{"id":27218,"date":"2022-08-05T05:55:36","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T09:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/?p=27218"},"modified":"2022-08-05T05:35:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T09:35:57","slug":"august-5-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2022\/08\/august-5-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"August 5, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>August 5th is the 217th day of the year. There are 148 days remaining until the end of the year<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54690 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/ef794108-cksy_5_things_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"46\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Week 5 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ckrecreation\/\" rel=\"noopener\">CKRecreation Summerfest<\/a> continues tonight!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-21383\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2021\/06\/50bf99e1-ck-recreation.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"30\" \/>Tonight Movie in the Park will roll into\u00a0Kiwanis Park in Ridgetown. Come by to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2380307\/\">Coco<\/a>.\u00a0Movie starts at dusk.<\/p>\n<p>Ever Saturday and Sunday are Beach Days in Erieau &amp; Mitchell&#8217;s Bay 11-4pm and Play Rangers in Kingston Park.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chatham-kent.ca\/summerfest\" rel=\"noopener\">For the full Summerfest schedule go here.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-406 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/fd341b29-cksy_5_things_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"59\" height=\"74\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flightfest.ca\/\">Flight Fest<\/a> is this Saturday at the Chatham-Kent Municipal Airport! This free community event in support of UCB, Hope Air and MAF.\u00a0\u00a0Static aircraft displays, kids activities, food trailers and live music from\u00a0Dan Bremnes, Hotel California and Michelle Wright.<\/p>\n<p>I T I N E R A R Y \u2708\ufe0f<br \/>\nGates open at 9:00am<br \/>\nFood Trailers 10:00 am to 8:00 pm<br \/>\n\u00b7 10:00 am \u2013 Opening Ceremony<br \/>\n\u00b7 10:00 am to 4:00 pm \u2013 Static Aircraft displays<br \/>\n\u00b7 5:00 pm \u2013 Dan Bremnes<br \/>\n\u00b7 6:30 pm \u2013 Hotel California<br \/>\n\u00b7 8:30 pm \u2013 Michelle Wright<\/p>\n<p>If you need a ride, there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/chathamkentflightfest\/posts\/pfbid02goummGnmVe1fYW8ht4a5CD21fFsQ4zPR8h9714Qfqt5c9Q61u2zCxFDqVYjB8zJhl?__cft__[0]=AZXOUpdFCgNQFi0nTF4zCk1qF2HZ4YLggQnENu0wbbRoRQyN5OrMgvZkNhOFc_eMa9MwYD6XWbKYKGAxrEfiFEUWU6yG0RLp0s1UBcIoZ3pw9tg2aNImXJauedPgj15wC33-tbF_e8oQDuKWlov7nOX9QBP5mWszz7nILjJfWwlak0zkZRcv048EEeITFntkM7i-hwJuMPOaYQFfdgqIIplh&amp;__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R\">3 bus routes<\/a> going to the Chatham-Kent Municipal Airport from 9am to 11pm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/flight-fest-tickets-349874232247?aff=ebdssbcitybrowse&amp;keep_tld=1\">Pre-register<\/a> for Flight Fest for a chance to win a scenic flight for 2!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54692 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/3acb2f67-cksy_5_things_3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27249 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/ca669d97-149794661_10159041122584324_4433219350971840811_n-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"123\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/ca669d97-149794661_10159041122584324_4433219350971840811_n-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/ca669d97-149794661_10159041122584324_4433219350971840811_n-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/ca669d97-149794661_10159041122584324_4433219350971840811_n-695x695.png 695w, https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2022\/08\/ca669d97-149794661_10159041122584324_4433219350971840811_n.png 937w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 123px) 100vw, 123px\" \/>Starting in a couple weeks, The Chatham-Kent Gay Pride Association (CKGPA) will celebrate pride all week long with of family-friendly events from August 15 to August 21.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mon Aug 15: Flag-raising ceremony outside of the Civic Centre in Chatham at 12 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Wed Aug 17: community barbecue hosted by LINCK from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 495 Grand Avenue.<\/li>\n<li>Wed Aug 17: Virtual pride-themed trivia night on Facebook with the Chatham-Kent Public Library at 6 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Thu Aug 18: CK Pride bonfire from 8 p.m. to midnight on at 21118 Base Rd. in Blenheim.<\/li>\n<li>Fri Aug 19: pub night on at Sons of Kent located at 27 Adelaide St. in Chatham. That will run from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.<\/li>\n<li>Sat Aug 20: Pride parade will take place starting at 11 a.m. from the Chatham-Kent Civic Centre, down King Street West to Tecumseh Park.<\/li>\n<li>Sat Aug 20: Pride Festival in Tecumseh Park from 12pm-5pm (DJ, drag show, water activities, games, kids activities)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vendors, community partners and organizations are encouraged to register for a display or vendor space for this event.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54688 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/63a1a3cf-cksy_5_things_4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"65\" height=\"90\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blood.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blood donor clinic<\/a>\u00a0 Tuesday August 9th at the Chatham-Kent YMCA from 1-7pm<\/p>\n<p>Book your appointment at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blood.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blood.ca<\/a>, call 1-888-2-DONATE or use the apps.<\/p>\n<p>No walk-in appointments are available, although day of appointments occasionally become available.<\/p>\n<p>The next local clinic is August 9th at the Chatham-Kent YMCA.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-54689 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/bri-web-app-wordpress\/2018\/09\/3a9171bb-cksy_5_things_5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"89\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soill.org\/\">Special Olympics Illinois<\/a> held its 17th annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duckrace.com\/chicago\">Ducky Derby<\/a> on Thursday with a big crowd getting the chance to watch the splash down of 75,000 ducks in the Chicago River and race to the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>The Ducky Derby is a fundraising event that helps Special Olympics Illinois support more than 21,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities with programming, including participating in athletic competitions and providing health services.<\/p>\n<p>The organization reached its goal of selling all 75,000 rubber ducks, raising more than $450,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August 5th is the 217th day of the year. There are 148 days remaining until the end of the year Week 5 of the CKRecreation Summerfest continues tonight! Tonight Movie in the Park will roll into\u00a0Kiwanis Park in Ridgetown. Come by to see Coco.\u00a0Movie starts at dusk. Ever Saturday and Sunday are Beach Days in","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":27246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[30,133,2047,3628,216,1417,1165,26,945,3569,3630,3622,3629,3632,3631,3293,3595],"class_list":["post-27218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-things-you-need-to-know","tag-5thingsyouneedtoknow","tag-blood-donor-clinic","tag-canadian-blood-services","tag-chatham-kent-pride","tag-chatham-kent","tag-chatham-kent-municipal-airport","tag-chicago","tag-ckmornings","tag-ckrec","tag-ckrecreation","tag-duck-derby","tag-flight-fest","tag-pride-festival","tag-race","tag-rubber-duck","tag-special-olympics","tag-summerfest"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 05:38:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/943cksy.com\/blogs\/5-things-you-need-to-know\/2022\/08\/august-5-2022\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27218"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27252,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27218\/revisions\/27252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cksyfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}