Friday, June 17, 2016 The Colebrook Chronicle Page 13
Around The Region
The Montreal Alouettes, a Canadian Football League team, were seen at the Bishops University campus, where they come to train during the season every year. Corey Bellam photo.
Classical music filled the halls of Trinity United Church in Cookshire last Saturday evening with Marie-Michelle Raby on piano, Anne- Marie Leblanc on cello and Myriam Genest-Denis on flute. Corey Bellam photo.
Saturday, while out and about in Lennoxville we visited the Lennoxville Art Group ' s annual painting exhibition being held at the Amedee Beaudion Community Center where we found the work of 25 local artists to include Dorothy Ross, Ilah Batley, Martine Brault, Pauline Crease, Marilyn Salter and many other very talented artists all displaying their work for all to see. Corey Bellam photo.
Vintage equipment and photographs on display at the Creamery in Coaticook. Corey Bellam photo.
The museum display is part of the popular Coaticook Creamery. Corey Bellam photo.
FRIENDSHIP DAY IN LENNOXVILLE
Saturday, Lennoxville came alive with the holding of the 27th annual Friendship Day. Before this event got started it was called Tombola, and was hosted by the Lennoxville Fire dept. It was like a fair with games for all ages. After a few years of Tombola, it was stopped by government laws, and that is how Friendship Day got started 27 years ago. Since then, around this time, the town of Lennoxville celebrates like no other town. It has grown into a full day of family fun for all ages.
This year started with a community breakfast at 7 a. m. at the Lennoxville United Church. That filled up the tummy for a long day of fun and games. The day included outdoor music, games for all ages, petting zoo filled with all sorts of animals, and of course the main attraction the parade at 10:30 that came down Queen St. filled with floats, old cars, clowns, horse drawn wagons, and music to amaze both young and young at heart.
In the afternoon, all headed up to the Eddie-Custeau Gazebo for an afternoon filled with music by Jan Graham, Lucien Beauchemin and family, the Drew Family, Jim Edwards, David McBurney and friends, Elmer Andrews, and many others throughout the afternoon. At dusk all were amazed by a fireworks display held at the Atto- Beaver Park. That pretty much brought a fun day to a close in grand style. Plans are already being made for next year’ s Friendship Day.
– Corey Bellam
COATICOOK CREAMERY
On a rainy Monday, we decided to visit the Coaticook Creamery located at 1000 Child Street. The Coaticook Creamery was founded in 1940 by Arthur Beard, Arthur St. Cyr and Henri Gerin. They made chocolate milk cream, butter and of course sold milk. These men started making ice cream in 1942, much to the delight of all in the surrounding towns. In the mid- to late-1970s, they ceased selling milk and cream and just produced ice cream. Today the Coaticook Creamery has added many kinds of cheeses to their production to include curd cheese, old fashioned ice cream, and Christmas ice cream logs that are a huge hit with all. Today over 75 % of their production is ice cream.
In 1989 Jean Provencher and his wife Johanne Provencher took over this historic dairy. In 2007 this small dairy made very close to 20 million dollars in sales. They now hold 10 % of all sales in Quebec. They are producing over 90,000 liters of product per day. This business makes many tasty kinds of ice cream – 23 to be exact, with all just as tasty as the other.
One end of the building hosts a museum that has many old time butter presses, ice cream makers, butter churns, old milk scales and so much more to see.
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