Posts by Craig Bradford
Rounding third, going for home!
Stephanie Desousa rounded third base and went on to score a run for her Springfield Isotopes team during the season-ending co-ed softball tournament at the Malahide Community Place diamonds in Springfield on Saturday, Sept. 19. The players managed to squeeze some games in between rain showers that day that became heavier in the afternoon.
Read MoreDoors Open “catching” on
Cameron Bolohan, 11, of Byron nabbed a grasshopper (perched on his arm) while he was trying to capture Monarch and other species of butterflies with his net at Hawk Cliff just east of Port Stanley on Saturday morning, Sept. 19 during Doors Open Port Stanley-Sparta. Hawk Cliff was just one of several locations local residents and tourists…
Read MoreFire destroys abandoned barn just west of Aylmer
Malahide Fire Chief Brent Smith said a controlled burn that was allowed by a permit issued to the property owner turned into a fully engulfed fire in an abandoned barn behind the house located at 496 Talbot Street just west of Aylmer on Monday morning, Sept. 14. The abandoned barn was on the south side…
Read MoreWelcome to the first day of school
Immanuel Christian School Principal Keith Cameron addressed the crowd gathered for the annual “Back to School Chapel” assembly at his school on Tuesday morning, Sept. 8. A special welcome was extended to the new families who have decided to send their children to the school this year. Principal Keith Cameron said his school now has…
Read MoreBreakwater opens in Port Stanley
Central Elgin Mayor David Marr, middle, along with his wife Sandy, left, and Joan Sutherland gathered at the end of the newly refurbished breakwater at Port Stanley harbour that local residents and dignitaries celebrated the grand reopening of on Saturday morning, Sept. 5. Mrs. Sutherland’s late husband Orton was the last lighthouse keeper in Port Stanley…
Read MoreCrash north of Mount Salem sends one to hospital
A two-vehicle crash north of Mount Salem at the intersection of Springfield Road and John Wise Line sent one of the drivers to a local hospital on the morning of Tuesday, Aug. 25. Emergency personnel were called to the scene at about 6:30 a.m. The intersection was closed to traffic for more than an hour…
Read MorePolice presence on Elk Street not a murder
An Aylmer Police spokesman confirmed that a police presence at a property on the south side of Elk Street near Queen Street was not a murder investigation. Police had recovered a stolen Dodge Ram pickup truck there that had not yet been reported stolen from Dorchester. The investigation continued in relation to further stolen property…
Read MoreLosing her hat results in nice score
A judge gave Jacquie Gowing of Bluevale and her horse You Q T Cat a high score in the Open class of the Ontario Reined Cow Horse Association show held at the Walker Ranch near Richmond on Sunday, Aug. 23. Mrs. Gowing lost her cowboy hat during her run but it didn’t seem to phase…
Read MoreMotorcycles galore in Springfield
Over 300 motorcycles including more than 65 custom creations from all over southwestern Ontario packed the interior parking lot at Malahide Community Place in Springfield for the second annual Four-Hour Bike Show on Sunday, Aug. 23. The event was co-sponsored by DG Custom Cycle and Low Brow Custom and raised money for the Aylmer Optimist…
Read MoreExiting the key hole
Jocelynne Groves of Aylmer rode her horse Jet Line in the Junior A Keyhole class during the Evergreen Meadows Saddle Club show at Aylmer Fairgrounds on Sunday morning, Aug. 23.
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