Posts by Craig Bradford
Atom Rep Flames off to league semi-finals
Aylmer Atom Rep Flames defenceman Taryn Sullivan brought the puck from behind the net towards the blue line during her team’s last game of the Southern Counties Minor Hockey League round-robin playoffs versus the Norwich Knighthawks at East Elgin Community Complex on Friday evening, March 3. Aylmer won the game 6-2 to finish the round…
Read MoreWorld Day of Prayer celebrated
Ginette Richer, left, and Beth Phoenix were members of a procession carrying vegetables, flowers, fruits, rice, oil and other important symbols in the lives of the women of the Philippines during the World Day of Prayer service held at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church in Aylmer on Friday evening, March 3. This year’s…
Read MoreTasting the maple goodness
Anneke McGee, 4, tried a maple candy sucker in the sugar shack not long after the annual Springwater Maple Syrup Festival opened its first day of the 2017 season on Saturday morning, March 4. From Niagara Falls, Anneke was visiting family and friends in the Aylmer area as her mother Kristy Rauhe grew up in…
Read MoreIcy splashing in Port Stanley
A group of cold temperature defying participants splashed through the Lake Erie surf at Port Stanley’s Little Beach for the third annual Childcan Polar Bear Dip on Saturday morning, March 4. Several Childcan supporters, some in colourful garb, braved the freezing water in groups to raise money and awareness of childhood cancer. Dozens more family…
Read MoreGood turnout for annual Mahlon Hale bonspiel
Greg Minnema, left, and Jesse Silverthorn, right, swept hard under the watchful eye of skip Mike Silverthorn (Jesse’s dad) during a morning first draw game of the 51st annual Mahlon Hale Service Club and Community Volunteer Bonspiel held at the Aylmer Curling Club on Saturday, March 4. The event was a fun day where curlers…
Read MoreFlipping flapjacks at Trinity Anglican
Volunteer John Smith flipped the flapjacks during Aylmer Trinity Anglican Church’s annual Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 28. The meal included the pancakes, maple syrup, fruit topping, sausages, sweets and beverages.
Read MoreShrove Tuesday at Assumption means pancakes for lunch
Kindergarten pupil Aubrey Campbell, left, held out her plate of pancakes for volunteer “grandma” Marg White to pour maple syrup over them during a Shrove Tuesday luncheon at Assumption Catholic Elementary School in Aylmer on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The Kindergarten pupils were fed first that day with older classes rotating through the gymnasium afterwards.
Read MoreServing up the pancakes at Immanuel Christian
Grade 4 pupil Aryanna Lockyer, left, said a big yes to Grade 7 pupil Sahiya Klassen on having whipped cream added to her flapjacks and maple syrup during Aylmer Immanuel Christian School’s annual pancake lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 22. A group of volunteers cooked the meal which was marking Shrove Tuesday (Feb. 28) six days…
Read MoreRounding the curve
Cali Baker, 8, of St. Thomas rode the inclined paved paths of Balmoral Park in Aylmer on her Plasmacar while visiting her Grandma Sheryl Martin on Family Day afternoon, Monday, Feb. 20. This photo was taken shortly after 4 p.m. that day. The long holiday weekend experienced warmer than usual temperatures for February with record-breaking…
Read MoreHaving some luge fun at Assumption
Adam Van Wychen, front, was pushed by Sheldon Sykes-Thompson during a “luge” ride within the gymnasium at Assumption Catholic Elementary School in Aylmer on Friday, Feb. 17 during the annual Winter Carnival held both inside and outside of the school. Other fun activities included sack races, road hockey, tug-of-war and much more.
Read More