Posts by Craig Bradford

Logan Staley, 8, sang and played electric guitar with his rendition of Song 2 by Blur on Saturday afternoon, April 15 at Straffordville Community Centre during the rehearsal for the 10th annual Bayham’s Got Talent. The show will be held at the same venue on Sunday, April 23 from 1-4 p.m. Admission is by donation…

Left photo: Ziah VanDaalen of Zilli Zi Zoo to Go of Tillsonburg held a red-eared slider turtle up for several children and the young at heart to take a closer look at during the Easter Show and annual Egg Hunt at Aylmer Old Town Hall Library on Saturday morning, April 15. Ms. VanDaalen showed a…

Michael Bennett, left, and Sophie Grant, both of St. Thomas, helped stock the pond at Springwater Conservation Area, located southwest of Aylmer, with Rainbow trout on Thursday morning, April 13 so there will be plenty of fish to be caught for this year’s trout season which starts at 6 a.m. on Saturday, April 22. This…

The drivers of two pickup trucks, Samuel Chabot, 17, of Malahide and Branko Cindric, 62, of Central Elgin were killed following a crash on Talbot Line (Highway 3) just west of New Sarum that occurred shortly after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5. Ontario Provincial Police officers, Central Elgin volunteer firefighters and Elgin St. Thomas…

Volunteer and retired librarian Nancy Robinson read Sometimes I Feel Like A Fox by Danielle Daniel to a Kindergarten class during the annual Forest of Reading program at Straffordville Public School on Wednesday, April 5. Ms. Robinson and others from the community read 10 books written by Canadian authors that are nominated for the Blue…

Eric Hueston, left, played acoustic guitar while The BackSeat Girls, Linda Churchill, Gail Ward and Brenda Beaudoin sang one of their signature songs during the Lovin’ the Music concert at Aylmer Old Town Hall Theatre on Saturday evening, April 1. Seen in the background is guitarist Blair Heddle. The concert was held as a fundraising…

Director Cheryl Batterink, left, conducted the Crescendo Male Choir at Bethel United Reformed Church located just east of Aylmer during the Gospel Hymn Sing benefit concert on Friday evening, March 31. Now based out of Mount Brydges for the past several years, the Crescendo Male Choir started in 1969 at St. Thomas Christian Reformed Church.…

Matt Lessard of Burgesville sang and played acoustic guitar to Johnny Reid’s Kicking Stones during the Corinth Community of Christ Church Music Night on Friday evening, March 31. A number of area musicians, along with the Aylmer Area Community Band, played a wide variety of music that night with the freewill offering proceeds of $511.40…