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S.F. State cites pianist, teacher Corbett-Jones

Apr. 23, 2009
Pianist William Corbett-Jones has given solo and chamber recitals all over the world, from Topeka to Taipei, and he has the scrapbooks full of programs and newspaper clippings to prove it. But he's happy to note that California - and the Bay Area in...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler