Mornings with Danny and Laura on 91.5 CKPR

Wow!

Facebook pages are full of kind words for Patrick Swayze today.
It was hard for me to talk about his death when we dedicated some breaks to him this morning. Probably because Swayze was a star that was quite visible when I was growing up, starring in "The Outsiders", "Uncommon Valour", "Red Dawn" and of course, "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost" to name a few.
Another movie he was in that you'll probably want to check out is "One Last Dance" in which he starred with his wife Lisa Niemi who also wrote and directed. A beautiful keepsake for her.

Some facts about Swayze.....

*Began his career as a dancer appearing in Disney On Parade as Prince Charming.

*At the age of 19, he met his wife Lisa, then 15 years old, who attended dance lessons with Patrick's mom, Patsy Swayze.

*Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world in 1991

*Was reportedly offered $6,000,000 to reprise his role of Johnny Castle in a sequel to Dirty Dancing but turned it down.

*Swayze had this to say in 2004, about his drinking....I made a conscious decision to break away from big films when I got alcohol out of my life. I had been sucked into the blockbuster, box-office mentality and it was destroying my sense of purpose in life. The loneliness of fame was messing with my head. Once you've been famous for a while and told your story, it can sound like a lie. You don't know what's true. It sounds like an article someone wrote rather than the essence of who you are.

*I have a great deal of faith in faith; if you believe something strongly enough, it becomes true for you. I would like to believe that my father is right here with me in this room and that he's my guardian angel, that there's life after death -- because if there isn't, why are we here? I don't believe that just flesh and bones can contain from the point of view of physics this very real recorded energy inside of us. Whether it's true or not, we need to believe it.




WATER COOLER CONVERSATION

This is becoming popular down south. Pet lovers are now incorporating their dogs into their wedding parties – which can entail shelling out up to $500 for the dog’s big day ensemble. The trend is even helping t spawn a new profession: canine stylists.

Do you have a vinyl shower curtain? Watch out!!! The shower curtain may expose you to toxins. The Center for Health and Environment – which is an advocacy group claims they tested vinyl curtains and found that they contained certain chemicals used to soften plastics. They claim repeated exposures can be dangerous. They recommend you switch to a curtain made of cotton or nylon.

It was this week back in 1936, Ontario nurse Dorothea Palmer was arrested for distributing birth control information. During her trial, she was acquitted – and then…distributing birth control information in Canada became legal.

A 66 year old Rockford, Michigan man had quite the Friday. Tom Healy, caught a 41 pound, 7 ounce brown trout. It was almost 4 feet long, and took 15 minutes to haul it into his boat. The brown trout catch, breaks the record for that type of fish by about 4 pounds. It’s now waiting world verification records as the largest fish ever caught.

Did you know that it was this week back in 1942 – the government ordered all Canadian women…single and married, to register with the Unemployment Insurance Commission. Why? There was a critical shortage of labour in wartime.

The average age of grandparents these days is….48.

The average household has 6 remote controls in their house. AND – 60% of people said they’d take batteries out of another appliance in order to keep their remote functioning!!!