For the second time, the second and championship rounds of the county spelling bee have been postponed.
A date and time for the rescheduled bee has yet to be determined as of this morning.The seventh- and eighth-grade spelling bee was scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Warsaw Community HIgh School Performing Arts Center. After that round, the winner was to take on elementary school champion Anna Bearss of Washington Elementary School. Bearss won the fifth- and sixth-grade spelling bee Feb. 4.
Five middle school students will compete for the middle school title, including Tim Ahlersmeyer of Edgewood Middle School; Anne Ondrla, HELPS Home School; Henry Robison, Lakeview Middle School; Alexis LeCount, Milford School; and Allison Sheerer, Wawasee Middle School.
There were 16 students who competed in the Feb. 4 elementary school spelling bee. Runnerup was Matthew Grothouse, Sacred Heart Elementary School.
The county winner will move on to the Area Spelling Bee at the Anthis Career Center, Fort Wayne, on March 15. The winner of the Area Spelling Bee then will represent northeast Indiana at the Annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
