Helping Out

(No Hometown View on 6/25/08)

Brian Pringle is a 14-year old Point Pleasant Beach resident who was recently diagnosed with a rare, cancerous brain tumor. An active sports lover known for a great personality and smile Brian and his family have a fight on their hands but certainly are not alone in this battle. The Friends of Brian Pringle has been formed to help assist the family financially and emotionally and tonight they will be holding a fundraiser at Jenkinson’s
North Pavilion from 6-10pm.

The evening will feature a great barbeque, open bar, raffles, door prizes
and much more. Tickets are $25 for those under 21 and $50 for adults which includes the four-open open bar. For information on not only tonight’s event but how you can make a donation to help out the family simply visit www.FriendsofBrianPringle.org

The Toms River High School South Football Parents Club is holding a Texas Hold’Em Tournament on Saturday evening, July 26th at the Toms River Elks Lodge on Washington Street. The event is limited to 250 adults over the age of 21 with a $100 donation with great prizes, including a 56” flat screen TV. Ticket locations include Monaghan’s Liquors in Toms River, Ferrari’s Pizza in Beachwood and Luigi’s Deli in South Toms River….for more information you can call Hal Finley at (732) 606-3451.

The Lakewood BlueClaws are in a stretch in which they’re playing 11 of 13 games on the road but they will be home for games Saturday and Sunday against the Delmarva Shorebirds. Sunday’s day game features an appearance by former Red Sox slugger Jim Rice, who should be in the Hall of Fame.

We’ll probably know in the next few days whether or not the recent controversy involving radio talk show host Don Imus will amount to anything serious but at the very least he put his foot in his mouth and might have a harder time lining up supporters then he did a couple of years ago.