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March 16, 2020 9:35 am Published by

March break now but then schools will be closed across the Province for at least 2 weeks.

  • Retrofest 2020 in downtown Chatham has been cancelled.
  • OLG, is closing all casinos across Ontario.
  • All licensed childcare facilities in Chatham-Kent will be closed from March 14-April 5
  • The Active Lifestyle Centre in Chatham has announced it’s closing from March 16-April 5
  • The Home and Garden show has been postponed to a later date
  • All CK Recreaction programs and services, including all public swimming and March Break programs, are cancelled indefinitely. The YMCA of Chatham-Kent will no longer be providing March Break Camp

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If you’re going to make your own hand sanitizers don’t give it to other people. A convenience store owner in New Jersey is now facing charges after creating and selling a spray sanitizer that left four children with burns. She was charged with endangering the welfare of children and deceptive business practices. Authorities say she mixed commercially available foaming sanitizer, which wasn’t meant for resale, with water and packaged the bottles in her store.

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ENTERTAINMENT

As expected, the coronavirus pandemic kept a lot of people away from movie theaters this past weekend.  In fact, ticket sales in North America hit the lowest levels in more than TWO DECADES, generating just $55.3 million total.

The Pixar movie “Onward” did the best . . . with just over $10 million, but that’s down 73% from last weekend.

  1. NEW:  “I Still Believe”, $9.5 million
  2. NEW:  “Bloodshot”, $9.3 million

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Walt Disney Co announced on Friday that it will make the sequel to hit animated movie “Frozen” available on its streaming platform ‘Disney+’ three months ahead of schedule in the United States, as a response to the coronavirus outbreak. The company said “Frozen 2” would be available in the country starting yesterday, “surprising families with some fun and joy during this challenging period.”
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TODAY IS……………….

  • “Act Happy Day”, observed annually on the 3rd Monday of March, a creation of the optimistic Secret Society of Happy People.

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

 1999 [21] The RIAA gives the first-ever ‘Diamond Award’ certification, honoring “The Eagles’ Greatest Hits 1971-75” for 10 million units sold

 

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GOOD NEWS

Two cops near Atlanta recently saw a woman walking home in the cold, and went above and beyond to help her out.  It happened in January, but the video was just posted . . .

 

Sergeant Nick Boney stopped to see if she needed a ride, and she immediately said yes.  She was holding a bunch of balloons, because she was out getting supplies for her one-year-old daughter’s first birthday party. So without hesitating, Nick handed his credit card to another officer . . . and asked him to go buy a CAKE.

 

They surprised the woman with it, and she invited them to her house to meet her kids and have cake with them.

 

The whole thing was captured on Nick’s body-cam.  But he never even tried to get any credit for it. The police department was doing random audits of body-cam footage when his supervisor saw it and posted it online.

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BIRTHDAYS

[71] Victor Garber, London ON, movie actor (“Argo”, “Milk”)/TV actor (“Alias” 2001-06)

[71] Erik Estrada, actor (Officer Frank “Ponch” Poncherello on “CHiPs” 1977-1983)

[53] Lauren Graham, actress

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PROFITEERING OFF COVID 19

Brothers Matt and Noah Calvin admit in an interview that they bought up all of the hand sanitizer and antibacterial wipes that they could find across Tennessee and Kentucky after the first U.S. coronavirus death was reported on March 1, with the intent to resell them at a profit as public panic around COVID-19 kicked in. They began listing their items on Amazon at a at a “substantial” markup.

 

They also sold 2,000 50-packs of face masks on eBay for $40 to $50, sometimes higher.

But Amazon pulled his items and thousands of other listings for hand sanitizers, face masks and wipes, to combat price gouging. EBay followed suit soon afterward. So now they have a garage filled with 17,700 bottles of sanitizer.

 

He reportedly said he doesn’t want to become infamous for hoarding. “If I can make a slight profit, that’s fine,” and defended his actions as solving “inefficiencies in the marketplace,” in that hawking these products for profit online potentially sends them to areas of the country where it’s harder to get them.

 

They’re not the only ones, an Ohio truck driver named Eric, who did not provide his last name, reportedly told the paper that he had snapped up about 10,000 face masks at retail stores. He paid about $20 for each 10-pack, and estimates that he made $35,000 to $40,000 in profit.

 

And a couple in Vancouver says that they’ve made more than $100,000 reselling Lysol wipes.

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SLEEPING ALARM:
Admit it. You love to stay up late on weekends, and then “catch up” by sleeping in the next morning.

 

Bad plan, according to a new study. Research out of Harvard found that changing your regular sleep-wake time by 90 minutes — in either direction — significantly increases your chance of having a heart attack or heart disease.

 

For the study, a regular sleep time was defined as less than 30 minutes difference, on average, over seven nights. And the study found that if you (pardon the pun) regularly have an irregular sleep time, over a five-year period, your risk of cardiovascular disease is more than doubled.

 

To encourage more regular sleep patterns, experts suggest scheduling exercise, cooler bedroom temperatures, and a regular nighttime routine to signal to your body and brain that it is time to wind down.

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Coronavirus

  1. Now that things have started to calm down in China, DIVORCE RATES are spiking.  Apparently more than a few couples spent way too long being quarantined together.

 

  1. Because of the toilet paper “shortage,” sales of BIDETS are through the roof.

 

  1. A coronavirus patient in Kentucky is now under 24/7 armed guard after he refused to self quarantine.

 

In a disturbing scene, thousands and thousands of people got stuck shoulder-to-shoulder trying to get through customs to get back into the U.S. at airports this weekend.  And a study found there could be SIX seriously ill coronavirus patients for every one hospital bed in the U.S.

 

  1. Police in Oregon had to ask people to stop calling 911 when they run out of toilet paper, because it doesn’t qualify as life-or-death.

 

  1. A pizza place in Oshkosh, Wisconsin added rolls of toilet paper to its menu, so customers can add it on when they order food.

 

A lot of the news we’ve seen this past week has been pretty dire.  But there are a ton of INSPIRING stories out there too.  Here’s a quick round-up of ten good news stories we’ve seen about the outbreak . . .

 

  1. Videos of people in Italy SINGING together from their balconies went viral this weekend.  The best one is from Siena, Italy, where they sang a popular song about how proud they are of their hometown.

 

  1. All across Spain, people went to their windows to give healthcare workers a huge round of applause

 

  1. A video of doctors and nurses in Wuhan smiling and removing their masks has been making the rounds on social media.  China closed the last of its emergency hospitals last week after spread of the virus there finally leveled off.

 

  1. For the first time, South Korea had more recoveries in one day than new cases.

 

  1. After Disneyland shut down, they donated all their extra food to a food bank in Orange County, California.

 

 

MONDAY MARCH 16TH                                               

 

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

[71] Victor Garber, London ON, movie actor (“Argo”, “Milk”)/TV actor (“Alias” 2001-06)/Broadway actor (“Damn Yankees”)

[71] Erik Estrada, actor (Officer Frank “Ponch” Poncherello on “CHiPs” 1977-1983)

[53] Lauren Graham, actress

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  1. Retrofest 2020 in downtown Chatham has been cancelled.

All casinos in Ontario are closing.

All licensed childcare facilities in Chatham-Kent will be closed from March 14-April 5

The Active Lifestyle Centre in Chatham has announced it’s closing from March 16-April 5

The home and Garden show has been postponed

 

  1. Check out Alex Trebek accidentally calling a “Jeopardy!” contestant Jessica RABBIT instead of her name, Jessica Babbitt.  Even though he’s working through cancer, he laughs it off like a pro.  (From “Jeopardy!” on Thursday, March 12, 2020)

 

  1. During a youth hockey game, one of the coaches kept shouting profanities at the refs, who finally ejected him.  The coach came out on the ice and spat in the ref’s face, who then pushed the coach to the ground.  The coach got up and started throwing punches.  His words got him ejected, but his follow-up actions got him fired.  Here’s Eugene Binda, the local referee coordinator and the referee’s nephew talking about it.

 

  1. Mitch Hedberg jokes, in his unique style, on things like teeth whitening, eating rice, slip covers, and doctors.

 

 

No winning ticket was sold for the $50 million dollar jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw.

There were also two Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, but neither was claimed. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw TOMORROW will be approximately $55 million, and there will be four Maxmillions prizes.

 

There was no winning ticket for the $7 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.

However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Ontario.

The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw WEDNESDAY will be approximately $9 million.

 

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The ACMs Are Postponed Until September

I think we all knew this was coming.  The ACMs announced yesterday that next month’s show is being postponed.  They’re moving it to sometime in September as they try to coordinate all the moving parts.

 

The Grand Ole Opry – has put a pause on performances that include a live audience through April 4th, due to the coronavirus outbreak. During this time, the Saturday Night Grand Ole Opry Show will return to its original format as a live radio broadcast without a live audience. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum will be closed though March 31.
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CARRIE UNDERWOOD IS A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

Carrie Underwood’s first book, Find Your Path: Honor Your Body, Fuel Your Soul, and Get Strong with the Fit52 Life, has become an instant New York Times bestseller, entering the Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous list at #2.  The book also hit #1 on Amazon during its first week of publication and is currently #3 on Amazon’s “most sold” nonfiction chart.

Carrie opens up about her personal journey towards optimal health, which was a real process about finding balance with the things that are important to her. She tells us: [“I think what fuels my soul is a balance of music, family, health, fitness, friends, work, all of it. I feel like that’s what fuels my soul is when I do feel like I’m doing good things for myself and I’m being a good mother and I’m being a good wife. I’m giving all I’ve got to give in my job, which is making music. When I feel good about all of those things, my soul is happy.”]

Carrie recently launched her new fitness app, fit52, which is now available for download on iOS.

She currently graces the covers of Women’s Health and Parade magazines.

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REBA McENTIRE MOURNS LOSS OF MOTHER

Reba McEntire is mourning the loss of her mother, Jacqueline, who died on Saturday (March 14th) at the age of 93. Reba shared the sad news on social media writing in part, “Our Mother, Jacqueline McEntire, made that wonderful cross over into Heaven today. She had a wonderful, full, healthy life and was absolutely ready to go. The cancer might think it won the battle but we’re giving God all the credit on selecting the time for her to go home to Him.”

In other Reba news, she has decided to postpone her arena tour originally scheduled to launch this weekend. The newly rescheduled dates open on July 9th in Huntsville, AL and wrap on August 8th in Evansville, IN. Previously purchased tickets will be honored for all dates. Reba said, “For the safety of everyone, we have decided to postpone our new arena tour until July. All tickets will be honored for the new dates. Most importantly, stay safe and take care of you and your loved ones. We’ll get through this together.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This post was written by Dave Palmer