The correct spelling of the word "cumbersome" clinched the Fayette County Spelling Bee for Mohua Basu, a seventh grader from J.C. Booth Middle School. The competition ended when Kanad Khanna of Spring Hill Elementary missed the word "allegro" and Basu correctly spelled two words in a row. This is in accordance with the contest rules.

The county-wide spelling competition pitted the top speller from each elementary and middle school against one another in an hour-an-a-half match which had spectators on the edge of their seats. Some contestants like Basu reeled off the letters with confidence; others grimaced, hesitated and paced themselves carefully.

This was Basu's second appearance at the Bee. Two years ago she represented Huddleston Elementary as their top speller. As this year's winner, she will compete next month at the district level in Douglasville

Robert J. Burch Elementary in Tyrone hosted the competition, which was sponsored by the Fayette County Association of Educators. Participants included Andrew Ash, Braelinn Elementary; Corey Cross, Brooks Elementary; Megan Tiffany, East Fayette Elementary; Ryan Lamont, Fayetteville Elementary Intermediate; Nicholas Luciano, Huddleston Elementary; Christina Bianco, Kedron Elementary;

Lance Bowman, North Fayette Elementary; Lyndsi Tufte, Oak Grove Elementary; Jaclyn Coxwell, Peachtree City Elementary; Robert Burbage, Peeples Elementary; Michael Toney, Robert J. Burch Elementary; Kanad Khanna, Spring Hill Elementary;

Charli Eason, Tyrone Elementary; Mohua Basu, J.C. Booth Middle School; Katherine Middlebrooks, Fayette Middle; Jessica Merrill, Flat Rock Middle; Dustin Hipp, Rising Starr Middle; and Whitney Vail, Whitewater Middle.

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