From Bob Bowser:

On Friday, January 20th, Allendale Elementary School held its annual Spelling Bee.  All of the students had participated in their grade-level Spelling Bee earlier in the month and the top 2 from each grade advanced to the finals.  The winner, in 17 rounds on the word "joggled", was eighth grader Ava Bates.  We ended with a tie for runner-up, with eighth grader Kate Andrews and seventh grader Conner McGinnis.  Congratulations to all of the students who participated in the Spelling Bee.  They did a great job!