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2025 County Spelling Bee set for Saturday

The 2024 Barton County Spelling Bee winner was eighth grader Jasper Pawlowski from Hoisington Middle School. The winning word that he had to spell correctly was “subsequent,” which Pawlowski said was “ a pretty easy word.” The runner-up was sixth-grader Kamben Burkey, also from Hoisington Middle School. Pictured in this photo from Feb. 10, 2024, from left: Kiwanis member Dan Soeken, Pawlowski, Burkey and Kiwanis member Jay Luerman. This year’s bee is set for 9 a.m. Saturday at Great Bend High School.

2024 spelling bee champs — The 2024 Barton County Spelling Bee winner was eighth grader Jasper Pawlowski from Hoisington Middle School. The winning word that he had to spell correctly was “subsequent,” which Pawlowski said was “ a pretty easy word.” The runner-up was sixth-grader Kamben Burkey, also from Hoisington Middle School. Pictured in this photo from Feb. 10, 2024, from left: Kiwanis member Dan Soeken, Pawlowski, Burkey and Kiwanis member Jay Luerman. This year’s bee is set for 9 a.m. Saturday at Great Bend High School.

The Donald H Humphreys, Barton County Spelling Bee will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, in the High School Auditorium. The Great Bend Kiwanis Club will continue its tenured sponsorship of the local spelling bee and invites the public to attend.

The Kiwanis Club named the Barton County Bee in memory of long-time member and Spelling Bee Chairman Donald H Humphreys.

There are 12 school champions or runners-up who are entered:

Kohen Clawson, 4th Grade, Ellinwood Grade School

Brandon Elsen , 6th Grade , Ellinwood Grade School

Madilynn Winn, 6th Grade, Eisenhower Elementary - Great Bend

Rose Thomas, 6th Grade, Eisenhower Elementary - Great Bend

Hope Bosley. 5th Grade, Lincoln Elementary - Great Bend

Ryli Ryff, 6th Grade, Lincoln Elementary - Great Bend

Amelia Baskerville, 7th Grade, Great Bend Middle School

Levi Williams, 7th Grade, Great Bend Middle School

Kennedy Gant, 6th Grade, Jefferson Elementary - Great Bend

Callahan Luttrell, 4th Grade, Jefferson Elementary - Great Bend

Lou Bochy, 6th Grade, Park Elementary - Great Bend

Navaeh Brown, 6th Grade, Park Elementary - Great Bend

Karina Bujanda, 6th Grade, Riley Elementary - Great Bend

Diego Alonzo , 5th Grade, Riley Elementary - Great Bend

Brogan Edgerton, 7th Grade, Hoisington Middle School

Xander Montes, 7th Grade, Hoisington Middle School

Vivien Linsner, 5th Grade, Lincoln Elementary - Hoisington

Chasity Bortz, 5th Grade, Lincoln Elementary - Hoisington

Addilyn Joiner, 6th Grade, Saint Joseph - Ellinwood

Jackson Joiner, 5th Grade, Saint Joseph - Ellinwood

Henry Salter, 6th Grade, Holy Family - Great Bend

Logan Biggs, 4th Grade, Holy Family - Great Bend

Honore-Ajuoh Ngam, 8th Grade, Central Kansas Christian Academy - Great Bend

Nathan Fuentes, 4th Grade, Central Kansas Christian Academy - Great Bend

The winner and runner-up can advance to the Sunflower State Spelling Bee, scheduled for March 22, at Kansas Wesleyan University in Salina.

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