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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