Spelling participants picnic together
May 25, 2009 | 6:03 p.m. CDT
From second to left, Luxi Peng, 12, of Albany, N.Y.; Lauren Kirk, 14, of Bloomington, Ind.; and Michael Whalon, 14, of Richmond, Va., spend time together at the annual picnic Monday for the Scripps National Spelling Bee participants in McLean, Va.
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