Posts by Craig Bradford
Bumping at the beach
Hailey Herman of the Schooners team bumped up the ball during a beach volleyball tournament held at East Beach in Port Burwell on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 5, one of several attractions of the third annual Bayham Beachfest. Despite the cool, windy conditions, dozens of local residents and visitors enjoyed the sand and surf in Port…
Read MoreThe (cucumber) picking was good
Dave Jansen was hard at work picking cucumbers for farm owners Henry and Art Voth on one of their fields located on Pleasant Valley Line just west of Springwater Road southwest of Aylmer on Saturday morning, Aug. 5. The Voth family also produces bell peppers which will be harvested later in August.
Read MoreClanging the shoes
Stacey Pond, 17, of the East Elgin Community Complex Horseshoe Club scored a double ringer during an inning of her first game of the Ontario Junior Singles Championship held at the Complex in Aylmer on Saturday morning, Aug. 5. A total of 18 players participated in the tournament, 16 from the Aylmer club.
Read MoreCelebrating helpers at the library
Left photo: Lilah Goodman, 5, got up close and personal with a Flemish giant rabbit during the first Community Helper Canadian Celebration held by the Aylmer Old Town Hall Library in the parkette located immediately adjacent to the building on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 3. The large rabbit, along with some ducks, a European rabbit and…
Read MoreMaking “monsters” at art camp
Mya Hepburn, 10, left, and Braylin Clark, 6, were focused on painting their paper mache “monsters” in the basement of the Sparta Church Museum on Thursday morning, Aug. 3 during the annual Children’s Art Camp offered there. The art camp for elementary aged children lasted all of that week in the morning. In addition to…
Read MorePutting a foot on the ball
Tim’s Maroon U-5 player Presley Sabourin, front, got his foot on the ball before Orange players Lucas Kroondyk and Oliver Pede could beat him to it during an East Elgin Youth Soccer game played at Columbus Field south of Aylmer on Wednesday evening, July 26. The Maroon players in behind included Wyatt Laur, Erin Pinylo…
Read MoreAylmer Mosquitoes fall to Simcoe
Aylmer Pirates Mosquito (age 10-11) starting pitcher Katie Dance, front, fielded a ball in the infield and threw it to first but not in time to catch a Simcoe Giants base runner during a game played at Optimist Park in Aylmer on Wednesday evening, July 26. Seen behind Katie was third baseman Myles Pratt. Aylmer…
Read MoreMemories of Main Street Aylmer
Summer student employees Olivia Haldenby, left, and Curtis Hilliker were in period clothing circa the 1890s and played a shopper and general store keeper at one of the displays of the Memories of Main Street exhibit that held a grand opening at the Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives on Thursday evening, July 27. Specifically, Mr. Hilliker…
Read MoreWorkers evacuated at PFI in Aylmer
Aylmer volunteer firefighters responded to Precision Fab Inc. (PFI) in the northern industrial section of town along Elm Street on Friday, July 28 shortly after 7:30 a.m. Some smoke was coming from openings or vents on the roof and firefighters had used enough water that some was seen streaming from a south side emergency door.…
Read MoreMaking science fun
Craig (Johnston) the Science Guy added five mints to a bottle of diet cola to create a carbonated geyser during one of several experiments in front of about 50 children and their parents as part of the latest TD Summer Reading Club series of activities at Aylmer Old Town Hall Theatre on Thursday afternoon, July 27.…
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