Stithem is county’s Spelling Bee Champion

Wed, 02/03/2021 - 08:06

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GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS who represented Stockton at the Rooks County Spelling Bee, held in Palco on Friday, January 29thPE. Pictured are (from left): Pierce Gray, Rooks County Spelling Bee Champion Bodye Stithem, Cheyenne Hoeting and Jalia Creighton. The Kansas State Spelling Bee is tentatively scheduled for March.

Stockton Grade School eighth-grade student Bodye Stithem was crowned the Rooks County Spelling Bee Champion on Friday, January 29th at Palco Grade School. Bodye won by correctly spelling the word, “knickerbockers” after going head-to-head against second-place finisher Cayden Klein from Sacred Heart…

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