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Seventh-grader wins North Idaho’s regional spelling bee

Canfield Middle School student Kendall Foster, of Hayden, is the winner of the 12th annual North Idaho Regional Spelling Bee.

Foster out-spelled 43 other fourth- through eighth-graders from five northern counties.

The seventh-grader's trip to the 2015 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 24-30 near Washington, D.C., will be paid for by event sponsor Hagadone Newspapers.

“It was evident that this year’s participants had spent a lot of time studying and were ready to compete,” said North Idaho Regional Spelling Bee Coordinator Mindy Patterson.

This year’s spelling bee went on for 13 rounds. The winning word was "yamen."

The event was sponsored by Hagadone Newspapers and coordinated/hosted by NIC.



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