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Over 50 members of a long-standing Snow Lake family gathered in the community on the weekend of July 23 - 25. They came for two reasons ? to celebrate the 75th birthday of René Lamontagne, and to take part in a Lamontagne Family Reunion. The entire clan, as well as 50 or so friends and neighbours from Snow Lake, assembled in the Elks Hall on the evening of Friday July 23rd for a come and go celebration of Rene's birthday. Included among those celebrating were several of Rene's sisters, his children René Jr., Marie, Annette, and Gerard, and a host of grandchildren, as well as a couple of Great grandchildren. René seemed delighted by the number of people who came out to wish him their best and his distinctive laugh could be heard over the din of the crowd, throughout the evening. Along with loads of birthday wishes, the affable Lamontagne patriarch received a number of gifts denoting the occasion. One of special significance was a large quilt that his sister Anna Carnagie (from The Pas) made for him. He was teased when it was given to him, that it was large enough to accommodate him if the crowd felt inclined to give him the bumps. Also celebrating birthdays of note earlier this year were: Pearl Doak who had her 85th, Claire Young celebrated her 75th, and Margaret Setlack, who proved that you are only as old as you feel, by blowing out the 65 candles on her cake with a single breath. Although not exactly on her birthday, Mrs. Young did receive a belated gift of sorts. She had all of her children home during the past week. Ron, Laury, Karen (Chicky), and Michael joined Glen (who lives in Snow Lake) in celebrating their Mom's 75th year. In other news, a Fish Derby held on Snow Lake back on July 15th has been deemed a qualified success. The derby boasted 33 entrants and all totaled they caught 36 fish. It was a hidden length, catch and release, derby and the event was run on the honour system. Registration was held at 5:30 p.m. on the 15th and as each person signed up, they were given the rules. The derby allowed anglers to catch as many fish as they could, inside of two hours. As fish were caught, anglers were to measure the catch, write down the species, and record the length, before returning the fish to the water. At 8:00 p.m. that evening, all anglers returned to the starting point where they handed in their forms. Before doing so, each entrant was asked to select two fish out of their day's catch to enter in the derby. Placing and then drawing numbers from a hat determined the winning length. Those going home with prizes were: Dori Forsyth, who won an electric trolling motor with her 85cm pike. Alex Francis, who picked up a rod and reel kit with his 64cm pike. Third place went to young Drew Dunbar with his walleye that measured 35cm. Organizer Stephanie Foy stated, "The group had a great time relaxing on the water and some even walked away with prizes."
