See adults struggle to spell words at NIC

Seven teams of grownups will do their best to out-spell each other Thursday in the fourth annual Kootenai County Adult Spelling Bee at North Idaho College.

The public is invited to join the fun from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Edminster Student Union. With school no longer in session, parking will be free.

Lunch is no longer available at the bee, but free gallery seating remains open. Outside food may not be brought into the gallery.

The spelling bee is produced by the Coeur d'Alene branch of American Association of University Women to raise funds for scholarships for local students at local colleges. The Coeur d'Alene branch has awarded scholarships since 1951. Last year's bee netted $2,900 and enabled the group to fund two $1,000 scholarships at NIC and one $1,000 award at the University of Idaho - Coeur d'Alene.

The following teams will be competing for the top prize and bragging rights for the next year: The Money Bees, sponsored by Atchley Financial Group; the Killer Bees from North Idaho Retired Educators' Association; The Stellar Spellers from AGC AeroComposites; Highway to Spell, from the Coeur d'Alene city attorney's office; The Bee's Knees of St. Luke's Episcopal Church; the Innovation Bees and Plan Bee.