It is a dream wanna-bes and frustrated athletes can only entertain. But it is a dream that Steph George lived.

 After ten up-and-down years as a touring golf professional, Myerstown's George is retiring as a competitive player. The Elco graduate will play her final event on the Futures developmental tour Aug. 6-8 in Harrisburg.

 Although the Futures Tour is far from the glitz and glitter of the LPGA Tour, George has few regrets, and she can live with the knowledge that she passionately pursued her goal of becoming a professional athlete.

 "I'm not sure what kind of set me off in this direction," said George. "Anyone who's a professional athlete is a liar if they say they don't enjoy the priviledges that come with it. I like people seeing what I can do, showcasing my talents and seeing people think, 'I wish I could do that'. It's kind of like being a role model, because they're in awe of what you can do. That's what I always enjoyed."

 George didn't wake up yesterday and decide she was going to retire. Her decision was the result of a process, one which was years in the making.

 "I'm steering away from competitive golf and I'm going to be retiring after the year," said George. "I've been thinking about it for the past three years. I went through some swing changes and my swing is really horrible. I'm tired of playing at half of my capacity.

 One gets the distinct impression that the Campbelltown American Legion baseball team is accutely aware of what it has accomplished this season. One also get the sense that, while deeply gratified, C-town wants more.

 On Tuesday night at 'In The Net' sports complex, Campbelltown capped a great season by capturing the championship of the Lebanon County American Legion Baseball League with a 7-6 victory over defending champ Fredericksburg. The win made Campbelltown 17-1 on the summer and gave it its first league title since 1998.

 Zach Stuart's three-run homer to leftfield staked the circuit's most valuable player, right-hand pitcher Kyle Weary, to a 5-0 lead. Then after Fredericksburg came roaring back to tie it, Campbelltown scratched out a couple of eventual-winning runs.

 "Things went the way any coach would like them to go for five innings, up five runs," said Campbelltown manager Tim Morgan. "But before I knew it, it was a tie game and we were strugging. Fredericksburg came to play. They tied it up five-five. And it was like, 'We've got to suck it up now.'

 "The emotions were really high," Morgan added. "We overcame adversity. They (his players) accomplished what they wanted to accomplish. When Stuart hit a three-run homer, we were up five runs and people thought it was over."

 Campbelltown's reward for the title was a chance to prove themselves all over again.

 During World War Two, one of the biggest names in golf served as the head pro of the Hershey Country Club. But because he was little more than a figure head - a name, if you will - many local residents are unaware of his role in Chocolatetown golf.

 From 1941 to 1951, all-time great Ben Hogan sported the title of 'head golf professional' at HCC. But like many of the top pros of his day, Hogan spent very little of his working year in Hershey.

 Hogan, a native of Stephenville, Texas, is generally recognized as one of the greatest players the game has ever seen. As ball striking goes, Hogan has never had an equal.

 Jay Weitzel served as the Hershey Country Club's head pro for 38 years, beginning in 1957, six years after Hogan's departure. Weitzel is a known authority on the history of golf in Hershey.

 "You had to be a good player to get a good job," said Weitzel. "You had to be a good player to get a job at the Hershey Country Club. And then a pro shop manager would run the show for you. It's nothing like today.

 "Hogan would work in the beginning of the year and then go to The Masters," Weitzel continued. "The rest of the time he spent touring. Every once in a while he'd stop at Hershey."

 Funny how you never see Rich Meily and Tony Louwerse in the same place.

 No, Meily and Louwerse aren't the same person. They just have led strikingly similar and parallel lives.

 They are existences built on service and mentorship to boys ages 13-15 who, developmentally, are going through the most difficult stage of their maturation. Between them, Meily and Louwerse have logged a full century of coaching and adminstrating in Lebanon County teener baseball.

 For 50 years, Meily has served the Ebenezer program in the Lebanon County Teener Baseball League as its head coach, consultant, head groundskeeper, player chauffeur or any other capacity needed.

 Louwerse has been in it for 51 years, heading the Cornwall entry in the Lebanon Valley Teener Baseball League. Not only has he touched hundreds of young lives directly, he has also been instrumental in the overall development of teener baseball locally, as well as on the state level.

 "It's all good of course," said Meily, when asked what he has to say about Louwerse. "How many boys has he reached directly? He's probably been instrumental in about 300 to 500 teeners' lives. He's just given them encouragement, and that's what a lot of them need. You'd be surprised by how many broken families they come from."

 "What can you say about a guy who's given 50 years to kids?," said Louwerse. "Rich goes way back. That's a long time. This is about a guy who has given his whole life to kids. He did it because he loved baseball and he like coaching."