GE BEES win back-to-back Spellapaloozas

Frankfort’s Ed Lawrence says it took him 54 years to earn his bachelor’s degree in humanities, summa cum laude, from the University of Kentucky. But it took him only two attempts with two outstanding teammates to capture two consecutive Spellapalooza championships.
Competing against 17 other teams Friday evening, Lawrence and Lexington’s Elise Mandel and Kevin Nance — named the “GE BEES” — won the popular spelling bee, a major fundraiser for Thorn Hill E