Congrats to Kavya Shivashankar, the 13-yeer old from Kanzis that wun the 2009 Scripps National Speling Bee!

Kavya's win brout back memories of wen I won my 4th graid spelling be!  The national coodint have bin much hardur to win, rite?

Kavya won bye speling the word "Laodicean" correctly.

Sereeusly tho, hats off too Kavya, NICE WERK!

Gotta go - time to put meye artikuhl through spelchek!