Posts by Rob Perry
Steelway, employees give $77,878 to food banks
Richard and Karen Auckland of St. Thomas Christmas Care, left, Laura Bos of Victorian Order of Nurses Student Nutrition Program and Penny Hilliker and Marcie Tenk of East Elgin Community Assistance Program’s Christmas Care program received on behalf of each organization a $25,959 donation, for a total of $77,878, from Co-Presidents Bryan White and Jason…
Read MoreLady Eagles best Huron Park 6-2
Carly Holmes of host East Elgin Secondary School’s girls hockey team aimed the puck at the Woodstock Huron Park net during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday, Dec. 18. EESS handily won the game, 6-2. (AE/Rob Perry)
Read MoreEagles downed 3-1 by Huron Park
Grayson Bertelsen of host East Elgin Secondary School’s boys hockey team maneuvered with the puck during a game against Woodstock Huron Park at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday, Dec. 18. Huron Park took the win, 3-1. (AE/Rob Perry)
Read MoreFire on Talbot Street in St. Thomas
St. Thomas firefighters sought to extinguish a fire a building in the 500 block of Talbot Street, Thursday morning, Dec. 18. Streets are currently closed in the area. The fire is in the same building as the Lucky Kitchen Restaurant, adjacent to Yurek Pharmacy. More details in the Dec. 24 edition of The Aylmer Express.…
Read MoreStraffordville welcomes Christmas
Santa Claus made his last visit to the area until Christmas at a parade in Straffordville on Saturday morning, Dec. 13. Here, Christina Funk, left, Aliyah Krahn, Amanda Giesbrecht and Marlaena Giesbrecht joined fellow members on the Straffordville Evangelical Mission Church “Come Grow With Us” float. More pictures in the Dec. 17 edition of The…
Read MoreOptimists prepare thousands of gifts for children
Leah Hearns, left, on a rocking horse handmade by Mark Minor of Aylmer and fellow volunteers Nancy Silverthorn, Linda Stewart, Lauren Silverthorn and Alice Schram sorted through donated toys, games and other Christmas gifts given to the Aylmer Optimist Club Toy Drive. They are to be distributed to 486 children in need in Aylmer, Malahide…
Read MoreGiguère appointed Elgin Warden
Malahide Mayor Dominique Giguère, in her inaugural speech as Warden of Elgin on Tuesday, Dec. 9, doubled down on her insistence that councillors wear “only one hat” while there, ignoring what was best for their own communities in favour of what was best for the county. She was the only candidate to stand for the…
Read MoreSanta meets newborn in Springfield
Santa Claus’ tiniest visitor at the Springfield fire station after the village’s Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, Dec. 6, was one-month-old Ellie-Mae McIntyre of Springfield, daughter of Kelsey and Adam McIntyre. (AE/ Joe Konecny)
Read MoreGrinch a star of Belmont holiday parade
The Grinch, accompanied by a pair of Minions, were part of an animated float by Westminster Mutual Insurance Company during Belmont’s annual Santa Claus Parade on Sunday night, Dec. 7. More pictures are in the Dec. 10 edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/Joe Konecny)
Read MoreEESS concert band and guitar ensemble celebrate the season
Grade 12 student Alexander Giesbrecht joined 13 other members of East Elgin Secondary School’s Guitar Ensemble for a concert on Tuesday night, Dec. 2. The ensemble includes students with varying levels of expertise, from Grade 9 through 12. They played Linus and Lucy, Tarantella Napoletana, Frosty the Snowman, Viva La Vida and a combination of…
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