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Archive Home > 2006 > June > 01 > La Pine student out of spelling bee

La Pine student out of spelling bee

Local contestant makes second round before 'ophryon' trips him up

By Peter Sachs / The Bulletin
June 1, 2006

WASHINGTON - Ty Meek may have had his head in the right place Wednesday, but the ophryon still got the better of him.

Ty was asked to spell the medical term, which means the point on one's forehead between the eyebrows, in the second round of the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington,....

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