Mt. Pulaski Student L-I-V-I-D About Bees[FEB.
9, 2000] It
took 13 rounds, 106 words and a little under an hour for Tim
Poffenbarger, 13, of Mount Pulaski to recite the five-letter word
that would clinch the Logan County Spelling Bee 2000 Title.
He stood tall as the word was pronounced and listened closely
as a definition was given. As
he bent down to reach the microphone, he recited “l-i-v-i-d,”
for the win.
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The
eighth grader says he and his mother worked on spelling words last
night. “I feel pretty
good,” a reserved Poffenbarger said minutes after being presented
the award. This was the
first time he had competed in a spelling bee. Poffenbarger
will be joined by first runner-up Tim Wiser, of Washington-Monroe,
and second runner up Cara Barrick, of Carroll Catholic School, to
represent Logan County in the Pantagraph’s
Grand Final Spelling Bee. This
event takes place March 25, at 9 a.m. in Westbrook Auditorium at
Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.
[Top three spelling bee finalists, Cara Barrick, Tim Poffenbarger and Tim Wiser]
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Other
area participants included: Katelyn Beavers, sixth grade, West
Lincoln-Broadwell; Seth Boyd, fifth grade, Zion Lutheran in Lincoln;
Greg Gandenberger, seventh grade, Lincoln Junior High; Jaci
Gandenberger, fourth grade, Central Grade School; Molly Gleason,
seventh grade, Elkhart Grade School; Jaron Harnake, seventh grade,
New Holland-Middletown; Amanda Johnson, seventh grade, Hartsburg-Emden;
Allison Kessinger, sixth grade, Chester-East Lincoln; Jennifer King,
eighth grade, New Wine Christian; and, Daniel Parson, fifth grade,
Northwest Grade School.
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