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54th Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 54th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on June 3–4, 1981, sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company. The winner was 13-year-old Paige Pipkin of El Paso, Texas, who had placed second in the 53rd Scripps National Spelling Bee, prior year's bee.(3 June 1981)Letter Perfect the Goal ''Argus Press'' (Associated Press)(5 June 1981)'Sarcophagus' wins for Texas teen ''Lakeland Ledger'' (Associated Press)Greene, Bob (15 June 1981)Casting a spell on America ''Free Lance-Star'' (Field Newspaper Syndicate) 12-year-old Jason Johnson Jr. of St. Joseph, Michigan placed second, missing "Philippic". Pipkin spelled that word correctly followed by "sarcophagus" for the win. Pipkin had earlier missed "vitrine" but Johnson also missed it. Third-place went to 13 year old Danielle Marie Spinelli of Staunton, Virginia, who missed "polyonymous". There were 120 spellers this year, and a total of 571 words were used. 46 spellers made it to the second day. Rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Hilton
The Capital Hilton, originally named the Hotel Statler, is a historic hotel located just north of the White House on 16th Street in Washington, D.C. History The hotel was built by Statler Hotels and began construction in 1940. It opened on January 18, 1943, in the middle of World War II, as the Hotel Statler. Upon its completion, the building rose , comprising 13 floors. The architect of the early modern style building was Holabird & Root LLC, A.R. Clas Associates. In 1947, Larry Doby, the first black baseball player to integrate the American League, became the hotel's first black guest when the Cleveland Indians were in town to play against the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators. Scenes from the classic 1950 film ''Born Yesterday (1950 film), Born Yesterday'' were filmed outside the hotel and in its lobby, and much of the film is set in one of the hotel's luxury suites, which was reproduced on a soundstage. The Statler Hotels chain was sold to Hilton Hotels in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington, D
Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C. * George Washington (1732–1799), the first president of the United States Washington may also refer to: Places England * Washington, Tyne and Wear, a town in the City of Sunderland metropolitan borough ** Washington Old Hall, ancestral home of the family of George Washington * Washington, West Sussex, a village and civil parish Greenland * Cape Washington, Greenland * Washington Land Philippines *New Washington, Aklan, a municipality *Washington, a barangay in Catarman, Northern Samar *Washington, a barangay in Escalante, Negros Occidental *Washington, a barangay in San Jacinto, Masbate *Washington, a barangay in Surigao City United States * Washington, Wisconsin (other) * Fort Washington (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver, Colorado
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. It is the principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the first city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Denver is located in the Western United States, in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Its downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, approximately east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is named after James W. Denver, a governor of the Kansas Territory. It is nicknamed the ''Mile High City'' because its official elevation is exactly one mile () above sea level. The 105th meridian we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Paso Herald-Post
The ''El Paso Herald-Post'' was an afternoon daily newspaper in El Paso, Texas, USA. It was the successor to the El Paso Herald, first published in 1881, and the El Paso Post, founded by the E. W. Scripps Company in 1922. The papers merged in 1931 under Scripps ownership. The ''Herald-Post'' was nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes in 1987 for a story about a Mexican drug lord and for its literacy campaign. It later launched the El Paso area's first online news site in 1996. When the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain shut the paper down in 1997, it cited a substantial decline in circulation, similar to that experienced by other afternoon newspapers in the U.S. at the time. On August 24, 2015, a former local news employee revived the ''El Paso Herald-Post'' brand by launching a website with the same name. However, the online-only publication has no affiliation with the former newspaper. External links "Texas' largest afternoon daily newspaper publishes final edition" Associated Press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Paso, Texas
El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the county seat, seat of El Paso County, Texas, El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the List of United States cities by population, 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the List of cities in Texas by population, sixth-largest city in Texas, and the second-largest city in the Southwestern United States behind Phoenix, Arizona. The city is also List of U.S. cities with large Hispanic populations, the second-largest majority-Hispanic city in the U.S., with 81% of its population being Hispanic. Its metropolitan statistical area covers all of El Paso and Hudspeth County, Texas, Hudspeth counties in Texas, and had a population of 868,859 in 2020. El Paso has consistently been ranked as one of the safest large cities in America. El Paso stands on the Rio Grande across the Mexico–United States border from Ciuda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Cameron (academic)
Alex J. Cameron (1937 – February 24, 2003) was an English professor at the University of Dayton and the official pronouncer of the Scripps National Spelling Bee from 1981 to 2002. Cameron grew up in Dearborn, Michigan, and attended the University of Notre Dame. He taught American literature and the history of the English language at the University of DaytonDennis McLellan.Alex Cameron, 65; Baronial Voice of Annual Spelling Bee. ''Los Angeles Times''. February 28, 2003. Retrieved on May 29, 2009. from 1964 until his death in 2003. In 1978, he began accompanying fellow Dayton professor Richard R. Baker to the National Spelling Bee, where Baker had served as official pronouncer since 1960. After Baker retired, spelling bee officials asked Cameron to take his place.Spelling Bee Pronouncer Carries on a Four-Decade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
53rd Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 53rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on May 28–29, 1980, sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company. The winner was 14-year-old Jacques Bailly of Denver, Colorado, an eighth-grader at St. Vincent de Paul School, winning on the word "elucubrate" (which is a learned discourse in writing). In 1979, Bailly had missed out on a spot in the National Bee when he lost a regional competition to Katie Kerwin, who went on to win that year.(30 May 1980)Denver boy wins spelling bee. ''The Ledger'' ( Associated Press) Second place went to Paige Pipkin, age 12, from El Paso, Texas, who misspelled "glitch".(30 May 1980)Top Speller meets Carter ''Deseret News'' She went on to win the Bee the next year. Rosalind Dambaugh of Harmony, Pennsylvania placed third.Kernan, Michael (30 May 1980)Saved by the glitch '' The Washington Post'' 112 spellers competed this year, 66 girls and 46 boys.(27 May 1980)Students line up for 53rd Spelling Bee ''Rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
55th Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 55th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on June 2–3, 1982, sponsored by the E.W. Scripps Company. The competition was won by 12-year-old Molly Dieveney from Denver, Colorado, correctly spelling "psoriasis" for the win.Anderson, David E. (3 June 1982)Molly Dieveney, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Denver, Colo UPI Dieveney was coached by the mother of Jacques Bailly Jacques A. Bailly (born 1966) is an American professor who serves as the Scripps National Spelling Bee's official pronouncer, a position he has held since 2003.James Maguire. American Bee: the National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds'. ... (her next door neighbor), who won the bee two years prior. Second place went to 13-year-old Uma Rao of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who misspelled "contretemps". Jason Johnson, 13, of St. Joseph, Michigan, and who placed second the prior year, placed third after missing "gauleiter".Sweeney, Louise (4 June 1982)F-a- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scripps National Spelling Bee
The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly called the National Spelling Bee) is an annual spelling bee held in the United States. The bee is run on a not-for-profit basis by The E. W. Scripps Company and is held at a hotel or convention center in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area during the week following Memorial Day weekend. Since 2011, it has been held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center hotel in National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, just outside Washington D.C. It was previously held at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington D.C. from 1996 to 2010. Although most of its participants are from the U.S., students from countries such as The Bahamas, Canada, the People's Republic of China, India, Ghana, Japan, Jamaica, Mexico, and New Zealand have also competed in recent years. Historically, the competition has been open to, and remains open to, the winners of sponsored regional spelling bees in the U. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. The AP has earned 56 Pulitzer Prizes, including 34 for photography, since the award was established in 1917. It is also known for publishing the widely used '' AP Stylebook''. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters, English, Spanish, and Arabic. The AP operates 248 news bureaus in 99 countries. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative. As part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staunton, Virginia
Staunton ( ) is an independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 25,750. In Virginia, independent cities are separate jurisdictions from the counties that surround them, so the government offices of Augusta County, Virginia, Augusta County are in Verona, Virginia, Verona, which is contiguous to Staunton. Staunton is a principal city of the Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia, Waynesboro Staunton-Waynesboro, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2010 population of 118,502. Staunton is known for being the birthplace of Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, U.S. president, and as the home of Mary Baldwin University, historically a women's college. The city is also home to Stuart Hall School, Stuart Hall, a private co-ed University preparatory school, preparatory school, as well as the Virginia Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scripps National Spelling Bee Competitions
Scripps may refer to: People * Edward W. Scripps (1854–1926), American publisher and media financier * Ellen Browning Scripps (1836–1932), American philanthropist, half-sister of Edward W. Scripps * James E. Scripps (1835–1906), American newspaper publisher, brother of Ellen Browning Scripps * Samuel H. Scripps (1927–2007), American philanthropist in theater and dance, grandson of Edward W. Scripps * Anne Scripps (1946–1993), heiress to the Scripps newspaper publishing and great-great granddaughter of James E. Scripps * Charles Scripps (1920–2007), chairman of the board of the E. W. Scripps Company and grandson of Edward W. Scripps * Dan Scripps, American politician * John Locke Scripps (1818–1866), attorney, journalist, and author. First cousin once removed of E.W. Scripps * John Martin Scripps (1959–1996), British serial killer * Natalee Scripps (born 1978), New Zealand cricketer * William Edmund Scripps (1882–1952), American founder of WWJ radio, son of James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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