Series offers therapy for father, daughter

PORTLAND, Ore. - She lost her voice not in the mouth of the sky-reaching mountains that surround Alpenrose Field, but almost 2,000 miles away, at home in Sterling. She would have lost it here anyway, though. What with Sterling playing on ESPN2 Tuesday night for the chance to go to the Little League Softball World Series championship game. That dream came up short after a 1-0, heartbreaking loss to the East Regional champs from Robbinsville, N.J. But the trip still was more than worth it. The raspy whisper that frames Christine Rico's words are the result of illness. Rico, grandmother of Sterling All-Star Tessa Trujillo, had to quit her job at an ophthalmologist's office back in April, after she endured three surgeries. She had thyroid cance