A loquacious group of Salmon Arm word nerds came together for a morning of coffee, costumes and spelling.
More than a dozen teams competed in the sixth annual spelling bee fundraiser hosted by the Literacy Alliance of the Shuswap Society (LASS) on May 8 at the Prestige Harbourfront Resort.
The Silverquacks, a team comprised of doctors from Salmon Arm, came in second while Bee-Witched took the gold for the fifth time.
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The event raised $12,425 for community literacy programs run by LASS, including the Cyber Seniors computer tutoring program, Unplug and Play Family Literacy Week and other family and children’s literacy programs.
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