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44 oThe final game. 7 1 0 7- Don Bosco Tech says goodbye to basketball with win over Clifton, Di REGION MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2002 Doctor's tool help cnsnaro polyp, 61 SOMETHING TO SHOW East Rutherford's VFW wants a piece of military equipment on display in Sesselman Park, II CAMPAIGNS KICK OFF Paterson School Board a commissioner vote slated for April 16, B6 1923 SOCCER TROPHY European immigrants of the Paterson club brought home U.S. Open Cup, BI WORLD TRUCE TALKS CANCELED Israel continues to restrict Arafat to Ramallah, angering Palestinians, A3 1109 LAID TO REST Unidentified bodies buried at a mass funeral following Egypt's railway disaster, ON ON ION III AGENCIES OWED MIWONS Enron, which borrowed heavily for overseas power plants, is $1.2 billion in debt, A3 BETTER ALERTS PROMISED Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge promised governors better terrorism information, A3 AMERICA 011 ALERT 111 BACK ON THE JOB Anthrax victim returns to work after 23 days in the hospital, A3 0 Arab nationals sought in Wall Street Jounal reporter's murder, A4 a Military still in the darts about whether bin Laden is dead or alive, A4 a Pashtun say they are targets of anti-Taliban revenge efforts, A4 Advice 10 Classified 1 Comics I 1 Crossword DIO Vol 131, No. 56 Editorial A14 Movies B3 Obituaries BS Region BI Sports DI Television D9 SPORTS' Some kids have no idea what a play is even about By MAYA KREMEN Herald News When Kevin Thomas was growing up in Paterson, he spent a lot of time in his bedroom, writing plays he never thought would actually see the stage. "I started when I was 7, when I wrote a script about a bully," he said.

MI was really shy, and I'm still shy, and EGION' School plays to raves YMCA preschool director says parents pleased with program, BI 'Peter Pan' brings theater to Paterson's youth there used to be bigger kids pushing people around." Recently, he renamed the bully "Kid Fella" and directed the play as a musical, with a cast of children from the City Serve Youth Services, where he is the director. Every year, City Serve, an after-school and summer program overseen by St. Paul's Church and Community Development Corp. and funded by Ameri Corps, a national community service program, invites 60 of Paterson's youth programs to come and see its summer performance, which Thomas writes, directs and choreographs. Some of the.children in the audience hadn't ever seen a play.

But that's the audience Thomas says he wants to reach. "I want to give something back that I had experienced and they hadn't," he said. Some of those kids come to me and say 'What's a I say, and find WEATHER Mostly sunny today. Details, D12. IvvAcnorthjersey.com 35 CENTS They will be remembered by many as the comeback Games.

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