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Show Wednesday, "January 31. 2001, Till HaikThellorald coml.,Pioo. I t.ih DAILY H1RM I). Page Al lownsnnr SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONS Student wins tourney with 'styrene "" I the contest. His first year he took fifth in the district, and Lehi Correspondent last year he placed third in his school spelling bee. LEHI Adam Burke, a "Adam is a good student," e seventh-grade- r from Monte Burke said. "It was Junior High School, hard seeing him up there spelled his way to success because I knew there was a in with the word "styrene" lot of competition, but Adam the Alpine School District was well prepared and I Bee. Spelling The spelling bee was Jan. thought he was confident. I'm proud of him." 24 at Snow Springs EleAll of the contestants in mentary School in Lehi; the district bee were school there were 45 contestants. Two hours later it came winners. To help them predown to Burke and Ryan pare they were given lists of words to study. However, to Smith, a seventh-grade- r from Pleasant Grove Junior test conception rather than High School, and the word just memorization skills, they were also given words "styrene." Burke spelled it correctly that they had not been even though he had never giver to study. "The hardest part were seen the word before. "It was a great experi- the words I hadn't seen before. I studied for about ence," Burke said. "Just getting up there in front of 10 hours with my mom, and everybody was pretty hard, I don't mind that I lost because I know that I did but I just did my best." This was the third year my best," Smith said. All of the contestants that Burke, son of Monte and Rhonda Burke, of were given certificates, and Orem, has participated in Burke and Smith each By s ..7 KRISTIN AMUNDSEN , Lak-eridg- v-v- - A ' - JAM - ' I KM DSO.VOur limns r at Sunset View The winner: Landon Young, a Elementary School, shows off a pair of trophies after winning the Provo School District Spelling Bee last week. Landon's parents, Andrew and Susan Young, were there to support their son. sixth-grade- kKIMI.VVMl NDSl.N Dur liwns a seventh-gradeat week's at took last first School, place Adam Burke, left, Spellmelster: r Lak-eridg- e Junior High Alpine School District Spelling Bee. Ryan Smith, a at Pleasant Grove Junior High, was runner-up- . received a trophy. Burke will compete in the State Spelling Bee on March 23 in Salt Lake City. The winner of that competition will go on to the seventh-grade- r National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., in May. Kristin Amundsen can be contacted at kamun dscn k ozinail.com. surprised Mebo School District victor has 'stamina' by coming out on top Sixth-grad- er By CIIAR'REE REYNOLDS Spanish Fork Correspondent By JANET KNUDSON Provo Correspondent sixth-grade- The words got harder and the spelling more creative in the last round of the Provo City School District Spelling Bee PROVO last week. The contest began with h 16 children who are fifth-throug- seventh-grader- s, Landon and Young emerged as the winsixth-grad- words correctly. After numerous tries by r each, Young, a at Sunset View Elementary School, won by correctly spelling both "encore" and er ner. All the contestants made it through the practice and after three of intermediate round, rounds words only two contestants were eliminated. Next came a few rounds of advanced words until the most difficult tiebreaker words started. Tiebreaker words are words the children had never seen before. Words got more difficult with "pilaf," "sashay" and "hierarchy." "feud." Ironically, it was Mix who said he expected to win and Young, the winner, who was surprised by his victory. "I'm surprised; I was in this last year and I was the first one out," Young said. This year Young's formula for success included spending time on the Internet taking practice tests posted by the Deseret News, sponsor of the statewide contests He said he also wrote down all his words three times each to practice. As for Mix, he took the defeat well. "I was expecting first place. ... I knew 'feud,' but I think it was the nerves that did it." Surrounded g by friends, Mix said he well-wishin- most creative felt good about the contest. The Young goes on to the spelling of the evening was meet March 23 at state "brigadier" spelled using Hale Center Theater, 3333 the letter "e" three times. Later on, Young and S. Decker Lake (2200 West), West Valley City. Carter Mix, a at Westridge Elementary Janet Knudson, who School, were alone on the used a spell checker when platform. The contest went back writing this story, can be and forth until one of them contacted at could spell two consecutive janetbjornpress.com. fifth-grad- er The SPANISH FORK dictionary defines the word "stamina" as one with endurance. Interesting that Andrew Glenn, a from Spanish Fork Middle School, would have the stamina to win the sixth-grad- School Nebo A V er District Spelling Bee on Jan. 24 by spelling that word correctly. "I didn't even think that we would get to the advanced round," Glenn said. "I really didn't prepare myself too well for that portion of the list." A list of 500 words made up by the Deseret News, the main sponsoring organization for the state-wid- e spelling bee, was given to the schools in October. Glenn and the other diswinners trict contestants from each school made it all until words 500 through there were only five, then two spellers remaining. The survivors moved on to the list of 500 tiebreaker words words that don't appear on the practice lists. was The final spell-of- f between Glenn and Courtney Prestwich, of Goshen Middle School. The two spelled word after word until Prestwich misspelled . "chronicle." Glenn was able to spell the word correctly, then spelled i 0- - I i. C Andrew Glenn, a Spelling champ: School District's best speller. "stamina" to clench the vic- tory. Sighs of relief along with applause could be heard in the audience as a smile stretched across Glenn's face. "I'm amazed that I won," Glenn said. "I feel really good. I now have to start studying, even harder, for the state competition. My mom and dad really helped me study for this by going sixth-grade- at Spanish r HAK'Htk KH Mil.DS Our lowns Fork Middle School, is over each word, then I would write out those words that I misspelled." According to Don Apple-gat- e, assistant at Canyon Elementary School and one of the judges vice-princip- for the spelling bee, "Parent involvement really makes a difference." The parents involved sat with anticipation as they watched their children compete in the contest, spelling the Nebo each word right along with them. "It is really nerve racking," said Lisa Dalley, whose son Britton competed until the final tiebreak-inround. "We have studied so hard for so long. We have studied for one hour a day since before Christmas." g Char'Ree Reynolds can be contacted, at: fbwidowyahoo.com. Students collect 164 Payson police force gets two new cars canned goods, win bet By MARGARET MEYERS By MARGARET MEYERS Payson Correspondent PAYSON With the holidays past, one teacher at Payson Junior High School is still finishing her holiday bet with her students. The students were to have collected a number of canned items during their food drive to meet the requirements necessary to get their teachers to show their stuff. One teacher was willing to shave his legs while another would shave his head. All got off lucky except Emma Bullock, who has spent this last week dressed as Mimi, Drew Carrey's heavily made-up- , nemesis insult-spoutin- g from the comedy. The 40 students in her homeroom met their goal, and Bullock has to deliver at least a week's worth of ABC-T- V Mimi. Payson Correspondent "The goal was, bring in 100 cans of food for a day of PAYSON Have you Mimi, 150 cans of food for a-week of Mimi or 200 cans of noticed the new look food for a week of Mimi and around town? If they sit still long get to listen to her sing in the school's cafeteria," Bul- enough, you've probably the two new lock said. "My students noticed police cars. City Payson of 164 in cans brought Crown Ford The $30,000 food." Victoria cruisers were The students had anoth- er incentive for meeting the goal. If they didn't bring in at least 100 cans, Bullock said, her class would have had to detail her car with toothbrushes. "I am having the time of my life," Bullock said. "I think it's great. I am not going to do this my whole life, but it is fun to do this for a week." If she had the opportunity to sing her song, Bullock said it would have been some outrageous, tune. Margaret Meyers can be at reached via mmeyersfreeport.com. www.HarkTheHerald.com ordered last August, but they hit the streets around the middle of December, Police Chief Mike Open-shasaid. "These cars were purchased through the budget process and have replaced two old, ones," Openshaw said. Both came cars equipped with the normal Ford police packaging and were given the traditional police paint job. "They were the most reliable," said Chris Sheriff, a police officer driving one of the new Vehicles. drive "The ' holds up better." The striping was done here as well as the instal- - "The new black-and-whi- te rear-whe- el . t 'f ft n. black-and-whi- te paint job and X striping is what sets it off from the other police cars in town." Police Chief Mike Openshaw w out-of-da- te I lation of the rest of the ' equipment, including a video camera, Openshaw said. "The new paint job and striping is what sets it off from the other police cars in town," Openshaw said. black-and-whi- te think they're great. The look is something "I new," Openshaw said. "I've had a lot of positive responses." "We were proud terhave something that looks nice," said Sheriff, who also installed the light bars, Courtesy photo New wheels: This is one of two new $30,000 Ford Crown Victoria cruisers recently purchased by the Payson Police Department. radios, sirens and computers for the department. Sheriff said the department also has ordered Panasonic laptops to place in the patrol cars. These computers will allow the officers to do license checks on vehicles themselves instead of calling a dis- patcher and waiting' for them to run the information. The computers also allow officers to file reports from the field instead of coming back to headquarters, Sheriff said. . Margaret Meyers can contacted at mmeyersfreeport.com. be |