Iola student Clara Wicoff and her family will soon be flying to Washington, D.C., for the National Spelling Bee. Wicoff, who just completed the eighth grade, is the champion of the Great Bend Tribune’s 2012 Sunflower Spelling Bee, held March 17 at Barton Community College.The non-profit bee is administered by the E.W. Scripps Company and known as the nation’s largest and longest-running educational promotion. The preliminary round will be held Tuesday, with 278 spellers from around the world, since it includes U.S. territories and Department of Defense Dependents Schools.