<p>Hope Compton, the runner-up at the Flathead County Spelling Bee, reacts after finding out that she can compete in the Treasure State Spelling Bee. Compton along with the spelling bee winner Allison Miller and third-place finisher Jaden Attard qualified for the statewide bee that will be held in Billings on March 21. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
February 26, 2015
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February 26, 2015 7:23 p.m.
Spelling trio advance to state competition
There was no wavering with uncertainty when Whitefish Christian Academy seventh-grader Allison Miller spelled the winning word “fluctuation” Thursday at the Flathead County Spelling Bee.