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Show Grovecrest students hold spelling bee ' : "' ! ' The fourth, fifth and sixth grade students at Grovecrest Elementary were involved in an exciting event last Thursday with their annual spelling bee. When the contest started there were approximately 30 contestants. After an hour was spent eliminating contestants, the competition narrowed down to two boys, Adam Landefeld and Jeff Jacklin. Jeff finally misspelled the word "amateur." In order for Adam to win he had to spell that word correctly and also the word "discourage." Adam spelled both words correctly and was declared the winner of the Grovecrest Spelling Bee. Jeff won second place and Karen Jones was the third place winner. Adam is a sixth grader in Mr. Wathen's class, and Jeff and Karen are both fifth graders in Mr. Walker's class. School officials said they were proud of all the students who participated par-ticipated in the spelling bee. Adam will participate at the District Spelling Bee which will be held Thursday, March 15, at Northridge Elementary at 7 p.m. A special thanks to Mrs. Nelda Wadley who was gracious enough to conduct the spelling bee. It was a pleasure for the school to have her back with them for a few hours. GROVECREST SPELLING BEE WINNERS are, left to right, Adam Landefeld, first place; Jeff Jacklin, second place; and Karen Jones, - third place. Adam will participate in the District Spelling Bee on March 15. |