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<DIV><SPAN class=671282203-25082010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Hi,
Sue,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671282203-25082010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Actually, my friend lives a lot closer to you than she does to me--in
our old hometown of Woodbridge, specifically Avenel. But, I see her a few times
during the year.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=671282203-25082010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Suzanne</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----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> Tuesday, August 24, 2010 10:17
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 size=2 face=Arial>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! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sue, Wonder, and Gillah</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; 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> 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 color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Wow, Sue,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=359445622-24082010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>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 color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Suzanne</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----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 size=2 face=Arial>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.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sue, Wonder, and Gillah</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; 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 color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Sue,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546301121-22082010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>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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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=546301121-22082010><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>Suzanne</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org">njagdu-bounces@nfbnet.org</A>
[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 size=2 face=Arial>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 size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>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 size=2 face=Arial>Sue, Wonder, and Megillah</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; 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> 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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