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== August 2009 ==
 
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Revision as of 16:59, 9 September 2009

This Member news page contains notices about players and links to articles about them in the press. Other articles may be found in the periodical Bulletins or the Newsletters.

Send suggested notices and/or links to the Web Committee.

August 2009

Jesse Matthews (Kelowna, BC)

Story in the Kelowna Capitol News about Jesse's history in SCRABBLE and a current fundraiser where he takes on all comers.

Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR)

Story at OregonLive.com about Dave's second time winning the Nationals.

Max Karten (Barrington, RI)

A nice write up about Max Karten, who won Division 4 at NSC in Dayton, at EastBayRI.com.

June 2009

Maddy Kamen (Covina, CA)

Gary Moss reports that Maddy Kamen is the 2009 - 2010 Club #350 Scrabble Champion. Congratulations, Maddy!

Billie Garver (Northport, AL)

Billie is a long-time player, formerly from northeast Arkansas, and now lives in Alabama.

Source: Tuscaloosa News, June 7, 2009.

Jim Geary (Phoenix, AZ): $230,670

Congratulations to Jim Geary on his 3rd place finish in the 2009 World Series of Poker event #11!

Source: Poker News, June 6, 2009.

May 2009

Geoff Thevenot (Austin, TX) in The Austin Chronicle

Congratulations to Geoff Thevonot for winning The Austin Chronicle Adult Spelling Bee. The paper featured the competition in its sports column “Playing Through” by Thomas Hackett:

The Threadgill’s competition started with nearly 200 entrants. Each round cut the field roughly in half, until finally Thevenot was in a showdown with Dave Riddle, a lawyer from Pacific Grove, Calif. The word that tripped up Riddle was “onomatopoeically.” In case you’re wondering, that's spelled, “o-n-o-m-a-t-o-p-o-e-i-c-a-l-l-y.”

How do I know this? Because Geoff Thevenot said so.

Source: Playing Through by Thomas Hackett, The Austin Chronicle, May 29, 2009.