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Jason Nelson, left, Allen County ambulance director, visits with Scott McNutt, Savonburg volunteer department fire chief. Nelson arranged an event Saturday to give the firefighters information about EagleMed and its capabilities.

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Wicoff falls short at Sunflower bee

GREAT BEND — Clara Wicoff, sixth-grader at Iola Middle School, was eliminated in the third round Saturday at the Sunflower Spelling Bee at Barton Community College.
Wicoff, daughter of Iolans Joel and Lisa Wicoff, correctly spelled “interrupt” and “biblical” before being eliminated with “beauteous.”
Three spellers lasted to round eight of the bee. Matthew Wegner, a seventh-grader from Service Valley Charter Academy in Labette County, correctly spelled “viscidity” and then “meloplasty” to take the crown.
Ryan Crist from Sedgwick County was second. Isaac Nichols of Cowley County finished third.
Wegner will advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., in June.

User Comments

  • Complaint

    "Clara Wicoff made it to the state spelling bee and all you can do is say that she fell short. She got a word that she didn't know, so you should've said something about her making it to the spelling bee instead of that she "fell short." There is a nicer way of saying that she got out besides that. She already felt bad about not making it without making her feel even more guilty."

    Posted by emily mckarnin on Mar. 15, 2010

  • Mother

    "Not short in our eyes, Clara! Just one you hadn't seen. Love you!"

    Posted by Lisa Wicoff on Mar. 15, 2010

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