European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday april 2 2007 stars and stripes o Page 11 ii we owe it to them not just to play but to compete f 0 Ryan Baightel Bluffton University beavers bus crash survivors Back in game 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 team Captain Ryan Baightel said after the game we owe it to them not just to play but to 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 his message read Moores Hometown Friend Scott Harmon was among those killed four weeks ago Kelli 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 since then the players have at tended memorial services 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 coach James Grandey said obviously today had a Little More 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 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 visiting teens accused in Hollywood fire a wildfire Burns 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 hol Lywood sign Friday before losing intensity the is acre Blaze started near a corporate housing 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 the mayor said at a news conference he said they were old enough to know what they were the teens walked into a Bur Bank police station in mid after noon 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 stay ing 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 for several hours smoke roiled into the sky behind 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 landmark appeared to be Well out of any danger victim of teens beating is homeless Veteran Daytona Beach Fla a homeless army Veteran was recovering in a Hospital after two 10yearold boys and a teenager were accused of attacking him on a Street and smashing a Concrete Block into his face at their first court appearance Friday the two younger boys were escorted from jail in Over sized White jumpsuits their hands chained in front of them and their legs in shackles they Are the 57yearold victim John Dami co told the associated press from his Hospital bed the Street Doest need them they need to be prosecutors said they will seek to charge the 17yearold As an adult in the attack the 10yearolds Are too Young to be charged with assault As adults under state Law woman charged after husband shoots Lover Arlington Texas a Man who killed his wife alleged Lover after finding them together escaped a Mur Der charge from a Texas grand jury which in Stead accused the wife of Caus ing the shoot ing by claim ing she was being raped Tracy Rob Erson 35 Darrell Roberson was charged with manslaughter thursday in the death of Devin Lasalle 32 whom police said Roberson invited to her House in december with a text message that read i Friend come see me please i need to feel your warm embrace Darrell Roberson 38 came Home from a card game late one night to find his wife with Lasalle in a pickup truck in the driveway caught in the act with her Lover Tracy Roberson cried rape authorities say her husband pulled a gun and killed the other Man with a shot to the head in a Case Likely to reinforce the states reputation for Tough jus Tice the grand jury declined to charge the husband with murder the charge on which he was arrested by police from the associated press s pay is May 13th end a message for free at win accept mothers Day messages at from March 30 to april 23 messages will be published in the Mideast european and Pacific editions on May greetings will also be online for viewing at starting May j t visit a a f s c v y xj0 v r y is f v
