Big Island Girl Spells Her Way to Washington

Hawaiʻi Public Radio

Published April 24, 2014 at 11:15 AM HST

Hawaii Island is famous for a number of local products. There's coffee, and macadamia nuts...and spelling champions. And the latest of these is heading for the nationals next month. Sherry Bracken has her story from Kona

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