With a new billing model implemented this year by Ontario Provincial Police, the Elgin Group Police Services Board seems to have no way to reduce local costs. At a meeting Wednesday, Jan. 21, board members were told by Elgin Administrator Mark McDonald that the group had no “enhancements,” basically additional police officers or equipment, beyond what the province required it…
Cathy Macpherson, public health dietitian, told Elgin St. Thomas Public Health board at its January meeting that three-quarters of local children 3 to 5 years old ate meals in front of the television most of the time, and were already spending more than two hours a day watching a TV or computer screen. One in 10, was eating fast food…
Devon Farrow of Davenport Public School drove by defender Sam Gutmanis of host Mitchell Hepburn Public School during a boys “AA” basketball game in St. Thomas, Tuesday, Jan. 20. Davenport won that game, and another against Straffordville Public School.
Chloe Hough of Sparta Public School rushed the ball down the court during the opening game of the Girls “A” basketball season against host Locke’s Public School in St. Thomas, Wednesday, Jan. 14. Teams play five regular-season games before playoffs begin.
Mari Varey of Aylmer Optimist Arrows sped through the water during a freestyle relay race at the London Aquatic Club`s 12 and Under Celebration Meet at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre, Saturday, Jan. 17. She was on the girls 9-10 4×50-metre team.
A great horned owl tried to take flight from the hand of Shauna Cowan of the Canadian Raptor Conservancy during a show at the “Carolinian Carnival” held at East Elgin Community Complex, Saturday, Jan. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event was organized by East Elgin Secondary School’s Environmental Leadership Program with help from a variety of environmental…
Volunteer cooks, some having started as early as 7 a.m., put the finishing touches on an annual game dinner at Aylmer Optimist Club, Friday night, Jan. 16. Dishes on the menu included frog’s legs, squirrel, snails, smoked whitefish and lake trout and “Cajun catfish.” About 80 men attended, with proceeds to the club’s youth projects in the community.
Katie Parker of East Elgin Secondary School bumped the ball during a Thames Valley Southeast Senior girls volleyball game against host Arthur Voaden Secondary School, Thursday, Jan. 15. EESS took the match in three straight games.
Robin Granger, president of St. Thomas Soccer, told a special joint meeting of Central Elgin and St. Thomas councils Thursday, Jan. 15, that developing the Hepburn farm on the southwest corner of Fairview and Southdale in Central Elgin would cost an estimated $4.5-million, including $2.2-million to purchase the land. A committee that included sports group, public and council representatives felt…
Elgin County councillors on Tuesday, Jan. 13, received an architect’s report stating that building a whole new Terrace Lodge long-term care home on the same property as the existing one just outside Aylmer would cost $30-million. Financing that over 25 years would bring the total cost to $47-million, Financial Services Director Jim Bundschuh said, with the province expected to provide…