A team from the Journal Sentinel placed first Thursday in the annual spelling bee benefiting the Literacy Council of Greater Waukesha.
The three member-team successfully spelled C-A-M-A-R-I-L-L-A - a word used to describe a group of unofficial, secret advisors - to take first place. A team from the Mukwonago Public Library was the runner-up. Spellers representing last year's winning team, the Waukesha County Museum, finished third.
Other participants in the 18th annual event were teams from the Waukesha Public Library, Clarcorp Industrial Sales, Metal Tek, The Equitable Bank, the Waukesha County Federated Library System, Waukesha County Technical College and tutors from the Literacy Council.
The Literacy Council provides one-on-one tutoring in reading, writing, spelling, math and English as a second language to people who live or work in Waukesha County.