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Watch: Seniors At Parker Place Flex Their Spelling Muscles

Parker Place held a spelling bee for its residents Tuesday afternoon

"We haven't heard a lot of these words in ages," Betty Kerul joked.

Kerul was one of the residents who competed in a spelling bee Tuesday afternoon at Parker Place.

The words that precipitated Kerul's joke were humdingers like "juggernaut," "lackadaisical," "laryngitis," and "succotash."

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After five rounds of multisyllabic mindbenders culled from the AARP's spelling bee list, Connie Carillo was crowned the top speller.

Her final word that spelled success -- vacuum.

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