`COMPULSION' PUSHES AREA SPELLER TO LIMIT.Byline: Jenifer Hanrahan Daily News Staff Writer As soon as the ``u'' came out of his mouth, Daily News spelling champ Cesar Santiago knew he had made a serious mistake. ``Compulsion,'' he reasoned too late, has an ``o'' in the first syllable. The 13-year-old Glendale boy got knocked out in the second round of the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee spelling bee n. A contest in which competitors are eliminated as they fail to spell a given word correctly. Also called spelldown. Noun 1. Championship, a two-day contest that started Wednesday in the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C. After studying spelling for eight hours a day on the weekends and two hours after school each day since April, ``I felt like I should have known better,'' Cesar said. ``I think I was just nervous.'' To make sure he didn't wallow wallow mud bath frequented by pigs, elephants, red deer, hippopotami as a cooling aid. too long in his disappointment, Cesar was escorted to the ``comfort room'' where he was consoled by his parents - and a buffet table of cookies, soda and other ``comfort food.'' Santiago, an eighth-grader from Holy Family Elementary School Holy Family Elementary School is a Catholic School within the Archdiocese of Louisville. • • [ in Glendale, competed against 245 middle-school spelling champions from around the nation. He beat out 32 local competitors in April to become the regional champ by successfully spelling ``decennial de·cen·ni·al adj. 1. Relating to or lasting for ten years. 2. Occurring every ten years. n. A tenth anniversary. .'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Cesar Santiago, 13, of Glendale lost in the second round Wednesday at the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. |
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