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County’s best spellers will face off for the chance to go to Washington, D.C. LISBON — The 2015 Columbiana County Spelling Bee kicks off at 6:30 p.m. March 11 at Lisbon David Anderson High School auditorium. Kent State University English Professor Matthew Stewart will be the pronouncer for 47 of the best spellers in Columbiana County. Student representatives from all 11 school districts, and two parochial schools will vie for the chance to represent the county in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., beginning Memorial Day weekend. The three newspapers in Columbiana County sponsor the Bee providing local prizes and also the trip to the National Spelling Bee for the winner and one adult chaperone. Bee Week begins on May 24 and concludes on May 30 and includes a combination of national spelling bee rounds, banquets and sightseeing. This year is the 56th annual Columbiana County Spelling Bee. The 2015 Bee participant include 13 eighth-graders, 13 seventhgraders, 12 sixth-graders, and nine fifth-graders. Ten of the participants in this year’s Bee are returning for at least the second time and one is
returning for the fourth time in hopes of winning and competing in the National Bee in Washington, D.C. Students making it to the county spelling bee must place in their local school district’s spelling bee. The number of students from each district is determined by the percentage of the total district student population. Students participating in the Columbiana County Spelling Bee are provided with the 1150-word “Spell-It” Tricks and Tips for Spelling Bee Success. This book is the official list of study words for spelling champions and is compiled by Scripps and Merriam-Webster. Practice words are divided into sections by their language of origin and the book includes both basic study lists and special challenge words. Last year, Stewart pronounced 297 words in 57 rounds at the Columbiana County Spelling Bee. The champion was two-time winner, Sasha Davis, an eighth-grader from Leetonia schools. Sasha correctly spelled “deluded” and “reductive” after competing in 56 rounds of words, 30 of which were comprised of the top three spellers, to win the county spelling bee.
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Thirteen-year-old Lisbon students Angel Dunn and Mackenzie Brown (shown left) duel for first and second place. At the right, 12-year-old Amelia Montgomery of Columbiana and 10year-old Ryan Emch of New Waterford compete for first place in the Crestview spelling bee.
Rules which provide guidelines for the judges, pronouncer, and the spellers for the competition this year are very similar to those from previous years. The bee winner must always spell a word correctly in a competitive round and then spell another word correctly in the next round in which he/she is the only participant. The Columbiana County Educa-
tional Service Center co-sponsors the Bee, along with the Morning Journal, the Salem News and The Review. Columbiana County Educational Service Center officials include supervisors: Yvonne Lipinsky, spelling bee coordinator; Sheri Bobeck, Danielle Dillon, Alaina Kilpatrick, Kim Mayer, Cindi Madej and Marie Williams. County library directors serving
as judges are Carol Cobbs, Melissa Percic and Lisa Rohrbaugh, along with Appeals Judge Brad Stephens. The Ohio Lottery annually pays the registrations for each participating school district. Newspaper publishers include Larry Dorschner of the Morning Journal; Tammie McIntosh of The Review and Beth Volosin of the Salem News.
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Rules for the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee 1. Eligibility: A speller qualifying for the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee near Washington, D.C. must meet these requirements: (1) The speller must not have won a Scripps National Spelling Bee championship near Washington, D.C. (2) The speller must attend a school that is officially enrolled with the Scripps National Spelling Bee. (3) The speller must not have passed beyond the eighth grade on or before February 1, 2015. (4) The speller must not have repeated any grade for the purpose of extending spelling bee eligibility. If the speller has repeated any grade, the speller must notify the Scripps National Spelling Bee of the circumstances of grade repetition by March 31, 2015; and the Scripps National Spelling Bee will, at its sole discretion, determine the speller’s eligibility status on or before April 30, 2015. (5) The speller—or the speller’s parent, legal guardian, or school official
acting on the speller’s behalf—must not have declared to another entity an academic classification higher than eighth grade for any purpose, including high school graduation equivalency or proficiency examinations and/or examinations such as the PSAT, SAT, or ACT. (6) The speller must not have earned the legal equivalent of a high school diploma. (7) The speller must not have completed or have been enrolled in more than six high school-level courses or two college-level courses on or before April 30, 2015. (8) The speller must not eschew normal school activity to study for spelling bees. The Scripps National Spelling Bee defines normal school activity as adherence to at least four courses of study other than language arts, spelling, Latin, Greek, vocabulary, and etymology for at least four hours per weekday for 34 of the 38 weeks between August 25, 2014, and May 16, 2015. (9) The speller must not
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have reached his/her 15th birthday on or before August 31, 2014. (10) The speller must have been declared a cham-
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participation in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. (11) Once having been National Spelling Bee’s school self-sponsorship pro- disqualified at any level of a gram has received final See RULES, Page 4 approval by the Scripps
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sponsor’s spelling bee program between June 2014 and April 2015, the speller remains disqualified for the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee and may not seek advancement in the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee program through another sponsor and/or enrollment in another school. (12) The speller, upon qualifying for the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee near Washington, D.C., must submit a completed Champion Bio Form, a Certification of Eligibility Form, a signed Appearance Consent and Release Form and a photo to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The speller will notify the Bee — at least 24 hours prior to the first day of competition in the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. — if any of the statements made on the Certification of Eligibility Form are no longer true or require updating. The speller’s sponsor will provide access to the necessary forms. (13) The speller must not have any first-, second- or third-degree relatives (i.e.
sibling, parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, half-sibling, first cousin or great grandparent) who are current employees of The E.W. Scripps Company. The Scripps National Spelling Bee may disqualify prior to or during competition any speller who is not in compliance with any of its eligibility requirements; and it may — at any time between the conclusion of the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee and April 30, 2016 —require any speller who is found to have not been in compliance with any of the eligibility requirements to forfeit the prizes, rank, and other benefits accorded to the speller as a result of participation in the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee. 2. Format: The spelling bee is conducted in rounds. Each speller remaining in the spelling bee at the start of a round spells one word or answers one vocabulary question in each round — except in the case of a written, multiple choice, or online test. The spelling bee may be conducted orally or in writing or in a manner that
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lists are entries in Webster’s Third New International Dictionary and its addenda section, copyright 2002, Merriam-Webster, the official dictionary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
3. Word list: Local spelling bee officials are responsible for selecting the word lists for use at each local spelling bee. Many local spelling bee officials use word lists generated by the Scripps National Spelling Bee. These lists include many words that appear in the current edition of Spell It! as well as some “end-of-bee” words. All words on Scripps National Spelling Bee word
4. Special needs: Spelling bee officials will strive to provide accommodation for spellers who have physical challenges. All requests for spelling bee officials to accommodate special needs involving sight, hearing, speech, or movement should be directed to spelling bee officials well in advance of the spelling bee date. The judges have discretionary power to amend oral and/or
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written spelling requirements on a case-by-case basis for spellers with diagnosed medical conditions involving sight, hearing, speech, or movement. 5. Pronouncer’s role: The pronouncer strives to pronounce words according to the diacritical markings in Scripps National Spelling Bee word lists. In Oral Spelling Rounds Homonyms: If a word has one or more homonyms, the pronouncer indicates which word is to be spelled by defining the word. Speller’s requests: The pronouncer responds to the
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speller’s requests for a definition, sentence, part of speech, language(s) of origin, and alternate pronunciation(s). When presented with requests for alternate pronunciations, the pronouncer or an aide to the pronouncer checks for alternate pronunciations in either Webster’s Third New International Dictionary and its addenda section, copyright 2002, Merriam-Webster or MerriamWebster’s Collegiate Dictionary, eleventh edition. The pronouncer does not entertain root word questions, requests for alternate definitions, or requests for markedSee RULES, Page 5
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impossible to detect a misunderstanding until an error has been made. The judges are not responsible for the speller’s misunderstanding. Pronouncer errors: The judges compare the pronouncer’s pronunciation with the diacritical markings in the word list. If the judges feel that the pronouncer’s pronunciation does not match the pronunciation specified in the diacritical markings, the judges direct the pronouncer to correct the error as soon as it is detected. Disqualifications for reasons other than error: The judges will disqualify a speller (1) who refuses a request to start spelling or to
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provide an answer to a vocabulary question; (2) who does not approach the microphone when it is time to receive the word or question; (3) who does not comply with the eligibility requirements; (4) who engages in unsportsmanlike conduct; (5) who, in the process of retracing a spelling, alters the letters or sequence of letters from those first uttered; (6) who, in the process of spelling, utters unintelligible or nonsense sounds; or (7) who, in the process of providing an answer in an oral vocabulary round, provides a blend of correct and incorrect information (For example: If in answering the question,
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“What is porridge made from? A. fur, or B. grain,” the speller provides as an answer either “A. grain” or “B. fur.”). Speller activities that do not merit disqualification: The judges may not disqualify a speller (1) for failing to pronounce the word either before or after spelling it, (2) for asking a question, or (3) for noting or failing to note the capitalization of a word, the presence of a diacritical mark, the presence of a hyphen or other form of punctuation, or spacing between words in an open compound. See RULES, Page 6
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7. Speller’s role: In a spelling round, the speller makes an effort to face the judges and pronounce the word for the judges before spelling it and after spelling it. The speller while facing the judges makes an effort to utter each letter distinctly and with sufficient volume to be understood by the judges. The speller may ask the pronouncer to say the word again, define it, use it in a sentence, provide the part of speech, provide the language(s) of origin, and/or provide an alternate pronunciation or pronunciations. Misunderstandings: The speller is responsible for any misunderstanding of the word unless (1) the pronouncer never provided a correct pronunciation; (2) the pronouncer provided incorrect information regarding the definition, part of speech, or language of origin; or (3) the speller correctly spelled a homonym of the word and the pronouncer failed to either offer a definition or distinguish the homonyms. In an oral vocabulary round, a speller may answer the question by providing (1) the letter associated with the chosen answer, (2) the chosen answer or (3) both. If the correct answer is identified by (1) associated letter alone or (2) by answer alone or (3) by both correct letter and correct answer, the speller is correct. For example: If the speller is offered the question, “What is porridge made from? A. fur, or B. grain,” each of the following methods of answering is correct: “B,” “grain,” or “B. grain.” 8. Correction of a misspelling: The proSee RULES, Page 7
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nouncer and judges will not ask the round, all remain in the competition and speller to correct another speller’s mis- a new spelling round begins. spelling, even in end-of-bee circumTies: All spellers eliminated in the stances. same round are tied for the same place. After the champion has been deter9. Errors: Upon providing an incor- mined, spelling bee officials may opt to rect spelling of a word or an incorrect conduct tiebreakers (of their own answer to a vocabulary question, the design) if tiebreakers are necessary for speller immediately drops out of the the awarding of prizes or the determinacompetition, except as provided in Rule tion of qualifying spellers for the next 10. level of competition. If only one speller in a round spells 10. End-of-bee procedure: If all correctly or answers a vocabulary quesspellers in a round misspell or answer tion correctly: If only one speller spells vocabulary questions incorrectly: If correctly in a round, a new one-word none of the spellers remaining in the spelling round begins and the speller is spelling bee at the start of a round spells given an opportunity to spell a word on a word correctly or answers a vocabu- the list (anticipated championship lary question correctly during that word). If the speller succeeds in correct-
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rules prescribe that spellers 12, 23, and 37 spell in their original order; so Speller 12 gets the next word on the list even though Speller 12 misspelled the previous word on the list. Round 10 is not complete until all three spellers have spelled. Tip: Spelling bee officials may find it helpful to designate a record keeper or judge to track the progress of FAITH FIGLEY East Palestine spellers throughout the First Place rounds. The record keeper’s information will be helpful in preventing end-of-bee confu- appeal is before the speller affected would have received VERY IMPORTANT: If sion. his/her next word had he/she a speller misspells the antici11. Appeals: The speller’s stayed in the spelling bee; pated championship word in a one-word round: A new parent(s), legal guardian, or however, to minimize disrupspelling round begins with teacher may appeal to the tions to the spelling bee, ALL the spellers who partici- judges for the speller’s rein- every effort should be made pated in the previous round. statement provided that the to deliver an appeal by the These spellers spell in their appeal is in compliance with end of the round in which the the appeal protocol. The speller was eliminated. When original order. Example: In Round 8 judges render a final decision five or fewer spellers remain, there are three spellers. on the appeal in accordance the written appeal requireSpeller 12 spells correctly with the reinstatement proto- ment is suspended, and an oral appeal must be made and Spellers 23 and 37 mis- col. before the speller would have spell. Round 9—a one-word Appeal protocol received his/her next word round—begins, and Speller A written appeal must be had he/she stayed in the 12 is offered the anticipated championship word. Speller hand delivered to the desig- spelling bee. A written 12 misspells the anticipated nated official (usually the appeal must provide the bee speller’s name, the word in championship word. Round spelling 10 begins and includes coordinator/director). The See RULES, Page 10 Spellers 12, 23, and 37. The deadline for delivering an offered the anticipated championship word. Speller 25 correctly spells the anticipated championship word and is declared champion. Example: Two spellers spell in Round 16. Speller 3 spells correctly. Speller 9 misspells. Speller 3 begins Round 17—a one-word round—and is offered the anticipated championship word. Speller 3 correctly spells the anticipated championship word and is declared champion.
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question, and the reason the speller should be reinstated. While the competition is in session, individuals who have filed appeals may not directly approach the judges unless explicit permission to approach the judges has been given. The judges will contact the speller if they decide to reinstate the speller. To minimize disruption to the pace of the spelling bee and the concentration of the spellers, the judges are under no obligation to stop the spelling bee in order to discuss with the speller’s parent(s), legal guardian, or teacher a denied appeal. The judges’ decisions are final and are subject neither to review nor to reversal by the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s head-
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Reinstatement protocol Pronouncer mispronunciation: An appeal claiming that a speller’s elimination from the spelling bee was due to pronunciation error should be denied unless there is agreement that the pronouncer never offered a correct pronunciation. Alternate pronunciations: An appeal claiming that the pronouncer did not offer alternate pronunciations should be denied unless it is determined that the speller requested alternate pronunciations and the pronouncer did not accommodate the speller’s request for alternate pronunciations and it appears that
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Winners of the annual Columbiana County Spelling Bee since its inception are: Susan Shepherd.........................St. Aloysius..............................1960 Gary Barringer......................East Liverpool..............................1961 Malcolm Ogilvie...................East Liverpool..............................1962 Vicki Galchick ....................................Salem..............................1963 Malcolm Ogilvie...................East Liverpool..............................1964 Pamela Brooks................................Leetonia..............................1965 Terry Hawkins..............................Crestview..............................1966 Andrew Bevan......................East Liverpool..............................1967 Beverly Steiner..........................Columbiana..............................1968 Cecelia Wolford......................Beaver Local..............................1969 Deborah Norton.......................United Local..............................1970 Pauline Thomas............................Crestview .......................1971-72 Pamela Smith .....................................United .......................1973-74 Beth Benson ........................................Salem .......................1975-76 Kristi Franklin .....................................Salem..............................1977 Mike Mozina.......................................Salem .......................1978-79 Karen Keslar...........................East Palestine..............................1980 Valerie Bissell..........................United Local..............................1981 David Golden........................East Liverpool .......................1982-83 Ashima Aggarwal.................East Liverpool..............................1984 Sheldon Cosma.............................Crestview..............................1985 Beth Moeller .............................Columbiana..............................1986 Sheldon Cosma.............................Crestview..............................1987 Jeremy Clark ...................................Leetonia..............................1988 Shane Cosma ................................Crestview .......................1989-90 Jaima Hazelton.....................Southern Local .......................1991-92 Kathleen P.B. Smith ...........................Salem..............................1993 Phillip Mallory......................East Liverpool .................1994-95-96 Ian Mallory............................East Liverpool .......................1997-98 Lindsay Gregory .....................Beaver Local..............................1999 Ian Mallory............................East Liverpool..............................2000 Lindsay Willett .........................Columbiana .......................2001-02 Devinne Dietz .........................Beaver Local..............................2003 Tyler Evans .........................................Salem..............................2004 Brian Shivers.......................................Salem..............................2005 R.J. Brush......................................Wellsville..............................2006 Sierra Willoughby...............................Salem..............................2007 Thomas Panek.....................................Salem..............................2008 Mitchel Kessler..................................Lisbon..............................2009 Reha Rabbani ............................St. Aloysius..............................2010 Cade Berg...........................................United..............................2011 Michael Reiner .............................Wellsville..............................2012 Sash Davis.......................................Leetonia .......................2013-14
GRAY BUTA Salem First Place
KELSI BURNS Salem Second Place
BRYCE OWEN Salem Third Place
CAEMON HILL Salem Fourth Place
JACOB MONIGOLD Salem Fifth Place
ALEX MCFARLAND Salem Sixth Place
TAYLOR STEWART Salem First Alternate
ELENA ECONOMOUS Salem Second Alternate
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From left, Austin Miller spells a word during East Palestine’s district bee; Wellsville seventh-grader Alexus Resanovich carefully ponders her word, while sixth grade student Hannah Ketchum thinks hard about her word at the Wellsville Middle School spelling bee; Isabella Hoyt spells her way to an alternate’s spot during Southern Local’s bee.
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cate that the word was indeed spelled correctly. Exception: If the speller’s spelling is listed in Webster’s Third New International Dictionary and its addenda section, Merriam-Webster, copyright 2002, the speller should be reinstated if all of the following three criteria are met: (1) The pronunciations of the words are identical, (2) the definitions of the words are identical, and (3) the words are clearly identified as being standard variants of each other. Spellings at other locations having temporal labels (such as archaic, obsolete), stylistic labels (such as substand, nonstand), or regional labels (such as North, Midland, Irish) which differ from main entry spellings not having these status labels will not be accepted as correct. Speller offered correct spelling, as indicated in a dictionary other than Webster’s Third: An appeal claiming that the speller spelled the word correctly according to a dictionary other than Webster’s Third New International Dictionary and its addenda section, copyright 2002, Merriam-Webster, should be denied. Homonym in a spelling
ELLIE MARHEFKA United First Place
round: An appeal claiming that the speller’s elimination was unfair because the speller’s word is a homonym should be denied unless the pronouncer failed to define the word and the speller correctly spelled a homonym of the word. Homonym in an oral vocabulary round: An appeal claiming that the speller’s elimination was unfair because the speller’s word is a homonym should be denied unless the pronouncer failed to spell the word and the speller identified an answer matching the definition of a homonym of the word.
GARRETT BAILEY United Runner Up
MORGAN URMSON United Runner Up
JOY ZALINGA United Runner Up
TREVOR MCKORMACK United Alternate
ANGEL DUNN Lisbon First Place
MACKENZIE BROWN Lisbon Second Place
JULIA GRIMES Lisbon Second Place
BLAKE REYNOLDS Lisbon Alternate
See RULES, Page 15
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CALI JOING St. Paul First Place
JACOB MCLACHLAN St. Paul Alternate
HANNAH MYERS St. Aloysius
Champion A trip for the Champion and an adult escort to Washington, D.C., for the Scripps National Spelling Bee Week at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland, allexpenses paid. (Gasoline allowance, hotel and meals). Saturday, May 23 through Friday, May 29, 2015. Webster’s Third New International Dictionary A Samuel Louis Sugarman Award Certificate a 2015 United States Mint Proof Set. Donated by Jay Sugarman. A One-year subscription to Britannica Online Premium donated by Encyclopedia Britannica. Trophy
LINSEIGH TALBOTT St. Aloysius
First Runner-Up Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary – Eleventh Edition Trophy Second Runner-Up Trophy Third Runner-Up Trophy
Fun fact AIDEN HOOPER Wellsville First Place
BRIAN WOOD Wellsville Second Place
EMMA SMITH Wellsville Third Place
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Incorrect or unsolicited information: An appeal claiming that the speller’s elimination was unfair because the pronouncer offered incorrect or unsolicited information about the word should be denied unless it is determined that the pronouncer indeed gave factually incorrect information and it appears that the speller’s spelling would have been correct if not for the incorrect or unsolicited information provided by the pronouncer. Bee officials failed to correct a misunderstanding: An appeal claiming that the speller misspelled or incorrectly answered because the judges and/or pronouncer failed to correct the speller’s mispronunciation of the word should be denied. It is sometimes impossible to detect a speller’s mispronunciation or misunderstanding, and ultiMorning Journal/Patti Schaeffer mately it is the responsibility of the speller to understand Crestview spelling bee competitors receive last minute instructions on the procedures of the spelling bee. and correctly pronounce the word. Disqualification request: An appeal seeking to dislodge Tips for spelling superstardom another speller from the 1. For inspiration, watch the movie Akeelah and the Bee on family movie night. spelling bee should be denied. 2. For family game night, conduct an impromptu themed spelling bee. Use a newspaper for a current events bee or a cookbook for a cuisine bee. ——— Information by Scripps National Spelling Bee
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