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 About The Bee 3
T
he Ventura County Star has
sponsored the County Spell-
ing Bee for more than 50
years. This year more than 16,000
third through eighth grade stu-
dents participated in classroom
spelling bees in 138 schools from
Ojai to Oak Park.
The National Spelling Bee be-
gan in 1925. Nine students partici-
pated in the first national finals.
In 1941 Scripps Howard acquired
the rights to the program. There
was no Scripps National Spelling
Bee during the World War II years
of 1943, 1944, and 1945. Of the 86
National Spelling Bee champions,
45 have been girls and 41 have
been boys. Co-champions were
declared in 1950, 1957, and 1962.
The 2011 Scripps National Spelling
Bee will involve more than 11 mil-
lion students at the local level.
Ultimately, 13 Ventura County
students will compete at the 2011
Ventura County Star Spelling Bee
Karen Quincy Loberg / Star Staff
on Monday, March 14, 2011 at
Ariana Greenidge takes the microphone having survived a rugged first round of the Conejo Valley spelling bee held at Cypress
Malibu Hall on the campus of CSU Elementary School on Feb. 17 in Newbury Park. Bobby Tatum, second to right, of Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary School
Channel Islands. The final cham- correctly spelled “Olympiad”, defeating Edie Sussman, right, of Redwood Middle School.
pion will win an all-expenses-paid
trip to compete in the 86th annual
2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee Did you know?
in Washington, D.C.
The Scripps National Spelling ■ New this year: Scripps doubled the total number of study words for students in grades 1–8, giving students the
Bee is an educational promotion opportunity to familiarize themselves with twice as many words.
sponsored by The E.W. Scripps
■ The official dictionary of the Scripps National Spelling Bee is the 2002 edition of Webster’s Third New
Company in conjunction with
International Dictionary, Unabridged, published by Merriam-Webster.
sponsoring newspapers and orga-
nizations around the world. ■ In addition to improving students’ spelling skills and increasing their vocabularies, spelling bee participation
Its purpose is to help students provides valuable experience in developing poise — a necessary skill for success in public speaking, performing
improve their spelling, increase arts and athletics.
their vocabulary, learn concepts,
and develop correct English usage ■ For more information about the Scripps National Spelling Bee, log on to www.spellingbee.com.
that will help them all their lives.
4 School Winners
This year more than 16,000 third-
through eighth-grade students
participated in classroom spelling bees
in 138 schools from Ojai to Oak Park.
The following is a list of the school Ethan Ambler Alejandro Arana Javi Arango Olivia Arthur Nicole Bakman
winners, grade and winning word. Cabrillo Middle School, Barbara Webster Elem. Ojai Valley School, Cape Charter School, Pinecrest Schools Simi
grade 6 School, grade 3 grade 7 grade 4 Valley, grade 7
quizzical quench enzyme jingoism unnatural

Emery Baylen Mishell Beylik Bertha Belmonte Alexis Biggs-McCullar Sierra Binney Jasmine Blount Jocelyn Brossia Carlos Cabrera
Ladera Elementary Mountain Vista Elem. Ocean View Junior Valley Oak Charter Camarillo Heights Tierra Vista Elementary Junipero Serra Elem. Piru Elementary
School, grade 3 School, grade 5 High School, grade 6 School, grade 6 School, grade 4 School, grade 5 School, grade 4 School, grade 4
fatigue quadrilateral lawful jury renounce abracadabra monstrosity unify

Cianna Calia Joe Canchola Ashley Carpio Kimberly Casillas Elizabeth Castaneda Jennifer Chang Rebecca Chua Julienne Cormier
Ventura Missionary Summit Elementary Rio Del Valle Junior Fred L Williams Elem. San Cayetano Elem. Balboa Middle School, Christa McAuliffe Elem. Montalvo Elementary
School, grade 6 School, grade 4 High School, grade 8 School, grade 3 School, grade 5 grade 6 School, grade 5 School, grade 5
succinct serenely zephyr prejudice heartthrob jingoism nebulosity predicate

Curraun Corriveau Gabriella Costin Sol De La Cruz Wayne Delos Santos Manvir Dhaliwal Ashlyn Dobbie Alyssa Driscoll Rena Dvoretzky
Portola Elementary Carden Conejo School, Richard Bard Elem. Julien Hathaway Thurgood Marshall Red Oak Elementary Conejo Valley Home- La Reina High School,
School, grade 5 grade 7 School, grade 6 School, grade 5 Elem. School, grade 6 School, grade 5 schoolers, grade 5 grade 7
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 5

Zayne Elnaka Leslie Esparza Alec Everard McKenna Farnham Ryan Ferron Sarah Foote Lauren Garcia Athena Giron
Pinecrest Schools Holy Cross School, Rio Del Mar Elem. EARTHS Magnet Carden School Of Dos Caminos School, Mupu Elementary Santa Clara Elem.
Moorpark, grade 4 grade 8 School, grade 5 School, grade 5 Camarillo, grade 6 grade 4 School, grade 5 School (pub.), grade 7
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Esmeralda Godina Armando Gomez Eileen Gomez Ariana Greenidge Caleb Groen Evan Grossmann Karissa Guerra Jesus Guerrero
E O Green Junior High Glen City Elementary Will Rogers Elementary Bridges Charter School, Bethany Christian Rancho Rosal Elem. Dennis McKinna Elem. De Anza Middle
School, grade 7 School, grade 5 School, grade 5 grade 0 School, grade 6 School, grade 5 School, grade 6 School, grade 6
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Brenda Guillen Miguel Angel Guzman Lauren Hall Connie Hashiguchi Leticia Hernandez
Briggs Elementary Art Haycox Elementary Monte Vista Middle Sequoia Middle School, McKevett Elementary
School, grade 7 School, grade 5 School, grade 8 grade 8 School, grade 5
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Arnold Hidalgo Andrew Hill Madeline Hood Samantha Madrid

Parkview Elementary Sunset Elementary Los Primeros School of Cesar Chavez Elem.
School, grade 5 School, grade 7 Sciences & Arts, gr. 4 School, grade 6
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6 The Program
County Bee Pronouncer
Sheryl Misenhimer

Ventura County Star Spelling Bee

Principal, McKevett Elementary School

County Bee Judges

Dr. Trudy T. Arriaga, Superintendent,
Ventura Unified School District
John Moore, Managing Editor,
Ventura County Star
EVENT PROGRAM
Robert Emerick, Chief Executive Officer,
County Schools Federal Credit Union Monday, March 14, 2011 Welcome
Roberta Isaeff, Vice President, 6 p.m. Spelling Bee Rules
Human Resources, SAGE Publications
California State University Channel Islands Spelling Bee
Many Thanks Malibu Hall 100 Awards Ceremony
To Our Area Coordinators
John LeSuer
Topa Topa Elementary School, Area 1
Brandee Cate SPONSORS
Ventura Unified School District, Area 2
Erin Mooney
Rio Rosales School, Area 3
Corporate Bee Sponsors
Cara Comstock
Blackstock Junior High School, Area 4 SAGE Publications County Schools Federal Credit Union
Melissa Banuelos
Santa Paula Unified School District, Area 5
Becky Monka
Pleasant Valley School District, Area 6
Linda Sheridan
Oak Park Unified School District, Area 7
Krista Pederson
Acacia Elementary School, Area 8
Champion Bee Sponsor Partner Bee Sponsors
Nikki Blake
La Reina High School, Area 9 California Lottery Childrens Dental Group Ventura County
Thank you to the 138 school coordinators! Office of Education
Above all, thanks to the students, parents
and teachers from Ventura County who
took part in this year’s Spelling Bee.

Ventura County Star Staff

George H. Cogswell, III
President and Publisher
Monica White
Regional Director of Marketing, West Coast
Su-Lin Rubalcava
Marketing Manager
California State University Star in Education Foundation
Julie Lopez Channel Islands
County Spelling Bee Coordinator

California State University

Channel Islands Staff
Dr. Richard R. Rush, President
Nancy Covarrubias Gill
Director of Communication & Marketing
 The Spellers 7
Area 1 Area 1 Area 2 Area 2 Area 2 Area 3 Area 3 Area 3

Dylan McEttrick Alternate: Michelle Pablo Cianna Calia Alternate: Athena Giron Martina Reyes Alternate:
Matilija Junior High Alana Adelman Our Lady of Ventura Missionary Jocelyn Brossia Santa Clara Elementary Rio Vista Middle Ashley Carpio
School, grade 7 Matilija Junior High Assumption School, School, grade 6 Junipero Serra Elem. School, grade 7 School, grade 8 Rio Del Valle Junior
School, Grade 7 grade 8 School, grade 4 High School

Area 4 Area 4 Area 5 Area 5 Area 5 Area 6 Area 6 Area 6

Keri Quemuel Alternate: Carlos Cabrera Lauren Garcia Alternate: Shane Specht Robert Mummery Lauren Hall
Blackstock Junior High Jasmine Blount Piru Elementary Mupu Elementary Luke Myers La Mariposa Mesa Union Monte Vista Middle
School, grade 8 Tierra Vista Middle School, grade 4 School, grade 5 Fillmore Middle School, Elementary School, Elementary School, School, grade 8
School, grade 5 grade 6 grade 5 grade 7

Area 7 Area 7 Area 8 Area 8 Area 9 Area 9

Kevin Lu Alternate: Bobby Tatum Alternate: Hannah Reagan Alternate:

Medea Creek Middle Zayne Elnaka MATES Charter School, Edie Sussman LOMSAA, grade 7 Kyle Randel
School, grade 8 Pinecrest Schools grade 5 Redwood Middle Oaks Christian Middle
Moorpark, grade 4 School, grade 8 School, grade 7
8 School Winners
Midori Wonjune Jong Connor Johnson Kloey Johnson Soleil Jones Emily Jordan Darlene Kabigting Emily Kinnaman
Golden Valley Charter Hollywood Beach The Grace Academy, Elmhurst Elementary Juan Soria Elem. Trinity Pacific Christian Ansgar Larsen Elem. ACHEV, grade 6
School, grade 6 Elem. School, grade 6 grade 6 School, grade 5 School, grade 6 School, grade 8 School, grade 4 surmountable
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Angela Kinstler Samantha Labnow Raquelin Lemus Ashlyn Lindsay Sonia Lin Sofia Lo Piano Amy Lovitt Kevin Lu
Pinecrest Schools T.O., Christian Academic Olivelands School, Santa Clara Elem. Santa Rosa Tech. Mag- Juanamaria Elem. Norman R Brekke Elem. Medea Creek Middle
grade 6 Support Assoc., gr. 8 grade 4 School (priv.), grade 5 net School, gr. 8 School, grade 4 School, grade 6 School, grade 8
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Horacio Lujan Brandon Lyons Hannah Mach Noa Mahoney Louis Manzano Edilberto Martinez
Rio Plaza Elementary Rio Lindo Elementary Brookside Elementary Anacapa Middle Tierra Linda School, Rio Real Elementary
School, grade 3 School, grade 5 School, grade 5 School, grade 6 grade 5 School, grade 5
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Juan Martinez Karen Martinson Dylan McEttrick Connor McIntosh Aniah Mckenzie
Sunkist Elementary San Antonio Elem. Matilija Junior High Pierpont Elementary Marina West Elem.
School, grade 6 School, grade 6 School, grade 7 School, grade 5 School, grade 6
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Haley Moore Georgia Mora Alexa Morales Megan Morales Robert Mummery Angelina Murillo Luke Myers Tiffanie Nguyen
King’s Academy, Grace S Thille Elem. Univ. Prep. School at Cypress Elementary Mesa Union Elem. Isbell Middle School, Fillmore Middle School, Rio Rosales School,
grade 6 School, grade 5 CSUCI, grade 5 School, grade 5 School, grade 7 grade 6 grade 6 grade 5
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Jessica Niccum Julia O’Brien Kevin Ochoa Olivia Ordin Cristina Orozco Michelle Pablo Tanushree Pal Iridian Pineda
Good Shepherd St. Mary Magdalen Poinsettia Elem. Chaparral Middle St. Sebastian School, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Elem. Emilie Ritchen Elem.
Lutheran School, gr. 8 School, grade 8 School, grade 5 School, grade 8 grade 8 Assumption, grade 8 School, grade 5 School, grade 6
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Citlali Plaza Keri Quemuel Bianca Quintero Bryce Saldajeno Kyle Randel Hannah Reagan Victoria Reichert Danyelle Reyes
Our Lady of Charles Blackstock Somis Elementary Weathersfield Elem. Oaks Christian School, LOMSAA, grade 7 Pleasant Valley Rose Avenue Elem.
Guadalupe, grade 5 Junior High, grade 8 School, grade 8 School, grade 5 grade 7 colony Christian School, gr. 8 School, grade 5
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Martina Reyes Christian Rubio Mayra Ruiz Abby Runyan Anais Salinas Labiba Sardar Christopher Seagraves Robert Shepard
Rio Vista Middle Blanchard Elem. Mira Monte Elem. Meiners Oaks Elem. St. Paschal Baylon Mound Elementary Mesa Verde Middle Rio Del Norte Elem.
School, grade 8 School, grade 5 School, grade 5 School, grade 4 School, grade 5 School, grade 4 School, grade 6 School, grade 4
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10 School Winners
Matthew Michalek Cole Miller Alanis Molina Aline Silva Rodrigues Jordan Smart Perida Sophia Miguela Soriano Nathaly Soto
Madrona Elementary Citrus Glen Elem. Thelma Bedell Elem. Blanche Reynolds Las Colinas Middle St. Rose of Lima Las Posas School, E P Foster Elementary
School, grade 5 School, grade 5 School, grade 4 Elem. School, grade 3 School, grade 7 School, grade 5 grade 4 School, grade 5
monstrosity nostril courage mermaid sanitary millennium quotient grammarian

Shane Specht Edie Sussman Daniel Tagulao Bobby Tatum Robert Teran Claire Therriault Madison Thompson David Tom
La Mariposa Elem. Redwood Middle Robert J Frank Inter. MATES Elementary Sheridan Way Elem. Univ. Charter Middle The Phoenix Ranch Mary Law Private
School, grade 5 School, grade 8 School, grade 7 School, grade 5 School, grade 5 School at CSUCI, gr. 7 School, grade 7 School, grade 5
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Verania Valdez Emily van Deinse Jayden Vea Mason Waller Felicia Wang Karen Watling Herman Zheng Eric Zhong
Norma Harrington Loma Vista Elem. Saticoy Elementary El Descanso School, Oak Hills Elementary Lincoln Elementary Topa Topa Elem. Colina Middle School,
Elem. School, grade 5 School, grade 5 School, grade 5 grade 5 School, grade 5 School, grade 5 School, grade 6 grade 6
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 Winning Words 11
Area 1 Dylan McEttrick, winning word “impervi-
ous.” This word is from Latin. An adjective – not
allowing entrance or passage through: impen-
etrable. Ted covered the woodpile with a tarp
impervious to water.

Area 2 Cianna Calia, winning word “chimichan-

ga.” This word is from Spanish. A noun – a tortilla
wrapped around a filling (as of meat) and deep-
fried. Carla’s chimichanga contained a mixture of
chicken, mushrooms, and cheese.

Area 2 Michelle Pablo, winning word “sukiyaki.”

This word is from Japanese. A noun – meat,
soybean curd, onions, bamboo shoots, and other
vegetables cooked in soy sauce, sake, and sugar.
Joyce watched with fascination as the Japanese
cook prepared sukiyaki right at the table.

Area 3 Martina Reyes, winning word “Esperanto.”

This word is from a Polish name. A noun – an arti-
ficial international language based as far as pos-
sible upon words common to the chief European
languages. Words in Esperanto are always pro-
nounced with the primary accent on the next-to- Joseph A. Garcia/The Star
last syllable, and every letter is always pronounced Keri Quemuel, an eighth grader at Blackstock Junior High School, competes in an early round during the Area 4
– always with the same sound. spelling bee on Feb. 9 at E.O. Green Junior High School. Quemuel won by spelling “grotesqueness. ”

Area 5 Carlos Cabrera, winning word “propagan- automation of human form. Rolf was cast as an
Area 3 Athena Giron, winning word “tourna- da.” This word is from Latin. A noun – dissemi- android in the college’s spring production.
ment.” This word is from a French word that then nation of ideas, information, or rumor for the pur-
became English. A noun – a trial of skill in which pose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, Area 7 Kevin Lu, winning word “barrow.” This
many contestants compete for championship in or a person. In 1941 President Roosevelt warned word is originally English. A noun – a vehicle with
a series of elimination contests. Laszlo won first that the democratic way of life was being assailed a single wheel suspended between the ends of
place in the state chess tournament. by secret spreading of poisonous propaganda. two shafts that support a boxlike body and serve
as handles at the rear. Desmond returned from the
Area 4 Keri Quemuel, winning word “grotesque- Area 6 Shane Specht, winning word “magnolia.” field with his barrow filled with carrots.
ness.” This word is from French. A noun – the This word is from a French name that then went
quality or state of being comically incongruous to Latin. A noun – any tree or shrub of a genus of Area 8 Bobby Tatum, winning word “olympiad.”
or ridiculously ugly. Each horror movie seems to be North American and Asian shrubs and trees that See Area 5.
trying to outdo the others in grotesqueness. have entire evergreen or deciduous leaves and
usually showy white, yellow, rose, or purple flow- Area 9 Hannah Reagan, winning word “prodigal.”
Area 5 Lauren Garcia, winning word “olympiad.” ers appearing in early spring. The blossom of the The first part of this word is from an originally
This word is from Greek. A noun – one of the magnolia is similar to some of the oldest blossoms Latin word, and the second part is an English
four-year intervals between Olympian games by in the fossil record. combining form. An adjective – given to reckless
which time was reckoned in ancient Greece. It is extravagance: unrestrained in spending or using
widely thought that the first olympiad began in 776 Area 6 Robert Mummery, winning word “an- up one’s means. Victor has written a memoir of his
B.C. droid. ” This word is from Greek. A noun – an prodigal youth in Europe.

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