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Dorky's the new cool for spellers

Good Luck Kira | 8:10 a.m. May 26, 2009

You make all of San Juan proud!!

This is a very fascinating story | 4:36 a.m. May 27, 2009

Robert Just I remember winning several Braille reading contests as well.

utahjude | 6:15 a.m. May 27, 2009

I wish more kids from Utah could compete, but major Utah newspapers no longer sponsor the event. The entry fee is several thousand dollars, so many school districts cannot afford it.

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Pmom | 6:39 p.m. May 27, 2009

Utah Jude: The registration fee is $100 for each school that wishes to enter. Given the benefits for all the spellers at each school, this doesn't seem too steep. What does each school spend on kickballs?

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Jacquelyn Martin, Associated Press

From left, Yulkendy Valdez, 14, of St. Louis, Mo., Shyamala Ramakrishna, 13, of Montgomery, N.J., Brittany Hamling, 12, of Crystal Lake, Ill., Eesha Ramanujam, 12, of Ocean Township, N.J., and Paige Vasseur, 13, of Los Angeles, pick a song to sing karaoke together, at the annual picnic for the Scripps National Spelling Bee participants, in McLean, Va. on Monday.

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