January 24, 2025

January 24th is the 24th day of the year. There are 341 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Blenheim Branch of the Chatham-Kent Public Library is hosting a Jigsaw Puzzle Swap.

Drop off your gently used puzzles to the Blenheim Branch during library hours today, and get a voucher. Come back tomorrow from noon – 3:30 p.m., for new-to-you puzzles. The number of puzzles you bring in determines the number of puzzles you can swap.

Any leftover puzzles will go to the library book sale to support library programming.

Beginning today, until the end of the month, Point Pelee National Park will be temporarily closed to visitors.

The closure is to allow for Parks Canada and Caldwell First Nation to conduct a deer cull. There is a overabundance of white-tailed deer in the park. The current deer herd population remains higher than what the ecosystem can support and poses a safety risk.

The park is expected to re-open on February 1st.

Grab some skates and get the family out for some FREE Public Skating this weekend.

Friday, January 10
Dresden Arena, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Chatham Erickson Arena, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 11
Blenheim Arena, 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Sunday, January 12
Memorial Arena, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Ridgetown Arena, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Dresden Arena, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Thames Campus Arena, 1 – 2:30 p.m.
Tilbury Arena, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Wallaceburg Arena, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Wheatley Arena, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Click here for more information on the ice skating programs.

Giant pandas Bao Li (pronounced BOW-lee) and Qing Bao (pronounced ching-BOW) will make their public debut today at the National Zoo in Washington, DC.

The pair arrived from China in October and are expected to remain on loan for 10 years.

You can watch the pandas in action, the zoo will be turning its live Panda Cam on today.

If they fit, they sit! Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao recently tested out tubs in their indoor habitats. 🐼🟢 Bao Li sat in the panda-sized space with his favorite green ball before he rolled onto his back and balanced it on his paws. 🐼🟠 Qing Bao climbed in and out of the… pic.twitter.com/Dbioi3NNog

— National Zoo (@NationalZoo) January 10, 2025

Today is an important day in history. Beer history to be exact.

On January 24, 1935, the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company, in collaboration with the American Can Company, introduced Krueger’s Finest Beer and Krueger’s Cream Ale in cans to the public in Richmond, Virginia. It was the first day beer was sold in cans.

Krueger’s Cream Ale first went on sale in cans this date, but the beer can really made its debut 14 months earlier. The American Can Company had engineered a workable beer can, all that was needed was a brewer willing to fill it. The Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company of Newark, NJ signed on the dotted line in November 1933. By the end of that month, American had installed a temporary canning line and delivered 2,000 Krueger’s Special Beer cans, which were promptly filled with 3.2% Krueger beer – the highest alcohol content allowed at the time. Krueger’s Special Beer thus became the world’s first beer can.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod