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...kingdom of cyberspace, youth still rules, of course. But there is an invasion under way, led by the likes of Sara Trabish. This unlikely foot soldier is an 82-year-old great-grandmother who keeps her family connected with e-mail. A grandson in Maryland sends her dirty jokes. Her great-grandniece and great-grandnephew, both 13, love being on her online network and have gotten to know her better. "I feel good about building ties with a younger generation," Trabish says...
...first it scared her. "I used to think the computer would break if I did something wrong. The first time I used it, I was a nervous wreck, and my son Paul said, 'Don't worry, Mom--it won't break.'" He made her a screen saver that says SARA, QUEEN OF COMPUTERS!!! ALMOST. She signed up for a computer class at a local senior center. Before long, Trabish had sent e-mail to her family: "I think I am going to the head of the class...So far, I am one lesson ahead of the crowd...
Jenkins advanced to second on a slow grounderto short, which sophomore Deborah Abeles convertedinto a 6-3 fielder's choice. Cupp issued a walk tosenior Allison Egbert and, with two out and twoon, sophomore Sara Thomas barely caught a piece ofa pitch and blooped it over second and intocenterfield. As Jenkins was waved around third,Franzese came charging in and fired a strike tothe plate ahead of Jenkins. But Teller wasoff-balance and could not bring the tag around intime; Thomas took second base on the throw...
...club at Patrick Henry High certainly would. The group was founded two years ago with encouragement but no specific stage managing by local youth pastors. This afternoon its faculty adviser, a math teacher and Evangelical Free Church member named Sara Van Der Werf, sits silently for most of the meeting, although she takes part in the final embrace. The club serves as an emotional bulwark for members dealing with life at a school where two students died last year in off-campus gunfire. Today a club member requests prayer for "those people who got in that big fight [this morning...
...yuppie dad I know puts Junior in the Snugli, hits the gourmet market, lights the grill, and then boasts of fixing dinner and tending baby. Poke a superdad in the middle of the night and quiz him on his kids' shoe sizes, their birthday-party preferences or Sara's science-fair entry. Tops, he nails two out of three...