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Parker Stubblefield wins Navajo County Spelling Bee

Tribune Staff

| February 27, 2019

Printed in the February 27, 2019 edition

Photo courtesy of the Navajo County Superintendent of SchoolsThe 2019 Navajo County Spelling Bee was held on Feb. 13, at the Snowflake District Auditorium with 62 participants. Winslow Unified School District eighth grader Parker Stubblefield (right) is the champion and will represent Navajo County at the Arizona State Spelling Bee on March 23, in Phoenix. The runner-up is eighth grader Paris Poppen (second from right) from Blue Ridge Unified School District (BRUSD), and there was a tie for third place going to sixth grader Grace Smithson (second from left) from BRUSD and seventh grader Peter Miller (left) from Joseph City Unified School District.