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Brant Skills Centre’s

13th Annual Adult Spelling Bee

Buzzy Bee Liz & Sharlene Union Gas—The Great Gasbys Grant & Buzzy

June 2, 2016

City of Brantford Town Crier, David McKee used his incredible skills

and personality to guide the bee to a successful finish.

David has been involved with Brant Skills Centre’s Annual Bees since

2009 and has performed various roles including Mulligan Man, Judge #3,

and Master of Ceremonies.

It was a banner evening for the Brant Skills Centre at their 13th Annual Adult Spelling Bee, held on June 2, 2016 at Braemar House School. The event, which supports adult learning, liter-acy and essential skills training programs in Brantford and the County of Brant raised $10,586.00; topping last year’s record-breaker of $9100.

A total of 13 teams entered the competition. Each team raised pledges for the opportunity to compete for the coveted first place trophy. First-time competitors The Alpha Bettys won the 2016 event after 10 rounds. Finishing in second place behind The Alpha Bettys were Gen-Next, and finishing third were first-time competitors The Post-Secondary Posse from the Wilfred Laurier University/Conestoga College team.

Top Three teams

1st Place

The Alpha Bettys

2nd Place

GenNext

3rd Place

Wilfrid Laurier/Conestoga College -

The Post-Secondary Posse

Brant Skills Centre, 225 Fairview Drive, Unit 2, Brantford, ON N3R 7E3

brantskillscentre.org [email protected] facebook.com/brantskillscentre @brantskills

Master of Ceremonies — David McKee

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June 2, 2016

Erinn utilized Brant Skills Centre’s PayPal

option to generate $361.00 in online

pledges – Way to go Erinn! We hope to

see you and The Alpha Bettys back next

year!

First-time competitors The Alpha Bettys won the 13th Annual Adult Spelling Bee after 10 rounds and spelling “Yeoman” correctly. Their team spirit was pretty impressive as well!

Congratulations to The Alpha Bettys and thank you to all those who supported them through pledges!

The Alpha Bettys

1st Place

13th Annual Adult Spelling

Bee Champions



Erinn White — Top Individual Fundraiser Prize

Erinn White, Abby McWhirter, Allanna McDougall

Team pledges totaled $475.00

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June 2, 2016

Ed Ackworth Judge #1 Timekeeper

Marilyn Kaus Judge #2 Bell (correct answer)

Robert Chambers Judge #3 Horn (incorrect answer)

Leslie Ion—Pronouncer

Gay Kozak Selby—Scribe

Kate Gosse—Mulligan Woman

Second-time competitors and finishing in second place were GenNext a committee of the Brant United Way. GenNext sponsored by Dairee Delite was eliminated after misspelling “Webelos.”

Congratulations to GenNext and thank you to all those who supported them through pledges!

GenNext

2nd Place



Officals

Angela Stubbert, Sarah Disher-Neddow,

Laura Dickson (not shown)


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June 2, 2016

Finishing third were first-time competitors The Post-Secondary Posse from the Wilfred Lauri-er University/Conestoga College team. The Post-Secondary Posse was eliminated after mis-spelling “Tenebrific.”

Congratulations to The Post-Secondary Posse and thank you to all those who supported them through pledges!

Wilfrid Laurier university

& conestoga college

The Post-secondary Posse

3rd Place




Valerie Kilgour, Beth Gurney, Karen Towler

Brant county health unit

The Queen Bees

Kathy Lickley, Naika Thomas, Alison Schure


Although The Queen Bees were unable to attend the 13th Annual Adult Spelling Bee, they did come in third at the 12th Annual Adult Spelling Bee.

We would like to thank The Queen Bees and the

Brant County Health Unit for their support and

raising a total of $180.00.

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June 2, 2016

The Literacy Cup, sponsored by Enterprise Brant, is presented

to the team that raises the most funds. For the second year in a

row the cup was presented to the Spellbound Express team

from Steer Davies Gleave.

With Steer Davies Gleave matching the team’s pledges (up to

$662.00), Spellbound Express raised a total of $1662.00

beating the amount Millards raised by $102.00. Thank you

Steer Davies Gleave!

Second-time competitors, Spellbound Express arrived at the bee armed with loads of pledges and ready to compete. They lasted until the fifth round when they were eliminated after mis-spelling “Lugubrious.”

Congratulations to Spellbound Express and thank you to all those who supported them through pledges!

Steer davies gleave

Spellbound express



Steer Davies Gleave — Excellence in Fundraising

Patrick Miller, Matthew Lee, Dennis Fletcher

Team pledges totaled $1,662.00

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June 2, 2016

Three-time team spirit award winners!

The awesome enthusiasm of the teams as well as the cheering and

support from the fans made choosing the winner of the Team Spirit

prize challenging. For the third year in a row The Punktuators and

their fans out cheered and took home the team spirit award.

St. Leonard’s Community Services has participated in eight out of our thirteen bees. The Punktuators were eliminated in the seventh round after misspelling “Elucidate.”

Congratulations to The Punktuators and thank you to all those who supported them through pledges!

St. Leonard’s

community services

The PUNKtuators



St. Leonard’s Community Services

Team Spirit Award

Rebecca Ripco, Christina Cunningham, Emily Miller


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After coming in second place last year in the 12th Annual Adult Spelling Bee, the Spellers on Board were the second team out this year after misspelling “Inoculate” in the third round. We’ve heard they are looking for a comeback next year.

Thank you to the Spellers on Board and all those who supported them through pledges!

Andrew Nicholls, Ann Elwood, Susan Wakeley

Brant Skills Centre

Spellers on board

Union Gas

The great gasbys

Christine Korslick, Travis McNeill, Francesca Rocci

First-time competitors, The Great Gasbys showed

they were up for the challenge (and the fun) by

lasting until the eighth round. They were elimi-

nated from the competition after misspelling

“Seismologist.”

Thank you to the Great Gasbys and all those who

supported them through pledges!



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Newcomers to the bee, The Bee’s Knees showed awe-some team spirit. Buzzy Bee may have been a little jealous of their antennae. After misspelling “Kanji” in the fifth round, the Bee’s Knees were eliminated from the competition. We hope to see them back next year.

Thank you to The Bee’s Knees and all those who sup-ported them through pledges!

Nathan Etherington, Carolee Dunn, Michael St. Amant

Brant historical

Society

The Bee’s Knees

DE DWA DEHS NYE>S

ABORIGINAL HEALTH

CENTRE

TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE

Maureen Ninham-Harvey, Anastasia Blackey,

Lisa Connolly,

The To Bee or Not To Bee team did well, lasting

until the eighth round when they went out after

misspelling “Crepuscular.” Winning the bee was

just “not to bee” for this team.

Thank you to the To Bee or Not To Bee team and

all those who supported them through pledges!



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June 2, 2016



The Bean Counters are no strangers to the Annual Spelling Bees. They have participated in five previous bees and always come a little closer to the top three. After misspelling “Nebulosity” in the eighth round, The Bean Counters were eliminated from the competition.

With matching dollars from Millards for employee contributions, The Bean Counters raised a total of $1560.00 and were only $102.00 away from being awarded the Literacy Cup for excel-lence in fundraising. Thank you to Millards, The Bean Counters, and all those who supported them through pledges!

Kayla Weames, Jen Chowhan, Joshua Laporte

millards

The bean counters

BRANTFORD FIRE

DEPARTMENT

THE HEROES ARE HERE

Don Easveld, Stuart Taylor, Grant Wilkinson

First-time competitors, The Heroes Are Here were

eliminated in the second round after misspelling

“Entirety.” It’s okay Heroes, someone has to be first

team out. Come back next year and give it another try.

Thank you to The Heroes Are Here and all those who

supported them through pledges!

Team pledges totaled $1,560.00


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June 2, 2016

Participants in Brant Skills Centre’s Annual Adult Spelling Bees since 2009, Cliff Jones and David Simpson have spelled their way to first place in five out of eight bees. Deb Andre joined the team in 2014 to see first place in both 2014 and 2015.

Champions of the 11th and 12th Annual Bees, The Histerical Society was not successful in taking the championship for Brant Skills Centre’s 13th Annual Adult Spelling Bee. They were eliminated in the third round after misspelling “Trigonometry.”

Thank you to The Histerical Society and all those who supported them through pledges!

SOUTH DUMFRIES

HISTORICAL SOCIETY

THE HISTERICAL SOCIETY



SOUTH DUMFRIES HISTORICAL SOCIETY—THE HISTERICAL SOCIETY

A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH….

David Simpson, Cliff Jones, Deborah Andre


2014 Champs

2015 Champs

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13th Annual Adult Spelling Bee June 2, 2016

Brant Skills Centre thanks the following sponsors and prize donors for their support:

SPONSORS



Silver Sponsor

Bronze Sponsors

Andrew Nicholls – Partner Waterous

Holden Amey Hitchon Law Firm

Braemar House School

Supporter Sponsors

Brian D. Cochrane CPA, CA

D. Kevin Davis – Partner Waterous

Holden Amey Hitchon Law Firm

D.M. Austin CPA, CA, LPA

Gabriel Kirchberger – GK York

Management Services Inc.

Prize Donors

Brant Family Eye Care, BMO—Bank of Montreal, Bountiful Living, Brantford Symphony Orches-tra, Conestoga College, Dairee Delite, East Side Mario’s, Freshco, Galaxy Cinema Brantford, Marissa Brooks – Goliger’s Travel Plus, Home Depot Brantford, Jane Daw, Jebbo’s Computers, Jeff Dale – Investors Group, Jennifer Chowhan, John & Lizzie Steinberg, TD Wealth – Kim Knapp, Lorenz Vorwald, Leslie Ion, Marias’s Pizza West, Mary Maxim, Nicol Florist, Northridge Public Golf Course, Missy Taylor – On Silver Wings, Panda’s Place Dog Sitting, Phil McColeman, M.P., Salon Mirage, Sociable Kitchen and Tavern, Stedman Community Bookstore, Susan Wake-ley, Tim Hortons – West/Dundas, Tourism Brantford.

Support Sponsors

Jebbo’s Computers

Media Dimensions Limited

Mark McMillian – The Co-operators

Starbucks

Coleman Custom Renovations

Millards

Sharlene Mitchell & Associates

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