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Galion 7th grader captures spelling bee over students from 4 counties
It was a clash of the titans. Arden McCoy, a 7th grader at Galion, and Felix Beeson, an 8th grader at Sacred Heart School in Shelby, squared off for the Mid-Ohio Educational Service Center Spelling Bee championship on Nov. 10 at MOESC after winning their respective bees to qualify. The spelling aces dueled for six more rounds after everyone else had been eliminated before McCoy prevailed with "chaperonage," which means the art, stage or practice of being a chaperone, in the 11th round. McCoy had a chance to win two rounds earlier after Beeson missed on "lackadaisical," but he misspelled "orthographize." In the 10th round, both missed their words to keep the bee going. McCoy correctly spelled "malleable," followed by Beeson slipping up on "quadrilateral," in the 11th round. The Galion student connected on "chaperonage" to end the drama. At first, McCoy seemed thrown off by the championship word, but as he did several times with other words, he worked his way through it. "I just winged it," he said of his approach to the bee, which is usually the tri-county bee with Richland, Crawford and Morrow counties. Spellers from Knox County competed as well this time. McCoy proudly stood
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Revised Powell Village Green conceptual plans draw sharp criticism from residents, again
POWELL — Revised plans for Powell’s Village Green did little to ease the concerns of some residents Thursday night, as a packed City Council chambers erupted in boos and shouts of “You’re not listening!”. The reaction came as Pizzuti Solutions, the consultant hired to lead the...
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Dublin Puts Visitor Dollars Back Into Community Life
A night in a Dublin hotel helps pay for more than a hotel room. Through the city’s lodging tax grant program, part of that visitor spending returns to organizations planning community events and activities. Dublin City Council approved $292,500 for 21 organizations at its November 9 meeting, according to...
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Questions remain on Sunbury Amazon data center
SUNBURY, Ohio (WCMH) — Amazon has been planning to build a data center in Delaware County, but a measure passed in the midterm election could throw a wrench in those plans. “This community, along with other communities, just sent a loud message that we don’t want these large data centers in our community,” Sunbury resident […]
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Eastern Shawnee Chief Glenna Wallace discusses reconnecting her tribe to its Ohio homelands
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Ohio GOP Speaker Eyes Power Curbs as Locals Rage: ‘Nobody Hates the Voters More Than Republicans’
Ohio Republicans are considering changing the balance of power in Columbus before Democrat Amy Acton takes office, and some Ohioans reacting online see something far uglier than routine lame-duck legislating. House Speaker Matt Huffman, R-Lima, confirmed Republicans are gathering possible government reforms after Democrats won the governor’s office and broke...