Posts by Rob Perry
Belmont Novices up 2-1 in OMHA finals
Belmont Minor Hockey’s Novice Rep team defeated host Hagersville 8-5 in Game 3 of their Ontario Minor Hockey Association West championship series Wednesday, March 19. That puts Belmont up two games to one in the five-game series. Belmont could clinch the title with a win at home Saturday, March 22, at 12 noon. Game 5 if…
Read MoreJunior Basketball season opens
Joel VanGeffen of Springfield Public School prepared to shoot on the host Summers Corners Public School net during the opening game of the Junior Basketball program for Elgin County elementary schools, Tuesday, March 18. The six-week season is open to boys and in girls in Grades 4 through 6, and is aimed at developing skills and a…
Read MoreNo hope seen on OPP billing change
Ontario Minister of Public Safety Medeleine Meilleur seems ready to stick with a proposed new method for billing communities for Ontario Provincial Police patrols, despite an outcry from many municipalities. At a Malahide council meeting March 13, Mayor David Mennill, one of three township representatives to attend a recent Ontario Good Roads Association gathering in…
Read MoreBelmont Novices split first two in OMHA finals
Belmont Minor Hockey Atom players formed a guard of honour as their Novice Rep team skated onto the ice for Game 2 of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association West championship series against Hagersville, Sunday night, March 16. The night before, Belmont defeated host Hagersville 9-3. But in Belmont, the two teams fought a seesaw battle that…
Read MoreComplex report to be split into public, secret sections
Malahide councillors probed Thursday, March 13, without success in hopes of learning about at least some of the findings in a consultant’s review of East Elgin Community Complex operations. While Mayor David Mennill admitted he, Aylmer Mayor Jack Couckuyt and the administrators from both municipalities had read the review, he wouldn’t spill the beans. Malahide Administrator Michelle Casavecchia…
Read MoreEESS students touring Rome, Athens
East Elgin Secondary School student Abbie Dale looked out over the sanctuary of Olympia on a visit to southern Greece during March break this week. She is one of the students on an expedition to Rome and Athens led by teacher Ted Williamson.
Read MoreReptiles at Aylmer library
Jennifer Singh, right, of Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo in Hamilton had four boys hold a boa constrictor during a March break presentation at Aylmer library, Tuesday, March 11. The event was attended by 60 children and adults.
Read MoreBelmont Peewees advance to OMHA finals
Belmont Peewee Rep goalie Chase McGee dealt with a flurry of action in front of his net during the fifth game of an Ontario Minor Hockey Association semifinal series against Port Dover, Saturday, March 8. . Port Dover went up 2-0 in the first period, but Belmont narrowed that gap to one in the second…
Read MoreYurek expects late May election
Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Jeff Yurek told an audience of service club members in Aylmer Thursday, March 6, that a provincial election would probably be called for late May. He expected the election would be triggered as the result of a coming budget from the Liberal minority government being voted down after Easter by a combination of his…
Read MoreCoffee House music at EESS
Matt Friensen performed a song of his own composition during a Coffee House talent showcase at East Elgin Secondary School, Wednesday, March 5. The words were originally part of a school assignment, which his English teacher urged him to put to music. EESS’s Music Council holds four Coffee Houses a year to raise money to…
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