Jazmin Tillotson of East Elgin Secondary School spiked the ball over the net during a Thames Valley Southeast exhibition game against host Central Elgin Collegiate Institute in St. Thomas, Tuesday, Dec. 2. EESS Seniors and Juniors will play their first homes game of the regular season against West Elgin Secondary School on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 3:30 p.m.
Orphans Allie Pinylo, left, Kaitlyn Lale and Charlie Rader-Williams sang about their “Hard Knock Life” as they rehearsed Monday, Dec. 1, for the Wednesday opening of Annie Jr. at Sparta Public School. Tickets for that opening are already sold out, but are still available through the school (none will be sold at the door) for shows Thursday and Friday nights…
Tanner Kyle of East Elgin Secondary School passes to a teammate during a Thames Valley Southeast game against host Arthur Voaden Secondary School in St. Thomas on Monday, Dec. 1. EESS won 54-35.
Jordan Kuhn of East Elgin Secondary School pounced on a pass from a host Arthur Voaden Secondary School player near the EESS net during a Thames Valley Southeast Junior boys exhibition game, Monday, Dec. 1. East Elgin won handily, 58-22.
Jeremy Cunningham of East Elgin Secondary School won both 100 metre fly and 200 metre freestyle races during the Glendale Swim Meet at the Tillsonburg Community Centre on Friday, Nov. 28. EESS’s next meet will be at the Robarts School in London on Jan. 8.
Sparta Scouts waved to spectators along the route of the annual Port Stanley Santa Claus Parade, organized by the village’s Lions and Lioness clubs, Friday night, Nov. 28. Weather was cold but clear until near the end of the parade, when snow began to fall.
Review by Rob Perry of The Aylmer Express East Elgin Secondary School’s drama department has taken a brave turn, staging a production of Shakespeare’s Henry V last week. Usual high school fare tends towards musicals and comedies, where youthful voices don’t seem out of place, while dramas are limited to one-act plays. But drama teacher, director and producer Ceris Thomas…
Tyler Giesbrecht of host Summers Corners Public School set the ball during Intermediate boys volleyball quarterfinals against Davenport Public School, Wednesday, Nov. 26. Davenport won the best of three match in two straight games to advance to semifinals at Mitchell Hepburn Public School in St. Thomas, Thursday, Nov. 27, at 4:15 p.m.
Bayham Mayor Paul Ens has announced he’ll run to be the Elgin County warden for 2015. He made his intentions known during the final session of the last county council on Tuesday, Nov. 25. County council will hold a special meeting the night of Tuesday, Dec. 9, to elect a warden.
Port Burwell’s Market Square is, as it turns out, an oversized municipal road allowance, but that didn’t stop Elgin County councillors on Tuesday, Nov. 25, from unanimously approving a Bayham official plan amendment to change the zoning on the village’ former fire hall in one corner of the square to residential. That could eventually allow it to be sold for redevelopment…