"POSSE' MEMBER CAPTURES SPELLING BEE; GARRETT BIEDERMANN, OF LYSANDER, WINS ON "APOPLEXY,' WILL GO TO NATIONAL CONTEST.(Local)

From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: March 28, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Jennifer Jacobs Staff writer

In the practice round, one speller missed on "news."

That tells you the pressure these 36 youths were feeling.

The best spellers from public, private and home schools in five counties in Central New York competed Saturday in the oral finals of The Post-Standard/WCNY Spelling Bee.

During a short break just before the live television broadcast, Ross Bowsher, 13, sat down with his parents, and his mom so...

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