Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Kingston Literacy’s 13th Annual

Electronic Scrapbook 

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13th Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee (2007) Electronic Scrapbook

Contents Page Table of Contents 2

Our Grate Supporters 3

The Winners 8

The Teams 11

The Cast, Crew and Committee Too 33

The Last Word 38

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Our Grate Supporters!

Golden (Title) Sponsor ($1,000) 

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Busy Bee (Major) Sponsor ($550) 

Audience Play‐along Sponsor ($750) 

More Grate Supporters

Worker Bee (Team) Sponsor ($275) 

Check out pages 11 to 33 for businesses and groups who entered teams!

More Grate Supporters

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Cheerleader  Sponsors ($100) 

HOMESTEAD LAND HOLDINGS

FIRST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING

PETERS GUARDIAN DRUGS (Est. 1930)

640 KING STREET WEST, ONTARIO K7M 2E5 (613) 548-7595 • (613) 546-5165

Good, Elliott & Hawkins, LLP

153 Brock Street 544-1330

700 Progress Avenue Kingston

Tel: (613) 384-3163

More Grate Supporters

Downtown Lotto Centre

120 Princess Street (613) 549-9930

Aaben Windows and Doors Jack Chiang Classic Video Direct Signs 20/20 Downtown Lotto Good Elliott Hawkins LLP Guardsman Insurance Services Ltd. Homestead Landholdings Peters Drugs William Poulos, Law Office Thomson Jemmett Vogelzang

1071 Midland Avenue · (613) 384-1296

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Silent Auction and Team Prize Sponsors Limestone Unlimited Louise Tait, Royal LePage McClelland & Stewart Michele Zigman-Peebles Microage Mike Jefferies (V.P., TD Waterhouse) Mr. Suntan Neil’s Flowers Novelis Pet Parade Plus S&R Department Store Salon Manon Scholars Education Centre Scholastic Canada Ltd. Screening Room Seasons’ Promise Shaw Festival Slippery Solutions Southeastern Telecommunications Spas4Paws Stratford Festival Tangles & Co. Taylor Studios TD Bank TD Canada Trust TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. Thousand Islands Playhouse Totally Clips Via Rail

Ale House Canteen Ambiance Hair & Body Care Annick Press Bell Albert Breckenridge (Manager, TD Canada Trust) Bursta Baskets Camera Kingston Canadian Women’s Fitness Changes for Women Detail Masters Plus Greek Islands Grizzly Grill Gusto Restaurant Hershey Chocolate Shoppe Hillside Coffee Company Holiday Inn Hotel Belvedere Jack Chiang J.A.K.K. Tuesdays JM’s Restaurant (Ambassador Hotel) K-Town Physiotherapy Keg Steakhouse & Bar Kids Can Press Kiley Paving King Street Sizzle (Four Points by

Sheraton Kingston) Kingston 1000 Island Cruises Kingston Computer Planet

Winning Teams from

2007

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Chapters Bee Captors Dan Milling, Susan Talbot, Pam Whitmore

Best Spellers – 2007

The Winners of the 13th Annual

Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee

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Best Spellers, Runners Up: Senior’s Centre Diane Ball, Juliet Milsome, Peck Peckover

More Winners in the 13th Annual

Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee

Best Costumes: Ongwanada Karla Benoit, Martin Kandler, Amy Wartman

Most Pledges Raised: TD Canada Trust Shannon Falcao, Harriet Johnston, Jean Roff

Best Team Spirit: Bergeron Clifford Shawn Langille, Anne Newell, Tisha Roy

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The teams

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Bergeron Clifford 

The team: Shawna Langille, Anne Newell, Tisha Roy

Bergeron Clifford

Personal Injury Lawyers

201-1000 Gardiners Road Kingston, ON K7P 3C4 Phone (613) 384-5886 Fax: (613) 384-0501

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Better Beginnings for  Kingston Children Sponsored by Canada Post 

The team: Dorothyanne Brown, Wendy Christopher, Leann Cunningham

This team was sponsored by Canada Post.

Canada Post has been a tremendous supporter of literacy in Canada, and we greatly appreciate their ongoing participation in the Bee!

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Boys & Girls Club of Kingston & Area 

Sponsored by Viner, Kennedy, Frederick, Allan & Tobias LLP 

 

27 Place d'Armes, Kingston, ON K7L 4V6

Phone: (613) 542-7867 Website: www.vinerkennedy.com

We provide expertise in many areas of law, representing a broad range of clients. We endeavour to provide client success by understanding their needs, keeping in regular contact with them and providing prompt advice.

The team: Mandy Crowder, Brittany Tough, Brandy Young

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Canadian Woman’s Fitness CWF All Stars 

 

The team: Michele Hussey, Sandra Pappas, Jane Zigman

785 Blackburn Mews West, Kingston

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Certified General Accountants—Kingston 

The team: Diana Foreman, Mary Ann Lyon, Michelle Paquin

Certified general accountants are trained in the full spectrum of accounting. Broadly and deeply competent, CGAs have the education and training required to fulfil advanced business and financial functions. Certified General Accountants Kingston

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Chapters Bee Captors 

While Chapters has always been very supportive of Kingston Literacy’s efforts, this was the first year that they fielded a team in the Bee. You would never have known it, given their first place performance. Congratulations to this awesome first time team!

The team: Dan Milling, Susan Talbot, Pam Whitmore

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City of Kingston   

The team: Pam Sorensen, Mary Helen Webster, Michele Zigman-Peebles

This team is part of the hard-working crew at Ontario Works that provides employment and financial support to people in need. The goal of Ontario Works is to help people gain employment and/or the skills they need to obtain a job and become self-reliant.

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Cunningham, Swan, Carty, Little & Bonham 

The team: Andrew Bonham, Caroline Thomas, Pierre Vanderhout

Cunningham, Swan, Carty, Little & Bonham LLP Finding Solutions. Getting Results.

201-1473 John Counter Blvd Kingston, ON

Phone: (613) 544-0211

Website: www.cswan.com

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Empire Life Teh Gud Spelerz 

The team: Sue McDermid, Nathalie Nayan, Mary Beth Saulnier

Empire Life has been one of the Bee’s strongest supporters over the years. In addition to sending and sponsoring teams, their staff members have helped us out, and they even desktop-published and printed our program for many years. We are very lucky to have such a strong, community-minded company based here in Kingston!

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Indigo Books & Music We are the “I” in Team Indigo—Team Indigo 

The team: Mathew Fletcher, Ted Girard, Krista Hunt

Indigo Books & Music are longstanding supporters of literacy in general, and Kingston Literacy in our community. Through their major sponsorships of our Words and Wisdom series, as well as their over-the-top participation in Writersfest and Kingston Reads, they have shown incredible support and leadership. Thanks Team Indigo! Again.

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James Reid Funeral Home 

The team: Scott Cameron, Wanda Adams Lazure, Anita Lister

James Reid Funeral Home, Cataraqui Chapel 1900 John Counter Blvd. Kingston, ON K7M 7H3 Telephone: (613) 544-3411 Website: www.jamesreidfuneralhome.com

James Reid Funeral Home

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Kingston Frontenac Public Library  Sponsored by the Friends of the Library 

The team: Laura Pallister, Anthony Petryk, Kimberly Sutherland Mills

With 17 branches in the Greater Kingston and Frontenac region, the Kingston Frontenac Public Library is a treasure trove of books, movies, cd’s, computer and internet access, and community resources, but their greatest asset is their knowledgeable, helpful and caring staff.

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Kingston This Week The Weekly Rage 

The team: Joyce Cook, Rob Mooy, Sherri Paterson

Kingston This Week truly is our community newspaper, and a tremendous supporter of Kingston Literacy, and literacy issues in general. Whether it’s by providing excellent coverage of all our events and programs, or sponsoring Writersfest, or participating in the Bee, the good folks at KTW are definitely champions for literacy!

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Ongwanada Sponsored by TD Canada Trust 

The team: Karla Benoit, Martin Kandler, Amy Wartman This team was sponsored by TD Canada Trust.

Canada Trust

TD Canada Trust has been an incredible supporter of the Bee right from our very first year. Whether it be by entering teams, sponsoring teams, providing amazing prizes for our Silent Auction, volunteers for the event and beyond, they have shown how much the community means to them in spades!

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Ontario March of Dimes Sponsored by Empire Life 

The team: Janet Anderson, Sherrie Gaylord, Jennifer Ryan This team was sponsored by Empire Life.

Empire Life has been one of the Bee’s strongest supporters over the years. In addition to sending and sponsoring teams, their staff members have helped us out, and they even desktop-published and printed our program for many years. We are very lucky to have such a strong, community-minded company based here in Kingston!

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Re/Max Realty Concepts Corp. Team name: Realty Good Spellers 

The team: Marcia Jones, Jan Patterson, Bob Winsor

You can tell that these three are great in the realty business, because they take their spelling seriously (crossing every “t” and dotting every “i”), but they also know how to have a great time. If I were buying or selling a property, those are both things I would want to be sure of. Wouldn’t you?

Realty Concepts Corp Brokerage

613-389-7777

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Seniors’ Centre Team Name: Supergenerians 

The team: Diane Ball, Juliet Milsome, Peck Peckover

The Seniors Centre

Seniors Association Kingston Region 56 Francis Street, Kingston, ON

(613) 548-7810 info@seniors-kingston.on.ca

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The team: Skot Caldwell, Steven Heighton, Adam Newman

Skeleton Park Skeletymologists Sponsored by Kingston Co‐operative Homes 

14-1338 Princess Street, Kingston, ON K7M 7N9 Tel: (613) 544-3873

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Talking Books Book Club 

The team: Laurel Bates, Dodie Prieditis, Sandy Taylor

The Talking Books

This book club was one of the first to enter the Bee, in 2005. From their spelling prowess, it is obvious that there is a link between the ability to spell and the amount you read!

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TD Canada Trust 

The team: Shannon Falcao, Harriet Johnston, Jean Roff

Canada Trust

TD Canada Trust has been an incredible supporter of the Bee right from our very first year. Whether it be by entering teams, sponsoring teams, providing amazing prizes for our Silent Auction, volunteers for the event and beyond, they have shown how much the community means to them in spades!

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Upper Canada Office Systems 

The team: Amy Axford, Chris Healey, Ken Martin

40 Grant Timmins Drive, Kingston (613) 547-8070

Upper Canada Office Systems provides intelligent and creative solutions for your office environment. As the largest vendor of office furniture and technology from Belleville to Kingston to Brockville, they will help you create an efficient environment, maximize employee productivity and achieve your business goals.

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XCG Consultants 

The team: Danielle Belair, David Chang, Gillian Dagg-Foster

33 Earl Street Kingston, ON K7L 2G4 Tel: 613-542-5888 Email: kingston@xcg.com

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The Cast and Crew

While it may take a village to raise a child, it takes a small army to run and maintain an event like the Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee. Kingston Literacy has been very fortunate to have had tremendous support from the community to run this event. Here are just some of the folks who play key roles in the Bee, many of whom have helped us out for years!

Jack Chiang Honorary Chair

Jim Elyot Master of

Ceremonies

John Lazarus Mispronouncer

For the last six years, Kingston Whig-Standard Photo Editor, author and Order of Canada recipient Jack Chiang has been the Honorary Chair of the Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee. In this role, he has helped us to promote the Bee and raise its stature significantly. He has also acted as a judge at this event for the past 10 years, entertaining the audience and teams as well! Thank you Jack, for all your support.

We have been very fortunate to have local media icon Jim Elyot as our Master of Ceremonies for the last nine years. While always the consummate professional, Jim takes on the role of ringleader, stand-up comic, traffic cop and general evening facilitator, keeping this event moving. He is never at a loss for words, and adds so much to the fun of the evening.

Who could be better to give each team their words than John Lazarus? As a professor in the Drama Department at Queen’s and an acclaimed writer, actor, and broadcaster, his command of the language is staggering. His crystal clear diction and intimate knowledge of words would make it easy for teams to spell, if only the words were simpler!

The Judges Paula Allen, Jack Chiang and Garry McColman are our illustrious judges. They let the teams and audience know if each word is spelled correctly, or not. The judges also have the final say if anyone challenges a spelling, or decision. Their tools include the Canadian Oxford Dictionary and several loud noisemakers. Their wisdom and good humour help keep the Bee buzzing.

...And Committee Too

A large part of why this event is so successful is that the volunteer committee that has organized it has been incredibly dedicated, hardworking and creative. While some might content themselves with a successful event, and leave each detail as it was the previous year, this committee consistently seeks out new elements and works hard to make sure it is always fresh. While some faces have changed over the years, consistent traits of most committee members are their dedication, originality and great sense of humour.

Verna Mann has been on the Spelling Bee

Committee since 1996!

Evelyn Maizen, this year’s Co-Chair, has been with the

Bee since 1999. Jane Zigman was a team member in years gone by.

2007 Spelling Bee Committee

Shirley Kalfin (co-chair) Nora Kiley Evelyn Maizen (co-chair) Verna Mann Nancy Pearce Lorraine Ross Lorraine Winsor Jane Zigman Martha Rudden (staff support) Donna Vinkle (staff support)

Co-Chair Shirley Kalfin (left) has been with the Bee since 2001, while Lorraine Winsor (centre)

joined the Committee in 2004.

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Where would we Bee without our terrific volunteers? A number of wonderful people helped us out on the night of the Bee last year, and we would have been lost without them. We know lots of great folks will again be on hand to help us out.

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Want into the Hive?

The Spelling Bee Committee are dedicated folks who know how to work hard and have fun at the same time. If you are interested in being a part of this committee, please give Martha or Donna a call at (613) 547-2012. We are always on the look out for new workers and drones!

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The Last Word

While the Bee is a wonderful event, and tons of fun, it does serve a couple of very important purposes. First, it helps to raise critical funds for our Family Literacy programs, which receive no government funding for their ongoing operations. These programs support and encourage the development of reading in families, especially in high-risk areas. The 2007 Bee raised over $18,500 for these programs, and for that we are truly grateful. The Bee also helps to increase public awareness about Kingston Literacy, and literacy issues in general. The more people who know about both, the better. Thank you for your interest in both the Bee and Kingston Literacy!