DEATH OF UD PROFESSOR ROBS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE OF ITS VOICE

Dayton Daily News;  February 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Heart attack silences voice of National Spelling Bee Any spelling bee contestant can tell you: The pronouncer is the spelling bee. In measured, perfectly enunciated tones, he doles out your deliverance or defeat. His authoritative but melodious...

EUROPEAN PTA SPELLING BEE CONTESTANT HEADS TO NATION'S CAPITAL

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 7, 2007 ;     532 words ......the annual National Scripps-Howard Spelling Bee on May 30 - 31. Rachel is the daughter...Michael and Lisa Money. The National Spelling Bee is sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Foundation. In Europe, the Spelling Bee is sponsored as a collaborative...

COLUMN: Spelling bee makes for prime TV viewing

University Wire;  June 5, 2006 ;     607 words ......experience when the Scripps National Spelling Bee final is aired tonight live on primetime...ABC's decision to broadcast the National Spelling Bee is something worth tuning in to. It...movie Akeelah & The Bee. This latter spelling bee-themed movie traces the path of an 11-year...

SPELLING BEE NOT JUST FOR NERDS ANYMORE.(News)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  May 31, 2006 ;     467 words ...Suddenly, spelling bee tension is everywhere. In a Frosted...perhaps the biggest sign that the spelling bee has grown larger than life and isn...on ABC. The 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee promises to be reality TV at its...

A pleasant, interactive 'Spelling Bee'.

Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  September 22, 2006 ;     700 words ......cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee sings in a number called Pandemonium...Wednesday at the Hippodrome Theatre, where Spelling Bee launched the subscription season as...repaired, Jennifer Simard, who plays the spelling bee host, taught the audience a Putnam Valley...

Inspiration plus perspiration: Jody-Anne Maxwell, 1998 National Spelling...

Child Life;  September 1, 1998 ;     624 words ......competition at the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. All the other spellers had been eliminated...still had to spell one more word. The spelling bee official read the word, and then the...hours of studying paid off. She won the spelling bee in her school parish (similar to a ...

N.J. Girl Wins 1st Prime-Time Spelling Bee

AP Online;  June 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ......reacts to winning the 2006 National Spelling Bee, Thursday, June 1, 2006, in Washington...Jackson) The winner of the first national spelling bee on prime-time network television didn...language _ to claim the Scripps National Spelling Bee title. She is the first girl to take...

'Spelling Bee' a prize-winner Charming, novel musical Berkshires workshop...

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  October 5, 2006 ;     595 words ......hopes of six nerdy kids at a regional spelling bee might make perfect subjects for singing...world of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," where growing pains are the stuff...indefinite run. In truth, you might think of "Spelling Bee" as a miniature version of "A Chorus...

Rialto spelling bee winners announced

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin;  March 6, 2008 ;     346 words ......School District held its third annual spelling bee recently for grades six through nine...district's director of literacy and the spelling bee's coordinator. "That tells us that we have some great spellers," he said. The spelling bee was held Feb. 20 at Eisenhower High...

RELAX IS THE KEY WORD AT SPELLING BEE WARM-UP.(News)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  May 28, 1997 ;     272 words ......Tuesday for the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee Championship, the 13-year-old Glendale...nation's capital. ``It's like a regular spelling bee but laid back,'' said Amit Talele, a national spelling bee spokesman, who said the exercise relaxes...

'Spelling Bee' to play Palace April 24-29

Call & Post;  April 11, 2007 ;     700+ words ......comedy "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" will be presented at the Palace Theatre April 24-29. "Spelling Bee" is the hilarious story of six young...This show has caught on to the spelling bee wave that has caught the country...

Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee Pronouncer, Dr. Alex J. Cameron, Dies...

PR Newswire;  February 25, 2003 ;     602 words ......face of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee, was found dead Monday from apparent...serve his 23rd consecutive year as the spelling bee's pronouncer. He had returned home to Kettering on Sunday after attending a Spelling Bee word panel meeting that was held in...

Honey of a Spelling Bee Website Starts Buzzing

PR Newswire;  May 19, 1997 ;     378 words ......Publicize '1997 Parents of Champions Spelling Bee' in Conjunction With the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee Competition SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May...Headquarters on Merriam-Webster's Spelling Bee Site which has gone live at http...

SPELLING BEE ENTRY DEADLINE IS NOV. 30.(Neighbors Cayuga)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  November 7, 2002 ;     193 words ......Staff writer The non-profit New York Spelling Bee Association Inc. is looking for children...eight to compete in its 15th annual spelling bee at Weedsport High School April 26. There...All registered contestants receive a spelling bee booklet for their grade on or about...

SPELLING BEE SET FOR APRIL.(Neighbors Cayuga)

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  October 3, 2002 ;     196 words ......good speller? The non-profit New York Spelling Bee Association Inc. is looking for children...eight to compete in its 15th annual spelling bee at Weedsport High School April 26. There...All registered contestants receive a spelling bee booklet for their grade on or about...