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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My oldest best friend, we have been friends since
we were two years old, and I meet once a year in the city for a long
weekend. Her daughter, my god daughter, is a singer/song writer and will
be performing. We usually try to catch a Broadway show and explore new
neighborhoods. Don't know what else we will do but we will have a good
time! My niece lives in the city and is giving us her apartment for
the weekend. It is a fifth floor walk-up, which Wonder thinks is
excessive. After three days Wonder and I are ready to come home but she
loves working the city. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sue, Wonder, and Gillah</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=mom2brylaur@verizon.net href="mailto:mom2brylaur@verizon.net">Suzanne
Woolbert</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=njagdu@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:njagdu@nfbnet.org">New Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 22, 2010 5:12
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Njagdu] [Fwd: [nagdu] Fan's
every visit to Yankee Stadium a result of teamwork]</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=546301121-22082010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Sue,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546301121-22082010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>That
sounds great! It's always good to get away for a weekend, and I've always
loved the city in September, the beginning of street fairs and festivals and
the like.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=546301121-22082010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Suzanne</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
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[mailto:njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>MS S
TILLETT<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 21, 2010 8:47 PM<BR><B>To:</B> New
Jersey Association of Guide Dog Users<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Njagdu] [Fwd:
[nagdu] Fan's every visit to Yankee Stadium a result of
teamwork]<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's two good stories! Keep it up.
Wonder and I are proud of you, and it's good for your kids too.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't seem to travel far and wide like I used
to. I tell Wonder "if she knew how hard I worked my first three dogs
her tongue would be hanging out. We are looking forward to making two
trips to NYC in September though, and one will be for a long
weekend. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sue, Wonder, and Megillah</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
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<A title=mom2brylaur@verizon.net
href="mailto:mom2brylaur@verizon.net">Suzanne Woolbert</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=njagdu@nfbnet.org
href="mailto:njagdu@nfbnet.org">New Jersey Association of Guide Dog
Users</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:48
AM</DIV>
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Fan's every visit to Yankee Stadium a result of teamwork]</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi, Tracy and all,<BR>That's an awesome and very touching
story. It's all about freedom and<BR>independence to be able to do what
you want, and having the confidence to do<BR>it. I now do things with my
dog, Taj that a few years ago I wouldn't have<BR>thought I
would.<BR><BR>In the past two years, I have become a single mom. At times,
I travel with<BR>my dog, kids and adult friends, but we've been making
more solo trips<BR>lately. This past week I was on vacation and my kids
and I were determined<BR>to strike out on our own. Bryan, also visually
impaired and eleven, and<BR>Lauren, sighted and nine, traveled to the
beach at the Hilton in Atlantic<BR>City where Taj enjoyed the sand and the
surf. Another day, we went to Bounce<BR>U, one of those very noisy and
crowded places for children to jump and play<BR>for two hours. The next
night, we found ourselves on the Ocean City<BR>Boardwalk, in and out of
shops, restaurants, and on the Cast Away Cove Pier<BR>for amusement rides.
UP and down steps, in and out of noisy lit-up rides,<BR>and through crowds
of people Taj and I followed behind my two kids.<BR>Yesterday, we went to
Clementon Water Park. I spent a lot of time cooling<BR>Taj off with
bottles of water over his neck and back, and bowls full to<BR>drink. We
traversed the park to find the different water rides, lunch tables<BR>and
games. I do believe he sighed a heavy sigh of relief when at last
the<BR>Access Link bus pulled up to our home some nine hours later, and we
walked<BR>quietly down the steps and made a detour to his favorite spot in
a field<BR>next door for a break.<BR><BR>The moral of the story--it can be
done! It's all about confidence and faith<BR>in yourself and your
dog.<BR><BR>Thanks for reading<BR>Suzanne<BR><BR>-----Original
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[mailto:njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org]On<BR>Behalf Of Tracy Carcione<BR>Sent:
Thursday, August 19, 2010 7:46 AM<BR>To: <A
href="mailto:njagdu@nfbnet.org">njagdu@nfbnet.org</A><BR>Subject: [Njagdu]
[Fwd: [nagdu] Fan's every visit to Yankee Stadium a<BR>result of
teamwork]<BR><BR><BR>This story is from last year, but I enjoyed
re-reading it.<BR>The other day, I put on the Yankees game for a minute,
during the<BR>commercial in the Mets game, and Jane and Pete Lang were in
the broadcast<BR>booth. It was fun listening. Jane's new dog
is Clipper, so he has a Joe<BR>DiMaggio jersey. The broadcasters were
remarking how quietly Clipper was<BR>lying there. People remark the
same about my Ben. I expect my dog to lie<BR>quietly, but JQ Public
seems to expect him to be leaping about like a<BR>fool. Guess
they're used to untrained dogs.<BR>Anyway, here's last year's
story.<BR><BR><BR>NEW YORK - The doors to the D Train open at 161st and
River Ave and they<BR>step onto the platform, one unlikely Yankees fan
guiding another through the<BR>dense game-day crowd.<BR><BR>Laramie leads
the way. Jane Lang follows at his side. They walk up a<BR>stairwell to the
street and past the vendors lined up alongside the famous<BR>ballpark.
They circle around to Gate 4, where Laramie stops in front of
his<BR>favorite tree. He has earned a quick bathroom break.<BR><BR>"Isn't
this place something?" Lang asks when they finally make their way
to<BR>her seats behind home plate. This is a spot that gives her an ideal
view of<BR>the old ballpark, from the famous facade that looms in the
outfield to the<BR>infield grass that is always a perfect shade of
green.<BR><BR>Except she has never seen Yankee Stadium - at least not in
the way most fans<BR>have. Jane Lang is blind. Laramie, a golden
retriever, is her guide dog. For<BR>the past eight years, they have made
the trip from their home Morris Plains<BR>to the Bronx too many times to
count.<BR><BR>And one week from today, along with 55,000 other fortunate
fans, they will<BR>make it for the final time.<BR><BR><BR>"I am very sad
about it. I love it here," Lang said. She is wearing a<BR>light-blue Derek
Jeter T-shirt and dangly Yankees earrings, and Laramie has<BR>curled up on
a Yankees beach towel spread at her feet. "The minute I step<BR>into
Yankee Stadium, I feel safe.<BR><BR>"I feel home."<BR><BR>Yankee Stadium
means something different to every fan that has walked<BR>through its
gates since 1923. The first time Lang made this trip, she<BR>gripped the
metal bar in front of her seat, heard those familiar sounds of<BR>batting
practice and beer vendors, and couldn't stop her tears.<BR><BR>"What are
you crying for?" the usher asked her. "We haven't even lost the<BR>game
yet!"<BR><BR>"I'm crying," Jane Lang said, "because I got here on my
own."<BR><BR>That first journey was not without an unintentional detour.
She had filled<BR>her pockets with eight pieces of candy, one for each
stop the D Train would<BR>make, and popped one into her mouth every time
the doors opened.<BR><BR>But she must have dropped one piece along the
way, because she got off one<BR>stop too soon. It didn't take long to
figure out that something was wrong,<BR>though. Laramie wouldn't budge
until she got back on the train.<BR><BR>He leads her around puddles in the
street and past careless teenagers<BR>talking on their cell phones as the
walk. He makes sure she stops on every<BR>corner and waits for the light
to turn green.<BR><BR>He walks like a typical New Yorker, never hesitant
to bump his way through a<BR>slow-moving crowd. Lang follows at his right
side, whispering "good boy"<BR>when he stops at the subway stairs or near
the edge of a ramp.<BR><BR>It is a two-hour trip that could test the
nerves of a person with 20/20<BR>vision. Lang, 65, makes it about 25 times
a year, sometimes with her husband<BR>Pete to help, but often just with
Laramie.<BR><BR>"You can't be afraid," Lang said, "because if you're
afraid, you can't do<BR>anything."<BR><BR>She has experienced Yankee
Stadium in a way unlike any of the millions of<BR>people who have come
here. She has listens to the radio broadcast of the<BR>game in one ear and
the reaction from the crowd in the other. If the other<BR>fans get angry
about a call, she joins them.<BR><BR>"Hey ump!" she'll yell from her seat.
"Are you watching the same game I'm<BR>watching?"<BR><BR>Pete planned a
special surprise for their 41st wedding anniversary, leading<BR>her onto
the field before a game and into the Yankees dugout where Jorge<BR>Posada
was waiting for her.<BR>She reached up and felt his face.<BR><BR>"He has
such a great smile, he really does," she said. "And he hit a home<BR>run
that day!"<BR>She was sitting next to Harlan Chamberlain the night his
famous son, Joba,<BR>made his much-anticipated first start for the
Yankees. Harlan, who uses a<BR>wheelchair, held her hand so tight she
thought it would break, and when she<BR>touched his cheek, she felt the
tears.<BR><BR>The Yankees have become her family. Maybe the fans around
her are furious<BR>with the team for its struggles on the field this
season, but Lang is<BR>grateful that they put a fresh patch of sod outside
for Laramie if he needs<BR>to make a bathroom break. She kisses the
concessionaire and sends Christmas<BR>cards to the ushers.<BR><BR>She
wishes she could meet owner George Steinbrenner some day, because
she<BR>knows exactly what she would tell. "You know what I would do?" she
said. "I<BR>would touch his face and give him a big hug and say, 'Thanks
for giving me<BR>so much joy over the years.'"<BR><BR>Lang hopes she can
still visit the new Yankee Stadium next year, but<BR>Laramie, now 10,
won't come back after the final trip to the old ballpark on<BR>Sunday. The
team even put his picture on the scoreboard screen last
month,<BR>congratulating him on his upcoming retirement.<BR><BR>That day
after the game, as the two walked down the steps to the D Train,<BR>fans
spotted the golden retriever.<BR><BR>"Make way for Laramie!" they yelled,
and the crowded parted to let them<BR>through.<BR><BR>He will lead her
down those steps one last time next week, and Lang knows<BR>she'll be
crying when he does. But they'll leave this place with a lifetime<BR>of
memories from a ballpark she has seen in way nobody else
has.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Njagdu
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