Busy Sunday

Started my Sunday morning yesterday with a brisk 2-mile walk through the borough of Lavallette. My wife and I were certainly not alone as we headed north on Grand Central Avenue for a mile and then south on the boardwalk. More than 800 others were with us for what’s become a nice tradition on the first Sunday of August…the Lavallette Breast Cancer Walk. It’s hosted by The Music Man Singing Ice Cream Shoppe which was the starting and finishing point for the walk
and this was the 8th year they have organized the event which benefits the American Cancer Society and other organizations like Community Medical Center’s Brest Cancer Program.

Yesterday’s walk was expected to bring in at least $25,000 which makes the total over $175,000 since the first event. It’s just a nice local effort which brought together so many residents and summer visitors, many of whom are survivors like my wife or have lost loved ones to this dreaded disease. The people at The Music Man did a tremendous job and even gave walkers a cup of ice cream afterwards. I passed…choosing to re-fuel after that 2-mile walk with breakfast on the patio at The Crabs Claw Inn.

Todd Frazier’s biggest day as a major leaguer came at a perfect time for the Toms River resident and Cincinnati Reds rookie. Frazier’s batting average had dropped to .233 following an 0-3 performance on Saturday against the Cubs but things certainly turned around in a hurry yesterday at Wrigley Field. The 25-year old third baseman belted a two-run homer in the 4th inning, his third round tripper in 14 major league games. Then with the Reds trailing 7-6 in the 8th Frazier tied the game with a one-out RBI double and later in the inning scored what turned out to be the winning run. The former Toms River South & Rutgers standout is now batting .265 and I’m sure feeling a lot better this morning.

Ocean County beat their rivals from Monmouth 5-3 Sunday night in the 14th Annual Shore High School All Star Hockey game at the Red Bank Armory. It was just the second time in the last ten years that Ocean came out on top in the game which is presented by Jim Dowd’s Shoot For the Stars Foundation and was a fundraiser for the FoodBank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties. Goalie Eddie Rafferty of Brick and forward Jay Malone of Toms River South were the co-MVP’s for the winning team.