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The Colebrook Chronicle
Friday, April 7, 2017
Around The Region
The benefit bingo event held by the Lennoxville Prom Fairies saw
close to 180 folks attend. Corey Bellam photo.
Last weekend, the Lennoxville Prom Fairies group held a fundraising bingo event. This group provides
prom dresses and makeup and more for children graduating from Alexander Galt this year. Corey Bellam
Nick Luce, Trinity Luce and Evelyn Blanchard handled bingo card
sales at the fundraiser this weekend. Corey Bellam photo.
Children of the Sawyerville Baptist Church Children’s Club were enthralled with the science experiments
being performed by “Mr. Peabody.” Corey Bellam photo.
EASTER EGGS
AT ST. GEORGE’S
It is getting close to Easter,
and the ladies of St. George's
Anglican Church have, for the
36th year, rolled up their sleeves
and started making those home-
made Easter Eggs that they have
become so famous for around our
region. Every year, these hard-
working people head to the
church hall to mix up their spe-
cial mixtures to make almond,
cherry, chocolate, coconut, maple
walnut, peanut butter, pepper-
mint and vanilla-filled eggs. The
Chronicle visited the afternoon
of March 27 to find ladies and
one gentleman hard at work
decorating the eggs with bunny
rabbits, flowers and other pretty
designs that make these eggs
come alive.
We asked how many they
usually make, and we were told
at that point they had 700 done,
and they usually do a few over
1000, so they still had a few to
go.
The St. George's Easter Egg
project consists of three teams.
One team comes in the morning
and mixes up the assorted fill-
ings for the eggs, and then they
form them. The next team come
in around noon and dips the eggs
in chocolate. They then need to
harden for a couple hours. The
third team comes in mid-after-
noon, decorating tubes in hand,
and decorate these eggs to pure
perfection. This group consists of
John Patton, Judy Brown, Juan-
ita Patton, Margie Woollerton
and Anika Thomas. This group
decorates and gently packs these
eggs into boxes for sale to their
many customers around the
area. Anika labels every egg, so
all know what kind it is.
This fundraising event has
sure become a tradition for St.
George's Anglican Church in
Lennoxville and the entire com-
munity looks forward to it every
Easter. It is the perfect sign that
spring has finally arrived.
–Corey Bellam
DAFFODIL DAYS
Last week, yellow daffodils
took the stage all over the East-
ern Townships as the Canadian
Cancer Foundation held their
annual “Daffodil Days,” to help
raise money for cancer research.
The Chronicle visited the
Lennoxville United Church hall,
which is the main pick-up point
for many of the surrounding
towns. This year, 20,000 daffo-
dils came into this point. A group
of about ten ladies were waiting
on March 29 at 8:30 a.m. to get
started preparing orders to be
delivered by nearly 100 volun-
teers to the public. This year,
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Laura Teasdale and Ralph Steiner hit the stage with their Patsy Cline
and Hank Williams tribute. The concert raised funds for the Eaton
Corner museum. Corey Bellam photo.
John Patton, Judy Brown, Juanita Patton, Anika Thomas and
Margie Woollerton were hard at work decorating Easter Eggs at the
St. George’s Anglican Church on March 27. Corey Bellam photo.