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Berg Wins BES Spelling Bee

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By Rich Bauer, Managing Editor

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 1:55 pm

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Stephen Berg, in the first photo, won the spelling bee at Brownstown Elementary School on Friday, earning the right to advance to the district bee in Mulberry Grove.

In the second photo, Sierra Orechovesky thinks hard before spelling a word. In the third photo are all of the finalists for the BES spelling bee; from left to right are Berg, Orechovesky, Amber Sarchet, Kyzara Hissong, Makenzie Walk and Bryton Pruett.

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