Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Twelve students in grades 5-8 exhibited their super spelling skills at Wednesday's Eddy County Spelling Bee. Pictured, from left to right – front row: Grace Tillman-Saucier, Camden Reiger, Karsyn Wetzel, Camebria Engels, Isla Allmaras, Josh Lukach; back row: Austin Weisenburger, Gabe Smith, Christopher Wiedrich, Kyle Thompson, Sophie Skogen, Kaylynn Chamberlain. The top spellers by grade level were as follows: Grade 5 – Grace Tillman-Saucier, Grade 6 – Austin Weisenbuger, Grade 7 – Sophie Skogen, and Grade 8 – Christopher Wiedrich.
The Eddy County Spelling Bee brought 12 great spellers to the Eddy County Courthouse on Wednesday, Feb. 8. After written and oral rounds of spelling competition, Sophie Skogen was named the champion of the 2023 county contest. Austin Weisenburger was runner-up. Skogen will now advance to the State Spelling Bee on March 20 at the Bismarck Event Center. For a photo of all the competitors, as well as recognition of each grade level winner, see page A2.
