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Kids taking off during free airplane rides
Volunteer Carl Baghaw, left, helped Joey Luth, 11, right, buckle up while Joey’s sister Kara, 9, waited with a smile before they took off in a Cessna Cardinal single engine aircraft piloted by Ian Basson during the annual COPA for Kids event at St. Thomas Municipal Airport on Saturday morning, June 10. The members of…
Read MoreSounds of spring at Immanuel Christian
Dawson Banman, left, and Jonah Guenther were part of the trumpet contingent during the Immanuel Christian School Grade 7-8 Band Concert on Wednesday morning, June 7. The band played a selection of traditional and popular songs in front of their schoolmates and some parents and grandparents.
Read MoreBike Rodeo at McGregor PS
Grade 1 pupil Ryan Fischer, left, received instructions from East Elgin Secondary School Grade 12 Leadership Class student Janessa Friesen during the annual Aylmer Optimist Club Bike Rodeo held at McGregor Public School on Tuesday morning, June 6. Over 500 McGregor PS and Assumption Catholic Elementary School Kindergarten to Grade 4 pupils participated in the Optimist…
Read MoreDancing under the sky at EESS prom
Participants in the first East Elgin Secondary School prom ever held outside of and independent from EESS danced under the sky at Quai Du Vin Estate Winery north of Sparta, Saturday night, June 3. The winery is hosting at least three proms this spring. Prom-goers had dinner under a tent, followed by dancing. Sydney Bond…
Read MoreSlurping spaghetti at EdisonFest
Gryphon Ketchabaw, 10, of Vienna chowed down on pasta as he joined 15 other youngsters in a spaghetti-eating contest, one of the games at Vienna’s annual EdisonFest in Memorial Park on Saturday, June 3. On Sunday, June 4, the celebration will continue, this time for Canada 150, with a church service, cross-cut sawing competitions, music,…
Read MoreCoffee House exits with style
Anne-Marie Braun, left, and Emily Blatz as a duet performed Fight Song by singer/songwriter Rachel Platten during the last Coffee House of 2016-17 on Wednesday evening, May 31 at East Elgin Secondary School. Coffee House provides EESS students an opportunity to perform in public with the support of the school’s Performance Arts Council. Performances that evening ranged from songs…
Read MoreDNO Towing wins appeal, but must scale back
The Ontario Municipal Board on Thursday, June 1, issued an order that will allow Don Neville to continue operating his DNO Towing business from his home at 44400 Talbot Line in Yarmouth Centre, but he’ll be forced to scale back the operation there. He’ll be allowed to keep no more than two tow trucks on…
Read MoreLincoln ends up in Hacienda ditch
A black Lincoln MKX sports utility vehicle (SUV) ended in the east ditch along Hacienda Road north of the railway tracks and south of Glencolin Line on Monday afternoon, May 29. This photo was taken at about 3:15 p.m. that day. Two Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police cruisers were at the scene and an ambulance…
Read MorePeriscope welcomes you to the trailer
Katy Wells as Brenda, left, has a hissy fit on her significant other Earl, played by Pete Matthews, during a rehearsal for Port Burwell Periscope Playhouse’s latest production 7-10 Split. The play, as written by Michael G. Wilmot of London, Ontario, is set in the typical Canadian trailer home, temporarily nestled inside the Periscope theatre.…
Read MoreViva Las Vegas for Aylmer Lioness
Ann Donkers dressed up as iconic country music superstar Willie Nelson to entertain the women attending the annual Aylmer Lioness Ladies Night held at Royal Canadian Legion, Colonel Talbot Branch 81 (Aylmer) on Friday, May 26. Other Lioness members dressed up as Roy Orbison, Garth Brooks, the Blues Brothers, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and Johnny…
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