Onas Bridges and Amelia Elliott, both students at Crockett Intermediate, have emerged as the winners of this year's Spelling Bee competition. Their commitment and diligence in studying have paid off, and they have earned the opportunity to represent their school in the countywide competition.
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The last time Raymond Chan saw his fiancee, Thi Dung Nguyen, he had so little annual leave after flying to Vietnam to see her each month that he could only be with her for 24 hours.
It was March 2020 and although the visit was brief – “I flew 15 hours to stay one night” – Dr Chan said that when he left it still felt like the kind of regular farewell they had made since they met in December 2018.
Dr Raymond Chan speaks on Facetime with his Vietnamese fiancee, Thi Dung Nguyen, who has a prospective spouse visa but cannot get a travel exemption.