Oklahoma State Spelling Bee Champ!
...Yes, I spelled 15 words correctly to overcome some very good Senior Adult spellers at the Oklahoma State Senior Spelling Bee last Wednesday morning. There were 19 spellers who qualified by winning their respective regional spelling bees. Ages ranged from mine at 60 to 96.
...Here is just a sample of the words given: eisegesis, funipendulous, pulchritudinous, vivification, equinoctial, scarabaeiform, afflatus, solstitial, and many other interesting words taken from Webster's Third International Dictionary and Addendum.
...Second place was earned by the lady who has won five of these Bees in the past 10 years, Martha Gallaspy.
...I received a nice trophy, blue ribbon, and several knickknacks with the bumblebee logo for spelling bees.