Thirty-six teams participate in the 25th annual Blade Corporate & Community Spelling Bee.
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Joy Forrester one of the judges at the spelling bee shows her enthusiasm. Thirty-six teams participate in the 25th annual Blade Corporate & Community Spelling Bee to benefit Read For Literacy.
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Fran Anderson of the first-place The Andersons spelling bee team.
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A cake celebrates the spelling bee's 25th birthday.
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Teams enjoy the spelling bee.
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Root Learning team members Jason Cash, left, and Randi Wooddall celebrate a correctly spelled word.
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The Andersons' team celebrate during a round. From left: Mark Hetrick; Fran Anderson, and, at right Kyle Randall.
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Toledo Public Library, participating on behalf of Ernst & Young, celebrate after getting all five correct in the first tie-breaker. They are, from left: Mary Plews, Erin Keaton, Stacy Haskins, and Elizabeth Sankowski.
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Fran Anderson, at The Andersons table, and teammate react upon hearing that they took fisrt place.
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