Posts by Rob Perry
New Sarum “Volleyball Extravaganza”
Grade 5 pupil Jocelyn Drenth returned a serve during a two-hour “Volleyball Extravaganza” at New Sarum Public School, Wednesday, Jan. 22. Grade 5 through 8 pupils participated in the event, which was raising money for a planned Grade 8 graduation trip to Camp Celtic in the Bruce Peninsula in the spring.
Read MoreBAD Peewee HL team wins 3-0
Amanda VanRoestel of BAD (Belmont-Aylmer-Dorchester) Girls Peewee House League team turned with the puck during a game against Lambeth at East Elgin Community Complex, Tuesday night, Jan. 21. Abby Horvath scored a hat-trick to give the BAD Girls a 3-0 win, with goalie Anna LeRoux earning the shutout.
Read MoreTwo wins and a loss at tournament
Devon Catt of East Elgin Secondary School recovered the ball rushed the London Montcalm net during the final of a Senior boys basketball tournament at St. Joseph’s Catholic School in St. Thomas, Saturday night. EESS defeated London Laurier 45-41 and host St. Joe’s 42-29 before losing 71-51 to Montcalm in the championship game.
Read MoreWar Amps “awesome”
Brennan Piché-Leclaire, 13, of Aylmer is hoping to become a junior counsellor for The War Amps of Canada CHAMP (Child Amputee) program starting this summer. “They’re awesome,” he said with feeling about the organization and the help it has given both to him and his parents over his lifetime. For Brennan, who was born without…
Read MoreVolleyball seeding tournament
Liz Rollo, left, of East Elgin Secondary School almost collided with teammate Allie De Coutere during a game against Parkside Collegiate Institute in Ingersoll, Wednesday, Jan. 16. In a the first of two playoff seeding “minitournaments,” EESS defeated PCI 3-0, but lost 0-3 to Huron Park Secondary School and host Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute. The…
Read MoreEESS boys best PCI 5-3
Zack Robertson of East Elgin Secondary School made a tight turn in a game against Parkside Collegiate Institute at Memorial Arena in St. Thomas, Tuesday, Jan. 14. EESS won the game 5-1, with a hat-trick from Derek Folkard and singles from Riley Harbour and Garrett Hickey.
Read MoreCounty rejects farm tax break
Elgin County councillors on Tuesday, Jan. 14, unanimously rejected a request from Elgin Federation of Agriculture for a rejigging of property tax on agricultural land. Councillors unanimously rejected a request from EFA to have the tax rate for farm fields lowered from a quarter of what residential properties paid. Local farmers saw the value of…
Read MoreNeighbour protests Sunday morning gunfire
Central Elgin councillors on Monday night, Jan. 13, approved an exemption to the municipal bylaw to allow the St. Thomas Gun Club to hold trap-shooting competitions the mornings of Sunday, Jan. 19, and Sunday, May 18. The bylaw normally forbids shooting Sunday mornings. Matthew Campbell, who said he resided 800 metres from the gun club,…
Read MoreEESS holding dance recitals
Lorena Gisbrecht performed hip hop to “Likea Cholo” by Down during a rehearsal Monday, Jan. 13, for recitals for the dance program at East Elgin Secondary School, Wednesday, Jan. 15, and Thursday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m. She’s one of 40 students in the recitals. Tickets available at the door are $5 a person.
Read MoreSwimming for St. Joe’s
Katherine Bak, 16, of Aylmer, foreground, swimming for St. Joseph’s High School outdistanced a competitor in Women’s 200-metre individual medley during the annual Robarts Winter Classic Swim Meet in London, Thursday, Jan. 9. The meet involved 20 high school teams.
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