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[" Inside the UU Estrie church Page 4 \"THE\" - RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Tag?Enough already Matthew McCully - Page 6 75 CENTS + TAXES PM#0040007682 Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Crown says it could call as many as 300 witnesses at Hells trial in Montreal The Canadian Press Montreal A murder trial for five alleged Hells Angels began Monday with the Crown saying it might call as many as 300 witnesses.The trial is expected to last between 12 and 18 months.Yvon Tanguay, Claude Berger, Francois Vachon, Sylvain Vachon and Michel Vallieres are facing charges of murder and conspiracy.The Crown alleges the five took part in the biker war between 1994 and 2002 to help the Hells expand its turf and control the trafficking of drugs.They were arrested as part of a 2009 police operation called SharQc that netted more than 150 people, including 111 suspected members of the Hells.More than 100 of the accused pleaded out in the case, while a judge released another 31 in May 2011 due to unreasonable delays in the court proceedings.Two anglophones who are charged will have a trial in English, beginning in January.Several people wanted in the case are still on the lam and three accused have died since 2009.With files from Julie-Christine Gagnon, Co-geco nouvelles \"THE\" RECORD Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! sherbrookerecord n ® recordnewspaper University women headed back to school / « S» -List -0 yI\t\tp*' ¦\t1 ¦ ¦ ¦\tnl\tWSSmüé\t\t4 \u2014 - * i j £ v.J }~J \t\tJflpTJf yÈ\ty'\"\t^\t'+mJw \"I\t MATTHEW MCCULLY A group of students from the Canadian Federation of University Women attended a course at Champlain College in Sherbrooke on Monday afternoon to learn about the use of social media.By Matthew McCully Sherbrooke A group of 15 women from the Sherbrooke and district branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women started school yesterday at the Ontario Street campus of Champlain College.By the end of their nine-hour course, the group will have become social media mavens.Pierre Harvey, co-ordinator of business services and continuing education said the school was approached by CFUW member Heather Keith.\u201cWe would like to be able to com- municate with our grandchildren,\u201d he remembered Keith saying.She asked if the college could put together a course on the subject.\u201cThis is what continuing education has to be,\u201d Harvey said.\u201cIt has to answer to community needs.\u201d Harvey contacted Champlain professor Michel Cabana, who was able to build a program in two weeks.The nine-hour course will cover all aspects of social media, Cabana said, including security.\u201cHackers are a big problem,\u201d Cabana said, stressing the importance of choosing a secure password to avoid identity theft.The course will define timelines and news feeds, explain the difference between a post on a page and a private message, and teach the group how to adjust their account settings to keep their Facebook page as public or as private as they like.The Record interrupted the first day of class to find out what the group felt the biggest challenges were related to social media.\u201cI\u2019ve never tried it before,\u201d one woman answered.\u201cWe\u2019re pretty spotty on a few things,\u201d was another response.Cont\u2019d on Page 5 \tSPECIAL OFFER for Record Drint subscribers: Receive a full year\u2019s subscription to the online edition for only $5 with every new 12 month print subscription or renewal.Contact the office directly to take advantage of this offer.RECORD It is more up to date and compatible with the new modern devices To subscribe, go to www.sherbrookerecord.com, c\tclick on e-dition and follow the simple instructions.T online For information or assistance call 819-569-9528 billing@sherbrookerecord.com\t \t Page 2 Tuesday, August 11, 2015 newsroom@sherbrooker ecor d.com The Record 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 archives.Renew or take a new 12-month print subscription and get a 12-month online subscription for an additional $5 or purchase the online edition only for $82.21.Record subscription rates (includes Quebec taxes) 1 year print: $155.91 6 month print: $81.85 3 month print: $41.57 12 month web only: $82.21 1 month web only: $7.46 Web subscribers have access to the daily Record as well as archives and special editions.Subscribing is as easy as 1,2,3; go to: www.sherbrookerecord.com Click e-edition.Complete form and wait for an email activating your online subscription.Weather \tTODAY: SHOWERS \tHIGH 20 SUNRISE: 5:43 SUNSET: 8:02 J\tWEDNESDAY: SHOWERS \tHIGH 21 LOW 14 \tTHURSDAY: 40% CHANCE OF SHOWERS WÊ J\tHIGH 22 LOW 12 L- j| '1 J J J/l-a\tFRIDAY: RAIN HIGH 21 LOW 15 \tSATURDAY: MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD HIGH 26 LOW 12 Dreading back-to-school Dishpan Hands Sheila Quinn Baclc-to-school everything is in full swing.We are bombarded with commercials for all the things we apparently \u201cneed,\u201d and any advertiser that can possibly jump on the baclc-to-school-bargains-bandwagon is doing so.For some of you, that means an exciting time \u2014 new clothes, a new school bag, new shoes \u2014 after hardly wearing actual \u201cshoes\u201d for the entire summer, the old friends from the last school year likely no longer fit.Yup, lots of new stuff \u2014 new teacher, old friends, in ETSB schools, growing up for us that meant maybe a new kid in the class, or two.For some of you, all of this means other stuff.Maybe going back to school isn\u2019t something you\u2019re looking forward to at all.Maybe you feel worried about what it\u2019s going to be like.Maybe there are people you really don\u2019t feel like being around.maybe there are those \u201cghosts of years past\u201d that you would rather not have to contend with.That can weigh heavy, and it can alter how you feel every time you see one of those noisy, busy, somewhat obnoxious commercials.Sometimes school can feel like we\u2019re bogged down by someone else\u2019s definition of us.We feel like we lug that definition around like an encyclopedia all day long \u2014 like some stinky thing on a leash, attached to us.That can impact how we feel in class, how we learn, how we act around not just the person who used those words with us in the first place, but around a lot of people.sometimes around everyone.In there somewhere, among the commercial and definitions, the real \u201cus\u201d lives though \u2014 and believe it or not, as much as others can be awful, we can still push through all of that and rise above it - even if they carry on.We don\u2019t have to take on their words, we don\u2019t have to wear them and become them.Sounds easier said than done; doesn\u2019t it?In a way, it is.It is easier to say than do, because it really does require that we do something.We have decisions to make and resolutions to stick to \u2014 not the New Year\u2019s fluff that lasts three weeks, but the kind where we decide that the year is going to be different, because we are going to approach it differently, and then it will be.The crappy thing about how people treat us is that some people are always going to be jerks \u2014 and they\u2019re always going to have just a little edge on us.Most people have some kind of person who just pushes their buttons, or behaves in such a way that our reaction is to shrink, or to darken, to grow quiet, to just want to hide.School can be a challenging place, and back-to-school buzz can create an atmosphere where we feel like we have to have certain things or look a certain way in order to succeed.We may feel that the people who are teaching, guiding or leading us don\u2019t really know our reality, and maybe they really don\u2019t.That doesn\u2019t mean that we can\u2019t learn something from it all.Every year, no matter how it starts, unfolds or finishes, is ripe with possibility.The trick is to not shrink so far back into our own shadows that we miss out on them.Beware the wallowing \u2014 lurking around in our own misery can be a self-made trap, a comfortable, limited, icky thing that is started by someone else and carried on by ourselves.Most people who are nasty or miserable and hope to have an impact on others, just have to get something started \u2014 they don\u2019t have to even do a single thing if they start it off good and mean at the very beginning.The idea is that the person they preyed upon be able to maintain that awfiil feeling all by themselves.If a mean person is lucky, the person they focus on will think about that every time they see them, they won\u2019t even have to say anything.That\u2019s where the hard part comes in.because while a big part of surviving school has to do with having good, caring people who work at your school who will be there for you, it is also one of the most important times in terms of who you decide you are going to be, and who is going to have what kind of impact on you.And, the secret is, that you are always the one who controls that, even when it feels like you\u2019re not.Really and truly, it belongs to you and only you.That\u2019s not to say that how people treat us is our responsibility \u2014 that is fully theirs.How we respond to it really does, at the bottom of it all, belong to us.People can be full-on nasty, and when we work to manage how we feel inside their ways go from being like a monster to a mosquito.Yes, mosquitoes are annoying, sometimes very annoying \u2014 I wasn\u2019t going to say they are reduced to nothing, but they\u2019re a lot easier to live with.or squash.The other thing may be that you don\u2019t have all that you require to get off to a good start for the beginning of the school year.Maybe you\u2019re missing school supplies, or clothing and footwear.That makes those ads that much more difficult to watch \u2014 perhaps you\u2019re wondering how you\u2019re going to make that aspect of things happen, and you don\u2019t know how you\u2019re going to be prepared enough.Second-hand clothing shops are a great start, and if that is even a challenge, make a few phone calls \u2014 contact the school, the local CLSC, churches, resources like the Lennoxville and District Women\u2019s Centre or the volunteer centre that serves your area.Ask about services that are set up to help in that way.If you know of someone who volunteers with a group, ask them.Many organizations earmark funds to support people in the community, and back-to-school is an expensive experience.One phone call might not do it \u2014 it may require a few, but don\u2019t give up.Keep trying, and get this year off to as good a start as you can.If it doesn\u2019t work out, and in spite of making a series of phone calls you still don\u2019t manage to acquire what you think you need, make a point of meeting with someone at school at the very beginning of the year, or before, and explain this privately.You deserve the right start.If you are not experiencing what has been outlined in this column, but are returning to school, excited to see friends, happy about learning and a new year, perhaps keep an eye out for your peers who may not be feeling the glow quite the way that you are.Find out how you can help others have a more positive experience at school.A sense of belonging is one of the most important aspects of life, and often what impacts the way we feel about everything else.This isn\u2019t always easy, especially if someone has been struggling with some time with miserable peers or leadership - however, it is always worth the investment in time and energy to help that person through it, and can be life-changing for all involved.If you\u2019re reading this and you haven\u2019t been to school in ages, but would like to help out, open a phone book and look for your local schools.Find out how you can help out.Such a gesture can impact how an entire year feels.Ben by Daniel Shelton A/0, MAX! COMB BACK HBRB! NOW/ OR WHENEVER YOU FEEL- J LIKE IT- Ay^n,( The Record newsroom@sherbrooke record.com Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Page 3 .Local New Regional co-op \u2018Accelerator' calls for projects Record Staff Sherbrooke The regional co-operative creation accelerator has launched its first call for projects.Until Sept.8, promoters of job-creating co-operative projects are invited to submit their project on the website of the regional co-op development agency, CDR Estrie.Projects will be selected based on their potential for job and wealth creation in the region.Promoters will be invited to present their projects before a selection committee composed of regional development partners who will choose the projects that will be offered personalized mentoring by the accelerator.For a full year, the co-op accelerator will mobilize a variety of resources, both financial and professional in favor of selected projects.In addition to financial support that will facilitate startup and increase the credibility with other financial partners, the accelerator will provide developers with access to specialized resources (tax, accounting, specialized business development, and marketing) as well as specialized training courses.The accelerator\u2019s services also include a personalized follow-up by a mentor/ coach from the business community for a one-year period, as well as many opportunities in local and regional networking.It was from a desire to stimulate and accelerate the emergence of co-operatives that generate employment and wealth in the Eastern Townships that the Quebec federation of regional development co-operatives and the regional co-op development agency developed the accelerator.\u201cThe objective is really to target two or three promising projects and offer value-added to enable them to emerge and create jobs and wealth for the Estrie region quickly\u201d said CDR Estrie director general Janvier Cliche in a press release.To submit a project, potential applicants are invited to complete the form on CDR Es-trie\u2019s website (www.cdrestrie.coop) and file the required documents.Memphremagog palliative care unit renamed COURTESY In recognition of the longtime contribution of the Bannerman Foundation to the Memphremagog Hospital, the institution\u2019s palliative care unit has been renamed the Bannerman Palliative Care unit.Above, Memphremagog Hospital Foundation President Jacques Théorêt joins (left to right) Bannerman Foundation director Paul Bannerman, Palliative Unit Head Mette Compagna and Bannerman Foundation director Claude Lagacé to announce the new name.Election 2015: Only 69 days left Lyme disease survey Record Staff Sherbrooke The region\u2019s public health authority wants to know more about the public\u2019s level of awareness of Lyme disease in order to improve messages for the prevention of the rapidly spreading disease.To this end, the Public Health Department has put a questionnaire online designed to assess the perceptions of and attitudes towards the disease, designed by a team of medical students from the Faculty of Medicine at U de S.The form is online until Tuesday and the team hopes to reach at least 1,000 respon- dents.To encourage response, a contest is attached to the questionnaire in which participants have a chance to win a voucher for $50 at the Atmosphere sporting goods store.The questionnaire is available via the public health department\u2019s Facebook page.Concern about Lyme disease has been growing and eight cases have been confirmed since the beginning of the season and four more are still awaiting test results, more than in previous years.The analysis of survey responses will be made in the days after the questionnaire is taken down.Liberal, NDP anti terror strategy just \u2018dropping aid on dead people': Harper The Canadian Press Ottawa The Liberals and the NDP would fight insurgents overseas by doing little more than \u201cdropping aid on dead people,\u201d Stephen Harper said Monday as he doubled down on the Conservative party\u2019s tough-on-terror strategy.With this week\u2019s return of Mike Duffy promising another barrage of banner headlines and awkward campaign-trail questions, Harper struck a defiant tone as he defended putting Canada front and centre in the global fight against militants in Iraq and Syria.He showed a softer side, promising to take in 10,000 more refugees from both countries over the next four years and to spend $90 million to help protect artifacts and places of worship from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.But when talk turned to Canada\u2019s aggressive military approach, Harper\u2019s language grew sharp as he described how ISIL was engaged in \u201cmass slaughter at an alarming, lightning pace\u201d when the Conservative govern- ment got involved.\u201cIf your policy is humanitarian assistance without military support, all you\u2019re doing is dropping aid on dead people,\u201d he said during a campaign stop in Markham, Ont., describing the position of \u201cdiaspora groups\u201d in Canada.\u201cThat\u2019s not acceptable.We\u2019re a country that can contribute militarily and in a humanitarian sense, and we are doing both.\u201d Harper brushed off the criticisms of NDP Leader Tom Mul-cair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, who have rejected military action and called for Canada to stick to providing humanitarian aid.Offering safe haven to refugees simply isn\u2019t enough, he added.\u201cISIS, left to its own devices, will create millions \u2014 tens of millions \u2014 of refugees and victims on a monthly basis,\u201d Harper said.\u201cThat\u2019s why the international community intervened .President Obama and our allies felt we had no choice.\u201d Harper has been busy making headlines of his own so far this week, perhaps hoping to starve the rebooted Duffy trial of oxygen \u2014 star witness Nigel Wright, Harper\u2019s former chief of staff and the man responsible for a controversial $90,000 payment to the disgraced senator, takes the stand Wednesday.Harper said Monday that a re-elected Conservative government would bring in 10,000 additional religious minority refugees from Syria and Iraq, targeting refugees in the region who face persecution or the threat of extremist violence \u2014 a promise meant to woo voters in ethnic communities the Conservatives have long targeted.And when asked about his eyebrow-raising promise Sunday to impose an outright ban on travel to regions controlled by terror groups, Harper repeated the day\u2019s sound bite of choice, saying such travel is \u201cnot a human right.\u201d Political posturing, Trudeau scoffed during a morning event in Montreal, calling the idea a distraction meant to draw attention away from the Conservatives\u2019 dismal economic record.\u201cCanada is a country that respects people\u2019s rights,\u201d Trudeau said.\u201cAnd any time a government chooses to limit those rights, it has to be able to answer very direct and complete questions about why it\u2019s necessary, about how it will work, about what the clear plan is, and Mr.Harper has done none of that.\u201d NDP Leader Tom Mulcair began the day in Toronto, attending a book-signing event that had been scheduled long before the election campaign was.Politics, however, stood up and demanded attention.Friendly protesters armed with banners stood up and confronted the NDP leader about his position on the Energy East pipeline, demanding to know if he would oppose the project if it proved incompatible with national action on climate change.Sure, Mulcair replied.\u201cThat\u2019s what the whole purpose of coming in with a new system is: to make sure that we take into account climate change whenever we analyze a project.\u201d The New Democrats were also expected to announce later in the day which of the proposed leaders\u2019 debates Mulcair would be participating in.The party has already said it won\u2019t take part in any debates that don\u2019t include the prime minister.Harper also made a multi-million-dollar pledge Monday to fund groups that are trying to protect places of worship and religious artifacts targeted by ISIL.The Conservatives want to spend $9 million over three years on the project through a fund overseen by the Office of Religious Freedom that the Conservatives created in 2013.Earlier this year, the Conservative government made a similar commitment to resettle 10,000 refugees from the war-torn Middle East, but has steadfastly refused to say how many people have actually been allowed in thus far.The prime minister said his latest refugee target would give priority to religious minorities threatened with persecution of extremist violence.\u201cA re-elected Conservative government will continue to champion religious freedom and the protection of religious minorities as a pillar of Canadian foreign policy,\u201d Harper said. Page 4 Tuesday, August 11, 2015 newsroom@sherbrooker ecor d.com The Record \t jLh Who\u2019s who in the pews UU Estrie seeking spiritual community Gordon Lambie Sherbrooke When looking to interview local religious and spiritual communities in the Eastern Townships, the decision of where to start presents an interesting challenge.Like trying to buy apples at the grocery store, there seem to be too many options that, at a quick glance, all seem remarkably similar.While each community, like each apple, will have its own flavours and particularities once \u201ctasted,\u201d it\u2019s hard to form an opinion based on a quick glance.Consider, then, the Unitarian Univer-salists in North Hatley.In their own words, the group describes itself as a \u201cdynamic, welcoming, free thinking, multi generational spiritual community committed to universal sacred values.\u201d Those values assert a firm belief in respect for each person, a call for social justice and peace, and an acceptance of great diversity of possible understandings of truth and meaning in the world.Rev.Carole Martignacco, who serves as minister for the community, called the Unitarian Universalists a gathering of liberal thinkers.\u201cI think if you were to come down to one basic characteristic, it\u2019s a belief in the freedom of religion,\u201d Martignacco said.\u201cReligionism is a choice.You can- not impose belief on someone else, but we are all on a spiritual journey.We come together as a community to share what that journey is for us and learn from each other.\u201d The Minister described the local community as a gathering of 30-40 people from diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds.While some would identify themselves as Christian, she said that others are from Jewish or Buddhist traditions.No matter the background or personal belief, however, these people come together to support each other in seeking what ever kind of spiritual understanding they each hold.Though not necessarily the highest-profile church in the area, Martignacco said that the Unitarian Universalist community has been active since the mid-1800s.\u201cA lot of people may not know that universalists have been in the area for at least a century and a half or more,\u201d the minister said, describing the group as having grown out of an opposition to classic \u201chellfire and brimstone\u201d preaching of the time.\u201cSome of our history comes from Uni-tarianism in England and in Eastern Europe, but it\u2019s evolved to be a more interfaith welcoming of the entire span of possible religious beliefs.\u201d Today the community, UU Estrie, operates both locally and as a member congregation in the Canadian Unitarian Council, a national organization of Unitarian congregations across the country.Asked about the work that UU Estrie does in the area, Martignacco stressed the community\u2019s focus on human rights and social justice.Putting their energy into education work, the minister said that the congregation has a history of inviting guest speakers to the area with an expertise in various causes.\u201cWe celebrate people in the community who are doing good work,\u201d Martignacco said.\u201cI call it the church of the future; we come together on themes of RACHEL GARBER Rev.Carole Martignacco, Heather Lewis, Phyllis Baxter, Debra Fougere and Janet Cowan Weber at a meeting last spring in UUEstrie's Stoddard Hall.Rev.Carole is holding a banner that depicts a flaming chalice, the international symbol of Unitarian Universalism.¦ THE* RECORD \u201cThe only English daily newspaper in the Eastern Townships\u20191 For a 7-day free trial online, go to: www.sherbrookerecord.com, click on e-edition, then click on Free Trial and fill in the information.You will receive confirmation that your online subscription is activated.common value and meaning.\u201d Given the Unitarians\u2019 principle of universal acceptance, it would be easy to imagine that the community enjoys a great deal of support.While not suggesting that the church has any opponents, Martignacco said that the community is not without its challenges.\u201cOur culture today makes survival for small churches very difficult,\u201d the minister said.\u201cFor people to take time out of their super-busy lives, and with so much vying for their attention on any day of the week, many families find Sunday morning is the only time they have for a leisurely breakfast.Who can argue with family time?We are challenged now to find new ways of doing church, and new ways of bringing that vehicle that religion has always been for making meaning to people that are challenged time-wise.\u201d Stating that the church is looking particularly at reaching out to those individuals who identify as having a personal spirituality without feeling drawn to a particular religion, Martignacco explained that sometimes the very openness that is at the heart of the community\u2019s identity can be its biggest challenge.\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit like a one room school-house, with people at all different levels and stages,\u201d the minister said.\u201cPeople covenant to support each other and learn somehow to deepen their tolerance and acceptance of diversity so that diversity is not divisive but delightful.That\u2019s the goal, in all relationships the closer you get the harder the work becomes.\u201d As the church works toward that goal, Martignacco says that the community is seeing growth and increasing diversity.As an example she said that more young families have joined in the last year.\u201cI think we\u2019re seeing the results of a community and interfaith outreach program,\u201d the minister said.\u201cPeople still long for those ways of making meaning (.) I think it is intensely committed work that we are doing.\u201d THERE FOR YOU 24-HOURS A DAY, 7-DAYS A WEEK, WHEREVER YOU ARE! PRINT iPADS/TABLETS iPHONES COMPUTERS Subscriptions: 819-569-9528 \u2022 billing@sherbrookerecord.conn RACHEL GARBER A child dedication led by Rev.Carole Martignacco in UUEstrie's wood-paneled church building in North Hatley. The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Tuesday, August 11, 2015 Page 5 Another successful Missisquoi County Fair By Claudia Villemaire Record Correspondent Bedford T|hey are still adding up the numbers at this Fair office.With four days of perfect weather and activities and events to please all ages, Missisquoi County Fair organizers are already talking about attendance records being surpassed on a daily basis.Last year\u2019s attendance hovered round the 17,000 mark, but in the office where final calculations are tallied, the consensus was that record would be surpassed by a large margin.\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe the lineup at the gate on Sunday,\" said Kayla, still counting attendance results Monday afternoon.\u201cThey sent me out to help at the ticketing booth Sunday and the line-up stretched a long way back down the street leading to the gate,\u201d she described.With new events such as the blacksmith competition and the War of 1812 re-enactment battle, the town\u2019s 150th anniversary luncheon on Sunday and the variety of pulls (both mechanized and with horses), the demolition derby, this year\u2019s event will go on record as the high point of a long struggle up from several lean years when the future of this oldest of local fairs didn\u2019t look very promising.Richard Grimard, in his second term as president, could barely contain his elation as he watched thousands of children arriving by the busload on Friday, kids\u2019 and seniors\u2019 day.His beloved poultry project was soon transformed into the most popular spot on the grounds.\u201cWe have incubators and so far, the timing has been pretty good, allowing children to watch a baby chick or duckling tap its way through the egg shell.The kids are not intimidated by these tiny balls of fluff and they soon forget about the large rooster nearby that frightened them at first.\u201d The VKR Farm exhibit with their herefords, Shorthorns and three donkeys (Molly, Surprise and the newest addition, Arthur) with the Robinson family still participating after nearly 65 years exhibiting at this fair.\u201cOh yes, Mom and I cook up a storm of cookies and squares and such things to show, I do a little sewing and gardening, we grow flowers too and each year it\u2019s always the same - planning what ever the project might be so that it\u2019s good enough to take to the fair,\u201d Ruth says, her quiet smile giving no indication of the long hours of preparation for so many years.At another stable, a buzz of folks and kiddies were gathered around an Alpaga display.Lyne St-Hilaire and Alain Guimet brought out their friendly, fleecy animals, set up stables and shop and while Alain introduced visitors to these friendly beasts, Lyne was busy at her spinning wheel, forming the strands she is so expert at turning into colorful garments of all kinds.In the arena, crafts, artisans, fruits, vegetables, homebaking foods, jams, jellies and pickles were on display.Fair visitors lingered here enjoying the booths and kiosks as well as the refreshing cool atmosphere.Beauce Carnaval provided just the right number of rides to keep young people lining up again and again, tractors and farm equipment attracted a steady stream of youngsters, climbing, sitting on the seat and pretending to drive, hands clasped on steering wheels, peeking out to see where their pretend trip was taking them.Kids were handed balloons and free pony rides, seniors travelled from strategically placed park benches, munching on fair foods not usually available to them, parents tried to keep track of gamboling groups of youngsters and organizers simply smiled with satisfaction.\u201cWe are very pleased with the support we have had from local businesses, volunteers and of course, the huge numbers of people who came to our fair.We are definitely back on track and our plans hopefully will bring even better inormation about agriculture and entertainment.\u201d president Grimard said, \u201cEveryone worked very hard and we have no complaints, just good words of encouragement from the public,\u201d he concluded.^ \\ ¦ » \u201c r CLAUDIA VILLEMAIRE There were attractions of all sizes at last weekend\u2019s Bedford fair.Top: One of the many tractors on display at last weekend\u2019s event.Bottom: A child feeds a small animal at the fair.Massey-Vanier golf tourney raises les Aim.(S or rj/issecf PAYERA L'ORDRE DE Cjuodrc milk cinq HJRTESY The 37th edition of the Massey-Vanier Classic, held on June 25 at the Cowansville Golf Club, raised over $34,000 for the two schools.Standing around the novelty cheque are (back row, left to right) Richard Staples, Dave Scott (Vice Principal, Massey-Vanier High School), Bill Duke (Duke CPA Inc.),r (middle row left to right) Joe Michel (Chemrec), Douglas Johnston (JFS Group), Normand Phaneuf (Prinicpal, École secondaire Massey-Vanier), (front row, left to right) Helene Sactouris (Desjardins) and Johanne Coiteux (National Bank Financial).Antique machinery show in Compton Record Staff Sherbrooke Once again this year the Eastern Townships Antique Machinery Club will be holding its annual exhibition of machines and objects from rural life of long ago.The 2015 gathering will take place Saturday and Sundary at the Fromagerie de la Station, on Route 208 in Compton.\u201cThis synergy between the gathering of collectors of machines and tools tied to rural this weekend life in the first half of the 20th century and the summer business activities of La Fromagerie will be mutually beneficial to our respective businesses in this tourist period,\u201d the club said in a press release issued on Sudnay.Admission to the exhibition sites is $5 per person or $10 for a family.The event also features an auction on the afternoon of Saturday, August 16, at 4 p.m.followed by a barbecue at 6 p.m.at $17 per person.CFUW Cont\u2019d from Page 1 One of the biggest concerns mentioned by the women was privacy, and understanding who sees what on Facebook and other social media.\u201cThere\u2019s a gap in information,\u201d they said, explaining that while signing up on social media may be easy enough, knowing how to use the tools safely and effectively is important.With a mandate to promote education, the CFUW took the bull by the horns, wanting to learn the dos and don\u2019ts of social media for themselves in order to communicate with the grandkids, but also to share information on the recently created CFUW Facebook page. Page 6 Tuesday, August 11, 2015 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record \tTt\tnu\trn\tPAJ\tD) T\tr a it\tFeeling blue?There's a meme for that.Over tired?There's a recipe for that.Mad at \t\tU1\tL1\tL Ü1\tK1\t\tthe world?There's a petitioner that.Matthew McCully and the greater good More platitudes please By Matthew McCully If I see one more rainbow shooting out of a translucent well of eternal happiness, I\u2019m going to quit Face-book.Again.And then I\u2019ll come back.Again.And rejig, and then be bombarded with posts about climate change, and more government lies uncovered, and palm oil, and sport hunting.Is anyone else having trouble finding balance on social media?How is it possible to be in complete control of our newsfeeds, our notifications, our event invites, and still feel completely out of whack?Too many kittens, not enough puppies.Exhaustion from vicarious vacationing.So many causes, so little time.Click here, that\u2019s activism, don\u2019t click there, that\u2019s slactivism, share this or you hate unicorns.The other day my phone vibrated in my pocket, and it was the equivalent of a tap on the shoulder, only to turn around and get slapped in the face by a total stranger.Happy Monday, guess what, the world is running out of water and it\u2019s your fault, sign my petition or get off the planet.Maybe you have to be over 30 years old to remember the days of only having a handful of friends, and seeing everything they posted.A status update per day at most.Now, accepting a friend is a two-step process.Accept, and then lock it down.Don\u2019t poke me or tag me, it makes me feel like a deer draped over a car during hunting season.Sorry, but I can\u2019t follow you, I can\u2019t risk being outraged by something you post and then starting a thread.Who came up with the word thread to describe the list of comments?It\u2019s brilliant.It\u2019s like an expensive sweater you just bought with that one little thread sticking out under the armpit.Give it a tug, get a friend to help, come on, it\u2019s almost at the end.How\u2019d that work out for you?Topless, and holding a ball of yarn.Even the comment with the best intentions will shoot you in the foot.Say you comment on a post, hey, that was re- ally offensive and inappropriate.Do you know what your friends see?So and so commented on this (big flashing arrow pointing down) offensive and inappropriate joke.Do people read the comment?Nope.Do they read the joke?Of course.Oof, this milk is sour, taste it and see for yourself.Here\u2019s my biggest problem.Somehow, in my conservative social media participation, mostly as a voyeur, I ended up engineering what I see keeps repeating the same message.You\u2019re a hot mess.I must read 20 memes per day telling me not to worry about being different, just take it one day at a time, if people don\u2019t understand me, it\u2019s their problem.And then there are the lists.Seven habits of healthy people.The 12 ways you are your own worst enemy.The 30 things you need to know about dealing with introverts (because you\u2019re an introvert).I think that was actually a suggested post from Faceboolc, based on an algorithm that scanned my photo albums and discovered I own an unhealthy number of hoodies.Where did all the College Humour posts go?More kittens or puppies or horses.No, sorry, you\u2019re past that point now.Faceboolc had to bring in the big guns.You need Confucius, maybe even Buddha to set you on the right path.I like a sunset and a shoreline as much as the next guy, but when I see words of wisdom across a landscape in an enchanting old timey font, I can\u2019t help but cringe.Didn\u2019t Kevin Costner say that in Field of Dreams?I think that\u2019s a line from a Britney Spears song.Time is not passing like the waves in my ocean.My ocean is fine.01c, my ocean is polluted, but it\u2019s completely my fault.I\u2019m pretty sure none of the seven habits of healthy people include reading lists on Faceboolc.Feeling blue?There\u2019s a meme for that.Over tired?There\u2019s a recipe for that.Mad at the world?There\u2019s a petition for that.I think the trappings of social media, which I also refer to as the prison I built around myself, are a reflection of what RECORD 1195 Galt East, Sherbrooke, Quebec JIG 1Y7 Fax: 819-821-3179 e-mail: newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Website: www.sherbrookerecord.com Sharon McCully Publisher .(819)\t569-9511 John Edwards News Editor.(819)\t569-6345 Stephen Blake Corresp.Editor .(819)\t569-6345 Serge Gagnon Chief Pressman.(819)\t569-9931 DEPARTMENTS Accounting.(819)\t569-9511 Advertising .(819)\t569-9525 Circulation .(819)\t569-9528 Newsroom .(819)\t569-6345 ICnowlton office 5B Victoria Street, ICnowlton, Quebec, JOE 1V0 Tel: (450) 242-1188 Fax: (450) 243-5155 PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS GST PST TOTAL Quebec:\t1 year\t135.60\t6.78\t13.53\t$15 5.91 6 months\t71.19\t3.56\t7.10\t$81.85 3 months\t36.16\t1.81\t3.60\t$41.57 ON-LINE SUBSCRIPTIONS Quebec:\t1 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all remember that the barefoot monk that walked through the forest and found inner peace actually walked through the forest to find it.He didn\u2019t just like a Photoshopped post and transcend.AP PHOTO/WILSON RING gw Picture of the Day People place flowers, Sunday at the site where Vermont social worker Lara Sobel was killed on Friday in Barre, Vt.About 300 people attended a vigil that began at a labor hall and ended at the site where Sobel was shot Friday as she left work.Jody Herring, the woman charged with Sobel\u2019s death, was in court yesterday. 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