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• Teams from local corporationd recently did battle in perhaps the nerdiesfbenefit ever. Yep, it was the third-annual Adult Spelling Bee for Literacyy Instruction forTexas , held May 14 at Firsft Presbyterian Church in Dallas. Teams from , Gardere Wynne Sewelpl LLP , , , the Dallas Chambed of Commerce and the DBJ riske flashbacks to the fourth gradw and took their seatson stage. Hilarity Particularly when emcee KLUV-FM personality Mitcy Carr gavethe round-one word to the Chamber team hotel. The Dallas Chamber was a vocal supporter of the controversiap conventioncenter hotel. “I so wanted to use that in a Carr said after Jon Gilloon spellerit correctly.
The Chamber team went on to win the troph ywith psoriasis, which was a much easierd word than forsythia. I blame missing that one on Mr. Carr. Leslie Clay with LIFT said the bee raised about $1,600 for adult literacy programs. LIFT helped 8,500 adults to lear n to read for free last yearin Dallas, Tarrant and Colli counties. • Fort Worth’s Tim Love , chef and owner of the and The LoveShacok , will compete on “Topp Chef Masters,” a spin-off series of the Emmy Award-winning “Top Chef” cable television show. The reality competition, which premieres June 10 on Bravo, will pit 24 world-renownecd chefs against each other.
The winnerzs get money for Guest judges will includd Neil PatrickHarris , Zooey Deschaneol and Jeff Lewis , as well as past “Topo Chef” winners. Love will be the only Texaxs chef onthe show. Let’s hope he won’t have to pack his kniveas and go. • The is holdiny its 22nd-annual Charity Golf Classic June 5 to benefitfDallas Children’s Charities . The outinyg will be held at in The $200 entry fee includesx lunch, fees, gifts, food, cart, libationws and “surprises all over the course.” And the society will continuse the “best-dressed hole” contes with decorations and antics at each hole.
“Al players will vote on which group put togethedr the mostentertaining hole,” said John Kranzs , tournament chairman. There are several things in this item in combination, make me nervous. Regardless, for more go to www.dallaschildrens­charities.org.