Young Valley speller readies for national Bee
POLAND — John Umble has taken to reading the dictionary in recent weeks.
“I have to,” he said, explaining that it’s part of his preparation for the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., May 30 and 31.
It wasn’t something John felt was necessary before winning the 74th Vindicator Regional Spelling Bee in March, but the level of competition is higher now.
He doesn’t think he’ll make it through the entire book before spelling bee day (There are about 147,000 word entries.), but he said he’ll cover “as much as I can.”
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