Spelling Rant

Does no one know how to spell anymore? Is there an editor left in the world? Or in the world of electronic media, has everyone assumed that SpellCheck will do the work, even though SpellCheck can't catch homophones (that is, words which sound alike but are spelled differently and mean different things)? Why yes, my Harbrace College Handbook does happen to be on my desk, why do you ask?

I give you two recent examples. In the first, I received an invitation via e-mail from my college rowing club sent to all alumni. The title? "Your invited"
AGGHHHH! your signifies a possessive; you're is a contraction of the words you are.

Next, I was looking through the Montgomery County Parks & Planning catalog to see if there might be any interesting classes offered this spring and summer. The brochure advertises some cooking classes in the following manner: "Allow your pallet to travel different countries." (emphasis added).
Ahem. You find a pallet in a hardware store. You find your palate on your tongue.

In both cases, there appears to be a major failure of proofreading. I can assume that the rowing coach did not have someone else read the e-mail before he sent it (although he should have), but presumably the county did have a proofreader or two, so there really is no excuse for that one.