An extreme heat advisory continues in the area - today's high of 32 C will feel like 40 C. At 6 am it was already 24 degrees in West Nipissing.
It was on this date back in 1990 that Roger Waters staged a production of "The Wall" in Germany less than a year after The "actual" Wall separating east and west Germany came down. Sinead O'Connor, Bryan Adams, Phil Collins and Cyndi Lauper among others took part in the benefit.
Today in 1999 - The missing plane of John F. Kennedy Jr. was found off of the coast of Martha's Vineyard, MA. The bodies of Kennedy, his wife Carolyn Bessette and her sister Lauren Bessette were found on board. The plane had crashed on July 16, 1999.
Today in 2007 – The saga’s end began as The seventh and last book of the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," was released.
This morning’s impossible trivia question this:
79% of adults have not been to one of these in over 10 years.... what is it?
answer: the library
Shout out to team "Hike-Her's" which is made up of Janette Piquette, Colette Prevost, Jennifer Wilson and Ginette Demers…they have taken up the OXFAM CHallenge
Together, with the support of family, friends and some strangers, they have reached in fact, surpassed their fundraising goal of $5000.00 which will go to tackle the root causes of poverty, inequity and help people to create self-reliant and sustainable communities in developing countries around the world.
The fundraising is over, now all that’s left is the 100 km Hike – yikessss….The challenge is to hike 100km in 48 hours as a team of 4. Each team must start together, stick together and finish together. They will trek on the Ganaraska Trail System starting at Snow Valley Ski Resort near Barrie and ending in the City of Orillia
Congratulations on reaching your fundraising goal ladies, and good luck with the hiking challenge, stay cool and hydrated my friends.
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Congratulations to 10 year old Andree Charron who won our "Name That Tune Out of Three" this morning and when she came to pick up her prize with her father, she also dropped off a hand made thank you drawing of a pretty yellow flower. It's hanging up in the studio. So sweet, thank you Andree (and Renee who also signed the card).
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A great weekend forecast with nothing but sunshine and highs between 25 C and 28 C.
Enjoy the rest of your Thursday - it's a beauty out there.
Steph
