Posts by Craig Bradford
WOSSAA runners spread through Springwater
East Elgin Secondary School qualifiers Caitlyn Evely of Lyons, left, and Amy Knelsen of Mount Salem, both 14, shared a smile before competing in the WOSSAA cross country Midget girls race at Springwater Conservation Area on the late morning of Thursday, Oct. 29. Hundreds of competitors from high schools throughout the London region descended upon Springwater for…
Read MoreGet haunted in “Screamfield”
This handsome fellow was just one of the creepy denizens of the “Screamfield” Haunted Walk outside Malahide Community Place in Springfield on Tuesday evening, Oct. 27. Presented by Out There Creative Therapy, Screamfield continues on Thursday, Oct. 29 and Friday, Oct. 30 from 7-10 p.m. Admission to the pre-Halloween attraction is “$5 a head” with…
Read MoreEagles easily tame Huskies
Ali Van Gorp of the East Elgin Secondary School Junior girls basketball team was closely guarded by a Woodstock Huron Park Secondary School defender during a game in Aylmer on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The East Elgin Eagles won 35-22 to improve their record to six wins and one loss for the season. Alyssa Voros was…
Read MoreEESS Junior boys edge Glencoe
Tyler Giesbrecht of the East Elgin Secondary School Junior boys volleyball team tipped the ball over the net for a point against Glencoe District High School during a match in Aylmer on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 27. The host East Elgin Eagles took the match three games to two with scores of 25-16, 18-25, 22-25, 25-22…
Read MorePort Bruce beach gets makeover
A group of about 30 local residents, cottagers, Ontario Parks staff and East Elgin Secondary School Environmental Leadership Program students participated in a beach restoration project at Port Bruce Provincial Park on Thursday, Oct. 22. The group spent about four hours planting native grasses and installing barrier fencing while removing invasive plant species and garbage.
Read MoreASPIRE open house…and soup too!
Edie Vindasius, left, waits her turn to try some soup while Marianne Fehr ladles out a bowl for herself at the ASPIRE (Arbeit Schule Program in Rural Elgin) open house and soup and bun night at East Elgin Secondary School in Aylmer on Tuesday evening, Oct. 20. Community volunteers made several varieties of soup that…
Read MoreTwo vehicle crash at Talbot and Elk
A two-vehicle crash occurred on Talbot Street East just east of Elk Street on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 20 near the Aylmer/Malahide border. It appeared that the front end of a beige Pontiac Sunfire collided with the back bumper of a black Ford F150 pickup truck at about 3:15 p.m. Although no official details were available…
Read MoreVecchio wins in Elgin-Middlesex-London
Conservative candidate Karen Vecchio, middle, was greeted by her former employer and retiring Elgin-Middlesex-London MP Joe Preston, left, and her campaign manager Brian Clements as she arrived at her victory party at Boston Pizza in St. Thomas at about 10:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19 after she was declared the winner of the federal election for…
Read MoreAlmost there, just a little further…
Aylmer Optimist Arrows swim team member Mariska Buro slowed down a little anticipating getting to the wall of the pool at the end of her girls age 7 and under 25-yard back stroke heat at a meet hosted by her club at the Ontario Police College pool located northeast of Aylmer on Sunday morning, Oct. 18.…
Read MoreA different way to wear those goggles
Aylmer Optimist Arrows swim team member Seth Walker either decided to go without his goggles during his boys age 12-13 50-yard butterfly stroke heat or they slipped from covering his eyes to become a chinstrap at a meet hosted by his club at the Ontario Police College pool located northeast of Aylmer on Sunday morning,…
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