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AARP National Spelling Bee

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Retired Attorney Becomes AARP Spelling Bee's First Repeat Champion
By Elizabeth Nolan Brown, August 13, 2012 07:31 AM
Rhizoctonia is a genus of asexual, anamorphic fungi known for causing crop diseases. It's also the word that netted 67-year-old Michael Petrina Jr. his second first-place win at the AARP National Spelling Bee. Petrina also won the bee in 2009 and placed second in 2011 and 2008.
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2010 AARP National Spelling Bee
By Correy Robertson, April 15, 2010 02:02 PM
That's right, folks. AARP is having a national spelling bee and you can be our next spelling champion!
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