Beavers catchers Luke Carlin, Pete Laforest to make appearance
June 11, 2007 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Portland Beavers News Release
WHAT: Portland Beavers catchers Luke Carlin and Pete Laforest - both with roots in French-speaking Quebec - will visit the Portland French School on Tuesday, June 12. The two catchers will speak French with kindergarten students and educate them on baseball and how their professional careers brought them to Portland. Carlin and Laforest will deliver gifts from the team and will conclude their visit with an exclusive catching tutorial on school grounds.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 12 - 11 a.m. (visit will conclude at approximately 12 noon)
WHERE: Portland French School
6318 SW Corbett Ave.
Portland, OR 97239
WHO: Beavers catchers Luke Carlin and Pete Laforest. Both catchers are fluent in French, with roots in French-speaking Quebec. Carlin spent the majority of his childhood in Aylmer, Quebec, while Laforest hails from Hull, Quebec. Laforest spoke French while growing up and learned to speak English while attending college in the United States. Carlin was bilingual at an early age, moving to Quebec as a youth. Though both played prominent baseball in their region and despite the fact Aylmer and Hull are roughly 10 miles apart, Carlin and Laforest did not know one another until they became teammates in the San Diego Padres organization in 2006.
ABOUT PORTLAND FRENCH SCHOOL: The Portland French School is an international bilingual school offering a French-language immersion program in a nurturing and culturally diverse learning environment. Currently, the school educates children aged 2 ½ years old to fifth grade and is planning to open an International Middle School in September 2007. Science, math, French social studies, literature, visual arts, drama, music and sports are taught in French.
CONTACT: Chris Metz - Communications Director, Portland Beavers: (503) 358-3608 Susan Noack - Development/Events Coordinator, Portland French School: (503) 452-4160
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