Contributing Organizations and Individuals:

Advanced Office Solutions

Amos Mosquito's Restaurant

Beach Book Mart

Beaufort Olde Towne Rotary Club

Cape Lookout Internet Services

Carteret Community College

Carteret General Hospital

City News

Crystal Coast Care for Women

Delores Snow

East Carteret Family Medicine

Floyd's 1921 Restaurant

J.M. Davis Industries, Inc.

Joyce Vinson

Lookout Rotary Club

Marion Kulisan

The National Charity League

Oceanana Resort Motel and Pier

Rotary Club of Morehead City-Noon

Safrit's Building Supply

Seashore Book Club

Seashore Book Club II

Sound Bank

Sound Medical Family Practice

Soundview Rotary Club

Swann Island Graphics

Time Warner Cable

Wal-Mart Superstore

Spelling Bee Sponsors:

"Queen Bee" sponsor: Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative

"Honeycomb" sponsor: Carteret CountyNews Times

"Bumblebee" sponsor: Wells Fargo Advisors, Daniel Fischler

"Golden Hive" award: the Town of Morehead City

Thank you to those who sponsored teams:

Beaufort Olde Towne Rotary Club

Bookshop New and Used sponsored the Croatan High School Beta Club

Farm Bureau Insurance - Robert Wes Piner sponsored the East Carteret High School Beta Club

Rotary Club of Morehead City Noon

St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church sponsored the West Carteret High School

Thank you to those who sponsored a "letter."

Thank you to those who provided door prizes.

Thank you to those who provided publicity.

Thank you to those who donated their time:

Emcee - Skip Waters (WCTI TV)

Pronouncer - Kelly Batchelor (Public Radio East)

Judge - Emerald Isle Mayor Art Schools

Judge - Pine Knoll Shores Mayor Joan Lamson

New Dawn Restaurant - catered the box lunches

Alpha Chi Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa

B&B Office Products

The Bookshelf

The Bookshop New and Used

Carteret-Craven Electric Cooperative

The Carteret News Times

Cindi Hamilton

Community Pharmacy

Crab Point Extension Club

Emerald Isle Books and Toys

The English Rose

Farm Burea Insurance - Robert Wes Piner

First Citizens Bank

Harris Teeter

Lowes Foods, Cape Carteret

Medical Park Pharmacy and Home Medical

Morehead City Women's Club

Newcomer's Club

Panera Bread

Progress Energy

St. Francis by the Sea Episcopal Church

Starbuck's

Sunshine Cleaners

Town of Cape Carteret

Town of Morehead City

Wachovia Bank

Wells Fargo Advisors

Williams Hardware