The Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee MD Foothills & High River

June 7, 2013 - Literacy for Life "The Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee" was held at the Okotoks Rotary Performing Arts Centre and it was a lot of laughs! MC was John Barlow from Okotoks Western Wheel. Master Pronouncer was Daryl Janz. Five Town Councils entered teams of three members each. They were: The Bee G's from Turner Valley, AB - Barry Williamson, Gerald Pfeil and Sandra Rishaug; Big Rockies from Okotoks, AB - Florence Christophers, Ed Sands and Matt Rockley; Diamond Gem Stones from Black Diamond, AB - Sharlene Brown, Judy Thomson and Sharon Hart; Foothills Fillies from the MD of Foothills - Barb Castell, Judy Gordon and Suzanne Oel; Kool ADE Spellers from High River, AB - Emile Blokland, Don Moore and Al Brander. The rules were easy -- 60 seconds were allowed for each team to spell the word, each team was allowed to purchase 'mulligans' to bail them out from a misspelled word.