Near East Side program brings elderly, preschoolers together

Eighty years separate Camora Mosley and Rusty Martinez-Johnson, but the age gap was quickly narrowed on a recent weekday at the Champion Intergenerational Center. After reading a Christmas book, Michele Turner - literacy director for the Columbus Early Learning Center - asked the assembled group of preschoolers and senior citizens: Camora, 4, blurted out excitedly: "Babies! I got lots of babies for Christmas last year, and I still play with them!" Seated at the end of the table, Martinez-Johnson