Our "Big Honey" Sponsor
2nd Annual
Hopkinton Community Spelling Bee
Friday, November 14, 2008
Watch the Replays on HCAM-TV
(Comcast Channel 8/Verizon Channel 30)
Wednesday, December 3 at 8:00am & 9:30pm
Wednesday, December 10 at 8:00am & 9:30pm
Monday, December 15 at 7:30am & 3:30pm
Wednesday, December 24 at 2:00pm & 9:30pm
Monday, December 29 at 2:00pm & 10:30pm. |
Congratulations to the Winners!
"The Skool Kumitty Team"
Nancy Burdick, Richard deMont, and Seth Lipkin
The winning word was 'leitmotif'
Definition: in music drama, a melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person or situation; a dominant and recurring theme
 
 
Congratulations also
to the Mini-Bee Winners!
Justin Wade - Center School
Grace Cavanaugh - Elmwood School
Jake Cestari - Hopkins School
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Contestants
Hopkinton Athletic Association
Kathleen Karpe
Laura McKenzie
Karen O’Neil
Hopkinton Running Club - ‘The Sprinting Spellers’
Nancy Best
Ellen Mace
Bridget Perry
HPTA - ‘The Oxfuhd/Webstah Team’
Laurie Fromer
Bruce MacDonald
Jamie Normandeau
HEF – ‘Bee-lieve in Education’
Jennifer Charland
MaryJane Ehrenzeller
Adrian Pryshlak
Be Free/Youth Commission - ‘The Bee-Frees’
Sponsored by E.L. Harvey and Sons
Kim Harvey
Nadine Stewart
Margie Wiggin
Troop 4 Boy Scouts – ‘Bee Prepared’
Sponsored by Dino’s Pizza
Leigh Dry
Max Vumbaca
Bill Warner
Girl Scouts – ‘Tough Cookies’
Sponsored by Bill’s Pizza
Kendall Burdick
Catherine Cote
Michelle Paul
Hopkinton Senior Center- ‘B.C. – Before Computers’
Sponsored by Vista Consulting Group
Sheila Babcock
Dave Dobson
Barbara Wirzburger
Hopkinton Police – ‘Bee Safe’
Sponsored by Star Realty
Lt. Richard Flannery
Officer Pat O’Brien
Sgt. Jay Porter
Center School – ‘cub-Bees’
Maureen Burns
Jennifer Parson
Janeen Sheelen
Hopkins School – ‘Bee-triots’
Sponsored by Queen Anne Accessories
Carol Costa
Deanna Law
Jayne Shea
Hopkinton High School – ‘Stingers’
Mary Ann Brayer
Andy Frey
Wendy Peverill-Conti
Hopkinton High School – ‘Lofty Logophiles’
Jim Marzec
Diana Umina
Kristen Wurster
HPS Administration – ‘Affirmative Action’
Dr. Kirsten Esposito-Balboni
Illene Silver
Martha Starr
Hopkinton School Committee – ‘Skool Kumitty’
Sponsored by Middlesex Savings Bank
Nancy Burdick
Richard deMont
Rebecca Robak
Hopkinton Board of Selectmen – ‘SelectBees’
Mary Pratt
Mike Shepard
Matt Zettek
HPS Curriculum Dept. – ‘Spell Checkers’
Dr. Mary Colombo
Kathy Dooley
Alan Keller
‘Cider Mill Sesquipedalians’
Sponsored by Sanford and Betsy Belden
Betsy Belden
Sanford Belden
Chris Bertschmann
‘Euphuistic Cacographers’
Sponsored by International Consulting Services Group, Inc.
Todd Cestari
Brenda Coutinho
Alisa Wade
Hopkinton Wine & Spirits
Jodi Furlong
Clelland Johnson
Mike von der Heyde
The Dentist at Hopkinton
Elizabeth Metzger
Dr. Jill Tanzi
Tricia Wosny
The Hopkinton Independent –‘ScinTELLating Scribblers’
Sarah Duckett
Kevin Dunn
Michelle Murdock
The Hopkinton Garden Club – ‘Pollinators’
Susan Brownworth
Ruth Gorman
Leslie Skrzypczak
Southborough Education Foundation
Sponsored by The Fusion Group, Inc.
Kathy Cook
Karen Gadbois
Nicki Healey |
Round 1
voracity, Bodacious, stanch, variegated, bouillabaisse, dilettante, woebegone, ptarmigan, solipsism, ennui, antipyretic |
Round 2
Marketable, acclimate, multifarious, circumlocution, Distinct, refulgent, temerarious, ascetic, dishabille, eldritch, cynosure |
Round 3
wastrel, Discombobulate, exiguous, phylloxera, roister, auspicious, chortle, postprandial, irenic, flaneur, vicissitude |
Round 4
doff, fahrenheit, imbroglio, bowdlerize, Decolorization, foment, misprize, deipnosophist, sinecure, solecism, puerile |
Round 5
Achievement, progeny, salubriously, peregrination, corroborate, uxorious, Acclivity, rebarbative, appoggiatura, Recusancy, rubicund |
Final Round
quaff, execrable, unctuous, comestible, timorous, sobriquet, proselytize, ablution, leitmotif |
 
Special Thanks to...
Big Honey Sponsor
Star Realty
Worker Bee Sponsors
Hopkinton Wine & Spirits
The Fusion Group, Inc.
Team Sponsors
Bill’s Pizza & Restaurant
Chris Cooney, Vista Consulting Group
Dino’s Pizza
E.L. Harvey and Sons
Hopkinton Athletic Association
Hopkinton Garden Club
Hopkinton Independent
Hopkinton Running Club
Hopkinton Wine & Spirits
International Consulting Services Group, Inc.
Middlesex Savings Bank
Queen Anne Accessories
Sanford and Betsy Belden
Star Realty
The Dentist at Hopkinton
The Fusion Group, Inc.
| Word Sponsors |
| marketable |
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Jeannine Coburn Hallmark Sothebys |
| phylloxera |
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Hopkinton Wine & Spirits; Worker Bee Sponsor |
| discombobulate |
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Patricia Hunt Sinacole, First Beacon Group LLC |
| salubriously |
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Dynasty Restaurant |
| bouillabaisse |
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Ciao Time Catering |
| fahrenheit |
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Hooray for Books |
| decolorization |
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Ann-Michele's Uptown Hair Design |
| bodacious |
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Bodacious Bibliophiles Book Group |
| achievement |
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Star Realty |
| Distinct |
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Deborah Kollmeyer of Distinct Designs |
Special Thanks to...
Action Copy Plus
Amy Ritterbusch Web Design
Coldstone Creamery
Colella's
Elmwood School Bell Ringers
Jennifer Hart Design
HCAM
Hopkins Custodial Staff
Hopkinton High School Leo Club
Impact Expressions
ISVA
Pizza Mine
Master of Ceremonies:
Brian Herr, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen
Judges: Dr. John Phelan, Superintendent of Schools
Ruth Ann Cote, HEF
Patty Doshier, HPTA
Time Keeper: Kathie Hebden, Mistress of Ceremonies, Emeritus
Spelling Bee Planning Committee:
Jean Bertschmann
Kathleen Buckley
Christina Coffey
Christine Coffman
Karen Curry
Lee Kellett
Kim Pucci
Jenni Schroeder
Lisa Simi
Stephanie Whelan
 
Photographs © 2008 Bernadette Markey
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