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Mattie Lively student smoothly spells his way to Bulloch County championship
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Mattie Lively Elementary School fifth-grader Worlanyo Gato, 10, contemplates his next letter on his way to the Bulloch County Spelling Bee crown Monday at Portal Middle High School. Gato won with the word "mellifluous."
PORTAL — The 2015 Bulloch County Spelling Bee champion lived up to his winning word: "mellifluous." It means "having a smooth, rich flow," according to Merriam-Webster's dictionary. Worlanyo Gato, a 10-year-old fifth-grader at Mattie Lively Elementary School, breezed through nearly every one of the words he was given Monday evening at Portal Middle High School.
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