Richard and Karen Auckland of St. Thomas Christmas Care, left, Laura Bos of Victorian Order of Nurses Student Nutrition Program and Penny Hilliker and Marcie Tenk of East Elgin Community Assistance Program’s Christmas Care program received on behalf of each organization a $25,959 donation, for a total of $77,878, from Co-Presidents Bryan White and Jason…
Carly Holmes of host East Elgin Secondary School’s girls hockey team aimed the puck at the Woodstock Huron Park net during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday, Dec. 18. EESS handily won the game, 6-2. (AE/Rob Perry)
Grayson Bertelsen of host East Elgin Secondary School’s boys hockey team maneuvered with the puck during a game against Woodstock Huron Park at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday, Dec. 18. Huron Park took the win, 3-1. (AE/Rob Perry)
Santa Claus made his last visit to the area until Christmas at a parade in Straffordville on Saturday morning, Dec. 13. Here, Christina Funk, left, Aliyah Krahn, Amanda Giesbrecht and Marlaena Giesbrecht joined fellow members on the Straffordville Evangelical Mission Church “Come Grow With Us” float. More pictures in the Dec. 17 edition of The…
Leah Hearns, left, on a rocking horse handmade by Mark Minor of Aylmer and fellow volunteers Nancy Silverthorn, Linda Stewart, Lauren Silverthorn and Alice Schram sorted through donated toys, games and other Christmas gifts given to the Aylmer Optimist Club Toy Drive. They are to be distributed to 486 children in need in Aylmer, Malahide…
The Grinch, accompanied by a pair of Minions, were part of an animated float by Westminster Mutual Insurance Company during Belmont’s annual Santa Claus Parade on Sunday night, Dec. 7. More pictures are in the Dec. 10 edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/Joe Konecny)
Grade 12 student Alexander Giesbrecht joined 13 other members of East Elgin Secondary School’s Guitar Ensemble for a concert on Tuesday night, Dec. 2. The ensemble includes students with varying levels of expertise, from Grade 9 through 12. They played Linus and Lucy, Tarantella Napoletana, Frosty the Snowman, Viva La Vida and a combination of…
Residents like Mary Vandewyngaerde, left, Shirley Nagy, Bill Underhill and Sharon Brown enjoyed each other’s company, exchanging holiday stories and people watching at the Hollyberry Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 6, at Terrace Lodge long-term care home. The annual holiday event is organized by the Terrace Lodge Auxiliary. (AE/ Joe Konecny)
Rainbow Connections is a year-old organization based in St. Thomas dedicated to providing a safe and accepting space for 2SLGBTQIA+ youths in Southwestern Ontario. It celebrated the opening of its first physical space, a Drop-in Hub at 15 Catharine St., Unit 305 (third floor) on Wednesday night, Dec. 3. Among those participating were, from left,…
One excited group at the Springfield Santa Claus Parade on Saturday, Dec. 6 welcomed the jolly ole soul, waving the letters in his name and marking the location for the parade after party. More pictures in the Dec. 10 edition of The Aylmer Express. (AE/ Joe Konecny)
A shot by a Glendale High School player bounced off East Elgin Secondary School’s girls hockey goalie Selena Woodford’s leg pad during a game at East Elgin Community Complex on Thursday, Nov. 27. EESS blanked Glendale 4-0, with Woodford earning the shutout. (AE/Rob Perry)
The Knox Presbyterian Church’s Advent Organ Series wraps up on Dec. 3 and Dec. 10, at 55 Hincks St., in St. Thomas, offering a festive exploration of the virtues of an instrument that made its Elgin County debut in the 1880s. “You don’t have to be looking for a religious experience to come to the…