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Two drivers and their battered cars converged in the middle of the track during a four-cylinder figure eight heat in one of the Thrill Show Production events at the Aylmer Fair on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 9. Thrill Show staged various demolition derby events throughout the afternoon and evening. Sunday’s events included a morning horse show,…

The Springfield Brewers Atom Girls team, ages 8-9, won the Ontario Rural Softball Association “A” Division championship with a victory over Wyoming Tuesday, Aug. 5. Springfield’s Squirt Girls are vying for a title of their own, and won the first game of an “A” series at Innerkip Wednesday, Aug. 6. The Springfield team will return home for…

Tyler Lammers of Whirlpool Roszell’s Furnishings reacted after heading the ball during an East Elgin Soccer Under 15 house league game on Monday, Aug. 4. Roszell’s came out on top of Pioneer 8-3.

Scott Claringdon of Tillsonburg passed the ball during a beach volleyball tournament that was part of Port Burwell’s annual Tub Daze celebration on Saturday, Aug. 2. Several teams came out despite the threat of rain much of the day and, at one point in the early afternoon, a thunderstorm passed just to the north, pouring…

Bernard Harper (played by Grahame Notman), left, listens in on the shenanigans of Roger Dixon (Tim Wells) and his wife Betty (Katie Wells) during a scene from Wife Begins at Forty, Periscope Playhouse’s latest production at St. Paul’s United Church in Port Burwell. The romantic comedy debuts on Thursday, Aug. 7 at 8 p.m. with…

Actor Jamie Williams, while talking to an unseen caller, Danielle Nicole in a variety of characters, describes an intimate encounter he overheard in “The Fixer-Upper,” the new play opening at Port Stanley Festival Theatre on Wednesday, July 30, and continuing through Saturday, Aug. 16. Mr. Williams portrays a landlord dealing with seven different callers in a comedy written by…

Participants in the summer reading club at Belmont Library visited the nearby Foodland grocery store Tuesday, July 29, and erupted into a “flash mob,” dancing to music as they read their books. They were joined by staff members from the store. The club meets every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. for special activities.

McKenna Carroll of Shedden rode Halloween Colours to first place in the Jumping class at the Evergreen Meadows Saddle Club horse show at Aylmer Fairgrounds on Sunday, July 27. Evergreen Meadows will hold an open horse show at the Aylmer Fair on Sunday, Aug. 24 starting at 9 a.m. The club’s next regular show, again at…

Kienan Davey, 6, left, his mother Tabatha and his brother Leighton, 3, of St. Thomas cast their hooks and bait into the water at Springwater Conservation Area on Saturday, July 26 for the annual Kids, Cops and Canadian Tire Fishing Derby. Everyone participating could fish for free but the usual vehicle day pass fee was…