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Shallotte Middle 8th Grader Claims Brunswick County Spelling Bee Title BY SUSAN USHER Competition in the Brunswick County Spelling Bee last Thursday narrowed quickly to a Round 15 contest between past champion and two-time runner-up Leslie Myrie Jr. of Southport and county bee new comer Caroline Sheffield of Ocean Isle Beach. Like a championship tennis match with long volleys interrupted by on ly an occasional lost service, the two look turns spelling at the micro phone in the iheaterctlc of Supply Momentary School. Tension was ev ident in the hushed audience of fam ily members and spellers seated in a scmicircle before them. "After the first couplc of rounds it bccame automatic," said 14-year-old Caroline, who coolly and correctly spelled, in Round 41, "friable" and Uien, to clinch the championship, "sighingly." "At the moment I was just focus ing on what 1 was doing," she said in an interview. "1 was almost in a trance. When 1 made a mistake it didn't really matter." Because of that, it look a few moments for the news that she had won to sink in. The county championship was a goal Caroline worked hard to achieve, she said. She had competed in the school bee only once before, as a fifth grader, and was making her first appearance in the county championship bee. "This was my last year of eligibil ity for this opportunity, so I thought I should go through with it and do the best I could," she said. Sheffield's message to other would-be bee contestants is simple: "Anybody can do this if they try. You should never say you can't do something. You have to believe in yourself. Thai's part of the solution to getting where you want to go." Using an unabridged dictionary and a pronunciation guide, she stud ied approximately 45 minutes a day most days starting last October, with the assistance of her mother. To pre STAFF PHOTOS BY SUSAN USHU FIANKING SECOND PI ACE finisher I^eslie Myrie Jr. are (left) fourth place winner Desiree Russ and (right) third place winner Andrew Novotny. pare for national she plans lo keep working, she said. "I'll study longer and be sure to study every day, not just most days." Sheffield credited her parents, James and Carolyn Sheffield of Tar heeland Acres, as role models who nurtured her interest in learning from an early age. "That's probably why 1 was interested in this in the first place," she said, noting that many of her peers don't share that interest. Persistence and hard work paid off. She bested a tough competitor, 1992 county champion and fellow Shallotie Middle student Heather Hcavcncr, to win the eighth grade bee and a berth at the county bee. Her key competition there, Myric, a South Brunswick Middle School eighth grader, was the 1991 county champion and 1990 and 1992 first BEE DIRECTOR LEMON is on the receiving end this time, wii'n a plaque of appreciation from bee co-sponsor The State Port Pilot presented by Feature Editor Marybeth Bianchi. Dissati,BAra?es? Richard C. Glenn SECURITIES AMERICA, INC. PO Box 2865 18 Resort Plaza Shallotte, NC 28459 Shallotte (919)754-6771 Member NASD/SIPC Jane's SEAFOOD RESTAURANT Family Dining in a Friendly Atmosphere Come in and... Register to win our Giant Bunny To be given away Sat., April 10 Open Daily at 4 PM Hwy 130, Holden Beach Rd. ? 842-6802 OWNED & OPERATED BY .. Mark & Pat Powell <51 runncr-up. The opening that counted Thurs day night came when Myrie mis spelled "sashay" as "sachet" in Round 40 after Sheffield had mis spelled "mandatory." With both mis spelling their words, cach stayed in the bee for what proved to be the fi nal round. The two had spelled flawlessly through 26 turns before cach had several opportunities to move in for the finish. Both choked several times on intermediate level words such as "mawkishly" and "thoracic." Sheffield, who is enrolled in acad emically gifted classes in language arts and algebra at Shalloite Middle, is also a member of the handbell choir, the regional championship History Bowl team and the school's first Scientific Olympiad team. She is taking her eighth year of jazz and ballet dance instruction, and said that previous experience on stage helped her maintain composure dur ing the bee. She would like a career either in the arts or in a field that uti lizes her abilities in the arts. Accompanied by Bee Director Debbie Lemon and her mother, she will travel to Washington, D.C., May 30-June 5 to compete in the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. "We're very pleased Caroline will be representing us at the national spelling bee," said Janice Gore, a Shallottc Middle School teacher of the academically gifted. "She has wonderful visual memory and be sides that, she'll study." The all-expcnscs-paid trip was part of a championship prize pack age that also included a 32-volume set of Encyclopedia Brittanica, a Franklin Electronic Wordmaster and a 1993 World Almanac. For his second-place finish, Myrie received a Smith-Corona word pro cessor and a trophy. He was repre senting South Brunswick Middle School. Third place winner Andrew Nov otny, a fifth grade student at South port Elementary School, received a Random House dictionary. The son of Dennis and Patricia Novoiny, he spelled "embellish" with one "I" in Round 14. Also in Round 14, fourth place finisher Desirce Russ sat down on the word "skittish." A seventh grade student at Lcland Middle School, she is the daughter of David and Carolyn Russ. Her prizes included a trophy and a Mcrriam Webster desk top reference set. All 15 bee participants received trophies from the Shallottc Junior Woman's Club, which co-sponsors the bee with The State Port Pilot of South port. Grade-level champions compet ing at the county bee included these students in addition to the finalists: Tia Marie Corbett, fifth grade, Bolivia Elementary, daughter of James and Eva Corbett; Jake Beabe. fifth grade. Supply Elementary, son of Davis and Barbara Beaube; Chris Morris, eighth grade, Lcland Mid dle, son of Charles and Phoebe Mor ris; Lee Ann Stevens, fifth grade, Shallottc Middle, daughter of David and Sonia Stevens; Rachel Wheat ley, sixth grade, Shallottc, daughter of Robert and Margaret Wheatley; Also, Christina Hcwctt, seventh grade, Shallottc, daughter of Debbie Lcmmon and Jimmy Hewett; Be linda Simmons, fifth grade, Wac camaw Elementary, daughter of Linda Simmons; Chris Russ, sixth grade, Waccamaw, son of C.C. and Connie Russ; Erica Minion, seventh grade, Waccamaw, daughter of Don ald and Dcnisc Minton; Elizabeth Manin, sixth grade. South Bruns wick Middle, Nancy and Harry Martin; and Billy James, seventh grade, South Brunswick, son of William and C. J. James. 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I CHAMPION CAROLINE SHEFFIELD (right) accepts her trophy from Spelling Bee Director Debbie Lemon. Bruce Piephoff Has New Album Out Brucc Piephoff of Greensboro, a Piephoff's mentor Fred Chappcll, a former Visiting Artist at Brunswick noted poet and UNC-Greensboro Community College and South- faculty member. eastern Community College, has re- Produced by Doug Rorrer and cently released South, his fourth al- Piephoff, performers on South in bum on the Flyin' Cloud Records la- elude the author on acoustic guitar, bel. harmonica and vocals; Scott Man South features 20 original folk ring on mandoccllo, acoustic lead tunes and poems written by guitar, dobro and National Steel Piephoff, including "Greetings From Guitar; Arnic Solomon on man Holden Beach," "In My Time," dolin; Rorrer on bass and acoustic "Grccnsboro Rounder," and "Don't lead guitar; Tamas Marius on bass, Like No Poultry." "Liner notes arc by soprano sax, aito sax and flute. 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