Posts by Craig Bradford
Rain didn’t dampen catfish derby enthusiasm in Port Bruce
Braxton Dohnt, 7, wrangled with a large specimen that was waiting in a reservoir to be weighed during the 26th annual Aylmer Optimist Club Catfish Derby in Port Bruce on Sunday morning, June 14. Braxton, who participated in his third consecutive derby in Port Bruce that day, lives in Brantford and was visiting his grandparents…
Read MoreHigh level men’s fastball entertains in Springfield
Kingston Axemen starting pitcher Jordan MacDonald came out on the 2-1 losing end of a game versus the Great Lakes Pirates at one of the diamonds at Malahide Community Place in Springfield on Saturday, June 13 during the 2015 International Softball Congress Canada East Qualifier tournament. The weekend-long men’s fastball tournament started on Friday night,…
Read MoreGetting pie-d for a good cause
Malahide Mayor Dave Mennill, left, received a whipped cream “pie” in the face by Councillor Mark Widner at the end of Camp Day at the west end Tim Hortons on the outskirts of Aylmer on Wednesday afternoon, June 3. Also getting “pie-d” that day to raise money for the Tim Hortons Children’s Foundation were Malahide…
Read MoreMajor-General honoured at Police College
Royal Canadian Air Force Major-General Richard Rohmer, right, was greeted by Community Safety and Correctional Services Assistant Deputy Minister Denise Dwyer, left, and Ontario Police College Director Bruce Herridge at the Police College located northeast of Aylmer on Wednesday morning, June 3 when he arrived to attend the dedication of the facility’s library to him.…
Read MoreAylmer sends Complex budget back
Aylmer councillors at their Monday, June 1 meeting sent the draft 2015 East Elgin Community Complex budget back to the facility’s Ad Hoc Committee to find a further $40,000 to $50,000 in savings. That was despite that committee, whose only voting members are the mayors of Aylmer and Malahide, just last week voting to send…
Read MoreSpring hockey tourney takes over Complex
Kaitlyn Dance, front (in red sweater), and Shelby Laindlaw of Aylmer were teammates on the Power Edge Pro hockey team that competed in the Draft Day Hockey “London Rising Stars” youth tournament at East Elgin Community Complex on Saturday morning, May 30. The tournament, which also had games played on Friday, May 29, and Saturday,…
Read MoreFinding the right lure
Emily Howe, 4, got right to helping her Dad Chris and Mom Jody find the right lures before casting their lines into the family pond during Family Fishing Day on Saturday morning, May 30. Sponsored by the Elgin Conservation and Hunting Heritage Association (formerly the Elgin Wild Turkey Chapter), Family Fishing Day offered free fishing…
Read MoreEdu-cast attracts hundreds of student anglers
East Elgin Secondary School Grade 12 student Jayne Pinder, front, and her classmate Kylie Robitaille were among hundreds of high school students from throughout the province who participated in this year’s Edu-cast event on Friday, May 29 at Pleasant Valley Trout Farm located between Springwater and Sparta. Edu-cast is a two-day fishing tournament that invites secondary…
Read MoreTobacco planting season underway
A crew working for Bogus Road farmer Bill Rimnyak was on one of his fields south of Calton Line and north of Vienna planting tobacco on Friday morning, May 29. Mr. Rimnyak hoped to get all of his 50 acres of tobacco planted by the end of that afternoon before the weather turned wet and…
Read MorePort Bruce beach clean-up begins
Cottager Sue Wiltsie, front, was among over 25 local residents who participated in a clean-up of the Port Bruce beach on Friday, May 29. The clean-up was to last several hours that day and included Ontario Parks employees who were on hand to identify patches of poison ivy and mark them with small flags for…
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