[OPLINLIST] Nuns to Face Off Against Librarians

[Epling, Jimmie (KDLA)]

After reading the perfect tabloid headline, "Nuns to Face Off Against
Librarians", now for the rest of the story.  Now in the office pool, who
is going to bet against nuns? :-)

 

Jimmie 

 

Nuns to Face Librarians in Spelling Bee (After a five-year hiatus, the
Sisters of St. Walburg Monastery in Villa Hills are ready to show
whether they are superior spellers. The sisters were champions of the
annual Corporate Spelling Bee for Literacy in northern Kentucky for
years before giving others a chance to win.  Now they will go up against
the reigning champions, the Boone County Public Library librarians.)

New York Times. Mar. 9, 2006

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Nuns-vs-Librarians.html?_r=1
&oref=slogin

 

ERLANGER, Ky. (AP) -- After a five-year hiatus, the Sisters of St.
Walburg Monastery in Villa Hills are ready to show whether they are
superior spellers.

            The sisters were champions of the annual Corporate Spelling
Bee for Literacy in northern Kentucky for years before giving others a
chance to win.

            But now the nuns are back, even if they're a little timid
about challenging the reigning champions -- a group of Boone County
librarians.

            ''Librarians give us a scare,'' said Sister Mary Carol
Hellmann, who says she's been brushing up on Latin, Greek, Hebrew and
Spanish root words to prepare for the bee. Some of the other sisters say
they use the Internet to practice.

            Meanwhile, the librarians say victory won't come easy now
that the nuns are competing.

            ''They have that strong Latin background,'' said Cindy
Brown, director of the Boone County Library. Brown said her spelling
team is made up of ''voracious readers with a certain verbal attitude.''

            The winners will be decided Thursday during the ninth annual
bee, which is a fundraiser for a Northern Kentucky Community Action
Commission program that helps adults with literacy skills. Twenty teams
made up of adults from local businesses, schools and nonprofit
organizations will participate.

 

Jimmie Epling, Regional Librarian

FIVCO/Big Sandy Regional Office

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

P.O. Box 370, 122 South Main Cross St. 

Louisa, KY 41230-0370

V: 606.638.4797  F:606.638.0586

jimmie.epling at ky.gov <mailto:jimmie.epling at ky.gov> 

 

 

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