St. Regis' Daisy Sansom wins county bee
Daisy Sansom, center, an eighth-grade student in St. Regis, won the Mineral County Spelling Bee. Also pictured, from left, judge Chelsea Nygaard from Superior, pronouncer Angie Hopwood from Superior, judge Kelsey Clark form St. Regis and judge Katy Cannon from Alberton. (Monte Turner/Minderal Independent)
Daisy Sansom from St. Regis, left, was the winner of the Mineral County Spelling Bee last week, with Ruby Pittsley from Superior taking second place. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
At the start of the competition to determine which student would represent Mineral County in the state spelling bee, about three dozen students sat nervously in the Superior High School gymnasium last Thursday evening.
The setting had folding chairs facing two tables at center court which were seated with the officials. The three judges were Katy Cannon of Alberton, Kelsey Clark of St. Regis and Chelsea Nygaard of Superior, along with the pronouncer, Angie Hopwood, from Superior.
In the stands were friends and family who were there to support and then console as almost one-half of the contestants were eliminated in the first round. Another half of the contestants left after the second round, but everyone was in good spirits with some chuckling at the simple mistake that took them out of the running.
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