October 12, 2023

October 12th is the 285th day of the year. There are 80 days remaining until the end of the year.

Tampon Tuesday is back!

On Tuesday, October 17th the United Way of Chatham-Kent and Women United are hosting a drive thru drop off to collect menstrual products from 9-3 at 425 McNaughton Avenue West in Chatham.

Feminine hygiene products are some of the most requested, but under-donated, items at food banks and outreach programs throughout the community.

The donations will be divided up and given to organizations and programs throughout Chatham-Kent.

The Salvation Army of Chatham-Kent‘s Operation Cover Up is in the collection stage.

Until October 31st, you can drop off new and gently-used winter coats – specifically children and plus sized are needed. Coats can be dropped at Salvation Army locations in Chatham, Wallaceburg and Ridgetown. Jiffy Lube on Keil Drive and Woodbridge Foam in Blenheim are also drop off locations.

Coats will be distributed to those that need them November 6-10.

Someone in California is $1.7 billion richer after last nights Powerball jackpot draw.

There was only one winning ticket in Wednesday’s drawing. Prior to finding a winning match, there were 33 consecutive drawings since someone last won. The jackpot is now reset to $20 million.

The $1.765 billion jackpot won Wednesday is the second largest in the game’s history. The biggest Powerball jackpot was $2.04 billion, also won by someone in California, in November.

The remaining debris from the tragic Titan submersible was recovered this week.

The sub experienced a catastrophic implosion on its way to the wreckage of the Titanic in June.

All five passengers on board the Titan, a vessel roughly the size of a minivan, were killed shortly after they lost contact with its mother ship about 1 hour and 45 minutes into its dive toward the Titanic. It is believed that is when the implosion took place. The Titan’s failure to resurface started a massive, international search that captured the world’s attention for days.

We have a Fat Bear Week winner.

Fat Bear Week is an annual, single-elimination tournament where voters pick 12 bulky bears in an online brackets-style tournament.

The competition shows off the brown bears of Katmai National Park and Preserve as they complete their transformations from scrawny to “fat” for hibernation.

This years winner is Grazer; she blew her final competitor – Chunk – away. Grazer received 108,321 votes to Chunk’s 23,134 votes. Last years winner, Bear 747, was eliminated in his first round of play this year. Can’t rest on your fat laurels.

The competition has been around since 2014. The average midsummer weight of an adult male in Katmai is estimated between 700 to 900 pounds. Several large brown bears in Katmai can weigh in at over 1,000 pounds by the fall.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod