Tonight's the Ventura County Spelling Bee and we'll give you complete coverage in tomorrow's Star. If you have never seen one in person, trust me that they can really be interesting and exciting events. I used to have the chance to watch the national finals when I worked in Washington D.C.

If you haven't had a chance, check out Tom Kisken's piece in Sunday's Star on three of the top spellers in this year's Bee. And, if you read it online, be sure to click on Tom's great video of his interviews ... editing by Anthony Plascencia. They're just kids. But they're pretty amazing kids.

Also tomorrow in the Star we'll have the first extended interview that Yolanda Benitez has given since she was ousted as superintendent of El Rio School district. Benitez just settled with the school board for more than $1.4 million. She talks about what happened, what she's doing and her view of hte future of the district. Staff writer John Scheibe snagged the interview with Benitez.