Back-to-back champion

Kelly Elementary student Ethan Dale King, 10, who will be in sixth grade when the new school year begins, won national champion in performing arts for the second year in a row at the National Junior Beta Convention June 15-18 in Oklahoma City, Okla. To win the competition, Ethan played the piano against some other very talented acts from across the nation. Ethan is pictured with Kelly Junior Beta Club sponsor Kristi Kirkpatrick.

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Kelly Elementary student Ethan Dale King, 10, who will be in sixth grade when the new school year begins, won national champion in performing arts for the second year in a row at the National Junior Beta Convention June 15-18 in Oklahoma City, Okla. To win the competition, Ethan played the piano against some other very talented acts from across the nation. Ethan is pictured with Kelly Junior Beta Club sponsor Kristi Kirkpatrick.