Raising Money by Bee-ing Literate

Christina Koomen, Richard Rife, Deb Landgraf spell "crustacean."

Kim Merritt, Erin Polley and Hannah Short ham it up.

Big crowd means a good financial haul for Blue Ridge Literacy.

Shannon Barter, George Kegley and Emma Graybill figure out a word.

Blue Ridge Literacy held its annual fund-raising spelling bee--the 2013 Spelling Bee World Series--at Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church tonight and, as usual, had a full house. The event is sponsored by the Roanoke City Library Foundation. Here's some of what it looked like.