[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 14484]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




TRIBUTE TO MOLLY LOVERN, 2010 STATE WINNER OF LETTERS ABOUT LITERATURE 
                              COMPETITION

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                       HON. SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO

                            of west virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 28, 2010

  Mrs. CAPITO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Molly Lovern and 
congratulate her as a state winner of the Library of Congress 2010 
Letters About Literature competition.
  Letters About Literature is a program developed by the Library of 
Congress in partnership with Target Stores and state Centers for the 
Book. It aims to promote reading and writing to young people in fourth 
through twelfth grades across the nation. Students are encouraged to 
read a book, then write a letter to the author, dead or alive, 
conveying their appreciation for the book and its impact on their 
lives. More than 70,000 students from across the nation entered the 
contest, a 25% increase from last year's competition.
  The Letters About Literature competition divided students into three 
divisions by age, and the top letter from each age level were chosen 
from the states. Level two included all students in seventh and eighth 
grades. Molly was chosen as the Level 2 winner for 2010 by West 
Virginia's panel of judges, comprised of authors, editors, publishers, 
librarians, and teachers. She addressed her letter to Jean-Dominique 
Bouby, about his book, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Molly is from 
Fairmont, West Virginia and attends Bluefield Middle School. Molly's 
teacher, Mrs. Putorek, submitted the winning letter.
  It is an honor to pay tribute to Molly Lovern, a student that has 
committed herself to scholarship in reading and writing. Bright young 
minds such as hers are truly the future of the Mountain State, and I 
wish her congratulations.

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