Posts by Rob Perry
Adult soccer action at Columbus Park
Henry Penner, left, and Annemarie Penner of Driver Realty adult soccer team closed in on Katie Parker of Showcase Realty during a game at Columbus Park in Malahide, just south of Aylmer, on Sunday night, July 17. Showcase came out on top of the match. East Elgin Youth Soccer offers a four-team adult division that…
Read MoreSmoky climax to Rotten Ride
Smoke drifted upward from where a rider was doing a “burn-out” with his motorcycle at host DG Custom Cycle on College Line in Malahide on Saturday afternoon, July 16. A total of 375 riders had just completed the 11th annual “Rotten Ride” put on by the business with help from 50 volunteers and Aylmer Optimist…
Read MoreFull park for Bandshell Bible school play
Actors from an annual week-long vacation Bible School at Bradley Street Church of God put on “Gold Rush,” a comedy, at the Bandshell at Palmer Park in Aylmer on Friday night, July 15. The park was packed with spectators.
Read MoreSpringfield Summer Reading Club goes “Wild”
Megan Sleegers, 9, took a plunge in a mock-jungle pool that was part of an obstacle course for Springfield library’s Summer Reading Club on Thursday, July 14. This year, 109 children 6 through 12 years old have signed up for the club, and 32 were out for the weekly special program at the library at…
Read MoreCr. Stevenson resigns from STEGH board over executive “overcompensation”
St. Thomas Councillor Linda Stevenson has resigned from the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital board of governors in protest of what she describes as attempts to skirt around the provincial salary cap for a new president and chief executive officer being sought by STEGH. “I think the eye has to be on them,” she said…
Read MoreBelmont U12 takes on Southend
Jared Kuiken of host Belmont’s Under 12 DeKalb boys team deked past a Southend Recreational defender during a West London Soccer match on Tuesday night, July 12. Belmont won the game 4-2.
Read MoreBike mishap on John St. N.
Elgin-St. Thomas Emergency Medical Services paramedics and Jeff Vandewyngaerde, a passing Malahide volunteer firefighter, cared for an older man who fell off an adult three-wheeler after reportedly hitting a curb on the west side of John Street North, just after 4 p.m. on Monday, July 11. He appeared to have sustained an arm injury and…
Read MoreMalahide fire ban lifted
An outdoor burning ban issued by Malahide Fire Chief Brent Smith on Wednesday, July 6, was cancelled on Monday, July 11. Burning can resume, subject to the township’s usual restrictions and regulations.
Read MoreFire ban in Malahide, except for cooking
Malahide Fire Service issued a ban on any and all outdoor burning in the township on Wednesday morning, July 6. The ban applies even to property owners who have obtained a burn permit from the township. The ban is the result of continuing hot, dry weather in the area, and the fire department is warning that…
Read MoreGetting wound up in Springfield
Nathan “Nater” Shackleton of host Springfield Brewers Atom Boys (Mites) team pitched to a Tavistock hitter duirng a ball game at Malahide Community Place on Thursday, June 30. Tavistock came out on top of the scoreboard at the end of the night.
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