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Bowling Green Student Advances to Regional Spelling Bee
Arjun Panickssery will will compete in the Scripps Spelling Bee at Hofstra University.

Arjun Panickssery, a student at came in first place in his school's spelling bee and will advance to the Scripps Spelling Bee at Hofstra University on Feb. 10.
Panickssery came in first after spelling the word, "arachnid."
Last month, he finished 11th in the United States and first among all 5th graders in New York State at the 2012 National K-12 Chess Championship held in Orlando, Fl.
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