Elgin County councillors on Tuesday, Oct. 27, abandoned their plan to abandon the 107-year-old Edison Drive Bridge. Now, instead of installing a new access road to serve properties north of the bridge, previously seen as the cheapest alternative until environmental studies threw in some complications, they want to replace the existing structure with a “modular…
Volunteers Pauline Morin, left, and Maria Gubbels hammed it up for the photographer as Thea Hermans looked on while they were assembling the hot lunches during the Catholic Women’s League annual Christmas Bazaar held at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church in Aylmer on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Seen by the oven was head cook…
Dani Cain, front, bowled her pumpkin toward gourd “pins” while Sabrina Cipolla looked on during the Fall Family Fun event held at Straffordville Public School on Friday evening, Oct. 30. About 120 children, parents, grandparents and other local residents attended the Straffordville School Council sponsored event that included games, activities and crafts. Admission was a small…
“Princess” Myle Small, 7, left, and “Unicorn” Teagan Walker, also 7, sat down at just about the same time while playing a game of musical chairs during the children’s Halloween Party at the Aylmer German Canadian Club’s Saxonia Hall on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 31. Teagan was getting a treat for participating in the round of…
“Police officer” Thatcher Landon, 2, left, and “Sadie bug” Sadie Davidson, 15 months, were two of the about 50 children who trick or treated and then played inside for a bit during the Belmont HUB’s (Helping Unite Belmont) ‘Lil Monster Bash on Halloween morning and early afternoon, Saturday, Oct. 31. Parents took their children on…
Left photo: This family of “Incredibles” made up of Harlee Vachon, 4, left, Mom Becky, and Paisley, 6, participated in the Monster Dash Fun Run in Aylmer on Halloween morning, Saturday, Oct. 31. Right photo: “Tin Man” Owen Kerr, 4, hung out on playground equipment before participating in the kids event. The Fun Run consisted of…
Pupils and staff at Davenport Public School in Aylmer celebrated Halloween on Friday, Oct. 30 by dressing up in costumes and bringing in canned goods to be donated to Corner Cupboard food bank as admission to a dance that afternoon. Some of the colourful, scary and not-so-scary costumes were worn by, front row, from left: Giuliana…
Almost every pupil and staff member at Assumption Catholic Elementary School in Aylmer dressed in costumes on Friday, Oct. 30 to celebrate Halloween which was to be marked the next day. In the early afternoon, the pupils and staff participated in a costume parade and marched up and down the yard to the delight of…
Volunteers Hannah Bosma, left, Jackie Westra, Paul Winegarden and Ida Ham were ready to serve up a pulled pork supper and all the fixings at Corinth Community of Christ Church on Thursday evening, Oct. 29. The full meal included the already mentioned pulled pork, buns with butter, carrots, baked beans, coleslaw, hot and cold beverages…
This handsome fellow was just one of the creepy denizens of the “Screamfield” Haunted Walk outside Malahide Community Place in Springfield on Tuesday evening, Oct. 27. Presented by Out There Creative Therapy, Screamfield continues on Thursday, Oct. 29 and Friday, Oct. 30 from 7-10 p.m. Admission to the pre-Halloween attraction is “$5 a head” with…
Derrick Drover of Aylmer, middle front, acknowledged the nearly full house at St. Paul’s United Church as he, along with a band and choir, celebrated the release of his fourth album of Christian music on Friday night, Oct. 23. This one is titled, “Hymns of Those Who’ve Gone Before.”
A group of about 30 local residents, cottagers, Ontario Parks staff and East Elgin Secondary School Environmental Leadership Program students participated in a beach restoration project at Port Bruce Provincial Park on Thursday, Oct. 22. The group spent about four hours planting native grasses and installing barrier fencing while removing invasive plant species and garbage.