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A crew working for Bogus Road farmer Bill Rimnyak was on one of his fields south of Calton Line and north of Vienna planting tobacco on Friday morning, May 29. Mr. Rimnyak hoped to get all of his 50 acres of tobacco planted by the end of that afternoon before the weather turned wet and…

Cottager Sue Wiltsie, front, was among over 25 local residents who participated in a clean-up of the Port Bruce beach on Friday, May 29. The clean-up was to last several hours that day and included Ontario Parks employees who were on hand to identify patches of poison ivy and mark them with small flags for…

Brody Goodliffe played a “banana piano” at Aylmer Old Town Hall Library on Thursday evening, May 28 during the grand opening of the new Maker Space there. The new department includes a three dimensional Makerbot printer, a 3D scanner and digital video (VHS to DVD) conversion equipment. The 3D printer and scanner can be used to…

Over 40 members of the McLaughlin Buick Club of Canada descended upon Port Burwell with 23 of their classic cars on Wednesday morning, May 27 and started their day of touring around the lakeside village with a stop at the HMCS Ojibwa submarine. The most unique of the cars during the visit was the one…

A motorcyclist received what a police spokesman called “moderate non-life threatening injuries” following a collision with a school bus just east of St. Thomas on Tuesday morning, May 26. Elgin County Ontario Provincial Police Constable Troy Carlson said the crash happened at about 8:10 a.m. on Highway 3 (Talbot Line) just east of Centennial Avenue…

Grade 5 pupils Mason L’Etoile, left, and Evan Eveland were full of spirit for an asthma awareness walk at Straffordville Public School on Friday, May 22. The event is held annually in honour of late pupil Ryan Gibbons, who died in 2012 during a recess as the result of an asthma attack.

Immanuel Christian School Grade 1 pupil Rebecca Krahn performed a piano solo at the Notes of Joy Recital at Palmer Park Bandshell in Aylmer on Monday evening, May 25. Other performances during the recital by pupils ranging in Grades from 1 to 8 included one by the school band, other piano solos and duets, vocalists…

Tanner Kyle, left, was named this year’s East Elgin Secondary School Prom King on Saturday night, May 23, while Selina Peters was crowned as Prom Queen. The theme for this year’s Prom was “The Great Gatsby.” See the May 27 edition of The Aylmer Express for a photo of the full prom court.