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Riders Care2Cycle
Stewart Wells, 4, left, received some pointers from Micah Schuurman, 12, during the “Rabbit Rodeo” component of the Care2Cycle event at Immanuel Christian School on Saturday morning, Oct. 15. After the bicycle rodeo for children ages 4-8, 25 riders embarked on one of three cycling routes of 10 kilometres, 20 km or 50 km. A 5…
Read MoreKCCA declares Level 2 Low Water advisory
Residents in the watershed of the Kettle Creek Conservation Authority are being asked to voluntarily reduce their non-essential water use by 20 percent due to the ongoing and persistent dry conditions throughout the region. According to a media release issued by the KCCA on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 13, the KCCA’s Low Water Response Team had…
Read More“Bail for Jail” nabs Mayor Greg Currie
Aylmer Mayor Greg Currie, left, who’d been “arrested” and brought before a St. Thomas Crime Stoppers court in St. Thomas Thursday, Oct. 13, by town Constable Charity Duckworth, reacted after being told by “Judge” Marg Goulding he’d have to raise $600 for the program before he’d be released from a makeshift cell. Crime Stoppers pays…
Read MoreConcession stand to re-open at Port Stanley Arena
Physical Services Director Lloyd Perrin told Central Elgin councillors that, as they had ordered, a contractor had been found to operate the concession stand at the Port Stanley Arena. That stand had been closed, to be replaced by additional vending machines, but user groups lobbied councillors to restore the food concession. Mr. Perrin said a…
Read MoreCentral Elgin backs new school in Belmont
Central Elgin councillors on Tuesday, Oct. 11, voted unanimously to support a proposal for a large new Kindergarten through Grade 8 public elementary school to be built in Belmont. Thames Valley District School Board is considering a plan that would close New Sarum, South Dorchester and Springfield schools locally, and Westminster Central in Southeast London,…
Read MoreTornado Fun Run returns to OPC
Hundreds of runners, walkers, cyclists, rollerbladers and even some scooter riders participated in the 37th annual Tornado Fun Run at the Ontario Police College northeast of Aylmer on Wednesday evening, Oct. 5. This year the event, which returned after a one-year hiatus, raised money for the Aylmer-Malahide Museum and Archives and paid tribute to its…
Read MoreMotorcyclist killed in crash with pickup
David Berg, 29, of Aylmer was pronounced dead in hospital after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a pickup truck at the intersection of Talbot Line (Highway 3) and Quaker Road west of New Sarum on Monday, Oct. 3 at about 8 p.m. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Adam Crewdson said officers, Central…
Read MoreMothers vow fight to keep Springfield PS open
An ad hoc committee founded by five mothers held its first public meeting, attended by about 50, Monday night, Oct. 3, to enlist support to keep Springfield Public School open. The committee is less than a week old, and was formed after word that Thames Valley District School Board was considering closing Springfield, South Dorchester…
Read MoreEagle Olympics welcomes Grade 9s
Kimberly Froese, left, Abby King and Ryan Wilson of the “Golden Dragons” team were among over 250 East Elgin Secondary School students who participated in the annual Eagle Olympics at Optimist Park in Aylmer on Monday afternoon, Oct. 3. After a barbecue lunch, Grade 9 students were encouraged to get wet and muddy by playing…
Read MoreNew Sarum walks for cancer research
Jaiden Loucks, left, Grade 7, Tanner Smith, Grade 7, Grant Bolt, Grade 3, Abby Fedorowski, Grade 7, and Rebecca Lockyer, Grade 7, joined other pupils walking around New Sarum Public School on a Terry Fox Run (or walk) on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 29. Rain stopped just in time for the event, which raised $2,000 for…
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