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February 1, 2008

Globetrotters, Journal partner to promote reading/ Photo

Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers
Pattie Turner, 13, tries a basketball move that "Buckets" Blake, right, just taught the class. In back at left is Bronwyn Carty, 13.

Harlem Globetrotters star “Buckets” Blake visited Warwick's St. Rose of Lima School this morning to congratulate students for their accomplishments in reading.

Blake stopped into Jeanne Kelly’s eighth-grade class as a result of the students’ second-place win in the recent Providence Journal’s Newspaper In Education/Globetrotters reading contest. Ms. Kelly’s 11 students read 38,537 pages in the contest.

At 11 a.m., Blake heads out to Pawtucket’s Curvin McCabe Elementary School to congratulate the first-place winners of teacher Martha Gomes’ sixth-grade class. Her 25 students logged in 56,493 pages.

The Globetrotters are playing two shows in Rhode Island on Saturday, March 22. They play the Dunkin’ Donuts Center at 1 p.m., and they play at The Ryan Center at 7 p.m.

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