[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 14, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E792]
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  EBIL MATSUTARO, WINNER OF THE 1996 GUAM SCRIPPS HOWARD SPELLING BEE

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                        HON. ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD

                                of guam

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 14, 1996

  Mr. UNDERWOOD. Mr. Speaker, students representing schools from Guam, 
the Republic of Palau, and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands 
recently gathered in Guam to participate in the local competition of 
the Scripps-Howard Spelling Bee. Originally open only to Guam students, 
the annual event allowed contestants from the Federated States of 
Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, and the Marshall Islands in 1989. This year marks the 
first time a student from Palau is declared the first place winner.
  Ebil Matsutaro, this year's winner, will be our representative in 
this year's National Spelling Bee competitions to be held here in 
Washington. She is the daughter of Francis and Lucy Matsutaro. An 
eighth grade student at the Seventh Day Elementary School in Korror, 
Palau, this active 13-year-old is a member of the yearbook staff, the 
secretary of her class, and has a 4.0 GPA. She also has a brother, 
Ngerbol, and a sister, Erbai.
  I congratulate Ebil for being the first Guam Scripps-Howard Spelling 
Bee to hail from the Republic of Palau and wish her the best in the 
national competition. In the same respect, all of this year's 
participants deserve special recognition. On behalf of the sponsors, 
the Pacific Daily News and the Rotary Club of Guam, I commend Ebil and 
the contestants of this year's Spelling Bee competition.

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