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SANGER HERALD • 3B • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Spellers triumph over words like vociferous, repugnant & layette
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By Mike Nemeth
Sanger Herald
Vincent Heng handed out tiny boxes of candy and pencils to the competitors who approached the desk to sign up for the Sanger Unified School District Spelling Bee on Feb. 9.
But more importantly, he offered encouragement.
“Good luck,” he said multiple times.
The fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth-graders didn’t understand the significance right away. Heng to them was just any Sanger High senior. Big, tall and imposing.
Then clarity arrived.
Mike Nemeth / Sanger Herald
Kevin Narang, a seventh- grader at Sanger Academy, triumphed in the fourth through sixth competition Feb. 9 at Washington Academic Middle School.
Just before the first spelling bee was to start, administrator and event organizer Jamie Nino stood at the microphone at the Washington Academic Middle School auditorium stage and introduced Heng as a kid who once participated in the spelling bee. He advanced to the county competition in his sixth and seventh years.
Heng took the stage as comfortable as anyone, not a single hesitation. His voice rang from the loudspeakers strong and confident. “Treasure every experience because it will have significance down the road,” he said.
The takeaway was that spelling is a good thing, especially since Heng is headed to Stanford University in the fall. He accepted in December. And he said he got into one of the best and most competitive colleges in the nation despite personal adversity. English wasn’t the only language he learned. His mastery of it had to compete with Chinese and Cambodian.
Spelling, he said, “taught me discipline. Being able to step into the spotlight. Being able to step out of my comfort zone and show people what I’m capable of.
“This is a a great
opportunity,” Heng told his fellow spellers. “You may not realize it now.”
Spell master Katie Gault then launched the fourth- through sixth-grade competition with some pretty straightforward words: drive, sunny, unkind, fresh and panda.
That didn’t last, however.
The words got tougher with each round: vampire, timely, sugar, ninja, tycoon. And tougher: canine, talc, cauliflower, futon, gardenia, rupture. And tougher: tithe, yacht, caribou, gazelle. And tougher: matinee, hominy, feldspar, rupee, lilac.
See Spelling, Page 4B
Creating the love for Valentine's Day
By Mike Nemeth
Sanger Herald
Delilah Elizondo enjoys St. Valentine’s Day despite all the work it represents.
Elizondo is Sanger’s best known chocolatier and confectioner. Her shop, Gourmet Goodies by Delilah, in the city’s downtown core — on O Street between Seventh and Jensen Avenue — is a chocolate lover’s paradise on a normal day. But she goes into overdrive when romantic comedies rule Netflix, red hearts get top billing in every social media platform and Hallmark hopes to sell millions of cards.
This week meant long nights preparing hand- crafted chocolate treats, with chocolate dipped strawberries earning the title of most popular. Monday night, she and her crew, cousins Stephanie Kulow and Natalie Rea, planned to work until about 2 to 3 a.m.
She estimated she will create about 1,400 strawberries by Feb. 14. She had stacks and stacks of berries in every cooler.
“We just dip like crazy,” she said.
Some get white chocolate drizzle on top of their regular chocolate. And this is a full chocolate dip, she said. Elizondo said she uses only premium fresh strawberries with long stems that have been ordered months in advance from her produce provider.
Some of the berries also get covered in crushed almonds, a sprinkle of red
The Bible Part 1 ‘Can I Trust The Bible?’
The Bible is the most read book in history. It’s the bestselling book in history. And it is the most translated book in history. I would like everyone to learn to love God’s word with their hearts, to learn God’s word with their minds and to live God’s word with their souls.
As we do, we’ll be building our lives on the foundation Jesus refers to in Matthew 7:24-27, when only the house built on the rock remained standing after a wild storm. God gave us five senses for a reason. James tells us we receive the word with our ears, to read his word
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High end chocolate dipped strawberries don't make themselves, and at Gourmet Goodies by Delilah the crew stays up late in the nights before Valentine's Day making sure everything is ready for those seeking that special gift.
candy topping, crushed peanuts or coconut. A popular version is the strawberry dipped in chocolate then rolled in semi-sweet chocolate morsels. “So you get that double chocolate flavor,” she said.
Strawberries aren’t the only romantic treat.
with our eyes, that we research it with our hands and mouths and review and remember it with our minds by meditating on it and, finally, respond to his word with our actions.
Paul writes to Timothy stating, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching and rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.” 2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is God-breathed.”
The word “God-breathed” in Greek is theopneustos. Theo, meaning God, pneustos, meaning breathed. That means God’s word is God’s very breath. It’s not just a good idea. It is God’s word to us.
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“Yesterday, we did 240 apples,” she said, referring to her candied apple creations geared to the romantic holiday.
She also offered krispy treats dipped in chocolate and covered with tiny red candies. And she said she and her crew made 700 pretzel rods, which are sold in a three-pack and part of various gift boxes.
Monday night at the shop was busy with customers streaming in to pick up special orders or picking through the selection from the various displays. Frantic customers seeking last-minute gifts likely would turn up Tuesday or sometime Wednesday.
It’s not a good holiday to forget. For some people, anyway.
“We’ll end up using about 250 pounds of chocolate,” Elizondo said, referring to specific Valentine’s sales. “Milk, white and dark chocolate.”
For those who may want something other than chocolate, Delilah’s also distributes gummie candy from Albanese Confectionery in Merriville, Ind. Elizondo said the company produces the best in the business and each of its candies is individually flavored. Her shop adds a kick to some of them, and those are exceptional.
She said she expects to sell about 125 pounds of Albanese “the best in the business” candies this week.
In addition, Delilah’s has produced about 180
See Delilah, Page 4B
dissected, debated, outlawed, destroyed, the most banned book ever in history. Millions of people have died because they refused to give up their Bible. Yet it is still the most read, the most published, the most translated, the bestselling book in the world and it is still making a difference in people’s lives.
Next Week: “How the Bible Changes Us!”
Pastor Sam Estes is city advance director and facilitates the Sanger Community Task Force that meets the first and third Tuesdays every month. He can be reached at pastorsam51@gmail.com.
Everything in
the Bible can be
trusted as true
because it comes
from God. Let me
quickly share a
few reasons you
can trust God’s
word the Bible: 1)
It is historically accurate: Psalm 33:4 says this “The Word of the Lord is right and true.” That’s not only true and right about salvation. It’s true and right about history.
2) The Bible is scientifically accurate: There are things in the Bible, the Bible says were true, that we’ve just discovered 100, 200 or 300 years ago. Johannes Kepler, the famous mathematician and astronomer, said, “Science is simply thinking
God’s thoughts after him.”
In other words, God established the laws of physics, the laws of biology and the laws of math. And then we discover them.
prophecies where God says, “This is going to happen at such and such a time, in such and such a way.” Over all of the centuries ALL of these prophecies have already been fulfilled, every one of them exactly as God said. And some of them are still yet to be fulfilled.
4) The Bible is thematically accurate: The Bible was written over 1,600 years, from the first book to the last, by 40 different authors, on three different continents, in three different languages. And they didn’t know about each other.
5) The Bible has survived all attacks: That makes it an unusual book. The Bible is the most despised book, derided, denied, disputed,
Pastor Sam Estes
Psalm 148 says it this way, “Let every created thing [that s the whole universe] give praise to the Lord, for He issued His command, [God set these rules in motion, the laws of thermodynamics, the laws of psychics] and they came into being. He established them forever and ever. And his orders will never be revoked.”
3) It is prophetically accurate: The Bible is filled with literally thousands of