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Salena Petluri, a Sidney West Elementary School fifth grader, won the Cheyenne County Spelling Bee Wednesday afternoon. She will be moving on to the Midwest Spelling Bee at the Creighton University Harper Center on March 9. In attendance at the bee to cheer her on were Petluri’s proud parents, Kotiswamy and Vije Petluri as well as her younger sister.
Sidney West Elementary School fifth grade student Salena Petluri came out on top once again at the Cheyenne County Spelling Bee held at West Elementary.
Petluri beat out 23 other contestants and not only correctly completed her word (renegade) in the fifth round but also spelled the championship word, Olympian, correctly and confidently.
Two rows of boys and girls sat patiently waiting to see who would be victorious in a war of words Wednesday afternoon with an audience consisted of parents, teachers and those who just like a good show.
The first round started off with difficulty. Stoic, knaps...
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