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What happened in Vegas A review of the 2015 NJ State PBA Main Convention Red Rocks Resort • Las Vegas, Nevada • Sept. 18-25 Giant Steps BY MITCHELL KRUGEL • PHOTOS BY ED CARATTINI JR. One of the highlights of NJ State PBA conventions the past year – and all state meetings actually – is Pat Colligan making his President’s Report. The whimsical, engaging and informative manner in which he presents to start these events is something every member should get to experience. Yet Colligan finally found something to upstage him at the 2015 Convention in Las Vegas. Opening Day on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 9 a.m. in Vegas was noon in New York, and in an hour the Giants would be kicking off their game with the Atlanta Falcons. So he deferred to the game the Giants would eventually blow and bumped his report to start Day Two. It was certainly a presentation worth waiting for. President Colligan began by recognizing the upcoming retirement of one of the PBA’s most affable State Delegates, Rich Fiocco of Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Lo