Bernard Harper (played by Grahame Notman), left, listens in on the shenanigans of Roger Dixon (Tim Wells) and his wife Betty (Katie Wells) during a scene from Wife Begins at Forty, Periscope Playhouse’s latest production at St. Paul’s United Church in Port Burwell. The romantic comedy debuts on Thursday, Aug. 7 at 8 p.m. with…
Actor Jamie Williams, while talking to an unseen caller, Danielle Nicole in a variety of characters, describes an intimate encounter he overheard in “The Fixer-Upper,” the new play opening at Port Stanley Festival Theatre on Wednesday, July 30, and continuing through Saturday, Aug. 16. Mr. Williams portrays a landlord dealing with seven different callers in a comedy written by…
Participants in the summer reading club at Belmont Library visited the nearby Foodland grocery store Tuesday, July 29, and erupted into a “flash mob,” dancing to music as they read their books. They were joined by staff members from the store. The club meets every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for special activities.
McKenna Carroll of Shedden rode Halloween Colours to first place in the Jumping class at the Evergreen Meadows Saddle Club horse show at Aylmer Fairgrounds on Sunday, July 27. Evergreen Meadows will hold an open horse show at the Aylmer Fair on Sunday, Aug. 24 starting at 9 a.m. The club’s next regular show, again at…
Kienan Davey, 6, left, his mother Tabatha and his brother Leighton, 3, of St. Thomas cast their hooks and bait into the water at Springwater Conservation Area on Saturday, July 26 for the annual Kids, Cops and Canadian Tire Fishing Derby. Everyone participating could fish for free but the usual vehicle day pass fee was…
Gracie Bergen, 9, of Brownsville jumped off of the low diving board at Aylmer Pool’s diving tank during a free public swim sponsored by Eastlink on Friday afternoon, July 25. An Eastlink employee was camped out beside the fenced-in outdoor facility handing out free purple beach balls and popsicles.
Brianne Brix of Skipwell Farms rushed the ball toward the Durkee’s net during Under 18 East Elgin Soccer action at Columbus Field south of Aylmer, Wednesday, July 23. The game ended in a tie.
Bella Bennett of host Aylmer Pool swam in Girls 12 and under backstroke during a meet against Woodstock “A” on Wednesday, July 23. Aylmer won the meet, and will next take on Dorchester Wednesday, Aug. 13, starting at 6 p.m., and then host the all-day Tri-County Meet for eight clubs on Saturday, Aug. 23.
Janessa Smith, 9, left, and Reese Watson, 10, hit the Kinsmen rink for a public skate at East Elgin Community Complex on Wednesday morning, July 23. Both of the girls were from St. Thomas and play competitive hockey.
Carly VanRoestel of host Belmont’s Vanbommel Farms Under 18 Girls soccer team headed a throw-in during West London Soccer Challenge Cup preliminaries Saturday, July 19. Belmont won that game 1-0 off a goal from Kate Allen, and earlier in the day bested Body Mechanics 3-2, with two goals from Sarah Hardy and one from Krista…
Editor’s Note: Last week’s soccer scores were inadvertently left out of the newspaper. The Express regrets the error. Please click here to download a PDF of the soccer scores from the week of July 7-11.
East Elgin Youth Soccer Association maroon team player Tiara Mannen, middle, jockeyed for the ball with teammates Leila Lakhansingh and Ethan Van Wychen while black players Aiden Friesen and Dominique Renaud chased not far behind during their game at Columbus Park south of Aylmer on Wednesday, July 16. The black team won the game with…