Pearland Little League is staying alive in Williamsport.

A new statue downtown Williamsport, Pennsylvania features former President George W. Bush, one of the town’s most notable visitors to come to the town for the annual Little League World Series.

I said it sounded like a Choose Your Own Adventure book, an artifact of my 1980s childhood. I hate virtual school, Billy said. It was the latest cruel twist in my kids' pandemic lives, another adventure they can't choose. If the only adventure they can choose is to push a button on a remote control, then we are failing them. ___Virus Diary, an occasional feature, showcases the coronavirus pandemic through the eyes of AP journalists around the world.