December 16, 2024

December 16, 2024 5:55 am Published by Chris McLeod

December 16th is the 351st day of the year. There are 15 days remaining until the end of the year.

The final few days of Fall will be will be wet and gloomy.

Environment Canada has issued a Fog Advisory for this morning. Visibility is expected to be reduced for most of the morning. We’ll have clouds and rain today with a high of 9C. Cooler as the week goes on, with flurries expected before the weekend.

Winter will officially arrive at 4:20 a.m. on Saturday morning.

Chris and Allanah are volunteering their time this morning at Sobeys Chatham to watch a Salvation Army Kettle.

The goal this year is $550,000 and that will stay local and support local initiatives.

Please make a donation (some kettles are equipped to take debit and credit cards) and volunteer your time to watch a kettle over the holidays. To help out call the Chatham-Kent Salvation Army at 519-437-1784 or 519-437-1769 or check out the Facebook page for info.

Stop by and see CKMORNINGS between 10-noon this morning at Sobeys Chatham.

The Chatham Goodfellows has a very successful weekend with Street Sales, bringing in $31,475.

That’s up nearly $1500 from last year’s total. All money raised supports the 70th annual No Child Without a Christmas campaign.

Toy delivery will take place tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5:30 p.m. Volunteers are asked to line up at the former Monsignor Uyen School (255 Lark Street, Chatham) to pick up their packages for delivery.

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds have released their schedule for the 2025 season. This will be the 54th year of Snowbird shows across Canada.

The Snowbirds are Canada’s military aerobatics team and showcase synchronized maneuvers and stunts around the country.

The season opens in May in B.C. The traditional fly-by in Ottawa on July 1st is on the calendar.

So far, the closes to C-K they’ll fly this year will be in London, September 5-7th.
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A Canadian has been crowned the 2024 Microsoft Excel World Champion.

The World Championships were held in Las Vegas December 2-4th. Competitors are asked to build spreadsheets to perform tasks and solve problems based around a specific theme or game. 60,000 people watched the YouTube livestream.

Toronto’s Michael Jarman, a financial modelling director, defeated Australia’s three-time winner Andrew (The Annihilator) Ngai to become the undisputed world champion of managing spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel. He took home a $5,000 US cheque, and a pro-wrestling style championship belt.