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Spelling Bees Are For Kids?

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Although spelling bees are usually for children, Louisville's "Spleling Be" is entirely for adults. (AP)
Although spelling bees are usually for children, Louisville's "Spleling Be" is entirely for adults. (AP)

Louisville, Kentucky native Emily Foerster brought competitive fun to her hip neighborhood when she started the "Spleling Be", a spelling contest for adults. Gabe Bullard of WFPL in Louisville, Kentucky reports on the competition that allows community members to get in touch with the ghosts of spelling bees past.

This segment aired on May 28, 2011.

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