Event to mark city's wall of dreams

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | July 5, 2006| | Copyright

Tim Vetterly wasn't even born when Forbes Field was torn down in 1971.

But the value of preserving what's left of the old ballyard -- and passing its history on to the next generation -- is not lost on the summer camp counselor.

"This is part of our heritage," Vetterly, 33, of Avalon, said while leading a group of 6- to 12-year-old children on a tour of the old outfield wall along Roberto Clemente Drive in Oakland.

"Even if the kids don't fully understand what we're telling them, it's worth bringing them out here so we can plant the seed for appreciating our history."

Vetterly said the field ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Harold Norse's poetic imagination. (Artist's Profile).
Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide ; Harold Norse is one of those writers whose life is itself...student in New York in the late 1930's, Norse was an intimate of Chester Kallman and W...Anais Nin, and Charles Bukowski. Though Norse is frequently associated with Beat Generation...
HAROLD NORSE
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London ; ...of gay writing As one reviewer of Harold Norse's Carnivorous Saint: Gay Poems 1941...the closet long before gay liberation." Norse, who has died aged 92, was in many ways...poets, as well as arguably the first. Norse's straightforward American vernacular...
Harold Norse, last of the beat poets, dies at 93.(IN MEMORIAM)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide ; HAROLD NORSE, whose iconoclastic poetry explored gay...letters of his original surname to produce Norse, the name he used during a prolific, international...American poet William Carlos Williams, who was Norse's mentor, dubbed the Brooklyn native...
LANHAM PACES NORSE PAST BELLARMINE.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) ; ...graduate of Notre Dame Academy, is sixth in Norse history with 2,806 career assists. She...Holmes also had four service aces as the Norse extended their dominance over Bellarmine...Bellarmine by a 50-8 margin, and the Norse have not lost to the Knights since the...
Contact between the Norse Vikings and the Dorset culture in Arctic Canada.(Debate)(Author abstract)(Report)
Magazine article from: Antiquity ; ...encounters in human history took place when the Norse Vikings came into contact with the native...around the earth. Our knowledge of the Norse Vikings comes from their sagas and other...available, McGhee (1984) concluded that the Norse did have occasional contacts with all three...
NORSE WOMEN GO AFTER 16TH STRAIGHT WIN.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) ; ...victory today at 2:15 p.m. when the Norse play a road game at Kentucky Wesleyan in...road win at Bellarmine on Tuesday. The Norse extended their winning streak to 15 straight...over Bellarmine. Prior to Tuesday, the Norse's last victory in Louisville came on...
Lords of the Rings: Tolkien, Wagner, and Norse mythology. (From Past to Present).(J.R.R. Tolkien, Richard Wagner)
Magazine article from: Calliope ; ...novelist J. R. R. Tolkien both tapped into Norse themes more remarkably than any other artists. In 1876, Wagner completed his Norse-inspired opera cycle, The Ring of the...hobbits who live in a world reminiscent of Norse myths. Wagner and Tolkien had both carefully...
NORSE PIPELINE IMPLEMENTS PGAS 6.1 NATURAL GAS SOFTWARE.
Newspaper article from: Worldwide Energy ; Norse Pipeline LLC, Houston, Texas, a natural...Group I, LLC (EMS Group). EMS worked with Norse Pipeline to migrate their gas measurement...Microsoft.Net platform, PGAS 6.1 enables Norse Pipeline to control how natural gas measurement...
NORSE RELOAD, FACE BEARCATS IN EXHIBITION GAME SATURDAY\ 2 DI TRANSFERS ADD SIZE, DEPTH.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) ; ...19-8 overall record last season. The Norse finished with a 15-5 record in the Great...the GLVC Tournament last season, but the Norse dropped a 93-87 decision to No. 7 seed...seven letterwinners from last season. The Norse must replace all-time scoring leader...
Norse Pipeline LLC Implements PGAS 6.1 Natural Gas Measurement Software.
Business Wire ; HOUSTON -- Norse Pipeline LLC, a natural gas pipeline system...I, LLC (EMS Group). EMS worked with Norse Pipeline to migrate their gas measurement...Microsoft.Net platform, PGAS 6.1 enables Norse Pipeline to control how natural gas measurement...

Find more facts and information related to the article "Event to mark city's wall of dreams"