All 70 participants in the 75th annual Vindicator Regional Spelling Bee, set for 9 a.m. Saturday at

All 70 participants in the 75th annual Vindicator Regional Spelling Bee, set for 9 a.m. Saturday at Youngstown State University, will receive a Merriam-Webster Eleventh Edition Collegiate Dictionary, a Bee T-shirt, a school champion certificate and other mementos. The three finishers will also receive:

GRAND CHAMPION

All-expense paid trip from The Vindicator for the speller and one adult to Washington, D.C., for the Scripps Bee in late May.

A first-place trophy and a grand champion certificate.

A $100 U.S. Savings Bond from the Rotary Club of Youngstown.

A watch from Smith & Company Jewelry Store.

A $100 U.S. Savings Bond from the Downtown Kiwanis Club.

A copy of “These Hundred Years — A Chronicle of the Twentieth Century” from The Vindicator.

The Samuel Louis Sugarman Award of a $100 U.S. Savings Bond.

Webster’s Third New International Dictionary from Merriam-Webster.

A one-year subscription for a Britannica Online Student Edition from Encyclopedia Britannica.

A floral arrangement from Burkland Flowers.

RUNNER-UP

A second-place trophy and certificate.

A $50 U.S. Savings Bond from the Downtown Kiwanis Club.

A $20 Amazon.com gift certificate from Scripps.

A one-year subscription for a Britannica Online Student Edition from Encyclopedia Britannica.

A copy of “These Hundred Years — A Chronicle of the Twentieth Century” from The Vindicator.

THIRD PLACE

A trophy and a third-place certificate.

A $20 Amazon.com gift certificate from Scripps.

A one-year subscription for a Britannica Online Student Edition from Encyclopedia Britannica.

A copy of “These Hundred Years — A Chronicle of the Twentieth Century” from The Vindicator.

Source: The Vindicator