Posts by Rob Perry
Hardfought match in Junior volleyball
Tyler Nancekivell of host East Elgin Secondary School bumped a serve from West Elgin Secondary School during the season-opener in the Thames Valley Regional Junior boys volleyball season on Thursday, Oct. 1. EESS lost a nail-biter two games to three.
Read MoreSr. Eagles best CECI in girls basketball 52-25
Abbey Taylor of East Elgin Secondary School eyed a host Central Elgin Collegiate Institute defender during the first Senior girls basketball game of the Thames Valley Regional regular season in St. Thomas, Thursday, Oct. 1. EESS won 52-25.
Read MoreJr. Eagles defeat CECI in basketball
Brandy Aspden of East Elgin Secondary School looked for a teammate to pass to under the host Central Elgin Collegiate Institute net during the first Junior girls basketball game of the regular season on Thursdsay, Oct. 1. EESS won the game 52-15.
Read MoreEESS opens field hockey season at City Wide
Brittany Kirk of East Elgin Secondary School charged down the field with the ball during a Thames Valley Regional girls field hockey game against Strathroy Collegiate Institute at City Wide Sports Park in London, Wednesday, Sept. 30. In changes from last year, all matches will be played on the aritificial turf at City Wide, with three shortened…
Read MoreSpitfires on three-game winning streak
Host Aylmer Spitfires Junior C hockey team’s Kyle Dicicco rushed the puck up the ice toward the North Middlesex net during the season home-opener for the Spitfires at East Elgin Community Complex, Saturday night, Sept. 26. Aylmer recorded its third straight win of the young season with a 6-0 victory.
Read MorePort Stanley harbour dredging contract awarded
Central Elgin councillors on Monday, Sept. 28, voted unanimously to award a contract to dredge Port Stanley Harbour and create with reclaimed soil a new piece of land for a park to Huron District Contracting of Goderich, which had the low tender at $2.987-million, just slightly higher than the engineer’s estimate for the work. But…
Read MoreHepburn farm plan scotched
Central Elgin councillors, following a secret session on Monday night, Sept. 28, formally killed a proposal to purchase the 89-acre Hepburn farm on the southwest corner of Fairview Road and Southdale Line for conversion into fields for soccer and other sports. Mayor David Marr said he was disappointed to report the St. Thomas, which was…
Read More“Walking a Mile in Her Shoes”
Local emergency services representatives, including Central Elgin Fire Chief Don Crocker, third from left, and Aylmer Police Chief Andre Reymer, right, carried placards at they led off the annual “Walk A Mile In Her Shoes” event at St. Thomas Pinafore Park on Sunday, Sept. 27. Men were challenged to complete a mile’s walk in high…
Read MoreEvergreen Meadows ends horse show season
Lisa Rioux finished second in Senior Keyhole with a time of 14.876 seconds during the final show of the season for Evergreen Meadows Saddle Club at Aylmer Fairgrounds, Sunday, Sept. 27. Competitors had to ride through a slot of plastic buckets and then make a tight turn before racing back to the finish line. The…
Read MoreRewards for reading success at SDPS
Teacher Teresa Webster tried to get a cookie from her forehead into her mouth without using her hands during an assembly at South Dorchester Public School on Friday, Sept. 25. Several teachers had agreed to participate in a series of silly games if pupils read more than 1,015 books at the Belmont library’s Summer Reading…
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