Posts by Craig Bradford
St. Paul’s serves up pancakes
Aylmer St. Paul’s United Church volunteer Fran Graham was in charge of the skillet during the church’s Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 9. Dozens of parishioners brought their family and friends out to dine on pancakes with syrup and sausages.
Read MoreHolstein Club holds Curling Fun Day
Scott Vyn, left, and Doris Dohner swept a rock during an end of a game played during the Elgin Holstein Club Curling Fun Day held at the Aylmer Curling Club on Tuesday, Feb. 9. Seen in behind the sweepers was Murray Rodenburg. About 25 curlers, a mixture of Holstein Club and curling club members, were…
Read MoreBayham man seriously hurt in crash
A 31-year-old Bayham man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries following a single vehicle crash between Springfield and Tillsonburg on Monday morning, Feb. 8. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Troy Carlson said the man was driving north on Culloden Road just south of Pressey Line at 6:53 a.m. when his car left the…
Read MorePeewee LL2 Flames edged by Point Edward
Aylmer Flames Peewee Local League 2 player Bryce Serratore, left, battled for the puck with a Point Edward opponent during game two of their Lambton-Middlesex League first round playoff series at East Elgin Community Complex on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 7. Aylmer lost that game 2-1. The two teams played to a 2-2 tie in game…
Read MoreSpitfires take opener over Trojans
Aylmer Jr. C Spitfires forward Luke Bettencourt, middle, celebrates scoring the first goal of game, just 21 seconds after the first puck drop, to take a 1-0 lead versus the visiting Thamesford Trojans at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday night, Feb. 6. Sharing in the moment with Bettencourt were linemates Josh Lockhart on the…
Read MoreServing up the spaghetti in Belmont
Volunteer Terri Smith, left, ladled out the sauce for Doris Baughman in the service line of the annual Belmont Lions Club Spaghetti Dinner at the Belmont Arena and Community Centre on Friday evening, Feb. 5. Lions Club members and youth volunteers served spaghetti and meat sauce, garlic bread and Caesar salad to dozens of diners…
Read MoreTwo hurt in Hwy. 3 bypass crash
A head-on crash on the Highway 3 bypass in St. Thomas on Thursday morning, Feb. 4 has sent the two drivers to hospital with serious and life-threatening injuries. In a media release, Elgin OPP Constable Troy Carlson stated a Chevy car driven by a St. Thomas woman, 65, was westbound on the Highway 3 bypass…
Read MoreTelling stories at Immanuel Christian School
Grade 1 pupil Eve Sinke recited, with some hand gestures and body language, the story I Have To Go by Robert Munsch during Aylmer Immanuel Christian School’s Speakfest on Wednesday morning, Feb. 3. Principal Keith Cameron said Speakfest was the school-wide culmination of classroom work on oral expression that aimed to help the children become more effective…
Read MoreOUA skating takes over Complex
McGill University’s Berengeir Garnica, left, and her partner Kia Szpak were the last to perform in front of the judges in the Intermediate Similar Pairs category during the Ontario University Athletics Winter Invitational skating competition at East Elgin Community Complex on Wednesday, Jan. 27. Skating teams from 11 universities across Ontario and Quebec competed in the…
Read MoreBowling for the United Way
Aylmer Police Chief Andre Reymer showed more flamboyance than usual with his technique when he realized he was being photographed during the third annual United Way Elgin-St. Thomas Winter Bowl at Cy’s Bowling Lanes and Lounge in Aylmer on Saturday evening, Jan. 23. A total of 119 bowlers participated in the event sponsored by Goodwill’s…
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