September 19, 2024

September 19th is the 263rd day of the year. There are 103 days remaining until the end of the year.

We are sure this is the last thing on your mind, it’s still summer after all, but Santa Claus Parade dates are leaking out.

Here’s what we know so far, save the date for Santa’s visits in C-K:

• Friday, November 15 – Downtown Chatham 6 p.m.
• Saturday, November 16 – Wallaceburg 6 p.m.
• Friday, November 29 – Tilbury 6 p.m.
• Friday, December 6 – Blenheim 7 p.m.
• Saturday, December 7 – Wheatley 6:30 p.m.
• Saturday, December 14 – Ridgetown Kiwanis Parade 1 p.m.

Our busy little elves are working on confirming more dates! If you have a local parade to add, email: CKMORNINGS@943cksy.com anytime.

Saturday is a Household Hazardous Waste Day.

Hosted by the Municipality of Chatham-Kent and Waste Connections of Canada Ridge Landfill.

The drop off is at Veolia Environmental, at 141 Prosperity Way from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.

The next household hazardous waste days this year:

• Tuesday, October 8, 2024, from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm
• Tuesday, November 12, 2024, from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm

Residents can safely dispose of household hazardous material at no charge. A list of acceptable material can found here.

The National Toy Hall of Fame just revealed the 12 finalists for its 2024 class.

The finalists this year are: “Choose Your Own Adventure” gamebooks, Transformers action figures, Hess Toy Trucks, remote-controlled vehicles, the stick horse, balloons, trampoline and the games Phase 10, Apples to Apples, Sequence and the Pokemon Trading Card Game. Also nominated for the 7th time My Little Pony figures.

A panel of expert judges and the public will vote on which of the finalists will be inducted in November. You can vote for your favourite at MuseumOfPlay.org until November 25th. Three of the 12 toys will wind up getting inducted.

Last year’s inductees were baseball cards, Cabbage Patch Kids, Fisher-Price Corn Popper and Nerf foam toys.

Anyone can nominate a toy for the Hall of Fame. The museum received 2,400 nominations for 382 different toys over the past year. Since 1998, the National Toy Hall of Fame has recognized more than 80 toys for inspiring creative play across generations. The National Toy Hall of Fame is inside The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York.

Today is Slurpee Name Your Price Day!

Go to 7-Eleven, grab a large Slurpee with whatever flavour combination you can think of and pay whatever you want for it.

All proceeds will be going to Food Banks Canada to help Canadian families who are struggling with food insecurity right now.

You get a Slurpee and get to contribute to a good cause!

Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.

The idea for the day was born in 1995 on a racquetball court in Oregon. Two buddies began throwing around insults, just like pirates and the rest is history.

They selected September 19, simply because one of the guys had recently divorced, it was his ex-wife’s birthday, and he figured “the date was stuck in my head, and I wasn’t going to do anything with it anymore.”

What’s your pirate name? Find out here.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod