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Competitors this year include 234 spellers. The winner takes home $50,000 cash from Scripps, plus further money prizes and reference works from Merriam-Webster and Encyclopedia Britannica.
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The Scripps National Spelling Bee used to begin with a handshake. Now it starts with a slap to the face.
Four students from Central Indiana have won their regional competitions and are now heading to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Abram Polley, an eighth-grader at John R. Wooden Middle School, won the IU Bee this past weekend and is now heading to the national bee.
The threat of snow and ice didn't stop another large crowd from turning up at the MSD of Martinsville school board meeting on Thursday night. This time, however, the crowd came together in celebration.