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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You are so lucky that your friend lives near enough
to truck around with. My friend is in Middlebury Vermont and only comes
down once a year. I used to go up there a lot. They live on a sheep
farm and I used to go up for lambing and take care of the bottle babies. I
used to think I would live in Vermont but now I don't want those long winters or
mud season in the spring. There is nothing like old friends!
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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> Tuesday, August 24, 2010 7:00
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=359445622-24082010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Wow,
Sue,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359445622-24082010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>It
was almost like you were talking about me, with your best friend and God
daughter. My friend Debbie and I have known each other since toddlerhood too,
and her daughter, six months older than mine, is my God daughter. We trek all
over the place together with Taj, sometimes just for girls' outings, unless we
include my son, Bryan. Either way, it's always a lot of fun. You made me miss
New York when you talked about Broadway and the surrounding neighborhoods.
It's been several years since I've been back.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=359445622-24082010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Suzanne</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org
[mailto:njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>MS S
TILLETT<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 23, 2010 8:57 AM<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>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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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<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> 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. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<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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<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>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Njagdu] [Fwd:
[nagdu] 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 Message-----<BR>From: <A
href="mailto:njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org">njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org</A>
[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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