Posts by Rob Perry
EESS Junior girls fall to PCI 44-33
Kate Allen of host East Elgin Secondary School drove toward the Parkside Collegiate Institute net during a Junior girls basketball game on Tuesday, Oct. 7. EESS fought hard but ended up losing 44-33.
Read MoreLearning fire safety at Straffordville PS
Deputy Chief Chris McQuiggan, left, of Bayham Volunteer Fire Department and Captain Greg Coles, right, outfitted Straffordville Public School Kindergartener Logan Staley, middle, in a “bunker suit” and helmet during a fire safety presentation, Tuesday, Oct. 7. Deputy Chief McQuiggan is holding “Sparky,” a puppet used to help teach safety lessons.
Read MoreEESS Senior girls best PCI 40-26
Kendra Horlick of host East Elgin Secondary School rushed down the court during a Senior girls basketball game against Parkside Collegiate Institute, Tuesday, Oct. 7. EESS won the game 40-26.
Read MoreFire trucks, taxes and standing up to staff
Over 120 residents attended the first-ever Aylmer Express all-candidates meeting Monday night for the municipal election in Central Elgin. They grilled candidates on questions including rising taxes, costly fire trucks, the narrowing of Centennial Avenue and, if elected, would councillors “stand up” to staff in making decisions.
Read MoreMalahide OPP cost to go up $81,000
Malahide’s cost for Ontario Provincial Police patrols will increase to $973,000 next year, up from $892,000 this year. Mayor David Mennill reported at a township council meeting Thursday, Oct. 2, that Malahide representatives had attended a billing briefing by OPP in St. Thomas that morning. The OPP was changing how it billed municipalities in an…
Read MoreHarriers flock to Springwater
Jeremy Cunningham of East Elgin Secondary School neared the end of the Junior boys 6.36-kilometre cross-country race during a meet at Springwater Conservation Area on Thursday, Oct. 2. The invitational meet was attended by several high schools.
Read MoreWalking a Mile in Her Shoes
Andy Anderson, left, mayoral candidate Greg Currie, Police Chief Andre Reymer and Mayor Jack Couckuyt of “Team Aylmer” raised $3,560 for Violence Against Women Services Elgin County as they participated in the fifth annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” in St. Thomas’s Pinafore Park, Sunday, Sept. 28. This year, 63 men donned high heels in…
Read MoreEESS Senior girls best WESS 46-12
Amanda Milmine of host East Elgin Secondary School made a lay-up on a breakaway during a Senior girls basketball game against West Elgin Secondary School, Tuesday, Sept. 23. EESS won its home-opener 46-12.
Read MoreEESS Juniors girls win 54-15
Brandy Aspden of host East Elgin Secondary School charged the Tillsonburg net on a breakaway during a Junior girls basketball game on Tuesday, Sept. 23. EESS won its home-opener 54-15.
Read MoreEESS girls field hockey team wins doubleheader
Kendra Nesbitt of host East Elgin Secondary School kept the ball away from an Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute defender during a girls field hockey game on Tuesday, Sept. 23. EESS won that game 2-1 and, in the second of a doubleheader, Glencoe District High School 5-0.
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