Local emergency services representatives, including Central Elgin Fire Chief Don Crocker, third from left, and Aylmer Police Chief Andre Reymer, right, carried placards at they led off the annual “Walk A Mile In Her Shoes” event at St. Thomas Pinafore Park on Sunday, Sept. 27. Men were challenged to complete a mile’s walk in high heels to raise money for…
Lisa Rioux finished second in Senior Keyhole with a time of 14.876 seconds during the final show of the season for Evergreen Meadows Saddle Club at Aylmer Fairgrounds, Sunday, Sept. 27. Competitors had to ride through a slot of plastic buckets and then make a tight turn before racing back to the finish line. The show was also a fundraiser…
Teacher Teresa Webster tried to get a cookie from her forehead into her mouth without using her hands during an assembly at South Dorchester Public School on Friday, Sept. 25. Several teachers had agreed to participate in a series of silly games if pupils read more than 1,015 books at the Belmont library’s Summer Reading Club. They exceeded their goal…
Grade 9 student Spencer Scott, 13, of the “Purple Porcupines” team limboed his way under a hockey stick while balancing water on his head during “Fill the Cup,” one of the games in East Elgin Secondary School’s annual Eagle Olympics in Aylmer’s Optimist Park, Friday, Sept. 25. The event is held each year to welcome newcomers to the school.
Tyler Giesbrecht of East Elgin Secondary School set the ball during a game against host Arthur Voaden Secondary School in St. Thomas on Thursday, Sept. 24. EESS won the exhibition match four games to one.
Shelby Kampers of host East Elgin Secondary School looked for a teammate to pass to under the Arthur Voaden Secondary School net during a Senior girls exhibition basketball game on Thursday, Sept. 24. EESS won the game 42-10.
Maya Allen of host East Elgin Secondary School passed to a teammate during a Junior girls exhibition basketball game against Central Elgin Collegiate Institute on Tuesday, Sept. 22. EESS won the game.
Chelsea Allen, right, of host East Elgin Secondary School knocked the ball away from a Central Elgin Secondary School defender during a Senior girls exhibition basketball game on Tuesday, Sept. 22. EESS won the game 38-21.
A proposal by Aylmer council to expand the town’s Old Town Hall library by leasing additional space at the nearby Trillium Park condominium building got shot down in a 5-4 vote at Elgin County council, Tuesday, Sept. 22. County councillors rejected the proposal largely due to an estimated $30,000 additional cost a year to staff two sites instead of one.…
Chelsea Zavitz of East Elgin Secondary School’s senior girls basketball squad fired a pass at a teammate during the opening game of the Woodstock Early Bird Tournament at Woodstock Collegiate Institute on Thursday, Sept. 17. EESS defeated London Westminster 39-34.