Team Hammock is preparing to compete in the Nashville Adult Literacy Council 16th Annual Spelling Bee Sept. 22. This year's theme is "music" to our ears, and everyone at Hammock Inc. wishes them the best of luck!

I sat down with Megan P., Bill and Emily for a couple of minutes today to get their thoughts on the event.

Note to self: Get a tripod.

Although Hammock's spellers gave it a valiant effort, their hopes of winning the Nashville Area Literacy Council's Spelling Bee for the third time were done in by the word "stratagem," which the team missed by spelling it as "strategem." The error eliminated Team Hammock just shy of the final four teams, who had to tackle words such as "fermata" and "triskaidekaphobia."