REMEMBERING "BRUCE!"

              MONDAY, JULY 14, 2025

               REMEMBERING "BRUCE!"         

  As you have probably heard, this year is

the 50th anniversary of the blockbuster movie

"JAWS!"  You'll remember the huge mechanical

shark the crew called 'Brue!"And July 14th 

happens to be  "Shark Appreciation Day."

Better mark it on your calendrer so you'll

remember next year. Scientists say this is a day

to study sharks and realize how important they are

 to the earth's eco system! Those same

scientists tell us sharks have been around for

about 420 million years. If that's correct, sharks

were here about 200 million years before the

dinosaurs! Sharks can certainly be scary. There

have been a number of reported shark bites

along the eastern seaboard over the past couple

of weeks. But, generally, sharks have more

reason to fear humans than humans have to

fear sharks! There are an average 70 shark

attacks reported around the world each year.

About 7 prove fatal. In the same one year

span, however, humans kill an estimated 

100 million sharks!! Of course that's little

consolation if you're one of the 70 people

attacked! I feel pretty safe in the ocean.

The lifeguards are watching as well as

the Coast Guard! But, if I get one hint

of that scary music from "Jaws," I'm outta

there! Hope you stay safe in the water and

that all your NEWS is good