This '''member news''' page contains notices about [[SCRABBLE]]® Scrabble [[players]] and links to articles about them in the press. Other articles may be found in the [[iContact | NASPA News]], periodical [[NASPA Bulletin | Bulletins]] or the [[club news]] page.
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=== Matt DeWaelsche (San Antonio, TX) ===
Matt was featured in an [http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/83694817.html online article] and a [http://www.mysanantonio.com/videos/83654627.html video clip] by ''San Antonio Express-News''. He is being inducted in Texas SCRABBLE Scrabble Hall of Fame during a tournament in Salado.
== December 2009 ==
=== Jesse Matthews (Kelowna, BC) ===
Story at [http://www.kelowna.com/2009/12/14/scrabble-champ-to-start-club-at-library/ Kelowna.com] about Jesse's new SCRABBLE Scrabble club that will meet Thursday evenings, starting January 7, 2010.
== November 2009 ==
=== Tournament at Elmhurst, IL ===
Story in the [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-scrabble-tourney-w-zone-25-nov25,0,4982175.story Chicago Tribune] about the upcoming SCRABBLE NASPA tournament at Elmhurst, IL, held November 28-29, 2010.
== August 2009 ==
=== Jesse Matthews (Kelowna, BC) ===
Story in the [http://www.bclocalnews.com/okanagan_similkameen/kelownacapitalnews/community/57874732.html Kelowna Capitol News] about Jesse's history in SCRABBLE Scrabble and a current fundraiser where he takes on all comers.
=== Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR) ===
=== Juanita (Nita) Washington (Yazoo City, MS) ===
Juanita Scott Washington, known to her friends as Nita, was a charter member of the Jackson, Mississippi SCRABBLE NASPA Club #427. She attended the first meeting in November of 1994 and missed very few meetings in the years since, making the one-hour drive from Yazoo City regularly. For the last several years, she served as Club Director. She moved the club's tournament from Jackson to Yazoo City and attracted a good turnout with her well-known hospitality. Just one among her many loving touches was serving her homemade ice cream to everyone at the tournament each year. She was a fixture at southern tournaments. As a player, you never assumed you had a game won when playing Nita. Everyone in the club has had the experience of Nita's coming from 100 points or more behind to pull out a spectacular win. She was at the SCRABBLE club meetings in May, as usual filling everyone with her smile and enthusiasm for the game. She passed away in June at the age of 62, after losing a very brief battle with cancer. Club #427 will be naming their annual tournament in her honor.