Late on Tuesday afternoon, October 24, an Aylmer volunteer firefighter started an industrial fan to help clear the smoke from an apartment fire on Walnut Street. Aylmer’s three fire trucks left the fire hall shortly before 5:30 p.m. that day. The apartment that had caught on fire was the west most front unit at the…
The Grade 7 pupils of teacher Kate Gutmanis’s class at Davenport Public School in Aylmer bit into apples from Great Lakes Farms of Port Stanley on Thursday morning, Oct. 19 as part of The Great Big Crunch event to celebrate Breakfast for Learning Month. Locally, Eat 2 Learn, otherwise known as the Elgin School Nutrition…
Aylmer Baptist Church music director Neil Whyte, left, had Devin Hilliker turn the pages for him while he played a “Keyboard Fantasia” concert in front of more than 50 music lovers on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 15. Mr. Whyte’s piano performance featured a selection of songs by composers Johann Sebastian Bach, Ferruccio Busoni, Enrique Granados, Frederic…
Volunteer firefighters in full gear from all for Central Elgin halls received day-long flashover training at the Yarmouth Centre Fire Station located just east of St. Thomas on Saturday, Oct. 14. The training continued all day on Sunday as well. The firefighters were trained using a Drager flashover simulator. “Flashovers occur when high temperatures in…
On Friday morning, Oct. 13, Teichroeb Exteriors Inc. worker Henry Knelsen, front, steadied the end of a 500 foot long one-piece section of eavestrough that was about to be installed on a chicken barn at Walker Poultry Inc. just south of Richmond on Richmond Road. The property is also known as the Richmond Ranch. While…
Aylmer volunteer firefighter Mike Holmes, left, encouraged his son Cale, 6, to read a pamphlet with information on smoke alarms while his other son Colin, 9, looked on during the annual Fire Prevention Open House held at the Aylmer Fire Department on Thursday evening, Oct. 12. Fire Prevention Week was observed from Oct. 8-14. Aylmer…
Thankfully, most Thanksgiving celebrations – at least the cooking and dining parts – weren’t affected by a power outage in the Aylmer area that started at about 10 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 9 and lasted at least two hours. Aylmer Hydro One Lines Manager Paul Falk said equipment failed at the New Sarum regulation station…
On Tuesday morning, Oct. 10, the Grade 5/6 pupils of teacher Julie Tracey’s class at Assumption Catholic Elementary School volunteered to help weigh all of the non-perishable food collected during Farm Credit Canada’s Drive Away Hunger drive at the Aylmer school leading up to the Thanksgiving long holiday weekend. Logging the weigh-in results a couple…
Over 320 men attended the 36th annual Ducks Unlimited Aylmer Men’s Committee Dinner and Auction at the German Canadian Club’s Saxonia Hall on Wednesday evening, Oct. 4. Those attending could bid on 40 silent auction items, 24 live auction items including two hand-carved duck decoys and the raffle consisted of 117 assorted hunting and outdoors-related…
Pupils Curtis Fehr, right, Braylon Jacques and Sophie Kerr carried the “walking school bus” banner for everyone arriving on foot at McGregor Public School on Wednesday morning, Oct. 4 for International Walk to School Day. Seen behind the banner carriers were Jayden Fehr flanked by parent leaders Nicolin Fischer and Jordan Kerr. Several routes were…
South Dorchester Public School pupils Ava Campbell, left, Payton Biser, Tyler Van Gorp and Cameron Richardson participated in the annual Terry Fox Run at their school on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 28. Over $350 was raised after families were asked to donate $2 per child or what they could afford to help fund cancer research.
Canada’s Polka King Walter Ostanek and his band helped fill the Aylmer German Canadian Club’s Saxonia Hall on Saturday evening, Sept. 30 for a third straight year as the featured attraction of Oktoberfest. Those who chose to attend the entire dinner and dance were treated to a full Bavarian-style sit-down meal with craft beer pairings…