH Our 10:30 a.m.Sunday Mass has resumed as we adhere to the strict protocols established by the Quebec Public Health Department.Thank you for your understanding.For more information, call: 450-263-1616 or visit the website http://unitedesvignes.org GRACE ANGLICAN CHURCH We are now open for in-person worship at our 10:30 am Sunday services at Grace Anglican Church, Sutton.Everyone is welcome, bring your voice to be accompanied by our wonderful new organ (singing with masks for now).Alternatively, you can attend online.For an invitation to join, please email the Rev.Tim Smart, revtimsmart@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page \u201cGrace Church, Sutton\u201d for the Sunday link.KNOWLTON-MOUNTAIN VALLEY PASTORAL CHARGE Join us for 11 a.m.in person worship at Knowlton United Church, 234 Knowlton Road.Worship services are held the 1st three Sundays of each month unless otherwise indicated.Also join on the Facebook Church Group \u2018Knowlton-Mountain Valley Pastoral Charge\u2019 for our services.For further information please contact Rev.Steve Lawson at 450-242-1993.Members will be asked to follow COVID-19 protocols as outlined by the Quebec Public Health Department.November 7 - Remembrance Day Church Service - will be held at Knowlton United Church on Sunday, November 7 at 11 a.m.Covid 19 Precautions will be in place \u2013 hand sanitizing, 2 meter distance and mask wearing until you are seated.ST.PAUL\u2019S ANGLICAN CHURCH St.Paul\u2019s has re-opened for Sunday in person worship at 8 and 10 am.We continue to livestream our Sunday morning worship at 8 and 10 a.m.at St.Paul\u2019s Knowlton on Facebook.All services are also available for replay.At 24 St.Paul\u2019s Road in Knowlton, St.Paul\u2019s is a dynamic diverse community pursuing and serving Jesus in the Eastern Townships.Our mission is to grow in members and spiritual maturity so that we can reach as many people as possible with the love of Jesus.Everyone welcome! Telephone: 450-242-2885 email: stpaulsknowlton@ gmail.com TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH We welcome you to join us for our 10:30 a.m.Sunday morning church services in the church.We adhere to the protocols established by the Quebec Public Health Department and the Anglican Diocese of Montreal.To leave a message, please contact the church of?ce 450-955-3303.DEAR EDITOR: Congratulations to the organizers and participants, of the \u201cFright night\u201d walk, through Coldbrook path, Sat oct 22nd.Well thought of and executed.Bravo to the make-up and costume co-ordinators.Very life-like.Well done.I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever uttered, \u201cOh, my God, oh, my goodness, don\u2019t come near me and stay away from me\u201d, so often, in all my life.It was scary, exhilerating and fun, all at once.The adrenaline was in high gear.Laughing is good.Even screaming.Thank you so much, for changing the pace a little, from the last 19 months, when we\u2019ve missed out on a lot of things we took for granted.LUCILLE PALMER KNOWLTON DEAR EDITOR: A literary weekend was a gift from the gods.Loved the entertainment extraordinaire and the marvellous Canadian novelists ending with Bob McDonald from Quirks and Quarks, who was incredible.And how could I forget the play written by Laura Teasdale; brilliant.A diverse festival We thank you.I even danced with Sarah and yoga with Jamie.Chilled out with Amos serenaded by Sarah, fantastic interviews with Roger, Jane, Lucy, Wendy, Meagan, and Isabelle.KNOWLTON LITERARY FESTIVAL you rock! Many, many thanks for such a cultural weekend.SHERYL TAYLOR KNOWLTON QUEBEC 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 BromeCountyNews Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Page 3 Financial statements, Audit, Bookkeeping, Taxation, Corporations, Individuals, Estate planning and settlement, Farm and business transfers, re-organizations 127 Principale, Suite 105, Cowansville, QC, J2K1J3 duke-cpa.com T:(450) 263-4123 Fax: (450) 263-3489 CPA Inc.DUKE Société de comptables professionnels agréés Chartered professional accountants corporation in the La Montagne sector of the city.The bylaws were eventually invalidated by the Quebec Court of Appeal.Benoit called the actions of the Dandenault administration an \u201cantidemocratic exercise\u201d that had led to \u201ccomplete confusion.\u201d \u201cThere are residential zones in the village sector where we can develop further, instead of going up the mountain,\u201d he added.The experience led Benoit to found a political party, Action Sutton, and put his own vision for development to voters.\u201cWe do need affordable housing for people who live and work here; we know there\u2019s a labour shortage,\u201d said Benoit.\u201cThe people I\u2019ve talked to while going door to door say they aren\u2019t against development, but it needs to be done respectfully.We need clear rules [instead of] going case by case.\u201d Benoit says one of the priorities for the ?rst year of his administration will be to develop a new urban development plan via a public consultation process.Lafrance, the current mayor, also says he plans to conduct public consultations on a new urban development plan and tap into provincial and federal programs to build more affordable housing.\u201cWe also have [private promoters] who want to build.but we have to ?nd solutions to the water problem ?rst,\u201d he said, referring to periodic water shortages in the La Montagne sector.\u201cThere has to be a limit on the amount of water we can draw [from the reservoirs.] At certain points in the year, we\u2019ve had only three days of water reserves.\u201d Short-term rentals The city has also seen an uptick in tourism from the rest of the province over the past two years, with a corresponding increase in the number of homes used as short-term rentals; according to Lafrance, the community\u2019s population \u201cdoubles every weekend.\u201d \u201cAt one point we had as many as 125 properties [being illegally used as AirBnBs] in the community,\u201d Lafrance said.\u201cThere\u2019s now a new provincial regulation under study that would give cities more power to regulate AirBnBs; hopefully that will.allow us to free up more housing for young workers.\u201d \u201cOnce you have a lot of short-term rentals, there are fewer apartments for families and more party houses,\u201d said Dandenault.He said that in addition to waiting for the provincial law, \u201ctalking to the owners and encouraging them to ?nd good renters\u201d was one way of addressing the problem.Benoit, for his part, said the city needed to take a \u201csurgical approach\u201d to short-term rentals and allow them only in certain sectors.Peissard thinks property owners who are currently using their properties for short-term rentals should be incentivized to take long-term renters instead.He also called for a moratorium on new condominium projects until a long- term solution to the water shortage is found.Sutton by the numbers: Population: 4,221 Anglophones as a percentage of population: 33.4 per cent Bilingual status under Bill 101: No Land area by square km: 245.95 Candidates for mayor: Robert Benoit (Action Sutton) Louis Dandenault Michel Lafrance (incumbent) Éric Peissard Candidates for council: District 1: Thérèse Leclerc (Action Sutton) Daniel Martin (incumbent) Maurice Richard District 2: Marie-Josée Auclair (Action Sutton) John Hawley District 3: Victor Marchand Alan Pavilanis (Action Sutton) District 4: Carole Lebel (Action Sutton) (acclaimed) District 5: Lynda Graham (incumbent) (Action Sutton) (acclaimed) District 6: Marc-André Blain (Action Sutton) Mélanie Demers Sutton candidates CONT\u2019D FROM PAGE 1 By Louise Smith For a second year, small cells of walkers got together and walked for the Yamaska Valley Optimist Club Virtual Walk to End Cancers.Between Oct.3 and Nov.3, people are encouraged to walk 5 or 10 km whenever and with whomever to raise money for the 20th Anniversary Walk.It is not too late to get involved.You can register online and download forms at www.yvoc.ca.The minimum amount per participant is $25.More than one million dollars has been raised in the last nineteen years.One hundred per cent of the funds raised goes towards purchasing equipment for the Brome Missisquoi Perkins Hospital.The goal this year is to support all people who are suffering from cancer and its effects.The walk has three honourary co-chairs, Dr.Christine Cadrin, a gynecologist at the BMP, Ms.Ursula Kofahl Lampron, a cancer ?ghter, and Mr.Peter M.Treacy, also a cancer ?ghter.Sponsors for the walk this year are the Banque Nationale, Jean Coutu in Cowansville, and Virgin Hill Coffee.On Saturday, Oct.23, a small group of friends and relatives of Cathy Persons-Hodge, walked with her for 5 km up and down her former street of residence, Wellington Street in Cowansville.The walk ended with refreshments at Cindy Perkins\u2019 house.The cups, cutlery, and napkins had to all be pink, of course.With small groups everywhere doing their part, the goal for this year is hoped to be met, and even surpassed.Yamaska Valley Optimist Club Virtual Walk to End Cancers continues until Nov.3 COURTESY Cindy Perkins hosted the walkers at the end of their ?ve kilometre walk.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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 HALLOWEEN SAFETY bcn@sherbrookerecord.com Brome County News #2 Make sure your kids eat a good dinner before hunting door to door for candy.#4 Don\u2019t eat opened candy.#5 Several types of Halloween candy are toxic for dogs and pets.Please keep candy out of your dogs reach.#6 Wear comfortable shoes so you can easily manage the door-to- door candy hunt.Don\u2019t let your children walk alone or go up to houses by themselves at night Always keep them in your sight.#1 #7 Halloween sweets are treats for kids, not wildlife.Please don\u2019t litter! Teach your children how to cross streets properly.Between the kids and cars roaming the streets it can be a big issue in popular neighbourhoods.Lois Hardacker Agence immobilière Franchisè indepèndant et autonome de Royal Lepage #3 h a l l o w e e N SAFETY TIPS 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 BromeCountyNews Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Page 5 PHOTO OF YOUNG CANADIAN SOLDIER Name: Hometown: Age when enlisted: Regiment: Served: A few words about him: If your business or organization would like to recognize veterans in the special section, please contact one of our sales representatives at 819-569-9525 Join in saying thank you to our veterans They were sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, friends and neighbours.They were a new generation of teachers, doctors, lawyers, farmers and businessmen who set aside their hopes and dreams to fight for our freedom.The Record would like you to join us in paying tribute to the many Townshippers who served their country in time of war.Send a photo of a veteran(s) in your family at the age they were at the time they served and a brief description, to allow Townshippers to say a collective thank you.The Record will publish a special section November 4 on Townshippers\u2019 contribution to the war effort.Send photos before October 29 to classad@sherbrookerecord.com there are about 30 left.\u201d In terms of the rules for the contest, there is no speci?c theme and it\u2019s all about getting creative.\u201cSome carve them, some paint them, some put stickers.Some of them just have googly eyes everywhere and it\u2019s super cute.Some artists painted on theirs and they were gorgeous.\u201d While the pumpkins will be judged by Dawes and people have a chance to win a prize, Judge emphasized that the goal of the activity is just to have fun.\u201cDavid Dawes did it last year and kind of based it on creativity and how much time they put into it too.He had done it the year before and he did a fabulous job.Obviously for different ages he\u2019s not looking for the same thing, but basically, it\u2019s just for fun.We want people to participate, to get involved, and have some fun.That\u2019s our goal.\u201d There will be gift certi?cates to local merchants in Brome Lake provided to the winners.To participate, pumpkins are to be picked up at Corderres at 101 Rue Victoria, Knowlton and they are to be returned by Oct.29 before 5 pm or on Oct.30 before noon.\u201cI\u2019ll transport them to Coldbrook Park in Knowlton under the gazebo.I\u2019ll put them in categories by age and then they are judged at 2 p.m.on Oct.30.\u201d By Ruby Pratka Local Journalism Initiative Brigham mayor Steven Neil doesn\u2019t need statistics to know that the area where he lives and farms is facing a water shortage - he can tell from the hay in his ?eld and the trees in his sugar bush.\u201cThe trees didn\u2019t leaf out like they usually do this summer,\u201d he recalled.\u201cUsually there\u2019s a lot of foliage, but this [summer] you could see right through the woods.\u201d \u201cA lack of water was not something we worried about before the last year or two.but we have been getting less and less rain and snow,\u201d said Neil, who was recently acclaimed for a ?fth term as mayor of the town of 2,300 people near Cowansville.\u201cWhen I dig in the ground, the ground under the surface is completely dry, even after it rains.\u201d Brigham residents rely on wells for their water supply, either surface wells maintained by individual property owners, or deeper shared artesian wells which draw directly from the water table.\u201cWhen a well has no water, the only thing you can do is dig it deeper,\u201d Neil says.\u201cWe\u2019re dependent on the water table, and if the water table itself starts going down, the only thing we can do is conservation.\u201d Neil is worried about the long- term impact of the water shortage on development.\u201cMoving the propane installation and enlarging the town\u2019s industrial park.is my big project right now, but we have to make sure that the development takes into account water scarcity,\u201d he says.\u201cWe need to ensure that everyone has access to water, and part of that may be limiting the number of houses we build.\u201d He acknowledges that limiting residential development \u201cgoes against what a lot of elected of?cials want,\u201d because of reliance on property taxes to ?nance the day-to-day operations of municipalities, but says restricting residential development \u201cmay be part of the solution\u201d for long- term water accessibility.A particularly wet winter would go a long way to addressing the town\u2019s water woes by replenishing the groundwater, \u201cbut obviously we have no control over that,\u201d said the mayor.\u201cThe situation could turn around tomorrow [with the right weather,] but another problem is that we tend to forget about things as soon as we are out of the acute phase.\u201d He hopes the drought will lead to long- term awareness of the town\u2019s reliance on fragile water supplies.Because most of the town\u2019s wells are on private property, the town of Brigham has limited power to force residents to conserve water.\u201cAll we can do is sensitize people,\u201d Neil said.\u201cPeople think of water as an unlimited resource, but that may not be the case anymore.\u201d He called on area residents to conserve water by setting up rain barrels, installing low-?ow toilets where possible and not watering lawns or washing pavements unless necessary.He\u2019s also started turning his own well off at night.\u201cI don\u2019t want to sound like a preachy environmentalist; I\u2019m speaking as an elected of?cial and a farmer,\u201d he said.Brigham by the numbers: Population: 2318 Anglophones as a percentage of population: 13.4% Bilingual status under the French language charter: No (although the town does systematically provide information in both languages) Land area: 86.92 square km No contested races in the upcoming election (all candidates acclaimed) Water scarcity worries Brigham mayor Jack-o\u2019-lantern carving CONT\u2019D FROM PAGE 1 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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 BromeCountyNews By Hannah Polinski There is no doubt in Karen Kaderavek\u2019s mind when the lights go up on stage.With her body wrapped around the cello, she is in complete control of the sound that will ?ll the room.Stagefright isn\u2019t an option for the Sutton-based cellist, who has been using the same instrument since 1985.With years of experience and a career that spans across the globe, she is con?dent in her ability to interpret music that evokes deep emotion in its listeners.While she may get nervous in the days or weeks leading up to a show, all of her worries disappear as soon as the cello rests against her body.\u201cThe cello is part of me,\u201d she explains.\u201cIt\u2019s an extension of who I am.\u201d Being the daughter of a musician and a cello lover, Karen was guided towards the instrument at the age of eight.At the time, classical music was still a man\u2019s world.Brass and wind sections of the orchestra were male-dominated, but her father saw that strings were more open to women, meaning that she would be able to go farther with cello than another instrument like French horn or clarinet.Not that the cello is a delicate or less-challenging instrument by any means.It requires a great deal of physical strength and stamina to play the instrument, which she built from a young age.Early in her career, Karen often found herself the only woman in the room at auditions.\u201cIn those days, as a woman, I would have to play better than men.Not just be on par, but had to outplay men.\u201d She rose to the challenge, landing her ?rst job at 23 as the principal cellist of the Vermont Symphony.Gender imbalance was not going to stand in her way of playing music, and her con?dence grew in this role as she learned how to lead the cello section of an orchestra.Her career went on to include a number of other impressive positions as a soloist, chamber artist, and performer.Some of her most notable achievements include being the principal cellist of the six-time Grammy-nominated Boston Baroque, playing at Carnegie Hall, her ?rst solo recording Cello Alchemy, and touring across North America and Europe.Offstage, she launched a career in academia, teaching musicology and performance at various universities and colleges in North America.Dynamics in the orchestral world have changed since she ?rst began, but Karen\u2019s love for cello has remained the same.The cello is often described as a large violin, but its distinct and beautiful sound is what distinguishes the two, which can be akin to a human voice.It\u2019s that touch of intimacy that makes the cello so intriguing, and brings a musician closer to its core.\u201cIt\u2019s the only instrument you really wrap yourself around,\u201d she explains.\u201cIt\u2019s really like hugging something.You feel the vibration of the instrument going through your body.\u201d When she doesn\u2019t have the cello in her hands, Karen is the host of a weekly radio show on CIDI 99.1fm, called The Classical Music of the World.Every Sunday and Wednesday from 10 a.m.-noon, she shares indigenous music from different countries around the world.Each episode begins with a different theme, and includes an emphasis on Canadian content in addition to songs from a variety of cultures.Karen\u2019s scheduled cello performances are currently on hold due to pandemic protocols, but that doesn\u2019t mean she\u2019s stepped back from her craft.Thankfully, practicing is a socially distant activity and she has been able to stay in tune with both herself and her music.A return to the stage remains something for the undetermined future, but until then, Karen is happy to be working on a solo program with her trusted cello at her side.Karen Kaderavek What\u2019s behind the creative mind Celebrating the arts in Brome-Missisquoi This project has been made possible by the Community Media Strategic Support Fund offered jointly by the Of?cial Language Minority Community Media Consortium and the Government of Canada.COURTESY 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 BromeCountyNews Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Page 7 By Taylor McClure Special to Brome County News The Sutton School of Art, a bilingual non-pro?t organization that provides a learning experience focused on the arts, started by Anne- Marie Lavigne, found its beginnings in a small garage.Lavigne, who is trained as an art historian, founded the art school with the goal to empower children, to provide them with knowledge to think critically about the world, and to invite them into conversations about society through practicing art.In collaboration with local artists and parents, children are engaged with meaningful activities that promote curiosity and self- discovery.Now located in the old Sutton creamery, Lavigne is developing a space that will allow her to pursue her mandate and develop the Sutton School of Art to its full potential.\u201cThis place calls for love, action, and vision, so it\u2019s really a passionate story.It keeps us busy.It\u2019s like 20,000 square feet of an old factory,\u201d said Lavigne.When she started the art school from a small garage after moving to Sutton around ?ve years ago, she had an overwhelming response from the community.\u201cOne thing about the countryside is that the community is helpful, strong, and people are generous.You want to give back and be a part of it.That was a big surprise for me.\u201d She purchased the old factory, which was historically run as a creamery, in 2019 after a friend suggested she look at the space.\u201cWhen I went in, I did the tour of the space, it was really dirty and full of stuff, clearly not in use.But you know when you know that you\u2019re going to get married?I did a tour and that was it.\u201d Lavigne said it was the perfect space for her to carry out the mandate of the Sutton School of Art.\u201cThose big spaces were perfect to work on a gallery to put children\u2019s work and to give children\u2019s artwork a place that is as exceptional as we give adults.I believe in their drawings, paintings and sculptures, their understanding of the world, and the fact that we also need to integrate and invite them into the conversations about our society.This space allows us to develop this idea to its full potential.\u201d The Sutton School of Art collaborates with local artists who help guide children in expressing their ideas and that encourage their questions about the world through an artistic outlet.\u201cWe are inviting artists who are parents, or friends as well, to come and teach our children because we want these children to be in contact with this knowledge that is not exactly taught in public schools,\u201d explained Lavigne.\u201cWe want to be complementary to the public system and be there for children, parents, and families when regular school is closed.We have activities that are meaningful and inspiring, that nurture curiosity, openness, and that encourage children to be sensitive to beauty.\u201d She added that children\u2019s wealth is not explored enough and that their work and ideas need to be valued.\u201cThey have ideas, they have solutions and they are beings that are in the present moment that should be more of a part of the solutions for our society right now.\u201d The art school isn\u2019t necessarily linked to the ?ne arts and it is inspired by the Bauhaus Movement.\u201cIt\u2019s the idea that everything can be art.It depends on your perspective, how you approach things, and how you are conscious about what you are doing.Food or plants, wood, metal, and textile, are all very important at the art school.\u201d Freedom of expression is a core part of the art school as it empowers not only the children involved, but the artists as well.\u201cThere is an abundance of material and space so we are not limited.We want to give this freedom of expression and not follow a path or obey to rules.It\u2019s more questioning the rules, revisiting the stories, and asking questions.Having adults who are artists, they are very important citizens in our community.My job is to make sure those artists have a place to value their work and to involve them in our community.\u201d With the updated space, Lavigne organizes art camp during the summers, as well as public art exhibitions on the weekends, music in the fall, and a book fair during the winter.The property includes the factory itself, as well as other small sheds and a garage, and the space will evolve over time depending on the needs and the ideas of those involved.\u201cThe place where we ?rst started art camp is now a dining space because we had a huge table that was donated to us.It changes depending on the forces and we need to keep evolving.\u201d Sutton School of Art provides children with a safe space for self-discovery \u201cArt is a personal journey\u201d COURTESY Anne-Marie Lavigne, founder of Sutton School of Art CONT\u2019D ON PAGE 8 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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 BromeCountyNews By Ruby Pratka Local Journalism Initiative Bromont mayor Louis Villeneuve has been acclaimed for a second term in the municipality\u2019s top job, and says managing the consequences of growth and increased tourism will be among his top priorities.\u201cFour years go by fast,\u201d he says.\u201cIn one term, you have time to set out your priorities, but you rarely have time to see them through from start to ?nish.\u201d \u201cDue to the pandemic, there\u2019s been a new interest in living outside of big cities,\u201d he says.\u201cA lot of people who already have second homes in Bromont are planning to make their second home their primary residence, or buying new houses in our municipality.We can\u2019t just build; we have to manage it.\u201d Managing tourist traf?c is also a concern, as illustrated by the images of overcrowded downtown streets that made the rounds on social media over the past ski season.\u201cThe mountain [Bromont, montagne d\u2019expériences] is obviously one of our poles of attraction, and there\u2019s also the [Parc des Sommets], which brings a lot of day-trippers at certain times of the year,\u201d Villeneuve says.\u201cWe have to keep both hands on the wheel and focus on controlling traf?c.\u201d In mid-October, the town wrapped up a pilot project, MOBi, which offered residents and tourists access to two free shuttle bus lines.\u201cWe\u2019re still waiting for data on the number of [rides taken], but we\u2019re happy with it,\u201d says the mayor.The town plans to roll out a similar pilot project during the winter ski season, and eventually expand transit options to include \u201cbike sharing and other things.\u201d According to the mayor, Bromont\u2019s current urban development plan is up for renewal in 2023; the Villeneuve administration intends to revise it after a process of public consultation.He also wants to encourage the development of the Parc scienti?que de Bromont, to decrease the city\u2019s reliance on residential property tax revenue and \u201ctake the pressure off real estate development.\u201d The town of Bromont has applied to be designated an innovation zone by the Legault government; the proposed innovation zone would create an environment where startup founders could more easily go from idea to product, and eventually attract skilled workers from around the world in \u201csectors such as the sciences, transportation, energy, telecommunications, aerospace, agriculture, arti?cial intelligence and digital technology,\u201d the mayor says.\u201cThis designation will put us on the map and give us a certain power of attraction.\u201d He also hopes that the provincial government\u2019s recent commitment to bring high-speed internet to all Quebec households by October 2022 will encourage skilled workers to settle in the area.\u201cAs an administration, we want to consolidate what we started, including the industrial park, the new community centre, the national cycling centre, the new welcome pavilion for the Parc des Sommets, renovations to the police station and the construction of a new ?re station,\u201d concludes the mayor.\u201cWe have a lot of important things.\u201d Bromont by the numbers: Population: 10,167 Anglophones as a percentage of population: 6.7 per cent Bilingual status under the French language charter: no Area: 4.5 square km 2021 Election: Mayor: Louis Villeneuve (incumbent, acclaimed) Councillor - District 1 - Mont-Soleil Frédéric Brault Tatiana Contreras Pierre Distillo (incumbent) Councillor - District 2 - Lac-Bromont Claire Mailhot (incumbent, acclaimed) Councillor - District 3 - Mont-Brome Michel Bilodeau (incumbent, acclaimed) Councillor - District 4 - Shefford Jacques Lapensée (incumbent, acclaimed) Councillor - District 5 - Pierre- Laporte Nicolas Robillard (incumbent, acclaimed) Councillor - District 6 - Adamsville Jocelyne Corbeil Jessy Lupien Managing growth top priority for Bromont mayor Lavigne highlighted that the art school is different from a gallery or a museum.\u201cWe are involved in the process not just the result.We are all about the process of the arts in the making.It\u2019s really what we are all about and that\u2019s why an error and perfection is not important.We are here to get inspired and to discover our ourselves, our identity.It\u2019s important to have those places where you are not going to be judged.\u201d Her next step is ?nding sponsors to support the initiatives of the art school and to organize an administration to keep the non-pro?t organization viable and accessible to create something special for all.\u201cI know where I\u2019m headed, but I don\u2019t know how it\u2019s going to happen and that\u2019s the beauty of the work.\u201d Sutton School of Art CONT\u2019D FROM PAGE 7 COURTESY Closing the gardens with still nature drawings, autumn 2021 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 BromeCountyNews Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Page 9 By Ruby Pratka Local Journalism Initiative Sylvie Dionne-Raymond was recently acclaimed for a fourth term as mayor of the municipality of East Farnham.Counting her previous terms on town council, she has worked for the municipality for a total of 28 years.All but one of the town\u2019s six council seats was also ?lled by acclamation.\u201cSometimes I think they must put glue on the chairs at the town hall, because once we\u2019re there, we tend to stay there,\u201d Dionne- Raymond joked.\u201cThere isn\u2019t much interest among the population to take these positions, and I like my job a lot.\u201d East Farnham has experienced a small but signi?cant population boom in recent years.In the 2016 census, the town is listed as having a population of 554, but Dionne-Raymond said the current population is closer to 600.\u201cFor four or ?ve years, we have been working to increase the population,\u201d she said.\u201cWe have an entirely new neighbourhood and 30 or so new houses built, and we have couples with young families.We were part of a promotional campaign with the MRC, and it worked.\u201d Increasingly, East Farnham is a bedroom community for families who work and go to school in surrounding municipalities.\u201cWe can\u2019t have a big industrial development in East Farnham proper - we only have 5.2 square kilometres - so we help businesses in surrounding communities attract and maintain people.\u201d Dionne-Raymond said as of yet, the growth of the past few years hasn\u2019t put a signi?cant strain on municipal services, many of which are provided through agreements with surrounding municipalities.\u201cSome places facing signi?cant growth have to scale up their services, but what we have now responds well to what people need, because of those agreements,\u201d she said.What has put a strain on the town is the regional water shortage.\u201cPeople have been able to cross the Pike River and even the Yamaska River on foot this summer,\u201d she said.\u201cThat is something I\u2019ve never seen in 47 years in this area.People are having to dig new wells and even get water trucked in.People are calling the municipality and saying they don\u2019t have water, but when that happens all you can do is dig another well.\u201d East Farnham residents get water from wells that have been dug on private property, which limits how the town can restrict water use.\u201cAll we can do is tell people not to waste water,\u201d Dionne-Raymond said.\u201cDo you really need to wash your driveway?People will just have to pay more attention.\u201d Political participation Dionne-Raymond is far from the only small-town mayor in Quebec, or even in the MRC of Brome-Missisquoi, to be acclaimed this election cycle.The towns of Brigham, Brome, Bromont, East Farnham, Frelightsburg, Brome Lake, Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, Pike River, Saint-Armand, Sainte-Sabine, Stanbridge East and Stanbridge Station all elected their mayor by acclamation.She observed that in many smaller municipalities, being mayor is not a full- time job; mayors are expected to hold other jobs (or be retired, or have other means of support).In consequence, they receive annual salaries of less than $10,000.\u201cSometimes you need to deal with [city issues] during the workday, but you can\u2019t ask a person with a day job to leave that job and come to City Hall for three hours.and we can\u2019t offer full- time salaries,\u201d said Dionne-Raymond.\u201cIt\u2019s not a salary thing alone, though - young people in their 30s are so busy with work and family obligations and homework that they can\u2019t be involved in other things.I don\u2019t really know how best to seek out the next generation.I love working with the public on projects that immediately affect people; in municipal politics, it doesn\u2019t take three months to see the impact of your decision.\u201d East Farnham by the numbers: Population: 554 (2016) Anglophones as percentage of population: 18 per cent Bilingual status under the French language charter: no Area: 5.03 km3 Election 2021 Mayor: Sylvie Dionne-Raymond (incumbent, acclaimed) Councillor, Post 1: Sophie Catherine Chapleau (incumbent, acclaimed) Councillor, Post 2: Caroline Cusson (incumbent, acclaimed) Councillor, Post 3: Virginia Wilson (incumbent, acclaimed) Councillor, Post 4: Melissa Brock Marie-Pier Poirier Councillor, Post 5: Nathalie Vermette (incumbent, acclaimed) Councillor, Post 6: Neil Rodrigue (incumbent, acclaimed) East Farnham mayor acclaimed for fourth term 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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 BromeCountyNews By Louise Smith The Covid numbers are remaining steady and so the Christmas Craft Sale will go on as planned at Emmanuel United Church, 203 rue Principale, in Cowansville next Saturday.The sale will be open to the public from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m.The public will have to wear masks and children under twelve are asked to not attend.There is a wide variety of merchants lined up for Saturday.The church will have two tables, one of Attic Treasures, which will go for general funds, and a separate table to raise funds for the Welcome Project, which supports and welcomes new immigrants to the Township area.There are lots of crafters, Barbara Harvey with a wide variety of knitting, Rosemary Scott with her handmade signs, Diane and Dan Laveault with their wood ornaments and signs, Karen Ferraz with knitting and crocheting, Barbara and Trudy Harvey with knitting and other crafts, Judy Page Jones with a variety of crafts, Carol Tawse with her homemade jewelry, Bob Pincott with his wooden toys and bowls and cutting boards, Carole Brett with her variety of crafts, Lina Graveline with her wide variety of crafts, Norma Sherrer with sewn goods and cooking, Rose High?eld with jams and jellies, Margaret Marshall with a variety of arts and crafts, (some sales going towards Grandmothers to Grandmothers), Ingeborg Fulford with her knitted goods and handmade bags, and The Fordyce Women\u2019s Institute, which will have a table of goods.After Saturday, a decision will be made about the Advent Christmas Tea, which is scheduled for early December.By Taylor McClure Special to Brome County News Singer-songwriter Adele recently released her new track \u201cEasy on Me;\u201d her ?rst song in ?ve years.Adele released the track\u2019s accompanying music video on Oct.15, directed by Montreal ?lmmaker Xavier Dolan, who previously worked with her on her video her hit song \u201cHello,\u201d and it was revealed that the video was shot here in the Eastern Townships in the village of Sutton.\u201cDolan, the producer of the ?lm, who has worked with Adele, somehow has fallen in love with our region,\u201d said Michel Lafrance, Mayor of Sutton.\u201cNot only Sutton, but Brome-Missisquoi because he has done work here in Dunham on other things.\u201d Plans to start production in the village were kept on the down- low, even from the municipality.\u201cEverything was kept pretty hushed and then we found out just in time because we had to reorganize.We got a letter from the people that look after the communications saying that they would be doing it.They made arrangements with the private owners so once the arrangements were made we got the information.\u201d Parts of the video were ?lmed on Jordan Road and then the crew moved to Chapelle Saint-Agnes in Glen Sutton.\u201cIt was quite a big production.From my understanding, it was almost like a military operation in the sense that everything had to be done properly, according to schedule, everyone was disciplined, they respected all sanitary conditions, and it was very professional.There were about 250 people involved.Now you understand when you see all of these credits in the movies.\u201d Lafrance said that the production went smoothly and did not disrupt the town.\u201cWe closed the road and we went with the ?ow.It wasn\u2019t a big problem for us because we had a schedule and a scenario.It was basically a public works operation and we informed our citizens.A lot of it had to do with communications of the town.Everything was seamless.\u201d The mayor is proud that Sutton was chosen as the setting for the video.\u201cI want to emphasize the fact that, you know, we have almost a pristine environment and its of importance to protect our environment and that\u2019s what I believe attracts Dolan.Our forests here, some is part of the original forest that has never been exploited.I\u2019m sure that contributed to the attraction and the importance of protecting our scenery and our culture.\u201d Sutton has already welcomed famous visitors like Naomi Watts, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Louise Penny and Lafrance said it was an honor that Adele stepped foot into the village.\u201cWe wanted to thank Xavier Dolan for choosing our region.Adele hadn\u2019t been working for ?ve or six years and they reconnected here.It\u2019s an honor for an intentional star to relaunch her career here in our region.\u201d Christmas Craft Sale is really happening at Emmanuel on Saturday, Oct.30 Sutton welcomes international super star Adele LOUISE SMITH Emmanuel United Church is having its ?rst fundraiser in two years.This photo is from the Christmas Craft Sale which took place in 2019 The current COVID-19 pandemic has underlined the critical importance of community organizations being prepared to respond to the needs of people during emergencies.These could include loss of a job, a housing crisis, food insecurity, mental health support, etc.The challenges are multiplied for adults with low literacy who struggle to ?nd, access, and use community services and resources.The Yamaska Literacy Council\u2019s \u201cMapping Your Community: A Resource Toolkit for Adult Learners\u201d project aims to support English-speaking adults with low literacy in Brome-Missisquoi and Haute-Yamaska to navigate emergencies.Research indicates that 19% (1 in 5) of adults (16-65 years of age) in Quebec struggle with daily tasks due to low literacy (www.piaac.ca).According to Wendy Seys, Executive Director of the Yamaska Literacy Council (YLC), \u201cMany adult learners lack the skills needed to navigate technology and the internet, and cannot afford hardware or data plans.Given that the pandemic has forced us to conduct many tasks online, these barriers mean that critical information and services do not reach our target population.The result is that too many people are pushed further into the margins during a crisis.\u201d As part of the project, YLC conducted a needs assessment to identify the services and resources needed by English-speaking adults with low literacy during emergencies.Feedback indicated there is a lack of essential information needed in a crisis in English, written in plain language.The result was the Emergency Toolkit.The plain-language booklet guides people to the services and resources required in a crisis.Additionally, it provides information about how to prepare in case of a future emergency.The Emergency Toolkit is available in print and digital format.Download a free copy from our website at www.yamaskaliteracy.ca.To receive a free print version of the Emergency Toolkit, call YLC at 1-866-337-7503/ 450-263-7503 or email info@yamaskaliteracy.ca.YLC launches Emergency Toolkit BCN Staff The Town of Cowansville is organizing plenty of family activities to celebrate Halloween on the weekend of Oct.31 ending with an evening at Davignon Park.\u201cLast year, citizens had to be creative in order to adapt to provide a different Halloween for young Cowansville residents.We are back this year with a variety of activities that will appeal to young and old alike.The evening of Halloween will be spectacular at Davignon Park, and I invite you to take a moment to go for a walk during your candy collection,\u201d said Sylvie Beauregard, Mayor of Cowansville.According to a press release, on Oct.30 at 10:30 a.m., Fulbert Latrouille will be telling scary stories while providing families with a little bit of witch magic.The event is taking place at the Gabrielle-Giroux-Bertrand library and places are limited.Reservations can be made by calling 450 263-4071.Families will also have the chance to take part in a special screening of the ?lm Casper at the Cinéma Princess on Halloween day.The ?lm will be projected in both French and English at 10:30 a.m.For horror fans, there will also be a screening of the ?lm ÇA at 7 p.m.A clown will be on site to greet movie goers.All screenings are free and tickets are available at www.cowansville.ca Starting at 4 p.m., Parc Davignon will be also transformed into a miniature Halloween village decorated with spiders, a cemetery, and a haunted prison.Other surprises include a ?re breather, a theatre piece, and various animators.There will also be different decorated cars on site handing out candy.Cowansville prepares for spooky season 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 BromeCountyNews Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Page 11 h e Brome County News local news every Tuesday Your Community\u2026 Your Family\u2026 Your Interests\u2026 Yo ur Home\u2026 It\u2019s all a part of your lo cal newspaper! ONLY $58.00 a year (taxes included) Includes the Tuesday copy of h e Record & the Brome County News 450-242-1188 \u2022 819-569-9528 | billing@sherbrookerecord.com Donald Finigan The Sta t e o f Independent s Saturdays at 9 a.m.Repeats Tuesdays at 3 p.m.The State of Independents is a radio show that exclusively plays independent music.www.cidi991.com Listen online!! We are in full swing with our programming and are very proud to say that we have over 200 active members as of September! We are grateful and encouraged by all your support.A $5 annual membership keeps you in the loop to be the ?rst to know about upcoming activities, as well as being linked to other members and community organizations and what they are offering.Check us out on facebook, our website www.avantewomenscentre.org, or drop in at 15 rue du Pont in Bedford.Christmas in a box The holiday season is fast approaching, and we\u2019d like to organize what is becoming a tradition at Avante.Last December, 15 grateful families received a box that contained all the ?xing for a traditional Christmas dinner, including a turkey, stuf?ng, canned veggies, canned cranberries, canned gravy and canned fruit cocktail.The turkeys have been donated to the cause, but we are looking for donations for the rest.If you\u2019d like to help,please drop off your donation at the centre any time before December 3.Perfect the Way You Are Avante partnered with Townshipper\u2019s Association with a program called \u201cPerfect the Way You Are\u201d; a four part learning and sharing experience about body image.Participants created a photo exhibit which will be presented at an all day event in Magog on Saturday, November 9th.It\u2019s free, including several workshops and a free lunch! We are willing to arrange a bus from Bedford if we get a minimum of 20 at a cost of $5, but you need to let us know by November 1st \u2013 this Friday\u2026.call Gayl at 450-248-0530 or Maggie at 450-242-4421.Health on Demand/ Health Matters Health Matters is a popular part of our programming that offers up to date information on various health issues via a recorded teleconference in English given by experts from the Glenn Hospital in Montreal and sponsored by CHSSN (Community Health & Social Services Network) & CHEP (Community Health Education Program).This month, we will be showing a presentation by pharmacist Jean Marc Belanger on Flu, Shingles and Pneumonia vaccines, as well as a clear explanation on what vaccines are actually made of.Join us at our centre in Bedford on Wednesday, November 13th from 10-12, followed by a light lunch.Please call 450-248-0530 if you plan to come.Our other presentations this month of Health Matters will be in Knowlton at the Lac Brome Community Centre on November 11th with \u201cWhy Can\u2019t I sleep?, starting at 1:30 with the DVD, followed by a Q&A with Catherine St.Pierre herself.Statistics Canada reveals that almost 25% of Canadians over 65 live alone.learn about the risks and challenges of social isolation and loneliness at the Cowansville CLSC on Friday, November 29th, starting at 10am and followed by a free luncheon.Find out how to avoid becoming socially isolated and how to help those who are.Meet our local outreach workers for seniors and hear how they can help as well.Open \u2018til 8pm Tuesday, November 5th \u2013 6pm - \u201cFuroshiki\u201d is the alternative method of wrapping gifts, so in keeping with our #zerowaste, bring an old pillowcase or scarf and learn a creative way to make gifting extra special.Tuesday, November 12th \u2013 6pm - Fertility isn\u2019t easy for all.Having fertility issues can have a great impact on our mental load.Ovulation?Fertility treatments?Hormones?etc.So many questions.All this plays havoc on your mental load.Learn more with Christine on what help there is out there! Tuesday, November 26th \u2013 6pm #ThisIsWorkToo: \u201cGetting a Head start on the Holidays\u201d with Christine.Taking the stress out of the preparations for the Holidays! Ex: when to go shopping, meal prep, etc.).OTHER REGULAR PROGRAMMING Thursday, November 7th will be our monthly free Soup Café at noon followed by a DIY at 1:30 with Norma and Carol, who will demonstrate, then lead us through the process of acrylic painting.Registration is required, and a $2 donation is suggested.Knowlton Coffee Break will be a presentation \u201cFederal Pensions and Bene?ts\u201d at the Lac Brome Community Centre.Of particular interest to seniors and caregivers, Christine Chicoine from Service Canada will present the latest information on all the pensions and bene?ts available.Followed by a Q&A period.Monday, November 25th at 1:30.Collective Kitchen will be on November 7th for the planning night, and November 13th for the cooking night, both at 6pm.Call Nancy or Christine at 450-248-0530 for more information.Registration is required.Our monthly book club will be meeting on Wednesday, November 6th at 6pm to discuss the September\u2019s book choice.Anyone is welcome to join at any time to read and participate in the follow-up discussion of the book of the month.WIDOWS CARING & SHARING Holiday traditions make us keenly aware of our loss as widows, even after many years.Cathy and Barb invite those of you who will be facing a Christmas without your spouse to join our group to meet in support and share experiences and concerns on Monday, November 25th at 10am at the Lac Brome Community Centre.Feel free to call Barb at 450-248-0530 for more information.TOURTIERE FUNDRAISER Our fundraiser last year was a huge success, so we will be selling homemade, freshly frozen tourtieres, available on November 25th.A 7\u201d pie is $10, and a 9\u201d pie goes for $15, but they must be preordered.The deadline to place an order is November 8th and Barb will also deliver to Knowlton, so place your order quickly! MEMBERS\u2019 CHRISTMAS PARTY Our annual Potluck supper and Toonie Fair will be happening on Tuesday, December 3rd at 6pm, and we\u2019re very excited to see what our Christmas Committee has organized! It has grown to such a popular activity, 4 members stepped up to give us a hand, and will be running the show for us this year.Watch for details coming soon! Avante Women\u2019s Centre has the mandate to offer services in English to women in Brome Missisquoi.We host information sessions, workshops, courses and invited guests to help women ?nd the information and tools they need to strengthen and empower their own lives.We network with other community organizations to support their services and act as a liaison between the English population and public services within our communities.In addition to our regular programming, we operate as a drop in centre, so please visit us at our Bedford location at 15 rue du Pont, or call at (450)248-0530.We can also be seen on our website, www.avantewomenscentre.org, and our Facebook page.November at Avante 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 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 BromeCountyNews NOW OPEN.Call for a visit! Ben in Focus BEN MCAULEY I love the fall colours.Pet of the Week: Berlin I am Berlin, a magni?cent male tricolore Australian Shepherd, 8 months old.Recently arrived at the shelter, I have already won everyone\u2019s heart.I am sweet, affectionate, house-trained, sociable and very intelligent.I have a nice energy, walk well on leash and like to be with my humans.I can live with dogs and cats.On the other hand, I do not walk well with children at all.I am looking for a home with an active family that will give me the exercise necessary for my development.I need space, I need to move, I need a family.I am young and active.To meet me is to love me, is to adopt me.If you think you are the family for me, please write to adoptionspcamonteregie@gmail.com, with all your information.I am waiting for you.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 Brome County News bcn@sherbrookerecord.com Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Page 13 HOME RENOVATIONS Home renovations are on the rise.A new report by Re/Max Canada found that more than half of Canadians renovated their home last year for personal, non-ROI reasons.Of this, 29 per cent did so for recreation- inspired DIY projects.When it comes to do-it-yourself home renovations, there are things you can easily try and some that are better left to the pros.Here Zac Matchett-Smith, a professional contractor, shares some popular DIYs.Swapping your showerhead A simple showerhead swap can truly transform your bathroom experience.Most showerheads easily unscrew from the showerhead arm \u2014 a job that can be completed in in 10 to 15 minutes.Changing the colour of your showerhead can also instantly enhance your bathroom.Matchett- Smith recommends replacing old showerheads and moving away from a chrome ?nish.Try choosing a sleek and functional matte black showerhead.Almost all showerheads share the same threaded connection, so compatibility should not be an issue.Pro tip: Always apply fresh Te?on tape to the showerhead arm connection before attaching your new showerhead.Using tape as a proactive measure can prevent future leaks.Replacing your faucets Bathroom and kitchen faucets can also be replaced easily for an instant refresh, but don\u2019t forget to shut off the water lines before getting started.The clean lines of the Delta Kitano collection deliver elevated style to any contemporary bath for a fresh look.Pro tip: Prior to purchasing, make sure your new faucet is compatible with the holes cut in your countertop.Applying a fresh coat of paint While re-painting can take time, it is a rewarding and doable task that is the ?rst step to transforming the feel of any space.Pro tip: Before getting started, remove everything that you can from the area and cover up the rest with drop sheets, including your ?oors, or you\u2019ll end up with paint in undesired places no matter how careful you are.Find more information at deltafaucet.ca.(www.newscanada.com) Three DIY projects to tackle solo 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 14 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 BromeCountyNews 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 Or mail your prepaid classi?ed ads to 5-B Victoria St., Knowlton, Quebec J0E 1V0 The Record, 6 Mallory, Sherbrooke, Quebec J1M 2E2 001 Property for Sale 295 Articles Wanted 290 Articles For Sale Make your clas- sIiED stAND Out, add a photo for $10.per day.Deadline: 2 days before publication.8 1 9 - 5 6 9 - 9 5 2 5 .CLAssAD@ sHEr- BrOOKErECOrD .com PUMPKIN CARVING PHOTO CONTEST Are you a master pumpkin carver?The Record would like to see your Halloween pumpkins.Send us a selfie holding your pumpkin for a chance to win a prize.The contest is open to all ages.The winner will be chosen by our esteemed panel of pumpkin judges based on a combination of skill, creativity and overall spookiness.Send your pumpkin selfies to classad@sherbrookerecord.com before noon on Thursday, October 28.The photos will be published in the paper on October 29.Last year\u2019s winner Mackenzie Jones-Leggat 1 lucky participant will win a $25 gift certificate to Brome Lake Books 45 Lakeside, Knowlton Tel.450-242-2242 Email: bromelakebooks@gmail.com M E D I U M - S I Z E KILN.Doll molds.Spirit treadmill.Exercise bike.Reasonable prices.For more information, call 450-297- 2363.C O L L E C T O R looking to buy OLD QuEBEC LICENCE PLAtEs - aluminum, steel, iber- board, porcelain, rubber, leather! Please call Daniel 450-278-0517.LOUISE SMITH Cowansville home owners are getting into the Hallowe\u2019en \u201cspirit.Halloween decorations light up Cowansville 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 BromeCountyNews Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Page 15 Today in History for Oct.26: On this date: In 1774, the American Congress invited Canada to join the 13 colonies opposing Britain.In 1813, a small force of British and Canadian soldiers defeated an advance party of 1,500 Americans at the battle of Chateauguay.In 1825, the Erie Canal opened, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River.In 1850, Capt.McClure of the Royal Navy discovered the Northwest Passage while searching for the Franklin expedition.In 1879, Leon Trotsky, a leader of the Russian Revolution, was born at Yanovka, Russia.In 1881, the Gun?ght at the OK Corral took place in Tombstone, Ariz.Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and Doc Holliday shot it out with Ike Clanton\u2019s gang.Three members of Clanton\u2019s gang, including his brother, were killed, and Earp\u2019s brothers were wounded.In 1902, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an American pioneer in the ?ght for voting rights for women, died.In 1905, Norway separated from Sweden, naming Prince Charles of Denmark king.In 1934, the Honorable H.H.Stevens resigned from the Bennett government and formed his own Reconstruction Party.In 1942, Japanese planes badly damaged the U.S.warship \u201cHornet\u201d in the \u201cBattle of Santa Cruz Islands\u201d during the Second World War.(The \u201cHornet\u201d sank early the next morning.) In 1942, 16 people were killed when a Royal Air Force ferry bomber crashed at Montreal\u2019s Dorval Airport.In 1948, the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America was organized at Des Moines, Iowa.The association is comprised of 24 Pentecostal groups and meets annually to promote unity among Pentecostal Christians.In 1950, Canada and the United States agreed on economic principles for joint defence production.In 1957, the Soviet Union\u2019s minister of defence, Marshal Zhukov, was relieved of his post, accused of promoting his own \u201ccult of personality\u201d and seen as threatening Khrushchev\u2019s popularity.In 1958, Pan American Airways ?ew its ?rst Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in eight hours and 41 minutes.At the same time, the ?rst London-New York ?ight was inaugurated by British Overseas Airways.In 1969, former prime minister John Diefenbaker was installed as chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan.In 1970, the comic \u201cDoonesbury\u201d by Garry Trudeau premiered.In 1976, Transkei became the ?rst of South Africa\u2019s black homelands to be declared an independent republic.In 1977, the experimental shuttle \u201cEnterprise\u201d glided to a bumpy landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California.In 1979, South Korean President Park Chung-hee was shot to death by Kim Jae-kyu, the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency.In 1982, the Senate passed legislation renaming the July 1st holiday Canada Day.The legislation capped Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau\u2019s plan to give Canada an independent identity complete with its own Constitution, which had been repatriated in April 1982.In 1984, \u201cBaby Fae,\u201d a newborn with a severe heart defect, was given the heart of a baboon in an experimental transplant, in Loma Linda, Calif.She lived 21 days with the animal heart.In 1984, New Brunswick Premier Richard Hat?eld was charged with possession of 26.5 grams of marijuana.The charges were laid after RCMP of?cers discovered the drug on Sept.25 in Hat?eld\u2019s luggage while he was accompanying the Queen during her visit to New Brunswick.Hat?eld was later acquitted.In 1985, Jacinth Fyfe, 25, of Roxboro, Que., became the ?rst policewoman in Canada to die in the line of duty when she was fatally shot by a man while answering a call.In 1988, two grey whales were freed by a Russian icebreaker in Barrow, Alaska.They were assisted by Inuit using chainsaws to cut the ice as the world looked on.A third trapped whale died before the rescue.In 1992, the Charlottetown Accord, which would have drastically altered the Constitution, was defeated in a national referendum.Canada-wide, the \u201cNo\u201d vote garnered 54 per cent, compared with a 45 per cent \u201cYes\u201d vote.In 1993, brush ?res that would eventually destroy more than 1,000 homes broke out in southern California.Some of the ?res, which scorched more than 2,700 hectares, were deliberately set.It took more than a month to contain the last major blaze.In 1994, Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty to end 46 years of war.In 1999, the British House of Lords, under pressure from Prime Minister Tony Blair\u2019s Labour government, agreed to abolish the 800-year-old right of hereditary nobles to sit and vote in Britain\u2019s upper chamber of Parliament.In 2000, the New York Yankees beat the New York Mets to win baseball\u2019s \u201cSubway Series,\u201d their third consecutive World Series championship.In 2001, U.S.President Bush signed the \u201cPatriot Act,\u201d giving authorities the unprecedented ability to search, seize, detain or eavesdrop in their pursuit of possible terrorists.In 2002, a three-day hostage crisis at a Moscow theatre came to an end as Russian forces stormed the building using a mysterious knockout gas that killed at least 120 hostages.About 50 hostage-takers were also killed.In 2004, a Saskatchewan public inquiry found that aboriginal teenager Neil Stonechild, who froze to death in a snowy ?eld on Saskatoon\u2019s outskirts nearly 14 years earlier, was in police custody just before he died and that investigators closed the case prematurely.In 2005, 17 Alberta oil ?eld workers shared a $54-million Lotto 6-49 lottery win.In 2009, health of?cials launched a vaccination program targeting the pandemic H1N1 virus.It was the biggest vaccination program in Canadian history until being eclipsed by the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 that began in 2020.In 2009, the Ontario law came into effect making it illegal for drivers to use hand-held cellphones and other electronic devices while behind the wheel.In 2010, Iran began the process of loading 163 fuel rods into the reactor core of its ?rst nuclear power plant.It was built with Russian help in the southern port city of Bushehr.In 2010, Tariq Aziz, the dapper diplomat and highest-ranking Christian in Saddam Hussein\u2019s regime, was sentenced to death by hanging for persecuting members of the Shiite religious parties.(In November, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani declared he wouldn\u2019t sign off on the death penalty.) In 2010, a day after an earthquake sparked a deadly tsunami, Indonesia saw another natural disaster as Mount Merapi began erupting, resulting in hundreds of deaths in the weeks that followed.In 2011, Boeing\u2019s new 787, the much-anticipated $190 million long- haul jet nicknamed The Dreamliner, carried its ?rst passengers on a four hour ?ight from Tokyo to Hong Kong.(In January 2013, regulators grounded all 50 of the planes in use after a series of mechanical problems.Flights began again in late April after the FAA approved the redesigned battery system.) In 2012, a Milan court convicted former Premier Silvio Berlusconi of tax fraud and sentenced the media mogul to four years in prison, his ?rst prison sentence in years of criminal probes.(The conviction was upheld after all his appeals were exhausted.) In 2014, the CBC abruptly severed ties with \u201cQ\u201d radio host Jian Ghomeshi, who acknowledged he engaged in rough sex but said it was always consensual.In the following weeks, as many as nine women alleged they were victims of non-consensual violence during, or leading up to, sexual encounters with Ghomeshi.(In 2016, a judge acquitted him on all four charges of sexual assault and one count of overcoming resistance by choking.) In 2015, nearly 400 people died after a magnitude-7.5 earthquake, centred deep beneath the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan\u2019s sparsely populated Badakhshan province that borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and China.In 2018, Investigators in Florida arrested a man they allege mailed at least 13 crudely fashioned pipe bombs to U.S.President Donald Trump\u2019s most visible critics and targets of his rhetoric.Cesar Sayoc, 56, was charged with ?ve federal crimes.FBI Director Christopher Wray said the bombs were not hoax devices, even though none exploded.In 2018, The family of billionaire philanthropists Barry and Honey Sherman offered up to $10 million for information that would solve the December 2017 killings of the Toronto couple.The reward was announced after their lawyer detailed what he described as major shortcomings of a Toronto police probe.In 2018, John Ziegler Jr., the NHL president who oversaw the merger with the World Hockey Association and was eventually ousted following labour unrest and a players\u2019 strike in 1992, died in Florida at 84.In 2018, Megyn Kelly, the former Fox News Channel personality who made a rocky transition to softer news at NBC, was ?red from her morning show after triggering a furor by suggesting it\u2019s OK for white people to wear blackface at Halloween.In 2019, U.S.President Donald Trump announced that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was dead after a U-S military raid in northwest Syria.Trump called the ISIS leader\u2019s removal \u201cthe top national security priority of my administration.\u201d A U-S special operations forces mission killed several ISIS ?ghters and companions of Baghdadi, including two women wearing suicide vests and three children.The death of Baghdadi marked the culmination of a years- long hunt to ?nd one of the most wanted terrorists in the world and the man who declared a so-called Islamic caliphate in Iraq and Syria in 2014.In 2019, legendary and controversial Hollywood producer Robert Evans died at age 89.He produced \u201cChinatown,\u201d \u201cThe Godfather\u201d and \u201cRosemary\u2019s Baby.\u201d His career was a story of comebacks and reinventions.Evans had launched a successful women\u2019s clothing line with his brother, Charles, and was visiting Los Angeles on business when actress Norma Shearer saw him sunbathing by the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel.She persuaded producers to hire the handsome, dark-haired 26-year-old to play her late husband, movie mogul Irving Thalberg, in \u201cMan of a Thousand Faces,\u201d a ?lm about horror movie star Lon Chaney.Evans was convicted of cocaine traf?cking in 1980 after striking a plea bargain and was entangled in the 1983 murder of promoter Roy Radin.In 2020, Opposition parties won their bid to launch a probe of the Liberals\u2019 handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.MPs from all four opposition parties voted to pass a Conservative motion that orders the Trudeau government to turn over to the House of Commons health committee all records on many issues related to the coronavirus response.In 2020, the U.S.Senate con?rmed President Donald Trump\u2019s nominee for the Supreme Court by a 52-48 vote, with Republicans overpowering Democratic opposition a week before Election Day.Amy Coney Barrett is the third Supreme Court justice nominated by Trump.She ?lls the vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the liberal icon who died the previous month.In 2020, the election in Saskatchewan gave the Saskatchewan Party its fourth straight win _ a feat the province has not seen since the CCF under Tommy Douglas won ?ve straight majorities more than 50 years ago.Scott Moe will remain premier for another four years after his party picked more than 60 per cent of the popular vote.(The Canadian Press) Today in History 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 16 Tuesday, October 26, 2021 BromeCountyNews 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 "]