Steamboat Pilot & Today

Team 3 No Trump members and returning champions, from left, Rachel Pollack, Pauline Bouchard and Penny Deihl react after spelling "demurrage" correctly Saturday to win the Community Spelling Bee. Vicky Ho/staff

Bud Werner Memorial Library employee Mical Hutson prepares to start the clock Saturday during the preliminary rounds of the Community Spelling Bee. 3 No Trump took home top honors again in the second year of the competition. Vicky Ho/staff

Dressed in a beekeeper suit, Bud Romberg pronounces a word for competing teams at Saturday's Community Spelling Bee. Vicky Ho/staff

Steamboat Springs City Council team members, from left, Laura LaMetterey, Meg Bentley and Walter Magill listen to the pronunciation of a word during Saturday's Community Spelling Bee. Vicky Ho/staff

Council on Aging Executive Director Laura Schmidt, left, and Michael David Bauk confer with other Community Spelling Bee organizers Saturday to settle a spelling dispute. Vicky Ho/staff

The Spellin' Fellas, from left, Gene Cook, Zach Schmidt and Mike Schmidt display their submission for the word autochthonous Saturday at the Community Spelling Bee. The team previously had challenged the spelling of a word that knocked it out of the preliminary round, and the challenge proved successful as spelling bee organizers decided to redo the round. Vicky Ho/staff

The Bee Attitudes celebrate Saturday after winning the costume contest at the Community Spelling Bee. Pictured are, back row from left, team members Tanna Brock with dog Colt, Stacey Libby and Nicole Moore and, front row from left, Austin Moore, 7, and Cassidy Moore, 8. Vicky Ho/staff