[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20679]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO SCARLOTTE DEUPREE

 Mr. SHELBY. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize Scarlotte 
Deupree, Miss Alabama 2002. Ms. Deupree was recently named First Runner 
Up in the 2003 Miss America Pageant.
  The accomplishments of Ms. Deupree are many. She coordinated 
Alabama's first Women in Literacy Summit in July, 2001 and was awarded 
a National Daily Point of Light for her work to promote literacy. She 
is a Distinguished Partner of the Literacy Council of Central Alabama 
and has been a certified literacy tutor with the Laubach Literacy 
Council International.
  Ms. Deupree is also a former co-chair of the Sylacauga Adult Literacy 
Council and an instructor with the Adult Literacy Education Resource, 
ALERT. She is a graduate of the Sylacauga High School Honors Program 
and is an English major at Samford University in Birmingham, AL.
  Ms. Deupree is the daughter of James and Joy Deupree of Birmingham. 
Scarlotte Deupree is a remarkable young woman, and we are proud to have 
her serve as our Miss Alabama.

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