NWA Democrat-Gazette/ANDY SHUPE
Nate Claesen, 9, a third-grader at Butterfield Trail Elementary School in Fayetteville, celebrates Friday, Dec. 14, 2018, after correctly spelling a word during the school's spelling bee in the school's cafeteria. Winners from schools in the county compete in the Washington County Spelling Bee 9 a.m. Jan. 12 in the Farmington High School Performing Arts Center.
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