Hats on for Hatley's 100th
Hatley’s first Canada Day parade up
Main Street of the tiny village took
place 100 years ago July 1, 1908. It
is widely considered to be one of the largest
Canada.
This year’s festivities will take a walk
down memory lane to those earlier celebrations
and folks are invited to get gussied up in
their vintage finery for the parade and festivities
that will take place throughout the day.
With the exception of last year, Hatley has
always held its parade on Canada’s birthday,
July 1. See schedule Page 15
Canada Day festivities in Bury
FRIDAY, JUNE 27
5 p.m.
Judging of House Decorating Contest
see list of contacts for registration
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Amateur Hour
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Music & Dance with “Slightly Haggard”
SATURDAY, JUNE 28
7 a.m. to a.m.
Fishing Derby – Children
8 a.m.
Pancake breakfast & Flea Market at the
St-Paul’s Rest Home
9 a.m.
Arts & Crafts Show at the Town Hall
Children’s activities at the Baptist
Church & Children’s Face Painting
10 a.m.
Strawberry Shortcake
11a.m.
Dinner – Salad Plates at the
United Cultural Center
Noon
81ST EDITION - GRAND PARADE
Entries will be judged in the yard at
10:00 am ****
Children’s Parade - meet at the Baptist
Church at 11:30.
1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Music & Dance in the tent with :“Steve
Aulis”
1 :30 pm
Children’s Olympics ( Ages 2 -12 yrs )
1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Inflatable Slides x 3 & Face Painters
1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Gymkhana Horse Show
5 pm
Rainbow Country Cloggers in the Park
6 p.m.
Woodsmen Competition
9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Music in the tent with “STEVE AULIS”
10 p.m.
Fabulous Fireworks Display !!
Admission 5$ Friday – 7$ Saturday /
10$ Two day pass. Admission for children
12 and under is ALWAYS FREE.
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T’shippers walk for life
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Magog’s 6th annual Relay for Life
fundraising walk for cancer was held at
Merry’s Point in Magog earlier this month,
with 67 teams participating. Team members
walked around a track for 12 hours, from 7
p.m. until 7 a.m., remembering cancer survivors
and those who have died. There are 451
relays across Canada with 49 in Quebec.
The Relay kicked off with a survivors’ victory
lap, and this year, 330 cancer survivors,
each wearing a yellow T-shirt, took part. The
track was lined with nearly 8,000 luminaries
placed there by loved ones in honour of cancer
survivors and in memory of victims of cancer
and these candles lit the way for the walkers
throughout the night.
Prior to the relay, teams collected money
and sold candles for the Canadian Cancer Society
to fund research projects, provide information
services and support programs in the
community and advocate for public policies
that reduce cancer risk and help those living
with the disease. This year “The Spirit of
Georgeville” raised nearly $18,000, the most
money ever collected by a team in the Magog
Relay. They were followed by Stanstead’s
“Happy Lite Weights” and Joana’s team was in
third place. The total amount raised was
$214,000,up from $199,000 last year.
Among the literally hundreds of ‘luminaries’
lining the track around Parc Laurence in
Coaticook were a surprising number bearing
English names. Relay teams carryied homemade
banners and costuming and made sure
that people were aware of them as they walked
the track. The teams did not give in to the
weather, despite rain , and continued to walk
until 7 a.m. Members of the Patterson family
team wore lanyards around their necks with
five photographs of members of their family.
Four of them, Gordon Patterson, Ottis Patterson,
Maria Patterson and Donald Desainde,
did not survive the disease. The fifth
person, Celine Delaat, is a cancer survivor.
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