Four boys and 12 girls from the St. Louis area out spelled 136 other contestants Saturday in the first quarterfinal rounds of the 27th annual Spelling Bee sponsored by the Globe-Democrat. The photo shows winners from the morning session. They are, from the left in the first row, Carolyn Kruczynski, Sandy Wirtel, Mike Bimler and Nicole Takahashi. In the back row from left, are Kathy Reeb, Meg Burkholder, Susan Cheli and Kathy Langford.