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6 Remembering CharlieBranejah's Corner

16 WAT DogsAround Since the Neolithic Age

18 Cox's Harley DavidsonHogtoberfest

21 Patinaz Handcrafted JewelrySee our Cowgirl Collection

24 Triangle TavernGood Food - Great Savings

25 Ask Chef Hosch and AnnFood, Fun ad Entertainment

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32 Orchard Side MarketWE have Apples!

36 Little League World SeriesShort Stories by John Green

38 Puzzle PageSudoku and Crossword

ContEntsThis MonTh’s Guide To Life in CenTraL PennsyLvania

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Community EventsLongaberger Pot-

tery and Basket

Bingo

Sunday, October 21, 2012

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Amazing AdventureBy Branejah ashley

(9 year old granddaughter of Charles Morrison )

one day last year i had an amazing adventure. it allstarted when i got to Canada. i went with my Pop

(Charles Morrison), cousin and my uncle.When we arrived at the cabins, my cousin andi picked up some rocks then we went to the

cabin to get some markers. it was fun drawing.Then we went fishing. We were trying to catch something good but all wecaught were small pikes and walleyes. one day i was waiting for a fishwhen the bobber went under. i reeled in the line as fast as i could and ipulled up a 42 inch 32 pound pike. i was so excited to show everyone atthe cabin! That was the best day ever!

if you have memories of Charlie that you would like to share pleasecontact deb Kilheeney either by phone (570-220-4552) email

([email protected]) or mail (916 Louisa street Williamsport Pa 17701)

Remembering Charlie…(remembering Charlie is a column in remembrance of Charles Morrison,formerly known as Chat With Charlie)

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Being around sports-minded people, especiallyduring the baseball and foot-ball season, i have heardscads of discussions aboutthe Williamsport professionalhockey team called the out-laws. Their opening nightgame will be played at his-toric Bowman field on Thurs-day, october 24th at 7:05pm,and yes, you got that right, it’soutdoors. The outlaws play30 home games with sixteams in the federal hockeyLeague. season tickets areon sale starting at $320, a20%-25% savings. seasontickets for children 10 & underare $290.

Personally, i am very ex-cited about this winter sportcoming to Billtown; but not allpeople in the area are as op-timistic about the success ofoutdoor hockey or hockey ingeneral for this town. Withoutgoing through a laundry list ofwhat i have heard would bereasons for failure, i want tounscramble the biggest nega-tive comments i have heard. iwant to present as much pos-itive information as this col-umn allows and pass it alongto you. i want you to dare to“dream the dream” of whatthis historic event could meanfor Williamsport and sur-rounding communities.WarninG: if you are a nega-tive person, stop reading righthere! or at least, please givethese positive points of view achance to germinate andsprout the possibilities thatcan happen in Williamsport.

Positive - City Publicity: ivisited Mayor Gabe Campanaand outlaws Team PresidentChris firriolo in the Mayor’soffice in early september. iwanted to hear their story ofoutdoor hockey. i found themto be so passionate and forth-coming with their information.it was refreshing and exciting.outdoor hockey has neverbeen tried for a full season ac-cording to Mayor Campanaand Chris. so Williamsporthas the chance to start some-thing that could catch onacross the united states inthe coming years. MayorCampana has already re-ceived phone calls from com-munities in Pennsylvania andacross the country askingquestions about this novelidea.

Positive - no Governmentfunding: The Mayor andPresident firriolo continued tostress that there would not beany city funds used in thisventure. Chris reminded methat the outlaws will pay forthe light bill. “it is in our con-tract,” firriolo stated. evenopen skating under the lightswill be absorbed by the club.and the hockey season willgenerate more revenue for thecommunity. restaurants, tav-erns and cultural events will

benefit from the activity gener-ated by the outlaws hockeyschedule each year.

Positive - Communityrecreation: There are col-leges looking to use the facilityfor club hockey, and there areadult hockey leagues beingformed. The outdoor rink willbe available for public skating85% of the time and the elec-tricity used is paid for by theteam. and maybe youthhockey leagues could be cre-ated.

Positive - Long Term vision:The outlaws organizationhave a 20 year vision of whereit is going in this community.Mayor Campana also stated,“The vision is to bring ice tothe community year round.”eventually moving indoors is apart of the grand plan. "it is nota one year and leave proposi-tion for the outlaws," firriolostated.

Positive - Community in-volvement: The Players will in-teract with the community.Part of the outlaws Missionstatement reads, “We have togive back. Players will begoing out to schools in thearea telling students the im-portance of reading. We wantto install a reading program forthe youth in schools. if a stu-dent reads a book and writesa one page book report, theyreceive a viP Pass which en-titles them to come to thelocker room, talk to the play-ers and get a free entranceinto the game.”

Positive - fun for all: Can’tyou see the activity aroundhistoric Bowman field in thewinter season when the ball-

park usually has empty seats,the parking lot without a car insite? Can’t you see the smokefrom charcoal grills as peopletailgate in a camping atmos-phere? The excitement of ahockey team everyone is talk-ing about; the buzz, laughterand just plain fun.

finally, it has been misre-ported that the outlaws needto average 2,000 fans a gameto succeed. This is not reallywhat was said during a previ-ous press conference. actu-ally, the team can succeed onless than the 2,000 average.Chris firriolo said, “The clubwould like to average 2,000fans per game.” That figurewould be a very healthy foun-dation for the development offuture involvement betweenthe team and the community.Mayor Campana remindedme that the Crosscutters aver-aged 1,700 fans this year witha team that did not have awinning record.

so “dream the dream” peo-ple of Williamsport. spreadthe word for this hockey team.Talk to your friends and neigh-bors. help build the excite-ment. “dream the dream” thatin twenty years, this city hasan annual hockey tournamentthat draws 16 teams from allover the world; the youthhockey World series beingplayed in Williamsport. allbecause of this first step intothe unknown called outlawsoutdoor hockey. sound famil-iar, Carl stotz? Look what itcan mean for many agegroups and businesses in ourcommunity. i plan to be a partof this dream and i hope youare, too.

What People Aren’t Saying About Outlaw’s Hockey

Mayor Gabe Campana and Outlaws

team President Chris Firriolo

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Williamsport White C team hasbeen busy over the last month per-fecting and adding to their unde-feated record. it began with a

grudge match between theWilliamsport Cherry andWilliamsport White “C” teams.Both teams have big hearts butonly one team could emerge victo-rious. This day it was the Whiteteam. The game started with abreakaway run for a touchdown bynick Barone (#15), only to be fol-lowed by tough fourth down run fora touchdown on the Cherry team’sfirst drive. The Williamsport Whitedefense was challenged in thegame by the great running of the

Cherry team. The Cherry team ledat half time 7-6. in the second halfa strong block from av’real(avery) drummond (#44) providedKeenan Brown (#22) the protec-tion to score a hard fought fortouchdown. The offense washelped by two great touchdownruns by quarterback roman Mor-rone (#32) to seal the game 26-13.in the last two weeks Williamsportplayed two tough Montoursvillefootball teams. The first game

was a grudge match against theGold team. it was a hard foughtdefensive battle down to the wire.Montoursville held the high pow-ered Williamsport team scoreless

until the last possession of thegame. The White team started thedrive with only 1:29 remaining inthe game. however, on the sec-ond play, naseer dymeck (#10)broke a phenomenal run to theright side for a 35 yard touchdown.

Williamsport prevailed over thegold team 7–0. Carter dawson(#35) had a clutch fumble recoveryduring the defensively dominatedgame. The next week the Whiteteam faced another tough group ofMontoursville kids on the Bluesquad. Williamsport led 7-0 athalftime on a dazzling run bydymeck. Williamsport’s offense isanchored by the great blocking ofdante ackerman (#60), Griffinenglish (#64), nyeem rogers(#78) and Porter dawson (#91).

The second half proved to beequally exciting with another im-pressive show of speed bydymeck for his second touchdownof the game, giving the White teamtheir fifth win 13-0. Williamsport’sdefense continues its dominationwith aggressive play at all posi-tions, notably by the hard hittingnick Barone and the sure tacklingof roman Morrone, sahaad smith(#53), Charlie Lundy (#92), Blakeforker (#72), nazir smith (#12)and up and comer naki Castro(#12). Williamsport has shutoutfour of the five opponents theyhave played. The amazing thingabout all the boys in this league isthat they can play tough oneminute against their “opponents”and then horse around and posefor pictures with each other mo-ments later. october should proveto be an exciting month with thecoming of the playoffs and somegreat teams to be faced, like the 4-1 Loyalsock Lancers and the 3-1Jersey shore orange Bulldogs.Go Millionaires!

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This summer my husband and icompleted our circumnavigation ofthe earth. We visited more than 14countries and together westudied and experienced firsthand the richness of culturaldiversity, history, religion, sci-ence, mathematics, and somuch more. it was our inten-tion to broaden and increaseour knowledge of the worldaround us. While my hus-

band, a mathematics profes-sor, focused on ancient ruinsand mathematical patterns intextiles, i focused on dogs ~lots and lots of dogs! i amgoing to narrow this article tothe subject of “WaT” dogs.

science and history tell us thatthe dog has been around sincethe neolithic age. scientific evi-dence from the Jehu site in thehenan Province of China revealsthat the dog has been associatedwith man since 7000-5800 BC. inour own country, the danger Cavediscovery in utah discloses a dogburial from approximately 11,000years ago. as a long time dogowner and trainer, i know a lot aboutdogs and i certainly know a lot abouttraining dogs. however, i had neverheard of the “WaT” dogs until i foundmyself among them.

The word WaT means relating tomonasteries, monks, and their wayof life predominately in the Buddhistmonastic centers in Thailand, Laos,vietnam, and Cambodia. during mycircumnavigation experience, ispent several weeks observing WaT

dogs in their natural habitats in andaround the monasteries in Thailand,vietnam and Cambodia. The dogs’visible characteristics were variedwith respect to their specific WaT lo-cation. no doubt the gene pool fromWaT to WaT was discernable withthe naked eye. The dogs from each

individualWaT location had their own dis-

tinct genetic expressions revealed intheir eye colors, coat textures andcolors, body types, and behavioralcharacteristics too. each family(pack) of WaT dogs responded dif-ferently to human interactions de-pending on how remote the locationand how much human contact ex-isted in their worlds. some dogsslept so soundly in my presence thati could actually step over them.other dogs were so sensitive theywould run away if you just looked atthem. some would allow a humanto come into proximity as long as thehuman did not try to touch them orinteract with them. some wouldtake food from my hands and otherswould only take the food once i had

retreated. i never saw a dog wag itstail ~ not once. The dogs did not re-spond to my voice, clucking, kissingnoises, or any other noise i couldproduce. My sounds had no mean-ing to the dogs at all. The dogs arerarely spoken to, not named, andbelong to no one but belong to

everyone. i did see afew of the WaT dogs

follow “their” monks aroundand one dog even growled at a per-son that tried to get to close to oneof the monks. The dogs obviouslyprovide an element of protection andloyalty to the monks and many dogsexhibited territorial behaviors. Thedogs forage in the trash for food andthey will wait in the wings while peo-ple eat in picnic areas. once thepeople are gone and the coast isclear, the dogs go in and sweep theground with their mouths to collectevery morsel that was left behind.occasionally, a tourist will toss thedogs some food but the dogs arecareful and leery of the invitation.Quick movements of a human willscatter the WaT dogs into all direc-tions. it is not uncommon to witnessthe dogs fighting for the right tobreed the available females of which

there are plenty. The population ofthe WaT dogs is kept in check byboth nature and humans. The dogsdo not get medical attention so theyare most always full of parasites,have mites and mange, and sufferfrom the results of poor diets. Therelife spans are relatively short. i didnot see any aging or old WaT dogs.on the human side of the dog pop-ulation control, the local peopleconsume dog meat on a regularbasis. The dog meat brings amuch higher price than chickenmeat or pork. so the practice of“bagging” dogs is quite common.i witnessed this event only once

around sunset while in vietnam ~un-nerving. The “baggers” work inthe early mornings and earlyevenings. it is important to remem-ber that there is no government as-sistance in these very poorcountries. People do what theyneed to do to feed their families andthemselves. The poverty is evidenton a grand scale and it was in re-maining non-judgmental of the peo-ple and their cultural relationshipswith the WaT dogs that helped meclearly see the how the dogs livedand died. The WaT dogs live whatthey know and so do the people.The WaT dogs are a predominatelypeaceful bunch and their symbioticrelationship with the humans aroundthem is fascinating and humbling. ihave chosen a few of my favoritephotos to share. These photos weretaken in vietnam, Cambodia, andThailand. ~ The difference betweena flower and a weed is a

judgment. ~ author unknown

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sliced scallions and 1 tablespoonextra-virgin olive oil. Finally, add saltand pepper to taste and mix ingredi-ents thoroughly in a medium mixingbowl. Flavors improve with time, soif you have time let it sit overnight inthe refrigerator. Serve this fresh rel-ish as a wonderful accompanimentto grilled chicken or fish or try ittossed with whole-wheat pasta and alittle extra olive oil.Peach, Corn & Tomato Relish4 ripe but firm peaches1 cup grape tomatoes¾ cup fresh corn kernels2 scallions1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oilSalt and Pepper to tasteQ: Chef, can I preserve my home-grown tomatoes without canningthem? –DianeA: Yes, you can preserve tomatoeswithout canning them. Begin by slic-ing the bottom off and coring thetomatoes. Next, boil a pot of water

large enough to hold a colander andthe tomatoes. Drop the tomatoes inthe colander and place in the waterfor about 1 minute or until the skinsbegin to wrinkle. After the tomatoeshave finished cooking, remove theskins and place the tomatoes in foodprocessor. Process the tomatoes toa puree and you are then ready forstorage. Label your Ziploc bags andstore in freezer. The tomato pureewill be good for 6 months. You nowhave your homegrown summertomatoes for use in your favoritesauce, chili, or soup all winter long!

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Q: Chef, how would you recommendcooking spaghetti squash? -- BrendaA: You've heard spaghetti squash isa great substitute for pasta, andyou've lugged one home from thestore. Now what do you do? Justabout any way you can think of toapply heat can be used to cookspaghetti squash. The big questionis: to cut or not to cut before cook-ing? You can do it either way. Hereare the pros and cons of each.Cutting Up Spaghetti Squash BeforeCookingAdvantages: It cooks faster.Disadvantages: Like any wintersquash, hacking it up takes muscleand a sharp knife or cleaver. It's alsoa bit more work to scrape out theseeds and pulp when they are raw.Method: Just get in there and cut it inhalf (lengthwise) or quarters. Youdon't want to cut it up too small un-less you want short strands. Scrapeout the seeds and pulp as you wouldwith any squash or pumpkin. Bakerind side up about 30 to 40 minutesat 375 F. (or) Microwave (prick skinwith a fork first) on high for 6 to 8minutes (turning once in the middleof the heating; let stand for a fewminutes afterwards). (or) Boil 20minutes or so. Separate strands byrunning a fork through in the "from

stem to stern" direction.Cooking Spaghetti Squash WholeAdvantages: It's easier.Disadvantages: It takes longer tocook, and you need to watch out forburns when removing the pulp andseeds.Method: Pierce the squash severaltimes with a sharp knife. (Do thisespecially if you're microwaving it, oryou may end up with a "Squash Ex-plosion.") Bake about an hour in theoven at 375 F. (or) Microwave 10 to12 minutes, then let stand for 5 min-utes or so afterward to finish steam-ing. (or) Boil for half an hour or so.(or) Slow Cooker/Crock Pot: Put it inwith a cup of water and let it go onlow all day (8 to 10 hours).Whendone, cut open "at the equator" (notlengthwise), remove seeds and pulp(I use tongs and an oven mitt -- it isHOT) and separate strands with afork.Spaghetti Squash Storage TipLike pumpkin and other wintersquashes, whole uncooked spaghettisquash is best stored between 50 to60 degrees, and will last up to sixmonths this way. If you have a roomin your home that isn't well-heated,maybe you can use some space in itas a "root cellar" to store onions,squash, apples, and the like. On theother hand, spaghetti squash willkeep several weeks at room temper-ature.Q: Chef, can you recommend an-other use for peaches besidesdessert? -- ElizabethA: Yes, a great use for peaches in-stead of a dessert is a peach, corn,and tomato relish. This is a great sub-stitute for salsa at a summer gather-ing. The following recipe will make 6servings at about 2/3 cup each. Forbest results, prepare the relish 24hours before serving and cover andrefrigerate.Start with 4 ripe but firm peaches,they will need to be chopped. Next,add 1 cup quartered grape tomatoesto your salad. Then, add ¾ cup offresh corn kernels, which equalsabout 1 large ear of corn. Next, add 2

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“he really did all those amazingthings, but one of the most im-portant and endearing aspects ofJack Losch was his penchant forgood sportsmanship,” saidstephen d. Keener, Presidentand Chief executive officer ofLittle League Baseball and soft-ball. “We believe we have founda way to help all of us rememberthat about Jack, but to let thegenerations to come know aswell.”

The winning team and a fittingwinner as well, was the teamfrom Mea uganda, africa. Theywere one of the human intereststories of the series. They werealso a fan favorite. With a num-ber of firsts like first hit, first homerun, and first win for an africanteam, it will be interesting to seewhat the Little League experi-ence does on that growing conti-nent. Ten years from now, take alook back to this series and i’mbetting you will say, “Look whatthe values of Little League haveaccomplished for the youth inafrica.”

SHORTS:- henry odong, the uganda

coach in the 6th inning of theirconsolation game with the north-west, called time out. he went tothe mound to talk to his pitcher.henry put each of his hands onthe young boys’ shoulders, thenturned his pitcher around andpointed to every player on thefield behind him. Translation, justthrow the ball over the plate; youhave a team behind you.

- sitting in the grandstandswaiting for the Little League

World Championship Game be-tween Japan and the southeast,i noticed a young boy who hadlost his parents in the crowd. anusher came to his rescue, firstreassuring the young lad that hewould be able to reunite him withhis parents. The boy was in tearsbut slowly regained his compo-sure as the usher solved theproblem he was in. it struck mehow valuable the many volun-teers are to the LLWs and howLittle League does really appre-ciate all the time and effort theyput forth each year.

- i met the parents of Kevinfrom the fleisher, Mcallister Parknational LL, san antonio, Texas.They told me that the parentshere in Williamsport were meet-ing to coordinate the purchasingof nine duffle bags of equipmentand gifts for the ugandan team.The team will take items back toafrica to be given away to otherkids in their area. another smallact of kindness that will multiplyand have an influence in anotherland that is not as blessed as weare in the usa. nice class act,Texas.

- The best individual perform-ance from Williamsport camefrom fairfield, Conn. pitcher WillLucas, who shut down his oppo-sition from new Castle, ind. enroute to the 2012 LLWs' only no-hitter. not particularly intimidatingin comparison to some other kidswho made the trip, Lucas stillcame out throwing pellets, strik-ing out 13 batters and evenadding a two-run single in thefifth inning. That game will un-doubtedly be one of the bestmemories of the young 12-year-old's life, but he was no one-game wonder. Lucas finished thetournament hitting .600 and witha 1.44 era and 17 strikeouts in8.1 innings pitched inWilliamsport. his team wound upgetting eliminated by California inthe following game, but that indi-vidual performance was the bestof this year's tournament.

so we have another LLWs inthe books, memories for a life-time for many and heartbreaksturning to the realization of whatwas really accomplished at sucha young age. now, everyone,back to school.


By John [email protected]

dreams came true at Lamadestadium and some dreams wereshattered for sure this year. Butall in all, the 16 teams that partic-ipated in the 2012 Little LeagueWorld series have gone awayfrom this place the richer for it. itwill take months for these LittleLeaguers to realize what theyhave accomplished. so manyteams started their march toWilliamsport and only a few wereable to put their baseball shoeson this hallow ground on the Lit-tle League campus.

and each year there are anumber of human interest storiesthat come out of this specialevent; some from the past andsome during this year’s series.here are some of the storieswhich came to my attention.

i received feedback from ourarticle in the august 2012 publi-cation. i thought i would share itwith you.

THE TIME I MET ANGEL MA-CIAS

dear sir:

i read with much interest, yourexcellent article and enjoyed itvery much for a reason which i'llexplain. several years ago, i wassent to Monterrey, Mexico to visitan important customer of ours:fibras Quimicas. i was em-ployed in the international divi-sion of sprout Waldron and ourcompany supplied a lot of ourmachinery to fibras Quimicas.

When i met the General Man-ager of f.Q., and he asked me,"Just Where is Muncy, Penn-sylvania?”. To best explain wherethis little town of 3,000 is i simplytold him it was about 10-12 miles

from Williamsport, birthplace ofLittle League Baseball. Thisraised his eyebrows as he thentold me proudly that one of hisemployees held an important po-sition in his company. he ex-plained that he played in afamous Little League World se-ries game in 1957 and that hisname was anGeL MaCias!!!he then introduced me to angeland i had the pleasure of takinghim to lunch that day. i told him ihad seen that game in 1957 andit was the year i graduated fromLycoming College, located nottoo far from the Little Leaguecomplex.

When i returned home from mytrip, i visited Little League head-quarters and had a nice chat withthe President of Little League,Creighton hale. he found mystory interesting and then loadedme up with a lot of Little Leaguesouvenirs and asked me to sendthem to angel, which i did.

i worked at the Little LeagueWorld series for several years asa volunteer and remember tellingthis story to Bill Byham who in-sisted that i relate this story tothe public. so i told my story overthe radio during Bill's broadcastfrom the stadium.

several years after this oc-curred i met angel Macias onceagain when he came toWilliamsport on one of the an-niversaries of his perfect game.

again, many thanks for that ex-cellent article which i will nowshare with my son Mike, an exLittle Leaguer from Montoursvilleand now in florida where i toolive for most of the year. (rightnow i am back in Montoursville toenjoy the wonderful Penna.weather and sweet corn too!!LoL...

Best regards, Wayne Myers

Little League always bringsback memories and joys for all ofus who love the game! LittleLeague is a life experience thatstays with us. i’m sure many ofyou have interesting stories youcould tell. l thank Wayne for shar-

ing his story with us and givingpermission to share it with you.

LITTLE LEAGUE EXIT BURNSMICKEY MANTLE

it was 1970 and Mickey Mantlewas in town to help broadcast theLittle League World seriesChampionship game. The gamewent well, but aBC told the statePolice that Mickey had to be atthe Williamsport airport becausehe had business in st. Louis andthey were holding his flight. Todrive there would take close to1/2 hour due to the congestionafter the game. so aBC askedthe state Police to fly him to theairport. it would take just twominutes by air.

The pilot of the state Policehelicopter was dave frey, whomany of you know. dave hadbeen flying the helicopter for thestate Police for years and wasair supplying security coverageduring the series. on his last tripinto the stadium parking area, hesmelled a slight hint of gasolinein the air. “it was one of thosecases when you just pick up ahint of something in the air,”dave explained. it was not strongenough to worry about and hewould have it checked when theseries was over.

The game ended and aBCrushed Mickey to the helicopter.dave told Mickey to hop in and tofasten his seat belt. he also toldMantle there might be a slightsmell of gasoline in the air,because he did not want Mantleto get nervous during their shortflight to iPT. once up in the air,sure enough the smell was therejust as dave had warned, andmaybe a little stronger. The heli-copter landed safely at theWilliamsport airport in just twominutes from Lamade stadium.Mantle complained to dave thatthe right side of his suit was wet.upon checking out Mantle’s suit,it was wet from under the arm pitto his bottom. and yes, it smelledlike gasoline.

Mantle rushed to the us airflight anyway, and you couldimagine what everyone thoughtand smelled on that flight. freyeventually found out the kicker tothe story. When Mickey reachedPittsburgh his connecting flight tost. Louis, Mo, he did not boardthe flight. instead, they had torush him to a Pittsburgh hospital.

Mantle had such fair skin. Thegasoline was toxic to his skin andburned him from his side to hisbottom.

dave also remembered tocheck for that leak in the helicop-ter. he opened an access panelabove the passenger side of thecraft. Then he switched on theboost pump and looked for thelead. sure enough a crack in thefuel line was visible; and as hewatched, it spilled open to a largecrack spitting out gasoline. Thehelicopter was grounded. a closecall for dave and Mickey. some-times in life we get lucky, don’twe? 1983 LITTLE LEAGUE ESSAYCONTEST

i met Brian Pardoe from West-minster, Maryland at a local cof-fee shop. he told me his LittleLeague story from 1983. Whenhe was 11 years old in his localLittle League he entered a writingcontest in which the winnerwould get a two week all ex-penses paid trip to the LittleLeague Complex in Williamsport.The topic for the contest was"What baseball means to you?"in 500 words or less.

Brian submitted his essay asfast as he could since there were700 kids eligible for the contest.Then during the opening cere-monies of his league the leaguepresident announced the winnerof the contest. yes, it was Brianwho won the prize. Then the an-nouncer said, "The sad thing isthat Brian was the only one whosubmitted an essay!" Brian cameto Williamsport and loved it.There is a lesson there. Brianand Max are back to see thechanges at the Little LeagueComplex and a chance for somemale bonding.

LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SE-RIES TEAM SPORTSMANSHIPAWARD

remembering Jack Losch whopassed away May 28, 2004 aftera short illness, Little League cre-

2012 Little League World SeriesShort Stories


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