Covington Middle School Principal Karen Staunton (left) congratulates Emily Gadd after Emily won the Alleghany Highlands Public Schools Division Spelling Bee on Thursday, Feb. 22. Emily, a seventh grader, will move on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee regional competition for Virginia on March 16 at Radford University. The runner-up in the AHPS Bee was Quinten Harris, an eighth grader at CMS. (AHPS Photo)
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