A laugh before a spell
March 12, 2009 | 9:36 p.m. CDT
Prerna Srinivasan of West Junior High School laughs before spelling her competition word at the Regional Spelling Bee on Thursday. Fifty-six students participated in the spelling bee. Elizabeth Platz, a seventh-grader at Columbia Home Educators, took first place with her correct spelling of "tetrazzini."
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