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Fourth Grader Wins District 15, Regional Spelling Bees
Aamani Paturi, a 9-year-old fourth grader at Marion Jordan School,
was the winner of the North Cook 2004 Suburban Cook County Spelling
Bee, a regional competition held on Feb. 23. Aamani will now
advance to the state contest, scheduled for March 16 at Benedictine
College, competing against two other regional winners. The winner
of the state competition will compete in the national spelling bee
in Washington, D.C.
To win the regional meet, Aamani successfully spelled “accomplice,” “ubiquitous,” and “lackadaisical.”
She qualified to represent District 15 in the regional meet by winning the district spelling bee held Feb. 4.
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