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anticentipede1
Jun 2, 2007, 09:27 PM
By Elizabeth O'Brien

WASHINGTON, D.C. 1 June 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) -Yesterday evening, Evan O'Dorney, a 13-year old homeschool student from Danville, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington. The San Francisco Chronicle notes that throughout round after round of constant challenge, he hurtled through words such as "schuhplattler", "Bewusstseinslage", rascacio". Edmonton champion Nate Garke misspelled the word "coryza" and lost closely before Evan finished with "serrefine", or "A small spring forceps used for approximating the edges of a wound, or for temporarily closing an artery during surgery."

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th3_on3
Jun 13, 2007, 01:16 PM
It reminds me of the movie Akeelah and the Bee. The kid wasn't exactly home-schooled but she was just determined and good.