Kurz wins regional spelling bee

Peetz 7th grader Owen Kurz, right, won the Northeast Colorado Regional Spelling Bee in Brush, Colo., on Feb. 4. Kurz, the son of Brian and Sheri Kurz of Sidney, also tied for the best score spelling 27 of 30 words correctly in the regional written qualifier test. His classmate Gus Cowan, left, also of Sidney, will also will advance with Kurz to the Denver Post's 76th Annual Colorado State Spelling Bee on March 12. There were eight total Peetz students who qualified for the regional spelling bee.