October 23, 2019

October 23rd is the 296th day of the year. There are 69 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Chatham-Kent Library’s Book Bash is tonight at the John D. Bradley Centre.

Book Bash is a free event that celebrates literacy and the joy of reading! Meet Canadian authors and illustrators, enjoy storytelling and music, and participate in art and technology workshops! There are activities for all ages.

Doors are open 5-8:30 tonight. Go to CKPL.ca/Bookbash for more info.

It’s Movie Night at the Capitol!

Come by the Chatham Capitol Theatre tonight at 7 to see Rocketman on the big screen.

$5 cash at the door, or flash your pass. Everyone is welcome. Concessions are available.

The Toronto Raptors got obnoxiously-big NBA Championship rings last night before their first game of the season.

The rings feature a 1.25 carat diamond in the middle surrounded by 74 other diamonds that represent that team’s 74 regular season and playoff wins last year. The outer edge of the ring is lined with 16 rubies to go with each roster member’s numbers and the inside of the ring includes personal messages for each player.

It has more than 640 diamonds total, which is a record for most on any pro-championship ring.

The rings were designed by Baron Rings from Tecumseh, Ontario.

Oh, and Drake got one too. The team ambassador had a custom championship ring made that features 30 carats of diamonds and is worth more than $150,000.

Stop by Chatham Mazda today and Test Drive to Fight Breast Cancer!

For every eligible test drive Chatham Mazda will donate $20 towards breast cancer research.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Yellow traffic lights could get longer worldwide, because of one guy mad over a ticket.

There’s a guy named Mats Jarlstrom in Beaverton, Oregon. And back in 2013, he was furious when his wife got a ticket from a red light camera.

She got the ticket 0.12 seconds after the light switched from yellow to red, and he believed she didn’t have enough time to make it through the intersection.

Mats is originally from Sweden, and he’d studied electrical engineering there, so he went to the Oregon State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying to argue that yellow lights should be extended.

They ignored him, and fined him $500 for not having a professional engineering license. That put a stop to his quest.

Well, a federal judge overturned that fine earlier this year, so the mission was back on. And now Mats has taken his proposal to the Institute of Transportation Engineers, which sets the official traffic light guidelines for 90 countries.

He is proposing that, based on modern roads and cars, it makes sense to extend yellow lights from 3.2 seconds to 4.5 seconds. And if they accept his proposal next year, yellow lights around the world could get longer.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod