The Mount Pleasant ISD School Foundation held its third adult spelling bee fund raiser event on Saturday, November 6 at the Mount Pleasant Civic Center. The event was catered by Creative Catering and the Mount Pleasant High School Culinary Arts class with culinary arts students serving the guests.
Dr. Clint Davis, pastor of First Baptist Church, served as the Pronouncer for the evening with Caity Bowen and Deanna Warren acting as judges. Each team was made up of three members. At the end of the night, the final two teams remaining were from Diamond C Trailers and the Region 8 Educational Service Center. The Diamond C team failed to correctly spell “parsimoniously”, giving the Region 8 team the chance to win. The Region 8 team correctly spelled both “parsimoniously” and then “disparity” to win the spelling bee, the third win in a row for the team from Region 8. Winning team members included Shannon Harvill, Steven Hammons, and Torri Miller. Additional team participants represented Ester Smith Trademark Mortgage, East Texas Children’s Dentistry, Guaranty Bank and Trust, Corprew Elementary School, E.C. Brice and the Child Development Center, Cypress Bank, and Vera Bank.
Symmetry Sports Construction was the event underwriter. Corporate table sponsors included Allen Scrap Metal, American National Bank, Buford-Thompson Company (BTC), BWA Architects, Cypress Bank, Diamond C Trailers, Dr. Clint and Mrs. Cindy Davis, East Texas Children’s Dentistry, Elliott Auto Group, Ester Smith Trademark Mortgage, FBS-Financial Benefit Services, Guaranty Bank & Trust, Hellas Construction, Homeland Title Company, Johnny and Regina Conroy, KLC Video Security, Laura’s Cheesecake, the MPISD School Board, the Mount Pleasant Rotary Club, Pilgrim Bank, Priefert Manufacturing, the Region 8 ESC, SSC Services for Education, Stephenson Dirt Contracting, Texas Best Real Estate-Amy Hinton, The Pediatric Clinic P.A., Thurman’s Pro Med Pharmacy, Titus Regional Medical Center, and Vera Bank.
The Mount Pleasant ISD School Foundation has awarded over $400,000 in the form of educator grants over the past six years. For more information about the Foundation, contact the Executive Director, Mariela Crockett, at 903-575-2000.
By Kelly Cowan