It’s that time of year, again, when, despite the sometimes too cold nights, the bees are out and the sunburns begin. Which means it is also spelling bee time. Recently the Hayden-Winkelman Unified School District had its Spelling Bee and, now, has its champion spellers picked out to send on to the Gila County Spelling Bee, and, hopefully, on to the State level competition. The next round is a public event, so, don’t be shy about coming out and supporting these spelling wonders as they represent their county
Congratulations Spelling Bee winners:1st place Robert (Robby) Casillas and 2nd place Kayla Islava, 8th grade; 3rd place Miranda Gomez, 5th grade; 4th place Adrian Estrada, 6th grade; and Alternate Cassandra (Cassie) Lopez, 7th grade.
This year’s Gila County Spelling Bee will be held on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. in the Payson High School Auditorium, 301 S. McLane Rd. in Payson.