Word: aarons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Aaron Bacon seemed a regular rebellious kid, a 16-year-old who grew suddenly moody, as adolescents often do. His poetry took on a violent tinge; he stayed up late listening to music; and he started skipping classes at his Phoenix, Arizona, high school. More worrisome, he was smoking a lot of pot-and maybe even selling it. It was probably just a phase, though his parents, Sally and Bob, will never know for sure...
...After Aaron was attacked by a gang in the school parking lot, the Bacons decided to take action. Sally, an artist and real estate agent, remembered hearing about a child who had had a good experience at a wilderness-therapy camp, North Star Expeditions, Inc. The Bacons talked with North Star's owners about the 63-day survival course in the south Utah desert. The program, the Bacons decided, could be just the thing to help their son get back on track. "I pictured Aaron sitting around campfires, being nurtured by nature," Sally Bacon explained to the Los Angeles Times...
...March 1, 1994, Aaron's North Star adventure began -- an ordeal that resembled a desert hell and that ended one month later with the return of Aaron's emaciated corpse to his parents. Last month a Panguitch, Utah, judge ordered North Star's owners and some of its staff to stand trial later this year on charges of child abuse and operating a program in violation of state licensing standards. Lawyers for the owners contend that Aaron was uncooperative and refused to carry his backpack, thereby depriving himself of food and supplies. "While no one wants to use the word...
After the ceremonies were over, Aaron wasbesieged by fans seeking his autograph as Harvardpolice sought to keep crowds away...
...coach will inherit a squad whose nucleus consists primarily of younger players, including sophomore infielders Mike Hochanadel and Peter Albers and the freshman outfield trio of Vankoski, Brian Ralph and Aaron Kessler. Junior lefthander Frank Hogan also emerged as the staff's ace by season...