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Spelling Champs, Jimmy Dimora & Elections: A Week In Review

Some good news this week, some bad news and a whole lot of election news

1. Elections are to journalists as .

We work for about 18 hours straight and count on endorphins and coffee to get us through.

Lake County had a packed ballot for a March election. In addition to selecting and , voters also approved a , and .

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Though, it should be noted, that the library's margin of victory was slim (71 votes) and the provisional ballots will need to be counted before the library can exhale.

2. Mentor spelling champ Vishnu Nistala .

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Vishnu bested the Geauga County Spelling Bee winner Alexis Zahuranec and Ashtabula County spelling champ James Elliott in a 40-round marathon Thursday morning.

3. A man is accused of .

4. Last year we showed you . .

5. A .


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