Published Articles
FRIDAY, April 23/10
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Aylmer Library held a Drop-In Social Thursday afternoon -refreshments, brief speeches - to say thanks to numerous volunteers who have assisted library functions.
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AYLMER TODAY:
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-Friday-Sunday =Aylmer and East Elgin Home and Garden Show, Fairgrounds; Friday 3 pm-9 pm
-P.D. Day for public/separate schools
-(Sat: – Elgin-St.Thomas Business Expo at St. Annes Centre, St.Thomas = 11 am-5 pm)
-(Sat: Tim Hortons Trout Derby begins at Springwater)
-(Sat: Steak BBQ at Aylmer Legion; 6 pm; $10)
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“ROKEBYS SELLING APPLE ORCHARDS”
Aylmer - Mike and Linda Rokeby are selling their Apple Orchard north of town after 53 years at that location. Linda said: “It’s time, we just want to retire, spend more time with our family and travel a little.” Mike and his father purchased the orchard to expand their Tillsonburg farm in 1957 from the Hamilton family. At that time the property also included a 55-acre orchard across the sideroad which was eventually sold. Mike built the present house on the site. They originally had 40 acres of apples at this orchard but now only 19 acres are used for apples. They have no fulltime employees but usually have peaked with around 10 part-time, mostly local employees in the late summer. Linda said coincidentally one of Mike’s first customers, a woman from London who came regularly but who only wanted a certain variety of apple, recently passed away.
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