Sean Counihan, Nate Miller, and Kelsey Stewart, all of Hood River, will be representing Hood River County at the Oregon Statewide Spelling Championship on Aug. 30, at the Oregon State Fair in Salem.

This is the sixth year Oregon Spellers has sponsored the Oregon Statewide Spelling Championship. Oregon Spellers is all-volunteer group which formed in 2009 in response to the Oregon Department of Education’s budget-driven decision to eliminate their state-level spelling contest, which had run for 33 years. Oregon Spellers is funded solely by donations.