Shannon Forde is a friend of mine and the person whom was able to get The Daily Stache as part of the unprecedented access this season that some Mets bloggers have throughout the year.
She is a kind, wonderful and easy to talk to person who has treated myself, Mike Ganci and Sean Engel this season with such class and dignity that you just don’t encounter anymore.
Yesterday, It was revealed that she is now battling Stage 4 Breast Cancer and the news to me still has not sunk in.
It is something that may never sink in really, because Life is not fair, a person as great as she is should not have to fight something so horrible.
I will never forget, coming to a game alone, no other bloggers there, for a small press conference about ADHD and Andres Torres. As I sat there, being about as shy and introverted as one can be when they are alone and have nobody to really talk too, she came up to me and started to talk to me.
She even went out of her way to introduce me to Howie Rose, the voice of the Mets, I was nervous as hell, this guy was one of my idols as a broadcaster, and thanks to Shannon I got to talk to him.
It was one of my favorite moments of my life, and it would not have taken place without Shannon Forde.
But with your help, we can make a contribution towards her fight and make this process and battle go as smoothly as possible.I ask that all of you please visit www.hopeshinesforshannon.com to find out how you can help her fight and defeat breast cancer.
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Shannon Forde Diagnosed with Stage Four Breast Cancer
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Greg Bashaw May 21, 2013 at 09:32 pm
As for the mandate, maybe YOU should run for the Board, we need a change and thats WHY I am…Read More running... Thanks for the info though!
Greg Bashaw May 21, 2013 at 09:30 pm
FYI- Rosemary Corliss, mentioned it 2times as something are are planning to loo at....at Meet the…Read More Candidates Night......
Pat Boyle Egland May 20, 2013 at 04:06 pm
The NBUFSD BOE has not mentioned cutting bussing in over a year, it is not a part of the 2013-2014…Read More budget.
The pensions and benefits are not regulated by the BOE it is a state mandate.
Pat Boyle Egland May 22, 2013 at 02:48 pm
Eliminating the CHSD is a great idea but it needs to be voted on by the citizens of all 4 districts…Read More . In BM we have 5 set of administration - North Bellmore, Bellmore, North Merrick, Merrick and CHSD . Pensions are a are a state and national battle NOT local
Greg Bashaw May 20, 2013 at 12:50 am
Well for starters, why not give candidates 401K's and only pay a proportion of their benefits...Hire…Read More teachers and adm that actually live in our district...... Has anybody proposed dismantling the high school district......From the way I understand they have tried unsuccessfully to combine, well then how about saving moneu and splitting up the 3 high schools...This was we wont need 2 administrations...... I will try and I will think out of the box!
Dan DeLilla May 18, 2013 at 10:40 pm
So Lu Scala never had any children so it might be safe to say you have never been to a PTA meeting…Read More or a School Board meeting or a budget presentation so then you would have no idea how the money is spent good or bad. I'm sorry that your neighbors make more than you but like anything else you get what you pay for there are educational requirements for teaching and administration jobs, I'm sure you would be happy if all the school personnel could be replaced by minimum wage earners or better yet we could close all the schools after all you have been out of school for 40 years so you don't need them anymore, but thats not how it works. Why is always the uninformed that speak loudest and longest?
Lu Scala May 17, 2013 at 08:49 am
I never had any kids.. and am the last kid who went to to the Bellmore Merrick school system.....its…Read More been almost 40 years since I was a Mempham grad..and it is very disharting to hear that my many many high tax dollars..are not enought for these kids I have been sororting all these years!!! Who is getting all the money??? Its all bull.. aI live inbetween teachers.. how is it they can afford high end cars, housekeepers, landscapers, ect??????... the money is being spent in the WRONG WAYS TO THE TEACHERS, AND MOST OF ALL THE ADMISTRATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD ECT... I AM CALLING FOR A MASSIVE AUDIT AND GET0 per year.. they afe not worth any more then that.. THE MONEY BACK FROM ANYONE WHO WAS PAID MORE THEN $75,00....
patti May 16, 2013 at 08:28 pm
A bit of a surprise considering kids come home with a supply list a mile long (and average $40-$75).