Texas Heritage threesome wins annual Spelling Bee

The
Daingerfield-Lone Star Educational
Foundation hosted
their annual fundraiser on
Jan. 27.
The 2017 Champion
Spelling Bee was hosted at
the Daingerfield High School
to raise funds that allow the
Educational Foundation to
finance teacher grants each
year.The evening started
with a barbeque pulled pork
dinner that included cole
slaw, green beans, potato salad,
rolls and peach cobbler
for dessert.
Afterwards, the Spelling
Bee got underway, with
Heather Sanders reprising
her role from previous years
as caller. There were nine
teams participating in this
year’s Bee, and they included
a team from each school,
as well as several from the
community. There were the
THNBees from Texas Heritage
National Bank, West
Elementary Stellar Spellers,
The Bold and the Beautiful
from Daingerfield High
School, South Elementary’s
OMG’s, and B&PW Spellers,
representing the Business
and Professional Women’s
Club.
They were joined by
teams from Daingerfield-
Lone Star ISD Administration
(the Blue Tigers),
Northeast Texas Community
College (the Soaring Eagles),
Daingerfield Junior High
(the Bee-Dazzlers), and John
Traylor Insurance (the Tiger
Speller-Bees).

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