‘Pastime’ winning word for EL speller
Spellers, from left, Kaleb Pickens of Lisbon, eighth grade, Shelby Rupert of Crestview, seventh grade, and Conner Higgins of United, fifth grade, await their turn at the 51st Annual Columbiana County Spelling Bee in Lisbon Tuesday night. (Salem News photo by Patti Schaeffer)
LISBON — “Pastime” may not be the right word to describe time spent studying, but spelling it correctly certainly paid off for St. Aloysius seventh-grader Reha Rabbani, the new Columbiana County Spelling Bee champion. The 12-year-old from East Liverpool won the right to represent the county in the 83rd Scripps National Spelling Bee from June 2-4 in Washington, D.C. by correctly spelling the word defined as “a way of spending spare time pleasantly” in the ninth round of the 51st annual county bee Tuesday night at Lisbon David Anderson High School auditorium. “I feel excited,” Reha said about going to the national bee. Reha was the alternate for St. Aloysius last year to her brother, Qinwan, who went on to win second place in the county bee. This year they changed places and she went on to win first place, winning a trophy for herself and the traveling trophy for their school.
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