5 Things You Need To Know For December 12, 2025

December 12th is the 346th day of the year. There are 19 days remaining until the end of the year.

The Chatham Goodfellows will be at Chatham stores this weekend for their annual newspaper Street Sales.

Papers are available for a donation with all proceeds supporting the annual No Child Without a Christmas campaign.

This is the 71st year of the No Child Goes Without a Christmas campaign. For more information on the annual campaign, go to ChathamGoodfellows.ca, or join the Chatham Goodfellows Facebook Page. You can donate by mailing a cheque to P.O. Box 114 Chatham, ON N7M 5K1 or by e-transfer to donate@chathamgoodfellows.ca and receive an automatic receipt.

Come by the Chatham Capitol Theatre on Sunday for a free movie, thanks to the WFCU Credit Union.

Come by the Chatham Capitol Theatre Sunday to see The Santa Clause at 3 on the big screen.

It’ll be a busy weekend at local arenas…and restaurants and hotels.

The Kent Minor Hockey Association is hosting seven divisions this weekend in the annual Chatham Regional Silver Stick qualifying tournament.

The teams will play at Thames Campus, Erickson, and Chatham, Blenheim and Tilbury memorial arenas. The Kent Cobras will have a team entered in each division.

All seven championship games will be played Sunday. Winners advance to the International Silver Stick boys’ finals.

The complete schedule is available here.

As we told you yesterday, tonight’s Lotto Max draw hits $80 million.

There will be an estimated 14 Maxmillions prizes, worth $1 million each, are also up for grabs. Lotto Max is $5 per play and draws take place every Tuesday and Friday. Tickets are available online or in store until 10:30 p.m. on draw nights.

Not to be out done, down in the states the Powerball jackpot will be at $1 billion for Saturday’s draw.

It’s the second billion-dollar Powerball jackpot this year — and the seventh largest prize in the game’s history. Winning players have the choice between annual payments worth an estimated $1 billion or an immediate $461.3 million lump sum payment. Powerball drawings are held on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday nights. If no one wins the jackpot, the cash prize will keep ticking up.

To play the Powerball lottery, you have to buy a ticket for $2. You can do this at a variety of locations, including your local convenience store, gas station, or even grocery store. In some states, Powerball tickets can be bought online.

Tomorrow is Fergie Jenkins’ 83rd birthday.

Born and raised in Chatham before starting his Major League Baseball career. He played from 1965 to 1983 for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox.

A Cy Young winner for best pitcher, he won 20 or more games 7 times. He had over 3,000 strikeouts during his career and his 284 victories are the most by a black pitcher in major league history. In the late 60’s, Fergie played basketball in the offseason with the Harlem Globetrotters.

Jenkins was the first Canadian to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991; he remained the only one until Larry Walker’s induction in 2020.

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This post was written by Chris McLeod