Congratulations Olatheans!

[mcsteff]

Hey Betty Hiner
We have a winner - Kayva from Olathe just won the Scripps-Howard Spelling Bee. You grow them smart down there. Way to Go! First winner ever from Kansas.
mcsteff

[Quill gordon]

I was very impressed with the entire 12 finalists.
I thought the event would go on all night. I picked her to win because she seemed so poised and mature for her age.
At last ABC had something on TV I could actually enjoy watching !
http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,7349,00.html

[Bluegill222]

Pretty cool, eh? I'm just a couple miles down the road in Spring Hill, so we're pretty buzzed about the Bee, too!

[jiggin]

Second winner from kansas the last won was in 1978.

[mcsteff]

My bad ... I should know better then to quote a journalist. Actually there have been three other winners from Kansas:
1958 Jolitta Schlehuber, Topeka Daily Capital (Kansas)
1968 Robert L. Walters, The Topeka Daily Capital (Kansas)
1978 Peg McCarthy, The Topeka Capital-Journal (Kansas)
Congrats to all

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