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The Colebrook Chronicle
Friday, September 23, 2016
Around The Region
TERRY FOX RUN
Sunday morning excitement
levels were through the roof at
Bishops College School in Lennoxville, Que., as the 36th
annual Terry Fox Fundraising
Run took place with over 500
people of all ages taking part.
This run started 36 years ago
in honor of Canadian runner
Terry Fox after his historic run
to raise money for cancer
research in 1980. Terry Fox
attempted to cross Canada to
raise money for cancer but his
run was cut short after his own
cancer hit his lungs and took his
life shortly after. Now, every
year since, Terry Fox runs are
organized all over Canada to
raise money for research to try
to find a cure for cancer.
Every year since 1980 we are
on the lookout for Mrs. Cora
Lane of Lennoxville. She has
never missed a run. This year we
came in contact with her daughter Nancy Lane. Cora wasn't able
to come this year, as she was in
the hospital and was missing her
first run since the start in 1980.
However, her family was there
in her place. David Lane and his
wife from British Columbia,
Nancy Lane from Ontario and
Kathy Lane from Florida were
doing the Terry Fox Run for Cora
this year.
The run kicked off at 10 a.m.
with over 500 taking part in
honor of Terry Fox. We spoke to
BCS Athletics Director Mr. Jeff
Bray and he was very satisfied
with this year's turnout and is
already looking forward to next
years run. Hopefully we will get
a photo of Cora next year. She is
only 94 years old–she is good for
many more Terry Fox runs.
–Corey Bellam
ANDRE CRETE
HONORED AT RAMANA
Saturday evening the Chronicle was invited to attend a very
special ceremony at the former
Crete's Hotel, now Ramana Complex, by new owner Jean-Sebastien Bachand. The reception hall
was being dedicated to the late
Andre Crete.
This hotel was operated by
the Crete family for 53 years
starting with Andre's father
Doris Crete. After his death,
Andre took over in 1975 and ran
it until his unexpected death in
2000. After his death, Andre's
children Melanie Crete and Sylvain ran it for five years before
selling it to Carole Vincellete and
France d'Amours. They had it for
approximately ten years, and
then Jean-Sebastien Bachand
took it over. It is slowly coming
back to what it was in the Crete
years.
Saturday evening, at around
8 p.m., Jean-Sebastian Bachand,
along with Melanie Crete and
her brother Sylvain, cut the ribbon to dedicate the hall to their
father Andre Crete. Andre Crete
was a true gentleman and businessman in the village of Sawyerville and surrounding towns.
Andre was a go-getter. In the
summer it was mechoui cookouts
and parties and in winter it was
snowmobilers. Andre Crete loved
snowmobiling, and every day
that hotel buzzed with riders
from all over Quebec and south
of the border. He loved his American friends.
This reporter, being born in
1970, can remember going into
Crete's Hotel fairly young to
events. One thing we remember
about the hotel is the countless
snowmachines parked in the
winter months. It was really
something to see. We remember
eating many breakfasts in the
dining room surrounded by close
to 50 snowmobilers and the good
times that were had. One thing
Andre would do was step into the
bar and yell, “Free beer for all!”
He was a great friend to all and
he left too suddenly in 2000.
Saturday over 100 former
employees and friends packed
into the hall to dedicate the room
to Andre Crete. Jean-Sebastian
Bachand, along with Melanie
and Sylvain Crete, cut the ribbon, formally making it the
Andre Crete Hall. Music followed
well into the night.
–Corey Bellam
TERRI CLARK
PERFORMS AT BISHOPS
Sweet sounds were drifting
through Bishops University Centennial Theater Tuesday evening
as Terri Clark came on stage to
put on a show for a packed-tothe-rafters Centennial Theater.
This country superstar was
booked a while ago by Firehouse
Productions, which is a Sherbrooke-based production company made up of local
Sherbrooke firefighters and
other locals. The show kicked off
around 7:30 p.m. to a packed
house of cheering fans of this
talented singer-songwriter.
Terri calls her tour consisting
of 41 shows in 50 days her "Back
to my Roots" tour, which is a solo
acoustic tour. The show was
filled with her greatest hits along
with a few other much-loved
songs that kept young and old on
the edge of their seats and at
times clapping and singing
along. The show entertained all
for about an hour and a half and
left all amazed with her talent
with a guitar.
Terri Clark was born TerriLynn Sauson on Aug. 5 1968 in
Montreal, Que. She spent her
early days in Montreal before her
and her family moved to Medicine Hat, Alberta, where she had
grown to love country music by
her high school years. Terri
worked very hard at a Chinese
restaurant to save up enough
money to go to Nashville, Tenn.
After
graduating
Crescent
Heights High School in Medicine
Hat, she had enough money to
head for Nashville, where Terri
stayed and got her start playing
at "Tootsies Orchid Lounge," a
very popular country music bar
just across from the Ryman Auditorium where all the huge stars
preformed.
Back then, country music
executives were not particularly
A sea of runners eagerly awaited the start of the Color Run in Sherbrooke last Saturday morning. Corey
Bellam photo.
interested in her traditional
country music but she was told
to never give up and she never
did. In 1994, Keith Segall signed
Terri Clark to her very first
record deal and it has been stardom on the country music stage
ever since.
For this young lady. Terri has
the honor of being the only
female Canadian country music
Artist at the Grand Ole Opry in
Nashville–an honor she is very
proud of. We had a chance to visit
with this country superstar and
found her to be a very down-toearth young lady. She can tell a
joke and have a lot of fun.
–Corey Bellam
LANCASTER
FARMER’S MARKET
This Saturday, Sept. 24, the
Fireside Fiddlers return to the
Lancaster Farmers’ Market. The
Fireside Fiddlers is a group of
fiddlers from Clarksville, Colebrook, Groveton, Randolph, and
Lancaster in New Hampshire,
and Guildhall, and Barton, Vermont. The popular group is
always a crowd pleaser who
enjoy playing locally and have
recorded and released two CDs.
Bring your chair, family and
friends to the park to enjoy their
lively while shopping the market.
While enjoying their toe-tapping tunes, customers of the
market will find their shopping
needs met. It’s the tail end of
summer, which means a wide
selection of produce. Fresh
apples, ripe melons, hearty potatoes, delectable squash, and so
much more await those who wander the Farmers’ Market booths.
For those of a more carnivorous
persuasion, vendors bring a wide
choice of cuts of beef, bacon,
sausage, lamb, chicken, and
more. For those in the mind for
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Little Angelyka, age four, had run out of room while painting on her
canvas this weekend and decided to take her artwork one step further.
Corey Bellam photo.
The Hope Community Church at 102 Queen St. in Lennoxville hosted
their annual block party, inviting the public for a pork mechoui. Corey
Bellam photo.