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[" How fair is the Fair Elections Act?Guest Editorial - Page 6 \"THE\" - RECORD The voice of the Eastern Townships since 1897 Football wins for Gaiters and Cougars Sports - Page 8 Giant pumpkins come to Lennoxville -.1SÊÊÊM gt, MATTHEW MCCULLY Mike McDonald poses with his 1,203-pound (545-kilogram) pumpkin, the winner of the weigh-in at Sunday's Lennoxville Giant Pumpkin and Harvest Festival.75 CENTS + TAXES That sinking feeling in your stomach: local play reflects on Lac-Megantic tragedy By Gordon Lambie Lac-Megantic It is no easy task to take on the role of mirror for a community that has gone through a major disaster; balancing the drama of storytelling to the point where it can captivate an audience without mocking or exaggerating the events that took place.This is the task that Sherbrooke\u2019s Theatre des Petites Lanternes took on in its newest Great Harvest of Words project, based in the Granit regional county municipality.Comme un grand trou dans le ventre, or That Sinking Feeling in Your Stomach took to the stage for the first time in the Auditorium of Lac-Megantic\u2019s Polyvalente Montignac high school on Friday night for a full audience of over 400.\u201cWe wanted to give people a voice, but also be an accurate reflection,\u201d said TPL artistic director Angèle Séguin, explaining that catharsis and community healing is a major component of the model on which this and past word harvests has been built.\u201cWe wanted people to feel like they were heard.\u201d As in past word harvest projects, the people of the region were called upon to participate in a number of interactive public workshops that allowed them to anonymously share their thoughts, feelings and recollections about their lives and hometowns.Participants in the workshops were asked to reflect on the theme of \u201crepères.\u201d Translated directly into English the word is \u201cbenchmark,\u201d meaning the standard to which something is measured, but in the French term covers a much broader spectrum and can be defined as an event that results in a before-and-after feeling; something that will always be remembered.Cont\u2019d on Page 5 PM#0040007682 By Matthew McCully Lennoxville The Giant Pumpkin and Harvest Festival, now in its 25th year, took place on Sunday behind the fire station in Lennoxville.The winner of the heaviest pumpkin contest was defending champion Mike MacDonald of Sherbrooke, whose pumpkin weighed in at 1,203 pounds (545 kilograms) this year.Last year\u2019s winner was even bigger, at 1,534 pounds (696 kg), MacDonald said.So how did he do it?\u201cThe secret is I have no secret,\u201d MacDonald laughed.Working as a dairy farmer, MacDon- Monday, September 28, 2015 aid said his pumpkin patch is conveniently placed between his home and his cows, so he can easily stop off and check on the pumpkins.The festival has been growing in popularity each year, as has the size of the pumpkins, MacDonald said.Cont\u2019d on Page 7 ¦ THE ¦ RECORD GET a 7 DAY TRIAL ONLINE script10*1- Take The Record anywhere with you with an online subscription! iPads, tablets, iPhones, Android phones, laptops! For a free 7 day trial, go to www.sherbrookerecord.com, click on e-dition, then Free Trial and fill in the information.For information or assistance call 819-569-9528 billing@sherbrookerecord.com Abenakis hoping for a double RECORD RECORD Study panel recommends keeping school board elections Page 2 Monday, September 28, 2015 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.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 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 $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: 1.\tVisit the Record website: www.sherbrookerecord.com 2.\tClick e-edition.3.\tComplete the form and wait for an email activating your online subscription.Weather TODAY: MAINLY SUNNY HIGH 22 SUNRISE: 6:42 SUNSET: 6:34 TUESDAY: SHOWERS HIGH 25 LOW 9 .^3 jjjj) WEDNESDAY: PERIODS OF RAIN HIGH 14 LOW 2 \\*i h -i THURSDAY: SUNNY HIGH 16 LOW-2 1JV FRIDAY: SUNNY HIGH 13 LOW-1 From the ETRC Archives From Cardboard to Cameras: the Life of Newton Brookhouse Lennoxvtt.t.f.Newton Brookhouse was born Newton Backhouse in 1849 at Castletown, Lancashire, U.K.While in England, Brookhouse worked in the paper industry with his brother as a cardboard maker.Backhouse made two trips to his future nation before settling permanently in Canada sometime in 1881 or 1882 with his wife Mary Partington and his two sons, Reginald and Wilfred.The change of residence gave Backhouse a convenient opportunity to change his family name to \u201cBrookhouse.\u201d The family settled in the Eastern Townships where he took possession of the Mitchell farm on Lake Memphrema-gog in Georgeville.While working as a farmer, Brookhouse also co-owned a machine shop with H.G.Duncalf until they sold it to J.B.Pearse in 1891.Although Brookhouse always maintained his Georgeville farm, known as Grangehurst, he is first mentioned as a photographer in the Stanstead Journal in 1891 and it was not long before he was well-known for his photography.Brookhouse fell in love with the Townships and its people, forever preserving their memory in his pictures.His skill with a camera allowed him to capture that which he loved as the scenery around Lake Mempremagog became the setting for many of his outdoor shots.Brookhouse died in 1917, at the age of 68, but his legacy is not lost and remains today in spectacular photographic form.The Eastern Townships Resource Centre is excited to highlight Brookhouse\u2019s photographic talent in our newest exhibition, titled Newton Brookhouse: Pioneer in Townships Photography.This fascinating exhibition can be visited from Sept.27 to Nov.8 at the Beaulne Museum in Coaticook, which is open Tuesday to Sunday, 1 p.m.to 4 p.m.The ETRC also thanks John M.Scott for sharing his research on the life of Newton Backhouse/Brookhouse.Jody Robinson, Archivist 819-822-9600, ext.2261 etrc2@ubishops.ca .\u2022 \u2014¦\txwm ALL PHOTOS FROM ETRC ARCHIVES K 25*3 SîiP; :.'v Art wgm UPS®* Ben by Daniel Shelton AS SOON AS SOMEONE IN THIS FAMILYGETS A COLE WE , ALL OET W ^ / THATS > LECAUSE WE'RE SO , CLOSE j The Record newsroom@sherbrooke record.com Monday, September 28, 20 15 Page 3 ^QCAI An online survey posted at santeestrie.qe.ca allows citizens to test their knowledge of users\u2019 rights.Awareness campaign aims to put focus on health and social services users' rights COURTESY CIUSSS DE L\u2019ESTRIE-CHUS Jr//,.: Patricia Gauthier, Normand Bernier, and Madelaine Houde of the Val Saint-François Users\u2019 Committee.Record Staff Sherbrooke This week is Quebec Users\u2019 Rights Week and to mark the occasion, the CEO of the elegantly named CIUSSS de l\u2019Estrie-CHUS, Patricia Gauthier, accompanied by representatives of the institution\u2019s users\u2019 committees kicked off a new awareness campaign on the rights of health and social services clients.This campaign, called \u201cA Dozen Rights,\u201d aims to improve awareness among current users, the public, and members of staff.The annual regional campaign is launched within the framework of the Provincial user rights Week of which takes place from now until Oct.2.\u201cWe wanted to go further than to just speak extensively of user rights for a week because at the CIUSSS de l\u2019Estrie-CHUS, our desire is that the promo- tion and respect of users\u2019 rights take place 365 days a year,\u201d Gauthier said.The institution\u2019s users committee chairman, Normand Bernier, points out that from birth to death, everybody uses health and social services.\u201cThe user is not only the patient, but also pregnant women, the injured worker, the growing child, the teenager in trouble, and the elderly person with reduced autonomy.It is important, and the responsibility of everyone to know his rights as a user because, at one time or another in our life course, we use the care and services of the network.\u201d An online survey posted at santeestrie.qe.ca allows citizens to test their knowledge of users\u2019 rights.The promotional campaign, which is visually represented by a hand holding a dozen roses, focuses on 12 rights contained in the Health Services Act and social services, including the right to be informed, the right to consent to or refuse a treatment or service, the right to participate in decisions, the right of access to his user file, the right to be accompanied, assisted, and represented, and the right to lodge a complaint.Gauthier says respect the rights of users is of paramount importance in an institution that has maintains values of hu- manism, commitment, and adaptability.\u201cIt is undeniable to me that it is the interrelationship between staff, doctors, users and residents committees, community rights organizations, the complaints and quality of services commissioner and users can improve, continuously the care and services offered to the population,\u201d Gauthier concluded.Users of the health and social services network in the Eastern Townships, including the territories of La Pommeraie and Haute-Yamaska, are invited to use all the forums available to users to express themselves, whether it be the users and residents committees, the complaints and the quality of services commissioner, suggestion boxes, board meetings and above all, the administrative and clinical staff at their local facilities.Townships grandmother bound for Africa SUPPLIED Æ ET MOTHER \\ grand ,£ower mother Jane Patrick (at left) with her cousins, Barbara Hamilton of Toronto (centre) and Martha Lee ofKanata, Ont.All three are members of the Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign.By Gordon Lambie Sherbrooke This coming Thursday Jane Patrick is going to be leaving on a trip unlike any she has ever taken before.Acting on behalf of the Stephen Lewis Foundation\u2019s Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign, the 80-year-old Townshipper will be getting on a plane that will take her first to Washington, D.C., then to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and finally to Entebbe, Uganda.There, she will join grandmothers from across the United Kingdom and Canada in attending a massive gathering of people from all across the African continent.\u201cThey call it a convening,\u201d Patrick said.\u201cThere\u2019ll be about 1000 African grandmothers there and there\u2019ll be 22 of us.\u201d The traveller is a part of a group called the Townships Grandmothers who, along with 300 other groups across Canada, work to raise funds and awareness for the Stephen Lewis Foundation\u2019s battles against AIDS in Africa.To explain the connection between grandmothers and AIDS in Africa, one need only turn to the Stephen Lewis Foundation\u2019s website.\u201cAfrican grandmothers are central to the life of their communities, \u201ca description on the site explains.\u201cWith almost no support, they have stepped forward to care for millions of chil- dren orphaned by AIDS, sometimes as many as 10 to 15 in one household.TTiey display astonishing reserves of love, courage and emotional resilience, even while grieving the loss of their own adult children.\u201d The foundation has been working to combat AIDS in Africa directly since its foundation in 2003, and has been working to support African grandmothers since 2006.According to Patrick, she founded the group she is now a part of on the western end of the Townships in 2008 after being inspired by the message and the work of various local and national groups on the matter.\u201cI heard about the AIDS conference in Toronto,\u201d the grandmother recalled, stating that her inspiration just built the more she read about the issue.Now, she said, she just wants to work to let people in the world know what\u2019s going on.\u201cPeople tend not to believe it,\u201d she added.Patrick will be Quebec\u2019s only representative at the convening and one of only a handful from the eastern end of Canada.Together with the other representatives she will spend ten days in Uganda receiving briefings, participating in workshops, and touring some of the projects that the foundation is supporting on the ground.\u201cPeople all ask if I\u2019m going on safari,\u201d Patrick said.\u201cIt\u2019s mostly business, there\u2019s not much time for anything else.\u201d The convening itself is only set to take three of the ten days, but events and engagements have been scheduled such that the grandmother said she does not expect there to be much free time outside of the mission itself.\u201cIt\u2019s not just getting together for fun,\u201d Patrick said, \u201cit\u2019s getting together to get something done.\u201d Asked if she had any concerns about the trip, Patrick said that she had been unsure about whether the organizers would let her go, given that she just turned 80.That concern, however, was unfounded, as no one has questioned her fitness to travel in the slightest.The experience being brand new for her, the grandmother shared that she expects the trip to be a life-changing experience.\u201cIt\u2019s going to be an adventure no matter how much they tell us about it in advance,\u201d Patrick said.\u201cI\u2019m just trying to keep in shape, eat well and get lots of sleep.\" Patrick added that she has made a commitment to engage in 12 different presentations on what she experienced over the year to follow the trip with various local groups and organizations.Anyone wanting to know more about the Townships Grandmothers can reach Patrick either by phone (450-538-5294) or e-mail (jane-ham412@gmail.com).Rte.220 accident injures 3 Record Staff * two-vehicle collision in-jured three people, in-A.\\cluding a pregnant woman and a 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NDP, Tories hit homegrown hot button issues ahead of next leader\u2019s debate By Murray Brewster The Canadian Press Ottawa All three main federal parties concentrated on homegrown, hot-but-ton issues and largely kept their foreign policy powder dry ahead of the next leader\u2019s debate.New Democrats put themselves squarely in the spotlight with Tom Mul-cair outlining, in broad strokes, the party\u2019s plan to address climate change.But in a half-hour long question and answer session with party members and the media, he forcefully reiterated his case to repeal two signature pieces of the Harper government\u2019s security and anti-terror agenda.Not to be outdone, the Conservatives rolled out two cabinet ministers to take shots at the Liberals over Justin Trudeau\u2019s suggestion his party would scrap some aspects of the mandatory minimum sentencing law, another marquee piece of legislation for a government that paints itself as tough on crime.Tony Clement and Julian Fantino, speaking in Vaughan, Ont., also went after Trudeau for interview comments earlier in the weekend where he was quoted as saying deficits are a way of measuring economic growth and success of a government.Both ministers, additionally, piled on the $146 billion costing of the Liberal platform, released Saturday in Ottawa, saying it would \u201cdestabilize\u201d the economy.Trudeau and Conservative Leader Stephen Harper were both off the campaign trail in anticipation of Monday\u2019s foreign policy debate.Mulcair, in Toronto to talk climate change, gave a taste of how acrimonious the exchange could get by accusing the Conservatives of holding back until the middle of the election campaign on the plan to strip the citizenship of the convicted Toronto 18 terror ringleader.Zalcaria Amara, a Jordanian-Cana-dian, had his Canadian citizenship formally revoked under Bill C-24, controversial legislation passed in the spring.\u201cThis is Mr.Harper strutting his stuff for his right-wing base,\u201d Mulcair said.\u201cThis is a game being played on the backs of all Canadians who have different origins than \u2018old stock Canadians\u2019 and I\u2019m going to stand up against it.\u201cI find it lamentable that in a free and democratic society, someone takes joy in saying that we\u2019re going to have two levels of citizenship.A Canadian is a Canadian is a Canadian.\u201d He repeated earlier pledges to repeal and rewrite parts of C-24 \u2014 known as the Strengthening Citizenship Act \u2014 in particular the revocation and intent-to-re-side clauses that have become the subject a constitutional challenge.Mulcair also said an NDP government would repeal Bill C-51, the government\u2019s lightning rod surveillance bill, during the first session of a new Parliament.\u201cWe know the safest societies are those that protect and defend the rights and freedoms of their citizens,\u201d he said.All of that is potentially grist for Monday\u2019s debate.Earlier in the day Sunday, Fantino took questions on the Amara case and kept his sights firmly locked on Trudeau, who is also in favour of scrapping portions of C-24.Cont\u2019d on Page 7 Megantic play Cont\u2019d from Page 1 According to Séguin, who wrote the final script from the elements brought together through the workshops, nearly 1,000 residents of Lac-Megantic engaged with the process in one way or another.TPL was invited to engage the region in the word harvest not long after the initial tragedy in 2013 by representatives of the local health and community services based on work they had done on a similar project in Haiti following that country\u2019s devastating earthquake in 2010.Workshops in the Granit region began roughly one year ago and the harvest came in, so to speak, this past January.Since that time Séguin and her creative team have been engaged in the production of the work that has become That Sinking Feeling in Your Stomach.Drawing on that notion of \u201crepères,\u201d the play follows four main charaters through a before-during-after plot structure that, unlike in a Hollywood disaster film, makes no effort to pretend that Lac-Megantic was a perfect little town prior to the explosion that killed 47 of its native souls.On the contrary, Séguin said that part of the focus of the piece is how tragedy highlights, emphasizes and mingles with the traumas we\u2019ve already lived in our lives to shape our futures.\u201cThe show speaks of the tragedy, but it also touches on many other personal tragedies,\u201d the artistic director said.\u201cThat is what we saw in the booklets.\u201d But for two background lines in English, the action takes place entirely in French and revolves around the lives of those living in and around the community of Lac-Megantic at the time of the derailment in the summer of 2013.Despite that focus, however, the themes of the stories that intertwine throughout the play are relatable to anyone living in the Eastern Townships.Having been drawn directly from the hearts and minds of the people living this realisty, the play reflects in a very real and tangible way on the challenges facing many small rural communities today in addition to the distinct fears that the tragedy itself brought up in anyone who lives near a rail line.Nestled at the heart of the play\u2019s set are twenty paper lanterns that, while also serving as part of the play\u2019s lighting design, symbolically represent the 20 communities of the Granit region.As the actors onstage live out their lives before, during, and after the disaster, the action is interspersed with thoughts and reflections \u201cvoiced\u201d from the lanterns.Whether sharing a moment of joy or pain, the lanterns light up either one at a time or sometimes in small groupings, linking the emotions being acted out on the stage with the tensions at play in the wider community.\u201cWe lived all our lives next to the tracks,\u201d one ghostly voice shares, \u201cwe saw them as nothing to fear.\u201d \u201cWe are refugees in our own town,\u201d another recalls; a thought most poignant in the auditorium of the school that became the focal point of the community in the days and weeks after the explosion.The lanterns shine a light on the bigger picture of the disaster, reminding all those present of the ripples a major event sends across the surface of the surrounding community.\u201cWe couldn\u2019t integrate everything the community had to say,\u201d Séguin explained.\u201cFor me the lanterns symbolize the whole community, every milieu.When they light up it is like the whole community speaking.\u201d Comme un grand trou dans le ventre will be presented again at the Monti-gnac Auditorium in Lac-Megantic this coming Friday, Oct.2, at 8 p.m.As part of that performance, the mayors of the 20 municipalities in the region have been invited to come receive a lantern on behalf of their community as a symbol of the ongoing recovery.Like the play itself, these lanterns have been made in collaboration with each village and/or town, taking inspiration from their geography, sense of belonging and shared history.They symbolise the specificity of each municipality but also the solidarity of the region.After next Friday\u2019s performance, the production will then move to Sherbrooke for a single performance on Tuesday, Oct.6, at 8pm in the University of Sherbrooke\u2019s Maurice-O\u2019Bready Hall.Owing to the nature of the story and the close relationship the audience is likely to have to the material at hand, the Megantic performances have been operating on an admission by voluntary donation system.The performance that will take place in Sherbrooke is ticketed, however.Regular admission is $27 while seniors and students under 25 years of age can see the show for $23.Tickets are available from the box office at 819-820-1000.2016 Event Calendars are coming! 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Page 6 Monday, September 28, 2015 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record \t\t ¦S A\tEditorial\tOur findings also suggest that critics of the Fair Elections Act were right to be so cynical.The 'Fair' Elections Act?By Michael McGregor A high level of voter turnout is widely believed to be vital to the legitimacy of a democracy.Without the support of a substantial portion of the electorate, a government can hardly claim to have a mandate from the electorate.Moreover, without adequate input from citizens on election day, governments cannot be properly held accountable for their past actions.Despite the apparent desirability of a high rate of citizen participation, turnout rates have been declining across the western world for decades.Canada is no exception to this.In the 1950s and \u201860s, nearly 80 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots.By 2011, turnout had declined to just over 61 per cent (this was actually an increase from 58.8 per cent in 2008).To combat the trend, the Conservative government of Brian Muir oney gave Elections Canada (the arms-length government agency responsible for the administration of federal elections) a mandate to implement informational programs to promote voter turnout.As a result, in each election since 1993, Elections Canada has run extensive advertising campaigns, encouraging Canadians to participate in the democratic process.Recent campaigns have been based upon slogans such as \u201cWhy not speak up when everyone is listening?\u201d and \u201cVote: Shape your world.\u201d The goal of these ads is clear: to arrest the trend of declining voter turnout.Last year, a different Conservative government passed the Fair Elections Act.Putatively enacted to combat various forms of election fraud, one of the many things that the Act does is to prohibit Elections Canada from actively encouraging citizens to vote.Instead, the organization is limited to providing information on when, where and how to vote.Defending this change in the House of Commons, Pierre Poilievre, the Minister of State for Democratic Reform, argued that politicians and parties are \u201cfar better at inspiring voters to get out and cast their ballot than our government bureaucracies.\u201d For their part, critics of the Act accused the government of making this change for partisan reasons, claiming that the result of this limitation to the powers of Elections Canada would be to decrease turnout among groups of the population unfriendly to the Conservative Party.Research recently conducted by myself, with Cameron Anderson from the University of Western Ontario, suggests that this criticism of the Act has merit.Using data from the Canadian Election Study, a high quality academic survey of voters conducted at each election since the 1960s, we have found evidence that Elections Canada\u2019s past advertising efforts have indeed had an effect upon turnout, but only among certain segments of the population.More specifically, the ad campaigns increased turnout among visible minorities, Aboriginals and disabled electors, all of whom have historically low rates of participation.Given that members of these groups traditionally show little electoral support for the Conservatives, we were able to conclude that Elections Canada\u2019s ad campaigns led to a small, but nevertheless statistically significant decrease in the Conservative Party\u2019s vote share.To be clear, Elections Canada is a nonpartisan agency, and as such, would never intentionally influence partisan politics.Nevertheless, our research suggests that the organization\u2019s past advertising campaigns have had an effect upon both turnout and party vote shares.Our findings also suggest that critics of the Fair Elections Act were right to be so cynical.Empirical evidence now exists that proves that Elections Canada\u2019s voter mobilization efforts were successful in increasing turnout, at least among some groups within the electorate.Elections have consequences, and the government absolutely has the right to change electoral law as it sees fit.That said, if voters do genuinely believe that increasing turnout is desirable, it is up to them to decide whether the governing party changed the mandate of Elections Canada out of a genuine belief that the state should have no role in encouraging voter turnout, or if the Conservative Party is simply seeking to improve its future electoral prospects.Michael McGregor is an assistant professor in the department of politics and international studies at Bishop\u2019s University.For more information about this issue, and about the 2015 federal election in general, the public is invited to attend a panel discussion at the Golden Lion pub tonight at 7 p.m.This event is part of Bishop\u2019s University\u2019s Café Scientifique series.-\t«THEw - RECORD 1195 Galt East, Sherbrooke, Quebec JIG 1Y7 Fax: 819-821-3179 e-mail: newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Website : www.sherbrookerecord.com Sharon McCully Publisher 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Group Limited Partnership.PM#0040007682 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to The Record, 1195 Galt East, Sherbrooke, QC JIG 1Y7 Member ABC, CARD, CNA, QCNA THE LEADERS\u2019 POSITIONS ON THE ISSUES MADE MORE SENSE TO ME IN THIS DEBATE.BUT YOU DON\u2019T SPEAK FRENCH.EXACTLY.FRENCH-LANGUAGE ELECTION DEBATE BBSaft Letters Dear Editor: Bravo to France Croteau who writes about the failings of the STS (The Record, Sept.1).Add to her long list: drivers that skip stops and take shortcuts to have an early break; drivers that force you to walk to the back of the bus when you are at the front door with heavy grocery bags (there are few drivers that are especially nasty like this \u2014 they stop the bus, glare at you, and insist you go out the back!); drivers that don\u2019t wait for elderly people to be seated before jamming on the accelerator; drivers that drive with their elbows while eating their lunch or dinner.It is a long list, and a few times I have contacted Service clientèle [Customer Service], which is entirely futile\u2014 they just view us as complainers, rather than listening to the substance of the issue.Others I know have gone to the monthly meetings only to be told to be quiet, not too politely either.I hear the students, and others \u2014 we share the stories as we wait \u2014 there are many.Again and again I hear them say, \u201cI can\u2019t wait \u2019til I have my own car\u201d.Some workers who previously rode by bus, now take their car, or bought a second family car, when the routes and times were changed several years ago.Students who have come from other cities and indeed other countries assert the STS bus service in Sherbrooke is the worst they have ever experienced.Even one La Tribune journalist a few years ago decided to have the STS \u201cexperience\u201d first-hand, and see why people were \u201ccomplaining\u201d.He fulfilled all his day\u2019s commitments via bus travel.He concluded his time was too valuable: too much time was wasted waiting at stops, waiting for transfers sometimes for 20 minutes to an hour in between.He went back to his car.Who wouldn\u2019t?I close by relating this little story: one very very cold morning waiting at the bus stop to go to work, there were six or seven of us.The bus was late but finally showed up, all full, as does the doubleur\u2014 the driver shrugs and says \u201cpas de place\u201d [no room], and drives off.Shocked, I look to the others and say we should make a complaint, they just shrug and say, \u201cit\u2019s useless, they don\u2019t care - they don\u2019t listen.\u201d Board of the STS?Anyone listening?Anna M.Grant Sherbrooke The Record welcomes your letters to the editor.Please limit your letters to 300 words.We reserve the right to edit for length, clarity, legality and taste.Please ensure there is a phone number or email where you can be reached, to confirm authorship and current town/city of residence.Names will not be withheld but the address and phone number of the writer are not published, except by request.Preference is given to writers from the Eastern Townships.Follow The Sherbrooke Record on Facebook and Twi+fer! sherbrookerecord @recordnewspaper The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com Monday, September 28, 2015 Page 7 Giant Pumpkin Weigh-in\t\t\t Name\tCity\tPumpkin weight\t Mike MacDonald\tSherbrooke\t1,203 lbs\t545.7 kg Peter Jones\tMansonville\t934 lbs\t423.7 kg Yvon Guay\tBromont\t811 lbs\t367.9 kg Stan MacDonald\tSte-Catherine-de-Hatley 681 lbs\t\t308.9 kg Mike Strange\tDorval\t552 lbs\t250.4 kg Steve Young\tWaterville\t418 lbs\t189.6 kg Stan MacDonald*\tNot listed\t414 lbs\t187.8 kg Arielle Ward\tHuntingville\t87 lbs\t39.5 kg *-Entered with a grey squash\t\t\t Pumpkins Cont\u2019d from Page 1 It all started with a \u201cwhy not start a festival\u201d conversation between then-mayor Duncan Bruce and fellow pumpkin grower Richard Goodhue, MacDonald Said.\u201cIt was such a novelty,\u201d he said.\u201cIn 1991, the world record for the heaviest pumpkin was 816 pounds (370 leg),\u201d he added.The current record holder is Beni Meier of Switzerland, whose pumpkin weighed 2,323 pounds (1,054 kg).MacDonald, along with his uncle Stan and Richard Good-hue formed the Eastern Townships Atlantic Pumpkin Association, and after a number of years of holding the pumpkin festival, teamed up with the Lennoxville Volunteer Firefighters\u2019 Association.Now, in addition to the pumpkin weigh-in, there is music, food, and family friendly activities to raise money for the firefighters\u2019 Halloween and Christmas campaigns.\u201cWe\u2019re not doing it for the money,\u201d Macdonald said.Anything raised goes towards prize money for the competitors, and the balance is donated to the Lennoxville Volunteer Firefighters\u2019 Association.The giant pumpkin phenomenon originated in Windsor, Nova Scotia, according to Fletcher Juby, who offered up this year\u2019s guess the weight pumpkin.According to Juby, mari timer Howard Dill developed the seed that grows the Atlantic Giant, the record-breaking pumpkin variety.Juby tries out one plant per year.\u201cIt takes five loads of horse manure and a lot of luck,\u201d he said.His entry in this year\u2019s con- test, which weighed 883 pounds (401 kg), was grown from the seed of MacDonald\u2019s winning pumpkin last year.Richard Goodhue was the master of ceremonies for the event, but doesn\u2019t enter the contest anymore.\u201cI\u2019ve had disease the past four years,\u201d Goodhue said, adding that last year, his pump- kin broke apart driving over the train tracks to get to the festival.In order to get back in the game, Goodhue said he would have to relocate his entire garden to be rid of the disease in the soil affecting his pumpkins.\u201cStarting over would be a lot of work,\u201d he said.Goodhue had his share of victories over the years, though, with around seven wins.Goodhue said the trick to growing a mammoth pumpkin is getting the right seed, and then following up with around three times the amount of fertilizer, water and manure used for a regular plant.Having a greenhouse also helps, Goodhue said, to get an early start in the spring.MacDonald\u2019s first attempt at growing a mega pumpkin was in 1989.He got the seeds from the Stokes catalogue, and grew a 150-pound (68 kg) pumpkin.The following year, he got his seeds directly from the Dill family in Nova Scotia, and grew a 480-pound (218 kg) pumpkin.Two years later, MacDonald had grown a 717-pound (325 kg) pumpkin, the biggest in Canada, and fourth largest in the world that year.This year, MacDonald started with four plants, but lost one off the bat.The other three thrived.He only brought one to Sunday\u2019s competition, but the other two weighed 820 and 1,050 pounds (372 and 476 kg).Much to the chagrin of pumpkin pie lovers, the giant pumpkins are not edible.\u201cYou could eat them, but they wouldn\u2019t taste very good,\u201d Macdonald said.So what do you do with 1,203 pounds of pumpkin?MacDonald is considering bringing it to the Botanical gardens in Montreal for a fall show.There is also the possibility of selling it to one of two stores in Sherbrooke, who like to have the giant pumpkins on display.There is also a market for pumpkin carvers looking for the mother of all blank canvasses, although carving an Atlantic Giant is no easy feat, with the walls of the vegetable close to 10 inches (25 centimetres) thick.The prize for the best looking pumpkin was awarded to Steve Young.Stan MacDonald\u2019s pumpkin was deemed the ugliest, but his squash won top honours in its category.The weight of the \u2018guess the weight\u2019 pumpkin, belonging to Fletcher Joby, was 883 pounds (401 kg).At press time, organizers had not yet confirmed who had guessed the correct weight.As for the firefighters\u2019 side of things, the event was a success, according to George Beaulieu, long-time firefighter and volunteer.The proceeds from the table rentals, the food sales and other initiatives had not been totaled yet, but Beaulieu said in past years, the event has raised up to $1,200 on a good day.MATTHEW MCCULLY * % mm* ¦ Robert Dohler (left), Terry Beattie and George Beaulieu helping out the Firefighters' association at the festival Peladeau puts off plan to sell signed hockey jerseys until By Alexandre Robillard The Canadian Press Quebec Parti Québécois Leader Pierre Karl Peladeau\u2019s team has temporarily given up on a plan to sell hand-signed hockey jerseys, at $150 apiece, in order to pay the cost of his leadership campaign.The offer, found on Peladeau\u2019s campaign website, was removed so as not to undermine the Bloc Québécois\u2019 fundraising campaign, according to Annick Belanger, Peladeau\u2019s communications director.Election Cont\u2019d from Page 5 \u201cLet\u2019s get real,\u201d Fantino said while suggesting the Liberal leader was making excuses for both terrorists and hardened criminals.At times, his tough comments on mandatory mini- Until last week, visitors to Peladeau\u2019s website were encouraged to order their own \u201cPKP 2015\u2019\u2019hockey jersey, \u201cwith Pierre Karl Peladeau\u2019s autograph, for only $150.\u201d Belanger confirmed that the decision to sell the blue jerseys, which are identical to the ones worn by Peladeau supporters during his leadership campaign, was taken in mid-August.The initiative was designed to replenish the coffers of Peladeau\u2019s campaign organization, which was left with a $132,000 debt when the race wrapped up in May.mum sentences turned into a tirade, where he said criminals don\u2019t take advantage of the \u201cgreat services\u201d in prison for rehabilitation and career offenders who are kept \u201cisolated and insulated\u201d don\u2019t reoffend when As of yet, no sales have been completed, Belanger said.She said the offer will return after the Oct.19 federal election.Peladeau is the only one of the six Parti Québécois leadership candidates who still must gather donations to balance his budget, which far exceeded that of his rivals.In an interview, Belanger told The Canadian Press the offer was suspended Thursday after it became clear the volunteers for the hockey sweater sales were all mobilized by the Bloc Québécois campaign that began over a month ago.\u201cThe campaign has been they are released.Almost lost in the shuffle was the NDP\u2019s plan to address climate change, one that would allow provinces to opt out if their efforts to minimize carbon emissions are as good or pushed back in order to concentrate efforts on the Bloc Québécois fundraising campaign,\u201d Belanger said.Belanger confirmed the operation would start up again next month in order to finish up \u201cthe fundraising campaign for Mr.Peladeau\u2019s leadership race.\u201d The new Parti Québécois leader spent $405,000 (excluding an amount of $11,575 in unpaid claims) on his campaign, which exceeded the $284,950 he received in donations.Last week, Quebec\u2019s chief electoral officer confirmed the initiative was within the rules better than those of the federal government.\u201cWe\u2019re not going to replace something that\u2019s working,\u201d Mulcair said.\u201cThe important thing is to set the (national) objective.after Oct.19 since the maximum donation for a leadership race is $500, as opposed to the $100 ceiling for election campaign contributions.Election office spokesman Denis Dion confirmed that candidates have a one-year period to pay back their debt, and they can request permission to extend the deadline to a maximum of three years.The financial records the candidates submitted to the chief electoral officer show that Alexandre Cloutier ran the second-most expensive campaign at $79,890, which was equivalent to the amount he took in.The money raised by the federal government through putting a price on carbon would go to the provinces for reinvestment in additional measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, he said. Page 8 Monday, September 28, 2015 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record \tIQ\tA\tSaturday was the Gaiters' first win over an AUS opponent since 2011 .and \t^/©cal oports\ttheir first win over the Huskies in school history Gaiters' happy haul from Halifax By John Edwards Lennoxville The Bishop\u2019s Gaiters football team hit the win column for the first time this season, as they came from behind to upend the Saint Mary\u2019s Huskies 23-17 in Halifax, Saturday.With the win, the Gaiters improve to 1-3 on the year while Saint Mary\u2019s falls to 0-3, and their overall losing streak now sits at 12 games, dating back to 2013.Saturday was the Gaiters\u2019 first win over an AUS opponent since Sept.24, 2011, when they defeated Mount Allison 36-23, and their first win over the Huskies in school history.The Gaiters got off to a disastrous start, as turnovers on their first two drives led directly to touchdowns by the Huskies\u2019 D\u2019Shawn Miller and Derek Pisani, putting SMU up 14-0 with only 4:08 gone in the game.Bishop\u2019s cut the lead in half thanks to a turnover by Saint Mary\u2019s.On the last play of the first quarter, Shayne Cowan-Cholette intercepted Huskies quarterback Trevor Erdmann and gave the Gaiters the ball on the Huskies\u2019 six-yard line.After the teams switched ends, Ja-mall Hyman-Hamilton carried the ball to pay dirt on the first play of the second quarter.On the ensuing drive however the Huskies extended their lead to 17-7 on a 23-yard field goal by Ideen Samadi as they headed into the locker room at the half.In the second half the Gaiters\u2019 defence took hold and the Huskies didn\u2019t trouble the scorers for the remainder of the game.At the same time, their offence began to ignite.The Gaiters forced SMU into a safety touch late in the third quarter, and a Vincent Dubé 38-yard field goal cut the lead to 17-12 with 13:38 to go.After Bishop\u2019s forced a two-and-out, a poor punt by Samadi gave the Gaiters the ball on their only 52.Five plays later, Mathieu Demers had his first career touchdown pass, a 43-yard strike to Trevon Millings.After a two-point conversion pass to Mike Cleghorn, the Gaiters now led 20-17.The Gaiters held on the Huskies\u2019 final three possessions, keeping SMU on their own side of midfield, and a 27-yarder by Dubé with 5:00 left rounded out the scoring.Demers, who is now 1-1 as a starter, went 13-for-28 for 146 yards with a touchdown, but threw three interceptions.Michael Nelson was his favourite receiver, with five catches for 58 yards while Millings had two catches for 44 yards.On the ground, the Gaiters put up 138 yards.Hyman-Hamilton was largely bottled up, carrying 12 times for 53 yards and the major, but Vincent Pruneau had 13 carries for 70 yards.Saint Mary\u2019s quarterback Trevor Erdmann was 12-for-23 for 140 yards with a touchdown pass and two interceptions.Pisani was the Huskies\u2019 leading rusher with 55 yards on 11 carries, including one touchdown.Rick LeMoignan was the Huskies\u2019 leading receiver, with three catches for 63 yards while Miller had three for 28 yards.Defensively, Ryan Hector and Cowan-Cholette had interceptions for the Gaiters, while Theo Thompson and Mathieu Breton had Bishop\u2019s two sacks.SMU slightly outgained the Gaiters, 268 yards to 249, but Bishop\u2019s had 17 first downs to only 14 for the Huskies.A lack of discipline cost the Huskies, as they took 22 penalties for 188 yards.The Gaiters were flagged 11 times for 83 yards.The Gaiters\u2019 win was part of a perfect weekend for the Quebec conference in their annual interlock weekend with the Atlantic league.McGill demolished the visiting, and No.10-ranked, Acadia Axemen 45-15, while Sherbrooke cruised to a 31-7 win over the Mount Allison Mounties in Sackville, N.B., and No.2-ranlced Laval shut out St.F.X.64-0 at home.Up next for the Gaiters is their annual Homecoming game on Saturday at Coulter Field against McGill.Kickoff is set for 3 p.m.Cougars remain perfect with 24-8 win over Andre Grasset VIOLETTEPIXEL/ VIOLETTE HEON-PELLETIER Cougars quarterback Michael Arruda (in behind) hands the ball off to running back Guillaume Conraud-Ares (4) during Saturday's 24-8 win over André-Grasset.Arruda and Conraud-Ares both scored touchdowns as the Cougars moved to 6-0.By Mike Hickey Special to the Record The Champlain College football team jumped out to an early 24-0 lead Saturday night and then held on for a 24-8 victory over Andre Gras-set in Montreal.The Cougars were firing on all cylinders early in the game as Marc-Antoine Pivin, Guillaume Conraud-Ares and Michael Arruda each scored a touchdown while the vaunted Champlain defence held the Grasset offence in check.However, the Cougar offence self-destructed in the later stages of the game as turnovers allowed the home team to get back in the game.\u201cWe look really good on our first two drives but then mis- takes, fumbles and interceptions, stalled the offence,\u201d head coach Jean-Francois Joncas said after the game.\u201cMichael (starting quarterback Michael Arruda) was a little off tonight, it was not his best game.He didn\u2019t play poorly, but he normally plays at such a high level that we expect a lot from him.\u201d Needing two majors to tie the game, Andre Grasset put together a long drive into Champlain territory that was stopped when defensive lineman Issac Adeyemi-Benglund came through with two quarterback sacks, one on fourth down that ended all hopes of a Grasset comeback.\u201cIssac always comes up big when it counts,\u201d Joncas said with a smile.\u201cHe is big and physical and puts a lot of pres- sure on the quarterback in passing situations.\u201d Adeyemi-Benglund said that it was important to finish the game on a strong note.\u2019\u2019There was a sense of urgency at the end of the game,\u201d he said.\u201cWe made a few mis- takes to let them back in the game and we needed to stop them on the final drive.\u201d The win improves the Cougars\u2019 record to 6-0 and sets up a Friday night encounter with the league\u2019s only other undefeated team, Campus Notre Dame de Foy.Adeyemi-Benglund believes the game is an opportunity for some Champlain payback.\u201cThis is my second year with the Cougars and last year they beat us twice,\u201d he said.\u201cWe have been waiting for this game all year.\u201d Notre Dame kept pace with Champlain by defeating Montmorency 54-27, Edouard Mont-petit downed Limoilou 35-23 for their first win of the year, Lévis-Lauzon beat Vieux-Montreal 39-24 and FX Garneau recorded a 22-19 (OT) win over Vanier.Five biggest reasons Jays turned season around and clinched playoff spot The Canadian Press Toronto The Toronto Blue Jays are back in the playoffs for the first time since 1993, ending the longest drought in North American professional sports.They\u2019ve clinched at least a spot in the American League wild-card game and are chasing down the East Division pennant.On July 28, the day Toronto began its trading frenzy by acquiring shortstop Troy Tulow-itzlci and reliever LaTroy Hawkins, the team was 50-51 and sat three games back of the second wild-card spot.They\u2019re 38-14 since.Here are the biggest reasons the Blue Jays turned their season around: \u2018Can\u2019t get no damn ice cream\u2019 lineup With Tulowitzlci and outfielder Ben Revere added to what was already the best run-producing lineup in baseball, the Blue Jays\u2019 offence became almost unstoppable.Lloyd Moseby, the centre-fielder on the 1985 AL East-champion Blue Jays, said the lineup is so good, you can\u2019t leave your seat \u2014 you \u201ccan\u2019t get no damn ice cream\u201d \u2014 for fear of missing something.The Blue Jays have averaged almost six runs a game since the trade deadline.Price-less David Price could go down as the best deadline pitching pickup in major-league history.The lefty ace has nine victories, one loss and one no decision in 11 starts since going from the Detroit Tigers to the Blue Jays.Price has 87 strikeouts and just 18 walks in 74 1/3 innings and a 2.30 earned-run average.While taking over the top of the rotation, the impending free agent became the AL Cy Young frontrunner.Donaldson 4-0 MVP Josh Donaldson reached 40 home runs in the Blue Jays\u2019 88th victory of the season, and the all-star third baseman has been the club\u2019s most consistent hitter all season.Acquired from the Oakland Athletics for Brett Lawrie in the off-season, Donaldson is hitting .301 with a .950 OPS with a major-leagueleading 121 runs batted in.He left Mike Trout in the dust in the AL MVP race and led the Blue Jays into October.Running of the bullpen Blown leads were all too common the first half of the season, before manager John Gibbons could find a closer to replace the departed Casey Janssen.Relievers were tried and failed before the 20-year-old Roberto Osuna took over the job and thrived.Osuna has 18 saves in 20 opportunities.In front of him, Brett Cecil hasn\u2019t allowed an earned run since the all-star break and Aaron Sanchez has settled in as the set-up man.Rotation on point Beyond Price, the Blue Jays\u2019 starting rotation has been excellent at times and at least efficient at others.R.A.Dickey is 8-1 with a 2.95 ERA since the break, and Marco Estrada is 7-3 with a 2.70 ERA.Drew Hutchison has struggled on the road, and Mark Buehrle is battling through, but then Marcus Stroman returned from a torn ACL to go 3-0 with a 1.89 ERA in three September starts.Toronto is well-positioned in this area for the postseason. The Record newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com SPORTS Monday, September 28, 2015 Page 9 Phoenix dump Armada and \u2018Piques for first wins COURTESY VINCENT LÉVESQUE-ROUSSEAU / SHERBROOKE PHOENIX Jeremy Roy (dark jersey) shoots the puck on Friday night against the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada at the Sports Palace.Bolstered by the return of Roy and four others who were at NHL training camps, the Phoenix posted their first win of 2015-16, 6-2 over the Armada.By John Edwards, Sherbrooke Prior to Friday\u2019s game at the Sports Palace, Sherbrooke Phoenix head coach Judes Vallée said that the team had got its \u201cheart and soul\u201d back with the return of five veterans from NHL camps.His comments were borne out on this weekend, as the Phoenix team that exploded for 15 goals over the past two games, and cruised to a 6-2 win over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Friday and a 9-6 triumph in Gatineau on Sunday was 180 degrees different from the one that had struggled to an 0-3-1 start.On Friday, the five returnees: Jérémy Roy, Daniel Audette, Carl Neill, Julien Pelletier and Alexis Vanier, accounted for three of the Phoenix\u2019s six goals, and seven points overall as Sherbrooke picked up their first win of 2015-16.Guillaume Gauthier led the Phoenix with a pair of goals, and finished with three points.He opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 6:59 of the first, and Audette doubled the Sherbrooke lead at 10:17.Nicolas Poulin put Sherbrooke up 3-0 with just two minutes gone in the second period.Tyler Hylland put the Armada on the board at the 4:13 mark, but Roy restored Sherbrooke\u2019s three-goal lead less than a minute later.Sherbrooke took 1 4-1 lead into the room after 40 minutes.Guillaume Bergeron-Char-ron scored for Blainville-Boisbriand at 2:16 of the third, but goals by Gauthier (4:03) and Pelletier (6:45) sank the Armada.Evan Fitzpatrick picked up his first win of the season, after his lightest night of work.He made 25 saves, as the Phoenix outshot Blainville 28-27.Samuel Montembeault took the loss for the Armada.The Phoenix were 2-for-3 on the power play, while the Armada were 0-for-8.On Sunday in Hull, the Phoenix picked up their second win of the season, as they came out on top in a 9-6 goal fest against the Gatineau Olympiques.Gatineau led 2-1 after the first period, but Sherbrooke had taken a 5-4 after 40 minutes and put the game away in the third period.Czech forward Jan Dufelc led the Phoenix with a hat trick.He scored a pair of goals 2:32 apart early in the second to put Sherbrooke up 3-2, and completed the hat trick at 13:57 of the third.Vincent Deslauriers had a pair of goals for Sherbrooke, including the eventual game-winner at 4:50 of the third.The other Phoenix goals came from Jeremy Roy, Guillaume Gauthier, Nicolas Poulin and Daniel Audette.Alexandre Alain led Gatineau with a pair of goals, while Jeffrey Durocher, Alex Breton, Alexandre Carrier and Yan Pavel Laplante had the other Olympique markers.Evan Fitzpatrick made 15 saves to pick up the win.Mathieu Bellemare and Bo Taylor split time in net for Gatineau.Sherbrooke\toutshot Gatineau 39-21 and was 2-for-5 on the power play.The Phoenix hit the ice next on Friday, when the Halifax Mooseheads visit the Palais des Sports.Faceoff is set for 7 p.m.Friday\u2019s game will be the first raincheque night of the year, where season-ticket holders with both unused tickets and friends can bring them together.Tickets can be exchanged on a one-for-one basis at the Phoenix box office.As well, the Phoenix are calling Friday the first \u201cstudent night\u201d of the year, with two-for-one student tickets available at the Sports Palace box office.Fans must present their student ID, and be 25 years of age and younger, to take advantage of the promotion.CIS Football: Mustangs remain undefeated in style with 70-14 rout of Carleton The Canadian Press Will Finch threw 350 yards and four touchdowns as the Western (Ontario) Mustangs remained undefeated on the CIS football season with an emphatic 70-14 rout of Carleton on Saturday.The Mustangs (5-0) were near perfect all afternoon as they were dominant in all three phases of the game.Western\u2019s no-huddle offence wore down the Ravens (3-2) and finished with 765 yards of offence.Western\u2019s defence limited the Ravens to 405 yards of offence, including 267 yards passing from quarterback Jesse Mills.He completed 26 of 41 passes with one touchdown and one interception.Western running back Alex Taylor picked up 110 yards and two touchdowns on 13 carrier.Yannick Harou, Cedric Joseph and Adam Sinclair also ran in touchdowns as the Mustangs racked up 349 rushing yards.Tom Marshall caught two of Finch\u2019s touchdown strikes, while Harry McMaster added a 59-yard touchdown reception and Matt Uren scored on a 39-yard pass.Jahvari Bennett, on a 15-yard run, and Nathaniel Behar, on a 19-yard reception, scored Carleton\u2019s points.It\u2019s the second straight time Western has put up at least 70 points on Carleton at TD Stadium.The Mustangs beat the Ravens 71-4 at home in 2013.Gryphons 48 Gee-Gees 26 GUELPH, Ont.\u2014 James Roberts threw four touchdowns, including two to Jacob Scarfone, and the Gryphons (5-0) remained undefeated and kept pace with Western with a win over Ottawa (2-2).Vert Et Or 31 Mounties 7 SACKVILLE, N.B.- Jeremi Roch tossed three touchdown passes as Sherbrooke (2-2) downed Mount Allison (1-2).Lancers 22 Golden Hawks 18 WATERLOO, Ont.\u2014 Running back Tarrence Crawford rushed for 59 yards and two touchdowns as the Lancers (1-4) edged Laurier (1-3) for their first win of the season.Marauders 67 Lions 10 HAMILTON \u2014 Asher Hastings completed 20-of-25 passes for 306 yards and four touchdowns and Jordan Lyons rushed for two more scores as McMaster (3-1) downed York (1-4).Golden Gaels 37 Varsity Blues 18 TORONTO \u2014 Quarterback Nate Hobbs threw for 401 yards and two touchdowns as Queen\u2019s (3-2) defeated Toronto (1-3).Redmen 45 Axemen 15 MONTREAL \u2014 Nicolas English threw for two touchdowns and Luis Guimont-Mota ran for two more to lead McGill (2-2) over Acadia (2-1).Carabins 34 Stingers 21 MONTREAL \u2014 Sean Thomas Erlington punched in two touchdowns for Montreal (3-1), which overcame a four-touch-down performance from Concordia quarterback Trenton Miller.The Stingers fell to 2-2.Dinos 72 Rams 8 REGINA \u2014 Andrew Buckley, last year\u2019s Hec Crighton Trophy winner, completed 21-of-29 passes for 478 yards and four touchdowns as No.1 Calgary (4-0) routed the Rams (0-4).Rouge Et Or 64 X-Men 0 QUEBEC \u2014 Christopher Amoah ran for 181 yards and three touchdowns as No.2 Laval (4-0) shut out St.F.X.(1-2).Friday Games Huskies 45 T-Birds 29 VANCOUVER \u2014 Quarterback Drew Burlco was 16-for-21 passing for 324 yards and two touchdowns for the Huskies (2-2) in their 45-29 upset of No.6 UBC.Michael O\u2019Connor completed 30 passes for 335 yards and a touchdown but was intercepted twice for UBC (2-2).Bisons 42 Golden Bears 32 EDMONTON \u2014 Theo Deezar threw for 324 yards and two touchdowns to lead No.8 Manitoba (2-2) past Alberta (2-2).Weekend local sports results Friday Football H.S.(Sr.): Massey-Vanier 21 St-Joseph 12.Hockey QMJHL: Sherbrooke 6 Blainville-Boisbriand 2.CEGEP (M): Champlain 3 Thetford 2 (SO).Soccer CEGEP D2: (W): Drummondville 1 Champlain 0; (M): Champlain 3 Drummondville 2.CIS (W): Montreal 7 Bishop\u2019s 0.ETIAC (B Sr &Jr): Stanstead at Massey-Vanier, no score reported.Saturday Football CIS: Bishop\u2019s 23 Saint Mary\u2019s 17; Sherbrooke 31 Mount Allison 7.CEGEP-D1 : Champlain 24 André-Grasset 8.CEGEP-D2: Valleyfield 40 Sherbrooke 23.H.S.(Jr): Mont Sacré-Coeur 26 Massey-Vanier 20.Hockey CEGEP (M): Champlain 5 Alma 3.CEGEP (W): A-Laurendeau 1 Champlain 0.Midget AAA: Magog 3 Gatineau 1.Lacrosse CUFLA: Bishop\u2019s 14 Trent 12.Sunday Football H.S.(Sr.): Galt 12 Collège Clarétain 7.Hockey QMJHL: Sherbrooke 9 Gatineau 6.CEGEP (W): Champlain 4 John Abbott 1.Midget AAA: Gatineau 5 Magog 4 (SO).Univ.(W): Sherbrooke Sr.A at Bishop\u2019s, late.Lacrosse CUFLA: Bishop\u2019s 14 Queen\u2019s 6.CEGEP: Brébeuf at Champlain, late.Rugby CEGEP (W): Dawson 26 Champlain 15.University (M): Bishop\u2019s 26 ETS 12.H.S.(Sr.7s): Massey-Vanier 1 vs.Louis-Philippe Paré; Massey-Vanier 2 vs.Louis-Philippe Paré; Massey-Vanier 1 vs.Gérard-Filion; Chateauguay Valley vs.Massey-Vanier 2; Massey-Vanier 1 vs.Chateauguay Valley, scores not reported.Soccer CIS (W): UQTR 1 Bishop\u2019s 1.Flag Football H.S.: Galt 1, Collège Clarétain 1 (6-12, 7-0); Triolet E 2, Galt 0 (6-0,1-0). Page 10 Monday, September 28, 2015 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record Jokes and Riddles Question: What can jump higher than the Sydney Harbour Bridge?dwnf },ueo sa6puq asneoaq 6u|q}0N IJ3MSUV Question: Why did the emu cross the road?¦ua>p!Ljo e },usbm aq aAOjd oi IJ&MSUŸ COLORING PICTURE What Rhymes with List 10 words that rhyme with \u201cmap.\u201d 1.\t2.\t3.4.\t5.\t6.7.\t8.\t9.10.\t\t dej 'detjs \u2018des \u2018dej \u2018deu \u2018de\\ \u2018deb \u2018deg 'dep 'deo :sj0msub autos countries.a 1 JJUi South America has several Fill in the blanks to name some of them.1\tA_________E N_ I N A 2\tB_____A_______I L 3\tC_____I_____E 4\t___O_______O M_______I A 5\tE_____U A_______O______ 6\tU_____U______U\tA\tY 7\tV_____N______Z\tU\tE A epnzauaA (z \u2018AenBrun (9 \u2018topenog (g \u2018ejqwoioo (t?\u20189|!L|0 (e \u2018petg (z \u2018euuua6.iv 4 :sja/v\\suv World Discoveries More than seven billion people live on earth.With that many people, you would think there would be nothing left to discover.But there are plenty of things scientists are just now learning about, including some animals in Africa and Asia.In the African Congo jungle, scientists discovered a new type of monkey called the Lesula.The monkey has big eyes, a pink face and a golden mane.Over in Asia in the country of Vietnam, scientists discovered a new type of flying frog.The bright green frog has webbed feet that allow it to jump from tree to tree.In Papua New Guinea, scientists have found many new animals, including frogs, spiders and geckos.In an age where so much of the earth has been explored, finding new animals is exciting.Who knows how many more animals are yet to be discovered.Fact or Fiction?European Capital Challenge Every country in Europe has a capital city.Here are some questions about the cities.How many can you answer correctly?1 ) Athens is the capital of Greece.Fact or Fiction?2)\tLondon, the capital of England, is home to the Eiffel Tower.Fact or Fiction?3)\tVienna Sausage is the capital of Austria.Fact or Fiction?4)\tSweden is the capital of Stockholm.Fact or Fiction?5)\tMadrid is the capital of Spain.Fact or Fiction?6)\tRome is the capital of Italy.Fact or Fiction?7)\tBrussels Sprout is the capital of Belgium.Fact or Fiction?8)\tNorway is the capital of Oslo.Fact or Fiction?9)\tParis, the capital of France, is home to Big Ben.Fact or Fiction?10)\tBerlin is the capital of Germany.Fact or Fiction?K J0 L± psg (01 \u2018s! 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Normally, a liquid called aqueous humor fills the front part of the eye.From there, the liquid passes through a sievelike system of tissues and drains out of the eye to be absorbed into surrounding blood vessels.As more aqueous humor is produced, excess fluid is eliminated.This keeps a healthy balance of pressure in the eye.(I\u2019ve put an illustration of this process on my website, AskDoctorK.com.) In glaucoma, the drainage system breaks down, slowing or blocking fluid flowing out of the eye.The fluid backs up in the eye and internal pressure rises.This, in turn, stresses the optic nerve.If the pressure continues, nerve fibers begin to die and vision starts to fade.The pressure also can slow the flow of blood through tiny blood vessels that feed the retina and optic nerve.This can cause further vision loss.Open-angle glaucoma is the most com- mon form of glaucoma.In it, the angle through which fluid drains from the eye remains open, but the aqueous humor drains out too slowly.This leads to fluid backup and rising pressure.There is no way to prevent glaucoma, and early glaucoma typically causes no noticeable symptoms.But comprehensive eye exams can catch glaucoma early.This provides an opportunity to begin treatment before it causes irreversible vision loss that can lead to blindness.Anyone at high risk for glaucoma \u2014 as you are because of your family history \u2014 should have regular eye exams.That means every one to three years between the ages of 40 and 54; every one to two years between the ages of 55 and 64; and every six to 12 months from age 65 onward.Drugs to lower pressure in the eye are the main treatment.If medication is not effective, your eye doctor may recommend laser treatment or eye surgery to improve the eye\u2019s natural drainage or to create a new route for fluid to drain.Once you have glaucoma, your best bet for preventing vision loss is taking medications as directed.Even if a person\u2019s eye pressure is still in the normal range, further lowering it can prevent optic nerve damage from getting worse.Dr.Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School Ardyth Myrtie NICHOLLS (Bishop) It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Ardyth Nicholls (age 85) of Danville, Quebec, on September 24, 2015.Beloved daughter of the late Sydney and Feme (Sanborn) Bishop, and dear wife of the late John Donald Nicholls.She was very much loved, and will be greatly missed, by her sister Patricia (Dave), three daughters Julie (Gail), Kathy (Jamie) and Donna (Geoff).She was dearly loved by her six granddaughters Tara, Kirstie, Alena, Casie, Robyn and Jesse, and delighted in her three great-grandchildren, Braylon, Paxton and Ruby.She was also a special auntie to Debbie, Jane and Steve.She leaves many wonderful relatives, friends and neighbours.At Ardyth\u2019s request, there will be no funeral.She will be cremated and there will be a private family burial at a later date.Her daughters would like to express their extreme gratitude to the community of people that brightened her days with kind deeds and friendships.If you wish to make a donation in her honour, please do so to: The Pet Connection, 1730 Wellington Sud, Sherbrooke, QC JIM 1K9.STEVE L.ELKAS FUNERAL HOME 601 Conseil St., Sherbrooke QC PHONE: 819-565-1155 FAX: 819-820-8872 info@steveelkas .com www.steveelkas .com 30 years.10,000 wishes.100% Canadian.Only 2 more needles 'til wish! 20^drs !o,000 W/s^es 1-800-267-WISH www.childrens wish, c a The Children\u2019s Wish Foundation of Canada RATES and DEADLINES: ANNOUNCEMENTS & NOTICES BIRTH NOTICES, CARDS OF THANKS, IN MEMORIAMS, BRIEFLETS: Text only: 400 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: clas-sad@sherbrookerecord.com - They will not be taken by phone.DEADLINES FOR DEATH NOTICES: For Monday\u2019s paper, call 819-569-4856 between 1 p.m.and 5 p.m.Sunday.For Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday\u2019s edition, call 819-569-4856 or fax819-569-1187 (please call to confirm transmission) ore-mail: production@sherbrookerecord.com 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. Page 12 Monday, September 28, 2015 newsroom@sherbrookerecord.com The Record It is close enough that we can smell cigarette smoke in our bedrooms.MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 Dear Annie: Recently, new neighbors moved in next door.They seem nice.The problem is, the husband smokes on their porch, which is on the side of their house and only a few yards from ours.It is close enough that we can smell cigarette smoke in our bedrooms, which are all on that side of the house.My husband is highly allergic to cigarette smoke.While we respect the neighbor\u2019s right to smoke on his property, we don\u2019t appreciate the secondhand smoke in our home.We do not use air conditioning and often leave our windows open.Since the husband comes home late and smokes after we are asleep, we have been closing our windows as soon as we go to bed, which makes for unpleasant nights.We also have to close the windows on weekends when he lights up.We don\u2019t want to create tension with the new neighbors, but we would like to be able to sleep with our windows open.Do we have a right to bring this up?And how can we handle it tactfully?\u2014 Stuffy in the Suburbs Dear Stuffy: You can bring it up, but you can\u2019t demand a specific result.Your neighbor is entitled to smoke on his own property.All you can do is close your windows or install a fan that will blow the smoke away.But it is OK to approach your neighbor and ask politely whether he\u2019d be willing to smoke in front of his house, so you can sleep with your windows open.Dear Annie: This is in response to the letter from \u201cCaught Between Two MILs,\u201d whose husband\u2019s mother resented that the stepmom, who lived closer, was allowed to babysit their child.Yes, it is wrong of the son\u2019s mother to be so jealous that she demanded her son and daughter-in-law stop letting the stepmother babysit.She is likely worried the stepmom will have a better relationship with her grandchild than she does.Her demands are unreasonable, but she may be less anxious if the parents found a way to help her connect with her grandchild.I have a friend whose grandchild lives several states away.Each night, she connects on Skype and reads her grandchild a bedtime story.It costs nothing and gives the grandchild and grandmother a way to bond at a distance.Something like this might be helpful for \u201cCaught\u2019s\u201d mother-in-law, who is feeling so left out.\u2014 Sympathetic in Idaho Dear Idaho: That is a wonderful suggestion.Thanks to technology, there are myriad ways to connect with grandchildren, allowing them to see your face, watch your expressions and enjoy some special one-on-one time.Grandma can connect on Skype, FaceTime or any of the other options, or upload a short video of Grandma singing a funny song and text it to the grandchild\u2019s parents.(Kids love videos.) These are not difficult things to do, no matter how technologically inept you think you are, and you can always ask the neighborhood teenager to help.Dear Readers: Today is Family Day (casafamily-day.org).Studies show that children who eat dinner Annie\u2019s Mailbox with their parents have a reduced risk of substance abuse.Please try to make meals a family event.Dear Annie: My brother and I are both in our 60s, and we phone each other regularly.My problem is, over the years, I have been fortunate and, though not wealthy, am pretty well-off.My brother, however, has barely eked out a living for himself and his wife.When he called the other day to see what I was up to, I didn\u2019t want to say that I had been buying a rental property.I don\u2019t know how to discuss this with him without seeming as though I\u2019m bragging or putting him down for not being as successful.Any hints?\u2014 Lucky Brother Dear Lucky: Your brother surely knows that you have more money than he does.He may, in fact, enjoy hearing about the things you are able to buy.There may be some envy, naturally, but not as much as you think.As long as you aren\u2019t boasting, he may not begrudge you or your fortune.You don\u2019t have to tell him everything, but it\u2019s OK to say that you bought a new home, car or other major purchase.He wouldn\u2019t want to be kept in the dark about these things.Once in a while, you could even ask him what he thinks, provided you truly listen.He is your brother and you seem to be close.You can ask him how he feels about this, saying you cherish the relationship and don\u2019t want to do anything to jeopardize it.Dear Annie: I was married the first time for 23 long years and I could do nothing right, no matter how hard I tried.I worked full-time, was a soccer mom and yet dinner better be on the table at 5:30, or else.If he wiped his hands over the furniture and found dust, then I was put in my place.Fast forward to my second marriage, now going on 20 years.The pattern hasn\u2019t changed.We get along great for quite a while, but if I try to fix a special meal, he does his best to ruin the evening.Today, I made pasta salad and had saved up for two steaks that I barbecued to perfection.What does he say?\u201cThis is too much.My steak has fat on it.I don\u2019t like pasta salad.\u201d I am an excellent cook, by the way.What am I doing wrong?I am in my 60s now and can\u2019t get it right.I am just so tired of this.\u2014 Sick of Men Complaining Dear Sick: When someone repeats the same negative pattern, it helps to look at yourself.You seem to be attracted to men who are picky and demanding, so you can prove you are good enough to please them.Then you turn yourself inside out for someone who will never find you adequate.Stop letting others treat you like a doormat.If you want to cook a special meal, do it for yourself.If he complains, tell him he can cook his own meal and see if it\u2019s better.Standing up for yourself can be satisfying, as well as empowering.Get counseling if you can\u2019t figure it out on your own.Dear Annie: I am a divorced dad and my 20-some-thing son, \u201cAdam,\u201d is deeply troubled.He lacks drive and ambition, and he also drinks and uses drugs.Worse, he is a chronic liar.I reached the end of my rope and arranged to send him to a rehab facility.Adam then approached my siblings and told absurd tales that I was abusing him.My siblings, who all live on the opposite coast, did not know the true circumstances.They got the idea to stage an intervention, and invited Adam to stay with them.Nobody discussed any of this with me.Rather, they chose to believe his lies and take action based on misinformation.Needless to say, once he moved in, they found out just who he is and the whole thing turned into a disaster.Meanwhile, Adam has gone back to his old habits while he lives with my ex, who enables this behavior.I am furious that none of my siblings bothered to talk with me about this.After all, he\u2019s my son and their contact with him has always been minimal.I would never dream of interfering with their children in this manner, and I feel betrayed and extremely angry.I would like to confront them.What do you suggest?\u2014 Frustrated LA Dad Dear Frustrated: Your siblings should have told you what was going on and asked for your side of the story.However, when children claim they are being abused, most folks take it seriously, and if you were actually abusing Adam, talking to you would have been counterproductive.Your siblings undoubtedly thought they were protecting your son.As much as you believe they know you, it\u2019s impossible to know everything about another person, and drug addicts can be convincing liars.Now you need to clear the air so you can save these relationships.Phone your siblings.Tell them that you appreciate their desire to help Adam, but it was terribly hurtful that they believed his story without giving you the benefit of the doubt that you expected from loved ones.Then please try to forgive them.Dear Annie: I would like to comment on the letter from \u201cPat,\u201d who spends 12 hours a day visiting her mother in the nursing home, and is unhappy that her siblings do less.Why is she paying the cost of having Mom in a home if she is going to be there for hours at a time?The idea is that the staff will care for Mom and you can have the freedom to come and go, checking to make sure Mom is OK while you live your life.Being a martyr only makes you resent the rest of the family for not spending the same amount of time with her.I say, get a life for yourself before you end up alongside Mom.\u2014 Don\u2019t Have to Visit So Much Dear Don\u2019t: We agree that 12 hours a day is a lot and no one should expect that of others.But the care that Mom receives in a nursing home doesn\u2019t include the comfort and stimulation that a loved one can provide.The fact that she gets a shower twice a week does not make up for the companionship and personal 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five-card diamond suit and credit for all of those aces and kings.Then this contract would have been played from the preferable \u2014 and making \u2014 side.West is known to have two heart winners, but how can East get West on lead?West needs one other honor card, and the only useful one is the spade At trick four, East must lead the spade queen.If declarer ducks, East plays another \tNorth\t09-28-15 4 A J V K 7 2 ?\tA K 10 6 5 *\tA 9 4 West\tEast 4 K 7 4 3\t4Q982 VJ 10 965\tTAQ4\t ?72\t?Q 8 3 *83\t* J 6 5 \tSouth 4 10 6 5 y 8 3 ?\tJ 9 4 *\tK Q 10 7 2 \tDealer: North Vulnerable: East-West South\tWest North East \t14\tPass 1NT\tPass 3NT\tAll Pass \tOpening lead: ¥ J spade.Or, if South takes the queen with dummy\u2019s ace, cashes his clubs, and takes the diamond finesse, East wins and leads another spade.You will have noticed that East\u2019s leading a low spade at trick four is not good enough.after Alexandre Louis Honore Lebreton Deschapelles, who was born in 1780 and died in 1847.He 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