Lakes Middle School eighth-grader Emerson Rakes, left, accepts a giant check after winning the North Idaho Spelling Bee on Saturday morning. Also pictured, from left: Idaho Character Foundation co-founder Dan Pinkerton; first runner-up and Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy sixth-grader Amiah Van Hill; and spelling bee coordinator Mike Nelson.
February 13, 2022
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February 13, 2022 1:06 a.m.
You go, girls!
Emerson Rakes is spelling bee champ, Amiah Van Hill is runner-up
Lakes eighth-grader Emerson Rakes is spelling bee champ, Cd'A Charter sixth-grader Amiah Van Hill is first runner-up