Posts by Rob Perry
Win at tourney for Straffordville PS
Mackenzie Brackenbury of Straffordville Public School lined up a shot on the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Public School net during a championship tournament for local elementary School basketball teams at Parkside Collegiate Institute, Thursday, April 30. Straffordville won this game 17-14.
Read MoreEighteen wrestling medals for Davenport
Christian Bailey of Davenport Public School applied a half-nelson to an opponent during Thames Valley District elementary wrestling championships in London, Thursday, April 1. Davenport sent 26 wrestlers to the meet and came home with 18 medals.
Read MoreEESS boys three for four at Gemini Cup
Justin Grunsell of East Elgin Secondary School kicked the ball away from a London Laurier player during the annual Gemini Cup soccer tournament in Tillsonburg, Friday, May 1. EESS won three of its four games that day.
Read MoreShelters for Nepalese earthquake victims
Aylmer Rotary Club hopes to dispatch three to five “ShelterBoxes” overseas to provide victims of a devastating earthquake in Nepal with a temporary home. The boxes contain a six to eight person tent, a stove that can use many types of fuel, blankets, water purification kits, tools, cooking utensils and, to distract traumatized youngsters, a…
Read MoreFirst track meet of the season
Amanda Milmine, left, of East Elgin Secondary School raced a Medway Secondary School runner during Senior girls 100-metre sprints at the first track and field meet of the season at Regina Mundi College in London, Friday, April 24. Weather for the event was both cold and windy.
Read MoreNew Sarum bests Davenport in Junior basketball
Kyle Dennis of host New Sarum Public School looked to set up a play during a Junior (grades 4 through 6) boys basketball game against Davenport Public School of Aylmer, Tuesday, April 21. New Sarum won the encounter 24-12.
Read MoreCentral Elgin, county clear-cutting roadsides
Vegetation such as shrubs and grasses represents such a clear and present danger that Central Elgin is going to start mowing roadsides from fencerow to fencerow. Councillors voted 5-1 on Monday, April 20, to approve a new policy to cut vegetation the full width of every municipal and county road within Central Elgin, half to…
Read MoreAnother public hearing on Bayham facilities review May 11
Bayham councillors are going to split up and meet with service clubs and other organizations that use municipal buildings such as community centres, before holding a special public hearing on the future of those facilities Monday, May 11, at 7 p.m. Bayham recently conducted a review of all its buildings and found many of them…
Read MorePolice chief about McDonald: “Somewhat erroneous”
Chief Andre Reymer used some diplomatic language in telling Aylmer Police Services Board Tuesday, April 12, that town Councillor Ted McDonald was way off base in recent financial criticism of the cost of municipal policing. Cr. McDonald, claiming that Aylmer’s policing costs were among the top one percent in the province, tried to get town…
Read MoreEESS boys win soccer doubleheader
Ryan VanRoestel of East Elgin Secondary School kicked the ball away from a Central Elgin Collegiate Institute player during the second game of a season-opening Thames Valley Southeast boys soccer doubleheader at City Wide Sports Fields in London, Monday, April 20. EESS won this game 3-1 and an earlier one against Glencoe District High School…
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