August 14, 2024

August 14th is the 227th day of the year. There are 139 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Chatham Concert Band is back on stage tonight.

This is the 96th year for the Summer Concert Series, the show is free beginning at 7pm.

Conductor Vaughn Pugh will chat with CKMORNINGS at 6:50 this morning.

Canadian Blood Services hosting stem cell swabbing event for Ethan Hunter on Saturday, August 17th.

Ethan is battling a rare second fight with lymphoblastic lymphoma T-cell leukemia. He is currently receiving treatment in London. After going into remission in December 2023, the cancer has returned.

On Saturday at Chatham’s Real Canadian Superstore from 8 a.m. – 2 a.m., Canadian Blood Services is asking eligible people to join the registry to give hope to Ethan and other patients waiting for a stem cell match.

If you are aged 17-35 and in good general health, you can be a match. You don’t have to be at a swabbing event to register. Visit blood.ca/Ethan, and a swabbing kit will be sent to your home.

Ice rentals are now available at Blenheim Memorial Arena, Chatham’s Thames Campus Arena and Dresden’s Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Centre.

Adult and Membership Skating, Tiny Tot Skating, and Stick & Puck Skills sessions are also available to the public at Thames Campus Arena. Programming schedules, rates, and ice booking information can be found
online

Speaking of ice, the Stanley Cup is coming to the area this weekend.

As part of the tradition of winning the Stanley Cup, each member of the team is given one day with the trophy to celebrate however they’d like.

Florida Panther defenseman and Belle River-native Aaron Ekblad will bring the cup to the Atlas Tube Recreation Centre in Lakeshore on Saturday.

The event will be on a first-come, first-served basis, due to limited time. Starting at 8 a.m., attendees can line up and viewings will start at 9:10 a.m.

Bring your own cameras and you will get to see the Cup and pose for a photo with Ekblad. Autographs will not be offered.

Aaron’s brother Darien Ekblad played goalie for the Chatham Maroons 2012-14.

Twenty-one years ago today at 4:11p.m. 50 million people to lose power in the northeastern United States and Ontario.

It was the worst blackout in North American history.

A series of failures in Ohio triggered the blackout. A system monitoring tool was not working, then a generating unit tripped off in an overloaded portion of the grid, and then overheated transmission lines began sagging into overgrown trees and tripping.

By the time officials realized the system was in jeopardy, it was too late to intervene and the collapse sent unsustainable loads into neighbouring jurisdictions.

Most places restored power by midnight (within 7 hours), while full power in New York City and parts of Toronto wasn’t restored until August 16th.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod