/unews/person/amy-janzen en /unews/article/janzen-wins-2011-spelling-bee <div class="field field-name-field-op-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="rnews:creator schema:creator"><div class="view view-openpublish-related-content view-id-openpublish_related_content view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-ce53ab4085d52ba50bce6c9d5d3f1c21"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="views-label views-label-title">by</span> <span class="field-content"><a href="/unews/profile/trevor-kenney">Trevor Kenney</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">February 16, 2011</span> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="rnews:articlebody schema:articleBody"> <p>It took five hours, 29 rounds and the word "abhorrence" to crown the 2011 Postmedia Canspell Spelling Bee winner -- 11-year-old <a href="http://www.uleth.ca/notice/display.html?b=300&amp;s=15596" rel="nofollow">Amy Janzen</a>, a student at R.I Baker school in Coaldale.<br> <br> Janzen outlasted 36 tough competitors from all across southern Alberta to win a $5,000 scholarship, a trip to the national finals in Toronto, and several other gifts, including books (and the cool hat) from the U of L Bookstore, Gift cards from the Lethbridge public Library, and more.<br> <br> The U of L has been a sponsor of the event since its inception five years ago. The U of L judging and host team, as well as members of the U of L Literature Club also participated in the Lethbridge Public Library "Mini-bee" event geared to children in grades 1 - 3 which took place Feb. 5.<br> <br> To learn more about the national spelling bee program, <a href="http://www.canada.com/canspell/index.html" rel="nofollow">please visit this website.</a><a href="http://www.canada.com/canspell/index.html" rel="nofollow"><br> </a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field-group-format group_related_topics field-group-div group-related-topics block-title-body speed-fast effect-none"><h2><span>Related Topics</span></h2><div class="field field-name-opencalais-city-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">City:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/city/toronto" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Toronto</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-facility-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Facility:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/facility/lethbridge-public-library" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Lethbridge Public Library</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/facility/l-bookstore" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">L Bookstore</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-organization-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Organization:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/literature-club" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Literature Club</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-person-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Person:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/person/amy-janzen" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Amy Janzen</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-provinceorstate-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ProvinceOrState:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/province-or-state/alberta" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alberta</a></div></div></div></div><span property="rnews:name schema:name" content="Janzen wins 2011 Spelling Bee" class="rdf-meta"></span> Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:13:10 +0000 trevor.kenney 4091 at /unews