Amherst News-Times, 2003-07-30

              girls' tennis practice, set page 3 american league wraps up pag ews-time members of south amherst's championship-winning ohio girls softball organization team, the bullets (left), celebrate from sidelines as they defeat windham 6-2 on saturday for state title. it was second consecutive win bullets, who were more successful than am herst sliman's which defeated 0-3 by keystone. congratulations success! to both teams their hard work and fire at close ran amherst team defends championship have five lorain county competing first-place trophies is amazing. contend ing title champs incredible. area's native daughters tested mettle wellington community park against rivals lagrangc, grafton, wellington, wind ham, while sliman sponsorcd suf fered an in a no-hitter keystone, climbed lop heap reclaim over windham. under direc tion coxh david moore, crowned ycar.;and third time four years. lordstownin resounding 11 -organic week before trouncing cloverlcaf 14-2 semifinal action sunday, july 20. went finals unde feated, emerged without scratch. fall keystone ablest only its loss season after struggling tooth nail 18-1 record. earlier summer, handing the. 1-2 june. coached laccy rcichcrt, made demolishing de moralized lordstown 19-0. new downtown vision eyed bricked roadway works jason hawk nows-timos roportor if cast television show trading spaces descended downtown, re sults might resemble those that already envisioned. plans breathe life into decaying eco nomy moved motion during past year, arc drawing board next year half, mayor john higgins told news-times last week. "in talking some older residents town; can remember when trolly through points. line between downtowns lor ain. tracks still our streets here," he said shortly sharing restore five-point intersection main street, avenue, cleveland milan avenue continued hlgglns street's judy recknagel school hold housing now3-timos no homework, books but doesn't mean end central school, closed church street doors 1985. negotiations began fri day 1907 sands tone structure, one great "white elephant" buildings remains unused unprofitable historical district nnd rcvitalization ac tivist recknagel, owner mermaid's talc presi dent betterment association, entered talks with property william starbuck inten transforming turn-of-thc-ccntury building se nior citizens residential complex. "there's big national, move- pen pals meet 33 years all started saint nicholas 1970, cheryl tallman she didn't much choice. 'there 12 students my class," said. days, your teacher asked you interested doing something, escape say no." so her (then lehman) would like write letter pal, impossible resist stop three decades, including mative marion l. steele high shaped relationship auckland, zealandcr zona whyte, keeping touch even studied university, cincinnati, married, 20-year tenure teaching math science lady visitation today sycamore junior span, two women separated half globe, able chat times telephone. changed fit-ally met fourth weekend picnic leaving joint vacation york city. "honestly, meeting long-lost sister," tallman. "there awkwardness, words, never feeling uncomfortablencss. wc been friends years, facc-to-facc just strengthened enriched friendship." husband, peter, used inheritance money make trip america, finally ar rived cincinnatinorthern kentucky international airport friday, 4, 33-ycar bond immedi ately cemented hugs. "we sent pictures throughout there surprises," first close-up contact lifelong chum. "she little shorter i had imagined, though." although shared thousands words hundreds letters electronically, cent advent internet neither woman loss, stopped talking, "when we drove tbamherst, talked entire four-hour uip... first, bit difficult understand her, quickly got use different do." 0 whyte . 1 111 ' x ll