Bieber Fever: young heartthrob visits Lions Park, Elmira
Teen pop sensation Justin Bieber’s quest for an evening of small town life in Elmira set some pre-teen hearts aflutter, but left a bad taste in the mouths of a number of youths who are now former fans.
According to a number of witnesses, Bieber visited Elmira’s Lion’s Park on the evening of Aug. 23 to take in the soccer match between the Woolwich U16 girl’s team and his hometown of Stratford, but when …Read more
Elmira’s Rachel Clark is thrilled to be returning to Kenya
Elmira’s Rachel Clark is confident that she has one of the best jobs, ever. The 25-year-old works for a cruise line: singing, dancing and entertaining crowds of people while she hops between continents. And she gets paid to do it. In the past year she has been aboard a ship that set sail in Japan, then travelled to Singapore, China, the Maldives, past Somalia, through the Red Sea, made stops in Jordan, Egypt, Greece, Croatia, Venice, Spain, Portugal, down coast of Africa, before continuing on to Argentina and Brazil, and up through the Caribbean before returning home …Read more
Hawkesville native pedals way to Ontario championship
Seven years ago, Steve Martin bought himself a bike as a personal reward for giving up smoking. This past weekend, he received another reward when he was named the Ontario Cup single-speed champion.
The Hawkesville native beat 20 other competitors to take the prize, and finished a mere three points behind 17-year-old Davis Ross for first in the overall standings. Competitors receive 25-points for a first place finish …Read more
Damage pegged at $300,000
A duplexed home on Line 86 east of Elmira suffered $300,000 damage in an early-morning blaze Aug. 17.
Woolwich firefighters were called to 6516 Line 86 near Northfield Drive just before 4 a.m. When they arrived, the second storey of the house was engulfed in flames. The front of the house was empty but the homeowner said a husband and wife in their sixties rented the back unit. They were in the process of moving out …Read more
Crosshill couple tries their hand at corn maze
Many of us have been encouraged by a friend to give something new a try … though not usually on the scale of that undertaken by Murrel and Lori Brubacher. The couple has transformed some 10 acres of their Crosshill farm into a giant corn maze.
For years, Newton-area farmer Ernst Hofer has been creating corn mazes among the largest in North …Read more
Things aren’t always what they seem
At first glace, Aaron Wilson looks like the kind of guy that you would not want to meet in a dark alley. Judging by the many tattoos and the menacing muscular physique, most people would want to give him a wide berth. But the Elmira fitness instructor brings life to the age-old saying, don’t judge a book by its cover …Read more
Thousands flock to Drayton for a fair time [Photo Gallery]
The ominous-looking clouds and on-and-off sprinkling of rain last Sunday morning didn’t deter the crowds of people from coming out in droves to check out the demolition derby at the Drayton Fair.
Organizers recorded more than 3,100 paying attendees, as well as all the visitors under 12 years of age who entered free of charge …Read more
Spare time to give
The operation of the Mennonite Central Committee Thrift Shop on Church Street in Elmira is a bit like Santa’s workshop: many hands make light work. That said, each person’s contribution is essential to its success.
The assembly goes something like this: donated shoes get sorted and priced on Wednesdays; donated clothes are a Thursday job. The books have their own specific time slot, as does the remainder of the sorting, pricing, shelf filling, cleaning, packing, receiving and even dishwashing that is required to run the community-based relief business …Read more
WCS seeking donations for its annual Backpack Program
We’ve all seen the commercials on television – the one with the overjoyed parents dancing through the school supplies aisle to the tune of a Christmas carol reminding us, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.”
But for some families, that joy can turn to stress when it comes to paying for those new supplies.
Woolwich Community Services aims to ease some of that stress through its annual Backpack Program, which …Read more
The art of public spaces
Sheri-Lyn Roy of Breslau has had an interest in photography ever since she noticed that she could use her sunglasses to ‘filter’ a sunset and create an interesting image while on a high school canoe trip to Algonquin Park. Today, her passion for sharing the beauty and uniqueness of the things she has seen is in full force and local residents can check out her photographs on display at the Woolwich Township administration building in Elmira as part of the Woolwich’s Local Art Program …Read more
