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Boone County’s annual spelling contest for fifth through eighth graders was held last Wednesday, Jan. 24, at Boone Central. The top seven of 36 students in the contest were (front, l.-r.) Jacob Krohn, first place, sixth grader at Boone Central; Zaiden Heusman, second, eighth grader at St. Edward; Julia Baldwin, third, eighth grader at Riverside; Reagan Dobson, fourth, fifth grader at Riverside; (back) Grace Nore, seventh grader, and Leah Erickson, eighth grader, both from St. Michael’s who tied for fifth place, and Vivian Carnley, seventh, eighth grader at Boone Central. Winning word this year was “vagrancy.” Some of the words that eliminated spellers were: avocado, amenable, scrupulous, insightful, financial and gratitude. Ten oral rounds were required to determine the winner.