[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 83 (Friday, June 23, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1252]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         RECOGNIZING PARTICIPANTS IN THE NATIONAL SPELLING BEE

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                       HON. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 22, 2006

  Mrs. CAPITO. Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize three outstanding 
National Spelling Bee participants from my district: Andy Wade, 14, 
from Putnam County, WV, James Cook, 13, from Martinsburg, WV and 
Jonathan Nicklin Allen, 13, from Romney, WV.
  2006 marked the 78th annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. 
This event was created by the Louisville Courier-Journal in 1925 with 
only nine contestants; today it has grown to 274. The National Spelling 
Bee is sponsored by Scripps Howard, Inc, and is held each year to help 
students broaden their vocabularies, improve their spelling, and 
develop correct English usage that will help them throughout their 
lives. This is the largest and longest running competition to promote 
education.
  Sponsored by the Charleston Gazette, Andy Wade, an eighth grader at 
Winfield Middle School, advanced to the third round. He has now 
competed in five spelling bees. James Cook is also an eighth-grader and 
attends Charles Town Middle School. Sponsored by The Journal in 
Martinsburg, he advanced to the third round. Jonathan Nicklin Allen, an 
eighth grader at Romney Middle school, was sponsored by the Hampshire 
Review in Romney and advanced to the second round.

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