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In about one week, our Kiwanis Spelling Champion Damien Handy will take the stage to compete in the 86th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. The competition will be filled with drama and excitement and you can follow Damien’s progress in a variety of ways. First, you can watch the live broadcasts: Wednesday, May 29 Preliminaries Round Two | 8:00 – 11:45 a.m. EDT | ESPN3 http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/886725/2013-scripps-national-spelling-bee-preliminaries Round Three | 1:15 – 4:45 p.m. EDT |...

Congratulations to the winner of the 2013 Kiwanis Regional Spelling Bee, Damien Handy of Scott Middle School (center), who leaves Sunday to represent Acadiana at the National Spelling Bee. Damien appeared on Good Morning Acadiana this morning and participated in a live bee against Tracy Wirtz and Dave Baker – a great time was had by all. Despite Damien being a champion speller, it turns out that math is actually his favorite subject. Good luck...

The Kiwanis Club of Lafayette and the Kiwanis Club of Acadiana would like to congratulate all the great spellers who attended our 2013 Kiwanis Regional Spelling Bee on March 16.  Special congratulations go to all our winners, especially Damien Handy of Scott Middle School who won an expense-paid trip to Washington DC to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee – Good luck Damien – we are so proud of you !      ...