Pausing to contemplate

By MATTHEW CAVANAH/Missourian

March 12, 2009 | 9:46 p.m. CDT

Afsah Khan of Gentry Middle School pauses while spelling a word at the Regional Spelling Bee on Thursday night. Afsah finished third out of 56 participants. Elizabeth Platz of Columbia Home Educators won with the proper spelling of "tetrazzini."

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