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Gill, tall and talented, grows into hockey star
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BOLTON -- He's 6 feet 7 inches tall, plays tough defense and is a
team captain at Providence College. No, Hal Gill isn't a member of
his school's basketball team. He's a hockey defenseman and a draft
pick of the Boston Bruins, who can't wait to get a peek at him in
training camp next fall.
Jean Ratelle, a former Bruins star who scouted Gill at Nashoba
Regional High, never had to skate against a defenseman as tall as
Gill during his National Hockey League days. "Six-foot-3 or 4 were
the tallest," he recalled.
There are approximately 2,000 players playing professional hockey
in five leagues ...
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SEARCH ON FOR NEXT QUEENS POET LAUREATE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Schulman. Aspiring Poet Laureates must have lived in Queens...qualify, would-be laureates must have written poetry...of Queens. Bilingual poets who can read their work...are welcome to apply. Poets must send no more than...chosen by the Queens Poet Laureate Coordinating ...
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Analysis: Growing number of cities appoint poet laureates
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...number of cities appoint poet laureates Host: NOAH ADAMS Time...leaders have appointed poets to mark the great events...country. Institutional poets are mostly a new phenomenon...The first official US poet laureate, Robert Penn Warren...
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 "The Journal (Newcastle, England)")
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culture: Laureate quest is poetry in motion; Who wants to be Poet Laureate? Northumberland's William Radice tells David Whetstone why he should be a contender.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England)
; ...refined, with poets reading in front...moment when a new Poet Laureate has to be appointed...Whereas a lot of poets don't relish...that the post of Poet Laureate has become a silly...impossible for any poet to find ground...suggesting that the Poet Laureate ...
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Davis Announces Poet Laureate
Newspaper article from: Precinct Reporter
; ...California's first official Poet Laureate. "Beyond his many awards...appointment position for the Poet Laureate. Former State Poet Laureates served in an unofficial capacity...Garrigus, the former Poet Laureate, was anointed in 1966 and...
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BOROUGH PRESIDENT APPOINTS JULIO MARZAN AS QUEENS' FOURTH POET LAUREATE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...release: Queens' newest Poet Laureate is an award...the mantle of Poet Laureate of America's most...Marshall. "The Poet Laureate term dates at least...of our previous poet laureates and the entire panel...selecting a Queens Poet Laureate was made in 1996 ...
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Yale University professor named Poet Laureate of Connecticut.
M2 Presswire
; ...In announcing the new laureate, An-Ming Truxes...s most distinguished poets." John Hollander will...He succeeds current poet laureate Marilyn Nelson, who...Previous Connecticut poet laureates include Leo Connellan...receiving the Yale Younger Poets Prize in 1958 for his...
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STATE DEPT.: POET LAUREATES OF TWO NATIONS REACH ACROSS ATLANTIC
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...KelleherUSINFO Staff Writer U.S. poet laureate Donald Hall and British poet laureate Andrew Motion read together...marvelous thing" that the two poets are "talking together and...together." Even though the poet laureates had not met until just days...
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 "Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)")
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New poet laureate has a passion.
Newspaper article from: Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
; ...Pleasanton, as the city's new poet laureate. "The (poet laureate selection) committee was totally...will soon take over from poet laureate Cynthia Bryant, whose term ended in April. Poet laureates serve two-year appointments...
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COLLECTION FROM ILLINOIS' FIRST POET LAUREATE DONATED TO LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...materials from Illinois' first Poet Laureate, Howard B. Austin...be the state's first Poet Laureate, a position he held until...people have held the Poet Laureate position in Illinois - Austin...1962, Illinois' First Poet Laureate (2007) by Howard's ...
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STATE'S POET LAUREATES FEATURED AT CHESAPEAKE POETRY FESTIVAL.(CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...fortunate to have two laureates of the state this...year's featured poets are George Garrett, current Poet Laureate of Virginia and...Simpson, 2000-2002 Poet Laureate of Virginia...of the quality of poets annually associated...Most of our poets have ...
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