June 01, 2021

Literacy Council of Bowie and Miller Counties Spelling Bee

June 01, 2021/ Kim McMurry

On May 8, the Literacy Council of Bowie and Miller Counties held its annual Spelling Bee in the Truman Arnold Center on the Texarkana College campus. Winners included: first place – Texarkana College; second place – Texarkana Gazette; and third place – Cooper Tires. Other awards were given for: Best Dressed – Cooper Tires; Most Facebook Likes – Texarkana College; Silent Auction Sales – Texarkana College; Biggest Virtual Audience – Leadership Texarkana; and Buzz Out Award – Texarkana Radio Center.

Cooper Tire Team – Rosemary Weems, Gary Mason and Shannon Wood

Friends for a Cause – Keith Beason and Suki O’Neal

The House that Jack Built – Rhonda Dolberry and Beverly Webb

Judges – Beth McHenry, Traci Pitman, and LaMoya Burks

Leadership Texarkana – Randy Stevens, Jennifer Teeters and Bill Owney

Texarkana Arkansas Schools – Naoma Riordan, Amber Sloan and Jason Tatom

Pronouncer Taryn Givan and Executive Director Jenny Walker

Texarkana College – Joe Stark, Madeleine Russell and Jesse Hausler

Texarkana Gazette – Aaron Brand, Andrea Miller and Karl Richter

Texarkana Radio Center – Fabienne Thrash, Derrick Keener and Dawn Parker

Texarkana Resources – Cassandra Freeman, Tanya Dunlap and Leigh Cheek

Texarkana ISD – Amber Merrick, Tucker Douglass and Meagan Hensley