European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday april 12007 stars and stripes Page 13 we owe it to them not just to play but to compete f f Ryan Baightel Bluffton University beavers bus crash survivors Back in players Honor 5 dead teammates by John Seewer the associated press Bluffton Ohio some players who survived a bus crash that killed five teammates said they wanted their first game since the Accident to be about baseball but it was much More than that the whole season is for the five of them team Captain Ryan Baightel said after the game we owe it to them not just to play but to compete opening Day came a month later than it should have for Bluff ton University the beavers took the Field Friday in Black jerseys to Honor the five teammates some of the starters still had scars and bruises from that awful morning in Atlanta underneath the Bill of outfielder Tony Moores Cap he left a trib Ute in Black Marker Scottie i play for you his message read Moores Hometown Friend Scott Harmon was among those killed four weeks ago since then the players have at tended memorial senders and questioned Why they survived and their friends didst for a few hours Friday they could focus on the game once you get out Here youre a baseball player coach James Grandey said obviously today had a Little More meaning Grandey coach and watched from the sidelines his jaw is wired shut and his right leg is in a Metal Brace there was a festive Atmo sphere under Bright Sunshine at the Ball Field next to the Flat farm Fields of Northwest Ohio fans sat on blankets and Lawn chairs along the fences and parents of players grilled hot dogs and burgers the crowd cheered when Pitcher Tim Kay struck out the first Batter he faced Ryan Meyer the batters father Jimmy Meyer 52 of Cincinnati said my heart goes out to them its got to be a Tough situation be Jujj Cardi Halap members of Bluffton University baseball team gather in prayer before their Home opener Friday in Bluffton Ohio banners were Hung in the Outfield with the name of each member of the team who was killed in the March crash of a bus carrying the team the beavers lost the opener 105 against the College of mount St Joseph from Cincinnati too Many errors and walks Grandey told his team five White crosses Hung on the Hainlink Fence next to the Visi tors dugout on the Outfield Fence banners displayed the uni form numbers of the dead nearly a month ago the team from the mennonite affiliated school was headed to Florida for a tournament when investigators say the Driver apparently mistook an exit ramp for a Highway Lane their bus plunged off an Over pass March 2 four players the bus Driver and his wife died on the Day of the wreck a fifth player died a week later visiting teens accused of starting Hollywood fire a wildfire bums in the Hollywood Hills area of los Angeles on Friday two teenagers Are suspected of starting the is acre fire that spread up the North face of the Hills Kim Johnson Flodin a the associated press los Angeles flames allegedly ignited by two teens sent smoke seeping into the Warner Bros studios and towering High in the sky behind the famous Hollywood sign Friday before losing intensity the 150acre Blaze started near a corporate hous ing Complex East of Universal City South of the Warner Bros studios Complex in Burbank mayor Antonio vill Raigosa said two teens from Illinois were in custody and told authorities they caused the fire Treyve admitted that they started this fire the mayor said at a news conference he said they were old enough to know what they were doing the teens walked into a Burbank police station in mid afternoon and were turned Over to los Angeles police police it Ron Caruso said the 16and 17yearold boys who were visiting los Angeles with their parents had been staying at the housing Complex the mayor said they have been arrested on suspicion of reckless setting of a fire and released to their parents said Ron Myers a fire department spokesman they could be charged after prosecutors review the Case monday he said for several hours smoke roiled into the sky be Hind the famous Hollywood sign that stands on the South face of the Hills but the flames made no move Down the South face and by late afternoon the land Mark appeared to be Well out of any danger nonetheless dozens of people gathered at the foot of the Hills to take pictures of the sign and smoke if it Burns we would be losing an icon said Russ Mitchell a los Angeles resident some 200 firefighters with five helicopters fought the flames fire department spokesman Ron Myers said ask your local representative Kaiserslautern 0631351870 Ansbach 0980295299j Barberg Grafe Woehr 09641926141 Hanau Heidelberg 06221432157 06134287955 06134287960 Mannheim 062172550 Ramstein Spang Dahlen 06565 10 Vilseck 09662413631 Lakenheath us 0044 is 883 q039 0434 678 007 Fioenza Italy 00390444304556 invoiced based pricing us specs stateside european delivery financing arranged factory 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