Shaye Tremblay, left, Karly Borm and Alyssa Plaquette were among 14 dancers who spent months rehearsing for the opening and closing numbers of East Elgin Secondary School’s annual Talent Show, put on for the public Thursday, May 7, and Friday, May 8.
Junior boys raced across a field at Straffordville Public School during the 400-metre race at a track and field meet, Thursday, May 7. Connor Roberts came in first.
Cassidy Clark, right, of East Elgin Secondary School sprinted to an eighth-place finish in the highly-competitive 100-metre Junior girls sprints during the annual Kettle Creek Invitational track and field meet at Parkside Collegiate Institute in St. Thomas, Saturday, May 2.
United Way of Elgin-St. Thomas raised only 73 percent of its $600,000 goal in its most recent fundraising campaign, and and a two-month emergency effort that followed just $11,400 of its $100,000 target. But at the annual general meeting of the fundraising cooperative Monday, May 4, in St. Thomas, President James Todd and Vice-President Michelle Boyce were still claiming a victory.…
Mackenzie Brackenbury of Straffordville Public School lined up a shot on the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Public School net during a championship tournament for local elementary School basketball teams at Parkside Collegiate Institute, Thursday, April 30. Straffordville won this game 17-14.
Christian Bailey of Davenport Public School applied a half-nelson to an opponent during Thames Valley District elementary wrestling championships in London, Thursday, April 1. Davenport sent 26 wrestlers to the meet and came home with 18 medals.
Justin Grunsell of East Elgin Secondary School kicked the ball away from a London Laurier player during the annual Gemini Cup soccer tournament in Tillsonburg, Friday, May 1. EESS won three of its four games that day.
Aylmer Rotary Club hopes to dispatch three to five “ShelterBoxes” overseas to provide victims of a devastating earthquake in Nepal with a temporary home. The boxes contain a six to eight person tent, a stove that can use many types of fuel, blankets, water purification kits, tools, cooking utensils and, to distract traumatized youngsters, a variety of children’s activities. Aylmer…
Amanda Milmine, left, of East Elgin Secondary School raced a Medway Secondary School runner during Senior girls 100-metre sprints at the first track and field meet of the season at Regina Mundi College in London, Friday, April 24. Weather for the event was both cold and windy.
Kyle Dennis of host New Sarum Public School looked to set up a play during a Junior (grades 4 through 6) boys basketball game against Davenport Public School of Aylmer, Tuesday, April 21. New Sarum won the encounter 24-12.