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| Members of the Palisades Park Senior Citizens Center staged a Lunar New Year show today for seniors at the Jewish Community Center on the Palisades in Tenafly. |
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| In addition to dancers, a choir of men and women performed several songs, including the national anthems of the United States, Korea and Israel. |
By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR
I'm no fan of football or how the editors of The Record are always running sports columns on the front page, displacing far more important stories.
In fact, the first thing I do after I pick up the paper in my driveway every day is put the Sports section into the recycling bin.
I did watch the Super Bowl on Sunday, and the big story for me was how a young, black, overconfident quarterback was humbled by a veteran.
But today, Page 1 is dominated by Tara Sullivan, one of The Record's long-winded columnists, whose first two paragraphs are guaranteed to put you to sleep.
Unedited crap
How Editor Deirdre Sykes allowed this apparently unedited crap onto the premier page of today's paper is a mystery.
Sullivan's first two paragraphs describe Denver Broncos Quarterback Peyton Manning walking to his seat on the sideline after victory was assured (A-1).
"Across the field and down the sideline he strode" is how the first paragraph begins. Yawn.
"Down he sat" begins the second. Give me a break.
And the headlines are just awful, because the main and sub-headline basically repeat speculation the Super Bowl might have been Peyton Manning's last game:
"Manning's magical exit?"
"Super Bowl
win would
be a great
final act"
A far better main headline would get rid of the question mark, which is discouraged on many news copy desks:
"Manning's magical game"
"Super Bowl
win would
be a great
final act"
Local news?
If Sullivan's pathetic column wasn't enough, the front of the local-news section is dominated by a stale story on the cooking of mystery chicken wings on Sunday at a bar in Passaic County no one has ever heard of (L-1).
That's one of five stories with Passaic County or Morris County datelines in a section delivered to Bergen County readers.
Lady Gaga
On the Better Living front, Staff Writer Jim Beckerman wrote an entire story on Lady Gaga singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" (BL-1).
Everyone I talked to today thought she did a terrific job, praising her voice, her delivery and how she made the national anthem her own.
In short, she rocked that old song.
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