[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17648]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      CONGRATULATING CARLEY SMITH

 Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, today I also pay tribute to Carley 
Smith of Harrodsburg, 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.
  Carley chose to write about author Judith Guest's ``Ordinary 
People.'' She was one of two winners chosen this year in the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
  I now ask my fellow colleagues to join me in congratulating Carley 
for her 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 Carley to read and write as often as 
possible. She represents Kentucky at its finest.

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