2 weeks Ago By Heath Harrison
Lawrence Countians take top 2 spots in regional beeFor the second consecutive year, Lawrence County will have a student headed to the nation’s top spelling competition.Joseph Keffer, 10, a fifth grader at Chesapeake Middle School, won the regional spelling bee in Athens on March 1 and, as a result, is now headed to the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which will take place in Washington, D.C.
in MayKeffer, who won the Lawrence County Spelling Bee in December, faced off with 12 other spellers from seven counties in Athens and will now represent southeast Ohio in the national event.Keffer will make the trip to the nation’s capital one year after another Lawrence Countian did so.Last year, Meredith Dunlap, of Fairland Middle School, won at the regional bee and competed at the national level.
Dunlap also competed in this year’s regional bee, coming in second place to Keffer. She was also the second place winner in the county bee in December.Prior to Dunlap and Keffer qualifying for their national bees, the last student from the county to compete at that level was Felicity Jenkins, of Symmes Valley, who did so in 2010.
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