Next On Q Win or lose, Pittsburgh's football fans are loyal.

And one local photographer has created a tribute to the fans who love the game and love the Steelers.

Also tonight, a local dietitian with a passion for healthy eating.

We'll show you why she's being recognized nationally and rocknrol meets bowling at a local alley.

We'll show you why it's become so popular in Pittsburgh.

It's coming up next On Q. Stay connected.

Welcome to On Q magazine.

I'm Stacy Smith.

Well if there is one word to describe football fans here i Pittsburgh, that word is loyal.

People who love the Steelers are with them all the way.

Win or lose.

And it was in that spirit that a local photographer began a project back in the fall.

Now, at the time he had no idea where this season would take the Steelers but he did have one guarantee: the fans would be supportive no matter what.

Tonight, Chris Moore reports on the work of photographer Kevin Sweeney and his project that lasted for 16 Sundays.

Since the beginning of the season I've been doing a photo documentary on just on Steeler fans.

Oh yeah?

it's called 16 Sundays, which is the it's a website, but I just take a pictures o what everybody's doing out here.

I've been following around tailgating, sports bars, any place I can find Steeler fans on game day.

It's a website.

I got pictures u from every week since preseason.

You intentionally decided to focus on the fans is that right?

Yeah.

Why?

There are so many people that support the Steelers theyre their own community.

They have their own colors, their own sort of flag and and ideals.

It's a large population of people that associate themselves with the steel nation.

Going to Heinz Field was one place where I would be able to meet every range citizen from the city of Pittsburgh.

People from all different neighborhoods, from all different walks of life would come to.

And that would be one wa Id be able to introduce myself and get to know the and to know more about the city.

I'm 62 years old.

I've been home with the Steelers since 1950, and now we're out here in 2005 and the, the fever is still there.

The fever is still there for the Steelers.

Here we go Steelers.

Here we go.

What do you call the project, what's it like being there?

It's called 16 Sundays.

16 Sundays 16 Sundays 16 Sundays And that's the the amount of the amount of games that a team plays during the regular season in the NFL year.

Go, Steelers!

Hey.

I envision it as it is the one time, the one day of the week where everybody gets together to share the experience and support their team.

There's a long tradition of tailgating around Three Rivers Stadiu in Heinz Field and come 6 a.m.

in the morning people come out and the day of football starts, it's for a lot of people, it's their church.

That's where they go on Sunday and that's what they spend, they spend their entire day talking about, thinking about and experiencing football.

Morning bud.

Hey, how we doing, good to see you.

How do they receive you And when they see the camera?

Most of them ask me i they're going to be in the paper and I say, no but maybe someday I'll make it.

Maybe someday you'll be somewhere.

Maybe you'll be famous.

But, when I tell people what I'm doing, I think it does strike a note that I think they never thought people would pay attention to it.

To them, as being an integral part of the experience or to what it's like to be the family.

That's just that.

It came in from Ohio to meet their family, from Pittsburgh and to grill out and have them and spend the afternoo at just as if it was a barbecue.

Oh, you doing lobster tails?

Yeah man.

I had a couple people told me for playoffs they'd bring out lobster.

You normally do it?

Playoffs.

Playoffs?

Shrimp, Lobster tails, steak.

People take over a slightly different persona on Sundays.

And it's their release from the week.

It's a, they get to relax and they get to maybe be somebody different.

Some people definitely paint their faces.

Some people have... Recently somebody actually shaved a seven in their head for Ben Roethlisberger.

The fingernails, for instance, they're just a little ways that people have, show that they're a Steeler fan.

That's a nice hat.

What's your name?

Hey, look, do you see this?

That's one of my favorites, actually.

Better late than never.

It is important to mark yourself as a Steeler fan.

It's very important to people to determine the jersey that they wear, who's number that they wear and they'll wear it every game.

That's what they wear.

Even if it's 15 degrees out.

The one player they identify with, you mean?

Yes.

If they've if they've picked a jersey, they will wear that jersey every game.

It might be superstition.

It might be just the only jersey they have.

But that's, thats their apparel And they, they will designate themselve as that's their favorite player.

Do you have any favorite photos or favorite moments that you were able to capture?

The Halloween weekend, Halloween game against the Patriots was was the first big moment for me because I, I could feel I could feel and understand the the idea that all the fans had going up against the previous Super Bowl winner coming up being, being a transitioning team on the upswing and a little bit of a streak, and to come out and dominat a team that everybody considered would dominate the Steelers.

And that was a feeling I hadn't experienced before as a fan, to be the underdog and to come out and just shine.

And I could, I could I could se and feel that and all the fans.

And I think that was th first moment of renewal, of hope that this really could be an important season.

Is this a family?

you got, looks like two fathers, two sons, two of them are Ravens fans?

And these are two friends.

Oh, friends.

This is the first game they took their sons to, and one was a Steeler fan and one was a Ravens fan.

And it was the first time they had taken their sons to see a game.

It's a big bonding moment.

In 20 years do you know how muc this will mean to the children?

Yeah, that is a great shot man.

I was lucky enough walking around, somebody stopped me.

I noticed a sign that said “I do and just it just perked my interest.

And a guy walked up to me and said, are you the photographer, are you the cameraman?

And I said, no, I'm a photograph but I'm probably not the one you're looking for.

And I asked why, and he said well, we're getting married in about an hour.

And I and I asked him if I could come back, and I told him what I was doin and he said, yeah, by all means.

Roger and Heather McLain met at a tailgating event.

They happened to be tailgating within 20 yards from each other, and they were introduced.

And four weeks later, tailgating before the Clevelan Browns game, they got married.

Heather wore a black dress with, a gold necklace, and she carried a bouquet in one hand and a football on the other, and and walked down the aisle amongst a whole crowd of tailgaters.

That was a fun event.

That was a, an uplifting sort of community event that, when I saw it, immediately told me, this is it's own community.

Where do you think, just realistically, your work is going to end up?

Besides those other photographers you talked about?

I hope it ends up in the home of every single person I've shared the experience with.

I think it's enough of a moment that people will look back and and see and, and actually get the chill that they remember from being at that game or from hearing about that game or, to just to be part of that.

I hope it reminds everybod and in the off season renews it.

So I'd love to publish it.

Something that everybody could have, but I'd like, you know, I'd like it to be part of the history of the city, part of, of, a portrait of what it's like to live here and to experience this kind of pride or just a snapshot of, of of one year or 16 weeks in 2004 in Pittsburgh.

Go Steelers!

It' been something really special.

So if they go all the way, I'll just I'll just sit down and I'll, I'll thank all my lucky stars and guardian angels and, and everybody that I can that, that not only was I lucky enough to pick this season to do this project, but that all the people that I've met allowed me to enter their lives and share it with them.

Because this is this is something new for me, but it's something that people in Pittsburgh have been waiting for for a long time.

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You probably know that television reporters and producers often rely on local experts to help tell their stories.

And if you have ever seen a news report on food or nutrition, you probably no doubt have seen Judy Dodd, this registered dietitian from Pittsburgh, was recently honored with a national award.

And tonight On Qs, Tonia Caruso reflects on the long career of a woman with a philosophy and a passion about healthy eating.

Do you want to check out some of that soy cheese?

You can often find her in the supermarket.

And how does it taste?

Tastes great.

You need to buy some and try it sometime Colleen.

Cheese always comes up at this point.

Or conference rooms.

If there's any one thing I'd love to see.

Pittsburgh change, is not servin potatoes and corn at the same meal and calling it a vegetable, they're not.

Or in front of television cameras.

Well, the formula to maintai your weight is really to balance the calories in with the calories out.

Judy Dodd gets around.

She's always on the move.

We need to think about which sections we're going to go to, and we'll get going on that right away.

Always on the go.

She's a woman on a mission.

This is why it becomes ver important that we teach people to read labels Spreading the good news about food and nutrition.

It's all good food and it's healthy food.

There's nothing wrong with it, but too much of a good thing also causes weight gain.

And that's the issue.

In fact, she's dedicated her lif to helping people stay healthy.

We're not doing the laundry the way my grandmother used to do laundry.

We have a better lifestyle and as a result, we need less calories then our grandparents do.

Judy is a registered dietitian.

She's also the food and nutrition advisor for the Giant Eagle supermarket chain.

She teaches too at the University of Pittsburgh.

And on top of all of that, she does lots of community service work for organizations like the American Heart and Diabetes Associations.

What would you say you love most about your job?

People.

The people end of it.

I, I guess I'm also I love the learning.

I love the aha's in my life, too.

Keeping up wit it is is like a full time job, but that's what keeps me running.

Any questions on fruits, vegetables, grains?

No.

You just took all the joy out of it.

No, I didn't want to!

I like to be challenged with questions, and I like to keep up with it.

And that's what keeps me going.

But I want to show you the fish sticks.

Sort of like being on a train.

It just keeps going.

Or maybe it's one of those treadmills with the little hamsters on.

You don't get it from foods.

Judy's been on that treadmill for a long time now.

She's made a career out of an interest that goes way back when it came down to, where are you going to college, Judy, and what are you going to do?

I chose Carnegi Mellon and Food and Nutrition, and I can honestly say I didn't know what I was getting into.

I really didn't expect to ever be in the field I'm in now.

Think about squeezing a serving of grapes and getting grape juice.

But now, 40 some years later Judy Dodd is still going strong.

Her no nonsense, practical, sometimes tough approach to nutritio may be the key to her success.

Now you squeeze it and you drink the juice.

How much juice you're getting out of that orange?

Success that's landed he numerous awards and positions.

In 1991, this woman fro Pittsburgh became the president of the 70,000 member stron American Dietetic Association.

And last year, she was honored by that same organization for outstanding service and leadership of dietetics.

So, what would you say kind of your goal?

Follow a healthy lifestyl in a way that fits their needs.

You're not saving money if you're buying something that doesn't provide some nutrition.

Which is why Judy came here, to this successful aging worksho at the University of Pittsburgh to counsel seniors on good nutrition.

What about chicken wings?

What you're eating is a plate of fat.

You don't count it as chicken, count it as a fat.

The class that we were in, with the seniors and how much fun is that for you?

It's a real high.

I get a real high out of listening to people's questions and being able to relate back to them.

Something that's practical.

The chicken wings question today, I mean, I never met a chicken wing I didn't like, but on the other side, I can't make it nutritious.

I can't bless it.

You can't put wand over it and say forever.

I think when it comes down to looking at this whole idea of humor, it has to be relevant.

Are you surprised at how obese much of America is?

This was in the literature in the 60s.

This is not new stuff.

You saw the trend coming.

We also saw it when we became less of an active society and what we've done to kids.

It was predictable.

The next prediction is we're going to have a rash of of osteoporosis in the next generation, because they've given up dairy foods Atkins, and In the Zone, and Sou Beach Diet.

What are your thoughts on those?

There are some truths in all of these diets and they work.

But the long term, and that's what happens with most of these diets, they give you a short term quick weight loss, but it is not a lifestyle change.

And once you go off of it, you don't know how to to go with it.

So Judy's advice?

All foods are reasonable in your diet.

If you know how many to eat and how often to eat it.

It's the same advice Judy's bee giving over and over and over.

Be ver cautious that you read labels, that you look at, portions that you think in terms of what you're getting for your calorie investment, realizing there's no good food, there's no bad food.

It's how much you eat and how often you eat it.

So I hope I didn't take the total pleasure out of your eating.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And Tonia tells us that right now, Judy has no plans to retire and continues to be extremely busy.

So we offer our congratulations to Judy for her nationally recognized Lifetime Achievement Award.

Still to come.

Rock and roll meets bowling at Arsenal Lanes in Lawrenceville.

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Every week, in a dark alley dee in the heart of Lawrenceville.

The deafening sound of loud rock n roll and crashing pins is music to the ears of happy bowlers at Arsenal Lanes.

It is called RocknBowl.

On Qs Dave and Dave have the story.

How long has Arsenal Lane's been around?

This place has been here since the 40s.

I bought it in the early 80s.

Lawrenceville seems t have changed a lot since then.

Yes it has.

This is a great part of Lawrenceville.

Back in the mid 80s.

I was the first one to do a street face rehab in the whole neighborhood.

At the time, it was the largest one ever done.

So I think that kind of got things going in this neighborhood.

This is my first trip to Lawrenceville.

I'm strictly a sout side of the river type person.

Excuse me, but I'm being interviewed and I'm on my way to fame.

So what is it you do on Monday nights?

Monday night, we have what we call RocknBowl.

What is RocknBowl?

We put a band on that last lane right there.

It goes from nine to midnight.

You pay five bucks, get all you want to bowl and get to see the band.

and so it's kind of the idea of when you play music to make plants grow better.

You play music and people just start getting better averages.

I mean, you can see the averages going up throughout the evening, like rock and roll, roll the ball or RocknBowl.

Makes a lot of sense.

We come out on Monday nights, pay five bucks and bowl all night and I stink.

So I need the bowling all night long.

So the band is actually here in the bowling alley?

Oh, yeah.

Pins will crash while the band is playing, You can increase your average by 60 points just because of the music.

If the music's good.

I've had bands in the bar.

It's never the same.

It's something about having it out here.

You got to have them right on the... Change the energy level.

I mean, we have a good sound system.

Without a band, we can crank up the tunes.

But it's not the same as a live band on the end of the lanes here.

What happens when the band starts?

Keep bowling.

Hopefully better than before the band started.

People will star to get that glaze in their eye, and the pins are just going to go down.

We'll turn the lights down.

Music will be loud.

What do you think is going to happen at an event called Rock and Bowl?

I think there's going to be some bowling.

It's going to be rock and bowling.

How about that?

How are you Bowling?

Not so well.

I'm not a very good bowler.

Do you think the band will help?

Yes.

Kind of The vibrations from the band to do something to the floor that will get the ball to do precisely what I need it to.

We're just big fans of bowling.

And rock.

And rock.

Would you call yourselves rockers or bowlers?

That's a terrible question.

I'm just waiting for the music and then we dance and that's who we are.

And where are you from?

Right now, I'm living in Delaware.

You've come all the way from Delaware for this?

Yes.

Do they have anything like this in Delaware?

No, they really don't.

What's in Delaware?

Nothing.

Credit card companies.

And someday they hope to become a state, right?

I would like that.

I got 103!

It's a good time.

A lot of young people, which is nice.

Good to see a group of you know, somewhere between 25, 35 year old people in Pittsburgh all at the same place.

We have been doing things to promote towards the younger audience.

Bowling has become something that people that age really find interesting again.

You do anything extra to prepare for a rock n bowl?

Anything extra?

I drink extra beer.

There's another room with more lanes.

Obviously you end up over there during RocknBowl, you won't be able to hear the band.

Some people are not as much into it if they just want to bowl as much as they want for $5 during RocknBowl they can go into the room and the bar and lounge is over there.

Never rocked and bowled before.

How does it feel?

It feels great.

Okay, so what?

It is my distinct pleasure to introduce to you tonight, a fresh and exciting band, who in just a few moments will be performing for you, Alcindors.

We are the New Alcindors from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Do you kno you're playing a bowling alley?

We certainly do, and we're very proud.

Apparently, all bands want to play a bowling alley.

How is this different than your normal bar or other venue?

Well, you know, the thing is that we hear from a lot of peopl that there bowling scores go up when we're playing, and as an artist to have that sort of visceral impact on someone's life?

That's all you can ever ask for.

People are bowling here, I guess they're listening.

But do you want everyon just to stop what they're doing and focus on the band or what?

We actually love the way the percussive sounds of the bowling balls and the pins merge with our organ the guitar, the bass, the drums.

We just think it works very well with our sound.

There are 22 dance floors here, so that's the most important aspect, I think, of playing the bowling alley.

You guys do Freebird?

I'm sorry.

For the dance contest we give away prizes.

Come on, first prize is your own segment on QED on On Q. That's it.

Why should someone come here to try out RocknBowl?

To have some fun.

What else could be so much fun on a Monday night?

Now you can find RocknBowl at Arsenal Lanes and Lawrenceville every Sunday through Friday, with live bands appearing on Monday nights.

And for more of Dav and Dave's excellent adventures, be sure to check out their weekly show Saturday nights at 10:30 right here on WQED TV 13.

Now here's a look at some of the other stories we have coming up tomorrow night.

What does it take to help young people succeed?

Many will tell you the answer is education.

Tomorrow night On Q, we'll show you how a local program called crossroads is working to unlock th potential of local young people.

Also tomorrow, you may be familiar with the Cabela's catalog, the massive hunting fishing outdoor company.

Well, they're now opening up huge retail stores around the country.

And there's one in our area.

On Qs Dave and Dave take you on a tour tomorrow night On Q. Stay connected.

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