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Table of ContentsT A B L E O F C O N T E N T SFrom the Editor 3Holiday Bazaar 5Tournament News 12Rocky Mountain Rumble by Angela Dancho 12Second Annual California Open by Bennett Jacobstein 14November Results 15New Faces 17SUM Clabbers Tournament 20Causeway Challenge: 12/2-6 22The Wordsmith by Chris Sinacola 23Video Joe by Joe Bihlmeyer 26SCRABBLE® in the News 27Player Profile: Heather Steffy and Michael Bassett by Katya Lezin 29Diane’s DEFALTS by Diane Firstman 31The Mad Scrabblers by Cornelia Guest 32Linda’s Library by Linda Wancel 34The Art of Strategy by Art Moore 36Ann Sanfedele: Photographer, Poet, Artist, SCRABBLE® Player by Cornelia Guest 37Stell’s Racks of Mirth by Cheryl L. Cadieux 40The Tile Bag James Leong, Editor 41Anagram Tunnel Quiz by Juraj Pivovarov 46Book Review: Everything SCRABBLE®, 3rd Edition by Cornelia Guest 48Club News Larry Sherman, Editor 50Word Trivia Quiz by Siri Tilleterakne 54Historic Moments: SCRABBLE® Throughout the Years by Stu Goldman 56Fill in the Blanks by Darin True 57Passages Larry Sherman, Editor 59SCRABBLE® Resources 61Tournament Calendar 64Archives 662
From the EditorF R O M T H E E D I T O RWow! Thanks to the many, many readers who sent praise for the November issue of The Last Word.We now have a strong subscriber base, which includes NASPA members, casual players, onlineplayers, and Youth Players. We hope to provide articles, artwork, humor, quizzes, and games ofinterest to all these readers. (If you would like to join this group and have The Last Word emailed toyou directly, please send your email address to CorneliaSGuest@gmail.com.)Noah Walton’s SCRABBLE® Crossword in the last issue was extremely popular--thanks, Noah!While word puzzles are hard to do online, they can be easily printed. We’d love to be able to offermore puzzles in the future--if other contributors are out there, please let me know!This month’s Newsletter includes popular features by monthly columnists Chris Sinacola (“TheWordsmith”), Katya Lezin (“Player Profile”), James Leong (“The Tile Bag”), Siri Tillekeratne (“WordTrivia Quiz”), and Stu Goldman (“Historic Moments”). Their columns now have a strong following,and I appreciate their continued support. We also welcome seven new faces to the editorial pool:Larry Sherman, who will be editing “Club News” and “Passages”; Cheryl Cadieux, whose humorouslook at SCRABBLE® will be showcased in “Stell’s Racks of Mirth” (we wish her the best after herrecent surgery); Art Moore, who will be sharing his Facebook discussion-board tips in “The Art ofStrategy”; Diane Firstman, whose amusing “alternative” word definitions will be featured in “Diane’sDEFALTS”; Joe Bihlmeyer, whose popular YouTube SCRABBLE® rants will be posted in “VideoJoe”; and Linda Wancel, who will be reviewing her favorite fiction and nonfiction in “Linda’s Library”.Thanks to Keith Hagel and Aaron Daly, whose workloads are demanding they step aside for thetime being; their contributions have been enormous.With the holidays weeks away, we have gathered a collection of must-have items for SCRABBLE®players in our “Holiday Bazaar.” We hope you’ll take the time to look through our many offerings--and support our advertisers. We also welcome contributions--The Last Word is a volunteer effort.New World Champion PakornNemitrmansuk (Photo by SamKantimathi)Among this month’s features are stories on the California Open andthe Rocky Mountain Rumble; a look at the popular new onlinetournament group, Mad Scrabblers; a book review of the longanticipatedthird edition of Joe Edley and John D. Williams, Jr.’sEverything SCRABBLE®; a profile of Heather Steffy and MichaelBassett, a couple who met online; and a profile of Ann Sanfedele,longtime photographer of SCRABBLE® history.The big news, of course, is the recent World SCRABBLE®Championship in Malaysia, won by Pakorn Nemitrmansuk ofThailand. In the next issue we will be featuring a story on the WSCfrom Sam Kantimathi, one of the U.S. team players, who is now atthe Causeway Challenge. For details on the WSC go to http://www.wscgames.com/2009/index.html. Congratulations to Pakorn Nemitrmansuk, the new WorldChampion--and all the other superb players who competed! 3
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Page 32 and 33: The Mad Scrabblersby Cornelia Guest
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