The season of farmers’ markets is at hand. Let’s go on a tour.
First open is in Lingwick, at 60 Route 108, from 4 to 6 p.m., beginning this Friday and continuing until September 8.
The Compton market at 6747 Route Louis-S.-St-Laurent begins next week, Thursday June 15, and ends on September 14.
Next is in Dudswell, at the Parc Patrimonial, 167 Main St., on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon, from June 24 to September 16.
The Sawyerville market at the Sawyerville Community Garden, 70 Randboro Road, is open Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. It goes from July 1st to September 30.
Bury’s market at the Memorial Park is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on every second Saturday, from July 15 to September 17.
Yum.
SCAM ALERT
I almost clicked on “SPAM,” but took a second look: “If you are contacted by phone, email or SMS text and offered a Canadian Tire Guaranteed Investment Certificate (GIC) – STOP. It’s a scam.”
This is a new little twist. In fact, Canadian Tire does not employ representatives to promote its GICs or other banking products, whether by phone, email or in person. Forewarned is forearmed.
WANTED: NUMBERS PERSON
Interested in accounting, or running a community cultural organisation? Want to learn? The Bury Historical and Heritage Society is looking for a new treasurer. The responsibilities? Keep the accounts of the Society up to date using an Excel software program, write cheques, maintain the Society’s charitable status in the Registre des entreprises du Québec and the Federal Charities Register, and prepare an annual report for the Annual General Meeting. A candidate should be able to communicate in French, and attend up to seven meetings per year in person or on Zoom. Training is provided. For a rewarding experience, please call Praxède Lévesque Lapointe at 819-872-3346 or Edward Pedersen at 514-273-3476.
TOWNSHIPS CHURCHES
Churches: a staple of Townships culture, inside and out. They come in all shapes and sizes. One was used by counterfeiters to dodge the law. To be a church, are walls needed? They start cemeteries, and some of them finish as cemeteries. Over the years, many have survived against all odds.
But what, now? Are cultural centres the new raison d’être of church buildings? Were churches not always centres of culture? The June issue of the Townships Sun explores all these facets; art and photos by Townships Young Voices award recipients. Available at the Cookshire IGA and Lachance Dépanneur in Sawyerville, or at townshipssun.ca/Subscribe.
CONCERT CANTERBURY
Traditional Quebec music, complete with guitar, mandolin, accordion, violin, bass, and voice: A concert by Paula Chiasson, Normand Breton, and Christian Nolet, celebrating Saint-Jean-Baptiste day at the Canterbury Center, 1095 Victoria Road (Route 214). This is part of the Center’s fundraising campaign to restore its small windows. The concert is on Friday, June 23, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15. To get yours, call Ed Pedersen at 819-872-3400.
CARD PARTIES
Coming up at Brookbury Hall: Card parties on Tuesdays, July 11 and 25, at 1:30 p.m. For a seat at the card and lunch tables, the fee is $8/person. The Hall’s new address is 571 Brookbury Road (aka Route 255). INFO: Brenda Bailey, 819-884-5984.
COMMUNITY GARAGE SALES
A Flea Market/Marché aux puces and Farmers’ Market is planned for the Canterbury Center on Saturday and Sunday, July 29 and 30. The organizers are seeking donations of small items and antiques. To arrange to drop off donations, or to have them picked up if your mobility is reduced, call 819-872-3400. The Canterbury Center is located at 1095 Route 214, Canterbury.
At Brookbury Hall is planned a community garage sale on September 23, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. To reserve a large table (fee $10) and sell your wares, contact Brenda Bailey, 819-884-5984.
CANTERBURY POTLUCK
The Canterbury Center hosts a Community Potluck Supper on Saturday, August 5, starting at 4:30 p.m. Ed Pederson says, “Everyone is welcome. Candy Coleman is organizing the menu, so she will call you if you participated in 2019. If you are new to Canterbury Cuisine, you can call her at 819-657-4661.” The Canterbury Center is located at 1095 Route 214, Canterbury.
FANTASTICAL
Tidbits from Paul Grégoire’s three meaty exhibits at the Galerie d’Art Cookshire-Eaton at 125 Principale West, Cookshire.
In Gordian Knots, you see intricate intertwining of fantastical creatures you would not expect to associate with each other, and a video about the artist’s bone museum and outdoor creations at his home in the Magdalen Islands. Climb three big steps, enter through a little door into the stage area (the Hanger), and you are in the Cauchemar d’enfant exhibit. Pick up the violin and try a few squeaks. It’s allowed! Downstairs, La Chrysalide documents the giant meandering steps of creating a sculpture out of a boat carcass and a whale… no, a seal skeleton.
Until June 25, the Gallery is open on Saturday and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m., and from June 26 to July 2, on Wednesday to Sunday, from noon to 5 p.m.
CHURCHES
Anglican. Sunday services are on June 11 at 10 a.m., at St. John’s Anglican Church, 170 Route 255 North, Brookbury, and on June 18 at 11 a.m. at the St. Peter’s Anglican Church, 45 Principale West, Cookshire. For details, visit deaneryofstfrancis.com and click on the “Calendar” link. Info: 819-887-6802, or quebec.anglican.ca.
United. Sunday services on June 11 and 18 are at 9:30 a.m. at the Trinity United Church in Cookshire, and at 11 a.m. at the Sawyerville United Church. On June 25 will be one service, at Trinity United Church in Cookshire, at 10:30 a.m. Info: 819-889-2838. For pastoral care, call Rev. Spires at 819-452-3685.
Baptist. In-person Sunday services are in French at 9 a.m. and in English at 11 a.m. All services are at the Sawyerville Baptist Church, 33 rue de Cookshire. For information, please contact Pastor Michel Houle at 819-889-2819.
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