Hot Springs students spell their way to victory

P-a-y-t-o-n wins county spelling bee, heads to state tourney in Billings

Superior sixth-grader Payton Milender won the Mineral County Spelling Bee on Wednesday, Feb. 22, after 14 rounds of competition. The spelling bee started with 30 participants, but one-by-one, they were knocked out of the running by trying to spell words like “crustaceans,” “hypotenuse” and “Huguenot.”

Plains sixth-grader Ducept headed for Treasure State Spelling Bee

Plains Schools sixth-grader Kaitlyn Ducept emerged as the repeat champion of the 2019 Sanders County Spelling Bee held Friday, March 1 at the Sanders County Courthouse.

Noxon, Trout Creek hold spelling bees

Noxon and Trout Creek schools each will send their top four spellers to the Sanders County Spelling Bee after holding their own bees last week. Brooke Smithborne was the Noxon winner while Mikalla Gardner was the top speller from Trout Creek.

County spelling bee coming up

The Sanders County Spelling Bee is just around the corner with schools getting prepped for the competition.

Plains student wins Sanders County Spelling Bee

Twenty-five students from Sanders County competed in the 24th annual county spelling bee last Thursday afternoon at the Thompson Falls Senior Citizen Center. 

Superior sixth-grader competes in Treasure State Spelling Bee

On Saturday, students from all over Montana traveled to Rocky Mountain College to compete in the Treasure State Spelling Bee. Superior student, Payton Milender had won the Mineral County Spelling Bee Feb. 22 and qualified for State. She was number 32 and joined 58 challengers in Billings vying for the grand prize.

Superior students spell their way to victory

SUPERIOR – Bulwark was the word to cement Clara Davis as the champion of the Superior Spelling Bee and give her the opportunity to participate in the state spelling bee next month.

Coeur d'Alene police receive praise, pushback for Patriot Front arrests

Many local citizens are grateful to Coeur d'Alene police officers for their actions Saturday in maintaining peace in the city's downtown area.

Eighth-grader takes Paradise Spelling Bee

Eighth-grader Sarah Necessary correctly spelled "deduce" to win the Paradise School Spelling Bee Friday in the school gym. Angel Crawford of the seventh grade took second with Shailyne Ames and Shaira Caldwell of the fifth grade taking third and fourth, respectively. The four girls will represent Paradise in the Sanders County Spelling Bee in Thompson Falls March 3.

Sanders County Spelling Bee crowns local champion

The 26th annual Sanders County Spelling Bee was held at the courthouse in Thompson Falls on Friday. Participants from Noxon, Dixon, Trout Creek, Thompson Falls, Plains, and Hot Springs competed for the privilege of representing the county at the state competition held at Montana State University in Billings in March.

Thompson Falls student wins county spelling bee

Spelling Bee

Clara Davis and Alexea Kelsey were the winners of the Superior School Spelling Bee.

Eighth-grader Molia Dao is the S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G B-E-E winner

“P-O-R-T-E-N-T-O-U-S-L-Y” is what Alberton eighth-grader Molia Dao spelled to become the Mineral County Spelling Bee winner. Competition was held at St. Regis School on Monday, March 4. Molia beat out 30 contestants to take home top honors. Alternates were Skylar Knapp, an Alberton fifth-grader and Trizten Avila, sixth grade, from Superior.

Decker Milender wins Superior spelling bee

On a cold, wet day in Superior, Montana, a spelling bee was about to begin. All of the 17 contestants were very nervous to start spelling in front of the whole school. The contestants consisted of fifth-, sixth-, and seventh-graders.

Mineral County Spelling Bee

Taylor Haskins, left and Xavier Milton were the winners of the county spelling bee.

Spelling Bee winners

Seventh grader Clara Davis was winner of the Superior Spelling Bee with Logan Noonan as runner up.

Sanders County Spelling Bee

From left to right, Yvonne Baty, Sarah Detlaff and Ethan Brown, placed at the county spelling bee last week in Thompson Falls.

Odell wins Alberton spelling bee then earns second place in county competition

Photo courtesy Zelma Kromrey

Hot Springs sixth-grader claims county spelling bee title

The top spellers from six Sanders County school districts took part in the annual county spelling bee last week.