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The 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee is next week in Washington, D.C. and Blanche Li of Boulder and Vedanth Raju of Aurora are representing Colorado. It’s the 100th year for the Bee and the second time a Raju boy is on the stage before Dr. Bailly. For our upcoming 5 Questions, we talk to Vedanth Raju about how he prepared, his accomplishments to date and how his brother, Vikram, prepared him to follow in his footsteps. Our newsletter subscribers get to see it first on Sunday, so encourage your friends and families to sign up. As with all our content, it’s free!
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