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Scripps National Spelling Bee Gets Competitor From Central PA Middle School Scripps National Spelling Bee Gets Competitor From Central PA Middle School
Scripps National Spelling Bee Gets Competitor From Central PA Middle School A seventh-grade student won big over the weekend and now he's heading to a national competition!  Akshaj Somisetty who studies at Mountain View Middle School in the Cumberland Valley School District was named the top speller of the 2024 Central PA Spelling Bee and will compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee, WITF announced Saturday evening.   The aspiring doctor won the local competition against 36 other spellers in round 14 by spelling “aeronautics.” “Participating in the Bee cultivates confidence and poise in public speaking and performance under pressure,” says WIT…

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13-Year-Old On Scooter ID'd After Fatal Strike On Carlisle Pike, Coroner Says 13-Year-Old On Scooter ID'd After Fatal Strike On Carlisle Pike, Coroner Says
13-Year-Old On Scooter ID'd After Fatal Strike On Carlisle Pike, Coroner Says A 13-year-old boy was struck dead while riding a scooter across Carlisle Pike on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, according to a release by the Cumberland County Coroner’s Office the following day.  Jaron J. Li of Mechanicsburg was struck dead in the vicinity of Silver Spring and Lambs Gap roads in Hampden Township around 8 p.m., as detailed in the release.   Jaron was with three of his friends at the time and "They were all trying to cross from the North side to the South side of Carlisle Pike when Li was struck by a vehicle travelling East on Carlisle Pike," Coroner Cha…

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Cumberland Valley Sixth-Grader Wins National Sun-Maid Contest Cumberland Valley Sixth-Grader Wins National Sun-Maid Contest
Cumberland Valley Sixth-Grader Wins National Sun-Maid Contest An 11-year-old from Enola has won a seat on Sun-Maid's Board of Imagination. Presley Conway, 11, was selected out of 1,300 children across America who entered to win a seat on the board last February. The winning idea she pitched in her video entry was cutting dried mangoes into smaller pieces than the traditional slices and selling them with chocolate dipping sauce for snacking.  The contest was for children ages 6 to 12 to fill seats on its new board. Five of the winners were Contest winners, and one was awarded the position after an internal search from kids of Sun-Maid manufactur…

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