TOWNSHIPS’ CRIER
TOWNSHIPS
If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, we can help. Call Alcoholics Anonymous 1-888-424-2975, www.aa.org
LENNOXVILLE
Marking the occasion of Photography Month, Uplands has joined with 11 other cultural centres to present photographic exhibitions. In the Uplands art gallery, the works of Perry Beaton, Jean-pierre Paradis, Kate Reed and Toshiro Tsubokura will join together for the exhibit Intersection. Outside, the large format images of Regalia Native Pride, will enliven the wooded area of Uplands. Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre, 9 Speid Street in Sherbrooke (borough of Lennoxville) is open Wednesday to Sunday 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The exhibits will run until October 29.
LENNOXVILLE
Mililtary Whist will be played at “The Hut”, A.N.A.F. Unit #318, 300 St. Francis Street, Lennoxville on Wednesday, October 11 at 1:30 p.m. To reserve a place for yourself or a table for 4, please contact Cheryl Bradley at 819-569-2067 or 819-8372973.
STANSTEAD
A month earlier! Frontier Animal Society will hold their annual Auction on Sunday, October 22. Doors open at 12:30 p.m. and the Auction starts at 1 p.m. We’ve moved again to a bigger location this year: the old Catholic Church Hall, 94 Principale, Beebe. For further information call Mary Rolland 819-838-1421.
LENNOXVILLE
The Lennoxville and District Community Aid will be holding Blood Pressure clinics on Tuesdays, October 10 and November 14, at 164 Queen Street, Suite #104, from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
WATERVILLE
The Lennoxville and District Community Aid will be holding Blood Pressure clinics on Tuesdays, October 24 and November 21, at the Town Hall from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
NORTH HATLEY/LENNOXVILLE
The Estria Quintet’s 2017-2018 season is finally here and begins on Saturday, October 28 (at St. Elizabeth’s Church in North Hatley) and Sunday, October 29 (at the Uplands Cultural and Heritage Center in Sherbrooke) at 3 p.m. with the Quintet for oboe and strings by classical composer Antonin Reicha, and one of the greatest masterpieces by Johannes Brahms: his Quintet for clarinet and strings opus 115. Featuring the new Estria String Quartet (Julie Garriss and Lydia Gasse, violins; Christian Lampron, viola; and Erich Kory, cello) with oboist Étienne de Médicis and clarinetist Pauline Farrugia. Admission charged. Afternoon tea available at Uplands and reservations are mandatory. Contact 819842-1072 or estria@cgocable.ca to reserve or for more information. Estria thanks Le Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec for their generous support.
AYER’S CLIFF
Fall Roast Beef Supper on Saturday, October 21 to benefit Beulah United Church, 967 Main, Ayer’s Cliff. Settings at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Come and enjoy a delicious meal of Roast Beef with homemade gravy, horseradish, mashed potatoes, squash and peas, coleslaw, bread, tomato juice, coffee, tea, and assorted pies. To reserve your tickets please call Wendell Cass 819846-7180 or Dean Young 819-838 5815. Admission charged. Everyone is welcome!
SHERBROOKE
CFUW Sherbrooke and District is looking for new Members. Please join us on October 11. We are pleased to present ‘Katie Lowry’ Program Director with Phelps Helps, a grass roots community organization providing free educational support to elementary and high school students in the Stanstead area. She will talk about the challenges and success in developing the Phelps Helps program. This presentation will be held on Wednesday, October 11 at the Amédée Beaudouin Community Center, 10 Samuel-gratham Street, Lennoxville (over the fire station behind Town Hall). Doors will open at 6.30 p.m. for coffee and tea, followed by a short business meeting at 7:15 with the presentation starting at 8 p.m. Reservations are not necessary. The premises are handicapped accessible. Feel free to contact us via email at: cfuwsherbrooke@gmail.com.
BURY
There will be a Fall pot-luck Supper on October 14 at 5:30 p.m. at the Centre Communautaire de Brookbury, 571 Route 255, Bury. As well, there will be a silent auction. Info: Brenda Bailey 819-884-5984.
LENNOXVILLE
An amazing time at the Sherbrooke Women’s Connection on Thursday, October 12, 9:30 a.m., at the A.N.A.F. Unit #318 (The Hut), 300 St. Francis, Lennoxville. An Amazing Knitting Project, Ruth Fifield’s Faith Journey. Face painting by Carolyne St. Onge. Amazing music with Carolyne St.onge. For more information call Pauline at 819-563-8061 or sherbrookewc@yahoo.ca
BURROUGH’S FALLS
The Massawippi Valley Refugee Support Group are holding a fundraising evening on Saturday, October 14, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., at the Burrough’s Falls Hall, Route143, Ayer’s Cliff. Enteraintment by Slightly Haggard. Admission charged. Info: 819838-4797 or 819-838-4912.
LENNOXVILLE
Need help with your computer tablet? Come to Lennoxville and District Community Aid to ask us any question(s) you may have! If you have a laptop or tablet (for example, ipad), bring them along so that we can better assist you. We may not have all the answers, but we will see how we can help, or refer you if needed. When: October 10 between 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Please call us for an appointment: (819) 821-4779. Where: Community Aid office, 164 Queen, suite 104, Lennoxville.
BULWER
Bulwer Community Center 500 card par- ties on Thursdays, October 12 and October 26, starting at 1:30 p.m. The price includes a lunch following the play of cards and distribution of prizes. The Bulwer Community Center is at 254 Jordan Hill Road, Bulwer.
THETFORD MINES
Craft Sale at A.S. Johnson/st-patrick Schools, Thetford Mines on Sunday, October 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hot dogs, drinks, sweets and coffee sold at noon. A painting by artist Roland Dostie to be raffled. Sponsored by the School Foundation. Join us!
BULWER
The Bulwer Branch of the Quebec Farmers’ Association will meet at the Bulwer Community Centre on Thursday, October 12 at 8:30 p.m. Pot-luck lunch. All welcome.
LENNOXVILLE
Bishop’s University will be hosting the “Canadian Jewish Experience Exhibit, A Tribute to Canada 150” (CJE) from October 11 to October 25. All are warmly invited to the launch reception on Wednesday, October 11 in the Centennial Theatre Lobby from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. The purpose of the exhibit is to share with all Canadians some Jewish aspects of Canada’s story through a special ninepanel exhibition. Two speakers will briefly set the context of the exhibit: Ms. Sharon Smith of Sherbrooke will discuss what it was like to grow up Jewish in the Eastern Townships, and Dr. Daniel Miller will talk about the Jewish presence in Canada.
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