ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, March 21, 1996 TAG: 9603220009
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: N8 EDITION: METRO
Sixty-one Roanoke Valley students will be among the participants in Saturday's regional spelling bee for Southwest Virginia.
The spelling bee, sponsored by The Roanoke Times, will be held at 9 a.m. at the Roanoke Airport Sheraton Inn. The participants won in classroom and school competitions to reach the regional, and the winner will go to the National Scripps Howard Bee in Washington, D.C.
Botetourt County participants and their schools are: Victor Dooley, Botetourt Intermediate; Amanda McDermott, Breckinridge Elementary; Kristen Kemp, Buchanan Elementary; Jason Matthew Harris, Cloverdale Elementary; Tim Staley, Colonial Elementary; Emily VanNess, Eagle Rock Elementary; and Amanda Leigh Floyd, Troutville Elementary.
Craig County spellers are: Emily Renee Abbott, Craig County Middle; and Jeremy Dale Bradley, McCleary Elementary.
The independent division winners are: Katie Hunt, Home Educators of Rainbow Forest; Aaron Weisberg, North Cross; and Nicholas Sprague, Roanoke Catholic.
Roanoke winners are: Dante Lavender, Northwest Academy for Mathematics and Science; Brandon Morgan, Lucy Addison Middle; Reaco Hilton, Noel Tayor Learning Academy; Megan Meador, Breckinridge Middle; Matthew Bagby, Crystal Spring Elementary; Francesca Cunningham, Fairview Elementary; Sean Myers, Fallon Park Elementary; Coles Jennings, Fishburn Park Elementary; Jane Walker, Ruffner Middle; Tonia Lyn Smith, Forest Park Elementary; Christopher Stump, Garden City Elementary; Ross Agee, Grandin Court Elementary; Jacob Bannister, Highland Park Elementary; Amy Nicole Wheeling, Huff Lane Intermediate; Eric Nyman, Hurt Part Elementary; Danielle Silvester, Lincoln Terrace Elementary; Tedon Jean McAdoo, James Madison Middle; Kristi Emmons, Monterey Elementary; Amber Marie Derner, Morningside Elementary; Joshua Reed, Oakland Intermediate; Will Moore, Raleigh Court Elementary; Sara Mitchell, Virginia Heights Elementary; Sara Boyd, Wasena Elementary; Teace Calloway, Westside Elementary; and Sarah Lawson, Woodrow Wilson Middle.
Roanoke County winners are: Jillian Kilcullen, Back Creek Elementary; Jesse Preston James McGrath, Bent Mountain Elementary; Dale Miller, Burlington Elementary; Erin M. Tainer, Cave Spring Elementary; Matthew Johnson, Cave Spring Junior; Chase Chewing, Clearbrook Elementary; William Christopher Thomsen Jr., Fort Lewis Elementary; Matthew Folks, Glen Cove Elementary; Kim Littreal, Glenvar Elementary; Sarah E. Hodges, Glenvar High; KumKum Sarkar, Green Valley Elementary; Rusty McGough, Herman L. Horn Elementary; Amanda Prettyman, Hidden Valley Junior; Jesse Cook, Mason's Cove Elementary; David Long, Mountain View Elementary; Elisabeth Miller, Northside Middle; Christie Cordero, Oak Grove Elementary; Hugh F. (Trey) Dalton, Penn Forest Elementary; Amber Nichelle Johnson, W. E. Cundiff Elementary; Aaron Stephen Layman, WIlliam Byrd Middle; Scott (Rudie) Young, Roland E. Cook Elementary; and Laura Orsinger, Mount Pleasant Elementary.
Salem winners are: Kimberly Hamilton, Andrew Lewis Middle; Jacob Davidson, East Salem Elementary; Kayleigh Wheeling, G. W. Carver Elementary; Katie Schweitzer, South Salem Elementary; and Nizar Barghouty, West Salem Elementary.
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