Posted AT 11:36 PM EDT on 31/05/07
For 2nd year in a row, A-l-b-e-r-t-a spells runner-up
WASHINGTON — For the second year in a row, an Albertan has come within a heartbeat of becoming the champ at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Nate Gartke, a 13-year-old who lives outside Spruce Grove near Edmonton, took second prize in the annual spell-fest won by Californian Evan O'Dorney.
Last year, Finola Hackett of Tofield, Alta., took the second prize of $12,500 (U.S.) in the competition after another nail-biter.
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