CHATTER: HART'S SLAKOFF WILL ESCORT OLYMPIC TORCH-BEARER.Byline: Lee Barnathan Staff Writer She doesn't know who nominated her, nor does she care. All Gloria Slakoff cares about is whoever nominated her helped her be able to run next to the Olympic torch today. Slakoff, 16, a Hart High of Newhall softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' player, will run two miles late this afternoon in Santa Maria Santa Maria, city, Brazil Santa Maria (sän`tə mərē`ə), city (1991 pop. 217,592), Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil. It is a major railroad terminus and the site of an important military base. . She is a support runner, meaning she will run with the torch-bearers. She will run with the torch only if any bearer hands it to her. ``It's an honor. It's awesome I got selected,'' she said. ``I'm excited I'm running. It'd be awesome if I get to carry it, but just to be near it. If I run with it, I won't hear anybody. I won't be thinking about anything. I won't acknowledge anyone. I'll just enjoy the moment.'' Someone nominated Slakoff through Coca-Cola, which contacted Slakoff. To be a support runner, she had to fill out several forms, including medical clearance, waiver of liability waiver of liability Managed care A process in which a beneficiary signs an agreement with a hospital and/or health care provider to pay for certain medical services if the services being provided are found not to be medically necessary. Cf Advance beneficiary notice. and providing a notarized signature; and she had to promise to adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. several rules. To her, the funniest rule was she couldn't wear her Olympic-style jacket and pants until today. ``I like to wear these kind of things,'' she said. ``You got new clothes, so why not wear it?'' The only downside to Slakoff's participation is she will miss her school's winter formal, which is hardly a downside since, as a junior, she has attended two winter formals and can go next year, too. ``How many people can say they ran with the torch?'' she said. ... Eagle Rock running back/defensive back Andrew Butler Andrew Pickens Butler (November 18, 1796 – May 25, 1857) was an American statesman and one of the authors of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Biography Butler, the son of statesman William Butler, was born in Edgefield, South Carolina. orally committed to Yale, Eagles coach Steve Wahl said. Harvard-Westlake of Studio City junior water polo water polo, swimming game encompassing features of soccer, football, basketball, and hockey. The object of the game is to maneuver, by head, feet, or hand, a leather-covered ball 27 to 28 in. player Marty Matthies, the Southern Section Division I Player of the Year, earned All-America honors from the National Intercollegiate Swimming Coaches Association. Also, Harvard-Westlake graduate Peter Hudnut, who plays at Stanford, was named NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association first team All-America. ... There's no doubt that when the prep baseball season starts, North Hollywood's team will be in perhaps the best shape. Eighteen varsity players ran a half-marathon Saturday, then played two winter-league games totalling 18 innings and stole 20 bases. Six varsity players finished the race in less than two hours: Louis Casas (1:44), Daniel Sosa (1:51), Gio Matallana (1:54), Memo Zavala (1:55), Edgar Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
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