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Josephine Kogler tries to see how many apples she can stack at the Apple Festival held in the Nature Explorium at the Middle Country Public Library on Saturday, Sept. 25.

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BY ARLENE GROSSarlenegross@tbrnewspapers.com

Th ough her school canceled its perfor-mance of patriotic songs last Friday due to rain, Emily Gharabaghi, 7, showed up at the Dignity Memorial Wall at Peter Nel-son Park in Huntington Station anyway.

“Th is wall means a lot to me because my uncle fought for our country,” Emily, of Huntington Station, said. “I just want-ed to come and see what it’s like.”

Emily, a second-grader at Oakwood Primary Center, accompanied her grandmother, whose brother’s best friend was killed in the Vietnam War.

“Why are you crying, Grandma?” Emily asked.

“It’s very emotional,” answered Bar-bara Warburton of South Huntington. “Th at’s all. … My father fought in World War II, my brother in the Vietnam War, I had a cousin in the Korean War. To see this is very moving.”

More than four decades later, people continue to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifi ce in a war that many opposed.

Despite the downpour, people came to the temporary memorial one by one to pay their last respects to former classmates, platoon buddies and fam-ily members whose names are indelibly engraved on the faux granite wall, a three-quarter scale replica of the Viet-nam Veterans Memorial in Washing-ton, D.C. Searching among more than 58,000 names of those killed or missing in action, visitors laid fl owers or fl ags on the ground near their departed’s name or traced the letters onto paper, taking

with them a permanent keepsake of a lost life.

In its crisscross tour of the country, the traveling monument gives many veterans a chance to say goodbye to the fallen.

Having never gone to the Washington memorial, brothers Joe and Rick Palma of Commack and Stony Brook paid their respects in Huntington Station last Friday. Th ey left an empty can of Rheingold beer for their friend James Brown. “He worked

for them for a year,” Joe said. “His father used to enjoy it and we used to enjoy it.

“I haven’t seen him in 40 years. I missed his funeral. We went in together …” Joe added, his voice trailing off as

he sniff ed through tears.Dave Higgins of Selden said, “In my

own case, I had seen many a Marine being carried out and didn’t know the end result of what might have hap-pened to him. … In the meantime, a lot of these guys might have been good friends with you.”

Returning home from Vietnam was yet another awful experience for many veterans, Frank D’Aversa of Hauppauge recalled. “Most of us resented the 60s be-cause of that, too. We didn’t have a choice where we were going. We went and did our best.”

Finally, the wall reminds us of the true cost of war, present military operations included, veterans said.

“Th ey could have a wall with Afghan vets or Iraq vets,” Higgins said, “because the number of casualties is constantly in-creasing. … During the Vietnam War, the war just kept escalating. Hopefully with

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‘I had seen many a Marine being carried out … In the meantime, a lot of these guys might have been good friends with you.’

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As they have done for past elections, the Selden and Centereach civic associations will hold a joint “meet the candidates” night on Th ursday, Oct. 7.

Held at the Middle Country Public Library in Selden at 7 pm, the meeting is aimed at introducing residents to candidates running for various elected positions in November.

Selden Civic Association President Deborah Felber, whose group is in charge of hosting the event this year, said those expected to appear at the event are Congress-man Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) and his Republican opponent Randy Altschuler, Senator John Flanagan (R-East Northport) and his Democratic opponent Ira

Bernstein, Senator Ken LaValle (R-Port Jeff erson) and his Democratic opponent Jennifer Maertz and Assem-blyman Steve Engelbright (D-Setauket). Rob Calarco, a Democrat running against Assemblyman Dean Murray (R-East Patchogue) will also be there. Also expected to attend is Assemblywoman Ginny Fields (D-Oakdale), who lost the Democratic Party line when fellow Democrat Ken Mangan garnered more votes in the September Democratic primary and will be run-ning on the Independence and Working Families lines in November. Mangan is also expected to be at the can-didates’ night.

Felber said candidates for governor — Republican Carl Paladino and Democrat Andrew Cuomo — were invited but have not RSVP’d. Similarly Dan Dono-

van, the Republican candidate for attorney general and Eric Schneiderman, the Democratic candidate for have both been invited but have not confirmed their attendance.

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SCCC “Dig Pink” Volleyball Tournament-Oct. 19

Th e volleyball teams on the Ammer-man and Michael J. Grant campuses of Suff olk County Community College will be participating in the Dig Pink Volleyball Tournament to raise funds to support breast cancer education pro-grams and research eff orts on Oct. 19 at 6 pm. Th e event will take place at the Brookhaven Gymnasium on the Am-merman Campus in Selden, where both teams will play each other for the best out of fi ve games.

In lieu of admission, donations will be accepted at the door. All donations are tax deductible and will go to Th e Side-Out Foundation, which was estab-lished in 2004 to unite volleyball play-ers and coaches and to have them work toward the common goal of furthering breast cancer awareness, education and patient services.

The term side-out refers to a situa-tion in volleyball when one team wins a point while its opponent is serving, thereby regaining serve or control of play. It is hoped that this founda-tion will do the same for breast can-cer patients, providing them with the support, education and best avail-able treatments to resume control of their lives. Through volleyball tour-naments, clinics and other events,

Side-Out raises funds to donate to or-ganizations that share their idea of a cancer-free world.

Centereach FD Open HouseOct. 22

Th e public is invited to come to the fi rehouse for fi re safety activities includ-ing fi re truck rides, vehicle extrication, vehicle fi res, smoke house, and plenty of other family fun activities. Events start at 6 pm at headquarters at 9 South Washington Avenue in Centereach.

Dinner and Comedy at Centereach FD-Oct. 23

At the fi rehouse located at 9 South Washington Avenue in Centereach.

Th e cost of $35 per person includes a choice of complete turkey or roast beef dinner and unlimited beer, wine and soda. Dinner is served at 6:30 pm, show at 8 pm. RSVP at comedynight@cente-reachfd.org.

Please email your name and phone number and someone will contact you — but hurry because tickets are selling fast.

Annual Pumpkin SaleOct. 1 to 31

Centereach FD will hold their annual pumpkin sale at Substation #2, Stony Brook Road, Lake Grove. M to F 4 to 8 pm, Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 7 pm.

October events in Middle Country

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BY LISA BEHNKEnews@tbrnewspapers.com

Within days of celebrating the inau-guration of their new president, Suff olk County Community College faculty and administrators were shocked to learn a colleague was found dead in her home.

Police found Dr. Shonda Wilson, 39, of Bellport, dead on Th ursday, Sept. 23, aft er administrators who drove to her home called 911. Th e English professor, who worked on the Ammerman campus, had called in sick to work on Th ursday, Sep-tember 16, and the college did not hear from her again.

Students began to question why their teacher wasn’t showing up for class.

“Something wasn’t right,” said Dr. Douglas Howard, Eng-lish Department assis-tant academic chair, who called police at Wilson’s home that aft ernoon. With all the activity sur-rounding the inaugura-tion festivities, no one in the English Department thought to investigate why Wilson hadn’t been calling in aft er her initial call, some em-ployees said. Aft er unanswered phone calls and email attempts failed, staff

began calling local area hospitals with no response. Finally secretaries at the school suggested the police be called.

Dr. Sandra Sprows, acting associate dean of academic aff airs suggested to Howard they drive to Wilson’s home. It was then, aft er seeing her car in the driveway, police where called to the home and found her dead.

Wilson was originally from Thom-asville, Ga., and did not have any fam-ily in New York.

“She lived alone and was a private person,” Howard said. Heavily in-volved with her church, Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, she led an active spiritual life that was evident in the many church members who at-

tended her memorial ser-vice. During the service, which was held on Friday, Oct. 1, her church fam-ily was unaware of her many accomplishments as an academic professor and in turn her work col-leagues were unaware of her strong religious faith and the commitments she

made to the church. During the service, Wilson’s broth-

er, who came in from out of town, told

professors that she had died from a blood clot in her lung.

“She was a quiet, sweet person and nev-er said a bad word,” said Professor Marga-ret Altizer-Evans. Th rough the years she and Wilson had become friends and both taught in the English department.

“She was a very professional women who was also very focused on her reli-gious faith,” Altizer-Evans said. Many faculty and staff members still in a sense of shock wished they would have taken the time to get to know her better.

“We’re still trying to recover from it,” Howard said.

When the reality of the situation set in, Howard reached out to his faculty for help with covering Wilson’s classes.

“Where do we go from here?” How-ard asked. Much to his surprise, he found several professors who off ered to step up and take on the extra class load.

“This is the kind of department we have, we’re like a family,” How-ard said. Students will have an op-

portunity to remember Wilson at a memorial service on the Ammerman campus, planned for common hour on Wednesday, Oct. 20.

Suff olk CCC professor found dead in home

Photo courtesy of Lisa Behnke

Dr. Shonda Wilson at a Suff olk County Community College event.

‘She was a quiet, sweet person and never said a bad word.’

— MARGARET ALTIZER-EVANS

Iraq and in the future with Afghani-stan, they’ll have a peaceful resolution.”

As the wall is erected at each loca-tion, a special service includes burial of a Purple Heart in honor of Robert J. Achers, whose family donated his medal to the memorial, said Charlie Spencer, who organizes the traveling memorial.

In sharing the Dignity Wall expe-rience, Vietnam veterans help teach future generations of veterans how to honor their dead, Spencer said.

“There was an Iraq veteran who was here with the carpenter’s union helping us erect this wall,” he said. “He was getting points from these guys. So when these guys and me are gone, this … guy will know what to do. And that’s called tradition.”

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A resident of Rondell Lane in Cente-reach called at 10:40 am on Sept. 13 to re-port her concern regarding a nearby con-demned house that has been boarded up. Th e complainant stated there may still be some cats trapped inside the structure.

Robbery A complainant called at 10:10 pm on

Sept. 16 to report he was robbed and as-saulted at a location on South Coleman Road in Centereach by a male subject pos-sibly named Victor. Th e victim said the as-sailant punched him and stole $100 in ad-dition to taking his audio system.

Criminal mischief A resident of Booth Street in Cente-

reach called at 7:15 am on Sept. 16 to report lawn furniture and statues were intention-ally damaged the previous evening possi-bly by an angry tenant.

A complainant called at 12:30 pm on Sept. 19 to report his white Galant was damaged during an auto break-in and various items were removed from the ve-hicle while it was left in the parking lot of a toy store on Middle Country Road in Lake Grove.

Disturbance A complainant called at noon on

Sept. 23 from an apartment complex on College Road in Selden to report see-ing marijuana plants being grown on the deck and windowsills of someone’s apartment.

A resident of Highview Drive in Selden called at 5:24 pm on Sept. 19 to report a dispute in progress with an in-toxicated neighbor who was now causing a disturbance and throwing beer bottles.

A resident of Audrey Lane in Cente-reach called at 9:21 pm on Sept. 20 to re-port needing police assistance regarding alleged harassment by a neighbor.

A resident of Noel Road in Cente-reach called at 10:40 am on Sept. 19 to report several male subjects were shoot-ing a rifl e into the woods while standing in a nearby backyard.

A complainant called at 2:24 am on Sept. 20 to report an intoxicated male employee of a carnival being held on Al-exander Avenue in Lake Grove was caus-ing problems and threatening people. According to the caller someone alleg-edly heard the subject say he had a gun. Police responded to the scene and no ar-rests were made regarding this incident.

A complainant called at 12:30 pm on

Sept. 16 from a location on College Road in Selden to report fi nding a rifl e and Taser in that area and said they wanted to turn over these weapons to police.

A resident of Magnolia Drive in Selden called at 7:30 pm on Sept. 9 to report an ongoing problem involving many bogus fast food orders being called in and sent to the complainant’s house. Th e caller stated the perpetrator of these pranks may possibly be a known subject.

Burglary A resident of Montauk Street in Selden

called at 7 am on Sept. 22 to report his home was burglarized the previous night by unknown intruders.

A resident of Avondale Drive in Cente-reach called at 4 pm on Sept. 22 to report discovering several teenagers had recently broke into and burglarized her home.

Harassment A complainant

called at 1:24 pm on Sept. 25 to report be-ing harassed during a dispute with a known male while both par-ties were at a location on Horseblock Road in Centereach.

Petit larceny A proprietor of a business on Middle

Country Road in Lake Grove called at 1 pm on Sept. 25 to report a subject just stole a cell phone from his location and the incident had been caught on the security video. Th e complainant said the perpetrator was still on the premises.

A manager of a beauty and make-up store at Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove called at 12:37 pm on Sept. 21 to report over $1,800 worth of products were recently sto-len from his location by unknown subjects.

Aggravated harassment A resident of Old Stone Court in Cente-

reach called at 7:30 pm on Sept. 26 to report being harassed by a subject via telephone.

A resident of Campo Avenue in Selden called at noon on Sept. 28 to report his house was the target of unknown burglars who ransacked the dwelling sometime over the past two weeks.

Arrests A 17-year-old male resident of Cedar

Street in Selden and an 18-year-old male living on Belair Road in Selden were both arrested aft er being pulled over by police along Middle Country Road in Selden and charged with criminal possession of stolen property. Police said the defendants alleg-edly had a stolen GPS device at the time of their arrest.

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PEOPLE40th Anniversary

Picnic Recently New Lane El-

ementary School in the Middle Country Central School District celebrated with a 40th Anniversary Picnic organized by the Parent Teacher Associa-tion. Over 500 people were in attendance including Board of Education members, parents, students, teachers, administra-tors, and retired teachers. Lake Grove Applebee’s volunteered their equipment and time at the successful event.

Ongoing construction on Route 112 has started on a portion of the road-way between Pine Road and Route 347 to improve safety and mobility for motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists on the heavily traveled corridor.

The project, costing $37.9 million, is funded by stimulus money from the state Department of Transportation. Funded through the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the street construction, which started in August 2009, is intended to not only improve the roadway but also to create jobs and stimulate the economy.

Improvements for the more than three miles of Route 112 include the installation of center turning lanes and raised planted medians to in-crease mobility, better maintain traf-

fic f low and increase safety. Newlandscaping and storm-water-runofffiltration systems will also be addedto enhance both environmental andaesthetic qualities. New bike lanes,sidewalks, bus stops and shelters arealso included in the renovation ofRoute 112.

“Projects like this one are what weneed to create jobs, improve public safety and build a modern infrastruc-ture that will benefit our communities for years to come,” Marc Herbst, exec-utive director of the Long Island Con-tractors’ Association said. LICA is the voice of the region’s highway and in-frastructure professionals, represent-ing Long Island’s $3.8 billion industry.

The project is expected to be com-pleted in the fall of 2011.

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Construction on Rt. 112.

Improvements for three miles of Route 112

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Photo by John Moro

Comsewogue quarterback Matt Scalera (No. 1) tries to fi nd the edge against Newfi eld’s Jesse Dilevo.

down pass giving the Warriors a 7-6 lead.But the rest of the game was all New-

fi eld. On the fi rst play of their next pos-session Ron Denig burst through the line, cut left and sprinted untouched down the sideline for an 80-yard touchdown run for a 12-7 Newfi eld lead with 9:07 remaining. Th eir following possession was a seven-play, 67-yard drive capped by Barthelmy’s 13-yard touchdown run making the score 19-7 with 4:21 left to play in the half.

Th e Wolverines took a 26-7 lead at

3:10 of the third quarter moving the ball 61 yards on 11 plays with Barthelmy covering the fi nal 8 yards for his second touchdown of the game.

Meanwhile, the Newfi eld defense was equally dominant. Th ey didn’t allow a single fi rst down from the scrimmage during the second half and only allowed two for the game. Th ey also intercepted one pass.

Newfi eld will compete against Cente-reach this weekend at 2 pm.

SPORTSNewfield beats Warriors,

improves record to 4-0

Centereach falls with just minutes remaining after West scores late goal

FOOTBALL

BY ROBERT LEUNERkatsports@tbrnewspapers.com

Smithtown West senior Erin Froehlich’s goal with 2:57 remaining in the second half lift ed the Bulls over Centereach on October 4 in girls soccer. Froehlich also scored at the 23:34 mark of the half to tie the game at 1-1.

“We started out kind of shaky and unor-ganized,” said Smithtown head coach Rob Schretzmayer. “But in the end we were able to pull it out. We knew it was going to be a tough physical game and you have to give the girls credit because they battled back to get the win.”

Smithtown opened the game strong but was unable to capitalize on any of the early opportunities. Th e Centereach defense gave themselves momentum by stifl ing the Bulls early on. In fact, the Cougars played solid defense all game.

Centereach grabbed a 1-0 lead when senior Brittany Johnson took a bouncing clearing pass from junior Ali Festa, dribbled down the left side and struck the ball past

Smithtown junior keeper Courtney Dun-ning (fi ve saves).

Meanwhile, the Bulls opened the second half with determination as Froehlich un-leashed a tremendous blast at Centereach keeper Lauren Young (10 saves) which the sophomore was able to save to preserve the Centereach lead.

Dunning then made a save on senior Jackie Granholm who delivered a shot that she grabbed with a sprawling dive. Froehlich fi nally drew the Bulls even at 1-1 taming a bouncing ball and fi ring a shot into the right corner.

Momentum shift ed to Smithtown but the Cougars continued to play hard as senior Andrea Keifer came up with a kick save on a shot by Smithtown junior Nicolette Scrozzo when Young was caught out of the net.

With time running down and overtime a possibility the Bulls struck again. Froehlich rushed down the left side aft er gaining pos-session of a clearing pass from Scrozzo and struck the ball past Young to give the Bulls a 2-1 lead with 2:57 remaining.

“We needed to score and I really wanted it for all of us,” said Froehlich. “It was the fi rst time that I had ever scored two goals in one game on varsity. I was looking for the far post and it went into the upper right corner.”

BY ROBERT LEUNERkatsports@tbrnewspapers.com

Th e Newfi eld Wolverines are current-ly the best team in Division II with a per-fect 4-0 record matching their best-ever start to a season since 2007.

Last Friday Newfi eld defeated Comse-wogue 26-7 under the lights. “It’s been a special group of kids right from the be-ginning,” said Newfi eld head coach Joe Piccinnini. “We may not be the biggest team but we are the most physical. Th ey just try to do what they do.”

What they’ve done thus far in 2010 is win and win convincingly with a hard-hitting defense that has limited op-ponents to just 22 points through four

games while scoring 96 total points. As it has all season the off ense Friday evening was led by junior running back Shervon Barthelmy who rushed for 214 yards and had two touchdowns.

“I just want to do better than the week before,” said Barthelmy who has account-ed for seven touchdowns amounting to 42 of the 96 total points. “I just lower my shoulder and keep my feet moving and try not to go down at fi rst contact. We wanted to come out with our intensity all the way up. We kept on attacking them.”

Newfi eld scored at 2:35 of the fi rst quarter as quarterback Mike Silva culmi-nated a 10-play, 53-yard drive by plunging over from the 1-yard line for a 6-0 lead. Th e Warriors came back to take a brief 1-point lead at 9:21 of the second quar-ter. Following a fumble by Silva on the Wolverines’ 23-yard line, Comsewogue marched into the end zone as Matt Scal-era hit Ryan Brunet for a 17-yard touch-

Newfield .................... 26Comsewogue .............. 7

Smithtown West .........2Centereach ..................1

Courtesy Jessica Pochylski

Kicks for CancerThis year the Newfi eld High School girls soccer team is joining the battle against cancer through the “Kicks for Cancer” foundation. The team raised $700 by hosting two car washes this September and will be playing a league fundraiser game. The “Kicks for Cancer” fundraiser started in honor of Hauppauge High School student Courtney Tomkins who passed away several years ago from brain cancer. Tomkins was the biggest fan of her high school’s soccer team. This year 13 Suff olk County girls soccer teams are getting involved in the “Kicks for Cancer” fundraiser.

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Pipe down,prisoner for life

Faisal Shahzad will spend the rest of his life in prison. Done.

Th e 30-year-old would-be terrorist tried to detonate an SUV in Times Square last May in a sick attempt to kill innocent civilians. He pleaded guilty and, as has been widely reported, cooperated extensively with the FBI, spilling his feeble guts before being sent away this week for the rest of his days. He got no deal and it is refreshing that the U.S. and the Federal District Court in Manhattan can mete such justice swift ly.

Before being led away, Shahzad warned Americans to “Brace yourselves, be-cause the war with Muslims

has just begun.”For the record, Faisal,

the war you refer to began in earnest for stateside American civilians 10 years ago last month, and every one of us remembers that terrible date with profound sadness and anger. But we also know the enemy is al-Qaida, that perverted cult of mass murder, and whoever else may be drinking Bin Laden’s Kool-Aid these days. And we sure won’t let a lamentable puke like you twist the truth in a trans-parent ploy to pit us against an entire peace-loving culture.

We hope Shahzad re-mains henceforth muzzled because frankly there is nothing more that clueless loser can say that can pos-sibly interest any God-fear-ing, patriotic American.

Misguided on IsraelTO THE EDITOR:

Th e suff ering of the Jewish people throughout history is unparalleled. But today, Israel is the strongest military power in the Middle East. Its conventional forces are far superior to those of its neighbors, and it is the only country in the neighborhood with nuclear weapons. Israel’s nu-clear arsenal is one reason some of its neighbors want nuclear weapons. Th e United States has provided Israel with some $3 billion to develop weapons systems (not to mention the some $3 billion a year we provide in foreign aid) and has given Israel access to top-notch weaponry such as Black Hawk helicopters and F-16 fi ghter jets. In the David and Goliath story, Israel is Goliath.

Th e Israeli-Palestinian confl ict is the impetus for many wars and acts of terrorism. Th e United States Congress is beholden to the American Israel Public Aff airs Committee, one of the top four most powerful lobbies in Washington. U.S. policy toward Israel is not even debated in Congress, even though the rest of the world bears the consequences of that policy. Th is is a complex situation, with the rest of the world, not just the Middle East, viewing our unequivocal support of Israel’s foreign policies as threatening and misguided.

President Obama and Secretary of State Clin-ton are trying to get the peace process started

again. Th is is arduous and delicate work, with profound consequences, win or lose. And Mr. Pitcoff is looking for a cowboy to ride roughshod over Iran! (“Obama should step up to Ahma-dinejad.” Sept. 30)

President Obama, through intense diplomatic eff orts, convinced a reluctant China and Russia to approve the fourth round of sanctions against Iran. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , said a military strike would be his last option, and warned of unintended conse-quences of such a strike. A military assault is an option, of course. It always is. But it would seem that a rational person who understands the diff erent facets of the Middle East region and envisions the consequences of yet another war (we’re already involved in two and tensions are heightened with Pakistan) knows that we don’t need to be singing about bombing Iran. Mr. Pit-coff ’s letter reminds me of what Dick Armey said in September 2002: “My number one priority in foreign policy is to protect Israel.” One might wonder: But what about protecting America?

Mr. Pitcoff states that “the president is, by nature, averse to foreign confrontation” (I guess because the president values diplomacy), and that the president has a “penchant for submis-sion and apologetic bent.” To my ears, that last line is a racist remark.

Jeanne HebbardSt. James

EDITORIAL OPINION

On the left , there were the tradi-tional hot dogs and hamburgers, roasting over a charcoal grill.

To the right, lamb chops, steaks, chicken wings and hot dogs sizzled over a stainless steel grill. Down the road, past hundreds of other barbecues just feet behind the bumpers of trucks proudly displaying blue and white banners, was an entire pig, roasting over a spit.

Th anks to the family of a good friend of my son’s, I went to my fi rst bona fi de tail-gate and football game at Giants Stadium. We got to the stadium at about 10:30 am, well before the 1 pm game. We parked across the street from a huge U-Haul van that had brought a loud sound system, two couches, plenty of alcohol (I didn’t see the alcohol, but I could hear it in the voices that rang out through the parking lot) and a bevy of young women who danced on the roof of the truck.

We parked on a small hill near the marsh. As my son played catch with a football with his buddy, he watched sev-eral pregame revelers step into small paths

through the grass to relieve themselves. It felt like a camping trip for 70,000.

Not far from the van where some-one demanded a song from Jethro Tull, people with beers in one hand used their other to try to toss beanbags through small wooden holes 20 feet away. When they succeeded, my son and his friend cheered as if the Giants had scored a touchdown. When they just missed, they shared their fan frustration.

A nearby fan asked if he could bor-row plastic cups. In exchange, he off ered bottled waters, which the person from our group who hadn’t yet arrived was bringing. Aft er the trade, both sides smiled appreciatively at each other.

By 11 am, each master chef was dol-ing out plate loads of food, while adults traded stories about previous games (es-pecially the colder ones in which one of the tailgaters had brought an enormous fi re pit that off set a bitter wind) and the kids shared the small space along the top of the hill to play their own Super Bowls.

About an hour before the game, we

headed to the stadium, passing an army of people who proudly donned Giants jerseys from their favorite players. Aft er we passed a few people throwing foot-balls over incoming traffi c, my son and his friend bumped into people they knew from their town sports programs.

Once inside, we sat in the new comfort-able seats and watched the four enormous TV screens in each corner of the stadium as the players warmed up. I suspect that, even without my glasses, I could have seen the action on those screens comfortably.

It wasn’t one of the Giants better games. Th ey lost, but, as with most sports games, the score didn’t tell the whole story. Th e game was close until the second half, when costly mistakes turned the tide.

My son and his friend were disap-pointed, but my son’s friend’s dad, who had gone to over 20 years of games with his family, provided perspective. He told the boys he’d watched some terrible

teams over the years. His son, he said, was spoiled by the Giants miraculous Super Bowl victory in 2008.

Still, as I witnessed a loss — no matter how bad or painful — wouldn’t likely keep fans away. Aft er all, the game, while the centerpiece, was still only one part of the day’s festivities.

Win or lose, it’s not all in the game D. None of the above

BY DANIEL DUNAIEFvtimes@tbrnewspapers.com

As with most sports games, the score didn’t tell the whole story.

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