The Valley County Spelling Bee was held at Lustre Grade School Gymnasium with 22 of the 25 qualifying students present. Students came from Hinsdale, Opheim, Frazer, Lustre and Nashua. Kaitlyn Old Person, number 16, of Frazer won first place, and Milo Barrera-Jones, number 2 of Hinsdale, won runner-up. Kaitlyn is a fifth grader and she will be competing at the State Spelling Bee in Bozeman, with