Correctly spelling “oubliette” and “corsair” earned Eric Lim, a fifth-grade student at Brooklet Elementary School, the title of 2016 Bulloch County Spelling Bee champion on Monday night. Lim was one of 12 participating contestants from the county's 14 public elementary and middle schools and the Charter Conservatory of Liberal Arts and Technology. The 10-year-old son of Sungkyun Lim and Jee Yoon Byun, of Statesboro, Lim received a trophy and a $100 check from the Bulloch County chapter of the Georgia Association of Educators.
Oubliette, corsair earn Brooklet student spelling bee title
Eric Lim, 10, headed to district bee


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