The annual Logan County Spelling Bee was Wednesday, Feb. 21, at the Logan County Courthouse. The spelling bee is sponsored jointly by the Regional Office of Education and the Pantagraph. There were 13 school representatives involved in this year’s bee, which went 17 rounds and consisted of 84 words.

Alison Kessinger, daughter of Brian and Colleen Kessinger, was this year’s winner. Alison is in the seventh grade and represented Chester-East Lincoln Elementary School. She won by correctly spelling the word "utilitarian."

Emily Reiners from West Lincoln-Broadwell Elementary was in second place and Cara Barrick from Carroll Catholic School was third.

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Mary McKeeth from the Bloomington Public Library was the pronouncer.

A Pantagraph representative, Ellen Colbeck-Taylor, presented a trophy to the winner, and George D. Janet, regional superintendent of schools, presented a new dictionary to each of the top three placers.

These three young ladies will represent Logan County at the Pantagraph Spelling Bee March 24 at Westbrook Auditorium in Pressor Hall on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington.

Ninth grade — Jaclyn Bennett, Abigail Boyden, Bradley Brooks, Ashley Builta, Melissa Crabtree, Sarah Dabney, Amber Darnall, Derek Dudgeon, Kelsey Flessner, Jill Flyod, Brittenelle Fredericks, Stefanie Gilbert, Jeremy Glenn, Stephanie Hainline, Corinne Harrison, Rebecca Hieser, Sarah Jackson, Robert Kauffman, Philip Kieser, Zachary Kunfuss, Elise Litwiller, Kami Logsdon, Katherine Michaels, Ashlee Miller, Tiffany Prager, Stasia Frater, Sheila Rutledge, Kristin Seggerman, Jacob Singley, Justin Stanley, Ross Thompson, Darcy Vandyke, Jacob Walker, Kristina Westerfield, Jamie Whitfield

Tenth grade — Mary Adams, Jamie Ahlers, Adam Barling, Tamii Bartelmay, Sara Bicknell, Neil Bisky, Alisha Brand, Erin Canopy, Alicia Crabtree, Kiley Crismon, Lucas Deal, Alan Delorisa, Jeffery Denny, Jeremy Gaither, Danielle Gehrke, Brittany Gerard, Kristen Goebel, Dustin Hayes, Joshua Hieronymus, Heather Hill, Jarod Horn, Rebecca Jackson, Cody Lingle, Ashley Mahaffey, Tabitha Miller, Jennifer Mortiner, Jennifer Nafziger, Nick Rabs, Paul Ramoino, Hilary Shaffer, Adam Sheppelman, Jacob Slager, Laci Jo Smith, Ryan Smith, Elise Veitengruber, Christopher Venter, Adam White

Eleventh grade — Kayla Bateman, Adam Beccue, Beth Caffery, Aaron Claver, Nathaniel Eaton, Christopher Frank, Tricia Gaither, John (Drew) Glass, Sanah Hamad, Cullen Hayes, Kathleen Hentzgen, Kristina Johnson, Karen Kieser, Jay Kindred, Renee Klaus, Carina Mendonca, Jaclyn Nash, Thomas Neisler, Lena Sacco, Eric Seline, Ryne Sherman, Brandi Short, Elizabeth Siuda, Jennifer Springer, Philip Stroud, Nathan Thompson, Stephanie Wittmer

Twelfth grade — Rebbeca Alberts, Nicholas Allen, Nicholas Bauman, Beth Birky, Brooke Brand, Jared Brooks, Bethany Cagle, Carissa Cornwell, Brian Dabney, Jessica Dunnan, Jennifer Elliott, Deanna Fluty, Laura Frey, Brandon Gale, Megan Gale, Matthew Hawkins, Nicholas Hieser, Leslea Hood, Anna Jux, Amanda Keener, John Klemm, Kirsten Lee, Leslie (Niki) Leingang, Christopher Lemon (Lamden), Emily Lubbert, Kaci Malcom, Brenda Malone, Deanna McDannald, Emily Melick, Katherine Nafziger, Nicole Prager, Gena Rawlins, Rebecca Shipley, Elizabeth Sunday, Nikki Turner, Tricia Walsh, Alan Wilson

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Ninth grade — Andrew Behrends, Kevin Brammeier, Leigh Cluts, Mitchell Daugherty, Tyler Denny, Calee Dietrich, Rhendy Flynn, Kelly Garner, Ronald Gillis, Courtney Hays, Ray Henderson, Andrew Johanson, Andrew Martin, Adam May, Bryan Miller, Michael Morrow, Shelly Runyard, Seth Schneider, Nichole Schopp, Jennifer Sinn, Trevor Smith, Brian Springer, Mark Springer, Tyler Thornton, Katherine Vanhoorn, Tim Veitengruber, Patrick Wade, Keith Watts, Emily White, Dena Wibben, Laura Wilkey, Ashlee Wines, Jessica Zimmer

Tenth grade — Brandi Adams, Sarah Alberts, Ashley Anderson, Mindy Becks, Elaina Benedict, Kristen Beal, Mary Clark, Craig Deuel, Kady Devary, Kelley Doss, Brad Durham, Eric Elliott, Ryan Gillis, Joshua Gonsalves, Brandon Groth, Laken Harrison, Jacqueline Heck, Dana Hurley, Kathleen Martin, Adam Miller, Sarah Miller, Ryan Oshler, Kassandra Peine, Aaron Riegler, Amanda Wilcox, Jeremy Wyles

Eleventh grade — Ashley Anderson, Jessica Bennett, Ashley Chinowth, Katrina Cook, Kyle Crawford, Ruthie Cremeens, Kyle Darnall Jamie Durbin, Tyler Egli, Adam Freemill, Jennifer Galloway, Millie Glager, Brandi Gresham, Nicole Hedrick, Bonnie Holland, Anthony Jones, Alex Kashner, Ryan Kendrick, Jessica Linton, Amanda Looney, Candice McKown, Hannah Middletown, Erin Mitchell, Jeanna Mulford, Kyle Myers, Blake Nafziger, Todd Pinney, Lisa Prather, Steven Raleigh, Abby Schull, Ashley Simpson, Angela Tackett, Matthew Walker, Rodd Walker, Maridee Wilheim, Gary Wright, Jason Wyles, Brooke Yoder, Billy York

Twelfth grade — Mindy Bachman, Jennifer Bell, John Bennet, Sean Brand, Zachary Clark, Stacie Coit, Brian Deloriea, Justin Dietrich, Darrin Eichelberger, Brian Eichhorn, Jr., Brooke Emerson, Katie Marie Fraher, Aubrey Freitag, Heather Fuiten, Samantha Garrett, Holly Gustafson, Andrew Hentzen, Chance Horner, Andrea Hurban, Sharon Jackson, Luke Krehbiel, Faith Lartz, Benjamin Lee, Jerry Littlefield, Rhonda Litwiller, Troy Luster, Jason Mallicoat, Kelly Miller, Joshua Morrow, Nickolas Peine, Carlos Sanchez, Ashley Satterfield, Katie Shaffer, Jordan Sherman, Kalley Troyer, Ashleigh Wheet, Leland White, Glenn Wilson, Jason Wilson, Michael Wilson

Lincoln Community High School's speech team captains, Allison Leonard and Kyle Pepperell, advanced Saturday to the final rounds of the Illinois High School Association 2001 State Individual Events speech contest. Advancing as sectional champions in dramatic duet acting, the pair placed sixth in the state at the final competition in Pekin with their performance of "Echoes," a story that traces the interaction of two individuals whose lives cross paths when they are patients in a mental institution.

Leonard also advanced to the final rounds in the prose division. Her performance of "Clear Glass Marbles," a young girl's account of her mother's death, earned her seventh place in Illinois competition.

Other LCHS speech team members who advanced to state competition preliminary rounds were Abrigail Sasse in radio, Colleen Fitzsimmons in oratory and Tristan Lemme in dramatic interpretation.

The students were accompanied to the state finals by LCHS speech coach Carrie Schreiber and assistant coaches Josh Twente and Goldie Jacko.

[LCHS news release]

Five Lincoln Community High School students are headed to state competition in the Illinois High School Association speech finals. The state meet, at Pekin High School, will feature the best of the best in the final showdown of the 2000-2001 speech season. Competing from Lincoln will be Allison Leonard and Kyle Pepperell in dramatic duet acting, Colleen Fitzsimmons in original oratory, Tristan Lemme in dramatic interpretation, Abrigail Sasse in radio speaking and Allison Leonard in prose.

The LCHS speech team placed fifth in sectional competition in Benton. Lincoln students receiving state qualifying scores were Pepperell and Leonard, first place, dramatic duet acting; Lemme, third place in dramatic interpretation; Fitzsimmons, first place in original oratory; Sasse, second place in radio speaking; and Leonard, third place in prose. Also breaking into the final round of sectional competition was Kerry Dobihal, with a fourth place in special occasion speaking and a fifth in humorous interpretation.

Lincoln Community High School honor rolls

Second nine weeks

High honors

Ninth grade — Kyle Atteberry, Audrey Beach, Jenna Behle, Beth Boch, Kelsey Carnahan, Patrick Charette, Sidney Comstock, Samantha Conrady, Jennifer Cook, Abigail Ebelherr, Aaron Eimer, Joseph Gillen, Zachary Goodman, Allison Hower, Michael Kasa, Jason Leisinger, Abigail Matson, Shaun Mattingly, Adam McGee, Amanda Perry, Christopher Pettit, Anna Schick, Emily Shattuck, Mitchell Sheley, Kimberly Steffens, Jordan Tabb, Corrine Thorsen, Rachael Tibbs, Kelsey Washam, Brian Whalen, Jessica Whalen, Emilie Young

Tenth grade — Megan Boyer, Elizabeth Brooks, Justin Bruns, Erin Clark, Amanda Davison, Jamie Eckert, Megan Fleming, Kirsten Gandenberger, Tyler Gehlbach, Thomas Gramley, Amanda Harmsen, Brandin Heidbreder, Yolanda Hill, Robert Irving, Chelsea Jones, Kari Lambert, Jerrod Marten, Deborah Martincic, Sara Matthews, Mary Mittelsteadt, Lydia Moehring, Abrigail Sasse, Miranda Schumann, Amanda Shelley, Lindsay Struebing, Gerardo Valdes, Jennifer Whalen, Melissa Windham

Eleventh grade — Tracy Allen, Wesley Allen, Michael Aper, Veronica Babbs, Laura Baker, William Barmes, Jeffery Barringer, Sarah Bates, Heather Bean, Lisa Behle, Emilee Bender, Linda Birnbaum, Jo Borowiak, Stephanie Brady, Jessica Bryant, Tera Buchholz, Jennifer Buffington, Mary Burlington, Alan Cade, Sarah Carrillo, Adam Chrismore, Victoria Cooper, Katie Courtwright, Ashley Dammerman, Callie Davison, Kerry Dobihal, Kelly Dowling, Lauren Eckhardt, Sara Farkas, Catherine Frazier, Lindsay Froschauer, Andrew Frost, Angelenea Galbreath, Katherine Gillen, Lisa Johnson, Amanda Kilhoffer, Rachel Knight, Brian Lee, Rachael Liesman, Ashley Marten, Michael Martin, Jonathan Meyer, Noor Obaisi, Jeremiah Ohmart, Heather Otto, Abbey Sabo, Wesley Schaub, Daniel Schick, Adam Schonauer, Jacob Shanle, Brittany Shaw, Lesley Skelton, Rachael Slayton, Daniel Sparks, Darcy White, Stacey Willis, Amber Wright

Twelfth grade — Matthew Aper, Jonathan Ashley, Jacqueline Bakken, Brandon Banister, William Barton, William Bates, Jr., Brayton Boss, Nicole Bottrell, Ashley Bowen, Ashley Boyer, Glendon Bradley, Brittany Charette, Carlos Chavez, Susan Chon, Shannon Chrismore, Sara Conklen, Angela Couch, Ali Davidson, Anna Davison, Johnathan Davison, Justin Dedman, Matthew Duckworth, Ann Elliott, Colleen Fitzsimmons, James Fleshman, Adam Freeman, Thomas Gallagher, James Glenn, Rebecca Hahn, Misty Horath, Erin Hudelson, Allison Humbert, Molly Johnson, Summer Johnson, Jeffery Jones, Jay Jording, BreeAnn Kelly, Kirsten Knutilla, Joseph Kuro, Matthew Kurtz, Kristofer Langellier, Tristan Lemme, Allison Leonard, Max Letterly, Elizatbeth Logan, Derek Lohrenz, Angela Maestas, Jessica McDougall, Kimberly McFadden, Kristi Melton, Christopher Meyer, Ted Michalsen, Elisabet Montagut, Brittany Muck, Amber Otto, Danielle Peifer, Alison Perring, Tyler Perry, Christy Peters Kirstin Petty, James Phelan, Sarah Priest, Amy Rehtmeyer, John Robb, Amy Ryan, Hilary Schweitzer, Nicholas Shaw, Jake Sheley, Jameson Sheley, Laura Shelley, Tiffany Short, Amber Skelton, Benjamin Sloot, Angela Spickard, Miranda Stone, Timothy Uphoff, Darren Vinyard, Bradley Widmer, Danielle Winter, Paul Yarcho

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Honors

Ninth grade — Deanna Acuff, Fay Allison, Brandon Babbs, Emily Bechtel, Sarina Berry, Sean Bova, Cara Brewer, Erica Brickey, Elizabeth Brown, Jessica Carey, Kyle Charron, Kasey Courtwright, Kathy Coyle, Cassandra Dahman, Lindsey Dirks, Danielle Edwards, Jenna Gleason, Sabrina Harris, Karen Hulett, Stephanie Humble, Sarah Jacob, Caleb Jurgens, Cynthia Kleinman, Sara Koehne, Heather Koester, Christopher Kurtz, Carolyn Last, Scott Lee, Justin Matheny, Allison Matthews, Elizabeth Meyer, Emily Mills, Sarah Nelson, Corinne O’Donoghue, Megan Osborn, Emily Patrick, Kirstin Rawlins, Bradly Reinhart, Angela Ridgeway, Douglas Rohrer, Cory Rubenacker, Sarah Satterfield, Gregory Saylor, Andrew Schreiber, Sarah Shanle, Cara Slack, Holly Swinda, Micah Tanner, Kenneth Trago, Aaron Uphoff, Nichole Vincent, Nathan Whiteman

Tenth grade — Jerad Alberts, Christopher Allen, Emily Bakken, Joel Brassfield, Amy Butts, Jessica Campbell, Elizabeth Carmitchel, James Ewins, Timothy Fak, Jamie Fuiten, George Gahr, Joshua Gallagher, Jamie Hamblin, Kenzi Huelskoetter, Christopher Hurley, Zachary Hyde, Candace Landers, Charlotte Malerich, Kari McFadden, Carrie Meyrick, Keayana Moore, Ann Nicholson, Omar Obaisi, Daniel Oller, Jonathan Powley, Adam Ramlow, Stanton Schumacher, Holly Shehorn, Bret Tripplett, Anna Volk, Collin Voyles, Eldon Wiggers, Julianna Wood, Christina Xamis

Eleventh grade — Jessica Alexander, Cara Aussieker, Clint Awe, Colleen Ayars, Christopher Berger, Matthew Boyer, Jessica Bree, Derek Bunner, James Cabit, Jr., Micole Caskey, Christina Crowe, Angioletta Curcuru, Katie Fitzpatrick, Jennifer Florey, Megan Franz, Brandi Guzouskis, Beau Hanger, Shannon Jacobs, Christina Kennett, Timothy Kerns, Holly Maesta, Scott Maesta, Derrick McCray, Joshua McMullen, Britne Meyer, Samuel Moore, Blake Schoonover, Melissa Story, Jodee Tibbs, Brandon Welch, Emily Wilkinson, Ryan Williams, Ashley Wurth

Twelfth grade — Naomi Adams, Brian Aussieker, Andrew Bartman, Nicholas Bay, Geoffery Brown, Kory Conrady, Abigail Copeland, Benjamin Estes, Aaron Freesmeier, Christopher Fuiten, Bethany Gleason, Kyle Gleason, Rebecca Gramley, Rebecca Harmon, Carrie Hoffert, Amy Humbert, Jeffery Jording, Hope Langley, Raymond Loveall, Tyler Malerich, Rafael Mancini, Matthew Maple, Morgan Murphy, Shawn Pettit, Michelle Roche, Stephanie Savery, Jeffery Skaggs, Shelli Skelton, Christy Stiles, Zachary Tibbs, Dustin Wells, Stephanie West, Quentin Workman

Honorable mention

Ninth grade — Alexander Davis, Latosha Denney, Melissa Gohl, Shanna Goodman, Roberta Green, Natalie Haas, Corey Hassebrock, Samantha Hudelson, Kyle Jackson, Paul Johnson, Trent Kavelman, Jillian Kimberlin, Elizabeth Kirk, Matthew Langley, Megan Malerich, Jason Melton, Kyle Monday, Emili Moneyhun, Miles Musick, Alyssa Schneider, Curtis Simpson, Katie Simpson, Andrew Tillman, Toni Vincent, Jeremy West, Danelle White

Tenth grade — Melissa Aper, Elizabeth Buttell, Joshua Carey, Dominique Dawson, Jason Fitzpatrick, James Fults, Kyle Janssen, Brandon Judd, Paula Langley, Mark Luttrell, Amanda Mahler, Michael Mesner, Brande Montgomery, Adrienne Neal, John Peters, Ryan Purcell, Troy Rogers, Brandon Shanle, Brianna Sheldon, Jessie Slack, Kasey Slack, Rene Stauffer, Joshua Turley, Adam Voyles, Eric Weaver, Deamondo Welsh

Eleventh grade — Eric Agostino, Jessica Bowen, Tia Bunch, Adam Butis, Ross Green, Kimberly Koester, Scott Mack, Royce McCoy, Caroline McLean, Lori Reinwald, Colt Wright

Twelfth grade — Jacklyn Aper, Scott Brosamer, Nikki Carter, Amy Case, Austin Charron, Ashley Lee, Aaron Matson, Nicholas McCree, Amanda McDougall, Joshua Mileham, Danielle Mosier, Rebecca Oller, Wendell Purham, Jr., Sarah Richardson, Craig Shattuck, Monica Short, Joshua Sinnett, Jason Tomlinson, Harley Utterback, Breeann Werth

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