August 7, 2020

August 7th is the 220th day of the year. There are 146 days remaining until the end of the year.

Chatham-Kent Public Health reported 9 new COVID-19 cases Thurdsday with 2 recoveries, bringing the count to 84 active cases.

For the fourth consecutive day, Ontario is reporting fewer than 100 cases, with 95 cases Thursday.

Chatham-Kent Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Colby will join CKMORNINGS this morning at 8:40.

The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance is offering extra testing for at the assessment centre for those that would like to have a COVID-19 test done.

The assessment centre is continuing to accept patients by booking at www.assessmentbooking.ca and there is now additional testing for walk-in patients and will be done outdoors at 47 Emma Street.

A valid “green” Ontario health card is required to get tested and an email address must be given.

More drive-thru testing clinics were also announced for Wheatley and Dresden this week. For more information click here.

The Chatham-Kent Health Alliance Foundation will be selling 50/50 tickets today in Bothwell at Victoria Park from 1-3.

Grab your ticket and support local healthcare. The jackpot is over $50,000!

If you’re unable to make it out, you can buy your tickets online, anytime, at Ignite5050.ca

The annual Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, will be going virtual this weekend.

It was this date in 1993, in Twinsburg, that identical twins Phil and Doug Malm married identical twins Jill and Jena Lassen in front of twin ministers with 1,500 sets of twins witnessing the ceremony. It was part of the Twins Day celebration.

In a typical year thousands of sets of twins, triplets and quadruplets would visit Twinsburg, which is south of Cleveland, but not this year. Organizers promise they’ll be back next year.

Bud Light is trying to turn 2020 around by giving one sports town free beer and they’re letting the most important position in football decide who gets it: Kickers.

They’ve limited this competition to just two cities: Detroit and Denver. The free beer will be given to the city with the kicker who makes the longest field goal this season.

So it’s between Lions kicker is Matt Prater and the Broncos kicker is Brandon McManus. And this promotion came about after Brandon said he wanted to break the all-time record for longest field goal this season.

And Matt is included because he currently holds the record, which is 64 yards.

For the record, McManus’ personal best is 57 yards, which he did in 2015. He’s said, “I know I can make that, my teammates know I can make that. In training camp, with live rushes, I’ve made it from 73 yards.”

Again, neither player has to beat the record, just make the longer kick this season.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod