Melinda Cockburn, left, of St. Thomas introduces Penny, the husky-akida dog she’s fostering on behalf of All Breed Canine Rescue, to Whitney Giesbrecht of Aylmer and her daughter Dezamae, 15 months old, and Melissa Hoover of Aylmer at Pet Valu in Aylmer, Friday, April 17. Penny was brought to the area from Northern Ontario after…
Immanuel Christian School pupils Holly Cameron, left, Megan Friesen and Jocelyn Shelton pondered possible answers to a question during “Battle of the Books” on Thursday, April 16. The Aylmer school hosted six other district Christian schools for the competition. Teams were given 10 books to read in October, to prepare them to answer questions about…
Susan Lampman was one of 26 volunteer models for the annual Vienna Lioness fashion show at the village community centre on Wednesday, April 15. The event, decorated in Parisian style, attracted 154, and raised $1,000 each for Corner Cupboard food bank in Aylmer and the Salvation Army of Tillsonburg.
YWCA Kids Creative Cuisine instructor Petrusia Hontar, left, supervised Brianna Syrnyk, 10, as she chopped vegetables to serve with hummus during a cooking lesson in the kitchen at Springfield Community Place, Tuesday, April 14. They also made chocolate avocado banana pudding and English muffin “mini-pizzas” in the first night of a six-week course organized through…
Malahide councillors on Thursday, April 9, rejected a request to equip volunteer firefighters with potentially lifesaving “EpiPens” that administer medication in case of a severe allergic reaction. Lyons Line resident Elizabeth Van Hooren has started a campaign to seek such equipment for area firefighters, after her own son almost died from an allergy that had…
Aylmer Councillor Ted McDonald believes the East Elgin Community Complex has an annual “deficit” of $600,000, but Mayor Greg Currie disagrees. Mayor Currie insisted at a meeting Tuesday, April 7, that he believed whatever the annual cost to Aylmer and Malahide taxpayers for operating the Complex should be called, he knew it wasn’t deficit. The…
Elgin-Middlesex-London MP Joe Preston offered beleaguered Bayham no relief from the huge financial burden the municipality has been left with over HMCS Ojibwa. He and MPP Jeff Yurek answered questions during a St. Thomas and District Chamber of Commerce luncheon in St. Thomas, Wednesday, April 8. MP Preston provided no hint of any potential financial relief,…
Hundreds turned out for the annual Farmers Spring Consignment Machinery Auction at Shackelton Auctions northeast of Springfield on Saturday, April 11. Potential buyers had to park their cars, buggies and pickups up to two kilomtres away from the busy sale.
The Aylmer Knights of Columbus monthly brunch at their hall on Beech Street attracted crowds for both breakfast and lunch (and in between) on Sunday, April 5. The Knights of Columbus hold their brunches on the first Sunday of each month which just so happened to fall on Easter Sunday this time. The Knights of…
Aylmer Old Town Hall Library hosted an Easter Egg Hunt in the parkette immediately south of its location on Saturday afternoon, April 4. Several youngsters, some with the help of their parents who bundled their children up for the near freezing temperatures that afternoon, participated in the free event leading up to Easter Sunday.
Kaidynce Rosso, 9, of St. Thomas concentrated on making a colourful Easter bonnet at the Sparta House Tearoom on Saturday afternoon, April 4. The Sparta business community celebrated the Saturday before Easter Sunday in style with Easter Egg hunts, free photos with the Easter Bunny and special sales. Donations to St. Thomas Caring Cupboard food…
Jesus, played by Ray Reid, right, embraced Lazarus (Nicole DeRyk) after raising him from the dead during one of the scenes of the Passion of Christ staged during the Good Friday service at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church in Aylmer on the morning of April 3. At left were the Chief Priest played by…