Posts by Rob Perry
First swim meet for EESS
Jeremy Cunningham of East Elgin Secondary School won both 100 metre fly and 200 metre freestyle races during the Glendale Swim Meet at the Tillsonburg Community Centre on Friday, Nov. 28. EESS’s next meet will be at the Robarts School in London on Jan. 8.
Read MoreSanta arrives in Port Stanley
Sparta Scouts waved to spectators along the route of the annual Port Stanley Santa Claus Parade, organized by the village’s Lions and Lioness clubs, Friday night, Nov. 28. Weather was cold but clear until near the end of the parade, when snow began to fall.
Read MoreHenry V staged at EESS
Review by Rob Perry of The Aylmer Express East Elgin Secondary School’s drama department has taken a brave turn, staging a production of Shakespeare’s Henry V last week. Usual high school fare tends towards musicals and comedies, where youthful voices don’t seem out of place, while dramas are limited to one-act plays. But drama teacher,…
Read MoreIntermediate boys volleyball playoffs
Tyler Giesbrecht of host Summers Corners Public School set the ball during Intermediate boys volleyball quarterfinals against Davenport Public School, Wednesday, Nov. 26. Davenport won the best of three match in two straight games to advance to semifinals at Mitchell Hepburn Public School in St. Thomas, Thursday, Nov. 27, at 4:15 p.m.
Read MoreEns seeks warden’s chair
Bayham Mayor Paul Ens has announced he’ll run to be the Elgin County warden for 2015. He made his intentions known during the final session of the last county council on Tuesday, Nov. 25. County council will hold a special meeting the night of Tuesday, Dec. 9, to elect a warden.
Read MoreMarket Square is a road allowance
Port Burwell’s Market Square is, as it turns out, an oversized municipal road allowance, but that didn’t stop Elgin County councillors on Tuesday, Nov. 25, from unanimously approving a Bayham official plan amendment to change the zoning on the village’ former fire hall in one corner of the square to residential. That could eventually allow it…
Read MoreTrees down, car, house crushed
A severe windstorm sweeping through East Elgin on Monday afternoon, Nov. 24, sent trees and limbs onto a car and the front of a house on South Street West, crushing both The driver of the car was taken to St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital by ambulance. No one was seemingly hurt nearby in the house on…
Read MoreRain fails to dampen Aylmer Santa Parade
Hundreds of spectators still turned out despite wet weather to watch the Aylmer Kinsmen Santa Claus Parade, Saturday, Nov. 22. Here the Ingersoll Pipe Band was the first of three bands in the procession, which took about half an hour to pass any particular point along the parade route.
Read MoreFlood “outlook” for weekend
Catfish Creek Conservation Authority on Friday afternoon, Nov. 21, issued a “flood outlook” for its watershed. Weather conditions, including thawing snow and rain, could lead to creek water rising, CCCA advised. Flooding could take place in low-lying areas. The public is being urged to keep children and pets away from waterways.
Read MoreAmish community safety study nixed
Malahide councillors decided Thursday, Nov. 20, that $9,650 is too much to pay to have a traffic safety engineer examine ways to improve road safety in the local Amish community. Instead, they’re calling for a joint committee to meet and discuss the subject instead, with representatives from council, township officials, the Amish community and Ontario Provincial…
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