If you read the blogs here at TheIndyChannel.com, you may have read Todd and Trisha’s blog about a good friend and employee from RTV 6 fighting cancer.

Don Foss at work, at the Track

Don Foss is the station Production Photographer. Don shoots and edits most of the commercials made here at RTV 6. But he has a particularly gifted eye when it comes to lighting, last year winning an Emmy Award for his outstanding work on a series of news opens and other production lighting work.

Don is battling cancer. And he and his family can use all of our prayers.

Both Don and his wife Susan are advocates to get the word out about this Friday night’s telethon to raise money and awareness about the battle against cancer.

Friday night at 8PM, ABC, CBS and NBC are teaming up and simulcasting an hour to the cause.  Charles Gibson, Katie Couric and Brian Williams will be hosting. Many celebrities will also make appearances. Many, like Christina Applegate, Melissa Etheridge and Sheryl Crowe are cancer survivors.

We all know someone that has been personally impacted by cancer.

Williams, Couric and Gibson will host the show

As one of the organizers of the Friday event pointed out, we can send a man to the moon, we can split an atom…it only makes sense we can stop cancer in its tracks.

“The statistics are staggering,” according to ABC’s Charles Gibson. “Cancer claims one person every minute of every day in the United States. Every year in this country, it takes the lives of more than half a million people … worldwide, cancer kills more than 6 million people annually. There has been progress on both the research and awareness fronts; as a result, there are over 10 million cancer survivors in the U.S. today. More work urgently needs to be done so that more people will survive.” (Gibson’s friend Peter Jennings passed away from lung cancer just a few years ago.)
“For people struggling with this disease, or those who will be diagnosed, scientific breakthroughs can be a matter of life or death - literally. We want everyone to know that they can make a difference in this fight,” said CBS’s Katie Couric. (Katie lost her husband to cancer.) “Television is a notoriously competitive business. For the three major broadcast networks to join forces is a wonderful example of the power of working together, and we’re very grateful to have the opportunity to reach people all over the country through this show.”

This Friday night this show will be the most important show on television.

Don’t miss it.

According to the calendar, summer officially arrived as of last week.

Listening to my I-Pod, I was struck that maybe I need to add more seasonal songs to my playlist. 

A couple of my favorite summer songs go from the older -”Red Rubber Ball” by the Cyrcle to the more recent, “Girls In Their Summer Clothes” by Bruce Springsteen (on his latest collection…a great CD!)

Since it’s summer and its a great time to share, I thought I’d ask my fellow bloggers here at TheIndyChannel.com to share their favorites. How many of these are on your list? 

Todd Wallace  6 NEWS Anchor/and one half of Todd and Trisha’s Blog-

An Ole’ School jam called “Summertime” by Will Smith. He was still called Fresh Prince.

Trisha Shepherd  6 NEWS Anchor/and the other half of Todd and Trisha’s Blog -

Sheryl Crowe’s “Wanna Soak Up the Sun” keeps coming to mind.

I also have great beach vacation memories with James Taylor’s version of “How Sweet it Is” - it sounds great when played outside on a beautiful day!

Chad Bouslog The Bous Theory: Sports My Way-
If I’m at a summer cookout, I don’t think the DJ could go wrong if they played Jimmy Buffett or Dave Matthews Band. Song specific “One Sweet World” by DMB and “Barefoot Children” by Jimmy Buffett.

 ”Untitled” by O.A.R. would be a solid choice as well.

 Norman Cox  6 NEWS Statehouse Reporter and Capitol Watchblogger-

“See You In September” - The Happenings

“All Summer Long” - The Beach Boys

“Walking On Sunshine” - Katrina & The Waves

“Cruel Summer” - Bananarama

“Vacation” - Go-Go’s or Bangles… I can’t remember which.  (It’s the Go-Go’s, Norm)

“Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer” - Nat King Cole

And one more…”Summer in the City” - The Lovin’ Spoonful

Paul Poteet Good Morning Indiana meteorologist/”Off the Cuff” star-
I’m a Van Halen fan, and when I hear “Dance The Night Away” from the summer of ‘79 it still brings back happy memories of very long days and very few places I really had to be. (That spells trouble.)

More recently? I eventually got tired of “Hey There Delilah,” but that spells last summer to me on the radio. The CD I listened to most last summer was “Traffic & Weather Together.” No, really. It’s by a band called Fountains Of Wayne. I’ve been a fan for several years. I’m a sucker for power pop with harmonies and clever lyrics and noisy guitars and all that stuff.

Just remember: “Baby we belong together. Like Traffic and Weather. Like Traffic and Weather.” Go on Limewire and look it up if you don’t believe me.

Don Lundy  RTV 6 GM Blog-
“Summertime” George Gershwin from Porgy and Bess and “Summertime, Summertime” by The Jamies

Glen Hale  Managing Editor of theIndyChannel.com
How about two with summer in the title — “Summer Breeze” by Seals & Croft and “Summertime” by D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince

And Glen put in this late addition:

Argh — can’t believe I forgot another really good one — “Blues Beach” by Steely Dan

Thanks fellow bloggers for writing this post!

What songs would you add? Click the comments and share your summer faves with us here at TheIndyChannel.com!