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The Colebrook Chronicle
Friday, December 2, 2016
Around The Region
Sebastien Boisvert, Francois Lacourse, Daniel Lachaine, Johanne
Poulin and their coach, Alfred Whittier, who recently received his
certification. Corey Bellam photo.
On Tuesday we took a drive over to St. George’s Anglican Church, where this jolly group was hard at
work during their annual Christmas wreath decorating time. Corey Bellam photo.
Capt. Yvon Laroche, Lt. Louis Laroche, Assistant Fire Chief Marcel
Charpentier and Alexandre Laroche of Sawyerville Fire Station 2 hit
the streets of Sawyerville to raise money for Christmas baskets on
Saturday afternoon. Corey Bellam photo.
Left photo: One of Santa’s more mischievous elves, Peggy Munkitrick, sure livened up the party at the
Grace Christian Rest Home in Huntingville. Right photo: Sherbrooke Mayor Bernard Sevigny took time
to give us a big smile as he passed out candy to children during Sunday’s holiday parade in Sherbrooke.
Corey Bellam photos.
Pat Bryant, Mary Simons and Ferne McConnell at the Christmas Tea
Bazaar at the St. George’s Church in Lennoxville. Corey Bellam photo.
This young fellow had a tall order for Santa this year, spotted at the
Co-op Hardware Store in St. Isidore de Clifton. Corey Bellam photo.
SANTA COMES
TO SHERBROOKE
Excitement filled the air along
King Street East in Sherbrooke
on Sunday afternoon as Sherbrooke brought in the holiday
season in grand style with the
holding of their Santa Claus
Parade and holiday activities.
The fun all kicked off at
around 2:30 p.m. when clowns
and singers on the street started
entertaining a fast-growing
crowd. At 3:30 p.m. the sound of
Christmas music filled the air,
and from where this reporter was
standing on the corner of 10th
Avenue, we could see the 2016
Sherbrooke Santa Claus Parade
start down the hill with the Sherbrooke Police Service leading.
The parade was filled with
marching bands, clowns, Christmas characters, superheroes,
floats, cheerleaders, local businesses and more, with the sound
of “Ho-ho-ho” coming closer by
the second. All of a sudden, the
children went wild. Santa had
arrived, perched high up above
the street in his comfy chair
waving to both young and old
along the parade route that
ended up near Sherbrooke Town
Hall with the lighting of the tree
and fireworks. The Sherbrooke
Holiday season has now started,
and with less than a month to
Christmas, the excitement levels
are high.
–Corey Bellam
ALFRED WHITTIER
CERTIFIED COACH
After starting a Wheelchair
Curling program in 2008 at the
Lennoxville Curling rink and
training an award-winning team
that won the 2016 Quebec Championship, Alfred Whittier, 82,
has finally taken the big step of
becoming the coach after all
those years of teaching it. We
took a drive over to the Lennoxville Curling Club to talk to
Alfred and watch the team train.
Alfred was all grins. The course
he had to take was a two-day
course that he had to pass with
a score of over 75%, which was
no problem for this fellow. He
also had to pass an on-the-spot
test at the rink with the inspector which he breezed through.
Alfred is now a Qualified Certified Competition Wheelchair
Curling Coach.
Alfred's first official coaching
job was on Nov. 25 at the R. A
Center in Ottawa, and we'll have
news soon how they did. They
will be competing against curling
teams from Russia, Nova Scotia,
and Ottawa, just to name a few
at the Bonspiel. The event is
called the Cathy Kerr International Wheelchair Curling Bonspiel. The team Alfred took to
Ottawa consisted of Sebastien
Bo