August 16, 2024

August 16th is the 229th day of the year. There are 137 days remaining until the end of the year.

Canadian Blood Services hosting stem cell swabbing event for Ethan Hunter tomorrow at the Real Canadian Superstore.

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 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.

Is your son or daughter a first time bus rider this school year? There’s an orientation day tomorrow at Ursuline College “The Pines” on Grand Ave.

The Chatham-Kent Lambton Administrative School Services (CLASS) will be hosting the event from 8:30-11:30 a.m. The program is open to students in the Lambton Kent District and St. Clair Catholic District school boards to provide the youngsters with an understanding of the importance of school bus safety.

Safety trainers will be there to talk to the children and parents about basic school bus safety rules, how to cross the street safely and how to evacuate a bus in case of an emergency.

The sessions run for about half-an-hour each.

The CNE opens today in Toronto .

The CNE is Canada’s largest annual fair and the fifth largest in North America, bringing in 1.5 million visitors each year. The first Canadian National Exhibition took place in 1879 to promote agriculture and technology in Canada.

The CNE runs until September 2nd. General admission tickets are $25, with discounts available for children, seniors and families.

The Beer Mile World Classic is Saturday in Windsor.

The beer mile is four laps of a track, or one mile combined, drinking a beer before you start each lap, for a total of four beers. The basic rules are: the beers must in a 341 millilitre bottle and at least 5% alcohol. And you don’t want to “chunder” aka puking. “Chundering” will cost runners a one-lap penalty, all but eliminating a runner from contention.

The beer mile began back in the 80s, when a group of varsity athletes got together at season’s end for the underground race. Over time, various teams would post times online and compare amongst themselves to see which city boasted the best beer milers.

The current world record holder is Windsor’s Corey Bellemore. He has been competing in the Beer Mile since 2016 and is the undisputed world record holder, breaking his own records multiple times, including his best in 2021: 4 minutes and 28 seconds.

Corey will chat with CKMORNINGS at 8:40am this morning.

There’s an open race that will run beforehand, where participants will drink alcohol-free beer. You can sign up for that here

The event will be at the University of Windsor’s Alumni Stadium. Tickets are available online.

A Texas woman now holds a Guinness World Records title for the surprising contents of her mouth — a 3.11-inch-wide tongue.

Brittany Lacayo’s tongue measures 2.89 inches or 7.34 cm wide.

Her tongue is exactly as wide as the average length of an adult woman’s tongue: 3.11 inches.

The male version of the record belongs to an American, whose tongue measures 3.49 inches wide.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod