Posts by Craig Bradford

Cally Hellsten, 7, of London browsed the many items for silent auction during the annual Catholic Women’s League (CWL) Christmas Bazaar in the basement of Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church in Aylmer on Tuesday morning, Nov. 8. Ms. Hellsten’s ancestors lived in the Aylmer and East Elgin area in the 1800s and her…

Rev. Norman Jones will mark the 60th anniversary of his ordination as a minister on Nov. 28. Born, raised and educated in Wales, Rev. Jones came to Canada in 1965 and first served as the pastor of Straffordville United Church and sister congregations in Vienna and Port Burwell for two years. He later served as…

Darrin Whaley dressed up as Green Lantern, middle, handed out candy to “Stormtrooper” Evan Lemko, 7, while he was trick-or-treating along South Street West in Aylmer on Halloween evening, Monday, Oct. 31. Mr. Whaley’s wife Denise (in the red mask at right) and her daughter Hayden Sprague (dressed up as the main character from the…

“Grand” Kids Choir members Tyler Welch, left, Emma Bowen, Rilyn Deutsch, Carter Deutsch, Malcolm Travis, Lillie O’Reilly, Claire Bowen, Amber Goodall and Abby Goodall performed Happy Birthday and If You’re Happy and You Know It during the 200th anniversary service at Aylmer Baptist Church on Sunday morning, Oct. 30. Neil Whyte, Aylmer Baptist Church’s music…

“Spooky Lucy” (played by Gail Killough) was about to bury “Scary Clown” (her son Gregory) at one of the ghoulish stops along the outdoor maze of the third annual Screamfield Halloween celebration at Malahide Community Place in Springfield Saturday evening, Oct. 29. The large Halloween maze began in the community centre where a costume party…

Kylan Mohammed, 3, got a boost by his grandfather John Waite to get a closer look at the Halloween-themed cupcakes that would be the dessert of the first ever Aylmer Optimist Club Christmas Toy Drive Spaghetti Dinner at the clubhouse on Saturday evening, Oct. 29. The fundraising dinner included either meat or vegetarian spaghetti sauce…

Zao the Yorkshire terrier as Winnie-the-Poo Bear, left, Faith Farquhar, 11, as Tigger, Sinceritee Venair, 2, as Piglet (held by mom Nikki) and Milo the miniature horse as Eeyore, led by Sonya Langeveld, were just a few of the many participants of the Belmont HUB (Helping Unite Belmont) annual Little Monster Walk held throughout downtown…

          Right photo: The participants of the second annual Monster Dash Fun Run warmed up with some calisthenics and stretching in Aylmer Kinsmen Park before heading off on one of three lengths of the Halloween-themed run or walk event on Saturday morning, Oct. 29. Most of the about 30 participants in the…

Several Aylmer Davenport Public School pupils participated in the second annual Halloween pumpkin artwork contest with the best judged entries in eight categories announced on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 27. The categories included scariest, spookiest, Active Learning Class, painted, creative, carved, cartoon and angriest. After the best in category winners were announced, all of the pumpkin-powered…