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Seattle Weekly Writer Spells -- and Drinks -- His Way to King Bee

By AAN Staff
january 10, 2007  04:17 pm
Seattle Weekly Writer Spells -- and Drinks -- His Way to King Bee
Gavin Borchert, an arts writer for the alt-weekly, has triumphed in the first Seattle Spelling Bee, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The newly crowned 43-year-old champion defeated 11 other contestants -- including fellow AAN-affiliated writer Andrew Bleeker of The Stranger -- in an alcohol-drenched evening of "cockalorums" and "gjetost." For his efforts, Borchert received $200 in cash and gift certificates. That, and glory glorious glory.
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