98.5 The Ocean

This absolutley brought tears to our eyes. It’s one of those stories you don’t see everyday but afterward you’re sure glad you did. It’s about a couple of oddball friends and the incredible bond that they share. Please share this video with your friends and co-workers, we’ll keep it posted here for awhile…

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You may have heard about the peanut factory in Georgia that sparked a nationwide salmonella scare in the U.S. They sell bulk peanut butter to companies who in turn, make them into other goodies. This contamination has been linked to at least seven deaths in the U.S. and now the product ban has spread to Canada. Check out this to find out if any of these products are in your cupboard.

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We talked about Rin On The Rox this week, the newest You Tube sensation singing Beyonce’s. “If I Were A Boy”. Look for them to appear on the Ellen Show soon. 

Sean Penn was a big winner last night at the S.A.G. awards in L.A. He won for Best Male Performance in a Motion Picture for his role in MILK. Here is a complete list.

The boys touch a real shark. It felt like sandpaper.

Adam tries out fresh coconut juice. He thought it was gross!

Here’s he view from our hotel room window.

Lisa and Shirley Tom try out the golf carts on the “Island of Women”

 Let me tell you how much our family has loved the World Cup Youth Soccer Tournament. Every spring, the Cordova Bay Soccer Club puts on this unique event that brings together youth soccer players from all over Greater Victoria to play their hearts out for one weekend. Our boys cry when it’s over. This one event was the vision of one man 23 years ago, Frank Leversedge.  A sudden heart attack at Lochside Park, where he spent most of his 30 years volunteering, took him from us at the age of 74. His list of accomplishments are too numerous to mention. The amount of hours he dedicated to the young people of our community is staggering. There was no paycheque at the end of the day, just a love of the game and the young people that he helped so much. His last big contribution was to spearhead the construction of the new artificial turf field that will be named in his honour. We are much poorer for his passing and we could all learn a thing or two about selfless service from Frank Leversedge. We just want to to express our deepest sympathies to Peggy, Fraser, Renton and their families for their loss.

A celebration of Frank’s life will be held at Lochside Park on Friday, January 16, 2009, at 3pm.

It’s time you had that talk again with your child about the dangers of the internet. Saanich police have charged a 30 year old man after he lured a child over the internet. The girls mother discovered inappropriate conversations between the two on FaceBook . He is being charged with luring and child with the invitation of sexual touching. She is under 11 years old and fortunatley was not harmed. Police are warning parents not to give their children “unsupervised access” to the internet. If you want to know how to keep your child safe from predators click here.

(from our archieves:  The study also revealed one-third of kids – 40 per cent of boys and 26 per cent of girls – have seen pornography online and 26 per cent have been exposed to hateful messages – click here for full article

Wow, what a lame list of the 75 things every man should do at least once in his life from Esquire magazine. We won’t bore you with all 75, but here are the magazine’s Top 10:

1. Play rugby
2. Repair an appliance
3. Fly the red-eye flight
4. Fly a Cessna
5. Make a list of seventy-five things you want to do before you die. It’s hard.
6. Fast for three days. Drink water.
7. Drive the Great Ocean Road in southern Australia. 
8. Make a perfect omelet.
9. Drive by yourself from coast to coast.
10. Recognize the accomplishments of others.

DisHonorable mentions…. Live in a hotel suite for a week; shoplift and attend a funeral of someone you didn’t know. Yikes!

We talked about some new not -so- words floating and how they should be used more in 2009…we like the last one the best!

• PEDALESTRIAN – A person who rides their bicycle on the sidewalk.

• VACATIONSHIP – A relationship formed during, and usually continuing after an Ocean Jet vacation.

• YELLULAR - Speaking with a raised voice in response to a bad cellphone connection, in the misguided hope that talking louder will improve the connection.

• ELEVENSION – One notch higher than tension.

The year is still young and it’s always the time that we reflect on those we may have lost in 2008. The Oscars always do a tribute to celebrities who have passed away during the year. We thought this one though was especially touching. It was produced by Turner Classic Movies. We bet you’ll watch and there will be at least one or two stars that you didn’t know had left us.

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