VAIL STEWART RUMLEY | DAILY NEWS
DOWNEAST SPELLERS: Blake Cabral (center), from Cape Hatteras Elementary School, will be eastern North Carolina’s representative at the Scipps National Spelling Bee to be held in Washington, D.C. in May. Cabral, pictured here with second-place winner Sophia Chabo (right) of Winterville Charter Academy, and third-place winner Helayna Clark (left), from The Oakwood School in Greenville, won the Downeast Regional Spelling Bee. Held Saturday at the Turnage Theatre, the bee is sponsored by the Washington Daily News and PotashCorp-Aurora.