Posts by Craig Bradford

Dawson Banman, left, and Jonah Guenther were part of the trumpet contingent during the Immanuel Christian School Grade 7-8 Band Concert on Wednesday morning, June 7. The band played a selection of traditional and popular songs in front of their schoolmates and some parents and grandparents.

Grade 1 pupil Ryan Fischer, left, received instructions from East Elgin Secondary School Grade 12 Leadership Class student Janessa Friesen during the annual Aylmer Optimist Club Bike Rodeo held at McGregor Public School on Tuesday morning, June 6. Over 500 McGregor PS and Assumption Catholic Elementary School Kindergarten to Grade 4 pupils participated in the Optimist…

Anne-Marie Braun, left, and Emily Blatz as a duet performed Fight Song by singer/songwriter Rachel Platten during the last Coffee House of 2016-17 on Wednesday evening, May 31 at East Elgin Secondary School. Coffee House provides EESS students an opportunity to perform in public with the support of the school’s Performance Arts Council. Performances that evening ranged from songs…

A black Lincoln MKX sports utility vehicle (SUV) ended in the east ditch along Hacienda Road north of the railway tracks and south of Glencolin Line on Monday afternoon, May 29. This photo was taken at about 3:15 p.m. that day. Two Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police cruisers were at the scene and an ambulance…

Katy Wells as Brenda, left, has a hissy fit on her significant other Earl, played by Pete Matthews, during a rehearsal for Port Burwell Periscope Playhouse’s latest production 7-10 Split. The play, as written by Michael G. Wilmot of London, Ontario, is set in the typical Canadian trailer home, temporarily nestled inside the Periscope theatre.…

Ann Donkers dressed up as iconic country music superstar Willie Nelson to entertain the women attending the annual Aylmer Lioness Ladies Night held at Royal Canadian Legion, Colonel Talbot Branch 81 (Aylmer) on Friday, May 26. Other Lioness members dressed up as Roy Orbison, Garth Brooks, the Blues Brothers, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and Johnny…

Roommates Cindy Henry, left, and Trudy Blijleven looked through the several shirts and tops on display during a yard and garage sale held by Lorelei Thompson at her Ashton Street property in Springfield on Saturday morning, May 27. Ms. Thompson’s location was one of 16 official sites for the annual Springfield Lioness Club Community-Wide Yard…

East Elgin Secondary School Vice-Principal Abe Wall brought his “Two Fisted Art Attack” to his school’s Relay for Life event on Friday evening, May  26. In about 10 minutes, most of the dozens on-lookers could tell Mr. Wall was painting a portrait of Terry Fox, the young Canadian man who inspired the annual Terry Fox…

Davenport Public School Grade 7 pupil Alyssa Pettit threw a bean bag into a hula hoop during one of the several fun physical activities set up at the Aylmer elementary school on Friday afternoon, May 26 for the annual Jump Rope for Heart event. The obstacle course included jumping rope, running through pylons and under a…