Spelling Bee

Hardin-Houston Local School held the spelling bee on Wednesday, December 4th. Deijah Weidner, 5th grade, won the bee after battling first runner-up Lauryn Crim, 6th grade, all the way to round 19 where Deijah spelled the words gallium and palladium correctly to emerge victorious. Second runner-up was Alex Ginn, 3rd grade. The next level of competition will be the Lima Regional Spelling Bee after the first of the year.

Spelling bee winner Deijah Weidner with first runner-up Lauryn Crim