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THREE TIMES A WINNER
North Davie Student Top Speller In The County
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The winners from each school receive certificates at the conclusion of the spelling bee.
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By Beth Cassidy
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Participants in the Davie County Spelling Bee were reminded last week, “You are not alone,” but Superintendent Dr. Robert Landry wasn’t talking about aliens or higher powers or even parents with web cams.
He was letting the nine contenders know every time a word was called out to them, those in the audience in Central Davie Education Center’s boardroom would be trying to spell the word, silently, but right along with them.
And in the end, the audience listened to, and probably spelled to themselves, the two words Ellen Tutterow spelled to win the Bee, fastidious and protocol.
It was Tutterow’s fifth year participating in the Bee, which is part of the Scripps National and Winston-Salem Regional Spelling Bees. Tutterow won the Bees in 2007 and 2009 and placed second in 2008. As this year’s winner, she will again advance to regionals March 14 in Winston-Salem.
Facilitator Danny Cartner reminded the spellers of the rules and let them know there were new rule changes. Just before the ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 4639, Salisbury, N.C. 28145.
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