Posts by Rob Perry
Season’s last meet at Aylmer Pool
Tyler Smith of host Aylmer Pool backstroked through the water during boys 8 and Under race on Wednesday night, Aug. 17. Aylmer took on Strathroy, but no winner emerged because a thunderstorm brought the meet, the last here of the season, to a premature end.
Read MoreWhich way do we go?
Drivers competed in the first heat of a “Figure 8” race at Aylmer Fair’s “Demo Day” Saturday afternoon, Aug. 13. A couple laps after they started, officials realized the racers were going around in an oval, and reminded them they had to wheel about in a Figure 8. Hilariously, some started going one way and some the…
Read More4-H Dairy show at Fair
Tegan Rouse of Belmont 4-H Dairy Club caught the eye of the judge during the annual Elgin 4-H Interclub Showmanship and Conformation Competition in the cattle barn at Aylmer Fair, Saturday morning, Aug. 13. She was vying for honours along with others in the Intermediate Dairy Showmanship class for 4-H members 13 through 15 years old.
Read MoreBanging cars at Aylmer Fair
The entry of Daag’s Used Tires of Aylmer sped around a course for the Garage Challenge Banger Race at Aylmer Fair, Friday night, Aug. 12. Local businesses entered cars in the event, where drivers were free to bang into the sides of their competitors–though sometimes other parts got involved as well.
Read MoreTwo charged with murdering EESS alumnus
St. Thomas Police have charged two men with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Billy Lamers, an East Elgin Secondary School alumnus, at his St. Thomas apartment. Police say Mr. Lamers was stabbed at 337 Talbot St. at about 12:45 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 11, and later died at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital. Police have…
Read MoreLighting up the sky over Aylmer Fair
Fireworks exploded in the sky over the Aylmer Fair on opening night, Thursday, Aug. 11. The fair splurged on a spectacular 20-minutes pyrotechnic display to celebrate its 170th birthday. The annual agricultural exhibition continues through Sunday.
Read MoreKeeping cool in Springfield
Helper Emmalee McClintock-Clutz, left, poured chocolate syrup on Abigail Friesen’s sundae during a Springfield library Summer Reading Club session on Thursday morning, Aug. 11. The frozen treats offered relief from hot, humid weather that day.
Read More170th Aylmer Fair open
Despite torrid weather the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 11, brave youngsters still came out for their first rides on the Aylmer Fair Midway. Admission Thursday is by donation, and the opening day will be topped off with fireworks at dusk.
Read MoreSaving turtles from road hazards
Jan Everett of London, right, read a children’s book she wrote and illustrated about her husband John’s efforts to save turtles along the Long Point Causeway between Long Point Bay and Turtle Creek Marsh to Summer Reading Club members at the Fred Bodsworth Library in Port Burwell during their final summer session, Tuesday afternoon, Aug.…
Read MoreBanger Race entry getting prettied up
Shalem Hernandez, left, Austin Cook, Jordan Steele, Gregory Killough, Joshua Hernandez, Mackenzie Steele, Ilse Kloosterman, Mark Kloosterman and Justin Kloosterman of Springfield library’s Summer Reading Club started painting an old Buick donated by Elgin Auto of Aylmer on Monday, August 8. They’re helping prepare it for a “Garage Challenge Banger Race” at Aylmer Fair Friday…
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