Champion defends his title in Yuma County Spelling Bee
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Selena Barrera, a 7th grader from Woodard Junior High School, thinking hard about how to spell the word kitsch. Selena finished the Yuma County Spelling Bee in third place.
PHOTO BY CRAIG FRY/YUMA SUN
Champion defends his title in Yuma County Spelling Bee.
Two spelling bee finalists kept their collective cool through the final rounds of the competition Wednesday, but in the end it was the f-l-a-m-b-o-y-a-n-t finish that clinched it for the winner.
Zeeshan Jawaid, a fifth-grade student at Pueblo Elementary School, spelled that word, not only.
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