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Sade reaches Scripps semis
published: Friday | May 30, 2008


The Gleaner's Children's Own Spelling Bee champion Sade Jodi-Ann Dunbar correctly spells her word at the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC, United States, yesterday. She advanced to today's semi-finals. - Photo by Bill Clark

The Gleaner's Children's Own national spelling bee champion Sade Dunbar has advanced to today's semi-finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC, United States.

In the preliminary round yesterday morning, Sade correctly spelled c-o-n-i-f-e-r-o-u-s which means 'cone-bearing'.

She progressed to the quarter-final round with 89 other spellers yesterday afternoon where she overcame her first word a-l-l-i-s-i-o-n which means 'the act of dashing against or striking upon'.

Sade's second word was s-o-l-f-a-t-a-r-a which is 'a volcanic area or vent that yields only hot vapours and sulphurous gases'.

Forty-five spellers remain in the competition from the 288 who entered the competition this year.

Viewers can watch the semi-finals live on ESPN starting at 10 a.m. local time. Internet users can log on to http://public.spellingbee.com/public/results/round_results to follow Sade's progress.

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