May 6, 2019
May 6th is the 126th day of the year. There are 239 days remaining until the end of the year.
The Chatham-Kent Film Group‘s monthly movie screening will be this afternoon at Chatham Galaxy Cinemas. Two showings at 4 and 7.
The May movie is Wild Rose.
Tickets are available for $10 prior to each screening. Screenings begin promptly at 4 & 7 – please arrive early.
Season pass holders must arrive at least 15 minutes early in order to claim their seat.
It’s Mental Health Week.
The week, which is dedicated to raising awareness of mental health and eliminating the stigma of mental illness. It’s the 68th year of the initiative.
The Canadian Mental Health Association encourages you to use the #GetLoud on your social media posts this week. For more info go to MentalHealthWeek.ca.
The Mental Health Network will hold a flag raising today at the Civic Centre followed by a bbq.
Everyone is invited to stop by between 11:30-1.
The Kentucky Derby has been around for 145 years, but on Saturday it made history, and not in a good way.
For the first time in more than 50 years, the fastest horse, the one that crossed the finish line first, didn’t win. That horse, Maximum Security, was disqualified for swerving into the path of two of the other horses.
Some of the other jockeys asked for a review. Officials spent 22 minutes looking into it, and ultimately upheld the objection, disqualified Maximum Security and named the runner-up Country House the winner.
Country House took the $1.86 million prize, Code of Honor came in second, winning $660,000 and Tacitus got $300,000 for coming in third.
Country House entered with 65-1 odds, making him the 2nd-longest shot to win the Kentucky Derby in the 145-year history of the race.
Turning for home…. pic.twitter.com/m3jXUVmAym
— Kentucky Derby (@KentuckyDerby) May 5, 2019
There’s a new program has launched at the Chatham-Kent Public Library this year that includes a backpack, a field guide and a pass for free entry into any Provincial Park in Ontario.
Packs may be borrowed for seven days and can picked up or returned at any Chatham-Kent branch. You can book packs through Chatham-Kent Public Library’s website at CKPL.ca.
Devendra Suthar, of India, has set a new Guiness World Record for having the most fingers and toes. He has seven fingers on each hand and seven toes on each foot.
“The extra fingers and toes certainly trouble me at times. I am a carpenter and work mostly with saw and hammer. I have to always be careful to avoid the fingers.”
