Posted on 06/18/2011 by Patti Shea | Home & Family blogger | Comments
Your LifeIf youth is wasted on the young, wisdom certainly isn’t wasted on the aged. Watching the participants of the 2011 AARP National Spelling Bee inspired me, and not for reasons you think.
Posted on 06/18/2011 by Patti Shea | Home & Family blogger | Comments
Your LifeHe might have been No. 7 but luck had nothing to do with Tony Johnson capturing the 2011 AARP National Spelling Bee. Johnson, 58, a self-confessed “dictionary browser” knocked out two past champs to take home the $5,000 prize.
Posted on 04/15/2010 by Correy Robertson | Archived Contributor | Comments
EntertainmentThat’s right, folks. AARP is having a national spelling bee and you can be our next spelling champion! The contest is open to anyone over 50 who has the skills and motivation to go up against some of the best spellers in the nation for some serious spelling competition. The AARP National Spelling Bee was actually created in 1996 by a group of AARP members in Cheyenne, Wyoming, who wanted to challenge themselves and others their age to see how …
Posted on 06/22/2009 by Alejandra Owens | General News | Comments
Work64-year-old Michael Petrina Jr. of Virginia won AARP’s national spelling bee over the weekend.
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that helps people 50 and older improve the quality of their lives.
