North Idaho Spelling Bee champ Kayla Tenney Villalobos, center, celebrates her win Saturday with parents Brock and Gladys Tenney, left, Idaho Character Foundation founder Dan Pinkerton, to her right, and Coeur d'Alene School District Deputy Superintendent/spelling bee emcee Mike Nelson, far right.
February 12, 2023
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February 12, 2023 1:08 a.m.
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Cd'A Charter eighth grader wins 20th North Idaho Spelling Bee
A spray of confetti, a gleaming first place trophy, a check for $1,000 and a trip to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy eighth grader Kayla Tenney Villalobos reigned supreme Saturday morning to become the North Idaho Spelling Bee champion of 2023.