Posts by Rob Perry
Earnest Anne of Green Gables brought to life at EESS
by Rob Perry of The Aylmer Express You have to feel for Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, the ageing siblings and Prince Edward Island farmers portrayed in the play Anne of Green Gables at East Elgin Secondary School this week. When they mistakenly get Anne Shirley instead of a boy from an orphanage to help out…
Read MoreWrong church
A story in the May 7 Aylmer Express about the theft of one pickup truck, and an attempt to steal another, on Sunday, May 4, should have said the vehicles had been parked in the Aylmer Christian Reformed Church parking lot at Caverly Road and South Street.
Read MoreMalahide wants business plan for EECC
Malahide councillors on Thursday, May 1, unanimously asked a joint township-Aylmer committee to commission a business plan for moving the town library to East Elgin Community Complex, as well as other possible changes to the facility. They had just received formal confirmation that Aylmer councillors were willing to put the library there, and a suggestion…
Read MoreFifth career win for Schiller at Springbank
Jeff Schiller, formerly of the New Sarum area and now of London, has been competing at the Springbank Road Races for 11 years, and this year won his fifth career victory in the elite men’s division. Mr. Schiller, 32, a graduate of East Elgin Secondary School, is now a physical education teacher at Montcalm Secondary…
Read MoreAnne of Green Gables to open at EESS
Abigail Reid as Anne Shirley, left, and Cassy Dyck as Diana Barry rehearsed a scene from Anne of Green Gables at East Elgin Secondary School, Sunday, May 4. Their characters were just home from a Christmas ball, and they were reliving the night. This non-musical version of the classic Prince Edward Island story involves about 45…
Read MoreOntario election June 12
A provincial election will be held in Ontario on Thursday, June 12. Premier Kathleen Wynne asked the Lieutenant Governor Friday, May 2, to dissolve the Legislature after the New Democratic Party and Progressive Conservative Party made clear they wouldn’t support her government’s budget, which was presented on Thursday, May 1.
Read MoreGirls charge into Tillsonburg soccer tournament
Victoria Grunsell of East Elgin Secondary School rushed the ball down the field during the Gemini Cup girls and boys soccer tournament in Tillsonburg, Friday, May 2. EESS girls won their first game and this one against West Elgin Secondary School.
Read MoreVanRaes top agricultural reporter
Aylmer-area native Shannon VanRaes was named the Agricultural Journalist of the Year by the North American Agricultural Journalists Association (NAAJ) at a recent conference in Washington, D.C. She won the honour for her series of investigative stories for the Manitoba Co-operator on a failed hemp-processing venture. She was cited by the judge for chronicling how…
Read MoreImmunization complacency?
From 2011 through 2013, East Elgin was the epicentre of a pertussis (whooping cough) outbreak that spread to other parts of the province. Over the two years, Health Protection Director Cathie Walker said at Elgin St. Thomas Public Health Monday, April 28, over 120 cases were confirmed. She told those attending a kickoff ceremony for National…
Read MoreThames Valley wrestling meet
Merrick Snyder of Davenport Public School in Aylmer stayed on top of an opponent to maintain control during the Thames Valley District elementary wrestling meet in London, Thursday, April 24. Davenport athletes brought home five gold medals, two silvers and eight bronzes. Three-quarters of the team won medals.
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