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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 Townships tartan Page 4 Border crossing woes Page 2 $1.00 + taxes PM#0040007682 Monday, December 6, 2021 Natural trees in high demand this holiday season Additional testing options available for parents By Gordon Lambie Following the announcement last week that take-home Covid tests will be available starting Monday at the daycare centres across the province, the regional healthcare administration for the Eastern Townships, the CIUSSS de l\u2019Estrie CHUS highlighted that additional options are now also available at elementary schools in the region, including rapid testing that can be carried out by school staff, spit tests and, in a small pilot project, take- home tests at certain schools.These new screening options are meant to help quickly identify children infected with COVID-19 and slow the spread of the virus in child care settings and schools.The CIUSSS announced increased access to ambulance services in the Coaticook, Granit, and des Sources territories in light of the fact that the local emergency services in these areas have been reduced in recent months.An update is expected Monday on how the province will be responding to the arrival of the Omicron variant and what Covid restrictions may be in place over the holiday period.On Friday Canada\u2019s Council of Chief Medical Of?cers of Health (CCMOH) shared an update to the recommendations around COVID-19 booster shots, stating that adults 50 years of age or older; adults living in long-term care homes for seniors; adults in or from First Nations, Inuit or Métis communities; recipients of a viral vector vaccine series completed with only viral vector vaccines 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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STEPHANIE MCCULLY Picking out the perfect tree is an annual tradition for Charlotte McCully, who stopped by Downey Tree Farm on the weekend.By Michael Boriero The demand for natural Christmas trees in Quebec has soared in the past few years, bene?tting local producers, but the market supply is limited, with a nagging shortage and as the province exports most of its product down south.Downey Tree Farm and Nursery co- owner Jimmy Downey told The Record that he was ?elding phone calls for Christmas trees before Halloween.The demand is higher than normal, he said, and people are travelling from all over Quebec to get one of his trees in North Hatley.\u201cThe tree symbolizes hope and during a pandemic people are looking for hope.It symbolizes family reunion and maybe pre-pandemic times and a lot of young families are going back to the natural tree and people like to have that natural tree inside their house,\u201d Downey explained.Downey, who is also listed as one of the Quebec directors for the Canadian Christmas Trees Association (CCTA), said the province exports CONT\u2019D ON PAGE 3 CONT\u2019D ON PAGE 3 PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED BY PRESSREADER PressReader.com +1 604 278 4604 ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY .ORIGINAL COPY COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW Page 2 Monday, December 6, 2021 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Ben by Daniel Shelton The Record e-edition There for you 24-hours-a-day 7-days-a-week.Wherever you are.Access the full edition of the Sherbrooke Record as well as special editions and 30 days of archives.Renew or order a new 12-month print subscription and get a 12-month online subscription for an additional $5 or purchase the online edition only for $125.00 Record subscription rates (includes Quebec taxes) For print subscription rates, please call 819-569-9528 or email us at billing@sherbrookerecord.com 12 month web only: $125.00 1 month web only: $11.25 Web subscribers have access to the daily Record as well as archives and special editions.Subscribing is as easy as 1,2,3: 1.Visit the Record website: www.sherbrookerecord.com 2.Click e-edition.3.Complete the form and wait for an email activating your online subscription.Weather TODAY: RAIN HIGH OF 8 LOW OF -5 TUESDAY: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS HIGH OF -5 LOW OF -10 WEDNESDAY: MAINLY CLOUDY HIGH OF -4 LOW OF -10 THURSDAY: A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS HIGH OF -1 LOW OF -5 FRIDAY: LIGHT SNOW HIGH OF 4 LOW OF 0 Going Across the Border?Know the rules By Dian Cohen Some friends we\u2019ll call Henry and Georgina decide to go to Platts- burg, New York for the ?rst time since March 2020.They have in hand all the papers they need since the PCR test was scrapped on November 30 \u2013 their passports and their proof of vaccination.No problem getting across, lots of signs saying, \u201cWelcome Back to the US\u201d.They do their shopping, pick up a package that had been waiting for 8 months and proceed home.Get to the border.Canadian border of?cer: Have you registered your trip on ARRIVECAN?Henry: Here are my papers \u2013 proof of double vaccinations, etc.Canadian Border of?cer: Not good enough.You have two choices: you can go home and quarantine for 14 days or you can turn around, go back to the US and register your trip on the ARRIVECAN App.They choose Door #2.They turn around and head back to the American border.US Border of?cer: Hi, where are you coming from?Where are you going?Bringing anything into the country?Henry: We\u2019ve just been in Plattsburg shopping and we were on our way home when the Canadian Border of?cer said we need to register the trip on ARRIVECAN.US Border of?cer: Oh yeah, that\u2019s happening a lot.Go over to McDonalds so you can download the app and ?ll it in.Henry: OK, thanks.But as soon as they order a coffee and sit down, an employee apologetically tells them they can\u2019t stay because of the high number of COVID cases.Back in their car, they try to download the app.Rural New York\u2019s connectivity is not a lot better than rural Quebec\u2019s.It takes a half hour of driving around trying to ?nd wi-?good enough to download the app.Finally, success times two.Downloaded and completed.Back toward home.Henry: Hello, Of?cer.Do you need our ARRIVECAN receipt?Canadian Border Of?cer: No, it\u2019s already in my computer.Very good.Oh, and your wife has just been tagged randomly to do a PCR test at home \u2013 here\u2019s the Dynacare kit with instructions.The following day, Georgina goes online to watch the You Tube video about how to do the test.She washes her hands, as instructed, and opens the kit.It contains 1 swab, 1 test tube with liquid in it, 1 bio bag, 1 return bag for Purolator, and a page of instructions.She goes online and completes the information required on the Dynacare COVID-19 Border Testing Portal website \u2013 all password protected.As soon as she ?nishes and clicks OK, a virtual appointment is set up for 10 minutes later \u2013 \u201cstay on your screen, a Dynacare healthcare worker will be with you shortly.\u201d Dynacare worker: Hello.Show me your photo ID \u2013 your passport please?Once Georgina\u2019s identity is con?rmed, the Dynacare worker goes through the entire procedure, asking Georgina to hold up each component of the kit.Then with her face screen- centre, Georgina sticks the swab 2 centimeters up each nostril in turn, puts the swab into the tube with the liquid, puts the tube into the bio bag and back into the now empty kit box.the Dynacare worker asks to see the PIN number on the Purolator bag and schedules a Purolator pick up for the next day.She tells Georgina to store the kit box in the fridge, and the next morning, to put it outside for pick-up.Georgina will get an email in 3 days telling her to go back online to see her results.Three takeaways.\u2022 Going across the border is not what it used to be.\u2022 The Canadian border of?cer has the discretion of letting you go back to the US to complete the ARRIVECAN app.He doesn\u2019t have to \u2013 he can just tell you to go home and quarantine for 14 days.\u2022 Check the rules before you go \u2013 they can change in the blink of an eye.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 Monday, December 6, 2021 Page 3 Local News But while more people turn to natural trees, wholesalers, tree lots, and big box stores need to get their hands on more trees, and it\u2019s going to take some time.Intercultural Christmas returns By Gordon Lambie Local cultural diversity organization Actions Interculturelles returned to its annual tradition of hosting an \u201cintercultural Christmas\u201d party at Sherbrooke\u2019s École Internationale du Phare on Friday evening.Whereas the gathering has traditionally involved a turkey and couscous supper, this year\u2019s pandemic-adjusted version offered ?nger foods and assigned seating.Despite the public health measures in place, however, the event still managed to bring together people from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds and age groups for an evening of exchange and celebration that included live music, updates about some of Actions Interculturelles\u2019 recent activities, and a visit from Santa Claus.The event is just one of a couple of different events the organization has planned in the lead-up to the holiday season.Also on the list is a distribution of small Christmas trees to local immigrant families this coming Thursday, Dec.9, from 4 p.m.to 7 p.m.GORDON LAMBIE Santa parade report By Nick Fonda Richmond\u2014Richmond\u2019s ?rst nighttime Santa Parade on Saturday drew 2000 or more spectators who lined parts of the parade route to watch some 50 vehicles including trucks, tractors, wagons, a grader, and at least two electric cars all with varying degrees of festive illumination.Santa returned to Richmond\u2019s René Thibault Park on Sunday morning to hand out gifts to more than 100 youngsters, all with their parents in tow.NICK FONDA (such as the AstraZeneca vaccine); and adult frontline health care workers (having direct close physical contact with patients) should all be offered booster shots six months after their second dose.At this point in time the Quebec government is only offering boosters to those aged 70 and older, and those who received two doses of AstraZeneca.The province of Quebec reported 4,123 new cases over the weekend, bringing the total number of people infected since the start of the pandemics to 454,636.There were four new deaths recorded over that same period.The number of people in hospital due to the virus was 219 on Sunday with 59 in intensive care, representing a slight decrease in hospitalizations but an increase in the number of people in the ICU from where things stood last Thursday.As of Friday\u2019s report from the Eastern Townships there were 1,330 active cases in the region, with 311 new cases having been reported over Wednesday and Thursday of last week.Those cases continued to be most concentrated in Sherbrooke, Des Sources, Memphremagog, and Granit, with the highest rates of transmission being in Des Sources, Granit, Coaticook, and Memphremagog.There were 16 hospitalizations in the region as of Friday\u2019s update, six of which were in intensive care.As of Sunday124,602 young people aged 5 to 11 had received a ?rst dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 and 136,856 were awaiting their appointment.Friday\u2019s update from the Eastern Townships put local coverage for that age group at 16.6 per cent overall for a ?rst dose.CONT\u2019D FROM PAGE 1 Covid between 80 and 90 per cent of its tree supply, and it is mostly sent to the United States, speci?cally the state of New York.\u201cHere in Quebec, in Estrie, where I am, where my farm is, we\u2019re like the capital of Canada in Christmas tree production because we\u2019re near the border of the U.S., so it\u2019s easy for us to export,\u201d said Downey.He cut 15,000 trees this year for wholesale and local purchases.The trees are more in demand, but there are less available right now, he continued.He chopped down 15 acres worth of Christmas trees, but, according to Downey, it\u2019s only about 50 per cent of what he normally produced for wholesale prior to the North American shortage.\u201cWe have seen this tree shortage for maybe three, four years now, we\u2019re maybe in the ?fth year where it\u2019s getting worse and worse, but I think this might be the slowest year in terms of available inventory, but on the other side the demand has also increased,\u201d said Downey.However, he admits that it has been a relatively fruitful start to the season.He had customers on the ?rst weekend of the farm\u2019s \u2018choose and cut\u2019 program.The market has been squeezed due to the shortage, but it hasn\u2019t necessarily hurt his pro?t margin.\u201cThe rarity of the tree has caused a price increase, so we are able to make that up but on the other side, the individual sales to people is on the rise so we are able to compensate there, and the American dollar is also good in the exportation, so our market is de?nitely healthy,\u201d he said.Stéphan Perreault, owner of the Plantations Stéphan Perreault in Val- Joli, said that while there is a province- wide tree shortage, this year could be special for his modest farm.According to Perreault, he has already sold double what he did at the same point in 2020.Perreault is a former vice-president for the CCTA.He told The Record that the tree shortage was predicted more than a decade ago.During the Great Recession in the late 2000s, a lot of farms in the United States went bankrupt, he explained, and less trees were being planted.\u201cWe knew it was going to happen because if nobody plants today, in 10 years, we\u2019re going to be out of trees, so that\u2019s one factor.Another factor in the states, also, they went through a lot of warm weather and dry spells, so they had problems with the plantations,\u201d said Perreault.It takes roughly 13 years for a Christmas tree to be considered fully grown.In 2010, on the heels of recession recovery, Perreault said the CCTA kicked off a campaign to promote natural trees, since many people had shifted to arti?cial products, and it\u2019s starting to pay off.But while more people turn to natural trees, wholesalers, tree lots, and big box stores need to get their hands on more trees, and it\u2019s going to take some time.He isn\u2019t concerned about his farm, though, he downsized four years ago and focuses solely on local sales now.\u201cIt\u2019s going to be like this for a couple years.Christmas trees are a cycle, you know, it\u2019s good, it\u2019s medium, it\u2019s good, it\u2019s medium.It\u2019s like the pork or beef industry.When it\u2019s good there\u2019s a lot of people planting, and when it\u2019s bad they stop planting,\u201d said Perreault.Christmas Trees 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 4 Monday, December 6, 2021 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Support the local businesses, services & professionals who serve our area where you live, work and play! 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In partnership to help you invest for your future TIM GODDARD BRANCH MANAGER RICK TRACY MUTUAL FUNDS DEALING REPRESENTATIVE GLOBAL MAXFIN INVESTMENTS INC.151 Queen Street, Sherbrooke \u2022 819-569-5666 \u201cLocals serving locals for more than 25 years.\u201d INVESTMENTS The Eastern Townships tartan By Taylor McClure Special to The Record A tartan is a pattern of interlocking vertical and horizontal stripes of different colors that can often been found on pins, kilts, scarves, hats, and ties.The patterned, often woollen, fabric is associated with Scottish Highland culture and is often a way of symbolising and representing Scottish clans, but it was originally embraced as a popular form of Highland dress.Different tartan patterns can be found all over the world, including the Eastern Townships.The Townships tartan was designed by Richard Allan of Kinnear\u2019s Mills with the collaboration of Olive Wallace, a member of the Valley Weavers Guild, who wove various samples before the tartan was approved and manufactured in the early 1970s.Allan, who operated his own sawmill in Megantic County, is of Scottish decent and was the mastermind behind creating a tartan speci?cally for Townshippers.Even though not all Townshippers were of Scottish origin, he thought it would give people a sense of pride while also highlighting the contributions of Scottish settlers to the development of region.Texts drawn from The Record\u2019s archives describe the tartan as a \u201cdream come true\u201d for Allan.The design has ?ve colors that re?ect the characteristics of the region\u2019s countryside.There are red lines for the autumn leaves, yellow lines for the buttercups and dandelions in the summer, squares of dark brown to represent the soil, dark green for the evergreens, and white for the region\u2019s snowfalls.Wallace, who was active in the Quebec Women\u2019s Institute, made the ?rst samples for Allan\u2019s design before it needed to approved by the regional councils.She was an experienced weaver that took extensive classes to perfect her craft.She was also a member of the Ontario Hand Weaver and Spinners and a representative for the Guild of Canadian Weavers.After being approved at the regional level, the Townships tartan was patented and registered in Ottawa in 1968.In 1974, at the recommendation of Isabel MacAulay of Nova Scotia; a Canadian authority on tartans, Allan travelled all the way to Scotland to have the pattern of?cially recognized by Lord Lyon King of Arms, heraldic of?cer for the country in charge of keeping track of all tartans.It was also sent to the Megantic county council and the Historical Society of the Eastern Townships to be approved, before manufacturing could begin.Allan had high hopes for the tartan, but was left disappointed when he started to provide samples to people in the area without much recognition for his hard work.Then Townshippers\u2019 Association came along.Townshippers\u2019 was founded in 1979 and the group immediately approached Allan to receive his permission to use the tartan design as its of?cial symbol.It remained the association\u2019s symbol for many years, but seems to no longer be in active use.The Eastern Townships tartan also has links to the United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada and descendants of Loyalists that settled in the area.Today, whether in the form of a kilt or a scarf, the Townships tartan is proudly worn and remembered by Townshippers across the region.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 Monday, December 6, 2021 Page 5 It\u2019s not a \u201cmistake\u201d Each year the Lennoxville and District Women\u2019s Centre takes part in the 12 DAYS OF ACTION TO END GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.Between Nov.25 and Dec.6, The Record will be publishing an article in each issue to raise awareness and shine a light on this critical social problem.He is a good kid; it was just a mistake.They were both drunk.She probably said yes and regrets it now.They were at her house; what did she think would happen?It was only 20 minutes of action; hasn\u2019t he suffered enough?Sexual assaults in today\u2019s culture are framed as dilemmas resulting from miscommunication and misunderstanding so that neither party is 100% innocent or guilty.This is a lie.Sexual assaults are crimes of calculation.Nearly 90% of all sexual assaults are premeditated [1].Further, according to documents published by the Government of Ontario, Ontario Women\u2019s Directorate, and the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities, 82% of sexual assaults are committed by someone known to the victim, i.e., a regular date, a friend, or an acquaintance.Over half of the sexual assaults of postsecondary students involve drugs or alcohol.Adult sexual assaults are a gender-based crime whose victims are overwhelmingly women (93%) with male perpetrators (99%).These facts paint a simple story.Male perpetrators know the woman they will sexually assault, are waiting for a moment to assault, and this moment will likely involve alcohol or drugs.Essentially, the perpetrator was waiting to engineer a situation where they could assault.Since they can access the victim through their acquaintance relationship, they can wait for the right \u201cmoment.\u201d This is why, factually, it doesn\u2019t matter what the victims were wearing, whether they were drinking or where the sexual assaults occurred.People who ask questions like \u201cwhat was she wearing,\u201d \u201cwas she drinking,\u201d and \u201cwhy was he at her house\u201d display a profound ignorance of the facts of sexual assault.Media often normalizes the premeditation of sexual assault through college-set movies using alcohol to \u201cloosen a girl up\u201d or implying sexual acts on individuals unable to consent.Perpetrators leverage this normalization to hide in plain sight - they purposefully cloak themselves ambiguously to be \u201cboys who made a mistake.\u201d However, the data is startlingly clear.Male perpetrators in college plan their sexual assaults, and they will repeatedly rape women throughout their academic careers.Sexual assaults on college campuses are crimes of repetition.On college campuses, 4-16% of men are rapists [2, 3, 4].Given the limited dataset of men who rape on college campuses, only three studies had the power to critically examine repeat rapists [2, 5, 6].According to an analysis done by Harvard Professor Dr.Jim Hooper, utilizing data from Swartout et al., [7, 5]: 61% of all rapists for pre- college (from age 14) are repeat rapists (averaging 4.6 rapes) 69% for the freshman year are repeat rapists (averaging 4.5 rapes/year) 71% for the sophomore year are repeat rapists (averaging 4.3 rapes/ year) 88% for the junior year are repeat rapists (averaging 5.2 rapes/year) Dr.Hooper further examined the data of Lisak and Miller and McWhorter et al., where repeat rapists are 63% and 71% of rapists, respectively, and the average number of rapes they report committing is around six (5.8 and 6.4) [2, 6].Over 90% of all rapes committed were done by repeat rapists in these two studies.As such, research suggests that about 2/3 of college rapists are repeat offenders, who account for the majority of rapes (over 90%) [7].The lie is that sexual assault was a mistake.The truth is that sexual assault is a planned crime on college campuses, which perpetrators will frequently repeat.These perpetrators are a severe threat to the safety of the community.What does this mean?When we fail to punish sexual assaulters, we have made an active decision to endanger the women of our community.It is not a boy who was \u201cwarned\u201d; it is a man who will likely go on to assault again.Every time we don\u2019t punish a perpetrator, we fail the assaulted woman, and the women that perpetrator will go on to assault.It means, when we fail to punish a perpetrator, we fail our entire community.Jasmeen Sidhu Sources: [1] Patel, M., & Minshall, L.(2001).Management of sexual assault.Emergency medicine clinics of North America, 19(3), 817-831.[2] Lisak, D., & Miller, P.M.(2002).Repeat rape and multiple offending among undetected rapists.Violence and victims, 17(1), 73-84.[3] Abbey, A., Wegner, R., Pierce, J., & Jacques-Tiura, A.J.(2012).Patterns of sexual aggression in a community sample of young men: Risk factors associated with persistence, resistance, and initiation over a 1-year interval.Psychology of violence, 2(1), 1.[4] Thompson, M.P., Swartout, K.M., & Koss, M.P.(2013).Trajectories and predictors of sexually aggressive behaviors during emerging adulthood.Psychology of violence, 3(3), 247.[5] Swartout, K.M., Koss, M.P., White, J.W., Thompson, M.P., Abbey, A., & Bellis, A.L.(2015).Trajectory analysis of the campus serial rapist assumption.JAMA pediatrics, 169(12), 1148-1154.[6] Rau, T.J., Merrill, L.L., McWhorter, S.K., Stander, V.A., Thomsen, C.J., Dyslin, C.W., .& Milner, J.S.(2010).Evaluation of a sexual assault education/prevention program for male US Navy personnel.Military Medicine, 175(6), 429-434.[7] J.Hopper.(2021).Sexual assaults: repeat rapes on college campuses.Jim Hopper.https://jimhopper.com/topics/ sexual-assault-and-the-brain/repeat- rape-by-college-men/ Quebec introduces GPS bracelet pilot project for domestic violence offenders By Michael Boriero The Quebec government has launched a study into the viability of introducing GPS bracelets for domestic violence offenders as a tool to notify victims, and police of?cers, if they are in close proximity to each other.Deputy Premier, and Public Security Minister, Geneviève Guilbault made the announcement last week.According to a press release, the project will take place over two years.The bracelet works by using geolocation, and it consists of two parts.There is a bracelet worn by the offender and a separate device given to the victim.When an offender gets too close to the device, an alert signal is sent to the police, who will then check in on the victim.The project will cost an estimated $41 million over ?ve years.\u201cAttacks on women and feminicides have shaken us all over the past few months.We have the power and the duty to reject this violence, collectively and individually,\u201d said Guilbault, adding that this is a step towards reducing the risk of repeat offenders.Sherbrooke has mobilized several times in the past year due to a surge in domestic violence cases across the province.There have already been 18 feminicides committed in 2021, which has spurred on a rallying cry for change from organizations and women\u2019s shelters.Quebec plans to deploy its ?rst bracelets in Quebec City next spring.They will be given to defendants tried at the Quebec City Courthouse and detainees at the Quebec City Detention Center.However, one organization in Cookshire-Eaton remains unconvinced.Angelika Homere, a mobilization coordinator at the Centre des femmes du Haut-Saint-François La Passerelle, a women\u2019s intervention and learning centre, told The Record that while a bracelet may act as a deterrent, offenders will always ?nd a way back into a victim\u2019s life.\u201cThey\u2019re trying to gain control,\u201d Homere explained in a phone interview.\u201cThey always want to be in control and I don\u2019t think the bracelet will necessarily stop them.The bracelet can prevent some issues, but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to solve the problem.\u201d While she applauds the initiative, Homere has her doubts about the effectiveness of the bracelets.Will the police be able to quickly respond should an offender approach a victim, she asked, adding that offenders don\u2019t need much time to attack a victim.Although this is an interesting solution to the domestic violence problem in Quebec, Homere believes the real issue is with the justice system.It\u2019s a patriarchal system, she said, and it often releases offenders without any sentence.The answer, she added, is more jail time.There are also some holes to ?ll in, according to Homere.She wonders whether offenders will need to be wearing the bracelet for 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Will they shower, shop, and go to work with it, Homere asked, concluding that it won\u2019t be effective otherwise.She is willing to wait and see how effective the project will be at deterring domestic violence.But, Homere noted, when an offender wants to reach their goal, there isn\u2019t much stopping them.And with today\u2019s technology, she worries offenders will tamper with the bracelets.\u201cI\u2019m being skeptical because with technology nowadays it\u2019s very easy to crack the system and then, for example, if the victim is not at the home, the thing is when you have your ex-wife, or ex-girlfriend, you know everywhere that person used to go,\u201d said 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Some neck!\u2019: How the world changed in December 1941 In what has become a pandemic big book reading challenge, your scribe has assigned himself the mission of reading all six volumes of Winston Churchill\u2019s history of the Second World War.Plowing through the third volume, The Grand Alliance, one can make a couple of observations.First, to paraphrase Churchill, war is indeed fought on the beaches, in the ?elds and in the hills; but it is also fought with memorandums, meetings and stenographers.The volume of correspondence Churchill dictated during the course of the war is astounding, as is the mountain of material he had to digest from commanders, diplomats and foreign leaders.In the latter regard, Churchill\u2019s back-and-forth correspondence with United States president Franklin Roosevelt is truly fascinating reading.Addressing himself to FDR as \u201cFormer Naval Person,\u201d Churchill beseeched the president for help as the Nazis reigned hell from the air on British cities, dockyards and factories in what is known as The Blitz.The Brits prepared themselves for what seemed to be an inevitable invasion of their island - called Operation Sea Lion - by the massive German military machine.Another thing the reader might conclude mid-way through Volume 3, if he or she knew absolutely nothing about the ?nal outcome, is that Merrye Olde England was bound to end up a Nazi vassel state as had France, Poland, The Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Greece and a score of other countries.By mid-1941, the British war command, especially the Royal Air Force, had managed to fend off the worst of Nazi air bombardment, but was being worn down by what Churchill described as his greatest fear, the relentless attacks by German submarines prowling the Atlantic Ocean.In the three months alone leading up to May 1941, Nazi U-boats sank 142 warships and cargo vessels loaded with vital materials, with, of course, a massive loss of human life.Churchill, by the way, gives full credit to the Royal Canadian Navy for its role in providing convoys out of Halifax and St.John\u2019s, Newfoundland, to protect shipping from U-boat assault.By May, with the Axis powers threatening to control the entire Mediterranean and Middle East, Churchill dropped much of the niceties in his letters to Roosevelt.\u201cIf all Europe, the greater part of Asia and Africa, became, either by conquest or agreement under duress, a part of the Axis system, a war maintained by the British Isles, United States, Canada and Australasia, against this mighty agglomeration would be a hard, long and bleak proposition.\u201cThe one decisive counterweight,\u201d to this looming catastrophe, Churchill told Roosevelt, would be \u201cif the United States were immediately to range itself with us as a belligerent Power.\u201d As it turns out, the actions of hostile powers, not Churchill\u2019s pleading, ?nally compelled America to take up arms.Hitler launched his attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, thereby opening an eastern front that inevitably weakened the western one and increased the hopes of success for a reconquest of Europe, through France and Italy, by the Allies.Then, 80 years ago this week, Japan attacked the U.S.naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, and ?nally the wavering Americans were drawn into total war.\u201cNo American will think it wrong of me,\u201d Churchill writes, \u201cif I proclaim that to have the United States at our side was to me the greatest joy.\u201d Within two weeks, Churchill was at the White House conferring with Roosevelt.He touchingly describes wheeling the president around, \u201cthinking of Sir Walter Raleigh spreading his cloak before Queen Elizabeth.\u201d The two most powerful democratic leaders of the 20th century visited each other as they worked - \u201cby need or habit\u201d - in their respective bedrooms.From Washington, Churchill travelled by night train to Ottawa, where, in a thundering speech to Parliament on Dec.30, 1941, he delivered one of his most famous lines.Referring to the capitulating generals of the Vichy government in France saying the Nazis would wring England\u2019s neck like a chicken in three weeks, Churchill growled: \u201cSome chicken! Some neck!\u201d Churchill writes about the Ottawa speech: \u201cEven while I spoke in con?dent tones, I could feel in anticipation the lashes which were soon to score our naked ?esh \u2026 Many dark and weary months of defeat and loss must be endured before the light would come again.\u201d Much of which is documented - literally - in the remaining three volumes.Peter Black Letters Remembering Theresa - Let\u2019s end femicide Permit me to add a note to The Record\u2019s series based on the \u2018Lennoxville and District Women\u2019s Centre\u2019 campaign: \u201c12 Days Of Action To End Gender-Based Violence.\u201d The series runs from Nov.25 - Dec.6, 2021.I would like to link the piece: \u201cBish, who you foolin\u2019?\u201d by writer / podcaster John Allore on Dec.1 with the Dec.3 Letter to the Editor by Jenn Cianca, Professor at Bishop\u2019s University, who took issue with the article.The professor writes that Allore\u2019s piece \u201c.Is actually a blatant display of his own misogyny.\u201d Not so.In his piece, Allore mentions his sister, Theresa who was murdered over 40 years ago.Since then Allore has been on a fact-?nding mission attempting to ?nd out: \u201c Who killed Theresa .\u201d Over the years, the National Post (NP), CTV, CBC and Montreal Gazette ( Sept.18, 2020) covered the story.Quotes from the 3-part series in the NP on August 2002: \u201c.his sister was found face-down - \u2018stripped down to her bra and panties\u2019 - in a creek in Quebec\u2019s Eastern Townships, dumped there like garbage by strangers who have never been caught, he cannot unearth the secret of her death.\u201d I remember Theresa very well.At the beginning of my teaching career, Theresa Allore was the ?rst name in my attendance booklet of my ?rst class that I taught at Pierrefonds Comprehensive High School.As it turned out, she was my student in Grade 7 and 8.I remember her as a bubbly, charming girl.She attended her high school prom with Terry DiMonte, who later became a \u201cwell-known radio morning show host.\u201d A CBC article on April 17, 2016: \u201cWho killed Thersa Allore?SQ reopens investigation into a 1978 cold case\u201d features a picture of them.Her graduating class had their 40-year reunion in 2016.She was not there.She is now happy as an angel in Heaven.CHRIS EUSTACE (RETIRED PCHS TEACHER) 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 Monday, December 6, 2021 Page 7 ALEXANDER GALT  CHRISTMAS BASKET CAMPAIGN 2021 The AGRHS Christmas basket campaign has been a long-standing tradition in the community.Over the years we have been fortunate enough to have received generous donations from our community.Again this year, I ask for your support during these even more challenging times in bringing a little Christmas spirit to our less fortunate families.The baskets will benefit families from Alexander Galt Regional High School sector (elementary and high school).We hope we can continue to rely on your support, as it remains very important for the success of our Christmas basket campaign.Please, make cheques payable to AGRHS Christmas Basket Campaign and mail to: AGRHS P.O.Box 5002, 1700 rue College, Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1M 1Z9 Thank you for your generosity! (tax receipts for donations of $10 and over will be issued) Local Sports The standings are very tight at the top of the Regional Hockey League standings with the results of the weekend.Record Staff The Magog Cantonniers could not take advantage of the fact that the Châteauguay Grenadiers had a short night\u2019s sleep.The latter had played in Gatineau the night before where they lost 4-3, in a shootout, against l\u2019Intrépide while the Cantonniers won 4-3 against Saint-Eustache to take ?rst place in the Tacks section.The Grenadiers arrived ready and eager to avenge the 7-0 defeat in November.They left Magog with a 5-4 win.and the top spot in the Tacks section.Charles-Olivier Villeneuve scored the winning goal at 3:03 in the third period, beating Louka Cloutier with his eighth goal of the season.Justin Boisselle (7th) and Alexandre Rochefort (1st) gave the Grenadiers a 2-0 lead in the ?rst period.Lohan Lamarre (2nd) made it 3-0 for the visitors with his goal at 1:47 in the second period, much to the dismay of the 301 fans gathered at the Magog arena.The Cantonniers took advantage of the Grenadiers\u2019 lack of discipline to score three power play goals and tie the game at 3-3.Connor Macey (9th), Lewis Gendron (8th) and Éloi Bourdeau (6th) gave the Cantonniers fans hope until Maverick Thibert scored his ?fth goal of the season with 57 seconds left in the second period.Maxime Côté completed the scoring with his eighth goal of the season at 11:11 in the third period.The Cantonniers players directed 38 shots at Xavier Sareault while Louka Cloutier took 24 shots.The Grenadiers now have 50 points in ?rst place in the Tacks section of the Quebec U18 AAA Hockey League, compared to 48 for the Cantonniers.The Cantonniers will complete 2021 on the road by visiting the Collège Charles-Lemoyne Riverains on Friday in Sainte-Catherine and the Lac St- Louis Lions on Saturday in Dollard-des- Ormeaux, as well as the CCM Challenge in Saguenay on Wednesday, Dec.15.Cantonniers lose to Grenadiers and slip to second place in the Tacks division MARCO BERGERON, PICKER PHOTO Cantonniers captain Éli Baillargeon, receiving the award for goalie Louis-Félix Charrois at the game.Big Wild win at Lac-Mégantic Record Staff The Desjardins-Windsor Wild played as a team on Friday night against the Sauro in Lac-Mégantic and came away with a big 5-2 win.After seeing Olivier Perreault give the hosts the lead with his ?rst goal of the season at 4:12 in the ?rst period, coach Sebastien Letarte\u2019s players responded with three goals in the second period.In fact, Letarte\u2019s team exploded in the second period as all three goals were scored in the space of 35 seconds.Tristan Lamothe (2nd), Samuel Grégoire (9th) and Jordan Chabot (4th) scored at 11:05, 11:35 and 11:40.Impressive! Keven Jacques gave hope to the 582 fans present with his third goal of the game, scored at 18:07 of the middle period.William Roy (2nd) and Felix Meunier (10th) completed the scoring for the winners in the third period.Meunier\u2019s goal was scored in an empty net with just over two minutes left in the game.Sean Julien took 45 shots to seal the win compared to Pier-Luc Bouchard\u2019s 38.A perfect Wild weekend After their 5-2 win on Friday night in Lac-Mégantic, coach Sébastien Letarte\u2019s protégés added to their tally with a 6-2 victory on Saturday night against the DLC in La Guadeloupe, Beauce.It was a ?fth consecutive win for the Windsor team.Tristan Lamothe opened the scoring at 15:03 of the ?rst period with his third goal of the season.Mathieu Lavoie (3rd) and Mykaël Létourneau (6th) increased the Windsor lead to 3-0 after 40 minutes of play.Félix Meunier (11th), Mykaël Létourneau (7th) and Christophe Lebel- Duplessis (5th) completed the scoring for the winners.The reply came in the third period from Miguel Goupil (7th) and Vincent Boutin (2nd).Goaltender Thomas Lemoine faced 43 shots from the DLC players while his teammates sent 41 pucks towards Hubert Morin.The standings are very tight at the top of the Regional Hockey League standings with the results of the weekend.The Desjardins-Wild has 20 points in second place behind the Coaticook Dynamik Service agricole who has 21 points.Both teams have played 13 games.The Desjardins - Wild will be back in front of their fans on Friday, Dec.10 at 8:30 p.m.against the Val-des-Sources Nordik Blades.This will be a fundraiser for the Justin-Lefebvre Foundation and there will be a special presentation before the game for a much -oved organization in Windsor.More on that this week.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 Monday, December 6, 2021 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record 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 ASK THE DOCTORS by Eve Glazier, M.D., and Elizabeth Ko, M.D.Dear Doctors: A friend who is 74 years old had an episode recently where she suddenly sounded as though she had dementia.Her physician diagnosed it as an effect of a UTI.Can you talk about how UTIs in older people can mimic dementia?Also, why do they affect more women than men?Dear Reader: A urinary tract infection, or UTI, may happen when any part of the urinary system comes into contact with bacteria.This includes the bladder and the kidneys, as well as the ducts that carry urine.In younger people, a UTI typically makes itself known with symptoms that include a burning sensation while urinating, a frequent urge to go that produces very little output, pressure or pain in the abdomen, and urine that appears dark or cloudy and may smell odd.In older adults, however, these physical symptoms don\u2019t always appear.Instead, one of the signs that an older adult has developed a UTI can be the altered mental state and cognitive lapses that you observed in your friend.This presents a danger because a urinary tract infection that goes untreated can lead to serious problems, such as kidney damage or even sepsis.These so-called \u201csilent\u201d UTIs can present a grave threat to the health of older adults.UTIs tend to be more common in women than in men.This is due in part because the urethra, which carries urine from the bladder and out of the body, is shorter in women than in men.It\u2019s also located closer to the rectum, a potential source of bacteria.When it comes to the difference in symptoms between younger and older adults, the immune system is believed to play a role.As we age, our immune systems become less responsive.That means an infection can reach a more advanced state before the immune system responds and the symptoms of a UTI appear.For some older adults with a UTI, the ?rst symptom they notice is pain or an ache in the lower back.Unfortunately, that\u2019s a sign the infection has reached the kidneys.However, a UTI isn\u2019t the ?rst thing that most people think of when they begin to experience pain or discomfort in the lower back.The reasons are not yet completely clear as to why UTIs can lead to an altered mental status in older adults.One school of thought is that the surge in in?ammation that accompanies an infection may adversely affect the behavior of certain neurotransmitters, thus interfering with brain function.When an older adult suddenly exhibits altered mental status, a urinalysis can check for the presence of certain compounds in the urine that suggest a UTI.A urine culture will pinpoint the speci?c bacterial culprit.The good news is that antibiotics are an effective cure.Once patients with an infection complete their course of antibiotics, it\u2019s a good idea to get a follow-up urine culture a few days later.It will let them know whether or not the UTI has completely cleared up.MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2021 Today is the 340th day of 2021 and the 76th day of autumn.TODAY\u2019S HISTORY: In 1492, Christopher Columbus became the ?rst European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola, now the Dominican Republic and Haiti.In 1790, the U.S.Congress moved from New York City to Philadelphia.In 1877, the ?rst edition of The Washington Post was published.In 1957, two months after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the United States attempted to launch its ?rst satellite, but the Vanguard rocket exploded on the launch pad.TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS: Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918), poet; Ira Gershwin (1896-1983), lyricist; Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898-1995), photojournalist; Baby Face Nelson (1908-1934), criminal; Dave Brubeck (1920-2012), jazz pianist; Steven Wright (1955- ), comedian; Nick Park (1958- ), director/animator; Judd Apatow (1967- ), ?lmmaker; Craig Brewer (1971- ), ?lmmaker; Giannis Antetokounmpo (1994- ), basketball player.TODAY\u2019S FACT: The world\u2019s ?rst pediatric heart transplant (which was also the ?rst human-to-human heart transplant in the United States) was performed at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, on this day in 1967.TODAY\u2019S SPORTS: In 2003, after a loss to Navy, Army became the ?rst Division I college football team in history to ?nish the season 0-13.TODAY\u2019S QUOTE: \u201cThere is a ?ne line between ?shing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.\u201d - Steven Wright TODAY\u2019S NUMBER: 898 - steps to the top of the Washington Monument when it was completed on this day in 1884.(The bottom step was later converted to a wheelchair ramp, bringing the total to 897.) TODAY\u2019S MOON: Between new moon (Dec.4) and ?rst quarter moon (Dec.10).Date Book By Danny Seo Donating used items to charity is a great way to ?nd a new home for your old things, get a tax deduction and help a worthwhile nonpro?t raise funds.But not everything can be donated to charities, so it\u2019s best to ask before you drop off.In general, there are four categories of goods that are very dif?cult to donate and should either be recycled or sent to a land?ll.Mattresses and box springs, for example, are dif?cult to donate, since it is illegal in most states to refurbish or resell beds, for sanitary reasons.Used electronics have become very dif?cult to give, since prices have come down and functionality is constantly and rapidly evolving.It\u2019s best to take old electronics to stores like Best Buy, where they are collected and recycled.Immune system causes difference in UTI symptoms Do Just One Thing 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 Monday, December 6, 2021 Page 9 Homewrecking co-worker Dear Annie MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2021 Dear Annie: My husband of 19 years had an of?ce gathering at our home in mid-August.He has been at his job for 18 years and switched departments four years ago.I had never met any of the current team members due to my work schedule.One of his teammates, when introduced to me, grunted when she met me.My heart sank.As I worked my way around the room getting to know each one on an individual basis, I reminded this lady that I had waited on her at my part-time job.She told me she was aware of the encounter because my husband told her that I had sold her cigarettes.However, I had asked my husband before the party if he had said anything, and he said no.So he lied to me.After the party, I went through his phone, computer and phone bills.I discovered lots of private contact at all hours of the day and night.In my mind, they basically were having an affair.The messages were pet names such as \u201cbaby boo,\u201d \u201csugar britches\u201d and \u201cgood morning, sunshine.\u201d Worse yet, they told each other they loved each other.We are in therapy now, trying to repair the damage my husband has caused.When confronting the lady who tried to come between us, she stated that she wanted nothing to do with the drama in our house.I asked her why she was calling my husband by terms of endearment.My husband\u2019s friend used to date this lady.I did reach out to him and discovered that she has a long history of drinking and rehab.It\u2019s so sad that women chase married men like it\u2019s a game and a goal to wreck marriages.I would like your thoughts.- Brokenhearted in South Dakota Dear Brokenhearted: My thoughts are with you.I am so sorry that your husband lied to you about his relationship with another woman.But instead of blaming her, why not channel all that anger and frustration into your couples therapy sessions?He was the one who was married, not her.It takes two to tango, and blaming her for chasing after your husband is not the answer.The real answer is to get to the root of the problem in your relationship, to understand why he wanted to stray in the ?rst place.Or to understand that your husband is a cheating scoundrel - and move on.While it is easier to blame a person you barely know who is trying to ruin your marriage, the person you really know is your husband.Save your blame for him and see how, and if, you can repair your marriage.Dear Annie: The woman who wrote to you to say that she became friends with the ex-wife was very lucky.I tried so hard and was shut out.At one point, I wrote her a letter about everything we had in common, including loving the kids, and she threatened to sue me for harassment.The kids would have bene?ted from our being in partnership for their welfare, if for no other reason.- Sad in Lakewood Dear Sad in Lakewood: We cannot control other people\u2019s reactions to what we do, but we can control how we treat them.For the sake of the kids, it is always better for them to see their families get along rather than having them see exes ?ght and not get along.Dear Readers: Thank you for all your responses to \u201cLetting Go Is Hard to Do.\u201d We have undeniably wonderful parents among our readership.Here are two of my favorite letters.Dear Annie: This is in response to \u201cLetting Go Is Hard to Do,\u201d who was worried about the choices her daughter might be making at college after seeing a questionable bank transaction.I am also the mom of a college-age student.We have had a joint account ever since my son was a senior in high school.I made a promise to myself to not allow our joint checking accounts to be a way to peek into his world.Trust me, it is very hard not to look - especially when I am transferring money to his account.If his spending info pops up, I look away and put my hand over so I cannot see.It is a don\u2019t-see-don\u2019t-tell trust that I never told him I had in place.He is very independent, and if I\u2019d have questioned things, he would have started to mistrust me.There is always a way teens get around roadblocks; it\u2019s called taking cash out of the account and spending it that way or buying a Visa gift card with the cash.It gets easier as they get older to not look.I encourage you to think about why you need to look at how she spends her money.My son was no angel for a good four to ?ve years.But he trusts me now, and when the really hard/ big things come up, he comes to me for comfort and direction, and to ease his fears.Let a little more of the string go, and when your bird ?ies, you will be rewarded with trust and honesty.- Money and Trust Dear Annie: I want to be as polite as I can in this reply to the mom who\u2019s concerned about her 18-year- old daughter essentially just being an 18-year-old away at college.With all due respect, Letting Go - because you sound like a great mom and you seem to have a good bond with your daughter - maybe drop the \u201cGod\u2019s gift\u201d talk, stop thinking about what your religion teaches about birth control and just ask your kid if she\u2019s OK and let her know you\u2019re there to talk.She may not be as interested as you are in what God and your religious community\u2019s leadership thinks about her sex life.Meanwhile, here on Earth, you\u2019re both humans who love each other.Lead with that.In terms of sex addiction and so-called addictive behaviors, aka symptoms of a disease called addiction, which aren\u2019t \u201cbehaviors\u201d in an addict but rather compulsions, again, be honest.Talk about it head-on.Don\u2019t minimize it if you\u2019re truly worried.And if you\u2019re not, let her live her life and keep your opinions to yourself.You can either have a relationship that is close, honest and real or have some mix of hope, denial and religious idealism.But the half-measure of trying to have both almost guarantees the ?rst will be lost, which would be a shame.Keep your life between you and God, her life between you and her, and trust God to know how to handle the rest.God is too busy caring for billions of souls to really care much about birth control and sex toys.Take God\u2019s lead.- Dad of a Teen, Too \u201cAsk Me Anything: A Year of Advice From Dear Annie\u201d is out now! 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they can be found through experiences.\u201d This deal contains two key plays.One is not in the textbook and would be missed by almost everyone; the other is in every good defense opus.Can you spot these defenses in today\u2019s deal, where East-West are trying to defeat two spades after a predictable auction?West led the heart king and continued the suit when partner encouraged.East took trick two and led his other high heart, which South ruffed with his spade eight.West overruffed and shifted to the diamond jack, ducked to East\u2019s king.East tried another heart, but South ruffed with his spade seven, played a spade to the jack, returned to his hand, drew trumps and had the rest of the tricks with the diamonds 3-3.The contract had been made with an over- trick for a 93.3% board.West could have saved the overtrick and some 20% by not overruf?ng at trick three.In general, if you have a high trump honor that will always win a trick with some length in the suit, don\u2019t overruff.East missed a much harder defense.He could have defeated the contract if he had shifted to his club at trick three.Suppose declarer wins on the board and runs the spade jack.West takes that trick and gives his partner a club ruff.Now East leads his remaining high heart.South can ruff and draw trumps, but then he has no spades left.When East gets in with the diamond king, he can cash hearts.That would have given East-West an 80.0% score.* 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 "]