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Friday, March 4, 2016 The Colebrook Chronicle Page 13 Around The Region Edith Macleod of Huntingville, Que. celebrated her 90th birthday last Sunday, joined by friends and family for a special party. Corey Bellam photo. Denis Grenier, Johanne Poulin, Sebastien Boisvert, Daniel Lachaine and Francois Lacourse, with coach Alfred Whittier behind them. This teem took the win for Lennxoville in the Provincial Championship on the 28th. Corey Bellam photo. Maggie Boislard and Carole Tessier were serving up the alwaysdelicious sugar on snow this weekend. Corey Bellam photo. Saturday evening, we attended a 50th wedding anniversary party for John and Bonnie Coleman from Bury, Que., pictured here with their children Megan, Jaimie, and Candice. The party was held at Sawyerville’s favorite party spot: Barry Berwick’s garage. Corey Bellam photo. SHERLOCK HOLMES AT FULLER HALL As part of the KCP Presents Performing Arts Series, Aquila Theatre will perform Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Adventures of Sherlock Holmes on Friday, March 18 at Fuller Hall in St. Johnsbury, Vt. Tickets start at $15, and are free for students 18 and under. Show time is 7:30 p.m. There is also a familyfriendly pre-party starting at 5:30 p.m. at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. In this witty, suspenseful production and with actors drawn from the top British and American stages, acclaimed Aquila Theatre takes audiences on a thrilling and memorable ride. Legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, played in a smart modern twist by female actor Jackie Schram, skillfully maneuvers through three of London's most intriguing cases using split-second deduction. Michael Poandl of DC Metro Theater Arts says, “Aquila mounts a slick, fast-paced, and highly entertaining rendition of that old sleuth from Baker Street…Aquila succeeds by making something old very new again, and it is no mystery why the result is a heart-racing joy to behold.” The St. Johnsbury Arts and Culture Campus hosts a free pre-party from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. at the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, a two-block walk from Fuller Hall. Athenaeum director Bob Joly will perform a Sherlock Holmes reading, Catamount Arts will run in the background a muted, classic Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone, and the Fairbanks Museum will offer a special Victorian-era pipe display. Hat-and-overcoat attire applauded. There will be familyfriendly food and beverages for sale, with tea and coffee by Café at Gatto Nero and a tasting by Caledonia Spirits. More information and tickets are available at KCPpresents.org or through the NEK Regional Box Office, [phone]. Now in its sixth season bringing big talent to small towns, the KCP Presents Performing Arts Series is produced by Catamount Arts in partnership with Kingdom County Productions and with grant support from the National Endowment for the Arts and Vermont Community Foundation. For more information contact Andrea Kane at [phone] or [email protected]. WHEELCHAIR CURLERS WIN PROVINCIALS Sunday afternoon, with all cheering, the Lennoxville Wheelchair Curlers defeated the Magog Wheelchair Curlers to win the Provincial Championship. Their road to the Championships began Friday evening with three teams, and Sunday afternoon it ended with a very tight game going into an extra end with all on the edge of their seats, until that last stone came down the ice delivered by Sebastian Boisvert of the Lennoxville Curlers. This game started at 1:30 p.m. and lasted for over three hours, with many very tense moments. When heading into the final end, Lennoxville was leading 7 to 4, but the Magog team managed to tie the score. This forced an extra end of curling. The game could have gone either way–until Sebastian Boisvert of the Lennoxville team delivered the final stone and the crowd went wild. It secured the win for Lennoxville. The cheers echoed through the building. The team, consisting of Sebastien Boisvert, Francois Lacourse, Denis Grenier, Johanne Poulin and Daniel Lachaine will now be heading to Saskatchewan to represent Quebec in the Wheelchair Curling Nationals, taking place in April Johanne Poulin is the team’s coach, but semi-retired coach Alfred Whittier was on duty Sunday running down to the ice during the many timeouts to help plan their win. The Lennoxville team came off the ice to a cheering crowd of supporters. Johanne Poulin, Alfred Whittier and Robert Dauplaise need to be recognized for all their hard work. We have watched this team train for countless hours and was just as excited when they won. We are (Continued on page 14)