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| Post to del.icio.us - The Herald Posted: 23 Jan 2010 04:17 AM PST Published January 23, 2010 08:16 am - Don Miller, Ron Taylor and Bob Pratt (posthumous) will be three of the 11 former athletic greats who will be inducted into the the Mercer County Hall of Fame at its 63rd anniversary banquet at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Radisson Hotel, near West Middlesex. Miller, Taylor, Pratt to be inducted into Mercer County Hall
Don Miller, Ron Taylor and Bob Pratt (posthumous) will be three of the 11 former athletic greats who will be inducted into the the Mercer County Hall of Fame at its 63rd anniversary banquet at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Radisson Hotel, near West Middlesex. The Herald has published sports biographies of inductees each day this week. Following are the final three: DONALD C. MILLER Don Miller is a true model for student-athletes, excelling not only in football at Sharon High School, but also earning an academic scholarship at prestigious Columbia University. At Sharon he played all four years in football, 1953-56. His senior year he helped the team go undefeated for coach John Chickerneo. He was named the outstanding lineman on the Mercer County All-Star team which won 21-0 in an all-star game. He received a national academic scholarship at Columbia. He was team captain his freshman year and excelled at right guard and defensive line. He was a varsity starter at right guard the following year. He served as an elementary basketball coach in Sharon at Hadley School. He went on to coach children's soccer teams for many years in California and was involved in extensive community work. RONALD E. TAYLOR Ron Taylor was an outstanding all-around athlete who also was a superb high school coach. At Greenville High School, Taylor competed in wrestling, football and track, from where he graduated in 1965. In wrestling, he was a Section 3 and District 10 champion his senior year (20-2 record) after being section runner-up as a junior (16-1). He was a takedown machine, giving up only 1 takedown his junior year and none his senior year. He was a two-time Greenville Christmas Tournament champ. In football he was a 3-year letterman and was second in the county scoring. A senior co-captain, he was a starter on defensive his last 3 years for the Trojans. He was also a 2-year letter winner in track. He wrestled and played football in college at Wisconsin State. He finished second in the conference at 160 pounds. In football, he was second in the conference in punt and kickoff returns. He played softball for Duffy's Tavern out of Greenville, state runners-up for two straight years. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| Biographies for young readers have entered a golden age -- Kathy ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:31 AM PST By Plain Dealer guest writerJanuary 20, 2010, 10:59AMBy Kathy Englehart. Special to The Plain Dealer. During the 1980s, when I worked in a public library, there were days when it seemed that every teacher in the city had assigned a biography book report. Back then, biographies for kids were mostly dreadful and tough to read. Not true any more – here are five recent gems. Shana Corey & Edwin Fotheringham Annette Kellerman loved to make waves, in every sense of the word. She was born in Australia in 1886 in a house by the sea. She swam and dived, but she couldn't walk because of an undiagnosed medical condition, possibly rickets. Her water exercises gradually strengthened her legs so that she could walk. She traveled the world, promoting the benefits of fitness for women in an era when many believed that exercise could damage a woman's fragile nerves. Kellerman also invented the modern bathing suit and water ballet. A joyous story, with illustrations to match. Grade: A
Barbara Kerley & Edwin Fotheringham Would you want your 13-year-old daughter to write your biography? Probably not, but Mark Twain was thrilled when it happened to him. He described Susy as a "frank and honest" biographer who "uses no sandpaper on me." She included loads of family stories and anecdotes so that people would know her REAL father. Inserts from Susy's actual journal, complete with her misspellings, are cleverly tucked into the book's gutter for an unusual touch. Fascinating appended information extends the story, which is woven seamlessly with the loose, comic art. A very original piece from a talented team. Grade: A
Kathleen Krull & Greg Couch Children today may find it hard to believe, but television didn't always exist. They don't know (I didn't either) about Philo Farnsworth, brilliant boy inventor. While pushing a plow on his family farm in Idaho in 1920, he watched parallel lines of dirt overturning and decided that there must be a way "to make pictures fly through the air." Just eight years later, he turned his insight into reality when he transmitted the first television images. The warm period paintings complement the entertaining writing. The endpapers feature the visual evolution of television, which will rouse fond memories of television past for grown-up readers. Grade: A -
Deborah Hopkinson & AG Ford The graceful cover painting of a smiling Michelle Obama invites readers into a new picture book biography of the first lady. From her working-class roots on Chicago's South Side to a legal career to helping her husband run for president, Obama exhibited hard work, determination and devotion to her family and community. Hopkinson, while obviously admiring Obama, writes objectively and respectfully. Ford captures mannerisms and facial expressions so well that the illustrations feel like photographs. Consider pairing this timely book with "Barack" by Jonah Winter, also illustrated by Ford, to introduce the first couple. Grade: B +
Suzanne George Whitaker & Catherine Stock Harriet Quimby drove a sporty roadster, worked as a journalist and lived in her own New York apartment, quite unusual for a woman 100 years ago. After visiting an air show in 1910, she decided to learn to fly. The daring Miss Quimby earned pilot's license number 37, making history by becoming the first woman pilot in the United States. Her spunk and determination inspired people all over the world. The text includes just enough information to engage young readers, with a timeline and detailed author's note at the end. The bright, energetic watercolors nicely capture the excitement of the story. Grade: B +
– Reviews by Kathy Englehart, critic and children's librarian at Hathaway Brown School. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
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| Poughkeepsie illustrator wins Coretta Scott King Award - Poughkeepsie Journal Posted: 23 Jan 2010 01:54 AM PST There was always something about the Langston Hughes poem "My People" that resonated with children's book author and illustrator Charles Smith Jr. "It celebrates his love of black people," said the 40-year-old Smith, who lives in Town of Poughkeepsie with his wife and three children. "I always loved the poem and I always wanted to do something centering around it." Smith began fleshing out his idea for a book that would feature photo illustrations centering on one to two words of Hughes 33-word poem in 2006. His book, which is also titled "My People," was published in January 2009. Smith was greeted with some good news this month when he fund out the book won the 41st annual Coretta Scott King Book Illustrator Award, presented by the American Library Association. The awards, named after the wife of Martin Luther King Jr., are given annually to black authors of books for children and young adults. The awards honor best author, illustrator, lifetime achievement and new author. Smith, who has had more than 20 children's books published, was given honorable mention for the best author award in 2008 for his book "Twelve Rounds to Glory: The Story of Muhammad Ali." Smith said the best illustrator award means a lot to him because it is an acknowledgement of his greatest passion: photography. "My People" is the first book to win the best illustrator award using photo illustrations. "It doesn't change the way I work, but what I hope it does is make it easier to sell photography as an alternative to paintings as illustrations," Smith said. "Art directors can see that photographs don't need to be seen as merely a reference point." Carole McCollough, chairwoman of the Coretta Scott King Award selection committee, said Smith's book was chosen because his subjects, which were children and older people, exhibited an emotion and pain that connect to the poem. "Illustrations must marry with the text and stand on their own, which these photographs did," McCollough said. "He took a wonderful Langston Hughes poem, a very short poem, and was able to interpret it for the viewer in a way that has never been done before." Smith said he found many of the child subjects by using friends and family members. Many of the older subjects in the book are people Smith met while working out at Gold's Gym in LaGrange. "I wanted to find a variety of people from light skin to dark skin and from young to old," Smith said. "The older people from the gym were great because they were in great shape and they had great energy and I wanted to bring that to the book." Smith is currently working on biographies of guitarist Jimi Hendrix and boxer Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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