"These St. Louis area youngsters survived an elimination round Saturday to advance to the finals in the 29th annual Globe-Democrat Spelling Bee. The letter-perfect youngsters will join other area spellers and 14 from outstate Missouri and Illinois in the finals to be held at 10a.m. May 2 at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. In Saturday's elimination sessions at UMSL, 68 area school champions competed in the morning and 76 in the afternoon. In the photo are four winners in the morning session, from left, Jim Klages, 14, Assumption Parish School; Kara Trowsion, St. Stephens School, Collinsville; Christopher Lundberg, 13, House Springs Middle School; and Terri Willett, 14, Sacred Heart School, Eureka."