The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Rules
An unofficial rule is that the first speller to lose sells candy at the bake sale during the snack break.
 * To Participate in the County Spelling Bee, a speller would've had to have won their regional spelling bee (or in Leaf's case, place).
 * A speller may ask questions about the word's pronunciation or definition, it's use in a sentence and it's language of origin.
 * If you start to spell a word, you may start over, but the sequences of letters spoken may not be changed.
 * If you misspell a word, we will ring the bell, and the comfort counselor, Mitch Mahoney, will escort you offstage.

Prize
The Winner of the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee gets a $200 savings bond towards their education (courtesy of the Putnam Optometrists) and gets to participate in the National Spelling Bee. In the 25th Annual, the runner up gets a prize of $25.

Participants

 * Rona Lisa Peretti
 * Douglas Panch
 * Mitch Mahoney
 * Chip Tolentino
 * Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre
 * Leaf Coneybear
 * William Barfée
 * Marcy Park
 * Olive Ostrovsky