[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 20486-20487]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO KELSEY DENNIS

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 30, 2009

  Mr. LATHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and congratulate 
Kelsey Dennis, a student at Ames Middle School in Ames, Iowa, on being 
selected as a winner of the Library of Congress's 2009 Letters About 
Literature Competition.
  The Letters About Literature Competition is a reading and writing 
program sponsored by the Library's Center for the Book in partnership 
with Target Stores and in cooperation with affiliate state Centers for 
the Book located across the country. Kelsey's letter was one of 
approximately 55,000 entries nationwide selected from students in 
grades four through twelve. Her letter was written to Jerry Spinelli, 
the author of Stargirl.
  I consider it a great honor to represent Kelsey Dennis and her family 
in the United

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States Congress, and I know that my colleagues join me in 
congratulating her. I wish Kelsey continued success in her future 
education and career.

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