Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Kingston Literacy & Skills

21st Annual

Electronic Scrapbook

at the Warrant Officers’ and Sergeants’ Mess,

CFB Kingston

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21st Annual Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee (2015) Electronic Scrapbook

Contents

Page

Our Grate Supporters 3

The Winners 8

The Teams 11

The Faces Say It All 26

The Cast, Crew, Committee and Volunteers Too 27

Want into the Hive? 29

The Last Word 30

Our Grate Supporters!

Naming Sponsor ($2,500)

Our Grate Supporters!

Media Sponsors

Our Grate Supporters!

Bronze Sponsor

• KPMG

• Aaben Window and Doors

• Don Wyld

• Driving Miss Daisy

Literacy Champion Sponsor

Literacy Sponsors

Our Grate Supporters!

• Viner, Kennedy, Frederick, Allan & Tobias LLP

• Smith & Associates TD Wealth

Upper Canada Office Systems

Generous Donations

Thank you to Royal Military College for donating the use of their Molton Clock Timer.

Literacy Supporter

Prize Sponsors

Canadian Tire West

Note cards by Barb Carr

The Faith United Church “Spells Angels” Suzanne Savard, Jane Alleslev, Mary Marriott

The Winners of the 21st Annual

Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee

Best Spellers – 2015

Templeman Menninga LLP Scott Harwardt, Aimee McCurdy, Melissa Seal

The Winners of the 21st Annual

Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee

Best Costumes – 2015

The Faith United Church “Spells Angels” Suzanne Savard, Jane Alleslev, Mary Marriott

The Winners of the 21st Annual

Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee

Most Team Spirit – 2015

Empire Life “Bee Happy” Roger Allen, Elaine Petersen, Laurie Swinton

The Winners of the 21st Annual

Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee

Most Pledges – 2015

The Teams! We salute each and every team that

participated in the Bee. Without their support, talent and sense of fun, we would probably be the Grate Groan

Spelling Bee. Thank you all!

98.3 FLY FM & 98.9 The Drive

The team: Riley Jabour, Matthew Bisson, Rebecca Fryer

Collins Blay LLP

The team: Jen Pearce, Diane Pearce, Meghan Davis

The team: Roger Allen, Elaine Petersen, Laurie Swinton

Empire Life

The team: Suzanne Savard, Jane Alleslev, Mary Marriott

The Faith United Church Sponsored by Don Wyld

Faith United Church

The team: Anne MacInnis, Diane Audet, Sharon Fellows

Greater Kingston Chorus Sponsored by Driving Miss Daisy

Sponsored by

Greater Kingston Chorus

Kingston Frontenac Public Library

The team: Anne Hall, Christina Tracy, Sara Carpenter

Kingston Literacy & Skills Sponsored by the Board of KL&S

The team: Bill Lederman, Blair Hicks, Jade Garrison

KPMG

The team: Danielle Burns, Carrie Thompson, Stephanie Whittamore

Kingston Region Bee Champions

Sponsored by Bergeron Clifford LLB

The team: Sruthi Amalan, Alex Chan, David Chan

Luce Hair Studio East

The team: Kandi Smiley, Cassandra Purvis, Steven Wallace

Ongwanada

The team: Tom McCrae, Lauren MacAlpine, Erin Thompson

Queen’s University, University Relations

The team: Andrea Gunn, Andrew Naples, Andrew Stokes

Queen’s University Library

The team: Amy Rutherford, Ainslie Thomson, Lucinda Walls

Templeman Menninga LLP

The team: Scott Harwardt, Aimee McCurdy, Melissa Seal

The faces say it all!

The Cast and Crew

Kingston Literacy & Skills has been extremely fortunate to have the kind of steadfast support it’s had from the community over the last 21 years. It takes a small army of volunteers 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!

Shawna Langille

Chair

Jim Elyot Master of

Ceremonies

Carl Richards Master

Pronouncer

This was Jim’s 16th year as Master of Ceremonies! We are so lucky to have him. He keeps the Bee humming smoothly along, with his own brand of bee-musing humour. We grately appreciate Jim’s continued support. Keep on buzzing Jim!

No stranger to the Grate Groan-Up Spelling Bee, Shawna has been a team member since 2007. An excellent speller herself, Shawna has experienced her fair share of victory at the Bee. This year, however, she traded in her pencil and paper and graciously agreed to act as Chair of the Bee—or in other words, Queen Bee. Thank you Shawna!

The Judges

Rob Mooy (Kingston This Week), Lisa Ray (KROCK) and Tanis Fairley (retired school principal and social justice activist) are all seasoned veterans of the Bee and were back again this year for even more fun! They make sure teams don’t miss any letters and make the final decision on correct spellings. Thank you Rob, Lisa and Tanis for all your help.

Carl Richards has been “the voice” of the Bee for quite a few years now. We would really be at a loss for words without him. Grate job Carl!

...And Committee … A large part of why this event is so successful is due to the volunteer committee who organize it! These folks have 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. Faces may change over the years, but one thing is certain: if you want into the hive, you have to have an adventurous spirit and a great sense of humour! • Shawna Langille (Chair) • Sue Forgues (Secretary) • Deb Fell (Prizes) • Leonore Foster (KL&S Board) • Sam Kalb (Word Committee) • Barb Love (Word Committee) • Donna Vinkle (KL&S Staff, 2015 Bee Coordinator) • Irene Casey (KL&S Staff) • Donna Perrin (ED, KL&S)

… And Volunteers Too ...

Where would we Bee without our terrific volunteers? Many wonderful people helped us out on the night of the Bee, and we would have been lost without them. Thank you!

Want into the Hive?

The Grate Groan-Up 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, information will be

available on our website in the fall. We are always on the look out for new workers and drones!

Save the Date for Next Year’s Bee!

Thursday, May 12, 2016

The Last Word

While the Bee is a wonderful event, and tons of fun, it also serves a couple of very important purposes. The Bee helps to raise critical funds for our programs, which include Literacy Basic Skills (LBS) for adults, one-to-one tutoring, Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) and Family Literacy. The Bee helps to increase public awareness about Kingston Literacy & Skills, 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 & Skills!