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Grade 4 pupil Emily Boldt performed Taylor Swift’s Mean during the Summers Corners Public School Spring Concert on Wednesday, May 18. The talent on display at the school located east of Aylmer included pupils playing flutes, dancers, guitarists, comedy skits, pianists, drummers, someone playing a bassoon, several other solo vocalists and the schools’ choirs and bands.

East Elgin Secondary School students Isabelle Neukamm, front left, and Rachel Vandenbrink, right, led a group of Grade 8 pupils from various local schools through the halls of EESS to the weight and fitness room during a scavenger hunt, part of the fun of Eagle’s May Madness on Wednesday, May 18. Formerly known as the…

South Dorchester Public School teachers Angela D’Alessandro (with arms by Christine Pertschy), Linda Fenn (Denyse Woods), Jennifer Shackelton (Cheryl Duffet), Teresa Webster (Rosemary Baughman) and Kristin Methot (Patty Wakem) performed to “The Chicken Dance” during a recent “South Dorchster’s Got Talent” show at the school. While most of the acts featured pupils, teachers always prepare…

Melissa Wang Jackson, left, of the Calgary Opera waited for her turn to sing during a duet with Barbara Thorson at Aylmer Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon, May 15. The pair were performing It’s a Grand Day for Singing, one of several selections of songs and instrumental music enjoyed by the audience during the Spring…

A group of about 40 First Sparta Scouts and adult volunteers, including Beaver Lysha Annandale, left, and John Bynsdorp, helped Catfish Creek Conservation Authority workers plant 500 trees at Archie Coulter Conservation Area near Orwell on Saturday morning, May 14. The Beavers, Cubs and Scouts planted native sycamore trees along with pine and spruce saplings.

Aylmer and District Horticultural Society Treasurer Lesley Malcolm checked out some plants at the $2 table during the Society’s annual Plant Sale in front of Aylmer Old Town Hall Library on Saturday morning, May 14. The event was held despite the rainy start to the morning and featured a varied selection of mostly perennials and…

Lauren Wiebe and her schoolmates in Davenport Public School’s Grade 8 guitar ensemble played for an annual spring concert on Wednesday, May 11. A Grade 7 guitar ensemble and the school choir also performed.

A mourning dove pair has taken advantage of a safe spot next to Fred Kristoff’s garage in Aylmer to build their nest and for the female to lay her eggs. This photo was taken of the nest on the south side of Mr. Kristoff’s home on York Street on Wednesday morning, May 11. Mourning dove…