Central Elgin Mayor Bill Walters announced he would not be seeking re-election this autumn during a luncheon in St. Thomas, Wednesday, Feb. 19. He said four years was long enough to serve, and he wanted to devote his time to family and business commitments. He was proudest in his term as mayor of the year he had served as warden of…
Grade 3 pupil Daniel Brannigan, left, wound up for a shot on net while McGregor Public School classmates Nolan Wiebe, Grade 4, and Bianca Giesbrecht, grade 3, watched, Friday, Feb. 14. McGregor spent the afternoon putting on its version of the Winter Olympics, with a variety of modified events and hot chocolate to stay warm.
Izzy Broer, top, took fellow pupil Micaela Wiebe from a cross-face hold to a pin during a recent practice for the wrestling team at Davenport Public School in Aylmer. The team’s gearing up now for a spring competitive schedule.
Dalton Wall of East Elgin Secondary School guarded a Woodstock Collegiate Institute player during the Thames Valley Southeast Junior boys basketball semifinal in Woodstock, Thursday, Feb. 13. EESS won handily, 55-29, to advance to the final, against Tillsonburg at Ingersoll District Collegiate Institute Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 4 p.m.
Devin Catt of East Elgin Secondary School looked for a teammate to pass to during the Thames Valley Southeast Senior boys basketball semfinal against Woodstock Collegiate Institute in Woodstock, Thursday, Feb. 13. EESS led most of the game but WCI kept it close, especially toward the end. Catt sustained a shoulder injury in the fourth quarter and had to leave…
Bayham on Thursday night, Feb. 13, stated that a historic gas well northwest of Port Burwell was leaking potentially dangerous hydrogen sulphide gas, and a state of emergency has been declared as a precaution. The gas was heavier than air and could be fatal close to the source. Public works employees and firefighters went door to door in Port Burwell and…
Victoria Snyder of East Elgin Secondary School swam in girls 15 and under 50-metre backstroke during Thames Valley Regional competition at the Canada Games Aquatics Centre in London, Wednesday, Feb. 12. She was also a member of a 200-metre freestyle relay team.
East Elgin Secondary School celebrated their win at the end of Game 2 of a Thames Valley Southeast quarterfinal series at Timken Centre in St. Thomas, Wednesday, Feb. 12. EESS won Game 1 handily two days earlier, 5-1, but struggled in the second encounter with PCI. The two were tied 2-2, and appeared to be headed to a third game,…
James Smith of host East Elgin Secondary School shot for the hoop during a Thames Valley Southeast Senior boys quarterfinal against Arthur Voaden Secondary School on Tuesday, Feb. 11. EESS won 67-27, with Tyler Vandermeer leading scoring for East Elgin, and all 13 Eagles scoring at least a basket each. EESS will take on Woodstock Collegiate Institute in a semifinal…
Quinn Donelan of host East Elgin Secondary School looked for a way by a Glencoe District High School defender during a Junior boys basketball Southeast quarterfinal, Tuesday, Feb. 11. EESS won handily to advance to semifinals. The Eagles will play Woodstock Collegiate Institute at College Avenue Secondary School in Woodstock, Thursday, Feb. 13, at 5 p.m.