From February 28, 2011
Charleston Daily Mail: Dinner Party wins Scrabble tournament
Feb. 28--The Sixth annual "Spellebrate" Team Scrabble Tournament on Sunday spelled about $1,200 for the Monongalia County Literacy Volunteers, board president Vicki Conner said.
About 50 people, grouped into teams, spent two hours showing off their spelling skills in support of the United Way agency.
When it was over, team Dinner Party, wearing their thinking hats, scored first place, while a team from Morgantown Rotary placed second, Conner said. Members of the first-place team received $25 gift certificates from Barnes & Noble; second place received gift certificates from The Bookshelf, on Green Bag Road. All members also received T-shirts.
Other teams came from Mon General Hospital, Morgantown High School Hi-Y, Steptoe & Johnson, ResCare, Morgantown 7th Day Adventist Church, Morgantown North Rotary and WVU Center for Civic Engagement.
Judges were Patrick W. Conner and John Lamb, both professors with the WVU Department of English. Teams competed in 15-minute sections. The timekeeper was Trella Greaser, MCLV director.
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