The Arizona Daily Star's own sports columnist Greg Hansen will be in the running for Tucson's best speller at the Sixth annual Celebrity Spelling Bee at the Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St. downtown this Friday.
Proceeds from the event go toward classroom grants from the Educational Enrichment Foundation for supplies, projects and equipment.
The event begins at 7 p.m. and admission is $5-$20 through the Rialto box office, 740-1000.
Among the participants, as per the Rialto website:
AMBER ADIL, Angel Charity for Children
STEPHANIE BALZER, The Drawing Studio
RANDI DORMAN, R+R Develop
STEVE FARLEY, Arizona State Senate
DAVE FITZSIMMONS, Arizona Daily Star
SUE GILES, Tucson Lifestyle Magazine
MARYANN GREEN, University High School
GREG HANSEN, Arizona Daily Star
TODD HOLTHAUS, Pima Community College Women's Basketball
ANGIE JOHNSON-SMITH, Smith & Dale Philanthropic Counsel
CURTIS MCCRARY, The Rialto Theatre
PETER MICHAELS, Arizona Public Media
KADE MISLINSKI, Batch and Saguaro Corners
JIM NINTZEL, Tucson Weekly
JASON OTT, Citi
ADAM REX, Children's Book Author/Illustrator
JIM ROSBOROUGH, Pima Community College Women’s Basektball
MARK RUBIN, Law Office of Mark Rubin/Pima Medical Institute
DAVID SLUTES, Hotel Congress
DUSTIN WILLIAMS, Pima County School Superintendent's Office
BETTY VILLEGAS, Community Volunteer
MELISSA VITO, University of Arizona Office of the Provost
