Thursday Items Of Interest

Summer refuses to give way to fall and the warm weather is a good thing when you’re sitting atop a large billboard on Route 88 in Brick as is Dr. Phil LoCasio of our sister station 105.7 The Hawk. For the third straight October our Dr. Phil (not to be confused by the TV guy) has committed to living on a billboard for 105 hours or until he raises $105,700 for Ocean of Love, an Ocean County-based organization that gives financial and emotional support to families of children stricken with cancer. Click oceanoflovebillboard.com for more information.

Dr. Phil went up on the billboard Monday evening and there are a couple of ways in which you can support his effort. You can visit the billboard on Route 88 just east of Van Zile Road in the parking lot of J’s Garden Spot or you can call 1-877-HAWK-1057 to make a donation.

When I first started at WOBM in 1979 one of those who showed me the ropes when it came to high school sports was Jackson Memorial Athletic Director Don Connor and it was 20 years ago today we lost one of the all-time great characters when the “Duck” died way too young. He has certainly not be forgotten in Jackson as the high school is on Don Connor Boulevard and beginning next year his name will be synonymous with the football rivalry between the Jaguars and the new Jackson Liberty High School. The Board of Education announced earlier this week that the winner of the game will hold onto the “Connor Cup” for at least a year.

Toms River North will host Brick Memorial Friday night in a football game that will feature a pre-game ceremony honoring Marine PFC Vincent Frassetto, who was killed just over a year ago while serving his country in Iraq. Frassetto was a 2003 North graduate who played football for the Mariners and during the ceremony his jersey will be retired. Several guests will be on hand to make remarks and for more information you can call the Toms River Regional School’s Communications Office at (732) 505-5570.

High School Football will be the topic of conversation tonight on the AutoLenders Football Show. Guests include Toms River North’s Austin Kugler and Coaches Corey Davies of Howell and Frank Edgerly of Red Bank Catholic. The show airs from 6-8pm on 1160AM or on the web at shoreportsnetwork.com.