Elise Heyen, an eighth-grader at Hillsboro Middle School and this year’s Marion County Spelling Bee champion, placed fifth at the state bee Saturday on the campus of Washburn University in Topeka.
Heyen, daughter of Bruce and Janell Heyen, was one of 99 contestants from across the state. The event took nearly 41⁄2 hours to complete.
Heyen is believed to be the first student from Hillsboro to win the Marion County Spelling Bee and go on to compete at the state bee.
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1. 28-03-2007 14:55
Congratulations to Miss Heyen, Hillsboro\'s Marion County spelling champion! Her performance represents hundreds of hours of hard, hard work, and she deserves a great deal of commendation. However, she is not Hillsboro\'s first student to compete in the state bee. My son, Fred Horn, went to the state bee from Hillsboro in 1972. At that time USD 410\'s junior high grades were out in Lehigh, and Fred was an eighth-grader. -- Wanda Horn, Hixson, TN
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Elise Heyen, an eighth-grader at Hillsboro Middle School and this year’s Marion County Spelling Bee champion, placed fifth at the state bee Saturday on the campus of Washburn University in Topeka.
