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March 15, 2022

By: Chris McLeod

15/3/2022

5 Things You Need To Know

March 15th is the 74th day of the year. There are 291 days remaining until the end of the year.

Does your student need to catch up on their vaccinations?

Chatham-Kent Public Health will be holding special clinics twice a week for the next two months to catch up school-age children on regular vaccinations they may have missed out on during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The clinics, targeting students in grades 7, 8 and 9, will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays at the new mass-vaccination clinic in the old YA Canada building at 730 Richmond St. in Chatham. Bookings must be made in advance at GetYourShotCK.ca or by calling 519-351-1010.

Tuesday Movies @ Your Library have returned to the Chatham branch.

The Chatham-Kent Public Library will host a showing Tuesdays at 2pm.

Book your spot now to see Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Everyone is welcome for a suggested donation of $2 at the door.

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament begins today.

The tournament runs up until the championship game on April 4th.

March Madness is big money:

  • An estimated $10 billion will be wagered on March Madness games this year, which is about 30% more than the Super Bowl.  $4 billion of that will be bet illegally.
  • The annual revenue for the NCAA last year was nearly $1.2 billion, and the NCAA distributes around $170 million of that to Division 1 schools.
  • The NCAA pays the players . . . $0.  For what it’s worth, the average Division 1 men’s basketball scholarship is worth $71,400 . . . or about $17,850 per year.
  • The odds of finishing with a PERFECT bracket . . . guessing all the games correctly . . . is 1-in-120 BILLION.
  • There’s a 19% increase in beer sales during March Madness.
  • The four #1 seeds are Gonzaga, Baylor, Arizona, and Kansas.

The play-in games take place today and tomorrow. #16 seeds Texas Southern vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Wright State vs. Bryant. And #11 seeds Rutgers vs. Notre Dame, and #12 seeds Wyoming vs. No. 12 Indiana.

St. Patrick’s Day is Thursday and Chicago got the jump on festivities with the tradition of dying the Chicago River green over the weekend.

Since 1962, Chicago has dyed the river green in honor of the Irish in the city.

The tradition started with a dye plumbers used to test for leaks in pipes. Now, the city uses a more environmentally friendly powder made from vegetables.

Forty pounds of powdered dye are used. They have a “secret recipe” for the dye and use three boats to spread it — the first two dump the dye in the river & the third boat mixes it up. It stays green for 24 to 48 hours.

Lululemon, known for its leggings and yoga pants, is getting into the shoe game.

Last week Lulu unveiled a running shoe for women called Blissfeel. The shoe marks Lululemon first-ever foray into footwear.

Blissfeel shoes will be available for purchase beginning March 22 in select stores across North America, China, the United Kingdom and online. The sneaker comes in 10 colours and is priced at $148.

A footwear line for men will debut next year.

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