ST . PATRICK ’ S DAY AT THE JEAN-COUTU Irish spirit was in the air this past Friday at the Jean-Coutu Pharmacy in Lennoxville , Que . as they held their annual Saint Patrick ’ s Day party . Many years ago , Don Patrick , owner and operator of Patrick ’ s Pharmacy , started this all . Don has long since passed , but the tradition lives on , and has certainly become a much-awaited event every spring .

This year , we asked Thelma Doherty , who is boss and organizer of the event , just how many years she has done it . Her answer was 26 years , and she also figures it has been going on for 50 years at least . Many local musicians were on hand , to include the “ Castaways ,” consisting of Robert Woolerton , Beth Anderson , Anne Crawford and Leta Dustin . Also , Elmer Andrews , Shelia Andrews , Jan Graham , Wayne Nutbrown and many others played Irish songs and good old country music that kept toes tapping and dancing feet flying all morning .

Every year at the Irish Coffee table , there ' s a donation box for a local charity . This year , the charity was the Lennoxville Elementary School Breakfast Program

. At around 1:30 p . m ., the money was counted and the total was $ 345 . Jean-Coutu Pharmacy matched it , so $ 690 will be going to the Breakfast Program . Dawn Irving , principal for Lennoxville Elementary , told us that the programe provides a hearty breakfast of toast , juices , and cereals to around 60 young boys and girls every school morning . She spoke about the true life blood of this program , Mavis Robertson . Mavis has done this breakfast program for many years now , and the children sure love the lady . The party wrapped up at around 1:30 p . m . and all headed home with an Irish tune in their head .

– Corey Bellam

TERRY MOSHER VISITS BISHOP ’ S UNIVERSITY This past week , the Chronicle attended a special event at Centennial Theater on the Bishop ’ s University Campus in Lennoxville , Que . This event featured a very well-known Canadian political cartoonist , Terry Mosher – or as he is known in the business , “ Aislin .”

The show all kicked off at 7 p . m . sharp with Terry taking the stage and talking about how he got into cartooning over 40 years

ago at Montreal ’ s English-language newspaper , “ The Gazette .” Terry said that the name “ Aislin ” came to be because it was the name of his daughter , and he has used that nom de plume for over 40 years now doing political cartoons for the Montreal Gazette . About 160 people sat in the theater and listened to Terry ' s very comical way of describing politicians from both sides of the border that he has depicted in his cartoons over the years . He kept the crowd laughing for two hours .

Terry is President Emeritus of the Canadian Editorial Cartoonists . He was born Nov . 11 , 1942 , in Ottawa , Ontario , and attended 14 different schools in Montreal , Toronto and Quebec City . He graduated from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1967 . As the story goes , he finally won entrance into this Fine Arts College after forging his High School graduation certificate – he calls this his first work of art , with a big grin .

Terry then began working for the Montreal Star , moving to the Montreal Gazette in 1972 . “ Aislin ” cartoons have appeared in many publications all over the world such as The New York Times , Harper ’ s Magazine , The

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Award-winning Canadian cartoonist Terry Mosher visited Bishop ’ s University in Lennoxville this past week , where he spoke about his career . Corey Bellam photo .