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ROUND THREE OF THESCRIPPS NATIONALSPELLING BEE IS JUSTHOURS AWAY...AND A WESTERN NEWYORK GIRL WILL BEAMONG THOSESPELLING!SHE'S EMILY MIKE FROMMOUNT MORRISCENTRAL SCHOOL.SHE WON THE WESTERNNEW YORK REGIONALSPELLING BEE IN BATAVIAIN MARCH.THIS IS HER FIRST TRIPTO THE NATIONAL BEE,AND SHE'S PUT IN A LOTOF HARD WORK TO GETHERE... USING ONLINERESOURCES TO PREP,PLUS SPELLING WORDSWITH HER ENGLISHTEACHER DURING FREEPERIODS.SO WHAT IS THE KEY TOSPELLING FOR HER?ITS JUST A LOT OF LIKEEYE COORDINATION, IF ICAN PICTURE IT IN MYMIND THEN I'M GOODSHE SAYS SHE'STHANKFUL FOR ALL THESUPPORT SHE'S GOTTENSO FAR, INCLUDINGDONATIONS FROM HERSCHOOL BOARD, AND ASEND-OFF AS SHE LEFTFOR THE AIRPORT.SO WHAT WAS THEWORD EMILY SPELLEDRIGHT?"CUISINER.IT'S FRENCH FOR COOK.KATIE, YOU WANT TOGUESS HOW IT'SSPELLED?SO LET'S SEE WHO GOTIT RIGHT!C-U-I-S-I-N-E-R!EMILY WILL BE AMONGTHE 452 KIDS WHO WILLSPELL TODAY.ONLY 50 MAKE ITTHROUGH TOTOMORROW'S FINALS.THE BEE GETS GOINGAGAIN ON ESPN AT 8 AM.