Local Students To Compete In 66th Annual Regional Spelling Bee Saturday
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FORT WAYNE – Fifteen county spelling bee champions from northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio will compete at the 66th Annual Journal Gazette Regional Spelling Bee presented by STAR Financial Bank on Saturday at Purdue University Fort Wayne’s Rhinehart Music Center.
Spelling will begin at 10 a.m. in the Rhinehart Recital Hall.
The winner of the Regional Spelling Bee will represent The Journal Gazette and STAR Financial Bank at the 93rd Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. in May. The winner will also receive a one-year subscription to Merriam-Webster Unabridged Online, The Samuel Louis Sugarman Award and a one-year subscription to Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Premium.
The 2020 local competitors are: Titiksha Gorhe, representing Kosciusko County, a 12-year-old sixth-grader from Lincoln Elementary School; and Joshua Steely, Wabash, a 13-year-old eighth-grader from Manchester Jr.-Sr. High School.
The bee can be expected to end between 11:30 a.m. to noon. The number of rounds will determine the length of the bee.
