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Mia Smith wins spelling bee

Published 4:28 pm Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Mia Smith (on left) and Darby Wright (on right) were the final two contestants in the spelling bee
Mia Smith (on left) and Darby Wright (on right) were the final two contestants in the spelling bee

The Orcas Schools’ annual Spelling Bee in the public school cafeteria at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19. All but three students had been eliminated by 9:45 a.m.

By 10 a.m. it was down to two, Mia Smith of Orcas Middle School and Darby Wright of Orcas Christian School. Smith and Wright alternated spelling, and misspelling, words for nearly an hour until there was only one winner. Smith took home the prize for best speller by correctly spelling “acetone,” taking home a Samsung tablet as reward.

 

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