[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 27, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S8604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CONGRATULATING CHARLES J. MARTINEZ

   Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, today I pay tribute to Charles 
J. Martinez of Bowling Green, KY, on being recognized as a winner of 
the Library of Congress's 2007 Letters About Literature competition.
  Letters About Literature is a reading and writing program sponsored 
by the Library's Center for the Book. Throughout the country more than 
56,000 young readers in grades 4 through 12 participated in the 
program, which encourages young kids to read and write a letter to 
their favorite author, of any era, whose books inspired them.
  Charles chose to write about author J.K. Rowling's ``Harry Potter'' 
series. He was one of two winners chosen this year in the Commonwealth 
of Kentucky.
  I now ask my fellow colleagues to join me in congratulating Charles 
for his dedication and commitment to reading and writing. In order for 
our society to continue to advance in the right direction, we must 
encourage more young people like Charles to read and write as often as 
possible. He represents Kentucky at its finest.

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