Clinton Speller's Spirits Highdespite Early Exit From Bee
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL › May 31, 2007
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Melinda Mathews didn't seem to mind being eliminated after the second round of the 80th Scripps National Spelling Bee on Wednesday.
In fact, the 12-year-old sixth-grader from Clinton Junior High School seemed to be enjoying watching the rest of the day's competition from the audience rather than being under the bright lights at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington, D.C.See the full content of this document
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Clinton Speller's Spirits Highdespite Early Exit From Bee
"It's fun to guess the words and spell the words everyone misses," Mathews said. "I don't have to be up there."
Melinda corre...See the full content of this document
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