The Rotary Club of Campbellford was pleased to run the Spelling Bee at Island Park Retirement Home in Campbellford on January 10th.
We had 7 excellent contestants Marilyn Vanden Dussen, Jean Taylor, Dorothy Austin , Teresa Weir, Lois Neshiem, Betty Langford and Chris Whitfield.
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The ladies showed their spelling prowess and it was a very competitive competition. It took over 14 rounds before anyone was eliminated and a total of 32 rounds before the Christine Whitfield was crowned the winner and received the prestigious trophy.
From left to right: Rotarian Rob Pope, Winner Christine Whitfield, Judge Kathy Dafoe, and Rotarian/Judge Tom Dafoe.
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The Rotary Club of Campbellford along with other local Rotary Clubs will be running spelling bees at the local elementary schools for grades 4 to 8. In school competitions will take place in May with the winners competing in the finals on June 9th in Belleville. Practice words will be distributed to the schools in February.